Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 6 September 1912

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  • 20 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 204 VOL. LXX. FRIDAY, 6th SEPTEMBER, 19'2. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • THE WORLD’S NEWS.
    • 293 2 ITEMS OF INTEREST. CLIPPINGS FROM THE HOME PRESS. DespakAed dy <Ae viatZ having London August 16, HUNDREDS KILLED AND INJURED. ENORMOUS DAMAGE, j Widespread havoc has been caused in European Turkey by the earthquake of Friday. Hundreds of houses have been overthrown. Many lives are reported to
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    • 507 2 SODIUM OVER BOWL OF WATER. A atanling attempt to fire a house in novel and diabolical fashion is engaging the attention of the authorities in a London suburb, says the Daily Mirror. The average case of arson as a rule defeats its own ends,
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    • 224 2 A bomb exploded and wrecked the Austrian post-office at Salonika on Sunday night, says the Times correspondent in that city. The bomb was placed under a desk at the entrance and exploded with terrific force while the employees were engaged in sorting the mail. The front
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    • 98 2 MULEY HAFID’S BROTHER PROCLAIMED A telegram from Rabat states that Mule} Yussef, brother of Muley Hafid, was proclaimed Sultan of Morocco on Monday. The inhabitants, says Reuter, took little interest in the proceedings. The Paris Journal gives an account of aa interview with General Moinier on
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    • 244 2 BRITISH AVIATOR FORESTALLS BEAUMONT ON THE THAMES. The honour of being the first man to fly up and alight upon the Thames has after all been gained by a Britisher. Leaving hie aerodrome, three miles west of Eestchurch, at 6.30 on Saturday morning, Mr. M. K. McClean
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    • 139 2 SON BORN TO COL. ASTOR’S WIDOW. Mrs. John Jacob Astor, widow of the late Colonel J. J. Astor, who was lost in the Titanic disaster, gave birth to a son on Wednesday morning. The boy will be named after his father, says a message from New
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    • 179 2 FAMOUS FRENCH COMPOSER. M. Jules Massenet, the famous composer, died early on Tuesday morning at his home in Paris after only a few days’ indisposition, the predisposing cause being cancer. Bv his death France loses one of the most popular and prolific dramatic composers, who since
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    • 185 2 NO ONE TO SHOOT CRIMINAL. A new law in the State of Nevada, providing that any man eentenced to death may choose whether he be shot or hanged, came into effect on August Ist. The first convicted murderer to take advantage of the law is Andriji Mirkovitch,
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    • 179 2 A QUESTION OF CRUELTY. This conundrum is to be propounded to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, with another difficult question, namely, as to what constitutes cruelty. The Philadelphia Police-court was unable to decide the matter, says a Daily Chronicle correspondent, when John Hard-, cuceau, a
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 872 2 AMUSEMENTS.SITUATIONS VACANT. TO-NIGHT! TO-NIGHT! I WANTED PROGRAMME EXTRAORDINARY AT THE MatSUO’S 2219 4 69 9 A PP >y under ...P.X CJapanese Cinematograph, WANTED PENANG ROAD, 'E'OR Rubber Estate in Perak European -U Assistant with experience. Salary to commence $2OO. The only .how that has won the reputation Apply b letter
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    • 1067 2 NOTICES. NOTICES THE LAHAT MINES, LTD.. Profmional DIVIDEND No. IIDr w R A DIVIDEND of 1/- per share has American Oculist and Opti<q been declared payable in London on wishes to announce to the citiz the 20th September, 1912, and will be that he will be at the E. paid
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  • 1165 3 stern remarks by the judge. Mr. Justice Sproule cave judgment in the Supreme Court, on Tuesday morning, in th H case in which Bryan Cooper-Abbs, of Cavenagh Bridg-J Buildings, had petitioned the court for the restitution of conjugal rights as between himself and his wife Ethel
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  • 117 3 Friday, September 6, P.C.C. Tennis Tournament. Band, Esplanade, 6 p.m. Straits Cinematograph, Penang Road George Town Cinematograph, Kuala Kangsar Road Matsuo’s Cinem»*ograph, Penang Road. Saturday, September 7. St. Evurtius. Ipoh Athletic Meeting, entries close. Taiping Bisley. Band, Golf Club, 6 p.m. Sunday. September 8 14th Sunday after Trinity. Taiping
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  • 150 3 PENANG FOOTBALL LEAGUE Thn f •llowing provisional fixtures have been fixed for September: Datr. Tk>mB Ground* Thura. 12... P.C.C. v. P.S.A.A. F. School. Mon. 16... P.F.S. v. G.S.R.C. F. School. Wed. 18... C. Star v. C.RC. ..V Green. Thurs. 19... Crescent v. P.C.C. Esplan. Sat. 21... E.A C.
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  • 34 3 Af onMward Stbambr Arrivrh. Mails •<«. s 'LOS* P. AO. Assaye Sat. 7/9 2 p.m. 1 p.m. N.D. L KVeisf Tues. 10/9 •Singapore, f Mails close in Penang Outward N.D.L Buelow Thurs. 12/9
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  • 30 3 Pbnang The E. &O. Hotd, The Crag Hotel Nonn-in, Runnymede Hotel and Hotel de Europe. IpoH :—The Grand Hotel. Kuala Lumpur :—Grand Oriental Hotel. Rangoon: —Strand Hotel.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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    • 181 3 THE PINANG GAZETTE. List of Places where the Gazette can be bought at 10 cents. Local. Money Changer at Corner of Beach and Church Streets. at Logan’s*Buildings, opposite Pritchard Co. at Corner of Bishop and Pitt Streets. at Corner of Farquhar and Leith Streets, opposite E. O. Annexe. at Corner
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 173 3 ih* rid?*. Date H W I. o h l. A.M. A.M. P.M p.M Sept. 6 6-37 Nil. 8-49 231 7 9-7 1-57 10-14 400 8 10-08 4-18 11 07 5-10 9 11-01 5-14 11-49 542 ti 10 11-45 600 Nil. 6-29 H 12-27 641 12 24 7-04 „♦l2 102 717
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • 246 4 [Ta the Editor of the Pinang Gazette”] Dear Sir, I have rend with interest Mr. Sar war’s letter in your issue of yesterday. I do not pretend to sn intimate or first hand knowledge of the organisation and life of the Indian Univerities, but I still maintain with all
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  • 68 4 p The Ayer Weng (Rahman) Development and Prospecting Co. Ltd., has been floated in Penang with a nominal capital of $lOO,OOO. We understand that the shares have been considerably oversubscribed. Allotment took place to-day. The property has been prospected by Mr. A. Hoogerwerf, the late owner, and
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  • 151 4 -TOM. In the Ipoh Police Court, yesterday afternoon, before Mr. W. S. Gibson, the case was heard against Abdul Aziz, the ex-police constable of the Straits Police, on the charge of forgery, by erasing the word fair on his dicharge ticket and substituting the word << good.” in
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  • 290 4 To-day’s quotation for unrefined tin in Penang is $lOB per picul, business done. Tin in London is quoted at £217 ss. spot and £215 5s three months. The following is the local report to-dav :—Singapore Straits Trading Co., Ltd.,' 50 tons, $108|; Penang: Straits Trading Co., Ltd.,
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  • SPORTING NEWS.
    • 41 4 (P. G. Special Cable.) London, September 6. The latest betting on the St. Leger, to be run at Doncaster, on September 11th, is as follows 6/4 against Lomond 11/2 Tracery 15/2 Maiden Erlegh 10/1 Hector 14/1 Tagalie.
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    • 46 4 CAUSE OF BRITISH FAILURES. London, September 6. The report of the British Olympic Council again emphasizes that the British failures were mainly due to the inability of the Olympic Association to subsidise the training. Reuter says negotiations are proceeding to secure a Government grant.—Reuter.
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    • 41 4 MILLS TROPHY. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, September 6. Following are the latest returns in connection with the Mills Trophy Mss Huxley 33 Mrs. Felkin 32 Mrs. Scoular 31 Mrs Mauldon 30 Miss Kerr 30 Mrs. Watkins 30 186
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    • 36 4 The members of the Perak Ladies’ Rifle Club shot for the abive trophy on Wednesday afternoon. The following scores were made:— Mrs. Murray 35 Berger 31 Gerrard 31 Turner 29 Every 29 Anderson 29 184
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    • 36 4 The following tie in the final was decided yesterday:— Singles Handicap, Class A.— Perrin beat Hotchkis by 6—4, 6—2. Ties for to-day Doubles Handicap Class A.— Holmes and Mackay v. Haslam and Reid.
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    • 681 4 P.C.C. v. GOVERNMENT SERVICE. An interesting match was witne ß sed yesterday, when the Penang Cricket Club and the Government Service met on the Esplanade under league ampices. There was a large number of spectators around the ropes when the contesting teams took up their positions on the
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  • 340 4 The following outputs for August are to hand August 1912*. To Date. Ayer Kuning lbs. 4,322 21,599 Arundel 1,135 Alor Pongsu 7,720 45,815 Ayer Pawah 3,840 16,555 Asahan 1,947 ,505 Bruas-Perak 801 7,078 Bernam-Perak 4,891 30,272 Batoe Ginging 4.:- 83 Blackwater 10,777 56,089 Bukit Cloh 11,907 23,485 Beverlac
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  • 21 4 Messrs. Brown, Phillips and Stewart inform us that the Menglembu output for August, was 352 piculs valued at $22,000.
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  • 124 4 SYDNEY VIA SAN FRANCISCO As a result of the resumption and improve ment by the Oceanic Steamship Company of their service between San Francisco and Sydney, delivery of the mails from London at the New South Wales port ie guaranteed in thirty days, though the inaugural transpacific
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  • 178 4 FIENDISH WISH CARRIED OUT. In these enlightened times, even in Egypt, one does not often come across cases where the mediaeval spirit of revenge finds seat in the mutilation of the body of the person, against whom a vendetta has been sworn, says a Cairo correspondent. The
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  • 73 4 70,000 ANIMALS AFFECTED. Foot-and-mouth disease, which made ite appearance in the Department of Saone et Loire about a month ago, has assumed alarming proportions, «aye the Times. Seventy-five to 80,000 cattle out of a total of 400,000 are reported to be already infected. The stricteet precaution#
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    • 339 4 THE “PINANG GAZETTE” WEEKLY MAIL EDITION. Copies will be ready at 10 a.m. tomorrow. PRICE 40 CENTS. CONTENTS. Editorials Pag*. Rifle Shooting 1,065 Composite India 1,065 Many Happy Returns 1,066 Mr. Cody’s Success 1,067 Perak in 1911 1 067 Indian Cause Celebre 1,068 Aeronaut at Singapore 1,071 Billiards in Penang
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    • 707 4 x TI,R CORPORATION OF THg royal exchange assurance r I/ Royal Bxchai *ge, London. pOMMENCEDTusiness in A D d l72 and is therefore on/o beneti t B of Assurance to the pE?*? th penod exceeding 190 years. tOr < /Ideate T7TV —WX77TT TT mfe marine businer. v BBOWM s w
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  • PLANTING AND MINING.
    • 867 5 progress of planting—tapping prospects. The third annual ordinary general meetin£? of the Sumatra Proprietary Rubber plantation, Limited, was held on August 12 t the London Chamber of Commerce, Oxford Court, Cannon Street, EC., Mr. Philip Eustace Harvey presiding. >{r W. E. Crane, representing the secreturies (Messrs.
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    • 856 5 —Commerce (Calcutta.) COLONIAL OFFICE WARNING. The warning issued by the Colonial Office against rash speculation in copra I companies has come none too soon. As a i deterrent the notice should, indeed, have I been issued some months ago, for the cocoanut boom is now in full
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    • 551 5 nection ou sound foundations. Straits Times. We have been asked occasionally what good would result from having a Brokers’ Association or regularly constituted Stock Exchange in Singapore, and we are perfectly content to give these ru’es of the Shanghai Stock Exchange as our answer. If there had been
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    • 316 5 Golconda, Int. divd. 20 per cent, (same as last year). Kampong Kuantan.— lnt. div. of 10 per cent., less income-tax. Java Hevea Rubber and Tobacco Estates, Limited.— Has been registeied with a capital of £50,005 in 2s* snares. Foothills (Malaya).— Registered with capital of £25,000 in
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    • 337 5 MARKET INFLUENCES. The market has been quietly gathering strength, says the Ironmonger of August 17. There has not been a great deal of activity, but with a renewed restriction of c. L f sales in the Eastern markets and general sentiment pretty optimistic, sellers were throughout more cautious, and
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    • 264 5 JOHN ROBERTS OF LONDON, I BILLIARD TABLE MAKER. M. SLOAN, Penang Representative, HOTEL NORMAN, H Full-sized 4 PENANG. DIL.MARD j TABBE3 fitted with all acc ssories I complete from $B5O. A largo stock of Billiard accessories A always on hand. Estimates given for keeping Public and Private Tables in Repair.
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  • 1230 6 The opening of the Panama Canal at one time promised to be hailed by world-wide congratulations and with general enthusiasm. But the action of the United States legislature and the attempt of President Taft to defend the policy of those seeking to give an unfair preference to American shipping
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  • 1918 6  -  [All Rights Reserved]. BY WILLIAM «MEREDITH. (Manchester United’s great forward a tower of strength to the Welsh International XI.) After all these years of International matches, of cup ties and of League seasons, I feel in writing a few words of advice to young football players somewhat in the
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 160 6 SOLIGNUM. The Marvellous wood preservative Protects against Decay, Fungus, Dry Rot, White Ants, the reaction of Weather. rSoT» ants •soffl&0 1 IN FOUR SHADES SUPPLIED IN DRUMS OF LICHT BROWN I CALLON MEDIUM DARK 2 GALLONS CRASS GREEN 5 GALLONS GUTHRIE Co.. Ltd., SOLE AGENTS, Penang. Patronised Uy Royalty. Don't
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    • 70 6 TO-DAY'S CONTENTS. Page 2.— The World’s News. Page 3.— Judgment in Cooper-Abb’s Case and Week’s Engagements. Page 4 —Correspondence; Sporting News and Rubber Crops Page s.— Planting and Mining. Page 6. Editorial: “Panama”; and Football. Page 7. Telegrams. Page B.— Partner Prosecuted Rubber and Tin and The Treatment of Criminals.
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  • 351 7 TO-DAY’S CHANGES. The following are the changes (buyers ftO d sellers only) in our share list on page 9 to-day Yesterday To-day. x C XX 9) SHAB»"- >. S S 5 .2 S 3 X S 3 x Aftntng. Kmu IO 16 15/- 16/| plhang C. 10/3
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  • 83 7 LATEST PRICES IN LONDON. a Malacca Correspondent.] Malacca, September 6. Information has been received by the Malacca Rubber Plantations, Limited, that the following were the prices of rabber in London yesterday Fine hard Para, 4/10*, sellers. Plantation Para, 4/9*, nominal. The market is dull, and there is
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  • 74 7 l*or the period from 6th to 16th September, 1912, inclusive, the F.M.S. exP'’rt duty on cultivated rubber leviable on ad valorem basis in accordance with the tu.es under the Customs Duties Enactlne‘t will be assessed on the following prices and biscuit $245 per pikul. C r e
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  • 37 7 [From Our Own Correspondent Singapore, September 6. Lh. Drummond, who was recently fined >i->->aulting a rickisha puller was yes- ld lined $2O for refusing to pay a k ull *r the legal fare.
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  • 38 7 I "j'u Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, September 6. in >WS f the death of Mr Vel e Anno*- laudlca PP er of the Straits Racing 10U ,as l >eeu received with great ru Singapore.
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  • 27 7 Uu» Own Correspondent.) I Singapore, September 6. C,J pra P M u °t*d here at $2O 0\ *11.30 < l ll 151 Ponti anak $10.40, Best,
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  • 128 7 —Reuter. MR. HERBERT SAMUEL AND A FEDERAL UNION. SPEECH TO BRITISH ASSOCUHON. London, September 5. Mr. Herbert Samuel, Post Master General, speaking to the Economics Section of the British Association, said that while the constitution of the United Kingdom was overcentralised the constitution of the Empire was clearly
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  • 34 7 [From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, September 6. The Chinaman arrested at Hongkong for the murder of Gaw Boon Chan at Singapore a year ago arrived here a id has been charged.
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  • 83 7 Reuter. PROFESSOR SHAEFER’S THEORY. London, September 5. The papers state that the feature of Professor Shaefer’s address at the British Association meetings was the foreshadowing of the artificial production of life. He contended that research indicates that the dividing line between living and non-living substances is not so
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  • 77 7 —Reuter. SIR EDWARD GREY AND AMERICA’S PLEA. London. September 5. Sir Edward Grey, in a letter to the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce, rejects the American argument that the free passage of American coasting ships would not affect foreigners as the coastal trade is a monopoly of the Americans.
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  • 48 7 —Reuter. REPUBLICAN STRONGHOLD CAPTURED. London, September 5. The honours of the Vermont elections lie with the Democrats and Rooseveltians. The latter were unexpectedly successful Both profess to regard the result as the happiest augury for the Presidential election. Vermont has hitherto been an official Republican stronghold,-
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  • 52 7 —Reuter. ADDITION TO BRITISH FLEET. London, September 5. The Admiralty in November lays down the largest battleship. The new vessel will have a displacement of 30,000 tons, with a length of seven hundred feet. Her speed will be twenty nine knots an hour, and her armament will be
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  • 41 7 Reuter. ADVANCE ON MARRAKESH. Tangier, September 5. The French commander decided to advance on Marrakesh, despite the risk to the captured Frenchmen who have not been released. It is reported, however, that the pretender Elhiba’s popularity is waning.—
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  • 42 7 —Reuter. EIGHTEEN INJURED. London, September 5. Eighteen persons were injured in the first tube collision which has occurred in London at Caledonian Road Station. Two hundred passengers had a narrow escape. There was a momentary panic in the pitchy darkness.
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  • 39 7 —Reuter. London. September 6. The Ulster Protestant Bishop has issued a pastoral declaring that none can forecast the disastrous consequences of Home Rule and appointing the 22nd inst. as a day of humiliation and prayer.
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  • 20 7 Reuter. Melbourne, September 5. Two persons were killed and fifty injured in a collision of suburban trains.
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  • 123 7 —Der Ostasistische Lloyd. A SECOND PH4SE. TWO NEW COMMANDS. Rome, September 6. It is officially announced that the first phase of the war has resulted in the effective occupation of a wide strip of coast from Cape Mukabez to Tobruk being successfully accomplished. The Government in order to
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  • 706 7 SUCCESS OF AEROPLANES IN ACTUAL WARFARE Mr. H. C. Seppiugs Wright, who, since the ou 1 break of the Turco-Itaiiau conflict nearly a ye tr ago, has been attached to the Turkish force) in I’ripoli as war correspondent for the Central News, hss ju->t returned to
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  • 29 7 —Reuter. London, September 6 Count von Berchtold in a second communication to the Powers elaborates the first but dues not remove doubts of ultim- ate success.-
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  • 94 7 Reuter. COMPULSORY ARBITRATION. BEN TILLETT’S MOTION REJECTED. London, September 5. The Trades Union Congress by an overwhelming majority defeated the motion of Mr. Ben Tillett that a committee should be appointed to inquire into the Government’s powers concerning their prospective action regarding compulsory arbitration. The speakers vehemently
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  • 76 7 —Reuter SOLDIERS’ TERRIBLE DEATH. London, September 5. A shocking accident occurred at the Hungarian manoeuvres. A balloon held by a hundred soldiers was carried off by a gust of wind. All released their hold, except three, who were carried to a height of four hundred feet.
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  • 72 7 Der Ostasiati<che Lloyd. WATCHING MANCEUVRES. London, September 6. The Kaiser was again on the field at 530 a.m. and watched operations for several hours despite the rain. Reuter. A Good Impression. Berlin, September 6. The Radical papers gav that th- Kai-er made a splendid impression on
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  • 58 7 —Reuter. ROUGHLY HANDLED IN WALES. London, September 6. Mr Lloyd George, speaking at the Eisteddfod, at Wrexham, was interrupted by a number of Suffragettes who were swiftly ejected by the audience. A crowd outside roughly handled them. Their clothes were torn to shreds and one was seriously injured.
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  • 55 7 —Reuter. SHIPS’ OFFICERS HELD FOR RANSOM. Hongkong, September 6. A band of pirates near Wongmoon, West River, fired on an oil lighter belonging to the East Asiatic Petroleum Company and towed by a steam launch. They boarded the launch and carried off the Master and Chief Engineer for
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  • 27 7 Reuter. INCREASE IN DEATH ROLL. Bethune, September 5. Sixty dead have now been brought up from the mine. Most of them are unre- cognisable.
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  • 25 7 Reuter. Tangier, September 5. The Official estimates of the Japanese rice crop expect an increase of 7 per cent. compared with 1911.-
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  • 22 7 —Beuter. Tsingtau, Sep*ember 5. Prince Henry of Prussia has arrived. He proceeds on his journey to Japan to-morrow.—
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  • 22 7 —Reuter. Sydney, September 5. The aviator Hart fell two hundred feet and was seriously injured. His machine was demolished.-
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  • 91 7 many, attained 26 knots. Der Odtasiatische Lloyd. Berlin, September 6. A Temps report from St Petersburg that German financial firms are disturbed by the Chinese Loan negotiations is contradicted by the Koelnische, which maintains tl a’ there is a concord among the six Powers not to support
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 800 7 TRONOH MINES. LIMITED. TO-MORROW! TO-MORROW!! (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND.) (SATURDAY) DIVIDEND No. 54. WAK! WAR!! WAR!!! The Attractions that Excite Admiration A Dividend of 2/6 per share free of Income tax has been dpc'ared as payable The Great Battle of Pottsburg in London on September 30th, and will be A.B. 3,000.
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  • 1351 8 MINE AND ESTATE RETURNS. We propose to publish every Friday the latest statistical information as to the outputs of the more important tin mines and rubber estates in Malaya, compiled and revised for us by Messrs. Kennedy Co. RUBBER CROPS. 191 2* Sept. Oct. Not. Dec. Jan.
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  • 649 8 —5. T. ALLEGATION OF FORGERY AND; DEFALCATION. Serious allegations of forgery and defalcation are made against 'fan Lek Soo, late manager and partner of Chop Hock Soon Long, Boat Quay, in the course of a preliminary enquiry, which was opened in the third police court, Singapore, before Mr.
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  • 349 8 SPEECH BY SIR RUFUS ISAACS. Leading representatives of the County of Berkshire were present at the opening of the new sessions house and police station at Reading by the Attorney-General of England, (Sir Rufus Isaacs). Members and officials of the Council, borough justices, the Mayors of
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 32 8 DUNLOP MOTOR TYRES, rTHE GRAND TRADE MARK. ORIENTAL HOTEL, Noted for their resiliency and superb wearing qualities. KUALA LUMPUR. Fresh Stocks of all sizes held by ‘oriental.” s. m?miartin, GUTHRIE CO., Penang.
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    • 95 8 MACBETH S BARRETT, PENANG. THE FAMOUS Waltham Car 22 H. P. BEST HILL-CLIMBER IN THE WORLD, That did the Sumatra East Coast—West Coast pioneering trip AND First Car to Climb the Crag. PRICE $1.600 FREE PENANG. AGENTS WANTED. Apply SEMARANG MOTOR COMPANY. SEMARANC, JAVA. General Agents for iS. .S. F.
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  • 2256 9 S HARES. Num-er of Imiue j 3 t c &lt; .nital. Ku Rcn-ed. shareß I Value. I 2 Dividend». Name 1 K 1 i 3 3 2ill* ao a I 111 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 MINING, win I £300.000 30.000 $lO $lO 10 30 30 28$ Belat Tin Mining
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  • 787 9 For Balik Palau, at 8 a.m. and 0-30 p.m. Batterworth, at 7 a.m., 10 a.m., 1 p.m., and 4- p.m. Bukit Tambun, 6-15 a.m., at 8 a.m., 1-45 p m., and also 5-30 p.m. on Saturdays. Bukit Mertajam, 6-15 a.m., 7-15 a.m., 8 a.m., 10-40
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
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  • 1048 10 ARRIVALS. Besitang, Dut., 271, Smith, Sept. 6, P. Brandan, oil, Asiatic Petroleum Co. Devanha, Brit., 4785.27, Hickey, Sept. 5, Colombo, gen.. Adamson, Gilfillan Co. Lunka, Brit., 956, Sinclair, Sept. 6, S’pore, gen., Huttenbach Liebert Co. Lama, Brit., 957, Mac Lean, Bept. s,«Rangoon, gen., Huttenbach Liebert Co. Mishima Maru, Jap.,
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    • 281 10 ft STRENGTH n AND NERVE sffir V A N A’ 6ran Tonic Wine 1 This powerful tonic rapidly restores strength to those who are weakened z and exhausted by illness. Its nutritive powers are especially valuable to the constitution when undermined by malaria. ‘VANA’ is sold by all Pharmacists HM
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  • 372 11 “I SHOULD NOT MIND HAVING AN ENGLISH WIFE.” An amusing story of the earliest recorded public utterance of the late Emperor of Japan is told by a correspondent of the Standard, Mrs. C, C, Stopes, writirg from Deering-road, Hampstead. Oar treaty with Japan was completed by
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