Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 14 June 1915

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    21 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. rZNo. 133 VOL. LXXIII. MONDAY. 14th JUNE, ISIS. i PRICE iO CENTS
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    DISCONTENT IN AUSTRIA.
    1215 2 REVULSION AGAINST GERMANY. The attitude of the people of the Centra Empires towards the war after nearly ten months’ experience of its burdens is, at the present moment, important, as well as interesting. The Daily News has commissioned the subject of a neutral State, who is in
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    THE DEFENCE OF INDIA ACT.
    579 2 THE BENGAL GOVERNMENT’S INTERNMENT ORDERS. Calcutta, May 26.—The following internment orders have been passed by the Government of Bengal and the Intelligence Branch of the Bengal C.1.D., on Purna Chandra Das, who has been removed to Cox’s Bazar, Chittagong Whereas in the opinion of the
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  • SPORTING NEWS.
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      PENANG GOLF CLUB.
      177 4 THE TENNIS TOURNAMENT. A good in itch should be witnessed tomorrow st the Golf Club when E. H. Everest (—l5) and W. H. Threlfall (—4O) meet in the final of the Singles Handicap Despite his heavy handicap, Threlfall is the favourite. Miss Grey played a fine game
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      P.C.C. BOWLS TOURNAMENT.
      72 4 The following ties have be?n fixed for to-day:— Championship—E Reimann v W K Sharpe (3). Dr J Sharp vW S Dunn (2). Championship Pairs—Adams and Muir v Lindley and Goodwin (1). The following ties have bem fixed for Wednesday Double Handicap—Scarborough and Hay v Pritchard an 1
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      SWIMMING.
      43 4 THE GIBBONS CUP. The 100 yards race in the Gibbons Cup Competition took place at the Swimming Club yesterday and after a very close contest the result was as follows Ist, R. B. Beattie, 2ni, L O Hargrave, 3rd, S. A Yell.
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      CRICKET.
      394 4 HON. A. R. ADAMS, TEAM v. MR CURRIE’S TEAM. The cricket match on the Esplanade on Saturday between teams ciptained by the Hon. A. R. Adams, and Mr. Currie provided plenty of enter'ainment and amusement, and served to give the spectators an idea of those who have some right
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      PENANG VOLUNTEER RIFLE CLUB.
      111 4 The fortnightly handicap shoot was held on Sunday, at 7 am. and resulted as under:— Lt Owen with H'cap .70 made 103.80 Mrs Murray ‘64 100.56 Pte Osborne *72 97.60 Mr Hoeden ‘49 97 56 Batt QMS Murray .09 96.34 Mr Clarke -55 96.15 L/Cpl Weber
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    The Davies Case.
    265 4 Jackson Oswald Davies, the broker, again appeared in the Singapore District Court Thursday afternoon, when Mr. E. L. Talma reviewed the evidence which has been given in the course of the case brought against Davies by Mr. Robert Nixon, of Sungei Nibong Estate, Bate Tiga. The complainant
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    PASSENGERS.
    165 4 Arrivals. By Klang (June 141 from Singapore, Mr and Mrs C Fraser, Mr and Mrs R G. Creighton, Mr Japson and J A Webste r from Malacca, Mr A J Stennett, Mr A J B Carruthers and one Chinese lady from Port Swettenham, Mr ar d Mr’ H A
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    From the Straits Government Gazette.
    131 4 Honours —W S Maxwell, Esq., and Brigadier-General D H Ridout to b? C.M.G’s. Mr A Hood Begg provisionally recognized. Portuguese Consul (honorary) at S.— Tsading with the Enemy (Amendment) Ord. 1915—The Treasurer, S.S appointed custodian of enemy property. Raffles Societies Ord. 1878—Mr E E Adamson
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    THE PRINCE OF WALES’S WAR RELIEF FUND.
    57 4 The Hon. Treasurer sends us the following further contributions to the above Fund, forwarded to the Chartered Bank, Penang. Balance on June 11 ...$22,083.27 Hon A R Adams, monthly subscription 100.00 Staff of Government Monopolies, May subscription 91.35 Balance on June 12 ...$22,274.62
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    WAR NEWS FROM DUTCH SOURCES.
    313 4 (Specially Translated), Professor Copen of the Amsterdam University, who is fighting on the Allies’ side in France, has been wounded. Several German submarines have bjen seen in the Pnosporus. A well-mown German presonality has informed the correeponnent of the Catholic Tyd that Germany and Austria
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    LOCAL SHARE MARKET.
    29 4 The following are the latest quotations in our share list: Saturday. Tc-day-. 3348.8. El r 35 T? M T> General. S. Steamship $315 $325 $320 $330
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    Bombay.
    27 4 His Majesty the King has approved of he appointment of Mr. R. Jardin**, Bar-rister-at-Law. to be Advocate-General of Bombay. Mr. Jardine takes over duties in October.
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    The aggregate value
    23 4 of the trade of Burma for 1914-15 is R5,83,00,00J, a decrease of R38,00,000 on the trade of the previous year.
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    An Amsterdam telegram
    29 4 eays that the •‘Kuburger Z dung’states that the property of the late Baron de Reuter in the Duchy of Coburg has been confiscated by the authorities.
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    The bulk of London
    31 4 inhabitants learnt of the recent Z jppeliu visit from their morning papers. No indication of the points reached or the course taken by the airships is allowed.
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    In connection
    37 4 with a statement made by our Ipoh contemporary we are informed by the Deputy Traffic Manager, F.M.S.R., that the question of a night train s-rvice between Kuala Lumpnr and Penang is in abeyance.—“ M. M.”
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    Capt. A. R. Chancellor,
    45 4 Inspector- General of Police, in his report for 1914 points out that curiously the total number of persons killed and in street traffic accidents, in the Straits Settlements, in last yeir, namely, 241. Of these 215 were injured and 26 killed.
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    The “Gazette de Hollande”
    42 4 states that the commander of the Austrian submarine U5, which sank the French battleship Leon Gambetta, is Lieutenant von Trapp. He is married to Miss Agatha Whitehead, granddaughter of the inventor of the torpedo which bears his name.
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    An entertainment and dinner
    66 4 of the Muslim Mahaj <na Sabba at 29 Penang Road on in houuor of the Midnight Journey of the Prophet of Islam. The Sabba was tastefully decorated. The guests were welcomed by the President, Secretary, and the Committee, much credit is due to Messrs. E. M.
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    The Italian Army
    92 4 is a somewhat poly- glot b)dy, although to nothing like the same extent as the Austrian Army. The majority of the soldiers drawn from Lecce and Reggio di Calabria speak Greek, while in othar parte of Southern Italy and in Sicily Albanian is the prevailing language. Freschis
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    DISTURBANCES IN CEYLON.
    884 4 NATIVE PREMISES LODTED BY RIOTERS. TOWN GUARD OPEN FIRE. Colombo exchanges to hand today brought details of the recent rioting among certain sections of the native community in Ceylon. The trouble seems to have commenced over the Wesak festivities at Kandy and spread to other parts of
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    BOUTIQUES WRECKED.
    1460 4 On May 31st reports the (“Ceylon Observer” of Jane Ist to hand to-day) after the disturbance earlier in the day at Maradana crowds were seen going in different directions and the rowdies in the Pettah were not slow to manifest their spirit of mischief. Several boutiques in Bankshall
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    H.M.S. “PINAFORE.”
    275 4 The performance of H.M.S Pinafore at the Town Ha’l on Saturday night was marked by all the enthusiasm which it might be supposed would characterise the conclusion of a most successful presentation by the Penang Choral Society. Again the hall was well filled and when the curtain was
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    Captain Boyed,
    52 4 the German whose name is associated with the false affidavits in regard to the Lusitania, is Germany’s .Naval Attache at Washington. He has previously been in trouble with the American authorities, by whom he is said to be regarded as the master spy in Germany service in the
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    Mr. D. Maclennan,
    59 4 manager of the Penang branch of Messrs. Mansfield and Co., agents for the Blue Funnel Line, who has bren in bad health lately, has gone to Japan for a two mouths’ trip. Mr. Kenneth Douglas, who was formerly stationed at Penang, has come up from Singapore to
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    THE EMDEN’S CAPTAIN.
    783 5 INTERNED with other OFFICERS AT MALTA. Speculation his often been rife as to the thereabouts of Capt. von Muller, Prince Prar z Joseph von Hohenzollern and other officers of the Emden. According to an interview granted by a M r Conrad Haumann to ths Fremantle oorrespodent of
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    BRITISH ARMY AS SEEN BY AN AMERICAN.
    546 5 THOROUGHNESS WITHOUT DISPLAY. Mr. Frederick Palmer, the well-known American war correspondent, pays an eloquent tribute in the current number of Collier’s Magazine to the British at the front. Only at the front, says Mr Palmer, do you understand the British method; thoroughness without
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    The Greatness of England’s Task.
    245 5 A Neutral’s Warming. A correspondent who has a number of well placed info-mints in neutral countries sends a home paper a letter which he has received from one of them in Switzerland. We quote part of it because it is we'd to know what friendly
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    A Dutchman’s Experiences in Germany.
    136 5 A Netherlander who has repeatedly visited both Britain and Germany in connection with the exchange of interned subjects and the search for missing soldiers, informed the Nieuwe Courant that travelling in Germany has become decidedly more unpleasant of late. He stated that during his last
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    SUBMARINE’S VALUE.
    481 5 THWARTING THE TORPEDO. In the “Dublin R-sview” that wellknown naval writer, A. H. Pollen, makes a careful survey of the successes achieved by the submarine and its effective arm, the torpedo. Mr. Pollen oom to the contusion that both the submarine and the torpedo have been considerab’y over-rated,
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    Chinese Industrial Bank, Ltd.
    256 5 The Second Year’s Working. The following report will be presented at the second annual general meeting to be held at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, 19ch June, at 12-30 p.m. Your directors beg to submit to you the audited balance sheet for the second financial year ende
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    The Zweena Loss.
    131 5 The Heap Eng Moh Steamship Co. have no further details to give respecting .the loss of the Zweena. Io is understood, however, that a wire has been received in Singapore to the effect that of the five of the crew reported as drowned, three are Europeans, and
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    CHINA AND JAPAN’S PRESSURE.
    425 5 GOVERNMENT STATEMENT. An official statement is issued by the Chinese Government respecting the ChinoJapanese negotiations which were brought to a conclusion by Ch’na’s compliance with tbe terms of Japan’s ultimatum delivered on May 7. Tbe statement, which is a very long one, is cabled from Pekin
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    War-Baby Myth.
    175 5 Libel on Brave Men.” The war-baby myth is dispelled so far 8S the dioceses of St. Albans and Chelmsford are concerned. Writing to the Daily Mail concerning investigations undertaken in connection with the St. Albans and Chelmsford Diocesan Union for Preventive, Re«cue, and Penitentiary Work, Lady Ebury gives
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    A German Critic’s View.
    190 5 Major Moraht, commenting on the recent Dardanelles action, the information for which he draws solely from the Turkish official reports, writes We must estimate the strength of the English and French at not lees than 80,000. But mistakes in regard to disposition, organisation, and distribution and
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      129 5 Where Doctors and Embrocations Fail Swelling of the knee can be immediately relieved and promptly cured by the use of -Little’s Oriental Balm. Read this letter, from A. C. Lehman, Waynesboro, Pa.: I was the victim of a swelling on the knee for TWO EARS. Doctors and embrocations failed to
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      477 5 GREEN OLD AGE Assured by the Occasional Use of Dr. Morse’s Indian Root Pills. tTo reach a green old age and enjoy good health can only be obtained by the care of the system. It is from the little irregularities of the system that the common ailments arise, and nature
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    BIRTH.
    19 6 Hornset—On Jure 9, the wife of Dr. John F. Horrsey,’ of “Amaranth,” Cavanagh Road, Singapore, of a son.
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    MARRIAGE.
    49 6 Fraser—Gawlee.—On June 10, at the Piesbyterian Church, Singapore, by Rev. W. CroB? s m.a., and Rev. J. A. B. Cook, Charle®, second son of the late Rev. Chat les Fraser m.a., of Freuchie, Fifeshire, to Bessie May, elder daughter of Edward Gawler, Esq. J. P., of Chaid, Scmeisetshiie
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    WIRELESS.
    890 6 In the 'course of the mxt few months, we hope, Penang will be in touch with the ontside world by means of wireless telegraphy. The site selected for the station is in Province Wellesley, and last year, according to the annual report of the Colonial Engineer, $35,551 were expended,
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    HERE AND THERE.
    854 6 Considering the strenuous times that the F.M.S. passed through last year, the annual report of Sir Edward Brockman, received to-day, or that part of it dealing with the effects of the war, possesses few features not already fairly familiar to most people. In pointing out the measures
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    THE MAILS.
    23 6 Tie Contract Packet Ekma with the Mails left Negapatam at 7 a tn. yesterday, and is expected ou Thursday men ing.
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    859 6 Mr. P. Trump, who has beau seme time in hospital, is now convalescent. Mr. R, T. Reid was a passenger from Port Swettenham by the Klang. Mr. and Mrs. H. A. L«w arrived bv the Klang this morning from Port Swettenham. Mr. W. K. White, of Sungei
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      33 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.
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
  • Obituary
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    48 6 DEATHS. De Sausa —On June 8. Urban Eric De Sau»a, 2nd Engineer s.s. Zaeena, shipwrecked. [fjMcKißDY.—On June 12, at the General Hospital, Singapore, aged 34 years. Obituary. SIR C. P. LAYARD. London, June 12. The death hag oceu-red of Sir Charlo* P. Layard, late Chief Justice of Ceylon.
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    FRENCH ADVANCE.
    246 7 SUCCESSES NEAR ARRAS. GREAT CAPTURES BY RUSSIA. AIR ATTACK IN BELGIUM. THE POSITION IN GALLIPOLI. T t e -pell cf silence in regard to the British fi at is still unbrok u. North of Arras, the French have made further progress, snl have taken more prisoners S •ucnez
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  • France and Belgium.
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      CONTINUED FRENCH SUCCESS.
      64 7 Copyright Telegrams.] (By Submarine Telegraph.) London, June 11. A ccmmunique says We have made further successes, firstly, in the labyrinth, where we have continued to drive the enemv back secondly, east of the labyrinth, near the high road between Arras atd Lille, and thirdly, north and south
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      French Captures.
      354 7 FURTHER SUCCESS NEAR ARRAS Paris, June 12. A French communique says: The inventory of the booty captured at Neuvilie is not finished, but hitherto we Eave found in the debris 3 field guns, 3 trench mortars, and 15 mitrailleuses, buried, or damaged, thousands of grenade?, 800,000 cartridges, 1,000
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      Area of French Victories.
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      Attack on a Hangar.
      137 7 ZEPPELIN AND FIVE TAUBES DESTROYED. Paris, June 13. An eye witness of the Allies’ air attack on an airship shed at Evere, near Brussels, says the tremendous German cannonade brought out the townspeople, who eagerly watched the Contes' The British aeroplanes manoeuvred and the people shouted
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      Lieut. R Warneford, V. C.
      70 7 London, June 12. The London Gazette ”in recording the awarding of the Victoria Cross to Flight Sub-Lieu'enant R. Warneford for most conspicuous bravery says he chased a Zeppelin from the coast of Flanders to Ghent, and dropped bombs on the Zeppelin from a height of
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      Mr. Lloyd George at Cardiff.
      259 7 STIRRING APPEALS. London, June 11. Mr. Lloyd George, at Cardiff, made a magnificent appeal to plant the flag on workshop?, use every la’he, and enlist every recruit. He emphasised that the response of Manchester and Liverpool h c d been most gratifying, and added, “I
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  • Russian Campaign.
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      THE GRAND DUKE’S OFFENSIVE.
      358 7 SPLENDID SUCCESSES. Petrograd, June 12. Ti e Russians have ach’eved splendid success from the Baltic to Bukovina. The latest communique says a furious bombardment and repeated determined attacks, west of >h*v]i, wt re mads by ths Germans, who even reached some of the Russian entanglements, but
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      Cholera in Austria.
      48 7 Udine, June 12. The war famine in Austria has been rendered more terrible by the reappearance of cholera, which is assuming even more vast proportions than daring 1914, especially in East Hungary, Galicia, and Transylvania. It ha? reached Vienna, where it is causing a panic.
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      RUSSIA’S STRONG POSITION.
      242 7 INFLICTING ENORMOUS LOSSES. London, June I. Fighting on the San continues to be indecisive in character. The enemy in these operations sustained losses of a nature one would scarcely have imagined possible. The strength of the Russian position is that our Allies have been able to inflict
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  • Italy’s Campaign.
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      THE ITALIAN ADVANCE.
      87 7 Rome, June 12. An Italian communique says the I’alian advanced forces have pushed beyond Monte Nero. The successes here have been due to the skill of the Alpini and Bersaglieri. Cradisca Occupied. Rome, June 13. The Italians are firmly established at Gradi-ca, which, it is now announced,
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  • Turkey and the Near East
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      THE DARDANELLES.
      477 7 FRESH FRENCH PROGRESS. Paris, June 11. An official statement says that the French have made fre-h progress on the Dardanelles on the extreme right. Prisoners confirm the reports of heavy enemy losses. The Strong Turkish Position. London, June 12. Reuter’s correspondent at the Dardanel’es. writing on June 3rd
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      Persia and Asia Minor.
      136 7 THE RUSSIAN ADVANCE. Petrograd, June 10. A Russian communique sums up the operations on the Caucasian and Persian fronts since March Btb. The Turkish offensive through Persian territory was completely defeated an army of regular and irregu'ar troops, commanded by Halil Bey, with beadquarters at Urumiab,
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      Albania.
      27 7 SERBIAN AND MONTENEGRIN OCCUPATION. Rome, June 11. The Serbians an i Montenegrins have occupied ten towns in Albania, including Tirana. An action at Durazzo is expected.
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      The Greek Elections.
      29 7 Athens, June 13. Demonstrations in favour of M. Venizelos were made in connection with to day’s elections. It is expected that M. Venizelos will be successful.
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      King Constantine.
      23 7 A SERIOUS REPORT. Athe s, June 12. King Constant!: eis s ill in danger. The inflammation of the kidneys is worse.
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  • Naval Operations
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      BRESLAU BADLY DAMAGED.
      30 7 A DESTROYER ATTACK. Petrograd, June 13 It is officially announced that two Russian destroyers engaged the Turkish light cruiser Breslau near the Bosphorus and severely damaged her.
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      A False Report.
      61 7 Rome, June 12. The Austrian claim to having sunk a British light cruiser of the Livetpioi class is untrue. The ship in question, on Wednesday, joined the Italian dt stroyer flotillas in a successful operation against the coast at the Gulf of Drino, and returned with them
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      The Submarine War.
      42 7 THREE VESSELS SUNK. London, June 12. German submarines continue their activity. They have sunk the Swedish steamer Otago in the North Sea, the Russian steamer Dania from Archangel in the North Sea, and a Russian barque in the Atlantic.
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      Submarine Victims.
      21 7 London, June 13. A British collier and a Norwegian sailing ship were sunk by submarines in *aint George’s Channel.
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      The Lusitania.
      29 7 FALSE AFFIDAVITS. New York, June 12. The Evening Sun says the American authorities hare proof that the Lusitania affidavits’ plot originated in the office of Captain Boyed.
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      Prinz Eitel Friedrich’s Crew.
      66 7 New York, June 12. The American authorities are investi gating the disappearance of L'eutenan r Brauer and some of the crew of the Prii z Eitel Friedrich. It is believed they left the country in contravention of their parole. Captain not Captured. Madrid, June 12. The
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      Discovery at Naples.
      36 7 Rome, June 12. The “Giornale d’ Italia” states that guns, machine guns, and aeroplanes have been found concealed in rhe hull of the Ham-burg-American liner Bayern, which was interned at Naples in August.
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      The Seaman Law.
      104 7 AMERICA’S REQUEST. Washington. June 12. The United States h-s instructed its diplomats abroad to ask for the annulment of 'he paragraphs in the commercial treatise conflicting with the new seaman law. The Pacific Mail Steamship Company will probably lave to abandon its traus-Pacific tervice, as under the
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  • General News.
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      THE DUTCH NAVY.
      99 7 The Hague, June 12. A bill has been submitted in the Second Chamber provid ng for f<>ur submarines and two for the defence of the Dutch Indies. Large New Expenditure. The Hague, June 12. The total amount of the bill for the extension of the Dutch Fleet
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      The Cotton Trade.
      48 7 London, June 11. The Board of Trnde h*s requested all the parties in the cotton trade dispute to submit the question to the Committee on Production The p.ccep’ai ce of the request is certain, and it will be followed by the withdrawal of the notice*.
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      France’s Sugar Crop.
      24 7 London, June 13. The area eown in sugar beet in France shows a decrease of 31.9 per ceut compared with 1914.
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      German Miners Strike.
      32 7 London, June 12, The Vorwac-rts record’ a serious strike of miners a’ Neurod in Sile s ia, over the question of wages. The Lumber of strikers is increasing hourly.
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      Dr. Dernburg.
      16 7 London, June 1 3. Dr. Bernhard Dornburg has sailed from New York for Germany.
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      Foreigners Leave Mexico.
      25 7 Vera Cruz, June 12. Five hundred foreigners from Mexico City have arrived here by special train/An American transport conveys them fto Galveston.
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      DEATH OF MR. McKIRDY.
      59 7 [From Our Own Correspondent Singapore, June 14. Mr. John McKirdy died of cerebral haemorrhage. He retired at 11 p.m. and was found unconscious next day. He was at once removed to Hospital but never recovered consciousness- He was most popular in shipping circles and the news
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    The Tanglin Club.
    42 7 ENEMY SUBJECT MEMBERS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, June 14. At the annual meeting of Tanglin Club it was resolved to expel all members, who are subjects of countries with which Britain is at war, whether naturalized or not.
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    Mrs. Zacharias
    10 7 has left Kuala Lumpur er route for Switzerland.
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    The Seremban Male Voice Choir
    14 7 are giving a concert at Klang on June 26th.
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    The output
    20 7 of the Tongkah Harbour Tin Dredging Co., Ltd., for the week ending 12th inet., was 25 ton 9
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    The Selangor Polo Club
    18 7 is holding a Skye meeting on the Kuala Lumpur racecourse on Saturday, July 3rd.
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    Two arrests
    20 7 have teen made in connec- tion with the robbery and murder of a watchman at Sungei Balcau mine.
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    The monthly meeting
    30 7 of the Ministering Children’s League held on Friday was opened by the Rev. A. D. Harcu a M.A who afterwards gave a short address to the children.
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    The Netherlands India Government
    20 7 have withdrawn their notification whereby Batavia and Tanjong Priok were declared infected on account of cholera.
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    TO-DAY’S TIN PRICES.
    22 7 To-day’s quotation fos unrefined tin in Penang was $B2 75 per picul, buyers,, no sellers—-an increase if 50 eents.
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    CENTRAL PERAK PLANTERS.
    858 8 SUNDAY WORK ON ESTATES. TODDY SHOP LICENSES. The Bishop of Singapore’s request regarding Sunday work on estates met with scant sympathy from the Central Perak Planters’ Association at a meeting on Saturday morning. Mr. A. B. Milne, chairman, introducing the subject said it had led to some
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    THE WIRELESS TORPEDO.
    441 8 The problem of detecting the presence of a submarine from the deck of a ship within range by means of a platform on the gyroscopic principle which woull carry an observer and a high-power telescope is not the only one which Mr Gardner, of Fleetwood, believes that
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    An Officers’ Mess in the New Army.
    321 8 Britain has never had an army in any degree like the present one, officers and privates alike, but few people have any idea of the Imperial character of the officers’ mess in most of our new regiments A most remarkable instance of this
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    The Cigar Committee’s Bad Shot.
    81 8 The Cigar Committee of the House of Commons, which is a sub-committee of the Kitchen Committee, evidently includes no skilled political tips'ers. We hear that it was so ill-informed as to Budget prospec‘B that it ordered 40,000 cigars at current rates to forestall an increase
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    Another huge seizure of opium is reported from Hongkong.
    68 8 On May 29, Revenue Officers Wildeo, Langley and Macmillan boarded the Ben Lomond, and conducted a search of the ship. After a prolonged search they discovered 250 lbs. of Persian opium and 500 taels of prepared opium, worth about $10,000. A
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    WEDDING IN SINGAPORE.
    404 8 FRASER-G AWLER. Ou Friday the marriage was solemnised of Miss B sde May Gtwler, niece of the Hon Mr. W. N. Gawler (member of the J >hore State Council), and Mrs Gawler, of Pel a pah Valley, Kota Finggi, Johore to Mr. Charles Fraser planter, of Terbsu,
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    Allagar Rubber Estates.
    255 8 Mr. C. B. Sutton, who presided at the annual meeting 'of the Allagar Rubber Estates (Limited) said on the declaration of war remittances to and from the East were practically stopped, and the directors were fac’d with the problem of how to keep the estate working while
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      508 8 NUBIAN gb liquid waterproof £E^flHß|B r Self- Polishing. BLACKING I No Brushes require lo m, BROWN for brown boots shoes, etc. %r'’ r 1 with -oner attached to the c< rk Gives an instantaneous brilliant Ar i f ,/„„I,\h which lasts a week wet or dr, weather. Mud can be
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      60 8 In these days one often hears of the increased cost of living. Have you ever stopped to think that the prices of advertised goods aie never altered F The branded mustard—the advertised soap you use—your bottle of sauce with the household name—are all just as cheap to-day as years age—and
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      302 8 2 For good S cookery always get out the Corn Flour. It is just as necessary as salt in savouries and sugar in sweets. Its lightness and delicious fla- vour make all the difference when used in place of ordinary flour for thickening purposes. A HI A y «1 I
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      155 8 THE TIDES. Penang—June, 1915. Penang Standard Times—Heights referred to Datum of Soundings in Admiralty Charts High Water. Low Water. Standard Standard TT D,,te Time. Ht Date Time. Ht h m ft. h m ft. M 14 m 1 2 5 4 14 m 710 2.0 0 52 a 6 9
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    THE F.M.S. IN WAR TIME.
    1126 9 CHIEF SECRETARIES ANNUAL REPORT. INTERESTING FIGURES. In his annual report on the F. M, 3. for 1914 the Chief Secretary Sir Eiward Brookman says under general I could have wished that it had fallen to the lot of some one who was present in the
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    MARKET PRICES.
    213 9 Penang, June 14. Beef— cts. 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 per catty 35 Pork— Pork per catty 36 Pig’s Head 22 Feet 26 Tongue 36 Mutton
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    TO-NIGHT’S BAND PROGRAMME.
    52 9 The Band will play the following programme of music at the Esplanade from 6 to 7 p.m this evening 1. Overture The Children off the Coast ...Marque 2. Mazurka De Salon ...Baur 3. Waltz The Kiss ...A dite 4. Polka Dewars Special ...Burns 5. March Ths Two
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    DIARY OF THE WAR.
    479 9 May 14 —Austrian Retreat in Galicia. Further French success north of Arras. May 15.—Taube attacks Dutch trawler. German submarine run down by Blyth steamer May 9.—British des'royer Maori mined. Wilson steamer Truro sunk. Fighting around Ypres. Germans occupy Libau German destroyer mined off Libau. Libau bombarded.
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    THE WEEK’S EVENTS.
    65 9 Monday, June 14. Band, Esplanade, 6 p.m. Empire Theatre, Penang Road Electric Polyscope Co,, Argyle Road George Town Cinema. Tuesday, June 15. Band, Golf Club, 6 p.m, Wednesday, June 16. Band, Esplanade, 6 p.m. Thursday, June 17. Band, Golf Club, 6 p.m. Friday, June 18. Band, Esplanade,
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      726 9 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. WAN TED. JUNIOR CHINESE ASSISTANT SALESMAN for the Provision Dept. o U ]y those with previous experience in this department need apply. PRITCHARD Co., Ipoh. WANTED Responsible position, in any Estate, Mine, or other Office, by an □xperienced and energetic Straits Chinese, a capable Accountant and Correspondent, wi
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      527 9 War! War!! War!!! OUR wauiy is RIGf-iT" 1 SERVICE IS ■>■W ONE MORE HIT! COME UP AS HERO!! AT THE STRAITS CINEMA Co., EMPIRE HALL, PENANC ROAD. 'Phone No. 628. TO CONVINCE YOU. TO-NIGHT I TO-NIGHT 11 STRAITS’ EXCLUSIVE. HOW HEROES ARE MADE, A 5 REELER. A Significant Masterpiece, with
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    HARVEST OF GLORY FOR RUSSIA.
    427 10 MOVING ADDRESS OF A DUMA DEPUTY. A stirring scene followed the close of a lecture delivered at the London Opera House by M. Alexis Aladin, a member of the Russian Duma and a leading representative of the Russian Progressive movement, who for many years was
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    Manchester Cotton Market.
    421 10 Messrs. James F. Hutton i Co., Ltd., writing on May 13, report Liverpool Cotton. To-day. Last Week. Mid-American—Spot 5.32 5.24 Mid-American, Current Month 5.22| 5.14 F.G.F. Egyptian—Spot 7.80 7.70 New York Cotton. Yesterday. Last week Spot—Cents. 9.85 10.05 London. To-day. Last week. Bar Silver 23 5/8 23
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      SHIPPING ARRIVALS.
      55 10 Indragiri, Dut., 150, Bron, June 14, Bclawan, gen., K.P.M. Klang, Brit., 732, Fawcus, June 14, S’pore, gen., A. G. Co. Pangkor, Brit., 94, Caswell, June 14, B. Datoh, gen., E. S. Co. Nam Sang, Brit., 2591, Gilroy, June 14, H'kong, gen., Boustead Co. Merionethshire, Brit., 2686, Bennett, June
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      CLEARANCES.
      52 10 To-day. Baud for Singapore. Alma for Deli. Cornelia fur Port Swettenham, Port Dickson and Malacca. Jin Ho for Asahan. Avagyee for Bindings, Sitiawan Bagan Datoh and Teluk Anson. Ban Whatt Soon for Langkat and Pangkalan B randan. Pheumpenh for Hongkong. Flying Dragon for Portweld and Taiping. Namsang for Calcutta
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      MAILS.
      40 10 CLOSE AT GENERAL POST OFFICE. To-Morrow. For Per Close Deli and Langsa Indragiri 10 a.m. Rangoon, Calcutta and Durban Lightning 1 p m. Tongkah Malacca 1 p.m. Teluk Anson Hebe 4 p.m. Port Swettenham and Singapore Klang 4-30 p.m.
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      VESSELS EXPECTED.
      7 10 Perseus. June 17, from China.
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      EXCHANGE.
      126 10 Penang, June 14, 1915. {By Courtesy of ths Chartered Bank). London Demand Bank ...2/3 31/32 4 months’ sight Bank ...2/4 7/32 3 Credit ...2/4 13/32 3 Documentary ...2/4 7/16 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 175 3 days’ sight Private 176} Bombay Demand Bank 175 Moulmein Demand Bank 174 3 days*
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      PRODUCE.
      251 10 Penang, June 14, 1915. S. P. Tapioca s6| sellers. M. P. Tapioca $6.60 sellers. Gold leaf $64.40 Pepper (W. Coast 3 lb. 5 oz). $l6 1/2 buyers Black Pepper $lB.OO buyers. White Pepper $33 sellers Trang Pepper $23 sellers. Mace $llO nom. Mace Pickings $641 sales. Cloves $45 sellers.
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      316 10 Unsolicited Testimony IS THE Best Recommendation. Ihe local agents of Ross’s, the Bottling Spe= cialists of London, Liverpool, Belfast, and Leith have received the following entirely unsolicited j testimonial from one of their Clients in the Malay I Peninsula, “In sending you a repeat order for Ross’s Auk’s Head Pilsener
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      815 10 SB y JWn n. L A qood— Judge of Cocoa will tell you that VAN HOUTEN S is the best COCO A. pure digestible delicious goes farthest. Get the VWN HOUTEN Flavour at the Soda Fountain.. SHERRY IS AN EXCELLENT DRINK AT ALL TIMES. INSIST ON 1 SANDEMAN’S PROPOSED PROGRAMME.
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    REPORTS AND DIVIDENDS.
    440 11 Langen —lut divd 4p c. Chota—Net p-ofit, £4,903 divd 6| p c to reserve, £1,500; forward, £1,393. Crop realised 2s 0.87 d per lb Scottish Malay.—Profits, including balance forward, is £22,900 final divd 15 p c making 30 p c £3,478 to reserve forward, £3,180. Tangga Batu.—Profits,
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    Tin.
    278 11 ThB Standard Market. The main interest, says the Ironmonger” of 15th ulto continues to be the consuming demand, tinplate works being said to be taking more metal than for some time past. Stocks, however, show little diminution owing to difficulty of effecting shipment to Holland and the United States.
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    The diabolical use to which Germany has dedicated the torpedo recalls the difficulty its inventor, Robert Fultan, had to induce any Government to adopt it.
    166 11 His own Government, the American, rejected it as inhuman and unfit for civilised warfare, and for the same reasons the British and French Governments refused
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    LOG BOOK.
    908 11 The Portuguese Government, desiring to undertake the building of torpedo boat de stroyers at its arsenal at Lisbon, arranged a contract with Yarrow and Co., Limited, to supply it with complete designs of the bull so that vessels could be constructed in Portugal, Yarrow and Co., Limited, supplying
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      571 11 N Y. K Japan Mail Steamship Co. Ld. EUROPEAN LINE. Fortnightly service is maintained beween Yokohama via ports to Marseilles London and Antwerp, under mail contract ,ritb the Imperial Japanese Government. The New Twin-screw Steamers maintaining tbie service have been specially designed and constructed, and are fitted with all the
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      239 11 1 Support the Flag. g g I The AU British j AVON TYRES H Made by the AVON INDIA RUBBER Co., Ltd. j| with all British capital, employing British workmen and using British grown rubber. The price is right, the quality is right—be patriotic and use Avons. j ALL garages
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      1113 12 P. O. r INTENDED SAILINGS. Steam Navigation Co. RritlSH INDIA Wireless Telegraphy fitted on all Ail Cabins are fitted with Electric Fans STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LTD. FREE of Charge and each berth is furnished with an Electric Reading Lamp. f ob Imtkndbd to Sail. Steamer. r iPECTED ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES.
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      925 12 Straits Steam Ship Co., Ltd. Ocean for Intended to Sail. Steamer. I STEAM SHIP .a: Every Tuesday, at 5-30 p.m. K A D Port Swettenham and Singapore. from the Wnarf. I CHINA MUTUAL BTEAM NAV, CO.. tf» u Every Tuesday, at 6 p.ro. Hebe. T H Companies' steamer. Taluk Anson.
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