The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 3 April 1914

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  • 21 447 THE STRAITS ECHO MAIL EDITION. jjO Per Annum. Single Copy, 40 nts. 'pl. 12. Penang, Friday, 3rd APRIL, 1914. No. 14.
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    • 178 448 33t£aii2&'i *2& i THE STRAITS ECHO J MAIL EDITION. .J| J lj Published the day prior to the departure of :ach mail ifor Europe, and contains the latest local and States i news originally published in the daily issues, as well as all important news from various parts of the
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  • 839 449 Worthy people who fondly imagined that the Government had settled its little business with the Army when it went back upon the solemn assurances given in the document signed by a Cabinet Minister and handed to General Gough were evidently deeply mistaken. A politician like the
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  • 213 449 Accor ling to a report from Peking, Kang u-wei, the famous reformer, has decided not to go to the capital as invi od by the President to do, but to retire to .Japan and settle down there, still employing himself however, in literary work
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  • 522 449 Chinese Consul Woe Fo Fang arrived in Padang on the 21st inst. The Rev. Bro. James returned this mornBy the B.s. Lama from Kuala Lumpur. Among the guests at the Hotel Norman lately were the Rev. Mr. Eckels, of Siam, and Mrs. Eckels. Heer K. W. London
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    • 89 449 SaS/ t Wffiy Wtfw 1 Minted duly («“P 1 Sunday* l l holiday*) AT T« qjITERION PRE 38, Ltd. No. 59. Beach Street, Penang. Pbio* -IU ptr AMnim. Qg|gtgi)M,*« Postage Extra» (port Pm) 117.50 OABLI ADDBIB* > JCHO—PENANG Tf|opho*£ Nob. Echo 58S Pmtiit D«Hrt«ent 343 jj ..£ll bwi*M* «•m«unio*tio*» »hould
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  • 976 450 Savs the Malay Mad In the replayed tie at Birmingham of the match in the fourth round of the Football Association Cup Sheffield United beat Mancheater < ity by one goal V) nil. Sheffield now meet Boxbay on the Manchester United ground in the semi-final. and if they
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  • 264 450 Before Mr. R. B. Osborne in the Third Court this morning a Bengali chauffeur, employed by Chin Seng Co, v. as charged on a summons issued at the instance of Mr. R. L. Cuscadeu, Assistant Superintendent of Police, with sounding his horn unnecessarily and
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  • 1068 450 ALLEGED BANK FRAUD. acquittal of fhe accus d Before Mr. Justice L. P. Ebden special jury in the First Divisional Court yesterday afternoon was resumed the beaing of the case against Ng Kok ChX who was charged on three counts with abetment of the offence of forgery L
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  • 64 451 «hfeafta 0 tK Mal “-v Co»Station from Pin T Kulim Police nLwlAfJp* weil knovrn Chinese two reX“ Lm P W A s hort carbine U;n »wo found in his of ammuniTta 8 Possession. thaUas ner tbe leader of 1 ktuim and
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  • 39 451 l. ‘r pur th;.' Qe com P a ratively wdlknown as the in th, nfr 'l“'- lltl .v U., alwavu a U 11 down ’“Su’, n i t aD th Cbinwe lU businegg more
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  • 508 451 PASSAGES WITH COUNSEL. Having been acquitted of the charge of criminal breach of trust, Mr. C. W. F. Van Cuylenburg was on Wednesday put on his trial at Ipoh on two charges of cheating the Gunong Kroh Syndicate while manager of Gunong Kroh Estate list year.
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  • 25 451 is expected at the coming Semarang Exhibition that the local barracks are being turned into a temporary 80-roomed hotel.
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  • 31 451 has grounled on the Onrust island. The Hertog Hendrik and the Government steamer Edi have proceeled to the scene to render what assistance may be necessary.
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  • 28 451 are making their presence felt in the neighbourhood of Padang where according to a Sumatra contemporary they have bagged lecently 5 buffaloes, 4 cuwa and 6 hones.
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  • 266 451 Proposed Peaang Bisley. To THE EDITOR OF THE Straits Echo. Dear Sir, Only a very small proportion of the young Britishers of Penang and Province Welle»ley know how to use a British Service Rifle with any effect. You will agree that this is not as it
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  • 271 451 Training in Full Swing. The training for the spring meeting is now in full swing and the list shows thirtyseven racehorses and the usual lot of griffins in work either hero or in Johore. Of the new ones Bandy Cr*ek in a quiet way shapes well and
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  • 41 451 b Tween tin P.C.C. and the Government .service Recreation Club, which w h played on the Esplanade yesterday evening before a, large crowd, ended in a victory fm the format team by two goals to one.
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  • 505 452 A PUT-UP JOB.’’ Ml. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN S "INSULT." Reuter.) London, March 26. In the House of Common» Mr. Austen Chamberlain characterised Col. Seely’s resignation as a put-up job. He said that Col. Seely prepared the paragraphs which the Government now repudiated in consultation with Lord Morley.
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  • 36 452 Federal Victory. (Reuter). Mexico City, March 26. It is announced that the Federal troops routed the rebels at Torreon inflicting casualties on them of 2,000. They are pursuing the rebels who are retreating northward.
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  • 61 452 Suspected Incendiarism. (Reuter). Bombay, March 26. The fire at the Bombay docks on the 23rd inst., in which a large quantity of cotton was destroyed, has been followed by nine others and it is believed that they are all due to incendiarism. Forty-eight marines are assisting to
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  • 40 452 (Reuter.) London, March 27. Prince and Princess Henry of Prussia have arrived at Rio de Janeiro and exchanged visits with the President, Marshal H. R. da Fonseca, and the Foreign Minister, Dr. Lauro Miller.
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  • 62 452 Another Depressing Week. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, March 27. Messrs. Fraser A Co’s report states that extremely small business was done last week which was another dull and depressing week. Mining shares were practically stagnant and the dealings were almost entirely confined to stei ling rubber
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  • 62 452 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, March 27. At the meeting of the Golf Club, H. E. the Governor, who presided, eulogised the work of Mr. G. R K. Mugliston in improving the links. Ihe meeting threw out the motion for a paid joint Secretary and Treasurer and
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  • 32 452 (Reuter.) Boston, March 27. Ihe Massachusetts House of Representatives by 164 votes to 39 concurred with the Senate's amendment of the State Constitution, extruding the tranchise to women.
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  • 285 452 LIVERPOOL SPRING CUP RESULT. H (Reuter.) London, March The following was the result of the pool Spring Cup which was run yesterd»? The (67th) Liverpool (handicap) of 1,000 sovs. (50 sovs. i Q J or specie, at the option of the winoer? second to receive 50 sovs from
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  • 76 452 Memoran- m uie cusiomaiy dum on the Army Estimates issued inst., the Secretary of State for War remarks:—“ I have also been able to man provision in these Estimates for certain increases of the allowances to officers an men in the Far Eastern garrisons where, owing
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  • 128 452 it is pleasant to oe ame to in spite of numerous condemnations criticisms of the schools in the l_ possible for a hard-working his parents, to do well for himself an* credit to his school. Edward KoeL cent honours boys in
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  • 439 453 xsd IssricTioo. I T E Stephens >n, Officer M i r 4 Ge r tbe Troops. Straits SettleCo»»*"’?*_ wMd Malay states, who ®bd« Wednesday evening acconairnvad oete 0 Didhar i Thornhill, Staff pyi.ed by P y o i UQ teer Corps last M« r > ‘“Kf 30 o’clock
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  • 67 453 ‘BM feS Tp“‘ f or SiDga P° re 155, d that, durL fk° irt B and DeatilB show th«werßl7i the week ending March 21, 4' males 67 females), Mwrial LT f P°P ula tion of 27.48. 21 7 a COQTU J 81ons 17, beri-beri 12 unde/th 12
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  • 30 453 do;?d W Sn rning l Dux ton I*a Mpath footing auLr lm The U lme f the W*Xii Wlatel J conveyed to
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  • 263 453 Taiping Branch’s Annual Meeting. The annual general meeting of the M. S. V. R. Rifle Club, Taiping branch, was held at the Perak Club at 6.30 p.m. on Thursday, the 26th inst. There were present Messrs. Dubois (President) Hobson, Manington, Finch, Spinks, Dowty, Mac Gregor, Chill, Neave,
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  • 223 453 While leaving the wharf this morning the s.s. Lama, forced out of her course by the strong current, fouled with her propeller the anchor chain of the K. P. M steamer Read which was lying in the roads. It is stated that the Lama had to
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  • 117 453 at Ipoh yesterday Mr. C. W. F. Van Cuylenburg went into the witness box and declared his entire innocence of any intention to cheat the Gunong Kroh Syndicate. The Hon. Mr. A. R. Adams was making bis final address on behalf of the accused
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  • 1149 453 It is no part of our policy to minimise the very serious constitutional crisis that has arisen in England or to jeer over the extremely awkward position into which the Radical Cabinet have got themselves and their party. When we find the Chief of the
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  • 20 454 are numero us round Kajang. They are being actively pursued by the Locust D ipartment. M M.
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  • 46 454 says the T. 0. M that Government should be approached with a view to the 6th April next being proc'aimed a public holiday m honour of the 25th Huniveisary of the accession of H. H. the oultau, which fails cn the previous day.
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  • 91 454 Third Magis- trat<*, this morning Ong Beng Lai, driver of the Municipal Motor Van, was charger! with null driving. It was stated by the prosecution th t last night, at 11.30, the motor van ran into a ricsha opposite the Magazine button, damaging the vehicle,
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  • 1095 454 For how long a period at a stretch the average European can remam in the tropics without suffering mental or physical deterioration is a moot question, and one about which it is not altogether safe to generalise as so many different factors affecting different individuals in different ways
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  • 40 454 Messrs. Kennedy Co. informs u! that they have today received advice from London by cable that No. 1 Crepe was sold it 2/6] per lb. and smoked sheet at 2/6 per lb. They are also informed that the Market steady.
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  • 47 454 has A lir LlUlU'l IJUllipui j resolved that it is not necessary and probably undesirable for motor garages to provided with hydrants, but that a. »toco fire extinguishers and friable earth i be kept on the premises sufficient to with petrol fires.
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  • 51 454 for a six-storied butldißf AU appilUilVlUU I.UI a. to replace the present Loke Yew BuiMaiket Street, Kuala Lumpur, wa sidered by the Sanitary BoaH»' Federal Capital on March 18- 1 F cation was disapproved owing, a other reasons, to the difficulty of ing a building 100 feet high
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  • 69 454 o A At Taiping a serious motor car took place on Thursday last at J j of the Kota, Mam and Station Koad stated that the car conveying Trong and Bruas was proceeding speed when at the junction o roads above-named, it ran u three Tamils, one
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  • 780 456 ARMY COUNCIL MISUNDERSTANDING. STATEMENT BY THE PREMIER (Reuter.) London, March 27. The Times understands that Lord Haldane in drafting an explanatory document which may be addressed by Sir John French to General Gough to the satisfaction of both. Solidarity of the Array Unimpaired. The conference of
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  • 50 456 Light Blue Victory. (Reuter.) London, March 27. Cambridge has won the 'Varsity Sports by six events to four. Ashingtcn, of Cambridge, cleared 23 ft. 6] in. in the long jump Sproule, of Oxford, won the threemiles’ race in 14 min. 34* sec. Both these are ’Varsity Sports record.
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  • 40 456 (Reuter.) Metz, March 28. 1 he Supreme Court Martial has sentenced a lieutenant to eight years’ penal servitude, removal from the army, and loss of social rights for a decade for the manslaughter of an ensign.
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  • 57 456 Cotnraaader Suspension. (Reuter.) London, March 27. The Admiralty has suspended the commander of the battleship Zealandia, pending an inquiry into the recent insubordination of the stokers which resulted in a series of court martials at Vigo, at which eight men we:e each sentenced to two year»'
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  • 198 456 VICTORY OF A LIGHT WEIGHT. T (Reuter.) London, March 2S The following was the result of th* for the Grand National which Liverpool yesterday “"“I The Gbanu National ST e!PLICB (handicap) of 4,000 sovs., including value 125 sovs., the second to receive ma Bovs, and the third
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  • 32 456 (Reuter.) Brussels, March 27. Both the Senate and the Chamber have passed a bill for the preservation of the battlefield of Waterloo to prevent the projected building thereon.
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  • 34 456 World wide Appeal, (Reuter.) (London, March 24. An appeal on behalf of the National Institute For the Blind will be sent by wireless to the vessels on all seas to-morrow night.
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  • 20 456 (Reuter.) London, March 28. The prohibition by Russia of the export of horses has incensed the German pres».
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  • 136 456 Four Chinese were brought before the Magistrate at Ipoh yesterday morning charged by the Assistant Superintendent of Customs, Mr Hunter, with 1. Distilling intoxicating liquor at a place on the Gopeng Road without a licence. 2. Having in their possession stills an other apparatus for distilling and manufacturing liquors. 3.
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  • 111 457 riur Ou-n l'””* Singapore. March 28. nf the Legislative COUOCH A^ dnwnt Ordlt jn all itg stages. General explained that the Tt Sthe Municipal Commissioners agent in England to keep a u rXter of any debenture stock be issued in England, also vbtfb °?S th a eu t
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  • 247 457 Auaal General Meeting. The annual general meeting of the Penang Hunt Club was held at the Chamoer of Commerce yesterday afternoon, with Dr P. St. L. Liston in the Chair, the other potlemen present being Messrs. R. B. Osborne, T. VV. Wright, Nicholson, 8. B. Hewn and
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  • 69 457 0> li, the Sulten of Kl’ e anding of His r 3 /VprilV! n^ n a Johnsons IL** lr niahed bv the 1 u i? ard honour »ill be fired Bu K 0.Y.L.1. A number of m Fort Canning. P***o vwt, ’r■■mH M. p <,/ '-arver,
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  • 1751 457  -  [BY TOM WRIGHT.j Tut-tut As if Thoreau were not enough to make me figure as a cheap imitation, now comes Alphonse Daudet, whose mill was much nearer my hermitage than the Walden hut. With such pleasant memories of “Tartarin”, it puzzles me how I c.me to miss, for
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  • 43 458 who n -i/ije 1 ike Me heal Service at Kuching in J urn* la-t, has come out to the East again, an<i ha* an H| pomtment as medical officer on the Atirtsrlon Estate, Silian, F.M.S.
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  • 42 458 the well-known gent Irina i rider, late of Penang, is taking otei the management of the Kuala Lumpur branch <t the Nestle and Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Co. from Mr. P. H. Selby, who has teen transferred to Javi.
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  • 48 458 Says one of our Peking exchanges (tenoral Sun YVu, one of the prominent b anrr-(hiring the revolutionary outbreak at Wucli*». has Iw.-n ordered by the Government to pn <•(•<«; to Germany where he will make into the military affairs. Mr. bun is a very good friend of Vice-President Li.
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  • 70 458 Mr. H F. Dupuis is in Selangor on a three w< h s v oil from H< me. Mr W de L. Brooke and family left for IL me to-day by the P X Ade. Ihe Laki- Club will be "at Home’’ on Tum day next
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  • 858 458 Were the Government of the federated Malay States to instruct the Commissioner or Irade and Customs to follow the excellent example set by the Bjard of Irade in Westminster in publishing a Board of Irade Gazette, the public would be in a position to understand the present
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  • 377 458 To th i Editor or thi Sirailt Timtt. Sir,—Referring to the letter appearing! your issue of March 22 current, under th heading Vexatious Searching,” and sigM by A Visitor to Singapore," I beg huabiy to endorse everything contained therein. I have had similar experience to that complained of
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  • 40 458 Mr. Justice Sargant 27th judgment deciding that a property to a limited com pan? CA ly stipulate for payment in fm vq* forming part of the nominal cap» for additional fully-paid sbarw incrtaxes ef the uomniel captal.
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  • 622 459 r was held in Xearlvfo ur ve^ s g of a series of Agriof the Penin-n-rticultural Sbo )V general c msent. 5? rIX a very successful. if to ba p eS pite some bad .riuo»’., “Lther .«any thousand ...tber it br '7f ft cousl derabte balances ofriutors aal
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  • 244 459 Effect of the Landslides. The return of the Min°’ for February, issued on March 3, again shows a loss ori the operations for the month, but 1 ss than in J «.unary. The amount of tin ora produced was 110 tons, valued at <£12,350 the cost
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  • 363 459 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, In your leader of the 23rd inst, you suggested that it would be well for the Government of the Straits Settlements to pass an ordinance upon the same lines as tbe Indian Act of 1912
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  • 1057 459 A Mattbr for the Public. It has beeu a subject of surprise to many that nothing has yet app »ared in the columns of th a British Press with regard to the singular changes which have taken place or are about to take place—in the organisation
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  • 216 460 Tennis Tournament. The Penang Golf Club Tennis Tournament will op» n on Monday, the 4th May, entiie< cloving on Friday, the 2tth April. The following is a list of the events 1 Lobes’ dingles Open 2 Do do Handicap 3 Do Doubles do 4 Mix'd do do
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  • 705 460 Lord Melbourne, first of Queen Victoria’s Prime Ministers and a staie-sman who disguised bemud an assumption oi nonchalance and dilettantism a wide knowledge of affairs, was wont to greet every innovation proposed by one of his colleagues with the haif-*enous query Can t we leave it
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  • 314 460 There are not wanting signs that tU political crisis through which tbe Britut nation has been passing during the Im week is now considerably less acute th*a it was a few days ago. Perhaps wean mistaken, but we cannot help thinking tbg Sir Edward Carson’s visit to
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  • 23 460 JL 11“ UUtpUl Ul l-W Tin Dredging Company for tbe week fcD-iel March 2d was twenty-six tons.
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  • 37 460 to-morrow At tne x.ai. a. 7 30 p.m. Mr. Gnuh Leong Weng <>ll a paper on “Confucius”. Ibe Rev. w r will take the chair and all are cordi invited.
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  • 46 460 Our Klang correspondent v For crimping two coolies of arOtD ..< tatea Tamil was sentenced to two mon rigorous imprisonment and a fine o default of payment ot the fin® a fourteen days’imprisonment. f The new Fire Brigade building 1 ready for use.
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  • 56 460 Mr. Thomas Jacksonwho was connected with Harm-tons VVayang Kassim and Warre S taken over the management -i town Cinematograph and hopes t" a number of new and attractive ea the programme in the near future The show at the Saturday night was an eiceiw» 1 there was
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  • 2552 461 «rrsTE ON MR C W. F. VAN SE>l£ CUYLENBURG. E or Long Trial. StirriM SP“‘ h tor ,he Dete u p w F Van i uylenburg was senMr 4 1 g ix months’ rigorous imprisonment te atfrrnoou bv Mr. Just.ce Woodcharge of cheating the Guuong r
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  • 34 462 wires news <f iio d’ith in L u i«>n <d Mr. John E iuiun i p marly Fii an ial Assistant of Puh v, P< nang, who retired in April 1905.
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  • 42 462 1 .te < f Kill ngh id hst de, who bii just mu nd from horn lake, yver tn bin oay m n .er.hip ot begiiub t E tste during the abheuce of Mt 1.. M Is’uAlva on leave,
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  • 595 462 SHORT MEETING TO COMPLETE MEASURES. Servants Registration Bill Passes. A brief and business-like meeting of the Legislative Council was held yesterday when i. number of bills were completed and pa-sod The meeting was over in half an hour. H E. the Governor (Sir A H. Young, K.CAI.G.) presided,
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  • 31 462 was a passenger for L indon by the P. A O. steamer Nile which i- li y» -i idiy Mr. H. Brett went home by the same stcamei,
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  • 643 462 A leading article in the Free Pr... 1 1 Saturday says; We rather gather from the report oft annual meeting or the Penang Commerce and the comments ot thet Penang newspapers, tne l' lnanrJ the iS/ravs Lc/ro, thereon, that the settlement has discovered another grie» ance
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  • 758 463 individual tries to borrow be \t b generally assumed that he is moo*/- I* PresUUia by, the pnnc pie ”Tbe to governments, and it is ma M n, therefore, that the announceo°i ur P rl9^’ impoU d in g Federated Malay SLten sbould be followed by
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  • 403 463 Property in Good Condition. In their second annual report, for the period ended December 31 last, the directors of the Nordanal (Johore) Rubber Estates, Ltd., state —522 acres were planted with rubber during the year, bringing the total area cultivated to 2,121 acres. In addition, a further
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  • 41 463 notifies that under orders of the Secretary of State, Mr. I. M. Gadney, fourth grade Superintendent of Police, and lately Deputy Commissioner of Police, Bombay, who was under suspension, is dismissed from the service from March 3.
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  • 856 463 We were impressed with the sane and moderate speech of Mr. John Mitchell, at the annual meeting of the Penang Chamber of ommerce, when he dealt with the debatabie question of the Prai Dock, and the system of dual control. There will be few to deny that it
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  • 276 464 The following is the report of the Departmer tof the Registrar of Companies, F.M.8., for 1913. It is signed by Mr. G. A. Hereford. The revenue collected in fees was $6,095.50; of this 12,459.05 was>n account of Companies registered under The Britisn and Foreign Companies Enactment, 1912,” and
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  • 34 464 of Messrs. Towers A Co Ipoh, has bt <-n admitted to membership of the Charter»» 1 Institute of 8 cretiricH, the patron of which is His Majesty the King
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  • 76 464 stys that the t.r ii of Siemt n»-Schukert ba* instituted an action for damages against both Mr. and Mrs Pooiey, claiming Yen 50.000. It is alleged that Mrs Pocley sent half the money H<«me It ha» lieen stated in the Japanese Press that Mr.
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  • 693 464 New Regulations. The following are the new rules and regulations governing the annual rifle match between Hongkong, Shanghai, Singapore and Penang: 1. TtZZe.—The Match shall be known as r I be Far East Interport Match. 2. Date. —The Match shall be fired on any date between the
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  • 252 464 Mr A. G. Moody to be Assistant Warden ot Mines, Pahang. Mr. J. H. Spowers to be a Surveyor Survey Departm nt. J Mr. H. St. J. Kenny to be a Surveyor, Grade 1, Topographical Branch, Survey Department. Mr. F. H. Nash to be Inspector of Mines Mines
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  • 184 464 The Penang Team. The Election Committee of the Mahomedan Football Association held an adjourned meeting at the Babolsabar F C last night, and issued invitations to the following players to go to Johore and Singapore to represent Penang :—J Chee (Ittibadol Khairiah) Che Pin (Crescent Star) Abdulhamid,
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  • 23 464 At the Batu Bertanda Lodge, Kuala Lumpur correspondent, A. H. Alston was installed Master by Wor. Bro. Charter.
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  • 1356 465 GEOLOGIST ’S ANNUAL REPORT. t extracts from the ffe ke i9l3 O of Mr'j B Scrivenor, the Chisa-Clay. wpre received again about the E»qu.ne» c) in th Federated or thought advisable to y u y SU te Dt OQ of the resources of the ’'■'“lm tbl direction, and the Assi.tant
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  • 54 465 has re- turned from the old country full of life and' progressive ideas, perhaps he can see his way to oblige the travelling public by the issue of return tickets This is by no means an uncommon practice on other railway systems, adds the
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  • 132 465 This from the report of the Government Geologist F.M.S. for 1913 ought to raise a smile 1 he Assistant Geologist furnished a special report on an alleged discovery of coal in Johore Careful enquiries made it almost certain that the coal was brought in a small steamer about Il years
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  • 123 465 gave a farewell dinner to Messrs. 8. Mahd. Hashim and 8. Sim booram Das, Clerks in the Bankruptcy Office and the Medical Department respective y, on the occasion of their departure to the Dindin?s, whither they have been transferred as
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  • 179 465 about th? appointi I -r i ineut and movements of the Judges in the Straits and F.M.S Sorry as we should all be to lose him, nobody can understand why Sir Iho nas Brad lell does not go to Singapore.
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  • 354 466 A LULL. Reuter.) London, March 28. There is a lull in political activities, the Premier, the Minister» and the members of Parliament are spending the week-end golfing or in the country. Object of New Army Order. The Lobby opinion is that the issue of the new
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  • 43 466 An Eaiy Victory. (Reuter.) London, March 28. The University boat race resulted in an »>a«y victory for Cambri I'<• bv 4, lengths. Cambridge led throughout >nd covered the c urse from Putney to M >r:la\e in 20 min. 23 sec.
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  • 23 466 (Router.) London, March 29. The n atch for the billiards championship has result»! a 3 fallow. luntu 18,00), Leece 12,826.
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  • 74 466 THE F. M. S. TEAM. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Luu pur, March 30. The following will represent the F. M.S. in the cricket match against the Colony which will take place at Penang during the Easter holidays: R B. Bannon, E. Bradberry, V. Eagles, N. .Grenier, A.
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  • 56 466 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, March 30. At the Klang Club on Saturday night there was a large audience to hear Dr. Watson lecture on his recent visit to the Panama Canal. The lecture was illustrated by a large number of lantern slides from
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  • 73 466 (Reuter.) St. Petersburg, March 29. The poisoning of workmen by benzine fumes in the Russo-American rubber factory has caused a strike and subsequently a riot. It is now announced that four hundred workmen were poisoned by gas fumes in a tobacco factory and eighteen men
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  • 26 466 I he Capture of Torreon. (Reuter). Juarez, March 28. General Villa wires that virtu illy all Torreon is in the hands of the rebels.
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  • 32 466 (Reuter.) St. Petersburg, March 29. The programme of the new air fleet which is at present being worked out provides for 326 ordinary aeroplanes, ten air-dread-noughts and three airships.
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  • 56 466 (Reuter.) London, March 30. Mr. J. H. Thomas, Labour Member for Derby, speaking at Birmingham, announced that the Railway Companies have appointed a committee to m'*et the executive of the National Luion of Railwaymen to discuss the whole situation. This is the first time that
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  • 484 466 Mr. J. Murray, of Kempsey returned from home H ts -ate, e Mr. A. T. Sturrock is now in nk the Malacca Branch of the Mr. H. N. Ferrers, of Kuala Lumn o going on a trip to India by ths next mail. 4 U T France
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  • 128 466 Obituary. General Sir W. F. Kelly. (Reuter). London, March 28. The death has taken place, at the age of 67, of Lt.-General Sir William Free ..an Kelly, who saw service in China and South Africa, being Lieut.-General on the Staff in command of the Sixth Division, of the South Africa
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  • 887 467 ki ng street tragedy. KI ,f the case against bingaTh» and Gopal. wh Tere =>- ,31 J Ki °,b b” murder o£ Vengadasamy «W 4 lanc'd this morning before Mr. Small and a spec.a jury. Justice Sercom ffCre a!go charged of the Offence of murder. "u Tb Vuuto
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  • 12 467 has left Malacca for home on long leave.
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  • 35 467 at to-morrow’s meeting of the Municipal Commission is the proposed closing by the Harbour Board of part of Weld Quay to vehicular traffic during certain hours of the day.
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  • 34 467 at the Straits Cinema on Saturday night when a notable new film in four reels, based on Victor Hugo’s great story, Les Miserables”, was screened before an appreciative house.
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  • 48 467 was $445,093.52 as against $356,912 19 last year Personal Emoluments came to $260,092.12 Other Charges 189,001.40 $449,093.52 Total. This means a saving on Establishment of $31,*****, of which $8,922 comes under Personal Emoluments and $22,953 under Other Charges.”
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  • 143 467 of Malacca and Singapore, will be sorry to bear of his death in his sixty-ninth year, on the sth inst, at Woodgreen, in England, of heart failure resulting from an attack of acute bronchitis. The late Mr. J. E. Cooper was
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  • 1233 467 Now that the Morning Putt has taken to putting headlines on its leading articles tne Singapore Free Press and the Scotsman ate tne only newspapers of our acquaintance which still stick to the old-fashioned head-ing-less style of leader' and leave their readers to discover for themselves the subject
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  • 22 468 of t lie F.M S. Civil Service, v» HI i>e trans ftrrcd to Kelantan in the neir future.
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  • 33 468 c Q Messrs. Samlilands, butU’ry A < i., will probably be leturning tooingapHc ui tin* near future to resume the mana meat Oj S hrm’s branch in the Southern oeitiemejit.
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  • 592 468 So the Secretary of State for War, the Chief of the Imperial 1 General Stall and the Adjutant-General to the Forces have resigned after all and the Prime Minister, who is certainly lacking neither in courage, ability nor resource, has himself taken over Colonel Seely’s portfolio.
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  • 91 468 of the King to transfer the famous old Royal racing yacht Jfritannia to the Prince of Wales sb ortly, and his Royal Highness will probably sail this in some of the races at Cowes an d Ryde next August. This will be •lone
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  • 883 468 During the next week or two readers mu-t be prepare! for rather telegraphic messages. Reuter bag very proud over the recent crisp? ir] now doubtless endeavour to averag» up by cutting down his service o f news. j!ai 7 Padi-plauiers in the Krian district just learned something of
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  • 155 469 On the whole shareholders in the Bagan Serai Company should be pleased with the report their directors now present for the Mvear. The crop of rubber harvested wan 139,5001 b, or about 20,0001 b. more than the estimate, so that with all in and the selling
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  • 79 469 T. 111 PV a visit to Land tbe Plebenes b1 the late autnm doathls year—probacourse, no str- D nstantine of s part u B er to England, since, annual k hIS custom to pay a ‘V n V travelled wiH CoUntr
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  • 1615 469 PREMIER'S NEW POST. MINISIER AND GZNSRALS RESIGN. FURTHER SCENES IN THE COMMONS. (He liter.) London, March 30. Tbe week-end lull in political circles is in no way reflected in the newspapers. “Army versus People and “No Military Despotism are still the leading headlines in the Liberal journals
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  • 50 470 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, March 30. The s. s. Indradeo, of the New York Conference, called at Port Swettenbam resterday and left for New York with a hundred tons of rubber. It is possible that the Conference boats will call regularly at port Swettenham in future.
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  • 266 470 FLOTATION ON STERLING BASIS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, March 31. At the meeting of the Malakoff Rubber Co, Ltd, Mr- D. T. Boyd, who presided, said that the company like many others was at present deficient in working capital. At least 260,000 was required to bring
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  • 91 470 {From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, March 30 Mr. Campbell presided at the meeting of the Malacca Planters yesterday. The meeting was largely attended and the following resolutions were adopted: (1) The Chinese to be paid 50 cents for 400 trees from August 1. (2) Messrs. Campbell
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  • 37 470 (Reuter.) London, March 31. The death has taken place, at the age of /3, of the well-known pianist, composer and conductor, Tito Mattei who published hundreds of popular songs and pianoforte pieces.
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  • 28 470 (Reuter.) London, March 31. As the result of a wages dispute 120,000 Yorkshire miners are on strike this week rendering idle every mine in the country.
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  • 28 470 (Reuter.) Sydney, March 31. Ihe lumpers have commenced to boycott L< z.en treat for export, refusing to handle i* till the local price is reduced.
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  • 78 470 A Prosperous Year. (From Our Own Correspondent.) r? Singapore, March 31 Messrs. Fraser and Neave Ltd J shows a net profit for thi M of $137,629. A dividend of loi? will be paid together with a bonus of making, with the interim dividend all. A sum
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  • 67 470 Penang. At the auction to-day 23,439} lb were offered for sale and 23,306 lb. were sold at the following prices Sheet Smoked $124 to $133 Unsmoked $ll7 $124 Crepe No. 1 $l2O 3134 No. 2 m No. 3 $llO $ll5 Blanket $lO7 Earth $lO2 Barky $lOO Rambong $B3
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  • 27 470 (jßett/er.) London, March 31. The destroyer Laverock which ran on the rocks at Skelmorlie Bay, Firth of Clyde, on March 1, has been refloated.
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  • 25 470 (Reuter.) London, March 31. Their Greek Majesties and the Crown Prince welcomed the Kaiser at Corfu. The meeting was very cordial.
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  • 138 470 A Belgian colonial bulletin gives a description of the most profitable tree in the world which is on the borders of Brazil and Bolivia. It is a Hevea Braziliensis and is about 25 feet in circumference. It yields about 25 lb. of rubber for 120 days
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  • 15 470 andC.pUinß«ibM- Thornhill were in town to-day. lunched at the Town Club with Adams.
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  • 71 470 will be A good many residents 01 .kg leaving by this Saturday’s mail. departure of Mr. E. H. Syer the will lose their football captain. Mr. Mason, Manager of Trans-Krian Penang Rubber Estates Co., Ltd-. Tebal, will also be missed m circles. Mr. V.
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  • 316 471 THE SALE OF PR AI. T „E»no.orT aE S^»f- Pras- !!>'•“ ■><* te 80 Cnua» 1 f r of the settlements joentebly tbß leader in your as is the wnw* M r e ha« twen the clal re P rese tatl e *od never p eoa ng Chamber of Com--3
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  • 35 471 The following was the result of the March Medal Competition: KMcLwd (24) 76 Winner AF»r,y th 6 87 J o Brown 4) aa A 8 Evens Scratch 89 J Forsyth (15) 89
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  • 13 471 by Mary Johnston.
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  • 591 471 J. C. A. His Tamil Coolie. (With Apologies to the Port Laureate.) (A reply to J. C. A’s poem entitled The Tamil" appearing in the “Times of Malaya" of 17-3-14.) J J. C. A Perak’s Poet Laureate of th’ day. Restrain thou thy temper when I venture to say Laboured
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  • 242 471 At the Bukit Mertajam Police Court, before Mr. R. Scott, a Hindu watchman named Manikam, of Juru Estate, who was convicted of the theft of two gold rings valued at $l4 on the 22nd March, was brought up on Saturday last and sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for
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    • 44 471 Trouble Averted. That little cold and sore throat of yours muit be checked at once or it may develun into something worse Take a few doses of Chamberlains Cough Remedy ami your troubles will soon vanish. For sale bv all Dispeusanes» and Dealers. J
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  • 585 472 Before Mr. R. B. O.borne in the Third Court this morning a Chinaman named Lim Chin Leong was charged with being in possession of cocaine valued at 84,500. Tech Ah Bong, Revenue Officer No 37, stated that at about 8 o’clock on March 16 he proceeded to
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  • 686 472 Having said much in recent years about ship-owner-, and ship companies, with reference txj their dealings with freight charges fr m the Straits, it is a relief to be able to quote something about the relations of the companies themselves. There have been many telegrams despatched and
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  • 158 472 The members of the P. L R c the 300 yards range yesterday aftl'r the first time, the result beim, k f factory one The next practise sUJ place on Monday, the 6th ingt U Mills Trophy will be shot for. Belibenij Firing. 30c Miss Mathieu
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  • 231 472 YUAN SHIH-KAI WARNS CHINESE ABROAD. Hu and Chen Alleged to have Spih 88,000,000. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has sent round to Chinese Consuls abroad the following We have the honour to inform you that we are in receipt of a communication from the Cabinet transmitting to
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  • Page 472 Advertisements
    • 54 472 Beit Medicine Made. A bettw’- medicine can not be made than ChamlM-rlain's Cough Remedy. It relieves the lungs, opens the secretions, aids exp»ctorat ion and assist nature in restoring the •y*tem to a healthy condition. Besides, it contain* no opiates and is j*rf «tL safe t* take Fur sale bv
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  • 1109 473 u f Wiastoa CburcbiU in 1912 tfaeu for ttlti solution ot the pfljpouo^ 4 lb jVe rdineut, not only as it < out tue otuer parts ot tlw I« uu j ou a federal basis L nIW4 VJ ridiculed uy Radicals as well lb«P Ua t
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  • 140 473 was furnished to us yesterday by the agents and secretaries with the request that we should not publish it until to-day as our local contemporary, to whom it had also been furnished, had intimated that it could not possibly find
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  • 1314 473 First Annual General Meeting. This meeting was hel 1 at 9 Beach Street on Monday, 30th March, at 3-30 p.m. There were present A. S. Anthony; Esq who presided, Messrs. J. Pickenpack, A. Sarkies and E. Mann, Directors E. R. Henderson, J. G. Anthony, E.
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  • 355 474 Reckless Driving. On the complaint of Capt. Morris Webber, Secretary of the Penang Automobile Club, Joo Goo Leng, Chauffeur of Municipal nightsoil car, No. 343, was this morning summoned at the instance of Mr. R. L. Cuscaden, Assistant Superintendent of Police, before the Third Magistrate, charged with
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  • 106 474 Ihe Johore State and Territories will select their team on Friday 10 from the following Othman, Abdul Rahman, Ahmad Pandak, Ahmad (Muar) Mohamed Shah, M Taib (Batu Pahat) W. Ngah, Onn, Othman, Abdullah Ali, Sakyan, Saebon, R Said, Abubakar, A. Rahim, Unku Suleiman (Johore.) The Election Committee,
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  • 636 474 O F. C. v» C. F. C Opining Match a Draw The first match of this season’s Cun T Competition was played off on the F.rl P j yesterday evening before a thusiastic crowd of spectators, the cont/d ing teams being the Old Farquhars and Crescent Football Club.
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  • 16 474 Papineau, who was charged with being concerned m an to t* s hack gharryJsyce, imprisonment.
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  • 414 475 Bro James left yesterday even- *> «rs Koh Hug Hm left for by the Q.ikan of Kelantan left Kota X^4 tuSi T p reo QMondl r d p d ip n to Singapore yesterday evening by tbe B v r J G Barclay, of Malacca IUb J
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  • 1069 475 Cricket looks like flourishing exceedingly in Penang during the next couple of months, thanks to the efforts of one or two of the older hands who have managed to infuse a little energy aud enthusiasm for the king of g lines into some of the shining lights of
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  • 24 475 in the interport shoot on May 3, wires our correspondent in that port. Ihe team will be selected after the local Bisley.
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  • 42 475 of the Malacca Ice A iua.iacca ice factory Messrs, hang Lee A Co of Kuala Lumpur, are sending as much as three tons of ice a day to Malacca, in addition to two tons sent daily to Seremban.
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  • 49 475 Ihe English Ileview for March advert isos a sensational Poem Tid’apa’ by Gilbert brankaii. Who is the gentleman who takes our most tragic expression and converts it into a sensational poem Jtka'au bap'i mwla mtn In doctor brapa Dan doctor bilaug t iga. jau:ab-nga 'tidapa'
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  • 113 475 it was decided that the follow- ing scheme be submitted to the conference at Singapore on April 4. The formation of Southern Districts’ Agricultural Association with the following objects-—(1) To effect acombination amongst t he southern districts’ Planters’ Associations for the better
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  • 718 476 FEDERAL SOLUTION PROPOSED. RUMOURED DISSATISFACTION IN INDIAN ARMY. (Reuter.) London, March 31. According to the Daily Telegraph there are rumours in the Lobby that Mr. Asquith has received a message from Lord Hardinge, Viceroy of India, that many officers of the Indian Army would resign unless
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  • 36 476 (Reuter.) London, April 1. The revenue for the quarter ended March 31, was =£76,961,000 an increase of £5,477,000 on the preceding quarter. For the year the revenue was <£198,243.000 an increase of £9,141,000.
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  • 32 476 (Reuter.) Sydney, April 1. The Lumpers who commenced a boycott of fr* zen meat for export and refused to handle it till local prices are reduced, have resumed work.
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  • 19 476 Reuter). London, March 31. The lotting on the Derby is 3 to 1 against The Tetrareh.
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  • 82 476 SINGAPORE. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, March 31 At the rubber auction at Rm™ 8A.965 lb. were offered for 68.179 lb. were sold at the prices: Smoked fine ribbed $127— H. 31 B Smoked Good Ribbed SI 20—5126 Fine Plain 5124—5127 Good 5122—1123 Block fine good $l2B Unsmoked
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  • 125 476 Annual General Meeting. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, March 31. Mr. H. C. E. Zacharias presided at the meeting of the Selangor Chamber of Commerce which was held to-day. The accounts, showing a loss of $BBO, were passed. Eulogistic references were made to Mr. D.
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  • 27 476 of the Labour Department, who is to succeed Mr. Gilman as DeputyController in Penaug, has arrived here to study local conditions prior to taking over.
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  • 49 476 is informed that a compiny has been registered in England with a nominal capital of £60,000, of which £46,000 is being issued, to amalgamate the interests of the Redhills Tin Mining Co., Ltd., Sungei Cbendai Mining and Prospecting Co., Ltd, and the Chendai Lodei Syndicate.
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  • 158 476 the Deputy Public UAI. U. UIUVUMU xvvuj, Prosecutor at Ipoh, was yesterday morniDZ formally admitted to the bar of the Federa Malay States at the Supreme Court, Ip° b Mr. H. Lloyd Cowdy, making the application before the Chief Judicial Commissioner' Sir Thomas Braddell, said Mr.
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  • 415 477 r meeting of the Municipal An ordinary the Municipal afternoon with Dr G. W. Preset) in the chair. the M(D Een P reseut b,,Dg '.u T S! F Datburv and Mr. Quab Beng J**! W s L>unu (Asst. Engineer) yjggs (Secretary) m in I Mr* jttdodance. Exhwßat 10
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  • 816 477 A modern Chinese wedding, of interst to Straits people, took place in Peking on March 11, between Mr. Chew Kuok-hsen, Ph. B (Chicago, U. S. A.) u son of the late Chew Huat-Khay of Penang, and Miss Liang Ssu-shun, the eldest daughter of Mr.
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  • 240 477 ie Chamber of Commerece held its third annual general meeting at its new home, No 9, Hale Street. Mr. J. H. Tatlock who presided, in moving that the accounts and annual report for 1913 be approved and adopted said they would norice that their cash balance
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  • 88 477 from our Singa- pore correspondent, His Excellency the Governor is g ling Home on leave by the N. D. L s s. Prinz Ludwij, on June 15. Ihe Hon I le Mr. R. J. Wilkinson, Colonial Secretary, will administer the Government during Sir Arthur Young’s absence.
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    • 44 477 The ke Wh ’>‘ ?*>J “"“orld w'Sr K r ain S Cough r 9 ?*ited cough of’th ll i lB i good for the 1 1 w hoopi D g couph At U t or croup 0; bottle h° o f e ChlUren The Por
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    • 39 477 Chamberlain’s Tablets. These Tablets are intended especially for disorders of the stomach, liver and bowels. If you are troubled with heartburn, indigesti m or constipation they will do you good. Try them. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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  • 1280 478 A comparatively small part r.f the lif»- < f Sir Frederick Weld was spent in Malaya. In contrast we might put one of his ;/>rin the Governorship, Sir Frank 8 w<-’t»-nham, to whom this p-nin-ula n-pre-ented the greatest interests of a lifetime. Yet there is a sense
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  • 709 478 Annual Meeting. The annual general meeting o f .l. holders in the Bukit Timah Rubber E uT’ Ltd was held on Saturday at the' offij**’ the secretaries. Messrs. Evatt and c French Bank Buildings, Singapore S, u D. Mundell presided, and there were al present Father
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  • Page 478 Advertisements
    • 96 478 Ihe Fojty Year Test. An article must have exceptional merit to survive for a period of forty vears Chamb» Hain's Cough l( -m»-dv was first offered to th public in 1-72. From a small beginning it has grown in fav >r and popularity until it has attained a world wide
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  • 326 479 SIB FaISK A. SWKTrBXHAX. dh’nguished civil servant Str Frank svettenbaut, on his retirement from the 1 .—ice became interested in tinanHe entered the Civil Service Siraits Settlements in 1870, and .hortlv afterwards was appointed •J, British Resident at Selangor, Xre be was destined to be the British Resident
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  • 88 479 Tk foulT“ r Bent 0» exhibition at Wltb f UrShe s Pkjnallj healthy' b,™" 11 11 sound “d 6« i<Ld of Vi,a,a Jeho famous strnn k ii Sd^a one time the Stf‘Vi’ Phili P ino Mt *oince, This' nX r'''. ,P arfiats are e n more
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  • 1037 479 [Gold, by Stewart Edward White, Hodder and Stoughton] To come upon a novel without a heroine in it is something of a rarity. Your average novel reader likes plenty of love interest, thick slices of it, and that his wish is generally gratified serves him right perhaps but it
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  • 207 479 At Taiping on Saturday the postponed match in the Taiping Football League between Taiping and District and the Malay States Guides team, took place on the Esplanade. The ground was slippy but the Guides with Captain Minniken, as their central forward, played a better game and several
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  • Page 479 Advertisements
    • 19 479 Tb«e T l i^? k lai s of the sXriX eBpeciall y for ‘‘7“ d bowels. Tr the iDdige9
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    • 47 479 Senes the Whole Family. The fame of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy is world wide. It is good for the deep seated cough of the adult or the croup and whooping cough of the children. The same bottle serves the whole family. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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  • 847 480 Sir Arthur Young is going home by a Bteamer of the North German Lloyd an-i thii decision of Him Excellency will doubtless evoke unfavourable comment from tho-.e persons who consider that it is the duty of a high official who draws his emoluments from the
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  • 535 480 At the last meeting of the Municipal Commissioners a propisal was discussed which, if it is eventually adopted, will mean that the Municipal Commissioners will hand over to the Penang Harbour Board the control of Weld Quay from the Victoria Pier round past the Post Office and
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  • 14 480 are being p K up at Kuala Kubu.— MM.
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  • 63 480 who is going to Kelantac presumably to organize a Lind Office ther» is one of the ablest and most experience land officers in the F.M.S. Civil ServjIntricate questions of transfer and tenuare his delight, the law is his hobby and b knows the F M.S. Land Enactment*
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  • 65 480 Mr. J. P. Swettenham leaves for Home In this week’s mail. 7 Mrs. R. O. N. Anderson has arrived Iron Taiping. Mr. W. Emery Stark, commonly known# “The Happy Traveller,” arrived in Km Lumpur yesterday evening. Mr. and Mrs. N. Walker Reid left Km Lumpur this
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  • 166 480 who will go down to hit- tory in connection with the beginning of the end of Home Rule for Ireland, belongs to a celebrated family of military men. All the Goughs are fighters and the ancestor Lord Gough hailed from Limerick though his father was an Englishman. He
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  • 205 480 to tbe A lltj L l i cl 1 uioucaooo East is now in Colombo, having am there on the 14th March, ar d comprises t R. T. Lei per, Surgeon E. L Atkinson Dr. A. Cherry-Gerrard. The P eI pedition, which is subsidised by theCooc.
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  • 1822 481 Kelantan and the F M. S. Tai ADVANTAGES OF INCLUSION. A Straits Times Correspondent.) Kota Bharu, March 27. r Rh.ru the capital of that growing -V Kelwun. rked anotber e P°. ch state, Kel n Thurs( jav, 26th inst, when a lU blBtOr Lt?tion signed by all sects of the
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  • 69 481 it has been arranged that the B. I. S. N. Co. steamers, sailing from Rangoon on the 2n'l and 9th April, and due to arrive in Penang on the sth an 1 12th respectively, will call at Port Swettenhim both on the inward and
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  • 1643 482 Opbnjng or Nbw-Anolo Chinbae School. H. E the Governor opened the new Anglo-Cbmeee School in Ipob last Monday. In the eouf»eof bin «pooch the Rev. W. E. Horley «aid that the Government had generously granted $25,000 towards the project The Chinese towkaye of Kinta had come forward
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  • 81 482 The following were the exports of Penang for the fortnight ended March 31, 1914: To United Kingdom. Tin 675 tons Black Pepper 10 White 5 h Tapioca (Hour) 50 (Hake) 40 (pearl) 376 Copra 87 Rubber (para) 363 To U. S. America. J'in 300 tom Black Pepper
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  • 22 482 for the month me Mengieniou nnouipuv of March was 440 pikuls of an es 1 value of $21,850.
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  • 55 482 *are now in hand i/eiiune propobais <ii“ v the installation of electric light in Ip* 3 the T. O. M. At the last meeting or Kinta North Smitary Board the an o ment was made that the oTern ?2, tnCl iy prepirmg to call for tenders fur a°
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  • 463 483 B voX^i icitor nera ls eb.honPenangH.il i i-kat Air H. Hilton is Z^°“? eto t;ndo c,i laJ to hear that the cood.t.on ffe,-e g ad to ghows llnp rovei it, W Norman Haig of n V ment-r. 0 xfrfi Joseph Leiter on their yacht for Hongkong. (,‘m
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  • 920 483 Polo enthusiasts will be sorry to learn that it is highly improbable that Penang will be able to send a team to Singapore at Easter as contemplated. Neither Mr. Michell nor Captain Webber can manage to get away and as the presence of one of these two players
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  • 70 483 lbs. The Straits Rubber Co., Ltd. ...154,000 The Penang Rubber Estates Co., Ltd 72,000 The Rubana Rubber Estates, Ltd... 45,000 The Tali Ayer Rubber Estates, Ltd. 25,000 The Batak Rabit Rubber Estates, Ltd. 13,250 Thp Bagan Serai Co Ltd. 10,250 Rubber Estates of Krian, Ltd. 16,840 Padang
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  • 42 483 The following was the output of the Tongkah Harbour Tin Dredging Company for March Dredge No. 1 working 548 hours 168 piculs. 2 541 235 h 3 233 238 4 567 755 5 m 605 407 Total 2,494 1,803
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  • 53 483 seems to be about to break. There were 1| inches of rain on Monday evening and there were a lot of rain-clouds hanging about on Tuesday. Except for Monday’s shower, the total rainfall at Alor Star for the first quarter of the year was only
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  • 48 483 Threlfall and Moding each scored a sett all. The latter made a wonderful recovery at the finish. To-night the winner will meet Kleinmann and the winner of this tie will meet Salzmann, the holder of the championship.
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  • 52 483 are reminded of the examination for promotion which will take place on Thursday, the 30th April, at 5-30 p.ui. Belts and side arms to lie worn. N. C. Officers intending to sit for this examination should endeavour to attend all Drills in
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  • 406 484 STATEMENT BY SIR ARTHUR PAGET. PARIY FEELING CALMING DOWN. (Reuter London, April 1. Uni mint« depressed by the failure of their military schemes and Government chastened by the failure of their plot against Ulster are quotations indicating the attitude of the Party organs which are now
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  • 26 484 Assumes New Appointment (Zih’tder.) Panama, April 2. Col Goethal* took up hia appointment as Govern» r of the Panama Canal Z<m without any ceremony.
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  • 12 484 (Reuter.) El Paso, April 1. lorra.fi uab turieudeied toGeueial Villa.
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  • 82 484 THE JAPANESE IDEAL. (Reuter.) London, April 2. At the annual dinner of the Institution of Naval Architects, the Marquis of Bristol presiding, Baron Kato, the Japanese Ambassador in London, in replying to the toast of the guests, said that Japan was trying to emulate Great Britain in
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  • 46 484 (Reuter.) London, April 2. M. Emile Vedrinrs, the brother of M. Jules Vedrines, was killed while Hying at Rheims Another airman, a passenger, was incinerated at Rheims. The machine fell from the pylon from which it was suspended while the petrol ignited.
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  • 31 484 (Reuter.) London, April 2 The French second battle squadron has been at Malta for three days. Brilliant weather favoured the festivities, the blue jackets fraternising very heartily.
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  • 49 484 (Reuter.) London, April 2. Most of the South Yorkshire pits were <>OB'<l during the strike. Everything is n >w quiet but there is some resentment that a strike should be ordered locally before the Federation announced its decision. Sheffield is receiving supplies from the Derbyshire pits.
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  • 36 484 (Reuter.) London, April 1, The national expenditure during the year was I 1t7,493,000 showing a surplus of .£750,000 but Mr. Lloyd George will re»puire an additional <£9,400,000 to cover the expenditure of 1914-5.
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  • 35 484 Reuter.) Washington, April 1. Ihe Bill repealing the exemption of the American coasting vessels from payment of the Panama Canal tolls has passed the House of Representatives by 248 votes to 162.
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  • 67 484 (Reuter.) London, April 1. At Newbury, the course betting was 1500 to 500 against The Tetrarch for the I terby. If this was a genuine bet it looks as if the Tftrarch was standing his preparation satisfactorily and that Mr. McCalmont and his friends expect the rocking-hors
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  • 962 484 PROCEEDINGS IN COURT Before Mr. Justice Sercombe B m itk Supreme Court this morning I artha, a partner of Madura M*™ f A Co., sued Marimuttu pp l Keoganathan Pillay, alBopi mg (1) au injunction r e traini '7* defendants from dealing or partin» A,, assets of
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  • 64 485 A stabbing case occurred at Soo Hong Line at 11.30 this morning, resulting in a Chinese youfb about 14 years old being stabbed in the abdomen by an elderly Chinaman Ihe boy, we are informed, after being stabbed and seeing the bleeding from hu aMomen made direct
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