Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 30 May 1912

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  • 19 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 123 VOL. LXX. THURSDAY,.3Oth MAY, 1912. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • 897 2 The Report of the Directors submitted at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held at the Institute of Directors, 4 Corbet Court, Gracechurch Street, London, E. C., on Tuesday, the 21st May, was as follows The Directors have pleasure in submitting herewith their Second
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  • 282 2 The following letter appears in the London Globe. Sir, —Apropos of your notice in to-night’s Globe of the probable appointment of more Consular officials in the East, may I ask the opportunity of seriously advocating that our Consuls should be officially instructed to be actively up-to-date in their
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  • 245 2 < PENANG STATISTICS. In the Penang Municipality for the week ended May 18, there were 89 deaths—--62 males and 27 females, equal to a death-rate of 45.65 per mille. The death-rate and chief causes of mortality were 73 T 3 V V V C CM cU JSS is
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  • 95 2 London, May 22.—Lord Curzon, presiding at the annual meeting of the Army Temperance Association, dwelt on the Association’s good work in India for the soldiers. The Army and the Government of India, which, much more than the Government of England, depended for its prestige on the
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    • 745 2 NOTICE.SITUATIONS VACANT. PENANG TURF CLUB. wanted A QUALIFIED DRESSER for estate hospital. Apply Dr. M. J. WRIGHT, THE RACE COURSE will be officially Rrian Rood PoBt Taiping. 1 open for Training for the Autumn 7 u Q 1912 Meeting on and after Tuesday, the 4th June, 1912. No Horses will
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    • 516 2 P F o R B OD y. BR VAN A’ brand Tonic Wine Will pull you together when you get depressed and The Ideal weak. It enriches the blood, Restorative stimulates the appetite, after X. aids digestion and in- Malaria ’X vigorates the whole system. z t'J Vana is sold
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  • 733 3 S.T. COUNSEL’S SPEECH FOR THE DEFENCE. The concluding states of the trial of Jules P aul de indicted for receiving or, in the alternative, of voluntarily assisting in the disposal of stolen property, to wit, two pearls aheged to have formed part of a pearl rope purchased
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  • 147 3 London, 18th May.—At the Royal Colonial Institute banquet last night, Earl Grey presiding, Sir Arthur Lawley responded to the toast of The Dominions.” Reviewing British rule in India he said he found India at war and riven with crime. We gave her peace and justice and the
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  • 67 3 A ONE-TIMK order, like one blow of the hammer on the head of the nail, makes an impression, but it is only the continuous insertion of the advertisement, like the continuous pounding on the head of the nail, that drives the argument home and clinches it.
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  • SPORTING NOTES.
    • 936 3 The announcement that the English Rugby Union has definitely decided not to invite a team from New Zealand on its own account, owing to the visit of the team from South Africa being arranged for next season, means that, independently of the other nations which issued a joint
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    • 313 3 nnn 6 u p 4 h. p. n n i t Model de Luxe. Tourist Model. n d a n a n n n n D g MOTOR g s REX i n CYCLES. n n n n n n n 0 REX 1912, BOOKLET.” PRICES. AND FULL PARTICULARS FROM
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    • 138 3 WEBBER’S GARAGE. CHIN SENG 8 Co, Ltd. MACBETH BARRE 11. 7. Union street, PEN ANG, 7, union street. nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnannnnnu g TO MOTOR CAR OWNERS, g f REPAIRS a Of every description undertaken H All work Guaranteed. n CARS FOR HIRE I 0 2 ANY HOUR OF DAY OR NIGHT. H
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  • 373 4 THE GENERAL POSITION. The market, Bays the Ironmongor of May 11, ha? had a spasm of weakness which carried prices down sharply about 1(W. from the extreme figures attained recently, the prime factor being cheap sale? in America, which encouraged that section of the Londo i market
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  • 238 4 The and Bullionist writes The increased demand for European clothing in China in consequence of the change in fashion amongst the intelligent Chinese in favour of European styles, has made itself plainly felt in the Russian clothing trade, particularly in go ds called readymades. The change nas
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  • 273 4 Reuter’s Berlin correspondent telegraphs :—ln pursuance of its anti-duelling campaign the Germania published details of an affair cf honour in which Count Zeppelin is involved. It appears that the Count dismissed Herr Lener, his secretary on the Acetic Expendition of 1910, because cert in allegations
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  • 287 4 SEVERE DAMAGE AT MAYMYO. A slight shock was felt in Rangoon shortly after 9-30 a.m. on May 23 by several of the employees of the Rangoon Times. The disturbance only lasted a few seconds and from the direction in which the lamps were swinging seemed to be
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  • 249 4 SUSPENSION OF A SCOTTISH LODGE. The declaration that the initiation into Freemasonry of Jack Johnson, the world’s champion pugilist, is null and void, has been followed by equally drastic action with regard to the initiating Lodge. The Lodge at which the famous pugilist was initiated
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  • 250 4 To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette.] Sir, Cannot something be done to persuade the management of the various English stores in Penang to close on Holidays At present the stores are open every holiday till 1,2, or even 3 p. m., with the consequence that the assistants
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  • 449 4 “CHINA’S REVOLUTION, 1911-1912.” A reviewer in the Malay Mail seemingly likes neither Mr. E. J. Dingle nor his recently published book. This, says our contemporary is the second volume to come from the pen of Mr. Edwin J. Dingle, once a well-known resident of Singapore. The general
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  • 266 4 There are at present four Government wireless stations in the Dutch East Indies. The most powerful one is at Sabang, a coaling station and a port of call for the Dutch mail steamers at the northern extremity of Sumatra. This station has a range
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  • 173 4 There is now issued the promised report of Mr. A. W. H. Anderson upon the new discovery oa the property of the Benue Tin Mines at Leri-n-Duchi. Mr. Anderson, who is the company’s ex-manager, has brought back samples of alluvial tin and several specimens
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  • 634 4 Bukit Kajang.— Luc. div. 7| per cent. Malay Rubber Planters.—Tat. div. 5 per cent. Tremelby.— 7,ooo share? £1 each offered to shareholders at £4 per share. Linggi.— Final div. on ord. shares 62| per cent., making total distribution 193| for year. Sungei Sayong.— Resolution passed increasing
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  • 107 4 Grenier's Rubber News states that Mr. B. J. Eaton, the Government Chemist, who is at present at home on leave, has been commissioned to arrange matters in connection with the procuring of a Vulcanization Plant to be installed in Kuala Lumpur, and the existence of
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  • 97 4 PRIEST’S WORTHLESS COLLECTION. The story much exploited in the Berlin Press during the past few days of a fabuloua collection of priceless gems found in the house of an aged Catholic priest, who died of atropine poisoning, has been exploded by experts called in to value the
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  • 171 4 OVERLAND ROUTE POSSIBILITIES. Apropos statements that a Trans-Persian railway will bring India within eight days of London, Mr. W. B. Stainton, of Horndean, Hants, writes to the Times to say that a party left London for Persia by the 8.35 p.m. train on Saturday, April
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  • 78 4 Mr. Ellehammer, a well-known Danish inventor, has made a discovery, eaye the Daily Telegraph Copenhagen correspondent, by means of which it is possible on a big steamer to ascertain the presence of icebergs or rocks within a distance of 1,200 yards, even if it ie impossible to see
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    • 30 4 TO ADVERTISERS The three most important words in the dictionary to advertisers are Consistency, Persistency, Insistency. Test their value in the Binang Gazette The results will astonish and please you.
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    • 594 4 AMUSEMENTS. REMEMBER TO-NIGHT GRAND CHANGE OF PROGRAMME AT THB Matsuo’s Japanese Cinematograph, PENANG ROAD. Proved to be the best Kinema Show in Town COME EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT PROGRAMME. 1. Playing Truant [Pathe Films], 2. The Fortune [Pathe Films], 3. Cinderella or the Glass Slipper [Coloured] 1,000 ft. [Pathe Fil
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  • 854 5 THE SCANDAL OF THE RED SEA LIGHTS. Asiaticus writes in the Pall Mall Gazette A fortnight ago if any newspaper had published an article upon the danger of icebergs in the North Atlantic, and the need that liners should take a more southerly route, its representations
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  • 715 5 WEEKLY M4RKKT REPORT. Messrs. James F. Hutton Co., Ltd., writing on 9th May, report Liverpool—Cotton. To-day. Last week. Mid-American—Spot 6.49 6.28 Mid-American, current month 6.29 J 6.08| F.G.F. Egyptian—Spot ...9 9/l6d. 9|d. New York Cotton. Y sfcer Last day. week. Spot—Cents 11.80 11.40 London. To-day. Last week. Bar
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  • 84 5 VISIT TO THE PROVINCE. The following are the services and engagements of the Bishop of Singapore during his visitation in Province Wellesley Sunday, June 2nd: St. Mark’s Church, Butterworth.—Matins and Holy Communion, 8.30 p.m. Nibong Tebal Church.—Consecration,3 30 p.m. Caledonia Estate.—Evensong and Sermon, 6.30 p.m. Monday,
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    • 798 5 < 7sfjf J I H is really remarkable that and destruction of the teeth appear no .'lie seems to have been struck by most frequently, and are most likely 1 e t,u 1 1 ,at m s P lle tf> e regular I to occur. In consequence, if anyone daily
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    • 580 5 Beck’s Key Brand Beer. The Leading Brand in the East. SCHMIDT, KUSTERMANN Co., PENANG. Gives Health Energy ■BOTHEL Makes you feel fit, and enter into H Ik T"" every sport with the keenest and 9 a^so^ute enjoyment. HOR LICK’S ,s delicious, and obviates the trouble danger attending the use of
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  • 1167 6 There has, happily, never been any cause to deplore a dearth of labourers in the field of education. Many good men in their various ways and by their various methods have contributed to the building up of the indubitably high standard of excellence and efficiency of
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  • 338 6 A MURDER CASE. VERDICT OF NOT GU ILTY. In the Supreme Court, yesterday afternoon, before Mr. Justice W.],W. Fisher and a special jury, the case against Mat Kassim bin Gunny, who was charged with the murder of one Khoo Teow Kye on the estate of Mr Quah Beng
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  • 547 6 Information has been received from the Eastern Extension Australasia and China Telegraph Company that their cable steamer Recorder is carrying out repairs to the cable in the Straits of Malacca. They have placed a black and white mark buoy in latitude 1° 39' 20" North and longitude
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  • 572 6 LEAGUE AND THE MUNICIPALITY Mr. H. R. Cheeseman has addressed the following letter to the President of the Municipality. Sir.—l beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 29th instant, in which y ou inform me that by Bye Laws 12 and 13 1905, exclusive use of
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  • 213 6 A Meeting of the Rural Board, Penang Island, will be held at the Land Office, Penang at 3 p.m. on Monday, the 10th June. The following is the business 1. To confirm the minutes of last meeting. 2. To supply a free water service to Fores' Station. Balik
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    • 106 6 TO-DAY'S CONTENTS. Page 2.— Rubber Estates of Krian, Ltd.; Consular Officials Public Health; and The Army Temperance Association. Page s.—The Pearl Case; The British Dominions; and Sporting Notes. Page 4- —Earthquake in Burma London Tin Market; A Nasty Review and Reports, Dividends, and Notices. Page s.—World’s Shipping in Danger; The
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  • 167 7 RUBBERS DEPRESSED, CHANG'S IN TINS. The following are the changes (buyers and sellers only) in our share list on page 9 to-day Yesterday. To-day. £2 SHABBB. -2 M <n a p. Bharu 6.60 6.80 6.60 6.90 Rahman Hyd. 8J 9 Rauh Gold 3.40 3.75 3| 3| Siputeh
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  • 49 7 LATEST PRICES IN LONDON. (From a Malacca Correspondent.) Malacca, May 30. Information has been received by the Malacca Rubber Plantations, Limited, that the following w’ere the prices of rubber in London yesterday Fine hard Para, 4/6f, no sellers. Plantation Para, 4/1 Of, value. The market is weak.
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  • 68 7 (From Our Own Correspondent Singapore, May 30. At a rubber auction of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held here yesterday, the 145 piculs of rubber offered for sale were all disposed of. The following prices were realized: Sheet (smoked) $230—5245 (unsmoked) 230 240 Crepe No. 1
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  • 54 7 THE CHILDREN’S MEMORIAL. (From Our Own Correspondent Singapore, May 30. A meeting of those mainly concerned in the late Mr. C. B. Buckley’s children’s treats has decided to hang, as a memorial, a picture of the deceased in the Memorial Hall This is not a public
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  • 55 7 ALLEGED FALSE DOCUMENTS. [From Our Own Correspondent Singapore, May 30. Au Ipoh towkay, Khoo Mah Pek, was charged with putting forward as evidence in an enquiry before the Registrar at Singapore two documents purporting to be judgments in the Kuala Lumpur Court, which he knew to be
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  • 33 7 (From Out Own Correspondent.) Singapore, May 30. A Chinaman, charged at the Assizes with culpable homicide by stabbing another Chinaman with a knife, has been sentenced to seven years’ penal servitude.
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  • 19 7 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, May 30. The price of uncertified opium here yesterday was $12.00
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  • 22 7 (hrom Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, May 30. Sentence in the de Boseck case will be delivered on Friday,
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  • 89 7 MEETING OF MINISTERS. LORD KITCHENER’S MOTIVE London, May 29. J^ uter is informed that the reports attributing an international political character to the meeting of Lord Kitchener, Mr. Asquith and Mr. Churchill are wholly unfounded. It is known that Lord Kitchener is taking advantage of the Ministers’
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  • 71 7 \Frem Our Own Correspondent.] Ipoh, May 30. The Times of Malaya says that Mr. Preece, who has been deputed to report on the Straits and F.M.S. Telegraph and Telephone system, states that the whole telegraph system in the F.M.S. is wrong. The lines must be shortened by taking
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  • 34 7 (From Our Own Correspondent Ipoh, May 30. The Federal Council meets at Kuala Kangsar on July 16th and the following days. The new Federal Rest House there is now practically ready.
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  • 34 7 OFFICIAL VISIT TO IPOH. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, May 30. The Sultan of Perak will shortly pay an official visit to Ipoh, in company with Mr. Oliver Marks, the Resident.
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  • 31 7 GRAVE CONDITION. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, May 30. The Rev. Canon Barton Parkes is lying at Taiping seriously ill with pneumonia. His condition is causing grave anxiety.
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  • 32 7 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, May 30 Count le Bondy, the French consul, who has been ill with fever, has left with Countess le Bondy for Ipoh to recruit.
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  • 66 7 ,—Reuter. FALSE STORY OF MASSACRE. London, May 29. Rumours that were current yesterday of the wholesale massacre of Europeans at Fez were dispelled by a message stating that on Monday and the following night the Berbers returned to the walls of Fez, incessantly firing, and rendering it impossible to
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  • 31 7 —Reuter. Washington, May 25. The Senate has passed a vote of thanks, and Congress has appropriated a thousand dollars for a medal to the Captain of the Carpathia
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  • 24 7 Reuter London, May 29. The inflammation of General Booths’ eye has spread seriously, and jeopardises his sight. His general condition is good.—
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  • 27 7 .—Reuter. London, May 29. Reuter says it is now known officially that Miss Malecka’s sentence does not in- volve her being sent to Siberia.-
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  • 25 7 —Reuter. Paris, May 29. The birthrate in France last year was more deplorable than ever. The deaths exceeded the births by 34,869.
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  • 406 7 —Reuter. SIR EDWARD CLARKE’S REPORT. CONFERENCE AT BOARD OF TRADE London, May 29. Sir Edward Clarke, in his report on the strike, finds for the men on five of the seven disputed points. Sir Edward expresses the opinion that much of the trouble was due in the first
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  • 58 7 Reuter. London, May 29. Mr. Roosevelt has returned to New York. He said he was feeling, after the campaign, like a moose bull.—Reuter. New Jersey Unanimous. Mr. Roosevelt has gained the most sweeping victory of the campaign in New Jersey. The returns indicate that he
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  • 118 7 —Der Ostasiatische Lloyd. Morocco. Berlin, May 30. The French troops in Morocco have been increased to 4,700. Germans in Fez are undisturbed. An Unfounded Report. It is declared that the report in the Echo-de-Paris that Otto and Robert Mannesmann are held in captivity in Sus territory is
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  • 72 7 To-day’s quorarion for unrefined tin in Penang is $100.75 per picul, buunesi done. Tin in London is quoted at £206 spot and £199 three months. The following is the local report to-day:—Singapore: Straits Trading Co., Ltd., 150 tons, $lOl 10 Penang Straits Trading Co., Ltd., nil; Eastern
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  • SPORTING NEWS.
    • 53 7 LATEST BETTING. (Special Cable.) London, May 30. The latest betting on the Derby (June 6) is as follows 11 to 4 against Sweeper 11. 7to 1 Cylgad. 3to 1 White Star. 9to 1 Mordred. 16 to 1 Tagalie. 16 to 1 Catmint. 16 to 1 Jingling Geordie. 16
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    • 48 7 —Reuter. London, May 29. Somerset defeated Gloucester by 3 wickets. Warwickshire defeated Worcestershire by 189 runs. Northants defeated Leicestershire by 9 wickets. The game between Hampshire and Kent was drawn. Essex beat Derbyshire by an innings and 27 runs. Notts beat Surrey by 9 wickets
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    • 143 7 TENNIS TOURNAMENT. The following were the ra ults of yesterday’s ties; Mixed Doubles Handicap. Mrs. Ebden Rogers—ls beat Mrs Jalass <fc Oxenham +3/6, 7—5 6—4. Mens* Handicap Single A Class* Whitlock—-15 deaf Godwin—3o, 6—3: 6—l. Sells—ls w.o. Syer—4/6. Men’s Handicap Doubles B Class. Kelcey Anderson (scr.) w.o.
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    • 118 7 I’he Resident Councillor, the Hon. W. C Michell has lost no time since coming from Singapore, where his liking for polo was so well known, in arousing interest in the game among local sportsmen with a view to the establishment of a polo club in Penang.
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    • 26 7 The following ties were decided last evening:— Singles Handicap.— R. N. Goodwin 3) beat J. Hug 5); 21—6. H. W. Hambly w.o Ezechiel; (scratched
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    • 37 7 At the Dato Kramat Gardens, yesterday afternoon, the Hutton Lane football team met the Babusabar football team in a friendly game of football, which resulted in favour of the former team by 4 goals to one.
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  • 138 7 From what I have been able to see during my tours in Perak there are quite a number of Japanese estates in this part of the Peninsula, and they are growing in the slow, quiet way that is Japanesey. There is one thing good that
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 555 7 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. You are pretty safe iu judging things by what they have done— ACON THOMAS alias PATON last heard naq f 1 Tk’ of in Singapore about 1902 will hear of P aSt P bl tormanc e record. This something to his advantage if he will com- determines their
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  • THE WORLD'S NEWS.
    • 258 8 ITEMS OF INTEREST. CLIPPINGS FROM THE HOME PRESS. Despatched by the mail leaving London May 10. DISPLAY BY NAVAL AIRMEN. FOG STOPS FLEET EXERCISES. The King arrived on Wednesday morning in the Victoria and Albert among the ship» of hie Navy assembled at Portland, but
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    • 82 8 ROYAL SALUTES FIRED. To mark the second anniversary of the King’s accession a salute of guns was fired in St. James’s Park on Monday, commencing at noon, by a battery of Royal Horse Artillery. A considerable crowd witnessed the firing. At all the Government buildings flags were
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    • 127 8 REPORTED AMBASSADORIAL CHANGE. The expected renewal of the Anglo-German negotiations for the establishment of more cordial relations continues to occupy a good deal of attention on the Continent. Increasing significance is being att?.ched to the return to Berlin of Baron Marschall von Bieberstein from Constantinople, and the report
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    • 169 8 MR. FRICK’S £50,000 PURCHASE. Lord Feversham, the Times states, has sold his Rembrandt portrait of a merchant to Mr. H. C. Frick, of New York, for approximately 1£50,000. The picture was one of the features of the Rembrandt Exhibition at Burlington •House in 1899. It is
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    • 98 8 In a reply to Mr. Fell, M.P., who asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if the £6,500,000 surplus from last year was now lying in the Bank of England to the credit of the Consolidated Fund; and, if so, was it drawing any interest, Mr. Lloyd
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    • 85 8 An inflated motor-cycle tube has been washed up on the Irish coast at Laytown, near Drogheda, and it is thought that this may be the one taken by Mr. D. L. Allen, who attempted to fly from Holyhead to Dublin on April 18th. It is the
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    • 73 8 The King has awarded the Albert Medal of the Second Class to an aboriginal native of Australia for bravery in saving the life of a trooper. The native was in the trooper’s custody, and both were swimming across a when the trooper was carried away
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    • 51 8 The death took place on Saturday of the Right Rev. Charles William Stubbs, Bishop of Truro. Deceased had been ill for some time, and a few months ago expressed a desire to retire, but continued in office in response to an appeal contained in. a widelysigned
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    • 46 8 Mr. Edward Pelissier, a Dublin dentist, was returning in a motor-car from Poulawbouca to Dublin, when his car come into collision with a steam tramcar, and Mr. Pelissier was killed. His wife ftn< j ano ther lady who accompanied him escaped with alight injuries.
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    • 221 8 MINISTERIAL SPEECHES. f Mr. Churchill, responding for the Imperial forces at the Rot al Academy banquet at Burlington House oil Saturday, said that the single object which engaged the attention of the Admiralty eas the development of the maximum war power at a given moment and at
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    • 90 8 CHEMIST SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS. Judgment was delivered in Berlin on Saturday in the case of the persons accusedi of being implicated in the poisoning by schnapps containing methylated spirit of many inmates of municipal shelters, which caused such a sensation at the end of last year.
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    • 120 8 SENTENCE REDUCED. A court-martial at Portsmouth on March 12th sentenced Lieutenant James Campbell Holmes, then serving in the Cochrane, cruiser, to be dismissed his Majesty’s service on four charges —two of obtaining money on l worthless cheques from the canteen manager of the ship and two of
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    • 163 8 SECRET COMMISSION CHARGE. At Weymouth, Alfred Charles Rigge, a Weymouth tradesman, was charged under the' Prevention of Corruption Act with corruptly giving money to Horace Wills, of H.M.S. Hindustan, canteen manager for the' Army and Navy Co-operative Society, Vic-toria-street. Mr. P. Pearce, Plymouth, prosecuted on behalf of
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    • 133 8 WARNING AGAINST OPTIMISM. Mr. Asquith, speaking at the dinner of the Association of Bankers in London on Wednesday night, while regretting the necessity for the maintenance of huge armamente, said that in the present temper of the world it was imperative that the supremacy of the
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    • 126 8 TOWN IN DARKNESS. A terrific gas explosion, which unfortunately had a fatal result, occurred on Wednesday at Stratford-on-Avon, completely wrecking the meter-house and adjacent buildings and plunging the whole town and 1 the neighbouring villages of Tiddington and Alveston into darkness, with, the exception of a few
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    • 140 8 WIFE A SPECTATOR. Herr Pachmayer, a young Bavarian aeronaut, was killed on Tuesday morning whilst flying at the Johannisthal Aerodrome, near Berlin. The tragedy has made a deeper impression than usual, says a Berlin correspondent, following as it does the accident in which another aeronaut, named Hoslis,
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  • 156 8 That .day. May 30. Municipal Commission, 4 p.m. Cricket: Navy v. Army, Lord’s. Cup Tie: Free School v. Government Service, Victoria Green. Band, Golf Club, 6 p.m. Hunt Club ride, meet Spring Grove,” 5 p.m. P.C.C. Bowls Tournament. Golf Club Tennis Tournament. Straits Cinematograph, Penang Road George Town
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  • 115 8 Friday, May 31, Sale of land situate in Love Lane with shop house No. 60, belonging Bob Mahomed Meera Lebby, deceased 11 a.m. Logan’s Buildings; P. R. A, Doral, Licensed auctioneer. Saturday, June 1. Sale of 15 H.P. de Dion 4 seater car, 1907 make with accessories, etc.;
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  • 209 8 LOCAL FOOD STUFFS. Dbboription. Penang, May 30 Beef: Ct*. Soup per catty 14 Roast 24 Steaks 24 Stew or Curry Meat 16 Rump Steak 24 Ox Tail each 30 Tongue 55 Feet 15 Heart 30 Liver per catty 55 Pork: Pork 32 Pig’s Head 20 Feet 24 Tongue
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  • 1223 8 AUTUMN MEETING, 1912. (UNDER S. R. A. RULES OF RACING.) To be submitted at a Special General Meeting to be held at 4 o clock p.m., on Friday. 7th June, 1912, at the rooms of the Penang Chamber of Commerce. NOTICE. —No amendments to this Programme will
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous

  • 1771 9 Sii acrihna Num'er of Issue 1 Cepit* Shares. Value. 2 Dividends. Name 0 s* L- —g) m CT 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 MININ®. 1903 <300.000 32’222 ’in 910 10 30 30 10 int Belat Tin Mining Oo 41 1906 300.000 225 000 22,500 10 10 Bruanx 9 91
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  • 998 9 ARRIVALS. Hebe, Brit., 346, Scott, May 30, T. Anson, gen., Adamson Gilfillan Go. Hong Wan I.,JBrit., 2060, Mason, May 29, Swatow, gen., Koe Guan Go. Janet Nicoll, Brit., 476, Crichton, May 29, Malacca, gen., E. S. Co. Miyazaki Maru, Jap., 5270, Murai, May 30, Yokohama, gen., Boustead Co. Palatina,
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  • 178 9 CLOSE AT GENERAL POST OFFICE. To-Mob row. For Per Close Yen Jit Seng 7 a.m. Alor Star (Kedah) Kedah 8 a.m. Alor Star (Kedah) Hong Ho 8 a.m. Colombo and Tuticorin Miyazaki Maru 9 a.m. Rangoon Calcutta Ceylon Maru 1 p.m. Deli and Asahan Van do Parra 1 p.m,
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  • 49 9 Homeward. Stkambb. Arrivbs. Mails Sails, Clou. P. &O. Devanha Sat. 1/6 1 p.m. N.D.L. Buelow Tues. 4/6 M. E. Simons Mon. 10/6* 5.30 p.m.) 8/6 •Singapore, f Mails c’ose in Penang. Outward. 8.1. Thongwa Thurs. 30/5 3 p.m. 4 p.m. N. L. P E Friedrich Thurs. 6/6
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  • 75 9 For supply of furniture to Government quarters in Perak, Selangor, Negri Sembilan and Pahang up to end of next year. Tenders close at noon on May 29 and should be forwarded to Under Secretary, F. M.S., Kuala Lumpur. For construction and erection of two sheds near Sungei Pinang for
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    • 57 9 SUN LIFE OF CANADA. Incorporated 1865. BUSINESS IN FORCE. £33,800,000.0.0 FUNDS (EXCEED) £8,500,000.0.0 INCOME 1911 £2,100,000.0.0 Chief Office 1 Norfolk Street, Strand Great Britain. J London Chief Office I Canada Buildings, Indian Empire. J Bombay. Chief Office Battery Road, S. E. Asia. f Singapore. W; A. Whitk, J/anaysr. A. R
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    • 2578 12 p. o i»<»*d** sailings, Jjorddeutschcr Lloyd, Bremen. Steam Navigation Co. British India Steam Navigation Co., p BIPICTED ARRIVALS AND DEPARTDRES. LIMITED. ~B rs: M ail ocean steam Ship to no Fob Intended to Sail. Steamer. AND 1912 u June 13 Assaye connecting with Moldavia. SingaDOre Thur. 30th May at 4
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