The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 4 June 1914
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Title Section21 1914-06-04 1 THE STRAITS ECHO MAIL EDITION. $17.50 Per Annum. Single Copy, 40 cents Vol. 12. Penang, Thursday, 4th JUNE, 1914. No. 24.21 words
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Advertisement356 1914-06-04 1 I I CONTENTS. I i I i I Leaders page. Miscellaneous {Con'd) isovd The Law and the Press 774 The Survival of the Queue 782 i Honour and Honours 783 Battle of Waterloo 782 British Colonisation 788 Some Derby Reflections 784 i A Successful Experiment... 793 Tragedy on an Estate356 words
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Advertisement170 1914-06-04 2 !the STRAITS ECHO 1 j MAIL EDITION. fl Published the day prior to the departure of each mail d for Europe, and contains the latest local and States 1 news originally published in the daily issues, as well as fl all important news from various parts of the Far East,170 words
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Article1070 1914-06-04 774 Much less in the interests of the Press than of the public, we wish to endorse with ail the strength at our command the remarks and suggestions made by the Strati» Times in the leading article on “The Law and the Press” which we reproduce1,070 words
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Article544 1914-06-04 774 At Kuala Lumpur, on May 21, the wife of J. C. AL Matthews, of a daughter. The Hon’ble Dr. Gilmore Ellis was on inspection duty in Province Welleslev this morning. The wife of Mr. G. L Jones-Parrv, of the r.M S. Police, gave birth to a son at Gunfort,544 words
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Advertisement83 1914-06-04 774 daily («xcept Sundayi Mid F*Lb holiday.) AT TH CBJTEBION PRESS. Ko. 59. Beach Street, Penang. Fbiob -W* Postage Extra. (Poit Fret) 117.50 CA»LI addbbm «ICHO— PENANG.” Not. Echo 586 Priathf Department 343 ••■■uniMtioit ihotiW b* •48r#»M4 m Maia ol*. Matter intended for publieeti»» hP w tidiwed te TBI IDITO* All83 words
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Article1280 1914-06-04 775 The need for more open spaies liecomes every year more and more insistent The Esplanade is barely large enough for the requirements of the two resident clubs as is evidenced by the fact that when a football match is played there practice at the nets is impossible. The1,280 words
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Article113 1914-06-04 775 SELANGOR FIRE BRIGADE> TWENTIETHANNIVERSARY (From Our 0 m Yerterday Brigade celebrated the twentieth anmkru" of its foundation by a dinner at ,T Hall. The Chief Officer, Mr. R Charter, sided and among the guests were Mes.r. Owen, Douglas, Jones Parry and Green The health of the guests was proposed b,113 words
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Article71 1914-06-04 775 Appeal Court’s Deeisioa. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, May 27. In December last Mr. Loke Chow Thye brought an action against Mr. D.G. Robertson claiming damages for an alleged libel. Mr. Justice Edmonds who heard the suit dismissed the claim with costs. Mr. Chow Thye71 words
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Article123 1914-06-04 775 Government’» Intention. (Reuter.) Ottawa, May 28 In the House of Commons the Government was interrogated as regards the action that will be taken in the case of the Hindus who were detained at Victoria on board the Komagata Muru. Mr. R L. Borden, the Premier, replied that(Reuter.) - 123 words
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Article15 1914-06-04 775 (Reuter). London, May 27. Lord Strathcona left estate valued at £5,500,000.(Reuter). - 15 words
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Article18 1914-06-04 775 (Reuter.) London, May 27. Mrs. Pankhurst has been released from prison and taken to a nursing(Reuter.) - 18 words
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Advertisement48 1914-06-04 775 A Good Rule for the Home. Make it a rule of your home to alw»y« keep on hand a bottle of Chamber!*»® Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as safeguard against bowel complaint»always cures promptly and no housebo safe without it. For tale by ah Di»p®° aaries and Dealers.48 words
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Article357 1914-06-04 776 sv T BV rA VOP«ir* s UNPLACED. (Reuter.) London, May 27. WdS glorious and cool and a journeyed to Epsom for the > b J- u n f the race was as follows J“T b "Xe. of 6,500 BOV. by T3i nf s') sof. each b. ft. or(Reuter.) - 357 words
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Article101 1914-06-04 776 Peking, May 16, WoX] Reuter’s A ading Rations Uit tbe finanr.- i F 8 AgeQC con sidered P Bl l ,On Of China has Mfew ‘h e BtreDBth cned during the OT r”'? e T ially t 0 Sir view that tfr rnJJ lls ias t° the101 words
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Article44 1914-06-04 776 GERMAN STEAMER DETAINED. {Reuter). Washington, May 28 The German steamers Ypiranga and Bavaria landed ammunition at Puerto Mexico. Vera Cruz, May 28. The Bavaria arrived here and was detained by the order of General -Funston on the ground that she has no manifest.{Reuter). - 44 words
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44 1914-06-04 776 (Reuter.) St. Petersburg, May 28. An aeroplane descended at Rypin, in the government of Plozk, manned bv two German officers, both of whom were arrested. The aeroplane was damaged by the shots fired at her when crossing the frontier.(Reuter.) - 44 words
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Article48 1914-06-04 776 Baseless Report. (Reuter.) London, May 28. Excitement was caused yesterday evening by the baseless report that Mr. Gustav Hamel bad landed from a North Sea fishing boat. The King sent a wire to the Mayor of South Shields asking for a confirmation of the report.(Reuter.) - 48 words
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Article144 1914-06-04 776 Defendants Sentenced. (Reuter.) London, May 27. Colonel Whitaker, for/nerly of the Yorkshire Light Infantry, charged in connection with the Army Canteens Scandal, has been found guilty and sentenced to six months’ imprisonment in the second division. The other military defendant! were all bound over in the sum(Reuter.) - 144 words
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Article95 1914-06-04 776 Funds Remitted From Peking. Peking, May 18. The Government has already remitted for the redemption of Canton notes S7,0<»0,000 which was derived from the surplus of the Salt Revenue. The Quintuple Group has agreed in principle to the transference of an additional 810,000,000, which was originally intended95 words
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Article46 1914-06-04 776 International Expedition Proposed. Reuter.) London, May 27. The international force at Skutari being insufficient, a proposal has since b *en made to send an international expedition to Albania. The entente” Powers, however, appear to be unwilling to agree to the propc sal.( Reuter.) - 46 words
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Article37 1914-06-04 776 (Reuter.) London, May 27. At Bath, Sussex beat Somerset Ly 85 runs. At Bradford, Surrey beat Yorkshire by 28 runs. At Oxford, the mitch between Kent and Oxford Univrrsity was drawn in favour of Kent.(Reuter.) - 37 words
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Article45 1914-06-04 776 Still Looting and Killing. Lancbowfu, May 18. The “White Wolf” brigands looted Tsinchow on May 4. Many people were killed and wounded. General Man Wo-gen was killed. The brigands left on May 5 for the south. General Yi Chun is pursuing them.45 words
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Article240 1914-06-04 776 I/ondon, May 6. A very satisfactory position is disclosed by the mon'hly «-UU-tb* During April the London deliveries ot pliutation rubber again exceeded the i n ports —this time hv 174 tons Tin we figures show that at the moment at least we are not flittering from240 words
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Obituary47 1914-06-04 776 Obituary. Sir Joseph W. Swan. (Beu/er.) London, May 27. The death has taken place, at the age of 86, of Sir Joseph Wilson Swan, who invented the incandescent electric lamp bearing his name, which has been the fore-runner of all other incandescent electric lamps now in use.47 words
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Article402 1914-06-04 777 London, May 8. If prices in other sections of the metal market have been sagging, those of tin have had a decisive slump. During the last tew days there has been a further fall, and at the present time the quotation of round about. Xl5l is the402 words
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Article217 1914-06-04 777 Lett* Contract Seeurti ky a British Firm. A few weeks ago tenders Were invited from the leading British, American, Belgian, and German structural engineering firms by the Royal State Railways of Siam for the delivery at Bangkok and Chumpone of 43 open lattice type girder bridges, required217 words
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Article187 1914-06-04 777 Says the Kuala Lumpur correspondent of the Malay Daily Chronicle Mining coolies have been appearing continually during the last few days bef re the Protector of Chinese for assistance, the reason being that they have worked in the mines, the owners of which have disappeared187 words
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Article193 1914-06-04 777 Mon Chao Khacboro, Governor of Nontiburi, is under arrest. According to the story told in the Nangsue Phim Thai, the new head of the Bangkok Revenue Department and Mr. Florio recently went to Nontaburi, to examine the books and the cash. The cash was not examined as193 words
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Article217 1914-06-04 777 A profit of nearly .£60,000 for twelve months on a capital of Ji 160,00 does not strike one as being at all a bad result, but shareholders of the Tronoh Mines have seen much larger sums than this in their annual repoits In 1912 their company’s earnings were217 words
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Article649 1914-06-04 777 Kulim Lame Murdie. The hearing of the can* WengChoou, charged with inude?’ burned this mormng before Mr’ i"* Sercombe Smith and a special iurr S B XOUi9S P roBecut *xf and V Lordship, suttd that he cused because he knew him. g th *icHis Lordship asked by what649 words
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Article330 1914-06-04 778 -L. A C. Express. "7 the Mansion Hou«e in r., m* t:D2 o f Oriental Studies .arf- 4 of b L a large and influential qC speakers, who .ncluded piw rn the M»rqu“SS of Crewe. I? r.l lucbctpe. made out a M* a a to tbe-L. A C. Express. - 330 words
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Article221 1914-06-04 778 Mrs Michell, wife of Mr. W. C Michell, Judge, met with an accident this m>ming at tbe cemetery adjoining the Rifle Range. It appears that she and Mrs. Maeintyre, wife of the Harbour Master, •ent out for a ride after watching the train•QgUthe race course this221 words
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Article1442 1914-06-04 778 We hear that there is to be no appeal in the case of Mercer v. Tht Tunes of Malaya, reported recently in our columns. We can very well understand the reasons for this decision, both on legal and financial ground*, having pissed through a somewhat1,442 words
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Article618 1914-06-04 779 There are two kinds of annual reports, the one bristling with comments of human interest, such as Sir E. W. Birch used to write, and the other in which the officer contents himself With giving an unappetising collection of statistics. In the latter category must be placed the618 words
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Article1338 1914-06-04 779 One of the serious problems that lie before the educational authorities of the Malay Peninsula—the Colony and the States are closely linked together tor administrative purposes, and the conditions of the one are those of the other, so that for all practical purposes in education the fusion1,338 words
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Article377 1914-06-04 780 the raCB w «‘fc* the tr T nf l «a* tl Ljud some very good K»l--tbree Of the candidates in ,eSI tb oodi was the first to put in an course with Thompson inpearsDce o went round the Kace rider being unable to stop <*“*.l. every chance of377 words
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Article192 1914-06-04 780 To iai Editor oF the Straits Echo. Six, I should like to remind Penang students, tbftogh the medium of your columns, that Hongkong University Matriculation Ex•®lnat>oo, will be held in July next and tto King Edward VII Scholarships of t ue of £U) a year tenable for five192 words
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Article413 1914-06-04 780 At the Bukit Mertajim District Court before Mr. R. Scott, on the 27th inst a Hindu named Munian was convicted of kidnapping a boy nauud Pichay Mutu aged th'ee years, and was sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for the term of three months. The accused stated that he413 words
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Article242 1914-06-04 780 To THE Editor of tHe Straits Echo Dear Sir, An Exde from Erin has a great idea to inflict punishment upon youngsters or a firm who employs them, by preventing them from joining the clubs. Probably the fellow who ran into debt and was posted etc is one242 words
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Article266 1914-06-04 780 —MM. There is no more fascinating study than that of watching lhe growth of towns, and the gradual shaping of centres of civilizvt on. lowns possess a strange individuality upon which is stamped a refl-x of the progress by which they evolve!. It is only when this development—MM. - 266 words
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Article316 1914-06-04 780 Lawn Tennis Tournament. The following were the results of the ties played last night:— Mixed Doubles Handicap. Mr and Mrs Edwards beat Mrs Dunn and Sells 6—3, 6—4. Mrs Neubronner and Waugh beat Miss Warbam Goodrich 6—B, 6—4, 6—3. Mens Open Singles. M K Whitlock beat C316 words
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Article2825 1914-06-04 781 Strong Position of the Company Board's Conservative Policy. The eighth ordinary general meet ng of the Anglo Malay Rubber Company, Limited, was held on May 7th at the Cannon Street Hotel, Cannon Street, E C., air Frank A. Swettenham, G.CM.G. (the chairman) presiding. Mr. J. Mclnnes, representing the2,825 words
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Article394 1914-06-04 782 To the Editor of tbe Straits Times. Sir, —As a shareholder in a numbsr of con panies I beg to support you in your case for a libel law and libel case procedure more in the interests of shareholders and tbe public. I believe the394 words
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Article113 1914-06-04 782 The Malacca Planters’ Association are bolding a general meeting in the Malacca Club on Sunday, June 7, at 10 30 am., when the business will include the following —(1) Roads, (2/ Agricultural department, (3) to confirm the election of Messrs. Campbell and Pera ta as representatives on113 words
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Article259 1914-06-04 782 —Af.M. Ihe appearance of a Chinaman wearing queue in Queen’s Road Central, Hongkong, tecently wag the signal for a disturbance, a crowd of his countrymen suriounding him with knives and scissors and threat* euing to remove the queue. A p< liceman went to the man’s—Af.M. - 259 words
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Article342 1914-06-04 782 The great war of 1812, with all its romantic associations, has presented the cinema producer with material for many sensational military dramas. As tbe Yankee manufacturer grows never weary of weaving romances around the conflict for Independence of ’6l, so have we revivified on the cinema screen342 words
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Advertisement52 1914-06-04 782 A Good Rule for the Home. Make it a rule of your home to always keep on hand a bot'le of Chamberlain’s Colic, Cbolorfi and Divrhoea Remedy as a safeguard against bowel complaints. It always cmes promptly and no household is safe without it. For sale I y all Dispensaries52 words
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Article1292 1914-06-04 783 Tn more ways than one—but especially as regards pay, passages and leave—the lot of the civil servant in the Straits and F. M. 8. hajj been greatly improved of recent years. Ib fact in the matter of pay the junior officer in British Malaya is at least1,292 words
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Article558 1914-06-04 783 Dr. A. L. Hoop,, State Sur W n ,J c who has beea on i DBfwJtion Kedah, was in Penang tn-dav. 7 The Rev. F W Haines wk Alor Star oc WednX’ u S in Penang to-morrow afternoon Mr. and Mrs. J. Ro A u arrived in Seremban, where558 words
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Article886 1914-06-04 784 alMidv a considerable inflow Toert X vpitJfS into ena this of the race-meeting which begins s)rfl iDgt jr who are m a position to a that even if the meeting is tart financially it will Li success from the sporting poW of vie» m. .ntroduction of metred water886 words
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Article346 1914-06-04 784 Raja and Wife Wounded. A murderous attack was m ide in the early hours this morning on an old M lay Raja named Alias and his wife Miriam on Confederate Estate, off Joo Chiat Road, Teluk Kuroh, says the Malaya Tribune of Wednesday. Both the R346 words
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Article565 1914-06-04 784 Had The Tetrarch remained fit and well, one wonders how manv of th° gallant thirty that made up this year’s huge field would have had the temerity to appear at Epsom. The winner belongs to Mr. Duryea, who had previously owned a Derby favourite in the Guineas565 words
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Advertisement58 1914-06-04 784 Always Recommend It. In almost every community there is some one wl ose lite h s been saved by Chamlwrlain’ < Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Rmuj -dv. Such persons seldom o.i -s an opportunity to recommend it, ami these recommendations and its never filling qualities account for its great popularity.58 words
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Article380 1914-06-04 785 MR. JAMES BRYCE'S VIEWS. (Reuter). —The Globe, London, May 28. Mr. James Bryce, who was the principal guest of the Central Asian Society, gave his impression of his recent travels in Siberia which was being steadily settled io. Within thirty or forty years the population had(Reuter).; —The Globe, - 380 words
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Article77 1914-06-04 785 Suesetttul Theatricals. (From Our Own Correspondent). Kuala Lumpur, May 29. The Kuila Lumpur Amateurs gave a succeHMful entertainment at the Town Hill vesterdiy evening and staged Admiral Peters” by Mr W. W. Jacob’, followed by a short concert The programme closed with “The Ghost of Jerry Bundler”77 words
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Article75 1914-06-04 785 To Be Sold to Greece. (R'-uter.) Washington, May 29 Mr. Josephus Daniel’, Secretary of the Naw, has submitted to the Naval Committee of the Senate a prop* sal to sell the battleships Idaho and Mississippi to a foreign Power, it is understood Greece, for the original cost(R'-uter.) - 75 words
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Article149 1914-06-04 785 WAR MATERIAL FOR THE FEDERALS. (Reuter). London, May 28. The German steamer Bavaria landed 2,000,0'0 cartridges at Puerto Mexico and 3,000 rolls of barbed wire for the F deral troops who are very jubilant about the matter. It is also believed that the Ypiranga landed an entire cargo of(Reuter). - 149 words
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Article55 1914-06-04 785 (Reuter). London, May 28. The great parade at Potsdam has been postponed as it is reported that the Kaiser is suffering from a cold. A Denial. Berlin, May 29. It is officially denied that the Kaiser i q indisposed. It is announced that the parad e was postponed(Reuter). - 55 words
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Article46 1914-06-04 785 Reuter Sydney, M«y 29. A violent earthquake shock, lasting three hours, was recorded by a seismograph on the morning of May 27. It is supposed to have occurred near the Tonga Group of islands in the Pacific, formerly known as The Friendly Islands.”( Reuter ) - 46 words
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Article58 1914-06-04 785 (From Our Own, Correspondent Ipoh, May 28. The additions and alterations to the Ipoh Club estimated to cost 12,0'<0, recommended by a subcommittee recently appointed to consider the matter, are now being considered by the Club committee. The additions will include a reading room and a large58 words
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Article53 1914-06-04 785 Finland Barred from Participation. (Reuter.) London, May 28. As a sequel to the triumphal return of the famous runner Kokhmainen from America the Russian Government has decreed tint Finland should not be allowed to pirticipite in the Olympic games under its own name. The Finnish Olympic committee. will(Reuter.) - 53 words
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Article130 1914-06-04 785 LIST CF PROBABLES. (Reuter.) The following are the Oaks which will be run to-morrow. His Majesty’s La Marquise, H Lord Carnarvon s Wassilissa, FH. i Mr A. Gotham’s Sunray, Pr,i2‘ Col. Caversham-Simonds’ Mwi Denis,™*' Mr. H. Cholmondeley’s Lord Falmouth’s Arlette, Mr. P. Welke’s 6’unwin. Mr. H Cholmondeley’s Glorvina,(Reuter.) - 130 words
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Article78 1914-06-04 785 The Nationalist Voluateeri. (Reuter.) London, May 28. The Irish party has given official approval to the Nationalist Volunteers. Sir Edward Carson'» Boast. London, May 29. Sir Edward Carson, speaking at Mountain A’h, South Wales, said that he gloried in landing 35,000 rifles in Ulster. He said(Reuter.) - 78 words
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Article55 1914-06-04 785 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, May 29. Messrs Fraser Co’s weekly report s»ys that dealings in shares were very restricted and that many quotations must be regarded as almost nominal. Of local issues tnaay were scarcely sought. London advices give evidence of professional dealings in mining shares55 words
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29 1914-06-04 785 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, May 29. The Chinese cashier of the Municipality was charged to-day with breach of trus o $960. He was remanded.29 words
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Article41 1914-06-04 785 B.I. and P. O. Amalgamation. Lord Inehape'» New Po»t. (Reuter j a London, May 28. The British India Company annou that if the amalgamation with the Company i. continued. Lord Inch t» be appointed a Managing 1 P. <t O. Company.(Reuter ) - 41 words
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Article1961 1914-06-04 786 nr PrOFITS-THE u.h Annual General Meeting of the (L.m.wd) was beid cn L Jla T*‘ M S>o“” trw!t Hotel, Mr > “"n of the eompaoj) r* dl t r (Mr. A. H. Cullen, C.A Urging the meetrng and “iTftai'nnXia mo ,n: the ado P ti n eaid1,961 words
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Article27 1914-06-04 786 Bakap Rubber Plantations, Ltd. 15 428 Batu Matang Rubber Plantations, Ltd. te< Jong Landor Rubber Estates. Ltd ‘Xi’ooq Kedah Rubber Company, Ltd. 2U/2 627 words
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563 1914-06-04 787 Agreement with Messrs. Habrison’B and Crosfield, Ltd., Duly Confirmed. An extraordinary general meeting of the Victoria (Malaya) Rubber Estates, Limited, was held on May 4 to approve an agreement made between the company and Messrs. Harrisons and Crosfield, Limited. Mr. Arthur Lampard, who presided, in moving563 words
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Article875 1914-06-04 787 Kulim Lane Murder. The hearing of the case against Heng Weng Choon, charged with n.order at Kulim Lane on March 25, was resumed yesterday afternoon before Mr. Justice Ser com be Smith and a special jury. Mr. A. B. Voules prosecuted and Mr. S. M. Sharma appeared for875 words
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Article422 1914-06-04 787 A welcome feature of the Linggi report i. the publication for the first time of a d»tai ed acreage statement, the absence of which in previous years has rendered it extremelr difficult to make even an approximate estimate of the value of the shares. This tear Linggi422 words
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Advertisement55 1914-06-04 787 A Good Rule for the Home. Make it a rule of your home to a’wavs keep on hand a bottle ot Ch imb*ilain s Colic, Cholera <nd Dim ho-a R'in>*dv as a safeguard again t bowel complaints. It always cures promptly and no household is ■afe without it For sale55 words
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Advertisement52 1914-06-04 787 Always Recommend It. In almost everv community there‘ is some one wboee life h > been saved by Chamber lain’, Colie. Cholera and B>»rrb<«. Such persons seldom miss an opp r rec irnmend it, ».>d theand it, never failing quality .«eonM its great popularity. For sale by all D P®°52 words
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Article583 1914-06-04 788 NI W U* s rO ROYAL SPADES. j Club has officially rocognisAuction Bridge, and the j genl bp«" representative memh Baldwin, and certain other p issed t elabtw e This is satisfactory, for '•"'"“iLfthat the leading card club lt 3 ionise tbeeiisteoce of the leading rM“ ld at583 words
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Article194 1914-06-04 788 If the Sassenach has deep-rooted convictions regarding the meanness” of the Scot, the Scot has himself to blame, for he seems to delight in nothing more than poking fun at this alleged characteristic of his race, or at any rate at a canny quality which is194 words
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Article434 1914-06-04 788 To the Editor of The Over-Seas Daily Mail. Dear Sir, —As a regular reader of your interesting paper may I crave your courteous consideration of a matter of great importance to missionaries in China Sir William Ramsay, in a recent speech expressed great regret that character writing434 words
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Article1374 1914-06-04 788 There is a Latin adage that it is belter for the student, and especially the historical student, petere fontes quam rivulos sectari." We must go to the original documents and to contemporary literature if we wish to get a true and living conception of any particular period. This1,374 words
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Article1283 1914-06-04 789 Despite ail the predictions to the contrary bidding was very brisk at the lotteries last night on the first day’s races Excellent prices were obtained and the Penang Turf Club will benefit substantially. Incidentally, this is in the naturj of a compliment to the handicapper whose task is1,283 words
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Article542 1914-06-04 790 a«»“" s sij ,F,c L,NER HEAVY DtATHROLI. (Renter.) Ottawa, May 29. 1 mMMrt has been received at Itirefi'B p^JCt fhat the Canadian to 1 f Ireland, sank in a pacific hoer. Empress on with an iceberg. Quebec, May 29 Tha Marconi Nation at Father oint pm that(Renter.) - 542 words
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Article56 1914-06-04 790 A Scheme For Nationalisation. Peking, May 19. According to Chinese reports, the Government is drawing up a scheme for nationalizing the military forces throughout China, whereby a majority of the Provincial forces will be absorbed and their Provincial character removed. This is regarded as one of the56 words
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Article54 1914-06-04 790 Peking, May 19. The representatives of the Quintuple Group and those of the Government meet to-day. The Chinese adhere to the view that <£7,500,0 0 will be sufficient, but the postponement of Currency Reform is meeting with some opposition, and this is one of the questions that will54 words
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Article225 1914-06-04 790 To the Editor of the Straits Echo, Dear Sir, My only object in writing to you on this subject was t<> draw public attention to a serious state of affairs in our little social and comm i rcial world Judging from the way I have heard people discussing225 words
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Article289 1914-06-04 790 VICTORY OF MR. JOEL'S MARE. A FAVOURITE WINS AT LAST. (Reuter.) London, May 29. The following was the result of the race for the Oaks Stakes: Ihe Oaks Stakes of five thousand sovereigns, by subscription of fifty sovereigns each, h ft, or five sover-i ns only if declared(Reuter.) - 289 words
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Article37 1914-06-04 790 (divider.) Lindon, May 29. At Cambridge, Yorkshire beat Cambridge University by an innings and -dx runs. At Southampton, Hampshire beat Derbyshire by eight wickets At Lord’s, Middlesex biat Worcestershire by an innings and 56 runs.(divider.) - 37 words
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Article71 1914-06-04 790 A New Zealand Svg;estica. B enter.) London, May 29. The correspondent of the Times at Washington states that Mr. F. W. Massey, the Premier of New Zealatd. says that the Anglo-JapanoHH alfiance was insufficient protection to New Zeal it d and suggests that •’anada, Australia.( B enter.) - 71 words
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Article21 1914-06-04 790 (Reuter.) Berlin, May 30. The death bas taken place of Herr Mauser nventor ot the nfl j(Reuter.) - 21 words
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Article1437 1914-06-04 791 To tub Editor of the Straits Times Sir, —I would firstly like to mention that I have always read the Leaders in your pajer with the greatest interest, with more than perhaps in any other. My judgment may not be of any particular recognised weight,1,437 words
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Article199 1914-06-04 791 In every hospital out East certain number of persons, suffering minor ailments requiring prolong men.t, are admitted, who, properl ought not to get usually suffer from chronic ulcers the joints which may be the least a dozen diseases, some trivia) ot L* more serious, and sometimes the Z!199 words
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Article285 1914-06-04 791 The mortality returns for Singapore issued by the Registrar of Births and Deaths show that during the week ending Mav 23, there were 222 deaths (155 males, 67 females), giving a ratio indie of population of 35 06. Malarial fever accounted for27deatbs, phthi-is 23, convulsions 31, beri-beri285 words
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Article452 1914-06-04 792 and Baron Sbibusawa -“r ined well-known race horse Viiorbo*®» tbe f m Kelantan, where attend the though his horses have p en »aZ this is the first time Major o,be^»^ toB9eth9,,,perfor,D on race course. newspaper» h Hsiunß Ck'"*’ X to proceed to America, to tbe belief that bis «1452 words
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Article1313 1914-06-04 792 TOM WRIGHT. ] - [BY TOM WRIGHT.] They were standing at the Bar, a group of male things, talking, after their manner, of girls, and one boasted that he had spent fifteen shillings treating the last one he took out Another said I spent only two and a penny on the list1,313 words
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Article35 1914-06-04 793 Williams-Reutenh—At the Church of the Assumption, by the Rev. L. M. Duvelle, on June 1, Mr. W. A. Williams, Assistant Teacher, St. Xavier’s Institution, to Miss Edith Reutens, second daughter of Mr. Virgil Reutens.35 words
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Article553 1914-06-04 793 It is highly satisfactory to be able to record that all the prophecies of the croakers have been falsified and that the Penang Turf Club’s experiment of holding a two-day week-end meeting, instead of the time-honoured three-day meeting spread over a whole week, has proved quite successful.553 words
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Article521 1914-06-04 793 The Regent of Pahang was formally proclaimed Sultan at Pekan on Friday last. Mr. Eric Macfadyen, the well known Selangor planter, was in Penang over the week-end. Mrs. Burn Murdoch, widow of the late Mr. A. Burn Murdoch, leaves for Burmah this weel. Mr. G. C Valpy’s leave has521 words
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Article3316 1914-06-04 793 o t L h p±g lx 4 Bahru. The weather kufe good for ebooting, both wind being tricky.” 4 I’gbt The firing continued on Send., same weather conditions, when tk l ranges and long ranges were shot for. Despite tbe adJ tions of the weather Mr. good score3,316 words
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Article336 1914-06-04 796 Effect in SelangorRather alarming statements as to the Jj n f mimng coolies in Selangor in Sequence of the drop in tin pnces appear journal. Mr T> Beatty, Protector of Chinese, does not adopt the views express«l. “I do not consider,” he remarked to a Wan Mail336 words
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Article81 1914-06-04 796 Tn The Editor of The Straits Echo. but Sir, th* rom Efin misread my fious in f 6l WaS Q °thing even semi-face-fciiainfct !l 1 as ser i° us in my protest t- Ur U non c^u bites as he who wort 18 on shop-assistants to H a81 words
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Article399 1914-06-04 796 (From Our Own Oorrespindent). Kuala Lumpur, May 31. Something akin to consternation was felt in legal circles here upon perusal of the attack upon Mr. Justice Woodward in last Tuesday’s (May 26th) Strait* Times. This particular judge, our Chief Judicial Commissioner alone excepted, is regarded399 words
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Article141 1914-06-04 796 The output of the Tongkah Harbour Tin Dredging Company for the month of May was as follows Dredge No. 1 working 633 hours 245 piculs. 2 573 297 4 624 577 5 661 597 Total 2,491 1,716 The output for the week ended May 30 was twenty-six141 words
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Article1301 1914-06-04 796 GRAPHIC STORY OF THE ACC'DENT. LIST OF THE SURVIVORS. (Reuter.) Quebec, May 30. Of the survivors of the Empress of Ireland, 396 have arrived here, including 29 first-class passengers, 29 second-class passengers, 101 steerag* passengers and 237 crew. Thirty-seven left the train at Rimouski. Th? revised figures(Reuter.) - 1,301 words
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Article90 1914-06-04 797 Canada aad Hindus. (Reuter). Victoria (B. Columbia), May 30. The Vancouver Hindus have offered £lOO,OOO in cash and property as bail for the Hindu passengers of the Komagata Maru if they are allowed to land pending the decision of the courts as to their right of immigration into(Reuter). - 90 words
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Article101 1914-06-04 797 (Reuter.) Paris, June 1. M. Doumergue. the Premier and Minister for Foreign Affairs, has decided, after prolonged conversations with his colleagues in the Cabinet and his leading supporters in the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, to resign. M. Doumergue is of opinion that he has completed(Reuter.) - 101 words
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Article92 1914-06-04 797 TRAIN CRASHES INTO A Bus /-From O«r Own K UaULu “P“'r.J U nel. At 7.1,j on Sunday evening a molnr belonging to the Straits and FM R u Se-v.ee Company and carryin, rom Sun,e> Bea. to Kuala through the gates at the level cro Pudu. A mixed train92 words
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Article70 1914-06-04 797 (From Our Own Correspondent). Kuala Lumpur, May 30 Mr. G. O. Evans, of the Electrical Section of the Posts and Telegraphs Department was killed on Saturday night by a fall (rom a motor cycle at Weld Hill. His temple struck against a piece of granite. Tbs deceased,70 words
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Article62 1914-06-04 797 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, June 1. Golden, the proprietor of the Fairlawn" boarding house, Kuala Lumpur, has been arrested on a charge of cheating preferred by Schinuacher van Geyzel who accuses him of obtaining $2,000 upon security already mortgaged without disclosing the fact. Golden was arrested62 words
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Article22 1914-06-04 797 (Reuter). Athens, May 30. It is officially denied that Greece is negotiating for the purchase of obsolete American battleships.(Reuter). - 22 words
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Article40 1914-06-04 797 Reuter.) London, June 1. At the Oval, Surrey beat Warwickshire by an innings and 197 runs. At Catford, the match between Kent and Leicestershire was drawn in favour of Kent. At Manchester, Essex beat Lancashire y 158 runs:( Reuter.) - 40 words
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Article24 1914-06-04 797 (Reuter). London, Jud® L A scoutmaster and five boy scouts wet® drowned through the overturning o a on Oulton Proad, Suffolk.(Reuter). - 24 words
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Article39 1914-06-04 797 (Reuter London, June IThe American authorities at Vra Cr have fined the Bavaria Dff the Ypiranga 894,950 pesos for i cargo at a port other than wbe ioW signed. These steamers landed of war for the Federal troops.(Reuter ) - 39 words
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Article51 1914-06-04 798 Pnhber Association Auc.tt the P^ e ib were offered for sale 50,3 at tbefo,l $lOO to $llB s B?”'::: 85: X "3“ X: P>* ft l6 Crcpe 89 So 1 I>*. rk $76„ 92 Scrip Crepe jyj Mu* l $62 87 •J£”s7 s will’take place on jWay.JuDe51 words
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Article18 1914-06-04 798 (Reuter.) London. June 1. ThiCbarch at Wargrave-on-Tbames has been destroyed by fire. Suffragettes were tbe iooenditries.(Reuter.) - 18 words
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Article23 1914-06-04 798 (Reuter.) London, June 1. The Eiupreet of Rutdi broke the record froa Yokohama to Vancouver by 8 hours !9 Bin.(Reuter.) - 23 words
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Article108 1914-06-04 798 On Saturday, Babrul Alam met and defeated Jamatol Muslim after a very ftrennous game by a margin of 3 goals to rtf, Bakar the right wing scoring two out of the 3 goals. Mr. U. M. Bakar refereed. On Sunday, the Penang United lost by goals to nil in108 words
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Article127 1914-06-04 798 -T.O.M. Giila Kalumpong Rubber Estates, if-0, Consolidate! Rubber Estates, Ltd’’.’ 10*756 “‘•W Rubber Co., Ltd. 5,821 3rXfp Ut f PUt M° f thB Mombu Lode •stimiiU V a V was 450 piculs, of the *bm*ted value of $19,125. e Rabm n Tin Co., M.n w nth 867-T.O.M. - 127 words
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Article274 1914-06-04 798 To the Editor of the Malaya Tribune. Sir, As one who has been temporarily out of employment this side of Suez. I heartily endorse your excellent article (headed as a ove) in to-day’s issue. The beachcomber —regarded as a person who cannot work even if he would274 words
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Article344 1914-06-04 798 The directors of tue Royal Johore Tin Mining Co Ltd., rep rt as follows for tbe fourteenth year of the company’s working during the period commencing on February 6,1913, and ending January, 1914 —The quantity of ore received during this period was 201 piculs against344 words
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Article582 1914-06-04 798 THE GOVERNMENT AND PRAI WHARVES. Incorporation of the Chamber. At the last Council Mt*tin of the F M.S. Chamber of Mines h Id on Monday, the2slh May, the following were present Mr. K. P. Biash (Vice-President) in tbe chair, Dr. F. T. Mulle-, Hon Mr. A.582 words
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627 1914-06-04 799 To thb Editor of The Timet. Sir, —It may interest some of your readers, particularly those connected with Singapore and the Straits Settlements, to know that a few days ago during the removal of the floor of the south chapel or transept of the627 words
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118 1914-06-04 799 At the Annual General Meeting of the above Institution which was held in Ipoh on the 23rd inst. Mr. Foo Choo Choon was unanimously made a Patron and the following gentlemen were duly elected to serve as Office-Bearers for the current year: Mr. Chung118 words
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Article96 1914-06-04 799 In the entrance examination, May, 1914, the following candidates are awarded schoarships —P. Ponnampalam, S. Sivagnanam, C. H. Jacobs, Chong Ah Koon, Tham Ying Khew, J. R. Jacobs, K. Oehlers, S Perampalam, Lee Yang Kong. The following candidates are admitted into the school: '3. Ho96 words
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Article328 1914-06-04 799 -M. T. No doubt householders who have in the >ast been so sorely vexed by the servant jroblem will rejoice to bear that on July 1 there comes into force the ordinance dealing with the registration of servants. It is understood that, one of the assistant Superintendents-M. T. - 328 words
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Article586 1914-06-04 799 —MM. It is now more tL.Q two a committee was appoints revision of our land i„ of years had shown where re.i? I'’*’o 1 0 amendment were neceswry Th many minor alterations ‘and .L"? has never been disputed and in .S®"" there is complete unanimity M to—MM. - 586 words
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Article2212 1914-06-04 800 first daysß acing ~H'S runaway victory. TO* oKAHS e Sir Arthur Young, H the Sultan of Perak, o.c m g, tCJ “’I «nltanof Kedah, k.c.m.g, H. H. and the Ho A T Bryant. lhe Hon. A. R- Adams, CoMEt* I*’ 1 P Q Macintyre, presided, C° m2,212 words
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Article1437 1914-06-04 801 Some Fine Finiihes. There was a larger attendance on the concluding day of the Summer Meeting than on the first day, and some interesting finishes were witnessed The tote too Was in mjre liberal mood and the dividends expanded a little —just a little. brown Comet annexed1,437 words
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Article131 1914-06-04 802 A Sporting Match, Following the races a match was run this naming between two well-known perforon the local Turf, with the following fndAn* f? r aside distance, 4 turlongg weights, 9st. Major Lowe’s b g Mr Pn j K in g Blaze Billet 1 r. Hadow s131 words
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Article960 1914-06-04 802 Most people outside the charmed circle of officialdom having knowledge of what has been transpiring in Johore for a considerable time past, and who may place greater valve upon Truth than they do upon Fiction, must surely have regarded the fulsome flattery and fatuous comments upon the960 words
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Article371 1914-06-04 802 Charge Like Cavalry Horses. The following is from a recent issue of the Athletic News Mr. Will. H. Booth, who played some trial games with Manchester City a few years ago, is now at Ipoh, Perak, which is in Malaya, Where the rubber comes from. Mr. Booth371 words
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Article842 1914-06-04 803 devil being sick, a saint would be.— Free Press. A Lean Year for the Straits. Unless a decided change in trade sets in for the second half of this year, it is pretty plain that 1914 will have to be classed among the lean years for business in thedevil being sick, a saint would be.—Free Press. - 842 words
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Article446 1914-06-04 803 A General Meeting. A meeting of the Johore Planters’ Association was held at Johore Bahru on Sunday afternoon. Mr. W. N. Gawler presided, and among those present was H. H. Sultan of Johore. The reduction of the wages of Chinese was discussed, and consideration of the matter was446 words
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Article620 1914-06-04 803 To-day is the King’s B.rtka no mere Bp i r it of H the Empire pays lts respect, t, ,2 > and greets him with al* U(Xx i w K:li < entering another year of hi s life p section of the community realizes bow His Majesty,620 words
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Article2500 1914-06-04 804 commence 1 this in fine weather, s>rs ;D < prO gressed there was a slight after mid-day and utinued only for a few minutes. I rtoßi n f Penang winning this rather poor with R. T. T Idin ton, J Kekewich, W. JMo and some others out of2,500 words
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Article425 1914-06-04 805 STORY OF THE COLLISION. GRAPHIC STORY BY CAPTAIN'S WIFE. COMMISSION OF ENQUIRY APPOINTED. {Reuter}. Ottawa, June 2. In the Dominion House of Commons yesterday a Bill appointing a Commission of Enquiry into the disaster resulting from the collision between the Empress of Ireland and the Storstad was{Reuter}. - 425 words
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Article40 1914-06-04 805 {Reuter). Paris, June 1. The Djumergue Cabinet has formally resigned. Paris, June 2. The general opinion here is that the Three Years’ Service Act will be maintained. Mr. Rene Viviani’s appointment as Premier was been well received.{Reuter). - 40 words
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Article75 1914-06-04 805 {From Our Own Correspondent). Singapore, June t At the rubber auction at 103,985 lb. of rubber were offered and 73,973 lb. were sold at the folW? prices: 2 Smoked fine ribbed... 3115 to 1120 h good SlO5 fine plain 1110 1113 good $lO7 1109 Crepe good pale75 words
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Article83 1914-06-04 805 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Jane 3. The King’s Birthday parade was held this morning on the padang before Mr. R. G. Watson and a huge concourse of spectators, the M.S.V.R., Police, and Cadets of the Victoria Institution taking part. There was a good83 words
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Article81 1914-06-04 805 SPEECH BY MR. LLOYD-GEOBGE. Suffragette Activity. {Reuter.) London, June 2. Mr. Lloyd George who was the principal speaker at an open-air demonstration at Criccieth, Wales, was subjected to persistent interruptions by suffragettes. He declared that the Parliament Act was a tree planted three years ago and the Government{Reuter.) - 81 words
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Article79 1914-06-04 805 Geaeral Carraasa’s AttitwJs. {Reuter). Bl Paso, June 2 General Carranza, the leader, in a ment issued for publication up rat mediators now sitting at Niagara‘ lack of understanding of Mexican He says that seemingly they are no that the rebels are entlt led thirds although they had{Reuter). - 79 words
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Article14 1914-06-04 805 {Reuter) London, June 4 At Lord’s, Middle-ex beat Hampel V nine wickets.{Reuter) - 14 words
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Article46 1914-06-04 806 (Reuter.) 1 n. (A June 3. jU Tb 2mXted as the Countess &vi»<? the pr > 00E8 7M de«‘ roU w ith the orderly. geliymwrcouw verdict rf leg itimate Tbe, the part of the Countess in “ISX honour. She wa, acqu.tted «beers in court.(Reuter.) 1 n. - 46 words
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Article48 1914-06-04 806 lut d R olo,e (Reuter.) New York, June 3. A thirty-nil 63 race between the two Afe America Cop defenders Van,tee TaliMe resulted in the victory of the d f r h 1008 sec. (official time). Owing X "wind it was only a drifting match.(Reuter.) - 48 words
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Article218 1914-06-04 806 Übgint Appial to Provinces. Peking, May 23. Tiai Cheng-pu has telegraphed to the Provinces pointing out that various sums •mounting to over eight million dollars are required from June to December 1914 for the payment of loans, indemnities, and ißortiation of short-term loans contracted bv the Nanking Provisional218 words
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Article90 1914-06-04 806 Repjrtbd to be Surrounded. Lanchow-fu, May 27. Hnen S a^er looting Hwei «urroundfw^k 6 followers have been Chens? Government troops at «X heir «termination is punning u.- 8 Mohammedan troops are M g. being anxious to avenge Ma Kuo»*ll General Hospital are nursin? J'« dt pi esen t90 words
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593 1914-06-04 806 To the Editor of the Straits Echo. Dear Sir, —On several occasions, I notice that you have brought under discussion the subject of Public Trusteeship advocating its usefulness and substantiating your arguments by citing instances of its doing splendid work at Home. I am593 words
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Article1289 1914-06-04 806 If we have any suffragettes amengst us in Penang here is an advertisement which may prove useful to at least one of them As Nurse, a strong, God-fearing Scotch woman, capable of teaching the Shorter Catechism, with a working knowledge of the business side of a slipper, to1,289 words
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Article1132 1914-06-04 807 Williams —Reutens. A pretty wedding was solemnised at the Church of the Assumption on Monday morning by the Rev L M Duvelle, Assistant Vicar of the Church of the Assumption, the contracting parties being Mr Willie Alphonse Williams, Assistant Teacher, St Xavier’s Institution, and Miss Edith Annie Keutens,1,132 words
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Article97 1914-06-04 807 lb. Padang Rubber Company, Ltd. 13,500 Padang Jawa Rubber Estate, Ltd. 1 Rubber Estates of Krian, Ltd. Karan Rubber Company, Ltd. New Columbia Rubber Company, Ltd IVS Visitors to Kuala Lumpur during the Whitsuntide holidays included Dr. and MGerrard, Mr. H. B. Ellerton, Mr. Maxwell and Mr.97 words
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Article506 1914-06-04 808 V -«1 with Princess Dorrie KJod totte lerel of the Duke of Ji Lort? The four that £S»i'< ‘’•jLiTjac'ket to victory were rt uarii of St. Snn<jn Airs and Ji by the Duke as a wal a daughter of bis first J'V Jwtn with Our Lame, ta\tJSeo»506 words
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Article271 1914-06-04 808 THIS MORNING S PARADE. King’s Birthday in Penang was celebrated in the usual way with a parade of the Volunteers, the Cadets and the Police. The fall in, which was timed at 6.45 a.m was on the lawn behind the Grand Stand. The muster of the Penang Volunteers271 words
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Article402 1914-06-04 808 The following extract is from the annual report of the Botanic Gardens: The Municipal Band played in the Gardens twice during the year after the dinner hour, and large numbers of visitors attended to listen. Roads to a length of 400 feet have been re-metalled. Granite steps402 words
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Article1988 1914-06-04 810 I I J I ®’J Number of -j Name I I 1 Ij ,i 5 w* toMd. I 1 I o- 'B4 I i i Jj A— f i *Tp' 11 p’ 2 p’ 31 p 9 o 4 SHAI(ES wwnrnmU m.n.hg-oolla, S lw Msi r p «My fIS1,988 words