Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 25 October 1913

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  • 20 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 246 VOL. LXXI. SATURDAY. 25th OCTOBER, 1913. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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    • 1083 1 ~.j au oaaannoHonDnn«otioQDg FOR $3O a c \TOU can have the Pinang o c J Gaaette n posted every day g 0 {or whole year to your addrM. C (LOCAL SUBICRirnOM. $27). Q c Proportionate Quarterly and Half-yearly rate». 0 subscriptions are payable in D g prance and remittances should
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    • 81 1 naaDDDioDaaaiaaaaatiaacoD* a TXT HEN YOU ARE AWAY g VV on lenve you want to keep in touch with Malayan affairs, o Commercial, Mining, D Planting, &c. This you can do g in no better way than by subscrib- ing to the Weekly Edition of the a g Pina ng Gazette,”
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  • 941 2 I— S.P.P. The New York Tribune says prior to the sailing of the VUturno the Manager of the Company, which had had disputes of increasing bitterness with its Dutch and Belgian seamen, received a letter saying:— If you don’t listen to our demands, one of your ships will
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  • 1320 2 JANUARY MEETING, 1914, (UNDER S. R. A. RULES OF RACING.) RACE DAYS: FIRST DAY Tuesday, 6th January, 1914. SECOND DAY Thursday, Sth January, 1914. THIRD DAY Saturday, 10th January, 1914. To be submitted at a Special General Meeting to be held after the Annual General Meeting on
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    • 716 2 CTTITATIAM VAT AllT T7VENING LESSONS in French, vil UAllvN "AvAHI. Spanish, English language and Shorthand given at pupils residences by a ia f A CT European gentleman. Translations also WAIIV I t-lv* made from these languages. EUROPEAN assistant for first class Apply No. 1060, c/o Pinang Gazette. European brokers firm
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  • A PAGE FOR WOMEN.
    • 697 3 SIR ALMROTH WRIGHT’S DECLARATION. UNEXPURGATED BOOK. A trenchant attack upon the militant Suffragist movement is delivered by Sir Almroth Wright, the distinguished pathologist and physiologist, in The Unexpurgated Case against Woman Suffrage.” It will be remembered that last year Sir Almroth caused no small hubbub among the
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    • 412 3 A SUFFRAGIST REPLY TO SIR ALMROTH WRIGHT. At the meeting of the Women’s Freedom League on Oct. 1 MLs Nina Boyle, .who was in the chair, took as the main topic of her address Sir Almroth Wrights new book, “The Unexpurgated Case Against Women’s Suffrage.” “We
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    • 995 3  -  still retains the strongest allure.— Ward Muir, in the Daily Mail. Of course, it is absurd and presumptuous for a mere mao to write on the subj a ct of feminine dress But it ought not to be. For ic is proverbial that women
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    • 296 3 Three hundred thousand women members of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union, working with many more club women all over the United States, have started a crusade against the slit skirt and X-ray gown as worn by women in America, and hope through their efforts to
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    • 332 3 PROTEST BY A TRADE PAPER. Men’s Wear,” the organ of the clothing and outfitting trade, publishes a protest against the peculiar taste that Mr. Winston Churchill is displaying so far as clothes are concerned." The editor of the journal says I naturally feel the greatest diffidence in
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    • 704 3 The toilettes of most of the women spending these last lovely autumn days among the forest trees of Compiegne and preparing to be there for the great race week, writes a Paris correspondent, are flawless by reason of their exquisite simplicity. Plush, beaver, or velvet or velvety
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  • 39 3 Penang :—The E. O. Hotel, The Crag, Hotel Norman, Runnymede Hotel and Carlton Hotel. Tanjong Bungah :—Springtide Hotel. Kuala Lumpur :—The Empire Hotel. Singapore :—Raffles Hotel. Rangoon :—Strand Hotel. Calcutta :—The Continental Hotel Ceylon ;—Nuwara Eliya
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 195 3 There are Reasons why good housewives should use Sunlight Soap It is guaranteed absolutely pure, rgfr and therefore will not /I in i ure clothes. It VmuX works f° r you an d at jJji V j the same time saves you money. It is the Till /nl k est
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  • 2261 4 KEENLY CONTESTED EVENTS. HONOUR WITHOUT LAURELS FOR PENANG, [From Our Own Correspondent.] Taiping, October 24. The competitions were resumed in the afternoon at 3-45, a hevry shower of rain, accompanied by peals of thunder, having fallen from about 1-30 till 3. Fortunately, however the bad weather ceased
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  • 42 4 —Reuter. LATEST BETTING. Loudon, October 24. The following is th? latest betting on the Cambridgeshire Handicap 9/1 ag?t. Fairy King 10/1 Santair 100/6 Florist 100/6 Drinmore 100/7 Equanimity 100/6 Maiden Erlegh 100 6 Bluestone 20/1 Lorenzo 20/1 Khedive 40/1 Mercutio
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  • 294 4 The following teams have been chosen for the R“lay Race of 200 yards, which will be swam off at 11 o’clock to-morrow morning, the 26th instant. Prize? to the Winning Team are given by the President of the Club. Red.—R L Cuscsden, H Hewlett, W E MacDonald,
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  • 62 4 The following ties have been arrangedTuesday, 28th October— J E Smith and R C Kay v. W M Collins and W Sharpe. Wednesday, 29th October— Bulford and James v. Sandeman and Whaley. Thursday, 30th OctoberHamilton and W-Motion Jr. v. WMotion and Richards; Waddington and Hunts Cheeseman ani
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  • 877 4 ANNUAL SPORTS. It is generally acceptei as part of the order of things that a day fixed for Schoo Sports should be wet and unpleasant, but the boys of the Free School can make no such complaint of their 1913 Sports’ Day. When the long programme of
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    • 369 4 MUNICIPAL NOTICE. AN ORDINARY MEETING) of the Municipal Commissioner? will be held at the Municipal Office, at 4 p m O q Tuesday, the 28th iustnnt. To be followed by a Special Meeting to consider Budget for 1914, (By Order), L. A. COUTIER BIGGS, Secretary to the Municipal Commissioner». i
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  • 66 5 .—Reuter. REPORTED CESSION DEMED.' London, October 24. The report of Zanzibar’s likely ce?sion to Germany is declared to be wholy untrue. Anglo-German Relation*. In connection with the Zanzibar despatch the Daily Chronicle gives prominence to a telegram, from its Special Commissioner in Germany, seating that Anglo-German negotiations which are
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  • 987 5  -  ation of all countries. Published by T. Fisher Unwin. Zanzibar 1 The very name makes one think of Arab slavers taking off multitudes of miserable slaves in their dhows, and then being pursued by British cruisers until, after a sharp running fight, they surrender, and
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  • 80 5 Howlers.” Sir John Struthers, Secretary to the Scotch Education Department, records the following schoolboy howlers A worshipper of Mammon means a bigamist. The Israelites were fed by mammon in the wilderness. Mdses were often seen at funerals in the olden days. A Job’s comforter is a thing to give the
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    • 285 5 Perak and Penang Aerated Water Factory. ESTABLISHED 1887. 12, Transfer Road, 20, Main Road, PENANG. TAIPING. HIGH-CLASS AERATED WATERS OF NEARLY 100 VARIETIES. RUR N H B EVERAGES, cool, clean, clear and sparkling. w ?M- w u WaU are B P eciall y reconSended. The Soda Water of this Factory
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    • 219 5 I This style carries QO 3 Refills at the end, g 9 L. C. HARDTMUTH’S a KOHINOOR 9 PROPELLING Apencils 9 Hl are produced in a variety of ||9| I charming designs. Some have retills, as the pencil here illustrated, and some have ggwH I not. For those who always
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  • 1226 6 We have no wish to be drawn into the particular controversy arising over the speech of the Resident Councillor at the Free School Prize Distribution, and shall content ourself with platitudinously remarking that comparisons are mostly odious, and that many things are better left unsaid or said
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • 248 6 [To the Editor of thi Pinang Gazette.”] Sib,— Your leader in yesterday’s paper will be, I hope, the spark in the woodshavings that will set the house on fire and—as it is not a case of arson—the lodgers will awake. The R.ce Combine has become a cancer
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    • 119 6 [To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette.” 8 IB, A mother expatiating on the beauties and merits of her offspring is a subject too ’acred for criticism, even though her statements of fact may be strained and her deductions therefrom somewhat confused. I will
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  • 92 6 Divine Services will be held in the Presbyterian Church (Northam Rd.) as usual to-morrow. The morning service at 9 a.m. is specially for ch Idren, and parents are very cordially invited to send their children. The evening service for all commences at 6p m. At the evening
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  • 74 6 We have received from the publishers, Messrs. Kelly and Walsh, a supply of that useful book by Dr. E N. Graham, Medical Officer, Malacca Rubber Plantations, Malacca, entitled “Planters Medical Guide” and which we have for sale here at $2 The book is very well compiled, containing
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  • 268 6 In the early hours of this morning a thief entered the bedroom of Mr. Jessen in Burma Read and stole a watch, rings and other articles valued at about $5OO. Before retiiing Mr. H. Jessen had removed them from his pockets and placed them on
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  • 838 6 MORE PASSENGERS MlSSTiyn ADDITIONAL DETAILS G Further de k ails are now obtainable gar ding the collision between the L launch Alert and the steam ferry resulting in the sinking of the litter the mouth of the Prye River early day morning. It was or ginally that
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  • 51 6 Wife Wretch I Show me that letter. Husband: What letter? Wife: The on o in your hand. It’s from a woman. I ca J see by the writing, and you turned pai o when you saw it. Husband Yes. Here it is. It’s yout dressmaker’s bill.—'* Kansas City
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    • 447 6 I r Indigestion. g Used Angier’s for many years. j| S Wonderful Healing Powers. m gg The Hoath, Canterbury. Dear Sirs.—l have much pleasure in testifying to the wonderful jokers |j =of Angier’s Emulsion, which I have taken off and on for many years_ hen Ifirst B Wan taking it.
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    • 11 6 The crag Hotel, SANATORIUM, PENANG HILLS. RENOVATED THROUGHOUT. Sarkies Brothers, Proprietors
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  • 569 7 TO-DAY’S CHANGES. The following are the changes (buyers sad sellers only) in our share list sa page 8 to-day Yesterday. To-day Sh&bss. s >. Mining, B«lat 2j 2.70 2.30 270 Deebook 18/- 20/- 18/6 20/Gopeug C.... 29/6 32/6 29/- 31/6 Jabu Tin 95c 90c Ksnaboi 1.80 2
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  • 38 7 RULING PRICES IN LONDON. London, October 24*. The following are the ruling quotations for rubber Plantation Para, Ist Latex, Crepe 2/1 Para to arrive 2/114 Market firm. i' By courtesy of Messrs. Boustead <fc Co»]
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  • 297 7 THE PENSIONS BILL. UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OPPOSITION. [From Our Own Correspondent.} Singapore, October 25. At the Legislative Council the Pensions Bill, empowering the Governor to stop the pension of a retired officer taking a position in local companies without the Government’s consent, was opposed by the Unofficial members on
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  • STOP PRESS NEWS.
    • 208 7 A late Reuter states that the P. <k O. Officers threaten to boll up London steamers unless their grievances regarding pay, leave, etc, are immediately redressed. A PUZZL ING SITUATION. London, October 24 The situation regarding Mexico is puzzling. While it is denied in London that there is anything
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  • 64 7 .—Reuter. CALCUTTA IMMIGRANTS DEPORTED. Victoria (British Co’umbia), Oct. 24. Twenty-four Calcutta Hindus on arriving from Calcutta wee ordered to be deported, for non-compliance with the immigration law providing there must be a continuous journey from their birthland. The arrivals were transhipped at Hongkong The cases of fifteen
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  • 23 7 Reuter» Panama, October 24. Another severe earthquake occurred, affecting the who'e of the Isthmus Canal zone, which, however, was undamaged
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  • 223 7 .—Reuter. EFFECT OF CARSONISM IN INDIA. INI RAILWAY COMMISSION. London, October 24. Lord Crewe, speaking at Ipsw’ch, said that, despite the vast correspondence on the subject of Ulster, he desired to guard the country against being misled into the belief that a new situa’ion had arisen. He had
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  • 18 7 Reuter. London, October 24J Mr. 8. A. kc, the new Solicitor-General, has been Knighted.—
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  • 111 7 —Reuter. A CHARGE OF ABDUCTION. London, October 24. Crowds were present on the Dtab'in Quays, including many priests, anticipating the departure of fifty children of starving strikers, to English homes. They yesterday evening sang Faith of our Fathers” when the steamer left without the children and cheered
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  • 46 7 .—Reuter. MANY ENTOMBED IN NEW MEXICO. London, October 24. An explosion occurred in a colliery at Dawson, New Mexico. 284 were entombed, of whom 22 have been rescued six bodies have been recovered. Dawson, October 24. It is feared that 261 are dead.-
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  • 80 7 —Reuter. STRIKERS SENTENCED. Victoria, October 24. As a resu’t of the trial of 209 Vancouver miners, five have been sentenced for 2 years to the penitentiary, twenty-three to a year and a fine of £2O sterling, e’even to 3 months and a fine of £lO. The Judge said
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  • 50 7 —Reuter. SOLE SURVIVOR’S STORY. London, October 24. The sole survivor of the Finnish steamer Vestkusten brought to Hernoesand says there were 25 passengers and 20 of the crew. The survivor clung to the rigging with a number of firemen, who dropp- ed off in the night.
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  • 54 7 —Reuter. FURTHER BIG FAILURES. Simla, October 24. Distress is forecasted in the droughtstricken districts of the United Provinces. Sixty lakhs have already been advanced for the relief of agriculturists. Bombay, October 24. A pearl merchant has failed, his liabilities amounting to forty lakhs. A ghee merchant has
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  • 93 7 LATEST DIVIDENDS. INCREASING RESERVE FOND?. [P. G. Special Cable.] London, October 24. Bandar Sumatra Rubber Co., Ltd. announces a final dividend of 6 per cent. £3,000 is placed to the reserve fund and £l,OOO carried forward. Kuala Selaagor. Kuala Selangor Rubber Co., Ltd., declares an interim dividend
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  • 49 7 CONVICTION AND SENTENCE. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, October 25. The Tamil Interpreter of the Supreme Court has been sentenced to three months’ imprisonment for attempted extortion. This was in connection with a case in which he was asked to make a translation of certain documents.
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  • 65 7 BANISHMENT WARRANTS AT KUALA LUMPUR. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Kuala Lumpur October 25. As the result of the Resident’s enquiry following the arrest of the seven Hylams on banishment warrant*, four have been banished, one cautioned and one ordered to find a security of $5OO. Ah Fong,
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  • 26 7 D.O.L. EXCHANGE OF TERRITORIES DENIED. Berlin, October 24. The report emanating from Berlin regarding the exchange of Zanzibar for German territory in Africa is unfounded.—
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  • 151 7 A new book on Cecil Rhodes gives an excuse for a story about him which may be new to England (says the Manchester Guardian Rhodes’s masterfulness and sense of importance met with lit'le opposition aa a rule, but a little German clerk in the Transvaal
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  • 186 7 The principal feature of the programme at the George Town Kinematograph this evening, is the great detective drama Charlie Colins and the Stolen Necklace.” It is two reels and is one of the finest films of the kind produced. The Massacre of the 4th Cavalry is a realistic
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  • 329 7 RECEPTION ON THE AUSTRIAN LLOYD LINER. The reception yesterday afternoon on board the Austrian Lloyd ss. Bohemia was largely attended, the Resident Councillor, Mrs., and Miss Evans, and the principal people of the place having accepted the invitation to inspect the boat and partake of the Co.’s hospitality.
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  • 140 7 Their names are Peggy and Tommy (writes their father, in the Manchester Guardian and it was not without some misgiving that I took them into a city cafe the other day for tea. They have run wild in the country so long that civilised behaviour is
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  • 373 7 COLONIAL SECRETARY REFUSES IO INTERFERE. Mr. A- Huttenbacb kindly furnishes us with the following copies of correspondence Sir,— Singapjie» October 22. 1913 j 1 am directed to inform you that the protest lodged by you under Clause XVIII of the Standing Orders of the Legislative Council against the
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  • 68 7 To-day’s quotation for unrefined tin in Penang was $92.15 per picul, buyers no sellers. Tin in Loudon is quoted at £lB4 1 sj. spot and It 5 10s. three months. The following business in tin was done to-day Penang Tin Exchange B. no S. $92.15 Straits Trading Co.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 67 7 MOTOR CARS. I 111 IN STOCK: One “Sperber” Car, 4 Cylinders, 15 H.P., 5-seater, complete with Hood, Screen and Lamps $2,250. One “Sperber” Car, 4 Cylinders, 20 H.P., 7-seater (fitted with 2 extra Folding Seats), complete with Hood, Screen, Lamps and Speedometer $2,550. For further particulars apply to BEHN, MEYER
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  • 81 8 Alma, Brit., 357, F. Bell, Oct. 24, S’pore, gen., E. 8. Co. Malaya, Ger., 348, B. Peters, Oct. 25, Belawan, gen., Behn Meyer Co. Avagyee, Brit., 247, Spencer, Oct. 25, T. Anson, gen., E. 8. Co. Elephanta, Brit., 2694, Coope, Oct. 25, Singapore, gen., H.L. Co. Taroba, Brit., 3657,
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  • 87 8 Taroba for Madras and Durban taking mails for Europe, etc., via Bombay. Ghee Thye for Alor Star (Kedah). Tong Chuan for Alor Star (Kedah). Elephanta for Rangoon and Calcutta. Trang for Trang. Rotorua for Tongkah. Jin Ho for Asahan. Ban Whatt Soon for Langkat and Pangkalan B randan. Zira
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  • 121 8 Penang, October 25, 1913. (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank). London Demand Bank 2/4} 4 months’sight Bank 2/4} 3 Credit 2/4 j 3 Documentary ...2/4 11/16 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 173} 3 days’ sight Private 175} Bombay Demand Bank 173} 3 days’ sight Private 175} Madras Demand Bank 173}
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  • 42 8 CLOSE AT GENERAL POST OFFICE Momday. For Per Close. Yen Jit Seng 7 a.m. Langs», Edi, T. Se- ’t ma we, Segli, Olehleh > Atjeh 3 p.m. and Sabang J Tubsday. Tongkah Malacca 1 p.m. Port Swettenham and Singapore Klang 4-30 p.n.
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  • 264 8 Pmang, October 25, 1913. 8. P. Tapioca $4.25 buyers. M. P. Tapioca $4.50 sellers Gold leaf .i. $64.40 Pepper (W. ('oast 3 lb. 5 os). $l5 sellers. White Pepper s27} sales. Trang Pepper $24 nominal. Mace $l2O nom. Mace Pickings $65 buyers. Cloves $39 out of season. Nutmegs 110
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  • 74 8 Saturday. Oetokcr 25. Band, Golf Club, 6 p.m. Hippodrome Circus. Straits Cinematograph, Penang Road George Town Cinematograph, Kuala Kangsar Road; Penang Motion Picture Show, Penang Road. Sunday, OeUber 26. 22nd Sunday after Trinity. Monday, October 27. Band Esplanade, 6 pm. Tuesday. October 28 f Band, Golf Club,
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  • 138 8 October 31.—Annual Meeting Penang Cricket Club 6 p.m. November 3.—Reel Practice for St. Andrew’s Ball, Town Hall, 6 to 8 p m. November 4.—Ministering Children's League, Sale of Work. November 7.—Reel Practice for St. Andrew’s Ball, Town Hall, 6 to 8 p.m. November B.—Taiping, Taiping v. Penang (Rugby).
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  • 38 8 The following are the fixtures for this month Oct. 29th P C C. w CU AC E<nlanade Mr T J Williams. Oct. 30th C RC c« P O R C V. Green Mr H R Cheeseman.
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  • 257 8 SUNDAY, OCTOBERS Cbureb of Englaad. St. George’s Church.—Matins, 8 am.; Holy Communior, 8.30 a.u>.; Matins, (Tamil), 9.30 a,m.: Matins, (Chinese), 10.30 a m.; Sunday School, 5 p.m.; Evensong and Sermon, 6 p.m.; Hymns: 272, 220, 280, 232. Chaplaincy of Perak North. All Saints’, Church, Taiping.—Litany, 7.45 a.m.; Holy
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  • 192 8 The companies do not guarantee the dates oj arrival of these vessels, but will endeavour as far as possible to ensure punctuality. Alor Star, (Kedah). —Tong Chuan, Oct 26, *2B, and 30 and Kedah, Oct. 25. 27, 29 and 31. Bagan Serai.—Daily. Bagan Datoh.—Pangkor, every Monday. Deli.—lndragiri,
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 226 8 WANTED 3 z Z r < .j. 5 z O > Jis Wholesale Purchasers Agents t ou s r ell Nine Flute Harmonium AT SINGAPORE ANO PENANG. For particulars apply to the Manager, VON Co., 10-3, Lower Chitpore Road, CALCUTTA. 906—ws—26-10 I NATURA MILK I I =(LION BRAND).= I M
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    • 129 8 BROWN Co., Monumental Sculptors CALCUTTA. Monuments and Tombstones of every description >upplied. y Inscription, done in all la.. #MW Mder skilled European supervision. The best Italian aud Carara Marble u 8 William Edward sons, ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND. Granite Merchants and Manufacturers of Tombstones in various kinds of Aberdeen Granite. (Samples oi
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 18 8 The Moon. O New Moon Oct. 29 First Quarter Nov. 6 O Full Moon 14 Last Quarter 21
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    • 54 8 T tie I ides. Date H. W. L. W. H IV L. v. A.M. A.M. P.M P.M. Oct. 25 848 2-49 9-43 3-27 26 9-33 3-34 10-22 4-11 „27 10-20 4-42 11-00 452 „28 11-04 5-25 11 36 532 „29 11-46 6-06 Nil. 611 „30 12-11 646 12-2? 6-49 „31
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  • 289 9 The following are outputs for September Ayer Kuning lbs. 4,160 Jendarata 14,850 Jebong 35,212 Taiping 4,400 Greahan H 26,889 Bandar Maria n 16,101 Tanjong Malim 28,000 Kuang 5,680 Trafalgar 1,457 Henrietta 5,739 Sungei Matang 5,600 Hidden Streams 11,683 Tebrau 15,500 Sekong 9,030 United Serdang 120,410 Sungei Kari n
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 916 9 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS, p Tnnekah Compound No Liability. B/* ==A\ E if i in, 1 >“7— v. t‘zT X NOTICE w hereby given that a Divi- llfcM dead (the eighteenth) of Is. and jl 'M =p= jj )U uB of 1?. per share has been declared 1 IR on a shares
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    • 165 9 Rates for Casual Advertisements. FOR SALE. TO LET. SITUATIONS VACANT. ETC. Minimum Charge $2.00 1 Insertion 1.20 per inch. 2 Insertions 1.10 8 95 4 85 6 75 9 60 12 oO A SPECIAL CONCESSION is made in the case of PREPAID EMPLOYMENT WANTED adver tisements, namely, HALF RATES for
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    • 945 9 One of the Grandest Photo-Plays of the times is IVvJ. The Sham Secretary, CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, A Stupendous Dramatic Production in AUSTRALIA. AND CHINA. Two Reels, 7,000 feet. It is a thrilling story of an attempted Incorporated by Royal Charter, burglary and the consequences of a reform- ed spendthrift.
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  • 284 10 A movement which promises to grow to large proportions is on foot among the Chinese literati for restoring to honour everywhere tbe cult of Confucius, whose prestige the revolution had diminished. Associations, states the Far E%Bt°ra Agency, are being formed and fetes are being organised to
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  • 329 10 The Special Correspondent of the Daily Telegraph at Peking after a month’s absence from the Chinese capital returns to find things just the same, only more so.” He contrasts the position with the electrical atmosphere of Tokyo. It meets the eye everywhere in the 600mile
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  • 112 10 There is a dignity and beauty about the big, manly policeman at the street crossing which inspires our admiration and awe (says the “Glasgow News”). He is the personification of dignity, and quite unapproachable. That was what I whs thinking on Saturday at the corner of Jamaicastreet,
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 494 10 ABOUT PILLS. Many people have no hesitation in taking a dozen bottles of medicine in liquid form prescribed by a doctor, but view with alarm the suggestion to Fl take a course of pills. This misapprehension is no doubt due to the rJ? impression that pills arc merely purgative, which
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    • 119 10 A Swollen Knee is about as painful and inconvenient as anything you would find in a day’s journey. And it is dangerous—a swollen knee leads to permanent lameness. Read what A. C. Lehman, of Waynesburo, Pa., says: I have been the victim of a large swelling on the knee for
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    • 405 10 [bS| <3 ATLAS yfSw .< ipsSa —wßSk—.♦•■i----» I***—*—A—»»»»»»"*** 1 ***—*—A—»»»»»»"*** 1 mN Note the following P— ThV points:— Avoid the causes of tyre deteriora- I t* o0 —starts, sharp turnings, sudden applications of the i brakeM Be careful not to run on shaky or 5 V"-~ 'jr-' non-parallel wheels* Close
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  • 454 11 SCENE ON A LINER. Farther details are reported of the action of the American Board of Immigration in connection with the arrival at New York, on the liner Olympic, of Miss Marie Lloyd, the well-known music-hall artiste, and Bernard Dillon, the jockey. Both are
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  • 245 11 PENANG’S STATISTICS. In the Penang Municipality for the week ended October 11, there were 72 deaths —45 males and 27 females, equal to a death-rate of 36.47 per mille. The death-rate and chief causes of mortality were v *5 c- C- cd o o v o* *5 o
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  • 82 11 Married to the Master."—“ Manchester Guardian.” There was a dead silence in the kitchen, and the mistress felt that the work was not progressing as it should. She walked quietly along the passage and found the cook reading a novelette, Why are you was ing your time like
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 227 11 V Heinz Tomato Soup, y A rich cream of fresh ripe tomatoes, delicately spiced and seasoned. It is made with pure sweet 11 1 1 cream?—no meat used. Heat in the tin and it is II y ready to serve. Three sizes. Other iU I f Heinz American Pure Foods,
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    • 1381 11 use N Y K. I appointments will not trouble you. It is the mind that makes us happy not our condition of life, and when you keep your stomach healthy, your bowels active, your blood pure by the regular use of Beecham’s Pills your mind will always be clear and
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 2294 12 p. &o. Rritish j wdia s>team avigation |K| I Steam Navigation Co. Iggg* Co Ll IE T i? p*® lIPECTED ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES. INTENDED SAILINGS. IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE. MAIL SERVICE OUTWARD. 'T'HE fast and well-known Mail Steamers of this Company sail fortnightly i Ocean Steam Shin co i m
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