The Straits Budget, 4 September 1913

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    28 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE “STRAITS TIMES.” VOL. LXVII NO. 2899. Singapore. Thursday, September 4, 1913. ES'ABIISHEO OVER NAIF A CENTURY. Price 25 cents.
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    Table of Contents.
    342 1 LEADERS— Panama and Suez 10 The Campaign of Economy 10 Saving tbe Children 10-11 The Channel Tunnel Scheme 11 A Year of Agriculture 11-12 On Holidays 12 Local and Gkkeral Local and Personal I*2 Local Telegrams 4 Herefordshire Roman City 4 Municipal Commissioners 5 Siam's Pasteur Institute
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    LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
    4996 1 Mr. R. T. Reid is expected back in Penang early in November. Menglembu Lode output for August waß 450 piculs, valued at 824,550. Mr. C. H. G. Clarke has been granted twelve months’ leave of absence. The August output from Titi Tin Company's mine amounts to 1,024
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    Correspondence.
    13 3 [The Straits Times is not responsible lor tbe opinions of its corresdondonts.]
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    Railway Travel in Borneo.
    188 3 To tbe Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, It may interest sofne of yonr sub scribcrs to know bow things are conducted here, especially on the railway. I happened to be a passenger on the mail train leaving .lesselton at 9 a.m. We had barely steamed
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    Labour in Negri Sembilan.
    495 3 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —Your issue of the 20th inst., now to baud, includes an extract from the British Resident’s report for 1912 on the above subject. May I quote the following taken verbatim from this report:— ‘‘It is satisfactory to record
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    Trials in Camera.
    567 3 To the Editor of The Straits Times. Sir, —Tho unique independence and the straightforward criticism, not to say the wealth of unassailable arguments, that characterised tho spoech of tho newlynominated unofficial member during the recent debate in the Legislative Council on the section of a certain bill
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    Fostering Tropical Agriculture.
    470 3 To the Editor of tho Straits Times. Sir, —I have been asked by Prof. W. R. Dunstan to bring to the notice of tho public in the Straits Settlements the International Association of Tropical Agriculture and Colonial Development; and I write to you to ask if you
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    Militia For Malaya.
    1001 3 To tho Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —Some time ago a member in Council suggested the raising of a Malay Militia for the defence of the K.M.S., but although the idea was such a good one, nothing further seems to have been said about the scheme.
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    A Mohammedan Grievance.
    348 3 To tho Editor of tlio Straits Timet. Sir,-—Tho Mohaimuodans of this place were expecting as usual, a holiday to pass off the Hari Kay a Puasa, but tho hopes entertained wore crushed. There was no holiday for them this year. The Holiday Ordinance empowers tho Governor in
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    ENGINE DRIVER’S CLAIM. Negligence of Chinese Railway Contractor.
    274 3 The amount of damages wan fixed by Mr. Justice It. C. EdtuondH at Kuala Lumpur on Monday in the case in which Ephraim Wilkinson, an ongine driver on tho F.M.S. Railways, living at Port Swettenhaiu, claim* ed the amount of 85,000 from
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  • SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
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      Lawn Tennis.
      400 4 L.L.T.C. Tournament. The play on August 27 resulted as follows: D. Singles. O. S. Myles boat T. B. Smith 6—3, 6—B. Dr. F. H. Graham beat H. Karstcn 4—6, 6- 6 -4. Ter/ano beat Stredwick B—6,8 —6, o—6, B—6. J. R. MorrisoD beat A. K. Wilson B—6, 8-6.
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      Cricket.
      654 4 Tampin v. Malacca. Tho Malacca Club cricket team met tho Tampin teaui at cricket on Sunday, August 24, on tho Tampin ground, and won easily. Appended are tho scores Tampin. —Pennington c Griffin b Wolferstan 38, Curtis b Bagnall 0, Waterhouse b Woodhouse 4, Cook b Wood house 21,
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      Swimming.
      40 4 The 200 yards Jackson Miller handicap race was swum off at the Swimming Club on Sunday. There were only three competitors and a close race was won by Heath, seccond place being taken by Bagnall and third by Hutton.
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      Rifle Shooting.
      65 4 Garrison Ladies Rifle Club. A spoon has been presented by Lady Evelyn Young for competition on Friday next at 4.30 p.m., distances 100 and 150 yards, seven rounds and a sighter at each distance. On Friday, the Pith, at 4.30 p.m., the Donnet challenge cup will be shot
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      Golf.
      279 4 Singapore Golf Club. A nine hole competition, foursomes match play, final round 18 holes, will commence on September 7 (first round) and September 14 (second round). The following are the initial rounds:— Creary and A. Terrell 8 v. Miles and Ferguson, plus 4. llewan and Macmillan 15 v. Knox
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      Football.
      800 4 S.C.C. v. K.O.Y.L.1 (2). There were several reasons why the K.O. Y.L.I. second eleven were anxious to beat the S.C.C. on August 27 in their match on the esplanade. Naturally, the credit of the performance would have been welcome but, over and above that, there was the desire to
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  • Local Telegrams.
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      H.M.S. SWIFTSURE.
      68 4 (From Odr Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Aug U8 t 2o The committee ot the Selangor Clnk i,' voted the sum of ,500 with *th e heading a list of subscriptions in old*. entertain the officers and men of bJJ tEEszr*- batUe,hip iu It is proposed to give a
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      WAGON PACHAUNG WOLFRAM.
      107 4 (From Oob Own Correspondent.) Penang, August 29. At the statutory meeting ot the Wagon Pachaung Wolfram Mines, Ltd., at the ofiica of the secretaries, Barker and Co., on Wqh nesday, Mr. Jessen, the chairman, renoruli that the 35,000 shares offered to the pubS had been subscribed and
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      PENANG AUTOMOBILE CLUB.
      119 4 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, August 30. At the annual meeting of the Penan> Automobile Club, the Hon. R. Young presid* ing, deplored the apathy of motorists. The membership was 50, four being Chinese. He alluded to the work done during the year, mentioning the erection of
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      GOLF AT PENANG.
      66 4 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, September 3. In the week-end match, Penang Club v Kinta, which was played on the local links Penang won the singles 8 to Is. Mr. Ellis, captain of the Kinta team, was stung by a hornet on Saturday ami was unable to
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      The Salvage of Wrecked Steamers.
      147 4 The Hongkong Daily Press learns that the Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Company's tug has succeeded in getting off the Asiatic Petroleum Company's steamer Murex, which went aground in July at the Celebes. The steamer is now on her way to Shanghai under her own steam,
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      Herefordshire Roman City.
      177 4 Wonderful results have been achieved y the excavations on the site of the city at Kenchester, near Hereford. 10 county surveyor (Mr. G. H. Jack) is intetos ing himself in the matter, but work is n tC s sarily slow througii lack of funds. 8° 1 about
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    Forestry in the F.M.S.
    1735 6 (From a Cokkks1’OM>ent.) Kuala Lumpur, August 80. This department of the Government machinery has existed now for mauy years, even priot to the federation of the Mates when there were forest officers in 1 eiak, Selangor and the Negri Semhilan. Ihese positions at that time were
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    Enough of the F.M.S.
    72 6 From The Time s ot August 4 Englishman twenty-three, well educated, strong, healthy, good family, travelled, has been unfitted for culinary e mployment by be coming first a a schoolmaster and afterwards a rubber planter; is at present in tho Federated Malay States. \Vill any philanthropically
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    COCONUTS IN SIAM. Growth of Crop and Exports Increasing.
    716 6 Some twenty yearn ago or more cotton was one of the commodities regulmly exported from tins country, to China fur the most part, says the Bangkok Times. Then the export dwindled till it practically ceased altogether. Within the past few years
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    Charge Against Government Clerk.
    154 6 T 1 ic preliminary enquiry into the charges of falsifying the ledgers and permits which have been brought against Wee Hong, a clerk in the Government Monopolies Department, was continued on Friday by Mr. Robert* sou in the third court. it is alleged that the falsifications
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    Keppel Golf Club. MOST SUCCESSFUL YEAR IN ITS HISTORY. Discussion of Proposed Reforms.
    578 6 eneral meeting of Kpm i'° Uu V n was he,d in the clubhouse* Fn day. There was a large attendant members and Mr. A. \V. D. Dove vie* C C 0 was voted to the chair. v,c
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    TO HELP THE LEPERS. Three Young Nuns Set Out For Canton.
    227 6 Father Conrardy, whose work among t t lepers in China was noticed recently m t a home papt is, will shortly have the assistance of three nuns, who have just loft Montrea to spend the remainder ol their lives
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    A PROGRESSIVE CLUB. Amateur Drawing Association’s New Premises.
    863 7 The progressive popularity of the Amateur Drawing Association among tho ambitious young men of the Straits Chinese community has outgrown the provisions made for accommodation and recreation several years ago and a new epoch in the club’s history has been opened by
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    THE SHARE MARKET.
    368 7 Messrs. Fraser and Co.’s Weekly Circular. Messrs, b raser and Co.’s share circular, dated August 27, states .There has not been much appearance of activity recently, leaving but a small busiues> to report. (Quotations of rubbers in the ster ling group have again receded in most in
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    Singapore Fire Department.
    383 7 The annual report of the Superintendent of the Singapore Fire Brigade for 1912 shows that the number of calls to tires, or supposed tires, during the year was 33, a decrease of 20 on 1911. Of these calls 24 proved to be genuine tires on assessed property
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    Austin Cars for the F.M.S.
    94 7 We understand that the Austin motor curs which were ordered hy the F.M.S. Govern meet lor ollicwil u-e have given so much satis taction that the original order of twenty 1:' horse power cars lot which ttie titst hatch Ju&s been put m us» has
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    BRITISH PRESTIGE IN CHINA. Japanese in Command of Landing Parties.
    346 7 In the House of Commons on August 7 Mr. Stewart asked the hist Lord of the Admiralty whether tho Japanese admiral was senior oflieer iu command of tho bluejackets aud marines landed during recent operations at Shanghai; whether the British
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    Cargo Broaching at Sourabaya.
    267 7 Since a couple of police steamers have been put on the ruu in the Straits of Madura and since the recent heavy sentences passed by the court of Sourabaya on several Madurese piiates, wo bear uo more of attacks and plundering of boats in those waters,
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    Wanted, an Explanation.
    234 7 A ease possessing more than orto strange feature was mentioned on Saturday in the third court before Mr. Talma. An old man named Toll lla is iu custody charged with attempting to commit suicide but it is the circumstances leading up t> ibis climax which Die police
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    INDIAN EMIGRANTS’ SAVINGS. The Few Return Rich, the Multitude Poor.
    393 7 The statement that more than four lakha of rupees were brought back by Indian emigrants returning to Calcutta laHt year from Demerara, Fiji, and Xstal gives au impression that tho labourers must have prospered during their exile. Thin imprcHaion in
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    SINGAPORE GOLF CHAMPION. Mr. Humphries Wins a Decisive Victory.
    296 7 I ho final tin for Llio Singapore (iolf ('lia.hipionaliip, over :W> holes, was played off on the Racecourse links during the [last week end, tlio first IH holes being played ou .Saturday afternoon and the remainder on Sunday. The finalists wi
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    Military Service in Siam.
    139 7 Since the announcement of the amendin' ui to tin Military Set vice Haw, a good deal of speculation hasuiist u as to the niuuin rof |h opic affected, states the Bangkok limes. Wo have heard various estimates from twenty thousand in* n down wards. This latter
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    Klang Notes.
    1373 8 iKhnM A CORRESPONDS NT.) Klang, August ‘27. The sultry season has set in again, the roads are dusty, and even Iho cool rubber estates seem to give out steam. It appears that the water supply is quite insufficient for all requiiemeutH, especially now that the small towu and
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    Soldiers in Trouble.
    247 8 Two privates in the K.0.Y.L.1., John Pritchard and Sydney Spence, were charged on Monday before Mr. Robertson iu the third court with housebn aking with tnteud to commit theft early ou Sunday morning. The premises it is said they selected were those of Messrs. Whiteaway, Laidlaw and
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    New Resident of Labuan.
    150 8 The energetic chairman of the Kuala Lumpur Sanitary Hoard, Mr. F. W. Douglas, has been appointed acting British Resident of Labuau, says the Malay Mail. Whilst congratulating him on his now appoint ruent wo feel that it is a pity he could not have been left
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    SOLILOQUY ON THE KING’S DOCK. The Opening as Viewed By An Outsider.
    785 8 There was immense food for thought given on Tuesday by the opening of the King’s Dock, as one listened to the speeches from the little crimson kiosk, watched His Excellency press the silver button, aud thereby create miuiaturc
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    Singapore Mortality Returns.
    83 8 Tho mortality returns for Singapore issued by the Registrar of Births and Deaths show that, during the week ending August 23, there were 239 deaths (185 males, 54 females) giving a ratio por mille of population of 38.72. Malarial fever accounted for 33 deaths, phthisis 23, convulsions
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    S.C.C. Meeting. HON. C. I. CARVER RE-ELECTED AS PRESIDENT. The Expensive Potato Patch.
    663 8 I’he annual general meeting of the Sino pore Cricket Club was held on Frillit evening in the club pavilion, the vZJ (leut, the Hon. 0. I. Carver. bein« chair. Those who supported him at the com mitfcee
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    An Employee’s Agreement.
    202 8 At Ipoh, on August 28, Mr. Justice ward concluded the hearing of the case o the Elphil Rubber Company v. I*. S. Castle, id which the plaintiffs sued defendant for 'j* for alleged breach of agreement. During hearing of the case the point was ranee to whether
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    Malaria in the F.M.S. THE RADICAL PREVENTIVE MEASURES. Work of The Advisory Board.
    1189 9 The medical report on the F.M.S. for the year 1912, signed by Dr. C. L. Sansom, has been issued and proves to be a most instructive document especially on the subject of anti-malarial measures, in connection with
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    SIAM AND AVIATION. Eight Aeroplanes Purchased For Army.
    205 9 Tho Siamese officers who for some time past have been studying aviation in France are returning to this country shortly, says the Bangkok Times. Wo learn that all three have gained their certificates for proficiency iu flying. They have also studied very
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    The Chee Hoon Bong Scholarships.
    222 9 Mr. Chee Sweo Cheng, of Malacca, director of the Atlas Ice Co., has given proof of tho interest he takes in education by granting two scholarships of SI,OOO each to tho pupils attending St. Francis School, Malacca. These scholarships arc to be known as tho
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    The Late Mr. Edlin.
    37 9 d ue Coroner’s inquiry into the death of Mr. K. F. 11. Edlin, conducted by I >r. W. MeDougall, has b* on concluded and resulted in a verdict of suicide during temporary insanity.
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    MELENTANG COCONUT COMPANY. Negotiations for Loan from F.M.S. Government.
    640 9 Considerable interest attached to tho special general meeting of the Melentang Coconut Company, Ltd., which was hold at the offices of the company, Ambewatte 1 louse, Slave Island, yosterday afternoon, says Tho Times of Ceylon of August 19. The object was
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    Dr. Sun and Yuan Shih-Kai.
    99 9 Dr. Sun Vat-sen, in a messago to the Christian Science Monitor, states The present war in China will cease as soon as Yuan Sliih kai retires from the presidency, which he has disgraced, i cannot bear to see my life work destroyed and the despotism
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    St. Andrew’s Cathedral.
    93 9 Archdeacon Izard thankfully acknowk dges tho following donations towards tho annua! treat for the Sunday school children life Hat $2O, Tim Widow’s Mito slo, Mother of Ten $lO, W. I<. K., (>. A. K., Fath* r of One, K. I M., l ather of None, Heart, strings,
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    Big Blaze at Ampang. ROW OF NINETEEN SHOPHOUSES DESTROYED. $l00,000 Damages.
    482 9 Another big blaze occurred in tho village of Ampang in the early hours of Monday morning, being the biggest fire, most probably, in the history of tho place, resulting as it did in tho complete UeHtruction of a row
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    Cutting Vegetable Beds.
    165 9 In the Supremo Court, on Monday, Mr. .Justice Sproulo, heard an ap)>cal at the instance of four Chinese wlio had boon convict* ed, in the police court, of trespassing in a vegetable garden at Mata Ikan and cutting up the beds. Tho facts of the prosecution were
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    Volunteers in ManŒuvres.
    111 9 The S.V.C. joined forces with tho Brd Brahmans at manoeuvres on Sunday. Mustering at the Drill Hall at 680 a.m. they went by motor lorry to a rendezvous in tho vicinity of Ayer Kajah Road. There they wero joined by a detachment of tho Brahmans, while the
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    The Head of An Englishman.
    60 9 Word has ju.t bt eu received at Talifu Yunnan, that the h-il of an Kuglishman has h i cutty n i i i< *l l l into Wudisiting, orohably fnu.i the ihi.ma frontier. An attempt hns hi n mu h u> hush the matter up,
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    BIRTHS.
    70 10 Bioham.— On August 8, at London, tho wife of Gapt. tbe Hon. Clive Bigham, C.M.G., of a Hon. Finn i a. —On August 23, at Sutlicrland, Bangkok, to Mr. and Mrs. William Finnic, a son. Mack air.— On August 80, at Glasgow, the wife of J. L. Maonair, of
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    MARRIAGES.
    52 10 Moclk —Woods. —On August 5, at Buntingford, Ernest Charles Hugh, son of the Yen. Archdeacon A. E. Moulc, D.D., formerly of Mid China, to Josephine Adelaide Woods. Tidman —Wedd. —On Julv 31, at Great Wakering, Essex, Oscar Paul Tidman, M.A., to Muriel Agnis Wallman Wedd, daughter of E. A.
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  • THE Straits Budget.
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      PANAMA AND SUEZ.
      1045 10 wo coincide with that view.—Straits Times, August 28. Thero has been no more fruitful source of discussion in recent years than the part which the Panama Canal is expected to play in revolutionizing the sea borne trade of the world, or perhaps it would be more correct
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      THE CAMPAIGN OF ECONOMY.
      1195 10 the neighbourhood of 3/9. —Straits Times, August *29. The present low price of rubber is not an unmixed blessing, but there is something to be said in its favour. So long as the product commanded prices which allowed a very wido margin of profit the industry,
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      SAVING THE CHILDREN.
      1046 10 —Straits Times, August 80. We mentioned in our news columns a few days ago that one of the speakers at the annual meeting of the British Medical Association, which recently concluded a conference at Brighton, has remarked that there are surely more things than length of days—-
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      THE CHANNEL TUNNEL SCHEME.
      1000 11 —Straits Times, September 1. Considerable space is again being devoted in home papers to the project of piercing the bed of the English Channel with a tunnel uniting Great Britain and France. After hearing the views of a deputation of members requesting the Government to withdraw
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      A YEAR OF AGRICULTURE.
      1135 11 allude in a subsequent issue.—Straits Times, September 2. There is a refreshing discursiveness and an enlightening vein of narrative iu tho report on agriculture in tho F.M.S. in 1912, preparod by Mr. Lcwton-Brain, tho Director of tho F.M.S. Agricultural Department. True, the subject is one that
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      ON HOLIDAYS.
      1045 12 —Straits Times, September 3. We envy tho Malay the simple pleasures of his Hari Hay a, the friendly interchange of hospitalities, the universal welcome that awaits him where he cares to go, tho innocuous delights of sugared cakes and syrup, and the virtuous consciousness that must attend the
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
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      90 10 Tbe Poat tree price of the Straits Timts i» 938 a year Tba poat fre- price of the Straits Budget iasl4 y*ar It is not rt-crasarv to aubecribe for a year. The tub criptions for ahorter periods are at the aaroe proport onate rate u for a year. The Straits
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  • Obituary
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    28 10 DEATH. Murray. —By drowning, at lvapala Djeri Island, on Sunday, August 24, John R. Murray, late assistant Kapala Djeri Estate agod 29 years Formerly of Shanghai. Ex-Army Reserve.
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    Fancy Dress Dance at Raffles.
    253 12 The fancy dress dance at Raffles Hotel on Saturday evening proved a great success. There was a good muster for dinner, at which the band of the K.0.Y.L.1. played, bnt by the time the hall had been cleared for dancing it was difficult to find
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    The Unrest in Java. OFFICIAL DENIAL OF CURRENT RUMOURS. The Governor-General’s Assurance.
    1031 12 We are courteously informed by Mr. Van der Woude, the Consul for tho Netherlands, says tho Pinang Gazette, that in reply to a communication addressed by him to the Consul-General at Singapore, he has received an official denial,
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. Quarter Million Sterling for The Harbour Works.
    226 12 The proceedings of the Legislative Council meeting called for Friday next will consist for the most part of tho second readings of bills introduced last week and tho considers tion iu committee of tbe F.M.S. Export Duties Collection Bill, the Labour
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    Death of Well-Known Kobe Lady.
    242 12 The Japan Chronicle of August 14 say 4 The death occurred in Kobe yesterday afternoon, with painful suddenness, cf Mrs. 0. C. Pakcuham. Though not seriously ill, Mrs. Pakenham bad been in poor health for some time past, and since returning from Arirna. where she
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    F.M.S. Government Appointments.
    98 12 The following appointments are notified i the F.M.S. Government Ga/etto: —Mr. I». Ilium to bo engineering assistant, enyinet tint, department, F.M.S.H.; Mr. K. C. C'aldicott o be district engineer; Mr. G. C. bo assistant engineer, P.W.D.; Mr. Gibson to act as magistrate, I poll; Mr Shelley to
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    German Telegrams.
    957 15 Berlin, August 27. Of certain statements which have appeared in the Temps regarding negotiations on tho Bagdad question, tho following only are correct: Opinions have been exchanged between representatives of tho banks, preparing tho way for further understanding; thorc lias been no marking off of spheres of interest
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
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      76 15 The Property Market. At Messrs. Powell and Co.’s sale room on Tuesday, the freehold residential proportion known an Lochaber, Inverlochy, Kinrara, and Hal moral to tho estate of .1. .1. .Mae bean, deceased, wore all bought in, tho reserve prices not having boon obtained. Tho land and shophousedt Kace Course
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  • Shipping Intelligence.
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      Arrivals.
      211 16 August 27 Montrose, Brit. str., Reid, Liverpool, P, Simons Ellcnga, Brit. str., Muir, Calcutta, Boustead Crosby Hall, Hrit. str., Hoppins, Durban, P. Simons Hoerdc, Ger. str., Pilgrim, Hamburg, Behn Moyer Van Overatraten, Dut. str., Pabst, Batavia, S. Agency 28 Aragonia. Ger. str., Enigh, Manila, Behn Meyer Nile, Brit, str.,
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      Clearances.
      203 16 August 27 Lycaon, Brit, str., London A’dam Antwerp Namur, Brit, str., Marseilles via jiorts ■(Crosby Hall, Brit, str., Haiphong 28 Thongwa, Brit, str., Calcutta via Penang Teesta, Brit, str., Penang Madras «fc N’tarn Aragonia, Ger. str., Boston N. Y. via Sabuug Pretoria, Brit, str., Saigon Kllcnga, Rrit. str., Penang
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    The Foresters.
    128 16 Speaking of the progress of the Ancient Order of Foresters, at the seventy-ninth high court of the or<b r at Manchester recently, the High Chiif Hunger (Mr. Enoch E.’ Farrow i said that in 1H84 tho membership was 609,219, while to day tho membership on the voluntary side
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    SITAPUR MURDER. Sir Hewett and “Inhumanity” Charge.
    874 16 Correspondence between the Secretary of State and the Government of India, relating to the Sitapur murder case, was published on August 5, including a statement by Sir John Hewott, Lieutenant-Governor of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh at the time, repudiating the
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    Trade and Finance.
    246 16 SlNOAPOBB, Skptkmbkr 2, 1913. exchange On London Bank 4 m/B 2/4 Demand 2/4^ Private 6 m/s 2/4$ J 8 m/s 2/4i On GasMANi Bank d/d 288 Private 8 m/s 248$ On Fbancn Bank d/d 294 Private 8 m/s 299$ On Indu Bank T. T. 174$ Private 80
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    Stocks and Shares.
    326 16 Sinoapohb, Skptkmbkr 3, 1918. MINING. vtlue 1 Buyers. Sellers 10 10 Amp&ng 8.00 9.50 1 1 Ayer Weng 1.20 10 10 Belat 2.45 2X0 10 10 Bruang 0.50 1.00 10 10 Kampar par 10 10 K&naboi 1.90 2.10 10 10 Kinta Association 10.75 12.00 XI £1 Kinta
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    CHINESE CHARACTERISTICS. New Officials More Corrupt Than Old.
    553 16 A writer in the Manchester Guardian in the course of an article on China of To day,” observes The Chinese are alone among nations of the earth in detesting violence and cultivating reason. Their instinct is always to compromise aud save everybody’s
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    PASSENGERS HOMEWARD BOUND.
    203 16 Per P. and O. Arcadia, connecting I Colombo with Macedonia, sailing Septem >< r l 5.—Mr. N. Skae, Dr. Webster, Mr. Inga* Mr. F. Coyne, Mr. 15. D. Duval. I S. S. Garrick, Mr. Bockairy, Mr. G e 'I Miss McBride, Mr. 15. Marjarson. I Per P.
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