Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 26 December 1914

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  • 20 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED .DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1&33. No. 299 VOL. LXXII. SATURDAY. 26th DECEMBER, 1914. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • France and Belgium.
    • 208 1 [Rkutzb’b Special and Ordinary Services.] ZOUVEB CAPTURE* TRENC HES. [Copyright Telegram.] (By Submarine Telegraph.) London, December 24. A Paris communique says From the North Sea to the Lys we have advanced by sapping on the dunes, and repulsed an attack before Lombartzyde. *We carried a group
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    • 415 1 CONTINUED PROGRESS. London, December 24. A Paris communique says "We consolidated yesterday’s progress' in the regions of Craonne and Rheims. All counterattacks on the positions captured near Perthes were repulsed. Wesapiured, fourhundred metres, of German trenches at Mesmilles-Hurlus/ repelling a -counterattack, C* The Germans attempted to assume
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    • 70 1 GERMAN AEROPLANE’S VISIT. London, December 24. The Press Bureau says a German aeroplane appearei at Dover at eleven o’clock in the morning and dropped a bomb, which exploded in a garden, without doing any damage. The aeroplane was only seen for a fatv .seconds and left
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    • 128 1 TO SOLDIERS AND SAILORS. Every soldier in the trenches and every sailor in the North Sea, or wounded in hospital, receives to-morrow, personal greetings from the King and Queen on cards bearing their Majesties’ portraits, and Christmas wishes, in facsimile of the writing of the King. For tile
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    • 28 1 £341,000,000 VOTED. Paris, December 24« The French Parliament voted unatiimomly, »<• mid cho<irB > "V exceeding 341 million» sterling. The Chamber adjourned afterwards for an indefinite period.
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    • 19 1 London, December 24. It is officially announced that the London Stock Exchange reopens on January 4th.
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  • Russian Campaign.
    • 88 1 GERMAN ADVANCE FRUSTRATED. [Copyright Telegram.] (By Submarine Telegraph.) Petrograd, December 24. Au official message says the operations on December 22-werc generally favourable to the Russians on all the fronts, especially on the rivers Nida and Dunajetz and in the Carpathians. The Germans concentrated their efforts at night
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    • 293 1 ENEMY’S HEAVY LOSSES. London, December 25. A Petrograd official message says the G.rman vanguard again attempted to cross tho frontier in the direction of Mlawa. The German losses, as a remit of a Russian counter attack at the Bzura and Rawka rivers, may be compute! from the fact
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    • 66 1 RUSSIAN WAR MINISTER’S STATEMENT. The Russian Minister for War has cabled to an American paper that all German reports of a so-called victory in Poland are sheer invention. The enemy is exhausting himself In vain efforts against the Russian Bzura positions. His offensive in the south of
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    • 164 1 RUSSIAN CAPTURES. [Copyright Telegram (By Submarine Telegraph.) Petrograd, December 25. A Russian communique says tho Russians completely routed, yesterday night, considerable German forces which had crossed to the right bauk of the Bzura. One Ger man regiment was almost completely annihilated, and left behind 520 prisoners.
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    • 70 1 COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF RESIGNS A Vienna commuuiqui, explaining the defeat in Serbia, says that sufficient regard was not paid to the difficulties caused by the bad weather which made it impossible to supply the troops. The communique siys severe losses were inevitable, and concludes by stating that the
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  • Naval Operations.
    • 81 1 ONLY SLIGHTLY DAMAGED. Paris, December 24 Is is officially announced that an Aus trian submarine launched two torpedoes at a French battleship in the Straits of Otianto, one of which hit the battleship but did little damage There were no casualties. Dresden Still at Large. London, December
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  • General News.
    • 93 1 London, December 24. To-day is the centenary of the Treaty of Ghent and the papers, in editorials,' point out that though the celebration is overshadowed by the war they gain significance by the vindication of our motives in the war and serve as an illustration of
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  • STOP PRESS WAR NEWS.
    • 37 1 A TOTAL QF 357,510. [Copyright Telegram.] (By Submarine Telegraph.) Petrograd, December 25. The total German prisoners in Russia on December 23 w'ere 1»110 officers and 131,737 men, and Austrian 3,186 officers and 221,447 men.
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    • 109 1 REPORTED TO BE DYING. [Copyright Telegram.] (By Submarine Telegraph.) London, December 24. It is rumoured in Rome that Emperor Francis Joseph is dying, and that he has received the lust sacraments. At Schoenbrunn. Amsterdam, December 25. Emperor Francis Joseph is celebrating Christmas amidst his family at Schoenbrunn.—Reuter.
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  • 469 1 The following are inteiestihg extrac’s from a letter, dated Noveiiibor 12, which has been placed' at our disposition by a Taiping reader, from.a French priest serving with the n? ed .Cross at. one of the ho°pitals in France»»— I have been sent to and am working
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  • 199 1 THE RUBBER EMBARGO. LATEST DIVIDENDS. G. Special Cable.] [Copyrigjit Telegram.] (By, Submarine Telegraph.) London, December. 23. Mr. Lampard, at the meeting of the United Serdang Rubber. Co., Ltd., referring to the embargo, said the Government desired to prevent supplies reaching the enemy, and not to penalize a
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  • 222 1 [A*rorn Our Own Coneapondenl.] Kuala Lumpur Deo. 25. The following are the at the Seremban Raoe Meeting. Race 1. Taughanbullah (Walker) a. 1 Rifleman. (Penang) 2 Waribee (Dickson) 3 Timo 1 min. 29 1/5 secs. Six ran. Race 2. < Accelerator (Walker) 1 Wee Wondilla (Gavotte) 2 Margin
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  • 1574 2 ON THE FIGHT IN FLANDERS. Since the beginning of the great war the French Government has issued daily a communique giving, briefly and succinctly, a truthful but uninspiring report of the progress of the Allied armies. These reports have been insufficient to slake the public thirst for news,
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  • 134 2 Christmas at Penang passed iff very quietly. The weather continued fire, although both on Thursday and yesterday the air was close and oppressive in th< evening, signifying, no doubt, the approach of the dry season. There seemed to be fewer outstation visitors than usual. The special War
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  • 100 2 Arrivals. By Alma (December 2G) from- Deli, Messrs E S Shand, C Meredith, W Kauffman, C Troostwijh and Eow Sin Seng. By Selangor (December 25) from Singapore, Mr and Mrs J A Webster, Messrs Shannon, Gold‘and Tan Sin Koat; from Port Swettenham, Bro Aubrot, Miss S Lgat, Messrs T
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  • 879 2 WORKSHOPS COMPLETELY WRECKED. A MAGNIFICENT FEAT. Paris, November 19.—Full details are now to hand of the brilliant aerial raid by British aviators over Friedrichshafen. The plan of destroying, partly, or altogether, the workshops of the dirigible factory had been d.c ded upon by Commander
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  • 1534 2 “THEY KNOW THEY ARE BEATEN.’ The present state of Germany, the difficulties with which she is confronted, and the growing despair of the official classes are subjects discussed in an important and weighty article wh ch appears in the “Daily Telegraph from the pen of an
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 61 2 RUNNYMEDE HOTEL. XMAS HOLIDAYS, BOXING DAY, 26th DEG. A SPECIAL DINNER AT $3 WILL BE SERVED. string band in attendance. PRIVATE TABLES in Dining Room and on the Illuminated Sea Front (weather permitting) to be reserved on application. Fail not to book in good time. Telephone No. 63b. DANCING. no
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 504 2 The Latest News om the Front. 1 German Lies as Id by the Wolf We have taken Paris 2 Our Indian Soldie in the New Forest France. 3 French Dragoons in Belgium. 4 In the German Trenches. 5 A Wonderful French 75 c.m. Guo. 6 Canadians iu camp at Salisbury
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