Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 25 April 1918

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 96. VOL. LXXVI. THURSDAY, 25th APRIL, 1918. PRICE IO CENTS
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 709 1 —WinrvuT -~Lr,n.-.nj~ir~u~u~Lrj I JAPANESE DENTIST 'I T. NAGATA Next Door to The Dispensary. a» IF YOU HAVE NOT TRIED §ua BEAR BRAND MILK. you can have no idea what a Quality and pfW PERFECTLY STERILISED MILK k s> riee Iwjliwl really is. Do not confuse Ithis brand with other milks
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    • 14 1 IRUNNYMEDEI HOTEL. I GARAGE I New Cars for Hire. IPHONE NOS. NIfiHT I OBMOMBOBBICHBiCMBO
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • 1325 2 [To tub Editob of thb “Pinang Gaxbttb.” Sir,—l was fortunate enough to hear the discussions at the Chinese Town Hall on Friday regarding the scheme of Mr. Cheah Kee Ee and followers to petition the Government of the Straits Settlements for the passing of laws enforcing the registration
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  • 374 2 Vice-Admiral Roger John Brownlow Keyes who was announced by Sir Eric Geddes to have been in command of the nava] force attacking Zeebrugge and Ostend is Commander at Dover. Bom in 1872 he comes of fighting stock being the son of the late General Sir Charles Keyes
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  • 100 2 The Coliseum presents a strong programme to-night, and a full house is anticipated. In the second show, commencing at 9.15 Protea IV,” a great detective serial will .be screened —the two episodes being The Secret Mission and In the hands of the Enemy —in connection with the Mysteries
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  • 840 2 CARRYING FORWARD OF BALANCE OF PROFIT RECOMMENDED. The eighth yearly report of the directors to the shareholders in the Teluk Anson Rubber Estate, Ltd., states:— The profit for the year, after providing for depreciation on buildings, furniture and machinery, but subject to directors’ fees amounts to $73,576.26
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  • 59 2 PENANG WOMEN WORKERS. Amount previously acknowledged $7,110.02 Mrs Jamieson $lO, Ladies Bridge Book Golf Club $lO, LAM $5, Mrs Save $5. Total $7,140.02 Hospital carments for Soldiers ready cut out- for workers will be given out the Town Hall every Friday at 9.15 till 10 30
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 538 2 FOR SALzE> Harley Davidson Motor Cycle and Gloria Side Car» in excellent running order, complete with lamps, tools and spares $l,lOO No offers Box No. 91, c/o Pinang Gazette Federated Malay States Railways. VACANCIES FOR ENGINEERING APPRENTICES. APPLICATIONS are invited for three vacancies as Apprentice Draughtsmen and three vacancies as
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    • 188 2 COFFEE For Estate or Household Use. j DIRECT FROM THE GROWER TO THE CONSUMER, j I i I g ROAST AND GROUND Price so cts. per lb- j ROAST BEANS <5 I I Packed in tins of not loss than 5 lbs. F. 0. K. Sungkal. I H GREEN BEANS
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 181 2 A I W Are You a Saint W I Are You a Sinner I THE I WILL BE PACKED WITH I Saints and Sinners I Thursday, Friday and Saturday Nights. TO SEE The Saintly Sinner A REAL BLUE BIKD. BIGGEST AND BEST PROTEA Who has Thrilled Millions with her daring
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  • AHEAD OF THE MAIL.
    • 310 3 London, February 11. —He was a younjj aviator just turned twenty-two. He had just got home to Blighty from the Western front, where he had seen quite a lot of active service. He was one of the cheeriest young soliders one could wish to meet, determined
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    • 157 3 Sydney, March 14. —The Education Department has decided that the study of the Japanese language shall begin in the State secondary schools and the University. Professor Murdoch, lecturer in Japanese history at the University, has returned to Sydney after engaging two Japanese professors for the
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    • 84 3 London, February 9. —The scientific department of the Imperial Institute has examined a series of oils prepared during Sir Douglas Mawson’s last expedition to Antarctica, including sea leopard and penguin oil from the Weddel Sea. The department found the oils of good quality, and capable of
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    • 86 3 Peking, March 28. —The American engineer, Mr. Purcell, and his Chinese assistant, Mr. Woo, who were recently captured in Honan, have been rescued from the bandits. It appears that on the approach of the soldiers the bandits attempted to retreat further into the mountains but
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    • 87 3 Lopdon, February 3. —In a speech in the Reichstag Herr Haase, the Socialist leader, revealed the fact that Dr. Michaelis, when Imperial Chancellor, sent a memorandum to Austria stating that “only when England is beaten will the seas be free, and the way opened to
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    • 72 3 The Cologne newspapers publish details of an alleged Anglo-American “plot.” They assert that a committee was formed in Washington on New Year’s day, with a fund of £12.500,000, under the leadership of Senator Stone, Lord Northcliffe and Loid Reading, to “organise a revolution in Germany, Austria, Turkey
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    • 51 3 The Prime Minister of Austria, Dr. von Seidler. addressing the Budget Committee of the Reichrath, said it was the Austrian Government’s tragic fate to have figuratively to “move among mine fields. “Give mp a free sea,” he said, and then I will show that I can steer
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 1570 3 WANTED A COMPETENT D A Q C N PQ NOTICE. Shorthand Typist Apply to UVI Box No. 90, c/o Pinang Gazette. ZAWING to restrictions having been 443—26 4 k Passengers requiring accom- kJ imposed by the Government of Madras on the emigration of adult males a fT ph modation to
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    • 281 3 PRITCHARD’S SILVERWARE. j H 1 I Ml-J 1 Pint Silver Tankards. O Silver Mounted Seent $51.60 $54. IB Bottles. In Two Patterns. ’i J'j $3, $4.10, $7.25, $10.50 V t| $l5. y -—sja. Silver Flower ti i i ms Engraved Silver Tobacco Vases. silver Manicure Sets. Boxes. $8.25, $3.75, $4.75
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  • 851 4 A naval writer some mouths ago asserted that it WBs impossible to prevent all egress from Zeebru-ge. The British Navy may not have have succeeded in destroying the basis for this opinion by the latest raid on that Belgian port, which, with the simultaneous effort against Ostend,
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  • 29 4 To-day’s quotation for unrefined tin in Penang was $161.75 per picul, business done. Tin was quoted in London on Tuesday at spot £343 and £343 three months.
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  • 30 4 The following were the rubber quotations in London on April 23rd, inst. Plantation Ist latex crepe 2s 6d Smoked Sheet 2s [By courtesy of Messrs. Boustead Co.]
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  • 87 4 The following are the latest quotations in Messrs. Kennedy and Co.’s share list Yesterday. To-day. a> tc on a> li t- Shares. >» >» s S 3 S QQ M CQ CQ Rubber (Dollar). Connemara 40c 50c 40c 47|c prem Jimah $1.65 $1.75 $1.65 $1.70 M. Pinda
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  • 26 4 The following are additional rubber outputs for March Alor Pongsu lbs 10,000 Ayer Kuning 4,800 Brieh 10,860 Merbau 6,821 North Perak 5,248 Temerloh 8,784
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  • 96 4 Messrs. Allen Dennys <fc Co. advise us that the under-mentioned prices were realised for rubber sold by them at their two auction sales held this week Smoked diamond sheet No 1 $lOO to $lll Smoked diamond sheet No 2 85 99 Unsmoked sheet No I 75 Unsmoked
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  • 1378 4 A book extensively reviewed by Home newspapers, is that written The German by one of the chief memMilitary Mind. bers of the German General Staff, Lieut-Guneral Baron von Freytag-Loriughoven. The author, formerly Quartermaster General in the field, chooses as the title, “Deductions from the World War.” It
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  • 106 4 The case in which D. M. R. Samy who te charged with giving false information came before Mr. R. D. Acton, in the Distirct Court, Penang, to-day, when the evidence of Mr. S. Reddy late Tamil Interpreter of the District Court was taken. He spoke to accused
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  • 378 4 In the District Court, Penang, before Mr. R. D. Acton, to-day, Ahmad, stamp vendor of the Penang Supreme Court was charged with criminal breach of trust in respect of a sum of $378.95 on the 20th inst. The accused pleaded guilty, and said he used the
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  • 356 4 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. [From Our Own Cobrrrpondrnt.] Kuala Lumpur, April 25. The annual general meeting of the Planters Association of Malay at Kuala Lumpur, on Wednesday was largely attended. Mr Frank Harvey was Chairman in the absence of Mr R C M Kiudersley. Labour Recruiting. Regarding the restriction
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  • 260 4 VESTRY MEETING. The Annual Vestry was held on Wednesday, April 24, at 12 o’clock in the Governor’s Office. There was only a small attendance The various Church accounts were presented. The Churchwardens’ accounts were held over till Mr Pritchard’s return for some final corrections, but showed a
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  • 122 4 Amount already acknowledged $***** Mr F J S resman, Bandoeng, Java, per Rev W H William?, £lOO, 84.21 Mr J W Bosaeken, Beudoenv, Java, p-r Rev W H Williams, £lOO, $B4 21; Mr L van Suchlen, Bendoeng, Java, p r Rev W H
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  • 14 4 The Club shoot advertised for next Sunday morning is cancelled.
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  • 799 4 Mr S Wickwar, of Batu Gajab,’ i 3 present in Singapore on holiday. The engagement is announced of Mary eldest daughter of Sir Hugh Clifford »to Captain Walter Ronan. The news is recorded of the death of Mr George J Murray, the well-known planter and sportsman of
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  • 41 4 A STRONG MARKET. [From Our Own Correspondent. Singapore, April 25. At Singapore rubber auctions 998 tons were catalogued. The market was strongFine pale and ribbed smoked each touched $ll2, plain smoked $9O, and ribbed unsmoked $69 to $BO.
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 53 4 THE TIDES. The following are the tides for so-day *nd to-morrow, Penang Standard 1 imes High Water Low Water. To DAY 11.56 a.in. (6ft. sin.) 5.57 a.in. (Ift. 2in.) 6.31 p in. (Ift. lin.) TO MOBROW. 12.6 am. (sft. 9in.) 6.23 am (Oft. Bin.) 12 22 p.m. (6ft. Bin.) 6.58
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  • 221 5 ZEEBRUGGE AND OSTEND ATTACKED. remarkable operations. ACTIVITY ON SOMME LINE A naval night attack was made on Zeebrugge and Ostend, the operation at Zeebrugge including the sinking of old British cruisers laden with cement at .the entrance to the Bruges Canal and the entrance to the Harbour, the
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  • France and Belgium.
    • 1622 5 [Reuter Trlesrams.] SIR DOUGLAS HAIG’S DESPATCH. London, April 23. Field Marshal Haig, ia a supplementary report, say? the unrnuer of division-? employed against the British alone since the opening of the offensive on March 21st is already 102, of which many have used twice or thric* Io resisting
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    • 412 5 RICHTHOFEN’S FUNERAL. London, April 22. Reuter’s correspondent at the British Headquarters, telegraphing on Aonl 22nd, says the funeral of Baron von Richthofen this afternoon was a most impressive spectacle. The German airman was buried in a cemetery not far from the spot where he was brought
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    • 1795 5 ATTACKED BY NAVAL FORCES. London, April 23. The Admiralty reports that a raid wa B made early this morning on the Ostend and Zeebrugge destroyer and submarine bases. The forces are returning, with scanty information so far, but it is stated the raid met with a reasonable
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  • 380 5 AGREEMENT REPORTED. Amsterdam, April 23. The “Handelsblad”, referring to the “Daily Telegraph’s statement on the Holland situation, cabled yesterday morning, says a Germano-Dutch agreement has been reached regarding the Dutch concessions concerning the transit of sand and g aval and the transport of various necessities not intended
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  • 21 5 London. April 23. The Alsace-Lorraine Landtag refused to discuss the Budget, because the discussion of the country’s future was prohibited.
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  • 34 5 Paris, April 24. An official report says the air-raid 11 alarm'* was given at 11-36 p.uo. and ended at 1-2 a.m. No aircraft passed the barrage. [Continued on Page 9.]
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  • 3686 6 A CITY OF COLOUR. [Special to the Pinang Gazette."] The figure» given in Siamese official publications relating to the export of rice from the port of Bangkok are eloquent of the increased output of the country’s staple product. The mill chimneys dotted about the banks of the
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 435 6 REPEATING AND I kdMT AUTOLOADING I SHOT GUNS M V R EMINGTON UMC Autoloading Arms are wr/s made under the famous Browning patents which are recognized as unex- 1 ce lk<l- Our Repeating Shot Guns are Lst gaining favour. Send for descriptive IF Jfatalogue. free upon request. I z. REMINGTON
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  • 665 7 .—Ex. BY AN ANZAC. Early in the morning of this day three years ago long lines of -.ransports swung north and eastward through the Aegean Sea. It was a fine day, but the mist still hung about the Islands of Lemnos and Imbros and lay on the heights
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  • 254 7 1808. Europe looked up and hailed thee unsubdued, Proud England Snared. unconquerable Spain Reared her wild hands to thee and gnawed her chain, \nd the dark-smouldering, sullen Northern brood Found for theii trampled fires thy name a food, breath, a power to kindle and sustain. The Polar star,
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 278 7 Special Conditions Require I 3 8 if Special Consideration i n •f H The Firestone Tropica! Special Tyre j{ has been specialty made to meet 5c 'S local conditions. Sea-watered roads, climate, air pressure, etc., have jg ‘J ail been taken »uto consideration. 1 ft I X I Firestone 5
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  • 888 8 The accounts of the Toyo Kisen Kaisha show that the company’s net profit for the past six months is Y. 17,537,686, of which Y. 13,000,000 is to be retained as reserve, the rest being distributed as dividends. It is reported from Pittsburg, that the H. L. Dixon Company
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 814 8 u ffie Perfume of CejyCon u Tana-Ranee is the latest tnumph rf Jrv of the perfumer’s art. A pscent which recalls the spice-laden .1 a>- breezes of its native home, fragrant v i i with the perfume of many flowers. V\ 7 Sweet and lasting, its fascination T §I i
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  • 934 9 OTHER NEW TAXES. London, April 22. In bis Budget: Speech, Mr. Bonar Law 3 aid farm?rs would be required to pay upon twice tbeir rental, unless they preferred to come under the ordinary inoom“ tax. This would yield £2,500,000 this year, and £5,300,000 in the full year.
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  • 125 9 LORD MILNER’S SPEECH. London, April 23. At a meeting of the Society of Sr. George, at cue Mansion House, Lord Milner said in this hour of trial Britain stood ou; greater than ever, not merely in the matchless her asm of her sons, but in their cheerfulness,
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  • 103 9 O/FICIAL DENIALS. L >nion. Ap il 24. The withdrawal of the *5 h Army from the St Qien io line was the subject of a series of ques ions in the House of Commons. Mr Bonar Law said there wa? not the slightest justification for the ingestion
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  • 285 9 London, April I.—A complete change in the character of the German offensive is shown by predictions of the German newspapers that the pace of the advance must be expected to decrease and the news that the enemy is digging himself in the neighbourhoods of Thiepval and
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  • 262 9 London, April 4. —It has been ascertained that the main blow at Amiens and then on the coast was scheduled to be through in the first week. All the prisoner officers agree that this is Germany’s last big effort. She can fight on
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  • 34 9 RENEWAL OF ACTIVITY. London April 24 A French Macedonian commuuiqud re ports infantry and artillery activity on the whole front. Oar artillery stopped an attempted enemy attack on positions west of Lake Prespa.
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  • 66 9 ARAB SUCCESS. London, April 23. A Palestine Hedjaz official report says Arab forces of the Ki ig of the Hedj?z carried out effective demolitions of theH-idjaz railway, north and south of Maan. They successfully attacked ths outer defences of Maan, reached Maan station, and subsequently withdrew to the
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  • 81 9 AN ALL-DAY STRIKE. London, pril 23. A t<enty-four-houre>’ anti-conscription strike is at present in progress in Nationalist Irelani. Business has been completely suspended in Dublin Ail public houses, hotels and restaurants a r e closed, and newspapers are not published, trams are not running and th? train services have
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  • 135 9 London, April 24. Io the House of Commons, Mr. Bonar Law mentioned that in 1917 alone 900 miles of broad gauge and 1,000 miles of light railways were constructed behind our lines. Labour Party’s Tribute to Army. London, April 23. The National Executive of the Labour Party
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  • 66 9 AMERICA’S AID. Washington, April 24. Food shipments to ALisd civilian popu’atims will be su a p r nded for ten days in order to transport 3 000,000 bushels of grain to Belgium, and the German-occupied portions of Northern Franc?, which the Belgium relief commission’s representative at Brussels cabled
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  • 50 9 London, April 23. In connection with Swiss reports of the arrival of Austrian and Hungarian troops in Belgium, it is noteworthy that the Vienna Neue Freie Presse urges Aus tria-Huogary to take the off msive in Italy, owing to the despatch of Ira'ian troops to the west front.
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  • 64 9 Rome, April 23. It is officially reported that a pirty of 60 Austrian sailors aboard a motor boat landed in the darkness on the 4hin st north of Arcona (Italy) unobserved. They hid in a small farmhouse until nightfall on April 5 h when they attempt i
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  • 79 9 Zurich, April 23 The Burgomaster of Vienna, speaking at a public meeting, said the available foodstuffs were very scanty, and the greatest sacrifices were necessary to hold out during the coming week-». The official organisations have broken down. He foreshadowed a day when the middle-class trader would
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  • 47 9 London, April 23. A German company will shortly be formed to take over what is left of th Rumanian oilfields. Germany in future will thus be able to import over half the necessary supply of oil, thus b coming practically independent of America.
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  • 232 9 THE CENTRAL POWERS' ONLY CHANCE. London, April 23. The prominent German publicist, Herr Georg Bernhard, writing in the Vossieche Zeitung,”|Bsys it is increasingly probable tha a speedy peace is only obtainable politically. If the war must be ende 1 by the swo"d, peace can only be dictated
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  • 70 9 London, April 23. In the Hou e of Commous, replying to Mr. Philip Saowden, Mr. Hope said war prisoners were eligible for repatriation (is dis inct ftoia in ernmeut in a neutral country) ou heal h grounds only, accord ng to the Anglo-Germ m ichedu’e of disability s
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  • 59 9 St. J >hu, April 24 New oundl md’s Legisla'U’-e has op ned HE. the Governor in a speech announced a Selective Conscription Bill, rendering all unmarried mea and childless widowers between 19 and 39 liable to military service, in four classes, each covering a five yta-s’ period. The
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  • 478 9 Unable, in view of the immediate necessity of raising fresh drafts of troops for overseas service to allow the existing position in regard to recruiting to continue indefinitely, the Government is now engaged in formulating a new plan of action. The position briefly is this: Either sufficient men
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  • 188 9 L\ST MONTH’S FIGURE. London, April 24. The Admiralty an manors the disconti nuance of th? weekly slipping returns. This is substituted by information of gro-s tonnage lost, also the tonnsge of sailings to and from the United Kingdom, monthly, which will be published on the 21st of each
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  • 37 9 400,000 TONS CHARTERED BY AMERICA. Washington, April 23. The Shipping Board has chartered 400,000 tons of Norwegian shipping, which will b? employed chiefly on the S nth American trade, thus releasing American ships fir Europe.
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  • 49 9 Guatemala City, April 23. The Na'ioual Assembly has declared that Guatemala occupies the sune position as the United States toward the European belligerints. Guatemala severed relation? with Germany a year ago, and the above is considered in the United States as equivalent to a declaration of War.
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  • 34 9 Copenhagen, April 23. The result of the elections, at which women voted for the first time, was the return of 71 Ministerialists and 68 Opposition, the former consisting of Radicals and Socialists.
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  • 167 9 NATIVE CHIEFS SURRENDER. London, April 22. The Press Bureau says the India Office reports that the Marri Nawab, and sev.rri chiefs of important sections, have submi't -d <nd the whole of the Khetran tribe surrendered unconditionally. Simla, April 3.—lt is officially announced that the punitive operations against
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  • 31 9 The Archbishop of Canterbury and eighteen Bishops mei at Lambeth Palace and unanimously resolved to adopt the Bishon of London’s calling-up plan, which leaves one priest in each parish.
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  • 35 9 Loudon, April 20. Silver is at 48|d with small offerings. The market is fi m. London, pril 23 Silver is at 47jJ, wLh s?ll~ j ra holding back The maiket is steady.
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  • 17 9 London, April 20. The market is steady. Consign inenta of Marco 9rh have been delivered.
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  • 38 9 A Times of Ceylon London cable, dated the 2nd instant, states: Companies representing about 650,000 acres have acepted a proposal of the Rubber Growers’ Association for the restriction of the output of rubber.
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  • 608 9 Herr John C. Van der Veer, London Editor of the Amsterdam “Telegraaf” writing qfn February 24th to the Editojr of the “Times”, says: Like all his British colleagues in Holland, your special correspondent at Amsterdam has always set others a good example, by refraining from criticising leading
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  • 348 9 General Foch's Call to Japan and U.S. New York, February 26.—The New York “Life” publishes an interview which General Foch granted yesterday to its special correspondent, Mr. Charles H. Grasty. One of the greatest qualities for waging successful war (he said) is provision. If America
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