Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 19 March 1914

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 63 VOL. LXXII. THURSDAY. 19th MARCH. 1914. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 1114 1 •■□□□□□□■'itinnnßocr' d a FOtt $3O H o o U can have the “Pinang D n X Gazette posted every day for a whole year to your address. (LOCAL SUBSCRIPTION, $27). Proportionate Quarterly end n Half-yearly rates. D Subscriptions are payable in n advance and remittances should be addressed to D
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    • 9 1 BUCHANANS (Scotch Whisky). Royal Household (As supplied to Royalty).
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • 2252 2 [To the Editor of the “Pinang Gazette’’] Sir,—Your leading article, which appeared some time ago, on the above subj a c\ has moved me to place the views before you of one who has had many years’ experi“nce at sea, boy to master, and I shall
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    • 412 2 SITUATIONS VACANT. WA NTED TWO CLERKS for estate Offices must have had previous experience. Apply F. W. BARKER Co., Penang, 315—14, 17, 19-3 WAM PED A COMPETENT Book-keeper at once, Eurasian or Ch nese. Apply Competent,” c/o Pinang Qazette. 329-19-3 WANTED. A BROKER for Diamond Trade Applicant must furnish security
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    • 225 2 To enrich the blood To strengthen muscles, bones, nerves and brain—you cannot co better than take SCOTT’S Emulsion. In every part of the world this valued food tonic has proved its worth as the purest and best of all forme of cod liver oil treatment and the richest ctrength-maker for
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    • 280 2 PERTUSSIN tis a harmless and efficient remedy against all diseases of the respiratory organs, especially Wh OOping Cough, Catarrh of Larynx, Bronchial Catarrh, Asthma, etc., which has been recognized unequalled by the highest authorities. Also the Affections of the Lungs will be greatly relieved by the use of it. TO
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  • PLANTING AND MINING.
    • 3127 3  -  E. L. Killich in the Financier. MOTOR TYRES OF PLANTATION RUBBER. The reporb of the Rubber Growers’ Association, as distinct from the Chairman's speech at the recent annual mee'ing, contains several points of interest to investors. It is well known that the association is taking a prominent pirt
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    • 219 3 The abandonment of the organised central selling scheme for the Plantation Rubber market is not acquiesced in by all parties. It probably received its death knell at the annual meeting of the Rubber Growers’ Association. Though the proposal still has its advocat s, and probably most
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    • 227 3 We take the follow ng London telegrams from the Times of Ceylon to hand by yesterday’s mail Loudon, March 3.—The Bagan Serai Co. Ltd., pays a dividend of 7| per cent., making 12| per cent, for the year, and places to development reserve account £4,500. The crop
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    • 191 3 H. M. Consul-General of Bangkok reports that the Siame e loctl press indicates t> e lodging of extensive applications to the Department of Mines for c mcessions to work tin deposits in the Island of Koh Pa Ngan, near Koh Bamui in the Bight of
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 61 3 Graphite Lubrication. By using this method it is claimed Cylinder lubrication cost is reduced 90 per cent, in either Steam, Gas, or Oil Engines. Fuel Consumption is reduced o per cent, to 10 per cent, and Piston rings, Valves and Valve gears are protected from wear. The Borneo Company Limited,
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    • 187 3 JUST UNPACKED! JUST UNPACKED!! A LARGE CONSIGNMENT OF ROTAX” Motor Accessories INCLUDING Brass and Nickel plated Head Lights, Sde Lamps, Tail Lamps, Horns, Pumps, Jacks, tfcc., &c., ALSO A range of cars of the best make for hire CHARJES MODERATE. ’"Tai seng MOTOR REPAIRING COMPANY 125, MACALISTER LANE. Phone No.
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  • 696 4 LIST OF PENANG SUCCESSES. The results of th? Cambridge Local Examinations held last December arrived by the mail last night and below we give a list of the successes of the Penang Schools Senior Examination. Students under 19 years of age who have obtained honours Class I.—H A
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  • 176 4 About midnight a usually quieb re-iden-tial neighbourhood off Anson Road was somewhat disturbed by shouts and batterings, which, to the uninitiated, might seem to imply that a life and death struggle was iu grim progress at one of the bungalows. A nervous wife roused her spouse to
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  • SPORTING NEWS.
    • 255 4 MR FRANK HOLLEY’S FIRST HOLIDAY. By the Japanese mail to-morrow. Mr. Frank Holey, the popular Penang trainer and Jockey goes Home for six months’ holiday, his first since coming out East 21 years ago Holley has been in a somewhat weak state of health lately, suffering from
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    • 43 4 Rain preventei futher shotting yesterday at Taiping after th? following scores Dblibkratb 150 Yds. Score. Mrs. Wright 30 Mrs. Hobson 29 Miss Wright 29 Mrs. Harper 28 Kershaw 26 Wantage 150 Yds. Mrs. Hobson 27 Kershaw 24 Harper 14
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    • 32 4 The Ma r ch scores weie as follow Kinta L.B.C. 141 Malacca L.R.C. Negri Sembibn L.R.C. Penang L.R.C. 143 Perak L.R.A. 166 Selangor L.R.C. 154 Singapore L.R.A. 162
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    • 90 4 The following was the remit of the c mpetition for Ladies’ Monthly Medal for March Mrs Powell 40+ 43= 83 —l6 =67 Miss Mahler 42 40= 82—14 =6B Mrs. Armstrong 50 44= 94—24 =7O Mrs Edwards 49 42= 91 —ll =BO Mrs May 46 42= 88— B=Bo
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    • 27 4 Mrs. Dunn will present the prizes to the winners in the recent P.C.C. Tennis and Bowls Tournam nts on Friday 20th at 6-30 p.m.
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  • 151 4 With reference to th? progress of the Siamese Sju'hern Railway, the Board of Trade have received, through the Foreign Offi e, the following particulars furnished by the Chief Resident Engineer yf the Federated Malay States Rad ways, who iece itly inspect-'d the Southern lines of the Siamese
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  • 158 4 —L. G. E. According to information which reaches us from various quarters, British commercial circl a s in the Far E ist are becoming uneasy at the success of their foreign rivals in obtaining conce asions in China. Russian, Japanese, Germa i, Belgian, ani French
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  • 568 4 GANG ROBBERY. [From Our Own Correspondent.'] Taiping, March 18. In the Supreme Court, Taipm?, at the Assizes, Mr. Justice R. C. Elmonds, Judicial Commissioner, heard tl e case o gang robbery and causing hurt to one Pang Lim Cheah which took place on January 10, 1914 in a
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  • 106 4 Litigant Goes Away in the Middle of His Case. When the part hea’d case, Looi Guan Kway vs. Chettiappa Chetty, was called at rhe Ipoh High Court yesterday morning, another man appeared for the plaintiff and said he had gone to Fenang. His Lordship He was
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  • 100 4 Arrivals By Arcadia (March 17) from London, Mr and Mrs Richards and children, Mrs E Mitchell, Mrs T Lockes, Messrs E Bradley, E Wood and Hendrey from Marseille’, Mr and Mrs Anderson, Mrs Leggatt, Miss A Mcßride, Messrs G Mcßain, G Cator, J Koenderina and H T Pupins from
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  • 367 4 COMMITTEES’ ARRANGEMENTS. We have received from Mr. W. E. van Rynb p rk, Hon. Secretary of the 8,8, and P.M.B. Committee dr the International Rubber Cong e s and Exhibit'ou at Batavia, a copy (facircular 1-tter which has been issued by him The letter is as follows
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  • 375 4 A HONGKONG PROTEST. “It would mean much to be general heal h of Europeans if a law of some description could be pa«sed prohibitirg gentlemen under the age of 30, to say the least-, from riding in rieshas more than two or three times a day—when absolutely necessary—and
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  • 297 4 The following are outputs for February Asahan lbs. 5 ADa P ft t 2,'956 Ayer Hitam 15.3 84 Anglo-Sumatra ***** Ayer Kuning 15 734 Alor-Pongsu 9, 8 5 0 Ayer Tawah 8,750 Brieh 10,812 Bungsar 790 Benar n 3)( > 00 Bu j° n g 7,026 Beverlac 15,623
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    • 384 4 NOTICE is hereby given that owing to tiie retirement of Mr. Arthur Francis Gore Andersen, the bu-iness heretofore carried on between u«, th-* undersigned, at Penang, under the btyle or firm of Anthony and Anderson, will in future be carried on by Joseph Manook Anthony and Anthony Stephen Anthony under
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    • 59 4 In recommending Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure as a reliable medicine for coughs, chills, dysentery, and windy affections of the stomach, we are supported by the knowledge of its 20 years record in Australasia, Africa, England, and cou-itless other divisions of the World. Everywhere proved and accepted as a standard medicine
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    • 100 4 Has it ever been your experience to go back to a shop and find fault with some goods you bought If the goods were advtrtised goods they were branded—and your money was cheerfully returned. The advertiser encourages folk who are not satisfied to bring back the goods—then he learns of
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    • 82 4 PENANG CONFECTIONERY. 18, LEITH STREET, The Theatre Goers’ Rendezvous. When Appetite Flags Try a Change of Diet Under the Palms. Chops, Steaks, Cutlets, Rolls, Puffs, Tea, Coffee, Cocoa, etc. AT MODERATE CHARGES ARE SERVED NIGHTLY. ADVERTISING is TO COMMERCE WHAT THE POSTAL SYSTEM IS TO THE COMMUNITY— It is a
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  • 1183 5 PRIVILEGES OF FOREIGN HOUSES Mr. Arthur J. Moore Bennett, C. E., of Yunnanfu, South-West China, has sent to The Times a highly interesting and instinctive letter on the subject of British Trade in China,” which we repro duce below In China to d<y, if any British
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  • 283 5 In the Penang Municipality for the week ended February 28 there were 76 deaths 46 males and 30 females, equal to a death-rate of 38.22 per mille per annum compared with 33.70 in the preceding week and with 31.40 in the correspon ling week of last year. The
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  • 31 5 Pknano :—The E. dr O. Hotel, The Crag, Runnymede Hotel, Hotel Norman, Carlton Hotel and The New Sea View Hotel. Singapore:—Raffles Hotel. Rangoon •—Strand Hotel. Ceylon :—Nuwara Ehya.
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    • 331 5 ALLDAYS MIDGET CARS X 10 H.P. Water Cooled Engine. All the well known and good features of the X Standard Touring Cars have been incorporated M in Alldays s Midget,” thus rendering it the W j most perfect small Car on the market Price complete, including Side Lamps, Acetylene jj
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  • 20 6 Lind—De Maligny.—February 21, at Croydon, J. H. Lind, of Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, Yokjhama. to Marguerite Irene de Maligny.
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  • 1280 6 Mrs. Mackirdy (Olive Christian Malvery) author of “The Scul Market,” a well-known writer on, and worker in the cause of social reform, recently started a weekly paper in London. She is a believer in and advocate of Votes for women” but has no use for militant methods.
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  • 263 6 A DETECTIVE CONVICTED, Chs Mat, D. P. C. 160, appeared yesterday afternoon before Mr. Ezechiel in ths Second Goutt charge! with assaulting with a cudgel a coffee shop-keeper named Hadjee Mahoim d at Weld Quay on or about the 10th inst. From the story of the prosecution,
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  • 200 6 Deportation without trial is unfortunately by no means an unprecedented occurrence in the Biitish Empire. A striking parallel to General Botha’s policy is to be found in rec mt proceedings of the British Residents in the Ft derated Malay States. The large Chinese population, which provides the
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  • 145 6 A report has been made to the Police regarding the loss of two massive gold bangles, each set with 100 brilliants and cos’ing $6,000, the property of a 1 wealthy Chinese lady residing at No, 8, China Street. There was a big Chinese wedding at> the house
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  • 65 6 Captain Norton, replying to Mr. Walter Guinness, on the 26th ulto.,said it was understood that the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company lad cquired the rights outside France and Germany to use Dr. Goldschmidt’s high frequency alternator and other wireless apparatus. It was not at present the intention,
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  • 143 6 The Band will play the following programme of music on the Esplanade from 6 to 7 p.m. this evening Fant* s a Souvenir Meyerbeer. Two Step Campmeeting Mills. Selection Bid me Discouse Pinsuti. Waltz The Chocolate *S7o(/ier Strauss. March The Heroes of England Bidgood. The Polish Count
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  • 793 6 Mr- and Mrs. H. A. Low returned from Colombo last night by the Arcadia Mr. Douglas Butcher, of Messrs Siemens Brothers, lefo for Siugapjre by the mail last night. Mr. G. Mcßain, of Mes-rs. Boustead and Co., returned from Home leave last night by the P. and
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    • 133 6 Brinsmead Pianos New Shipment of these World Famed Pianos Just to Hand per s. s. NUBIA. May be Purchased on our Easy Payments SIOO Down, Balance in 18 Monthly Payments. ROBINSON PIANO Co, Ltd., Penang. I Messrs. F. J. SMITH’S H-OAI AWAROtO EDI spivuuiu Known Throughout Tobacco. the World. I
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    • 12 6 CANTRELL 8 COCHRANE’S Dry Imperial Ginger Ale AT .THE E. O. HOTEL.
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  • 125 7 TWm CHANGE*. The following are the changes (buyes and sellers only) in our share list o r page 9 to-day Yesterday. To-das D I C m x <■ Mining, Deebook 33/- 35/- 34/- 36/Gopeng C. 29/6 33/- 29/6 32/6 Kamunting 1/- 2/3 1/- 3/K. Deebook 14/- 15/6
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  • 72 7 To-day’s quotation for unrefined tin in Penang was $87.80 per picul, business done. Tin in London was quote! at £174 ss. spot snd 76 ss. three months. The following business in tin was done to-day Penang Tin Exchange 6} tons at $87.80 Straits Trading Co. B. no S.
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  • 115 7 An interesting address on Nigeria, in which the tin mining industry was fully discussed, was delivered a" the Royal Colonial Institute by Mr J Astley Cooper, who foresees a great future for the country. Northern Nigeria is graduilly takii g its place as a tin-producing country,
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  • 43 7 [From Our Own Correspondent Singapore, March 19. Street robberies are increasing here. Following the case in which a clerk was robbed when going to the bank, two esses were reported yesterday, Chinese colb.ctors being relieved of considerable sums of money.
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  • 194 7 —D.O.L. Berlin, March 17. Herr Zimmermann declared Yuan Shi Kai’s Government is worthy of absolute confidence. The time for the withdrawal of troops from Peking had not yet come. Ti e cap ure of Dutch officers in Albania is unconfirmed, Berlin, March 18. The Budget Committee con-idered
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  • 71 7 COMPANY DIVIDENDS. STEADY MAIKEiS. (P. G Special Cable.] London, March 18. Tremelbye (Selangor) Rubber Co., Ltd will pay an interim dividend of 20 per cent. Chersonese (.FM.S.) Edates, Ltd., will piy a final divid nd of 5 [er cent., and carry forward £8,760 Mahawale Rubber Co., Ltd.,
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  • 90 7 TAIPING’S From Our Own Correspondent. 1 Taiping, March 19. Mr. E. C. H. Wolff, District Officer, Larut, left by the mdl train to-day on long Home leave. Mr. R. G. Watson, the Resident, Mr. O. Marks, Secretary to the Resident, Mr. M. B. Shelley,
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  • 122 7 TENSION IN ULSTER. London, March 19. There is a growing tension in Ulster and the authorities are taking precautions A detachment of the First Norfolk Regiment has arrived at Carrick Fergus and sentries with fixed bayonets, are posted day and night at the Castle Armoury. The Gua r
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  • 413 7 IRISH MILITARY CHIEF ON ULSTER PROBLEM. General Sir Arthur Henry Paget, Com-mander-in-Chi-M of the Forces in Ireland, speaking at a dinner in h s honour in Dublin on 23rd ulto., made a long reference to the position of the A’my with regard to Ulster. He
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  • 47 7 —Reuter. GERMANY JUBILANT. Berlin, March 19 The Kaiser’s daughter has been delivered of a son. The Kaser at once ordered a holiday for all school children in Berlin. A general ho'iday in Brunswick has been proclaimed. There is public rejoicing all over Germany.-
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  • 261 7 —Reuter. OPPOSITION CRITICISMS. DEFENCE COMMITTEE’S REPORT. Loudon, March 18. Iu the Hou e of Commons on the Navy Estimates Mr. Lea contended th>t the Government were failing to keep their promises in regard to the upkeep of the sixty per cent stands’d. They wou dbe three ships
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  • 157 7 —L. C. E. Perhaps more on account of the demeanour of the assembly than because of what was actually said, remarks a Berlin correspondent, thedeba e on the Naval Estimates in the Reichstag stands out as qu te the most important since that on the German
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  • 196 7 With reference to the discussion on the above subject, Lieut. Alfred C. Dewar, R. N., retired, writes to The Times So far as the Ros-o-Japanese War is conce ned, the Japanese operations were based at first on noth ng more than a temporary command. The official History
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  • 24 7 READ A THIRD TIME. Cape Town, March 18. The senate has passed the third reading of the Ind-m nity Bill.—Reuter.
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  • 52 7 —Reuter. TO BE ERECTEG IN TRAFALGAR SQUARE. London, March 18. The Government has granted a site in Trafalgar Square for an equestrian s’atue of Lord Wolseley and a committee including Lord Lansdowne, Earl Grey, Earl Roberts and Viscount Kitchener has been appointed An appeal for subscriptions
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  • 32 7 Reuter. DECORATED BY DENMARK’S KING. London, March 18. The Prince of Wales has arrived at Copenhagen. He Was decorated by the King with the Order of the ELphant.—
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  • 143 7 M. CALMETTE’S MURDER. ROYALISTS and police in conflict. Paris, March 18. An inteu e sensation h s been cau ed in France, over the wife of the Minister of Finance, M. Caillaux, shooting dead in his Office M. Calmette, the Editor of the Figaro, in c>n equence of
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  • 179 7 ■Reuter. SCENES TN FRENCH CHAMBER. In the Chamber, after an exciting debate, it was resolved to continue the commis ion of enquiry into th? Rochett'* case and invest it with judicial piwer. One of the Figaro's charges was that M. Caillaux had i- directly broug’t pressure to
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  • 65 7 Reuter. PORTUGAL’S GUARANTEE"*. London, March 18. In connrction with the trial of the Rev. Mr. Buwskill, Portugal has replied that she will see full justice d ne and has gua ranteed that, should the tr.bunal include military men, the fairness of the t r ial will be
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  • 76 7 .—Reuter. THE PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE. Peking March 18. At a Convention opened here to amend the provisional constitution, the Foreign Minister, Sun Pao Ch', read Yuan Shi K’ai’s message, pointing out the lestrictions which the constitution impos°d up n the Government and its insurability for the existing conditions in
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  • 70 7 R uter. NO WITHDRAWAL. Berlin, March 18. In the Reichstag, Herr Zimmerman, Foreign Under-S< cretary, said there could be no question of decreasing or withdrawing the 500 German troop? in China. If Yuan Shi K’ai ceased to be guide of the Republic, uncertainty would probably again
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  • 57 7 -Reu’er. TSINGTAU PROJECTS. Berlin, March 18. In the Reichstag the Budget Comnrttee discussed the Estimates. Admiral von Tirpitz explained the project for the establishment of an iron foundry and smelting works at TUngtau. He said the Admiralty was furnishing informa'ion and end avouring to promo'e the
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  • 38 7 —Reuter. WHILE MOTORING AT NICE. London, March 18, Mr.Bilfour, whil? motoring at Nic a was struck by a stone thrown by a boy, receiving a deep gash on the bridge of the nose.
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  • 1114 7 CLAIMS AGAINST MILLIONAIRE’S SON. In the Supreme Court to-d iy Mr. Jusiica Ebden resumed the hearing of two cases brought against Che Dii Arrlffin bin Md. Ariff, son of the late Mahimed Ariff, the Malay millionaire. The plaintiff was Mrs. Margaret Andrini Mclntyre who sued, iu the
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  • 306 7 A high tribu’e to the Ute Rev. Geo ge Owen, ex-Profe-*s?r of Chinas? at King's Col ege, and a frequent contributor to the oiscussions of the China «Society, appears in the March in the Wo Id It wiil b? recalled thit Mr. Owen died on the
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  • 205 7 The Marches of Chinese Thibet was the title of an address given to the members of the Manchester Geographical Society on 24th ulto. by Mr. Thomas M, Ainscougb, who sa d tliat the true frontier of Thibet lies some 500 miles to the east of thst which China
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  • 161 7 Chicago, February 25.— An extraordinary story comes from Seattle. According to this a miner named Babsanki was entombed in a mine for a week, and re cue parties failed to locate him until Monday last, when his wife declared that during Sunday night she Lai heard
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  • 41 7 OBITUARY MR. R. W. DUNN. [Z'rom Our Oiou Correspondent.] Singapore, March 19. The death has occunei at Malacca of Mr. R. W. Dunn, consulting engineer to Messrs. Sime, Darby and Co. De ceased had been over twenty yesrs in the Straits.
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  • 170 8 Indragiri, Dut., 160, Bron, March 18, Deli, gen., K.P.M. Co. Besitang, Dut., 270, Bruin, March 18, P. Soesoe, oil, A. S P. Co. Ban Watt Soon, Brit., 69, Fripp, March 19, Langkat, gen., E. S. Co. Hebe, Brit., 346, Scott, March 19, T. Anson, gen Adamson Gilfillan Co. Pangkor,
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  • 45 8 Glenogle for Rangoon. Malaya for Deli. Perak (E.S. Co.) for Port Swettenham, Port Dickson and Malacca. Tong Hong for Rangoon. Teesta for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Avagyee for Dindings, Sitiawan, and Teluk Anson. Mambang for Setul. Ban Whatt Soon for Langkat and Pangkalan Brandan.
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  • 105 8 CLOSE AT GENERAL POST OFFIC- To. Mobrow. For Per Close Alor Star (Kedah) Kedah 8 am. Alor Star (Kedah) Ghee Thye 9 a.m. Deli and Batu Bahra Indragiri 1 p.m. Trang, Tongkah and Pang Nga Perlis 2 p.m. Batu Bahra Pungah 2pm Port Swettenham and Singapore Pin Seng 3
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  • 125 8 Pbnang, March 19, 1914. (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank). London Demand Bank 2/4 1/16 4 months' sight Bank ...2/4 932 3 Credit 3/8 3 Documentary ...2/4 1/2 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 3 days’ sight Private 175 f Bombay Demand Bank 174| 3 days’sight Private 175 j Madras Demand
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  • 256 8 Penang, March 19, 1914. S. P. Tapioca $4.60 buyers. M. P. Tapioca $5.50 sellers Gold leaf $64.40 Pepper (W. Coast 3 lb. 5 oz). $l6 1/2 buyers White Pepper $29 3/4 sales. Trang Pepper $2l 25 sales. Mace $llO nom. Mace Pickings $87.00 sellers. Cloves 145 sales. Nutmegs 110
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  • 217 8 The words of the sage, The best of all gains is health,” come horns with peculiar force during the hot season. Then, even those who are well find themselves more or less prostrate partly from the excessive heat affecting the digestion, and partly from its
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  • 172 8 Thursday, March 19 Band, Golf Club. 6 p.m. High Water 4.28 a.m and 4.40 p.m. Low Water 10.11 a.m. atd 2.12 p.m. Straits Cinematograph, Penang Road George Town Cinematograph, Kuala Kangsar Road. I* riday, March 20. Band. Ksnlanade, 6 p.m. No inferior High. Water nor Low Water.
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  • 57 8 April 10.—Cricket, Colony v. F.M.S., Penang. April 11 and 13.—Perak Turf Club, Gymkhana. April 24.—St. George’s Ball. June 1. —Cricket, Selangor v. Perak, Ipoh. June 3.—Cricket, Selangor v. Negri Sembilan at Kuala Lumpur. Perak v. Penang at Penang September 7 to 12—International Rub 1 er Congress, Batavia. September
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  • 193 8 The compmies do not guarantee the dates of arrival of these vessels, but will endeavour as far as possible to ensure punctuality. Alor Star, (Kedah). —Tong Chuan, March and 19 and Kedah, March and 20. Bagan Serai.—Daily. Bagan Datoh.—Pangkor, every Monday. Deli.—lndragiri, every Sunday, Merkus or Van
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  • 1157 8 —L. C. E. BRITISH EXPEDITION TO THE FAR EAST. Dr. R. T. Leiper, helminthologist of the London School of Tropical Medicine and Wandsworth Scholar, left Lindon for China in thi steamsh p J/alwa on 20th imt. He was accompanied by Surgeon E L. Atkins m R.N., (who ha?
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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  • 2336 9 i g ii 1 capiui. p»«d.up. v 1:;::. 2 n.».. b£ < £5 7 1910 1911 1919 1913 1914 MI N I N 9 ~11 ,100.000 ,00.000 60,000 I ,J g «J 9 r Z bs’.'. TUmX’T' ,f IMS 300.000 300,000 30.000 I» |J T 2 “St ffJSJ g,ara
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  • 581 9 SHOOTS WIFE WHO SMILED AT UNKNOWN MAN. Another attempted murder which must rank among the crimes passionnels now of almost daily occurrence, took place in Paris on February 18 when Signor Joseph Forciguano, an Italian portrait painter, shot and terribly injured his wife in their apartment, at
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  • 242 9 The Tamil coolie goes about Extremely meagrely attired, His dress at times, without a doubt, Leaves very much to be desired An evening shirt he simply hates, And has no use for fashion plates, A crimson cloth about his waist, Another wrapped around his head, Are quite enough
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    • 974 9 INSURANCE. BANKS. ——_r ..2 FIrFiNSU RANCF CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA fire. Australia, and china. Liverpool Victoria In»urance i neorpora(e d by R oy charte. Corporation Limited. Paid-up Capital £1,200. 'OU* HEAD OFFICE: 45-49. HOLBORN VIADUCT. LONDON E.C. Reserve Fund £1,700, oo Reserve Liability of Proprietors... £1,200/ ’OP The undersigned having
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  • 1040 10 FINAL FIGURES The final general memorandum on the rice crop of India of the season 1913-14 says that the provinces dealt with in this memorandum ordinarily include some 93 per cent of the total area under rice in British India. The total area reported is
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