Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 11 March 1915

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833, No. 57 VOL. LXXIII. THURSDAY. Ilth MARCH. 1915. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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    • 546 1 D IF YOU WANT TO SHIP, J BUY OR SELL n RUBB ERS D OR TO m FORWARD GOODS U n to ANY PART of tub WORLD n H GO TO a 6 ALLEN DENNYS Co., Pg»■* ti J* i^ IO N BTKKKT THE PINANG GAZETTE.” OFFICE AND PRESS: <
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    • 333 1 laoouDOßacDaiJiDacaDßDDnoD» n FOK $39 g 0 can hare the Pinang 0 X Gtaaatte” posted every day a S for a whole yeur to yonr addr»«a. 3 (LOCAL SUBSCRIPTION. s>7). g Pwportior '.ate Quarterly and 5 Half-yearly rate*. n fk»h«cription» are payahlr in S and remittance» aLonld 3 be addreaaed to
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  • 887 2 TRADING POSSIBILITIES IN THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. The Board of Trade have received, through the Colonial Office, a copy of the report of a sub c immiotee of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce on the subject of imports into the Straits Settlements from Germany and Austria. The
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  • 822 2 INTERESTING OPINION OF FOREIGN ATTACHES. I am ab’e to transmit ti you to-day, gays a Paris correspondent on the 4th February, some interesting expressions of opinion concerning the situation and prospects of the Allied Armies. They have been obtained from the Military Attaches of neutral Stares accredited
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    • 816 2 Rates for wanted. Casual Advertisements. TYP,ST tor Oftice in Taiping Apply No. 32, c/o Pinang Gazette. FOR SALE. TO LET. SITUATIONS VACANT. ETC. TO LET. Minimum Charge $2.00 For 1 insertion 1.20 per inch. HOUSE No. 63, NORTHAM ROAD 2 insertions 1.10 3 0.95 For particulars apply to 4 0.85
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    • 63 2 Have you yet tried Ceregen —the allBritish tonic nerve-food It is the very thing to counteract that slack feeling—that sense of being below par so common in the Tropics. Ceregen is not a medicine, it is an ideal concentrated nutrient and its addition to the diet affords a simple method
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    • 1050 2 I BANKS. TCHARTERED BANK OF INlha A 1^3.1. AUSTRALIA. AND CHINA 1 11 A I Incorporated by Royal Charter. L. O. O 010 O O Paid-up Capital £1(200 Reserve Fund j g J* 7 Reserve Liability of Proprietors.’.' fI.WS io Strengthen muscles, bones, Head Office: nerves and brain-you cannot do
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  • 1705 3 INTERESTING letter from a sapper officer. The following interesting notes have written by Cap*-. W. T. Stace, rE who is in charge of the searchlights 9( with the Expeditionary Force at the head of the Persian Gulf After several weeks of rather strenuous work I
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  • 253 3 Thk Economic Siege of Germany. Nieuws van den Dag says Britain will rejoice in the measures of the German Government to prevent unnecessary scarcity of bread and meat, as the first visible token of that scarcity of necesarirs in Germany on which the British have built
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  • 358 3 WHEN KNIGHTS WERE BOLD.” When Knights were Bold to be staged at the Town Hall to-night is one of the most famous farcical comedies ever written. The story of the play is easily followed. It tells cf Sir Guy de Vere, whose relations never tire of reminding
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  • 213 3 It is far cry in distance of time from the Indian Mutiny to the e meute which has occupied Singapore’s attention for the last three weeks, but we are told of at least one link that associates the two events through intervening generations. By their conduct in
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  • 19 3 broke ground last week for a temple on the Escolta, estimated to cost 700,000 pesos.
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  • 115 3 German Government’s Assertion Denied. We have received the following from the British Legation, says the Bangkok Times An announcement has recently been issued by the German Government asserting that Great Britain had declared that nil English harbours are naval ports or fortified places. Great Britain has made no
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  • 71 3 The number who enlisted from September 1 to February 1, 1915 (six mcnths), was 38,046 against 14,892, the annual average enlistment. Punjabi Mahommedaus (8,010) show the largest class enlisted and also the largest proportional increase, which in their case is
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  • 1012 3 GERMAN PRIVATE NO SOLDIER. I sat by the bedside of a wounded British sergeant and heard him discourse about Germans, writes Mr. Spender in the Saturday Westminster Gazette.” There was no denying they were very brave,’and came on all right with their officers behind them,
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  • 529 3 WAITING FOR THE ALLIES. Two Japanese have just arrived in London from Brussels—Mr. Ishikawa Sanshiro, a well-known literary man, and Mr. Miya Shiro, an artist. They informed a Press Association representative that at the beginning of the German occupation there were only three Japanese
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  • 353 3 The third and final report on the winter rice crep of Bengal, 1914-15, states: Note.—On the average of the five ending 1912-1913, the area under winter rice in Bengal represents some 19.9 per cent, of the total area under rice in British India. Character of the Season....ln
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  • 238 4 ANNUAL MEETING. The annual general meeting of members of the Penang Library was held yesterday afternoon. The Hon. A. T. Bryant, (Resident; Counc llor) who is the president, was in the chair, and there were a’so present Rev. F. W. Haines, Messrs. A. W. B. Hamilton, H. C.
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  • 81 4 The Hon. Treasurer sends us the following farther contributions to the above Fund, forwarded to the Chartered Bank, Penang. Balance on March 9 $4,942.77 Gan Goih Een 20 00 Koay Cheang 5.00 Tan Keat 5 00 Khoo Kean Tee 5.00 Lim Choo 5.00
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  • 448 4 The Postal authorities notify that the mails for Ear pa via Madras by tha Bangala close at 10 a.m. on Saturday. The outward 8.1. Mail from Negapatam is expected to arrive here on Monday, the 15th instant. The homeward P. O. Mail Sardinia will leave Penang on the
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  • 2161 4 A GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION. The Pioneer contains the following full account of tho attack on the Suez Canal, received from their Cairo correspond ent and dated February Bth: The long-expected attack on the Suez Canal took place this week. It was repu'sed all along the line
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  • 152 4 OFFICIAL MINUTES. Minutes of a meeting of the Municipal Commissioners held on Tuesday, the 23rd February, 1915. Present —Messrs W Peel, (President), P. T. Allen, Yeoh Guan Seok, F. Duxbury, Quah Beng Kee. and Lim Eow Hong. Absent:—Mr. John Mitchell. 1. The minutes of the last meeting are
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  • 18 4 for the Presidency in Mexico; you march for it at the head of an army.
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  • 303 4 from a let- ter—written by a young lady, th® member of one of the oldest Dutch families at the Cape—gives an idea of how extensively the Germans financed the abortive rebellion, as well as some indication of the spirit which animates the loyal Dutch population It
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  • 1359 4 LATEST FROM SINGAPORE. The following c>py of a telegram received from the Private Secretary, Singapore, on March 10th, is forwarded to us for publication by the Hon. Resident Councillor There is nothing to report. SITUATION IN SINGAPORE. Naturally, no doubt, the volunteers and their employers are anxious for
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  • 196 4 The following were the results of the ties played yesterday Championship—E H Syer beat Prentis 6— 3, 6—2 Waugh beat J R Bennett 4—6, 6—3, 6—3 F N Syer beat Savi 9—7, 8—6. Singles Handicap Class B—Oxenham beat Goatly 7—5, 8—6. Singles Handicap Class D —A R
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  • 138 4 Representations were made to the Bangkok Chamber of Commerce through the British Legation as to the detrimen tal effect upon the trade of Siam which must result from the prohibition of unrestricted export of rice from the Straits Settlements. An assurance the straits settlements, was received that export was D0
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  • 880 5 The Imperial Merchant Service Guild have just despatched parcel-*, containing in all 100 lbs of tobacco of differeat kinds and 20,000 c garettes, t? each of their members now interned in Germany—loo in all. The cost of this has been defrayed by thj Guild War Fund, which is
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    • 253 5 Swar" I A the highest standard J of fountain pen lH efficiency. Myl The Swan Pen is designed for comfort > strength, and ample ink capacity. The Swan Pen has the smoothest and easiest Gold Nib, yet its tip is the hardest—our gold pens are absolutely without equal. The Swan
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    • 418 5 Did you get VAN HOUTENS COCOAp'Si Of course I did Mums I dont like any other kind Ari dont forget it when you make the Chocs this time j LATEX CUPS s Glass, Porcelain and s Chinese Earthenware. B Acetic Acid, Momi Cases, J g Tapping Knives, Disinfecting 1 g
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  • 939 6 The Committee of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce, without first consulting the members of the Chamber, sent to the Government of India a pronouncement in favour of compulsory military service for Europeans in India. Their acion has raised a storm of criticism, and the general opinion, according to
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  • 13 6 expects to go Home on leave in May.
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  • 12 6 has a cure for war excepting Ger many and the Allies.
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  • 18 6 Colonial Chap- lain, according to present arrangements goes Home on retirement nexb November.
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  • 25 6 Commissioner of Police, Calcutta, leaves Bombay by the mail on March, 13th on two years’ leave prior, it is understood, to retirement.
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  • 22 6 have lately been executed because of bribery and corruption. China, we fear, will never succeed as a republic.— Puck,
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  • 32 6 would have no diffi- culty about defending itself in a war with a great Power if the enemy would only agree to postpone the fighting nntil the second year.
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  • 1034 6 The reply of the Hon. Neil Primrose to the question whether the Government is satisfied with the treatment of British prisoners in Germany is not reassuring, and one detects in it something that is not essentially different from an admission that the men whom circumstances have placed
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  • 243 6 The Singapore and Penang papers were not permitted to publish descriptive or detailed reports of events connected with the mutiny furnished by their own reporters or accredited correspondents, and were restricted to the bare recital of certain facts given in the Government communiques. One of the reasons
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  • 222 6 A steamer bound for Sandakan left Singapore soon a'ter the native troop< mutinied, says the Straits Times.” The tale grew among the Chinese passangers, as tales will. By the time it reached Borneo, few of the Europeans in Singapore were left alive, and traders began to
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  • 221 6 MINISTERING CHILDREN’ S LEAGUE. The second concert performance directed by Miss Case, under the aus< pices of the Ministering Children’s League, attracted a splendid attendance at the Town Hall, last evening. The whole entertainment went with a splendid swing, the young folks exhibiting wonderful confidence and ability, and encores were
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  • 32 6 To-day’s quotation for unrefine I tin in Penang was $81.60 per picul, buyers, no sellers. Tin is quoted in London to-day at £lBB, Spot, and £164 10«. three months.
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  • 359 7 more steamers lost. SERIOUS LOSS OF LIFE. THE NEW GREEK CABINET. v s. BATTLESHIPS ORDERED TO MEXICO. Field Marshal French’s bulletin indicates that tbe Allied troops bare not yet initiated a general offensive. The latest communique states that the Germans have made an abortive attack in Belgium, tnd
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  • France and Belgium.
    • 220 7 FURTHER PROGRESS. [Copyright Tblegram.] (By Submarine Telegraph.) Pari?, March 10. A French communique says there has been a violent German bombardment of the region east of Steenstraete, followed by a German infantry attack which failed. The enemy made several more counterattacks at Reichackerkopf which were easily repulsed.
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    • 130 7 London, March 9. Killed.—C Dinnen, F G Richards and M Goldie. Dibd op Wounds.—Lieut-Colonel J Newstead. Wounded.—H 8 Finch, C MacLaverty, J H Bell, E P Clarke, T W Clarke, G Cursham, P Naylor, A W Rhodes and C Row. Missing.—H G Turner (Cheshires). Reported Killed
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    • 18 7 London, March 10. The Morning Post say the Second Canadian Contingent has landed in England.
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    • 58 7 London, March 9. In the House of Commons, replying to a ques ion whetl er the Government was satisfied with the treatment of British prisoners in Germany, tbe Hon. Neil Primrose, Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs, said there was every reason to hope that arrangements would
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  • Russian Campaign.
    • 114 7 SUPERIOR RUSSIAN FORCES. London, March 10. An Austrian communique says intense cold and deep snow prevail in the Carpathians, yet the Russians are uninterruptedly attacking with superior forces, compelling tbe Austrians to be on tbe alert day and night. Desperate Fighting. Petrograd, March 10. A Russian communique
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    • 11 7 London, March 10. The Tsar has gone to Helsingfors.
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  • Turkey and the Near East
    • 34 7 London, March 9. A Russian communique says tbe Russians occupied an important position in tbe Trans-Chorok region after throwing back the Turks to the southwest and inflicting heavy losses.
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    • 121 7 London, March 9. In the House of Commons, in answer to a query whether official information confirmed the reported pillage of a sanctuary at Kerbela, Mr. Charles H. Roberts, Under Secretary for India, said he would hesitate to say that the reports absolutely confirmed th accuracy
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  • Naval Operations.
    • 221 7 QUEEN ELIZABETH IN STRAITS. Paris, March 11. A French communique says the battleship Queen Elizabeth, on Monday, supported by four battleships, entered the Dardanelles and bombarded, with her 15 inch guns, fort Roumeli-Medjidieh, on the south point of Kilid Bahr. Bad weather hampered the operations. Narrows Fort Partly
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    • 60 7 RAMMED BY DESTROYER. London, March 9. The Admiralty announces that tbe destroyer Ariel rammed and sank the German submarine U2O. The crew surrendered. Ariel is a torpedo-boat destroyer of 763 tons, completed in 1911, with a speed of 30 knots. She carries two 4 inch and two
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    • 231 7 37 LIVES LOST. London, March 10. The Admiralty announces that the steamer Tangistan was torpedoed off Scarborough. Only one was saved of the crew of thirty-e ght. The steamer Blackwood was torpedoed off Hasting?. The crew of seventeen were saved. The steamer Princess Victoria was torpedoed off
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    • 162 7 ONLY ONE SURVIVOR. London, March 10. The Tangistan was torpedoed between the hours of 12 and 1-30 in the morning. The boats were already slung out, but the vessel foundered suddenly with the boats and their occupants, the only survivor clinging to a box for two
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    • 55 7 London, March 10. A submarine chased tbe liner Clan Macrae off the Mersey yesterday morning for twenty-five minutes. The steamer escaped by zig-zagging at full speed. Clan Macrae, steel screw steamer of 5,058 tons, (Capt. A. Weir); owners Messrs. Cayser, Irvine and Co., Ltd.; Dimensions 430.0 x
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    • 105 7 Washington, March 10. Sir Cecil Spring Rice, the British Ambassador in Washington, has announced that Britain will allow free passage, or buy at contract price if stopped, all cotton for which contracts were made before March 2nd, provided it is on board not later than March
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  • General News.
    • 94 7 GOUNARIS the premier. Athens, March 9. M. Goumaris is forming a Ministry, and will probably announce the names to the King to-night. Lat r. The King of Greece has approved of the new Cabinet. M. Gounaris is Premier and War Minister, and M. Zograpbos Minister for Foreign
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    • 150 7 STEPS TAKEN IN CHINA AND INDIA. London, March 9. In tbe House of Commons, Mr. Walter Runciman, President of the Board of Trade, said the proclamations relating to trading with the enemy do not prohibit trading with German firms or branches in China. Mr. Runciman said
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    • 252 7 SIR EDWARD GREY’S STATEMENT. London, March 10. Replying to questions in the House of Commons with reference to Japan’s demand to China, Sir Edward Grey said he had received no representations from foreign Governments, but one or two Powers had made informal communications. As, however, the
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    • 187 7 A SPECIAL BILL. London, March 11. In the House of Commons, Mr. D; Lloyd George, Chancellor of the Exchequer, introduced a Bill amending the Defence of the Realm Act, so as to give the Government power not only to assume control of the factories turning out
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    • 22 7 Amsterdam, March 9. The Prussian Diet passed the Budget, the Social Democrats voting against it and the Poles abstaining.
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    • 71 7 AMERICANS ASKED TO LEAVE. Washington, March 9. Mr. Bryan, Secretary of State, has again warned Americans to leave Mexico. The American Government will endeavour to provide transportation. Battleships Ordered to Mexico. London, March 10. President Wilson has ordered two battleships to proceed from Guantanamo (Cuba) to
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    • 108 7 BRITISH OFFICER KILLED. London, March 9. Mr. Charles H. Roberts, Under Secretary for India, in the House of Commons, said Captain W. H. I. Shakespear, c 1.E., was unfortunately killed at the beginning of an action between Amir Nejd and the Chief of the Shammars, between whom
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    • 304 7 A Delhi telegram says the death of Captain Shakespear, who was decorated in the last Honours’ list with the C.I E., is greatly deplored in Delhi, where his outstanding ability, his energy and open character were greatly admired, and it is recognised that the Foreign Department have
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    • 17 7 London, March 10. The Casmalia left Liverpool March 9th. The Media left Suez March Bth.
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    • 109 7 Lndon, March 10. The death is announced of Sir James Donaldson, L. L. D., Vice-Chancellor and Principal of St. Andrew’s University. Sir James Donaldson, L.L.D., Vice Chance 1 lor and Principal of the University of St. Andrews, and of the United College of St Salvator and St.
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    • 57 7 London, March 10. In the House of Lords, Earl Beauchamp, Lord President of the Council, announced a compromise on the Welsh Church Bill, whereby the enforcement of the measure is postponed till six months after the conclusion of the war. LordfLansdowne and the Arch- bishop |of
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    • 85 7 PRODUCE PRICES. London, March 9. Copper £64-7s 6d. Rubber 2/5| selected £7l ss. Braziers £BO-10s. Cotton seed £152-6s. Wheats, White Karachi 59/- Delhi 59/3, Rosafe 62/-, February, March, paid sellers. Linseeds, £54 March, April. Tin £lB6. Iron £5B. Wheat 59/9 stock 10,500,000. Peas 54/Linseed £53-3s. Oil £3O-6s.
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  • 40 7 THE LATEST DIVIDENDS. London, March 10. Labu Rubber Co Ltd. announce a dividend of 15 per cent. £lO,OOO is placed to reserve and £lO,OOO carried forward. Mergui Crown will pay an interim dividend of 2| per cent.
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  • 66 7 [From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, March 11. The report of Bukit Timah Rubber Co., Ltd. shows a net profit of $21,303. A dividend of 4 per cent, is announced. Weeding is now satisfactory, and an extensive system of manuring, which has now been completed, is showing good
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  • 62 7 THIRTY DYAKS KILLED. Singapore, March 11. Advices from Sarawak state that an expedition against 500 Balleh Dyaks in the region of the Balleh river, a tributary of the Rejang, acted successfully, 30 of the enemy being killed by the Government forces. The rebels had disobeyed the Government
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  • 118 7 Obituary. London, March 10. The death has occurred of Sir Bruce Maxwell Seton. Sir Bruce Maxwell Seton. 8th Baronet, retired as a principal clerk in the War Office. Bom in 1836, he succeeded to the Baronetcy in 1869 and married a daughter of General Richard, Hamilton C.B., in 1886. He
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  • 715 8 THE PUBLIC AND NEWS. The special coi respondent of The Times” lately in France writer that if you wish really to excite the boisterous enthusiasm of a Frenchman you have only to praise him for his calm. The steady growth of this calm has been, perhaps, the most
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  • 190 8 These vigorous and burning lines by Sir Owen Seaman, the Editor of Punch appeared in a recent issue Lines Addressed to their Master. If I were asked what gives me most amaze Among your signs of mental aberration, I should select, from several curious traits, Your lack of
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    • 24 8 Where to Stay. Penang :—The E. <fc 0. Hotel, The Crag Runny mede Hotel, Hotel Norman. Singapore:—Raffles Hotel. Rangoon Strand Hotel. Ceylon Nuwara Ellya.
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  • 104 9 Antwerp has been fined 50,000 francs, as posters, announcing “German victories,” had been destroye 1. Q leen Wilhelmin» has subscribed half a million guilders to the Indies Loan. The present situation in Rotterdam is satisfactory. The Mayor of Krimpen, Van der Ysel, who was mixed up
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  • 726 9 AN EXTRAORDINARY STATEMENT. At a meeting, on Jan. 31, of the Verein Deutsche Eisen Huttenleute, the Secretary, Dr. Schroeder, stated Germany has inflicted very big industrial losses on France, which will bleed the enemy dead. The Germans have a s > p esent 3.7 per cent of
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  • 1143 9 HOW THE PONTOPOROS COALED THE EMDEN. GOVERNMENT ASKS FOR CONDEMNATION. The matter of the Greek steamer Pontoporos, which was captured by H.M.S. Yarmouth while she was acting as a collier to the late Emden off the Sumatra coast in October last, was brought before the acting Chief
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  • 276 9 OUTPUTS FOR FEBRUARY. The following are rubber outputs for February Bakap lbs. 23,050 Batu Matang 8,911 Jong Landor 33,346 Kedah 25,441 Selinsing 21,019 Batak Rabit Ibs. 17,750 Bagan Serai 18,750 Consolidated 15.608 Gula Kalumpong 66,512 Karan 8,890 Kurau 20,500 Malakoff 43,800 Nellmay 3,010 New Columbia 19,562 Padang 17,600 Penang
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 375 9 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. STEAM LORRY FOR SALE. A Second Hand “Lifll” Steam Lorry in good condition Apply to—J. G. ALLAN, Rkil-joay Buildings, Penang. NOTICE. NOTICE is hereby given that we have this day authorised Mr. B. Mohamed Arifcn to sign our firm per procuration. K. MYDINSAH BROS. Ittihadol Khaeriah Football Club.
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    • 12 9 At times of crisis it must be Bovril BRITISH TO THE backbone.
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    • 571 9 MESSRS I NOTICE. Charles Howitt Penang Roonb Have BE Padao Meiha ESUU Company of 15 picked Artists and will open their eeaeon at the (Malayan Rubber Co., Ltd., m liquidation-) Town Hall, Penang, under instructions from the liquidator TO-NIGHT! TO-NIGHT!! B E 4 By Public Auction, WITH x x v
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  • 440 10 GOVT. OF INDIA’S PRECAUTIONS. Delhi, February 26.—The following Press communique is issued On 2nd of December last, in view of the rise in the price of wheat in India, the export was restricted to a fixed quantity of wheat and wheat flour, which might be exported
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  • 305 10 Dr. Norman Black, well-known in Singapore, offered himself on arrival in England to the War Office. He was coroially received and was offered a place at once with a field ambulance in France, but elected, after bis long spell of hard work in the tropics,
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  • SHIPPING.
    • 70 10 Ban Watt Soon, Brit., 199, Taylor, Mar. 11, Langkat, gen., E. S. Co. Bharata, Brit,, 1957, MacDonald, March 10, Calcutta, gen., Huttenbach L. Co. Nore, Brit., 4188, Dasbury, Macrh 10, B’bay, gen., A. G. Co. Sappho, Brit., 329, Scott, Mar. 11, T. Anson, gen., Adamson Gilfillan Co Pangkor,
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    • 41 10 To-day. Trang for Trang. Perak, (E. S. &Co for Port Swettenham, Port Dickson and Malacca. Ban Lee for Trang. Alma for Deli. Kedah for Ditidings, Sitiawan Bagan Datoh and Telnk Anson. Mambang for Setul. Sangola for Singapore, Saigon, China Japan.
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    • 145 10 CLOSE AT GENERAL POST OFFICE. To-Morrow. For Per Close. Alor Star (Kedah) Tong Chuan 10 a.m. Alor Star (Kedah) Ngi Thye 10 a.m. Deli and Asahan Kalmoa 10 a.m. Port Swettenham and Singapore Golconda 3 p.m. Port Swettenham and Singapore Omapere 3 p.m. Langkat and Pangkalan Brandan Ban Whatt
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    • 120 10 Peking, March 11, 1915. (5y Courtesy of the Chartered Bank). London Demand Bank ...2/4 4 months’sight Bank 3 Credit ...2/4 19/32 3 Documentary ...2/4f Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 174 f 3 days’ sight Private 177 Bombay Demand Bank 174| Moulmein Demand Bank 173 3 days’sight Private 176 Madras Demand
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    • 242 10 Penang, March 11, 1915. 8; P. Tapioca $4.80 sales. 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 s34| sellers Trang Pepper $24 37 j sales. Mace $llO nom. Mace Pickings $65 sellers. Cloves
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    • 107 10 A BISHOP ON ADVERTISING. Who pays for advertising asked Bishop Welldon during a lecture at Mar Chester. The person who pays is the seller, but ho is able to pay because he gets vastly increased profits. I do not think the person who pays is the consumer, because prices are
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  • 1087 11 GOSSIP FROM BEHIND THE FIRING LINE. There ii something of the charm of A Sentimental Journey” in the following letter from an officer of the Army Service Corps to a friend in England. The writer gives an interesting accou it of the occasional quiet interludes
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  • 228 11 Penang, March 11. Beef— cis Soup per catty 18 Roast 26 Steaks 26 Stew or Curry Meat 20 Rump Steak 26 Ox Tail each 50 Tongue 50 Feet 15 Heart 40 Liver e<> per catty 35 Fork— Pork per catty 36 Pig’s Head 22 Feet 26 Tongue 36
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  • 118 11 Thursday, March 11. Charles Howitt and A. Phillips Dramatic Co., in When Knights were Bold Town Hall. Band, Golf Club, 6 p.m. Straits Cinematograph, Penang Road George Town Cinematograph, Kuala Kangsar Road Electric Polyscope Co,, Argyle Road. Willison’s Circus Daily 9-30 p.m. Friday, March 12. Charles Howitt
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  • 13 11 March 24.—Licensing Justices Meeting, 2-15 p.m. April 3 and s.—lpoh Races.
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