Who's Who in the Far East/COUVREUR, Rev. Nicholas Justin
COUVREUR, Rev. Nicholas Justin (SINGAPORE), Procurator of Missions Etraugeres; b. 1855 at Grancysur-Ource (C6te d'Or) France. Educ.: Ecclesiastical Colleges of Langres and Paris. Vice-Procurator of Mission Etrangere.sjat Hongkong 1878-80; since 1880 Procurator at Singapore; one of chief social and financial figures in Straits, where controls vast interests in real property, etc., on behalf of Society of Missions Etrangeres; though French citizen was selected by Government as Assessor, sitting with Chief Justice, Sir Lionel Cox, in case of expropriation of certain property belonging to the P. and O. Co., and Jardine, Matheson and Co., for Singapore Railway in 1904; Considered one of ablest experts on real estate and business interests in Far East. Address: Singapore, Straits Settlements.