Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 31 May 1913

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833 No. 123 VOL. LXXI. SATURDAY. 31st MAY, 19!3. PRICE 10 CENTS
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 854 1 n’uauoHunnnnHaaocoaaaaaaß D D FOR $BO d S XT OU can have the Pinang D g I Gazette posted every day for a whole year to your address. (LOCAL SUBSCRIPTION, 527). g Proportionate Quarterly and Half-yearly rates. g Subscriptions are payable in n advance and remittances should g be addressed to
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    • 86 1 ■onannounDonortncjacrnLift tjcooa d \A7 HEN YOL ARE AWAY a n on I**»»*» ion want to keep a in touch with Malaya»’ affairs, 2 Social, Comnuucial, Mining, Planting, Ac. I his you can do n in no better way than by subscriu- a ing to the Weekly Edition of the g
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  • 1001 2 WHO SHALL GIVE TONE TO THE NEXT GENERATION Rev. Alex. Connell, as president of the English Free Church Council at the annual meeting at Newcastle last month, spoke on The Nation and Its God.” A man close in touch with the democracy said to him one day,
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 1171 2 SITUATION VACANT. NOTICE. wanted. TEIK CHIN COMPANY, LTD. A CERTIFIED ENGINE DRIVER xjOTICE is hereby given that an extrafor 260 H.P. Diesel Engine. Ex- ordinary general meeting of the above perienced Ceylon Tamil preferred. Good Company will be held at the Registered Office, salary to capable man. No. 10a, Church
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    • 113 2 A Sure Cure for Aches and Pains. Very few aches and pains are beyond the reach of this most wonderful of all pain cures. Neuralgia, Rheumatism, stiff joints, pains of the neck, throat, back, chest, arms, legs and feet—vanish in a surprisingly short space of time after you have applied
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    • 631 2 A LEGACY LEFT BY MALARIA. THE STRANGE MALA >Y OF A BURMA CIVIL ENGINEER—HK SAYS 44 DR. WILLIAMS’ PINK PILLS ARE A WONDERFUL REMEDY.” Mr. E. A. Holder, the prominent Civil Engineer aud Architect, of 22, Lewis Strtet, Rangoon, says that he feels it his duty to place these facts
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    • 170 2 TANSAN WATER. "TBE CHOICEST 01 AU CHOICE WATERS." TANSAN DRY TANSAN GINGER ALE. LEMONADE. ••The Ideal Natural Mineral Water,” Sole Agents; R. T. REID Co., Penang. WHY ARABIC? ARABIC applied to the roof and sides of your house or factory will effect an enormous reduction in the internal temperature. Arabic
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  • 1788 3 A WEEKLY CAUBERIE. ENTER CRICKET. London, May 9. There is no longer any excuse for thinking football, or medicating hockey, or pondering over billiards/ The summer is well in sight, and a hundred-and-one sports which flourish only in the sun are kudly clamouring for their share of attention.
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  • 33 3 Penang :—The E. O. Hotel, The Crag, Hotel Norman and Runnymede Hotel. Ipoh The Grand Hotel, F.M.S. Hotel, Singapore:—Raffles Hotel. Rangoon :—Strand Hotel. Calcutta :—The Continental Hotel Ceylon :—Nuwara Aliya.
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  • 48 3 ,A Parliamentary paper just issued gives particulars of the dser forests and lands exclusively devoted to sport in Scotland. The total acreage of this land 3,599,744, of which 602,218 acres are below I,oooft. altitude. The rental, as given in th* Valuation Rolli, is £183,788.
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  • 53 3 With ths exception of four buildings, fire has destroyed the entire business district of North Sydney, Cape Breton. The places which escaped are the Royal Bank, the Bank of Nova Scotia, Vooght’s Departmental Store, and the Belmont Hotel. The loss is estimated at £40,000, partially
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  • 69 3 It is officially announced that the railways of the United Kingdom will on July let raise goods traffic rates by 4 per cent, and in certain cases by more than that percentage. With regard to coal and coke, it is announced that certain companies will
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  • 59 3 Colonel Sackville Berkeley Hamilton, of Cork, formerly Assistant Inspector-General of the Royal Irish Constabulary, died suddenly on Sunday at Penzance, where he had been staying since Christmas. Colonel Hamilton, with his wife and daughter, went bo St. John’s Church in the morning, and when the service
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  • 71 3 The death took pflace on Tuesday at his residence, the Upper House, Barlaeton, Staffordshire, of Mr. Lawrence Wedgwood, chairman of directors of the historic pottery firm of Josiah Wedgwood and Co., Limited, and great-grandson of Josiah Wedgwood. A fortnight ago Mr. Wedgwood was at the
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 326 3 W. JONES, photographer Dealer, 79, Bishop Street. Developing and Printing for Amateurs at moderate chaiges. Out-door Work a Specialty. Special Price for Plates, Papers and Photographic Chemicals. Kodak Films. lu th s—l 6 8 ALLEN DFNNYS Co., PENANG. Proprietors of the Penang Rubber Auction Rooms. Sales held every Wednesday. Managers
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    • 183 3 LIFE and SCENES =in the F.M.S. An Album of Views of Kuala Lumpur, Malacca, Batu Gajah, Ipoh, Taiping, Kuala Kangsar, §c., §c. Price One Dollar. PRESS OPINIONS. “A charmingly got up Album” Times of Malaya. A handsome portfolio of pictures Malay Daily Chronicle. The reproductions of well-known and well chosen
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    • 58 3 W. Manson, M. D. S., DENTIST. n Penang Road, Belfield Street, PENANO. IPOH. nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn j Tieleman h liras 1 FAMOU;S g I Dutch Vegetables I I AND g n n I Provisions. g H n Obtainable at all Leading Stores. fl H n g >SoZe Agents: g M. GOLDENBERG 8
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  • 540 4 —Contributed. A FAREWELL ENTERTAINMENT. The members of the St. George’s Tamil Mission Chapel met at the Mission Hall on the eveni g of Satwdav, the 24th inst., to bid farewell to their pastor, the Rev. D. A. Peter, on the eve of his retirement from mission
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  • 168 4 Our Taiping correspondent reports Some excitement was caused in Main Road, Taipiug, last n ght, by a report of a daring attempt at burglary at one of the houses there. Ou inquiry, it was learned that about midnight a man saw four persons on the roof
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  • 156 4 Peking, May 17.—1 t transpires that the woman who was executed on Wednesday in connection with the bomb plot for the assassination of President Yuan Shih-k’ai, whs Miss Ching Yu-so, a teacher in the girls’ law school. Mbs Ching was an ardent suffragette. She made herself famous
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  • 281 4 VERDICT AGAINST A HUSBAND. That a husband is not entitled to letters addressed to his wife by other men was the verdict pronounced in a case at Atlantic Citv, New Jersey, by Justice Hoyer. The plaintiff was Mrs. Frances June Branden berg, the wife of a well-known
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  • 367 4 The past week, says a Home exchange of May 5, his seen a new high record for the current vear in the price of ca-h tin—namely, £232 per ton, wh c i ia only £1 below the topmost figure ever retched. The irregular course of the
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  • 218 4 H. H. the Ranee of Sarawak, in a letter to the Daily Mail, writes Can it really be that Typhoon has not proved a sufficient draw to w*r>ant its run at the Haym-irket beyond May 24 A play of such lofty inspiration, so grandly patriotic in
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  • 91 4 The arrest, at Calcutta, of a man on suspicion for being in possession of two brass ornaments, has led to the discovery that the articles are fittings stolen about a year ago from the Ute Qu-ei Victoria’s desk presented to the Victoria Hsll by King Edward. The
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  • 308 4 A GIRL’S MANIA. How a girl, suffering from a nervous breakdown, joined a miniature rifle club with the intention of committing suicide, was described to the Portsmouth coroner when he inquired into the death of Miss Winifred Jeanette Cooke, aged twenty, of Pelham-road, Southsea, the daughter of
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  • 237 4 SUNDAY, JUNE 1. Church of England. St. George’s Church.—Litany 7.45 a.m.; Holy Communion, 8 am Holy Communion, (Tamil), 9.30 a.m.; Matins, (Chinese), 10 30 a.m.; Children’s Service, 5 p.m Evensong and Sermon, 6 p.m. Chaplaincy of Perak North. All Saints’, Church, Taiping.—Litany, 7.45 a.m Holy Communion, 8 a.m,;
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 437 4 Mr. C. Thorbum Durward. P. P. C. RUBBER PLANTER. Experienced iu aii branches, fluent Malay and Javanese, excellent references, desires billet immediately. No. 700, c/o Pinang Gazette. MUNICIPAL NOTICE. TENDERS are invited for the lease of the Theatre Hall known as No. 27, Kulim Lane. A lease for the six
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    • 66 4 A First Class Excellence in a —NEW POLICE DRAMA— Nick Winter his Favourite 9.000 feet 3 Reels 3 Parts. Pathe s Sensational Detective Masterpiece Supported by Biograph Features The Gibson Goddess NOW SHOWING AT Th© Standard Kinematojraph, Entrance King Street. The Crystal Picture Palace. N. D. DE SILVA, Manufacturing Jeweller.
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    • 575 4 BANKS. CHARTERED BANK OF INDI* AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. Incorporated by Royal Charter. Paid-up Capital fl 20()0 Reserve Fund ett £j Reserve Liability of Proprietors... £l,2oo’ooe Head Office 38, BISHOPSGATE, LONDON, E.c Agencies and Branches. Amritsar Hamburg PnkotBombay Ipoh Rangoon Bangkok Karachi Ser em b &n Batavia Kobe Sing apore Calcutta
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 351 4 The Straits Cinema Co. LOCATION PENANG ROAD. TTEMPORA MUTANTUR ET NOS MUTAMUR IN ILLIS.” Complete Change of Programme 101 BISON 101. A Stirring Indian Fight Film. 2 Reels. 6,000 ft. 2 Parts. THE DESERTER. Mon’s Prince’s Great Farcical Comedy: HIS LORDSHIP’S LAPSE 2 Reels 6,000 ft. 2 Parts. MAX~LINDER AS
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  • 1080 5 Pall Mall Gazette. MR MAXSE’S SCATHING STORY. Mr. J. L. Max«e, editor of the National Review, has put his famous indictment of the Marconi scandals in a new form. After bursting the bladder of Ministerial faultlessness by the barb of his satire io the witnesschair before the
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  • 146 5 Proposing a vote of thanks to the Attorney-General for presiding at a meeting of the Barristers’ B Assoc'a'ion yesterday, Sir Edward Clarke referred co the accusations hinted at a-d suggested, but never definitely made, agamst the character of the AttorneyGeneral. He had read
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 246 5 PENANC ICE AND INDUSTRIAL Coy ARE MAKERS OF Coloured Cement Tiles For Halls, Bathrooms, etc A Large Slock always on hand. or made to Selected patterns. Price from 10 to 12 cent» according to design per Tile of 8 INCHES SQUARE. Cement Drain Pipes Stronger than and Superior to Earthenware
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    • 358 5 s X TO DAY 3 H not to-morrow! O n Before deciding where to w E send your order, we ’wk would like you to gee B our Illustrated Cats- JEr S Y logue, which shows the |j t I Latest Fashions in Ladies’ fl p I and Gent.’s Goods.
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  • 1242 6 The Balkan Allies and Turkey are at peace. But that is not quite the same thing as saying that peaceful conditions now exist throughout the Balkan States. On the contrary, there are very u gly signs of a possible resumption of fighting. Not between the Turks
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • 316 6 [To the Editor oj the Pinang Gazette. Sir, Last night I visited the Motion Picture Show and witnessed the very clever Egawa Troupe of Acrobats. I think the Management should see that a net is provided in case of accidents. There is something very remiss when entertainers
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    • 230 6 [To the Editor oj the Gazette.”] Sir, It has appeared to me to be desirable, in the interests of the trading community, to draw your a'tention to the practice of the bankers in this Colony of omitting to return the paid cheques of the customers in
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  • SPORTING NEWS.
    • 50 6 —Reuter. LATEST LONDON BETTING. London, May 30. The following is the latest betting on the Derby 5/2 against Craganour. 5/ 1 Shogun. 7/1 Nimbus. 9/1 Louvois. 20/1 Day Comet. 20/1 Great Sport. 20/1 Prue. 25/1 Bachelor's Wedding. 100/3 Sun Yat. 100/3 Badient. 100/3 Harry oj Herejord. 50/1 Rockjlint.
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    • 130 6 Result of yesterday’s ties Singles Handicap.—E L Miles beat Henderson by 21—14. Championship.—R N Goodwin beat J. Chalmers by 21—16; R Owen beat W Hamilton by 21—16. Ties for Monday, 2nd June Double Handicap.—W.-Motion and Cunningham v. Starr and Thornton. Championship.—-Blackstone v. Goldie. In a Taiping Police
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  • 281 6 —Reuter. SIR EDWARD GREY’S STATEMENT THE QUESTION OF TIBET. London, May 30. Sir Edward Grey, dealing with the qu ea tion of the Chinese loan, said one of th strongest criticisms against he group w that Russia and Japan were inc’uded declared it d d not matter to
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  • 595 6 Geneml Chung, who commanded the Chinese force i in Tibet, and after being besieged for some mon’hs in Lhasa, acted as Chinese Resident in that chy until h® was starved out of it, is now in Calcutta, and will remain there for a month or tw«
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 106 6 A Light, Durable and Reliable Two-seater Car. (Not a Cycle Car). ALLDAY’S “MIDGET” GARS. 10 H.P. Water Cooled Engine. It embodies every detail that the Model De Luxe Touring Car contains. Speed 35 miles an hour. Petrol Consumption 35 miles a gallon. Lathst Model on Virw at the AGENTS McAlister
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    • 38 6 <2 E. 0., pbnang. ca Th Best. The CRAG, Penanr Hillis BB The only Sanatorium ia the Straits Settlements. 22 RAFFLES, BINGAPORB. *2 Well-kiown from East to West. CM STRAND, Rangoon. The a nt frequented Hotel in Burma.
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  • 726 7 TO-DAY’S CHANGES. The following are the changes (buyers sad sellers only) in our share list, on page 9'to-day Yesterday. To-day S-ja.mb. J" t co s ~5 Mining, Bslat 3.60 3.90 3.40 3.60 Gopeng C. 32/- 36/- 35/6 37/6 Gepeng C. p 5/. 6/9 10/- 13/6 Kinta Tin
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  • 64 7 THE LATEST DIVIDENDS. STATE OF THE MAMET. [e. G. Special Cable.] Loudon, May 31. Harpenden (Selangor) Rubber Co. Ltd., announce an interim dividend of 25 per cent. An interim dividend of 8 per cent, is announced by the Malayalam Rubber and Produce Co., Ltd. American Buying' Anticipated.
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  • 83 7 ARREST OF DATOH MUDA. [From Our Own Correspondent.] May 31. A sensation has been created over the arrest of the Datoh Muda, Kinta, Penghulu, on a charge of cheating in respect of a sum of $BOO. The case was brought before the Magistrate and formal evidence was
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  • 54 7 IN THE F.M.S. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Ipob, May 31. It was stated by the Chairman of the Sanitary Board that the recent epidemic of dysentery, from which numerous people Buffered, was enteric caused by ptomaine poisoning. The water supply was reported to be in no way
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  • 51 7 MORE DAMAGE. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Ipob, May 31. It is reported that further damage has been done on the rubber estates in the Sungei Siput district by wild elephants, and that the situation is serious. Heavy losses have been sustained, through their ravages, by the
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  • 44 7 [From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, May 31. Mr. H. B. Winter, who was charged with causing the death of a syce who was thrown from a carriage when his horse bolted at the approach of accused’s motor cycle, has been discharged.
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  • 36 7 IN SINGAPORE. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, May 31. The Municipal Board discussed the question of advance payments for gas, and adopted a resolution mitigating the irritation caused by the previous rule.
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  • 114 7 —Reuter. A SIGNIFICANT EVENT. London, May 30. The Timed St. Petersburg correspondent savs that King George when in Berlin accepted an invitation to visit the Tsar, possibly at the end of June. It is believed he will go to Kronstadt in the Royal Yacht. If he
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  • 458 7 PEACE TREATY SIGNED. SIR E GRITS SPEECH. London, May 30. The Peace Treaty has been signed. Peace Meeting at St. James’s. A meeting of the Greek and Servian Delegates decided to sign tl e peace treaty. Sir Edward Grey yesterday evening sent a formal invitation to
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  • 98 7 —Reuter. MR. BONAR LAW’S EULOGY. London, May 30. The House of Commons is debating the Foreign estima’es. Many complimentary references were made to Sir R. Grey. Mr. Ronar Law said the Foreign Minister’s conduct of the B* k*n negotiations entitled him to be regarded as the representative
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  • 61 7 —Reuter. TAXATION: COMPROMISE. Berlin, May 30. A compromise has been arranged regarding the methods of taxation under the Defence Bills. Incomes of five thousand marks and property to the value of thirty thousand marks will be exempt from the levy, and also property to the value of
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  • 23 7 —Beater. THE NAVY BILL REJECTED. Ottawa, May 30. The Senate has rejected the Navy Bill by 51 votes to 27,-
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  • 183 7 —Reute UNIONIST ELATION. "A TOTTERING ADMINISTRATION 0 London, May 30. Elation is a mild term to describe the feelings of the Unionists over the result of the election at Altrincham, which is variously described as a message of encouragement to Ulster, a breach in the Northern Citadel and
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  • 72 7 —Reutt r. GOVERNMENT NOT GOING ‘‘TOO fas:?.” London, May 30. Col. Seelv, Minister for War, speaking at Rarnstavle, said the Government did not believe that the result of the Altrincham bye-election was a sign hat it was going too fast. He believe 1a w» althy country
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  • 72 7 MR. HILTON REGAINS THE TITLE. London, May 31. At St. Andrews, in the Amateur Go’f Championship final, Vlr. Harold Hilton beat Mr. Robert Harris by 6 and 5. [Mr. Hilton has held the amateur championship on three previous 1900, 1901, 6bd 1911. In addition he was the
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  • 43 7 —Reuter. GOVERNMENT APPROVES PRINCIPLE. London, May 31. The Commons passed by 201 to 109 the second reading of the Scottish Liberals Home Rule Bill. Mr. McKinnon Wood expressed the Government’s approval in principle, while it was not committed to details.-
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  • 50 7 —Reuter. GOOD NEWS. London, May 30. The Duke of Connaught, at a meeting of the Royal Patriotic Fur d, referring to the kind references to the Duchess, sai I it was a great cause for thankfulness that she was now recovering after being twice at death’s door.-
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  • 41 7 —Reuter. Berlin, May 31. The cruiser Blucher grounded last night in a thick fog on the Great Belt. Efforts of German warships to pull her off were unsuccessful. Her position is not danger- ous, being on soft sand
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  • 157 7 After spending the best part of half a century as shepherd on the same farm in Crasbie Howe, old Andrew Menzies suddenly developed symptoms of restlessness, threw up his job, and obtained employment in the city as a collector (whatever that may be). He appeared to adapt himself
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  • 300 7 VISIT TO UPPER PERAK AND KEDAH. A correspondent writes H. E. the High Commissioner, accom panied by Sir E. Brockman, Mr. W. G. Maxwell, Adviser, Kedah Government, and Captain Day, A.D.C., the Orang Kaya Kaya Dato Sri Adika Raja, Dr. Fletcher, Mr. Berkeley, D. 0., Upper Perak,
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  • 156 7 In the changed programme for to-night at the George Town Kioematograph, two of the best feature* are Mon-y Kings or a M s sion of Diplomacy, and Nick Winter’s Favourite,” a detective drama* both cove>ii>g 9,000 feet each, which will occupy a t-pace of two hours. Combined with
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  • 116 7 To-day’s quotation for unrefined tin in Penang was $106.50 per picul, buyers, no sellers. Tin in London is quoted at £216 spot and £213 three months. The following was the local report To-day :—Singapore: Straits Trading Co., Ltd, $106.90; Penang: Straits Trading Co., Lt'i., nil; E.is ern
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 133 7 SI SODA WATER TONIC WATER CINCER BEER THESE CELEBRATED WATERS ARE SUPPLIED AT ALLFIBST CLASS HOTELS CLUBS STORES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AGENTS FOR PENANG: HUTTENBACH BROS. Co. •iiHsiiaiaaaaiiMaiaiisiiniMM* A SUPERB c°"o'“ OLD MASTER. 5 A “NICOLAUS AMATI model violin, dark m colour, finely marked back, rosewood pegs, fine m selected
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  • 1079 8 Europe has made of it.—Don in the IfanchesUr Guardian. IMPRESSIONS OF A TRAVELLER. It seems to be a principle among shipping companies so to arrange their connections that the traveller should be compelled to spend some days in Singapore. We evaded this necessity by taking a trip
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  • 280 8 We learn from a Malaya contemporary, says the Time» oj Ceylon, that the F. M. S. planters are about to undertake a scheme for tapping the Telugu disricts for labour. It will perhaps be news to most people that already about 10,900 Telugus come
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  • 149 8 The Director of Public Works F.M.S. writes as follows on the Perak Waterworks in his last year’s annual report Provision was made for supplies to estates in the Lower Perak and Krian disiricts, but the votes, $300,000 and $lOO,OOO, respectively, were not expended. Completion and consideration of
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 382 8 .Lime -Frui t Brings to your lips the juice of the lime fruit. j zA /y\\ f It is a drink that is always I cooling and refreshing. The 5 children love it. Order a few zfc V bottles to-day. Large supplies Jjy have been lately shipped from London. MONTSERRAT
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    • 609 8 REGULARITY of the BOWELS The First Line of Defence against 111-Health. Only about one man or woman in a hundred is perfectly healthy. The other 99 have some J digestive trouble, and perhaps more than 50 per cent of these could trace their trouble to that prevalent I evil —constipation.
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  • 2184 9 I Capital. Subscribed. N ber of line j Share». Value. 3 Dividend!. Name 5 5* 1 z 1 a <e or 1909 1910 1911 1919 1 9 1 8 MINING. 191 S 9100,000 $OO,OOO 60 000 1 1 1903 300,000 300.000 ***** 10 10 30 V) «KA “a Ayer
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  • 70 9 Ranee, Ger., 845, Kaulfuss, May 31. Deli, gen., Behn Meyer Co. Ban Whatt Soon, Brit., 199, Ferguson, May 31, Langkat, gen., E. S. Co. Avagyee, Bnt., 247, Harvey, May 31, T. Anson, gen., E. S. Co. H.M.S. Clio, Brit., 1070, MacKenzie, May 31, P. Langkawi, nil.— Japan, Brit., 3806,
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  • 63 9 Tong Cauan for Alor Star (Kedah). Delta for Ceylon, Australasia, India, Aden, Mauritius, Egypt and, via Brindisi, for Europe etc. Hok Canton for Dindings, Sitiawan and Teluk Anson. Alma for Tongkah. Lama for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Ranee for Deli. Jit Seng for Yen. Ekma for Rangoon. Duuera for
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  • 127 9 Pbnang, May 31, 1913. {By Courtesy oj the Chartered Bank), London Demand Bank ...2/4 1/32 4 months’sight Bank ...2/4 5/16 3 Credit ...2/415/3 i 3 Documentary ...2/4 17/32 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 174$ 3 days’ sight Private 175$ Bombay Demand Bank 174$ 3 days’ sight Private 175$ Madras Demand
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  • 271 9 Pbnang, May 31, 1913. S. P. Tapioca $5.05 buyers. M. P. Tapioca $5 20 buyers. Gold leaf $64.60 Pepper (W. Coast 3 lb. 5 0z).... No stock. White Pepper $32.87$ buyers. Trang Pepper $2l sales. Mace $l2O nom. Mace Pickings s97s buyers. Cloves $39 out of season. Nutmegs 110
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  • 29 9 CLOSE AT GENERAL POST OFFICI. Momdat. For Per Clos*. Langsa, Edi., T. Semawe,Segii, Sabang > Atjeh 31 a.m. and Olehleh j Singapore, Hongkong, Amoy and Swatow Glenfalloch 3 p.m.
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  • 128 9 Saturday, May 31. Homeward English (P. O.) Mail. Penang Hunt Club Gymkhana, Race Course. Penang Golf Club: At Home,” 9.15 p.mBand. Golf Club, 6 p.m. Straits Cinematograph, Penang Road George Town Cinematograph, Kuah Kangsar Road. Saaday, Juae I. 2nd Sunday after Trinity. St. Nicomede. 8.8. and F.M.S.
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  • 123 9 CRICKET TOURNAMENT. May. Match. Ground. 31 B’worth v. P.C.C. B’worth. S.X.R.C. v. P.R.C. Esplan. June. 7 P.R.C. v. B’worth B’worth. B.X.R.C. v. C R.C. V. Green. 14 P R.C. v. P.C.C. Esplan. C.R.C. v. B’worth V. Green 21 S.X.R.C. v. P.C.C. Esplan. 28 C.R.C. y. P.C.C. V Green.
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  • 43 9 June 9.—London Matriculation Examination. June 10.—Penang Turf Club Meeting, 4 p.m. June 21.—P.C.C. Annual Gymkhana. June 28.—Penang Football League, entries close. July 7.—lntermediate Arts Examination. July 10.—Penang Turf Club, entries close, 5 pm. July 22, 24 and 16.—Penang Turf Club Meeting.
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 564 9 N. Y. K. Japan Mail Steamship Co. Ld; ~’KOREAN LINE A F<>rfinigntly service is maintained be* ween Yokohama via ports to Marseilles, ■jondon and Antwerp under mail contract rith the Imperia! Japanese Government, ’he New Twin-screw Steamers maintaining his service have been specially designed and ’onetructed, and are fitted with
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 177 9 The Tide». Date. H. W. L. W. H. W. L. VI. A.M. AM. P.M P.M. May 31 9-48 3-01 9-29 4-14 June 1 10-18 3-48 10-14 4-47 2 10-48 4-31 10-55 5-21 3 11-20 5-11 11-35 5-58 4 11-54 5-50 Nil. 6-38 5 12-16 6-28 12-29 7-20 6 12-59 7-07
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  • 744 10 NINTH ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING. The ninth ordinsry general meeting of the Sandycroft Rubber Co., Ltd. was held on Tuesday at the offices of the secretaries, Messis. F. W. Baiker Co., Winchester Home, Singapore. The Chairman (Mr. M. E. Plumpton) presided, and there were also present: Messrs. W. Lowther
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  • 96 10 The Hongkong Daily Press is authoritatively informed that the Secretary of State for the Colonies has approved of the early introduction of legislation to prohibit, after a reasonable period of notice, the importation into and circulation in the Colony of silver or nickel coins other than
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  • 681 10 RUBBER AND TIN; The return of imports and exports for the quarter ending March 31 has just come to hand, and there is again revealed the fact that the prosperity of the Straits Settlements continues making steady progress. The increase that has to be record?d on this
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 340 10 IF you are using an imitation and you don’t believe that it is costing you more than the genuine Lea Perrins, try this Order a bottle of LEA PERRINS. Eat one meal with the imitation —eat the next with Lea Perrins. See .how much you have been missing. The genuine
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    • 25 10 You know that Bovril possesses peculiar power* of building up the body. NEVER ACCEPT A CHEAP SUBSTITUTE. Insist on having BOVRIL By AppofaNNM Hto Maferty
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    • 237 10 SBMMB a A M feVWtegwggeff 1 w >l^———ll ill Ute ©■IBHIIp THIS is to give notice that all the above Trade Marks are the property of Messrs. Quong Woh Hing Company of No. 16, High Street, Singapore, Merchants, and that such Trade Marks are used by them as Trade Marks
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous

  • 467 11 ANTI-ALIEN LEGISLATION. London, May 23.—At Victoria (British Columbia), questioned as t> the attitude of the Government in the Californian situation, Sir Richard Mcßride, Premier of British Columbia, yesterday said that the developments in Washington and Sacramento were being followed with the keenest interest. 3he principle involved was vital
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  • 111 11 An Irishman who was too old for active work (says the Argonaut was offered the position of crossing tender at a small railroad station. He looked dubious as the duties of the office were explained to him and the meaning of the various flags was clearly stated.
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  • 81 11 Gladstone, when a boy, was visiting in the country and the farmer was showing him around. Coming to a field that contained a large black bull, the farmer said There’s a fine, strong bull there, Master William, and it’s only 2 years old.” How do you tell its
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  • 70 11 Merchant (to detectiveJ —Some fellow has been representing himself as a collector of ours. He’s been taking in more money than any two of the men we have and I want him collared as quickly as possible. Detective—All right I’ll have him in j *il in less
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  • 42 11 “He invented a dandy story to tell his wife when he got home aitar midnight.” Good one, was it A peach it w< uld satisfy any woman.” Did it satisfy her 44 It would’ve, but be couldn’t tell it.”
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  • 1016 11 THE SUMMER RACE MEETING (Under S. R. A. Rules of Racing,) V 5 will be held on Tuesday, the 17 th, Thursday, the 19th, and Saturday, the 21st June, 1913. PROGRAMME. FIRST DAY. TUESDAY, 17th JUNE, 1913. 4 O y The Merchants and Miners' Plate and Bowl.
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
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    • 2251 12 P& hhX* Intended Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen. Steam Navigation Co. British In( j| a s tea]B n a¥ ig a tj on (]o., j> MMCTED ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES, u f ■AIL SERVICE OUTWARD. I LIMITED, I |oce« steam Ship co.. Lid 1913 ———V y Fob Intindbd to Sail. Sts amir. nOEMSfIBRKK»wI
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