The Straits Budget, 28 April 1900

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    130 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE “STRAITS TIMES.” 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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  • SATURDAY, 28TH APRIL. DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
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      MARRIAGES.
      98 1 ft iTHi R—Tvir. At Cathrart United lh ter i;in Ctiuivh. on 12th April, by ft K-v. George Johnson, Charles ftlkthi'k to Mary. (laughter of John wv\r: f;iit, Rosemary, Cathcart, ftigow. ■Mae 17th inst., at St. George’s Church, ftwaij. hy the Rev. W. H. C. Dunkerley, ft A. Alexander William
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    TABLE OF CONTENTS.
    271 1 B SISG AKTirLES. Army (Vnsor.- u Honour’s Folly. Hr Volunteers. ■J'fingapore Rifles. e N'**n's Drones. lt3 an< T Private PriBOur Hoys.’’ ■MVar brills. m UIP Municipality. ftp«5 ag Bk?* 1 UOt -AtiOuS. B! News B. honour’s Folly. ft l:? Wti a v Fu^™l■gSi o ji! ra,u Hwiijfi
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    COMMERCIAL.
    590 1 BINGAIOSB, 28th April, 1900. PRODUCE. (Rates are corrected to neon.) Gambler 9 7.375. Pepper, Black. 30.00. do White, (6%) 46.50 Sago Flour Sarawak. 3.60 4o Brunei No. 1 2.30 Pearl Sago 4.40. Coffee, Bali, 15% basis 21.00 Coffee Palemb&ng, 15% basis.. 22.00 Coffee, Liberian, No. I 20.50 Tapioca, small
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    SUMMARY OF THE WEEK.
    566 1 The mail for Europe, this w«ek leaves by the M. M. Yarra. The mail i for Europe, next week, is fixed for the < P. and O. Bengal. -The German mail for Europe by the Weimar closed on Monday. The mail from Europe of the 23rd
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  • REUTER’S TELEGRAMS.
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    64 1 I DEATHS. l s 'j’l.utrTs, Government Outdoor Kpen<irv. Victoria Street, on the 18th fcit. William Reynold Vnuus, Resi- ifotical officer, aged 47 years.— Kani’an l Sydney papers please copy. KrbLiNi.v, at Vienna, on tlie 19th inst., |K Dalmans, formerly of Singapore. w.s J* th inst.. at Waterloo House, ■w Valiev
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    THE ARMY CENSOR.
    412 3 t Vf llfs 19(/ t J di/t Zip# If j R 's delightful. Following is Chinese fashion, he a tensor of executive «Cnv e doesU w ell. If fate had fe^ In a great soldier, iitorl' een a roost brilliant 111 8 needed being much urtiier he
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    “HIS HONOUR'S FOLLY.”
    1269 3 (Straits Times 20th April.) It will be seen from our report of the re-christening of New Harbour yesterday that the proceedings at first were somewhat dull but that they revived considerably under the influence of champagne. The purpose of the ceremonial of yesterday was to re-name the
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    THE RIFLE VOLUNTEERS.
    739 3 (Straits Time$, 20 th A pril Yesterday afternoon no less than about ninety rifle volunteers assembled at the Town Hall for drill, including among that number several who had been invited to the Admiral Keppel celebration but who preferred to put in their drill. Among those present
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    THE SINGAPORE RIFLES.
    413 3 (Straits Tiftes, 21 st Afrit) About ninety men of the Singapore Rifles attended drill in the Town Hall yesterday afternoon, and five squads were formed. The Sergeant-Major and his assistant took each one squad, the other three squads were taken by individual members of the Rifle Corps.
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    THE QUEEN’S DRONES.
    426 3 (Straits Times 24 th April.) The Times correspondent at Lourenyo Marquez (Delagoa Bay) has made the discovery that the Boer Republics had at one time 105,000 men in the field and still muster 80,000. Premising that Delagoa Bay is at present the centre of lies, and that
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    GOVERNMENT RIGHTS AND COUNCIL PRIVILEGES.
    440 4 (Straits Times 25 th April.) Mr. Burkinshaw is to be commended for his reasonable and spirited “standing order” protest at yesterday’s Legislative Council, and Mr. Napier is to be commended for so thoroughly supporting Mr. Burkinshaw. The point is that the Colonial Office has discovered
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    “OUR BOYS.”
    330 4 (Straits Times 25 th April.) Mb. Napibr is to be congratulated on the admirable manner in which he advocated the claims f Our Boys,” meaning the boys who are to win the Queen’s scholarships. 'ihese boys may be European, Eurasian, Indian, Chinese, or Malay, but they are 44
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    THE WAR.
    260 4 (Sfruits Times 26th April) The Boers have given up the siege of Wepener and have north-eastwards along the Ladybrand Road. If they can get to Ladybrand as lT as is JBloemfo.»>{^r lnj an( j are go m ji es "east of Bloemfontein, with Basutoland, armed, on their right.
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    OF PENANG.
    1874 4 (Straits Times 26 th April.) It may be remembered that in yesterday’s paper we explained (on oral report) how it is that the Penang Chamber of Commerce is unable to nominate, for the approval of the Governor, a member of Legislative Council. Substantially the facts are that feeling
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    THE RIFLE DRILLS.
    323 4 (Straits Times 2G//< April.) kf’T coun nfr f 4 1 r*- About seventy men of the SingapJ Rifle Volunteers drilled yesterday'in J Artillery Hall in three squads. iJ proceedings at these drills are chan] terised by the utmost enthusiasm andl by a very great intelligence and ness
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    TREES AND THE MUNICIPALITY.
    416 4 (Straits Times, 'JG th April Aphopo8 to a part of y esler Municipal Commission report seen in our issue of to-day) e relevant story also of yesterda) a noon. In the afternoon a ?reat tn**'* right across Iiiver Valley Road 1 point where a branch road
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    THE ALLURING BOERS.
    616 5 stVines, -~th April I "n: tepLTams confirm wliat we said r j. S v tl.at i: is very doubtful teller our men ran at present catch retreating Boers, who slip away ii jrracet'dly as any lady dancing :Lr.'iirii the wings from the stage of In Town These
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    OF PENANG.
    3332 5 (Straits Times 27 th April.) With reference to yesterday’s article in which the names of Mr. Wemyss and Mr. Graham were suggested as suitable representatives in Legislative Council for Penang, we gather, from various persons who have lived at intervals in Penang, that the name of Mr. Wemyss
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    THE LATE MR. REMMERS.
    128 6 On Thursday evening, at 5.30, the remains of the late Mr. R. Remmers were interred in the Bukit Timah Road cemetery. Among those present were His Honour the Acting Governor, the Acting Colonial Secretary, almost the whole of the Consular body, and a great number of
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    THURSDAY, 19TH APRIL.
    640 6 THURSDAY, 19 TH APRIL. It is said that a bicycle corps will soon be organized in the Japanese Army. A Hylam named Choo Ah Hong died in a sampan yesterday from small-pox. Admiral Remey, the new commander-in-chief of the U. S. squadron in the Philippines, was due in Japan a
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    LEVY AND OUTLAY.
    46 6 In 1899, the Government under powers conferred by Section 325 of the Municipal Ordinance of 1896 levied •7,831 in the districts outside the Municipal limits of Singapore town. &lt; The amount expended in these districts on roads and bridges was in that period $59,393.
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    THE GOLF OF '99.
    2560 6  -  BY H. H. HILTON. (By Arrangement for the Straits Times.) OF PROFESSIONALS. When Harry Vardon commenced the season of 1898 with a succession of extraordinary successes, a series of wonderful feats which had probably never been quite approached by any other individual player in the past
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    HIS HONOUR'S FOLLY.
    1173 7 ADMIRAL KEPPEL. ,-jC .H&gt;k na tios OF the shipping ;N ‘cuMMPSITY. :ri inc II MS. Linnet Capt. T? arrived from Sandakan, A t «he left on April 14th. ti- V r ij.-nry Keppel is on board A-* ;ra Y ein? so young as he :v ;l rentury
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    THE RAILWAY FUNERAL.
    125 7 did they bury a dog to the editor of the straits times.” Sir, —Touching the ceremony at Tank Road on Monday last, so graphically described in your paper that day, it may interest you and others to know that a portion of the Asiatic community regard the
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    THE SHARE MARKET.
    172 7 Latham and Mactaggart report: Since our last report, our market has been closed for the Easter holidays and there is a little or no business to report. Jelebus are firmer with sales at $12.80, Pahang Corporations are quiet with buyers at $10.50. Temelongs continue an active market
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    DISINFECTION OF GOODS.
    167 7 On the 28th December last, the Governor wrote to the Secretary of State on the subject of the interpretation of certain passages of the Venice Sanitary Convention bearing upon the disinfection expected from contaminated countries before any merchandise is exported thereupon. In February, this year, the Secretary
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    POLICE NEWS.
    179 7 Yesterday, Cheng Ah Cilia was charged with assisting in carrying on a public lottery and buying and selling Macao lottery tickets. He was acquitted on the first count, and on count two was fined $5OO or 3 months’ hard labour and on count three $lO or a month.
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    GOLD DREDGING IN BORNEO.
    489 7 BIG THINGS IN SIGHT. About 18 months ago Mr. T. R. Toby, well known in Australian mining circles, left Sydney under engagement with a strong syndicate to examine and report upon certain mining concessions held by the Alluvia Company, a Java venture, which had been secured
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    THEFTS.
    109 7 A Taichew named Tan Quee Ling of Balestier Road alleges that on Tuesday his brother named Tan Quee Ow bolted during his absence with $9O in property and money. On Tuesday a house at Kampong Bahru Road occupied by a Chinaman named Ang Ah Choy was broken into and
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    A TAMIL’S STORY.
    128 7 A Tamil reports that at 4 p. m. yesterday he arrived by the Sappho with his wife and family. He put a steel trunk containing property valued at $6OO in a sampan with his son, but before he could get in himself the Sappho started for Pulo
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    DEATH OF MR. W. R. ANGUS.
    112 7 We regret to hear of. the death of Mr. W. R. Angus, which took place last night at his residence, the Maternity Hospital, Victoria Street. Mr. Angus had been for many years employed in the Medical Department of the Colony, and was the apothecary
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    OIL FUEL FOR STEAMERS.
    467 7 A good deal of interest appears to have been aroused in shipping and insurance circles in regard to the valuable services recently rendered to the Austrian Lloyd steamer Pandora by the Shell Line steamer C/am, by reason of the fact that the last-named vessel was burning
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    COUNCIL ORDERS.
    144 7 On the loth March last, the Secretary of State informed the Officer Administering the Government that attention had been drawn to the fact that rule 41 of the standing rules and orders of the Legislative Council of the Straits Settlements of the 2nd December, 1895, which requires a
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    FRIDAY, 20TH APRIL.
    306 7 Last night there was a successful dance at the Tanglin Club. H. M. S. Pique is coaling at No. 8 section Borneo Wharf. The Unnet Wharf" 8 C al at N 6 Tan J° n S Pagar The new Finance Minister in India, Sir Edward Fitz Gerald
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    CASES OF ASSAULT.
    121 7 A Malay named Abdul Hamid, a gambling informer, living at 68 Gaylang Road reports that at 1 a.m. on Wednesday he was assaulted by four Javanese, whom he cannot identify, in Arab Street. Hamid states that he heard a Malay man and woman in a ’rikisha tell
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    CONFESSION OF THEFT.
    120 7 Before Mr. Michell yesterday, Frank Heinemann, an American, was charged with the theft of a watch valued at Si 5, a locket, and silver links, belonging to a Dutchman, at the Temperance Club. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and accounted for the theft by saying that he was
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    “HIS HONOURS FOLLY.”
    1448 8 New Harbour is no longer with us. By a function of yesterday afternoon (witnessed by a few guests of His Honour, by the solitary single individual occupants of a round dozen of launches, and the officers.and crews of I H.M.S. Linnet and Rattler) the name NVw Harbour
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    YESTERDAY’S THEFTS.
    193 8 Philip Trusty, of 48 Hill Street, employed by Bernard Falkenstein Co. in Change Alley, reports that at 5.30 p. m. on Wednesday he went home after locking the drawers of his desk. On going to the office at 9 a. m. yesterday he found that the drawers had
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    CHESS.
    264 8 (conducted by king's pawn.”) All Chess correspondence should be addressed to King’s Pawn. n Solution of Problem No. 168(Buchmann) P—B 8; No. 169 (Maston) Q —B aq. Correct solutions received from A. O. S. and X. Problem No. 170, by N. Maximow. BLACK 5 PIECES. Problem No. 171, by
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    BUYING AN ISLAND.
    118 8 The purchase of the lands and franchises from native owners of one of the Philippine Islands has been made, it is said, by Prince Poniatowski, a Russian nobleman and the President. of the Standard Electric Company of San Francisco. The island is Basilan, southwest of the island
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    BRITISH SHIPPING.
    200 8 In "Lloyds’ Register of British and Foreign Shipping,” the statistical tables for 1899, dealing with the vessels added to and removed from the register of the United Kingdom during the year, show that the total addition of steam tonnage in that ti me was 1,242,592 tons gross; and,
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    COLLISION AT SEA.
    348 8 THE “HO TANG” AND THE “SRI TRINGGANU” A MARiNEjCourt of Inquiry was held this morning to enquire into the collision between the Ho Tang and the Sri Tringganu in the Karimon Straits on the night of the 2nd inst. The Court consisted of Mr. Brockman, President, and
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    “IN TOWN.”
    53 8 There is a full-dress rehearsal of the musical comedy “In Town at the Town Hall to-night. The opening performance takes place to-morrow (Saturday) night, and the entertainment will be repeated on Tuesday, Thursday* and Saturday, the 24th, 26th, and 28th inst. Seats may be booked at Messrs. Kelly
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    PHILIPPINE GOLD.
    93 8 The Manila Times gives particulars of American prospecting for gold in Mindanao, an island in the southern Philippines. The prospectors found coa in abundance in certain sections contiguous to navigable streams. They discovered copper and also gold in certain localities. The gold load and quartz is situated in
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    CONSULS IN THE FAR EAST.
    291 8 BRITISH ALTERATIONS. Japan having set herself to organise distinct and independent Consular relations with Great Britain, it has been found necessary to alter several of the existing arrangements governing our Consular Services in the Far East. This has been done by an Order in Council
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    SINGAPORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
    243 8 THE COUNCIL REPRE.SE.NTATJV This afternoon, a meeting of members of Chamber of Commerce w s i Exchange Rooms. Theb“it£&gt; meeting was to propose a appointment to the Le c i«lat f in place of the Hon (j s \i° UDcil resigned. Murray Mr. T. E. Earle
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    SPORT IN MALAYA
    71 8 A cricket match was played on Saturday and Monday last at Taiping between Penang and Perak. The total score of the former, in their two innings, was 136 while that of the latter, for one innings, was 224 runs. Perak beat Penang at golf by one hole,
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    OUR WAR RELIEF FUND.
    45 8 FIFTY-SEVENTH LIST $7(1,040. Amount previously acknowledged. Mr. Geo. B. Reynolds, 10 guilders 9 Alfred Lea (monthly) 10 Total S 7b,046 [The total paid by the Straits Tmn to Mr. Frizell, Hon. Treasurer of the War Relief Fund, is $75,303.30$743arc in hand
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    THE PARIS EXHIBITION.
    76 8 InDO-China has the largest space amongthe Colonial Exhihits at the Paris Exhibition. The buildings assigned to her come under four groups. There are: —(1) Tonkinese Palaces, modelled on those of Co-Loa; (2) Building for Indo-Chinese products in the form of the Cholon pagoda; (3) Building for Cambodian
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    SATURDAY, 21ST APRIL.
    171 8 A Chinese boy named Eng Moh, aged 10 years, was found straying hy the police yesterday. The boy arrived with his parents from China the day previous The Malay Mail War Relief Fund was to close on Friday last. It stood at SlB,OOO on Wednesday. At that
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    IT SEEMS A PITY.
    61 8 The Secretary of the Selangor R Association has been officially n^ rin that the Ordnance Department in pore cannot in future be aakco supply ammunition to the Associ a 1 except in cases of emergency. 1 mean* that the Association wIU obliged to obtain its ammunition
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    ON THE VERANDAH.
    2456 9 I nIV custom to leave my four cloCk and t 0 A» btl til» of tea, change my leisurely for my V- 3r iir amusement. Ot r T, ell impossible. I have p Jt ;T r y companies of two of P f' "airman, and their affa.rs
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    SPORTING NOTES.
    1311 9 There was 83me interesting work done this morning, which amply repaid the large number of men who were down early to see it. Claret (Calder up) and Plutus (Fiddes up) were the first out. They trotted round to the Derby post and from there went a good spin
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    RAFFLES LIBRARY.
    145 9 The report on the Raffles Library and Museum for 1899 notes the addition of 501 works to the library that year, including 267 classified as fiction. The number of subscribers has increased to 349, almost double the figures for 1894. But, for all that, the library is not
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    H. M. S. TERRIBLE.
    240 9 H. M. first class cruiser Territ&gt;le Capt. Percy M. Scott, has arrived at Colombo from South Africa on her way to China. She left the Cape at the end of March and steamed straight for Colombo. She may be expected to arrive at Singapore on Thursday
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    JELEBU.
    2179 10 HALF YEARLY MEETING TO-DAY. At noon to-day, the twenty-first ordinary general meeting of the Jelebu Mining Trading Co. was held at the office of the general agents, Messrs. Huttenbach Bros. &‘Co. The business of the meeting was to receive the directors’ report and accounts for the half year ended
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    CAMBRIDGE EXAMINATIONS.
    79 10 The Vinang Gazette publishes a list of nine Straits boys who have passed in the recent Cambridge local examination. Guan Seok from the Penang Free School stands first,W. S. Leicester from the Raffles Institution comes second, and Foley from the Brothers’ School at Penang is third. Of the
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    MR. WALTERS.
    130 10 We regret to state that Mr. Walters, of the Strait ft Times reporting staff, who has been in hospital with fever for the last fortnight, is reported to be suffering from quite a serious case which it will take a month to cure. There is no danger; but
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    GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
    186 10 The following appointments are notified with effect from the 22nd instant: —Mr. R. N. Bland, Inspector of Prisons, to be Acting Resident Councillor, Malacca. Mr. J. O. Anthonisz, Official Assignee, to act as Inspector of Prisons, in addition to his other duties. Mr. C. G. de Rougemont, Cadet,
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    COLLISION AT SEA.
    1243 10 THE “HO TANG” AND “SRI TRINGGANU.” On the Court resuming after luncheon yesterday, the evidence of the captain of the Sri Tringganu was taken. The harbour-master of Rhio was also present in Court. Abas, captain of the s. s. Sri Tringgann, said: I left Tebing Tinggi at
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    PENANG HILL RAILWAY.
    183 10 ORDINANCE TO BE REPEALED AND REDRAFTED. Tnis Secretary of State, bv d 3 dated loth March, directs the n-p*! of Ordinance No. 19 of I^99—tfac Penang Hill Railway Ordinance. la Secretary of State finds the Ordinau to need amendments giving tin Government greater controlling foie over the
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    AN ECHO FROM MALACCA.
    273 10 TO THE EDITOR OF THE STRAITS TIME: Sir, —While reading over the acccr--of your Malacca correspondent wltfi appeared in your number of the 1- my eyes lighted on a paragraph concert, which calls for ii Being one of the individuals referred to in letter, 1 hope
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    MUNICIPAL COMMISSION.
    565 11 r meeting of the Municipal r n was held yesterday afteri.' P r ,„iJent (Mr. Gentle) in the jot'»- tl "-':,i 1 Messrs. Jago, Capper, &gt; r MCl.oaG.ang Thye. r jare* l 1111 tHE financial position. i u t uf the meeting, was to ilie r Supplemental Budget
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    COCONUT FERTILISER.
    37 11 I Arthur Keyser, the British ‘J Lr hurneo, writes to the Malay trees at Sandakan in »nli Borneo thrive luxuriantly ,r jg manured with the refuse I ]il,lli^r, *ve baik after extraction veir »g materials.
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    OF CRUDE OIL.
    86 11 (»F THE! “STRAITS TIMES.” a t!'. 1 &gt;lr lssue Thursday, 21st Y ,lif! ra ph appears stating that “i’ Lll ,u n t made by Samuel importing crude 'fci'i to l. r,Jln Borneo to Japan is !a 1' tli O t» ,r,iV(i&lt;l Ul ?successful.” The r kiirn
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    MONDAY, 23RD APRIL.
    308 11 Sec.-Lieut. O. C. Niven, R.G.A., has been promoted lieutenant. The French chartered transport Cholon left for Marseilles yesterday. A Taichew living at 2 North Canal Road died of small-pox yesterday. The statutory meeting of the Sipiau Tin Company, will be held on Friday the 4th of May,
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    ATTEMPTED BANK BOBBERY.
    139 11 On Sunday morning at daylight Mr. Pickering, the agent of the Bank of China in Singapore, was aroused at his house by the wailings of the Indian watchman who is supposed to guard the bank at night. Mr. Pickering drove to the bank in town and found
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    H. M. S. “TERRIBLE.”
    263 11 TO ARRIVE NEXT SATURDAY. In our issue of Saturday we recorded the formation of a small committee with a view of considering ways and means of entertaining the officers and crew of H. M.’s cruiser Terrible on her arrival here. A wire was sent to Captain
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    “IN TOWN."
    1341 11 A COMPLETE SUCCE3S. The musical farce In Town,” which has been in course of preparation for some weeks past, was played by a number of local amateur performers in the Town Hall, on Saturday night, before a crowded audience. After making allowance for the nervousness and slight hitches
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    SIR FRANK SWETTENHAM'S LEAVE.
    120 11 RESULTING APPOINTMENTS. Sir Frank Swcttenham has been granted three months’ vacation leave to be followed by four months additional leave—with effect from the 29th April. The following are the resulting changes: Mr. W. H. Treacher to be Acting Resident-General, Colonel Walker, acting Resident of Perak Mr.
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    POLICE NEWS.
    148 11 For stealing two catties of vermicelli, a Chinaman has got one month’s hard labour. Salleh, a Malay, who stole a watch and a silk cloth belonging to another Malay, has been sent to prison for two months with hard labour. For gambling, three Malay women and three Malay
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    NETHERLANDS INDIA.
    625 11 It is officially notified that the Netherlands India Government will raise no difficulty against the establishment of prospecting or mining operations in the district of Mamuju (Celebes). It will always take into favourable consideration all applications for permits to carry on raining investigations in that promising district. Tobacco-planting
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    MR. MACKENZIE SKINNER.
    126 11 The Attorney-General this afternoon moved the Court, with the Chiĕf Justice on the Bench, tor the admission of Mr. P. Mackenzie Skinner (Barrister-at-Law, Middle Temple) to practice, in the Supreme and other Courts of the Straits Settlements, as an Advocate and Solicitor. His lordship said that the
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    WAR NEWS BY WIRE.
    2662 12 London 7th April. The fact that the British force at Bloemfontein is unable to cover a radius of thirty miles either north or south, and also General Gatacre s inability to trace the Bethulie Commando after the Reddersburg reverse, prove the absolute breakdown of the cavalry.
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    THEFTS.
    126 12 About 1.30 yesterday afternoon the chief engineer of the Saxonia lying at Borneo Wharf, went to his cabin anc taking off his jacket containing his watch lay down to get a sleep. A Chinaman came into the cabin while he was asleep and took the jacket. The thief was
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    MASONIC.
    134 12 THE LODGE BT. GEORGE. The annual installation meeting of Lodge St. George takes place this afternoon, when Bro. G. W. Butt is to be placed in the chair A large number of distinguished Brethren of the Craft will assist in the ceremony, and will later be entertained at a
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    THE STANDING ORDERS.
    249 12 MR. BURKINSHAW WILL OBtp,, THE CNOFFICIALS SHOULD At the Legislative Council r* day, the Acting Colonial Secret, instruction from Downing Street} That Rule 41 of the Standm.n.a this Council be amended t.v th.? of the words ’two-thirds’ And JC ,a -Sios tion in lien thereof of the
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    THE STRAITS GOVERNORSHIP.
    597 12 Ceylon Observer.) The Straits Times publishes the following in one of its latent issues, as from a well-informed quarter in England As to the new Governor of the Straits Settlements nobody knows who is likely tc be appointed, and 1 am tola we are not likely to
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    NEWS BY WIRE.
    900 13 London April 7th. n nald Stewart, in a cable OP ta ,D 1/ lial Office, gives his opinion t docile and prosperous, &gt; A iiin ‘r no trouble has been i :i/ rIV The merchants here ir* ll If.-ly a tribal fight and &gt; ll £Xu Will
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    CRICKET.
    163 13 S. R. C. v. S. C. C. 2nd XI. Playkd on Saturday on the S. C. C. ground with the following result: s. r. c. H. D. Jansz b Abrams 0 B. P. Seth run out 5 S. Zehndcr run out 18 F. Thomasz c Fort b Airey 14
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    TIGER HUNTING.
    83 13 On the 13th inst., a tigress took away three pigs from a Chinaman’s place on Loke Yew’s land in Selangor. The estate watchmen wounded her severely. The next morning, Mr. E. V. Carey went out to track her with 25 dogs. She was found in some very heavy
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    A FIRE AT ROCHORE.
    96 13 About 1.20 a.m. yesterday a fire broke out in a store at 66 Hadji Lane, The store is rented by a Chinaman living at 22 Clyde Terrace and contained a number of cases of earthenware valued at *1,200. The damage done by the fire is estimated
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    THE S. V. A. INSPECTION.
    163 13 Nearly 70 officers, non-commissioned officers, and men of the S. V. A. turned out on Satuiday afternoon for the annual inspection. The six 2.5" guns were first taken to the reclaimed ground opposite Raffles School, and there the battery marched past the inspecting officer, Major
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    “HIS HONOUR'S FOLLY.”
    342 13 A RECORD IN BOOK FOBM. At the suggestion of several jnembers of the public, the articles and paragraphs that have appeared in the Straits Times of Thursday, Friday, and Saturday (and of to-day) under the heading u His Honour’s Folly will be reprinted in book form. The
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    MINING IN NEGERI SEMBILAN.
    113 13 A letter from Tam pin in the Malay Mail of the 20th instant, notes rumourthat work will soon be resumed at tin* Batu Bersawah mines, and that tin last manager is expected back from Melbourne shortly. The survey of tin* syndicate’s land is being carried out,
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    TUESDAY, 24TH APRIL.
    99 13 A Chinaman living in Cross Street is suffering from small-pox. It is reported that Kui Chun, a Minister of the Tsung-li Yamen, lias been appointed Chinese Ambassador to London, vice Lo Feng-loh, who is re-called. Through the efforts of General Gascoigne, the Officer Commanding the Troops at
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    THE PIGS OF PERAK.
    48 13 Eleven little pigs belonging to a pig dealer in Perak were all paralysed in their hind quarters. On the 16th inst., lightning struck the stye during a thunderstorm. The shock stunned the little pigs, but afterwards they were found to be cured of paralysis.
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    LIVERPOOL VIEWS.
    43 13 The Liverpool Chamber of Commerce will submit, at the fourth congress of Chambers of Commerce of the Empire to he held in June, resolutions on Imperial telegraphic communication, the metric system, commercial education, sugar bounties, and railways in Burmah and China.
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    INSURANCE.
    63 13 Advice has been received in Singapore from the head office of the South British Fire and Marine Insurance Co. that, for the half-year ended Feb. 28th last, the company have declared a dividend at the rate of 20 per cent, per annum. The company effect fire insurance on every
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    REGISTERED COMPANIES.
    95 13 LAST YEAR’S RECORD. Therr were registered in Singapore during the year 1899 seventeen joint stock companies, sixteen with an aggregate nominal capital of 55,493,000, and one unlimited. This is the largest number ever registered in any one year in this Settlement. A list of these companies runs as
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    LODGE ST. GEORGE.
    305 13 THE INSTALLATION PROCEEDINGS. Yesterday being St. George’s Day, there were important proceedings in connection with the Lodge of St. George. The annual installation meeting took place in the afternoon, when Bro. G. W. Butt was placed in the chair. A large number of distinguished Brethren of tiie
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    ALLEGED FORGERY IN BANGKOK.
    363 13 DRAFTS FUR £2,000. (Siam Observer April 18M.) For some time past it has been generally known that there had been some mystery in connection wdth the departure from Bangkok of Joseph W. Reutens, who was until February last employed as a clerk in the Bangkok branch
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    “THE MYSTERY OF PENANG.”
    212 13 THE PLOT THICKENS. WHO WAS SACRIFICED The “Mystery of Penang” still deepens. Proceeding on the lines of the Kwang Hu Wei case, rumour suggests that perhaps the Penang Chamber of Commerce M. L. C.-designate did not really leave for England in the P. O. mail as
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    THE N. D. L.
    55 13 The North German Lloyd intends in September next to open a three-weekly service between Australia and Europe with a fleet to include eight twin-screw steamers, of over 10,000 tons each. A ine (six-weekly) will also be inaugurated ;o New Guinea via Queensland ports, to Singapore or
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    PUNJOM.
    65 13 At the annual meeting of the Punjom Company at Hongkong, on the 14th instant, it was stated that prospecting operations were being vigorously carried on at the mines. At Jalis, ore had seen crushed averaging fifteen pennyweights to the ton. The ore available elsewhere for crushing was expected to
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    WAR NEWS BY WIRE.
    348 13 (From Dutch Sources.) The Hague 13 th April. On Thursday, the Boers renewed the bombardment of Wepener. Owing to the four guns hitherto used for the purpose falling short of requirements, they put three more cannon in position outside the town. The recent actions in Natal
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    PAHANG NEWS.
    1482 14 (Frrym our Correspondent.) Kuala Lipis I6(k April. BENTONG AFFAIRS. Since the beginning of this year, the labour force on Mr. Lok Y’ew’s mining concession at Bentong has been largely increased, the total number of men now employed at the different workings there being nearly 1,600, of whom nearly
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    THE M. M. CO.
    91 14 NEW BOATS. The latest addition to the fleet of the Messageries Maritimes is the steel twinscrew steamer Atlantaque, of 6,700 tons gross register, built at La Ciotat. Her dimensions are 468 feet in length, 50 feet in breadth, and 32 feet in depth. Her engines indicate
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    WAR NOTES.
    1475 14 (From Mail Papers.) DISTRIBUTION OF CASUALTIES. The Press Association has prepared (March 26) a return of casualties j showing their distribution, as far as can be ascertained, among the different &lt; portions of the force in South Africa, 'he total number of casualties in the field is calculated
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    H. M. S. “ TERRIBLE.”
    44 14 H. M. S. TERRIBLE.” Although it has been stated that 11. M. S. Terrible which is to arrive here at daylight on Saturday next, will stay till the following Thursday, it is thought quite probable that the cruiser may only stay till the Tuesday.
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    POLICE NEWS.
    191 14 Mohamed Marican was sentenced yesterday by the court of two magistrates to four months’ hard labour, for house-breaking by night. The same two magistrates gave Tan Teck a year with hard labour, Toll Seng four months, and Chan Hoh Choon a year (two months’ solitary confinement) for house-breaking
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    MISSING JEWELS.
    94 14 A Chinaman named Tan r-r- I at 236 Beach Road, alleged i'?- li J and 8 a.m. yesterday *hi s off with jewellery ar,&lt;] amount of $lO7. 1 A Chinaman, who live* 1 Road and is employed as a tax in Johore, reports that on \u? jl *3
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    FRENCH INDO-CHINA.
    303 14 At Kwang-chau-wan, w j, e Chinese recently resented to the of bloodshed the leasing 0 f port to France, tranquilly prevails. The Avenir .*1 says that the course of affair* has so changed for the better tL."9 settled Chinese population come French rule. They ex K 3 their
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    OF LABUAN.
    394 14 A leader in Labuan sends the fjii ing copy of a notice that can he wt in Labuan.” He seems in his letter*.# innuendo that it is an absurd n«*t:• We cannot see anything absuid in-* It is precise and clear. Wuat u can be asked than clearness
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    A BALLAD OF GOLF.
    453 15 to a sad, sad tale, f li= t| irc with mine mingle; A' J ,r; v Bella lutterbuck ;tll j will be, Single. rewold and sour, therecame t*. tli.* lassie, re mercenary men ted her a» /frame. I 1 wealth made her beware, -j. tfn»* heart
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    COUNCIL PAPERS.
    49 15 I’ laid before the Legis:i ii to-day include corresV* 1 r i ;,n *_ing the grant of ii'iiins, and correspond- r ti; Criminal Procedure 11 i ‘pers we have already "!•&gt;’ of rule under the •I'sinanee, report on the ;iil •'"tuck Companies, and 1 &gt; y and Museum
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    JAPANESE WARSHIP COMING.
    135 15 turret ship A said is i here from England on The Asuhi is of j 4 dTe ement, which makes warship in tlie world. ar V 15,000 indicated ''i 1 U: r J A H f-poed of 18 r "ides being armour- l, ,a helt 0 4
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    ALLEGED LIBEL.
    58 15 Mr. H. C. Pollock, late of the N. W. Province and Oude Police, India, and late of the F. M. S. Police, Perak, tells us he is taking steps to prosecute for an alleged libel in the publication of certain statements about himself and a banjo. We, of
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    “IN TOWN.”
    154 15 TO THE EDITOR OF THE BTRAITS TIMES Sir, At a day’s notice you will observe that Mrs. H. G. Diss has been called upon to take the part of “The Duchess in to-night’s performance, and out of common fairness I would ask that your reporter and the audience
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    INDIAN FAMINE RELIEF FUND.
    79 15 THE SEVENTH LIST. Previously acknowledged 54,158 Per Chinese Wan Kee Association 25 Per J. Polglase Methodist Church Collection GO Methodist Sunday School Scholars 11l Methodist Girls’ School 8 179 Per Kee Ah Seng D. M. Dent 20 Per Hon. W. R. Collyer C. H Downes 10
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    NAVAL APPOINTMENTS.
    198 15 The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty:—Staff Engineer—A.W.Turner,to the Argonaut to date April 19; Staff Surgeon—V. G. Thorpe, to the Argonaut to date April 19 Surgeon—S. H. Woods, mb, to the Argonaut to date April 19; Naval Instructor —O. T. Tuck, to the Goliath to date
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    THE VOLUNTEER AND “TOMMY.”
    289 15 The Daily iVews special correspondent fn South Africa relates a dialogue he overheard in camp. A man of the Warwicks was holding forth on the City Imperial Volunteers. He had evidently met a volunteer who attempted to patronise him, for Tommy spoke in this way: —“’E
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    “IN TOWN.”
    382 15 JI was at the Town Hall, my dear Doolan, I Just seein’ a farce called “In Town,” j And the ladies, the darlings, were perfect I In form and feature and gown. Their acting was really perfection, Their singing a musical treat, But they all put my heart
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    WEDNESDAY, 25TH APRIL.
    134 15 WEDNESDAY, 25 TH APRIL. A steamer of the Royal Dutch Oil Company passed through from east to west at 1.45 p. m. yesterday. In the early hours of this morning, a Malay bullock-cart driver named Omar found a newly-torn male child in a plantation at Kallang Budding. A copy of
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    MURDER AVENGED.
    89 15 CHINESE JUSTICE. The case of the barbarous murder of the Rev. Mr. Brooks, a British missionary by so-called 44 Boxers” in North China, last December, is reported to have been settled upon the following terms 1. The Chinese Government will erect a tablet in a cathedral upon the
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    AT THE POLICE COURTS.
    199 15 The case against Mohamed Tahir and Mohamed Ali, two Singapore Club boys,” for alleged theft of three bottles of champagne, some oranges and bananas, 4 napkins, a spoon, was withdrawn at the request of Mr. Braddell, who appeared for the Club. The Club authorities, he said,
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    3041 15 TUESDAY, 24th APRIL. PRESENT. His Honour Sir Alexander Swettenham, K.C.M.G., Acting Governor. Hon. W. Egerfcon (Acting Colonial Secretary). Hon. W. R. Collyer (Attorney-General). Hon. E. C. H. Hill (Auditor-General). Hon. E. M. Mere wether (Acting Colonial Treasurer). Hon. F. St. G. Caulfeild (Acting Colonial Engineer). Hon. Dr. Lim
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    HARBOUR THIEVES.
    74 16 At half-past four this morning the suspicion of the police patrolling the harbour was aroused by seeing two Chinamen going along in a sampan. The patrol hailed them, but they would not stop and so the launch ranup alongside the sampan. The men in the sampan then threw
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    FORGING DELIVERY ORDERS.
    173 16 A short time ago, a Chinese coolie went to 189 Boat Quay and produced an order for 20 bags of rice purporting to be from his towkay. The man obtained the bags. After he bad gone away with the bags, suspicions were aroused, and on enquiry it
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    OF QUEEN’S SCHOLARS.
    1175 16 ABSTRACT OF A COUNCIL PAPER. In August, 1897, the Secretary of State wrote to Governor Sir Charles Mitchell dwelling upon the existing difficulties of dealing with those students holding Queen’s Scholarships, whose conduct and diligence are unsatisfactory, though their shortcomings are not such as to call for
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    “IN TOWN.”
    552 16 MRS. DISS THE RESOURCEFUL. WFTEN THE HEART FLUTTERED The chief feature of last night’s performance of a In Town,” as distinct from the first night’s performance, was of course the change of personality in the representation of the Duchess of Duflshire. Mrs. Simon had played the part of
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    CONCERNING CRICKET.
    2260 16  -  (AU Rights Reserved*) BY 'V. J. ford. (Author of “Cridet;’“r r U4, Cricketer &*r) WHAT THE AUSTRALIANS Tlt I US—AND WHAT To AVof^H If proverbs are to be believed -JH they generally are not. it j, that teaches us, and f„ ur of unceasing Australian cri.-k w Wolßi
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    THE ADOPTED CHILD.
    57 17 TO THE EDITOR OF THE STRAITS TIM EB.’ Sir, —Allow me to inform you that the Reutens mentioned in yours of yesterday bears no relationship to those of the same name in Singapore. He was adopted by Mr. W. D. Reutens from childhood, his parentage being unknown.
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    THURSDAY, 26TH APRIL.
    201 17 A European has died of enteric fever in one of the hotels. Bishop Hose has returned to Singapore from Selangor. Up to the 3rd inst., there were 75 cases of, and 20 deaths from, plague in Sydney. A Eurasian girl named Rozario, aged 14 years, of 117
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    MUNICIPAL COMMISSION.
    2029 17 A meeting of the Municipal Commissioners was held yesterday afternoon, present Mr. Gentle, presiding, and Messrs. Barker, Jago, Capper, Sohst, Maclaren, Col. Pennefather, Moses, Choa Giang Thye, and Tan Cheng Tuan. THE PRESIDENT. The said the usual financial statement called for no remark. It showed a balance of
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    ASSURANCE.
    273 17 THE BRITISH EMPIRE MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE CO. The following is an epitome of the more important items in the 53rd annual report (for the year ending 31st December, 1899) of the above company. During the year 1,092 proposals for the assurance of £947,040 were received and 877 policies assuring
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    WAR NEWS BY WIRE.
    1849 18 London, 14th April. Lord Methuen is rumoured to be already well towards H&lt;K&gt;pstad, but his force is probably insufficient to seriously threaten Boer communication north of Kroonstad. TAKEN BY SURPRISE. The Press criticise Lord Roberts for suppressing the name of the officer who was responsible for
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    POLICE NEWS.
    107 18 Yesterday, Neo Tin Nco and her mother,Chua Yong You, for being implicated in a chan jee kee lottery, were fined $lOO and $5OO respectively. Two Chinese women «and one man were charged with assisting in carrying on chap jee kee lottery in Tank Road. The women were fined
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    DEATH OF MR. R. REMMERS.
    183 18 FUNERAL AT 5.30. Wk regret to have to record the death, this morning, of Mr. R. Remmers (a partner of Pertile and Co.) at his residence, 44 Waterloo,” River Valley Road. Mr. Remmers (who was a German) came to Singapore from Ceylon four years ago
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    THE “HAMBURG.”
    589 18 A STATELY EASTERN LINER. THE GERMAN FLAG IN ASIA. The new mail steamer Hamburg is at the Borneo Wharf. She is a very grand looking vessel, recently built at the Vulcan Yard at Stettin, and is a sister-ship to the N. D. L. steamers Konig Albert Francis Irene
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    COUNTERFEIT COIN.
    96 18 Last night a Chinaman was arrestee for attempting to pass counterfeit coin. The man said he got them from a woman at 59 Albert Street. A detective went to the house in Albert Street and found more bad coin. The woman in this house said she got them
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    “HEIDSIECK” AND THE ARMY.
    168 18 BEHN MEYER AND THE RIFLES. The Times (London) says:— The well-known French firm of champagne growers, Messrs. Charles Heidsicck, of Reims, have despatched twenty cases of their famous wine to each of the hospital ships now stationed or about to be stationed in South African waters.
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    CRIMINAL PROCEDURE.
    441 18 In November, 1888, Lord ir the then Secretary of State f Ut S Colonies, wrote to Governor J Cr Smith directing criminal p ro 4 the Colony to be codified u that it was desirable to' mo to private prosecutions 1? the Attorney-General should Public Prosecutor and should
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    A SWEET WOMAN.
    163 18 IF SHE HAD A HCSBAN'd! The Lord Mayor of London, Mr. A J Newton, directed that the Irish flag» hoisted over the Mansion House on St Patrick’s day in recognition of the bravery of the Irish troops in .South Africa. Miss Anna Parnell, sister of the late
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    ARMED MACAOS.
    209 18 THEY DEMAND MONEY AT THE POINT OF A KNIFE. A Chinaman named Wong Ah s*® reports that yesterday while he was i 7 Sago Street, he heard a noise out?i On opening the door, two Macaos enttf the room while another stood at the heaof the stairs. There
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    THE SWIMMING CLUB.
    88 19 quay's race. ii «inc are the entrieS and IB» ol i.e UK) yards’ swimming eii-W Jiv morning. Launches I*ierrt 930:- S r Harris 23 secs. 10 secs. &gt; e \-&gt; P ,air *'lo7 Passmore &gt;27 .ri* 3 Freeman vis L' re I r.J. Davies*! pA. r k
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    FRIDAY, 27TH APRIL.
    426 19 T TV r nailie «l Hoosensah reports has absconded with valued at ‘&gt;2l6. that silver imported for j.yil ir coinage will be exempt duty in India. n Abdulkadir bin Abdulrahman ‘"n has been admitted a partner tirin ol Alsagoll Co. \j s Kil'j'ify Captain Fleet, JVj f
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    THE “HAMBURG.”
    682 19 A BIG BANQUET. SOME 200 GUESTS. Last night about 200 guests sat down to dinner about 7.45 on board the new Hamburg-Amerika liner, j the Hamburg. Captain Luneschloss was in the chair at the centre table, while another post of hospitality! in the centre of the same table
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    THE COST OF LIVING.
    224 19 DEARXEB3 FROM MARKET RENTS. That high market rentals work for dearness of food—a fact plain enough here—is now admitted also at Hongkong, where the increasing cost of living has raised a loud outcry. The Colonial Veterinary Surgeon there makes the following remarks on the subject in
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    WAR NEWS BY WIRE.
    536 19 DATEB TO THE 6TH INSTANT. Although apparently a deadlock exists at Warrenton, and no effort is seemingly being made to cross the Vaal River to drive the Boers from Fourteen Streams, it is believed that the British inaction is only a ruse. The interpretation placed upon
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    THE FUSILLADE ON FLANAGAN’S HOUSE.
    1902 19 THE SHOOTING OF THE LEACHES. MRS. FLANAGAN AND HER CHILDREN UNDER FIRE. THE TWO FAMILIES OF BERANGOON. DID FLANAGAN SWEAR WHY SHOULDN’T HE BWEAR (&gt;4 Story of Life in Singapore narrated in the Police Court and Recounted by a Straits Timeßeporter Who Is Also a
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    “IN TOWN.”
    284 20 A NEW GAO. The musical farce “In Town was played last night for the third time, with the same staff as on the second production. But we believe it is possible that the original Duchess of Duffshire perhaps, be able to again take up that part on Saturday
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    THE STRAITS AND MALAYAN SOUTH AFRICAN WAR RELIEF FUND.
    318 20 FIFTEENTH LIST. Amount previously acknowledged 9139,510 A. Cadonau. per Fischer Huber A Co. 300 Members of the Chinese Philomathic Society:— Lo Kuan Sia 90 Ang Puay Lan 20 10 each Tang Koong Sook, Tang Pak Cheng. Wang Sau N am, Khoo
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    ABOUT RACING.
    924 20 BY TRIDENT.” Sojourners in the East, be they English, Dutch, or German sportsmen, by instinct or otherwise, almost invariably become participators, either by patronage or active interest, in what, to a large number of colonials particularly, is an all absorbing sport. Even the very active members of the
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    THE “TERRIBLE” FESTIVITIES.
    414 20 If the Captain of H. M. S. Terrible so approves, it will probably be arranged that the ship’s party which he may land to parade in the afternoon-and to attend the play “In Town” on Monday, shall he served with dinner in the evening before the play
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    HOW TO CLEANSE A CITY.
    355 20 WHAT WAS DONE AT MANILA. It is stated that when the Americans first took possession of the Philippine Islands, they found disease rampant, small-pox carried off victims, filth abounded, while the people were ignorant of the rudimentary laws of sanitation, and were contented in their
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    NEWS BY WIRE.
    559 20 London 14 th April. Lord Wolseley and numerous military and civil dignitaries attended the funeral of Sir Donald Stewart, and the service, with full military ceremonial, was held at Chelsea Hospital Chapel. A salute of 17 minute guns was fired, and an escort furnished by the Blues
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    50 20 At the Legislative Council meeting next Tuesday, the Orders of the Day include the third reading of the Sip gapore- Kranj i Railway Bill, and the committee stages of the Opium Ordinance Amendment Bill, the Municipal Ordinance Amendment Bill, and the Women and Girls’ Protection Ordinance Amendment Bill.
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    POLICE NEWS.
    80 20 Yesterday afternoon, Mr. Michell committed Quek Pock and Chu Lin to take their trial at the assizes on a charge ot murder. The allegation is that three Chinamen (including the two accused) went to the house of another Chinaman and,, after a dispute over some onions, the third
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    THE QUEEN IN IRELAND.
    341 20 Having regard to to-da» 1 concerning the success 0 f tK visit to Ireland, we rer.rin some weeks ago hv o True Poet is always I t M It is the heart, and ‘*2* that makes the world go THE WEARING °F THECpc Wm i&gt;r4 E
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    THE F. M. S. CLERICAL SERVICE
    287 20 With reference to an article entitled “The I. M. S. Clerical Service,' published on Wednesday, the 11th, and signed Vindex,” an expert person yvrites to us I am perhaps not surprised at vour publishing that very strange letter on ini April; but lam surprised
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    THE CHESS CLUB.
    218 20 SUSPENDED FOB THREE MONTHS. The postponed general meeting the Singapore Chess Club was heM a the Town Hall on Thursday at 5 p There were present: Messrs, t. Brock well, L. U. Cordeiro, W. Craig, T. R. Miles, and P. A. Reutens. 1» latter was voted to
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    THE “STRAITS BUDGET.”
    296 21 «HtT HI3 STSTEK SAXB v re .lerick Goodman, who Mr Albe s ollicc in Singapore, ■is a nier f |f lifter is in love with tb3t ,11 on account of the Straits r VI" ir ites that Singapore ,;J t plate of which she ts* 11 ..[ace
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    PASSENGER LIST.
    964 21 p^ r s Suisang from ICaeutta via ports—Mr. Anderson. r *p er s.s Singapore from Bangkok—Mr. P. M skinner, and Mr. and Mrs. Boycee. Per s. s Kumsang from Hongkong— J. Millar, and J. Kidwell. prr s. Sappho from Klang via ports— Mr an 1 Mrs. Cook, Messrs
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      SHIPPING IN PORT.
      199 21 Uader this heading the following abbrevia tions are used:—str.—steamer sh.—ship; bq.—barque; sch.—schooner; Yet.—Yacht; Cru.—Cruiser; Gbt.—Gunboat; Tor.— Torpedo H.p.—Horse-power Brit.— British U. 8.—United States; Fr.— French; Ger.—German; Dut.—Dutch; Joh.—Job ore Ac., 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 &C.
      677 21 A.RBIVALB SINCE NOON OF YESTERDAY. Bormida Ital. str. 1,499 tons, Captain Sartorio, 25th Apl. From Hongkong, 18th A pi. G.c., and 4t&gt;2 d.p. Behn Meyer and Co For Penang, 28th—Rds, Borneo Brit. str. 404 tons, Capt Robinson, 27th Apl. From Bangkok, 23rd Apl. G.c., Low Sum. For
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      VESSELS EXPECTED.
      417 21 Afonte, port, probable date of arrival »/»&lt; name of agents. Steamers. Agamemnon, Apl 28 Mansfield. Aker, Barry, l’ft Mar 23 Alciuous, ll’kong to leave, May 16; M’field. Ambria, Hamburg, May 11 B. Meyer. Andalusia, H’kong, to leave May 30 B. M. dallaarat, Colombo, May 6 P. A O.
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      ARRIVALS.
      1462 21 M I 1 f'lAfr I a Vbsskl's Nam&; A Ton Cattaw 1 Fun Situs Comwm a kio i Apl 17 Pak Shan Brit sir. 1236 Jenkins 8watow Apl 10 Guthrie and Go. 17 Singapore i nr. 748 Gray Bangkok Apl 11 Joo Song Chan 17 Kum Sang sir. 2078
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      CLEARANCES.
      849 21 Date. Vessel’s Name FlagAßig Gaptaie Dbstieatioe Apl 18 Clive Brit sir. Coleman Penang 18 Poh Ann str. Bainbridge via ports 18 Singkep Dut str. Narodah Singkep 19 Hong wan Brit sir. Hudson Moar and Malacca 19 Chow Phya str. Jellicoe Malacca and intiw 19 Saltan 1 rtr. Hendry Hoar
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