The Straits Budget, 9 June 1900

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    DEFINING BOER RIGHTS.
    538 3 (Straits Times Ist June.) We are told that the newspapers of Britain regard the South African war as being practically over, which is precisely the view that we ourselves have taken, since the Boers abandoned Johannesburg and are reported to offer to surrender Pretoria. Yet the country
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    THE STRAITS BORN.
    254 3 (Straits Times sth June.) One cannot speak too highly of the loyal foresight and shrewd forecast with which the Straits-born Chinese have sought to arrange in advance for a demonstration on the fall of Pretoria. The most ancient of the races that have endured in independence, the
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    PRETORIA OCCUPIED.
    478 3 (Straits Times 6th June.) Yesterday, but at a late hour, the news came to London that the British had occupied Pretoria. We know it to-day, the delay being chiefly due to the difference of time. Lord Roberts’ advance on Pretoria, from his camp on the road to Pretoria,
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    WHAT IS A “LEADER”?
    343 3 (Straits Times 7th June.) A correspondent points out that we are accused of having printed on the Ist of June a “leader” which is word for word the same as a [part of a] Times article of April 14th. The inference is theft; and the inference
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    THE WAR.
    1886 3 (Straits Times bth June.) We are short of news from South Africa because of the breakdown in the cable, meaning, we presume, the main and principal cable from Cape Town. Thus, our first telegram says that there is nothing yet known as to whether in capturing Pretoria we
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    PAHANG IN 1899.
    631 4 ADMINISTRATION REPORT. FINANCES AND TRADE. The Administration report on Pahang for 1899 sets out by stating that the revenue of the State advanced from £224,856 in 1898 to £375,350 in 189 y, showing an increase of £150,494 or 66.93 per cent and surpassing the estimate by £68,155
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    ST. ANDREW’S CATHEDRAL
    95 4 At the evening service at St. Andrew’s Cathedral, on Sunday, there will be sung an anthem of praise and thanksgiving. The music, written for the choir for this occasion, is a good arrangement of a fine theme, and is taken in great part from “Short Melodies for
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    ADVANCE MAIL NEWS.
    511 4 THE WAR. London ]8th May. The British gunboat Forte (secondclass cruiser) which is lying in Delagoa Bay, steams seawards a distance of seven miles every night, owing to a suspected conspiracy to blow her up in the darkness, as in the case of the American battleship Maine
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    A DESCRIPTIVE ERROR.
    75 4 “H is Highness Date Abdul Rahman, Prime Minister of Joliore,” was, according to the Ceylon Ohsercer of 24th May, among the passengers per French mail steamer Frnerf Simons bound for Marseilles. It is pointed out to us that the Prime Minister of Johore is the Hon Dato
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    BORNEO.
    139 4 In the House of Commons on 11th May, in reply to Mr. Weir (Ross anu Cromarty), Mr. Brodrick (Surrey, Guilford) said —Mat Sator, who is generall\ supposed to be a relative of Mat Sallell, was with him during the hostility which led to the latters death. Ho escaped from
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    IDENTIFICATION
    116 4 A correspon dext H pract.ce f„r I- WM ♦o the jail f t before they are V*'* magistrate*. Ti,«. li happen*, houv v r JB that the jail a ,„j nt it. sufficient time p, .‘B ‘I 1 1 8 This M day morning, \vl,.. n p-■* told Mr.
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    NEWS BY WIRE
    490 4 Loiid(ji\, 2~"i News conies from Washing I live torpedoo haw W Japanese harbours, m ex e speedy conflict with H Mr. St. J. Brodrick, question in the House of t’, said that tne new agreement Russia and Corea has no sovereign rights, but grant:* a J similar
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    FRIDAY, 1ST JUNE.
    595 5 mr rration for the new year H £\m'< ..if a coolie fell from a 11 "riieo Wharf and was I lately died in I t viii-T a fortune of four t:ic*r />/1 gal left Penang r-i tv. and is due here at ,rf »\V. r j proinhead-Matthews
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    CAPTAIN LIMPUS, R. N.
    71 5 The Hongkong Telegraph is informed that Commander Arthur H. Limpus ft. N., of H. M. S Tf.rrible has been promoted to the rank of Captain Commander Limpus was only made a Commander on 1st January, 1898; and, as there are still commanders on the list whose
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    THE P. & O. “ COROMANDEL.”
    78 5 THE P. O. COROMANDEL.” The P. O. steamer Coromandel, which brought the mail from China this morning, was put into quarantine for 24 hours at Hongkong in consequence of two European members of tiie crew having been attacked by plague. It would seem from this that the disease w r
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    FIGHTING IN THE PHILIPPINES.
    90 5 A fierce fight between an American force anu 400 insurgents took place ai llilonges in the Philippine island oi Leyte, on the 6th inst. The insurgents fought from behind walled defences, strengthened with traps and pitfalls After shelling the stronghold, the Ameridashed in and the fighting
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    LADIES’ TENNIS CLUB.
    94 5 AN AMERICAN TOURNAMENT. /To-morrow entries will close for a ladies’ and gentlemen s American tournament, to be played on Saturday, June 9th, by A” class, and on Saturday, June 10th, by 44 B” class. The style of tournament will be an innovation for Singapore, in that scoring
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    COLONEL PLUMER.
    110 5 ALSO A SMALL MAN. Colonel Plumer is a dapper little man of scarcely 5ft. oin., although an impression seems to have got abroad that he is tall. He is one of the greatest dandies imaginable, but does not let the tastes of aw exquisite interfere with a sincere
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    MAGISTERIAL ERRORS.
    281 5 A correspondent draws attention to tlie fact that serious mistakes are made by inexperienced magistrates. He takes as a subject that of binding over to keep the peace, and urges that unmerited hardship is often the result of thoughtless action on the part of a magistrate. It lias
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    OF CERTAIN BELIEFS.
    1252 5 A CRITICISM OF THE HON. DK."" LIM BOON KENG. TO THE EDITOR OF THE BTRAITS TIMES.’ SiR, —I hoped that the letter which you w’ere kind enough to publish for me on the Bth inst. w T ould bring res- ponse from some of the many religious
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    GOLD IN INDIA.
    61 5 A million of pounds sterling, it is expected, will have passed into circulation in India before long from the Currency Offices and Presidency Banks. Already the sovereigns in circulation amount to over 800,i>00. The coining of gold in the Bombay Mint has not yet begun, but the
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    THE SUBORDINATE MEDICAL STAFF.
    399 5 Tiik subordinate medical stair in Singapore is at the best of times inadequate for the tasks assigned it; but when two of its members are withdrawn (one by death, the other by sickness) from the strength, there is almost a block. Owing to the lamented death
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    THE PLAGUE.
    186 5 PRECAUTIONS AT SINGAPORE. THE P. O. COROMANDEL. On the arrival of the P. O. mail steamer Coromandel at Singapore this morning, from Hongkong, the vessel was immediately put into quarantine in consequence of cases of plague having occurred on board. Telegraphic information was received at Singapore previous to
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    THE “AMOK” RUNNER.
    44 5 llaji Alt, the Malay who ran a mo'; in Min to Road on the 17th uit., is still in hospital suffering from a fractured arm. His case was again called up this morning, and was further postponed till the Bth inst.
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    A BANK PRESIDENT SENTENCED
    54 5 Charles H. Cole, President of the Globe National Bank at Boston, was sentenced there to eight years’ imprisonment on the 14th instant. The indictment against him charged Cole with making false entries in the Bank’s books and misappropriating the funds of the Bank to the amount
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    CRUELTY TO A PONY.
    60 5 A couple of weeks ago, Major Lewis Jones, R. E., witnessed hack gharry syce S'J, Buying, beating a pony with a piece ot firewood at Campong Bahru. The animal had sores on its hind-quarters. The Major communicated with the police and the man was summonsed. This
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    THE FORTS AT PRETORIA.
    188 5 Much has been said during the war concerning the strength of the fortifications of Pretoria. In this light the testimony of a man who has actually worked in the fort 4 of Pretoria is interesting. Mr. William Thompson, a stonemason, who is at present living in
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    THE SHARE MARKET.
    195 5 Latham and Mactaggart report: since our last repoit our markets have been very quiet with steady rates. In f in mines, Jelehus have been a little, easier, and shares are obtainable at 812 25. Pahang Corporations are offered at 810 50 Temelongs continue a strong market. Sipiaus,
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    THE LOTTERY QUESTION.
    718 6 {Shanghai Daily Press 11 th May 1900.) However opinion may be divided as to the desirability of permitting lotteries to be operated in Shanghai, there is one phase of the question which admits of no controversy, and that is that if we are to have institutions of
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    A DARING BURGLARY.
    121 6 About 2.30 p.m, yesterday, a daring burglary was committed at 14 Dhoby Ghaut, the residence of Mr. Kramar. Mr. and Mrs. Kramar were out and the Chinese cook, having gone'to town, had left a small Chinese boy in charge of the house. He was engaged in the
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    A COLOSSAL VESSEL.
    66 6 A contract has been drawn up between the North German Lloyd and the Vulcan ship-building yard at Stettin, for the building of a steamer to far surpass all others in size and speed She is to be 706 feet long and will have engines of 44,000 horse
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    A GOOD VALET.
    115 6 Mr. Arnot Reid recommends for employment his boy ”Ah Ming. The boy had been trained by two military officers, and brought the certificate of a regimental Mess President. He thoroughly understands clothes and the treeing of boots, and gives to his master expert aid in dressing, and
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    THE “BOXERS.”
    132 6 The Boxers evidently intend organising their society in Kiangsu province also, for nearly a dozen of them have arrived at Shanghai from the north en route for cities inland. Several persons have witnessed some of the tricks used by the “Boxers” to entice people to join them, such
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    SATURDAY, 2ND JUNE
    304 6 SATURDAY, 2 ND JUNE Colonel Chippindall leturned trim Penang by mail, this morning. Capt. H. C. Metcalfe (Ist Perak Sikhs) is appointed a 1). A. A. G. on the staff in South Airica. A carriage, of European make, has been found by the police in Beach Road. An owner is
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    ALLEGED INCENDIARISM.
    65 6 Yestsrday afternoon, a fire broke out at 41, Ophir Road, but the occupier managed to put it out before much damage was done. He suspects three Chinamen of setting fire to his building. Last night two of them gave themselves up to the police in respect of a
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    ON THE VERANDAH.
    1430 6 A singular example of illogical argument has come to my attention in a paragraph headed The Strain of Life,” in a home paper. The paragraph proceeds as follows: The stress of competition in the labour market is painfully evidenced by a fact brought out by the “Municipal
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    KRUGER’S WEALTH.
    233 6 It is pretty generally admitted that Kruger is the possessor of valuable property, entitling him to the rank of millionaire, but that his real estate is worth between nineteen and twenty millions sterling as put down by one South African paper, even the most credulous would be loth
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    WAR NEWS BY WIRE.
    1558 6 THE relief of mafekk I the besiegers I riGHTI.NO IS MAFEKISO I I'Ondon, I A despatch from Lord R r k I Kroonstad 21st instant \U Mahon reports hi s e L^ S: Mafeking at four o'clock i n Jl" 0 the ;v h T vdnt
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    GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
    221 7 The Forest Reserves report for 1899 is published. The Singapore reserves are now twenty in number. Steps have been taken to encourage the forest guards to start nurseries of useful timber trees. The Singapore Land Oflice Report for 1899 is published. The departmental revenue continued to increase and
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    HARMSTON’S CIRCUS.
    316 7 MRS. HARMSTON-LOVE’S BENEFIT. Last night, the tent of Harmston’s Circus was packed, every available seat and chair being occupied. It had been announced that the entertainment was for Mrs Harmston-Love’s benefit, and the public of Singapore responded generously to the call. Nor were they disappointed. The programme w
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    NETHERLANDS INDIA.
    1074 7 REMEDY FOR CHINESE FAILURES. On the 19th May, the Merchants’ Association of Batavia met to consider how to meet the growing evil of insolvent Chinese traders compelling their creditors to accept disadvantageous compositions, under threat of going into bankruptcy if any one of the creditors refused to accept
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    AT THE POLICE COURTS.
    119 7 Mutu Tam by has paid $2O for burying a corpse elsewhere than in a licensed burial ground. A Chinaman has been fined a similar sum for keeping explosives for sale without a licence; and a like amount has been p*id by Sanie for keeping an unlicensed
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    THE P. & O. AND LASCARS.
    359 7 THE P. O. AND LASCARS. IS THE LAW BROKEN? Jn the House of Commons on May 4th, on the vote to complete the sum of £773,015 to defray the expenses of the Post Office packet service, Mr. Havelock Wilson asserted that the P. O. Co. did not comply with the
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    GENERAL WIRE NEWS.
    903 7 London 2 2nd May. A Times telegram from Peking reports that the Diplomatic Body have addressed a Joint Note, couched in firm language, to the Tsung-li-Yamen, summoning the Government to suppress the Boxers and the anti-foreign propaganda. The note says that, if the antiforeign movement is unchecked,
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    TUESDAY, 5TH JUNE
    800 8 TU ESDAY, 5TH JUNE Mr. J It. I line?, of the Straits Civil emeu, \v»»s called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn h«st term. Mr. Gl«»ver, who lias leit Singapore to njoin th»" Perak p«»lic«*, lias been Grafted to Kinta as inspector. A Chsxf.se woman has committed suichle by hanging
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    TROUBLESOME TRADERS.
    70 8 The Sarawak Government has issued an order that all wandering traders, except those who do a small business in cooked food or fruit, shall take ou» licenses. Many of these traders are most unscrupulous in their dealings with the people in the interior districts The idea is that,
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    OF FLAGS!
    135 8 WHO WAS EXCESSIVELY ENTHUSIASTIC TO THE EDITOR OF THE STRAITS TIMES.” Sir, —Many enquiries have been made as to why the Royal Standard was flying on the public offices on the Ist June and throughout the following night, and I have not yet found any one who could
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    HONGKONG MEMORIALS.
    173 8 THE JUBILEE MUDDLE ENDED. The Hongkong Diamond Jubilee Permament Memorials are now in a fair way towards being carried out. They consist of a hospital along with a Nursing Institute, and a road round the island. High building rates checked proceeding with the hospital scheme. The military authorities
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    PRETORIA DAY.
    791 8 THE CHINESE ORGANISE. THE FINAL AGREEMENT. A MONSTER ILLUMINATED PROCESSION. We the undersigned subjects of Her Most Gracious Majesty the QueenEmpress request the Editor of the Straits Times as a fellow subject to join us in settling the best way of expressing our loyalty to the Empire and
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    MR. C. ZANELLA.
    108 8 News has been received from Europe of the death of Mr. Carlo Zanella, who, as recently as 1>94, was the Austrian Lloyds’ agent at Hongkong. Mr. Zanella first went to Hongkong in the interests of the firm in 18S-L Between this date ami 1894, he was agent
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    SALARIES IN HONGKONG.
    114 8 A HINT FOR SINGAPORE. The Commission appointed by the Government of Hongkong to inquire as to the salaries of public servants with a view to their being placed on a scale more in accordance with salaries paid to men engaged in the general business of the Colony,
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    LADIES’ LAWN TENNIS CLUB.
    176 8 THE AMERICAN TOURNAMENT. The following are the entries for the American Tournament to be played on June 9:h and 16th. The handicaps are sealed. JUNE 9th. A CLASS. Mrs. Adams and Mr. Maedougall, Mrs. Braddeli and Mr. Egerton, Miss Boldero and Mr. Doyle, Miss Butterworth and
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    THE TRUSAN EXPEDITION.
    311 8 THE SARAWAK FORCES SUCCESSFUL. The Sarawak Gazette publishes an account of the expedition sent by the Rajah of Sarawak against two hostile chiefs named Dayong and Okong in the interior of the Trusan district, none of which falls within Brunei territory. The expedition consisted of 800 men.
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    TOBACCO.
    665 8 MR. LUDWIG HCttfx, I As extraordinary a-,, A I shareholders in t i,£ i> I Langkat Tobaew r!"" U ‘/I "eW on 10,h m’ (‘-W) J House, Mr. M M„ wa t Sijl Chairman said 1 r :f V? 4 to adopt any particular^, u ''-1 do ask you
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    MALAYA APPOINTMENTS
    72 8 The following *X e rat j, r > K H appointments are notified iC Lucy to be Residency Dr. A. J. McClosky to bedistru rt > district hospital, Kuala Lunjl v* Dr. Lucy. Dr. J D. district surgeon, Kuala Luii 1 Gimlette is now’ on leave- j*?:. appointments
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    SIBERIAN CONCESSION.
    274 9 ~v \NI> THE TSAR. iii v announced that tn t*rd an important wt ihil British syndi- r tchinsk region of i. there exist vast v auriferous rivers. -uldheids are the t the Emperor. It is r r i!a* British concesi V* i ran Hooley. A press interviewed \V.ihingham
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    KECHAU GOLD.
    24 9 I 'try «f the kechau Gold h c,unmunicated the B ii»!:.'!! from Kechau: B tons of quartz gross B- of iiclted gold.
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    A TAX ON CHINESE.
    51 9 ii ii mandarins are said to B' :v>ii dispatches to the effect v -c Government is con- !;.*;t-u!c for the taxing of g kingdom at the rate of b itiiiiiiin. This, it is wdl bring an additional G unc-e Government of like >u mm »o a
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    SATURDAY'S BOAT RACE.
    95 9 l ii.h*n*>ting sailing race afternoon for boats of li.fii-..i war and the Colonial h:u i>c*ur. Several boats nnl were started of! early over the course gene- i ar the New Year sea tini>hed at the hawser ’ic- S>'(i I idle to another ,v />//>-.< boat, which was
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    A JAPANESE MISSION.
    93 9 A f k I’bHA liKLlCSP. nVĕV/ |M1< te<1 arr^va^9 Mary to-morrow V- V ur Bangkok, are ■«> q ,l Gtani, the chief I cr..j V Eastern Hongwanji V» B. J. Nanjo r 1 who is the j ,ntr ut ed Sanscrit and w 10 is also a
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    AN ARTILLERYMAN DROWNED.
    98 9 At 5.30 a.m. on Sunday, the body of W. Samuels, a Royal Artilleryman stationed at Blakan Mati, was found floating in the sea near Blakan Mati. The man was seen the worse for liquor on the sampan pier at the Borneo Wharf, but how he got into
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    HARBOUR THIEVES.
    101 9 About four o’clock yesterday morning, the police patrol in the harbour arrested a Chinaman going towards Tanjong Katong in a sampan. The sampan contained six bags of rice, and the Chinaman explained that he had got the rice from a tongkang. On going to the latter the police
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    BATU PAHAT NEWS.
    220 9 (From Our Correspondent.) 2nd June. The cultivation of tapioca is of late being carried*bn on a large scale by two Chinese towkays, who have machinery erected on t iieir plantations and have started manufacturing the flour. Our local Government Resident, tlie Hon’ble J)ato Luar, has encouraged the
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    WAR NEWS BY WIRE.
    314 9 (From Dutch Sources) The Hague 2oth May. In the action with Betßune’s Horse, the Boers captured two Maxim guns The commandant of the squadron which fell into the ambush, in the action, was among the killed. In the action which preceded the occupation of Heilbron by
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    THEFTS.
    111 9 Two Europeans, Messrs. Berry and Ryan, have reported to the police that Harraston’s Circus was entered on Sunday morning and that property valued at SI9O was stolen. Mr. E. Saine, engineer on the Palnmc tta y states that a silver watch, valued at $35, has been stolen from his
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    AT THE POLICE COURTS.
    329 9 Ng Xye has been finer! $50, in default six weeks, for bringing four unstamped letters into the Colony, thus infringing the Post Office regulations. A Javanese was, yesterday, found wearing an article of ladies’ night attire He was taken to a house where the garment was
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    CRICKET.
    310 9 8. R. c. r. s. c. c. 2nd XI. A match was played on Saturday on the S. R. C. ground, between theS. R. C. and an S. C. C. 2nd XI. The scores were as follows s. c. c. 2nd xi. J. O. H. Darby cde Souza b
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    PAHANG TIN.
    106 9 RETURNS FOR APRIL. The returns from the Pahang Corporation’s Mines for the month of April were as follows SUNGEI LEM BING. Tons of stone crushed 2,264 oxide of tin produced 35 tons; with 40 heads of stamps running for 26 days. Working expenses, $22,500. JEKAM BATANG. Tons of
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    SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB.
    252 9 THE JUNE MEDAL. The June medal of the Singapore Golf Club was competed for on Saturday, and resulted in a win for Major Lewis Jones with the nett score of 85, Dr. Fowlie and A. Kerr being second with the score of 87. The course was the
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    PERAK TIN.
    375 9 DECREASE IN OUTPUT. INCREASE IN VALLE. The output of tin in Perak, last year, was 318,526 piculs valued at $23,009,506 against 331,007 piculs, valued at $14,177,101, in 1898. The output of tin thus shows again a decrease accompanied by a large increase in the value. The Warden of
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    WEDNESDAY, 6TH JUNE.
    433 9 Tom Hearne, the well-known cricketer, is dead. H. H. the Rajah of Sarawak is staying at the Hotel de l’Europe. A Japanese woman living in Malay Street committed suicide yesterday by cutting her throat with a razor. A Rung was yesterday driving a horse and cart when
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    HOW MAFEKING LIVED.
    39 9 On May 16th, the garrison and residents of Mafeking were reduced to the following diet: —Sausages made out of horse-flesh, curried locusts, roast mule, and hide cut up fine and converted into a kind of brawn.
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    PENANG CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
    53 9 THE COMMITTEE. The committee of the Penang Chamber of Commerce, as now constituted, consists of the following gentlemen :—Mr. J. Williamson-Jones (chairman), Mr. C. A. Rauch (deputy chairman), and Messrs. G. T. How, O. Schiile, H. Hilton, W. A. Greig, and F. O. H alii fax
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    BOXING AT CALCUTTA.
    110 9 The boxing match between Harry Brophy, of New Zealand, and Jack McCaulifie, champion of Australia, was brought off at the Theatre Royal, Calcutta, the other day. The contest was supposed to be for 20 rounds, but Brophy was knocked out of time in the first round. From
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    PRACTICAL EDUCATION.
    979 10 (i Contributed\.) Some little time back, a letter jppciircd in tlie Straits Ti'tnfS pointing to the absurdity of the system of education in force in the Straits Settlements, as far as it makes any provision for the future of the youth of the Colony. The writer of that
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    ADVANCE WAR NEWS.
    979 10 (Dates to \lth May.) AT ZAND RIVER. Gen. Botha commanded 6,000 men, and 12 guns at the Zand Kiver on the lOih May. Eight commandants were present during the fighting including De Wetand Deiarey. Thousands of theßoers trekked on the previous nigiit with their guns and waggons.
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    THE “SPHERE.”
    155 10 The Sphere published by the Nineteen Hundred Publishing Syndicate, at 6 Great New Street, E. C., continues to maintain a high qualitv of excellence. Number 1(>, which is now before us, for May 12*h, contains a very line supplement of gallopping horse artillery in South Africa, the supplement
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    “PICTURES OF 1900.”
    209 10 The “Art Journal” of 26 Ivy Lane, E C., in combination with The Pali Mall Publications issues the Pictures of 1900,” being specimens of the choice paintings shown at the Royal Academy, the New Gallery, and the English Art Club. Among notable portraits are those of Lord
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    KRUGER AND STEYN.
    1063 10 ON THE “ALMIGHTY TYRANNY” THEY HAVE NO “NAKED FATUITY.’' On the 16th March, Mr. Kruger arrived at Kroonstad and there, with Mr. Steyn, harangued the multitude. There was a chiel among the burghers, taking notes, a gentleman of Pretoria, and it is through his offices that we
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    CEYLON RIFLE UNIFORM
    67 10 The uniform for the new r. 7 l Rifle Corps consist of a khaki jhB jacket, with turn down collar ardpj buttons—no shoulder strap r J9 of khaki cord or drill, and khaki J The hats are of pith, «covered drill, and of the same shap? *9
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    GARRISON SPORTS.
    80 10 THE WARREN SHIELD. I The programme of events it* Warren Shield competition i. I posted. The shooting tourney *.ifl place on August 1st. 5 shut?a:» yards kneeling; -hot< goijyanh ing; .*> shots prone; and a dmt« at f)00 yards. Members of the S VA S.V R. must shoot
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    A TAMIL'S CLAIM
    74 10 STORY OK A SAMPAN. In the Supreme Cmirt thi« n.rS. E. Cartigasoe claimed J'• the Straits >tearn>liipCompany till's grounds f«»r action w=* on the ISth April the the defendant company s 1 rowing him in a sampan Polo Brani when owing towing rope being out- hy w
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    MR. HOOLEY AND SIBERIA
    228 10 Yesterday we published an r I from an English paper, with- I about a great Siberian J lie said lie had obtains* I Dally Express, a day Uttr, .1 that when Mr. IIool* y sa\‘ J moving spirit in smirins J of Russia tlie riirlit r
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    MANILA OF TODAY
    893 11 r :j lU t*l hy“ Ionic”) tn w iio knew Manila two soin ething of a surprise ir instead of the soft t .fmr a cheery Hello, s>' practically nothing r :in d khaki uniforms T ,inwn the Escolta; but to-day. American j American department lt! -in"
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    THE BOER REPUBLICS.
    74 11 THEIR KITH RE ADMINISTRATION. ♦Speaking at Birmingham on the Uth May, Mr. Chamberlain said that after the war the two Boer republics would be administered like Crown colonies or Indian native dependencies. Whenever it was safe they would be introduced within the circle of self-governing colonies. Mr.
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    SEPOY LINES GOLF CLUB
    104 11 Competition for the monthly medal of the Sepoy Lines Golf (dub took place on Monday over the Club links with the following result: A. W. Stivon. H-fll 8o scr. 8o Capt. Winter 47-K>3 100 14 80 Major Lewis Jones.. 10-j-46 01 3 88 L. H. CT
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    A QUESTION OF TITLE
    174 11 INTERESTING TO LANDOWNERS. In the Supreme Court this morning, before the Chief Justice, a case having reference to the rights of certain properties in Neil Road was heard. The Municipal Commission, it appears from the facts of the case, are desirous of building a hackney carriage
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    THE GEMENCHI SYNDICATE.
    184 11 TO BE WOUND UP. An extraordinary meeting of the Gemenchi Syndicate, Ltd., was held today at noon, Mr. A mot Reid, Chairman ol the Board, presiding. The attendance was large, consisting of fifteen of the principal shareholders. Mr. Arnot Reid explained this was an extraordinary meeting formally
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    PRETORIA DAY.
    429 11 THE RECEIPT OF THE NEWS. THE PROCESSION TO-MORROW. Before the receipt in Singapore of Reuter’s telegram this morning, announcing the occupation of Pretoria by Lord Roberts, there were rumours in town that the Transvaal capital had surrendered. The actual telegraphic announcement was, therefore, not unexpected. The Straits Times
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    THURSDAY, 7TH JUNE.
    299 11 We regret to record to-day tlie death of the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Bland. Mb. Grigor Taylor is expected to arrive by P. O. mail on the 17th. Mrs. Grigor Taylor docs not come out at present. This afternoon the marriage takes place at the
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    THE COST OF LIVING.
    774 11 The cry as to the difficulty of living on the existing scale of wages is again making itself heard among the Government servants, both superior and subordinate. A correspondent says that such a cry gives rise to a question as to how the scale of wages
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    LAWN TENNIS. THE AMERICAN METHOD.
    2212 11  -  (By 11. IK. IK. Wilberforce) Lawn tennis, though by no means a waning game, has no longer the cha»m of novelty, and its established pos;t on is now taken as a matter of course. Many persons, however, do not know how much, for country life,
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    WAR NEWS BY WIRE.
    1169 12 ACROSS THE VAAL RIVER. Lowlon 27 th May. Lord Roberts ha9 sent the following telegram from Wolvenhoek at 9 o’clock this morning“ The advanced portion of this force crossed the Vaal River on the Queen’s birthday, near Parys, to the westward of the railway line. General
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    ENGINEERS’ ASSOCIATION
    42 12 A notice appears at the Marine Club to the following effect: Owing to the sad calamity which has befallen the Boers at Pretoria, the meeting of the Engineers’ Association which was called for this evening will be postponed till Saturday.’’
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    QUARANTINE.
    52 12 Government has issued a proclamation that the provisions of the Prevention of Diseases Ordinance VII, 1894,” are in force in this Colony in respect to all ships that sail or call at Hongkong after the 7th inst. Amoy and Osaka are also proclaimed infectec ports owing to bubonic plague
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    ANN KEAT AND CO.
    197 12 RECEIVING ORDER MADE. In the {Supreme Court this morning, before Mr. Justice Leach, Mr. Sharp applied for a receiving order against the firm of Ann Keat and Co., .lately trading as drapers, <fcc., Raffles Square. Mr. Sharp explained that the case was adjourned from the last
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    KING OSCAR AND BRITAIN.
    226 12 The King of Sweden and Norway granted an audience on 2nd May to a representative of the Daily Express and sent a cordial message to the British people, in the course of which his Majesty said: “lam entirely on the British side in this war in
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    PRETORIA DAY
    1122 12 las a t s wn A P,tE UMI.NAR Y c WTr X Last night, there Day procession on a l ar may be regarded as a son canter to to-night's t f P»rely a procession when they were all ontu must have been bet! thousands of them. Thf
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    PRETORIA HOLIDAY.
    155 13 NbAV THK 11th JUNE. notification is, by I His Honour the «attfriny tlie Government, ~'**ii*M;il information H. 7 1 1 H or 'lance with the fo ,k Holidays Ordinance, H*h June, 1900, will be H 1 I' 1 *l i‘- holiday throughout oration of the entry of i
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    MUNICIPAL COMMISSION.
    1107 13 The Municipal Commissioners met yesterday afternoon, Mr. Gentle presiding. There were also present Col. Pennefather, Messrs. Sohst, Barker, Maclaren, Jago, and Lee Choon Guan. PRETORIA DAY. THE HEALTH OF THE ARMY. The President said there were only one or two little matters which he might be required to
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    FRIDAY, 8TH JUNE.
    515 13 H. M. S. Otter arrived at Penang on the sth inst. Four women and two men have each been fined tfo for disorderly conduct in Middle Road. Mr. J. D. A. Pereira, florist, has removed from Oxley Road to “Eskbank,” Tanglin Road. Tan Tav was arrested yesterday
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    THE SWIMMING CLUB.
    34 13 The second race, 150 yards, in the Jackson Millar Cup competition, will be swum on Sunday next at 0 a.m. Launches will leave Johnston’s Pier at 8 a.m. and 8.30 a.m.
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    ALLEGED THEFTS.
    78 13 A Macao named Tan Ah Choon, living at 244 Tanjong Pagar Road, states that at 5 p.m. yesterday he was walking along the Tanjong Pagar Docks, and when near the coolie quarters two other Macaos attacked and robbed him of two Si00 notes. A Chinaman, engaged as clerk
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    ANOTHER CHANCE.
    123 13 Pollock, an Englishman, for whom a free deck passage to Calcutta was sought, has got such a passage; and he sailed on Wednesday. The pilot, brought back a note from the departing one assuring us he had gone, and promising reform. Yesterday we collected by circular in half-an-hour
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    LADIES’ LAWN TENNIS CLUB.
    124 13 THE AMERICAN TOURNAMENT. The American tournament in connection with the Ladies’ Lawn Tennis Club begins to-morrow afternoon. We are asked to remind players that play will commence at 4.30 p.m. sharp, and that competitors must be ready with their umpires and scorers at that hour. The
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    PRETORIA NIGHT IN SINGAPORE.
    1902 13 A BRILLIANT DEMONSTRATION. ENTHUSIASTIC LOYALTY. Never in the history of Singapore, has there been such a demonstration of loyalty on the part of the people as was evinced last night in the monster procession that took place to celebrate the entry of the British troops into
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    BRITISH NAVAL GUNS
    486 14 HETTF.K THAN THE FRENCH. AN EXPLOSIVES COMMISSION. Tiie First Lord of the Admiralty was recently the principal guest at the annual dinner of the Iron and Steel Institute in London. Mr. CJoschen spoke of the tine personnel of the British Navy, but lie devoied his remarks more
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    “OLD B.-P.”
    420 14 [a CARTHUSIAN SONG. Morning Post, May 10th.) Once he was a little beggar, just like me and you, Playing footer, fives, and cricke*, hashing Virgil, too; P’r’aps upon this form he squatted, clipped into this ink, Scuffled on this floor like we do when we try to think
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    S. C. C. BOWLING.
    19 14 FRIDAYS RESULTS. Final of Single Handicap: Jenkins heat Mackenzie 21-5. Championship: Morrison beat Follett 21-20.
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    PASSENGER LIST.
    873 14 ARRIVALS. Per P. <Sr O. s. 8. Coromandel from Hongkone Messrs. R. Lambert, J. H. Bernard, and Gutierrez. P«;r s. s. Amherst from Kelantan—Mr Palm. P- r s. s. Koral from Bangkok—Messrs F. A Thomas, Burghard, W. T. Jacobsen and Dr. Soda. Per s. s. Palamr.otla from Calcutta
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      SHIPPING IN PORT.
      178 14 t’a.ier this beaming the following abbrevi? iori3 are used :—str.—steamer th. —ship t?q.- -barque sch —schooner; Yet.—Yacht; Cru. —Cruiser; Gbt.—Gunboat; Tor Torpedo H.p.—Horse-power Brit.— British U. 8. —United States: Fr French; Uer. —German; Dut.— Dutch loh. —Johoro <fcc., G. cM—Genera•argo d.p.—deck passengers; U. —Uncerain; T. P. W.
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      TRADING VESSELS & C. ARRIVALS SINCE NOON OF YESTERDAY
      1155 14 TRADING VESSELS C. ARRIVALS SINCE NOON OF YESTERDAY KR1VALS HlNOE Noo» OP V.l I Bangkok, Ger. str. n T feldt, 7ih June. From VB G.c.,and 8 <1 p. Benu Bangkok, U —Kds. }..M Ban IVhatt Boon, Brit, str luu I Kowse, 7th June. From P U m 1 r -H*I
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      VESSELS EXPECTED.
      648 15 L rt ■.■■.•■y.abk d'tie of arrival, a td .iU .ie of ajenti. Steamers. iKa memnon, < ’hina, June 18; Mansfield. I Uuu. liiiinlmig. June 28 B. Meyer. '.moiia, mku g July *0, B. M. inuaiu, Coioiimo. .*uiy 7; M. M. in-t n uiig, lo leave June 1 o
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      ARRIVALS.
      1245 15 w BQ Lao h fuel's Name. A I’oKp Captain From Sailjcl i Consignees, q Rio 1 MV S j SO Vonvarts Ger str. 613 Bnihn Sarawak May 28|Lim Lan and Co. 30 Sappho Brit str. 329 Turner jKIang (May 29 8. 8’alnp Coy Ltd. 30 Pak Ling **tr. 2879
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      CLEARANCES.
      764 15 i f Date.! Vessel’s Name Flag ARj* Captain j Destinatos May 30 Macduff j Brit str. Glegg Port Said 30 j Kelantan Ger etr. j Jens j Bangkok SI Poll Ann Brit str. j Bainbridge j Macassar via ports 31 j Glenfalloch sir. i Peters Amoy 31 Japan P.feOstr.
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