Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 11 June 1914

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 132 VOL. LXXII. THURSDAY. Ilth JUNE, 1914. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 967 1 gjndooni'jnnnDßDoroDßDoaDDß c 101. 530 D c u X7OU can have the Pinang E I Gazette posted every day for a whole year io your address. (LOCAL SUBSCRIPTION, $27). r Proportionate Quarterly »nd 0 Half-yearly rates. a Subscriptions are payable in f, advance and ivinittancea should be addressed to D O
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    • 31 1 y BUCHANAN’S u SCOTCH WHISKIES. “BOYAL HOUSEHOLD” (AS SUPPLIED TO ROYALTY). E H “BLACK WHITE” L 1 THE OLD FAVOURITE. T *iw “BED SEAL” f j Xn: ALLEN DEHMYS Co. f
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  • 799 2 For the month of March the revenue of the Austrian Lloyd amounted to 4,266,442 kr., an increase of 148,632 kr. over the corresponding month of 1913. The revenue for the first quarter, 11,786,269 kr., shows an increase of 886,830 kr. over that for the first three months of
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 1342 2 TO OWNERS OF SMALL ESTATES. NOTICE. aw notice. Estate™ on application. SdX TVE BEG to notify the Apply No. 9, c/o (gd.) SANDILAND3, BUTTERY Co. public that we have 12 6 632—6,9, 11-6 this d a y been appointed agents of the Straits Motor BILLET WANTED IMMEDIATELY NOTICE. Garage, Singapore.
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    • 59 2 Light Motor Trucks. A knock about Petrol Truck to carry a ton and to run up to eighteen miles per hour having 30 to 35 B. H. P. Engines has been introduced by Th e Borneo Company Limited, Singapore, for general Estate and delivery work. Price $3,000 (chassis.) Total loaded
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    • 336 2 ALWAYS IN STOCK AT JOHN ROBERTS. Billiard Tables Manufacturer, HOTEL NORMAN, Penangr. NEW and SECOND-HAND BILLIARD TABLES. Full sixe and J, complete for Billiards, from $450 to $750 and $B5O. Billiard and Snooker Balls, Tips, Cues, Wafers, Spots and all accessories. Splendid quality cloth for tables, $7-50 per yard. Extra
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  • PLANTING AND MINING.
    • 1624 3 REDUCTION IN COSTS FORESHADOWED. The fifth annual general meeting of the ahareholders of the Malayalam Rubber and Produce Company, Limited, wm heli in the Council Room of the Rubber Growers’ Association, 38, East-cheap, E.C. Arthur Lampard (chairman of thcompany) presiding. The Chairman said The crop of rubber secured amounted
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    • 1116 3 “IMMENSE PROGRESS.” What is wrong with rubber is the question reiterated in each week’s London mail but the only answer possible here is, “If there is anything wrong with rubber, it is surely in London, and not in the East. Apparently what is wrong is increased output
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    • 178 3 Messrs. Guthrie Co.’s weekly report da‘ed Tuesday, June 9, states that the quantity on offer at that day’s sale was larger than usual, eighty-five tons being catalogued. The auction opened quietly but bidding quickly improved and over seventy tons changed bands. Pale crepe was in demand, all
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    • 435 3 An extraordinary general meeting of Victoria (Vfa'aya) Rubber Estate, Limitted, was held for the purpose of considering the following resolution .—(1) That the capital of the company be reduced from £120,000, divided into 1,200,000 shares of 2s each, to £58,865 18s, divided into 2,354,636 shares of 6d each,
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    • 205 3 The statement was made in Sydn y recently that after long and continuous endeavour’, aid the expenditure of large sums of money, a Sydney syndicate had obtained a mining concession of a great tract of land in China. The concession is said to embrace a continuous
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    • 1053 3 VIEWS ON LIMITING PRODUCTION IN MALAYA. i > Not long ago the chairman of Nordanal, in his speech at the annual meeting of the company, dealt with the question of limiting the pro iuction of plantation rubber either by suspending tapping on one day in the week, or
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    • 302 3 One who is interested in seveial Sumatra rubber estates alludes to the fact that whereas the freight from Singapore and Penang is 665. pe- ton, that from Belawan (the Sumatra shipping port) is 765. per ton. As a rule shipments from Medan come via Penang, but it would not
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    • 244 3 Untouched by the warnings so frequently and so earnestly given by men in position to speak with authority upon the subject, an Austra’ian exchange.) and by the evidence furnished by the “calls” Ist a d statistical returns of mining operations throughout the Commonwealth, the Federated Mining Employees’
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  • 114 3 Illusory Election Principle. London June I.—The “Times” to-day publishes an article on the provisions of the new Ceuncil of India Bill by Mr. M. A. Jinnah, one of the delegates from the Indian National Congress. Mr. Jinnah describes the Bill as being most disappointing. There esn be
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  • 649 4 LARGE DROP IN IMPORTS AND EX BOR I'S. Whether 1914 will prove to be a bad ye<r for the C »lony within the meaning of the trade definition remains to be seen, but there is some justification for the expectation of a falling off in c
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  • 163 4 Federal Dispensary Broken Into. The Federal Dispensary at Klang was broken into on Sunday night by four youths—three Chine;e and a Malay. The boys, it is alleged, watched the policeman on duty in the stree*, and when he was at the end of his beat remove! the
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  • 683 4 p <fc O. AND BRITISH INDIA DEAL.” INTERESTING DETAILS. A sensational shipping deal, not altogether unexpected i* how the “P. M. G.” introduces the news of the P. <fc O. and B I. shipping combine. Arrangements have been concluled by the two boards, subject to confirmation by
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  • 157 4 Sima, June 2. A pres communique sta’es The Governmen’ of Ind a have now under their considsra’ion the report of the Committee preside! over by Mr. Heseltine wh ch was appoin ed to enquire into the present distribution of the offic-s occupying the various Imperial Buildings
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  • 122 4 Shot by Husband to End her Suffering The question of the right to die is rai-ed again by a tragedy at Hirschberg, in Silesia. Dr. Timme, the headmaste* of a school there, shot and killed his wife, and then attempted to kill himself. He has told
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  • 843 4 THE FINAL SCENE MANY SURVIVORS INJURED. 1.0 idon telegrams of May 31 give the following incidents in the loss of the Empress of Ireland.” Mr. Laurence Irving died while t ying to save h’s w fe. Talking to a pissenger, Mr. Irving said, “Is the boat going down
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  • 34 4 The ss. Seang Choon,” from Rangoon is expected here on the 13:h inst., at dayligh*, and will leave for Singapore, Hongkong, Amoy and Swa’ow at 5 p.m. on Monday, the 15rh inst.
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  • 563 4 “GOVERNMENT INCONSISTENT.” From Malaya we h-ar the waning vuice of the Bri ish A lvis r t» the Ke iah Government, Mr. E. G Maxwell, who refers to the rumours of an invss on of European plutocrats, with a view to booming coconut cultivatio in that country. Mr.
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  • 318 4 His “Sacrifice” in Going to Malaya In a cniid farewell message to the congregation of St. Andrews, Croydon, the vicar, the Rev. G M. Thompson, says that be came three years ago only as a stop-gap, and bis one last request was that they would forget him as
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  • 383 4 PEARL MERCHANT’S FAILURE. HEAVY LIABILITIES. Calcutta June 4 —At a special sitting of the Bombay Insolvency Court on Jure 3. S biucliAii i Nagiuchaud, peirl merchant, appeared to answer a rule obtained by the Official Ass’gnee, calling on the insolvent t s 'ow cause why he shoul 1
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  • 306 4 Interesting Investigations in Colombo. Colombo, June 2.—The advance report of ths mosquit) survey of Colombo by Major S. P. James, I. M.S., was issued yesterday. Investigations throughout 1913 revealed the fact that fifty different species of mosquito are f uud in C lombo, &lt; f which fifteen are
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 54 4 Sufferers from indigt stion will find safe, pleasant, and permanent r- lief in Wood’s Great Prppermmt Cure, the family medicine of British Colonists throughout the World. Its great virtue is proved by the fact that more than two million bo ties are sold every year. At Stores and Dispensaries everywhere
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    • 97 4 NOTICE. THE right to collect pearls and pearl shells without diving apparatus and to collect green snails and sea slugs in the Mergui Archipelago from the Ist increase of Tawthalin 1276 (20 8 14) to the las’, day of Wagaung 1277 (8-8-15) i.e. one year will be disposed of by
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    • 85 4 HOTEL NORMAN, PENANG, THE ENGLISH HOTEL Unrivalled Position Cold Storage Food. Special Terms to Government Officials, Planters and Commercial Visitors. Telegrams: Normans, Penang. Telephone No. 392. THE BODEGA, 2a, BEACH STREET, The Rendezvous of Penang. Chops and Steaks from the Grill. Slings and Cocktails a noted feature. N.B.— The Bodega
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 288 4 To-night! To-night! Grim War in Mexico THE LA I EST YET! A War Film Full of Action in 2 TWO STRONG q FIGHTING ACTS entitled A Girl Spy in Mexico IN 2 REELS AND The Rogue t °he Turf A LUX SPECIAL IN 3 REELS Excellent Story of the Turf
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  • 1134 5 THE PARADISE OF THE PERSIAN PHILOSOPHER. To the true lover of the horse, Rotten Row in the season is not what it used to be Internal-combustion engines are probably responsible for this. The Park hack is fa t ceasing to be part of the obligatory equipment for
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  • 158 5 The statistics of our Chinese trade for the eight months of the fi-cal year ending with February show, says the Journal of the American Asiatic Association, a marked improvement over the corr&lt; spending period of last year, but only a very slight advance over
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  • 390 5 Drury Lanb Conductor os A Popular Tbems. The popular song, You Made Me Love You, I Didn’t Want To Do It,” was the subject of a copyright and passing&gt;ofi action bought by Messrs. Francis, Day, and Hunter in the Chancery Division. The defendants were B.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 265 5 PERTUSSIN is a harmless and efficient remedy against all diseases of the respiratory organs, especially Whooping Cough, Catarrh of Larynx, Bronchial mERsEI Catarrh, Asthma, eto which has been recognized unequalled by the highest authorities. Also the Affections of the Lungs reHered by the use of it. WHmßr TO BK HAD
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  • 18 6 Oxbnham. —On June 10, at Armadale, Victoria, Australia, to Mr. and Mrs. Herbert W. Oxenham, a daughter.
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  • 1123 6 Mr. Redmond has caught the prevalent complaint in Ireland to-day. Like Sir Edward Carson, he dreams of volunteer armies with real guns and real, 3oldie:-like uniforms, and, we suppose, a saluting base too. It is nob to be wondered at: We always thought the tune the
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  • 101 6 NEW OFFICE ACCOMMODATION. We understand t! at the office of the Registrar of Vehicles, Penang, will be transferred from Penang-road on the 4th of next month to the Town Halt The present building, which is a very ancient one and quite beyond further repair, is to be
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  • 165 6 Sequel to the Strike. The first case taken on Saturday by Mr. Bryant at Klang, was that of ten rikieha pullers, who wore no badges as they were on strike. They were charged with obstructing the public thoroughfare in front of the railway station on the previous
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  • 127 6 In the Hou*e of C »mmons on May 20, Mr. Hunt asked the Secretary for the Colon es whether the Federated Malay Sta es had been forced to raise a large loan in London to pay for the Dreadnought given to England on the suggestion of the
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  • 81 6 A Peking wire dated May 29 says:— The Minister of Home Affairs proposes throwing open to the public, on payment of small entrance fee», parts of the Forbidden City, the Coal Mound, the Imperial Mausolea, the Summer Palace and all the Temples. The President
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  • 248 6 Departures. By Himalaya (June 10) to Singapore, Mr Justice T Sercombe Smith, Messrs H H Hoeden, S Tajiri, Cheah Tiong Kim, Nonia Tech Suan Heoh and E Schunemann to Hongkong, Mr and Mrs Tye Chee Thear&lt;, Miss Tye Ah Cheong, Mr G A Dutton and Mr Tye Liew Lin
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  • POLICE COURT NEWS.
    • 299 6 Before Mr. G.A. Hall, in the District Cou't, Penang, this morning, two Cantonese women, Chang Ah Hau and Wong Ah Ghee, were charged with on June sth receiving two girls w 10 were not of known immoral character into No. 20 Argyll Road. The second
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    • 177 6 Mr. A W. B. Hamilton, Superintendent of the Fire Brigade, prosecuted a Mahommeian before Mr. Osborne in the Third Police Court, this murning, for causing obstruction with a handcart ai Campbell Street. Giving evidence he said that he was driving along Campbell Street in a motorcar about 11
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    • 151 6 Yesterday evening a motor-car ran over and killed an elderly Indian at Macalister Road. The d.iver, Yap Siew Beng, was arrested and was charged by Inspector Cronin before Mr Ezechiel, this morning, with doing a rash or negligent act not amounting to culpable homicide. He was
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  • 109 6 Page 2.—Log Book. Page 3.—Planting aud Mining. Page 4.—'Empress’ Disaster No Coconuts Trade of the Colony; The Shipping Fusion Indian News Wife’s Right to Die; Imperial Offices in Calcutta; Colombo’s Memorial to King Edward. Page s.—Rotten Row To-day U. S. Trade with the Far East; “You made
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 113 6 BEST ENGLISH PORTLAND CEMENT. H CEMENT a. TRApjy’WMARK A.O ww P er ex s°down (TO ARRIVE.) GUTHRIE Co., Ltd., PENANG. “NIKKO” PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO Developing and Printing for Amateurs Experts sent for Outdoor Photography, A Large Stock of Curios AT OUR BRANCH STORE, 56, Beach Street, INSPECTION CORDIALLY INVITED. Head Office:
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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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  • 154 7 Reuter. SCENE AT FUNERAL OF VICTIMS. THE MAN WHO SMOKED A CIGARETTE. Ancona, June 10. Thousands attending the funeral of the vicHms of the strike riots t ecame infuriated at a spectator for watchiug the funeral while smoking a cigarette. Disorders ensued, revolvers being fired, and many
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  • 54 7 D.O.L. A ROYAL REVIEW. Durazzo, June 10. Prince William and the Princess reviewed the forces and received an ovation.— Reuter. To Fight the Rebels. Berlin, June 10. The Control Committee has approved of the expenditure of one and a half millions for an expedition against the :ebels. The latter
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  • 90 7 —Reuter. DELAY IN NEGOTIATIONS. London, June 11. The Anglo-Chinese nego iations regarding Tibet, proceeding in India, are not yet completed, China having raided fresh points occasioning d lay. Reutei’s correspondent says that Lew Yuk Lin has been summoned to Peking to consult with the Government on State
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  • 53 7 —Reuter. DUMA’S RECOMMENDATION. St. Petersburg, June 10. The Duma adopted a motion calling on the Government to adopt more effectual measures for the promotion of trade with Mongolia, China, and the East generally, by the creation of special export bounties, the modification of customs tariff's and the
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  • 69 7 —Reuter. DRIVE UP IN STOLEN MOTOR AND ROB PAYCLERK. Sydney, June 10. A payclerk was conveying a box containing £3,300 in wages to the railway pay office at Eveb’ gh, when two masked men drove up in a motor which they had stolen during a chauffeur’s
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  • 39 7 .—Reuter. date of general election. Melbourne, June 10. In the House of Representatives, Mr. Cook, the Prime Miniate", announced that Parliament wou’d be dissolved on July 20 and that an election would fo’low on September 20.
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  • 32 7 —Reu’er. St. Petersburg June 10. The Duma voted by 166 to 69 in favour of a bill granting immunity to members, whereupon the extreme right withdrew from the house.?
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  • 26 7 —Reuter. London, June 10 Senor Regis de Oliveira, presently at Cuba, has been appointed Brazilian Minister to lokio and Peking.-
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  • 149 7 MAJOR WILLIAMSON AND JOHORE DOCTOR’S DAUGHTER. THE SULTAN PRESENT. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, June 11. The wedding took place in the Presbyterian Church, in the presence of a large congregation, of Major Williamson, R. A. M. C., and Miss Dai-y Wilson, daughter of Dr. Wilson, Johore. The
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  • 126 7 —Reu‘er. LITERATURE SELLERS EXPELLED. London, June 10. An exasperated public tc-day drove the Suffragist'» who were selling liter iture. from the City, and tore their placards. Volunteers are being formed for the protection of churches, etc. Sylvia Pankhurst Arrested. Lo idoi), June 11. Miss Sylvia Pankhurst, borne on
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  • 72 7 —Reuter. TOKIO OPTIMISTIC. L mdoo, June 10. Nothing further is known regarding the disappearance of the Japanese Minister and Attache, but it is believed in Tokio that their return to Mexico City has only been delayed Hitch ia Negotiations. Niagara, June 11. A hitch has occurred in the
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  • 31 7 .—Reuter. Madrid, June 10. Mr. Kermit Rooseve’t, son of the exPresident of the United States, was married here to a daughter of the United States Ambassador, Mr. Wil'ard.-
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  • 173 7 The Slavery Peonage and Forced Labour Bill (a private Member’s Bill) recently introduced into Parliament contains an important clause affecting companies which employ coloured labour. It provides that every company legistered under the Companies (Consolidated) Act, 1908, which employs, either directly or indirectly, or intends to
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  • 46 7 Death of Mbs. Calcutta, June I.—Mis. Fulham, accused in the Agra Murder Cas**, who was sentenced to penal servitude for life last year, has just died in Allahabad Central Jail, N«ini, of heat apoplexy, leaving an infant 10 months old, born in prison.
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  • SPORTING NEWS.
    • 493 7 L n Inn, June 10. In the competition for the mitor car Tourist Trophy in the Isle of Man, there were twenty two starters of various nationalities. The distance is six hundred miles. The result at the three hundred miles to-day was K. Lee Guinness
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    • 52 7 —Reuter. London, June 10. At Lords, Middlesex beat Warwickshire by ten wickets. At Leeds, Yorkshi-e beat Derbyshire by an innings and five runs. Ac Southampton, Hampshire and Notts played a drawn match, Hants leading on the first innirgs. At Manchester, Lancashire I eat Kent by an innings and
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  • 474 7 ANNUAL MEETING The fif h annual general meeting of of The Dispensary (Penang), Ltd., was held yest rday afternoon at the registered offices of the Company, No. 6, Beach Street. Dr. J. Kirk was in the chair and others present were Dr. C. H. Hertz, Messrs. H. S.
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  • 236 7 Governor Lays Foundation Stone. Colombo, June 2.—To-day, in Colombo, His Excellency the Governor laid the foundation stone of the King Edward VII memorial, the Anti-tuberculosis Institute which has been subscribed for following a public appeal. The cost of the building will be Rs. 84,000. In
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  • 59 7 CHINAMAN ARRESTED. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Ipch, June 11. A Chinaman las been arrested at Ipoh in connection with the recent robbery of 2,000 dollars between Kuala Lumpur and Pahang. It is stated that he had thirty ten-dollar no f es in Ids possession. He was brought
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  • 33 7 BUKIT MERTAJAM DIVIDEND. fP. O. Special Cable.] Loudon, June 10. Bukit Mertajam Rubber Co., Ltd will pay a dividend of 6| per cent. Auction prices have improved by a halfpenny.
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  • 129 7 TO-DAY’S CHANGES. The following are the changes (buyers and sellers only) in our share list on page 9 to-day Yesterday. To-day Shams. I J .2 0 0 a a? a lining, Gopeng O. 28/- 30/6 27/- 30/Kamunting 2/- 4/- 1/- 3/Pahang C. 7/- 7/lOj 7/3 7/10J Pahang
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  • 43 7 London, June 10*. The following are the ruling quotations for rubber Plantation Para, Ist Latex, Crepe 2/3j Para to arrive 2/9f Market steady. Ist Latex Crepe Plantation Para Rubber—January to June, next year, 2/1. [•By courtesy of Messrs. Boustead Co.]
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  • 35 7 [From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, June 11. The following prices were realised here to-day Copra Pontianak 9.00 Pest 9.80 Opium (Uncertified) 9.50 R c*», Rangoon 155.00 Siam first 200 00 Siam second 180.00
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  • 69 7 To-day’s quotation for unrefined tin in Penang was $70.55 per picul, buyers, no sellers. Tin in London is quoted at £l4O 15s. spot and £142 15s. three months. The following business in tin was done to-day Penang Tin Exchange $70.55 Straits Trading Co. B. no S. $71.35 Eastern
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  • 80 7 [From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, June 11. At the annual meeting of the Royal Johore Tin Company, the Chairman reported a profit of $748. He said the tributor had been changed, and he hoped the returns would be better. If fifty or sixty bags per months could
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 84 7 Advertising spells things beautifulthings useful, things comfortable. Advertisers are leaders in taste—they are educators. They gather from the far corners of the earth, the products of the loom, the farm the mine, the studio, and the workshop, and retail them for the benefit of the community. They inspire the imagination,
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    • 546 7 notice. THE Power of Aitorn-y dated May, 1911, granted by Fraser and Chalmers Limited, to Mr. Clarence Hecker has been cancelled as from this dtae. FRASER &lt;fc CHALMERS Ltd., By their Attorney, PERCY HOWARD IMO ICE I HEREBY give notice that the Power of Attorney dated the 16th September, 1911,
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  • 486 8 THE MALAYAN BEAR AT THE ZOO. “Jo," the black Malayan bear presen ei to the Zoo some yeais ago by Mrs Jeph&lt;on, cut some fine capers the other day. Although she was christened with a man s name, Jo is a female and is full of
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  • 397 8 Mrs. Parnell’s New Book. Mrs Parnell (formerly Mrs -O’Shea), widow of the famous l is’i Nationalist leader, has published a book in which she has revived the Parnell divorce case and preceding circumstances, and has given to the world many hitherto unpublished details of the remarkable love
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  • 493 8 The number of people who constantly suffer from sore throat at this time of the year presents a problem to the physician which has long given him very serious trouble. At la&lt;t a means has been found of putting an end to this distressing condition
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 91 8 PENANG CONFECTIONERY. tB, LEITH STREET. The Theatre Goers' Rendezvous. Wheti Appetite Flags Try a Change of Diet Under the Palms. Chops, Steaks, Cutlets, Puffs, Tea, Coffee, Cocoa, etc. AT MODERATE CHARGES ARE SERVED NIGHTLY. International Rubber Congress Exhibition, BATAVIA. 1914. Congress: 7—12 Sept., 1914. Exhibition: Bth September to 10th October,
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    • 674 8 &lt; WMMII TYPEWRITER RIBBONS. J “EUREKA” Non-Type-Filling J X Typewriter Ribbons. M N Guaranteed to give absolute M JJ satisfaction. They are not aflectS ed by the atmosphere, and will remain in perfect condition for J years. Jr*™! PRICES: s M If" Black Record 1 75 Hj b if 175
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  • 2421 9 J t.l PaM nn Number of lame ,p.tal. Paid up. g hare VaUet Divide., Nam. 5 S jg a a- o Sz i -a m o 1910 1911 1913 1914 MINI N Q 1911 9100,000 $60.000 60,000 1 1 u n 19U3 300,000 300.000 30,000 10 10 80 23*
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  • 1059 9 THE PASSING OF THE KAMPONG. At the end of 1913 a law was passed in the Council of the Federated Malay States, called the Malay Reservations Enactment. Its object is to enable the Resident of any State, with the approval of the Ruler of that State, to declare
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 587 9 BANKS. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. Incorporated by Royal Charter. Paid-up Capital £1,200,0(‘ Reserve Fund £1,800,00' Reserve Liability of Proprietors... £1,200,00' Head Ornes: 38, BIBHOPBGATE, LONDON, K.C Agencies and Bbanchbs. Amritsar Hongkong Penang Bangkok Iloilo Puket Batavia Ipoh Rangooo Bombay Karachi Saigon Calcutta Klang Serembac Canton Kobe Shanghai
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    • 98 9 Send me 100 Used Stamps of your I Country and in EXCHANGE 9 I will give you PICTURE POST CARDS of Famous London Views, British Scenery, etc. Miss M.-I„ Florence Villas, Herne Hill, London, England, nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnunnnnnnonnnna Patzenhofer i a I BEER I c n n F g n u n
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  • THE WORLD’S NEWS.
    • 195 10 ITEMS OF INTEREST. CLIPPINGS FROM THE HOME PRESS Dfipotche.l by ‘be moil hoeing I.O’ Jon on 22nd May, 1914- PROPOSED APPOINTMENT OF THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT. The Standard learns from a source of commanding authority that the Govern* ment intend to invite the Duke of Connaught to accept
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    • 198 10 HITHERTO UNPUBLISHED LINES The Times was able on Monday, through the courtesy of Dr. E. Horner, a private tutor resident in London, to give to the world two hitherto unpublished sonnets by Keats, written when he was standing on the threshold of his all too brief maturity.
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    • 189 10 STORY OF A YOUNG WOMAN’S RUSE. The remarkable story of a young woman feigning blindness with the object of receiving compensation has been engaging the attention of Judge Amphlett, at Birmingham, and a number of eye specialists, and on Monday the judge gave his decision. The
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    • 182 10 JEWEL THEFT BY IRISH LADY. At Fermoy on Monday Elsie Olive Sadlier Garde, of Ihe Grange, Fermoy, surrendered to her bail on a charge of larceny of three diamond rings and a diamond and platinum bracelet, valued at £.320. the property of Mrs. Elsa Beevor, of Mill
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    • 73 10 FUND FOR MARINE CHARITY. 'John Rankin, head of the shipping firm Of Messrs. Rankin, Gilmour, and Co. (Limited), of Liverpool, has sent £lO,OOO to the Mercantile Marine Service Association to found a fund, to be called “The Rankin, Gilmour, and Co. (Limited) Fund,” for making grants to
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    • 62 10 simT!u^ m L Se j ki 5 g iJ &gt;ersonal P ov erty and the °»-“■■«&lt;&gt; K-uward W. Lewis m a letter read m&gt; w*et ller he 1 Sa &gt; at the elose ’I» what in my sermon TT* prepared to V’ do y
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    • 175 10 OFFICIAL STATEMENT AS TO ITS MEMBERS. Many people must often have wondered what was actually meant by the phrase, 41 members of the Royal Family when included in public toasts. The difficulty is now cleared up by an official intimation. The War Office has notified in respect
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    • 88 10 UNIONIST WINS THREE CORNER FIGHT. Polling for the vacancy in North East Derbyshire, caused by the death of Mr. W. E. Harvey, the Liberal-Labour Member, took place on Wednesday, and the result was declared late the same night as follows: Mr. Harland Bowden (U.) 6.469 Mr. J.
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    • 138 10 ‘‘NOT OUT FOR A SETTLEMENT. Sir Edward Carson, speaking at a meeting of the Women’s Unionist and Tariff Reform Association in London, on Tuesday, said he could not help referring to some ridiculous idea that had got abroad in the minds of some people that
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    • 166 10 REMARKABLE STATEMENTS AT THE OCCULT CLUB. Life on Mars was the subject of an interesting lecture delivered on Wcdnc-day evening before the members of the Occult Club by Professor A. Bickerton, president of the London Astronomical Soojety. Professor Bickerton said that the snows of the mountains on
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    • 169 10 SQUANDERED 20,000. FORTUNE SPENT IN TWO YEARS. In public examination at Swindon Bankruptcy Court on Wednesday Mr. Ralph Whitehead, aged twenty-three,’ told how he had spent a fortune of £20.000 which he received under his father’s will when he came of age. His liabilities amount to £lB,OOO and his assets
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    • 94 10 Gifford House, Putney Park-lane, Roehampton, a mansion which is rented by the Duchess of Westminster, was the scene of an outbreak of fire which occupied the London brigade for some hours on Wednesday night. The whole of the roof of the back part of the house
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    • 78 10 Ihe death has occurred at Abersoch, Carnarvonshire, of Captain G. A. Lucas, believed to be the last survivor of the Birkenhead troopship. The Birkenhead struck a sunken rock in Simon’s Bay, when 454 British soldiers and sailors stood in line waiting for the ship to go down
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  • 33 10 Penang -.—The E. A O. Hotel, The Crag, Runny mede Hotel, Hotel Norman, Carlton Hotel and The New Sea View Hotel. Singapore: —Raffles Hotel. Rangoon :—Strand Hotel. Crylor :—Nuwara Eliya.
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  • 159 10 TkarsMsy. June 11. Band, Golf Club, 6 p.m. High Water 2.15 a.m. and 2.2 p.m. Low Water 8.13 a.m. and 9.1 p.m. Straits Cinematograph, Penang Road George Town Cinematograph, Kuala Kangsar Road. FriJ*V« June 12. land. Esplanade. 6 p.m. High Water 3 0 a.m. and 2.36 p.m.
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  • 191 10 The companies do not guarantee the dates of arrival of these vessels, but will endeavour as far as possible to ensure punctuality. Alor Star, (Kedah). —Tong Chiian, June and 11 and Kedah, June and 12. Bagan Serai.—Daily. Bagan Datoh.—Pangkor, every Monday. Deli.—lndragiri, every Sunday, Merkus or Van
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    • 53 11 The Penang Rubber Stamp COMPANY, RUBBER STAMP MAKERS STATIONERS 40. CHURCH STREET. PENANG. GOOD VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY. You can have this if you order your Envelopes from the above firm A Large Stock of Strong Manilla Envelopes To be cleared at $l-25 only per 1000. Place your order early
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