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If others are certain of his conversion, they can be reinstated. |
If others are certain of his conversion, they can be reinstated. |
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Ned de Rotelande 17:38, 19 March 2008 (UTC) |
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==Rutter diaries== |
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Diaries by him dated 1913-4 kept during his time in North Borneo are for sale right now: |
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''RUTTER, O.[1889-1944), Diaries Kept in North Borneo, 1913-1914. S.L., [1913-1914]. 2 vols. folio. orig.scuffed boards. Tha diary kept in volumes of The Singapore and Straits Rough Diary for 1913 and 1914. Arranged with 4 days per page. In these diaries Rutter describes his tour of duty into the interior...Left Pau at 6 & 7 got into Tiong at 10. The new office is an awful set-up and I call it Avi's folly. He plonked in down beside the sacred Pool of Tiong - they (the natives] don't like it because of their traditions & I don't because of the stink. Moreover it almost backs on to the loveliest view in all Borneo. Found Payuk away. Went to see the old blind potter woman in the evening..j(op.cit.). Rutter also notes decisions both administrative and judicial. At the end of the 1914 volume he lists the details of some 380 inhabitants who have been inoculated. The first entries for 1913 are in another hand, presumably that of an assistant. (bds. scuffed, and a couple of pages for December 1914 missing). Rarissime. Offered for EUR 3405.00 = appr. US$ 5376.49'' |
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There is nothing in the article about him being in Borneo before WW1 so I shall research this and hopefully add something to the article. [[Special:Contributions/86.136.31.176|86.136.31.176]] ([[User talk:86.136.31.176|talk]]) 17:51, 9 May 2008 (UTC) |
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I have removed the references to his conversion to Islam for now as the source for that appears to be a biography he wrote which has been taken as a pseudonymous autobiography "‘David Chale’ was the pseudonym of a District Officer in colonial Sarawak, the story of whose conversion follows. The author of this account, Owen Rutter (1884-1944), was a travel writer and an expert on the tribes of North Borneo."[1]
If others are certain of his conversion, they can be reinstated. Ned de Rotelande 17:38, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
Rutter diaries
Diaries by him dated 1913-4 kept during his time in North Borneo are for sale right now:
RUTTER, O.[1889-1944), Diaries Kept in North Borneo, 1913-1914. S.L., [1913-1914]. 2 vols. folio. orig.scuffed boards. Tha diary kept in volumes of The Singapore and Straits Rough Diary for 1913 and 1914. Arranged with 4 days per page. In these diaries Rutter describes his tour of duty into the interior...Left Pau at 6 & 7 got into Tiong at 10. The new office is an awful set-up and I call it Avi's folly. He plonked in down beside the sacred Pool of Tiong - they (the natives] don't like it because of their traditions & I don't because of the stink. Moreover it almost backs on to the loveliest view in all Borneo. Found Payuk away. Went to see the old blind potter woman in the evening..j(op.cit.). Rutter also notes decisions both administrative and judicial. At the end of the 1914 volume he lists the details of some 380 inhabitants who have been inoculated. The first entries for 1913 are in another hand, presumably that of an assistant. (bds. scuffed, and a couple of pages for December 1914 missing). Rarissime. Offered for EUR 3405.00 = appr. US$ 5376.49
There is nothing in the article about him being in Borneo before WW1 so I shall research this and hopefully add something to the article. 86.136.31.176 (talk) 17:51, 9 May 2008 (UTC)