Straits Echo, 7 May 1914

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    35 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS. CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR BAST GENERALLY. VOL. 12. $24 Per Annum, PENANG, THURSDAY, 7th MAi, 1914. Sinjle Copy, 10 cents. No. 103
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    The Far Eastern Scene.
    2029 3  -  (BY VIOLET MARKHAM Sages which cover the walls. The apartments, however, are revelations of the beauty of the naturalistic school of Japanese painting. In one set of rooms the decorations are predominantly blue in tone i —vivid, effective. In another the colouring i is of the
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    PENANG TURF CLUB. May/June Meeting, 1914.
    585 3 (UNDER S. R. A. RULES OF RACING.) RACE DAYS. FIRST DAY Saturday, 30th May, 1914. SECOND DAY Monday, 1st June, 1914. FIRST DAY. Saturday, 30th May, 1914. 1. —The Mixed Handicap. Value $500. A Handicap for Horses that have never won a Race of
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    Selangor Rubber.
    1673 3 > The Question of Combination to Support Prices. The annual general meeting of shareholders of the Selangor Rubber Company, Limited, was held on Thursday, April 9th, at Glasgow, Sir F. A. Swettenham, G.C.M.G. (the chairman of the company), presiding. The Secretary having read the notice calling the meeting,
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      433 3 Fntri/9? p m on a y* May, 1914. Handicaps for ErlliritJa vlvOt the First Day will be published on or before the 22nd May, 1914. A penalty of 7 lbs. is incurred in a Handicap by the winner of any Race run subsequent to the publication of the weights and
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  • SHIPPING.
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      ARRIVALS.
      51 4 Jndrtgfrt Dot. »•>.. n M Deli,Ma«6 Deo-K Pangkor, Br. E g. Co., Ltd. Dindings, May 6, (Jo Teluk Hebe, Br. 3 *6 Co™ I An r OD e 5.C88, Bruzer, April 2, OeoMadrM. April 30. (Jen.—H. I. o Dunera. Br. 3.403. DicklMon M« 7, Calcutta, May 1. Gen—A- A.
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      DEPARTURES.
      82 4 May 7. Malaya, for Deli. Ghee Thye, for Alor Star (Kedah). Ningchow, for Port Swettenhaua, Singapore and Japan. Trang for Trang. Perak, for Port Swettenham, Port Dickson and Malacca. Ban Lee, for Trang. Tara, for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Avagyee for Dindings, Sitiawan, Bagan Datoh and Teluk Anson. Dunera,
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      MAILS CLOSE
      296 4 For Yen—Per Jit Peng, to-morrow, 7 a.m. Alor Star (Kedah)— Per Tong Chuan, to-morrow, 7 a.m. Langsa, Edi, T- Semawe, Segli, Olehleh and Sabaug—Per Singapore, to-morrow, 7 u.m. Trang, Tongkali and Pang Nga Per Perlis, to-morrow, 2 p.m. Port Swettenham and Singapore—Per Pin Seng, to-morrow, 3 p.m. Teluk
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    EXCHANGE.
    118 4 Penang, Mat 7. {By courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London, Demand Bank 2/4A 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4| 3 Credit 2/4f 3 Documentary 2/4 T Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. 174 M 3 days' sight Private 175;; Bombay, Demand Bank 174 Moulmein, Demand Bank 173;; 3 days’ sight Private 175;;
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    PRODUCE.
    197 4 Gold Leaf 564.40 Black Pepper 16.50 buyers White Pepper 27.70 sales Trang Pepper 19.- buyers Cloves 46 sales Mace 110 nominal Mace Pickings 92 —sales Nutmegs 110 24. sellers iNo. 1 6.10 sales I 2 5.50 sales j Basket 5.15 buyers Copra (mixed) 10.75 buyers Tahbun 190 .—sellers Soonde
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    MARKERT PRICES.
    168 4 Penang, Mat 7. Beef cts Soup per catty 14 Boast 24 Steaks Stew or Curry Meat Rump Steak Ox Tail e** Tongue Feet Y Heart 1 Liver P« r catty bb Pork 00 pork j er catty Pig’s Head Feet Tongue Mutton P or i Head each OU
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      91 4 A Good Rule for the Home. Make it a rule of your home to always keep on hand a bottle of Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a safeguard against bowel complaints. It always cures promptly and no household is safe without it. For sale by all Dispensaries and
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      153 4 E. O. Hotel. :o:« SPECIAL TIFFIN EVERY WEDNESDAY SATURDAY. is the most modern and up-to-date Lighting System. Patented all orer the World. NOT ABLE TO EXPLODE, NO INSTALLATION, uad no piping required. Each lamp is a complete, closed, transportable means of Light. NO WICK, simple handling. The lighting is automatie
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    Netherlands India.
    244 5 The Nieuwe Ro 11 erda msc he Courant (Liberal) publishes an article on the subject of the Netherlands’ guardianship over the East Indies, a subject that has recently been much to the fore. Where a development policy is in question, writes our contemporary, legal phrases and definitions are
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    Penang Golf Club.
    153 5 Lawn Tennis Tournament. The following were the results of the ties played off yesterday Men's Singles Handicap A. C Cunradi vs. M K Whitlock unfinished. Ladies’ Doubles Handicap. Mrs Anderson and Mrs Crichton beat Mrs Hogan and Miss L Heim 6—1, 6 —3. Mixed Doubles Handicap. Miss
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    Damansara (Selangor) Rubber.
    182 5 Presiding at the meeting of the Damansara (Selangor) Rubber Company on April 17, Mr. W. P. Metcalfe said he was sure that shareholders would be pleased with the result of the year’s working, which enabled them to declare the satisfactory total dividend of 50 per cent. Two
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    Javanese Labour at Singapore.
    210 5 The Singapore correspondent of the Soerabajasch Handelsblad recently had a conversation with a gentleman charged with the extension of a large copra factory at Singapore, who, of course, continually had to deal with native labour. The correspondent received some very interesting information concerning the Javanese working
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    “Hongkong and Shanghai Bank.”
    372 5 Sir Thomas Jackson. Of the conspicuous figures in the financial world few have had so wide an experience of the conduct of financial affairs in different parts of the world as Sir Thomas Jackson. Sir Thomas has attained to the prominent position he now occupies in
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    Big Dances.
    278 5 A recent editorial in the Malay Mail, which had for its text that big dances are not worth the candle, has elicited an endorsement of the leader-writer’s views by a correspondent in our Kuala Lumpur contemporary who signs himself Tango”. Tango” too thinks that we can very well
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    Rubber Planting Extraordinary.
    201 5 A good deal has been said from time to time with regard to the distance of planting rubber, and a good many companies in the East are now busily engaged in thinning out their rubber. For thick planting the Kasintoe estates in Java will take a good
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    FIXTURES.
    97 5 To-dat. 13th Day of 4th Moon. Band, Golf Club, 5-45 to 7-15 p.m. Borowsky’s Circus, Dato Kramat Gardens. Singapore Sporting Club, Spring Race Meeting. Penang Volunteers—“ B Company, Recruits, Squad Drill. Squad and Section Drill Free School, 4 p.m. Practice P. L. R. C, 7 a.m. Crown Cinema, Chulia
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      12 5 Woods’ Great Peppermint Cnre, For Coughs and Colds, never fails, Is. 6d
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      851 5 n w. D. H. O. WILLS’S THE NEW SMOKING MIXTURE de LUXE A PERFECT PIPE TOBACCO Of all Leading Dealers THE Straits Cinema Location: —PENANG ROAD. To-night's Specialities: “A Shroud of Snow” 2 REELS. 2 A Powerful Drama. The Lady in Black 4 Reels. 4 Parts. The Most Sensational Drama
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    THE STRAITS ECHO.
    95 6 daily (except Sunday* tad pvbiio holidays) AT IT* CRITERION PE2SB. Lra. No. 59, Beach Street, Peuavg. Pnc* •m 124 per tncam. Ortrtftttoa. M Portage Extra. Miil Mite (Port Free) 917.50 OABLB ADDBBSS ECHO—PENANG.” t TeUpkoie Not. Echo 580 Printing Depart neat 343 JT.J.-AU kniMM MBmuniMtiOß* ckcuM b«
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    FOR FREE DISCUSSION.
    930 6 Mr. Asquith’s motion empowering the Speaker of the House of Commons to eliminate obstructive blocking motions from the agenda—that is not the correct wo r d, but it will do —of the House of Commons has not come a day too soon, for of liic the practice
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    “Plain Words from a Planter."
    349 6 To the Editor of the Straits Echo. De3r Sir, Referring to your leading article Plain Woids to Planters” in Monday’s issue, may I, as a planter, bo permitted to say a few equally plain words In the course cf the article, you express the opinion
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    Sungei Batu Estate.
    71 6 Messrs Boustead Co. inform us that the Secretaries of the Sungei Batu (Malaya) Rubber Estates Ltd have telegraphed to them as follows j The Directors’ Report has been issued showing a profit for the year ended 31st Dumber, 1913, of .£3.058. A Dividend of 5% 13 recommended.
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    M. A. P.
    831 6 The Rev. Bro James left by the s.s. Prim Ludwig to-day for Hongkong. Mrs. C. W. Barrett and Mis* Barnett left by the s.s. Print Ludwig to-day for Singapore. The Acting Resident of Selangor and Mrs. Burnside leave for Home early iu August. The Resident of the
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    CLAIM FOR LEAVE.
    168 6 ASSISTANT SUES FIRM. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala I.umpur, May 7 The hearing was cotntu need on Monday in the Kuala Lumpur Supreme Court, bj. fore Mr. Justice Iuues, of cross actions in the tirst of which Messrs. A. C Harper and Co sued Mr. J. W.
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    The S S. “Derwent” Ashore.
    35 6 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, May 6. The steamer Derwent, bound from Penang for Java, is ashore on a reef near the Sultan Shoal. No details are yet to hand.
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    No Autumn Session.
    20 6 {Reuter). London, May 7. It is officially stated that there will be no Autumn Session of Parliament.
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    The Late Sir John Ramsden.
    377 6 The Times of April 16 has the following obituary notice of Sir John Ramsden whose career was described at length in our issue of April 17: The death is announced at liis Buckmtrhatnslure seat, Bulstrode Park, Gen-ard s Crow after a fortnight’s illness, of Sir
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    Housebreaking by Night.
    290 6 Beiore the District Judge this morning a Chinaman, who described himself as a tinsmith, pleaded guilty to a charge of housebreaking by night at Keng Quee Street on the 1st instant. Khoo Pin Keng, a widow, stated that at about am th:it morning she hoard some raps
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    53 6 Dctiki Johnston. —April 11, at Abbontiakoon, Gold Coa-t Colony, James Halley, son of late A. JobnstoD, formerly of Singapore. Nicholls.—On the 11th inst., at 63, Glasslyn-road, Crouch-end, N, Margaret Mary, the beloved wife cf Irving II. Nicholls, ard only daughter of Sir William Adamson, C.M.G., aud Dame Margaret Adamson, of
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    THE BUDGET.
    205 7 debate in the commons. the new finance. Reuter.) London, May 6. jj, Walter Long, speaking at Holborn, t h it the Government’s financial methods drheu mouej out of the country. It g disgraceful for Mr. Lloyd George to that he hoped the rich would make up deficiency- llo
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    Thrilling Tale of the Sea,
    453 7 blcatner Destroyed by Fire. (Reuter). New York, May 6. Tl,e Cuufttd liuor Franconia has sent a wireless message to the effect that she picked up a boat with thirteen survivors of the British steamer Columbian bound from Antwerp to New York, which caught lire on
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    Capture at Sea.
    138 7 Piicustioa in the Commons. (Reuter.) London. May 7. m' U e House of Commons Mr. P. E i Member for Burnley, moved •u tho Government should be urged to DP- iato the maritime powers with a to securing the immunity of private P ri, pe t\ at
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    RACING IN ENGLAND.
    136 7 CHESTER CUP RESULT. (Reuter.) London, May 7. The following was the result of the race for the Chester Cup (2J miles) which was run at Chester yesterday Mr. A. Fairie’s Aleppo 1 Mr. C. Burn’s Annecy 2 Sir William Cooke’s (Jravelotte 3 Seventeen ran. (Winner trained at
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    Gun-Laying Tests.
    41 7 (Reuter.) London, May 6. The gun-laying tests resulted as foilows China Squadron first with 108 83 points, Battle Squardon second with 108.04, Mediterranean Squadron ninth with 63.19, East Indies twelfth with 61.01 aud the Cape Squadron seventeenth with 50.39.
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    Lords and Women Suffrage.
    34 7 (Reuter.) London, May 6. The House of Lords rejected by 104 votes to 60 Lord Selborno’s bill for giviug tbe parliamentary franchise to those women already possessing the Municipal franchise.
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    Welcoming Jack Tar.
    28 7 (Reuter.) London, May 6. The British squadrons visiting the Adriatic ports wero enthusiastically welcomed at Venice, Trieste and Abbazia where the officials entertained them yesterday.
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    Albania.
    28 7 Epirotic Methods of Sarbarism. Reuter.) Durazzo, May 6. The Epirotes crucified 200 Moslem Albanians near the orthodox church at Kodra, near Tepelini, and then burned the church.
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    Threatened Strike of Bakers.
    25 7 (Reuter.) Melbourne, May 7. The bakers of Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane threaten to strike for higher wages. The masters are obdurate.
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    Somaliland.
    23 7 (Renter). London, May 6. Mr. Geoffrey Archer, Deputy Commissioner of Somaliland, has been appointed Commissioner in succession to Mr. H. A. Byatt.
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    “White Wolf.”
    111 7 White Wolf.” Said to be Financed Abroad. Peking, April 25. It is reliably reported that “White Wolf” has been defeated at Pinchow. Government agents in Japan have informed the Government that Chinese in all parts of the world are financing White Wolf,” who has already received $BOO,OOO. Bandit Forces Divided.
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    Chinese Finance.
    69 7 The Government’s Plight. Peking, April 25. The Board of Finance has decided to send the Vice Minister of Finance to all the Provinces to appeal to the officials to do their utmost to remit funds to Peking. All the Governmental salaries are due on the 261 h, and
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    Chinese Railways.
    46 7 Aiming at a Uniform Policy. Peking, April 26. A Presidential mandate sanctions a petition from the Ministry of Communications to the effect that fresh foreign loans for railway construction should not be allowed until the Ministry has planned a uniform policy of railway building.
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    SINGAPORE RUBBER AUCTION.
    80 7 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, May 7. At the Singapore rublwr auction 121,435 lb. of rubber were offered for sale and 104,363 lb. were sold at the following prices Smoked fine ribbed 8132 34 per pi. good $127—8132 fine plain sllB—sl24 Unsmoked ribbed $124-8127 m fine plain
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    Rubber Company Sued.
    44 7 (From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, May 7. Yesterday Mr. Justice Innes delivered judgment in the case in which Lee Nock Tien sued the Port Swettenham Rubber Company for $17,363. Judgment was given for the plaintiff with costs for $1,016 only.
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    Japanese Naval Scandals.
    45 7 Accused Found Guilty at Preliminary Hearing. Tokyo, April 25. Messrs. Pooley, Hermann, Blundell, Gondo and Iwahara and Admiral Matsuo have been found guilty at the preliminary hearing in connection with the naval corruption charges. Their cases are being transferred to public trial.
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    Shares.
    209 7 Yesterday. To-day. g eo g os Shares. a s ffl 02 PQ GO RUBBER. Anglo Malay. 9/6 10/3 9/44 10/14 B. Mertajam. 1/10 213 1/10 2/3 Chersonese 2/2 2/7 2/2 2/7 C. Malay 9/3 10/- 9/H 9/104 Dennistown... 20/- 22/9 19/6 22/6 Highlands 47/9 50/3 47/3 49/9 Kamuning J/ll
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    To-day’s Quotations.
    107 7 Tin, Rubber, Rice and Copra. The following business in tin has been done to-day Penang Penang Tin Exchange, 6j tons at $75.40 Eastern Smelting Co., 1 50 76.17^ Singapore: Straits Trading Co., 200 76.12^ Total ...256j tons. Tin is quoted in London to-day at .£149 15s. cash and
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    April Rubber Crops.
    44 7 lb. The Juru Estates, Ltd, 3,992 'I he K.M.S. (Malay States) Rubber and Coconut Plantations Ltd 4,800 The Uganda Rubber Estates, 9,828 TheS.S. (Bertam) Rubber Co. f Ltd. 52,000 A mutiny of two regiments at Hanchung in Shensi has been suppressed.
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    COLF GOSSIP.
    1148 7 The Straits Championship—Same Tall Scoricf A Promising Piayer—Next Year’s Yenue— Rubber-cored v. Gutty. The Straits Golf Championship which was played at Kuala Lumpur last mouth I seem to have been unreported by the Press, to have escaped the attention of the Sporting Public. Nevertheless it was a rather
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    Alleged Extortion.
    752 7 Charged Against Detectives. The hearing of the case against two detectives named Noordin and VeerappeD, who wore charged with extortion of the sum of $4O or, in the alternative, with receiving an illegal gratification of $4O from one Seena Mohamed was resumed this morniDg before Mr. W C.
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    Outside.
    98 7 The following articles will be found on our outside pages Page 3.—Selangor Rubber. The Far Eastern Scene. 5. —Netherlands India. Penang Golf Club: Lawn Tennis Tournament. Damansara (Selangor) Rubber. Big Dances. Javanese Labour at Singapore. Hongkong aud Shanghai Bank Sir Thomas Jackson. Rubber Planting Extraordinary. B.—The President of China.
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    The Trouble in Manchuria.
    146 7 Anti-Russixn Feeling: Outlook Serious. Shanghai, April 27. A telegram from Harbin states that train loads of Russian troops are leaving for Tsitsihar at tho request of the Russian Consul. This step is being taken on account of the revolt of Chinese troops at Tsitsihar. The outlook
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    The Chinese Chaos.
    1021 8 Brigandage as a Profession. (Bj J. O. P. Bland in the Observer.) Not only in Europe, but in all the Seven 6*as, jeiloui eyes are watching, eager hands i are making ready to take advantage of i Great Britain embarrassments. And in no part of the world
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    The President Of China.
    940 8 I§ Yuan A Failure Our German telegrams told us on Wed- j < uesday night that the Times considers the 1 march of White Wolf against Hsian-fu to 1 be a sign of the failure of Yuan Shik-kai’s administration that this fact, if fact it be,
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    Mining in the East Indies.
    111 8 It was recently intimated that Mr. W. A. J. M. van Waterschoot van der Gracht and Mr. F. A. H. Weckerlin de Marez Ovens, who have since the middle of last year been placed at the disposal of the 1 irector of Government Works in
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    The Dutch in Malaysia.
    467 8 In an article in the Contemporary Review on the Dutch in Malaysia, Mr. Lewis R. Freeman disposes of the fallaciousness of the contentions of so many in the East who have deluded themselves and others into believing that the Dutch way is the one for India,
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    Loudon Rubber Company Results.
    392 8 Jong-Landor. London, April 23. Tho Jong-Landor Rubber Estates, Ltd., pays an interim dividend of 4 per cent. Allagar. The Allagar Rubber Estates, Ltd., pays a dividend of 7| per cent., and carries forward 1,711 The all-in cost was Is. 8d. The estimated crop is 210,000 lbs.
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    The Arnold Case.
    287 8 Despite the result of .the appeal, I believe it will be generally agreed that Mr. Arnold rendered a praiseworthy public service by bringing this case to light. Honest indignation at what he deemed a miscarriage of justice led him to make too sweeping charges against Mr. Andrew
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    Cholera in Singapore.
    190 8 Dr. Middleton Interviewed. There is at present no cholera epidemic in Singapore. There is very little danger of there being one. But there is an outbreak of the dieadful disease. Such an outbreak occurs every spsiug about this time. The present, one is not especially serious, comparatively
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    Aziz Ali, El Masri.
    269 8 The Cairo Correspondent of the Times definitely confirms the news, previously telegraphed by him, that Aziz Ali, el Masri, has been condemned to death. He adds, however, that the sentence has now been commuted to one of fifteen years’ penal servitude, and that hopes of further
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    School of Tropical Medicine.
    154 8 The following have passed the examination at the end oi the 44th session of the London School of Tropical Medicine Jan-uary-April: G. G. Jolly (Capt. 1.M.5.), M. 8., Cb.B., D P.H., and N. 8 Williams (Colonial Service), M.R.C S, L.R.C.P., passed with distinction. Passed—G. M. Millar
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    SINGAPORE RACES.
    877 8 OPENING DAY’S RESULTS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, May 6. It was raining the whole day and the attendance was fair, General T. E. Stephenson and the Hon. Mr. R J. Wilkinson being present. The going was heavy. Southall rode fire winners and one second. The Opening Stakes.
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    Rubber Flooring.
    225 8 A Boon to the Hospitals. A tennis court of rubber is to be laid down in London. This novelty follows on the installation of flooring made of plantation rubber in Guy’s Hospital. It is proposed to cover rooms in the London Children’s Hospital and the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary
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    The Kidnapping Case.
    131 8 Accused Acquitted. Tbe hearing of the case against Mohamed Sultan, who was charged with kidnapping a minor, a Chinese girl named Tio Han, was resumed this morning before Mr. W. C. Michell in the District Court. Inspector H. Brereton intimated to the Judge that the Solicitor-General had
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