Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 27 March 1917

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 72 VOL. LXXV. TUESDAY, 27th MARCH. 1917. PRICE 10 CENTS
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 447 1 0 WANTED D 5 g BUB BEK CONSIGNMENTS 0 for our bi-weekly auction sales, g and private sales. Cash Ad- n o vances made. B ORDERS for estate supplies. g GOOPS for forwarding to any P part of the world. FIRE INSURANCE business. E ALLEN DENNYS Co., 6 Beach St.
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    • 391 1 ■onanoo tt/ hkn you a he away g V V on leave you want to keep Q in touch with Malayan affairs, n Social, Commercial, Mining, Planting, Ac. This you can ds o c in no better way than by subecnb- n ing to the Weekly Edition of the b
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  • 2313 2 OPENING OF PARLIAMENT. [From Our Own Correspondent']. London, February 4. One or two unusual features in connection with the opening of Parliament last week are worth attention. For the first time admission was given to the Preus Gallery of the House of Lords, not only to representatives
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  • 167 2 THE ANNUAL MEETING. [From Our Own Correspondent Singapore, March 27. At the annual general meeting of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce, Mr. F. L. Tomlin, (Adamson, Gilfillan Co, Ltd.,) who presided, said with the exception of one setback in the autumn, exchange had ruled firm. Trade
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  • 103 2 From Our Own Correspondent. Singapore, March 27. At the annual meeting of Telok Anson Rubber Co. Ltd., Mr. Webster, the Chairman, said the expenses were higher, due to drastic improvements on the estate, which was now excellent. The estimate was 185,000 lbs at an all in cost
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  • 22 2 [From Our Own Correspondent], Singapore, March 27. The Legislative Council passed the Income-Tax Bill through all stages, amid applause.
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  • 39 2 who, having been invalided from the Dublin Fusiliers, was subsequently engaged on war work in London, is returning to the East, and may be expected to arrive in Penang with the next P and O mail.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 541 2 WAR TAX ORDINANCE 1917. FORMS (marked W I) for notifying the Collector that a person is chargeable with War Tax can be obtained on application to the Collector. Such forms are returnable on or before the 30th April, 1917. Forms (marked W II) for lists of Employees or pensioners who
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    • 591 2 W6ere Everybody Qoes. Penang’s Popular Play-Mouse EmpireTHEATRE Business Manager THOMAS SHAFTO. To-night! To-night 11 A.MONSTER PROGRAMME OF EXCEPTIONAL BRILLIANCE. SPECIAL ENGAGEMENT FOR 2 NIGHTS ONLY OF No. 1. MR. ARTHUR GRENVILLE Of London, who will give impressions of leading artists, such as Albert Chevalier and others. No. 2 THE FAMOUS
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  • 2871 3 EVERYTHING ABANDONED. EYE-WITNESS’S" ACCOUNT. Delhi, 15th March: The following telegram, dated 14th March, 1917, has been received from Eye-Witness,’’ Mesopotamia Azizie, 3rd March Our gunboats and cavalry have turned the Turkish retreat into a rout. The Tigris fleet have been waiting fifteen months for this chance. It
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  • 135 3 It is a town of some 40,000 inhabitants and strategic importance. The province produces much wheat and barley and is also noted for its live stock The
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  • 170 3 SATURDAY'S DECISIONS. At a meeting of the Man-Power AdvL sory Committee held in Penang on the 24th instant, the following applications were considered and dealt with as follows:— R N Byatt, Messrs Boustead Co. Certificate granted that be can be spared. H F Hutcheson, Juru
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  • 145 3 According to the well-known French political economist, M Neymarck, the public debts of all the nations together were estimated at the end of 1915 at 212 thousand millions of francs, compared with 36 thousand millions a century before. At the end of 1913 the European State debts amounted
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 127 3 FOR SALE. A GOOD SUPPLY OF Large Empty Iron Drums to hold about 60 gallons of liquid. For further information and prices apply L. Y. SWEE Co., Penang and Kuala Lumpur. MCOWMpnnMnnnMnnaMnnnMnnnMnnnMnnnMnnnMnnnM i J ivG g MĔJ? FOLD ®S|GRIP 1 I flly n 4fl “A T P n th 2
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    • 190 3 DANCER YEARS OF YOUTH. Boyg and girls after reaching the age of 14 are very prone to develop a debility that predisposes to consumption. Neglected debility has often ended in consumption, and for this reason it is highly desirable to cure a bloodless condition. Whenever the lips and gums of
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    • 53 3 We beg to announce to the public that we have started a MOTOR CAR SERVICE BETWEEN Butterworth Baling "With a fleet of New and Reliable Cars. Orders can be beaked at Our Branch Office, Butterworth, ’Phone 836, or at OUR TOWN OFFICE, ’Phone 208. TAI SENG Motor Repairing Co., 61,
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  • 1059 4 The announcement that the Committee which has been enquiring into the question of the liquor trade has reported to the Government in favour of State purchase and control in England, Wales and Ireland, (for some unexplained reason Scotland is excluded) may be accepted as
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  • 21 4 The mail despatched from Penang to London by the P. &O. packet, on the 16’h ultimo, was delivered yesterday.
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  • 16 4 To-day’s quotation for unrefined tin in Penang was $101.25 per picul buyers, no sellers.
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  • 18 4 who has been sufier- ing from fever left for Singapore on a health trip.
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  • 1506 4 Everything is going just as Hindenburg desired.” This sums up the inspired comments In the West. t^e Q orman press on the retreat of the enemy fore s over the large area in the wes which has passed into the possession of British and French troops, but
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  • 43 4 THE LATEST DIVIDENDS. Loudon, March 23. The following dividends of rubber con> panies are announced Kuala Kubu 6| per cent Rembia >■ Johore Para 5 >> Bagan Serai (Final) 20 i» Batu Caves ...105 »> Gula Kalumpong 10 >> Rangoon Para 7| Harpenden 60 >»
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  • 65 4 is in r rance wiun rne uuuuuu Warren Dando was born in Malaya ana educated at Malden College, 8u>rey Another of Mr Dando’s sons, Russell, w is an officer in the mercantile marine, wa taken
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  • 77 4 and Club, atter leaving tne t going towards the 8th. The P.W.D. 3 ar to re-metal the road at the 7tb Ln 17th inst, and day after day a long
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 209 4 ■■MMMMnnnnnnnnnnnnnnannnM»BW«« J Arriving Shortly. JAPANESE 5 I ACETIC ACID n 13 H 99% GLACIAL, H n n n S El n n Orders Now being Booked at the Lowest n H Market Price. 2 13 5 H n g The Eastern Trading Co., Telephone 35, Pitt Street, Telegrams: Jg W
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    • 40 4 E. O.” Latest Music by the “E. O.” Orchestra everyday during and after dinner and on Wednesdays and Saturdays during Tiffin. Pinang Gazette Press, LIMITED. TELEPHONES. J Printing Works Manager and Cashier’s Office! 498 Managing Editor 477 Editor’s Residence 221
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 41 4 THE TIDES. The following are the tides for to day and to-morrow, Penang Standard Times High Water. Low Water, Today 2.26 a.m. 8.32 a.m. 2.37 p.m. 9 11pm. To MORROW. 2 53 a.m. 8.56 a m. 3 02 p.m. 9.15 p.m.
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  • 152 5 ENEMY’S FIRMER STAND. THE ADVANCE ON MOSUL. AFFAIRS IN RUSSIA. liquor trade proposal. The British troops have occupied Vermand, five and a half miles north-west of St. Quentin, nearer which the French have advanced. The French forces have also made progress west of the Oise, in an effort
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  • France and Belgium.
    • 696 5 [Reuter’s Telegrams] LATEST FRENCH PROGRESS. Paris, March 26. A semi-official report says the Allies have apparently reached the so-cal'ed Hindenburg defensive line, of which St. Quentin is believed to be the centre, with Cambrai in the north and Laon in the south as the support points.
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    • 96 5 M. RIBOTS STATEMENT. London, March 26. M. Ribot, in a message to the Times,” emphasising the need for military co-ordination, says it may be necessary to create some general instrament for Allied co-ordination, or somehow to revise the present excellent arrangements between the Armies of Field Marshal Haig
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    • 73 5 London, March 26. The President of the Association for War Prisoners has written to the Foreign Minister urging the Government to compel the Germans to abandon the barbarous treatment of French war prisoners, of whom, he says, 30,000 are ill-fed and overcrowded. Many sleep on muddy
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    • 66 5 GREAT CAMPAIGN ARRANGED. London, March 24 Lord Devonpjrt, th? Food Controller, has arranged for campaign for a reduction of the food consumption, with a view to retaining voluntary rationing. The campaign will be directed by 1,200 local War Savings Committees, and 35,000 War Savings Associations. There will be
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    • 48 5 STATE PURCHASE URGED. London, March 26. It is stated that the Committee, which has been enquiring into the qu a s‘iin of the liquor trade, has reported to the Government in favour of State purchase and control in England, Wales and Ireland, bu excluding Scotland.
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    • 584 5 Since fresh inquiries have been made recently on behalf of the Government into the practicability of State purchase of the liquor traffic, the time is ripe for a consideration of the financial operations which State purchase would entail. Into this aspect of thequ-stiona powerful Advisory Committee, including
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    • 251 5 HOME SECRETARY AND DRINK.” London, Feb. 15.—In the House of Commons yesterday Sir George Cave, Home Secretary, in answer to questions regarding prohibition, said that, if it was necessary, in order to carry on the war, to ask the soldiers and sailors of the nation to give up drink, it
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  • Russia.
    • 320 5 ENEMY REPULSED AT TWO POINTS. London, March 26. A Russian official report says a German advance in the region of Postavy, following four gas waves, was thrown back. The Germans, dressed in white overalls, attacked east of Baranovitcbi, and vzere dispei sed. The Threat to Riga Line. London,
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    • 350 5 There was a long article in the Kolnisehe Zeitung recently on the situation in Russia, and it is interesting to note the following significant passage at the end of the article, especially if the extremely anti-Russian policy of the newspaper before the war is borne
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    • 29 5 A SERBIAN RISING. Rome, March 25. Serbian advices confirm the reports of a serious rising in Serbian territory against the Bulgarians, whose harshness has made life unendurable.
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    • 46 5 London, March 26. In the House of Commons, Mr. Hope stated that we had 55,397 German, 16 Austrian, 763 Bulgarian and 15,512 Turkish war prisoners. He had no doubt the number of Turkish prisoners he had given was a considerable under estimate.
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  • Turkey and the Near East.
    • 56 5 RUSSIANS CROSS FRONTIER. London, March 26. A Russian communique says the Russians, pursuing the Turks, have entered the Vilayet of Mosul. The Advance on Khanikin. Petrograd, March 26. A Russian report says; We occupied fortifications at Kalaichahin, in the direct ion of Khanikin. The Turks are
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    • 124 5 Cairo, January 12.—It is understood that the Turks have pulled up the railway between Homs and Tripoli (Syria) and between Jaffa and Jersusalem and are using the rails for a line between Ras-el-Ain (on the Baghdad line) and Diarbekir (near the front in Armenia) in accordance with
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  • General News.
    • 47 5 THE NAVY’S PERSONNELWashington, March 26. Fourteen regiments of the Natioaal Guard in various States have been called up to protect industries from domestic disorders in the event of hostilities. President Wilson has signed an order increasing the persoun*-! of the Navy from 62,009 to 87,000.
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    • 20 5 MINISTER’S DEPARTURE FROM BERLIN. Amsterdam, March 26. The Chinese Minister in Berlin has asked for his passports.
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    • 60 5 MR. BONAR LAW’S STATEMENT. London, March 26. In the House of Commons, Mr. Bonar Law stated that the Cabinet, with the naval advisers, had fully considered the whole question of the blockade and were satisfied that the present policy was right in principle and efficient in
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    • 51 5 THE LATEST UNITS. London, March 26. British subjects in the Dutch East Indies have sent a subscription of £3,815 to the Overseas Club, for the purpose of purchasing two aeroplanes. Oversea residents have now paid for 95 units of the Imperial Aircraft Flotilla, formed by the Overseas
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    • 32 5 London, March 26. In the House of Commons Mr. Bonar Law announced that a Government Bill again prolonging the life of the present Parliament would be introduced on March 27th.
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    • 23 5 London, March 21. Silver is at 35 7/8. The market is quiet. London, March 22. The silver market is quiet.
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  • STOP PRESS.
    • 84 5 [Reuter’s Tblegrams.] London, March 27. Field Marshal Haig reports the capture of Lagnicourt, north of the Bapaume* Cambrai Road, with 30 prisoners. We drove off determined counter attacks, to the east and north-west. Our artillery dispersed the third attack and repulsed a bombing attack north of Beaumetz. Our
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    • 129 5 MR. BONAR LAW’S STATEMENT. London, March 26. In the House of Commons, replying to a question regarding a serious strike at Barrow-in-Furness since March 11th, Mr. Bonar Law said the cause was the alleged cutting of the time allowance under the premium bonus system. As the result
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    • 59 5 London, March 25. In the House of Commons Mr. Hope said he believed the Germans bad 32,500 prisoners. 8762 British prisoners in Turkey had been traced, while 2,079 had not been traced. The Government was considering a proposal to exchange 600 Turkish and British war prisoners with
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    • 27 5 Amsterdam, March 26. It is now officially announced that Belgium is being divided in'o two administrative areas, with Brussels and Namur the respective centres.
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    • 12 5 London, March 22. Cotton 0/7. Shellacs 55. Rubbers 77/84.
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    • 76 5 GREAT MILITARY EFFORT. London, March 26. The immense military effort of Britain is strikingly illustrated by the Army Appropriation Account for 1916, showing that the total net expenditure on the Army was £543,187,548. This amount includes pay £98,157,156, supplies and clothing £212,960,815, quartering, transport, and remounts £96,373,107, of
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    • 45 5 Malaya’ s “Tank.” MR. EU TONG SEN’S GIFT. London, March 26. The Army Council has gratefully accepted the gift of £6,000 from the Hon. Mr. Eu Tong Sen, a member of the Federal Council of the Federated Malay States, for the purchase of a Tank.”
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    • 41 5 SPECIAL RECRUITING EFFORT. London, March 26. A great week of the recruiting campaign on behalf of National Service has opened. Meetings were held in many towns on March 24 th, and appeals were made from all the pulpits yesterday.
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  • 88 5 the Chief Judicial Commissioner of Singapore. Nothing definite, however, one way or the other will be known for at least three months more, says the Ipoh paper. Whether
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  • 1200 6 SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING. The adjourned seventh annual general meeting of the shareholders of Ayer Kuning Rubber Estate, Ltd., was held in the Chamber of Commerce yesterday after* noon, Mr. A. F. Goodrich, the Chairman of the directors, presided, and the others present were Messrs. C.
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  • 410 6 Annual Report. The Directors submit their annual report and Statement of Accounts for the year en'ied 31st October, 1916, s d. The Balance from last year is 2,694 6 0. The Profit for the year is 20,519 14 10 £23,214 0 10 Deduct—Interim Dividend of
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  • 87 6 A daring robbery was committed recently by a gang of robbe s numbering 16 or 17 at Tekka, near Ipoh. Besides losing cash and jewellery, all amounting to about $2,000, the victims, a Chinese mine manager and bis family, mostly women folk, were pat to various
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  • 295 6 Messrs. Baker, Morgan and Co, Ltd, Kuala Lumpur, report under date Saturday, 24th March, 1917. We close a quiet week with all sections of the market having received some attention, though scanty. The scarcity of permits and ships has accounted, no doubt, to a large extent, for
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  • 195 6 Messrs Guthrie Co. Ltd in their report dated Singapore, Thursday, 2?nd inst. say For the weekly Rubber Auction he'd yesterday and to-day the quantity catalogued was 868 tons. Demand was poor at the commencement, and, though it improved later prices for all grades showed an appreciable drop
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  • 180 6 Saturday afternoon was the occasion of the procession of Kodiatom from the Chulia Street Mosque, marking the opening of the annual festivities on the anniversary of the death of Wali (Saint) Sahul Hamid, which took place in the village of Nagore, India, where the inhabitants in
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  • 41 6 CLOSE AT GENERAL POST OFFICE CLEARANCES. To-DAT. Indragiri for Deli and Langsa. Van Riebeeck Deli, T. Semawe Segli Sabang, Olehleh etc., Padang. Hebe for Bagan Datoh and Teluk Anson. Pangkor tor Dindings and Sitiawan. Klang for Port Swettenham and Singapore.
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  • 20 6 For Per Close. To-Morrow. Alor Star (Kedah) Aing Thye 8 am. Rangoon (Mergui and Moulmein via Rangoon) 2-30 p.m
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 892 6 Be Fat —Not .Funny3 /ft PUT ON FIRM HEALTHY FLESH WHERE EVERY OUNCE WILL COUNT. If women and men only knew the pity, the gibes and the ridicule, that pinched cheeks, scrawny chests and scarecrow figures make, they would certainly do something to add flesh to their bones and round
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  • WAR NEWS.
    • 1366 7 The New Piracy. London, February 22.—In introducing the Navy Estimates Sir Edward Carson said that 8,000,000 men, up to October last, had been moved across the seas with only a few untoward incidents. There had also been transported over 1,000,000 sick and wounded men, 1,000,000 horses
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    • 244 7 Amsterdam, Feb. 15—Vienna newspapers announce that the first 80 waggon loads of Rumanian grains have arrived in Hungary and that the Government has announced that it will be impossible to give any of the grain to the civil population all of it is required for the army. Keen
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    • 93 7 London, Feb. 16.—In the House of Lords yesterday Lord Curzon, replying to criticism regarding the multiplication of office buildings and officials, pleaded the immensity and inten’ sity of war needs. For example, he said the Ministry of Munitions was now the country’s greatest organisation next to the
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    • 81 7 Amsterdam, Feb. 20.—The Frank-furter Zeitung states that since the outbreak of war thirteen steamers, aggregating over 70,000 tons have been built for the Norddeutscher Lloyd Co. Eight others are being constructed of an aggregate of 136,000 tons. The Reichstag will be asked to vote £15,000,000 for shipbuilding.
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    • 89 7 London, February 23.—The Rome correspondent of the Daily Telegraph states that a Swiss telegram reports the existence of an intrigue among the court officials and politicians at Vienna and Munich with the object of preparing a union between Austria and Bavaria in case of disaster overtaking the Central
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    • 94 7 London, February 16.—In the House of Commons Mr G J Wardle (Labour) condemned Mr Ramsay Macdonald’s pacifist efforts. If he said, “we left the war unfinished without military victory, we would leave Germany in possession of Europe, with a straight run from Berlin to Baghdad, and
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    • 76 7 In the House of Commons, Sir L. G. Chiozza Money said the Shipping Controller was hoping for the best but was preparing for the worst. Economy had been effected regarding naval and military employment, but the shipping was considerable. A new construction progress department was accelerating a very
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  • 422 7 Messrs Walter Leaf and R V Vassar Smith, who, at the request of the Treasury, inquired into the progress that was being made with the winding up of enemy banks in London, find that, not only has due diligence been used in the realisation and distribution
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  • 189 7 Activity in Government Circles. Peking, March 13.—Two important mandates will be issued to-day relating to the Sino-German situation. Telegrams are being prepared for dispatch to the United States and the Allied Nations. In view of the development in the political situation the War Council met yesterday.
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  • 149 7 of 161, Shaftesbury Avenue, London, W.O.’ says “We are so very distressed that your funds are so affected but know what a difficult matter it is to get money for anything other than war charities. We have little
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  • 728 7 LIBERAL LEADER’S SCHEME OF CONQUEST. M. Milyukov. the well-known Russian Liberal, leader of the Cadet party and Minister for Foreign Affairs in the new National Government in the Duma, has formulated bis war aims in a long article in the yearly supplement of the Rech,” He gtoups
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  • 62 7 There was a good audience at the Empire last night and a long programme consisting of some very fine films were much enjoyed, particularly Charlie Chaplin in Charlie by the sea also a detective drama entitled. Wireless Rescue: and another thrilling drama The Devil’s Gap This programme will
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  • 1345 7 APPEAL COURT DECISION. The Full Court of Appeal in Ipoh was engaged in hearing an interesting case this week in. which the Planters’ Loan Board Enactment was concerned in regard to the insolvent estate of Mr C E Paterson of Norseman Estate, Taiping. Messrs. W H Thorne,
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  • 91 7 The following ties have been fixed for to-morrow Doubles Handicap Class A—Saunders and Neubronner v Stewart and Sayers (6). Profession Pairs—Major Dewar and Threlfall v Rogers and Hall (4). Mixed Doubles Handicap—Mr and Mrs RO Wood v Mr and Mrs S F B Martin (3). Mrs Harrop
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  • 138 7 Penang, March 27, 1917. S. P. Tapioca $8.10 sales. M. P. Tapioca $8.40 sales. Gold leaf $72. Pepper (W. Coast 3 lbs. 5 oz) $16| buyers. Black Pepper $25 buyers. White Pepper $41 sellers. Trang Pepper ...$33.00 sellers. Mace $110 nom. Mace Pickings $58 sellers. Cloves $40 sellers. Nutmegs
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  • 123 7 Penang, March 27, 1917. (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank). London Demand Bank .2/4 1/4 4 months' sight Bank ...2/4 11/16 3 Credit ..2/4 15/16 3 Documentary ...2/4 31/32 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 165 3 days’ sight Private 171 Bombay Demand Bank 165 Moul mein Demand Bank 164 o
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  • 87 7 March 27.—Rural Board Meeting, Land Office, 3 p.m. March 27.—Penang Chamber of Commerce, Annua! General Meeting, 3 p.m. March 28.—Rantau Rubber Co., Ltd., Statutory Meeting, Messrs. Kennedy Co’s Office, 2.30 p.m. March 31.—P.V.R.C. Shoot 3 pm. April 6.—Good Friday. April 6, 7, 9.—Government Holidays. April 14. —Malay Peninsula
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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