The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 26 September 1912

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  • 15 193 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. THIRD SERIES rHURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 26, 1912, No. 1,313
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  • 297 193 LEADERS. PAGE The Mediterranean I'ioblems 19:$ ikllWak aril L mdou Opinion 194 The Marconi Imbroglio 194 t hina and Dr. Morrison 195 our Mails and Telegraphs 195 Law and Homo Kule 19."> POLICE AND COURT NEWS. Mixing Cigarette 198 Tkfl \>si/»s 19H,20vJ Licensing Justice 205 Claim in Supreme Court
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  • 68 193 i Corrected up to Sept. 25 r ■'lank 4 m "8 2-4 11-32 demand 24 332 Private credits 3ma 2-4 17-32 credits 6in a 2-4 25:32 Franxe demand Bank 294 Germany, demand 238i India, T. T. 1743 Hongkong, demand lli% Yokohama, demand 114^ Java, demand 140$ Bxngkok, demand 64t
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  • Domestic Occurrences.
    • 15 193 At Westbourne Singapore on the 22nd, in»t. to Mi. Mis. Edward Walker, a daughter.
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    • 113 193 Wald 6BAY. At St. Andrews Cathedral, Singapore, on Saturday, 21st September, by the Rev. F. G. Swindell, M. a.. Colonial Ch.iplain, Gkokge, eldest son of Alexander Wald Es( t >. Semaphore, South Australia, to Chrissie, eldest daughter of J. dray Esq. and Mrs. Gray, Singaj>ore. Lonik -Hamilton. At the
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    • 45 193 (By Cable). At Wimbledon on the 19th, Fredkkick Gladstone Someryillk, formerly of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China and of Singapore. Robilliaud Aug. IS, very suddenly, at 40, Thread needle street. E. c!, W. S. ROBILLi\RD, Secretary, Mercantile Bank oflndin. ajied If.
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  • 210 193 The mail up to August :;oth was brought on Friday last by the P. and China." This weekly leaves today by B. I. M Teesta". The Garrison manoeuvres concluded on Sunday with a very successful ttae\~ on a position in the Jurong district. Mr George Wald, of
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  • 132 193 Sept. 25. Tin buyers 5110.37i Gambler buyers S.9C Gambier Cube No. 1 14 50 Garabier Cube Xo. 2 notr. Pepper Black ordin. Spore... 21 00 Pepper, (White fair) 55.2fi Nutmegs UlO to the lb.) torn Nutmegs (80 to the lb.) nom Mace (Banda) \\i Cloves (Amboinii-) noin. Bali Coffee
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  • Article, Illustration
    50 193 The French Medical Profession rely on gantal Midy to cure chronic bronchitis, kidney and bladder trouble, as well as discharges from the urinary organs. 1 i'u •-.vfj }<\- i- i)u-r,,>- a iinhnheti by zn'.n \\-r.- pntriol Truth 'i> r p i> »-r»;pf* r'.raw* Ol ;r»i-wl io k liji'ori, Lovaity aii<!
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  • 1134 193 The Mediterranean Problem. Sept. 20. Telegrams appear to-day, whose significance, having regard to the peculiar sensitiveness not to say irritability prevailing in certain quarters in Europe at present, it would be foolish to pretend to ignore. The proximate cause of the instability of the political temper of the Continental Powers
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  • Page 193 Advertisements
    • 64 193 K.'i.i.w.i.a Physicians piv-oribe Gnmault's Matico as the most active and at tht» same time the most inoffensive remedy iu the treatment of Acute and Chronic Discharges. MATICO IIUECTIOH is usd in recent cases and. MATICO CAPSULES in the more CM) OWS. y^ Active Principle of >v Cod Liver Oil with
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  • 1473 194 S arawaK and London Opinion. Sept. 21. There i*, we think, one of the hap piest coincidences possible in the fact that just asRajahSirCIIARLF.sRROOKE whose enlightened patriarchal rale of Sarawak has raised that State to be the very model of the administration of the ideal Malayan State, is in Singapore
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  • 1385 194 The Marconi Imbroglio. Sept. 23. Amongst the best-laid schemes o' mice and men that M gang aft a-gley it is now becoming almost certain that amongst these schemes whose realisation is not going to turn out the happy easy-going plain-sailing job that everybody imagined it to be, is that of
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  • 1252 195 It would not be saying too much of Dr. Morrison, since he went to Peking M i ho representative of the Times newspaper that by his capacity for •Massing information that was trustworthy, for arriving at sound conclusions regarding the situations that information indicated
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  • 1029 195 our Mails and Telegraphs. Sept. 25. Jt is a common- place of commerce (as of the army) that communications are of vital importance, and hy communications in tvMe is meant the post telegraphs, telephone, parcels and goods services. However annoyed the ordinary individual may be at having his private wires
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  • 923 195 There is in the Saturday Revii w an instructive article on "The Law Abiding Spirit,' by A Lawyer." Therein the writer of that article draws the distinction between Law, as a iOrt of moral consensus of the principles of individual and civic conduct universally
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  • 330 196 Referring to the review of the prospectus of the above the following additional particulars of interest come out on further research. The returns published are from the 20 acre block which contains theGlamie lode. This is the block so favourably reported upon by Messrs. Osborne and Chappell
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  • 124 196 Another Gloiik Walkku. Still another of the already numerous globe-girdlers, who travel round the world, walking where conveniently possible, and working passages where inconvenient stretches of sea intervene, called at this office yesterday evening on his way to Europe after traversing the Far East. He is an
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  • 64 196 Before the Chief Justice Sir William Hyndman Jones, yesterday and a special jury the murder charge against Heo Ah Lin waG concluded, a verdict of guilty being brought in and the death sentence passed. A commencement was made with the case in which Ong Soh is charged with
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  • 38 196 "WATERWITCH" FUND. In aid of those who lost all their belongings by the sinking of H.M.S. Water witch on Sept. Ist. Amount acknowledged 51, 362 C. Jones 5 Total $1,367 The Fund will be closed on Sept. 20th.
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  • 63 196 Mr A. L. Chalmers, British Consul at Nagasaki, has been promoted to the post of Consul -General at Seoul. Mr R. G. E. Forster will succeed Mr Chalmers at Nagasaki. Mr J. T. Mason, acting Consul at Chemulpo, has been promoted to the full consular position and Mr A. R.
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  • 1680 196 DIAMOND JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS. Annual Prize Day. The fine new hall at the St. Joseph's Institution was packed with the pupils of the School and their relations and friends yesterday afternoon on the occasion of the annual prize giving. As it was also the Jubilee of the School,
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  • 95 196 Planters in Perak arc said to !»<• g!eatl> troubled at Mm appearance of a yellow bug, which is doing damage to the ynnnu. shoots on their plantations. Mr C. \V. Ballantyne of Penaug m« t with a painful accident on Sunday tiutterworth. While crossing the < >oli links, he was
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  • 1024 197 m>r»* in vesteiday'B issue of the SingapON I Pre*s tells of the death of the Baron de Horn, a man who for the last thirty \p;ir«- or more has had an adventurous cilMI iu the Far Ka-r. De mortuis ml 11U1 honum ami in any case I
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  • 872 197 I met him in Rattles on three occasious. I do not want ever to meet him again. He proved entertaining on the first occasion and I hearkened unto him gladly as to one whose ways were not my ways. He was a new type. He rather tired me
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  • 1241 197 T.hi: SLAYING ok the Penangalan. The deadly stillness of the jungle night was broken only by the low murmured conversation of the Malays on the verandah of the hut, and the distant grunt of a wild pig or snail of a prowling tiger. Ali, like charming Schera/.ade of
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  • 557 197 The h:»lf yearly tennis tournament of tbe Straits Chinese Recreation Club concluded on Friday hist before a large attendance of members and friends. The final championship tie was between Mr. Tan Chong Knee and Mr. Chee Toon Cheng. Mr. Toon Cheng made a bold bid for honours
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  • 33 197 The work of the first magistrate and district judge was taken by Mr. J. W. Arthur yesterday, Mr. Firmstone presiding in the Marine Court of Enquiry. Mr. Farrer sat in the third court.
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  • 766 198 In the China Press" of Sept. 7th in a Reuter's Pacific Special" it is stated that The Chinese Chamber of Commerce in the Straits Settlements has remitted 190,000 to the Central Government." The death took place at the Hongkong Government Civil Hospital of Elsie era Lambert,
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  • 347 198 akkivk fob thk Manoeuvres. By the "Sea Belle arrived yesterday about eighty of the M. 3. V. R. to take part in the manoeuvres, which culminate in a heavy field day on Sunday morning off the Bukit Timahrd. Of the Malay Volunteers, Col. Hubback and the Adjutant
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  • 215 198 Chinese stallholder Convicted Wee Ah See, a Chinese stallkeepcr of Havelock ltoad, opposite the Chinese Protectorate, appeared before Mr. H. W. Firinstone. first magistrate, yesterday, on three charges of selling cigarettes under false trade descriptions. He claimed to be tried. Evidence was given by Detective Inspector Tyrell and
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  • 103 198 A Japanese sailor named Sakamoto, belonging to the Japanese steamer "Kitano Maru", appeared before Mr. E. L. Talma, second magistrate, yesterday, on a charge of mischief by pushing a rikisha valued at $45 into the sea at the Borneo Wharf on Wednesday night. On the case being proceeded
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  • 54 198 A Chinaman named Ang Seng, of 58, China Street, was convicted by Mr. Arthur, third magistrate, yesterday, for the theft of a necktie valued at fifty cents from Messrs. Robinson and Company's cheap sale on Wednesday and was fined $25 or three week's rigorous imprisonment. Detective Inspector
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  • 788 198 Report by the Directors to the second annual general meeting of the Shareholders to be held on Wednesday, 25th Sept. at noon. The result of the Company's operations for the period to June 80, as shewn by the Xett Revenue Account, is a profit of 55,087.1"), which has
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  • 121 198 We certainly are a strange people, says the M Railway Gazette," and much given to straining at a gnat and swallowing a camel. We securely fence off and signal a light railway with perhaps one train in three hours and allow a constant procession of motor 'buses to rush through
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  • 240 198 FRASER CO.'S SHARE CIRCULAR. The local market continues dull. t|j» gentle sagging in the price of the raw material has had but little effect on Sterling Rubbers which dott at a slightly higher level. Tin Ami have been in more demand, but Industrials remain quiet. RritHKK.— Highlands and Lowlands were
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  • 281 198 a False Chabgb. Before the Chief Justice. Sir William Hyndrran .Jones. Abdul Kader claimed to be tried on a (barge ol fabricating false evidence with intent to cause injury to Mohamed Koon yi and Moosah by falsely charging them with having committed a robbery of Mr. R. L.
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  • 276 198 TANJONG PAGAR NAVIGATION. km the homeward-bound mail, the India.' came in from China on Wednesdax evening, through the Taujong Pagai Chan nel against a stiff current from the west ward, she had, through that cause, rather I nearshave of colliding with the "(ilenavon. This latter steamer was not alongside tin
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  • 25 198 A boat conveying fifty rive bluejacket* on the Bth sank at Yokohama after collid ing with the vedette battleship Kau achi." Twenty-seven men art missing.
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  • 289 199 Saturday Sept. 21, 1912. WEDDING BELLS. W\|.i)(iK\Y. n Saturday afternoon in St. Andrew's i 'utl)r*di-.il, b> the Kev. K.i i. Swindell, M. A.. Colonial Chaplain, Mr. George Wald of the K. K. Telegraph Co. was married to Miss ihn-Me Gray, elder daughter of Capt. Gray, the do\en of we pilot
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  • 532 199 The Singapore mortality returns for the w.rk .Milled Sept. It show a total of 209 deaths, oi which I^6 were males. The ratio per mille ot' population was .'J2.91, and the deaths include one imported from bubonic plague 88 from malarial fever and 1"» from fever not specified, 19 from
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  • 2404 199 Ordinary Meeting, Pbidat skpt. jo. Present. H. K. Tin- Govr., Sir Arthur Young, K.( .M.G. H. K Genl. Stephenson, G.o.c. The Act. Resident Councillor of Pf-nang <M it-hell.) GoL Secty.. A. T. Bryant. The Hon. Attorney General T. de M L. Biaddell. Col. Treas. J. O. Anthoni^z. the
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  • 149 199 THE LATE MR. F. G. SOMERVILLE. Many of the older resident! of Singapore will regret to hear of the death of Mr T. <i. Somerrille, which occurred probably on Thursd iv. at Wimbledon, the cable reaching Mr A. I". Coinrie, his brother-in-law, yesterday morning. Mf Frederick (Jladstone Soinerville left Singapore
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  • 63 199 The Ladies Spoon 'Sepoy Lines' for September was won by Mrs. lirummond, the following cards being returned: Mrs. Druminoud ."»■"> 15 40 Mrs. Peirce 4 7 5 42 Miss Worters 18 45 Mrs. Hartnell 57 7 50 The tie for the August Medal was won by R. D. Acton.
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  • 4836 200 MARINE ENQUIRY. Did the Sea Mew Go Astern In the Marine Court yesterday morning the enquiry into the circumstances attending the sinking of H.M.S. "Waterwitch" on Sept 1. 1912 at 11 a.m. was opened. As Board of Trade marine certificates were involved this enquiry became necessary.
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  • 457 201 The military exercises which the Garrison, reinforced by the Malay States Guides, the Malay States Volunteer Kiiles and the Singapore Volunteers, have been undergoing during the past week, culminated yesterday in operations on an extended scale in the Jnrong district. From an early hour in the morning troops
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  • 69 201 Mi;. Wilkinson to comb oi t Married. A marriage has been arranged and will take place in two or three weeks between the Hon. K. J. Wilkinson, 0.M.0., Colonial Secretary, Straits Settlements, and Miss E. Baird. Mr. Wilkinson has engaged a double passage for Singapore. This news
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  • 76 201 Mr. H. Kickard, who returned to England some months ago on account of his health, is expected back in Singapore by the P. and <). s.s. Delta" on October 4. He writes to say that he is M fairly well mended," and that Mrs. Rickard will not be returning with
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  • 873 201 Quicquid agunt homin»« noetri est far •go libelli. juvenal, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle might have been better employed than in writing a belated and misleading exoneration of the convict Oscar Slater, who was found guilty of murder and sentenced to death in 1309 by the High
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  • 758 201 AN "INTERNATIONAL' RACE That there are plenty of people who take an interest in rowing in Singapore was evidenced last evening by the nuru bers of htdies and gentlemen who took to the three or four launches at Johnston's i'ler. to go ftCtOSfl lo Lbe IfWfltHMl behind Tanjoug Rhu
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  • 49 201 Amongst anticipated movements of military officers we may note that Major O. Striedinger, A.S.C., who has been employed for some time at Hereford, has been placed under orders for Singapore. Captain 1.8.F. Currie, R.G.A., has been trans ferred from No. 39 (S) Co., R.G.A., to No. 83 Co., Hongkong.
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  • 2545 202 Tuesday, Sept 24. 1912. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. PERIOD OF TRADE PROSPERITY. The half yearly meeting of this body wa3 bold in the Exchange rooms yesterday the Hon. \V. \V. Cook presiding amongst i others present were N K. Bramall, (Barlow \Co >, Hans. Becker, 1 iliehn Meyers Co.), J. Denniston,
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  • 41 202 News was received in Singapore yesterday of the death of the Commander-in-chief of the Dutch East Indies. The flags on H. M. S. Prometheus," which is lying in the roads, and on the Master Attendant's launches were at half mast yesterday.
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  • 783 202 The annual meeting ol tki^ Company was held yesterday at noon at the ullices of the Secretaries Meesrg. Derrick and Co. Mr. 11. Freeman presided and there were al»o present Messrs. .T. O. Da vies. M. 11. Llewellyn, Seet K<".\a Sai< k. T<n CfcNfl Kee, Tao Hoon
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  • 113 202 11. M.5. "Prometheus" will stayai Singapore till October loth, and will then continue her voyage to Kugland. Ii.M.S. "Pegasus," also one of tlie bbips sent to China from Australia, will arrive here from Hongkong about October Ttli. ami will sail from Singapore to England in company with the Prometheus." The
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  • 2255 203 WATERWITCH ENQUIRY. Tlm Marine Court, consisting of Mill. \V. Firmstone, first magistrate, and Lieutenant BUMJC of H.M.S. "Prometheus" and Captain K. F. Stovell and Captain lilHili gave their JOfition yesterdav in the enquiry held as to the sinking of HJL&. Waterwitch by the Colonial > u ht sea Mew." Mr.
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  • 443 203 Before the Chief Justice, Sir William Hyndraan Jones. Motob Lobby Accident. linbi. who was committed for causing death by a rash act, came up for trial. The facts of the case, it will be remembered, were that the accused, a motor lorry driver in the employ of Messrs
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  • 395 203 ORDINATION AT St. ANDREW'S CATHEDRAL. On Sunday last the Right Revered the Bishop of Singapore beld his first ordination in the diocese, when Drairara Sebanjnnam Ponniah was ordained Deacon. Mr. Ponniah has for over 20 years been connected with the Mission Work of Hi** Cathedral at St. Andrew s school
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  • 107 203 The special resolution which was passed at an extraordinary general meeting of the New Singapore Rubber Co., Ltd., on Sept. 7th, that the company be voluntarily wound up and appointing Messrs P. Gold and C. V. Bailey as liquidators came before an extraordinary general meeting yesterday for confirmation.
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  • 260 203 Abandonment of Port swkttenham Advocated. At the meeting of the Belanfor Chmmbei of Commerce on Saturday morning. Mr /acharias, who presided, wolcOMod the recently passed Bankruptcy Enactment and the British and Foreign Companies Enactment and with regard to the former expressed the hope that the appointment
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  • 1609 204 Monday Sept. 23, 1912. THE LATE BARON DEHORN. A Strange Life. Although very little has been known of the actual mode of life of this remarkable man of late years owing to his seclusion and evasion of European acquaintances, some few additional remarks might be made as supplement to what
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  • 132 204 His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to recognize Mr. P. A. Rogalsky as in charge of the Consulate-General for Russia at Singapore during the absence on leave of Mr. N. A. Rospopoff. A hatch of Portuguese soldiers from the garrison of Macau arrived on Wednesday afternoon by the P.
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  • 704 204 H. H. The Sultan Kstf.htuskd. The annual festivities at Johore in connection with the birthday of His Highness the Sultan culminated on Saturday evening after a week of spoils, ronggings, etc., in the banquet given by the Johore Civil Service in honour of His Highness. The Johore
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  • 56 204 WATERWITCH" FUND. In aid of those who lost all their belongings by the sinking of H.M.S. Waterwitch on Sept. 1. Amount already acknowledged 5i, 352 D. M. per J. H. Sunner 10 It is proposed to close this subscription list on Sept. 30 and those who desire to subscribe should
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  • 835 204 MR. CON WAY BEFIELD, C. M. G. His Pbokpects in Basi Am<i< a. [From Our On it Ctmgpim dent. As already anuounced Mr Henry Conway Belfield will sail to take up his new duties next Saturday ou tin* Gascon, embark 114 at Southampton. i\e will make the whole of the
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  • 68 204 Bishop William P. Kvelaud isexpecU'd to sail for India from Marseilles about Sep tember '11. He will attend the I>as»»hni meetings to be held in Lucknow iii October, and will probably reach the Straits Settlements early in November. He is expected to spend a few days in \isitiug some of
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  • 573 205 Wednesday, Sept. 25, 1912. Mr. BUCKLEY' S "CHILDREN." Mkmorial Pax mm u Prose. A meeting of Mr. Buckley's Children" was held at the Raffles Institution last evening to hear a report from the committee appointed to arrange the details of a memorial to the late Mr. C. B. Buckley, and
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  • 165 205 The following Singapore properties be longing to the Estate of Syed Alwee bin AMaHaa Salini al Habshee, deceased, were disposed of by auction at Messrs. Pcwell and Co.'s sale room yesterday afternoon Land and shop house dwelling No. 106 tjueen Street, area 1,5:59 square feet, part ol Government
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  • 47 205 H. H. Kajah Sir Charles Brooke proB8«ii to England to day by German mail. lhi- kajah will probably return to Sarawak early in the spring. His Singapore friends will wish his Highness a pleasant voyage, and trust that he will experience a not too inhospitable English winter.
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  • 1876 205 The Origins of the War. 'BY a CokkksI'ONDENT RECENTLY IN BOMB.) j That shifting, intractable, and interwoven tangle of conflicting interests, rival i peoples, and antagonistic faiths, that is veiled under the easy name of The i Kastern (Question continues to be kept before the public in
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  • 301 205 A correspondent seuds the following interesting piece of news of Timor Dilly. Many thanks for the Free Press with tho news concerning Timor. You will perhaps be interested to learn that the war here came to a finish on the 11th inst. The Portuguese succeeded in
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  • 330 205 Application Refused. A meeting of the Licensing Justice was held in the First Magistrate's Court yesterday afternoon before Mr. H. W. Firmstone (in the chair), Mr. P. Cunliffe, Dr. J. A. R. Glennie and Dr. G. Brooke, Capt. A. R. Chancellor C. P. 0., was present in court.
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  • 86 205 A young Hokien named Ong Keoug. of Arab Street, appeared in the second court before Mr. Talma yesterday morning to answer to a charge of cheating in respect of 5400. It is alleged that he persuaded a Chinese woman named Koh Liew to part with that sum of money on
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  • 1289 206 M. C. Hartmann v. M. H. Hilckes and others. In the Supreme Court, yesterday, before Mr. Justice Sproule, the case was commenced in which Max Conrad Hartmann brought a claim for $2,400 for damages for breach of agreement, salary and property lost against Max Hugo Hilckes, James
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  • 489 206 MAN DAI TEKONG. The following is the directors' report to shareholders to be presented at the annual meeting on Oct. 4. The profit for the year after writing off (1) The estimated cost of the 3 1-2 years' lease for the year $1,914.73, (2) Preliminary Expenses 55.939.25, (3) Flotation Expenses
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  • 1928 206 Thursday, Sept 26, 1912. JIMAH MEETING. Report from the Auditors. OThe annual general meeting of the shareholders of the Jimah Rubber Company, Ltd., was held in the Exchange Buildings yesterday at noon, Mr. J. Me Clymont presiding over a fair attendance of shareholders. The minutes of the previous meeting having
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  • 3657 207 [By Submarine Cable]. Keltur's Service. London, Sept. In. Ten of the Austra Jiau cricketers have left Southamptou for America. Mr. Hardsley is not going, but Um eleven will be completed by Australian students in the Cnited States. Mr. Gregory, who has been interviewed, said that Um Knglishmen are at
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  • 692 208 Penang, Sept. SSfd. At tbe general meeting of Kahman Hydraulic Tin Co. Ltd, this morning, tbe hon'ble A. R. Adams presiding, tbe Chairmau moved tbat a final dividend of 15 per cent be declared, making 20 for the year tbat a bonus of a months salary be given
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  • 79 208 H. H. the Sultan ot rrengganu auu uis suite arrived by the Calypso from Trengganu yesterday morning on a short visit to Singapore. Mr. Hayes Marriott, private secretary to H. E. the Governor, went off in the launch Kittiwake and accompanied His Highness to Johnston's
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  • 218 208 Lieut.-Col. H. A. A. Livingstone, 0.M.0. r.e., has been granted leave of absence on private affairs, from :!oth September, 1912, to oOth October, with permission to travel in the Federated Malay States. A Chinaman apparently attempted to take a short cut by crossing the railway lines at Wayang Satu early
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  • 6 208 RUBBER DOLLAR COMPANIES MINES. INDUSTRIALS
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