The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 12 September 1913

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1 974 The Straits Echo (Mail Edition)
  • 21 1 THE STRAITS ECHO, MAIL EDITION. $17.50 Per Annum. Single Copy, 40 eents. Vol. 11. Penang, Friday, 12th SEPTEMBER, 1913. No. 37.
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  • 1098 937 Son few mouths ago we met a man in Penang t ho tor sheer uii eyed optimis u as regards rubber ou iampardcd the fes'ive Rubber 'l' tee So we promptly bet. him a hot of champagne that before the end of th current year plantation would fail
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  • 651 937 Dinner nt the E. S’ O. A dinner was given by the Chief Police Officer, Maj >r H. Birry de Hamel, and the Assistant ■>uperint<‘nd“n t s of Police, at the E. A O Hotel last night to Mr W. A. Cuseiden, I S. O, In-p ctor
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  • 139 938 FURTHER FIGHTING NEAR NANKING. (From Our Own Correspondents.) Hongkong, September 3. A telegram from Canton states that General Huang Su Leong, who recently declined the post of Military Commissioner of Canton, hai left for Peking. Shanghai, September 3. After desperate fighting, the Nanking rebels retreated by the
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  • 84 938 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, September 5. A meeting of the Moslem Union was held yesterday evening to discuss the question of observing Hari Riya as a holiday. It was decided to appoint a provisional committee to arrange a public meeting in the Memorial Hall and to pass
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  • 90 938 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, September 5. The bigger part of the village of Gedang Lallang, near Seremban, has b3en burnt down owing to the rapidity with which the flames from the fire, which originally occurred in an attap house, spread to the adjoining structures which
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  • 62 938 {From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuali Lumpur, Septunb r 5 Twenty-one Indian Police recruits were sentenced by the magistrate at Kuala Lumpur to three months’ rigorous imprisonment f >r dis ibodience to orders and conduct prejudicial to good order aud discipline, the s ntences to run concurrently. The
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  • 62 938 (From Ou* Own Correspondent.) Singapore, September 5. The weekly report of Messrs. 1 raser A Co. states that business during the week was dull and dealings in local rubber very small. Sterli; g shaft s were a shade lower As regards mining shares there is vidence of
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  • 229 938 EMPLOYEES’ PARTIAL SUCCESS. (Reuter.) London, September 4. Ninety-one firms have acceded to the demand of the printers for an extra 3|d. an hour and the employees of these firms have returned to work, but the increase, amounting to over 6/- weekly each, must be c mtributed
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  • 180 938 (Reuter.) London, September 3. The decision of the Dubl n masters not to employ members of the Uuicn has caused consternation in the city. It practically means a general lockout and 3 *,O 0 men in all the industries, especially shipping, will be affected. Fife Miners'
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  • 38 938 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, September o. The Garrison Artillery sports were very successful, the 80 com any winning the 1 hampioubhip Cup presented by H. E. the Governor, the 78 company being secon. I.
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  • 131 938 Reuter.) Sigmaringen, September 5 The marriage of Ex King Manoel'tf Portugal to the Prmeess Au mta Victnri. of Hohenzollern fork pla ein rne pr BS DC9 of hie mother, the m tubers of the G an royal family, the Prince of Wale,, tbe Duchess of Aosta tnd
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  • 67 938 Damage Estimated at £lOO,OOO. (Reuter.) London, September 3. The great bonded s‘ores at Manchester, containing quantities of oil, bacon and provisions aud three thousand bales of cotton and two thousands cases of print goods, have been destroyed by fire. The darnige is estimated at not less than
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  • 67 938 A House Equally Divided. (Reuter.) Melbourne, September 4. The House of Representatives, in voting on a censure motio was equally divi led, 32 voting on each side. The members rejected the casting vote of the speaker. Five members on ea th si le were absent from the House
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  • 53 938 Royal Sympathy. (Reuter.) London. September 4. Their Majesties the King and Queen have telegra h j d their distress at the railway disaster at Aisgill aud their heartfelt sympathies with tbe injured and the relatives of the de id They are being kept informed of the condition
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  • 25 938 (A’eufer.) London, September 5 The result of county cricket championship is as follows Kent 81 48% Yorkshire 70 37% Surrey 63 30%
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  • 34 938 (Reuter.) Rome, September 5. His Holiness the Pope is suffering from a cold, accompanied by hoarseness, and doctors have ordered complete rest, but nevertheless the Pope inbiats upon ;eceiving pilgrims.
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  • 43 939 (Reuter.) London, September 4. the winner of the sensational n/bv* 7 l9l3 has beon P u chased for v e 8 L The price has ot vet transpired. E i o i, lg Mi'ioiu at the Gultee More stud nelrKbarkoff.
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  • 29 939 (Reuter.) London, September 4. The D ike of Sutherland ld<t estate valued at i!’.220,905 Practically the whole of it is bequeathed to relatives and servant.
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  • 272 939 TO THE EDITOR OF THE “STRAITS ECHO Dear Sir, You re-print in your issue of the 30th Au.ust “Castanet’s” letter of the :1 st Au;usr to the Editor of Sinn Obse ver upon the subiictof the route for mails between Ban.'k) and Penang He advocates the
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  • 79 939 Someth ng rather unusual in the way of auction sales is to take at the Central Saks Room to morrow at 11-30 am under the auspices of Mr J S Cunningham when J valuable collection of Ma ayan stamps dating from 1883 will be dispersed. Here ts a
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  • 60 939 th tn press we are infor m°d a tue Bxndmann Opera Company will an extra night in Penang, staging ’psv Love” at the Town Hall on SaturWr> I, P Penang to prove that the 1 er °ne uf our Random No es to-day il? c ers
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  • 687 939 Singapore Opinion. in referring last w„ e k to the allegations made against the Penang rice millers comine y tne i ining Gazette, based on some figures by Air. Barritt, we took occasion to very much question the deductions made and it
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  • 873 939  -  THE ETIQUETTE OF THE GAME. PLAYERS’ MANNERS. (By Mark Allerton.) Attached to the lamp posts in the streets of certain towns on the Continent are large placards on which are printed in bold letters the words "£i ist Verbote a.” Tnere follows a list of the
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  • 757 940 G. S. R. C. vs. 0. F. C. The Government Service Recreation Club met the Old Farquhars Club on Victoria Green yesterday evening to play off their fixture under the auspicies of the Penang Football League, and after a hard game the Service team just managed to win
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  • 279 940 Because they Over-Eat. The Singapore evening paper concludes a leading article thus: We have always understood, and we believe it is the ease, that Eu r op ans (in Malaya), Imost without exception, overeat. It is a bad habit which starts with most people on arriving
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  • 1337 940 Hati Riya this year sterns to h been celebrated with lather less than tk* usual pomp and circumstance in p eu Why, we do not know, though perl ldp failure to grant them a public lii.a affected the rej .icing of the members ofti Modern community. They ate
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  • 1462 941 Alleged Defic.ency of $lO,OOO. The hearing of the charge before the DisLn x° fficer Kuala Kangas, (Mr. H. B Bllerton) against the late manager of the Lintang Rubber Esta e, Mr P H. Baness, was consider bly delaved vesterday, says the T. 0 M of Wednesday, ia
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  • 366 942 Sa s the writer of the Singapore Free Press's Sporting Notes “The opinion we expressed in these notes regarding the undesirability of pissing the new Penang Turf Club expenditure scheme by the mere casting vote of the Cnairman, especially when it .was opposed by such sound opinion,
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  • 352 942 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, —The Mohammedans of this place were expecting, as usual, a holiday t > pass oil the Ha»i Raya Puasa, but the h< pes entertained were crushed. There was no holiday for them this year. The Holiday Ordinance empowers the
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  • 23 942 Martin. —On September 6th at the Downs, Newcastle, County Down, Ireland, the wife of SF. Breretou Martin, m.a llb of a daughter.
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  • 666 942 Judging from the number (f officers of all grades who leave it with shattered health, the Dindings is a perfect Ab loch among the districts. There has hardly been a D. O. stationed there for years past but has been a fiequent malaria-stricken visitor to the Penang General
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  • 810 942 Only yesterday in a Random Note we referred to Japan’s polic of exploiting China s weakness for her own ends and fishing in the troubled waters left behind by the backwash of the abortiv rebellion in which there is good reason to b lieve Japanese nationals pl
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  • 606 943 “THE GIRL IN THE TAXI”. There must be some truth in the adage hat people get what they deserve—whether it be newspaper, government or public amusements. We have now seen The I’ill in the Taxi” and we are pretty well acquainted with that Heterogeneous conglomeration of
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  • 126 943 A PUBLIC ENQUIRY. Alleged Defective Coal. (Reuter.) London, September 6. In the inquiry into the railway disaster at Ai gill the engine driver of the Glasgow expiess, who gave evidence, said that he was unable to surmount the gradient owing to the inferior quality of the coal.
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  • 115 943 Mr. Lloyd George's Slashing Reply. (Reuter.) London, September 5. A letter by Mr. Lloyd George is publisher! in the papers regarding the controversy betwren him and Viscount Wolmer over the American Marconi deal. The Chancellor of the Exchequer slashingly attacks Viscount Wolmer’s statements regarding the transactions and
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  • 110 943 A F vc-Ye.r*' Guaee *ioa. (Reuter f Si. Petersburg, September 5. •Official telegrams from Urga have been received at St. Petersburg stating that the Mongolian Minister of the In erior, acting on his own authority, has granted a fiveyear»’ concession for the importation of opium into Mongolia
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  • 102 943 An Important Discovery. (Beuter) London, September 5. The committee appointed by the Royal Automobile Club and similar organisations to find a substitute for petrol has discovered a process by which it is claimed that it is possible to produce forty million gallons of motor spirit annually from
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  • 49 944 A SERIOUS INCIDENT. Reuter Tokio, September 6. There is great indignation here over the killing of a Japanese at Nanking. The Press demands military action, preferably the occupation of a leading port, pending reparation, and the Premier has gone to Nikke to report to the Emperor.
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  • 153 944 Mast Meeting At Hammersmith. (Reuter.) London, September 5. A mass meeting which was held at Hammersmith was addressed by representatives of the painters, electrician bakers, railwaymen, waiters, and musicians unions? The speakers urged a public boycott of the employers unless employed union labour. The bakers’ delegate threat med
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  • 76 944 (Reuter.) London, September 5. The coast of North Carolina has been desolated by a hurricane, towns being demolished and docks and shipping destroyed. The crops are virtually a total loss and it is feared that many were killed at Coracoke Island. Unpreeedent Rains. New York, September 5.
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  • 34 944 (Reuter L >ndon, September 5. The S ffragettes set fire to Dulwich College but the Fire Brigade rendered very prompt assistance and damage to the extent of only <£3oo was done.
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  • 41 944 (Reuter. J London, September 6. His Holiness the Pope passed a good night. His temperature is normal. The Rev R Richards, Superintendent of St Peter’s < lurch, Singapore, will preach in St George’s Church at Evensong to morrow.
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  • 72 944 (Reuter.) London, September 6. Following the trial in which seven officers of the German Artillery and various noncommissioned officers belonging to the Ordinance Department were sentenced to terms of imprisonment for supplying Krupp’s firm with secret ir formation regarding the plans and intentions (f the Ordinance Department,
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  • 122 944 Reply to the Corporation's Request. (Reuter.) Dublin, September 5. In response to the Corporation’s demand for an enquiry into the conduct of the Police, the Under-Secretary of State for Ireland intimates that the Lord Lieutenant considers it impossible to institute an enquiry until order is fully
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  • 43 944 Dissolution Suit. (Reuter j New York, September 5. Mr. G. W. Wickersham, the U. 8. Attorney-General has instituted a suit for the dissolution of the alleged jewellery combination, composed of manufacturers and wholesale dealers and .involving several hundred firms and individuals
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  • 42 944 (Reuter.) Mulhausen, September 5. A teacher, who was seized with madness, set fire to four houses. When about to be arrested he shot and killed eight persons and wounded ten. He bad previously killed his wife and four children.
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  • 27 944 (Reuter.) London, September 5. It is reported that two pearls, valued at £12,000, belonging to the necklace which was stolen, have been recovered.
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  • 246 944 DISCUSSION ON SING HARBOUR WORKS. E VOTE FQR $1,000,000 FOR PENAwr MUNICIPALITY. NANG tv 1 ,1 Singapore, September 5. We take the following from the Daily Chronicle, as our wire from Singapore owing to something wrong with the Govern’ ment line, has not yet arrived: In the
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  • 159 944 Arrest of State Counsel. (Reuter.) Coaticook, September 5. The famous United States counsel, Mr. Jerome, who is representin' New York State against Harry Thaw, has been arested on a charge of gambling. Thaw’s lawyers disclaim all knowledge of tie matter and the arrest is generally attributed to
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  • 72 944 Reuter.) Washington, September 6. The administration is sounding Mr. Theodore Roosevelt with a view to bis visiting England, France, Germany and other European centres to e ndeadour to induce them to pirticipate in the San Francisco Exhibition. Forty-two vaccinations, all successful, were done at the Lam
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  • 57 944 Obituary. (Reuter.) London, September 5. The death has taken place at the age of 70 of Major-General Sir John Slade, Gentleman Usher to King George. Obituary. (Reuter.) London, September 6. pci 6 has taken place, at the age of -•of Bev. Janies Orr, Professor of apologetics and theology at the
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  • 134 945 The Fr ntier Negotiations. (Rev ter.) Constantinople, September 5. It is understood that the British, Austrian, and Russian embassies have received instructions to support diplomatically the Bulgarian delegates in the negotiations with Turkey which begin on Satur ay. Optimism preVdiis as the outcome of the negotiations, both
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  • 110 945 A daring gang robbery took place at Kuh in last night,. It appears that at about 9 pm. five or six Chinese, armed with weapon®, entered Chop Thean Tek Tong, a druggist’s store, and closed the door behind them before rifling the shop. One Lee Ab
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  • 119 945 Says the Straits Times of Thursday. The Mohamedan community in Singapore apparently intends to pursue the subject of the Hari Raya holiday further. At all events, a preliminary meeting of the Moslem Union is to be held at the house of Imam Yusof to night to
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  • 91 945 Ths following changes in the Police Force will take place soon Inspector J. Mclntosh from Singapore to proceed to the Bindings and Inspector Whitham from the Bindings w ill come to Penang to assume duty in the Gambling Suppression Bepartment. Inspector R. J. O’Neill, who is at present
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  • 1016 945 <lent V Yuan' sbf l K Or aDd Mana 8» r of Pre«ithe PeS tE gli b organ, job a b7d tf XefT; h° e Ot fiDd biß uounces that: J d plaintively anpose to ob-erve^the 1 terms P and a-e leaving r th lr a paper which
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  • 164 945 K M S. (Mabiy States) Puhh rand Coconut dilations, United 4,200 Colonel C D Bruce, Captain-Superin-tendent of the Shanghai Municipal Police has resinned bis present appointment to take up an appointment as Police Adviser to the t entral Government. Mr. Uag Cheng San. Chief Chrk of Messrs
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  • 491 946 The results of the recent mid-tlrm examinations held at the Straits and F. M. S. Government Medical School are as follows: Hospital Assistant Course —(Elementary Anatomy and Physiology) S. Sundiam, C. Kanapathypillai, K. Muttaiya, M. Kanapathypillai, I. Tamby Rajah, K Ayadurai, Joshua Baruch, S. Ponniah, S. Sinnatburai,
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  • 931 946  -  (By T. W.) Not the Ferguson tribe, finally treated by Twain It is of shilling guides, twopenny guides all-price 1 guides, that I now speak. Resting here on my way to Paris (where 1 propose to revive my s’udms at the Grand haumi r, Rue Montparnas-e, where for
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  • 1169 946 The Federated Malay States are fortunate in having established in their midst one of the most modern and completely equipped Institutes for Medical Research to be found anywhere in the possessions and protectorates of the British Crown, outside India. Yet very people are aware of the large
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  • 448 947 for the Year. Messrs. Adamson, Gilfillin Co., the local agents, have received advice by cable that a first interim dividend of 5 percent, for the current financial year, payable on l6 has been declared by the directors of the Rahman Tin Co., Ltd. We append the
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  • 291 947 to the editor of the Free Press. Sir, —A man just back from Hill Stations was only yesterday stating his strong conviction that a considerable proportion of the European fever cases up country are large’? attributable to lowered v tility through bad diet, and in your issue
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  • 46 947 August 1913. Output— From Mine piculs 3,064 Tributer s M 321 3,385 ValueProm Mine 176,(00 Tributers 18,000 n > 194.000 L->h mated Profit— From Mine (after paving all cos s of Development, Capital Exp., etc.) S 47 t o 0 Tributers 1,200 I 48,200
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  • 101 947 TO THE EDITOR. Malay Daily ChronicD. The attention of the Police is invited to the introduction from Pe ang, I suppose f the evil of gambling by Nomas at P< b Bin ”in many of the bouses in Ipoh. This disastrous gam should be checked wit h <
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  • 2043 948 —M. M, One piece of advice we venture to tender to the new Inspector-'General of Police, Captain Chancellor, an! th tt is th d he should endeavour to see that his annual reports are published within a reasonable time after the end of the year
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  • 598 949 Tbe Crown Prince of Johore has been visiting the Norfolk Broads. The leave of Mr. N D. Mudie has extended for a period of three months. Mr. A. F. Spooner was among those wh returned to Kuala Lumpur by the English mail. A marriage has been arranged and will
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  • 957 949 Re 3 Title in r I i u Ma Statt9 recently pubj R laQe th- Acting Chief Judicial Commissioner, should, in ,o far as it shows the defects which exist in the pres nt system, prove useful to members of tbe legal profession and Government Servants connected
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  • 166 949 We read in the Hongkong Telegraph. incline 'l to sympathise with the Chinwe Government in ita appeal to Groat Britain concerning Ex-Viceroy Bhum, and the refuge whichi that troublesome old gentleman at the StraitK. Of course it is nee to think that. B Hain and her
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  • 71 949 Mrs Taylor, wife of Mr. W. H Tavlor ormerly employed as Sub-Sanitary Itmpec* tor of the Municipality. made an application liefore Mr. Ju tice 8. L Thornton this mormng for a diyon-e from her husband on the grounds of ill-treatment and non-main-ut? 0 v re P re,en
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  • 52 949 Mr. Justice Thornton, Senior Puisne ?i Ud ?r’i*- ret,re from tbe Bench as from theUth inst. Mr. Justice Fisher Mr i T horaton W ‘ll not sit in Court after n h ,Di and lea7e for Eur °P« by the P. <t 0. mail on tbe 2
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  • 11 949 Tbe Ayer Kuning Rubber EaUte. LW 4.32 Q
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  • 196 950 For sometime new a r tH' <? have appearing in papers both in th i List and in Australia hinting more or le>s vaguely at grave disturbances tbit were fermei'iag in Java. The Moslems were represents 1 as chafing under the heavy hand of Dutch authority,
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  • 338 950 We have received further i a formation in aegard to the gaug-iobbery at Kulim which was announced in our issue on Saturday. It appears that the gang-robbers were eight in number, all Chinese, and that they pillaged a shop in th) middle of the main street
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  • 856 950 Contributed.) The nn-s* exciting incident on a motor trip to Bilik Pulau yesto day, w.s the suuden si nailing of a cooly to slop on the real over the Gmting Pa-s, at nearly the summit. Upon rounding the next bend the reason was s en
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  • 468 950 INL’-RVIEVV -.HE CHIEF SECRETARY. Drainage and Roads Discussed. The Chief Secretur Sir Edward Brockman, K.C.M. G received the members of of the Bigin Datoh Planters’ Association on Thursday morning. Kuila Lumpur, when they laid before hi i th) present uuatisfactory state of drainage and road works in
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  • 171 951 THE INQUIRY. Reuter.) London, September 6. Mr. George Lindsay, a London stockbroker, who was one of the injured at the Aisgill railway disaster, has succumbed to his injuries. London, September 7. Sir Arthur Douglas, ex-Minister of the New Zealand Cabinet, another of the injured in the Aisgill
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  • 79 951 (Reuter.) London, September 7. The decrease in tlm imports for the month amounts to $3,683,752. On tl e other hand, there is an increase in the exports of §332,008. The principal decreases in the imports are in food, drink, tot acco and raw material, the decline in
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  • 112 951 (Reuter.) London, September 7. Mr. T. J. Macnainara, Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty, speaking at Peckham, said that Mr. Lloyd George’s finance had enabled England amply to meet the growing cost of the national defence which was the first duty of the Government It was deplorable to sp
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  • 42 951 The Nank ng Incident. (Reuter.j Tokio, September 7. A mass meeting was held in defiance of the Police prohibition to protest against the murder of a Japanese at Nanking. A resolution was passed urging the Government to mobilise troops.
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  • 89 951 PAINTERS STILL OBDURATE. (Reuter.) Tha -i London, September 7. excluding‘igh" P^ 1 i elJ t^ din toDl th eby North Western Railw.y Cancession. ed ntl^°k rt |r Wp Bte 3 rn Kail wiv has concedin ?7° r ahllhng to the plate-layers in the L verpool district who declined
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  • 94 951 (Reuter.) London, September 6. It transpires that, as the result of dissatisfaction caused in Italy by ordinances dismissing foreigners from the service of the Municipality of Trieste, supposed chiefly to be directed against the Italians, the proposed visit of the Italian Forei n Minister, the Marquis Di
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  • 100 951 (Reuter.) Ottawa, September 6. News has been received here that Radford, an American, and Street, a Canadian, explorer, who left in 1911 for Chesterfield on an inlet of Hudson Bay, to travel overland to Bathurst, on an inlet on the Aret e Ocean, were murdered by E-quimaux
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  • 71 951 Lord Murray’s Triumph. Reuter.) London, September 7. The Standard says that Lord Murray, formerly Master of Elibank, acting on behalf of Messrs Pearson A Co has secured a triumph over his American and Dutch rivals by obtaining a vab able concession to work the oil fields
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  • 41 951 (Reuter.) Washington, September 6. The countervailing duty on wood pulp has been eliminated from the Tariff Bill by the Finance Committee of the eaate which presented amendments under which all the anti-Canadian retaliatory features were re moved.
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  • 82 951 THE BRITISH TEAM. (Reuter.) London, September 6 Among the English cricketers sailing for South Africa on October 18 are J. W. T. Douglas (Essex) Captain, Bird (Surrey), Rob nson (Gloucester). The Hon L. Tennyson (Hampshire), Wooley (Kent), Mead (Hampshire), J. VV. Hearne (Middlesex), A. Relf (Sussex),
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  • 83 951 (Reuter.) London, September 7. Mr. A. J. Balfour, in a speech at Haddington, said that the Government could appeal to th* country before pausing the Home Rule Bill or could appeal to it after it had become law, but before it came into operation the rumour
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  • 81 951 (Reuter.) London, September 7. At Hotspring, Arkansas, a great fire, a mile long and ten blocks wide, broke out in the Eastern section of the city, destroying factories, hotels, private residences, and public buildings. Two thousand people are homeless. Dynamite was used to prevent the spread of
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  • 45 951 (Reuter.) London, September 7. The following was the result of the Prince Edward Handicap miles) which was run at Manchester on Saturday At Laet (1) King Midcu (2) Himan (3j Eight ran. Won by two lengths; a bead between second and third.
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  • 32 951 (Reuter.) Constantinople, September 8. The first meeting of the Turco-Bulgarian delegates has been postponed to Monday afternoon when the date of the real opening of business has been decided upon.
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  • 29 951 (Reuter Simla, Septemlier 6. While 150 pernons were crossing the tributary of the Beas in Rosticapur en route to tba Fair a spate drowaed the whole party.
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  • 65 952 (Reuter.) London, September 7. Mr. Jerome, the United States lawyer who is representing New York State against Harry Thaw and who was arrested for gambling and let out on bail, failed to surrender to his bail. He had quietly slipped across the border to
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  • 65 952 (Reuter Johannesburg, September 7. The labour meeting in the Market Squa e at Johannesburg was attended by several thousand labourers, who passed a resolution expressing disgust at the action of the authorities in attempting to suppress the established rights of the people in regard to free speech.
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  • 55 952 (Reuter.) Berlin, September 7. The King of Greece, accompanied by the Queen and the Crown Prince, have arrived here to attend the army manoeuvres. They were welcomed by the Kaiser and the princes who drove from Potsdam, and the chiefs of the General staff. Austria and Italy
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  • 41 952 (Reuter.) London, September 8. M. Poincare has signed a decree creating a council to advise the Admiralty on technical matters, also a decree establishing French courts in Morocco for French citizens and proteges to replace the consular courts.
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  • 36 952 (Reuter.) London, September 7. A soi ter was killed and s veral persons were injured at Manchester by the explosion of a parcel supposed to contain cartridges for starting races at the sports.
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  • 97 952 (Reuter.) New York, September 7. Mr. John Brown Herreshoff, the shipbuilder, is building a 70 ft. all-steel sloop which will be a candidate to defend the America Cup. Neither of the Penang Members of Council was able to attend the meeting on Friday last, when the matter
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  • 180 952 The Scout Section of the Penang Voltfhteer Corps went out yesterday morning and did some very u.-eful work, the muster being at t e top of Burmah Road. Range Finding. On leaving the place of rendezvous the section went about a mile along Mount Erskine Road, where a
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  • 129 952 .—T.O.M. Attack on a Mining Krani. A correspondent informs us that on Wednesday a krani was attacked when taking money to theChumor MineatTapah. It is alleged that the m n was cycling along a path, leading to the mine, wieu a ratan noose was thrown round
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  • 217 952 Lee Wee Khim —l5 1) beat Teoh Khay Seang (scr.) in the Single Handicap, Class B, final tie by 9—7 and 6—3 on Saturday, and Foo Joo Wan (Holder) easily dispose of Oh Teik Lee (runner-up) in the Championship Final yesterday by 6 —l, 6 —o and
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  • 2775 952 Las? Year’s Report lhe return of serious crime for Pena which is pub ished as a supplement to thInspector General’s report in the current issue of the Government Gazette is below. The return is unsigned. en Penang. 7-15 p M 20th J Muar 1912, tour Chinese
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  • 137 954 Monthly Spoon Shoot. 150 Yards Deliberate. Score H’cap. Made. Total. Miss Gawthorne 89 29 34 31* Mrs Wright-Motion ’7l 32 34.13 Miss W Gawthorne... '7l hl 33 84 Miss E Mathieu 86 23 33.32 Mrs Liston .67 26 32.03 Winner. Practice Shoot. 100 Yards Deliberate. Mrs Liston 32 Miss
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  • 2246 954 Singapore Free Press. Ordinary Meeting, Friday, Sept 5. Present. H. E. Gov. Sir Arthur Young, K. C. M G. The Hon. Col. Secty., R. J. Wilkinson. C. M. G. Attorney-General, G. A. Goodman. Col. Treasurer, J. O. Anthonisz. Col. Engineer. F. J. Pigg< tt. C. J. Saunders. L.
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    • 62 954 Chronic Diarrhoea. Are you subject to attacks of diarrhoea r Keep absolutely quiet for a few days, rest in bed if possible, be careful of your diet and take Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarihoea Remedy. This medicine has cured casei of chr nic diarrhoea that physicians have failed on, ;nd
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  • 117 955 It is pointed out in the annual report on the Straits Settlements police that gambling in Chinese clubs seems to be on the increase owing no doubt to the difficulty the police have in getting a conviction against persons arrested in these places. Five hundred aud
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  • 460 955 Shum, the ex-Viceroy of Canton, is now a r°fug™ in Province Welbsley and, as we intimat'd yesterday, the Chinese Government has made representation» te the British Foreign Office against bi» being allowed to remain here. We have made caietul enquiries m well-informed quarter» and have good reason
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  • 731 955 A truly striking example of the divergence in the point of view from which different heads of departments envisage their functions and responsibilities is afforded in the F. M. 8. Government Gazette ot August Mr. L. Lewton-Brain. Director of Agriculture, writing apropos of locusts in bis annual
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    • 90 955 Chamberla n's Coug'i Remedy. This remedy has no superior as a cure for colds, croup and whooping cough. It has been a favorite with the mothers of young children for almost forty years. Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy can always be dt pended upon and is pleasant to take. It not only
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  • 910 956 (From Our Own Correspondent Taiping, September 8. The outbreak of burglaries which I r ported in this column a week or two ago has recotnm *n ed after a short respite Mr. Il wlett is the latest victim and Mr Barbour, a guest who is staying with him,
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  • 353 956 There is an old-standing feud between the Malays of Ku da B »ya and those of Bagan Jermal, an adjacent village in Butterworth. It is sai 1 that a woman was at the bottom of the original quarrel which dates back some years. However that may be,
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  • 1333 957 have been much less fre(Uent °in Kedah since Salleh Twee, a regular Rob Roy, and his gang were wiped □t a few years ago after much stern-chas-ing bv Dr. Hoops. Mr Ben Mitchell aud Major de Hamel, who chivvied the daring outlaw all over the country
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  • 619 957 Increase of Capital. The Ordinary General Meeting of the George Town Dispensary Ltd was held at 3/a, Beach Street, yesterday afternoon when the following gentlemen were present; -Dr. T. C. Avetoom (Chairman), Dr. G. B. McHutchison, Mr. C. 8. Amtroee, Mr. R Schubert, Mr. H.
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  • 117 958 (From Ow Own Corrspon lente Hongkong, Ser tcmber 8. The chief of the brigands Wu Phi Thye has surrendered to the Cniton troops. Tong Wan, Cheng Suen and other disaffected districts are now quiet. Shanghai, September 8. The Lower House of Parliament his decided first to electa
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  • 164 958 Steamers Adrift. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, September 8. The steamer Keongwai, from Sw.tow, with 900 coolies on board broke the tail end of her shaft 85 mile» off C pe Pa laran, on the east coast of Cochin Chna, and began to drift. Her
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  • 110 958 Growing Tension. (Reuter.) London, September 8. What looks like a serious situ Pion has arisen over the killing of three Japanese civilians by Chinese Government officials during the capture of Nanking from the Southerners last w *ek. A mass meeting vas held at Tok o and the
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  • 65 958 ‘'Louvois” Still Favourite. (Reuter London, Septi inber 8. The following is the betting on the St. l.eger (1 mile 6 fur. 32yd) which will be run at Doncaster on Wednesday Louvois 11 to 1 agst. > ft to I f. all(aken Arda 10 to I i Cur
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  • 242 958 ITS DEFECT. (Reuter) London, September 8. Lieut General Sir IL L S ith-Dorrien, in presenting ths prizes at the annual d strict rdle meeting at Salisbury Plain, emphasised the fact cl' the recent improve-in-i:t in the shooting of the army He said that the new rifle
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  • 78 958 (Reuter.) London, September 8 Messrs. Harland and Wolff, the shipbuilders, are negotiating for the purchase of Messrs. Workman and Clark’s South Yard in Belfast which will i e a valuable acquisition to the former who have large orders on hand beyond the ships they are at present
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  • 69 958 The Question of Kirkilisseh. Reuter.) Constantinople, September 8. Although the ulgarian delegates states in Press interviews that they cannot yield on the question of Kirkilisseh it is admitted in official and diplomatic circles t hat an agreement in principle in favour of Turkey has already b“en reached on
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  • 28 958 (Reuter.) New York, September 8. The syndicate which i- running the def. nler of the America <'up includes Mr. Cornelius Vanderbilt and Mr. J. Morgan.
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  • 29 958 Reuter.) London, September 8. The birth of a son and heir to the Duchess of Roxburghs has given the keenest ratification in the border country.
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  • 309 958 Comments oi Mr. Balfour's Speech Reuter.) TT London, September 8 ihe Unionist papers give prominence tn commeu’s ou Mr A J Balfour’, S p, e h the Home Rule que>tion t Haddington em phasing those passages which were cabled by Reuter yester ay and the following
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  • 173 958 Reuter.) London, September 8. The presence of King Constantine and the Crown Prince of Greece at the German Army manoeuvres is causing considerable attention and is regarded as further evidence of German diplomatic adroitness. The Geiman Press is particularly friendly to Greece whose increased strength it emphasises.
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  • 53 958 (Reuter.) (Reuter.) Loudon, September An excursion tra n from Londonderry to Strabane, on the Great Northern o Ireland and Donegal Railway, left the r at a curve near Donemanaand two carr were overturned. The casualties wer killed and twelve injured. .Attention being drawn to the accident in
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  • 895 959 CLUB SECRETARY CHARGED. The hearing of the case against Chin Foo Seong, the Secretary of the Penang Wanderer g Cluh, who was chared with filse accounts oi the Cub to tne Assistant Registrar of rocieti 'S, was resumed yesterday afternoon before Mr. E. E. Colman
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  • 286 959 The members of the Hunt Club had a very enjoyable ride yesterday afternoon. Messrs. W. T. Chapman and R. B. Osborne, who acted as hares, selected a course suitable both for galloping and provided with a good number of jumps. The weather, which was dull at first, cleared
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  • 621 959 .-L 1). N. H avy Sea'cneea. The hearing of the case against the four Mala s, Mahomed Europe, Hassan, Bakar «nd who chirgpd witb a.-.s.iuii nig Mr. Bam.-.udin, who refereed in the final Cup tie under the auspicies of the Mohamedau Football Association between the Crescent F.
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  • 1208 960 SUMMARY EXECUTION OF DYAK RAIDERS. The Rajah’s V. arning We take the following from the last issue of the Sarawak Government Gazette, dated Ist inst: The Dyaks living in a branch of the Rejang river named 1 alleh situated about 20) miles from the sea have given
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  • 1340 960 That the Liberal Government would force ll'me Rule through ua ler the Parliament Act and then go to the country ii expectation tbit the Unionists would win the General Election and have either to repeal the law or administer it, has been for some time the
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  • 646 961 thp^Yf Ur ave B at^erp d from nnbH a T US anUWal re P o,t wlli hWO published yesterday, Mr. L. Lewton-Brain, Ihrector of Agriculture, is not disposed to a f <a p h very to th- pL-ue Of locu ts Which has lately descended on
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  • 81 961 CH ARGE AGAINST TENNIS PLAYER. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, September 9. The well-known tennis player. *L. Transentar, who is a planter of Kuala Selangor, was charged at Kuala Lumpur this afternoon with disorderly conduct and assault in the Railway Restaurant on August 9. The Manager stated
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  • 120 961 Siagapors. t/'rcmi Our Own, Correspondent.) Singapore, September 10. At the Singapore Rubber Auctions 72,9071 b. of rubber were offered for sale and 67,1991 b. were sold at the following prices: Smoked Sheet SI 14—5133 per picul Unsmoked s'oo —sll9 Fir. 4 Crepe 8125-1130 Sec nd (unquoted) Third S
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  • 83 961 (From Oar Outn Correspondent) Singapore, September 8. The report of the Selangor River Tin Company for the year ended June 30 shows a loss of Sl4 735 after writing off $2,811 for depreciation and providing for the directors’ fees. The loss was made when working the
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  • 95 961 (From Our Own Correspondent j. Singapore, September 10. The Moslem Association is petitioning H. E. the Governor to declare annually Han Raya Puisa and Hari Raya Haji as public holidays. The bursting of the Tin Ho Wai bund in Sout i China lias led to appalling floods
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  • 77 962 (From Our Own Correspondent,) Shanghai, September 9. Hsuing Hsi Ling, the Premier, has forwarded his proposal to appoint assistants to the Premier to the Lower Hous3 for approval. The Upper House has agree 1 to suppmt the decision of the Lower House, reported yesterday, first to elect
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  • 349 962 Further Anti-Chinese Demonstrations. (Renter 1 Tok io, September 9. The anti-Chinese demonstrations owing to the Nanking incident were continued yesterday morning but were c; ntined to window-smashing and tram-car wrecking. It is believed that the agitation wa x organised by the Opposition with a view to embarassing
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  • 210 962 ST. LEGE PROBABLES AND BETTING. (Reuter.) her 9. The following are tin prohibits for the St. f which will be run at Doncaster to-morrow 1 Aghdoe (Maher) Ar da (Earl) Bachelor's Welding (Donoghue) Birlingham (Whalley) Curragh (Stern) Jameson (Walter Griggs) L uvois (S xby) Wil 'l/ n
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  • 75 962 (From Our-Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, September 9. K. T. Ratnam, aged 20, a younger brother of Parimanam Pillay, a leading Tamil of Kuala Lumpur, committed suicide yesterday. The deceased had been living with a hospital dresser named Elliappa. He placed the butt of the gun on
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  • 62 962 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore. September 7. The b 'at of the Keong Wai, which broke her shaft < IT Capp Pandanin, has not arrived at Pan la ran whither she was sent for help when the accident took place. It is rumoured that the Attoll,
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  • 93 962 Future Arrangements. (Reuter j London, September 9. The papers state that H. R H the Prince of Wales will remain at Oxf rd to the end of the Summer term of 1914 when he ex peels to qualify for his degree. He will then start ,on
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  • 188 962 General Election Forecast. (Reuter.) London, September 9 VV ith reference to the rumours of a general election next Spring the Daily Chre nvle is informed that the Government is making all its plans on the assumption that the present Parliament will survive fill 1915. ThP Government, is
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  • 95 962 Sixteen Persons Drowned. (Reuter.) Helgoland, September 9. A German naval airship was destroyed and sunk in a gale 18 miles from Helgoland. Sixteen perished. Aviator's Narr. w Escnpe. London, September 9. An aviator, while testing the army aeroplane at Frensham at a height of 2,000 ft., lost
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  • 47 962 (Reuter.) London, September 9. The strike in Dublin, which still continue?, is upsetting tin cross-channel cargo traffic. The London and NorthWestern boats, unable to discharge at Dublin, returned to Holybead where they are discharging. The goods are being returned to the senders by rail.
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  • 85 962 France, Germany and Greece. (Reuter) London, September 9. A piquant situ tion is caused by the speeches of the Kaiser and King Constantine. The latter will visit Paris shortly but even official circles say that it is difficult to forecast the reception that will be accorded to
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  • 122 963 Canadian Opinion. (Reuter.) Ottawa, September 9. At the opening of the Cent al Canada Exhibition Mr. Martin Burrill, the Minister of Agriculture, referred to th- 1 decisions of Great Brit iin and Germany not to participate in the San Francisco Exhibition. He emphasised in the presence of
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  • 44 963 (Reuter.) Coaticook, September 9. Mr. Jerome, the well-known New York lawyer who was arrested for gambling in connection with the Thaw case, has acquitted of the charge preferred against him. The Court apologised for the humiliation to which he was subjected.
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  • 48 963 Reuter.) London, September 9. The Caledonian Kdinburgh express, bound for Glasgow, had a miraculous escape at Levenseat Seventeen trucks ran away at a siding, collided with the signal box and obstructed the main line. Fortunately the express smashed through the obstruction and kept the rails.
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  • 200 963 (Reuter.) Portland (Maine), September 9. The Republican candidate has been elected to Congress by a plurality of 553 votes over the Democrat candidate with the Progressive candidate a poor third. Previously President Wilson had a plurality of 1,426 over Mr. Roosevelt with the Republican candidate third. lhe latest
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  • 962 963 Sc ine an or seven years a e o it was al wavs p' e to obtain the morning mail < t the i enang General ost Offi -e soon after eig t o clock. Nowadays we rarelv get it. before me. Truly, the Posts and Telegraphs Dei
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  • 235 963 In his annual report on the police department, Mr. Cuscaden writes During the year 125 reports have been made against servants of thefts or suspected thefts. Of these 43 were arrested and 26 convicted. I am glad to see the public both here and in the FMB have
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  • 648 964 CHINESE FAREWELL ADDRESS. To-morrow morning at half past ten at the Supreme Court a deputation representing the Chinese -community in Penang will present to Mr. Justice 8 Leslie Thornton a farewell address in Chinese characters engrossed in letters of gold on blue silk. The following is a
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  • 613 964 Supplemental Budget No. 1. Mr. W. Peel presided at a special meeting of tin Municipal Commission yesterday to consider Supplemental Budget No 1 of 1913. The following gentlemen were present: Mr W. T. Chapman, Mr. John Mitchell, Mr. F. Duxbury, Mr. Lim Eow Hong, Mr. Quah Beng Kee
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  • 269 964 Kuala Kangsar Festivities The following is the official programme on the occasion of the p esentation of the G. C. V. O at Kuila Kangsar to His Highness the Sultan of Perak Sunday, September 21. 11.57 a.m. —Arrival of His Excellency the High Commissioner. Monday, September 22. 2
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  • 1727 965 Conviction Quashed. jt will be remembered that son e months eijht Chinese were convicted by Mr. q C G Muller with being in possession of illicit Chandu at Dato Kramat Road On* of the accused, a woman, nam*d lan Slew gn<r who was found guilty and fin d
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  • 351 965 To THE EDITOR OF THE “STRAITS BOHO Sir, May 1 ask your kind assistance in an effort which I am certain has your sympathy. The social life of Penang has m ny attractions, but there is one great gap which must se m strange to every man
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  • 525 966 Committee Meeting. A meeting of the Committee of the Penang Association Football League was held-in the Penang Free School last night, with Mr. H. C. Kells (President) in the Chair. There were also pre.-ent Messrs. H. R Cneeseman (Vice-President), R L. Cuscaden (Govt. I erv ce), Tay
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  • 861 966 MM. The Lack of Women. In the annual report of the Principal Medical Officer of the F. M. S occurs a phrase which has a much wider application than is app treat when merely read m its immediate context. The wise physician is referring to the
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  • 458 966 Welcome From the Bar. This morning Mr. Justice Braddell pi©, sided for the first time in the Supreme Court, Kuala Lumpur, since his appointment as the Chief Judicial Commissioner of the F M. S says Monday’s Mala Mail. Upon His Lordship taking his seat
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  • Page 966 Advertisements
    • 60 966 Chronic Diarrhoea. Are you subject to attacks of diarrhoea Keep absolutely quiet for a lew days, rest in bed if possible, be capful of your diet and take Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. This medicine has cured ca'-es of chr nic diarrhoea that physicians have failed on, and it
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    • 42 966 Treatment or Dysentery. Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy followed by a dose of castor oil will effectually cu e the most stubborn cases of dysentery. It is especially good for summer diarrhoea in children. For sale by all Pispensaries and Dealers.
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  • 595 967 The Report by the Directors to the Third Annual General Meeting of the Shareholders of this com piny to be held within the Exchange Buildings, Singapore, on Wednesday, September 17, is as follows Your Directors have pleasure in submitting herewith a duly audited statement of
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  • 231 967 The Temerloh Coconut and Rubber Estate, Ltd 1,607 Mr. Justice and Mrs. Thornton (of Penang), who leave for Hom on 9th instant, are coming to i p >h by the mid-day mail on Saturday, to spend a few days with Mr. Justice Woodward.— T.O.M. At the Bukit
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  • 928 967 Though well provided-for in the matter of social clubs—in fact there is a plethora of such institutions in the Settlement Penang has long lacked anything corresponding to the Philosophical Society of Singapore, which enables its members to meet and discuss import.nt questions of t e day in
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  • 239 968 AN OFFICIAL VIEW. (From Our Own Singapore, September 1!. The local Press publish a lengthy article from the Acting C nsul for the Netherlands in Singapore setting forth the offiial views in regad t> the unrest in Java and maintaining that the arrogmce of a great part
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  • 180 968 Victory of an Outsider. (Reuter.) London, September 11. The following was the result of the race for Leger (I mile 6 fur. 132 yds.), which was run at Doncaster yesterday Night Ha wk (Wheat 1 y) 1 White Magic (Wootton) 2 Seremond (Spetr) 3 Twelve ran. Won
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  • 65 968 Lord Salisbury’s Reply, (Reuter.) London, September 10. Lord Salisbury, in a letter to the Times in reference to the correspondence between Mr. Lloyd George and Viscount Wolmer regarding the former’s deal in American Marconis, requests Mr Lloyd G<orge togive the instances tint he hid in mind
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  • 509 968 THIRTEEN DROWNED. (Reu'er.) Heligohml. September ’O. The German army airship which, was wrecked off Heligo and wa the Li. She is of the litoat type. Caught in a sudden violent squill -he was hurl id to the sutf.-ice of the water, ounded by the waves and
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  • 29 968 (Reuter.J London, September 10. The Postmen have adopted a resolution condemning the report of A. gust 15, and recommending an active propaganda in favour of a strike.
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  • 155 968 A SUDDEN DEPORTATION. Reuter,) Coaticook, September 10 The Immigration officer,» seized Harry Thaw snd tock him in a mo*or, shrieking and fighting madly. He smashed a window with a bottle and yelled This is a case of kidnapping.” Then be was rushed to the Vermi nt border
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  • 211 968 Day of Humiliation. Reuter.) London, September 10. The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbvteiian Church in Ireland, in a letter to the Miniate 1 s, asks them to observe So tember 28 as a day of humiliation and prayer in view of “the serious
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  • 39 968 (Reuter.) London, September 11. The Russian fleet of five battl ships and four cruisers will arrive on the 13th inst. at Portland where they will stay a week, returning the visit of the British squadron in 1912.
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  • 41 968 (Reuter.) Peking, September 10. The Japanese Legation has been instructed from Tokio to present tie demands of the Japanese to the Chinese Government in connection with the Nanking affair, Th o Legation describes the demands as exceedingly moderate'
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  • 130 969 fkench comments. (Reuter.) London, September 10. The irritation of the French papers over King Constantine’s s eech in Berlin has not abated. Some demand the recall of Genetai Eydoux and other French m ditary organiser! in the service of Greece whose engagement h s just been
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  • 151 969 Story of Their Capture. Reuter j London, September 11. The accused in the stolen pearl nt cklace case appeared again before the Migistrate st Bow Street. Counsel for the prosecution dwelt on the stimulus of the <£lo,ouo reward. A Frenchman met one of the accused at
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  • 81 969 (Reuter,) Washington, September 10. The Senate has adopted the Tariff Bill by 44 votes to 37. The Democrats in the House of Representatives contend that the Senate’s amendments to the Tariff Bill will reduce the revenue below the Government’s needs and tre trying to induce the Senate
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  • 40 969 (Reuter.) London, September 10. Londesborough’s XI beat Kent by runs at Scarborough. hava n orm ed that excellent entries the forthcoming Ipoh (rath» 1C ee ting and a most successful promoted 13 Coufidentl J expected by the
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  • 441 969 TO THS EDITOR OF THE TEUT S ECHO.” Dear Sir, I have read your Leader in last night’s issue on ‘lreland and Home Ruh’ with s««me interest and pleasure because of the lact that It displays an amount of ‘clear kinking on the present complicated situation
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  • 161 969 The marriage of Mr. Foo Win Poe, proprietor of the George Town Cinema, to Miss Lim Mah Kim, third daughter of Mr. Lirn Choo Boon of the Chartered Bank, Ipoh, took place yesterday at No. 15, Penang Street. On the eve of the wedding day a dinner was
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  • 581 969 -B.F.P' P. C. C. vs c. A. C. The League fixture between the above clubs was played off on the Esplanade yesterday evening before a large concourse of spectators. Mr. L?eTiang Liat officiated as referee with the teams as follows P C C.— Goal, J. F. Wood Backs,
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  • 1262 970 ANNUAL GENERAL MEEIING. The Annual Genera! Meeting of the m< tubers of the Penang Volunteer Corps was held at the Diill Hall last ev umg with Captain Alan Wilson (Adjutant and Acting C m mandant) in the chair. The others present, were Captain J. Kirk, Lieu-. H. A.
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  • 553 970 The Taiping Rubber Estates. Ltd. 4 Quarantine restrictions have been enforced against Swatow owing to cholera. H. R H. the Prince of Pitsanlok i 8 O n his way to England by the homegoing Ger man mail. He travelled from Bangkok by the Deli and at Singapore
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  • 1322 971 CHINESE COMMUNITY’S AfPRECIAfION. PRESENTATION OF A 4 ADDRESS. Au interesting ceremony took place in the Supreme Court this morning when a deputation representing the Chinese communi y of Penang waited on Mr. Justice Thornton, who is retiring from the service, and presented him .with a farewell address
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  • 1134 971 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Hr,— During tbe last few weeks several articles have been appearing in your paper under the beading Unrest in Java,” and I noted with satisfaction that none of my countrymen deigned to answer to all the piffid emitting from the
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  • 171 972 The tie for the Championship between Mason (Holdej and E. S. H slam (Runner up) was played off yesterday before a large concourse of mem ers. Both the contestants were in good form. Mason won the first, set rather easily but Haslam, i r proving as the
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  • 700 972 Death by Poisoning. The inquest into the death of a Municipal I coolie named Sinnappen, which took place I on August 30 from taking pure lysol, was held before Mr. E. E Colman yesterday I aft*rnoon «nd three Hindu jurors, who I were i ot English-speaking people. Inspector
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  • 255 972 A great deal of interest is being taken bv tie Hindu Community of this town in the case against Axeroo Taven who is charged with two counts of cheating and two charges of criminal breach of trust. The I hearing of the case was
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  • 100 972 A meeting of the Scotsmen of Penang was held at the Chamber of Commerce yesterday afternoon for the purpose of considering arrangements for the celebration of St. Andrew’s Day. About fifteen members were present with Mr. J. W. Hodge in the chair. It was d cided to
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  • 190 972 Ladies Presgrave Cup for September, 1913. Result. Miss Mahler 8 down Mrs. Samuel 9 Mrs. May 9 Mrs. Welham, Mrs. W. Evans, Mrs. Edwards, Mrs. Masterton and Miss Brown also played but made no return. Miss Mahler wins the Presgrave Cup for September with 8 down. Mr.
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