Straits Echo, 21 October 1913

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  • 35 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS. CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITJ>, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND HIE FAR EAST GENERALLY VOL. 11. $24 Per Annum. PENANG, TUESDAY, 21st OCTOBER, 1913. Single Copy, 10 cents No. 242
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  • 1219 3 New Shopf-le, And A New Dual. There has been a new shuffle of the diplomatic cards relating to China. As a consequence, there must be a new deal before the game can proceed. And although there may be some delay while the deck is being cut, the
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  • 291 3 11 an article in The Daily Telegraph Mr. Putnam Weale suggests that the British Government should make arrangements with the Chinese authorities for the trausfer of Weihaiwei to the Chinese Government and the establishment of a British naval base in the Chusau Islands. Mr. Weale t hinks
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  • 119 3 Wednesday, October 22. Esplanade -6 to 7 pm. 1 Selection Der Taunhauser. Wagner 2 Spanish Patrol Deshayes 3 Waltz Spirit of Love Hartmann 4 The Egyptian Patrol Passes Vale Lane 5 March Corporal Snook Rimmer Friday, October 24. Esplanade—6 to 7 p.m. 1 Selection Maritana Wallace 2 Two
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  • 1136 3 With the fall in the price of what has become the great agricultural product of the country, with the depression in trade, 1 and with the stringency of the money rei quired to develop the mining industry, the Heads of Government may,
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  • 105 3 Appeal against Warden’s Decision Dismissed. On Friday Mr. Justice L. M. Woodward dismissed the appeal of Tronoh Mines Ltd., against the conviction by the Senior Warden and fine of $lOO for removing timber from a shaft without the permission of the Inspector of Mines. Mr. Justice Woodward
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    • 103 3 DiphtUrh- Hew It M»y Be Aeoidei. Diphtheria is usually contracted when the child has a cold. The cold prepares the child’s system for the reception and development of the diphtheria germs. When there re cases of diphtheria in ihe neighbourhood children that have colds should be kept at homo «U'l
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  • SHIPPING.
    • 129 4 Jin 110. Br. S.f Drason, Oct. 20. Asahan, Oct. ll*. Gen. —E. b Go., Ltd Omapere Br as., 340, Lyons, Oct. 20, Singapore, Oct 18, Gen. E S. Co., Ltd' Torilln, Hr s.s 3,'20, Manson, Oct. 20, Calcutta, Oct. 11, Gen—A. A. A. A Co. Kutni, Jap. s.s., 2,538,
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    • 59 4 October 21. Ghee Thye for Alor Star (Kedah). Tong Chuan, for Alor Star Malacca, for Tongkah. Tndragiri, for Deli and LangsaJin Ho, for Asahan. Oniaperc, for Port Swettenkam and Singapore. Hebe, for Teluk Anson. Trang, for Trang. Pangkor, for Dindings and Sitiawan. Klang, for Port Swettenbam and Singapore. Speelman,
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    • 298 4 Fon Alor Star (Kedah)—Per Kedah, to-morrow, 9 a.m Alor htar Kedah) —Per Ban Lee, to-moriow, 10 a m. Teluk Anson Per Hok Canton, to-morrcw, 3 p.m. Deli —Per Alma, to-morrow, 4 pm. j Singapore, China atd Japan—Per Colombo Maru, to-morrow, 5 p.m. j Singapore, China and Japan—Per P.
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  • 124 4 Penang, October 21. (By courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London, Demand Bank 2/4-A 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4^ 3 Credit 2/4| 3 Documentary 2/4} 1 Calcutta, D* mind Bank Rs 173| 3 days’ sitfbt Private 175| Bombay, Demand Bunk ’73} Moulmein. Demand 1 ank 172} 3 days’ sight Private
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  • 195 4 Gold L:af 164 40 Black Pepper 10 sae» While Pepper 28 50 sellers Tr*ug Pepper 21 —nominal Clovis ...39 out of season Mact ...120 nominal Pickings 65. —buyers Nutmegs 110 s. 25. —selers No. 1 6.10 sales Sugar < 2 5,50 tales Basket 5.15 buyers Copra (mixed) 1 2
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  • 161 4 Penang, Octob cr 21. Beef— c ts. Soup per catty 14 Roast 24 Steaks 24 Stew or Curry Meat 16 Rump Steak 24 Oi Tail each 30 Tongue 55 Feet 15 Heart 30 Liver per catty 55 POKE Pork per catty 38 £i* Head 24 Tongue Mutton pe
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  • 2246 4 *c -2 Number of d .2 15 Capital. Shares 'Z Dividends. Name. j js X r issued. J S =3 I 2 P o S s A 8 Pk 1 C CO 1 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913' f U3BER DOLLAR SHARES. p.c. p.c. p.c. 1 1909 8 4-50,000
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    • 64 4 Old Mother Hubbard, she went to the cupboard, To send her bad cough away, She tried whisky hot, and drank <juite a lot, But she got no rest night or day. In hot water she dipped, ’till her feet were all stripped. She did oil and hot plasters endure, These
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  • 1403 5 Annual Exhibition. The Members of the Pinang Impressionists Sketching Club held their Annual At Home and exhibition of pictures etc at the Engineers’ Institute yesterday evening. During the short hour or so of daylight a continual (stream of visitors attended the exhibition, and remained afterwards to partake
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  • 290 5 ro the editor of the straits echo.” Dear Sir, It is really time that something was done to give Transfer Road a better name than it has now as a locality. This will never be as long as the Malay immoral women living in a block situated in
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  • 250 5 A HIGH COURT BOMBSHELL. Question of Mahommedan Marriages. London, 3rd October. Judgment was recently delivered in the Supreme Court at Pietermaritzburg in the case of an Indian whose wife was declared to be a restricted immigrant. Plaintiff argued that the marriage was the union of one
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    • 442 5 IF* JCN ALWAYS IN STOCK AT JOHN ROBERTS, Billiard Tables Manufacturer, Hotel Forman, hnanc. NEW 8i SECOND-HAND BILLIARD TABLES. Full Size and complete for billiards, from 1450 to $750 and $850. Billiard and Snooker Balls, Tips, Cues, afers,. Spots, and All Accessories. Splendid Quality. Cloth for J tables, $7-50 per
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    • 339 5 v/hf/f/y g P 1 n t y, Vs QUALITY is the point which is necessaryin an enjoyable Cigarette. 1 1 i 1 I s> I I I u V, 9 1 I c *car.ettES I W D. &H OWi t^S?| 6 *ISTOI LOHo®£2ls^l 1 I rnvmz. That’s why “EMBASSY VIRGINIA
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  • 1442 6 Not without a certain satis r action wo note 7 the growing agitation with reference to the recent banishment cases in Kuala Lumpur. I For some time past we have felt that the Banishment Laws both iu the Straits and the F.M.S. are being administered iu a
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  • 94 6 FlMisknd daily (axcept Sundays and pnfclii holidays) at ran CRITERION PRESB, Ltd. No. 59, Beach Street, Penang. Fuca Daily Local *m 954 par annum. ii Oihtotio#### Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Port Fiat) «17.50 OABLB ADDXISS ECHO—PENANG.** Tolephone Not. Echo 586 Printing Department 343 JTA.-All Mmm MMUBiofttioM should
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  • 872 6 THE TAIPING BISLEY. AN ATTRACTIVE PROGRAMME. (From Our Own Correapondent.) Taiping, October 21. Your Penang as well as jour Perak readers will be interested to bear that the details of the forthcoming Bisley meet in? at Taiping were discusse l and fettled at a meeting of the council
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  • 102 6 FURTHER GOVERNMENT LOANS. (From Our Own Correspondent). Kuala Lumpur, October 20. It is officially announced that the Gore™ raent of the F.M.S. has decided to mate further grant of loans to the planters’ fund no single loan to exceed $25,000. loani will be made to public companies. Th«
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  • 723 6 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, October 20. The report of the Singapore Cold Storage Company shows a balance for the year June 30 of 141,630, which, with the balance carried forward makes a total of J49 1 jq The report recommends the payment V,' dividend of 12|%,
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  • 134 7 PRESS COMMENTS. {Reuter.) London, Qetober 20. Tbe Unionist papers generally consider that Mr. Winston Churchill, in his speech at Manchester, was less concerned about securing a naval holiday than to reply to the Radical dissatisfaction as to the increasing naval expenditure. They declare that the presentation of
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  • 129 7 Dsawasiatioa sad Approval. (Reuter.) London, October 20. Tbe Morning Pott scathingly denounces the appointment of Sir Rufus Isaacs as Lord Chief Justice, describing it as an outrage on the public sense of decency and a political degradation of English justice. The Timet trusts and believes that
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  • 89 7 A Reeoaatrwetioa. (Reuter.) London, October 20. The correspondent of the Morning Poet at Sydney states that the Government have decided to ask Captain Hughes Onslow, second member of the Australian Naval Board who was recently relieved of duty pending an inquiry into the friction between him
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  • 65 7 Tkt Coniti By-Election. (Reuter.) London, October 20. The by-election at Heading caused by the appointment of Sir Hnfus Isacci to the Lord Chief Justiceship will be very interesting, as the majority of Sir Rufus was only P 9. The Socialists are expected to run a candidate while
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  • 52 7 (Reuter.) Liepsig, October 20. A tram car collided with Baruum’s Circus •&r and fire lions escaped. There was indescribable panic. One entered a hotel and ascended the staircase, terrorising the inmates. Eventually the Police shot the lions. Liepsig, later. Eight lions escaped. Two are alive and not
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  • 37 7 (Reuter.) Ottawa, October 20. Sir Wilfrid Laurier, in a speech at Joliette, Quebec, states that, if L. Borden introduced a Naval Bill similar to the last one, the Liberals would oppose it equally strongly.
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  • 31 7 (Reuter.) New York, October 20. The Mississipi train, conveying a company of artillery, plunged over a trestle bndse at Meridian. Twentv soldiers were sit.fd tad a hundred injured.
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  • 116 7 AUSTRIAN ACTION. (Reuter.) London, October 20. Austria has given Servia a limit of eight days in which to withdraw from Albania. Austria’s action, without a European mandate has caused strong irritation in France. Reuter learns that in response to the strong representations of Austria and Germany
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  • 72 7 The Kaiser and His Son Aa AaimateS Interview. (Reuter.) London, October 20. The Berlin papers states that the Crown Prince of Germany, who was motoring in Bavaria, was suddenly summoned by the Kaiser to Potsdam where yesterday morning he had a prolonged and animated interview with his father. He left
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  • 34 7 (Reuter.) Washington, October 20. President Wilson will personally decide as to whether Mrs. Pankhu-rst should be excluded from America and will confer with the Secretary of Labour and the Immigration Commissioner.
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  • 171 7 Yesterday. To-day. Rias or Buyers Seller» Buyers Sellers Fall. RUBBER. a. d. a. d. s. d. s. d. An&lo Malay 7 14 7 104 7 3 8 +l4d Bukit Mertajam 16 2 16 2 Chersonese ..1 10 24 1 10 24 Oons. Malays 5 44 6 3 5 6
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  • 72 7 Tia. Rice mad Copra. The following business in tin has been done to-day Penang Penang Tin Exchange, 12} tons at $91.70 Leong Fee A Co., 25 $92.30 Straits Trading Co., 50 $92.30 Singapore: Straits Trading Co., 200 $92.37} Total 287} tons. Tin is quoted in London to-day at
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  • 215 7 The following articles will be found on our outside pages Page 3. —Affairs in China. A Second Hongkong.” The Financial Outlook in the F. M. S Tronoh Mines, Ltd. tt s.—The Pinang Impressionists A Complaint. Indians in South Africa. tf 8. —The Position of China. P.C C. Quoits Tournament.
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  • 1993 7 TO THE EDITOR OF TM* STRUTS ECHO Dear Sir, Your issue of Friday last contains a letter from the Rev. Bro. James controverting a statement made by the Hon. Resident Councillor at the Free School Speech Day. l lam gTateful to Bro. James’ for his very i
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  • 294 7 CONVICTION QUASHED. Before Mr. Justice W. W. Fisher in the Supreme Court yesterday two appeals were heard and in both cases the conrictiens were quashed. The more important of the two appeals was that of a locksmith, who was sentenced to three months’ rigorous imprisonment by Mr.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
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    • 516 7 THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE CO., LTD. t HiadOffici: —SINGAPORE. i Life Assurance and Endowment in All Forms. LIBERAL POLICIES. LOW RATES Financial Agents for Penang. SELLAR, MURRAY A CO. Ttocal Office: —No. 7. Union Strut. NOTICE OF SALE. BY ORDER OP THE MORTGAGEES. The undersigned are instructed to put
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  • 56 7 Obituary. {Renter.) London, October 20. The death has taken place, at the age of S5, of Mr. Charles H. Brookfield, a busy writer of plays and author of Random Reminiscences He was appointed Joint Examiner of Plays in 1911. Mr. Arthur Chamberlain, younger brother of Mr. Joseph Chamberlain and the
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  • 988 8 TO THE EDITOR OF THE STRAITS ECHO Dear Sir, We have tbrou h the medium of your a daily papers read with interest of the E various events transpired in China since the new Republic having come into existence, and finally resulting in tho election j
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  • 24 8 Tbe following ties have be»n fixed for Thursday next: J Dick v W K Sharpe. Fettes r J S Cunningh am.
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  • 1545 8 Preliminary Ixqt'iBY. The preliminary inquiry into the case against Ponoosamv, who is alleged to have! murdered Govtuda Padiachi and Tangam, (a woman), at Bukit Darnbar, Glugor, was commenced this morning before Mr. M. E. Sherwood in the Third Court. Chief Detective Inspector K. J. Kirke conducted the
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  • 640 8 Mb R. Young’s Speech. The Free Press publishes a somewhat different report of Mr. Young’s speech in Council on Friday from that which we reproduced yesterday from the Straits Times. This is what Mr. Young s«id according to the Singapore morning paper The Penang Points. The Hon.
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  • 385 8 ASSIZE TRIAL AT IPOH. Altered Charges Cause Delat Mr. F. H. Baa ks, late manager f 0r Lintang Estates, Ltd appeared before Mr Justice Woodward at the Ipoh Assizes day on a charge of criminal breach of trust says yesterday’s Timet of Malaya Accused was
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 520 8 World’s 10 Great Winners. To-night! To-night!! at 1 George Town Rinematograph, b Kuala Kangsa Rorui Theatre. tJ NICK WINTER" 1 VERSUS “TH£ ACEOFCLUB GANG” i Tho Most Remarkable Detective Drama J Kver Ptodueed. 6.C00 Ft. in II Parts II Reels. t “The Inventor's Secret” One of the Marvels of the
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    • 712 8 MUNICIPAL NOTICE. IS HEREBY GIVEN that the books containing the Annual raluatiou of and rates imposed on all juildings and lauds situated witbiu the Municipality of George Town. Penang, for he vear 1914, are open to the inspection of lUtepavers at the Municipal Office, daily on week days between the
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    • 160 8 For Chronic Chest Complaints, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure, Is. Cd. THERE’S ONLY ONE THE Hippodrome Circus AND MENAGERIE. Acknowledged the Barnurn of the East. Opening at Penang on Wed.. 22nd Oct., 1913, ALSO OUR ZOO OF PERFORMING WILD ANIMALS. Trained and Performed by Dompteur C. Urban. Location of Tents: Dato
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  • 27 9 Ycsielt Irom Agenta Due 21st'Oct. U mite nan Singapore B.M.AJo. Fru,z Eitel Friedrich Colombo BM.ACo. 23rd Detanha Colombo A..G.AC0. 30th D<lta Singapore \.G.AC* lit Not
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  • 22 9 V ui'li For Agent1 Leaver Vncitenan Colombo B.MACo. Oct. Fnnz Eitel Friedrich Singapore B.MACo. vtwinha Singapore A.G.ACO. h>tka Colombo A.G.ACo. Not.
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    • 366 9 Expected Arrival» and Departures, Mall Service Outward. 1913 Oct.30I)evaubarr nnecting with s.s Mongolia No*. 13 Assay# 8.1. Macedonia 27 Delta s.s. Malwa Homeward don via Colombo. FAKES BY MAIL STEAMERS. “A" Accommodation. 1st class 2nd class To London bj Sea $5(35-72 $377-14 To Marseilles or Gibraltar $528-00 $356-29 “B” Accommodation.
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    • 1342 9 4SHIPPING. B BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAYICATION CO., LTD. Fob Singapore (Three times a week). Port Swettenbam and Singapore. (Twice a week). Victoria Point, Mergui, Tavoy, Yeh and Monlmein. (Fortnightly). Singapore and Australia. (Fortnightly.) Ban goon A Calcutta. (Weekly.) Negapatam, Madras, Pondicherry, Cuddalore and Karikal. (Weekly). Terms and Rates of Freight
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  • 1380 10 FUR COATS TO BE SHORTER. A Jewel Season. < London, September 25 To judge from the fashions seen in the new plays, jewellery will be worn abuudantly this season. The fancy for glitter that began ten rears ago, if not earlier, then subsided for a while, and
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  • 567 10 With the election of Yuan Shih-k’ai as President of the Chinese Republic, and Li Yuan-hung as rice-President, and with the Powers now rec igoisiag the Republic, the outlook for Chin» h brighter and more hopeful then it ha? b<*ea since the Maecluia were swept from There has
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    • 110 11 THE BRITISH ADMIRALTY. THE INDIA OFFICE. CONTRACTORS TO THE WAR OFFICE. ALSO THE GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS IN SINGAPORE, MALACCA AND THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES. r.' < isSfr ’'fsSpsfex Iff a C UsS ffi in fcfea* w\ ILK IMPORTANT. In order to thoroughly introduce our new FAMILY SIZE Tin (If pint) of
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