The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly), 29 February 1912

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  • 15 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. THIRD SERIES THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 29, 1912. No 1,283
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  • 230 1 LEADERS. PAGE Striates and Foreign Policy I*2o WToansn Smrrage anel the Cabinet 129 I; josevelt in the King 13<» i niteel Italv ISO the- Situation In china 181 nrfcey and the War 181 Port Swettenham Facilities 181 POLICE AND COURT NEWS. Basil Panjam. Murder 185 Police Dog*i sudden eleath
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  • 127 1 Feb. 28. t."(. tons sold) 96.00 rem! buyers 10.40 No. 1 15.60 Oai thiol Cube No. I *§om. I i ordin. S*porS buyers 22.50 White fair buyers 31.50 iegi (110 te the lb.) nom. I M to the lb.) nom. Banun) Hi Amhoina 1 nom. itfim EUa-ek) 34.00 SCO,
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  • Domestic Occurrences.
    • 32 1 At Seremban, e>n the 22nd February, 1912, the wife of C. E. Donaldson, of a son/ Procter. At Penang on February 17, to Mr. and .Mrs. W. I). Procter, a son.
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    • 68 1 At fSagepoifi on Feb. SSth, C. F. Tobelmann, of Bremeii. Germany, to IL M. J. RumtißUS e>f Breda, Holland. Gordon-Smith. Oa the Stud Feb. 1912. at St. Andrew's Cathedral Singapore**-** by the Acting Colonial Chaplain. ROBERT DOUGLAS Gordon of Bandoeng Java, eldest son of the Revd. Roht. Gordon riuscarden
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    • 63 1 On Feb. Had a. in. at Claremout Mount Sophia, Almrec hi Muhle of Dalmann Co. Ralph. Ou the 20th February, at The General Hospital, Singapore, Captsia Thomas Julius Ralph, aged. S7. Braat.- On February SSth, at Singapore. IL Braat, Chief Officer, s.s. "Giang Seng. Funeral at 4. '10 p.m.
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  • 161 1 Mails from Europe of Feb. 2nd arrived by the I'. AO. on Friday. This homeward mail goes per I>. I. to Madras. The Legislative Council met on Friday and beard arguments for the Cinematograph Bill, considered the; retiring age*. aud dropped the Forts Bill. Mr. R. d.
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  • 70 1 (Corrected up to Feb, 28j Bank 4 m/s 2-4 11-32 demand 2-4 5-82 Private credits 3iu 8 2-4_ credits 6ms 2-4 11-16 France demand Bank 294 i Germany, demand 2381 India, T. T. 174 Hongkong, demand 163 Yokohama, demand 114 Java, demand 140_r Bangkok, demand 66 Sovereigns. Bank Buying
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  • 833 1 Strikes and Foreign Policy. Feb. 22. As the days go on the probability of the general coal strike is crystallising into certainty. Everybody knows that that must mean a dislocation of manufacturing industry of an indescribable kind. Everybody knows that it will mean an infliction on the masses of the
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  • 1067 1 Woman Suffrage and the Cabinet. Feb. 28. It is rather a quaint thing that this Leap Year, fl year of traditional privileges for the fair sex in the direction of H sanction of aggressive initiative; against reluctant bachelordom, is to witness a real battle royal over the question of the
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 125 1 Snhscnhers to the Singapore rree ness iv if .uialag fans Kurope to the Straits ol the mail Hues, are invited to send to i. r the name- ol their steamer and 4 arrival in Singapore. Copies will then maih-d tnmt it the in at various ports of call. Subscriber*, ia
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    • 67 1 Singapore Cold Storage Co., Ltd. Near Entrance to Borneo Wharf. Telephone 1026. Sea stocks of all kinds of Frozen Meats etc., can be delivered to shipping at the Wharves, or in the Singapore Roads on short notice. OFFICE HOURS. Weekdays 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. 7 a.m. to 8 a.m.
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  • 895 2 We may suppose that the Republicof the United States represents the finest expression attainable of practical democracy. Or thinks it does. And yet there are* many thoughtful persons who, considering the circumstances in which tho campaign \'ov the election of a President of the
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  • 1510 2 A United Italy. Feb. 26. For a long time there had been doubts that the peculiar character of the campaign difficulties encountered by tho Italian army of occupation since it boded on the shores of Tripoli would result in a proems of disillusionment anel elisappointment amongst the people of Italy.
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  • 1747 3 The sit uation in China. Feb. 27. give below what may be termed mi-omcial statement of the position hina which has come to us direct Sanking by mail. From that will o that while there may still remain lie minor points <>t difference to lie i. such as that of
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  • 1087 3 Turkey and the War. Fed, 28. It is a difficult thing for the ordinary man, absorbed in the business of his daily affairs, to find time for more thun a casual glance at tedegrams describing, as far as these mav, events affecting tbe course of international relations. Yet we would
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  • 902 4 Port Swettexham Facilities. Feb. 29. One* or two reflections max occur to disinterested persons after a perusal of the report of the deputation of the Selangor Chamber of Commerce to the Chief Secretary in connection with alleged insufficiency of facilities for handling cargo at that now very considerable port for
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  • 758 4 An entertainment will be go*:; iu the Victoria Theatre on March 7th in aiel of the Funds of the Lied Cross Society of China. The promoters of the' entertainment, the Straits Chinese Recreation Club, had a visit from delegates some' little* time ago. who addressed them
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  • 863 4 A deputation from the Selangor Chainher of Commerce has been received Chied Secretary, with whom xv«r. th (ieneral Manager of the Railwa. *< m i Acting Resident. Points SUSIs bx deputation in a speech of Mi. Nut:, w Shortage of tongkoigs insufficient en ine'dic •iency of labour on
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  • 780 5 The train of thought that leads up to this hardly needs tracing. There has ln-en in Singapore for the last week a professional illusionist a man xvhe>se business it is to deceive people and do that which is apparently physically Impossible. Only, as Raymond is a
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  • 1110 5 All nature sleep.- hushed bv the Mother Night. Save* the .-.low waters silent and intent. Axvakened by xvedrd laugh and ghostly light. For water spirits hold their parliament. Tbe dirty creeks or canals as we call them are a feature of most of the main roads around
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  • 1085 5 The province of Touraine is known to most of us by name. The versatile Cook sometimes arranges a tour —personally conducted through the country to see the famous Chateaux. But like so many places, Touraine is to many but a name, and nothing more. There are. it is
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  • 180 5 Development Fobbshadowbd. An annonncement xvas made on Feb. i which seems to indicate a possible development of the business of the Hoyal Mail Steam Packet Company in the Far Eastern trade. The company has sequirsd the business of Messis Xorris aud dovner, loading brokers for
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  • 223 5 Milrox." writing In the Sydney Mail, has some flattering things to say about Mr Amber's latest purchase. Crown Derby. whieh he states xvas sold for £1,000. He thinks that xvith the xx eight she bad allotted in the Anniversary Handicap she must have stood a very good
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  • 59 5 Mrs Lewis of the Maternity Hospital has reported to the police the loss of .10. Referring to the fact that several prominent business men in Kuala Lumpur during the recent floods in the Malay States, swain to their offices, the By The Way w riter of the Glolie says -—Company
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  • 180 6 MR. C. PEARSE AND MISS E. C. BEDFORD. Mr. Cecil Pearse, youngest son of Colonel and Mrs. C. J. Pearse. of Manorville, Westward Ho I Devonshire, and Miss Ethelfreda Charlotte Bedford, only daughter of Admiral Sir Frederick and Lady Bedford, Sxviss Cottage, Weybridge, were married in Holy Trinity Church, Brompton,
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  • 572 6 The F. M. S. export of xvolfram for January xvas pikuls 106.86. The export of gold xvas 1,668 oz. Mr. Foo Choo Choon i> gazetted to be a member of ihe Federal Council during the absence of Mr. Eu Tong Sen. The foreign population of Kobe*
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  • 968 6 A Fivk PBS CENT Dlvmi.Ni>. The third ordinary general meeting of Ihe Glenealy Plantations, Limited, xvas held at noon yesterday in the Company's registe-red office at Gresham House. Battery Road. Mr. A. D. /Ulan presided anel there xvere also present Messrs. 11. A. ES. Thomson. W. L. Stadermann.
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  • 409 6 The Tamil Congregation gave a inception to the Conference on Saturday evening at Kuala Lumpur. A very interesting programme xvas gone through. Bishop Oldham thanked the Tamil .Congregration for their courtesy. On Sunday at the Tamil service Bishop Oldham baptised txvo young clerks and a schoolboy (Jaffna Tamils)
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  • 130 6 The following competitions xvere played during the Chinese Nexv Vear holidays February medal xvon by Mr A. MacLennan xvith a nett score of 7:>. Eclectic competition xvon by Mr L. Ashcroft xvith a nett score of :>4. Bogey competition xvon by Hon F. J. Piggott who finished
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  • 225 6 POUHCAST OF thi: Ni:xv .'aiuni.t. The following forecast of the new Cab inet has be»en published at Shanghai Dr. Wn Ting fang. Minister of Foreign AtTairs Cheng Bi Kuang. Minister of the- Navy; (ieneral Li Yuan Hung. Minister of War Wong Chun Wei. Minister at Lax\ Cheng Chin
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  • 197 6 Dium Major Axdrfav's Scccekkkh. Drum Major Audrexv^. the crack sprin ter of the Buffs Begiment. called at the China Mail ollicc and informed them of his successes in running, at the Manila Carnival. He won both the e-uarter -mile and the half mile and xvas second iu
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  • 369 6 Evri'Xoi'iUNAi'V Risk in Pkick. FfUBS OP \n Encji.isu Strike. Bombay, Fed). 7. There is at the present moment a coal famine iu Bombay. This is the opinion of merchants xvholesale and retail in town. Unless the market becomes easier in the near future things will assume an
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  • 1792 7 IFrom our oun Correspondent* London, dan. •_>,. The- Government has. I barn, definitely decided that under no circumstaneee, so far a^ they ate in its power, will il dissolve- Parliament ibis year. "Ministers know perfect!] well that if the; went to the- couritrx now thex would be tsspelessly
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  • 357 7 Mr B. Kozhevar proceeds by tbe P. and <>. Nubia" to Yokohama where he xvill assume charge of the' P. and agency there. A Chinese trader of 11. Carpenter street. has caused the arrest of his clerk on a charge of criminal breach of trust
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  • 159 7 The seventh report presented to the shareholders at the Seventh Ordinary (ieneral Meeting held at the Company's Office, yesterday, states that the halfyearly balance-sheet of the Company shoxvs a nett profit of Ticals 165,497,47 including the balance of Ticals 8,207,97 from the preceding half year, whereof
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  • 100 7 The twenty third auction was held yesterday by tbe Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association, when 14b cases weighing 157.17 pkls or 20,956 lbs xvere offered and 121 cases weighing 185.57 pkls or 18,07 b lbs were sold. Smoked Sheet Xo. 1 1268 to §271 Cusmoked Sheet Xo.
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  • 86 7 The list of orders for December for the Stafford works of this Company is an imposing one, and of local interest there are to be found the order of Messrs Fraser and Chalmers for a 600 kw 8 -phase turboalternator, with overhung type exciter and shunt and series
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  • 467 7 Fraser Co.'s Apart from a modi rati demand foi a few of the- lower priced Rubbers, our ami ket. owing to tin* Chinese JCew fear Holi days, has been particular's quiet and calls for no comment. Rubber. Malakoffs bave been placed at 12.05, Singapore I'niteds l>. ml.. Pan
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  • 139 7 A unique collection of old plax bills xvas sold at Sotheby's. The Theatre' lloyai. Drury Lane, section from 17H.7 to ls:;_. xvas formed by John (lenest. author of "The English stage." All the playbills containing the names of Macklin. Mrs Siddons. Macready. (Jrimaldi. and others, xvere hound in
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  • 152 7 One of thk Accused Set Fuee. The case In xvhich txvo Chinese xvere charged xvith murder by causing the death of the late Toxvkay (.aw Boon Chan at Pasir Panjang some months ago xvas Used for a preliminary lmaring before Mr. Acton, second magistrate, yesterday. Mr. Gr.
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  • 25 7 Inspector Garside and Sergeants Moly ueux and Hatton of the Singapore police left for Kuala Lumpui- by train ou Bstur day to join the F.M.S^force.
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  • 815 8 Smoc^kinc; TbUOEDV \t elxi.i.i.. Galle. Feb. 14. A very startling tragedy occurred at Galle on Feb. 13. the Russian Yiee-Consiil being found shot at the Nexv Oriental Hotel. The deceased. Mr Tchokoff. it is hardly imcessary to say. xvas a partner of the well-knoxvn Russian tirm of
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  • 737 8 Saturday, Feb., -24. 1912. Mr Buckland succeeds Mr. Ko/hevar as a member of the Pilot Board. From Feb. 17 deferred telegrams iu plain language may be accepted for Belgium, Madagascar, and Senegal. Mr. F. E. Marsh, Asst. Municipal Engineer, has been elected an Associate Member of the Institution of Civil
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  • Correspondence.
    • 323 8 To THB Editok. Dear Sir, -May I ask you for a space in the columns of your valuable paper to express my views on the letter of An Observer" which appears in the Singapore Free Press" of the 7th instant regarding the dangerous attitude assumed by the young
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  • 487 8 We deeply regret to record the death on Thursday morning, the 22nd instant, at the early age of 24 years, of Mr Albrecht Muehle, an assistant in the linn of Messrs Dal man ii and Co. A friend of the deceased communicates these affecting details
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  • 25 8 A Chinaman was knocked down by a motor car in Hill Street yesterday afternoon and was removed to the General Hospital in an unconscious condition.
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  • 813 8 A Si;\- xthin xi. Sroicv. Evidence xvas taken by Mr Maundredl in the third court, yesterday, against the five Cantonese who are charged in connection with t_fe gang robbery at the Nexv Bridge Koad Bar on the evening of Feb S. Mr G. ti. Seth. the
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  • 87 8 IMPORTANT DISeOVKRY. We undersfand says the "Rangoon Times" that Mr B. A. Baldwin has notified the Local (iovernment that he' has discovered Platinum and the rare and valuable minerals of the Platinum group in the Myitkyina district. The assays of the heavy concentrates show 42 per cent,
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  • 1484 9 Ordinary Meeting Friday, Feb. 23rd. Pans vi be Govr., Hil Arth.ir Yening, K.e .M.O. Bon. 001. xr'\.. R. J. Wilkinson. the Attorne v Gem i;i". T. de M. L. I IllSSSlla-l the Col. Trta_r__rerW.C. Michell. Hie Col. Engineer, r. J. Pigott. Dr. Gllmon Ellin, i».e .m.o. Mreetoi -»f
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  • 1162 9 The annual report for the year 1911 has been issued. Among the paragraphs of general interest indicted by Dr. Hanitsch are the following The number of xvorks purchased during the year xvas 71b. at a cost of .2,509.9b. as against 501, at a cost of 5_.349.7->,
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  • 834 9 The China Press/' of Shanghai, publishes a portrait of Mr. Tan .Jiak Kim.e .xi.o., tin' leading Chinese resident of Singapore, and also gives the following biographical sketch, under the heading Famous Chinese Merchant is honcjured by King George Among the Nexv Vear Honors xxhich
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  • 915 10 Monday, Feb. 26, 1912. SATI I:!)XVs MI.K I INC.. A meeting of the shareholders in Lnnas Rubber Estate xxas held in the Exchange on Saturday at noon. Mr. P. M. Robinson presiding over a small attendance'. The meeting had been called to afford opportunity for further discussing
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  • 362 10 ing COets of cleaning and estimated output of rubber. The- Chairman in reply saiel the only reason they had to wait till 1917 for dividends was that the Directors SOW BO other way of making anx hetter arrangements. He xvas not particularly enamoured e»f the terms of the- loan but
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  • 330 10 SERIOUS SUDDEN ILLNESS. We in mil regret to hear that this abb' American writer on military matters xvho passed through Singapore xvith Dr Sun Vat Sen for Shanghai nearly three' months ago. iu the capacity of one' of the military advisers to the Provisional (iovernment. has had
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  • 119 10 DUNGUN WOLFRAM SYNDIC ATE. From Messrs Sharps Itoss and Co xve have the prospectus of the Dunguu River (Trengganu) Wolfram Development Syndicate, capital £'40,000 in £1 shares of which 20,000 are offered for allotment subscription. The directors are Sir Ernest lurch. Hacster Exeritt, and E. H. Sharpe. The object of
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  • 714 10 The i nfinishi'd Doubles Champiosship. Te> have the doubles championship and the carnival cups held over until next year and then played off, as advocated by Gaunt, the Singapore champion, or award the cup to Fanning ami Gee ami consequently have them retain their title of champions
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  • 59 10 The following is the result of crushing operations at Haul* for tbe four xveeks ending 24th inst Bukit Koman. Stone crushed 2.8.56 tons Gold obtained H24 ounces Average per ton 5.81 dxxt. •Bukit Malacca. Stone crushed 2.42 1 tons; Gold obtained 176 ounces; Average per ton 1.46 dxvt. Annual
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  • 34 10 IFrom our own Correspondent.} Malacca, Feb. 24th. Trices realised at the Malacca Kubber Ruction were Sheet No. 1 $-264 Sheet No. 2 £258.81 Scrap Cre^e $234.50 Bark Crepe i $217. 79
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  • 414 10 Mr. "Stanley Knocker of Collyei appeared before- Mr. Maundrell, thud gistrste, yesterdax morning, charged on February 15th he' diel an act. t firing an airgun in a public- place a ly or negligently as tei endanger Inn lite or the persemal lefet. of others. Mr. James Aitken
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  • 428 10 Result of Fi bum k Motorix... Fuller details of the accident which re .ulted in the death of "Jack, the- Aim dale terrier trained to hunt criminals an I specially imported from Major Richard son's kennel at Harrow, shoxx that at on Sunday morning .lae -k xvas
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  • 746 11 Sergeant F. 11. Jewa las won the ritie i>\ Mi Bland fe»r competition ng the« Unlay Volunteers at 2' 10.500 SOS yards. While on a hunting trip in Cavite proI iptain BUfc < 'romwell. collector internal rovonuc in the Philippine Islands, dropped dead from heart failure.
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  • 668 11 THE NEW BRIDGE-RD AFFAIR. GBUESOME EXHIBITS. The five Cantonese arrested in connection with the recent gang robbery anel murder at the New Bridge Road Bar xvere again before Mr Maundiell. third magistrate, yesterday afternoon, on preliminary enquiry. The prisonersgot drenched to the skin by the heavy rain
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  • 460 11 Mistaken for a Burglar. On Sunday night, Mr. Hugh Charles Angus oi 34- 1. Balestier Road, went to sleep in the house of a Chinese friend. Hob Fug Seng, at 6-9, Jalan Ampas. The object was to watch tor thieves and Mr. Angus had a shot gun
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  • 332 11 Last Quarter's Figures. The trade returns of the last quarter of 191 1 just published include goods brought for consumption and export into the Settlements from Foreign countries and the Colony, but do not include transhipments except in the ease of rubber from the' l.M.s. which is
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  • 166 11 Dr. SEQUAH." A friend Writes Apropos oi' your paragraph in this morning's S.F.P. re« garding Dr. Sequah, I don't know whether you bave heard tiie folloxving txvo storie<s. I remember him on his gilded car on the old Gaol Site in the early nineties xvben he use'd to harangue a
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  • 456 11 To not a very large house-, perhaps due to the inclemency of the weather, perhaps because Singapore has had rather a surj feit of theatrical nntr rtain ments of late, Mi. Leo Dryden opened a short season at tin- Victoria Theatre last night. The company gives a
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  • 284 11 The Great Raymond's great success at the Theatre Royal em Sunday night brought for him a still greater success last night. Natives came in their hundreds and went away again three hours later talking very freely of xvhat they bad seem. That they thoroughly enjoyed ths performance
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  • 1506 12 Sl.xki.y \s x British INSTITUTION. (Cornounr Rbsuvbd.) Labour difficult ie-s have always been a source of trouble and even anxiety to the British in Malaya. Before' the earliest BUOneeiß had been in Sumatra a week they were- confronted xvith them. Tbe force, almost exclusively European,
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  • 249 12 Owing to an inadvertence, no seats xvere reserved for the Press, as in the usual practice, at the amateur entertainment given in the Victoria Theatre on Saturday night in aid of the funds of the Girl's Friendly Society. H.E. the Governor and Lady Evelyn Young and a large
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  • 1174 12 Quicquid agunl homines nostri est farigolibelli. Juvenal. Tis beyond ouestion that cutter journalism pays. Witness the vast fortune left bv tbe late Henry Labouchere. and the revelations made iu Court as to the royal way in which Mr W. T. Ste-ad flings about his thousands among
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  • 305 12 Before Mr dust ice Fisher in the Suju Court yesterday afternoon Mr B. M. Parn I made an application to the Court umh Section *27(> K. Municipal Ordinance ti determine the amount of compensation to be paid in respect of certain propertuuder conipulsorx acquirement in
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  • 146 12 The report on the working o( the Club for the past year states 209 new members joined the Club during the year under review, making th. membership on :51st December, It 1 1 1,274. The estimated profit for the year 1911 was SoUO and the balance sheet aud
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  • 477 13 Mr. P. Marshall has taken over charge of the K. F. Tel. Cos. station at Labuan. A clerk employed hy Soo Tar. Soo of 1 lit*. Tanjong P. gar Bond, is alleged to have' made off xxith goods WOttb |So*o. His Majesty the King, xvben at
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  • 267 13 |)xi:ino Auxin AT SEUAXOOOX. A Chinese xvoman named Ong All Watt. lixing in South Bridge* Koad. reports to the police- that at 8.80 p.m. on Monday she xvas in South Bridge- Koad xvben a countryman of hers struck her on the lace xvith his list and took axvay
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  • Correspondence.
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    • 433 13 To The Editor, Sir. When one takes up a local paper one invariably reads of robberies here-. there- and everywhere. In former years during Chinese Nexv Vear one xvas accustomed to hear of such occurrences, but these then xvere committed unaxvare. Noxv these robbers go out boldly,
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    • 102 13 To THE BDITOB, Sir, After reading the repent in this morning's paper of the' sudden death of Jack the police man hunting dog. one Concludes that there are- sueh people. white men. and of the well-to do class, xvho would ral hen- run axvay from a
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    • 130 13 To the Editor, Dear sir. Will you please allow me space in your valuable columns, oo behalf of the residents of Amoy Sl reet and its surrounding districts, to draxv the atle-n--tioil of the Police to the' laet that there Die- hardly any mata-niala to he; Been going
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  • 1314 13 Captubeo bv Ac n\ k Sikh. A young Chinaman faced Mr Firmstone, in the District Criminal Court, yesterday morning, cm a charge' of attempted housebreaking in Flint Street. Court Inspector Bourne appeared for the prosecution. Sikh Lance Corporal Ne>. *_:;i. Kahm sing, attached to the Central
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  • 1091 14 Thursday, Fkb. -2U, 1012. a Successful Evening. Last night at the Teutonia Club, before a very good audience, the young American violinist, Mr. Thuness Kovarick, gave a violin recital xvhich proved very successful, the B ll dieters being lavish in their applause of the performance of this
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  • 1934 14 I Malaya Bbanch.) Dr. K. A. Elder, Honorary Secretary of the Malaya Branch of the British Association, forwards a copy of the Presidential Address, delivered by Dr. G. A. Finlayson before the members of the Branch at the last Annual Meeting held in the Medical School. Singapore,
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  • 350 14 A three column article by Mr John Kennedy appears in the Liverpool Journal of Commerce of the 24tb ultimo, on the Bibby Line. It is illustrated xvith pictures of the screw steamer "Arno" ami of the the present day Gloucestershire,*' The "Arno" xvas the
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  • 40 14 Mr Ge-orge Teeling is lying seriously ill in the Penang General Hospital. The recent Bogey Competition of the Garrison Golf Club, was won by Major W. M. L. Bower with a score of 2 down. Fifteen cards xvere taken out.
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  • 3105 15 [By Submarine Cable]. I.eltkr's Service. Ixmdon, via Bombay A telegram from Shanghai states that Tang Shao Yi has started for _Vking to conduct Yuan Shi Kai to Nanking to be installed as President of the Republic. Re-uter leams that the financial arrangements for both the British and the Portuguese
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  • 888 16 Kuala Lumpur. Feb. 21. t. There have been many disturbances during the day and the police have been compelled to lire, several Chinese being wounded xvith buckshot. Hundreds of Chinese have been coming in from the outstations during the day and a serious conflict may take place tonight.
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  • 676 16 As some amount of public attention has been called to the lame conclusion of the Challenge Round in the Manila Tournament, in xvhich Mr Gaunt and Mr Fichenberg xvere ruled out xvben the game stood at OS, ilii, 8-b, 6-1, through Mr Gaunt having to leave for
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  • 9 16 RUBBER STERLING COMPANIES. MINES. RUBBER DOLLAR COMPANIES. INDUSTRIALS.
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