The Straits Times, 16 June 1913

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    13 1 The Straits Times NO. 24.209 SINGAPORE. MONDAY. JUNE 16. 1913. PRICE 10 CBNTf.
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      165 1 i THE CELEBRATED SCOTCH tfTu WHIM* I KgTABLISHKD 1742. Drapery Departments AN EXCEPTIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR Tuesday, June 17, and Wednesday, June 18. All Oddments and Remnants left over from sale will be offered at prices which will ensure a SPEEDY CLEARANCE. ALSO All EVENING and AFTERNOON GOWNS KATZ BROS., LTD.
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      129 1 'His Master's Voice* GRAMagJHONE New Model. Price: $100. This Instrument is the most popular in price of our four table: grand gramophones. There is only one GRAMOPHONE it is "His Master's Voice." His Master's Voice Records DOUBLE SIDED, 10-inch $1.50 each. 12-inch $2.50 each. Zonophone Records DOUBLE SIDED, 10-inch $1.20
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      28 1 GoodßluH TYRES Maly's PATENT FIRE PROOF SAFES awarded gold medals at the lariat exhibition'-. Obtainable from A. FRANKEL AND CO., VICTORIA STREET. All «iie« in stock. MO 80-9
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    The New Rifle.
    768 2 ROYAL INTEREST IN ALDERSHOT TEST. Aperture Sight Adopted. Quite the feature of the Royal visit to Aldershot on May 12 wag the inspection by His Majesty of the new rifle and its companion, the new machine gun, which are being issued to the British Army. The high
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    SUIT AGAINST STEEL TRUST.
    323 2 Low Cost of Steel Made in India And China. A New York message dated May 18, says Mr. J. A. Farrell (the President of the United States Steel Co., oration) continued to give evidence today in the suit by the Government for the dissolution of the
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      548 2 A Celebrated Violiniste *^^s^s^s^k\ ,aA^"*"^^s\ ft Nervous Fatigue, Languor The poutr to excel, the ccnfiJenct which ensures her brilliant successes, says the talented violinist, Miss Sybil Keymer, is entirely due to her abundance of vigorous nerve force created by Phosferine. How greatly the numerous distinctions and triumphant career of this
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      10 2 For Children's Hacking Cough at Nigkt, Wooda' Great Peppermint Core.
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      149 2 /^^**%x For the Skin W*^B and Complexion HAZELINESNOW M (Tradt Mark) I The incomparable Beauty-Balm. It acts as a most beneficial tonic to the skin, cleansing it from impurities, removing rDughness, excessive colour and blemishes, imparting a charming freshness and clearness. g Delightfully cooling, sooth- Ting and comforting Ss| v
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    Expedition to Africa.
    923 3 AMAZING STORY OF WIMBLEDON BANKRUPT. A Varied Career. Charles William McFarlane, a tailor, of Eflraroad, Wimbledon, was charged before Mr. Curtis Bennett at Bow street Police Court, with failing to truly disclose to his trustee in bankruptcy how and to whom he had disposed of £500. Mr.
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    91 3 Prominent members of society in Washington who favour woman's suffrage are a trifle displeased over the recent remark made by Miss Margaret Wilson, daughter of the President, at the Congress of Women, in Baltimore. Miss Wilson pleaded for women to take an active part in politics and for them to
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    Chamberlain's Pain Balm.
    89 3 A touch of rheumatism, or a twinge of neuralgia, whatever tbe trouble is, Chamberlain's Pain Balm drives away tiie pain at once and cares tbe complaint quickly. First application gives relief. When a bottle of it is kept in tbe house tbe pain of barns and scalds
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      336 3 The National Mutual Life Association OF AUSTRALASIA, LIMITED. Established 1 869 Tbe first Lite Offloe in the world to introduce tbe non-forfeiture principle to Policies. A Mutual Ofllcw. No Shareholder.. Low Prwnluma. Annual Inooms 1,284, 364. Funds «7,291,280 Claims paid £6,078,960 ALL profits are distributed amongst Policy holders. Claims paid
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      692 3 STEAMER SAILINGS. BURNS PHILP LINE. SiKaAPoas to Java Pobts Pobt Daiwim, Thdbsdat Island, Beibbaki md Stdnit via Toaass Stbaits. Also taking passengers and cargo with transhipment for other Victoeiam, Sooth Aostbauak and No»th Queensland Posts, Bimn Nsw Otnmi, Nsw Britain Taskajtum and Nsw Zialand Ports, mootrt Paaaage. Superb Snanery A
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      160 3 RANEEGUNOE GLAZED STONEWARE. Drainpipes and Junctions. ALL SIZES STOCKED. SHARPE, ROSS CO., LD. THE ABSOLUTE IT FRASER 6? NEAVE'S SODA WATER. To Estate Mine Managers. Etc. PATERSON, SIMONS Co., li, CAM BUPPLY WHlSKY— Cbivas Bros. "Royal Strathjthan. BRANDY— Exshaw's No. 1. BEER— Wrexham. CEMENT— Wouldbsm Red Cross Brand. CORRUGATED IRON—
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      596 4 STEAMER BAIUNBB. P. O. STEAM NAVIGATION CB. FOR CHINA, JAPAN, PBNANG, CBYLON, AOSTRALIA, INDIA, ADBN, BGYPT. MBDITBRRANBAN PORTS, PLY HOOTH AND LONDON. Through BUls al Lading issaed tor Oolaa Coast, Persian Gulf. Continental and Amarioan Ports. ■teamen will leave Singapore on ot about: MAIL LINES 1«1S Bomtmari (/or arnro**;. f
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      637 4 STEAMER SAILIN63. RY.K. JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP CO.i LTD. EUROPEAN LINE. A Fortnightly servioe is maintained between Yokohama via ports to Marseilles, London and Antwerp, under mail oontraot with the Imperial Japanese Government. The New Twin-screw Steamers maintaining this servioe have been specially designed and oonstr noted, and are fitted with
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      743 4 STEAMER BAILHWB. THE SIAM STEAM NAVIGATION CO.. LD. SINGAPORE-BANGKOK. For Pahang, Barcflrah, Kretay, Paka, Tringgano. Bisut, Semera, Bachok, Kolaatat, Tabai. Bangnara, Telupin, Panarai, Patani, Singora Laooa, Kohsamui, Bacdo» Langsue«, Taka, Obampon, Kohlak and Bangkok. Due DtpartMPa. YUOALA June 16 Juna 18. i.t. ASDANO Juna) 18 Juna 91. '....MAMIDOL Juna) S3
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      525 4 STEAMER SAILIWBB HAMBURG AMERIKA UNE. HAMBURG. I urn kitui umrrumn MMTMOL UMI UIMI I Combined lervloe The steamres of these Oompacies maintaUi a regnlar servioe between Hamburg Bremen Antwerp, and Rotterdam, and the Straits, China and Japan. Homewards, they are despatched tortnightly for Havre and Hamburg and onoe a month
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      620 4 j BTEAMK MILINSi. N. D L, orddwUtsoh»r Lloyd, Br««» IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL UNI The fast and well-known mail steametti v this Company sail fortnightly from Brean r Hamburg, via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Sons. ampton, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples (oonncc> ing Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria, and > versa) Port Said, Suea, Aden, Colom* Penang,
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      699 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. INDOCHINA STEAM NAY. CO. LO. MfWt larvlM U Japan via atonf aaag *n»n «h« •stf lo Calcutta via r*ua| trim Siagapor*. Taking ctrito on through Bills of LaJuu or Canton, Macao, Swatow, Amoy, Cbefoo (Tientsin, Nawouwang. Yangtsae Porte, For mosa, the Philippines, etc.. etc.. etc. Btsamsp*. Tons Commandoi
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      291 5 BOXING! BOXING!! Theatre Royal, THURSDAY, JUNES 19, 3- IS p.m. Cor pi. Marriott v. Snowy Fraser (10 ROUNDS SEMI-FINAL). PTE. WILSON v. KID GLEE SON (IS ROUNDS). Forty Rounds ot Boxing. Prices Ringside, $5, other seats $3, $2, $1 (Soldiers in uniform halt prioes to 13, 12 and tl seatt).
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      592 5 CONTRACTS FOR SURVEYING. ETC.. UNDERTAKEN. An experienced Rubber and Coconut planter who is resigning management shortly of a large estate which he has planted, is desirous of taking up contracts for surveying, felling, clearing and planting up estates, eradicating lalang, and the construction of bungalows, roads, drains, etc. Has good
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      273 5 Royal Vinolia Cream Soap. Royal Vinolia Cream Soap is specially adapted to meet the requirements of the daintiest toilet, while for daily use in the nursery it is unsurpassed. The care bestowed on the selection of materials and manufacture of this charminx soap ensures its absolute purity. It is indeed
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      715 6 WHITEAWAY, LAIDLAW AND COMPANY, LIMITED Terms: CASH. m^fr^AP(^ißP QQ ESTABLISHMENTS Who pays quickly pays least." Oil IVJAI V>^lvl-rf» 09 in the east. Th'f 12^ /^^a>fc. bl ~h The i^*^ "REX BRAND. J^ fi \s*A S "REX BRAND. Back box calf l»ce bo- s. In the latest st,4e, pointed 6 T&D
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    DAILY TIME TABLE.
    106 7 FIXTURES. Monday, June 16. High Water. 8.59 a.m., 8.2.5 p.m. C'heruiavsky Concert, Victoria Theatre. Tuesday, June 17. High Water, 9.58 a.m., 9.7 p.tn. Wednesday, June 18. High Water, 10.49 a.m., 9.48 p.m. Thursday, June 19. High Water, 11.34 a.m., 10.2* p.ra Cathedral fete meeting, Y. M. C.
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    SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
    140 7 To-DAT. Batu Pahat A ing Leong Bpm P. Swettenham and Telok Anson Pcrak 3 pm Malacca and Muar Kaka 8 pm Penang and Calcutta Torilla 3pm Singa Radja, Macassar, Mt-nado, Ternatc, etc. Teo Pao 4pm I3*l'enau<j. Ceylon, Australasia, India, Aden. Egypt anil via N.ipli -si'... Europe, tc.
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    26 7 Daily (Except Sunday) By Train. Federated Malay States, Malacca and Penang 6 pui Oemas, Tampin, Malacca, Soromban, Port Dickson, Port Swettenham and Kuala Lumpur A am
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    Mail Steamer Movements.
    62 7 The P. and O. oat ward intermediate steamer Simla was due at Penang at noon to-day, and will probably arrive here on Wednesday, June 18. The P. and O. outward intermediate steamer Namur is due at Colombo at 5 a.m. on .lime 25. and is calling at
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    Mails for Europe.
    74 7 Lin Sinoapom. Di May 12 M. M. May 10 P. A 0. May 20 N. D. L. May 22 B. I. i May 26 M. M. May 80 P. O. ■Inn.- 2N.D.L 1 June 6 B. I. I June 9 M. M. June 13 P. O. I
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING.
    498 7 Latest Arrivals. Bail I'. ili (iuan, Brit, str., 576 tons, Capt Smith, June 15. From Soarabaya, June 12. U.c. ami p. Heap Eng Moll. For Sourabaya, Inc. Rds. Brouwer, Dut. Htr. 824 tons, C'apt Lensinck, June IS. From P. Karoe, June 14. G.c. and d.p. S. Agency Ltd.
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    Vessels at Tanjong Pagar and Keppel Harbour.
    101 7 Wharves at which Vessels are Berthed To-Day: TANJONG I'AGAR. Bast Wbabf Basin Nil. W. Section No. i...Taroba, Veroneij, M. Treub. Shikrs Wharf Nil. Main W. Sect. No. 2...Dong{,'ala, Solandia. 8...ToriUa. 4...Kosichang. 6 ..Circe. «...Shinkai Mam, Nelens, Calypso. Nbw Dock 7. ..(Under construction) Wist
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    LOCAL PASSENGER LISTS.
    308 7 Arrivals. Per str. Kaka, Jane 14. From Malacca Mr. and Mrs. .1. Mitchell. Per str. Peshawar, June 14. From Yokohama Mr. A. D. Dcvereaux. Per str. Calypso, Jane IS. From Port Swettenhain MiHsAndreeand Mr. Robinson. Per str. Pin Seng, June 15. From Penang via ports Messrs. Pcstana
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    AUCTION SALES.
    55 7 Powell and Co. June 17.— At saleroom, leasehold land at Hylam St., at 2.30. June 19. At saleroom, Australian Horse and Victoria, at 11. June 20.— At No. 247, Teluk Aver Street, stock-in-trade, etc., of Chop Teck Chiang, at 11. June 21. At Victoria House, No. 48, Short
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    FINANCE AND COMMERCE.
    275 7 EXCHANGE SlNOAPOM, JCNl 16, 1018. Oil London* Bank 4 m/s t Demand J 4 Private m/s 8/4} I 8 m/B -J 4 < On G»k>u>h Bank d/d 288* Private 8 m/s 348* On Fbanci Bank d/d 204 Private 8 m/s 200{ On India Bank T. T. 174}
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      MINING.
      160 7 J"? 0 1 Buyers. Sellers Value <SJ J 10 10 Ampang 9.00 10.00 10 10 Belat Tin 2.60 2.75 10 10 Bruang 1.50 10 10 Kanaboi 2.05 2.20 10 10 Kampar par 10 10 Kinta Association 1.1.50 14.50 £1 £1 Kinta Tin 1.13.0 1.19.9 £1 £1 Lahat Miner 1.2.6
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      RUBBER.
      580 7 J«™» H Buyers. Sellers. Value 2/- 2/- Allagar 2/2 2/7 £1 £1 Anglo Java 6/6 6/6 2/- 2/- Anglo-Malay 10/8 11/1 2/- 2/- Batang Malaka 2/- 2/6 £1 £1 Batu Tiga 8.2.6 3.10.0 £1 £1 ISukit Kajang 2.3.0 2.8.0 £1 £1 Bokit Lintang 4.0.0 4.12.6 nom 2/. 2/- Bukit
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      GENERAL.
      113 7 I" 8 6 1 Buyer*. SeUen Value £1 £1 E. Bmeltins Co. 18/8 19/ £1 £1 Pret I^.« 1.6.6 6/- 6/- Electrio T'wayß 8/8 4/10 10 Fraser A Neave 60.50 61.50 100 Howarth Erskine 60X0 100 7%Pwf. 95.0 C 100.00 100 100 Eatz Bro, Def. 180.00 140.00 10 10
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      DEBENTURES.
      36 7 Bayers Sellers United Engineers6% 11,234,600 par Singapore Electric Tramways 6% £860,000 Spore Municipal 5% 11,878,000 nom. Buyers Sellers S'poreJMunicipal 4J% 0f|1907 •,1,600,000 7% Spore Municipal H% of 1900 11,000,000 10% ptr S'pore'Municipal 4% 1602,900 pa*
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      56 7 The complete list of club fixtures will be found on page 16. Sick To-day, Well To-morrow. If you feel dull and stupid, are bilious and uonstipatcd, take a dose of Chamberlain's Tablets before going to bed. They are just what you need, and you will be all right tomorrow. For
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      72 7 For Bronchial Coughs take Woods' Great Peppermint Core, NORDOEUTSCHER LLOYD. FOR HONGKONG, SHANGHAI, T?INGTAU, KOBE AND YOKOHAMA. Tbe Imoetial German Mail steamer PKINZ EITBL FRIEDRICH, 8 797 tons, Captain Mundt having left Colombo on Saturday, the 14tb instant, at A p.m.. may be expeoted to arrive here on Friday morning,
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      182 7 BY APPOINTMENT fSBRj} TO H.M, THE NINO. Contractor! to THE BRITISH ADMIRALTY. THE WAR OFFICE. THE INDIA OFFICE MILKMAID MILK LARGEST SALE IN THE WORLD. THE FACT THAT MILKMAID MILK HA8 BBBN CHOSEN FOR USE IN THE GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS IN THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS and FEDERATED MALAY STATES PROVE 9 THAT
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      159 7 HARIMA HALL CINEMATOGRAPH. NORTH BRIDGE R<">AD. Xo- Night's Feature Films. LOVE IN AN APARTMENT HOTEL Biograpb. The m»id Morna ber humble suitor for she ispires to one of tbe wealthy i isitors, a burglar locks ber in a cupboard in his room, and, bearing bim returning, hides undsr the bed.
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    The Straits Times. MONDAY JUNE 16. CLEARING THE AIR.
    978 8 The Straits Times. MONDAY JUNE 16. CLEARING THE AIR. A most prolific source of suspicion between Great Britain and Germany for a considerable period of years has been the construction and control of the railway which is to tap the resources of Asiatic Turkey by means of the line from
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    15 8 The output from Ulu Piah Company's mine for May was 609.88 piculs which realised ItVMMfc
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    16 8 Quarantine restrictions against the port of Bassein on account of cholera and plague are now withdrawn.
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    27 8 The Tibetan Government has, for a religious reason, forbidden the importation of tobacco into Tibet by Tibetans, but Indian traders are exempt. Much smuggling is going on.
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    43 8 Mao Chan, the Siamese dresser sentenced to decapitation for the shooting of the High Commissioner and the Governor of Trang, is reported to have taken poison, but the dose was not a fatal one. He has petitioned the King of Siaiu for mercy.
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    42 8 By way of a reminder, we are asked to state that the Cherniavsky Trio arrived here from Hongkong to-day, and will give their farewell concert in the Victoria Theatre tonight for which a varied programme has been arranged. They leave Singapore to-morrow.
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    21 8 A python, about ten feet long, was killed by a native early this morning in the Kepnel Harbour Golf Club House.
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    21 8 A party of local Straits Chinese sports men shot two deer yesterday afternoon, in the vicinity of Chua Chu Kang Road.
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    22 8 Mr. H. \V. Clarke, late of the Exploratiou Company, Sandakan, has beon appointed general manager of the Thurcroft Main collieries, near Rotherham.
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    24 8 Five British officers were attacked while visiting the battlefields at I'en chihu, China. The officers were not hurt, but they lost three transport animals.
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    45 8 In the course cf a dispute over money matters a My lam boy was stabbed by another Hylam on Saturday night in Banda Street. The wound was inflicted with a penknife, and, consequently, the hurt was not serious, but the boy is still in hospital.
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    44 8 It is now definitely stated in Paris that, in consequence of the profanation of the tombs of the Emperors of Annam in search of supposed treasure, M. Malic, ResidentSuperior of Annam, has been retired. He has just arrived in France from the Far East.
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    45 8 .A correspondent sends a complaint of a nuisance in Hecren Street, Malacca, where the neighbours are nightly subjected to an uproarious Chinese musical entertainment by a party of young men. No doubt if the matter is laid before the police, the nuisance will be stopped*'
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    47 8 A lodging house runner, named Tan Chwce, was charged this morning in the second court with importing into the colony forty-eight Manlicher cartridges. The man pleaded guilty, saying that a passenger on a steamer gave them to him, and fine of 125 was imposed by Mr. Talma.
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    53 8 The Titi Tin Company's return for May is Estimated returns of nett profit 04 piculs at 160, 15,640 886 piculs at 121 J8.106 total 480 piculs, 113,746, less working costs •8,706, estimated net profit, 110,040. The above does not include 150 piculs of ore which were received from the tributors
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    64 8 There was an outbreak of fire on Saturday evening at the rattan stores of Messrs. Jaeger in Mohomed Sultan Road. Two eagines were called out, but by the time they reached the scene of the fire the premises were well alight. Very nearly an hour elapsed before the flames were
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    71 8 The Congo authorities, it is said, contemplate the importation of Chinese coolies as labourers in the Congo, both on the surface and underground. Due note has been taken of the difficulties that attended the introduction of Chinese labour into South Africa, and it is proposed, in the event of an
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    78 8 There was a big disturbance on Saturday night at a house in Pagoda Street. A dispute arose between some immigrant coolies and a number of others who lodge in the house. Over a hundred men were very quickly participating in the trouble and the tipstars portion of the house was
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    87 8 The Pinang Gazette of June 1;!, says:— With regard to our account of a startling incident off Tanjong Bungah reported in our issue of Monday last, anent a Chinese from a junk picked up by the captain of the Ban Lee, we now understand that the man's hands were not
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    96 8 We read in The Times that the pair of Malay tapirs that were brought over with the Malay collection last year have thriven during the winter and have increased greatly in weight and stature. Ihey have been removed for the summer to one of the large enclosures adjoining the antelope
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    80 8 At the annual general meeting of the Medical Students Recreation Club, held on Saturday, in the lecture lull of the Medical School, the officers elected for the ensuing year were the following -Dr. T. D. Kennedy lex-officio), president Mr. Lim Soon Kian, vicepresident: Mr. Abraham, secretary; Mr. Kajanayagam, treasurer; Mr.
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    103 8 A gentleman who has been away from Ponang for five years, and who passed through there by the P. and O. mail steamer Assaye on his way to Colombo, remarked to a representative of the Pinang Gazette that he was pleased to see the way in which the traffic at
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    96 8 News has been received in London with regard to an act of revenge committed by the notorious Italian secret society, the Camorra. Ten years ago, in Italy, Angelo Defino betrayed the Camorra, of which he was a member. He fled to Australia and then, when he ascertained that the emis
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    369 8 Major- General T. K. Stcphensou, C.B., General Officer Comnjantlins; the Troops, Straits Settlements, has returned from leavo. The King has been pleased to approve of the rrappointUK nt of Mr. Hobcrt oung to be an unofficial member of the Legislative Council of the Straits Settlements. Admiral Sir
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    New P. and 0. Steamer in Colombo.
    111 8 Steamer arrivals in Colombo harbour on June 6 included the new P. and O. steamer Nagoya on her maiden voyage out from London. The Nagoya belongs to what is known as the N class of boats, and is the third to be completed
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    Dallas Comedy Company.
    122 8 His Excellency the Governor, Sir Arthur Young, K.C.M.G., and party from Govern ment House, occupied seats in the dress circle at the Victoria Theatre on Saturday evenin<>, when the Dallas Comedy Company gave their concluding performance prior to departing for the Native States en route for India.
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    Theatrical Dispute.
    133 8 The dispute that occurred in the (iarrick Theatre on May 17, between Mr. Hansen and Mr. Arthur Bouchier concerning the acting rights of Baron Henri de Rotschild's play, Cra-sus, resulted in Hansen's appearing in the Bow Street Police Court on a charge of having threatened to inflict violence
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    Kaiser's Semi-Jubilee.
    180 8 In honour uf the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Kaiser William H's accension which fell yesterday -a reception was held in the Imperial Consulate General at Singapore to day. A large number of guests, including practically the whole of the German community, were present and were welcomed by theConsul
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      186 8 GRAND CHANGE OF PROGRAMME 6 New Pictures 6 TIM tOMtod East Colombo. The Scarecrow Gwendoline. (American Kinema). A Whiff of Onion*. THE ALTAR FIRE. A drama in 2 parts. M PRINCES LATEST LAUGHTERCOMPELLER: The Amorous Chestnut Seller,' AS V KM. AS Bllleoj and the Cinema. Pat he 1 1 »ni
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    EXONERATED.
    893 9 MINISTERS AND THEIR MARCONI SHARES. Acted in Good Faith. BUT MIGHT HAVE BEEN MORE DISCREET. Poisonous Partisanship. Kkutir'h Tklkj.ram London, June 14. The tint roport of the Marconi committee finds nn the whole of the matters relating to the conduct of Ministers which have come before the committee that
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    AMERICA AND ARBITRATION.
    110 9 Japan Willing to Renew The Treaty. RsDTBK'B TbLIOBAY. London, June 14. Viscount Chinda, Japanese Ambassador to the United States, has notified Mr. Bryan, the American Secretary of State, that Japan is willing to renew for another five years the arbitration treaty expiring on August 24. Mr. Bryan,
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    TURKISH CONSPIRACY.
    115 9 Assassins Arrested in a Statnboul House. Rbutbb's Tblboeam. London, Jane 14. Police and troops surrounded the house at Stamboul in which the three murderers of Shefket Pasha were located. The inmates opened tire upon the besiegers, who replied, and the fusillade lasted for an hour. The house was
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    TERRA NOVA RETURNS.
    58 9 Impressive Scene at the Cardiff Docks. RaUTBB'S TILBOEAM. London, June 15. The Scott Antarctic expedition ship Terra Nova arrived at Cardiff, and was met by the surviving members of the expedition, together with Lady Scott, her infant son and other relatives of the dead. The reception was
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    COUNTY CRICKET.
    50 9 Reuter's Tflki.kam. London, June 14. Yorkshire beat Essex by seven wickets. Gloucester beat Northampton by 21 runs. Lancashire drew with Middlesex, and Warwickshire drew with Sussex. Hampshire beat Derbyshire by nine wickets, Leicestershire beat Worcestershire by eight wickets, and Surrey beat Scotland (at the Oval) by seven wickets.
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    NAVY AIRSHIP ACCIDENT.
    35 9 Rictbb's Tblbdbam. London, June 15. The official report on the mishap to the navy airship says the belt slipped driving the pressure fan. This has been remedied and the trials will continue.
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    THE LATEST C. P. R. LINER.
    41 9 Kkltkk's Iblboram. London, June 15. The C. P. R. liner Empress of Asia, Bister ship of the Empress of Russia, leaves Birkenhead to-day for Hongkong and Vancouver, proceeding via South Africa and Far Eastern port*.
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    THE ASTOR MILLIONS.
    27 9 Rei-teb's Telbobax. London, June 15. The estate of Col. Astor, who waa drowned in the sinking of the Titanic, is valued at gold »88,967,000.
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    Balkan Settlement.
    203 9 KING FERDINAND REPLIES TO THE CZAR. New Bulgarian Cabinet Formed. HlDTU'l TILIUB4M. London, June 14. It is telegraphed from Belgrade that the representatives of the Powers have informed Sorvia and Bulgaria that the Powers desire a pacific settlement of the dispute between the Allies, and have suggested that
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    54 9 Das OdTAMiATiseHi Lloyd Trlioram. Berlin, Jane 14. The Powers have now requested Turkey and the Balkanites to demobilise. Bulgaria is prepared to agree on the condition that there is joint occupation of the territory under dispute. The Porte is said to be tracing the recent conspiracy to members of the
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    KAISER'S JUBILEE.
    123 9 Large Subscription by Germans In England. KlCTlK'S TlLlUBAM. London, June 15. Germany is en fete celebrating the twentyfifth anniversary of the Emperor's accession. There are lavish decorations in the principal cities. The Oermans in England have subscribed £37,000 as a jubilee offering, to be devoted to philanthropic objects.
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    MOROCCO FIGHTING.
    95 9 KaUTBK't TlLIOKAX LondoD, June 14. Apparently the Spanish forces are making a combine! movement from Totuan, Arzila and Alcazar for the purpose of clearing oat the menacing tribal forces, and are evidently encountering a sharp resistance. The Spaniards are anxiously seeking to procure the release of the nine
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    WAR CORRESPONDENT'S DEATH.
    28 9 RlUTBB's Tklk-.i; vm. London, June 10. A New York message reports that the English war correspondent, Mr. Angus Hamilton, committed suicide by cuttiag his throat.
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    112 9 The late Mr. John Angus Lushington Moore Hamilton, F.H.G.S., was present as a war correspondent at the siege of Mafeking, the Boxer crisis in China, tbe Somaliland ope rations, Balkan -Macedonian troubles of 1908, and tbe Russo-Japanese war of the following year. He acted as a special correspondent in America
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    THE SUBMARINE EXPLOSION.
    23 9 KlCTlß's TILBSBAH. London, June 14. Two men injured in the explosion on the submarine ES., at Milford Haven, have suc-cumb.-i
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    Eastern Extension Co.
    1078 9 SATISFACTORY GROWTH OF ITS TRAFFIC. Competing With Wireless. ,Tlie seventy-ninth half-yearly ordinary general meeting of the Eastern Entension Australasia and China Telegraph Company, Limited, was held on May 20, under the presidency of Sir John Wolfe Barry, K.B.C. The general manager and secretary (Mr. F. E. Heose)
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    LONDON RUBBER MARKET.
    36 9 The East Asiatic Company's Dailj Report. The market ia London on Saturday was oasy. The closing prices were Hard Fine Para Spot •i Forward 8/8 First latex crepe, delivery n«xt three months 8/.
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    LONDON RUBBER SPECIAL.
    41 9 (Fbom Our Own Corrkspondent.i London, June 18. Sungei Kapar Rubber Company, Ltd., have sold forward twelve tons of smoked sheet at 8/2 per ll>. Yam Seng Rubber Company, Ltd.. have declared an interim dividend of 25 per cent.
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    OUTRAGE ON MISSIONARIES.
    270 9 The Rev. G. A. and Mrs. Bunbury Attacked. The Hongkong Daily Press reports two attacks made by robbers on tbe Holy Trinity College, the Training College for tbe Anglican Church near Shek Pai, about five miles from Cantou. in whicli the Hev. O. A. Bunbury and Mrs.
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    NIPPON'S SALVAGE.
    203 9 Action of Philippines Government Upheld. A cable addressed to Governor Forbes of Manila, received at the executive bureau on Jane 2 from the secretary of war, sustains the action of the insular government in chartering certain coast guard cutters to Erlangar and G&linger for the purpose of salving
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    Band in the Gardens.
    113 9 By the kind permission of Lieut. Colonel Marrable and his officers, the band of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry will play the programme of music below in the Botanical Gardens on the evening of Thursday, tho 19 inst., beginning at 9 p.m., weather permitting. The
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    181 9 At the Hongkong Hotel on June 7 Mr. Beilken, superintendent of the N. D. L., was entertained at a tiffin by a representative number of shipping and engineering men on the eve of his departure for home. Mr. Jas. Macdonald, Government surveyor, presided, while the vice chair was occupied by
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    EXCITING POLO.
    250 9 AMERICAN TEAM RETAINS THE CHAMPIONSHIP. Great Struggle at Meadowbrook. Ufitkks Telkuram. London, June 15. A telegram from New York says that in the second international polo test match, the American team scored 4: points to England's H. America thus wins the rabbet- and retains the championship cup. Kreake
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    Home Rule Tourists.
    140 9 THE CARSON AND REDMOND CAMPAIGNS. First Blood at Leeds. fUOTIB'S TlLlQRAM. London, June 15. Sir Edward Carson arrived at I^eeds. While taking part in a procession to the Town Hall, be was struck on the bead by a missile thrown by an unknown person, but was not
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    Suffragette Funeral.
    140 9 THREE THOUSAND WOMEN IN PROCESSION. Mrs. Pankhurst's Bad Luck. RaUTIB'S TlLIOBAM. London, June 14. The funeral procession of the late Emily Davison, tbe suffragette who was fatally injured on tbe Derby course, attracted enormous crowds. Tlie coffin was wrapped in a suffragette flag, and was rocoivod at Victoria
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    DUCHESS OF CONNAUGHT.
    21 9 «»dtib's Tblbobam. London, June 15. The Duchess of Connaugbt is convalescent, and is being moved to Bagshot to-day.
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    GERMAN CRUISER LAUNCHED.
    21 9 Die Ostasiatischb Lloyd Tblbobam. Berlin, June ML At the Blobm-Vosa yard, Hamburg, the cruiser Derfflinger has been christened.
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      20 10 Richard Wootton. the well-known Australian racehorse-trainer, is suing Robert Sievier for daman** for alleged libels published in the Winning Post.
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      59 10 During an Association football match on May IH between a Sunderland team and a scratch German team at Hamburg, the referee ordered two of the English players off the field shortly before the close of the game for unfair play. Complaint is made that the well known German international forward
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      61 10 The Haigh Football Shield, about which there has been some friction lately, and which was consequently withdrawn by the donor, has now been returned for annual competition between St. Joseph's and Raffles Schools. The winner of the majority of five matches is to retain possession of the shield for a
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      77 10 It i-« officially stated that Jack Johnson will not be allowed to fight again until he has served his sentence in prison or has been acquitted on appeal, the hearing of which will probably be delayed for some time. This announcement was made by the judge who tried the case
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      Cricket.
      516 10 Warders v. Junior N.C.O's. R.O.A. The Warders of the Criminal Prison met the junior N.C.O's. at Blakan Mati, on Saturday and lost by 15 runs. The scores were warder's Ist Innings.— King c Bush b Cooper 0, James c and b Ford 0, Crawley b Cooper 0, Hills c
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      Rifle Shooting.
      363 10 5.R.A. Meeting. The Singapore Rifle Association Meeting was continued on Saturday and Sunday in tine weather. The following competitions were shot off The conditions included grouping at 100, snap and rapid firing at 200, application at 500, and (2nd stage) two series at 600 yds. The two series
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      Lawn Tennis.
      163 10 S.C.R.C. Annual Tournament. Results of ties played in the Straits Chinese Recreation Club tournament are as follow A Singles.— Cheong Chee Hai owe 2 beat Lee Cbim Tuan owe 2, 8—6, 0—0;0 0 Eyan Bee owe 2 beat Keon Chin Ens owe 12, 6—4,6 4, 6—l Tan Chong
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      Golf.
      260 10 Singapore Oolf Club. Play took place on Saturday and yesterday, for the Singapore Golf Club's Spring Cup. Mr. McLennan became the winner with a net score of 76. Sixty members of the club competed, and the first sixteen qualified for further play in the Vado Cup competition. The following
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    MAY RUBBER RETURNS.
    31 10 Sapong.— l2,soo lbs. to date 56,574 ltw. Manchester North Borneo. 8,930 lbs. two months to date 17,457 lbs. Bukit Hitam. 4,351.2 lbs. two months to date 7,441.4 lbs.
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    A New Tulip.
    210 10 A new colouring in tulips has been achieved at the Wisbech Nurseries, of R.H. Bath. It secured an award at the Horticultural Hall, Westminster, when the.Royal Horticultural Society held its show for tulips. Christened the Missinte, the tulip has an emerald green base, with an elecric blue
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    88 10 The Port of London authority announces that in connection with the supply of two pairs of lock-gates and a swing bridge for the East India Dock of the Port of London authority, it has been found necessary to place two contracts abroad. The lowest tender from firms in the United
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    LOCUSTS IN SELANGOR.
    317 10 Swarm Alights on Kuala Lumpur Padang. The Koala Lumpur padang in froct of the Selangor Club presented a remarkable picture this morning, says the Malay Mail, of Saturday, the whole of its surface being covered by one of the biggest swarm of locusts ever seen in Selangor.
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    AN ECHO OF THE PAST.
    288 10 Young Englishman's Murder and Its Result. The death has occurred, at Tunbridge Wells, of Mrs. Louisa Jane Margary, widow of Major General Margary, U.K., and mother of Mr. Augustus Raymond Margary, the young Chinese interpreter who in 1875 was treacherously murdered at Manwein on the
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    A Titanic Memorial.
    110 10 The monument to be erected at Southampton to the memory of the Titanic engineers is circular in plan, with a centre forming an architectural treatment of a Roman altar, with bas-relief groups of engineers depicted in the hour of danger. In front of the reliefs, resting upon
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    147 10 News has been received in Hongkong of the death of Captain Outerbridge, who for many years was commander of the Teau, which was on the run between Hongkong and the Philippine Islands. The China Mail says that Captain Oaterbridge was taken seriously ill at Iloilo, and Mrs. Outerbridge, who lives
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    95 10 On May 20, at the Whitehall Rooms, London, banquet was given to Sir F. Lugard (Governor of Nigeria), under the presidency of Sir Owen l'liillipps, X.C.M.0., chairman of the West African Section of the London Chamber of Commerce. In proposing the toast of Sir F. Lugard's health, Lord Milner said
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    68 10 Excavations on the site of the Etruscan town of Vejum, near Home, have revealed the existence of five temples, a theatre, a circus, and many dwelling houses. Vases, arms, and jewels have been found in considerable numbers, and the King has ordered that these treasures of antiquity shall be housed
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    Tobacco and the War.
    1348 10 THE PROSPECTS OF INCREASED PRODUCTION. Macedonian Cigarettes. The number of those who smoke Turkish tobacco has grown enormously within a generation. It is generally used in the form of cigarettes, and the consumption of these has spread throughout the globe, civilised and uncivilised portions alike, and
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    INCUBATORS FOR BABIES.
    486 10 Hygienic Appliances at The Health Exhibition. Everybody loves a baby. Come and see on* in an incubator." So runs one of the alluring invitations to tbe National Healtb Exhibition which, under tbe honorary patronage of the Incorporated Institute of Hygiene, was opened at tbe Holland Park Rink,
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    Fraud on Mr. Bernard Shaw.
    238 10 Mr. George Bernard Shaw is stated to have been the victim of an impudent swindle recently, the sum involved being j£525. Mr. Shaw, however, has declined to make any statement on the subject for publication. It is reported that a messenger boy delivered an envelope
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    Recent Physiological Research.
    170 10 Professor W. Stirling has delivered the third and last of his lectures on Recent Physiological Inquiries, at the Royal Institution. He concentrated his attention on the ductless glands and their dominating influence. They affected the organism more slowly than was done by means of the nerves, forming
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      271 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, It is not often that one has to complain of the accommodation afforded to the public in Government buildings, but I really think that a portion of the counter at tho General Post Office in Singapore should— as is
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    BIG ROCK BLOWN UP.
    316 10 Blasting Operations in French Village. Not far from Aix lies the little village of Gormery, snugly ensconced beneath a gigantic rocky hill which standx in the way of various road and railway projects. For some time past small tunnels have been driven deep into the heart
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    Forest Reserves of the Colony.
    173 10 The annual report on forest administration in the Straits Settlements, for 1912, by Mr. A. M. Burn-Murdoch, states that the area of reserved forests finally gazetted under section 7 was 95,754 acres or 149.60 square miles, and the area of reserves preliminarily gazetted under section
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    Picking The Winner.
    208 10 There is a legend in Chester that diligent study of the Cathedral sermon on tho Sunday before Cup-day will help the local sportsman to tind the winner of the historic race on the Hoodee. It would be interesting to know whether the superstitious found an indication of
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    GET UP WITH THE SUN.
    515 11 Impressions of a Cingalese in London. Mr. W. de Silva, a magistrate of Colombo, Ceylon, has been on a lengthened visit to London, and on bin return to Colombo ha* been writing for the benefit of his fellowcountrymen his impressions of the great metropolis and
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    POISONED BY BOOK MICROBES.
    361 11 Library Assistants Treated (or Mild Infections. Books, contaniinatad by germs picked op in various parts of the city, arc blamed for two recent c«ars of blood poisoning of tbe yirl librarians in the New York City Library, and in tbe last few months nearly a dozen
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    The Lazy Husband Law.
    165 11 What is called the lazy husband law eo:ne« into tffect in the State of Wahl.innt'ju i!ii* iiuiut.li. It* object is to force a lazy Ins li.vi.l to wurk for the support of his family, and it sceka to achieve that object in a direct ami mmm
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    79 11 A child about ten days old was abandoned on a motor-bus in London recently. Whil. bis bus was speeding down rung's road Chelsea, the conductor saw a brown papei parrel under the bark outside seat. Ho wa L lifting the parcel wlu-n the brown papei split, revealing the li\ mv
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    THE GENESIS OF MEDICINE.
    567 11 Historical Museum of Ancient Appliances. There is a prospect of the Historical Medi cal Museum, which is to be opened in London on June '24, bring continued an a permanent institution. The museum will cover the whole range of primitive, ancient, medieval, and early modern medical
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    Reuter's Telegram Company.
    265 11 The report of Reuter's Telegram Company, Limited, states that the net profits for the year to December 81, after payment of current charges and deducting rebate on nnexpired subscriptions, amounted to £87,331, including X's'24 brought forward. An interim dividend of 10s. per share on the old and
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    85 11 The Select Corun itt<c of tho South African Senatn. which has been inquiring into the po-sibility of establishing a diamond cutting industry in South Africa, has delivered its report. It recommends that the industry be established by mtana of a ten per cent, export tax on rough stones and by
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    STOCKS AND SHARES.
    681 11 Prices Quoted in the Market This Morning. Singapore, Jane 10, 1918. Mewu-s. Lyall and Bvatt, Exchange Mid Share Broken, issue the following list of quotations this morning NOM. VaLDI. BCTIBS. KlLUU. 2/ Allagar 3/7 4 1 Anglo -Jaya 6/4 6/6 1 Anglo-Johore 8/6 0/8 3/- Anglo-Malay 10/8
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    DEBENTURES.
    41 11 $100 Howarth Eiskine Ld. 6% pat 100 RibyHargreavesfcCo Ld. 6% 8j? pm 100 Singapore Municipal 8% 30% pm 100 do 6% n% pm 100 do 41% 10% pm 100 do 4% 6% pm 4100 Singapore Elect. Trams 6% 13% dv
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    1364 12 VISIT OF 21 BATTLESHIPS TO EUROPE. Striking Demonstration. The American navy department has decided to despatch to Europe the greatest naval force which has ever been assembled under the flag of the United States. Practically every fully effective armoured ship of the American fleet will take part in
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    A WHOLE TOWN DUPED.
    724 12 Patriarch Who Disappeared From Gainsborough. More than one person in Gainsborough would like to know the whereabouts of aoer tain old gentleman of patriarchal appearance, wrote the Gainsborough correspondent of the Daily Chronicle on May 12. Ho stayed at the White Hart Hotel, the leading hostelry
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    Borrowed Plumes.
    79 12 Stilton cheese, it would appear, has for years been masquerading under an alias. According to a correspondent of a contemporary, it was first made about 1880 by a native of Wymondham, near Melton Mow bray, who sent it to her brother, the keeper of a coaching house at
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    YUAN SHIH-KAI.
    799 12 A Foreigner's Estimate of His Abilities. We hear much of the inexperience and incapacity of all men other than Yuan Shikai, writes an impartial foreigner in the China Republican of May 29, and it is constantly dinned into our ears that he is the only man in all
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    The Graves of a Household.
    208 12 They grew in beauty, side by side, They filled one home with glee, Their graves are severed far and wide, By mount, and stream, and sea The same fond mother bent at night O'er each fair sleeping brow, She had each folded flower in sight
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    25 12 We have often beard about the burdens of wealth but a rather slangy Sunday contemporary had the startling headline, Marquis Attacked by Rhino."— The Globe.
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    Passengers Overseas.
    279 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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    51 12 The following is supphal by the local agents Per N. D. L. steamer Prinz Eitel Friedrich, due June 20. Miss G. Helms, Mr. H. van der Veen, Mr. F. A. Downing, Mr. A. H. P. Cramer, Mr. C. Hick, Mr. and Mrs. J. Sanders, Mr. H. Sturzenegger, Mr. G. L.
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    109 12 Homeward Bound Per P. and O. Sumatra, sailing June 18. Mr. H. D. Pagden, Mr. E. Stacey- Spencer, Mr. G. Radmore, Mr. A. Smith, Mr. Harding, Lieut. J. H. Nauk well, R. N., Inspector and Mrs. Ambrose. Per P. and O. Arcadia, connecting at Colombo with Marmora, sailing June 27.
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    31 12 Per Austrian Lloyd steamer Africa, sailing June 19.— Mrs. Beck and child, Mr. Hamburger, Mr. and Mrs. Louwerier, Mm K. Lobeck, Mr. and Mrs. Morton, Mr. Roevekamp, Mr. and Mrs. Lechner.
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    528 12 WHO OWNS RHODESIA Chartered Company's Title To Land. An article of a startling character appears in a recent issue of Truth under the heading of Who Owns Rhodesia? Not the Chartered Company. It is recalled that next year the charter of the British South Africa Company will be due for
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    52 12 A naturalist in Africa Bent home a case of tropical butterflies, and the customs authorities were perplexed. In the end they taxed them as poultry," because they bad wings. As the scientific victim remarked, They wou'd probably have put a consignment of arcL angels in the same class for the
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      486 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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      444 14 BAWKIWa. THE SZE KAI TOW BANKINfI AND INBURANGE CO.. LTD. NO. (7 AND 68, KLING STREBT BstAsjusaan 1907 Capital paid up 114)00,***** Reserve liability of proprietors... ll,ooo.ooo.oo Reserve Fond 1800,000.00 COURT OF DIRECTORS. 1. Tarn Tbob Jooa 8. Low Kaooa Yaa I. Tarn Swi Khi T. Sim Kia Jam 8.
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      505 14 SALES BY AUCTION. auction sale: Of Excellent Household Furniture, Cottage Piano, Etc., AT VICTORIA HOUSE," NO. 43, SHORT STREET, On Saturday, June 21, at 2.30 p.m. A good toned cottage piano by M. F. Raobals A Co Hamburg revolving piano stool; bentwood round and semi-oircu'ar tabes with marble tops; massive
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    68 15 Some interesting notes from the mission stations are printed in the annual report of the Mission to Lepers in India and the East. There are now 80 different stations, and the workers are benefiting to some extent about 11,000 lepers and their children. Requests have been made for the erection
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      49 15 B<mel Complaint in Children. Daring the summer months mothers should watch for any unnatural looseness 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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      360 15 A GOOD DEIVE MAKES THE NEXT SHOT EASIER. THE DUNLOP 'V GOLF BALL flies beautifully, yet is a splendid ball for approaching and putting, due to its perfect shape and homogeneity of core and shell, obtainable only by the DUNLOP PATENT VACUUM PROCESS. George Duncan, using this ball, beat Ray
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      835 16 o^mbm Increase Your Sales. U^mbb If you always keep your name and yoar goods before every actual and prospective oußtomer your persistent efforts will yield orders, You oan do tbis with the aid of a (a multiple typewriter and printing press.) One boy can produce 1,000 clear typewritten copies in
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      540 16 TO BE LET OR SOLD. HOUSES TO LET. To let, No. 21 and 22, Sambau Road. Apply Nathan A Son, Change Alley. 1-11 v FURNISHED BEASIDE REBIOENCESTOLET. Belmont, Benzoline, Ben Ledi, off Tanjong Katongand 88, Balestier Rd. Apply H. Somapah, 10, Raffles Place, or 817 Serangoon Rd. se-ii a HOUBE
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      533 16 NOTICES. KIAM KMT A GO. SHIP CHANDLERS, Government and Mimidpsr Contractor* 106, 108 k 109, Market Street Telephone Nos. 421 and 1174. GUAN KIAT CO., SHIP-CHANDLERS AND GENERAL CONTBACTORS, 87, Phillip Street. 196 a GUAN KIAT CO. NOTICE is hereby given, that I have no longer any interest in tbe
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      633 16 NOTICES. MESSAGERIES MARITIMES By order of the Board of Directors, Mr. J. de COCRTOIS has been appointed Agent of this Agency. S. C. i-s Bl SSIEKKK. Acting Agent. 12-8 1 8 6 B. 1. 8.JU0.. LTD. SPECIAL RATES TO PLANTERS. On and after July 1, 1918, First-claw Passage Tickets will
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      713 16 I SINGAPORE CLUB FIXTURES. Straits Times List. The following fixtures for the current week and important forthcoming fixtures are kiudly 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,
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