The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 3 April 1913

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  • 21 1 THE STRAITS ECHO, MAIL EDITION. $17.50 Per Annum. Single Copy, 40 eents. Vol. 11. Penang, Thursday, 3rd APRIL, 1913. No. 14.
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    • 279 1 mfUnii/llllllllllllitlHl.'finitllltHllltll/tniHlllftfUtlfllMltfMHttilit/tllflfnUlltltlllf/ltlllHU/HI/11/ltl/tt/ttlllllttlltllHllllltttHflftllWHltlMM, I CONTENT S. X X X X X X X X I Leaders: page. Sports? Page. X X X X X X 5 The Lesson of the War 291 Penang Ladies’ Rifle Club 294 303 x The Dreadnought Business 297 Penang Volunteer Rifle Club 303 x A Word of
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    • 181 2 STRAITS ECHO MAIL EDITION. I I* 11 iaNMAAMIkPMMMBi t Published the day prior to the departure of each mail K for Europe, and contains the latest local and States |i news originally published in the daily issues, as well as I all important news from various parts of the Far
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  • 998 291 The fall of Adrianople and the capture of the Chatalja lines should serve to drive home with irresistible force the Lesson of the Balkan War” which Lord Roberts, the greatest soldier of the day, preaches in aa article reproduced from the English Review on page
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  • 381 291 Police-Constable Charged with the Murder or his Corporal. (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, March 27, 1913. Before Mr. T. W. Patton in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday the p eliminary enquiry into the charge of murder against P.C. Hashim, who is charged with shooting Corporal Hussain with a
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  • 236 291 Yeo Choon Hin-Lit» Saw Boey. Yesterday the marriage took place of Mr. Yeo Choon Hin, son of Mr. Yeo Boon Swee, Chief Cashier of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, to Miss Lim Saw Boey, youngest daughter of the late Mr. Phu&h Hin Leong and sister
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    • 96 291 1334). published daily (except Sundays and public holidays) AT TH 15 CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. No. 226—;232 Beach Street, Penang. Price. Daily Local nt $24 per annum. M Outstation... Postage Extra. Kail Edition (Post Free) $17.50 CABLE ADDRESS ECHO—PENANG.” 9 Telephone Nos. (Echo, 586 Printing Department 343 jf,B— All buainw communication*
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  • 3173 292 THE RACE IN ARMAMENTS. MR. WINSTON CHURCHILL’S SPEECH. (Reufer.) London, March 27. Mr. Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty, in introducing the Navy I Estimates, explained at the outlet the causes of the increase in naval expenditure, which were Firstly, owing to the decision of a
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  • 113 293 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, March 27. The case in which the owners of the s. s. Penang are claiming $130,000 from the owners of the s. s. Soyo Maru for salvage when the latter vessel caught fire in the Straits of Malacca in October last,
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  • 66 293 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, March 28. At the adjourned special meeting of the Singapore Poultry and Dairy Farm only two shareholders put in an appearance. A motion in favour of liquidation was moved by the Chairman, Mr. Robertson, but was not seconded. Mr. W. Makepeace then
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  • 74 293 (From Our Own Corretpondenl.) Singapore, March i'7. Twenty-two Indian engine room hands of the s.s. Kioto, bound from Cebu to New York, were charged at the Marine Court with disobedience of orders. They complained that they had no time to re t and asked to be allowed
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  • 54 293 (F*om Our Own Corregtondeid.) Singapore, March 28 Messi'S. Fraser Co’s Singapore Bhare Circular states that owing to the holidays, business has been small, but to-day’s advices show a better feeling at Home. Locally there has been more enquiry for tins and a slight decline in iudustiills, the
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  • 78 293 (Reuter.) London, March 27. The funeral of the late Field-Marshal Visiount Wolseley will be the most impressive accorded to a British soldier since that of the Duke of Wellington in 1852. Six thousand troops will take part and the King has commanded that every possible honour is
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  • 318 293 Obituary. (Reuter.') London, March 27. The death has taken place at the age ot 54. of the well-known s'Dg writer, Mr Clifton Bingham. Obituary. (Reuter.) London, March 19.* The death has taken place of the celebrated High Churchman, the Rev. Arthur Henry Stanton, who was vicar of St. Albans, Holborn.
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  • 158 294 MONTENEGRIN DISMAY. (Reuter.) London, March 27. Reuter’» Agency learn» that the Austrian Minister at Cettinje communicated to Montenegro the decision of the Powers with regard to the northern frontier of Albania as it will affect Montenegro. The terms of this decision caused such surprise that Montenegro sent
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  • 163 294 Scenes in the Commons. (Reuter.) London, March 26. In the House of Commons an attempt by the Opposition to force a snap division on the Appropriation Bill led to a heated scene. Supporters of the Ministry rose to continue the debate until the Government forces could be
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  • 199 294 The Financial Situation. (Reuter.) London, March 27. A special article in the Times, on the occasion of the passing of the Japanese Budget, discusses the financial situation in Japan and considers that it is on the whole satisfactory, despite the heavy burdens imposed on the country. It commends
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  • 508 294 ADRIANOPLE STORMED. BAYONET CHARGES AND FEARFUL CARNAGE. (Reuter.) Belgrade, March 27. An official Servian account ol the fall of Adnanople says that Chukri Pasha, the Turkish Commander, opened negotiations with a view to the surrender of the fortress to the Servians, but the Servian Commander declined to treat
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  • 222 294 Dayton's Pitiable Plight. (Reuter.) New York, March 27. Six of the Middle-West States were stricken with the greatest disaster since the San Francisco earthquake. The floods are increasing and are sweeping everything in their way, especially in Ohio and Indiana where incalculable destruction was done. The telegraphs,
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  • 74 294 (Reuter.) Ottawa, March 27. Mr. R. L. Borden, the Canadian Premier, will introduce a Bill in the House of Commons this week, providing for Canada’s adhesion to the Anglo-Japanese Treaty of Commerce and Navigation, 1911. The treaty will be accepted in its entirety with the exception of
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  • 141 294 Following were the scores made by the P.L.R.C, at Kampong Bahru this morning; 200 Yards Deliberate, Miss J. Smith 28 Miss Mclntyre 28 Mrs. Oxenham 24 Miss W. Gawthorne 22 Mrs. Liston 20 Miss Gawthorne 18 Miss E. Mathieu 14 150 Yards Deliberate. Miss J. Smith
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  • 1565 295 ri MM OVER GUERNSEY CL ESTATE. r ♦ha Supreme Court this morning March Judice S L Thornton comme ced 26» of the case in which Mr. Chanthe bear g Managing Director of the P R ,Xr Co. Ltd .Lumut, brought a S’?, 4 it against Mr. Walter
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  • 1847 295 Claim For $5,0 0 Damages. Mr. Walter Cyril Boomgardt, of Guernsey Estate, brought a libel action agninst Mr. Channing P. Harding, Managing Director of the Segari Rubber Co, Ltd., claiming $5,000 damages. The case was begun before Mr. Justice S. L. Thornton on the adjournment of the
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  • 375 296 —S.T. Merely formal business was transacted at. yesterday’s meeting of the Municipal Commission, the gentlemen present being: Mr. W. Peel (President), Mr. W. T. Chapman, Mr. F. Duxbury, and Mr. Yeoh Guan Seok with Mr. L. M. Bell (Engineer) and Mr. L. A. C. Biggs (Secretary) in attendance.
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  • 1962 297 1Q an artic e, distinctly able but slightly jigiageuaous, the Malay Mai', which very otwa^voices tne official view, ret.u ns to the suojjccuf the Malayan Dreadnought. It, reviews at sjojs lengtn the circuai tances io which th j off ir was tendered and accepted and inxKes an
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  • 995 298 TAIPING T OPICS. (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, March 29, 1913. Th*} poor attendance of the Volunteers at drill continues to afford matter t >r adverse comment; but ho long as the present inconvenient time, 5 15 pm, is adhered to there is not likely to be improvement Even a
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  • 231 298 According to the latest statistics, Kedah must be quite the healthiest place in the Far East, for the death-rate works out at about 18 per mill©, which is extremely low for this part of the world and compares most favourably with the Federated Malay Stamps and
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  • 1283 298 j Cornmen’ing upon the recent meeting o f Far Fa-tern section of the London Chamber of Commerce, a Homo paper says We wish some of the speakers could have -aid a word about the standard of living among Hngli>hm-u in the Far East and other place» where British
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  • 182 299 THE ACCOMMODATION AT ST. JOHN’S. rom Our Own Correspondent, > Singapora, March 29. At the meeting of the L-_i-lative Council yesterday, the Hon. D. T Boyd asked With reference to the statement, made by the Government on August 9. 1912. namely, that the questi n of providing additional
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  • 242 299 Important Statement By Sir Edward Grey. (Reuter.) London, March 28. In reply to a series of questions in the House of Commons on the Chinese loan, Sir Edward Grey, Foreign Secretary, said I realise the apparent hardship involved in the refusal of the Government, pending the negotiation
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  • 47 299 (Reuter.) Tripoli, March 28. The It dians are following up their successes in the Ghan tn di trict ami have occupied Kikla, Suadna, and Yeffren. The Arab leader Baruni. Bey has fbd. The resistance of the natives is regarded as having been overcome.
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  • 280 299 TELUK ANSON RUBBER. LTD. (Er:m Our Own Corresgjondent.) Singapore, March 28. At the Annual General Meeting of the Teluk Anson Rubber Estate Ltd Mr. G. A. D-rrick, who presided, said that the manager’s est imate of 60,< 00 lb, unless something exceptional happened, would be reached The
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  • 53 299 Our Own Correspondent London, March 29. The following dividends have been paid by the undermentioned estates The Kajimr Kublier Estate 4 New Ciucudile River Rubber Co. 5 Eow Seng Rubber Co. 17. j Klanang Produce Co. 50 (final) The rubber mar et is dull. There was a heavy
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  • 91 299 Lincolnahire Betting. (Reuter.) London, March 28. The betting for the Lincolnshire Handicap, which will be run next Tuesday, is as follows 8 to 1 agst. Long Set. 9to 1 B-aurepai re. 10 to 1 Uncle Pat. 100 to 7 Cigar and Talana Hill. 100 to 6 Lesto,
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  • 225 300 BULGARIA'S DEMANDS. (Reuter.) London, March 29. Router’s correspondent states that Hui g&ria wi 1 not cease hostilities until Turkey has signed the conditions of peace. She considers that an advai.cn on Chatalja rn >y expedi’e peace bv compelling dinkey to acknowledge defeat. Bulgaria, in the m p a
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  • 55 300 (h'r.nn Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, March 28. Tim B. 1 mail arrived by train but there was delay in de ivery owing to sorting at the Po»t Olli ie being necessary. To secure the full advantage it is necessary to sort on th j tram
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  • 126 300 Arrival At Piraeus. (Reuter.) Athens, March 28. The y.irht A<ip' ilrilr, with the remains of King George of the Hellenes, has arrived at Piraeus The escort of foreign war ships fi cd a salu<e. The members of the lb>ly Synod went on bond and rea l
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  • 38 300 (Reuter L< udon, March 29. H. K. 11. the Duke of C«nnaught his s nt a wireless message stating that he w 11 attend the fuie-rai ot Viscouut Wolseley on btbalt of the Kmg-
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  • 88 300 D.ffag-'l.u yL a‘22 ‘Reel Wo.ks. holder J London, March 28. The losses incurred by the railway companies in Ohio aud Indiana are already estimated at $15,000 (g-dd) The losses through the closing of steel plants and mills will be immense. Western Pennsy.vama, northern and Virginia and Kentucky
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  • 94 300 German Opinion, (Reuter.) Berlin, March 28. Mr. Winston Churchill’s speech is received favourably only by the Liberal Press. The Conservative papers reject the suggestion of a close year for shipbuilding as either Utopian or as a deliberate attempt to stir up German Radical opinion against the German
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  • 256 300 Penang Man'* *pp icatun R fused. At the Licensing Sessions in Singapore Mr- 1 jucie Smith attended to support the application of transfer of the Bristol Hotel, from its present proprietress, Mrs. Listermann, to Cboo Choon Kee, a man who has heli a first class licence in
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  • 1043 300 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. The annual general meeting of this cofo. pany was heid m London on March 7. The Chairman said The Report and Accounts have been in your hands for the usual time and 1 presume jou will allow me to take them as
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  • 690 301 While the corpse of Sir Stamford Raffles may possibly turn in its unknown grave when the Legislative Council of this Colony passes the Ordinance which is to endow us with custom-houses in each of the three Settlements, we fancy that the ghost of the great Empire-builder
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  • 348 301 We touched briefly on the question of the relations between the local Judiciary and the Executive Government when we referred in these columns some days ago to the difficulty that will be experienced in obtaining capable and suitable men to fill the vacancies which will
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  • 490 301 There is rea on to believe that a certain amount of VV hite Slave Traffic is going on in Penang. In any case there are several creatures here at present who have been engaged in that loathly trade in other Eastern ports. It should not be
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  • 1136 302 M. A.P. Mr. J. E Scott Brown, c a is on a short ▼ihit to bis parents in I poll. Mr. F. L. Tomlin is approved as the viceconsul for < bile at Singapore. The hon’ble C. W. Darbishire, member of the Legislative Council, reported his return from leave of
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  • 249 302 T mt Editor op the Straits Ech®, Dear Sir, The telegrams with regard to the fall of Adrianople and the capture of ChatalL which appeared in both the local newspapers seemed incredible to certain members the Mobamedan Community, especially tb e Kling Mohamedans They maintain Turkey tidah
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  • 322 302 The Resident Councillor and Mrs. Evans signalized their return to Penang by a delightful At Home” in the charming Residency grounds on Saturday afternoon. The attendance was large and representative. Tennis and croquet were in full swing until twilight, when Bridge came in for a goodly share
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  • 192 303 To the Editor, Times of Malaya. Dbak Sir. —I shall fee! obliged if vou will be enough to allow me a space io vour valuable paper for the following statement respecting my election without knowledge or consent, as an Honorary President of the Perak Branch of Kwo Min-
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  • 359 303 The following notifications appear in the F.M.B. Government Gazette of March 28: Mr F B Sewell to be a Superintendent, Survey Department. Mr F Tait to be an Assistant Engineer, P W D. Mr J Beech to act as Assistant District Officer, Tam pin. Mr W J K
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  • 266 303 SENTENCE REDUCED. Mr lß T h Su P re B Court this morning Mr. Justice b. L. Thornton heard the appeal of Che Hussein, a fortune-teller wio was fined .525 or two months’ rig irous imprisonment bv Mr. It B Osborne for professing to tell fortunes. The
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  • 289 303 The monthly shoot of this club took place yesterday morning in good, bright weather with the following result:— Monthly Shoot. Ranges 200, 500, and GOO yards. Heap. Total. Capt J G Allan 75 102.75 Pte R S Pentney .88 101 40 Sergt G B Southam .58
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  • 265 303 P. C. vx. ST. XAVIER’S. This match was played on the Esplanade on Saturday afternoon. The Xavierians, batting first, compiled a total of 65 runs, J. Jalleh ami C. Reutens being the only two to get into double figures. The P. C. C„ who replied with 98 runs, found
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  • 182 303 The result of the shooting of the P.L.R.C. at Kampong Bahru this morning was as follows: 200 Yards Deliberate. Miss J. Smith 30 Miss Mclntyre 28 Mrs. Listun 25 Miss Gawthorne 25 Mrs. Oxenham 21 Miss W. Gawthorne 21 Miss E. Mathieu 19 Mrs. Mathieu 6
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  • 61 304 MORE BIG DIVIDENDS. I Fmn. Our Oun, lurMMtul' u l London, March 29 The following dividend» are announced Selangor, 62| per cent, final. Sungei Way, 22{ per cent final. Bukit Cloh, 12.* per cent interim. Malacca, 25 per cent interim Tenom (Borneo), 5 per cent Both the
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  • 178 304 (Renter London, March 29. Sir William Lever. M P.. of Sunlight Soap fame, who purchased Stafford HoU'C from the Duke of Sutherhnd and offered it to the nation, has now withdrawn his offer on the ground that suggestions were made in the House of Commons during his absence
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  • 181 304 (Reuter.) London, March 29. 'l'he National Union of Railwaymen, was inaugurated in Kentish Town at midnight A IL'toe paper of February 15th said After sitting for five days in conference at tie* Holborn Hall, rupre onfatives of the Amalgamated Society oi Railway Servants, the General Railway Workers' I
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  • 49 304 The Duke Duchess of Connaught. (Reuter.) London, March 30. The Duke and Duchess of Connaught have aruved at Euston. They were met by Their Maj- stes, the members of the royal 1 uiily, Lord Strathcona, Lord Roberts, and other notable people. 1 hey received a rvcept’.uu outside the station.
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  • 357 304 MONTENEGRIN DISSATISFACTION. (Reuter.) London, March 29. The representatives of the Powers have sent collective representations to Cetinje ai <1 Belgrade, communicating the decision of the Powers in regard to the question of the frontiers of Albania and demanding the abandonment of the B ie ß e of Scutari.
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  • 75 304 (Reuter London, March 30. The remains of the late Lord Wolseley have arrived at Victoria Station. The coffin was placed in a gun carriage covered with the Union Jack On the coffin was a wreath from Lady Wolseley. The Horse Guards escorted the coffin to the
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  • 276 304 The Financal Proposals. (Reuter.) Berlin, March 30. The Federal Council has passed the Army and Finance Bills which provide for total permanent increases in the expenditure for the next three years of £19,800,000 Tbe non-recurring increases will ba 11,900,000. The peace footing of tbe army will be
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  • 86 304 Germany’s Programme (Reuter) Berlin, March 30. The Government naval air craft programme, which has just been published, provides for two airship squadrons of five airships each with headquarters consisting of four double revolving sheds and two fixed sheds. Furthermore, there will be a central station
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  • 69 304 Offer of A Huge Loan. (Reuter.) London, March 30. As an instance of the temptation to which the Chinese Government is expo-ed the Tim prints an extract from a letter received by a well-informed business house from Peking, showing that the Standard Oil Company has offered
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  • 55 305 Vis ts to Foreign Capitals. Reuter.) London, March 29. According tJ the newspapers Their Majesties King George and Q een Mary will pav a series of visits to Paris, Berlin, aud Vienna— probably in May. Berlin, March 31. The British knows nothing of the rumoured visit
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  • 39 305 (Reuter.) Boston, March 30. A Birmingham Suffragette, Miss Ward, who arrived here on a visit to her relatives, was debarred from landing on the ground that she was sentenced to imprisonment for window-smashing in London.
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  • 420 305 {Reuter.) London, March 29. It is now believed that the number of dead in Dayton docs not exceed 200. New York, March 30. The Hood conditions are slowly improving due to the subsidence of the rivers in the interior of Indiana and Ohio. Owing to increased
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  • 1627 305 s'. 7’. REDUCING BETTING To INNOCENT SPECULATION. More About Servant? Registration. A meeting of the Legislative Council was held on Friday afternoon. His Excellency the Governor (Sir A H. Young, K C M.G.) presided and the other members present were the Officer Commanding the Troops (Lt.-Col. A. G.
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    • 65 305 A Parent s Duty. Your boy is always getting scratched or cut or bruised. Because these wounds have healed all right is no sign they always will. Get a bottle of Chamberlain’s Pain Balm and see that every injury is cired for immediately. You cm get nothing better, and blood
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    • 53 305 Muddy Cimjlexna. When you see a worn m with a muddy or sallow co nplexion an I dull eyes, vou mav know tint her liver is out of order.' A few doses of Chamberlain’s Tablets will correct it and make her look better anl feel better, to. sale by all
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  • 899 306 It is obviou- that the Struts Tinies is beginning to realise t hat it has a weak case to defend wiem it takes up the cudgels in support of the Government’s action with reference to the .Malayan Dreadnought. There u-ed to be a maxim among lawyers to
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  • 506 306 The Agricultural Bulletin for March contains an article on Insect Pests which should be of particular interest to planters in the Krian district where the two more important pests mentioned are now prevalent. Every careful planter buys and reads the Bulletin. The following extracts from the
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    • 98 306 Tte h ty Y ar Test. An article must have exceptional merit to survive for a period of forty years. Chamberlain’s ough Remedy was first offered to the public in 18/2 From a small beginning it has grown in favor and popularity until it has attained a world wide reputation
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  • 550 307 Among our Random Notes to-day is a paragraph which speaks, perhaps a little disparagingly, of the growing tendency of the people in the FM 8. to perpetuate their “great men” in statuary. In “Taiping Topics” wdl be found an account of a fresh proposal of this nature
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  • 1411 307 MR. JUSTICE THORNTON’S JUDGMENT. His Lordship Justice S. L. Thornton deliverel judgment this morning in the suit in the matter of the estate of Ppfer August Joha nes Weber (deceased), brought by Regina VVeber (widow), plaintiff, against Anna Ebel, wife of Paul Ebel, Johannes Chai les
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  • 616 308 the amount of her share of it i.e. 520,000 bears to such residue The interest payable as above decided should be paid primarily out of the income that has accrued or is accruing on the residue, so far as available and so far as that is
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  • 731 308 THE CUP CONDITIONS. A meeting of the Committee ot 1 he I’onang Association Football League held at the Penang Free School U-t night for the purpose of making arrangements tor the forthcoming Cup Tie Competition and to consider Mr. Tav Cbie Hin 8 motion with regard to
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  • 280 308 The result of the Monthly competition was as follows: D C Macintyre (Winner) 49 52=101-24=77 C G May 44+43= 87- 8=79 J R Bennett 48 48= 96—16=80 WN Masterton 43 50= 93-12=81 R H Pinhorn 54+4 =lol—2o=Bl R D Acton 44+42= 86— 4=82 8 F B Martin
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    • 52 308 Best Medicine Mad’. A better medicine can not be made than Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. It relieves the lungs, opens the secretions, aids expectoration and assists nature in restoring the system to a healthy condition. Besides, ’t contains no opiates and is perfectly safe to take. For sale by all Dispensaries
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  • 132 309 Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, April 1. The suit brought by the owners of the 8. s- against the owners of the 8 8 S«yo for d am H' es for savage wa9 resumed to-day. Mr Carver, f° r the defendants, addressed the Court on the question
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  • 87 309 (From Our Own .Correspondent.') Singapore, April 1. Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Pringle, who are on t beir way home on leave, were given a farebit by the Young Men’s Christian Associption last night. There was a large gathering. It is understood that when Mr.
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  • 159 309 Imposing Ceremony at St. Paul's. (Reuter.) London, April 1. Lord Wolseley’s funeral took place in a dense, yellow, night-like fog. The military procession passed through streets lined with troops. There were vast crowds of people all the way from the War Office to St. Paul’s Cathedral
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  • 82 309 On A Vis'd to Count Zeppelin. (Reuter.) Friedrichsha r en, A pril 1. The Prince of Wales is on a visit to Count Zeppelin. It was intended that he should make trip in the new Zeppelin Z 4 but the weather turned squally and, therefore, the
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  • 86 309 PROPOSED AMERICAN LOAN. (Reuter) Washington, April 1. 1 representative of the bankers, Hollins A Co, has informed President Wilson that an American syndicate was ready to furnish China with a short-term loan of §10,000,000 (gold) and will negotiate later for a longer loan of §100,000,000 (gold) or
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  • 44 309 (Reuter.) London, zkpril 1. Mr. Walter H. Page, Editor of The World'* Work (New York) and a member of the publishing firm of Doubleday, Page Co has been appointed U. S. Ambassador to London in succession to Mr. Whitelaw Reid.
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  • 123 309 The Probables. (Reuter.) London, March 31. The probable starters and jockeys for the Lincolnshire Handicap which will be run to-morrow are as follows Long Set Higgs Eton Boy Sax by Mustapha Clark Cigar Whalley Castleton Whatley Wrack Walter Griggs Grammont Dononghue White Star W. Huxley Beaurepaire Foy
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  • 404 309 THE FIGHT AT BUYUKCHEvMEJE. (Reuter.) London, March 31. Mr. Donohoe, the special correspondent of the Daily Chronicle, witnessed the fighting at Buyuk-Chekmeje on March 30. He graphically describes the Turkish counterattack. Undismayed by the Bulgarian shells, the Turks, displaying the old fighting spirit, gallantly pressed on across the
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  • 25 309 (Reuter.) Ijondon, Api il 1. ILb Holiness the Piq M > received in audience, the Ikv. Choulet, Vicar Apostolic I South Manchuria.
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  • 99 310 Press Comments. (Reuter.) 'London, March 31. Th* German Press, with the exception of the Socialist section, accepts the Army Bill practically without criticism, but the me* hod of raising the money required for it meets with sharp opposition and is likely to have a stormy passage
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  • 305 310 Annual General Meeting. This meeting was held yesterday afternoon at the Home, under the Presidency of Mrs W Evans. After the reading of the minutes, the annual report with balan e she it, which bad been previously circulated amongst subscribers, was passed And with this motion
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  • 1615 310 TAIPING T OPICS. (prom Our 0»-n Correspondent) Tai ping, April Kt, 1913. Mr. W. Duncan, of Caledonia Estate, has been invited to act as the Perak European representative of a committee that has be*n formed at b- me to invite subscriptions and erect a bronze statue of Sir trank SAettenham.
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    • 54 310 Best Medicine Mad*. A better medicine can not be made than Chuuibenain s Cough Remedy’. It relieves the lungs, op ns the secretions, aids expectoration and assists nature in restoring the b !,i a hialtby condition Besides, •t contains no opiates and is perfectly safe t<'take, bur sale by all
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    • 59 310 A Parent’s Duty. our boy is always getting scratched or <ut or bruised. Because these wounds have healed all right is no sign they always will. Get a bottle of Chamberlain's Pain Balm am see that every injury is cared for immediately You cm get nothing better, and blood poisou
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  • 928 311 The germs of a passion for statu try which threatens to dot the country with monuments to the memory of local celebrities” miy already be discerned in the population of the F.M.S. One gaflant gentleman has actually been thus perpetuated in his lifetime. Ipob, the commercial centre of
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  • 375 311 We have been so fortunate as to obtain a cony of the report on the rubber industry’ of the Orient drawn up by the commission s nt from Brazil “tu inve.-t gate tbe conditions and scope of the indu*tiy in the East.” This document, which is known
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    • 93 311 The Fo fy Y ar Test. An article must have exceptional merit to survive for a period of forty years. Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy was first offered to the public in 1872. From a small beginning it has grown in favor and popularity until it has attained a world wide reputation,
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  • 237 312 Mr. Winston Churchill, the man who is responsible to the country for ’he efficiency and sufficiency of the Navy, has m*de his little sum in simple addition and placed the result before the House of Commons B»i» flv, his an-wer to the naval problem is this. England w uld
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  • 130 312 Before the Penang Chamber of Commerce can proceed to hold an election to nominate a mem tier to act in the absence of Mr. A. R. Adams as the Chamber’s repre entative in the Legislative Council, it must receive an invitation to do so from His
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  • 195 312 Heavy Lotal Inervaua. All the shipping companies running steamers between Penang and the Sumatra ports and Penang and Port Swettenham have decided to raise the freight on rice. They include the B I, N D L. K P. M Straits Steamship, and Eastern Shipping lines of
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  • 1270 312 11 E. Pradipat, Deputy High C immissioner of Monthon Puket, arrived here yesterday from Puket bv the s.s. Thala.ng. Mr. G A Hail, Director of Educ tion S 8. and F M 8., arrived here yesterday evening by the express train on inspecting duty. Mr. Alyiner C. p earson
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  • 278 313 Eng Loon, a Straits-born Chinese, rlv employed in the Government Departmental Singapore, was X sentenced by the Distiici Judge there rOCW year’s imprisonment for the theft of I°l9 Übi sof chandu He appealed against hat decision. Mr Justice Sprou.e, who d the appeal, after hearing the argup
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  • 171 313 (From Our Own Correspondent,) Taiping, April Ist, 1913. A terrible motor accident occurred at the 46th mile on the road from Ipoh to Bruas at 11 o’clock on Sunday morning, when a hired motor car conveying Mr. Roubilliard and party from Ipoh to Sitiawan came
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  • 124 313 A severe squall struck Penang at about 140 pm. yesterday, aud although it lasted no more than five minutes the damage wrought was considerable. Several trees w ere uprooted aud a good deal of damage was done to several business buildings, the Window panes being broken aud the
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  • 198 313 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. {From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, April 1. At the annual general meeting of the I Kauaboi Tin Company Mr. Plumpton, who presided, sai l that the profit of §5,582-17, as compared with §6,8-9 last year, was I largely due to the reduced tribute revenue. The mining
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  • 111 313 {From Our Oivn Correspondent.) Singapore, April 1. The Captain of the Soyo Maru gave evidence in the case in which the owners of the s. s. Penang are suing the owners of the Soyo Maru for salvage. He said that they left the ship because they
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  • 63 313 Singapore. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, April 1. 58,903 lb of rubber were offered for sale at the Singapore rubber auction and 42,449 lb. were sold at the following prices Smoked Sheet Sl7B to 5192 per picul. Unsmoked ...8171 §lB6 First Crepe ...§lB5 „8 95 Second ...5173 $lB3
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  • 378 313 PROPOSED NAVAL DEMONSTRATION. (Reuter) London, April 1. It in reported in Vienna that five Austiian battleships and cruisers and one destroyer were twenty miles off Antivari, a fortified Montenegrin town, yesterday evening An infantry regim-irt also embarked from Zaia for a southern destination. It is still doubtful which
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  • 42 313 (Reuter.) London, March 31. 25,0 0 railway workers demonstiated m Hyde Park to celebr.te tin fusion of three of the prin-ipal railway trade unions Aindgamat-d Society, General Railway Workers, and Signalmen and Pointsmen Other tool- pfive throughout the -wintry
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  • 381 314 DEBATE IN THE HOUSE OF CCMMONS. LORD 'HARLES BERE'FORD CONTRADI ,TED. {Reuter.) London, Ap r il 1. The House of Commons continued the debate on the Navy Estimates. Mr Winston Churchill said that if the naval holidav for 1914, which he suggested when introducing the Estimates, were
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  • 82 314 Treasury Statement. (Reuter.) London, April 1. The Treasury has issued a statement to the effect that the revenue for the year was I MH,HO 1,999 and the expenditure 188,621,930. '1 he revenue exceeded the estimate bv £161,219 and the expenditure was £2.934,070 he.ow expectation. Custom shows
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  • 174 314 An Exciting Finish. First Horse D<squal;f ed. (Reuter) London, April 2. The race for the Lincolnshire Handicap resulted as follows: The Lincolnshire Handicap of 1,500 sovs for three-year-olds and upwards; the lowest weight miy be 6st.; the second to receive 50 s >v.. and the third l
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  • 55 314 The King's Sympathy. Reuter.) Washington, April 1. King George cab’ed to President Wilson that he was great. y distressed by the disastrous flood recently experienced and the consequent loss of life. He expressed his deep lAyinpathy for the people of the United States. President Wilson replied expressing his
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  • 56 314 Prizes For HydroAeroplanes. Huge Prizes By the '‘Daily Mail.” (Reuter.) London, Apri’ 1. The Dai/y Mail offers a prize of £5 000 for first British hydro-aeroplane pil >ted round Great Britain in 72 consecutive hours without descending on land, and £lO 000 for the first British or foreign hydroaeroplane crossing
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  • 59 314 (Reuter.) Loudon, April 1. The death of Mr Pierpont Morgan was the result of a nerv us breakdown. His mind and dige-tion were affected on Easter Sunday ending in delirium. He was un ible to eat since Friday. The Italian papers point out that the
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  • 91 314 (Reuter.) London, April 1. The Kaiser has come to an agreement with his tenant Sohst, who, it will be remembered, refused to comply with the orders of His Majesty’s Agent involving heavy expenditure outside the terms of his lease and refused to comply with the
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  • 19 314 (Reuter.) London, April 1. Rathnally was scratched for the Grand National Steeplechase at 12-26 p.m. to-day.
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  • 29 314 A Denial. (Reuter.) London, April 1. Reuter is authorised to state that Their Maj-sties the King and Queen do not con--template a Continental tour this year.
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  • 30 314 (Reuter.) London, April 1. Inman beat Reece in the match for the Billiard Championship which was played at Holborn Hall Reece’s score was 16,627 when Inman was 18,000.
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  • 39 314 The output of the Tongkah Harbour Tin Dredging Company for March was: Dredge No. 1, working 530 hours, 3 2 piculs. 2, 520 361 m 3, 439 ,777 „4, 587 ,361 „5, 6,6 ,551 Total 2,712 2,352
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  • 34 314 The dates for the competitions this month have been fixed as follows: Ladies’ Presgrave Cup, Bth A 9th April Men’s 12th 13th Ladies’ Monthly Medal, 22nd 23rd Men’s 26th <t 27th
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  • 45 314 March Output. From the Mine Piculs 3,132.54 Tributers 180.77 Total 3,313.31 Values. From the Mine $205,288 28 Tributers 11,883 82 Total ...$217,172.10 Estimated Profit. From the Mine (after deduction of all development expenditure, capital expenditure etc 188,288.28 From Tributers 594.19 T-.tal $88,*****
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  • Page 314 Advertisements
    • 45 314 ChamS hi TA lets, The-e Tablets are r tended < specially for dis orders of the stomach, liver and bowels. j| you are troubled w.ih heartburn, indigestion or const i pation th y will d> you good. Try them For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealer».
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    • 48 314 Serves the Whole Fanfly. The fame of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy is world wide. It is good tor the deep seated ugh f the adult or the croup an 1 whoopmu cough of the children. The same bottle serves the whole family. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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  • 4453 315 NORTON T E RUBBER INDUSTRY OF MALAYA. 4» Exhaustive Account. Some tine ago the leaders of the rubber 1 stru in B‘' a a l' ll ,ne d at the increasing in r ,dn>tio'i an I other fata es of the Far tern rubber plantations, aipoiid d
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  • 949 317 CHARGE AGAINST SANITARY INSPECTOR. The hearing of the case in which Subbiah, a Sanitary Sub-Inspector, was charged with trespass and mischief by breaking two planks in a partition, and Mohamed Kassim and Syed Mohamed were charged with trespass was resumed this morning before Mr. A. V.
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  • 141 317 lbs, The Rubber Estates of Krian, I b 1.... 14,514 New Columbia Rubber Co, Ltd. 9,567 Padang Rubber Estate Co.. Ltd. 9,800 Karan Rubber Estate Co Ltd. 4,318 Samagaga Rubber Co, Ltd. 1,708 The rainfall, as registered by the gang# at Foit Cornwallis, was 36 inch for
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  • 125 318 Psnano, Anui 2. (By courlety oj the Chartered Hank.) London, Demand Bank 2 4 4 months’ sight Bank 2 3 Credit 2, Dj 8 M Documentary.. 2 l 3 Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. 17 H 3 days* sight Private 175« Bombay, Demand Bank 174 j Moulmein, Demand Bank 173*
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  • 207 318 Gold Leaf Black Popper White Pepper 312-, Trang Pepper Ml 20 set ere ace 1 r, i UK rie, er* Pickings Nutmegs 110 s 2 f No. 1 8.20 sale> Sugar „2 8-10 (Basket 5.15 6wyerx Copra (mixed) 10.6) rTahbun 190.— seie.* Soonde 245. Gu,U -Jsusu 20. Raw bong
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    • 193 318 Try— i Beecham’s Pills, tney are just the thing as a family medicine. Nothing to be compared with them has yet been put before the public. For over half a century this medicine has been an easy First Favourite in countless households and the name and fame of Beecham's Pills
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