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Herald's archival editions are now available in various libraries in Asia and Europe. Among the periodicals, the herald, together with The Straits Times and The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884–1942) is the most important source of knowledge for the history research on North Borneo and the North Borneo Chartered Company.
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.
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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 ...
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 ...
On 12 July 1887, Cowie handed over his franchise rights to the British North Borneo Company and returned with his family to England. Charles Brooke, who later acquired the mine, renamed it as "Brooketon" (today's Brooke Town). In 1887, Cowie, together with Edmund Ernest Everett, was commissioned to conduct the company's business in Borneo.
Arthur Joseph West (1863 in Bromsgrove; – 2 November 1937 in Bexhill-on-Sea) was a British civil engineer. Under his leadership, the Labuan Coal Line and the North Borneo Railway from Beaufort to Weston and Melalap were built.
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 ...