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 ===== 1910-10: Pembukaan =====
-Dalam laporan tahunan ke-2 Cromlix Rubber Estate, syarikat yang memiliki Bukit Jalil Estate, terdapat beberapa catatan positif para penggiat perladangan ketika melawati ladang tersebut. Turut dinyatakan, ia mula diambil alih pada Oktober 1910, dan diuruskan oleh Mr. W.R. Macandrew. Antara ahli lembaga pengarahnya ialah John Gibson: //"The second ordinary general meeting of the Cromlix Rubber Estate and Produce Syndicate, Limited, was held April 18 at the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Moorgate Palace, Moorgate Street, E.C. Mr. Edmund Walker (chairman) presiding. ... As you are aware, Bukit Jalil is the name of the estate which this syndicate owns, and your directors believe that we have got a very valuable property. This is confirmed by all the reports to hand from those who have visited the estate, and I will just quote for your information the following extracts from letters received. Opinions of the Property: Mr. A. J. Denison, partner in the firm of Messrs. Cumberbatch & Co., when applying for some of the new issue shares, wronte on July 8th as follows:- "Bukit Jalil will make a first-class property. I have every faith in the future of the property, whether it is to be cultivated as an investment or sold outright." Mr John Gibson wrote on July 13th as follows:- "I was up the day before yesterday, and went over Bukit Jalil. Things are going strong and well. The new clearing was fired the day before I went, and is about the best burn I have yet seen. This is going to be a 'tip-top' place. Mr. L.E. Edwards, who knows the estate well, wrote on August 26 as follows:- "I am delighted to hear that you have such good accounts of Bukit Jalil estate. The land is second to none, and the company is also particularly fortunate in having a first-class superintendent to open it." Mr. Templer, who recently visited the estate, wrote on November 6th as follows:- "I took the opportunity of paying a visit to Bukit Jalil a week ago. I had never seen the place before, and was very pleased to find we have secured such a fine block of land. The planting of 530 acres is nearly complete, and though there were rather a large number of failures in the part first planted (owing to dry weather), the vacancies have all been recently supplied, so that very little time has been lost. I have great hopes that the Robusta coffee interplanted in the rubber will give us some good catch-crops. Bukit Jalil will in a short time develop into a very valuable property. These opinions from gentlemen who are planters of long experience require no further comment from me, and must be very reassuring to all our shareholders. I cannot condlue without referring to the splendid work done by our manager, Mr. Macandrew, under the able guidance of our co-director and visiting agent, Mr. John Gibson. As I mentioned at our annual meeting last year, Bukit Jalil estate was only taken over in October, 1910. It says not a little for the energy that has been put into the business that nearly 600 acres are to-day planted up with rubber and coffee. In addition to that the necessary roads, bridges, bungalow, coolie lines, etc., have been constructed, and we have it on the assurance of our visiting agent that the work has been well done. ... Mr. D.K. Michie said: There is very little to be said beyond endorsing the opinions of the various gentlemen, as read by the chairman. I visited the place in January last in company with Mr. Gibson and Macandrew, the superintendent. I went through the whole of the clearings that were opened at that date - about 580 acres, I think - and I found the place in very good order and clean throughout for a new clearing, also giving every promise of good growth. The lay of the land is easy, with occasional steepish places, and the soil is good throughout. It is very suitable for the growth of the best rubber and Robusta coffee. Adjoining places have grown rubber to maturity as good as any in the State, and there can be no doubt that the estate will be equally successful."// (Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 14 May 1912, Page 6: {{ :akhbar:pinangazette19120514-1-2-52.pdf ||}}[[https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/pinangazette19120514-1.2.52|"CROMLIX RUBBER ESTATE AND PRODUCE"]]; The Straits Budget, 16 May 1912, Page 6: {{ :akhbar:straitsbudget19120516-1-2-65-27.pdf ||}}[[https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitsbudget19120516-1.2.65.27|"CROMLIX RUBBER. Satisfactory Progress on the Estate"]]).
+Pada Oktober 1910, Cromlix Rubber Estate and Produce Syndicate Limited telah mengambil alih sebidang tanah seluas 2,082 ekar bersebelahan Kinrara Estate, dan dinamakan sebagai Bukit Jalil Estate: //"The report of the Cromlix Rubber Estate and Produce Syndicate, Limited, for the period to December 31, states that for reasons already fully set forth in the circulars of September 14, and October 10, 1910, it was only then that the directors were able to acquire a property which they had confidence in recommending to the shareholders. This property is now called Bukit Jalil, and consists of 2,082 acres. It adjoins the Ledbury Company's Kinrara estate at Pataling, and is thus situated in one of the best known districts. With as little delay as possible a manager was appointed, and he took over charge on October 17, 1910. The directors decided to open up 250 acres at once and felling was started on October 26. This work was finished by February 10."// (The Straits Budget, 27 April 1911, Page 6: {{ :akhbar:straitsbudget19110427-1-2-78-28.pdf ||}}[[https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitsbudget19110427-1.2.78.28|"RUBBER RESULTS. More Details of the Klanang Produce Output"]]; The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 4 May 1911, Page 4: {{ :akhbar:singfreepressb19110504-1-2-14.pdf ||}}[[https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/singfreepressb19110504-1.2.14|"COMPANY NEWS"]]).
 {{:peta:peta-bukitjalil-1904.png?300|Peta Bukit Jalil dan kawasan sekitarnya, 1904}} \\
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 **LATAR PERSEKITARAN: [[bukit_jalil|Bukit Jalil]]**
+===== 1911-04-18: Laporan Tahunan ke-2 (1910): Penanaman Awal Kopi dan Getah =====
+Dalam laporan tahunan ke-2 Cromlix Rubber Estate, terdapat beberapa catatan positif para penggiat perladangan ketika melawati ladang tersebut. Turut dinyatakan, ia mula diambil alih pada Oktober 1910, dan diuruskan oleh Mr. W.R. Macandrew. Antara ahli lembaga pengarahnya ialah John Gibson: //"The second ordinary general meeting of the Cromlix Rubber Estate and Produce Syndicate, Limited, was held April 18 at the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Moorgate Palace, Moorgate Street, E.C. Mr. Edmund Walker (chairman) presiding. ... As you are aware, Bukit Jalil is the name of the estate which this syndicate owns, and your directors believe that we have got a very valuable property. This is confirmed by all the reports to hand from those who have visited the estate, and I will just quote for your information the following extracts from letters received. Opinions of the Property: Mr. A. J. Denison, partner in the firm of Messrs. Cumberbatch & Co., when applying for some of the new issue shares, wronte on July 8th as follows:- "Bukit Jalil will make a first-class property. I have every faith in the future of the property, whether it is to be cultivated as an investment or sold outright." Mr John Gibson wrote on July 13th as follows:- "I was up the day before yesterday, and went over Bukit Jalil. Things are going strong and well. The new clearing was fired the day before I went, and is about the best burn I have yet seen. This is going to be a 'tip-top' place. Mr. L.E. Edwards, who knows the estate well, wrote on August 26 as follows:- "I am delighted to hear that you have such good accounts of Bukit Jalil estate. The land is second to none, and the company is also particularly fortunate in having a first-class superintendent to open it." Mr. Templer, who recently visited the estate, wrote on November 6th as follows:- "I took the opportunity of paying a visit to Bukit Jalil a week ago. I had never seen the place before, and was very pleased to find we have secured such a fine block of land. The planting of 530 acres is nearly complete, and though there were rather a large number of failures in the part first planted (owing to dry weather), the vacancies have all been recently supplied, so that very little time has been lost. I have great hopes that the Robusta coffee interplanted in the rubber will give us some good catch-crops. Bukit Jalil will in a short time develop into a very valuable property. These opinions from gentlemen who are planters of long experience require no further comment from me, and must be very reassuring to all our shareholders. I cannot condlue without referring to the splendid work done by our manager, Mr. Macandrew, under the able guidance of our co-director and visiting agent, Mr. John Gibson. As I mentioned at our annual meeting last year, Bukit Jalil estate was only taken over in October, 1910. It says not a little for the energy that has been put into the business that nearly 600 acres are to-day planted up with rubber and coffee. In addition to that the necessary roads, bridges, bungalow, coolie lines, etc., have been constructed, and we have it on the assurance of our visiting agent that the work has been well done. ... Mr. D.K. Michie said: There is very little to be said beyond endorsing the opinions of the various gentlemen, as read by the chairman. I visited the place in January last in company with Mr. Gibson and Macandrew, the superintendent. I went through the whole of the clearings that were opened at that date - about 580 acres, I think - and I found the place in very good order and clean throughout for a new clearing, also giving every promise of good growth. The lay of the land is easy, with occasional steepish places, and the soil is good throughout. It is very suitable for the growth of the best rubber and Robusta coffee. Adjoining places have grown rubber to maturity as good as any in the State, and there can be no doubt that the estate will be equally successful."// (Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 14 May 1912, Page 6: {{ :akhbar:pinangazette19120514-1-2-52.pdf ||}}[[https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/pinangazette19120514-1.2.52|"CROMLIX RUBBER ESTATE AND PRODUCE"]]; The Straits Budget, 16 May 1912, Page 6: {{ :akhbar:straitsbudget19120516-1-2-65-27.pdf ||}}[[https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitsbudget19120516-1.2.65.27|"CROMLIX RUBBER. Satisfactory Progress on the Estate"]]).
 ===== 1911-05-11: Permohonan Tanah Perkuburan =====
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 ===== 1912-04-19: Perihal Pekerja Kannada dari Mysuru =====
-Menurut pengurus Bukit Jalil Estate, Mr. W.R. MacAndrew, yang berpengalaman di Sri Lanka, para pekerja Kannada dari Mysuru, Karnataka, India, adalah pakar dalam kerja-kerja pembinaan jalan raya dan perparitan. Kata beliau, mereka berbadan sihat dan tahan lasak, tahan wabak malaria, dan kadar upahnya murah: //"Have planters here, I wonder, heard of the Canarese of Mysore? In the course of conversation, Mr. W. R. Mac Andrew, the Manager of Bukit Jalil Estate, Selangor, who has had a good planting experience in Ceylon, told me the Canarese, both men and women, could not be equalled for road and drain work, and that he would give anything to procure this class of labour. They were hardy, healthy coolies, would stand Malaria well, were cheap, and if properly managed, would be found to be very tractable. I was almost prompted to ask Mr. Mac Andrew why he did not go over to India and get some of these coolies himself. ... - By an Occasional Correspondent."// (Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 19 April 1912, Page 2: [[https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/pinangazette19120419-1.2.5|"LABOUR RECRUITING"]]).
+Menurut pengurus Bukit Jalil Estate, Mr. W.R. MacAndrew, yang berpengalaman di Sri Lanka, para pekerja Kannada dari Mysuru, Karnataka, India, adalah pakar dalam kerja-kerja pembinaan jalan raya dan perparitan. Kata beliau, mereka berbadan sihat dan tahan lasak, tahan wabak malaria, dan kadar upahnya murah: //"Have planters here, I wonder, heard of the Canarese of Mysore? In the course of conversation, Mr. W. R. Mac Andrew, the Manager of Bukit Jalil Estate, Selangor, who has had a good planting experience in Ceylon, told me the Canarese, both men and women, could not be equalled for road and drain work, and that he would give anything to procure this class of labour. They were hardy, healthy coolies, would stand Malaria well, were cheap, and if properly managed, would be found to be very tractable. I was almost prompted to ask Mr. Mac Andrew why he did not go over to India and get some of these coolies himself. ... - By an Occasional Correspondent."// (Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 19 April 1912, Page 2: {{ :akhbar:pinangazette19120419-1-2-5.pdf ||}}[[https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/pinangazette19120419-1.2.5|"LABOUR RECRUITING"]]).
 ===== 1913-04-02: Laporan Tahunan ke-3 (1912): Perlantikan Dr E.A.O. Travers =====
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 Penghargaan kepada Mr. Gibson (yang mula mengusahakan pembukaan ladang) dan Mr. MacAndrew (yang mengurusnya sejak mula): //"Mr. Gibson, who originally secured Bukit Jalil property for us, and who planned its opening, is a substantial share holder in the syndicate. ... A special vote of thanks is due to our agents in Kuala Lumpur, and to our very energetic manager Mr. MacAndrew. He has stuck to his post ever since he went to the estate, and when one bears in mind that in short space of three years we have opened up practically 700 acres of land, have made the necessary roads, drains, etc., have build two bungalows, coolie lines and a good hospital, it will be seen that there has been no time lost."//
-(Sumber: The Straits Times, 1 May 1913, Page 10: {{ :akhbar:straitstimes19130501-1-2-75.pdf ||}}[[https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19130501-1.2.75|"CROMLIX RUBBER ESTATE"]]).
+(Sumber: The Straits Times, 1 May 1913, Page 10: {{ :akhbar:straitstimes19130501-1-2-75.pdf ||}}[[https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19130501-1.2.75|"CROMLIX RUBBER ESTATE"]]; The Straits Budget, 8 May 1913, Page 6: {{ :akhbar:straitsbudget19130508-1-2-74-21.pdf ||}}[[https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitsbudget19130508-1.2.74.21|"CROMLIX RUBBER ESTATE. Capital Increased to Carry Out Extensions"]]).
 **LATAR PERISTIWA: [[e_a_o_travers|Dr. Ernest Aston Otho (E.A.O.) Travers (1864-1934)]]**
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 Pengurus pertamanya, Mr. MacAndrew, telah berpindah, dan digantikan oleh Mr. H.B. Wilkinson: //"During this year Mr. H. B. Wilkinson was appointed manager in succession to Mr. MacAndrew, who left for another appointment. Mr. Wilkinson gives promise of successful management, and the directors have every hope he will carry out his duties to his own credit and their satisfaction. In conclusion, I have no reason to alter the opinion expressed by me at our last annual meeting - namely, that this fine estate, Bukit Jalil, efficiently opened and economically worked, should prove a very satisfactory investment, even if rubber does not advance beyond present prices."//
-(Sumber: The Straits Times, 22 May 1915, Page 2: {{ :akhbar:straitstimes19150522-1-2-3.pdf ||}}[[https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19150522-1.2.3|"Cromlix Rubber"]]).
+(Sumber: The Straits Times, 22 May 1915, Page 2: {{ :akhbar:straitstimes19150522-1-2-3.pdf ||}}[[https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19150522-1.2.3|"Cromlix Rubber"]]; The Straits Budget, 26 May 1915, Page 3: {{ :akhbar:straitsbudget19150526-1-2-57-10.pdf ||}}[[https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitsbudget19150526-1.2.57.10|"Cromlix Rubber. EXCELLENT REPORTS FROM THE ESTATE. Low Capital Cost"]]).
 ===== 1916-04-11: Laporan Tahunan ke-6 (1915): Getah Sedia Untuk Ditoreh =====
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 Laporan lawatan Mr. D.K. Michie dari Klanang Estate mengatakan semua pokok sihat, dan di kelompok yang tertua, telah pun sedia untuk penorehan: //"Condition of the Estate Mr. D.K. Michie said that the chairman had really told the meeting all there was to say about the property. He could, however, say that he had visited the estate as recently as February last and had passed through all the clearings, every one of which showed very good growth for its age. In the oldest clearings - in which the growth was very fine, especially in the lower parts and the hollows and ravines - there was a large number of trees ready for tapping, and arrangements were being made at the time of his visit to commence the work as soon as the trees had put on fresh foliage after the wintering season. From next year onwards the increase in the yield of latex should be very rapid, and, as the world was apparently able easily to absorb the increased production of rubber from the Middle East, he thought that the prospects of the shareholders in the company left very little to be desired. He might add that the impression which the estate manager, Mr. H. B. Wilkinson, had made on him was that he was a man capable of doing full justice to his charge."//
-(Sumber: The Straits Budget, 26 May 1916, Page 2: {{ :akhbar:straitsbudget19160526-1-2-66-7.pdf ||}} [[https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitsbudget19160526-1.2.66.7|"Cromlix Rubber. GENEROUS RETURN ON CAPITAL ANTICIPATED. Condition of the Estate"]]).
+(Sumber: The Straits Times, 24 May 1916, Page 13: {{ :akhbar:straitstimes19160524-1-2-76.pdf ||}}[[https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19160524-1.2.76|"Cromlix Rubber"]]; The Straits Budget, 26 May 1916, Page 2: {{ :akhbar:straitsbudget19160526-1-2-66-7.pdf ||}} [[https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitsbudget19160526-1.2.66.7|"Cromlix Rubber. GENEROUS RETURN ON CAPITAL ANTICIPATED. Condition of the Estate"]]).
+===== 1917-04-17: Laporan Tahunan ke-7 (1916): Hasil Getah ketika Perang Dunia =====
+Penorehan getah bermula 17 April 1916, melibatkan 10,075 batang pokok, merupakan hasil getah pertama ladang ini: //"The amount of capital expenditure on account of Bukit Jalil Estate for 1916 was &3,611. For the first time the directors are able to present shareholders with a profit and loss account, in addition to the balance-sheet. The amount of rubber gathered was 14,389 lbs, realising &1,919. After allowing for the usual charges there remains a net profit for the year of &248, which is carried forward. Tapping was started on April 17, 1916, on 10,075 trees, and by December the number of trees brought into the tapping area was 26,893."// (The Straits Times, 21 May 1917, Page 13: {{ :akhbar:straitstimes19170521-1-2-76.pdf ||}}[[https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19170521-1.2.76|"Rubber Reports"]]; The Straits Budget, 25 May 1917, Page 3: {{ :akhbar:straitsbudget19170525-1-2-63-11.pdf ||}}[[https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitsbudget19170525-1.2.63.11|"Rubber Reports. SELANGOR PAYS 216 2/3 PER CENT. Kampong Kuantan’s Good Year"]]).
+Kesan negatif Perang Dunia Pertama terhadap pengangkutan kapal, seterusnya aktiviti perladangan: //"The seventh ordinary general meeting of the Cromlix Rubber Estate and Produce Syndicate, Limited, was held on April 17, at the Hall of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Moorgate Place, Moorgate Street, E.C., Mr. Jas. L. Anstruther, J.P. chairman of the company, presiding. ... Regarding the general growth and appearance of the estate, our visiting agent reports that "the trees are all looking healthy," and that Field No. 5 - i.e., the one planted in 1915 - "is coming away well." ... The capital expenditure for 1916 was only &3,611 10s. 7d. instead of &5,659 7s. 8d. as estimated. The difference is due to the fact that less crop was gathered than expected, and the factory and machinery included in the estimate were not paid for until the beginning of this year. The charges under recruiting and immigration assessment were also less, as unfortunately we were unable to get as many coolies as we expected. ... It is also important we should be provided with sufficient capital, in view of the fact that we cannot in these terrible days of war realise our crop so quickly as in former and happier days. As you are aware, it is often difficult to get freight, and, when we do get it, the voyages are much longer and much more uncertain."//
+Keadaan ladang adalah bersih, hasil daripada aktiviti merumpai sejak mula lagi. Penorehan telah dibuat secara konservatif: //"Our expenditure on weeding again shows a further decrease in cost, which amounted last year to only 37.74 cents per acre, which the visiting agent reports as very moderate. This is due to the fact, as I have explained in former meetings, that Bukit Jalil estate has been kept clean-weeded from the beginning. The manager, in his latest report, says:- "The whole estate is clean, and there has been practically no disease; white ants, while requiring constant attention, are not serious." Tapping is being carried on with due regard to economy in consumption of bark."//
+Getah telah ditoreh, tetapi hasilnya tidak seperti yang dijangka. Namun jangkaan hanya tekaan sahaja: //"The Crop: It was thought that we might get 19,000 lbs. of rubber last year, whereas we only secured 14,389 lbs. The estimate was no doubt a little sanguine, but all such estimates for the first year's crop from a very few trees are always more or less guesswork. The number of trees brought into the tapping area by December 31 last was 26,803, and it is expected that 41,000 trees over 486 acres will be available for tapping this year."//
+Pengurus baru, Mr. Wilkinson bertugas tanpa pembantu, kerana sukar diperolehi: //"Not an Easy Year: The past year was not an easy one, and great credit is due to our manager, Mr. Wilkinson. He had to work single-handed much longer than was intended, but we found it exceedingly difficult to get him suitable assistance. No one was available locally nor obtainable from Ceylon, and it was only after searching for months at this end that we secured an assistant - one who was exempt from military service. He arrived on the estate early in the year, and will, we sincerely hope, fulfil our expectations."//
+(Sumber: The Straits Times, 4 June 1917, Page 12: {{ :akhbar:straitstimes19170604-1-2-68.pdf ||}}[[https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19170604-1.2.68|"Cromlix Rubber"]]; The Straits Budget, 8 June 1917, Page 3: {{ :akhbar:straitsbudget19170608-1-2-65-11.pdf ||}}[[https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitsbudget19170608-1.2.65.11|"Cromlix Rubber. DIVIDEND ANTICIPATED FOR THE CURRENT YEAR. Assistants Hard To Find"]]).
+===== 1918-01-17: Sepasang Pekerja Cuba Membebaskan Diri =====
+//"A Tamil couple were charged in the Kuala Lumpur Police Court before Mr A W Just (Magistrate) with absconding from Bukit Jalil Estate on Jan. 17th. The husband, who had bolted for the second time, was fined $10, and the woman cautioned."// (Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 26 April 1918, Page 4: {{ :akhbar:pinangazette19180426-1-2-20.pdf ||}}[[https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/pinangazette19180426-1.2.20|"THE FOUNDATIONS OF VICTORY"]]).
 ===== 1919-12-20: Pengarangan Risalah Malaria =====