Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 13 December 1917
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Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle
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Title Section20 1917-12-13 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 295. VOL. LXXV. THURSDAY, 13th DECEMBER, 1917. PRICE 10 CENTS20 words
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Advertisement595 1917-12-13 1 JAPANESE DENTIST I T. NAGATA I Next Door to The j Dispensary. ♦nnnnnnnnnwnnnnannnnntmnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnf S=DUNLOP=| ESTATE REQUISITES. n n S < S f s g THE BEST TYRE S Immediate Delivery from Stock of \SmY FOR ALL CARS. I I at <4\ 5 n s Ace lc AcW Guaranteed Latex Pans,595 words
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Advertisement81 1917-12-13 1 EDnauDD■■■■■■■■■■■•annnnna XA7 HEN YOU ARE AWAY S h V V on leave you want to keep a d in touch with Malayan affairs, a Social, Commercial, Mining, Planting, &c. This you can do J in no better way than by subs- cribing to the Weekly Edition of a the Pinang81 words
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Article947 1917-12-13 2 ORIENTALS IN FRANCE. Mr. John Lloyd Balderstoo, contributes the following to the Field This is the story of a trip to the B'ituh Army’s Chinatown. In motoring behind the lines the observer is struck by the astounding medly of races brought together in France to labour947 words
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Advertisement1304 1917-12-13 2 PLANTER 9j years experience (Ceylon INCOME TAX. “MH LVIEW” i and F.M.S married, ineligible, just 111 returned from home leave, seeks Manager’s -VETERS of INTEREST to or First Assistant’s billet with prospects, /¥1 has been acting Manager of Estate over Bankers and some SUg- A BOARDING SCHOOL 3003 acres, good1,304 words
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Advertisement141 1917-12-13 2 I STELASTICi -TYRES. I I I The only Tyres holding the R.A.G. Certificate I for 5,000 miles without Cuts or Punctures. f i I I BRITISH AND MADE IN BRITAIN. I S'* E I I AGENTS FOR PENANGI I I the Eastern Pacific Trading I g COMPANY. dbITED. (Incorporated in141 words
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Advertisement621 1917-12-13 3 PRITCHARD’S CHRISTMAS BAZAAR. HOLLY ANO MISTLETOE. JL pjL r Mm I ac .xz <»**■* *3> *.*-*--r'~~jC m MKB rT> 3Mgj RMWIrr. Rg i Mujag Safljß* fe rwi JX; CRUISERS and BATTLESHIPS. COMPENDIUM °F GAMES. P f 70 ots 51.30 4 $2.50>7.25 FLAG STREAMERS 65 cts. P""juvenile.« TaobfcCREST I i l621 words
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Article493 1917-12-13 4 Mr V Hill has been appointed to officiate as District Offiear, Klang. Mrs and Miss Charter have arrived in Kuala Lumpur from Home. Batu Lima Estate, North Borneo, has been sold to the Hon Mr W G Darby. Mr. J Warden, of Padang Tjermin Estate, Sumatra, is493 words
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Article110 1917-12-13 4 A daring daylight robbery, which resulted in the death of a Chinese, occurred yesterday afternoon in Penang. It is al eged that Tan Ah Tok, a Chinese Street hawker, was walking along in a lane ofi Bagan Jerma’ road, at about 3 p.m. yesterday, when he110 words
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86 1917-12-13 4 The case in which Chwa Cheng Lian, a Hokien is charged with criminal breach of trust as a servant, in respect of 110 bags of rice, valued at $822, and 550 guilders in notes ($395) the property of one Khu Hong Cheang, of Penang, on86 words
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Article35 1917-12-13 4 [Fbom Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, December 13. There was a large attendance at the funeral of Mr. F. V. H. Gottlieb. H. E the Governor was present and Archdeacon Swindel officiated.35 words
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Article33 1917-12-13 4 [From Oub Own Correspondent.] Singapore, December 13. At the rubber auctions there were catalogued 960 tons. Ribbed smoked fetched $94, fine paie $9B, and others lower. There was a poor demand,33 words
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Article483 1917-12-13 4 —“S.T.” The Anxiety to Tie Up Property. Judgment was given in the Supreme Court, Singapore, by the Chief Justice (Sir John Bucknill, K.C.) in an action brought by Tan Sian Chin and another Igainst Tan Lian Boh and others. The action was in the nature of a—“S.T.” - 483 words
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Article195 1917-12-13 4 —“S.T.’’ In the Supreme Court, Singapore, Mr. Justice Ebden began the hearing of an action brought by Mohamed Ali La tiff against Mr. H. Reeser and another, of the Adelphi Hotel, claiming the right to continue a three years’ agreement of the lease of certain premises or—“S.T.’’ - 195 words
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Article152 1917-12-13 4 Reliable information has reached the Singapore papers that great anxiety is being evinced by the family and relatives of Mr. Wee Kay Chiang and his son-in-law Mr. Tan fee Jong, who have not returned to Singapore since their visit to Johore on Sunday last to inspect their rubber152 words
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Article105 1917-12-13 4 Tokyo, November 15: —A head-on collision of electric street cars took place yesterday morning at 9-27 at Awanowa, near Osaka, and two motormen and three passengers were instantly killed, and 150 injured. The cause of the accident is not yet known, but both cars full, and going at105 words
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Article519 1917-12-13 4 A RUMOUR. The Hague, December 7.—A rumour is current in Holland that the United States wishes to purchase the Netherlands M est Indies. The Minister for the Colonies authorizes the N.I.P.A. Press Bureau to make the following announcement: —Heer Pleyte, the Minister, declared with great emphasis that Holland519 words
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Article70 1917-12-13 4 Messrs. Allen Dennys Co. advise us that the under-mentioned prices were realised for rubber sold by them at their 341st auction sale held to-day Smoked diamond sheet No 1 $76 to $92 Smoked diamond sheet No 2 70 75 Unsmoked sheet No 1 62 70 Crepe, fine70 words
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Article66 1917-12-13 4 PENANG WOMEN WORKERS. Amount previously acknowledged $6,158.58 T<ffeesl, Mrs Hyme $lO, Mrs Samusl $4, Mrs Laing $2, Mrs Penny $lO, Mrs Oxenham ss Total $6,190.58 Hospital garments for soldiers ready cut out for workers will be given out at the Town Hall every Friday at 9.1566 words
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Article68 1917-12-13 4 The homeward mail D”) closes at 6 30 a.m. to-morrow; registration till 6 p.m to-day. Letters, etc, may be posted at the Head Office up to 10-45 am. on payment of a late fee of 5 cents and up to 11 a m on payment of a late68 words
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Advertisement429 1917-12-13 4 WANTED, TAMIL CLERK for Estate Paddyahop. To take charge and keep accounts mast have first class references. Good wages for suit able man. Apply Box No. 271, c/o Pinang Gazette. KANABOI LIMITED. (IN LIQUIDATION). Notice is hereby given that a Second and Finsl Dividend of $1.09 per share will be429 words
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Advertisement314 1917-12-13 4 9n eX P er en C 9 B of Hot Climates knew the folly B of overheating the system. HHpT Spirits and Wines have this tendency XA 9 rk-> Hor lick’s Malted Milk cools the body; it V> ft helps Nature to recuperate the whole system. Ta B I H314 words
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Miscellaneous192 1917-12-13 4 TO-NIGHT f To I A BIG HAUL —LATEST 'W DONT on any account miss. THIS popular program showing f Or 4 I I THURS., FRI.. BAT. SUN.. DEC., 13. 14.15 1 16 I S Manager THOMAS SHAFTO At 8 p.m. Universals Great Detective—Mystery Serial K M The Voice on the192 words
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Article1300 1917-12-13 5 A VOYAGER’S EXPERIENCES. He who sets out to girdle the earth deepeas his feelings of indebtedness to the fruitgrower. As each port is approached, the voyager is given to speculation as to what fruits it will send abroad. We had, of course, a great store of fruit on1,300 words
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Article321 1917-12-13 5 “Times of Ceylon.” The report of the Commission appointed to consider the arrangements for the manufacture and sale of spirits in Ceylon has been issued as a Sessional paper, which includes the evidence of the witnesses who appeared before it. The most important recommendations of the Commission“Times of Ceylon.” - 321 words
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Article354 1917-12-13 5 A Remarkable Invention. The care and education of thousands of soldiers who have been blinded in the war has revived the interest of practical scientists in a device invented by Dr. Fournier d’Albe in 1912 for enabling the blind to read “by ear.” By354 words
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Article1097 1917-12-13 5 BY PATRICK MacGILL. The evening is falling and the moon, almost full, shows away in the east over the firing line. A battalion, back from the fighting, comes to a little village of M—where the men are going to rest for a day or two. M—had once been1,097 words
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Article524 1917-12-13 5 In an effort- to overcome the sanitary and economic handicaps of nipa (attap) as material for house construction, the Director of Health of the Philippine Islands and associates have designed a model house for the islands to be constructed out of a new fireproof material524 words
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Article364 1917-12-13 5 Most people like mushrooms, but cases such as that of a Petersham farmer who died recently from eating a poisonous variety keep many from indulging their taste, especially as writers have pointed out that there are no general rules to enable the unscientific to distinguish between esculent and poisonous364 words
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Advertisement442 1917-12-13 5 I IMPORTANT NOTICE. 1| x *1 T»HE SALE OF PUNDUT ESTATE Bindings i advertised to be sold at Auction by Messrs. J POWELL Co., Ltd., 17, Rattles Place, Singapore, on H Thursday, 15th November, 1917, has been postponed to j J the 18th December, 1917, with completion one month <£442 words
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Article36 1917-12-13 6 Parrktt.—Oa December 12tb, at Kensworth, Northam Road, Penang, to Mr. and Mrs. S. G. Parrett, a daughter. Griffl.M.—Ou December lOcb, at the European Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, to Mr. aud Mrs. W. A. Griffin, a son.36 words
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Article1148 1917-12-13 6 In the lull in the fighting, Mr Asquith’s speech at Birmingham comes as a reaffirmation of the Allies’ determination to continue the war until the vital issue between the belligerents has been settled, namely, whether the rule of force is to continue to be the dominating principle1,148 words
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Article1348 1917-12-13 6 Our Kuala Lumpur contemporary announces that the Hon. Mr. Education. A. H. Lemon, bhe Hon. Mr. H. W. Firmstone, Mr. W. G. Maxwell, c m g., Mr. J. H. M. Robson, Mr. Bennett E. Shaw and Mr. R. O Winstedt have been appointed to act as a1,348 words
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Article15 1917-12-13 6 To-day’s quotation for unrefined tin in Penang was $139.00 per picul business done.15 words
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Article382 1917-12-13 6 The following was the rubber quotation ic London on Dec. 11th, received to-day: Plantation Ist latex crepe 2s 3|d Smoked Sheet 2s [By courtesy of Messrs. Boustead Co.] A French Consular telegram says, the Revolution in Portugal has ended wi h the success of the revolutionaries, who382 words
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Advertisement168 1917-12-13 6 I PRITCHARD C“ L’j PENANG. j s SOLE AGENTS FOR I IMPERIAL I I TYPEWRITER e i < 1 1 i viArY 1 war I k. I $135 Nett. I BRITISH BEST. The machine that has made the high priced typewriter I a fad. 1 SYNOLEO| \y The Oil Bound168 words
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Advertisement34 1917-12-13 6 0.” GARAGE. The best English French Cars on Hire. Tel. No. 322. s Pinang Gazette Press, LIMITED. TELEPHONES. J j Prlntlni Works Manager and Cashier's Office 498 Managing Editor M 477 Editor’s Residence 22134 words
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Miscellaneous50 1917-12-13 6 THE TIDES. The following are the tides for to-day and to-morrow, Penang Standard Times > High Water. Low Water. To-day. 11.38 a.m. (sft. sin 5.45 a m. (Ift. 4in 11.45 p.m. (6ft. Bin.) 5.43 p.m. (Ift. 7in.) To-morbow. 6.25 a m. (Oft. Bin.) 12.22 p.m. (sft. 9in.) 6.28 p.m. (Ift.50 words
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Article165 1917-12-13 7 the western front. ENENTS in RUSSIA. SPEECH BY MR. ASQUITH. General Sir Edmund Allenby entered Jerusalem, on foot, on Tuesday. The Holy places are being guarded, the Mosque of Omar being placed under Mahommedan control. Douglas Haig’s troops repulsed a local attack north of La Vacquerie, south-west165 words
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France and Belgium.
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Article, Illustration427 1917-12-13 7 [Rhutbk's Telegrams]. TRENCH RAIDS. London, December 12. Field Marshal Haig reports that the Sber*ood Foresters made a successful raid this afternoon west of Hulluch, taking prisoners a number. A hostile raiding party was repulsed ea iy this m »roing south of Armentieres. Aerial Activity. London, December 12. Field[Rhutbk's Telegrams]. - 427 words
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Article117 1917-12-13 7 London, December 12. The Government has informed the Chamber that the Military Governor of Paris has requested the immediate withdrawal of M. Caiilaux’s parliamentary immunity. Charfes Against Caitlaax. Paris, December 12. At the instance of the Military Governor of Paris, the Chamber is considering the prosecution of the117 words
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Article55 1917-12-13 7 MR. BONAR LAW’S WARNING. London, December 12. In the House of Commons, Mr Bonar Law warned the enemies of the Allies that the longer the war lasted the less raw material there would be to go round, and as the Allies would help themselves first the less55 words
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Article41 1917-12-13 7 BRITISH GOVERNMENT’S GIFT. London, December 12. In the House of Commons, Mr. Bonar Law announced that the Imperial Government had sent a message of sympathy to Halifax, and had also made a gift of £1,000,000 to the relief fund.41 words
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Article43 1917-12-13 7 RESTRICTION ON RETAILERS. London, December 12. It is officially announced that Lord Rhondda, the Food Controller, has restricted the retail sales of meat for the four weeks ending 13ih January to the sales for the four weeks prior to October 27th.43 words
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Article19 1917-12-13 7 PRESIDENT ARRESTED. Lisbon, December 12. The President of the Republic was arrested, owing to bis refusal to resign.19 words
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Article12 1917-12-13 7 Loudon, December 10. Silver is 42 7/8. The market is quiet.12 words
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Article912 1917-12-13 7 MR. ASQUITH’S SPEECH. London, December 11. Mr. Asquith, speaking at Birmingham, said history would ask, Was it worth Britain's while to enter the war He answered undoubtingly and unhesitatingly. Yts only provided the war ended in a peace securing the attainment of Britain’s original purposes, and containing912 words
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Russia
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Article677 1917-12-13 7 MAXIMALISTS AND KORNILOFF TROOPS. Petrograd, December 12. Reu'er’s correspondent telegraphing last evening, ssys the Military Revolutionary Committee has invited the people to demonstrate to-morrow, with inflammatory watchwords. The outlook is most ominous. The Maximalist organ “Pravda” announces the first collision between Maximalists and four thousand of General K-orniloffs677 words
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Naval Operations.
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Article60 1917-12-13 7 ENEMY BATTLESHIP SUNK. London, December 12. An Italian official report says Our light craft on Sunday nigh’-, penetrating obstructions above and below water, entered Trieste and discharged four torpedoes against two warships of the Monarch class. All the torpedoes exploded Tne battleship Wien (5,600 tons) was sunk.60 words
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General News
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Article33 1917-12-13 7 WAR WITH AUSTRIA-HUNGARY. New York, December 12. Panama has declared war on AustriaHungary. The Aus r rians will be interned, and the Cana! zone will now be cleared of Austrians and Germans.33 words
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Article36 1917-12-13 7 GERMAN INTRIGUE. Washington, December 12. German intrigue is rampant in Mexico. It is rumoured that General Carranza has sent three Generals to seize the Tampico oilfields This is causing anxiety, in view the German activities.36 words
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Article362 1917-12-13 7 Chicago. Ill..—September 29. —More than 150 indictments have been found by the Federal Grand Jury which is investigating the activities of the Industrial Workers of the World on the evidence obtained in the recent Federal raids on the headquarters of various organisations from which German362 words
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The Near East.
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Article, Illustration197 1917-12-13 7 CELEBRATING THE SUCCESS. London, December 12. To-day’s Jerusalem celebrations included the Te Deum in Saint Paul’s Cathedral, which was never so crowded at an unofficial service since the war began, special services in Liverpool Central Synagogue, and the ringing of bells of the Roman Catholic Church at Taunton. German197 words
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Article204 1917-12-13 7 The brothers Caproni, inventors of the Italian aeroplanes which have lately bombarded the Austrian ships at Pola so effectively that not a ship left the harbour while English and Italian ships shelled the Austrians from the Gulf of Trieste, are Irredenti. They were born204 words
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Article103 1917-12-13 7 To-morrow’s Matches and Prize Distribution. The prizes won at the recent tennis tournament will be presented by the Hoiu Mr. W. C. Michell. Resident Councillor, at 6-30 p.m., on Friday, 14th instant, when thfi Club will be “At Home” to friends of members. The prize distribution103 words
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Article100 1917-12-13 7 For the benefit of those who have not seen the opening reels of Universal’s great detective mystery serial, “The Voice on the Wire,” it will be presented in the first show at 8 p.m. to-night, when the change of programme at 9-15 will include some exceedingly fine films,100 words
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Article2129 1917-12-13 8 1 ti lt ■S’S n•* i v-a Issue Dividends. NAMBS. s £.3 tacg Capital. Paid up. Value. S 3 tn 3 igi7 RUBBER (Dollar.) ®t 9« 45 65 40 int. AJor Gajah Rubber Estate £‘<Jn R 2 90 1909 »120,000 I»’®» ’J 21 20 j 8 int. Amalgamated Malay2,129 words
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Article520 1917-12-13 8 .—Ex. Agricultural shows are held in various parts of Ceylon from time to time but generally there is no definite programme as to places in which they are held or the dates on which the exhibitions take place. These shows serve two purposes: —(1) they aim at bringing.—Ex. - 520 words
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Article358 1917-12-13 8 India suffers severely from the ravages of insect pests, but so far it ha< apparently escaped the attentions of a destructive scale insect, known as Icerya purchasi, which, according to the Agricultural Journal of India has obtained a firm footing in Ceylon. The original home of “Icerya purchasi”358 words
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Article197 1917-12-13 8 A party of war-stained heroes was tramping out of Victoria Station looking with curious eyes on the old familiar sights. Behind them followed a French girl, accompanied by a Belgian soldier. Suddenly she disengaged her arm from her companion’s, and, running forward, touched the tunic of197 words
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Article809 1917-12-13 8 ITS PLACE IN THJK SCHOOLS. Mr. Herbert, G. Ponting, w ho ed Captain Scott’s South Polar >ln P ai u. and made the famous kinematoerXT^ o’l 0 1 of that great adventure, and who h trated more than a score of foreign I lllus his cameras,809 words
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Article240 1917-12-13 8 ta i f n- ife- whicll ar During these great straie ar *illery recorded in the communiques a> duels on various parts of the w pj c h lous exploits are daily is an exwill never be told. However, u g we ll ample of coolness and240 words
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Article370 1917-12-13 9 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. The annual general meeting of the Penang Recreation Club was held in the Club last night, Mr J D Scully, the President, in the chair. The minutes of the last annual general meeting and of a special general meeting were read and confirmed. The370 words
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Article285 1917-12-13 9 So soon as things settle down again on the eastern littoral of Africa, a very decided recrudescence of interest may be expected in such a staple industry as the production of coconuts and copra. If we take the British Protectorates and the German East territory, there285 words
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Article247 1917-12-13 9 A Hungarian who under a false name had oeen at the head of a big Parisian food supply store was arrested on Oct. 9 on charges of espionage and forgery. Born in Budapest 36 years ago, he was known in France as Alfred Brummel. Some years back247 words
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Article1141 1917-12-13 9 GERMAN PSYCHOLOGY. Of the German people it has been said with cutting contempt, that no nation has written more about psychology, and no nation understands less about it. The German ignorance of the psychology of other nations is the cause of the great diplomatic blunders which have ruined1,141 words
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Article635 1917-12-13 9 By Militiaman. Somewhere in Fiance.—Last Tuesday night I killed a German. I may have killed Germans before, in the melee of an advance. Certainly, I have usually emptied my revolver, and I have thrown many bombs. But it is the first time I have been sure that I,635 words
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Article860 1917-12-13 9 A CALL FOR REFORM. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (President of the Divorce Law Reform Union) writes in a contemporary The question of the reform of tbe Divorce Laws has been permitted to remain quiescent because it was thought by those who supported it that it860 words
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Article54 1917-12-13 9 Dec. 13 and 15.—Entertainment by Taiping Convent, “Our Day.” Dec. 19.—Board of Licensing Justices, Meeting, District Court, 2-30 p.m. Jan. 15, 17 and 19.—Penang Races. Another Snub for the Kaiser —Asked why he did not come forward to fight in the war, a defendant at a Northern police54 words
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Article704 1917-12-13 9 A NEW SPECIFIC The following article appeared in Truth” of October 17 T have received from Dr. Horace ’Willis, of Mozan, Assam, a reprint from the Indian Medical Gazette of July last of a paper by him on “A New Specific for Malaria, etc.” It is worth the704 words
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Article364 1917-12-13 9 Ong Wing, a contractor on the Kinta Association Mine, was attacked on his way to the mine kongsi at about seven o’clock with $l9O in his possession to pay his coolies. He was walking along a bridle path quite close to the mine when he was suddenly held364 words
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Article270 1917-12-13 9 Penang, December 13, 1917. Beef—eft.* Soup p. catty 14—16 Roast 26—28 Steaks 26—28 Stew or Curry Meat 20—22 Rump Steak 26—28 Ox Tail each 30—35 Tongue 50 Feet 30 Heart 35— 40 Liver per catty 40 Fillet of Beef 60 Pork— Pork p. catty 50—60 Pork with fat270 words
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Article123 1917-12-13 9 Penang, December 13, 1917. (By Courtesy of ths Chartered Bank). London Demand Bank 2/4 1/ 4 months’ sight Bank ...2/4 11/1 11 3 Credit ...2/4 27/3 3 Documentary ...2/4 7/ Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 3 day*’ sight Private Bombay Demand Bank t Moulmein Demand Bank 3 days' sight Private123 words
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Article143 1917-12-13 9 Penang, December 13, 1917, S. P. Tapioca ...$12.40 seller M. P. Tapioca ...$12.60 seller Gold leaf $72. Pepper (W. Coast 3 lbs. 5 oz) sl6j buyer Black Pepper $25 buyers White Pepper $4O nom; Trang Pepper $32.00 season ov< Mace $llO nom. Mace Pickings $4B sellers Cloves season over143 words
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Advertisement53 1917-12-13 9 In Aid of Red Cross. Owing to the demand for tickets in the Penang Lottery the Committee have decided to postpone the closing date for outstations till Dec. 31st. Tickets can be obtained from the Secretaries in Penang, up till January 3rd, 1918, and the drawing will take place on53 words
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MOTOR NOTES.
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Article272 1917-12-13 10 Some idea of the vast scale on which the rubber industry is conducted in Akron, the rubber capital of the world, can be gained from a description of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company. Seventeen years ago the Firestone Company occupied a small building with only272 words
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Article132 1917-12-13 10 Practically all Ford motor-cars of the most recent pattern not used entirely for business purposes have now been commandeered by the military authorities in India, lhe military officers concerned have the unpleasant task of stopping cars in the street while the occupants are taking a joy-ride, and removing them132 words
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Article233 1917-12-13 10 In a strong protest made in the above connection the Bengal Chamber of Commerce suggested to Government that a more ration al procedure than the commandeering of Fords, would be the removal of the embargo on American importations or that the Fordist whose car has been taken over233 words
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Article282 1917-12-13 10 At the end of March last there were 6,901 motor-cycles in India. The value of motorcycles imported in 1916-17 was nearly Rs. 12 lakhs. The number imported increased from 1.062 to 1.675, of which 1,125 came from the United Kingdom and 526 from the United282 words
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Article277 1917-12-13 10 In the review of the trade of India in 1916-17 by the Department of Statistics the chief feature of the import trade in motorcars was the large increase in the imports from the United States, and the decrease in the imports from the United Kingdom and277 words
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Advertisement392 1917-12-13 10 Il gB V K*T 'S s I ’^*'^W M Never Use An Oily Polish on Any of My Furniture—just JOHNSON’S PKMtn Wax OILY polishes gather and hold the dust, soiling clothing, linen and everything with which they come in contact. Johnson’s Prepared Wax imparts a perfectly hard, dry, glasslike polish.392 words
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Advertisement226 1917-12-13 10 THE NATIONAL MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALASIA. ITO. {lncorporated in Australia) ESTABLISHED ISU9. New Business 1914... £3,576,800 ?«nds £8,705,490 Income £1,473,583 Increase of Funds 705,000 No Shareholders. AU profits dividec mongst Policy-holders. Claims, Loans and Cash Surrenderi settled locally. Jenersl AgeLti: BOUSTEAD Co atad Sing ar n* 1 I 'lsyres226 words
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Advertisement218 1917-12-13 10 We have pleasure in offering the following to Estate Managers and Planters at remarkably low prices:— Beltings (Redaway’s Camel Rubber Cups (a large selection Hair). choose from). Jeb E ng H T h P Ma/e> KniVBS <BeS Changkols (Oxford Wins). Barbed Wire in 56 and 70 lb. F66ls)« Acetic Acid218 words
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Article1278 1917-12-13 11 J/ew year Jrfeeting, 1918. (Under S. R. A." Rules of Racing*.) RACE DAYS FIRST DAY Tuesday, 15th? January, 1918.’ SECOND DAY Thursday,^l7th January, 1918. THIRD DAY Saturday, 19th January, 1918. FIRST DAY. TUESDAY, 15th JANUARY, 1918. 1& 7. George Town Plate and Purse. $4OO. A Handicap for1,278 words
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Article840 1917-12-13 11 MESSRS TATA’S ENTERPRISE. A definite statement has at last been made regarding a business matter that Las been anticipated for some time, namely, the establishment of a company under the auspices of M*s-rs Tata and Sons to exploit the industry in coconut products on the West840 words
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Advertisement498 1917-12-13 11 IR. YOUNG Co, Ltd., I PENANG. J CAST CONCRETE SPECIALITIES 1 gw— OF OUR OWN MANUFACTURE- g I FANCY MOSAIC” I I B Pressed Concrete Flooring Tiles !I n i I U T v Artistic Colors and Patterns. §aR g I U r PRICE about per 100 TILES g I498 words
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Advertisement2387 1917-12-13 12 P 0. -British India N.Y.KJfev K. P. M. CH AUSTR^UA B I _"TTT~ *R.M»-Md* AINU INCORPORATED IN JAPAN. H p!!!™! t? r /V £i?> a I/ (INCORPORATED IN HOLLAND.) Reserve Liability of Proprietors |’J Apcar Line. A z£\ iß M s y c mp > I *o» I Iwwmpbp TO2,387 words
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