Straits Echo, 15 February 1912

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    37 1 Straits Echo 12-PAGE EDITION. DAILY CHRONICLE GT EVENTS. CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL. »0. $24 Per Annum. PEJNANO, THURSDAY,' istii FEBRUARY, 1912.* Single Copy, 10 cents. No. 3
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    The Morals of the Jungle.
    1193 2 I lishop Butler is said to have discussed the question whether a whole nation could go iuad. “If he were alive to-day, ha vs the Spectator, he might have extende the inquiry to whether the whole of civilised mankind might not lie subject to an
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    Tide Table for Penang.
    105 2 February, 1912. Date. H. W. L. W. H. W. L. W. AM AM. P.M. P M. 15th 10.10, 4.26, 10.42, 458 16th 11 08, 5.30. 11.30, 5.41 17th 11 50, 5.59, Nil, 6.20 18th 12 27, 6.35, 12 44, 642 ,9h 12 59, 7.06, 1.13, 722
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      275 2 Rheamatism. It is now well known that not more lhan one rase of rheumatism in ten requires any internal treatment whatever. All that is needed is a free application of Chamberlain's Pain Ba!m and massaging the pari 8 it each application. Try it and see how quickly it will relieve
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    Mme. Maeterlinck and Her Man.
    466 3 Mme. Maeterlinck, in a remarkable interview with a woman reporter of the New Yark American, relates the story of her impetuous wooing of the sky, retiring Belgian genius,” says the New York correspondent of the Standard. !f‘Why I tell you this I do not know,’
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    One For Maeterlinck.
    208 3 Abbe Ernest Dimnet has a very candid criticism of Maeterlinck in the Nineteenth Century. In my opinion,” he s®ys Maeterlinck is enormously over-rated The success of his philosophical £ooks is of exactly the same order as the success of any secondrate novel or drama, and can be
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    What the Public Needs.
    238 3 And over all, the Great Tyranny of public opinion rules absolute. Even the adventurous radical magazine is in all likelihood only feeling for a new public demand, which is a new limitation. The magazine which appeals to the general must more or less confine itself to
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    The Overthrow of the Manchus.
    572 3 Here is a remarkable message from the Tim** Peking correspondent, Dr. Morrison, showing how swiftly events are moving in the Chinese drama. Considerable progress,” he sajs, has l>een made with the negotiations for the abdication of the Emperor, a marked I impression being created by
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    Where are the Satirists?
    309 3 Where are they —those old correctors of men’s excesses, women’s foibles, the warpings of the times, the nonsensical vagaries of 4 Movements, and the leeway of a nation’s tendencies—where are they asks Mr. J. E. Patterson in the Academy. Those strenuous wielders of the lash of
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    Schoolboys and 1912.
    58 3 Schoolboys will surely have a kindly feeling for the year 1912. When they are required to learn the dates at which the union of Great Britain aud Ireland was broken, the Welsh Church disestablished, and the franchise thrown open to all adult males, the auswer in each
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    Local Steamer Service.
    436 3 The Companies do not guarantee the do‘es of arrival of these steamers, but trill endeavour as far as possible to ensure punctuality. From Alor Star, (Kedah) —Tong Cliuan, Feb. 5,7, 9, 11. 13, 15, 17, 19, 21. 23, 25, 27 &29 and Pangkor, Feb. 6,8, 10, 12.
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    Popes Ban On Mixt Marriages.
    969 4 English Protestantism has taken cogurz- j auce of the “Ne tome re” decree of Pope 1 > Piux X. in a meeting of protest against its i publi ation in the British Empiie. This i der-ree.it will be recalled, has already imt| with expressions of
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    Injuriousness Of Tobacco.
    702 4 The opinion that tobacco is injurious to the young and apparently harmless to 4 adults, quoted in these pages recently from American Medicine, is adjudged by the editor of Good Health to be one of those half-truths which Teuuysou telD us are over the blackest of Ups
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    Nothing Doing.
    214 4 Two woman's college professor?, the professor of English literature and the professor of history, attended a matinee of a Shakespearian production during Christmas week to make 44 notes for their lectu es for the following year and to compare impressions. When they arrived at the theater they were
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    A Balzac on the Bench.
    529 4 As you open Nash's Mag nine for Jauu- i arv you are at ouce struck by a very strik- I ing face which looks out at you from several pages The photographs are the i best series of their kind ever published, j Life-like, they
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    Editorial Jibes.
    409 4 Mr Taft keeps right on insisting that his intentions are good, -Chicago News. A rich man of Mew York left his fortune to his lawyer. He chose the simple wav. Los Anyeles Tribune One of the finest things about being Emperor of India is that you don’t hare
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    A New Solar Engine.
    598 4 Engines to lie run by the sun’s heat have oeeu devised many times, but it can hardly be said that they are vet familiar obj* Some are doing good work, hut they aneconomical only in regions where fuel U scarce and sunshine abuudant. Both these conditions
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    His Due to Wifeless.
    353 4 Some of the troubles brqugfit on by wireless telegraphy, or rather by the powerful electric apparatus used at the sending stations, are noted in Oosmos (Paris, November 1), which quotes as its authority the French paper Nouveaux Re mules. This journal remarks that we must expect
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    VESSELS EXPECTED.
    28 5 Vessels Irotn Agents Dv Yurck Colombo India Colombo Himalaya Singapore Df rjl in ger Singapore 1 BM.&Co. 15th lVb.' A.G.&Co. 22ud A. 23rd B. 27th 1
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    SAILINGS.
    21 5 I Vessels For Agents Leaves Yorck a Singapore B M.&Jo Ftb. India Singapore A.U.&Co. Himalaya Colombo A.G.4C0. -7TDerfflinyer Colombo B.M.&Co.
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    THE STRAITS ECHO.
    420 6 A Journal or Thought. Published daily (except Sundays and public holidays) AT THE CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. No. 226 —232 Beach Street, Penang. Price. Daily Local $24 per annum. Outstatiou... Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Post Free) $l5 CABLE ADDRESS ECHO—PENANG.” f Telephone Nos. (Echo, 586 Printing Department 343
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    EPISTEMOLOGY
    765 6 Epistemology is a swanky word, isn’t it But we like it better than we like that bless, ed word Mesopotamia. Here (as we haven’t a topical subject ready, and are in a hurry) is a little illustration of the science of know edge, which may be worth expaadiug s
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    French Naval Policy.
    92 6 The French Chamber discussed the naval programme which was adopted by 453 votes to 78. The speakers generally agreed that it was the minimum compatible with national safety M Delcasse dwelt on the naval activity of Austria, Italy, and Germany and said that France will content herself
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    Raamsdonk—Laporte.
    88 6 At the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd, Singapore, last Monday the marriage was solemnised between Mr. J. P. Raamsdouk, of Messrs. Moraux Co., and Miss Millicent Laporte, third daughter of Dr. Laporte. Miss Laporte is a sister of Mrs. Huese of Penang. The three unmarried sisters of the bride
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    France’s Aerial Navy.
    75 6 A telegram from Paris states that the French Senate debated the Aviation Bill of February 3. It whs explained that while fifteen dirigibl -s were being constructed atten'iou will lie concentrated on the aeroplanes It was hoped liefore the end of the year to mobilise thirty-two air
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    Tin and Rice Quotations.
    65 6 The folio»ving business in tin has lieen done to-day Penang Penang Tin Exchange, 37£ tons at $96 50 Straits Trading Co, 50 97. Singapore Straits Trading Co., 180 96 90 Total... ?67| tons. Tin is quoted in London to-day a 1 <£*l97 10s. cash and £192
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    McNamara Outrage.
    59 6 The United States Government has moved in the matter of the McNamara dynamite outrages inquiries into which have been proceeding for some time The arrests effected ye9t Hiv include officers of the Interim itioual IV id e aud S‘riie*iiral lronworkeis i residing at oi»i-ag«, Cincinnati, and Syracuse. Other
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    P. C. C. Tennis.
    96 6 Following were th« results of the tie« played off ysterdav: -Championship: Wiiaff 1 bed Sells 6 —B. d- I, 6—4; Forre t Iwat Neubron» <*- 'l-j, J —6, 6 —4 Mh'el Double Uan’i-qi; M*ss Pritchard and Goldie beat M s W Motion and W. Motion Jr.
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    Suger Conference.
    60 6 A telegram from Brussels states that at the last meeting of the Sugar Conference an agreement was reached for the renewal of the Convention for another term of five years. Russia will be allowed to export an £Xtra 150/Q0 tons and a further 10 ,000 in foliv* ng
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    That Taiping Scandal.
    1016 6 Tut-tut. Naturally we expected that some people would consider our effusion! yesterday, touching A Parent”, to be vulgar. Had we written it in anger, we should be ashamed of it; but it was written facetiously —and that makes a difference. Quite good people say things in the
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    Seville Floods.
    38 6 The correspondent of the Times at P ing describes the terrible condition numerous riverside villages. 4d,000 i t r* tants are flooded out and starving n' are scantily supplied with bread h* lfrom Seville. Te h>'aphed.
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    The Case of Mr. Wessels.
    743 6 The charge against Mr. Gustav Wessel was resumed this morning before Mr E p Col man. Mr. Traub, recalled, produced a eta,», for $1,200 which was debited to Prod u > Account. He found a receipt (product dated 30th November bearing the Chine** signature of
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    Cricket Squabble.
    39 6 A telegram from Sydney states that Edgar Mayne has replaced Clem Hill on the selection committee for the test matches Clem Hill it will l>e remembered, resign**! his position after a bout of fisticuffs with McAlister. Telegraphed.
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      51 6 A lawyer once, who caught a cold, Was soon called to the Bar,” Where Ikjuor by the case was sold, Old Scotch, as well Three Star; His stay was brief,” I won’t I’m sure Touch this whatever it costs I’ll take some Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure, And defy this Winter’s
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    Parliament Meets.
    1396 7 The weather was dull but drv when Their Majesties drove to Westminster to open Parliament. The usual brilliant scene in the House of Lords was somewhat dimmed by the Court mourning of the peeresses who were in black which was relieved onlv white plumes and veils. Kino’s Speech.
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    Pentland’s New Post.
    18 7 It is officially announced that Lord Pent land his been appointed Governor of Madras. Telegraphed.
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    Football Fixture.
    29 7 The Jamathol Horea F. C. and the Bobus Sabar F. C. meet to-morrow on Victoria Green to play off their League Fixture under the M. F. A.
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    Liberal Leadership.
    62 7 The recent Ministerial changes have tint tered political circles. The Conservativ. s contiuue to discuss the probability of Mr H. H. Asquith’s retirement from the premiership. The Daily News, on high official authority, denies the ridiculous rumours th.it Mr. Asquith will resign the premiership and be succeeded by
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    Striking Logic.
    30 7 A telegram from Sydney states that the representatives of 16,000 transpolT workers have declared that the Brisbane strike wis illogical. They refused to strike in sy.. patbv. Telegraphed
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    Leap Year Dance.
    50 7 The dances given by the Engineers’ Institute are always very popular and invari ibly a success. Last night’s affair was no exception to the rule. Those repousible for engineering the Leap Year dance have every reason to congratulate themselves The Institute never did its guests better. Redaction
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    Nyasa Projects.
    138 7 The Colonial Office announces that in reference to the proposals for securing Nyasalaud an outlet to the sea the Imperial Government had provisionally approved of 4 protectorate. Government was entering into an agreement with the B r itish Central Africa Company for a protectorate by Government purchases of
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    New Ministers.
    21 7 Lord Sandhurst has been appointed Lord Chamberlain, aud Mr. C. F. (jj Mastermau Financial Secretary to the Treasury. Telegraphed
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    Reichstag Rows.
    62 7 A telegram from Berlin slates that the 1 Radicals Herr Kaempf and Herr Dove have been elected President and second Vice-Pre-sident, respectively, of the Reichstag, replacing Herr Spahn and Herr Paasohe. The i re-election was necessary because the Centre' party refused to eo-operate with the Socialists while the
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    Kuala Kangsar.
    639 7 The Chief Secretary, F. M. S, gave a dinuer last night (Feb. 13) at the Residency. Some of the leading planters were among the guests. I H. H. the Sultan of Selangor is presenting musical instruments for the Malay l College Cadet Corp3 band. The Sultan Sulieman Club
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    Argentine Shipyards.
    25 7 A telegram from Buencs Ay res states that the Government has authorised the Vickers, Maxim Company to establish shipyards at La Plata. Telegraphed.
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    New Steamer.
    63 7 There arrived from Antwerp this morning the s. s. Den of Glainis a new steamer belonging to the Shire line which is making her maiden trip to the East. Her tonnage is 3,318 and Captain Andrew Low is in command. Messrs. Boustead 4Co are the Penang: agents. The
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    Spy Disclosures.
    152 7 A telegram from Berlin states that a sensation has been caused by the publication of an interview in the Hamburger Nachrichten with the Belgian Verrue who was the chief witness in the Stewart case. Verrue says that while he was at Hamburg in 19 7 for a Lou
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    Denmark and Japan.
    23 7 A telegram from Copenhagen says that a commercial treaty and tariff convention has been signed lietween Denmark and Ja[>an. Telegraphed.
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    Russian Navy.
    28 7 A telegram from St. Petersburg says that the Budget Committee has fixed the Navv Estimates at £15,903,000, an increase of £5,077,000 as compared with 1911. Telegraphed.
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    Rubber Reports & Dividends.
    333 7 Rubber Reports Dividends. Rubana. —Int. div. 5 per cent, (actual). Lanokon N. Borneo.— Mr. Ed. Dent has joined the board. Bahru Selanqor Rubber Company.— Registered with a capital of £20,000 in 2s. shares. I Strathmore. —Proposed to increase capital to £65,000 by the creation of 15,000 additional shares £1 each.
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    Insurance Bill.
    54 7 Mr. Bonar Law has written to the Press explaining that in his statement that he was ready to repeal the Insurance Bill lie meant if there was opportunity he would deal wdth it immediately. ODce the act was n operation it could only be dealt with bv means
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    Tariff Amendment.
    39 7 A niemlter from one of the back benches "ill move the Tariff amendment. He will I be suppi ted bv Mr. Bonar Law and a jColDagm if there is oppor l unity for its discussion Tel 'ir'phed.
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    The Manifest.
    245 7 Arrivals Per s.s. Nyanzv, 15th Feb., fr in Singapore Dr. R. D. Keith and Mr. J. Mitchell. Departures. Per s s Nyanza. 15th Feb for Marseilles Mr. A. O. Cobl-*y Mrs. Shaw and child, Mrs R G. Palmer. Mr. H. Welharo. Miss E Mahler and Mrs Liston. For
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    Sun & Yuan.
    50 7 Sun Yuan. A telegram from Peking states that Yuan Shi Kai, having issued a manifesto announcing his appointment as organiser of the republic, Sun Yat Sen has telegraphed refusing Ito recognise an appointment bj the Throne I and asking Yuan to come to Nanking immediately or send a plenipotentiary. Telegraphed.
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    Savoy Theatre.
    44 7 Another mystery man is to be presented to Penang on the 18th mat. at the Savoy Theatre. Professor Jensen, from Calcutta, with his company will open a season of one month on the date mentioned and the agents promise a good show.
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    Wei-Hai-Wei Trouble.
    53 7 A telegram from Wei-hai-wei states that the insurrection there took place in the neutral territory of Weuteng. It is entirely anti-revolutionary and hundreds were tortured and killed. Queueless Chinese were especially liable to torture. The Marines of H.M.S. Kent are guardiug the British boundary pending the arrival of
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    Breach of Contract.
    39 7 Messrs. Curry, Forwerg A Co the export firm, has been awarded $1,369 and costs against Chop Wah Hong Seng Kee, merchants of Boat Quay, Singapore, for breach of contract for failure to deliver para rubber. Telegraphed.
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    Outside.
    111 7 The following articles will be found on our*outside pages Page 2 —The Morals of the Jungle. Tide Table for Penang. 3. —Mme. Maeterlinck and Her Man. One For Maeterlinck What the Public Needs. The Overthrow of the Manchus. Where are the Satirists Schoolboys and 1912. Local Steamer Service. 4.
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    FIXTURES.
    94 7 To-DAT 28th Day of 12th Moon. Governor Returns from Kedah. Methodist-Episcopal Conference, Kuala Lumpur. Ladies’ Rifle Shooting, 4-30 p.m. London Musical Comedy Co., Town Hall. P. C. C. Tennis Ties. George Town Cinematograph, Kuala Kangsar Road, 9 p.m. Japanese Bioscope, Penang Road. Straits Cinematograph, Penang Road. To-morrow. 29th Day
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    MAILS DUE.
    16 7 English 'lndia) ...22nd Feb China Himalaya ...23rd China Derfflinger) ...13th German Primes* Alice) ...29th
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      ARRIVALS.
      93 8 Goshen, Ger. 8.8., 5,108, Ahlborn, 14th Feb Yokohama. 27th Jan., Gen.— B. M. &Co. Kahuna, Dut. 8s 170, Cet Ris, 14th Jeb.. Saining, 10th Feb., Gen. H. L ACo pen of Qla>ni«, Hr. s.s., 3,318, Low, Feb., Colombo, oth Feb., Gen. B. Co. Gambia, Ger. 3,011, Buch, 15th Singapore,
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      DEPARTURES.
      51 8 15th February. Aynthia, for A «ah an. Sappho, for Tongkah. Mary And in, for Trang. Arayyee, for Teluk Anson. Thomjwa, for Fort Swettenham and Singapore. Nyanta, for Colombo and Tuticorin. Perak, for Deli. Kedah, for Dindings and Sitiawau. Yorck, for Singapore, China and Japan Malaya, for l>eli. Petrel, for
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      MAILS CLOSE
      371 8 For Alor Star (Kedah)— Per Tony Chuan to-morrow, 7 am. Langsa, T. Serna we, Segli, Olehleh and Pulo Weh—Per Kahnoa, to-morrow, 1 p.m. Batu Bahia —Per Lian Choo, to-morrow, 1 p.m Singapore, Hongkong Amoy Swatow Per Curonia, to-morrow, 4 pm. Rangoon —Per Lama, to-morrow, 4 P-ui. Pulau Langkawi,
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    EXCHANGE.
    124 8 Penano, 15th February. (By courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) 'rfmdrn, Demand Bank 2/4^ 4 months* sight Bank 2/4£ 3 Credit 2/4* 3 Documentary.. 2/4^ Calcutta, Demand Bans Rj- 174 3 days’ s*o t Privr. '*5J BombaDe uanu ban» 71 Mouiuiein, Demand Bank 1 3 S d iy»’s»giit Pr-v* !'6
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    PRODUCE.
    227 8 Gold Leal frOi.6o Black Pepper no stock White Pepper 29 —buyers Trang Pepper 22.40 buyert Cloves 32. —sellers Mace lo8 —nominal Pickings 103 —sales Nutmegs llUs. 25. —sales I No. 1 8 20 sale Sugar < 2 8.10 sal s (.Basket 5.10 wow. Copra (mixed) 10.40 sales Tahbun 190.
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    MARKET PRICES.
    186 8 Penang, 15th Februari*. 1912. Beef cts. Soup per catty 14 Roast 24 Steaks 24 Stew or Curry Meat... 16 Rump Steak 24 Ox Tail each i 0 Tongue... 55 Feet 15 Heart I*o Liver per catty 55 Pork Pork per catty 82 rise's Head... n 24 Tongue 32
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    SHARES.
    1228 8 J- \'i *k ft ft h s I sc- Atf. 7 L' -3 tO I—s§gfIg£g|ggg1g£g|ggg I aot ft 'fe ■'rc oXXVi 2? M M In m ik 03 Cw 1“ tiM 'J C C C fC W 5 *W S .«£Jpyopy 3 50 Ong rsi rc. ro li li
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      34 8 These liny Capsules superior to Copaiba, Cubebs and Injections OURE Ihe same diseases as these drugs in FORTY-EIGHT HOURS without inconvenience. Each Capsule bears the namt Paris, 8, rue Vivienne Sold by all Chemists.
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    A Man Who Charts The Void.
    1047 9 Dr. William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society and Director of the Meteorological Office, is called “Clerk o’ the Weather" iu Ninth Mcujatine, and is photographed in some remarkable pictures. He is also called a Charter of the Void, and has made weather
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      228 9 The curative action of GoiiOSa’l is attributed to its being antiseptic and anaesthetic, Manufactured by J. I>. Riedal Ltd., Berlin, and sold in form of capsules, 40 in a i>ottle. NOTICE. TAMIL IMMICRATIDM FD.ND ENACTMENT, 1911 Employees of tamil labour are hereby reminded that returns under the above Enactmeut for
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    Poverty and Morals.
    161 10 Dr. Chalmers,” says the Spectator taught that poverty is a moral disease and demands a mo al remedy. The greatest endowment which a man or woman can hare, even whin we are considering their economic surroundings, is character —self-control and moral and intellectual energy. To take the
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    Expensiveness Of London.
    276 10 Writing on the inability of the Thames 1 Ironworks to compete in price with Northern shipva-ds, the Evening Standard says Th difficulty is the expensiveness of j i hondoi-. This i*> due to two sets of causes H which tray be called natural and artificial In the
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    Curse of the Week-End.
    289 10 ux n ever-increasing number,- and with unabashed faces, people are making more and mo e frequent week end excursions for self-gratification and pleasure, seeking muchneeded rest and peace, which, however, come not to them,” said Mr. E. J. Arcott, of Bishop Auckland, in an address reported
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    Oxford’s Millenary.
    154 10 The proj°ct to celeb-ate the Millenary of the City of Oxford in the coming year can lie amply justified on historic grounds,” savs the Spectator For though the existence of p eacadenrc Oxford can Iki traced back to a much earlier date, it was in 2 that it
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    Educating Secondary Teachers.
    243 10 The Head matters’ Conference has been discussing the professional training of secondary school teachers. Mauy head and assistant masters of English secondary schools regard this with lukewarrauess, scepticism, or even hostility,” says the Times. They have got on without it themselves, and they see no use in
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    The Statesman and the Fallacy.
    130 10 An Interview. A FaHacy sat on a Statesman’s knee, And said with a glance askew, What in your heart, do you think of me, And what am I worth to you The Statesman, being alone, spoke free, t‘ Don't publish this interview You are worth
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    E. T. Cook: A Great Journalist.
    430 10 Mr. E. T. Cook’s retirement from the editorial staff of the Daily Chronicle U something more than a loss to London journalism and to the Liberal party,” B avs the Pall Mall Gazette, which in old da’v» he edited, after serving under John Morler
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      36 10 The Real Puzzle —Father (impressively) Suppose I should be taken away suddenly, what would become of you, my boy P Irreverent Son —“I’d stay here. The question is, What would become of you West Chester Critic.
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    A Poetic Workman.
    1398 11 i Wonder and -astonishment are great words with great associations. But there are few men living in England to-day of whom they can be more fairly used, in their most exact and literal sense, than of Mr. Alfred Williams,” says the Times Literary Supplement, reviewing his Po&ns
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