The Straits Budget, 12 August 1909

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    27 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE "STRAITS TIMES.” VOL LXIII. NO. 2687. Singapore, Thursday, August 12,1909. ESTABLISHED OVER MALE A CttfTW Price 25 cents
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    Table of Contents.
    239 1 leaders— Courting Schoolrooms 12 Great Britain’s Budget 12-18 Pot Upon Trial 18 Sir Robert Hart 1814 Personality in Politics 14 Words of Wisdom ...14-16 Local an d G*n*ral— Legislative Council 1 Balloonist's Ordeal 8 Municipal Board 4 Anglo-Siamese Treaty 4 Collapse of Premises 4 The Opium Question
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. Subsidy for Immigration Service from India.
    656 1 The Governor’s Deputy, 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 AttorneyGeneral, Mr. W. J. Napier; the Colonial Engineer, Col Murray; the Colonial Treasurer, Mr. J. O. Anthonie Mr.
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    Doyen of Assistant Surgeons.
    116 1 Mr. F. Rodriguez, assistant surgeon, who lias been on long leave in England, returned to Penang by the N. L. liulow with Mrs. Rodriguez. He relieves Mr. F. W. F. Clarke, who proeeodH to Singapore. Speaking of assistant surgeons reminds the Pinang Gazette that Mr. M.
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    Salak South, Limited.
    62 1 The report of the general manager ot Salak South Limited for .July says —The machinery worked 498 hours. Clean ore won 850.08 piculs. I luring the whole month hardly anything else but overburden was treated. Water, heavily charged with slimes, hitherto caused serious trouble to the smooth
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    The Future of Rubber. MALAYA AS THE WORLD’S LARGEST PRODUCER. Optimistic Report by Mr. Carruthers.
    1052 3 M r j B. Carruthers, who is now in the uv«t Indies where he accepted an appointat Trinidad, has issued his report on in the Federated Malay States Srioe 1908. It is a most interesting
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    RUBBER IN NEGRI SEMBILAN. Exports Increase Remarkably in Six Years.
    221 3 Id tbo course of bin administration report on Negri Sembilan, for 1908, Mr. D. G. Campbell, tbe British Resident, says Applications for land from Kuropeans were less numerous than in 1907. The setback in tbe rubber market during that year
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    Balloonist’s Ordeal. STRUGGLE ON A PARACHUTE IN JAVA. Rescued in Mid-Air.
    230 3 An Knglishman who is touring Java giving balloon performances with a parachute and trapeze went through a thrilling adventure, the other day, at a place called Pati. A native holding one of the ropes failed to let it go
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    Alleged Assault.
    139 3 Mr. Johannes Lerron, chief engineer of the Dutch steamer Japarra, prosecuted a Java nese fireman in the third magistrate's coart, on Tuesday, on a charge of assaulting him at 4 a.m. on Sunday. Accused explained that the chief struck him first in the eye and he returned the
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    Rubber in Malacca.
    144 3 The out-turn of dry rubber from the Malacca Rubber Plantations for Jnly is 21,000 lbs. against 4,780 lbs. for the corresponding month last year. The total production for the first seven months of this year was 106,500 lbs., compared with 19,340 lbs. for the period last year.
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    Sandycroft Rubber Co., Ltd.
    60 3 Messrs. F. W. Barker and Co. inform us that the output of dry rubber from Sandy croft Hstate for tbe month of July was 5.782 lbs. making a total to date of 24.592 lbs. We understand that tho directors of the Sandycroft Rubber Co., Ltd., have
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    Interport Cricket. STRAITS AND F. M. S. TEAM GOING TO HONGKONG. Shanghai and Japan Competing.
    502 5 .r B mie of Wednesday we printed the 3 paragraph from the Hongkong foll r i« being freely stated in ,)all .y rtin.' circles that we are to have a loC& ipt P toJtnight in
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    Mr. Carruthers and the Malay States.
    141 5 Mr .T. 1>. Carrnthers, ex director of and (iovertiment Botanist, J\M. S., in his report for 190H, says: I take this opportunity of thanking my colleagues in the department, many planters and others *ho have helped rue in my work. I regret leaving Malaya
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    ALLEGED ATTEMPTED MURDER. Javanese Acquitted of Serious Charge.
    327 5 Further evidence was taken in the case against Hadji Hassan, a Javanese, who was before the secoud magistrate, on Wednesday, for preliminary enquiry into an allegation of having attempted to murder a Sikh bullockcart driver named Tal Singh by stabbing him in
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    The Malay States Guides.
    130 5 Five hundred and fifty-five natives of the Punjab presented themselves for enlistment in the Malay States Guides last year, asainst 447 in P)ll7, 411 in 1906, 482 in 1005 552 in 1904. 050 in 1000,504 in 1902.030 in 1901 and 356 in 1900. Of the 555,
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    Gold Fields of Sumatra.
    104 5 Among the investing public in Holland exception is being taken to the hindrances put by government in the way of mining in Netherlands India, especially in South i Sumatra where rich gold fields are being developed. The government, for instance, does nothing towards opening up the
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    Johore State Railway.
    36 5 The sum spent on the Johore State Railway last year amounted to $2,984,657.78, compared with *1,494,5.19.40 spent during l'.K)7, making the total expenditure to Decernber 'll, 1908, amount to $10,767,456.55 on 120} miles.
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    The Opium Question. GOVERNMENT TO WORK THREE LOCAL FARMS. Singapore, Johore and Malacca.
    190 5 The Government are taking over the manufacture and sale of opium for Johore as well as for Singapore and Malacca, from January 1 next, the farmers remaining in control at Penang for the present. Mr. F. M.
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    Tied to a Bed.
    164 5 Mr. Gerald Struys, of Tanjong Pagar, was before the second magistrate, on Friday on a charge of wrongful confinement of Mr. John (iush, of Messrs. M. S. Martin and Co. Mr. (iush stated that be intercepted a letter between accused and Mrs. Gush and went to
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    Advantages of Being Straits Born.
    137 5 Tan Koon Hong, a cashier in the employ of the Chartered Bank, was again before th* fourth magistrate, on Friday, tor a continuation of the hearing of the charge brought against him by Mr. Noor Moharned liashim, Malay interpreter at the police courts, of criminal
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    Warships Coming to Singapore.
    87 5 The annual Naval trooping season commences in the middle of this month and goes on till the middle of October. This year the majority of the vessels are to meet at Colombo for recommissioning and exchanging of crews. There are three or four ships of the
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    MUNICIPAL PROSECUTION. Alleged Criminal Breach of Trust Case.
    615 6 The preliminary enquiry into allegations of criminal breach ot trust in respect of municipal funds, made against Mr. M. A. Vobiu, exclerk-in-charge, water dept., municipal offices, was resumed before the third magistrate, on Thursday. Mr. j’orkins appeared for the prosecution and Mr.
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    SINGAPORE SHARE REPORT. Messrs. Fraser and Company’s Weekly Circular.
    316 6 The holidays rather interfered with business, but now that they are over renewed activity in rubbers at advancing rates is the order of the day, and the slightest demand at once pushes prices up considerably. Rubber. Our local companies are at
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    Accidents on F. M. S. Railways.
    165 6 The following statement occurs in the report of tho late Mr. Spooner regarding the F. M. S. Uailway :—There were 19 fatal accidents during 1908. In three of those ca*es the individuals were railway employees, the others were trespassers. In all cases where an
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    Singapore Health Statistics.
    100 6 The report of Dr. D. K. McDowell, the registrar of births and deaths, shows that during the week ended July 31, 181 deaths were registered in Singapore, equal to a deathrate of HH.9I per thousand of the estimated population. Malarial fever claimed 29 deaths, dysentery 15, bronchitis
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    HARBOUR TRAGEDY. Trial of Ship’s Boy on Charge of Murder.
    368 6 Farther evidence was taken rm i at the Assizes, in the ease of Termok A "i boy employe.) on the l>utcb'u„„ i''” 1 don Bosch, who is cliareed with ao J a fireman on board the ship on Juno she
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    TRANS-AUSTRALIAN RAILWAY. No Engineering Difficulties to be Encountered.
    139 6 It is expected that the cost of the proposed trans-Australian railway line villbt betw< en JC3,000 and JL' 1,000 per mile. 1 lie engineering difficulties are not great, the steepest grade being one in 80. not one in 20 as previously stated.
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    Singapore Sporting Club.
    98 6 The cash account of the Singapore ing Club for the half year ending dune .V--has been issued. The balance in the *io on Ist January was *.->,798. General receipt-, have been *20,359, subscriptions 56,880. bor.-c entrance fees *3,930, aud jockeys rn n l 1 *4,303. These and
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    JOHORE STATE RAILROAD. Reflections on a Through Journey to Kuala Lumpur.
    672 7 t T Cavelier by train from Johore Bharu J ;L aS| bound for the F. M. S. and possibly, must not imagine that he is going to H'anything very startling in the matter of It i« a tale of
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    Correspondence.
    13 7 [The Straits Times is not responsible for the opinions of its correspondents.]
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    Sunday Labour.
    443 7 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —The decision recently given in the case of Broadley v. Howarth Erskine, Ltd., which was adverse to the plaintiff is, I understand, likely to come before the appeal court, so the matter still being sub judice comments on all tho
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    District Officers Eulogised.
    118 7 In his annual report lor Perak for 190 H, the British Resident pays a well-deserved tribute to the chiefs of his staff in the following words. Perak is very fortunate in the possession of very experienced district officers, and it would be difficult to find men more
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    Siamese Malaya.
    77 7 It is evident that no time is to be wasted by those responsible for the construction of the railway through Siamese Malaya, says the Pinang Gazette, for we learn that the first consignment of a thousand tons of rails is due to arrive in Penang in January, and
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    THE STATE OF KELANTAN. Mr. Graham’s Last Report on Condition of Affairs.
    634 7 Mr. W. A. Graham, Resident General and Adviser, Keiantan, has issued his report on the State of Keiantan for the period February 15, 1907 to February 4, 1908. He says:— The general condition of the State and of
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    The Municipality. COMMISSION OF INQUIRY TO BE APPOINTED. Pertinent Comments by Mr. Fort.
    1082 8 Quite a sensational item cropped up at the me-eting of the Legislative Council on Friday afternoon, following Mr. Napier's proposition that the Mnnicipal Amendment Bill be read a Hecond time. Mr. Fort rose and, after expressing regret
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    MALACCA ASSIZES.
    136 8 (I’lioM l)ru Ow n Cokukspondf.xt.) Malacca, August 7. To-day the assizes are finished and Justice Sercombe Smith returns to Singapore by the Kinta on Sunday evening. This time the assizes have been very short indeed, lasting from Tuesday to Saturday. There were only two cases of absorbing interest
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    Inch Kenneth Rubber Estates, Ltd.
    59 8 The following are the returns of the Inch Kenneth Rubber Estatos, Ltd., for July:— The dry rubber harvested was 0,500 lbs. Last year the amount for July was 825 lbs. The dry rubber for the first seven months of 1009 is 02,205 lbs. and for
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    The New States. SIR JOHN ANDERSON’S VISIT TO KEDAH. Langkawi Island Inspected.
    295 8 (Fkom Our Own Corrksw.su,,,., p ''tßanu, August <i. Ills Excellency the limb Sir John Anderson, G.C.M G lanrhu*** the Sea Mew yesterday and for “t'n tim a Uo »««»ent XT ir&w. e day visitt ll,B SELSttT they (ommaodur
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    Commercial Map of Hongkong.
    103 8 Miss K. A. Massey has compiled and published a guide to firms and agencies io Hongkong, with a classified list and four map'.. It is well printed ou art paper, neatly bound, and reflects much cr* dit on the printers, the China Mail oflice. In addition
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    Cement Factory.
    69 8 It is said that a certain Singapore merchant has offered to buy up the Kwong 1 Cement Factory for $1,000,000 and that■ a certain foreign firm has offer jd sldO,o than this for its acquisition, says the tarn correspondent of the China mail. 1 V, be a great
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    PUBLIC WORKS. Committee of Legislative Council Submit Report.
    973 10 At a mooting of the Legislative Council, on Friday afternoon, Mr. Napier laid on tbo table tbo report of proceedings of tbe select committee of tbe Council apjx>inted on June 11, to consider tbe question ox postponing tbe carrying out of certain
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    Stirred by Singapore.
    162 10 Chanceller James R. Day, of Syracuse (N. Y.) University, who passed through Singapore, a few months ago, writes an account of his travels to Zion’s Herald, of Boston, Mass. Among other things he says: —Penang, like Ceylon, is beautiful. It has great schools. We ought not to
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    The Kinta Association, Ltd.
    40 10 Messrs. F. W. Barker and Co. inform us the output of clean dry ore from the mine of the Kinta Association for the month of July was: —Mine, 162 piculs Tribute 550 piculs; Total 712 piculs.
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    SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE CO. Seventh Annual General Meeting on Friday.
    538 10 The arrenth ordinary Beneral the Singapore Cold Storage Co Luf" 1 held at the Singapore Kxchangc at' to-day. Mr. K A. Steven* and there were fourteen shareholdersp”'*'' rho minutes of tl.e previous meeting biZ, been read by tile secretary, Mr.
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    The Sarawak Farms.
    92 10 The Sarawak Gazette of August 2, says. The general farms have been let to Messrs Cheah Teow Eang and Khaw Joo Choe. at present holders of Singapore Farms, for a Deriod of three years from Ist .January, STamonthly rent of *BB 000. The present Farmers, Messrs. Khoo
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    KAMUNING FLOTATION. Mr. Brice and Linggi Directors’ Methods.
    1074 11 We took a rather adverse tone about the kaowning flotation because we were at a to understand how the Linggi directors, ■bo bought in January, should be so eager to nell in July. Mr. Henry T. Brice charges them with having made
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    F. M. S. TIN. Exports During First Seven Months of 1909.
    88 11 An advance statement of weight of block tin and tin ore exported during the months of January to July, 1909, and of duty collected thereon, as compared with the corresponding period of the previous year shows 1909. Total. Piculs.
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    THE PRICE OF RUBBER.
    37 11 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, August 7. The Planters’ Stores Agency learns through its London office that the average price of No. 1 plantation Para rubber is 86 pence (7/2) per lb.
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    THE TEMPLE TRAGEDY. Situation at Kuala Lumpur Said to be Serious.
    295 11 (From Ouk Own Cokkf.mconuknt.) Kuala Lumpur, August 7. The application for bait made by Mr. H. N. h errors, on behalf of Towkay Yap Hod Chin, who was arrested io connection with the recent fight at Puda temple, was
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    Mr. Meyer and Singapore.
    134 11 The Rev. F. B. Meyer writes to a corres pendent hero, that he is in good health and bright spirits after some arduous work in China. Writing under date of July 23, from Mokhanshan, Hangchaw, he says he does not mean to let his Singapore friends
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    Rubber Experts in the F. M. S.
    166 11 Mr. Kelway Bamber, the Government Chemist of Ceylon, is paying a flying visit to the F. M. S. Mr. Bamber’s work with regard to rubber is well known, but the Malay Mail recalls the facts that he is the discoverer ot the cause
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  • THE Straits Budget.
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      COURTING SCHOOLROOMS.
      1293 12 —Straits Times, August 5. We read the other day that a new subject had been included in the curriculum of the girls’ secondary schools in Japan. With sublime directness it is described in the simple, all comprehending term of “Courtship and is defined as a course of instruction
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      GREAT BRITAIN’S BUDGET.
      1165 12 —Straits Times, August 6. u OU k f th h Uo,d Geor e attacked w.th something aUin to C Bta ?e8 ot ite through the House of Coupons, aod are a good many of its proposals still opcn Z the strong objection that the, may have a
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      PUT UPON TRIAL.
      1277 13 —Straits Times, August 7. Perhaps the most natural thing for us to do as journalists would be to make a resounding protest against Dr. Fowlie’s motion about 1 secret sittings of the Municipal Commission. and warmly praise the action of Mr. Broadrick in having given his casting
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      SIR ROBERT HART.
      1191 13 Straits Times, August 9. If Sir Robert Hart’s physical condition permitted him to do so, we have no doubt that the ex-Inspector General of Chinese Customs would gladly return to China. He lived there too long to bo quite happy anywhere else, but a man who has
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      PERSONALITY IN POLITICS.
      1097 14 —Straits Times, August 10. The Review of Reviews has been endeavouring to collect impressions formed by members of the Imperial Press Conference on the leading public men they have had an opportunity of meeting and hearing. It is curious to notice that in nineteen replies Mr. Balfour
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      WORDS OF WISDOM.
      1125 14 even then most cautiously.—Straits Times, August 11. We are glad to see that the Governs uttered a few words of wisdom in the cour* of his speech at the formal opening of tb*» Penang Agri-Horticultural Show on Monday although we doubt whether much attention will bo paid
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      91 12 The pontfree prtra of the Straits Times ia #HS i year The post free price of the Straits hud/fet is $l4 a yearIt is not necessary to subscribe for a year. The subscriptions for shorter periods are at the same propor* tinnate rate as for a year. The Straits HuJgrt
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  • Obituary
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    26 12 DEATH. Nonius. —At the Oeneral Hospital, Singapore, ou August 6, Alice Mary Vincent Norris, elder daughter of the late Lieut. Walter Norris, Madras Commissariat Department. m
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    PITHY PARAGRAPHS.
    964 15 The Rabat output for July was 1*51 piculs. The Tronoh output for July was 8,800 piculs. It is notified that the port of Bangkok is declared infected owing to the existence of plague. It takes from 4$ to 6 days to convey goods by bullock-cart from Kuala Kubu
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    500 16 Miss KvanH has arrived from Malacca for a few woekh’ holiday in Singapore. Capt. A. k. J. Dewar, assist tot superintendent of police, Singapore, has bad his leave extended. Mr. A. Harr, locomotive engine-driver, F. M. S. Railways, has been appointed locomotive foreman in the place of
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    SERVANTS OR SLAVES. Curious Case Under Investigation in Cairo.
    344 16 The special tribunal appointed to judge slave dealing cases met at Cairo, on July 6, to try the charges against several slave dealers and persons accused of having bought slaves. Mr. Walter Bond, Vice-Pre-sident of the Native Court of Appeal, presided,
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    WHAT TO SEE IN JOHORE. Sultan’s Enterprise in the Rubber Industry.
    310 16 Visitors to Johoro seldom see anything beyond the local Monte Carlo and the lesser gambling places, the hotel, the mosque, the outside of the prison, the tigers, when there are any in the cages just alongside the prison, and
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    DUFF DEVELOPMENT COMPANY. The Financial Results of Year's Working.
    477 16 The directors of this company k. submited to the shareholders 2SiaSiS£^ i,l 1 J SS As shown by the accounts the gross profil on dredging account for 1908 isXlO 1077 V From this must be deducted :-Cust of nistenng the company’s
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    Murder and Suicide.
    112 16 A singular case of murder and suicide is reported from Malang in A r JICI I, r given in the Sourabiya Handelsbla that one Mathysen, a livery stable keeper there, ran the risk of a fine m the polio* court, and began selling dog carts an on
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  • Sporting Intelligence.
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      NOTES IN GENERAL.
      863 18 Cricket. 5. C. C. v. Municipality. On tbo S. C. C. ground, on Saturday, there wan a cricket match between the home Clnb and a team of Municipal employees, which was won by the former. Without the 69 runs of finiil Galistan, the Municipal team would have
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      Rifle Shooting.
      476 18 The Walker Cup. In Friday’s shooting for the Walker Cup the following scores were made. Miss Gunn 34 Mrs. Howes 33 Miss Kerr 33 Mrs. Mauldon 33 Mrs. Learmont 32 Mrs. Abrams 31 Total 196 The nsual weekly shoot by the members of the Penang Ladies' Rifle Club
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      The Turf.
      518 18 Another View of Local Meeting*. Dealing with the points raised in connection with the recent Penang race meeting the Malay Mail says, inter alia:— For the lit© of us, we cannot see any moral difference between betting with a book maker and on the tote. There are differences
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      Golf.
      591 19 Singapore Club Gold Medal. The competitions for the 1908 gold modal m j tlio August medal were played on Saturday and Sunday, aud wore wou by D. W. Kcid with the tine net score of 73. The ball wet .p W as won by G. H. Stratton with the
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      Association Football.
      94 19 M. F. A. Junior Competition. The Shahrul Katnnr and the .linrikislia team played off their tie at Beach Road, on Tuesday, before a largo crowd of spectators. In the first period scoring proved difficult to both sides, though the Shahrul Kamar had the better of the game. (hi
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      Hockey.
      88 19 I Sherwood Foresters Win. In the final of the Madras Hockey i Tournament on July 31, the Sherwood Foresters, who were formerly in Singapore, beat the Royal Fusiliers after an excellent game by two goals to one. The Fusiliers scored iu the first fite miuutes. Later the Foresters equalised
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    Lord Kitchener’s Visit to Singapore.
    142 19 Lord Kitchener on leaving India this month will proceed direct to China and thence to Japan. Ho will afterwards return to Sinagapore and steadier to \usfcra!ia. After his mission to the Commonwealth lias been accomplished ho will go to New Zealand and then proceed home.
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    Planters Meet. SIR JOHN ANDERSON’S SPEECH CRITICISED.
    366 19 Licensing Rubber Dealers. (From Our Spkcial Corrkscondknt.) Penang. August 10. A meeting of the Planters’ Association of Malaya was hold to day at tie* Agri Horticultural Show under the presidency of Mr. Malcolm Cumming. Tn the course of his mmrks. Rio 4’hairman criticised
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    Dance at Tanglin Club.
    176 19 There was a very delightful dance at the Tanglin Club on Friday, the host and hostess being Mr. and Mrs. Ellis. Fancy dress was worn, and the Club house, most charmingly decorated, presented a lovely picture of varied colouring and quaint costume when the guests bail
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    Reuter’s Telegrams.
    1726 20 London, August 4. Mr. Buchanan. I nder Secretary of State for India, replying to Mr. Keir j Hardie in the Houso of Commons, said the Government was considering how to make some recognition of the heroism of hr. Laloaca in endeavouring to save Colonel Sir Cur/.on Wyllie. M.
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    German Telegrams.
    835 21 Berlin, August 4. M Catalonia there is a movement on foot Government 3, it alr tl*e y Ministerial Council, President C.llinrea and M. Pichon gave a satisfactory s anation of the Czar's tour, which, they atoed was undertaken for the purpose »f establishing the European position more <
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    Y. M. C. A. Anniversary.
    250 21 Friday, August 27, is to be a great day with the local Y. M. C. A. Invitations are now being issued for the laying of the corner stone of the new building, which takes place on the site at Stamford Road, that afternoon at 5
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    MINING IN KELANTAN. Duff Company Prospecting the Rivers.
    294 21 In his report for the period February 1907 to February 1908, Mr. W. A. Graham, resident commissioner and adviser, Kelantan, says:—The receipts of the revenue department on account of mineral duty amounted for the year to 97,858.8 25, an incroase of 981
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    MALACCA NOTES.
    363 21 (From Our Own Corrrhpondknt.) Malacca, August 10. Malacca celebrated Coronation Day by a cricket match against the staff of the Johore Rubber Lands, Ltd., Muar, assisted by Mr. Hastings Rhodes and five local Malays. H. E. Burgess captained the Johore side, the Rev. F. G. Swindell, the Malaccaites.
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  • Shipping in Port.
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      Arrivals.
      315 23 August 4 r Aj eaTt Urit str, Hudson, Calcutta, Paterson Blit «tr, Morrell. Ko.nUo. fitr.it. gteanjbbip Coy 5 lady Weld Brit. str. Cobb, Malacoa, Straits Steam bip Coy h,rrib..t, Siam Btr. Jessen, Bangkok, East Asiatic Coy 6 Sim Brit str. Binns, Shanghai, Katz Bros lightning, Brit str, Gentles, Hongkong,
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      Clearances.
      410 23 August 4 fc'n Yong Sena, Brit str, Patembang Hat Nam, Ilrit atr. Muar and Malacca Cei/im U iru, Jap ►t-, Colomb j an Bombay t'liiiu M«ru Jap Htr. Antwerp via p rla bin a, Brit atr, Teluk Anson via porta idji, Dnt atr, B. Papan h)*hi Maru Jrtp -tr,
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    LOCAL PASSENGER LISTS. Coming to Singapore.
    273 23 Per P. and O. steamer Moroa, connecting with the steamer Devanha, at Colombo, due August IX —Mr. O. C. Gillan, Mr. P. R. Hall, Mr. F. Toynbee, Mr. J. Kenwick, Mr. C. H. Mnnro. Mr. J. Young, Mr. H. C. Colvin, Mr. K J
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    Produce and Exchange.
    252 23 Singapore, August 11, 1909. PRODUCE. Gambier 10 421 do (Cnbe No. 1) unpicked 18 70 Copra Bali 9.00 do Pontianak 830 Pepper. Black layers 11 62| do White 1% ,,18 00 Sago Floor Sarawak 8 271 do Brunei No. 1 8.10 Pearl Sago 4.25 Coffee Bali 58
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    HARMSTON’S CIRCUS. Eight Grooms Arrested for Assault and Battery.
    168 23 Eight native grooms, belonging to Harmstou’sCircus, were arrested early this morning for assault and battery in the Russian Concession, by tho Russian Police, says tho China Critic (Tientsin) of July 22. A free fight appears to have tiken place between Borowski’s
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