The Straits Times, 19 May 1913

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    13 1 The Straits Times. NO. 24.185 SINGAPORE. MONDAY. MAY 19. 1913. PRICB 10 CENTB.
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      275 1 j LAIRD 010 1 LOGAN j: Scotch Whisky.; EBTABLI!IBKD 1743. |l ICYCLE CARS FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY. I CROUCH. i t j )>^atiSS '^SS^SHr^ *^afcJ. HUMBERETTE. MmE** Wi*^4, -^:-.?»Bopffi% «*j»tiiiiarv warne. li -itiil* 1^*""""' 1 m g. n. motorette. CROUCH, 8-10 H.P.. 2-cyllnder. water-cooled. 3-speed and Reverse, Hood. Screen. Lamps, Horn
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      166 1 ROBINSON CO. SPECIAL OFFER Friater and Roiimann'i Celebrated SEWING MACHINES. MACHINE ff^ _^Xi tBKr Am u/ai uiit dioc a^r^pjggsSfgSyj^Wam^lL WALNUI BAbe COMPLETE WITH COVER AND THE FOLLOWING ATTACHMENTS: One Braider, One Oil Can, One Tension Spring, One QuUted Gauge. p acket Need es One Narrow Hemmer, One Shuttle, One Adjustable
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      11 1 JEFFRETB PILSENER BEER Sola Agenta ADAM3ON GILFILUN. I «o ml. in.
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    POLAR HEROES.
    900 2 COMMANDER EVANS AND CAPF. SCOTT'S DEATH. Doubts Cleared Up. Commander Evans, who succeeded to the command of the Terra Nova on the death of Captain Scott, arrived at Port Said on April 13 on the Otranto from Australia, and was interviewed by the special correspondent of the Central
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    Timber Shortage In Burma.
    91 2 A serious shortage of timber, which is sending up prices in Bombay by forty and sixty per cent., baa occurred, tbe cause being tbe scarcity of rain in Burma in 1912, which prevented the cutting of timber last year. Timber is being floated down the rivers
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      603 2 A Lay Preacher Brain Pag, Nervous Exhaustion Just a change of opinion was enough to give Mr. \V. Kint; his present prosperity, foi he realised in the nick of time that his way was not curing his brain kg and nervous exhaustion, so he tried the Phosferine way. Mr. King's
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      62 2 For Lame Back. When you have pains or lameness in tbe back bathe the parts with Chamberlain's Pain Balm twice a day, massaging with the palm of the band for five minutes at each application. Then dampen a piece of flannel slightly with this liniment and bind it on over
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      686 2 WORLD'S CYCLE RECORD B* COVENTRY FIYLR I- 5«.3«« Mil.. In 356 1 ■y. ■MIJcVCUI SIANO THE TIST. fcSr\ 3-lOJo'£ n9n 9 i in rm Art c«talo>u«. MCAU (D<P< 1319 LIVERPOOL. CatalO(U«> can b* obtained, on application, from Oo«llnf t Co. C.pt Robinson ltd. tint***'*. LONDON, BOLTON MANSIONS HOTEL. BOLTON GARDENS.
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      194 2 V \N\\ 'Vana' Tonic is r sf i A a scientific combination r A// \*><\/^ of ideal tonic constituents. An invigorator of great value for over-worked bodies and brains and l^ tired nerves. </ It sustains invalids and hastens the recovery of convalescents after illness. 'VANA' Tonic i r (Trade
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    Censorship Farce.
    1018 3 REFORM TRIUMPH IN HOUSE OF COMMONS. M.P.s.' Amusing Stories. Reason and ridicule brought the drama censorship into such contempt in the House of Commons the other night that no one was fonnd to challenge a division against a motion for the abolition of that antique institution. The only
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    31 3 On April 24, the London police made another gambling-house raid. By a sudden descent on a house in Throgmorton Street they arrested twelve men, chiefly stock-bro-ker*, who were gambling at baccarat.
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      405 3 The National Mutual Life Association OF AUSTRALASIA. LIMITED. Established 1 869 The first Lite Offloe in the world to introduce the non -forfeiture principle to Policies. A Mutual Oflloa. No Shareholder.. Low Premium*. Annual rnooma «1,284,384. Funds £7,291,290 Claim, paid «c,078,860. ALL profits are distiibntad amongst Policy holders. Claims paid
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      81 3 Croup. This disease is so dangerous and so rapid in its development that every mother of 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 the child suffer until it can be obtained.
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      470 3 WAH HENG ft CO. PHOTO6RAPHIO BTOREB DBVBLOPINO, PRINTING AND BNLABOINO AMATBUKS WORK. Plates. Papers Films, Chemicals, Cameras Lenses, and Oeneral Photographic Material' Frames of every variety made to order NO. 95. NORTH BRIDGE ROAD. Opposite A delpbi Hotel 17-6 16 6 JUST ARRIVED. PLOCKWURST and CBRVBLATWURBT in Gelatine from Mis
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      164 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 4 Co., Ld., CUN SUPPLY t WHlSKY— Chivas Bros. Royal Strathy than. BRANDY— Exsbaw's No. 1. BEER -Wrexham. CEMBMT-Wouldhain Red Cross Brand. CORRUGATED
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      598 4 tTEAMER mum P. &O. STEAM NAVIGATIBN CB. FOR CHIN A, JAPAN, PBNANG, CBTLON, AUSTRALIA, INDIA, ADBN, BGYPT, MBDITBRRANBAN PORTS, PLY MOUTH AND LONDON. Bills of Lading Issued tor Oolaa Ooast, Persian Gulf, Continental and American Porte, ■teamen will leave Singapore oa or about:— MAIL LINES IBIS Bomtmtri (for Mmropt). From
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      609 4 STEAMER BAILINBB. N.Y.K. JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. EUROPEAN LINE. A Fortnightly servioe is maintained between Yokohama via ports to Marseilles, London and Antwerp, under mail contract with the Imperial Japanese Government. The New Twin-screw Steamers maintaining this servioe have been specially designed and constructed, and are fitted with all
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      762 4 BTEAMB BAIUNBB. THE SIAM STEAM NAVIGATION CO.. LD. SINGAPORE-BANGKOK. For Pahang, Benerab, Kretay, Paka, Tringganu, Birol, Semenk, Baoho, Kelaataa, Takbai, Bangnara, Telupin, Panarai, Patani, Singora, LaOOB, Kohsamni, Bandoi LAngsuaa, Taku, Chumpoa, Kohlak aad Bangkok. Due Dapartup*. •....PRACHATIPOK May 10 May 81. c.a. BORIBAT May SI May 24. •.YUQALA May 96
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      531 4 STEAMER SAILimS. HAMBURG AMERIKA LINE. HAMBURB. 1 ABB BOTtM BanVnnitf SeItTMU. "lUU lIEBII Combined lervlos. The steamres of these Companies m»inta'» a regular servioe between Hamburg Bremen Antwerp, and Rotterdam, aad the Straits, China aad Japea. Homewards, they are despatched fortnightly tor Havre and Hamburg and onoe a month for
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      612 4 STEAMER MILINIB. IN. D. L. ■orddeutsohtr Lloyd, Bran*IMPERIAL BERMAN MAIL UNE. The fast and well-known mail steer* sir o' this Company sail fortnightly from Bromae Hamburg, via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Soutc ampton, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples (oonaoot ing Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria, and versa) Port Said, Sues, Aden, OolomV. Penang, Singapore, Hongkong, Shan^ji*'
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      828 5 STEAMER BAIUN6B. AUSTRIAN LLOYD UNDER MAIL 6 WITH THE AUSTRIAN CONTRACT kj*UL^ GOVERNMENT New Monthly Fast Line, Trieste-Shanghai Vtrva and to Trieste and Venioe, eal.'iDg at Port Said, Suet, Aden, Colombo, Penang, '■iinKapore, Hougkong and Shanghiu. OCTWARC. HOMEWARD Doe to RKftM ou or about Due to sail on or about
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      709 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. BURNS PHILP LINE. Sihoapoii to Java Pomts Post Da«wik, Thursday Island, Brubani tnd Stdhit via Toebis s traits. Also taking passengers and oargo with transhipment for other Victoria* Sooth Australian and North Quirnslakc Posts, British Niw Gutjua. Niw Britain Tas.'.'asun and Niw Zialakd Ports, f rr.ooth Passatf*. Superb
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      512 5 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. ROOM OR FLAT WANTED. Famished or not, with or without board, IN FIRST-CLASa LOCALITY. Apply to Box No. act, Straits Time*. 19-5 £0 6 HOUBE TO BE LET. Small Compound House suitable for married couple or two Batohelorx Situated at No. 89, Telok Hlangah Road. Water Laid on.
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      409 5 GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Tenders will be 'eteived at tbe COLONIAL ENGINEER b Offioe. op to noon cf tbe 2!st May, 1918, for the following worke:— 1. Kreotion of steel beacons to demarcate Beach Road, KampoDg 01am and Tanjong Kli.i Far mi '2. Taking down bonouarj wall a'ong Aliwal Lane West and
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      68 5 Royal Vinolia Cream Soap. Royal Vinolia Cream Soap possesses highly beneficial qualities which render it most cllii .v nub in promoting the health and beauty of the skin. It yields a rich, creamy lather, exceptionally soothing ami comforting in its effect. Hence, l.ulies. children and all whose skins are delicate
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      645 6 DEWARS WHISKY EXTRA SPECIAL (Blue Label) AND IMPERIAL INSTITUTE. Huttenbach Bros. Co., SOLE AGENTS. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. LIMITED. FOR PENANG, MADRAS AND NKGAPATAM. The Company a Steamer TARA, 8,822 tons, O. M. Symmers, Commander, will be despatched for the above porte on Thursday, the 22nd instant, at 6
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      268 6 NOTICES. THE TANJONG PAGAR DOCK BOARD. Notioe is berebj given, that Yeo Hood Kirn, a Cashier, ia no longer in the employment of the Board. BY OBDBR. May 8. 1918. 8-6 a NOTICE. NOTICE hereby given, that the business oarried on between Tan Chong Kbee and Sect Teng Hean at
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      153 6 After Fever After operations:, dysentery, or at ar.y time when health is low and strength feeble, .Scott's ExuUion is unrivalled as a strengthmaker, a builder-up of tissue, muscle, and bon*. No other remedy has such a world-wiile reputation for purity, quality, strength, for Results SCOTT'S \a& Emulsion /§H^ FOR WEAKNESS,
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    DAILY TIME TABLE.
    122 7 FIXTURES Monday, May 19. High Water, 'J. 56 a.m., 9.89 p.tn. N. D. L. homeward mail due. Tuesday, May 20. High Water, 10.45 a.m., 10.12 p.m. Wednesday, May 21. High Water, 11.*) a.m., 10.15 p.m. Thursday, May 22. High Water, 0.1 1 p.m., 11.19 p.m. B. I.
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    SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
    190 7 Today. F. Swcttenhani and Telok Anson Perak 8 pm Malacca and Muar Kaka 8 pm Hongkong, Amoy and Swatow Seang Bee Bpm To-morrow. |3*Pcnang, Ceylon, Australasia, India, Aden, Egypt and via Naples fur bun, etc. Buelow 7 am Pouloe Soegi Aing Hong Bam Kerimon Sri Wongsee 9am
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    Mail Steamer Movements.
    131 7 The Imp. German mail steamer Scharnhorst left Colombo at 8 a.m. on Sunday, May 18, and may be expected to arrive here at 4 p.m. on Friday, May 28. The P. and O. outward intermediate steamer Candia is due at Penang at noon on May 28, and
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    Mails for Europe.
    77 7 Lift Simoapori. Dvi m London. Arrived. Apl. 14 M. M. May 7 May 7 Apl. 1M 1». ft O. I 10 May 01 Apl. 22 N. I). L. 14 May 14 Apl. 24 H. I. 16 May 18 Apl. 28 M. M. 21 May 2 P. ft
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING.
    541 7 Latest Arrivals. Atrvim. l'.rit. str. ***** tons. Capt Williamson. May \H. Kiomi Yokohama. Mar 4. (i.e. W. HimUl >\ l K..i London. May 21. Rds. 15iouwii.l)ut. str. 824 tonft, Capt Lcnsinck, May IH. Krom P. Baroc, May 17. (i.e. and d.p. S. Agency Ltd. For P. Baroe, May
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    Vessels at Tanjong Pagar and Keppel Harbour.
    104 7 Wharves at which Vessels are Berthed To- Day. TANJONG PAGAR. Bast Wbarf Basin Alex Morch. W. Section No. l...Sicilia, Tara, Santhia. Shbbrs Wharf Bohemia. Maim W. Sbct. No. 2... G. Apcar, Petchaburi. B...Seang Bee, Nether lee. 4...Nuentung. 6 ..Charon. A...Rumphius, Calypso, Atreus. New
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    LOCAL PASSENGER LISTS.
    130 7 Arrivals. Per str. Calypso, May 18.— From Port Swettenham Mr. Tan Hong Bok. Per str. Tara, May 17.— From Madras Rev. Nebrel, Miss Pedroza, Mrs. Zegadawal, Mr. F. R. Howlett l'er str. Charon, May 17. From Fremantle Messrs. De Villiers, Kohn. Wilber, Frienman, Jacobs, Ferras Kalian. Mrs.
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    FINANCE AND COMMERCE.
    264 7 EXCHANOE Swoapou, May 19, 1018. On London Bank m/a aa 2/4& Demand Private 6 m/t •> 8/4| 8 m/a a/4ij Oh Giemavt Bank d/d 2884 Private 8 m/s 248 J On France Bank d/d 294 Private 8 m/a 2S8J On India Bank T. T. 174J Private 80
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      MINING.
      167 7 Issue 1 Buyers. Seller*. Value (2 10 10 Ampang 8.00 9.00 10 10 Belat Tin 8.60 8.80 10 10 Bruang 180 1.60 10 10 Kanaboi 2.10 2.25 10 10 Kampar P** 10 10 Ki&ta Association 12.50 14.00 £1 £1 Kinta Tin 1.17.6 2.3.7J xd £1 Lahat Mines 13.0 1.5.8
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      RUBBER.
      602 7 Issue Buyers. Sellers. 2/- U6 2A Allaear 2/9 8/2 xd £1 £1 Anglo Java 7/4* 8/8 2/- 2/- Anglo- Malay 12/8 18/1 \xd 2/- 2/- Batang Malaka 2/4 2/fl £1 £1 Batu Tiga 8.8.9 8.16.7 1 £1 Bukit Kajang 2.8.9 2.12.7 £1 £1 Bukit LiOang 4.10.0 5.0.0 norn 21.
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      GENERAL.
      112 7 GE NE RA L. Buyer* Sellers. Value £1 £1 E. Smelting Co. 18/6 19/0 £1 £1 Pref- 1-8 I- 6 6 7/6 7/6 Eleotrio T'ways 8/9 4/8 10 10 Fraser Neave 60.00 61.00 100 Howarth Erskine 45.00 68.00 100 7% Prel. 100.0 C 104.00 100 100 Kat« Bro, Del. 180.00
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      DEBENTURES.
      41 7 Buyers Sellera United Engineers 6% »1,234,5002 par Singapore Electric "TT* tramways 5% X850.000 Spore Municipal 6% •1,878,000 nom. Bajon BeiltM Spore Municipal 41% of 1907 •,1,600,000 7% Spore Municipal 4J% of 1909 $1,000,000 10% pm Spore Municipal 4% •602,900 pw
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      51 7 A Oood Rule for the Home. Make it a rule of your home to always keep on liand a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a safeguard against bowel complaints. It always cures promptly and no household is safe without it. For sa'.e by all Dispensaries and
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      135 7 AUCTION SALES. Powell and Co. May 20.— At saleroom, land and house at Waterloo Street, at 2.3d. May 20.— At saleroom, 27, freehold allotments at Owen Road, at 2.80. May 20.— At saleroom, land and house at North Bridge Road, at 2.30. May 21.— At saleroom, Brass Tray, etc., at
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      184 7 BY APPOINTMENT |!!SrB TOH.M. THE KINO. Contrnoton to rHE BRITISH ADMIRALTY. THE WAR OFFICE. THE INDIA OFFICE. MILKMAID MILK LARGEST SALE IN THE WORLD. THE FACT THAT MILKMAID MILK HAS BBBN CHOSBN FOR USB IN THE GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS in the straits settlements and FEDERATED MALAY STATES PROVES THAT MILKMAID MILK
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      37 7 HARIMA HALL CINEMATOGRAPH. NORTH BRIDGE ROAD. To-ni^ht t To-night 1 1 NINE NEW BIOGRAPH, KALEM AND LUBIN FILMS ON SHOW. TO-LET,— A splendid Theatre hall in Ipoh, with or without cinematography. Terms Moderate. TetopbotuNo.lll6. HaRDU, Bole Profriata.
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    The Straits Times. MONDAY, MAY 19. GRUESOME GRIEVANCES.
    1091 8 The Straits Times. MONDAY, MAY 19. GRUESOME GRIEVANCES. Taking a general view of Singapore today from the sanitary standpoint, it must be admitted that great improvement has been noticeable in re at times, especially in those matters which are brought more directly to the notice of the resident through the
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    12 8 The April crop of the Kuala Sawah Rubber estate was 2,192 lbs.
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    12 8 There has been an outbreak of smallpox in the Tamil settlement, Ipoh.
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    25 8 From an advertisement appearing elsewhere, it will be seen that Messrs. Hutten back Bros., Ltd., have been appointed sole wholesale agent* for Dewar's well-known whiskies.
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    33 8 The output of the L'lu Piah mine for April was Pels. 460.90, which realised 130,665 h:\. Pels. 13 68 of scheelite were sold in April This was produced in March and yielded $499.32.
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    19 8 An asbestos mine at the foot of Daioshozan, near Chinchou, South Manchuria, is being worked by a Japanese syndicate.
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    23 8 The libel case in which Mr. H. O'Shea was plaintiff and Mr. Gordiui Nielsen defendant, was dismissed by the Danish Consular Court, Shanghai.
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    26 8 Heavy thunderstorms broke over Kuala Lumpur on Saturday evening and Sunday morning. The padan" was for Borne time under water, but the damage reported is small.
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    33 8 In the District Court to-day Loh Phong was found guilty of attempting to break into a house, No. 19, Bencoolen Street, occupied by Tien Ka Chiew, and sentenced to nine months' rigorous imprisonment.
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    46 8 Perak miners are informed that the largo scale map of the State of Perak, which has been under preparation for some time at the Surrey Office, Kuala Lumpur, is now complete. The map shows the mining, agricultural and other areas of the State very distinctly demarked.
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    51 8 A big Chinese firm of exporters and importers, doiug business in Bonham Strand, Hongkong, is reported to have failed, the liabilities being quoted as high as S >■' 0 000. The failure has affected a number of Chinese firms in the cjlony, and a number of European houses are also
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    56 8 For having on his ship '98 head of cattle tied up by ropes fastened to the base of their horns and passing through nose rings, the captain of the steamer Sorso gun was, at Manila, fined $300. The cattle had all suffered from this inhuman method of transportation, the nose
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    60 8 It is estimated that 65,000 people visited the battle-cruiser New Zealand when Bhe was at Wellington. The chiefs presented Captain Halsey with a Maori battle-axe, a kiwi robe, and other ornaments and heirlooms. Native gifts were also made to Prince George of Battenberg, who is a sub lieutenant on the
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    66 8 A very interesting ceremony took place at the Taikoo Dock, Hongkong, on May 11, when the Ah Kwang, a motor vessel built for the Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ltd., was successfully launched. The vessel, which is quite an original departure for Hongkong and, indeed, for the East— is of 600 tons
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    58 8 An Annamite named Chung Wliay. a steward on the MM. steamer Haiphong, was charged this morning with being in possession of an automatic pistol and 105 cartridges without a license. Pleading ignorance of the regulations, he was discharged with a caution, the magistrate pointing out to the man that his
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    56 8 The 83th Carnatic Infantry court martial has terminated at Cannanore, the last person tried being Havildar Mahomed Sheriff. The court considered its finding for nearly an hour, and on re assembling intimated that the only reo-aining accused, Naick Abdul Jaleel, will be tried by summary court martial with the Officer
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    76 8 A Bpecies of ant which does neat tailoring work has been discovered in Ceylon by two German naturalists. They observed these ants in the act of sewing two leaves together to form a covering for their nest. A row of the insects pulled the edges of the leaves together, others
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    73 8 At Melbourne, on April '23, Mr. Justice A' Beckett gave judgment in the case brought by John Roberts, the champion billiardist, against the young Australian player, Joseph George Gray, to recover £3,807. This sum was made up of £2,087 awarded to the plaintiff in England foi breach of agreement, the
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    93 8 Thomas Jones Chia, late secretary and translator at the Chinese Consulate, was presented in the Criminal Court at Melbourne on April 22, before Mr. Justice Wood, charged with having on March 11 last shot at Yung Liang Hwang, Consul General for China in Australia, in bis office in William street,
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    103 8 Four Chinese boys, employed at Fort Canning, appeared in the third court this morning charged with causing hurt to a cook, Ann I. v Jick, who is also employed at Fort Canning. The complainant only took up his situation on Saturday and on Sunday, as he was walking in the
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    124 8 Statistics complied by the Internationa, Aeronautical Federation give the number of licensed aviation pilots an follows France, 908 Great Britain, 376 Germany, 33s I u i t. I States, 193; Italy, 189; Russia, 162 Austria] 84 Belgium, 83 Switzerland, 27 Holland, 26; Argentina, 18 Spain, 15; Sweden, 10; Denmark, 8;
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    335 8 Mrs. and Miss Travers leavo Kuala Lum pur, today, for home. The wedding takes place to-day of Princess Victoria Margaretta of Prussia and Prince Henry of Reuss. Mr. Hastings Rhodes, who was formerly acting Solicitor General in Penang, is at present in London engaged in editing some
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    Dance At Kuala Lumpur.
    67 8 Our Kuala Lumpur correspondent wires that a dance in honour of Mrs. anil Miss T ravers was given at the Selangor Club, on Saturday evening. It was very largely attended, the guests including many members from outstations who canio into town notwithstanding a drenching rain. The
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    Penang's New Lighthouse.
    174 8 The Pinang Gazette is informed that sanction has been granted for the present lighthouse in the Fort to be abandoned and replaced with a braced iron tower 70 feet high fitted with a third order white occulting light giving two occulations every 80 seconds and having an
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    Free Masonry.
    213 8 The annual meetings of the District Grand Lodgo of Free Masons and the District Grand Chapter were hold on Saturday when a number of brethren attended from Penang and the F.M.S. The R W.D.G. Master, Wor. Bro. Elliot, presided and appointed his officers as follows D. G. M.
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    Band in the Gardens.
    130 8 On Thursday, May 22, at 9 p.m., by the kind permission of Colonel Marrable anil the officers, the band of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry will play the programme of music below. The traffic at tlic gardens will be regulated by the rules recently published
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      219 8 BEESWING FLAKED °L CAVENDISH. Robinson Co. HIRANO This is the Best Japanese Table Water SOLE AGENTS: JOHN LITTLE CO., LD. SUPPLIES FOR Estates, Mines, Etc. AMT EXTERMINATORS. (The Universal) For fumigating with Universal Patent Powder. ARBENITE OF SODA. (For killing weeds). BOILERS. (Spencer Hcpwood's Vertical). CALCULATING and ADDING MACHINES. (The
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      143 8 A DELIGHTFUL PROGRAMME HIGHLY ENTERTAINING PICTURES. Re«atta Day at Singapore TIM Triple Trapeze Act A Jealous Wife. (American Kinema). Pathes *nim»ted Gazette (144 th Edition; containing a number of interesting items, among them THE BOMBARDMENT AND OCCUPATION OF JANIHA BY THE GREEKS. The Woman Hater. (Thanhonser). Hemp Growing In New
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    THE BALKANS.
    303 9 ALLIES ADOPT A DETERMINED ATTITUDE. Indignation at Foreign Press Exaggerations. Bbdtbb's Teleobam. London, May 18. Renter announces that the Greek and Servian delegates are still without instructions regarding the signature of the preliminaries of peace. Both object to leaving tho questions of Albania and the Acijtan Archipelago to
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    THE BAGDAD RAILWAY.
    140 9 Germany Aware of Anglo-Turkish Negotiations. Rk.i tier's Telkokam. London, May 19. Replying to a question on the Bagdad railway, M. Pichon said the French Government were watching the matter closely. France would not forget her duty to defend her legitimate interests. The semi official Norddeutscbe (Berlin) referring
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    ANOTHER DISASTROUS FIRE.
    59 9 Thousands of People Homeless in Hungary. RBDTBB'S TILBOBAM. London, May 18. Eight thousand persons arc homeless as the result of a fire at Pressburg, Hungary, involving six streets. It broke out at two in the afternoon and was still raging at nine iv the evening. A fireman
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    BENGALIS ARRESTED.
    47 9 Allegations of Conspiracy Against Government. I ECTBB't. TbLIOJUM. London, May 17. A Calcutta message says the police there have arrested nineteen respectable Bengalis who are charged with conspiracy to wage war on the King. The Bengali prtss says the arrests have made a tremendous sensation.
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    ARIZONA FOLLOWS CALIFORNIA.
    49 9 Rkiteb's Teleuram. London, May 17. The Governor of Arizona has signed the bill prohibiting any alien who has not doclareil his intention of becoming naturalized from acquiring real property. The bill affects not only Asiatics but Mexicans and white residents who decline to repudiate tUeir nationality.
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    NEWMARKET ELECTION RESULT.
    161 9 A Staggering Blow for the Government. Kbttsb's Tbieobam London, May 17. The Newmarket election result was Pender (Unionist) 5,251. Nicholls (Liberal) 4,400. Majority 851. The Unionists are jubilant at the Newmarket result. They describe it as a most remarkable sign of the change of public feeling since
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    CRICKET CHAMPIONSHIP.
    83 9 No Immediate Alteration of The Scheme. RsOTBB'B TILBOBAM. London, May 17. At a meeting of the advisory county cricket committee at Lords, Lord Harris presiding, it was unanimously decided not to alter the existing scheme of the county championship uutil after 1917, except as to the awarding of
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    FRANCE AND TURKEY.
    45 9 ikh's Tblbobam. London, May 17. France has presetted to Turkoy a series of demands relating to schools, railways and harbjur concessions in Syria and other matters, and makes consent to the increase of Turkish custom* conditional on the acceptance of the demands.
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    A HANDSOME GIFT.
    22 9 Rei-tbb's Tblboram London, May 18. Mr. Edwin Tate has given ten thousand pounds to the Imperial Cancer Research Fund.
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    PANAMA CANAL OPENING.
    28 9 Rblter'b Telegram. London, May 18. Continuous heavy landslides threaten to delay the opening of the Panama Canal beyond January, 1915, which is the date fixed.
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    LONDON RUBBER SPECIAL.
    65 9 Lanadron and Ledbury Final Dividends. (From Oub Own Corrkspondbnt.) London, May 17. Final dividends are declared as follows Lanadron 10 per cent., to reserve £10,000. Ledbury 20 per cent, to reserve £5,C00. New Columbia 10 per cent. The price of rubber is rising. Messrs. F. W. Barker
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    THE LATE PHYA RASADA.
    110 9 Commencement of the Funeral Ceremonies. (From Oub Own Correspondent.) Penang, May 17. The funeral of the late Phya Rasada (Sim Bee) was a very imposing ceremony. Large crvwds of Europeans and natives assembled in the streets and at the jetty, where the coffin was put aboard
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    Ulster Will Fight.
    91 9 WAR THREATENED ONLY AS LAST RESORT. Sir Edward Carson as King. Rbctbb's Tblbqram. London, May 18. Sir E. Carson, opening a Drill Hall at Belfast, said Home Rule would be resisted by force, but that would be used only as a last resort. The circumstances under which
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    LONDON RUBBER MARKET.
    36 9 The East Asiatic Company's Dailj Report. The market in London on Saturday was firm. The closing prices were: Hard Fine Para Spot 8/10 Forward 8/9, First latex crepe, delivery next three months 8/5
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    HIGH COMMISSIONERS TOUR.
    214 9 Receives Hospital Deputation at Batu Gajah. (Fbom Obb Own Cobbbspondbnt.) Ipoh, May 17. The High Commissioner, Sir Arthur Young, K.C.M.G., received the Ipoh Hospital Deputation at Batu Gajah station on Friday afternoon, those present being Messrs. H. D. Griffiths, R. L. Corbett, Dr. R. M. Connolly, Eu
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    ENTICING A NONIA.
    203 9 Coolie Sentenced to Six Months' Imprisonment. (Fbom Oik Own Cobbbspondbnt.) Penang, May 17. In the second police court, to-day, Mr. E. E. Colman found Govindan, a Tamil coolie employed at the Government plantations at the Waterfalls, guilty of enticing away a young Chinese woman, the wife of
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    66 9 The marriage arranged between Cyril Francis Bell, Eastern Telegraph Company. Gibraltar, eldest son of the late Rev. J. T. Bell, Head Master of Christ's Hospital, Hertford, and Mrs. Bell, and Betty, youngest daughter of the Rev. G. Platt Dew, late rector of Shirenewton, Monmouthshire, and the Lady Mary Dew, 4,
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    71 9 Many Ceylon people were present, on April 2*>, at the marriage of Rose, daughter of Sir J. P. Middleton, late Senior Puisne Justice of Ceylon, to Mr. Siegmund Freudenberg, youngest son of Mrs. and the late Mr. Phillip Freudenberg, Colombo, at St. Mary Abbot's, Kensington. The service was folly choial
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    The Assizes.
    1483 9 CHIEF JUSTICE DECIDES POINT OF LAW. A Murder Charge. On the conclusion of the hearing of the attempted murder case in the Assize Court on Saturday, the Chief Justice (Sir William Hyndman Jones) heard farther argument on the subject of Mr. Oannt's application for the Diang Osman cast,
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    CEYLON COCONUT COMPANY.
    180 9 Eastern Development Corporation Flotation. A London wiro of May 8 says The Eastern Development Corporation, Ltd., is floating a subsidiary company called the Negombo (Ceylon) Coconut Estates, Ltd. The capital is £175,000, divided into 100,i"00 6 per cent, cumulative participa ting preference shares of j£l each and
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    THE LATE WEE LEONG TAN.
    289 9 Imposing Funeral Ceremony at Benkalis. At Benkalis, Sumatra, on the 16th inst., the remains of tho late Wee Leong Tan, Captain China of Benkalis, were buried, with much ceremony and in the presence of a large gathering of relatives and friends, in the family vault.
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    SURGEON MARTYR.
    235 9 Mr R. B Etberington-Smith Dies After an Operation. Another sad reminder of the risks members of the medical profession heroically run is furnished by the death of Mr. R. B. Ether ington Smith. F.R.C.S., the well known Cambridge and Leander oarsman and rowing oiach. As a member of
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    CANADA'S NAVY.
    114 9 OPPOSITION OFFERS A LAST PROTEST. Mr. Borden's Trenchant Reply. Rbctib's Teleoeam. London, May 17. In the House of Commons at Ottawa, the vote on the third reading of the Naval Bill was passed by 99 to 66. Sir Wilfrid Lanrier, offering a last protest, denounced the Government's policy
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    GERMAN ARCTIC EXPEDITION.
    86 9 Grave Report By ThY Refid Party. Rbuters Telegram. London, May 17. Tho report of the Norwegian leader of the Schroederstranz relief expedition has reached Berlin from Spitzborgon. It says that of ton German members of the original expedition, only one, the seascape painter, escaped without permanent injury.
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    ANTI-OPIUM MEASURES.
    60 9 Farmers Burned to Death By Soldiery. Reuter's Telpc.ram. London, May 18. A Shanghai press report says that in Western Hunan tho local gentry and farmers, resenting the action of the troops in uprooting opium at Shen Chow Ting, assembled in a temple to discuss the question whereupon the
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    PRUSSIAN DIET ELECTIONS.
    45 9 Rioter's Tblboeam. London, May 19. The elections to the Prussian Diet have resulted in the Conservative Centre losing ton seats, of which the National Liberals gain seven and the Socialists one. The overwhelming superiority of the Conservative Centre alliance is thus retained.
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    COLLIERY DISPUTE ENDED.
    34 9 Ridtbb's Tblbobam. London, May 18. The trouble in the South Wales coalfield has ended. All the non-unionists in the collieries which have been idle since May 1 have joined the federation.
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    FATAL MINE EXPLOSION.
    23 9 Rbdtbb's Tblbobam. London, May 18. In the Belpe Valley, Ohio, sixteen are dead as the result of a mine explosion.
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    DEMONSTRATORS GO TO GAOL.
    32 9 Rictbr's Tileuram. London, May 18. A message from St. Petersburg announced that 111 demonstrators who were arrested on the Russian May Day have been sentenced to three months.
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    PROFESSOR'S BALLOON ASCENT.
    41 9 Dbb Ostasiatischi Lloyd Telegram Berlin, May 17. A professor of Halle University has ascended 9,500 meters in a balloon (51 degrees Celsius). He was able to make several hoars' scientific observations, with the help of artificial breathing apparatus.
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    INTERNATIONAL SEA RULES.
    33 9 DKB OBTABIATISCHK LIUYD TELKUBAU. Berlin, May 17. The Maritime Law Conference has resolved to establish an international office, and has decided on elaborate proposals on questions of safety at sea.
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    THE CHINESE LOAN.
    24 9 DSB OsTASIATISCHB L.LOYD TaLBOBAM. Berlin, May 17. The Chinese loan subscriptions to which close on May 21 promises to be successful.
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    BULGARIA RAISING A LOAN.
    23 9 Dbb Ostasiatischb Lloyd Telioram. Berlin, May 17. Bulgaria is negotiating iv Paris to raise a loan of 250 millions.
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      119 10 Singapore doll Club. The May monthly modal competition at the Singapore Golf Club was played on Saturday and Sunday and resulted in a win (or Mr. I>. Paterson, who returned a net ■core of 78. The sweep on the 17th, was worn by Mr. Paterson, and on the 18th
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      508 10 Merchants v. Law, Civil Service, etc. The tournament game between the Merchants and the Law, Civil Service, etc. played on the Padang, on Saturday, resulted in a draw in favour of the last named team. Clarke, for the Merchants, played a good game, his contribution of 46 being decidedly
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      979 10 Peacock Cup Tie Final. The final match of the Peacock cup com petition, took place on Saturday afternoon on the police ground. Raffles Reclamation, the contesting teams being in the first and second elevens of the White Star Club. There was a large crowd of spectators who witnessed a
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    Prehistoric Workshop.
    77 10 Two interesting discoveries relating to the early period of Bournemouth have been completed. A further search in the 8,000 yearold pits discovered at Southbourne in 1909 has revealed a complete prehistoric workshop which had apparently been abandoned in full working order. Over 7,000 flints, spear points, pickaxes, knives
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    36 10 Mr. A McCulloch, chief engineer of the Recorder, has exchanged places with Mr. Crition, chief engineer of the Patrol, Mr. Russell, who has just returned from the Cocos Islands, goes as second engineer on the Recorder.
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    SHERLOCK HOLMES' DOG.
    527 10 Famous Author Cross-Examines Accuser. Acting as his own counsel, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes, successfully defended himself at Mark Cross, Tunbridge Wells, when he had to answer gummonses alleging that a collie dog he keeps at his home at Crowborough had killed and
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    PILFERING AT SHOPS.
    600 10 Action by Drapery Chamber of Trade. An important discussion on the growing practice of shoplifting and the difficulty of traders in instituting prosecutions took place at a council meeting of the Drapers' Chamber of Trade. Apart from the unpleasantness of scenes," and the expense to which shopkeepers
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    LATE MRS. TAN KHEAM HOCK.
    421 10 Large Concourse Attends Funeral At Alexandra Road. The remains of the late Mrs. Tan Kbeam Hock were removed from her residence, 85, Cecil Street, yesterday, to the Chinese cemetery, Alexandra Road. A long procession headed the coffin, which was covered with Kuantah Chinese silk and
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    MISHAP TO HEDJAZ PILGRIMS.
    394 10 Eight Hundred Drowned in Flooded Camp. The following letter from His Majesty's Consul at Jeddah dated January 22, in connection with the mishap to the pilgrims at LI Ham rah in the Hedjaz is published I have the honour to report that during the night of
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    APRIL RUBBER RETURNS.
    42 10 Melalap.— B,627 lbs. four months 29,789 lbt, Sapong.— lo,9oo lbs. to date 43,8853 lbs. first quarter (corrected) 82,485} lbs. Beaufort Borneo.— B,ooo lbs. Serdang Central.— 9,B42 lbs. four months, 86,748 lbs. Hayoep Estate.— ll,4B4 lbs. four months, 37,823 lbs.
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    Freight Rates Reduced.
    96 10 As a result of the representations made by some of the Indian produce merchants of Cochin through their London correspondents, protesting against the increase in the rates of freight recovered from them over those quoted to European shippers, a Cochin correspondent says the owners of the Hansa
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    44 10 Col. C. N. Watts, late Notts and Derby Regiment, completes this month his four years' service as general staff officer, Ist grade, Secunderabad Division, and is to be succeeded by Col. R. G. Strange, late R.A., now serving on the staff at Rawed Pindi.
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    The New "Nut."
    1381 10 The New Nut." Frederick Heath has written the following article on the 1918 "not and his new spring frocks:— At a time when things must be very vivid if they are to be seen, and very startling in colour and effect if tV v are to attract attention, the 1918
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    WOMAN'S NEW WORLD.
    703 10 Prof. Geddes' Forecast of Future Activities. The Widening World of Women, and the sphere of activity which the woman of the future is to occupy in it, was tho theme of an interesting address given at University College before the Social and Political Education League by its
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    COMPETITION IN OIL.
    246 10 Two Competitors in The Far Eastern Trade. As readers of this column are aware, writes The Financier's regular contributor on oil topics, there are two great competitors in the illuminating oil trade in the Far Kant, these being, of course, the Standard and the Shell. A charge
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    SECRETARY BRYAN.
    2027 11 Mi. A. M:unice Low, the Washington corr. s|> :>n<li nt of the Morning Poet, writing on March 19, says: To day, in Lincoln, Nebraska, Mr. William Jennings Bryan, Secretary of State of the United States of America, is celebrating his fifty third birthday. Although born in tbe State
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    RUBBER AUCTIONS.
    169 11 Penaog Chamber of Commerce Proposals. The Pinang Gazette understands that the committee of the Penang Chamber of Commerce have bad under their consideration tbe question of the local weekly rubber auctions, and that they have practically decided to recommend the Chamber to institute auction rooms upon a similar
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    STOCKS AND SHARES.
    725 11 Prices Quoted la the Market This Morning. Singapore, May 10, 1918. Messrs. Lyall and Evatt, Exchange and Share Brokers, issue tbe following list ol quotations this morning Norn. Vu.ua. Bdtirs. Hilubs. 3/- Allagw 2/7 8/1 x.d. 4 1 Anglo-Java 7/44 8/8 1 AngloJohore 8/10J 9/6 2/. Anglo
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      8 11 For Bronchial Coughs take Woods' Great Peppermint Curs.
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      393 11 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. MAKE A NOTE OF IT NOW. Brut-Royal at $25 per case j is the best value in sparkling wines. iOKMTS: Garner, Quelch Co., WINE AM »WR|T BERCrUNTS Battery Road, Singapore. Telerhoce. 881 E. 48. HOTEL PENANG The beat and the most traaaeated Hotel in tbe Island, tod CRAB
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    2706 12 THE LATEST REPORT BY THE MANAGER. Prospects Excellent. 'XLi third ordinary general mooting of the shareholder* of the Bikmu Itubber Kstate, Limited, was held on April IH, at the London Chamber of Commerce, Cannon Street, E.C., Mr. H. Kric Muller (Chairman of the company) presiding. The Chairman said
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    SUNGEI SALAK RUBBER.
    446 12 Net Profit For The Year £23,405. The directors of the Sungei Salak Rubber Company, Limited, report for the year ended December 31, 1912, that the net profit for the year amounts to £23,405, to which has to be added £1,162 brought forward from last accounts, giving a
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    LOWER PERAK ESTATES.
    433 12 Reduction of Revenue Costs Anticipated. The second ordinary general meeting of the Lower Perak Rubber Estates, Limited, waa held at Winchester House, 8.C., on April 28, when Dr. S. Kideal, who presided, said that last year, although their total area waa roughly 1 ,500 acres, of this
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    25 12 Two hundred and eleven societies are registered in Penang in accordance with section 6 of the Societies Ordinance 1909. Kitty-nine others are exempted from registration.
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    585 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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    THIRD MILE RUBBER.
    423 12 Large Increase on Estimated Output. The report of the Third Mile (X.M.S.) Rubber Company, Limited, state that the net profit for the year to December 31 after allowing £651 for depreciation on buildings and machinery, was £5,879 out of which the directors recommend that a dividend of
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    46 12 A Pioneer London cablegram states that in the case of Major Weinman, 1.M.5., who was found seriously wounded in his bedroom in a private hotel in Bedford I'lace on March 2, and who has since succumbed, a verdict of suicide whilst of unsound mind was returned.
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    911 15 NOTES AND COMMENTS ON CURRENT TOPICS. Temporary Puncture Repair. >ne of the most unpleasant grievances of the motorist is the occurrence of a burst or puncture when he is without any resources in the way of spares. When, under such circumstances, an inner tube is punctured the
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    87 15 President Wilson pressed a lever at Washington on the evening of April 24, and Woolworth Building, New York, the highest in the world, was officially opened. Nearly 100,000 lights shone from 3,000 windows. The Woolworth Building tower is 780 ft. above Broadway, and presses upon earth a weight of 206,000,000
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    47 15 A sensational double suicide occurred, on April 25, at Antwerp. A lad of 18 and his sweetheart, whose amatory affairs were not running smoothly, ascended the tower of Antwerp Cathedral, and together threw themselves from the top. The spire of the great cathedral is 408 ft. high.
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