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My dentist, aays a writer in the Chronicle, has a pretty tale to tell of a navvy who came to bim (the dentist wae a boxer).' “Gas," | was the advice. "It will burt a bit," said the dentist. "Burt! exclaimed the navvy, "you can't hurt me." It was a difficult matter." And towards the end the two of them gasrrelled and fought, until the dentist grassed bis man, and hel up bie trophy between the forceps. "I was only joking," said the honest Davy. "It didn't burt. No one can't hurt me. I'm too ignorant for to be hurt."
A Famous Blind Man, A remarkable man has passed away in the person of Sir Francis J. Campbell, who for so many yeare was the Principal of the Royal Normal College of the Blind at Norwood. He was, per- bapa, the most famous blind man of his day. When he began his labouts in London in 1870 it was: atsted that not one in 250 blind mus.cione could earn his living, "whereas nowadays 89 per cent,
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After describing in detail the ystem of secret conveyancing in Mabim Register system Mr. force in England has never been Justice Iones allowed to take root in that follows:- country."
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An Encouraging Report, The Suolety for the promotion
The success of the lead policy of Domestic Lans has lately sent
The learned suthor is no doubt of the Federated Malay States a ofrouler telegram to the Chiang Chau, Governors and newsp per right as to the excellence of the in its early stages and up the present time is of all the provinces to the effect quality of the survey, but in one till that since the inauguration of important respect the survey has largely due to the fact that originator, the late Sir Abis Society telegrams and letters deserved adverse criticism, name have showered in with expressly, its inability to keep pace with William Maxwell, who was an experienced land officer as well as sions of appreciation. At the the alienation of land.
lawyer, and who might appro last meeting more than 2,000
pristely be styled the Torrens of Malays, realised that an even impler echeme of registration (the Mukim Register) than aoloże
Naturally, para of the article men were went and an amount appeal rather to the lawyer than of $3,000 000 was raised on the the layman but the following two ep it. This shows ith the con passages are, wo think, of interest fidence the people have in the to the general reator:-***
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Government end the patriotiem The land system of the Feder-adoption of the Australian Tor- of the people. "It is still expected sted Malay States deserves the reas system was suited to the that you gentlemen will do your tention of those interested in requirements of the small agri- best to raise the fall amount of the land legislation of the British caltarist of Malaya. Now that the loan just promulgated. Dominions, Colonies, and Depon improved means of communica
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uniform and almost! provinces are вs lollows: Kinngi, only instance of the adoption by and $2.000.000; Shantung, 81,500,- Eastern Country ander British complete land survey have been 010; Kiangsu $1,200,000; rule of the Australian Torrens achieved, it is possible that steps
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be fitted with turbines. The destroyer Handy has three sorews. of which the centre one is driven by an internal combustion motor: With the exception of the Swift,
THE BRITISH FLEET.
The recent review of the British system of registration of title might with advantage be taken to Navy at Spithead, when the Fleer almost in its entirety, and its restrict the use of Mukim or lay in eleven lines etretching from that the Chuvernment considers the fact that the experiment has the scope of the general register, to Cowes a distance of eight or five of the ships present on-tover The Skuntien Shih Pao reports claim to attention is enhanced by Parish Registers and to amplify eastward of Spitbank Fort almost all the destroyers have been launch- e during the last four years. s modification which is already nine mile was unique in many £2,000,000. These are the Lion, the suppression of the White been successful.
The circumstances attending in contemplation.
ways. Whether it was a Fleet Wolf Brig ads as a brilliant
sufficient to the Empire's needs Princess Royal, Queen Mary, Iron military feat of the Kepublic, the economic growth of the States
The journal in which the was a question which must have Duke, and Marlborough; bat în Some days ago the Authorities have been of a kind to put to a held a conference proposing that severe test the merits of the land above article appears contains a presented itself insistently to the no case has the cost reached It review of Mr. Innes treatise on mind of every thinking person £2,100,000. The smallest ships the History-Compiling Bureau policy of the Government. ehould be ordered to write a was not till the year 1891 that Registration of Title published who saw the ships. There were present were the destroyers Ruhy, Rimas, and Sheldrake, which historical record of the campaign this policy received legislative last year. The review concludes 216 men-of-war of varioné sorte, are 240ft. long and displace, 720 which the Government has sanction in a scientific and definite with the following passage:-but including the destroyer directed against the wolves in form. At that time the land "This timely little work is a flotillas, which were moored a few tone. The Lord Nelson, launch commemoration of the extraordin-officers of the States had only to welcome addition to the literature miles up Channel, and the sub-ed on September 4. 1806 (seven months after the Dreadnought) Ary achievement involved. Ac- concern themselves with the needs of registration of title, now ex marines, which were attached to wordingly the Chiang Chun of of Malay agr.om urists, Chinese tending to all parts of the British the patrol flotillas of the Second was the last pre-Dreadnought Shanai, Shensi, Foran and tin-miners, and a small number of Empire; and it shows even in Fleet, no fewer than 463 vessels battleship launched for the British Anhui have been ordered to tapioca and coffee planters. Only British Dominions where the were mobilized. The enormous Navy. Nearly all the eubmit to the Government reports few scores of houses were to system has a clear field it has size of the Spithead review may Dreadnought battleships can fire on the various engagements be seen on each of the sites now still to reckon with the opposi-be ganged from the gross ton-4,000lb. of metal on the broad- fought between the soldiers and occupied by such populous. and tion of ideas and principles based nage of the ships there. This side. The Iron Dakefires 14,800lb the brigands and the tactios the flourishing towns Kuala on the older system of private reached the colossal figure of of metal on the beam from ten government troops employed in Lumpur, Ipoh, Seremban and conveyancing, regarded by the 1,611,033. And the Best boasted 13 5-inch guns. Ships of this clas suppressing the outlaws. As soon Taiping. Yet the original scheme author as cat of place in the of well over 2,000 guns. The have two 3-inch guns for attacking as the Government receives these of land registration formulated countries where the State creates largest vessel present was the aircraft. The oldest battleship accounts, the same will be referred by the late Sir William Maxwell & uniform title, the recognition of Queen Mary, batile cruiser, which present was the Magnificent, to the History Compiling Bureau has proved suitable to the ncede which necessarily subordinates in 680 feet long and displaces launched December 10, 1894. to be embodied in the above-not only of those clascos of the interest of the individual on 27,000 tons. The Lion mentioned commemorative work. landowners
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tone. The designed speed of sity. quotes in Science Progreės fm of title and an adequate
all three is 28 knots. The the opinion of a writer who finds machinery for dealings in land to
fastest ship present was the the "Aria in Asharp" of Schubert several new and different classes:
Swift, which was launched in 1907 "of a delicate green colour." The of proprietors. Thus, the trans-
special type destroyur." but is no tint is not so surprising as the fer upon sale of one of the very
classed as a "lin key. But authors have ever been valuable sites, upon which a
leader." Displacing only 2.170 ancerinin alicut these technical banking or large commercial Among the "howlers" per tons, her turbines are of 30,000 details Was it not one of Ouida's house in Kuala Lumpur or Ipoh potrated by Indians at the last bomo power, and she he heroes who spent hour it the stands is generally, un esay and B. Aexamination of the Punjab designed speed of 38 knots. The organ playing the grand old simple a matter as was the sale of University is the following: Swift and all the other destroyers marea of Mendela-ohu"? Andu pad fi-ld twenty years ago, and "The Panama Cauel is being put present burn oil fael orola-ively. another novelist pictures a Beat the original scheme for effecting from Delhi to Bombay in order to and all are driven by turbines. you have lost your appetite lish Highlander sitting by the transfere and incumbrances of facilitate the speedy parage, The light oruiser Amethyst, a ne of the big variety of roadside singing a Jacobite song land by means of statutory boms of persons. going on chart ship of the commodore command dainty dishes at the ALEXAN- and "accompanying himself on forms and registration has since leave from the new capital of the foillse, was the first man-DRA CAFE is sur to tempt- the bagpipes,"
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