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TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER
LECTURE BY MAJOR MILES.
STORIES TOLD OF THE
SPICE ISLANDS.
At the Cathedral Hall yesterday afternoon a meeting of the Eng-, lish Association was held at which the gathering were addres- sed by Major Miles, R... on "Travellers' Tales from the Spice Islands."
Major Miles said:"Last year I was fortunate enough to be taken a voyage round the Dutch East In- dles as a passenger on H.M.S. Cornflower, through the kindness of her captain, Commander J. Pelly, Since my visit I have been read- ng all I can on the Spice Islands, and in "Tidemarks" by H.M. Tom- Bnson, I found that He expressed so much of what I wish to say, that
shall quote him frequently, "The islands are largely volcanic in origin, and with the climate very sharply divided, most of the islands have a luxuriant vegetation, with tall trees, coccanut palms and plenty of water. Timor, Flores, Soembawa, Lombok and Bali and the East end of Java, however, are very dry owing to the hot winds blowing from . the North of Australia. The races are divided into those of Malayan and Papuan origin."
in the history of the spice islanda, after the bankruptcy of the Dutch.
5. 1930.
East India Company. He intro A NEW KIND OF FUR duced many reforms and would have Wife: effected much more had he been allowed the time, he said.
"When I got up this
-
morning my tongue was coated with fur." "That's
all through
talking so much about 'a new fur coat."
From that time to the present Hubby; day the history of the Spice Islands was one of peaceful pro gress. The spice trade had
Married folks can visualise the dwindled but the trade in copra,
withering look that answered tea, coffee, rubber, sugar and
than taken its hubby's wit. Husbands will sigh quinine had more place and Java was probably the in sympathy, knowing how futile when wife is best farmed and richest island in is any sarcasm the world. Major Miles spoke campaigning for new clothes. highly of the Javanese agricul- But though there is nothing on turists.
earth yet discovered that will eure Major Miles concluded the a woman of her craving for fars lecture with a brief account of his for personal adornment, fur on a different matter. own trip. He called at Sandaken the tongue is (British North Borneo), Menado That is a sign of faulty function- (Gelebes), Ternate, Amboyna, ing of the internal organs. The Koepang (Timor), Bima and other food tract is in an unhealthy,
ports, Samarinda and
clogged condition which requires Cebu.
Javanese
Bima.
the immediate administration of
Pinkettes.
"
"At Menado I saw the happiest
For stomach, liver and intestinal and most contented people I have ever met," he declared. "They were the inhabitants of the Minnehasa troubles there is nothing to equal, district." He described a "Serimp" this dainty, gentle, though highly dance arranged for the party at efficacious little pill. Pinkettes are the last word which science field of uttered in the "The dancers were 12 girls, has selected for their beauty from the functional regulating medicine. said. They were They are not habit-creating. nobility," he dressed in jackets of scarlet and Every now and then in sufficient: gold thread, and sarongs of orange,Always keep them handy. their arms and fingers were loaded with gold bangles and rings, and their hair was elaborately dressed
DAME=RE:
The chief interest of the island, Major Miles declared, was in the in a Tudor coiffure of tinsel and beauty of the narrow channel's be history of the spice trade, which lowers. They were attended by tween wooded islands and peaceful
two old crones, who crouched be villages perched on stilts.
It was pointed out that new was first in the hands of the Porin-
tween the ranks and pulled a sarong guese and Spanish, and then be- came the cbject of dissension he-over a straying foot as occasion de ground had been broken with the fcture tween the Dutch and English. Themanded. The music was provided reture and the hope was expressed
versions of piccolo, that some lectures in the
would be on the same lines. Spice Islands hand ministered to the native luxuries of Rome in her palmiestclarionet, violin and drum.
Before the Portugese
"The dance itself consisted sim-. After Major Miles had been con days.
his address; the (Mr. W. W. Hornell)
rounded the Cape of Good Hope,ply of slow movements of the body gratulated
chairman
the
on
spices, such. as nutmegs and arms, not sinuous but grace- cinnamon, mace, cloves and pepper. Tully angular, the fingers held announced that the next. Jecture were collected by Arab and Indian stifly in exact positions that were would be given on December 2, traders and brought to Red Sea varied as the dance progressed, the when he would be the speaker. ports. Caravans brought them to feet still or moving only in a slow Egypt and Asia Minor, from where gliding they were distributed around the Mediterranean and Europe by the Phoenicians, the Venetians and the
Genoese.
Drake's Voyage. Major Miles touched on the pro- gress of Colombus, Magellan, Vasco la Gama, Drake and others who set out for the Spice Islands, east and west, and spoke of the methodical methods of the Dutch and English adventurers who succeeded them.
There were two outstanding facts in the rivalry between the big Dutch and English trading com- panies. The Dutch were far ahead 13 regards commerce and their fleets, and while they insisted on a rigid monopoly and were prepared to fight for it, the English aimed at free trade and peaceful penetra- tion. The Dutch policy succeeded in that it eventually drove the Eng- lish out of the spice trade, but it proved too expensive in the long run and the Dutch company was hopelessly bankrupt by the middle of the 18th century.
Referring to the rival Dutch and English firms, Major Miles said hat they were formed at the be- ginning of the 17th century, and what was at first. friendly rivalry warfare and developed into open Dutch
the aggression against Portuguese in the end Portugal! was practically driven from the sea, hictly through lack of capital. The Dutch were always predominant In the years of friendly rivalry and developed. when warfare
Jso After the defeat of Sir Thomas Dale in 1620, the English gradually ibandoned the struggle. The massacre of Amboyna was the last
pisode in the struggle.
The Spice trade dwindled there- after, declared Major Miles: The Dutch discovered that the island could produce more spices than the world could buy and they destroy- ed part of the trees, not only to raise the price, but to avoid the loss that would follow from excessive
Bantam production. When
was conquered at the end of the 17th century, the Dutch suppressed the cultivation of pepper and replaced. It by that of sugar and coffee.
Sir Stamford Raffles. Major Miles touched on the part that Sir Stamford Rafles played
SALESMAN ŞAM
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The death has occurred at Down- Ludlow, of Lady ton Hall, near F1-anor Franers Rouse-Boughton, wife of Sir William St. Andrew
motion. Although the music had no rhythm that could be detected by a western ear, every movement was exactly co-ordicated, and, as all eyes were modestly down- cast, it was not a question of tak-Rouse-Boughton, Bart., at the age of seventy-seven. She was the ing time from the front." "
daughter of the Rev. F. H.
of Rushbury. Major Miles considered the island Hotham,
Salep.
of Bali the most lovely in the Lady Boughton had been in fail- Pacific and described the majestic ling health for some time.
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