The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 23 April 1914

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  • 21 1 THE STRAITS ECHO, MAIL EDITION. $17.50 Per Annum. Single Copy, 40 cents. Vol. 12. Penang, Thursday, 23rd APRIL, 1914. No. 18.
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    • 178 2 'tn i <i THE STRAITS ECHO I MAIL EDITION. I i ww».»-. r f Published the day prior to the departure of each mail c for Europe, and contains the latest local and Stales news originally published in the daily issues, as well as all important news from various parts
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  • 1659 550 With much that the Malay Mail has to ur, in an article reproduced on one of our uoUide pages to-day, about the situation in Kedah, we are q lite in sympathy, but we are astonished to tind our contemporary,geneftijio astute aud well-informed, accepting tae petition presented to
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    • 76 550 jjT B®3®g» d*ily (««pt Sunday, ud holiday*) at th (JJTTEBION PKESB, Lt» So. 59. Beach Street, Penang. Fjucm pernnanmOgMitiM•'< Po*tag6 Extra |fail tdibwi (P°** Fr*o 117.50 CAI LI ADDRIBB H ECHO-PENANG.” T4*fAnn< No». Echo 586 Priatiai DepaHneni 543 JfJ-AD «•ramuniostion* nhould b» Bddr»««*d Til MaMaOl*- tnUnded for publicati»» ir||J b
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  • 64 550 Death. Kinder— Ma-Ch 25, at Fleet, Hants, Miry. wife of Claude W. Kinder, aged 53. Death tt On the 15th instan Koo Neo, -he mother He«. Chew 800 Hean and Obituary(Reuter.) London, The death has taken place, at 77, of Sir Edwin I> urD,D^‘ t7lS>- 11 was M.P. for Truro
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  • 517 551 Mr. XV. Tough has returned U) Kuala Lumpur. Mr. E. is expected back from his trip to Japan by an early mail. Mr. J. XV. Hallifax arrived in Penang this morning from Horne by the s.s A««aye. Mr. James Sellar, of Messrs. Wreford and Thornton, goes borne on leave
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  • 113 551 fFrow Our Own Correspondent Singapore, April 15. At the meeting of the Changkat Serdang Rubber Company Mr. Everitt, who presided, in answering a question as to why it was proposed to place a sum of $50,001 to the reserve instead of writing it off the capital direct,
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  • 61 551 Preparations For Their Majesties' Safety. (Reuter. I Paris, April 16. Elaborate preparations are being made for the safety of Their Majesties King George and Queen Mary during their visit to Paris. The whole railway will be guarded by the Police and Military at intervals of a
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  • 53 551 (Reuter.) Tokyo, April 15. Count Okuma, a popular aud independent statesman, has formed a Cabinet. New Era of Constitutionalism. Tokyo, April 16. Count Okuma is inviting the co-operation of the patriotic Press. He says that a true era of constitutionalism has begun and promises to remove the
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  • 44 551 Budget Postponed. (Reuter.) London, April 15. .In the House of Commons Mr. 11. H. Asquith announced that Mr. Lloyd Ge< rge’s voice was not yet very strong and in consequence the Budget will be taken the week after next.
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  • 38 551 (Keutei. i London, April 15. The debate on the East African Loan Bill was adj >urnel after three clauses were adopted. London, Later. The East Africa Loan Bill has pasted through the committee stage.
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  • 14 551 Reuter.) London, April 16. The International Anti-Vaccination Congress has ojened at Rome.
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  • 33 551 (Reuter.) London, April 15. The latest betting on the Derby which will b‘ run < n May 27 is as follows 5 to 2 agst. The Tetrarch .<to 1 Kenny uu,re.
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  • 478 551 SIR LIONEL CARDENS RETURN (Reuter.') ndon. Anrii i» Sir Lionel Carden, British Mexico who was recently appointed m Brazil, will return temporarily to Mei* Huerta’s Dafianee. London, April 16 XV hen the fleet now ordered to Tatntur arrives at that port, there will bDreadnoughts besides vessels o f
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  • 26 551 (Reuter.) Melbourne, April in. Notices were given in both the Houses of Parliament of a motion m ut Home Rule for Ireland.
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  • 110 552 oU iver-ste_ phen3oN tFrom Our Own C arm l’ M lenl f Singapore. April 6. wd S“ c Stephenson, wbicb took t he P Garrison Cburcb, tlia J *L|social erent of the year. Stephenson gave away the by M'.s Baird bn*. h eute naut Bl ick was
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  • 61 552 Plans For Another Revolution. (From Our Own Oorresp dident). Singapore, April 16. Shanghai wires state that there is increwing evidence of a revolution being attempted. Five revolutionaries from Japan ten trapped while offering the Shanghai troops rewards to assassin ite the officials. The situation requires iron handling
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  • 44 552 (Reuter.) London, April 15. Mr. C. E. H. Hobhouse, Postmaster General, speaking at Swadlincote, said that the unchallenged return of Mr. Asquith showed that the Government’s policy had been approved. The verdict nad been decisive and Government meant to act accordingly.
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  • 77 552 lirom Our Own Correspondent.) o Singapore, April 16. the Singapore Rubber auction 145,300 ’ere offered for sale and 110,451 lb sold at the following pricesfinejibbed... 8133-8 37 per pl. good ribbed 8123—8131 1 fine plain 8128—8132 r" i j $‘23—8124 smoked ribbed 8123-8129 fine, p ain 8127— 8130
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  • 46 552 (Heut>r.) Mr Mit M o n L' ?doD A P ril IS- wi h c U 0 w,, t ‘’aria h tk fi t rp Utler aad «bu'- 9- ,0 u<1 »uu b, s awonds. |p. WH t b v tt PU«Uwel, his seconds
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  • 26 552 (Reuter Lisbon, April 15. A cyclone destroyed Port Amelie, Mozambique, and many natives but no Europeans peiisbed. The Europeans are being transferred to Ibo.
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  • 32 552 A Denial. Reuter.) London, April 15 Speaking in the House of Commons Mr. Asquith stated that there was no truth in the rumours of a general election in July.
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  • 27 552 (Reuter.) London, April 15. A ballot of the Yorkshire miners resulted in favour of th R returning to work by 27,259 votes to 11,393.
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  • 429 552 It is interesting to learn that the Colonial Office is co-operating wit h the International Health Commission of the United States of American in the campaign against tropical diseases. Mr. Wickliffe Rose, the director of rhe Commission, who visited several of our West Indian islands
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  • 932 552 A GREAT LANDOWNER. It is with regret tint we announce that a telegram has been received at Caledonia Estate, P.W., announcing the death of Sir John Ramsden, Bart the principal shareholder in the Penang R bber Estates, the Straits Rubber Compiny and all the offshoots
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  • 342 553 The iSumn/ra Pott intimates that the Government has decided to adopt the deepsea harbour plan for Belawan rather than the coastal harbour scheme, thus discarding the original Nobel plan, which proposed the building of a new coastal harbour that would fit into the plan of a
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  • 1358 553 To the Editor of the Straits Echo. Sir, Apropos of your leader in your issue of the 9th inst. for which the people of Kedah are grateful to you, J beg to submit the following which will, 1 suppose, interest not a few of your readers: Few
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  • 1967 554 Romance of the Coconut Industry Mb F. Gammage. 1» of the Ward llll f’ C*““..‘ h Mr f. J. p \V. Gauitnige gave an “The Romance of He said that tne fUW I wit of their Majesties to "revealed to thousands of unLondoners the existence in the capital of a
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  • 274 555 The following were the results of Ist Round of the Billiard Tournament: T Pong Beng 4- 25 beat H C Stevens 105 by 250/225. H iJluug 4- 85beat D D Richards—loo by 250/179. \V J Sandernan 20 beat A F Robertson -40 by 250/112 W
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  • 203 555 The action for libel by Mr R. W. G. M» rcer, a phntf-r, against Messrs Aylesbury arid Garland, and 770’ Timet </ Malaya opined I efore Mr. Justice Woodward at the Supreme Court, Ipoh, yesterday. i‘lain* iff claimed 513,000 damages Counsel; For plaintiff, Mr H. L.
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  • 1111 555 The fourth ordinary general meeting of the Chersonese (F M.S Estates, Limited, was held on 26th March at the Cannonstreet Hotel, E.C Mr. Noel Trotter (chairman of the company) presiding The representative of the secretaries (M essrs. Thomas Barlow and Brother) having read the notice calling
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  • 177 555 The agreement regarding postal -hippint services, to be effective Sipt 30 next, has been presented to the Reichstag. The only service fo- wbi di the Norddeutscher Lloyd will receive a subsidy is, as already reported, the South Sea service. '1 he com pan v is ready
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  • 393 556 *vn HINESL kJinu. t the c“« «•*>< a Kling, n Ttatd =ultm, woo »;as charged iLnuog a minor, a Chinese gir from la Klul guardianajip 12 ’commenced this morning m B April 1 Ai r \v 0 Michell n 2? U H Brereton prosecuted and Mr. MM»»’’
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  • 166 556 ‘«•mKl general meeting of the Straits ,7 P aoCHtlon held at the fV'L Pi erBon eir »ons and Co Ltd E.C., on March 25 Mr.’ •4«4. ;l| Pre> i de The buslne r»p-,rt n i d m presenting the &SX°k ,be pist rtb lll *dnuble for’’them tn
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  • 449 556 In the course of a leading article in the recent hitch in Kedah the Malay Mail says Sympathy may be extended to the Regent in his sentimental objection to supe seding his uncle. Tunku Mahmud was appointed President of the Sta e Council after the death
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  • 221 556 The annual meeting of the Pataling Rubber Estates, Limited, was held on March 24 Mr. J. L. Anstruther, who presided, said that the all in cost was satisfact iry, and was the least they had been able to do so far. I hey had met all development expenditure
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  • 644 556 A Chinese woman, named Chai Lien, and a young girl, her daughter, named Ket Hong, were yesterday afternoon charged before Mr. R. B. Osborne in the third couit with voluntarily causing hurt to a child about 13 years old by assaulting the gul with a rattan
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  • 157 557 To tbs Editoh or ihz Mraits Echo. Dear Sir, Almost by every mail I receive letters from some Continental agency asking me to participate in some lottery or other “guaranteed by the State.” Curious aiso to relate, every one of the firms is the largest firm of
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  • 329 557 At a meeting of the Penang Nursing Association which was held yesterday, with Mrs. R. Young in the chair, the report and accounts were paused The following cffice-bearers for the ensuing year were elected Hon: Secretary Dr. G. W. Park. Hon: Treasurer Mr. J. B. Crichton. Members
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  • 1264 557 Two item l of news from China receiver! during the past two days seem to call for comment. The first is that cabled by our Singapore correspondent yesterday announcing that, according to telegraphic advices from Shanghai, there is increasing evidence that preparations are being made for another
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    • 64 557 A Parent’s Duty. Your b<<v is always getting scratched or cut or bruised. Because those wounds have healed all right is no sign they always will, (h-t a bottle of Chamberlain's Pain Bilm and »ee that every injury is cared for immediatelv You can get nothing lietter, and blood poison
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  • 458 558 Io T ue E UITOB yh pt» Sib. v years, I wish to As Municipal sinu as they have &>o®'” wo ‘l v ot a public right but of a done i> t ooh ry iu handing over a “weld Qu./to the Penang Harb® matters out
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  • 904 558 Kuala Lumpur is not by any means an ideal venue for the straits and F.M.S. golf championship, and has little to recommend it beyond the tact that the federal capital is a cheery kind of place and alway, Lys itself out to give the visitor a pleasant time.
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  • 387 558 -TOM. Writing in one of the London evening papers a well-informe 1 tinaucial correspondent says: The Rubber share market is practically the only one which has been able to maintain a comparatively firm tone in face of surrounding depression. That this is justified there are several indications.
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  • 673 559 HEMMED IN BY" TROOPS. (.Reuter). Peking, April 17. Fifty thousand troops are hemming in the White Wolf brigands at Kienchow in Shensi which has been looted with great slaughter. The troops resolutely attacked the brigands and killed hundreds of them; the remainder are now endeavouring to retreat
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  • 72 559 Plan of Attack on the Shanghai Arsenal (From Our Own Oorresp indent). Singapore, April 17. The ,S trails Times' correspondent at Shanghai states that the capt ired revolutionaries confess that the failure of the plot to attack the arsenal on Friday was due to betrayal by
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  • 52 559 Sir Edward Grey Received ia Audience. (Reuter.) London, April 17. Sir Edward Grey was received in audience by the King in connection with the forthcoming visit of Their Majesties the King and Queen to France. Already an army of decorators aud electricians aie transforming the streets
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  • 61 559 Bishop of South Tokyo's Views. (Reuter). London, April 16. A letter from the Bishop of South Tokyo to the Times strongly condemns the action of the Chinese Government in slipping supplies or recalling large numbers of Chinese students trom Tokvo for political reasons. Such a policy,
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  • 62 559 Remarkable Incident on a Race Course. (Reuter Tulsa, (Oklahomo), April 16. Acting under the orders of the Governor to prevent gambling on the race-course the State Militia tired a vollev overhead when the horses were coming down the straight, breaking up the race. The Adjutant General says that
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  • 38 559 I torn St. Petersburg to Peking. (Reuter.) Paris, April 16 Ibe Ligue Rationale Aerienne has arrange 1 w,th the Russian Aero Cluh for a flight from St. Petersburg to Peking to take •place probably in J unt.
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  • 450 559 THE AMERICAN DEMINDS. PRESIDENT HUERTAS REPLY (Reuter). London. Anril 1c President Huerta continues to treat\ «•u.dion 'iKHIy ar.d telegraphed that the lampico incident was one 0 special importance and that Mexico hL quarrels with nobody, least of all with th! great American nation. Submitted to the Senate.
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    • 47 559 Muddy Complex'on. When you see a woman with a muddy or sallow complexion and dull eyes, you know that her liver is out of order. doses of Chamberlain’s Tablets wil co it and make her look better and feel, For sale by all Dispe isane» and Itoa.et»-
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  • 40 560 r Singapore. April 17. ..1 tie in the baw TeDUIS > s the holder, Sslzuiaun, -a^omhip 1 1 Kpinraann was not very Zn wo» by 6-2. 6-3- S D T wdkioson gave away the Mrs R yJM-
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  • 29 560 (Reuter) London, April 17. Tae Admiral his invited tenders for for the 1914-5 programme taarbeet for many years, lhe ships will «ready in October 1916
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  • 331 560 There ate signs th.it the small and pretty made place, Port Dickson, is becoming sore popular every in »nth and is, at the «etnne. growing steadily. New Govern3«;’ buildings in the shape of railway, p.W.D. and Customs officers’ quarters, a tsdl European club house on the
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  • 947 560 -M.D.C. EXPERTS DIFFER. THE USEFUL TAMIL LANGUAGE. On the resumption of the hearing of the case of R. W. G. Mercer versus Times of Malaya Press, claiming damages for libel to the sum of 83,000, the evidence of Mr. Mayow was taken. Mr. Mayow in his evidence
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  • 303 560 At the Bukit Mertajam Police Court before Mr. R Scott, on the 15th inst. Cbng Ah Ghor and Lee Bit Kuang were convicted of disorderly conduct by fighting in public The former was fined 85 an 1 the latter who had been confined in the Police lock-up’smce
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  • 760 561 A SUMMONS DISMISSED. Before Mr. K. B. Osborne in the Third Court this morning Mr. Albert Laing, Chief Engineer of the s s. Hebe, was summoned at the instance of a lascar employed on the same vessel for using criminal force The defendant pleaded guilty of slapping
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  • 477 561 A Fehinsular Tour. We understand His Majesty’s prospected tour in the Peninsula will take place either toward the end of June or early in July. According to present intentions His Majesty will proceed to Koh Lak by rail, and on the way visit Her Majesty the
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  • 1814 561 DIRECTORS’ FEES AND THE Cr* AC.'UUNT. Ihe Position Jhe fifth ordinary general shareholders in Ayer'Panas K U hiJ?? < Ltd., was held at Gresham H pore, on Tuesday, Mr. A. W ing. The.. were also present Sime and Lae Cboon Guan fate?’ A E. Thomson, F. C.
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  • Page 561 Advertisements
    • 49 561 Serves 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 whixipiug cough of the children '1 he same bottle serves the whole family. For sal j by ail Dispcuoanuo aud Dealers.
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  • 1379 562 SINGAPORE M F. A. vs. PENANG M. F. A. Win for the Southerners. This is an annuil fixture between the two se’temeuts to be played alternately in Singapore and Penang for which Mr. A O. Merican of Penang presented a cup for competition between the two settlem»mts. The
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    • 33 562 a. h Wh ’i« h.iir ’«rid w ld e“ u IJou h Ul Cju ,i Jt 19 good for tl.e twve- th. T '1 he 7*4 h Whole ta,l “iy. Fur and LHiAlers.
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    • 44 562 Cbainbe' lain’s TabTU. These Tablets are iriren led specially for 'lisorders of the stomich, liv-r and bowels. If you are troubled with heart bur indigr stion or constipation they w ;l do you <jood. I'ry them. Fur sale by all Dispensaries an 1 Dealers.
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  • 816 563 Owners and their Expenses All things considered we have not had a verv long time to wait before finding racehorse owners beginning to express dissatisfaction with the abolition of the bookmakers, or perhaps, to put it better with the effect of the abolition. There was a deal
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  • 392 563 The following were the scores tnide k. the Penang Ladies Rifle Club at Bahru on Thursday Monthly Spoon Shoot z o 3 w Mrs Hilton (winner)... ’B7 29 3422 Mrs Webb -88 2 7 34.04 Mrs Hart 92 2 3 3404 Mrs Maclean -9 25 34 Miss Mathieu ’8
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  • 1111 564 vnu come across a Malay of Vbeße 7lasses who strikes you as being tbeuppe rcia8 e t llr ent astute and keendecidedly f o' ws it is about two to ‘•rJIX J S of Arab blood m eth b lt was -be Arabs who converted b"lnthofthe Peninsula
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  • 538 564 The Hon F. W. Collins has gone home on leave. Mr. Alec Anthony, of Messrs. Huttenbach Bros., leave tor bingap ire to-day on transfer. The death has taken place of Mr. Samuel Heilblut, the well-known Mincing Lane rubber magnate. It is ten years ago to-day, says Thursday’s Straits Times,
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  • 1039 565 Investor» who desire a really good lockup” for their money should study the conditions of the sa e of towndots at Sungei Patani which the Kedah Government adveiti-es to take place on Miy 18. Wnen the rad way is running through Kedah f uugei Patani is practically sure
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  • 356 565 Hearing Again AdjournedBefore Mr. Justice Sercombe Smith in the Supreme Court this morning the bearin was resumed of the suit in which N. R. i'artha, a partner of Madura Meenatchy &Co sued S Marimuttu, P. Ponnusamy and Rengauathan Pillay, also partners, claiming (1) an injunction restraining the
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  • 280 565 To THE Editob OF THE Erl, Dear Sir, I s-e that the Municipal Comm, have sanctioned th* “exp -run -nt” of in a portion of Weld Quay 1Q ord "7' better to facilitate the checking o f tt goods from the godowa, Penang Harbour Board. Tbs
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  • 279 565 M D.C. A BIG CAPTURE. Secret stills Five Chinese, Choi Yok Keng, Hno Sam, L* w Sin, Y*mg Siew, and Liew Seoog appealed before Mr. Burton in the Police (’< uit yesterday morning to answer the charge of distilling “samsu” without licence at Lahit. A
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  • 190 566 ~A cyUSHING DEFEAT (Reuter.) Peking, April 18. announced that bandits Hsien on April 14, but the n Jtpd a crushing defeat on them day The casualties are said ‘tTbeiOW. t Peking, March 20. Ueuebment of White Wolf.” baud *>»• tered Kingtzekwan. a the eoutb-weet of HonaD P
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  • 85 566 Latest Betting. (Reuter.) London, April 17. The following is the betting for the City Mid Suburban miles) which will be run it Epsom on April 22 15 to 2 against Wrack. to 1 dun Yat offered after 9 to 1 taken 10 to 1 Drinmore offered after lnA
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  • 78 566 '••rta’. Latest Demand. (Renter.) Hi»rt! V t Sl,in f toß April 18 K-iioa salute 1> ret. W demandfi that the 11 PrXn r 1 gun for hun Xouh'? that PreBid »t that proposal. a Uoance d that Mr. w. J. American reprint instruet *d lQfor President J
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  • 7 566 (Reuter.) Monte Video, April 18.
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  • 151 566 AN IMPORTANT STATEMENT. Accusations Against General Paget. (Reuter.) London, April 18. The Committe of the Ulster Unionist Council, with the approval of bir Elward Carson, has issued a statement declaring that Lt. General Sir Arthur Paget, acting under instructions from Col. Seely, informed the generals on March
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  • 57 566 (From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, April 18. At the annual general meeting of the New Serendah Rubber Company, Mr. Macfadyen, who presided, commented on the increase in the paid-up capital and reviewed the accounts. It was decided to retain the balance in the profit and loss
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  • 41 566 An Offer to the Strikers. ('From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, April 18. The F.M.S Railways having 23 vacancies forsignalmenoutoft.be 51 billets vacated by the strikers are offering to re-engage the strikers on terms which the strikers originally refused.
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  • 61 566 New Appointment. (Reuter.) London, April 18. Sir Henry Conway Belfield has been gazetted High Commissioner for the Protectorate of Zanzibar in addition to his present post (Governor and Commander-in-Chief of East Africa). Major F. B. Pearce, Deputy Governor of Nyasaland has been appointed Resident of Zanzibar.
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  • 39 566 (Reuter.) New York, April ]B. An old man, believed to be a crank fired a revolver at Mayor Mitchell whom he missfjJ. He then hit the Corporation lawyer on the jaw and was arrested.
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  • 27 566 Reuter.) Paris, April 18. Carpentier has provision illy agreed to box Tunboat Smith in London at the end of June, the stakes being X 4,000.
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  • 1317 566 [By TOM WEIGHT. If ever some Buzzwell complies a Life of Dr Tomwright” (and why not?) you will find on page 812 A D 1914 vob i, something to this eff ct: Sir said my illustrious friend, the danger of our modern wealth of news is a rare
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  • 808 567 Fourth Annual General Meeting At Malacca. The Secretaries of the Radella Rubber Estate, Ltd have sent out the following for publication This company held its fourth annua general meeting at the registered office of the company, 4 Fort (Road, Malacc*, yesterday, at noon, at which there were
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  • 503 567 —M M. Reinforced Bridge Suggbsfid Every year is seeing an increasing of concrete used in cw ruction a Malaya, for this material, which is comar into its own all over the world, is egpecixlk suitable for a climate andcountiy su'bM this. Some of the best opinions i
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  • 1081 568 r Our Ovn Correspondent.) fttm ul! aLu. P u r .A P nllG ant in the business w< rid ot A g reat Wi the ceremonial opening Wl Heg)erect ed bv the well gftbepai^P 1 of j obu Little Co. busmens fi embauk ment on the B
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  • 1462 568 THIRTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING. The Thirteenth Annual General Meeting of the Malay Peninsula Agricultural Association was held at the Chamber of Commerce at 11.30 this morning with Mr. I Lomas Boyd (President) in the chair. The-e were also present Messrs. F N Syer, T. Wilson, F. C Ebbels, R. p.
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    • 18 568 UMUhb’, Tab ets. T.u i,*' 1 of tbs' J'’ lnt specially for Fw *tebjallb yUUKIX, L J aui
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    • 52 568 Serves t c Whole F<m ly. Ihe fame of Chamberlain’i Cough Remedy is world wide. It is goad for rhe deep -eated c >ugh of the adult or th •cr p and whooping cough ot the children ihe same bottle serves the whole family. lor sale by all Dispensaries and
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  • 480 569 -M D. C. PLAINTIFF’S EVIDENCE BEGUN. Result of a Shanghai Speech, When the hearing of the case of R. G. W. Mercer vs Tinies of Malaya Press Ltd was resumed yesterday morning Mr. Cowdv made an application to recall Mr. Mayow. Mr. Kenion objected, and after some
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  • 791 569 Changkat Serdang E states —s/r. No DIVIDEND BUT UaG a to Reserve Ihe annual general meeting of r i kat Serdang Estates, Limited wa/Ju* 2 Wednesday at the registered company, French Bank Building i pore. Mr C Ev rit t presided, otberi bemg the Rev. N. J. Couvreur, H. Macgrego
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  • 178 570 Tbi usual fortnightly handicip shoot wai bdd resferday morning, the conditions being a «ighter and Recounting shots each »t 800, 900 and 1,000 Towards the end of tbe shKJt the extreme heat proved very toing to all the competitors There was iiw i, pretty wind at
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  • 159 570 hiur 'q 9 P lBBeu g ers hooked to leave Wai P° r vT P re 0,1 1. is Majority will* w h° it is underS'ifis'n nT*!? Major-General T. E. m2din /st C; ?”i be General Officer ComH be,t,omeDts His career, nth a^ ylifet iBas Allows:>^ura?D
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  • 1351 570 Penang’s bold experiment in dt c ling to hold three two day rice meetings a year, instead of the custom ny two three-day gatherings, is being clu.ely watcht <1 bv people interested in racing thru bout the Peninsula and should it. rove s* -essful from a sporting
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  • 488 571 —M M I)r Biggs, of Tongkah, ar d Mr. Fitxmaurice, H. B M Consul lor Puket, were in Pen a* g over the week-end. Mr. S’. F I tuncan, of the G >p‘*ng Consolidated Ltd Perak, arrived here yesterday by the hl Ileb L'-m I 1 k An-on. Mr.
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  • 238 571 Reuter) London, April 18. The Liberal papers describ) the statement. of the Ulster Council regarding the orders of Lt. General Sir Arthur Paget as a ludicrous effort to pervert the truth and say that it will not impress the country. The Conservative pipers say that it; is
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  • 84 571 (Reuter.) Vienna, April 19. An official statement on the conference at Abbazia says that the meeting afforded Count Berchti Id, the Austro Hungarian Premier ami the Marchese di San Guiliano, Italian Foreign Minister, the desired opportunity for a detailed exchange of views especially on the Austro-Italian relations
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  • 38 571 (Reuter.) London, April 20. M. Doumergue, the French Premier, in a speech at Souillac on the eve of the elections, vigorously upheld the three years’ service law and hinted at further measure! for improving army organisation.
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  • 28 571 (Reuter.) London, April 19. Ihe King of Sweden, who recently underwent on operation, rose from his bed. He was able to sit up briefly.
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  • 32 571 (Reuter.) Buenos Aires, April 18. 3he official statistics of the last harvest give th*» following figures wheat 3.100,000 tons, linseed 990,000 tons, oats 740,090The present maize crop is 7,300,000 tout.
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  • 345 571 TENSE SITUATION. (Reuter.) Washington, Aphl la Mr. W. J Bryan, in explaining t L nouncement cf the White Houser*.?Mexico Raul that it is concmabTj! physical obstacles might defer hour named the actual firing of the Huerta Still Evasive. President Huerta has sent two messages contesting the details
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  • 25 571 (Reuter.) London, April The King has appointed the Sntan Zanzibar Honorary Knight the Cross of St. Michael and St. Georg®
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  • 33 571 (Reuter.) {neiuo .j Corfu, Apnl I* The Kaiser has accepted the of Count Carl von Wedel aH i Alsace-Lorraine He nt p DO r, Prince. The Minister of the Dallwitz, succeeds him.
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  • 120 572 pgMSE fromjSe kaisek. (Reuter.) Berlin, April 19. the 50th anniversary 0» tb« «“-"“f |heppel the Kaiser issued an,iNdv Tb n the services of the then smdl recal- expressed thanks prottitn > a j g Uon ers who parti- lfc l m Ibe operations at Jasmund >n cipatei
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  • 148 572 (Reuter.) London, April 18. Thirteen fires took place in London and elsewhere vesterdav, including the destruction of a music hall at K ngston ai d a picture palace at Pei.zance. Serious damage vm done to the linoleum works at Staines uid the Columbia market in
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  • 74 572 A From Our Own Correspondent.) Kutla Lumpur, April 18. of 1118 Kualu Lumpur strict Planters Association Mr E B was elected Chairman, Mr. F. c’. ’om Secretary, and Messrs Arnold Committee. vflwitiUvl d.| lUD r J^rm tron l’ and Foi were *PPomted delegates to the P.
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  • 48 572 (Reuter). Th. n Monte Video, April 18. Ingfa i/;/ r r hich rdn ground A Prevents f r n; erous P°' if ion. ir r,‘ lser nbar kit ion of U a.M.B. Gla„ J 0 is standin PU-U», ’J”"? Vide «--I-ater. ‘“’«lei ,lie Highland Piper
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  • 59 572 (Reuter.) New York, Api il 18. The assailant of the n ayor is a s»‘ptuigpnarian who is an unemp! yed bhck.'imth named Mahoney. He is sod to have been inflamed with whisky ami was n in wav to attend an anarchist m» j »-t ng
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  • 497 572 (Reuter London, April 18 The Triple Alliance has accepted the Triple Entente’s suggestions regarding the reply of the Powers to the Greek note <f the 12th inst. as to the evacuation of South Albania I y Greek troops, but s 'ggested minor amendments which it is not expected
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  • 621 572 PREVENTION OF MALARIA. In the Agricultural Bulletin for March, Mr. F. I> Evans, writing on Drainage and th»> Prevention of Malaria, says: M< squitoes do not I reed in running water moving with a fair velocity, as their larvie do not obtain food in such water. Moreover for
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  • 679 573 ACCUSED FINED. B»fire Mr. W. (J. M chell in the District Co rt thiv morning a Chinaman name Song Siu Hok a*, charg' d with driving his car in rish and negli 'nt a mar.n?r as to en- >ng**r th> nafe4 v< t ('then. Ju '/*ctor W. Law
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  • 500 573 Judgment for Defendant!. Before Mr. Justice L. P. Ebden in the Supreme Court this morning the hearing was commenced of the four suits in which Ng II >oi Seng aud others sued the following insurance companies Ihe Globus Insurance Company,The Nethei lands Lloyd, Ihe Royal Insurance and
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  • 178 573 We sincerely trust that the Pening Bisley, advertised elsewhere in this issue, will meet with the success that it undoubtedly deserves. The organisers, whose aim and object is to encouiage idle shooting, deserve to succeed in their effort to initiate a Bisley meeting in Penang. We are asked
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  • 611 573 Bre&eh of Theatre» Ordia*... His Lordship Mr. Judice Smith delivered a written morning in the appeal of Lun Cbm* was fine 1 ?5 by Mr. A. W. B H some time back on a charge of ronggeng in the compound of preJLv 2798, Burmah R ad, without from
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  • 307 574 Pal’kcil Judgment. Pu n Covirci Apn] i rf Mr Arnold has been disThe Judicial Commitee I» a-jed b,T 4 m ont Lord Shaw said that k: bad listened tO leng hy the Comai Q into t| je entire e 0 Mht case so that nothing should
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  • 198 574 To the Editor of the Straits Echo. Bear Sir, Mention having been made of an inciw” having occur od duiiug the InterWtlement match, Penang vs Singapore”, 1 ould like to state that no Pen mg player to been accused of violent play. It was poMiblv the excitement of
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  • 726 574 •uuuvs ul uis wrio experience —L. Lewton-Brain in the Agricultural Hulletin. On January 31st, 1914, Mr. L. C Brown, Inspector of Coconuts in the Department of Agriculture, F. M. S., retired from Government service. Mr. Brown was appointed Federal Inspector of Coconuts in 19J2, a p st
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  • 349 574 According to the Kuala Lumpur correspondent of a contemporary Notices have been circulated to all the railway signalmen, who struck work on March 1, to the effect that his Excellency, the High Commissioner, has been kind enough to waive some portions of the traffic manager's circular
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  • 99 574 H M. S. Yarmouth, and submarines AEI and AE 2 are due at Singapore from home to day and will stay in Singapore until the following Saturday. The submarines are to be berthed inside of the mole, and will not go into dock, but will receive a
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  • 121 574 The mortality returns for Singapore issued by the Registrar of Births and Deaths show that during the weekending April 4, there were 182 deaths (124 males, 58 females), giving a ratio per mille of population of 28 74 Malarial fever accounted for 19 deaths, phthisis 24, convulsions
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  • 954 575 The following is the report < f the diroetors to l>e presented at th« Annuil General M etiog to l>e held at Padang Renga- on Monday next Your Diiectos b.-g to submit a duly audited Statement of Ac<> uuts for the twelve months ended 31
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  • 93 575 The Straits Timos says Money stringency is still felt acutely in many sections of the Chinese community, and it would help to relieve the tension and to restore confidence if the liquidators of the Kwong Yik Bank could see their wav to make an interim dividend to
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  • 807 575 -M D C. DANGER OF A f J unification Of Closing Addresses The concluding the case of A R G Me r r Timet of Malaya ied cn aJ? 1 evening when Mr. K<m n ,til| address on behalf of the D-fen.Lnt the case wasadj uri.<-dtii] 19
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  • 183 576 Two young Chinese amateurs, Mr. Lim Cheng Unn of the Chinese R-creation Cinl», ud Mr Yeap Eve Huck of the Penang Health uifare League, succeeded at their first attempt, to swim from Penang to Batterworth yesterday morning. And this »ie accompli'bed despite a strong current in mid
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  • 85 576 1 Kim Scholarships for 1914 "J'' 1 J;,,i 1 Pettier f,, r rUvav ‘Schmitt, formerly l,swlthAk w.th ar i f°°! u h,mseif 1 brough Wd' U V c dSe<i was aed unmarried, r 1 ele Phanls which Etl) Vi-roy’s !*^hl£* r W o<iozsn have I K‘-4x>0 n V'H
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  • 3189 576 A SKETCH OF CONDITIONS IN THE F. M 8. The Geology of the Country In the Mining Magazine fur March, Mr. Mungo Park has n ext u nsive article on Malaya, with special reference to the mining activities of the ocuntry. We quote a few of the
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  • 38 578 At the Church of the 2] t by the Rev. L. M Charles Francis Saye eldest r«sv*>- M f u r Cbuah Leu? I oh, to Mi s N UOI9 second debtor of A. A. Antbonv iO
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  • 1155 578 Woodrow Wilson, prophet of Tanostle of democracy, is finding P* looeasy after all to conduct the tLttb world according to the maxims cop-book- Armed interventron in !f 4 's P of another State must be repug- M him both as a Democrat and a Stot bot his
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  • 647 578 GENERAL MEETING OF MEMBERS. PROPOSED PROGRAMME SANCTIONED. A Specid General Meeting of Members of the Pen mg Turf Club was held in the Chamberof Commerce yesterday afternoon at 4 15 p m. when there wnre p-esent the Hon. Mr. A R Adams (President) in the Chair, Messrs.
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  • 157 579 The following was the result of the sh« ofing by the P. L R U at Kampong Lahiu ypsterday First Second Uioot. shoot. 'f' Total. Mrs Wright-Motion 29 29 58 Mrs Webb 24 26 50 Mrs Hart 22 25 Miss 8 B Smith 24 22 46 Miss Cheeseman 24
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  • 174 579 At the Penang Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association auction to day 22,182* lb were offered for sile and 18,537., lb were sold at the following prices Smoked Sheet SI-16 to $l4O Plain Sheet $125 $135 Unsmoked Sheet << M Plain Sheet $122 $l2B Fine Pale Crepe No
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  • 709 579 HUERTA’S FLAT REFUSAL. (Renter.) Washington, April 20. President Huerta his flatly refused the American 1 he fficials at Washington say that mgot.aHoris Lave closed and that the programme of reprisals will be carried out. Battle»h p Movement» The b-attle.-h p Mitsitsippi, with the Aeroplane Corps and 600
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  • 38 579 (Reuter.} Loudon, April 21. Digger Stanley and Curley Walken box*d at the National Sporting C.ub for the English Bantam-Weight Championship. The former, who looked like winning easuy. was disqualified in the thirteenth round tor bolding.
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  • 33 579 {Reuter.) London, April 20. The latest betting on the Derby a» 1 follows lit 4 agst The Tetrarch, taken6to 1 Kennymore, offere 8 to 1 bar two agst. the field.
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  • 39 579 (Reuter). London, April 21. The Hon. Sir William fam of the King’s Bench r^ iv 'p°°’ “f appointed a Judge of th p J Vaugh*# in succession to the Kt. Hon. r Williams who has resigned.
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    • 51 579 Muddy Complexion. When you see a woman with a muddy or sallow complexion and dull eyes, you may know that her liver is out of order. A few doses of Chamberlain's Tablets will correct it and make her look better and feel Mt er. fur «ale by all Dispensaries and
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  • 214 580 question injtm commons. (Reuter) London. April 20. n iderable feeling in the House 'There is co Qs Ulster question. otC>®® on 0 h Ver gaili that Lt-General Sir Mr A^Ulh u* i ss the instructions irtbOTP ±i’s gavX» orders to take totbegenerdK wbv ?from the u not»
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  • 63 580 Terrible Accident at Buc Aerodrome. (Reuter.) Paris, April 20. Two aeroplanes, while r cing at the Buc Aerodrome, collided and fell One burst at> Annes, the pilot, M. Deroye, and a M. Dalbin, being burned to wh M Bidot, the pilot of the other mine, sustained a bro! en
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  • 33 580 (Reuter.) Tho i Stockholm, April 21. »»HbeU 10n i h t aVe P concluded have lost the absolute maS *hmlUf elec *ed are: For L >f QCeB4 Liberals 70, Socialists
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  • 25 580 (Reuter.) Liberal mo k London A P r 'l 21. nignwl InBerB the House of N.ur‘^:" Mr. Lloyd -•'r, repeal of the sugar
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  • 18 580 g? V'< mp "r’ A P ril 21 he 41 *ad. HIX years occu-
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  • 113 580 (Reuter.) Vienna, April 20. The Emperor Francis Joseph has been suffering for a fortnight from hoarseness and symptoms of cold. The doctors yesterday evening issued a bulletin to the effect that the illness was due to an accumul >tion of mucus in the bronchial passages
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  • 55 580 (Reuter.) London, April 21. The Canadian Pacific announces a new service for carrying the American mails to Manila. The service starts on June 16 fr in Vancouver to Yokohama (ten days), Kobe (< leven days), Nagasaki (thirteen d.iyG» Manila (seventeen days), Hongkong (nineteen days), returning vii
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  • 55 580 (Reuter). London, April 20. 3he death has taken p'ace, at the age of 77, of Gent rd the Rt Hon. Sir Henry Brackenbu- y who saw service in the FrancoGer an War, India and Africa. The death has taken place, at the age of 4’, of the popular novel
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  • 219 580 (Reuter). Rome, April 21. At a conference of the Railway Men’s Executive at Ancona the idea of a general railway strike was abandoned. M Lloyd Cowdy, of the legal firm of Messrs. Logan Ross, Ipoh, goes on leave shortly. Among those who attended the funeral of Mrs.
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  • 374 580 "King George's Week Reuter.) London, Apiil 20. Mr. H. 11. Asquith hid an audience with King pri< r to Their Majesties’ visit t? France to- morrow. Brilliant sunshine ushered in King George’s Week. Paris is very gav and very excited and everywhere U ion Jacks and
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  • 202 580 To the Editor of the Straits Echo. Dear Sir, Rumour hath it that a pretty quarrel is developing in the Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore, of which doubtless we shall hear more anon It appears that some of the teachers in that school are Roman Catholics. They
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  • 794 581 i—M.D C. VERDICT FOR PLAIMTIFF. When the hearing of the case R G W. Merc*-r reruns Tuner! oj Malaya Pr»>s Lt»l claiming damages to the *um of *3,900 f->r libel wan r« Hume»l yesterday morning, Mr Kenion still continued his a'l'lr»:-.-» on behalf < f the defendants
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  • 517 581 Sate —Nonu®. A quiet but prettv wedding was solemnised at the Church of the Assumption this morning, the contracting pirties being Mr. Charles Francis Say*, eldest son of the late Mr. Chuah Leng Poh, and Miss Matilda Gertrude Nunis, second daughter of M-. G. B. Nonis. Th»* Rev.
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  • 1099 581 The following are the minutes o f Extraordinary General Meeting r i Ipoh on Saturday, the 1-th Atril U Present. Mr F E Mair t the chair, Mr. 0. S Dawbarn (Vice p 4 dent), Hon. Mr. J- u Tung Sen, H on u' A. Bayne-Gallwey,
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  • 2678 582 Before Mr. R. B. Osborne in the Third Court yesterday afternoon two Chinese named Kuak Ah Foo and Chow Si, were charged at the instance of Mr. P. T. lien, Assistant Protector of Chinese, the first, to show cause why he should not be bound
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  • 881 583 Mil liana Wilberforce would corned the univer.al K nny H Henniker Heaton prop s<s tn i bv guaranteeing th., Government" 18 a.,y loss over it On J anu 'WU \V ilberforce wrote ’*"ls, I have had a Haytian correspond T days ago I received from HatrbaH telling me
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    • 50 583 Muddy Complexion. When you see a woman with a muddy or nallow complexion and dull eyes, you may know that her liver is out of order. A few doses of Chamberlain’s Tablets will correct it and make her look better and feel better. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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  • 376 584 P. C. C. vs. I. K. F. C. Tb° Penang Cricket Club and the Ithihahi Kbairiah Football Club met yesterday on the Esplanade toplay off their Cap 'lie fixture. There was a large and enthusiastic crowd present to witmm the game, but at times the crowd was perhaps
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  • 614 584 Much mild amusement has been caused in legal circles, where it has been comm m knowledge for some time past, by the report that Messrs. Presgrave and Matthews, Solicitors to the Municipal Commissioners of Georgetown, have advised their clients that they pus es>|,Do legal authority wh ch would unaitle
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  • 646 584 Telephonic communication with, and between, pa'es in Kedah is pPuerallv remarkably go«>d compared with what nne has gradually grown u>ed to inni th» Settlement of Penang. Often a co”ver-ation between Kulim and Government Hill in Penang or even between Kulim and A lor S ar via Butterworth is
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  • 735 585 (From Our Own Corruoonderit Kuala Lumpur, April H Th' v had quite a live! l time of it at Surwei Buloh on Easter Sunday when the native population turned out to a man for a largo pig drive. Unfortunately a tiger thought it would take a hand
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  • 299 585 IV VV Ml vv 1 MM. A rest house is much like any other bungalow, and visitors to out.st itions have sometimes a difficulty in distinguishing the local house of call from private residences. It would not be a bad plan if all rest
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  • 180 585 We have received the programme of the Annual Prize Meeting of the Penang Volunteer Corps and the Penang Volunteer Rifh Club, which has been drawn up so as to encourage visitors to attend the meet ng and for whom accommodation will be arranged if notice is given
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  • 1122 585 If we w'-re sure of MMO Solomon, as fur as the Greek M whose constituent slew him b*-, *l2' tired cf bean; u him called *'Ti7o“ far above suspicion as r M wife should be, as independent a S Rj. and of as go d judgment and taate
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  • 675 586 Before Mr. V. G. Ezechiel in the Second Court this morning a Chinese towkay, named Cbuah Cheng Kin was chargel with criminal breach of trust in respect of a gold and diamond ring, valued at $5O. Mr. H T. Jones appeared for the prosecution and Mr.
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  • 632 586 Sikh Policeman Charged Befori .Mr R. B Osborne this mmning a Sikh pilicpinan. named Jewala Singh, was charged with givit g false information to Mr. RL. Cuscaden He claimed trial. Mr. R L. Cuscaden, Assistant Superintendent of Ihdice, stated that on March 24 the accuse 1 went
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  • 430 587 STORMY SCENES IN THE COMM S. AC (JiATiONi AND RETORTS. (Reuter London, April 21. Ono of the stormiest scenes between party loaders in the history of the Hou y e of Commons took place whn Mr. Bonar Law renewed his request, for a judicial inquiry into the
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  • 38 587 (Reuter Vienna, April 21. The Emperor Francis Joseph passed a goodnight. His temperature is now normal. Vienna, April 22. It is hopm! that the Emperor will soon completely recover. He transacted business as usual vesterdav.
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  • 21 587 (Reuter). London, April 21. The House of Commons has passed the second reading of the Army Annual Bill.
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  • 343 587 SENATE’S SANCTION O TAI NED. (Reuter.) Washington, April 21. An objection was raised in the Senate to the individualising of President Huerta in the Presidential message and consequently the Foreign Committee adopted a resolution giving the President broad airhority to deal with Mexico. It is understood that
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  • 28 587 (Reuter.) London, April 21. Mr. Justice Channell has resigned. Mr. Montagu Sherman, KC and Mr. John Sankey, K.C., have been appointed judges of the King’s Bench.
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  • 21 587 Reuter.) Melbourne, April 22. Splendid general rains fell io Victoria and there is promise of a beautiful season.
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  • 289 587 A RAPTUROUS WELCOME (Reuter.) Continuous sunshin ture of Their Majesties the for Trance, lhey drove from Buck! Palace to Victoria Stati n and all route immense crowds accorded them** f> tion. A distinguished assembly J?! on the platform The admiral’s uniform. B lfi m J aii-’,
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  • 136 587 (Reuter). London, April 22. In the House of Commons, Sir J. 0. Rees acked what step* were being taken tn safeguard British interests in the Yangtze where, in view of the financial activity o the other Powers, only financial action can be successful. Mr. F.
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  • 204 588 c MOrof’lf’ (Reuter.) London. April 21. f Honing e Tl* S-ake-: Tbe Gr»tMet oi o|dB and up not lens than 6 nt ~rd,; "7 to nsteivo 50 novn. out of the tb C< ’°ib.>ut t«‘> •oil"’ »”'< T- n,, t 0 ardsbeJ,,Dd thewnn 1B fh 7 13.
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  • 36 588 (Reuter.) London. April 21. A bite Paper which has b-’en issued bjus that Ibe Imperial Naval Conference I» impossible in 1914 as Australia, which desires a full conference, is unable to attend
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  • 64 588 'From Our Own Correspondent.) kt fk. q- Singapore, April 22. lb w- Rubber a,lcti n 102,665 r Sa e and *****2 lbl good ribbed 5126-5135 P fin plain 1132 v««w’nbM::: Wfa, iwdp ii,, 2 j 27 th,; Jiitsuo:: 5134 -8139 5126-J133 aL”, 120 ~5124 IM S‘ rli
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  • 14 588 (Reuter.) f r Disext ki Tj Ddon A P ril 21
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  • 15 588 {Reuter). Durazzo, April 21. The Governnmnt is calling out 20,000 men with the colours.
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  • 581 588 To THE EDITOR of the Straits Echo. Id jar S r, A space of 40 x 22 feet has been kindly allotted tree of charge to Straits and Malay states exhibitors of rubber samples, models df coolie lines, bungalows, ho.-ptils, etc, photographe, tools ami implements, in shoit
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  • 1281 588 (Contributed.) j Lmgkawi is an island cf manv legends and it requites a facile pen to do full justice to its ancient history. History has it that t le ioielatl era of the Kedah Malavs came from this island. The legendary Marshom Marawongsa had the genesis of his history
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  • 143 589 Part of one of the walls of Ban Hin I,>*e‘s godown in Church Street collaj sed at about 8 o’cl >ck this morning and fell on four coolies, who hapjrened to I»»» jMHtiog the godown at the time. All four men were injured and had to
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  • 1392 589 Dr. Wu Lien Teh View*. We have receive] a copy of a memorandum on Medical Education in China”, adders id by Dr. Wu Lien Teh, M A M.D. Cantab.), to the Chinese Board of Education. The pamphlet will interest our readers not only because its author,
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  • 432 590 I 1 W OiTmomKe CharterF•« route from Prai to Singera. K‘“ k 5-1 boms. The roads were fairly think our contemporary must tmT io itating that the two genii stored from Prai to Singora ■b «U road from the west coast to BLu'(which is on the
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  • 119 590 Penang, April 23 {By cour'esy of the Chartered Bank.) London, Demand Bank 2/4A 4 months’ sight Bank 2 4,\ 3 Cndit 2/4- s 3 Documentary 2/4** Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs ]74| i. 3 days’sight Private 175» Bombay, Demand Bank 1741 Moulmein, Demand tank 173 3 days’ sight Private 17M
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  • 166 590 Gold Leaf ..,164.40 Black Pepper 16.50 buyer» White Pepper 28 80 buyer» Trang Pepper V3.-buyer» Cloves 4d._ Ba i €(t Mace 110 nominal. Mace Pickings .)2—nale» Nutmegs 110 24.- sellers No. 1 6.10 tales Sugar j 2 5.50 sales (.Basket 5.15 buyers Copra (mixed) 10 75 buyer» TTahbun 190,
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