Straits Echo, 20 June 1913

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    35 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS. CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS. THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY TOL. 11. $24 Per JUaia. PENANG, FRIDAY, 20th JUNE, 1913. Jwtlc Co»y. It cysts. No. 139
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      1049 1 If Toa r**qoir a Tonic and soma- a thing to noariah yon, drink DOC’S HEAD GUINNESS’S STOUT S and look forthia 5 A to MO that yon get ik TIANG LEE 9 Co., Solo Agoato. Andrew Usher 8 Co.’s <BANKS SPECIAL RESERVE. O.V.G. Whisky, SANDILANDS, BUTTERY 8 Co.. AGENTS FOB
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      17 1 TIGER BRAND CEMENT. *v N-258 <*» -h Mr «e psfi IN vt m k\ BEST TOR ALL PURPOSES.
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      428 2 NATIM I r m LION BRAND. (STERILIZES) J The Ideal Milk ?or use in the tropics» being absolutely pure whilst retaining its natural qualities and flavour. Chop Singah. -*?af Gold Medals. LONDON 1893 MARSEILLES 1893 PRETORIA 1898 SCHWERIN 1889. up# a M/, Grand Prix: (3A r ar '9 19&u £t.
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    The Moral of the “Turkey Trot.”
    945 3 Then* more interesting quefttion» to be asked about the new “negroid dances than the question whether they are proper or improper. 8- iue o* our corresj>ondentH aro paying a i reat deal, hut not too much, al»out the du'lness of tho modern waltz and
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    Colonial Civil Service.
    403 3 Sir T. Cros«ley lU»nrr, Chief Justice of British Guiana, has left the Colony on leave of absence, aud is vis’.tiog the United States ami Canada prior to coming to England. where he expects to arrive about the middle of June. Mr. E C. Eliot, late Comraissoner and
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    Bandmann in Japan.
    444 3 Tlio e seems to be no question about the growing taste among Japanese for foreignstyle theatrical performances, especially when enlivened with music. The Baudmann Company are playing at the Imperial Theatre in Tokyo to crowded houses We learn from the Japan Mail that when The Pink Lady”
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      16 3 Ch.nkcrUi.'t hi. A touch of rh.um.ti.rn, or t*ingeo( ue.r.lgi», wh.teror th. trouble Ma iu.it 1» zssfss.
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      498 3 Sir GILBERT PARKER, M.P., the Author and Traveller, states: I have used Sn mitogen with extraordinary benefit. It is to iny mind a true f mlI tonic, feeding' the nerves, increasing the energy, and giving fresh vigour to the Overworked body and mind.” THE ARCHBISHOP OF BOMBAY writes:— I use
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      49 3 towel CompUint in Chiliren. During the lummer months mothers should watch for any unnatural looseness of the child’s bowels. When given prompt attention at this time serious trouble may be avoided. Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy cai always be dapended upon. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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  • SHIPPING.
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      ARRIVALS.
      66 4 rangier, Br. 94, Mathew., June 1», Sitiawan, June 18, Gen. —B. S. Co., Ltd. Pin Seng, Br. .378, June 11#, Singapore, June 17, Gen. —E. oCo., Ltd. Maotsuijeker, Dut. 827, June 20, Batavia, June 9, Gen.—H. L.Law, C Br. M 957, June 20, Singapore, June 18, Gen.—H. L. Co.
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      DEPARTURES.
      42 4 Juki 20 Pungah, for Trang and Pang Nga. Pin Seng, for Port Bwettenham and Singapore. Hebe, for Teluk Anaon. Un Peng, for Pulau Laogkawi and I erli.. Pangkor, for Dinding., Sitiawan and Bagan Datoh. Flying Dragon, for Port Weld and Taiping.
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      MAILS CLOSE
      367 4 90S A lor Star (Kedah)— Per Kedah, to-morrow, 8 a.m. Madras taking mail» for Europe, etc, via Bombay—Per Taroba, to-morrow, 10-30 a.m. Langaa, Edi, T. Semawe, Segli, Olehleh and Sabang—Per Speelman, to-morrow, 11 am. Colombo and Tuticorin—Per Africa, a to-morrow, 2 p.m. Teluk Anson, Dinding. and Sitiawan Per
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    EXCHANGE.
    120 4 Penang, June 20. (By courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) jondon, Demand Bank 2,4 T 4 months' sight Bank 2/4* 3 Credit 2,4$ n 3 n Documentary. Calcutta, Demand Bank R» 174$ 3 days' sight Private 175$ Bombay, Demand Bank 174$ Moulmein, Demand Bank 173» 3 days'sight Private 1"51 Madras,
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    PRODUCE.
    221 4 Gold Leaf $64.60 Black Pepper no stock White Pepper ...32.75 nominal Tiang Pepper ...20.50 nominal Clove» ...39 out of season Mace 120 nominal Pickings 93 buyers Nutmegs 110». 21.60 buyers SNo. 1 6.50 sale* ft 2 6.31 sal>s Basket 5.15 buyers Copra (mixed) ...11.90 buyers 190. —seleis «•--jSS*! 2
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    MARKET PRICES.
    207 4 Pig’» Head... 24 Feet m 28 Tongue 40 Mutton .m per lb. 35 Head each 60 Feet the fou 25 Tripe each 30 Liver 40 Fowl (full giowu $1.00 Small Fowl... 50 Chicken 30 Duck (full grown) 70 Smallei Duck 45 Eoos (Hen's) p»-r JOU $3 00 (Duck’s)...
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    SHARES.
    1517 4 I I Is Q S 2 Number of *13 cL. j 53 S Capital. Shares > Dividends. Name. g g 2 Ji issued. g a 1 i O n m <y £■< M I 1909! 1910j 1911 1912 1913 RUBBER DOLLAR SHARES. Kfcvi ir.wKK) 1‘toOOO 1 j T' P
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      10 4 For Chronic Chest Complaints, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure, Is. 6d
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      90 4 THIS 13 IT! Waterbury’s Metabolized Cod Liver Oil Compound TASTELESS ODORLESS The latest scientific preparation of COD LIVER OIL. Dees all that is claimed for it and supersedes the old fashioned emulsions which upset the stomach. Highly re commended by the medi cal profession. O? ALL CHEMISTS Price $1.25 and
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    PENANG TURF CLUB. Autumn Meeting, 1913.
    922 5 (UNDER S. R. A. RULES OF RACING.) RACE DAYS. FIRST I>A\ r Tuesday, 22nd July, 1913. SECOND DAY Thursday, 24th Juiy, 1913. THIRD DAN Saturday, 26th July, 1913. FIRST DAY. Tuesday, 2'nd July, 1613. 1. The Mixed Handicap. Value $500. A Handicap for horses
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    Yuan Shih-Kai and the Southern Party.
    982 5 Views of Li Ydas-HcX'». Hankau. May 6. Sun Yat-sen, with whom I bad two long conversitions in Shanghai a few days ago, assured me on both occasions that the Kuo-min-tang—the Southern revolutionary party had decided to insist upon Yuan Sbibkai’s retirement even at the
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    White v. Yellow Races.
    700 5 Japan will not tight about the invidious treat men of a few fruit farmers* in California. A conflict between Japan and the United States at this juncture would mean the ruin of Japan could not run the risk of an iuva?ion of the Pacific slope, because
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    The Suez Canal.
    337 5 Iu the report submitted to the share holders of the Suez Caual Comp my at Hi meeting on June 2 the Hoard <>f Almi istratiou states that although the yea r 1012 followed a year which had b >eu particularly prosperous, and it had o carry the
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      242 5 quent r it 5 p.m., on Thursday. 10lh July. 1913. Htndtups for Entries tlose the First Day will be published on or before the 14th July. 19». *.-7 it-. *z. lU.thepuhhcatlonot ie YiVrs 1! A Forms obtainable from the Seeretarinn of any -HStiBricsilins;!.- l .ot n 5 U Kntr»m a
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      177 5 Messrs. W. D. H. O. WILLS’ 9 44 Embassy” Cigarettes. A New Brand of Virginia Cigarettes Packed in Air-tight tins of 50 and 25. OBTAINABLE AT MESSRS. PRITCHARD A CO. And All the Leading Stores in Penang. Price per tin of 25: 28 cents. 501 55 n oonnnnnnnnnnnnnnannnnnnnnnoo l PRITCHARD’S
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    THE STRAITS ECHO.
    93 6 pthliftod daily (except Sunday* and pobiie holidays) at ran K CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. No. 59, Beach Street, Penang. Pmicn Daily Local 924 per annum. Outetation... Postage Extra. Edition (Port Free) 917.50 OABLB ADDBBSS ECHO—PENANO.” Telephone Noa. Echo 586 Printing Departnent 343 jf g.-AU bwiMM communication* should b*
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    Births.
    48 6 Scott. —May 28, at Bromley, wife of R F. McNair Scott, daughter. Haskins —May 24, at Clevedon. wife cf W. J. Haskins,* Federated Malay States Railways, son Marriages. Darke—Hibhert. —May 21, a*. Hampstead, Arthur Ernest George, son of late F. M. Darke, of Singapore, to Amy Iiibbert.
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    DOMINE DIRIGE NOS.
    1259 6 i Coming as it does from a ineml»er of the Ministry which, in spite of lavish whiteI washing by a partisan committee and tbe vote in the Hou e of Commons absolving Sir Rufus Isaics and Mr. Lloyd George I recorded by Reuter to-day, will always live
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    M. A. P.
    884 6 Dr. W. Gilmore Ellis, P. C. M. O., who is in Penang on a visit of inspection will re> turn to Singapore to-morrow. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Lokalauzeiger states that the physicians in attendance on the Czarevitch have prescribed a course cf mud baths. The
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    TAIPING TOPICS.
    961 6 CFrom Our Own Correspondent.) r Taiping, Jan® 10. The appallingly sudden death of Shaik Nunnameah, one of Taiping’s oldest inhabitants and a prominent member of the Mohammedan community in Perak, came as a great shock to Taiping on Tuesday last. It was utterly unexpected. The deceased had given
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    SELANGOR RACES.
    432 7 SECOND DAY'S RESULTS. Kuila Lumpur, Juno 20. Tim second «lav of tlio Selangor Race* wan favour»*! with fine «'father and tie at t»*ud*nce was large- than un the ti s t dav. The favourites hid ir, all their own wav, .1 hough tho de'.*f!t of Seruuo (r, who
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    St. Andrew’s Cathedral.
    99 7 Jubilee Celebrations. (From Our Own Correspond etU). Singapore, June 20 The Hon. R. J. Wilkinson Colonirl Secretary, presided at. a meeting of the English Church people to consider the holding of a fete in order to place the St. Andrew’s Catbelral Funds on a firm I',iMs and
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    Singapore Share Market.
    38 7 F*wn Our Own Correspondent J) Singapore, June 20. Messrs. Fraser Co.’s weekly report states that the market declined throughout the week. All rubber shares showed a considerable fall and industrials and mining shares am flat.
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    Derby Incident Closed.
    117 7 {Renter.) London, June 1!*. It is authoritatively announced that Mr. Bower Ismav, the owner of Craganour, ha» decided on further consideration to take no further action in reference to his P^P 08 to seek au injunction in connection with th disqualification of We have to thauk the
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    MINISTERS AND MARCONIS.
    1699 7 A FULL DRESS DEBATE. RESULT OF TH DIVISION i (Router.) London, June 19 No debate of recent years has been followed with keeuer interest than the Marconi debate. Tho House of Com uioto was thronged and the atmosphere of uncertainty and personal interest involved caused tense excitement.
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    The Ascot Cup.
    137 7 An Fitraordinary Incident. (Reuter.) London, June 20. The following was the result of the race for the Ascot Gold Cup (2 1 miles) which was run yesterday: Prinrf Falatine O’Gradv 1 Steadfast Wootton 2 Aleppo Maher 3 Eight ran. on by 1.1 lengths; 4 lengths between second
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    BOXING IN SINGAPORE.
    134 7 (From Our Own Correspoiulent.) Singapore, June 20. The boxing tournament at tbe Theatre Royal was very successful. Fire bouts took place, including a ten-round contest between a professional, Fraser, and a soldier, MacMillan. The former won in the sixth I round. The fifteeQ-round contest between Private j
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    The Balkans Situation.
    115 7 Bulgaria and Servia. {Reuter.) Sofia, Juue 19. Bulgaria’s reply to the Servian demand for a revision of the Treaty of Alliance will be presented to-day. It is understood that she insists upon an adhesion to the terms of the treaty, aud alleges that Servia’s demand for a
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    Germany and the Far East.
    148 7 The able correspondent of the Nanai and Military Record in Berlin announces tint it is the intention of the German Government to send a couple of battleships of the old Kaiser or Wittelsbach classes to tho Far East, to be based on Kiao-Cliau. No doubt
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    Locusts in the F. M. S.
    153 7 The Danger to Rubber. Tbo latest news shows the locusts up more in the light of grass devourers than anything else, but it is admitted they do much damage to coconut trees and, although evidence of damage to rubber has not yet coine to
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    Football in Malaya.
    193 7 Spectators and Sport.” While we have taught the local youth how to play games like football we have not yet educated his friends and backers up to a clear conception of fair play. No crowd of British working men at a cup-tie match coul exceed iu blind
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    Penang Golf Club.
    95 7 Lawn Tennis Tournament. The following were the results of this week’s play: Men's Singles Handicap A Sells brut Martin 6 -4, t —(>, 6 3 Final Sells beat Turner 0—2, 10—8. Profession Pairs. Final. Sellar and Cleaver beat Peel and Sells «-3,6-1. The following ties have been
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    A FALSE DECLARATION CASE.
    379 7 The preliminary inquiry into the case against a Malay, named Ha mat, who was charged with making a false declaration of i long possession of two pieces of land at j Sungei Pinang, was held yesterday afternoon before Mr. E E. Column Mr. J. Crabb Watt,
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    To-day’s Rubber Market.
    42 7 (By Courtesy of Messrs. The East Asiatic Co., Ltd. through their agents G. II. Slot Co.) Fine Para Spot 3s. 8jd. Fine Para Forward 3s. 7d. First latex Crepe delivery next three months 3s. Market weak. June 20, 1913.
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    Rubber Notes.
    2477 8 It is a long tine since tbe Bobber Share Market presented such a woebegone appearance. Other departments pf the £topfc Exchange are, perhape, similarly bereft of rapport, but no section displays quite so much limpness as does this market. At tbe mo* Esent there certainly appears to be
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    Trainer’s Appeal.
    324 8 Mr. Richard Wootton and Mr. Robert Sievier. A case of interest to sportsmen was before the Court of Appeal, composed of the Master of the Rolls and Lord Justice 1 Kennedy, on May 30, when Mr. Richard I Wootton, the well-known Epsom trainer, I appealed against an order
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    P. V. R. C.
    52 8 The following are the final results of the shootmg matches in which the Penang Volunteer Rifle Club took part: Mu* East Intrrporj. SE& m’""* 8 ***** Colombo 708 .Far East Interport. Shanghai 952 Singapore 931 Penang 922 average 92 2 Hongkong 893 Iktrrrta.tr Match. Selangor did
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    P. C. C. Bowls.
    24 8 In the final tie for the Championship which was played off yesterday, H beat K N Goodwin bf 21 13.
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    The Railway and Motor Cars.
    503 8 The proposed new "We don't cere a Dash Enactment under which the Railway Department would escape practically all serious liability for smashing, losing, burning or otherwise injuring motor cars entrusted to them for safe transit, provi 'es that the liability of the Depart u ent
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    Temperance in Malaya.
    184 8 I TO TMM IoiTOB OS TBS SIBAITS RCBO Dear Sir, An effort is being made at the instance Womea Christian Temperance Duiou, to quicken public interest in the 1 iterance question in Malaya. It is felt t'i »t in the interest of all classes of the comuiunity
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    M.F.A. Cup Tie.
    172 8 Un,te<l S P° rt Club met the Ittihadol Khairean F.C. in the M.F.A Cup fixture yesterday. The match ended in jwm for the Penang United by one goal to fined to 8 STr 1 the ball was con Wd. Penang United L b W the ball lth
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    VESSELS EXPECTED.
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    SAILINGS.
    18 9 VfuU F<" Agrttlt Leave* China Sing»!»™ A.0 4CO. Arcadia Colombo Scharnhor't Colombo B-MACo Yorck Singapore B31.A^oJune. July.
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      289 9 S.N.C P.&O. Expected Arrivals and Departures. Mail Service. Outward. Juno 26 China connecting with Maloja July 10 Assaye Mongolia 24 Delta Macedonia Aug. 7 Arcadia Malwa Homeward FAKES BY MAIL STEAMERS. lstclass 2ndclass To London by Sea $565-72 $377-14 To Marseilles or Gibraltar $528-00 $358-29 EXTRA STEAMERS. Intermediate Sen ice.
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    Lord Kitchener and Egypt.
    1463 10 Lord Cromer's annual reports upon the condition of Egypt were always eagerly sought, because they told the layman in simple and vivid language exactly what he wanted to know. They were never overburdened with statistics or technicalities. They described very clearly the state of the sountry,
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      416 11 HOW THE WEST SERVES THE EAST WHAT IS STERILIZED NATURAL MILK? —nwgg——Bgro zrna—■gga This is a much more important question than it appears to be at first sight. Many people are under the impression that any milk sold in sealed tins is condensed milk, but this is erroneous. Here is
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      1713 12 EUROPEAN AGENCY. WHOLESALE Indents promptly executed at lowest cash prices for all kinds of British and Continental goods, including:— Books and Stationery, Boots, Shoes and Tjeather, Chomicals and Druggists’ Sundries, China, Ear; henware and Glassware, Cycles, Motors and Accessories, Drapery, Millinery and I*ieceGoods, Fancy Goods and Perfumery, Hardware, Machinery and
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