Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 4 September 1913
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Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle
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Title Section21 1913-09-04 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 203 VOL. LXXI. THURSDAY. 4th SEPTEM R, 1913. PRICE 10 CENTS.21 words
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Advertisement1125 1913-09-04 1 jruunuiaaanDßooPD: «uoaaaa t D c FOH 530 E c a L \T OU c*l Lave the Pinsng D I posted everyday for whole ye»r to your xddrees. (LOCAL SUBSCRIPTION, $27). C Proportionate Quarterly and e Half-yearly rates. D Sabecriptiona are payable in »<ivanoe and remittances should be addressed to q1,125 words
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Advertisement85 1913-09-04 1 *oaQaaosaQQQgg|QQQQQy a W H N YOU ARK AW AV e a 0,1 vou want to keep c >n touch with Malaya., affairs, c tL° c,b Commercial, Mining, c Planting, Ac Thia y ou can do 2 Q in no better way than by aubscrio. C S L th Woekl y85 words
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Article906 1913-09-04 2 At the general meeting of the Kawasaki Dockyard Company a dividend of 8 per cent, for the ha f-year was declared. The number of vessels entered at Dairen during July was 149 ships of 258,394 tons of which 124 ships of 201,105 tons were under the Japanese Hag.906 words
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Advertisement929 1913-09-04 2 TO LET. NOTICES. TO LET NOTICE. T IM LODGE, opposite Golf Club. A MEETING of Scotchmen will be L Electric Fittings throughout. Entry held in the Chamber of Commerce, from 15th September, 1913. Penang, on Tuesday, the 9th mat., at Ai. ttv maw rWYF 4 45 P ra t 0929 words
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Advertisement425 1913-09-04 2 •***** OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOt I RATNER X 2 §e o o O liiO —'B def,es def,es 8 X I i »> tek Mi thieves a O fire 0 —l o ilgaf na lOfeßgMgMllg o I M -.m I IK g o o Pi o O Fitted with the wonderful interchangeable lock. Large425 words
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Article723 1913-09-04 3 THE GENERAL SITUATION. Ao encouraging tone prevai'ed at the sessions held on Friday of last week, says the Ironmonger of Aug. 16, when, after opening without any alteration in price, the market took an upward tendency, and (following upin 186 i. 10s. paid for three months) moved up to723 words
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RUBBER NOTES.
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Article745 1913-09-04 3 A signifi ant fact about the last two public sales of plantation rubber is tha‘, while the quantities catalogued have been smaller, the prices obtained were better. This is only in accordance with what has been maintained in these Notes for months past. The commodity745 words
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Article792 1913-09-04 3 sight.—E. L. Ki lick, in the Financier of August 12. Referring to the question of new uses for rubber and the offer of a prize by the Mincing Lane Sharebrokers’ Association for the best discovery in this connection, it is noteworthy that great interest is being takensight.—E. L. Ki lick, in the Financier of August 12. - 792 words
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Article121 1913-09-04 3 The following Lon ion wires appeir in the Times oj Ceylon Heavy offerings at to lay’s (26th Aug.) rubber auctions are likely to affect prices. Shares a r e closing slightly bet er on a bear covering. Rubber Trusts are at 3s. 6 1. prenrum. Tne Panagula Rubber121 words
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Article177 1913-09-04 3 Alert 11. in the Financier. Recently the Straits Times remarked upon the fact that in the boom d »ys the rubber industry attracted to Malaya an army of young men, drawn from high class circles at home, relatives and friends of directors and planters already onAlert 11. in the Financier. - 177 words
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Article484 1913-09-04 3 PLANTING POLICY CRITICISED. The annua' general meeting of the Mergui Rubber Estates, Ltd was held on August 27 in the registered offices, Commercial Union Buildings, Singapore. Mr. A. E. Baddeley presided. The Chairman said :—The expei.di'ure on capital account is $22,669 58, as compared with $17,710.06 for the484 words
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Article80 1913-09-04 3 Thursday, September 4« Band, Golf Club, 6 p.m. Straits Cinematograph, Penang Road George Town Cinematograph, Kuala Kangsar Road; Penang Motion Picture Show, Penang Road. Friday, September 5. Band, Esplanade, 6 p.m. Saturday, September 6. Band, Golf Club, 6 p.m. Suaday, September 7 16th Sunday after Trinity; Moaday,80 words
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Advertisement373 1913-09-04 3 ■COLONIAL EXHIBITION SAMARANG, JAVA. August- N ovember, 1914. Under the patronage of HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNORGENERAL OF NETHERLANDS EAST-INDIA. Complete demonstration of the Colonial adminis- g tration, Eastern Cultures, Traffic, Industry and Commerce. Articles of Import from Europe, Australasia, America and the Far East. iQiFrn nmrTEmN Th© Exhibition has the373 words
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Page 3 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous154 1913-09-04 3 The Tide*. Date H. W. L. W. H. W. L. W. A.M. A.M. P.M P.M. Sept. 4 2-21 8-40 2-22 8-55 5 2-52 9-15 251 9-22 6 3-21 9-51 3-19 946 7 3-49 10-31 3-48 10-07 8.. 4-18 11-32 4-20 10-16 9 458 Nil. Nil. 4-30 „10 903 3-36 11-26154 words
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Article637 1913-09-04 4 TO A COCONUT COMPANY. Considerable intere<t attached to the special general meeting of the Melentang Coconut Company, Ltd, which was held at the offices of the company, Ambewatte House, Slave Islani, yesterday afternoon, says The Times of Ceylon of August 19. The object was to consider the637 words
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Article188 1913-09-04 4 Lured Into Marriage by False Statements. Fictitious autobiographies furnished to young women by suitors was the subject of a case tried in the Supreme Court of New York, in which the plaintiff, a young mariied woman, sought the annulment of her marriage on the ground that her husband188 words
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Article357 1913-09-04 4 GRIM FATE OF ISLAND POPULACE. A me-sage from Archangel, on the White Sea, transmitted by the St. Petersburg correspondent of the Petit Parisien,” gives moving details as to the tragic fate of a colony of fishermen. In 1909, says the message, a contractor of fisheries at Archangel,357 words
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Article142 1913-09-04 4 The following are outputs for August: New Columbia lbs. 11,146 R. E. of Krian 18,588 Bertam 45,000 Straits 160,500 Tali Ayer 34,750 Batak Rabit 13,300 Bagan Serai 13,000 Karan 6,230 Padang Jawa 10,824 Padang 12,000 Satnagaga 4,160 Penang 90,600 Rub an a 42,000 Consolidated 6,250 Gula Kalumpong 56,854142 words
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Article182 1913-09-04 4 L. C. C OFFICIAL STUCK. TO THE PAVEMENT BY GLUE. Ludicrous scenes followed a collision between a tramcar and a van at Kennington says the “Daily News.” In addition to a large quantity of stationery, the van also carried a cask of liquid glue. Not only was182 words
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Article868 1913-09-04 4 —L. &C. Express. WHAT SHOULD BE DONE? The qu* stion rs to what was wrong with rubber has not been heard so much of l»*te. We might suggest that a more practical form a query would be, What should be done We would certainly advise that what—L. &C. Express. - 868 words
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Article68 1913-09-04 4 Arrivals By Assaye (September 4) from London, Messrs H Thome, L Champion, R W Leslie, A F Spooner, and T B Forbes from Marseilles, Messrs J R Mclntosh, and C Sansom from Colombo, Messrs McQueen, and G E Falkner. Departures. By Assaye (September 4) to Singapore, Mr D Hazard;68 words
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Advertisement334 1913-09-04 4 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. ROOMS WANTED in a private house, one or two, furnished or unfurnished, with board, within easy distance of Government Girls’ School. Reply as above. A. E. L. W., P. 0. Box 169, Penang. TO LET. Bungalow No. 192, burmah RO AD. Entry immediately. Apply to EXECUTORS,” 35, Church334 words
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Advertisement319 1913-09-04 4 J TO PHILATELISTS m i w Jj A Valuable Collection of V Several Thousands of J RARE STAMPS: -or- I BRITISH MALAYA, > M To be sold by Auction 5 In Convenient Lots to Suit Purchasers M On Saturday, 6th Sept., at 11-30 a.m. M at THE X Central Sales319 words
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Miscellaneous110 1913-09-04 4 For One Night Only, TO-MORROW, FRIDAY, Sept. sth. MAURICE E. BANDMANN PRESENTS THE New Bandmann Opera Co. In the Highly Amusing and Popular Musical Farce The Girl in the Taxi From the Lyric Theatre, London. Now in its Second Year of Success. DOORS OPEN AT 9. COMMENCE AT Plan at110 words
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Miscellaneous153 1913-09-04 4 “THE VICTORIA CROSS” is a strong drama which is included in TO-NIGHT’S PROGRAMME Showing the Battle Scenes between the English and the Russians, and hmd-to-hand fight with the Cossacks. This Picture is full of Exciting Scenes DON’T MISS IT! AT Drury Lane Cinematograph Co. Drury Lane Theatre Hall, SUPPORTED BY153 words
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Article491 1913-09-04 5 “AN ABSOLUTE FARCE.” The Peking corespondent of the Morning Post, in the course of a letter to that journal dated July 18, writes Parliamentary government in China under present condituns is an absolute farce. Witness the conduct of the joint Committee appointed by the two Houses to491 words
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Article215 1913-09-04 5 The proceedings of the Legislative Council meeting called fcr to-morrow will consist for the most part of the second readings cf bills introduced last week and the cousi eration in committee of the F.M.S. Export Duties Collection Bill, the Labour Contracts Bill, the Women and Girls Protection Bill215 words
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Article141 1913-09-04 5 Gen Her zog’s Attack on Gen. Botha. London, August 21.—General Hertzog addressed an enthusiastic meeing of three thousand, representing both races and all parties. He made a scathing attack on General Botha, who, he said, had allied himself with cosmopolitan financiers and imperialists to the detriment of the141 words
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Article63 1913-09-04 5 The followin' brief letter poin’s its own moral Bukit Tambun, P.W., Aug., 1913. To The Manager, Pinang Gazette. Dear Sir, Kindly omit 6,000 seedlings from advertisement 912. All were sold at first insertion of advertisement. Yours faithfully, J. Dcni an Hindley, Manager, Bukit Tambun Coconut Co., Ltd. Advertisers63 words
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Article243 1913-09-04 5 PENANG’S STATISTICS. In the Penang Municipality for the week ended August 9, there were 61 deaths *—46 males and 15 females, equal to a death-rate of 30.90 per mille. The death-rate and chief causes of mortality were "5 <6 "S «4 C C Cm «5 w V H243 words
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Article203 1913-09-04 5 The companies do not guarantee the dates of arrival of these vessels, but will endeavour as far as possible to ensure punctuality. Alor Star, (Kedah). —Kedah, Sept. 4,6, 8, 10, 12, 14 and 16 and Tong Chuan, Sept. 5,7, 9, 11, 13, 15 and 17. Bagan Serai—Daily.203 words
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Article37 1913-09-04 5 Penang :—The E. <fc O. Hotel, The Crag, Hotel Norman and Runnymede Hotel. Tanjong Bungah :—Springtide Hotel. Kuala Lumpur :—The Empire Hotel. Singapore:—Raffles Hotel. Rangoon Strand Hotel. Calcutta :—The Continental Hotel Ceylon :—Nuwara Eliya37 words
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Advertisement103 1913-09-04 5 BY APPOINTMENT TO H.M. THE KING CONTRACTORS TO The British Admiralty. The India Office. The War Office. The Government Hospitals in Singapore, Malacca and the Federated Malay States. MILKMAID MILK. IMPORTANT. In order to thoroughly introduce our new FAMILY SIZE Tin (If pint) of Milkmaid Natural Sterilized Milk We are103 words
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Advertisement148 1913-09-04 5 THE PINANG GAZETTE. List of Places where the Gazette can he bought at IO cents. Local. Money Changer at Corner of Beach and Church Streets. m at Logan’s Buildings, opposite Pritchard A Co. at Corner of Bishop and Pitt Streets. at Corner of Farquhar and Leith Streets, opposite E. A148 words
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Article36 1913-09-04 6 Caldwell. —On August 31, at the Maternity Hospital, Singapore, the wife of Inspector R. Caldwell, of a son. Ferrand. —On the 30th inst., at Vallambrosa Estate, to Lieutenant and M rs. R. Ferrand, a son.36 words
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Article1203 1913-09-04 6 Within recent times when the price of tin has been as variable as the weather, one has been naturally more than ever interested in the current prices of the product and in the different parts of the world to which it finds its way. In1,203 words
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CORRESPONDENCE.
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Article196 1913-09-04 6 [To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette."] Sir, I have read with interest the special article on Education in the Straits by Scrutator and the letter by Observer.” The latter says that it is a hopeful sign that the Government is giving more attention to agricultural196 words
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Article205 1913-09-04 6 Three Hokien Chinese, all labourers, were charged by Mr. T. W. W. Wright, Municipal Veterinary Surgeon and Superintendent of the Abbatoirs, with slaughtering a pig outside the Municipal Abattoir. The story as to how the trio were caught was related by Tan Mali Lye, an attendant205 words
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Article180 1913-09-04 6 Before Mr. A. V. Brown, in the District Court, to-day, Lim Kian Chye was chargid by S?ng Li Kin with criminal breach of trust of $1,0.0 on the 21th July last. The accused, who was represented by Mr. A. R. Thornton, claimed t) be tried. The180 words
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Article90 1913-09-04 6 Mr. R. Myler, Second Boarding Officer, while clea iug the steamers yesterday, discovered five Tamil coolies on board the steamer Alnia bound for Deli without passports This being contrary to regulations he brought them ashore and handed them over to the Assistant Protector of Labour. This morning the90 words
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Article120 1913-09-04 6 To day’s quotation for unrefined tin in Penang was $98.20 per picul, business done, lin in London is quoted at £197 ss. spot and £196 10s. three months. Tne following business in tin has been done on to-day Penang Tin Exchange 6| tons at $98.20 Straits Trading Co.120 words
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Article642 1913-09-04 6 Mr. Fraser has arrived from W join the staff ot Oti’a Kalampoag E,*,” Mr. H. E. W. Hay, the well-k now game shooter, has gone into PahanJ 8 shooting and exploring trip. 5 4 The late Mr. Laurence Rsy no ld hged 39, of Kuala Lumpur, S642 words
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Article169 1913-09-04 6 We are officially notified that there will be no holiday this month but Monday the 6oh October will be observed as a holiday. The principal hotels in Colombo are increasing their tariff by R. 1 p ,,r diem. The larger wages demanded by servants, which are said169 words
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Advertisement188 1913-09-04 6 Xh J r I# 1 Se DE ---> sS _< .“Tfc l?g A T^ E f Y x| f £lu CCA wO IISSPi ’BoutonJCßouge A IMaspero! r 4S& TO A" SL p ao K <<v i Fberes Bl i 6 O*NS HUR MAXUFACTuOe AU XjK—W Ift ASPt RO FRtftES L188 words
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Advertisement16 1913-09-04 6 THE CRAG HOTEL, PENANG HILL. An Ideal Spot for Spending Holidays and Week-Ends. SARKIES BROTHERS, Proprietors.16 words
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Article141 1913-09-04 7 TO-DAY’S CHANGES. The following are the changes (buyers and sellers only) in our share list on page 9 to-day Yesterday. To-day Bhabw. 1 x-2 a Mining. Kamunting... 2/- 5/- 3/3 5/9 Malayan Tin 48/- 53/- 43/- 48/6 Siamese 79/6 84/6 75/- 80/6 Tronoh M. 24 26 23* 25J141 words
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Article52 1913-09-04 7 The un iermentioned rubber was sold by auction at the Penang Rubber Auction Rooms on Wednesday: 23rd Sale, 16,171 lbs. sold. Price Per Picul. Smoked Sheet $l20 —$128 Unsmoked She?t 112— 122 No. 1 Crepe 129 134 No. 4 Crepe 75 86 Virgin Scrap 77 Untreated Scrap52 words
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Article46 1913-09-04 7 SENTENCES OF IMPRISONMENT AT SINGAPORE. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapo r e, September 4. Two privates in the King's Own Yorkshire L’ght Infantry were sent to gaol for six months, for breaking the windows of Messrs. Whiteaway Laidlaw’s premises and shoaling a watch.46 words
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Article36 1913-09-04 7 [From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, September 4. Supdt.A. R. Chancellor is now InspectorGeneral of Po'ice, and Major Dewar, Acting 2nd Superintendent, is Chief Police Officer. Assistant Superintendent V. G. Savi becomes 2nd Superintendent.36 words
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Article42 1913-09-04 7 'From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, September 4. Dr. Abbott, who is well-known in the Straits and F. M. S. as a naturalist, etc is now exploring and collecting in Thibet, and expects to visit Singapore about December.42 words
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Article73 1913-09-04 7 —Reuter. ASSAILANT PARDONED. Madrid, September 3. King Alfonso has pardoned his assailant who was sentenced to death on the 13th of April. The newspapers applaud his generous act as a model King. The King will stop at Sigmaringens, where the Prince of Wales arrived for King—Reuter. - 73 words
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Article59 1913-09-04 7 Reu'er. THAW RELEASED AND REARRESTED. London, September 3. Mr. Sherbrookes, the Quebec Judge, eranted a writ of Habeas Corpus in the case of Harry Thaw, who was thus technically free for a moment, but was immediately afterwards re-arrested as an undesirable alien by the Immigration authorities. ItReu'er. - 59 words
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Article357 1913-09-04 7 INQUEST OPENED. M»E HUI (OWING DETAILS. London, September 3. An official statement by the Midland Railway announces that the fire was due to the cials scattered from the colliding engine. The doctors declare that the dead were killed instantly and afterwards burned. Guard's Heroism, The inquest at357 words
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Article111 1913-09-04 7 Reuter. MORE CORRESPONDENCE. London, September 3. A long correspondence between Lord Wo'm°r and Mr Lloyd-George anent the latter’s purchase of shares in the American Marconi Company is published. Mr. LloydGeorge, took exception to the public statement of Lord Wolmer that the Chancellor and his friends had acceptedReuter. - 111 words
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Article60 1913-09-04 7 —Reuter. ASSISTANCE FROM AUSTRIA. Vienna, September 3 The banks have taken over £1,200,000 s'erlb’g of Chinese fix pe ceot treasury bonds of average currency of four years with guaranteed annual receipts from the estate transfer duty. The major portion of the proceeds will be devoted to the—Reuter. - 60 words
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Article55 1913-09-04 7 MR. MASON’S SENTENCE SUSPENDED. Seoul, (Korea) September 4. The sentence on Mr. Mason has been suspended. This is equivalent to an acquittal. Reuter. [Mr. Mason, an American Mine manager, was sentenced to eighteen months’ imprisonment for killing a Chinese employe who had raped his daughter. Mason pleaded55 words
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Article42 1913-09-04 7 —D.O.L. Berlin, September 3. The Mongolian Government gave an English syndicate permission to import opium for the opium trade. The Russian Consul General has been appointed d p omatical agent. Prince Pair Chira of Siam visited the Krupp works.-—D.O.L. - 42 words
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AFTER THE WAR.
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Article185 1913-09-04 7 —Reuter. TALK OF AN ALLIANCE. .Sofia, Sep* 3. The Bulgarian delegates, General Savoff ex-Commander in-Chief, and M. Tochefl, formerly Minister at Belgrade, accompanied by two military advisers, left;, for Constantinople to conduct the negotiations regarding Adrianop'e and o‘her pending questions. The Turkish circles are beginning to incline—Reuter. - 185 words
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Article361 1913-09-04 7 London, Aug. 15.—The “Daily Telegraph's Constantinople correspondent yesterday interviewed the Grand Vizier, who declared that if the Bulgarians desired to re-occupy Adrianople they must pass over the dead bodies of 200,000 picked troop a The present Turki-h army consisted chiefly of young soldiers who had been a361 words
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Article81 1913-09-04 7 —Reuter. EMPLOYERS RETALIATE. London, September 4. Empl >yers in Dublin have carried the war into the enemy’s country. Four hundred Masrers have passed a resolution to the effect that while they are friendly to Trad°s Unionism they are of the opinion that the position created by the—Reuter. - 81 words
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Article48 1913-09-04 7 —Reuter. A HINT FROM LORD EMMOTT Sydney, September 4. Lord Emmott, Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, speaking at a luncheon in honour of Parliamentarians, said it was worth the while of some of Britain’s greatest statesmen to find time to visit the Oversea Dominions.-—Reuter. - 48 words
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Article48 1913-09-04 7 MARKET NERVOUS. LATEST INTERIM DIVIDENDS. [P. G. Special Cable.] London, September 4. Owing to a heavy catalogue for Tuesday’s auctions the market is nervous. The following interim dividends have been d-clared Straits Rubber Co., 10 per cenL Deviturai Rubber and Tea E-tates (Ceylon) 14 percent.48 words
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Article61 1913-09-04 7 —Reuter. STOLEN IN THE POST. London, September 3. The famous pearl necklace, in connection with which five men have been detained in London, was stolen on July 15, apparently in thepist between Paris an! London. It is valued at £150,000 Much mystery is attached to the—Reuter. - 61 words
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American Items.
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203 1913-09-04 7 —N.Y. Herald. Cleveland, July 27.—The women’s section of the bathing beach at Eigewater Park, which was opened for the first time yesterday, is a success. The men didn’t go near it. They didn’t have to. Four hundred women made the best of the opportunity—N.Y. Herald. - 203 words
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230 1913-09-04 7 N. Y. World. Baltimore, Md July 27.—Mrs. Annie Middleton, young and pretty, who weighs 180 pounds, ran twenty blocks to-day attired in a hobble skirt that fi ted with a banana skin tightness, and by so doing brought within the handsN. Y. World. - 230 words
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Article233 1913-09-04 7 Mr. Chee Swee Cheng, of Malacca, director of the Atlas Ice Co., has given proof of the interest he takes in e location by granting two scholarships of $l,OOO each to the pupils attending St. Francis Schoo), Malacca. These scholarships are to bs known as233 words
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SPORTING NEWS.
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Article62 1913-09-04 7 LOUVOIS BEATEN. London, September 3. The Breeders, St. Leger (eleven furlongs), run at Derbv to-day, resulted ROSEWORTHY 1 LOUVOIS 2 NIGHT HAWK 3 Four ran. Won by half a length four lengths between second and third. Betting: 9/4 against Roseworthy, 13/8 on Louvois, 100/6 against Night62 words
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Article22 1913-09-04 7 —Reuter. London, September 3. The match between Hampshire and Yorkshire was drawn. Sussex beat Surrey at Hastings by 21 runs.-—Reuter. - 22 words
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Article48 1913-09-04 7 The following tie was played yesterday Championship. —Haslam beat Southam, 7—5, 7—5, 6—2 (final runner-up.) Mixed Doubles Handicap, Class A.— Mrs Craig and Cunradi beat Mrs. Welham and Carr, 6—l, 6—2 (final.) The following tie is for to-morrow Single Handicap Class A.—Bennett v. Carr (final.)48 words
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Article252 1913-09-04 7 “Sefton in T.O.M. NOTES FROM THE COURSE Everything is shaping most satisfactorily for the success of our f irthcoming race fixture, which comes off in five weeks’ time. Ths new batch of Australian pony griffins show marked improvement all round, both in coat and condition, under tl.e“Sefton ” in T.O.M. - 252 words
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Article200 1913-09-04 7 Responsibility of White Men in Africa. Startling facts as to the increase of attacks on white women by natives in Africa are contained in a report of a commission appointed by the Union Government, which is summarised in the Lancet. The figures show that whereas in 1901200 words
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Article175 1913-09-04 7 —Bangkok Times. Chieng Rai, August 7—The prospects for an abundant rice harvest are very promising indeed. Chieng Rai has been favoured with steady, though somewhat light, rains for nearly three mouths. The result is that most of the fields are ready for planting and a few already—Bangkok Times. - 175 words
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Article628 1913-09-04 7 COST OF LIVING TEN PER CENT HIGHER. A WORLD PROBLEM. The economic problem of the working* claw household presents itself under thrte main headings Rent. Cost of living. Wages. Into these the Board of Trade kst year intituted an exhaus ive inquiry, and the results have now628 words
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Article92 1913-09-04 7 While at Home, Mr. R. L. Corbett is engaged in the flotation of the Ipoh Tin Dredging Co. The company, which has acquired between 400 and acres of land at Lahit, has a capt il of £90,00), with a working capital of 33,000, iu £1 shares.92 words
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823 1913-09-04 8 BERI-BERI AND ITS ORIGIN. The International Congress of Medicine has conclnded its sittings. In the Section of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene on Bth ult. an important discussion took place on Beri-beri, the reporters being Professor Eijkmann, of Utrecht, and Professor Nocht, of Hamburg. Beri-beri, as was823 words
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510 1913-09-04 8 The Treasury Committee on the Mode of Issuing the Dollar in the East has presented a report dealing with the loss to the Treasury Chest arising from the present method of payment of salaries, <fcc., in the Far Eas* dealing with the mode of510 words
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Article194 1913-09-04 8 HOSPITAL FEES. At the last monthly Council meeting of the Perak Chamber of Mines, held on Monday, the 25th August, the following were present:— Messrs. A. Payne-Gallway, President, (in the chair), O. S. Dawbarn (Vice President), Messrs. Chung Thye Phin, J. H. Rich, C. Pearse, V.194 words
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Advertisement379 1913-09-04 8 SHERRY n I* AN EXCELLENT DRINK AT ALL TIMES. INSIST ON SANDEMAN’S Obtalnablefrom PRITCHARD a 00., Penang! Ipoh SOMETHING ABOUT CARDS! Cdngratulatory Wedding Cards. •The fashion of sending to friends Congratulations on thaWedding Day, and on the anniversary of these riav. including the “Silver” and “Golden Wedding" Da„ by means379 words
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Article2476 1913-09-04 9 ORiUI. «.b-rthM. I OMto*. s i sj fID < 0 0 fe -3 ao or 190 1910 1911 1919 1913 MININ®. 1911 9100,000 $60,000 60,000 1 1 Ayer Weng RahnoanJ DA P. Co. »‘‘o 1903 300,000 300,000 30,000 10 10 30 30 28$ 9 Belat Tin Mining Oo 62$2,476 words
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Article45 1913-09-04 9 Janet Nicoll, Brit., 474, Eades, Sept. 3, Tongkah, gen., E. S. Co. Silesia, Ger., 2854, Christiansen, Sept. 4, Yokohama, gen., B.M. Co. Taroba, Brit, 3657, Addenbrooke, Sept. 4, Madras, gen., Huttenbach Liebert Co. Assaye, Brit., 4539, Coldwell, Sept. 4, Colombo, gen., Adamson Gilfillan Co.45 words
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Article131 1913-09-04 9 CLOSE AT GENERAL POST OFFICE To- Mobbow. For Per Close. Alor Star (Kedah) Ghee Thye 9 a.m. Asahan Jin Ho 1 p.m. Tongkah, Kopah, Re-') nong,Victoria Point, /-Tong Hong 3 pm. Mergui, and TavoyJ Port Swettenham and Singapore Pin Seng 3 p.m. Batu Bahra Padang 3 p.m Singapore, Hongkong,131 words
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Article126 1913-09-04 9 Pbsang, September 4, 1913. (5y Courtesy oj the Chartered Bank). London Demand Bank 2/4 1/32 M 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4 3/8 n 3 Credit ...2/415/32 3 Documentary ...2/4 17/32 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 174$ M 3 days’ sight Private 176$ Bombay Demand Bank 174$ 3 days’sight Private 176$126 words
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Article262 1913-09-04 9 Pbnang, September 4, 1913. 8; P. Tapioca $4.30 buyers. M. P. Tapioca $4.70 buyers Gold leaf $64.40 Pepper (W. Coast 3 lb. 5 oz). $15.40 buyers. White Pepper s3os sales. Trang Pepper s2os buyers. Mace $l2O nom. Mace Pickings $Bl sellers. Cloves $39 out of season. Nutmegs 110 $24262 words
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Article33 1913-09-04 9 Malaya for Deli. Perak (E.S. Co.) for Port Swettenham, Port Dickson and Malacca. Tara for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Avagyee for Dindings, Sitiawan, and Teluk Anson. Trang for Trang. Mambang for Setul.33 words
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Advertisement434 1913-09-04 9 INSURANCE. THE CORPORATION OF THE ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE Royal Exchange, London COMMENCED business in a.d. 1717 and was Incorporated by Royal Charter in A.D, 1720, and is therefore one of the oldest Companies in existence. It has granted the benefits of Assurance to the Public for a period exceeding 190434 words
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Advertisement567 1913-09-04 9 BANKS. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA, AND CHINA. Incorporated by Royal Charter. Paid-up Capital £1,200,000 Keserve Fund £j 000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors... £1,200,006 Hbad Officb 38, BISHOPSGATE, LONDON, E.O Agencies and Branches. Amritsar Hamburg Puket Bombay Ipoh Rangoon Bangkok Karachi Seremban Batavia Kobe Singapore Calcutta Klang Shanghai Colombo Kuala567 words
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Article547 1913-09-04 10 ITEMS OF INTEREST. CLIPPINGS FROM THE HOME PRESS Despatched by the mail leaving London Augusl 10. MILITARY HONOURS FOR MR. CODY THOUSANDS OF SPECTATORS LINE ROUTE. Amid every sign of sympathy and regret the remains of Mr. S. F. Cody, who with his passenger, Mr. W. H.547 words
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Article180 1913-09-04 10 MIDNIGHT SHOTS AT A FARM. Awakened in the dark hours of Monday morning by noises in the house, Mr. Benjamin Read, a shorthorn breeder, of Cam village. near Dursley, Gloucestershire, went downstairs. lie was suddenly faced by masked men—whether two or three is not certain—one of180 words
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Article103 1913-09-04 10 Outside his house at Epsom Mr. Justice Bucknill saw a powerfully-built fellow ■asaulting another man. The Judge promptly took hold of him, dragged him into his garden, telephoned for the police, and kept him there till a constable arrived. As a result, William Launchbury, aged thirtytwo,103 words
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Article109 1913-09-04 10 After driving up to Hayward’s Heath Police-court in a motor-car, on Monday, John Sturt, of Arding'ey, Sussex, war charged with making a false declaration to obtain an old-age pension. Mr. Willshire, the pension officer, said that he called on Sturt to make inquiries, and, following him upstairs,109 words
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Article66 1913-09-04 10 In reply to Dr. Esmonde, who asked if it was the intention of the Government to ap point a Royal Commission to inquire into the causes and treatment of venereal diseases, Mr. Asquith stated in the House of Commons on Monday that the Government had66 words
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Article318 1913-09-04 10 DERVISH ATTACK ON CAMEL CORPS. MAXIM GUN JAMMED. COMMANDANT KILLED. Despatches have been received by the Colonial Office stating that a disaster had overt taken a British force in Somaliland. They show that the Camel Corps, which was formed last year to check the depredations of318 words
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Article316 1913-09-04 10 TERMS OF THEIR SECESSION TO THE ROMAN CHURCH. We published recently, says the Star, an account of the secession of the Anglican Benedictine Monks of Caldey Island to the Roman Catholic Church. Abbot Aelred and the majority of the community were received into the Roman Catholic316 words
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Article187 1913-09-04 10 POPULAR SOCIETY HOSTESS. The sudden death of Mrs. Seely, the wife of Colonel Seely, Secretary of State for War, took place at her London residence in Chester-square at nine o’clock on Saturday night, following the birth of a daughter. Mrs. Seely had been in good187 words
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Article147 1913-09-04 10 —Daily Telegraph. TO SHARE A LIVING DEATH. Mrs. George Hartman, aged nineteen, who has been married only two months, has decided to share a living death with her husband, who has been adjudged a leper at St. Louis, and will be sent to a leper farm. Hartman—Daily Telegraph. - 147 words
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Advertisement261 1913-09-04 10 SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE COMPANY. LIMITED. Penang Branch No. 255. Penang Road. English Soles, Plaice, Kippers, Fillet, Haddocks, Bloaters. Contractors to the PENANG HOSPITALS. Shipping: and Estates Supplied. Special Attention Given to Outstation Orders. shop hours. Week Days: 5 a.m. to 11 a.m. 2 p.m. to 7 p.m Sundays: 5 a.m.261 words
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Advertisement8 1913-09-04 10 P. MOIR CRANES’ Cylinder Oil. Sandilands, Buttery Co.8 words
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Advertisement286 1913-09-04 10 GOLF. In view of the growing popularity of Golf in the wide area in which the linang Gazette circulates, we have arranged for the publication of EIGHT PRACTICAL ARTICLES By WORLD-FAMED PLAYERS, to appear EVERY SATURDAY, Our series of articles on the politics, practice and im piements of the sport,286 words
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Article969 1913-09-04 11 the supreme ait of life?— An Englishman in t he Daily Mail. Manners, concerning which Lord Rosebery recently found many wise things to say, are to a man what style is to a book. They are the outward mark and of his thought and character. What athe supreme ait of life?—An Englishman in t he Daily Mail. - 969 words
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Advertisement232 1913-09-04 11 1* THE I X is the proper pen for you If and all your friends to I HAVE. ■T It is the pen which will supersede every other. Its features must appeal to every pen user. It V S qu te sa^e f rom leakage in any position and tarts232 words
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Miscellaneous17 1913-09-04 11 The Moon. First Quarter Sept. 7 O Full Moon 15 Last Quarter 23 0 New Moon 3017 words
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Advertisement2580 1913-09-04 12 p Bsiis! S'™! Nil!"™!! Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen. Steam Navigation Co. Co., limited. INTENDED SAILINGS g, IX’FCTED ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES. Jl X t I Fob Intended to Sail. Stbambr. Aranfi Cl nnm Cki j MAIL SERVICE OUTWARD. Thur. 4th Sept, at 4 p.m. T.rob. vCCuH MCUlll Slll|) CO., Ltd. L io2,580 words
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