Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 11 September 1913

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  • 20 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 209 VOL. LXXI. THURSDAY. Ilth SEPTEMBER, 1913. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 1047 1 ■□('□□□□■□□□□□■dddddbqddodb FOR 130 g d X7OU can have the Pinang g g X Ga—tte posted every day d for a whole year to your addreea. (LOCAL SUBSCRIPTION, *27). O g Proportionate Quarterly and d Half-yearly rates. g g Subscriptions are payable in a advance and remittances should g be addressed
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    • 90 1 saotJDQMo a a aau aeon b a TXT HEN YOU ARE AWAY g V V on leave you want to keep g in touch with Malayan affairs, o g Social, Commercial, Mining, g Planting, Ac. This you can do a g in no better way than by subscrib- ing to
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  • 1177 2 SIEGE OF NANKING. MERCHANTS DUPED. Nanking, Augmt 28.—The rebel Tutuship has again changed hands. Proclamations were issued yesterday in the name of Han Huei, Tutu. Ho Hai ming is still in power as Commander of the Punitive Expedition. The rebels have been encouraged by the arr.val of
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 899 2 SITUATIONS VACANT. WANTED FOR PENANG. STOREKEEPER able to furnish IP 'S" $5,000 cash security. Apply S. E. L. c/o Pinang Gazette J y 1082-11-9 ZA t! WANTED. I SORE THROAT: TWO YOUNG EUROPEAN ASSIST- j u Cause and Cure. ANTS with experience for Rubber Estates near Port Dickson. Preference Few
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    • 163 2 •OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOa RATNER =I o o w .nu.,1,11. O 0 o s iWbM Ml —-8 8 D£FIES I;■ ”c^=—/ Illi EFIES O firf I gll l IS 'V TH!EVES n 8 Ill Ore SBfiR!I!Ba WOWfl 0 IwEm 1 1 g I o g Fitted with the wonderful interchangeable lock. Large assorted
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    • 103 2 John Kidd Co. Ltd. Printing Ink Manufacturers, LONDON, ENGLAND, announce that they have appointed The Pinang Gazette Press, Ltd. PENANG, Agents for the sale of their well-known and popular Printing Inks and “J K” Roller Composition in the Straits Settlement (except Singapore), the Federated Malay States, the State of Kedah,
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  • 1110 3 A DUTCH VIEW. The following letter appears in Tuesdays’ Straits Times :—During the last few weeks several articles have been appearing in your paper under the heading Unrest in Java,” and I noted with satisfaction that none of my countrymen deigned to answer to all the piffle
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  • 374 3 British Electric Supply Companies and Manufacturers have recently devoted a great deal of attention to the development of really sound apparatus at a reasonable price, and the result is that the sale and use of electrical beating and cooking apparatus has enormously increased during the last
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  • 135 3 The following are outputs for -August:— Ayer Kuning lbs. 4,320 Simpang 1,594 Mendaris 1,200 Lunas 7,200 New Columbia 11,146 Tandjong Bringin 13,396 Trafalgar 1,449 Rembia 10,746 Permas 7,270 Lendu 5,700 Krubong 4,822 Bertam 45,000 Straits 160,500 Tali Ayer 34,750 Batakßabit 13,300 Bagan Serai M 13,000 Karan n 6,230
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 391 3 I Scientific u riinfw Profits. SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH WORK AND PRACTICAL FIELD TESTS HAVE ENABLED THE CEYLON MANURE WORKS—A. BAIR— To place at the disposal of the Planters the Correct Ingredients for the Successful Manuring of Tropical Plantations THE CEYLON MANURE WORKS—A. BAHR. Specialise in Manures and do no other business.
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    • 360 3 i Six Million Men I Tired of i sc» cune that ft does it." z Stropping. —S° great is man’s abhorrence of *h e time-wasting, E yZ troublesome operations of Ĕ stropping and honing, that the advent of the Gillette Safety Razor has been hailed with unbounded satis- E faction
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  • SPORTING NEWS.
    • 175 4 —Reuter. AN OUTSIDER’S VICTORY London, September 10. The following is the result of the St. Leger, run at Doncaster, to-day NIGHT HAWK (Wheatley) 1 WHITE MAGIC (F. Wootton) 2 SEREMOND (Spew) 3 Twelve ran. Won by two lengths three lengths between second and third. Betting 50/1 agiinst
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    • 17 4 —Reuter. London. September 10 Lord Landsborough’s XI beat Kent by 337 runs at Scat borough.-
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    • 419 4 P. C. C. t. C. R C. P, C. C. have not parti:u’a-ly covered themselves iu glory in this season’s League congests. Only a point has derived from each of the two gam a s played thus far, but even less sati«facto y is the form which
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    • 62 4 The*e is a good list of entries for the Ipoh Athletic Sports to-morrow and Saturday. We notice that Mr. F. B. Evans has entered for the 100 yards putting the weights, 300 yard», long jump, quarter mile, one mile walking, 120 yards hurdle, and one mile flat
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    • 59 4 The following is the result of the Ladies’ Presgrave Cup competition for September 1913: Miss Mahler 8 down Mrs Samuel 9 do Mrs May 9 do Mrs Welharo, Mrs W Evans, Mrs Edward«, Mrs Masterton, and Miss Brown also played but made no return. Mbs Mahler thus
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    • 155 4 SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP WON BY HASLAM. The singles championship in connection with the P.C.C. Tennis Tournament was decided last evening, in the presence of a large number of spectators, when Haslam beat Mason (the holder) by 7—5, 7—5, 6—2. Although after the previous day’s downpour the court
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    • 27 4 MURRAY CUP SCORES. Following are the remits of the Murray Cup scores for September Kinta L.R.C. 142 Penang 148 Perak 129 Se'angor 171 Singapore 158
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    • 15 4 The Ladies’ Fisley will be held iu Taiping on October 24th and 25tb.
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    • 388 4 By Sir Hugh Clifford. Sir H igh Clift >rd, k.C.m.G contributes to the English Review one of his inimitable jungle stories entiried The Further Side of Silence.” The scene is in the Malay States, and the story concerns a young Malay named Kria, who falls in
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  • 244 4 We are informed by the Acting Manager of the local branch of the Chartered Bank of India Australia and China that he to-day received a telegram from the Head Office announcing that the Directors have declared an interim dividend for the past half year at the rate
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  • 375 4 [Erom Our Own Correspondent.] Taiping, September 11. The Hon. R. G. Watson, British Resident, Perak, came down from the hill yesterday after a short stay th°re, and is expected to proceed to Kuala Kangsar to-day. Thence he will go to Ipoh. Dr. G. D. Freer who is now
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • 360 4 [To the Editor ot the Placing Gazette.”] Sir, I feel sure that the Coal Importers of Penang must feel themselves under a great obligation to you for the word of warning and modest advice given in Thursday’s issue of your paper. How is it, in view of
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  • 126 4 From the 22 August, Morning Post of Mr. F. W. S »uth has been appointed Chief Agricultural Inspector, Federated Malay States, and has assumed duty. Mr. C. H. San on, of the Police Department, Kuala Lumpur, Federated Malay States, has resumed duty. Lieutenant-Colonel E. P. 8. Roupell,
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  • 840 4 The Asiatic Petroleum Company b sold their twin-screw oil enginad e Cholon 100 tons, to French buyers was built at Hongkong aBt y dimensions 89.5 ft. by 17.4 ft. by 6 7ft The dredger Balari of 3,033 tong for the Port Commission of Calcutta, pa J! through Colombo
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 206 4 ipoh Athletic Meeting. THE ANNUAL MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE AT IPOH, On Friday and Saturday, 12th and 13th Sept. Fall Particulars from the undersigned. A. N. KENION, Hon. Secretary, Ipoh. HOTEL NORMAN, PENANG’S SELECT RESIDENTIAL ANO TRANSIT HOTEL. (Under the Personal Management of the Proprietor and Proprietress). PUBLIC AND PRIVATE
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 90 4 The Straits Cinema Co. PENANG ROAD. His »wn Child,” INTENSE DRAMA BY The Alfredo Firenzi Co. PRICES AS USUAL. W. D. BURGH, “A Red Cross Martyr,” A story of the Turco-Italian War, will be screened TO-NIGHT at Drury Lane Cinematograph Co. in Drury Lane Theatre Hall, With Eleven other Dramatic
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    • 48 4 The Grand Opera Co. OF PENANG. TO-NIGHT, That Famous Opera Dr. FAUST Prices of Admission $2, $l, 50 cts. a 25 cts. Doors open at 8 p m. Musical Selections 8-30 to 9 p.m. Curtain 9 p.m BOOKING AT THE S-U-T. FIRM awd at The Robinson Piano Co.
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  • 538 5 It was not long ago that all England was aroused over the project of a little country library to sell a priceless edition of Bunyan. The hand of the spoiler was stayed—for a time but the Bunyan was finally sold. Now the Liverpool Athenaeum is reported
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  • 507 5 A MYSTERY SOLVED. The mystery that surrounds the disappearance of the Mona Lisa from the Louvre remains unsolved, but a loss that ciused as great a sensation in Athens is happily now explained. The bust of a child, declared on credible authority to be nta ly 3,000
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  • 80 5 Thursday, September IL Band, Golf Club, 6 p.m. Straits Cinematograph, Penang Road George Town Cinematograph, Kuala Kangsar Road; Penang Motion Picture Show, Penang Road. Friday, September It. Band, Esplanade, 6 p.m. Saturday, September 13. Band, Golf Club, 6 p.m. Sunday, September 14. 17th Sunday after Trinity. Monday,
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  • 57 5 The following are the fixtures for the month of September Sept 11.. EAUvs C R C Victoria 17.. SX RC vs PO R C... Esplanade. 18.. G S R C vs C RC Victoria Green 24.. EAUvs P C C Esplanade. 25.. OFC wCU AC Victoria Green. Oct.
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  • 37 5 Penang :—The E. O. Hotel, The Crag, Hotel Norman and Runnymcde Hotel Tanjong Bungah :—Springtide Hotel. Kuala Lumpur —The Empire Hotel. Singapore :—Raffles Hotel. Rangoon :—Strand Hotel. Calcutta :—The Continental Hotel Ceylon —Nuwara Eliys
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  • 49 5 Hebe, Brit., 346, Scott, Sept. 11, T. Anson, gen., Adamson Gilfillan Co. Janet Nicoll, Brit., 474, Eades, Sept. 11, Tongkah, gen., E. S. Co. Avagyee, Brit., 247, Harvey, Sept. 10, T. Anson, gen., E. S. Co. Japan, Brit., 3806, Seddon, Sept. 11, Calcutta, gen., A. A. A. Co.
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  • 48 5 Ghee Thye for Alor Star (Kedah). Malaya for Deli. Perak (E.S. Co.) for Port Swettenham, Port Dickson and Malacca. Ban Whatt Soon for Langkat and Pangkalan Brand an. Teesta for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Avagyee for Dindings, Sitiawan, and Teluk Anson. Japan for Singapore, China and Japan.
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  • 89 5 CLOSE AT GENERAL POST OFFICE To- Mobbow. For Per Close. Alor Star (Kedah) Tong Chuan 11a.m. Alor Star (Kedah) Ban Leo 11 a.m. Port Swettenham and Singapore Pin Seng 3 p.m. Dindings, Sitiawan and Bagan Datoh Pangkor 4 p.m, Pul a u Langkawi, Perlis and Setul Un Peng 4
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 183 5 Salnt-Raphad Wfo® IS 1. The Sovereign Remedy in Anaemia and Chlorosis. 2. A Delicious Dessert Wine. 3. The Best Restorative after Illness. 4. For the Robust and Invalid. 5. A Reliable and Inexpensive Preparation. 6. A Medicine but not Medicated. OBTAINABLE AT TONG JOO S CO.. Penang. CHOW KIT 6
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous

  • 1075 6 Yesterday we published a letter from the Bev. William Cross, the pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Northam Road advocating the establishment of what is described as a widely-felt want in the shape of a literary and debating association far Penang Since Mr. Cross came to
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  • 81 6 Ykow —On September 7, at Singapore, the wife of Yeow Cheng Laid, of a daughter. MARRIAGE. Woodward—Bill.—On September 7, 1913, at the Church of St. Mary, the Virgin, Kua’a Lumpur, F M.S., before the Rev. W. S. Kelley and Mr. Caspar Ludwig Dreier, Vice-Consul of the United States of
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  • 2012 6 PRESENTATION BY CHINESE COMMUNITY. SPEECH BY HIS LORDSHIP. There was an interesting function in the Supreme Court this morning, when Mr. Justice Thornton, on the eve of bis retirement, was presented by a deputation representative of the Chinese community in Penang, with a hat.dsome illuminated address together
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 194 6 I SIEMENS 6, BEACH STREET, PENANG. Tbl.bgrams SIEMENS, Penang. Telephone No. 419. Messrs. PRITCHARD Co. have kindly arranged to exhibit in their new Tea Room a few types of ELECTRIC HEATING AND COOKING APPARATUS, consisting amongst others of the following: Electric Toasters. Laundry and Lace Irons. Milk Heaters. Shaving Water
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    • 16 6 THE CRAG HOTEL, PENANG HILL. An Ideal Spot for Spending Holidays and Week-Ends. SARKIES BROTHERS, Propris/ors.
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  • 19 6 DEATH. Macrak.—At Glasgow, on the 30th July, John Macrae, late Stationmaster, Teluk Anson and Ipoh, aged 39 years—deeply regretted.
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  • 163 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 Saaaas. JS 2 J 2 53 5 5 Mining, Kinta Tin 16} 18 16} 17} K. Pulai 7t 870 7} 8} Lahat 7 8} 6} 7.90
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  • 46 7 RULING PRICES IN LONDON. London, September 11.* The following are to-day’s quotations for rubber implantation Fine Smoked Sheet 2/8| Plantation Unsmoked Sheet and Biscuit 2/6 Plantation Para, Ist Latex, Crepe 2,6 Para to arrive 3/4 Market flat. By courtesy of Messrs. Boustead Co.]
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  • 35 7 I From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, September 11. The following prices have been realised at the sales here Black Pepper $19.10 Tapioca Flake 5.15 Medium Pearl 4.95 Bali 13.70 Pontianak 12.80 Best 13.80
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  • 65 7 NOTORIOUS GANG ROBBER SENTENCED. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, September 11. At the Assizes the Chinese, Mah Toh Kuan, who was the ringleader of the armed robbery gang in New Bridge Road when one man was shot and killed, was found guilty snd was sentenced to ten years
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  • 52 7 [From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, September 11. The Free Press states that the engineer who was sent to Pratas Island to report on the phosphate deposits there, declares that the prospects of working at a profit are not encouraging, and that previous information received on the subject
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  • 57 7 —Reuter. LORD SALISBURY’S CHALLENGE TO MR. LLOYD-GEORGE. London, September 10. Lord Salisbury, in a letter to the Times in reference to the correspondence between Mr. Lloyd-George and Lord Wolmer, requests that Mr. Lloyd-George will give the instances he had io mind when he referred to the investments
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  • OUR LONDON WIRE.
    • 33 7 [P. 0. Special Cable.] London, September 10. The organisation which is in process of formation, to control the sale of rubber and limit the production, is meeting with substantial support.
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  • 250 7 PROBLEM SAID TO BE SOLVED* [From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, September 11. The Free Press prints a long article from a correspondent in Java, who states that the state of unrest there is approaching an end. The correspondent says“ It appears therefore that a satisfactory solution of
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  • 40 7 Reuter. CLAIM BY JAPANESE GOVERNMENT. Peking, September 10. The Japanese Legation has been irstructel from Tokio to present demands to the Chinese Government in connection with the Nanking affair. The Legation describes the demands as exceedingly moderate
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  • 35 7 —Reuter. ATTITUDE OF THE POSTMEN. London, September 10. The London Postmen have passed a resolution condemning the report of the 15 th ultimo, recommending an active propaganda in favour of a strike.-
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  • 86 7 Reuter. ADOPTED BY THE SENATE. Washington, September 10. The Senate adopted the Tariff Bill by 44 votes to 37 votes. Action of the Democrats. Later. The Democrats in the House of Representatives contend that the Senate’s amendments of the Tariff Bill reduce the revenue below the Government’s
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  • 38 7 Reuter. NAVAL AMENITIES. London, September 11. The Russian fleet of five battleships and four cruisers arrives at Portland on the 13th inst. and stays a week returning the visit of the British squadron in 1912.
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  • HOME RULE.
    • 120 7 —Reuter. UNIONIST PROTESTS. London, September 10. Arising out of Mr. Balfour’s speech at Haddington, Sir W. R. Anson, Lord Hugh Cecil, and Professor Morgan write leng r hy letters to the Times, discussing possible constitutional difficulties in connection with the Home Rule Bill. Sir W. R. Anson
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    • 1456 7 ROYAL INTERVENTION “ALL MOONSHINE.” Writing in the Saturday Westminster 'of 16th August,the editor Mr. Alfred J.Spender contributes the following in his series of ‘•letters to the Antipodes” which bears directly on the questions raised in the above cables The fact that a staid paper like the
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  • 150 7 Beater. HOW THE ARRESTS WERE MADE. London, September 10. The men arrested for compl city in the theft of the famous pearl necklace reappeared at Bow-s‘reet, Counsel for the prosecution dwelt on the stimulus of a £lO,OOO reward. A Frenchman met one of the accused at Antwerp.
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  • 80 7 Reuter. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHMAN’S PROTEST. London, September 10. The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyteran Church in Ireland has sent a letter to his Ministers asking them to observe 28th September as a day of humilitation and prayer. “There is a serious crisis,” he says, arising
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  • 66 7 To-day’s quotation for unrefined tin in Penang was $96.30 per picul, business done. Tin in London is quoted at £193 ss. spot and £192 10s. three months. The following business in tin has been done to-day Penang Tin Exchange 6} tons at $96.30 Straits Trading Co. nil. Eastern
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  • 465 7 .—Reuter. GERM IN CATASTROPHE. THIRTEEN DROWNED. Berlin, September 10. A Heligoland correspondent wires that the airship LI., of the latest type, was caught in a sudden and violent squall and hurled to the surface of the water and was pounded up by the waves which sank the
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  • 137 7 Reuter. DEPORTED FROM CANADA. Coaticooks (Quebec), Sept. 10. The immigration officers seized Harry Thaw and took him in a motor, shrieking and fighring madly. He smashed a window with a bottle and yelled this is a case of kidr apping.” He was then rushed to the
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  • 111 7 —Reuter. GRAECO-GERMAN RAPPROCHEMENT. London, September 10 The irritation of the French papers with King Constantine remains unabated. Some journals demand the recall of General Eydcux and other French military organizers in the service of Greece, whose engagement have just been extended for two years. They say that
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  • 538 7 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. The annual general meeting of the Penang Volunteers was held in the Drill Hall last night, when there were only 24 members present, including Capt. Alaa Wilson, Adjutant, Lieut. H. A. Neubronner, Capt. Surgeon J. Kirk, Lieut. W. T. Chapman, Second Lieut. E. E. Colman,
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  • 357 7 An inquest was held in the Coroner’s Court yesterday, touching the death of a coolie, named Sins pen, from accidental poisoning. Dr. W. W. Martin, Medical Officer, General Hospital, said that the deceased was taken to the Hospital about 9 30 a.m. on August 30th. He was told
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  • 417 8 THE GENERAL POSITION. This metal continues in an unsettled condition, says the Ironmonger of August 26, and the market has suffered further relapses during the past week. There is a general feeling of uneasiness prevalent and it is expected that the situation will not be improved when the statistics
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  • 596 8 The following London wires app ar in the Tinies oj Ceylon Ayr Estate (KeHni Valley district) realised the highest price for Ceylon rubber* for crepe 2s. B|d.' The following interim dividends have been paid The Highland Tea Company of Ceylon, Limited, I per cent. Kelani Valley Tea Association,
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  • 477 8 CLOSING OF THE HONGS. Following is a translation by the Peking Do.ily News of the joint petition signed and sealed by the ten licensed opium hongs in Foochow promising to stop their business before the 10th of August, 1913, and reques ing official protection so th it
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  • 192 8 The companies do not guarantee the dates f arrival of these vessels, but will endeavour as far as possible to ensure punctuality. Alor Star, (Kedah). —Kedah, Sept. 12, 14 and 16 and Tong Chuan, Sept. 11, 13, 15 and 17. Bagan Serai.—Daily. Bagan Datoh.—Pangkor, every Monday. Deli.—lndragiri,
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 169 8 ■■iiMiiaiMiaiiiiiaiiiaiiiMiiaiiaxaaiiiiJiisiMXiMaaiaiMiiaiaiaia ■■■■■«■ihismmihmi I NATURA MILK I I =(LION BRAND).= V a The Ideal Milk for use in the tropics, Nature Milk Lion Brand can be obtained g M being absolutely pure whilst retaining its at every store in Penang, the Federated Malay g M natural qualities and flavour. States, Kedah,
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    • 135 8 4| Why? MH —Overheat the body 'RSB and burden the digestion with wines and AgH cups when Horhck’s MEI is equally palatable and HM far raorc beneficial. —You will like this HH clean, satisfying drink because ‘quite |HH different from all others, gives no trouble to make, and is wonderfully
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 85 8 The Tides. Date. H. W. L. W. H. W. L. A.M. A.M. P.M P.W. Sept.ll 10-24 4-42 11-27 5-22 12 10 59 5-21 11-41 5-46 13 11-30 5-50 Nil. 6-09 „14 12-00 6-16 11-57 6-33 15 12-22 6-41 12-22 6-56 16 12-45 7-05 12-46 7-18 „17 1-08 7-29 1-09 7-40
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  • 2270 9 Capital. Subscribed, Value. 2 Dividends Name. X 2 gi x 1909 19ft 1911 1912 <913 MININ®. 1919 nOO.OOO $60.000 60.000 1 1 £y° r an D P ®Ai $2 70 Z 1903 300.000 300.000 30.000 10 10 30 984 9 Belat Tin Mining Oo Sil S2J im »0.000 «0.000
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  • 1000 9 —M.D.C. AN IPOH VIEW. Of tbe four States which, within recent years, outside the F.M.S., have enjoyed the guidance of British officers under a British Protectorate, Perlis, Kedah, Kelantan and Trenggtnu, the State of Kedah must be said to have exhibited the most solid advance. Kelantan may,
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  • 124 9 Pbnano, September 11, 1913. (By Courtesy oj the Chartered Bank). London Demand Bank 2/4 1/16 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4 3/8 3 Credit ...2/415/32 3 Documentary ...2/4 17/32 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 1741 3 days’ sight Private 176| Bombay Demand Bank 174| 3 days'sight Private 176| Madras Demand Bank
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  • 258 9 Pnnang, Sbptember 11, 1913, 8. P. Tapioca $4.30 buyers. M. P. Tapioca $4.50 buyers Gold leaf $64.40 Pepper (W. Coast 3lb 5 oz). $15.50 buyers. White Pepper $29 50 sales. Trang Pepper s2o} buyers. Mace Sl2O nom. Mace Pickings $7B sellers. Cloves $39 out of season. Nutmegs 110 $24
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 106 9 The National Mutual Life Association of AUSTRALASIA, LIMITED. ESTABLISHED 1869. Th» first Life Office in the world to introduce the non-forfeiture principle to Pnllniay A Mutu.l Offloe. No Mharwholdwr*. Low Premium*. Annual Inoome 11,284,364. Fund* AT.asi.awo. Claim* paid £e.07a,9«0. Al-L. profits are distributed amongst Poliey-holden. ClaimB paid in any part
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    • 567 9 BANKS. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. Incorporated by Royal Charter. Paid-up Capital £1,200,000 Reserve Fund £1,700,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors... £1,200,006 Hbad Ofvios 38, BIBHOPSGATE, LONDON, E.O Agencies and Branches. Amritsar Hamburg Puket Bombay Ipoh Rangoon Bangkok Karachi Seremban Batavia Kobe Singapore Calcutta Klang Shanghai Colombo Koala Lumpur
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  • THE WORLD’S NEWS.
    • 336 10 ITEMS OF INTEREST. CLIPPINGS FROM 1 HE HOME PRESS Despatched by the mail leaving London August 17. EXTRAORDINARY SCENE AT FUNERAL OF PRESIDENT OF HAYTL A remarkable story of the last rites over the body of the late President Tancred Auguste of Hayti has been
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    • 257 10 CURIOUS STORY AT AN INQUEST. A curious story of modern medical and surgical science was told at an inquest on Tuesday, the verdict being suicide while of rnsound mind. Charles William Tavlor, aged fifty, a French polisher, of Limerston-street, Chelsea. worried by his work swallowed spirits of salt.
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    • 150 10 MINERS WASHING £lOO EACH A DAY. The greatest excitement prevails in Vancouver concerning stories which are being published of a rich gold strike on the Shut-hanna. in the nite River district of the Yukon. The secretary of the Vancouver Board of 1 rade has telegraphed to Dawson
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    • 87 10 A record profit of £9,489 was made by the Royal Naval and Military Tournament. In a report presented to the executive committee it was stated that but for special payments connected with the introduction of new features the profit would have exceeded £lO.OOO. To the Army
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    • 115 10 But for the timely warning of a cat, a fire which broke out at Gloucester early on Monday morning would probably have had serious consequences. The fire occurred on the premises of Mr. Henry Parsons, hairdresser, whose house and shop adjoin a match factory
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    • 104 10 Lady Southern, widow of the late Sir J. W. Southern, deputy-chairman of the Manchester Ship Canal, has been robbed at Ostend of a dressing-bag containing jewellerv and banknotes to the value of £6OO 4.fter passing the Customs, the bag was placed on a hand-truck between two large
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    • 367 10 FLIGHT BY MOTOR CAR FROM ASYLUM. Harry Thaw, who ipurdered the architect Stanford White in 1906, escaped shortly before 8 o’clock on Sunday from the Mstteaw&n Lunatic Asylum, where he has been confined for the past five years. His escape is believed to have been carefully
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    • 163 10 MOTOR CAR DASHES INTO DITCH. King Hakon inaugurated on Tuesday at Porsgrund a new museum of local history. During the journey from Christiania, which was made in an automobile, the King had a narrow escape, says the Morning Port. The steering gear of the Royal automobile failed
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    • 162 10 ARMY AVIATOR S NEW RECORD. Captain C. A. H. Longcroft, of No. 2 Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps, now stationed at Montrose, who has been for the last few days at Farnborough testing a new B. E. machine, made on Tuesday what is stated
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    • 219 10 DEATH OF A LONDON JOURNALIST. The death has taken place of Mr. Edward Le Sage, for many years a member of the staff of the Daily Telegraph, and the elder son of Mr. John M. Le Sage, managing editor of that journal. Mr. Edward Le Sage,
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    • 67 10 One hundred and seventy vessels are reported in Lloyd’s return for the quarter commencing January Ist as lost at sea. Fortyone were British, twenty-seven American, twenty Norwegian, and thirteen French. More than half the total number of ships lost were wrecked. Those sunk as the result
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    • 58 10 The burial of Bebel, the famous German Socialist, at Zurich on Sunday afternoon was witnessed by an immense crowd, the streets being packed. About 250 delegates from all parts of Europe attended. The floral tributes were very numerous. The English delegates sent a wreath of roses, and
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    • 50 10 The contents of the late Colonel Cody’s hangar, including aeroplanes and parts, and the entire working tools, and also his patent waterplane floats, will be sold by public auction on September Bth. Many of his personal possessions will also be sold on the same occasion.
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    • 473 10 CT* 1 COLONIAL EXHIBITION T SAMARANG. JAVA. Auguat-November, 1914. Under the patronage of HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNORGENERAL OF NETHERLANDS EAST-INDIA. Complete demonstration of the Colonial ad ministration, Eastern Cultures, Traffic, Industry and Commerce. 1 i ri Articles of Import from Europe, Australasia, America "Sr.* l and the Far East. iSSFbDMjn*E4»IJ~RiC|X
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    • 400 10 insurance. THE ROYAL EXCHAfIUE ASSURANPt Royal Exchange, London /COMMENCED business i n a .d 171 was Incorporated by Roval or &n <l A.D, 1720, and is therefore one of Companies in existence. It h aa ltle benefits of Assurance to the period exceeding 190 years. U&UC for LIFE SJ MARINE
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  • 533 11 The Report by the Directors to the Third Annual General Meeting of 8 Shareholders to be held within the Exchange Buildings, Singapore, on Wednesday, I7tb., inst is as follows: Your Directors have pleasure in submitting herewith a duly audited statement of the Accounts of the Company
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  • 178 11 Efforts are being made in Burma to inculate ambition in the minds of agriculturalists and the industrial classes. The Burman is an indolent and irdifferent type, whose reputation is limited to an expert knowledge of growing padi, building canoes and riding ponies—and then only when the mood
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    • 163 11 SMOKERS OF DISCRIMINATION ALWAYS SELECT THE GARRICK fejfcjjM CIGARETTES AND SMOKING TOBACCO. £S=S£d Money cannot buy and an Expert cannot blend a better Cigarette or Tobacco. 6 t i rw—— HEIDSIECK MONOPOLE. Red Seal and Gout Americain. OHLENDORFF’S DISSOLVED PERUVIAN GUANO AND SPECIAL RUBBER FERTILIZER A'ways in Stock. CHOP MATA.
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    • 24 11 N. D. DE SILVA, k Manufacturing Jeweller, Diamond Settler, Engraver, Repairer, and Re-gilder, 74. BISHOP STREET. Wedding and Engagement Rings A Speciality ESTABLISHED 1900.
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    • 1001 11 4 VAN A’ bran Tonic N •Vana* Tonic is scientifically I Japan Mail Steamship Co. Ld. prepared for residents in hot climates, especially in malarious Strengthens and I j» JgL districts. n 1« i. of great value in fortify. ItlVlgOrateS Body, ing delicate persons against Brain and Nerve malaria and
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    • 2347 12 p Bsia Im Sisis Norddeutscher Lloyd. Bremen. Steam Navigation Co. Co.. Limited. I INTENDED SAILINGS. m UPECTED ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES. j\ jf. 1913 Ml SERVICE OUTWARD, fJSu Shty Ce„ Ih Sept. 18 Chin. mmneeting with Mermor. Singapore. 14th Sept* »t 4 ’D’ U ocnnectmg wnh Mold.™. (Three time. week.) Thur.
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