Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 24 April 1914

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 92 VOL. LXXII. FRIDAY. 24th APRIL. 1914 PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 1129 1 jijaoooo ■cjunorwonGon 'JB D .■E_> tOs: 530 n iViTOU can have the Pinang D p J- Gazette posted every day for a whole year to your address. a (LOCAL SUBSCRIPTION, $27). P Proportionate Quarterly and C Half-yearly rates. a c Subscriptions are payable in 5 advance and remittances should q
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    • 9 1 BUCHANANS (Scotch Whisky). Royal Household (As supplied to Royalty).
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  • 885 2 —Rangoon Times. BOOKMAKERS AND STOLEN CHEQUES. A case of very considerable importance to all race-goers and to bookmakers has just been decided at home, and the judgment delivered ought to be carefully noted. The claim of the plaintiff was to recover £247 odd as damages for the
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 1040 2 SITUATION WANTED. NOTICES. WANTED. NOTICE. WANTED position by experienced IHE MAIN TRUNK ROAD is closed Mirer F tj he*vy traffic between Tanjong v n Mil in and Slim Village until farther Apply No. 79, c/o Ptnang Gazette. notke 475—29-4 Light traffic will be allowed to pass at owners’ risk. -IC
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    • 74 2 All Aches and Pains must go and go quickly when you rub in Little’s Oriental Balm. It is the enemy of Pain. It stops headache, earache, backache. It relieves lameness, sprains, strains, swellings, lame neck, crick in the back, neuralgia, rheumatism. ALL external aches and pains MUST GO when you
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    • 406 2 Good RICH TYRES r If ya|w| gRTOr?Sole Importers: Straits Settlements, Malay Peninsula Siam, ADAMSON, GILFILLAN S CO., Ltd., SINGAPORE, PENANG MALACCA. OFFERS for Regular Rice HupDiving, delivery c. i. f. Langsa aie A a uiistraio SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE Kwala Simpang, East Cobs”, Sumatra. COMPANY, LIMITED, 457—17, 24-4 255. PENANG ROAD.
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  • PLANTING AND MINING.
    • 1058 3 RESULT CONSIDERED SATISFACTORY. The eighth annual general meeting of the shareholders of the Gjld*n Hope Rubber Es ate, Linr’ed, wai held 01 in the council room Qf th’ Rubbaa Growers’ Ass cution, 38, Eas’dhsap, London, E.C., Mr. James Lloyd Austruther (chairman of the company) pr s ding.
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    • 500 3 Reconstruction. Mr GHB Blandy presided on April 2 at an extraordinary general meeting of the Viet iria (Malaya) Rubber Estates, Ltd. called to consider a reconstruct i scheme. The Chiirman said the sdieme proposed at the me sting in December was rejected, and thereupon the directors took steps
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    • 220 3 Oiling is now being undertaken on soma plantations as a preventative of malaria, and we hear of very good results from the first few applications upon an estate in the Batu Tiga disttict, says the J/J/ The tunning wa er in a large ravine was found to
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    • 1260 3 IMPROVING PROSPECTS. The ordinary general meeting of the Golconda Malay Rubber Company, Limited, was held on April 2 at the Loudon Chamber of Commerce, Oxford Court, Cannon Street, E.C., Mr. Gilbert F. Traill (rhe chairman) presiding. The Chiirman Slid in the course of his speech: The profits
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    • 243 3 The report of the Victoria Rubber Company, Limited, states that the accounts for the year to December 31st show the profit to be £3,819. After adding £1,453 brought forward and providing for interest, depreciation and directors’ and auditors’ fe s etc. the di posible balance amounts t >
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    • 90 3 Mr. W. P. Metcalfe, who presided at the annual general meeting of the Harpenden (Selangor) Rubber, said that during the year under review the price of tubber fell to a very alarming extent. He liked, however, to look on this as a blessing in disguise. It
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    • 646 3 POSITION AND PROSPECTS AT THE MINE. The sixth annual general meeting of Kramat Pulai, Limited, was held on April 2 at Winchester House, Old Broad Street, E. C Mr. S. H. B. Blandy, (chairman of the c impany) presiding. The Chairman, in the course of his remarks, said:
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    • 184 3 An offic'al announcement is to hand from the board of the Broome (Selangor) Rubber directors stating that as the result of negotiations the orig'nal vendorshave agreed te refund £5,000 of the purchase consideration, half in cash and half in shares. The amount of cash recoverable from the
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 155 3 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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    • 164 3 You are Looking for S nsation Something with a l unch in it I WE HAVE IT. The real thir g to admire, s une as the world admires Jack Johnson. We are getting the .real fighting film of Jack Johnson v F. Moran. HOTEL NORMAN, PENANG, THE ENGLISH HOTEL.
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 126 3 To-night’s Specialities AT George Town Kinematograph, Kuala Kangsa Road Theatre Hall, Detective Sharp and the Stolen Miniatures 2 Reels 2 Parts The Film with a decided Punch, 4,000 feet of Compressed Sensation. The Biggest Bill Topper ever shown. Brimful of Exciting Incidents and Novel Situation. This Film is really a
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  • 2242 4 THROUGH PERAK FROM PENANG. [Special to the Pinang Gazette,'] Twenty-five years ago, on April 5, His Highness Sultan Idris was installed Sultan of Perak. If a traveller at that period wished to make a journey through Perak from Penang there were two routes by which
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  • 191 4 Offender Neatly Trapped. On Ma r ch 29, Innocente Cicala, editor of a Taranto newspape was sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment for having blackmailed Miss Dirothy Mac Vane, an American prima donna. Cicali was in need of funds for his socia-lis-ic candidature for Parliament, and with
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  • 152 4 £2,500 SUB 'IDY FOR ORCHESTRA. A week or two ago the Duma refused to grant a subsidy to M. And eeff towards the maintenance of his Balalaika orchestra—the best in Russia—which has met with such success in Englan 1 and other countries. The Left parties vo‘ed
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  • 174 4 Judging from a recent item of intelligence that retches us (Z. G. Express) from Tokio the alvent of the women of Japan into politics is yet a long way off It appears that in future no woman is to be allowed even to attend political meetings.
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  • 1669 4 TAMIL DETECTIVES CHARGED. CURIOUS STORY, In the District Court, Penang, this morning, before Mr. W. O. Michell, two Tamil detectives, Noordin and Veerapen, stood their trial on the following charg s That you, the said Noo din on or ab ut March, 24 h 1914, at Penang did
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  • 168 4 Artival of A. E. 1 and A. E. 2 in Singapore. The two submarines, A. E. 1 and A. E. 2 newly built at Home for the Australian navy arrived in Singapore about 7 am. on Tuesday, as briefly wired to us. They are now lying in
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  • 44 4 Ihe Band will play the following programme of music on the Esplanade from 6 to 7 this evening:— Selection The Emerald Isle Sullivan. Two Step Hello Kid Gouraud. Waltz Habanera Waldteufel. Polka The Shop Girl Bucalossi. March The Absent-Minded Beggar Hume.
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  • 278 4 The following are outputs for March. Asahan lbs. 5,274 Ampat 3,150 Anglo-Sumatra 41,495 Alor-Pongsu 8,350 Ayer Tawah 9,700 Ayer Kuning 15,621 Ayer Hitam 14,362 Bradwall 12,003 Brieh 9,240 Bakap 14,019 Bungsar 626 Benar 3,000 Bujong 5,919 Beverlac 14,874 Blackwater 9,258 Bukit Mertajam 18,217 Bukit Cloh 17,500 Bukit Selangor
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 157 4 TURNOUT FOR 8 YLE. Rubber-tyred dog-cart HORSE for sale. Owner l Colony. Pi ice $150.00. Apply No. 73, c/o Pinang Gazette Medium sized furnished HOUSE required for European June entry. State locality. Apply to No. 74, c/o Pinang Gazette NOTICE. WANTED by an European a small house (bungalow and furnished
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  • 367 5 Tenders for the sinking of a bore-hole for coal and oil in the State of PerlisTENDERS will be received at the office of the Adviser to the Government of Perlis, at Perlis, up to noon of the first day of July, 1914 for a contract to drill
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  • WHAT OTHER PAPERS SAY.
    • 228 5 -S. F. P. President Wilson is adopting an apparently clever, but a really difficult system when he says the United States is not fighting against the people of Mexico, but against the man who “calls himself president.” That seems a diplomatic statement to make, but we fear that
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    • 283 5 —S.T. Onr Dutch friends are taking rubber seriously and their properties, and their methodical investigations should prove a boon to the industry, A number of the estates in Java give visitors to the Congress an invitation to inspect their properties, and that should tempt many of our
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    • 445 5 -M.M. At the last meeting of the Selangor Chamber of Commerce a member raised the question of landlord and tenant from the landlord’s point of view and the Chairman in reply touched on tenant rights. Neither are sufficiently protected in the F. M. S where, unlike every
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    • 281 5 —T. of M. Since its inception the Anti-Malaria Board has done much useful work in fighting the disease through the elimination of the cause. But, as we have before contended, their investigations might be giveu a wider application. It is not enough to confine attention to one centre,
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  • 132 5 Boer War Goat and Ibex in Cairo Zoo. A famous participant in the Boer War is now an inmate of Cairo Zoo. It is the Angora goat, bel inging to the Ist Battalion of the Welsh Regiment, which took part in the actions of Vee River and Zand
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 269 5 f A Delicious Tonic Syrupy AWARDED a GOLD MEDAL. FRANCO-BRITISH EXHIBITION. LONDON. Bk TQAPE MARK. ACID GLYCERO PHOSPHATES Cures all forms of nervous muscular weakness, mental strain, and threatened paralysis; invaluable after illness, in building up tissue and restoring t health and vigour. SOLD BY ALL DEALERS INEXPENSIVE. BOTTLES OF
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  • 1342 6 Is the United States occupation of Vera Cruz—incidentally the capital of the State in which the British Pearson Syndicate is greatly interested—the first act in a longdrawn out drama, whose curtain will be the conquest and annexation of Mexico, after a century of revolutions and futile endeavour
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • 228 6 [To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette.”] Sir, —l am not a subscriber to your paper; the explanation is that I have to maintain a family on $lOO a month, and only those who have tried the experiment on that salary know to what shifts one is
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  • 40 6 ENGLAND’S POLO TEAM. London, April 23. The Daily Telegraph is informed that, ths English poio team for the tests at Meadowbrook, will be Captain Barrett, Major Mathew Lannowe, Captain Lockett, and Major Hunter, with Captain Tomkinson as reserve.—Reuter.
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  • 43 6 A FOOTBALL INVITATION. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, April 24. Singapore Cricket Club have accepted the invitation of the Batavia Exhibition Conmit'ee to send a football team there to play a team selected by the West Java Association, during the Exhibition.
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  • 41 6 The Penang Turf Clubs’ subscription griffins, twelve in number, Lave Australia on the 29th of this month and are expected to arrive here on May 23rd. We hear that there are some exceptionally good animals among the lot.
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  • 380 6 Arrivals. By Lama (April 24) from Singapore: Messrs J E Hargreaves, Tan Lian Cheng, C J H Geermanst, J C Burnard, Yong Chang Phin, Ng Show Chee, Vong Tan Sam and Yong Foon Sip, Dr Choo, Mrs Crabb Watt from Port Swettenham, Messrs J G Cheney, Purst, Lee Kong
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  • 173 6 Mr H C Bathhurst, an Officer of Class V, is appointed to act as Emigra'ion Avens Madras, Class IV. a QC Mr H T Martin, Cadet, District Offi CPr Jelebn, C ass V. Mr J W Goldthorp, an Officer of Class V, Second Magistrate, Kuala Lumnc? Class
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  • 247 6 A PROPOSED CHURCH. A committee of Kuala Lumpur Presbyter i an 4, convened by Mr. B. Purdv, has issued the following circular letter “There Las been for the past few years a series of services held monthly in the Masonic Hall, Kuala Lumpur, at which we have
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  • 178 6 KEBUN’S EXPERIENCE “UP-ALOFT.” A curious incident occurred the other day in the grounds of the General Hospital, Singapore. A Javanese kebun was engaged in lopping off some dead branches from a tall tree. He had climbed to a considerable height and was sitting comfortably in a fork
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  • 96 6 A Penang boy now a*; the King Henry VIII School, Chester, Master B. R. T. Mitchell, was very successful at the annual sports of the School on April Ist. We congratulate him upon winning quite a number of prizes in addition to the Headmaster’s Cup for the
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  • 100 6 The Chief Judge, Tuan Syed Hassan Barakabah, is expected to arrive in Kulim on Thursday, the 30 h instant, to open the assize 4, and the Adviser is also expected to be here on Saturday. May 2nd, for the hearing of the case of Mr. Rostadoes of of
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 100 6 BY APPOINTMENT MOTO It 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 to cars exhibited at the Manchester Motor Show: 430 DUNLOPS Divided aasongst ail other makes, £vrO British and
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    • 13 6 E. 0. HOTEL SPECIAL DINNER, Saturday, 2nd May. DANCING. E. 4 0. ORCHESTRA.
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  • 314 7 TO-DAYS CHANGES. The following are the changes (buyeis and sellers only) in our share list o page 9 to-day Yesterday. To-day Bha««s. .2 I CO tn 35 -r 3# »ntna. Deebook 37/6 40/- 34/- 37/6 Gopeng C. 28/9 31/9 29/- 32/Kamunting 5/- 7/- 4/6 6/9 K. Deebook
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  • 33 7 London, April 23*. The following are the ruling quotations for rubber Plantation Para, Ist Latex, Crepe 2/7$ Para to arrive 2/11$ Market steady. By courtesy of Messrs. Boustead «fc Co.]
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  • 72 7 To-day’s quotation for unrefined tin in Penang was $79.80 per picul, buyers, no sellers. Tin in London was quoted at £1 59 ss. spot and £l6l ss. three months. The following business in tin was done to-day Penang Tin Exchange $79.80 Straits Trading Co. 100 tons at $80.50
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  • 61 7 1,000 PEOPLE HOMELESS. [From Our Own Correspondent.} Bangkok, April 23. The most disastrous fire in the history of Bangkok occurred yesterday evening, damage estimated at 2,500,000 ticals being occasioned. The Chinese markets and many houses were destroyed. The King lent his mo.tor cars for the removal
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  • 56 7 JUMPS OVERBOARD WHILE MANACLED. [From Our Own Correspondent.} Singapore, April 24. The captain of the steamer Hampstead reports that a Chinese fireman who had been put in irons for misconduct managed to sever two thicknesses of wire rope, and with shackles and part of the rope still
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  • 74 7 AUCTIONS WEAKER. A FALL IN SHARES. THE LATEST DIVIDENDS. [P. G. Special Cable.] London, April 23. A further weakness was di-played at the resumed auctions. The sh<re market is receding. Kapar Para, Kapar Para Rubier E>t*te, Co, Ltd. will pay a dividend of 20 per cent, place
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  • 139 7 THE HALF YEARLY REPORT. [From Our Own Correspondent.} Singapore, April 24. The report of the Harbour Board of Singapore for the past half year shows a credit talance of iccome over expenditure of $941,904, of which $887,654 goes as Government intere.-t on cap til and loans The
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  • 67 7 BUS DRIVER SHOT. [From Our Own Correspondent..} Kua’a Lumpur, April 2L A daring gang robbery is repoited to have taken place on the Pahang border. On the Kuala Kubu-Tranum Road yesterday, it is reported that one of the Chinese passengers on a bus shot the driver, wounding him,
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  • 42 7 [From Our Own Correspondent.} Kuala Lumpur, April 24. About 1 o’clock this morning fire broke out in the new bungalow occupied by Mr. Zellemayer, and entirely destroyed the structure. The occupants were able to escape, with slight injuries,
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  • 101 7 -Reuter. STR J. D. REES’ INTERROGATIONS London, April 24. In the House of Commons Mr. F. D. Acland. Under Foreign Secretary, replying to Sir J. D. Ree 3 said he had no reason to believe that the Banque Industrielle de Chine was interested in the purchase
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  • 33 7 —Reuter. London, April 23. Mr. Asquith, in the House of Commons, announced that Mr. Lloyd George, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, would make his Budget statement on Thursday of next week.—
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  • 25 7 Reuter. London, April 24. Three sons of President Yuan Shi Kai have arrived in London from Cheltenham They visited the Chinese Legation.—
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  • 433 7 SUCCESSFUL FUNCTIONS.' SINGAPORE AND KUALA LUMPUR BALLS. [from Our Own Correspondents] Singapore, April 24. Singapore’s St. George’s Day ball proved very successful. The large gathering in the Victoria Hall included General Stephenson. Ball at Kuala Lumpur. Kuala Lumpur, April 24. St. George’s ball at Ku da Lumpur
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  • 170 7 —Reuter. JOINT BRITISH AND FRENCH STATEMENT. Paris, April 23. Sir Edward Grey and M. Doumergue Lave issued a statement regarding their conversation 3. It states that various questions interesting the two countries had been considered and agreement on all points established. Taking no'e of the results of
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  • 42 7 —D.O.L. UNSATISFACTORY NEWS. Vienna, April 23. The Emperor Francis Joseph passed a disturbed night. The catarrhal symptoms have not abated. The Bourse is depressed. —Reuter. Out of Danger. Berlin, April 23. Emperor Francis Joseph is now out of danger.—
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  • 410 7 —D.O.L. AMERICAN LOSSES AT VERA CRUZ. REMARKABLE CHANGE IN SITUATION. Washington, April 23. It is officially annou ced that twelve Americans were killed and fifty wounded at Vera Cruz. Mr. O’Shaughnessy has received his passports. An Altered Situation. Mr. Bryan has delivered to President Wilson, General t’s
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  • 98 7 Reuter. DISCUSSION NEXT WEEK. London, April 24. In the House of Commons Mr. Austin Chamberlain moved for an impartial enquiry into the movement of troops to Ulster and Mr. Asquith granted Tuesday and Wednesday of next wesk for a discussion. Mr. Asquith explained that the
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  • 87 7 .—Reuter. TREMENDOUS ENTHUSIASM. Pari 3 April 23. Their Majesties in the afternoon attended a special race meeting at Auteuil. Brilliant sunshine favoured them and wholehearted enthusiasm was shown along the entire route, a tremendous ovation being accorded the Royal couple on arrival at the
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  • 22 7 —D.O.L. Beilin, April 23. The King of Sweden has comp’etely recovered from the operation and has left hospital.-
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  • 1259 7 POLICE COURT ENQUIRY. A MOTHER’S EVIDENCE. The enquiry inio tl e alleged murder of Lim Kheng Ho, a Chinese lad aged 14, who was stabbed at Armenian Street on Apri 1 2 last, was commenced by Mr. R. B. Osborne in the Third Police Court, Penang, yesterday afternoon.
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  • 277 7 NOVEL UNDERTAKING IN LONDON. Nearing completion in the labo atory of the Northampton Institute, Clerkenwell, is an aeroplate, the construction of wh ch is en’irely due to tl e members of the LondonAero Club, a lecently formed body of young working men who hive been at'e- ding
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  • 173 7 Mr. Jam°s Sadler, Secretary of the Cheshire Milk Producers’ Association, addressing the Shrewsbury Farmers’ Union, said the milk pr. duce r s hud never in his experience had such a combination of circumstances to contend with as they had to-day. Labour charges were going up, farmers had to
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  • 64 7 For Shooitng a Lascar. Calcutta, April 17.—Mr. Duncan Henderson, Engineer of the ss Budrie," was yesterday sentenced by the Third Presidency Magis rate, Bombay, to pay a fine of Rl5O, or six yeeks’ imprisonment, for shoo ing at and- wounding in the foot a lascar on board
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  • 510 8 NEW BOOKS. The following books have been received at the Library The Fight with France for North Americ\ by A. G Bradley, 1908. Dictionary of National Biography (Second Suppbment Index and Epitome), Edited by Sidney Lee, 1913. Canute the Great, by Lawrence Marcellus Larson 995 (circ) 1035. 1912.
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  • 57 8 Postponed for a Year. Ca'cutta, April 17.—Lieut. R.H. Garstin and Lieut. D. Beatty, R.I M who had received appointment on the Shackleton Antarctic Expedition, have nceived cables from England, seating tl at the r appointments have been postp ned for a year, from which it is pre-umed
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  • 27 8 Calcutta, April 17.—Plague is raging badly in Bombay, not one part of the city being free. '1 here we e 223 deaths last week.
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  • 274 8 In the Penang Municipality for the week ended April 4 there were 60 deaths —46 males and 14 females, equal to a death-rate of 30 18 per mille per annum, compared with 32.69 in the preceding week and with 26.34 in the corresponding week of last year. The
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  • 189 8 FIXTURES. The following are the fixtures for the next tournament which commences on 4th April next: Date. Name. Ground. 25 h April PR C vs. 8t Xaviei’sC R C PCCvs. BRC PCC 2-id May PCC vs. Kulim PCC B R C vs. P R C B’worth 9:h
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 542 8 Fmanuresl a FOR i I Rubber, Coconuts, Coffee, &c. I I The Ceylon Manure Works. I A. BAUR, I I PENANG. COLOMBO. 1 H IHE LAKGEBT MANURE WORKS EAST OF SUEZ. WHERE TO STAY THE NEW SEA VIEW HOTEL 16, Farquhar Street, Penang 71THIN FIVE MIhiUTKS OF THE HARBOUR, RAILWAY,
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  • 2616 9 capital Paid up. y’?™ s Dividends. Nam*. 5 I S X «J 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 MIIM H 1913 9100.010 $OO.OOO 50,000 1 1 oa a y Bn s/ fUhlll i? ny D P O, m 7« 1903 300 000 300 000 30,000 10 to 30 284 9
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    • 918 9 BANKS. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. AUSTRALIA AND CHINA, First Class I incorporated by Royal Charter. B Paid-up Capital £1.200,360 H Reserve Fund £1,800,000 W A W J A A T W E Reserve Liability of Proprietors... £1,200, •I AvAN nN r, I 3», b o JL A T X M.
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  • 187 10 Rotorua, Brit-, 354, E Sampson, April 23, Tongkab, gen., E. S. Co. Reael, Dut., 825, Koppeschaar, April 23, Batavia, gen., K P.M Ban Watt Soon, Brit., 69, Fripp, April 24, Langkat, gen., E. S. Co. M. Austin, Brit., 105, M. Cawaray, April 24, K. Selangor, gen., E S. Co.
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  • 44 10 Perlis for Trang, Tongkah and Pang Nga. Jin Ho for Asahan. Pin Seng for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Pangkor for Dindings, Sitiawan and Bagan, Datoh. Padang for Pulau Langkawi, Perlis and Setul. Hebe for Teluk Anson. Flying Dragon for Port Weld and Taiping.
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  • 99 10 CLOSE AT GENERAL POST OFFICI To- Morrow For Per Close. Alor Star (Kedah) Ghee Thye 7 am. Alor Star (Kedah) Tong Chuan 7 a.m. Madras taking mails Tara 10.30 a.m. for Europe, etcs vi& k Regt up to 9 a.m. Bombay J Rangoon and Calcutta Edavana 1 pm. Pangkaian
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  • 124 10 Prnang, April 24, 1914. (Jy Courtesy of the Chartered Bank). London Demand Bank 2/4 1/32 4 months’ sight Bank ...2/4 3/16 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
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  • 253 10 Pkkang, April 24, 1914. S. P. Tapioca $4.25 sales. M. P. Tapioca $4.90 buyers Gold leaf $64.40 Pepper (W. Coast 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 sales. Cloves $46 sales. Nutmegs 110 $24
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  • 176 10 Friday, April 24. St. George’s Ball, Town Hall. han»', H«plana<t»' 6 p.m. High Water 11 61 a.m. and 11.59 p.m. Low Water 5.50 a.m. a» d 6.25 p.m. Straits Cinematograph, Penang Road George Town Cinematograph, Kuala Kangsar Road. Saturday, April 25. Band, Golf Club. 6 p.m High
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  • 70 10 May 5, 7 and 9.—Singapore Sporting Club, Spring Race Meeting. May 15. —Penang Turf Club, Race Meeting, entries close, 6 p.m. May 18. —Singapore Medical School, Entrance Examination. May 30.—Penang Turf Club, Race Meeting. June I,—Cricket, Selangor v. Perak, Ipoh. Penang Turf Club, Race Meeting. June 3.—Cricket, Selangor
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  • 130 10 Owing to inability to ob ain the Es plauade for more than one cay in the week the fixtures will be as fo'lows Second Roon n April 28.—01 d Faiquhars vs. Crescent Football Club. May 5.—01 d F;>rquha s or Crescent Foothill Club vs. Post Office Recreation
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 266 10 r ALLEN DENNYS CO., PENANG PROPRIETORS OF The Penang* Rubber Auction Rooms. Sales Held Every Tuesday UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE PENANG CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSOCIATION. ItllbbCl* Bought or Sold by i'Ublic AUCtiOll or Private 'Fender. Forward Sales Arranged. Rubber Transhipped and Insured to any Port at Minimum Rates.
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    • 190 10 I FIRST at OLYMPIA I I FIRST at MANCHESTER I H At the Commercial Motor Exhibition held in H 1913 at Olympia 34% of all Solid Tyres I H fitted to vehicles were CONTINENTALS. I At Ma.iwh.ester Exhibition. H 55°/o of all Solid Tyres fitted were H I Continental I
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  • 858 11 May/June Meeting, 1914. (UNDER S. R. A. RULES OF RACING.) RACE DAYS: FIRST DAY Saturday, 30th May, 1914. SECOND DAY Monday, Ist June, 1914. FIRST DAY. Saturday, 30th May, 1914. 1 THE MIXED HANDICAP. X alue $5OO. A Handicap for Horses that have never won a Race
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  • 325 11 A £200,000 GIFT. Londoners are in possession of a new underground service wh ch offers untold opportunities in convenience and speed. The Metropolitan C rmbine’' now runs the trains upon the new sub-fluminal loop at Charing Cross which links three levels and supplies an
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  • 305 11 Lurie Bauct At the Canteibury Music Hall on Tuesday in mail week, Bombardier Wells defeated Lurie, the French heavy-weight champion, iti the seventh round of a twenty rounds contest. Lurie rushed in under Wells’ guard but failed to land, and the Bombardier drove him off with both hands
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  • 179 11 At the invitation of the Ne‘herl<ndGovernment the third International Opium Cunieience will be held at The Hague in the second half of the moath of May this year. Great Britain will be represented by Sir William Collins and Mr. Max Muller. A decision will then be
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    • 533 11 N Y K Japan Mail Steamship Co. L EUROPEAN LINE. A Fortnightly service is maintained be Yokohama via ports to Marseille! London and Antwerp, unde mail contrac with the Imperial Japanese Governman| The New Twin-screw Steamers maintainin this service have been specially designed am constructed, and are fitted with all
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