The Straits Budget, 14 October 1909

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  • 26 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE “STRAITS TIMES.” VOL. LXIII. NO. 2696. Singapore, Thursday, October 14,1909. ESTABLISHED OVER HALE CENTUAV Price 25 cents
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  • 255 1 leaders— Rubber Mysteries 12 Souod Money 12-13 Dramatic Hut Sensible 18 Mr. Baxendale’s Backer... 13-14 Gutter Politics 14 The Newest Diplomacy 14-15 Local and Gknrral Muhammadan Marriages 1 Boycott in Penang 1 The Bible Society 1 Legislative Council 2-4 Government Appointments 4 Hongkong’s Budget 5 Security of
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  • 267 1 An ordinance to amend the Muhammadan Marriage Ordinance 1908 is about to be introduced into the Legislative Council. In the objects and reasons, Mr. Rowland Allen, the acting attorney general, explains that when the principal ordinance was passed it was not thought
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  • 99 1 (From Our Own Cohrksrondknt.) Penang, October 8. Tho Anti-Japanese movement assumed .serious proportions yesterday evening. The Cantonese shopkeepers covered the walls in Carnarvon St. and in the Hopewalk with articles of .Japanese manufacture. All of them were securely nailed. Inflammatory placards were
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  • 435 1 The local work of the British and Foreign Bible Society, carried on from the Bible House, in Armenian St, Singapore, which is the headquarters of the Society’s operations in the Philippines, the F. M. S., Joliore, the Straits Settlements,
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  • 213 4 There was a' fire at a wedding celebration in Campbell Lane in July last, and one man wan burned to death and others were very badly injured. At the coroner's inquest, which followed, Liew Ah Nian, the coolie who was sent by the cycle-shop keeper
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  • 929 4 At the meeting of the Bankruptcy Court on 1st inst., Lee Soon Keng, a fishmonger, of Chop Yong lieng, was called upon to show cause why he should not be committed to prison. He was allowed an adjournment until yesterday
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  • 235 4 The current Government Gazette announ ces that His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make the following appointments:—Mr. M. Thunder, acting assistant to Attorney-General, to act temporarily as assistant superintendent of Indian Immigrants, Singapore, in addition to his other duties; Mr..). Trump, director of public works, F.
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  • 99 4 The report of Dr. D. K. McDowell, the registrar of births and deaths, shows that during the week ended September 25, 235 deaths were registered in Singapore, equal to a death-rate of 44.02 per thousand of the estimated population. Malarial fever claimed 38 deaths, dysentery 17, bronchitis
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  • 284 8 Telegraphic advices state that the rubber auction held on Tuesday went well, although prices were a shade lower than those ruling at the previous one, and this was at once reflected in the share market, with the result that there is
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  • 261 8 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Koala Lumpur, October 6. The death is announced in Scotland Mr. John (Hansford, a well-known planter and -pcrtsman of Selangor. Referring to the death of Mr. John Glassford, in Scotland, the Malay Mail says the deceased
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  • 283 8 Following close upon the death of Mr. Tan Keong Saik, it is now necessary to announce the decease of another prominent member of the Straits-born Chinese community, Mr. Yeo Swee Hoe, who after ailing for several months, succumbed
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  • 220 8 There if a strong probability that the King of Siam will lend his gracious presence to Manila during the next carnival season, and if he comes it will be in state, accompanied by his royal suite, says tho Manila Timeß. I)r.
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  • 84 8 It is said that the lawless Moros of the Philippine Islands poison their kris by thrusting the blades through the pineapple fruit and allowing the juice to dry on the steel. A prick or slash from a weapon so treated produces gangrene which is usually fatal,
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  • 394 8 The adaptation of Stanley Wovman'« „„„,i Under the Ked Kobe will be produced under the auspices of the Singapore Amateur Dramatic Committee in the Victoria theatre on Saturday neat and on the following Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday \\2 believe that
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  • 134 8 An official report on proposed railways in mid-Sumatra has been published at Batavia. It embodies the results of recent explorations and reconnaissances in that, little known country. The territory is rich in gold and other mineral products, and the resources of the land are enormous, but roads are
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  • 393 9 The general condition of the rubber fields t Tremelbye (Selangor) Rubber Co.’s U parties is reported to be very satisfactory. 1 it is the intention of the directors to aD nd the cultivation from time to time till area of 1,600
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  • 228 9 H. M. S. Flora left Labuan for Brunei on the morning of the 4th inst., having on board Mr. Stoney, acting Resident, and Mr. Roberts, superintendent of works. She anchored in Brunei Bay off Ujong Sapu and acting resident, Capt. Nicholas. R.
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  • 237 9 Practically the whole of the Singapore Volunteer Infantry, and the Cadets, fell in early Sunday morning, at the S. V. I. drill hall, Bras Basah Road, for their annual inspection. The Volunteers went by rail to Pasir Panjang and
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  • 203 9 (From Our Own Cokrkspondknt.) Labuan, October 7. A sad accident occurred at Coal Point on the 3rd inst. A Chinese lad in boarding the passenger van as the tram was moving missed his footing and fell, with the result that the wheels passed over his thigh and crushed
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  • 181 9 A few days ago, in broad day light, two Chinese went up to a fellow-countryman in South Bridge Road, assaulted him, and relieved him of a baju in the pocket of which were 80 cents. But the law was close at hand in the person of
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  • 171 9 Mr. Houglas, the solicitor acting for Mr. Butler W right, applied to the Shanghai Supreme Court on the Ith inst to change the venue of trial to Shanghai. He filed an affidavit by the accused in which he said
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  • 231 9 A correspondent writes that several young Labuan-bcrn Chinese have formed them selves into an association or club for social purposes, combined with mutual assistance in marriage and funeral cen-monies amongst its members. The club is called the Labuan Kim Lan Tong Association and is under
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  • 123 9 A revenue officer named Cha saw two Chinese place the body of a child under a tree in Beach ltd., on Thursday, and arrested them. They were before the second magistrate, on Saturday, on a charge of depositing a corpse in a public place. One of the
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  • 52 9 Kollowing is the result of crushing opera tion« at Haub for the four weeks ending '.*th inst: Bukifc Kornan; stone crushed 8107 tons gold obtained, 050 ounces; average per ton 124 dwt; —Bukit Malacca; stone cru shed, 1S40 tons; gold obtained. 120 ounces average per ton.
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  • 20 12 Edmbtt. —On Monday, October 11, at the Maternity Hospital, Singapore, the wife of Thos. Ed. Edmett, of a non.
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    • 1182 12 that his duty would not be scamped.—Straits Times, October 7. In our meandenngs through many rubber company prospectuses we have often paused to speculate upon the method, if any* which the gentlemen adopt whose valuations are set forth with as much confidence as if their authors were endowed
      — — that his duty would not be scamped.—Straits Times, October 7.  -  1,182 words
    • 1123 12 JEM WO U* o ,—Straits Times, October 8. Our comments the other day on the observations of tho Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury with reference to the Currency Note Ordinance amendment seem to have had the effect of arousing some interest in a highly technical matter. At
      JEM WO U* —o ,—Straits Times, October 8.  -  1,123 words
    • 1278 13 which they Raw tit to champion. Straits Times, October 9. A thing that was most unusual happened at the meeting of the Legislative Council yesterday. When the Hon. Mr. Ellis had made a long speech on behalf of the owners of insanitary property, and had moved certain
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    • 1084 13 -Straits Times, < >ctober 11. We are glad to see that Mr. Baxendale has found someone as ready to rush into print as he is himself. He seemed to stand in sore need of a backer, and if he had found one who had the courage to
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    • 1186 14 r U -Straits Times, October 12. When a Parliamentary session is abnormally prolonged it almost invariably ends in a flow of rather vulgar personalities. The British House of Commons has been sitting almost continuously since the 16tli of February, and as a consequence the nerves of its members
      r — – – — U -Straits Times, October 12.  -  1,186 words
    • 1419 14 -Straits Times, October 11. to settle all difficulties. —Straits Times, October 13. And so it has been decided that Mr. Crane shall not go to Peking. He was called back to Washington not to be entrusted with closer confidences, but to be taken to task because he
      -Straits Times, October 11.; to settle all difficulties.—Straits Times, October 13.  -  1,419 words
  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 91 12 Tb« pontfree price of the Straits Times is $»8 a year The post free price of the Straits Budget is $l4 a year. It is not necessary to subscribe for a year. The subscriptions for shorter periods are at the same proportionate rate as for a year. The Straits Budget
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  • 49 12 DEATHS. Yko. —At his residence, No. 2, Short Street. Singapore, Yeo 8wee Hee, aged 47 years. Funeral on Saturday, October 16, at 10.30 a.m. Skth. On October 8, at Elmside,” No. 6, Upper Wilkie lioad, Singapore, Annie Angeline, second surviving daughter of the late Philip Joseph and Emily Seth.
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  • 376 15 Mr. H. Laidlaw,*M. P., is expected at Kuala Luiupur in November. Dr. and Mrs. Travers are coming on a visit to Singapore from Kuala Lumpur. Mr. C. Muttiah, formerly a teacher in the St. Joseph’s Institution, is now a teacher in the city schools of Manila. Rev.
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  • 552 15 H. M. S. So&lark will survey the coast between Penang and Siam, commencing work towards the middle of this month. H. M. S. Water witch is expected to arrive at Port Swettenham about the 16th or 17th inst. and will make about a week’s stay at the port.
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  • 487 17 .From Odr Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, October 8. The Ladies’ Bisley opened at Taiping, this rning, and was most successful. Following are the results of the eight events 1 100 yards. For those who have made 81 r over once or more
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  • 65 17 The President of the Chinese Board of lndustry and Commerce has granted the petition of the Chinese merchants in the Straits praying that more consulates be established there; that the nationalisation »aw be enforced; that lecture halls be opened for the purpose of explaining to the
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  • 103 17 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, October 18. Crane, recalled the other day from Francisco, while on his way to China as Minister of the United States, has resigned at the request of the State Department. The
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  • 243 17 Our Pekin correspondent wires to the effect that boycott of the Japanese goods by the gentry and common people of the three Eastern Manchurian Provinces is very serious. The Japanese Consul has forcibly interfered. H. E. Hsi Liang, the Governor-General of Manchuria, is at a loss
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  • 53 17 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, October 12. The Japanese boycott by Chinese has spread here. Chinese lecturers have been appointed aud are explaining the true facts of the case. The situation is quiet and the towkays are co-operating in
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  • 75 17 A report by the American Minister at Hang kok to Washington upon the Anglo-Siamese treaty expresses the conviction that it will conduce to the opening up and development of the Siamese Peninsula. The new railway which will be begun immediatly will bring the entire paninsula into easier
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  • 508 17 (From Our Own Corrmspondsnt.) Kuala Lumpur, October 6. The September crop of Seremban Estate is 18,3551 b. According to a London wire the average price of plantation rubber is 9s o}d. The tin exports from the three western states for the nine months ended September 80 are
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  • 88 19 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, October 8. At the Penang Assizes, before Mr. Justice Thornton, the trial has been concluded of Lim Keug Sian and Lim Kim Seong, who were charged, the first accused with murder and the second with abetment
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  • 161 19 When the steamer Phra Nang, under the command of Capt. von Mangelsdorff. arrived at Hongkong, on the 6th inst., she bore evident traces of having passed through the centre of a typhoon. The vessel, which is only 1.021 tons burden,
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  • 66 19 Mr. ,T. G. Barclay, of the Chartered Bank, lost a pocket-book containing 9200 on the Bacecourse Kd., on Tuesday. The pocket-book was eventually discovered on a Eurasian earned Joseph de Santos, but the money was not recovered. Joseph was before tha second magistrate, yesterday, and was
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  • 13 19 [The Straits Times is not responsible for the opiuions of its correspondents.]
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  • 674 19 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Dear Sir, —You invite me to explain certain figures in my Report to our District Association. I have no particular difficulty in doing so. My contention was that where an average of 20 per cent, net profit was secured, a
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  • 365 19 r lo the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, Like G., I have spent a long term of years in this part of the world, but have reached some very different conclusions from those arrived at by your correspondent of yesterday. Rash would not be a strong term
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  • 180 19 A man named Tan Cha has been for a long term of years residing on a plantation' of 28 acres in Serangoon ltd., G.J miles from town. Mr. I*. W. Skene claimed ownership of the land and eventnally sold it to a rnbber company,the
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  • 104 19 The annual general meeting of the Corn wall Minstn Is was h# Id on the Bth instant, at the residence of Mr. Lira Kian Hock. In the absence of the president, Mr. Lee Kira San was voted to Uiechair.Thefollo wing gentlemen were elected as office-bearers for the
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  • 1843 20 London, October 0. The Emperor Francis Joseph has conferred on the wife of Archduke Franz* Ferdinand, Heir Presumptive, the rank of Duchess and the title of Highness. It is simultaneously announced that the Archduke Franz-Ferdinand and his wife will visit the Emperor William at Berlin in November, and
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  • 804 21 Berlin, October 6. Count Zeppelin, as a preparation for his polar expedition, intends to make a preliminary expedition as far as Spitzbergen in 1910, and a balloon is under construction for a trial trip in 1911, which will start from a German port. Prince Henry of Prussia has
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  • 136 21 Last week, Mr. Savi, assistant Hupt police, made a successful raid on 102-6 Bencoolen St., securing a quantity of chandu and evidence that morphine had been used. A man who was crouching on the Hoor beside another coolie jumped up and threw a hypodermic syringe out of
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  • 477 21 In his report on the trade of Swatow id 1908, Consul Hausser, writing of emigration and shipping says the number of emigrants leaving the port was 117.851. During the first quarter of the year the figures were about normal, but the returns
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  • 122 21 Mr. E. C. Ellin in about to introduce into the Legislative Council an ordinance to amend the law relating to the nubdivinion of nharen of registered companien. He pointa out that the power of nubdivinion of sharea conferred by nection 24 of the Companien Ordinance 1889
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  • Sporting Intelligence.
    • 123 22 Donegal Bronze Badge. Shooting in the above competition on Saturday, the following scores were made: Sergt. Martin 92 Co. Sergt.-Major Harding 89 Spr. C. Webb 89 The monthly handicap cup resulted as follows: Co. Sejgt -Major Harding 96 Spr. C. 89 Spr. J. McMullan 88
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    • 187 22 Keppel Golf Club. The gold medal for this year was played for on Saturday and Sunday, the 9th and 10th instant, and was won by Mr. James Binnie with a nett score of 76. thus: 38 -43 81 5—76. Other scores were A. S. Hitchcock 41 *37 —78 scr
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    • 197 22 5. R. C. v. A Co. Middlesex Regt. A team representing A Co. of the 3rd Middlesex regiment played an eleven of the S. R. C., at hockey, on the Esplanade, on Monday, and a one sided game was witnessed. A Co. proved much the better team and scored
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    • 95 22 Singapore Shield Competition. The R. G. A. and Middlesex III met in a league football match on the Beach Road reclamation ground, on Monday, and the game, which was keenly contested, was witnessed by a fair-sized crowd. The teams were about equally matched and from the start it
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    • 458 22 5. R. C. v. S. C. C. On the Esplanade on Saturday the S. H. C. drew with the S. C. C. Scores were as follows:— S. K. C. —Emil Galistan b Bevan 31, G. James c Clarke b Bevan 21, A. E. Coelho c Home b Bevan 11,
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  • 572 22 A case instituted under Section 446 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, came before Mr. G. A. Colbert, acting master-attendant at the joint police court, Colombo, on the 2nd inst., when Mr. J. West, a first-class passenger
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  • 57 22 Hadji Mohamed Hakim, a passenger broker, was at the races with his victoria, on Tuesday, when Insp. Pestana, of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Dept., arrested the Poyanese syce on a charge of cruelty in working a lame horse. The syce pleaded guilty before the
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  • Shipping in Port.
    • 628 23 October 4 proutrer, Dut str, Keener, Djambi, Ships Agency Van Diemen Dut str, Dekker, Batavia, Ships Agency Giavg Seng, Dut str, Craig, Batavia, Heap Eng Moh Kum Sang, Brit str, Buller, Hongkong, Boostead A Coy Japura, Dut str, Karssies, Palembang, Ships Agency Han 11 in Guan, Brit str, Hunter,
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    • 365 23 October s Kampot, Fch str, Saigon Chow Fa, Ger str, Bangkok Pin Seng, Brit str, P. Swettenham and Penang Breid, Nor str, Bangkok Euryalut, Brit str, Melbourne and Sydney 6 Siletia, Ger str, Japan via ports Herman Lerche, Rus str, Vladivostock G. G. Meyer Dut str, Mnntok and Palembang
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  • 253 23 Singapore, October 13, 1009. PRODUCE. Gambier buyers 111.75 do (Cube No. 1) unpicked 15 50 Copra BaU 8.75 do Pontianak buyers 7.80 Pepper, Black 16.00 do White 5% buyers 28.25 Sago Flour Sarawak 8 60 do Brunei No. b uom. Pearl Sago 4.00 Coffee Bali 27.00 Coffee
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  • 177 23 Per P. and O. steamer Namnr, doe October 15. —Mr. H. Leatherbarrow, Mr. T. C. Proctor, Mr. A. Palmer, Mr. M. Hellier. Per N.D.L. steamer Prinzess Alice, dne October 16. —Mr. It. von Hemert, Mrs. J. P. Boissevain, Mr. M. W. Flies, Mr. Phil.
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    • 483 24 RUBBER ESTATE WASTED. Wanted, Robber Estate for conversion into a limited concern moat be e sound jii uii i ||i Bcodre|»ito by SxfMrt, age of truM, Area planted and onplanted, Copy Lease, map and plans, and lowest price cash and shares. Option mnst b© ns by Owner for setei raontUs
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