Straits Echo, 20 December 1912

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  • 35 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STYTES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY YOL. 10. $24 Per Annum. PENANG. FRIDAY, 20th DECEMBER, 1912. Single Copy, 10 cents, No. 291
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 1185 1 If jo« a Tonio and tome* thine to nourish you, Drink Dog’s Hwd (Guf.'mes&'s M Stout, w and look o \Z4 a for this label V to soo that you got it. TIANG LEE Co., Sole Agents. Andrew Usher 8 Co.’s SPECIAL RESERVE. O.V.G. Whisky. B A S SANDIlANDS, BUTTERY
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    • 36 1 Order it in Nip Bodies Dog’s Head Guinness’s Stout. The Tonic that cheers and soothes and doesn’t harm. Obsorre this label, it is on evoi j genu- V ine Nip. TJANO LKE A Co., Soh Ayc*ts
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  • 2100 2 (Continued from yesterdays issue). j Lord Moulton: 1 do not understand the i learned Judge. There may be some things 1 essential in all pools, there may be other things which vary without being essential.} Tho question of authority may be non-essen-tial, the question of what a
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  • 846 2 (UNDER S. R. A. RULES OF RACING.) RAGE DAYS. FIRST DAY Tuesday, 7th January, 1913. SECOND DAY Thursday, 9th January, 1913. THIRD DAY Saturday, 11th January, 1913. FIRST DAY. Tuesdty, 7th January, 1913. I. The Mixed IIandicxp. Value $500. A Haudicip for horses which
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 52 2 Aset THIS IS IT! Waterbury’s Metabolized Cod Liver Oil Compound TASTELESS ODORLESS 1 he latest scientific pre parationof COI) LIVER OIL. Docs all that is claimed for it and supersedes the old fashioned emulsions which upset the stomach. Highly re commended by the medicai profession. OF ALL CrtEMISTS Price *1-25
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    • 499 2 Recommended Everywhere. Mr. Piet A. Uys, living at Lielievlei, Frankfort District, Orange River Colony, 1 Africa, says: We can give evidence to the I benefit of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. We have used it several times for our children and ourselves and have found it excel I lent. We expect to
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    • 284 2 FntrJu* f lrtt/) 8t p m on Monday, 23rd December, 1912. Handicaps for Iylllliv3 vlv3t the First Day will be published on or before the 27th December, 1912. A penalty of 7 lbs. is incurred, in a Handicap by the winner of any Race run subsequent to the publication of
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    • 1178 2 NOTICE. THE undersigned are prepared to receive tenders for the occupation in February next of part or the whole of the new premises situated at the corner of Beach Street and China Street. KENNEDY A CO. 17-12-12 890 NOTICE. THE undersigned begs to notify the Public that he has been
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  • 27 3 Vestel* Irom Agent* Due I nil in Himiiliija Luetzoic Buelow Colombo Singapore Singapore Colombo AG.ACo. A.G.ACo. B M.AJo. BU.ACo. 26tli Dec. 28tl> 31st 2nd Jan.
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  • 25 3 Vessels For 1 Agents Leaves India Singapore A.G.ACo. Dec. Ht mala if a Colombo A.G.ACo. Luetzow Colombo B-MACo.. Buelow Siugaporo b.M A Co Jau.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 349 3 P.&0. S.N.Ci Arrivals and Departures Mail Service Outward. Dee. 26 Iudia connecting with Moloja 1913 Jan. 9 Assavo Morea Jan. 23 Himalaya Marmcra Feb. 6 Devanha Medina Homeward. Feb. Mar. t# Apr. Mav 21 Himalaya 8 Devanha 22 Delta 4 India 19 Assay e 3 Devanha Mar. Morea 21 Marmora
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    • 1422 3 (S H I P P N G.) BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION CQ. LTD. mddeutsceer llqtd, mmt n. y. k. Foe Intended to Sail. Singapore (Three times a week Sat. 21st Doc., 4|p.ra. Sud. 22nd Dec., 4 p.m. Thur. 26th Dec., 4 p m. Sat. 28th Dec., 4 p.m. I ort
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  • 97 4 Published daily (except Sundays and public holidays) AT THB CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. No. 226—232 Beach Street, Penang. Pkicb. Daily Local H $24 per annum. (l Outstation... Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Post Free) $17.50 cable address ECHO—PENANG." Telephone Nos. (Echo, 580 Printing Department 343 N.B.— All business communication*
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  • 1282 4 It is, perhaps, a truism to state that the principal factor governing the prosperity of the planting industry in this country is the labour question. Thanks to the int stitution of the Tamil Immigration Fund. labour conditions throughout Malaya r may at present be described as satisfactory.
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  • 142 4 S. S. Pungah." Only recently the Eastern Shipping Company launched the s.s. Trang, which was the largest boat ever built at Prai. The Company will soon have another addition to its already large fleet; the ss. Pungah. also built at the Company’s workshops at Sungei Nyok,
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  • 298 4 i The preliminary inquiry into the case in which N. D. de Silva, a jeweller of Bishop Street, is charged with committing rape on i a Malay girl, named Sadiah, was concluded yesterday afternoon before Mr. E. E. Colman According to tho story of the prosecution, the
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  • 778 4 Cipt. C. F. EaJes, of the Eastern Shipping Co. Ltd., returned from Daveycterdav by tho P. A O. s.s. Sntda. Mr. C. L. Paterson returned to Ptnanby the German mail last evening, looking remarkably fit and well. Mr. Duff, Chairman of tho Duff Development Company, and Mrs
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 395 4 FRED LANDER, TURF ACCOUNTANT, PENANG SINGAPORE. Head Office 23, BEACH STREET, PENANG. BOOK NOW OI’EN on CALCUTTA RACES, TRIALS AND VICEROY’S CUP, RUN DECEMBER 21ST A 24TH. [[Doubles and Straight Out. 23, BEACH. STREET. Telegrams: Lander,” Penang. Telephone No. 587. MUNICIPAL NOTICE. A special Meeting of the Municipal Commissioners will
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  • 184 4 Death. Gan. —At Aurora House” No. 3, Light Street, at 7 p.m., December 19, 1912, Gan Teong Teng, eldest son of M r and Mrs. Gan Ngoh Fee, through heart failure Aged 25. Deeply regretted. Singapore aud F. M. S papers please copy. Obituary. We regret to announce the death
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  • TELEGRAMS.
    • 61 5 .VcAo XjHCiui.) Singapore, December 2 Mossrs. Fraser «X: Co’s Singapore Share circular states that local rubber shares kept remarkably steady during the week while the demand is widening. The market for the commodity itself displaying a rather easier tone has caused a slight setback in sterlings. There
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    • 20 5 {Echo Sjtccial.) Singapore, 2O. The deathrate here for the week ended Jtocein' er 14 was 32.28 per inille.
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    • 38 5 (Echo Special.') Singapore, December 20. The s s. Kuala has arrived from Bombay She left that port ou NoveinVer 26, and ex[»erienced heavy weather between Colombo and Singapore. She is to undergo repairs at Tanjong Pagar.
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    • 67 5 (Echo Sjtccial.) Singapore, December 20. The estimates of the 1 iti Tin C >mpany, lince the taking over from October 15 to Octolier 31, shows a profit of t 4,764. The output for this period was small owing to the wet weather. The output for November was 524
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    • 70 5 {Reuter.) British Offer Accepted. London, December 18. Tho offer of a British battleship by the Premier to convey tho remains of Mr. Whitelaw Reid to the United States has been accepted by the United States Government. The British cruiser Natal, which convey tho bodv of Mr.
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    • 142 5 {Reuter.) The Naval Debate. Ottawa, December 19. In the Canadian Houso of Commons, the lion. George Foster, M nister of Trade and Coinin' rce, resumed the naval debate an pointed out that Canada’s contribution to Great Britain did not mean the abandonment of a permanent policy.
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    • 71 5 (Reuter.) Reasonable Increase Demanded. London, December IP. Tlio Executive of the Seamen s and 1* he* men’s Union, in a circular referring to the announcement of the Shipping Federation to grant the ineu a substantial increase in par iu the r.ew year, threatens a general s^r e
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    • 38 5 (Reuter.) New Appointment. London, December 19. Lieut-Colonel Pelham George Von Douop, Inspecting Officer of Railways, Trade, has been appointed Fourth Military Member of the Army Council in successu to Maj.- General Sir C. F. Hadden.
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    • 264 5 Reuter.) RUSSIA AND THE BALKAN STATES. Loudon, December 18. Kokovtzjff, Russian President cf the Council of Ministers, speaking in the Duma Kiid that Ruj-ia, as a great Slavonic Power, could not bo indifferent a& to whether tho Balkan States obtained the conditions of existence consonant with their achievements
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    • 74 5 Reuter.) Statement By Mr. Churchill. Loudon, Docember 18. At question time Mr. Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty, said that he had no reason to shrink from laying on the table the correspondence between Admiral Sir Francis Charles Bridge i an, who recently resigned from the
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    • 40 5 {Reuter.) Berlin, December 18 In an explosion at a coal mine at Mengen (35 mi’.es S. E. of Tiibingon) over thirty people were killed. Later. —43 dead and 13 injured have been brought up from tho mine.
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    • 26 5 (Reuter.) London, December 19. The newspapers, except the Tunes and the Daily Telegraph, have agreed not to publish on Christmas Day.
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    • 62 5 (Reuter.) Concession Adopted. London, December 19. The House of Commons adopted without a division the concession in the Welsh Disestablishment Bill, giving tho Welsh Church 5,000 a year more than was originallv proposed. Tho Welsh members dissociated themselves from tho concession but considered it their duty to
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    • 87 5 (Reuter.) Prem’cr's Announcement. London, December 18. Iu tho House of Commons Mr. H. H. Asquith, the Premier, announced that when the House met again on the 30th inst he would proceed with the Home Lule BUI and he hoped that the Home Rule Welsh Disestablishment, and the Franchise
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    • 158 5 Reuter M. Bourgeois Declines Candidature. London, December 19. M. Leon Iljurgeois has declined to be a candidate for the French Presidency, owing •o reasons of health. M. Leon Bourgeois was born in May. 1851, an<l entered public life in the Office of Public Works in 1876. In
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    • 77 5 {Reuter.) Threatened Coup d' Etat. Lisbon, December 19. The Portuguese Premier, Senor Silvestre Falcao, has postponed his visit to Oporto in connection, it is rumoured, with projected coup (T Hat at Lisbon by the extreme Republiians. The troops were confined to barracks for five days. One
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    • 409 5 The Padaug Jawa Lubber Estate, Ltd has declared a dividend of 5 per cent., less income tax payable in London on January 15 next. The following telegrams are from the Times of Ceylon London. December 4. The Directors of the Cicely Rubber Estates. Limited, have called a
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    • 234 5 Yntnlar To-dajr. R' s or Buyers Sel’ers Buyer? Sell r» tall. RCB3SR. 8. H. d. s. d. s. d. Anal., M:.l:iy 14 9 15 6 15— 15 9 +?d Bukit Mcrtruam. *9 3 5 l Chi-rwww 8 i 5 C»!ts. Malays U 3 15 3 ::Sl s*, 5-i S
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    • 842 5 CELEBRATE “FRANCHISE DAY”. On the 18th December, 1911 the Ceylonese exercised for the first time the broader franchise granted to them a little while before. On Wednesday of this week, the first anniversary of the popular electiou of the Hon. P. Kamanathan, c. m o the Selangor Ceylon
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    • 1142 5 Alleg'd Breach cf Co.tract. Before Mr. Justice 8. L. Thornton in the Supreme Court yesterday aftoruoon the i bearing was commenced of the suit in which Mr. J. C. Pasqual sued the Copra Company, Ltd. for (a) $5,000 damages for misrepresentation and breach of contract, (b) ten
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    • 228 5 We seem-to have reached the reductio ad ab.'urdvm when the Federated Malay States offer to preseut a battleship to the British Navy. We are invited to acclaim this act of patriotism. But we should do well to reflect that the Federated Malay States are not a self-governing
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 54 5 A summer’s day, not very warm, A ladv thinks sbe’ll take no harm j A plunge, a dive in ocean wave, A erv— she’s out of depth —of save! A chill, an illness very bad, A friend comes in, she’s rather sad A last resort, Woods’ Peppermint Cure A great
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    • 32 5 Something Dependable. Cba^lht''^* e "tr"X r colds and irritations of the tunoat “,J Iudrs. ft stands unriTalled »s remedy for all throat and Iuqr d.araac. F« .ale bj all Di.peu.anes and Dealer..
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    • 49 5 Perfectly Safe. Never hesitate al>. ut giving Chamlierhiin’s Cough Ilemedy to children. It contains no opium or other narcotics and can be given with imphcit confidence. As a quick cure for coughs and colds to which children are susceptible, it is unsurpassed For sale by sail Dispensaries and Dealers.
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    • 80 5 Beware of C)lds. Children are much more likely to contract the contagious diseases when they have colds. Whooping cough, diphtheria, scarlet fever and consumption are diseases that are often contracted when the child ha? a cold. That is why all medical authorities say beware of colds. For the quick cure
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    • 303 5 THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE CO., LTD. Head Office: —SINGAPORE. Life Assurance and Endowment in All Fo:ms. LIBERAL POLICIES. LOW RATES Financial Agents for Penang. SELLAR, MURRAY CO. E. C. BOYCE, District Manager. Local Office: —No. 7, Union Stiiket. NOTICE. Tenders will be received up to noon on the 10th
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  • 1515 6 REMARKABLE EVIDENCE AT THE INQI'EST. An inquest was held at Newquay on November 28 on the body of James Arthur Delay, a retired solicitor, of Singapore, who w.s found on Monday, November 25, hanging in his bedroom at the Atlantic Hotel Delay had taken part
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  • 135 6 Pknano, 20th December. (By courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London, Demand Bank 2, 4 months’ sight Bank 2/m »> 3 Credit 2/4 'U 3 Documentary.. 2/4 i Calcutta, Demand Bank R s 174 1 1 3 deys* si A; li t Private 1 75 J Bombay, Demand Bans 17.'
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  • 55 6 Cold Leaf 1G4.G0 Black Pepper no tock White Pepper 33 sellers Trang Pepper 23.75 nominal Ckvos 39 .—sellers l2 o—sellers Pickings 99.—buyers Nutmegs 110 s Z7\.—seller, No. 1 8.20 sales Sugar j 2 8.10 sales (.Basket 5.15 buyers Copra (mixed) 10.60 buyer, Tahbuu 190.— ,e1e,» g oonde 245 j
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  • 2033 6 T7 .1 „5 j I I I S *0 -3 Number of *3 o, j .2 -2 Capital. Shares f 3 Dividends. Name. 1 g j 3 <31 1 III ph pl ra os o* 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 RUBBER DOLLAR SHARES. p.c. p.c. p.c. 1909 450,000 130,000
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 110 6 Ju-Jitsu School. Professor Y. K. MURAKAMI will be pleated to communicate with any Gentleman at the HEAD-SCHOOL, No. 159. ARCYLE ROAD. PENANG. JVTOTICE. The usual monthly auction 3ale of Pawnbrokers’ forfeited pledges for sums exceeding 5 0 will be held punctually at 11 o'clock am on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday,
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  • 184 7 The homeward P. A 0. Nile, which was alongside the wharf voter lay, took away 225 tons of tin. The s.s. Miniona, arrived here this morning from Aden and is discharging 5,350 tons of s lit. The s Circe is alongside the wharf discharging 3,470 bales of tobacco and
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  • 34 7 To-day 12th Day of 11th Moon. Ember Day. Volunteer Cempanv Drill. Band, Esplanade, 6 p.m. George Town Cinematograph, Kuala Kangsar Road. Straits Cinematograph, Penang Road. To-morrow. 13th Day of 11th Moon. St. Thomas
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 663 7 PRYE RIVER DOCK. q'ENDERSfor the supply of Firewood for Prye River Dock for the year 1913, will 1)« received at the office of the undersigned, up to noon on Saturday, the 2l»t December, 1912. Estimated quantity 'equired about 100,000 billets per month. firewood to be of sound quality and billets
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    • 10 7 For Children’s Hacking Cough at Night, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure.
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    • 60 7 THIS IS IT Waterbury’s Metabolized Cod Liver Oil Compound TASTELESS ODORLESS rSf! id The latest scientific preparation of COD LIVER OIL. Dees all that is j claimed for it and super sedes the old fashioned emulsions which upset 1 the stomach. Highly re i commended by the medi j cal
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    • 61 7 A Follower of Influenza. An attack of influenza is often follow, d by a persistent cough, which to many proves a great annoyance. Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy has been extensively used and with good success for the relief and cure of this cough. Many cases have been cured after other well
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    • 8 7 For Chronic Chest Complaints, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 1209 8 HONG BEE u Co., 88 6* 94, Main Road, Taiping, (Established 1877.) General Store-keepers ana Commission Agents. WINES AND SPIRITS. PROVISIONS OFftTHB. BEST QUALITY. S9o John Bazley White U Brothers’ PORTLAND CEMENT., “LION BRAND” Siiiidilnnds, Buttery Co. agents PENANG F. M S. BURRELL Co.’s BOILED RAW LINSEED OILS. SNOW WHITE
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