The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 29 August 1912

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  • 12 129 THE AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. THIRD SERIES rHURSDAY. AUGUST 29, 1912, No. 1,30d
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  • 303 129 LLADEKS. PAGE vak an Arradin \o<j 0 Australia 130 loock 1 World-Fntnre ISO tnership of Umpire i:;i \i:».. m a Federation 18] Mi miDiuls Plan 189 POLICE AND COURT NEWS Pol Mid Crin:.- |84 Magistrates Appeals 130 < 'onjugsJ Kighu 1 U.I IS REPORTS AND MEETINGS. I. i 1
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  • Domestic Occurrences.
    • 34 129 at zj. ureennau, rcian^. the wile oi ci. k. i LUNBEEG. ot Hessa Kstate, Asahan, of a son. To Mr. and Mt-> OBOROI Ritchii. at M Peaarth House, Tambun Road, I poh. daughter.
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    • 65 129 WICKWAB HUDSON. On the -27th -July, at the Church 01 The Rosary, Marylebone. Lou don, bj the Very Krvd. MonsigOOt Nolan. M. a.. Rector, VINCENT RICHARD WICKWAR, 78. Bockinghain-gate, to Lousia Helkna, widow «>f the lute Henry J. Hudson, of Bti. Cromwell load. London, and second daughter of the
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  • 66 129 •CORKKCTED UP TO Aug. 28J Hank 4ms 2- 4 J demand 2-4 1-18 Private credits 3m a 2-4 7-16 credits 6ine 2-4 j Franxe demand ]»ank 2i*4 Germany, demand 238? India, T. T. 174* Hongkong, demand 14% Yokohama, demand 114^ Java, demand 140] Bangkok, demand 64^ Sovereigns, Bank Buying
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  • 142 129 Aug. 2K. Tin ...100 tons mid 1105.12 j Garabier 9. 40 Gambier Cube No. 1 14 GO Gambier Cube No. 2 corr Pepper Black ordin. S'pore... 21.75 Pepper, (White fair) 34.00 Nutmegs (110 to the lb.) com Nutmegs f BO to the lb.) nom Mace (Banda) US Cloves (Amboina)
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  • 1151 129 August 2:'». All who have had the pleasure of watching the peaceful, because perfectly natural, development of the State of Sarawak, under its enlightened and high-principled Baler, Rajah Sir CHARLES Brooke, and especially those who have had the privilege of personal!) knowing the Rajah and his incessant
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  • Page 129 Advertisements
    • 83 129 "t jj iImJM its simple preparation that the unique of Benge/s Food bjcome apparent. Bjy a 1 mmg it to stand for a I r oi H renod at on- in ltiiusi toll looci Um Bbnb a HWwrwi children, persons sufienng trom iljiprpMi. and for all vombmm ofl jl.ness. wSea
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    • 26 129 DO YOU WANT A GOOD PHOTO TO BE TAKEN I PLEASE CALL TO The Singapore Art Studio OPPOSITE ADELPHI HOTEL BUILDINGS NO. 103, NORTH BRIDGE ROAD.
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  • Page 129 Miscellaneous
    • 145 129 THE WEEKS NEWS. The I*. vV 'India," arrived on Friday last with mails up to August 2nd. This weekly leaves to day by B. I. Taroba." The statutory meeting of the Malacca Klectiic Lighting Company Ltd., gave Mr. C. K. F. Sanderson an opportunity of explaining the progress that had
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  • 1394 130 August 84. Future students of history in the twenty -first century probably even before that -look ing at the fortunes, perhaps the misfortunes, of the British Empire, of what would then be the long-past period of 1918, will perhaps recognise as the chief influences then operating
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  • 1314 130 August 20. Looking at the progress of the century that has elapsed since in IN] 2 the first feeble initiative in steam navigation was taken by BELL with his little vessel, the Comet, on the Clyde, and the long catalogue of development in every phase of
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  • 1522 131 August i m members of the CanaI n'> hose I Vime Minister has close atl ention of England as n<» i torn nion i eTei before has 1 the shoi ea of Britain, I be appropriate to eon the position created by that ))!f mission, and
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  • 1425 131 August 28. Continuing to examine the infinitely difficult and delicate question implied in coordinating the armed resources of the Empire for the protection of any portion of its territories or the assertion of its rights it threatened at any point, we find one ingenious and well worked
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  • 1452 132 August 29. In pursuance of the observations we have already made setting forth the limitations, due to regard for the autonomous individuality of the selfgoverning States of the Empire, that must rule any endeavour to procure closer organisation of these States, we vould now invite attention to
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  • Correspondence.
    • 254 132 To thk Editor, Sir,— ln a recent issue oi the Singapore Free Press you gave an MMMHMj list <,i errors made by printers, I Miring ruy short stay in Singapore I have done §mi d<* ;1 of proof correcting in connection with my work, and I have frequently
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  • 178 132 Coastal Navigation Bill. The Lower House of the Dutch Parlia uient has passed the new Coastal Naviga tion Bill for the Dutch East Indies, the object of which is to remove all existing restrictions for foreign vessels to engag^ in the coastal and inter State trade. The
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  • 204 132 The high nrice realized for Mftifei opium at tbe Calcutta sales last Mtft shows that the recent news from ffcl— as to a quiet revival in busin. >s is rornd. When buyers are prepared to pay m-;u !> Ks. 5,600 per chest, a rise of Jis. '.<;{4 over
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  • 772 133 The real 1811 was notable in these re us for the events that followed the COM'pU >t Of .>UViJ. SOSM 111 months before its op«*ninf» i a British fleet of ninety vessels with 12,000 Kuropeun and native troops passed Singa- p.»n ttwfl tin' resort of a
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  • 1090 133 That's Ihe worst of Maisie you know. She will insist on applying English standards to Oriental methods. Kesult robbery invariably. Hut disillusion of the ■aid Maisie never Uepeated acts of duplicity have utteily failed to shake her. Her sublime faith in human nature is not of the kind that
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  • 883 133 Advertisements have always exercised a curious fascination over me. I simply cannot pass them by. In fact I read them j with quite as much assiduity, and with for more interest than I do the columns that announce the hatches, matches, and dispatches' of my friends. There is food
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  • 892 133 Bobm August 28, 1849. Amongst my Poets' Corner on my bookshelf is a small volume bound in neutral tint bearing the title Poems n whilst below is written A Book of Verses Loudon Voluntaries and across one corner three gilt letters, In copy of the author's handwriting,
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  • 526 134 The annual report of Mr. \Y. A. Cusea den. published in the Government Gazette of Friday, is noticeable for what it includes and what it leaves out. or discreetly dismisses in a few words. It is the document of a diplomat. The Inspector General says that recruiting
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  • 739 134 An eight day clock valued at $12.50 has been stolen from Xeidpath," the residence of Mr. Wreford. Mr. C. E. ]>. Warn, manager of the British American Tobacco Co., leaves for Home on holiday by the mail this morning. A Bangkok paper says that there was
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  • 880 134 THE LAND FOR THE PEOPLE. A COMMITTEE OF AID IN ENGLAND. I The State Council "of Sarawak meets every three years, and on Aug. 2nd, H. H. the Rajah presided over a meeting at l which were present about \0 European > j and native members, The
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  • 630 134 Ttri: Oomrun'a fwtmrmcru Mr C. E. F. Sanderson presided at tin statutory meeting of LJto Mftlaoca Klectrir I Lighting Company, Ltd.. held ;,t Battery Road, yesterday afternoon a.i.l I addressing the ■lllll^g hH then- m m business of any importance to transact and the only object of
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  • 179 134 \esterday the S.V.A. fired a second in spection series from Kort Siloso, before I t Col. Hoblyn. O. C. Ii.G.A.. ('apt. °n ffl L LO., and other oMicers. the Corps beinnote command of (/apt. Makepeace" battery commander s being Lt. Campbell and Lt. Blair. Lt. OoL Derrick. V.D..
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  • 73 134 While military manoeuvres were in p/.» gress at Aldershot on July 2(.nh a territ thunderstorm came on. Forty I erritonaN took shelter under a wall and a Hash of lightning struck a tree beside them, throw ing all of them to the ground, tearing their bayonets from the scabbards and
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  • 944 135 THE ANNUAL REPORT. The report of the Committee for the year ended 20th June, 1911, to be presented to members at the meeting on log. SO Slates The lesult of the year's working shews a surplus of Income over BiptiiilMlM of tl,Soo.4fc The additional ription of 50
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  • 664 135 Accounts to AMALGAMATION The Directors' Report to the Shareholders, for the meeting on Sept. 7th is as follows Your Directors have pleasure in submitting herewith duly audited statement of the Accounts of the Company for the year ended :JOth June, 1912. The Accounts have been closed
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  • 43 135 The hon'ble Tan .Tiak Kim, c. m. c;., is appointed for a further three years a member of the Legislative Council. Mr. A. E. Baddeley has been recognised as acting consul-general for Siain at Singapore during the absence of Mr. A Hood Begg.
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  • 888 135 When it has been proved that the eating of ripe fruits is a necessity for mankind En the Tropics, it seems a pity the majority of Europeans should know so little about the many varieties, and theit divers uses. We naturally do lament the absence of home apple
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  • Correspondence.
    • 256 135 Sir, I have read with much interest the correspondence which has appeared in your columns of late regarding the founding of a Social Ctab to in some ways take the place of the Tanglin Club. It s»ems to me that the ide;« in correct that a club
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  • 327 135 The Amateur Dm wing Association ua Tuesday debated the question That in the opinion of this. House, secondary education is not necessary to the Straits Chinese ladies." under the chairmanship of Mr Chua Choon Song, the President. Mr Ong Boon Chwee, the mover of the. motion,
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  • 162 135 Surma Valley planters arc much coucerned about life assurance amou^st uueducated garden coolies. It appears that this is rapidly increasing and li eucouraged by the local agents of at least on« insurance company. The man.igers of the gardens fear that life insurunce among garden coolies will prove a big temptation
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  • 763 136 There is not a single bungalow suitable for European occupation to let in I poll at the present moment. The marriage to>k place on July 1 6th, iu Jersey, of Mr Edwin J. Dingle, formerly of Singapore, and later of China, to Miss Lillian Mary Grandiii.
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  • 2325 136 Iprmm ou» own < .orrespondent^ London, August 2. THE Indian BUDGET. This has been India's week. Mr. E. S. Montagu introduced the Indian Budget in his usual felicitous and painstaking way I and invested what was after all not a particularly thrilling exposition, so far as the contents
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  • 289 136 LOSSES OX JUTE COXTKAC Ts. In Re BOMon Hkothkkn. An application for an order of dis< barge was made by Messrs. John aud Adolphe Shrager. members of the firm oi ShngK Brothers, who formerly carried on busi ness as merchants at 4, Lloyd s avenue. E.C.,
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  • 26 136 The tender for the installation of electric light and fans in the General Hospital, Singapore, of 56,730 by Siemens Hroti Dynamo Work6 Ltd., has been accepted.
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  • 1201 137 Qnicquid agunt komine* nostn ebt far«ge libelli. Juvenal. The (iovermuent are not giving themselves much concern about the Putumayo rubber scandals in Peru. Had they been in opposition, it would have been a different story. If Lord Landsdowne, as Foreign Minister, had issued a report in
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  • 187 137 SINGAPORE ROYAL ENGINEERS (V A special parade of the S.K.K. IVJ was held in the Drill Hall yesterday afternoon at which over thirty menihers were present, uuder the command of (.'apt. Thompson. Lt Col. Derrick, V. 1). Commandant, and Capt. Kwart, li. 11. A.. Stall Officer to the Colonial Forces,
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  • 344 137 An amusing article in these columns a day or so ago regarding the absurdity of the topee reminds me that some yean ago in North Queensland, where the temperature sometimes runs to 110 deg or 11* deg in the shade, anyone who sported this kind ot head gear
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  • Correspondence.
    • 753 137 TO THE KIMTOK. Sir. The August issue of the Malaysia Message has for its editorial an entire page in large type, under the above beading, telling of the work of translation of the Bible into Malay, by the Rev. \V. G. Shellabear and its
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    • 165 137 To the Editor. S j l% —^ye re ad with interest Cut the Painter's" letter with reference to the above. On our periodical visits to Singapore we, tind probably other planters, notice the lack of The Club for the afternoon and evening, as the S.C.C., which closes
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  • 125 137 2ND QUARTEB'B STATISTICS. The return of imports and exports for the quarter ended .lane 80th, have now heen issued. Compared with the corresponding quarter of 1911. there i» an increase of imports of *I<>,7o>v>6h and of exports 115,845,72ft. These combined give an Increase of Nearly 20 per
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  • 164 137 Another League Match was played on the S. H. C. ground on Thursday wheu the Warders Recreation Club defeated the R. (i. A. by 2 goals to 1. Capt. Mullius, n.i.0., acted as Referee. A pleasing feature of the game was that the Military Police were on the
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  • 403 137 Hongkong papers record the death of Police Sergeant Stuart which occurred on Aug. 14th at the Government Civil Hospital. Mr S. EL Lempriere, of Shanghai, the well known rider, sustained a very serious accident while engaged in a game of polo, and is now in hospital receiving medical treatment. Wang
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  • Correspondence.
    • 413 138 To THE Kditok, Sir,— l feel sure that in;inv of your readers will regret that \ou have admitted to your columns the letter under tin* above heading in your issue of this morning. Correspondence on ni.it ters of religion in a general newspaper is
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    • 255 138 To THE EDITOR. sir I have just read with interest Cut the Painter's and Try Again's letter and I write this letter without prejudice. I deny that the lack of a Social Club in Singapore is in any way due to Lawyers and I do not admit your
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  • 169 138 Two Hylams, one a former cook to Mr. McCully, of Wilkie Hoad, and the other a house boy, were charged in the District Court yesterday before Mr. Firmstone, with housebreaking with intent to commit a theft. Mr. McCully told how he heard a noise in his bedroom while he was
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  • 598 138 TRIHK and Kali, of BrsiXKss. Further examination of the Colony's trade figures for tbe second quarter proves interesting. Tbe import of Para rubber j iuto Singapore compared with the first quarter of the year dropped slightly, being 4,502 pik ills out of a total import into the Colony
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  • 264 138 A pretty wedding was solemnised at St. Michaels, Sandakan, on the 12th ult. between Dr. Frank Naldreth Holden, Medical Officer of the Cowie Harbour Coal Co. Silimpopon, and Violet Machin Beall. The nuptial knot was tied by the Rev C. N. B. Beamish, Vicar of the parish,
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  • 550 138 BANKRUPTCY DEPARTMENT. Mr. B. Nunn, acting official assignee, writes the report of the Bankruptcy Department and summarises the year thus Like the year 1910 the year 1911 has been an average one. Though the effect of the boom of 1909 1910 may be traced in a few cases of bankruptcy,
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  • 108 138 The members of the Ceylon Tamils' Association and friends were treated to au interesting lecture by Mr Tan Tiang Yew, Student at Law, (Mid-TempleK in which the lecturer gave an entertaining and vivid sketch of his impressions of London life, not the least interesting of which being,
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  • 125 138 In the annual cricket match between the Royal Artillery, and the Royal Engineers at Lords, on July 31st Mr. B. L. Eddis who was stationed in Singapore until 1910 and who will be remembered here as a good all round sportsman, scored 26 and 31 for the Engineers, and captured
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  • 542 138 Tuesday, Aug. 27, 1912. INDIAN CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION. I The ninth anniversary of the I, 1( ij M iristian Association of Singjipo/ Wm bbratei on Sal unlay »U«li y^ on Street iiirW Scho.,l. The,-,. •ge gathering of member*, their frieuds (1 many ladies. Among tho»e present re the Bishop of Singapore.
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  • 253 138 Mr. Oscar Oawharn, who is lying ill in Bate Gajah Hospital, is considerably better. Lieut. K. (i. F. L. <iould The l;uff>. (jualiiied to instruct in range taking at Hythe in Julv. The Rev. Joshua P. Parry, late C haplaiu in Junta, ib, according to advices from Home, completely restored
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  • 1018 139 Thk Si:<()\d Mrs. TaKQUKMAT. It ih recorded of Pinero t-hut he sought for aSJSSSS in his plays often on Church yard tombstones, and if this he the case in this piece, the choice was fortunate in the matter of finding a name to remain in the public
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  • 435 139 PROSECUTION OF DRIVER. Imbee. the Malay driver of the motor lorry belonging to Messrs. Fraser and Neave, which caused the death of another Malay man in North Bridge Koad on August 7th appeared before Mr. EL L. Talma in the second court yesterday on a preliminary enquiry
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  • 85 139 SINGAPORE GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP. There were some very close games in the above on the Keppel links on Saturday. In the match with Ferguson, Dyne won by a stymie on the last green whilst Dr. Fowlie after an exciting match beat Morris also on the last green. White was badly down
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  • 92 139 ROYAL NETHERLANDS STEAMSHIP COMPANY. The li. N. M. SS. Coy. has at present building two mail steamers for the mail service between Amesterdam and Java via Singapore. They will be delivered in June and July, 1918. These steamers are agaiu much larger than the M Prinses Juliana and Koningin der
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  • 38 139 The contract for the construction of the new Ipoh Hospital in the Anderson Road, which was to have been given to the late Towkay Kam Teik Seau for $229,000, has been given to his widow, Chung Soon Vong.
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  • 819 139 Cask ok An li-oh Minim. Toukw. Mr Justice P. .1. Sproule took appeals from decisions of police magistrates in the Supreme Court yesterday. The first appeal was that of Towkay Khoo Mah Lek. a well known Kinta mining towkay, who was convicted and sentenced to one month's imprisonment
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  • 30 139 The August Monthly Medal was played for on Sunday and won by D. H. S. Lee with nett score of 78. Thirty six cards were taken out.
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  • 439 139 Tut World's Championship. London. .July :{f)th. Tbe race WM wit nessf d by the largest crowds seen on the Thames during recent years. Many steam boats were moored on the river. Arnst wore dark blue, emblasoned with New Zealand fern, nnd Barry a white costume adorned with a Union
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  • 391 139 A Chinese was found near one of th«villages below Sailam city, cutting off the ears [from the rice crop. He was immediately brought before the authori ties and shot on the spot. A fiercely contested cricket match took place at Kuching on Aug. 9th, Home v Outstations. The former made
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  • 395 140 Fraser Co.'s. Although we HUB report but a comparatively 6raall business passing, it is evident that investors are awakening to the fact that at present prices there are opportunities of picking up bargains in the way of Rubber shares, and that there are not great numbers obtainable, for
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  • 308 140 Mr. C. Bodeu Kloss, of* the F. M. S Museum at Kimla Lumpur, who was a member of the previous exploratory expedition to New Guinea that did not, owing to great difficulties, succeed in reaching it* objective, the Snowy Central Range of that vast Island,
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  • 113 140 Mr. Leon Kendal, who has really been heard of all over the world as a palmist and astrologer and reader of the future, has arrived in Singapore and will remain Cor a short time, during which he can be consulted at the Hotel de l'Europe. Mr. Kendal
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  • 655 140 Mr A. P. Ager arrived from London by Japanese mail Hitachi Maru yesterday. Mr S. Steinmetz, Assistant Superintendent of Immigrants at Klang, leaves in a few days on long leave. Dr. and Mrs Day have left Kuala Lumpur for home. They will probably be away for
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  • 71 140 For the period from 23rd August to sth September, 1912, inclusive, the F.M.S. export duty on cultivated rubber leviable on an ad valorem basis in accordance with the Rules under the Customs Duties Enactment will be assessed on the following Sheet and biscuit $245 per plcul. Fine
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  • 932 140 The Allan Wilkik Oomfaxi On Saturday night Singapore play goers were introduced to the second powerful London Company to visit the town within a year, and they found the introduction a delightful one. The Victoria Theatre was very well filled, and the applause came without stint
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  • 244 140 PBOfOMED I'unn ir\TioN in Si\<. \i-<.i<fc M WOK I HK\ The following notice has been issued b\ Capt. D.'A. Klliott Cooper. Adjutant of tin M.S.V.K. Provided that the use of the EMU. >:K-ht "Sea-I*elle" can be obtained, and sufficient numbers are guaranteed a detachment, ol the
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  • 235 140 SATURDAY' S CRICKET. S.C.C. 2nd XI Bai.l\ Bi:ati:v The second eleven of the SjCjC IW badly beaten by the R.G.A. and R.E. ofi th<Ksplanade on Saturday afternoon. The scores were S.C.C. 2nd XI Is;; Innim.s. D. J. Ward b liooke 1 K. Blackwell b Cooper W. E. Hayner c Jackson
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  • 33 140 The freehold residential propert> Known as Mayfield. 6ituat«> at Anderson, Tanglinarea 41,448 square feet, has been ><>M privately by Messrs I 'owe 11 and Co to Feinberg. of Singapore, for M2.(HK).
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  • 35 140 Mr H. W. Buckland, P. and O. agent, iadvised by hi6 Head Oflu-e tbat the Directors have decided to fit all the i'ompam passenger steamers, intermediate well us mail, with the Marcoui apparatus.
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  • 649 141 WEDNESDAY, Aug. 28, 1912. THE ALLAN WILKIE CO. THE LIARS. Hear) Arthur Joues's comedy, if such it in.jy be st\l»Ml. is not new to Singapore, most playgoers here probably remembering tin* amateur presentation of the piece some while ago by Mr. and Mrs. Wright Motion s rompanv. but this was
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  • 205 141 The I'nited States Government has I tie London Guildhall Library a full ■at of "The History ot the Civil War" 180 volumes*, the original cost of which irai CItO,COO. \n engagement is umiounced between Mr. Oswald Richards, the popular Bandmaster of the Singapore Volunteer Corps, „<1 Miss Bertha von Bargen,
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  • Correspondence.
    • 1025 141 To Thk Kijitoh, Sir, With reference to the paragraph appearing in your issue of this morning regarding the meeting of certain members of the Hindoo Community in the Serangoon Hoad Hindoo Temple, permit me to point out that Mr. N. Subrailu was not appointed President nor was it
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  • 395 141 GOOD PRICKS. The following Singapore properties, the Kstate of Syed Abdullah bin Allowee biu Mashoor al Hasnee, deceased, were disposed of by auction at Messrs Powell and Co.'s sale room yesterday afternoon Three shop houses Xos 9, 10 and 1(1 1 Cecil Street, area 1,775 square feet. Statu
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  • 99 141 OPIUM OR RICE BLUFF Which DID not Work. A Chinaman was sentenced to one month's riffOKOOl imprisonment by Mr. Arthur, third magistrate, yesterday, for cheating in respect of a packet of chaudu valued at sixteen cents. The evidence showed that the accused purchased a packet of chandu from a shop
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  • 90 141 On Saturday afternoon last inside the Ipoh Club building near the Bar and the reading tables a large snake, a Hamadryad, was killed by Mr. E. If. Hawes. It was gliding along the wainscot woodwork of the wall, when the boy3 noticed it, and, having given an alarm escaped from
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  • 1398 141 Petition' in the Supbemb Ourt. lii tbe Supreme Court yesterday before Mr. Justice Sproule a petition was heard for the restitution of conjugal rights between Bryan Cooper Abbs, of Cavauagh Bridge Bridge Buildings, petitioner, and Ethel Henrietta Cooper Abbs, respondent. The petitioner appeared in person, ami respondent was
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  • 80 142 Singapore, Aug. 27th. Off ered for Sale 171 cases Pik.165.55i Of 33,074 lbs. Sold 168 cases Pik. 158.09] or 21,080 lbs. Pricks Realized. Sheet Smoked vi-'IH I nsmoketl 2.'U 2 47 Crepe No. 1 240 260 No. 2 223 286 No. 8 200 217 No. 4 178 193
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  • 258 142 Standard Oil Tactics. The news about the contract between the Dutch Colonial Petroleum Company and the British Borneo Petroleum Syndicate had a somewhat depressing influence, inasmuch as it afforded another proof of the tenacity with which the Standard Oil interests are pursuing their new policy of getting a
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  • 888 142 Manager's report for four weeks ending August 10th, 1912. Gentlemen. I beg to submit my Monthly Report on your Mining and Milling Operations. i The Mine Measurements and Assay Results show a total of 19S feet, made up as follows: -Sinking 40 ft,. Driving
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  • 62 142 NEW STEAMER FOR STRAITS. Our Peuang Correspondent wires: TLe Alma," tbe latest addition to the Eastern Shipping Co.'s rieet, arrived here this morning from Cardiff in charge of Capt, Williams. She was formerly owned by tbe L. and S. W. K. Co. running between Southampton nnd the Channel Islands. Her
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  • 158 142 A Recent Confession. i The confession made by a naval deserter I from 11. M.5. Drake" who was recently arrested at Colo Vale. Xew South Wales. that he and another man were connected with the Clapham Common London I i murder, and that Stinnie Morrison was innocent,
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  • 131 142 Messrs. I>, (i. Robertson, Ltd., have just completed b large timber tonglcang wharf at Sungei Aur, Port Swettenham. Dining the past four mouths they have driven 5, 550 feet of 12 inch square Chenghai piles: the total amount of timber in this wharf is,
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  • 298 142 An Italian stewardess of the ttubattino steamer has been sent to jail at Bombay, for three months rigorous for smuggling 2 1- -libs of cocaine which were found concealed next to her skin. Opium receipts are uo-v over 14:; lakhs more than the Budget estimate. Sales in Calcutta account lor
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  • 1153 142 Thursday, August 29, 1912. THE ALLAN WILKIE. COMPANY. I I win Gi This is the second p:e y.jih „j K teenth century atmosphere whi tt.iv Company has ffaoo r.-. but ihiHu tli first Sheridans Bcaool tor Scandal a.^ a play written at Mm tittM the BOOae w., laid. David Garricfc
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  • 969 143 Sekioi s Charge Against a Jew. S nnl For>chmidt. a Uoumanian Jew, vv;is again baton Mr. Firmstone, l>Utrict i riminal Judge, yesterday morning, on l)ar<*»s of living on the earnings of pto>titution. and criminal intimidation to his wife. Keginu Spaeklin of Malabar Jtneal Mr. <». (i.
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  • 3155 143 [By Submarine Cable]. K fitter's Service. Toronto. Aug 21st. A movement to divert the question of naval defence from party politics is spreading and is taking the form of a largely signed memorial to be presented to Mr. Borden and Sir Wilfrid Laurier, declaring that if international re latious
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  • 470 144 (From Our Own Correspondent,) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 26th. An ordinary meeting of the Planters' Association was held yesterday under the chairmanship of Mr. MacFayden. In the course of a discussion on the Labour Code Mr. MacFayden criticised it severely and alluded to the few concessions Government had made,
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  • 65 144 Mr. Steinmitz, having handed over charge to Mr. Bathurst. Assistant Superintendent of Immigrants, Penang. left Klang on Saturday last. During the past few weeks rubber tyre thieves have been at work in East Rangoon, removing the tyres of private gharries and tumtums in the early hours of the morning. One
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  • SHARES.
    • 684 144 IoOUE. fAID. L.A3T L>XV. BUVEkr, .-'hl.uKhS K5.000 2s 2s Allagar 8% 3 0 3 8 150,000 28 2s Anglo-Malay 15% int 17 0 M 50,000 28 2s Batang Malaka 2 3 3 <," 30,000 1 1 Batu Caves 40% int £1S t 0 13 15 80,000 1
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    • 182 144 750.000 5 5 Ayer Panas s■. 7 tf 7. v 120,000 1 1 Alor Gajah 5, |.M 150,000 1 1 Ayer Kuning .60 ,7i 500,000 10 10 bukit Timah 13.50 1 1 ;>o 200,000 1 1 Balgownie 25% Int 8.00 h.75 750,000 10 10 Chaugkat Serdang 5%
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    • 218 144 $800,000 10 10 Belat Tin 2ss% 2.70 Jt.iO $300,000 10 10 Bruaug 7i% 1.75 Mi $400,000 10 10 Kanaboi Mi y.7.i £60,000 1 1 Kinta Tiu 56 during 1911 ...£1 If 3 £2 I £120,000 1 1 Lahat 3s during 1911 ...£1 9 0 £114 0 £250,000 5s 5a
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