The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 2 May 1912

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    15 273 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. THIRD SERIES FHURSDAY. MAY 2, 1912. No 1,292
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    CONTENTS.
    201 273 LEADERS. PAGE t ii noii^; Tahan 27.; Tail and RooaeveH -jt annda and the Nai -J7 j v\* i 1 1 Chaos m America 27.~» Chiaa Fiaaaeial Prohl J75 POLICE AND COURT NEWS 'Hi* Pa-sit Panjanjg Murdei -J7» Hem I ret robbery 278,382,285 Stag «}>«>.< Clafa Cam 27^ Kidnapped
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    PRODUCE.
    134 273 Max 1. Tin BO tons sold 104.50 Gainhier ...buyers 10.00 fiambier Cube No. 1 15.75 (iambier Cube Xo. 2 norn. Pepper Ulack ordin. Spore buyers 21.2" Pepprr, t White fair) buyers 31.25 Nutmegs '110 to the lb.) nom. Nutmegs ».SO to the lb.) nom Mace fßsinda* 115 Cloves (Amboina*
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  • Domestic Occurrences.
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      BIRTH.
      16 273 Ferguson. At Chnutoi Et»ute, Perak, on ihe -_>7ti» InHtant, the wife of -J. B. Ferguson,
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      MARRIAGES.
      181 273 PHTBICW-40HXS0N. April lm. a? Bt. George's hurcli, Peuang, b\ the Rev. P. \v. liaic«>. Frank Savile, third sod of Mr. and Mr». B. (i. Physiek, BroßdeHbary. London, to CLARICE, i oldest danfbter of the Rev. and Mrs. .J. JOIIBBOII <>f BenareH. DaUKßS— l'aui.i >. cm the SOtli March, at
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      DEATH.
      16 273 On loth Vpril 1912,al Ihe BhaßgbaiNanking Railway Hospital. Shanghai, John Bror«iH Ftfe aged M) years.
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    THE WEEK'S NEWS.
    254 273 The last mail from home Arrived by the Taroba on Saturday with dates to April .">. A homeward mail was taken on Monday by the "Polynesian" and this weekly goes by the 1\ a; O. Assayo to BMROW. After a 1on«? hearing at the Assize Court before
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    EXCHANGE.
    71 273 (Corrected up to May l.) Bank 4 m's 2-4 932 demand 2-4 332 Private credits 3 m 8 2-4 15 32 credits 6 m 8 2-4* France demand Bank 294 Germany, demand 238$ India, T. T. 174 S Hongkong, demand 13^ Yokohama, demand 114 J Java, demand 140$ Bangkok,
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    Gunong Tahan.
    1153 273 > liaf v,-.r Pr.->^ r'i*» People's riefct l iw-'l (nfltw I unbnbeu it rinin H»*rr- patriot Truth li*i r 1 <;:> .!t;t'.v. S'i'.'^.-.i >.-, R li^lur., I^.ya'ii :r,i'. ,;r.v. April 2C. l\>>-:Mv. as monarch/ certainly us High Commissioner, "of all ho surveys," H. B. sir Arthur Young ruaj
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    • Advertisement
      Page 273 Advertisements Column 1
      177 273 llaawcribrrs to ihc "Sin^n|n(rc Free Press" vceUj retanriafi twom Europe to the Btraits hjraaj offth< mail Uae»s are iavited to amd to tin Maaajjei mm aaatc «-i Iheir nteaaier and ilat«- (.r t i\;ti la Biagapore. Copies will then mail* tl to in* r Iluin at TarkUM ports of call.
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      24 273 DYSENTERY DIARRHOEA BROWN'S SPECIFIC. To be had at the Singapore Dispensary, and of MISS BROWN, Grassdale, River Valley Road, Singapore. Dec 14 Us 138
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    Taft and Roosevelt.
    1267 274 April 87. For yours m American politics (here had been no closer parallel to the friendship of David and Jonathan than the friendship that existed between Theodore RoosKVKi/rand Wilmwi B. TAFT. Towards the close of President ROOHEVELT*B second term he ■rged with Jill the torrential eloquence at
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    Canada and the Navy.
    1397 274 April 29. I By far the mo.^t important thing Unit has come to us with the latest mail most important hecause so intimately associated with the future of the Empire- is the announcement that Canada is determined to main*. <md at once, a new and significant
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    Wireless Chaos in America.
    961 275 A«. i i\ ■i. Ib these days o 1 progress, wh< n all the world soon tomes to know what i- going on m every department of scientific advance, it t, tkes lot a siiori time for ient ific man •>! to become the work n
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    China's Financial Problem.
    1560 275 May I. It was mentioned lately m this journal that two oiliciais of the Chinese Repablican Treasury had arrived m Singapore m order to dispose of bonds of a loan issue, distributed over China and m other countries where Chinese have set tied, to the amount of
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    40 275 Miss Estber Mercy, of < hicutfo. is suing the Dean of t)ie I' diversity of Chicago for f'O.UOO ihiiiia^'s. hot-it use she was exj>e! led from tli« HtuiltMit !>ody of tlie uiiiver sity for jwriM a hat that cost X'f 0.
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    Home Rule a First Step.
    1415 276 May 2. The tragical farce or tlio farcical tragedy of giving legislative enactment to what is called hy its advocates and its dopes a Home Rule scheme for Ireland, but is really well understood m Ireland and America to be the beginning of something else
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    CHINESE IMMIGRANTS.
    1389 276 A CAPTAINS DIFFICULTIES. Owner Heavily Fined. The summonses for carrying pans* ngflrs m excess of the number sH lowed by the licence against Captain \V. U Gardner, master of the v Hong Moh,' ami the owner Lira Peng Slang was heard before Mr C. F. J« Green, sitting
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    GUNONG TAHAN.
    217 276 GUNON G TAHAN. hesolate suvtriiHs of rocky moorland. sparsely Clothed with short scrub are not commonly net with m the Malay Peninsula, where ihe mouniains which form so familiar a figure of our faMdhnpi are covered with luxariaal forests. Vet the reinarkahie series of photographs of the Gonontj Tahan range,
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    BINTAN PLANTATIONS.
    148 276 BIN TAN PLANTATIONS. Ou May gfktlM subscription list ujll open for the lliutan Plantations. Limited. This Company will have a capital of a million ami a half dollars m km dollar ritom and the present issue for public: subscription is u.ooo six p«. r seal first mortgage convertible debenture* of
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    THE CURTAIN OF NIGHT.
    1055 277 Tm ft sgi Ah\KMih,s or His High■KM TiiK Sri tan or Mi.nc.j- \i-.orw THE MISSING roi RIST. A:i »\;n r.-r.-.l ttavtilei ;i.ml v. i iter has U-i-n warning the tourist* tliat i.Mt eastern lands, especially female*, against BJSBsissing <inacrompanwd through the native quarters of th<- large
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    AN AFTERNOON CALL.
    1438 277 There was no card to announce the culler nor was it a prearranged meeting; it lui^ht •)«> described as one of those unconventional calls Known probably to most of tho.-i' who have business m the Kast when the caller is so confident oi a reception that not
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    IN AN F.M.S. PORT.
    795 277 Reader, have you ever spout a couple of days m on out of the way port doing nothing If not. you have missed one of the joys of life. As a rest cure it is insurpassable: but. of necessity, you must have earned your rest. You
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    "HY-RIB" CONCRETE.
    391 277 At Messrs llowarth Enkutt'f works m Mirbau-rd on Saturday afternoon there were carried out HMM tests of tin- N> rib" or Kabn system of reinforced con crete. The re infoi cement ander this system consists of a latb and ril». manufactured from a single sheet of rolled ifteel
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    Friday, April. 26, 1912.
    749 278 Thaller. J. Pferham, who i> m Sarawak, is reported to be m indifferent health and to talk of going home again. A parrot which has been m the possession of three generation!, has just died at Erfurt. Germany, at the ag<* of 107. Mr (i. A.
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    SHAKE CIRCULAR.
    194 278 Fraser and Cos. Apart from a keen demand for low priced tin shares owing to the high price of the metal, our market during the week under review has been extremely flat, and Rubbers generally close easier. Rubber.— Very little interest has been taken m this section and
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  • Correspondence.
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      EDUCATION AND RELIGION.
      396 278 To the Editor, .^i!-. I have come across a book the title oi' which is The Child's Geography," !;in-iit m the Victoria Bridge School m Standard 111. aud quote bere a sentence ihe iuformation of the public generally uud Mohammedans particularly, trusting you will put some weight
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    FOOTBALL.
    30 278 The S.C.C. had an easy ta>k on last evening when they boat the Wanderers by 7—o. The Wanderers played several men short, which explains the disparity m the score.
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    BROMHEAD MATTHEWS' SHIELD.
    127 278 Six of the best shots of the Penang Volunteers met at the Rifle Bange at 7 a.m. last Sunday and shot m the Bromhead Matthews' Shield Competition open to all volunteers m Malaya with the following result Lieut. H. A. Neubronuer 80 o4 97 Pte. S. R.
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    PASIR PANJANG MURDER.
    706 278 THE DKATII SENTENCE. After lasting for two ami a half da&yi the case against the Cantonese, Mo Ah Tyr of complicity In the murder of o*w Boom Chan, at Villa st Joseph, Pasir Paajaog, on August :?0 last, was concluded at the Assizes yesterday. Mr Parson*, m
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    SINGAPORE CLUB CASE.
    75 278 The charge of criminal breach of trust brought against the chief clerk of the Singapore Club, heard before Mr. Justice Fisher, was thrown out, the jury finding him not guilty by a majority of 8 to 1. Mr. Justice Fisher addressing the foreman of the jury after
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    85 278 It is unwise to allow little children wearing jewellery to play about unattended m the public streets. Two instances have been reported to the police authorities m which infants have been robbed of their ornaments. A woman giving the name of Aman Abbi, of 47, Buffalo Load, reports that her
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    THE NEW BRIDGE ROAD AFFAIR.
    787 278 \< L'SKII \T THi; AhhlZf-lh Kefore the (!i,< i .hisiice. Sir \V. man JonM and special jur> >-• i Four Chinese were oharged v>ith robbery with weepottl mid o.ie with tier additional]) t ;i bar m Kew Koad. Mr (i. *t. Seth. I) I. I\.
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    POLICE CASHIER'S CASE.
    31 278 Yi'*terday ain-rnooii. He. Mjunidr.! 1 the third ma^isti-at*?. connnitt.'d Mm Tyw BMg, cashier m tlj«> Police l>«'pai hn; for trial at the Awif on thi«'<- dkmtgm «»i forgery.
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    45 278 The engagement is announced of Mr. H. T. Chirk, Head of the .Malay College. Malacca, eldest son of the late Thomn* Clarke, Esq.. of South Shields, to Mim Edith C. We&terhout, only tmqo*m «»f the late J. E. ttciliout Esq. g| m :i ,c ca.
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    Saturday, April 27, 1912
    745 279 Saturday, April 27 1912 < apt. R. KuMh rfonl. !l. M. <.. was placed on the sic X li»t on 'J-'ith inst. ktr. Win. O. Crokam, of Messrs. Lane, ;»Afo»«! mi Co.. Yokohama. Iws been 1 1 i»m! to Wai K. (iriffitb (iriilitb. i ;.:iaiii Jones of the Lady Weld*
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    KIDNAPPED GIRLS.
    992 279 DI64.OVERBD IN THE CONVENT, A rather strange case came before Mr I riimatom m the Mltriot Criminal Court, jr^eterday, when a Btrmitsborn Chinese VOmaa named Kob Tab Pui was charged with kkutaopeng two young Straitsborn girls. Mr P.. St. liraddell appeared for the prosecution and Mr Kvans defended.
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    MUNICIPAL COMMISSION.
    535 279 The usual meeting of this Board was held m the officer yesterday Mr F. J. Hallifai presiding, the other members present being Messrs I. Moss. A. W. Bean, M. 8. Angullia, Tan Kheam Hock. f>r. Fowlie. it lvnce CBng), Ur. Glennie (M.0.H.), Me H. .J. Fame (Act Sec.)
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    SHORT-St. SCHOOL.
    247 279 Before the work of the day commenced yesterday at the Methodist Episcopal Church (Hrls School, Short- at., a pleasant hour was spent m musical exercises, and the distribution of certificates to the elder girls. The Hon'ftle (i. A. Hall, Director of Education presided, And among others present on
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    SACRRD CONCERT.
    210 279 at P&ebbytkbias Church. Lfist night at t he Presbyterian Church the Sacred Cantata, Olivet to Calvary was the thief pan of a programme carried out under the conductorsbipof Mr Proctor. Besides the Cantata. Mrs <i. Hutchison sang "Come Into Him" and Mr A. Proctor the recitative and solo.
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    THE BERGGRUN QUARTETT
    166 279 Just recently the management of the Adelphi Hotel h;»s secured the return to Singapore of what ei^ht years ago \v;js the Berggrun Trio, ami is now the Beiggrun Qnartntti For the last five years this clever combination has played at Shepheard's Hotel, Cairo, and has now come
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    THE "MILKMAID BRAND" RHYMING COMPETITION.
    127 279 THE "MILKMAID BRAND RHYMING COMPETITION. The Nestle and Anglo Swiss Milk Company send to the Kditor the following letter Dear Sir, We have your favour of 20th iust. giving your award m the Milkmaid Rhyming Competition" which you so kindly adjudicated for us. On behalf of the Nestle and Anglo
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    EUROPEAN LADY ARRESTED.
    69 279 Mrc Irene Myrtle Thorpe appeared before Mr. Firmsftone, m the District Criminal Court, yesterday morning. She was arrested by Detective Sergeant Tyrell m Messrs. .lohn Little's premises at 8.15 p.m. on Thursday on a provisional warrant issued In Rangoon on several charges of cheating. Mr. C. I.
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    22 279 Captain Sir Douglas Brownrigg, British naval attache at Tokyo, iH visiting Manila. The captain served on the China Ktutioa m the nineties.
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    DEATH OF MR. P. 0. HARSTON.
    53 279 Oat Kuala Lmnpor correspondent wires that the death has occurred of Mr. P. <J. Harston, manager, of Kapayan Estate, Seremban. which took place on Thursday evening at the Hospital, Seremban. The deceased was being treated for an attack of malaria and his death occurred
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    TANJONG PAGAR BOARD.
    647 280 HALF YEARLY REPORT. Increase m Net Revenue. Best Second Half-year Since 1907. Best Balance Since 1905. The half yearly administration report of the Tanjong Pagar Dock Board was issued yesterday and shows the satisfactory points mentioned m the caption. Extracts from the report are as follows Financial.
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    TRAFALGAR, LIMITED.
    463 280 The Report of the Directors and Balance Sheet and Revenue Account for the year ended March 31st, 1912, to be presented at the Meeting, on Tuesday, May 7th is: Singapore, April 27th, 1912. Gentlemen, Your Directors beg to submit the duly audited Statement of Accounts for the year
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    MALACCA NOTES.
    206 280 SrORTH. The April gold medal was competed for with the following result. H.T.Clark 114 24 90 A. B. Morta 96 5 91 T. F. A. Pole 10.5 12 98 E. H. Moss 108 It) 96 N. K. tiain 109 12 97 The ladies medal was won by Mrs
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    TOPICS OF THE WEEK.
    1381 280 Quicqnid ftfnnt homine* nostri est farAgo libel li. Juvenal. The chill of the appalling Titanic dis aster still holds, and will for long hold, all humanity aghast m its contemplation of the immensifV of the tragedy. Tor us three weeks away from the issue of the
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    THE GAZETTE.
    160 280 His Excellency the Governor has appointed Mr. Guy Hatton Sugden to be a Magistrate and an Assistant District Judge for the Settlement of I'enang. His Excellency the Governor has ap pointed Mr. M. Kodesse. Deputy Registrar, Supreme Court, to be a member and to act as Secretary of
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    S. V. C. ROUTE MARCH.
    159 280 On Saturday evening there was a good turn-out of the S.V.C. at the Drill Hall for a march out. Lt. Colonel Derrick, v.r>., was m command aud there were representatives of every unit of the Corps, including the Cadets. A strong contingent of the Malay
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    Monday, April 29, 1912.
    727 281 ••:>iin i.ipes to the value of $2.: have ■Iqli twmm au opium shop kept by a v I MUM! at :J, Kamah Street. Ik. ath occurred at Yokoya, near \.if». of Miss Annie Cameron, daughter of iptain 'umeroii, m charge of the Ktaod <mI nil Company's
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    POLICE CASHIER'S CASE.
    227 281 AUJHUTKINS OF OIXDCAL BBEACH OF Tuist. be preliminary enquiry inio allegations of criminal broach of trust brought js^ainr. Lim Tye Kens*, the cashier m the police department, was continued by Mr. Maundrell, third magistrate, \este.rday afternoon. Mr. (i. S. Carver again appeared for the Deputy Public Prosecutor
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    SATURDAY'S TRAINING.
    413 281 The Course was iv good order for training operations on Saturday morning and the trainers had no hesitation m sending their horses along on as much work as they thought necessary. The top of the straight was obscured for some time by a dense mist which interfered with
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    HARMSTON'S CIRCUS.
    189 281 Harmstou's Circus proved a great draw on Saturday night anJ the large double tent was packed to overtiouring. The new programme was much appreciated anil the large audience were enthuisiastic m their applause. The various turns were all good, and special mention must be made ot the Clarke
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    GEE-GEE.
    1299 281 Uv Osm Who Did Not Know Him. Ir is itartlJng to think that nearly a generation lias come and gone since I firs' saw George Grossmith. The mention of his age m a notice of his death made me realise that time stands still with nobody; to my thought
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    RIFLE SHOOTING.
    95 281 Shooting for the Brorahead Mathews Shield 'wires our lpoh Correspondent) the M. S, V. R. at Ipoli nude the following scores. sgt. Waters '>4 so 28 !*2 Pie. Corn well 81 :U '26 91 Pte. Risk 2* SI 29 ss sgt. Robin 29 :;•> it; US Pte. Gillman
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    150 281 The Chief Justice, Sir William Hyndmau Jones, and a special jury sat oil Saturday morning when evidence was called by the Crown m the New Bridge Road Bar murder and gang robbery. The Rev. R. P. Planchais, a member of the Roman Catholic Mission m Shanghai, died at St. Bernard's
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    RECKLESS MOTORISTS.
    102 281 European Thrown out of Rikibha. Mr Constable of Johore had an unpleasant experience on Friday night while returning m a rikisha from Harmsfons* Circus. He has informed the police that m Middle Road his vehicle was overtaken. by two motor cars which were racing. The rear one had
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    "TITANIC" FUND.
    46 282 Amount previously acknowledged 5905 Tan (hay Van, Malacca ."JO A. W, Bean M N. X. 10 W. C. Phipps 10 Harold Johnson, Mulacca 10 A. <iranville 10 1,. J. Felkin 10 A. K. Maitland, Malacca 5 f1,035 Ci. A. Dkhrick. Singapore, i9ta April, 1912.
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    Tuesday, April 30, 1912.
    642 282 H. H. the Sultan of Hhio and suite arrived from Trengganu m the Will O'the Wisp yesterday. A younger daughter of the Minister of the Interior died of by hydrophobia at Bangkok on April *22nd, having been bitten l>y a dog some two or three months
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    WATCHMAKERS AT VARIANCE.
    881 282 Emanuel v. Brisk. J. Brisk appeared before Mr Firmstone. first, magistrate, yesterday, m response to a summons charging him with committing criminal intimidation by threatening B. Emanuel with injury to his person with intent to cause alarm on March 80, an offence punishable under Section 506 of
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    At the V.M.C.A.
    411 282 Henry George Charles Wintie said he was at present living at the V.M.C.A. He spoke Hindustani tiuently and a little Tamil. He generally played billiards m the V.M.C.A. trery evening. About ten days ago, when Mr Pringle, the Secretary. til away m Penang, Brisk and Flinter came
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    KELANTAN NEWS.
    357 282 PROGRESS IN THG STATE. Chinese Chamber or Coxmebcb. Kota Bharu. 25th April, 191-2. A general meeting of the Chinese community was convened on the night of the 21st inst. when the proposal to form a Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Libra ry was discussed. A large number of
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    OUTBREAKS OF FIRE.
    76 282 About 7.30 on Sunday night, the Fire Brigade were called out to a fire m Hock Lam Street. A lamp had set fire to the ceiling of one of the houses there hut the conflagration was speedily extinguished by the inmates. A couple of nights previous to
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    THE ASSIZES.
    689 282 Before the Chief .Justice Sir Hynd man Jones yesterday. NKW BSIOOfI ROM) CASK. The four Chinese accused of murder and gang robbery with deadly weapons on February I at New Bridge Road bar were brought up again. Warder Livingstone gave evidence io hearing police whistles ou the night
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    BROMHEAD MATTHEWS SHIELD.
    109 282 The SALE. W> and the S.V.I, lin-d m this competition on Saturday, m |>oor shooting weather. The scores were. S.H.K. <\ i. Sapr. I'ash :tO ;i;t :\> \k, Sgt. Chater M :in ;i i „._> C. S. M. Covency M 26 :>H HI Cpl. Labrum 2:* .-{1
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    44 282 The normal garrison of South China m the coining year is to be 4,270 of all rank* and arms three companies of K.G.A., two companies of Royal Engineers, one British infantry battalion, two battalions of Indian infantry, and the local corps and departmental troops.
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    PLANTERS ASSOCIATION OF MALAYA.
    2062 283 Aw \i. Meet in< P»v Telegram fiom <>.<>.<.. i >u t delayed m delivery. Koala Luncpur. April 2Kth. The an i-.ial meeting of the Planters Association of Malaxa was held on Sunday at Mm ingot Club, Mr K. B. Skinner m Mm Cfcair. The anr. i:,i
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    SCOTTISH LETTER
    1216 283 k From out oicti L'orrg&omatHt,! April t. The Scottish Temperance Bill has been read a second time iv the House of t'omnion^. hut no one- expects it to reach the Statute Book m its present shape. Its main provision is the establishment of Local Option, by which it
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    53 283 A Chinaman was convicted by Mr. Acton, second uia^'istnite. ><'stcnlay. lor stealing a watch vulikml at $.'> frftm tj 1( cabin of Mr. Owen Hflgbtt, second oAeer of tlie I'erak. Sentence wtm lioinn i. The I*, s. navsl deputmeai non<TMpl»U erecting a terminal wirelcbs station on the northern coast of
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    BYE.GONE DAYS IN MALAYA XV.
    2055 284 [Aix Rights Reserved. BOTANICAL EXPERIMENTS. No one m these days entertains ii doubt as to Urn practical value of Botanical Gardens and kindred institutions. The planting industry could never hare attained its present splendid proportions without them. And m the future as ill the past
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    THE STRAITS IN PARLIAMENT.
    1162 284 Mr. McCallum Scon, the Radical member of Parliament who is interesting himself m the question of tin- exclusion of Oriental races from the Colonial Civil Service, missed an opportunity this week, but from no fault of his own. lie bad put on the Parliamentary Paper for
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    Hendon Parish Church.
    313 284 (Grave of Sir T. Stamford Raffles). sir If awry Klibec Mini Hrn s<<niar> of State for Mm Colonies whether bit attention bus been drawn lo tin* fact Kb connection with alteration* now being made to Hendon par isb church, then fc I possibility of settling Hrn miesti.wi
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    Wednesday, May 1, 1912.
    724 285 Wednesday, M ay 1, 1912. :>l l' i!lil C I.-. director of the Pnritppinee bnmau of science, has died at Bagnio hospital. i« itb is announced of Mr William iis Luce, who represented the firm of ut and Co.. Foochow. during the fifties. Arnold DitSSSar, vice pi esident of the
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    THE BAR ROBBERY.
    1221 285 DEATH AND LIFE SENTENCES. Police Commended. Alter lasting three anda half days the Charge of #an<» robbery and Border brought against four Chinese was concluded shortly before two oclock yesterday afternoon at the Assizes, before the Chief .Justice, Sir William Hyndnan .lone* and a specia? jury. During
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    SPORTING NOTES.
    1279 285 Rumours of a "croc m the vicinity of the Swimming I'lub did not deter the usual large attendance on Sunday morning, m. fact some members decline to take (be proposition seriously, 0m. 1 prominent official going so fax a* to declare that the saurian luul made liis home
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    55 285 A steam notion online bekmgtag to lieflfl Kilf y togwa?M and Company vent ov«r the, left loot ot a small Chiortfeo hoy m South lirid^e Koad yesterday fore* noon and crushed it to pulp. The chid was removed to the Central Police Station ami foom there wah sent to Urn
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    GARRISON GOLF CLUB.
    72 285 The following i» the result of the half-y»'{u-ly Couipetitioii for the Ij:i\v Cup held after postponeraent, on Saturday April 2 7 th: Captain B. W. "•lughan 81 (.'aptain C. L. Hicklin^ .!i I.icnt. the lion I\ ii. Scarlott M (J. S. Carver M Major W.H.Holdsworth Hunt... M
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    EXCESS OF PASSENGERS.
    486 286 Captain w> Owxeb Hong Moh C'rl UU.ED. Captain W. L. Gardner of the steamer Hong Mob and a representative of Lini Peng si;m«. r the owner of the vessel, appeared before Mr Green, sitting a> a his ti:«-! Judge, yesterday afternoon, on charges oi carrying passengers m
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    MONSEIGNEUR BOURDON.
    322 286 The Ri^ht Herd. Charles Arsene Bourdon, tiiulai- Bishop of Dardanie. ex Vicar Apostolic Of Upper Binniali. and e\ chaplain to the Roman Catholic troops m garrisen at Singapore, completes to day his seventy dightb hirthdas. The venerahlo l»i <ijoy> wus horn m the diocese of See/., France. and
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    42 286 The former warship the Yayeyama which was sold at auction at Nagasaki and was en route from that place, broke its tow chains m a storm of April 12 off Cape Sada and is missing. It is still a menace to shipping.
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    VICTORIA THEATRE.
    563 286 Visit <»; Mk R, (i. Knowles am> Co. For the last twentynne years Mr ii. <i. Knowles lias been amusing audiences at home, now he his come to ipread the sunshine of his presence amoncst the audiences oi" the Kast. and he gave bis opening performance at the
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    SELANGOR'S HEALTH.
    215 286 SCATHING INDICTMENT OF ESTATES. Mines Also Bar. (From otir own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpor, Slay 1. The annual report of the Selangor Health Deportment, presented by Dr. Gerrard concludes: I feel it my duty to report an unprecedented amount of obstruc tion and passive resistance shown by certain members
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    23 286 The out-put of tin from tbe Tongkah Harbour Tin Dredging Co. for tbe week from April 21 to April 27 was 1* ton*
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    A BIG BLAZE.
    643 286 160 GALLONS OF KEROSENE ON FIRE. .U tbe invitation of Messrs Ujwarth Brakine, Limited, the sole agents for the Trussed Concrete Steel Co.. Ltd., a small gathering clad m waterproofs assembled m the drizzling rain yesterday morning on the piece oi ground at tbe creek adi joining
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    FOOTBALL.
    110 286 S.C.C. S.K.C. The S.K.l 1 met the S.C.C. oil the hitter's L>nd of the Esplanade last evening and wen! under t<> the extent of six goals to nil. The store, however, hardly represents the inn of play which wa> interest ing enough until the dosing stages when there was
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    FOOTBALL AT KUALA LUMPOR.
    616 286 Match Stopped by Police. Kuala Lumpor, May Ist. Th<» League Football match to-night between the Casuals and the Sultan Suleiman Club was stopped by the police. The latter team deliberately fouled repeatedly after the goal was scored against them m the first half. One of the
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    IPOH'S NEW CHURCH.
    160 286 Ipoli. Urns I. Yesterday (Tassdav) rr—hif BU\ Ferguson Davfie pimmr rated ih. c'ium'i of St. John the Divii-e. It rained all tljo ■fhnmOiMl and up: time of the service, wliich replied m there bein# a MMll niHlfli f Hoar The sanctu:..i-y wtk» l» am itu]]y <i. rated
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    SELANCOR TURF CLUB.
    65 286 Prosperous Half Year. (From (hn Otrn Cm a ■jwmAwf J Kuala Lumpor, May 1. Dk Travers presided at the liall early meeting of the Sehmgor Turf Club I 'Tuesday* eveniug. The balance sheet showed a profit of *:;.<mmi for the half year, against a loss of *7.00<>
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    TELEGRAMS.
    4650 287 [Bt S mmc Cable]. Rwrm'i Skbvice. LOSS OF THE "TITANIC". Titanic Ifaaaiij is being eontisiaoi at Washington bythoCosmntfttee Beojate. rleet, the look out man. re examined, ■aid thai he did uot see any women left m deck, There were a number o« men who did not :n and were
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    SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.
    368 288 Ipob. April 25tb. The case between Captain Ah Quee's executors has been settled on terms suggested by the judge, Mr. Sprcule. m a manner satisfactory to all parties. All charge! of alleged fraud are withdrawn. Counsels' fees will be paid out of the estate. Mr. IVrrers. the senior
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      RUBBER STERLING COMPANIES.
      573 288 Cap. Issue. Paid. Last Div. Buyer*. Sk^lkr* 35,000 2s 2a Allagar 10% n 150,000 2s 2s Anglo-Malay 70% II |i to 50.000 2s 2s Batang Malaka 7 > 30,000 1 1 Batu Caves 140% £i 3 0 0 80,000 1 1 Batu Tiga (Stlangor) 20% £3 m
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      RUBBER DOLLAR COMPANIES.
      141 288 7.30.000 I Ayci-Panas t« A 120,000 l i AlorGftjafa [I* fi.' 150,000 1 1 Aver tuning Ib 2 I 2 500,000 10 10 Bukit Timah jjS 200,000 1 1 Bai^owme 90% int ,75 T2 750,000 10 10 Chaugkat Serdang 5% 2'io 300.000 1 1 Glwiealy 5^ f*S
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      MINES.
      136 288 $300,000 10 10 Belat Tin 10% i nt 4 m a c<, SBOO.OOO 10 10 Bruaug ~i% S nal £2 $100,000 10 10 Kauaboi FmX "J J** £60.000 1 1 KintaTiu 53 during 1911 1t'"o i" £120.000 1 1 Lahat 51 dariS 191 l {son 2*2 W50.000 10 10
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      INDUSTRIALS.
      114 288 51 ,500,000 ng JO Eastern Smelting Co 10% m§mm ♦360,000 10 10 Fraser and Neave 30% mZ* §2,400,000 Howarth Erskine 2|% Z Rg »1,00O f OOo{|°j} Katz Bothers deferred ls| &2 $34,000 10 10 Maynard Co" iS^ lloru 5«75,000 JOO JOO Kile yl l. rg ,ave 3 e| £3,500,000
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