The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 8 August 1912

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    15 81 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. THIRD SERIES THURSDAY. AUGUST 8, 1912, No. 1,306
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    CONTENTS.
    280 81 LEADLHS. PAGE I si I Moj riton and China 8J Tbc Mosuoe Doctrine M I Hill 83 The I !-rrr Ci 88 Col > Policy s:; POLICE AND COURT NEWS. i -v.nat ier (':»-.»> tiun of Cheating 86 rii Issj 8* j I teserto d House 93 j Theft
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  • Domestic Occurrences.
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      MARRIAGES.
      80 81 Mkkrwald BCHARENOUIVBL. OnJnly29th, at the Church of St. Joseph, Batu Gajah, by the Kevd. I). PerruMMid, BPBNOEB Fairlkigh Mbbbwau) of Ceylon, toDRusiLLA Hortsnse S< HARKN<ii*!\ el, yoongesl daughter of Mr. sad Mrs. J. C. Bcharengoivel of EHngspore. Bi.Ant Watson. On August 2nd. and the Metluxlist E})isco});U Church, Singapore, l>y
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      DEATHS.
      41 81 GKKKNSHiKi.Ds.— .inly 10. at Uaagsnow, John, son of J. J. Greenshields, <>f Bingapore sged i". M v i.kan. OB the oth hist., at 81, Allcyne Park. Dolwioh, JAMES Maclean, formerly of I the Hongkong and Shangi»ai Pausing Corpora- tion. Sged ">-"».
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    THE WEEKS NEWS.
    108 81 The l». I. Taroba" arrived on S;itufday last with mails up to July 12th. This j weekl> leave* l>y th«> p, O. Delta* to-morrow morning. An interesting report is made for 1911, by the Director of Agriculture. The Sabattat forgery case has resulted I m Sabatier and
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    EXCHANGE.
    67 81 CORRECTED UP TO Allg. 7 B ink 4m s 2-4} demand 2-4 lIP Private credits t me 2-4 716 credits 6m c 2-4 i France demand Pank 294 Germany, demand 238* India, T. T. IT4J Hongkono, demand 14 Yokohama, demand 114$ Java, demand 14 0$ Bangkok, demand 64t Sovereigns,
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    PRODUCE.
    141 81 Aug. 7 Tin 100 tons sold 1102.00 Gmmbiei buyers 9.r»0 Gambier Cube No. 1 1^ '2o Gambier Cube No. 2 roir» Pepper Black ordin. Spore trayen 21.871 Pepper. (White fair) 31 SO Nutmegs (110 to the It.) nom Nntmegl (80 to the lb.) ncrr. Mace (Banda) '11l Cloves (Amboina)
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    The Sabatier Case.
    980 81 I 1 Jiafi t l Pr««< the P«opl«\ nirfu mc'ntaiik (JiMwed hiy influence and vn v "-i"f>f»(i l>y ?ain Here patriot Truth hw r'o'toiw precepts drew. Pledsed lo RoSnion, LoyaUl wni law- August '2. it m;n be appropriate to make a brief remark or two m connection
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    Dr. Morrison and China.
    1330 81 August 8. Many who had hoped that th<- enthu* siasin and patriotic motive that carried through the great Chinese movement for 1 the overthrow of the Manchu dynasty, and the constitution of a practical scheme of national administration, have been considerahly disappointed. The Revolution and possibly
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      147 81 tf Warm Days I n gB i«ri:i i' »*ith their pleasures some fe discomforts. Then it ii really R letreshing to remove every Kg trace of dust and perspiration H mi M iff I mL^^E^^r SS Soap gss and any day »t is a good soap to g= choose for
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      23 81 THOSE TO HOMEWARD BOUND i J. CAMBELL LATHAM Co, Court, Naval ft Military Tailors, 59, Conduit Street, LONDON, W. Mr. a G. DISS.
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    The Monroe Doctrine.
    1356 82 August 5. If or when, trouble comes to the United States there is every chance that that will be due to the straining of the Monroe Doctrine beyond its original application. And if any body of American citizens m a position of responsibility will be likely to
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    A Betting Bill.
    1372 82 August (5. It ma\ be noted as a pleasant coincidence of the suggested local l>ill that ih«» House of Lords has witnessed the intro duction of Hill intended to regulate, and, if we may use the word, moralise, the practice of betting m connection with sport. There
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    The ulster Crisis.
    656 83 August 7. There is a curious sense of breakup, of the forcing of a dissolution m Parliamentary affairs, and the determination of the strongest elements of the Unionist party It is a wonderful situation. Hither the British union casts off Ulster, or Ulster casts off Britain. Those
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    Col. Seely's Policy.
    1556 83 August 8. When August ushers m the Parliamentary recess there is a virtual armistice m formal party warfare, although m the country, particularly this autumn, there will be plenty of guerilla demonstrations and. political expeditionary movements. Hanging over all there is the shadow of doom for i"sc
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    SAFETY AT SEA.
    281 84 The loss of the "Titanic" drew attention, by virtue of the magnitude of the catastrophe, to the fact that ocean travelling, especially on the Atlantic, is nowadays extraordinarily safe. Such a calamity is as isolated an occurrence as the eruption of Mont Pelee or the .lamaican earthquake,
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    SPORTING NOTES.
    1194 84 It is perhaps a little too early to say very much about the forthcoming autumn I lawn tennis tournament of the S. C. C. be--1 yond calling attention to the fact that the j lists are open and there is a good deal of 1 steady practice proceeding,
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    "TEST MATCHES IN NAME ONLY."
    601 84 TEST MATCHES IN NAME ONLY." OUTSPOUDi AI'STKALIAX KKI'ORT. We have recently received v copy of I report of The Citizens' Cricket Comtee appointed at Melbourne to enquire 3 the circumstances surrounding the (nation of the Australian Board of ltrol and their action m selecting the rteenth Australian team lor England,
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    ERB, THE TYPE-WRITER AND SOME DURIANS.
    927 84 I call it a typewriter: mj, for u J; ,t matter, did the manufacturers once. Kr». I however, calls it a signal box. Krb. by the way, is seldom polite or H ottering, i.ur is often quite happy m some of his defiui I
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    THE OLD STORY.
    813 85 L.i the tptiagof 19*4 I had a letter from m\ friend Joun Macadam. He is a grocer m a Scots buiglnil town, also a bailie, and \ery decent mnn. I was m London ;it (hi time. His letter \va> wrifeu iv a queer, distracted fashion. *I am
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    EGGS AND THE EMPIRE.
    1111 85 I The other morning m the course of con- sinning the first meal of importance of the day, the youth who 6crved us brought two small articles which had pencilled ou their respective outsides the mystic three letters kgg- I'ahappily my knowledge of the j colloquial
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    THE CALL OF THE SEA.
    938 85 When the heart is sick* with the never ending jangle over prices, aches at the sight of the dull dirty whitewashed walls that cramp and confine the narrow cells where j the weary days have to be unssed, the soul cries out for the freedom
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    THE COPYRIGHT ACT
    163 85 I'iider the new Copyright Act, tue term of "copyright' is fixed generally speaking for the life of the author and rifty years thereafter, and registration is published for all purposes. No longer will it tie necessary for authors of works produced m this country to protect them
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    SINGAPORE ROWING CLUB.
    294 85 The following is the report of the committee lor the year ended :'»<»th June, 1912, to be presented at the annual meet ing on August 12. The meeting is lixed for 5.80 P.m. at the S. C. C. Pavilion. Si tire th»3 last annual general meeting which
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    169 85 Tb«>re was a big storm at Port Swrttenhatn on Wednesday night, and a lot of big trees were found broken on the roads the next morning. One tougkang belonging to the P.W.1)., drifted to Klaug. By permission of the General CMtaff Commanding Aldershot District, the Norfolk Kegiment has requisitioned one
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    Friday, August 2, 1912.
    789 86 lii the tennis doubles Oxford beat Cambridge 5-6, 62. 0-rt, 65, 6-4. The Chief Secretary has again rejected the application of the Sanitary Board for a Town Surveyor for Ipoh. Of the million debenture stock of the British India Steam Navigation Co. 70 per cent is
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    THE SABATIER CASE.
    1280 86 SENTENCE PASSED. The Origin of the Crime. In the Supreme Court yesterday morning the Chief Justice sat to finish the above case. There was again a very large attendance of the general public. Mr. Gaunt on rising said he wished to I apologise to his Lordship for
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    ALLEGATION OF CHEATING.
    265 86 a Malacca Chihbse Chaboed. A young Chinaman appeared before Mr H. W. Firmstone, m the District Criminal Court, yesterday, on three charges of cheating. The complainant m the iirst two charges was Chiang Slew Beng and the amounts were two sums of HO. Mr P. M. Robinson,
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    SHARE CIRCULAR,
    181 86 Praser cV Co.'s. Business during the week has been on a limited scale, and again chiefly confined to Rubbers which have dropped slightly since our last Report. Local Rubbers m sympathy with London advices are also quieter. Other Sections are steady, but only a small business is passing.
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    87 86 The Club Hotel, Yokohama, was burnt down on July 16th. The last mail brings an account of a dairy started at Biesk, m Siberia, for the manufacture of Cheshire cheese under the supervision of an English expert. Excellent results are said to have been attained, and the farmers' association promoting
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    PUNGGOR. LIMITED.
    535 86 The Directors' Report to be presented at the (fener.il Meeting to be held on fith August, 1912, at 2 p.m. at Malacca i* as follows Your Directors beg to submit the State ment of Accounts and Rpport for the v, ended 81st, March, 1912. The net! profit for
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    CINEMA CENSORSHIP.
    278 86 While wo are entirely out of sytnpathx with the perpetual demand for fresh grandmotherly legislation that it oue of the features of to day. we must admit that there is some justification for the demand for a censorship of cinematograph films, which has just been unanimously adopted by
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    80 86 The art collection of Mr. Taylor oi th. Manchester Guardian realised ft**, so: fancy prices being paid. Vive thousand guineas were paid for a Persian bilk, and seven thousand for a Chinese vase, whi, I at a sale m l*9o fetched X'3lo. In the Army Rifle Association touiuu ment the
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    STRAITS CHINESE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION.
    259 87 The annual general meeting of the above Association was held at the Chinese Volunteer Club, on Wednesday afternoon. \inong those present were Dr. S. C. Yin, the president. Mr Lim Kee Cheok, the Hon. Gen. Secretary. Messrs K. Apps, Ong Beng Gnat. J. Gillies, Koh Lian
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    KELANTAN NEWS.
    341 87 i /•>"/// Our Own Correspondent.) Kota Bah ru, .July 29th. The suit m which Mr. T. Dudley Parsons is engaged is between Tungku l/inbong I>inti Slainarahoin Raja Patani, plaintiff, and Tungku Petri binti Alamarahom Sultan Tengah. defendant. The claim is for landed property which is valued at about
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    CARRISON GOLF CLUB.
    126 87 The result of the Home and Home Match, between the Sepoy Lines and Garrison Golf Club, played on the 27th ■July, at the above links was as under I Urn W. G. Kllis l Lieut Black Q C. F. Green Capt Pinches I. Locate I Maj Morris
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    70 87 A motiou Messrs. Shewan, Tomes and Company to appeal to the Privy Council from the order made recently m the British Supreme Court, Shanghai, dismissing their appeal m the case against the liquidator of she Wangpoo Wharf and (Jodowu Company, was granted m the Supreme Court on the 15th. The
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    RAUB AUSTRALIAN G. M. Co., Ltd.
    782 87 Manaokk's Rktohi fQm Foci Wkkks Ksihn«; Jily 13th, 191 1. Gentlemen. I beg to submit my Monthly Keport on your Mining and Milling Operations. The Mine Measurements and Assay Results show ti total of 151 ft., made up as follows Sinking 25 ft., Driving
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    SINGAPORE LADIES RIFLE ASSOCIATION.
    141 87 The Mills Trophy Competition for August took place at Balestier yesterday the following scores being made. Mrs. Felkin .'SO Miss Gunn 28 Mrs. Miller 18 Mrs. Durrge 28 Miss Huxley 27 Miss Kerr 27 168 The August Spoon was won by Miss (iunu the scores being.
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    JAPAN'S FINANCES.
    87 87 From the Imperial .Japanese Consulate we have received a copy of the twelfth Financial and Economic Annual of Japan. It is a pattern of patient statistical work, illustrated by diagrams, with a capital map of the Empire. The amount of information on all subjects connected with the finance
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    RUBBER AND TIN RETURNS
    45 87 Agents Evatt k Co. Bukit Timah 9,002 Total seven months 4(5,170. I' hi Paiulan 2.754 year 7,880. Agents Hooglandt k Co. Batu Rata 7.041 Penang, Aug 1, Bagan Serai s.OOO Butak Rabit: 7,500 Rubana 37,000 The Straits 147,000 Tali Ayer 24,000
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    FORGED G. C. NOTES.
    180 87 The cashier of the Asiatic Petroleum Company, of 9, Clive-street, Calcutta, on Monday loth, received three G. C. notes tor Rs 100 each, and thirty-eight of Rs 10 each from a Marwari merchant of 94-1, Lower Chitpur Road. Among the latter was a (1. C. note
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    ARMY RIFLE CHAMPION
    98 87 The ritie championship of the Army was decided at the meeting at Pirbright, some fine shooting being witnessed. Lance -Corporal.!. Koche, Ist Worcester's, wou the championship, the Watkin Cup, and the gold jewel with a score of 151. other winners were Silver Jewel, Drill Sergeant A. Gray,
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    116 87 Two young heiresses, the Misses a K. Wente, of Manistee, Mich., are making the round trip on board the liner Minnesota. The young ladies' father is a prominent lumber merchant and worth seven million dollars. The ladies are being chaperoned on the trip by Miss C. H. <fber, professor of
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    Saturday, Aug. 3, 1912.
    697 87 Major Baker, 7#rd Infantry, succeed* Lieutenant-Colonel Allenby as second incommand of that regiment. Major R. Hawkes, "Jrd Brahmaus, will be detention barracks visitor and field officer for ensuing week. Captain \V. B. Kddowes, Ist Battalion Manchester Regiment, is appointed Sta tion Staff Officer. Ist class. Pacbmarbt.
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    MALARIA & METEOROLOGY.
    664 88 MALARIA METEOROLOGY. In May 1911 the number of deaths from malarial fever m Singapore was exceptionally large, m the week ended May nth the death rate was 85. 9h, nearly one third of the deaths being due to malaria. A brief telegram was despatched to the "Times," and on this
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    NO MORE BETTING AT BOMBAY RACES.
    85 88 NO MORE BETTING AT BOMBAY RACES. I Conditions ok LiCEXBI indkk nkw Ka< ing Act. The Bombay Government announces that under the conditions of license granted the Western India Turf Club under the Bombay Race Courses Act, there are not to be more than thirty days' racing, bookmakers are not
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    SPORTING CLUB FINANCE.
    79 88 The cash statement of the Singapore Sporting Club for the half year ending June 30 shows a balance at credit on j January 1 of *10,H15 and on June 80 of 130,115. The Totalizator receipts are lotteries #s,6B7, admission tickets '.»»>. The main outgoings were stakes at
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    TOPICS OF THE WEEK.
    1096 88 Quicquid agon I homines noetri eet farkgo libelli. Juvenal. M No tewei than H73 persons were killed last year, and 20,225 injured, m accidents caused by mechanically- propelled vehicles m the Cnited Kingdom. Nearly half these accidents took place m the city of London and m
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    THE GAZETTE.
    242 88 His Majesty the King has been pleased to approve the appointment of ICr. Herbert Mitford Darby to be temporarily Ml Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council of the Straits Settlements during the absence on leave of Mr. V. W. Colliu>. His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
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    ASSIZES.
    159 88 In the Assize Court yester4a> the Chief Justice Sir W. 11. Hyndtnan -Tones continued the hearing of the charge of gang robbery against lour Chinese. lv this case it was alleged that accused set upon another Chinaman whilst journeying m a rikihha m Tanjoog Pagax road m the month
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    WEDDING.
    117 88 BLAIR— WATSON. Yesterday at noon, at the Methodist Episcopal Chinch, by the Rev W. H. B. Crch, Mr K. J. Blair of the Eastern Extension Telegraph Co.. was married to Miss Mabel Watson. Mrs Salmond acted as matron of honour to the bride and Mr L. J. Wishart was
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    TAIPING ENTRIES.
    145 88 Ffkst Hat, Ti i:si» w LSTH Ai <.i ki Race I. Valup |M#. DMhmi 1 mil» Hedonist. Plalinuiii. Sirdar, Lode^t«<r Lady Flower, Nantisikit. The Colonel. Race II. Value *:{no. Distance mi!»-. Gold Nugget. Race. 111 and IV. Value -;;<ih it i\d *200. A handicap for all Pony <>\
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    SIR HENRY McCALLUM.
    315 88 Many of the old Straits friend* of Sir Hoary NcCalluai will be glad to leata that bis rectal sharp illness an taatai and that U.K. is now doir.'£ well to judge h\ these, latett wires from Trincomalie to Colombo Trincomlie, loth July, G.r- am. <«o veriior has
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    299 88 J Thfl match commenced on July hlli bet ween Northamptionshire and Surrey pro vided sensational ooilapes on the pa it o; the lntti i team. Thej had lost one wicket for s<> hut wore all out when .J5 had been posted. TIMMUpW and Smith secured th last (i\ -e wickets
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    Monday Aug. 5. 1912.
    446 89 Appraisers licenses have been issued for Selangor to Mr Hene Proust, and Mr Khoo Seng Hock. Raja Said Tauphy bin ci BttHaa Abdullah i> appointed a magistrate of the first dsjM lot I'erak. The death is announced of the ReT, < harles Voysey. founder of the
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    THE HOLIDAY'S
    271 89 lull advantage seems to hare been dol the Ihiee days Holiday, two of them Bank, and :i large number of i foe trips m the F.M.S., Pfeaaag, ten the local steamers being crowded. As a matte* of fact the closing of mc Hanks Ofl Saturday eaogbt iiiun> Ie
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    RUBBER
    1786 89 AND RUBBER PRODUCTION. What the Director of Agriculture has to Say. 11l the report of the Director of Agriculture for 1911, bom tbe pen of Mr. Lewton Brain, published m the F.M.S. Gazette, we liixl a most important contribution to "current robber literature." The Direct j or. although ;i
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    MISSIONARY WORK IN THE MALAY STATES.
    753 89 Handicap to MissioxAm Extbbpbisb. DEVELOPMENT OK UTTBBCBSSIOX. We presume the Venerable Archdeacon 1. l ust have heen mis-reported m the York* shire Herald of July 5, as regards the population of Singapore, and also us to the missionary being barred by Royal Command." The
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    Tuesday, Aug. 6. 1912.
    762 90 Three of the ringleaders m the recent -queue -cutting riot at Chang i bave been executed, and th?ir propeity confiscated. In some of the South Wales pits tbe winding speed is ho ft. per second— say a mile m 6H sec. Captain Leatham, who was m
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    THE LATEST GEORGIC.
    1887 90 ONE TAX SCHEME. What it Means. (Special to Free Press. In connection with the Chancellor's land policy our London correspondent writes Since Mr. Asquith's statement m the House m which he went a long way towards identifying himself with Mr. Lloyd George's new Land Policy, the Single
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    COINING AT SHANGHAI.
    646 90 BIG COI\\TKRFKI TlNci PLANT BGtZBO. Two Fokkh;\i:ks and ."»'.< i'h,\i >i AKRKSTKh. Fifty nine Chinese and two Freucb r»>i dents of Shanghai are uuder arrest m the French Settlement as the result of a raid by the French police on a counterfeiting plant m Siccawei Hoad at
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    106 90 The Tokio Nichi -Nichi alleges thai the new Kus6o-Japanese entente bus strengthened the position of .lapan m South Manchuria and includes Inner Mon golia m Japan's sphere of influence. Th« Tokio Asahi asserts that the so-called new agreement is merely a supplementary agreement with secret provisions. Ko Fongtze, who was
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    INTERPORT SPORT.
    250 91 Cricket and Football. .a ()nr Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. SKLANc.ok. L. b. Banuon b Bath H < K. Bancroft c Chamberlain b Kooke II A. V. Spoonerc and b Scharenguivel 11 A. IJ. Hubback c Griffith Jones b Cham berlain lo T. Green c and b Uooke I
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    CRICKET.
    176 91 Mb. Camkbon'h v. Mb. Lenthall's XI. A full day> cricket was played on the Bsnianadfl yesterday between the above teams the latter winning by 62 runs, their scon- oi 189 being greatly helped on by an admirable 84 by Lenthall. Scores. Mi:. CaMBBON*S XI. w k. Rajnei b Sproule
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    HOCKEY.
    188 91 Sl\(.\r»»KK SKI.VNi.OK. *juite an interesting game of hockey was played on the Esplanade last evening between teams representing Singapore and >♦ -langor. the visitors sending down a team m response to a private invitation, and the fixture rilled up what would otherwise have been Mart evening. The choice of
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    54 91 further news which reaches the M H«N« from \unnau confirms the report us to the disorganised state of that province The inilitury authority is su pNM at the capital and officers of the :u my completely over ride the civil admi-li-t ration. Some of the disbanded troops IN -;ii«i to
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    TANG SHAO-YI EXPLAINS HIS FLIGHT.
    771 91 Tmk Disimtk With Pki-:sii»k\t Yuan. A traveller writes a long article to the Central China Post' m which he sets forth reasons of Tang Shaoyi's resignation and flight. The writer, who had an interview with the ex premier, lengthily defends Tang Shao-yi and Yuan Shih-kai.
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    45 91 At a meeting the Calcutta Corporation decided to appoint a city architect at a salary of Rs. 1,350 per month, inclusive of travelling and other allowances, and to ask the chairman, Mr. Maddox. who is now m England, to interview candidates and make a recommendation.
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    SCOTTISH LETTER
    1512 91 {From our own Comsponaenz.} Edinburgh, July 11. Scotland's memorial to King Edward the Seventh will take the form of colonnades and a statue erected on a spot of historic fame. When the scheme was started. Lord Rosebery. m apt terms, accurately interpreted the popular desire when he said
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    SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB.
    218 91 The August Monthly Medal Competition was played on August 3 and I and resulted m a win for Mr. K. D. Acton who returned the excellent nett score of I'd. Mr. Koox won the sweep on the Sfd ami Mr. EL L. L. Draddell on the Hh.
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    HOCKEY.
    108 92 At live o'clock this afternoon there will be a hockey match between a Singapore team and a Selangor team, the match having been arranged privately to accommodate a number of Selangor and local ♦'uthimasts who wanted a game on what is an off day here. The teams will be
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    THE OLYMPIC GAMES.
    746 92 From On Special Corre*pondetstJ Stockholm, July 9f.b. It is a revelation to an Englishman to be taking part m tbe tiftb Olympiad at Stockholm. NVe bad some stirring scenes I at tbe Shepherd's Bush 'London' Stadium j four years ago, but tbey were entirely of j a
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    NEW SINGAPORE RUBBER.
    1073 92 The Di lector's Report to the Share holders for the meeting ou September 7th reads. Your Directors have pleasure is submitting herewith a duly audited Statement of the Accounts of the Company for the year ended :>Uth June. 1912. The Accounts have been closed at the •list
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    K.L. LAND VALUES.
    507 92 ARHITKVriOX PBOCEBDUKhi (HMMRM [brbgclar." In the Supreme Court Kuala Lumpur on Friday, the Chief Judicial Commissioner, Mr Justice Sereombe Smith, gave his judgment m the action which concerns certain building land In Am pang Street. The Chief Justice read a lengthy judg meut during the course of
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    98 92 The Chemical News has a long technical article on struverite found m the F.M.S. and sent to the Imperial Institute by Mr. Scrivenor, Government geologist, who found it on the river Sebautun about half a mile from Salak North, on a tin concession, which had been abandoned owing to the
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    THE KING ENJOYS CAKE.
    599 92 TEA AND TALK WITH YOKKSHIKK FARMER AM) HIS WIFE. Thk QOMDI IM Bam. The tour of the King ;i ri<i Queen m Yorkshi re yesterday was marked by two «,f those pleasing departures from formality which are becoming characteristic of the royal couple, and endearing them
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    GIRL'S CRICKETING FEAT.
    237 92 Fifti:i:nYi;ak Old School IM.wi-.k Makes a OftMTCir. A fifteen -year -old schoolgirl of Harpeuden has just performed a cricketing teat which, if she had beeu playing at Lord's, would have turned the Test match stalwarts green with envy. In a local match against the girls ol rival
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    Wednesday, Aug. 7, 1912.
    674 93 A gramophone valued at *:*0 has been stolen from Mr .1. Matthew s residence at li McK^n/ie Hoad. S. joh was the motoi-rar which ran into Tamil P. C. No. :>:>{\ on the Bukit Timah Koad on Sunday morning. Both the constable's Ih<»n were broken. H.M.S.
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    A DESERTED HOUSE.
    98 93 Two small Hylam boys were yesterday nunced by Mr. E. L. Talma, second magistrate, to two years m the Reformatory for theft of property valued at $25 from Mr. Birch's house at Holland Road. A bigger lad who met the boys and took a cigarette case from
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    NEW DUTCH STEAMERS.
    448 93 For Java-Aiifttralia Line Two new steamers have been ordered by the Koyal Packet Steam Navigation Co. for the Java Australia trade, one being built m Amsterdam by the Xederlandsche Scheepsbonw Mautschappij, and the other by Earle's Shipbuilding Company, Hull. Both are to be delivered by the end
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    THEFT IN TANGLIN.
    212 93 Two youthful Hylams claimed to be tried before Mr. E. L. Talma, second magistrate, yesterday on charges of theft m a dwelling of a miniature p Anting of a lady and a fluted cigar case, and disposing of the same. Police Inspector Meredith of Orchard Koad station
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    LEONIE HILL INCIDENT.
    101 93 Thief Who Iskd A Pom:. Dr. Skinner of 8, Leonie Hill, telephoned to the police at three o'clock on Monday morning and reported that a Chinaman had hooked clothing from a window m his residence by means of a crooked nail on the end of pole. Sergeant
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    VANISHING SERVANTS.
    56 93 Mrs. Martens of M Clarelauds," Suez Canal, Tanglin, has reported to the police that money and jewellery amounting to $275 have been stolen from her residence, and that her Hylarn boy has also disappeared. Mr. W. O'Connor of the drove Estate, Tanjong Katong, has lost his tukang ayer,
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    RUBBER NOTES AND NEWS.
    1115 93 Baron de Schottky SchroU/ynski, who came here after his lecture m Kuala Lumpur on tbe subject of indigo, as an intercrop for the rubber planter, has left behind him a good many practical men m a state of seriously considering the advantages of his scheme. There
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    THE IMPERIAL MARITIME LEAGUE AND AVIATION.
    612 93 The new* that Mr Claud Graham White, the fiir tamed airman, has joined the Council of the Imperial Martime League possesses more than the interest which attaches to his name. Mr Graham White is indeed himself amongst the most distinguished of living aviators, and
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    38 93 In the Supreme Court yesterday morn; ing before Mr. Justice I\ J. Sproule, th<? Attorney General applied for the admis 6 ion of Mr. Mark Stone, as advocate and solicitor of the local Bar. The application was granted.
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    Thursday, August 8, 1912.
    764 94 I An affray took place between Chinese m New Market Road at 5.1."> yesterday morning. The police intervened and made iour arrests, all the prisoners being Hokiens. It ha 9 been decided that soldiers discharged from the Regular Army who are under no liability for further
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    ALLAN-WILKIE TOUR.
    697 94 I LAYING ROI'XD THE WORLD. Visit for Singapore. Mr Allan Wilkie, the eminent Actor Manager, assisted by the talented actress, Miss Frediswyde Hunter- Watts and a powerful London Company will open at Singapore for a short season of eight nights, commencing on August 24. The Company, it may
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      KILL A DOG AND BURY IT.
      139 94 To THE Editor, Sir, May I be permitted to draw the attention of the proper authority towards the way m which some dog shooters outside Municipal limits bury the bodies of dogs they shoot. While m Pasir Panjang last Saturday I noticed a party
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    ULU PANDAN.
    457 94 XO DIVIDKNI), AND THE ItKASON. The anuual general meeting of the l*lu Pandan Rubber Estates, Ltd., was held at the registered offices. Commercial Inion Buildings, yesterday, at noon. Mr Lee Chim Tuau presided, there being also present Messrs F. C. Peck, P. Gold, Tan Kheam Hock, Seah Eng
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    MOTOR SHIP- "SEMBILAN."
    144 94 MOTOR SHIP "SEMBILAN." The new Dutch motor ship Sembilan Captain J. van lUiijn, has arrived m Singapore from Pontiauak and is lying m the Hoads. She was built last year by the Xederlandsche Frabriek van Werkturgen en Spoorweg-Materieel. Amsterdam, and is registered m Batavia. Her dimensions are length 151 feet,
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    ROWING RACES.
    97 94 I The heats m tbe postponed Chiengmai Cup race will he rowed off this evening on a mile course at Tanjong Rhu. The crews are drawn as follows: Dake, how, (iaggino. 2. Berry Taylor stroke, Pash cox. Against. (xibbs, bow, Adcock, 2. Ciorris 8, Keindel, stroke, Kohinson, cox.
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    100 94 It is proposed to acquire the estate of Corstorphine Hill as the site of Zoological Gardens for Edinburgh. The estate will cost k 17,000, and £'8,000 will be required for an initial collection of animals. A shocking accident occurred yesterday afternoon m the Rochore district. The puller of a second
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    MALACCA NOTES.
    312 94 Tmk lin i.c Assoc i \iio\. Tbe above Association brought on three days meeting during the neaal uoii days, and favoured with good wntitiifr a long programme of events at varying ranges was completed without a hitch. There were some twenty-fire competitors. Erhich speaks well for the enHuMiMM
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    SOLD HIS CHILD.
    424 94 fo v\\ nm Wifk's Co i i m. Two Hokieu Chinese, a mail ami Cuian, appeared before Mr Arthur, third gistrate, yesterday, on a charge of ling a child. Mr Goodman, of the Chinese Protector ate, who appeared for the prosecution withdrew the charge against the female
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    106 94 The 2nd Battalion Koyal Fusiliers. Hi tioned at Juhbulpore. India, have achieve d a remarkable feat m winning the Km pin Day Challenge Cup. Shot for by a team of 40, no fewer than lfi made 100 or over, while four scored 105, the highest possible. The total score of
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    TELEGRAMS.
    3643 95 [By Submarine Cable]. Reuter's Service. London, July SI. In the Home of Commons during discussion of the Irish estimates reference was made to Mr. Bonar I-jiw's recent lister speech. Mr. Bonar Law declared that the passage was carefully weighed. If he thought any con *iderab!e number of his followers
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    THE LOSS OF H.M.S. "GUARDIAN."
    673 96 THE LOSS OF H.M.S. GUARDIAN." The occasion of the loss of the "Titanic" Las suggested to a correspondent to send a copy of a letter written m 17H9 by Lieut. Edward Kiou. captain on If. M.S. "Guardian." to the Secretary of the Admiralty. The Guardian," a «4 gun ship, was
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    NEGRI SEMBILAN.
    557 96 Then and Now. From the acting British Resident, Negri Sembilan, has been received a copy of the Administration Report for the year 1911. [t bas already been referred to from the P.M.S. Gazette. But it would be a great convenience if always, as m this case and m
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    PERAK MOTOR ACCIDENT.
    47 96 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Aug. 7th. Mr. H. T. Bingbain, partner m Aylesbury and Garland, while motoring from Teluk Anson to Ipoh, ran over a culvert and the car turned turtle. Mr. Biugham's collar bone was broken and he sustained other minor injuries.
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    SHARES.
    1155 96 RUBBER STERLING COMPANIES Cap. IBBDB. Paid. Last Di?. Buykk^. iMMMto 85.000 2s 2s Aliagar 8% 2 6 a a 150,000 2s 2s Anglo- Malay 11% int 14 9 IS Ml 50,000 28 2s Batang Malaka 16 t 9 30,000 1 1 Batu Caves 40% int £12 a 0 |f
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