Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 14 May 1914

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    21 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE rvttLiSHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 109 VOL. LXXII. THURSDAY. 14th MAY, 1914. PRICE 10 CENTS. I
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      952 1 a nnnr 'r;onn L t OU $3O d r D p \TOU can have the Pinang D B J Gazette posted every day for a whole year co your address. (LOCAL SUBSCRIPTION, $27). r; C Proportionate Quarterly and C Half- ye aily rates. n g Subscriptions are payable> in n
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      15 1 BUCHANANS (Scotch Whisky). Royal Household (As supplied to Royalty). SOLE AGENTS: ALLEN DENNYS Co., Penang-
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    THE SULTAN OF PAHANG.
    736 2 TWENTY YEARS IN RETIREMENT. The death of the Sultan Ahmad Muathan Shah of Pahang removes a notable and notorious figure from the stage of British Malaya, says the Free Press.” For nearly a quarter of a century this aged Malay chief has lingered superfluous on the
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    Foreign Marriages Act.
    69 2 Proposed Amendments. Allahabad, April 30.—Amongst the measures likely to be brought forward before long in the Imperial Legislative Council is one to amend the Foreign Marriages Act, 1903, on the lines of measures recently passed at Home. 0.. e of the amendments will probably be to reduce
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    Where to Stay.
    32 2 Penang :—The E. k O. Hotel, The Crag, Runny mede Hotel, Hotel Norman, Carlton Hotel and The New Sea View Hotel. Singapore:—Raffles Hotel. Rangoon -Strand Hotel. Ceylon :—Nuwara Eliya.
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      772 2 wanted. PENANG TURF CLUB. An EXPERIENCED MANAGING FAWNERS are reminded that entries for CLERK for a Lawyer’s Office. Only the May Jane ISI4 Race Meeting those having held such post shouli apply. afc 5 p m on 15fcb inB( Apply to No. 132, c/o Pinang Gazette. R p REIDj Secretary.
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      489 2 I “BUFFALO" BRAND CEMENT I Produced in Padang, Sumatra. I Accepted by P.W.D. in F.M.S. and local I I contractors for high class work I Fresh stocks always on hand. I Sellar, Murray Co., PCH(inq WANTED A WAN OF $10.060. WHERE TO STAY Good mortgage. Interest as low as possible.
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    AYER HITAM.
    5889 3 REPAY MENS' OF GOVERNMENT LOAN. yVe nre tuppiied with the following report of the Ayer Hitam Plan tang Syndicate Ltd. The seventh annual ordinary general meeting of sharehokierß was iteld in Messrs. Wbittall <k Co.’s ctffoe, Klangs on Saturday, M»V 9th. Mr. F. O. Sander presided* and there
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  • SPORTING NEWS.
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      NEWMARKET STAKES.
      75 4 THE RESULT. London, May 13. The race for the Newmarket Stakes resulted as follows CORCYRA (O’Nell) 1 BRAKESPEAR (H. Jones) 2 HABSBURG (Rickaby) 3 There were only five runners, the others being White Prophet (C'ark) and Son-in-Law (Bullock). Won by a short head. Three lengths between second and
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      THE DERBY.
      68 4 “TETRARCH” SCRATCHED. London, May 13. For the Derby The Tetrarch was scratched at 10-48 this morning. Later. Persse, the trainer, telegraphed to Captain McCalmont, the owner, advising the scratching of “The Tetrarch” in the Derby. His kg filled after galloping yesterday. LATEST BETTING. The latest betting in the
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      HOME CRICKET.
      20 4 —Router. At Oxford, Middlesex beat Oxford University by 234 runs. At Brighton, Sussex beat Essex by nine wickets-
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      PENANG GOLF CLUB.
      284 4 TENNIS TOURNAMENT. The following tennis ties were played last night Men’s Open Singles.—Whitlock beat Neubronter by 6—l, 6 4. Ladies’ Singles Handicap—Mrs Anderson w.o. from Mrs Ebden Mrs Crichton beat Mrs Low by 10—8, 6—l. Men’s Doubles Handicap, Class B.— Hogan and Adams wo. from Pike and
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      LADIES' MONTHLY MEDAL FOR MAY.
      94 4 The result of the play in this competition was: Mrs. Armstrong 46 40=86—24=62 Mrs Dennys 45 45=90—24 =66 Mrs Edwards 38 +4l =79—11=68 Miss Warham 48 46=94 24=70 Miss Mahler 45 40=85—13 =72 Mrs Kirk 31 39=70+ 3= 73 Miss L Heim 49 +4B 97—24
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    THE ARNOLD CASE.
    544 4 THE VIEWS OF MR. ARNOLD’S COUNSEL. I i In a letter to the Editor of the Manchester Guardian,” Mr. David Alec Wilson, who was one of the counsel for Mr. Channing Arnold in bis recent app al to the Privy Council, comments on the results of that
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    Bombay Theatrical Test Case.
    355 4 Suit for Return Passage Bombay, May 2.—A case of co siderable importance to members of tbe European thea'rical profession in India, has been disposed of by Mr. N. M. Kemp, Chief Judge of the Bombay Court of Small Caus°B. The print a* issue in the suit
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    Death of Capt. D. O’Leary, I.M.S.
    27 4 Calcutta. May 6.—Captain Daniel O’Leary, 1.M.5., retired, died at Bangalore on Monday night of general debility at the age of 72.
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    MAIL ITEMS.
    697 4 FORTY INDIAN MURDERS. STRANGE ATTACKS ON CARTERS. Calcutta, May B.—-A mm named Na rajein Raghe, a resi font of Aurangabad, has been arrested in connection with the alleged murder of native carters, wh i is said, he used to poism by mixing datura seeds with pounded rice, dhall,
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    ST. GEORGE'S VESTRY.
    80 4 The name of Mr. E. H. Syer should have been mentioned in connection with the report of St. George’s Vestry meeting yesterday, he acting as voluntary organist curing Mr. Ward’s absence, Mr. Pringle being choirmaster and occasionally presiding at the organ. The Register records 19 burials (not
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      580 4 DYSPEPSIA AND HOT WEATHER. I look upon it that he who does not mind his stomach will hardly mind anything else,” wrote Dr. Johnson with characteristic brusqueness. Unfortunately, in the East, the stomach forces itself upon the notice of the mind, especially in the hot season, when it is even
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      205 4 WILLISON’S MAMMOTH TENTED ENTERPRISE! BRITISH-AMERICAN I CIRCUS AND MENAGERIE Coming in all its Splendour. Opening: for a Short Season at DATO KRAMAT GARDENS, MONDAY. MAY 18th. Bright, New and Sparkling. A Carefully Selected Aggregation of Unusual Merit. Teeming with Startling Seusa ional Features. Merr. Mimics. Comical Clowns. 20 LADIES AND
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      365 4 Grand Change of Programme To-night, Thursday, 13th May, AT George Town Kinematograph, Kuala Kangsar Road Theatre Hall. More Fun, More Laughs FOR 2 MODE NIGHTS ONLY NOW ON The 24 Hours Hynoptic Sleep A man will be put to sleep daring Tonight’s performance, and will ba carriel immediately after the
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    SEAFIELD RUBBER.
    1706 5 ALL-IN COSTS CONSIDERABLY REDUCED. The seventh annual ordinary general meeting of the Seafield Rubber Company, Limited, was held on April 14, in the council room of the Rubber Growers’ Association (Incorporated), 38, Eastcheap, E C, Mr H K Rutherford (chairman of the company) presiding. The Chairman said As
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    WEEKLY RUBBER REPORT.
    169 5 Messrs. Guthrie Jt Co., Ltd., in their report of Tuesday state The tone of the auction held this morning was distinctly dull. Prices geneialiy were lower and a considerable quility was bought in. There was only one lot of fine pale crepe disposjd of, this fetching the
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    NYALAS RUBBER ESTATES.
    541 5 DIRECTORATE UNDER CONSIDERATION. An extraordinary general meeting of the Nya'as Rubber Estate, Limited, was held at the offices of Evatt «k Co., French Bank Buildings, Singapore* Mr. Koh San Hin was voted to the chair, and there wore also present Meisrs* F. C. Peck, F. H Robinsen,
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    RUBBER ITEMS.
    154 5 We take the following from the Times of Ceylon to hand by this morning’s mail The Linggi Plantations Company, Ltd., carries forward £17,480. The all-in cost was Is 4|d. The estimated crop is 1,385,000 lbs. The Bandjarssrie (Java) Rubber Company, Ltd., carries forward £1,407. The all-in cost was
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    THE MOTOR ’BUS.
    1261 6 Our Kua’a Lumpur correspondent intimated yesterday that there is a likelihood of the F. M. S. Government increasing the tax which owners of motor busses have to pay for the privilege of carrying passengers at a reasonable rate over the roads of the States. Should rumour prove
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    NEW STEAMERS.
    306 6 THE P. O. K TYPE. With the departure from Tilbury on the 22nd ult., of the Khyber the second of the six 9,000 ton twin-screw steamers designed to reinforce the P. O. Company s intermediate services to Calcutta and the Far East enteis upon her maiden voyage, her
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    ALL SAINTS, TAIPING.
    508 6 EASTER VESTRY. On Monday evening, the annual Eas’er Veitry Meeting of All Saints Church, Taiping, was held in the Parsonage, the Rev. A. B. Champion, Chaplain, Perak North, presided. Among those pre=ent were Mr. L. J. B. Madden (People’s Warden), Mrs. and Miss Moreira, Mrs. James, MissJansz,
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
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      VOLUNTEERING.
      323 6 [To the Editor of the Pina ng Gazette ”J Sib, —With reference to the Rev. Crosg’j letter which you publi<hed ia your issuj o f Tuesday last, on the Volunteer question jtseems to me that the Rev. Cross h i 3 misinterpreted the expression Earopean.” From enquiries I have
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    S.S. "JANET NICOL" AGROUND.
    133 6 MISHAP NEAR TONGKAH. The Eastern Shipping Company have received a communica’ion from their agent at Tongkah to the effect that the Janet Nicol went aground on Kopah Bar, near Tongkah on Sunday evening. Only very scanty details of the accident have yet been received, but, knowing
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    THE CONTENTS BILL.
    258 6 Page 2.—The Sultan of Pahang Foreign Marriages Act. Page 3. —Ayer Hitam Rubber Changes; Ayer Kuuing (F.M.S.); Highlands and Lowlands. Page 4.—The Arnold Case Mail Items Sporting News; Bombay Theatrical Test Case. Page s.—Seafitld Rubber, Page 6.—The Motor ’Bus New Steamers; All Saints, Taiping; Correspondence; S. S.
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      203 6 ABDULLA CIGARETTES. VIRGINIAN. 1 TURKISH. EGYPTIAN. 100’8. 50*8. j 100’8. BO’S. 100*8. 50*8. No. 1 $0.55 No. 11 $2.10 $l.lO i No. 16 $1.45 $0.75 No. 7 $1.25 0.65 No. 5 3.00 1.60 <! No. 14 2.25 1.15 No 4 2.60 1.35 and SPECIAL RUSSIANS. SOLE IMPORTERS: HIBBERT, WeODROFFE g
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      33 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. Sarkies Brothers, Proprietors.
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    LOCAL SHARE MARKET.
    213 7 TO-DAYS CHANGES. The following are the changes (buye>s and sellers only) in our share list o-. page 9 to-day Saturday. To-day 8aa««". >. -2 1 J M CO r Deebook 35/- 40/- 35/- 39/Gopeng C. 29/9 32/6 30,3 33/3 Kamunting 3/- 5/3 3/- 5/Kinta Tin 14 16
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    THE RUBBER MARKET.
    32 7 Loudon, May 13*. The following are the ruling quot. tions for rubber Plantation Para, Ist Latex, Crepe 2/5| Para to arrive Market steady. (*Ey courtesy of Messrs. Boustead Co
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    RUBBER EXPORT DUTY.
    83 7 The Supervisor of Customs, Perak North, informs us that for the period fiom May 15th to 28:h, 1914, inclusive, the duty on cultivated rubber on which export duty is leviable on an valorem basis in accordance with the Rules under the Custom Duties will be assessed on
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    RUBBER OUTPUT.
    14 7 The following is the output for April of Taiping Rubber 6,329 lbs.
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    THE TRONOH MINES.
    23 7 The output from the Tronoh Mines, Ltd. for April is as follows From Mine $1,928 piculs Tributers 116 Total 2,044
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    TIN QUOTATIONS.
    70 7 To day’s quotation for unrefined tin in Beuang was $76.80 per picul, buyers, no sellers. Tin in London was quoted at £153 ss. spot and £155 three months. The following business in tin was done to-day Penang Tin Exchange $76.80 Straits Trading Co. no sale. Eastern Smelting Co.
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    FIVE PILOTS DROWNED.
    27 7 •—Reuter. CUTTER IN COLLISION. London, May 13. A pilot cutter has been sunk in collision in the Bristol Channel. Five pilots were drowned.— Reuter.
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    LONDON RUBBER WIRE.
    133 7 DIVIDEND RECOMMENDATIONS. THE MARKET. [P. G. Special Ca6le.J London, May 13. Merlimau Rubber Estates, Ltd., will pay a dividend of 6| per cent, place £4,000 to reserve and carry forward £2,000. Malay Planters will pay an interim dividend of 5 per cent. Malayalam Rubber and Produce Co.,
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    STEAMER FOUNDERS.
    94 7 —Router. HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE FEARED. London, May 13. The s eamer Turret Hill capsized at Southwold. Only one was saved and fourteen ai e missing. Sees His Son Drowned. Loudon, May 14. The Captain of the Turret Hill was landed at Margate by the battleship Imp’acable yesterday
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    DEATH OF FAMOUS CRICKETER.
    141 7 MR. R. E. FOSTER. Loudon, May 13 Reginald E. Fost r, the famous Worcestershire cricketer, is dead —Reuter. [Deceased, who was born at Malvern on April 16, 1878, was one of the greatest batsmen in the history of the game. He had the distinction of making
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    MR. P.S.F. NAIRN, B.A.
    92 7 [.From Our Own Corresvondent.] Kuala Lumpur, May 13. The death has occurred of Mr Philip Sidney Fletcher Nairn, District Officer, Port Dickson, Negri Sembilan. [Deceased, who was only thirty years of age, was seven years ago appoint* d a Cadet Superintendent of Police in Kelantan, and
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    CANADIAN NATIONAL PARK.
    30 7 —Reuter. Ottawa, May 14. An order of Council assigns as a national park an area of 95 squire miles in the vicinity of Mount Revelstoke, British Columbia.-
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    NEWS FROM BERLIN.
    131 7 D.O.L. Berlin. May 13 The Csar, with M. Pruvoschein, has taken a motor trip, as the result of a wish to become acquaiutei with Agrarian reform. St. Petersburg expects political consequences from the trip. The homeward bound German squadron was most heartily received at Brazilian ports. A
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    HOME RULE.
    258 7 —Reuter. MB. REDMOND OBSTINATE. SIR ED. CARSON’S TELEGRAM. Lon lon, May 13. A new phase of the Home Ru'e situation has been opened up by a speech by Mr. Redmond in the House of Commons yesterday evening, disapproving the introduction of an amending Bill, unless the previous agreement
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    MEXICO.
    97 7 —Reuter. TAMPICO EVACUATED Vera Cruz, May 13. The refusees from Tampico declare that the Federate evacuated Tampico on the 10th instant. Battle at Tampieo. Washington, May 13. Admiral Badger reports that the tattle at Tampico continued yesterday evening. The German and Dutch cruisers withdrew from the river. Mediators’ Proposal.
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    THE F.M.S. LOAN.
    107 7 .—Reuter. MR. HARCOURT’S EXPLANATION. London, May 14. In the House of Commons, Mr. A. McCallum Scott, Liberal M.P. for the Bridgeton division of Glasgow, asked whether the Malay States loan was impending, and whether it was necessitated by the earmarking of other funds to pay for the
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    FIRE AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE.
    77 7 Reuter. SIR lAN HAMILTON ASSISTS FIREMENAuckland, May 14. The Government House has been burnedThe damage is estimated at six thousand pounds. The Governor and Sir lan Hamilton were breakfasting at the time, and they assisted the firenrn and bluejackets of Her Majesty’s Ship Psyche.” Personal property
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    DISTURBANCES IN CHURCH.
    42 7 Reuter. STUDENT IMPRISONED New York, May 14. As a sequel to disturbances on 10th inst., at Calvarv Church, in connection with the Colorado strike, when Rockefeller junior was present a Harvard graduate has been sentenced to six months’ imprisonment.—
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    EUROPEAN OR ASIATIC?
    128 7 .—Reuter. SID lAN HAMILTON’S FEARS. AN ALLUSION TO THE MALAY STATES. Wellington, May 13. Sir lan Hamilton, at a civic reception here attributed tl e war precautions of Australia and New Zealand to the shortening of distance?, (wing to the advent of electricity, aeroplanes and high explosives.
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    SWIMMING CLUB FOR TAIPING.
    72 7 [From Our Own Correspondent.] Taiping, May 14 Over forty have agreed to join the proposed Swimming Club, and a meeting will be h»4d in the Perak Club to-morrow evening at seven o’clock for the purpose of formally starting the club, and the election of office bearers.
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    ANTARCTIC EXPLORER.
    43 7 Reuter. DR. MAWSON RECEIVED BY THE KING. London, May 13. Dr. Mawsoo, the leader of the Australian expedition to the Antarctic, was received in audience by His Majesty the King at Buckingham Palace and recounted his experiences in the Polar regions.
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    BIG FRENCH LOAN.
    21 7 P.euter. London, May 13. A French loan of eighty millions sterling is expected at the beginning of July
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    CHINESE GIRL KIDNAPPED.
    520 7 Curious Disclosures. Mr Justice Edmunds at Ipoh, yesterday, resumed the bearing of the kidnapping case in which a Chinese girl of thirteen was al'eged to have been abducted by three Chinese. The charge against them was that they kidnapped the girl, and took her away in a
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    THE SUPREME COURT.
    799 7 TAMIL PARTNERSHIP CASE. The hearing was continue 1 before Mr. Justice Sercombe Smith in the Supreme Court, Penang, this morning, of the case Nir mala Rajah Partha (plaintiff) versus S. Marimoothoo, Ponnusamy Pillay and S. Ranganathan Pillay (defendants). Mr. O. E. Wright-Motion appealed for the plaintiff and
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    PASSENGERS.
    72 7 Arrivals. By Devanha (May 14) from Colombo, Messrs R Fitzgerald, H Atkin Be ry, C Keely and Abretch; from Lond -n, Capt Beaumont, Mrs Plumb and chili, Messrs F S Lyne, F L Hirst, G S McWilliam, F Opensbaw and G Hall. A Urge number of Ipch Malays wore
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    BUKIT TAWANG HYDRAULIC MINING CO.
    921 7 FIRST ANNUAL MEETING. The first annual general meeting of the Bukit Tawang Hydrau ic Company was held in the Secretaries’ offices, Government Buildings, Downing Street, Penang, yesterday, the following genUemen being present:— Messrs S. C. Ambrose (in the chair), F* Duxbury, J. Pickenpack, H. Waugh,
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  • THE WORLD'S NEWS.
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      WITCHES’ LEAGUE ON TRIAL.
      321 8 ITEMS OF INTEREST. CLIPPINGS FROM THE HOME PRESS X)esp«te*ed 6» Me «‘ail leamng London on %4'h April, 1914- AMAZING STORIES OF “MIRACLES.” Stories of witchcraft «xch M the mort highly imaginative modern author wouM have hesitated to print are being related at the assize court of
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      SAHARA SNOW ON ALPS.
      168 8 SAND FROM AFRICAN DESERT FALLS IN SWITZERLAND. In the higher Alps of the Bernese Oberland and the Canton of Grisons a curious dark yellow glow in the atmosphere was noticed* during Easter week by ma £y Alpinists, who could not account for the phenomenon, which, however,
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      DEATH OF MR. S.R. CROCKETT
      197 8 POPULAR SCOTTISH NOVELIST. The death is announced of Mr. S. R. Crockett, the novelist, who was a prominent figure among writers of ti e k ilyard ‘chool. Samuel Rutherford Crockett, says the V)aUi{ Tel< graph, was, next to Sir J. M. (Barrie, probably the most
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      ROBBERY BY MOTOR-CAR.
      198 8 DARING DAYLIGHT EXPLOIT. A daring robbery, in which a motor-car was employed, is reported from M alton -on Thames. It appears that a few days ago Mr. and Mrs. Frost, of Tollard, Bowes-road, Walton, went out for a walk in the afternoon, leaving the house unoccupied. About
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      SUFFRAGETTE FIRES.
      83 8 big claims for damages. o A n 1 w n has been lodged with Council on behalf of Sir 1 owner of the mansion A*ej an ds White Abbey, Co. Antrim, which hw Suffragette outrage. There €n l o<l K cd on behalf of the t™ d^„ C
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      KING TO OPEN MILITARY TOURNAMENT.
      22 8 i nni IUVK.XAiIENT. and"xiiU t X Re T WiU pen the Ro al Naval at Olympia on
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      REV. C.H. GRUNDY KILLED.
      134 8 KNOCKED DOWN BY MOTOR. The Rev. C. H. Grundy, Vicar of St. Peter's, Brockley, was fatally injured on Tuesday morning while cycling towards his home in Breakspear-road, Brockley. Hi machine collided with a private motor car, which knocked him down, striking him at the back of
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      DEATH OF AN EX-M.P.
      231 8 SIR EDWIN DURNING LAWRENCE. Sir Edwin Durning-Lawrence. first Baronet, formerly Liberal-Unionist M.P. for the Truro Division, and a well-known figure in the Citv of London, died at hie residence in London* on Tuesday morning, after a very brief illness. Born in 1837 Sir Edwin was a
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      BURGLAR'S TERRIBLE WEAPON.
      118 8 EIGHT YEARS FOR ATTACK ON POLICE. George Smith, forty-two, a labourer, was sentenced at the Old Bailey on Wednesday to eight vears’ penal servitude for wounding two police-constables. He was seen in the early hours of the morning at the back of a jeweller’s shop in Camberwell,
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      CHARGES AGAINST MR. FENNER.
      112 8 STOCKBROKER AND CLIENTS’ MONEY. Mr. Charles Edwin Fenner, the London stockbroker who was arrested in Paris, again appeared before Alderman Sir George Woodi an at the Mansion House Police-court, on Wednesday, on charges of fraudulently converting shares to his own use. One of the cases dealt
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      FALL FROM A TRAIN.
      92 8 ENGLISH OFFICER’S MISHAP. A curious accident has happened to an English officer, whose name is said to be Scott, and who has just returned from India, says a Paris message. He boarded a train at Pont, near Auxerre, with the intention of travelling to Paris. During
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      £6,000 JEWEL THEFT SEQUEL.
      110 8 THREE ARRESTS. After a six months’ search the police have arrested a number of persons on suspicion of having been concerned in the robbery of jewellery valued at between £6.000 and £7,000 from a Kendal hotel, where the valuables had been left by William Thompson, a
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      RAILWAY COMPANY'S LIABILITY.
      87 8 A special jury at the Liverpool Assizes on Wednesday awarded the widow and three children £2,750 against the Cheshire Lines Committee in an action for damages in respect of the death of Dr. O Donoghue, of Liverpool. The Judge disagreed with the verdict, and there is to
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      BELFAST SUFFRAGETTE OUTRAGES.
      78 8 A Belfast mansion, unoccupied, was set on fire on Wednesday, apparently by suffragettes, but owing to early discovery only a portion was destroyed. At the resumed preliminary investigation of the charges in the same city against two women in connection with letter-box outrages, one of the defendants
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      THE "TOWER OF BABEL."
      104 8 In the course of excavations last year upon the site of Babylon the German Orient Society claims, says the Times Berlin correspondent, to have discovered traces of the “Tower of Babel.” The excavators found a colossal staircase of three flights, which is supposed to have led
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    SHARES.
    2262 9 cl I I *_i i p-M Number of Issue w ,ui. p»d..p. sh g Dl «d~d.. S Sig I I I fiu s gz -a 9 1910 1911 1913 1913 19U MINING HU iiot.oot J 60.000 60,000 i 1 14 m 1903 300,000 300,000 30,000 10 10 30 28a
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    ARRIVALS.
    68 9 Stephanotis, Brit., 2581, Robinson, May 13, C’cutta gen., Adamson Giltillan Co. Indragiri, Dut., 161, Bron, May 13, Deli, gen., K.P.M. Co. Devanha, Brit., 4785, Hickey, May 14, B’bay, gen., Adamson Giltillan Co. Taroba, Brit., 3657, Addenbroke, May 14, Madras, gen., Huttenbach Liebert Co. Glenfalloch, >rit., 1434, Gardner, May 14,
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    CLEARANCES.
    29 9 Perak (E.S. Co.) for Port Swettenham, Port Dickson and Malacca. Malaya for Deli. Taroba for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Avagyee for Dindings, Sitiawan, Bagan Datoh and Teluk Anson.
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    MAILS.
    124 9 CLOSE AT GENERAL POST OFFICE. To- Morbow. For Per Close. Alor Star (Kedah) Ghee Thye 8 a.m. Alor Star (Kedah) Kedah 9 a.m. Singapore, China and Japan Yatshing I p.m. Tongkah, Kopah, Renong, Victoria Point, Janet Nicoll 2p m. Mergui, and Tavoy J Asahan Jin Ho 3p.m. Port Swettenham
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    EXCHANGE.
    126 9 Pknang, May 14, 1914. (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank). London Demand Bank 2/4 1/32 4 months’sight Bank ...2/4 I'4 3 Credit ...2/4 3/8 3 Documentary ...2/4 7/16 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 174 j 3 days’ sight Private 175| Bombay Demand Bank 174 j 3 days’sight Private 175} Madras
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    PRODUCE.
    264 9 Penang, May 14, 1914. S. P. Tapioca $4.10 buyers. M. P. Tapioca $4 1/2 sales Gold leaf $64.40 Pepper (W. Coast 3 lb. 5 oz). $l6 1/2 buyers White Pepper $27 1/4 sellers. Trang Pepper $l9 00 buyers. Mace $llO nom. Mace Pickings $97.00 sellers. Cloves 146 sales. Nutmegs
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    THE WEEK’S EVENTS.
    178 9 Thursday. May 14. Band, Golf Club, 6 p.m. High Water 3.2 a.m. and 2.49 p.m. Low Water 8 54 a.m. and 9.54 p.m. Straits Cinematograph, Penang Road George Town Cinematograph, Kuala Kangsar Road. Friday, May 15. Penang Turf Club, Race Meeting, entries close, 5 p.m. Band, Ksplanad*.
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    COMING EVENTS
    84 9 May 23 and 24.—Volunteer Rille Meeting. May 30.—Penang Turf Club, Race Meeting. May 30 and 31. —Penang Bisley. June I.—Cricket, Selangor v. Perak, Ipoh. Penang Turf Club, Race Meeting. June I.—Penang Bisley and Concert. June 3.—King’s Birth Day Parade. Cricket, Selangor v. Negri Sembilan at Kuala Lumpur. Perak
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    Local Steamer Service.
    187 9 The companies do not guarantee the dates of arrival of these vessels, but toill endeavour as far as possible to ensure punctuality. Alor Star, (Kedah). —Tong Chuan, May and 15 and Kedah, May and 14. Bagan Serai.—Daily. Bagan Datoh.—Pangkor, every Monday. Deli.—lndragiri, every Sunday, Merkus or Van
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    Penang Turf Club.
    854 10 May/June Meeting, 1914. (UNDER 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. THE MIXED HANDICAP. Value $5OO. A Handicap for Horses that have never won a Race of the advertised
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    "HAIR ON END"
    455 10 MOTOR COLLISION APPEXL. TAYLOR V. MCGREGOR. Before the Chief Judicial Co nufssioner (Sir T. de M. L. Bradde’l) at Kuali Lumpur, Chief Inspector Taylor appealed against the decision of M-. Adams, Magistrate, Kuala Lumpur, iu the cai* iu which appellant claimed damages from Dr. McGregor in lesject
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    POULTRY AND DAIRY FARM
    421 10 SHAREHOLDERS DECIDE TO DISPOSE OF IT. Creditors and shareho'ders of the Singapore Poultry and Dairy Farm, Ltd. (in liquidation), met at the offices of the liquidator, Mr. Marshall S. Guest, to receive and considtr the report of thesp<c a! manager appointed by the court and to
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    WHAT OTHER PAPERS SAY.
    325 10 —M.M. TELEGR VPHS. Complaints regarding the efficiency of the tdeph -ue an I te egraph eei v ces in the F. M. 5. have been common for year*. Tbe telephone, perhao®, comes in for t 1 e greater amount of blame because st* defects and shortcomings
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    "REKNA."
    302 10 —Ex The Ploughing Ceremony, or, to give it the official title, the Cournencsment of Ploughing,” one of the m >st picturesque of Siamese ritrs, was consummated recently at the ploughing ground in I hy.i I hai. H E. Chao Phya Yorraraj, the Minister of Local Government, as last year,
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    JUDICIAL DECISION ON KISSING.
    292 10 The S'andaro’s Berlin correspondent, telegraphing recently, ssy?: —Trie chief court of the Emp’re has just arrived ata most impertant decision It has laid down nothing le-s than the legal definition of a k s*, and here it is:—“A kiss is a touch on the body of
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    THE LATE MR. E.A. COOK.
    918 11 SLEEPLESSNESS AND WORRY. It is with the greatest regret that we have to record the death, which has come as a terrible shock to his many friends, of Mr. E. A. C »ok, Traffic Manager, F.M.S. Railways, says the M.M.” of Tuesday. Mr. Cook had
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      1182 12 p. S’o. British |ndia Steam Navigation Co. —steam navigation company, ltd. lIICTED ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES. F 1 intended sailings. INTERMEDIATE STEAMERS. OUTWARD. p OR 4 Intended to Sail. Steamer. 8.8. Khyber May 21 8.8. t Nile June 30 e.B. t Nagoya' June 2 s.s. t Malta July 14 Hintrnnnre B.s.
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