The Straits Budget, 8 April 1909

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    28 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE “STRAITS TIMES.” VOL. LXIII. O N 2669. Singapore, Thursday, April 8,1909. ESTABLISHED OVER HALF A CENTURY Price 25 cents
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    Table of Contents.
    246 1 leaders— Should We Subscribe 12 Aerial Fleets ...12-18 Pilots Great and Small 18 National Finance 18 14 More Light upon a Throne 14 Chinese Railway Finance ...14-15 Freights for Rubber 15 Local and Genkual— Legislative Council 1 Marriage of Dr. Kirk 1 Crown Agents’Ways 2-8 Army Estimates
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. Secretary of State on the Queen’s Scholarship.
    780 1 His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government (Sir Arthur Young, K.C.M.G.) presided on Friday afternoon at a meeting of the Legislative Council, at which there were also present:—the General Officer Commanding the Troops, Major-General Perrott, C.B.; the acting Colonial Secretary, Mr.
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    Marriage of Dr. Kirk.
    107 1 On Saturday afternoon, Dr. J. Kirk, formerly a well-known resident of Singapore, was married at Penang, where he is now in practice, to Miss Caroline Isabel Thomson. Tho bride was given away by Dr. T. Hill Jamieson, the groom’s partner in practice, also formerly of Singapore.
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    CASE COLLAPSES. New Summons Granted in Milk Prosecution.
    375 4 The ca.se of alleged milk adulteration againnt the Strait* Cattle Trading Co., the Government contractors who supply the hospitals and asylum, was resumed before Mr. de Mello, on Saturday. Mr. Thunder prosecuted. Mr. Mundell appeared for the Co. The manager gave evidence
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    CANAL DANGER TO SINGAPORE. Proposal to Link Indian Ocean with Siam.
    181 4 A I' reach newspaper, in calling attention to canal schemes in various parts of the world, takes note of plans to cut a waterway across the Malay Peninsula, through Siamese territory, which have now little chance of being carried
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    Malacca Rubber Plantations, Ltd.
    46 4 The output of dry rubber on this estate for March was 12,500 lbs., making a total for the three months ending March 31 of 84,000 lbs., as compared with 4,885 lbs. during the same period of 1908 or an increase of 29,16Mb5.
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    S.V.A MAXIMS. Inspection and Camp at Labrador Height.
    222 4 On Saturday afternoon, the Maxim Company of the-Singapore Volunteer Artillery underwent their annual inspection on the Labrador Height, and passed through the ordeal very satisfactorily. The inspecting officer was Capt. C. G. Oliver, 3rd Middlesex Regiment, ana there were present on parade
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    A Press Dinner.
    128 4 On Saturday night at the Hotel de la Paix, the pressmen of Singapore gave a dinner in honour of Mr. W. G. St. Clair, Editor of the Singapore Free Press, who is proceeding home on Friday next, as the representative of the Straits and Malaya at the
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    Obituary.
    137 4 We regret to announce the sudden and unexpected death of Mrs. Ong Hood Hin, the eldest daughter of Mr. Tan Jiak Kim, which took place at her father’s residence Pang Lima Prang, River Valley Road, at 8.30 a.m. yesterday. The deceased lady, who was 26 years of age, was
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    Railway Line to Gopeng.
    103 4 An Ipoh correspondent sends a few details to the Pinang Gazette of a new railway line to be built to Gopeng. He learns from a most reliable source that the line will run through Tambun, Ampang, Pulai, Sungei Raia and Tekka, and that the project emanated
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    FATHER AND SON CHARGED. Tringganu Trader and his Old Dollars.
    298 4 As Mr. L. E. Gaunt, counsel for the detend ants, is leaving for a holiday next week, ti district judge made an effort yesterday, to tiuish tne Rarang case. Tan Chun Hi chinches of that steamer, was charged witli criminal
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    April Agricultural Bulletin.
    193 4 The Straits and F. M. S. Agricultural Bulletin for April is to hand, and is an entirely satisfactory and informing number, containing references to nineteen distinct features of local agricultural interest. Among these is a readable comparison by Mr. Zernichow, of Teluk Anson, of the merits and
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    Why not the Fruit ?
    113 4 Why not the Fruit We wonder whether the countries concern ed will thank Singapore for the experiments in packing durian seed for export to long distances which were made last year, at the Botanic Gardens. This seed is a very bad traveller, Mr. Ridley tells us in his annual report
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    FLOGGING CRIMINALS. Checking Penal Reform in China in Hongkong.
    478 5 Mail Asks —Is it redly DeoesThe 'womiir, to add UogßinK 58ry wewon i cbineBe or.minals ?So meat remember, the practice in the loDg f Supreme Court has been such, Hoogkong SUP®. onal prot este have not and thoug thine has gone
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    Coffee Shop Squabble.
    82 5 !5 e °f men employed at a coffee shop *i Ve rec ®ntly laid complaint ui the police against another Chinaman. ie atter, with four others, spent the week an i m warm for the employees nnw P r °P riet,or the coffee shop, but are of
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    Damansara (Selangor) Rubber Co., Ltd.
    33 5 this yea? wasB2 lafnl? th^., flr st 'J aarter 32,124 lhq a S «-»124 lbs., while to date it is year" S a Spared with 24,587 lbs., last
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    AN IMPORTANT FLOTATION. The Rubber Plantations Investment Trust.
    456 5 The London correspondent of the Times of Ceylon writing on March 12, buy 9 The Rubber Plantations Investment Trust, Ltd., is one of the largest and most important flotations in connection with the plantation rubber industry which has yet seen the light.
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    Demand for Ramie.
    119 5 Mr. Hidley tells us in his report on the Botanic Gardens for 1908, that ramie was in demand again owing to the formation of the Malayan Ramie Co. which is establishing its plantations in Borneo. Three thousand plants were supplied, and the results are reported as extremely
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    SURVEYING A COMMUNITY. Novel Investigation in a Philippine Town.
    369 5 The Philippine Bureau of Science is engaged in a medico-biologic survey of the people of the town of Taytay in Rizal and the work is one of the most novel and interesting ever undertaken by scientists anywhere in the world. Surveys
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    Woman Murdered In Singapore.
    103 5 Mr. Alexander Gentle, the Coroner, held an inquest at the Tan Tock Seng Hospital, on Saturday afternoon, on the body of Kong Nui Kce, the Hokien woman who was found dead at No. 18 Pasar Lane r on Saturday morning. The evidence showed that the deceased
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    Giddy Shopkeeper’s Mad Freak.
    144 5 Chiew Yu Seng, a liquor shop keeper of 128 llochore Road was fined $5O by the second magistrate, on Friday, for making a false report of a gang robbery to the police. His story was that eight Teochews entered his shop, last night, forced him to
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    A NARROW SHAVE. Alarming Incident at the Volunteer Drill Hall.
    487 8 Ad alarming incident —which might have rendered it our melancholy duty to record the death of Sergt.-Major Morris*, S.V.C., but which fortunately had no serious result—occurred at the H.V.C. Drill Hall, soon after 9 am. on Tuesday. As it is,
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    Christmas Island Wedding.
    141 8 The wedding of Mies Ellen Margaret McMicken, daughter of Mr. H. O. McMicken. of London, to Mr. John Davis Murray, of Christmas Island, was solemnised at St. George's, Hanover Square, on March 4. The Rev. David Anderson officiated. The bride, who was given away by her father,
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    DETENTION OF LUGGAGE. Proprietor of Boarding House Sued for Damages.
    445 8 Can the proprietor of a boarding house detain the personal effects of a boarder from whom he claims a balance due on account V This is the question which confronted Mr. Saunders at tne district court, on Monday afternoon, when
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    A Rescue at Sea.
    88 8 Capt. Heher, of the steamer Rajah, which arrived at Bangkok, on March 30, from Hongkong, reported that when near Pulo Obi he picked np three Annamites who were adrift m a email boat. They bad, it seems, been blown out to sea from the mouth of
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    Diehards In a Poke.
    95 8 A Chinese planter of Alexandra Road put a portion of the Middlesex Regiment to flight, on Monday, and captured a topee which he surrender! d to the police instead of preserving as a trophy of his prowess. His story was that eight soldiers invaded his plantation
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    MINING MATTERS. Tour of Observation in America and Canada.
    346 8 Mr. Alex. Colledge, of the well-known Anglo American mining firm, Fraser au J Chalmers, Ltd., has arrived in Singapore after an absence of about nine months. Most of this time Mr. Colledge has spent on a tour of observation visiting the
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    Visitors to the Botanic Gardens.
    130 8 The number of foreign botanists and agriculturists who visit the Botanio Gardens still increases, says Mr. Ridley in his report for 1908, and among the better-known visitors last year were Prof. Czapek Mr. E. D. Merrill, Phillippines; Dr. H. Winkler, Breslau Dr. F. W. Foxwortbv,
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    Inspection of Coconut Trees.
    141 8 The red beetle seems to have got quite scarce among the estates and most of the harm krnow done by the black one, says Mr. H. N. Ridley in his report on the Singapore Botanic Gardens for 1908. These, however, seem quite to have disappeared from
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    MANILA MERCHANT'S VISIT. Will Teach us Lessons from the Philippine Capital.
    632 9 Yparelev. a well-known merMr. V auni'a been spending four or chant ot g ap0 re booming the Pearl tive d !Seit and incidentally investigating of the (,r iHti g 0 f Singapore as a place for and operating an
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    THE LATE SIR G. KING. Great Botanist who Cheapened Quinine.
    266 9 In the Straits and F. M. S. Agricultural Bulletin for the current month, the Editor refers to the death of Sir George King, wellknown here for his work on the botany of the peninsula. He was born in 1840 and
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    Labuan Witness’s Expenses.
    218 9 In the district court Mr. Howard continued, on the Ist inst., the hearing of the case of Howard W. Bray v. Bagot Singh in which plaintiff claimed sf>o<) for travelling expenses, maintenance and loss of time alleged to have been incurred in coming here from Labuan to
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    Warning to Ricksha Pullers.
    137 9 Mr. J. Moyerink was sued by two Chinese in the district court before Mr. Saunders, yesterday afternoon, for damages in consequence of an accident which occurred in front of the Post Office at 10 a.m., on February 28, it being alleged that his syce was responsible
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    THE COLONY’S GAOLS. Points upon which Press and Prisoners Differ.
    181 9 If the gaols in Singapore and Penang were not so unnecessarily comfortable aud the prison regime so mild, says the Pinang Gazette, there would hardly liavo been an increase, per 100,000 of the population, from 863 in 1907 to 1,000
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    Federal Appointments.
    108 9 The Perak Pioneer of March 29, has the following itoms :—Dr. J. Lang Niven has been appointed house surgeon of the Kuala Lumpur European hospital. Mr. R S. Pharoah, warder in the local convict establishment, has been promoted to be chief warder. Mr. H. Pizer, from Batu Gajah,
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    Selangor Club New Building.
    98 9 The tenders for re-building the Selangor Club were opened bv the building committee of the Club on March 19, when Mr. W. Nicholas secured the contract, there being six other tenders sent in. Tho cost of the rebuilding will be less than the 850,000 allowed for
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    Singapore Health Statistics.
    98 9 The report of Dr. D. K. McDowell, C.M.0., the Registrar of Births and Deaths, shows that, daring the week ended March 27, 187 deaths were registered in Singapore, equal to a death-rate of 35.03 per thousand of the estimated population. Malarial fever claimed 24 deaths, phthisis 31,
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    Linggi Plantations Ltd.
    80 9 Messrs. Guthrie and Co., advise us that they are in receipt of a telegram from tlio general manager, Linggi Plantations Ltd., advising that the total output of rubber from the Co.’s estates during the month of March was (39,000 lbs.), this bringing the total for the first
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    BIRTHS.
    75 12 Chatkk.— At Serangoon, Singapore on Wednesday, March 81, the wife of R. W. C'hater,of a son. Wuitakkk. —On April 1, at 27, Syed Ali Road, Singapore, the wife of John H. Whitaker, of a son. Kkillkk.— At the Maternity Hospital, Singapore, on March 81, the wife of F. G.
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    MARRIAGE.
    46 12 Kikk-Thomson. —On March 27, at toe Presbyterian Church, Penang, by the Rev. Ernest Lawson, m a., James Kirk, M.fi. (Kdin.), third son of Mr. James Kirk, of Hishopton, Renfrewshire, N. B.‘, to Caroline Isabel, youngest daughter of Mr. John Grant Thomson, of Heathfield, Grantown-on Spey.
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  • THE Straits Budget.
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      SHOULD WE SUBSCRIBE?
      945 12 England has been treating us quite fairly.— Straits Times, April 1. There was a two line intimation in one of our Reuter telegrams yesterday, that British subjects resident in Siam were anxious to subscribe to the cost of a Dreadnought which should be presented to Great Britain
      England has been treating us quite fairly.— Straits Times, April 1.  -  945 words
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      AERIAL FLEETS.
      1071 12 to tnai oi uwivi -Straits Times, April 2. It may be true that in the anxiety about predominance on the water the British people have given less attention than it deserves to the race for predominance in the air. The Times remarked very tartly a short time ago
      to tnai oi uwivi — — -Straits Times, April 2.  -  1,071 words
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      PILOT GREAT AND SMALL.
      1141 13 ,—Straits Times, April 3. We are rather sorry to see the decision at which Lord Crewe, the Colonial Secretary, has arrived in reference to the Queen s Scholarship question. It was a sound policy, we believe, to put an end to the old system as a
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      NATIONAL FINANCE.
      1075 13 —Straits Times, April 5. A year ago the British Chancellor of the Exchequer had the satisfaction of dealing with a realised surplus of four and three quarter millions storling. It was a most excellent basis upon which to inaugurate a period of sound finance, but Mr. Asquith, not
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      MORE LIGHT UPON A THRONE.
      1132 14 —Straits Times, April 6. Some glimpses of Queen Victoria we have had already. In the volumes of correspondence recently issued the veil was drawn aside to show’ the workings of the royal lady's mind, and the extent of the influence she exercised over the actions
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      CHINESE RAILWAY FINANCE.
      1124 14 —Straits Times, April 7. Reuter stated yesterday that sorje heated discussion took place before the break-up 0 f the Conference of Bankers held in Paris t 0 consider the conditions of a loan to Chi na for railway construction. The matter when we come to look into
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      FREIGHTS FOR RUBBER.
      324 15 interests may not be in perfect accord.— Straits Times, April 1. Rather an unkindly cut seems to be tnade at the Singapore Chamber of Com* merce by the Selangor Chamber in the annual report of the latter which has just been issued. It is assumed that members
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      90 12 Tb« poMt free price of the Straits Times ie $3B <* y®ar« The poet free price of the Straits Budget it $l4 year. It ta not neceeearv to subscribe for a year. The subscriptions for shorter periods are at the same proportionate rate as for a vcar. The Straits Budget
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    931 15 Last year, the Botanic Gardens disposed of 10,300 plants of Para rubber, mostly in the island of Singapore. Messrs. Howarth Erskine Ltd. have secured the contract for the ironwork of the bridges on the Selama and Ayer Kuning roads. A Cecil Street towkay complains to the police
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    Sipiau Tin Mine. HALF-YEARLY MEETING OF THE SHAREHOLDERS. Prospects of Better Results in Near Future.
    1008 17 general meeting of share d y sipiau Tin Co. wan held at holders of P t nooDt on March 31 when of deeper cent was agreed to. a, r A I to rrick presided, and
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    The Commercial Outlook.
    171 17 Mr. J. B. Suttor, the Commissioner for the East of the Government of New South Wales, does not share the optimistic feeling regarding trade. He has recently been on a trip from Kobe to Java, visiting on the way Tsingtau, Shanghai, Hongkong, Singapore, Johore, and the principal
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    Rats!
    96 17 A Tonkin newspaper tells its readers that, at Singapore, there is a hotel keeper who, every evening, wishes good night to his guests in the following terms: Goodnight, gentlemen. Do not feel uneasy should you be awakened by big rats running about and over you. Generally speaking, they do
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    Correepondence.
    14 17 V [The Straits Times is not responsible for the opinions of its correspondents
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    Bidadari Cemetery.
    288 17 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,-—May I draw attention to the very undesirable state of affairs at the bidadari Cemetery so far as concerns the old house standing at the top of the hill and used for kebuns' quarters Seven months ago, I made inquiries as
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    Murderous Threat.
    197 17 Mu r derous Threat. H. W. Nikar is au intelligent Cingalese who is administrator of the estate of the late Mr. De Silva, who was murdered by another Cingalese last year. One Saturday night Nikar was visited by a Cingalese named Arnnoosamv, who announced that he had come to stab
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    Duff Development Co.
    111 17 The prospect of the signature of the new Siamese Treaty has led to some attention being given to the shares of the Duff Development Co., says a London paper, just to hand. It is thought the position of the company will bo improved by coming under the
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    PROGRESS IN SELANGOR. Second Annual Report of Chamber of Commerce.
    640 18 From the second annual report of the Selangor Chamber of Commerce, it is gathered that the statement presented shows an expenditure of 9633.02 against receipts of 1620, representing a loss of 913.02. The number of members is now 22. The
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    RUBBER IN COCHIN. Restrictions on Land Suitable for Para Cultivation.
    221 18 Those engaged in rubber planting will be interested, writes the Englishman, to learn that the Cochin State, in Southern India, is offering for lease a few thousand acres of forest land which has been reported upon as being excellently adapted
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    STOWAWAYS ON PAROO. Six Chinamen in Empty Ballast Tank.
    368 18 The Australian liner Paroo, which now lies at Tanjong Pagur, had an eventful voyage on her last trip to the island-conti-nent, owing to a case of small-pox and the discovery of six Chinese stowaways on board by the Fremantle authorities. After
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    THEFT OF JEWELLERY. Servant and his Friend sent to Prison.
    338 18 At the district court, on Ist instant, before Mr. Howard, the big jewellery theft cas! was heard, Insp. Connor prosecuting. Chiano Ah Cheng was charged with theft as a m-r vant of jewellery valued at »1,790, property of a young
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    Slipway Co.’s Good Year.
    185 18 The twenty third ordinary general meeting of the shareholders of the Singapore Slipway and Engineering Co. Ltd., was held at the offices of the Tanjong Pagar Dock Board on March 81. The following gentlemen were present .-—Messrs. S. A. Lane, acting chairman; W. G. Niven, secretary
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    Death of a Visitor.
    92 18 We regret to record the death at the General Hospital, ou Thursday evening, of -liss Lincoln, an American lady who, with her parents, was touring the world. On March 27, she had to bo sent to hospital for treatment for typhoid which unfortunately has proved fatal.
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  • SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
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      Golf.
      422 19 l ines Golf Club. 3ep0> tition for prizes presented by Tllt c C‘ Marriott, played over a reversed Mr ‘A d on Kriday and Saturday last, resulted Iferaou aud Sir Arthur Blcmu and Mr Thunder 48- 9-89 W. E. Gentle and Mr. Autbonie/ 53— 9=44 Mrs Evans and Miles
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      Swimming.
      88 19 Breast Stroke Race. There were about twenty competitors in lfc y ar d8 breast stroke handicap race «wuai at the Club, on Sunday, in two beats, n the first heat, the placed men were ualhinore, Cookes, Rickett and Robinson, man TS"? ho Carpenter, Herns, Chepman au<l P. Lloyd. The
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      Football.
      379 19 Twilight Football Club. On 1st inst., the members of the Twilight Football Club held their annual general meeting at the club house in Kampong Bahru Road. Mr. Tay Eng Geok, the vice-president, was in the chair. The minutes of the last general meeting were read and confirmed, and the
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    More Leader Disappears.
    129 19 Brigadier General Tasker H. Bliss, commanding the Philippines Division, has returned to Manila after a two weeks’ trip to Zamboanga, Davao, Basilan, Jolo, Overton, Cebu and Iloilo. General Bliss reports that the renegade Jikiri is still at large but has absolutely disappeared from sight since the arrival
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    Bandmann Dramatic Co.
    105 19 Mr. Maurice Bandmann’s powerful dramatic company is due here from Rangoon almost immediately, and will appear for three nights in t|ie Victoria Theatre. Mr. J. F. Y’ounge, the company’s advance agent, who is now in Singapore making arrangements, informs us that the company includes the versatile Mr.
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    FORGED PASSAGE TICKETS. Boyanese Charged at Adjourned Assize Court.
    425 19 During the course of the last Assizes, Amat biu Abdul Samat was arraigned on- a charge of using as genuine a forged document —in fact selling a forged Straits Steamship Co. passage ticket for Teluk Anson to Ahmat bin Hadji J
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    A Trade Commissioner’s Death.
    103 19 Mr. Frederick C. Jones. Commissioner of Trade to the Queensland Government in the Far East, passed away at the General Hospital, Shanghai, after a brief illness extending over only two days. The cause of death was pneumonia. He leaves a widow in England, a married daughter
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    Belat and Kuantan Tin Cos.
    39 19 Following are the outputs of the Belat and Kuantan Tin Coe., for the month of March as reported by the managerßelat Tin Mining Co. Ltd., 591.80 piculs; Kuantan Tin Mining Co. Ltd., 69 piculs.
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    Ragalla Rubber Company, Ltd.
    36 19 Messrs. McAlister and Co., Ltd., have received a cable from the manager of the Ragalla rubber estate in which he advises that the estimated crop for the month of March is 9401b5.
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    Reuter’s Telegrams.
    1878 20 London, March 31. At the meeting of the British Cptton Growers Association it was stated that the loss for the year was £81,647. It was stated that it willj be necessary soon to a«k Lancashire for more capital. Spocial sessions of the South African Parliaments have been opened
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  • SHIPPING IN PORT.
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      Arrivals.
      555 23 March 3> Brit.tr. Fripp, Bangkok, Joo Seng cbo £p, Rita -r. K«nn. Cop.Dh.gen, Ea.t JSZ Brit str, Willsher. Rangoon. Bon.tend Ifrpnnn Japan, Eaat Asiatic l A*o, Palembang, Asiatie mJSTbS 2? Wright. Cbrißtma. UUnd. ®°Sritrtr Binns, Langkat, Katz Bros K«rtS". Britrtr. Hay. Saigon, tm known ?.nwit Fch .tr, Boses, Saigon,
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      Clearances.
      443 23 April 1 Dortmund Ger str, Colombo, R’dam, H’burg Worms, Ger str, Hamburg, via po ta Albenga, Ger str. New York via ports Suruga, Brit str, New York Ban Li >rg Dut str, Cotie, via ports Siam, Br t str, Hongkong Laertes, Brit str, Am’dam, London, Antwerp Pentakota, Brit etr,
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      Anjer.
      186 23 PASSED SUNDA STRAITS OR ARRIVED FOR ORDERS. March 17 —Dot. bq. Willem Eggerts, Capt. Teigers, from Batavia, Mar. 14; for Rotterdam. March 18—Dut. str. Flores, Capt. Potjer, from Amsterdam, Jan. 30; for Batavia. March 18 —Dut. str. Wilis, Capt v d Putte, from Batavia, March 18; for Rotterdam. March
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    Produce and Exchange.
    246 23 Singapore, April 7, 1909. PRODUCE. Gambier 8.70 do (Cube No. 1) unpicked 12 50 Copra Bali M 7.80 do Pontianak M 7.40 Pepper, Black buyers H lf75 do White 6% buyers 18 50 Sago Flour Sarawak 8 00 do Brunei No. 1 2.85 Pearl Sago M 4.00
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  • Stocks and Shares. Singapore, April 7, 1909.
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      MINING.
      358 24 Date of Somber p ld u h i form. Cp- *> b ri >" d b( 6* np*, Ouiuaed °°“P“y Q T ZJ' ~1903 1300.000" ~~300,000 30,003 ~10 10 BclaTXiiT Mining Co Ltd' “6 00 10% fipnV iOUV a<H/o,uw> 110,000 »i,oou lu &u 7,500 Bruaag ilia. 62S 1901 9600,000
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      RUBBER.
      428 24 1906 4160,000 187,062/10/ 4 ?’?2)} 1 f Anglo-Malay Jabber Co., Ltd. (fully paid) 4.15.0 10% for ’08~ ,n y(J a /f rton tii*i loft 1906 *200,000 128,030 12 6<X) 10 10 7,400 Balgownie Robber Estate Ltd. .3 26.76 linin''80 1904 480,COO 20,18./I J *4 753 8 250 Batu Caves
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      GENERAL.
      171 24 *1!« s: “m £,““lu w sa. :«*r 1907 11,500,000 1,099,672 JJ 4 6U Smelting Co., Ltd 10.00 KfV no 8M -W.OOO.OOO ,..000.000 190.000 L 8 6°0 0 u £4 1 p^ ?o r ,'-08 189. 11.000 000 1,000.000 8 'J>°° J <* Kal. Brother., Lid. (Deferredf !m°° Io%for’07 1901
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