The Straits Budget, 14 April 1900

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    133 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE “STRAITS TIMES.” > < The Stra' ts 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,
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  • SATURDAY, 14TH APRIL. DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
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      BIRTHS.
      38 1 l; No. R WiUit* Uoml, on April 11th of (’apt. JILLICOE, of 51 9011. April '.uli, at Museum Hill, Fort \h“ wife <>f Al n W. B. H l 1 ;t v. Assist. Su|>t<]- Polite, of a
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    TABLE OF CONTENTS.
    357 1 AKiiri F.s. i l*n of Wales. A iml P«*\vey. it:** War. 'O. rton. t <’tjuneil .Seat. "t KHlf,l i oam Delivery. \L •‘■’r.ft Quotation*. N* wj. i Fujt.. r *->;i at Sea. E.'ii**' at Singapore. I ,v h ir.- Market. II iroph »l-ia. bo i it? p
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    COMMERCIAL.
    566 1 Singapore, 14th April, 1900. PRODUCE. (Rates are corrected to noon.) iimbier buyers 9 7.16. t Jopra Bali 6.60. do Pontianak, 6 30. Pepper, Black 30.00. do White, (5%) 47.00 •>ago Flour Sarawak, 3 60 do Brunei No. 1 2.30 Peurl Sago 4.40. ofleo, Bali, 16% basis 21.00 ’offee Palembang,
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    SUMMARY OF THE WEEK.
    451 1 Thb mail for Europe,this week, leaves >y the M. M. Tonkin. The mail for Surope, next week, is fixed for the and O Massi-ia. The German mail or Europe by the Konig Albert closed on Monday. The mail from Europe of the 16th March by the
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  • REUTER’S TELEGRAMS.
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    81 1 II'KATIH. > T Nervi vi<*r;»». on the Mb infant, ji. vc lii iihK, l .rmeriy of Singapore, uH i'- 1 I \t') :'n.m n:u|h*- !Mh April, nt fii tetrad liukif Ti tinl* Uori-i, Mr«. Anne n. r.*ii»*t of the late Mr. I:, jn. ■> > on. IMS *ii? ;tii April,
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    THE PRINCE OF WALES.
    219 2 (Straits Times April.) It is annoying that the Heii-Apparec* to the British throne slmuil U exposed to risk of as>assinaiiou passing througu Brussels (the residence of Dr. Leyds). The attempted irme seems to have taken place at an outside or circle station, as, so to speak,
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    ADMIRAL DEWEY.
    190 2 (Strait* Times -VA Admihal Dkwky has succuoib the ambitions of his wile. 1,1,1 and Mr. Consul Wiidnian, a; -j Consul Spencer Pratt, knew A i 1 Dewey [we mention this Wildman is always being referred 1 the papers as the friend of the Admiral was not a politician
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    OF THE WAR.
    292 3 x 7 Mh April t t a > 1 i ll rr .-poiident, telegraph- j; ,-nt 'ntein on Tuesday, m: j; had crossed to the „1 1,-r River and liad go* oft in (between Bloem- town’s waterworks) B In .anted infantry had ah B j >, with
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    MR. EGERTON.
    210 3 J '•>, Hth April.) I h is arranged that Mr. Walter B—h'i», at pifsent Acting Residentiliur «1 Malacca, shall come to B-'v n to acting Colonial JSecreB iti*- appointment will be exceed* B-: 'iii.'ltory to everyone. Mr. B—• n R regarded as a strong man B >■ a
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    PENANG COUNCIL SEAT.
    243 3 T y»'*, 9th April.) I Vg, v 1 April.) 1 1 nter est seems to have rfemjT i"! r article f Saturday fir Way a footnote, the fiie iv/' iUl r v tance3 anc l conditions contested Vk* lu,n^er of Commerce 0!!r »-il i>r < ctl0n /or
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    OF THE WAR.
    338 3 (Straits Times, 9 th April.) The military situation is regarded as bewildering” Now, if we have no confidence in Lord Roberts, a bewildering situation is very unpleasant; and if we have confidence, the situation is quite happy. For if we are bewildered, then it is probable that
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    OF COUNCIL.
    223 3 (Straits Times 111 A April.) Mr. Napier and Mr. Laird took the oaths at yesterday’s council. Then unanimously the council voted $20,000 for help to the famine-stricken of India, it being noted that the Malay States have voted $20,000, and that the public is giving freely. Sir Alexander
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    OF THE WAR.
    169 3 (Straits Times 11th April.) Twenty-three steamers, with 20,000 horses, are to sail to South Africa before the end of May. At what price then does Mr. Abrams expect to bring the next Griffins? At Mafeking,onthe27thof March, the Boer besiegers were repulsed; and on the 31st Colonel Plurner,
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    TELEGRAM DELIVERY.
    3308 3 (Straits Times 12 th Ar.ril.) With reference to a paragraph published on Tuesday about a dela> that morning in Reuter’s telegrams, ii seems that Reuters Agent was at his office that morning at 9 30. The after delay of 35 minutes (that is in dispute) took place in
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    SPORTING NOTES.
    2277 4 The Griffin races come next in the programme. It is rather difficult to write about these horses. Feeling this difficulty I appealed to genial Harry Abrams, their importer, and in answer to my question as to what he thought of the griffins ns a lot, he said, “They
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    EASTERN INSURANCE CO
    64 4 From Messrs. li< instead and pany we have rectivcd the annual report of an Indian ■•ailed the Eastern Immune** Limited. The nominal capital i'i-’M Flle paid-up capital, linuvwr. iU>*.2SU,OUO, which may L; tak-H 15,6-o. The company s*'*ti)'t■. H tidy business, and to pay uvll. generally to he
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    GOLD MINING IN INDIA
    81 4 140% DIVIDEND. The report of the director* Mysore Gold M ining < ’omp.my. I. |B or I >99, to he pre-*-nted at t Bi o be bel l in London »>n 20*b tales that the bar gold p mounted to 155,7"6 »•/> v.id- h:•• £*606,947. After
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    A LETTER FROM THE FRONT.
    174 4 MR. w. CLoKE’s EXI’EI.’IEN' I' Mb. W. Cloke (formerly f pore) writes tt> l*is former «'r. here an intere.-tiug letter"l r xj" ,i Natal. His letter is rl rhomeycrofts florae m-oA I Pietermaritzburg, and i- Hj 28th. Mr. Cloke says I immediately i»n arriving 1
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    THURSDAY, 5TH APRIL.
    663 5 I S-' N named Chan Ah Soo I A l, p > irr>- ‘‘d nn a eliarpe of cheating I of»-". I link and Cini Quee, for I i:M ’Tji,,. „fS2 to a police sergeant, I n:av lined S!0 each. I I ,v w nnaii, 21 years
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    W.F.C ASIMONT’S AFFAIRS.
    49 5 1 examination of W. F. a.;, In nt formerly trndina as t !r* in ian e Ail e/i was Mr ;ir,| >ir this mornin2%p^efore 1 r* 1 1 As t,,e j ,l( /.ssired v T 1 e ev,denPe takotioat the r i —J to Hander.’ h\
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    BUDGET OF INDIA.
    101 5 The Indian Budget, for 1900-1901 has just been laid before the Supreme Legislative Council of India. Mr Clinton Dawkins, the Financial Member, makes out the accounts in pounds sterling at sixteen pence to the rupee, instead of in 44 Kx or tens of rupees as heretofore. Were
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    WHO IS IT?
    151 5 WHOM DID HE WANT? This was a busy day (with one of the editorial staff off with a touch of fevei), so the editor had to beg by messenger from his room that some visitors would delay their visits till another time. Now*, later in the day,
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    PENANG OPINION.
    169 5 MAY THE LORD GIK US A GUII> CONCEIT O’ OORSEI VE9 The Pitiang Gazelle of the 2nd April says Jf, however, Dr. Brown does not return Lut elects to go in for a poliliea life at. tmme, we can look for ard, with a feeling of certainty and
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    PUNJOM MINING COMPANY.
    375 5 THE YEARS REPORT. The following is the report for presentation to the shareholders at the third ordinary general meeting, to be held at Hongkong, on the 14th of April:—The hope expressed in the last report that underthe management of Mr L. L. Bailey a more flourishing state
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    THE “TIMES” ENCYCLOPÆD
    127 5 The success which attended the efforts of the various editors of the Encyclopedia Britannica (there were more than one thousand engaged in the production of the work) ha 9 received generous recognition from tlie most intelligent and critical classes of all nations. To professional men, the work
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    YESTERDAY’S PROPERTY SALES.
    139 5 There was a large attendance at Powell and Co.’s property sale yesterday afternoon, and some very fair prices were obtained. Seventeen lots of freehold land, situated at I’ambah Road, oft’ Jalan Besar, Kampong Kapur, were sold at prices ranging from $7O to $l5O per lot. Thirty-three building
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    HYDROPHOBIA.
    204 5 TO THE EDITOR OF THE STRAITS TIMES.** Sir, —You will no doubt recollect tlie time when hydrophobia made its appearance in Singapore, and a meeting called for the purpose of stamping out this dreaded disease. At that meeting, the Municipal suggestion was the muzzling and taxing of dogs for
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    TROUBLE IN NORTH CHINA.
    278 5 WARSHIPS TO PROTECT FOREIGNERS. The trouble at Tientsin which has led to foreign men-of-war proceeding to faku, a port in the neighbourhood, arose from anti-foreign agitation hy a secret organisation called the Boxeis Society. A telegram from Tientsin, dated 27th March, stated that the Boxers Society
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    PRINCE AND CRIMINAL.
    103 5 THE PLACE OF THE ATTEMPT. The following map of the Brussels circle railway shows the possible places of the attempted murder. “A" is from the nearest seaboard. Bis the probable scene of the shooting; but it might have happened on the north of the circle att if
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    RUSSIAN MINISTER IN SIAM.
    61 5 Now that M. Olarovsky, the Russian Minister at Bangkok, has gone to Europe on leave, M. Kalmykoff, the Russian Consul at Bangkok, will act as Charge d’Affaires. lie will, however, be relieved before the Minister’s return, as he goes shortly to Persia, having been appointed Consul
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    PERAK ART EXHIBITION.
    121 5 The half yearly exhibition of the IVrak Art Club came off at Ipoh the other day. The report of the show in the Perak Pioneer notes that the Club gave a Satsuma jar as prize for the best painting shown by the members of the Selangor, Singapore,
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    THEFTS.
    142 5 Mr. Hasse, who lives at “The Mansion,” reports that between 9 a.rn and 7 p.m. on Wednesday his boy absconded, lie has since missed $4O A Taichew named Tan Ong Seong, a trader, of Beach Road, reports that between 12.30 pm. and 1.10 pm. on Wednesday he lost a
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    THE SHARE MARKET.
    169 5 Latham and Mactaggart report Business continues to show an improvement, and rates generally havi advanced. Jelebus are quiet at $12.50 Raubs have been in small demand at So 7 to $57 50. Pahang Corporation have fallen to $10.50 with little doing Redjangs continue to rise on orders
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    INDIAN FAMINE RELIEF FUND.
    397 5 THIRD LIST. Amount previously acknowledged 39,344 Collected by Chinese Protectorate Chop Ban San 1-0 Bian Bi 100 Sui Thhun 100 Kim Bi 100 liap Guan 10 Cbiap Guan 100 Heng Ju Seng 100 Khai Seug 60 Seug Tek Bi 50 Heng Hok Guan 60 Ek Heng
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    SINGAPORE RECREATION CLUB.
    149 5 THE MATCH CARD. The Singapore Recreation Club forward a copy of their cricket match card for April—June which contains the following fixtures:— Ist xi. April 7S.R. C. v. Navy. S. li. O. H „O. C. C. 16 Merchants Rest M 21 S. R. C. S. O. O
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    PAHANG NEWS.
    639 6 (From our Correspondent.) Kuala Lipis 23 rd March. THE GUIDES. The detachment (A Company) of the Malay State» Guides, hitherto stationed here has returned to Perak in charge of Wing Officer C. H. Payne, who goes on long leave after handing over his *nen to the Commandant at
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    ARRESTED AT SEA.
    165 6 On Tuesday nigiit a Malay named Yacob anchored his prahu opposite hi:* house at Tanjong Katong. /The prahu was all right up to 1 a m. yesterday, bui at 3 a in it was missing, the anchor rope having been cut. Another Malay was sent off in
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    WAR NOTES.
    680 6 BULLER AND HIS TROOPS. A GLORIOUS PAGE OF BRITISH HISTORY. In a general order issued to his troops in regard to the relief of Ladysmith General Buller said Two forces have during the last few months striven with conspicuous gallantry and special determination to maintain the honour of
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    MITCHELL’S PRESS DIRECTORY.
    78 6 Mitchell’s Newspaper Press Directory for 1900 keep» up the high reputation of that standard work of reference, which has now reached its fifty-ninth year of publication. Specially contributed articles on important press matters add to the value of the work, which is also brought up to date
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    MR. MELDRUM ON THE WAR AND THE DUTCH.
    251 6 The following appeared in an Australia»* paper: I would ofler your readers i short account of an incident in Java three years ago. While out driving it Batavia with a Dutch lady and her Scotch husband I innocently remarked, in course of
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    WAR NEWS BY WIRE.
    256 6 London 27 th March. It is officially announced that the British casualties throughout the war up to the twenty-fourth instant are:— Killed, 201 officers, 1,y29 men wounded, 640 officers, 9,107 men; missing, 150 officers, 3,B7s men. Among the wounded, 41 officers and 417 men died of
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    THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND.
    263 6 a year’s voluntary contributions. Churchman sends a copy of the Church Times of recent date containing an interesting financial statement of the voluntary contributions of the Church of England for the year ended, at Easter, 1899. Though during those 12 months the total amount of voluntary
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    AN OVER CAPITALISED TIN CO.
    502 6 It may be remembered that when a tin company called The Briseis was launched in London, the Straits Times condemned it (locally) on the simple ground that the statements made did not warrant the price asked. Since then ihe Company has been subjected to the
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    FRIDAY, 6TH APRIL.
    389 6 A Hvlam named Ang Yeong has been found to be suffering from smallpox at 11-3 Kampong Bahru. I)r. Alfred Keun, who has just been appointed house surgeon to the General Hospital, Singapore, is a Raffles School Queen's Scholar. Tan Hok, who failed to account satisfactorily for possession
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    ANOTHER CASE OF PIRACY
    48 6 A Malay named lla<lji Kadir i;„* at Puloh Datnar Data,, re„A on Tuesday last he went to f. jong Guru to buy fish. When near?p. place three Malays whom he canr identify came up to him in a kolekaS took away £lO from him.
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    TO LADIES OF SINGAPORE.
    68 6 Owing to the increasing dearness,,* food at Hongkong, 152 ladies thoiehar* petitioned the Legislative Council order an injjiiry into the cause?nfthis rise. The petitioners de**m that prices have been forced up through cuiubin. ation among dealeis. Owing to tin* expense <»f living the Governor of Hongkong
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    MALAYAN CART TAX.
    83 6 A CORRKf PONUh.M >• gS us to i*ote that he wrote to the Malay Mml of the :7th February and 9th M .rcli calhLa attention to the alleged iact 1 hat, in Negri Senibilan, certain state carts which do not use Government read; are taxed. He instance*»
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    STRAITS PRISON WARDERS.
    135 6 It appears from correspondence laid on the table in Legislative Council regarding improveim nt of the position of warders in the prison service of the Straits Settlements, that, in November, 1899, Sir Charles Mitchrll forwarded to the Secretary of State a petition from the European warders of
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    THE LICENSING JUSTICES
    222 6 Yesterday afternoon, the L'cenrii.. Justices met at the Central 1 Station. Col. Pennefather presided, ai* there were also present: Gaptain Craufurd, Dr. Leask, and *h' s=k Capper, Bland, and Brockman. Mrs. E. Kinloch ask-d that her ic«* for a house at 57-1 Tel“k hhwf might be restored.
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    SINGAPORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
    1078 7 I \*N*rU MEETING TO-DA\. I vt.nmon, at the Exchange I I fi r «as held the annual ri '"Uing of the .Singapore r Commerce, the Hon’ble C. ~.a irina n of the Chamber, in Wringer was supported I-« Waddell, Earle, Haffter, By j.. A;t ],i .Suhst,
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    PENANG’S MORALITY
    541 7 GRACIOUS AND LEARNED EXCUSES. Thf. Japan Herald, which had reviewed M The Governor’s Wife,” was taken to task by the Straits Times for failing to observe that Singapore and Kuala Lumpur are moral towns, and that Penang does not own the sway of the Straits Times. The Japan
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    THE WAR.
    1436 7 SOME THOUGHTS AN D SUGGESTIONS. {From a Contributor.) In olden days, when men waged war, it was customary for the conqueror to chain his captives to his chariot wheels, and exhibit them in his triumphal processions. Happily, in modern times, though war is waged with equal fury, and
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    A NAVAL COURT-MARTIAL.
    100 7 Several of the othcers of H. M. R Peacock have been under court-martial as the result of a recent accident at Yangtze Cape through which two steam-pinnaces, among other things, were lost. “We understand,” says The North China Daily News that Lieut, and Comdr. S. G. Douglas
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    THEFTS.
    116 7 A Javanese woman named Leas, of 5 Kampong Java Road, reports that, in the early hours of the morning, ler house was broken into and £4OO in notes and silver, 25 guilders, ind clothing valued at 5159 were stolen. The thieves gained entrance to the house by forcing open
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    THE ADA DELROY CO.
    748 7 Thb Ada Delroy Variety Company is a more clever variety combination than we have bad in Singapore for a considerable time. The company performed before a crowded audience in the Town H all last night,and theirshow was universally pronounced to be excellent. This is the more
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    THE PHILIPPINE CABLE.
    64 7 It appears that the Eastern Extension Telegraph Co. has submitted to the American Government a claim for exclusive landing rights in the Phillippine Islands based on certain concessions granted by Spain. The Telegraph Company has also presented a claim for compensation on account of expenses in repairing
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    CHESS.
    1072 8 (CONDUCTED BY KINGS PAWN. All Chess correspondence should be addressed to King’s Pawn.’’ p. lidion of Problem No. *67 (Kondelik) il Q-K 2. < rect solutions received from A. O. S. ffldX. We append one g mie which Mr. Atkins Cost to Mr. E J. Wood, a very promising
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    PENANG PIER.
    230 8 According to a paper laid on the table of Legislative Council on Tuesday,on the 7tii February last, Mr. C W.S. Kynnersley, as Acting Colonial Secretary, wrote to the Resident Councillor at lVnang asking linn to enquire from Mr. Anderson, the Resident Engineer, whether he bad found a proper
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    PENANG CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
    239 8 TWO NOMINEES FOB THE COUNCIL. On the 3rd instant, the members of the Penang Chamber of Commerce met for the purpose of proposing a nominee for the seat in the Legislative Council, vacated by Dr. Brown on his leaving the Colony for Europe. Mr. R. Yeats
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    THE SINGAPORE RIFLES.
    734 8 GOOD PROSPECTS. THE SWEARING-IN. Yesterday afternoon, at the S. V. A Drill Hall, there was a large attendance of the men of the Singapore R iles to be sworn in. The swear-ing-in was done in batches of six by Captain Tyacke, the Adjutant, and it took so
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    STREET ROWS.
    44 8 About 1045 last night, a fight occurred among several Klings at Cross Street. Four men were arrested and one was sent to hospital. An affray took place yesterday between a number of Chinese at Tiong Bahru. Six men were sent to hospital.
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    HOMEWARD BOUND
    93 8 There were quite a couple of hundred people to see the Parramatta off this morning. Among the passengers who left for Europe were: Mr. Moulsdale, the manager of the Dock Company Mr. J. M. Allinson, and Mrs. Allinson. Miss E. C. Brown Mr. E. S Ezekiel; Mr. \V.
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    COLLISION AT SEA.
    144 8 THREE MEN DROWNED. A collision occurred on Wednesday night in the Karitnon Straits between the Ho Tang which was going to Bagno from Singapore, and the Sri Tringganu which was coming to Singapore from Bogan. The Ho Tang had 54 passengeis on board and sank immediately in
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    SINGAPORE-JOHORE RAILWAY.
    234 8 DIRECTIONS TO THE ENGINEERS. A me Moran DEM of instruct ions for the Chief Resident Engineer of the •Singapore Railway lias been drawn up by Messrs Gregory Ejles and Waring, the Consulting Engin »-rs. It was laid on i lie tableot Legislative Council on Tuesday. The Resident Engineer
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    WAR NEWS BY WIRE.
    284 8 BOER LOSSES. London 21th March A moderate estimate of the Boer losses since the commencement of hostilities, as drawn from their own admissions, observation on the field of battle and prisoners we have taken, is 15,000, which includes 2,000 killed and 5,000 prisoners. These figures, as
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    SATURDAY, 7TH APRIL.
    386 8 The Japanese torpedo for Japan at 10 o’clock tins rn Seah Jow Seng, a clerk in a u office, was yesterday fi ne d 4 *'«n weeks, for assaultin-r a ’rikiJn r p* Thb P. O. homeward inters steamer Java left yesterday, and due here on A
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    LEAVE IN MALAYA
    79 8 The Residents and Heads ot ledera. Departments in Malaya liave l* authority to grant leave to office» wL < salaries do not exceed $2OO a mor.n In the case of leave applied for ground of ill-health, t lie State has to send in a “«•onfideiitial ficate” stating
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    SURVIVAL OF THE UNFIT.
    68 8 REJECTED COOLIES FOR MALAYA It is officially notified to plant o Selangor that most of the free <•■ sent to the Federated Malay recruiting agents in Negapatam 2. recruited from amongst the coolie have been presented for official exaction as statute immigrants an-, y rejected. These
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    VILLEBOIS-MAREUIL.
    144 8 THE BOER CniEK-OK-STAH-Colonel He Yillebois-Mart’** accomplished French sword-m m engaged, at the time the wa r r in the unthankful task of re*orp‘ the Boer military machinery nel Mareuil was the scion Breton aristocratic family, an J fifty years of age. As a h‘* uU n ~r jr fought
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    ON THE VERANDAH.
    1815 9 I la) that I saw the v'a- 11 that I have seen 1 f a moU> bathing place [.c i" l 1 j„ C ilitornia. And at ■>' .I i.j<*\ed myself much, v.v-:.' v al ,d of rapturou»> I ii}'\ bathing-dress was- [M vviiereas the bath* I
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    AN AMBITIOUS JEWELLER.
    79 9 H. H. tlie Sultan of Johore has been pleas*»»! to appoint Mr B. I* do Silva. »*f Hivli Street, as If. II \s jeweller and lias granted a diploma, dated 31st March, allowing him to e*rrv on his trade under 11. ll.’s patronage Mr. B l\ »le
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    MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT
    135 9 TO THE EDITOR OF THE 44 STRAITS TIMES.” Sir, —Will you please permit me to Migge-t, for the consideration of the President of the Municipal Commissioners, the desirability of allixing on notices for payment of water rates that monies will not he received at the municipal ollice between
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    FRENCH INDO-CHINA.
    350 9 From Pnompenh, the capital of the protected state of Canibodia, conies a story of an alleged British spy speaking evil of the French authorities. It is reported by the Saigon Opinion that this person gave himself out to be a sellei of religious literature. At Pnompenh, go the
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    INDIAN FAMINE RELIEF FUND.
    913 9 FOURT 1 LIST. TOTAL $50,773. Amount previously acknowledged 48,501 H. Marriott zb Collected by K H. Grant J. G Hovd S 5 WVe Kay Poh 10 S. o. 250 T. S. Anamalay Chitty 10 Ana M. S. Marie-»n 10 V r S. Turn by M»*rcan 5
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    THE STRAITS AND MALAYAN SOUTH AFRICAN WAR RELIEF FUND.
    85 9 THIRTEENTH LIST. Amount previously acknowledged $138,611 Freemasons’ 3rd list, p*- r W. Makepeace:— A friend of the Tommies 75 A Scal‘y Wag 60 A friend of the Tommies and their kiddies 25 “Absent-minded Beggar” Box, Masonic Club 10 lOO Second and
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    CANE IN PERAK.
    257 9 BASKET Sf GAR MANUFACTURE. The Perak Sugar Cultivation Company met at Shanghai on the 14th March, and passed a resolution to raise the capital of the company to 350,000 taels. Mr. M. W. Drummond, the Chairman, stated that the increase was called for owing to the company
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    NETHERLANDS INDIA.
    680 10 The German Consul-General at Batavia lias reported favourably to his Government as regards mining enterprise in Netherlands India. In his opinion, that line of industry has a bright future before it provided it has favourable conditions and strong backing by capitalists. Tin, gold, and petroleum are, so lie
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    A CHINESE DATE.
    88 10 TO THE EDITOR OF THE STRAITS TIMES.” Sir, —Can you or any of your readers give uie the corresponding date of the Christian Era for the 20th day of the 10th moon, the 13th year of Emperor Tuna Chi’s reign. I regret to say that I have
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    THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    525 10 TWO APPOINTMENTS. ONE ARRANGED ELECTION. THE PENANG PROBABLE.” We understand that the following four appointments to Legislative Council have been, or will be, made: 1. Mr. W. J Napier, barrister-at-law, succeeds Mr. Stringer, merchant, who retires on departure for England. This is already gazetted. 2. Mr. C.
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    GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
    230 10 The Penang Municipal supplementary Budget, No. 1 of 1900, provides for a»» outlay of «14 SUO. Over *9,000 of this amount go on roads, streets, bridges, canals, water supp.y, works and buildings. The Malacca Municipality, in their first supplementary budget for this year, look forward to spending «1,105.
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    THE MEDICAL PROFESSION.
    606 10 OF UNQUALIFIED MEN. CONCERNING A REMEDY. (Communicated.) It is truly surprising that a civilized colony such as ours, with men in our midst who have made disease and medicine a special study at no small cost to enable them to practise their profession, should permit certain persons
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    THE POST OFFICE.
    146 10 REPORT FOR 1899. The annual report on the Postal Department of the Straits Settlements for 1899 dwells upon the extraordinary growth of the business transacted in almost every branch. The correspondence received and despatched shows an increase of 21 per cent. The mails weighed 519 t«*ns. The
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    PLANTERS IN COUNCIL
    112 10 The annual general meeting of the United Planters’ Association of the Federated Malay States will be held in Kuala Lumpur on April. The agenda includes: —The question of special shipments of coffee to London to consider the sending of a small shipment of coffee to Aden to
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    AN INACCURACY.
    147 10 TO TIIE EDITOR OF THE STRAITS IIMEB. Sir, —I have read your paper of the sth inst. and noticed an article headed “Trouble in North China” which ended that the parents of one Mr. Ch’iu, editor of onr paper and a well-known member of the Reform Party, have
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    THE ADA DELROY CO.
    255 10 Last night, at the Town Hall, the Ada Delroy Company gave their second entertainment ami quite maintained the reputation they have earned. Miss Ada Delroy sang delightfully 44 If Mama Only Knew” and 44 One at a lime,” which quite carried away the audience. Mr. James
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    MONDAY, 9TH APRIL.
    665 10 The British cruisers lltrmione and Brisk have arrived at Taku It is proposed to hold a Polo Club handicap tournament in May. mm The London Letter a weekly newspaper started about a year ago, has ceased to exist. Penang rumour has it that both the Queen's scholarships
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    RIFLES FOR VOLUNTEERS.
    67 10 All Volunteers in India are to e pupped with the ri A ltful. All Mark V. rifle-, winch lA been issued to Volunteer f ,r r shooting and matches othei f 1,1,1 mental, are ordered to lie withdraw There are to he no tardier these. All Mail;
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    144 10 penang’s unofficial s*eat. On the authority oi1"»‘ 1 the Chamber of Commerce, w* (r'lzette are able to announce drawal of Mr. E W. IW»* .ion l.y Mr E O llaliil ix. I "> l j Mr. E. A. B Brown, r to state that Mr. U. the sole
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    SPORTING NOTES.
    1386 11 t,. L'ive the form of the 1 but I think it r r f races in their order J r ‘Jr...une- I will, therefore r. 1 Maiden I’late, the hrst \,.,*ting. For this there 'r.■■ 1 r horses in training:— j 1 '.table: Kirestiek (by H r V
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    COFFEE OUTLOOK.
    112 11 The outlook for coffee does not seem to he improving, ju»lging by the heavy stocks held in bond. Coffee up to a point improves by keeping, but the great increase of stocks between 1890 and 1900 has a most depressing effect upon the market whieh the heavy supplies
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    ANOTHER JOKE.
    120 11 MAGERSFONTEIN GREETINGS” FROM JAVA The Editor of the Straits Times has received from Java a post-card bearing the postmark Weltevreden, which is an outlying district of Batavia. On the back of the card is a coloured pictorial representation of a Boer with a gun .smiling at four Highland
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    WAR NEWS BY WIRE.
    2035 11 London 27 1 h March. The Press, accounting for delay, recognises Lord Roberts’ anxiety in a hostile country to ensure quietness in his rear when he advances to Pretoria. Commandant Olivier, according to one account, is strongly placed with fifteen guns at Rouxville; according to another
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    THE ENCYCLOPÆDIA BRITANNICA.
    215 11 A reviewer in the Glasgow Strum points out with great force that the Vncyclopctdia Britannica was worth ar more than its price, even at the sublisher’s price of X 37. “It seems,* le says, to have occurred to comparatively few people that the Enryctcpcedim Britannica is one
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    CRICKET.
    395 12 A. match was played on Saturday on the Esplanade bet ween S. R. C. Ist KI and the Navy, the Club winning. Scores: SAW. Fharp b Jansz Wild bore c Ess b Thomasz 2 Chambers c sub b do 0 Paul c Jansz C. Oehers 1* IA Har inge
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    PROGRESS AT BENTONG.
    75 12 Yhk Malay Mail describes Bentong its rapidly developing into quite a large town, despite the enormous deatU-iale among the miners. The deaths among a population of 2,000 Chinese is said to be about 45 a month. The output of tin continues to be considerable, the best metal
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    A RIFLE MATCH
    245 12 R. C. V. THE NAVY. A friendly rifle match took place on Saturday afternoon at Balestier range between teams of the lioyal Navy 81 M. »S. Ipldgenia and Hattler) and arrison Rifle Club. The weather was everything that could be desired. The il. N. led at 200
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    THE “WHITE MAHATMA.”
    473 12 HER EXTRAORDINARY PERFORMANCES. Diverse opinions are being expressed as to the genuineness or otherwise of the performances of the White Mahatma, with the Ada Delroy Company, at the Town Hall. The question people ask is: how much of the performance is due to genuine divination, how much
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    ALLEGED STEAMER OVERCROWDING.
    88 12 The Harbourmaster at Penang took out a summons on Wednesday last against Captain Rait,of the li.l steamer Laudaura for overcrowding his ship. The case was to be heard on Captain Rait’s return from Singapore. At Penang, on Wednesday, the master of a passenger launch was lined Ssu
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    ADA DELROY CO.
    167 12 The Ada Delroy Variety Co. gave another very excellent entertainment in the Town Hall on Saturday night, before an appreciative audience. Miss Ada Delroy and Mr. James Bell again appeared in their amusing “musical medley melange;” and Miss Maud Lita gave two most admirable contralto songs. Miss
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    SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB.
    316 12 THE APRIL MEDAL. The April monthly medal was played for on i?aturday and resulted in a «in for Mr. W. D. Fisher with the excellent nett score of 77. The handicappers tiad certainly been very lenient to this player, but where some 150 members have to be
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    COLONIALS IN SOUTH AFRICA.
    64 12 In the course of his speech explaining the Army Estimates, Mr. Wyndli mi stated that nearly »30,<HX) Colonial troops were either in South Africa or under orders to proceed thi'lier. During the discussion, Sir J Colomb complained that tlie War Office, by its led tape and
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    THE “ ARGONAUT.”
    79 12 THE ARGONAUT.” The Admiralty has given instructions f*r the new first-class cruiser Argonaut to he commissioned at Chatham Dockvard for her first term of active service. 'l’lie Argon'nit, which is coming to the China Station, is one of the new vessels of the improved lon erfnl type, and possesses an
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    TUESDAY, 10TH APRIL.
    626 12 The German transport Dresden left for TVingtau at 5.30 a m. to-day. 4 C*rr. Tulloch, R G A., leaves in the Oceavien on Sunday for Hongkong, to join the H. K. S. B. R. A. there. Messks Guthrie and Co announce that they have authorized Mr. A.
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    THE VOICE OF RUMOUR.
    166 12 WARSHIPS AND REFORMERS. The rumour about Chinese men-of-war coming to Singapore to carry off certain enemies of tlie Empress-Dowa-ger takes ttie following form in the S*ntli China Daily Sews under date Peking, lititli March Orders have been sent to Admiral Yeh, commanding the Nortnern squadron, who
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    RUSSIA AND JAPAN.
    279 12 THK CHANCES OF WAR. The New York Herald (Paris edition) publisher a despatch from its Yokohama correspondent, who says that Marquis Ito made the following statement to him in the course Qf an interview —“The rumours of war between Russia and Japan are unfounded newspaper reports. An
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    A SENTIMENTAL SCENE
    266 12 A SENTIMENTAL S CENE kisses and wishes. THIS SENTIMENTAL AFTKR-r, L o w The departure of the X j, Albert yesterday was one of tim *'l functions of recent Smir,,!, Everybody was there, inclij,!.* Ilf Acting Governor, the Munich,-,! 1, li deiit, andtlie Editorof tlieX7r.!,7 r e!! People have come
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    THE ADA DELROY CO.
    128 12 The Ada Delroy Co. plawd to a crowded house last night at the Town Hall. Tim singing wa> remarkably gm-d and Mr. Bell was recalled three tin.»lor his SHnegainhian od<iiti«-s. Suiii* new war pictures were shown on the bioscope and tlie various tumps, particularly tlie Colonials,
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    THE CHINA SQUADRON.
    383 12 IS IT STRONG ENOUGH The naval authorities ot this country, remarks a writer in the Momiiuj M. seem to have somewhat indeiiniteideas as to the proper level of naval strtrmU; to be maintained in t lie far ha-* Would it not be well for tlie Admiralty to
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    THE STRAITS TRADE. FOUR TIMES TRADE OF CEYLON.
    2003 13 s \Nv Australian colony. 1 Sh \K!.Y TO THE DOMINION OF 4 Nl,na AND PAPER AND 1 Jr-HLINfiHAI' s AND KElDre'"'hi,iq from the /.,•/</ the Silcer East in /<<* ,nof t!i<- Straits Trade hS t )!l Q iarter r: r ;;l illy
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    TO WIDOWS.
    123 13 A letter from Salt Lake City has arrived at Singapore addressed to His Excellency, Governor-General, Singapore, Straits Settlements, Asia. The letter is as follows Salt Lake City, March 2nd, 1900. Will your Excellency kindly give the following Notice to some prominent and widely circulated newspaper. Shall feel very
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    90 13 Footnote 1. The decrease in the import of coconut oil was due to the increased facilities provided by Mr. Muhlinghaus for the crushing from local coconuts of oil that used to be imported. The nominal decrease of trade is really an increase of manufacturing industry. Footnote 2. The increase in
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    THE INDIAN FAMINE.
    233 13 SPEECH BY THE VICEROY. The Viceroy made an important speech in closing the discussion on Budget in the Legislative Council at Calcutta on the 25th March. While admitting that the session had not been very prolific in legislation, he thought it was none the worse for that.
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    RUSSIA AND TURKEY.
    259 13 THE BEAR DEMONSTRATING.” Official reports have been received in Constantinople to the effect that Russia has ordered a general mobilisation of her land and sea forces. Several merchant vessels in Black Sea ports have already been deprived of their sailors belonging to the Naval Reserve, whilst a
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    MISCELLANEOUS BY WIRE.
    219 13 London 27 th March. The Channel Squadron will remain in Dublin Bay throughout the Queen’s stay in Ireland. At a Conference of Churches, held at Halifax, a memorial was drawn up to the Canadian Government to make a substantial grant towards the Indian Famine. The Nova Scotians
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    J. P. KILGOUR’S AFFAIRS.
    67 13 Judgment was given in the Supreme Court yesterday in regard to a transaction of J. P. Kilgour, in bankruptcy. It appears that Kilgour had mortgaged to Mr. Lowell the steam launch Efna mr $2,000, and subsequently gave him a second mortgage as secuii y or existing
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    SINGAPORE.
    369 13 BY AN AMERICAN. Mr. Poultney Bigelow, in Harper's Magazine for February, gives an interesting account of his visit to .Singapore. Mr. Bigelow’s impressions of Singapore are very favourable, and he was much struck by the extraordinary prosperity of the place, and above all by the predominance of the Chinese
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    NOTES FROM MALACCA.
    368 13 (From our Correspondent.) A Singapore team is expected to arrive here on Friday per s. Chow Fhya to play Malacca at cricket. The match will take place on Saturday and Monday, the Singaporeans returning to Singapore on Monday evening by the same steamer. I understand there is
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    WHEN PEACE COMES.
    1991 14 WHAT OF THE DISLOYAL A LETTER BY RUDY’ARD KIPLING. Rcdyard Kipling wrote a letter to the Tunes, from Cape Town, in February, headed ‘The Sin of Witchcraft a letter which attracted a great deal of attention at home inasmuch as it calls attention to some things which
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    WEDNESDAY, 11TH APRIL.
    350 14 Admiral Keppel is booked for En ope in the P. O. M'usiivi to leave on the 20th inst. H. M. S. Iphigcni'L sailed for Colombo, en route for England, at 6a m. to-day. The Pique is coming on from Colombo to take her place. The Russian transport
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    COMMITTED TO THE ASSIZES
    94 14 Oxg Meng Yew, a Chinese trader between Sulu and Singapore, arrived from Sulu about the middle of March and went to live at 17 Market Street, where he had a box containing valuables, money, and clothing. On April 4th, his belongings were all there. On the
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    ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL.
    92 14 The S. C. C. inaugurated their new season by a practice game between Club members, last night, on the Esplanade. After such a long respite as was necessitated by the Tennis Tournament, the want of practice was very evident Nevertheless, fair form was shown by some of the
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    F.M.S. CLERICAL SERVICE.
    2227 14 ONE-SIDED ANXIETY ON THE PART OF GOVERNMENT. ROBBING PETER TO GIVE PAUL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE STRAITS TIMEB.” Sir,— l have always claimed to myself the right of offering criticism, and of calling the attention of the Government to grievances in which classes of men or
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    TAMIL COOLIES IN DEBT.
    101 15 i}Js, I* I ”1 Sarawak has been put that the Tamil coolies ♦'■‘tales there are not vV as hy contract, that t H,,,, s irom their .wages M ''> and tiie also in debt 1 :i ,n,d ;,re paying them a k.- i; “monthly on these
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    1927 15 TUESDAY, 10th APRIL. PRESENT. His Honour Sir Alexander Swetteniiam, k.c.m.g., Acting Governor. Lieut.-Col. ChippemJall, K. E. f (Officer Commanding the Troops). Hon. W. K. Collyer (Attorney-General). Hon. E. C. H. Hill (Auditor-General). Hon. E. JVl. Mere wether (Acting Colonial Treasurer). Hon. F. Si. G. Caulfeild (Acting Colonial Engineer)
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    SINGAPORE POLO CLUB.
    132 15 THE HANDICAP ToFRNAMENT. It has been arranged by the executive of the Polo Club to hold a handicap tournament in May, and the unaernoteo loams, which have been arranged as evenly as possible, will take part. Fa I» team will he limited to 8 ponies, an<l ti
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    THE SINGAPORE RIFLES.
    309 15 THE CORPS PROGRESSES. A meeting of tlie committee of the Singapore Rille Volunteers was held yesterday afternoon in the S. V. A. Drill Hall. All the nine members of the committee were present; and the Acting Commandant of the S. V. A. joined the committee for a
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    OUR WAR RELIEF FUND.
    90 15 fifty-sixth list: *76,027Amount previously acknowledged. $75,944 ouhtiul bet K. O. R 25 Collecttd by our Pnhang Correspondent I) F. Bayly 5 Jee Heng 10 Lee t heng Tern 15 Yong Lee Hong 2 Tonnes on.. .50 Choon Hen 1 Yap Heng Tay Hoe 50 (iimii Hem?
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    THE FLOWER SHOW.
    128 15 The Flower Show opened at the Town Hall at 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon, the competition being open to residents in Singapore, Penang, Malacca, and the Native States. There were a targe number of people present and the hall looked very pretty, with the beautiful tints of the
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    THE ADA DELROY CO.
    153 15 In eonne< tion with the performances >f the Wl ite Mahatma in Singapore, i correspi who signs himself Puzzled,” sends to the Editor this moMiioi' the following letter:— I saw an article in Monday’s edition of the Straits Times, in which you mention a general theory
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    INDIAN FAMINE RELIEF FUND
    188 15 THE FIFTH LIST. Previously acknowledged 50 t 77S l\r Chiiuse Sub-Committee—Hok-kitn Lint —(i contft Chop E ig Gi Seng on Ho An Ki JUO ICO E Optcr, per d’Abbans SO Per Mr. Arnot Reid —2nd list:— Tan Hum Hoou $3O A. S. House 10 4O Per
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    GOLD IN SARAWAK.
    1024 16 OPENING OF THE BIDI GOLD WORKS. (From a Correspondent.) Br the kindness <»f the manager of the Borneo Company it was my good fortune to be invited to the opening ceremony of the Bidi Gold Works, an event long expected and desired by everyone whether connected with
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    AN ARTILLERYMAN IMPRISONED
    143 16 This morning, before Mr. Michell, Janies McGlowd, a gunner of the R. G. A., was charged with theft of a bicycle, valued at 4*loo, belonging to Capt. Robinson, at Blakan Mati, on April 3rd. He pleaded guilty to selling the machine, but said a civilian gave it
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    THURSDAY, 12TH APRIL.
    221 16 Police Sports are to be held on the Tanjong Pagar football ground on Saturday afternoon. The Chevalier Francesco Bruni Grimaldi has been appointed ConsulGeneral for Italy in Singapore. The Russian gunboat Gil yak, 963 tons displacement, is on her way to Singapore from the Persian Gulf. A
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    SADONG COAL.
    236 16 SHORT WRIGHT. Is the report on the Sadong Coal Mines in Sarawak, for February, Mr. R. K. Phillipps, the Resident, gives the following instance of short weight:— On the 26th instant, the s. s. Breid cleared for Singapore with a cargo stated at 1,075 tons and 14L tons,
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    WAR NEWS BY WIRE.
    2088 16 ACTION AT KAREE. London Mar. 31. Reuter's despatch from Bloemfontein, dated the 30th, says The kopjes at Karee are very steep, and for three hours a determined opposition and a severe fire was kept up along the whole line of the enemy, who used one pompom
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    ADMIRAL FRANCETTO.
    94 16 Yesterday afternoon, Admiral B rel P.ancetto, who is going to Europe board the Italian man-of-war t a Alberto, which arrived > e&ter morning from Hongkong, P al visit to the Acting Governor Government House. A guard-of-hum consisting of 2 officers ami rank and file, 16th Madras Im* n
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    MUNICIPAL COMMISSION.
    1752 17 Municipal Com- ''V i yesterday afternoon, H. i-- 11l ere were also Br r/ ivnnefather, Messrs. M ~-laren, Barker, Jago, B- i i (‘iiciig 1 nan. ■V \i his seat as nomi- vernment, he having the necessary declaraihk i-kksident. v r r* marked that the was shown in
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    S. C. C. TOURNAMENT.
    291 17 DEWING BEATS REID, 6-4, 8-6. The most interesting match of the S. C. C. tennis tournament w r as played on Wednesday afternoon on the Esplanade. Capt. Dewing, of the 16th Madras Infantry, having by consistently good tennis won his way to the final for the
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    ANGLO-CHINESE “ FREE ” SCHOOL.
    264 17 ANGLO-CHINESE FREE SCHOOL. THE PRIZE DISTRIBUTION. The annual distribution of prizes at the Anglo-Chinese Free ,J School took place to-day in the large hall of the school. The Hon. E.C. Hill presided and amongst those present were the Hon. Dr. Limßoon Keng, Mr. Tan Hap Seng, and Dr. Rogers. Mr.
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    PASSENGER LIST.
    771 17 ARRIVALS. Per s. p. Sri Tanjong Pinang from Pahang—Mr. Smith. Per s. s. Sappho from Klang via ports— Mr. and Mrs. Joaquim, Messrs. Hirsts, and Baxendale. Per s. s. Sumatra from Deli—Mr. C. Turner, and Dr. and Mrs. Martin. Pur s. s. Glenshiel from London—Mrs. Sp *<ice, Messrs.
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      168 17 U nder this heading the following abbreviations are used: —str. —steamer; sh.—ship t*q.—barque; sch.—schooner; Yet.—Yacht; Cru.—Cruiser; Gbt. —Gunboat; Tor.— Torpedo H.n. —Horse-power Brit.— British U. S.—United States; Fr.— French Ger.—German Dut.—Dutch Job.—Job ore Ac., G. c»—General cargo: d.p.—deck passengers: U.—Uncertain; T. r. W.—Tan j eng Pagar Wharf;
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      TRADING VESSELS &C.
      584 17 A&bivaxs Since Noon of Yesterday. Chigwell, Brit. str. 1,191 tons, Capt Mackenzie, 11th Apl. From Balik Papan, 6th Oil. Syme ana Co. U—Rds. Hebe, Brit. str. 346 tons, Capt Inkster 12th Apl. From Deli, 10th Apl. and 61 d.p. W. Mansfield and Co. For Penang, 14th—VV. Hong
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      ARRIVALS.
      1136 18 H r LAO 5 Vk.«J>FL’«» N f ME. A 'CNK ('ATTAIN htOW <Ml.r> CuhVIONVK-. C, Kjo r Apl 1 Lucia Brit bq 604 ‘Noel Synanfu Mar l-YTan Tye 4 -ri VV’ongeee Out str 92 Nacodah {Fringganu Apl 2,leek Seng 4 Shirley Brit str! 2i98 >atchell .Barry Feb 9'Borneo Coy
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      CLEARANCES
      817 18 Dats. Vessel's Name Flag&Rig Captain Destination i Apl 4 I Chelydra Brit str. Davies j Penang and Calcutta 4 j Picci a Ger str. Hass Saigon 5 j Hong Wan Brit str. Hudson Muarand Malacca ?> i Chow Phya str. Jellicoc i Malacca and Klang /> Suit n str.
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