1914-07-30 — Page 3

GENERAL NEWS.

Rewarding the Constables.

The Commissioner of Police, Burma, has introduced a new method of rewarding constables for their personal appearance. To the best dressed man in each "police station is awarded a badge with the design is silver thread of two crossed batons to be worn The now on the left arm.

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Cremation of Mme. Nordica. The embalmed body of Mme. Nordica, the opera singer, who died at Batavia, from pneumonia after shipwreck, arrived London on June 20 for cremation at Golder's Green. The body was in a leaden shell placed within an immense sarcophagus, made by Chinese from two teak trees, on which has been carved the lotus flower as an emblem of eternal life," The ashes will be "taken within the sarcophagus tö the United States for interment.

Japanese Iron Foundry. Japanese papers insist that the Imperial Iron Foundry should be extended without delay, that it may be able to satisfy the demands of private shipbuilders as well as

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the Antung- Mukden line to raise their charges, over other sections of the route.

Private Lands in Java.. The directors of the Anglo- Plantations of Java, With reference to the formation Dutch of an segociation to encourage the Limited, announce that a cable export of Japanese cotton goods has been received from the to Manchuris, the Acting British managing director of the company Consal at Dairen (Mr. R. Boalter) in Java advising the board that

the that Football in Sweden,

proposed the Governor-General of the reports The English Association foot- agreement between the Associa Dutch East Indies published in ball team of amateurs at present tion and the Railway Bureau for the Officia! Gazette on 26th alt. decree: --The touring Scandinavia played their a special rebate has been aban- the following second match at Stockholm, doned owing to the intervention Governor-General of the Dutch which resulted in a win for the of the Japanese Government. East Indies, having heard the wvisitors by 5 goale to 0. The The proposed reduction of Council of India, declares that interest required that! Swedes had much the worst of freight rates on certain classes the public intere the game in the opening half, of goods over the Antung-Mukden the Pamancekan and Tjiassem and were rather fortunate to be section of the South Manchurian landen, situated in the Krawang. only 3 goals down at balf-time. Railway came into force on Division of the Residency of In the second half the English-May 1, and the through rates Batavia Verponding No. 52, com- men still showed themselves from Japan to Mukden were prising the districts of Pamance superior, Woodward scoring changed simultaneously. The kan, Soebang, and Segalaherang twice. The English team showed through rate for cotton goods of the sald division, and owned by better form in this match than in is now said to be 1 sen per the Maatschappij ter Exploitatie Wednesday's game. The weather ton per mile irrespective of der Pamanoeken en Tjiassem was fine, and a crowd of 5,000 whether the consignor is a memlanden, situated at Batavia, are watched the play.

ber of the Association or not. The partially brought back to Govern- Magnetic Survey of India. Association has thus lost the ment territory, this part having A small committee consisting preferential basis on which it to be indicated by a further Or of Dr. Gilbert Walker, director was founded, but is said to have dinance. This Ordinance comes general of observatories, Captain the intention of continuing in force on the day it is produced. R. H. Thomas and Mr. J. Degraff the work of encouraging the The directors are in communi- Hunter met st Dehra Dan last

export of Japanese cotton cation with the Foreign Office March to consider and report on goods to Manchuria. The South and the Netherlands Minister in the present state of magnetic Manchurian Railway Company London on the matter. If, as the survey and ite fature. The steadily opposed the proposed board is, at present advised, method of reduction was first reduction of freight rates on the partial resumption applies to the considered, and certain substan Antung.Mukden section of its purchases of the Sawahs and tial simplifications were found

line; finding opposition of no Heerendiensten, as provided by possible. It was decided what avail, it asked that similar reduc- the Datch law passed in Nov., elements should be published and ons should be made on the 1910, the directors will desire to that the best epoch was 1900-10. Dairen-Mukden and Yingkow co-operate with the Netherlands The field work of the firet magne-section of the line, which request Government, as they understand tic survey may not be considered

was refused by the Japanese all the interests of the share-

to be completed and detailed Railway Bureau. The South holders will be fully protected. magnetic surveys are not recom-Manchurian Railway Company is A further communication will be mended. It appears that three not allowed to make any changes made as soon as faller particulars years is the least time which can in the rates for goods arriving at, are received. elapse before the pablication of or despatched from, Dairen or... results is elected. The committee Yingkow without the consent of

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