Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 1 December 1914

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 278 VOL. LXXiI. TUESDAY. Ist DECEMBER, 1914. PRICE 10 CENTS,
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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  • 1812 2 patriotic sermon by rev. william'cross. A Service of Intercession in time of War was held at the P esbyterian Chuch, Penang, on Sunday evenin’, which was the eve of St. Andrew’s Day. There was a large attendance, an 1 the offertory, which amount el to the satisfactory
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  • 166 2 I stood in the background this morning, writes a Paris correspondent, and watched tie departure of the class of 1914 There was nobody to see anybody offi it was all silently heroic, as became the glorious spirit of France. On my way b ick I passed
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  • 1260 2 ENGLAND v. THE RSST. A FAST GAME. From a sporting point of view St Andrew is worthy of as much praise as from any other taking it for granted that he had some say in the matter, he certainly gave us a St. Andrew’s Day, chosen wi h
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  • 355 2 THE PRINCE OF WALES'S FUND The Amateur Surprise Dramatic Com pany of l aiping staged a play entitled A Matter of Money at the Town Ha’l, Ta .p ng, in support of the Prince of Wales’s Fund, under the pa'ronage of the Hon. Mr. Obver Marks, British
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  • 199 2 AGENDA FOR SUNDAYS MEETING. A general meeting of the abive Association will be held at 11 a m. on December 6 h, at the Johore Hotel, Johor* Bah u Rubber Duty General dissati faction has been expressed ah the high valuation on which duty is levied by Government.
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  • 856 2 ENGLAND THE ONLY FOE. The famous Munich il u trated weekly paper, Jugend,” ha spuhlishad the following poem of hatred against Great Britain. The author is Herr Ernst L'ssauer, and the translation, which is i*s :lf a remarkable piece of work, was made for the “New
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  • 74 2 Page 2.—Our Sacred Inheritance Rugby Football; A Poem of Hatred. Page 3.—War Note?; Ind’ an Troops and the Aeroplane; French Navy’s Fine Work Au Incident of Chivalry. Page 4.—The Cult of War; Batu Mau Affair; Penang St. Andrew’s Society Obituary. Page s.—Telegrams The Punce’s Fund. Page 6,—F.M
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 24 2 Tuis is the time to advertise And in the paper eay, »Ve have the Good?, the kind you want And made in the U.K.”
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    • 583 2 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. SITUATION REQUIRED at once by competent SHORTHAND TYPIST, well recommended by present employ ers. Replies to Typist, c/o Pinang Gazelle. BUSINESS AS USUAL». There is no kind of article required in Malaya of European manufacture that cannot be made in Great Britain. We turn out the best goods.
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  • WAR NOTES.
    • 183 3 The paper South Africa contains the text of a telegram sent by Eul Kitchener to General Botha in connection with the visit of Colonel Sir Aubrey Woolls-Samp-son and Major Pickburn to England with the object of forming a South African Corps for service in Europe.
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    • 375 3 What has come over the geography of Ihe naval experts who write to the papers very wise articles about the doings of the Fleet? If the Emden revealed our •weakness in p trol cruisers in Indian waters it has also revealed a st 11 more appalling weakness in the
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    • 187 3 Journalism is India in becoming co.ey connected with the war in Europe in oa° re I senses than one. We hear that Mr. es I ney, son of Mr. George Chesney, tu e iter I of the Pioneer, has rec ntly proceeded from Ceylon to England
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    • 90 3 Tb ft 15th Sikhs which have suffered so The lotn dim have more war much,.tPl 1 lion thao ,„y other medals in the Armv- The-e ar* regiment in the In the height special regiment bdieve that of the men enhs ed, anaw hich the 36* Sikhs are -J
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    • 345 3 We have already referred to the abundant evidence co ning in of the sv.p priority of the Bri'ish over the German cavalry. One writer in a Home paper, diacu-sing the weakness of the German cavalry arm puts the ma'b r somewhat forcibly thus: The careful horsemastership which General
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    • 203 3 The Russian advance into the Masurian lake district of East Prussia finds them in a difficult country with an inhospitable climate at this time of the year which grows stead.ly severer as winter advance-). This portion of East Prussia, which forms part of tl e
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    • 165 3 Besides the original force of 20,000 fully equipped men offered by the Commonwealth to Great Britain on the outbreak of hostilities, the services of additional contingents of a total strength not specified have been placed at, the disposal of the Imperial authorities, should they be me le t
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    • 105 3 Chile may yet have to explain her conduct in sheltering the German cruisers In these circumst nces her Navy has some interest. It consists of the following armoured and light cruisers. Name g -g s g=s o a, <-< J Eh <1 «2 n’Hitrains 1897 8500 8 4-in
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    • 125 3 In many way., .he aar ha. produce) snrnrisine revelations m Ind a. Apart from the spontaneous outburst of loyal senti meats from all pa'ts of the country provinct s which were before the war legaide' nv la<r sl»env holl »ws have shown as mure or le-s s eepy
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    • 385 3 Ypres, the centre of the fiercest fighting during the present wir, and the key to the German position in Flanders, hss for centuries held a prominent place in the national life of the Flemings and was formerly the capital of West Flanders. It is situated 35 miles south of
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    • 258 3 The many casualtei for which shrapnel fire has been rasp nsible during the present war has moved a writer in the Manchester Guardian to rec ill the career of the inventor of this form of shell. Few people know that the inventor of shrapnel, which has done such
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    • 118 3 An animated debate on a comparison of the fighting methods and mater-als exhibited during the present war and of that depicted in «he ancient Hindu epic? of "Samayan” »ni Mahabharat,” „is reported t> hive taken place in a hole (Sanskrit Grammar School) in Calcutta. The debaters are said
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    • 107 3 Some idea of the thoroughness and attention to de'ail exercised by Lord Kitchener may be gathere I from the fact that he has addressed t> the employees of. seve-al of the armament firms a personal “tUr urging them to do tkeir U maintain the quantity and quality of
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    • 81 3 The authorities in Whitehall are able to ppesk by telephone direct to Genera French. Messages are being received almort from the battlefield i self wid out d-lay, and wih as much ea e as from Glasgow to London. Lord Kitchen r can a 9 a consequence,
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  • 240 3 THEIR FIRST TAUBE. A stirring little episode which was recently witnessed in a French town in the war area is being talked about. A Taube aeroplane, which was passing over the church, dropped a bomb, which fell on the back of a horse. The animal
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  • 201 3 FIGHTING ON LAND AND SEA. A semi-official statement issued at Bordeaux concerning the work of the Frerch Navy on laud shows that, besides co-operating with the Allied fleets in maintaining a blockade of the German fleet, guarding the trade routes, etc., the French navy is contributing
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  • 195 3 German Boast Gives Aww the Secret. The Daily Chronicle special correspondent, Mr. F.B. Harvev, telegraphed from Amsterdam, on October 29 News of the new German plan which intends to use Zeebrugge as a base for submarine opera'ions against the Allied Fleet has reached here, notwithstanding the
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  • 141 3 Among the wounded who came in from the fighting on the Yser, says a Times telegram, was a young German, whose bloodless, intellectual face was but the headpiece to amass of bandages. He h'd just been taken from a Red Cross train and placed tenderly in
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 703 3 Advertiser, English, 30 years of WANTED TO BUY. age, shortly disengaged, seeks reengagement as Accountant or Financial a RUBBER as also a COCONUT Assistant in mercantile firm, 6 years’ expe- ESTATE, jpust be at producing rience in Straits and F.M.S. Salary not s a g ei Apply with full particulars
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  • 152 5 THE RUSSIAN ADVANCE. SEVERE FIGHTING IN SOMALILAND. GERMAN WARSHIPS REPORTED SUNK. Operations are practically suspended in Belgium, and over t: e front in France nothing of much moment has occurred. The Germans have shown some activity at Anas and in Argonne. It fa reported from Amsterdam that
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  • France and Belgium.
    • 123 5 FURTHER ATTACKS IN ARGONNE. [Copyright Telegram (By Submarine Telegraph.) Recd. Nov. 30, 5 p.m. A Paris communique says “The enemy have remained on the deftn ive in Belgium and the cannonade has been weak. We progressed at some points. We hold firmly points around Fay which we
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    • 33 5 A VISIT TO HEADQUARTERS. Recd. Nov. 30, 5-30 p.m. Tie Press Bureau announces that the King trave led to France last night on a visit io the British headquarters.
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    • 131 5 UNPRECEDENTED EXPERIENCES IN THE TRENCHES. Brigadier-General Lord Cavan has written to a Colonel of the Coldstream Guards, who are now resting, that the latter held a line intact for a month, to November 20th, under hardships which it is impossible to d<scrib“. It is not too much
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  • Russian Campaign.
    • 353 5 WITHDRAWAL OF TROOPS TO THE EAST. [Copyright Telegram.] (By Submarine Telegraph.) Recd. Nov. 30, 5-15 p.m. It is stated in Amsterdam that the Germans, fearing a Russian invasion, are feverishly constructing fortifications and trenches on the liver Memtl and a-e fortifying Tikb. They have sent forty
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  • Turkey and the Near East.
    • 111 5 DERVISHES ROUTED. Rf>cd. Nov. 30, 8-5 p.m. The Press Bureau the new Somaliland Camel Corps, under Lieut.-Colonel Cubitt, was patrolling the grazing grounds of friendly tribes, near Burao, when it encountered Dervishes. Sharp engagements were fought at Shimberberris on No'embtr 20 th and 23rd. All the DervLh
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  • Naval Operations.
    • 204 5 THE PRIMO’S ADVENTURE. [Copyright Telegram.] (By Submarine Telegraph.) Recd. Nov. 30, 5-15 p.m The crew of the steamer Primo, who have arrived at Southampton, relate that in broad daylight, when close to the French coast, a submarine ponpei up, and an officer boarded the Primo and
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  • General News.
    • 144 5 FIELD MARSHAL FRENCH’S EULOGY. F.eld Marshal Fiench’s de patch says; Since the arrive! of the Indians I have been much impressed by their initiative and resource. Some of the ru-es they have employed to deceive the enemy have been attendei with the be=t result?. They have, without
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    • 52 5 [From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, December 1. The Prize Court hearings in regard to the steamers Chow Tai, Ranee, Qaarta, Sanddkan, and Markomania, have been fixed for December 8 and 9. The Attorney-General appears for ti e Crown, and Messrs. Alien and Gledhill for the owners of
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  • 2182 5 APPEAL FOR MONTHLY CON TRIBUriONS. PENANG'S SLACKNESS.” Pns’ded over by the Resident Councillor (the Hon A. T. Bryant) a public meeting was held in the Town Hall, Penang, last evening to consider a proposal to collect monthly subscriptions for the Prince of Wales’s War Fund, and the
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  • 120 5 The Hon. Treasurer sends us the following further con‘r:butio.’-s to the above Fund, forwarded to the Chartered Bank, Penang. Balance Nov. 28 ...$29,712 55 An Englit-hman 50 00 Bacbe« Achan 50.00 Balance on Nov. 31 ...$29,812 55 BELGIUM RELIEF FUND. Balance Nov. 28
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  • 253 5 The Taip’ng branch of this association held their monthly prize shoot oa Sunday. The attendance was small. Several of the members who used to attend regularly have now left for the front, others are mobilis d in Singapore, and some went to Ipoh for the football
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  • 88 5 Messrs. Allen Decays Co. advise u» that the undermentioned prices ware realised for rubi er sold by them by auction and private tender to-day, when 43,600 lbs. were sold Smoked Sheet No. 1 $ll3 to $ll4 No. 2 97 112 plain 97 100 Unsm< ked Sheet 71 84
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  • 1487 6 MR. WARREN JONES’ ACCIDENT. INQUEST AT KUALA LUMPUR. The inquest was opened, at Kuala Lumpur, on Sa'urday morning, concerning the death of Mr. C. Warren Jonts, formerly of Harpenden Estate, who was found badly hurt by the side of his motor bicycle at 17th mile, Kajaug-Kuala Lumpur
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  • 115 6 General von Roehl, in command of ths 9th German Army Corps at Altona, has issued a statement to the following effect:— As it has been learned that not only German prisoners of war in England, but also other Germans resident in the United Kingdom are being
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  • 34 6 The following note was foun 1 on the minute-b >ok of Feldwebel Ros a of the Coblenz Regiment, who was k Led on September 27 General Order.—No prisoners: no wounded. Kill all.
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  • 647 6 GROWING FEAR OF GERMANY. A correspondent wrote from Amsterdam on Oct. 22 Notwithstanding the fact that the Dutch Press is overwhelmed with German official, semi-official, and ordinary news in order to produce here a bias in favour of Germany, the Dutch peop’e keep their head’, and
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  • 75 6 A new set of recruiting posters is now reaoy to be s c nt to all tho j e within the County of London who are desirous of exhibiting them, and of thus helping to stimulate recruiting. It is urgently requested that all tradespeople, hotel proprietors,
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
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    • 59 6 In recommending Woods’ Great Peppermint Care as a reliable medicine for coughs, chills, dysentery, and windy affections of the stomach, we are supported by the knowledge of its 20 years record in Australasia, Africa. England, and countless other divisions of the World. Everywhere proved and accepted as a standard medicine
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  • 318 7 Ma j ir-General Sir Henry Sevmcu” Rawlinson C. B C. V. 0., joined the 60th King’s Royal F.iftes in 1854, when twenty years of age. He served in Burma., the Soudm, and in South Africa, and afterwards was Commandant, Staff College, Commander of 2nd Brigade, Aidershot, and
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  • 325 7 One of the British Army automobile drivers has given the following account of a recent adventure. Ho was driving through the dangerous zone a car in which there was an English colonel carrying despatches, w.th his French mterprete Tnev loss their way, and in a village the
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  • 167 7 Tuesday. December I. Band, Golf Club, 6 p.m. High Water 11.28 a.m. and 11.28 p.m. Low Water 5.55 a.m. and 5.33 p.m. Straits Cinematograph, Penang Road George Town Cinematograph, Kuala Kan gear Road. December 2. Band, Esplanade, 6 p.m. High Water 0.2 a.m. Low W ater G.
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  • 22 7 December 29. —Penang Turf Club, Meeting, Entries close 5 p.m January 7 and 9 —Penang Turf Club, Ja uary Meeting.
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  • 422 7 EVENTS OF A WEEK. Nov. 19—Earl Roberts buried in St. Paul’s. Artillery action on the western front. Heavy attacks on British Division are repulsed. Big battle commence! in Russian Poland. Libia (Baltic) uomnarded by German Fleet. Trebizond (Black Sea) bombarded by Russian warships. Russian Black Sea
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  • 198 7 An interesting piece of information as to ’he German casualties comes from a correspondent who has just returned from Germany. Recent calculations have suggested that ti e total casualties for the whole German army amount to about threequarters of ami lion My informant, write? a London correspondent,
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    • 31 7 Where to Stay. Pknang The E. O. Hotel, Tne Crag, Kunnymede Hotel, Hotel Norman, Carlton Hotel and The New Sea View Hotel. Singaporb: —Raffles Hotel, Rangoon Strand Hotel. Cbylon Nuwara Eliya.
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