The Straits Times, 21 May 1913

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    10 1 NO. 24.187 SINGAPORE. WEDNESDAY. MAY 21. 1913. PRICE 10 CBNTB.
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      244 1 LAIRD 0' LO6AN Scotch Whisky. Established 1749. CYCLE CJi^l^S FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY. a./S I CROUCH. i HUMBERETTE. WAR NE. "1 G- N. BBBBVBSBSSBBVnBBBBSSBBnBBBVBSBaBsBBNBBBWBsTV CROUCH. 8 10 H.P., 2-cyllnder, water-cooled. 3 speed and Reverse, Hood. Screen. Lamps, Horn and Tools. .i£ -AMY y. *lr&2lmr*%K7ih~ 1 k- v »H bfen sola. Next
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      117 1 SOLE AGENTS j FOR BARTLETT BIOKLEY'S BOND STREET, LONDON, W "IMPERIAL SERVICE" CIGARETTES TOBACCO, THE FINEST TURKISH AND VIRGINIA CIGARETTES THAT ARE MANUFACTURED. ROBINSON CO. GAME: Chinese Pheasants, English Pheasants, English Partridfjes, Scotch Grouse. SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE CO.. LD.. Singapore and Branches. Simmon's Folding Chairs MADE OF HARD MAPLB Will
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      11 1 DDMISY A GO. CHAMPAGNE: AOAMSON GILFILLM; MD CO., LTD., SOL* *O1NT».
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    Submarine's Adventure.
    975 2 TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE OF THE CREW. Nine Hours' Submersion. The full results of the nquiry into the remarkable experiences of the Russian submarine Minoga ("Lamprey") are not yet available and several matters of great technical interest remain to be cleared np, writes the St. Petersburg correspondent of the Morning
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    86 2 The Departmental Wireless Telegraph Station on Batcher Island in Bombay Harbour will shortly be opened, with a ran^e of six hundred miles overland and more over sea. It is similar in construction to that at Karachi with which it will be easily in touch. With these two stations at work,
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      346 2 Loss of Flesh Loss of Strength Perhaps illness has pulled you down and your recovery is long overdue. You need something more than ordinary food to restore your wasted body to its normal weight and to revitalise your weakened constitution. You need -'KEPLER'Cod Liver Oil with Malt Extract It is
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      10 2 For Children's Hacking Congh at Night, Woods' Great Peppermint Care.
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      493 2 LLa-rolaJ Mak-a tha tin at <57£\ lj£r&OFl Aj VELVEI, ana k.-epa It [fj faOFT. 8»OOfM and WMIIE <:,' \f all tha year round A^ f Romnvea and prevanta Rouikneaa. J £j Redneta, Irritation. Tan. etc. \f J COOUIM AND REFRESHING IL V IHIUIMI THE SIMMEk HEAT j/, N M. BEKTHAM
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      206 2 RANEEGUNGE GLAZED STONEWARE. Drainpipes and Junctions. ALL SIZES STOCKED. SHARPE, ROSS CO., LD. -^^3^^ HEADACHE. j/SBfr a^^. Xiiu'ty pei cent <t HeadL^LV ai-lifs hit prininrily caused n L^LV through KyeHlniin Other a^l h^LW 00 L^LY s\ni|.t >iu.^:ui iim i in. A^-li-W| ing Kycs after Komling. I'nin 5,™!! ™w. i^ifl THE
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    A Curious Party.
    693 3 TIBETAN STUDENTS TO VISIT LONDON. First Trip Abroad. Within the next few days London will see the strangest visitors who have yet set foot in the streets of the metropolis, says The Standard of April 21. A party of Tibetan students are on the way from Marseilles
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    A Sergeant's Suicide.
    168 3 Lanoe- Sergeant Donald Cameron, of E." Company of the Cameron Highlanders, was found in a dying state in his bed in Baird barracks, Bangalore, and removed to hospital where he died shortly after. A police inquest revealed that he had swallowed an overdose of quinine, leaving instructions
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    72 3 A Chinese seaman named Ng Lam, employed on the steam launch Yoe Sing, but temporarily engaged on the Bteam launch Tack Lee, has been very highly oommended at Hongkong by Mr. F. A. Bazeland for his plucky and courageous action in jumping overboard from the Tack Lee and rescuing a
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      293 3 The National Mutual Life Association OF AUSTRALASIA. LIMITED. Establlihed I SB9 Tbe Ant Ufa Offloe in the world to introduoe the nonforfeiture principle to Policies. A Mutual Oftlo-. .rmi^holds**. Low rVsmlums. Annual Income 1,284,364. Fund* C 7.991.550 Claim* paid £6,078,550. ALL profits are distributed amongst Policy holders. Claims paid in
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      81 3 Croup. This disease is so dangerous and so rapid in ita development that every mother ot young children should be prepared for it. It is very risky to wait until the attack of croup appears and then send for medicine and let tbe child suffer until it can be obtained.
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      516 3 Your toupi and stew* will be more nourishing every time you remember to add a little BOVRIL It impart* delicioiM flavour which appeali to the most critical palate. 1 CRUSHED FOOD. Ir] I 111 f N Will a* MMUs. I K. BBLILIOS begs to inform tbe public that hie Factory
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      798 3 STEAMER SAILINGS. AUSTRIAN LLOYD UNDER .V.AIL J V?*, WITH THE AUSTRIAN CONTRACT frAu GOVERNMENT New Monthly Fast Line, Trieste-Shanghai Prom and to Trieste and Venice, calling at Port Said, Sues, Aden, Colombo, Penang, Singapore H ingkons and Shanghai. OUTWARD. HOMEWARD Due to arrive on or about Due to sail on
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      604 4 jTEMiEB mums. P. #0. STEAM NAVIGATION CB. FOR.CHINA, JAPAN, PBNANG, CBTLON, AUSTRALIA, INDIA, ADBN, BGYPT, MiDITHRRANHAN POBTB, PLY MOCTH AND LONDON. 'Through Bills of Ladiag lamed lor Ottea Coast, Persia. Gulf, Ooatiaeatal ud Amerioaa Porte. •teamen will leave Siagapore oa or about:— MAIL LINES 191S from *agapote OoteolS'wiJh Delta May
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      588 4 BTEJWEB SAILINGS. N V K JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP CO,, LTD. EUROPEAN LINE. Fortnightly servioe is maintained between Yokohama via porta to Marseilles, London and Antwerp, under mail oontraot with the Imperial Japanese Government. The New Twin-screw Steamers maintaining this servioe have been specially designed and constructed, and are fitted with
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      649 4 STBMBg BAILIN6B. THE SIAM STEAN NAVIGATION CO.. LD. SINGAPORE-BANGKOK. For Pahang, Berserab, Kretay, Paka, Tringganu, Biaut, Semerak, Baoho, gft'a*vi>B Takbai, Baaeaara, Telupia, Panarai, PatanJ, Singora, Laooa, Kohsamui, Baadoa. i*aaanaa, Taku, Obunpoa, Kohlak and Bangkok. Due OaamrtiitM. •..PRACHATIPOK May 91. •...BORIBAT May 81 May 24. ■a. YUQALA May 96 May 28.
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      103 4 OCEAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY. LTD. FOR DERBY, BROOMB, PORT HEDLAND, COSSACK, ABHBURTON, CARNARVON, GERALDTON AND FRE MANTLE. The Company's steamer CHARON, 2,692 tons, Captain Dalgleish, is intended to sail for the above ports on Sitarday, the 21th May, 1918. For freight or passage, apply to W. MANSFIELD A CO., LTD., Agents,
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      537 4 steamer mums. HAMBURG AMERIKA LINE. HAMBURG. AMD KlTSflfl UHPfUIIII liWlim. >IM1" UEBII Combined ■■■■ty. The steamrea of these Companies maintain a regular servioe between Hamburg Bremen Antwerp, and Botterdam, and the Straits, Ohlna and Japan. Homewards, they are despatched fortnightly (or Havre and Hamburg and onoc a month (or BremerhaTen
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      655 4 steamer mums N. D. L. orddeutsohar Lloyd, Brts.tr IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL UNI. The fast »nd weUkncwn mail steamers v this Company sail fortnightly from Bremc-r Hamburg, via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Soatb ampton, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples (eoaaocl ing Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria, and »iet versa) Port Said, Snoi, Aden, Colombo Penang, Singapore, Hongkong,
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      461 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. BIBBY LINE of fmat twin-icrew Mail Pa»«n|er Steamers between Rangoon, Colombo. Suez, Port Said, Marseilles and London. Proposed Sailings for 1913. HOMEWARD. I I Departures Departures Arri ve Steamer Stbaxh from bom MftP n M I jrrives Ranooon Colombo London HEREFORDSHIRE May M May 80 LEICESTERSHIRE May 30
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      279 5 BRITIBH INDIA BTEAM NAY. GO.. LD. APCAR LINE OF STEAMERS. Ibe undermentioned mail auimece of Ite »bo»e Line maintain a ro(fnlar ae:vioe beIwoen Caloatta and Jipso, o»ll rg at Penan? 8 ngapore. Bon«konc and Shanghai en roots FLEET Tona Oommandei Ja»*« 8,018 0. P. Siddon Oaaeoat Apoai 4,900 J. B
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      408 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. EINOO-CHINA BTEAM NAY. CO.. LD. ctWnrk»U4ipaii»l« Hongkoai A Hiaufhil ■Rd to Calcutta «l* Pumt fro™ llnftpor*. Taking oargo on through Billa of Ladinp or Canton, Mmh, Swttow, Amoy, Cbetoo fTioctsin, N«wohwant, Yangtsae Ports, For Bin, tbe Phftfppinoa, etc.. etc.. etc StMtIHW. Ton* Commander Koisajio t,BGt R. C. D
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      537 5 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. SITUATION WANTED. Wanted, a tituation as Clerk or Bookkeeper or any other suitable appointment in any Bettte or Group, Firm, Rank, Mill or Mines anywhere in or out of F.tf.S. or S.B. by a competent Clerk who thoroughly under Bt»nds Book keeping by Doable Entry, Typewriting and General
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      396 5 NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD. FOR HONGKONG, SHANGHAI, TBINGTAU. KOBE AND YOKOHAMA. Tbe Imperial German Mail steamer SCHARNHOK^T, 8,181 tons, Captain F. Kebm, baring left Colombo on Sunday morning, the 18th iostant, at 8 a.m., may be expected to arrive here on Friday afternoon the 28rd instant, at 4 p.m., en route for
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      182 6 A. B. Mackay's LIQUEUR WHISKY. As supplied by order to the HOUSE OF LORDS and HOUSE OF COMMONS. Price $12 55 per case, INCLUDING DUTY. 80LE A6ENTB FOR STRAITS SETTLEMENTS AND MALAY PENINSULA Adamson, Gilfillan Co., Ltd., SINGAPORE. PENANG AND MALACCA. HIGH-GLASS PARISIAN MILLINERY JUST OPENED AT N. Hotel de
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      91 6 f ,ANCASTERS THE TALK OF SINGAPORE THE ELECTRIC HAIR BRUSHES NOW ERECTED. Good Hair Cut and a Good Electric Brush. Lotions 5O cents. Manicure and Ladies' Parlours now ready. EUROPE BUILDINGS. COFFEE! COFFEE!! COFFEE!!! Indispensable at all Meals. Get the GENUINE COFFEE, all else will be satisfactory. ONLY ONE GENUINE
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      191 6 New Strength For all who are "run down," weak, "out of sorts lacking in stamina and strength, Scott's Emulsion is a iUh source < f real nourishnunt. In every part of the world SCOTT'S Fn-.ultion is praised by thousands of Foctor3 Kxpcrience and repeated trials covtrirg SI years pi v
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    DAILY TIME TABLE.
    166 7 FIXTURES. Wednesday, May 21. High Water. 11.80 a.m.. 10.45 p.m. Thursday, May 22. High Water. 0.14 p.m.. 11.19 p.m. Singapore Oolf Club, Special meeting, 6.15 p.m. B. I. homeward mail closes. Band in the Gardens. Friday, May 23. Ilicrli \Vat<>!\ O.fSi p.m., 11.. r >4 p.m. Kulat
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    SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
    259 7 Today. Selat Pandjang, Bengkalis and Bagan Hong Ho S pra Batu Pahat A ing Hin 8 pm Batu Pahat Mena 3 pm Hongkong, Shanghai and .Japan Olenstrtte 8 pm Colombo and Bombay Penang Maru Bpm Penang and Calcutta Jelunga Bpm Muntok and Palembang Japara 3 pm Malacca,
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    Mail Steamer Movements.
    195 7 The Imp. German mail steamer Scharnhorst left Colombo at 8 a.m. on Sunday, May 18, and may be expected to arrive here on Friday afternoon, May 23. The B. I. contract packet steamer Taroba with mails from London up to the evening of May 2, left Negapatam
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    Mails for Europe.
    75 7 Lin Swoapou. Doi in Londok. Arsitid. a P l. 18 P. k O. Mat 10 May 10 Apl. 22 N. I >. L. 14 May 14 Apl. 21 B. I. 16 May IS Apl. 28 M. M. 21 May 3 P. O. i 26 May 6 X.
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING.
    312 7 Latest Arrivals. Chiengmai. Oor. str. 1080 tons. Captain Oldscn, May 20. From Bangkok. May 15. O.c. and d.p." B. Meyer A Co. For Bangkok, May 21. Kdst. r'dendale, Brit. str. 718 tons, Capt Dunlop, May 20. From Pekalongan, May 17. G.c. and d.p. Heap Eng Moh. For Batavia,
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    Vessels at Tanjong Pagar and Vessels Harbour.
    102 7 Wharves at which Vessels are Berthed To-I)a> TANJONO PAOAR. East Wharf Basin Alex Morch. W. Section No. l...Ellenga, Tura. Shibrs Wharf Hymettus. Main W. Sect. No. 2...Jelunga, Patani. B...Glenstrae. 4...Penang Maru. 5 ..Helios. S... Charon, Darrel, Atreus. New Dock 7. ..(Under construction) West
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    LOCAL PASSENGER LISTS.
    61 7 Arrivals. Per str. Kalmoa, May 20. From Rengat Mr. Couradis. Per str. Selangor, May 20.— From Port Swettenham Mr. and Mrs. Ong Koon Kiat. Per str. Chiengmai, May 20. From Bangkok Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Otterstrom and Master Otterstrom, Messrs. E. Oroote, F. Grahlert, F. Pollard,
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    The Menam's Strong Current.
    155 7 The strong current of the Menam is scouring the land away in several places, and immediate stops are necessary if considerable damage is to be averted, the Siam Observer states. The river front at the premises of Messrs. Kiam Hoa Heng has begun to show serious
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    FINANCE AND COMMERCE!
    274 7 EXCHANGE £.'<>' OAPoiti, May 21, 1018. On London Bank m/s 2/4& Demand 2,4 V, Private 0 m/i 2/4] 8 m/s 8/4* l Oh GiBMiVY Bank d/d 2881 Private 8 m/l 2481 On Fraxci Bank d/d m, 204 Private 8 m/s m 2981 On Imdu Bank T. T.
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      MINING.
      145 7 Issue !2 Value oJ £1 £1 Rahman Tin j £1 £1 Rambutan £1 £1 Raub Aost. Gofl £1 £1 Kn Hulls Tin 1 6 6 Royal Johore^H £1 £1 Siputeh 10 10 Sungei O&n Tii^H 6 6 Selangor Rivei^^^H £1 £1 Tekka 10 10 Titi Tin 9l £1 £1
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      RUBBER.
      589 7 I? 8 6 Buyers. Sellers. alue J 2/- 2/- Allagar 2/7 8/XI £1 Anglo Java 7/8 8/8 2/- 2/- Anglo-Malay 12/8 13/1 j 2/- 2/- Batang Malaka 2/4 2/0 XI XI Bata Tiga 8.8.9 3.15.7 XI XI Bnkit Kajang 2.8.9 2.12.7 XI XI Bukit Lintang 4.10.0 5.0.0 norn 2/.
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      GENERAL.
      113 7 GENE RA L. v2£g £1 E. Smelting Co. 18/6 19 8 £1 £1 Fret. 1.8 8 1.5.0 5/- 6/- Electric T'ways 8/9 4/8 10 10 Fraser Neave 60.00 61.00 100 Howarth Erskine 45.00 63X0 100 H 7% Pref. 100.0 C 104.00 100 100 Eati Bro, Del 180.00 140.00 10 10
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      DEBENTURES.
      38 7 Buyers Sellers United Engineers 6% 11,234,500 par Singapore Electric Tramways 6% £860,000 Spore Municipal 5% 11,878,000 nom. Buyen HeUef I Spore Municipal 4J% I of 1907 •,1,800,000 T% I Spore Municipal 4J% 1 Spore Municipal 4% ts^|jfl|
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      143 7 AUCTION SALES. Powell and Co. May 22.— At Godown A, Keppel Road, Tanjong Pagar, 800 packages damaged cargo, at 9.30. May 22. At Bonded Warehouse, Tanjong Fayar, 63 Cases Brandy, at 8. May 24. At saleroom, furniture, etc., at 11. May 24.— At No. 31, Wilkie Rd., furniture, etc., at
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      149 7 BEESWING FLAKED CAVENDISH. Robinson Co. O ABSOLUTELY PURE. Grand Prix Paris, 1889. #M# THE EAST ASIATIC CO., LTD. Sol* Important NOTICE. We have this day been appointed Sole Agents for BULLOCH LADE CO., LTD. (of Glasgow and London), the oldest Firm of Whisky Distillers in the World, and we hold
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      95 7 HARIMA HALL CINEMATOGI to-night;! north bridge road. t<U ■■V ENTIRE CHANGE OF PROGRAHw! TO-NIGHT AT 9.30. A CHANCE DECEPTION This picture could easily stand as the acme in photoplay produetfo^^H situation that has been oontiived in a masterly one of ai emotion i^H entirely out of the usual trend." New
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    The Straits Times. WEDNESDAY, MAY 21. OUR PHILOSOPHERS.
    1165 8 The Straits Times. WEDNESDAY, MAY 21. OUR PHILOSOPHERS. It demands some degree of philosophic mentality to arrive at a tranquil and composed attitude in regard to many of the exigencies of life within the torrid belt and if the cultivation of the intellect to that end were fully consistent with
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    11 8 Latest advertisements of the day appear on page 5 and 11.
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    30 8 At the Penang Golf Clnb on Saturday the Town Band played for the first time in Penang Merry Mitzi, a one step by Mr. Marc Anthony, a well-known lccil resident.
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    34 8 Tbe Chetty festival has opened at Ipoh and is being conducted with much ceremony. A car procession through the town took place jestenUv and last night there was a firework display on tho Padang.
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    28 8 Tbe Government of India, having received answers from Local Administrations regarding the English Copyright Act, are now considering what modifications are necessary to adapt the Act to India.
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    40 8 A wild boar's tusk, on which the Lord's Prayer and the Apostles' Creed had been cut with a kris, or Malayan dagger, was presented as a wedding gift to his American teacher by a young Igorrote Filipino at Dagupan, Luzon.
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    41 8 A number of the old boys of Raffles Institution will dine together, for the third year in succession, on June 6, which date has always been observed in the school as an occasion for celebrating its foundation by Sir Stamford Ruffles.
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    40 8 In the first court, this morning, Mr. Elpbick, of Messrs. Uuthrie and Company, was fined 310 and costs for failing to give notice, under the Motorcar Regulations, of the change of ownership of car No. 8.926 which he has acquired.
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    43 8 Our Ipoh correspondent telegraphs that there is a smallpox scare at Batu Oajah and Ipoh owing to a number of cases having occurred among Tamils and Chinese. Mr. H. Cropley, assistant inspector of boilers, at Batu Oajah, hat* been attacked by the disease.
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    48 8 It is notified in tbe Government Gazette that Mr. J. R. Brown of Glugor, Penang, bas been authorized to file a specification of a certain invention for a combined spont and cup bolder and for improvements in the apparatus used in the collection of latex from rubber trees.
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    50 8 Twenty-four bluejackets of the Hertog Hendrik, in Sourabaya, who recently for refusing to accept their pay were to be sent back to Holland and dismissed the service, tendered their apologies at tho last moment. They were thereupon released from their arrest and have gone with tbe Hertog Hendrik to Menado.
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    73 8 Hoihow now bas a daily paper in Chinese Characters. It was planned last year, and now, after many delays, has published over a dozen numbers and promises to become one of the established institutions of the island. The capital for the publishing company is said to have been largely subscribed
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    82 8 Messrs. C. G. Baker and Co., brokers, of Kuala Lumpur, have prepared and issued a list of rubber cultivating companies, giving in handy form particulars of capital, share prices (highest and lowest for 1913) acreage, trees, outputs and dividends. As well as Malaya, it gives tbe details of principal properties
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    85 8 Tho Church of All Saints, Taipiug, we read in the Singapore Diocesan Magazine, has the distinction of being the first English Church built in the F.M.S. It was opened for Divine Service on Sunday, March 27, 1887. Among the graves in the churchyard are those of Sir Graeme Elpbinstone, a
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    111 8 Found guilty of cheating, a Hylam boy named Wee Phong was this morning in the police court, fined $80, or in default one month's imprisonment. Mr. Perkins prose cuted on behalf of Messrs. Bebn, Meyer and Co., at whose godown the accused was employed. His work was confined to the
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    130 8 An extraordinary case of a woman who lived for sixteen hours without breathing has come to the notice of the South Leicestershire Coroner. While at her work as a laundress at the Leicester Poor Law Infir mary at North Evington, Fanny Ann God trey, a single woman, aged fifty- five,
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    165 8 In tbe third court, yesterday afternoon, Tan Hup Kiat, of 56, Kerbau Road, until recently a storekeeper in the Battery Road store of the United Engineer), was sentenced to one day's imprisonment, lined $80, and ordered to sign a bond in the sum of $100 to to be of good
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    398 8 Mr. C. W. Jackson, who has been acting as Chief Architectural Assistant, Singapore, has gone to Penang to take up his appointment as Chief Draftsman, I'.W.D. The death has occurred in India of M. Hajee Adamsahib, formerly a well-known merchant of Sandakan and head of tho Mohamuiadan
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    Mr. Justice Sproule.
    64 8 The following notification appears in a F.M.S. Government Gazette extraordinary, dated the 19th inst. Tbe chief secretary has, with the approval of the High Commissioner, appointed Mr. Justice Sproule to act as a judicial commissioner, F.M.S., with effect from May 26, 1913, as long as he shall
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    Commercial Union Assurance Co
    116 8 The accounts of tbe Commercial Union Assurance Company, Ltd., for the past year havo recently been issued and show further progress, in respect alike of magnitude and results, in all branches of its operations. The nett fire premiums were j£;!,230,000, and the fire fund, applicable solely
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    Night Surprise at Merlimau.
    173 8 An attempt was made on the morning of tbe 16th iunt by a gang of Chinese to rob Mr. James E. Greene, a divisional superintendent of Merlimau Estate. According to the Malay Mail about a dozen effected an entrance into his quartern, and they stealthily removed
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    Sale Of Property,
    189 8 Tbe following Singapore properties were disposed of by auction at Messrs. Powell and Co.'s saleroom yesterday afternoon :—Shopbouse No. 818 North Bridge lioad, 815 pquaro feet, leasehold with 35 years to run, quit rent 50 cents, monthly rental $17, A. M. Mansoor ft.GOO; 820 North Bridge Road,
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      251 8 Beware of Flimsy Imitations OF THE Roneo Steel Cabinet Work. The Genuine article, made of coldrolled pickled steel, fireproof, and durable, is obtainable only from ft oNEo Limited, I4a. Collyer Quay, or our accredited Agents in the F.M.S. Ii I RAN O This is the Best apanese Table Water SOLE
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      152 8 A SPLENDIDLY ENACTED FILM and one you will surely admire THE HAND OF DEATH A poignant drama crystallised into a few intense scenes. SUPPOBTID BY 6 New Pictures 6 Second Show, 9.30 to 11 p.m. TONIGHT. Jim and Jacko. (Acrobats). A Lent Walt. The Carrier Pigeon. (Its rearing and training).
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    CANADIAN NAVY.
    401 9 GREAT DEMONSTRATION AT TORONTO. Premier Trounces Sir W. Laurier. Rkutkr's Telegram London, May 20. A Toronto message reports that Mr. Borden a' Mr. I a demonstration of ten thous an 1, the largest ever held in Canada, on the ■übject of the Navy bill. The decorations on the
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    California Trouble.
    139 9 AMERICAN REPLY HANDED TO JAPAN. Japanese Securities Depressed. RaOTIB'B TILIORAM. London, May 20. A Washington message says that Mr.Bryan handed the reply of the United States Government to Viscount Chinda. who imniodiately cabled it to Tokio. No details of tii> contents were made known. There is a growing
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    FIGHTING IN TRIPOLI.
    93 9 Desperate Encounter in Arab Entrenchments. l'-y in; Tklkoram. London, May 20. A message from Benghazi reports that tlic Italians stormed strongly entrenched positions at Sidigarba and Kaselain which wore desperately defended. The Arabs afterwards attacked the Italians unexpectedly, but were repulsed after the arrival of reinforcements. The
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    GERMAN ARMY INCREASE.
    96 9 Peace Strength Over Six Hundred Thousand. Rkutir's Telegram. London, May 21. Renter telegraphs from Berlin that the budget committee of the Reichstag has agreed to the Army bill and has adopted the provisions increasing the battalions of foot and artillery from forty-eight to fifty-five, engineer battalions from
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    MONGOLIAN AUTONOMY.
    56 9 Denial of Agreement Between Russia And China. FUOTIH'S TILIOEAM. London, May 20. Keuter'H correspondent at the Hague reports that the Chinese legation emphatically denies a statement of the Daily Telegraph's Peking rorrfsji milcnt on May 15 that the Russian Minister and the Chinese Foreign Office have signed an
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    LONDON RUBBER MARKET.
    61 9 The East Asiatic Company's Daily I Report. The market la London yesterday was quiet. The closing prices were Hard Fine Para Spot 8/10 Forward 8/9$ First latex crepe, delivery next three months 3/4} The auctions were supported at the following prices First latex crepe 8/4J Beat sheets
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    PER4K CHAMBER OF MINES.
    55 9 (Ficon Ocr Own Cobbispondint.) lp.li. May 20. An extraordinary general meeting of the Perak Chamber of Mines was held to-day. New rules were passed and Mr. A. Payne Oallwey, general manager of the Fusing Kliaru, the Pusing Lama and the Siputeh Tin Mines, Ltd., was elected
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    BRIGANDAGE NEAR SHANGHAI.
    302 9 Shots Exchanged With Chinese Volunteers. During the past week brigandage has become so bad round about Shanghai that special precautions have been taken by the French Police to prevent an incursion of the lawless bands into the territory under foreign control. The district principally affected by this
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    A Serious Jagah Affray.
    176 9 The Malay Mail, of April 20, says that a most nuusual and extraordinary occurrence took place on Wednesday afternoon just near the Clock Tower, Malacca. A number of \fghans employed as jagahs on some of the estates in (he vicinity of Malacca engaged in a free
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    German Royal Wedding.
    217 9 THEIR MAJESTIES LEAVE FOR BERLIN. Influences on European Peace. Rictcrs Telegram. London, May 20. I King George received Sir Edward Grey and Lord Haldane in audience in the afternoon and embarked in the evening with Queen Mary on the Royal yacht at Sheerness, en route for Berlin
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    A FLOODED PRESS.
    507 9 Woes Of The F.M S. Government Printer. §tbe annual report on the F.M.S. PrintI >epartwent for the year 1912, Mr. J. m, the superintendent, says le commencement of the year under re found the printing office in a deplorable from the flood of December 22, 1911; when
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    Manufacturers' Life Insurance Co.
    162 9 The following is from the twenty-sixth annual report of the Manufacturers' Life Insurance Co.:— The total insurance issued and revived during the year amounted to 13.28H.832 16s. 2d., an increase over last year of £722 10s. ad. The total insurance in force is now £15, 182,786
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    18 9 Major H. G. Pringle, Royal Field Artillery, has been appointed general staff officer (second grade) in North ''liin^,
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    Championship Polo.
    1535 9 PREPARING FOR THE MATCHES IN JUNE. What America Has Been Doing. kThc polo championship matches between i«Ush and American teams are held next month at Meadow Brook, U.S.A. The English team sailed for the States a fortnight ago and from what Renter advises their work in preparation has
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    KAPOK AND CAMPHOR.
    689 9 Expert Opinion On Samples From F.MS. Reports on several samples of products ni the Federated .Malay States appear in latest Bulletin of the Imperial Institute Considerable interest has been taken in ectnt years in the utilisation of flossts or [cottons, which consist of the Boft. silky aara
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    32 9 Mr. B. W. Barr, who bad been office assis tent to the Dunlop Tyre Co., from the time ita head office was established in Malacca Ii*V4MM» been Uan«f«rr,.i t^ the ca»«ir» -> Go%
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    THE FRENCH ARMY.
    129 9 TROOPS REBEL AGAINST NEW SCHEME. Severe Punishment Promised. RIDTIK's TbIIOSAM. London, May 2a At Belfort, the men of the thirty fifth line regiment held a demonstration against the three yeara' service scheme, sang the Internationale," and maltreated a Sergeant Major. Colonel MacMahon immediately assembled the regiment in
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    PEACE PRELIMINARIES.
    164 9 Greeks and Servian Delegates Still Recalcitrant. Raima's Tilco&am. London, May 20. No meeting of the Balkan peace delegates is yet arranged, nor is there any indication that the Greek or Ker^pfcslcgaAwi »re rti«. posed to sign the prelim, fciry treaty, to which they desire modifications. Reuter reports that
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    ARBITRATION BEFORE WAR.
    55 9 Rectkr's Tkleobam. Loidon, May 20. Reuter's correspondent a&A»me says that Italy has informed the I'nitea' States that it J will carefully and sympathetically consider M the invitation to the Powers to conclude a I convention providing for the submission of I ill disputes to an international commission
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    DOCKERS' LEADER ARRESTED.
    33 9 Reutkr's Tsleoram. l A. London, May 20. I The President of the Dockers' Union, Mr. Scurr, has been arrested for inciting to disorder in speeches delivered at Leedfl and elsewhere.
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    THE NEWMARKET STAKES.
    46 9 K»OTIR'S TILIcIRAH. London, May 21. The probables (or the Newmarket Stakes (ran today at Newmarket, if miles) are: Flippant (Wootton), Cragaawr (Maharj^ Louvoig (O'Neill), Roy Barker (Scoarse), Bun ""'V Vat (A. Huxley), Harry of Hereford (Rio- y kaby), Monisima (Walter Qriggg), Ma^nifioo (W}ialley).
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    DERBY HORSE SCRATCHED.
    16 9 Kbctm's TaiaomAH. I Londoi^^U|^^~^ lioseworthy was scratched for five o'clock yesterday evening. I
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    COUNTY CRICKED
    10 9 KIOTIB'S TILIUKAM.^H Yorkshiro beat Soinerset^|^H and 132 runs.
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    PARIS FINANCIAL CONFI
    54 9 Dim Ostasutmchi Lloyd TiM Berlin ,^H^^l7 There is no unanimity regarding the task of the Parisian financial conference, especially regarding the presence of the Balkan representatives at the conference. The question at issue is whether the tteciaions art. binding or whether they are to h^ regarded, aH
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    SUEZ CANAL DIVIDEND.
    9 9 Dkb Ohtasiathchk Ll.-yd Telboham. ltcrWMay 21.
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    Suogei Choh Rubber.
    2097 10 ESTIMATED OUTPUT GREATLY EXCEEDED. Directors And Their Fees. The sixth annual general meeting of the jungei Choh Rubber Estate, Limited, was fetid on April 23, at the London Chamber of rmeroe, Oxford Court, E.C., Mr. Alexan Thompson (chairman of the company) presiiliug. Xhc Chairman said The report
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    Sir W. Osier's Rules Of Life.
    194 10 Speaking before a gathering of Yale Univer sity men, Sir William Osier, who has been visiting the I'nited States, submitted bis rules o' life. They are," be said, the freshest, the oldest, the simplest, and the most useful. Forget the past, forget the future.
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    Kapar Para Estates.
    2063 10 THE PROFITS EXCEED THE CAPITAL. Dividend of 80 Per Cent. The seventh annual ordinary general meeting of the Kapar Para Rubber Estates Company, Limited, was held at the London Chamber of Commerce, Oxford Court, E.C., Mr. A. A. Baumann (chairman of the company) presiding. The Chairman said
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    The King's Busy Summer.
    332 10 King George has been having a busy season starting from April 21 when he went to Crowe for a motor tour through the Potteries, and crowded in numerous visits and inspections. Following this he reviewed the Brigade of Guards in Hyde Park, and will shortly review
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    26 10 Mr. A. R. Peel, H. M. Minister at Bane kok, has returned to Penang from India. He ii MIL" im *i short tour in the Native
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    Consolidated Malay.
    1743 10 CAUSES OF 1H REDUCED DIVIDEND. Mr. Loudoun-Shand on Price of Rubber. The seventh annual general meeting of the Consolidated Malay Rubber Estates, Limited, was held on April 24 at the London Chamber of Commerce, Oxford Court, 8.C., Mr. J. L. Loudoun-Shand presiding. The Chairman said: Gentlemen, it is
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    SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
    271 10 The Malacca Police Recreation Club have begun a tennis tournament, says the Malay Mail. In connection with this it may be said that Mr. H. E. Burgess, of Sigamat. is the recognised tennis champion of Malacca having won the champion's prize at the lost tournament. The annual sports
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    Cricket.
    81 10 Garrison League. The results of the garrison cricket league are recorded in garrison orders as follows, to date Pld. i Won. Lost. Its. K. O. Y. L. I. (2) 8 X) Co., K. O. A. 4 £.O.Y.L. 1.(8) 2 (4) 2 list Co., K. E. 1 r8 Co., R.
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    Singapore Rubber Auction
    87 10 At the Singapore Chamber of Commerce Robber Association's auction, held yesterday, there were offered for sale 898 cases, pels. 426.30 or 56,852 lbs. and sold 887 cases, pels. 418.56 or 66,141 lbs. The prices realised were: The next auction will bo held on Tuesday May 37, 1918.
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    S.V.C. ORDERS.
    892 11 By Majoi .1. A. R. (ilksnie, A<.. Commandant, S.V.C. Singapore, May 20, 1918. 8. v. c. Balestier Rifle Range. I The S.R.A. annual prize meeting will be continued on Saturday and Sunday, May 24 and 2. r >, 1918. Saturday 24tb, at 2 p.m., The Volunteer Club Cup.
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      169 11 To the Editor of tho Straits Times. Sir, I find in your last evening's issue a criticism by 5.0.M.A." on the lecture delivered by the Key. Mr. Cherry on tho history of India. As I was one of those pre sent, I feel it my bounden
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    "LITTLE DORRIT" DEAD.
    313 11 Playmate's Memories Of Dickens' Boyhood. Mre. Mary Ann Cooper, a playmate of Charles Dickens and the original of Little Don-it, died at Southgate on April 23, within seven months of ucr 100 th birthday. She had many recollections of the happy times she and Dickens had spent
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    ENGLISH POLITICIAN ROBBED
    307 11 £500 Stolen Which Had Been Won At Chemin-de-Fer. in connection with the presence in London of a patty of men whose records as international crooks and card sharpers are known to the police, a remarkable story is being told, involving an adventure of a prominent politician daring
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    120 11 A native armed with a long knife was dig. covered by a lady in Sourabaya in one of the outhouses. In fear, she hurried ont of the house with her three children and went to the house of a friend near by. The friend who is the wife of an
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    STOCKS AND SHARES.
    787 11 Prices Quoted in the Market This Morning. Singapore, May 21, 1918. Messrs. Lyall and Evatt, Exchange and Share Brokers, issue the following list ol quotations this morning at to I NoM Valci. Butbbs. Snuit. 2/. Allagar 2/7 8/1 x.d. 4 1 Anglo-Jav. 7/8 8/1* 1 Anglo-Johore 8/l(H
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    Rubber Production.
    1520 12 ESTATE OUTPUTS AND MONTHLY AVERAGES. Exports of Para Rubber. Having published the various estate returns as received, we now tabulate them so as to show the monthly production ginoe January 1, together with the average monthly output, fractions excepted, during 1912. At the foot of the table we
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    SUNGEI KRIAN RUBBER.
    426 12 Estate Healthy and Fully Equipped. The directors of the Sungei Krian Rubber Estate, Limited, report for the year ended December 81, 1912, that the output of dry rubber amounted to 62,390 lb. The average gross sale price obtained per pound was 4s. 3.70 d. Freight, insurance, trade
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    SEREMBAN RUBBER ESTATE.
    419 12 Distribution Of Twenty Per Cent. Dividend. The directors of the Seremban Rubber Estate Company, Limited, report for the year ended December 81, 1912, that the crop of rubber amounted to 450,194 lb., being 86,850 b. in excess of that secured in 1911, and realised an average price
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    69 12 Owing to the failure of the Chinese to oooperate with the Famine Committee in repairing the Hwangsitana dyke, 90,000 mow within the Hsiakiolien dykes are aow flooded, says a Wobn message. Mr. Wilton, of the British Legation, has passed through Wuhu leading a party which is investigating the question of
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    Passengers Overseas.
    619 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 some instances, bookings may be provisional and that intending passengers may alter their arrangements, subsequent to the issuance of this list
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    Labu (F.M.S.) Rubber.
    303 12 The directors report for the year ended December 81, 1912, that 2.822 acres are planted with Hevea Braziliensis. The total area is 8,166 acres. Directions have been aiven to plant up during 1918 the whole of the remaining land found suitable j 860,559 lb. were harvested during
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    New Kali Selogiri (Java) Plantations.
    165 12 The directors report for the year 1913 that the profit andloss account, after having been charged with all the London expenses, shows a baUnoe of £1,681, making with the amount brought forward from last year, J6498, a total of £2,079. The directors propose to write
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    1017 15 NOTES AND COMMENTS ON CURRENT TOPICS. Roads Improvement Association. H. C. I -alone writes to The Globe, of April, 16, as follows I am extremely glad to note from the annual report recently issued by the Roads Improvement Association that an increase in the funds at its
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