Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 18 April 1914

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 87 VOL. LXXII. SATURDAY. 18th APRIL, 1914. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      1084 1 «TOnnuni :i)nnr»ccocn»OQnan« D D d FOtt $3O o n o u V ou can have the Pinang c g X Gazette posted every day for a whole year to your address. D (LOCAL SUBSCRIPTION. $27). a q Proportionate Quarterly end D Half-yearly rates. a P Subscriptions are payable in advance
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      9 1 BUCHANANS (Scotch Whisky). Royal Household (As supplied to Royalty).
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    THE ARMY AND THE PEOPLE.
    1711 2 LABOUR MEMBER’S HISTORIC SPEECH. Never in the history of the Hiuse of Commons, it is said, has there lean a scene of such e ithusiasm as that which followed the now historic speech of Mr. John Ward, the Liberal-Labour Member for Stoke, on the Army
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    Motor Accident Near Sungkai.
    110 2 Mr J R N Charter has, states the Malay Mail, met with a motor accident which resulted in his breaking his arm. Last Sundiy, while accompanying, ou his motor bicycle, some friends in motors, on the road between Tapah and Sungkai, one of the cars broke
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      1558 2 SITUATIONS VACANT. NOTICES. NOTICE OF SALE. 1 The undersigned has received instractions WANTED. NOTICE. I from the Administrator of the estate of I C MART ENGLISH SPEAKING per- TXT ANTED by an European a small tbs W» Emma Elobunce Kaul, deceased, O son to manage first class European V V
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      55 2 Tin Mining. Messrs. Boving Co., Ltd., LONDON, who have the highest reputation in the world as specialists in Turbines, Turbo Pumps and Pipe Lines have appointed y he Borneo Company, Limited, Singapore as their Agents and will be pleased to advise and estimate upon Power, Pipe Line, and Pump proposals.
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      304 2 WANTED for six weeks from beginning of May, FURNISHED HOUSE in good locality not less than three bedrooms. Reply with full particulars to No. 291, c/o Pinang Gazette. 152—w s-u c SOLID GOLD WATCH FREE. QRUT OTrtn BY A RESPONSIBLE PUUi XT COSTS YOU NOTHING TO TRY. Toany person* ho
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  • PLANTING AND MINING.
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      LABU (F.M.S.) RUBBER.
      2468 3 reasons for the conservative DIVIDEND. The seventh annual general meeting of the members of the Labu (F.M S.) Rubber Company, Limited, w«s held at the office of the Rubber Growers’ Association, 38 Eastcheap, E.C., Colonel the Hon. Charles Lambton, D.S.O. (the chairman), presiding. Touching the balance-sheet, you
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      PADI IN KELANTAN.
      90 3 —M.M. A company has been set on foot having for its subject the cultivation of padi. It is styled the Padi Cultivation Company, and there are over 15,000 shares at $1 each. Land is to be taken up for the purpose of the company which will operate
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      RADELLA RUBBER ESTATE.
      770 3 ANNUAL MEETING AT MALACCA. This company held its fourth annual general meeting at the registered office of the company, 4 Fort Road, Malacca, on Thursday, at noon, at which there were present Messrs. S. W. Moorhouse (in the chair), H. E Burgess and J. M. Sime (directors),
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      19 3 it-muAC-Ci Proved by independent Scientific investigation to have a Body-Beild-ing Power of 10 to 20 times the amount taken.
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      37 3 r i —mi MSend me 100 Used Stamps of your Country and in exchange I will give you PICTURE POST CARDS of Famous London Views, British Scenery, etc. Miss M -1., Florence Villas, Herne Hill, London, England,
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      440 3 I I A t I Jf* it were not for light, downy beards many a razor would have no market. e The tough beard or the tender skin rea shaving test —and the Gillette is the one razor that meets that test every day with millions of satisfied users. Three
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    M.P.A.A.
    1184 4 ANNUAL MEETING TO-DAY. The thirteenth annual general meeting of the Malay Peninsula Agricultural Association was held this morning at the Chamber of Commerce. There were present Messrs. T. Boyd (President) in the chiir, T. Wilson F C Ebbels, D Ritchie, R P Phillips, Murray, M Strivens, B C Griffin,
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    AN ILLICIT DISTILLERY AT LAHAT.
    285 4 A Big Capture. Five Chinese Choo Yok Ken?, Hoo Sam, Leow Sin, Yoig Siew, and Liew Seong appeared before Mr. Burton in the Police Court at Ipoh to answer the charge of distilling samsu without a licence at Lahat. A large number of distillery pots
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    Masked Balls at the Paris Opera.
    126 4 A noteworthy feature of the Carnival festivities of 1914 in Paris has been the revival of the masked balls at the Opera. The first took place last mont 11 and was a great suocess. The masked bulls were a great feature of Paris life
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    To-Night’s Band Programme.
    50 4 The Band will play the following programme of music at the Golf Club from (5-45 to 7-15 p.m.) this evening Selection From the Operetta Das Model Suppe. Two Step Katunka Smith. Selection Lesliet Stuart's Songs Godfrey. Waltz September Godin. Gavotte Fire Flies Lincke. March The Gladiator Soma.
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    The New Baby.
    55 4 A new baby has joined one of the families in our suburb, writes a correspondent in the Manchester Guardian and a slightly older sister was asked how the child was going on and what its name was. baby hasn’t got a name yet, she declared, but it’s
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    IPOH LIBEL ACTION.
    1210 4 CASE FOR DEFENCE CONCLUDED. PLAINTIFF’S EVIDENCE. The case for the defendants was conc’uded on Thursday afternoon in the action for libel by Mr. R. G. W. Mercer, planter, against the Times of Malaya. Defendants having pleaded justification, Mr. Justice Woodward held that the onus of proof lay
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    Another Echo of Colombian Contracts.
    99 4 Another echo of the uegotiat ons of the Peirson firm wich the Colombian Government is brought by a special despatch from he “New York Herald’s” Washington correspondent, stat ng that it has been round that two laws exist on the Colombian statute books providing that
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    Disillusioned.
    184 4 He wis a rural dean, and an enthusiast for the free and open Church. When, therefore, in the course of a visitation, he at last discovered one that was not securely bolted and barred against pious parishioners, he was delighted, says the Daily Citizen.” He sought out the clerk.
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      156 4 One of the fallacies—the I have to pay for the Advertisements fallacy. You pay for them just precisely as you pay for the rent of the shop you deal with—no more, no less. A shop in a crowded thoroughfare pays a higher rent than one in a deserted street, but
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      921 4 Tenders are invited for the Fruit TONGKAH COMPOUND Crop at Juru Estate, Bukit Tengah, jjjo LIABILITY. for the coming seas»n June to August. Apply to—THE MANAGER, NOTICE OF DIVIDEND. Juru Estate, Bukit Tengah, P.W. w-mmrrnr cu u n NT OTICE of hereby given that a Divid from whom full information
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    THE FAR EASTERN SCENE.
    1776 5 CHINESE FINANCE AND FOREIGN LOANS. I referred in the previons article to the Rake’s Progress iuo by China of recent years in the matter of foreign loans, writes Violet Markham in the Saturday Westminster. Lord Cromer, in his great work on Modern Egypt, has a pregnant
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    Thief Arrested by Hydroplane.
    211 5 Carried from Ship to Shore. For the first time an aeroplane has been successfully used in the capture and conveyance of a thief. The scene of this unique achievement was Miami. Florida. Employed in a fashionable hotel there was a negro who, after stealing a valuable
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    The Ulu Piah Company, Limited.
    43 5 The result of operations during the Month of March was as follows Mine’s Output Sale Pls. 489.51... $26,692.66 Working Expenses $11,789.89 12 per cent. Tribute to J lessors 3,203.11 Provision for outstanding accounts 700.00 515,693.00 Estimated Profit $10,999.66
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    CHURCH SERVICES.
    314 5 SUNDAY, APRIL 19. Church of England. St. George’s Church.—Low Sunday, Matins (Choral), 8 a.m Holy Communion, 8.30 a.m; Matins and Holy Communion, (Choral), Chinese Service, 9.15 a.m.; Sunday School, 5 p.m.; Evensong and Sermon, 6 p.m. Procession Hymn, 125. Anthem, Break forth into joy Barnby Magnificat and Nunc
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    SHIPPING FREIGHTS.
    749 6 Ship-owners at Home are agitated over the question of freight rates, and this week’s mail papers give prominence to the proposal made by the Baltic and White Sea shipping conference to the Shipping Federation to lay up ships in order to force up freights. Mr. W. J. Noble,
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    SIR H.C. BELFIELD.
    139 6 Sir H. C. Belfield, the Governor of East Africa Protectorate, a’so becomes High Commissioner for Zanzibar, according to a Reuter wire to-day. Zanzibar was, until July last year, looked after by the Foreign Office, but the Protectorate is now under the control of the Colonial Office, and
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    THE HILL RAILWAY.
    344 6 We understand that Mr. Johnson, the engineer entrusted with the construction of the hill railway, has taken a house up the hill for a term of two years. By a simple process of deduction we reach the conclusion that about the end of that period the hill
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    POST OFFICE MYSTERY.
    195 6 DISAPPEARANCE OF A PACKET. THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS LOST, News has reached us from Kuala Lumpur to-day, that a registered packet containing $3,000 despatched from Kuala Lumpur to Bentong, about a week ago never reached its destination. When the receiving office opened the saaled packet which contained the
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    MOTOR CAR FATALITY.
    137 6 CHARGE AGAINST A TOWKAY. Lim Kong Seng, a Chinese Towkay of Taiping, and son in-law of Gan Ngoh Bee of Penan?, was this morning charged before Mr. Osborne in the Police Court with causing the death of a nine year old Tamil girl by doing a rash
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    THE CINEMAS.
    423 6 The two chief features at the George Town are the six reel film, The Unwritten Law and Nick Winter and The Stolen Favourite.” The latter is one of the finest detective dramas ever screened There are numerous other interesting items on the programme. The programme for to-night’s show
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    THE "PINANG GAZETTE" PRESS, LTD.
    552 6 A 10 PER CENT DIVIDEND. The Hon. Mr. R. Young was in the chair at the fourteenth annual general meeting of the shareholders of the “Piuang Gazette Press, Ltd., held this morning at the Chamber of Commerce. There were also present Hon. A. R Adams,
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    SOUTHERN SIAM.
    168 6 ALOR STAR TO SINGORA BY MOTOR. Mr. David Gilmour, the retiring Manager of the Chartered Bank, Kuala Lumpur who passed through Penang on board the Arcadia, yesterday, en route for Home achieved, with Mr. J. Keddie, of the Bangkok Branch of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, (formerly of
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    PASSENGERS.
    69 6 Departures. By Arcadia (April 17) to Colombo, Mrs Fraser, Messrs L Peck, C H Aitkin Berry and C D Neely to Brindisi, Mr C Baxendale; to Marseilles, Mrs Scott, Messrs A A Dealdry, W A Aitken, B W Elies, E C Underwood and J CM Bell; to London, Mr
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      117 6 BY APPOINTMENT MOTOR TYRE MANUFACTURERS TO HIS MAJESTY KING GEORGE V. “ON WE GO!" Manchester «rain endorses Olympia’s verdict regarding the overwhelming popularity of DUNLOP MOTOR TYRES. Census of tyres fitted te cars exhibited at the Manchester Motor Show: 430 DUNLOPS AAO Divided amongst ail other makes, dSscrO British and
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      34 6 THE CRAG HOTEL, “SANATORIUM” PENANG HILL. Completely Renovated. An hour and 10 minutes from the E. 0. Hotel. Chairs and Coolies always in readiness at the foot of the Hill. Sark IBS Brothers, Proprietors.
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    48 6 DEATH. Tan Kwee Kco.—On the 15th inst., at Serendah, Tan Kwee Koo Neo the mother of Chew Boon Hean, Chaw 800 Heap, and Chow Kwo Hsien, Ph.b. OBITUARY. Berlin, April 17. Herr Ahiward, a director of schools, has died at Leipzig as the result of a carriage accident.—D.O.L.
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    LOCAL SHARE MARKET.
    764 7 S.F.P. TO-DAYS CHANGES. The following are the changes (buyer? and sellers only) in our share list o i page 9 to-day Yesterday. To-d«? SaAMBs. t 5 5 750 on X x Aftntn?, Ayer Weng... 25c 50c 20c 50c Deebook 35/- 37/6 Gopeng C. 31/3 34/- 30/9 33/6
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  • LONDON RUBBER WIRE.
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      PLANTATION REACHES 3s.
      133 7 INDIAN AMALGAMATION. DIVIDEND RECOMMENDATIONS. [P. G. Special Cable.} London, April 17. The price of Plantation rubber has reached 3s but not smoked sheet. Amalgamation in India. Three Indian companies, the Travancore Rubber Co., Limited, Paloor Rubber Co Ltd., and the Orkaden Co. are to amalgamate. Kampong Kuantan
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    NEW SERENDAH RUBBER.
    55 7 [From Our Oren Correspondent.] Kuala Lumpur, April 18. At the annual general meeting of the New Serendah Rubber Co., Mr. Macfadyen, who presided, commented on the increase in paid up capital, and reviewed the accounts. It was decided to retain the balance on the profit and loss
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    THE RUBBER MARKET.
    33 7 London, April 17*. The following are the ruling quotations for rubber Plantation Para, Ist Latex, Crepe 2/1 If Para to arrive 3/-| Market firm. [*By courtesy of Messrs. Boustead Co.]
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    TIN QUOTATIONS.
    63 7 To-day’s quotation for unrefined tin in Penang was $83.75 per picul, buyers, no sellers. Tin in London is quoted at £166 2s. 6d. spot and £l6B three months. The following business in tin was done to-day Penang Tin Exchange $83.75 Straits Trading Co. no sellers. Eastern Smelting Co.
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    PENANG PILOT BOARD.
    39 7 [From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, April 18. Mr. H. T. Muir, Government Marine Surveyor, Penang, has been appointed to fill the place of Mr. A. H. Cox (late Manager Government "Wharves) on the Penang Pilot Board.
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    F.M.S. RAILWAYS.
    40 7 VACANCIES FOR SIGNALMEN. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Kuala Lumpur, April 18; The F.M.S. Railways, having 23 vacancies for signalmen out of the 51 vacated by the strikers, are offeiing to re-engage the strikers on the terms originally refused-
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    SHIP’S CAPTAIN FINED.
    32 7 [From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, April 18. Captain Jar ret of the 1 alshing was fined $lO for taking his ship from quarantine to the wharf before getting pratique
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    THE MEXICAN CRISIS.
    82 7 —Reuter. HUERTA’S LATEST DEMAND. AMERICA’S MINIMUM. Washington, April 18. President Huerta now demands that the Mexican salute be returned, gun for gun. It is practically certain that President Wilson will not accept. Mr. Bryan and Huerta. Later. It is officially announced that Mr. W. J. Bryan, State
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    THE ARMY OF THE BOYNE.
    146 7 —Rtutar. GEN. PAGET’S INSTRUCTIONS” Blockade Allegations. London, April 17. The Committee of the Ulster Unionist Council, with the approval of Sir Edward Carson, has issued a statement declaring that General Paget, acting on instructions from Col. Seely, informed the Generals on March 20th that the
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    EAST AFRICA.
    65 7 .—Reuter. SIR H. E. BELFIELD’S NEW DUTIES. High Commissioner of Zanzibar London, April 18. Sir Henry Conway Belfield, Governor of Africa Protectorate, has been Gazetted High Commissioner for Zanzibar Protectorate in addition to his present post. Major F. B. Pearce, Deputy Governor of Nyasaland since 1907, has been
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    AN UNPLEASANT EXPERIENCE.
    49 7 .—Reuter. CRANK FIRES AT NEW YORK’S MAYOR. New York, April 18. An old man believed to be a crank fired with a revolver at the Mayor of New York, Mr. Mitchell. He missed him and hit the corporation lawyer on the jaw. The assailant was arrested.
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    CRUSHING DEFEAT OF BANDITS.
    33 7 —Reuter. CHINESE TROOPS VICTORIOUS. Peking, April 18. It is officially announced that bandits looted Sanyuanhsien, but that the Government troops inflicted a crushing defeat, causing casualties numbering two thousind.
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    UNREST IN ALBANIA.
    39 7 —D.O.L. MONTENEGRO’S PRECAUTION. Berlin, April 17. On account of unrest among the Albanian tribes next to the frontier of Montenegro the latter country has, as a precautionary measure, called out her reserves in the frontier districts
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    BIG SOUTH AMERICAN HARVEST.
    36 7 —Reuter. Bu nos Aire 3 April 18. Official statistics show that the last harvest was a follows: wheat 3,100,000, linseed 995,000 and oats 740,000 tons. The present maize crop is 7,300,000 tons.-
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    SHIPPING MISHAP.
    23 7 .—Reuter. BRITISH LINER ASHORE. Montevideo, April 18. The liner Highland Piper,” with 100 passengers on board, is ashore off Bancoin- gles.
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    "CONSOLS OF THE EAST."
    808 7 A DISAPPOINTING SECOND EDITION. (Specially Reviewed for the P.O) Coconuts the Consols of the East.—By H. Hamel Smith and F. A. G. Pape; second edition with forewords by Sir W H. Lever, Bart.—-London John Bale, Sons and Danielson, Ltd. 83-91, Great Titchfield Street, W.-—Price 12/6 net.
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      39 7 Ti e British Supreme Court at Shanghai has given judgment in favour of the P. and O. Co. in the action brought by the owner of the Hokusei Maru which vessel recently collided with the P. and O. Oriental.”
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    WHAT OTHER PAPERS SAY?
    278 8 I,— M.M. WAGES AGAIN. We reproduced on Tuesday from the India Rubber Journal an article on the wages question written by a contributor who had had to do with labour problems in Ceylon, India, Malaya and Sumatra. The article showed that its author knew what be
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    AGRICULTURAL OPPRESSION AND DEPRESSION.
    358 8 —M.D.C. The most important question affecting planters of all descriptions in this country is the incidence of the enhanced rent. Neither the rubber export duty nor the duty on copra or any other form of produce affects agr culturists at all in the fame degree. It
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    F.M.S. Railway Progress.
    261 8 The Kuala Lipis correspondent of th-i Malay Mail, says railway construction in Lipis section is going on rapidly, and work has already nearly retched the centre of the town. The line which was originally traced to traverse the Main Street has been sligh'ly deviated to the north,
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    ARRIVALS.
    80 8 Ellora, Brit., 2567, Lynn, April 18, S’pore, gen., Huttenbach Liebert Co. Java Maru, Jap., 2874, Fuchigami, April 18, Kobe, gen., Guthrie Co. Malaya, Ger., 348, B. Peters, April 18, Belawan, gen., Behn Meyer Co. Lama, Brit., 957, Sinclair, April 18, S’pore, gen., Huttenbach Liebert Co. Malacca, Brit., 405, Dun,
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    CLEARANCES.
    53 8 Trang for Trang. Ban Lee for Trang. Ellora for Rangoon, Calcutta and Durban. Pungah for Batu Bahra. Rotorua for Tongkah. Alma for Deli. Hok Canton for Teluk Anson. Lama for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Ghee Thye for Alor Star (Kedah). Kedah for Alor Star (Kedah). Glenfalloch for Singapore, Hongkong,
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    MAILS.
    80 8 CLOSE AT GENERAL POST OFFICE Monday. For Per Close. Yen Jit Seng 7 a.m. Singapore, China and Japan Nippon noon. Langsa, Edi, T. S Semawe, Segli, Olehleh > Atjeh 1 p.m. and Sabang Calcutta Yatshing 3 p.m. Tuesday. Tongkah Malacca 1 p.m. Singapore, China and Japan Gregory Apcar 3
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    EXCHANGE.
    125 8 Penang, Aphil 18. 1914, (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank). London Demand Bank 2/4 1/32 4 months’sight Bank ...2/4 316 3 Credit ...2/4 11/32 3 Documentary ...2/4 13/32 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 174} 3 days’ sight Private 175} Bombay Demand Bank 174} 3 days’ sight Private 175} Madras Demand
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    PRODUCE.
    247 8 Penang, April 18, 1914. S; P. Tapioca $4.75 sales. M. P. Tapioca $5.40 sellers Gold 564.40 Pepper (W. '«'oast 3 lb. 5 oz). $l6 1/2 buyers. White Pepper $28.75 sales. Trang Pepper $l9 00 buyers. Mace $llO nom. Mace Pickings $92.00 buyers. Cloves $46 sales. Nutmegs 110 $24 sellers.
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  • SPORTING NEWS.
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      THE CITY AND SUBURBAN.
      60 9 LATEST BETTING. London, April 17. The following is the betting on the City and Suburban 15 to 2 agst. Wrack 8,, 1 Sun Yat offered, after 9 to 1 had b en taken 10 1 agst. Drinmore offered, after 100 to 9 had been taken 100
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      THE DERBY.
      27 9 LATEST BETTING. The following is the latest betting on the Derby 5 to 2 agst. The Tetrarch has been offered and 3 to 1 taken.
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      CARPENTIER v. GUNBOAT SMITH.
      33 9 Reu'er. TO FIGHT FOR BIG PURSE. Paris, April 18. Carpentier has provisionally agreed to box Gunboat Smith in London at the end of June for a purse of £l,OOO.
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      LAWN TENNIS.
      26 9 [From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, April 18. In the final for the Singapore Cricket Club Lawn Tennis A Singles, Kleinmaun beat Hill, 6—3, 6—4.
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      TRAINING NOTES.
      84 9 The Horses for Singapore. The following horses are in work here for the Singapore Meeting, viz The Friar Tne Colonel Laly Flower Wellington King Blaze Gay Gordon Amendment Lucky Jack Sador Lossie Satis Sirdar ‘•Othello”, Batu Gajah “Hedonist”, and two Singapore Griffins. They all seem to be doing
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      PENANG LADIES' RIFLE CLUB.
      168 9 The following were the scores in this morning’s shoot:— Deliberate Firing. I* 5 Total a 2 Mrs Hilton (winner) .87 29 34 22 Mrs. Webb .88 27 34 04 Mrs Hart .92 23 34.04 Mr. Maclean .9 25 34. Miss Mathieu .8 28 33.6 Mrs. Liston
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      LASCARS’ FATAL FIGHT.
      164 9 KNIVES USED IN AFFRAY AFTER WRESTLING MATCH. Following a wrestling match at Tilbury Dock on March 15, between the Lascar crews of the steamships Caledonia and the Morea,” a dispute arose which developed into a bloodthirsty contest. Knives, iron bars, and sticks were used, and serious injuries
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    DR. SPOONER HART.
    712 9 SUDDEN DEATH FROM CHOLERA We regret to announce the death of Dr. Robert Spooner Hart, M.R.C.V.8., F.V.M.A., which took place on March 20 at his residence, 157 Dhurrumtollah Street, Calcutta. Dr. Hart, who, since his return from Australia early in the cold weather, had cheered his many
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    BETTING AS “SPORT.”
    235 9 Judge’s Advice to a Journalist. Mr. W. Lotinga, the sporting journalist, who appeared in person, brought a consolidated action in the King’s Bench Division, before Mr. Justice Scrutton and a special jury, aga'nst Mr. Henry Crawshaw, of Lucerne, Switzerland, who trades as Di<mond,” claiming damages for libel
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    ON HEROES.
    325 9 We have barely recovered from a persual of Ouida, a Memoir,” from the pen of Elizabeth Lee, and the recollection of some of the amazing nove’s of an amazing lady, whose last days and death must have profoundly touched the legions of her own sex, who have wept
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    MODERN TYPES.
    351 9 THE YOUNG MALAY. You meet him scrolling down the road, Or lolling in the shade Bound by no harsh industrial code, One of the Great Unpaid. To some Chinese-kept coffee shop His patronage he lends, Wherein he ships his ayer strop, And gossips with his friends. He visits
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    113 9 Elephants again did considerable damage, on Saturday evening, to a privately owned estate situated along the Jalong Bridle Path, says the Times oj Malaya. They are still hanging about the neighbourhood. The trees puUd up were in some instances 1 year and 3 months in age. Even
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    424 10 MUZZLING THE PRESS. The Press Law was promulgated recently. Censorship it eliminated but, nevertheless, the Act promises effectually to muzzle the Press. Newspapers are divided into the following classes daily papers, papers appearing irregularly, weekly papers, published every ten days, monthly pipers and annual pajers. The publisher
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    313 10 As you may have already announced, writes the Petchaburi correspondent of the Bangkok Times, it has b?en officially decided to open up another section of the Southern Line, that from Wong Pong to Koh Lak, a distance of some seventy-one kilometres. Though this section is not
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    77 10 The annual excise sile of sixteen liquor licenses in Rangoon realised R 3,26,000 against R 2,98,800 in 1913-14. The sale of four country spirit licenses realised R 33.200 against last year’s price of R50.500' Eleven halwaye shops fetched R 4,34,200 or R 1,01,433 over last year and
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    THE WEEKS EVENTS.
    195 10 Saturday, April 18. M.P. A.A. General Meeting. Band, Golf Club, 6 p.m. High Water 10.21 a.m. and 7.48 p.m. Low Water 1.2 a.m. and 1.48 p m. Fillis’ Circus, Matinee, 4 p.m. Fillis’ Circus, Dato Kramat Road, 9 p m. Straits Cinematograph, Penang Road George Town Cinematograph,
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    COMING EVENTS.
    38 10 April 26, —Planters’ Association of Malaya, Annual Meeting, K. Lumpur. May 5, 7 and 9.—Singapore Sporting Club, Spring Race Meeting. May 15.—Penang Turf Club, Race Meeting, entries close, 5 p.m. May 18.—Singapore Medical School, Entrance Examination.
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    102 10 FIXTURES. The following are the fixtures for the next tournament which commences on 4th April next:— Datk. Name. Ground 18th Aptil PRCvs. CRC CRC Kulim vs. St Xsvier’s B’worth 25th P R C vs. St R C P C C vs. B R C P C O
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