Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 11 December 1912
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Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle
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Title Section20 1912-12-11 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 284 VOL. LXX. WEDNESDAY, llth DECEMBER, 19>2. PRICE 10 CENTS.20 words
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Advertisement1393 1912-12-11 1 jyggaDaaaDsnaDaaaaMHaHa For $3O 2 J Vou can have the Pinang I I Gazette” posted every day B j or a whole year to your address. (LOCAL SUBCRIPTION. 527.) g c Proportionate Quarterly and c Half-y earl y rates g 0 Subscriptions are payable in c advance and remittances should n1,393 words
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Advertisement88 1912-12-11 1 ■■■■■■□□□□□□□□□□□□□□lMMC*■ XX Then YOU ARE away on leave VV you want to keep in touch g with Malayan affairs, Social, Com- g mercial, Minins. Pianf ng, &c. a This you can d > in no l»?tter w iy n than by subscribing m the We k?y g Edition of the88 words
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Article1666 1912-12-11 2 SOME INTERESTING EXTRACTS. I i Of the multitude of books and brochures on Malaya that have appeared within recent times few have been so worthy of public regard and certainly none has been so opportune in its publication as the volume entitled The Malay Peninsula,’1,666 words
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Article216 1912-12-11 2 The following is the business for the ordinary meeting of the Municipal Commissioners to be held to-morrow 1. Minutes of last meeting to be read and confirmed. 2. Any special business the President may bring forward. 3. Questions. 4. Application for refund of plan fee. 5. Some216 words
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Advertisement531 1912-12-11 2 gnDOD i> 0 DD a 0 Tk. tfrakt CiHeiHSiCO. I T "M’S!. S TtR J D two HANDS brand” g "TEMPORA MUTANTUR ET MS MUTAMUR IN ILLIS.’; g Preserved Danish But er. g TO-NIGHT I TONIGHT I I D in Golden Coloured Tins. A WEDNESDAY PROGRAMME, E Guaranteed to be531 words
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Advertisement976 1912-12-11 2 banks HINDRANCES I: To’ HEALTH > such a* dyspepsia, biliousness, k»M Incorporated kv D < I of appetite, torpid liver, consti- Royal Charter pation, sick-headache, and other j Paid-up Capital > evidences of a derangement of the F ai £1 2o organs of digestion and secretion, n t- may be976 words
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Article370 1912-12-11 3 A SIMPLE REMEDY. Not only in Penang and Province Wellesley but in Kedah as well, the incidence of rinderpest has been alarmingly great within recent times, and our veterinary authorities have been actively engaged in devising means to combat the inroads of the disease. In the report on the370 words
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Article289 1912-12-11 3 -M.D.C. THE HOSPITAL QUESTION. At the meeting of the Malacca planters held on Sunday the Estate Hospital question was discussed. Mr. L. E. P. Wolferstan, the Resident, said that the idea was to re-establish central hospi'als. The estimated cost of the buildings was $270,000 and other expenditure-M.D.C. - 289 words
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Article149 1912-12-11 3 Thirteen of the twenty-nine Chinese who were arrested at the Maritime Club, Penang, and charged with playing in a house kept or used as a common gaming house, were found guilty and fined $25 each or seven days’ imprisonment. The question of forfeiture was postponed to the149 words
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Advertisement1053 1912-12-11 3 N. 'djEjlfey J MStnmki, Co. U. TgtSg&t aJc tn an atihiK state! A^' 1 CW X' Jw 'llm\iTrßi'lWZ77z<K EUROPEAN LINE A Fortnightly service is maintained beYokohama via ports to Marseilles, and Antwerp under mail contract itb Imperial Japanese Government. he New Twin-screw Steamers maintaining e l\\. > ~i nis service1,053 words
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Advertisement450 1912-12-11 3 A w I SIX YEARS AGO a oouae was built in Singapore, g all the wood work (except the joists and beams) g being of SERAYAH. It was noticed on excavating the foundations that the ground was INFESTED > WITH WHITE ANTS, several nests having been cut i through. The450 words
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Article1070 1912-12-11 4 Reuter’s cables told us yesterday, on the authority of the London Daily Mail, that Lord Hardinge is to relinquish the Viceroyalty of India in order to take up a political appointment at Home and that Lord Kitchener is mentioned as his successor in the viceregal chair.1,070 words
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Article812 1912-12-11 4 LO3AL AND GENERAL. [From Our Own Correspondent Bukit Mertajan, Dec. 10. Since the opening of the Kedah State Railway and the introduction of the motor bus service, Bukit Mertaj m has undergone a complete change for the better. Mr. Welsh's plantation, Dhoby’s Kampong and Low Chee’s gardens, once812 words
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Article931 1912-12-11 4 to-day’s p ROCEEMN63 PLAINTIFFS Evidence, Mr. Justice Thornton" i„ th Court, to-day, re,n m)<i h actions brought by Lim Eow Tim th OngTengNchandCheahc” against Lira Cheng Teik T, G IOP a nd milling syndicate, plaintiff «Heg io of an agr. emeat and claiming"?''’' 1 amounting in931 words
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Advertisement419 1912-12-11 4 Tfits prospectus has been filed with ire Regtsircr el Jblbl Stock Subscription Jsist will open on Monday, t6e 9t6 December, 1912, and will close on or before Saturday, 1616 1912. WEARNE BROS., LTD., motor engineers and importers. (INCORPORATED UNDER THE COMPANIES’ ORDINANCE 1889 AND 1909). CAPITAL- $350,000 DIVIDED INTO 70,000419 words
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Advertisement73 1912-12-11 4 TO DAY S CONTENTS. Page 2.— A New Book on Malaya Page 3— Rinderpest Malacca Planters’ Meeting and Club Gambling Case Page —Editorial: “The Viceroyalty of India;” Province Wellesley Notes; and The Rice Mills Case, <fcc. Page s.— Telegrams A Xmas Number Contempt of Court and The Municipal Commission, &c73 words
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Article274 1912-12-11 5 TO-DAY’S CHANGES. The following are the changes (buyers and sellers only) in our share list, on page 7 to-day Yesterlay. To-day. X B 3HABB'. >, J, S 'Ĕ s T a sc sq -n IfttnnjL Kmta 14} 15J 14} 15} Malayan Tin 52/6 55/6 55/6 58/6 Siamese274 words
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Article37 1912-12-11 5 TO-DAY’S PRICES IN LONDON. London, December 11.* The following are to-day’s quotations for rubber Plantation Para, Ist Latex, Crepe 4/6| Para to arrive 4/8 The market is firm. By courtesy of Messrs. Boustead Co.]37 words
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Article55 1912-12-11 5 SINGAPORE. (From Our Oivn Correspondent.) Singapore, December 11. At an auction sale held here 153 pikuls were sold, the prices realised being as follows: Smoked $229 —$239 Unsmoked 217 242 Ist Crepe 214 226 2nd Crepe 190— 211 3rd Crepe 181— 185 4th Crepe 150— Scrap Virgin 168—55 words
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Article58 1912-12-11 5 The undermentioned Rubber was sold by auction at the Penang Rubber Auction Booms to-day at the prices detailed below, viz: 5.50 pls. Dark smoked sheet at $235 pl. 5.50 Pale smoked sheet 233 2.50 No. 1 unsmoked sheet 228 3-50 No. 2 uusnooked sheet 212 2.50 Scrap crepe 17058 words
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Article39 1912-12-11 5 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, December 11. Mr. Stanley Knocker, Resident Manager ct the China Mutual Life Assurance Company, who left yesterday for home, was printed with an address and a fitted suitcase by his office staff.39 words
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Article28 1912-12-11 5 •From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, December 11. Opium, uncertified, is quoted here at Siam Rice No. 1 $290, No 2 $260, Gambier $7BO, Copra Bali $11.50.28 words
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Article310 1912-12-11 5 STATEMENT BY Silt E- GREY. London, December 10. In the House of Commons Sir Edward Grey announced that the Powers cordially approved of the suggestion that the Ambassadors in one of the Capitals of Europe should engage in informal and noncommittal consultations in order to facilitate310 words
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Article119 1912-12-11 5 —Reuter. TROOPS IN CHINA TO BE REINFORCED. Berlin, December 10. Herr Zimmermann, Foreign Under Secretary, in the Budget Committee of the German Reichstag, made a statement concerning the necessity of reinforcing the troops in the Far East. He said that though a trustworthy man was—Reuter. - 119 words
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Article65 1912-12-11 5 RT. HON. H. CHAPLIN INJURED. London, December 10. Rt. Hon Henry Chaplin, mp whilst hunting with the Pytchley Hounds, was thrown at a fence and had two ribs fractured. [Mr. Chaplin is 71 years of age. He has sat for the Wimbledon Division of Surrey in65 words
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Article53 1912-12-11 5 —Reuter. Vienna, December 10. General Auffenburg, Minister for War, and Field Marshal Schenua, and Chief of the General Staff, have resigned. They are succeeded by Gene als Krobaten and Hoetzendorft, respectively. No explanation has been given of the resignations, but it is believed they are due—Reuter. - 53 words
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Article39 1912-12-11 5 London, December 10. The House of Commons has adopted by 292 votes to 178 Clause 33 of the Home Rule Bill with reference to the con tinuation of service and compensation to present Civil Servants.—Reuter.39 words
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Article79 1912-12-11 5 D.O.L. Berlin, November 10. The renewal of f>e Triple Alliance for the next twelve years wai signed on the sth inst. The European Press lays stress on the importance of it being renewed before the commencement of the peace neo'ociations in London. Terrib’e storms have been ragu-gD.O.L. - 79 words
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Article256 1912-12-11 5 —Reuter. INTERESTING SPEECHES. MR HARCOURT'S EULOGY London, December 10. Mr. W. H. Shelf ord, Managing Director of Messrs. Paterson Simons Co., Ltd., presided at the Straits Dinner, the Rt. Hon. Lewis Harcourt, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Sir John Anderson, Sir George Fiddes, Sir Frank—Reuter. - 256 words
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Article226 1912-12-11 5 —Reuter. SIX THOUSAND NOW OUT. London, December 10. The fight, of which the discharged railway man Knox is the centre, waxes more furious. The magistrates havejmade’a statement that they have not the slightest doubt Knox was drunk. The railway workers deny this and are prepared to produce—Reuter. - 226 words
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Article59 1912-12-11 5 —Reuter. MYSTERIOUSLY REPLACED. London, December 10. The Daily Telegraph reports that the Irish Crown jewels, the mysterious disappearance of which in 1907 caused a sensation in the country, have been- replaced intact in their original position A Disclaimer. Later. The Lord Lieutenant says that nothing is known—Reuter. - 59 words
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Article53 1912-12-11 5 —Reuter. Washington, December 10. Tn annual report to Congress Mr. Stimson, Secietary for War, who is opposing Mr. Taft, urges the repeal of the section of the Panama Act, exempting American coasters from tolls, which is equivalent to nationally subsidising an industry which stands in need of—Reuter. - 53 words
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Article52 1912-12-11 5 Reuter. Berlin, December 10. The inspired Koelnische Zeitung in an article with reference to the renewal of the Triple Alliance admits the Allies’ object in publishing it at the present juncture was a desire to give the world, prior to the London conference, unmistakeable proof of theirReuter. - 52 words
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Article172 1912-12-11 5 CANADA DREADNOUGHTS. —Reuter. HOUSE OF COMMONS ENTHUSIASTIC. KEIR HARMS WANTS TO KNOW London, December 11. In the House of Commons Mr. Bonar Law a-ked when there would be an opportunity to express appreciation of the Dominion’s contributions t> the Navy Mr. Asquith said the Government recognised tne desire and the—Reuter. - 172 words
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Article214 1912-12-11 5 —Englishman. (Calcutta.) The question that; Mr. Fell asked in the House of Commons about what In lia intends to do in th 3 mater of Dreadnoughts is one that is being repeated by all thoughtful persons in this country, aid will, it is to ba hoped,—Englishman. (Calcutta.) - 214 words
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Article110 1912-12-11 5 The example set by the Fe lerated Malay States in deciding to contribute a Dreadnought costing <£2,250,000 to the Imp-rial Government has not been lost on Ceylon. Toe press has taken up the matter with vigour and the question is asked, how long will the Imperial Government permit Ceylon110 words
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Article42 1912-12-11 5 Reuter. COLLISION IN CHANNEL. London, December 11. H.M.S. battleship Centur on, in her steam trials in the English Channel, collided with an unknown steamer. The latter sank. The Centurion s bows were damaged and she is returning to Devonport.—Reuter. - 42 words
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Article32 1912-12-11 5 —Reuter. London, December 10 At the National Sporting Club in a contest for the Welterweight Championship of Great Britain in a twenty rounds fight, Johnny Summers beat Sid Burns on points.-—Reuter. - 32 words
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Article143 1912-12-11 5 Two rikisha coolies issued summonses against a European, William Thompson, for not paying his fare. The case was fixed for yesterday before Mr. Osborne. His name was called, but he was absent and accordingly a warrant for his arrest was issued. He was brought before Mr. Colman143 words
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Article77 1912-12-11 5 To-day’s quotation for unrefined tin in Penang is $112.30 per picul, buyers, no sele s. Tin in London is quoted at £225 ss. spot and £225 three mouths. The following is the local report to-day :—Singapore Straits Trading Co., Ltd., 100 tons, $113.12} Penang Straits Trading Co.,77 words
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Advertisement696 1912-12-11 5 WANTED TAIPING. A TYPIST. Apply stating age, ex- a peri nce a „d ~.t sa i. ry ,0 important Auction Sale. HENDERSON MANN, nuvnv vvmv» 1, Duke Street. On Saturday, the IMh Dec., 1912, WANTED TO BUY. AT 2 PM THB PROPERTY OF A Second Hand Billiard Table. PETER MOSS696 words
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Article1068 1912-12-11 6 RESIDENT COUNCILLOR’S REPORT. The following are soms extracts from the annual report on tl e Settlement of Penang, for the ye <r 1911, by the Hon W. Evans, Resident Councillor Land and District Offices. The padi crop is reported as “fair wtih an excellent fruit season. Balik1,068 words
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Advertisement395 1912-12-11 6 FOUR CROWN WHISKY. VL M. B, apfointment r 0 VMS LAVS KI MG COWARD VII Scxrkb Ocfllitekn. Robert Brown Ltp GLASGOW LONDON J Schmidt, C® Sole Imporrers for PENANG. I BY APPOINTMENT TO H. M. THE KING. I CONTRACTORS TO I THE BRITISH ADMIRALTY. THE WAR OFFICE. THE INDIA OFFICE.395 words
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Advertisement109 1912-12-11 6 BOVRIL For Health /yf and Beauty Strength Real bone, muscle, and nerve strength is the I natural result of taking I genuine Scott ’s Emulsion I the great health-tonic No Imitation is so Good I as this original Food-Tonic, I with 37 years’ reputation I I behind it. Known and109 words
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Article2178 1912-12-11 7 5 capital. Sub ß cribed. i N ,er of J 8 ue j -A g c 1 I Shares, Value. 3 Dividends. Name g 2 s s._ BT a m or 1908 1909 1910 1911 1913 MININ®, 1912 1100.000 $60.000 60.000’ $1 1 s w u ,t»a n «n2,178 words
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Article492 1912-12-11 7 ARRIVALS. Avagyee, Brit., 247, Harvey, Dec. 11, T. Anson, gen., E. S. Co. Alergeldie, Brit., 2438, Shepherd, Dec. 10, Pulo Laut, gen., Paterson S. Co. Dilwara, Brit., 3460, Bishop, Dec. 11, Calcutta, gen., A. A. Anthony Co. Pegu, Brit., 294, Ferguson, Dec. 11, P. S’ham, gen., E. S. Co.492 words
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Article100 1912-12-11 7 CLOSE AT GENERAL POST OFFICI To-Morrow. For Far Clost Alor Star (Kedah) Isabella 8 am. Deli Perak (E.S. Co.) 10 a.m. Asahan Petrel 1 p.m. Deli Malaya 1 p.m. Port Swetteuham, h Port Dickson,and > Pegu 2 p.m. Malacca J Port Swettenham and Singapore Teesta 3 p.m. Dindings, Sitiawan100 words
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Advertisement167 1912-12-11 7 The Ceylon Manure works, A. BAUR, PENANG BRANCH. Penang, 1912. PLANTERS are hereby informed that a Branch has been opened in Penang and that all Correspondence should be directed in future to| THE CEYLON MANURE WORKS, A. BAUR, Penang. Oifice: F.M.S. Railway Building, HO. 1, Telegrams: fertilizer Penang. THE -LARGEST167 words
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Miscellaneous14 1912-12-11 7 The Moon. Fiist Quarter Dec. 17 O Full Moon 24 Last Quarter H 3114 words
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Advertisement2619 1912-12-11 8 p. c? lriter>ded s*iHns«- Norddevtscher Lloyd. Bremen. Steim Navigation Co. In^a fj a¥ jg a ti on tXPECTED ARRIVALS AND DEPARTCRES. I* -A LIMITED. Im MAIL SERVICE OUTWARD. —-—i I Ocean steam Shin f(* it d 1912 iV Wftß i Intended to Sail. Steamer. jtpdbOfißMmfttfl a ''"i, |_|l Dec. 122,619 words
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