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June 30.
THE COBONATION CELEBRATIONS.
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 4TH, 1911.
THE ZIMAH, CHEQUE CASE,
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the Supreme Court. Singapore, on the 25th ult, before Mr. Justice Fisher, the case Was continued in which the Jimah Rubber The coronation of King Georgs and Queen Estate, Ltd., are suing the Hongkong and Mary should, I think, take procedence this week Shanghai. Banking Corporation to mover
$7,500, the of any other subject. The celebration horo was
of a as damages confined to a short service by the Chaplain at its conversion, alternatively $7,500 as money the English Church on the lines recommended received by the defendants for use of the plain-
tiffs, and coata Mr.
for plaintiffs, Mr. by the Archbishop of Canterbury, which was G. S. Carver for defendants.
Mr. Edward Gatty, manager for Evatt and woll attended, a festive gathering of the whole colony in honour of the occasion having bad to Co, said his firm were secretaries to a number pablic companies-some fourteen or aftoen be postponed until later on in the year, owing rabber companies and others. He spoke of the to the absence of a number of its members custom of local books in sending out half-yearly either in London or on their holidays elsewhere, statements of accounts and said, in his case, they were addressed to Mesars. Evait and Co, mers- The imposing ceremony of the coronation itselt Tics of such and such a company, although and the proceedings before and after were duly they might
be, sent 10 the secretaries simply
with the address and fully reported in the columns of our daily
of his firm's office. When they
received were and wookly papers in glowing terms, whilst the balance, was shocked with the company's loading articles, one and all, concurred in pass book and bank account in the ledger. recognising the great significance of the event, I found correct thay signed the statement benon th se an undeniable proof of the strong attachment Evatt and Co. and added "secretaries"
the signature, while the shop of the company | of the Dominions overma to the mother coun-
was stamped abore. They had charge try and of the earnest desire to draw still constamp. He bad never known a director of or the bonds that unite them, of which the company to sign the statement and had never been called upon to furnish the name of a director. colonial conference furnished further evidence.
The hearty reception accorded to the Crown Prince and Crown Princess in London, not only by royalty, but by the entire population, has pre-cases in which banks at home sent out the duced a most favourable impression everywhere, and the successes achieved at the same time by German officers at the Horse Show and riding competition have given immense satisfaction.
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Have you ever heard of the secretaries' auth ority to do what you describe being disputed before this esse-Never.
Continuing He had known of one or two statement.
Cross-examined by Mr. Upcott: On the face of the cheque (prodused) he would my the pro ceeds belonged to Jimah, and supposing the two lines through the word "bearer" were not
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We have received a copy of the prospectus of The Singapore Matino Motor Service, Limited." The company proposes to start with
capital of $75,000 in 810 harus
directors
May all tuls tend to bring about's better under- there he would say the same. If the company application and 83 on allotment. 8
qualities.
Mr. G. A. Derrick said his firm were abora-
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standing between the two nations and a truer had owed Gunu money it would be irregular for aru Manasseh Meyer, Mariin, Buhl and Yow
Ngen them to pay
Pan, and the promoters are Captain with the cheque in question; it it appreciation of each other's character would bave put him witness) on inquiry. IE. G. Shepherd and Mr. St. V1 B. Down. The was a bearer chegas and a small one be might formed with the object of starting a regular, prospectus explains that the Company has bee not take much notice of it.
safe, and rapid service of meter launches for the use of the general public, passengers, and the nautical community, within the har. bour limits of Singapore and the neighbouring Bervion of ferry launches between Johnston's islands. It is proposed to maintain a regular
on the West, and Tanjong Bha and Tanjong Pier and Clyde Tarrace market and the shipping in the roads, Fulan Braai, and Keppel Karbour
The temporary suspension of business in London during the coronation celebrations has affected all markets abroad to a certain extent, a quist tone prevailing everywhere, which shows that London is stiil the world's centre of com- merce and finance. On the whole, however, trade is sick, the holidays and the holiday feel ing having est in earlier than usual.
THE NANKING "XHIBITION.
taries to about 25 to 30 companies, rabber, mining and general. He had been in practice in Singapore for twe ty-five yours, Witness proceeded to describe the practice and procedure
secretaries. respecting bruks and compaty the bank acknowledging the receipt of the cheque of a letter written by produced copy roturned by Wills after
tion and inspection. they were not satisfied that the word "boxer" Katong, on the Esst. In addition launches will be available to attend mail and passenger was deleted when it was presented for parent.
Inggage Mr. Uscott said there was a later lotior written steamers, to transport passengers and by the Chartered Bank to Wills in which they to any particular vessel. The launchos will be and to take passengers off at a moment's notice regretted the suggestion that he was tampering with the cheque. He would like to have Mr. constructed on the most modern principles, with air tight compartments, and unsinkable Janion in court,
Mr. W. G. Peter, acconstant, Chartered Banks, produced the letter dated Fane 29, 1910, written to Wills.
At the resumed bearing on the 26th alt. Mr. Upcott asked for the particulars of the negligence alleged, and he must know what he had to meet. He would be calling the directors and presumed they would be cross-examined.
Mr. G. S. Carver would not undertake to give particulers.
ample freeboard, and will use ordinary kerosine oil fuel. The large launches will be licensed to carry about 21 passengers, and the small ones about 15 passengers each, and both will have first and second-class divisions. A list of pro posed fares is given
in the prospectus and theso Beet to be very moderate for instance, the charge first class from Johnston's Fier to the Sea View Hotel is 30 Pier to Pulau Brani. It its proposed in the 30 cents, sad the same from the
of Srst instance to get six launches at a cost. $90,000, and 215,000 will be spent on faanch office, landing jetties, fact store, etc.
Concerning the exhibition at Nanking the export member of the German committeo mays in his report that the Industrial development of the Chinese empiro is still in its in. fancy, and that its programs, owing to the respect paid to tradition, which pervades the whole of its economic system, must naturally be slow. The impulso for its further expansion mast not be expected to come from the Chinese themselves, but from abroad, and the danger of foreign merchants spoiling their own market by aiding in the development of native industries Fooms still very remote. China will require Mr. Upcott continued to address the court, plant and machinery for many hundred millions and in the course of his statements said it of Marks bofors being is a position to produce was axtremely likely that Gunn held the
We have looked very carefully at the esti B single
article which in quality and $7,500 cheque for several days and did price can compete with that imported, and much not anddenly upon receiving it form a definite mate of profite, and they appear to be stated with caution and moderation, and we believe might have legs shat it out from the market altogether. fraudulent issolve. The bearer
estimates of working costs, He thinks that the requirements of the boon strack out in Gunn's office as a matter of that the best expert advice has been obtained in country should he carefully studied, and routine. Speaking on the question of conver- The proft to the promoters, out of which they that, as was done at the Nanking Exion, Coupeal said the banker's liability was hibition, merchants abonld concentrate absolate. It did not matter at common law pay all promotion expenses up to allotment, is
Kundred 810 five $10 shares fully paid, a moderate their energies on certain branches suck ne whether he acted in good faith with or without machinery, electrical and chemical applicances, negligence; if he reddved, however innocently, and fair amount.
The company is frankly a business experi- paid it into the wro die staffs, ko, not forgetting sewing machines. other people's money and paid
WTODS The diplomas granted by the Exhibition sont quarter he was personally liable to pay back the ment. and there is no positive material upon which to make a calcolation as to its chance of mittee to foreign exbibitors should prove of money to the true owner In this case there was great value to them in advertising their goods. no doubt whatever that Wills Intendra the access. But no one who has much bosioses' in The Textil Zeitung of Berlin, one of the old cheque to be paid into the Jimah account and Singapore Harbour can have ailed to lament
with est periodicals connected the textile in-did not intend that any title to it should vest in the inconvenience of
the dust and dirt and frand in disposing of it anywhere excepting to Tanjong Katong will rejoice at the prospect to the company's banking account. It was, of of running over a clean strip of water to their conree, an awkward matter for the bank to go to destination. Beyond this we all know that Guna & Cơ. nud say, “ "We don't like the look of there are exquisite bathing places on some
the adjacent islands, and that week-and this, your paying into your own account a cheque which should go into the company's pienies to such laces would be vastly more popular if grootor fabilition wore available. If count.”
and which are kept smart and clean, they will company gets launches which work well, be A boon to the whole community, and should pay handsomely. At all events the pubile desire must be to see the company successfully floated. Its capital is moderate. the preliminary rink is very small indeed, and there should be
dustrias in Germany, in its comments on the Gann, who was therefore guilty of breach of faith who toil twice a day throug" about, and many
report is inclined to doubt that progress will be as low as the writer thinks. In the textile branches, at any rate, it believes it will be much more rapid, for complicated machinery will not be wanted, the manual dexterity of the Chinese being so great and the rate of wages an low that with ontorprise and good management they may soon become formidable competitors the production of staple goods, at any rate, even without the aid of power lows. The situation with regard to machinery is, of course, entirely different and more in favour of foreign makers.
THE
HEALTH OF THE PORT. The annual report of the medical board of
în
inspection of the harbour has just been publish ed. According to it 27,722 visits of inspection
The case had not concluded when the last mail left.
AN UNSPOILT PRINCE.
A TYPICAL ENGLISH BOY..
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TROPICAL DISEASE STUDY. RELATION OF HEMOGLOBINURIC PEVER TO MALARIA.
which 11,926 on board incoming vessels with
The King generally uses the name in fall, aggregate crew of 275,778 hands, 9,523 to ships lying in the harbour with crows numbering whereas to the Queen he is lavy, and to his
Rister and brothers "Darvie" or "Dovvie." - 296,754 altogether, and 6,373 cu river craft,
of He is a quick, impulsivo, enthusiastic boy, carrying 22,957 persons. Of the 27,436 Cases O illnes
Temels simple and utterly unspoilt, with just that trace reported Dn incoming (including such were still under treatment on of thyses in the presence of strangers which la-Straits Times. arrival) 167 proved fatal, besides which there found in any healthy-minded English lad of were 46 deathe by accidents recorded sad 20 his are. suicides. 1,184 ships arriving from ports infected with cholera or the plague with together 57,000 hands and 10,734 passengers were examined by the medical officers at the quarantine station of Craden, but no cases of infection were discovered; only two female passengers were detained under easpicion of smallpox, but were discharged again after short detention, the fears entertained proving groundless. It may be montioned in parenthesis
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of the were imported; six of persons aflict ed had been vaccinated in their childhood, and with them the disease took a mild form and formal course, whilst with the other two, who had never been vaccinated, it was of a most malignant type, ending in the death of one of thent
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Intellectually ha is certainly above the aver age of his contemporaries. He is very quick at grasping new subjects, and as a linguist he in-
A despatch from Simla, dated July 10, states: berita the well-known gift of his family.
His favourite study is elementary scicles in In recent years there has been much discus. turn out the Best Printing at Reasonable Price anything bearing on mechanics he delights, susion in regard to the etiology and treatment of he has a very real talent for the principles of hemoglobinuric fever, and most of the authorities physics.
that there are as yet unsolved problems agroa As a child he showed extraordinary courage in tropical medicine. The conception of the disease cannot be expressed better than in the and skill in learning to ride, which he did at o
age on a little Shetland pouy named excerpt from Marchiafers and Big- Midget, and, taking after his father, he is to-day following of moglobinurie attack in
drome which is encountered not rarely sepeni- already a magnificent horesman.
malarial ally in Lot olimates in the course of infection. The chief symptom of the attack is the emission of urine containing albumen and hemoglobin in greater or lever quantity. ss. Decks and James of Anton hospital In the fill he stands with hands ready and have prepared a report en hemoglobinuric fever in the Isthmian canal zone, which knees bent, and backs up" every ball as it
With the gun, too, be bids fair to emulate his size's brilliance, while he was taught to swie st an early age, and took to water like a fish.
The Prince of Wales' enthusiastic love of It is a genuine treat to cricket is well known. watch him play.
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Da 1,785 vessels hailing from plague ports a search for dead rats was instituted, resulting in leaves the bowler's Land; when latting ko isi has now been received in India. It appears that the Bnding of 3,873 bodies, but the fatal germ ball the least wide of the wicket, and slogging Bloblauric ferer has long been suspected, but i more seulous than skilful, running out to every close relationship between malaria and hemo-
was only discovered in those taken from fire chips,
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smoot point. The resear of which three had come from the River Plate, vigorously. His largest anthentic score is 28 whether that relationship is etiological or On the Day Preceding the Departure of the one from Bombay and one from Syru, not out.
He is also very fond of golf, and is a far ches of Christophers and Bentley into this English Mails from the Year of the Closing These were thoroughly fumigated and all rals better performer, on the links than on the problem have gone for toward establishing very of the Indian Mints to the Free Colnago of on board destroyed.
In consequence of the appearance of cholers in cricket pitch. In both games he has had strong presumptive evidence in favour of some of the Bussian ports of the Baltic, vessels the advantage of long and constant coach-malaria as the necessary predisposing cause of Silver
consideration must be given to admit that every coming from there were subjected to a strin- ing by Dr. W. G. Grace, for whom the hemoglobinnric fever. These writers, however, Bitberto gent examination, but no suspicious signs were young Prince has a very real and fraukly the hypothesis of the specificity of some detected. 344 ships on which other infectious admiring affection. diseases had occurred during the voyage were
Drs. Deeks and James conclude as follows: It was characteristic of the Heir Apparent andiscovered organiem. disinfected.
that the moment the stately ceremony of his The primary cases in hemoglobinuric fervor is RATES FOR SOVEREIGNS, GOLT Gerter installation was over the other day, he either prior or coincident malaria, or both. The changed into fannels and raced off to play immediate cause is sometimes the administration of quinine, but this never acts unless the primary The final accounts of the Empire for the past cricket with his friend and mentor. financial year are stated to show a surpins of As las already been mentioned His Majesty receipts over expenditure of 117.7 million has been most particular in seeing that all his case has been or is present. With this know-
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and often to prevent its occurrence by marks, foxes and customs having produced 57.7 children have bad systemate physical enlture" ledge we are able to treat the syndrome intelli- millions more then the estimates, the datin from their babyhood, and the Prince of Wales the removal of the primary camas and by sending imposed on banking transactions 3.6, the post "does exercises" every day of his life. office 18.7, and the railways 11.8, whilat a saving In common with all the other royal children, away from the source of infection those who, of 9.9 millions has been effected in the service the Prince of Wales has been very simply rine by reason of personal idiosynorasy they production of blackwater fever, should not re- of the imperial debt, 4.7 in the army, sad of 1.6 brought up-more simply, indeed, then the cannot take quinine at any time without the in the naval exponditore.
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