The Straits Times, 10 June 1913

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    13 1 The Straits Times. NO. 24.204 SINGAPORE. TUESDAY. JDNE 10. 1913. PRICE 10 CENTi
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      109 1 LAIRD 010 1 LOGAN Scotch Whisky. I BSTABLISHBD... 174?. KATZ BROS., LTD., CO SALE SPECIAL LINES FOR Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Motor Lamps, Ice Chests, Crockery, Rubber Mangles, Motor Cycles and Accessories, Carpets, Perfumery, Ellwood's Helmets, Gramophones and Footballs, Pipes, Sheeting, Underclothing, Millinery and Gowns, Silver Goods and Cutlery. Monday,
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      35 1 SLEDGE MILK IS GENUINE Swiss Milk from cattle grazed on the FAMOUS PASTURES OF THE BERNESE ALPS. E !fe%^ AmU for) SLEDGE BRAND Unsweetened Condensed or Natural Sterilized. Sole Importers: J. TRAVERS ft SONS, LIMITED.
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      143 1 Robinson Co. jMk RELIABLE CLOCKS FOR OFFICES, iMlff^ ESTATES, Etc., Etc. *fl(J^ O^^ Mill EXCELLENT TIMEKEEPERS. Klt to V^^^Sl ALL VARIETIES OF CLOCKS IN STOCK. POLISHED OAK OFFICE CLOCK. r |M^rtS^j j 12 ins. Dial, 8-Day, half-hour strike. 111 1 Wk I I Si^^ OAK^LEVER CLOCK. M»&/ K Mtß BIM
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      38 1 IgoodRIGH i TYRES ASHCROFT'S Billiard Tables. (AWABUKI) TWO LULU MKDILR). Patentees of rh<* "Aero" exit* low cushions Sole Agents for S.S. JcJ-.M.5. A. FRANKEL AND GO.. VICTORIA STREET. Full-sized tables read; for immediate delivery. Quality Guaranteed. 110 80-9
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    INDO-CEYLON RAILWAY.
    632 2 READY FOR OPENING EARLY NEXT YEAR. Causeway Across Adam's Bridge. Some interesting information concerning the new Indo Ceylon route via Tallaimannar and Danuahkodi was given by the Hon. Mr. Muirhead, C.1.E., agent of the South Indian Railway Company, in the course of an interview with a representative of
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    Divorce Law Reform.
    195 2 At a meeting at the Suffrage Club, York Street, St. James', a discussion took place on Divorce Law Reform. Lady Willou|(hby de Broke, Vice -President of the Divorce Law Reform Union, occupied the chair. Lady Willooghby de Brake repudiated the idea that the Union sought to diminish
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    Kongo Officer's Death.
    155 2 The trials of the Japanese battle-cruiser Kongo, built at Barrow, were interrupted by the funeral of Commander Tanoaka, whose death took place in London while the vessel waa off Oreenock. Commander Tanoaka's body was cremated, and the remains were sent to the Kongo for the funeral rites—
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      260 2 For the Skin "'Hazeline' f (TrmU Mart) Snow" The ideal application for that objectionable greasy or shiny state of the complexion for which powders are usually employed. Hazeline Snow," unlike powders, contains nothing to clog the pores of the skin. On the contrary, it acts as a S cleanser, and
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      49 2 Bowel Complaint in Children. During the gammer months mothers should watch for any unnatural loosrauws of the child's bowels. When given prompt attention at this time serious trouble may be avoided. Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy can always be depended upon. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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      579 2 BAB ECZEMA ALL OVER WS HEAD Breaking Out Scabbed Over. Would Bleed and Discharge Until Spread All Over Head. Cuticura Soap and Ointment Completely Cured. 8. Maypole 84.. Alcoobury. Hants. Eng. —■My little boy Vincent had a bad form of w«n» all over his head for ten months. irfNFW Ha
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      279 2 The National Mutual Life Association OF AUBTMUSIA. LIMITED. Estnbllshed 1869 The Arst Life Offloe in the world to introdnoe the non-forfeiture prinoiple to Policies. A Mutual OHIO*. No •h.r.h01d..,. Low Premium*. Annual Inoonra 1,284,364. Fund 7> 291,a»0 Claims) paid £6,078,960. ALL profits ate distributed amongst Polioy-holders. Claims paid in an,
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    Hongkong's Shipping.
    618 3 INCREASED TONNAGE OF OCEAN VESSELS Improved Trade. The report of the Harbour Master of Hongkong, Commander Basil Taylor, R.N., for the year 1912, was laid before the Hongkong Legislative Council on May 29. It states that the total of the shipping entering and clearing at ports in the
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    Authoress's Death.
    213 3 An inquest was held at Redbill, on Miss Alice Maud Meadow*, the authoress, who lost her life iv trying to rescue her terrier, Cesar, from drawing in a brook in the Earlswood Asylum grounds. Her brother, Mr. Sidney Meadows, jeweller, of Mare Street, Hackney, stated she was about
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    122 3 In the South African Union House of Assembly, the Immigration Bill has passed through the committee stage. An amendment permitting Indians to introduce more than one wife was negatived. The House debated the question of a £'A gold tax on Indians in Natal, which is one of the difficulties of
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      447 3 REMOVE ALL BLOOD IMPURITIES. BUILD UP YOUR HEALTH with BBBENOE ob FLUID extract or RED JAMAICA Pronounced by the WCHOT WtDICAI AUTMQiriTIH the most Tffl-tTI, TORPID LIVER, DEBILITY, ERUPTIONS, RHEUMATISM, OBSTINATE SKIN DISEASES, &c. RESTORES THE WEAK, REVIVES THE DEPRESSED WILKINSON'S SARSAPARILLA HAS A WORLD-WIDE REPUTATION for over THREE-QUARTERS of
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      91 3 Chamberlain's Pain Balm. A touch of rheumatism, or a twinge of neuralgia, whatever the trouble is, Cham berlaiiTs Pain Balm drives away the pain at onoe and cures tbe complaint quickly. First application gives relief. When a bottle of it is kept in the house the pain of burns and
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      373 3 THE SERVANTS' AGENCY OFFICE. NO. 70, TANK ROAD, SINOAPOBB Domeitio sorvanti Indoor and Outdoor) of every description, Clercial Hands. Batata' Kraniea, Conductors, Mandores, Coolie*, I Masons, Carpenters, Painters Mechanics, Demaroators, Time-keepers, Draughtsmen and other employees supplied at abort notice CHARGES MODERATE All Clerical hands and offioe Tambiee supplied tree of
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      163 3 RANEEOUNGE GLAZED STONEWARE. Drainpipes and Junctions. ALL SIZES STOCKED. SHARPE, ROSS CO., LD. THE ABSOLUTE IT FRASER NEAVE'S SODA WATER. To Estate Mine Managers, Etc. PATERSON. SIMONS A Co.. Ld.. CAN SUPPLY t WHlSKY— Chivas Bros. "Royal Strath jthan. BRANDY— Bxshaw'i No. 1. BEER Wrexham. CEMENT— Wouldham Red Cross Brand.
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      602 4 STEAMER SAILIN6B. P. STEAM NAVIGATION GB. FOR OHINA, JAPAN, PBNANG, CBfLON. AUSTRALIA. INDIA, ADBN. BGYPT, MBDITBRRANBAN PORTS, PL? MODTH AND LONDON. Through Bills o! Lading issued tor Uhlaa Coast, Periiaa Gulf. OoaHnentai and Asß9rtoaa Ports. Steamers will leave Singapore oa or about: MAIL LINES ieis tiomtmard .'/or Mmrop*). rromsmgapore Sotombo^riib'
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      650 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 oontraet with the Imperial Japanese Government. The New Twin-screw Steamers maintaining this servioe have been specially designed and constructed, and are fitted with all
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      672 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. THE SIAM STEAM NAVIGATION CO.. LD. SINGAPORE-BANGKOK. For Pabang, Berserab, Kretay, Paka, Tringganu, Bisut, Semeia, Baohck, Kelaatar, Tabai. Bangnara, 'leiupia, Panarai, Patani, Singora, Lacoa, Kohwmoi, Bander, Uangsnei, Taku, Übucpon, Knlil^h and Bangkok. Oue Departure. •.PRACHATIPOK Juno 11. BORIBAT June 11 June 14. VUGALA June 16 June 18. ASOANG
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      521 4 3TEAWER SAILINGS. HAMBURG AMERIKA LINE. HAMBURG. MB ■nTira ■■■mhiiw fBMTtKt. "lUtt" IBIBIIS Combined Bervluc The steamres of these Companies maintain a regular servioe between Hamburg Bremen Antwerp, and Rotterdam, and the Straits, China and Japaa. Homewards, they are despatched tort nightly for Havre and Bamborg and onoe a month for
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      613 4 STEAMER SAILINM. N. D. L. or ddeutscher Lloyd, Br»m*r IMPERIAL 6ERMAN MAIL UNI. The last and well-known mail steamers this Company rail lortnigbtly from bruin Hamburg, via Rotterdam, Antwerp, rJouu ampton, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples jcoaaetiing Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria, and Mm versa) Port Said, tinea, Aden, Coioou Penang, Singapore, Hongkong, Huang...
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      378 5 "JENATZY" Motor Tyres. Hooglandt «dfc Co* 9 SOLE AGENTS. AUCTION SALE auction sale Of VALUABLE COCONUT PLANTATION Of An Excellent Collection of off paya lbbar road, and free CJ/^I rl.lllj|3lj fjUll.lVl9« At M«ws.ChingKeng Lee 4 Co.'s Saleroom, Om Monday, Jdnr 16, at 2.80 pa. At Powpll fr Co Salfl-rnom (1
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      280 5 ROLLED-GOLD JEWELLERY. Jj4P^is^lffPS*?%S"Sss§SirJ j4P^i5^ 1 ffPS*?%S"S55§Sir Heavy Spring Brace'et, 14-carat rolled fer JB3~ l i i i ~fili»a»'^^i^^ S o oniqie and rt alis'.ic soaku pattern. JSRL^£3 W '"P 8 Oo our 'or 10 jeiia. BAMBOO BRACELET. j/^^^^^^^^^s!l 18 carat rolled sold, a very pretty '~3^2f^ brac.lt. m^^^J^^M^'j^^^l^^ Price: »8.80
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      485 5 ROYAL VINOLM I TALCUM POWDLIJ j For dialing, r.isli. |>riik!;> heat, and lor all hot Weather discomforts Royal Vinolia Talcum I'owdi-r is by fin- the most convenient j of toilet lequisites. as well j as beins one of the most efficacious from ih e scien tific point of view owin.n
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      338 6 GoodRICH TYRES Amicgton Hal), Tamwortb, March 7th, IS 8. Dear Sirs, I want to tell yon of the splendid result I have j ist got from one of yonr 896 x 185 robber-Btadded oovers. It burst a few days ago after h wing been on one of tbe front wheels
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      135 6 V\ Of JUST RECEIVED: W^ A Large and Well-Assorted •^W Stock of tbe Best Brands of $100 < Vn r Perfumery t !!2— Lancaster's The beat and tbe moat (requested Hotel in the Islaad, aad CRAB HOTEL No Waiting. Ten Hands Going. Tbe only SaZtocijm im tbe Stoalta. Halrouttlng. Shaving.
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      137 6 PETROLEUM WOOD PRESERVATIVE MADE FROM PREPARED PETROLEUM RESIDUE. ttfjS per 4-gaiion tin f. o. to. or f. o. r. Singapore. THE CHEAPEST AND MOST EFFICIENT WOOD-PRESERVATIVE ON THE MARKET. THE ASIATIC PETROLEUM COMPANY. (Straits Settlements), LIMITED, Winchester House, SINGAPORE. HIGH-CLASS PARISIAN MILLINERY JUST OPENED AT N, Hotel de l'Europe Buildings.
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    DAILY TIME TABLE.
    131 7 FIXTURES Tuesday, June 10. High Water. 1 .10 a.m., 3.9 p.m Wednesday, June 11. High Water, 2.12 a.m.. M p.m Thursday, June 12. High Wator, 3.24 a.m.. 5.1 p.m. P. Mi O. homeward mail due. Priday, June 13. High Water, 4.44 a.m., KM p.m Municipal I'oinniissioncrH, '2.1)0.
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    SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
    225 7 Today. Malacca and Kagan Hock Lee 8 pin Port Dickson ana P. Swettenhain Calypso 3 pm Malacca and Muar Lady Weld Bpm Penang and Rangoon Scans Bee Bpm Penang ami Colombo Kamo Maru Bpm Batu Pahiit Aing Leong Bpm Penaug Hong Wan I 3pm Malacca and Port
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    Mail Steamer Movements.
    61 7 The P. and O. homeward mail steamer Assayc left Hongkong at 1 p.m. on Saturday, June 7. and may be expected to arrive here on Thursday morning, June 12. The P. and O. outward mail steamer Devanlia left Colombo at 1 a.m. on Sunday, June 8, and
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    Mails for Europe.
    67 7 <«rT 31NQAPOKB. U lay h B. I. lay H M. M. lay IS P. 4 O. lay '20 D. L. lay 22 IS. I. fay 26 M. M. (ay 80 P. Jfc O. uuc 2 N. D. L. me 6 li. I. nnr 9 M. M. /UB
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING.
    371 7 Latest Arrivals. Ayuthia, Ger. str. 620 tons, Capt Freesc, .luni' 9. From I'. ■nanu. Juno 7. (i.e. and d.p. B. Meyer A Co. For I'aneh, June 12. Rds. Ban Houu Luiiis, Brit. str. 710 tons, Capt McDoncll, June 9. From Bangkok, June i>. (I.e. and d.p. Low Sum.
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    Vessels at Tanjong Pagar and Keppel Harbour,
    90 7 Wharves at which Vessels are Berthed To-Day; TANJONO PAGAR. East Wharf Basin Nil. W. Suction No. l...lsmaila. Shkers Wharf Nil. Main W. Sbct. No. 2...Cake Ortegal. B...Glenogle. 4.. .Persia. S ..Circe. 6... Miin dans. Saikai Maru. New Dock 7. ..(Under construction) West Wharf
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    LOCAL PASSENGER LISTS.
    214 7 Arrivals. I'er str. Circe, June 9. From Deli: Messrs. K. Matliieu, B. Friedburger and D. Kol van Kluyoen. Per str. Ipoli, June 9. From T. Anson via ports Mr. and Mrs. Thomson, Mr. and Mrs. Halden, Messrs. A. M. Hart, H. M. Micklc, A. C. Rainuie, L.
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    AUCTION SALES.
    98 7 Powell and Co. June 18.— At The Railway Store, P. Saigon Govt. Unservicable Rly. Stores, at 2.80. June 17. At saleroom, leasehold land at Hylam St., at 2.80. Chinjc Keng Lee and Co. June It.— At No. 2, Addis ltd., off Sophia Road, furniture etc., at 2.80. June
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    Claim Against Calcutta Tramways.
    175 7 At Calcutta, last month, judgment was delivered in a suit for damages brought by Babu Amrita Chunder Ghosh, Superintendent, Hipon College, Calcutta, against the Calcutta Tramways Company. The plaintiff's case was that on the night of January 9, 1911, he was travelling in a first class
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    FINANCE AND COMMERCE.
    259 7 EXCHANdE SlNGAPOM, JUNK 10, 1918. On London Bank m/a 2/4-£ Demand 2/-1,',. Private 0 m/a 2/4 [i 8 m/a 2/4J i On OiBMAim Bank d/d 238J Private 8 m/a 248* On Fkanci Bank d/d 294 Private 8 m/a 299* On India Bank T. T. 174j Private SO
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      MINING.
      158 7 f 8 8 a Buyers. Sellers Value J 10 10 Ampang 9-00 10.00 10 10 Belat Tin 2.70 8.00 10 10 Brnang 1.00 1.50 10 10 Kanaboi 2.05 2.20 10 10 Kampar par 10 10 Kinta Association 12.60 14.00 El £1 Kinta Tin 1.15.0 2.2.4 £1 Lahat Mine* 1.2.6
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      RUBBER.
      581 7 £1 £1 Sendayan 1.11.0 1.15.0 £1 £1 Seremban 1.6.8 1.12.1 £1 £1 Shelford 1.15.0 2.0.0 £1 £1 Sialang 8.0.0 8.10.0 2/- 2/- Singapore Para 2/1 J I 6 2/- 2/- Singapore United 1/9 2/2/- 2/- Straits (Bertam) 8/9 4/4 2/- 2/- Sumatra Para 7/- 7/9 £1 £1 Sungci Cbob
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      GENERAL.
      110 7 J? 8 6 1 Buyers. SoUotb Value J £1 £1 E. Smelting Co. 18/8 19/ £1 £1 Pref. U.fl 1.6.8 5/- 6/- Electric T ways 8/8 4 10 10 Fraser Neave 60.60 61.60 100 Howarth Erekine 60.C0 100 7%Pref. 95.0 C 102.00 100 100 Kati Bro, Del. 180.00 140.00
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      DEBENTURES.
      40 7 Buyers Sellers United Engineers 6% 11,234,500 par Singapore Electric Tramways 5% £860,000 Spore Municipal 5% 11,878,000 nom. Buyers Sellers Spore Municipal 4J% of 1907 »,1,600,000 7% Spore Municipal 41% of 1909 11,000,000 10% pa Spore Municipal 4% 1602,900 pu
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      45 7 Sick To-day, Well To-morrow. If you feel dull and stupid, are bilious and constipated, take a dose of Chamberlain's Tablets before going to bed. They are just what yon need, and you will be all right tomorrow. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers. I
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      8 7 For Bronchial Coughs take Wood*' Great Peppermint Core.
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      188 7 Embassy. t VIRGINIA A 4. BRISTOL 4 LONDON .aHCJ| BY APPOINTMENT fSwS TO HM. THE KING. 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 DSB IN THE GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS IN THE
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      107 7 COMPLETE CHANGE OF PROGRAMME AT THE HARIMA HALL CINEMATOGRAPH. NORTH BRIDGE B"AD. TO-NIGHT: Second Show 9.50 to 11 p.m. DRINK'S LURB Biograph. The husband, a drunkard, joins some crooks to burgle tbe house in which tbe wife and child he has deserted are staying. He sees his child and defending
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    The Straits Times. TUESDAY, JUNE 10. UNIVERSITIES IN CHINA.
    1009 8 The Straits Times. TUESDAY, JUNE 10. UNIVERSITIES IN CHINA. The remarkable manifestation of public interest in China of the last few months will doubtless stimulate the efforts of Mr. C. A. M. Smith, who, as Professor of Engineering at the Hongkong University, is now in England to bring more prominently
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    27 8 The steamer Guthrie, of the Australian Oriental line, is reported to have been sold to Japanese buyers, who will take delivery in Hongkong, says the China Mail.
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    30 8 Among the sums received by the treasurers of the Anti-Slavery and Aborigines Proteo tion Society towards the special Putumayo fund was a cheque for £26 from the Rani of Sarawak.
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    44 8 It is reported in Shanghai that at 1 a.m. on May 29, 80 disbanded soldiers attacked the arsenal, but were repulsed by the soldiers stationed there. Five or six of the attacking party were killed, as well as two soldiers belonging to the garrison.
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    43 8 The Government of British North Borneo are erecting a wireless plant, with necessary buildings, near the western end of Sandakan racecourse, and official notioe is given in the B. N. B. Gazette that the Government intend to resume the land for this purpose.
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    47 8 The Municipal < ommissionen will meet on Friday afternoon for the first time since the construction of the new board, but the agenda does not seem to hold anything of great importance. There will be the appointment of committee* but otherwise the buftinesx seems to be purely formal.
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    10 8 (Quarantine restrictions asjainst Han^oon on account of smallpox are withdrawn.
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    37 8 The old dispatch ship Alacrity having been replaced on the China Station by the new dispatch ship Alacrity, the former is to be sola out of the service in which she spent 27 years in Chinese waters.
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    39 8 The C. P. K. liner Empress of Russia broke all coaling records at Nagasaki. She began coaling at 8 a.m. and finished at 2.30 p.m., taking in 8,180 tons of coal at the rate of 190 tons per hour.
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    36 8 The Wesley Episcopal Methodist Church are holding a reception at Nind Home (I)eaconess' Home), Mount Sophia, to introduce to the friends ot the church their new Pastor, Rev. L. Oechsli, A.8., 5.T.8., tomorrow, at five o'clock.
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    45 8 The police have received a report that Abdul Hassan, a Malay, had been shot by some Eurasians who were shooting wild birds on the Balestier Road. The man was not seriously injured and those concerned in the affair have settled the matter between them selves.
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    51 8 Mrs. Allen, of 44, Cairnhill Koad, has reported to the police the theft of clothing valued at 940. She went to Penang a short time ago, leaving a Kling in charge of the house, and upon her return yesterday sh« found that the man had disappeared taking with him the
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    63 8 On Sunday morning, at about 10.30, motor car No. 570, driven by a Malay, ran into a ricksha at the Lavender Street Tram. The ricksha coolie was hurt and removed by the police to hospital. The ricksha was more or less smashed and the occupant, Mr. N. Mamat, of the
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    54 8 This morning, in the third court, Mr. Ruebens, of 8, Prince Street, charged a Kling. named Ahmed Sah, withthe theft of 1400. The case was merely mentioned, Inspector Thrale's request for a week's postponement being granted. Bail in a sum of 91,000 was granted. The accused absconded from Singapore and
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    61 8 We are asked to remind our readers tbat the booking for the farewell concert to be given in the Victoria Theatre, on Monday next, the 16th, by the famous Cherniavsky Trio, is now proceeding rapidly, and those desirous of availing themselves of this final opportunity of hearing these gifted musicians,
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    59 8 In connection with the theft of the crown from the late Queen's writing table in the Indian Museum at Calcutta, four persons who have been arrested were produced before the Deputy Commissioner of Police and remanded. It transpired in the evidence that the stolen articles were carried away concealed in
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    70 8 The Eastern and Australia Co.'s steamer St. Albans, which arrived at Hongkong on June 1, encountered very heavy weather after leaving Sydney and the destructive seas did a considerable amount of damage. Five of the crew were injured and one subsequently died. After survey at Brisbane the ship proceeded on
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    96 8 Sir Everard im Thurn, speaking at the Royal Horticultural Society, said the nut now known as coconut was similar to the face of a monkey, and so the Spanish word coco," meaning a grin or grimace, was attached to it. When Dr. Johnson was writing his famous dictionary he had
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    94 8 A case recalling the Agra poisoning case is disclosed at Buruwan, the victim and his wife being Eurasians. An illiterate Eurasian named Samson married an educated girl in November last. The match was unhappy and it was alleged that the girl mixed strychnine with barley which her husband took during
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    124 8 The second and larger ion breaker Ting Ling, designed to keep the Tientsin River free of ice during the winter months from Taku Bar Lightship to Tongku Railway Wharf, has been successfully launched at Shanghai. The vessel was designed by the staff of the Kiangnan Dock, who secured the contract
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    131 8 In our issue of June 3, we published a small paragraph, to the effect that at a recent meeting of the Ipoh Sanitary Board, the Chairman stated that the recent epidemic of dysentery, from which numerous people suffered, was enteric caused by ptomaine poisoning," etc. This paragraph produced a letter
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
    515 8 The marriage will take place in August of Captain Mercer, of the Dorset Regiment, and Margaret Edith, elder daughter of Mr W. A. Tennant, of Oxford House, I'gley. Mrs. and tho Misses (iilmore Ellis have passed through Kuala Lumpur on their way to Taiping Hill. They were
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    Tanglin Club Dance.
    21 8 An informal dance will be held in the Tanglin Club, at 9 p.m., on Friday, the 13th instant.
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    F M.S. Rubber Exports.
    73 8 During May 1,255.70 tons of rubber were exported from the F.M.S. This, together with 7,251.71 tons previously exported this year, makes a total of 8,477.41 tons to date, com pared with 5,837.65 tons exported during the same period last year, an increase of 2,639.76 tons. The
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    Special Occasions.
    98 8 On Saturday night a special dinner and dance have been arranged to take place in Raffles Hotel, whilo an open-air concert on the lawn will bo given by the band of the K.0.Y.L.1. The following Saturday being the second anniversary of King Goorge V.'s coronation, the Seaview Hotel
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    Planters Fined at Tapah.
    140 8 The Ipoh correspondent of the Malay Mail wired on June H as follows Six planters from the Batang Padang district were chargat Tapah Police Court yesterday under the Labour Code Enactment of 1912, with failing to pay coolies on or before the 10*h of the month.
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    HOME RULE BILL.
    243 9 SECOND READING MOVED IN THE COMMONS. Mr. Balfour Warns the Government. Rbutbr's Tblbobax. London, June 10. Mr. Asquith, moving the second reading of the Home Rule bill, emphasised the length of time occupied in discussion last session, and affirmed that throughout there had been no sign of
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    Britain and Japan.
    82 9 POWER AND INFLUENCE OF THE ALLIANCE. The Outlook Never Brighter KanTin's Tslbobav. London, June 9. Marquis Inouye, the new Japanese Ambassador to London interviewed by Reuter, said he was greatly pleased to return to England. Tbe outlook for Anglo-Japanese friendship was never brighter than it is to-day.
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    AUSTRALIAN ELECTIONS.
    57 9 rUOTBB'd TIL»i.H.» London, June 9. A Melbourne message says tbe Liberals now have 38 seats in the Hoim- of Representatives and the Labourites 37. Sir W. J. Lyne bas been defeated for the Senate. The figures continue to point to the rejection of referenda proposals, and the cabinet
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    AMERICAN DUTIES.
    58 9 Kictbb's Tbliouah. London, June 9. Washington, Jane 9. The democratic leaders in the Senate have decided to place a countervailing duty on livestock, grain, fresh meats, and flour and other grain products. These will be embodied in the free list, but where duty is charged on American exports
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    CHINESE AT PANAMA.
    26 9 Redtbr's Tblbobam. London, June 9. Reuter's Panama correspondent states that thr President of Panama has signed a decree prohibiting the naturalization of Chinese.
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    SCHOOL BURNED DOWN.
    64 9 Rbctsh's Tilboram. London, June 9. St. John's Clergy School, Leather head, has been destroyed by fire. All the scholars were promptly rescued, many in scant attire. The fire is believed to have been caused by a gas jet setting light to the curtains. London, June 10. Arrangements
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    THE DAVIS CUP.
    36 9 Riutm's Tblbokam. London, June 10. New York. June 9. In the Davis cup pre liminaries, McLoughlin (America) beat Doust (Australasia) by 6-4, 6—4, 6-2. Tbe Americans have thus won the required three events.
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    SIR JOHN DICKINSON.
    21 9 RaCTßt's T»L»OB-ill London, June 9. Mr. John Dickinson, who is appointed Chief Magistrate of London, has been knighted.
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    SUBMARINE DISASTER.
    37 9 Serious Explosion at Milford Haven. KICTIE.I TlLE(tß*ll. London, Jane 9. An explosion has occurred in the engineroom of submarine E. 5, at Milford Haven. One man was fatally hart and eleven seriously including Commander Moore.
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    OBITUARY.
    105 9 RaOTBB's TsLBOBABt. London, June 9. Mr. George Wyndham, formerly a member of tbe Cabinet, has died in Paris, in his fiftieth year. The death of Mr. George Wyndham was most sudden. He had been confined to his hotel for a week with congestion of the lungs. The deatb has
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    137 9 The following record is taken from Who's Who:— Wyndham, Rt. Hon. Georgo, LL.D. Glas., 1907; D.L. Edin.; M.P. (C.) Dover since 1889; Director London. Chatham, and Dover Railway Major Cheshire Yeomanry b. London, 29 Aug. 1962; o.s. of Hon. Percy Wyndham and Madeline, d. of Sir Guy Campbell, Bt., g.d.
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    225 9 Of Prof. Charles Augustus Briggs, Who's Who has tbe following I D. D., Princeton, Edin. Williams, Glasgow D. Litt. Oxon Graduate Prof, of Theological Encyclopaedia and Symbolics, Union Theological Seminary N. T. City; b. New York, 15 Jan. 1841 s. of Alanson Tuthil Briggs and Sarah Mead Berrian, both of
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    344 9 The late Dr. L. Forbes Winslow, who was the father of Mrs. Koland Braddell of Singapore, now at home, was founder of the British Hospital for Mental Disorders, London. He was born in London in 1844 and was therefore sixty-nine years of age. We reproduce particulars of his career as
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    COUNTY CRICKET.
    24 9 Ksotib s Tblmbam. London, June 10. Middlesex beat Surrey, at Lord's, by 79 vans. Northamptonshire beat Essex, at Northampton, by eight wickets.
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    Derby Rumours.
    197 9 MR. BRUCE ISMAY AND THE STEWARDS. No Appeal Intended. Rkuter's Tbleobam. London, June 9. The papers are still full of rumours, allegations and denials of all sorts in connection with the disqualification of Craganour and the running of other horses in the Derby. There is still much criticism
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    ACCELERATED DREADNOUGHTS.
    42 9 Rbctbb's Tilbobam. London, June 10. In the House of Commons, Mr. Churchill informed Mr. Byles that the acceleration of the three contract Dreadnoughts would necessitate an additional expenditure of a half million in 1918 and a quarter million in 1914.
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    DUTCHMEN INVADE SUFFOLK.
    24 9 Rbdtbb's Tblbobam. London, June 10. Some hundreds of Dutch agriculturists have arrived in Suffok to work on the beet sugar farms.
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    LANADRON REPORT.
    363 9 The Board Considering Raising Of Further Funds. The report of the Lanadron Rubber Estates, Limited, states that during the year to December 81 822 acres have been added to the area under rubber, which now totals 5,209 acres, while a further 210 acres were in progress, and will
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    White Star Line Result.
    123 9 For the year ended December 31, tbe Oceanic Steam Navigation Company, owners of the White Star Line, made a profit of £885,515, after writing off £106,168 for the loss of the Titanic. The company has declared no dividend for the year beyond the interim dividend of
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    110 9 There have been strange scenes on the Kallang river recently. For the last lew receding tides hundreds of fish and prawns have floated down in a state of stupor and eager natives, waiting on the banks, have had Dot little trouble in reaping a rich harvest. It has been suggested
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    Girls' Friendly Society.
    569 9 FETE IN VICTORIA MEMORIAL HALL. Grand Financial Success. On Saturday last, a fate was held in tbe Victoria Memorial Hall, (kindly lent by the authorities for the occasion) in connection with the Singapore branch of the Girls' Friendly Society. Lady Evelyn Young kindly attended and declared the
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    VOLUNTEERING AT HONGKONG.
    257 9 Work For the Unofficial Recruiting Sergeant. They are making an attempt to stimulate volunteer recruiting at Hongkong, and the Oovernor, Sir Henry May, has been lending a hand. At the annual prize distribution a few days ago, His Excellency, who is Colonel of the Hongkong Corps, in
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    The Fire on the P. and 0. Assaye.
    127 9 The following paragraph Is from Tbe Times of May 11:—Bound7 Bound from Bombay for Shanghai the P. and O. liner Assaye was reported yesterday to have arrived at Singapore with a fire, which was still burning. The fire was in the afterhold
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    Malay Policeman Decorated.
    98 9 For tbe second time in the history of the Ceylon police force, one of its members bas been decorated with tbe King's medal for gallantry. A Malay is again the recipient. On the recommendation of the InspectorGeneral of Police, constable Jappor Asgar has been awarded this tribute
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    APPEAL TO FULL COURT.
    257 9 Their Lordships Uphold Municipal Application. Tbe Full Court, consisting of the Chief Justice (Sir W. H. Hyndman Jones), Mr. Justice Fisher and Mr. Justice Sproale, yesterday afternoon gave judgment in the criminal appeal brought before them at the instance of the Attorney-General. It was an appeal
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    TRONOH MINES.
    677 9 Proposed Installation of Dredging Plant. The report of the Tronoh Mines, Limited, states that during the year to December 31 2,776 tons of tin ore were sold, as compared with 8,856 tons sold daring 1911. The amount realised (excluding tribute) was £349,334, being an average of £126.20 per
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    156 9 On May 25, what might have been a serious train accident near Batavia was fortunately averted in the nick of time, says tbe Java Bode. The last train from Soekaboemi to Batavia was late. After passing Buitenzorg, the driver tried to make up lost time and the train was going
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    KAISER'S JUBILEE.
    213 9 GREAT PARADE OF GERMAN ATHLETES. Striking Display Before The Emperor. RaCTBB's TSLBOKAM. London, June 9. Berlin, Jane 9.— The Kaiser's silver jubilee festivities practically began yesterday with the dedication of a huge Olympic stadium at Grunewald where, in the presence of 80,000 spectators, their Majesties, surround ed by
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    Militancy Doomed.
    89 9 GENERAL LIABILITY FOR WINDOW SMASHING. Another Incendiary Outrage. Rkutkr's Ibleoram. London, June 9. The Suffragist defendants who arc affected by the verdict in the window smashing case, include all the members of the Women's Social and Political Union, who become jointly and individually responsible for the damage. Tbe
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    RED RUBBER.
    71 9 Scathing Report on Putumayo Atrocities. Rbutbb's Tblboram. London, June 10. The report of the select committee on the Putumayo atrocities says the employees of the company were a gang of ruffians and murderers who shot, burned, tortured and violated in a spirit of wanton devilry. Tbe British directors
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    BURST OF THE MONSOON.
    19 9 Rkuteb's Tklkukam. London, Juno 10. A telegram from Bombay says the mon soon has burst.
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    THE BALKANS.
    72 9 Dm osT»ai*Ti3CHß Lloyd Tslbhram Berlin, Jane 9. The conference of Balkan Premiers is deferred. The Serbo- Bulgarian Government papers are publishing controversial articles of very sharp tone and the Crown Prince Alexander of Servia has made strong anti- Bulgarian utterances. King Ferdinand expects that before a decision U
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    LONDON RUBBER MARKET.
    37 9 The East Asiatic Company's Daily Report. The market in London yesterday was very quiet. The closing prices were Hard Fine Para Spot 8/8} Forward 8/6< First latex crepe, delivery next three months 3/1 1
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    Third Mile Rubber.
    2371 10 THE PROSPECTUS ESTIMATE EXCEEDED. Capital Increased to £50,000 The annual meeting <>f the Third Mile (F.M.S.i Itubber Company, Limited, was held at Edinburgh on May 9, Mr. James S. Bontein (the chairman of directors) presiding. The Chairman said 1 presume I may take the report and accounts,
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    31 10 It was announced at the general assembly of the Church of Scotland that the late Miss Dow, of Montreal, had left £20,000 for the permanent endowment of a hospital at Oiuerat.
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      Boxing.
      45 10 Forthcoming Contests. We understand that Mr. Howell has now completed arrangements for the lightweight, middleweight and heavyweight contests for the local championships. They will take place at the Theatre Royal, North Bridge Road, on Thursday, 19th inst. The complete programme will be published to-morrow.
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      Golf.
      154 10 Keppel Oolf Club. The following players have qualified to play for the St. James's Cup. The draw is posted in the club house. Tbe first round must be completed on or before Sunday, Jane 16. J. M. Valon 89+39=78—11=67 W. Ferguson 46 41 87 12 75 H. Carruthers 50
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      Lawn Tennis.
      165 10 S.C.R.C. Tournament. The following results of ties in the Straits Chinese Recreation Club's lawn tennis tournament are announced A. Sinules. Scow Pob Leng owe 18 beat Tan Tian Kiat owe 7, 6—2, 6—l. Lee Chin Tuan owe 2 beat Song Ong Siang, sir., w.o. Tan Wi Van owe
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      Rifle Shooting.
      208 10 S.R.A. Championship. We give below the results in the Singapore Rifle Association championship which is awarded to the best scores in five events at the prize meeting now in progress. These events are tbe President's Cup, Telephone Cap first stage, N.R.A. Medal, Governor's Cup first stage, and Ladies
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      The Turf.
      249 10 Kuala Lumpur Meeting. The entries and handicaps for the first day of the Selangor Turf Club's summer meeting on Tuesday, the 17th inst., are as follow Mi-: in Hants and Mi nbks Plate. Stella 10.7, I'pranie 10.5, Sunrise 10.3, Piccaninny 9.12, Flapper 9.10, The Kernel 9.7, Wistful Lass
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      Football.
      519 10 K.0.Y.L.1. (I) v. K.0.Y.L.1. (2). The K.0.Y.L.1.S monopolised the football field yesterday evening when the first and second elevens met on the Esplanade to decide who should face the S.C.C. in the final of the Cup Competition. After a good game, the first string settled the point by leaving
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    LIFE SAVING AT SEA.
    222 10 Power Boats to Accommodate 400 Suggested. At the Royal Society of Arts Mr. Alex. Welin showed models of the newest kinds of lifeboat and the newest machinery for launching them safely. The danger of smashing the boats against the hull of a ship he considered to
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    OPIUM IN FRENCH NAVY.
    169 10 Indignant Protest From Service Captain. The recent assertions regarding the prevalence of the opium habit among officers of the French navy— the habit supposed to have been learned daring service in the Far Ea.it— has called forth an indignant protest from Claude Farrere, the well known
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    Tropical Agricultural College.
    213 10 Prof. Wyndhaui K. Dunstan, of the Imperial Institute, has again called attention to the need of a Tropical Agricultural College to be established somewhere in the tropics. He truly says that tropical agriculture and its results are of far-reaching importance to the Empire. What he advocates, says
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    19 10 A Chinaman named Eng Heng has committed suicide at the beriberi hospital by hanging himself on the five-foot railings.
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    ALEXANDRA DAY.
    467 10 Preparations fforj the Annual Festival. The celebration of Alexandra Day in London on Wednesday, June 25, will assume the character of a floral festival. Apart from the general wearing of wild roses, which the promoters believe will be even more extensive than last year, when the movement was
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    MAY RUBBER RETURNS.
    74 10 United Serdang (Sumatra).— ll7,s96 lbs. Sungei Kari (Sumatra).— l3,6so lbs. Asahan (Sumatra). 8,545 lbs Tandjong.— 2s,lo9 lbs. Sialang.— 2l,s9B lbs. Anglo-Sumatra.— 33,o93 lbs. Sim pang Sumatra.— l,7B7 lbs. Langen (Java).— 36,505 lbs. crop for nine months of financial year to date 223,269 lbs. Sungei Buaya.- 16,185 lbs.
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    Guardian Assurance.
    254 10 The Hon. Evelyn Hubbard, presiding on May 9 last at the ordinary meeting of the Guardian Assurance Company, Limited, said that in the life department the number of proposals received and disposed of during the year was 1,168 for £771,609. The policies actually issued numbered 1,027 for £688,526,
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    Fire at Macassar.
    114 10 A serious fire broke out on the wharves at Macassar on May 81. According to the Pinang Gazette, large quantities of copra, maize, rattans and other goods were lying near the steamer Albany of the Deutsch Bustraliscb Dampschiff Gesselschaft for shipment when the outbreak was noticed. The
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    59 10 Notice is given in the Hongkong Government Gazette that Chinese emigrants will from July 1, 1914, be prohibited from t*W ing into written contracts to laboar iv Hie Straits Settlements, Malay Status or British North Borneo, and that all ■■Nil contracts made prior to that date by Cliiutse emigrants for
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    Ship Mystery Solved.
    775 10 CRUISER WRECK MISTAKEN FOR LINER. Result of Search By H.M.S. Forte. The Union Castle Company received on May 14 from Teneriffe a message sent off at 6.20 p.m., stating that the R.M.S. Briton has received a wireless message from H. M. S. Forte to the effect that
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    Raja Muda of Selangor Dead.
    187 10 The death took place at his resilience in the Batu Road, Kuala Lumpur, on Monday morning, after an illness extending over two or three weeks, of Raja Laut bin Sultan Mohomad, better known, perhaps, as the Raja Muda. Raja Laut was the nephew of the
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    62 10 The personal attitude of employees of British railway companies, emphasised last y.r in the Koox and Richardson cases, is again a matter of serious concern. A guard on the Great Northern Railway Company's line was lately tincl Is. for an alleged breach of discipline. He refuses to pay, his onion
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    Sensations at Sea.
    1279 11 STE4MER BURWAH IN HEAVY WEATHER. Second Officer Lost Overboard Heavy weather prevailed off the New South Wales coast on Wednesday, says the Brisbane Courier of May 10, and four steamers, outward bound from Sydney, pat back to Port Jackson. Vessels which did steam out to sea received
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    THE ORIGIN OF LIFE.
    397 11 Professor Sims Woodbead's Views. The Earl of Halsbury presided, on May 6, at a meeting of the Victoria Institute in the rooms of the Royal Society of Arts, Adelphi. Professor O. Sims Woodhead, who read a paper on The Origin of Life What We Know of
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    The Church in Malaya.
    274 11 The following letter by Mrs. M. Grey (deputation for Singapore at the Norwich Exhibition) appears in the East Anglian Daily Times Daring the late Missionary Exhibition at Norwich I was much struck by the numbers of people visiting it who have relations and friends in Singapore,
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    Insuring Big Liners.
    113 11 In consequence of difficulties that have been experienced of late in connection with the insurance of large steamers, underwriters refusing to accept tbe whole of 'he risk unless at almost prohibitive rates, the Cunard, W hite Star, and Hamburg American companies have formed a combine for the
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    24 11 The figures of tin export from Perak for May, (excluding I'pper Perak) are Block ud pels. 2,23.").!t«, tin ore pels. 41,290.57, duty 1642,120 58.
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    STOCKS AND SHARES.
    678 11 Prices Quoted In tbe Market This Morning. Singapore, Juno 10, 1018. Messrs. Lyall and Evatt, Exchange and Share Broken, issue the following list of quotations this morning Sou. Valci. Butie*. Hnuu. 8/. Allagar 3/7 8/4 1 Anglo- Jay» 6Hi 7/1 i 1 AngloJohore 8,0 9/8 3/- Anglo-Malay
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    DEBENTURES.
    38 11 100 Riley Harare* vo«* Co Ld. 6% 8a« pm 100 Singapore Manioipal 6% 30% pm 100 do 6% 12% pm 100 do «i% 10% pm 100 do 4% 6% pm £100 Singapore Elect. Trams 6% 13% di»
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    Discoveries in Egypt.
    1352 12 The past winter's work of the British School of Archielogy in Egypt has been full of interest, both in scientific discovery and in material acquisitions, states The Times of May I In the previous year a great cemetery of the First Dynasty (5500 8.C.) had been partly
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    COLONIAL PROBLEMS.
    604 12 Self-Governing Dominions In Wartime. The'first of a course of lectures on Colonial problems organised by the University of London, King's College, was delivered on May 14, at King's College, the subject of the opening lecture being The Colonies in International Law," and the lecturer, the Rev. Dr. T.
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    The Fallen Idol
    182 12 I do not paiut problem pictures," declared the Hon. John Collier, discussing with a Daily News representative the puzzle he is supposed to have set in his latest Academy picture, A Fallen Idol. I merely paint little scenes from modern life and try and make them as
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    Officers' Moustaches.
    172 12 There is much agitation among military officers attached to the War Office owing to tin.- belief tbat an order will shortly be promulgated permitting officers to shave the upper lip. At prtsent no soldier, be be private or officer, may shave off his moustache. The Army order, dating
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    RACING IN MALAYA.
    824 12 Conditions Governing Local Meetings. Racing in the Straits Settlements and Malay Peninsula is governed by a body known as the Straits Racing Association, says a write! in the Held. The association consists at the present time of four associated clubs the Singapore Sporting Club, the Penang Turf
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    First Postage Stamp.
    211 12 Who invented the postage stamp If we use the words their wider sense, as including stamped envelopes, wrappers, and the like, the answer is that the first postage stamp of which we have any record was issued in Paris in 1653. In July of that year Louis
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    83 12 This story is told of two friends a Londoner and a Scotsman— who were lanching together recently in a restaurant. The latter kept turning to see that his hat and coat remained still on the peg where he had left them. You are a suspicions chap," said his friend at
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    PREHISTORIC AMERICA.
    532 12 Interesting Discoveries in New Mexico. Explorations, with the purpose of unearth- 1 ing remains that may throw light on the early days of North America, have been made, and are continuing, with most satisfactory results. All discoveries thus far made have related to that period before American history
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    PASSENGERS OVERSEAS.
    485 12 Forthcoming Arrivals and Departures. 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 in London:—n
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      263 13 100,000 ADLER TYPEWRITERS have been manufactured in the short time since the invention of the Adler." This success is the best proof of the popularity of the Adler." That machine which bears the number of 100,000 is now in use at the Court-Marshal's Office of H. H. Prince Regent Ludwig
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      482 14 BANKING. THE CHINEBE COMMERCIAL BANK. LIMITED. NEW PREMISES, 64, Kling Street, Singapore. AUTHORISED CAPITAL 14,000,000 ISSUED CAPITAL |'2,000,000 BOARD OF DIRECTORS 1 Lee Oboon Ouau, Esq. Chairman. Lim Peng rtiang.Ks,]. Chook Cheng Kee, Scow Bng Tin, Ksq. Bsq. Too ChengHai, Bsq. Tan bian Cheng, Esq. Tan Chay Tan, Bsq. Tan
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      489 16 ARTICLES FOR SALE. TURNOUT FOR SALE. Calcutta-built Victoria and young Australian horse. Good condition. Any loafonable offer accepted. Apply Carriage, c/o Straits Time*. B-6 11.6 FOR SALE. Second hand 7* H.l'. Campbell Oil Engine, complete with accessories-Kccently thoroughly overhauled and in perfect running order. May be seen by appointment. Apply
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      702 16 SINGAPORE CLUB FIXTURES. Straits Times List. The following fixtures for the current week and important forthcoming fixtures are kindly supplied by the secretaries of the various clubs. Convenient forms on which to make the returns will be supplied on application to the Manager, Straits Times. Singapore Cricket Club. Tuesday, hockey,
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