The Straits Budget, 21 January 1909
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The Straits Budget
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Title Section27 1909-01-21 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE “STRAITS TIMES.” VOL. LXIII. NO 2658. Singapore, Thursday, January 21,1909. ESTABLISHED OVER HALF A CE«TU»r Price 25 cents27 words
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Article245 1909-01-21 1 LEADERS— KuropatkiusApologia Kor Auld Lang Syne 12-18 Lord Cromer's Warning 18 Settling the Near East 18-14 llfcferendum 14 The Rule of White Races 14-15 Singapore Assizes The Fatshan Incident 1 Notes from Selangor 2 I Hath of Mr. C. Naylor 2 Foreign Offenders’ Act 2 Lying to245 words
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669 1909-01-21 1 At the Assizes, on 14th instant, Loe Ah Kow was placed on trial on a charge of residing in the Colony after having been lawfully.banished by the ruler of Perak. He pleaded guilty, but said that he was sent here,669 words
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135 1909-01-21 1 Tlyj abortive attempt at boycotting the steamer Fatshan, at Canton, has fizzled out, much to the chagrin of the few native busybodies at Canton, who were leading the irresponsible rowdy elements at the Southern capital. When the steamer drew alongside her135 words
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707 1909-01-21 2 fFkom Cokhkhpondknt.) Kuala Lumpur, January 14. It wih be remembered that the ten per cent, local allowance which was granted to sterling-paid officers to compensate them for the loss sustained owing to the rise in the exchange value of the dollar,707 words
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242 1909-01-21 2 It is with deep regret that we have to record the death of Mr. C Naylor. Barri->-ter-at law. which took place at hi* residence in Bangkok about ten o'clock this morning, says the Bangkok Times, of .January242 words
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136 1909-01-21 2 A case of unusual inbirest and length is being tried at the German consulate, at Tientsin, Dr. Kreige sitting as Judge, with Messrs. Woclkon and Melchers as assessors. Mr. Brackcnhoft's disappearance from Tientsin was published some little time ago in136 words
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145 1909-01-21 2 On December 4, two men, him Cheng Hze and Wi A Heng, went to the Central Police Station reported to Inspector Brereton that they had seen Yap Wi Cheng steal a parcel of edible birds’ nests; the object being145 words
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324 1909-01-21 2 Following a click of the baton, came a crash of martial music, the band of ti e Middlesex Kegimeut reviving the pertorm ances in the Hotanic Car Jens, on lHth inst.. by Fiuck’s appropriate triumphant march. Entry of the Gladiators. It324 words
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323 1909-01-21 2 Singapore must have its occasional tiger story, but we regret to have to record that in the present instance the story has no more in it than many—nay most—of its predecessors. It started some two weeks ago323 words
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795 1909-01-21 3 wt n ,.laced on trial at the Six ljin /.r,V on a charge of conumitAssizesoulWi 0|1 Mourning Day, ftioK u broad daylight, at the jfovenjber rmjah an d Mackenzie junction ot 1* G f the Christian Koa'k u, j J795 words
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192 1909-01-21 3 Soh Pin who is a fruit-seller, was on the Ofch ultimo, peacefully pursuing his vocation in Club Street, when he was suddenly surrounded by fourteen Chinese, who ate his fruit, but did not pay the value of the fruit consumed192 words
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266 1909-01-21 3 The other day,* we noted that the Java Government was about to take stops to buy up several largo estates near Batavia, to rescue tenants from the greed and tyranny of their laudlords, who are mostly Asiatics, mainly of266 words
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452 1909-01-21 3 An assistant at a local pawnbroker's was before Mr. Colman, on 19th inst., on an allegation of retaining a stolen watch of little value. An entry in the shop’s book showed that such a watch had beeu pawned. When the452 words
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132 1909-01-21 3 The inter port chess match between Singapore and Bangkok Chess Clubs, is making good, though perhaps slow, progress, says the Siam Observer. Correspondence chess is always slow, but none the less interesting on that account to the players concerned. Each132 words
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Article910 1909-01-21 4 The |{ig|,t Honourable Sir Cecil dementi Smi .li, G C M G., the Imp* rial Di li gate, re pr(‘v< otiijg tin* t.row ii t olonies at the foithcoming Int* i national Opium Commission, at Shanghai,910 words
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220 1909-01-21 4 Three men were caught red-handed in Mine Flint’s dressmaking establishment, 17a, Queen’s Load Central, Hongkong, during the early hours of the llth instant. An Indian policeman saw two coolies leaving the store and he gave chase and captured one man220 words
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Article104 1909-01-21 4 In the Supreme Court, at Penang, on the Phh mst Mr. Justice T. do M. L. P.raddell, delivered judgment in the case of Boustcad and Company, Ltd., versus Klioo Gnat Cheng. This was an action in which the plaintiffs claim. <1 SJO.OOO under a contract made by104 words
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174 1909-01-21 4 (FROM OL'K CoRltKbPONDKNT.) London via Penang, January l.j. The Edinburgh Rubber Estate Company, Selaogor, has been formed in London. The present issue of shares is 2b,007, and the price of the estate is £26,000 in cash and shares. Five174 words
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61 1909-01-21 4 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, January 14. As a sequel to the recent motoring accident here, Messrs. Sarkies have been ordered to pay 9200 compensation to the Mohammedan who had entered a claim for 91,000. 1 his is the first61 words
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Article68 1909-01-21 4 (b kom Our Own Correspondent.) (poll, January 19. A mining towkay was, yesterday, cycling from I poll to Pulai when he was kuockcd off his bicycle by six armed Chinese. He was robbed of 91,250 and seriously wounded. No arrests have been made. Another gang of five68 words
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118 1909-01-21 4 (Prom Our Own Correspondent.) Ipob, January 18. A serious landslip occurred, oa Saturday mght, at the Busing Bharu Mines, in the Kmta district of Perak. It is reported that twenty Chinese coolies thcnTalfvc; &U ltre 8 hope of rescuing Tim following appears118 words
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Article731 1909-01-21 5 i a translation of a memoThe fo‘1"" T ai pn, Tartar general of rial present'"* ct of t i, e suppression Vinjilisia. u;i document appearof opiim* .iMiazctto of December 17, .,1 in the wm731 words
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185 1909-01-21 5 If report be true, His Excellency the High Commissioner, has suggested an important step forward in the matter of interesting F.M.S. people in the government of the country they live in. Possibly, says tho Malay Mail, from which this excerpt is185 words
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80 1909-01-21 5 The tine new twin screw steamer Rumphius, of the Koninklyke Paketvaart Maatschappij, the local agents of which are Messrs. Daendels and Company, arrived on Monday from Holland, on her maiden trip, and has since left for Java. She was built80 words
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Article98 1909-01-21 5 On 14th iust-, two Chinese were before Mr. C. F. .T. Green, on a charge of managing a Chap .Jee Kee lottery. Captain Bower deposed to having received information which led him to pay a visit to 805, North Bridge lioad. 11c entered the house and went upstairs,98 words
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Article67 1909-01-21 5 An alarm of tiro was turned, on Sunday night,In consequence of tho burning out of a chimney at a Chinese eating house, at the corner of North Bridge Koad and Tan Queo Lan Street. The Brigade responded promptly, but their services were not needed, as the tire67 words
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446 1909-01-21 5 With Chinese New Year dawning, thieves, burglars aud others of the light-fingered fraternity are out and about doing profitable business—when clear of police annoyance. Wi A Long and Tan Tow Tin stood in the dock of tho446 words
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Article156 1909-01-21 5 The Pinang Gazette, of the 15th instant, soys: We understand that a telegram from Calcutta has been received in Penang to day to the effect that arrangements have been completed by the Messrs. Sarkies Brothers for the acquisition of the site of the old Duffton College in156 words
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1512 1909-01-21 6 Saturday afternoon found scholars of St Joseph’s Institution away from desks and amid flowers and bunting awaiting to receive at the hands of Lady Evelyn Young rewaids for meritorious work and good conduct during the preceding twelve1,512 words
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408 1909-01-21 6 The Herbert Withers Concert Company, whose members reach here on Friday and give concerts on Saturday and Monday at the Teutonia Club, have arranged to revisit India and other parts of the East next year, reaping where they have sown this season—for408 words
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Article1563 1909-01-21 7 of Mr. George Smellie. 1 t <> k continued by Mr, in 1!, Y,;.' Supreme Court, before I > 1 Kh t i .combe Smith, on loth Mr t Kor the greater ;Ul time, the evidence was of1,563 words
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Article95 1909-01-21 7 On Sunday morning, the church of Our Lady of Lourdes ana its surroundings presented a gala appearance. The entrances to the ground were very tastefully decorated and surmounted with the legends Vivat Pater Noster Pius X and Kcce Sacerdos Magnus the first, wishing long life to His95 words
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Article54 1909-01-21 7 On 16th inst., Mr. Gibson, Assistant Protector of Chinese, oharged a sinkeh, named Yong Chi, with refusing to sign a labour contract, he having had his passage paid from China on the condition that he should work off the cost. Mr. E. E. Colman sentenced him to54 words
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740 1909-01-21 8 \u ordinary meeting of the Municipal Commissioners was held in the Board Boom, on the 15th instaant. The following were present M i s*f H L G. Broad rich, I i evident. polglase. So. rotary; B. Peirce. Engineer; .1. \V. Watkins,740 words
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115 1909-01-21 8 Mr. .1. K. (>. Aldworth, the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, submits a comparative statement of cultivated rubber exported from the Federated Malay States during the years 190 k and 1907. It shows the following 190 M 1907 Increase115 words
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Article134 1909-01-21 8 Two German men-of-war. the Furst Bismark and the Tiger, arrived from Saigon, on 16th inst., and will return northwards from here. The Furst Bismark is the flagship of Kear-Admiral Coerper. The ships exchanged salutos with Fort Canning. The Gorman Admiral was to have made an official134 words
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Article120 1909-01-21 8 The Chartor of tho Chino-Siamese Mail Boat Company, Ltd. fills some fourteen pages of the latest < lazette, reports the Bangkok Times. Tho head office of the Company is at Bangkok, and it is formed to run merchant steamers between Siam and Singapore, Hongkong, China, andothor120 words
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378 1909-01-21 8 At a meeting of the Municipal Commis sioners, on the 1.1th infant, the IV aid resolved itself into a Committee to consider the report of the Health Committee on the question of the fees to be paid for analyse* carried out bv378 words
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Article212 1909-01-21 8 '■'ays the Times of Ceylon, of the 8th mutant:—By a somewhat remarkable coincidence, three of the six members of the Straits' Opium Commission will be in Colombo to-morrow, namely, Bishop Oldham, Dr. W. R. Middleton and Mr. E. F. Edlin, all of Singapore. Sir Cecil dementi Smith,212 words
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1140 1909-01-21 9 s. ,-combe Smith, in the before Mr ir.tli in»t., the firm of Supreme company came up for lent j bankruptcy. Public exaunnu- 1 1 t|)e offio i a l Assignee 1 Hi. Lor.l-l-'P wcre being taken in iterate ,,rocu'.lu,„> Penang1,140 words
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Article100 1909-01-21 9 In Singapore, Saigon, Hongkong and others places, says the Siam Free Press, the boy or follows the mistress to the market, and comes back with what she selects and pays for, and if such a custom were adopted in Bangkok, it would do much to improve the100 words
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432 1909-01-21 9 For some time the Sanitary Department has been perplexed at thq number of dead bodies found dumped in No. 73 Duxton Hoad. Strenuous efforts were made to discover the delinquent who effected this, aud sanitary inspectors have been out at all432 words
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Article132 1909-01-21 9 Encouraged by the success which has attended Ah Phin’s mines at the foot of the Larut hills, says the Perak Pioneer we understaud that a Chinese Syndicate has applied for a thousand acres of similar land towards the north, which has been tested and found to132 words
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Article58 1909-01-21 9 On 14th inst., a Tamil named Ramen, was prosecuted before Mr. C. F. J. Green, f >r the theft of three capes value $B, the prnpe ty of Miss Anna Abraham, of Niven R ad. He had ten previous convictions and was sentenced to six months’ rigorous, one58 words
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309 1909-01-21 10 I* roru tin r> port of tin. Singa|>ore Sporting Inn. u> be pr» s«*nt* <1 at the animal general ijj* *-ti on tn. •'"tli mutant, it appears that tli* r< i-.t r< *lil I alunceon the working account rf *>.. .<309 words
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377 1909-01-21 10 Ileforo Mr. C. .1. Saunders, on Pith inst., Messrs. A. M. S. A nVidia sued tlm Messageries Maritim* s for iliiiiial'l'N to g<w>ds entrust! d to them to the extent of SIBM7I. Mr. linker appeared for the plaintiffs and Mr. hiimrson377 words
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498 1909-01-21 10 About 10 p in. on December‘2l, a number ot Chinese created trouble* in Cpjs r Chinehew Street, with the result that IS of them fell into the hands of the police. An aggravating element in the case is that498 words
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179 1909-01-21 10 Several Chinese clerks, i moloyed by firms shipping rice in the steamer Pahtaua, struck wuik art K 111(4001), on December 30, ami tiie'l to pit vent others In in carrying on t n ir duties The officers of the ship,179 words
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437 1909-01-21 10 Owing to the long session of the C'our ~f Appeal and the lengthy Assize calendar at Malacca, immediately follow ing, haukiiq woik has b«en accumulating, and Mr. J»ivt i( Sercombe Smith was confronted with t very heavy list, on Friday. '1437 words
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Article174 1909-01-21 10 The report of Dr. D. K. McDowell, C.M.O the Registrar of Births and Deaths, shows that, during the we. k emit d .January 9, 270 deaths were rc gistered in Singapore, qnal to a death-rate of 50 58 p>er thousand of the estimated population. Malaiial let* r174 words
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Article12 1909-01-21 11 nM H not responsible for the 'TbeStri't ir len ts] OpiUK'U"12 words
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Article370 1909-01-21 11 K tl t ,r of the Straits Time*. 1 ,,|].Mivorc Sporting Club 80 sir imblic tlian a private iDstHu. mucli allow me to call attentioD- 1 sheet, which lias just been issuetl- or two items that the young It coal' 1 j abt do well to ponder370 words
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Article1498 1909-01-21 11 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,- There is a leading article in your issue of January 8 which is badly in need of some reply. To me it seems obvious that men and women alike shouTd be free to take part in the national life,1,498 words
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Page 11 Advertisements
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Advertisement120 1909-01-21 11 Property Sale. The following properties were disposed of by auction at Powell and Company’s Saleroom, on 19th instant:— Leasehold land, 6,685 square feet, leasehold with 67 years to run, together with the threestorey Chinese dwelling house thereon, known as No. 71 Chiu Swee Koad, Singapore town. Monthly rent $60. Bought120 words
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Article35 1909-01-21 12 Sn.ti.ss liitAMi. On January 16, at All Sdintw. Margaret St.. London, W., by the Rr«.d. M < >it|»« nter Gamier, Sydney Stevens to Ivhtli Blare he, daughter of Mr. aud Mra. II Abrams of Singapore*.35 words
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THE Straits Budget.
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Article1255 1909-01-21 12 iirnt times tought 'Vent and won.—Straits 1 Hues, January 1 I. Kvcn tie- majority of Russians were able, no doubt, to forgive General Kuropatkin for some of tin; amazing passages contained in bis history r»f the Russo-JapuieMC war. It was necessary to toll tlio truth unflinchingly in orderiirnt times tought 'Vent and won.—Straits 1 Hues, January 1 I. - 1,255 words
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Article1111 1909-01-21 12 Straits Times, Jaouary 15. Singapore welcomes to-day a man who is entitled to recogniti on as one of the skilled administrators by whom its fortunes have been laid on broad and solid foundations. To a wider circle than ourH, Sir Clementi Smith is known as a— Straits Times, Jaouary 15. - 1,111 words
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Article1184 1909-01-21 13 a clear line of vision.—Straits Tunes, January 16. It is apt to l>o forgotten occasionally that Lord Cromer is a Liberal in Politics. While he was ruling Egypt with the thoroughness of superb geuius it was quite a usual tiling t > find Liberals speaking of hima clear line of vision.—Straits Tunes, January 16. - 1,184 words
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Article1245 1909-01-21 13 Straits Iinj<*s, January Is. Recent telegrams from Europe all support the conclusion that the crisis in tho Near East is at au end. There may be, or there may not be a European Conference to formally endorse what has been done. If it is possible toStraits Iinj<*s, January Is. - 1,245 words
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Article1075 1909-01-21 14 have is worthy of all consideration.— Straits Times, Januaiy 19. While the Liberal Party is endeavouring to sro'iwe furling** of antagonism to tin Hou*u of Lords a*- an institution, the; Knn 1 i1 1 people w ith cbaract* ristic caution art* busily searching for a compromise. True, they say,have is worthy of all consideration.—Straits Times, Januaiy 19. - 1,075 words
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Article1060 1909-01-21 14 —Straits Times, Jauuary 20. lietlier Mr. Tlieodoro Roosevelt be a gargoyle, a pigmy, and the descendant of Dutcli tradesman, as a certain fluffy. I toDKued Congressman has been saying, i 8 really of no consequence whatever. What we know of him in a quite positive—Straits Times, Jauuary 20. - 1,060 words
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Advertisement105 1909-01-21 12 I ho p<mt fro* pn<*« of ttu» Stmih 7 i<* I'*!* 1 > M,r> I he fr< |«f i e of the Strwti h\nig>t is $14 a year It is not rir< esvarv *'i^»**<"ritj#- for a year The »uf>- riptioru for »horter periods are at the same propor* tmnat»- rate105 words
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Article1045 1909-01-21 15 4 Mr. C. W. Darbishire is now a member of the Tanjong Pagar Dock Board in succession to Mr. W. P. Waddell. Mr. E. I). Howan 1ms been appointed a member of the Pilot Board for the Settlement of Singapore to fill the vacancy caused by the1,045 words
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Article576 1909-01-21 16 His Excellency Sir John Anderson lunched at tie Penang Town Club, on Monday, with the Hon. R N Bland, Resident CounciJor and the Hon. A. R. Adams. His Excellency the Governor paid an official visit to the German flagship. Furst Bismarck, on 19th inst., and was saluted576 words
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142 1909-01-21 16 (From Olk Own Cokrksponpknt.) Loudon, .January 19. A Washington message gives the text of a speech delivered by Mr. it >osevelt at the Diamond Jubilee meeting of the Methodist African Missions. He cit d the British occupation of India,142 words
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Article27 1909-01-21 16 (From One Own Correspondent. Ipoh, January 19. It is reported that Trouoli mines are temporarily shut down owing to tloods and the approaching Chinese festival.27 words
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227 1909-01-21 16 Humanitarians in Holland are agitating in Parliament for doing away with the death penalty in Nethcrlands-lndia. A Deputy, named Van Deventer, has just had a field day on the subject in the Second Chamber of the States Geueral. After marshalling227 words
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Article121 1909-01-21 16 \Nong A Chi, pleaded guilty, yesterday, to a charge of housebreaking, brought against Im.m by Sergeant Little. L>e Tow said that dm mg the early hours of the 14th instant he was roused by hearing a noise in his room. He saw the accused there. The121 words
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454 1909-01-21 16 Divers were at work again on the wreck of the Dutch steamer Djambi, on 14th inst., and definitely ascertained that it would be a hopeless task to attempt to recover the bodies of the Chinese stevedores before the heavy cargo, which454 words
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Article152 1909-01-21 16 On 7th instant. His Excellency Phya Sakdi Sem High Commissioner of Mouthon Patani, and Luang istr Kosa, Secretary for Foreign Adairs, who have been appointed delegates of the Siamese Government at the Opium Commission which is going to meet at Shanghai, on February 1, left152 words
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43 1909-01-21 17 Own Correspondent.) Hongkong, January 19. „t Canton baa forwarded to volpicelli, tlie Consul General v al r Ii.lekong, the sum of *10,000 w i„, Italy- u the oarthquako in o! 1 i„ Italy. A43 words
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289 1909-01-21 17 h im \ndcrson took the chair 1 x r i: eetiu‘' of members of the U.iil'- r..iwu Tennis Club, held at the Club Pa ili. n on null lost. The meeting was not a Tr! y r,'|.o"t 1 amt accounts,289 words
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Article215 1909-01-21 17 •'udar singu, a Sikh watchman, at Tanjong natong, was before Mr. C. F. J. Green, on 14th mat. and was fined $lO, in default seven days, for assaulting a young Chinaman, who had apparently taken the side of an aged fisherman into whose hut the215 words
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359 1909-01-21 17 A Tonkin paper calls attention to the increasing importance of Saigon, and its extraordinary commercial development, as a striking example of French colonising enterprise. Every year, that port goes ahead in a remarkable manner, the population increases rapidly359 words
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Article180 1909-01-21 17 The following appointments were notified by Mr. R. G. Watson, the Federal Secretary, at Kuala Lumpur, on the 12th instant. Mr. E. L. Brockman, C.M.G., to be British Resident, Pahang. Mr. R.G. Watson, to be Federal Secretary. Mr. F. M. Baddeley, to be District Officer, Kuantan. Mr. R.180 words
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197 1909-01-21 17 A wire from London, dated the 5th instant, says:— The Pope, yesterday, visited the earthquake refugees in the Vatican hospital which stands on Italian ground, thus passing the area in which he enjoys extra territoriality. Many of the refugees jumped out197 words
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Article123 1909-01-21 17 A smart piece of police work, by wiiieh the nefarious designs of a gang of armed Chinese robbers were frustrated, was a< complisbed at Kepong, on the night of the 18tti instant, says the Malay Mail. It appears that about 9.40 p.m., a band of about123 words
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107 1909-01-21 17 Anyone travelling on the branoh of the F.M.S.R. which connects Kuala Lumpin' with Port Swettenham has been able, during the last few years, to observe from his seat in the railway carriage the different stages through which a rubber estate passes from the clearing107 words
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Article140 1909-01-21 17 Nine months* rigorous imprisonment w the sentence allotted to Wong Yow Pi, by Mr. Howard, District Judge, yesterday, for robbing Ibramsah in the neighbourhood of Kreta Ayer, on the 10th instant. The complainant had on his shoulder a bag containing $3O in notes and $B4 in140 words
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398 1909-01-21 18 "i ,J j i:t*. M.rcoiiibi: Smith sat at an early I /lif tht 'supremo Court, yesterday, to t»ke to evidence,de bene esse, of Moon a Kader .’v.’tan one of the partner* of the StraitsCattlo Trading Company, who398 words
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96 1909-01-21 18 Tin mw steed screw Revenue Cutter >pe:;r<ler, built by Messrs. Riley, Hargreaves and Co-, Ltd., for the Netherlands Indian Gov rnment, has now been handed over. Coder the inspection of a Naval Commission from Batavia, her official trial took place cn96 words
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Article95 1909-01-21 18 Npe Chok Chuan was, on the 11th instant. arn*st*.<l at .Johnston’s Pier with packets containing 9,000 grains of morphine. A lance oorporal of the Marine Police, on 19th ln«t.. told Mr K. K. Colman how he came to b suspicious. The defendant, seeing that all wan-“up,” ran away,95 words
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109 1909-01-21 18 Messrs. Wee Pin and Company s steamer Han Poh Guan, Captain H. Smith arrived in port at on the 19th inst., towing the Dutch steamer Han Liong, not the Han Hong Liong which broke her shatt in latitude 1.2*1109 words
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217 1909-01-21 18 A sensatiouul suicide* was the topic of the hour at Saigon, on the 9th instant, when a soldier just arrived from France shot himself with u revolver. A love affair seems to have unhinged his mind, and he carried off217 words
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Article124 1909-01-21 18 On an estate in Asahan, Deli, which is managed by a company domiciled in Germany. serious complications have arisen. The outlay on the spot has, of late, increased so alarmingly that the directors sent out two delegates to inquire what had brought ou this untoward result. Commenting124 words
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Article155 1909-01-21 18 Lim Poh Ann and Tan Ho, both Revenue officers, seem to have run short of funds recently, and on the 10th instant, they tried to replenish themselves by paying visits to N’os. and .'»8, Orchard Hoad. Tan Wi Seng who lives in the first house, told155 words
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125 1909-01-21 18 Many forged five dollar notes of the Ban i of ludo China are now 1 circulating at Saigon The forg« ry, says the Courrier Saigonnais. is so clevei I y done that the Treasury authorities aud even the Banks have been125 words
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175 1909-01-21 18 Great sympathy w ill he felt tor Sir W alter Gilbey in the serious hunting accident which befell his youngest sou, Mr. Guy Gilbey. in the hunting field while following the Essen Hounds near Harlow. His fall, which was due175 words
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Article116 1909-01-21 18 The Netherlands India (iovornment draws a large revenue from the Salt Monopoly source of income which many find objection able. The < »overumeut sells the salt, course ana tine, at shops under its own management, but on a system w hich leads to great wastage and peculation.116 words
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Article167 1909-01-21 18 Reporting on the state of the freight market, at Hongkong, on the 9th instant. Messrs. Lamke and Rogge write:— As to actual chartering daring the tort night, with the exception of a fixture each to Hongkong and Singapore, nothing has been done for prompt loading from Saigon. The167 words
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Sporting Intelligence.
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Article290 1909-01-21 19 H M Cantrell’s XI. v. I .L. Talma’s XI. M njatc on the Esplanade, on Tl 'f between teams captained resSator<"i>. Cantrell and E. L. CrVl results follow CastkkllbXI. M;t ion. b Mackay 2 |!r. SclMfi nguivel, b Clarke 0 B. L. Wilnauis, P.CntUtliH Jones, do K k Mugliston.b290 words
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Article316 1909-01-21 19 Selangor Club. The following scores were returned for the Ladies’ January medal:— Mrs. Ebden 55 2 57 Mrs. Gallagher 61 scr. 61 Miss Law 69 —8 61 I'ntong Cup. Ou Saturday and Sunday, the eleventh competition for the l T ntong Cup was played of tin* Singapore Golf Club316 words
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Article332 1909-01-21 19 Malacca Ladies’ Club. The weekly shoot, at Malacca, took place, at the High School Range, on the 12th instant with the following results: Miss O. E. Williams 81 Mrs. Kinder 26 Miss Williams 23 Mrs. Howell 22 Miss Brooks 22 Mrs. Caldwell 20 Mrs. Shellabeare 14 Mrs. H.332 words
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Article605 1909-01-21 19 5.R.C. v. O. Co., 3rd Middlesex. An eleven representing D. Co 3rd Middlesex, met the S.K.C. in a soccer match on the Esplanade, on Saturday, and a fast game was witnessed. Play was of a neat order and some good attempts at combination were at times shown. The605 words
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Article70 1909-01-21 19 The Finance Minister, at Peking, has sent word to all the provincial authorities in China, that the Prince Regent wishes there should not bo a single opium smoker in all China five years hence. To make up for the consequent loss of revenue, a new stamp-tax70 words
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Article2007 1909-01-21 20 London. January 13. '1 urk* lias ace* I t* d Austria’s offer of »n ind* refill v 1*<r tho anm xation of Bosnia and Herz*-go\Ioh. t I Jt i- stated in Vienna that mere formalities rcniiiu to be adjusted, and a complete h* 111* mi nt i*- expci2,007 words
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Article955 1909-01-21 21 Berlin, January 13. Tho conclusion of the Turkish and Austrian understanding has given much satisfaction in Berlin. Loudon, and Paris. It is hoped that there will soon be a full agreement between the Porte and Bulgaria. au»l a settlement of the Cretan question, anil of differences with Servia955 words
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Article336 1909-01-21 21 Singapore, January 20, 1909. PRODUCE. Ganabier buyers 9 9.75 do (Cube No. 1) unpicked 13 75 Copra Bali 820 do Pontianak 7 70 Pepper, Black buyers 12 25 do White 5% buyers.,, 18 75 Sago Flour Sarawak 3 02} do Brunei No. 1 2.85 Pearl Sago 8.75 Coffee Bali336 words
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2061 1909-01-21 22 Five Chinese, Chan Ah Siu, Chia Kow, Ho Ah Chi, Ho All Yi and Chan Yew, were placed on trial before a special jury at the Assi/es, on Monday, on a charge of gang robbery and murder2,061 words
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SHIPPING IN PORT.
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Article560 1909-01-21 23 January 13 0 st r,Fo.g.no*i>.« n nhon »«'"> G» M®y c r rr vau Rusaeu, Batavia Argo* wniiams, Hongkong, Behn Ia.lrawad-. r,t Me)’ er KiAviet. Batavia SF wer, w' 1 Shanghai, P. AO. Coy Vaaayt. h Q ftve Birkenhead. Patei son Gbazee, B Fargo h arson, Rangoon, puialia. 1560 words
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Article392 1909-01-21 23 January 13 f Jumna, Brit str, Pondicherry Seirstad, Nor str, Bangkok Halaban, Dnt str, Penang 14 Saudakan, Oer str, Bandjermassin, P, Laut Keemun, Brit str, Maoila, Hongkong. Japan Delphin, Ger yet. Macassar, German N. Guinea Dovre, Nor str, Bangkok Antiloclius, Brit str, M’seilles. Havre, L'pool t Siam, Brit str,392 words
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Article92 1909-01-21 23 PASSED SUNDA STRAITS OR ARRIVMtf FOR ORDERS. Jan. 2—Brit, tug boat The Awhina, Capt Laspenan, from Colombo. For Batavia. Jan. 4—Dut. str. Rhiperfts, Oapt. Collin from Liverpool, Nov. 28. .For Batavia.. Tan. 7—Dut. str. Pyrrhus, Oapt. Bartibdn, from Batavia, Jan 7. For Amsterdam. Jan. 7— Dut. str. Ophir, Oapt.92 words
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521 1909-01-21 23 Per N.D.L. steamer Prinz Regent Loitpoid, due January 24.—Mrs. Waldmann, Mr*. Begloitung, Mrs. Baronin E. von Griesheim, Mr. Fritz Hanfiand, Mr. Alfred Fohot, Dr. and Mrs. K. Boehman, Mr. W. van Heuren and family, Per P. and O. steamer China, connecting with521 words
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Stocks and Shares. Singapore, January 20, 1909.
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Article351 1909-01-21 24 Dale f i Number p*m Rhami 'T*', 8 “b«fib«i V-M npto nolaaed l-mfoy j yoor.noe. 1 I i j iMM 1100.000 400,000 i SO,000 10 10 Beiel Tin M. Co.. Lid. 7 00 iwrr 1900,000 **4,000 tl.OOO 10 10 J 7,500 Braeog Lid j 7.50 1M1 0000,000 000,000 00,000351 words
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Article223 1909-01-21 24 t*tt 41*0,000 1*7,00*/10 .if US I Anglo-Mnlny Rubber Oo., Lid, (fully paid)' 4.10 0 l* lUo.OUU 1 17/0 ImiMh i i tMM 1*00,000 Ilf,MO T 400 Bnlgowuie Robber Estate'Ltd. 9*00 :s SS:SS S:?S 2& j i 'gs atatesAf* «*w» >«.mo i« to «:mw SKKSSftSTCu' SL® 410,000 It,000 j Oloely223 words
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Article118 1909-01-21 24 44.077.10.0 4.000 7 88N 0*4,0M *40,000 a,000 100 100 99 Bells Asbestos Eastern Ageuoy, Ltd aim loot 91,400,009 1,040,900 150.000 10 7 Brunei Oilj&oyelty t*dT 7 00*0,000 1*4,000 4,400 <k> g n Eastern Smelting Oo., Lid. IHM lli.ON.ON 15.0N.0N 1*0,ON lw lu E™*? *»*er.7li»d. l# ,MOO MO 000 l118 words
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Advertisement584 1909-01-21 25 THE RUBBER WHEEL AND CYCLE W0RK8 47 Hill Street, (opposite Armenian Church). Bicycles on hire, for sale and repaired. We do alt kinds of Repair Work on Carriage, Dogcart and Ricksha Wheels, also supply all kinds of Robber Tyres. Satisfaction guaranteed,. Prices mid rate, r > MARTIN’S A MOTHER’S I584 words
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Advertisement323 1909-01-21 26 >•«.*• •yiry SAUCE Assists digestion and gives a delightful piquancy and flavour to all 9 K s 4 2 >, 4-** 1. ‘if/ A VJ MEAT DISHES, SOUPS, FISH, CHEESE, CURRIES. i GAME, POULTRY and SALADS. I The Original Genuine Worcestershire. By Royn! Warrant to h ivr. The jng. STRAITS323 words
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