Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 2 February 1915

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 26 VOL. LXXIII. TUESDAY. 2nd FEBRUARY, 1915. PRICE 10 CENTS
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 1224 1 !u YOU WANT TO SHIP, buy SELL I RUBSERE OB TO FORWARD GOODS i AHT FAST OB THB WORLD n 00 TO J ULEN DENNYS Co., If. WJOM BTBJBKT. 1 H "THE PINANG GAZETTE. nnnnnnnnnnnnuaannnnnnnnnnnnanD. OFFICE AND PRESS: q EP I H BEACH STREET. PENAN6. STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. Q •J f
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    • 65 1 iQoaoooiaoDooioaoooaaOQCOfl 0 2 c FOi< 130 g n can have the Pinang g s X Gusstte prxtud »»uery o < fwr a whole year to your addr«A* 3 (LOCAL. SUBSCRIPTION. $27). 0 J Proportionate Quarterly «o*l 2 9 Baxf.yearly rates.. n J Bobacriptions are pay»bk in S’ a edwsnae and
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  • 960 2 CROSSING THE CANAL ON PETROLEUM TINS. Cairo, December 14.—There is no reason why persons accustomed to visit Egypt for the sake of their health (alreadyuMtere a r e many arrivals) should not continue the practice this winter. They will meet no Turkish soldier. The
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  • 565 2 A French Officer of the famous Chaasturs Alpins, 7th Battalion, writes I must tell you ab>ut the first day on which I came into touch with the British Army in the fighting line it was a seance in which I found all the
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  • 203 2 We don’t forget—while in this dark December We sit in schoolrooms that you know so well And hear the sounds that you so well remember— The clock, the hurrying feet, the Chapel bell; Others are sitting in the seats you sat in There’s nothing else
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  • 595 2 M M.” QUESTION OF BUILDING SITES. The Young Women’s Christian Association has for some time bad a branch in Kuala Lumpur which has been doing excellent work among young women and girls, especially for those who have just left school. Already successful clades have been hel l
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 715 2 Rates for wanted AN ASSISTANT, knowledge of Tamil Casual Advertisements. A Apply No. 463, c/o Pinang FOR SALE. TO LET. SITUATIONS VACANT. ETC. 32 n c Minimum Charge $2.00 T->EzT\ 7 2“. house n N THAM ROAD 3 0,95 For particulars apply to 4 KENNEDY <fc’Co. 6 075 1273—u c
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    • 65 2 There are a good many reasons why Ceregen has caught on so successfully. Here are a few.— (i) It is a tonic-food of unquestioned value. (ii) It is a British preparation. (iii) Its cost is approximately one-half of similar articles of German origin. If y»u feel run-down from over-work or
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    • 67 2 T. NAGATA, JAPANESE DENTIST. MODERN DENTISTRY. BISHOP STREET, PENANG, Next Door of The Dispensary. 102—m w f 25 2 THE NATIONAL MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALASIA. LTD. ESTABLISHED 1869. New Business 1914... £3,576,800 £8,705,490 Income £1,473,583 Increase of Funds 705 000 No Shareholders. All profits divided amongst Policy-holders. Claims, Loans
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    • 564 2 L’*- V BANKS~~~~~~ CHARTERED BANK OF AUSTRALIA AND CHINA Incorporated by R O)> 1 Clune, Reserve Fund f Reserve Liability of Proprietonj”’ £l’3? Hxad Officr 38, BISHOPSGATE, LONDON R n Agskoiks and Brakchzs Amritsar Hongkong p’ Bangkok Iloilo Pukm 8 Batavia Ipoh Ra Bombay Karachi Sersmbtt Oanton Kobe 8h Oebu
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  • 1958 3 SFP.” ABATEMENT of betting causes A big loss. Tie annual meeting of the above Club <a9 held in the Exchange, Singapore, Sir Evelyn C. Ellis presiding. O.her members fr esent included Messrs A. D. Allan, A. Robertson, A, J. Scandrett, J. D. Saunders (committee) and many members.
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  • 1180 3 SINGAPORE COMMISSIONERS AND GOVERNMENT. Ti e usual meeting of Singapore Municipal Commission was held on Friday afternoon in the Board Boom <f the offices, Mr F J Halifax presiding. The other members present were Messrs E T Tessensohn, Dr Vterasamy, Tan Kheam Hock, Dr Fowlie, R St J
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  • 107 3 S. F.P.” In connection with the export of rubber to America the Chamber of Ccmmerce Rubber Association recently enquired of the local Government why the Government precluded permit holders in the Colony from shipping direct to the U S A whereas permit holders in England were
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 282 3 SWEEPING oVITbIIAw 8 REDUCTIONS 8 uIAUMI CLEAR-OUT SALE WHITEAWAY, LAIDLAW Co, Ltd, PENANG. LJ Monday, Feb. lst,|“| AT 9 A.M. I six days. I Keep your liver active and tlie small every-day worries and dis- appointments will not trouble you. It is tlie mind that makes us happy not our
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • 1069 4 [To the Editor oj the Pinang Gazette"] Sir, —In your issue of the 20th inst. your correapcndenb Poo-bah called attention to rem irks by the Rev. Mr. Crosi in his lecture on ‘'Nietzsche and the war.” The opinion seems a most astounding one for a thinking Briton to
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    • 383 4 [To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette"] Sir, —The ladies of the Straits and F.M.S. have started shooting for 1915 and oujaxif their number has asked me for advifeFiu buying a suitable rifle. I accordingly have looked up the rulei on the subject and made some enquiries. I
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  • 123 4 The tablet over the entrance to St, George’s the foundation of the edifice, has recently been restored, and the white lettering now shows out boldly against the black background. For the benefit of the many, doubtless, who have not noticed the inscription we reproduce it below By
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  • 185 4 The third annual general meeting of the Penang Schoolmasters’ Athletic Association was held yesterday evening at the Free School. The minutes of last general meeting and the reports of last year having been adopted, the following gentlemen were elected office-bearers for 1915*: President, Mr W Hamilton
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  • SPORTING NEWS.
    • 204 4 The following were the result of the th s pkayed yesterday Championship—Bennett beat Br jwn 6 1, 6-»-l. Singles Handicap B—Goatly beat Reimann^—7. 6—3, 6—4; Edwards walk over Ezechiel. Singles Handicap C—Smith beatTryner 6 1, 6—4; Sutherland bj«A Wright Motion 6—4, 6—3. Doubles Handicap A—Everest and Oliver
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    • 431 4 Competitions for prizes presented by Mrs J A Brown. Conditions —lB hiles match play under ordinary handicaps. Under 14. The following was the result of the play for the above prizes. The final was played and won by Mrs Brereton Martin who beat Mrs Samuel 5 up
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 150 4 OFFERED FOR SALE Ex s.s. “EMDEN” at Saban g. s &c B y 7,200 bags SOYA BEANS. z 3,600 MBK (ABOUT 900 TONS). Written offjra per ton of 1,016 kg. free pier or godown respectively at Sabang to be sent in to t'-.e Handel My. Guntzdl and Schumacher at Medan
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    • 47 4 advertising! IS TO COMMERCE WHAT THE POSTAL f SYSTEM 18 TO THE COMMURTfIt is a scientific time-saving device which promotes the spread of knowledge and the development of business. Not to accept it is to put back the clock and to hark away to the Middle Ages.
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    • 747 4 FORSAN. Indigestion DELI PONY, Rabber tyred Victoria, Afraid to eat -in Basket trap and Harness complete. pain no stfeugth Apply Box. 29, o/o Pinang GatM. These Woaderfa g 6-2 un:ts Wed The boon of boons to all n-v this way is Dr. Cassell’s Tablet? 3 ’h in GRAMOPHONE WANTED a
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 233 4 The Greatest Battle Picture the World has ever seen Direct from the London Cine’s House BIDONI 2 Reels Depicting Fierce Battle in the Turko —Italian War, (THE TRIPOLI WAR) The battle scenes are in ;st realistic and are the hottest ever filmed. It teems with strong situations and dramatic incidents
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  • 762 5 URTHER particulars of the CUXHAVEN RAID. n jg now possible to supplement the official account of the British raid on Cuxhaven with some particulars of the piditiong in which that historic combat was fought. Christmas morning broke beautifully fine j c ]ear in the Bight
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  • 23 5 Fenang :—The E. O. Hotel, The Crag, Runnymede Hotel, Hotel Norman, Singapore: —Rsffles Hotel. Rangoon :—Strand Hotel. Ceylon :—Nuwara Eliya.
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  • 568 5 A REMARKABLE STORY. Sir Douglas Mawson, the famous Antarctic explorer, accompanied by Lady Mawson, has just returned to London from a visit to Australia and New Zealand, where he attended the meetings of the British Association. To a Pre is representative Sir Douglas had an iateresting
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  • 191 5 Tuesday, February 2 Band, Golf Club. 6 p.ro. High Water 1.27 a.m. and 2.7 p.m. Low Water 8.8 a.m. and 8.16 p.m. Straits Cinematograph, fenang Road George Town Cinematograph, Kuala Kangsar Road Electric Polyscope Co,, Argyle Road. Runnymede Hotel, Moonlight Dinner. Wedaesday, February 3.
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  • 14 5 February 14.—Chinese New Year. February 15.—Public Holiday, S.S. February 16.—Public Holiday, S.S.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 229 5 ALWAYS GOING STRONG. PETER WALKER SH LAGER JU JIMI I IKI From all First-class Dealers, Hotels and Restaurants. AGENTS: SELLAR, MURRAY Co. I SECURE $l5 MORE FOR YOUR RUBBER. Profitable results accrue from the treatment of Rubber by using Jackson’s Apparatus. CHOO ESTATE, SEREMBAN, bears j testimony in the following
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  • 1256 6 A common comment on the latest exploits of the German Navy, the blowing up of British and allied merchantmen by submarines, is that these doings a’e surely contrary to international conventions and accepted rules of warfare among civilized nations 1 But little reflection is needed to bring
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  • REVIEWS.
    • 338 6 “The Achievement,” E. Temple Thurston, G. Bell Sons, Ltd., London. Mr. Temple Thurston has given us many delightful stories. The City of Beautiful Nonsense” was one. Iu “The Achievement” he strikes a chord which reverberates and lingers in the memory. It is not a joyous note; for the amazing
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    • 530 6 Sixistbr Street,” Compton Mackenzie, G. Bell tfc Sons, Ltd., London. The gifted author of “Carnival” left one sufficiently interested in the future of young Michael Fane, to look forward with the liveliest anticipations to the second volume of Sinister Street,” in which we see him
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  • 736 6 MURDER AND GANG ROBBERY The case against the e’even Chines rBien, Tan Mah Seng, Li n Tiam Van n? Teh Lim Lian, Tan Tee Koh xfv Chin, Yap Keow, Tan Pean, Ta n T?” Lu Siah and Yew Koh, who were with (1) assembling to commit gan» against
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  • 35 6 To-day’s quotation for unrefined t IK in Penang was $79.30 psr pica’, buyers, n sellers, a decrease of 30 cents. Tin is quoted in London to-day at spot, and <£l62 three months.
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  • 125 6 The output of the Tongkah Harbour Tm Dredging Co., Ltd., for tbe moot 1 O'January was 88 tons. The output of the Deebook Tin Drecig' ing Co., L d. for the month of January w 522 piculs, 53,850, yards, in 538 hours. French bonds are quoted at 73.80
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 73 6 lrr T Scotch! JWhisky I Al The “top notch” is reached M in this rare old Stimulant, JA XA reminiscent of the good JrA XJV old days its title re- W-calls. Trya“Nip” eW j i it- r the Distillers Company Ltd., Edinburgh, j j /lge~— TONG JOO Co., PENANG. J
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    • 105 6 THE CRAG HOTEL, SANATORIUM' PENANG HILL Completely Renovated. An hour and 10 minutes from the E. 0. HOTEL. Chairs and Coolies always in readiness at the foot of the Hill. Sarkies Brothers Proprietors. NOTICE. TO SUBSCRIBERS TO THE PINANG GAZETTE.” The subscription accounts of the Pinang Gazette,” for the ensuing'
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  • 235 7 RUSSIAN ADVANCE IN EAST PRUSSIA. further submarine attacks ON MERCHANTMEN. TURKISH DEFEAT IN PERSIA. The Germans have suffered another repulse in the region south-east of Ypres. At other parts of the front there have only been artillery engagements, the French batteries on the Aisue further asserting
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  • France and Belgium.
    • 113 7 [Reuter’s Special and Ordinary Services GERMANS REPULSED AT YPRES. Pari*, February 1. A French commtnrque says there have been mostly artillery engagements and these were particularly live'y in the northern region. The German infantry attempted to attack to the south-east of Yyres and were immediately defeated by
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  • Russian Campaign.
    • 87 7 DESPERATE FIGHTING. Petrograd, February 1. A Russian communique says the Russians are advancing in East Prussia and flr fighting north of Gumbinnen and Pillkallen, A desperate battle was fought 00 Saturday in the district of Rorjimoff, on the left bank of the Vistula. The Russians attacked the
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    • 27 7 Petrograd, February 1. Alter a battle at Sofian the Turks, who lost Leevily, fird to Talriz, which th» Rvst-ians entered at noon on Saturday.
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  • Naval Operations.
    • 115 7 ONE TOWED TO HAVRE. London, January 31. The British steamer Icarca was torpedoed fifteen miles west of Cape Antifer but was not sunk. She was towed to Havre. London, January 31. Lloyd’s Douglas correspondent wires that on January 30th the steamer Kilcoan of Garaton was sunk
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    • 59 7 Paris, January 31. The French Minister of Marine announces that the Toko Maru was torpedoed seven miles west-northwest of Cape Antifer. Torpedoed Without Notiee. London, February 1. The Toko Maru and the Icaica were torpedoed without receiving any notice. Cape Aiftifer is about 16 miles north of
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    • 24 7 London, February 1. The War Risk Assurance Association does not consider it necessary to prohibit the sailings of Liverpool ships.
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    • 61 7 Paris, February 1. The Ministry of Marine, in a note with reference to the torpedoing of steamers, says the German Navy has now decided to violate international law systematically and deliberately, and thus place themselves outside the pale of humanity. The Note fays the whole world will
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  • General News.
    • 25 7 IN THE EAST AFRICAN OPERATIONS. London, Febiuary 1. Major-General Natha Singh of Jhind Imperial Service troops has been wounded in East Africa.
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  • 43 7 [.from Our Own Correspondent.'] Singapore, February 2. The French Consular cable states that the Russians in the Caucasus crossed the mountains in a snowstorm, and captured Gornels, taking a Turkish Gereral and his Staff prisoners, and capturing three guns.
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  • 33 7 [From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, February 2. An Order has been issued forbidding the export of British ships from the Colony, except to the United Kingdom or British possessions.
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  • 55 7 EASTER RACES. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Ipoh Feb. 2. At a meeting of Ipoh Gymkhana Club Commit tee Jatt evening it was agreed to bold races onEattei Sa’urday and Mor day, April 3rd and sth. The Con mittee were moved to make this decision by the success
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  • 1172 7 Is it really possible that any upper middle class family in England is not represented io the commissioned ranks in the new Army We doubt it. It is also questionable whether any other nation ever formed an Army quite like that of Kitchener’s. The heterogeneous character of
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  • STOP PRESS NEWS.
    • 59 7 London, February'l. It is reported that German airships appeared off the south east coast of England to-n'ght and that the forts opened fire and drove them across the Channel. The authorities iu London and elsewhere were very promot in takin» p’ecautions to obscure lights and p-otect important
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    • 60 7 I.—Reuter. London, February 1. The Press Bureau says the Governor of Nyassaland has telegraphed to the eff et that although the leader of the rebellion is still uncaptured he is being closely pursued and his followers broken up. Captures of other ringleaders continue to be made.
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  • 287 7 Messrs. Allen Dennys Co. advise us that the undermentioned prices were realised for rubber sold by them by auction and. private tender to-day, when 37,600 lbs. were sold Smoked Sheet $lll to $ll4 plain 98 110 Unsmoked Sheet 93 98 Good Pa'e Crepa 110 Blanket Crepe 91
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 212 7 BY APPOINTMENT TO HIS MAJESTY KING GEORGE V. Motor, Motorcycle, solid and Cycle Tyres. No interruption of supplies. No alteration in prices. The Dunlop Company is in a position to meet any demands which may be made upon it. It is to your best interest, at this time especially, to
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  • AHEAD OF THE MAIL.
    • 296 8 Delhi, January 22,—The following telegram Has been receive! from the Secretary of State by the Viceroy, dated January 21: Reports from Ho'land say the air raid on the east coast caused the wildest delight and enthusiasm throughout Germany. The deaths number four, a woman of
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    • 328 8 For Baiting a Missionary. Recently Reuter reported the flogging of some Germans who previ u-ly had flogged a mi»sionary. The circumstances, a report of which is now to hand, were as follows The steamship Morinda, which arrived at Sydney from Ral.aul via ports and Sunday, brought a numb.T
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    • 107 8 London, January 23—A Dunkirk eyewitness says: The aerial battle test was most thrilling. German aeroplanes suddenly swooped over the town and dropped a record number of bombs, and repeated violent explosions were heard. Then there was a magnificent sight as the French and British aeroplanes appeared. A
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    • 36 8 London, 24th January.—A Washington cable states: The captured British collier Farm commanded by a Lieutenant from the Karlsiuhe will be ordered to leave Porto Rico within twenty-four hours, or it will be interned.
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    • 39 8 London, 24th January.—The Wilson Liner Hydro foundered off the coast of Donegal owing to the shifting of her cargo' in the storm. Two of her crew reached the shore, but the boat containing eighteen is missing.
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    • 280 8 Bombay, January 24.—The Times of India” publishes a diary of a transport officer, describing the Pe sian Gulf operations between Nov. Bth and 22nd. After Fao had been bombarded by a gunboat and the 8.1. boat Maria, the transports steamed twenty miles up the river, where
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    • 168 8 London, January 25—A New York cable states The American steamer Wilhelmina has cleared at Hamburg a cargo of foodstuffs consigned to an American firm. It is staged that the shippers asked the advice of Mr. Bryan, who replied that foodstuffs was conditional contraband, but declined to indicate the
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    • 66 8 The French Commander-in-Chief published statements charging the German headquarters with publishing incorrect information regarding the French losses. He says they are less than half the number invented by the Germans and on the basis of number of dead found on the field, the French state the German
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    • 85 8 London, January 24.—A cable from Sofia states: The British and French managers, and the employees of the Ottoman Bank in Constantinople have arrived at Dedeagatch. The Government promised no illegal action would be taken against the bank. The original intention of the Government to take over the management
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    • 78 8 Mrs. Leah Lewis, mother of Michael C Lewis, who went down with the sinking of H.M.S. Bulwark has written to the Admiralty as follows “In reply to your letter informing me of the death of my son on H.M.S. Bulwark I have no wish to claim anything
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    • 46 8 A further step in the Russian advance north of the Vistula towards the Prussian fortress of Thorn is reported. The Russians occupied Skempe 10 miles to the west of the River Skrwa, where they were last reported, and are now 34 miles from Thorn.
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    • 27 8 London, January 20.—The American Minister in Pekin reports that a new Chinese American Steamship Company has been formed to trade between China and New York.
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    • 14 8 London, January 20.—The death is announced of Brigadier-General Walter Hailes.
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    • 105 8 Colombo, January 25 —A Ceylon Times” London cab'e says The British Government’s proposal for a huge combine for the manufacture of dyes is piorly supported. Widespread preference is expressed for import du y after the war on continental dyes. Private enterprise would then du everything. Impersonation. Keatinge,
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    • 117 8 Colombo, January 23.—A London cable to the Times of Ceylon says Government is organising a special licensing committee to deal with applications for rubber export licences. All rubber going to America is now shipped consigned to the British consul in New York who releases consignments when guarantees
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    • 111 8 A Cairo communique of January 23 says As the of the Turkish Army in the south of Palestine progresses the difficulties o’ an advance across Sinai are increasingly apparent. Only one route is possible and the points where the force advancing can attack are equally circumscribed.
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    • 100 8 London, January 25—An Armenian priest at Karaargan says that all the churches in the noighbourhood of the frontier have been pillaged, and burned to the ground. There are thousands of refugee?, who are in a of pitiful destitution. They are without homes, without clothing. A member of the
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    • 62 8 London, January 25.—The mission of the Austrian heir-presumptive, who has gone to Germany, is exciting considerable speculation. It is believed in some quarters that he is seeking Germany’s permission to conclude separate peace, although, in view of his pro-German sympathies it is more probable that the object
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    • 48 8 London, January 19.—The Sunderland steamer George Royle has been wiecked on Sheringham shoal. The crew of twenty were drowned. The steamer Penarth (River Plate to Hull) with a cargo of maize also struck the shoal at Sheringham in blinding snow and sleet. Twenty were drowned.
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    • 22 8 London, January 24.—News has reached Odessa of mutinies in the Turkish Army. Enver Pasha caused seventeen officers to be shot.
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    • 26 8 London, January 20.—The steamer Ophir went ashore in the Suez Canal, bub was subsequently refloated. She is bound to London from Brisbane.
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    • 24 8 London, January 25.—-Swedish papers severely criticise the German air raid on Norfolk as an act of murder, pure and simple.
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  • 41 8 A London solicitor, who has joined the Ist Sportsman’s Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, has received the following congratulatory telegram from an old client;— Accept my congratulations on your gallantry in joining the Sportman’s Battalion. Anyway, you know how to charge.”
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  • 125 8 Allahabad, January 20 —Refugees from Palestine to Egypt state there is a steady concentration of Turkish troops in Beersheba region, about forty miles from the frontier and 150 miles from the Canal. The economic condition of the country is going from bad to worse. From Cairo
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  • 83 8 London, January 24,—An Amsterdam cable states: A gruesome spectacle was witnessed at Louvain at the disinterment of the corpses of civilians killed during the days of terror around the monument of Van de Meter. The Germans asserted that nor e had been buried there. The Municipality,
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  • 75 8 Alhhabad, January 21.—A “Pioneer” cable dated London, 19th January, says: Great progress is being made in the musketry instruction of the new armies. The National Rifle Association embarks this week on the training of a fre h supply of instructors from the ranks of skilled marksmen The
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  • 65 8 The Times corresponded in Bukharest reports great preparations in Hungnry for the invasion of Serbia by an army of 400,000 men, including 80,000 Germans. A Hungarian deputy writing to the Morning Post’’from Budapest says the AustroHungarian public have no idea how the German armies have for
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  • 66 8 London, January 23.—The Hague Note to Parliament says that now, as in August, the entire military forces must be at the immediate disposition of the Government, It adds that the Government is natura ly in possession of information on this subject of which the public has no knowledge.
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  • 50 8 The London Gazette announces that 187 non-commissioned officers and men of all arms have been awarded the distinguished conduct medal mostly for conspicuous gallantry in the face of heavy fire, saving guns and wounded, retaking or saving trenches, etc. Many belong to the Engineers, Medicals and Guards.
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  • 56 8 London, January 24. An officer, describing the instruments of warfare, says “We have been using wonderful pistols firing fireballs which light up the ground. We have got a new kind of bomb. One killed thirty Germans recently. It is reported that the Germans have got a land
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  • 35 8 Lahore, January 23.—A “C. and M. Gazette cablegram quotes the Morning Post’s correspondent at Berne that the Rumanian students at the Swiss Universities have been ordered by telegram to rejoin their regiments.
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  • 40 8 London, January 24.—At Rome it is understood that an exchange of Austrian and German troops is being arranged. A considerable number of Germans are to go to Hungary, and the Austrians will be sent to Flanders.
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  • 32 8 London, January 23.—The omission of the German and Austrian Sovereigns to telegraph condolences to the King of Italy on the occasion of the earthquake is being commented on in Italy.
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  • 30 8 London, January 23.—Prince Joachim, youngest son of the Kaiser, who has been suffering from dyeentry and influenza, has undergone a fortnight’s cure at BadenBaden, and is now convalescent.
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  • INDIAN ITEMS.
    • 327 8 Bombay, Jan. 18.—The Cairo correspondent of the Times of India,” writing on the Ist in-tant, says;— The Aga Khan, who arrived in Egypt ten days ago, was at once presented to the Sultan, Hussein Pasha Kamel, by Mr. Milne Cheetbam, Acting British Resident in Cairo,
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    • 219 8 Calcutta, January 15.—1 t appears that merchants in theUi ited Statesare ful'y alive to the opportunity for capturing the trade in India which the Germans have lost owing to the war. It is stated that serious efforts are being made to organise a campaign for creating
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    • 176 8 The steamer Thongwa arrived in Rangoon with 1,370 Turkish prisoners of war. Of these 74 are officers, 919 Arabs and 377 Turks. Three died, two of wounds and one, as the steamer was coming into port, of internal troubles The Thongwa came up the river as
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    • 108 8 London, E.C., January 19.—The Joseph Fraser Memorial Committee has issued an appeal for donations for the endowment of three Tropical Agricultural Scholarships at Aberdeen University, termed The Joseph Fraser Bursaries each of £4O a year, tenable for three years. The total required is £3,000. The scholarships are
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    • 67 8 Calcutta, January 23 Ths n some sixty firms are published in tion with licenses which have been ntlec> by the Bengal Government under'?^' 1 Hostile Trading Ordinance. Of these fT* 0 fi teen are to be liquidated u nf l e supervision of Mr. Meug.ns, fif ty
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    • 70 8 Calcutta, January 23.—With re fa ron to the Board of Trade’s prohibition o Q r q and oilbearing nuts it is considered th t Great Britian will capture the copra traT in which Germany is chiefly interest? buying a large proportion of Ceylon’s J’ duct. Merc! auts interviewed say
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    • 31 8 Calcu'ta, January 14—The final o fthe Ladies Amateur Golf Championship, played over the Tollygunge links to-day, w’as by Mr. Whish, who beat Mrs. Brownell by 5 up. J
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  • 253 8 The following message was sent to the editor of the Daily Chronicle":— “I am glad of the occasion that has been offered me of expressing to the English nation the feelings that animate my people and myself on this, the first day of the
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  • 234 8 It’s not easy, says a Madras journal, fir the general public to get an interest in copra, at Last in India, as the industry is not in the hands of public Companies in which “copra shares” can be bought. Coconut trees
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 250 8 WHAT WILL MAKE" ME EAT! Loss of appetite is nature’s first warning that something in the complicated machinery of the system has gone wrong. An that something is invariably the bloo. Good blood helps the digestive organs in their work by supplying them with t e strength they constantly need.
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  • 465 9 EVENTS OF A WEEK. January 21.—Twelve Tu-9Mi merchantmen sunk in Black Sea General Wild von Hohenborn appointed German War Minister. January 22.—British steamer torpedoed by submarine at mouth of the Meuse. Throe British airmen drop bombs on Z?ebru?ge. January 23—Turkish sailing jßssels sank in Black Sea.
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  • 38 9 SHIPPING ARRIVALS. Pin Seng, Brit., 378, Davidson, Feb. 2, Tongkah, gen., E. S. Co. Avagyee, Brit., 247, Bergwitz, Feb. 2, P. S’ham, gen., E. S. Co. Nichiyo Mani, Jap., 2427, Sone, Feb. 1, Hongkong, gen., P.S. Co.
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  • 37 9 To-day. Indragiri for Deli and Batu Bahra. Calypso for Tongkah. Pungah for Batu Bahra. Catherine Apcar for Singapore. Ban Whatt Soon for Langkat and Pangkalan Brand an. Sappho for Teluk Auson. Klang for Port Swettenham Singapore.
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  • 50 9 CLOSE AT GENERAL POST OFFICE. To-Morrow. For Per Close. Alor Star (Kedah) Leong Ho 8 a.m. Negapatam Madras Golconda 11 a.m. Asahan Jin Ho 2 p.m. Bagan Datoh and Teluk Anson Hok Canton 3 p.m. Dindings and Sitiawan Pangkor 4 p.m. Thursday. Port Swettenham and Singapore Tara 3 p.m.
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  • 127 9 Penang, February 2, 1915. (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank). London Demand Bank 2/4 4 months’ sight Bank ...2/4 3 8 3 Credit ...2/4 11/16 3 Documentary ...2/4 3/4 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 174| 3 days’ sight Private 177 Bombay Demand Bank 174} Moulmein Demand Bank 173 3 days’sight
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  • 267 9 Penang, February 2, 1915. 8: P. Tapioca $4.45 buyers. M. P. Tapioca $5.00 sales Gold leaf $64.40 Pepper (W. Coast 3 lb. 5 oz). $l6 1/2 buyers. Black Pepper $lB.OO buyers. White Pepper s32j buyers. Trang Pepper $19.00 no stock. Mace $llO nom. Mace Pickings $65 sellers. Cloves $4l
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    • 637 9 K J 141" U.l J( .J M> the BEST I DISINFECTANTS. I All Kinds and for All Purposes. I AS SUPPLIED TO H.M. GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS. SANITAS-OKOL,” 20 times tta of carbo’io g 7 acih. The idrai disiufrctaot for use in the Tropics. Highesc I efficiency and lowest c >«'. Powerful
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    • 45 9 n NOTICE. qpHE SALE of Stock in trade of Goon Yen and Friends has been postponed to Saturday, the 6th day of February, 1915, at 11 a.m. By Order of the Sheriff, .J. r. McFarlane, Licensed Auctioneer; Penang, 23rd Jan., 1915. 103—m w f 5-2
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    • 380 9 «IAHOUTgH? i ukii BEST GOES FARTHEST I I n A dditions flavouring also for puddings and pastry. 1 flßSKffiEKSEzzEisEsssasEsssaasESEEsssissiSfiggßn l| Try what a refreshing, easily digested, i [1 and specially nourishing food beverage may be made with Benger’s Food in combination i with tea or coffee, cocoa or chocolate. i
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  • 481 10 A CANDID AMERICAN VIEW. Wherever Germany and France, with their highly centralised and logically wrought out Governments, have contemplated the fabric known as the British Empire they have smiled smiles of disdain,” says a striking article which appears in the St. Louis Republic. If
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  • 404 10 To Train at the White City. i The War Office has appointed Colonel F, W. Grantham to the command of the Footballers’ Battalion. Colonel Grantham has been in charge of the recruiting arrangements ever since the formation of the battalion was first mooted, and we may now state
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  • 522 10 Sergeant Johnny Basham beat Johnny Summers in a boxing contest for the Lonsdale welter-weight bslt at the National Sporting Club recently. If Summers had won, the belt would have been his own property, but a right-hand hook to the point, very near the end of the
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  • 256 10 M.M.” The Examination Fiasco. We have succeeded iu obtaining copies of the papers set in the recent Government Examination for Standard VII. We understand that children now enter the schools at six or seven years of age, and therefore reach Standard VII between twelve and fourteen.
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    • 275 10 GOSNELL’S EAU os COLOGNE BEST AND BRITISH. 35 cts., 50 cts., $1.00) $1.50, $3.00 per bottle. THE DISPENSARY, Ltd, 2 6, BISHOP STREET. PENANG. BRANCH: 26, Campbell Street. Telephones 398 and 568. J. C. ROGERS Co ”1 PARiT BUNTAR. i lin'T'/Arh CARS ON HIRE. VII) Ilin ACCESSORIES I liav Ji
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    • 155 10 One of the fallacies—the I have to pay for the Advertisements fallacy. You pay for them just precisely as you pay for the rent of the shop you deal with—no more, no less. A shop in a crowded thoroughfare pays a higher rent than one in a deserted street, but
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    • 168 10 I WEARNE BROS. Ltd., I MOTOR ENGINEERS AND IMPORTERS, 30, ANSON ROAD. (CORNER OF BURMAH ROAD.) JUST ARRIVED I MAXWELL CAR 4 Cylinder, 25 h.p. Engine. Magneto Ignition. 5 Seater Touring Body. Complete with Head, Side and Tail Lamps; Generator Speedometer Spare Tyre Holder Horn Tool; Kit; Pump Jack and
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  • 930 11 ENEMIES AT FOOTBALL. GERMAN GETS A FRIENDLY HAIRCUT. That there was an unofficial truce along sections, at least, of the trenches in France on Christmas Day, and that advantage was taken of it for some remarkable fraternising among enemies, is shown in convincing detail
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    • 774 11 N’. Y. K. JUST LANDED II 1 NEW 1914 12/15 Japan Mail Steamship Co. Ld. FOUR SEATER fiat CAR. EUROPEAN LINE. A Fortnightly service is maintained be n Yokohama via ports to Marseille. Finish 111 dark B reen colour > wlfch the London and Antwerp, under mail contract latest touring
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    • 232 11 w r /..wo-»-f-r- -n wv>,ibfi wTTRiiT ■.jiuMMiiii.ullijwmwi rw—rr MARSEILLES TILES, hh “SWAN BRAND." Large Supplies on Hand. Orders Now Being Booked. INDIAN PATENT STONE FOR FLOORING AND PAVEMENTS. I 30 years' Reputation for durability AND FOB BEING I SANITARY, DAMP-PROOF, VERMIN-PROOF AND FIRE-PROOF. SOLE AGENTS: ADAMSON, GILFILLAN Co., Ltd., SINGAPORE.
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    • 1887 12 U■!-- T P. intended sailings. Stpalts steam Ship Co., Ltd. Ocean Leara Navigation Co. I TISH INDIA yor I steam ship l((! wireless Telegraphy, fitted »n STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LTD. Fort Swattanham aDd Singapore I wLT pm china mutual steam hav.’co., lT! All Cabins are fitted with Electric Fans Every
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