The Straits Budget, 18 May 1904

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    85 1 The Straits Budget }>taeli3HED over Half a Century VOL I.VIU. Cable Address Times, Singapore. Straits Bcdget, 40 Cents. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1904. BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE “STRAITS TIMES.” Stbaxts Tinas 15 cents. No. 4213 SlKAilrt LIMBS” CIRCULATES 4K, m y is Singapore and Penang THRuibHOUT ALL THE
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  • The Straits Budget. WEDNESDAY, 18TH MAY.
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      BIRTHS.
      79 1 V. oki o. —On the 13th May, at 5 Oxley J V the Wife of Mr. W. Woodworth, 2nd ~e r .m. Pin Sc*?, of a daughter. Penang Katavia papers please copy, |:ksjamis—On the Ist May, at Shanghai, v i-.. of s. Sassoon Benjamin, of a son. life hanax
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      MARRIAGE.
      26 1 IW I K-Buchanan.— On the 30tb April, Sr.; r.oinj, Helena Bruce, eldest daughter Thomas Weir, Shanghai, to Robert !;ici!\\a\, eldest -on of A. MAUCHAN, [hnuLarton
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    TABLE OF CONTENTS.
    246 1 ARTICI.K3. labour C/je?tion. entifi* Sacrifice Kdueation. Land Market. 1 ’jtton Market. I.OOAL. Market (/notation*. 'hipping News. I’a-aenger List. 1’olice News. 3 1 Lawn Tennis Tournament m (’.Sports. s k*rp Practice •’once t »t St. Mary’s. 'iiit;;ipore Derby, trade Difficulties. Lie a. Circus. Granger* and Prisoners:' Aid Fund,
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    COMMERCIAL
    617 1 SiNQAPOfte, 18th May, 1904. PRODUOE. Gamblei buyers 8.87J do (Cube No. 1) unpicked 13 76 Copra Baa 8.00 do Pontlanak 7.70 Pepper, Black 27.75 do White, (5%) 42.60 Sago Flour Sarawak 3.274 do Brunei No. i 3 10“ Pearl Sago 4.80 Coffee, Bail, 16% basis 23 00 Coffee, Palembang,
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    SUMMARY OF THE WEEK.
    183 1 The Straits Budget this week, will be despatched by the B. I. as. Zaida. The Budget next week, will be mailed by the P. 40. 8.8 Ohuean. The mail from Europe of the 22nd April by the P. O. s s. Coromandel arrived on Saturday. The
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    MUAR NEWS.
    392 1 1 2th May. It is pleasing to note that the condition of the hospital here is now all that could be desired. But there seems to be a want of accommodation which renders further improvements ht this institution impossible. Hitherto there used to be only from 40 to
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    THE YALU BATTLE.
    57 1 A Ttmes expert describes the Russian He‘e tt a« damaging to the reputation ot General Kuropatkin, and suggests that the consequences will be f r-reaching. The Timet 1 Berlin cot respondent states that the J ipanese succese baa evoked widespread admiration The Times Vienna correspondent wires that
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  • LEADING ARTICLES.
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      LABOUR QUESTION.
      756 1 Strait* Times 12 Ih May) The Times' article on the Straits Settlements, by Mr. Alleyne Ireland, which we re-published a few days ago, has been followed by a second part which finishes with the subject matter and deals with the labour question. Mr. Ireland professes to know nothing
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      SCIENTIFIC SACRIFICE.
      884 1 (Straits Times 13//* May.) History holds no records of daring deeds so amazing in the splendour of their peril and disinterested self-s icrifice, as those we read about almost daily in the current annals of scientific research. The schools of medical enquiry, wherein men devote yeai s of
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      EDUCATION.
      2044 2 traits 'Wines, 16th, May.) Local economists of the bang went •axpence” type —and it is said that there are some amongst us who arejso disposed even in regard to the allimportant matter of Government Grants in Aid for educational purposes—will feel their hearts grow warm within them when they
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      LAND MARKET.
      550 2 (Straits Times 17 th May.) How many of us are there stalkii g the streets of Singapore today, plaintive in the consciousness that we have lost tens if not hundreds of thousands of dollars—sums, at all events, preposterously greater than our present resources would ever justify our losing—simply
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      COTTON MARKET.
      2877 2 (Straits Times 17 th May.) Recent telegrams have indicated to some extent the difficulties which surround the cotton industry in America at the present time. The very fact that an official of the United States Govern ment should suggest the importation oi Italian labour in order to meet
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    31 1 □BATHS. i,.,vLr _Oa ibe 3th May, at Penaug. 1 rn Bovi.t. master mariner, in his 46th F 16th May, H. F. Foston, m L. L Telegraph.Co. age»l 38 years. ly K**irrettv>i
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    THURSDAY, 12TH MAY.
    201 3 The ports of Amoy and Hongkong are both gazetted as infected owing to an outbreak of bubonic plague. Mr. E A. Dickson has been appointed D 0., Kuala Pilah, and Mr. W. H. Dinsmore Assistant D. 0., Kuala Pilah, Negri Sembilan. The Dardanus arrived this morning from
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    PARA RUBBER SEED OIL.
    350 3 Mr. Stanley Arden, in his report on the F. M. S. experimental plantations in 1903, has the lollowing remarks on a new economic product. An interesting report from the Imperial Institute, on a consignment of the seed of Hevea brasiliensis (the Para rubber tree) forwarded by
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    MUNICIPAL COMMISSION.
    601 3 Converting the Town hall into a Theatre. A special mmeting of the Singapore Municipal (JurnnusMcn was held yesterlay afiernoon fur the purpose »»t considering the plans for the conversion o: the present Town Hall into a theatre. The members present were Dr Middleton, Deputy President; Dr. Murray liobertson,
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    POLICE NEWS.
    160 3 evening Insp. Kramer H. C. aim J. Department had a Malay peon and a ’rikisha puller arrested, the former for accepting and the latter for offering an illegal gratification of 33 cents at Johnston’s Pier. The case is awaiting magisterial enquiry. Yesterday, Mr. Seelhorst had two Chinese boys
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    HARMSTON’S CIRCUS.
    523 4 There must be some magnetic attraction about Ilarmston’s Circus that has yet to be explained. Other troupes and aomp&nies come regularly to Singapore, 3xhaust all their arts and wiles to inveigle the resident to their entertainment tnd as regularly —like what is to happen to the rich some
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    CONCERT AT ST. MARY’S.
    250 4 A very successful concert was held At St. Mary’s College last night in aid of the funds of the establishment. Admission was by ticket for which a dollar was charged and the large hall where the concert was held was fairly crowded. Ices and cakes were
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    SINGAPORE DERBY.
    465 4 Penang's Prospects. The following sporting notes appear in the Penuno Gazette over the signature of Sexton.” Our racing contingent for the forthmeeting is well worthy of a few comments. For the Derby we are represented by Mr. Chung Thye Phin's Devilment hy Light Artillery trained by A. Campbell,
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    TRADE DIFFICULTIES IN SINGAPORE.
    194 4 Further Failures Feared. Mention was made yesterday of the difficulties which several Cbinesq firms of stand n and repute are experiencing at present on account of the unremuncrative prices at which products are quoted at present. Last week one large firm was reported to have failed,
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    SINGAPORE ASSIZES.
    113 4 The Chua Chu Kang Case. The Chua Chu Kang murder case which was tried yesterday at the Singapore Assizes, before the Chief Justice and a special jury—in which two Chinamen named How Soon Peng and Tan Soo Chiang were charged with the murder of a Chinese woman—was continued
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    FRIDAY, 13TH MAY
    203 4 Thrive hundred of the Malay States Guides will take part in a mobilisation of the Singapore garrison some time in June. Mr T D. McKay, the great steamship and railway passenger agent, is in Singapore, and if he had his way half the Colony would be journeying
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    MR. L. C. JACKSON.
    87 4 The Malay Mail bears that Mr. L. C. Jackson, K.C., Judicial Commissioner, will sever his connection with the Federated Malay States on the termination of his leave. Owing to the serious nature of his recent illness he was recommended by the medical authorities to proceed on
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    MARINE COURT.
    82 4 Before the Marine Court yesterday a sampan coolie was fined $5 or seven days “rigorous** for hoarding the s.s. Sultan, before she was properly anchored. He paid up. A Chinaman who stowed away on the s. 8. Charcn was fined $50 or 21 days’ rigorous imprisonment. Two sampan
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    BRITISH NORTH BORNEO.
    94 4 Mr. Alex. Johnston, has been appointed Acting Supt., Public Works, West Coast, and Harbour Master, Jesselton, in addition to his other duties; and Mr. P. C. Brackenbury, to be Acting District Officer at Reaufort. Mr. A. R. Dunlop, Resident of the West Coast, his return from furlough
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    DISGRACEFUL CONDITIONS IN A BAKERY.
    118 4 A Bengam named Arbib who keeps a bakery in Syed Ally Road was cited this morning, before Mr. Michell for having (0 clothing and bedding handing about the bakery (2) filthy utensils (3) set apart a portion of the bakery as a dormitory (4) on
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    A TEST CASE.
    128 4 One Hoh Eng Kee, the owner* of a sawmill died of suspected cholera last Monday. The Municipal Sanitary authorities ordered immediate burial. This order was not complied with, but the body was placed in a coffin which was practically hermetically sealed. Had there been any real danger
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    MERCHANT SERVICE GUILD.
    110 4 The Late President. A meeting of the Singapore Merchant Service Guild was held at the Marine Club, last night. The meeting was called for the purpose of considering the question of electing a new president to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Captain Busk. There
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    WARNING TO HOUSEHOLDERS.
    136 4 Infectious Diseases Must be Reported. A Chinese medical practitioner, named Hoh Eng Kee was before Mr. Michell, this morning, in response to a summons issued at the instance of the Municipal Health Officer, to explain why he had not reported to the Sanitary Authorities a case of
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    ALLEGED ARSON.
    184 4 About six o’clock on Tuesday evening Mr. Seelhorst returned from work to his residence No. 20 Syed Ally Road He perceived that something was burning and on a search being made it was found that a fire was smouldering in the soiled linen basket in his mother’s bedroom.
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    ICE FAMINE IN SINGAPORE.
    363 4 Where Did the Ice Go Strangers to Singapore must have wofidered at the purply tinge of brim* stone and fire which has been the leading feature of the atmosphere during the last few days. The reason was not far to seek—the ice-chest was empty and there
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    BRITISH SOLDIERS AND ITALIAN SAILORS.
    442 4 The Forme Convict*, I Yesterday afternoon, Pt*. T I P. McKarey and W. PoeTtAB Chester Regiment were before rB Court on remand on the having robbed a seaman of thf i I warship Vdtor IHsani of Sl-7n day the 7th. inst. An officer of the
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    ALLEGED FORGERY.
    199 4 For a considerable tune a case iu -1 one Moonilal and another were (bar* with the theft of a promissory* n le •$1000 has been before the lintC*® Last week it was decided that 4e feudauts were not guilty and an opiE® was expressed that criminal act.® should
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    N. D. L. IN NORTH BORNEO.
    119 4 The Sabah Sie»n»*liT held its ninth ordinary genera y.B %t on Hip ,Vh .LM P. Breitag in the chair. The ch 1 said that business on ih e c«v»* D m«i lor the Company. ln his the North Gennan hi > trt fl r
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    F. M. S. TRADE.
    757 5 \j A. Sti art, the Registrar ci ,,r. ts and exports in the Straits h3B drawn up a report on pe import and export trade of the y S last year. The report shows if the import of goods and treasu-e ,1*» 0 theYederaied Malay States
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    STRANGERS’ AND PRISONERS’ AID FUND.
    54 5 J ,iK Honorary Secretary of the and Prisoners’ Aid Fmnd ov,ledges with thanks the following options received Cio jQt already acknowledged. .8 165 Jn A Murray 20 y,. K Ei' iim, Es*j. 10 Schell Esq 10 s *h. Esq 10 Esq. 7 Total. 222 W.
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    CHEFOO CLEANINGS.
    865 5 I Press-Boat in Troub'e. {From our Special Corrt* par drat Chefoo 2‘3nd A ra il 1904. The ho,run, chartered by the “Chicago Daily News,” arrived here this morning from a cruise through the Maictca Islands along the Manchuria coast of Korea up to the entrance of the Yalu
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    SINGAPORE TRADE.
    454 5 Bazaar in a Deplorable State.*’ All manner of rumours regarding the conditions of trade in Singapore at the present moment are current, with the result that business is greatly handicapped and what is termed a “hand-to-mouth” policy prevails among buyers. A numerous crop of small failures which have
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    SHARP PRACTICE.
    199 5 Yesterday afternoon an informer named Choah Ilong went to a house in Beucoolen Street with some police to search the place. During the look round, he noticed that some money was in a box. Nothing was found and the police went away. The defendant went back, demanded a
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    S. C. C. SPORTS.
    111 5 The S. C. C. Athletic Sports Gymkhana will be held on Saturday, June 18th. The programme, which contains eleven events, is as follows: 100 Yards Scratch, Long Jump, 120 Yards Handicap, Obstacle Race, 120 Yards Hurdle Handicap, Half-Mile Cycle Handicap, Veteran’s Race, 100 Yards Handicap, Sack
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    AGAINST FREE TRADE.
    755 5 Consul*General Williams’ Opinion. [From American Asiatic. J The following letter is worth what it is worth. It is a strong example of the brain and the thought that is trying to operate this 44 commercial earth.” Consular Service, U. 49. A, Singapore, 14th Jan 1904. Editor, American
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    JAPAN IN WAR-TIME.
    429 5 Tourists and the Police. Writing in reference to the cable sent by the Mayors of the principal municipalities in Japan to the effect that Japan was safe for tourists, the Kobe Chronicle says:—That order, generally speaking, has been maintained, most people will Agree, but to state that
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    PEON AND PULLER.
    176 5 About 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Insp. Kramer, H. C. and J. Department was going his rounds at Johnston’s Pier when he saw jinricksha peon 18 taking money from the puller of ‘Vikisha No. 1840; the amount wa9 thirty-three cents. Both peon and puller were arrested and arraigned
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    P. & O. PASSENGERS.
    44 5 P. O. PASSENGERS. The following are the arrivals here yesterday from Hongkong per s.s. Malta. Messrs. F. Cavanagh, I. Soler, G. H. Kellett, A. G. W. Twigg, J. Taylor, I. McCallnm, T. D. McKay and P. Soza, T. Hellem, H.JHaclovood, Lieut. R. D.,Foster Forbes.
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    SATURDAY, 14TH MAY.
    490 5 692 deaths were registered [at Singapore in April last. The ratio per thousand was 42 61. During the week ending on the 7th instant, two hundred and twenty-eight deaths were registered at Singapore. The ratio per thousand was 46 10. Mr. Arch. A. Swan, formerly of Singapore,
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    SARAWAK OFFICIAL CHANGES.
    82 6 The Rajah of Sarawak has directed that the services of Mr. A. K. Postmaster-General, etc., be dispensed with to date from the ISth April, and that Mr. G. Pratt Barlow be appointed to do the duties lately discharged by Mr. A. K Leys. The Rajah has made
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    BORDEAUX MIXTURE FOR TYPHOID.
    76 6 One of the experts in the Department of Agriculture at Washington has discovered that Bordeaux mixture,” a well-known agricultural vermicide composed cf copper, sulphate of lime, and water, will destroy mosquitoes and make stagnant pools as clear as crystal. As mosquitoes and stagnant water play a
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    SERIOUS CARRIAGE ACCIDENT.
    273 6 About 5.30 p m. yesterday a pony and trap belonging to Mr. E. D. Willoughby was waiting outside the S.C.O. pavilion. The syce, a native named Raise, says he heard a motor cycle coming and held his pony by the head. On the nearer approach of the
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    “ALL ABOARD!”
    1063 6 Hustling for the St. Louis Exhibition. 11 Are you going to St. Louis f the whole catechism according to ththustling Tum McKay, who combiner in himself three ir four steamship com panies and a dozen railroads. He is so accustomed jerking out the question at all and sundry
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    SARAWAK.
    166 6 Treasury and Trade Reports. The reports of the Sarawak Treasury and Trade Departments appear ir< the Sarawak Gazette. From the point of view of progress both Reports are good reading, but there is a disquieting feature in the decline of the trade in jungle produce which used to be
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    F. M. S. RAILWAYS.
    457 6 Annual Report for 1903. In consideration of the practical federation of the Perak and Selangor Railways on the 1st of January, the opening of through communication on the 15th of August, 1903, and the appearance of ill railway revenue and expenditure iD the Federal Estimates for
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    SINGAPORE RACES.
    1266 6 (liy Taraband and Old Port.) i We are much indebted to “Sexton I (surely thi9 is our old friend 'Sefton of the Pinany Gazette for his valuable > comments on the contingent which have arrived to compete v T ith our local cracks. 1 We are glad to
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    GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
    163 6 The ster.mer Van Itnhoj) is exc in from the oy eration of t he Cattle Transit by Sea Ordinance. Mr. L H. Clayton,district officer, Christmas Island, reported ms return from leave on the !>h ult. Mr. Clayton lias been appointed acting, assistant Protector of Chinese ana Superintendent of
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    BUFFALO HUNT.
    279 6 Scenes at Kuala Lumpur. A buffalo which recently gored two I Chinamen to death on the Petaling hills (Selangor) has been killed. A Malay policeman went out to shoot] it ar.d came across it in a thick piece of scrub beyond the Rifle Range. The buffalo charged at
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    MARINE COURT.
    135 6 Ox Tuesday before the Marine t I Mr C. Dennison prosecuted twosan I coolies for approaching within Ml V-- i: whilst the s.s. Gtenogle was the quarantine flags at the l u3 ra tine anchorage. They were nnr $20 each or 14 days rigoro a imprisonment. The fine
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    RACE ENTRIES.
    1657 7 TUESDAY, 24th MAY. :\]DE> PLYTE.—Value $600. f Maiden Horses, and -hat run as Roadsters. r ration Griffins and in Races t horses imported as Subs- f Griffins. Weight as per scale >,i allowance of 4lb. to imported into Straits r, r Federated Malay Kntrance 0. Distance, R. C.
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    SINGAPORE ROWING CLUB.
    87 7 Last night the heats of sculling races resulted as follows: I. C. VV. Darbishire beat W. G. Fargie, latter taking a bad line and steering into some tongkangs. Luckily damage only slight. II. Burgess beat A. Robertson 2 lengths. A. R got bad start and could not
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    DETECTIVES CHARGED.
    375 7 On the 14th March last, a Chinese lad snatched a hairpin studded with diamonds, pearls and a ruby *from a person in Nankin Street. He was, shortly after, arrested for this and sent to the Reformatcry for a term of years. Following on this, five Chinese, three of
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    F. M. S. NOTES.
    370 7 We, Malay Mail t have often heard it remarked that there exists a Chinese society at Kuala Lumpur which exercises absolute jurisdiction over Chinese servants, and now a case which has just come to our notice seems to afford further proof. A Chinese cook who had
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    P. & O. PASSENGERS.
    70 7 P. O. PASSENGERS. Arrivals by the Coromandel on the 14th instant. Prom Bombay —Mias R. Monypenny, Miss A. L. Warner, Miss A. L. Evens. From Colombo—Mr. M. V. Angar. From London— Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Bailey, Lieut. W. Odell, Messrs. W. M. Phillips, L. Wheater, E. Taylor, and Mrs.
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    MONDAY, 16TH MAY.
    381 7 HE. Sir J. Anderson, Mies Anderson, Miss Taylcr, Miss Ward, Mr. Christy, the AD C. and the Private Secretary returned from Malacca this morning in the Sea Mea\ Mrs. Adam, wife of Captain Adam of the Malay State Guides, died unexpectedly at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday. She
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    FATALITY AT LABUAN.
    130 7 On 29th April an unfortunate accident happened at the Labuan Coal Mines. One of the European workmen named Davis was descending a shaft with a piece of machinery when by some means or other a wooden support gave way and caught his head causing him to lose
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    S. V. A. INSPECTION.
    277 7 The annual inspection of the Singapore# Volunteer Artillery took place yesterday. Jhe gunners fell in at ths Drill Hall at 6 a.m., there being about fifty N.C O.b and men on parade. The Corps then marched to Tank Road Railway Station with four of their new
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      JOHN BULL’S MILITARY PAPER.
      120 8 To'the Editor of the “Straits Times." War Office. London, S. W., loth April, 1904. Sir, —Allow me to enclose for your information a copy of an Army Order which has been issued to the Army at Home and Abroad, regarding the institution of the Army Journal
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      Army Order.
      991 8 S pedal. War Office, 14th April, 1904. The following Instructions are promul gated to the Army by direction of the Army Council. “THE ARMY JOURNAL OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE.” 1. The Army Council have approved of the institution of a military publication to be called The Army Journal
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      RUBBER IN SELANGOR.
      1138 8 To the Editor of the “Strait* Times. 11 Dear Sir„ —At the annual meeting of the Selangor Planters’ Association held in Kuala Lumpor on 30th April, I was asked to place on record, in the form of a short letter, my impressions of the work now being
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      THE CRIMES OF INFANCY. An Evil Temptation to Children at School.
      909 8 I To the Editor of the Straits Times. 11 Dear Sir,—I beg to ask you for a corner in your valuable paper wherein to expose a great moral evil which beset children attending our public schools. This evil is
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    BANKRUPT CONVICTED.
    338 8 A week or so ago, a Mr. Hingerts, bankrupt, was prosecuted before the I Bench Court by Mr. Emerson under I instructions from the Official Assignee under the Bankruptcy Oidinance (i) for knowingly omitting to make I a statement when under examination before the Official Assignee, such omitted
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    MALACCA NOTES.
    169 8 H.E. the Governed,?',.-- 31 J to Malacca yesterday tu 116r *il was expected before n i 1 past eleven before Sir Ut Dm «1 and party landed. A gjj? *$1 consisting of Volunteer, an *9 was drawn up to meet w landing H.E. immediately 1 presented by the
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    THE TELUK BLANGA LAND CASE.
    182 8 THE TELUK BLANGA L A ND CASE. Case Remitted to Bench Court I *Thi3 afternoon, G. D AlJ appeared before Mr. Seth on an alii tion proffered against him of att«B ing to fabricate false evidence 3 about the 22nd ult. B Messrs. R.W. Braddell and EC M of Braddell
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    WEDDING.
    357 8 Ford-Howard. A very pretty wedding was ceietra* at St. Andrew’s Cathedral on Satm afternoon, when Mr. Hugh Whitt* Ford of Tanjong Pagar and Miss E* Howard, eldest daughter of Inspf Howard of the Straits Contingent. united in matrimony. A consider-* gathering of the friends of r* parties was present
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    SPORTING NOTES.
    1937 9 (By Taraband and Old Bort). j he Keiupton Park “Jubilee which he last 01 the Spring Handicaps \va* i as t Saturday, and won by YpsilanL xho carried top weight 9st. 51bh. 1 j e wa;i originally handicapped at 8st. 4 but had to put up the extra
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    SINGAPORE THEATRICALS.
    291 9 Amateurs to Give Another Performance. Some rime ago it waR hinted that the success which attended the production of the Yeomen of the Guard” was likely to lead to a further development >f the amateur theatricsl talent in Singapore. Indeed there are many who hold that the amateurs
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    THE GOVERNMENT OF CROWN COLONIES.
    2318 9 Lecture by Sir Frank Swettenham. j Bi-fore the London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), on the evening •f 20th April, Sir Frank Swettenham, kcmu, delivered an address on “The Vuministration of the Straits Colony »nd the Federated Malay States Protectorate.” The
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    POLICE NEWS.
    229 10 In January last, a father and four sons, Chinese, were engaged in exhuming bodies at the Ilokien cemetery, Bukit Tima a Road. Two of them were at the time disposed of, but the father and one of his sons escaped arrest until recently. On Friday, Chief Sanitary Inspector
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    SPORTING NOTIONS.
    591 10 By Longshot (Perak Pioneer The attention of sportsmen through- out the F. M. S., and Colony is at preI bont pretty well concentrated oa the ap* proaching Singapore Races. A glance at the Singapore training list shows at i once what gigantic strides racing in the > Malay
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    RACE HANDICAPS.
    145 10 The following handicaps have been posted at the Singapore Club. In the race entries published in our issue on Saturday, Essington should have been in Race No. 4, the Singapore Stake* and not in Race No. 2, the Stewards’ Cup. Tobias was erroneously put in the 2nd Ex*Griffin
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    WILY CHINESE.
    1811 10 Mow They Control Gutta Percha. There has just been issued by the Philippine department of the interior a bulletin oompiled by Professor Penoyer L. Sherman, jr, Ph. D., chemist in the bureau of government laboratories, which gives some interesting information regarding the gutta percha and rubber of the
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    F.M.S. FOREST DEPARTMENT.
    451 10 Report for 1903. The Report on F. M 8 Koiw ministration for the past v A that out of a total area of 26,350* miles comprised in the F. M g m 24,969 square miles are under Tins leaves only 1,381 square mjt* cultivation. After deducting the
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    SELANGOR PUBLIC HEALTH.
    438 10 Dr. Travers, the State Surgeou Selangor, has just brought out tot medical report on that State tor 19*>* The report shows that the estimate* population of the State on 31st Per, 1903, was 216,923. Two thousar. wo hundred and two births an. si* thousand six hundred and
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    TUESDAY, 17TH MAY.
    405 11 j RK appointment of Mr. J. Trump as Director of I*. W. D., F. M. 8., is Kitted- I H k iii itish steamer Nee-holm arrived l-terday from Kuchinotzu, Japan, with Krtjtons of coal for Singapore. ft I f EE /ieten with the German mail )ril Kurope
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    KUALA LUMPUR NEWS.
    196 11 Malay Mail Government Printing Office will r?' 1 un dergo considerable changes and 'borough overhauling owing to amalNnation with the Perak printing epartment. The building will also be •°‘09iderablv extended. r E V- Carey has been enmmis- ned by the F. M. S. Government to MX-eeii to
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    THE ASSIZES.
    78 11 At the Assizes yesterday before Mr. Justice Hyndman-Jones Hoo Peng was sentenced to seven years’ rigorous imprisonment to be followed by three years’ police supervision for highway robbery and voluntarily causing hurt. lan Koe got ten years’ rigorous to be followed by three years’ police supervision for being
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    DEATH OF MR. H. F. FOSTON.
    107 11 We regret to hear of the death of Mr. IL F. Foston of the Telegraph Company which occurred at the General Hospital yesterday. Mr. Foston had been many years in Singapore and was extremely popular with all with whom he came in contact. The
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    SINGAPORE GARRISON GOLF CLUB.
    96 11 At the Silver Medal Play on the 15th inst., 56 members competed and cards were returned as follows: Major R. J. A. Terry 86- 6=Bo Medal. H. J. Everett 99-18-81 Mr. P. H. Pearce 87- 5*82 Capt. W. A. Woodside 93 —lo= 83 Mr. J. B.
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    ALLEGED COUNTERFEITING.
    211 11 Hoh Seng, Kim Tee and Sin Chwee Tee were yesterday afternoon before Mr. Beatty for preliminary enquiry into allegations of possession and delivery of counterfeit dollars and of possession of materials for making counterfeit dollars. Mr. Hose. D.P.P. conducted the enquiry for the Crown. The evidence went to
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    POLICE NEWS.
    287 11 Yesterday, a Bengali named Mahomed was sent to prison for a month by Mr. Beatty on a charge of the theft of money and silver jewellery to the value of $l9. Sergt. Taylor prosecuted and elicited that the defendant was lodging at a house in Queen Street. He
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  • Correspondence.
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      THE GOVERNMENT SCHOOL REPORT.
      300 11 To the Editor of the Straits Times/* Sib,—I have read with great interes’ the article which appeared in yester day’s issue of your paper relating to Mr Hallot’s Report. That article should open the eyes as well as the purse strings of the Government and induce
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    TELUK BLANGA LAND CASE SEQUEL.
    486 11 A Breeze" in Court. Yesterday afternoon when the case of the Crown vs, G. d’Almeida, was called before Mr. Seth, Mr. Hose, D. P. P., said that he wished this case and that of Eusope bin Mahomed Lebbye to be transferred to the Bench Court.
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    HOTEL DE L’EUROPE,
    1251 11 Big Building P nject in View. One of the landmarks of 8ingapore for years past has been the tiotel de 1’Europe. 8ince the early pioneer days it has occupied its present position at the junction of Hill Street and the Esplanade, enduring the Colony’s vicissitudes and sharing
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    BICYCLE ACCIDENT.
    82 11 Mr J. B. Gibbons, the cable expert of the Oriental Telephone Company, who is now visiting Singapore on cable extension business, met with what might have been a serious accident in Orchard Road yesterday morning. He was cycling towards town when a restive horse pranced against the machine
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    PASSENGERS BOOKED HOMEWARD.
    124 11 P. O. Per Formosa 18th May:—Inspector Amiorvj*e Mrs. Ambrose and child. Per Chusan 27th May :...Mr. H. S. Young, Mr. W. Hendric, Mr. and Mrs. Wenyon, Mr. Y. R. Stokoe and Mr. Bryan. N. D. L Per Bayern, 30th May :—Mr. W. BreLine-. Mr. F. Pollock, Mr.
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    LIST OF PASSENGERS.
    200 11 For Singapore. Per P O 8. s. Macedonia connecting with the steamer Chusan at Colombo from London April 29. due 27th MayMr. and Mrs. Higbet, Mr. J. Irving, Mr v. Lea Mr. and Mrs. M. Horn, Messrs A. A. Goulden, J. Ellison, J. M. Campbell and W.
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    STRAITS CURRENCY SCHEME.
    546 12 Effect oit Sarawak. Mb. F. *H. Dallas, the Treasurer of Sarawak, in his report for 1903, sets thf "©venue of that State at $1,341,612 igainst an outlay of $1,277,558, showng a surplus of over $114,000 Both revenue and expenditure had increased. Mr. Dallas writes at great length
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    S. C. C. LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    288 12 Wednesday’s Play, (nth May.) CHAMPIONSHIP. The final game in the Championship of the S. C. C. tennis tournament was played off on the Esplanade yesterdaj afternoon between Mr. Fred. Salzmann, the holder, and Mr. Withers, the runner-up. Withers had played well throughout the tournament
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      THE YALU BATTLE.
      50 12 Shanghai ill A May A reliable correspondent writes from Wiju on the 30th April, stating that two transports have arrived at Chemulpo conveying a thousand invalids. It is alleged that there are no wounded. The Japanese were then fortifying Chinampo and conveying pontoon bridges to the Yalu.
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      THE CANNON THAT WON.
      106 12 They were also taking forty cannon, similar to those that Captain Percy Scott of the Powerful took to Lady- nith; but the small ponies and inexpert teamsters were rendering the transport enormously difficult. The letter continues to say that the Japanese gunboats are now patrolling the
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      NEWCHWANG EVACUATED.
      25 12 Shanghai 11 th May. It is repotted at Peking that the Russians evacuated Newchwang on Monday without removing the mines they had laid.
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      NEWCHWANG EVACUATED.
      18 12 Shanghai 12th May. A Chefoo telegram reports that Newchwang is practically evacuated. The forts are dismantled.
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      RUSSIAN PROPOSAL DECLINED.
      38 12 The Russian proposition that the Chinese authorities should police the settlement has been declined. It turned out that there was no need for such police and the Chinese authorities are unwilling to accept the responsibility.
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      JAPANESE AT KAIPENG.
      13 12 The Japanese are reported to have occupied Kai-peng, near Tak-hi-chou.
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      PORT ARTHUR RAILWAY.
      23 12 The report that the railway connec* tions between Mukden, and Port Arthur have been restored by the Russians is denied.
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      RUSSIANS ATTACKED.
      60 12 Tokyo 13<A May It is officially announced that Admiral Kataoka reports that on May 12th (Thursday) a Japanese torpedo flotilla and three cruisers attacked the Russians to the north of Dalny, thus clearing the sea. The Japanese lost one torpedo beat which was blown up by a Russian
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      SELANGOR PLANTERS.
      222 12 Penang 161 A May. There was a meeting of planters in the Selangor Club at Kuala Lumpur I on tbe 15* h instant. Thirty-three representatives from the Straits and the Federated Malay States I were present. Mr. W. VV. Bailey presided. Mr. Bailey said that the labour quesI
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      CHINESE EDUCATION.
      169 12 Penang, 171A May, A large and influential n eeting of Chinese was held in the Town Hall yesterday evening, Mr. Hargreaves, of the Free School, presiding. Messrs* Foo Choo Choon, Kaw Cheng Sian, Lim Seng Hoi, Lim Kek Chuan boke Chow Thye, Goh Boon Keng and other leading
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      PAPAN TIN SYNDICATE.
      47 12 Later. The subscription list of the Papan Tin Syndicate has been closed. The capital of $260,000 has been oversubscribed. The property in the Kinta district is reported to be second only to the Tronch mines, and the*e is said to be an abundant deposit.
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      PORT ARTHUR AGAIN BOMBARDED.
      27 12 London, Ilf A May The correspondent of the Morning Post at Tokio says that the high angle bomhardment of Port Arthur is proceeding.
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      JAPAN WITHDRAWS.
      35 12 Thc[Japanese PjGeneral Staff explains that the Japanese withdrawal from the railroad is either due to pressure from General Stoessel or from the Russian forces at Kaiping and at other points on the railroad.
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      NO FIGHTING AT NEWCHWANG.
      37 12 The correspondent of the Daily Telegraph at Newchwang says that all is quiet there. No fighting is expected or predicted. Rumours of an intended rising against foreigners at that port are authoritatively discredited.
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      RUSSIANS CAPTURE RICE JUNKS.
      40 12 The correspondent of the Daily Chronicle at Tokio says that the Russians have captured forty-six junks laden with rice belonging to the Chinese Government on the Liaso River. Tbe junks were on their way to Tientsin.
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      CHINESE PROTEST.
      25 12 Yuan-8hih-Kai, the Viceroy of Chihli, has energetically protested against the seizure, and has sent troops to protect the right bank of the river.
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      MYSTERIOUS EXPLOSIONS AT PORT ARTHUR.
      61 12 London, 12 Ih May. Admiral Togo reports that, since the 6:h instant, there have been many explosions at Port Arthur. The cause of the explosions has not yet been ascertained. It is rumoured at Chefoo that the Russians are blowing up their fleet at Port
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      IN THIBET.
      40 12 The Times in a leading article on the Thibetan question, says that we must gi to Lhassa and make our treaty there.” That journal trusts that the Government will recognise this as inevitab.e with the least possible delay.
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      DESPERATE FIGHTING AT ANJU.
      25 12 Reuter’s correspondent at Seoul says that two hundred Russians are attacking Anju in Korea. The small Japanese garrison is fighting fiercely.
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      NEWMARKET STAKES.
      21 12 The result of the Newmarket Stakes U as follows Henry tbe First 1 John 0‘Gaunt 2 St. Amant 3
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      CRICKET.
      18 12 Lancashire has beaten Leicestershire by one innings and 64 runs. Surrey has beaten Hampshire ly 253 runs.
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      WARNER’S TEAM.
      31 12 At Lord*, Warner’s Austrian team made 00 runs in the first innings. In the second inn, ngTT^==^ for one wicket. 10 in The Rest of Rnelsns Tbe e P, *>
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      COSSACKS ATTACK ANJU
      29 12 News from Toky<« port that Cossacks The Japanese carriw. d r 5 for reinforcement, and assailants. d re P% The assailants still l ine vicinity. 5
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      RUSSIANS RETURNING TO NEWCHWANG.
      31 12 It is reported from h some of the Russian, are.c!^ 1 ing to the citv. Wl W narrowmqthe The Japanese are r( creeping closer to Port Arthur
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      ENGLISH LICENSING BILL.
      20 12 The House of Common, te *f. Licensing Bill for the second 2 353 to 196 votes. tw
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      RUSSIANS CAPTURE AMMUNITION TRAIN.
      17 12 General Kuropatkin reports th., ceasful dash of an from Liaoyang to Port Arthur.
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      JAPANESE LOAN.
      11 12 The Japanese loan is quoted ini Street at 95L
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      COTTON CRISIS.
      82 12 A meeting of Cotton-raauufact" I has been held at Washington Those present discussed the ser I condition of their industry, and the encouragement of Italian ancoj foreign labour immigration [for» on the cotton fields Toe Secretary of the Com and Labour Department (Mr. J Cortelyou) said that he
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      THIBET.
      27 12 London \M Mi\ The Thibetans have rebuilt the r: •1 fort at Gyangtse and mounted guns, with which they bombarded: British camp, with pound cannon a
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      THE WAR.
      167 12 Despatches from me diner; Russian generals appear to show the Japanese after a momentary i from Pitsewo upon Port Arthur i I now deploying with a wide front op the general line running north-east is south west through Feng-wang-cba The army which crossed the \a ia the upjper
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      MOTOR RACING.
      41 12 MOTOR KAtiNu. In the English elirainatirg rS the isle of Man for the Gordon International motor race*, C. collided with a wall when going s- ri speed. Both himself and his brother shockingly irjured. A spectator also slightly injured.
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      JAPANESE FORCES
      73 12 J APANESE FORCES London, 1* fl According to advices t Petersburg General Kliark nev reports that a Japanese upwards of ten thousand fifty guns, mostly m juutaia arti <? r < approaching Sinyen. :3 A prisoner states that the force which assailed A» j i wpre from a flying column
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      THE FISCAL QUESTION.
      75 12 THE FISCAL itf Mr. Chamberlain in at Birmingham, (>nten fiscal issue raised by him had projuced a great change abroad. Foreign nations no longer threatened •ji, fiscallyDumping had sensibly diminished q r Chamberlain wished he could f e j certain of the next General Flection turning on
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      FEW RUSSIANS AT NEWCHWANG.
      19 13 Neuter's correspondent at £hanhai<uaD ba ys that there ar« now only 350 gnssians at Newchwang.
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      JAPANESE AT KERR BAY.
      73 13 London 14th May. Japanese t >rp«d> boat was des•royed while removing Russian mines in Kerr Bay. This occurred while the Japanese uird Squadron was bombarding the •orts at Talienwan. Bay is deep. .Japanese torpedo boats were meanchile searching lor Russian mines •here, and surveying the harbour.
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      BANDITS AT NEWCHWANG.
      32 13 Reuter’scorrespondent at Newchwang fci y 9 that Manchurian bandits are committing depredations in the vicinity of Yin&kow. Several rich natives have been kidnapped from Newchwang, and have been ransomed.
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      CRICKET.
      46 13 Leicestershire has been beaten by Warwickshire by eight wickets. Notts has been beaten by Kent by three wickets. Yorkshire has beeu beaten by Cambridge L Diversity by an innings and eighteen runs. Oxford University has betii beaten by Somerset by are inuings and 45 runs.
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      TOLHASSA.
      10 13 The newspapers generally approve uf the advance upon Lhassa.
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      PORT ARTHUR ISOLATED.
      29 13 London, loth May. A telegram received at St. Petersburg from Mukden states that the Japanese have reoccupied Puliantien and that, communication with Port. Arthur is interrupted.
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      VLADIVOSTOCK SQUADRON BOTTLED.
      34 13 Reuters correspondent at Seoul states that the Vladivostock squadron is practically bottled. The -Japanese have established a naval base at Port Lazareff, and keep a squadron of scouts watching Vladivostok harbour.
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      TOWARDS NEWCHWANG.
      29 13 Reuters Shanhaikwan correspondent wires that a private letter, dated from Newchwang on Thursday, states that a Japanese Division is twenty miles to the southward of that Settlement.
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      COSSACKS OUTWITTED.
      38 13 A St. Petersburg official despatch states that the Japanese began to •ebouch from Feng-huang-cheng upon be Liaoyang road, and the Cossacks opposed their advance guard. The ’ank of the Cossacks was turned, how*‘rQr '0 they retired.
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      ATTACK ON DALNY.
      46 13 London, 1 Gth May. ,!U 1 hicago Daily News' correspon- enl at Chefoo states that after the -3mbardnient of Dalny the Japanese anded troops and made a combined by land and sea. are indications that the town now n possession of the Japanese.
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      CRICKET RESULTS.
      18 13 Maryiebone was beaten by Sussex by -A runs. Surrey was beaten by Essex by 125 runs
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      ROYAL CONCLAVE.
      72 13 r^ nce Ferdinand of Bulgaria went yesterday, attended by his a( mg ministers, to meet King Peter rvia who has just been reconciled /J lonteiiegro. j is much talk of a Balkan n P e Alliance against possible invasion th a Servian fortress which is >knii y rema
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      RUSSIA’S PLANS.
      34 13 officer informed Reuter’s T’”?> r leut ut Ncwcliwang that the Russians plan i3 to remain at Harbin until Reinforced, and then to make a quick decisive campaign southwards in the late summer.
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      AUSTRIA’S BUDGET.
      91 13 The Austrian communique declares that the requirements of the Budget are not excessive, but all the more necessary if Austria is to be in a better state of preparedness than many other States. The war in Asia shows the value of readiness. The speech from the Throne to
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      RUSSIANS RETIRE.
      29 13 Lond/jn, nth May 1 he correspondent of the Standard at Tientsin says that the Russians have evacuated Kaupantsc and Sinrainting. Chinese troops are now guarding these places.
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      JAPANESE OPERATIONS.
      23 13 Japanese turning operations ou both sides of the Motienling Pass are proceeding, attended by occasional captures ol Russian officers and men.
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      PORT ARTHUR HEMMED.
      35 13 The Tokyo correspondent of the Daily Chronicle says that the Japanese are ch a! ig on Port Arthur. Big guns, worked with the new explosive, will be important factors in the sirge.
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      BLOCKADERS INACTIVE.
      24 13 Admiral Alexeieff telegraphs that the blockade of Port Arthur continues inactively. The repairing of the damaged ironclads at Port Arthur is proceeding.
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      SKIRMISHES FREQUENT.
      29 13 Other R issian despatches report skirmishing between the Japanese and Cossacks in the direction of the Motienling Pass. The Hunhuses (mounted bandits) are also attacking the Cossacks.
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      LATEST NEWS.
      289 13 Lord Curzon has arrived in London. He drove straight from Charing Cross to Buckingham Palace where their Majesties received him in the most cordial manner. He remained at the Palace upwards of an hour. The Japanese despatch boat Miyako struck a mine and was destroyed in Kerr Bay.
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      COTTON CONTRABAND.
      25 13 London 11 th May. Russia has declared cotton to be contraband of war, because that article is used in the manufacture of explosives.
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      JAPANESE TROOPS.
      23 13 The correspondent of the Daily Chronio r e at Shanhaikwan says that the Japanese army is marching in threo 4 visions.
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      SPLENDID WORK BY JAPANESE ARTILLERY.
      40 13 The Japanese second army corns pushed up quickly to co-operate with: General Kuroki’s force. This army corps defeated tho Ruspiaos with great loss near We fung-tjeo The Japanese artillery was splendidly handled in this engagement.
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      PORT ARTHUR RAILWAY RE-CAPTURED.
      42 13 It is rumoured at St. Petersburg that the restoration of railway communication with Port Arthur was due to General Stoessel, the commander there, having successfully engaged the Japanese. The Russian General Staff has received no confirmation of this.
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      JAPANESE LOAN ISSUED.
      52 13 London, 12th May. The Japanese five millions sterling loan was issued to-day at 93£. Baron Hayashi, the Japanese Minister at London, appeared on the floor of the Stock Exchange as the loan prospectuses were being distributed. The Baron received a great ovation. The premium on the loan
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      PROPOSED RUSSIAN LOAN.
      45 13 Foreign tenders for the proposed Russian loan are arriving at Paris. The form of the issue has still not yet been decided upon. The first issue will probably amount to 24 millions sterling, to he followed by an issue of 8 millions.
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      CHILIAN CRUISERS SOLD.
      18 13 The Chilian cruisers Esmeralda and Ckaetibues have been sold to a firm at New York.
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      BELLIGERENTS SAFEGUARD BRITISH INTERESTS.
      47 13 Lord Percy, the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, said, in the House of Commons, that the British Consul at Newchwang had not requested that a gunboat be despatched there to protect British interests. Britain had requested the belligerents to safeguard these interests.
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      THIBETAN MISSION.
      51 13 The Times correspondent at Gyangtse {Thibet) states that Ma, the Chinese Commissioner,had deliberatelyconcealsd the Thibetan plot to attack Colonel Younghusband’s mission on the 5th instant. Mr. Parr of the Chinese Imperial Customs Service, who was joint Commissioner with Ma, narrowly escaped from death. Mr. Parr’s servants were all
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      JAPANESE LOAN.
      37 13 London, 13th May. The Japanese Loan which had risen to 2( premium has been covered twenty-fold. The issue is now closed? The New York sectiou' of the Loan was also over subscribed. It closes to-day.
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      DALNY DOCKS DESTROYED.
      25 13 Alexeieff reports that the Russians have blown up the docks and piers at Dalny in order to prevent the Japanese utilising them.
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      TRANSVAAL CHINESE.
      18 13 The convention with China regulating the importation of Chinese into the Transvaal will he signed to-day.
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      THIBETAN MISSION.
      50 13 Mr. St. J Brodrick has stated that unless an Amban empowered and competent to negotiate on behalf of the Thibetans appears at Gyangtse within a fixed period the Government will take steps to negotiate with Lbassa. All necessary steps will be taken to secure the lines of communication.
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      THE “YELLOW PERIL.”
      78 13 The Times, discussing what it describes as the mischievous and dishonest cry of the “Yellow Peril” raised by the Continental press, says that only on the event of being confronted by an international boycott is Japan likely to make the Yellow Peril a reality. No policy could
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      TRANSVAAL LABOUR CONVENTION.
      15 13 London 14 th May. The Chinese Transvaal Labour Convention has bfeil signed.
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      RUSSIA AND EGYPT.
      63 13 Russia is the first Power to notify approval of the Kbedival decree re the Egyptian Debt arrangements appended to the Anglo-French Agreement. The French Government has requested M. Delcase6, the Minister for Foreign Afiairs, to thank Russia warmly for this. The French Government regards the approval as
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      REINFORCEMENTS IN THIBET.
      33 13 Mr. Brodrick, the Under-Secretary of State for India, states that the reinforcements despatched to Thibet consist of four companies of British troops, four companies of Native Infantry, and four guns.
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      RUSSIAN LOAN.
      23 13 An ukase of the Tsar authorises the raising of a five per cent foreign 1 >an amounting to 32 millions sterling.
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      TURMOIL IN RUSSIA.
      59 13 TImj Standard's correspondent at. St. Petersburg reports persistent rumours of a serious disturbance at Warsaw, and that a high official has been killed there. He also reports that the feeling is not decreasing that a successful battle with the Japanese is very necessary if complete order is
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      GERMAN LINER FOR RUSSIA.
      13 13 The Hamburg-America line has sold another steamer to Russia.
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      JAPANESE LOAN.
      13 13 The Japanese loan at New Vork was covered five times over.
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      PORT ARTHUR INVESTED.
      15 13 Russian Meferpatches show that the investment of Port Arthur has fairly begun.
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      IN THIBET.
      27 13 London, 16tA May. Reuter s correspondent at Gyangtito reports, under date 13th instant, that the Lamas are preaching a holy w air against the British.
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      AUSTRIAN BUDGET.
      71 13 The Austro-Hungarian Bndget for 1905 has been laid before the Delegations. These estimates look to exceptional military expenditure in AustroHungary. The extraordinary credit foR.tbe army amounts to 3| millions sterling, including 2 millions for field guns. The total required for the navy is five millions sterling. This outlay
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      RUSSIA RED CROSS SOCIETY.
      41 13 The Russian Fed Cross Society has received a telegram from its principal representative in the Far Bast,testifying to the care of the Japanese for the Russian wounded left upon the field at the battle on the Yalu.
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      TSAR AT KIEFF.
      35 13 London, 1 6th May. The Tsar left St. Petersburg for Kharkoff and Kieff yesterday to bid farewell to the troops going to the front. The Tsar will he absent for ten days.
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      AUSTRIAN MILITARISM.
      45 13 The enormous demands made upon the Austro-Hungarian Delegations for extraordinary naval and military expenditure in 1905 have caused amazement and anxiety at Vienna. The newspapers decline to believe that there is sufficient ground to lay such a burden upon J Austria and Hungary*
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      FRANCE AND RUSSIA.
      64 13 Loudon, 17 th May. M. Doumer, the President of the French Parliamentary Budget Committee, has delivered a speech at a banquet. In that speech, be strongly condemned the questionable attitude of certain Frenchmen towards the Franco-Rus-sian alliance. In M. Doumer’s opinion it was impossible for France to
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      GLOOMY OUTLOOK.
      41 13 Count Goluchowski, the AustroHungarian Foreign Minister, has delivered an address to the AustroHungarian Delegations at Buda-Pesth. He described the situation in the Far East as gloomy, and said that it was impossible to gauge the duration of the struggle.
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      CONTRABAND OF WAR.
      40 13 In view of the '.vide interpretation given to the term contraband of war,” Count Goluchowski suggested that restrictive regulations as regards what was meant by **contraband of war” should be framed by mutual agreement among the Powers.
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      MACEDONIAN REFORMS.
      28 13 Finally, Count Goluchowski warned Turkey of the serious dangers that Power would expose herself to if she failed in carrying out the promised reforms in Macedonia.
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      CHINA PRESERVES NEUTRALITY
      32 13 It is officially reported that China has instructed her representatives abroad to assure the Powers, that, come what may, she intends to adhere strictly to a policy of neutrality.
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    JAPANESE OFFICIAL TELEGRAMS STUBBORN DEFENCE.
    91 13 Tokyo 12 ih May. On the morning of the 10th inst. 200 Russian cavalry atta ked Anju. The Japanese garris a stubb »rnly resisted. One company in reinforcement of the garrison arrived on the afternoon from Pingyang. The enemy fled in a northerly direction next
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    DESTROYING RUSSIAN MINES.
    95 13 1414 May. Admiral Kataoka reports as follow:— On the morning of May 12 hfTHnrsday) the Third Fleet arrived at Tierr Bay near Talienwan. The cruisers Itsukushima* Nissbin and Miyako undertook &*8Srnonujrative bombardment, while the torpedo boat flotillas were engaged in sweeping and sounding the sea in search
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    IN ACTION.
    53 13 14 ih May General Kuroki reports that our detachment occupied Kuan-tieneheng on May 7th. On the 11th inst., another detachment of infantry pursued a body of the enemy’s squadron that was retreating from Shue hli-chan, and captured two privates, as well as a lieutenant who is the son
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    JAPANESE CRUISER SUNK.
    94 13 Tokyo, May 16th. Admiral Kataokp; reporting on the 14th inst., says: Our torpedo boat flotilla continued the sea-sweeping operation under cover of the fleet. The enemy constructed a temporary battery on the promontory' between Kerr and Talienwan. They laid six field guns besides erecting a hastily-constructed fort.
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