Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 29 April 1918
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Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle
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Title Section20 1918-04-29 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 18.33. No. 99. VOL. LXXVI. MONDAY, 29th APRIL, 1918 PRICE 10 CENTS.20 words
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Advertisement483 1918-04-29 1 gyuwminrT JAPANESE DENTIST T. NAGATA I Next Door to The > Dispensary. PflF Qfl 1P iiniimiiiiiiii iiiiiiimiiiiii O<11V« |j n s f oc fi f or immediate delivery Reliable second hand g 1 CARS of various English LlOhtWeidllt 1 II zS and American makes. g j|| frj| j Kf A</483 words
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Advertisement11 1918-04-29 1 RIINNYMEDE! HOTEL. j GARAGE I New Cars for Hire. I jjZZ-11 words
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Article473 1918-04-29 2 British Headquarters. France, April 1. The honour of blocking the German advance fell to the Australian troops, amongst others. Tuesday, 26th ulto., was the last day of trial for the weary British divisions which retreated from the St. Quentin line, steadily fighting for five days, And473 words
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Article294 1918-04-29 2 News of Australian Prisoners. London, March 22.—A little information has at last been received concerning some of the Australians who were on board the steamer Matunga when that vessel was captured by the German raider Wolf when voyaging to Rabaul. It was announced by the Minister of294 words
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Advertisement1649 1918-04-29 2 Experienced Planter, Englishman on e Bl nn aged 31, married, having managed M XII V IB |«|l A x-t t Rubber, Tapioca and Coconut Estates for the past eigho years, seeks billet, speaks I A I o Tamil and Malay fluently, and has a good a JtiICIOOIV»AL.S knowledge of Teiogu.1,649 words
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Advertisement94 1918-04-29 2 WHEN your tongue is furred, and your breath bad the chances are you’re bilious. If you also have indigestion, constipation, headaches and feel drowsy, your liver needs attention Harsh cathartics are harmful and make matters worse. Nature requires assisting, not forcing to establish regular habits, and a gentle laxative like94 words
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Advertisement306 1918-04-29 2 B The Society of St. George, l J Hongkong. War Bond Drawing' H (IN AID OF WAR CHARITIES) I Tickets $5 each, Hongkong Currency. I Q Closing date of Sale of Tickets extended to June 12th, I to give time to purchasers in distant places. I I j PRIZES: If306 words
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Article1503 1918-04-29 3 ALM.” LABOUR QUESTIONS. At the annual meeting of the P.A.M. on Wednesday, continuing the discussion on labour, Mr. Aidworth said that with regard to Mr. Bennett’s remarks that the recruiting would soon be over, he should like all planters to know that there was no close season.” If—“ ALM.” - 1,503 words
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Article263 1918-04-29 3 voile, with Tagel straw hat to match. Al. M.” Mack-H ildred. A quiet wedding took place at St. Mary’s Church. Kuala Lumpur. Friday afternoon, between Mr. Arthur Harcourt Mack, of Batang Benar Estate, only son of Lt.-Col. A. P. Mack and Mrs. Mack, of the Manor House.voile, with Tagel straw hat to match.—“ Al. M.” - 263 words
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Article230 1918-04-29 3 A scheme has been formulated by British Industries, Limited, for furthering British trade in foreign markets by’ means cf the cinematograph. The company is arranging a tour whicn will beein nert June, r as seen thereafter as international affairs permit, and will embrace the principal cities230 words
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Advertisement249 1918-04-29 3 Pritcharcs A SPECIAL OFFER FAMOUS h ana “BECTIVE BRAIDS OF I BOOTS ana SHOES Al PRE-WAR PRICES. As our stocktaking season approaches we are desirous of clearing at Special Prices our remaining stocks of the above brands of Boots and Shoes. These goods are of the Finest Quality, Fnglish Make,249 words
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Miscellaneous131 1918-04-29 3 k Picture you’ll be Delighted with, quite out of the Ordinary and Highly Entertaining at the COI mPITM mwwlane, U ill THE HOUSE OF MERIT. THE ONLY PICTURE PALACE OF AMUSEMENT IN PENANG. Jn tfje second sfjow at 915 p. m. Pathe Presents, THE GRIP OF EVIL Featuring Jackie Saunders131 words
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Article1125 1918-04-29 4 ADMIRALTY’S APPRECIATION. [Reuter Telegrams.] London, April 26. The Admiralty has issued the following Order to the Fleet Their Lordships express to all concerned in the gallant and successful enterprise on the Belgian Coast their high admiration of the perfect cooperation and single-minded determination to achieve the object.[Reuter Telegrams.] - 1,125 words
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Article146 1918-04-29 4 'Amsterdam, February 6. —The Flushing correspondent of the “Telegraaf” reports the arrival at Kadzand, a Dutch coast village some 11 miles to the north-east of Zeebrugge, in a rowing-boat, of 15 Belgians who had escaped from Zeebrugge. They had a very perilous journey. As they rowed through146 words
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Article116 1918-04-29 4 TWO TO FIVE. London, April 27. The Admiralty reports that two of our destroyers on the 22 April encountered 'and engaged five Aus’aian destroyers in the Adriatic. The enemy fled for shelter to the fortified port of pursued by our destroyers, who were reinforced by five more116 words
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Article30 1918-04-29 4 Paris, April 26. The Inter-Allied Naval Committee met this morning in Paris, the French Minister of Marine presiding. France, Britain, the United States, Italy and Japan are represented.30 words
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Article21 1918-04-29 4 London, April 26. The Press Bureau states that Sir William Weir succeeds Lord Rothermere at the Air Ministry.21 words
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Article24 1918-04-29 4 London, April 27. The Press Bureau states that Sir William Weir has been appointed a Privy Councillor.24 words
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Article58 1918-04-29 4 INDIAN MEMBERS. London, April 26. The Press Bureau says the Viceroy of India has again nominated Sir Satyendra Prassano Sinha (First Native Member of the Viceroy’s Council) to represent India in the forthcoming sessions ot the Imperial War Conference and War Cabinet. Th Maharaja of Patiala will58 words
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Russia
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Article57 1918-04-29 4 GRAND DUKE PROCLAIMED EMPEROR. London, April 27. A telegram from Copenhagen says it is reported that a counter-revolution has broken out in Petrograd. A Stockholm message says the Afton Bladet states that it is reported from Abo that the Grand Duke Alexeieff Nicholaievitch has been proclaimed Emperor and57 words
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The Near East.
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Article136 1918-04-29 4 WAR OFFICE STATEMENT. London, April 28, The War Office announces that a Turkish official report on April 19th stated that upon a request by the English, a two-hours’ armistice was arranged to give the English an opportunity to bury a large number of their dead. The War Office adds136 words
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Article38 1918-04-29 4 VILLAGES EVACUATED. London, April 27. A British official message from Salonika says we withdrew unmolested on the 18th inst. from advanced villages in the Struma Valley occupied on the 16th inst. The enemy subsequently sh‘lle»J the villages.38 words
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Article108 1918-04-29 4 THE SAME OLD GAME. Loudon, April 27. Reuter learns that a number of documents have been discovered in Persia revealing German agents in Persia in a similar guise to those in the United States who regarded the American hosts as idiotic Yankees.” German agents in Persia wrote108 words
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Article65 1918-04-29 4 ADDRESSES CANADIAN PARLIAMENT. Ottawa, April 27. Mr. Gompers, President of the American Labour Federation addressed a Joint Session of the Senate and House of Commons. ’The only precedents being when last year M. Viviani and Mr Balfour addressed the Joint Sessions. The Montreal Gazette commends Mr. Gomper’s65 words
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Article42 1918-04-29 4 New York, April 27. The Liberty Loan Day closed with the greatest enthusiasm Subscriptions are during in everywhere. It is predicted that the two billion dollars mark has been passed and that the loan will ultimately be oversubscribed.42 words
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Article71 1918-04-29 4 AND THE ENTENTE’S. New York, April 26. At the annual banquet of the American Newspapers’ Association, Mr. Daniels, Secretary of the Navy, declared that the war must be won, even if it required the caling-up of boys under 21- or all men under 70. Mr. War Secretary71 words
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Article45 1918-04-29 4 Sydney, April 26. The Massy-Harris Company, a large engineering and manufacturing firm, is discharging its unmarried employees, declaring that it feels bound to release them for the service of the Empire. It is reported that other Australian firms are acting similarly.45 words
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Article460 1918-04-29 4 REPORT BY LORD BALFOUR’S COMMITTEE. London, April 26. The final report of Lord Balfour of of Burleigh’s Committee on commercial and industrial policy after the war says in view of the shortage of world tonnage, any policy tending to check the use of our ports460 words
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Article189 1918-04-29 4 LORD G. HAMILTON’S DEFENCE. London, April 28. In a letter to the Times,” Lord George Hamilton protests against the attacks being made on Mr. Austen Chamberlain in connection with the Mesopotamia affair He emphasises that Mr. Chamberlain had only been a few months in office, and had not189 words
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Article79 1918-04-29 4 QUESTION IN THE COMMONS. London, April 27. In the House of Commons, replying Sir W Collins regarding opium smuggled into Shanghai from London in October and November last year, Mr Balfour stated that Privy Council licences were granted for the consignment of a water-softener and soft-soap in which79 words
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Article112 1918-04-29 4 MARK’S SIGNIFICANT DECLINE. [Havas Telegrams.] Paris, April 27.—Upon the decrease in the value of the German mark, the Jour nal write»; One mark was worth I franc 23 centimes in Switzerland before the war, and equalled 84 centimes in the middle of March, 1918. As a result[Havas Telegrams.] - 112 words
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Article138 1918-04-29 4 A collaborator of the Echo de Paris asked General Nivelle, who is now in command of North African troop», what his impressions are, on returning from bis first tour of inspec’ion in Algeria and Tunisia.' “’I travelled said the General to him, over the south Tunisian front138 words
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Article39 1918-04-29 4 The “Temps” writes regarding the danger of the domination of Germany spreading in the Far East. All Germany’s conquest eastwards must ba reconsidered. The only way of obtaining this result is through Japan intervening in Siberia.”39 words
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Article45 1918-04-29 4 The Naval Inter-Allied Committee met this morning in Paris at the Ministry of the Navy, uader the presidency of the French Minister of the Navy. The delegates appointed for Japan are Rear-Ad miral Ilda, Naval attache in London, and Captain Hamano.45 words
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Article223 1918-04-29 4 Paris April 28.—The “Journal” thus sums up the latest military events: While in Picardy the Australian» re-took Villers-Bretonneux, the Germans occupied Mont Kemmel. In neither case does it appear to be yet a question of a grand offensive, as witnessed on March 21st. The enemy223 words
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Article56 1918-04-29 4 Paris, April 28.—The French press appreciates favourably the firm and dignified attitude of Holland towards the pressure Germany is trying to exert against her, by refusing to send her iron and coal should the latter not agree to allow sand and gravel to pass through her territory, destined56 words
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Article41 1918-04-29 4 A REPORTED FAILURE. [Reuter Telegram?.] Amsterdam, April 27. There is much excitement on the Exchange, owing to a rumour that a big German-Dutch banking firm, which is said to be particularly interested in the DutchIndian trade, has failed.[Reuter Telegram?.] - 41 words
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Article37 1918-04-29 4 Washington, April 27. Holland has placed an embargo on the exportation from the Dutch East Indies of tin and tin ore. Haneef jr-.h the United States must rely on Bolivia for supplies.37 words
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Article71 1918-04-29 4 ARCHBISHOP AND EMPERnp T disfavour. kln London, April 29 A telegram from Vienna Archbishop of Laibach wi 1 bs ally prosecuted for heading a B*77°’ Slav political movement with tr, aims. -"•-itble The “Frankfurter Zsituig’s" ycorrespondent says a strong Qna by the German parties against eT» B** 871 words
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Article95 1918-04-29 4 London, Ap i| 03. The silver market is steady London, April 25. The silver market is quiet. The Weekly Report. London, Apil 25 Messrs. Montagu and Co.’s report m the p ice of silver ha< now reached a p 7, at which silver costing oue dollar p95 words
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Article33 1918-04-29 4 Washington, April 23. The Government’s bill providing for the melting of 350 000.000 silver dollars was passed by the House ot representatives and now goes to the Piesident for eismatare.33 words
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Article146 1918-04-29 4 The business for the meeting of the Penang Municipal Commissioners to be held to-morrow at 4 p.m. is as follows: 1. Minutes of last meeting to be read and confirmed. 2. Any special business the president may bring forward. 3. Questions. 4. Some bills to be passed. 5.146 words
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Article82 1918-04-29 4 A cricket match was played at the Esplanade, on Saturday, between sides captained by Mr. C. G. May and Mr. R. Ĕ. Prentis, the result being a win for the former’s team by 105 runs. The totals were Mr. May’s XI 160 for three wickets, closure applied (C. G.82 words
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Article94 1918-04-29 4 COMPOSITION. The Penang Health Culture Leagues informs its members that to-morrow the 30th April has been fixed. As the closing date for entry to the above compisition. Those members who are interested in this composition, are requested send in their forms early so a 3 to avoid disappointment.94 words
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Article205 1918-04-29 4 The homeward mail ‘‘A,” doses s--10 a.m. on Wednesday; registration f a m. and parcels till 8 a.m. During the absence on leave of Mr I Baddeley, Mr W Craig, Assistant c master Gen p ral, is to act as Postniast r General, in addition to his own205 words
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Obituary33 1918-04-29 4 Obituary. London, April 23. The death has occurred of Mr William H»iey lecturer in Hindustani at Oxford. Major-General J S Barker, C B, Commanding the Royal Artillery at Malta since 1912 is dead.33 words
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AHEAD OF THE MAIL.
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Article864 1918-04-29 5 STIRRING DEEDS DESCRIBED London, March 25.—Mr. Philip Gibbs, of the “Daily Chronicle,” telegraphing on Sunday morning, stated: “The enemy, continuing his attacks all dav on Saturday along the whole battle front, progressed at various points, in spite of our heroic resistance. We were greatly outnumbered owing to864 words
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Article157 1918-04-29 5 London. March 25.—Colonel Repington, in a message to the “Morning Post.” says “The Germans gained eight miles in two day*. which is only half of the first day’s ob jective. They also gained an indisputable tactical success, but no strategical success. The prisoners captured were far fewer157 words
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Article333 1918-04-29 5 London. March 29.—“ The enemy,” Mr. Philip Gibbs telegraphed to the “Daily Chronicle.” “has side-slipped some of his force northward of Arras, having failed to turn our left in the original attack owing to the splendid resistance of the Third I Division and other English troops.333 words
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Article133 1918-04-29 5 Shortage of Clothing and Leather April I.—German prisoners describe their losses as enormous. the casualties being mainly due to our machine guns. The 88th Division was almost wiped out. and the 206th Division wave ry badly mauled. Correspondents -tate that all the dead found on the133 words
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Article216 1918-04-29 5 April I.—A shell from a German longrange gun -truck a church in Paris on Good Friday, during a Tenebrae service. Seventyfive member* of the congregation were killed and 90 injured, the victim* including many women and children. The church wa* crowded, the people awaiting a sacred concert216 words
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Article137 1918-04-29 5 The correspondent of the United Pres* Association stated Von Hindenburg is playing a game of leapfrog with hordes. He drives forward perhaps thirty division* or more in thick masses until they are exhausted. and, then thrusts another similar force through the first, until these are137 words
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Article154 1918-04-29 5 Even responsible Germans are preparing their public for possible disaster*. Berlin telegrams state that the emotion of the people has reached fever heat. A large portion of the Berlin population did not go to bed on Saturday night, but crowded outside the newspaper offices, awaiting news from154 words
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Article151 1918-04-29 5 Sir V/. Robertson and Sir A. Geddes London newspapers urge the necessity of “seeing things steadily and seeing them whole," but insist that the public is ready to make any sacrifices that are necessary. The “Morning Post” demands that Sir William Robertson be recalled to the151 words
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224 1918-04-29 5 London. March 28.—The Zurich c>rre-pon-dent of the Paris “Temps” quotes an influential personage as stating that the recent strikes in Berlin and elsewhere in Germany were organised as a prote*t against the projected offensive. The worker* *hrank from the further sacrifice of life, and insisted224 words
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Article62 1918-04-29 5 London. April 2.—General Beil, Chief of Staff of the United States army, m giving evidence before the Senate military committee, said —“When I was in France recently I wa* informed by the British of their plans to meet the German offensive. The British withdrawal was in complete62 words
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Article73 1918-04-29 5 New York. March 28.—Mr. Hudson Maxim says he is able to build a gun which would shoot from London to Paris, but he is doubtful of the value of freak artillery. The editor of the “Scientific American” says that long range could be obtained by lengthening the barrel73 words
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Article58 1918-04-29 5 Sydney, March 20. —The secretary of the New South Wales Labour party. Mr. P. C. Evans, on Wednesday stated that the Commonwealth authorities were to blame for not having taken action in the matter of building concrete ships. He considers that old hulks now58 words
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Article58 1918-04-29 5 New York, April 1. —The Washington correspondent of the New York Times states that an agreement has been reached whereby Japan is to transfer to American use 150.000 ton* of shipping on condition that America supplies Japan with 300,000 tons of steel plates. The price* of58 words
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Article154 1918-04-29 5 Revelations in Italy. London. March 26. —Sensational evidence has been given at a trial of German spies at Genoa. It was stated that Germans purchased 25.000 shares in the Genoese Electrical Supply Company. They placed seven Germans on the administrative board, and -üb-t ituu-d Swiss and154 words
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Article129 1918-04-29 5 New York. March 28.—Mr. Hurley, chairman of the United States Shipping Board, stated in a -pee« h yesterday that America had 37 steel shipyards when she entered the war. had since established an additional 81 yards, and had 5.160.000 tons of shipping under contract. 2,121.000 tons of129 words
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Article85 1918-04-29 5 The “Deutsche Zeitung" states: —“Down with those who are talking conciliation and are worshipping peace. The cry of vengeance and a truly German hatred of England are ringing throughout Germany with renewed force. Down with England.” The Socialist organ, “Vorwaerts,” protests against this language, which, it85 words
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Article115 1918-04-29 5 London March 30 —Lieutenant-Colonel John Dimmer, a famous winner of the V.C.. ha- been killed in action. Colonel Dimmer enlisted as a private in the King’s Royal Rifles in 1902. He was sent to Belgium and Germany in 1906 to study military method* there, and received115 words
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Article73 1918-04-29 5 London. April 2.—Madrid newspapers state that Benito Caeiro. a Portuguese engineer, in 1916 invented a gun capable of throwing a 5-5-inch shell a distance of 81 to 87 miles. A commission of French experts reported favourably on the invention, but a copy of the plans and descriptive73 words
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Article90 1918-04-29 5 London, March 24.—An extradorinary incident at sea —the return of a torpedo to the submarine which fired it —is reported by the master of the Briti*h steamer Flixton, 4.286 tons. The Flixton. while on a voyage from Havre, encountered a submarine. The sailors saw a torpedo approaching.90 words
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Article49 1918-04-29 5 London. March 30.—Four hundred German naval officers met in Kiel recently and ■solemnly carried a motion that the British mastery of the seas is undemocratic, her attempt to coerce neutral* having proved that the mastery of the seas must be placed in better hands.49 words
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Article30 1918-04-29 5 Two Roman Catholic priests have been executed in Bru*-el* on suspicion that they were guilty of espionage. Eight other* were sentenced to penal servitude for life.30 words
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Article22 1918-04-29 5 The German authorities have decided that all men of military age now in prison must join the army.22 words
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Article18 1918-04-29 5 London. March 28.—The Church Army has lost seventeen recreation huts during the retirement.18 words
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Article67 1918-04-29 5 New York. March 25.—The Navy department announces that the Alexander Agassiz, which wa* seized in the Pacific on 22nd March, was a 64ft. motor boat. She sailed from a West Mexican port, where she was fitted out in circumstances which led the authorities to believe that she67 words
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Article166 1918-04-29 5 Australians Decorated. Palestine Headquarters, March 24. —On Friday dismounted Yeomanry carried out two daring raids on trenches near the Nablusroad. A strong position at Amuries was rushed when the moon went down 33 enemy dead were counted, and 46 prisoners were taken, including a battalion commander and six166 words
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Article335 1918-04-29 5 Preparations for Trade Invasion. The necessity of organising the whole of the Commonwealth’s resources in order to combat a German trade invasion of Australia after the war was the theme of a striking lecture on the subject of Trade Economy in Relation to Australian Defence. delivered by335 words
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Article102 1918-04-29 5 A Fortunate Capture. New York. March 24.—The captured raider Alexander Agassiz, which was seized in the Pacific off the Mexican port of M azat tan reported to have been so equipped as to be able to sink any merchant ship m the Pacific. It is believed102 words
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Advertisement363 1918-04-29 5 A HOUSEHOLD NECESSITY. I JN the best regulated families the little ills of life will creep in. Some member of the family circle may occasionally suffer from Biliousness and Indigestion, and one or the other will from time to time exhibit the well-known symptoms of Constipation. From these little troubles363 words
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Article1147 1918-04-29 6 There have been great wars in the past which have lasted years longer than the present is likely to continue, where huge armies have been engaged, immense casualties inflicted and vast tracts of territory desolated. But, in the main, other wars have been wars of soldiers, whereas this1,147 words
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Article28 1918-04-29 6 To-day’s quotation for unrefined tin in Penang was $169.75 per picul, buyers. Tin was quoted in London on Saturday at £350 spot, and £350 three months.28 words
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Article31 1918-04-29 6 Mr Khaw Joo Tok advises us that the output of tin from the Tongkah Harbour Tin Dredging Co., (N. L.) for the week ending 27th inst, was 27 tons.31 words
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Article34 1918-04-29 6 The following were the rubber quotations in London on April 26th, inst., received yesterday Plantation Ist latex crepe 2s 4|d Smoked Sheet 2s 3f d [By courtesy of Messrs. Boustead Co.]34 words
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Article36 1918-04-29 6 LATEST DIVIDENDS. [From Ove Special Correspondent. London, April 26. The following dividends are announced. Batu Caves (Interim) 50 per cent. Golden Hope (Final) 15 Selaba 10 Harpenden will make no final dividend distribution.36 words
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Article1814 1918-04-29 6 The Coroner’s jury at Hongkong brought in its findings and made i The Hongkong certain recommendations, Race Disaster, on the conclusion of a lengthy investigation of 1 the circumstances surrounding the terrii ble tragedy on the Race-couree at Happy Valley in February. Ou the whole there is1,814 words
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Article898 1918-04-29 6 Mr. J. W. Kennedy, of Gula-Kalumpong Estates, spent the week-end at the Crag Hotel. Mr. S. McWatt Dunsmore, Draftsman, has been appointed Chief Draftsman, Engineering Department, F.M.S. Railways. Mr. T. C. Hay’s posting from cadet corps to temporary second lieut. Tank Corps appears in Gazettings of Jan.898 words
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Article947 1918-04-29 6 MOONLIGHT MEANDERINq s The Penang Volunteers on Baturd av night and until early on Sunday mornin» were engaged in a special scheme of opera* tions, the general idea of which was that the Volunteers, less 50 of A Company were called upon to prevent au enemy landing947 words
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Miscellaneous53 1918-04-29 6 THE TIDES. The following are the tides for to-day *nd bo-morrow, Penang Standard Times High Water. Low Water. To-DAT. 1.34 a.m. (sfa 6in.) 739 a m. (Ift. lin.) 2.44 p.m. (6ft. 6in.) 8.25 p.m. (Oft 6in.) To-morrow. 2.5 a.m. (sft. sin.) 8.6 a.m. (Ift. 3in.) 2.13 p.m. (6ft. 6in.) 85753 words
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Article332 1918-04-29 7 FIERCE STRUGGLES. THE ENEMY LOSSES. GERMANY AND HOLLAND. The battle in Flanders continued on Thursday on the front south and S )Uth-west of Ypres from the Yprea- mines Canal to the neighbourhood Dranoutre, south-west of Kemmel The enemy gained a footing q: Kemmel Hill, and the Allied line332 words
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France and Belgium.
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Article2711 1918-04-29 7 [Reuter Trlegrams.J HEAVY PRESSURE. London, April 26. F dd Marshal reports: After sever» fighting, ad day, or the BailleulR. .ebeke fr< nt, against greatly superior f. t I A Allied troops were compelled to giv ground, ani t..e enemy gained a t o' Kemtnsl Mil. Fighting in[Reuter Trlegrams.J - 2,711 words
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Article43 1918-04-29 7 RICE PRICE» IN JAPAN. [Special Cab lb Service] Batavia, Apri l 27. The N.I.P.A. correspondent at T p kio says the Emperor of Japan has authorized tbe Government to buy and sell foreign .rice in an attempt to lower price?.43 words
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Article164 1918-04-29 7 SOCIALIST CRITICISMS. Amsterdam, April 27. According to Vorwaerts tbe military were severely criticised in the Reichstag as regards the policy in the east and west. Herr Ledebour asked if it was true that great numbers of German soldiers were drowned in Flanders. Shouts from the Right prevented164 words
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Article755 1918-04-29 7 London, April 27. In the Reichstag, General Schultze stated that hitherto to 2,750,000 wounded had been able to return to the front, while 629,000 had been discharged as unfit for service, including 70,000 cripples. Disquiet in Germany Over Losses. London, April 27. The correspondent in Germany of755 words
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Article544 1918-04-29 7 DUTCH PRESS VIEWS. Amsterdam, April 26. The Handelsblad urges the Government to adhere to tbe deman i that a Dutch Commission investigate the use to which sand and gravel is put in Belgium before allowing transit The ’act that new facilities are being asked, when the oflensive544 words
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CORRESPONDENCE.
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Article134 1918-04-29 8 [To ths Editor or ths “Pinako Gazßin. ,T 1 Sir,—There is a steadily growing, but ah present almost inarticulate, volume of public opinion favouring the belief that preferably to scraping together the last available remnants of non-official man-power for the front, far greater service might be134 words
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Article91 1918-04-29 8 [To thb Editor or thr “Pinamo Gazrttb."] Sir. —I should be glad if you would allow me space in your columns to let it be known that the above Fund, carried on by me during the absence of Mr. C. Alma Baker in Australia, will be91 words
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1467 1918-04-29 8 [To the Editor of the “Pinang Gazette.”] Sir. —What a pity that our Chinese discussion of Registration of Marriages cannot be brought to the notice of the comic papers in America and England. lam sure ‘Punch’ in London and Judge in New York would treat the1,467 words
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Advertisement434 1918-04-29 8 A Great STATESMAN O And A Great Tonic Iron Jelloids. Strength of Character, Strength of Will, Strength of Intellect make the Great Statesman. WILLIAM PlTT—the Younger. All have lheir source in the material body—all depend upon the red corpuscles of the blood. Maintain the number of your red corpuscles, these434 words
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Advertisement160 1918-04-29 8 FOR ACHES AND PAINS. For aches and pains in young and old there is nothing that will so quickly bring permanent relief and CURE as that sovereign, time-tested and proven remedy— LITTLE'S ORIENTAL BALM For the aches and pains of childhood and youth it is unexcelled. For the Rheumatic and160 words
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Advertisement288 1918-04-29 8 S’ V I R A I I Motor Grs Electric Lights fCi Electric Starter Magneto Jgnition I LAST SHIPMENT I JUST ARRIVED. The Light Four Touring Car g 3 ft I 8 'I I True Economy There is integrity of value in every one of the motor cars in the288 words
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1566 1918-04-29 9 LOW CAPITALISATION. The fifth annual general meeting of the Sungei Getiah Rubber Co, Ltd., was held to-day at the Chamber of Commerce, Penang, Mr. J. Sellar presiding. Mr. C. R. A Goatly having read the notice convening the meeting, on beha f the Secretaries, (Messrs1,566 words
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Article669 1918-04-29 9 The second report of the Directors to the shareholders says:—Your directors beg to submit herewith a duly audited statement of accounts for the year ended 31st December, 1917. The profit for the year subject to depreciation amounts to $3,796.86 which your Directors recommend be dealt with as669 words
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Article132 1918-04-29 9 Vancouver, Mar. 23. —The auxiliary schooner Alexander Agassiz has been seized in the Pacific, off the Mexican of Mazatlan. While fitted out as a German raider the schooner fell in with an American gunboat. The Alexander Agassiz, which flew the German flag, carried a small’ crew, but132 words
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Article115 1918-04-29 9 The most remarkable feature of the German advance is the rapid movement of the heavy guns. This phase of open warfare was carefully rehearsed. For months our airmen could see howitzers lumbering along the roads, and endless columns of motor lorries bringing shells to new battery positions.115 words
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Article76 1918-04-29 9 Four Interned in Germany. Sydney. March 27. —Messrs. Bums. Philip and Co. on Wednesday received a cable message from their London offices to the effect that information had been received that f<nr of the officers of the steamer Matunga, which was captured and sunk by the German76 words
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Article55 1918-04-29 9 London, March 28. —The Air Council has congratulated the Naval Air Service, the Royal Flying Corps and the Australian Flying Corps on the splendid work they have done in the great battle. The air force comander, in replying to the Air Council’s congratulations, states that “his55 words
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Article253 1918-04-29 10 BETTER NEWS. [Reuter’s Telegrams] London, April 26. Correspondents in Ireland suggest that the hostility to conscription is weakening. The Natonalists are beginning to realise they have merely played into the hands of Sinn Fein. A corespondent cf the “Daily Chronicle,” which editorially has been a most severe critic cf[Reuter’s Telegrams] - 253 words
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Article91 1918-04-29 10 A GERMANISED COUNTRY. London, April 26. Reuter is informed that a delegation from the Finnish Socialist Republic protested to the Allies as follows The leaders of the anti-Revolutionary White Gaard in Finland have publicly declared themselves unable to crush the workers and the Government without the aid of91 words
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Article37 1918-04-29 10 Amsterdam, April 26. In the Prussian Lower House, the Socialist, Herr Hofer, said Prince Lichnowsky’s memoirs proved that the German Government was responsible for the war. The Vice-President called Herr Hofer to order.37 words
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Article35 1918-04-29 10 London, April, 26. An Austrian official report says on the night of April 22nd our destroyers advanced to Otranto Straits, and seriously damaged an enemy destroyer in an engagement with light forces.35 words
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Article37 1918-04-29 10 NO PEACE BY NEGOTIATION. London, April 28. In the by-election in the Keighley Division of Yorkshire, the result was as follows Somervell (Liberal) Coalitionist 4,873 Bland (Labour) 234 Majority 4,639 Bland advocates peace by negotiation.37 words
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Article52 1918-04-29 10 AMERICAN TAKEN BY BANDITS. Peking, April 28. An American named Love has been captured by bandits in Shantung. In view of the seriousness of the situation, the United States Ambassadorhas suggested that the Government appoint an official of the highest rank, fully empowered to suppress tl.e bandits and rescue52 words
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Article38 1918-04-29 10 London, April 27. A Palestine official message says the troops of the King of the Hedjaz during the week ending 24th inst occupied 53 miles of the Hedjaz railway line to the south of Maan.38 words
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Article23 1918-04-29 10 Rome, April 26. Stromboli is in violent eruption, setting fire to the vineyards on the east part of the island.23 words
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Article14 1918-04-29 10 Amsterdam, April 26 Herr Izyerenyi's attempt to form a Hungarian Cabinet failed.14 words
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Article147 1918-04-29 11 Sensation in Parliaments London, March 20. A sensation was caused in the House of Commons yesterday by a statement regarding the military operations in Mesopotamia. Major J. A. Hope (member for Midlothian) stated that 3,236 officers and men of the Kut garrison bad not been heard ot147 words
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Article422 1918-04-29 11 The following letter appears in the “Pioneer” from “Hope Deferred.” In your columns of the 24th March you publish Mr. Hope’s statement in the House of Commons to the effect that out of the 3,870 British officers and men, who surrendered to the Turks at the422 words
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Article106 1918-04-29 11 London, March 24.—The sad feature of the battle is that civilians are again forced to abandon their homes in the Peronne region, where many of the villages were repaired and farms recultivated. Refugees are full of praise at the assistance the British army rendered in106 words
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Article116 1918-04-29 11 London. March 27. —It is stated that the people of Jamaica are memorialising Mr. Walter Long to send Sir Sydney Olivier as Governor on the expiration of the term of Sir W. H. Manning. [Sir Sydney Olivier was the Governor of Jamaica from 1907 to 1913 when116 words
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