The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 11 June 1900

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    18 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. THIRD SERIES. SINGAPORE. MONDAY, iith JUNE/ 1900. DAILY ISSUE, No. 39 <
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
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      790 1 P o Office. ColWer Quay AS Wharves. Keppel Harbour O STEAM NAVIGATION Co Steamers for CHINA, JAPAN, PENANG' fFYLON, INDIA, AUSTRALIA, ADEN FGYPT, MARSEILLES, GIBRALTAR. MAITA, BRINDISI, VENICE. PLYMOUTH AN D LONDON. Through Bills of Lading issued for Persian Gv'.f, Continental and Amtrtcan Ports, also for China Coast, and San
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      731 1 pHINA MUTUAL STE .MNWIGATION COMPANY, LIM TED. *TPHE foliowine are the dates on which the Co.'s Steamers may be expected here, viz OUTWARD. HOMEWARD. For Hongkong Shang- Foil Marsbillks and h\i 8c Japan Ports. London. 1900. iqoo Kintuck due June 17. Ching Wo due July 1. Moyune due june 24.
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      916 1 DE PARtTVAAPT MAATSCPAPPIJ Under ohtract with tme NptSMUAMM Iwria Oo*«rnmiht. agents at Singapore. >hips agency, late I DAfciNDELS <v Cow, 2-3 Collver Ouav The undermentioned dates ark onlt approximate Fron Itapecieo Will be detpatcbeo lor de Carpenuer Batavia June v Billiton. Batavia. henbon, Samaranj;, Sourabaia. Mncassar and limor U ne
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      240 1 McALISTER Co. Engineering Department. fo R Planting. Mining. Engineering, Carpenters Tools 4 nd !<• <jui~it-5 Portable Steam Eagiai s and Centrifugal Pumps Dicks Patent ar.d OrigMWl B*lata Belting Circular, Frame, Cross cat and Hand Saws Hand Pumfj-> for House and Ship use Hand Drilling Machine! and Portable Forges Cement Drain
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      697 1 t-TOMQKONO AND SHANGHAI XA BANKING CORPORATION PAJD-UP LAPi i AL liooooouo RKSKkVK KINO „,,'joo'om RESERVE LIABILITY OP PROPRIETORS ..j '0,000,000 Cuurr ot Diesc-toes. N. A Sum Eaq.— Chairman. R. Shewan, Esq.— Dxrurr Chaikman. R. M. Giiav, K«q. j H. W. Slade. Esq. E. Gobtz, Es«j. j D. M. M s«s,
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      500 1 PETER SYS' WONDERFUL SPECIFIC. THE only remedy at p.esent kno*n as an INCAUUbLt and PKKM\NK\ CuKr Sprue. Dysentery, Diarrhoea, Hemorrhage and Ulceration" RECOMME\DEDBrSOMEoKTHBf.HIKh C SPECIALISrS.MTHtMEDICAI MMiMu M Sold fetaity v all hemisis and Wholes" by ROPKSbIu.N THE PETER SYS COMPANY, Nov ROPRIITORS ANO HMW, 9, Old Ch.ha Str KBt S,^w
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      359 1 DACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY OCCIDENTAL AND ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP COMPANY AND Y^O KISEN KAISHA (ORIINIHS.S.CO.) trough passage t.cHeu granted to ¥.< France, and Germany by all trans-Atlan: iC et Of Ste.mer,, a!so to San Franci^o by the stea.ner ol the above lines. To other European points at proportionate rat. bpec.al reduced
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    Domestic Occurrences. MARRIAGE.
    44 2 Domestic Occurrences. MARRIAGE. On May 15th, at Sidney jngrcgational hap«-l, Liverpool, by the Rev. d«orj^ l^ord, AUUWU MiT( huli M'Neil, of Sn>{ .pore, v n of tbe l^te Key. I. M'Neil, Auche ca.rn, C-»:S- l)c.uf»l«s. Jkotland, to Jakib, daughter o( Capt. E. K.Crai^, Singapore.
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    The Singapore Free Press. MONDAY, JUNE 11, 1900.
    1066 2 The Singapore Free Press. MONDAY, JUNE 11, 1900. Mere »r« t-t F'r»«« I: rt> f>'« 'f•■ L'naw«J If influence Jf d ur.bnbtd Lr gin Her* patriot Troth hef f loriout precrpti draw. P.timt* to R*li«iOD. LsTkitr. »r.d LML Thk main interest m the campaign news from South Africa lies m
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  • SPECIAL TELEGRAM.
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    SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB.
    370 2 Spring Cur. This Competition was played last Saturday. The afternoon was an ideal one for £v:», there being no sun, and a light breeze whs blowing, the only in< onvenience being < a.wrl trom the smell of pine-apple refuse, a> one approached the fourth hole. The links
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    ST. ANDREW'S CATHEDRAL.
    410 2 Ihe Special Service arranged for last night at the Cathedral wa» somewhat interfered with by the heavy rain, and only about lia'i the Cho.r boys were able to get thrre. 1 hf* service however went very well indeed. Onward Christian Soldiers was sung as a ProcetM >nal,
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    JACKSON MILLAR CUP.
    113 2 Swimmivo Club Racb. In the 150 yards race of the Jackson Millar Cup competition swum at Tanjong Katong yesterday morning there were only nine starters. The conditions were excellent, smooth water and a still tide. A. Darke with 17 sees, start won, with Upton (scratch) half a
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    DINNER TO DR. SIMON.
    192 2 A fri.nd writes: On Saturday night a farewell dinner was given to Dr. Simon at the Club by members of the Civil Service a.d Medical Profession. The Chief Justice presided and spoke m appreciative terms of the long and valuable services of Dr. Simon t>> the
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    L. L. T. C. AMERICAN TOURNAMENT.
    227 2 The A class m the L. L. T. C. American lournament. playe.l on Sal urday afternoon, passed off successfully, and the experiment of scoring by strokes instead of games proved a g«od one. Having had no previous experience m this mode of scoring, it
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  • REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
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      IN NATAL.
      29 2 BULLER OUTFLANKS LAING S NEK. Boer Positions Untenable. General Buller reports that he has captured positions which he thinks render the Boer position at Laing's Nek untenable.
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      The Battleship "Goliath."
      13 2 The Battleship Goliath." H. M. S. Goitath has sailed from Gibraltar for China.
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  • THE PEKING CRISIS
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      THE POWERS DEMAND SUPPRESSION OF THE BOXERS.
      37 2 Otherwise They will Intervene. A despatch to Washington states that diplomatists at Peking have jointly decided to demand that the Empress should suppress the Boxers. Otherwise the Powers would act.
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      JAPANESE IN BRITISH COLUMBIA.
      68 2 Exclusive Legislation Deprecated by Canadian Premier. Sir Wifrid Laurier, speaking m the Dominion House of Commons, deprecated the adoption of the British Columbian law to prevent the influx of Japanese. A Chance of Trouble with China. Japan's Friendship to be Maintained. He referred to possible complications
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      PRINCE KOTOHITO AT VIENNA.
      22 2 (Later.) Prince Kotohito of Japan was present at a review of the troops at Vienna by the Emperor
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    RUSSIA'S AGGRESSIVE ATTITUDE.
    49 2 ALLEGED "IMMEDIATE MILL TARY ACTION. But Continues "Joint Action with the Powers!" Reuter s> correspondent at St. Petersburg announces that Russia has decided to take immediate military action to repress the anti foreign movement m China, but without dissociating itself from joint action with the Power.-.
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  • THE WAR.
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      Boer Raid Across Line of Communications.
      43 2 Telegraph Lin« Cut North oi Kroonstad. General Kelly Kenny telegraphs from Bloemfontein that the telegraph has bee" cut at Roodeval. to the northward of Kroonstad, by a force of Boers, estimated at 2,000 strong, with six gun-
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      Troops Sent to the Spot.
      16 2 General Kelly Kenny is sending strong reinforcements. London, June 10th, 1900.
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      The "Grand Prix."
      20 2 The Grand Prix." The result of the Grand Prix de Paris M 1. Semendria j. Love Grass: 3. I ago.
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      IN THE FREE STATE.
      38 2 THE BOER KAID. Enemy Reported In Force Near Honningspruit. General Forestier Walker, wiring from Cape Town on the 10th, states that nat.v report that the Boers m thrae columnwere, early on thegth, near Honningspruit.
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      Section of Railway Damaged.
      16 2 The railway between America and Rojdeval Stations has been almost completely destroyed.
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      IN NATAL.
      25 2 Buller Suggests Surrender. Boers at Laing's Nek Decline Proposal, The Boers have curtly refused General Buller's proposal to surrender. London, nth June, 1900.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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      738 2 FOR SALE. POUR-seated phaeton m good order, bay Australian mare, harness, fee. complete. ALSO l)eli pony and dogcart, harness. c "TT'^Vt Apply to Dr. M. F. SIMON. '>c 5 l#c FOR SALE. j A BOUT ,oo cases Sulphur, Aod^^ Feb ig m th u c AUCTION SALE OF UNCLAIMED AND
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      684 2 WANTED A smart, young Chinese Clerk for correspcr.dence and book keeping. Apply by letter to C. W., c/o Frte Press. May 30 v.c. WANTED. Clerk (Eurasian) with good experience of General Office work. Address No. 23, c/o Free Press. June 5 uc. WANTED 'TELEGRAPH Operator for British North 1 Borneo.
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      649 2 ALEX. FOX Co. 43, High Strbit. *T\r\ILORS, Drapers, Milliners and Drewi. makers will during the month of June close their establishment at 0.30 p.m. instead of their usual hour. ALEX. FOX Co. May 31 uc Society for the Prevention ot Cruelty to Animals. THK public are informed that the address
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      347 2 TO-ADY'S ADVER USEMENTS GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Notici under Sbction 3«f Thb Sinoapori and Kranji Railway Ordinance 1900." is hereby given that there have been this day deposiied m the Office of the Srveyor General, Straits Settlements, at Singapore Plan and Section upon a scale of two chains to an inch, showing
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      113 2 The Week. Monday, nth:— Water:- 9.28 a.. 9.3 p. Public General Holiday. Pretoria Day. Tuesday, iath Hi|{h Waier 10.12 a., 9^o p. t' bal| -S.C.C. T.P.KC.; 5.1s p. Philharmonic Choir, 5.30 p. a.V.R. R,fl e and Marching Drill. Lodge Zetland Regular, 8.30 p. Wednesday, 13th Hull Moon, 10.38 a. Eclipse
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  • Correspondence.
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      The United States And The Campaign.
      1709 3 1 > Tilß EOITOH. Sir,— The paragraph m your column* on Friday re what A lady m Massachusetts writes concerning the war m South .Africa, conveys an intimation that public sentiment and the Press m the United States are as a whole violently antagonistic
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    THE RELIEF OF MAFEKING.
    1038 3 World-Wide Rejoicings. London, May 2oih.— The popular demonstrations art described as unpara.lcled, since the relief o! LadMM vk^s announced. tin Load "i were so f»re»t throujjhuu r Krid.y mtfht, lhal lr..sii_ w*s divt-rted. The diminant n te is one ot CMnAS-tivin^f and t M ift-Wing is
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    THE FIGHTING IN BRITISH NORTH BORNEO.
    1147 3 [By a Travbllir.J (Pall Mall Gazette.) Kudat," cables Reuter, was raided early on April 28, by two hundred natives, whi captured the powder magazine and a Maxim, killing two policemen, and wounding si< others." Fifteen Ch nese were also billed Later on, ihe Sikh
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    CRICKET.
    114 3 S. C. C 9, S. H. This match played on the Esplanade last Saturday resulted m a draw. Jhe S. C. C. made 126 runs for six wickets, E. C. Ellis contributing 44, and the S. R. C. for the loss of seven wickets only raised 49 runs, for
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    TELEGRAMS.
    893 3 (Via Ceylon.) I-ondon, May 31.— General lan Hamilton's list casualties ol fighting on May 30th includes CaptSt. J. Meyrick, of the Gordon Highlanders, and I.t. H. W Fife, of the Duke of Cornwall's Regiment killed. Hie London City C>unal have agreed to present an address to the Khedive and
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    H. E. SIR HENRY McCALLUM.
    279 3 Aids-Di-Cami- to ihi <jik«n. A home paper alludes thus to the gazetted appointment of Sir Henry MacCa.luin to be Aide-de-Camp to Her Majesty Lieutenant-Colonel Sir H. K. McCallum, k i".., K.c.M.i.., who has b'-en appointed A.UC. to the Queen, with the brcvtt rank of Colonel
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    THE SIAMESE THEATRICAL TROUPE.
    391 3 THE SIAMESE THEATRICAL TROUPE. There was a pretty fair audience at the Town nail on Saturday evt-ning, to witness the interesting and curious perlotmance given by the Boosra Mahin Siamese Theatiical lroupe, including H. t. the Acting Governor, his A. D C. and hi, Private Secretary, Sir B Wrey, ol
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    EXCHANGE.
    72 3 (Corrected up to June 9). On Lonjo.n. Baak 4 m'- «/'ifJ demand P.ivat. i J °tV docum.-t.;- 3 m cre<iit.s 6p/s 2/0J France, demand 24- 1 JERMANY, demand 201 I India, T. T 14^ Hongkong, demand 1 dis. Yokohama, demand.. 3^ p m Java, demand 1 igi MANILA, demand
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    PRODUCE.
    96 3 (June 11 i ii i Gambier 7 5 dc. cube No.;:;;::.::.::;;;;.;.;;; Peprer, UlacU (ordinary S'por,-) do. White, (Fa.r L/wJ^J Nutmeg (iiosiothelb.)......*'. Vi do. (80s to the !b) Mace (Banda) Cloves (Amboina) Liberian Coffee 20" Tapioca, small pearl (Fair quality) c' Srt do. do flake (do. do.) 1% do. medium
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      20 3 If a man owned the earth hi* life would be made I miserable by people asking him to do repairs.
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      20 3 Mother—" Genevieve, why did you suffer Mr. Bridges to kiss you last nif ht Genevievt— I did not suffer, mamma."
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      40 3 I'nder the au.-pices of ihe Singapore Polo Club and by kind perrr.isM^n of the Sulian of Jodore, a Horse and Dog show wi.l be held at lyersall on Saturday, July I4tii,|at 3 p.m. The programme, &c, will be published to-morrow.
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      390 3 Stearns' Wine of Cod Liver Oil A delicious, sparkling, ruby-red wine containing the activ* principles which dtttiagutsti Cod I.ivet Oi! from all other fats. It improves ihe appetite and difCalMn, enriches the blood, tones up the nervous sy stem, and Liu. ids up tissue wasu-d by d v. Jt b
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      256 3 OCEAN STkAM SHIP COMPANY' AND NEDERLANDSCHS STOOM. VAART MAATSCHAPPIJ OCEAAN The Company's steamers are despatched from Liverpool outwards for the Straits, China, and ]apan, ;;nd from Japan homewards for London every ten days. The Company's steamers on the Java Line arc despatched from Amsterdam and Liverpool every fortnight for the
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
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      159 3 MAILS CLOSE. O-MORKOW. ■>a Ac B'm.-.ssin li.j>i Liong q am I -< >van, &c. V<»«'< pm P *l Uickvn &K. Mg r-.-jur p M P< 11.. \1 j iJsi, 4 M Muniok a; PalemLary C. G. Mtyer 4 rM W t-UNk-iiAY. >our..b.iya, ace. Bmm I Cmm 3 im Malacca, &c.
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      501 3 SHARE LI ST, JUNE 9 th, 1900. Bank of Q*. and Japan. d J^SS f /IZZL r*™ SH4R r Defemd! 2s ',000,000 4,4,23, ,09,875^4 Bell's Asbestos Eastern Agency. Nommal. L I0 ,ooo(^ "*ft tsS fi Clear Water Dairy Farm Ltd. tioo *-f t>4 6 unissat 1 Fraser and Neave Ltd.
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      308 3 CLEAKANCKS. PE' i s«. Brit, st ■hMM > H-.RMo, Dut. str., Tuckey, for Hj.onnan vi port-,. R Si i.kh I) it v v i;ep. ILsiO— IBM Maru. Jap. sir., Nunomc, for' Kobe. HonWu, Brit -tr., Hudson, tor Muar and M.,, r HIM GvaJl, Bnt.str., Scott, for I. Anwn via rjort--.
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      977 4 GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION A PPLILATIONS will be received at the Cdo- nial Secretary^ Office up to noon on the aoth instant, for appointment as Clerk and Shroff m the Land Office, at Singapore, on a salary of J540 per annum. The successful candidate will be required to" iecunty to the amount
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      180 4 John Little CO LTD. GOLF BALLS The Agrippa" Ocobo etc. GOLF CLUBS. John Little CO., LTD. June 1 v.c. Fraser Dcaoc Cimitcd Printers, Publishers, Account Book Manufacturers Commercial Stationers, Publisher* </ The Singapore axij Straits Director*. The SmOAPOU ami Straits Rok.h Diary. Tut Traveli ek"- Malay Pmmmmimom I i \M>.|><K>K,
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      322 4 RILEY, HARGREAVES CO., LTD. ENGINEERS, Iron and Brass Founders Bridge and Shipbuilders AND General Contractors. Steam Vessels -IN STEEL OR WOODPASSENGER AND CARGO STEAMERS LAUNCHES AND LIGHTERS Stern Wheel and Light draft steamers a peciality. Boilers. Lancashire Cornish, Vertical, Locomotive and Marine. Engines Winding and Hauling. Portable, Semiportable and Marine,
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      364 4 The above label is the property of the oldest established firm ol Aerated Water Manufacturers m the East. I has held its own against all opposition for over \2 ytzts, and being so we" known cas not been advertised during the past six years, Orders from one doz. to 1000
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      1130 4 VESSELS EXPECTED. Giving port ot departuie, .*na (where known) date due here, and name of A?ent«. MdN-OK-W»«. Argonaut, H.M.S., Chatham, due J«ne Coat'BTTß, H.MS b.d., Cha(ham, due June Ctonit, H.M.S. t b.d.. €%aA»m, due June Hurst Hism*r« k, Ger.. Wilhelmshaven, due July Goliath, H.M.S., Chatham, due June James, t.b.d. H.M.S.,
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      599 4 The Singapore Free Press. AND Mercantile Advertiser Cable Address,— Adverttstr, Smgapor*. I ilithonb Number. No. 61. Published at 30-3, Raffles Place, Singapore. THE leading English Newspaper m the Straits Settlements Johore, the Federated Native States of Perak, Selan. gor, Sungei Ujong, Pahang, the Negri Sembilan British North Borneo; Sarawak, Netherlands
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