The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 22 August 1912

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    15 113 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. THIRD SERIES fHURSDAY. AUGUST 22, 1912, No. 1,303
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    CONTENTS.
    180 113 LlllMlffl PAGE Tyranny oi Democrat] 1 1 Kiliu ation mUm Straits 1 1 i!!.l Um Argentine 114 Ah N;'vai I'olic •> Wanted... 115 China in Confusion I 1 ."> India and "Naval" Defence lIS POLICE AND COURT NEWS Joaon Hard i Trial 1 19,123,125 I in Kfl Tanglin 1
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  • Domestic Occurrences.
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      BIRTHS.
      48 113 HAYNEB. On August 2Cth. at Kuala Liunpiit. I the wife of A. B, Haymbe, Federated Malay states" Civil Berrioe, of daughter. BmowH. On August 12. at Weymoath, Kn-- j laud, the wife Of A. V. BROWN, Straits Settle- j meets Civil Service, ot twins (son A daughter.)
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      MARRIAGES.
      80 113 Holmes Oowie. July 24. at Lewlaham, Richard A. llol.mks. nl Cumberland to Mi'aka > QIiADTS, daughter of Mrs. Cowie, of Black- heath, and the late W. C. Oowie, of the British j North Borneo Company. On the 20th instant, at St. Andrew's Cathedral, Singapore, by the Rev F. (J.
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      DEATHS.
      30 113 i At Northtlcer. Kent, on July 21st, Capt. If. DISSDAi.E. for many yean of Singapore. Ai vniNCLoss.- Juh 18. a; East Grinstoad, BCabgabjbt Harvei wife of P. Anchineloss i
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    EXCHANGE.
    68 113 ICORRKCTKD Of TO Aug. 21 Uarik 4m 9 2-4 demand 2-4 116 I Private credits 3 m 2 4 716 credits 6ra 8-4J France demand Bank 294 Germany, demand 288$ India, T. T. 174J Hongkong, demand 11° Yokohama, demand 114^ Java, demand 14 i Bangkok, demand 64 i Sovereigns,
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    PRODUCE.
    143 113 Aug. 21 Tin 150 tens told #105.40 Gambier buyers 9.50 Gambier Cube No. 1 1 4 On i Gambier Cube No. 2 riotr Pepper Black ordin. S'porr 2175 Pepper, (White fair) buyers 30.00 Nutmegs '110 to the lb.) noui Nutmegs (80 to the lbj com Mace (Banda) 116 I
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    The Tyranny of Democracy.
    1219 113 AUg. ID. It doos not take a very profound study of political principle and practice in modern states to come to tho tjuite sounil conclusion that nothing is so illiberal as Liberalism, and nothing so tyrannical «h a democracj in power. Such will make a moral
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      214 113 Suhscrihers to the "Singapore Free Press" j wv\ i i\ iHniHlag from Bnropeto the straits i>\ •>! i>\ thr mail lines, are InTited t»» send t<> p. Manage] the name of their steamer and in Singapore. Copies will then ►meet them at various ports of call. in Europe wishinu detailed
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  • Page 113 Miscellaneous
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      179 113 THE WEEK'S NEWS. The murder rYial in Johore has resulted j in :'.s Javanese* tappers being sentenced to ten years' rigorous imprisonment. At a special meeting of the Tanglin Club, the younger members decided to continue the Club on new iiues. At St. Andrews Cathedral on Tuesday. the wedding were
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    Education in the Straits.
    1247 114 Aug. 17. One of the constantly recurring problem* of education, not more pressing in this Colony than in England, or China, or Siarn, is that of technical or industrial education, met with also under the name of commercial education. The subject has recently heen brought up
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    Germany and the Argentine.
    1739 114 Aug. U). In connection with the population expansion of Germany, and the turning of the gaze of German expansionist writers towards South America generally, and the Argentine Republic particularly, as the only really desirable Held for that territorial occupation so ardent I.Y longed for, it may
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    A Definite Naval Policy Wanted.
    1408 115 Aug. au. he mail there come three importit -ms. bearing on the great questhe security of the I'nited Ixing- of the empire. One of these is account of the five day's naval nanoewiee in the North Sea and the varied incident* of thai brief bat
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    China in Confusion.
    1086 115 Aug. 81. In the long sequence of desultory frag* ments of information that come down from China, mostly in the form of translations from Chinese press agencies' telegrams, there is much mention of movements, appointments, and resignations amongst the officials, great and small, of the Republic. But
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    India and "Naval" Defence.
    1056 116 India and Naval" Defence. Aug. 'J-J. There is something as amusing as it is amazing in the cheerful way in which a fallacy thai one would have expected to have taken its slaughter and interment in a decent spirit of resignation, displays a tendency to 4 hob up serenely from
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    SPORTING WORLD
    1746 116 .From our own Correspondent.) London. .July 26, 1912. Olympic Games comment. Returning to London early in tbe week the writer could not belp but ponder over tilings being said to account for our poor showing at Stockholm. Those who at tended the Games had reason to fee ashamed,
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    74 116 The Waichiaopu has notified the In plomatic Body in Peking of the unsettled state now prevailing in Shansi, Mongolia, Sinkiang, Kansuh, Yunnan and Kueichow to which province foreign travellers are asked not to go. Leon Kendal, the celebrated Loudoo and Paris Palmist, well known through out the East and at
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    AN OLD TALE.
    912 117 TUs ls lite tale which IVem White told to me and which, I hope, is none the less worth telling thstt it concerns only humble folk. I ran remember sitting bep^e a man in a train which thundered down the long embankment, and he said to me,
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    SARDINES AND SIMPLICITY.
    1025 117 It might be perhaps reasonably thought that after the recent Skipper case there was not much of a novel nature which could be said about the Sardine, but although the heredity and domestic upbringing of this pleasant little creature has been dealt with in the courts it
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    TRAMPS.
    1003 117 One of the oldest of professions, and one which still has a considerable following in most of the European countries, is that of tramping. As a profession it possesses the additional advantage of being picturesque and so those who have tried it experimentally assure us it can be made
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    LOCUSTS IN MALAYA.
    351 117 The Acting Secretary to Resident has sent out the following interesting information District Officers and others whose work takes them on tours through the States are earnestly requested to report to the Director of Agriculture the presence of any swarms of locusts in either the Hying or
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    THE FEDERAL COUNCIL.
    221 117 Mi:. McFaDYBN Nj:w UNOFFICIAL MBMHBB. The Malay Mail is infonned that U.K. The High Commissioner, Sir Arthur Young, has appointed, subject to the approval of tlip King, Mr. Eric H. McFadyeu to be a member of the Federal Council, vice Mr. E, B. Skinner, who sailed last
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    82 117 At a meeting of the Council of the Koyal Colonial Institute held on ISsi ult., Sir J. Bevan Edwards in the chair, the following, amongst others, were elected Fellows: Mr. C. Isbister Buzz (Borneo 1 Mr. Robert M. Latham (Federated Malay States), Mr. Francis A. S. McClelland (Federated Malay States),
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    Friday, August 16, 1912.
    807 118 The Rank of Chin i opened for business on August 1 for the fir*t time. The output of the Lnhat Mines. Ltd., for July 1912, is piculs 70S, clean dry ore. Mr. Oscar S. Daw >arn. Manager of the Lahat Mines, L'd., is ill in Batu
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    SHARE CIRCULAR.
    336 118 Eraser Co.'s. Sterling Rubbers opened slightly better and continued in fair demand for several days, but at the close are ruling rather easier again. Local Rubbers are still a most irregular market, and the business passing is small. Mining shares are al most entirely neglected, and with the
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    PERAK TURF CLUB.
    285 118 FIRST DAY. Brilliant weather favoured the opening of the Perak Turf Club's meeting yesterday. There was a large attendance from a large circuit. The course arrangements were perfect. The .Judges were Colonel Murray and Mr. Cobham. Results and dividends Kace 1. Value |250. A handicap for ex-griffins.
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    93 118 Mrs. A'Beckett, widow of Mr. Arthur A'Beckett, the well-known journalist, died suddenly on Saturday July 13th from heart failure at the Royal Palace Hotel, Kensington. She was a vice-president of the Society of Women Journalists. She was also the first lady to be elected a member of the Institute of
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    BURGLARS IN TANGLIN.
    1112 118 SMART CAPTURE ON LKoNIK HILL. Arrest ok A M Rkckivkr." A young Hylam giving tbe name of Wee Say Tong appeared before Mr Firmstone. in the District Criminal Court, yesterday morning, on one charge of housebreaking and two of theft at Leonie Hill. Court Inspector Ambrose conducted
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    BIG GAME IN PAHANG.
    333 118 Mr T. R. Hubbark in a small Look en j titled "Three Mouths in Pahang j n j of big game" gives another of the interest ing series of hunting accounts which he began in his book on elephant and sola dang hunting in the T.M.S.
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    HYLAM SERVANTS BUSY.
    63 118 Mr. Hall, living at the Sea View Hotel. has reported to the police that his Hylatu boy," who has been with him for t\\u years, has cleared out with a suru of *200 in cash. Mr. Hill of Bintaug House," Hu\eb< k Road, has reported to the
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    MYSTERIOUS CRIME AT KUALA LUMPUR.
    115 118 On Tuesday morning, at the nile. Damausara Road, the body of a Mafey. shockingly mutilated, was discovered. Ft was ascertained to be that of karim, vho lived about half 1 mile from the seen* of the discovery. The injuries which writhe cause of death had
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    BOILED MILK: A WARNING
    129 118 In view of the Local Government eport on the value of boiled milk as a tod for infants, writes Mr. J. T. C. Nash in a^lter to the Lancet," it may not be cat of place to remind all concerned that t\ hen milk has once
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    Satrday, Aug. 17, 1912.
    274 119 >;lk prongs valued at *sO have been j dolra o1 I* 0 1 *oon Ching's sbop at Bo;< tjuay. wi Koo Nit of ">*. Bras Basah Koad. ,i;. -<u, tb:*T hit coolie has ab.-eonded witli isoo. \ihinaiiiaii MHMd Lee Hong .Jin of •_>i.. lock Lam Street,
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    BIRTHS AND DEATHS.
    158 119 The report on births and deaths in the Colon; for 1911 shows that the number was 18,069 or a erode birth rase o! 85.38 lowei than either 1909 or 1910. pstered totalled 07."> giving mortality rate of 16.45 against 11.88 per thou>a:i<l in 1910. In -June the
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    VOLUNTEER DANCE.
    91 119 Another of the popular dances arranged l.x thi nutter Club was held iu the -v A. Drill Hall last evening. Tbi i w;.- a large attendance, including His Excellency the Governor. man> mililan and Voluuteei Otlieers, and a considerBmher of civilian guests. Lt. Col. ri»k, V.D., and Mrs.
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    DECLINED TO PROSECUTE.
    102 119 The twenty >i\ Jlylams. cooks and boys* 1 at the Hotel de l'Europe and •token at the Gas Works, who were ar 1 MSM days ago for taking part iu an IB Wayang in Victoria Street laced Mr K. L. Talma, second magistrate, Mfc rdaj morning, each
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    THE GAZETTE.
    82 119 Mr. C l>. Ahearne has been classed a !>;i»e.l cadet having passed in Tamil law ii» -n» -n.l orders and colonial regulations. Mr. H. G.Uaugh is recognized as tempo rarily in charge of the I. S. A. Consulate hurt Messrs. (i. H. M. Robertson, H. C. Bull, und
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    277 119 Obdocabi Mbbtixg, Friday August 1<». Pnsssin H. K. The Gorr., Sir Arthur fooag, K.r j.m.g. The Act. Col. Beoty., A. T. Bryant. The Hon. Attorney-General, T.deM. L. Braddell. Col. Treas. J. O. Anthonisz. the Col. Kn^ineer, P, J. Pigott. (i. A. Hall. Dir. of Education. Dr. W. Gilmore
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    MALACCA IN 1911.
    485 119 In his annual report on Malacca dining 1911 Mr Wolferstan says that the revenue was 11,581,684.98 or nearly 1300,000 In excess of that of 1910. The expenditure was only 1638,880 this being about |48,000 more than in 1910. Almost all the revenue **1 ,185,805 was the proceeds
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    44 119 Invitations are out for the wedding of Mr. G. R. Holden Webb to Miss Jessie Muriel Hair, at St. Andrew's Cathedral at 4.;i0 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 26th. The reception will be held at Mr. and Mrs. E. Sul/imtnn's Olga Lodge, St. Thomas' Walk.
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    THE TANGLIN CLUB.
    1664 119 NEW SCHEME ADOPTED AT YESTERDAY'S MEETING. Older Members' Warning. Dr. l\ Fowlie presided over a record attendance of members of the Tanglin Club held at the Singapore Exchange yesterday afternoon for the purpose of considering a scheme for carrying on the Tanglin Club. The Chairman said he
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    JOHORE MURDER TRIAL.
    98 119 The trial of the 89 .Javanese tapper* who stand charged with the murder of Mr. J. P. Mackay on the Tuinang Estate. Johore Rubber Lands, in July last was continued in the Court House, Johore, on Saturday before the Hon. J. C. Sugars, and Messrs Becker and
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    37 119 m A Chinaman named Heo Ah Lin, arrested on a charge of murder at the ninth mile at Bukit Timah, was committed by Mr. L. Talma, second magistrate, vest -i day, for trial at the next Assizes.
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    BUKIT TIMAH MURDER.
    850 120 Attacked with a Chopper in the Dark. Further evidence was taken by Mr E. L. Talma, second magistrate, yesterday afternoon, into a preliminary enquiry into a charge of murder brought against a Chinaman named Hew Ah Lan who is alleged to have caused the death of Wong
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    83 120 Some Sinologues contend that Jimrau Teuno, the founder of the Japanese dynasty, was a Malay chieftain. It certainly is a curious fact that much stress is placed iu Japan upon the proper handing over of the sacred treasures on the demise of an Emperor, just as in Malaya the possession
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    TOPICS OF THE WEEK.
    1384 120 Quioquid agnnt homine* nostri eat farNT* Hbelli. JUVENAL. Autumn has come, and although we exiles may have to wait a mail or two yet for those seasonable paragraphs which I recount the contest in weight and waist measurement for the honour of being really the biggest
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    SEPOY LINKS GOLF CLUB.
    154 120 Navy Crr. The results of the first two rounds iu the Navy Cup were as fellows First Round: H. W. Firmstone and Dr. Keith (2) heat S. B. Henson and A. C. Baker (6) by 0 and 4. Second Roi xi> The Hon. (J. A. Hall
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    ADVERTISING MALAYA.
    129 120 One of the most useful measures taken by the F. M. S. Government for the prosperity of the country of recent years has undoubtedly been the establishment of the now well-known Malay States Information Agency at 88, Cannon Street, London. This Agency brings before both the capitalist and
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    ROYAL VISITORS TO TRANG
    623 120 Prchjrkss of Siamese Malava. from m Cttrrt m A Correspondent of the Haaaf Oil f. writes to that paper as follow > Wo Ml derstand that her Majesty, the mother o the King of Siain, is expected on ;i \i^jt to Trang on the 16th inst.
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    NEW RUBBER HORRORS.
    214 120 PBOGBKBBIVE AMITI ATION ANI Toi; i i kj:.' Mr. Chase Meyers, of Oakland. Califor nia, has just returned from a trip through Bolivia, Peru, Chili and Colombia. H, declares that Francisco tarns has Ma Wished himself as undisputed ruler >,\ large district on the Jieni liiver, one
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    Monday Aug. 19, 1912.
    780 121 In the mm ond court OO Saturday a H\lam boy who was convicted by Mi. Talma of stealing *2O in notes from Mrs. ■Jiaaafi ol Institution Hill, was lea ICBCOi fto fourteen days imprisonment. loot hall match I*. W. D/YS. ttifflfM bod took place on the
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    LONDON LETTER.
    1825 121 tf>'ro,,> our own Lorretpondtni^ London. Friday July 26th. Natal Policy. The Great Naval (Question has absorbed public interest this week to the exclusion of everything else. Mr. Winston Churchill initiated the discussion on Monday with his statement in the House on the Supplementary Naval Vote in which he
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    S. R. E. (V) v. THE BUFFS.
    196 121 A very pleasant afternoon was spent on Saturdav last at the Ballestier Range, when party of the Buffs fired a match with the S. R. E. iV) Kirte Club, the Buffs b inging 14 men and the S. K. E. bringing SI. The
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    CRICKET.
    166 121 SIKQAPOBE C. C. V. CBTLOM XI. Played on the Esplanade on Satur.la> scores as follows. Singapore C. C. A. S. Bailey c Oorloff b James 5 J. A. Chamberlain c b Scharenguivel 29 A. Jenkins lbw b James (1. C. Clarke c La Brooy b James 7 A. EL
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    RAIN AT PENANG.
    209 121 Penaug's wet season would appear to have arrived. After several preliminary showers by way of warning, the moisture laden clouds commenced to discharge their burden in real earnest, and citizens awoke to gaze upon drenched and bedraggled surroundings. From 13.65 p.m. on Wednesday to 9 a.m. next
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    BRITISH IMMIGRATNS TO CANADA.
    101 121 The immigration branch of the Canadian Department of the Interior has issued a pamphlet entitled "immigration Facts and Figures," which contains statistics for the last fifteen years. During the last eleven and three quarter years, 2,118,712 immigrants have come to Canada, apportioned as follows: Maritime Provinces,
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    Tuesday, Aug. 20, 1012.
    783 122 Gold exported from the F« ML 8. in .July amounted to 994 o/. from Raub, which paid no duty. The total to date this year is 7464 oz. The Kapar Para Rubber Estates, Ltd.. have declared an interim of 20 per centLast year the first interim
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    TUMANG TRAGEDY.
    1077 122 munucn ur A PLANTER IN JOHORE. Accused Allege 111-treatment. THE DEFENCE CLOSED. From Our Special Representative^ Johore Bahrn, Aug. 19. The thirty nine youthful Javanese tapi pers charged with the murder of the late j Mr. John Pitcairu Mackay. Superintendent of the Tumang Estate, Johore Rubber Lands, on
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    A MUNICIPAL BARRIER.
    646 122 LEADS To COURT CASK. The constant patching and closing of portions of the main roads by the Municipality so often puts the general public in a similar position to that in which Mr. .John La Salle, of Orchard Koad, found himself recently that it may be interesting
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    57 122 The Commissioner of Customs at Shanghai, referring in his report to the enormous number of people who took passage to Shanghai on the Yangtsze steamers from the disturbed regions last year, says it is questionable whether a large percentage of the huge sums paid by refugees as pas-sage-money ever reached
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    MALACCA NOTES.
    321 122 P<i;m LAK WEDDING. Clabk— Westkrhoi t. Miss Edith Constance Westei bout, only daughter of the late .1. K. Westerhout. Sheriff of Malacca, whoso family ban foi many generations been iotimateh associ ated with Malacca, was married on Thur^ day August 15th. at Christ Church. Ma la< ca, to
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    INDIAN CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.
    218 122 The ninth annual general meeting oi the Indian Christian Association of Singa pON was lit Id at the St. And row s school kindly lent for the occasion 1 on Saturday evening, with l>r. J. M. Handy the Presi dent in the chair. The Committees lie port
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    PROPOSED HOKIEN BANK IN SINGAPORE.
    144 122 At a largely attended preliminary nn<t ing of shareholders of the proposed Chinesr Commercial Hank Ltd held ou Saturdav the 17th instant at the Chinese Chamhei of CoraiMdcc in llil] Street. Singapore. under the presidency of Lee Choon (.nan Esq the following wort: elected the
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    128 122 Captaiu J. M'K. Ronald. The Mk, latterly serving with the Depot at Canterbury, has elected to take his retired paj after a service of It; years in the regiment He got his first commission in September. 189fi, his company in *****, and was Adju tant of the Weald of Kent
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      THE TANGLIN CLUB.
      346 123 f-> IHI KIHToK. sir. The report of the meeting of this Clmb bas caused endle>* amusement in Singapore and we all want to know if the IttVjaffl rea)l\ think that they are to continue running or rather controlling Singapore, simply because they have the •41 tt of
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      "PUTUMAYO MISSION FIND."
      527 123 "PUTUMAYO MISSION FIND. Sir, The condition of affairs disclosed in the Parliamentary Paper dealing with the region known as the Putumayo on the I'pper Amazon, where the primitive Indian tribes have been so ruthlessly ill-treated by the agents of the Peruvian Amazon Company Limited which has its head quarters in
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    WOMAN KILLED NEAR TANK ROAD.
    148 123 A shocking discovery was made by the drivei- of the first train through to Tank Koad yesterday morning. On approaching the Tank Koad crossing, in the cutting between that place and the Oxley Koad crossing he saw the body of a woman lying on the
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    PROPERTY SALES.
    78 123 The following properties were disposed of by auction by Messrs Ching Keng Lee and Co. at their sale room yesterday. 1. Freehold laud and houses known as No. 1 1 Stanley Street and No. 86 Telok Ayer Street, area 8340 sq. ft. Total monthly rent *7."». Bought by
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    MISSING SUBSCRIPTION SHEETS.
    155 123 The Canton correspondent of the Hougkong Daily Press writes: Not long alter the Revolution a public subscription was raised and money was solicited from people at home and abroad. To reliable people subscription sheets signed by the head of the Finance Department were issued and were to
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    386 123 The owner of a winning loitery ticket for X'20,000 in connection with the Nobles' Bank is an eight- years-old orphan girl, an inmate of the orphanage at Pskoff, Russia. It was her sole possession. Her relatives, who have hitherto done nothing for the child are one and all eager to
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    SCOTTISH LETTER.
    1777 123 .From our oun Lorresponaem.l July 25. As time goes on, the difficulty of putting the National Insurance Act into operation without the support and cooperation of the medical profession becomes increasingly apparent. A good example of this is furnishei in Edinburgh. The Managers of the Royal Infirmary, after
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    20 123 Up to June 30th 24,799 Chinese paesen gers had come into Selangor, which deducting emigrants, left a gain of 12,291.
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    THE POLITICAL OUTLOOK.
    504 124 Prospects Not KMOOVBAODfO. The visits to the King of Sir Francis Bertie, British Ambassador in Paris, Sir Edward Goschen, British Ambassador in Berlin, and Baron Marschall von Bieberstein, the German Ambassador in London, have attracted exceptional attention in political circles, due to the fact that everyone regards
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    MALAYSIAN RUBBER COMPANY.
    204 124 In the House of Commons on July 23, Mr. Harold Smith asked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention had been called to the allegations against the management of the United Malaysian Rubber Company, and to the fact that 40 per cent, of the
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    THE SHANGHAI COINING CASE.
    135 124 The French police, the N.-C. Daily News says, are by no means allowing their investigations into the coining affair to rest, in spite of the fact that they have now sixty people in custody, charged either with the actual work of counterfeiting or with complicity in
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    LONDON'S COLD STORES.
    1267 124 LONDON' S COLD STORES. An Economic Problem. This, indeed, is what cold storage has done for the world. It has reduced almost to nothing those violent fluctuations in supply and prices which prevailed twenty and thirty years ago. You hear a great deal to day of the increased cost of
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    MURDERED GAMBLER.
    581 124 Pboxisbd More Revelations. New Yohk, July ir>. The New York police, who have long been accused of participation in tbe profits of gambiling, now face the most em harassing situation which has arisen in years. All New York believes that "the system" was responsible for the murder this
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    MORRISON OF PEKING.
    660 124 PUKSIDKNT YITAX's POLITKAI Ali\|>H; Dr.. G. E. Morrison. the Peking OttOM pondent of The Times," who is to b«; President Yuan Sbih kai*6 political ftivioK, is a very remarkable man. of whom «> gain some most interesting details in striking interview by Mr. F. A. Mackenzie, in
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    APPLES AND INSOMNIA.
    130 124 Peopleought to know, declares the' Family Doctor," that the very be6t thing th«-\ c:*" do is to eat apples just before rotiiing for the might. Persons uninitiated in the mysteries of the fruit are liable to throw up their hands in horror at the visions of dyspepsia
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    Wednesday, Aug. 21, 1912. JOHORE TRIAL.
    1284 125 Wednesday, Aug. 21, 1912. JOHORE TRIAL. TAPPERS GUILTY OF CULPABLE HOMICIDE. Sentence of Ten Years' Imprisonment. From <>„ Speriai Representative.) loboig I'.ithru. Aug. Jn. Sjed Oamr, coantel assigued for the i. fence of tin thirty nine youthful .Java n»*sj- tappers from Tumaog M state charged talon Mr. a .1. Bngars,
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    WEDDINGS.
    242 125 Andbrws-Eldridge. A very pretty wedding was solemnised at St Andrew's Cathedral yesterday afternoon, the contracting parties bein^ Sergeant Drummer Albert Andrews, Ist Batt. Buffs. Taugliu, and Evelyn daughter of C.g. M.S. and Mrs Eldridge, R.U A., Blakan Mati. The bride was very charmingly gowned and was given away by
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    127 125 The heavy rain yesterday morning Hood ed several rubber estates lying aljng the Bukit Timah Road. Bain also fell in Johore. President Yuan has telegraphed, inviting Dr Wu Ting fang. Messrs Wen Tsungyao, Chang Chien and Tang Shou chien to Peking. Dr Wu will be appointed to America as Ambassador,
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      A SOCIAL CLUB.
      736 125 Sir, Although I understand it is not recognised etiquette for a member of a private Club like the Tanglin Club to touch on its affairs in the public press, or otherwise than at meeting of the club, or by letter to the Committee, yet the time has
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    110 125 Mr. Mohsiined Ismail, an advocate and solicitor of Singapore, intends practising in Johore. The Norddeutscher Lloyd river steamer "Meidah," brought to Shanghai Carl Hunze, the German, who was sentenced at Hankow to six months' imprisonment for shooting Chinese at Hankow. The man will go to Tsingtau to serve his time.
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    SPORTING NOTES.
    872 125 The S. C. C. Autumn Tennis Tournament is again with us, and so i6 the rain. The committee have announced that a start must be made to-day, the weather says nay, and the odds are on the weather. It is strange that the autumn tournament is invariably heralded
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    39 125 > < A Hongkong paper is glad to see that, i« these dullish times, at least one industry is flourishing. It is the motor boat indus try that is referred to, which seems to be booming ahead in Hongkong of late.
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    RUBBER NOTES AND NEWS.
    1810 126 The mail papers to band are full of accounts of the Casement report ou the Putumayo atrocities a report by the way which was exclusively published in the columns of this paper long before it ever arrived here by mail advices from home. It appears pretty
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    A SERIOUS CHARGE.
    1000 126 Tm: Hk;h St. Cam;. 11l the District Court yesterday, before Mr. H. \V. Firmstone, the Roumanian Jew, Sigmund Forschmidt, who was arrested last week on a charge of knowingly living on the proceeds of prostitution, and criminal intimidation to Kosina Spaiklen. an Austrian, was brought up for
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      A CLERICAL APPOINTMENT.
      482 126 To the Editor. Sir,— The Director of the Museum n his advertisement for a cierk in V MI issue of yesterday's date uses the voctft Chinese preferred." May I know through the medium of your journal his reason* for this preference f Without any offence to my
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    280 126 Mr. S. .1. (iooch has l>een appointed an Assistant Kugineer of the Public W 'ork> hepartmeut, K.M.S. The Colonial Secretar> has issued warn ings to Mohammedans who may bt contemplating the pilgrimage to Mecca that there is much sickness and dysenter at Jeddah. The mortality returns for Singapore iol the
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    TELEGRAMS.
    2634 127 ;B_v Submarine Cable]. Recter'9 Service. Wellington, Aug. ir,th. After an all night sitting a Conference of the two Houses reached an agreement regarding the Panama Canal Bill. They struck out the provision for the tret? passage of American ships engaged in foreign trade, and retained the provision •»r free
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    KEDAH GYMKHANA.
    466 127 {From Our Otrn Correspondent.) Penang, Aug. 19th. Red ah Gymkhana was attended by a number of visitors, including the Resident Councillor, the Hon. \Y. C. Michell. On Sunday night there was a fancy dress dinner given by the Sultan. Dr. Taylor's He venue won the gentleman's Hat race.
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    59 127 Mr. F. Clyde Jeavons has taken over the charge of Batu Village Kstite. The Resident of Pahang has appointed Mr. A. S. Small, cadet, to be a magistrate of the first class for the State of Pahang. Mr. T. W. Murphy, of Paradise Estate Chenderiang, is seriously ill with malaria
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    NIGERIAN MEMORIES.
    1263 128 It was some twelve yrars ftgn now hut I can always close my §y#g on I long eluiii and Mi that little Sum>) Camp. Kjy,. green Willesden canvas tents, a big cnitir hut run up to last the six WNVM days we stayed moue place, it served as
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    THE WHOLE BIBLE FOR THE MALAYS.
    386 128 The first complete copy of the British and Foreign Bible Society's new edition of the Malay Old Testament in tbe Arabic character lias just been bound here at our "Mission Press". It consists of tHe specimen printed sheets which have been mailed Cor flnti]
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    168 128 m A Malay chauffeur, driving a motor car, number unknown, knocked down a Chinaman named Lew Yew at the corner of Killeney Road and Orchard Road on Tuesday night. The driver made no attempt to pull up and the victim had to be con veyed to the hospital by the
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      RUBBER STERLING COMPANIES.
      583 128 Cap. Issue. Paid. Last Div Buyek<i Skm.kk^ R5.000 2s 2s AUagar 8% M 150,000 2s 2s Anglo-Malay 15% int 14 7* »r, h 50,000 2s 2s BatangMalaka 19 |4I 30,000 1 1 Batu Caves 40% int £12 5 0 If U i 80,000 1 1 Batu Tiga
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      RUBBER DOLLAR COMPANIES.
      154 128 /ou.uuo c 5 Aycr Panas .v R Qi) 120,000 1 1 AlorGajah I'SJ 150,000 1 1 AyerKuning 500,000 10 10 fcukit Timah 1H "S 'I 0 200,000 1 1 Balgownie 25% m! fS iOO 750,000 10 10 Changkat Serdang .S? 6*o H 9 n 300,000 1 1
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      MINES.
      103 128 *300,000 10 10 Bruang fit 3400,000 10 10 Kanaboi ?B% J'2 H* ttSSoOO I TU sBduringl9li:::£lH^ .f^ £100,000 1 1 Pengkalen -n' 1 J'^ £120,000 1 1 Pusiu;. Lama Tiu Is m, Tfi H £100,000 1 1 Fusing Bahru 2s n, ,H ,-n £4O'Z J° a Hydraulic T. D
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      INDUSTRIALS
      133 128 8360,000 10 10 Fraser and Neave 30% uja M 52.400.000 1 }99 Howarth Ersldne 2J% ,0^ •1,000,000 fjjjjj J™ Katz Brothers deferred 10% I 13O 'oo I 100 100 ga< »34,000 10 10 Maynard&Co" 15% 6 °J£ »875,000 J22 J?S Riley Har g reave s 6% no.OO lir/oo i
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