Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 7 February 1918

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 31. VOL. LXXVI. THURSDAY, 7th FEBRUARY, 1918. PRICE 10 CENTS
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 681 1 I' JAPANESE DENTIST T. NAGATA Next Door to The Dbpensary. < tr- 1 ZF YOU HAVE NOT TRIED BEAR BRAND MILK I i you can have no idea what a PERFECTLY STERILISED MILK IG AR ETTES I: flip®' 11 I N 555 v,rq,ma so $l. :EW<‘ really is. Do not
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    • 86 1 DODUCCQ BOOoooo* IX ’BEN YOU ARE AWAY J c VV on leave you want to keep a in touch with Malayan affairs, Social, Commercial, Miring, Planting, Ac. This you can do J in no better way than by sub»- cribing to the Weekly Edition of 5 a the Pinang Gazette.”
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  • 341 2 REPORT FOR 1917. Since the Fund was opened in February, up to the end of the year we have received cash subscriptions amounting to $2,372.44, expended as follows To purchase of bandage materials $1,532.05 Packing, cartage, etc. 31.28 Freight and insurance, etc. 237.90 Petties 12.00
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  • 119 2 Not only for remembered loveliness, England, my own, my mother, we hold thee rare "Who toil and fight and sicken beneath the glare. Of brazen suns that smile on our duress, Making us crave thy cloudy state no less Than the sweet clarity of thy rain-washed air, Meadows in
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  • 117 2 To-Night at the Empire. To-night and to-morrow night at 9-15. and this afternoon and to-morrow afternoon at 4-30, the management present four special screenings of the greatest and latest Government official war films in ten big reels, presented by The War Office Cinematograph Committee, depicting an
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  • 123 2 I he following are the results of ties played last evening: Profession Pairs—T. E. Winfield and F. Matson beat A. S. Hall and L. M. Evans 7—5,6—-4 R. E. Prentis and E. H. Everest beat E. E. Chambers and F. B. RicEett 6—4, 6—3 R” Class Single
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  • 330 2 Writing to the Malay Mail,” Mr. F. G. Harvey says There are reports current that certain estates have received instructions to destroy all scrap rubber. In spite of the best intentions, I fail to see how such estates will effectively prevent a large proportion of their
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  • 146 2 The following is the report to be submitted at the statutory meeting on February, 13 at Messrs. Evatt and Co.’s offices, Singapore. The total number of shares allotted is 130.000 of which 100.000 are allotted as fully paid in consideration of the transfer to the Company of
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  • 163 2 .—“T.O.M.” An interesting case was heard in the Ipoh Police Court when a Chinaman named Khong Hoon was charged, at the instance of Mr. D. W. F. Hatelie, sub-lessee of Sungei Pari Mine, in thut (1) he, with machinery, did act so rashly and negligently as to
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  • 87 2 An important amendment to the Fugitive Offenders Act 1881, came into effect from February 1. in that it is notified that the Act shall in future apply to British India, Ceylon, Hongkong, the Straits Settlements, the F.M.S., Johore, Kedah, Perlis, Kelantan. Trengganu, Brunei, North Borneo, and Sarawak.
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  • 47 2 London, January 12.—The military correspondent of the “Times”' disagrees with the recent suggestion that the forces retained m the United Kingdom are excessive, and thinks that we must anticipate a German sea offensive now that the Baltic Fleet is released for the North Sea.
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  • 98 2 The February Monthly Medal Competition viz —5O yards handicap for “A” Class and 100 yards handicap for “B” Class will be held at the Swimming Club on Sunday, 10th instant, at 11-15 a.m. Since the introduction of the two-rupee note in Ceylon, forgery has frequently been discovered.
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  • 933 2 —Commerce.. The retention of British, Norwegian and other foreign ships commandeered while under construction in the United States yards has been announced by the Shipping Board in its first annual report to Congress. The number of vessels requisitioned and under contract on October 31, the board reported, was
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 325 2 TO LETCOMPOUND HOUSE, No. 1, Gottlieb Rond, (between the junctions of Burmah Road and Bagau Jermal Road) Suitable for family residence. Apply to LIM CHEAN HOCK, 117, Beach Street. TO LET. Accommodation for euro j ean GENTLEMAN, Comfortable, splendid locality. Apply Box No. 29, c/o Pinang Qazitte. 147—7-2 INCOME TAX.
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    • 135 2 rjlUilllllUlilllllllllllilllllllllllUllllllllllllllilllillllllllllM I Estates and 2s>oeal Jlgents. g SEE THAT YOU TRY OUR f Jsoeal frlake frleranti (Sases. j p? The value for your money. The thing for f g your entire satisfaction. Tested and proved ĕ W' to be far better than MOMI or other Ip European make cases in
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 372 2 EXTRA attraction two nights only. I IM w, a gg 4 g Manager THOMAS SHAFTO. TO-NIGHT AND TO-MORROW NIGHT COMMENCING ’AT 9.15, Monster Matinees, To-day and To-morrow at 4.30 children only will be admitted at half price. The Public of Penang will be more than enthusiastic in their praise of
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  • 1196 3 FLOODED PIAVE DISTRICT. On the Lower Piave River, Northern Italy, December 15.—Countless square miles of desolate marsh land intercepted and out into numberless islands by sluggish lagoons and inundated to the depth of several feet, line after line of stationary batteries of gnns of from three to
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  • 231 3 M.T.” A correspondent writes A wedding of more than usual interest to the Ceylon Tamils in Singapore was solemnised in the church of Sb Peter on Friday, Istinst, when Mr A R Nitchiugam, of Johore Bharu, led to the altar Miss Lily Puspamani Daniel, daughter of Mr and
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  • 165 3 We have it on very good authority,” says the Kuala Lumpur paper, ‘‘that methylated spirit is being imported at present in such quantities as can only lead to the suspicion that it is being converted’ into a potable spirit, and sold for drinking purposes. If this be so,
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  • 135 3 Ab the joint Police Court at Colombo recently, the Magistrate, Lieut Com. Stainer, held a special sitting to hear a charge against the Captain of a vessel for having delayed the departure of his vessel. It appears the skipper received a summons one Sunday, to be present
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  • 84 3 Messrs. Apcar and Co’s market report, dated Sourabaya, January 30, states The sugar market is inactive but prices are holding fairly steady on the bases of our last quotations. Crop 1917 The only business reported was 11,500 tons superior purchased by Messrs Mitsui Bussan Kaisha from the
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 753 3 Planter, Britisher, wants FOR SALID BILLET, three years experience, excellent testimonials resigned through T Cir* b conditions unsatisfactory, write particulars. olrOng Dell Ponies and a n x-r no z governess cart. Apply to Box No. 28, c/o Pinang Gazette. w 145—8-2 w KUBb China Street Ghaut. Penanu. 137—9-2 MOTHER’S HELP
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    • 394 3 ‘pHUL-NANA ■L Hegd JOL A Bouquet of India’s Choicest Flowers. An entrancingly fragrant and powerful scent, yet not cloying, Phul Nana blends all the choicest scents of an YaL Indian Garden into an unique perfume. e Try it and enjoy this luxury in sweet X X smells. Phul-Nana can also
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  • 60 4 Nitchingam-Danibl—On Febraary Ist, 1918 at the Church of St Peter, Singapore, by the Right Raverend C J Ferguson Davie, assisted by the Reverend R K Abraham, A R Nitchingam, only son of Mr Nitchingam of Jaffna, to Lily Pushpamani, second daughter of Mr and Mrs C T Daniel of
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  • 487 4 The action of the British Government in following up their protest to Germany, for the illegal treatment of prisoners of war, by an intimation that reprisals would be taken, and that, in particular, German Officers in our hands would be placed in localities especially subject to air raids, will
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  • 582 4 The news that Baron von Kuehlmann and Count Czernin have gone to Berlin from Brestlitovsk is followed by a semi-official telegram from Berlin in which it is stated that the haughty attitude of the Bolsheviks at the peace pourparlers is not justified by the situation
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  • 891 4 The news that Switzerland ie taking further precautions to Switzerland. g"« d h9rße a ““‘"J’ indicates that, as in Holland, there is always present the idea that the course of events may yet provide a menace, and that it is as well to be prepared for whatever
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  • 159 4 APPEAL FOR DEVELOPMENT. Nairobi, February 3. A mass meeting enthusiastically and q animously requested the Imperial Govern, ment to appoint the ex-Governor, MajorGeneral Sir E Percy Girouard, to be Mili. tary Governor of British East Africa for the period of the war, with powers tc organise the
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  • 74 4 Messrs. Allen Dennys Jr Co. advise us that the under-mentioned prices were realised for rubber sold at their 355th auction sales held to-day Smoked diamond sheet No 1 $79 to $B9 Smokod diamond sheet No 2 62 76 Unsmoked sheet No 1 n go Unsmoked sheet No
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  • 46 4 [From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, February 7. At the Singapore rubber auctions, 1,13 C tons were catalogued. The Market was weak and the demand was poor, prices being down. Ribbed smoked, average price $BB to $B9, fine pale $9l, and the others slack.
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  • 36 4 [From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, February 7. Messrs. Fraser and Co.’s report says rubber shares are steady, but the changes ar® lower. Tins are good. Sungei Gaus dropped to 16. Investments are easing.
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  • 29 4 To-day’s qaoiation for unrefined tin ia Peoaug was $136.50 per picul, business done. Tin ii quoted in Louden to-day at £298 15s spot, and £296 three months.
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  • 42 4 The following subscriptions have been received by the Chartered Bank, By Balance ou Jan 7 $393.62 H de Z Lancaster (monthly) 25.00 Teoh Cheow Cheang (monthly) 2.00 By Balance on Feb 4 $420.62 Amount previously acknowledged ...$32,429.23 Total ...$32,849.85
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  • 302 4 Mail B of 4th December last, despatched from Penang to London, was delivered ia London on the sth instan r The United Engineers, Ltd., have declared an interim dividend of 5 per cent. The books close on the 12th instant. Owing to the Chinese New Year holidays, the
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 41 4 Pritchard’s Stores. just Received Special Consignment OF FINEST SPANISH Dessert Figs In lb. Tins. $2 per Tin. FINEST CLUSTER Dessert Muscatels $1.20 per lb. The above are most attractive goods and are certain to com= mand a ready sale. Pritchard’s Stores.
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    • 28 4 Stay Where [Everybody Stays. “E<& O.” Pinang Gazette Press, LIMITED. TELEPHONES. I 5 Printing Worts Manager and Cashier’s Office 498 B Managing Editor 477 Editor’s Residence 221 B
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 38 4 THE TIDES. The following are the bides for to-day and to-morrow, Penang Standard Times High Water. Low Water. To-day. 9.18 a.m. 3.24 a.m. 9 26 pm. 2.52 p m. Tomorrow. 10.25 a.m. 4.33 a.m. 10.24 p.m. 4.20 p.m.
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  • 169 5 COMING BLOW IN FRANCE. ENEMY’S AIR LOSSES. IMPERIAL war conference. A series of Imperial War Cabinet meetings and Imperial War Conferences will be held in London this year, which representatives of the Dominions will attend. French report states that the enemy by means of raids on the western
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  • France and Belgium
    • 104 5 [Rueter’s Telegrams? ARTILLERY ACTIVITY. Paris, February 5. A semi-official report states Along the whole of the Western front, our enemies »re completing preparations for future operations. Their General Staffs are endeavouring by means of raids at numerous points to gain information. The artillery fire is
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    • 151 5 FORTHCOMING CONFERENCES. London, February 5. Reuter learns that in accordance with the general wish expressed last year, and as the convenience of the Dominion statesmen and their Parliaments will permit, a series of Imperial War Cabinets and Imperial War Conferences will be held in London thia year
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    • 99 5 SECRET FUNCTIONS. London, February 5, In the House of Commons, replying to Mr Asquith, Mr Bonar Law stated that the aBt meeting of the Supreme War Council Versailles, after careful consideration, decided, in of the important military '-nsiderarions involved, it was impossible present., without giving valuable informatlcn
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    • 35 5 BRITISH CASUALTIES. London, February 5. In the House of Commons, Mr. Bonar stated that since the war 14,120 nonmen, women and children had ee n killed by German submarines and •‘rcraft.
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    • 154 5 CHANCELLOR’S ATTITUDE. Amsterdam, February 5 A Berlin semi-official telegram states that the strike is now regarded as ended. Many munition works in Berlin are in full operation, while eighty per cent of the employees of other big factories are working. Herding and the Strikers. Amsterdam, February 3.
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    • 41 5 “WE WANT BREAD.” Amsterdam, February 6, Mounted and foot police frequently charged, with drawn swords, crowds of strikers in the streets of Amsterdam, while at the Hague a procession of strikers, passing the Palace, shouted, “We want breed.”
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    • 36 5 Berne, February 5. A meeting of Socialists and Trade Unionists protested against the fresh levy of troops for reinforcing the frontiers, but asked the workmen to keep calm, and to refrain from wanton acts.
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    • 122 5 THE INDIC PMENT. Paris, February 5. The 8010 indictment states After the battle of the Marne, Germany, finding her sudden attack had no longer any hope of success, desired a rapprochement with France, in order to be able to defeat Britain. It was necessary to prepare public
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    • 96 5 FUEL-SAVING MEASURES Ottawa, February 6. With the object of saving fuel, the Canadian Government has ordered all manufacturers, including muaition makers, and excepting those producing food, to close three days next week, and has also ordered theatres and other places of amusement to close every Monday from February 18th
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    • 46 5 BRITISH REPRISALS. London, February 5. In the House of Commons, Mr Macpherson stated that information received showed undoubtedly that the German authorities placed officer war prisoners in localities especially subject to air raids. Similar action was contemplated in England (Loud cheers).
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    • 34 5 PEERS’ PROPOSAL REJECTED. London, January 5. The House of Commons, by 238 votes to 141, rejected the House of Lords’ compromise in regard to proportional representation. Proportional representation is therefore indefinitely shelved.
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    • 26 5 London, February 5. In the House of Commons, Mr. Bonar Law stated that the Government hoped to appoint Admiral Jellicoe to an important position.
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  • Russia
    • 257 5 MESSAGE TO GERMAN WORKMEN. Petrograd, February 5. The Congress of Soviets closed, after deciding to telegraph greetings of ercouragement to the German workmen in the struggle so gloriously begun likewise to Revolutionary Finland. The Congress approved of the decree naming the Council of Commissioners “The Workmen’s and
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  • Italy’s Campaign
    • 76 5 ENEMY AIR LOSSES. London, February 5. An Italian <ffici«l report says: We shot down five enemy aeroplanes. The English shot down eight. Bomb Damage io Italy. Padua, February 5. Ten enemy aeroplanes dropped sixty bombs on various localities. At Aibergo d’ltalia they demolished a hospital. The Cathedral Church of
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  • 50 5 GOVERNMENT ACTION. London, Februaiy 6. In the House of Common®, Mr Bonar Law announced that it was proposed to appoint a Committee of bankers, merchants and manufacturers to consider the advisability of interfering with banking amalgamations. It was hoped that, pending the enquiry, no further amalgamations would occur.
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  • 203 5 A provisional agreement has been entered into between the London and Provincial Bank and the London and South-Western Bank for amalgamation, under the title of the “London Provincial and South-West-ern Bank, Limited.” Shareholders of the London and SouthWestern Bank will be allotted three shares of £lO each,
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  • 43 5 EXTRAVAGANT THEORIES. Amsterdam, February 5. The German Vice-Admiral, Galster, writing in Die Selfe,” says submarinism has not yielded the results anticipated. The theory as regards Lightening neutral shipping and the assumption of the speedy overthrow of England have proved extravagant.”
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  • 19 5 Tokio, February 6. The Nippon Yusen Kaisha has decided to re-open its service via the Mediterranean.
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  • 42 5 SPrtEAD Ob' THE PEST. Pt king, February 4. Plague has appeared at Sinlo on the Pek-ing-Hanko.v railway. The situation is regarded as serious but it is hoped the preventive measures a:ready adopted will make the suspension of ttaffic unnecessary.
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  • 22 5 JOHN L. SULLIVAN. New York, February 4 The death has occurred of the famous Pugilst, John L. Sullivan.
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  • 17 5 Buenos Aires, January 5. The Government has rescinded the decree prohibiting the rxpoct of wheat.
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  • 9 5 London, February 4 The silver market is stadier.
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  • 236 5 The Hon. Khan Bahadur A. K. G. Ahmed Thamby Maricair, who will be remembered as one of the Indian Labour Commissioners who visited Malaya last year, submitted to the Rt. Hon. Mr. E. S. Montagu, the Secretary of State for India an interesting memorandum and
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  • 116 5 London, January 19.—Renter’s Agency learrs that Great Bri ain has informed Switzerland His Majesty’s Government desire to reaffirm the Treaties and declarations of 1815 and to assure the Swiss Government that, in conjunction with the United States «nd France, they respect the integrity and neutrality
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  • 43 5 Washington, January B.—The National Defense Society has filed formal charges against Senator La Follett of Wisconsin, accusing him of disloyalty and seditious activities. After bringing a bill of particulars, the Society calls upon the Senate to expel the Wioconsin legislator.
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  • 64 5 Tokio, January 22.—Six Nippon Yusen Kaisha steamers, which were under charter co the British Government for transporting munitions from London to Vladivostok, have been released as there is no longer any necessity for keeping up that service. They are proceeding to Japan via America
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  • 1685 5 Mr. W. Kellie-Smith has returned to Batu Gajah. Mrs. R. Kellar is spending a holiday at Batu Ferringhi, Penang. Mrs. J. Buchanan, Tronoh South, is still an inmate of Batu Gajah Hospital. The Rev. and Mrs. Hone, and the two Misses Henham, are spending a holiday at
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  • 955 6 £E NAMES. g. 2 RUBBER (Dollar.) Alor Gajah Rubber Estate $4 JHi Amalgamated Malay Estates »2 80 «2.V0 Ayer Hitam Planting Syndicate sls| »1« Ayer Kuning Rubber Estates. $1.30 51.35 Ayer Molek Rubber Co. s2| S-.bo Ayer Panas Rubber Estates $lO4 Balgownie Rubber Estate $M gy? Batu Lintang 2
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  • 1923 6 U-BOAT BRUTALITY OFF IRISH COAST. Much new light was thrown on German submarine warfare in a lecture recently delivered in Cleveland, Ohio, by Mr. Wesley Frost, formerly American Consul at Queenstown, now assigned to the Department of State. Mr. Froet was an eye-witness of many of
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 394 6 B Jr J I Never Use An Oily Polish on Any of My Furniture-just REMtEB WM 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. It forms a thin, protecting
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  • 4297 7 FURTHER EVIDENCE "Phe case was continued in the Supreme Court, Penang, before Mr Justice L M Woodward, in which Lira Gaik Teen Neoh, the plaintiff, asks that a will made on 7th June, 1916, by Towkay Choong Cheng Kean in favour of he defendants, Lim Gaik Kee,
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  • 104 7 Shanghai, January 24.—Work for the recovery of the bodies of the victims of the ill-fated Poochi by expert divers has been abandoned. More than five feet of mad has accumulated in the rooms of the wrecked vessel, according to statements by the divers, saying that this
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  • 56 7 British Foreign Bible Society Emergency Fund Amount already acknowledged $471.97, A Friend $lO, A Friend sloo— $381.97 Besides the above we have received from the girls and teachers of the Chinese Girls’ School, Government Hill, a subscription of $22-85 to provide Braille Scriptures for blind soldiers and sailors. Chas E
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  • 43 7 [From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, February Our Kuala Lumpur correspondent telegraphs to-day that the local Secretary of the Rubber Growers” Association has received a cable stating that nine-tenths of the required support for the crop restriction proposal has been obtained.
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  • 117 7 Feb B.—Ministering Childrens League, Meeting. Free School, 4.30 p.m. Feb 10.—P.V.R.C. Shoot, (Rapids) 7 a.m. Feb 10.—Penang Swimming Club, February Competiti ns, 11.15 a.m Feb 11. —Cricket Match. Esplanade, 11 a.m. Feb 12. —P.V.‘R.C. Shoot, 'Rapids) 7 am. Feb 13.—Menglembu Lode Syndicate, Ltd, Adjourned Annual General Meeting, Chamber
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  • 150 7 Pbnang, February 7. 1918 S. P. Tapioca $lO 50 sellers. M. P. Tapioca ...$lO 80 sellers. Gold leaf $72. Pepper (W. Coast 3 Ibe. 5 oz) sl6j buyers Black Pepper $25 buyers. White Pepper $4O nom Trang Pepper $32.00 season coming Mace $llO nom. Mace Pickings $4B sellers. Cloves
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  • 194 7 The following are additional rubber outputs for January Aima lb 3 35,000 Alor Pongsu tf 26,585 Ayer Kuning 5’300 Ayer Tawah o 26,265 Brieh 18*854 Bungsar 36,000 Batu Lintang 4,682 Bernam-Perak 22,700 Bukit Toh Alang 19,479 Cicely 55,402 Cluny 20,523 Consolidated Rubber 52,679 Consolidated Malay 108,130 Chulsa (Selangor)
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  • 222 7 Pbsang, February 7, 1918. {By Courtesy ot the Chartered Bank}. London Demand Bank 2/4 132 ,1 4 months’sight Bank ...2/4 3,8 3, Credit ...2/4 17/32 3 Docrmer-tury ...2/4 9/16 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 3 days’ sight Private < Bombay Demand Bank Mouimein Demand Bank o 3 days’sight Pr vs...
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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