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The 'Herald', title graphic from 1 January 1896 after conversion to 14-daily appearance. Extract from the title page of the British North Borneo Official Gazette of 16 April 1902. Although the herald is usually quoted as British North Borneo Herald, its official name has undergone several minor changes:
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North Borneo (usually known as British North Borneo, also known as the State of North Borneo) [2] was a British protectorate in the northern part of the island of Borneo, (present-day Sabah). The territory of North Borneo was originally established by concessions of the Sultanates of Brunei and Sulu in 1877 and 1878 to a German -born ...
Returning to North Borneo in 1893, he served in various posts including Postmaster-General of North Borneo and Labuan (1894); editor of the British North Borneo Herald; Acting Secretary to the Governor; Sessions Judge; Acting District Officer, Sandakan; Deputy Governor (1896); and Superintendent of the Public Works Department (1897). [1] [2] [3 ...
The attack seemed to be forgotten as in 1911, according to the "British North Borneo Herald", J. W. Wilson was probably the only British North Borneo resident who remembered the incident. [3] The tree where the incident occurred has been regarded as the site for the memorial and known as the "Government Tree".
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24 January 1990 Grave of the Humphreys family, located in the churchyard at St John the Baptist Church, Bromsgrove. John Lisseter Humphreys CMG CBE (21 September 1881 – 15 December 1929) was a British colonial administrator, and Governor of North Borneo from 15 October 1926 [1] until his death while on leave in China in December 1929.
After a short experience of business in London, he began to travel to North Borneo in 1877. After the treaty had been done with the help of William Clark Cowie , a European close friend of the Sultan of Sulu on 22 January 1878, Pryer was given the title Resident of the East Coast on 11 February 1878 as a sign of their claim to the new territory ...