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PESANAN OLEH YAM TENGKU ARIS TEMENGGONG SELANGOR – Y.A.M Tengku Dato’ Setia Muhammad Yusoff Al-Haj Ibni Almarhum Sultan Ala’uddin Suleiman Shah - "BERANILAH BERTERUS TERANG"
"Badan yang diberikan kepercayaan dan tanggungjawab menasihat Raja, wajib bersifat ikhlas, arif, lagi berilmu, berkata benar ; betapa pahit sekalipun. Supaya Raja tidak dibuai dalam khayalan ~ tidak diulit gurindam pujian. "
"Musuh negara yang utama adalah 'YES-MAN '.
Mereka ini adalah golongan yang menjaga kepentingan diri sendiri - Suka mengampu orang-orang atasan, tidak berani menyuarakan pendapatnya, atau memperjuangkan kebenaran ..."
"Sepatutnya mereka mestilah bersifat jujur, berani berterus-terang ~ untuk membantu orang-orang atasan membuat keputusan yang bijak".
Sumber - Petikan dari Noted :
Y.M Raja Kobat Salehhudin Ibni Almarhum Raja Muda Musa.
"Badan yang diberikan kepercayaan dan tanggungjawab menasihat Raja, wajib bersifat ikhlas, arif, lagi berilmu, berkata benar ; betapa pahit sekalipun. Supaya Raja tidak dibuai dalam khayalan ~ tidak diulit gurindam pujian. "
"Musuh negara yang utama adalah 'YES-MAN '.
Mereka ini adalah golongan yang menjaga kepentingan diri sendiri - Suka mengampu orang-orang atasan, tidak berani menyuarakan pendapatnya, atau memperjuangkan kebenaran ..."
"Sepatutnya mereka mestilah bersifat jujur, berani berterus-terang ~ untuk membantu orang-orang atasan membuat keputusan yang bijak".
Sumber - Petikan dari Noted :
Y.M Raja Kobat Salehhudin Ibni Almarhum Raja Muda Musa.
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Engku Maha Kurnia Bijaya Sri Amar DiRaja Selangor -
Y.D.M. Raja Dato’ Haji Abdul Hamid Bin Raja Haji Nong,
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Y.A.M Tengku Ismail Shah Ibni Almarhum Sultan Hishammuddin Alam Shah Al-Haj,
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Y.A.M Tengku Sulaiman Shah Al-Haj Ibni Almarhum Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Al-Haj,
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Demikian jua Peranan Waris Negeri Selangor mempunyai peranan yang tersendiri didalam menjaga Takhta Singgahsana Negeri.
Istilah Kapitan Cina atau Capitan China berasal dari Portugis yang memerintah Melaka selepas mengalahkan Kesultanan Melaka. Mereka meneruskan sistem yang diamalkan oleh kesultanan Melaka mentadbir pelbagai pedagang asing di Melaka, sama ada India, Arab, Jawa, Cina dan sebagainya, melalui penghulu pilihan mereka sendiri.
Penghulu itu kemudian disahkan dalam pelantikan mereka oleh pemerintah yakni Raja Yang Dipertuan. Kapitan Cinas mempunyai kuasa ketua Melayu tipikal, termasuk kuasa hidup dan mati ke atas pengikut-pengikutnya. Mereka juga boleh membuat undang-undang apabila perlu.
Tugas utama Kapitan Cina adalah untuk menjaga keamanan, mentadbir undang-undang sivil dan jenayah, dan kadang-kadang mengutip cukai apabila diperlukan. Institusi ini merebak ke negeri-negeri Melayu dengan ketibaan warga asing.
Jawatan Kapitan Cina menjadi rapat diasimilasikan kepada sistem politik Melayu, dengan ketibaan pelombong-pelombong Cina, ketua Melayu mendapati ia lebih mudah untuk mengumpul bahagian mereka hasil bijih timah melalui Cina Kapitan. Mereka bersedia untuk menerima mana-mana calon yang disokong oleh orang Cina, boleh menjaga keamanan di kalangan senegaranya, dan mampu untuk membayar cukai dengan segera.
Yap Ah Loy memegang gelaran Dato dan gelaran Indra Wijaya Perkasa Bakti Kapitan China Kuala Lumpur Klang, yang dikurniakan oleh Paduka Sri Raja Yang Dipertuan Selangor.
Seperti ketua Melayu yang lain, beliau dibenarkan mepunyai pengawal peribadi di bawah Panglima Kanan dan Panglima Kiri.
Yap Ah Loy akan memakai pakaian Melayu semasa upacara rasmi.
Penghulu itu kemudian disahkan dalam pelantikan mereka oleh pemerintah yakni Raja Yang Dipertuan. Kapitan Cinas mempunyai kuasa ketua Melayu tipikal, termasuk kuasa hidup dan mati ke atas pengikut-pengikutnya. Mereka juga boleh membuat undang-undang apabila perlu.
Tugas utama Kapitan Cina adalah untuk menjaga keamanan, mentadbir undang-undang sivil dan jenayah, dan kadang-kadang mengutip cukai apabila diperlukan. Institusi ini merebak ke negeri-negeri Melayu dengan ketibaan warga asing.
Jawatan Kapitan Cina menjadi rapat diasimilasikan kepada sistem politik Melayu, dengan ketibaan pelombong-pelombong Cina, ketua Melayu mendapati ia lebih mudah untuk mengumpul bahagian mereka hasil bijih timah melalui Cina Kapitan. Mereka bersedia untuk menerima mana-mana calon yang disokong oleh orang Cina, boleh menjaga keamanan di kalangan senegaranya, dan mampu untuk membayar cukai dengan segera.
Yap Ah Loy memegang gelaran Dato dan gelaran Indra Wijaya Perkasa Bakti Kapitan China Kuala Lumpur Klang, yang dikurniakan oleh Paduka Sri Raja Yang Dipertuan Selangor.
Seperti ketua Melayu yang lain, beliau dibenarkan mepunyai pengawal peribadi di bawah Panglima Kanan dan Panglima Kiri.
Yap Ah Loy akan memakai pakaian Melayu semasa upacara rasmi.
The Opening of the Selangor Railway
Bukit Kudah, 15th Sept., 1886. –
I left Singapore on Monday evening in the Ocean Steam Ship Co.’s steamer Pyah Pekhet, the Cyclops and Ganymede of the same line showing us the way out of New Harbour. The sea was smooth, but the weather during the night was a curious compound of moonlight and mist with vivid flashes of lightning. The Pyah Pekhet is a pretty little boat with a good turn of speed, and we reached Malacca by daylight next morning. This being my first visit to the ancient settlement, I was surprised to find it so large and interesting a place. Malacca is nearly always represented as being a small, undesirable and quasi-extinct relic of a bygone civilization. From the sea, the European quarter looks very picturesque, the houses are divided from the shore by a handsome road of considerable length, and are partly concealed by fine large trees, the whole town is dominated by a picturesquely wooded hill crowned by the ruins of an ancient church, to which a freshly painted paste-board-looking turret serving as a lighthouse contrasts very strangely. I was fortunate enough to fall into the hands of a hospitable resident who showed me the lions of Malacca; the central point of the town appears to be the clock-tower, it was of course put up by a Chinaman, it has at present only one face but his son is getting out a new clock with four dials; when a large clock that costs nothing comes within the purview of the Malakites, they throw out their tentacles and catch hold, differing entirely in this respect from the good people of Penang. The stadthouse is a quaint old building plentifully supplied with steps and staircases of all kinds and in many places; flights of stone steps are also a feature of the road up to the top of St. Paul’s Hill. The ancient tombstones within the ruins of the old church are in really remarkable preservation, and it is to be hoped that a careful description of them is already on record as the inscriptions on some of the oldest of them are already much obscured, and as the roof of the old Church has disappeared they lie exposed to all weathers. The view from the top of the lighthouse tower is very beautiful. The Dutch have evidently handed down a great deal of their love for order and cleanliness to the present generation of Malakites, there is none of the griminess of Singapore or the unjustifiable dinginess of Penang apparent in their tranquil town; but let not those who love coal wharves or admire steam tramways visit Malacca, because they will find the place terribly dull and altogether devoid of interest. The pier is a disgraceful object and its existence should not be tolerated for a day longer than is absolutely necessary.
In the afternoon I went for a long drive through a pretty country, paddy fields of the most varied tints of green stretched far and wide, diversified by clumps of cocoanut trees or “pulos” of forest; in many places the natives were busily engaged in planting paddy or turning over the pulpy soil with an aboriginal compromise betwixt a harrow and a plough drawn by a water-buffalo. But there is a sorry tale to tell about the agricultural and commercial interests of Malacca, paddy planting and tapioca cultivation suffer sadly under the present land system, and the trade in tin is leaving Malacca, and supplies go straight from the Native States to Singapore; however this is too serious a subject to be taken up in the course of a letter hastily scribbled on a stray table in a corner of Bukit Kudah railway station; it will be sufficient to say that I thought that there was much in Malacca which would repay a careful study and I regret that I am at present unable to attempt the subject.
The people of Malacca expected to find a crowd of passengers on board the Pyah Pekhet; they had been told that about eighty visitors might be expected from Singapore, a calculation which was more than a little out, for the number of passengers from our port was limited to two; Mr. Venning, the Treasurer of the State of Selangor, and your special correspondent; there is naturally some disappointment that so few visitors have come from Singapore. At Malacca, the Hon’ble E. E. Isemonger, the Resident Councillor of Malacca; Mr. Paul, the Resident of Sungei Ujong; and Mr. Douglas, also of Sungei Ujong, came on board. The Pyah Pekhet left Malacca a little after 6 o’clock in the evening, and about 3 o’clock in the morning was in the Klang Straits, and shortly afterwards was steaming at full speed up the Klang river, the moon shining brightly the whole time and adding great beauty to a pretty scene. By daylight we were anchored off the town of Klang with three other steamers. Nobody landed at Klang, as the Pyah Pekhet had merely anchored there to wait for the turn of the tide in order that we might proceed to Bukit Kudah, the present terminus of the Selangor Railway; when the tide suited it took us a very short time to get to Bukit Kudah where we arrived quite early. Here the Pyah Pekhet was moored off the jetty and the ship was dressed with flags. Soon after half-past eight, a small steamer flying the Selangor flag came alongside the pier and His Excellency Sir Frederick Weld, Lady Weld and the Misses Weld landed and were received by a small group of Europeans, with all of whom they shook hands and exchanged a few words; then the Sultan of Selangor preceded by some of his sword bearers and surrounded by members of his family and his suite came on shore. The Sultan is an old man, rather weak and feeble in appearance, he insisted that all the Europeans present should proceed to the railway station before him, which was done in accordance with his wishes. A covered way has been constructed for the occasion from the pier to the railway station, which has been gaily decorated; the engine and a long line of carriages are there in readiness and in a few minutes the first train on the Selangor railway will be started.
Kwala Lumpur, 16th Sept.
The railway station at Bukit Kudah with its engine and train of carriages, the guard hurrying up and down the platform, the groups of passengers waiting for the departure of the train, contrasted very strangely on Wednesday morning with the surrounding Malayan scenery and the silent but eager and expectant natives. A saloon car was in readiness for His Excellency, the Governor and Lady Weld, His Highness the Sultan of Selangor, the British Resident and others of the principal visitors and officials. The first class carriages were occupied by guests who had been invited for the occasion, and the compartments of the second and third classes were filled with natives, nearly all of them being the Sultan’s attendants; there were about one hundred and thirty passengers altogether by the first train ever run on the Selangor Government Railway; it started at twenty minutes to ten, and at a quarter past eleven the train steamed into Kwala Lumpur station, the run of about twenty miles having been done in ninety five minutes. The speed of the train varied greatly, as the lower end of the line is not yet ballasted and over this particular section it travelled at a very moderate rate, and evidently no small care was exercised in the handling of a train in which Sir Frederick Weld and the Sultan of Selangor were seated, but as we neared Kwala Lumpur the speed was greatly accelerated and we were then going at about thirty miles an hour. It was a most comfortable journey throughout, there was not the least stoppage, hitch or drawback of any kind at any time, the motion was very pleasant, the only movement worth noticing being a slight occasional oscillation, not at all unusual on any line, and everything worked so smoothly that there was nothing to suggest that we were travelling with new rolling stock over a new railway.
As a detailed and accurate description of the railway itself will form the subject matter of a subsequent letter it will be sufficient for the present to say that the entire line has a good solid and workmanlike appearance, the bridges especially are examples of fine work successfully carried out in the face of great difficulties. The iron bridge over the Damansara river, the great cutting at Batu Tiga through a troublesome shale formation too tough for the spade and too soft to be blasted, the places on the line at which subsidences have taken place, all have their history of obstacles overcome, and which could hardly be realised by those who found themselves seated in comfortable carriages rolling smoothly over the railway.
Bukit Kudah is merely a temporary station, but there are well built permanent stations at Batu Tiga and Pataling to be passed before the terminus at Kwala Lumpur is reached; the train did not stop at either of these intermediate stations, but they were prettily decorated and the platforms were lined with the natives of the district. The scenery on both sides of the line is not particularly striking; except in the cuttings it is chiefly swamp with muddy streams, called rivers up here, oozing through it; the engineer and contractors of this line were not altogether happy during its construction for they were no sooner out of the troubles of a cutting than they were in the difficulties of a swamp; the view from the carriage windows is moreover greatly curtailed by a sort of curved wooden sunshade which certainly keeps the interior of the compartment nice and cool, but unless the intelligent traveller is gifted with a neck like a swan he does not see very much more beyond the works and drainage outfalls of the railway, and an unsatisfactory swampy jungle of which the tree tops are arbitrarily shut out of sight.
After a short and pleasant run the train arrived at the terminal station at Kwala Lumpur, where some of the principal residents, including a number of ladies, were waiting to receive the governor, Lady Weld and the Misses Weld, and the Sultan. Among the ladies were Mrs. Venning, Mrs. Spence Moss, Mrs. Belfield and Mrs. Bellamy. the station was beautifully decorated, and a guard of honour commanded by Mr. H. C. Syers the Superintendent of the Selangor Police Force was in attendance. On the platform of the station Mr. Rodger, the Acting Resident of the State of Selangor, addressed His Excellency the Governor in a speech full of interest which ran as follows:-
Your Excellency, Your Highness, Ladies and Gentlemen - in kindly consenting to open this railway, your Excellency is putting the finishing touch to a work commenced under your auspices three years ago. There is one person who was present when the first sod was turned, whose absence I greatly regret today, I mean Mr. Swettenham, the British Resident of Selangor. I was, I believe, Mr. Swettenham who first prominently brought under your Excellency 's notice the desirability of constructing a line of railway between Klang and Kuala Lumpur, and subsequently in a series of admirably lucid reports, he so thoroughly elaborated the whole scheme, that his locum tenens had merely to continue working on the lines which Mr. Swettenham had so clearly laid down. Apart from the initiation of the scheme, the credit of practically carrying it out belongs to Mr. Spence Moss, the Government Railway Engineer, who from the first, has had entire charge of this work, who surveyed and laid out the line, and has carried it forward to completion with very marked energy and ability.
Of the contractors employed in constructing the line, the earthworks and masonry have been carried out by the firm of Messrs. Gordon & Co., of whom two of the partners, Mr. Gordon and Mr. Bailey, have had charge of the upper and lower sections respectively. Mr. Gordon deserves great credit for the manner in which, at the commencement he successfully organized a large force of Chinese and Malay labourers, at a time when he was totally unacquainted with the local customs and languages, and on behalf of a work which, to most of the people, must then have appeared purely mythical.
Mr. bailey has had to contend with even greater difficulties on the lower section, owing to the distance from Kuala Lumpur and to the fact that the chief engineering difficulties in the shape of bridges, cuttings, and embankments, occur on the lower section of the line. In this connection, I would specially mention the valuable assistance rendered to the Government by two of the principal members of our Chinese community, the Capitan China and Towkay Ah Yok, who on recently hearing that there was great difficulty in obtaining a sufficient labour force came forward in the most public spirited manner, and supplied the Government with 300 mining coolies, at a time when such assistance was of the utmost value in accelerating the progress of the works, and although the removal of so large a body of men from their mines must have caused them serious inconvenience, more especially having regard to the present high price of tin. Your Excellency has doubtless taken part, in the Australian Colonies, in the opening of Railways of far greater magnitude than this, but perhaps never of one which was more urgently required, nor of which the opening more distinctly formed an epoch in the history of the State.
As much of the construction of this Railway was carried out during your Excellency's absence in Europe, I would ask to be allowed briefly to refer to some of the more salient points, in connection with the history of the line. The first sod was turned by your Excellency at Kuala Lumpur, in July 1883, but for several months after that date it was uncertain whether the line would be for a railway, or whether it would merely be utilized as a substitute for the famous, or infamous Damansara road. The contact for the earthworks and masonry was signed in May 1884, but definite sanction for the Railway was not obtained until the month of September in that year. The next question that arose was the financial one, but this difficulty was overcome by the generous assistance of the Colonial Government who lent to Selangor a sum of $300,000 of which two thirds have since been taken over by the neighbouring state of Perak. It is now possible to estimate, with approximate accuracy, the exact cost of this Railway, and I may say that the total inclusive cost (including earthworks, buildings, rolling-stock, ballasting, &c., &c.) will be within £6,000 sterling per mile; for the whole line £120,000 or, translated into local currency, less than $750,000. With the exception of the Railway Loan of $300,000, to which I have already referred, this cost has been and will be met from the current revenue of the State.
As soon as it was decided to construct the railway, it became necessary to engage the services of Assistant Engineers to take charge of the various sections of the line, but considerable difficulty was experienced in obtaining these officers, and they did not arrive from England until the month of April 1885. A further delay arose in connection with the rolling-stock. It was thought in Selangor that it would be advisable to use the Indian types on account of the exceptionally long experience in India of metre gauge lines, similar to this, and working under somewhat analogous climatic conditions.
Complete indents were accordingly prepared for rolling-stock of these types, to be procured direct from India, but the Selangor view was not adopted by the authorities consulted in England, and it was eventually decided to use the English Colonial types, which your Excellency has seen today. The correspondence on this subject necessarily occasioned some delay, the final decisions not being arrived at until March 1885, and the first ballast waggons only arrived in Singapore during the month of October last. It was hoped, but I think too sanguinely hoped that the opening of this Railway would have taken place at an earlier date than the present, but having regard to the facts to which I have alluded, and to the innumerable contingencies, which might perhaps better be termed casualties, almost inevitable in constructing a railway through a new country like Selangor, I trust that Your Excellency will consider that a fair measure of success has been attained in opening a line of railway, twenty miles in length, through such a jungle as that which we passed through this morning, within little more than three years from the date on which the first sod was turned.
Having now travelled over the line, from end to end, I would ask Your Excellency to be so kind as to declare the railway formally open.
His Excellency the Governor replied to this address in a short speech expressing his concurrence in all that had been said by Mr. Rodger. His Excellency alluded to the labours of Mr. Swettenham which had been carried on with conspicuous ability by Mr. Rodger. His Excellency also complimented Mr. Spence Moss, the Engineer of the line, and Messrs. Gordon and Bailey, the principal Contractors, on the successful completion of the work, and concluded by declaring the Railway to be formally opened.
An address in Malay was then presented by Rajah Laut of Kwala Lumpur, of which the following is a translation.
To His Excellency Sir Frederick Aloysius Weld, G. C. M. G., Governor of the Straits Settlements.
Now we, Raja Laut and all the Malay merchants and traders residing in Kwala Lumpur, welcome your Excellency in peace and safety, the great Governor of the Straits Settlements. From the fullness of our hearts we make known to your Excellency that it affords us great pleasure as also all the merchants and Malay inhabitants of the State, to observe the light of your countenance by day and by night in this unenlightened place; having been enlightened now thereby, we are now enabled to bask in the sunshine of your presence, therefore we the merchants, traders and general inhabitants feel very much elated at the arrival of your Excellency on this great occasion. This is an event which we shall all long remember. Previous to the British Government affording us its advice, in placing a resident here to look after the welfare of Selangor, we felt like one wandering in the jungle, our way beset by thorns and thickets. If we were not careful how we guided our footstep we should inevitably have stopped on the thorns and wounded our feet. Therefore since the arrival of the British Resident in this country, we have felt as one lifted up and placed between Earth and Sky. So great has been the change from our previous to our present condition. The first and most important change is that now peace and prosperity reign throughout and confusion is unknown, so that all can dwell in peace and safety. The second is that foreigners and strangers now come in crowds, much to the profit of the country. Thirdly - All the laws are just therefore every one is settled in peace. Fourthly - the country has been opened up and improved by means of roads so that all can easily come and go. Fifthly - This our railway is now made in order in further facilitate our means of transport and to assist in the development of this State, in order that the traders and others may work with profit to themselves and to the Government. Places that were far away have now been brought near, and goods that were dear have now become cheap. Now upon this day and this month is celebrated by opening of the railway therefore we all feel that we have received blessings from Providence, and from the fullness of our hearts we acknowledge this benefit not only before the face of your Excellency but also in our own inmost hearts. We know that all this has been brought about by the advice of your Excellency who has placed a British Resident in the country of Selangor in order to carry out laws that are just and customs that are correct by which the people derive the benefits and profits accruing from a good Government and the country is made beautiful and improved in all respects, - The Resident who has been entrusted with this mission and who at present resides among us takes great care and trouble to assist the people and improve the Country and to see that all who reside therein obtain justice. Therefore we all think that H. H. the Sultan who reigns over the State of Selangor should ever feel grateful to Your Excellency and to those officers to whom is due the credit of having brought this our country to its present state of perfection, and we sincerely trust that the good understanding which now exists between Your Excellency and H. H. the Sultan may ever continue for the lasting benefit of this country and its people. This address is not inscribed at length to do justice to the theme but it is our sincere wish that Your Excellency may enjoy long life and prosperity and that further honours may be bestowed upon you for the great benefits you have conferred upon us.
This was followed by another address in Chinese presented by the Capitan China:- To His Excellency Sir Frederick Aloysius Weld, G. C. M. G.
All the Chinese Towkays and Traders in Kuala Lumpur join in this address to Your Excellency. Most of us can remember the time not long ago when Kuala Lumpur was but a jungle village hidden away amidst the dense forest. In those times our only means of communication between different points was by means of narrow jungle tracks, and the difficulties which stood in the way of trade, immigration, and emigration were great in proportion. But now thanks to the great interest which Your Excellency takes in the progress of this State, we receive the boon of this new Railway and vast is the change which is made thereby - the old tracks have given way to a level road, the swamps and streams are bridged over, and through its instrumentality our former difficulties are annihilated, trade increases, and the incoming and outgoing of our population and property is reduced to the greatest possible certainty and celerity. In conjunction with the railway we have now also the benefit of the telegraph along which our messages fly like a strong wind. We would now acknowledge in the presence of Your Excellency our deep gratitude to you for these benefits. It is through the kind supervision and assistance which you have ever rendered to this our State that we now derive the advantages above recorded and we pray that the railway now opened by you may long prosper, and remain a memorial of Your Excellency's kindness to the people.
It is great boon to us all to live under the protection of the English government under which no wrong does may flourish or exist but must fly to other regions. The good and upright people alone may congregate under Your Excellency's protection. We are all Your Excellency's children.
The grateful thanks of the Chinese population of this State are now offered to Your Excellency for your assistance, your kindness, and your consideration for our needs. The country, now so blessed, cannot but become great. We pray that Providence may grant to Your Excellency a long life, and that you may long remain here to advise and assist these your people. Among us are men of many nations and many classes, but one and all alike join in this prayer.
All we people who are here now assembled to witness the ceremony of the opening of our railway by Your Excellency, bow before you and wish very good wish and happiness. Would that Your Excellency could remain among us for ever and ever. The country's future would then indeed be assured.
His Excellency replied to both these addresses collectively. He thanked Rajah Laut and the Capitan China cordially for their kind expressions of friendship and esteem, and explained that having been furnished beforehand with translations of their speeches he understood their purport. His Excellency also expressed the pleasure he felt at the harmonious feeling that now exists between Chinese and Malays. Mr. Rodger translated His Excellency's reply to the attendant Malays and Chinese, after which a photograph was taken of the principal personages present.
This terminated the celebration of the opening of the Selangor Government Railway, and His Excellency the Governor and party then drove off to the Residency, while the Sultan and his followers retired to their quarters at the Rest House.
The Sultan of Selangor is much pleased with the railway, he declared that the journey from Bukit Kudah to Kuala Lumpur was the finest ride he had ever had in his life, and was particularly smitten with the rotating chairs in the saloon car, which, as he justly observed, had the great advantage of enabling him to turn round without getting up from his seat.
There is great regret felt here that the mercantile element of Singapore was unrepresented in Selangor on this occasion, Mr. Shelford or any other of the honourable members of Council especially would have been warmly welcomed, and it is to be hoped that they will be able to visit Selangor before long.
Kwala Lumpur, 16th Sept. - A large number of guests were seated at lunch in the upper room of the Public Offices during the afternoon of the eventful Wednesday, to celebrate the successful opening of the Selangor Government Railway. The building containing the Public Offices is a handsome structure on a hill over looking the town, and its large upper room serves for similar occasions as the Town Hall does in Singapore. On this day the whole building was decorated, and in the upper room three long tables had been placed at which the British Resident and his numerous guests were seated to enjoy an excellent tiffin and to drink to the success of the Railway. The arrangements were all very good, and everything went off as well as possible. Of course an occasion like this could not be passed over without the making of speeches, and so, in response to Mr. Rodger's toasts, we first drank to the health of the Queen, then of His Excellency the Governor. Afterwards we drank success to the Railway coupled with the name of Mr. Spence Moss, the Engineer. Mr. Rodger next proposed the health of Messrs. Gordon and Bailey, the contractors. His Excellency the Governor then proposed the health of the Acting British Resident, Mr. Rodger. The speeches taken all round were very successful, Mr. Bailey's was most amusing and was a very fair specimen of the wit of Kwala Lumpur. We all enjoyed ourselves amazingly.
Kwala Lumpur, 22nd September, - There have been great rejoicings and festivities throughout the week during which the Selangor Government Railway was declared to be formally opened. I have already made some mention of the tiffin which was given at the Public Offices on the day of the Governor's arrival, and of the speeches which were made on that occasion. The most salient point of general interest was some remarks made by His Excellency the Governor in responding to the toast of his health. Mr. Rodger had, in proposing the toast, expressed the hope that His Excellency would remain to govern the Straits Settlements and their dependencies after the expiration of his present term of office. In returning thanks, His Excellency remarked that although it was very unusual for any governor to be asked to remain at the head of the administration of a Colony after his term of office had expired, yet that if the Secretary of State for the Colonies should consider it advisable to retain his services with a view to the further extension of his policy in the straits Settlements and Protected States, he would willingly remain in a country in which he took so great an interest, as long as be felt that his health and strength would permit of the efficient discharge of his duties. As the term indicated in these speeches is the month of May next year, this is a question of immediate concern, and if, as is undoubtedly the fact, the populations of the Native states are desirous of further profiting by His Excellency's energy and experience, no time should be lost in memorialising the Home Government with a view to securing his services for a further period.
During the afternoon of Thursday the 16th September the investiture of His Highness Abdul Samat bin Abmerhom Raja Abdullah, Sultan of Selangor, with the insignia of a Knight of the Order of St. Michael and St. George took place in the upper room of the Public Offices. The building was decorated, and His Highness was seated on a dais raised on three steps, surrounded by the principal Rajas of the State, his sword bearer and eight spear bearers, some of whom distinguished themselves in their younger days by their determined resistance to our forces at Kwala Selangor.
On the arrival of H. E. the Governor in uniform followed by his Private Secretary bearing the insignia of the order, the Sultan left his seat and advanced several steps to meet him, and then, having with His Excellency reascended the dais, where Lady Weld and the Misses Weld were already seated, the ceremony was commenced by Sir Frederick Weld reading the Queen's Commission authorizing him to confer on his Highness the distinguished honour of a Knighthood of St. Michael and St. George. His Excellency in a short address having explained that this honour was conferred for his loyal friendship to the British Government, and for his action in effectually abolishing all slavery throughout the state of Selangor, and having referred in felicitous terms to the fact that they were now members of the same order, proceeded to place that ribbon and badge of the order round His Highness' neck and fasten the star on his breast. The Sultan appeared to be much gratified with the distinction which had thus been conferred upon him. The ceremony was then concluded, a guard of honour presented arms as the Governor and Sultan left the Public Offices and a salute was fired from a battery close at hand.
As we descended the slope of the hill amidst the smoke of the guns we heard the shriek of a railway engine and beheld that most refreshing sight, a man running at breakneck speed to catch the evening train; the gentleman in question was loudly cheered by a small group of admiring friends.
On the next day, the Sultan, in presence of His Excellency the governor, planted a tree in the public square of Kwala Lumpur, a ceremony in which His Highness, who is fond of gardening, took a lively interest. A large hole was dug underneath a canopy before which the Sultan was seated in a chair; Mr. Rodger, the British Resident, after having made a short speech presented His Highness with a handsome silver trowel, the handle of which was of ivory; a complimentary inscription in Arabic characters was engraved on the back of the trowel. The Sultan got bodily into the hole which had been dug for the tree and prayed for a short while, then he got out of it and personally superintended the planting of the tree, and he showed amazing energy in shovelling in the earth with his silver trowel which fortunately was a very solid one.
On Saturday morning, Lady Weld christened one of the railway engines after herself, the Governor's party were assembled beneath a sort of small canopy of red and yellow cloth, a bottle of Champagne decorated with white flower was presented to Lady Weld, who handed it to one of the engineers belonging to the railway. The engineer then held the bottle on the line, the locomotive was set in motion and passed over the bottle, crushing the neck of it so that the champagne all flowed out, and in this way the Lady Weld was christened. The Governor, Lady Weld, the Misses Weld and some others were formed in a group near the engine and were photographed.
There have been sports, a pig-hunt, some cock-fighting, fireworks, a reception at the Residency and another at the Sultan's, a whole string of gaieties and festivities in fact, of which the readers of Straits Times would have had a faithful description before this but for a water buffalo. As I was riding into Rawang, after a long twenty mile journey over a difficult country, I was unfortunately attacked by a huge water buffalo which charged me and my horse with great fury. I of course came off second best in the encounter, and though no great harm was done, yet I was so much hurt on the right arm as to prevent me from writing. This letter has been partly written at my dictation and finished in pencil with rather a painful effort, but I am now nearly all right and have experienced an entirely new sensation.- Waris dan Kerabat Selangor merujuk kepada Benih dari Almarhum Sultan Salehuddin Shah hingga anak, cucu, cicit, piut dll.
Manakala Kerabat merujuk kepada saudara mara nya...
Itu adalah hakikat sebenar bukan sekadar merujuk kepada keluarga seseorang Sultan yang telah menaiki takhta Selangor. - Kekuatan serta kelemahan, citra dan daulat Institusi Raja bergantung pada citra serta keutuhan sifat perilaku batang tubuh seseorang Raja. Perhubungan rakyat dan Raja tidak lagi terbatas kepada sekumpulan pembesar istana. Raja perlu membuktikan tahap memenuhi harapan rakyat, mempamerkan perilaku dan keperibadian sejajar dengan kemuliaan dan penghormatan yang diberikan.
Kekuatan dan kelemahan seseorang Raja dipengaruhi oleh kekuatan atau kelemahan terutama di kalangan mereka yang diberi amanah menjadi pembesar dan penasihat Raja. Barisan yang diberikan kepercayaan dan tanggungjawab menasihati Raja, wajib berkata benar betapa pahit sekalipun, supaya Raja tidak dibuai dalam khayalan, tidak diulit gurindam pujian.
TIDAK DIULIT GURINDAM PUJIAN YANG ADA SYAIR GURINDAM RAJA ADALAH AMANAH TUHAN UNTUK RAKYAT SYUKURI"
(PETIKAN DARIPADA WALL WANGSA MAHKOTA SELANGOR & RATU RIMBA NIAGARA )
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