The Straits Budget, 9 April 1902

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    117 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE “STRAITS TIMES.” .miKh ovkr Half a Centura. VOI- TX Cable Address Times, Singapore Straits Budget, 40 Cents. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 1902. Straits Times, 15 cents The Straits Times is widely read throughout Asia generally. It circulates in Singapore and Penang,
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  • The Straits Budget. WEDNESDAY, 9TH APRIL.
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      BIRTH.
      18 1 I if SP 7rh April, at Government Hill, w i,i K. V Wo! kkf.st\n, of a son
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      MARRIAGES.
      61 1 I b.Kij.t.T!- \c>nv. —On the 9th ultimo, p (b-orge’s Church. Penang. L. A. O. fc .r; t of Newfoundland. to Estelle m ;-nV. oi Penang. IT'. >v-M* lvi\KE.-On the 31>t ultimo, m thorp*'-> t'hureh, Penang, A. C. E'w, -on of Rev. J. C. W. Valpy. Hector. I*-• ;>l*\ Kent.
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    TABLE OF CONTENTS.
    189 1 |l>. :>v. rtici.es. 11.- Roads. I '.am Trouble-.. I .Lon in Japan. I* 1 Roads. I vara.?'*? Rule. I Mvket Quotations. I'dipping News. List. •'Jiii.s News. I i ;»*r in Town. IPhilharmonic Society. I Awful Roads I r «ather, Not I iger. I 81oop. Etpiegle. •pote Victoria
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    COMMERCIAL.
    641 1 Singapore, 9th April, 1902. PRODUCE. Gam bier buyers S 11.85 Copra Bali 9.60 do Pontianak 8.75 Pepper. Black 31.75 do White. (5%) 53.50 Sago Flour Sarawak 3.67$ do Brunei No. 1 3.40 Pearl Sago 4.45 Coffee, Bali, 15% basin ‘25.00 Coffee, Palembang, 20% basis. 28.00 Coffee, Liberian So. 1
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    SUMMARY OF THE WEEK.
    250 1 Thb mail fur Europe, this week, leav* s by the B. 1. s. s Zaida. The mail for Europe, next week, it* xixed for the P. <fc O. s. s. Malta. The German mail for Euiope by the liayern closed on Monday. The mail from Europe
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    THE ROADS.
    922 1 (Straits Times 3rd April) In another column will be found an article anent Our Awtul Roads,’’ from the pen of “An Old Resident*' who is obviously master of his subject. At the same time there are two sides to every story, and it must be admitted that the
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      86 1 i live price of the Strait* Times ar or-;-. The post free price $1 "srniU M’.et US** a year, or 40/nut n--e-art to sulwcnbe for a year, uptions for shorter peno is are lh san proportionate rate of price as "lhe h'h«f» K' ul 9 et n b Bent t
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    47 1 DEATHS. .I" :;!.l inst. at Mount Elizabeth. m >. j-orf. Hinton Wm.ker Hill, the beb t.n-J «>t Mary Alice Hill, aged B »>;»?>. Australian papei s please copy. B v I2:h March, a* Tokyo, Alexandf.k B mi.'w. M. A. Archdeacon of South B amt Chaplain of H.B.M. Legation, \nars.
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    SIAM’S TROUBLES.
    685 2 (Straits Times 3 rd April) Bangkok is awakening to a sense of the true condition of affairs in the government of Siam, and more especially to the oscillant and vacillant nature of its foreign policy, and the European journals there that were recently repudiating or contradicting every word
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    TAXATION IN JAPAN.
    697 2 (Straits Times 4th April.) Following as it does, close upon the news of the rejoicings in Japan over the alliance with Britain, the announcement that the Japanese authorities at Yokohama have distrained upon the H. 8. Bank over an issue which, though insgniiicant in itself, is withal
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    OUR ROADS.
    487 2 (Straits Times bth April.) Apropos of our miserable thoroughfares, and the extraordinary epoch of neglect by which they were transformed from the model highways in the East nto the poorest roads of any British colonial capital in Asia, it is well to state definitely that the Municipal Commission,
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    SIAMESE RULE.
    2045 2 (Straits Times 8 th April.) Undoubtedly the Bangkok Times was to a certain extent correct when it recently alleged that the people of the Straits were, as a rule, ignorant df the style and methods of Government at present in vogue in Siamese Malaya. On Wednesday last we
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    THURSDAY, 3RD APRIL.
    365 3 A Chinaman has been arrested for stealing a watch from one of the officers of the s. s. Trigonia. The Koninklijke Paketvaart Maatschappij has ordered four new steamers from Amsterdam ship-building firms. Mr. E. J. Keilich, taxidermist at the Perak Museum, now acts as Curator and State
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      A CRY PROM JAVA
      946 3 To the Editor of the *S traits Times. Dfar Bjk, —The schutter*j in Java was originally formed muuy years ago when the colony was in its infancy, for the purpose of protecting the whites in the towns against a sudden uprising of the natives in the
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      THE PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY.
      213 3 To the Editor of the iS traits Times. 1 Sik, —1 believe lam correct in stating that at the Philharmonic Society's general meeting yesterday the Chairman explained the remarkable increase in the balance carried forward, as compared to that of previous seasons, by the fact that at
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    A TIGER IN TOWN.
    60 3 Wk hear that one of the gardeners at the Bukit Thiiah Hoad Cemetery, last eve mug, came across the footprints of a tiger in the Cemetery. We do not know that the animal has been seen, but the footprints referred to are we are assured those
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    SINGAPORE SWIMMING CLUB.
    435 3 The annual general meeting of members of the Swimming Club, Singapore, was held at the S. V. C. Drill Hall last night when,in the absence of Mr.T. deM. Braddell (President). Mr. Pooles was voted to the chair. There was a numerous attendance of members. The report and
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    SINGAPORE PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY
    797 3 The annual general meeting of the members of the Singapore Philharmonic Society was held at the Town Hall yesterday afternoon, present Messrs. W. G. St. Clair (President) in the chair, iA. Knight, E. Lanz, W. Makepeace, F. Whitefield, H. Laugher, A. P. Ager, .W. Adamson, J. Poiglase,
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    CHRISTMAS ISLAND.
    1882 4 THE MORTALITY QUESTION. Captain Vincent’s Explanation. The following is the explanation re Mr. Clayton’s Report on Xmas Island which ha-i been kindly furnished to the 8traits Time.* by Captain Vincent, and which is referred to in our editorial column^. Captain Vincent commences by giving, xerialirn ilie inure salient
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    CHINA'S FOREIGN TRADE.
    536 4 THE RECORD FOR 1901. The following extracts are taken from the Report on the Foreign Trade of China for the year 1901, compiled by Mr. F. E. Taylor, Statistical Secretary:— revenue. The total Revenue for the year was Hk. Tls. 25,537,574, which has only oeen exceeded by
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      CHOLERA AT MANILA. 118 CASES—93 DEATHS.
      137 4 Hongkong -ird April. The cholera outbreak at Manila shows the following figures up to date —118 cases, 93 deaths. The last cases have been discovered among the river shipping and lightersCONCEALED BODIES AND DESERTED DEAD. The Natives and the Chinese conceal the bodies of
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    OUR AWFUL ROADS.
    1068 4 A Review of Facts and Figures. |By An Old Resilient.] The correspondence that lias recently appeared on the subject of our roads induced me to look over some old files of the Strait x Time*, and I find that in December 1897, this paper was actively engaged
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    THIS DAY IN HISTORY.
    125 4 120:1—Prince Arthur murdered in^ 1366—80rn Richard 11., King o 1757—Kddystone Lighthouse laid—completed in August, eß3 1763 —A "reat number of gibt** from the Edgware-road. knim** 1 1783—Born Washington Irving. the character of Kip V’an W inkles* charm. 1822—Born Edward Everett H »J?; rd .*or> 0 r>
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    THE FUTURE OF SIAMESE MALAYA.
    935 5 subordinate appointments —Bangkok Times. Ihe British Plan of Campaign. (s' la iti Free Frees.) r .,ve political troubles which lH L“'v arisen in the Malay Penm1 VH Vr f roil f ht about much heated lIa :iil i I1 both in the newspapers and t!r
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    FRIDAY, 4TH APRIL.
    1300 5 Ihe Marquis of Dufiferin and Ava, in his will, leaves £108.548. 1 he liev. YV. H. R >bins, the Anglican Chaplain at Bangkok, has resigned. h e-Admiral Mareehal becomes Commander-in-Chipf of the French squadron in the Far East. 4» The case of Madame de la Bat v.
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      SINGAPORE VICTORIA MEMORIAL HALL.
      357 5 To the Editor of the Straits Times.” Sir, I have heard it whispered that some would-be subscribers to the Victoria Memorial Hall Fund remain “would-be” subscribers because they are not satisfied that the proposed new Hall will adequately meet the j requirements of a theatre, in
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    THE “WEEKLY PICNIC-CLUB.” Raid by the Police.
    1017 5 Yesterday afternoon, twenty-two Chinese babas were brought before Mr. Beatty on the charge of playing in a common gaming house at 21 Sago Street at 10-40 p. m. on the 22nd ultimo. Assistant Superintendent Whitehead conducted the prosecution, and Mr. R. W. Braddell
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    A CARRIAGE ACCIDENT.
    92 5 About 9.3oyesterday morning, Mr. R. Peirce’s horse and dog-cart was waiting in Tank Road when the horse wa* frightened by a passing bullock-cart and bolted. The carriage collided with a rikisha in Orchard Road and upset it. A European was in the rikisha, hut he was apparently
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    CORONATION CONTINGENT.
    165 5 The Secretary of State’s Telegram. The following telegram was sent to Hongkong with reference to the Coronation Contingent from that Colony. Presumably the telegram received here was in the same term«: Hin Majesty’s Government hope to see Colonies represented at Coronation by local forced a« at Jubilee 1897.
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    THE PHILIPPINES.
    966 6 One way of Describing the Hub-bub of the Orient. A well-known Australian gentleman now passing through Singapore was obliged to visit Manila on his way hither. In that happy town he was beset by reporters. Being accustomed to reporters and to having his words misconstrued thereby, he insisted
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    THIS DAY IN HISTORY
    30 6 IS71» Central Grant entertained at Government Hou*e, Singapore. 18&1—One hundred native house* destroyed by tire at kanipong Kapur. *T B9l —-Singapore Volunteer Artillery Maxim guns arrived.
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    PAHANG CORPORATION.
    66 6 The returns from the Pahang Corporation's mines for the month of February were as follows ►Sungei Lembing :—Tons of stone crushed 1,72“; oxide of tin produced 55 tons with 35 heads of stamps running for 25 days; working expenses §21,000. Pahang Kabang:—Tons of stone crushed 340 oxide of
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    N. D. L. PASSENGERS.
    141 6 The following passengers bad hooked by the Imperial German mail steamer Prinzess Irene for Singapore up to the Gth March. The Primes* Irene is due here on the 12th April. From Hamburg: Mr. Albert Aurand, Mr. Wilhelm chmidt. From Southampton: Mrs. Elcum and child. From Genoa
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    PANTHER-NOT TIGER.
    153 6 A correspondent who has read the paragraph which was published in yesterday’s paper about a tiger alleged to be in the vicinity of Bukit Timah Road cemetery, writes to-day There is a wild beast lurking in and about, the neighbourhood of the Bukit Timah Road. This has been
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    THE NEW SLOOP “ ESPIEGLE.”
    160 6 THE NEW SLOOP ESPIEGLE.” The new British sloop Espieglt built and equipped at a cost of -€Bl,OOO, arrived here yesterday from home, via Colombo. She was commissioned and equipped on 21st Jan. at Sheerness for service on the China Station, being the fourth new sloop which has hoisted the pennant
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    EXPERIMENTAL PLANTATIONS.
    788 6 F. M. S. Report. Mr. F. Arden, the Superintendent of Experimental Plantations in the F.M.S., has sent in his departmentaP report for 1901. The report says that the selection of a suitable site for the experimental plantations proved to be a somewhat difficult matter, there being many questions
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    THE HABITS OF KING EDWARD.
    943 6 HI8 FAVOURITE SMOKE THE CUBAN. Kino Edward has reduced the art and mystery of smoking to its simplest terras. It is the rarest thing with him to try the new brands of cigars, and, indeea, it is very seldom that he consents to select a
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    STANDING SECURITY.
    286 6 Judge and Usurer. At the British Consular C 0 > r Bangkok on the 14th ultimo, beJ Mr. J. Stewart Black, acting dhir!. judge, a Chinaman employed at Customs House was sued by an In u money-lender for the recovery 0 f deals, including costs. His Honour-* Do
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    THEFTS OF TIN.
    400 6 50 tons. Worth £6,ooo, Lost Annually At 6 a. m. on the 18th ult. Cor|orai 38 was sent on duty at Boat Quay wiie: he saw a sampan draw up and coni mence to discharge slabs ol tin There were ten. As the two men i: the
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    SATURDAY, 5TH APRIL.
    743 7 j Jftraea l«ft for Colombo ...sterday homeward bound. ltie Sultan of Johore leaves “land for the Bast early next month. ur om<i*M passed Malacca at morning and is due here at [bout p- m. AV a Kline ilied of cholera w Brass Brassa Koad. This house r
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      MANILA TRADE. ARRIVAL OF THE “ PERU.”
      75 7 MANILA TRADE. ARRIVAL OF THE PERU.” Hongkong s th April. A wire from Manila states that the Pacific Mail Steamship Company’s steamer Peru has been royally welcomed there, despite the discouraging quarantine measures. Officials and merchants were banquetted on board. Mr. Wright the Governor of the Philippines, in proposing a
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    STOLEN PROPERTY FOUND.
    106 7 A ksterday, the police made a raid on a Chinese house at the back of the Chinese Protectorate, and discovered the 36,000 worth of property which, it will be remembered, disappeared while being sent in a bullock-cart to a godown from Tanjong Pagar Dock. It is stated
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    CAPTAIN LOGGIN’S RETIREMENT.
    132 7 well-earned rest. Liverpool Journal of Commerce. Captain A. C. Loggin, who entered into the P. and O. service in 1S62, and subsequently attained to the rank of commodore of the line, has just retired, lie was first appointed to the command of a vessel in 1880, and
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      A COMPLAINT.
      131 7 To the Editor of the Straits Times. 1 Sir, —1 would like to call your attention to a grievance which is not only annoying but must be injurious to health. My work is situated in that thickly populated district, Victoria Street. Each morning this week at or near
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    QUEEN VICTORIA MEMORIAL FUND.
    232 7 A meeting of the Committee of the above Fund was held at the Exchange yesterday. There were present: Mr. John Anderson, in the chair; Messrs. Allinson, Anthonisz, Eschke, Frizell, Graham, Jago, Makepeace, Murray, Macbean, Napier, Rauch, Seah Liang Seah, Stringer, Tan Jiak Kim, and W. Evans,
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    BY THE WAY.
    1852 7 Fai? be it from me to cavil too closely, for it is human to err, and occasionally 1 like straying a trifle myself. In the clearly defined paths of simple syntax, however, our legislators ought not to be continually slipping into the gutter on either side of
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    PERAK APPOINTMENTS
    200 7 Mr. J. Bowes to be a first grade surveyor, revenue survey department, with effect from the 18th January. Mr. Bowes reported his arrival on the 22nd February. Mr. G. J. Amery, cadet, to act as colector of land revenue, Kuala Kangsar, with effect from the 24th March. Mr.
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    ARMY REFORM.
    360 7 A New and Important Appointment. The Inspection of Coast Defence A furthei series of intructions governs the duties of the new Inspector-General of Royal Garrison Artillery and Coast Defence. It has been notified that this officer ha9 been appointed to advanc e the science of coast defence, and
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    TO-MORROW IN HISTORY
    129 7 4t>9 B. C. Born Socrates, who married, it is said, in order to prove that marriage was not a fit slate for a philosopher. Once, when called a liar, Socrates replied that it rnunt be a, case of mistaken identity, for he was no liar, though possibly
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    JAPAN AS AN ALLY.
    1974 8  -  By Stafford Ransome. (Author of Japan in Transition.") [copyright.) I Kirtitor’s Note —Our contributor. Mr. Station! Uansome, in rwogniaed at the present time as tlie greatest authority upon Japan in 4*>iinection with International politics. At different period**, beginning with ltffKi, lie has studied Far Fast cm
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    WHY COLENSO WAS LOST.
    623 8 An Extraordinary Story. The Smart Lady and the Trusting British Officers. The Military Mail of March 7th publishes the following remarkable story, under the above heading:— A story reaches uh as to the real reason for General Sir Redvers BullerV repulse at Colenso that, if it
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    SELANGOR PLANTERS’ ASSOCIATION.
    1008 8 Report for 1901. The report of the S. P. A, for last year shows a slight decrease in the area under cultivation, accounted for by the low prices ruling for coffee. Notwithstanding the low prices, which necessitated the strictest economy, the estates are almost all in good
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    GERMAN EAST AFRICAN STEAMER LINES.
    113 8 An advertisement in our daily i v sets forth an interesting announimer to the efleet that the outward mail a* cargo s'earners of the German Eai African Steamship line now connect Aden and Colombo with the home* > German mail steamers from Sin^ a The
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    LIONS FOR THE QUEEN.
    181 8 they lapped up diligently bnibj M' March 3. Two Specimens from the Nile arrive at the Zoo. Two young lions fom Africa arrivec at the Zoo on Saturday. They fcw n. eii ottered as a present to the Queen Major C. Delme-Ratcliffe, of the L'gandi Rifles,
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    VICTORIA MEMORIAL FUND.
    181 8 Fifth List. Brought forward v Chartercd Banl: of India, Australia, and China Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Messrs. McAlister Co. Ran tenburg Schmidt A Co i). Brandt <\t Co. Behr <v Co. H. Marriott. Esq. H. S. Newinarcli, Esq. I K. Non is (1st instalment).. N. Reuben
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    MONDAY, 7TH APRIL.
    831 9 r M s „rl„ndo tur 1>enan£ r .iay \t« yfr l eft for Huiijikonc at u'-t‘ lOay- Thorne, the Proprietor Mr. 1 a h<! Haii'il.ol: Time*, ism a vi“it. SiO'>kinz Concert will Tanclin Club on Friday r( !x’, lllh irist. monthly missionary e belt! at the Priaeep
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    FIRE IN ARAB STREET.
    119 9 About ‘2-45 yesterday morning, a fire broke out at No. 16J Arab Street. The Fire Brigade were soon on the scene and prevented the flames from spreading to the adjoining house, hut the house in which the fire broke out was burned to the ground. The
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    DUTCH NEW GUINEA
    170 9 Offer to Pearlshellers. The Dutch gunboat Von Hoorn arrived on the 27rh Feh. at Thursday Island fiom Duch New Guinea She came to arrange a connection with the station opened near the boundariesof Dutch and British New Guinea. It is intended to establish weekly communication between there
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    SINGAPORE SLIPWAY AND ENGINEERING COMPANY.
    277 9 The annual general meeting of shareholders in the Singapore Slipway and Engineering Co., Ltd, was held at noon to-day at 6, Collyer Quay. Mr. Stringer presided and there were also present: —Messrs. Sellar, Rutherford, Buttar, Follett, Knox, De Sousa, and the Secretary (Mr. \V. G.
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    THIS DAY IN HISTORY.
    125 9 1770—Born, William Wordsworth, who, Byron said, had written much bl ank verse and prose.” 1780—Born, William Ellery Channing, Lnitnrian. A pious Wesleyan said that if as good a man as Channing went to hell he would change the climate there. 1832—A singular wife sale took place
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    WIRE NEWS.
    800 9 HOME. The London correspondent of the Calcutta Engl shman. wiring on the 25th ultimo, gays that the programme of th-* Naval Review, to take place on the occasion of t ie Coronation, is practically completed Admiral Hot ham will command, and the Prince of WaleB will hoist hi*
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    A WIFE’S TROUBLES.
    1019 9 W. Y. Taylor r. C. Sarre. On Friday and Saturday last, Conway Sarre, assistant of Huttenbach Bros., I appeared before Mr. Brockman in answer to a summons issued at the instance of William Yuill Taylor, charging him with taking away his (complainant’s) wife, etc. Mr. Van Cuylenberg
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      THE WATER METER QUESTION.
      256 9 I To the Editor of the Straits 'rimes.” Sir, —In December last the public I were notified that from Ist January, the Municipal water rate would be doubled or water may be supplied by meter. I -and I expect there must be others —applied early for
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      SINGAPORE ROADS.
      427 9 To the Editor of the “Straits Times.' 1 k^IR i —I have followed with interest the various statements which have appeared in your paper regarding the state of Singapore roads. But I have looked in vain from day to day for some tangible suggestion of improvement. The President’s
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    MILITARY MURDER.
    936 10 Charges against an American Officer. Th*? recently reported sensational incident of two Australian ollicers having been shot iu South Africa for shooting unarmed Boers arouses interest m a serious charge now pending at Manila, against an American officer for murdering and torturing Filipinos:— A board of inquiry that
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    PROPOSED RE-SURVEY OF EASTERN SEAS.
    197 10 Further communications on this subject have passed between the Admiralty, the Foreign Office, and the London Chamber of Commerce, the gist of which has been forwarded by the latter body to the Hongkong Chamber of Commerce. The Lords of the Admiralty, while not denying that
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    PENANG CHINESE.
    528 10 A Municipal Rebuff. At a meeting of the Municipality at Penang on Thursday week, there was taken into consideration an application from the Chinese community asking for permission to erect a pavilion on the Esplanade. There were already two pavilions on t lie Esplanade for the benefit of
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    S. V. A. INSPECTION.
    176 10 The annual inspection of the Singapore Volunteer Artillery was^onducfed on Saturday on the Rattles Reclamation by Col. Oakes, Officer Commanding the Troops. There were 64 of all ranks on parade, the officers present being Major Murray, Commdt., S.V.C., Capt. Sargeaunt RGA. (Adjutant), Lieut. Hilton, Second Lts.
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    NETHERLANDS INDIA.
    598 10 Sugar Outlook. Planters in Java hail with joy the signing of the Convention to do away with the sugar bounties in Europe. At piesent very little Java sugar is shipped to Biitain, owing to the impossibility of competing with the bounty-protected beet, sugar from the Continent of Europe.
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    IMPRISONED IN TRINGANU. BRITISH CHRISTIAN GIRL HELD BY THE SULTAN. FORCING HER TO BECOME A MAHOMMEDAN. APPEAL FOR RESCUE.
    663 10 Another amazing incident is reported from the Siamese Native States. The Sultan of Tringanu lias decoyed a Christian Eurasian girl—a British subject—from Bangkok as governess to his family She is now
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    ADVANCE MAIL NEWS
    1464 10 ADVANCE MAIL N E W S (W« Australia) London, Ujf/ t y HOME. Rear Admiral Lord Charles recently relinquished his position command of the Mediterranean' V* delivered an important Lith instant, before the of Commerce. He advocated u inent of a Naval \V ur j 4 i Admiralty to organise
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    THE FIRE ON THE “COWRIE.”
    319 11 I Serious Damage. A l-»kvo dispatch to tiie Asohi giving l! ilajs of the lire on the Shell im*'r < '<>»■,says it, appears t.»H steamer, with .‘J,UOO tons of I (,^ura ami a general cargo, left I ''tin.i on tlie 17th ult. for Take- 1
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    TUESDAY, 8TH APRIL.
    1474 11 I he Races come off at Bangkok on the 9th, 10th and 12th instant. I he shade temperature at Bangkok on the .‘list of last month ranged from 90 to 102 F. The eldest son of Mr. H. P. Bellamy of Selangor, has passed the Senior Cambridge
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      THE SUBORDINATE MEDICAL SERVICE.
      451 11 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,—lt may not be generally known, but it is nevertheless a fact that the Subordinate Medical Service in this Colony is anything but popular, and that the Government cannot get candidates to come forward for it, though anxious in
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      THE WATER METER QUESTION.
      349 11 To the Editor of the Straits Times” Sir, —I noticed in yesterday’s issue of your journal, a letter over the signature “Koi-hai” on the subject of the water meter. During all my experience, and it is considerable, I have never come across anything so arbitrarily and
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      FIRE AT PENANG. GREAT DAMAGE.
      38 11 Penang Bth April. The residence of Mr. Otto Sielckens, partner in Messrs. Behn Meyer and Co. was wholly gutted by fire yesterday The damage is set at $30,000. The property was fully insured.
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    A DETERMINED SUICIDE.
    88 11 Yesterday morning a Marine Police patrol found a Chinaman drowning near Edinburgh maiket. They rescued the man and pur him in their boat. Near Coleman Bridge, the Chinaman jumped into the water and resisted the efforts of the Marine Police to rescue him. He was hauled on
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    N. D. L. PASSENGERS.
    196 11 The following passengers arrived by the German Mail steamer Bayern on yesterday morning From Shanghai Mr. Y. Fung, Consul General for China and suite, Mrs. Fung and three children, Mr. von Bergen, Mr. Wandres, Mr. G. IludtwaJcker, Mr. L. Gibbs, Mr. S. Flirlicli. The Ihnfern left
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    A PRESENTATION.
    470 11 Shortly after 5 pm. yesterday, a pleasant function took place in the Board Hoorn of the Tanjong Pagar Doca Company’s olliees at the Docks, the occasion being the presentation by certain of the Company’s ollicials of a very handsome marble time-piece to Mr. A. S. Desker who lately
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    JELEBU LODE MINING REPORT.
    115 12 110' Level No. 2 Lode East. Nine slopes are working, on 3' ft. of payable stone. Total driven 351’, 160 Level No. 2 Lode East: Lode much broken up driving stopped; six stopes working on 2' 6 of stone. .Some stoping being done on other lodes.
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    THIS DAY IN HISTORY.
    196 12 1361—Easter Monday in thi* year \v;i> called Ulack Monday horau.-'C it was very dark and misty. Mon froze to death as they sat on horseback. 1492—Died Lorenzo. ‘-The Magnificent." He was a poet of note in his day, a patron of Greek learning and all the
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    RUSSIAN VOLUNTEER FLEET.
    510 12 Alysterious Detention of Vessels in Idleness. An Odess a correspondent writes under date February 14th: The Volunteer Fleet cruiser Smolensk arrived at Odessa to-day from the shipbuilding yard of Messrs. Hawthorn, Leslie A' Co., on the Tyne. The arrival ot the last of the batch of 20-knot
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    F. M. S. NOTES.
    681 12 Brd April. Mr. John Sommerville and Mr. Payne-Gallwey arrived in Seremban on Thursday last, the former staying with Mr. and Mrs. Heslop Hill,‘the latter going to the Residency. Mr. Sommerville returned to Singapore on Sunday. Mr. Hall was also the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Hill.
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    AN IRISH FISH STORY.
    92 12 There is a good fishing story in an Irish contemporary Two enthusiastic anglers a fishing match to decide the respective merits of the worm and the minnow as bait. For hours they sat patiently on a bank without getting so much as a nibble. At last
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    LONDON DAY AND NIGHT.
    1084 12 London 14/ h March He who speaks only what will bfing him no regret, ana rause his neighl>our no haim. speaks well.” Buddha. Diligent search has failed to discover even one topic as a subject for cheerful comment in the record of the week that is
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    BOER PRISONERS FOR THE PUNJAB.
    95 12 Tkmporary barracks have been prepared near Abbottabad for the reception of 1,000 Boers w r ho were expected at the end of March. Haifa British Battalion accompanies the prisoners to camp, which is in a most salubrious spot in a beautiful fertile valley surrounded by
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    A LARGE TEA PLANTATION.
    168 12 Covers 15,000 Acres. One of the largest tea plantations in the world is on the Sinagar Estate in Java, which covers about 15,000 acres >f land, of which 8,500 are devoted to ?he cultivation of tea and cotlee. The estate produces more than 1,000,000 lhs of
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    CROCODILE AND HUMAN CUNNING.
    260 12 The crocodile is, it appears, a much more intelligent creature than its appearance -eems to indicate. From a description of its peculiar methods by a native Bengali paper, it must be endowed with as much cunning as that human innocent, the Boer farmer. What, for instance,
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    TEMELONG.
    198 12 At the half-yearly meeting Temelong lin Mining Com ham. k f > the office of fjyme and Co noon, Mr. A. Barker report and accounts for the period’ review were unanimously pas-M meeting re-elected Mr. of the Company. radlr The Chairman, addressing th holders on the prospects of t
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    WIRE NEWS.
    759 12 SOUTH AFRICA. The Inst drive, against IVlarev a Lord Kitchener reports, was a remaiKai i feat of endurau e over an immense are The position of the troops, eastward t the Boers, and the absence of block westward, made the .l preparation?fo the drive inapplicable. Ihe enemy n
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      SHIPPING IN PORT.
      156 13 the following abbre lu^ r V] f steamer sh.— fiat 10 a win le; sch. —schooner; Yet.— P ruiser; Ctbt. —Gunboat; Tor Vscist:' ru Horse-power: Brit.—Bri--lorpf ».l njte(j St;lt es; Feh.—French rsb; pi>r nr in Dut.-Dutch; Joh.—Johore; r —Ge d.p. -deckjiassenG i T. P. W.-fanjong f i
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      TRADING VESSELS, &c.
      1643 13 Arrivals since Noon of Yesterday. Ban Sang h'eoa, Brit. sir. 490 tons. Capt ,nc “til An!. From Bangkok, 4tb Apt an how Ban Seng. For Bang- r„ l ,Mr K Brit.«tr.S:il tons, Capt Mugford. X nl. From P. Swettenbam. Hth Apl. Hud :n.ip. Straits Steamship Coy. tc
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      VESSELS EXPECTED.
      544 13 Name, port, probable date of arrival and name of agents. Stkambrs. Achilles, Liverpool, Apl 10; Mansfield. Adria, Hongkong, Apl 28; Behn Meyer. Agamemnon, Liverpool, Apl 25; Mansfield. Alboin, Sadong, to l**ave Apl 15; BorneoCo Alesia, Europe, Apl 9; Beho Meyer. Alicante, Barcelona, Apl 23; Barlow. Alcinous, Liverpool, May
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      ARRIVALS.
      1035 13 j PULv h Km*;iv Samk l'ovt <:.\PTA!* From Bailko Consignees. K JL‘ I vf nr 2 K' tn Noesackt or str. Util Rruhn .Amoy Mar 2 Pan Teck Seng 2 Hop Sang Brit str. 1359 Hay jP-nang Mar 3 oustead A Co. 2 Jstii oioii Sar sch. 87 Nacodah
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      ANJER.
      61 13 FABSED SUNDA SXKAIXB OK ARRIVED FOR ORDERS. Date. I 4 j Ship's Name. Captain, saiun<.\ Fkomwhebk ation map* Mar IMwore 15Nor ar 13 ChristmablsYokohama j laDut aa. KWilhelmina Bakker Mar 19 Batavia Ama^rdam 9.Brit S .a.l)ofB’therUndCoUar M '!n er 8 8 p° Amalia Klein "iAmaterdira Batavia SSrit ba turtnttia
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      CLEARANCES.
      618 14 Batb. V(mil's Hamb. Flag A Kro. Toss. Dbstihatios. Aft a Van der Parra Dut *tr. 381 Singkawang 3 Hitachi Marti Jap atr. 3827 Hongkong, Shanghai A Japan 8 Oyrust Brit atr. 2174 Rangoon 8 SaUuraa j atr. 2890 Hongkong, Shanghai <fc Japan 8 Hvaon str. 4232 Yokohama 3 John
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