The Straits Budget, 7 February 1919

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    28 1 The Straits Budget MUM TftUt WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE -STRAITS TIMES." VOL. LXXIII No. 3182 Singapore, Friday, February 7, 1919. ESTABLISHES OVE.S HAir A CEHTUBY Price 25 cents.
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    Table of Contents.
    181 1 LEADERS— Prrsonaiiins 10 British War Finance 10 Unreal and Unn ason ...10 11 German Colonies 11 Centenary ...11-12 Local, and General Local and Personal 12 Food Production 2 Centenary of Singapore... 3 6 Tlic War Af f cr 6 King's Thanks to Penang 6 After War Newt
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    LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
    3419 1 The following is contributed :—The Meda f Cent*:'4 given tv the Silver Star Y.P B. last Toe ad a j at the Y N! C.A. was a great success in every way. The delightful programme was fiilrd notzrely by the members. These participating :n the musical items
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    A Good Omen.
    182 6 To tho Editor of (he Straita Timet. Sir,—lt may be interesting to those not acquainted wuo the I act, that Sir Stamford ihfflt* on find landing on the I aland ol Singapore, thought it woilb recording that a beautiful rainbow wan vihiblo in tho tkiee. It in
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    Missing Kum Chow Link.
    86 6 According to itifcimalHn received at th* Naval Inielhgiuoe Offloe, Colombo, os January 18, seme kamix u which the Kom Chew carried on deik while eu Ur voyagi from Bat goon 1 *> boon Lund tieating in tiii bay of heugal. H is piobablo that tin bamboo
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    The War and After. ASPECTS OF REPARATION AND WAR INDEMNITIES. From Our Special Correspondent
    2593 6 Loudon. l)0Cf Vr T L* While Locchu and l’»r»n are i-on earned cooMftlulHtionH upon then OjaUitn victory. Rtdill ring tl 11* v arm I A nc‘” mation* to F. ch aed CUnitnceau in tu I )D
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    King’s Thanks to Penang.
    130 6 The Hon. Mr. W. C. Michell, the R*i. dent Connoillor, Penang, baa received the following from the Colonial Secretary, Sin* gapore Colonial Secretary's Offir*, Singapore, Jbnuary ‘29,1919. The Hon. Resident Connoillor, Penang. Sir,—l am directed to inform yon that His Excellency the Governor baa received a
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    AFTER WAR NEWS.
    6131 7 Cirri K's Tkmokams, Peace Conference, 'DISCUSSIONS ON COLONIAL QUESTIONS. numb's Trmqkams, Ljn.ita. January 29. 7 pm. A?n«tfr 1 om• A r'' r n Berlin pr,v* ahat t! i n ivi pm.'c l* .vih cm si«t rf nn, Kao'Z n Erzber .’er, am* x *t.if>s (votary Hanssmann. Solm
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    LATEST WIRES. Conference Progress LEAGUE OF NATIONS.
    285 8 1«KL"I &k's TKLMoKAMd. London, February 4, 1 a.m. Faiie, Brd: The cki'jl iiitt rest to dtiy t Ltbgce of Naticns ci umi'f-ion, Mr. Wileon praiding, wph IL o fact, tl at tur action taken by tlie conference German colonies rtcc-Esite tc-P ti o
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    Germany.
    88 9 London, February 4, 4.10 p m. Amsterdam from B* rlin: General Baron ten Hammetsttio is appointed president of the German armistice oommission at Spa in aooceasion to General Von Winterfeldt. London, February 5, 0 a.m. Cologne, 2nd inst.: ‘The British autho•itifs have suspended the Cologne Gas tie for one
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    Bolshevik Barbarity.
    40 9 London, February 4, 4.10 p.m. The Petit Parisen publishes new details of tlAi murder of the Kussian imperial famil> i£)ord ng to wbioh the Grand Daobessen were violated under the eyes of their parents before they were killed.
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    Demobilised Airmen.
    41 9 London, February, 4, 1 a.m. Tbo Air Ministry is inviting demobilised airmen to re enlist under the bonus condition*laid down for the army of ocoupation. Tb« y will be post) d in the substantive rank they held on demobilisation.
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    MINEFIELDS NEAR SINGAPORE. The Visit of Four Flower Class Minesweepers.
    336 9 The four sloops now in harbour are H. M ships G ranium, Mallow, Hydrangea and If arguerite They belong to a type of vessel known a* the Flower Class and were built early in the war for minesweeping duties These
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    MIDNIGHT MYSTERY CLEARED. The Identification of Dead Man Established.
    200 9 stratyg© happening was reports! on the sight of Ootober 1 last. A Malay Volunteer pasting in the vicinity of R fli >s Ma«oom about midnight, wat attracted by a crouching flgare in tho Canal opposite that Institution at the j motion
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    Letter from Home. FIRST RETURNS TO THE NEW PARLIAMENT. From Oar Special Correspondent
    1984 9 London, D.comber 6. Tbe first stage io the election which is t« give Mr. Lloyd George end his eolleagu- h tbeiv mandate to proceed to the Pea©*Conference has been reach* d and pawed. Wednesday last wm nomination
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    Selangor Turf Club.
    219 9 Tbe following telegram giving the handicaps for tbe first day's vaoing has been received from tbe Secretary, Selangor Turf Club:— Ponies, Ist Class:—Tbe Karl 1018. ampang 911. Royal Plume 9 8, Roumania 9, Ob La La 84, Aringa 88, Paul 7 18, Fallowland 7 18 Pooies, 2nd
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    Bishop Lefroy’s Funeral.
    224 9 The remains of i>*e Most Rev. Georg* tlfred Lefroy, Lord Biship of Calcutta, wera laid to rest on the morning of January 8 is a grave in the grounds of St Paul's Cathedral, Calontta. The faneral service was a moab tm prose ive and solemn one and
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    Eastern Smelting Company.
    206 9 Messrs. Fraser and Co notify ns of tbeir having received cabled adviooa from London to the effect that the annual report and accounts for the year ended August 81. 1918, was issued in London on January v 7 The net profit ton (be year was £59.968 which,
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  • THE Straits Budget.
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      PERSONALITIES.
      1192 10 —Straith Tubcr, .lucuuar; 81. Tbo Hon R C. M. Kinricrnlcy hvi n rJcrrd good scrvioo in bin tir>c t> the Planters’ Association of Malaga, and w< v*r rxtivrrfly sonry that i unontl incident should 'ja-.e arisen caused Lis withdraw:.l from n at the Kuala Lumpur n<« ft,.?« a Jay
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      BRITISH WAR FINANCE.
      1253 10 of a debt which is British. —Straits Timea, February o. In happy contract to a speech wc Lad to comment upon ti e other clay, comes the prop teal cf Mr. \Natt. acting Common .vial:h Prcmi* r, for the creation of an Empire Com mission tc tsko
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      UNREST AND UNREASON.
      1097 10 way ci pribc**irfc uv**.3AtiDD.—St:nitfc Tixnee, Jar Uiiy 4, It were mere folly to underestimate pie gravity cf the labour troubles which are* making life a misery in some parts ol Oriat Biitain and Ireland. At the same time we must be cardal to judge (airly, and not
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      GERMAN COLONIES.
      1302 11 Straits Times, February 5. We have not been able jet to f to a very oovroct idea of the Mandatory system which President Wilson is under i tj have pressed upon ;ho PtaOw Confert- It vsoulo have beeu far butt.r, we think, i* our Gjvernment had b3eo more
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      CENTENARY.
      1513 11 4iiHpn aiioD to pvcN*(otwaiil.— Str*ut4 limou, fcbru*>j 7. A hundred years have passed sinoo Sfcamford R*ffl3B unfurled the tiig of England on the nmidy shores of the island of Singapore. It was, in a sense impossible in onr own day. the work of the man himself. Months of travel
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    Singapore Assizes.
    447 12 The: cane in which a Chinene named Chir fleoy, wilh tho uiurd r of a com patriot nam'd Lo Ty Hin, at a Katuponu < (I Beraouooo H al, on October 28 la'-t, aoo which wan commenced before Mr. Juntie* Bbden aod a npccial jury on Weduraday wan
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    “ La Perla Del Oriente.”
    79 12 La Perla Del Oriente.” We hoar that ilie Gorman firm in Manila which had 1 La I'n'u Del Ontnte am Ur braodn has changed hands, and will, no doubt, blossom out as a pucka British or American company. Before confidence is |{ivcn back again, however, tbo now proptie Icrs should
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    F.M.S. Appointments.
    51 12 Mr. W. Linohan baa boon appointed to act aa btoond AnnitUant Diatrict Officer. Koala Knbo, Kftja Haid Tanphy, to act aa Diatnot Officor, Brian. Mr. J A. Black, to aot aa Aa •"►Uni Diatrict Offloor, Kriao, and Mr. B. W Bllea, to aot temporarily aa tintiab Kuaidont, Nt*Kii
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    The Chiyuen Fire. FINDING OF THE SPECIAL COURT OF INQUIRY. Naked Light in the Holds.
    1227 12 Tim apoeial C'wrt, ordered by the Onverr w* ut to inquiry into tliu c (uni-rf wijicu J to (ho tiro IQ No. 2 hoi I of the Cbiyaeo at »bjui ♦145 p uj. on l)
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    FOOD CONTROL. Consultative Committees Appointed For F.M.S
    464 12 Tbe following appear in Ibe current P.M S. Ch c tie: U odor ibe provision* of Regulation 4 cf Hit Food Control Regulations, 1918, tb* F iod Controller baa appointed Mr. J. V M• I>n to be An*nl for ibe Food Controller in
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    Singapore Mortality Returns.
    88 12 i o ort l '*J >» the Bottlemont ol B ‘'|f boded Jan J“ ,6 80 Pf “>»« of tbe population, Tb, 187' u b f* ‘‘oatbs wan ill#, of wbicb were male subjects and 64 female Convulsions claimed 28, phthisis vh Xr 0 uinit*' b n
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    DISCHARGED COMBATANTS. Furthering the Objects of a New Association.
    430 12 Mr. C. D’ trey Cayley preaided over a m^et. inn at the Vi toria i’htatre on Tuesday, held j with a view to farther tie objeots of the j recently formed Straits Settlements branch of the National Association of Discharged Siilors
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    NEWS FROM BATAVIA
    158 12 Anita Si&tici, Bitavia, February 8, 8 p m, A telegram from Amsterdam state* that R"»yal Packet steamers Van H“emskerck Pynacker Hordyk, 8 Jacob and Rwbasssa, which havo b en required by the Allies formerly, be returned, the first three withia iix weeks at Singapore and the fijohussa
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    Local Wedding.
    179 12 weddiD R look P»*>e atSt Andrew's on Tuesday, woen Mr. J. R Wipes of the External Audit Department, s?£ juarriod to Miss Ins Godwin, of Watford! Herts, who arrived fiom home on tbe P. and O steamer Novara. The ceremony was ne Xnd b |s.‘ h s.^ De,
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    Singapore in Retrospect. A SERIES OF HISTORICAL PAPERS. XV. The Last.
    999 13 litre is the end of a hasty surrey of Singapore's history. But hasty as it has been, it has, we hnpn realised for us in some measure the spirit that runs through every page of that history—the spirit of
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    Death of Mr. van L. Boomkamp
    722 13 i It is with much regret that we have to I ohronicle the death, which took plaoe sad dcnly at his residence, Lotocmbc, Gilstead Road, on Sunday evening, of Mr D. C. van L Boomkamp, tho Singapore manager of the Trading Company, Holland.” The
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    Pahang en Passant.
    1652 13 (Fkcm Our Own Correspondent) Kaub, February 2. Lipin in quite pleasured with itself at being raised so the dign.ty of an assise town. TLe ccart of the Jug tuial Comnoibr ioner commonly onJlt d the Supreme Court, will Bit there for i UK first time on Wednesday
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    Cholera in Bombay.
    164 13 A Bombay mepRAgo of January 28 says: The recent outbreak of cholera in Bombay wan bo 8ucoe8flfully fought that the daily mortality from it fell to 81 on Tuesday last week and the total number of deaths from obolera during tho whole week was fifteen, nino fewer
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      Some General News. LABOUR TROUBLES.
      3141 14 KI Uk* L i lit if-r. 3i), 1 a d th o* u 14 fft» a If ri i l> vuii.ii? I* V Iw it ft; *ar» ni •0 j ,j I, nr ll U fiflO.riWO*! tri- ro# •ti r j i »»i<. i *ho
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      SOCIALIST CONFERENCE.
      488 14 London, February 2, 4.25 pm. Herne: The Iaternati >ml Socialist Conference opens tomorrow. M. Branting will probably preside. The following foreign delegates have arrived: Britain tec, inoludrag Mr. J il Thomas, who will state the l B.itinb d> legation’s view* on tbr League ol Nations, Mr. Ramsay MacDonald
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      NEW PARLIAMENT OPENS.
      220 15 London, Ftbrnary 4, 4 55 p.m. Tbe H "tme of Commons reassf mblid thic Afternoon when the House was crowded everywhere. Sir Donald McLean, tbe newly elected chairman of tbe remnant of the Acqoitbian party; Mr. Adamson, parliamfu iary chairman cf tbe Labcar party Means Clynes, Hodge
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      CABLE DELAYS.
      202 15 London, February 5,6.25 p.m. Tie Eastern Telegraph Company regrrt tbe unavoidable abnormal csb'e delay wbi:b as duo to interruptions and heavy increase cf All classes o( tiaffic. Prior to the w»r, then were nine lines ol ccmtronioatien of Britain with India and the Far East, etc., namely six
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      PORTUGAL.
      135 15 L odon, F'.bcawry 2, 0 am. Madrid, from Oporto, February 1: As the Moaarobiet victories havo bteo conflrmid a utiooil government has been oocstituteo with Paiva Conoeiro as premie* sad war minister. The government control* a large past of Portugal and is awaiting the arrival d ex KiLg Mancei.
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      SET ON MURDER CASE.
      125 15 London, January 29, 7 p.m. New light has been thrown on the Seton •hooting oase. Waen Col. Rutherford was brought op at the po ice court on a obarge of wilful murder tho Public Prosecutor read a remarkable series of rtceut letters by Mrs Rutherford to
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      UNITED STATES.
      84 15 London, February 4, 8.40 a.m, Albany, New York: Five tbooeatd t xtile workers are idle owirg to laok cl orders, Tbe strike leaders cuJare that it m rialU a 'orb ont on uf tbe deataoJ for forty eight boat week. LondoD, Febrnary 4, 6 40 a.m. Washington 4
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      SINN FEIN.
      72 15 London, February 4, 8 80 a m. Tbe Sinn-femers De Valors, Saiiroy ana McOarry esosptd from Lincoln prison on Monday, it is not known Low. They were all right when tbe warders visited them in tbe afternoon but were missing five boars later. They bad scaled a twenty
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      COMMERCIAL AIR SERVICE.
      46 15 London, January 81, 10 50 p.m. Tbe first regular commercial air servior baa born inaugurated by tbe allotment of t »-qcu»drou of British military aeroplanes tj. conveying estenbial food materials to Belgium It will be flying daily between Folkestone and Ghent, commencing immediately.
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      DOCTORS DIFFER.
      47 15 London, February 8. 0 45 a.m. Tbe London doctots at a meeting on Sunday decided to form a body representative ol (be whole profession to watch tbe mtd'oaJ interests A resolution to form a rtgisw tec trades anion was rejected by two votes aaiid aproar.
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      CHINA EGGS.
      48 15 London, January 27, 8 pm. Tho Chief Food Inspector points out ih»t tbe use of boncisod liquid ygs from Cuius is cpt n to very serious olj otion from lb point cf view ot tbe bealta of tbe oonsamer Hd suggests that eggs De sbippeo cried,
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      SPORT.
      25 15 Loudon, February 1, 10 p.m. In the football r. aioh between Monmouth--hire and the New Z^ala^dt-rf—Ail BiacKs—.ue latter wou by 22 points to 8.
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    DEVIL’S MUSIC. Whistling that is Believed To Bring Disaster.
    278 15 I had not bod a good night, and it was maddening to be awakened before seven by a shrill acd tunehen whistling under my window, wrtos T. G. B in a home paper. The devil’s music. It struck me suddenly that
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    Foreigners in China.
    135 15 Foreign firms and tbo foreign population of China are increasing peroeptioiy. Tue Amerio&n population inoreased in 1917 by 10 per cent, over the previous year, and American firms from ib7 to 216 Japanese advaco ud from 104,275 persons to 144,192, and tbe number of Japanese firms inurct.sed
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    SINGAPORE SPORTING CLUB. The Stronghold of Racing In Malaya.
    962 15 The annual g o* r»l meeting cf the 8m gapom Sporting Glub w»“ held and* r the presidency o( Mr. G. U Farrant on Friday the other members of the committee p«* 4 nt being Messm. J. D. Saunders, A. W.
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    SINGAPORE SHARE REPORT. Messrs Fraser and Co’s Weekly Circular.
    224 15 Merer*. Fraser and Co. in their weekly report, dated February 4, state: We issue our we* kly circular a day earliev this week iu vi«w ot the Centenary otlebra* tioos on Thursday. There has been scarcely any businesa over the past
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    SALE OF ENEMY PROPERTY.
    541 15 By order c f the Cn-iodnm of Ejcmy Pro* petty Mthhtu Powell hud Co Ltd., Hold at auction on Tnetday afturooou the following 29 yeaia basiuold and freehold properties ■*iiuate at Pasir P»r j *014 aod Chanoery Lane. Total ct sale 148,18 j 72. PamIK PaSJAKO
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    Death of Mrs. Seah Liang Seah.
    117 15 We much regret to learnof the death at 14, North Boat Q'lay, in the early hoars of Friday morning of Mr*. Seah Laog Stab, nee Koh Giam Luan Nto, the wif < of one of the best known and highly respected mernbt rs cf
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    Correspondence.
    50 16 ;Tb»' Htrai‘« Times is nnt respocHiblo for Ibo opinion of i h corn sp n h n».s. Corn apondeniH should bi nr in mind that Ijt tii ih must bo short and to tho point Long ramb'ing pi* tioM »ro liablo io bi rtj cto.l or tutbleiisly cut down
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    Profiteering.
    99 16 To tkio K liter of tl.o J-trnifH TiroCK. Hir, A. A A’« letter of la-i r i|.d t drawn attootii d to a form of prcbueimK UDhcruptilooH an aoy. Coot atV book* |iubii»-lir d at fi/ are Held Ltr** at 1126, aid K'plui*'« (porn.it trillion) at 2G. Ilia »riitioo
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    Justice in Singapore.
    192 16 To the K litav cf the S;rait* Time*. Sir, It H univTf'hll y behoved that British ariaiinixtrationH art) H-uutially j i*t; bat thin b* la* f appear* to bo without foundation wh«n one watchf H tho doir-Ks c.f nii» pad rual (i virmumt of S n^ap-( which
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    Drowning Fatalities at Tanjong Katong.
    721 16 To the Kditor'of tbo StraiU Times. Sir,- The recent drowning fatality in wlnch t*n Ta'iiiln lent th«ir livih w.Unn a f. w yaida t the Hi a View 11 >Lel pit i olci again «ruplißH'*-! n tint nci d I i lift-navug fanditii-* b Tm
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    Beautifying Singapore.
    344 16 To thr. K lit' r of tho Strain* Tunes. S r -Oor M'lfi nm in Stamford Hoad n a bniidiop of non«iderabla archive ira» *W but anfortnnaMy both it and tbr rrc ntly nrv, pht.d Public Library am lar«« ly hidd'n from tho view of pa-wrc b f
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    The Huns.
    467 16 To the Editor of the Stra.t* T rn*«. Hir, —As y r ur l« adi r of .1 in ary HO cuic*P out, we ar* <vt pr c nt unfortunate )y »'ta from i HTif a of Wil omo with c iuai ijaeui lo 1« of all truo
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    Burma Rice Prices.
    342 16 T 3 tho K litor of tho Strait) TictM. S r In fixing tho h Ilin« pricos of Bnrtna HoothoKnd Cin'rolUr lias cannvi s< rinnw aoxktyti tho trarh*. Iq tho Now K guia honn only ttm h llu-k prieo) of tho oow cc jp of Barrna rioo
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    Mr. Kindersley’s Views.
    713 16 Td the Edit™ of tho Strata Times. Sir _A-» 000 win snpportrd (tod sopp'r** I Mr. recrunicndations to t:*. PAM, may I be allowed tew words with to yoar leading article of Friday ia«t which 1 have only j l k t M?pn. Wi h much. though
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    Education.
    550 16 To thi! Editor of the Straits Times. Sir —ln his paper on education prioted in v or 'c'lnmoH yesterday Mr. Zmbarias very feoeron*ly refers to mo as having boen of Homo n-e to h:m. It in unnecessary to state that bo over estimates the valae of any help 1
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    Municipal Inefficiency.
    99 16 To tbe Editor of the Strait*) Times. S'r,—Aaothet instance of tbe impotenoo *hiob baa attacked both Maaicipal and Government departments alike in tbs fact that many n<*ut-«oil carta were pt««iog over Kalian* Tramway brijge this morning between H and 9 am, ao i thi-t aotwitb* standiog tbe prohibition
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    A Shooting Tragedy at Morib.
    177 16 At the Court Jagra, on Wednesday U«t. b fore Mr. Q. A. Nash, M>*istrate, the ••q iest was opened into the d-ath of the *de of R*j i Risraan, of Ka*la K ibn, who ia dh *< dto have died from a shot w >aod
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    SMOKES ON CHRISTMAS DAY. Thanks to the Straits Times Readers.
    420 17 The following tlnrming Mte*s will b' iroad wirli plea-are by subEOr.burs tu (Im Tobacco Fuad Palestine, Christmas Day, 1918 Dear Sir, —Ik may interest yoa to know that your geo» touh gift if cigarettes reached a Battery of Artillery (Field)
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    Demobilisation of Men for the East.
    132 17 The folic wing telegram, dated January 18. 1919, from tho Right Hon. the Secretary of State for the Colonies, to H s Excellency the High Commissioner, is published in tb< M S G Bette for gi neral information Di m jbilisation. Limit-d numb rs
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    M.S.V.R. Appointments.
    143 17 The Coromaudiug Officer, MS.VR, has jeen pirns* i to npprove of the following pro motion a'd appciotim nts I'n b.i C< rpotal: L. C»d F tzg raid, T, I» X11L 1 (to com maad “1)’ Compary Signallers) To bi JjaDce Cv)»p'tals t Pin J 1 o ter, C
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  • SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
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      Golf.
      178 17 Th'S-poy Lin"iQ,|f Clab pold meda *-m won by Dt. Birn‘j-474-34 15, 4 to hc*n 80, I *ih ui-r. My ip' was won by k on 40-f-il- 18, Handicap— 74. up AI: O .raot-43+49 —l2 —B5. Tbe resa’t of the Jinaary medal (Bogey) match was ah fallows H. I J
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      FOOTBALL.
      268 17 Ma:,\cca Eceabians t. S.U.C.A. The above raa‘ch was nUv°d on Saturday on tbe pvlan.: facing the N T gri S aiii'ao Club at SereMibao. Throaghoat the game sbs Milacca E .r *mans hid tbe b tt-r of tbe olav, ani cvi-- q oently ran cot the winnrrs by 8
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      Boxing.
      46 17 Georges Carpontier, the Fret oh boxer, ha« open matched to meet D.ck Smith at Straps uurg on July 4 for a purse of £4,QUO. Carpenter has also been matched with Wells in London for a purse of £I,GOJ. LeJoux will meet WJdc at 118 los.
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    Hold-up on Kuala Kubu Road.
    206 17 Oo the ruorniDg of Jinnary 2S, a* a hired motor oar, with two Chinese aud a Chi tty a» p-ipnongtrp, vas travelling olorg from Ku»».la Kabn to K rliog, it was hold r n by five C'limsi arm -d w’th parangs, who had previ ns!y
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    LOCAL SHARE MARKET. Macphail and Company, Ltd. Weekly Report.
    220 17 January 30 to February 7 Ba i iie*s in shares during the past wjok ban be» u exceed mgly dull a a is usual over tbo Chinose Now Year. Huhbik. There has been no auction since our last report. Transactions outside
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    Bombay Dockers Strike.
    193 17 The workmen of the RIM. dock*!, et Bombay, about 5,0C0, struck work r d Janaary 17. The demand—of thcso men ■io fat a* was kaown, was that they should bo provided with workshop dross and be given an inoroase of foot anna-i for treir daily wages owing
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    MARRIAGES
    151 17 Colvis— At Singapore, on lino ary 80 Cieomut Fr n Ojlvm, l nut me late Clecn ut Oilvin r .s 1. It Dit thca Miry Ma kiof ydaey. Au-. :t is E g 1 h, ladian uai Auttraliai p*ju s p ease copy.) avaob —Haisb—On February 2, a. S
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    Trade and Finance.
    138 17 SfNQAPORB, FItBRUA*! 7, 1919. EXCHANOB On London. Bank 4 m/a 2/4}| I) iu anl 2/V, Priva>o 8 no/a 2/>U On Nkw York... Demand 6' f Private 90 days 671 On Franci Bank 001$ n India Bank T T 66 On d/i B9i%rm n w manukas ...Bank d/d
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    Stocks and Shares.
    496 17 SfVOiPoKa, February 7, 1019. MINING. [u'jna **3 VJaol B«inow. 10 10 Arapang 11'0 1126 1 > Ayer Weng 225 26) 0 10 K»sta A ►•t-ociftlioD V 0 10 00 £1 £1 Ki-. tR Tin 18 0 112 0 XI XI Lahat Mioes VOO 803 6 LiotfUl Tin
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  • The Straits Budget RUBBER SUPPLEMENT.
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      Contents
      51 1 OSMIBAL— Bobber Items J ti ingapore Rutbi r A notion* Plarlirs Charged Deceoibir Rubber Returns 8 January Rubber Returns 8 M■■TINGS AN W RbPOSTP— Tangoel Rubber Broome (S' Kngor) Kubb.r 1 Langkon Rubber 1 Jong Lander Rubber Alluta Lubber t Planter* and Government H London and SmoAroß* Uuseax Plums
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      RUBBER ITEMS.
      114 1 Mr. Charhn Jarkson, cf Sncper Ma» Estate, who is suffering frrm an attack of malaria, left Karb on Tue sday morning for Koala Lumpur Hospital for treatment. Mr. C. F. F. Fredricks, who was plsnlint in Kuala Nedangor in 1U17, volunteered for Active service, but wan refused on
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      Tangoel Rubber.
      157 1 The errp of rubber wan 868,154 lbs com pared with a crop for the previous year of 284.674 1b* tho averago price realised. t o b wr 1**. 8 68d per >b con. part d with the pr« o-i h jiar 2a. 2.19d. pot lb tho total cob:
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      Broome (Selangor) Robber.
      197 1 The an oott cf dr, rubber collected during tho year waß 417,544 lb#„ which realised IL» gross average price e f ‘2s. *2 W6J. pet lb. The oost of prodtction was: F.o b. shipping port, Is 1 46d per lb sale charges, 4 98J. pe r lb.;
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      Langkon Rubber. REASONS FOR THE REDUCED NET PROFIT. No Dividend Paid Last Year.
      2765 1 The twelfth ordinary general meeting of *be Lacgkon North Borneo Rubber, Limited. I i kvu-, htla on Liecembtr 6, at the tfli-'C-s, 87, lhnadneid e Street, E C., Colonel Sir j tugn-tus bit/-George, K C.Y O C.B.
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      JONG-LANDOR RUBBER. Effect of Excess-Profits Tax On The Dividend.
      1241 2 Tho tenth ordinary general meeting of the JongLandor Rubber Estates. Limited, was held on December 11, in the Council I’ootn of tho Robber Growers’ Association, 3s, East cheap, Londor, E C., Major R. K. Magor (chairman of tho company) presiding. The
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      SINGAPORE RUBBER AUCTIONS. Brisker Bidding at Local Market.
      745 2 The Singapore Chamber o! Commoroi Robber Association’s 88Lt auction were held on January 29 and 30, 1919, when there were offored 2,040 330 lbs,=tons 913 64, Paicas Rialisbd. Centß per lb. Smoked sheet: I Singapore standard ribbed 71 *to 78* i'laiu 68
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      ALLUTA RUBBER. Good Prices Being Obtained. For Produce.
      687 2 The annua! r.M V Wo\a Rubber and Produce Company, Limited, wan held on Decombev 11 at the offices of the company, 69, Bastcheap, E.C., Mr Frank Copeman (chairman) presiding The Chairman uncord the adoption rf the report and ae ouuta. Il dc
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      Planters Charged.
      117 2 In the Kuala Lumpur Polioo Court on Toes* day morning, Inspectors Flood and O'Hanlon oharged A. R. MaoCallnm, I) Traveller and O. A. Brown, managor. assistant and store* keopor respectively, of Bajong Estate, Snngei Bulob, with orimical breach of trnst, daring the month of January, in respeot rf
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      Planters and Government. CHAIRMAN OF THE P.A.M RESIGNS HIS SEAT. Echo of the Previous Meeting.
      1566 3 Planters and Government. CHAIRMAN OF T HE P.A.M RESIGNS HIS SEAT. Echo of the Previous Meeting. A »;ri oral i '>eV>- of tho PI anter Aasoci* lion i < Mda;u w. >- h ii on V’oueHday in lliii i» p bo I' ,f Lutnt i. 1U 1! .n M !f
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      DECEMBER RUBBER RETURNS
      56 3 Conv.wj: IrJ.d M d y 78 127 lbs. Chui-fc (6 I iiigo.j.— 2C 800 lbs. F \1 S Ituho.r Patters.—4s.6l7 lbs. Jchoro Uubher Lauds.—lo 4 597 lbs. Jeh’bu.—l6,2oo lbs Mam ben MS —3O 447 lbs. Sungoi Sairk.—7s,46/ lb-. Scgaina- M Lm.ei -<9iioo Ib3. Scpsng Valley, los. Tangga
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      JANUARY RUBBER RETURNS.
      141 3 Paui kiitttn —74,C0 Ibn. Bang r P. 60 OUO lbs. Bttu fcata--4!,H2l lbs. P' rn ,B, i Mvjjoio (Jntine) —16,619 lbs. S ken —l3 (13ft lbs, Centra* K GuUu.- 12.6C0 lbs. nr k r>i 9P< lbs. .«:hc t Pwd 'o7 ;bs. 'Jli» ri'p ’ih —’2 no lbs.
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      LONDON AND SINGAPORE RUBBER PRICES. STOCK EXCHANGE CLOSING PRICES OCTOBER 11 AND SINGAPORE QUOTATIONS FEBRUARY 7.
      1022 3 Stock Singapore Malayan [Exchange Fraser A Co/* Issued Par Dividends. Compan ,*j, Prices, Closing Pricoa, »\.jutal aluc 1916 October 11. Fcb»naiy7. Vi v si n Anglo-Malay H'H 1 J !{■’<ap Plantations.. U f m
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  • The Straits Times SINGAPORE CENTENARY SUPPLEMENT.
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      SINGAPORE IN RETROSPECT.
      203 1 February 6, 1819, to February 6, 1919. The history of Singapore lies not alone in the past: it lies even more surely and greatly in the future. Mere is no city decftyed or moribund, dwelling with a weak and somewhat querulous pride on ancient glories, but a
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      I. RAFFLES THE SEER.
      1633 2 11, i|.Vi:K inicrc-mu: an even, may he in itself i. cannot fairly he H onv.dered ..part from .he man behind it. N*e here with (he founding of Singapore will he touched on presently. La irs what manner of man was this man who made Singapore. I(,
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      11 FUNDING THE SETTLEMENT.
      1408 2 X Ra«,c S U*'"?"£ ,0 ked when but the landing took place some time T' ved overnightdoubt, Raffles himself described the scenT anS®' nervous Knglish his impressions of it hm V d down ln h S inter,dec account of the establishment of mcluding his sures, were
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      III. FEBRUARY 6, 1819.
      1348 4 e was a man of quick and bold decisions, Sir Stamford Raffles He saw in Singapore more than the home of a factory. He saw the youiiK trading centre, under the radiant arch of a new dawn, a feeble tun* as yet, hut with great possibilities
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      IV. COLONEL BANNERMAN.
      1484 5 We sing here not arms but the man; and the man is Colonel Bannerman, of Penang, in 1819. A picture of him reveals his character. A square, bullet-headed man; testy, opinionative, fond of himself. We should judge that if one had quoted Shakespeare against him he would
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      v. EARLY PROGRESS.
      1409 6 A daughter and a goodly babe. Lusty and like to live: the queen receives Much comfort in't. Winter's Talc. There is little on record to show how the young Settlement grew in 1819: we have to wait some four years for helpful figures. But we are not
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      VI. THE LAST OF RAFFLES.
      1369 7 Heath is not grievious to me, for I shall lay aside my pains by death.—Ovm. Raffles had much in common with Sir Walter Raleigh, who died just three hundred years ago. The thumb mark of their Maker was de£p in the clay of them. Both
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      VII. VARIOUS MATTERS.
      1431 8 l ive years after the founding of Singapore the first census was taken. This showed the population to be 10,ti83, which included 4,580 Malays, 3,317 Chinese, /s(> Indians, 1,925 Hugis, etc., 74 Europeans, lt> Armenians and 15 Arabs. The 74 Europeans, included some ladies as may be
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      VIII. PASSING EVENTS.
      1256 9 The Settlement was just over ten years old before it saw its first club. On October 1. 1829, a meeting was held at the house of Mr. E. Boustead to consider the desirability of establishing a billiard club. Six persons attended, but they founded the club and
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      IX. DUTIES NOT WANTED.
      1235 10 On January 25. 1 HM>, a meeting of merchants u as held to consider the imposition of duties, which was in contemplation. B\ the May, Scotsmen then, like Scotsmen out Hast to-day. seem to take very little notice of January 25. which happens to be Burns’s
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      X. SINGAPORE IN THE FORTIES.
      1829 11 If I chance to talk a little wild, forgive me I had it from my father. Henry 111. What Singapore was like seventy odd years ago may best be judged by some extracts from a journal kept by Major Low in 1840 and 1841. The
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      XI. ROADS AND OTHER THINGS.
      1110 12 In 1H45 appeared the first number of a new weekly which was issued, of all days on the week, on Tuesdays. This was the Straits Times. The editor in his opening articles speaks of his Pegasus as "a quite and well disposed animal.” but apt
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      XII. GROWTH OF THE DOCKS.
      1880 13 Now, by St. Paul, the work goes bravely on.” The year 1863 was a more than usually notable one. On September 11. a meeting was called of leading men connected with the shipping interest, for the purpose of forming a company to provide facilities for
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      XIII. FIFTY YEARS’ PROGRESS.
      1273 14 At the end of fifty years of life Singapore was soundly established. Its history was far from completed, but from this point, if we may so put it, it was not so much making new history as amplifying and expanding the history of the past. It
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      XIV. AFTER THE TRANSFER.
      1400 15 With the coming of Governor Ord Singapore entered upon a new phase of its history. It became the leading Settlement in the Colony M d it must always remain so. Ten years after the transfer it was 'till a moderately sized place, compared with the Singapore
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      XV. THE LAST.
      972 16 Ilin- is the end of a liast\ survey of Singapore's history. Hut liasu as it has been, it has. w c hope, realised tor us in some measure ttu pint that runs everv page ot that history tile spirit of l-.mpi building. "I sowing carefully. reaping onlv
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