The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly), 7 April 1910

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  • 18 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. WEJEKLY MAIL EDITIQPJ. THIRD SERIES THURSDAY. APRIL 7, 1910. No. 1,184.
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  • 196 1 Pa-,E3. 9 tkg\ nil ..f Horrors SOQ V I•r Urn i.Mijurv 210 M ty.in Lab ur ProU.-m HO tmoad I 211 1 1 _r R»iv^ i>ii Mr. AaqqitVg Snrraadai 211 Territ rial Pmqm 211 Munii-ij-.il Methods 2*2 X \\:> COVBI Nfv. <*. L ksiun ch;uv I '^18,221 223.21 !,_>
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  • 203 1 Hi-;h Auction Prices Renew the Boom There vraa a remarkable advance m the prioe of raw rubber at the sales m Mincingictne recently. Plantation rubber engaged chief attention, and the supply of 208 tons offered found buyers at from Sdto 10d per lb. advance on previous sale rates,
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  • 24 1 Domestic Occurrences. Birth. At the Maternity Hospital, Singapore, on April 4th, toe wife of J. W. Tait-ISowie, of Kwala Lebir, Kelantan, of a son.
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  • 67 1 (Corrected up to April 6.) Bank 4in s 2/4 f demand 2/4^ Private credits 3ms 2 4, H S credits 6ms France, demand Bank 294^ Germany, demaud 239^ India, T. T 174* Hongkong, demand 24J% Yokohama, demand Il4i Java, demand 141 Bangkok, demand 6ss Sovereigns, Bank Buying $8.54 Bank
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  • 138 1 April 6. *Tin $75 30 Gambier buyers 11.75 Gambier Cube No 1 14.75 Gambiar OaU l«o. i norn Peppai 3Usk («lk Sport) 14 41 Pepper, Wkic« (f Aii) 26 50 Nutmegs (110 to tks IV^ 1 8.00 Nufcine^ (SO to tkt iW.) 22.00 Mace (Baala) a° m Oloyw (Aaxboim^
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  • 1481 1 The Single Chamber of Horrors." Frre *baP the Prc«;<: the PeOfde'l r '^'nt Tr.r.:r.taii\ Un»wed Ky influence and imVnbed by sniin Here patriot Truth her L r 'onout precepts draw. Pledged to Rcfigbo, Loyaiti ar.d I^iw. Apl 1. If the first taste of blood have its commonly believed effect of
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 209 1 n to the "Singapore Free Press" .y returning from Kuropo to the Straits Iv niiy of the mail lines, nre invited to send to the MaaaMt the n?.u?o of th»*ir steamei and date of arrival m Singapore. Copies will then be led to ami t}-.»-m at various ports ot call.
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    • 32 1 SIAM IN THE MALAY PENINSULA A Short Account of the position or Siam m the States of Kelantan, Patani Legeh and Sai. Re-printed from the M Singapore Free Preu." Price 50 cent?.
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 240 1 THE WEEK. The last mail from home arrived by the 81. Thongwa on Saturday with dates to March 11. A homeward mail wasttken on Tuesday, by the MM. Tonkin and this weekly goes by the Davanha to-day. March rubber returns and dividend new 3 are given m this issue. Captain
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  • 1858 2 Apl 2. Much at this time m our national history weighs heuvv on the soul cf man whose daily duty it is to endeavour, so far as the light withui him lies, to keep his fellow- men alive to ail the issues that, for good
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  • 1104 2 Apl 4. la pursuance of the observations made m these columns the othar day regarding the cartaiu eirly approach of great and growing demands for estate labour m tlio Malay Peninsula, and what appear to be certain diminutions m at least one or two existing sources
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  • 1040 3 Api 5. Tmi Ketelei has spoken. In the tele-j-iius the-e nopeare to-ddy the gist of the I dealer's ipeeeh at Tipperary, m which Nvs dew;), m far more direct detail than Mr A vmi coull ever have ventured to l*ro !>r hini'3lf, the course that the BriPrnM Minia'er
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  • 878 3 Apl 6. The attitude of this journal with regard to the Shipping Ring known as the Homeward Conference has b:an thai of consistent opposition, on grounds that have been set forth even to wearisomeness. It is pleasing to note that our aftornoon contemporary is coming into line
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  • 811 3 That the majority of the House of Comnions, which majority cocsists of nobody else than the Irish Nationalists, bent on the repeal of the Union and the Socialist-Labour Party, which does not want to see the House of L)rd3 reformed but to sec it destroy€d should carry
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  • 1114 3 A pi. 7. When we recollect that Mr Haldane m the first flash of his optimism regarding the institutioa of that Territorial Army that was to supersede the Volunteer Force and absorb, at any rate m its first phase, the Militia, looked forward to a figure of
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  • 1112 4 Whilst wo have no desire to gird at the Singapore Municipal Commission or to criticise its methods merely for the sake cf criticising, we have yet to admit that its ways are the despair of the ordinary business person. We have referred on previons occasions to the fact
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  • 543 4 LEWIS PEAT'S RUBBER REPORT. 9th March. 1910. About 3,880 packages were offered at public auction, ard, meeting with a strong demand, everything sold at record prices. Biscuits, Sheet and Crepes were up fid to 9d, compared with last sales, and Scrap 4d to 5d per lb. Prices kept firm all
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  • 181 4 The Eight Hours Act has proved a veritable thorn m the flesh for British ship, owners, and this just at a period when they were reasonably hoping for good times. At the animal meeting of the Moor Lioe Sir Walter Runciman spoke out strongly on the subject. He described the
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  • 776 4 Mining and Milling report for roue weeks ending mabch 26th, lul Bukit Roman Minks. Main Shaft. The bearers for the p!u: have been placed below the No. 6 lev»;I. aL i the cistern has been placed m position on them. We are now lowering
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  • 94 4 R S.V.P.— that means roplv,' Return an answer.' Why should I Be tied down to a cup of tea, Or dinner, as the case may be r Rather would I of hunger <]ie Than like some harmless little fly Be snared and caught. Ye gods say
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  • 804 5 A Sikh police constable on duty m Orchardrd. pulled a small Chinese girl out of the canal on Wednesday night. She =tited that another child had pushed her m. Mr C. Miller of the Pulau Brani smelting -works was ordered by tho senior magistrate, yesterday, to
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  • 898 5 BARXBY 3 REBEKAH." List nicjht, m the presence of a crowded congregation, including H. E. Sir John Anderson and a party from Government House, there was given, by the choir of the church aided by a few frieuds, a very enjoyable sacred concert, under
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  • 593 5 Annual Genial Meeting. The annual general meeting of the Singapore Nursing Association waa held at the Municipal Board room yesterday morning. L*dy Evelyn Young presided ana there were also present Mrs J. D. Sauuders (Hon. Secretary), Mesdames Boyd, Darbishire, Warren and Rowland Allen, Mr E. G. Broadriek (Municipal
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  • 257 5 As red as ever, and fader than ever, tbo Siugapore Directory for 1910 comes cheerfully to band. It says much for the publishers, Messrs Fraser And Xaave, that the public is so well satisfied with this production that no encouragement is given to rivals, and as long as the
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  • 44 5 Homer, the Ridicd ex-M P., has been sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment m the second division for forging the mine of the Dtily Mail contributor to telegrams describing: the alleged hostile reception of Mr Llojd-Gaorge at Falmouth. ("Little Jack Homer aits m his corner.")
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  • 532 5 The Hongkong Dai'y Pre*s remarks upon the excessive rise m opium prices due to the effect of restricted importation upon demand. It save The extraordinary boom m rubber m the commercial world is a matter of common knowledge, but it is not so well known that
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  • 233 5 The first event for ladies m the present annual meeting of the Singapore R fie Association was contested yesterday afternoon m wexther not favourable for good shooting. There was no wind but the light was dull throughout. Notwithstanding this, excellent shooting wa3 made by Miss Ktrr .and
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  • 60 5 To the Editor. Deir Sir,— "O3lK." M as 'fir wan',:" ag the three silly koggl m the fable h^ quote-. The term "ho^'^" is never applied to any soi tor condition of sheep after the first sheariuer. T. W. Bingapora, March 31, 1910. r We have doubled the "g"
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  • 66 5 A visitor who has re-uraed from Khio state 3 that be lias heard thit an agitition haa begun iv the Netherlmda lu.li^s to procure the retention of all Jivacese libmir m tho Nrtherlinds In Jies and their dependencies. Plaattn will do well to tike note of this fetac-:in r ;Lt
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  • 2372 6 THE ASSIZES. PERJURY CASE CONCLUDED. ACCUSED FOUND GUILT Y. The perjury charge brought by tha Crown against Mr We^ Theani Tew asrain occupied the atteution of Mr Justice F;sher at the Assize Court yesterday. The case for the Crown was completed on Wednesday, m time to allow Mr Rirrer B^vnes,
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  • 85 6 Three competitions were shot off at Kampong Bihru— Tuo Police Handicap, the Brick Com petition and the Vanishing Targeh. Below we give the lesults of the Police Handicap. In>p. Mann F. 30 scr. 30 C. I. Evans 28 2 30 SgLJfet. 03 7 30 Canron 21
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  • 461 6 We extract the following from an article on the estimated future production of rubber that is given iv The Times. It will not contain much additional information to that our readers are at present possessed of, but it will tend to confirm previous views. The writer states
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  • 24 6 Mr T. H. B. Philips hag acceptel an appointment on Yaw Seng Esute, near Taiping, and h having at onoe for Perck. (jI. M.)
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  • 981 6 Progress of Rebea^lch. Much interesting information m regard to the progress made m combating malaria and sleeping sickness is contained m the report for 1909 of the Advisory Committee for the Tropical Diseases Research Fund. The revenue of the year amounted to £3,470, made up of contributions of
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  • 807 7 Colonel King Silter, Commanding the Eifl* Bri^ale, die i suddenly at Fort Wilhim, Calcutta, oa March 23rd. The MaUv S:ates Guides Bialey team leaves for Ejglasd by the P. and O. ss. "Nile" on April 29h from Penang. A Chinaman was fined 8200 by Mr Green,
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  • 892 7 Ordinary Meeting, Friday, April .1. PRESBXT Hi 3 Excellency the Governor Sir John Anderson. The Hon'ble the Col. Treasurer J. O. Anthonisz. the Attorney-General F. Belfield. the G >i. Engineer, F. J. Pi<;ott. C, J. S<tund.,T.s. T. S. Baker. Tan Jiak Kirn. H. Fort. C. W. Darbi^hire. Absent
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  • 333 7 Trouble Through Wife Going Out. A sick looking Cantonese woman named lam Ah Eec was before Mr H;binson, third magistrate, yesterday, on an allegation of attempting to commit MtiekU by hanging herself. She said she did not know anything abjut it. She only knew that she went to
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  • 116 7 The auuual report on Tan Tock Seng: Hospital for 1909 was laid on the table of Couocii yesterday. The removal from the old to the new Hospital was cirried out during April. Persons under observation for lunacy are now sent to the Tan Tock Seng Hospital instead
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  • 75 7 Mr Stevens mentioned to Mr Michel), senior magistrate, yesterday, the eases against Captain James Holme, master of the t».s. Hong Bee," and Towkay Lim Ho Puah, owner of the vessel, m connection with the importation of chandu. Counsel said the vessel had been allowed to proceed
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  • 269 7 Miss L. S. Gibbs, a fellow of the L:nnaoaii Society and a botanist of daring and resouic-?, has, According to a Reut?r message from Jesselton, British North Bo™eo,cl:mbed successfully Kinabalu, the highest mountain m the territory. This is believed to ba the first ascent of the
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  • 218 7 To the Editor Sir, All Englishman may be sail, at tbe present time, to be divided intj two classes Free Traders and Protectionists. Into tbe merits or demerits of Fair and Free Trade Ido not propose, to enter. Not even, I suppose, the most staunch and bigoted
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  • 242 7 Those who have followed with interest the fortunes of this <juury and the methods arrange i to carry on the work of transport, will be interested to see from the followiag paragraph from the Municipal progress report that the Commissioners have decided to see how the
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  • 111 7 Hylam Arrested m Tan<;lin. Mr W. Peacock of the Chinese Protectorate and Detective Sergeant lily ton paid a surprise visit to a hut m the juDgle off Grange Ro.id on Thursday night and arrested a Hylam named Lim Pecg Kcng on a charge of being a member of
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  • 93 7 Burglars paid a successful visit to a hou?e ai the sixth mile at Thomson Rjid, on Tbursdav night during the absence of the owner, Lim Tons*. Property value J at i>lo 20 was removed Liv: Tong sought the police ia his distress. A few houis !at*r f a
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  • 35 7 The Tvinner of the Monk Competition B.t the Tdn^lia Ci«b wms Mr W. A. Sims. Scores W. A. Sims 760 100 r»;0 D. McLodCraik 7H 100 841 K. St. J. BradJeii W7 130 777
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  • 84 7 TV) hundred and fifty Calcutta ladies havj MVMBtad the Countess of Minto r. ith a beautiful diaraoad bcoocfc m the form of a lotus flower as a mirk of appreciation of her h wpitalitj and tv^r her efforts iv startiogtfa Miato Nufbing Fand. A nuurriftgi is arranged, and w 11
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  • 1154 8 QntCfWtl fifjunt homines nostri cat Jorrorjo Libelli. Juvenal. Nothing C3ull be finer than the placid equanimity with which the Peers, led by the Liird "of Dalmeny, di3cus3 the matter of the setting of their House m order, and the strengthening of themselves as a compensation f
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  • 244 8 Penan*, vs. Perak. Tha following w*re the scores m this abandoned match at Taipiog. Perak. Ist lutiicgs. X. Grenier lbw Dean 11 A. B. Voules b Griffith*JonM 11 O. Mirks b Griffitb-Jor.es 3 B. C. N. Knight 1> Gritlilh-Jones 2 F. W. Talbot b Dean 2 S. G. A.
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  • 259 8 A wire to tie S.C.M. Pest says The Jt lilies Johcsoo tight for the world's heavy-weiuht cbampionthip iv July next has be,;n arranged to t .ke place at Emeryville racecourse. There will bo fKty thousand saats available at X' 2 fer seat. Eddie Soiith will prebiUv act as refcreo.
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  • 871 8 London papers of March 9, note that a sum of £10,000 m bar gold was set aside for the Straits Settlements Note Guarantee Fund. New York advices from Ottawa state that a Canadian Parliamentary Committtie has decided m favour of the abolition of bookinakiDg on racecourses.
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  • 458 8 The annual Eister meeting of the Singapore Rifla Association was resumed on the Bilestier Range on Saturday and Sunday, when the competitions given below were shot off. As will be seen, the shooting m the first stage of the Telephone Cup, m which 12 qualified, was
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  • 133 8 It is understood tliat a Compmv btl been formed with acupital of 8120,000 to build a first-class hotel m Habeas, *be!e the accommodcLtiou lur visitors ;ni residents has been notoriously deficient fciL^--the Rubber Boom has been m procit>>. The contemplated houl an excellent iita has been selected will
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  • 42 8 An obituary notice m the Honing P it of Maich 11 th annources the deatfc < f Mri Jtue Tavlor, the mother of Sir W. Taylor, the Resident General of the P. M vow on his waj to England.
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  • 102 8 A Kling gharry p.vce pieced guilty l>efr re Mr Green, second magistrate, on Btiurdaj to cruelty to a pony. Inspector Pestana of the P. C. A. department said the pony was lame and m a poor condition. Mr P^Uaw had pievi/i.Iwarned tho ot\ner who inadefa prac'ice of
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  • 803 9 A Tamil resident of 207 North Bridge »id accuses another Tamil of siealiDg sand valued at £24. A Chinese trader of 65 Cros3 Street allies that one of hi 9 coolies h*s run away with a sum of $900 which he had nollfcc:ei on hid tehulf.
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  • 1203 9 Public Denial by Me Van Someren. la the Aetna Court yesterday afternoon before Mr Justice Fisher ro^e, Mr Van bomeren cime into cjurt and asked permis6ion to make a statement. His attention, he said, hdd been called to the loed papers, giving the accouut of the recent
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  • 163 9 Vow Weng Sjng, a C-intoQe?p, was before Mr Michell m the District Court, yesterday, on a charge of voluntarily causing hurt to a countrywoman of Lis named Wong Ah Sam. Court Ksp^clor Ambrose appeared for the prosecution. The woman said that she was walking at the foot
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  • 117 9 Captain Willis of the Wee Bin steamer Nam Yong pleaded guilty before Mr MicLell, seziior magistrate, yesterday, to a charge of working cargo on Suiday m contravention of tho Sunday Labour Ordinance. He said that his vessel came out of dry dock at 3 am. one Sunday.
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  • 128 9 A Tamil got four months' rigorous imprisonment m the District Criminal Court yesterday for robbing a Chinaman of a dollar aud a pawn ticket m Bukit Timih Koad, near the electric power station. Complainant said the accused stepped him and asked for a match. He said he had
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  • 140 9 Nottingham Spring Handicap. Nottingham Spring Handicap of 500 soys. One mile and a quarter. Mr J. Burn's Desmond's Pride, Gyrs, Bst Jib Clark 1 Mr B. Riley'a Isograph, 6yrs, 6st 91b Wilkinson 2 Mr A. E. Bowen'd King's Courtship, 6yrs, 7st ioib Griges 3 Sir E Camel's
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  • 142 9 2nd Glouc-sters and ls-t Leicesters w.re the finalists this year for tbo Army Cup. The game resulted m a win for tbe 2nd Glcucesters by 3 goals to nil. The children of Pollird'i Lilliputian Opera CViupaiy, v] o have been m Bargalorefor ovtr a fortnight givirg performances on
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  • 657 9 March 11th. Since our report cf a week ago the market has been daily advancing, the ifat being con tiaoas and without setback. The advance, amounting to lOd per lb for Hard Fine Para, has by no means been confined to the tatter grade, medium Para ki
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  • 321 9 Announced m One Day The Times of Cejrlon hai 1 win from Lnion announcing the flotation of F ur Ku l b r T lists to one day. These are T<.e Colonial Rubber and Produce Invf-.st-mei:t Tiust, Limited, with un aathcriaad capital of JL; I ,<'oo,<'<»o, of
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  • 1274 10 Chinaman Dies from a Thrashing. Captain O W. Taubert of the V. D- L. reamer Locksum," appeared before Mr Robinson, acting third magistrate yesterday mornin?. on a charge of voluntarily causing Whitehead of the p >lice mentioned the case to his worship. He slid the charge at the
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  • 606 10 Effect of Boom on Dealers m Waterproofs and Goloshes. prices still eisino Manufactured rubber articles have not yet gone up m price to the general public, although raw rubber yesterday ilfarab 9) reached the unprecedented price of 10s. 6^d. a pound m the Mine nglane sale rooms Twelve
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  • 711 10 A MURDER CASE. The last case m the second Assize was taken yesterday before Mr Justice Fisher and a special jury, a Chinaman named Yong A Tye being charged with the murder of Yoog Lee, on December 7, last. Mr Crabb Watt appeared for the Crown and Mr
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  • 233 10 The dispute which has been going on for some time past between the Royal Dutch Oil Company and the Burma Oil Company concerning various matters relating to their respective spheres of influence, and particularly m regard to the invasion of one another's markets, has been settled amicably
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  • 329 10 Messre Birkerand Co. seed the following returns Senawang 5,320 lbs. dry Corresponding month last year 742 lbs. dry ToUl for fi r8 t two months of Financial Year !>99 i dry Total for corresponding psriod l 4Bt year 1,733 lbs dry. I^dbii'-y 8.552 lln. dry Corresponding month
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  • 667 10 Six BmMt Wils Kill a Man. Those m the neighbourhood of the hornets' nests m Ipob, says the Times of Malaya, will be interested to read the following account <i an experience with hornet 6 which Mr E. \V\ Birch, c M g had on his recent
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  • 985 11 The average peison is by co means m a i>n to pass judgment on this su'j jeer, the average person has stldom an op- liity to hear a really brilliant talker. pinions have to bo bas-.d on the recorded ■aviagl tne clever conversationalist, and on r PPr*
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  • 1189 11 Almost every county m English can boast m a greater or lesser degree of its holy well, and m former days when eveiy kind of superstition was rampant m the land, they were looked upjn m the light of a certain cure for every imaginable ailment. In the
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  • 833 11 The Spread of the Rubber Craze. A TYPICAL DAY ON 'CHANGE. The boom m rubber shares which has dominated the Stock Exchange for the past few weeks is proving one of the most sensational periods that has ever been mown m London's fioancial circ'es. Its effects
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  • 236 11 Notwithstanding the gocd figures for February, which showed a decrease of about 1,700 tons m the total visible supplies, this market has on the whole been weak and unsettled on large Eastern eff-ringa and resales by macy of the Tin Pla'e niauufacturers m the principality m anticipation of a
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  • 214 11 PR ACTICAL CHRISTIANITY. A Missionary Rubber Plantation. The memorandum and articles of association of the Sitiawau Mission Plantations, Ltd. have been issued. The registered c ffiee of the company will be m Singapore, and the company is formed to acquire 280 acres of land, situated m the district of Sitiawan,
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  • 372 11 The high stimulation of will power m America has had tne effect of quickening the general pace of life to a rate that always astonishes and sometimes annoys the European visitor. The movement of things and people is r.ipid, incessant, bewildering. There is a rushing tide m
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  • 130 11 Ladies may like t > imagine tue ooabin*tion of the following colours which vie tiiote of the robrs cf the Dalai Lama on vising m C Icuita His HoUanee wore a |«e»4U L f refn silk roue v.ith a saffron bilk ileevtjieee jacket. Hie etefl wen i<i
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  • 138 12 A Hair-Oil Manufacturer. Allahabad, March 2 th. The Full Bench of the Attain bad High Court has ditbarrsd Biagatßaci, Barrister atLiw, Middle Temple. He was enrolled a3 an Advocate both m the Allahabad High Court and the Lahore Chief Court m the year 1653. He practised
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  • 804 12 Events have not so far proved that the day selected for the transference of the Straits S^ttlemeuts directly to British Government control m 1607, showed any prophetic insight as to the career of the Coloay. That the transfer should have nominally been accomplished on All Fools day, was
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  • 1123 12 He was young and lull of confidence m himself, bii mind replete wi'.h the most recent advances m medical science, as the honours bestowed upon him by his University testified, and he could therefore afford to laugh at the ignorant and superstitious Malays who expressed
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  • 98 12 Kamuning (Perak) Rubber and Tin Co. —Messrs Guthrie and Co.— February output 5,009 lb dry rubber and $1,037 return from tin. March, 0,332 Ib 3 rubber tin $5,870. Libu— Messrs Guthrie and Company Mirch output 10,112 lb; total 3 mos. 38,419 lb. List year March 3,299 lb; three
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  • 349 12 BORNEO MISSION ASSOCIATION. In the Diily News of March s:h, T.ible Talk the following references are made to Archdeicen Sharp's work. Missionary literature, as those know who see anything of it, is full of curious interest. We take up tbe quarterly report of the Borneo Mission Association, and light at
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  • 273 12 The report for presentation to the shareholders at the thirty seventh ordinary meeting to be held at the Society's offices at noon, on Wednesday, the lo:h inst., is as follows The Board has now to lay before the shareholders a balance sheet containing a summary
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  • 677 12 The mail brings out the customary CU)B letters promotions etc but there are' quite so many of the latter recorded this V* as previously. The statutory meeting of London Srxjiwas held on March 7. After ftfm^ preliminary expenses underwriting etc of =£27,' 00 was m the bank most
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  • 267 12 Writing on the subject of oil fuel for naval purposes, a correspondent of Tlie Times says that the potential consumption of this form Of fuel m the British fl^et may be considered to be about ],5U0,<;00 tons per annum. Tae annual production of petroleum m the world
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  • 744 13 L eutenant Prince, Loyal North Lincashire l? r &;itneut, is appointed to theMalav S'a'es Guides. Mr H. L Vogelsinsr who resides at the Sea View hotel at Tanjong Katong has lost a bicycle valued at $30. The famous Toyama military band, is on its wav to
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  • 58 13 Messrs Guthrie and Co., the agents of the above, inform us that m addition to recomme*- iin>: tho payment of a fiaal dividend of 17,*^ the Directors also recommend that the buoi of iTROOObe placed to reserve, and that the present j£l shares of the Cjm-p-icy be
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    • 861 13 CAPTAIN COMMITTED FOR TRIAL. Further evidence was taken by Mr Robinson, acting third magistrate, yesterday, m the preleminary enquiry into the charge of culpable homicide brought against Captain G. W. Taubert of ihe German steamer L>ck sun." Assist. Supt. Wuitehtfi'l of the police conducted the euo^iry.
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    • 51 13 A Chinaman haß reported at the Beach Road police station that while he was loading logs into a tongkang at Bill he was bitten about the lega by a crocodile. He exhibited some very severe wounds and was sent to the Tan Tock Seng hospital for
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  • 1102 13 If the weather continues as sloppy as it has been lately for the next few weeks we shall have a good many horses short of work at the opening of the race meeting. It looks likely that some of the more familiar racers will be out of it
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  • 266 13 A meeting of the Finance ani General Purp< ses Committee of the prop- s j d AgriHorticultural show was held at the Excharge room yesterday afternoon. Col. E. G. BrOidrick was unanimously voted to the Chair. There were present the hon'nle Tan Jiak Kirn, Messrs Jago, Pttchin, Boyd,
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  • 265 13 (From Our Omi Correspond' nt) The weather has been the mam subject of conversation. The Eister botidtjl were to a great extent spoiled by iLces-^aLt rain, which ha 3 also huug up all pr.;grtss with the tennis tournament the ladifs shooting, an<l though the golf competitor, for which
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  • 241 13 Tbe followiag Singapore propertips were disposed cf by auction at Powell and Go's sale room yesterday afternoon. Shop-house No. 11l Doalop Btreet. I'lo sqft, i»'J9 yeirs, monthly rent $10. $1,100. Shop-house No. 113 Dunlop Street, 1 ,< »7l sqfr, 099 j.eirs, monthly rent slo. $1,450. Shop house No.
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  • 632 14 The SpUngor Turf Club griffias arrived m Kuala Lumpur oa Siturday. They are a hktl/ lot, though one has had t > DC rej icted. The Kian* griffins have also arrived. Soutar Bbgfc. *a p"lica constable, was charged before Mr Robinson yesterday, wi'Vkicking Hong Ah Hee
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  • 293 14 With 323,000. Business circles were m Hongkong concerned over the disappearance of on*) cf the shroffs employed by the eoinpradore of the I'hartered Bank, and the non-payment of a sum of S 28,000 collected by him from one of the leading business houses just prior to his
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  • 744 14 A Conviction Quashed. la the Sapreme Court, yesterday, Mr Justice F.sber was engaged with appeals from decisions of police magistrates. The first c*s'i heard was that of Tan Hu^y who was represented by Mr V. D3vereux Koowies. Appellant was charged with voluntarily causing hurt to one Pek Tiat,
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  • 152 14 Before Mr Michell yesterday afternoon Benjamin A. Pdreira sued Muthoo Kumaru tor $50 money lent on July o, 1900. The defendant alleged that the money had been repaid. llr Koowles appeared for the plaintiff who stated that he lived at 51-19 Gilstead Road. Oa July sth he
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  • 595 14 RUBBER RETURNS. [Delayed m transmission (From our own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, March 30. There will be issued nex" week the Chembor.g Rubber Coropmy of Negri S-mbilan. The area is 1,016 acres of which 090 are planted. It has been reported upon by Mr Bloomfield Douglas. The capital is
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  • 1279 14 (From our own Cor resjion lent.) The Toogicah Tin Dredging Go's output for Much was 920 pikul, the produce of three dredgers workiag 1040 hours. Tronoh Output was 3487 pikul including 030 from Tnbuters. ihe ironoh figures as wired were not correct they should read excluding 030
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  • 446 15 MURDER CHAKGE NOT UPHELD. The murder trial m which a Chiuainaa, named Yost Ah Tye, w.is charge 1 with tho kiliiaur ol Tct L~e, w-is resumed before Mr Justice Fislnr jrestenLiy, when the case for the Crown w»s continued. Ibipcctot >i!tv gave details of his inppsctioa of the
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  • 90 15 The price ol a chest of opium rushed up to 18^900 yesterday m Sicgapore. The li-d;an pries was Rs. 4,000. At the Penang Assizes Vaiti and Pakiri were acquitted on a charge of murdering a niic nauiel Keugam at Batu Licchacg on Jan 15. The contention
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  • 1955 15 (By Submarine Telegraph) (Renter** Agency) Kec March 31, 9 55 am. Details of the tariff agreemeat between Canada and America are publi&Ud and it appears that Canada has coLCfided intermediate rates on forty c ituin Cities m return for theUaited S.ates minim aa tariff. Speaking m the lu^er House
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  • 582 15 Per Selangor Mr and Mrs Cowie, llvs Kcng Tarn, Mcs rs W. Covran, Fensingr, Taylor, Mackenzie, Rennie, Lampard, Sanderson, Tan Aug Tee. Tan Swee, Tan Tea Chen?, Stewart, Oakley, Malot. Mr and Mrs Wallace, Mrs Koek, ?nd Mr J. Hcok. Per R. of Sarawak Mis D.iy, Cap*". Cunmrgham, Dr.
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  • 689 16 April 1. Produce, Nor. str Winsnes, for Bangkok. Breid, Nor. str, Likang, for Bangkok via parts. Stentor, Brit, str., Butler, for Liverpool via ports. Yaroslavl, Rns. str.. Oronovsky, for Odessa. Iski de Panay, Span, str Sona, for Iloilo and Manila. Tuscarora, Brit. str. t Hollinshead, for San Fiancibco. Rochuasen,
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  • 139 16 Feb. Mar. Total. Pikule. Belat 171 431 Braang 96 352 Brusfch Chenderiang 150 436 Gopeng 650 680 2,090 Jeber Kamnning $1,637 $5,870 $15,010 Kanaboi 330 750 Kinta 550 560 1,610 Kinta Association Kledang Kramat Pulai 453 1,070 Kuantan 44.23 HO Lahat 630 750 2,010 Meuglemba Lode 275 61
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  • 346 16 Feb. Mar. Total. Allagar 1,850 2,050 5.900 Anglo Malay 49,718 53,167 152,191 Aver Molek Ayer Kuning Balgownie 7,596 9,028 25,231 Banteng 1,259 1,464 4 029 Batu Caves 10,124 10,224 Bertam 10,C00 22,500 Bukit Kajang 937 2,603 5,686 Bukit Rajah 37 362 73,68-3 Bukit Lintang 2,500 2,850 7,350
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