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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, JUNE 15TH, 1912.
"Oh, my God! What's this?" Mr. Page looked in, too, then swayed with a sudden faintness, It's Tomlin son, he rauttered."Tomlinson. Is he
dead!"
Wilson gave a half-hysterica! laugh, Dend Why, he's been bloed. His
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his hand nervouslyhead's almost of Dagajo ran through his lank hair. But you are going with him to-morrow? Well, then, will you tell him that the mist busten, for the frater will be sailing for the wreck in one or two days."
The mate puit, down his stein suddenly, and stared at his informant..
Of course I'll tell him," he growled "It touches us both pretiy at lust
1 added Joste eicarly-und pointedly.
Al
The half-caste furabled with his packet of cigarettes. "only just found out,
It was only too true. The lute skipper of the Tora fay in the middle of a sticky red stain with an appalling gash on bis neck. In one of his bands was a broken bolo, whilst the other held a fragment of a white native skirt.
Wilson stared at the body moment, then he closed the door again and went over to Page, who was leaning against the rail, deadly white
What do you make of it?" he asked You said he was in Manila" sternly.
Mr. Page licked his lips before answer- and cannot see him myself in thing. So he was.. I left him just before net you in the Orpheum. 1-1 know nothing about it.”
morning."
I'm not likely to forget it," said Mr. Page grimly.
The half-cast put up. good luck.
**Gosiel-byr and
The male grunted, Prreious little luck at this business," then he called to the har-boy for another stein of beer, over which he sat for a full half-heater, evidently deep in thought.
searching look: Wilson gave u then, with another word, went down the companion to the main deck, whence he descended by the ir ladder into the little hold. It was a quarter of an hour later when he clambered out again, with a very gray face and with half a dozen small pieces of stout board under his
Suddenly, he heard his own' name 'spoken, and glancing up, saw Wilsonar ofanding in front of hime
fio down and have a look," he said
were contemplating planting 55 more. This would make the whole planted area They had sold of the estates 850 neres. forward for 1913 10,000lb. at is. per lb. In 1909 they paid a modest dividend of 19 per cent., in 1910 they paid 40 per cent.. and for 1911 they proposed a dis tribution of 80 per cent. The board, and certainly be as their chairman, was not Iut they anticipated tapping 70,000 trees, prepared to make any prophecy for 1912, as compared with 60,000 in the past year. He moved the adoption of the report and the payment of the final dividend men- tioned.
Sir John Leach seconded the resolu tion, which was carried:
The Chairman stated that the board would take into consideration Ulu quès- tion of splitting the shares.
RUBBER COMPANY REPORTS.
SCOTTISH MALAY RUBBER-At the annual meeting of the Scottish Malay Rubber Company at Edinburgh on the 17th alt,, Mr. J. A. Hunter, who presided, said that at the end of the year the planted area was 1,591 acres, and a further 112 acres was ready for planting. It was hoped to raise the planted area to 1,800 acres hy the end of the year. With the increased siderably reduced this year, and the erop the cost of production should be con-
hanced dividend on the very moderate capi
prospects of the company were good, capital outlay of £41 per planted acre. and transport facilities would be very much improved by the opening of the new Klang and Kuala Railway, which was Labour had been nearing completion. ably inereused,
Hullo, Page, ̈mid the skipper of th..to his second mate, who was waiting forts should show a very much en-
him.
away.
We can easily patch her up," Grappler. You look as if you had then he tossed the bits of wood over: been cut off with a shilling by a rich board, and watched the tide sweep them
I'm uncle. Going to have a drink? away in a few days to lay and get that old hooker of yours of the bed you found for her."
Mr. Page growled something inaudible, and pushed his emply stein over to the Page. He was waiting at his desk when sufficient and the force had been consider
waiting bar-boy.
Con "What are you doing now?”
"Nothing, ch7 Well. tinued Wilson. you had better come along with me. want son assistanter, essing up the niggers and that sort of thing They're not going to finish your inquiry till 1 set back, and give in a chart of the reef. Dilatory beggars the Yanks, almost as alow as Dugees over anything judicial."
The mat stared at his boots for a
** All right,' minute, then he looked up.
I'm too broke to he said, come. pick and chose.
So, when the Ferrantes steamed out on the following morning, her only passenger was Captain Tomlinson, who had gons aboard at the last moment, after a hurried search roundHunter's and similar resorts had failed to furnish ag cur to Mr. John Page's where abouts.
"I supposer got drunk and was ruo in, muttered Tomlinson."I was a fool to give him so much money. should have plenty of time to get through by myself.
-WEN
That evening, they ran a mile out to sea and buried what had queen Tom liason; then the skipper sent for Mr.
Shut the door, the ex-mate. came in. and help yourself to a whisky," he said Funny business
TANGGA BATE RUBBER COMPANY--The without" looking up." This, isn't it?" Then he swung round report states that 11.4391b, of rubber were in his chair, How many guns did you, harvested, and the net price realized was 49. 8-38d. per lb. The estimated crop for have in that lot?'
What the current year is 40,000lb. The directors Mr. Page started to his feet.
The skipper have decided to increase the capital by he began do you mean? laughed gently, and taking out half-a- issuing 2,800 shares at 3. premium. The dozen Gerisan-made martini cartridges proceeds of the past year's crop have been from his pocket arranged them carefully deducted from the total expenditure on
Sit down, the estate during the year. in a circle round his tumbler, Page There's no evidence left. I chuck the pieces of the broken ammunition case verbart, and these cartridges were the only other things beside Tomlinson. So you may as well tell me."
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The Remington Typewriter Factory THE DIRECTORY: is working all day and all night, and
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have
The extensive enlargemente to this feotory, recently completed. already proved inadequate to supply the rapidly increasing demand for the Visible Remington Modela, and contracts buvo just boon let for another and oven raster aldition to the works.
For 10 months of 1911 our business has been larger than for the whole 12 months of any year since the heginning.
More than
THREE-QUARTERS OF A MILLION
FOR
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1912.
CHINA, JAPAN, Совид, INDO-CHINA, SIAM, STRATES. SETTLEMENTS, MALAY STATES NETHERLANDS INDIA, PHILIE PINES, BORNEO, ETC.
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others combined.
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STEAMERS.
ASAKI MARU, Japanese str., 1,748, Y. Na kano, 8th June--Miike ist June, Coal: Mitsui Busson Kaisha. BEEBIE DOLLA, British stc., 2,797, F. Graham, 13th June Manila 9th June, Timber and Copra.-Order. BORNEO, German str., 1,314, Sembill, 10th Junt Sandakan 8th June, Timber. -Melchora & Co.
CARL DIEDERICHSEN, German str., 774, W. Jurgensen, 12th June-Haiphong and Hoibow 19th June. Kice.~~~ Jebsen & Co.
CLAN MACIVER, British str., 2,418, W. Wright, 11th June-Portland, Ore., 4th May, Flour.-Bank Line, Ltd. DAGNY, Norwegian str., 882, D. Solvesen,
E.
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•DEVAWONGSE, German str., 1,057,
Gathemann, 2nd June-Bangkok 24th May, Rice Butterfield & Swire. EMPRESS OF INDIA, British str., 5,940, E. Beetham, 2.N.R., 13th June--Van- couver, B.C., 22nd May, General→ Canadian Pacific Railway. ALWAYS, MORE OR LESS, FOOKBANG, British str., 1,587, 5. A. Mit-
UNWELL."
NEVER ENTIRELY FREE FROM INDIGESTION AND CON- STIPATION.
AND FOUND THE BEST OF HEALTH." USED MOTHER SEIGEL'S SYRUP TWO WEEKS
LANGEN (JAVA) RUBBER ESTATES.A cir- cular lins been issued to the holders of in order to obviate any possible disad First Mortgage Debentares stating that worried the whole story out of him," vantage to them which the alteration of said Wilson, when he was telling the story the date of the commencement of the com- "It pany's financial year might entail, the in Hongkong some years later. seems old Tomlinson got in tow with some directors have decided that shares issued of those now native officials the Americans in respect of any First Mortgage had made, and agreed to rus in a cargo tures converted on or before August 1st of guas, so that they could start a fresh next shall rank for dividend for the whole insurrection against their benefactors, of the company's financial year beginning Still rue Filipino style. Well, Page piled up on September 1st, 1912. Should holders the Purran, and they thought she of Debentures convert after August 31st must go to pieces, but when they found the shares will only rank for the propor The Grappler a day late is she could be salved with the guns still on tion of the dividend for the year ending leaving Manila, and she lost another two board, they were in an unholy funk. August 31st, 1913, as from January 1st days through having to put into a small Tomlinson arranged to hurry down and next. port to remedy some boiler troubles, get the guns away in native boats, and Captain Wilson cursed at the delay, and Page was going with him, but backed ont his mates followed his example; but Mr. when he found I might be there first, and John Page accepted it very philosophilet the old man go alone. Then be him- cally. He had no duty to do yet, for an self went with me, as he thought it would unsympathetic court in Singapore hud look as though he were innocent, and deprived him of his British ticket a didn't know the stuff was on board. Cun estple of years previously; and since ning skuak... How did I come to Oh, Page's own manner first, then he had been working on an Ameri-suspect? can ticket, prieared through a police and then the discovery of a broken Ger- captain for twenty, dollars, United States mas ammunition case and some German currency. He had smuggled a case of cartridges. whisky aboard with him, and he had have worked like the very dence to clear the wreck, and, undoubtedly, the natives made it last fairly well; but on the morn- ing of the 90th in awoke painfully sober, boloed him at the finish to save the to which trouble was added the even wrench of paying him. But they had to greater one of knowing that before mid-pay with interest after all," he laughed 1 got all their names from aboard the softly.
Page, and I put the screw on them, the whole crowd of conspiratora, including two judges, a public prosecutor nad ä registrar. I could do it, you see, because
Mr. Ball is a member of the well-known "And what happened to that rotter of grocery firm, Ball Brothers, 105, Kloof had nothing to fear."" You know your WAX
л inate?
asked the man to whom he Street, Cape Town. In a letter dated December 28th. 1911. be says:- For Mr. Page descended into the boat was telling the story.
Mr. John Page? Oh, hr lost his cer-years I was never entirely free from word. He without a
was outwardly tifiente, of course; but I gave him a share those painful diseases Indigestion and calm; but sayone who had brou of the plunder, and now he's keeping a Constipation, and at certain times the ciently interested to
tch him would pub at Weymouth. He has done with the attacks were so severe that I was almost chewing fiercely East, he says which is perhaps, a good incapable of doing any work. I was have noticed that b
thing.
lesa unwell, on an onlighted cige
always feeling more became weak and despondent, and often had prolonged bilious headaches. Even tempting food was distasteful to me, for after eating it vomiting always followed. Sleep at nights, was a rare thing, as excruciating pains exused me great aguny.
Wilson would
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day Parurun.
The Grappler was brought anchor half a mile off the reef, and a boat was lowered at once
You had better come, Page," the skipper said. about her."
Very battered The wreck appea when viewed closely. der white wooden sides were streaked and red lines of rust from stanchions and rivets, and the varnish had already blistered off the little mahogany deck houses, "Um of the stuupy Lopnast. And broken at the cap. leaving a jagged rod, and all the louse grar had been swept from her decks. The fanne was white with crusted suit, and the falls from the davits were hanging just above the water, swaying mournfully in the breeze,
Her late male ran his eye over her critically, then, suddenly, he gave a start of surprise, and bit clean through his cigar. "She's been looted," he said hoarsely "Look the Gatling off the host deck, and the two one-pounders which were abaft the chart-house have
gone."
Poor old Tomlinson must
KEPONG, (MALAY). RUBBER ESTATES (LIMITED). -
DIVIDEND OF 80 PER CENT.
This is only one of theusands of similar frank, free statements in writing which are constantly coming to the proprietors of Mother Seigel's Syrup. They come from all parts of the world. This one will interest you as a South African because it is nearer home; it may be that the writer of the letter, Mr. A. G. Ball, is your townsmas, or acquaintance.
or
You never reach that wretched condition The annual general meeting of the
(Malay) Rubber Estates in a few days, or a month; it generally Kepong
cours on after a long period of inatten- (Limited) was held on the 17th ult. at the Great Eastern Hotel, London, Sir tion to your health. How much wiser it Gordon Blennerbassett Vonles pre-would be to ward off such conditions
instead of waiting until your clogged-up siding.
condition has poisoned your blood and stagnated your whole digestive system.
For years-I-was-nover free" from these conditions, says Mr. Ball. "I medicines, but got only tried many
mporary relief, some of them being Having heard of the quite useless. efficacy of Mother Seigel's Syrup, I began treating myself with it.
The Secretary (Mr. T. M. C. Steuart) having read the notice convening the meeting,
The Chairman said that owing to the exceptionally strong financial position of the company the board had felt justi- fed in proposing a further and final dividend of 50 per cent, ont of the profits of £12,482 The rubber output for the year was 91,097lb., as compared with the estimate of 100,000lb. The small short- age could be accounted for by the fact that the company's estate, in commun with every other estate in the Federated Malay States, suffered from an absolutely record drought. The area under rubber at the end of 1911 was 730 acres.
GOOD. HEALTH IN TWO WEEKS.
Beyond my most sanguine kopes the first few doses gave ine great relief. I was able to obtain refreshing sleep; my appetite was decidedly good, and I was able to digest and enjoy my food In- deed, so rapid was my improvement that The two weeks found me in the best of health
total acreage tapped was 413, thus giving and capable of any exertion."
About half Mr. Ball adds that, he now keeps a
bottle of the Syrup lundy, for use as a tonic, and recommends it to his friends."
Wilson gave a low whistle. "Pleasant new for the Yanks. They'll start a insurrection on the strength of these."
Mr. John Page laughed alnost plea santly, and carefully lighted a
cigar. "We are just too late, sir," he remarked, but there was no regret in his voice.
The scene on deck bore out the promise of the rust-streaked hall. The engineer's cabin, the first into which they looked, was typical of the rest. There were bunk curtains, mouldy and discoloured hanga yield of 2216. per acre. ing in front of a pile of sodden bedding; the trees on the estate had been tapped, on the floor, a pool of black, stinking and the average per tree was 13lb. The bilge water with a pair of boots and a visiting agent reported in his last state piama jacket rotting in it; two or ment that tapping all over the estates There is no other preparation so well Three photographs on the partition was good. The cost of tapping, includ- and favourably known as Mother Seigel's almost unrecognisable, peeling from their ing utensils, was 5-od. per 16. The net Syrup the great herbal remedy which price realized for the rubber was a little has been a household word for 40 years. mounta;, balf a dozen pipes with tarnish-
over es. 4d. per lb., a satisfactory result. It is made of medicinal extracts of roots, ed mounts in a fretwork rack, and a cigar box jammed behind the water which was very largely due to the success barks and leaves, which strengthen and ful forward sale of 60,000lb. of rubber at stimulate the action of the stomach, liver bottle; a suit of mildewed oilskins on a
the high price of 56. 6d. per lb. The total and bowels. Thus it purifies the blood, peg and a sea-chest with a broken lid.
cost of producing rubber f.o.b. at Port cleanses the system, aids digestion and You people went in a deuce of a
6 wettenham was 1s. 5d., which they gives you nourishment from your food. hurry," remarked the skipper.
You can do better than Mr. Ball did, could not consider excessive. other hand, considerable economies would if you use Mother Seigel's Syrup just as be effected when a greater proportion of soon as you feel the first signs of Indiges the trees were in full bearing.
With regard to the prospects for 1912 tion, Constipation and Stomach dis- they estimated that they would be able order. Don't wait, as he did, until you become "always more or less unwell' They went round the main deck cabins, to produce 130,000lb, of rubber, and the for years. And you will always be safe,
[79-11 and found everything of value gone; risiting agent stated that the estimate if you keep a bottle of the Syrup handy, then Wilson led the way on to the upper would be easily reached. Since Decem deck, opened the chart-house door-and her last they had planted 70 acres, and to use as a tonic. bumped back with a cry of horror.
Mr. Page laughed again, then pointed to the sea-chest. This was looted only See it's dry a day or two ago, sir. inside. expect they got my kit, too," he said it resignedly, and did not even .add an oath.
On the
chell, 7th June-Kobe 31st May, Gen- eral and Coal-Jardine, Matheson & Co. HANGI, French str., 1,200, G. Bouhier, 12th June-Pakhoi 10th June, Gen- eral. A. R. Marty. June-Haiphong 8th June, Rice and Pigs. Jebsen & Co. HELENG, German str., 771, Jessen, 12th
ISCHIA, Italian str.. 2,481, Belsito, ath June-Singapore 3rd June, General. -Carlowitz & Co. KAMBA, British str., 3,935, B. Linklater,
13th June New York 28th April, Genoral-Shewan, Tomes & Co. KIUKIANO, British str., 1,298, F. Robert- son, 10th June-Chofoo 4th June, General Butterfield & wire. KCHSICHANG, German str. 1,202,
Rosiefsky, 12th June-Bangkok 4th June, Rice.Butterfield & Swire. KOREA, American str., 11,278 A. W. Nel- son, 10th June-San Francisko 10th May, Mails and General.-Pacific Mail S.S. Co.
KWANGTAH, Chinese str. 1,828, Stewart, 10th June Shanghai 6th June, Gen eral.-Chinese.
Tлuwong, Dutch str., 2,061, J. van D. Jalink, 13th June-Java 3rd June, Sugar. Java-China-Japan Lijn. TRIUMPH, German st.F., 617. Lang
schweiger, th June-Hoihow 12th June Salt and General.-Jebson & Co. YUENSAND,
British str., 1924, P. H. Rolfe, 11th June-Manila. 8th Juno, Sugar and General. Jardine, Matheson & Co.
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