Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 21 June 1915
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Title Section20 1915-06-21 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 139 VOL. LXXIII. MONDAY. 21st JUNE, 1915. PRICE 10 CENTS20 words
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Page 1 Advertisements
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Advertisement48 1915-06-21 1 tcraacooiaucncKn u uactwacmacn» FOB J«O cab have the Pisaaf n x GaaH»* r fer wSo?4e y»»*r to yoer 9 TLCCAL SUDXCRIPTTOM. tin 4 Pttspr.rv.oi->t* Quarterly a.rjMuerrpi.ion* are pay a hi» u il auSewtaje and t emittance. ha ftdnve»«nri to c a rauMe CAzrrr* wwgas iu< s tTOjniniennnuoe.’innoca aenoo*48 words
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Article847 1915-06-21 2 AN EXAMPLE TO THE ALLIES: Paris, May 16.—The French gave a talent of improvisation, and they were quicker than our own Government in seeing that the mobilization of men would be of no kvail whatever unless it were accompanied by a corresponding mobilization of industrial847 words
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Article28 1915-06-21 2 Penang :—The E. <fc O. Hotel, The Crag, Runnymede Hotel, Hotel Norman, British Hotel, Falmouth House (Boarding.) Singapore:—Raffles Hotel. Rangoon Strand HoteJ. Ceylon >—Nuwara Ellya.28 words
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Article503 1915-06-21 2 Mr. MARTIN HARVEY ON HIS NEW WAR PLAY. A new contribution to the stage literature of the war is about to be received at the New Theatre. This is Mr. Martin Harvey’s production of Armageddon,” a play in blank ver-e by Mr. Stephen Phillips, The idea around503 words
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Article358 1915-06-21 2 Detective in the Role of Confidence Trick Dupe. The narrative of a detec‘ive who allowed himself to be shown round the City by an alleged confidence triciMter (who was unaware of his real identity) aroused much laughter at the Guildhall Police Court. James Page, 71, pleaded guilty358 words
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Advertisement835 1915-06-21 2 Bates for wanted immediately, a a- A HEAD CONDUCTOR for Rubber CaSlial AuVertlSeilienlS« XX Estate in South Kedah, 2 hours u.aimt rre from Sungei Petani. Must be hard working FDR SALE, TO LET, SITUATIONS VACANT, ETC. and Bve f u n knowledge of any work on rubber estate. Those who835 words
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Advertisement1248 1915-06-21 2 PENANG TURF CLUB.I notice. considered at the meeting of the Board of THE RACE COURSE is officially Licensing Justices on Thursday, 24th J Un e open for training for the Summer 1915, may be seen on application at tbe (1915) Meeting from to-day. Chinese Protectorate during the usual office No1,248 words
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Article514 1915-06-21 3 THE EFFK JT OF THE WAR. (P. G. Special) We are indebted to Mr. W. Van cer Woude for sjme figures which illuminate the state of the trade of Penang during war time, a id also afford interesting cjmparisons with period i in the years previous to the514 words
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Article143 1915-06-21 3 Third Quarter. 1914. 1913. 1912. Food etc. 7,106,781 8,772,610 10,865,299 Raw Materials. Textile 703 589 354 Matal 8,068,872 13,728,284 16,112,620 Other 2,893,173 4,226,708 8,529,664 Manufao. Articles. Textile 656,811 761.652 761,412 Metal 193,480 345J64 221,621 Other 1,057,270 1,159,715 1,082,926 Coin and Bullion 189,340 282,732 318,4 60 20,166,430 29,278,054 Foruth Quarter143 words
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Article330 1915-06-21 3 Lord Islington, who has succeeded Mr. Charles Roberts as Under-Secre'ary for Inoia, is a very dffeient man from his piedecetsor. Mr. Roberts, wl o certainly approached h’s work in a very sympatletic spirit, and baa shown h mself an able sc cord to the Marquess of Crewe,330 words
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Article121 1915-06-21 3 This is the strry they tell when they get back to the comforts and civilisation of the base cut there” After a long and hungry day if patrol work the young lieutenant ar d his ordei ly c»me riding to a faimheuee. where tl ey f<und121 words
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Article88 1915-06-21 3 A furtl er ccntipgent of Burma Military Pol ce who have volunteered ft r service at the front left the depot cn 10 h irst., for Lewis Street Jetty and embarked for Calcutta. They will receive a short final preliminai y training in Ii d>* before proceeding to88 words
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CORRESPONDENCE.
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Article657 1915-06-21 3 (To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette."] Sir, We hear that at a recent meeting at the Mansion Heme the Lord Mayor referred to the crime of wastefulness and pointed out that the broken food which thousands of well-to-do householders so recklessly waste might, with a little thought and657 words
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Article143 1915-06-21 3 Life in the Valley cf the Shadow of Death. Private C. T. Burgess, Honourable Artillery Company, writing from the front to his father, Aiderman C. Burges», senior mem jer of the Godaiming Town Council, says Just by the trench's we were occupying there is a word, and althevgh143 words
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Article51 1915-06-21 3 London, Msy 18.—Mr. R. McKenna, Secretary cf State for Home Affairs, stated in rhe H* w.e of Ccmmrns yesterday that 150 of the public and 107 cor stables had been injured in the anti-German riots in England. The authorities had made 866 arrests in cotnection with the51 words
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Article2258 1915-06-21 3 EXTRADITION EXTENDED TO ALL MALAYA House of Lords, May 19.—The Parliamentary correspondent of the Straits Times” wri es The Fugitive Offenders’ Bill extending the system of extradition to the Federated Malay States, and other protected States, leceived the Royal assent by commission this afternoon, and has now become2,258 words
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Article308 1915-06-21 3 Anvngst the passengers landed at Rangoon by the as. Warwickshire on June, 5 was Tan Then Taik, son of Mr. Tan Soon Cnye, the Managing Director of the Chinese Steamship Company, in Latter Street. It will be rememiiered that, when the war b r oko ou 1- the308 words
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282 1915-06-21 3 A correspondent in touch with South Africa sends a London correspondent some comments on the capture of Windhoek which, while raising iome interesting do not quit» support the optimistic conclusions that tbe occupation of thu capital means the end of the campaign. The points282 words
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Turkey and the Near East
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Article344 1915-06-21 4 [Reuter’s Services.] assault before achi baba. Copyright Telegrams.] (By Submarine Telegraph.) London, June 20. Reuter’s special correspondent at the Dardanelles gives the fi st detailed account of the Allies’ general assault in front of Achi Baba. For three weeks, .the British had peen patiently sapping and gaining a[Reuter’s Services.] - 344 words
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Article28 1915-06-21 4 Amsterdam, June 19. A telegram from Constantinople reports a huge fire in the Tu kih capital, 500 houses and a large store being destroyed.28 words
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Article37 1915-06-21 4 SERBIANS OCCUPY DURAZZO. Athens, June 20. It is announced from a good source that the Serbians have occupied the port of Durazzo, ip Albania, and that Essad Pasha has fled to Italy.37 words
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Article45 1915-06-21 4 ALLEGED INTRIGUES. Ams erdam, June 20; A message from Constantinople state? that tjwenty Armenians were hanged on June 15th in front of the Ministry of War. They belonged to the Hiutchakist Party and were accused of intrieues to establish the independence of Armenia.45 words
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Article13 1915-06-21 4 Athen°, June 19. King Constantine’s condition shows a perceptible improvement.13 words
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Article35 1915-06-21 4 New York, June 21. The United States battle-hip Arizona veas successfully launched at Brooklyn. She ib about the world’s largest hattieship and her cost is £3,250,000. She has twelve 14 iucb guns.35 words
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Article24 1915-06-21 4 London, June 19 The Ring received to-day Judge William Bock Ayling, of Madras, and conferred upon him the honour of Knighthood.24 words
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Article48 1915-06-21 4 VALLAMBROSA DIVIDEND. ACTIVITY IN RUBBER SHARES. (P. Q. Special.) London, Jone 18. Vallambrosa Rubber Co., Ltd., will pay dividend of per cent, payable in August. The directors place £5,000 "to reserve, and carry ioWard £5,000. Rubber activity is proving the salvation of the Stock Exchange.48 words
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Article312 1915-06-21 4 (Specially Translated). An English cruiser has seized a Dutch fishing boat. The ehip was brought to Kirkwal. Proceedings have been taken by the Court at Amsterdam against Mr. Schroeder, editor of the Telegraaf,” on account of an article about the German secret service. Krupp has312 words
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Article277 1915-06-21 4 ENTERTAINMENTS AT THE E. O. In reminding readers of the special dinner at the E. and O on Friday night, the 25th inst., we have to announce that Mr. Ssrkies with characteristic enterprise has given an engagement to a clever family of American lady entertainers, Mrs. and Misses Woods, who277 words
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Article56 1915-06-21 4 Appointments vacated—Messrs W Mulcock and J McCallum, Inspector of Police and Probationary Inspector, respectively, P. M R Partbasarathy, Laboratory Asst, Pathological Department, S. Return from leave—Mr R D Acton. Volunteer Ord 1888—B i vd W Cross to be Hony Chaplain (Presbyterian), and Dr W W Martin56 words
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Article109 1915-06-21 4 Mr E A P Help? to be an Officer cf Class V. Local and temporary rank of SargeantMaj or granted to Colour-Sergeant E. May, Sergeant-Major, M S V R. Mr G W Bryant to act as Assistant District Officer, Sitiawan, Class IV. Mr H Doel to109 words
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Article784 1915-06-21 4 Mr. J. Baxter, of the Kajang Central Rubber Factory, has gone on leave. t Mr. W. P. Pinckney, who has been on a business visit to Penan?, left to-day and will be proceeding to Borneo. Mr. F. R. Hick?, of the Hampshire Regiment, has died from wounds,784 words
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Article497 1915-06-21 4 (From a Correspondent.) Taiping, June 19ch. To-day was the anniversary of the birthday of His Highness the Sultan of Perak and though the usual celebrations, such as dressing the flagstaffs, etc, were carried out no salute was fired. Next year perhaps the 19th June will be celebrated on497 words
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Article150 1915-06-21 4 A telegram to the Batavia Handelsblad” on the 17th says The Provost of Palekka last evening’sent news that he and his house were surrounde 1 by a force of 350 of the enemy and that he had only 100 rifles at his service. He assistance: The officials150 words
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Article119 1915-06-21 4 Arrivals. By Klang (June 21) from Singapore, Mr and Mrs Okeden, Dr and Mrs R M Connolly, Messrs Tan Chong Khee, Tan Chong Teck, Low Peng Ghee, P G Short, K E Watkins, G V Riach, Murdoch, Searle and Middlemass from Malacca, Mr Stewart; from Port Swettenham, Mr and119 words
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Article34 1915-06-21 4 The following are the latest quotations in our share list Saturday. To-day 1 I I I tn M on Mining, Serandah 75c 75c $1 Rubber (Sterling). A.-Java 5/- 6/- 5/6 6/634 words
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SPORTING NEWS.
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Article180 1915-06-21 4 P.C.C. XI v. PR C. It was very unfortunate that the match between the above teams on Saturday had to be abandoned owing to the heavy rain which came down before the P.C.C. could even complete their innings. The P.C.C. went in and knocked up one short of the180 words
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Article46 1915-06-21 4 The following ties have been fixed for to-day Championship.—E Reimann v W K Sharpe (1); Threlfall v Chalmers (2). Doubles Handicap.—Savi and Allen v Dunn ani Adams (3). The following ties have been fixed for to-morrow Single? Handicap—Reimann v Owen (2).46 words
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Article82 1915-06-21 4 Amaniah had a difficult task with Muthibol Ahzan on Saturday, but in spite of being one shore offered the most strenuous resistance. Rain fell throughout and the ball was always slippery, but the money spent by the M. F. A. in levelling proved its value, as there was no82 words
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51 1915-06-21 4 The Hon. Treasurer sends us the following list of further contributions to the above Fund, forwarded to the Chartered Bank, Penang. Balance on June 18 ...$22,720.06 A F Richards, Parit Bantar 10.00 Balance on June 19 ...$22,730.06 Remitted to London on Feb. 24.51 words
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Article24 1915-06-21 4 Balance on June 18 $844.02 J Crabb Watt 18.00 Balance on June 19 $862 02 Amount previously ackuowIpged ...$13,457.11 Total $14,319.1324 words
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Article244 1915-06-21 4 Previously acknowledged, $805.00. Collected by Mrs P G Harvey.—Mr and Mrs T P Harvey $l5, Anon $l,O MJ $l, Mr and Mrs P G Harvey (May and June) $2O. Collected by Mrs Bennett.—Mrs Savage $5. Collected by Mrs. Aidworth.—Mrs Stonor $5. Collected by Mrs Innes,244 words
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Article635 1915-06-21 4 A MEANS OF EXPRESSION frm MOHAMMEDANS. There was an impressive gathering o f r* pres ntatives of the Mohammedan o munity in the board room in the Sin-n?’ Municipal Offices on Saturday mornin? the Hon. RJ. WilkiU, Secretary, inaugurated, on behalf of tl Government, the newly constituted635 words
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Article51 1915-06-21 4 The Band will play the following P' gramme of music at the Esplanade 6to 7 p.m. this evening 1. Overrure Under the British Colours -Kl«fl 2. Lancers La Ciyale r„ ne j 3. Waltz Fl Jen Reigen .> 4. Slow March Scipio J’ 5. March Hiep,Hiep t51 words
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Article71 1915-06-21 4 One evening dur mg the Pauline’s mother was putting 1 she said Don’t ba Now go right to sleep, dea afraid, for God’- angels are watchin o 7 Shortly after, while the father were reading in th® child called to her mother. u Yes, dear,” replied the mother,71 words
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Advertisement56 1915-06-21 4 Tri these day? one often 0 u increased cost of living KV rr i>* ever st >pp-<1 to fhink r h?t r of advertised go< <is c The branded mustaui —tn« vf soap jon use—y- ur hot le“f k c the honeeh-Id namfc |)llS cheap to-day year* only that, but56 words
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Obituary139 1915-06-21 4 *8 K |&-°i 2 g 8.3 53 e W g,* S-~ O g r g S' 8 M gj 2 g 3 <§ 2. 2- J cq r 2 o 2 S w 5 B B s pa E zr OQ ~t r~ 2. o r g Sr So 2139 words
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Article600 1915-06-21 5 *et down by heavy fall in EXCHANGES. A banktuptcy that at the time of its occurrence created considerable interest in Singapore, was recalled on Friday by the application of Mr. T. Dudley Parsons, in the bankruptcy court before Mr. Justice Earnshaw, for the discharge of Soh Yew600 words
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Article287 1915-06-21 5 Insensate Act of Hate. There is, unhappily, writes a special correspondent of The Times writing from Northern France good reason to believe that the story related by a Paris correspondent, of the crucifixion of a Canadian officer during the fighting at Ypres on April 22-23 is287 words
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Article, Illustration49 1915-06-21 5 The Austro-German forces are now menacing Lemberg. Their forces are reported at Grodek, 20 miles E by S, w Komarno, '23 miles SE, and Ravarusska, 32 miles N by E of Lemberg. Iu the south-easi of Galicia, the Russians are more than bolding their own.49 words
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Article770 1915-06-21 5 SINGAPORE FIRM PINED FOR TECHNICAL BREACH. Before Mr. E. L. Talma, in the District Court, on Thursday, a charge of exporting twenty-five tons of gambier without a special permit, contrary to an official Government procalamation. was brought against Mr. P. Cunliffe, manager in Singapore for Messrs. Brinkmann and770 words
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Article356 1915-06-21 5 Chinese Houseboy caught in the Act. Yet another illustration of how the large stores in town suffer from the ingenious methods of the Chinese pilferer, was given in the third police court, Singapore, on Wednesday, when Detective Inspector Miller' charged a Chinese boy with the theft of356 words
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Article160 1915-06-21 5 Anatole France’s Message. The Clarion prints the following message which it has received from M. Anatole France, the eminent French writer: —Dear Colleagu o —l have said it very emphatically from the beginning of the wat and can only repeat it: the Allies owe it to160 words
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Article401 1915-06-21 5 President's Words. New York, May 17.—President Wilson arrived at New York to-day to review the Atlantic Fleet, now stationed in the Hudson River; an impressive array of battleships and cruisers and a small squadron of submarines. The reception given to Dr. Wilson was of unexampled401 words
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214 1915-06-21 5 Capetown, May 21.—General Botha has eent a message to the people of the Union direct from Windhoek deploring the antiGerman riots. He says: I hear with profound regret of serious riots in Johannesburg, Capetown, and elsewhere in the Union, and ruthless destruction of private property belonging214 words
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Article971 1915-06-21 5 COMPARISON WITH EUROPE. Simla, May 30.—The all India wholesale prices level of wheat for the second fortnight of April compiled by the Department of Statistics from returns of local authorities, and published this week, wa? 4 per cent., below the level of the fortt night previous to the971 words
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Article457 1915-06-21 5 May 19.—Fighting resumed in Gallipoli. Big Battles* in Galicia. French success in Belgium. May 20.—Four vessels torpedoed. May 21.—General Bridges dead. Lieu*; General Birdwotd wounded. Coalition Ministry announced. May 22. —Turkish retreat in Eastern Asia Minor. Troop train disaster at Gretna. May 23.—War declare! by Italy457 words
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Article63 1915-06-21 5 Monday, June 21. Band, Esplanade, 6 p.m. Empire Theatre, Penang Road ElectricPolyscope Co,, Road George Town Cinema. Tuesday, June 22. Band, Golf Club, 6 p.m. Wednesday, June 25. Band, Esplanade, 6 p.m. Thursday, June 24 Band, Golf Club, 6 p.m. Friday, June 25. Band, Esplanade, 6 p.m.63 words
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Article36 1915-06-21 6 Ferguson-Allan—On June 14, at St Andrew’s Cathedral, Singapore, by the Rev. F. G. Swindell, Alfred John, son of Mac Neill Ferguson of Minebead, Somerset, to Blanch Constance Nieol, daughter of Jamts Allan, of Elgin, Scotland.36 words
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Article769 1915-06-21 6 The American reply to Germany on the sinking of the William P. Frye by the Prinz Eitel Fridericb, because she was alleged to have contraband aboard (despite the vehement protests cf her captain) is another indication that the patience of the United States Government is exhausted769 words
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Article212 1915-06-21 6 MAILS NOT DELAYED. We understand that the 4P. 4 O. Co.’» s.s. Nubia, outward bound London to Shanghai, while on her voyage from Bombay to Colombo has gone ashore. The passengers and mails have been transferred to the same Company’s ss. Kashgar, which left Colombo immediately on212 words
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Article1186 1915-06-21 6 The reports on the States ia the Federation, each signed by the Resident, with tb& exception of that of Negri Sembilan, where Mr Aidworth was acting while Mr. Lemon was on leive, are published simultaneously as supplements to the current F.M S. “Government Gazette.” This w somewhat1,186 words
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Article221 1915-06-21 6 FURTHER DETAILS. In connection with the mysterious disappearance of the four Chinese women from on board the 8.1. steamer Bulimba on the night of the 15 h instant, during the voyage of that vessel from Moulmeio to Penang, we learn that the quartette, who, as we stated221 words
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Article170 1915-06-21 6 Ali, a lascar on a kcal boat, was convicted and sentenced by Mr. V. G. Ezechiel to one month’s rigorous imprisonment for the fheft of a coat and other articles belonging to Mowlasah, an Indian Mohammedan on the 13th instant. Complainant stated that on the night of170 words
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Article62 1915-06-21 6 In consequence of instructions received by wire from the Perak author it ies Sanmugam, the Tamil Postmas er o Sungkai, was arrested here by the tives yesterday, on a charge of criminal breach of trust iu respect of He was brought before Mr. V. G Ezec ne in62 words
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Article57 1915-06-21 6 Gun Siang Huat, a shopkeeper, at Pr*'» was fined $lOO on Thursday at tbe Bu.terwort h Police Court for selling a pint o German beer for consumption on the P re miaes without a license The consumer, or purchaser got off About 65 bott.e» of57 words
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Article20 1915-06-21 6 To-day’a quotation for nnrefine in Penang was $B4 10 per picul, u\e no sellers—-au increase of cents.20 words
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Advertisement370 1915-06-21 6 j ABDULLAI SMOKING MIXTURE. j '•'abduli'a' SS NEyv bo NP ~E 1 THE BEST ABDULfeft PRICE g MIXTURE •■'ilXTUK®' j ONLY 85 cents MEDIUM j EE g OBTAINABLE P er lb tin> 1 H P X 1 rX*’ PRITCHARD Co. j aiiiiiiiiaiaiiiaiaaiianaiaaiia 5 NEW SHIPMENT j ACETIC ACID M M370 words
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Advertisement15 1915-06-21 6 E. 0. HOTEL. SPECIAL DINNER, FRIDAY, 25th. JUNE. DANCING AFTER DINNER. E. A O. ORCHESTRA.15 words
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Miscellaneous23 1915-06-21 6 THE TIDES. The following are the tides for today, Penang Standard Times High Water. Low Water. 6*lB a.m. 0 4 a.m, 5-41 p.m23 words
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Article307 1915-06-21 7 FIGHTING GENERAL IN THE WEST. THE ADVANCE ON LEMBERG. SPLENDID ITALIAN SUCCESSES. SERBIA AND THE ADRIATIC. While a message from Sir John French, daed Saturday, ricords that the British have occupied a short length of German trenches east of Yprts, a Paris message, despatched from Loudon this morning,307 words
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France and Belgium.
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Article385 1915-06-21 7 [Reuter’s Services]. FURTHER CAPTURES. [Copyright Telegram.] (By Submarine Telegraph,) Paris, June 19. AFi ench communique says North of Arras there has been a violent artillery duel. We continued to advance in Alsace. The enemy’s communications between Me'zeral and Murster are now commahded by our fire. We[Reuter’s Services]. - 385 words
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Article103 1915-06-21 7 MANY MEN FROM THE EAST FRONT. London, June 19. It is stated from Rotterdam that during the nine days that the B Lo-Dutch frontier was closed 400,000 German first- line troops from the Eastern front passed through Belgium, with the object of meeting the French pressure. A huge103 words
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Article364 1915-06-21 7 AN UNEXPLAINED ACCIDENT. London, June 19. Flight Sub-Lieu*-. Warneford, V.C was killed on Thursday afternoon at Buc’ Aerodrome. Along with a passenger, an American journalist, Henry Needham, he fell 800 feet. The cause of the accident has not been explained. Both bodies were shattered beyond reergnition. The364 words
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Article43 1915-06-21 7 KAISER INDIGNANT. Amsterdam, June 18. The Kaiser from the war theatre has telegraphed to the Burgomaster of Karlsruhe Deeply indignant at the wicked attack on beloved Karlsruhe. That poor innocent civilians are among the victims has greatly afflicted me.”43 words
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27 1915-06-21 7 London, Jane 19. The death of the Hon. Claude H. M Meysey-Thomp’oo, killed in action, means the extinction of the Barony of Knaresborough.27 words
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Article23 1915-06-21 7 London, June 18. Captain R H. Spooner, the Lancashire County cricketer, has been again wounded, but not dangerously.23 words
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Article15 1915-06-21 7 London, June 18. The officid German casualty lists of Prussia alone total 1,409,489,15 words
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Article106 1915-06-21 7 BY GERMAN SOCIALISTS. Amsterdam, June 20. At four Socialist meetings in Berlin on Tuesday resolutions were passed demind ing the speedy termination of the war and declaring that the best guarantee of a speedy peace was the renunciati n of all ideas of annexation, Prussian Diet106 words
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Article76 1915-06-21 7 STARVING THE INHABITANTS. London, June 18. Accounts a e dally bĕtiog received of German severities iu Belgian towns, where factory hands have refused to make munitions, barbed wire, etc The general German p’an appears to be to completely isolate the offending towns, even from the American76 words
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Article117 1915-06-21 7 SPEECH BY THE MAHARAJA. London, Jane 18. The King has accepted the offer of Ranjitsinhji (H. H. the Maharaja Jam Saheb of Nawanagar) of his beautifully situated residence at Staines as a hospita’ for wounded officers. The expenses of upkeep will be shared by the donor and117 words
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Article173 1915-06-21 7 GOVERNMENT AND THE COUNTRY. London, June 19. Mr Bonar Law, Secretary for the Colonies, speaking at Shrewsbury School, on Speech Day, said: We are in the greatest convulsion in history, from which there is only one outlet—victory or ruin. The valour and heroism of our173 words
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Article52 1915-06-21 7 London, June 19. In the House of Commons, Mr. Lloyd George announced that he was conferring with Lord Kitchener in regard to the appointment of a body of scientists to assist in obtaining the fullest employment of all the resources of chetn'cil and mecha nical science52 words
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Article83 1915-06-21 7 London, June 18. Th*9 trial took placs at Edinburgh of Robert Hetherington and H. A. Wikon, two Glasgow merchants, and each were sentenced to six mouths’ imprisonment and a fine of £2,000 for trading with the enemy. Mr. R. Munro, k c the Lord Advocate, said83 words
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Russian Campaign.
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Article503 1915-06-21 7 ALTERNATING STRUGGLE. London, June 18. A remarkable official review of the tremendous military operations in Galicia during the last month has been issued from Petrograd. The statement preserves throughout a firm and buoyant tone, emphasizing the imme'nse efforts of the Germans and Aus trians, with their masses503 words
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Article42 1915-06-21 7 Petrograd, June 21. Prince Henry of Prussia and General von Hindenburg visited Libau. Tbe Piince, in a speech to German officers, declared that Libau would be held till the last extremity, because it was the key to the Baltic,42 words
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Italy’s Campaign.
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Article513 1915-06-21 7 BRILLIANT MOUNTAIN WORK. London, June 18.' The Italians have performed a brilliant feat in occupying the whole of Monte Nero, and placing artillery on the heights, which are almost 5,000 feet. Tbe Italians are also now solidly in possession of the ground north-west of Monte Nero. It is513 words
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Article, Illustration124 1915-06-21 7 Monte Nero -which the Italians, now occupy, and Tolmino, a fortress, with which they are now in touch, are near the mouth of the river Idiia; Fighting is also reported at Duino, south-east of Moufalcone. The communique records that the* Italians took hundreds of prisoners, and large124 words
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Naval Operations
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Article61 1915-06-21 7 REMARKABLE OCCURRENCE. Venic°, June 18. It appears that the Italian submarine Medusa, which was believed to ba the fastest submarine iu the world, and an enemy submarire were submerged close together, unaware of each other’s existence. The Medusa was the first to come to the surfac and61 words
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Article68 1915-06-21 7 London, June 12. The Admiralty state that the German submarine U 29, tbe sinking of which was announced on March 25th, was sunk by a Biitish war vessel. The U 29, which was sunk with all hand», was one of the latest German submarines, and was commanded68 words
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Article26 1915-06-21 7 London, June 19. The steamer Dulcie was sunk by a submarine, without warn’ng, off the Suffolk coast. One of the crew was drowned.26 words
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Article76 1915-06-21 7 GERMANY IMPRESSED. Amsterdam, Jme 19. It is clear that tbe American note has. made a deep impression in Germany. The Germ’n newspapers suggest great concession", bub denounce the Lokalanzeiger,” which hid declared that England does not really wish to starve millions of Germans, but only to compel76 words
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Article85 1915-06-21 7 AMERICA’S REPLY. Washington, June 19. The American reply to Germany on th® subject of the sinking of the William P. Frye by the Prinz Eifel Friedrich refuses to accept Germany’s contention that an American ship with contraband may be destroyed, provided Germany pays compensation. Tbe American85 words
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Article42 1915-06-21 7 London, June 19. There is growing indignation, both inNorway and Sweden, at the sinking and seizure of their vessels by Germans. The newspapers are beginning to ask whether neutrality implies the acceptance of any treatment belligerents are pleased to inflict42 words
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General News
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Article79 1915-06-21 7 A SUSTAINED BATTLE. Paris, June 20. A despatch from the Governor of French Equatorial Africa aays As the result of desperate forest fightiuar, which began on May 26th, including an uninterrupted day and night battle lasting three days, the French Sangha column forced tbe enemy to79 words
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Article22 1915-06-21 7 Hague, June 18. t The Dutch Chamber has adopted theBill appointing an Extraordinary Mission to the Holy 8-e.22 words
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Article518 1915-06-21 8 HUGE BLAZE AT SINGAPORE. Singapore is a city of small fires, a fact upon which the community may congratulate itself, for it is easy to imagine that in the maze of streets and lanes outbreaks of a more or less serious nature might be everyday occurrences. On the518 words
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Article409 1915-06-21 8 Tarco and tar Macadam. The Director of the Public Works Deparment, F.M.S., is quoted in the Chief Secretarj’s annual report as follows regarding the bituminous treatment of road sur> faces: Extensive trials have been made in Perak, Selangor, and Negri Stmbilan, with the use of bituminous substances for409 words
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Article253 1915-06-21 8 WHY SO LITTLE USED? A correspondent writes to the M.M. This rather famous road—it was on this road 17 miles out from Kuantan that the late Dr. Barrett was murdered—which cost such a lot of money, and took such a long time to make, is perhaps in253 words
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Article268 1915-06-21 8 Simla, May 30.—The Cabinet changes have of course been fully discussed in all circles, and at dinner tables, and at all gatherings have formed the one topic of conversation. The real reasons which have led to the Coalition Ministry we apparently have yet to learn, but if268 words
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Article147 1915-06-21 8 News of several of Singapore’s contingent has been received in letters to Mr. T. L. Gosling from his family at home. His own son Basil, who joined the A-S.C. as a private when war broke out, has just received a commission in the 14th Middlesex Regiment sta'ioned147 words
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Article186 1915-06-21 8 Captain W. D. McCraith, of the Zweena, which camp to grief on a reef at the eastern entrance to the Straits of Modoera, E Jones the first mate, and C. B. Angus, who were saved from the wreck, arrived in Singapore on Thursday by the Wilhelm, from Soerabaya.186 words
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Advertisement476 1915-06-21 8 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 nature476 words
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Advertisement592 1915-06-21 8 VgEXSr' SOI/ Com Flour. f J Next time you want a specially nice cake for tea the CO °k ma^e i* half Drown Polson’s <Ol7 “Patent” Corn Flour and half ordinary flour, in- 5 stead of all ordinary flour. 1 The Corn Flour gives a fineness of texture and 1592 words
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Article2039 1915-06-21 9 FOUR ADMINISTRATION REPORTS. A YEAR'S EVENTS. We have received the annual reports' for 1914 of Perak, Selangor, Negri Sembilan and Pahang. It is only a few days ago that the report on the F.M.S., signed by Sir Edward Brockman, made its appearance. Under General the Residents have2,039 words
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Article166 1915-06-21 9 Some Remarkable Figures. Bombay, June 10. —Dwelling on the increasing commercial relations between India and Japan The Bombay Chronicle writes that Japan has been predominating in her exports to India, chiefly in matches, glass and glassware, hosiery, silk, piece goods and many other articles. As regards166 words
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Article123 1915-06-21 9 Penang, Junb 21, 1915. (By Courtesy of the 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* sight123 words
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Article240 1915-06-21 9 Penang, JVne 21, 1915. S: P. Tapioca $6.35 sellers. M. P. Tapioca $6.45 sellers. Gold leaf $64.40 Pepper (W. Coast 3 lb. 5 oz). $l6 1/2 buyers. Black Pepper $lB.OO buyers. White Pepper s33} sales Trang Pepper $23 sellers. Mace $llO nom. Mace Pickings s64} sales. Cloves $45 sellers.240 words
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Article84 1915-06-21 9 SHIPPING ARRIVALS. Cornelia, Brit., 194, Ferguson, June 20, T. Anson, gen., E. S Co. Dunera, Brit., 3403, Munro, June 20, H’kong, gen., A.A.A. Co. Bebe, Brit., 346, Scott, June 20, T. Anson, gen., Adamson Gilfillan Co. Trang, Brit., 73, William Pithie, June 20, Trang, gen, E. S. Co. Klang,84 words
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Article41 1915-06-21 9 To-day. Alma for Deli. j Cornelia for Pert Swettenham, Port Dickson and Malacca. l T. Semawe, Segli, Sabang < China and Japan. Sitiawan Bagan Datoh iwQpUremWAfison. Langkawi, Perlis Setul. 1 FlyingTJragon for Portweld and Taiping. Dunera for Rangoon, Calcutta and Durban.41 words
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Article52 1915-06-21 9 CLOSE AT GENERAL POST OFFICE. To-Morrow. For Per Close Langsa Edi, T. Semawe, Segli and Olehleh Singkara 10 a.m. Deli and Batu Bahra Indragiri 10 a.m. Tongkah Malacca 1 p.m. Feluk Anson Hebe 4 p.m. Port Swettenham and Singapore Klang 4-30 p.m. Wbndesday. Negapatam, Madras and Durban Ekma 1152 words
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Advertisement590 1915-06-21 9 BANKS. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA AUSTRALIA. AND CHINA, Incorporated by Royal Charter. Paid-up Capital £1,200,0(1 Reserve Fund £1,800,00 Reserve Liability of Proprietors... £1,200,00 Head Office 38, BIBHOPSGATE, LONDON, 8.0 Agekcieb amb Branches. Amritsar Hongkpng Penang Bangkok Iloilo Puket Batavia Ipoh Rangoon Bombay Karachi Saigon Calcutta Klang Serembac Canton Kobe Shanghai590 words
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Advertisement397 1915-06-21 9 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. FOR SALE. ENGLISH-BUILT VICTORIA (by Holland and Holland) in good condition with useful BAY WALEB GELDING also complete set driving harness and stable equipment. Apply to J. B. CRICHTON, Mercantile Bank, Penang. TO LET. No. 7a LOGAN ROAD. A comfortable furnished house, electrically lighted, suitable for 3 or397 words
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Article777 1915-06-21 10 Summer Meeting, 1915. (UNDER S. R. A. RULES OF RACING.') NOTICE.— Ko amendments to this Programme will be considered unless due notice is given in writing to the Secretary at least seven days before the 23rd June, 1915, th» date of the Special General Meeting. The notice777 words
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Article575 1915-06-21 10 THE STANDARD MARKET. The market, says the Ironmonger of May» 20, has, during the past few days, been affected by the political events at home, and prices have fallen away owing to lack of confidence. It had been hoped that with the resumption of shipments on a fairly large575 words
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Article195 1915-06-21 10 The man accused of setting fire some weeks ago to the French liner La Touraine in mid-Atlantic is not unknown to many old residents of Shanghai, s*ys an exchange. He at firsb gave his name as Swoboda and said he was an American. When pressed by195 words
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97 1915-06-21 10 A dramatic story of a Canadian hero at the front was told by Mr. Bonar Law at the patriotic mee ing at the Guildhall. In the last few days, he said, a Canadian soldier was fighting a machine-gun. It was destroyed by a97 words
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Article654 1915-06-21 10 CRITICISM OF MR. R. MoCRYSTAL’S ARTICLE. It is with extreme diffidence that I am forced to criticise the article that appeared in your last issue from the pen of an authority like Mr. R. McCrystal of Batu Gajah and my only excuse for doing so is for the654 words
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Advertisement43 1915-06-21 10 THATS WHAT I LIKE! ’.h- ‘> jllotficr fc.cs she <re.ts it because that q jQ| makes fier so bonny I 'I I j L 7 and Coof says s/ic jdd ■woiddnb de dritkout j it for jfdavouruiy tke I p tidednys and sauce I43 words
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Advertisement77 1915-06-21 10 Never accept a •übatltut» lot M> advertised article even though you are told *tie just as good.* The substitute by its .«lota to equal worth, demonstrate» the -superiority of advertiaed goods. An offer of Bomething*juataa good* is a tribute not only to the high qua* Uty of advertised good», but77 words
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Advertisement432 1915-06-21 10 RUNNYMEDE HOTEL, (SEA SIDE) PENANG. NEW IMPROVEMENTS have been made at our Promenade on the Sea Front. THERE WILL BE A MOONLIGHT DINNER EVERY MONTH, WEATHER’PERMITTING. STRING BAND ON THE LAWN and EXTRA DINNER $2. DATE WILL BE ANNOUNCED LATER. Lime Juice I Brings to your Ups the juice of432 words
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Miscellaneous174 1915-06-21 10 THE TIDES. Penas g—June, 1915. Penang Standard Times—Heights referred to Datum of Soundings in Admiralty Charts High Water. Low Water. Standard n Standard Date. m. Ht. Date m Ht. Time. Time. h m ft. h m ft. M 21 m 6 18 5 4 21 m 0 4 a 3.4174 words
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Article386 1915-06-21 11 TERRITORIAL CORPS’ EXPLOIT. How the 13th London Regiment, Princess Louise’s Territorial battalion, took three lines of German trenches but were driven out again by asphyxiating gas, was related by the Rev-Everard Digby at a review of 1,000 Boy Scouts at Stratford. Mr. Digby, who is386 words
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Article300 1915-06-21 11 Injured Soldibr Causes Hospital Sensation. Tall, slim, and with the cheeriest of smiles, Rifleman Pointer, of the 12tb County of London Rifles, has created something of a sensation in the fourth Northern General Hospital at Lincoln. The terrific concussion of a shell over his head five weeks ago,300 words
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Article202 1915-06-21 11 What German Execution Might Lead To. Reprisals for the death of Private Lonsdale, the British prisoner of war in Germany, in case the sentence of execution is carried out, are hinted at fc the Montreal Star,” which prints the following from it* Ottawa correspondent Major-General th202 words
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524 1915-06-21 11 If men who work in the munition factories require an example of courage and earnestness, it is to be found (says the Daily Dispatch in the woman who, disguised as a man, has actually worked for three days in hauling planks and timber ab524 words
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Article247 1915-06-21 11 Simla, June 10.—The Government of India in pursuance of their previous policy have decided to make a further reduction in the maximum prices which they are prepared to pay for wheat. The additional reason for this course exists in the fact that the world prices are rapidly247 words
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Advertisement572 1915-06-21 11 N. Y. K. Japan Mail Steamship Co. Ld. EUROPEAN LINE. A Fortnightly service is maintained be* tween Yokohama via ports to Marseilles London and Antwerp, under mail contract with the Imperial Japanese Government. The New Twin-screw Steamers maintaining this service have been specially designed and constructed, and are fitted with572 words
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Advertisement112 1915-06-21 11 Do Not Despair even if you have suffered through dreary, dismal days and hideous fights with the affliction of a swollen knee. Do not despair even though physicians and remedies have given you no relief. Little's Oriental Balm is what you used It will cause the swelling to disappe v,112 words
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Advertisement1859 1915-06-21 12 P. &O. u. intended sailings. straits Steam Ship Co., Ltd. Ocean Steam Navigation Co. INDIA ,or I 1-t.naedt.s.it st» m .r. steam ship t ht Wireless Telegraphy fitted on *ll JIQggK Port Bw.tt.nham .nd Slngapor.. E ry fc T o “l^’w»rf° Pm *>“* nHIhl MIITIIII CTC.m VM, 41IOb st :’T\1,859 words
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