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If you study the map of tho East Indios, you will find Timor oasily enough, but I should ichagino that fow Europoans, apart from the Dutch and, in a far lesser degroo the Gormans,
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The Colony has been under an Acting Governor for some four saars, but on Oct. 16th Col. Ray- mundo Meira arrived with full; powers as Governor. The capital
Dilly, with A Government Post Office and Customs House. Headquaters, wirelosa atation, The total area of the island ox- coods 6,000 equaro miles, and ite goographical location is practi- cally oast to west. The extent of the coast line is about 350 miter, and thoro are numerous anchor- ages to enable vossale of any tonnage to anchor in safety, lond and disoargo cargo, the depth of water ranging from 5 to 20 fa- thoms in many places within 200 ft, of the shore.
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The Island in mountainous, principally of volcanic charactor and formation, the highost olovation boing 9,330 feet above soa level. The coastline consists mostly of plaine carrying rich verdure, and extending samo places up to 8 miles inland. Various rivers flow from the mountains in eastorly and westerly directions to tho son through the plains, watering these well, and providing every facility for, electric power or irrigation. There is an ample rainfall, which rangos from 65 to 90 Inches and the year is divided into two seasons, tormed
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TO-DAY'S FASHION.
Slim and simple and satin are three of the claims this frock makes upon ohio. The fourth might be the wido collar and cuffs that are of white washable kid band painted on the odgos with a band of blue. The fifth might be the buttons that accent the straightness of the front and give an added lino for slimnoso. Half sashes lio at the back which is straight and unbroken.
MARCH 12, 1925.
ENGLISH LEAGUE
TABLES,
www.
DARLINGTON OPEN TO
CHALLENGE.
Darlington's defeat on Satur. day loaves them open to challengo by Nelson who are five pointe buhind with three games in hand. Derby were defeated on Monday and the Losgue tablon up to and including that date follow:-
DIVISION L
Conle
P. W. D. 1. F.A. À
5 54 22 42; 748 26 42) 051 31 41
Huddersfold 31 16 10 Wont Brom...30 19 4 Nowcastlo...34 13 15 Bolton.... Bury
...32 16 8 8 57 30 40 ...31 13 12 6 42 39 38 Liverpool...30 15 7 851 40 37; Sundorland ...33 14 4 13 49 42 36 Tottenham .. 32 12 10 10 43 34 34| Manch. C. ...33 12 9 12 63 57 33 Birmingham. 31 13 7 11 33 36 33| Cardiff... ...31 11 8 12 43 40 30| Notts C. ...31 10 10 11 27 24 30 Wont Hani...30 11 7 12 43 44 29 Sheffield U....31 9 11 11 36 44 29: Burnley ..31 10 8 13 41 54 28) Blackburn...30 9 0 12 38 45 27) Aston Villa...30 8 11 11 41 53 27 Arsenal... Loods Everton
Notts F. Proston
Dorby
...30 11 4 15 33 39 26 ..32 · 7 11 14 34 42 25 ...32 5 8 16 31 49 24 ...30 6 7 17 24 53 19 ...31 7 2 22 26 64 16]
DIVISION II.
...32 20 6 6 66 29 46 Manch. U....31 17 7 7 45 21 41 Loicoster ...29 17 6 6 72 27 40 Cheloos
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Portsmouth...31 10 14 7 40 41 34 Port Vale 30 14 5 11 35 37 33 Clapton O....32 12 8 12 33 31 32 Hull
...30 13 7 11 44 37 31 Wolves ...30 13 5 12 37 42 31 Bradford C....32 10 10 12 32 37 30 South Shielda.31 9 11 11 35 33 29 Southampton 20 911 927 29 29 Wodnosday...33 12 5 16 30 49 29 Fulham... ...31 10 0 12 32 42 29
Middlesbr'gh 31 8 12 11 28 36 28 Stockport.32 10 9 13 30 11 29
Oldham... ...32 10 8 14 27 44 28 ..29 10 7 12 50 40 27 ...30 11 5 14 33 42 27 31 88 1536 52 24 ...32 8 8 16 24 36 24 32 8 7 17 37 70 23
1. (SOUTH)
COUNT'S PAUPER'S-GRAVE. the South East Trades and the body of Count Charles Dabay Toronto In this city fins the North West Monsoon; the former Von Dobo, onco a scion of a lasting from April to November noble Magyar race, and counted Blackpool is the dry season, while the latter among the handsomest men at the Crystal P. from December to March is the Court of the Emperor Frany Josef Barnsley wet scaнon. There is, howover,-awaiting burial in a pauper's Stoke a difference between the two grave. For the past three months Coventry coasts. The south coast, which the count had beon the proprie- is exposed to the South East tor of a bowling alley. Traders has during the months identity was revealed, just before Swansea of May and June a regular rainfall his death from pneumonia, by Bristol C. and in addition, thore is at certain the dramatic appearance of his Swindon seasons a heavy sea-swell, hence wife, the countess, now a cook in Plymouth porhaps the Northern coast is the
Newport safer since it is never exposed to
Millwall bad weather. Moreover, Timor
whole lios hurricano zone.
As a
a Clovaland restaurant.
BRONZE AGE RELICS.
His
DIVISION
..,29 17 7 5 54 22 41 ...32 1697 40 26 41 ...31 17 6 8 49 27 40
31 16 7 8 50 27 30
...31 15 7 9 18 31 37
...31 11 10 10 33 32 32
...20 11 7 11 29 23 29 ...32 11 7 14 28 42 20
...32 13 11 8 45 32 37 Rolica of the Stone Age or Exeter... ...31 15 6 10 45 36 36 outside the Bronze Ago have boon discovered Southond...31 16 3 12 43 37 35 on the Craigscorry Rock, two Northants ...32 16 3 13 39 32 35 FERTILE LAND.
...30 12 9 9 40 34 33 miles from Beauly, Invernans Brighton There is no doubt the land is shire. Near the Druidical temple Charlton eminently suited for growing cot-thore a prohistoric cist, cut out of Reading fon and other tropical produco. the rock, was found. A largo Watford The soil on the low-lying strot freestone slab covering the cist Gillingham...31 10 8 13 29 38 28 ches is alluvial and is composed was removed, and under it were Norwich
...30 8 11 10 37 37 27 of black loam to a considerablo found the bonos of a
...30 10 7 13 33 43 27 depth, while towards the hills and bronze two-edged sword, resein-Abordare ...30 10 5 15 36 47 25 on the flats on the mountains it bling a Roman weapon, and a Bristol K. ...29 8 8 13 29 37 24 ia dark chocolato, rich in humus. spearhead and arrowhead of flint. Luton
...33 5 14 14 32 51 24 In fact, it usems that the country The man's head pointed to the Brentford 33 7 6 20 26 72 20 will grow anything, Coffee scome East, after the manner of the sun Bournmouth. 20 6-7 16 23 43 19 to be the chief product at prosont, worshippers. The remains were Merthyr. ...30 7 4 19 29 48 18 and is mostly grown by the interrod about 4ft. from natives, but the crop as well as surface.
jalt junglo produce usually falls
man, a
Q.P.R.
tho DIVISION I. (NORTH.)
Bradford
Darlington 31 19 7 5 64 23 45 into the hands of the smaller pass mustor. In any case, the Nelson ...28 18 4 6 54 30 40 Chinose tradors. Thore is no native is not onamoured of paper Southport 30 16 7 7 45 25 30 "hustling" for trade; the barter money. Bystom still prevails, even botwoon tho nativos and the Chinesa and even in Dilly there are only two small Portuguese stores.
FINE CHHMATE.
31 15 6 10 57 44 36)
.31 14 7 10 41 41 35
33 13 8 12 58 63 34
32 12 6 14 49 50 30
...29 10 8 11 35 37 28; ...3 9 10 12 43 48 28 ...29 11 6 12 40 49 28 ...32 10 8 14 34 42 28
...32 14 10 8 68 34 38 N. Brighton...30 16 5 9 58 37 37 Europeana rathor liko the Rochdalo climate, and life is quito agros-Lincoln able. There are some vory nico Ashington The native is worth consider-hausos, both on the shore and in Doncastor ation and merits good treatment. the hills. As a matter of fact, Chesterfield...29 11 6 12 36 31 28. Thoso in the mountains are phy-the climato is equal to any in Halifax... sically to be compared with any Southern Europe, the temporature Wigan of the tribes in Northern India, ranging from 70 to 90 degrees on Barrow... Those on the plains are intolligont the coast and from 50 to 70 dog- Walsall... and friendly and as plantation roos in the mountains; indeed, Crowe ... ...30 9 10 11 37 54 28 workers much better than any strawberries and all European Accrington ...31 10 7 14 48 58 27 oithor in India or in the vegotablos grow woll all the year Durham ...29 8 11 10 34 48 27 Malay States. All belong to round, and grapes and orangos Grimsby. ...31 9 7 15 36 46 25 the Malay Polynesian raco. can be had at all seasons,
Hartlepools...30 8 9 13 35 47 25 When the last consus was takon There is no doubt that one day Tranmere ...29 10 4 15 43 47 24 there were about 800,000 malo this Island will be largely dovot. Wrexham ...32 8 7 17 28 50 23 natives over the age of 10 on the od to cotton growing. A con-Rotherham ...30 5 7 18 31 63 17 island. They aro compelled to siderable amount of native cotton
500 work by Government decree, and is grown at prosent, but in utillesd
there is a native ordinance in by the native himself for his own force which regulates the supply manufacturos. Land can be of labour and oliminates the easily acquired; concessions are
rate of wages for a native is 6s.vory cheap terms.
Kinds possibility of strikes. The ruling granted on perpetual lease on
of
Silk
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to 78. per month, with rations; There is abundance of good which probably make it the local hard timber, the most valu- cheapost in the world. These ablo boing rosewood, while there natives are, howovor, only suit- Is a Government sawmill, Por able for agriculture and for all haps the main defect is
skillod industrial work, but that all transport la at for household service, they presont carried out on the backs. are not of much use. As, how-jöf small hotees on bridlo tracks, ovor, the nativo is of good but the Governmont is making physique and cloan in his habite some good motor-roade. Still he is usually very healthy and little food has to be transported suffers little from fover or slok-for the convenience of nativos, noas except when he bas cuts or since they liva on malae, rico the like on his logs, since holand swoot potatoos
which always neglects to tond them, they grow themselves. The spoken language is Tatum, The island. is therefore, one of with overal dialects, but many immense possibilities, not merely also speak Malay.
In respect of coffee, cotton and
The coinage is on the basis of tea, but also in regard to oil. In the Moxican dollar, but the local time, it may be this last oom- Government issues notes, though modity which will attmot atton- the currency of almost any tion soonest, but there ought to country in the Far Eastsoome to be a great future for cotton,
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