Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 22 October 1915

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 243 VOL. LXXIII. FRIDAY. 22hd OCTOBER. 1915. PRICE 10 CENTS
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 1054 1 I J U YOU WANT TO SHIP, BUY OR SELL RUBB ER' o« TO FOAWAItD QOOD9 ANY FANT or WORLD I ALLEK a Co, j NV IT r- 1 SUN LIFE X 4 Y > XV. rj, I OF OFFICIAL Japan Mail Steamship Co. Id. CANADA. 3k jtfrg'X- J)— INCORPORATED
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    • 57 1 OMaaaiaaaoauacoDlQDQCiOh g FOR SBO g g can have the Pinang a X Gaaette posted every day a for a whole year to your addreoa. (LOCAL SUBSCRIPTION. $271 q Proportionate Quarterly and g HaW-yeariy rates. g g Babacriptions are payable in g tdvanae and remittances should q baaddreaaed to g rataM
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  • 1414 2 BRITISH FLAG DAY GIFTS. London, October 21. Oar Day”, a festival synchronising with Trafalgar Day, promises to be one of the most successful of the many Flag Days. The Trafalgar Day celebra'ions will be the most enthusiastic for years. The King initiates the offerings by giving £5,000 to
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  • 76 2 DR. FREER IN CHARGE. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Kuala Lumpur, October 22. In connection with the F.M.S. Auxiliary Hospital, sir Wm. Taylor has written to Sir R. L Brockman announcing Dr. Freer’s appointment to take charge of the Hospital. He pays a tribute to the co-operation of
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  • 127 2 COMMANDANT APPOINTED. (Prom Our Own Correspondent). Kuala Lumpur, October 22. For Kuala Lumpur Civil Guard, Mr. E. M. Baker, has been elected Commandant, and Mr. Argyll Robertson Second in Command. Further encouragement is to be given to Sikhs to bring out; their families to the Straits
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  • 715 2 YESTERDAYS RESULTS. [From Our Own Corretpondenl] Singapore, October 21. The following are the results of the racing on the second day of tha Singapore Meeting The Fir«t Pont Griffin Handicap. Value $350 each and $5O to the Second pony. A Handicap for Subscription Griffins entered for the First
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  • POLICE COURTS.
    • 278 2 In the Third Court, to-d<y, before Mr. V. G Ezechiel, Mr. V. G. Savi, Asit. Superintendent of Police, prosecuted Md. Ibrahim for being drunk and carrying a Q offensive weapon. Mr. Savi stated that about 4 p.m. yesterday be was motoring along Penang Roal coming towards L
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    • 455 2 The adjourned case of the theft of $lOO was disposed of by Mr. Ezechiel to-day. The complainant was a Bengalee syce of Gopeng, Perak, who came over to Penang on the 10th instant with $l2O to tuy a hors?. On his arrival in Penang he met his brother
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    • 27 2 For forgetting to throw away his cigarette when entering the Sec ind Court, yesterday, a Chinaman was fined $2 this morning by Mr. Ezechiel.
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  • 50 2 A tiger, measuring seven feet in length, has been successfully trapped at Kuala Rewan, near Kuantan, Pahang. It h ft recently been causing much trouble in the neighbourhood, having carried off most of the dogs of the district, for which ia obviously had a great partiality.
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  • 44 2 The contract packet Ekma with mails from Europe left Negapatam a' 5 a.m. on Tuesday and may be expected to arrive here at 6 a.m. to morrow. The homeward mail closes at 11 03 Sunday. Registration up to 6 p.m- on Saturday.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 930 2 TAPPING ASSISTANT. Tapping assistant, f-.°r ye«r« s"■) RRCCINFFR experience Deli (Sumatra) Belgian, best certificates, d jsires engagement. Letters 85, c/o Pinang GazetU. KJOTICE is hereby given that the Trade 999—-22 10 1’ Marks depictei above are the pro- P erk J °t The Palmer Tyre Limited, of 121, Shaftesbury Avecu»,
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  • 657 3 CURATE'S WIFE SENT TO PRISON. Mrs. Louise Herbert, wife of the Rev. Edward Herbert, a Darlington curate, wag neatencjd by the Darlington Magistrates to six months’ imprisonment in the first jivisioo for a breach of the Defence of the Realm Act. The exact oflmce was that she attempted
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  • 132 3 From letters which are sent to me by men who are prisone b in the Turkish dominions I assume that the Turk is still entitled to retain his old reputation of being a gentleman says a London correspondent. These letters invariably show that the writers
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  • 65 3 Lunch contains a pretty picture of a n -y reading to her little daughter the 1 unt of the previous night’s Zeppelin -hi i, the fQHo W ing conversation takes pla?e fj li, mother, Ido think it unfair about Z Q ppelin Everybody saw it but me. Hy didn’t
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  • 717 3 ROMANCE OF YOUNG MAN WHO VANISHED. Leede, September 19.One of the strangest romances of the great war has just come to light in Leeds. Ten years ago a Leeds youth, George Ernest Oldroyd, disappeared from his home, and when bis parents next bad news of
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  • 201 3 Officers’ Orgy and a Murdbr. Amsterdam, September 17,—The Echo Beige” states that a sensation has been caused in Ghent by the murder of Chevalier Henry Dudekem Dacoz. The corpse Jwas found with two bullets in it, in a forest near Ghent* It is known that a number of
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  • 660 3 CHAIRMAN’S SPECIAL REPORT. Mr H. E Pratten reports that he visited Taiping, F.M.S. in company with Mr. J. Malcolm Newman, B.E. This visit was deemed desirable by your Directors owing to the necessity that existed to deal promptly with the questions of the possible enlargement of the
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  • 138 3 Pitt is generally credited with the introduction of tbe income tax, another increase in which is in prospect, but as long ago as 1512 Henry VIII. imposed a special tax on incomes to prepare for a war with France. This, however, Was a special levy, and it
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  • 74 3 For the period from the 22nd to 28th October, 1915, inclusive, the value of the highest grade cf rubber is fixed at two shillings aud six p?nce half penny per lb., and the du’y on cultivated rubber on which export duty is leviable on an ad valorem
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  • 428 3 Messrs. James F. Hutton <fc Co, Ltd, writing on Sept. 23, report: Liverpool Cotton. To-day. Last Week. VI id-AmericanSpot 6,59 6.44 Mid-American, Current Month 6.43 6.28 F.G.F. EgyptianSpot 9.05 8.75 F.G.F. Egyptian, Current Month 8.88 8.68 New York Cotton. Yesterday. Last week: Spot—Cents. 11.40 10.75 Current Month
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  • 302 3 The Jan PieterszjOQ Coen, wi.ich parsed through Singapore at the end of last week, is the latest addition to the Nederland Royal Mail line, which now has eight mail and 28 cargo steamers, and main* tains a regular passenger and cargo service between Java and Holland,
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 127 3 The Best Advice To give to a person suffering from Headache or Neuralgia is to use a remedy that will give instant relief.Like a touch ef the wizard’s wand Little's Oriental Balm acts on these painful disorders. The effects are simp’y marvellous. One application and the pain subsides as if
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    • 178 3 f GREAT AUK’S I I I C I Trade Mark Pure Burton Piesener I malt: and hops. I The invigorating and tonic properties of best English I Malt and Hops as brought out by scientific brewing I can-not be too strongly emphasised. Under the Great I Auk’s Head label we
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  • 1198 4 It is almost unnecessary to postulate that our interest in China is something more than academic. It must have struck the newcomer to the Straits that, after leaving Colombo or Rangoon, the traveller eastward finds a different perspective immediately opening up. Indian and Near Eastern affairs
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  • 1209 4 The Premier has scathingly referred to the noisy campaign for conscription as a mischievous attempt to belittle and disparage British efforts. This may be the case. The country is divided on the point. What we do think is that Mr. Asquith is speaking for thoughtful men and
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  • 180 4 Under the auspices of the Y.M.C.A lecture on China, illustrated by over sixty coloured lantern slides, was delivered in the Straits Cinema last evening by Mr. R. D. Pring’e, Y.M.C.A., Secretary for Malaya. There was a very large audience which included Mr. Tye Phey Yuen, the
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  • 96 4 [Specially Translated.] A Petrograd communique states that the Germans are heavily attacking on the Dvinsk front. Four attacks were repulse 1 daring the night. The Russians outmanoeuvred the German attempt to tbe north of Sventenmeer, aud caught the enemy in the rear. Many Germans were taken prisoners.
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  • 30 4 To-day’s quotation for unrefined tic in Penang was $73.75 per picul, business done. Tin is quoted in London to-day al' £l5l 15s. Spot, and £153 three months
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  • 259 4 By Ipoh (October 22) from Singapore Mr and Mrs Earle and Mr Mason from Port Swettenham, Mrs Thorne, Messrs E A Manasseh, E E Manasseh, P Pedley and C Chij. The Government notify that person» travelling tojHongkong must in futura obtain passports before embarking. The Chartered Bank of India,
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 243 4 NICHOLSON’S J| DRY GIN Has the largest sale of any Gin in London. 7 SOLE IMPORTERS j -gjJ HIBBERT, WOODROFFE 1 Co., Ltd. lOndoh (Incorporated in England). I *J HiaBEM.WOCOROFFEiCO.j'I PENANG AGENTS: SELLAR, MURRAY Co. I XMAS 1915. I GREETINGS fbom MALAYA I Private Xmas and New Year g g
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    • 13 4 E. O.” MOTOR GARAGE. CARS ON HIRE $4 AN HOUR. TELEPHONE No. 322.
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 33 4 THE TOES. The following are the tides for tomorrow, Penang Standard Times:— High Water. Low Water. 11-39 a.m. 6- 9 a.m. 11-E8 p.m. 6. 9 p.m. 0-10 a.m. 6-40 a.m. 6-38 p m.
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  • 16 4 DEATH. MclmtvreAt 15-7 Queen St., Singapore, on Oct. 18, Anthony Johnstone Mclntyre, late of Boustead Co.
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  • 298 5 THE BALKAN CAMPAIGN. BRITAIN AND CYPRUS. SIR E. CARSON'S STATEMENT. THE ITALIAN OFFENSIVE. Sir John French reports that the Germans, on Wednesday afternoon, attacked in the region of Hullnch, south of La B&ssee, bat were completely held ap by the British artillery, machine gun and rifle fire. Several
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  • France and Belgium.
    • 161 5 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] SERIOUS ENEMY LOSSES. [Copyright Telegrams.] (By Submarine Telegraph). London, October 21. Field Marshal Sir John French reports that the enemy’s attempt, yesterday afternoon, was against our front between the quarries and Hulluch. After a heavy bombardment of our trenches, the hostile infantry attempted to
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    • 357 5 A wonderful spirit of optimism prevails in our fighting ranks in Flanders. This is the effect of a statement made to a Daily Dispatch representative by a Manchester man who has been with the Field Artillery since the outbreak of the war, and who is
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    • 138 5 MANY LIVES LOST. Paris, October 21. A violent explosion occurred at a factory at Rue Tolbiac, in the extreme south-east of Paris, causing much loss of life. President Poincare and M. Malvy, Minister of the Interior, have gone to the spot. Dwelling Collapses. Pari’, October 21.
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    • 100 5 STATEMENT IN LORDS. London, October 21. Answering questions, in the House of Lords, regarding Miss Edith Cavell’s death, Lord Lansdowne said he doubted whether anything had shocked the Biitish people more than the manner in which she was. I suppose I must say, executed in cold blood
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    • 32 5 London, October 21. In the House of Commons, Mr. Lloyd George announced that Mr. Asquith was making excellent progress, and he expected to return to the House on Tuesday.
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    • 26 5 London, October 21. Colonel F. F. M inchin has been gazetted Military Adviser to the Ministry of Munitions, with the temporary rank of BrigadierGeneral.
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  • Russian Campaign.
    • 67 5 ENEMY RETREAT ON STYR Petrograd, October 21. A Russian communique says Fighting continues in the vicinity of Mitau and Dvinsk. The Russians on the left bank of the Styr made further hauls of prisoners and machine gun», in pursuit of the enemy, who are retreating in
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  • Turkey and the Near East
    • 243 5 ADVANCE TOWARDS USKUB. Amsterdam, October 21. The Germans claim that the Bulgarians made a rapid advance south-west of Egri Palanka, and captured 2,000 prisoners and 12 guns, and also advanced towards Kumanovo. German Check in North. The communique shows that the Germans suffered a check south-east of Semendria.
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    • 76 5 OFFERED TO GREECE. London, October 21. The Daily Telegraph says it is stated on good authority the Great Britain has formally offered to give Cyprus to Greece, immediately the latter joins the Entente. Allies Notified. The report regarding Cyprus emanates from Athens, according to the Daily Chronicle,” which understands
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    • 226 5 EX-MINISTER’S EXPLANATION. London, October 21. In the House of Commons, Sir Edward Carson, explaining the reasons for his resignation of the post of Attorney-General, aid be found himself at complete variance with the Cabinet on questions of Near Eastern policy. He felt, therefore, that his presence
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    • 40 5 London, October 21. Lord St. Davids will Uggest in the House of Lords, on October 27th, that the Government advise the King to call a full meeting of the Privy Council, to discuss the whole war situation.
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    • 92 5 REMARKABLE MINING AFFAIR. London, October 21. The Commander at the Dardanelles reports that nothing noteworthy occurred during the past week, except mining activity. The Turks exploded a mine at Hill SO but it was beneath their own line*, and did much damage to their own trenches, and none
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  • Italy's Campaign.
    • 137 5 ENEMY POSITIONS STORMED. Rome, October 21. The Italians continue a vigorous offensive ift the Tyrol-Tieutino region. The Italian communique records the storming of Palona Hill, north west of Condino, a strong position dominating two valleys, where the Austrian trenches are hewn in the rock. The Italians have
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  • 97 5 QUESTION IN COMMONS. London, October 22. In the Hou»e of Commons, in reply to Mr. J. C. Wedgwood, who asked whether the Secretary of State for India wcuM see that Captains of 15 years’ standing in the Indian Army would be promoted Majors similarly to Captains of
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  • 18 5 GENERAL SMUTS ELECTED. Cape Town, October 21. General Smuts has been elected for Pretoria West.
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  • INDIA AND THE WAR.
    • 426 5 London, October 21. In the House of Commons, Mr. Austen Chamberlain, Secretary for India, amid enthusiastic applause, read long lists of additional officers and men who are giving their services from India, and vast numbers of gifts from Princes and people of India. Indeed, the Princes
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    • 911 5 LORD MacDONNELL’S SUGGESTIONS. London, October 22. In the Houee of Lords, on the Committee stage of the Indian Civil Service (Temporary Provisions) Bill, Lord Mac Donnell after deploring any avoidable departure from the competitive system, said he was of opinion that the Civil Service Commission was not
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  • 135 5 JUDGMENT FOR THE BANK. [From Our Own Correspondent Singapore, Oct. 22. Judgment is given by Mr, Justice Bucknill in the oase Chartered Bank versus Seow Chit Lin, Compradore, and Khoo Yong Tin, and Chee Bwee Cheng, his sureties, in which the Bank claimed that the Compradore bad
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  • 35 5 {From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, October 22. At Read Lodge installation ceremony yesterday evening, Mr. E. N. T. Cummins was installed as Worshipful Master, Mr. Redfearn Shaw acting as Installing Master
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  • 960 6 NEW AUTUMN MODES. Fashion decrees so many changes this autumn that the woman who wishes to look well dressed most needs be careful and troubled concering the little details that count so much in the achievement of the perfect whole. For in these days, when simplicity symbolises good
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  • 364 6 THE MARRIAGE OF MR. SEAH ENG KWANG. The doors of Mr. and Mrs. Seah Peck Seah’s residence in High Street, Singapore, were thrown widely open yesterday, says Wednesday’s Straits Times," in honour of the marriage of Mr. Seah Eng Kwang, the fourth son of these hospitable hosts, who
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  • 222 6 Gerald Fitzgerald," a man who appears to have lived for several months by credulity, of women who answered his matrimonial advertisements, is wanted by the Manchester police, who have issued a warrant against him for larceny. The following notice has been issued by the Manchester City
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  • 190 6 A correspondent, writing from Medan on October 14, says:Yesterday the first P. and O. steamer, the Mata Haii, arrived at Belawan. On the quay to receive the boat were the followingj (1) Mr. Underwood, manager of the Anglo-Dutch Estate Agency, (2) Captain
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  • 110 6 George Meredith’s views on compulsory service are interesting to recall just now. The fear of death," he once said, is the real cause of the English objection to conscription. Men come to me and say their trade would suffer, or they could not spare two years
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  • 289 6 The news about the destruction of the arsenal of Ochta, close to Petrograd, sheds a flood of light upon many points in the Russian strategy of the last four months which have hitherto been very hard to understand, writes Colonel Maude. The Russian General Staff has
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  • 294 6  -  BY DR. J. POLLEN. Hail, Mother, hail! To Thee my brow I bend, Dear land of fruit, of corn, of spreading stream, Where softly blows the breeze, where trees extend Their boughs all-blo*som to the moon s bright beam, Where Nature smiles, where joyous echoes ring,
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  • 275 6 Mr. Lowes Dickinson writes on Appear ances Physically the Englishman abroad oscillates between bis home, his office, the c’.ub, and the race-course mentally, between his business and sport. On all general topics his opinions are second or third hand. They are the ghosts of old prejudices imported
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  • 272 6 The art of bluffing lies in knowing when not to. You can’t very well dodge the toll gates on the road to Success. Many a man who has had to swallow his pride couldn’t digest it. The pessimist is convinced that even the cup of j >y
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  • 102 6 Shown to havb been Hit by Hundred Shots Copenhagen, September 17,—The investigation regarding the British submarine E 13 proves that the bull was struck by over a hundred shots. A British crew is occupied in overhauling the vessel. A representative of the Danish paper Politiken" states that
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  • 222 6 To-day, when we hear so much about the fighting round Arras, it is of interest to recall the fact that the name of the town in the Pas-de-Calais used to be synonymous with its famous manufacture of wall-hang-ings or tapestry. It occurs frequently in our older literature.
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 54 6 A MEAN FEELING in the head, a bad taste in the mouth and a coated tongue in the morning point to a sluggish liver. the tiny laxatives, will gontly remove these symptoms without a single gripe. Of Chemists, 50 cents per phial, or post free from the Dr. Williams' Medicine
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    • 408 6 y i I I FOR Rubber. coconuts, collee, etc. Write for Particulars to-day to: J The Ceylon Manure Works. A. BAUR k PENANG. COLOMBO. The Largest Man are Works in the East. THE EVER POPULAR HOUSEHOLD REMEDY I Which Las now borne the Stamp of Public Approval for OVER FORTY
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  • 1346 7 Messrs J. T. Nixon and E. Echlen, of Carey Island, have obtained ommiasions Io the sth Royal Fusilie»». The Kua’a Lumpu F Sanitary Board has agree to adopt’rubber foot-mats for rikis- jas in place of the woollen mate in present use. Mr S G. A. Maartensz, of
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  • 108 7 You went, my boy, of course you went; It was your duty to But when you went your heart went too, Your cheery candid eyes of blue— And now the whole is spent You fought, my dear, of course you fought; It's what you loved to do
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  • 237 7 Messrs. Kennedy and Co., as Secretaries to the Malay PeniusuU Agricu'tural Association inform us that they have received the following subscriptions which have been forwarded to the Central Fond Donation. N Davie, Sungei Krian Estate $lOO.OO Monthly Subscription. N. Davie. Sungei Krian Estate 20.00
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  • 95 7 The Hon. Treasurer sends us the following list of farther contributions to the above Fund, forwarded to the Chartered Bank, Penang. Balance on Oct 19 ...$38,997,38 Kboo Kongse through Kboo Heng Poon for May to Oct 6 months subscription 600.00 F A Sugden,
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  • 102 7 Mr. H. C. Zacharias, Kuala Lumpur, has received the following from London Dear Sir,I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of August 24th, enclosing cheque value £lOO being a further donation collected in Kuala Lumpur for our Fund. This brings your total up to £450.
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  • 344 7 —R-uter. Miss Cavell's Death. AMERICAN AMBASSADOR’S APPEAL FOR MERCY. London, Oatobsr. 22. The Press Bureau publishes a communication from the American Ambassador, enclosing a report by the Legation at Brussels in regard to Miss Cavell. The report shows that the German authorities fiibd to carry out their
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  • 49 7 SHIPPING ARRIVALS. Ipoh, Brit., 558, Daly, Oct 22, S’pore, gen., Adamson G. Co. Cornelia, Brit., 197, Bergwitz, Oct 22, T. Anson, gen., E. S Co. Pin Seng, Brit., 378, Davidson, Oct 22, S’pore, gen., E. S. Co. Omapere. Brit., 340, Lyon, Oct 21, Tavoy, gen., E. S. Co.
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  • 84 7 CLOSE AT GENERAL POST OFFICE. To-Morrow. For Per Close. Yen Jit Seng 7 a.m. Langsa, T Semawe, p 1? hl h f Van Noort 2 p.m. Sabang, Padang etc I r Batavia J Port Swettenham and Singapore Ekma 3 pm. Port Swettenham and Singapore Ipoh 4 p.m. Deli Will
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  • 131 7 Pbnano, October 22, 1915. (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank). London Demand Bank ...2/4 5/32 4 months' sight Bank ...2/4 1/2 3 Credit ...2/4 13/16 3 Documentary ...2/4 27/32 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 175 3 days* sight Private 177 Bombay Demand Bank 175 Moulmein Demand Bank 174 j 3
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 589 7 The Bankruptcy Ordinance, 1888. In the Supreme Court of the Straits Settlements. SETTLEMENT OF PENANG. In Bankruptcy. No. 1 of 1912. R« CHEE SEONG MOH. Notice is hereby given that by an Order of Court dited the 19th day of October, 1915, it is ordered that the discharge of the
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 599 7 f -A Seeing is believing Already enthusiisti—cally acclaimed by the Pi ess and Public} SEE IT NOW AT THE Kuala Kangsa Road Theatre. (Under tbe management of the Straits Cinema) Extraordinary Programme of Highest Value. TO-NIGHT! TO-NIGST!t MAJESTIC MASTERPIECE In 5 Stupendous Farts, THE ABSENTEE, A Sensational Drama in 5
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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