Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 3 March 1915

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 50 VOL. LXXIII. WEDNESDAY. 3rd MARCH. 1915. PRICE 10 CENTS
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 843 1 £-yr‘BM~O MM Mil nn u »1,I U YOU WANT TO SHIP, BUY OR BELL RUBBER .■to FORWARD QOODB to ANY PART or thi WOULD O TO ALLEN DENNYS Co., WHOM BTBMKT. NY. K. MSB MACKIE’S H RCp SUN LIFE GOSNELL’S Japan Mail Steamship Co. Ld. MM CANADA. EAU DE COLOGNE
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    • 65 1 amsoaaomaooaamaaoaomaoaca* D 2 *> FOH $3O g can have the Pinang 3 I Geeette n pouted every day g t tec a whole year to year addr«*t s c a (LOCAL SUBSCRIPTION. $27). Ptupoi Uouate Quarterly end 3 Half-yearly raten. a Snbeeriptiona are payabb in 3 eaSvaeoe and remittances ehonld
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  • THE MUTINY.
    • 93 2 c The following telegram was received from g the Priva l e Secretary, Singapore, on the 2nd inst There is but little to report. No farther captures were reported a c to-day. Systematic tracking continues, but no definite information has as yet been re- J c ceived.
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    • 692 2 Court-Martial proceedings upon a number of the mutineers, who have been captured since the outbreak of ths recent trouble in the Island, were resumed on Monday morning, this time in an open court, to which the public are admitted. The names of seven accused, who stand charged
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    • 341 2 [.From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, March 2. At a Summary Court Martial held by Colonel Brownlow, Artillery, Major Edge, Shrop shires, and Captain Ball, Fifth Light Infantry, Mr. Braddell prosecuted and Mr. D. A. Silva defended seven accused. The first case was adj mrned. Later two accused, a
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    • 284 2 [From Our Own Correspondent Singapoae, March 3, On the Court Martial being continued the case against a Havildar and a Naik was finished bat accused were not sentenced. Naik Rukhmuddin was then charged. The evidence was to the effect that he was seen breaking open ammunition
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    • 94 2 Singapore, March 3. His Excellency the Governor, Sir Arthur Young, Brigadier General Ridout, and ViceAdmiral Sir T. Jerram, in presence of a distinguished company, reviewed the Russian troops, numbering 40 man, with two machine guns, who had been recently helping against the mutineers. British troops lined the
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    • 148 2 An unforgettable chapter has been written in the history of Singapore, says a Bangkok contemporary. The history of the East records not a few such incidents, for blood is the price of empire, and the madness of mutiny can perhaps seldom be entirely guarded againstbecause of its
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    • 144 2 We Hongkong Daily Press") learn that the Germans who escaped from the prisoners’ camp at> Kowloon have all been captured. Oae man was apprehended at Sheung Shui on Thursday and the other three were arrested yesterday at Saikong near Junk Bay. The men were apparently wandering
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    • 277 2 RINGLEADER SHOT. A plot against the French Government having as its object the seizure of arms and ammunition and marching to the relief of Tsingtau at the bead of 40,000 Chinese troops,’’ was recently discovered among German members of the Foreign Legion at Nam-Nang. As
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  • 126 2 OUTPUTS FOR FEBRUARY. The following are rubber outputs for February Batak Rabit lbs. 17,750 Bagan Serai 18,750 Consolidated 15.608 Gula Kalumpong 66,512 Karan 8,890 Nellmay 3,010 New Columbia 19,562 Padang 17,600 Penang 124,000 Padang Jawa 13,221 Rubana 41,500 R. E. of Krian 22,870 Straits 184,750 Samagaga 7,774 S. S.
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  • 78 2 Messrs. Allen Dennys Co. advise us that the undermentioned prices were realised for rubber sold by them by auction and private tender yesterday, 34,000 lbs. sold Smoked Sheet $ll4 to $ll9 plain 108 110 Unsmoked Sheet 101 110 No. 1 Crepe 112 116 No. 2 Crepe 91
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  • 209 2 FOUND IN EMPTY HOUSE. Six Chinese vagrants were brought before Mr. V. G. Ezechiel, to-d*y, with being found without any means of livelihood between sunset and sunrise. Two of them were further charged with the theft of one piece of plank and being in possession of house breaking
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  • 194 2 Tan Ain, an employee in a shoemaker’s shop of 122, Chulia Ssreet, Chop Hock Lee, prosecuted a Cantonese with the theft of a pair of shoes on the 28th ult. He said that on the afternoon of the day in question he was in
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • 368 2 [To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette”.] Sir, Passengers travelling from Penang to Butterworth and vice versa by the Eastern Shipping Co’s launches were charge! since yesterday afternoon one cent in ad iition to the usual fare. This additional charge, they say, is collected for the Penang
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  • 1234 2 THE RIGHT TO SUE" IN THE COURTS. We reproduced oa February 19th the Times summary of the important judgment by the Court of Appeal in London oa alien enemies and British Courts of Justice. The Irish Times offers the following remarks on the d-cision, which may be quoted
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  • 410 2 Leiguh Branch Formed iw Bangkok A well attended meedog was held at the British Court House, Bangkok, on Feb 18 to consider the advisability of forming a branch of the Patriotic League of Britom Overseas. Mr. Hamilton Price presided, and remarked that i-i o dinary circumstances thos present
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  • 35 2 The Band will play the following programme of music at the Esplanade torn 6 to 7 p.m. this evening 1. Selection Babylonia ...William» 4. wg|to el 5. March Marching Thro’ Georgia ...Miller
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  • 38 2 [From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, November At rubber auctions here 79 OD, mT eB offered of which 36 tons were so was a fair demand, ana pricei were i Rubber Smoked Fine Pale Fne brown
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  • 83 2 Arrivals. By Alma (March J) from Mrs Maude, Mr and Mrs itwo three children, Messrs H Hegeg children. 8 W Maclean w Va ter3 D van Engel, Lantenbacn, b R Dana, J Warden, A Warden, Lo> h Guan and B Sedman. A big audience attended the performance last night,
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  • A SHIPPING QUESTION.
    • 730 3 It is w 11 known, says the Gazette de Ho'lande that a world-wide fillip has been given to shipping by the fact that so large a portion of the world’s merchant fleet has been taken out of the freight market by the
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    • 143 3 According to the Java Bode,” proposals are to be expee’e-i this year from the Minister of Colonies for the conversion of the Government businesses in Netherlands India into corporate bodies, working with their own capital, under Government oversight. The decision is said to have been
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  • 386 3 LARGE DIVIDENDS PAID. Some large dividends have been paid by the Tongkah Harbour Tin Dredging Company since its formation in Tasmania in 1906 to acquire a concession on the western side of the Siamese Malayan Peninsula. Four distribution*, aggregating 35 per cent., were made in respect of the
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  • 277 3 Tempting Russians tj Desert. Petrograd. January 12.The Novoe Vremya” relates that a group of three Germans came up to the Russians trenches waving two flags one white the other the flag of the Red Cross. They gave the Russian soldiers a parcel and a bottle of cognac.
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  • 197 3 Thanks From Home. Mrs. Broadrick has received from Mrs. K. Wickham Legg, Hon. Secretary of the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Families Association, two letters of acknowledgment of gifts from the Selangor ladies’ working party, the first of a draft for £5l/4/11, and the second of the first
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  • 710 3 MYSTERIOUS SURPRISES. A despatch of extraordinary interest from a Special Correspondent at Berlin is published in London. The correspondent, who is a citizen of a neutral State, gives many new facts which severe to explain the confidence of the German people in the ultimate
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 998 3 wanted Ministering A J OTO R CYCLE{and SIDECAR. 2 M or 3 speeds and free engine. Children’s l ea criie Apply No. 273, c/o Pinang Gazette. «II S> X-Cctg UG to be let fubwisheo. CONCERT IN AID OF OXTON HOUSE, 17, Logan Road. Belgian Relief Fund. For full particulars apply
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    • 65 3 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-halt of similar articles of Gorman origin. If you feel run-down from over-work or
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    • 586 3 BANKS. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. AUSTRALIA. AND CHINA. Incorporated by Royal Charter. Paid-up Capital £1,200,000 Reserve Fund £1,800,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors... £1,200,000 Head Omcs: 38, BISHOPBGATE, LONDON, 8.0 Agencies anb Branches. Amritsar Hongkong Penang Bangkok Iloilo Puket Batavia Ipoh Rangoon Bombay Karachi Saigon Calcutta Klang Serembu Canton Kobe Shanghai
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  • 954 4 Britain in the present war has been fortunate in many thingsin her Allies, her Navy, her Army, and their commanders, her support from overseas and in other ways. It has been the special good fortune of the country, at this crisis to have a Ministry
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  • 1072 4 The Press at Home and in the East continue to discuss the case for and against 1 compulsory military service and it is a sign of the times that many of the argument which were once daduced to support objections have been abandoned, not that the opponents
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  • 596 4 To-day’s quotation for unrefine 1 tin in Penang was $BO.OO per picul, business dome, an increase of 50 cents. Tin is quoted in Loudon to-day at £lB3 Spot, and £162 three months. The ss. Alma will leave for Deli at 4 p.m. to-morrow. The Volunteers of Ipoh
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
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    • 98 4 THE CRAG HOTEL, SANATORIUM 1 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. Sabkies Brothers Proprietors' NOTICE. A meeting of all those proposing to join or otherwise interested in the new PENANG
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  • 384 5 Reuter’s Services.] THE CANADIANS’ CHARGE. GERMANS RETREAT BEFORE RUSSIANS. TUBKISH BLACK SEA PORT OCCUPIED. French statement puts the strength of the German forces on the Western and p>stern fron’s at forty-seven and thirty Army Corps re-pective)y, and the Austrian forces facing the Russians at twenty Army Corps, roughly,
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  • France and Belgium.
    • 195 5 SPLENDID PROGRESS BY THE FRENCH. [Copyright Telegram.] (By Submarine Telegraph.) Paris, March 2. A French communique says The Germans attacked to the south-east of Saint Eloi and were repulsed by the British. The enemy again bombarded Rheims, firing fifty shells. Our progress between Perthes and Beau Sejour
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    • 264 5 GERMAN ACTIVITY CHECKED. London, March 2. Field Marshal French’s latest bulletin says the German activity in the region of Ypres has been checked. Our patrols during the list three nights have been active, and they discovered that the enemy had not ventured to leave their trenches.
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  • Russian Campaign.
    • 510 5 SUCCESSFUL RUSSIAN STRATEGY. Petiograd, March 2. An official review of the operations ending in the victory at Prasnysz says the Germans after the Mazurian battle began, on February 6th, an offensive with the indention of driving in the Russian left wing on Mlava and then
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  • 1670 5 PREMIER AND THE BLOCKADE OF GERMANY. POWERFUL SPEECH IN COMMONS. [Copyright Telegram.] (By Submarine Telegraph.) London, March I. In the House of Commons, Mr. Asquith read a note explaining the views of Britain in regard to the blockade of Gai many* Be emphasised that Germany’s
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  • 96 5 Paris, March 3. The French Press cordially approves of Mr. Asquith’s speech regarding the proposed reprisals. The Temps says Germany will invoke vainly the Treaty of Paris and International Law. Belligerents who sacked Belgium, whose Army provided implements for throwing vitriol, who spray the Allies’
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  • 161 5 Washington, March 2. The British and French Ambassadors have presented to Mr. Bryan, notes with reference to the blockade of Germany. United States' View. New York, March 2. While there has been no official announcement concerning the British reprisals against Germany, a statement from Washington sent
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  • 27 5 Brest, March 2. The Dacia has arrived here after being formally seized. The French flag was hoisted. The crew, who are Americans, will be repatriated.
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  • 57 5 AMERICAN JURY’S VERDICT. New York, March 2. The Federal Grand Jury which has been investigating violations of customs and laws by furnishing supplies to German cruisers in the Atlantic, returned indictments against the Hamburg-American Line, and six men connected with the shipments, of conspiracy to defraud the
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  • Turkey and the Near East
    • 39 5 OPERATIONS SUSPENDED. London, March 1. It is officially announced that operations in the Dardanelles have again been delayed by a strong north-easterly gale, rain, and mist, whfeh would have rendered long range fire and aeroplane observations difficult.
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  • STOP PRESS NEWS.
    • 103 5 Paris, March 3. A French evening communique say» between the North cfea and the Aisne th e re have been artillery engagements, to our advantage. The enemy over the whole front in the Rheims sector delivered attacks iu the morning which were easily repulsed. Our progress between
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    • 185 5 SATISFACTORY PROGRESS. Petrograd, March 2. A Russian communique says The Russians continued the offensive on the Niemen-Vistula front, the Russian troops progre-sing successfully north-west of Grodno. The enemy, resisting subbornly, fell back beyo? d the Ine Mankowce-Ratfezi-Rakowice. The enemy continue to bombard’ Ossowiecs with heavy guns. The
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    • 43 5 THE NAVY THANKED. Loudon, March 3. The Chamber of Shipping has thanked the Admiralty for the vigilance displayed by the Navy in p-otecting the seaborne trade which is now being carried on with little greater risk than in peace time.
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    • 41 5 London, March 3. Killed T. Allen (Irish Guards), H. L. F. Nicolls. Wounded Lieutenant G. H. Cartwright, A, G, Dawson, W. Foley, H. S. Ardy, (Buffs) E. A. Hughes, R. Ratliffe, J. M. Round, R. Shawcross, j
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    • 47 5 Amsterdam, March 2. The German reply to the American note, which is now of little interest in view of theAllies’ declaration of a blockade, is highly argumentative. It accepts most of the proposals, but is subject to all sortsof conditions and adds others.
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    • 39 5 Cairo, March 2. An Egyptian communique says there are no signs of a renewed advance by the Turks against Egypt. Reports from Syria show that the relations between Mohammedans and Christians continue to be excellent.
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    • 48 5 Petrograd, March 2. The Russian Army in the Caucasus has occupied the port of Khopa, a Turkish military base. Khopa is a port in the Turkish Province of Trebizond, in Asia Minor, in the south-east corner of the Black Sea, close to the Russian frontier.
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    • 37 5 Rome, March 2. The Turks at Jeddah have arrested an Italian steamship agent, and seized mails be was taking to the Italian Consul The Italian Government has made vigorous representations to the Porte.
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  • 20 5 Obituary. MR. FRANK T. BULLEN. London, May 2. The death has occurred of the wellknown author Mr. Frank T. Bullen.
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  • 549 6 A SCRAP OF PAPER.” Herr von Bethmann-Hollweg is unfortuna'e in his choice of language or else in the choice of the newspaper correspondent to whom he entrusts his thoughts. He has be n attempting to explain to the American public through the agency of a
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  • 202 6 The picture theatre in tropical America seems to be faced with a peculiar difficulty Where everyday life is so kaleidoscopic the problem is to offer films which shall satisfy the native appetite for gore. The management of the Teatro Variedades at Panama City recently made a
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  • 24 6 Penang The E. <fc O. Hotel, The Crag, Runnymede Hotel, Hotel Norman. Singapore: Raffles Hotel. Rangoon :Strand Hotel. Ceylon :Nuwara Ellya.
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
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    • 616 6 'l I PERLIS GUANO I 1 1 Y RES. Ĕ $l7 PER TON 1 AT tR CASH EX PERLIS STEAMER AT PENANG. g A TnD, P h f BrUlsh Ski a-d 1 Ready Delivery. Any Quantity, g Enterprise. 1 1 The never-ending testimony i a APPLY TO favour of Wood-Milne
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  • 401 7 The annual general meeting of the Association was h“ld in the Association Buildings on Friday, the 26th ult., at 6 p.m., when the annual report and accounts were presented. The financial statement shows an improvement over that of previous years, and after the repayment of loans, the
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  • 170 7 Mr. Archibald Hurd writes:When recruiting enthusiasm was threatening the efficiency of our industrial army, on which the army at the front is dependant, the suggestion was made that the Government should issue a badge to the men engaged in essential work. At Devonport
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  • 155 7 Bangkok Times." The family of Mr. Stephen Groves, of Bangkok, who has received a commission in the Royal Garrison Artillery, is well represented in the British forces. Four brothers hold commissions, one being a captain in the R. F. A. (South African Forces) serving against
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  • 71 7 London. February 18.—The Board of Trade announces that arrangements have been completed under which compensation will be payable in case of all persons employed in any capacity on board British merchant ships who may be injured owing to hostilities. The arrangement also applies to fishing vessels insured
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  • 629 7 A Free Press correspondent, writing from London on Jan. 29 says The China Association has, I fancy made better arrangements for looking after its men than the Malay States though I may be doing the organisers an injustice since I do not know exactly what they have
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  • 157 7 B.N. Borneo Herald. The sudden, jet half expected, news of the death of our dear old Padre must have awakened many feelings and recollections in the hearts of his old parishioners, parishioners of a very widely scattered parish,’ stretching, as it did for very many
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  • 60 7 SHIPPING ARRIVALS. Tara, Brit., 3651, Hamlyn, Mar. 3, S’pore, gen., H. L, Co. Alma, Brit., 459, Bell, Mar. 3, Deli, gen., E. S. Co Circe, Brit., 314, Bannatyne, Mar. 3, Deli, gen., K.P.M. Co. Trang, Brit, 73, William Pithie, Mar. 2, Asahan. gen, E. S. Co. Hok Canton, Brit.,
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  • 26 7 To-day. Tara for Negapatam, Madras and Durban. Fooshing for Singapore and Hongkong. Hok Canton for Bagan Datoh Teluk Anson. Flying Dragon for Portweld and Taiping.
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  • 39 7 CLOSE AT GENERAL POST OFFICE. To-Morrow. For Per Close. Singapore, China and Japan Nubia 2 p.m. Fridat. Ceylon, Australasia, India, Aden, Mauri- Malta 7 p.m. tius, Egypt and Parcels 5 p.m. Europe, Reg. up to 5 p.m. etc.
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  • 119 7 Penang, March 3, 1915. (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank). London Demand Bank ...2/4 4 months’sight Bank ...2/4} 3 Credit ...2/4 19/32 3 Documentary ...2/4f Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 173} 3 days’ sight Private 177 Bombay Demand Bank 173} Moulmein Demand Bank 173 3 days’ sight Private 176 Madras
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  • 264 7 Penang, March 3, 1915. S: P. Tapioca $5.10 sellers. M. P. Tapioca $5.85 sales. Gold leaf $64.40 Pepper (W. Coast 3 lb. 5 oz). $l6 1/2 buyers. Black Pepper $lB.OO buyers. White Pepper $34.40 sales Trang Pepper $25.00 sellers. Mace H lO nom. Mace Pickings $64 sales. Cloves s<l
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 373 7 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. WANTED IMMEDIATELY. Good Chinese kapala for tin mineKongfoo preferred. Apply A. W., c/o Pinang Gazette, T. NAGATA, JAPANESE DENTIST. modern dentistry AND HIGH-CLASS MECHANICS, From 9 a.m. to 4-30 p.m. 4, BISHOP STREET, PENANG, Next Door of ffhe Dispensary. BANGNON VALLEY NO LIABILITY. RENONG, SIAM. N’OTICE is hereby
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    • 97 7 Have Hope Neuralgia can bs cured 1 Those darting, agonizing pains can be stopped 1 Restful sleep and pleasant diysmay be yours You can get relief NOW—this very day and hourby the use of Little’s Oriental Balm. The marvellous efficiency of this wondeiful remedy is almost beyond belief. Yet its
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    • 60 7 Green island cement co., ltd. PORTLAND CEMENT. In Casks and Drums of Drain Pipes, any shape. 375 lbs. net. 'Gutterways. In Bags of 250 lbs. net. Cement Tiles, any pattern. Firebricks and lireclay. Glazed Paving Tiles. Paving Bricks. Prices, Samples and full particulara will be forwarded on application to y
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 95 7 THE TIDES. Penang—March, 1915. High Water. Low Water. Standard CT n Standard D,te Time. H6 Date Time. Ht h m ft. h m ft. W 3 m 1 1 7.3 720 a 0.3 1 33 7.0 3 m 7 40 -0 8 Th 4 m 133 7.2 752 a 0.2
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    • 359 7 Lest you forget 1 Where avarice rules, humanity is absent and Want of punctuality is a species of falsehood THE STRAITS CINEMA. PENANG ROAD. The Leading Premier Show in Penang and The People’s Favourite Rendezvous, TO-NIGHT! PRESENTS TO-NIGHT 11 A SPECIAL PUNCTUAL CHANGE 3 Reels Parts 3 Deeds of Darkness,
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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