Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 31 October 1912

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  • 20 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 250 VOL. LXX. THURSDAY, 31st OCTOBER, 19!2. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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    • 1169 1 f" F or $3O <7 can have the Pinang 1 V Gazette- P^ ted ver day 1 whole vear to your address. I 101 8 nCAL SUBCRIPTION. $27.) S p r °p».iiona<e Quarterly and 0 Hall-ye jr,y ral payable in a M? C and remittances should g M H*NC gazette
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  • 1144 2 JANUARY MEETING, 1913. (UNDER S. R. A. RULES OF RACING.) RACE DAYS: FIRST DAY Tuesday, 7th January, 1913. SECOND DAY Thursday, 9th January, 1913. THIRD DAY Saturday, Ilth January, 1913. To be submitted at a Special General Meeting to be held at 4 o’clock p.m., on Friday,
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  • 643 2 THE SAME OLD STORY. In a report on the Consular district of Kobe, Mr. Consul-General LayarJ says A very serious aspect of. affairs in this Consular district, and in fact in the whole of Japan, is the increased cost of living brought about by heavy taxation which,
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  • 321 2 Paris, September s.—Ernest Schiff, of London, was one of the figures in a quar rel which startled the fashionable patrons of the Hotel Royal dining hall last night. He was s tuck in the face by Gapt. Wood, son of Field Marshall Sir Eve’yn Wood and nephew
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    • 994 2 Sale by Auction. 2nd November, 1912. A Apply a t once to W Trac r Valuable Building Sites, 2404 u BTARK ‘».x EIu Town Lots and Mining Lands SITUATE AT, OR NEAR WANTED IPOH, PERAK, BELONGING TO CHINESE 8Vl?o 2 MAN for Bazaar by SALEs ERIC MAXWELL, ESQ. P ort
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  • 996 3 adversary celebrations A> IN SHANGHAI. PR. SUN'S SPEECH the World’s Stuients’ Federation, rr October 10, Dr. Sun Yat-sen Shangnai, i i- ~pntre of attraction. When Dr. jag tne LCU rnqP to address the assembly, his comJjUD ru3 dins personality brought forth a popular TTa snoke in clear
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  • 284 3 THE CHINESE MILITARY EXODUS. Calcutta, October 16.—Another Chinese contingent from Tibst arrived at Kalimpong on Monday. It consists of 10 officers, 16 rank ani fie, 57 women, and some chi'dren. Two more detachments are expected within a few days. The first arrivals halt here until all come in, when
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  • 383 3 Thursday, October 31 Outward English (P. O.) Mail. Municipal Commissioners, 3.30 p.m. Band, Golf Club, 6 p.m. Straits Cinematograph, Penang Road George Town Cinematograph, Kuale Kangsar Road Matsuo’s Cinema to- graph, Penang Road. Friday, November I. All Saints’ Day. “At Home” Residency, sp.m. Negri Sembilan Skye Meeting.
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    • 493 3 "Daily Mail” Information Bureau, 12, Boulevard des Capucines (GRAND HOTEL BUILDING) (TEL 128-96>. PARIS AND 130, Fleet Street, London, E.C., FURNISHES FREE OF CHARGE INFORMATION ON EVERY ASPECT OF TRAVEL. The object of this bureau is to furnish gratuitously to travellers, either verbally or through the post, impartial and practic»
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    • 29 3 FOUR CROWN WHISKY. appointment r 0 THE LATE KING EDWARD VII (JMd Scxikb Qdlhw kt>. /iohert Brod n L TD GLASGOW LONDON Schmidt, Kustermann C?, Sole Importers for PENANG.
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  • SPORTING NEWS.
    • 349 4 VICTORY OF ADAM BEDE. London, October 30. The following is the result of the Cambridgeshire Stakes, run to-day. Adam Bede 1 La Boheme II 2 Drinmore 3 Twenty ran. Won by half a length a length between second and third. The betting was 100/7 against Adam Bede
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    • 40 4 Drinmore made the i unning from Adam Bede, Hamerton and Outram till the distance was rearhed, when Adam Bede challenged and won an exciting race Mustapha was a close fourth. Lance Chest was favourite at 100/15. —Reuter.
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    • 60 4 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, October 31. The final game for the League Trophy was played yesterday afternoon between the Singapore Recreation Club and the Singapore Cricket Club, when the former came off victorious. It was the only defeat the latter suffered in the competition. The trophy
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    • 268 4 C.R.C. v. H.L.F.C. The Chinese Recreation Club played off their last match in this year’s League c mpetition yesterday, when they met; the Hutton Lane Football Club on- Victoria Green* Although some of the C.R.C*’s best players did not take part in the match they managed to win
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    • 50 4 We are requested to remind Members of the Hunt Club of the paperchase to morrow afternoon. Meet at the Residency ats p.m. sharp and finish at the Residency where the Hon. W. C. and Mrs. Michell will be “At Home to the members and their friend 1.
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  • 368 4 ITS GROWTH AND PROSPECTS. TAN JONG-R AM BU TAN. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, 29th October. This very old townsh’p, situated some five miles further on the main road than Tambun, has rather an interesting history connected with it. Some twenty years ago, it was considered so
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  • 440 4 THE CASE OF LODESTAR.” STOCKDALE’S APPEAL. The following letter has been sent to the Editor of the Straits Times Sir —I have to request the same publicity for this protest against the prejudgment of my appeal in your columns of of the 18 h inst., as you have given to
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  • 77 4 The folltwing is the result of the play for the monthly medtl for October 1912 W. 8. Goldie 47 +47 94—11=83 R. D. Acton 42 +47 89— 5=84 G. Macbain 47 +47 94 S. I?. B Martin 41 +43= 84 scr =B4 F. Duxbury 47 +4B 95—10=85
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  • 536 4 It is an American, Mr. Elbart Hubbard, that writes the following in the China press of Shanghai. We do not propose to quarrel with his estimate of the Scot ish character Scotland is a good cjunt-y to be born in, it is a good country to get
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  • 385 4 Professor Alexander, of the Manchester University r c*ntly opened the session of the Pend'eton Co-operative Debating Society with an address < n Cus‘om, right, and democracy.” Democracy, Profe s< r Alexander said, might be t iking as meaning that every man in the State was free
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  • 862 4 TRACED BY LOVE LETTERS. After numerous amazing adventures, including a romantic escape from a penal settlement in Guiana, Pepete Llinares, a murderer many times ever, has been arrested by the Barcelona police, who traced the bandit by letters he hid written to his sweetheart. For two years
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  • 189 4 —Reuter. THE war. Abuse of White Fl m i Ce ntinje, October oo A body of Turks at East SM ed them to approach, when opened fire at close ranoe w iH r fixed, killing and woundinJ three k net Montenegrins. Afterwards the u grins surrounded and
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  • 141 4 .—Reuter. IMPOR TANT MODIFICATION. London, October 31. There was unexpected development in the Home Rule debate to-night, Mr Asquith announcing an important modification in clause eight, which provided that the Irish Senate composed of forty members, should be nominated in the first instance by the Imperial Government
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  • 19 4 London, October 30. General Sir Reginald Baden Powell was married to Miss Olive ftoainesat Perkstone, Dorset.
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  • 31 4 —Reuter. London, October 31. Mr. Clementi M. Bailhache, 1.1. b, kc 1908, who was called to the bar, Middle Temple, in 1889, has been appointed an additional judge
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  • 32 4 —Reuter. New York, October 31. Police Lieut. Beck r has been sentence! to be electrocuted this wee c for i“ cltin murder of the police informer, Rosentha
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  • 119 4 Daring 1911 the imports mD from Japan exceed those Hon’ Set.tlem- W by Rs 3,306,000 wh expo,t< O greater th n U the' (i to Japan were Ro. oM® 5 n 904 O'J® to China and the imports l«- > t.Ue eho., th. and exports of India
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  • 62 4 c ne q ’in 1B To.d»y’» 1“ o p ĕr r p““«l. Penang is SU3. P. g u )W d sellers. Tin n> thrM m <,»tl* 10«. spot «nd ew the |„e. The following > gtrgiM o to-d«y:—S>ng»P 0 7,, Peo«»«Ltd., 125 tons,» I*. -b ,11. Trading
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    • 430 4 The DALLINETTE Just the thing for ladies to iron their own blouses and lingerie. The DALLINETTE for all light work and travelling. To use it is the best, most simple, and most comfortable way of ironing. Independent of stove and gas it can be used anywhere. Non-inflammable fuel without noxious
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    • 67 4 “THE LIFE OF TRADE.” A ONE-TIMK order, like one blow of the hammer on the head of the nail, makes an impression, but it is only the continuous insertion of the advertisement, like the continuous pounding on the head of the nail, that drives the argument home and clinches it.
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  • PLANTING AND MINING.
    • 2195 5 citation of NEW debenture Cbb s rocK. ThP second annual general meeting of J S.rborough (EM S.) Rubber E.t.te, T‘rnited «as held GU Se P Lember 30 ,he 7 1^ Lite of Chartered Accountants MoorX- London, E.C., Mr. W.A. Lumng Airman of the company) presiding. Secretary
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    • 636 5 DIRECTORS’ REPORT. The following is the report of the Directors to be presented at the second annua 1 general meeting of the shareholders of the Temerloh Coconut and Rubber Esrate, Limited, to be held in the Chamber of Commerce, Penang, on Wednesday, the 6'h
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    • 398 5 Xordanal Int. div. 5 per cent. Sungei Buloh.— lnt. divd. 10 per cent. North Hummock.— Final divd. 20 per cent. North Labis.— Report states cultivated area 1,240 acres. x Batavia Plantation Investments. Int. div. 7£ per cent. Jam Investment. Boaid has decided option h ilders may
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    • 150 5 Lubricating Oils T RADE MARK OF EXCELLENCE. Grease. Over 40 different grades of Moesiline f Lubricants are manufactured, suitable for every cla s of Machinery. Prices and Samples May be had on Application to the Sole Importers: The Asiatic Petroleum Co. (S.S.), Ltd., No. I, WELD QUAY, PENANG. W. Manson,
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  • 973 6 Professor Sidney Webb, the well-known writer on economics, it may be remembered was in Penang with his wife last year on their way home after a tour in the Far East. He was rather reserved about expressing opinions on what he had seen to an interviewer who
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  • 1048 6 ANNUAL MEETING. The annual meeting of the members of the Penang Cricket Club was held last even ng, when there was a large attendance of members. Mr. H. Waugh, (Vice-Presi-dent) occupied the chair in the absence of the Hon. A R. Adams, the President. The Chairman expressed
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  • 152 6 THE LABOUR DIFFICULTIES The special correspondent of the st TtW cab es from London, October Mr. Justice Parker to-day resumed the of the action brought by Airds r against the Tanjong Pag ar Dock Board recover £500,000 on an concerning the conditions of the wharf d dock
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  • 153 6 A Klang corespondent to the ,I/.F writes :—There passed away at Singapore on the 26th instant-, to the great grief of his friends and Towkav Leong Foong Thye (chop Thye Hong),of Klang. The dec-eased had been ailing for some three months, and «eeing no improvement
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  • 295 6 Calcutta, Oct. 24.—The memorial which is being sent up to the Viceroy on behalf of Mr. C. Arnold bears so far some 20,000 signatures. Mr. Arnold, through his Counsel, has been the recipient of num-rous lett and telegraphic m-siages from BurmaaaIndia containing expressions of sympathy, encouragement, and
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    • 199 6 —r —M——■ I-. By Special Z ffl| is Appointment Majesty to King George. DUNLOP TYRES. FIRST I FORE- most IN Jbhlk ever .C SINCE Jr NOTED for their resiliency and superb wearing qualities. Z TRADE I I MARK Fresh Stocks of all sizes held by GUTHRIE fi? Co. Ltd., PENANG.
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    • 74 6 TO-DAY'S CONTENTS. Page Living in Japan. Page 3.— The Chinese Republic and The Week’s Events. Page 4. —Sporting News; The Kinta District; N otorious Bandit’s Exploits and Oatmeal and Haggis. Page 5. Planting and Mining. Page 6. Editorial: Pessimistic Tourist and Penang Cricket Club. Page 7.— Telegrams. Fagte B.— The
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  • 256 7 TO-DAY’S CHANCES. Th following are the changes (buyers J llerB only) in our share hst on P a 8 e s to-day Y estc rday. To-day. 2 2 2 u 88A bM s "S J" a n CQ or? ftn Tin 42/6 45/9 43/6 46/9 M»‘ ft
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  • 34 7 TODAY’S PRICES IN LONDON. London, October 31*. The following are to-day’s quotations for rubber Plantation Para, Ist Latex, Crepe 4/l| Paratoarrive Market weak. J* By 'iirtesy of Messrs. Boustead <fe Co.]
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  • 80 7 DEPUTATION TO RESIDENT. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoli, October 31. The deputation relative to the provision of a European ward in the hospital at Ip oh had a most courteous reception from the Resident, who placed at their disposal the State saloon coach in which to travel
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  • 113 7 [From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, October 31. At the annual meeting of the Singapore Cold Storage Co., which was held in Singapore yesterday, a dividend of 12| per cent. w ss declared. The Chairman said that the profits *ould have been larger had it not been f°
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  • 37 7 London, October 30. °f Commons by 328 votes to Bill a 'r' c^ause T of the Home Rule <*Ker n^°r Lieutenant to j nir J ISe r" on instructions from the Gove^ ment Reuter
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  • 46 7 M t Ottawa, October 30. ISecrpt U C* Hern has been appointed MiXV tate Mr wJ Roch '> Mini.,! < tenor «1 Mr- R- Rogers, the resL 0 f U or K n consequence of Public i lon r ’onk, Minister of Wlc Works —Reuter.
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  • 2284 7 TURKISH VERSIONS. MANY CONFEDERACY SUCCESSES. Constantinople, October. 30. According to a Turkish official telegram fighting continues at Kozani north-west of Serfidze. The Greeks are retreating. Reports three days old, now onlv received at Constantinople, admit the position of the western or Vardar army to be precarious
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  • 156 7 —D.OL Berlin, October 30. Italy and Turkey have resumed their diplomatic service. The Turkish Ambvssador in Italy is Nabi Bey and the Italian Ambassador in Turkey is M. Giollitti, a friend of M. Garroni. Bishop Harinann of Muenster has been elected Archbishop of Cologne. The Koelmische says
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    • 505 7 X NOTICE. r. a E FINEST STORE THRESH TENDERS will be received up EAST OF SUEZ to noon on Thursday, the 14th November, 1912, for the following sup- H plies for a peiiod of one year c< muiencing I B from Ist January 1913 a. Rations for Penang and Balik
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  • 694 8 THE GEISHA AT SINGAPORE. CROWNING IRIUMPH. In view of the elaborate manner in which the Singapore amateurs hive staged The Geisha,’’ the following extracts from the Free Press notice will interest many Penang readers: There have beei triumphs by the amateurs before but this is the crowning triumph the production
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    • 359 8 1 "TT "V"” 3 1 f'Strength and Vitality r r.•' v c M, A SCC El you The surest remedy for weakness of body, brain and nerves, and j get depressed spirits is VANA* fM M «VAN A’ Tonic g \V inc IP Trade Mart) 1 11 V 'p The
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    • 669 8 RUBBER AUCTIONS. nnnnnanQ WE BEG TO NOTIFY THAT 0 Q WEEKLY AUCTION SALES g H. P. TOURIST MODEI n -RUBBER- g r,XEO OR free engin E s. Will be held at II a.m., g Every Wednesday, j-j Q Commencing with 6th NOVEMBER, j-j J at the Penang Rubber Auction Rooms,
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 179 8 The Tides. Date. H. W. L. W. H. W. L. V» A.M. A.M. P.M. P.M. Oct. 31 2-41 9-31 3-19 9-19 Nov. 1 3-10 10 20 4-12 10 30 2 4-25 11-40 7-00 11-47 3 6-24 1-43 9-18 Nil. 4 8-30 1-48 9-50 3-16 5 9-55 356 10 13 4-05
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  • 2249 9 SH ARES. Number of Issue c i [subscribed.; shares. Value. S Dividends. Name. JL -go i CaP ltU i B si J I” no or 1908 |1909 1910 1911 1912 MININ®. «VK» 000 30,000 HO >lO 10 30 30 28} Belat Tin Mining do S 3 <300.000 %ot‘ooo 22 500
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  • 1036 9 ARRIVALS. Assaye, Brit., 4358, Cockman, Oct. 31, Bombay, gen., Adamson Gilfillan Co. Ceylon Maru, Jap., 3142, Tozawa, Oct. 30, Kobe, gen., P. 8. Co. Hebe, Brit., 346, Scott, Oct. 31, T. Anson, gen Adamson Oilfillan Co. Jin Ho, Brit., 111, Dyason, Oct. 30, Bernam, gen., E. S. Co. Miyazaki
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    • 297 9 SUN LIFE OF CANADA. Incorporated 1865BUSINESS IN FORCE. £33,800,000.0.0 FUNDS 'EXCEED) £8,500,000.0.0 INCOME 1911 £2,100,000.0.0 Chief Office Norfolk Street, Strand Great Britain. London Chief Office Canada Buildings, Indian Empire. Bombay, Chief Office I Battery Hoad, S. E. Asia. J Singapors, W; A. White, Manager. A. R. Bishop, Special Repreaentatiw. KENNEDY
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  • THE WORLD’S NEWS.
    • 702 10 CLIPPINGS FROM THE HOME PRESS. Despatched by the mail leaving London October 12. LIVINGSTONE’S COMRADE ALIVE—AND INTERVIEWED. The preparations now being made for the celebration of the Livingstone Centenary give special point to an interesting interview by Mr. Basil Mathews in the Christian World with Sir John
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    • 124 10 GERMANY’S NOVEL SCHEME. The Daily Mail states that it has been announced in Berlin that Germany has approached Ute Danish Government with the view of ascertaining whether or not it would be interested in employing German airships for the transport of the mail across the Baltic. Denmark,
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    • 224 10 ACCUSED MAN’S ADMISSIONS. At Bow-street, London, on Monday, before Sir A. de Rutzen, Thomas Morris, thirty-six, a well-dressed man, described as having no occupation, of Brondesbury Villas, Kilburn, was charged with bigamously marrying Miss Florence Mary Copeland during the lifetime of his legal wife, Nellie Morris, nĕe
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    • 351 10 PROPOSED NATIONAL PROTEST. Mr. A. J. McMillan, a Liberal and a Borne Ruler, writing from the National Liberal Club to the Times, declares that nothing is so important to the British people •as the question of how to prevent the pre>ent Home Rule Bill from becoming
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    • 212 10 FAMOUS ANIMAL SHOWMAN. Mr. Frank C. Bostock, the well-known circus, menagerie, and amusement proprietor, died at his residence at Kensington on Tuesday afternoon from pneumonia and complicat ions. A son of that fine old showman, James Bostock, he was intended by his parents for the
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    • 85 10 ENGLISH MOTORISTS INJURED. A motor-car, in which two young Englishmen, Mr. Melville Bathurst and Mr. Peter Hawker, with a chauffeur, recently started o« a tour, round the world, crashed in the dark into a toll-bar thirty miles outside Moscow. All three men were injured, Mr. Hawker,
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    • 81 10 FIGHTING IN NICARAGUA MEXICO. According to a telegram from San Juan del Sur Nicaragua the town of Leon has surrendered to the United States forces. A telegram from Mexico City states that, taking advantage of the fact that the bulk of the population were at worship, a
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    • 38 10 ITALIAN ANARCHIST SENTENCED. A Rome message states that the Anarchist Alba, who on March 14th made an attempt on the life of the King of Italy, has been sentenced to thirty years’ imprisonment.
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    • 101 10 The Canine Heroes League is now established at ‘24, Fenehurch street, London, E.C., and the first presentation of the silver shield will be made at the Kennel Club Show next week to Mr. Duffell for his dog Nell, which saved his wife and child and
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    • 89 10 The report of Lord Emmott’s Departmental Committee, which inquired into the currency of British West African Colonies, has just been issued. The Committee recommend the establishment of special Silver Currency common to all Colonies and Protectorates, with a note issue except, possibly, for Gambia. Currency is
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    • 89 10 The death is announced of Professor W. W. Skeat, who had occupied the Chair of Anglo-Saxon at Cambridge .University since 1878. He was aged seventy-seven. Professor Skeat was the founder and President of the English Dialect Society, and was a prolific writer on philology. Besides being
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    • 1133 10 NW 7 CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA jLf AUSTRALIA, AND CHINA. Incorporated by Royal Charter. I JB Paid-ap Capital £1,200,000 Japan Mail Steamship Co. Id. Reserve Liability of Proprietors £1,200,000 r Hbad OrnoB: 58. BISHOPSGATB, LONDON, B. C X vh Aobmoibb ahd Bbahohib. ZAmritsar Ipoh Rangoon i W? Bombay Karachi Seremban
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    • 400 10 11 is >he I l wll ich will sunerud. Its features must appeal to every y quite safe from ■> and star,s wnt 'UK Ihs instant the L?*' paper. I* ll touches TEe iak Cannot borate tk SOLD BV STATIONESS JEWELLBS iw importers. Catalogue free from «ABIE, TODD s Co
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  • 907 11 THE CASE OF CROWDED COOLIE SHIPS. The need for wireless telegraphy on ships carrying more than a few passengers is capably discussed by a writer, signing himself lolanthe,” in the September issue of the Nautical Magazine. The author is evidently an individual connected with the Eastern interport
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  • 26 11 Pbnang :—The E. <fc O. Hotel, The Crag Hotel Norman, Runnymede Hotel and Hotel de Europe. Ipoh :—The Grana Hotel. Rangoon: —Strand Hotel.
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    • 577 11 < 110 jpT» A SUBSTITUTE FOR FIWW“ ALCOHOL. A Digestive A COMBINED, r jill\ 'ifL frxl ĕ ‘w O- T. has “life” and “bite” I X *\JI l|| like spirits, and is the nearest y f l| Without substitute for alcohol ever i F■ Alcohol produced. After alcoholic B WjjS*
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    • 264 11 JOHN ROBERTS OF LONDON, I M. SLOAN, 1 Penang Representative. HOTEL NORMAN, XX XX I Full-siz«d J PENANG. yy <y DILLARD XX F zy TABLED fitted with all accescorbs W complete from $B5O. A large stock of Billiard accessories A always on hand Estimates given for >X keeping Public and
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    • 2448 12 p. Intendcd Sailin s Norddevtscher Lloyd, Bremen. Steam Navigation Co. n( jj a j tem j( av ig a tl on Co., T ’UPECTED ARRIVALS ANO DEPARTURES. ,F LIMITED. JT «ml selwwam. 2 2 Ocean steam Shin n 1912 xv nr 4- For Intended to Sail. Steamer. J U!|j h
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