The Straits Times, 25 April 1913

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    13 1 The Straits Times. NO. 24.165 SINGAPORE. FRIDAY. APRIL 25. 1913. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      261 1 LAIRO 0 LOGAN I^l Sp dal Scotch Whisky. Estabi.isheo 1742. SINGAPORE RACES. The Handsomest Race Gowns and French Millinery IN SINGAPORE. These Gowns and Millinery have been specially III selected and represent the very latest fashion for the coming Paris and London Season. |l| Ladies can have nothing more modern
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      266 1 ROBINSON CO., Complete House Furnishers, SINGAPORE. J fc_ RUBBER MANGLES. mskFT mr T?WE^^^. B 710. Robber Mangle rollers 24 ins. by 6 ins., WS| mUtJy brass capped roller ends, four special springs, supply y^p ii i i ii 'TißmHll jiM ff reat pressure to rollers which are manufactured ffl |cf\|
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      3 1 DRINK Martell's Brandy.
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    ART OF SMUGGLING.
    1022 2 ALLEGED EVASION OF CUSTOMS DUTY. Charges Against Foreigners, Smuggling is on the increase in Japan, in spite of every attempt on the part of the Customs authorities to draw their net round every inlet for goods, says the Yushin Nippo, translated by the Japan Chronicle, whose detailed
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    A Parent's Duty.
    64 2 Your boy is always getting scratched or cat or braised. Because these wounds have healed all right is no sign they always will. Get a bottle of Chamberlain's Pain Balm and Bee that every injury is cared (or immediately. Yon can get nothing better, and blood poison
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    THOUGHT SHE WAS CONSUMPTIVE.
    401 2 A Colombo Girl's Praise of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills arc a blessing to weak bloodless girls as proof read the statement of Miss Clare Deutrom, a vivacious and accomplished young lady who resides with her parents at Huscne Place, Dick man's Road,
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      278 2 V your complexion', /j >^X and wish to /I /Z' preserve it 1 \jfl\sdr you must us e j,^} "'Hazeline' Snow" i TrmJt limit A beneficial tonic which stimulates the skin, clciinscs the pores, preserves the ,/\v natural clearness and youthful freshness, V^^\ and produces a charming tone and silky
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      129 2 I neuralgia, etc, often takes us at very I inconvenient moments. To rid yourself I of these little ills, take the genuine I Bayers Tablets of Atpirin, I ■^^r~iT: nTi iYiiTaTHrii r ¥r 1 7iirjTir*nir^"'*'"^"^fl WAHHENG&CO. PHOTOGRAPHIC BTOREB. DBVBLOPJNG, PRINTING AND ■NLABOINO AMATBURS' WORK. Plftts, Papers Films, Ohemioftls, Cameras I.-
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      111 2 RANEEGUNGE GLAZED STONEWARE. Drainpipes and Junctions. ALL SIZES STOCKED. SHARPE, ROSS CO., LD. INCREASE YOUR FLOW OF LATEX. Use SULPHATE or MURIATE of POTASH with your Manures, and note the difference especially in times of DROUGHT. MANURES always in stock. Double Superphosphate, Ordinary Superphosphate Boneraeal, Basic Slag, Sulphate of Ammonia,
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  • SINGAPORE SPORTING CLUB.
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      PROGRAMME. FIRBT DAY.
      302 8 PROGRAMME. FIRBT DAY. Tcisdav, Mat 6, 1918. 1. THE OPENING STAKES (2.80 p.m.) Value l«00. A Handicap for Hones that have Dover won a Stake of the advertised value of more than 1800. Entrance Fee, $26. Distance, Race Coarse. 2 A 6. THE MALAY STATES PLATE PURSE.— (2.56 p.m.) (5.10
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      BECOND DAY.
      227 8 Thdrsdat, Mat 8, 1018. 1. THE FIRST PONY GRIFFIN HANDICAP.—(2 80 p.m.) Value 1500 and $100 to the Second Hone. A Handicap (or Pony Griffins entered for the First Griffin Raoe (No. 4) on the First Day. Winners excluded. Distance, Raoe Coarse. 2. THE STABLE STAKES.— (2.66 pm.)
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      THIRD DAY.
      687 8 Saturday, May 10, 1918. 1*7. THE STEWARDS' PLATE AND PURSE.— (2.80 p.m.) (6.40 p.m.) Value 1500 and 1500. Two Handicaps divided into two Stake* constituting two Races (or Pony Ex-Griffins that have ran at the meeting. All H ernes ontcred to be divided by the HaDdicappor into two
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    South Coast Gale.
    1095 8 EXTENSIVE DAMAGE AT SEASIDE RESORTS. How Worthing Pier Was Wrecked. The gale in England which was briefly recorded by Renter to have occurred on the night of March 22, expended most of its violence on the south and southeast coast, and reports came from nearly all the
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    HEALTH TALKS.
    567 8 TONICS THEIR UBE. ABUSE AND DAN6ER t'luli-r existing conditions, everyone in the trupi.s needs a tonic at some time. Most of the drugs used for this purpose arc, however, merely temporary stimulants which lose their effect soon after being stopped, or powerful poisons, like arsenic and strychnine, which
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      329 8 GASOLENE LIGHT AND CYCLE CO., 4 A 6 1, BEACH ROAD Mont to Raffle* Hotel Sole Agents for MITCHELL PAIGE AND Little Four Cars for S S, F.M.S. I MOTOR REPAIRERS. MOTOR CAR8 ON HIRE DAY AND NIGHT* Grease, Cylinder Oil and Motor Accessories of every description in stock. TiLiiHoxi
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      239 8 Yon know that Bovril poueues peculiar powers of building up the body. NEVER ACCEPT A CHEAP SUBSTITUTE BOVRIL It Has Cured Others It Will Cure You A. N. Kacsam, Mondoi, Wis., sajs: "I was unable to sleep or do my work properly, a bottle of Little's Oriental Wlm was given
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      380 8 The National Mutual Life Association OF AUSTRALASIA, LIMITED. E.tabllehed 1 869 The first Life Office in the worM to introduce the nonforfeiture principle to Policies A Mutual Offloe. Mo Bh«r«hold«r.. Low Premiums). Annual Inoomo 531 ,384,364. Fund* C 7.291 ,290 Claims paid £6,078,960. ALL profits are distributed amongst Policy holders.
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      586 4 STEAMER BAILIHBB. P. &O. BTEAM NAVI6ATIBN CB. FOR CHINA, JAPAN, PBNANG, CBYLON, AOBTRALJA, INDIA, ADBN, BGYPT, MIDITBRRANBAN POBTS, PLYMOUTH AND LONDON. Through Bills of Ladiag issued tor Obiaa Coast, Persiaa Gulf, OoaMaeatal and Americas Ports. Steamer* will leave Singapore oa or about;— MAIL LINBS 1918 Bememmri {for Umrvpt). Devanha May
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      676 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. N. Y. K. JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP CO,, LTD. EUROPEAN LINE. A Fortnightly servioe is maintained between Yokohama via ports to Marseilles, London and Antwerp, under mail contract with the Imperial Japanese Government. Tbe New Twin-screw Steamers maintaining this service have been specially designed ana constructed, and are fitted
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      725 4 STEAMER MILHIM. THE 31AM STEAM NAVIGATION CO.. LD. SINGAPORE-BANGKOK. For Pahang, Berserah, Tringganu, Bigot, Semerak, Baeho, Kelaataa, Takbai, Banariara, Telupia, Panarai, Patani, Singora. Laooa, Kohsamol, Bandoa, lAßgsnaa, Takn, Cburopoa, t*"*'*^ m< w»««gw^ Due Dspsrturs. REDANO April 26. a. a. PRACHATIPOK April 28 April SO. a-a. BORIBAT April SO WiU not
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      495 4 STEAMER SAILINM. HAMBURG AMERIKA LINE. HAMBURG. in ■■■RTMES. IHU Mtain. Combined a«rvloe The steamres of these Companies maintain a regular servioe between Hamburg Bremen Antwerp, and Rotterdam, aad the Straits. China and Japaa. Homewards, they are despatched tortnightly for Havre and Hamburg and onoe a month for Bremerhaven direst, oalling
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      567 4 BTEAHEB SAIUmt, N D. L. orddautsehor Lioyd, Broias IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL UNI The fast and well-known mail steamers othis Company sail fortnightly from Bremea Hamburg, via Rotterdam, Antwerp, South ampton, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples (oonaeet ing Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria, and v ot versa) Port Said, Sues, Aden, Colotaru Penang, Singapore, Hongkong,
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      1095 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. AUSTRIAN LLOYD UNDER MAIL *E^ WITH THE AUSTRIAN CONTRACT yjfai GOVERNMENT New Monthly Fast Line, Trieste-Shanghai Prom and to Trieste and Vonice, calling at Pert Said, Sac*, Adea, Colombo. Penang Singapore. Uinekong and Shanghai. (ILTWAHD. HOMEWARD. Dae to arrive on or abont Dae to sail on or abont
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      903 5 GRAND BOXING CONTEST. THEATRE ROYAL, North Bridge Road, THURSDAY, MAY 8. (Undefeated Champion of tbe Orient). VS. (Danish Middleweight Champion). IS ROUNDS FOR A PURSE. Preliminary bouts are being arranged tv two m men of the K.0.T.L.1. and local amateur?. Commencing at 9.30 p.m. r ADMISSION PRICES: King-side $1O I
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      510 5 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. AUCTION SALE Of VALLABLE TEAK HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, PLANTS, ETC., Tbe Property of S. Cockbum, Ecq at Craigilea," No. 865, Telok Blangah Road, Tram Terminus, Keppel Harbour (opposite ihi Po'ioe Station), On Saturday, Maty 3, at 2 3O p>.m. Upholstered rattan drawing room suito polished teak centre tables; lady's
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      40 6 THE SINGAPORE EXPRESS CO. General Motor Haulage Contractors, Will Start TRAN SPORT BUSINESS AT LOW RATES ON MAY I 1913. For particulars, apply to I THE GENERAL MANAGER, Te,e P hone no ,364 88, Bras Basah Road (RAFFLES HOTEL BUILDINGS).
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    SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
    281 7 To-DAT. Penan*; and Calcutta Dilwara 8 pm Batu Pahat Pontianak 8 pin Port Kwettcnhani and Tclok Anson Kiuta 3 pm Bengalis, Laboean Itlllk. Talld jciny Balei and Mcdan Mcrkus 8 pm Koomai, Bauiljtriiiassin. Stagcn, Balik Papan, Kamarinda, etc. de Haan 8 pm Bangkok Deli 8 pm Bangkok
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    Mail Steamer Movements.
    160 7 The M.*M. company's strainer Magellan left Colombo at 9 a.vi. on Thursday, April 24, ami may be expected to arrive here at about 6 p.m. on Monday, April 28. The M. M. company's steamer E. Simons will leave Saigon at 8 a.m. to morrow, and may be
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    The Forty Year Test.
    94 7 An article mast Lave exceptional merit to survive for a period of forty years. Chamberlain's Coagb lieiuedy was first offered to the public in 1878. From a small beginning it hM pirown in favor and popularity until it has attained a worlJ wide reputation. You will
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING.
    143 7 Latest Arrivals. Benaliler. Brit. str. 1958 tons, Capt Mason, April 24. From Kohsicliang. April 20. O.c. 1'. Simons Co. Left for Amsterdam, April 24. Dilwara. Brit. str. 8460 tons, Capt Kamage, April 23. From H'kong, April X8. G.c. and d.p. A. (iiltilliiiiAi Co. For Calcutta, April 25. lt.ls.
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    Vessels at Tanjong Pagar and Keppel Harbour.
    98 7 Wharves at which Vessels are Berthed To- Day; TANJONO PAGAR. East Whabf Basin Nam Yong, Natuna. W. Skc tion No. l...Lama, Krian. Shrers Wharf Nil. Main W. Skct. No. 2...Uuniphius, Portloc. 8...Apokla. 4...<iiacclins. 5 ..Paroo, Twickenham. 6. ..Min. Pataui. Nkw Dock 7. ..(Under
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    FINANCE AND COMMERCE.
    273 7 EXCHANOE Singapore, April 25, 1918. On London Bank 4 m/a 2,4,1 Demand 2/4,',. Private 6 m/s 2/4} 8 m/s 2/4J5 On Gikmvjy Bank d/d 238J Private 3 m/s 242 J On France Bank d/d ■> 294 Private 8 m/s 299 On India Bank T. T. 174} Private
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  • TO-DAY'S STOCKS AND SHARES.
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      MINING.
      153 7 10 10 Ampang B.SO 9.50 10 10 Belat Tin 8.60 8.80 10 10 Bruang 2.20 2.70 10 10 Kanaboi 2.10 2.25 10 10 Kampar par 10 10 Kiuta Association 13.(0 14.00 £1 £1 KintaTin 1.18.0 2.4.1 J £1 £1 Lahat Mines 1.3.0 1.5.8 10 10 Middleton 14.00 15.00 6/-
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      RUBBER.
      602 7 2/- 2/- Allagar 2/4 2/9 £1 £1 Anglo Java 7/- 7/9 2/- 2/- Anglo-Malay 12/8 18/1} 2/- 2/- Batang Malaka 2/5 2/10 £1 £1 Batu Tiga 8.12.6 4.0.0 £1 £1 Bukit Kajang 2.10.7} 2.15.0 £1 £1 Bukit Lintang 4.10.0 5.0.0 nom 2/- 2/- Bukit Mertajam 2/3} 2/9 £1 £1
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      GENERAL.
      101 7 100 100 R. Hargr- ivm mnn "*UML 100 lor TH.H.T .rcf. l]o!oo 118 00 I l£ J2 f'poreC. storage 23.00 MXtO 60 60 Spore Dispensary 70.00 HO4M 10 10 Straits Ice Co. 22.00 344)0 100 100 Straite S. Ship 280.0 C ***** *1 £1 ShelJ Transport 6.15.7 J Tilt
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      DEBENTURES.
      40 7 Bayers Sellers Jnited Engineers 6% 11,234,500 par Singapore Electric Tramways 5% £850,000 .'pore Municipal 6% »1,878,000 nom. Boyen tioiltm Spore Municipal V% of 1907 1.1,800,000 7% Spore Municipal -1J of 1909 1,000,000 10% pa Spore Municipal 4% «602,900 ym
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      393 7 AUCTION SALES. Powell and Co. April 26. At saleroom, Gramophones an d Records, etc., at 11. April 26.— At Paulaborg 10, Gilstead Road, Furniture, etc., at 2.30. April 26.— At "Utrecht" 11, Lloyd Road, Furniture, etc., at 2. April 2H.— At The Public Works Dept. Stores, Kandang Kerbau, Bukit Timah
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      422 7 BY APPOINTMENT |gjjH|j& TO H.M. THE KINO. Contractors to THE BRITISH ADMIRALTY, THE WAR OFFICE. THE INDIA OFFICE. MILKMAID MILK LARGEST SALE IN THE WORLD. THE FACT THAT MILKMAID MILK HAS BEEN CHOSEN FOR USB IN THE GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS IN THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS and FEDERATED MALAY STATES PROVES THAT MILKMAID
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      65 7 HARIMA HALL CINEMATOGRAW^ NORTH BRIDOE ROAD. To-nltfht To-nijiht PIRATE GOLD B.ograph. (Most thrilling and daring story of Pi-acy). THE BITS OF A SNAKE Biograpb. Jorramingly Fanny Comedy). WH -T IS THE USE OF REPINING P Biograph. (Hilarious Comedy). GAUMONT GRAPHIC NO. 13. (The Latest Edition;. AND ALSO "THE MASSACRE' (Most
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
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      159 7 DAILY TIME TABLE. FIXTURES. Friday, April 25. Hij,'li Water, 0.15 a.m., 1.42 p.m. V I). Ij. outward mail due. ChanKkatSinlaii" K. E.mt<<.,Evatt's, noon. Municipal OmHMImh^ IJi Impromptu dance, Tanglin Club, 9 p.m. Saturday, April 26. Hii<h Water, 0.51 a.m., 2.34 p.m. Hici entries close, noon. S. It. E. Shoot, 2.30
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    BIRTHS.
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    DEATH.
    30 8 Wilmot On April 21, at Moulmein Road, Singapore, Selveyn Gordon Wilmot, youngest son of the late E. P. Wilmot of Ceylon, in his 23rd years. Ceylon papers please copy.
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    The Straits Times. FRIDAY, APRIL 25. BUSINESS MEN'S FORECAST.
    1099 8 The Straits Times. FRIDAY, APRIL 25. BUSINESS MEN'S FORECAST. Mr. Lloyd George leaves the finances of Britain to take care of themselves for another year. He does not take off taxes nor put them on, but is content to borrow a trifle from balances in order to square his accounts.
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    21 8 A Chinaman has been arrested in Batavia, with 18 forged British Indian banknotes and material for their manufacture in his possession.
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    16 8 Messrs. Ismail and Ralieem, of Singapore, have opened a biauch in Penang at 11 Farqubar Street.
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    33 8 Messrs. Guthrie and Co. have received cable advice from the secretary of the Bukit Kajang Rubber Estates, Ltd., that an interim dividend of 10 per cent, has been declared, payable on May 2.
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    34 8 The directors of Java Consolidated Rubber and Coffee Estates, Ltd., have decided to recommend at the forthcoming annual meeting, the payment of a dividend of 15 per cent., or Tls. 1 15 per share.
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    31 8 The annual general meeting of the Changkat Serdang Estates, Ltd., was held at Commercial Union Buildings at noon today. A full report of the proceedings will appear in our issue to-morrow.
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    35 8 A telegram from the Hague dated 10th instant to Java papers states that the Medan Tobacco Company declares a dividend of 15 per cent, and the Senembah Tobacco Company a dividend of 90 per cent.
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    34 8 In consequence of requests from visitors iv the F.M.S. it has been decided to postpone the boxing match between Cbri«tie and Waldemar till Thursday, May 8. Booking is open at the Robinson Piano Company.
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    39 8 At the annual meeting of the Seremban Rubber Estate Co., Ltd., to be held on May 1, the directors will recommend a final dividend of 10 per cent., depreciation jgI.OOO, carry to reserve £4,000, cany forwarl 4MH 2s. 6d.
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    39 8 The publication of the report of the Green Island Cement Co., Ltd., Hongkong, confirms the rumour that no dividend is to be paid, though the net profit, including the sum brought forward from the previous year, amounts to 9123,064.
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    42 8 We hear that Mr. W. P. Millar, for many years with Messrs. Boustead and Co., Singapore, has severed his connection with that firm and will proceed to Kuala Lumpur, where be will open up a branch for Messrs. Curry, Forwerg and Co.
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    41 8 Two more midwives (just qualified at tho Nethersole Hospital, Hongkong), the Misbcs Fung Pui Iliuy and Yeong I'oli Chan, have arrived in the F M.S. They intend to practice at Ipoh to see what they can do towards reducing infantile mortality.
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    43 8 The monthly meeting of the Ministering Children's League will be held at the Young Men's Christian Association on Tuesday next, at 4.30 p.m. There will be a stall for the disposal of things left over from the recent sain of Ministering Children's work.
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    43 8 A re survey of Hongkong harbour by the naval authorities is now taking place, and two steam pinnaces have been busily engaged in taking soundings daily. The Admiralty will issue a fresh chart embracing the whole harbour on the completion of the soundings.
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    40 8 Sir West Ridgeway and General Sir Alfred Turner, directors of the British North Borneo Company, had an interview with President Yuan Sbihkai at Peking on April 11. They are fostering a scheme to bring Chineso families into British North Borneo.
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    62 8 A European boy who approached too near to one of thf cages in Hamilton's Circus at Sourabaya was clawed in the face by a tiger. At first it was thought that he was badly injured as his face was covered with blood but when the biood was washed off and
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    63 8 In the treasury of the Manchu Palace at Fengtien, says the Peking Daily News, there was a string of pearls, containing 108 pieces, but the keeper some time ago substituted for it a false one. The string of pearls i* said to have been sold to a foreign merchant for
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    79 8 The exhibition tennis match to be played on the SC.C. ground on the day when the pri/rs will be distributed, early next week, will be Army v. Civilians. Major Pinches and Capt. Day will represent the Army, and the Civilians' pair will be L. E. Gaunt and C. V. Miles.
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    76 8 The Solan* Nuking Association's annual report says that the total number of cases attended up to the end of December was 25 and the number of days of employment 812, giving an average of 12 j days to each case. By the favour of the Government the nurses have been
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    84 8 The annual general meeting of the Singapore Protestant Benefit Society will be held at the Chinese Christian Association Hall, Prinsep Street, at 8.80 p.m. on Wodnesday next, the business being to elect new officer*, to pass the secretary's report and balance sheet for the year ending December U, to amend
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    118 8 Penang's first piece of motor-fire apparatus (a motor Fire King steam liie engine) was obtained in 1906, and was supplemented about two yean ago by a petrol-driven turbine motor pump. A third machine has been ordered, the type selected being the well known Merry weather Hatfield petrol motor pump, as
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
    19 8 Captain Anderson, A.S.P., goes to Kelantnn tomorrow to take up tho duties of Chief Police OUicer.
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    24 8 The marriage of Mr. C. Prnss, of Messrs. Robert Lcnz and Company. Bangkok, will take place about the beginning of next month at Singapore.
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    35 8 11. H. the Rajah of Sarawak and his suite arrived today by tho German mail stoamer Prince Ludwig, from homo. Thoy will proceed to Sarawak in the yacht Zahora which has just arrrived from Kuching.
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    37 8 The marriage arranged between Mr. I). E. Reid, of H. B. M. Legation, Bangkok, and Miss Nan Spalding, eldest daughter of Mr. A. Spalding, of Middle Lane, Hornsoy, London, will take place at Singapore on May 28.
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    41 8 The following Admiralty announcement appears in the London Gazette: Gunner Charles Davidge has been promoted to the rank of Chief Gunner in His Majesty's Fleet, specially for service during tho operations in China (1900). Dated February f>, 191:1. A long-delayed promotion.
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    51 8 Two well-known residents of Hongkong, Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Bain, have left the Colony for home. They have resided there upwards of thirty years. Mr. Bain bad been for a very long period chief engineer at the China Sugar Refinery. Before leaving they received several parting gifts from their numerous
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    77 8 The Straits friends of Mr. 11. D. C. Jones, one of the London managers of tho Hongkong and Shanghai Dank, will be pleasod to know that ho has been able to return to bis duties in the London office. Mr. Jones was seriously ill with typhoid fever at Biarritz, following
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    Martyrs to a Noble Cause.
    130 8 Premier Yamamoto, on April 2, gave a dinner to the Government delegates in the last session of the Japanese Diet. Before dinner commenced, formal addresses were exchanged between the Premier and Mr. Hirai, vice Director-General of the Railway Board. Later the Premier made the remarkable
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    Chinese Craze in London.
    148 8 Society is just now going mad for everything Chinese, says the London correspondent of the Sheffield Telegraph. Ladies who live in the West End will hear of nothing for a new wallpaper but one with a Chineso design, but our old friend the willow pattern seems
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    Singapore Express Company.
    185 8 Owning a collection of up-to-date steam vans and motor lorries, capable of carrying over 50 tons of merchandise each trip, the Singapore Express Company have started a geneial motor haulago and transput business with omo s at ss Bras Hasah Koad and gar ages in lijach Road.
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    New N.Y.K. Liners
    223 8 The N.Y.K. liner Katori Maru, the largest steamer to be built for the company's service was launched from the yards of the MiUu Bishi Dockyard on March 80. ilrr dimensions are Length, 190 feet breadth, 61 feet j depth, 86} feet; draft (maximum), 24ft. Ilia. gross tonnage,
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      225 8 HAVE YOU TRIED Sweet Chesnut Sliced Plug? SOLD EVERYWHERE. JOHN LITTLE CO. Advance J*£t:>z Display New Race <S£ys JUST UNPACKED jT Jb THE MOST EXCLUSIVE FRENCH HOUSES. SUPPLIES FOR Estates, Mines, Etc, ANT EXTERMINATORS. (The Universal) For fumigating with Universal Patent Powder. ARSENITE OF SODA. (For killing weeds). BOILERS. (Spencer
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      188 8 TWO NOTEWORTY FILMS containing much that will please our THE LUST FOR GOLD An excellent Russian Drama full of thrilling incidents, and The Boy and the Burglars a very taking picture in which that remarkably clever child actor "Bobby" recently engaged by Messrs. Pathe Freres on a salary of £4,000
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    THE TURKISH WAR.
    504 9 GRAVE DANGERS AFTER FALL OF SCUTARI. Austria Threatening Independent Action. RaOTIK's TaLIOEAM. London, April 24. Mr. Asquith, speaking at a banquet of the Foreign Press Association in London, paid a tribute to the results of the European concert. 1 >espite difficulties, such as the fall of Scutari,
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    GERMAN MESSAGES.
    108 9 Dbb Ostasiatischb Lloyd Telboram. Berlin, April 24. Today tho ambassadors* conference at London has endorsed in unaltered form the attitude of the Powers towards the Scutari question. The Austrian press is demanding indepon dent action at Scutari, if the Powers do not mreoed. The French press pleads for
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    BELGIAN STRIKERS.
    26 9 Keutkr's Tklei.ha*. London. April 24. Tin I'.clgian socialist congress has voted a Uuec-fourths majority in favour of imresumption of <\ork. and aheady ive begun.
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    GREAT MINE DISASTER.
    46 9 Terrible Loss of Life in America Renter's Teleoram London, April '24. A Pittsburg message says there has been an explosion in a mine at Fineleyville, Pennsylvania. Seventy bodies have been recovered and it is feared that 120, two-thirds of whom are foreigners, perished.
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    THE IMPERATOR.
    37 9 Per Ostasiatischs Lloyd Tblboram. Berlin, April 23. The Crown Prince is taking the Kaiser's place during the trial trip of the Imperator, as In- Majesty must be at Wiesbaden on May 3. m^^ mmmmm^^ mm
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    AVIATION.
    29 9 DBR OSTASIATISCHI LLOYD TrLEORAM. Berlin, April 24. At Johannesthal, Princess Sebakowskvy, while Hying, fell and was slightly injured. A passenger named Abromowitsch, who accompanied her, was severely injured.
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    LONDON RUBBER MARKET.
    35 9 The East Asiatic Company's Dail) Report. Tho market ia London yesterday was easier. The closing prices were Hard Fine Para Spot 8/5$ Forward 8/5J First latex crepe, delivery next three months 8/3}
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    PILL-VENDORS PETITION THE GOVERNOR.
    45 9 (From oir own Correspondent). Penang, April 24. Seventeen Chinese chemists have been charged with selling cough pills containing opium. The magistrate adjourned the case till May 8, to await tbe result of a petition which has been sent to tbe Governor.
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    CHENDERIANG VALLEY TIN.
    32 9 (FkOM Odb Own Correspondent.) Penang, April 24. The Chcnderiang Valley Tin Dredging Co., Ltd., has been successfully floated and the directors have gone to allotment. The list was over-subscribed.
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    LONDON RUBBER SPECIALS.
    44 9 (Fhom Our Own Correspondent.) London, April 24. Additional final dividends are declared as folio ws Seremban 10 per cent. Krabang 5, Sapumalkande 10, Sunnygawa 40, Blackwater 35. An active bear campaign is in progress in rubbers, chiefly in Linggis and Malaccas.
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    Bank Clerk Prosecuted.
    224 9 A preliminary enquiry was opened yesterday in the third police court into the charges of attempted fraud and cheating which have been brought by the Chartered Bank against one of their clerks, Leong Shin Phing, >f 141, Syed Alwee Road. Mr. 1 M. Klliot appeared for the
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    Penang Rubber Auction.
    206 9 At the Penang rubber auction rooms on Wednesday 10,696 lbs. of rubber were sold at the following prices Concerning tbe abolition of the import duty in Japan on rice from Korea, it is expected that tin- duty will be abolished on June 30 of this year, as
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    China's Day of Prayer.
    364 9 SERVICE IN ST. ANDREW'S CATHEDRAL. Singapore to Participate. In our telegrams recently received, readers will have noticed references to the day of prayer which has been arranged at tbe request of the Government of China and in which the Christian denominations in Europe and America will
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    THE SHARE MARKET.
    256 9 Messrs. Fraser and Co.'s Weekly Circular. Messrs. Fraser and Co.'s share circular dated the 23rd inst., says The small business done in all sections during the past week calls for little comment, and although there was a blight reaction in the price of rubber the sterling shares
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    RECENT BOYCOTT IN MANILA.
    339 9 Trial of President of Tbe Boycott Society. Tlic trial is proceeding in Manila before Judge Hurd of Ty Pai Ty, president of tbe Kio Koc Sia, a society organised among tbe Chinese of tbe city to promote a boycott of Japanese merchandise. Tbe following extracts from
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    Malayan Progress.
    627 9 BENEFITS CONFERRED BY GOOD GOVERNMENT. Affairs In Tbe New States. The Anglo- Siamese Treaty of 1909 brought under the suzerainty of Great Britain four small States, Kelantan, Trengganu, Kedah, and Perlis, in the north of the Malay Peninsula, which had previously been administered under the advice of British
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    NEWLY-FOUND TRIBE.
    216 9 John Haviland And His 72 In Family. John Haviland, a septuagenarian mountaineer, has arrived at Huntington, West Virginia, in search of employ ment. Incidentally, Haviland brought with him from bis mountain home a small army of 15 children and 20 grandchildren, for whom he casually mentioned that he
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    The "Suffocating Revolver."
    176 9 The suffocating revolver was used by the Paris police on March 28 for the first time, and its effectiveness was amply demonstrated. The weapon was invented as a sequel to the motor bandit sieges, when it was realised that there was need for some method of overcoming
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    BURMA-CHINA RAILWAY.
    339 9 Rangoon Merchants Support the Scheme. The question of a railway from Burma to China, which has been raised once more by tbo Liverpool and Manchester Chambers of Commerop, who are preparing to take the •natter up with the Secretary of State, came before the Burma Chamber of Commerce
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    IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONGO
    711 9 Reform Association on The Great Changes. The Congo Keform Association, in a memorandum of about fifty foolscap pages to Sir Edward Orey in the recently-published White book on "The Affairs of the Congo," gives full and glad recognition to the fact that the contents of the
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    AMERICA'S POLICY
    131 9 DISARMAMENT PROPOSED BY MR. BRYAN. Some Friction With Germany. Rkctkh's Telegram. London, April 24. Reuter wires from Washington that Mr. Bryan has submitted to the Senate's foreign relations committee a plan of a worldwide peace movement. Mr. Bryan entertained Mr. Bryce at a farewell dinner at which no
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    Christians and Chinese.
    99 9 SYMPATHETIC MESSAGES FROM BRITAIN. Distinguished Convert Baptised. RaoTH's Tblboram. London, April 24. The Archbishop of Canterbury has issued a special litany for April 27, and tho Archbishop of York has invited all his diocese to participate in the Chinese prayer. Mr. Brain well Booth telegraphed to Yuan
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    Imperial Wireless.
    94 9 STATEMENT BY POSTMASTER GENERAL The Purchase of Station Sites. Rbctbr's Tblboram. London, April 24. In the House of Commons, Mr. Samuel made the annual post office statement. He regretted delays with the Imperial chain of wireless, but expected the report of tho expert committee soon. He annouueed that
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    CANADIAN CLOSURE.
    30 9 Reuteii's Tklemkam. London, April 24. Reuter wires from Ottawa that the Commons have adopted Mr. Bordon's closure resolution by 108 to 73. It was a straight party vote.
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    CONVALESCENT.
    44 9 Rbutbr's Tblboram. London, April 24. The Pope is now able to leave his bed, and sit up for several hours daily. The Duchess of Connaugbt had a comfortable day and was better in the evening. Later. The Duchess of Connaught's condition is satisfactory.
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    REICHSTAG INQUIRY.
    90 9 KiaTlli's T.LBURAM. London, April 24. Despite ministerial opposition upon constitutional grounds tbe Reichstag has adopted the budget committee's resolution with reference to inquiry into military snpply scandals, the Conservatives only voting against. Dn Ostasiatiscu Lloyd Tblbobah. Berlin, April 24. At the Reichstag's suggestion, the Government has agreed to
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    National Defence.
    1241 10 THE QUESTION OF COMPULSORY SERVICE. Defence .of the Territorials. Viscount Haldano, the Lord Chancellor, on March 27, attended the annual concert and prize distribution of the 25th (County of London) Cyclist Battalion, the London Regiment, hold in the Caxton Hall. The chair was occupied by Lieutenant Colonel Gilbertson
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      246 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—In tbe bustle of modern life, our duty towards our brethren is being overlooked, if not forgotten. The Press, tho champion of toe defenceless, is busy with Dreadnoughts, dirigible airships, et hoc genus omne. A friend of mine who
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    BRITISH NEW GUINEA.
    352 10 Boundless Possibilities of a Rich Country. British New Guinea is a land concerning which most of us are glad to have our knowledge supplemented, and a book on the subject by the Lieutenant-Governor, Mr. J. H. P. Murray, covers ground that has been traversed by comparatively few
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    German Beer Law.
    256 10 Germany is greatly excited by tbe new beer law, says a Munich despatch. By this regulation it is directed that every beer glass in a public restaurant shall be officially marked with the correct measure of tbe contents at a point between two and four centimetres from
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    54 10 A play, Adenan Karma, or the Regent's Daughter, was forbidden to be staged in Batavia owing to its anti-Dutch Character. It is possible, however, says the Java Bode, tbat it might be allowed with modification. The authorities thought it advisable to proscribe the play owing to the general unrest amongst
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    43 10 We are a«ked to remind owners who intend to enter horses for the forthcoming race meeting that the entries close at noon tomorrow. We are also asked to say tbat no tickets of admission for ladies will be issued after Saturday, May 3.
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    ATTICS OF PARLIAMENT.
    1358 10 A Walk Through The Roof of St. Stephen's. I have just had a carious experience, writes a correspondent of The Daily Telegraph. I was invited to take a walk over the upper part of the Houses of Parliament, and, having been through once, I must confess that
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    TELEPHONE NERVES.
    572 10 The Effect of Noisy Bells on Tbe Public. Telephone operators have won for themselves such general condemnation from the business public that it is quite exceptional to read anything written in sympathy with them. Among tbe volume of correspondence that has reached Tho Standard there is always a
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    Naga Trophies.
    208 10 Several interesting though rather gruesome trophies of the Naua expedition have been brought down to Calcutta by Major Wilson, who was in command of the expedition. The one that will excite most curiosity until its story is told is a skull basket which until it was captured, was
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    The Egg Cure.
    211 10 The injunction in medieval times that after a period of partial abstention from food daring tbe Lenten season the egg should form a prominent article of diet on Easter Day proves to be a peculiarly sensible one in the light of modern knowledge in regard to its
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    Mr. Forbes-Robertson.
    1376 10 COMPLIMENTARY DINNER BY 0. P CLUB. Autobiography and Anecdote. One of the most representative gatherings of members of the theatrical profession that has been seen in London for some time assembled, on March 16, at the Hotel Cecil, on the occasion of the dinner given by the O.
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    CHINESE EMBROIDERY.
    451 10 Art Textiles Replaced By Modern Vulgarities. At a recent meeting of the Royal Asiatic Society at Shanghai, Dr. Stanley lectured on Chinese Embroidery of which he said the colour was its chief charm. He went on to say: In actual manipulation of stitchery they have the facility of
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    An Old Soldier's Pathetic End.
    265 10 A sad story was disclosed at an inquiry held at Melbourne touching the death of a man between 50 and 53 years of age whose name was supposed to be F. W. Jackson. The deceased was apparently a retired soldier. Eric Ridgeway, a carpenter, said
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    76 10 A coolie of the Deli Railway at Bclawan, who was carrying rubbi-h to a dumping ground which had to be reached by fonliDg a stream, was seized by a crocodile on the Hth inst. Thu man shouted for help and several persons rushed to his assistance and succeeded after a
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    Arctic Expedition.
    645 11 MR. J. MURRAY APPOINTED AS BIOLOGIST. An Appreciation of Stefansson. Mr. Villjjalnir Stefansson, leader of the Canadian Arctic expedition, on March 25, selected Mr. James Murray, of Glasgow, to join the staff as oceanographer. Mr. Murray was biologist on Sir Krnest Shack leton's Antarlic expedition, and in selecting
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    £800,000 Supension Bridge.
    201 11 New Jersey is contemplating the construction of the greatest suspension bridge in the world. It will connect New Jersey and New York, and will cost 14,000,000 (£800,000). It will be S,:t3o feet long, HI feet above the Itivcr Hudson, -'"I feet wide, and the steel towers from
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    77 11 At Seniarang, on the 9th inst., at about 7 a.m., there appeared the unusual sight of two mock suns on each side of the real sun, at the same height above the horizon. These mirages were also surmounted by small portions of a rainbow. This phenomenon, which is not bo
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    STOCKS AND SHARES.
    735 11 Prices Quoted in the Market This Morning. Singapore, April 26, 1918. Messrs. Lyall and Kvatt, Exchange and Share Brokers, issue the following list of quotations this morning Noh. Valci. Botiks. Sililll. 2/- AlUgar 2/0 8/4 1 Anglo-Java 7/- 7/9 1 An^o-Johore 7/8 8/9 2/- Anglo-Malay 12/8 18/-
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    Late Lady Nevill.
    1762 12 ANECDOTES OF LADY WHO LIVED IN FIVE REIGNS. Reminiscences of Disraeli and Gladstone. In the death of Lady Dorothy Nevill, which took place at her London residence, Charles Street, Berkeley Square, from the effects of bronchitis following a cold, there has passed away one of the most
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    A YARD NOT A YARD.
    318 12 The Royal Mint Copy of Standard Short. Twenty-three millionths of au inch short! This is tbe serious indictment made against the veracity of the Koyal Mint's copy of the Standard Yard. Such a statement is not exactly made in any haphazard way. It is, in
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    116 12 Sir Frederick Carrington is said to have possessed the finest moustache in the British army. It was not so long, however, as that worn by Victor Emmanuel 11., whom the Duchess of Sutherland described as "the only Knight of the Garter I have ever seen who looked as if he
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    HANDWRITING DOOMED.
    632 12 Good Penmanship Becoming A Lost Art. The rapid deterioration and disappearance of handwriting in modern business offices is testified to by London business men. The penmanship of the applicants who have answered oar advertisement for clerks is so very poor, said the manager of a prominent tirm that
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    ECUADOR'S FOREIGN TRADE.
    391 12 Belated Report Shows Decreased Imports The last official statistics published in connection with the foreign trade of Ecuador belong to the year 1910. Although the business done is not fresh, the figures presumably are so. They show that in the year named the importations valued 16,476,603 sucres,
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    Passengers Overseas.
    984 12 FORTHCOMING ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES. Latest Lists. The following passenger bookings to the Straits are taken from the London and China Express. It should be understood that, in gome instances, bookings may be provisional and that intending passengers may alter their arrangements, subsequent to the issuance of this list
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    77 12 It is now definitely understood that the recommendations of the Nicholson Commission on tbe Indian army are confined to a reduction in the number of non-combatants and that no decrease is proposed in the strength of either tbe British or Indian effectives. Important economies are proposed in other directions. It
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    930 15 NOTES AND COMMENTS ON CURRENT TOPICS. By Motor-Car to Abyssinia. In "To Menelek in a Motorcar," ono finds a story of the romance and the thrills of trade. Six years ago it occurred to Mr. Bede Bcntley, who had spent many years in Africa, that the Emperor
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    106 15 A demand has arisen for the abolition of the hyphen. Same one has been figuring out how much effort is expended daily in writing, or typing hyphens, and in setting them up in type or on linotype machines, and he has reached the conclusion that the aggregate
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