The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly), 8 February 1912

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    15 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. THIRD SERIES THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1912. No 1,280
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    CONTENTS.
    231 1 LEADERS. PAGE The Position in China g] Lord HakhUM Impeached s-2 hina's Future < iovernment H% l>\ Election <#% s:i lh»' Fmmto of Yuan sh imported Uiwlwm To Attai k IVknifj s4 POLICE AND COURT NEWS. Mleged Extortion sy \\h ket|>i< king S7 i hininnan's Attempted Suicide ss Uaag
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    PRODUCE.
    134 1 Feb. T. T; n «7"> tons sold) 96.45 tiau.bier 10 10 Ganbiei Cuba No. 1 15 60 hit r Cube No. 2 nom IN ppei r>luck ordin. S'pore buyers 21.50 r, (White fair) 30 50 Xntnegi (110 to the lb.) nom. XntHMgf «S0 to the lb.) nom MaCC 'liarula
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  • Domestic Occurrences.
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      BIRTHS.
      32 1 BLADE. At Knchlng, Sarawak. :iOth January, the wife «>f L. E. BLADE of a son. On February 2nd, at Edinburgh Estate. Selangor, the wife of 11. Tlke Eraser, of a daughter.
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      MARRIAGES.
      111 1 Warri n Jenkins.— Jan. 10, at Rauisgate, R. Warren. F.R.C.K.. son of Gen. Sir Charles Warren, to VIOLJBT Ihkne .Jknkins. Elbers -Hamers.— At the Presbyterian Church Peiiiing on Feb. S, by the Rev. E. Law son,M.A., Mr.WiLLiEM Herman Elmers of the "Hotel de Boar,' 1 Medan, and third son
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    THE WEEKS NEWS.
    243 1 The last Jiiail from Home arrived by the B. I. Taroha on Saturday with d;?tes up to .lan. 12. A homeward mail was taken on Monday by the M. M. Tonkin and this weekly goes by the P. and Arcadia to-morr«)w. Local Share nuirket business has been
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    EXCHANGE.
    66 1 (Corrected up to Feb. 7.) Bank 4 nt/i 2-4 11-82 demand 2-4 5-3^ Private credits 3m s 2-4i credits 6 m s 2-4 23-82 Franxe demand Bank 294 Germany, demand 238J India. T. T. 174 Hongkong, demand 15s Yokohama, demand 114 Java, denumd 1402 Bangkok, demand 66 Sovereigns, Bank
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    The Position in China. Feb 2.
    1510 1 The Position in China. Feb 2. Time was when in the Far East the "Bund* 1 of Shanghai was considered notorious as^he place of origin of those inveracities, %pread world wide by the cable, known proverbially as "bunders." Perhaps the most notable of these was the story, given on the
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    29 1 J > v -hn! 1 th»«. Prr<;< t'ne People's richt mr:inta»n, i swrd Ky iiSumce an<! imbribwl by pnin; \\frt- patriot Truth her gtorioM pi«*cepts draw* to RjefifUofk, Loymkyand I-aw.
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      130 1 Sul)s, -riii. -rv to the MBtao»porc Free Press' weeklj n-iumiii^ from KurojK'to the Straits i.y any of the mail lines. ;ue invited to semi to The MsMger tbc uame «»f their steamer ami tele mi arrival in Bißtfßpote. Copies will then be Mailed to meet tliem at various jwrts of
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      130 1 dfci-F CURE NO FICTION KO BUFFCRER NE6D NOW DESP'ifH. THE NfcW FRENCH REMEDY. THERAPION No.l in a !i ■arkaMyMott tune, oAra a Irw days only, Cure- xl >i barge i either 9e% -u;>ei seii.ng niit< t;.,r.«. THERAPION N0. 2 Cure-; blood }">s<>!i. bad IiKS ui« ers. sor»-s. j-a;nful tw<l!' <i
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    Lord Haldane Impeached. Feb. 3.
    1549 2 Lord Haldane Impeached. Feb. 3. [I we were to search the whole of our national histOf] for the name of that statesman who had the largest opportunities ready made to bis hand for the creation of the greatest benefit to the nation, and had not only neglected, but actually thrown
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    China's Future Government. Feb. 5.
    1374 2 China's Future Government. Feb. 5. In all discussion the first wssrntisl if to arrive at an identical limJei'StSl dilia of the meaning of the terms to be 4 therein. When lM»tli parties to the <hLHlWlimi arc in perfect accord M to the precise signification of the teTMM, hoi h as
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    A By-Election.
    209 3 Tin- Government may congratulate itself that it has retained the seat in East KdinSSOgB that was occupied by the hite Sir •T. P. Gibson. Tbe figures at the last general election of 1910 were Gibson 'Liberal- 6.480 and Cameron 'Liberal Tnionist* ;j,7H2, this giving a handsome majority [or
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    THE Fiasco or Yuan. Feb. 6.
    1003 3 THE Fiasco or Yuan. Feb. 6. So big a thing for the world is the destiny of the enormous bulk of humanity that constitutes the Empire of China that anxiety on that score may well till the first place in the minds of a multitude of onlookers. The general tenor
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    Imported Lawlessness. Feb. 7.
    962 3 Imported Lawlessness. Feb. 7. ]t has been for long a common remark that perhaps the principal characteristic of the settled Chinese community hero lias been its law-abiding nature, and its disposition to accept necessary Government regulations with a willing acquiescence. There is the reasonable proviso that where these regulations or
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    To Attack Peking Feb. 8.
    987 4 Now that all Im>i>c«- of negotiation between the Manchu Part\ :i( Peking juhl the Nanking Revolutionary Governincut ma)* be looked upon a* vanished 1 what will puzzle most people is the almost complete obscuritj regarding the military movements on both sides that iiin>t be expected
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    72 4 Captain Duff, K. X.. lias been appointed Director of the Mobilisation Division of tile Navy. f This officer visited Singapore as Flag. Lieutenant to Admiral Sir Cyprian Bridge when the Orlando was sent up from Australia about fourteen years ago in expectation of trouble in China. Capt. Dun* is tbe
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    RUBBER NOTES AND NEWS
    1293 4 We have not yet bad time to g<» into ooncrete cases to gain further insight into Mr W, M. Simes contention that many local, tbat is dollar robber Companies now stand in the share li*t at a lower value that they ought compared with sterling shares
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    SINGAPORE CATHOLIC ASSOCIATION.
    284 4 SINGAPORE CATHOLIC ASSOCIATION. At the l.'.th RonaaJ trier meeting the Singapore Catholic- I uiicrjil Hesnrii tion held on ~>\h February tin- Eoliowitijt were elected otiii •<• lif arc ri Bet t lie >«•:«) ioi*2. President. Mi. <;. s. towlum Vice President. Mf. .1. .1. iVreiia. Secr«'iar\ ItrJ. A. FenuMdei Treasurer.
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    MILLS TROPHY.
    41 4 Following are the scoivs far the Mill> Trophy made by Ifceffahuqpr L.idn- Rifle Club: Mrs (icrraid g 1 Mrs (1. C". Mcgieyor ;;n Mrs T. Mcgre^ot- M Mrs AVallace :ui Mrs Bristow 27 Mrs A. V>. UmhlmtV M 174
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    Mrs Gerrard won the spoon.
    56 4 Mr S. Abell, manager of the Hippo drome Circus, was on Jan. 27th found guilty by Mr Han in. western division magistrate, ltangoon. of having committed criminal misappropriation of a tigres* named Minnie and was fined Us. IMMI. The fine was paid. It is uuder>tood
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    ON DINERS AMD DINING.
    823 5 Without doubt, the iiiont of mankind _<! <>->!> o\.T.'ai themselves; our meals ■era not only for support. hut as a hearty mmi natural diversion from the labour of hi. Hm words of Stevenson's rise to ii»> mind as I look around at my fellow uiuers. .lust
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    THE SWIMMER.
    1081 5 A little cowd had gathered, strewn along the beach. In groups or singly, and huddled against the driving rrtin they stood and watrhed the sea. On the sea two boats were specks, at times magnified to monstrous si/e, at others almost hidden in the mist of falling rain.
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    AMATEUR EXPERTS.
    846 5 The first amateur experts the writer ever had the pleasure of knowing were theolo gical. After the kirk had scailed the older members of the congregation, as they foregathered and took together their homeward way, would discuss with great volubility and assurance the heids of the discoorse," and
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    THE GAEKWAR OF BARODA.
    610 5 His Homage on thk Putikk Films. {From out ,/Ti/i c-> >> \ffont(ent.i London. J:in S. The controversy over the action of the Gaekwar of Baroda at the Durbar has raged all this week, and is likely to go on for some time still, hnx-ause even the
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    34 5 The Gazette states that the King lms approved of M. Nicolas Kotp )pow as Consul-Geurral of Russia at Singapore and Mr Arthur Hamilton Hassell as Jon>ul of si am at Mo ul me in.
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    Friday, Feb. 2, 1912.
    348 6 baij Wckson has u< Uj Rnmei on a visit to Ih-1 too, Me K. a. DuUsom. the Assistant Resident. Mr J. F. Wreford Mid Mr and Mrs Maxwell Thornton have ifeued imitations for a Kanc\ l)re>> liall wliicli they arc giving at the Town Hall on
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    LONDON LETTER.
    468 6 {From our own Correspondent) London, Jan. :'»rd. The iirst-da> of the new year, with King Oeocflci at Calcutta, was the 85th anniversary of the proclamation o! the late Queen Victoria as Empress of India. The Straits Settlements had undoubtedly something to do with tin* suggestion bl tins title.
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    SHAKE CIRCULAR.
    181 6 Fraser and Co.'s. A qnieter tone has pervaded the market during the week and transactions have been confined chiefly to local shares, in which a fair business has taken place. Rubber. Doffs have been the feature of the week rising to 10s Bd, but now close Is down
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    YOUNG MEN'S MOSLEM ASSOCIATION.
    632 6 Under the auspices of the Young Men's Moslem Association, an Association rounded with the object of improving the members 1 knowledge of English ami of matters pertaining to Islam, a Ifuhamedaii public meeting was held on Wednesday at the Ayra Saugam Hall. The Meeting was fairly
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    PULAU BULANG.
    1576 6 The director* 1 report of the Man Bulang Rubber and Produce Co. to the shareholders for the meeting on Feb. 9th contains the following Finance. —The Company was registered on 22nd June,.l9lO, with a nominal Capital of 15,000,000 divided Into 500,000 shares of #10 each, of which 7,500
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    155 6 Many good stories about the KinKmperor. mostly illustrative of his kindly consideration and the very human side ot of his nature, are of course now going fee* round of the paper* One of the best ot these is a storv which was related by HiMajesty himself, whe,i he was inspecting
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    Saturday, Feb, 3, 1912.
    701 7 Hi^ fcveilenc? the Governor hus apted Ms*. M. Marriott to be hit Private S< rotary. coronal famine is reported Iron Kuala ingsar. The price per nut nas junped n I to 7 eenti in a fortnight. Mi. Julian Prankdl, of It, Lloyd Road, eportfl the lo>s
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    ALLEGED EXTORTION.
    228 7 Kuuoi'KVN Chaboed at Pouce Conn. The ease i-s which a European named McKernon and s Tamil named Michael were charged with attempting to extort 19 from Sinasainy. another Tamil, was continued before Mr. Acton, ascond magisIrate, yesterday. The parties are employed by Topham, Junes and Railton. Mr. <i.
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    S. V. A.
    290 7 Tlie annual meeting or the Singapore Volunteer Artillery was held in the Drill Hall last evening, under the presidency of rapt. Makepeace, there being present also Lt. Blair and about '{<> members of the Corps. The Officer Commanding, in dealing with the affairs of the Corps, referred
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    Y. M.C. A. DEBATING SOCIETY.
    297 7 On Thursday uighl at the Y. M. A. Hull ji new session of the Parliamentary Debating Society was commenced with an address by Ml 1 Walter Makepeace. In introducing tin- speaker, Mr A. W. Bear, President, referred to the value of a debating society in
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    TOPICS OF THE WEEK.
    1069 7 Quicquid agunt homines nostri est farftgo libelli. Juvenal. Oar readeri will forgive us for alluding so often t<> the labour unrest and its phenomena at home. As spectators see most of the game, those who Look at this matter from a distance appreciate its seriousness to
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    PICKING POCKETS.
    475 7 A Paying < k cupatiox. a queueless young Chinavsaa facrd Mr Maundrell. third magistrate, yt*s»t t*i-«lii morning. on charges ot theft of <H and fraudulent possession of $90.06. Accused claimed to l»e t ried. Acting Detective Enspectoi McAfee conducted the prosecut ion. The story told by the Crown
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    SULTAN MUST PAY AND APOLOGISE.
    134 7 Expedition against "Kr-.i.\" Lootem Calcutta, Jab. 2~>ih. The rect m stranding and looting of Jli steainer "Kuala" off th<> const «>f Soootm is likely 10 le;»d to action being taken in the near future to enforce upon tin* Sultan of thai place his duty towards
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      "NON EUROPEANS AND THE CIVIL SERVICE."
      1578 8 "NON EUROPEANS AND THE CIVIL SERVICE." Sir. -Now at a time when the Chinese. Malay*. Eurasians sod other cosmopolitism race-. iioiiKuiop<';iii natural born British MilijtM ts who are natives and residents of tliis Colony have OOSM forward to protest against tlie exclusion of ***** Europeans from the Straits Civil Sh
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      HOW DISEASE IS SPREAD.
      165 8 To the Editor, Sik. U would be a good thing if the Medical Health Officer would visit the markets. Clyde Terrace particularly some afternoon between 5 and 5.80 when he would see something that might astonish him. 1 have often been in the market at this
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    STORE LADIES' RIFLE ASSOCIATION.
    112 8 STORE LADIES' RIFLE ASSOCIATION. For tbe February Competition of tbe Mills Trophy the Association made 138, i& spit** oi :i very strong wind Individual scores are Miss Kerr Mrs. Felkin Fisher :5l) Ooldie Lady Kvehn Young s Mrs. Watkins s Tot;il l«0 The February Spoon was won b> Mrs. Gattey
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    THE OIL FIELDS AT SUEZ.
    498 8 Mr. Dunlop, tin- British Vice-Consul at Tort Said. gives fche following account of tiu i development of oil fields on the coast of t ln* Gulf of Suez and the lied s.-a. The pioneer company be&au operations at (ieinsah, some lt>o miles down the Gulf
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    130 8 The Hist Opium sale lor 1912 WM held In Calcutta on .lan. 17th. There were Hlo chests of Bebar and 9:»0 chests of Benares opium put up for sale, and the general average price was Us. :>,4:J:», with a grand total of Re *9,75,4f0. The highest price realised for a
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    CINEMATOGRAPH DISPLAYS.
    258 8 Swm I mitt irm> In the (iazette published yesterday \\;i* contaifU'd the draft of k new ordinance which it is intended to introduce >hortl\. amending the 'Theatres Ordinance, L99B**. The Objects and Reasons state that this Kill is Intended for the purpose of regulating public cinematographic display >
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    HOUSEBREAKERS BUSY.
    166 8 Sim Soon Hoc :i 'hinese dork employed hy Messrs. Befell Meyer 4k Company, pepotte to the police tliat ou returning to hihoiiM' at No. Belegie Koad. om Tlnnsdav evening he found that his loom had Ixmi; iuokou open and clothing valued al 128.80 was mis>ing. Me mi. H.
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    CHINAMAN ATTEMPTS SUICIDE.
    290 8 PROMPT A(iKi\ i;\ K. J». j; Uy! On Saturday iffefcnMNM about half na>! two o'clock a Chinaman came on fcn ftlhail ton's Pier jind jumped into the water on the left side of the pier, it is supposed with the intention of a committing suicide A considerable
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    BIG GODOWN THEFT.
    89 8 Lim IVe ieaiig. storekeeper t<j Mrss. Stephens, Paul and Co.. reported to the police on Saturda\ morning thai he found the riverside doors of the Companv Oodown at US-IS4, Havelock Houd. 0p,,, aud four large cases containing clothin-. valued at $1,200 missing. The police theory is that
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    Monday. Feb. 5, 1912.
    249 9 A Bengali living in a cubicle at Xo 77 9s«S Str. et. has informed the police that »fl*f an absence of a few days he found h> Ik)\ broken open and property valued at <40>." missing. Count Hex. the new German Ambassa i,»i to Japan, passed
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    HEAD-HUNTERS' VISIT.
    550 9 UH>RBUTES KKOM THK PHUUfINE ISLANDS. Amiable Savages. TWrc baa ju>t anriTed in London a uiii|>;tii\ of w iitl look i nix people repre- nt;iti\e> of a countr\ whi< h glorie> in a laminating hUtory. and where the day never passes peacefully by. They are a tompan> of Igorrotes
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    BUKIT K. B. AFFAIRS.
    998 9 iwwni i»n,,.KN,, (11 mm cm. ti.<- ti,M Moo,! ■menu wnnlliw U the Srs I ii iit r l was eia AIM* at eleven a.,,,. 011 Sat, lr d..v. Kt,^;,r." is H< Mlllll The Dibfctobs Rkpovt ton^T 11 tlJe d!,T I)il^ tfJl to submit bewwith adu >
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    PAJAM LIMITED.
    732 9 PAJ AM LIMITED. The third annual meeting of the above Company wy held on Saturday in the Secretai ies" Offices Mr. W. 11. Sime presiding. Amongst others present were Messrs. w. i>. Fisher, w. L. Watkina, J. M. Sine, A. Derrick, Hon. F. w. Collins, H. B. Llewellyn and others.
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    THE REVOLUTION IN CHINA.
    805 9 MONAH HV oli iiKIM i:L C.' SWISS !M I: In the course of an interesting letter :<> the Westminster Gaze:ie a oormtpoasleut writes as follows: When the Chinese revolution began to assume a national chaiactei I was it sirons of obtaining some liglit BpOU two or
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    47 9 The Rauee Muda of Sarawak has under gone a successful operation for append! citisat 8, Cadogan-gardens. A Chinese woman living in Arab Street, lias sought the assistance of the police to recover her two year old son whom she SayS has been kidtianpel tiv a female ■SIISUI
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    Tuesday, Feb. 6, 1912.
    704 10 It is gratifying to learn that Lady Lugard it progressing satisfactorily. A twakow conta.inin n one hundred bags of rice >unk in the harbour on Saturday night alongside the, Penang." Me A. J. Kent of Shanghai has been stiit to prison for si\ months for misappropriation
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    DARING GANG ROBBERY.
    622 10 SHOPKEEPER SHOT DEAD. EUROPEAN WARDERB AND POLICE FIRED ON. The full details of the gang robbery at Sepoy Lines, reported in our columns yesterday morning, show what a desperate lot the robbers were. It appears that at seven o'clock on Sunday night, twelve queueless Cantonese went quietlj
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    CHINESE SWIMMING CLUB.
    202 10 CHINES E SWIMMING CLUB. The following are, the results of the January Bwimming competitions of i\)a Chinese Swimming Club swam off on Sunday. A. Division 100 Yards. Ist Seet Tiong Kok <is Sees.); 2nd Chia 'feck Chye (9 Sees.': Brd Tan Kim Chu i (80 Sees.'; uh CheongKeng Liatt '14
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    Correspondence.
    517 10 The sohrows or a Chief Offt< e& To the Bohoh Sir, One notes the new Ordinance to be introduced shortly amending the "Theatres Ordinance 1908." Virtually it is a Cinematograph Censor. A new billet and perhaps tin unhappy one. Erery scene to he described In writing. How ninny mwns
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    ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION.
    365 10 To i mi: Editor. sir. Mr. E. SI. Jaiiioa, who sails i<morrow, asks me to write you requesting that you would kindlj let dm intimate tluit he has gent a draft to the secretary of the above institution for £61-15-2 U-ing the sum given— ls27 which
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    SINGAPORE NURSING ASSOCIATION.
    648 10 pROCrREfifl DfWXG P.itiT V'KAK. the annual general meeting of th* Singapore Nursing Association was held in Mm Board Room at the Municipal Offices yesterday morning. Mrs. IV. W. Fishei presided, there being ;*!so present Mrs. E. C Kllis. Mrs. .1. Dashwood Saund«»rs. Mrs. Rowland Allen. Mrs. Yenning
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    144 10 Chong Kiim Cl»a. a Cliinaman, of Bochore Canal Road, w;^ rrnhhod In tha back in Fraser Street on Sunday m-ljt and died sresterdaj nn>ruing. I n<lei tlie title o! La plus jeune grand Blew dn Miomie."" p.t.-i.^ coJit<Mnj>orarv gives an account ol Mdnte. Kuni Mrdm kaiui. Earmer*t wife in theriUa#tef
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    SCOTTISH LETTER
    1445 11 Juiuiurx 11 The hwvjkifi just performed another of tlu,.M. Mi!,i».r>»uits orei principle for winch the p.vM-ut (ioNvriun.-nt are notorious, a >hort lime ago it mm an nounced that the grant for the construe tion of Psterhoad Harbour would be with drawn. the reason giroa being thai since tIM-f'StuMMltllt'llt
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    BUKIT TIMAH CHINESE CHURCH.
    245 11 BUKIT TIMAH CHINESE CHURCH. Rb-Opemng. fn spite of the very heavy rain on Saturday, there was a large attendance of Chinese at the dedication of the new build ings at Bukit Tiniah, and the reopening of the Chinese Church. Many European friends meant to he present but were prevented, among
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    MINOR SCOTS VERSE.
    1175 11 A nation which produces a poet of Mich universal genius as Robert limns is peculiarly fortunate; hut the prodoetion of ■such a port is not without its drawbacks, nevertheless The chief of these, in the case of Scotland, is that practically every Scots poet since Burnt'fl day.
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    PROPERTY SALES.
    409 11 Messrs Ching Kong Lee and Co. yesterday held a stile of town properties, at wich there was a good attendance of Chinese Arabs and Malaya fend fair prices weru realised. Results: 2s Omar rd. 1.2*7 >q. ft., quit rent 75 efts, monthly rent $20. Nought by Sbaik Abdullah
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    London Financial Letter.
    1917 12 A Xkw Ykak'h Kibkkk Revival- Satisfactory Oi'KMMi Auctions- -Somk (Joon Forward Salks— Thk Sharks In Favour Ckylon Issikk L\(i- -Bi kit Rajah Dividend Skkkmhan and Cakey I'nitKD. Jan 5. The speculative industrials which have been so prominent a feature in the London stock markets during the latter
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    CLEOPATRA.
    1216 12 Cleopatra was not an uncommon name but the most uncommon was the eldest daughter of Ptolemy Auletes she as everyone knows was celebrated tor her beauty and her gift of fascination just as were Helen of Troy and Mary, Queen of Scots. Her father was a flute player and
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    DESPERATE GANG ROBBERY.
    205 12 Man Shot Dead. A terrible and daring gang robbery occurred on Saturday night, which on the face of it carries an appearance of lawless ness that will have to l>e stamped out without remorse. At 7 p.m. a number of Chinese went to a shop in New
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    140 12 The Colombo Municipal Council has discussed the advisability of introducing a by-law regarding motor horns. The Mayor referred to the difficulty of defining an ob jectionable horn, and said he thought the shortest way out of it would be to say that a horn must be approved by the registering
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    Wednesday, Feb. 7, 1912.
    502 13 Mr fostke Kbden took his seat in the Supreme Couit yesterday, Mg "nil. F.C. Heath, < Inspector of Royal Kngineer>. ha\ ing arrived here is temporarily on the strength of the commaml. Not to alh -w the anniversary of Singapo*C to pass unnoticed we may mention
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    THE ALHAMBRA.
    251 13 GOTKKMNI WATCUEM DVBIUI HCIVUE& \i\^ Kxcellesicy tlit» Governor. Sir Arthur ami Lady Kvelvn Young, and i distinguished part> included unionist whom WM MMO Onl :ind Prim ess Marie of QBtiicß. attended at the Alhambra Cinematograph last evwring. The ap pmach and building WM >iettilv d< eor ated and
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      The Cantonese in Singapore.
      1163 13 U'ori;. 1 teg to draw your attention to the (liUlt|(' roUs now assumed by (he young illiterate botbloods of Canton in Singapore, since the revolution in China. ton remember the recent Quarantine case, in which six Cantonese have been sentenced to pHson for being the ringleaders.
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      SIR STAMFORD RAFFLES AND SIR JAMES BROOKE.
      426 13 Portraits fob the Victoria Memorial Hall. It will he remembered that the Committee of the recent Agri-Horticultural show. from tbe balance remaining after all charge! had beefl defrayed, agreed to defray the entire expense of providing for the Victoria Memorial Hall, on behalf
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    25 13 m Mr Philip Peakford, staying at 381, Victoria Street, has reported to the police thai he has lost a will and a chief officer's certificate.
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    DR. LIM BOON KENG.
    201 13 All the friends ol l>r Lin Jtoon K. n_. formerly an ITn official Member of the Legislative Council of tin* colony, will be interested and plcatod to learn thai be has been inmnioned to Nanking on behalf of the new Government <»f China, pro hahly to
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    CHURCH WORKERS' ASSOCIATION.
    138 13 Annual General lleki iv.. The annual general meeting of tl.. Chnrch Workers" Association was held in the l>i!>le House. Auiienian Street, at 10 a.m. yesterday. Mis Ferguson Da. vie pi.sided and aiifontf those piesent weiv Mrs (iattey. lion. Sec. Mrs Swindell, Mrs I >asli\vood Saunders. Mrs Sal/nr.tnn.
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    PROPERTY SALES.
    135 13 The following Singapore properties were disposed oi by SUCtlOn at Messrs. I'oweil and Co.'s sale room yesterday after noon Freehold land at East Coast Bond, 7, milestone, area 7 acres :> roods M solas. Bast India Coy's (I rant NO. ">O. Planted with young cocoanut trees. Koh Sek
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    FIRE IN KUANTAN.
    154 13 BELAT Town WIPED Oit. News has been received from Kuantau that the Belat township was wiped out by Are on January 11. The out break occurred at S p. m. on that day. and prac tically every dwelling had been burned to the ground in twenty minutes.
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    SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB.
    51 13 Ladies Spoon. The February Spoon competition wan played oil Monday February .">th ami r» ■oiled in a win for Mrs Halloway who returned a nett score of 41. The following cards were returned. Mrs Halloway M II 41 Mrs Lyall 60 15 45 Mr6 Gansloser 54 2
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    23 13 Burglarß have risited the hoiibe of Cbau Chin (iuan, a Chinaman residinK :«l Kani puna Selebiu, Pulau Tekon^. und coppers amounting to 525.
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    WRECK OF THE s.s. " KUALA."
    1412 14 WRECK OF THE s.s. KUALA." DIFFICULTIES OF THE SALVAGE OPERATIONS. ATTITI'DE OK THE SULTAN OK SOOOTRA. PUNITIVE EXPEDITION PROPOSED. Bombay, January 24th. The salving of the British ileMMf Kuala," stranded on the north-eastern point of Socotra on the 20th November last, will serve to revive interest in the accident. As
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    ANOTHER TOWN GANG ROBBERY.
    85 14 We arc 1 informed that another serious gang robbery was perpetrated in the Rochore district at about 9-30 on Monday night. A number of Chinese are stated to have entered a Chinese tailor's shop in Arab Street, two kept watch at the door while the others
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    MORE TROUBLESOME COOLIES.
    219 14 When the Assistant Port Health Officer, the Boarding Officer and a police guard went off to the German steamer Phta Xang yesterday afternoon to enter the vessel, it was decided that she would have to go into Quarantine. This however did not suit My Lords the Coolies
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    Correspondence.
    164 14 CANTONESE SEDITION. To thk Editor, Dear Sir,— The majority of the Chinese community, including the high-class Cantonese themselves, will not fail to appreciate the timeliness and the accuracy of the observations of your correspondent in this morning's issue on the subject of the Cantonese in Singapore." I will not
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    PRESENTATION OF PORTRAITS.
    652 14 INTERESTING CEREMONY. The portraits of Sir Stamford Rattles, the founder of the Colony, and Rajah Sir James Brooke, founder of Sarawak, which have been acquired out of the balance remaining over from the last Agri-Horticul-tural Show, were formally presented to the Municipal Commissioners in trust for the
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    CHINESE VOLUNTEERS.
    682 14 ANM'AL GENERAL MKKTIN«i. The annual general meeting of the members of the Chines*' Volunteers \n>»held in the Chinese Volunteer Club house vesterdav afternoon. Captain (ilennie presided and there were also present Captain (lould, the Buffs. (Adjutant). Sergeant Webb, the Buffs, and eight Chinese Volunteers. Captain Glennie said he
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    BOXING v JIU JITSU.
    184 14 At the Haiima Hall last night there was a tremendous crowd prrfsenl. not only to see the fine pictures hut also to see the contest between lexers and the Japanese art of Jiu Jitsu. Professor Vamato was the exponent of the latter, while PtM Higgs and
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    TELEGRAMS.
    2640 15 [By Submarine Cable]. Rectkr's Servick. Renter wires from Leipzig that Stewart was alert and sell possessed. He answered Tranklv and wnhoiitaiinglj prolonged und singular interrogation as to his means, relationships and capacities. He said he had £2.0011 a year and his private fortune was tlt,OOa He knew the difference
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    WEDDING IN PENANG.
    146 15 Tlie marriage of Mr. Williem Herman El berg, of the M Hotel d<> Boer." M.dau and Miss Louise Sophie; Haulers, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. ffamcin of Amsterdam, Holland, was quietly solemnized in the Presbyterian Church on Mon day morning, when the Rev. Ernest
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    LICENSING OF SERVANTS.
    140 15 A Committee Meeting regarding the above 'with Mr. Grillitus. M. F. C in the chair 1 was held at the (mice of Mr. A. C. J. Towers at Ipoh on Friday last at 1 1 a.m. The liev. W. E. Horley accented a scat on the Committee.
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    RESCUE FROM DROWNING.
    128 15 At <>.I~> p. in. on Sunday a bathing acci dent took plate at the back of "Fonb-noy." a residence adjoining the Sea Viow Hotel. Peuang. As two Malay hoys and a King hoy were bathing together, the Kliug boy. who was not a swimmer, suddenly found himself
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    140 15 Tbe Daily Mirror of Jan. Bth bason its frxnit page some photographs of the >.t». Kuala stranded on Socotra and looted by the Socotran natives with the couni vance of Sultan Abdulla. One picture shows the second class berths stripped to bare iron by the looters. Anothei given the first
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    SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.
    902 16 STATES NEWS. I poh. Feb. Ist. YmUidaj morning Mr. F. J. Ayria, manager of the New Singapore Rubber Estate. Tapah -ril. was the victim of a dastardly attack »>y Javanese coolies armed with changkols. He drew a revolver but the cartridge* missed tire. Mr. Mauders. an assistant on
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    MANILA CARNIVAL.
    75 16 Success of Singapore Representative. frro>>> "U» mtfH (~vrre\ponaent.\ Manila, Feb 6. In the lawn tennis championships now being played here in connection with the Manila Carnival, Mr L. E. Gaunt, the Singapore competitor, has made the following progress in the singles. Gaunt beat Gregg! 6 o, 6 o
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    RUBBER AUCTION PRICES.
    117 16 At the Twenty First Auction held yesterday by the Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association 147^ cases weighing pikuls 158.16 or 20,421 lbs were ottered and 142 cases weighing pikuls 147.5:'. or 19.071 lbs were sold. There was a full attendance of buyers and prices paid Indicate
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    387 16 Mr S. Imai, who relieves Mr T. Funatsu as Consul-General for Japan in Hongkong, arrives on the 6th February. Mr Imai. who comes from Tokio, was formerly in the Consulate at Koine. Forty-four Chinamen were at Liverpool charged with keeping, and assisting in keeping, a gaming house. One was sentenced
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    SHARES.
    1191 16 fiAST DIV. BUYERS. SKL.L.KRB. 3ap. Issue. Paid. "JS 3 3 I 7* 85,000 2s 2s Allagar ™J° 16 G 17 jj 150,000 2s 2s Anglo-Malay 40* iut m 50,000 2s 2s Bataug Malaka '11 15 0 12 5 0 30,000 1 1 Batu Caves gj 1U -£317 6 £4
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