The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 13 June 1912

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    15 369 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. THIRD SERIES fHURSDAY. JUNE 13, 1912. No 1,298
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    CONTENTS.
    157 369 LEADERS. PAGE Natiiii' Versm Man :;r>'.! Th«- Case of tin' Clerical Service 870 The Hooliganism oi tin- Hone Secty. 870 I Lorn of the Yendemiaire 870 Tlm Mal< ka C ise :;?<> Kxit Um HaMane Fiasco ;;ti Raasihiliftie& of Territorial Arm; 'Mi POLICE AND COURT NEWS Draining ;i 1
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  • Domestic Occrrences.
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      BIRTHS.
      80 369 At Bereinban, on the tth instant, to Mr. an<i Mrs. George si urhock, a sou. At M Esther Lodge," It, Wflkie Road, the wife <i .1. Khaljfpa, of Macassar, of a daughter. Macassar papers phase copy. On the J7th May. 1919, at Knelling, Sarawak, the wife of the Hon'ble
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      MARRIAGES.
      104 369 Rcott CURATOR. On May 10. at the Parish Church, West Derby, by the Revd, Percy Stewart, m..\.. Hector, Ralph Scott. Si tails Bettlemeta Civil Service, eldest son oi Bnrgeon-Major B. R. Scrott. A.M.I). (Retired), 8 Beaufort Bast, Bath, to Elsa, second daughter of Richard Stewart Cleaver, Hay mans green,
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      DEATHS.
      56 369 Gillespie. On Monday, the 27th May, at Ba^an Datoh, Jamfs Alexander, elder twin son of Mr. ami Mis. 11. J. GUlespieot Bagana Datoh, aged 13 mouths. fiIW HTI'KB On Juno 10, at Is7, Serangoon Road, Singapore, Annktte Mart Botherston, the only daO^hter of Mrs. 0. Leicester: aged IS years.
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    EXCHANGE.
    73 369 t Corrected up to June 12.) Bank 4m 's 2-4i demnnd 2-4 1-16 Private credits 3 ni 'a 2-4 18-S9 credits 6 m 8 2 4 11 16 Frantk demand Bank 294 Germany, demand 238* India, T. T. 1743 Hongkong, demand 13 Yokohama, demand 1 14 J Java, demand
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    PRODUCE.
    132 369 June 12. Tin buyers On H7i Gambier 9.80 Gambler Cube No. 1 16. C0 Gambier Cube No. 2 nom Pepper Black ordin. S'pore 22 37 1 Pepper, (White fair) 33.60 Nutmegs (110 to the lb.) nom Nutmegs (HO to the lb.) nom Mace (Banda) 116 Cloves (Amboina) nom Bali
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    Nature Versus Man.
    1153 369 if the Prey rhe People's ri r r 't m.-intaiij, (Jtisi* ii '..I'. imhnbeu hf 2v'\n\ -r>- i>.it.i..t Truth li > i MS preceptsdlMM °kdeed lo I. lift! I ivaki ami 1 ,nv. •I tine 7. in connection with a recent disaster that shocked ih<> world as
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      180 369 Siit rs to thi Sii!j4a|>ore Free Prtiss* 1 weekrj i .h.mi Europe to ill*- straits j.\ aw «»i ii; mail liiu >. arefaiTited to send to tin Mana^t i iin iiainc of their steamer and ilatr ot ai i in Bingapore. Copies will then he juailrd iniint r them ai
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  • Page 369 Miscellaneous
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      106 369 THE WEEKS NEWS. The B. I. Teetta arrived on Saturday last with mails up to Mas 17. This weekly leaves by l\ x O. M Delta to day. The crim. con. case brought by M. A. Tobin against B. A. Gardiner resulted in judgment being given for plaintiff, and damages
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    The Case of the Clerical Service.
    1091 370 June s. Some few days ago it is understood, a memorial was submitted to His Kxcel lency the Governor on behalf of the Clerical branch of the Subordinate Civil Service praying for a farther consideration of the representations made on a previous occasion regarding
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    The Hooliganism of the Home Secretary.
    1088 370 -June 10. Possibly as an illustration of the old adage when the cat's away the mice will play," although uot really a parallel, the Secretary of State for the Home Department bos committed himself to a statement ->f policy in the absence of the
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    Loss of THE "Vendemiaire."
    328 370 It iy do! so long ago that tbe liritUlt navy bad to regret the sinking of a sub inarine during practice manoeuvres. through the unfortunate craft rising in such c1om» proximity to a gunboat that the propeller of Hm hitter cut into thr submarine and sent
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    The Malecka Case.
    1322 370 .lime 11. From the telegrams that h;i\e re cently touched upon the M.\u;< i v \casc, and from homo papers for a few mail* past, it will have been ftttbaivi tltnt there has been a very great concern in the mind of the public in Knulaud lest
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    Exit the Haldane Fiasco.
    1677 371 Exit the Haldane Fia sco. •Juno 12 It is some year ago or so since, alter examining Lord Hali>ani:> work as Minister for War as compared with the astonishingly inordinate gush of talk that lie permitted himself on every possible occasion, partly on what he was doing but more upon
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    The Possibilities of the Territorial Army.
    1970 372 June 18 If proof wore needed of the inability of Lord HAI*DANE to comprehend the mihtarv needs and capacities of the Empire, which the parly to which be belongs has bo oonsistentlj ignored, or noticed under compulsion in a disingenuous or halt' hearted way,
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    THE NEW YORK RUBBER EXHIBITION.
    134 372 MU.AYAN K\HIMITS AT Kl\l,\ l.lujMk Some 24,000 pounds of lubber bavin* been promised for the pMHMI .\!;.l;. >:i r. exhibit at the Now York l.'uiiber Kxhibi tion. a committee, consisting of the hir«. r tor of Agriculture (Chairman and Mes*r> B. H. Skinner, A. J.
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    RANGOON RICE MARKET
    158 372 From Messrs Morrison and Co.s Hoekl> market report, dated Rangoon. Ma> :;i. White Kice. There has l^een some r< actiou from the high prices ruling ;i .t week and at present there is very little business, the point of interest l».-in^ v t 4; how speculators will
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    THE ALHAMBHA.
    278 372 A Film Whh-h Won 2.*i,()on F«an« s. The management of the Alliaiuhm ha\e lectired for this popular place ot amusement a film which won the MiM prize, 25,000 Francs, at h receut inter national exhibition at Turin. The film is entitled After Fifty years" and depict* a beautiful
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    AMATEUR THEATRICALS.
    181 372 Mrs (iosliug informs us that the pro coeds from the pantomime Princess Chrysanthemum last Christmas amounted t«» 1280 after paying all expenses including the costumes. Of the balance ?l<»n wan given to St. Maty'b Home. *li'ii to il»" Convent and $N0 was kept in reserve for the Kmpire
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    THE NAVVY.
    881 373 When Mr Nicodemus Hottin asked certain literary gentleman, with a wooden leg. what liiji name was, it is on record that the latter gav»» Ins name, in a reluc tant ami ->urly MUtr, us Sila^ Hogg, adding h;*.«*til>. to prevent further personal filiations. "I don t know why
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    MORNING FACES.
    969 373  -  Derrick Dire Cheerfulness at breakfast time is a lost art. Some would question whether cheerfulness at any time is an art at all but it is. With some people at sll times I with all m the morning early. A cheerful habit of mind at an early hour
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    TURN-OVERS.
    970 373 TURN -OVERS. It is now some years since the article on the front page and a portion of the next became a feature of the Free Press." Some three hundred a year have been written covering a wide and varied group of subjects, some so good that one might hope
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    CHINA A SMALL RISK.
    511 373 Putnam Wi.m.k's Yikws on Loan Mr PutaUUß Weule writes to the Editor to the Peking aud Tientsin Time6" m regard of the Chinese Loan question on *Jk; 17th instant as follows I have attentively rend your leading article Let the Truth be told' and Mgtet to
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    211 373 The King has passed Letters Patent under the (ireat Seal approving of the no niinaton of Mr W. F. Xutt to he an Urnotncial Member of the I^igislative Coimcil. The MagdelMUgec Zcitung. a National Liberal organ, accuses Sir Edward (ios chen, the British Ambassador, of haviug refrained from attempting to
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    DUMPING A CORPSE.
    226 374 •chinwian I'imii Fii-'ty Dollars Pwe Chinese faced Mr Arthur, in she BOJond magistrate's court, yesterday, on a charge of depositing a corpse in .lervois Road. The principal witness for the Crown was Wee Chin Teck, a shipping clerk em ployed by Moraux and Company, who deposed that
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    256 374 A t hinese patient in the General Hosx irnl committed Buicide on Wednesday night hy hanging himself. Mr. Alexander C. Tweedie, Secretary of tno IJritish Municipal Couucil, Hankow, was iound in a state of collapse in his chair i\\ the office on May 20 and died. A telegram has been
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    Friday, June 7, 1912. RAFFLES INSTITUTION.
    310 374 Phizk and Scholarship List. The structural alterations that are being carried on at the Rattles Institution at present make it inconvenient for the usual public distribution of prizes to take place, hut it will no doubt interest many to read the results of the
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    SUPREME COURT.
    780 374 Town* V GARDINER. Before the Chief Justice, Sir William Hyndman .loues. The concluding stapes of the claim for damages brought by If. A. Tobin against E. A. (iardiner, second superintendent of police, for alleged criminal conversation with Mrs. Tobin were taken yesterday. Mr. JJraddell said he did not
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    96 374 Most visitors to Edinburgh will Lave observed, if they have not visited, the Royal Scottish Museum in Chambersstreet, adjoining Adam's great work, the old University buildings the Arts, Law, and Divinity Colleges. Recently, in clearing away some old buildings, portions of the Flodden Wall were discovered. At fust it was
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    SHARE CIRCULAR.
    228 374 Eraser Co. 8 There has been steady business doing in our market during the week, although as before, it has been chiefly confined to Local Rubber Slocks. Sterling Rubbers again dose I little easier, with but slight attention being given them. Tin Shares are still quiet. A small
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    RUBBER AUCTION PRICES.
    56 374 \trom out *ra'n Gtr9*sp*mdmt.l Kuala Lumpur, June 6. The Planters Stores and Agency has a London cable giving the tollowiug prices. Sheet biscuit 4s. Hd. Fine crepe 4s. lOd. i.est scrap (crape form! Is. 7d. I>ark scrap (crept? form) 4s. 4d. Scrap untreated 4s. Fine Hard Para
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    A CARRIAGE ACCIDENT.
    175 374 European Resident Seriously Injured A lerioat accident occurred opposite the Victoria Memorial Hall on Wednesday afternoon in which a Kuropean resident and a rikisha coolie were lioth seriously injured. About 5.16 Mr EL J. Fougore. of the South British Insurance Company, Ltd.. was being driven home by
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    RIFLE SHOOTING.
    221 374 The Singapore Hi Me Association's Annual Meeting was continued yesterday when the Ladies Handicap A took piac<*. Miss Hnxlev was win nor. The Mills Trophy Scores were: Mrs. Scoular SI Miss Huxley :>(» Mrs. Yenning Thomas HO Mrs. Durege :><> Miss Ken 20 Latly Kvelyn Younjj "2* Total
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    TANGLIN CLUB BOWLING.
    27 374 The May Monthly Medal was played for with the following result. W. A. Sims 742 Scr. 742 P. E. W. Taylor... 658 do 738
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    RAFFLES SPORTS DAY.
    614 374 Thi: Pki/j: Winnkks Founder's I>ay in connection with our premier educational institution was mark ed bf the holding of the anuunl athletic sports yesterdny afternoon, end in the evening by a dinner at the botal which hears the school s patronymic. \Uit)t functions were highly HHBSMM, t|j.sports
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    RUBBER TAPPING.
    172 374 Mr A. Henderson, who l««ft Colombo bf the Orontes for London, has tnhdf visils to all parts of the Inland, including the planting districts, during bis short stay here, aad ia conversation with a. press representative before going on board ho expressed the opinion that a very iw
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    THE GAZETTE.
    192 375 Hi i m Goreraof baa been l»!i t.-ftt. to eiMMiitUtc and appoint the Hod blc Alfred Thomas Bryant to be his it] in 11m Colony during bii absence i« Kelan! in, irbithei T1.4 Jnaticea of the Peace for the Settle 1 T <)f X* i bare lected the
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    EARTHQUAKE HUMOURS.
    206 375 Mn the S Burma, fi ia lately i J>y u Mic -«.'>siu»i of eaithquali s, fhe affliction, while most i raring, has not been without its lighter -hliv AMa uyo letter says Stori f ••><•;:{): fvon; damage r in from i PUe si oclcs ;J*o continue and in
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    CHINESE INDIFFERENCE TO DEATH.
    325 375 lii tlu* Dublin Roi iew Mr. C. J. L. Gilson, writing mi The Destiny 01 China.* 1 rails attention to the extraordinary disregard hum -in life shown by the Chinese: The hinese were ever a race much addicted to raicide, In .-;»iu* of a matked Kept*
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    93 375 Speaking at Cambridge, in Ohio, Presi- <!. at T;«rt made a bitter attack upon Mr RtooaciTCi i >' latter he declared, was mi intensely danferoui oboist, flatterer, ami dea*agogue< "You would suppose/' \a added, Ikal thera was no one in tbis lountrv could do the joh but himself. It i
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    TOBIN vs. GARDINER.
    1486 375 JUDGMENT FOR PLAINTIFF. Before the Chief Justice Sir W. Hynd■an Jonea yesterday thia eaae iraa resumed. Mr. Gaunt submitted they had proved their caae beyond any reasonable doubt, patting the evidence ol the witnesses and Mra Tobin's letters together. They ba 1 to put against them Mr.
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    WEDDING AT THE CATHEDRAL.
    173 375 Macphekson Muk w At St AndrewB*s Cathedral, yesterday at noon. ;i marriage was solemnised between Dr J. s. Macpborson, c.m.g., p.c.m.0., British North Borneo, and IMiss Mary Elizabeth Flora Mackay, of. Chorley, Lancashire, by the Acting Colonial Chaplain, the Etavd Mr Swindell. The bridegroom was attended
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    53 375 Th<* chief Court of Rangoon has dim-? ed that the liquidation of the Bank of Burma shall take place under the Court's supervision. Daring the last two or three months a curious and fatal disease, apparently of an epidemic nature, has been decimating the. ben-roosts in the Bangkok and Ban
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    EIGHT HOURS' DAY FOR EVERYBODY.
    66 375 The "Pall Mall Gazette" .states that tbe whole of the I^abour forces are being concentrated upon a scheme to establish mi eight hour's working day for everybody. The trades unions, which claim to have 6.000.000 supporters, will bold a' s.-rie> of demonstration! next month in
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    THE SITUATION UP NORTH.
    856 375 I'h<»\n\i.\T ,|.,i BK%IJHT KAVft XoKTHK AW All v Xlh Kin-.. Among the visitors who arrived in II >••_' koi!^' in Ui«' s. s. liiabaMn u w.i- Mi Kni Hamilton Smith, city <>dit<»r of The Cable-news American," Manila, who tpent some time in Peking and Tientsin the
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    Saturday, June 8, 1912.
    779 376 Mr (ieorge Harry, who arrived receutly at Bangkok from Kuglaud. has taken up his duties in tbe Royal Stables as Riding Master, etcetera. On enquiry at the General Hospital. yesterday, we were courteously informed that l»oth Messrs \V. Meade and Ledet W'?re slightly better. Invitations are
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    TOPICS OF THE WEEK.
    781 376 Quicquid agunt hominai nostii est farage libeJli. Juvenal. A general topic of tbe week has been the remarkable excellence of the Birthday Ball arrangements at (rovernment House last Monday. These were only made possible in their completeness by trust fulness in the conduct of the Clerk
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    "CALIFORNIAN" AND THE "TITANIC."
    527 376 CALIFORNIAN AND THE "TITANIC." THE BRITISH INQUIRY. Extraordinary Callousves*. DJSTWI^s sKrNALs IGNORED. London, May 14tb. A* to-day's sitting of the British Commission appointed to inquire into the Titanic disaster Capt;»iu Lord, of the s.s. Californian," deposed that on the night of the accident he tried to converse by means of
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    SARAWAK IN 1911.
    154 376 The Treasury returns for Sarawak for 1911 are not so favourable as for 1910, and but for the more prosperous state of the coal mines the year's working whould have shown a deficit. As it was there? was surplus of >78,000, the expenditure ot the year having
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    78 376 The Shun Klcc-tricty Co. Ltd.. have donated the sum of Tec. oO to the Xo. 1 and No. 2 Chinese lire brigades in recognition of their efforts at the recent fire at Taphan Lek. Speaking at Defiance, in Obio, >fr. Itoohf velt referred to the attacks made upon him by
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    THE HARD CASE OF OOTACAMUND.
    795 376 A NKAiJ.KL TO SIXGU'ORB. It i> with < onsiderable interest that we have noted in au Indian paper a reference to a public movement to obtain public accommodation at Ootacarnund. the hill capital Hiid sanatoria in for the Madras J'itisiilou<y. The rase is remarkable in
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    77 376 A Shanghai Chinese paper *;•>> Wang Chao ming haa arrived at Hong koug from Singapore and Las gone to Canton with Sun Vat sen son and Mr*. Sun Vat Hen and Mrs. lln Han in ing :mJ stayed at Sun Vat w;u« residence. 'ITie uext day Wang C'nao ming returned
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    Monday, June 10, 1912.
    540 377 >ir William Hyadssaa .Jone*. Chid J fifties, Ml (or Malacca by mail train yes- rdaj mum ning to preside over the Malacca l»sl/e>. whirb commence to-day. 1 oUy two miviesirables, all Chinese, and all naiftl Um prisons department, were de. polled fio»«; Singapore during April 1012.
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    GARRISON GOLF CLUB.
    34 377 Ladies Medal. The following was the result of the j oaapeUtion Mrs Carver BB B 45 Mis-, dimming o~> 9 40 Mrs Donnet 71 b BB Fire cards were taken out.
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    NEW PORTUGUESE CHURCH.
    198 377 W< arc informed by the Ri fo 'ht Rev. Jama PmmUmo, Bishop of Macau, that Mossing and formal opening of the new :«nd handsome Portuguese Cathedral of 81 Juicipti In Victoria Street here, will place at 7 a.m. on Sunday the 30th initial U«M>, to »>♦• followed
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    SCOTTISH LETTER.
    1231 377 J'*(>*a out o'u. n Lorytspotuunt^l May 16. Let Glasgow Flourish by tbe Preaching of Um World." was the old motto of the Western City: *Lel Glasgow Flourish by compulsory annexation," is now a sugge-fed amendment. A Committee of the House of Commons has extended its municipal boundaries by
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    S. R. A. MEETING.
    296 377 Good Shooting %t Ballkstier Rifle Range. Some very good scores were put in at the liallestier Rifle Kange on Saturday and Sunday ID the S.R.A.. aunual meeting. On Saturday there was a tricky breeze, and the light was had at 1.000 yards on Simday. Mf de
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    MALACCA NOTES.
    123 377 I>»:ath of Mr John db Rozario. The Portuguese community have to mourn the loss of one of their oldett and most respected members. Mr .John Kozario of Buuga Kaya, who retired from (iovermuent service some six years ago, when chief clerk in the Public Works Department, after forty
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    EASTERN EXTENSION TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
    602 377 Tiio seventy-seventh half-yearly ordinary general mooting of the Eastern K\tension Austr.ila-i.i and China Telegraph Company. Limited, was held on 14thu.lt. at Blectra Ho:ise. London, E.C. under the presidency of Sir John Wolfe Harry. k The general manager and secretary (Mr. F. B. Hesse' having read the
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    35 377 Mr Donellj', a Kuropoau journalist iu Calcutta, was struck on the head with a soda watcir hottle l»y a Mahoraeilau had ii rash, and lies i'i hospital in a miical ooaditioQ with hii» skuli fraclnrod.
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    BUKIT ASAHAN ESTATE.
    166 377 On the afternoon of Saturday, the Ist inst.. the Bnnopoan employees of the Malacca Robber Plantations, Limited, resident on the company's largest estate, JJukit Asahan. inaugurated the opening of their new club pavilion and enclosure. The pavilion, the cost of which :tud the tennis courts was generously
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    Tuesday, June 11, 1912.
    593 378 The old \)O>3 of St. X -ivier's. Penftng, are considering bow they shall eelebrate the Diamond Jubilee ol the School. The Ret Horley his eoUected 135,000 (cliietly from the Chines for the new AngiO-ChiMM School a I Ipoh. Straits, Hongkong, and Siamese- born Chin. Bi tUta
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    REV. U. DHAMMALOKA.
    118 378 The Rev. U, Dhammaloka, President of the Buddhist Tract Society, called at this office yesterday afternoon and requested to contradict the statement, taken from the Calcutta Englishman," regarding his alleged death in Melbourne in April la^t. The Reverend gentleman is in the beat of health and speaks
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    TELUK ANSON LTD.
    943 378 \n Assi hi.) Position The third ordinary general meeting of i the Teluk Anson Rubber Estates Ltd., was held at Gresham House yesterday, Mr s. Katz presiding. The minutes of rho previous meeting having been read and confirmed, The Chairman moved the adoption of the report and
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    THE "MALTA" FIRE.
    304 378 THE "MALTA FIRE. Hold Considerable Damagrd At half-past I*2 on May 14 a Bre broke onl one of the coal bankers amidships of the ftO. liner "Malta," lying in the Royal Albert Docks, and soon spread to the neighbouring bunkers and to one of the holds. The firemen of the
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    FIREMEN IN TROUBLE.
    156 378 Bight Chinese firemen trow the steamer Chow Tai M appeared before Mr Arthur, third magistrate, yesterday afternoon, on a charge of landing from a suspected ship without the permission of the Port Health < Officer. The evidence showed that the chow Tai was suspected of having plague
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    BRITISH NORTH BORNEO.
    107 378 Si ii West Hi kie\vav*m Mission Reuter's Agency is iuformed that sir West Ui<i._s way. as a result of the four months' mission to British North Borneo which be has just concluded on behalf of t'io Court of tin* British North Borneo Company, is convinced of the
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    DEATH OF MR E. C. H. BIRD.
    108 378 Trichinopoly, May 26. The news from Singapore of the Budden death of Mr K. C. H. Bird, Assistant Engineer, of fehe South Indian Railway, was received here with profound regret and sorrow. Be left here on furlough quite recently ami was proceeding Home
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    42 378 M. Debaux, president of the loprab Company Limited oi Paris, arrived on Saturday from PtMllg where lie had been inspecting the Company's business at P»ukit Tambun, and he left lust night by the M Krnest Simons" for Marseille! en route to Paris.
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    CUP TIE FOOTBALL.
    750 378 Bufpk 1 The Singapore (Up Competition U>. j present season openrd or: the I last evening witb the "riing of tli#- 1 and the R. (i. A. There was a lai crowd present, co:i-id. nihls over f,CHM i and it is a remarkable testimony to the popularity
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    114 378 Thus Diogenes II." in tfae Itaagoea Times: Tbo University nn/c parently spreading. I s<-e. from Hi gEMnB that Siam is m>< gi ing to h»--(Io?ie. A rnivtMsity i> to be establish* i with (.hairs of Medicine. I,.iv. t&agil ing. Agriculture. I'oiuiiieicfc, Ho Science. IVda^ofjy. What on e&Kth pedagogy include.' Everything
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    ALLEGED FURIOUS DRIVING.
    1216 379 i \..\)N-; Mi; CWUWTU DIttMISaSD. Mi lames Christie, a booh-HMher, ap ,i in ion- Mr Firmstonc. Uv>i magis* \e>tenl.iv morning, charged with tring motorcar No. SSI on the public i iii a manner so rash or negligent as endanger human life on April 2H at r.ug.tpore. an
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    INTERPORT SHOOTING.
    246 379 HoM.KOM.'s Po«»h Score. The Hongkong ritle team Bhol, otf in the Interport Shooting Competition at King*! Park range range ander very unfavourable conditions. The result was a total score of 90:>, which is one point below the total of last year, when I long kong were wooden spoonists."
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    THE LATE KING OF DENMARK.
    124 379 Coi.oNKi.-TN Chikk or *The Buffs." A paragraph in the Talk of the Town* 1 in Vie "Pall Mall (ia/ctte" of May 1 6 th says The Huffs," who stand third on our Regimental roll -most deplore the death of their Royal Danish chief. Speaking at
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    TO UNCLE RUDYARD.
    109 379 The following from the "Sydney Evening Post," merits quotation: When Kipling was a stripling, He wrote in metres rippling. And his rhyming had a chiming Like the music of the hells. His singing came a ringing With a youthful gladness, hringiug To the weary and the dreary
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    "DUMMIE."
    973 379 L«'sf tbe casual reader should take this as a rudfl form of name for those poor people who have nor the faculty of clear ppeech, be it noted tliat it i- applied by George Xaedonald m his novel of "Wee Sir Gibbie" to the little scot* trail who is
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    THE NEW SQUADRONS.
    572 379 One of tbe mo*t gratifying fait hum of tliH fleet reorganisation scheme is tbat it provides for the whole of the fij^bt King Edwards to be ina.iutn.med in commission witb fall crews, ruder the previous arrangement these Hue battleships had commenced to be elbowed out of the
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    CHINA AND SUICIDE.
    311 379 [n the Dublin Review Mr. C. .1. L. c.ilson. writing on The Destiny of China," calls attention to the extraordinary disregard of human life shown by the Chinese The Chinese were ever a race modi addicted to suicide. In spite oi a amrlßed scepticism with regard to
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    BYEGONE DAYS IN MALAYA. XVIII.
    1477 380  -  Arnold Wright Tm: Shaking of the Pagoda Tree, A i.i. Rights Reserved. The gOTgeOUS Kast has h;id a good deal of gilt knocked off its miflM by too intimate contact. Kven Lord Mncaulay's schoolboy In theM days is perfectly well awuif that there are no
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    SEA WATER FOR STREETCLEANING.
    226 380 In Blackpool, a city of Lancashire, the authorities have given a great deal of attention to the prevention of street dust. The principal streets are paved either with wood or asphalt and are swept from twelve to twenty times a day. The watering is done very
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    29 380 The supplies of Nabuau and Saniruiiiig paddy that reached the Haiigkok mills recently were estimated at 1,070 coyans. Prices ranged from Tcs. 1 10 to Tch. I*«2 per coyan.
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    LONDON LETTER.
    1839 380 {from our own Correspondents London, May Hth. DSATB <«K KlN(i OF Dknmahk. The Death of the King of Denmark has divided interest this week ivitli the perenniul question of our relations with <rermariy. Had it not been for this somewhat singular nature, tor n King rarely dies at
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    Wednesday, June 12, 1912.
    501 381 ">! \rr.hur l*"«-l, British Minister PleaiaotOßttarj t»» Si.uu. his come to >ingapore l.v the Han Hong Liong. en route to Java fot 1) 1 i f t > Df Sun >.it -fii intends to promote a largt- Uank at Canton to assist in develop ing the
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    PROPERTY SALES.
    169 381 ta following Singapore properties were disposed of by auction at Powell and Co.'s M le.ruom yesterday afternoon r ret hol.l land off Gaylang Road, area 180,4** square feet. H. Somapah and Koh v t u Lin IMM. I .veliold land adjacent to the above, MM 125.-2r.ti square feet.
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    WHITEAWAY LAIDLAW & COMPANY.
    58 381 WHITEAWAY LAIDLAW COMPANY. ,o»y of the report of the M«*»J presentation to the meeting of May 24th n L received and it shows a nounsh- business. Tl.e ac ounts show a pront "ft n?«.4. am. aft.,- paying charges and S aivid,nd left t5H,720 available, which it is proposed tou.se to
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    SPORTING NOTES.
    1248 381 Bj the time these notes get into the majority of our readers' hands the local >!)ots trill have completed their share in tie- inter- port shoot at the Batostiar Bangci. and. writing before the event their chance of success this year seems particularly rosy. Shanghai made quite a
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    KEPPEL GOLF CLUB.
    138 381 A Match was played at Keppel on Sunday between Singapore Golf Club and Keppel Golf Club and resulted as follows:— A. Raeside C. Everitt _i H. T. White J. Lornie J. Binnie i G. C. Procter 1). Noble 4 O. A. Kimmel F. W. King Dr Finlayson
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    SEPOY LINES COLF CLUB.
    54 381 The Ladies' spoon (or June was wou by Mrs. .1. 1). Sauuders. The scores returned were as follows:-- In the final of the Club Championship C. F. Green plays R. l>. Acton. Sim. J. I). Saunderfl 58 5 48 Hartuell BO 5 55 Pierce *>1 5
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      CULPABLE CARELESSNESS.
      233 381 TO THE BDITOB, Dear Bir, This morning, between 8.80 a.m. and 0 a.m. while 1 was walking along River Valley Road, I saw a single rubbertyred riksha No. 1875, occupied by an European, going at a great speed and dashing at a school boy about 11 to 12
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    67 381 Mr. I. B. Langely. living 16, Priueep Street, has reported to the police that on .June 7th he weut down to <Jaylaug for a short holiday, leaving his cook in charge of the house. When he returned on Monday morning he found a room which he had locked before leaving
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    A BANGKOK CASE.
    531 381 At the Herman Consular Court. June 4 the hearing was resumed of the om in which W, Weber is charged with defrauding a Javanese woman, whose name is given us Marie Miua, wilh whoni he had stayed at a l?;caJ hotel. About two months ago prisoner was
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    INTERNATIONAL RUBBER CONGRESS AND EXHIBITION.
    308 381 soni*' farther partiesbuNi have come to baud concerning the Internationa] h'ubber Congress and Exhibition to he held ;it Jlatavia in April, 1914. The Congress Mid Exhibition will be organised by the Netherlands indies Agricttltnrc Syndicate Nederlandsch-Indisch Laudbouw Syndicaat"' which also brought about the very successful
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    Thursday, June 13, 1912.
    359 382 Mr (i. Tuoy. living at 27. Sophin Koad. reports to the police the loss of a rolled gold watch and (bain valued at ISO. Canon liarton-I'ai k<-s is still very seriously ill in the Taiping Hospital. The reverend gentleman, in addition to suffering from ;< severe
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    MUSIC AT THE Y.M.C.A.
    133 382 If it be true that Music is good or bad as the end to which it tendeth H then all the music provided on Tuesday night by Mr Sal/.mann and his friends was of the best, for th<> end in view was to afford pleasure and
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    SUPREME COURT.
    270 382 Motor Tractor Disputi Before Mr Justice Bbden yesterday. Guthrie »v Co Ltd. plaintiff, r. Francis Rowley if ill defendant, of the Malacca Rubber Plantations Ltd, Malacca. Claim for 15,577.05 money dne for the hire or goods [and money paid at the defendant's request under an agreement in writing
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    SPORTING WORLD.
    1876 382 yFrvM our own Correspondent."} London. May 17. Tiik Olympic Uambs. The covered court lawn tennis were the advance guard of the 1919 Olympic Games, the lour events being duly decided daring the week. The progress of France lately was farther demonstrated by the success in the Singles ami
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    INTERPORT RIFLE MATCH.
    229 382 Yesterday morning the Singapore I shot o:f in the annual eoiitH>t wit!) li kong. Shanghai and Penaug. The morn lag opened hot and dull, with somewhat of a haze which lastnl through ih»* 20 I There was little win.l hut the target* -i not too plainly visible.
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    Remarkable Score at Shanghai.
    348 382 The Interport Rifle Match for Itl2 I shot off on the 2*ih May by the Shan* liilie Association team. Tin* weatlwr conditions were entirely fuxourahle to shooting hut a number of disappotntitig scores were made. Rtnong them ihe poor showing hy Messrs. A. ]>. DeiUMS tmd
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    GARRISON GOLF CLUB.
    74 382 The following is the result of the Jutis Medal played Bth and '.Uh lim One card with no name uett Km Hi. Twenty Four (aids were taken out. C. I. Carver 87 8 79 Captain Hickling H7 >* 7 1 C. Everitt 88 4 81 Colonel Owen
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    103 382 China's Cabinet proposes to use the star flag for the army and the sun fb'g lor th< navy as hitherto but uot to place the It! coloured tlag at all. A Malay boy and his wife Ij;j\«- br.-n arrested for being in possession of clothing stolen from Messrs l>. Hobertsou
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    TELEGRAMS.
    3842 383 Bj Submai ne Table]. Mci ike's Sekvice. London, via Bombay. The Daily lVlegraph states that the m leuumu of rhe British position in the M» .literrauean will be consideie.l by the ahin»»L at an early date. Al! Government departments affected, les influential officers of the Army a u l
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    PERAK'S SULTAN.
    146 384 VISITS HIS COMMERCIAL CAPITAL. \From our invn Carrrxftmtkn f.l I poll. June 11. The At Home at the Residency, yesterday was largely attended. Mr. Oliver Marks, Uritish Resident received the guests and presented them to His Highness the Sultan. The Resident in a speech la4er said he was
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    SULTAN OF PERAK.
    127 384 Surprised at Ipoh's Change. I poh, June 7. His HighneM Sultan Sir Idris Mersid-el-Aazam Shah. 0.C.M.G., accompanied by Her Highness the Sultaua, arrived in I poh by motor car yesterday. His HighneM stood the journey well and is in the best of health and spirits. He was
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    THE SENGAT SCALE!
    42 384 {From our oivn Correspondent.) [poh, June 8. The robber arrested in connection with the attack on Mr Ximmo at Sengat estate was sentenced to ten years imprisonment yesterday, the Judge saying that such a crime must be severely punished.
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    ENGINEERING STRIKE AT KUALA LUMPUR.
    78 384 Kuala Lumpur, June 1 1 Kuala Lumpur correspondent wires that titter, turners nnd machinists employed by the Federated Engineering Company struck work this afternoon in consequence of a notice to the effect that unless when leaving the firm they held a surai explaining why they
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    SUNGEI BATU RUBBER.
    95 384 l/'rom our vwn Correspondent*} Penang, June 1 2. The meeting of Sungei Bata plantations was held yesterday Mr (J. Mr.ebain presiding. He stated that the crop for 1911 amounted to 1 •"> 102 pounds against an estimate of 10.000 pounds. The manager this year expected to harvest
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    PENANG NEWS.
    50 384 tFfCW Cut' l .v <•> tvsf>i'/lt!sta\y Penang, June 18. A coolie has been run over and killed by a Chinese owned motor car plying between Penang and Buttei worth. Mi Stanley Arden of Sitiawau estate, and Mr Plumb of the Government wharves are both seriously ill in hospital
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    WEDDING.
    73 384 At St. Andrew's Cathedral yesterday a quiet wedding was celebrated between Mr H. S. Ross of Malacca and Miss Alice Peers of Diamond Creek, Australia, who arrived here on Monday. Mr Beilby of MerlJmau Estate was best man and Mr C. L. Duff gave the bride away. The bride
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    CHARTERED BANK V. MADAME KESTOR.
    205 384 Before Mr. Justice limes at Kuala Lninpm Supreme Court on Tuesday an interpleader suit, issued at the instance of the Chartered Bank, against Madame Marguerite Kestor, (administratrix of the late INT. Gustave Kestor*, and M. Potocki, who was formerly a partner of deceased, was beard.
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    SHARES.
    1209 384 RUBBER STERLING COMPANIES. Cap. Issue. Paid. Last Div. Butbbb. Sklle&s ***** 2s 2s Allagar B% 2 8 3 3 150,000 2a 2s Anglo-Maiay 70% 14 4_ 15 7* 50,000 2s 2s Batang Malaka 8 8 2 8j 30,000 1 1 Batu Caves 140% £12 I 0 12 15 0
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