The Straits Times, 15 February 1911

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    13 1 The Straits Times NO. 23.490 SINGAPORE. WEDNESDAY* FEBRUARY 15. 1911. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      255 1 WATSON'S No. 1O Whisky THE BEST. KATZ BROS., LTDPOPULAR FOOTBALL SOOTS. J^W* t~ JLE-A.G U E '-y m*• Sim «AM '^nk In€ DOOI c^> ti!\.'. 0C950n 7 in vf^ iO*: »w* *l Npw PRICE: $7.50 PER PAIR. ANY SIZE, 6TO 11. HOWARTH ERSKINE, LTD. Wooden Structures Condemned ■a O BSTATF.S
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      228 1 MEN'S PYJAMA SUITS Ready to Wear. t^^H^^fek Special attention is given in the selection of Materials, that Wk only non-irritant and reliable makes are stocked. We always have a Large Assortment of Patterns to Choose from. M WE MENTION S QUALITIES SUITABLE FOR A LL-THE. YEAR-ROUND WEAR. I Qual. B
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      3 1 DRINK Martell's Brandy.
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    The Municipal Enquiry.
    989 2 COMMENT ON THE SINGAPORE COMMISSION. The Representative System. The Colonial Office Journal offeni some comment on the rocent Municipal Enquiry in Singapore and says the report of the Commission has. naturally enough, made a deep impression in the Colony, and lias a considerable interest for other places.
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      87 2 i 'VANA' i TONIC WINE fr CSS o One or two doses daily, o strengthen body, brain and o U nerves, and counteract the *7 o *vA fatigue and depression o s>i produced by extreme heat. hr istok <=» Fortifies against Malaria 0J all Chemists See you get 'VANA' Burroughs
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      58 2 ABSOLUTELY SAFE. When you have a cold get a bottle of Chamberlain's CoUf>h Remedy. It will Boon fix you up all right and will ward off any tendency toward pneumonia. This remedy contains no opium or other narcotic and may be given as confidently to a baby as to an
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      577 2 BABY'S FACE LIKE PIECE p| BEEF Smothered with Bad Pimples. Awful to Look At. Scratched and Cried Terribly. Feared He Would Always be Disfigured. Cuticura Remedies Quite Cured Him. "Mr baby boy, twelre moaths a|o. bad a Ivfa pimple come on his forehead. It bunt fand spread all OT«r his
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      197 2 "Montserrat" LIME JUICIL is derived from fresh lime fruit cultivated in I the West Indian ItUnd o( Montserrat. I It is an ideal Summer Beverage. Wfiftfew>^_ SUPPLIED IN TWO FORMS- /^~>*« I ffvRNOEW 9 Uaswttt— «J. <>„ PUin Lime Juice. Msswl I kJ/yTCJrjp Swectcaed, i>., Lima Juice Cordial tf^B^sftttz\l DIAMOND
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    Submarine Disaster.
    1180 3 SMART RESCUE OF IMPRISONED GERMAN CREW. Officers' Fight for Life Once again the most modern and terrible invention uf naval warfare, the submarine. has been responsible (or the loss of gallant lives. This time it is the (termini navy which lias suffered disaster. While i-.my-ing out manoeuvres outside
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      266 3 no* placed imiJe eartnnt with r "«BBBT^^ llbolilraof Kllimao'i mmtimM WfjfjM- i^B it to be in demand tor First jg [Jin A Ailment* mar m may mklanccs be relieved or eared by following the iaatruetions >«w (illiMtra .J) (ivem in the 1 m'^l^u^^ 1 ROYAL for ANIMALS rf BiTIMAN-'s^SS UNIVERSAL
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      12 3 Woods Grest Peppermint Cure for all internal complaints. Dysentery, Coughs. Colds, etc.
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      534 3 Lemco is a go<l&end in out-of-the-I wa y corner* of the earth. In WH I cooking, Lemco makes the plainest I fare palatable ami nourishing in sickness, Lemco provides V^H strengthening e.\«ly-di(;ested food *^A of utmßst value. Lemco is highly *^K coocentrated pure fresb beef. •A No piMervmtiTes, ret, wbtit
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      504 3 iesTlm lll— l^^^P^S MILK Those who use NKSTLF^'S FOOD for Infants and Convalescents plac« their trust in a standard article favorably regarded by the Medical Profession for upwards of SA years. Being partly composed of milk, the addition of water only is required to prepare the Food for immediate use.
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      588 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. p. o. BTEAM NAVIGATION CB. FOR CHINA, JAPAN, PENANG, CEYLON, AUSTRALIA, INDIA, ADEN, EGYPT. MEDITERRANEAN PORTS, PLYMOUTH AND LONDON. Through Bills of Lading issued for China Coast, Persian Gulf, Continental, and American Parts. Steamer* will leave Singapore on or about MAIL LINES Outward (for China.) 1911 Assaye Apl
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      526 4 BTEAHER SAILINGS. N. Y. K. JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP ISO., LTD. EUROPEAN LINE A Fortnightly service is maintained bo tween Yokohama via ports to Marseilles, London aad Antwerp, under mail contract with tbe Imperial Japanese Government The New Twia-serew Steamers maintaining thm servioe have been specially designed and oonstracftad, aad are
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      638 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP CO. U 8. MAIL LINE. The great steamship line between CHINA, JAPAN and BUROPE, via Honolulu and San Franoiaoo, operating the new 18,000 too*, twin-screw steamers KOREA and SIBERIA, together with tbe well known steamers CHINA. ASIA, MONGOLIA MANCHURIA AND PERSIA. CHOICE OFSEVEN FIRST CLASS
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      277 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. Canadian Pacific Railway Co.'s Royal Mail Steamship Line. THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TO BUROPB Via China, Japan, Canada and thi United Statbs. Route from Hongkong, via Shanghai, Nagasaki (Inland Sea of Japan), Kobe, Yokohama, Victoria and Vancouver. R.M.S. Empress of India"] Twin screw aM.S.-Bmprea.ofJa-a." R.M.S. Empress of China" gpfl.
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      581 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. HAMBURG AMERIKA LINE. HAMBURG. AND DEUTSCHE FAHRTB DAMPFSCHIFF GEB. 'HANBA BREMEN. Combined Service. The steamers of these Companies maintain a regular service between Hamburg, Bremen, Antwerp, and Rotterdam, and the Straits, China and Japan. Homewards, they are despatched fortnightly for Havre and Hamburg and ooos a month for
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      667 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. N. D. L. Norddeut scher Lloyd, Bremen. IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE. The fast aad well-known mail steamers of this Company sail fortnightly from Bremen, Hamburg, via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southampton, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples (connecting Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria, and vioe versa) Port Said, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penang>, Hiugapore, Hongkong, Shanghai,
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      602 5 STEAMER oAIUKGE. INDOCHINA STEAM NAY. CO.. LTD. Tbe steamers of this Company maintains a regular direct sen-ice between Calcutta, Straits, Hongkong. Shanghai and Japan, taking cargo, on through Bills nf Lading for Canton, Swatow, Amoy, Chefoo, Tientsin, Newchwsng, YaogUze Ports. Formosa, the Philippines, etc etc. St«amorß Tons Commander Krwisn 4
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      606 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. BURNS PHILP LINE. SINGAPORE TO JAVA PORTS. PORT DARWIN, THURSDAY ISLAND, BRISBANE and SYDNEY via TORREB STRAITS. Also taking passengers and cargo with transhipment for other VICTORIAN, SOnTH AUSTRALIAN and NORTH QUFENBLAND PORTB, BRITISH NEW GUINEA NEW BRITAIN, TASMANIANand NEW ZEALAND PORTd. Smooth Pi»B.s. Superb Soenery. A regular
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      545 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. SE ANG LINE OF STEAMERS. b.s. "Glenogle" 8,760 Tons. •.f. Seangßee" 6,799 Tons. "Seang Choon" (,775 Tons. FOR PENAN6 AND RANGOON 88. GLENOGLE, doe February 20. These steamers have exoellent accommodation tor passengers, and carry qualified snrgeoDß. They nave Bleotrio Ligbta throughout. For freight or passage, apply to
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      654 5 NOTICES. GLENEALY PLANTATIONS. LTD. NOTICE OF CLOSING OF TRANSFt R BOOKS. Notion is hereby given that the Transfer Books of this Company will be closed from the 16th to the 17th February (both daya inclusive) for the preparation Dividend Warrants. By Order of the Board, DERRICK k CO., Secretaries. 8-2
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      600 5 NOTICES. RUBBER EXCHANGE BUILDINGS The public Saleroom may now be engaged. Auction Sales may be conducted by any person lioensed to conduct such sale* in Singapore. Motor Can received for Oarage or lor inspection. Oodown accommodation for bulky goods. For terms, apply to S. TOMLINSON, Manager. Ml 289 RUBBER EXCHANGE
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      750 5 NOTICES. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Tenders will be received at the Colonial Secretary's Offioe, np to noon of the 28th February, 1911, for the following works 1. Erection of Quarters for tbe Assistant Surgeon at tbe Tan Took Seng Hospital. 2. Erection of Quarters for the Dressers at the Tan Tock Seng
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      816 6 SINGAPORE GOVERNMENT RAILWAY. FROM FEBRUARY 1. 1911. AND UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. TRAIN SERVICE FOR WEEK DAYS ONLY. UP TRAINS. *****6788 10 Pasnir Panjang 7 W 4 40 Borneo Wharf 745 008 448 Peoples Park 764 812 467 Tank Road 807 647 747 767 0 16 060 12 16 240 600
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      381 6 THE Empire KUALA THnt^i LUMPUR. c/ 11/ DCI F.M.B. A New Fir»t-ola— Hot«l. Fitted with Electrio Light and Fans. Five minutes from Railway Station. Overlooking the Padang. Single and Double Bedrooms, with Private Bathrooms attached. Cuisine under European Supervision. Cold Storage Supplies weekly from Singapore Hotel Porter meets all Mail
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      433 6 BOARO AND LODGING. BOARD AKO RESIDENCE. Board and apartments for single gentlemen at 11, Dhoby Ohaut. Terms Moderate 21M BOARO AND REBIDENCE. Splendid single and double rooms with verandahs, baths and showers attached, dose to town. Every Comfort Tennis Court. Terms moderate, Apply Killiney House, 7, St. Thomas' Walk. 22
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      229 6 ASAHI /hi nrro H DILJLrfv I I Best mmd ii^ c*eape*#'^l Wholesale only from If »SO* 1 1 1 THE Ml mm BREWERY CONTRACTS SECURED For the supply of SLEDGE BRAND MILK TO ALL THE Government Medical Institutions IN THE Federated Malay States. SOLE IMPORTERS: J. Travers and Sons, Limited.
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    DAILY TIME TABLE.
    168 7 FIXTURES. Wednesday, February 15. High Water, 08 a.m., 11.81 a.m. Annual m'tiog, Presbyterian Church, 8.45, Malaysia Conference. Thursday, February 16. High Water, 0.81 a.m.. 0.12 p.m. B. I. homeward mail closes, 8. Y. M. C. A. opening ceremony, 6.16 p.m. Malaysia Conference, 8 80. Conoert, Outrtm Road
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    SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
    135 7 Today. Batu Pahat Aing Hiu 8 pm Malacca, Port Swettenham and Telok Anson Kinta 8 pm To-morrow. Penang, Malacca, F.M S. (By train) I am Ba'i, Macassar, Mcnado, Ternate, etc. Teo Pao 7 am Samarane. Tegal, Cheri bon und H&tavia O. O. lUendelo 8 am Palau Batam
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    Mail Steamer Movements.
    138 7 The Imp. Qerm\n mail steamer Prinzess Alice bavins left Colombo on Sunday, tbe 12th instant, at 9 p.m., may be expected to arrive here at 6 p.m. on Friday, tbe 17th iost. The B. I. contract packet str. Thongwa, having left Negapatam at 9 p.m. on Saturday,
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING.
    298 7 Latest Arrivals. Calabria, Hal. oraiser, ISOO tons, 228 crew, 18 guns, 4,000 b.p. Com. Lasnnova, Fob 15. From Saigon, Feb 12. Inc. Roads. Bharata. Brit. str. 1927 ton*. Capt Thomson, Keb 14. From Calcutta, Feb 8. G.c. and p. Boustead 4 Co. For Calcutta, Feb 15. Roads. Bourbon,
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    Vessels at Tanjong Pagar and Keppel Harbour.
    109 7 Wharves at which Vessels are Berthed To- Day. TANJONQ PAGAR. East Wharf Basin— Fuh Wo, Kuantan, Sandaban. Bast W. Section No. I— Taroba, Bingo Maru. Supers Wharf -Haipbong, Pob Ann. Main W. Silt. No. 2— Bharata, OO Daendels B—Darios.8 Darios. 4— Shintsu Maru.
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    LOCAL PASSENGER LISTS.
    465 7 Arrivals Per steamer Sappho, February 14. From Port Swettenham: Dr. Kuth and Mr. I. Ellison. Per steamer steaner Lady Weld, February 14.— From If oar: Mr. H J. Scennitt. Per steamer Selangor, February 15.- From Telok Anson vit ports: Messrs A. O. Hcandrett, Shelley. O. W. R.
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    S. V. C. ORDERS.
    587 7 Orders by Majob G. A. Dkbrick, Acting Commandant, S. V. C. Singapore, February 14, 1911. s. v. c. Church Parade. I .—There will be a Church Parade for all units at St. Andrew's Cathedral, on Sunday, 26th inst. Parade at S. V. C. Drill Hall, at
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    Finance & Commerce,
    235 7 Finance Commerce, EXCHANGE. SINOAPOUB, FIBBOABT 15, 1911. On London— Bank 4 m/s 2/4 1 Demand 2/4fe Private 6 ro/s 2/4 ft do Bm/s 2/4^3 On Oirmant— Bank d/d 240 Private 8 m/s 214 On France -Bank d/d 206 Private 8 m/s 2»i On India— Bank T. T. 174 4 Private
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      MINING.
      173 7 Issue 3 Value S, 10 10 BeUt Tin 10 10 Brnang 10 10 Broneh Hyd 10 10 Kanaboi £1 £1 KintaTin £1 £1 Kleduig Tin 10 10 Kuafttan Tin £1 £1 Lahat Mines 10 10 Malacca Tin 5 6/- Pahang Conaol £1 £1 li iiKkalen £1 £1 Poring Bsbra
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      RUBBER.
      622 7 lame 2 Value Buyers Sellers. 2/- 3/- Allagmr 4/4 6/ 2/- 2/- Anglo Malay 1.1.4J 1.2 6 2/- 2/- Batons Malaka 2/8 2/0 £1 £1 Batu Cayeg 18.17 6 14.10.0 £1 £1 BatuTiga 480 4.10.0 £1 £1 Bokit Kajang 27 0 2.10.0 £1 £1 Bnkit Lintong 4.80 4.12.0 £1
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      GENERAL.
      128 7 Issue !H Value qI Bayers. 10 10 Eastern Smelting 10 7 090 41 41 Eleotrio Tramways 8/8 10 10 Fraser A Neave 84 60 ICO Uowartb Erekine 100 1% Prof. 00.00 100 100 Kat« Bro. Del 100 100 a 8% Com. PreL 10 10 Maynard Co. 24.60 Sellers oom.
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      DEBENTURE
      49 7 Buyers Seller* Howarth Erskine 6% 1600,000 par Riley, Hargreaves 8% 1284,000 2 J 8J pm Singapore Eleotric Tramways 6% 4860,000 Spore Municipal 6% 11,*****0 nom. Buyer* Seller* Spore Municipal 4)% of 1907 •1.600.C00 6% 7%pm Spore Municipal 4j% of 1909 11,000,000 7% B%pra Spore Municipal 4% 1802,900 7%dis
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      35 7 THE BEST PHYSIC When you want a physic that is mild and gentle, easy to take and certain to act, always ose Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tab let*. For aale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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      310 7 AUCTION SALES Powell and Co. Feb. 18— At No. (9, Anson Road, housebold furniture, etc., at 11. Feb. 17— At Dalian's Horse Repositary, Koek Road, Australian cows and calves, 5.16. Feb. '21 —At saleroom, Tan Tye estate, proDerties at Havelock Road, etc.. at 2.30. Feb. 22 -At saleroom, collection of
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      476 7 LAMBERT BUTLER'S s?t= -rfj Smoking gjji Mixtures. B^tjM^PjP^ PACKED IN tlb. AIR-TIGHT T !^S PRICE 70 CTB. PER Til John Little Co., Ltd.. fej£'fWft|||JM Robinson Go. PRICE 90 CTB. PER TIN ii K \|7o»TMAtB«TEDW»TtB, »K». WIWiUI^WBrT TBADES. VJT f£ fl\ rS Mlt AU > TYLE aho sun dud. Wil VV
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      50 7 RAVENSWAY AND COMPANY, Undertakers and Monumental Basons. ESTABLISHED 1881. JUBT RECEIVED I New Goods ol Superior Quality and Finish. Marbles, Metallic Wreaths, etc Monuments oi every description RUBBER-TYRED HEARSES The Best to be had in the colony. With Plumes in use. TBLBPHONB I NO. TIT. NO. IST. ORCHARD ROAD s
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    The Straits Times WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15. PANAMA FORTIFICATIONS.
    1095 8 The Straits Times WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15. PANAMA FORTIFICATIONS. It does not matter very much to us out here whether the Panama Canal is fortified or left, like the Sutz Canal, an open world highway. It is about the same distance from Singapore to the Canal whether one sails East or
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    12 8 The Serendah Hydraulic Tin Mining Co.'s output for January was 201 piculs.
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    13 8 Sailbad the Sinner was the title of a pantomime recently produced in Madras.
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    16 8 More than 10,000 Korean families in Man ohuria have expressed the wish to become Chinese subjects.
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    16 8 The Philippine Assembly has rejected an amendment to its bill appropriating PlOO.OOO for the Taal sufferers.
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    24 8 A number of Siamese naval men are proceeding to Japan to travel to Bangkok on the torpedo boat which is now ready for delivery.
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    24 8 Me— hi. Dupire Brothers, agents for Michelin tyres, inform us that a further reduction in the price of tho tyrerhas boon made from to-day.
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    25 8 E. G. Cropley reappeared in the second police court to-day, out the hearing of the charge against him was again postponed till the 22nd inst.
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    27 8 A passenger who fell between a train and the platform at Earlestown Station, Lancashire, last month, had to have his leg amputated before he could be extricated.
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    25 8 Owing to the illness of the President, the postponed annual general meeting of the Singapore Catholic Funeral Association is further postponed to the 22nd inst.
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    29 8 We are asked to say, in connection with the opening of the V.M.C.A. new buildings, that members are invited to bring their friends (ladies and gentlemen) to the function.
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    36 8 Mr. R. W. C. McCullock has arrived in Ipoh to join the staff of Messrs Riley, Hargreaves, Ltd., and Mr. R. M. Duff has gone to Ipoh to join the staff of Messrs. Howarth Erskine, Ltd.
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    34 8 The Courts at Copenhagen have sentenced H. A. Anderson to one year's imprisonment with hard labour for his share in the coining case brought against him in Bangkok. He has appealed against the decision.
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    36 8 At the ordinary meeting of the Municipal Commissioners to be held on Friday, Mr. Tan Kheam Hock will ask a question relating to the excavations at Mount Wallicb. There is not much other business down for
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    34 8 The feature of the London Stock Exchange on February 2, says a telegram to Rangoon, was the proposed absorption of the London, Tilbury and Southern! Railway by the Midland Railway. Tilburys rose twenty points.
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    40 8 The Italian cruiser Calabria (Captain Casannova) arrived in Singapore roads this morning from Saigon and will probably be here for about ten days. She is a vessel of 1,800 tons, with 223 of a crew, 18 guns and 4,000 horse-power.
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    42 8 At Tegalombo, in South Java, capitalists have become interested in a copper mine, the ore from which has been favourably reported upon. One of the owners has just succeeded in forming a company to work the mine with capital raised in Europe.
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    36 8 The Dutch authorities are bußy with preparations for establishing a wireless telegraph station at Sabang. Every steamer from Holland calling at the port brings materials for the installation, which is expected to be ready in April.
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    46 8 At the Alhambra cinematograph, to-night, a picture of unusual interest and forming the chief topic in tho twenty-second edition of Pathe's Animated Gazette will be shown describing in detail tho sensational siege of the Honndsditch assassins. The film is declared to have been taken under fire.
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    54 8 While at the All:ihal«d Exhibition, the Crown Prince of Germany witnessed a performance by the Australian Buck Jumpers, who gave an interesting exhibition of boomerang throwing and spear throwing. On January 25, bis Imperial Highness was present at a ball given by tho officers of the Middlesex Regiment to celebrate
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    90 8 Messrs. F. C. Maqdougoll and Co. made an application on the 6th inst., in the International Court at Bangkok, for an order to make bankrupt the firm of Messrs. J. D. Macarthur and Co., Ltd., in respect of a sum of Ticals 16,899,798 which plaintiffs allege is due to them
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    76 8 There was a large gathering of officers of the Public Works Department and Survey Office at the railway rest house, Malacca, on Saturday night, to wish farewell to Mr. J. Van Cuylenburg, Senior Survey Officer, on his beinn seconded for service in Penang. During the year that Mr. Van Cuylenburg
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    122 8 The readiness of the Chinese to make use of knives in their quarrels and their crimes has been more than usually marked of late, la two robberies reported to tho police yesterday a knife was mentioned. A gang of five men took possession of an opium shop at 98, Middle
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    115 8 There was quite a large attendance at the Harima Hall, last evening, when Drummer Warue, of The Buffs, took up the boxing challenge issued by Peter Freitz and won hands down. The youthful drummer scaled «st. 71bs. against the fist. 41be. of the Continental pugilist Five rounds were to bo
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    452 8 The Malay Mail, of February 18, says We are informed by Sir Ernest Birch that the marriage arranged between his daughter and Lieut. McCailum will not take place. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd George were at Naples early this month A cable to India of the sth inst.
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    Hongkong Appointments
    99 8 It is announced in the Hongkong Government Gazette that Commander Beckwith, UN., has been appointed to act as liarbour master, marine magistrate, etc., during the absence on leave of Commander Basil Taylor, R. N. Mr. E. Jones will act as assistant harbour master, and Mr. A. E. Davey
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    Methodist Annual Conference
    126 8 At yesterday's session Bishop \V. S. I.i wi~, of Foochow, led the devotional service, after which Bishop Oldham intrudiiivd Hishop and Mrs. Lewis, Bishop and Mrs. McDowell, Mr. Leaycraft jr., sWv. Mr. Suallen of Korea and Rev. B. F. Purdy, acting agent of the Bible Society. The
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    Malacca and the P. A. M
    141 8 At a meeting of the Planters' Association of Malaya, held at Kuala Lumpur, on Sunday last, a letter was read from tho Malacca Planters' Association stating that, at a mooting of that body held on the sth hint., it was resolved that tne association
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    The Kennedys.
    173 8 The Kennedy Family gave their farewell performance last night, having decided not to appear again this evening. They havo found it a sore trial of patience to worry a way through the half doscn or go of officials who have more or leas ill <!<■- fined shares in
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      377 8 What do you pay for your Typewriter Ribbons? The Roneo brand of typewriter ribbons has been proved beyond question to be the best obtainable. Letters typed through Roneo ribbons always look neat, smart and distinctive the copies produced are well-defined and clear and the ribbons never clog the type. RONF
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      186 8 CHAP-GOH-MAI PROGRAMME Sensation In Moving Picture* I Battle of London OB The Last Stand of the Houndsdltch Assassins Pictures taken under fire. Armed Police and Soots Guards firing at to* Murderers in Sidney Street. Artillery proceeding to tbe front MR WINSTON CHURCHILL DIRECTING OPERATIONS WITHIN THE DANGER ZONE. Tbe Besieged
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    THE RUBBER AUCTION.
    224 9 STRONG RECOVERY OF PRICES RECORDED. Best Sheet at Six Shillings and Tenpence. (From Our Own Correspondent). London, February 14. The auction to-day created a good deal of interest and, as had been expected, there was a strong recovery of prices. The quantity on offer was 82."> tons
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    SOUTH AFRICAN PREFERENCE.
    48 9 No Intention of Abandoning the System. Rbutbb's Telegram. London, February 15. Renter learns that it is not now tin intention of the South African Union Government to submit to the Imperial Conference proposals relating to the substitution of a defence contribution in lieu of preference.
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    PUPPET PEERS.
    39 9 Mr. Gulland Explains his Recent Speech. Rki-tkb's Telegram. London, February 14. Mr. (iulland now repudiates the statement about making a list of persons willing to accept peerages, saying it was merely banter at a private din nor.
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    AMERICA AND RECIPROCITY.
    36 9 Mr. Taft Advocates Wide Adoption. Rkutkb's Telkoram. London, February 14. Mr. Taft. addressing the pan-American Commercial Congress, advocated reciprocity not alone with Canada and with Central and South America but with all nations.
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    THE BHAMO ROUTE.
    44 9 Rkutkr's Tkleokam. London, February 14. Replying to a question in the House of i 'illiniums Mi. Montagu said that any action as a result of Lilley's report on the Bhatno Tengyueh-Talifn route (1907) would depend on negotiations now proceeding with China.
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    PRINCES TAKE MEASLES.
    28 9 Rkutkr's Tklkoram. London, February 14. Tin I 'mice of Wales and Prince Albert are suffering from measles. London, February 15. The Princes are doing well.
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    WELSH DISESTABLISHMENT.
    24 9 HnTMi's Tklkoram. London, February 14. Mr. AsquiUi has announced that he does not intend to deal with Welsh Disestablish tin-ill this session.
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    IF-SIMON DARES.
    29 9 IF- SIMON DARES. lit.i: Ost«smtim iir Lloyd Tbljeobam. I: rim, February 15. If Simon Cop|>cr attempts to past* the frontier of South West Africa, energetic measures will be taken.
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    PERSIAN GULF ARMS TRADE.
    42 9 Kbutek'h Tklkoram. London, February 15. Replying to a question in the House of Commons Mr. Montagu said tliat Franco had felt unable, at the Brnssola Conference, to renounce the rights of unrestricted trade ia vi ins ut Mil-cat
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    HOTEL PROPRIETOR SUMMONED.
    268 9 Counsel Declares That Local Law is A Hass." The difficulties of a hotel manager's job were expounded in the District Court, this morning, during the bearing of a case againyt Mr. J. Carapiit, of the Adelphi Hotel, who had boon summoned to appear on a charge of
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    RAVAGES OF MALARIA.
    552 9 Enormous Cost of the Disease in the Tropics. In his recent book on B%i Prevention of Malaria, Major Ronald lows makes a computation of Uie economic loss which is caused by malarial fever in the island of Mauritius, which is a faint indication of the enormous damage
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    OIL TRADE WAR.
    176 9 Standard Company's Reply to the Royal Dutch Combine. The Standard Oil Company of America has replied to the recent action of the Royal Dutch Shell Combine in securing a number of Glasgow-owned vessels to carry petrol from United States ports to China and Japan by chartering nearly
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    Wrecked Cruiser Bedford.
    69 9 The First Lord of Admiralty has informed Mr. G. V. M. Oiler, K.C., M. P. for Chatham, that no difficulty or delay should have arisen in paying compensation to members of the ship's company of the wrecked cruiser Bedford for tho loss of their effects. Ho adds
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    A New Regime.
    834 9 STATEMENT BY THE SULTAN OF RHIO. One Treaty Read, Another Offered For Signature. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— l shall feel much obliged if you could spare space in your valuable paper for the following account of the circumstances attending my recent deposition, in
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    Caruso on Marriage.
    99 9 Report has it that Caruso is engaged to Lillian Grenville, the beautiful Canadian soprano, who is hailed out West as the new Melba. "Ah!" said Caruso, when taxed with the story, she is already wedded to the nightingale in her golden throat The reporters deftly transferred the
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    48 9 The late Mr. George Thomas Portlook (68), Lordship-park, N., sad formerly of Karachi. India, and of the firm of Cay zer, Irvine ami Co., shipowners, Loadenhall-st, London 8.C., a director of the Ceylon Wharfagr Company, Limited, and of the Clan Line Steamers, Limited, left an estate of £27,602.
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    The Labour Question.
    896 9 RECOMMENDATIONS TO F. M. S. GOVERNMENT. Sir John Anderson's Views. Our Kuala Lumpur correspondent wired as on Monday, a rammary of tho meeting of the Planters' Association of Malaya called for the purpose of discussing the labour problem with the High Commissioner. It will be remembered that
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    The Anti-Opium Society.
    208 9 •A well-attended meeting of the Anti-Opium Society wan held, last evening, at the society's premise..* in Middle Road, Dr. S.C. Yin presiding. Bishop Oldliam said that the strong proopium sentiment was not with the Chinese, bnt with sonic of the not-too- wisely -opinionuttering Englishmen, and as the
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    ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY.
    388 9 Annual Report of Council of the Straits Branch. The annual general meeting of the Straits branch of the Royal Asiatic Society is called to be held at the Raffles Library on Wednesday next, at 5 p.m., when the following report of the council will be submitted for
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    A CHINAMAN ON THE SCOT.
    561 9 Observations by Student of Aberdeen University. There is a very interesting appreciation of Scotsmen by a Chinaman in the World's Chinese Students' Journal. It gives the Impressions of Aberdeen of Siow Thye Lee, who was a student at Aberdeen University. Aberdeen, like Oxford or Cambridge,
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    Home-Going of Scots.
    78 9 Arrangements have been completed at Glasgow for a monster welcome to homecoming Soots resident in Canada and the United States. The home-coming is timed for midsummer, and Scotch corporations will join in the welcome. A suggestion has been circulated to widen the scope of the invitations to
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    41 9 The appointment of Martin Egan, managing editor of the Manila Times and Associated Press correspondent in Manila, aa secretary to President Taft, may be expected in a few days, says the Hongkong Telegraph. Mr. Egan in now in the United States.
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    THE GERMAN NAVY.
    65 9 ADMIRAL TIRPITZ DEFINES ITS DUTY. Will Never Be Aggressive. Dbb Ostasutischb' Lloyd Tklxo&am. Berlin, February 14. Speaking on the Navy Budget Admiral TirpiU said the German Fleet would never be aggressive. He expressed the view that the fleet most be so strong that its existence would form
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    NEW GOVERNOR OF THE \MUR.
    27 9 Dkr Ostasiatischk Lloyd Tklkoram. Berlin, February 14. The Oovernor of Tomsk, M. Gondatti, has been appointed Governor General of the Amur Territory.
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    CORONATION GUESTS.
    24 9 Rbutkr's Tklkoram. London, February IS. A Tokio telegram says that Admirals Togo and Nogi will accompany Prince Hegashi Ftishimi to the Coronation.
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    THE COWAN CASE.
    70 9 i From <)i b Own Correspondent.) Penang, February 14. The Tolly-Cowan case again came before the Court of three judges to-day. The court decided, by a majority of two to one, Mr. Justice Thornton dissenting, that the trial of Cowan by a jury must proceed. The trial
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    Messrs. Charles Benjamin and Co.'s Share Quotations To-day.
    165 9 Messrs. Charles Benjamin and Co. kindly favour us with the London prices they have received this morning Rubber Prices. Fine Hard Para 6/8 per lb. Plantation Rubber 6,6 MIDDLI MIDDLE PRir«*. Pric»«. Allagare 4/9 Lanadronnp.p. £3.5.8 p. Anglo Malays 21/9 Ledburysp.p. 85/-
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    OLD TESTAMENT HISTORY.
    215 9 A Remarkable Discovery of Archives in Samaria. A discovery of vast im|H>rtanco for Biblical history is announced in the llerliner Tageblatt by the Orientalist, Doctor Vahuda. It appears that Professor Itcisner. who hax been carrying out excavations for an American society on the site of the Israelitish
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    JANUARY RUBBER RETURNS.
    26 9 Chersonese.— 7,o6B lbs. Dennistown.— -2,865 lbs. Highlands and Lowlands.- 49,492 lbs. Sua Manggis. -860 lbs. Snngei Knan.— l,Boo lbs. Sungei Way.- 9,857 lbs.
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    Wells and Moir.
    118 9 Bombardier Wells, who was recently beaten by Gunner Moir at Olympia, ban addressed a letter to Moir, with the view of getting another match. He says I feel that my friendship for you was the cause of a few mistakes I made last night. I had you,
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      Crackers and Bells
      132 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— Your article is very excellent in tone, firmness and sense. We must learn to make the best of our conditions and our neighbours, still this being a British colony it is only fair that the conditions should be so
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      Klings and Indians.
      249 10 To the Editor of the Straits Tiiaes. Sir, In heartily supporting what Mr. Fiat .1 ust it i.i said in your much esteemed paper of yesterday, regarding the erroneous ap|Mllation Kling usul for Indians. 1 wish to say a few words. The word Kling "is unknown in
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      113 10 To the Utter of the Straits Times. Sir, I don't see from your correspondent's statement how or why the term Kliug is resented by Indians. The newspapers sometimes. I su|>|>ose. use the term Kling. because it is easily understood by the people calling the Indians as such, lurtber. tho word
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    TIN IN AMERICA.
    225 10 Impure Article Preferred to the Superior Malayan. The domestic market, which i-, more or li is dominated bj the transactions on the Loiid.m Metal Kxoheage, has naturally fallowed l,.s.]\ the lluituatiou, of the qnotationM made in London, at least so far as Straits m is concerned, says
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    126 10 At DMetiag of the North Borneo Chamber of Commerce on January 2H, a reply to Mm letti i of tlif ('hiiuiU-r on the subject of mails via Siberia was read from tho Post Muster General, but it was not considered adequate or satisfactory, and the secretary was instructed to Mala
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    30 10 Tho iil>.l case brought by Kdmond»on n^iiinst Mr. Aincry on the question of oowaidioa doriag the South African war has n siiluil iii a verdict for the defendant with <M.-.ts.
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      Notes in General.
      61 10 Sam Langford is matched to moet Bill Lang in a twenty rounds contest at Olympia to-night. The S. R. E. (V.) Shooting Clnb holds its monthly handicap shoot on Saturday next at 8.80 p.m. The New South Wales Rugby League has accepted an invitation of the Northern
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      Cricket.
      129 10 Points in County Championship. A meeting of the Advisory County Cricket Committee has been summoned to be held at Lord's on February 24. Yorkshire's proposal for reckoning points for the County Championship will be submitted viz., one point for a side leading on the first innings, and two additional
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    MINING IN BURMA.
    433 10 Great Possibilities of the Wolfram Concessions. The history of mining in Burma, successfully on modern lines, dates back less than five years. The great success attending most ventures founded there, especially in the districts of Tavoy and Mergui. augurs well for the future. The possibilities in this
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    THE TIN MARKET.
    314 10 Straits Supplies Will Affect Future Values. In it-. Metal Trade Review of January 14, the Globe says, under the head of tin .—Last week closed at £179 *>s. cash, £179 ss. three mouths. This week cloHcd at £188 10h. cash, £IH3 12s. 6d. throe months. The quantity
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    STOCKS AND SHARES.
    899 10 Prices Quoted in the Market This Morning. Singapore, February 15, 1911. Messrs. Lyall and Evatt, Exchange and Share Brokers, issue the following list of quotations this morning Norn. Value. Buyers. Sellers. 2/- Allagar 4/4 5/2/- Options 1/10 2/6 £1 Anglo-Java 8/4+ 9/0 1 Anglo-Johore 11/8 18/6 2/-
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    WAR IN PERAK.
    3117 11 THE STORY OF PRIVATE SMITH, LATE OF THE BUFFS. Fighting the Fierce Malays In a series of Survivors Tries of Great Kvents, published in the Royal Magazine, ap|K-ars a picturesque ace Jilt of the I'erak war of the early seventies. It is the narrative of I'rivnte Smith,
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    Meaning of Hospitality
    158 11 In summing up to the jury in a society case at home. Mr. Justice Darling said On the question of what hospitality in law meant, he held that if it was proved that, in consequence of the slander, the plaintiff lost the opportunity of being received into
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    Barnacles on Snake's Tail.
    109 11 An interesting marine specimen was brought to the museum at Colombo on July 23, 1909. It was a sea-snake, which bore on the end of its tail a thick bunch of two species of barnacles. One of these two species of barnacle, it is noted, is
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    119 11 After some years of absence a very wealthy merchant returned to England from one of the hottest parts of India. Directly he arrived there me complained of the cold, and from that time he could never keep warm. Sonic months after he was taken ill, and at last life was
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    119 11 The close of 1910 saw the carrying into effect of the scheme for the abolition of the terms Within and Withont as applied to the historic City Ward of Bishopsgate. The dual designation is a reminder of the days of long ago, when the City enlarged its borders and brought
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    Romance of the Wheel.
    982 11 HOW MR. HUMBER INVENTED THE BICYCLE. The Coming of the Crank. By the death of Mr. Thomas H umber, at Kingston-on-Thaines, there has passed away a great and popular inventor, the man who created the earliest and the latest of bicycles. Few of the careers of
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    95 11 According to official data, the total population of Russia in Europe and in Asia numbered 74,536,300 in 1858, 129,896,200 in 1897, and 160,095,200 on January 1, 1909. The present population is distributed as follows European Russia, 119.505,500; Poland, 11.671,800; Caucasus, 11,896,400; Central Asian Provinces, 9,681,800; Siberia. 7,878,500; Finland, 8,01.5,700. As
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    THE GREATEST OF MEN.
    521 11 Doctor Selects the Cream of the Human Race. Dr. Wh i tby in an entertaining volume, The Makers of Men, deals with the greatest and best of men. He selects forty men whom he considers to be the cream of the human race, and analyses their
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    SIERRA PAR* RUBBER
    189 11 SYNDICATE Judgment in Action by Cbristineville Company. In the Chancery Division, before Mr. Justice Swinfen Eady, Mr. Kerby on behalf of the plaintiffs in the action of the Christineville Rubber Estates Company, Limited, v. the Sierra Para Rubber Syndicate, moved for judgment in default of defence. Counsel
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    The Psychology of Walking.
    184 11 Walking is not merely moving two legs rhythmically over certain intervals of ground. It is the primal and the only way to know the world, the deliberate entering into an inheritance, whose parts are wind and weather, sky and prospect, men and animals, and all vital
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    HULLO! ASTRAKAN.
    1009 11 PROSPECTS OF LONG-DISTANCE TELEPHONES Talking Over 4,000 Miles of Wire It is quite within the bounds of possibility, considering the latest advances in electrical science, that some day the Foreign Office in London will be able "to ring up" Simla on the telephone, and carry on a conversation,
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    SHARE VALUES.
    1102 12 L4RGE PRODUCERS, AND THE OTHER KIND. What to Boy. In view of the innumerable notes, special articles, correspondence and daily market reports which appeared in The Financier on the all-absorbing topic of Rubber shares daring the year 1910, we do not intend (says the paper named) to weary
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    RUBBER FROM TAR.
    480 12 Specification for Production of At Artificial Article. A patent specification has been filed by Arthur Algernon Wellesley Grist, Highlands," Canonbie Road, Honor Oak, S.E., relating to improvements in the production of rubber artificially from raw materials such as tar. Hitherto there have been various suggestions lor the
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    Soconusco Rubber Plantations.
    209 12 The secretary of Soconusco Rubber Plantations announces that until the new vacuum drier arrives on the estate tlie rubber will continue to require up to three weeks for drying, and that, owing, perhaps, to the difficulty of judging the dry weight of rubber when in a wet
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    Rubber Imports and Exports
    172 12 ot the least remarkable though, of course, a wholly expected —feature of the trade returns for 1910 is rubber, says the Rubber World. The amount imported 876,968 cwt. —mm valued at £26,097,000, an increase of tll.'.i.'.H.T.s-l. or in round figures 85 percent. In gutta percha the
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    87 12 The Postorholt Rubber Co., Limited, was registered on January 9, by A. A. Chartres, 28, Devereux Court, Strand, \V. C. Capital, £H,OOO, in £1 shares. Objects: To carry on the business of manufacturers of artificial and scientific rubber, rubber mixtures and substitutes. Private company. The first directors (to number not
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    92 12 The Sampang (Java) Rubber Plantations. Limited, was registered on January 9, by Jenkins, Baker and Co., 38, Old Jewry, E. C. Capital, £100,000, in 2s. shares. Objects: To carry ..n the business of cultivators of india-rubber, gutta-percha, balata and other gums, etc., to acquire the estates known as Sampang Peundoey,
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    Rubber in Malaya
    972 12 SIR F. SWETTENHAM'S VIEWS ON THE INDUSTRY. Opportunities for Energetic Men. For some months past, the Field has been publishing a series of articles dealing with Life in the Empire overseas to which Sir Frank Swettenham Contributed that portion which treats of British Malaya. On the growth
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    Rubber Sales.
    146 12 Competition was again slow, gays the Financier, when the rubber auctions were resumed on January 18, in Mincing Lane. Rather over three catalogues, together with the star lots, remained to be dean with, and the opening transactions indicated a further recession of about Id. in prices. Pataling pale
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    Planted Acreages.
    573 12 AN ESTIMATE OF THE AREAS NOW CULTIVATED. Figures for (he World. The India-rubber Journal gives tlie following as the world's planted rubber acreages as at the beginning of the present year: Sir John Anderson, remarks the journal referred to, recently stated that there were 400,000 acres in Malaya
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    Rubber Cnltivatioo in Siam.
    203 12 Cultivated rubber is sti'l in the experimental stage in Siam. Several plantations, says the Society of Arts Journal, have been started by Siamese officials in the States of Singgora and Chumpon, and the trees are said to be thriving. In the region of Chantaboon there are
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    27 12 The (Juayule Rubber Company, Limited, declared a dividend at the rate of Is. Bd. to all holders on the register on January 9, payable on January 21.
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    KUALA KLANG RUBBER ESTATE.
    801 12 Estimates Fxceeded and a Dividend Of 20 Per Cent. The ordinary general meeting of the shareholders of the Kuala Klang Rubber Estate. "Limited, was held on January 18, at the London Chamber of Commerce, 2, Oxford Court, Cannon Street, R.( Mr. Oibert F. Traill (chairman of
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    NEW GUTTA-PERCHA COMPANY.
    282 12 Reduction of Capital Sanctioned By Court. Mr. Justice Swinfen Eady, in the Chancery Division, heard the petition of the New Gutta Percha Company, Limited, to confirm a special resolution of the company to reduce its capital. Mr. Arthur E. Hughes (instructed by Wainwright, Pollock and Co.) said
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    MARKET NOTES.
    877 12 THE CONTINUAL DECLINE IN QUOTATIONS. The Attitude of the East. The following rubber market notes arc by O. V. W. in the Financial News of January 20:A combination of circumstances would seem to be responsible for the continual fall in quotations. To the liquidation of large deceased accounts
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    David Youog Rubber Estates.
    154 12 The following circular, datod January 11, has boon issued to the shareholders of the David Young Rubber Estates (British Ouiana), Limited From mail advices, dated the Whananiapani Camp Concession, llariimi River, N. W. 1)., November 26, from Arakaka, December 5, and from Morawhanna, December 7, received
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    LONDON AND SINGAPORE RUBBER PRICES.
    1225 13 STOCK EXCHANGE CLOSING PRICES, AND SINGAPORE QUOTATIONS ON JANUARY 18. A number of share* in which local investors are interested are not quoted in local ■hare lists, and there are occasionally widt margins between quotations here and in Landon. Wt quote below the best available
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      536 14 BANKING. THE BZE HAI TONG BANKING AND INSURANCE CO, LTD. NO. 67 AND 68, KLING BTREBT. Established 1007. Capital paid up $1,000,000.00 Reserve liability of proprietors 1,000,000.00 COURT OF DIRBCTORB. Tax Tbck Joom S. Sim Kia Jam Nam Kirn Sbmu 7. Tno Ho© Lai 8. Liao Chia Hbno a Tak
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    THE MOTORING WORLD.
    888 15 NOTES AND COMMENTS ON CURRENT TOPICS. Aviation in 1910. L'Auto (Paris* gives some interesting particulars of aviation in 1910. It computes that 4,705,500 francs were distributed for prize* in the year. Some of the chief winners were Paulhan, who won the London Manchester Daily Mail Pri*e, 10,000,
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    51 15 A chubby-faced little urchin passed his schoolmaster in the street without saluting. "What lias become of your manners, sir?" roared the latter, frowning angrily. "It seems to me that yon arc better fed than taught. "Yes, sir," replied the little boy; "that's because you teaches me, but I feeds myself
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