The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 28 November 1913

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    21 1328 THE STRAITS ECHO MAIL EDITION. $17.50 Per Annum. Single Copy, 40 eent*. Vol. 11. Penang, Friday, 28th NOVEMBER, 1913. No. 48.
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      289 1328 5 i —J I I CONTENTS. X X X X x f X Leaders PAG1 Miscellaneous (Contd t page. S The Rice Combine 1,330 Bank Suspends 1,339 A w'? m C I.' 0 1 J’ 335 The Circumlocution Office 1,339 A Welcome Exception1,341 Of Labour and Liberty ...1,341 x Collective
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      169 1329 La 1 THE STRAITS ECHO MAIL EDITION. tj Published the day prior to the departure of ach mail a for Europe, and contains the latest local and States 1 news originally published in the daily issues, as well as U all important news from various parts of the Far East,
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    THE RICE COMBINE.
    1006 1330 In the old days our friend Mr. Jas. T. Dobbie, now returned to his native heath and working on a paper at Glasgow, used to be the Penang correspondent of the Siam Observer, with which he was connected before he came to the Straits to join the
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    Rubber.
    561 1330 THE REFORM MOVEMENT. Coming Report of th. Rubber Growers’ Asso«iation. The Rubber Growers’ Association has within its reach the opportunity for making history Whether it will gra,p that opportunity, or allow it to slip through apprehensive figures, the next week or ,o should show. Long-gathering dissatisfaction and xague alarm
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    Penang Golf Club.
    52 1330 The following was the result of the Ladies’ Monthly Medal for November Mrs Samuel 384-37 754- 3 Mrs Ed wards 414-50.-91 —12 =7‘j Miss Sellers, Mrs l ark, Miss Mahler an I Mrs May also playerl but made no leturu. Mn Samuel w lQ8 the medal with
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      96 1330 svaaws saia®. > (dr /pK pL fibliftbid daily (except Sundays sad pvblie holidays) AT TM1 CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. No. 59, Beach Street, Penang. Pbicb Daily Local 124 per annum. OatoUtion.M Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Post Free) 117.50 OABL1 ADD1BSS ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Not. Echo 586 Printing Department 343 MA.—All SusiBMt communication»
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    PENANG VOLUNTEERS.
    1699 1331 PRIZE DISTRIBUTION AND SMOKING CONCERT. The Annual Distribution of Prizes of the Penang Volunteer Corps, followed by a smoking concert, was held at the Drill Hall last night when the Hon. Mr. W. Evans, Resident Councillor, presented the prizes to the successful competitors at the last shoot* ing
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    The Straits Turf.
    443 1332 The annual meeting of the Penang Turf Club formed, as it often does, the opportunity for airing some interesting views on Straits Racing and will have been read with interest by racing supporters in Malaya There still seems to be a disposition to preserve the open mind
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    Says Wednesday’s Free Press:
    70 1332 A Chinese constable on Saturday evening had occasion to arrest a couple of his countrymen for misbehaviour. He had taken his captives to the Central Police Station and was afterwards walking down South Bridge Road when he was set upon by a gang of Chinese who
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    918 1332 0f P thT&’ P ?K tree,, one dX"a>e 7 arĕlh The 1 »'-g« dswgSrs iuugoid disease which Mr. Walter Fox Problb1 ,b re P for it and they have got to go, but from an artistic point of Lw tb!°r disappearance is a thousand pities. Mr. Algernon Ashton,
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    The price of limes
    44 1332 has gone up consider- ably. Whereas last month the price was half a cent each, they could not b purchased at any of the markets this morning at less than three cents each, and they were small limes at that.
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    At Kuala Lumpur yesterday,
    51 1332 wires o ir correspondent in that town, Selangor beat the K O. T. L. I by five goals to one. Splendid work was done by A W. 8 Warner the home cent e forward Collie Browne scored for the visitors. The Yorkshires play Klang at Rugby
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    Mr. Justice W. W. Fisher
    62 1332 delivered judgment this morning in the ap|>eal of Ayeroo Taven, who wai charge I before Mr. A V. Brown with cheating, ail sentenced to six months’ rigorous imp. so ment. His Lordsh p quashed the convict ion. Mr. G E Wright Motion appeared on behalf
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    The League match
    69 1332 between the C U A. C. and the E. A. U. which was played nn Victoria Green yesterday evening, ended in a victory for the former team l,y one goal to nil The game was p oetically even and both sides bad an equal fhare of the
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    Further stories of severe flooding
    119 1332 owing to the recent heavy r tins are corning in from all surrounding districts, say» VVednesdav’s T. 0. M. The dip in Kuala Road alx)ut a mile out of Ipoh is under water to a depth of several feet. and the road is impassable to
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    AFFAIRS IN MEXICO.
    251 1333 U. S. A. AND THE INSURGENTS. (Reuter, j New York, November 20. Following upon the demand of the insurgent leader, General Carranza, that Mr. Hale, President Wilson’s unofficial envoy should produce bis credentials, which he was unable to do, dealings between the American Government and the insurgents
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    Indian Unrest in Natal.
    91 1333 Position Still Grave. (Reuter.) London, November 20. The position in Natal, owing to the Indian unrest, is still grave. There has been an exciting disturbance in the sugar estates at Illovo where a small body of Police, armed only with staves, routed 400 Indians who assailed
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    The Mongolian Mission.
    70 1333 Russo-Mongolian Trade Relations. (Reuter.) St. Petersburg, November 21. The Mongolian Premier states that the object of his visit to the Russian capital is to express the sincere thanks of a reformed Mongolia for the friendship of the Russian government. The Mission will present the Tear a letter
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    LABOUR TROUBLES IN DUBLIN.
    153 1333 A CITIZEN ARMY. (Reufer.) London, November 20. The Labour leader Connoly, addressing the strikers at Dublin yesterday evening, said that any one intending to join the Transport Workers’ Union must be prepared to enrol themselves in the Citizen Army which was being organised He said that
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    Larkin at the Albert Hall.
    62 1333 (Reuter.) London, November 20. Mr. Larkin addressed a Socialist demonstration at Albert Hall in a violent speech denouncing the capitalists and the government. The announcement of the trade union leaders’ policy towards Dublin was hissed by the students who, in trying to rush the hall,
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    Ulster and Home Rule.
    53 1333 Mr. Redmond at Birmingham. (Reuter.) London, November 20. Mr. John Redmond, speaking at Birmingham, said that the Opposition might make up their minds that there will not be a General Election and that Home Rule, Welsh Disestablishment and the Plural Voting Bills will pass as law
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    Postal Employees and Strikes.
    35 1333 A Warning. (Reuter J London, November 20. Mr. Herbert Samuel, Postmaster General, warned the postal employees that if they went on strike measures would ba taken to render its recurrence impossible.
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    The Livingstone Medal.
    21 1333 (Reuter London, November 20. The Royal Scottish Geographical Livingstone Medal has been conferred on Commander Evans at Edinburgh.
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    Krupp’s Dividend.
    25 1333 Krupp s Dividend. (Reuter.) London, November 20. Krupp’s paid a dividend of M% on a capital of XH,000,C00 which is the highest dividend on record.
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    Another Fire in Kuala Lumpur.
    101 1333 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, November 21. The third fire within four days occurred in Pudu Street early this morning and nine shophouses, mostly of the old wood-frame type, were gutted. The rest of a big block was caved after three hours’ strenuous work
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    Singapore Share Market.
    70 1333 (From Our Oim Correspondent,) Singapore, November 21. Messrs. Fraser Co’s weekly report states that during the past week more substantial advances were made than was experienced for mcnths. The results of the auction had a remarkably steadying effect on rubber and should the prices be maintained there
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    Kwong Yik Bank.
    51 1333 Reconstruction Scheme. (Front Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, November 21. In regard to the suspension of payment by the Kwong Yik Bank it is stated that the liabilities at the end of September were $4,4C0,000 and the assets $5,600,000. The Company is being reconstructed the shareholders will meet
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    Australian Politics.
    35 1333 (Reuter.) Melbourne, November 20. The Labour majority in the Senate refuses to transact business until the House of Representatives considers Mr Fisher’s motion of no confidence which the Government declined to treat seriously.
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    The Selling of Rubber.
    106 1333 Forecast of Growers’ Committee Proposals. London, November 7. The newspapers are publishing forecasts of the Rubber Growers’ Committee’s proposals. There will be six standard grades. Each parcel of rubber sold will be identified by an index number based on vulcanisation tests, enabling the manufacturers to order
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    A Chinese resident
    56 1333 with whom a repre- sentative of the Kuala Lumpur paper had a chat this morning is strongly of opinion that the present system in vogue in the F.M.S. of granting chandu licences is not the best that could be devised, and points to British North Borneo, where
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    The Ipoh Libel Case.
    799 1334 As the St) aits Tunes has commented editorially on the libel action brought against it by Mr. F. O. B Dmnys, it presumably does not intend to appeal against Mr Justice Woodward’s judgment awarding Mr Dennys |5,0u0 and costs. We therefore, feel justified in expressing our
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    Planter’s Accident.
    204 1334 As the result of a distressing gun accident last week, Mr. Horsburgh of Louin Estate, Kuala Kangsar, has suffered the amputation of one leg. At seven o’clock in the evening he went out of his bungalow to shoot two rausangs, which were in a tree close to the
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    The Malay Mail
    55 1334 has it on good authoiiiy that there is a prospect of a big hotel, financed by Chinese and run on European lines, being built in Kuala Lumpur. This will be good news to those who in the past have been so hard hit by the lack of
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    The Rubber Growers’ Association
    61 1334 haa issued a circular intimating that it has offered a present free of cost of rubber flooring to the new Stephen Ward, at Guy’s Hospital, and the offer has been accepted. It is to be the gift of whatever Companies choose to share in the arrangement.
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    Tbe Chief Justice
    101 1334 on Tuesday made abao- lute his decree in a divorce case heard in the Supreme Court, Singapore, in August last. The petitioner in th? case wan a Chinese Christian local preacher narmd Tiu Cheng Leong and respondent was his wife lu Kim Lian, with whom another Chinese
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    Rubber Prospects.
    1249 1334 Although the movement is not yet clearly defined, we are inclined to think that the price of rublier is beginning townend. There may be a few ups and downs, but tbe year should close with best quali y plantation well above 2 6 per lb. and that will
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    Our Kuala Lumpur correspondent wires
    24 1335 that H. E the Governor has accepted the invitation to attend the St. Andrew’s Ball at the Federal Capital.
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    The Indian poetess,
    79 1335 Mrs. Naidu, was j LIO XU'JIUJU entertained at, dinner at the Hotel Cecil, London, on the 7th inst., by the distinguished literary company. presided over by Mr. William Yeats. Many most eulogist c speeches were deliver'd Sir Krishna Gupta said Mrs. Naidu was playing a most important
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    M. A. P.
    570 1335 We regret to announce the death of Miss Tan Kheng Gnoh, third daughter of Mr. Tan Kheam Hock, J. P., of Singapore, which took dace this morning at 5-30 a.m. from uraemia and heart failure. Mr. A B. Vuules, on bis departure from Taiping on transfer to
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    Marriage.
    52 1335 Hengg sler—Scherer On the 2lst November, at th Church of the Assumption I'enang, Adolf Alois Henggeler, Managing Director of Wolfram (Selangor) Ltd and Direct r of Malayan Collieries Ltd son of Mr. Adolf Henggeler, Zurich, Switzerland, to Miss Frida H dwig Scherer, daughter of Mr. Robert Scherer of Maggen,
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    AFFAIRS IN CHINA.
    937 1335 Outside a shop in Market Street is a placard inviting the public to Read the China Republican and you will always be well-informed about affairs in China”. To one who is in the trade himself there is something a little pathetic about this announcement, for as our
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    The port of Mauritius
    17 1336 has been dcclar- ed an infected place owing to an outbreak of plague.
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    The rainfall
    23 1336 for the twenty-four hours ended 9 a.m._ this morning was 1 94 inches as registered by the gauge at Fort Cornwallis.
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    The Kuala Kangsar correspondent of the Malay Daily Chronicle writes to that paper:
    50 1336 A Malay who called himself a son of the Minister of War of Turkey was sent to the Tanjong Rambutan Lunatic Asylum yesterday by Mr. Jervoise, the man having been certified by the Doctor as being insane.
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    In this country,
    160 1336 says The World (London) judges usually retire when they feel inclined, but not so in the Colonies they have to go when they are told. Mr. Justice Thornton, of the Straits Settlements, has just vacated his position in the Supreme Court of Penang because, as he said
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    AFFAIRS IN MEXICO.
    231 1336 the meeting of congress. (Reuter.) Presidon» No eu >ber 22. very ter.e H CoD 8 re Plied assurin hi of Xs wL 1 co °P‘ ra «o“ »f tbe Con. Fatherland ln spired 1 lo of tbe Sb r bsent hereby violating the law forbidding soldiers to
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    The Indian Specie Bank.
    70 1336 Petition For Winding Up. (Reuter Bombay, November 21. Certain shareholders have petit ioned for the winding up of the Indian Specie Bank. The judge accepted the petition an 1 fixed the further hearing fir December 8. The unpaid c pital of the bank ’s .£6 10.00
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    The Australian Naval Board.
    41 1336 (Reuter Melbourne, November 21. The Commonwealth Government ha« terminated the appointment of Captain Hughes Onslow, second member of the Australian Naval Board, after an enquiry into the friction between him and the other members of the Board.
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    The s.s. “Acilia”.
    45 1336 Fears as to Her Safety. (Reuter.) London, November 22. There are grave fears as to the safety of the Hamburg-Amerika liner Acilia which left Valparaiso on October 23 bound for Monte Video. She was last seen rounding Cape Horn in a tempest.
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    Labour in New Zealand.
    38 1336 (Reuter.) Wellington, November 21. Renewed scuffles occurred between the strikers and the Police, but everything is now quiet. At a secret ballot of the general labourers tue voting w 3to 1 against a itnke
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    THE PRICE OF RUBBER.
    602 1336 PRODUCERS AND DECLINE IN PRICE. Committee of investigation s REPORT. (Reuter.) London, Novemtai 21. The Financial Turns siys that the report of the Committee appointed by the Rubber Groweis’ Association to investigate the fall in the price of planfation rubber and to report on the possibility
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    Kaiser’s Indisposition.
    23 1336 Kaiser s Indisposition. (Reuter.) Berlin, November 21 The Kaner who has a alight cold in the chest has abandoned bis visit to Silesia
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    England—Holland Telephone Cable.
    24 1336 (Reuter.) rf.. c Hague, November 21. 1 be Second Chamber has voted the credit tor a telephonic cable to Groat BntwQ.
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    THE INDIAN UNREST.
    307 1337 FEELING MORE ACUTE. FORCIBLE DEPORTATION. (Beufer.) Victoria, (British Columbia), November 21. The forcible deportation of a Hindu priest yesterday was denounced by the Press, one paper stating that more damage to British prestige in India was done bythe deportation than by a thousand political speeches. The Hindu
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    Dutch Independence.
    59 1337 Centenary Celebrations. (Beuier.) Amsterdam, November 21. At the cetPenny celebration of the Independence of the Netherlands, Queen Wilhelmina issued a proclamation to the effect that the country continues to prosper in every lesp’ct and that the hopes of peace and liberty are maintained. She desires to co-operate with
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    Canadian Pacific and Emigration.
    48 1337 (Reuter.) London, November 21. The Canadian Pacific offices in Vienna, which were close 1 in connection with facilitating the emigration of recruits, have been reopened with the Austrian ex-consul as Manager, At present, however, only finight and first and second-class passenger traffi is allowed.
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    Manchester November Handicap.
    117 1337 (R cut er.) London, November 21. The following is the betting for the Manchester November Handicap (1| miles), which will’be run to-morrow 4 to 1 Agst AurePe (offered after 5 to 1 taken). 7to 1 Farakabad, 8to 1 Print 10 to 1 Lichen and Ultimus. 100 to
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    The Home Rule Question.
    163 1337 Division In the Cabinet. (Reuter.) London, November 22. The Daily Mail says that the section of the Cabinet, favouring the exclusion of four counties of Ulster from the operation of Home Rule, is headed by Mr. Winston Churchill and includes Mr. Lloyd George, Sir Edward Grey,
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    The Proposed French Loans
    89 1337 Determined Oppositio'. (Reuter.) London, November 21. The determined opposition of the Fudget Commit'ee and the Fiscal Legi-lative Committee of the French Chamber to the Government’s loan proposals is causing a confusion. The former has refused to sanction a loan of more than -£36,000,000, and suggests that
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    Coolies’ Wages.
    64 1337 Ku*la Langat D. P. A. Deciaioa. (brom Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lan at, November 22 The Kuala Langat District Planters’ Association Irfid a meeting yesterday at which a resolution was adopted' that coolies’ wages should be 27 cts per day for men and 22 cts for women, with
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    The Chinese-Tibet Conference.
    71 1337 (Reuter.) Simla, November 21. The proceedings in tho Chinese-Tibet Conference now sitting are kept strictly secret but it is understood that g od progress is being made. Continual references are made by the respective governments to tho report published by the Novoye Vremya on October 13 from
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    Imperial Federation.
    67 1337 (Reuter.) London, November 21. The Victoria League entertained the members of Parliament of the Em. ire at Crewe House. Lord Emmott, Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, in a speech said that the time had not yet come for any great change intheideiof Imperial Federation. From what
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    The Mediterranean Cruise.
    49 1337 Great Preparations. Reuter.) London, November 22. The bulk of the British flWs ordered to take part in the cruise in the Mediterranean have arrived, partly at Alexandria and partly a’ Port aid where great preparations are being made for the entertainment of the officers and crew.
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    The Spaniards in Morocco.
    44 1337 Airmen Fired At. Reuter.) Melbourne, November 21. Two Spanish military airmen, while reconnoiti ing near Tetuan, received a fusilade from the Moor», both being wounded, one dangerously. The other brought his aeroplane, whose wings were pierced, back to the camp.
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    At the Police Court,
    46 1337 Saigon, a European was fined 3,000 francs for selling dynamite to two Chinese, and the latter were found guilty of being in possession of the same and were sentence 1 to three years, as well as ordered to pay 3,0 >0 francs.
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    Pays Thursday’s Straits Times:
    48 1337 Professor Sir Edward Schafer and Lady Schafer left Singapore yesterday morning by train for Malacca on a visit to their son Mr. John S. Schafer, who is now engaged in planting there, and was formerly a naval officer in the Survey Department, inII.M.S. Walerwitdi,
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    CHINESE AFFAIRS.
    169 1338 SELECTED TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. The French Minister at Peking has requested the Waichiapu to hare French officials stationed in Kwangchow-wan, to build the Szechuan-Yunan Railway under the control of France and to op n n the mines in Kwangsi. The Waicbiaopu, however, strongly objects to bis request. Kiang Kuei
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    Death of Rev. Mother St. Andre.
    265 1338 We regret to hear that news has been received of the death at Toulouse on the 13th inst, of the Reverend Mother St. Andre, the Lady Superior of the Convent at Taiping. The deceased bdy was the first Lady Superior of the Kuala Lumpur
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    The three Chinese
    158 1338 (a man and two women) charged at Kuala Lumpur in connection with an improper traffic in women and girls v. ere sentenced by Mr. McClean, the man and one of the women to one year’s imprisonment and the third accused to six months’ imprisonment. It will be
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    LOCAL WEDDING.
    276 1338 HENGGELER-5CHZRER. e e^\r rria8eof f Mr AJ,lf AIoh Henggoler, Managing Director of the Wolfram (Bangor; Ltd., and Director of N h' lyin C lll «Hes, Ltd, Kuala Lu npur, and son ot Mr. Adolf Henggeler, of Switzerland, to Miss Frida Hedwig Scherer, daughter of Mr Robert Scherer 0
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    The Batavia Rubber Exhibition.
    195 1338 The honorary committee who have taken charge of the preliminary arrangements for the International Rubber Congress and Exhibition at Batavia in September next are already busy preparing matters and endeavouring to ensure the success of the gathering which promises to be one of the most important
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    The Rev. Bro. James,
    24 1338 Visitor of the Christian Brothers Schools in the Far East, left to-day for Manila and Hongkong on his annual visitation
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    Playing-cards
    49 1338 to the value of $62 were imported into the F. M S. during the third quarter of the present year, as against <1,039 during the corresponding period last year. Can this ba regarded as evidence that gambling is on the wane, the Kuala Lumpur piper. We trow not.
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    Malay Tin.
    688 1338 1 he Federated Malay States have recently come t > attain name and fam* as the producers of a large percentage of the world’s supply of tin. Ihe Chinese were the earliest discoverers of tin, b.t they worked the land in a primitive wrv. Later iiuti.-b miners, alopting
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    Bank Suspends.
    558 1339 RESULT OF A RUSH €N LOCAL CONCERN. Unable To Meet Liabilities Now. We take the following from the fPraifg Tinies of last Tnursday concerning the sus pnsion of payment by the Kwong Yik Bank about which our Singapore correspondent wired us two days ago A flutter wii caused
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    Criminal Appeal.
    569 1339 The following is the full text of the written judgment delivered by Mr. Justice W. W. Fisher in the appeal in which Ayeroo Taven appeal against the conviction ot Mr. A. V. Brown. The appeal is against two convictions under section 406, for criminal breach of trust in
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    The Peking Daily News
    39 1339 understands that the President will confer Chia-ho Decorations upon the Biitish and French CousulsGeneral at Shanghai and the Commissioner of the Shanghai Customs for the «arvices they rendered to the Government during the recent rebellion.
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    The Circumlocution Office.
    398 1339 To the Editor of the Malay Mail Sir,—Examples of Dickens’ famous proto type are not unknown in this modern coun try. Perhaps the following may interest you The Labour Code, F.M.S., provides that labour returns shall be forwarded quar terly to the Controller of Labour, bU o*
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    Wedding in Kuala Lumpur.
    135 1339 Grab an —Pereira. A quiet but pretty wedding was solemnised at ihe Church of St. John the Evangelist, Kuala Lumpur, on Wednesday afternoon, between Mr. Christopher Graban, the wellknown contractor of Klang, and Mrs. Ida Milliceut Pereira, widow of the late Mr. Edward George Pereira, who
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    A Chinese paper reports
    81 1339 that a foreign employee of the Hupeh Cement Works has been paid his salary in the form of cement 3,000 ton* of it-as the firm lacks the necessary cash. It is not only a little difficult for him to carry his wages in bis pocket, but
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1673 1340 We are not disposed to attach much im portance or to give groat credence to the Daily Mail's reports of dissens on 9 in the Cabinet on the subject of the exclusion of Ulster fro n the Home Rule Bill Mr. Winst n Churchill has clearly been in
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    The Volunteer Concert.
    70 1340 TO THE EDITOR or THE Strait» Echo. Sir, 1 hrough th® medium of your columns may I, on behalf of the Com nandant and other members of the Corps, be permitted to thank the ladies and gentlemen who so kindly took part in the Penang Volunteer Smoking
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    Preserved deer’s horn
    22 1340 was men to ned as a nmdiciio used by a Chinaman, at Ip.,h Police Court the oth »r morning
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    Among recent Presidential Mandates
    26 1340 is ued in Peking was one denouncing the confiscation of temples devoted to the worship of national heroes and ordering their restoration.
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    Mr. Yu Yah-ching,
    34 1340 one of the leading merchants of Shinghai, who is the cotnpr Netherlands Bink, is negotiate a foreign loan of Taels 49,000,(XX) for Mi Chuang Yun-kuan, Commissioner for the Development of I’ukow.
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    An excellent picture of the elephants
    43 1340 crossing the river with the G (J V' <) insignia during the recent featintuM at Kuala Kangsar appears in the Hlurtrahd London Newt to hand l.y this mid. 'I h,, picture is reproduced from one of Nara’s photographs.
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    The case
    52 1340 against Pang Ah Mun and VVong Sin Loy who were arrested some time azo in Kulim an i banded over t» the Buka Me tajam Police on a charge of robbery of 51.07V m cash, belong.ng ?o Lo Bun 8uu moralxiut August 2V. |9|2, was fuithm postponed U
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    OF LABOUR AND LIBERTY.
    1064 1341  -  [By Tom Wright J Here be two subjects of very large size, either by itself sufficient to warrant a column of that same logorrhoea which one of your contemporaries, wantonly j a alous and involuntarily complimentary, did on occasion (when my back was turned) dub Backyard
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    Pening Golf Club.
    110 1341 The following was the result of the competition for the Monthly .Medal for November A W. Blackstone 50 50=100-24=76 A. G. Anthony 514-48= 99-20=79 C. E. Maconochie 514-43= 94—10=84 Messrs. E. H. Binford, W. R. Armstrong, R. D Acton, W. S. Goldie, R T. Reid, C. M.
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    Singapore Mortality Returns.
    88 1341 The mortality returns for Singapore issued by the Registrar of Births and Deaths show that, d inng the week ending November 15, there were 250 deaths (182 males, 68 female; giving a ratio per mille of population or 40.61. Malarial frver accounted for 39 deaths phthisis 37,
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    A WELCOME EXCEPTION.
    1391 1341 Belated, but assuredly n ?t of that dry asdust order which we have frequently denounced, is the Kelantan Administration Report for 1912, lengthy extracts f roin which will be found on page 1,342 of this issue and found well worth reading, too Here it is that officers
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    The Dutchmen of the Netherlands Indies
    53 1342 celebrated the centenary of the Indepenwu 8 f Holland on tbe I7(h. 18rh, aud 19th inst. which days were declared p iblic holidays. Programmes of sport were indulged in nearly everywhere and the functions generally brought forth many expressions of goodwill from the natives
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    We gather that at St Andrew’s Ball,
    69 1342 on the 28th inst, gentleman attending will be allowed to wait on their lady guests at the buffet supper, the object of this being to obviate the di-advanta es which would arise from having a large crowd of servants congregated round the buffet.
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    We reproduce the following paragraph from a Bangkok paper
    95 1342 :—A French writer in Saigon has declared in an article that a monstrous conspiracy is extant in which I rance, Germany and Great Britain are implicated. He states that a proposal is on foot whereby the French colony of IndoChina is
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    Carriage accidents
    101 1342 are rife in Kota Bharu, the capital of Kelantan, the curves of the roads b*i ig the principal cause. Ou the 9th inst. Tungku Besar and Tunku Bandhara had a nasty spill while driving along the Rest House road. On the afternoon ol th r 13th inst. H
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    The list of unclaimed telegrams
    68 1342 lying at the Government Telegraph Office, Penang, is as follows Ammen Meriam, As nusan, Bansiang, Banteikbee, Baptist, Batcba, Benny, Bioweum, Chanpaiklin, Cheabkeeon, Chiahsooi, Chiathonghuat, C’hinrnob, Cboonkee, Cbupkhyehuat, Cbopposin, Choyseang, Guanhintek, Hamid, Hamidkhan, Haphin, Ibramali, Khookeatlock, Khoroo, Kwaysiu, Lamb, Leeheow, Leesin, Limahsong, Limchanlee, Muhamedsah, Mumtbalin, Muthuramau,
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    Our Klang correspondent states
    120 1342 that as the result of a fight between riesha cool.es on the 21st inst. eighteen Chinese were charged before Mr. Bryant on Saturday. Six of them were discharged and the rest sentenced to piy fines ranging from SI5 to '5. The Kcpala was in addition bound
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    Kelantan in 1912.
    2034 1342 INTERESTING REPORT BY THE ADVISER. Not Without Disappointments. A very iuterestin report on tho affairs of Kelantan during 1912 has been compiled by Mr W. Langham-Carter, the acting British Adviser to that state, and we extract some of the points of it: The revenue for the year
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    Wedding At Butterworth,
    188 1343 Horan —Stiles. A pretty wedding took place at St. Mark’s Church, Butterworth, ou Saturday afternoon, the contracting parties being Mr. Edward J. Horan, of the Straits Trading Company, and Miss Florence Jane Stiles, of Hove, Brighton, who arrived here by the P. &O. steamer Sim 7 a
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    The High Commissioner.
    134 1343 His Excellency Sir Arthur Young, K.C. M G., High Commissioner of the F.M.8., accompanied by Lady Evelyn Young, arrived at Kuala Lumpur from Singapore by th’ mail train ou Friday and is now in residence for the first time at the new Federal Lodge. The High Commissioner
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    Many in Singapore
    109 1343 will hear with regret of the death of Mr. John Roh rm inn, fmmerly of the Shipping Department of Behn Meyer Co., and just lately in business on bis owm account at Kuching, Sarawak. Mr. Rohrmann had been at home in Germany for a short time and
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    THE M. S. V. R. CAMP.
    327 1344 SPEECH BY THE GOVERNOR. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, November 24 The M SV.R. Camp, which was pitched od Tuesday last, was struck yesterday after amo t successful gather.ng of the officers and men. ()u Saturday the battalion paraded before H. E Sir
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    New Chinese Loan.
    208 1344 FRENCH BANK DEAL. Invasion of British Sphere. London, November 10. The Pekin cable states: The FrancoChine e Bank and the Bank Industrial de Chine have signed a contract for a loan to China of 150 000,000 francs of whch 60 000,000 francs are intended for the construction
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    A RUNAWAY HORSE.
    88 1344 (/'rom Our Own Correspondent) m, Singapore, November 24. The horse attached to a carriage in which were Mrs. Salmond and her two children bol ed down the hill. Mrs. Salmond and her children were not hurt but the horse broke away with the shafts and ran into
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    The Kwong Yik Bank.
    67 1344 Reconstru:tion Scheme. {from Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, November 24. At a meeting of the Kwong Yik Bank Mr C C Dunman was appointed Attornev, Receiverand Manager in charge of the affairs of the bank pending its reconstruction. He will prepare a statement of the assets and
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    Scotsmen and India.
    283 1344 Great Work of the Past. London, November 8. Lord Crewe delivered an address yesterday before the Philosophical Institution of Edinburgh entitled: Scotsmen and India.” He sketched the careers of great Indian servants, excluding the contempora 1 ies, and I dwelt on the work of Lord Dalh usle.
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    An Indian Poetess.
    82 1344 Mis Naidu’s Influence. Loudon, November 8. The Indian poetess Mrs. Naidu was entertained to dinner at the Hotel Cecil yesterday evening by a distinguished literary company presided over by Mr William Yeats. Many most eulogistic speeches were delivered. Sir Krishna Gupta said that Mrs Naidu was playing
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    AFFAIRS IN MEXICO.
    436 1344 A TWENTY-FOUR HOURS BATTLE. (Reuter.) Mexico, November 22. The War Office announces that t e Federal troops are still holding out at Victoria where there has been a continuous battle inside the city for twenty-four h Him Federal reinforce-! ents are hastening to Victoria. Adjournment of Congress.
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    Italy’s Colonies.
    110 1344 Italy s Colonies. After Tripoli —Fezzan. London, Novemljer A Rome journal states that the M.iu.ter for the Colonies in a speech ,.t Theviso said: “WeLa'e now the dut> f occupying Fezzan, wb < h is now inha 4. 4 by some tribes of nomads living in a 4 t I
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    Manchester November Handicap.
    95 1345 The Last of the Flat Races. (Reufer.) London, November 23. The following was the result of the race for the Manchester November Handicap (11 miles) which was run on Saturday Dalmatian, Foy 1 Work Girl, Smyth 2 The Gutter, Led son 3 Sixteen ran. Won by a
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    Asia Minor Railways.
    170 1345 Baghdad Scheme Developments. London, November 10. In an interview with Reuter’s representative in Berlin Djavid Pasha, who has arrived there from Constantinople, stated that negotiations regarding railway developments in Asia Minor wore progressing although there were a number of difficulties, technical and otherwise, which would absorb much
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    The Kabul Plot.
    144 1345 Grim Afghan Tale. Allahabad, November 8. A Frontier correspondent reports The summary measures taken in connection with the recent conspiracy at Kabul have had a most salutary effect. The interest in the affair was, apparently, very short-lived. The story is confirmed in its main outlines, the only
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    Wireless Telegraphy Research
    35 1345 London, November 9. Mr. Samuel has appointed a committee to consider the advisability of the State making provision lor research work in wireless telegraphy, and possibly also in ordinary telegraphy and telephony.
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    INDIAN UNREST IN SOUTH AFRICA.
    562 1345 THE HATEFUL TAX. (Reuter.) London, November 22. The Morning Post urges Mr Louis Botha, despite political exigencies, to remove the tax on the Indians in Natal. We are entitled to ask that immigrants be treated with some respect to justice and humanity.” A Melee at
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    Moslem League Crisis.
    561 1345 Lord Roberts’s Regret. London, J ovember 8. Earl Roberts has written to Mr. Ameer Ali that he is much concerned to learn of bis intention to resign the headship of the Moslem League in England. Lord Roberts says: I know how much you have done to restrain
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    South African Politics.
    142 1346 The Botha-Hertzog Controversy. Reuter,) Cape Town, November 22. After prolonged and acrimonious discussions in the South African Partv Congress at which Mr. Louis Botha and Mr. Hertzog were present, the Congress adopted by 131 votes to 90 a resolution moved by a supporter of Mr. Botha to
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    Ulster and Home Rule.
    124 1346 The Citizen Army. (Reuter.) London, November 22. At a joint mooting of the ancient order of Hibernians and the Gaelic League it w s decided to form a rifle corps to cooperate with the citizen army which is recruiting in Munster, Leinster and Connaught. The Comparison
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    Cotton Trade Slump.
    132 1346 A SERIOUS POSITION. Australian Cotton Growing. London, November 7. A meeting of tho English otton Spinners Federation at Manchester to-day discussed the proposal regarding short time. The meeting fully realised the seriousness of the position, but decided to postpone action till early in December. As a result
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    The Persian Mejliss.
    51 1346 Elections Again Deferred. London, November 12. At Teheran a meeting of prominent politicians and ecclesiastics discussed with the Regent the question of Parliamentary elections Nothing was decided regarding the date of the convocation of the tf'jliss, and it is doubtful whether the elections will >e held this
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    Labour Troubles In New Zealand.
    60 1346 (Reuter.) i Sydney, November 22 ”ith the strike the Jmpa Nearly Normal Co ditioaa. Wellington, November 23. an?° fU rthGr stri ke developments took place and work is proceeding quietly. Nine hunw U ?r mb i 6r8 f the new Uoion are working at We
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    The Chancellor at the Oxford Union.
    92 1346 (Reuter) London, Novemlier 22. Ihe Oxford Union was thronged when Mr. Lloyd George wound u i the debate on the Government’s land policy. Undergraduates in motor cars paraded with effigies of the Chancell jr and threw mangel wurzels and pheasants at his car. Prior
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    British Dominions Exhibition.
    67 1346 Io Be Held at the Crystal Palace. (Reuter.) London, November 22. The British Dominions Exhibition of 1915 will be held at the Crystal Palace which is national property. Consequently the sites are gratis to the Empire. The Dominions and the Indian Governments retain the 1911 buildings which
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    Angle-Austrian Relations.
    46 1346 (Reuter.) London, November 22. The Archduke Ferdinand of Austria informed Reuter that although his visit to Windsor was private the opportunities of contact with British Ministers can otfly be productive of great and lasting good in the relations of the British and Austrian Government*.
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    Messrs. Coats’ Dividend.
    32 1346 London, November 7. Messrs. Coa‘s A Co have paid a dividend of 35 per cent, including a bonus The net profits were £2,903,239. £500,000 has been transferred to reserve.
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    Tropical Medicine.
    24 1346 London, November 7. The India Office has contributed £'00 towards the enlargement of the endowment of the London School of Tropical Medicine.
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    Siam’s Naval Nucleus.
    22 1346 London, November 9. Siam has given a provisional order for a small protected cruiser to Messrs. Armstrong A Co.
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    French Colliery Strike.
    86 1346 (Reuter.) London, November 23 Ihe strike in the F rench Northern collieries is assuming large proportions and about 70,000 workmen are now idle A Conference Between Owners and Miners. Donai, November 2 I. At a conference of coal-owners and miners of Pas de Calais, Nord, the owners
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    The German Estimates.
    74 1346 Naval aad Military Expenditure. (Jfeizfer.) Berlin, Novcmlsir 23. According to the Budget estimates, the expenditure on the Navy in 1914 will bn 487,952,167 marks, an increase of 7,698,273 marks on the year previous. The expnndi ture on the army will be 1,21 7,167,54k marks a decreaee of
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    Italian Cruiser Aground.
    62 1346 (Reuter.) London, November 23. 'Hie Italian cruiser San Gorgio grounded while leaving the Straits of Messina. Fifty feet of her bows touch land and five warships have gone to her assistance. Lindon, November 2k The position of the San Gorgio is not dangerous. She is lining lightened
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    German Wireless.
    29 1346 (Reuter.) Berlin, November 22 At the Congress of nival architects R»ar Admiral Emsininn announced that, wireless telephone messages had l>eeii sivceshfnlly transmitted from Neustadt to New Jersey.
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    King Alfonso.
    14 1346 (Reuter.) London, November 2• King Alfonso of Spun has arrived at Vienna.
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    Duchess of Saxe Coburg.
    19 1346 (Reuter.) London, Novcml»er 23 The Duchess of Saxe Coburg has bou operated on for appendicitis.
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    The current issue
    18 1346 of the Govtmint nt Gazette notifies the dissolution of the “Ti k Lira Club, Singapore.
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    The replay
    81 1346 iietween the Arnniith Cut) and Muthilxjl Ahzan in the Aminiah Competition, took place yesterday Ijeforn a larkcrowd and resulted in Hie'victory of ti e former Club by one goal to nn' Mr S. M. O. Merican acted as referee Tin* is the fourth time these two clubs have
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    M. A. P.
    531 1347 Mr. C Everitt is appointed a commissioner under the Statute Laws Ordinance. Mr. P. H. Henshaw, Diputy Traffic Manager, F. M. 8. Railways, Kuala Lumpur, arrived here this morning by the s.s. Klang The Hon. Mr. F. J Pigott, Colonial Engineer, was a passenger from Singapore by
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    Rugby Football.
    756 1347 Penang vs. Taiping. The return Rugby match between Taiping and Penang was played off on the Esplanade on Saturday evening before a large concourse of spectators. The weather conditions were wretched, and shortly after the commencement there was a heavy downpour, driving the spectators to shelter, though the
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    Bishop Eveland,
    13 1347 D.D, of the Philippine Island, is paying Ipoh a short visit.
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    The Kuala Lumpur libel action
    16 1347 has been postponed again, this time for at least a fortnight.
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    The output
    20 1347 of the Tongkah Harbour Tin Dredging Compa ay for the week ended the 22nd inst. was twenty-one tons.
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    The rainfall
    21 1347 for the twenty-four hours ended 9 u.m. yesterday was -63 inch as registered by the gauge at Fort Cornwallis.
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    The s. s. Halabar
    29 1347 brought 598 08 tons of Sumatra oil and 471 cases of Persian kerosine. The lighter she had in tow contained 4,810 four-gallon drums of benzine.
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    The following by-law has been passed by the Colombo municipality:
    41 1347 “No person shall spit on any public street. Any person so spitting shall be guilty of an offence, and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding Rs. 5.”
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    We understand that there is some chance
    39 1347 of a small party of Penang sportsmen miking a trip to the Bindings to shoot the man-eating tiger for whose destruction the Manager of Segari Estate recently advertised a reward of $100.
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    A supplementary list of parsons
    41 1347 banished from the Colony in September contains sixty-seven names all Chinese. Of these three are banished for 15 years, two for 3 years, one for 5 years, sixteen for ten years and the remainder for life.
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    President Yuan
    41 1347 is evidently not afraid of foreign criticism; in fact he regards it as sound advice and has now given orders to have such criticism filed. Eastern and Western scholars are being attached to the Secretary’s Office for this purpose.
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    The following is the list of unclaimed letters lying at the Post Office, Penang:
    57 1347 S. F. Barbour, C. 0 Campbell, J. 8. Fothergill, F. Gordon, G W. B. Guest, G. H. Hazelwood, S L. Horrobin, C. H. Pearson, G. Sayers, Y. Schutte, M. C. M. Sequeira, W. Shaw, N. Stewart,
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    We congratulate Mr. Alex Johnstone,
    59 1347 McAlister Co Ltd of Ipoh, on his forthcoming marriage, which is expected to take place etrly in December in Singapore. The bride, Miss Carolie Bruce, youngest daughter of Mr. Robert Bruce, of Braemar Place, Aberdeen, Scotland, arrives in Singapore on December 10, and the wedding
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    We regret to announce the death of Mrs. Carobina Rodgrigues,
    67 1347 wife of the l ite Mr. Francis Rodrigues, and grandmother of Mr. G. de Reis, of Messrs. Pritchard Co which took place at 349, Dato Road, early this morning at the age of 84. The funeral takes place this evening
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    Prisons of the Colony.
    1432 1348 J he Annual Report. The annual report of the Prisons of the Colony for the year 1912, which is s j™ ed JIr f 0. F. Green. Acting I not of tha stereotyped description and contains some reflections, not generally found in departmental reports, on schemes
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    Federal Appointments.
    212 1348 The following Federal appointments are gazetted Mr. F. I) Evans to ba Executive Engineer, Grade III, P. VV. D. Mr. V J. Martin to be an Assistant Engineer. P. W. D Selangor. Mr. T 8. Adams to act as Second Magistrate, K. Lumpur, Class IV. J Ir T
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    The congregation
    62 1348 The congregation of the Roman Cafbol-c brace» of Malacca, which practiralli racludea the whole of Bnti.h be glad to bear, that by th., Mil ratll •toBiuer Paul Lmit, which waa to leave Maraeble, a ,t Sunday, Mon.eignenr Ha., e 4J b k bi. return to Singepole The Paul
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    It is notified
    139 1348 It i. notifiel in the current i.Mie of he 6orcrem.nl <7 tc/frlbet, n th. power, conf, rr.-d i.r t lamd Immigration Fund Ordinance )9|t the Immigration Committee lu«, with tie consent of th. Oorernor. prccnM folbwmg rate, to be |«id f or t fi quarter of the
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    COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.
    966 1349 Only a year or so ago all that was implied in Malaya by the phrase “The Labour Problem was the question of obtaining a sufficient supply of agricultural labourers to meet the dem inds of the local planting industry and enable it to take full advantage of the
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    Our Singapore correspondent wires
    23 1349 that the Appeal Court opened there to-day. There are eighteen cases on the list, three of which were withdrawn.
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    Mr. N. L. Smith
    30 1349 is acting as Assistant Secretary for Chinese Affairs, Hongkong, and Mr. R. H. Crofton has assumed the duties of Assistant Colonial Secretary and Clerk of Councils.
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    Captain W. VW. D. Hall,
    84 1349 Ljcal Com man ant ot Police, Cyprus, has been selected to succeed the late Captain J. H. Learmonth as Chief Commandant of Police and Inspector of Prisons, Cyprus. Captain Hall entered the Civil Service in 1894 as an Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Gold
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    A correspondent writes:
    155 1349 A small paragraph in your paper the day stated that the Police are at last taking steps to regulate the stream of p ssengers using Church Street Ghaut Wharf. Passengers embarking have to u-e one gangway and passengers landing the other. This makes one hope that similar
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    726 1349 In China my near friends,” said th. absent-minded missionary, hu life regarded as of slight value. l n j Ped rich Chinaman is condemned to death 1 can easily hire another to die for him and I believe many poor fellows get their’ living by thus acting as
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    Whenever one hears people discussing the housing problem in Penang,
    323 1350 one may be certain to dud approval expressed of 'the suggestion that the Municipality should tike active s*eps to relieve the situation, fi stly, by building some mod 1 tenements which would prove to the capitalist that money invested in
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    Absconding Case.
    214 1350 Before Mr G. A. J. Smiih-Steinmifz at Butterworth a Javane-e named Sarwi was charged at the instance of Mr. T. Wilson, of Prye Estate, with absconding from the estate before the expiration of his contract and enticing a J woman to leave the estate before the expiry of
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    The rainfall
    24 1350 for the twenty-four h airs en led 9 a m. this morning was ’ll inch as registered by the «it Fort Cornwallis,
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    UNLAWFUL SOCIETY CASE.
    976 1350 The hearing of the case against the six Chinese, who are charged with being members of an u ilawtul society, was resumed yesterday afternoon before’Mr. M E. Sherwood in the Third Court The accused are alleged to belong to a kongsi, wb ch 18 D rt, distered,
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    “A newspiper is like an army,”
    18 1350 wrote a precocious pupd. because it hat leader», columns and r< views.”
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    At the conclusion of an article bidding “au revoir” to Mr. R. McCrystal the Ipoh evening paper says:
    74 1350 During his absence, Boombah has been leased to Mr Jules Martin, of Penang. Royalty and A oreen have been taken on by Taiping sportsmen, but his new Selangor thoroughbrei pony griffin, which
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    Kuala Lumpur streets
    82 1350 begin to bear str king evidences of the fire epidemic.” Within a radius of about two hundred y .rd pi the «rod *le of the town there are n< w t <si Uir e groups of burntout T op-ht u»es, aboiu a d«»z n in all, J.-va-st.,
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    Says yesterday’s days T. O. M.:
    90 1350 Mr. Justice Woolwa-d has gone to Singapore to sit in the Court of Appeal there He is expected to be away for three weeks Mr. Justice Edmonds will probably open the criminal assizes at Ipoh next Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Trim Johns n left
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    The young motor car driver
    152 1350 whose case was reported recently in the Tones of Malaya was order'd by the Ipoh Magistrate on Saturday to be sent to the reformatory at Singapore for two yean, aud to have eight strokes with the rotan. Accu-ed said that he was eighteen years of
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    MALACCA PLANTERS IN CONFERENCE.
    110 1351 COMPULSORY CULTIVATION. (From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, November 24 A meeting of the Malacca Planters’ Association w s held at the Mtlacca Club yesterday. The meeting discussed the new order as to compulsory cultivation and tbe general opinion was that it was inadvisable to enforce
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    Singapore Dairy Farm.
    96 1351 Better Prospects Ahead. {From Our Own. Correspondent?) Singapore, November 24. The Singapore Poultry and Dairy Farm, Ltd., has issued its first annual report. The directors comment on the deplorable condition of the property when it was taken over in April and the appalling monthly loss which was
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    Affairs in Mexico.
    60 1351 Chamber's Organisation Complete. (Reuter.) London, November 24. The Mexico Chamber has completed its organisation and appointed a number of committees. Disaster to Federal Troops. Now York, November 24. The insurgent General commanding at El Paso reports that two trains, conve. ing 1,500 Federal troops, were blown up
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    The Duchess of Saxe Coburg.
    29 1351 (Reuter.) London. November 24 No operation is regarded as necessary in the case of the Duchess < f Saxe Coburg who is suffering from appendicitis.
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    Further Suffragette Outrages.
    24 1351 (Reuter London, Nov* mber 24. The Suffragottps burned the Municipal boathoi se at Bristol, the d< mage being estimated at <£3,000.
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    Small Pox in Sydney.
    25 1351 rteaiei Syd tey, November 21 There has bean n > fresh cis'- of small pox in Sydney for the past three days
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    INDIAN UNREST IN SOUTH AFRICA.
    155 1351 FURTHER PRESS COMMENTS. (Reuter.) Bc.mbay, November 24. The Times of India dwells on the despatches of Lord Gladstone, Governor General of South Africa, saying that it is unlikely that Lord Gladstone would have made the assertions ii-i di i without enquiry. Anyhow the burden of
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    The Indian Specie Bank,
    103 1351 Inquiry Into the Position. f Reuter.) London, November 24. The Bombay Court has appointed acc )untants to enquire into the position of the Indian Specie Bink, which has in the meantime been ordered to carry on ordinary business. [On the 21st inst. Router wired Certain shareholiers
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    Coming By-Election at Durham.
    62 1351 (Reuter.) London, November 21. Mr. L. A Atherley-Jones, KC Liberal member for Duihnn, N.W, has been appointed to a City judgeship in su -cession to Mr. Justice Lu uiey Smith. Tins will necessitate a by-election at Durban, N.W. [At the last general election the figures weie:
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    A Correction.
    43 1351 (Reuter.) London, November 21. In regard to the message sent by Reuter yesterday to the effect that Rear Admiral Em-mann announced that telephone messages were now being successfully transmitted between Neustadt and New Jersey, the Hear-Admiral siys that he was misreported.
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    Bluejackets at Cairo.
    56 1351 Review By Lo<-d Kitchener. (Reuter.) Cairo, November 21. One thousand five hundred blue-jackets arrived here from lexmdria and Port Said ou Satmu y. They were met at the station by 1,500 t oops and marched together to the barra- ks where they were entertained and review-d in
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    SOUTH AFRICAN POLITICS.
    233 1351 THE BOTHA-UERTZOG CONTROVERSY. (Reuter.) London, November 24 With the exception of the Daily News the newspapers are very sympathetic to wards General Botha and his govern meet fa The Daily Graphic, the Morning Post and the DafZy C’Arontcte anticipate that he will seek the support of the
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    Albania’s New Ruler.
    133 1351 Albania s New Ruler. Selection of the Prince of Wied. (Reuter.) London, November 24. Prince Wilhelm of Wied has been selected as the ruier of Albania. The clans will be summoned at Valona to elect him formally about the middle of December. i The new ruler <>f Albania, who is
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    142 1351 Obituary. Sir W. H. Bailey. (Reuter.) London, November 24. The death has taken place, at the age of 75, of Sir William Henry Bailey, J.P., F.K. G. S Chairman and -Managing Director of W. H. Bail *y Co., Ltd., Albion Works, Salford, and Director of the Manchester Ship Canal Company,
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    The Pearl Necklace Case.
    261 1352 Conclusion. (Reuter.) London, November 25. The famous pearl necklace case has concluded at the Old Bailey. Lockett and Grizgird were each sentenced to seven years’ penal servitude and Silverman to five years’ penal servitude. Gutwirth was sentenced to eighteen months’ hard labour. Silverman and Gutwirth have
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    The M. C. C. Tour.
    25 1352 (Reuter.) London, November 24. The M. C. C. team beat a Cape Province team by an innings and 167 runs.
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    It is reported
    23 1352 that martial law will remain in force in Peking until everything is quiet and the new Constitution has been adopted.
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    Yuan Shi Kai
    25 1352 has received telegrams from seventeen Tutuhs supporting the proposal of a 8ino-American Alliance, which is proposed by many of the Cabinet Ministers.
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    It is reported
    28 1352 that the Chinese President has considered appointing Admiral Sah Chen-ping as Minister of Navy if the post of Minister of the said Ministry becomes vacant.
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    The outbreak
    78 1352 of small pox at Nibong Tebal is said to be subsiding and the sanitary authorities there, wbo have been hard at work these two months, now have the epidemic well under control. There is reason to believe that the few cases in Penang, reported in these columns last
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    H. M. S. Hampshire
    102 1352 is due in Singapore this week from Bangkok. She is one of the six cruisers comprised in the China squadron of the British fleet. Of this squadron H.B.M.S. (cruiser) Minotaur it the flagship, having under her the cruisers Monmouth, (now homeward bound), Newcastle, Yormouth, Hampshire and
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    THE “COLLEEN ” DISASTER.
    452 1352 THE “COLLEEN DISASTER. CHARGE AGAINST ALERT S SERANG. Mahomed the reran- of the «team launch wa. this mororng charged before Mr. vt. A. j. b. Steinmitz at Butterworth with rash and rash a t cau death m the Colleen-Alert collision Mr. Whitehead, ASP., stated to theCourt that as he was
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    A group of young Chinese
    44 1352 recently arrived at St. Petersburg to enter higher institutions of learning. They belong to families of the Peking and Mukden aristocracy, and for the most part have selected special hues of study to pursue during their stay in Russia.
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    Colonel Burns,
    50 1352 managing director of Burns Philp A Co, who run a regular line between Singapore and Sydney, came up from the latter town by the Montoro this trip. He left the vessel at Soerabaya and is doing the overland trip through Java prior to arriving at Singapore.— S T.
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    A telegram received this morning
    50 1352 by the local agents, Messrs. Kennedy A Co., report» that the Bukit Tawang Mine was offi .-ally opened on the 17th init. It wdl bi remembered that the opening wts orig nally fix id for some time in June laA but unforeseen unfortunately prevented this
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    Libels and the Press.
    778 1352 Ibe result of the recent libel case in the Ipoh Court has infusod misgivings into the minds of newspaper proprietors and editors in Malaya. The accidental excitement which a local cause celĕbre always possesses is overshadowed by this fact, of interest to the public and to
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    Bukit Mertajxm Cases.
    164 1353 Yesterday at the Bakit Mertaj im Police Court, before Mr. R. Scott, a Tamil n med Dorisami was convicted of theft in a dwelling, and sentenced t > rigorous imprisonment for a period of'one month Another Tamil named Apoo w<s convicted of a similar offence, and was
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    The Late Ungku Suleiman.
    156 1353 There are many in Singapore who will share in the general regret felt in Johore at the death of H. H Ungku Suleiman, which took place on Thursday morning, the fatal ailin®nt being stated to be diabetes. The interment took place the sunn afternoon at the
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    From Monday’s Malay Mail:
    94 1353 Mr. II. C. Zacharias has gone on a visit to Ke’an! an. Dr. Ritchie, who arrived from Home by last week's German mail, has proceeded to Klang, to join the practice of Dr. Watson there. The Reverend Brother James, Director of St. Xavier’s Institution. Penang, arrived
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    Indian Labour in Malaya.
    948 1353 The Planters’ Association of Malaya recently deeded to take measures to counteract the systematic agitation which has been carried on lately in the Indian press against the alleged labour conditions in this country. We reproduce elsewhere in this issue an editorial on the subject from the
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    Presentation to Mr. G. C. Valpy.
    217 1353 A ceremony of a unique character, bearing testimony to the remarkable cordiality of the relationship existing between Mr. G. C. Valpy, the Protector of Chinese at Ipoh, and the different sections of the population of Chinese nationality, took pl ce on Monday at Kah
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    From Monday’s Free Press,
    160 1353 By the British India mail steamer Tara on Saturday morning there arrived from Julia via Madras the Rev. David Marker, the new priest at Batavia for the Armenian community of Java. Owing to the illness of the Rev. N. T. Paul the services yesterday in the
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    BRAINS IN POLITICS.
    1317 1354 One of the principal factors which contri bated to the great Radical victory at th. General Election of 19 ?5 was the admirable way in which the terra, n had been prepared by the Party leaders. When we J. the word “admirable,’ be it remarked, we are
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    Mr. D. A. M. Brown
    12 1354 is going to England early in January.
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    Mr. R. D. Acton,
    23 1354 Second Magistrate, left yesterday evening for the Dmdings bv the Seagull to hear all the District Couit cases there.
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    The Hon. Dr. Gilmore Ellis,
    22 1354 P.C.M.O, is in Penang on inspection duty and will probably remain in the Settlement about a fortnight.
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    Our Singapore correspondent wires
    25 1354 that General Law, formerly of the Horse Guards, will arrive there from Hongkong to-morrow on inspection duty of the Ordinance Stores.
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    Mr. Frank C. Kidd,
    38 1354 reporter of the China Mail, died it the i vil Hospital, Hongkong, on the 15th instant from septic poisoning following a wound in the log which he act identally inflicted whilst handling a revolver.
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    Dr. Jesser Coope,
    36 1354 of Gula Estate, who proceeded recently to undergo treatment for dog-bite at the Pasteur Institute in Saigon, has returned to the Straits and was in Penang this morning looking very fit and well.
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    The engagement
    34 1354 is announced of Miss Milly Braunstein, daughter of Mr. Leon Braunstein, of Kuala Lumpur, to Mr. Boeckl, of the Central Hotel, Kobe. The wedding was to take place on Tuesday, November 25.
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    The wedding took place
    53 1354 at Chao’s garden, Shanghai, of the granddaughter ot ex-Mini-ster Sheng Hsaun-huai and Mi W. 8. Woo, brother in-law of Mr. Tang Shao-yi, in the presence of a large gathering. Dr. Wu Ting-fang acted as best man and gave the bride away, and Mrs. Tang Shao-yi was
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    When Mr. W. A Bicknell
    65 1354 goes on leave in January prior to retiring he will take with him what is certainly one of the finest —if not the finest-collect,ion* of Malayan postage stamps in the world, as well as a small but choice library particularly rich in works dealing with
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    The Labuan correspondent of the Straits Timet writes to that paper under date November 22:
    97 1354 Mr. H. Chevallier, the Acting Resident of Labuan and Brunei, loft by the Chowfa on Thursday, and received a hoarfy send off. A procession of natives, with muaic, paraded the town, which was decorated wi»h
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    At about 2 30 this morning the Towkay of house No. 76, Cecil Street,
    145 1354 J w heard a noise a* if some one was climbing the wall O u look ing out of the window he A na htd Chinaman climbing over the wall }L* seized his revolver and fired
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    883 1355 Residents in the neighbourhood of Argvll Road and Transfer Road complain bitterly that these thoroughfares have Dtely become the favourite resorts of samsengs, bullies, blackmailers, an I ruffians generally. Hardly a day or a night passe> without scenes of violence being enacted and the condition f th? district
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    An Assault Case.
    275 1355 Before Mr. W. C. Michell in the District Court this morning a Chinaman named Kwok Kwong was charged with voluntarily causing hurt to a follow countryman, a sampan wallah, on board the ss. Seanyj Choon in the harbour. The complainant stated that on the day in question
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    Mrs. O. V. Thomas is
    20 1355 roturning to Penang early in J muary and is br aging a niece with her.
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    When visiting the M.S.V.R. camp on Saturday morning
    54 1355 Maj >r-General ttephen- son insp cted the Perak motor maxim, which wis recently presented to the Cofps by Perak mine-owners. He expressed himself as vety pleised with the design of the carriage and with tin way in which it was handled by
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    MUNICIPAL COMMISSION.
    904 1355 An ordinary meeting of the Municipal Commission was held at the Munich Ollies yesterday afternoon whcn ing gentlemen were present: Mr W P i (President), Mr. F Duxbury, Mr. p Allen, Mr. Quah Beng Kee, Mr. Lim Eow Hong and Mr. Yeoh Guan Seok with M? Ii Bell
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    The rainfall
    23 1356 for the twenty-four hours J ended 9 am. this morning was 05 inch, as registered by the gauge at Fort Cornwallis.
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    The members of the Penang Ladies Rifle Club
    26 1356 will be “At Homa at the Rifld Range, Kampong Bahru at 330 p.m. on Saturday, the 29th instant.
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    A hockey match
    69 1356 has been arranged be- tween the P.C.C. and Taiping for the 29th instant on the Esplanade. The following will represent the P.C.C.: Goal, H. Thorne Backs, H. C. Sells and Byatt; Half-backs, Joynt, C. R Byers and J. S. W. Arthur; Forwards, R. L Cuscaden, Bulford, R.
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    Complying with the request of residents of Singapore,
    133 1356 which lacks a female medical prac- titioner, Mrs. Tsuchida, one of the female physicians at the Shisei Hospital, Kojimachi, Tokyo, will proceed to that port from Yokohama on the 19th instand and will open up a practice. The Japan Herald says that
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    Unlawful Society Case.
    1182 1356 Furthbr Pboceeuings in Cocut 1 he hearing of the case again. t the ,i. unlawful W h b in “™bers F Wa re,umed Mr. TbiM co Ur r jesterday fternoou in the Mr. P. T. Allen conducted the case for the prosecution, while Messrs. G. E Wright
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    Chinese Affairs.
    191 1356 Selected Tslcgrsphia News. A uroup of American Capitalists has offered the Chinese Government a loan of X20,000,0 0 at 5 per cent, for ten years provided the revenue from certain increases in the taxes is earmarked as a security. I he text of the Russo-Chinese Agreement regarding Mongolia
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    THE FEDERAL COUNCIL.
    414 1357 THE GOVERNOR’S SPEECH. RECORD REVENUE OF 1913. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, November 25. The Federal Council was opened to-day by H. E. Sir Arthur Young who, in his speech, referred to the record revenue of 1913 and said that the estimated revenue of 1914 was
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    The Viceroyalty of India.
    93 1357 Lord Kitchener's Claims. (Reuter.) London, November 26. The Tmies, discussing the Viceroyalty of India, says that Lord Hardinge’s official career was never intended to end with the Viceroyalty. It is generally believed that he will in due course return to the diplomatic service probably as Ambassador
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    THE SUGAR TRADE.
    57 1357 A PRODUCERS' OFFER. Reuter. J London, November 26. Four large continental sugar producers offer a rebate of Ijd per ewt. to English buysrs. This is the c ief topic in the sugar market where the opinion is expressed that sugar will be cheap enough without artificial aids
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    Portugal and Her Colonies.
    53 1357 Important Announcement by Foreign Minister. (Reuter.) Lisbon, November 25. Dr. A. du Vasconcellos Correia, the Portuguese Foreign Minister, at a public lecture formally denied the recurring rumours of an An lo-German agreement in connection with intervention in the Portuguese Colonies. A large and distinguished audience applauded
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    Indian Specie Bank.
    44 1357 Petition For Winding-Up Dismissed. (Reuter.) Bombay, November 26. The petition for the winding-up of the Indian Specie Bank has been dismissed by the judge who congratulated the manager upon the u animous confiden e shown in the directors by the shareholders.
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    Long Estrangement Ended.
    34 1357 (Reuter.) New York, November 25. After an estrangement of seventeen years General Bramwell Booth, of the Salvation Army, met his brother, Ballington Booth, as the guests of a mutual clerical friend.
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    Toll of the Air.
    39 1357 (Reuter.) London, November 25. M Perreyon, the world’s highest flier, in testing a new monoplane in the aerodrome at Buc fell from a height of 50 ft. and was killed, being crushed by the machine.
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    iiiiant Ball at Cairo.
    35 1357 (Reuter.) Cairo, November 26. Lord Kitchener, British Consul-General in Egypt, gave a ball in honour of the British Naval Officers at Cairo. It was a splendid entertainment and a great success.
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    Australian Governor’s Resignation.
    24 1357 (Reuter Melbourne, November 25. Sir John M. F. Fuller, Governor of Victoria, has resigned his appointment owing to reasons of ill-health.
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    H. M. S. “Algerine.”
    20 1357 H. M. S. Algerine.” Reuter.) Vancouver, November 26. II M S Aljerine has returned to Vancouver having lost a propeller.
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    Rubber Auction.
    133 1357 Singapore. (From Our Own Correspondent.) a xl. Singapore; November 26 At the rubber auction at Sinp.rv.. 106,107 lb. were offered for sale and 101 797 lb were sold at the following prices Sm-ked Sheet $U3-»131 p« r A icul Unsmoked $106—$116 P First Crepe $115-$120 Second $1(6—$115 Third
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    Popularising the Territorials.
    72 1357 Some Inducements. (Reuter.) London, November 26. Mr. H. H. Asquith will receive a deputation from the Council of the Territorials tomorrow. It is announced that a scheme will be submitted in order to popularise the force which will include bonuses and concessions to the officers and men,
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    Labour Troubles.
    67 1357 Steamers Laid Up. (Reuter.) Sydney, November 25. Five of the Union Company’s steamers are laid up in consequence of the strike here in sympathy with that in New Zealand and many emigrants en route to New Zealand via Brisbane are stranded there, being unable to proceed to their
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    Alleged Espionage.
    51 1357 (Reuter.) Berne, November 26. The Government has ordered the expulsion of the French Officer Captain Larguier, who was arrested at Geneva charged wi espionage on behalf of France to the de riment of Switzerland, Italy and Germany His alleged accomplices Menozzi ana Rosette are also ordered to be
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    Our Singapore correspondent
    31 1357 wires that the further sale of the house prope r y belonging to Tan Kim Chengs Es realised $261,800. The total realised tor the five days was 1,487,590.
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    INDIAN UNREST IN SOUTH AFRICA.
    558 1358 A SUGGESTION BY THE STANDARD.” (B outer.} London, November 25. The Standard comments on the unsatisfactoriness of the position in which the different portions of the Empire stand in regard to one another and compares it with the relation with foreign states. India has even
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    Temerloh Rubber and Coconut Estates Ltd.
    827 1358 Third Annual General Meeting. The third annual general mpeting of the Teme loh Rubber and Coconut Estates Ltd., was held iu the registered office of the Company, Messrs. Anthony Anderson, yeseitay a ternoon. Among those present were Messrs. C. W. Barnett, W. H. Thorne,
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    The Court of Appeal will
    12 1358 sit in Penang in I ebruary next.
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    Mr S. B. Archdeacon,
    15 1358 of the Straits Trading Company, is on a visit to Penang.
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    News comes from Peking to
    18 1358 the effect that the Finance Minister proposes to put a tax on queues.
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    Nai Sorabje (British),
    18 1358 Nai William Niel- sen (Danish) and Nai G. Wehler (German) have become nituralised Siamese subjects.
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    In the course
    67 1358 of his address to the M.S.V K on the occasion of their annual review, Major General Stephenson, C.B., said that not long ago he saw some Malay troop-i from Johore manoeuvring in Singapore, and the way in which they made the utmost use of cover impressed him
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    The court of Soerabaya
    125 1358 has decided a case of great importance to the Singer Sewing Machine Company. A representative of the company had prosecuted a native woman for disposing of a machine which had been sold to her on the hirepurchase system, before the whole of the amount had been
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    PURE MILK.
    802 1359 On more than one occasion in th? past we have emphasised in these columns the vita) importance to tbe public health of ensuring a sufficient and steady supply of good sound milk. How far impure milk is responsible for the heavy death-rate which takes place from intestinal diseases
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    Says the Bangkok Times of November 17:
    26 1359 Prince Damrong Mt to day by the Southern Line His Royal Highness is paying a flying visit to Trang.
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    From Tuesday’s Malay Mail:
    28 1359 Mr. Justice Braddell who yesterday adjourned the Assizes, where a mur er trial was in progress, was not sufficiently well to sit this mornng.
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    Mr. H. W. Firmstone,
    26 1359 Acting First Magistrate, Singapore, has been appointed to act as Commissioner of Trade and Customs, F. M. S. wires cur fciugapore correspondent.
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    The s. s. Taroba,
    36 1359 wbich arrived this mormon from Madras, brought 729 deck papsenirors ind 44-2 ka 'ganv coo'i s There were aho on board 78 krngjny coolies for Po t Swuttenham and 71 for Singapore
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    Lady Clifford
    40 1359 sailed from E inland for the Gdd Coist on October 26. t<» j >in busband. Sir Hugh Cl ff >rd Lady Ciiffo’d has quite recovered from the serious illness which necessitated her returning to England some months ago.
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    The Rev. J. R. Goddard. D.D,
    51 1359 who re- cently died in China, at the age of 73, was born in Singapore, where his parents were missionaries in 1840, where they and others British and American were waiting the opening of China to foreigners. He spent nearly all his life in
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    On board the outward M. M m*il steamer Paul Lecat,
    56 1359 due at Sing pore on Decem- her 7, accompanying Mr. Barillen, are Father Saleilles, of the Serangoon Church, and Fit her Vey, of the Tank Road Church. The two latter have been away from Singapore for a considerable time recruiting
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    It has always been the wish of the Highest Authority
    138 1359 that the different Royal Houses in the F.M.S. should identify themselves as much as possible with the general public life of the country’. In certain cases the lack of private fortune and the by no means excessive allowances made from
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    The Poetry of Oscar Wilde.
    1412 1359 Messrs Methuen Co., in pursuant of their policy of making the works of wL accessible to wider circles have just i B8u i a second volume of his verse, CharnJT. and other Poems in their Shilling Libran His admirers have never contended that Wilde was
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    Bukit Mertajam Cases.
    298 1360 At the Bukit Mertajam Police Court, before Mr. R. Scott, yesterday morning, a Tamil Coolie named Ayer Koteh was convicted of breach of contract bv leaving the service of his employer (Juru Estate) without giving due notice and fined 85, in default of payment, fourteen days’ imprisonment.
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    A Siamere constemporary announces that
    14 1360 furs were worn in Bangkok on N rvember 1G
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    Tbe rainfall
    21 1360 fur the twenty-four hour-. ended 9 ain this morning was G7 inch aregistered by the gauge at Fort Cornwallis
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    Shortly after Mr. Peel goes on leave early next month.
    72 1360 Mr. W V ule j Solicit..r- General, will takeup his residence in A u r Raja” which was acquired a few years by fhe Government as a bcu-e fr a former Solicitor-General. .Mr. G Maxwell Ayer Raja” is, however, to
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    THE PROMENADE CONCERT.
    902 1360 Last night, under the direction of Mr. 0. V. 1 bornas a very entertaining programme was provided in aid of the Penang Band Fund, which was much appreciated by a two-thirds full house. There is no doubt that the weather prevent# d many people from coming, but
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    Penang Rural Board.
    98 1361 A meeting of the members of the Penang Rural Board was held yesterday afternoon at the Land Office and there were present: Messrs. H. C. Sells Chairman), C. G. May, J. R. Brown and Chee Kok Fee (Secretary). The minutes of the last meeting having been read
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    Mutilated messages
    62 1361 still continue to reach us from the Government Telegraph Office. Yesterday, for instance, in a wire on the Federal Council from our Kuala Lumpur correspondent acreage was made to read “average,” while problems was tortured into “perkins.” Whether the torturing wis done at this end or at Kuala
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    A European named John Sullwan
    119 1361 was this morning arraigned before Mr. R D. Acton in the Second Court, charged with being drunk and incapable at Chulia Street yesterday. The man pleaded guilty to the charge preferred against him The magistrate asked if anyone knew anything about the accused and Inspector
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1070 1361 It has long been felt that a mistake was made when the Government of the F.M.S. abolished the post of Commissioner of Lands and we note without surprise that the Malay Mail is now suggesting that it ought to be resuscitated. Our contemporary remarks that there are three
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    Our Kuala Lumpur correspondent wires
    22 1361 that the “At Home of H. E the Governor was spoilt by rain which affected the attendance.
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    Mr. W. A. White,
    26 1361 of The Sun Life Assur- ance Company, late Manager in South East Asia, has retired from the service wires our Singapore correspondent.
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    Mr. H. E. Somerville,
    30 1361 Manager of the Straits Steamship Co., Ltd Singapore, was a through passenger for Singapore by the P. O. s s. Delta which arrived here this afternoon.
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    The Tientsin Mint
    28 1361 has been ordered to coin dollars bearing the portrait of President Yuan Shih kai and inscribed “In commemoration of the establishment of the permanent Government.”
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    A good milk supply is an essential to the community.
    65 1361 In a hospital milk that is pure is one of those things one cannot do without. We are glad, therefore, to announce that Messrs. Sandilands, Buttery Cohave been successful in securing the contract for the supply of tinned milks to
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    League Football.
    533 1362 St. Xavier’s vs, Chinese Athletic Club ■The League fixture between these clubs was played oit yesterday evening on th* Esplanade in spite of the hetvy downnour which made good football difficult Mr E Wright Motion (Junior; officiated as referee with the teams as follows St. Xavier’s —Goal TC
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    At Hongkong police court,
    50 1362 on the loth inst, the first extradition cine in connection with Chine e since the recognition of tha Republic was heard. Chief Detective Inspector Collett as' ed for the remand of a Chinese awaiting extradition on charges of murder and robbery, and the application was granted.
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    Heath of Colonel Gerini
    925 1362 102 AiZ re ,Otore,W iu P»*»”-“'-lyv ao.l arch, 0<v J| 0 ■“■of (beneath tf took place at Turin recently. „„A!° n p 1G ici Wa8 «'i-known tbr. uj,. p 111 ,lr it au'l m learcej cir. 1 Euiopea. tU Sreatest (Wng au hori(v in l.e take
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    The Republican Advocate of Shanghai
    8 1362 has ceased publication.
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    We are sorry io learn that
    14 1362 Mr. Litn Cheng L iw is indispose d.
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    Mr. W. Duncan,
    31 1362 of th) Straits Rubber Co, Ltd. and the Penang Sugar Estates Co. Ltd, Province Wellesley, returned from homo this afternoon by the P. A O. s s Belta.
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    The football match
    35 1362 be ween Thu Rest and “Scotland” which was phved at Sin w ;iporo yesterday, wnes our* correspou lent in that, town, was won by The Re t by 4 goals to nil.
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    Says one of the Shanghai papers:
    131 1362 < are glad to b-am that the somewhat alam ing message to the effect that Mr. <2. T. Wang had been special!/ mentioned iu the Pre>- I ntial manifestos, ,his hou-:e surrounded by n ilitary aud he himsoif arre<t<-d is not whoEy corre t.
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    Our Klang correspondent writes:
    104 1362 O.i the night of the 2'4h instant, the Jovial Op r i Company gave a spec al performance at S* bring, at which Mr. Bryant, our papular A D O (the President of Hr’i Mabkota Club) along with some Europ-an» was present. putsches were delivered during
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    THE FEDERAL COUNCIL.
    564 1363 IMPORTANT APPROPRIATIONS. {T'rom Our Own Correspondent,) Kuala Lumpur, November 25. The Federal Council passel various appropriations, including a fun I for advancing loans to persons desirous of building house property and a fund of §110,000 lor the purchase of “Edinburgh House”, Penang, regarding which the Chief Secretary
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    INDIAN UNREST IN SOUTH AFRICA.
    405 1363 CONCERNING THE VICEROY’S MEMORANDUM. Reuter.) London, November 26. Mr. Hatnar Greenwood, Liberal Member for Sunderland, speaking at the West Indian Club deplored the ignorance of the Cabinet Ministers as to the conditions in the Dominions. Nothing was fraught with greater danger than a hasty, and
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    Ulster and Home Rule.
    64 1363 An Cfficial Denial. (Reuter.) London, November 26. Mr. Augustine Birrell, Secretary for Ireland, speaking at Bristol, emphatically denied that the Cabinet is divided on the subject of Ulster. Men and Rifles for Ulster. Col Hickman, speaking at Wolverhampton, said that he was buying rifles and enrolling
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    GREAT BRITAIN AND CONTRACTS IN CHINA.
    163 1363 A NOTEWORTHY suggestion. (Renter.) London, November 27 Mr. Arthur Bennett, in a letter to the T,mes from Yunnanfu, urges that measures be taken, in view of the widespread and per feet organisation of the American and German agencies, to secure for Great Britain a
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    The “Volturno” Disaster.
    195 1363 Board of Trade Inquiry. (Reuter.} London, November 26. r\t the Board of Trade Enquiry into the disaster of the s s. Volturno, which was destroyed by lite in Mid Atlantic, counsel for tbe Board stated that the steamer carried nineteen boats,capable of accommodating 150 per-ons more than
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    Nationalist Volunteer Force.
    113 1363 Scene at the Enrolment. (Reuter London, November 27. Eight thousand people assembled at the Rotunda Rink, Dublin, so as to enro themselves in the Nationalist Volunteer Force. Some of the speakers having em ployed free labour the Transport Wor er? outside became riotous and there was some
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    U. S. President’s Daughter’s Marriage.
    115 1364 U. S. President’s Daughter s Marriage. A Brilliant Assemblage. (Reuter.) Washington, November 26. President Woodrow Wilso i’s daughter, Miss Jessie Wilson, was married to Mr’ Francis B Sayre of New York at the White House yesterdiy. The brilliant assemblage of tour hundred who were present included all the ambassadors io
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    Affairs in Mexico.
    74 1364 (Reuter.) New York, November 27. The insurgent general reports a great battle southward of Juarez in which the rebels were faced by an overwhelming superiority of Federal Artillery, but which ended in the rout of the Federal troops and the capture of all the guns. A Federal
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    French Torpedo Boat’s Escape.
    45 1364 (Reuter.) Smyrna, November 26. The French torpedo boat Spahi, with the French Consul-General and a party on board, while returning from Vourla to Smyrna, passed a mine field. A mine exploded and there was great excitement but no one was injured.
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    Naval Ball at Alexandria.
    43 1364 (Reuter.) London, November 27. The British fleet has left Alexandria and Port Said for Piraeus. Lord Kitchener and many prominent members of Cairo society attended a ball given by the fleet yesterday evening to the British residents at Alexandria.
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    Smart Sentences For Strike Rioters.
    35 1364 (Reuter.) Johannesburg, November 27. Ten persons were sentenced to terms of imprisonment ranging from nine months to four years for the part they played in the strike riots last July.
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    Jack Johnson as Wrestler.
    33 1364 (Reuter.) London, November 26. Jack Johnson, the champion pugilist, appeared at a music hall in Paris as a catc as-catch-can wrestler and defeated the German Urbach in two falls.
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    New Zealand Politics.
    21 1364 (Reuter.) Wellington, November 27. A bill repealing second ballot at elections was passed by the House of Representatives.
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    Boxing.
    25 1364 (Reuter.) New York, November -b. In a boxing contest of ten rounds t Freddie Welsh and Phil Bloom, e outfought and outboxod bis opponent.
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    Tropical Agriculture.
    131 1364 Establishment of a College. (Reuter.) a t j r. OQ don, November 26. A. London Committee with u MeC!allnr« m lth bir ILmrv as Chairman, appointed to promote a college for tie study of Tropical thfT? haS draWU Up a acbeuje for the establishment cf a codege which
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    An Interesting Meeting.
    77 1364 Mr. Austea Chamberlain as Mr Churchill’s Guest. (Reuter.) London, November 26. The Times states that Mr. Austen Chamberlain will be the guest of Mr. Winston Churchill on the after the launch of the oil Dreadnought, Warspite, at Devonport. Political circles are very interested in the meeting of
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    Labour Troubles.
    39 1364 C ondemnation of Larkin's Methods. (Reuter.) London, November 26. Mr. Ashton, Secretary of the Miners’ Federation, has issued a statement condemning the methods of Mr. Larkin p,nd saying that a national strike would he a silly thing.
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    Launch of H. M..S. “Warspite”.
    35 1364 A* rut er.) London, November 27. The oil dreadnought Warsp t his been launched at Devonport. Mrs Austen Chamberlain christened the vessel. Mr. Winston Churchill was present at the launching
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    Serious Charge Against European.
    61 1364 (From Our Own CorrcyMuleni.) Kuala Lumpur, November 27. A European named Fox has been arrested at Kuala Kubu and sentenced to a fortnight’s imprisonment for not paying his resthouse bill There is a further charge against him of abducting a girl from Singapore. He was remanded
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    The Freight on Rubber.
    48 1364 A Reduction. (From Our Ouuu Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, November 27. Messrs. Boustead A Hampshire inform the Malay Mail that they have received a telegram that the freight on rubber to Europe has been reduced by ten shillings per ton. The freight is now 65
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    A Missing Jeweller.
    47 1364 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, November 27. The towkav of the shop ’i icw Loong, Jewellers in High St t. Sillgap 1 been missing siece yesterday morning Ihe ,-ause has not been explain* 1 iar and no report has been made to the 1’oir.w
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    The Mongolian Mission.
    20 1364 (Reuter.) St Petersburg, November 26. Ibe Mongolian Mission has gone to Livadia where the Court is staving.
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