Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 31 March 1917
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Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle
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Title Section20 1917-03-31 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 76 VOL. LXXV. SATURDAY, 31st MARCH. 1917. PRICE 10 CENTS20 words
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Advertisement910 1917-03-31 1 q iXdod ocusnnnlannnnnaDaaoßn 0 WANTED g RUBBER CONSIGNMENTS D for our bi-wĕekly auction sales, g arid- private sales. Cash Ad- g vaycefi made. c ORDERS for estate Supplies. B GOODS for forwarding to any part of the world. n q FIRE INSURANCE business. c ALLEN DENNYS Co., a 6 Beach910 words
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Advertisement93 1917-03-31 1 TX T BEN YOU ARE AWAY V V on leave you want to keep g in touch wjtb Malayan affair», a n Social, Commercial, Mining, 5 Planting, Ac. Thia you can din a in no better way than by aubscrib- g ing to the Weekly Edition of the g ■193 words
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Article594 1917-03-31 2 Mr C E Cumming, who has been suffering from fever has gone down to Singapore from Penang on a health trip. Professor J. A. Marriot of Oxford University has been returned unopposed for Oxford City, says Reuter. During the absence on furlough of Mr, H. Foley Inkson,594 words
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Article20 1917-03-31 2 CLOSE AT GENERAL POST OFFICE CLEARANCES. To-day. Ipoh for Port Swettenhani and Singapore. Kaloma for Deli, Edi and Langsa.20 words
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Article54 1917-03-31 2 March 31.—P.V.R.C. Shoot 3 pm. April 6.—Good Friday. April 6,7, 9.—Government Holidays. April 14.—Malay Peninsula Agricultural Association, Meeting, Chamber of Commerce 11.30 a.m. April 25.—Birthday of Yang di Per Tuan (Government Holiday in Negri Sembilan.) May 28.—Whit Monday. Gevernment Holiday. June 3.—Birthday of the King Emperor. June 4.—Government54 words
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Article457 1917-03-31 2 POINTS TO BE NOTED, We are asked to insert the following information relative to War Tax returns. Form W/ll should be applied for at once by employers, who must fill in the particulars required thereon of all employees who receive salary and allowances of $2OO and upwards.457 words
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Article269 1917-03-31 2 Mr P A Anthony. General Manager of the F.M.S Railways, Mr P H Henshaw, and Mr R H Biike, were in Ipoh this morning, says the local paper of yesterday,having come through from Alor Star to Prai last night, and from Prai by the first train this morning.269 words
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Advertisement1037 1917-03-31 2 Federated Malay States Government TOWN HALL. 67 War Loan 1921. ENORMOUS ATTRACTION, THE Chartered Bank of India, Australia FOR 2 NIGHTS ONLY, and China, Penang, is now prepared R| g.- ftp n|i RAI AT fl 15 PM to receive from the public the Scrip I 1 Cerificates held by them1,037 words
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Advertisement31 1917-03-31 2 FOR SALE. A GOOD SUPPLY OF Large Empty Iron Drums to bold about 60 gallons of liquid. For further information and prices apply L. Y. SWEE Co., Penang and Kuala Lumpur.31 words
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Advertisement163 1917-03-31 2 Instant Relief for DIZZINESS and Specks before the Eyes. Liver derangement is the cause behind these distressing conditions, and only restoration of perfect natural action can efl’ect lasting euro. That is why Dr. Cassell’s Instant Relief is so immeasurably superior to the old-fashioned cathartic liver pills and aperient salts. Such163 words
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Advertisement370 1917-03-31 2 NOTICE. BOELEN Co. WE beg to notify the public that our interests will be acquired from the first of April, 1917, by the HOLLAND STR AITS TRADING Coy., Ltd., incorporated in Jlolland, and from that date our business will be carried on as Branch Offices of the said Holland Straits370 words
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Page 2 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous86 1917-03-31 2 Where everybody soes. Popular Playhouse EmpireTHEATRE Business Manager THOMAS SHAFTO. To-night! To-night 1! A Big 6 Reel Detective Drama by the Famous Gloria Film Co., Entitled THE GHOST CLUB. Each Rel is Crammed Full of Sensational Incidents. Also Showin > in the same Programme. CHARLIE CHAPLIN, In another irresistible absurdity86 words
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Article3330 1917-03-31 3 THE B.EKT AND IN THE f lELD. ADDRESS BY MR. J. J. VIRGO. At the invitation of the Chinese Consul, Mr. Tye Phey Yuen, a large and representative company assembled at the Consulate, 45 Greenhall, yesterday, for the purpose of meeting and hearing Mr J J3,330 words
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Article227 1917-03-31 3 UNFAVOURABLE COMMENT. Undisciplined Holland is the title of an article which the well-known writer, Frederik van Eeden, contributes to the Amsterdammer in reference to a recent trip he made to England by the Zeeland Company’s boats. He made the return journey in company with about 90 Germans227 words
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Advertisement192 1917-03-31 3 HELP FOR THE WOMEN. The demands upon a mother’s strength are many and severe her own health trials and her children’s welfare exact heavy tolls, while hurried meals, broken rest and much indoor living tend to weaken her constitution. No wonder that she is often indisposed through weakness, sick headache,192 words
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Advertisement743 1917-03-31 3 JllllllllfflillltllllolllMlß[lyllllllDlnlßlllliM Look at this I I Bonnie Baby i O EE how strong and sturdy he i is, how well-dc- .f A veloped are his I |B limbs, how well- fl b nourished he is. His strong bones ><g*" are not covered I with flabby fat, but < z with743 words
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Article57 1917-03-31 4 Stevenson.—On Thursday, the 29th March, 1917, to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stevenson, of Bukit Tuoggu Estate, Bangi, a daughter. MARRIAGE. Cullen —Mbnzies.—On 30th March, at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Penang, Arthur Cullen, youngest son of the late Wm. Cullen, Udding-ton, Scotland, to E. Adrina Menzies, youngest daughter of the57 words
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Article1041 1917-03-31 4 Were it not that the times are so sericus the latest speech of the Imperial Chancellor in the Reichstag would be received, outside Germany. Turkey, and Austria-Hungary, with amusement, so ab surd are some of his statements. The picture he draws of the Kaiser, advocating constitutional reforms1,041 words
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Article1035 1917-03-31 4 One of the Berlin newspapers found time the other day to The Empire direct attention to the Council, significance of the British Imperial Council, and it admitted the part which the war, whose burdens the Dominions are sharing with the Mother Country, is playing in welding the1,035 words
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Article84 1917-03-31 4 yFrom Our Own Correspondent Singapore, March 31. At Singapore a former storekeeper oi Messrs. Caldbeck MacGregor and Co., was charged with omission to make entries in the daily sales book, with intent to defraud. Mr. Kenneth Stevens said the accused had for many years been a trusted84 words
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Article513 1917-03-31 4 To-day’s quotation for unrefined tin ir Penang was $102.00 per picul buyers no sellers—a decrease of 50 cents. Tin was quoted in London on Thursday at £217 10s spot, and £216 10s three months The output of the Punggor Rubber Estate for the month of February, 1917, is513 words
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Page 4 Advertisements
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Advertisement238 1917-03-31 4 PERRIER The Champagne of TABLE WATERS. STOCKED IN QUARTS, PINTS, SPLITS. SPECIAL QUOTATIONS TO HOTELS and CLUBS. SOLE AGENTS: Caldbech, Macgregor Co., PENANG. M Bowel Mil Disorders Angier’s Emulsion exercises soothing, lubricating, V wsk autifermentative effects throughout the entire diges- tive tract That is why it is so valuable in238 words
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Advertisement45 1917-03-31 4 “E. O.” Latest Music by the “E. O.” Orchestra everyday during and after dinner and on Wednesdays and Saturdays during Tiffin. j Pinang Gazette Press, LIMITED. TELEPHONES. J Printing Works Manager and 5 J Cashier’s Office, 498 J Managing Editor 477 Editor’s Residence 221 J45 words
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Page 4 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous48 1917-03-31 4 THE TIDES. The following are the tides for bo-day and to-morrow, Penang Standard Times High Water. Low Water. To DAY 4 33 p.m. v To MORROW. 3 12 a.m. 10.35 a m. 4.10 p.m. 9.04 p.m. Monday. 4 02 a m. 10.38 a.tn. 4 38 p.m. 9.56 p.m.48 words
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Article11 1917-03-31 5 NAVAL INCIDENTS. THE PALESTINE SUCCESS. german chancellor and RUSSIA.11 words
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France and Belgium.
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Article359 1917-03-31 5 [Reuter’s Telegrams], KAISER’S ORDER. London, March 31. Mr. Philip Gibbs, wiring from Headquarters, says the Kaiser has recently been opposite the British front, It was he who ordered the villages like Roisel and Lagnicourt not to be abandoned without fighting, hence probably the false statement in the[Reuter’s Telegrams], - 359 words
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Article105 1917-03-31 5 London, March 30. In the House of Commons, the Military Service Bill passed the second reading by 1"5 votes to 18. Mr, Bonar Law promised that men discharged with a gratuity but without pensions on the grounds that their illness was cot occasioned and not aggravated by105 words
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Article595 1917-03-31 5 EVENTS IN RUSSIA. London, March 34. Dr. von Betbmmn-Hollweg, in the Reichstag, referring to Germany’s attitude on recent events in Russia, stated that the time honoured friendship between the two countries ended on the death of Alexander 11. Nicholas II drifted in the Entente’s wake because the595 words
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103 1917-03-31 5 Yenchang, Honan, Mar s.—On meeting a foreigner the first question asked by the natives is usually How about the war and the second Have you no one who can make peace There is a good deal of interest taken in the problem of China103 words
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Article31 1917-03-31 5 London, March 30. Reuter authoritatively announces that Britain, without further warning, will take such measures as will perhaps bring home to the German Government some realisation of its infamy,”31 words
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Turkey and the Near East.
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Article, Illustration297 1917-03-31 5 ANOTHER BLOW TO CENTRAL POWERS. London, March 29. Coming after Baghdad, General Sir Archibald Murray’s success in Palestine makes bad reading for Berlin. The success is hailed in London and Paris as justifying the relentless and persistent pressure against Turkey, which sooner or later mu<t be297 words
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Russia.
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Article86 1917-03-31 5 USE OF GAS. London, Mach 30. A Russian official report says: We attacked with asphyxiating gas south-east of Baranovitchi, our artillery simultaneously bombarding the enemy with chemical shells. A counter-attack dislodged the enemy from our trenches on the Odynsky Canal. The German Concentrations. Petrograd, March 30. M. Rodzianko86 words
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Article203 1917-03-31 5 SPEECHES TO THE TROOPS. Petrograd, March 30 M. Tcheidze’s speech was made to a great demonstration of solders, which marched to the Duma carrying banners inscribed “Hurrah for the Republic”, "War to a finish,” ‘‘Down with William," etc. After M. Tcheidze’s speech, M.Rodzianko addressed the troops, promising203 words
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Naval Operations.
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Article305 1917-03-31 5 RAIDER HIT SEVEN TIMES. Copenhagen, March 29. A vivid story of the stout resistance which the British steamer Otaki (9,575 tons, of Plymouth) offered when attacked by the Moewe on March 10th is told by released neutral members of crews, who have arrived from Berlin. They305 words
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Article197 1917-03-31 5 ANOTHER NORWEGIAN PROTEST. Christiania, March 31. The Govennent has again protested against the German blockade. U. 39 and Norwegian Victim, London, March 30. The survivors of the German submarine U 39, which was recently sunk in the North Sea, state that on February Bth the submarine fired on the197 words
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Article35 1917-03-31 5 London, March 30. Letters from soldiers who were on the Tyndareus, which was mined and bad a narrow escape off Cape Colony, dwell on the kindness shown by the inhabitants of Cape Town.35 words
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Article160 1917-03-31 5 320 MILES FROM LAND. Loudon, March 30. The British steamer Alnwick Castle (5,900 tons) was torpedoed, without warning, on March 19th, in the Altautic, 320 miles from land. On the day previously the Alnwick Castle had rescued the crew of another torpedoed British ship. The passengers160 words
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General News.
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Article71 1917-03-31 5 LABOUR LEADER AND RECRUITING. Melbourne, March 30. Mr. Tudor, the leader of the Labour Opposition, in a speech, appealed for recruits. New South Wales’ Financial Aid. Sy ney, March 30. It is officially announced that New South Wales has contributed £2,604,923 to various war funds, inc'uding £1,064,959 for71 words
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Article80 1917-03-31 5 DEPUTATION TO PREMIER. London, March 30. A deputation from suffrage societies and women workers was received by Mr. Lloyd George, who said the draft of the Electoral Reform Bill had already been prepared. While the inclusion of woman franchise would be left to a vote of the Hcuse80 words
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Article45 1917-03-31 5 GOVERNMENT AND LABOUR. Madrid, March 30. The appeal to the Spanish people referred to a Labour Party manifesto, calling for a general s rike at the first opportune moment, as a protest against high prices. The Government has closed the Labour Headquarters.45 words
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57 1917-03-31 5 London, March 30. The Patriotic League of Britons Overseas has received from 157 branches abroad over £lOO,OOO, the greater part of which has been handed to the Admiralty and the War Office to provide seaplanes and aeroplanes. Considerable sums were also given to various war57 words
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Article73 1917-03-31 5 [From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore. March 31. The accounts of Singapore Municipal Commission for 1916 show a balance of $772,000. The expenditure was $309,000 less than the estimates. A proposition wai made for a public ehow of the Somme Battle film, on the Explanade. The Municipality were asked73 words
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Article61 1917-03-31 5 The Band will play the following programme of music at the Golf Club from 5.45 p.m. till 7.15 p.m. 1. Overture A Mid summer Night's Dream ...Thomas 2. One Step The Policemen’s Holiday ...Erving 3. Selection H.MS Pinafore Sullivan 4. Waltz Frau Luna ...L ncke 5. Melody61 words
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NEWS FROM DUTCH SOURCES.
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Article133 1917-03-31 5 {Specially Translated). A Zurich message says the Germans have evacuated Mulbausen, in Upper Alsace. The oil steamer August Kessler ha-< been torpedoed. Two engineers and four Chinese were killed. The Rotterdam representative of the Belgian Relief Committee has lodged a protest with the German Ambassador at the133 words
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Article237 1917-03-31 5 A fierce whirlwind at Tjimatjan destroyed ten dwellings and killed four natives. Prince Mangkoeboemi, brother of the Sultan of Djokja, has died Heer Voorbij a well-known Soerabaya footballer has died of plague at Malang. Sixteen cases of meningitis are reported at Soekaboemi, though none has proved fatal. Resident237 words
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Article278 1917-03-31 5 Perak Advisory Committee. The second meeting of the Perak ManPower Advisory Committee was held at the Residency, Ipoh, on Monday. Applications from 37 men were considered with the following resu ts Certificate A (Medically unfit) :-Cowdroy, A A R., Te uk Bahru Estate Hobson S F., Sungei Siput Rubber278 words
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Article56 1917-03-31 5 CUV S. T.” An echo of the Mutiny was the discovery on Wednesday by a Malay of a sth L’ght Infantry rifle and one hunderd sixtyfour rounds of ammunition burißlsomewhere on the Keppel Harbour The bayonet was fixed andi was charged with live rifle isCUV —“ S. T.” - 56 words
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Article1494 1917-03-31 6 S.T.” K.P.M. SUE THE ELLERMAN AND BUCKNALL LINE. Mr Justice Sproale began the hearing of a case of interest to local shipping firms in the Supreme Court, Singapore, when the Koninklijke Paketvaart Maatschappij brought action against the Ellerman and Bucknall Steamship Co, Ltd, and Messrs McAlister and Co,—“ S.T.” - 1,494 words
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Article268 1917-03-31 6 PHENOMENAL WEATHER. A correspondent writing on March 24th says: Extraordinary and unreasonable weather has lately, in fact since the new year, been experienced on the East Coast from Patani northwards. Old inhabitants say they do not recollect ever experiencing such torrential rains in this season. From the middle268 words
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Article758 1917-03-31 6 ESPRIT DE CORPS IN THE SCHOOLS. [P. G. Special.'] One of the greatest difficulties confronting European heads of schools and their respective staffs in Malaya, writes a correspondent, is admittedly that of inculcating sound principles of morality into the rising generation The adventitious aid of denominational societies758 words
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Article, Illustration232 1917-03-31 6 GREAT ILLUSIONIST’S VISIT TO PENANG. All the famous conjurors and illusionists come to the Straits sooner or later, and some of them have come before they became famous. Mr. Chung Ling Soo has been a longer time coming than the others, —it is about fifteen years since232 words
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Advertisement34 1917-03-31 6 The Great Eastern Life Assurance Co., Ltd. Hmad Office :—SINGAPORE. Life Assurance and Endowment in All Forms. LIBERAL POLICIES. LOW RATES Financial Agents for PENANG. SIME, DARBY Co., Ltd., E. C. BOYCE, District Manager.34 words
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Advertisement65 1917-03-31 6 Arriving Shortly, “PULLMAN” Palace Qar of tfje Road. LATEST 1917 MODEL WITH ALL MODERN IMPROVEMENTS. SBrief Specification: 32 H. P., 4 Cylinder, 5 Passenger Touring Car, Streamline body, MAGNETO IGNITION, Electric Lighting and Starting, Leather Upholstery, Handsomely finished in Brewster Green, and fully equipped. A complete car in every particular.65 words
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Advertisement841 1917-03-31 6 B AYLESBURY NIFTIER: LIMITED. J W (INCORPORATED IN F.M.S.) g RAILWAY BUILDING, PENANG. 1 Shipping and Forwarding J Agents. TELEGRAMS: "AYLESBURY." TELEPHONE NO. 359. g X or $3.90 J™ Very Reliable 7 JBC. JEWEL Lever Watch in Dust and Damp-Proof SCREW Case. This Is a Very Low Price for the841 words
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Article2992 1917-03-31 7 ANNRAL MEEilng OF THE CHAMBER. CHAIRMAN AND fRADE AND INDUSTRY. [From Our Own Correspondent]. Kuala Lumpur, March 31. Th 6 general meeting of the FM 8 Chamber of Commerce .was held at Kuala Lumpur, Aft* H. P. Qlodd presiding. > The Chairman, referring to-the continued decrease in tin2,992 words
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Article473 1917-03-31 7 Messrs. Kennedy Ji Co., Penang, reporb as follows The steady tone which has prevailed in the Share Market for some time past has been well maintained throughout the week and while there are no outstanding features the tendency at the close is firm, particularly among Dollar Rubber473 words
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Article595 1917-03-31 7 SUNDAY, APRIL 1. Palm Sunday. CHURCH OF ENGLAND, 5 St. George’s Church.—Matins 8 a.m.; Holy Communion 8.30 a.m Children’s Service 5 p.m Evensong 6. p m. Hymn 99, Responses, Roberts, Psalms VI, Brown Smith, VII Cooke, VIII Corfe, Magnificat, Barn by, Nunc Dimittis, Goss, Hymns 198, 98, 256.595 words
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Advertisement257 1917-03-31 7 A Good Example is set by the people who take proper care of their teeth. Never neglect to gwe your teeth a thorough antiseptic cleansing every day with I Calvert’s 8 frcAftfadLicff Tooth Wwfc Sold by local Cl mists and Ch-res Made by F. C. CA 1.1 'ERl'i* 'CO., Manchester,257 words
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Advertisement2382 1917-03-31 8 P. O. —British India M Y. K. ftfcv K. P. M. AND X AUSTRALIA AND CHInT 1A Ancar I Japan Mail Steamship Co. Ld. gHgWR XON,N MA-’^-Hi>pp MW J-TT*?!’ bJ ADLar L-ine. w™™» www 1 maatschappu MAIL AND PASSENGER SERVICES. /V 1 Job Iwt«w®sd to Sail. Btbamm*. Amritsar Hongkong Pekin»2,382 words
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