Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 25 April 1914

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 93 VOL. LXXII. SATURDAY. 25th APRIL, 1914 PRICE 10 CENTS.
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    GIRL’S TWO ESCAPES FROM SIBERIA.
    1244 2 ELEVEN LOST YEARS. So many refugees from Russian prisons have gone to America in the last few years, that most of the stories of thrilling escapes from Siberia and from the gaols in the Kingdom proper have lost rourh of their novelty, but the narrative
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    "RULED BY SEVENTY LIEUTENANTS."
    443 2 GER VIAN VIEW OF BRITAIN. To almost the whole German press the news of the weakness shown by the Government in dealing wi h the insubordination of the officers at the Curragh Hppea s the beginning of the end for the Liberal regime, wires the Manchester
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    CHORUS GIRL'S SUDDEN FAME.
    164 2 A young chorus girl, Miss Gertrude Laarhoven, in The Joy Ride Lady,” at the New Theatre, London, has had a sudden and almost dramatic promotion to a principal part in the caste. Owing to the unexpected absence on one of the leading ladies, Miss Laarhoven was
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      1005 2 SITUATION WANTED. NOTICES. WANTED. NOTICE. ANTED position by experienced LAND SALE, LARUT LAND OFFICE. Miner nTHREE BUILDING lots known as lots Apply No. 79, c/o Pinang Gazette. J 1274> 127 g an(i 12 76 of ap-475-29-4 proximately 2| acres each, fronting on __i— Swettenham Road, in the Township of Taiping,
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      54 2 Ceilings Panels. Beautiful and adaptable to any style of Architecture and to any method of interior finish, are the CRANE wonderful Art Metal Ceilings, cool, clean, white ant and vermin proof for Bungalows, Hotels and Public Buildings. For illustrated catalogue and praticulars write to The Borneo Company Limited, Singapore. Hilton
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      401 2 THE AMERICAN BISON is fast becoming extinct, but this fact need not trouble the housewife. Her interest is centred on the fact that, thanks to Sunlight Soap, the terrors of wash-day have become quite extinct. With Sunlight Soap as a helper the wash is quickly over. Labour is reduced by
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    WHAT OTHER PAPERS SAY.
    502 3 S T. ENTENTE CORDIALE. Nothing could have been more appropriate than that the Kinz an t Queen of England should pay a ceremonial visit to Pads on the tenth anniversary of the conclusion of the Entente Cordiale. That great settlement of international differences came at a
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    "GUP."
    215 3 .—M.M. Most people who have travelled by the P. and O. mail must have heard criticims of that Company’s large vessels of the M class. The proverbial little knowledge inspired doubt as to their seaworthiness owing to the existence of an extra deck which, it was declared, rendered them
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    THE P.W.D.
    262 3 Some Changes. The following changes are announced on the staff of the F.M.S. Public Works Department Mr H F Weters, Executive Engineer, Kuala Kangsar, goes on long leave and is succeeded by Mr G H Richards from Raub. Mr G Walker, Executive Engineer, Krian.will be succeeded by Mr
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    SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD.
    751 3 REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE HALF-YEAR. Tt.e Singapore Harbour Board which took over 'h 1 Singapore property and undertakings < f the i’aojong Pagar Dock Board as from July 1, 1913, has issued its half-yearly report and acc -unts. The following de ails amplifying our wire, will
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    KUALA KANGSAR RUBBER AND COCONUTS.
    802 3 DIRECTORS’ REPORT. The following is the sixteenth report of th’» directors to the shareholders of the above Company to be pre ented at the annual meeting on Andi 27 at Padang Rengas. The net profit for the period, after making due provision for depreciation, amounts
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      55 3 International Rubber Congress Exhibition, BATAVIA. 1914. Congress: 7 —12 Sept., 1914. Exhibition: Bth September to 10th October, 1914. Lectures by Renowned Scientists and Experts. Interesting excursions in Java arranged. Reduced steamship, railway and tramway fares fur Holders of Congress tickets. For particulars apply to W. E. van Rijnberk, Hon. Secretary,
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      76 3 The survival of the fittest is exemplified in advertising. Only those goods which continue to give satisfaction can afford to |>e adver[iwd. because £rst results do not pay the advertiser. Directly he fails to give satisfaction to those who reply, the advert! sing ceases to pay. The goods must justify
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      184 3 r* lb» J OVER ’V’OUR beard is not always the same. That fact gives tremendous importance to the positive adjustment feature—peculiar to the Gillette Safety Razor. No razor without positive adjustment can give uniform service—and no safety razor has a positive adjustment except the Gillette. Any man can use a
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      288 3 The Straits Cinema, PENANG ROAD. ABSOLUTELY THE BEST SHOW IN TOWN. TO-NIGHT TO-NIGHT I Special arrangement with Messrs. Cinema Pathe in 2 Great Exclusive Features 2 Fantomas 4th Series ENTITLED “The Tragedy at the Masked Ball” Gaumont 5,000 feet. 4 Keels 4 Parts The Gr. atcst Detective Drama. This series
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    ST. GEORGE’S BALL.
    2162 4 SUCCESSFUL FUNCTION AT THE j TOWN HALL. 1 The Englishmen of Penang and Province j Wellesley gave their annual ball in the 1 1 Town Hall last night, and the func- s tion aga n proved successful and enjoy- c able. The company was large, and 1
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    FOOTBALL MATCH.
    155 4 ENGLAND BEAT THE REST. The football match, England v. The Rest, was played on the Esplanade, Penang, yesterday afternoon in a slight drizzle. In spite of the weather a large crowd of spectatoi s lined the ropes when the team’, in charge of Mr. J. S. Cunningham, took
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    Count Gleichen.
    176 4 General Count Gleichen, the commander of the troops at Belfast, is a descendant of the Duchess of Kent by her first marriage, and therefore related to King G j orge The Count’s father, Prince Victor of Hohenlohe Langenburg, dropped his princely rank in order that he might not
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    SERIOUS RIOT AT TRONOH.
    227 4 .—T. of M. KHEHS AND CANTONESE FIGHT IN THE STREET. Other means having failed, the police were compelled to fire in order to quell a tumult caused at Tronoh by a faction fight between Khehs and Cantonese, as a result of which five wounded Cantonese have
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    THE COMING BUDGET.
    211 4 Mr. Asquith has hinted pretty strongly that a revision of the income tax may be expected. The question of the relations between local authorities and the Imperial Exchequer, too, which has been awaiting the convenience of the Chancellor of the Exchequer for some time, will be opened
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    TAMIL GIRL’S DEATH.
    172 4 A DELAYED INQUEST. The esse was mentioned in the Police Court, this miming, before Mr. Osborne, of Lim Kong Seng, a Chinese miner of Ipoh. who was charged with causing the death of a nine year old Tamil girl by doing a rash or negligent act, not
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    BRITAIN’S STANDING ARMY.
    115 4 The British standing Army is a much more modern institution than most people imagine. It dates from 1645, when the famous new model was estiblished by Act of the Long Parliament and maintained in existence until the Restoration. This Army, which was organised by Cromwell, consisted of
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    TO-NIGHT’S BAND PROGRAMME.
    51 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 The Silver Slipper Myddleton Intermezzo Dan Cupid Bartley. Selection The Mikado Sullivan. Waltz Sour ire D' Avril Depret. Two Step Temptation Rag Lodge. March A Frangesa
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    THE SOAP TEST.
    874 4 WHICH IS THE CLEANEST NATION CHRISTIANITY AND THE BATH. Are two pounds of soap sufficient to keep a man clean for a year A recent return shows that this is the amount per unit consumed in Russia. The list of soap-using countries is headed by the United
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      57 4 All mothers desire to see their children grow up strong and hearty. To effect this the protection from chills, stomach ailments, etc., must be sure, such as is afforded by Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure, a medicine known throughout the Southern Hemisphere as the children’s life saver. Never be without it
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      318 4 Medium sized furnished HOUSE required for European. June entry. State locality. Apply to No. 74, c/o Pinang Gazette. 27-4 WANTED. USED POSTAGE STAMPS, bsst prica given for high values, Straits Settlements and Malay State?. Have Ceylon surcharges for sale. Address: Stamps,” c/o John Roberts, Hotel Norman, Penang. 488—28-4 NOTICE. WANTED
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    £60,000 FOR WHISTLER. COLLECTION.
    384 5 STORY OF THE ROSA.” From America comes the news that Mr. Richard Cabfield, of New York, has sold his fine collection of thirty-four works by Whistler to Messrs. Knoedler and Co, of New York—% collection surpiss d only by that of Mr Ch tries L. Freer,
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    "DO'SET"
    461 5 The tenth annual dinner of the Society of Men of Dorset in London takes place at the Holborn Restaurant on May 4, under the presidency of Sir Stephen Collins, M.P., and the hon. secretary, Mr. William Watkins, has issued the following cheerful circular letter to the members inviting them
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    SINS OF REVIEWERS.
    766 5 THE SNIPING OF CRITICS. When anything goes wrong with art or letters, reviewers have to look out. It is sure to b, laid to their door. They may seem to escape unnoticed at first, but soon somebody thinks of them, as tl e nurse did. Go and
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    Where to Stay.
    32 5 Penang :—The E. A O. Hotel, The Crag, Runnymede Hotel, Hotel Norman, Carlton Hotel and The New Sea View Hotel. Singapore :—Raffles Hotel. Rangoon Strand Hotel. Ceylon :—Nuwara Eliya.
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    THE WEEK'S EVENTS.
    168 5 Saturday, April 25. Rand, Golf Club, 6 p.m. High Water 0.16 a.m. Low Water 6.14 a.m. and 6.51 p.m. Straits Cinematograph, Penang Road: George Town Cinematograph, Kuala Kangsar Road. Sunday, April 26. Planters’ Association of Malaya, Annual Meeting, K. Lumpur. 2nd Sunday after Easter. High Water 0.26
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    COMING EVENTS.
    92 5 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. May 30.—Penang Turf Club, Race Meeting.. June I.—Cricket, Selangor v. Perak, Ipoh. Penang Turf Club, Race Meeting. June 3.—Cricket, Selangor v.
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    CUP TIE FIXTURES.
    122 5 Owing to inability to obtain the Esplanade for more than one day in the week the fixtures will be as follows Second Round. April 28.—01 d Farquhars vs. Crescent Football Club. May 5.—01 d Farquhars or Crescent Football Club vs. Post Office Recreation Club. Semi-Final. May 12.—Government
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    PENANG CRICKET TOURNAMENT.
    194 5 FIXTURES. The following are the fixtures for the next tournament which commences on 4th April next:— Date. Name. Ground. 25th April PR C vs. St Xavier’sC R C PCCvs. BRC PCO 2nd May P C C vs. Kulim P C C B R C vs. P R
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    THE RACE CHANGES.
    672 6 Although the experiment.” as the Hon. A. R. Adam? termed it, has yet to be put to a practical test, we think the Penang Turf Club is to be congratulated on its decision to hold three’race meetings of two days each in a year instead of the
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    VILLA AND CO.
    416 6 Villa and Villainy have became synonymous. Frankness, too, is one of this remarkable Mexican’s pronounced characteristics, and the latest reference to Huerta as a “drunken ass,” which will probably cause that individual some surprise—if a General of Mexico can be said to be surprised at anything—reveals the
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      "THE DOMICILED."
      395 6 [To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette."} Sir, —There is another aide—and that a weightier one——to the problem of the domiciled. Ou the face of it, the term Domiciled as you employ it, take? away any justice the cause may have, because, instead of applying it to those
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      MEXICAN LOSSES.
      67 6 .—Reuter REPORTED ARREST OF CARRANZA Washington, April 25. Vice-Admiral Fletcher e timates that the Mexican losses at Vera Cruz were 126 killed and 195 wounded. A despatch from Albuquerque says that the railway officials have received a report that General Villa has arrested Carranza and put Lim in
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    THE ARMY CRISIS.
    291 6 LEADING POI ITICIANS VIEWS. London, April 25. Mr. Ramsay Macdonald at Newcastle said the people in future would not be browbeaten by troops which would only have batons to main'ain order. If army officers imagined they were going to make messes of Tory Clubs their power must
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    NEWS FROM TAIPING.
    328 6 [From an Occasional Correspondent Mr. A. G. Read, sub-accountant of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, Taiping, has been transferred to Ipoh, end Mr, D. W. Henderson, of the Beremban branch, succeeds him. Mr. W.P. Murray, manager of the Tekka Tin Mines, Ltd;, here, of
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  • SPORTING NEWS.
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      TUG OF WAR.
      59 6 [From Our Own Correspondent.} Singapore, April-25. The final in thp tug of war competition for the Warren shield was pulled on the Singapore Cricket Club’s ground, in the presence of a large crowd, including General Stephenson and many officers. The Royal Artillery team beat the K. O-
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      BOXING AT SINGAPORE.
      56 6 Singapore, April 25. Some interesting boxing bet ween seamen of the cruiser Sydney and men cf the K. O. Y. L. I. took place last night. The seamen won the more important bouts, although the K. O. Y. L. I. representative? were the winners of th? evening’s
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      SINGAPORE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION.
      48 6 Singapore, April 25. The annual meeting of the Singapore Football Association was held last night, The treasurer reporte 1 a small credit balance. Six team? have entered, including the K.O.Y. L. 1., Royal Artillery and Singapore Cricket Club. His Excellency the Governor was re-elected president.
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      PENANG SWIMMING CLUB.
      116 6 There will be a game of water polo to-morrow at 11 a.m. Flaring members are asked to make an effort to arrive in good time. Blue.— F E Ivery, god S A Yell, right back; T T Waddingion, ieftbsck; H V Edwards, half back; H R Adams,
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    THE CINEMAS.
    110 6 Mr. Jackson has a wonderfully good programme at the Georgetown Cinema this evening. Detective Sharp and Stolen Miniatures,” which is the principal item, deals in an exciting manner with the adventures of an intrepid detective, while “Love and Friendship” is a melodrama of exceptional Luman interest. Many, too,
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    LOCAL SHARE MARKET.
    574 7 TO-DAYS CHANGES. The following are the changes (buye>? •nd sellers only) in our share list o page 3 to-day Yesterday. To-dai J, —j, y 1 M Deebook 34/- 37/6 32/- 35/Gopeng C. 29/- 32/- 27/- 30/6 Kamunting 4/6 6/9 3/- 6/3 K. Deebook 11/- 12/6 10/- 11/Kinta
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    TIN QUOTATIONS.
    69 7 To-day’s quo’ation for unrefined tin in Penang wag $78.00 per picul, buyers, no sellers. Tin in London is quoted at £155 Os. spot and £157 2 s 6d. three months. The following business in tin was done to-day Penar g Tin Exchange $78.00 Straits Trading Co. nil. Eastern
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    LONDON RUBBER WIRE.
    98 7 DIVIDEND RECOMMENDATIONS. VICTORIA MALAYA A FLAT SHARE MARKET. [P. G. Special Cable.] L r nion, April 24 Sungei Buloh Rubber Co., Ltd., will jay a dividend of 25 per cent., an! carry forward £B,OOO. North Hummock ('elangor) Rubber Co Ltd., will pay an interim divi lend of
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    KANABOI TIN.
    50 7 [/Vo»i Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, Aj.ril 25. At the annua! meeting of the Kanaboi Tin Company a profv. of $2,299 was reported. Cash balances amoun'ed to $27,437. It wa’ stated that the lands continue to give poor results. The report was adopted. Mr. Plumpton was re-e’ected a director.
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    PRODUCE PRICES.
    23 7 [Prom Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, April 25. The following are the produce quotations realised here to-day Sarawak Sago flour $3 40
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    RUBBER PRICES.
    15 7 [Prom Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, April 25. Average sheet rubber realised $129 yesterday.
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    GOVERNMENT GAZETTE NOTIFICATIONS.
    49 7 PENANG APPOINTMENTS. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Sii gapore, Aprl 25. Mr. S. E. A. Linton is gazetted deputy Colonial Engineer at Penang. The Hon. A. T. Bryant is gazetted Resident Councillor. The Hon. A. R Adams, Messrs. Ambrose, Armstrong, and Ross are appointed the Bar Committee.
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    THE TRIPLE ENTENTE.
    185 7 —D.O.L. CONTINENTAL PRESS OPINION. Berlin, April 23. The Novae Vremya says that Russia’s proposal to convert the Entente into an Alliance was coolly received in London. The Russian Foreign Office is much astonished, because M. Delcasse held out the prospect of a sympathetic rtcepticn. It iis stated
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    EMPEROR FRANCIS JOSEPH.
    24 7 .—Reuter. CONDITION SATISFACTORY. Vienna, April 24. Continue us coughing disturbed the Emperor’s sleep. His Majesty’s general condi- tion is declared satisfactory.
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    NEWS FROM BERLIN.
    31 7 —D.O.L. Berlin, April 24. The Montenegiins did not crossover the frontier of the territory allotted to them, and there is therefore no reason for counter measures being taken.-
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    WAR IN MEXICO.
    253 7 -D.O.L. AMERICAN TROOPS FOR THE BORDER. REBEL LEADERS’ OPINIONS OF HUERTA. Galvesti n, April 24. A briaa le < f infantry and soma artillery have been ordered to Vera Cruz. Washington, April 24. Three regiments of infantry a id artillery have been ordered for service on the
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    THE ULSTER CRISIS.
    74 7 Reuter. MR. CHAMBERLAIN’S NOTICE OF MOTION. London, April 24. In the House of Commons Mr. Austen Chamberlain gave notice of motion of a resolution that in view of the seriousness of the Government’s contempla'ed naval and military movements to Ulster the incompleteness and inaccuiacy of Ministers’ statements
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    FAREWELL TO PARIS.
    103 7 Reuter. KING AND QUEEN’S ROUSING SEND-OFF. Paris, April 24. Their Majesties the King and Queen, on their departure, leceived a great ovation from enormous crowds. President and Mme. Poincare and other distinguished people said fai ewell to their Majesties the President expressing the utmost pleasure and gratification
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    SOLIDIFYING LABOUR.
    36 7 3 —Reuter. CONFERENCE IN LONDON. London, April 24. A conference of delegates of railwaymen, miners and tran>p?rt workers met in London and appointed a committee to draft a working agreement between the three bodies
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    MR. E V. CAREY.
    36 7 Our Own Correspondent.] Kuala Lumpur, April 25. A cable received from Carey Island reports the death of Mr. E. V. Carey, a wellknown old planter. The death took p ace in England.
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    ALLEGED EXTORTION.
    564 7 THE CHARGE AGAINST TAMIL DETECTIVES. In the District Court, Penang, before Mr. W. C. Miche 1, the hea i »g was continued yesterday afternoon of the case in which two Tamil d tcciives, Noordin and A eerapen, were charged with extorting the sum of $4O from Sini Mohamed,
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    THE GOPENG AFFAIR.
    77 7 BODY OF ALLEGED VICTIM DISCOVERED. [7rom Our Own Correspondent.] Ipoh, April 25. It is stated that the Gopeng police have found the body of the Chinaman alleged io have been shot by a European miner a few weeks ago. A European is stated to have reported that
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    THE DIVORCE COURT.
    87 7 LADY GIROUARD’S PETITION. London, April 24. In the Divorce Court, Lady Girouard’s pati ion for restitution of conjugal rights was granted —Reuter. When charged before Mr. Osborne this morning with being in fraudulent possession of two zinc baths, a Chinaman p'erded he was unable to work as
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    48 7 OBITUARY. Lotdon, April 24. Vice-Admiral Stokes, who has just been appointed to command in Ireland, is dead. —Reuter. [Vice-Admiral Robert Harrv Simpson Stokes, born in 1855 entered Navy 1869 Captain 1899 Rear-Admiral 1908 ViceAdmiral 1913 Commodore, Hongkong 1907-1908; served Egypt, 1882 Nicaragua, 1895 held the Legion of Honour.]
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    ANNIVERSARY OF THE FALL OF NAPOLEON.
    762 8 THE SURRENDER OF PARIS. HOW THE NEWS WAS RECEIVED IN LONDON. March 30 wai the hundredth anniversary of the tu render of Paris to the fore is of the Allies, the Emperor of Russia and the King of Prussia entering the capital early next
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    SHARES.
    2324 9 <D I •S t> u Numutr o' Issue 2 c C»P't»l Paid up. qharPß. Value. 2 i Dlvtdwds, Name. k o® I a ar I 1910 1911 1919 1918 1914 M 1 N I >9 4919 1100, (X*) j. 60.000 60,000 1 I Ayer Weng <ftahnoan> DAP- 00, 200
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    "MERRIE ENGLAND."
    765 9 Siint George for Merrie England Once a year our calendars reminds m that it is again Stint George’s Day and those Englishmen that think about the matter at all experience a guilty sense of something lacking in the methods of celebrating their They hesitate to p’uck a rose
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    Business Belfast.
    68 9 Belfast is a city of superlatives. Everyone knows that Messrs Harland and Wolff’s shipyard, the Queen’s Isbnd (locally known as “The Isbnd is the biggest shipyard in the world, but not everyone knows that Bdfast has abo the biggest tobacco factory (Gabaghei’s), the biggest ropeworks (the Belfast Ropework
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    RUSSIA’S DRINK REVENUE.
    47 9 Reutei’s St. Petersburg correspondent reports that the gross receipts from the Russian Government spirit monopoly during the earn ut year are estimated ab 936,000,000 rouble* and the expsnditure at 240,000,000 roubles. The net receipts will therefore amount in English currency to something like £70,000,000,
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    GERMAN SHIPPING.
    929 10 COMPANIES’ LATEST DEVELOP. MENT. Like the banks, tie Germ in slipping companiei are now bringing out their annual reports for the buiineis year 1913. From the point of view of the shareholder they ate highly satisfactory, as they show an additional strengthening of position, considerable additions to ths
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    TOLD BY THE PARISH PRIEST.
    529 10 A STORY OF CUBA. At Canasi, in the is’and of Cuba, there lives tl e Reverend Father Villanueva, a pr est who, like so many others of his cloth, is a father indeed as well as in name to the members of his flock. The
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    124 10 Valentijn, Dut., 248, Waldermaier, April 24, Sabang, gon., K. P.M. Co. Greifswtld, Ger, 3137, Meyer, April 24, Sourabaya, gon., Behn Meyer Co. Helios, Nor., 860, Knudsen, April 24, Bomba?, gen., H. Bros. Halaban, Dut., 339, Sonnemann, April 24, ge i, A. S. P. Co. Tara, Brit, 3651, Hamlyn, April
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    CLEARANCES.
    90 10 Tara for Madras taking mails for Europe, etc., via Bombay. Ixion for Singapore, China and Japan. Edavana for Rangoon and Calcutta. Newburn for Rangoon. Indragiri for Deli and Langsa. Kedah for Pangkalan Brandan. Ban Whatt Soon for Langkat. Alma for Deli. Hok Canton for Teluk Anson. Rotorua for Tongkah
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    MAILS.
    46 10 CLOSE AT GENERAL POST OrriCt Monday. For Per Close. Langsa, Edi, T. Semawe, Segli, Olehleh > Valentijn 11 a.m. and Sabang Victoria Point, Mergui and Tavoy Zira 3 p.m. Tuesday. Tongkah Malacca 1 p.m. Calcutta Arratoon Apcar 4 p.m. Port Swettenham and Singapore Klang 4-30 p.rr.
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    EXCHANGE.
    125 10 Penang, April 25, 1914. (By (Jjurtesy 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 j 3 days’ sight Private 175| Bombay Demand Bank 174| 3 days’sight Private 175} Madras Demand
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    PRODUCE.
    257 10 Penang, April 25, 1914. S. P. Tapioca J 4 1/2 seller.-’. M. P. Tapioca $5.20 sellers 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 J 46 sales.
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    CHURCH SERVICES.
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