The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 10 June 1915

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    20 1 THE STRAITS ECHO MAIL EDITION. 17.50 Pw Single Copy, 40 cts. Vol. 13. Penang, Thursday, 10th JUNE, 1915. No. 23.
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      329 1 CONTENTS. I T I x Leaders page. Miscellaneous page S Compulsory Service 797 German Property in the Colony ...801 5 A Defence ot Belgium 807 Huns 0Q B ntish Estate 8 02 s Numbering the People 8 3 The Prince of Wales’ War Belief Tk’p v rfa e o 2?
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      169 2 4 THE I STRAITS BC'Hv I I MAIL EDITION. t| Published the day prior to the departure of ?»ach mail I J for Europe, and contains the latest local and States a news originally published in the daily issues, as well as > cl B all important news from various
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    COMPULSORY SERVICE.
    970 797 There are indications that the seed which Lord Roberts sowed and carefully tended during the last remaining years of a particularly strenuous life is beginning to take root in England. No doubt fortuitous circumstances hastened the process of germination. We tumbled into the war almost before we knew
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    M.A.P.
    611 797 The Rt. Rev. E. Bariilon, Bishop of Malacca, is expected here this week from the Southern Settlement. The Hon. Lau Chu Pak, J.P, of Hongk ng, has been proposed for election as a Fellow of the Riyal Society of Arts At a meeting of the Royal Colonial Institute Mr.
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      94 797 no. /aA > 5? W li,w Mj SuudaJ ind pablio holidays) AT TUB CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. No. 59. Beach Street, Pena ig. pBICf. Daily Local ...«24 per animm. Outstation... Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Post Free) SI <.50 CABLE ADDRESS ECHO-PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo, 586 Printing Department 543 yjs.-All bu»in.« ccmmunications
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    THE WESTERN THEATRE.
    887 798 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Teh gram. Sharp Fighting. London, June 2, 1.15 am. A Paris communique states “Sharp fighting took place north of Arras. The French held the captured trenches against the violent counterattacks of the enemy and stormed a sugar refinery at Souchez, a German works in
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    THE EASTERN THEATRE.
    510 798 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. FIGHTING ROUND PRZEMYsi' IMPORTANT RUSSIAN VICTORY L Petrograd, June 2, 4.10 a An official announcement from Pr.t states: rtlr °giad “The enemy, after several days’ tion, furiously attacked the forts i north-we-t of Pizemysl and the night of May 30 in entering p
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    IN THE DARDANELLES.
    849 799 (Reuter’s Service.; Cocyright Telegram. JoWING TURKISH OPINION. GRO IN FAVOUR Of PEACE. Athens, June 1, 5.55 p.m. t rtnort from Constantinople The J a Hbe city is iu gloom Btat€Btb strong current of opinion in teStr itB d negotia the’ were Col,, P elled t 0 .Words
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    ZEPPELIN RAID ON LONDON.
    435 799 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegrams. ADMIRALTY STATEMENT. SMALL CASUALTIES. London, June 1. A statement issu?d by the Admiralty announces that a man, a woman, a boy and an infant were killed by the Zeppelin raid on London. The casualties were small. Ninety bombs, mostly incendiary, were dropped.
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    BIRTHDAY HONOURS.
    1716 800 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. LOCAL LIST. C.M.G. FOR MR. W. G. MAXWELL. (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, June 3. The list of Birthday Honours includes the names of Mr. William George Maxwell (Private Secretary to the High Commissioner) and General D. H. Kidout, who have been made Companions
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    German Property in the Colony.
    1042 801 —S.F.P. North that the 'ciob Concordia at Tientsin Sinking Of the Lasitania. celebrate Inirnr of some fourteen hundred aad the and children by a jollification .'ills am it is cle-r that we are that lasted till sUtO that esp alns f lMWfaCe n be at”
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    Moslem Association.
    158 801 The general meeting of the Moslem Association was held at the Club premises, 91, Selegie Road, Singapore, on Friday last and the election of office-bearers resulted thus:— Hon. President Syed Omar bin Mohamed Alsagcff, Hon vice-Presidents Mr. Hafix Ghulam Sarwar, Mr. Mohamed Ismail Sahib, Past Presidents Syed Abdulrahman
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    "Britain Will Not Let Belgium Starve."
    1004 801 To the Editor of the Straits Echo. Sir, We have pledged our honour to restore Belgium. But Belgium is not a word—it is a people and the Belgian people is starving. It we let it perish during the process of restoration we shall have
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    Huns on British Estates.
    259 802 Considerable discontent exists amongst the British employees on British-capitalised estates in Sumatra on account of the employment of German assistants. Protests have been numerous for months past, but without avail. The British assistants, finding it useless to formulate protests, have now quite rightly decided to take
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    Mine Reports.
    1206 802 Tronoh Mines, Ltd. The Director» have pleasure in submitting the Accounts of the < Company for the year to 31st December 1914 During the year 1,539 tons of Tin Ore were sold a® compared with 2,187 tons sold during 1913. The amount realised was <£.39,U15 Os. 3d being
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1006 803 wi n B lwavs be rumours SXI« kept-m the dark. Censorsh.p mother ot to Mr. W. G. Maxwell Cooeratulat. TbouK be couuts P Meads ‘throughout the Colony and rjs nowhere will the congratulations LM' k tn dav be more sincere than he w! rQt f or a spaco
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    The Prince of Wales' War Relief Fund.
    52 803 June 1 By Balance ...$21,178 04 2 Mr. and Mrr. 0. M monthly subscription 10 00 Part of Asiatic Staff of Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld., monthly subscription 10 00 R. Scolt, July subscription 25.00 Balauc» 3 June 2. ...$21,223.04 Remitted to London on
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    Belgian Relief Fund.
    30 803 June 1 By Balance 413,42 2 R. Scott 10.00 Mr. and Mrs. O. M (monthly),.. 5.00 Balance, June 2 428 42 Amount previously acknowledged 13,457.11 Total ...$13,885.53
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    INTER-STATE CRICKET.
    738 803 A WIN FOR PERAK. The cricket match between Perak and Penang, which was played at Taiping yesterday, ended in a victory for tbe home team by 53 runs The Penang T am were met at the station by Dr. Fox, T. B Minnikeu and several members of the
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    Penang Golf Club.
    153 804 Tennis Tournament. The following were the results of the tennis ties played on Wednesday night: Men t Doubles Handicap A. Martin and Sells —l5 3/6 beat C C Rogers and Reid —l5-1/6 6—3 6 4. Mixed Doubles Handicap. Miss Mahler and Reimann —3/6 beat Miss Heim and
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    Fatal Motor Accident.
    116 804 Mr. F. B. O'Malley Killed. Kuala Lumpur. June 4. A fatal motor accident occurred on Wednesday night on the Kapar Ro id. The car overturned and Mr. F. B. O Malley, Assistant of the Kuala Selangor Rubber Co was killed on the spot. Another European occupant and
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    German Firm Sued.
    1848 804 Judgment for Plaintiff. The suit, in which Mr. J. W. Hunt sued the Liquidators of Messrs. Bahu, Meyer Cj. for the return of passage money, was concluded on Wednesday afternoon before Mr R. Scott, the District Judge. Mr. C. R. Samuel appeared for the plaintiff and Mr.
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    Chinese Marriage Laws.
    941 805 -ST. O.i Monday morning proceedings in the trial of Chew Chiat Khye for alleged bigamy, at the Assiz-s, at Singapore, were taken up by preliminary argument on the law and customs of marriages affecting Chinese. Mr. T. D. Parsons for the defence, argu d that polygamy was
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    Rubber Crops for May.
    291 805 lbs. Consolidated Rubber Estates Ltd. 16,791 Padang Rubber Co., Ltd. 20,200 Karan Rubber Co, Ltd 9,045 Samagaga Rubber Co Ltd. 8,510 Rubber Estates of Krian Ltd. 24 500 Padang Jawa Rubber E-tate Ltd. 12,686 Gula Kalumpong Rubber Estate Ltd 81,774 Bukit Jelutong Syndicate... 1,600 New Columbia
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      47 805 watch f O r UUmer m mtbs mothers Le .child’ 8 bow3 p iy u d looseness eQ tion at thia tim bec given prompt Voided ni 80r ious trouble f !tlv and D Chi^erlai u s n. riay uarrb<i x R 9nifv i„ L holera SBc
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      58 805 Operal ons Av.rted. Do you know th it a v ry large pt cent of supposed cases of app ndicitis ar only an inflammation o the i owels brou Lt on by c jnstip.ition han i&rlain s '1 iblets cure constipation even fter it bt ;omes chronic. Give then) a
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    Kwong Yik Bank Case.
    603 806 Bail Increased. At the Singap >re Assizes. on Monday, the Deputy Public Prosecutor (Mr. G. G Seth) mentioned to the acting Chief Justice (Mr. L. M Woodward) the case of Biey Lian Chin, a director in the 1 quidated Kwong Yik Bank, who is on bail
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    Singapore Presbyterian Church.
    342 806 Belated Annual General Meeting Held After delass caused by several untoward circumstances, the annual general meeting of the Presbyterian Church, Singapore, held at last yesterday evening under very encouraging conditions, says Wednesday s Straits Times. The ladies h»d exercised considerable taste and judgment in adapting the accommodation
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    Lilian's Trade.
    213 806 The auruil report for 1914 sets forth that the revenue of Labuan was $69,014 as compared with $76 611 for 1913. The expenditure amcuuttd to $96,133. The total trade amounted t) $2.008,516. Cutch Imports $299,949, Exports $276,111. Exports to Sarawak, $40,973. Imports from Sarawak, 1,184. It is interesting
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    Tin Output.
    397 806 The output of Rahman Hydraulic T Limited, during the month of Mav pikuls. 7 WaB The output of the Rahman Tin Co m during the month of Mav was 1 013 nib i (pls. 506 29, mill; pls. 507.59, tributes The output of Ayer Weng (Eth Development and
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      51 806 Economy in the End. It costs but a tmili am unt to kerp Chamberlain’s Col e, Cboler i an I I)i rI tv Remedy always in j< ur medicine eke. and it is economy ia the end It always urts and inn's quickly. For sale by al. L spenbaries and
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    A DEFENCE OF BELGIUM.
    1756 807 the war started the German E’« r Sl Us been busy explaining to all Lie Bureau b Belt? um rea y whoC pHhe terrible fate which h-s overserved the rogult g that in gome ot t h o taken her. b founc j people German view,
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    Netherlands Trading Society.
    59 807 Mr. W. van der Woude, Manager of the local branch of the Netherlands Trading Society, informs us that he is in receipt of telegraphic intimation from Batavia Head Office that the Bank’s dividend for the year 19 14 has been fixed at 8/b ie. f 4,000,000.Guilders or
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    M.A.P.
    621 808 Our Singapore correspondent wires that Mr. H. M Darby has been gazetted as an Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council. The Lipis Recreation Club was the venue of a farewell function on June I, the occasion being the departure of Dr. D. 1. Skeen, M.B, CH.B, medical officer, Lipis,
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    943 808 Surely Major Russell, who writes to a contemporary about the Allies wildgoose chase in the Dardanelles,” is a little mixed in his ornithology 1 We do not know whether the ansenna is going out of favour as a roadside tree it certainly mikes the best avenues—but we notice
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    Miss Eugenie Nunes
    208 808 A correspondent writes to the Straits Times —The many friends of Miss Eugenie Nunes, the first lady student to pass through the Straits Medical School, will be pleased to hear that she is now in Karachi, Northern India, practising her proftssion with great success. Alter passing her
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    Wash-Out at Seremban.
    88 808 Singapore Mails Delayed, (From Our Own Correspondent Singapore, 5. A wash-out at Seremban held up outward mails, which were due here 8 p.m., but did not arrive until 4 a-m-A correspondent writes: The assessment paid by the bea Kongsi for the houses iu Cannon 1 Cannon Square
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    MARGINAL NOTES.
    1164 809 [Ry Tom Wrig ht Iv inst come across one of thoe IbaV 7°X savings that one hastens to witty and wise 8 J QWU Must peop le adopt for v V j Isn’t it lovely? I are somebody j’ foan d it, except that it forget now wb
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    Penang Golf Club.
    62 809 Tennis Tournament. The following were the results of the tennis ties played last night: Ladies' Singles Handicap. Mrs Martin beat Mrs Crichton 10—8; 6-2. N ixed Doubles Handicap. Mrs Phillips and Tbrelfall vs. Mr and Mrs Everest (unfinished.) Men’s Open Singles. C C Rogers beat J Anthony
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    The Prince of Wales' War Relief Fund.
    43 809 June 2 By Balance ...$21,223.04 4 Staff of George Town Dispensary Ltd, Penang, monthly subscription 35 50 Staff of Presgraveand Matthews, monthly subscription 20 00 Balance, June 4. ...$21,278 54 Remitted to London on 24-2-15... £lO,OOO
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    SUPPLY OF MUNITIONS.
    2485 809 (Reuter’s Service) Copyright Telegram. ORGANISING SKILLED INDUSTRY. Mr. LLOYD GEORGE’S APPEAL, London, June 3. At the first meeting at Manchester of the Engineering Employers and the Trade Union Representatives. Mr. Llojd George, Minister of Munitions, said that the issue of the war depended.upon the workshops. The Russians
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    The Share Market.
    48 811 (Pr Our Q m Correspondent). tmproviag Tendency, Messrs, F rat fir Singapore, June 4. *M«^e tb b m?rkot CirCUlaF 18 d n9> C ntined 5 b Under a cloud O’inß arX®’™*" 1 fl(,e dealin* e oi«t,r. 6 being ma( j e |n regar( j to
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    VOLUNTEER OFFICERS' MESS.
    1304 811 JUDGMENT FOR DEFENDANTS The suit in which Mr. F. Hulme Sharpe sued Major the Hon. Mr. A R. Adams ai d several other officers of the Penang Volunteer Corps for $86.32 alleged to be wages for servants paid by the plaintiff at defendants’ request, was heard this
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    The Eastern Shipping Co., Ltd.
    272 812 Directors Report and Accounts for presentation at the Eighth Ordinary General Meeting of the above Company to be held at its Registered Office, Nos. 41 and 43, Beach Street, on Saturday, the 12th June, 1915, at 3 p.m. Directors’ Report. Gentlemen, —Your Directors beg to
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    P.C.C. Bowls Tournament.
    77 812 The following were the results of the ties played off yesterday Single Handicap. Dr J S Rose beat H W Oxenham 21 —13 F N Syer w.o. from W E MacDonald J P Souter beat R C B Hay 21 —18. The following ties have been fixed
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    Rubber Crops for May.
    90 812 lbs. Alor Pongsu Rubber Estate, Ltd. 15,728 Brieh Rubber Estate, Ltd. 7,451 Merbau Rubber Estate, Ltd. 5,367 The Ayer Kuning Rubber Estate, Ltd. 6,100 At the L*m Hua hospital during the month of May 137 vaccinations were done by Mr. Li tn Tai Lee. Brigadier-General Ridout,
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    The "Lucky Day" Man.
    533 812 Evidence in the Bigamy Case. Some interesting evidence relating to Chin* se marriage customs was given at the Singapore Assizes on Wednesday, when the hearii gof the charge of bigamy preferred again-1 a Hokien named Chew Chiat Khye was continued before the Acting Chief Justice (Mr
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    Trading with Enemy Firms in China.
    684 812 At the meeting of the Bradford (V of Commerce on March 30th Mr T Robinson in the chair, a letter was H from an agent in Shanghai to his r, r j n in this country referring to the comtrtr being experienced now from
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    NUMBERING THE PEOPLE.
    1135 813 L h-xXS-Xs ler “.l and we ought to bear DO more drCS t J bebreeu m .stere and men m fdlipU ,t our industrial centres. the certain «mild ba amusing were it situation wo h dispu te in some trade not tragic h necessaries of life, which
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    M.A.P.
    545 813 The Hou. Mr. J. B. Elcum, Director of Education, SS. and F.M S., is at present visiting Kuala Lumpur. Mr. P. H. Henshaw, Traffic Manager, F.M.S. Railways, Kuala Lumpur, arrived here this morning by the s.s. Klang on inspection duty. Lieutenant Guy de Hoghton, of the King’s Own Yorkshire
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    THE WESTERN THEATRE.
    2109 814 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. BATTLE AT SOU3HEZ Paris, June 4. A Paris coamun que states “In the battle at Souchez the French made further gains, including prisoners and three machine guns. “They made fresh progress in the Labyrinth North of Arras. Paris, June 5. Fighting continues north
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    50 814 Obituary. M. Canvlle Pellet*#. (Reuter,) London, J uDe The death has taken place oM* of Pelletan, formerly trench Marine. Obituary. Mr, Grigar Taylor. (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, June 7. The death bis taken place of blackwater fever at the hospital at Serembin of Mr. Grigar Taylor, the planter.
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    MR. CHURCHILL AT DUNDEE.
    1475 815 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. IMPORTANT SPEECH. FLEET IN PERFECT ORDER. London, June G. Mr. Winston Churchill, speaking at Dundee, said that he was sent to the Admiralty about the time of the Agadir crisis with the express duty of putting the fleet in a state of
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    TIGRIS OPERATIONS.
    177 816 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright T-legram FLIGHT OF THE ENEMY. HUGE CAPTURES. London, J UDe 6 The Press Bureau announces: In the operations in the Tigris G ener Townsend, accompanied by a small gunboat flotilla, occupied Amarah on June 3 71 Governor and-over 700 soldiers surrendered These were advance guirds.
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    Winnipeg Crop Reports.
    17 816 Reuter.) Winnipeg, Jure 5. The crop reports are excellent, especially wheat, oats and barley.
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    Gang Robbers Attack Mine.
    39 816 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, June 7. Gang robbers last week attacked the Suogei Bakan Mine near the Gap road and killed one watchman and injured anot er. They stole 4 piculs of tin.
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    Swettenham Cricket Trophy.
    92 816 Awarded to Penang. (From Our Own Correspondent Singapore Juoe The Swettenham Cricket Trophv, best cricket in later-Settlement during 1914, has been awarded to rena sAmong the passengers homeward b^ oQJ by M.M. steamer Amazone, whicn Singapore on Friday afternoon, Read Monier, son of the well kno Magistrate,
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    885 817 "0. d 3 the near tn uro l v To be Keep Calling Me k C. M. George' fhurfl i” a tumour current Ju,t at present U tbo u Cotn i“ tbe been warned by tbeCdouiul mission® 1 r a two years war snd budg6t acoord ingly ±l
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    The Prince of Wales War Relief Fund.
    39 817 June 4 By Balance ...$21,278 54 5 Municipal Staff, Bth monthly subscription 412 59 Penang Band 6th monthly subscription 18 90 Balance, June 5. ...$21,709.94 Remitted to London on 21 2-15... <£10,090
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    Belgian Relief Fund.
    66 817 June 2 By Balance 428 42 5 Mrs. G. S. Evans 25 00 Balance, June 2 453.42 Amount previously acknowledged 13,457.11 Total ...$13,910 53 Messrs. Mb zi .Mohamed Ali Namaz'e and W. P. acock are appoint! d Municipal Ccm missioners, Singapore. Caledonia Golf Links have been mi
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    JAGAT SINGH.
    390 817 BAIL NOT ALLOWED. Jagat Singh was this morning arraigned before Mr. E. E. Colman in the Second Court, at the instance of the Solicitor-Gen-eral, on the following charges. (1) Abetting the waging of war against the King and abetting the waging of such war under section 121 of
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    Kelantan News.
    198 817 A Rebel Chief Killed. 'Hie Kota Bahru correspondent of the iSb/f/rpore Free I'r.ss, writing on Miy 27, sue: Haji Mat Hasss.m, one of the leaders of tho iiot?rs who is known as Tok Jangcut on acc runt of his long grey beard, was killed in a small encounter
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    GANG ROBBERY IN PERAK.
    249 818 European Planter Murdered. Planters in tbe Krian district wore shocked to learn on Saturday that one of their number had been murdered by gangrobbers on the previous evening. Mr. DM. Macfarlane, who was manager of a small estate, Inchong Estate, belonging to Sir Thomas Barlow on
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    F.M.S. Appointments.
    277 818 The following F.M.S. appointments are gazetted: Mr. A. L Jumeaux to be Assistant Engineer, P.W.D. Mr. A. Earnshaw to bo a Judicial Commissioner, F M S. Capt. S. R. Smith to be Adjutant, MSV.R. Mr. N. R. Jarrett to act as Assistant District Officer, Kiang, Class V. Mr.
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    Penang in 1914.
    1055 818 The following extracts are fiken from the Hon. Mr. A. T. Bryant’s Annual Report on Penang for the year 1914: Revenue and Expenditure. The following figures, subject to audit and final settlement, show tbe revenue and expenditure of the Settlement for the year 1914: Revenue $3,800,507 Expenditure
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    Tin Outputs.
    56 818 The May output of the Deebook Dredging was 280 piculs, representing 40,354 cu v yards dredged and 506 hours’ work. The Katoo Daebook output for May 350 piculs, representing 65,000 cubic W dredged and 516 hours’ work. The output of the Tongkah Harbour Dredging Company for tbe week
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    Penang Golf Club.
    395 819 r B 1915 K B 46+«'= 9 (1 -12=78 4,4.46= 91 —l2 79 4 M Sellar 49 T 95-14=81 nCMacmlvr® Qj.47' +4= 82 jCrabb-Watt M 4 94-12 =B2 jßfiruWO o 9 1 44= 83 set =B3 CUBog ors 494.53= f('2-18=84 gOxeDham 9.- 6= 84 jSelUr 5,.4.49= 99-15
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    Rubber Crops for May.
    25 819 R,,bbw lbS «-to: 4, ’558 Ltd Flan tai ions, ReyU (p 10,86 Eub ber B ’bber Co.it j 7.500 ■4- 3,107
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    Rubber.
    570 819 Sale Report. Messrs. Paterson, Simons Go’s Weekly Rubber Circular, dated June 2, states At the Auctions held to day 220 tons were catalogued but ouly about 105 were sold. At the opening the demand was decidedly poor and pi ice declined a co dmgly, Pale Crepe selling at $l2l
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    Feast of Corpus Christi.
    387 819 Impressive Celebrations. The celebration of the Feast of Corpus Christi at the Church of the Assumption, which took place yesterday, was of a more impressive nature than in previous years, owing to the services being conducted by Dr- E Barillon, Bishop of Malacca. It rained slightly
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    Johore Court of Appeal.
    213 819 A bill is about to be introduced into the Legislative Council to amer d the Courts Ordiancp. 1907. It is p< inted out that the fate of Johore has recently passed a Courts Snactment providing, inter alia, for the Ewation of a Court of Appeal, which
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    NAVAL WARFARE.
    2034 820 Just a yeai ago Sir Peicy Scott startled the world which is interested in naval affairs with his now famous letter to the Times on the subj°ct of “Battleships v. Submarine and Aeroplane” In the course of that letter, it will be remembered, the distinguished gunnery expert said
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    REMARKABLE AIR FEATS.
    856 821 (Reuter’s Service-' CptrigM Teta-M». BRITISH AVIVTOR S FIGHT. AGAINSr HEAVY OBOS, Pans, June WW iD toUe“ de GerZ‘ wdd*»'J aBBalled bj twelve other Gerwin 13 to I; Two Winged. f th« aeropltue were riddled The wings of the ae p hnltHts but the hagH sJUl lu with
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    BATTLE IN THE BALTIC.
    396 821 Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. ATTACK BY GERMAN FLEET. RUSSIAN ACCOUNT, Petrograd, June 7, 1 40 p.m A Petrograd c< mmunique states “Russian submarines reported the approach of G num destroyers, which preceded battleships, in the Gulf of Riga. The Germans i etired on the advance of
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    The Prince of Wales' War Relief Fund.
    51 821 June 5 By Balance ...$21,709.94 7 Hon’hle A. T. Bryant, monthly subscription t 100 00 “Lim” Kongsi, sth instalment 30.00 Employees of United Engineers, monthly subscription 40.00 3 Musketeers, monthly subscription 45 00 Balance, June 7. ...$21,924 94 Remitted to London on 24-2-15...
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    IN THE DARDANELLES.
    1023 822 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram STORY OF THE GENERAL ATTACK. PRESS BUREAU ANNOUNCEMENT. London, June 6. A Pres* Bureau announcement states In Gallipoli on Thursday night lhe Turks heavily bombarded a small tort in front of the extreme French right which they had previously lost. Then they launched
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    MR. CHURCHILL AT DUNDEE.
    311 822 (Reuter's Service.) Couyr.ght Telegram. "TRUST THE PEOPLE!" London, J unA 7 Mr Churchill in his sp, tcb allude, said that what the nation r National Government was action and th« message be would take back to the Govern mentw.s: “Act with fnth and cuu. M irustthe
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    Football.
    207 822 Mpj'is and Hutton Lane divided the points in their First Divsion game on Sunday, The play was marked by 2 strenU' Usness, but all efforts to bedei'ber goalkeeper failed. Mr. U M B<kar was the very efficient referee. Result: Hutton Lane, 0. Mr. F J. Hallifax, President of the
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    813 823 nlnsive evidence that at any rata A 8 C tin Germany have gone stark, some pe'P le 1 gub p c t of the war we raving fo n owin g example from ca qU °l for the use of KuhurU npfer ah t 'To U d. S
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    The Censorship at Hongkong.
    324 823 The vagaries of the censorship are as inexplicable and irritating in some of the colonies as at home. For instance, at Hongkong the press is prohibited from publishing information as to the departures of steamers in the way of news, nor are the names of the
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    PARISH HALL.
    622 823 RECEPTION TO THE BISHOP. Ibe mtmiers of t‘ie Korn n Catholic community held a reception io His Lordship Bishop E. Barillon at the Parish Hail y-sterday evening. There wis a large gathering of ladies and gentlemen, including many c dldr. n Ami iq th >se present were Mr.
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    Volunteering in the F.M.S.
    399 824 To the Editor of the M day Mad. Sir.—List Tues lay the O.C. of the MSV 11. made a few remarks about the attendanceot Volunteers attending the parades. The att ndance has been mod, disgraceful and I must say tnat those Vol-inter rs who will not
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    Japanese Planters.
    257 824 A Tour of the F.M.S. A delegation of the Japanese Planters Ass'ji i itio i of Maffiya, who are the guests of the PAM., paid a visit to Kajang yesterday, says Monday’s Malay Mail They were met by representatives of the Kajang District Planters’ Association and, after breakfasting
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    P.L.R.C.
    265 824 Ridgway Challenge Trophy. The following was the result of the Shoot at Kampong Bahru, on Monday afternoon ti. J® Z. <n on caC •r X o. 8 o c-i >—i •Mrs Liston 26 29 31 86 •airs Wright-Motion 26 32 24 82 •Miss Mathieu 25 29 24 78 •Miss
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    The Safety of the Dutch Bast Indies.
    292 824 Dr. Kuyper writes in the Standaard When shortly after the outbreak of the war it was pointed out that danger might threaten our Archipelago, the first thought was of the Philippines, which are still under the American protectorate and situated between cur Colonial
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    THE EASTERN FRONTIER.
    1155 824 It is not until we are able to study th character of the fighting along tbo wfo l of the vast eastern front that we can f understand the eagerness with winch C many forced on war last year and b confidence in a speedy victory. The
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    IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
    991 825 Center’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. S E'ES IN THE COMMONS. THE COALITION AT WORK Lundou, June 7, 6.35 p.m. There were notable incidents in the House of Commons on the reassembling of Parliament. The new Ministers, on rising to reply to questions, were given a heaity reception. Among the
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    THE WESTERN THEATRE.
    473 826 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright T<l<-g r an. GOOD FRENCH PROGRESS. Desperate Attacks Repulsed. London, June 8, 2.50 a.m. The Paris communique s*ys North of the Aisne the enemy multiplied his desperate effort* to recapture the two lines of trenches which we took yesterday. He brought up reinfoicements in
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    TURKEY AND THE WAR.
    493 826 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram GROWING DEPRESSION. TYPHOID IN ASIA MINOR. Athens, June 8. Travellers from Constantinople affi m that typhoid is raging in the army and among the population of Asia Minor. Seventy-five doctors have already succumbed to the scourge. There is a great shortage of
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    MASTERY OF THE AIR.
    485 826 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright T&lt;-legrams. YOUNG BRITON’S FINE FEAT HOW THE ZEPPELIN WAS BOMBED London, June 8. Flight Sub-Lieutenant Warneford w k has just destroyed a Zeppelin in Bd’einm was formerly in the mercantile marine 8 &gt;7' was born at Cooch Behar in India in and is
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    "H.M.S. PINAFORE."
    1243 827 .rrrsSFUL PERFORMANCE. AS' 1006 ti |y natural thins for the Tt j 9 an entire y (&gt; g p ina f O re. Choral Society an j igb t The pUy 19 P ritten last week instead of have I* 6ll w affo Indeed, like all “A y“
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    ORCHESTRA.
    74 827 At the Pionaforte —Miss Strngnell. First Violins. Second Violins. Mr J. i'ryner (Leader) Mr. C A. de Cruz. Mr. T Francico. Mr R. O. Ddphin. Mr. L Rossiano. Mr. R. Vimanos. Violinchllo. Double Bass, Mr. M Evangilista. Mr. W. J D Trengove. Flute. Clarinet. Mr. T Alberta. Mr. J
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    Planter’s Tragic Death.
    141 827 It is with regret that we announce the death of Mr. G. Stables, Manager of Changkat Estate, one of the sections of Ciledouia, PW. Mr. Stables was motoring home last night when he met with an accident, the cause of which has not yet been ascertained, and
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    A Province Tragedy.
    139 827 As the Rev. John Smith of Bukit Tengah, P W., was journeying by road into Penang this morning to break the news of her husband’s sudden death to Mrs. G. Stables, he came up near Butterworth with the wellknown planter, Mr. John Lamb, who was endeavouring to
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    Rubber Crops for May.
    92 827 lbs. Alma Estates Ltd. 18,000 Bukit Toh Alang Rubber Estates Ltd 9,080 Cluny Rubber Estates Ltd. 14.517 Chemor United Rubber Co., Ltd. 1’,039 Kota Bahroe Rubber Estate Ltd. 31,258 Kinta Kallas Rubber Estates Ltd 19.500 Kuala Kangsar Plantation Co., Ltd. 31 341 Shanghai Klebang Rubber Estate
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1034 828 It is no put of &lt; i&gt; b ion and far from our intention to pubhsh criticisms of the “management” of th; local v Junbers, but we are nevertheless rath’-r io sympathy with the view that a little more r.ile pract ce at the range would be no
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    A Technical Assault.
    306 828 Before Mr. L V. J Lavi Up, in the Third Court this morning, Mr. and Mrs. G B Madden were summoned at the instance of their cook, A. Isaac, for using criminal fore*. Mr. Madden was also summoned for refusing to P‘V the cook’s wages to the
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    War Items.
    390 828 FROM DU! CH SOb’R CEs The following telegrams are f Sumatra Post ol Monday; rfjln tie Holland ard the War A Bill providing I ,r the incorporate■ the Landsturm of ad persons fit t&lt;J JDII but hitherto exempt from mili«arv bns been prepared by the Will be submitted
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    Penang Golf Club.
    82 828 Tennis Tournament. The following were the results of t e ties played last night at the Golf C u Jfrn’s Singles Handicap B Class FiMPledger 4 (j beat Reimann 6-2; 6-1. Mixed Doubles HandicapMrs Phillips and ThrelMl beat Mr and Mrs Everest 5 7, 6 1:6 2.
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    Mining in China.
    629 829 „rMrĕo“ tem P ora 08 I» “’"l*.. 0 from a Straits Chinese, a ,ppe.red»!ett“ f h r^ as amaS &gt;ed money in Jhfiiib and thought that with o the Kepubiie in China t b.« t bl B b e t n opening in this country there of
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    A False Informer.
    650 829 “PLANTING” ILLICIT CHANDU. A Scoundrel Sent to Gaol. In the Kuala Lumpur Magistrate’s Court, on Monday morning, before Mr. McClelland, a Chinese named Tam Ling was charged with having given false information to a public servant. Inspector Taylor, opening the case for the prosecution, explained that on
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    Japanese as Settlers in China.
    224 829 The tractical effect of the new treaty with China is apparently being looked forward to in Japan with considerable optimism, though it is at present rather difficult to see sufficient justification for this. The new arrangements give Japan a free hand in South Manchuria. Henceforth
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    Municipal Commission.
    152 829 Ordinary Meeting. An ordinary m eting of the Municipal Commissioners was held yesterday afternoon at the Municipal Office. There were present Mr. W. Peel (President), Mr. P. T. Allen, and Mr Quah Beng Kee, with Mr. L. M. Bell (Municipal Engineer) and Mr. L. A. C. Biggs (Secretary)
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    Begin the Right Way
    218 829 Begir ning the right way means half the battle in curing bloodlessness, or anaemia—to employ tbe medical term. Without a sufficient supply of good red blood in their veins women (and men as well) become pale, sallow, languid; they suffer from indigestion, headaches, and heart palpitations,
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