The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 19 September 1913

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  • 21 1 THE STRAITS ECHO, MAIL EDITION. $17.50 Per Annum. Single Copy, 40 cents. Vol. 11. Penang, Friday, 19th SEPTEMBER, 1913. No. 38.
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    • 362 1 I ZZZZZZZZZZZ ZZZZZZZZZZ ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ/ZZ X I CONTENTS. X X X X X X X X X X X X X Leaders: page. Miscellaneous (Conld.) page. X X X X s Fiat Justitia 974 Beri-Beri 979 The Police Again 980 Rubber Shareholder»’ Hope» 979 Telephones and State Ownership 987 Acquisition without
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    • 189 2 *Wy* i «Ry f v m > l.i B I STRAITS ECHO I I MAIL EDITION. 1 5 <r Published the day prior to the departure of each mail fl |1 for Europe, and contains the latest local and States 4 news originally published in the daily issues, as well
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  • 1740 974 In the course of his speech in reply to the fare e l address pres 1 u I by the Chinese community ye-t ill y, Mr. Justice Leslie Thornton touched briefly on several questions of outstanding importance not only to himself and his hearers, but to the Colony
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    • 94 974 Eats soa©» W, w-s *<>* MlisM daily (except Sundays and public holidays) AT TUI CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. No. 59, Beach Street, Penan? Puck Daily Local 124 per annum. Oatitation... Postage Extra. Kail Edition (Post Free) 117.50 CABLE ADDRESS ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. Echo 586 Printing Deparinent 343 X.B.—AU bu«ii»»» cvmmunicHinnu should
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  • 525 975 LORD LOREBURN S SUGGESTION. THE NEC-SMTY OF A CONFERENCE. (Reuter.) London, September 11. Lord Loreburn, ex-Lord Chancellor, in a three-column letter to the Times, urges the necessity of a conference of the party leaders to settle the Irish question Ljr consent. lie says th it the critical
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  • 192 975 AN OFFICIAL ACCOUNT. Reuter.) London, September 11. The official account of the German airship disaster off Heligoland refutes the criticisms publish d in Germany that the airship was overloaded and says that it was due to the extraordinary change in the The accident is attributed to a
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  • 219 975 A Greek Explanation. (Reuter) Athens, September 11. A semi-official sta ement says: "The Press and public opinion are deeply stirred by the misunderstanding arising out of the speech of King Constantine in reply to the Kaiser. Greece can never forget the great services France has always
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  • 166 975 SIR OLIVER LODGE’S ADDRESS. (Reuter.) London, September 11 Sir Oliver Lodge, in his Presidential Address to the British Association at Birmingham, urged the continuity of life and matter and appealed to the scientists not to take a negative view on the subject outside their own special
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  • 131 975 Romance of its Construction, i (Reuter.) London, September 11. The romance of the Uganda Railway promises at least to be equalled by the construction a great artery 550 miles from the newly-discovered Port Harcourt on the branch of the Bonny River, Nigeria, to the Kaduna River, where
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  • 192 975 The Japanese Demands. (Reuter.) Peking, September 12. Japan has presented her demands to the Chinese Government relating, firstly, to the torture of the Japanese Lieutenant Nibimisa at Hankow on August 11, who was stripped of his uniform and bung up by the hands, sec >ndly, to the
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  • 69 975 Obituary. (Reuter.) London, September 11. The death has taken place, at the age of G 2, of Mr. W. J. Gaynor, Mayor of New York, which took place from he rt failure in mid-ocean on board the s.s. Baltic on his way to England. Obituary. Reuter, j London, Septrmber 17.
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  • 40 976 CHAMPIOaNSHIP of great BRITAIN. WELLS v. MOIR. (Reuter.) London, September 11. At the Canterbury Music Hall last night Bombardier Wells knocked Gunner Moir out in the fifth round of a contest for the Championship of Great Britain.
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  • 91 976 Centenary Celebrations. {Reuter.') New York, September 11. The centenary of the battle of Lake Erie was celebrated at Putin Bay, Ohio, by the dedication of a marble pillar 335 ft. high, commemorating the centenary of AngloAmerican peace. Mr. W. H. Taft, ex-Pre-iident of the United States,
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  • 308 976 {Reuter.) London, September 11. Mr. Lloyd George, in a letter to the limes in reply to that from Lord Salisbury asking him to give the instances that he had in mind when he referred to the investments of the Cecil family while in office, says: I can
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  • 421 976 THE CABINET AND THE REBEL LEADERS. NEWS FROM CANTO'.’. (Frow Our Own Correspondent). Shanghai, September 12. Ihe Cabinet has telegraphed to General Chang Yu Chin at Shanghai instructing him to enter into negotiation# with the foreign Consuls there asking their assistance to effect the extradition and arrest
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  • 99 976 The Value of Finger Prints. (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, September 12. At the Assizes before the Chief Justice (Sir W. 11. Hyndman Jones), the case connected with the gang robbery and murder which occurred at Singapore lad year was tried, Toh Ku in b ing
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  • 59 976 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, September 12. Messrs. Fraser Co’# report itates thtt all dealings were on a «mall #cale. Each section of the local market alike was affected and, until Loudon advice# indi ate a more hopeful view, there is little prospect of much recovery locally.
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  • 44 976 Mishap to the "Hye Leong. (From Ou* Own Correspondent.) Singapore. September 12. The Strait# Steamship Company’# steamer Hye Leong, while entering the roads yesterday morning, went on a reef near Fulau Brani and was iffl )&ted yesterday evening. She did not sustain much damage.
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  • 427 976 IM IKJ < ■4b -M. M. New Methods of Shoring (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, Septemlier 12. When the Anglo-Saxon Company’# steamer Havre was placed in the King’s Dock new methods of shoring, which were used for the first time in the East were employed. From the
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  • 685 977 We have it on the authority of a wellknown balladist that a policeman’s lot. is not a happy one If we can accept this statement at its face v.ilue and apply it to the Malay Peninsula wo may perhaps get at something like an approximation
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  • 749 977 FORMAL LEAVE-TAKING BY THE BAR. The members of tho Penang Bir 1 rrmally bide farewell’ to Mr. Justice Thornton, on the occasion of his retirement, at the Supreme Const thii afternoon. It was something more than a formal leave-taking it was a manib station of the genuine
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  • 522 977 The regulation of corvee labour is again tho subject of a Ministerial order, signed by Prince Damrong. which apppars in this week’s Gazette. The order runs to nearly nine pages, so that it is evident the country has not by any means seen the last of
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  • 962 978 On Saturday last our Singapore correspondent sent t) the post office in the Southern Settlement a Press message of 229 words for the Straits Echo It v. as handed in at 11 o’clock in the morning, though the form we received shows 11-18 a.m as the hour, and
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  • 345 978 Accused Committed to Assizes. The preliminary inquiry in the case against a Chinaman, named Yeung Ah Pok, who was charged with unlawfully returning from banishment, was heard this morning before Mr. A. W. B. Hamilton in the third Court. Chief Detective Inspector, R. J. Kirke, conducted the
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  • 413 978 C. R. C. rs. E. A. U. The C R.C. secured an easy victory on their ground yesterday evening when they met the E.A.U. under the auspicies of the League and won comfortably by nine goals to nd. lhe ground was in parts under water and thus rendered
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  • 67 978 Foo Eang Sean, a well-known Chinese Towkay of Penang, was yesterday afternoon brought up in the second Court on the complaint of a Chinese nonia, named Foo Sok Boey. the wife of Cheah Boey Teat, charged with criminal breach of trust in respect of two houses valued
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  • 1210 979 We noticed with some surprise that the Japanese delegate to the recent great medical conference h Id m London d clircl that the scientists of that country had not yet made up their minds that kakke, as they call beri-beri, is caused by the eating or white, polished rice.
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  • 396 979 '1 IV io a a —Free Press. I Dividends and Expenses. The hope for the shareholder lie, not an increased price from fl, fi purchaser b, in a reduction of expenses bv th o ducer And that brings up the all C' poi taut question of how
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  • 217 979 To The Editor of the Free Press. Sir, —Referring to your leading article of the 12th March last an I the correspondence on the above subject, the following extract from the Daily Graphic of the 11th ult. is of interest, viz The compulsory acquisition of land by
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    • 89 979 Chambsrlan’s Ctugh 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. Chamborl .in’s Cough Remedy can always be d pended upon ami is pleasant to take. It not only
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  • 1484 980 Every head of department in Penang forwards annually to his chief in Singapore report on the working of his offi *e and his staff tki B Settlement, and we should very much like to know on what princ pie or method uf selection the au horities concernj
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  • 379 980 Presentation of Prizes. The presentation of prizes to the successful com etitors in the recent Lawn Tennis Tournament held by the Penang Cricket Club, took place yesterday evening at the pavilion, when Mis Evans, wife ot the Resident Councillor, gave away the pri/.“S The weath r
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  • 584 981 Mr. E. B. Williams, District Officer, Din dings, left for Hove on 1 &gt;ng furlough last night by the P. O s.s Nankin. Mr A. Gar«i&lt;D, Inspector of Police, Kuantan, Pahang, left for Home on long leave last night by the P 0. s s. Nankin. Capt. S. J.
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  • 971 981 Reviewing a new book on the Republic of Columbia, a L ndon paper says: At present the principal exports are Panama hats and Angostura bitters, and the principal import I ord Murray of Illi' ank. The “cold snap” which has synchronised with the opening of the rainy s
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  • 236 981 Fmther Evidence. Further evidence for the prosecution in tbe case against the five Chinese who were charged wirh misebiaf by fire at Chop Chip Eag, 135, Beach Street was called this morning before Mr E E Colman in the second Court. Insp c or Brereton
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  • 229 982 [From Our Own Correspondent.} Shanghai, September 11. Tbe Minister of Finance at Peking has deeded to allot S&gt;3,UUU,OOO cash and SiO,UOU,UUO Bank Notes for Canton Province. The Central Government has ordered General Looi Chiu Hsuu and his troops to proceed to Canton. They are expected to ar
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  • 73 982 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, September 12 Haji Imam Eusoff presided a* the Moslem meeting at. the Memorial Hall at winch a resolution was unanimously adopted th it Hari Raya Haji and Han Riva P la-a should be declared rubl'c holiJ ivs and that a pet t'on
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  • 47 982 (From Our Own Correspondents) Singapore, September 12 HE. the Governor, Lady Evelyn Young, General T. E. Stephenson and Miss Stephenson and many civilians w- re present &lt; t the Volunteer dance whicu was a very successful function. There was scarcely itindiug room in tbe Hall.
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  • 23 982 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, September 12. Captain Perkins, Captain Williams and Captain Nicholson Lave been granted pilot licences for Penang.
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  • 22 982 (Reuter.) London, September 12. H. rr von Buri, German Consul-General a-t Shanghai, has been appointed German aliQister at Bangkok.
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  • 543 982 the IRISH PROBLEM. A MIXED R' C f PT!CN (lleuter London, Septeml&gt;er 12 lhe oofun, a Liberal weekly edit'd by that well-known journalist, Mr H W. Massi gham, who was formerly Editor of the Daily Chronicle, describes i ord Loreburn’s appeal as momentous and favours a settlement
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  • 168 982 RESULT OF THE COMPETITION iter.) London, September 12 The f Towing was the re-ult of the Imperial Challenge Shield RiHe Competition for ren ors: Average score. 1 No 1 Company, N tval Reserve, South Australia 92 f 2 Ist Comp it v, Roberts Cad 4 Cons 92
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  • 154 982 (Reute I s union. September 12. Mayor Gaynor of New Yor whose rle ith in inid-ocMH w« n corded yesterday, died of heart failure due to a violent fit of coughing c‘ius"d by the presence in his throat of a bullet fired at him in August, 1910. Hi-
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  • 70 982 (liout'-r Lopd' n, September 12 La-kin, o n of th* Lub in Strike has b en I*4 out on bail of X .00 in two sureties of 00 ei h clion by M ter Carrie a. Lo id n, Septemlw-r 12. The ma ter c. i.»r,
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  • 53 982 &lt; Reuter.) London, Si‘pt‘-i;i!»er 12. In the nee for the In&gt;rni.i inal Motor Boat 'I r. piv »1 Iriti y (i,v rt p UH &gt; Mtiple I. af IV V.ont.v, out ol tnethnraces and te H v.ua &lt;&gt;ue. umrica wint ing tone ul tne rucea Great
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  • 114 983 Dramatie Evidence. (Reuter.) London, September 12 The Paris diamond broker Quadratitein, who assisted the Police in the hunt for the famous pearl necklace, gave dramatic evidence at the trial of the accused this afternoon. He sail that one of the prisoners informed him that it would
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  • 48 983 (Reuter.) London, September 13. The following was the result of the race for the Doncaster Cup (2 mi'es) which was run yesterd y Long Set (1) Aleppo (2) Two ran. Won by three lengths S.P. 2to 1 on Long Set, 2 to 1 agst Aleppo.
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  • 157 983 European Giri Murdered. Calcutta, Sept. 5 A horrible murder was perpet-ated at night on the 3rd instant, on a railw iy train between Gorakhpur and Gonda. A European girl, Miss Mona Murphy, nineteen years old, was the victim. She was on her way to Lucknow to rejoin
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  • 118 983 For Using Seditious Language. Johannesburg, September 4. Another Labour representative, bv name Wade, Member cf the Town Council of GermLton. was arrested on a charge of using seditious language. Johannesburg, September 5. It is announced that the recent arrest of labour leader- form part of the
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  • 1042 983 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Taipin September 13. The practice at the rifle range last Saturday and Sunday was so poorly attended by members of the M S V. R Rifle Club as to be ban ly worth recording Only seven members turned up on each occasion. On Saturday
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  • 949 983 CLUB SECRETARY CHARGED. The hearing of the case against Chin Foo Soong, the Secretary of the Penang Wanderers Club, who was charged with furnishing false accounts of the Club to the Assistant Regi trar of Societies, was resumed at noon to-day before Mr. E. E
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  • 652 984  -  (By T. W Six peers, four of ’em millionaires, have issued an appeal to the pu lie for XI 00,090 h u adp 9uate representation of 11 QK lted at th? XV ,U B r 1U One of ,beuj Die Juke o Westminister, has weighed in w th an
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  • 2142 984 ADVISER REPORTS ON A YEAR’S PROGRESS. Recon MF.Ni ATIONB on Estate Labour. l.e administrative report on the State of Johore tor the year 1912, sgned by Mr. D. G. Campbell, general adviser, ha* just heen issued and is reviewed by the Straits Times. It denotes the same steady
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  • 2311 985 OFFICIAL EXPLANATION t F RECENT EVENTS. No Cause for Uneasin ss.” We h ,ve received from the Acting Co sul-General for the Netherlands in Singapore (through the courtesy of Mr. Van der \Vuude, Consul in Penang) the following notes on the situation in Java which he
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    • 42 986 Tre.tment or Dysentery. hamberlaiu’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy follow’»d ly a&lt;i»»sj of castor oil will iff-ntudly ru e the most stubborn cases o f dy&gt;ent» ry It i e*pe:ia'Jv gi»o»l |&lt; summer diairhoea in chihiieu. Fui sale by all Dispensaries and Dealer».
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  • 199 987 Mr. E. E. Colman in the Civil Court yesterday morning heard the suit in which a Sikh named Ichor Singh, a private watchman, sued Bha win Singh, the Sikh Sergeant Major for damages in the sum of SI O'). Mr. H. A. Cader appeared on behalf
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  • 129 987 We have received intimation of a special series of sermons to be given by Rev. William Cross, m a., in the above Church The sermons will bear upou the old yet never s’ate mysteries that envelop human life, and will be an effort to set the claims
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  • 1498 987 Users of the trunk-line telephones between Penang and Kedah have probably remarked that communication between Kulim and Penang is much less subject to interruption and general y a good deal more satisfactory than that between Penang and places in Province Wellesley or even between different centres
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  • 85 988 rumoured cession to f.m.s. railways. (From Our Outti Correspondent.) Singapore, September 12 It is understood that Mr. J. R. Nicholson, of the Tanjong Pagar Doc’; Board, who is at present in Penang will conduct the negotiations for the taking over of the Prye Dock by the
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  • 183 988 Extraordinary General Meeting. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, September 15. At an extraordinary meeting of the Johore Planters Association, which was held on September 7, it was agreed to point out to the Government that while the European estates were forced to erect expensive hospitals, the Chinese estates
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  • 72 988 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, September 15. Gaming cases still continue to afford plenty of work for the Magistrate in Kuala Lumpur and there have been many cases recently. To-day seventeen Chinese were charged with g. r ming in a house in High Street The occupiers were
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  • 24 988 (Reuter.) Washington, September 13. lhe House of Representatives has adopta resolution appropriating 8100,000 for c transport of destitute Americans from Mexico.
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  • 31 988 (Reuter,) m, Berlin, September 14. e aviator, Lorenz, fell from a height of a tk? U eet aQ d was killed. This makes a^r in Germany dur-
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  • 182 988 SZECHUEN LOYAL AGAIN. MORE TROUBLE WITH JAPAN ISE. (I'roni Our Own Correspondent,) Shanghai, September 15. Szechuen Province has withdrawn its declaration of independence and the rebel leader, Hshin Khek Wu, has fled. The Japanese troops stationed at Fengting, owing to a trivial quarrel with some Chinese Policemen,
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  • 71 988 Situation Quiet. (Reuter.) London, September 13 Reuter states that the situation is quiet in Somaliland. The Indian troops sent from Aden after the recent reverse of the Camel Corps will remain at Berbera where the troops from Sheik and Burao are also concentrated. The Mullah is quiet. Raid on
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  • 51 988 Sir John Aird Co. (Reuter.) London, September 13. The Morning Post says that the firm of Sir John Aird A Co. will shortly cease to exist as the second baronet is deciding to give up business. London, September 14. The rumour that Sir John Aird is giving up business is
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  • 44 988 (Reuter.) Newport (Rhole Island), September 13. Mr. Robert Wemmons will sail the cup defender, which is being built by Mr. J B. Herreshoff. It is practically certain that a second, and possibly a third candidate for the defendership will be built.
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  • 103 988 THE SITUATION AT DUBLIN. Reuter.) London, September 13 It is expected that there wiH be th’rty thousand unemp'oyed in Dublin shortly as a result of the action of the Master Farmers Association which ha»! resolved not to employ any n embers of the Transport Union. Two thousand farm
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  • 67 988 (Reuter) London, September 14. The lody of Mayor Gaynor of New York lay in state at the Liverpool Town Hall on Friday night. It was guarded by the 1 olice The catafalque was specially brought from Westminster Abbey and the coffin, which was covered with the English and
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  • 39 988 (Reuter Constantinople, September 14. The Turkish and Bulgarian delegates met in the aftornoon. Subsequently it was announced that the examinations of the proposals on bo*h aid s afford grounds for hoping that a satisfactory settlement is approaching
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  • 45 988 (Reuter.) London. September 13. Kenton Station, Northumberland, was burned and the hiss is estimated at X 1,000. Luggage tags w&lt;-re found on which was insetibed that Mr Asquith was responsible for the militancy and they shculd apply to him for any damage.
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  • 91 988 (Reuter.) Londe n, September 13. The. necklace theft case was resumed. M. Bran staater, the French diamond broker, described the interviews with tho three accused at a hotel in London whnre he saw the necklace in the possession of one of the prisoners. Dur Singapore correspondent wires
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  • 1148 989 LORD LOREBURN’S PROPOSAL. EARL GREY URGES REGONSID -RATION. (Reuter.) London, September 13. Earl Grey, in a letter to the Times, agrees with Lord Lorebum that the interests of Great Britain and the Empire demand a joint effort By both parties to secure a reconsideration of an ill-conceived
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  • 542 989 His Excellency the Governor is expected here by t e mail train this evening. His Private Secretary and A. D. C. arrived thi morning. 8 During his stay her® Sir Arthur Young will probably inspect the progress of the railway line from Bukit Mertjam to Kedah. Mr. W. H.
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  • 153 990 another arrest. Another arrest has been made by the South Kedab police in conn^etin n with the recent gang robbery in Kuliiu when, as o ur readers will remember, one man was shot and a shop in the main street plundered by a gang of Chinese
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  • 433 990 Members of the P V. R C. are reminded that the Selangor Bisley takes place at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, the 4th and Sunday, the 15th October. The open events are: Saturday 1 p.m. 200, 500, 600 yards (7 shots). Sunday 7 a.m 300 600 yards (10
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  • 110 990 Presgrave Cup for September, 1913. Result. W. S. Goldie r. all square. Abe Hou Mr I) A &lt;■ iiii.i irr *srowi) t Al srs F* uxbury W. R Ann-trong, R. B Osborne; Watt J SeH^'v'n 0 6 May&gt; Crabb Shtrn p B ’.l V Pee1 R b
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  • 403 990 A London correspondent writing on August 22 said It is difficult to get at the truth of the rubber share market position. But it seoms clear t‘ at although certain strong inside interests were working for the rise, there is a powerful clique equally determined to operate for
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  • 335 990 lhe Juru Estates Company possesses soil eminently suitable for coconut c iltivation. Its properties are, in fact, very favourably situated in every respect. Health conditions are excellent, the estates running down to the sea shoie Penang is situated only seven miles distan*, affording a splendid ready to
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  • 254 990 Church Parade. There was a Church Parade of the nu mbers of the A and B Companies of the Penang Volunteer Corps and the Cadets yesterday evening. The attendance was fair. The fall in was at Fort Cornwallis whence the Volunteers marched along Esplanade Road, Light Street, Pitt
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  • 228 991 Dr. V T W Eagles to be Medical Officer, Grade HI. Mr C H ummel to act as Conservator of Forests, F M S and S S. Mr W E Andrews to act temporarily as Chief Police Officer, Pahang. Leave has been granted to Dr. D Fold, Mr
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  • 227 991 Practice Shoot 150 Yards Deliberate. Mrs Wright-Mo ion 32 Mrs Liston 30 Miss Gawthorne 25 200 Yards Deliberate. Mrs Wright-Motion 29 Mrs Liston 24 Miss Gawthorne 21 2nd Shoot. Mrs Wright-Motion 22 100 Yards Deliberate. Mrs Wright-Motion 3'2 Mrs Liston 31 Miss Gawthorne 28 From the Mai ay M
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  • 734 991 Much Las recently been written of a’leged turmoil and threatened revolution in Java, the most valuable colonial possession of the Dutch government. Ship captains trading to Australia have hinted at grave uure t, newspapers in tLe Straits Settlements have devutt-d columns to analysis f more or less
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  • 477 991 A team race and a water-polo match between the members took place at the Swimming Club yesterday. These practice games will be held every fortnight and there is a probability that at an early date a challenge will be issued to Singapore. Team Race. Owing to the
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  • 1717 992 for Intellectual Intercourse. There was a large attendance at the n.Lmede Hotel on Saturday night at the fa consider the proposed formation for intellectual interc urse in p n&lt;r Among those present were the pTwitiam Cross (Ghairman), the Rev. PG Swindell Mr. R. H. Pinhorn, Mr. J.
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  • 1437 992 It would be easy to wax sarcastic over the bright products of Western culture a d education who attended the Reverend Mr Cross’s meeting on Saturday and, in th -'r dread of being swamped intellectually by their Asi die fellow-citizens, solemnly resolved that membership of the
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  • 267 993 IRRESPONSIBLE STRIKES. (Reuter.) London, September 15 The speech of the Fail way men’» leader Thomas, in which he condemned sympathetic and sectional strikes as leading to anarch is causing considerable attention. It L’ believed that he is referring to an irreqnn eible strike and the threats of the
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  • 103 993 Murder by a Priest. {Reuter.) London, September 15. A sensation has been caused in New Yoik by a German Catholic Priest, Schmidt, confessing that he murdered a girl and dissected her body which was recently found in the Hudson River. He says that when he found
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  • 84 993 Further Evidence. (Reuter.) London, September 15. The trial of the pearl necklace thieves was resumed to-day. Mr. Price, representing a firm of Insurance assessors, acting on behalf of Lloyd’s, testified that two days after the reward of &lt;£lo,ooo w r as offered he received a letter
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  • 528 994 and SIR EDW&gt;RD CARSON’S A COMMENTS. LIBERAL PRESS VIEWj. (Reuter.') London, September 15. The Daily Chronicle says that Sir Edward Carson has banged, barred and bolted the door on Lord Loreburn’s propo al. It is Mr. Asquith’s duty to go straight iorward and set up in Ireland
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  • 389 994 A DISTINGUISHED LINGUIST. (Reuter.) m. i *l Budapest. September 16. 80 f d p h f naSU^ np!ac&lt;, at ,he of ao, of Professor Aririnins Vanverv the tamous pbilologut and linguist win] w a created a C. V. 0 in 1902. [Born at Duna-Szerdahelj, Hungary, in
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  • 54 994 (R,enter.) Coburg. September 15. A terrific uas explosion took place dining the search for a leak in the street and a neighbouring hou-e was blown bodily into the air, six families being buried. The firemen and troops extricated a Lumber of vieti s from the burning debris.
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  • 49 994 (Reuter.) Berlin. September 15. The heads of the Socialist party have selected Herr Fritz Ebert to succeed Herr Bebel as the lealer of the Germ in Social Rts. The choice is subject to a ratification at a meeting of the party which will be held shortly.
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  • 43 994 (Reuter) Tokio, September 16 Two cruisers have been orderel from Sasebo to Nanking. The public and th»Press apparently regard the nt’s demands as insufficiently drastic a nJ efforts are being made to renew the anti-Chinese. Mass meetings are being arranged.
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  • 985 994 No, Clarence, we cannot possibly print ,!lft rfe/nt-monde storv among these Notes, though we ag»ee that it is a good yarn and perfectly harmless. The Ku da Kangaar tamashi. to celebrate the investiture of the Sultan of Perak with tht G.n V o t premises to some! h
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  • 224 995 a wuwnii'o r.-T. 0. M. Arrival in Penang. His Excellency the Governor, Sir Arthur Young, accompanied by Lady Evelyn Young and Capt. Olliver, A. D. C., arrived here yesterday evening by the express train from Singapore. The Hon. Mr. W. Evans Resident Councils r and Mr. J.
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  • 1258 995 APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER. The A-sizes opened this morning before Mr. Justice W. W. Fisher in the Supreme Court. There are eight cases on the calendar. The Solicitor General, Mr J. C. Sugars, mentioned to the Judge the case against Ahmat bin Hamid, charged with making a false
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  • 960 996 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Taipiug, September 14. The Bintang, as the Malays call the decoration that is to be conferred upon their Sultan, will be carried by Mr. Oliver, His Excellency’s Aide-de-camp aboard one of the vessels o the fliti.la at Enggor Bridge on Monday next. The flotilla
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  • 93 996 A European by the name of Charles Knudson was this afternoon charged before the Third Magistrate with voluntarily causing hurt to one Mary King. Mr. W. H Thorne, who appeared for the complainant, applied for substantial bail. The case was postponed to the 23rd instant, bail
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  • 106 996 .-S.F.P. A very largely attended meeting —there was hardly standing room in the Victoria Memorial Hall was held on Friday evening to consider the question of approaching the Government to secure specific holidays for the Mohammedan community. Haji Imam Eurof took the chair and resolutions were unanimously parsed
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  • 1249 996 September 11, 1863. The caption has a merrie lilt, properly tripped off the tongue. It ought, however to be said, in the interests of exactness, that the lee Fee Dee is not in existence now to celebrate its J .bi lee A ‘‘cert in awaid made -omo years
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  • 1288 997 A SINGAPORE CASE. The Husband, the Wife and the Partner. At the Singapore Assizps last week, before the Chief Justice, Sir W. Hyndman Jones Khiew Yong Soong entered a plea of guilty to a charge of attempting to commit culpable homicide not amounting to murder on May
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  • 456 998 .uuuc up 1.-M.M. and .Police Proceedings. inquest was held at Kuala Lumpur before Mr. L. McLean into the circumstancei of the death of the Tamil youth named K T. Ratnam who, as reported in the Malay ]iail of Wednesday, committed suicide at tbe District Hospital on
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  • 168 998 In the course of an address at a Meeting at Walsall lately, Professor Smith of Hongkong University made the following remarks:— ■Professor Smith pointed out that China’s »00 millions population constituted a quarter of the inhabitants of the globe The bulk of them were Cantonese, who
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  • 19 998 Crichton—At Strathmore, Cantonment Road, Penang on the 16th inst., the wife of James B. Cnchton, of a daughter.
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  • 1242 998 The following appeared' in the Siam Observer lately MAILS FROM PENANG. The Stra:ts Echo reproduces our two articles on the subject of quicker mail communication from Europe via Trang and Singora to Bangkok, and stigmatises our scheme as a poor one compared with the idea they espouse
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  • 177 999 WORKING ON TRIBUTE. (From Ov r Own Correspondent) Singapore, September 16. Mr. Van Rijnberk who presided at the first annual general meeting of the Selangor River Tin Company said that the gravel pump was first worked in December but by March it appeared absolutely impossible to
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  • 104 999 Singapore. (From Our Own, Correspondent?) Singapore, September 17. At the rubber auction at Singapore 78,881! lb. were offered for sale and 65,244 lb. were sold at the following prices; Smoked Sheet 97—5122 per picul Unsmoked 90 —$105 Firbt Crepe $ll2-5119 Second 95—5104 Third 75—$ 84 Fourth 61—$ 71
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  • 95 999 (From Our Own Correspondent). Singapore, September 17. Before the Chief Justice, Sir W. Hyndman Jones, the Singapore Slipway and Engineering Company is claiming $17,427 from Seong Eng Tin, steamship owner, for work and materials supplied to the steamer Hong Ho and for damages for negligence by
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  • 77 999 PRESIDENT Ht ERTA’S MESSAGE TO CONGRESS. (Reuter.) Mexico City, September 16. The message of President Huerta to the Congre-s refers to the tenseness of the diplomatic relations between the Government and the United Stales, although, luckily not with the American people. He expresses the hope that
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  • 144 999 An Official Communique. (Reuter.) Constantinople, September 16. An official communique states that the Turkish and Bulgarian delegates yesterday arrive i at an agreement on the principal points in connection with the frontier question and that a final settlement will be reached at the next meeting of the
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  • 107 999 Manager’s (Reuter.) London, September 16. The enquiry into the Aisgill disaster was resumed yesterday. Sir Guy Granet, manager of the Midland Railway, deposed that after the disaster at Hawes in 1910 the company assigned .£lOO,OOO as a first instalment to effect improvements, including automatic signalling safety valves
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  • 68 999 Workman’s Find in Highbury. (Reuter.) Loudon, September 16. A workman this morning found in a street at Highbury, London, a parcel containing fifty-eight pearls which he has delivered to the Police. Mr. Mayer, the owner of the stolen necklace, id* ntifi d them as belonging to the
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  • 60 999 THE NANKING INCIDENT. (Reuter.) Tokio, September 17. In addition to the two cruisers despatched on September 15 a squadron of destroveri proceeded to Nanking to-day in anticipation of further outrages on the part of General Chang Hsun, commander of the Governmerit troops at Nanking, whose dismissal is
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  • 86 999 A Sympathetic Strike. (Reuter.) London, September 16. The railwaymen of Liverpool, being in sympathy with the Dublin S ukers, refuaed to handle the Irish traffic. Threo men were suspended for it, whereupon 1,600 men struck work. Railway Strike Spreading. London. September 17. It is estimated that 5,000 Liverpool
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  • 72 999 Further Details. (Reuter.) New York, September 16. A dentist named Muret has been arrested on a charge of counterfeiting. It is alleged that, with the Catholic priest Schmidt who is charged with the murder of a servant girl, he rented an apartment in which the Police
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  • 52 999 Captain Shot Dead. (Reuter.) London, September 17. During a sitting of the Court of Honour of the Landwehr officers at Berlin Captain Westernhagen slapped the face of Professor Maas, the well-known painter, whom he accused of slandering him. Professor Maas shot Westernhagen in the heart,
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  • 50 999 The Anti-Home Rule Crmpaign. (Reuter.) London, September 16. Sir Edward Cars'm has arrived at Belfast Io inaugurate the Autumn Anti-Home Rule campaign to-morrow. He will be accompanied by Mr. F. E. Smith and will make bis first inspection of the South Division of the Ulster Volunteer Force.
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  • 28 999 (Reuter.) London, September 16. A chimney 180 ft. high crashed into the Workington Ironworks burying many p® l sons, five of whom were k lied.
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  • 22 999 1 (Reuter.) London, September 16. Thirteen persons were killed by the gas explosion at Coburg and four are missing.
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  • 532 1000 We regr to hear that Mr. C. D. Bowen, no Kinta, is indisposed at Batu Gajah. -&j r G. Boyer, warder of the Penang Prisons, leaves'for Home on eight months’ leave on the 26th instant by the P. 0. i s. It is understood that H. E. Sir Arthur
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  • 1349 1000 I, l ndeed but natural, the anti-Asiatic immigration policy of the great self-govern-n tLe Cr Wn haB Si ven rise n India to bitter resentment, which finds re t Bl °k n m P ara B ra P bs as the followNeu^ hlCh We lft frOm the Indian
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  • 731 1001 BATU ITAM ROBBERY. The hearing of the case against Foo Yew who was charged with committing robbery by using a deadly weapon, to wit, a knife, voluntarily causing hurt and housebreaking by night was resumed yesterday afternoon before Mr. Justice W. W. Fisher in the Supreme Court. Continuing
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  • 536 1001 TO THE EDITOR OF THE “STRAITS ECHO.” Sir, In your leading article of yesterday, you state that the meeting which on Saturday decided to form the Penang Athenaeum” “solemnly resolved that membership of the society should be limited to Europeans. Neither your own report of the meeting
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  • 929 1001 WOetUci uu —ft i ft coolie in the lowliest of positions.— Mai y Mail. From the report of the meeting of th# Ulu Selangor District Planters Association it will be seen that the question of the rata of wages paid to Chinese coulies was discussed.
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  • 660 1002 B. N. B. Herald Opening of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce. Sandakan, September 1. On the evening of August 25, there o r curred at Sandakan an event of considerable interest and of no little importance to this State. We refer to the opening by the Hon
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  • 322 1002 Messrs. Macmillan Co. enj »y a deservedly high reputation for the publication of educational works and in the Enylith Reader for Foreign SlulenU (XIX h Century), by Wilfiid C. Thor ley, which reac ed us la t week, they hive given the student what d ust be a
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  • 1416 1002 ”G. C. V. 0. Week Septemb r 21 to 28, 1913. The Acting Secretary to Resident, Perak, supplie.- us with tiie following information as iu the festivities of the G. C. V. O week at Kuala Kangsar. The arrival of His Excellency tie High Commissioner at
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    • 43 1002 Tredmznt or Dysentery. Chamberlains Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy followed by a dos'i of castor oil will fffectu.lly cu e the most stublxjm cases of dysentery His e-pe Anly good lor 8 miner diarrhoea in children. lor sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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  • 647 1003 A Malay View. Bahwa sasunggohnya dengan boberapa suka chita kita mendeng ar kan yang orang kita Islam telah uienvada-san su &gt;t mashuarat ramai dalam perkara hari2 kelepas an ramai ba-ai Hari2 Raya itu karna iai u menunjokkau ymg orang2 kita Islam diSibelah sini telah suara-kan besir guna-nya sabarang
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  • 1214 1003 Among the many articles of daily con. suuqJ on by all classes of the population which have inc.eased considerably in rj ee during the past few years non j perhaps has been more rapid in its rise than fuel. The factoiy manager at Caledonia, where iu
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  • 560 1004 M^Vin b p S beOQ P lea Bed to approve of Singer PUJI 1 .J as P« ctor O’Neill, of the Marine Station, Capt. W. A. M,ore, R. G. A has been K^ R to A. tb# M-A5 We may recall that Sir Maurice de Bunsen who succeeds Sir
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  • 198 1004 ANNUAL GiNERAL MEETING (from Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, September 17. At the annual general meeting of the Jonah Rubber Estates Mr. Snodgrass, who presided, said that provision could not be made at prese t for the redemption of the mortgage to the F. M 8. Government to
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  • 116 1004 The Notorious Schmidt.| (Reuter.) New York, September 17. Ihe coroner, Mr. Frietarg, referring to the arrest of Muret, the dentist, for counterfeiting, said hat the priest Schmidt, at present under arrest for murder, was the master mind in the criminal association. Schmidt was the assistant
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  • 43 1004 Reuter.) Loudon, September 17. Major Winterfeld, a German who b attending the French manoeuvres, was fieri, usly injured by the overturning of his motor car. His pelvis was fractured. M Poincare made repeated enquiries as to bis condition.
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  • 50 1004 Poor Support. —I I —ll—(From Our Own Correspondent) Sinnttpore, Eeptemtar 17. In connection with the proposed formation in Singapore of a European Volunteer Infantry corps, the signature lists s' ow that is very poorly supp irt» d and it is understood that the scheme will be abandoned.
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  • 46 1004 (Reuter.) London, Septemtar 1 7. President Huerta of Mesic tin l is missive to Congress recommended the nonrenewal of the jwrmisGou to American warships to rm.in in the Mexican ports when the six mouths’ period granted by Congress expires a month houcc
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  • 228 1005 TILLING'S BUS ME N ON STRI KE. (B-ju/er.) Lond n, l7. Eighty bus men of TiTng’R Bus Company are not working to-day and only twelve were working at midnight. Meetings of tho bus men were called. The men declared that they would insist upon their right to wear
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  • 127 1005 Story of the Quarrel. (Renter.) London, September 17 Professor Maas, the wdl-known pnnter who shot Captain Westernhagen in the heart, has l»een released by th« authorities who are satisfied that he aebd in selfdefence The uff iir has can-cd a spusa ion in Berlin Piofessor Mais it
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  • 28 1005 Cricket in En gland. (it ut'r.) Lot don, September 17. The Rest of England beat Kes t and Yorkshire by an inuiugs and 45 runs at the Oval.
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  • 121 1005 THE JAPANESE DEMAND:. (From Our Own. Correspondent.) Hongkong, September 17. By order of General Loong Chia Kong, Tu uh of Canton, Ching Keng Wah, Coinmissio er of Police, aud Ching Chun I iug who were strongly against the Government we e shot to-d y. Teng Yu Kong
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  • 115 1005 The Proposed Frontier. (Reuter.') Constantinople, September 7. The meeting of the Turkish and Bulgarian delegates to dav will lie chiefly concerned with the possession of Demotika. When an agreement thereon has been reached the delegates will examine the demarcat ion of the frontier which has been fixed by
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  • 93 1005 A Severe Engagement. (Reuter.) Rome, September 17. The Italian troops, commanded by General Torelli, when pursuing the rebels from an abandoned position at Gaur, mi lw*y between Benghazi and Dorna, encountered the enemy in a broken, wooded country After a stubborn engagement the enemj was beaten
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  • 52 1005 (Reuter.) London, September 17. Vice-Admiral Charles Ramsay Arbuthnot an I Captain Eric Bick r&lt; n a hundred ya ds’ race at Portsmouth yesterday in fulfilment of a wager of £1 made twenty yens ago Captain Back won in 12| sec. Admiral &lt;?ii Hedworth Meux was
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  • 37 1005 (letter.) London, September 17. The Spmia ds are again severely pressed round Ceuta, where Raisuli, th? noted antagonist of the Fieueh, has assumed the leadeiship of the enemy. Strong reinforcements are Laving Spain.
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  • 45 1005 Vardon in Fin? Fortn. (Reuter.) Brookline (Massachusetts), September 17 In the first qualifying round for the Open G-ll Championship Vnrdon was the lowest scor. r with 151. The Brstoa amateur Oui Pt, a youth of twenty, was next Lwe4 score, with 52
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  • 155 1005 H. M.S. Malaya.” Sir Frank Swettenham'» View*. Sir Fr nk Swettenh im tells the truth rathe- "vnicaliy but tersely, when he writes in thy baity Express: In regard to Mr. Arnold White's statement on the subject of the Malay halt leak j&gt;, it woald be pcs ide to write a
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  • 380 1005 We are pleased to be able to contradict the alarmist reports with reference to the health of Sir Arthur Young which have followed His Excellency up here from Singapore. The Governor has been suffering, it is true, from an affection of the car necessitating medical attention, but
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  • 620 1006 p. 0. R. C. v S X. R. C. This match was played on the Esplanade yesterday afternoon before a large crowd of spectators Mr H. A. Neubronner refereeing- The Post Office Recreation Club kicked off but almost imtni diately they bad to rally their iiwu for the
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  • 3245 1006 AN INTERESTING RECORD. We have received from Mr. W G Mil. well. Adviser to the Kodah Government, a copy of his report on the admini.tratioo of that State for the Mobamedan year ended December 10, 1912. We publish to-day the following extract.: Agriculture. Rubber-planting his male steadv
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    • 60 1007 Chronic Dhribwa. A»e you subject to attacks of diarrhoea f Keep absolutely quiet for a few days, rest in bed if possible, be catful of your diet and take Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. This medicine as cured cases of chnnic diarrhoea tna jhysicians Lave failed on, and it
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  • 273 1008 ’A meeting of the Board of Licensing Justices, to consider applications for Public House and Billiard Saloon licences, was held at the Di trict Court yesterday afternoon. Among those present were Mr. A. V. Brown (Chairman), Mr. VV. Peel, Mr F. Duxbury, Mr. A 3. Anth
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  • 290 1008 Victoria Jubilee Chapter. The installation ceremony of the Victoria Jubilee Chapter No. 1555 E C. of the Royal Arch Freemason was held at the Freemas ns* Ball, Northam Road, list night. There was a large attendance. After the ceremony an adjournment was nude to the banquet ball
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  • 1188 1008 luiwanj io ner high destiny in the Empire.— L. C’. Exprett. ,u e p h oWnt heEngli9h Public that t ere B.X ao7i ntr7 M ’l’’ eo»« I Wa equence ue occasionally p Th» Diln,e 10 Ur &gt;rnln neWB s P hm M T
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  • 116 1008 Itu propose.! to hold the St. Xwmr’ii Annual Sports on the 27th iust Those desirous of competing in the open events will please note that the entries should l&gt;e made before Thursday, the 25th in.t. The following are the open eventv Obstacle Race.—Open to all X
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  • 914 1009 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Taiping, September 18. Motorists complain bitterly of the Nibong Te al pontoon bridge. ihey say that at high tide it a*sumes such a shape that cars with a long wheel-base get badly bumped. They fuither complain that theie is Lot a decent board for
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  • 311 1009 Before Mr. A. W. B Hamilton in the Third Court yesterday, a Chinaman named Lim Chu Sah was charged with allowing other than an adult male Chinese to smoke chandu on his licensed premises and with allowing a person below the age of 16 to enter
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  • 375 1009 The Home pipers have evident], IvO. taken in by a spoof letter addressed some moa I ago to the Singapore Free Preu the subject of the Tanglin Club uniform They apparently think that the letter w». wntteu by a pukka Chinaman, perhaps because it reads like Huntley Wright
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  • 244 1009 An extraordinary general meeting of the Asiban (Sumatra) Rubber Estates Company was held on Aug 18, at which a series of resolutions were passed, on the motion of Mr. G. M Dundas Mouat (the chairman), approving a scheme of reconstruction which provided for the substantial
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  • 223 1010 Important 1 Regulation Affecting Civil Servants. 'l’liQ Pension Minule dated January 1, 190’, published on pages 4to 15 of the Regulations of Hongkong, 9’o, is amended hvthP addition of the blowing chir*:24.- If au y person to whom a penaion has been granted under this nominee becomes,
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  • 420 1010 Judgment Reserved. The hearing of the case against Chin Fu Siong, who was charged with furnishing false accounts of the Penang Wanderers Club to the Registrar of S &gt;cieties, was resumed before Mr E. E Collan yesterday afternoon. The accused, cross-examined by Mr. W. T. Chapman,
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  • 561 1010 Mr. H. C. E. Zicharias, of Kuala Lumpur writes to the Manchester Guardian 1 Enactment which is intended to protact Malays against the remptation to divest themselves of their ancestral lands He state* Aill you allow me to point out that the bill under consideration is open to
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  • 283 1010 TO THE EDITOR OF THE “STRAITS ECHO.” Sir, From what I have seen and come across in the many Chinese marriages that have aken p'tcp sircc the success of the Revolution in China I am at a loss to know which is the proper and only custom
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  • 338 1010 I’lio annual n eeting of the shareholder cf tho Jugia Land and Rubber Estates Limited) was held at Glasgow on August 29, Mr. Dougal presiding In moving the adoption of the report, the chairman said that he was glad that tho company was now entering the
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  • 116 1011 Penang, September 19 (liy courtesy of the Chartered Rank.) London, Demand Bank 2/4 4 months’sight Bank 2/4 s 3 Credit 2/4£ M 3 Documentary Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs 74 3 days’sight Private 176 Bombay. Demand Bank (4 Moultuein, Demand ank 173 3 days’sight Private 176 Madras, Demand Bank 174
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  • 196 1011 Gold Leaf T 6440 Black Pepper Mr-sales White Pepper 29 60 —sales Trang Pepper 24 sals Cloves ...39,0hZ of season Mace 20 nominal Pickings 75 sales Nutmegs 110 s. 24. sellers No. 1 6.10 sales Sugar 2 5,50 sa/ea (Basket LAL buyers Copra (mixed) ]%.—buyers STahbun... 190.— sellers S":::
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    • 665 1011 The Way to Attack Malaria. Testimony from the Iropk s on the EFFICACY OF Dr. WILLIAMS PINK I ILLS. To eliminate the cause not merely the symptoms —that is the right way t o attack Malaria. The cause is pirasitcallv poisoned blood, 'lhe cure is in Dr Williams’ Pink Pills.
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    • 252 1013 j CRITERION PRESS, Id. I No. 59, Beach Street, Penang. W I I ESTABLISHED ISS3. B N PRINTERS PUBLISHERS. I I Proprietors ol the “STRUTS ECHO’ wd "PER AUG SIN POE.” I The most enterprising and up-to-date printers and H lithographers in the Orient. B I Our plant is of
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