The Straits Budget, 30 June 1910

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1 8 The Straits Budget
  • 26 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE “STRAITS TIMES.” VOL. LXIV SO. 2733 Singapore, Thursday, Jane,“30,1910. ESTABLISHED OVER HALF A CENTURA Price 25 cents.
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  • 232 1 LEADERS— Methods of Valuation People Good and Bad 8*9 Cariosities of h inane© 9 The l»ivorce Bill 9 10 The Modern India 10 Maritime Law ...10*11 Local am> Gknkkal Social and Personal 1 Legislative Council 2 I'eath of Mr. C. Ziwmermann 2 Tbe Cocos Islands 8 Affairs
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  • 831 1 Mrs. Oliver Marks, Mrs. Basil Barnard and Mrs. Jelf are at present staying on the Taiping Hill. The Prince and Princess of Mecklenburg were received in andieuce by the Emperor of Japan on June 16. Mr. Joseph Fraser, the well-known, visiting agent returned to Colombo on June
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  • 729 2 The members of the Legislative Council mot, j n Jane 24, and, amongst other j hiibiucsH, passed into law the Rubber Dealers bill. His Excellency the Governor, Sir John AnderseD G. C. M. G., presided and there wero also present the acting
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  • 321 2 Mr. .Justice Fisher sat in bankruptcy on Juno 24. The case of Sarkies, Johannes and j Co., iu which Mr. Johannes applies for bis discharge, was further postponed until Friday i next, the Official Assignee's report not having been filed. Mr. Braddell, who
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  • 180 2 A tragedy, that is as yet enveloped in I mystery, occurred on June 24 in a house at 30, Pagoda Street, occupied by a Bengali named Mahomed Anap. About 6.80 that evening, Mahomed finished work j in the godown of Messrs. McAlister and Co. On returning home he,
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  • 267 2 Kulnton Th>°SnS‘7 Co! Ud Ui B June 24 in Gresham House. Mr ca Llewelleyn presided and I> r K M^. A 5u ic were also present.’ 6 J Tbe Chairman presented tin; h; report and accounts which showed or 1909,
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  • 173 2 We regret to liave to recc d the death, which took place on dune 23 at 207 Queen Street, of Mr. Carl mmermann, the proprietor and manager ot Messrs F. Clark and Company. The deceased had been ill for many months, though it was only
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  • 137 2 Under the terms of the Holidays Ordinan-' on June 28 was proclaimed a public boliaay in honour of the I6fch birthday of ri c Edward, but it being a mail lathere could be very little coition of business. The banks h t closed, also the courts and
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  • 519 4 Know Own Correspondent.) Kota Bbaru, Judo '2O. j)urtDg tut early part of last week, a dis puto which had arisen between two rival Tnngkus reached a climax, when the supporters of oach party turned out armed with a variety of weapons of offence and defence, presumably with
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  • 83 4 (Fnor* Our Own Corrrspondrnt.) Kuala Lumpur, June 25. Good sport was had on the first day of the Klang sky -races, the winners being Mistral, Idol, Kilat, Sodager, Noggs and Mockfield. The going was very heavy. Kuala Lumpur, June 26. The iilaug races have gone off most
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  • 414 4 Spinal thrills and wholesome laughter arc only two of the sensations that can be derived from a visit to Harmston’s Circus which opened for a week’s season in Singapore on Saturday night. It is a happy combination of the good old travelling
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  • 209 4 It will be remembered that, on the arrival at Penang of the steamer Hong Moh from Singapore on May 14, the officers of the opium monopoly department, from information reoeived from some of the ship's officers, proceeded on board and seized a large quantity of chandu
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  • 413 4 STRAITS TRADING COMPANY. D ecrease of Business Recorded in Past Half Year. A meeting of shareholders n f »> Trading Company i* f lje Striip at which will be submittediJ 0 tcia J statement of account and balance the half year ended March 31 uV 1 1 to report of
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  • 54 4 Previously acknowledged Sir W. Hyndman Jones -5 Chew Won Poh J. P. Holloway Belilios and Co. “J: Chinese Chamber of Commerce Hon. W. Evans Hon. W. C. Michell J S. McArthur L u A. T. Bryant W.C. Suter Z Chartered Bank The Pharmacy
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  • 37 4 We are informed officially that l the King has been pleased tc> »PP r d C. M. G for Mr. R. N. BluA Councillor of Penang, wb> ls on leave.
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  • 282 5 From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, June 27. nvPtimi of the Eastern Shipping A‘ tb on the accounts elicited tin principal debt. due by tbe toe lc ct t,iat j,, l 0 00 loaned to Koo Cboo alao wan due a
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  • 31 5 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, June 28. A movement is on foot among government officers to effect a reduction of the age limit from 55 to 50.
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  • 45 5 (From Ocr Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, June 28. Mr. E. W. Birch, C. M. G, British Re■adent, I’erak, who has been unwell, goes on totaiday with Mrs. Birch and Miss Winifred Birch for a two mouths’ holiday at Nuwara Eliya, Ceylon.
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  • 32 5 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, June 27. The Selangor Chamber of Commerce Annonoces that Government has agreed to •ntroduce the telegram deposit account *7*4era from July 1.
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  • 111 5 in the wee mua oors of June 28 the tenour of E. P. C. Hatton’s night n f)r(diar d Hoad Police Station was fDKen hi upon by a Chinaman, who comPruned that python had invaded his house and was reducing the stock, u fighting instincts—he went South
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  • 13 5 [The Straits Tiraea ia not respousible for tbo opinions of >ts correspondent.-.)
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  • 274 5 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, -Is there no hope oi mitigating the abomination of travelling on certain Chinese owned boats plying between siDgipore and the neighbouring islands v* Of course, we kiow that some boats have to bo run on narrow lines, if they are
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  • 125 5 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Dear Sir.—With reference to the snbjrcfc under a telegram dated June 8, 1910, pub lished in yonr paper undt r the heading remission of sentences, would you through the medium of your paper be kind enough to inform me (l)
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  • 105 5 To tbe Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —Be good enough to allow me a little space in your valued joarnal to say a few words about the want of repair to Sungei Road which is daily causing great inconvenience to the public in that
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  • 47 5 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Jone 28. The Tamil immigration retnrni from January 1909 to Jane 24,1909 showed adalts g 468 males, 1,754 females and minors 720. From January 1910 to Jane 28, 1910 the figures were adults 24,271 males, 4,858 females and 2,059 minors.
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  • 424 5 A correspondent writes:—lt is apparent that the taxation of 20 cents on every tin of petroleum will not bring in such a large income as will cover shortages in revenue. It will therefore be not surprising if there be anotuer
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  • 120 5 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpir, June 27. Ipoh wires that the millionaire towkay, Yau Tet Shin, in connection with the rt cent gamblieg case at the Kinta Social Club, is befog proceeded against for an alleged attempt to bribe tbe magistrate. Tbe Times of
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  • 85 5 A public meeting, will be held on Saturday, July 2, at 4 p in., at K .fll-rs In**titntion, Singapore, (by kind permission of the acting principal), to which all who are interested in the Boy Boonts movement‘'are invited to be present. Major E. W. R. Stephenson (commanding
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  • 822 6 Without going into details of the vat ions stages of suggestion ani discussion which have cventnated in the recently published drnft of a bill to combat the shipping ring and its uieHiodw, it may bo recalled limt the bill
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  • 135 6 The mortality retm n* tor Singapore issued hy th" lh gistrar of R.rh* and Deaths, show ill it during the wet endian June IK there veer#- *4;; (193 mile*. 50 KtuMos), giving a p*r millo of population of 4 5 iT
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  • 86 6 (Fro" Own Corrbspondknt.) Kuala Lumpur. .June 25. The Governor arrives here to morrow and returns on Monday. It is understood that tin* object of his visit is to discuss medical matters. Kuala Lumpur, Juno 27. The Residents conferred with the High Commi
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  • 148 6 Captain Hunter, master of the steamer Ban liin Gaan, left Singapore on June 24 on his last voyage. When lie returns from Pontianak he will demit his command and will sail for Europe by the next Japanese mail. Although retiring from active sea-life his connection with his present
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  • Sporting Intelligence.
    • 192 6 Singapore Golf Club. The for the tfr«fc rouml competition at the Singapore Golf nl resulted as follows: ha* C. V\ Green. 4 v. F. J p (fntt p, C. Event*. v J. Crabb Watt.“nln s D. Reid, 12 v. D Drummond w 2 A. Aanew. 16 v .T h
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    • 72 6 Malacca L. R. C, Shooting for the Hargreaves spoon, took place on .luue 22. at Bukit Sebokur. The result was: Scares. H’dp. Miss O. Williams 33 *8 35.6 Miss Williams 33 scr. 830 Mrs. Collins 28 6 322 Miss Farrar Baynes 21 *8 322 Mrs. Burgess 23 *7
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    • 62 6 Saturday's Match. There was a cricket match on the Esplanade, on Saturday afternooD. between eight of the S. C. C. and a side of tele grahpists. The club were all out for 31, three wickets falling to Westwood in succession for nothing. The telegraphists maw 102 for seven, Heaps
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  • 105 6 The directors of the Hotel van Wijk hav* declared an interim dividend of 25 per ce° for the half year ended May 31 Ijf** balance sheet shows that for this p the net profit was $13,689 which if per cent, on a tarnover of Tbc per cent,
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  • 829 7 L'nftla Lumpur correspondent has alZ wired a brief summary of tbe interest instructive lecture on malaria inf. in Malcolm Watson on a.Uvertd <he i arge class room e victoria Institution, Koala Lurntur. 01 b an extended report in
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  • 233 7 Two privates of the Middlesex Regiment, Henry Brown and Ernest Holden, appeared before Mr Green, second magistrate, on June 29. The first man was charged with the theft of a bicycle in Buona Vista Road and the second man with dishonestly disposing of the machine. The bicycle
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  • 114 7 The Bishop of Singapore's visitation of the Malaoca-Seremban chaplaincy is fixed for July 20 August 1. It is hoped that bis Lordship will reach Seremban on July 20, where a confirmation will be held on Friday July 2*2. The Bishop will be at the servicer* in
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  • 95 7 The F. M. S. Government Gazette, of June 34, contains the following announcements Mr. J. H. P. Cropley, assistant inspector of boilers, Perak, has been granted twelve months' vacation leave with effect from June 16; Mr. A. B. Wells, assistant con servator of Forests, Mr E. W. Geyer,
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  • 311 7 Mr. Heury Chaplin, in a letter to the Time* on Mr. Roosevelt’s speech at the Guildhall, says: Personally I cordially agree with him, and I am confident that in the general purport of what he said on
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  • 98 7 (From Our Own Corrisponornt.) Kuala Lumpur, June 29. A squabble has broken out among twe factions of ricksha pullers here. The alleged origin is that a Lim had been intruding on the pitch of the Tans outside of the Empire
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  • 164 7 At Rangoon, on June 14, before Mr. Justice Ormond sitting in the Admiralty Jurisdiction of the Chief Court, there was heard the application of S. Balthazar v. the owners of the steamer Paknam. The application was for bail and for the owners of the vessel ta
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  • 71 8 Cook. —At 1 overturn ot,” Singapore, on Jute 2.1, tho wife ot W. Wallace Cook, of a son. Snow. —At Spottiswcode, Singapore, on June 23, the wife of Alexander Sdow, of a daughter. Solowos. —Ob Juno 24, at 16, Niven Road. Singapore, the wife of Ezekiel Elias Solomon, of
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  • THE Straits Budget.
    • 1138 8 to make repeated protests.—Straits Times, June 28. We are grateful to Mr. Alex van Soiu p rcu for tho letter published in another column It is a temperate, perfectly fair statement of the planter’s point of view, and our correspondent may be surprised to hoar that there
      to make repeated protests.—Straits Times, June 28.  -  1,138 words
    • 1038 8 may be able to realize. —Straits T;!~ck .f'tiifc 24. A deal of discuMion has on lately about tbe character of peop <■ In tbe early part ot usual for var.oua bodies to assemble b L* dou aod elsewhere to enjoy themself censuring other people \t.„ 9
      may be able to realize.—Straits T;!~ck .f'tiifc 24.  -  1,038 words
    • 1072 9 little more circumspection. v traits Times, Saturday. Jane 25. At No. 7 l oion Court, Old Broad Street, .,jn iod. E. C., there are the offices of au in* -tituiion described as the Malay Rubber and Finance Co. It has a telegraph address Indragini, London.' Its telephone
      little more circumspection.— vtraits Times, Saturday. Jane 25.  -  1,072 words
    • 1117 9 c*ver to hear of it again.—Straits Times, Mcuday, June 27. After many months tdt Straite Settlements Divorce Bill has beoL put before the public. It has appeared in two issues of tho gazette for public information and nobody appears to be in the lea-t <'egret> moved by
      c*ver to hear of it again.—Straits Times, Mcuday, June 27.  -  1,117 words
    • 1156 10 ujduy amieulties aud understandings.—Straits 'Ii m -f 7 Jane 28. 1 We h.4VO always thought that the resignation of Sir Bampfyldo Fuller should be regarded as one of the great misfortunes of modern ludia. This distinguished officer was chosen as first Lieutenant-Governor of Eastern Bengal and Assam
      ujduy amieulties aud • understandings.—Straits 'Iim,. -f 7 Jane 28. 1  -  1,156 words
    • 995 10 Straits Times. June 29. We received recently a copy of >aUL Maritime Law (Effiingham Wilson -ji ntt and had a little doubt for a moniont whcite the volume should not bo placed in th* hands of some person steeped in in order that it might be reviewed with
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 93 8 The Pont free prico of the Straits Times in fits a year. The poat free price of the Straits budget is $14 a year. It it not necessary to subscribe for a year. The subscriptions for shorter perwxis are ai the same proportionate rate a* for a year. ft e
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  • 44 8 DEATHS. Ho. —At 128, Valley Hoad, Singapore, ou Juno 28, Ho Cliong Seek aged 29 years. Date ot’ funeral will be* announced later. Zi.mmkrman —Ou June ‘23, at *2 r 7, Queeu Street, Singapore, Carl Zouiueriuan; aged 46 years. Funeral at Bidadari to morrow
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  • 1419 11 The Netherlands India Commercial Bank pays a dividond of 12 per oent for 1909. A Chinaman fell from a hillside behind the tinene Church, Tanjong Pagar Road on one 28, where he had been digging sand, at d •occnmbed to his injuries later in hospital. waH to
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  • 245 13 jif-t batch of Chinese coolies who 1 to bo utilised on estate sre n the F. M. S. is, we Z e to arrive here from Hongkong he Arratoon Apcar on Kriday or SaturiL next. A, ll meD ar
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  • 107 13 Ttii; general manager in Australasia of the Messageries Marit.mos Company received idvi fcH on Mav 23, that the French Govern* uent had decided to call for tenders for a new mail contract, and upon the result of the tendering would depend the future
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  • 214 13 hear that Mr. Kang Yu Wei, one oi the liinese reform party’s best-known leaders, ias arrived in Singapore and is residing in ThoLmon Hoad, bavii.g we believe recently been in PenaDg. Kang Yu Wei is no stranger to Singapore, with which he first made acquaintance about a
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  • 379 13 Some correspordenc* has beer unis-snug in the Malay Mail on the subject ot the crimping of clerks, the latest communication being from a Disgusted C.tilc wuc writes I road witli much pleasure und interest l)isgnsted Merchant’s letter on t* e
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  • 137 13 The following notifications appear in the Gazette of dune 24;—His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint, by an instrument under the public seal of the colony, the Hon. William Evans to be his deputy during his absence in Selangoi, whether he proceeds on the 25th
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  • 106 13 A distressing incident occurred on the Court hill this morniog, reports the Malay Mail of June 21. It appears that it had been found necessary that a Psthao, who had be< n promoted from policeman to detective, should return to his original rank On being in
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  • 305 13 Alter 442 years the ancient kingdom *0 Bosnia and Herzegovina has once more been restored. This is the ordinance which ban delighted Bosnians simultaneously with the arrival of tho Emperor Frarcis Joseph amongst them. All along tho route traversed bv tho
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  • 280 13 Curing the visit to Hongkong of His Excellency Sir Clw u Tung, Chinese Minister* designate to Berlin, his personal safoty from attack was a matter that caused no end of uneasiness amongst the authorities at Hongi ong. Sir Chen himself was
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  • 1926 14 London, Juno 22. A St Petersburg telegram Hays the Council the Empiro tia* been discussing the Finland Government Dill. Implying fce or-ticism by tho Liberals M. btoiypiu, 11.0 Prune Minister, contended that oovore-gnty in Finland wa« uu limited, end that tin re wa* no necessity to ittibmit the
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  • 923 15 Berlin, June 22. K u «.pia has demanded the dismissal ot the Governor of Taetsris because he illtreated Kjasian subjects. Tin first passenger trip of the Zeppelin airship from Friedrichshafeu to Dussoldorf has taken place. Tlie Empress and the Crown Prince of Germany have arrived at Oberkasback. The
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  • SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
    • 223 15 23 S unnU, Brit str. Alton, Raogo<>n, Bonr-tend l ndramago Brit str. Tlmrkel), Cebu. A. Giltillan llicanti Spun atr. Cornelia, Barcelona, Barlow 24 l.net.an, Ger str, Bartlmg. Hamburg, B. Meyer tarn, Brit sir. B;ik* r, London, p. a O Coy Kum Sang, Brit .«>tr, Leaak, Calcutta. Bouateud Swotm, Brit
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    • 151 15 24 Idomeneus, Brit str, Antwerp via p<jrtSurada, Brit str, Calcutta via porta YarosLu l, Kua str, Y’ladivontook 25 Luetzoic, Jap str, .Japan via ports dura, Brit atr, Japan via ports Sard, Brit atr, Langkat Parrel, Ger atr, Zanboanga via ports 26 Charon, Brit atr, I remantle via portErnext Simont,
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  • 251 16 SlMiAI'OhlC. .fl’NF 29, 1910. EXCHANGE. On lA>ynUm —Bank 4 m,R 2/4,ir Demand 2'4‘, Private 6 m/*< 2/4 do 8 m/s 2 4 jfr On (irrunnuj Bank d/d ‘240 Private 8 qj/h 244 do 6 m/B 2464 On Frani’? Bank d/d 295 Private 3 m/s 2994 do 6
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  • 923 16 Singafork, .Junk 29. 1910. MINING. Issue Value. Bnyers. Sellers. 10 10 Belat Tin 4.00 4 50 10 10 Bruang 4.00 5.00 10 10 Brma’u Hyd. *.00 6.50 10 10 Kr.naboi 2.25 2.40 XI XI Kinta Tin 14.00 14 75 XI XI Kledang Tin 1.50 ‘2.00 10 10
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  • 195 16 There have arrived in England within the past few days the crews which are to take the two Commonwealth destroyers, the harra matta and the Yarra, tj Australia They comprise three officers, thirty two petty officers, and some thirty men. and
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  • 83 16 The photograph of the Flora! Shield tftt to Windsor by the Royal Colonial Institute, appears in the June No. of United Liu pi■ composed of White Narcissus, drape- vr purple ribbon; Monogram outlined ;a P® r P‘ Crown of Purple iolets and j* in gold,
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
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