The Straits Budget, 6 June 1907

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    28 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE “STRAITS TIMES.” VOL. LXI. NO. 2572. Singapore, Thursday, June 6, 1907. ESTABLISHED OVER HALF A CENTURY. Price 25 cents.
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    Table of Contents.
    262 1 LEADERS Revolutionary Movement in China 12 Revival of Buddhism 12-13 Exploiting tilt Investing Public 13 Development of F. M. S. ...13-14 Survey Operations in Siam 14 The Queueless Brigade 14 lntfainmatory Rubbish in Indian Press 14 Irish Devolution Bill Dropped 14-1"* French View of Singapore’s Defences l.’>
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    ANGLO-CHINESE SCHOOL SPORTS. Presentation of Prizes by Miss Anderson.
    662 1 The annual sports of the Auglo-Chiue.sc School, held at Oldham Hall, Orchard Road, under the auspices of the Oldham Athletic Club, are always popular, and, on Saturday, they drew an even larger crowd than usual. His Excellency the Governor and Miss
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    The Late Dr. Leicester’s Will.
    82 1 On April 7,19(56, the late Dr. A. B. Leicester executed a will appointing his wife, Mrs. M. C. sole executrix. On May 14 last the deceased died at Thotusou Road, and on the 4th inst. his widow applied to Mr. Justice Fisher at the Supreme
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    Tronoh Mines Output.
    25 1 The output for the month of May, at the Tronoh Mines is as follows:—• Dressed tin ore produced piculs 288H-6(t value $121,9.*»7-9N.
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    OUTWARD FREIGHT. Ten Per Cent. Rebate by P. and 0. Company.
    175 3 Consequent on the conclusion of the Freight War in the Eastern trade, the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company have decided to allow a rebate of ten per ‘cent, on the net freight on all descriptions of merchandise shipped
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    A WORTHY INSTITUTION. Opening of the New Wing at St. Mary's Home.
    753 3 The new wing of St. Mary Home. Tank lto.Kl. was formally opened by Mis> Anderson on the 31st nit., in the prc-cuce <»f a very small attendance of friends, aud the residents of the Home. The building i«*
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    MUNICIPAL BOARD. Supplemental Budget Considered.
    378 3 A special meetin** of the Municipal 1’om missionors was l»cl»l on the .‘list ult.. t*» consider Supplemental budget No. 1 of ltN»7. and matters of a miscellaneous character. The Commissioners present were Dr. Murray Hobertsou, Messrs. Ong Tek Lim. H. L. Coghlan, K. A. Ste
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    Women Teachers’ Salaries.
    87 3 The following addition to the salaries for teachers in Government English Schools has been approved by the Secretary of State for the Colonies, in respect to trained women teachers: Students, who have passed through the Training Schools at KatHcsGirls’ School, will receive pay as below on appointment
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    Tanglin Tragedy. THE MAGISTERIAL INQUIRY CONTINUED. Corporal Newell Gives Evidence.
    1528 4 Singapore. May Ml. Drummer William Sand well, of the Boyal West Kent Regiment, appeared before Mr. tireeu, the Second Magistrate, this morning, when a preliminary enquiry into the charge of murder of Corporal Hurley, of the same regiment took place.
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    PLANTERS’ BICKERINGS. How Should their Interests be Safeguarded ?
    182 4 PLANTERS’ BICKERINGS. How Should their Interests be Safeguarded (Fuom Oi'K Own Coiihksponi>k\t.> Penang, May *28. United yet disunited*’ seems to be the motto of.planters throughout the Peninsula on the question of the propriety of forming a l uited Planters' Association to safeguard their interests generally. Their little bickerings are begiuuiug
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    Trams Stopped.
    166 4 The whole of the tram traffic lx:tween Bras Baxali Hoad and Tanjong Pagar was interrupted at H. 40 a.m. on May 29. Thirteen cars were detained on North Bridge Hoad until a traffic inspector arrived and directed the shunting of the cars from the up line to the
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    NEW PROJECTS IN JAVA. Unwonted Activity in Railway Construction.
    947 7 iFimw On: Ow n Cokijksim»ni>kn r.i Batavia. May 21. The Government is exercising unwonted activity in railway construction in this island, one important line having been complete »l a year ago, the surveys foi others now Is ing ou progress, aud
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    THE KRANJI INCIDENT.
    254 7 Lim Ke Chow appeared before Mr. Greeu, the Second Magistra.te.on the 31st tilt, on a charge of voluntarily causing hurt, at Kran ji. Medical evidence was given by Dr. 11. J. Gibbs, who said that ou May 22 the body of a Chinaman was taken to the
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    RAISING SCHOOL FEES.
    69 7 petition to tin Government is being prepared against the announced increase of the schi*ol fees in the Government schools and also against the proposal to demand three months' fees in advance. The mission schools are following the lead of the Government in raising their fees, but it
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    PENANG GYMKHANA. Good Race for the Academy Stakes.
    542 7 iFitmi Ori: Own Coui;ksim>ni>km i Penang. May 27. Our local Hunt Club's lucky star was it. the ascendant on Kmpirc Hay, for better weather could not well have been desired for its annual (iymkhauaon the Kacccour-o. As I have indicated previously, the
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    Rubber Estate Dividend.
    79 7 Messrs. Guthrie and Co., Ltd, who are Agents for the Lingjp Plantations Cot., Ltd, of London, have received a cable from London declaring the payment of a final dividend of 10 per cent, for the year 1906, making, with the interim dividend already paid. 15 per cent.,
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    JOHORE RUBBER ESTATES. Satisfactory Prospects of the Company.
    1156 8 A short report of the first ordinary general meeting of the Rubber Kstates of dohore. Limited, which was held in London on May 1, Sir Frank A. Swettenham. k.< presiding, appeared in the Straits Time* mi Monday, It may be added that
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    Singapore Health Statistics.
    187 8 The health statistics for Singapore for the week ending May 25 show that the total number of deaths was 280, equal to a death rate of 55.02 per thousand of the estimated population. Of the number 208 were Chinese, 45 Malays, 20 Indians. Malarial fever was responsible
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    TALK ON TIN. Prospects of the Industry in the F. M. S.
    697 8 Ruffing contentedly from his pipe of peace, and anticipating a pleasant and. no doubt, profitable holiday iu hugland. Towkay Loke Vew r on the 80th ult.. admitted, with a suspiciously merry twinkly. that, if lie disposed of all
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    The Man with Options. STUDY OF A FEDERATED MALAY STATES TYPE.
    1014 9 The Funny Mau in the Minuw Villa mess ha* been travelling in the States. On Sunday night. alter dinner. he had the appearance of a man wlu* had a story fermenting in his cranium, so we gave him a
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    MILITARY DEFENCE. Corps of Guides to be Formed in Singapore.
    303 9 The Government has sanctioned the for mation of a corps of Guides in Singapore, the object of which is to establish an Intelligent Staff to assist the Military in time of war. We are informed that the corps will be
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    The New Dollar. FALSE RUMOURS SPREAD BY IGNORANT PEOPLE.
    315 9 iEijom Oi l: Own Cokkksi-onokm Lipis, May A Chinese notice, signed by Sir William Taylor. Kcsidcnt-Gencral, F.M.S.. has been issued in Pahang, with regaid to the new dollar. It refers to a previous notice, in which the Chinese were informed of
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    Singapore’s Military Situation.
    166 9 Discussing the strength of our Hegulai garrisons East aud West, in dependencies of the Empire that are not self-governing, the Broad Arrow' has reasou to believe that in the Far East, including Singa|>orc and Ceylon, the military situation is, iu spite of any financial discussion, eminently favourable.
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    Wounded by His Own Trap.
    93 9 Our correspondent at Lipis writes: A Mengkarak Malay set a hlantch, or trap, if? the jungle behind his house, in order to gut a tiger, which had been giving him trouble. He placed two guns iu position and turned in. Very early next morning, the
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    CURRY AND SAMBALS.
    881 10 O! Henry Campbell-Bannerman, with all respect and deference, You've banged the door on other things besides Imperial Preference! The Nonconformists, Temperance folk, and Labourites are clamouring: The Irish party noisely upon that door are hammering: Above them all I hear a small insistent knock, my friend. It
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    Beach Road Murder.
    164 10 Dr. Gibbs gave medical evidence, on the 31st ult., in the preliminary enquiry into the charge of murder against Pengata, saying that Inspector Connor took to the mortuary, on April 18, the body of a male Bugis named Krisa. There was a post mortem examination, next morning.
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    SUNGEI RAIA TIN MINE.
    151 10 The Sungei ltaia Tin Mining Co., of which Mr. John Addis is Manager, has b* i n compelled, for the present, says the Times of Malaya, to suspend operations, a remarkably strong spring having been encountered, causing an inrush of water into the lomhong with which
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    OUTBREAK OF SURRA AT PENANG.
    201 10 Penang, May ”>O. Some alarm is being felt here with regard to an outbreak of “surra” at Balik I‘ulau. which has necessitated that district being placed under quarantine and enclosed by a cordon to prevent the egress and ingress of all live stock. The geographical
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    DISPUTE ABOUT FURNITURE.
    256 10 Mr. George A. Fernandez, proprietor of the Kccreation Hotel, Serangoon lload. gave evidence concerning the bankruptcy of Mr. J. F. Conceicao in the Bankruptcy Court on the 30th inst. saying that he leased the Hotel to him in October, last year, at 52(H) a month, Mr. Conceicao
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    BIRTHS.
    60 12 I>ai.k, —Oil May 26, at Cheriton,’* Syed Alley Hoad, Singapore, the wife of Frank H. Hale, the Klibber Estates of Johore. Ltd. (second daughter of \V. J. How, Kaq., Fleet l*a>-rnaster-inf'hief. H.N.. retired, of Btunley House, Hurre>» of a son. Hai.moni*. —On May ill at Host re or,” Keppel
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  • THE Straits Budget.
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      REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT IN CHINA.
      1235 12 Straits Times. May #lO. We have he*i<le us the proclamatiou of a Chinese revolutionary calling himself “General Lang" aud two leaflets published in Hongkong dealing with the revolutionary i movement in Central China. All these are printed in Chinese, and their purpose is to stir up
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      REVIVAL OF BUDDHISM.
      921 12 —Straits Times. May HI. The militant, aggressive character of Christianity is perhaps nowhere more ap parent thau iu Asia, though in every corner of the globe the Christian missionary may be found earnestly endeavouring to convert to his own religious views all races of mankind. During the
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      EXPLOITING THE INVESTING PUBLIC.
      1201 13 petrates by sheer iiicomiieteueo. Stiaits Times.,Iune 1. Comment is rife in Singapore about the rotten state of the share market. As is usual in times of financial depression, there is a good deal of invective used over the afternoon s teugah. and. if one were to
      petrates by sheer iiicomiieteueo. Stiaits Times.,Iune 1.  -  1,201 words
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      DEVELOPMENT OF F.M.S.
      509 13 Straits Times, June 3. Men who have enjoyed a gooel dinner invariably form an optimistic estimate of life, and wc are not surprised, therefore, that the tone of the speeches at the F. M. S. dinner when the speakers w ere not engaged in the delectable task
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      SURVEY OPERATIONS IN SIAM.
      813 14 Straits Times, Jtiue >i. The Hoyal Survey Department of Siam calculates that the extensive survey operations that have been carried out in the country for the past twenty years may be made to lead to an increase of 80 per cent in the revenue derived from
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      THE QUEUELESS BRIGADE.
      200 14 the; action and go and do likewise*. Straits Times, .June U. Some time since we expressed our sympathy with a movement among the Straits horn Chinese for dispensing with that unsightly and insanitary token of subserviency to Manchu rule. Visits to the local coiffeur betokened a spread
      the; action and go and do likewise*. Straits Times, .June U.  -  200 words
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      INFLAMMATORY RUBBISH IN INDIAN PRESS.
      375 14 —Straits Times. June 4. Tlic following |{ems from tin* Gujarati Punch, of May o. a native journal printed in both Knglish and Gujarati at Ahmedabad, India, will illustrate the kind of inflammatory rubbish which is at present being circulated by the native Indian press. In
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      IRISH DEVOLUTION BILL DROPPED.
      652 14 Straits Times, June 4. From the tiist. the Government's Irish Council Bill was damued with faint praise. Yesterday, as our Loudon Correspondent announces by special telegram, it was consigned to the limbo of might-have-beens, and Ireland is happy in that she still retains her grievance. When
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      FRENCH VIEW OF SINGAPORE’S DEFENCES.
      480 15 .—Straits Times. .7»me 4. The Siam Free Press of May *25 contains a leading article in French, signed Fontenoy,” dealing with the new defences of Singapore. These works, we learn, were begun last year at the instance of the British Admiralty, and the writer of
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      REFORM OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS.
      1290 15 Straits Times, June 6. One of tlie most interesting attempts of modern parliamentary times to bring abor a change in the British constitution came to a head when, after repeated postponements, Lord Newton submitted to the House of Lords, for second reading, his bill
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      94 12 The post free price of the Strutt* Time* i* aveai. The p»M free pri< e of the Str.vt hwtg,t is $14 vear. It is not necessary to subscribe for a vear. 11 c >uhscriptions foi shorter period* ate at the »ame propoidonate rate as for a sear I he Sir,
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    CHINESE IN JAVA. Restrictions that Handicap Trade.
    776 16 i Fkom Oi*K Own Cokki-«» om>km.* Sourabaya, May 2n. T he .Javanese generally are a thriftless community. They are fond of getting into ck bt they will turn anything into cash, whic h they spend freely, and. if they caunot g« t ash,
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    332 16 Miss Anderson was At Home at lio\eminent Hmise. on the .‘list ult., dancing began at 9.: Ml. Mr. G. K. Grcig, Inspector of Mints. Ipeli. L appointed to act as Assistant Warder ol Mines. Pahang. It i" expected tliat Miss tlcukins will be appointed Matron of the
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    PITHY PARAGRAPHS.
    551 16 The Singapore Automobile Club has been exempted from registration under the Societies < Irdiuauce. For the four months ending Apiil JO, there was an increase of D5.4J2.41. in the returns of the working of the Singapore-Krauji Bail wav. Two Malay seamen employed on the W ill o’the Wisp
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    Correspondence.
    13 17 Tlie Straits Times is U't re&poiisibU* (or the opinions of its correspondents')
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    Straits Settlements.
    116 17 To the Editor oi the Strait* Times. Singapore. May 29. Sir, —You will, perhaps, remember that I wrote you some mouths ago in advocacy of a change of name for our colony. I have just been reading a paper entitled British Rule in Malaya,” read by Mr. (now
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    School Fees.
    369 17 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Singapore, May 29. Sir,—I sympathise heartily with the position taken by European Parent” relative to the extraordinary demand of the Government for school fees to be paid quarterly in advance by pupils attending Government schools, but I do not think that
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    Singapore’s Death Rate.
    130 17 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Singapore, May 31. Sir,—It is astonishing to see from the Colony’s health statistics, published in the Straits Times yesterduy, that most of the deaths occurred to Chinese inhabitants. The reason is that the Chinese live too near the drains. The
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    Cumbrous and Meaningless Name.
    137 17 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Singapore, dune 1. Sir, —If Tukar will look at the official report of the proceedings of the Uoyal Colonial Institute for 1895-96 he will find that the address by Mr. F. A. Swettenham, C.M. G., to which he has
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    End of Laterite Case.
    174 17 His Lordship the Chief .Justice, oil the sth inst, gave judgment in the case of Lee Hoon Hoo v. M. A. D’Silva for $1,613.70 for laterite alleged to have been supplied, holding that the defendant should succeed excepting in the amount of $127, for which he
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    Gold Mining Company to be Wound Up.
    105 17 According to an advertisement in the Straits Times, an extraordinary meeting of the members of the Bcrsawah Gola Mining Company, Limited, was held at Gresham House, Singapore, on May 'll, when the following resolution was passed That it has been proved to the
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    Stabbed with Scissors.
    64 17 A Chinaman in Purvis Street was stabbed in the forehead with a pair of scissors, on the 4th inst. and another Chinaman was arrested on a charge of having caused the injury, which is not a serious one. The case was called before Mr. Green, on the
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    NOTHING VENTURE, NOTHING HAVE. Affairs of Keng Yong Brothers.
    287 17 Lee Keng Yong applied to Mr. .Justice Fisher, through Mr. Wee Tliiain Tew, on t .t* 30th inst., for his discharge from bankruptcy He bad l>ecn in partnership with his broth* r. under the name of Keng Yong Brother*, in the
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    ACCIDENT TO MRS. AMERY.
    156 17 News has arrived in Singajxnre that a l ions accident has hapjienod to Mrs. A. .1. Amery, wife of the Pastor of the Coleman Street Methodist Episcopal Church, who went to the Taiping Hills on account of the illu. *s of her child. As she was
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    Malay Boy’s Terrible Death.
    103 17 Our Lipis correspondent, writing on the 19th ult., states that a little Malay boy h.is met with a painful death at a village cal I Sungei Buloii. He was watching a kam th, or sugar*boiling furnace, when, in some un explained way, he fell into tlio
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    Harbour Fires. POWERFUL FLOAT TO FIGHT THE FLAMES.
    1583 18 Trial Trip of the Varuna. Although the Tanjong Pagar hock Hoard now jtoHKCSH one of the finest fire floats and salvage tugs this side of Suez the shipping of Singapore cannot be considered sufficiently sab guarded against damage by fire. The want
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    Judgment Asked For.
    185 18 S. R. M. Supramaniau Chetty had a very large claim against Kana Mohamed Eusopc, aud it was decided that the accounts should be placet! before the Registrar of the Supreme Court that lit might render a decision as to the amount actually due. The Registrar found the
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    Repeated Nuisances.
    126 18 A number of proud possessors of bullocks and goats were fined by the Senior Magistrate, on the sth inst. for allowing their domestic pets to run at large in the public roads. These animals have been a great nuisance in various parts of town, particularly aloug the Serangoon
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    Sport and Gossip. ROWING AT STANDSTILL, CRICKET MATCHES EXCITING.
    830 19 Pleasant as the Cricket Club’s premises are. there are one or two matters requiring attention. Why mosquitoes should be so numerous in a new building, it is difficult to say, but the tact remains that something should be done to remedy
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    Trade Mark Cases.
    199 19 The Manager of Messrs. K. Krarupaud Co. was charged before the Senior Magistrate, on tha sth ins'-., with selling on February 2 last, to Chop Hcng Hin and Co., certain spirits to which, it was alleged, the false description of Soldier Brandy was applied. The ease will
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    Rajah of Stengahpour.
    104 19 With reference to the production of The Kajah of Stengahpour in the Teutonia Club on July 28 and 27, it is interesting to note that Mrs. Perrott, wife of His Excellency the General Officer Commanding the Troops, has written to Captain G. E. Wickham Legg, M.V.0., the
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    Decision Set Aside.
    58 19 Mr. B. Farrer Baynes appeared before the Chief Justice, on the 4th inst. to mention a Court of Requests appeal, saying that Mr. Upcott, who appeared for the respondent, had agreed that the judgment of the Commissioner of the Court of Requests should be set aside, with
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    Tin Mine Output.
    36 19 The total amount of tin ore exported by the tribntors on the lands of the Royal Johore Tin Mining Coy., Ltd., for the month of May, was 284 bags, equal to pels. 200.
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  • Sporting Intelligence.
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      Cricket.
      1109 19 Y. M. C. A. v. S. C. C. and XI. The V.M.C.A. engaged in a cricket against the second eleven of the 8. V. t\ .i the latter’s ground on Saturday, with following scores: V.M.C. A. A. W. Bcvcn c Oxenhara b Curtin C. Gunter b .Tones H. W.
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      Bowling.
      151 20 S.C.C. Tournament. The result of Tuesday's (June 4tli > play iu the S.C.C. bowling tournament on the Esplanade is as follows:— Single Han Die ai*. K. Scoular 8 beat W. O. Bowman owe 2, 21 to 10. H. Elphick owe 5 beat .1. W. Owen owe 3. 21 to
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      Association Football.
      300 20 S. C. C. v. Dutch Club. A representative eleven from the Dutch Club tried conclusions with a team of the S. C. C. on the latter's m ound, on the 80th ult., and a good game took place. The S. C. C. won the toss and elected to
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      Hockey.
      448 20 S. C. C. 2nd XI V. H. Co. West Kent*. A Hockey match was played on the Esplanade, on the 81st ult. between the second eleven of the S. C. C., and a team of H Co. West Kents. A fairly good, though onesided, game was witnessed, notwithstanding the
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    Reuter’s Telegrams.
    3172 21 London, May 20. Reuter's correspondent in Hongkong reports that 1300 troops have left Canton for the Swatow district. Another detachment follows from Sliiuhing. The malcontents captured the entire family of a Brigadier-General in the Chinese army, and compelled them to commit sincide by drowning. The Sun Yat Sen
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    German Telegrams.
    749 22 Berlin, May *29. The party of Kuglish journalists lia*arrived at Berlin. They were accorded an audience by the Emperor at Potsdam aud given a reception by Prince von Buclow. They were also entertained by the Municipality aud the Chamber of Commerce. Strained relations exist between the Bus sian
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    Special Telegrams.
    669 23 <Fk«im Opr Own Cokrhrponduntj. Hongkong. May 30, 10.6 a.m. There is a widespread feeling of uurest throughout the Province of Kwantung. The people- are arming and apparently the movement is well organised, for simultaneous rebellious outbreaks are reported front different parts of the Province. It is given out
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    COMMERCIAL.
    227 23 Singapore, Junk 5, 1907. PRODUCE. tJKwbier 0.70 do (Cube Vo. 1) unpicked 10.85 Copra Bali 10.0.7 do Pontianak 9.75 Pepper, Black 17.621 do White 5% 25.07} Sago Flour Sarawak 0.06 do Brunei No. 1 0.00 Pearl Sago **.00 Coffee Bali, 15% 1H.00 Coffee, Palembang, 20% basis 22.50 Coffee, Liberian
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    S. V. A. Special Meeting.
    62 23 At the special annual meeting of the S. V.A. on the 4th inst., Colonel E. G. Broadrick announced officially that in future they would go into the fotta to do defence work there, instead of doing mountain artillery work as previously. No other businem of
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  • SHIPPING IN PORT.
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      ARRIVALS.
      505 24 May 29 Taroba, Brit str, Swanson. K'goon, Boustead Trieste, Aust 9tr, Mutrango, Yokohama, H. Schmidt Chow Fa, Ger str, Spiesou, Swatow, B. Meyer Mcrupi, Put str, Uldal!, Swatow, Heap Kng Moh Lightning. Brit str, Fe« alcutta. Paterson Simous Nippon, Aust str, Taraboscir, Trieste, Schmidt Ningchow, Brit str, Allen, L’pool,
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      CLEARANCES
      361 24 May 2s Helios, Nor str, Haugkok Ban f.iong. Put str. Cotie via pm-t* Nueiituiig. Ger str. Bangkok 29 Guthrie, Britstr, Bata\ia.' S\<ln**v u put*. Merkus, Put str, Djambie Bangkok, Ger str. Bangkok Montrose, Brit str, Penang aud New York Edendale. Brit str, Samarang \la i>ort«* 30 Yandalia, Ger str,
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      VESSELS EXPECTED.
      752 24 Name, port, probable date of arrival 9 and name of Agents. Steamers. Airlie, Syduey, June 24 Boustead Ajax, China, June 9 Mansfield Alcinous, China, July 27 Mansfield Ambria, Hamburg, June 22; Behn Meyer Antiloclius, Liverpool, June 26 Mansfield Aragonia, Hongkong, JulyBehn Meyer Arcadia, Colombo, July 19 P. dr
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