Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 1 November 1918

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  • 19 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE .njoLiSHED DAILY ESTABLISHED 1833. 257. VOL. LXXVI. FRIDAY. Ist NOVEMBER, 1918 PRICE IO CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 739 1 ,C, a.. J <r.«=W S pip* J pCT ,M .„i wy y i Xa z l s r .-w Sup«A "Ofl 5 0« sonduMsp xjext jo c ana-oi-dn llirc .««w»snMBj C CSS f THE RB 2SB j i42S Bwe IZ AUI “Gripo'y”Belting. 1 uhire the Gazette 6 dMk J9b J
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    • 21 1 Runnymede Hotel, !j < k SEA SIDE. i i I I c “THE PLACE TO STAY AT j PHONE N GMT 50.
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  • 975 2 NEWS FROM THE NETHERLANDS. Batavia, October 23.—A secret fortification i map of the entire North Sea coast and of the I Zuider Zee harbours has been stolen by two bluejackets of a man-of-war at Flushing, but was stopped at Rotterdam, before the intention of selling the map
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  • 1033 2 THE NILGIRI HILLS. Some of the visitors from Malaya who have to seek change of air in India now seem to know so little of the respective places trat I think it apropos to send you S.T.”) a few lines regarding the leading resorts. 1 If any
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  • 39 2 The November monthly medal competition, viz 200 yards handierp for “A Class, ar d 100 yards handicap for B” Class, will be held at the Swimming Club on Sunday, the 3id inst., at 11 15 am.
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  • 636 2 100,000 TONS NOT ENOUGH. At the suggestion of Mr George N Peck Commissioner of Finished Products of the M ar Industries Board, the War Service Committee of the Rubber Industry of the U.S.A., on July 22, submitted a memorandum to the War Industries Board reviewing the existing
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  • 138 2 DAILY (except Sunday). Federated Malay States,") By train 7.10 a.m. Malacca, Johore, Singa- > pore and Hongkong— J Saturdays 5.30 p.m. Parit Buntar, Bngan I Serai, and Taiping 10 a.m. 3.45 p.m. Kuala Kubu, Kuala S Lum pi r and Seremban J 10 am. Bukit Mertajam, Bukit
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  • 32 2 (Post Office, Official Report.) Left Penang. Arrived London Aug. 9 A Oct 15 9 B „12 16 C 15 23 E 15 27 G „9 Sep. 8 C 24
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  • 48 2 The Band will play the following prog amine of mus e st the E-planade from 6 p.m. to-day 1. Selection A Country Girl... Monckton 2. Polka Pliny Come Kiss Yo Baby ...Boettger 3. Waltz Phjllis ...Witt 4. Gavotte ...Olimpia ...Barns 5 March Boon Ta-Ra ...Williams
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  • 669 2 “THE STONE YIELDS A LITTLE MORE BLOOD.” If a public educator wished to explain what is meant by the phrase drawing blood from a stone he con’d nob have a better illustration than the series of circulars issued by the Government of the Straits Settlements in reference to
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  • 77 2 Nov 2—Tennis and Concert, Krian Club. Nov B.—Tennis Mr Hunt, v Mr. Spowers. P.C.C. Ground, 4.30 p.m. Nov 10.—Cricket, Tiffin and Tea, Parit Buntar. Nov 16 and 18.—Penang. Nov 16.—Red Cross Gymkhana, Racecourse. Nov 16.—Grand Theatre of Varieties, Town Hall. Nov 18.—Flower and Fruit show, Bazaar, auction
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 99 2 Flatulence in the digestive tract is an accompaniment of intestinal indigestion and constipation. It indicates that food is being retained in the stomach and intestines longer than nature intended. When colicky pains accompany the presence of gas the need of a gentle laxative to clear away the offending food residue
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 70 2 SOME KAISER It J jl 10l IW WI MY TURN COMING. I S I l| 3 I W" I K WW#- 5 I 7 I r '<• I I I FALSE GODS. I I I And I had done a hellish thing With my crossbow. I shot the Albatross. .r
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  • 1111 3  -  HOY A BARRAGE IS CON.R ‘LLED. I By Major C. J. C Street. R G A.. A Ghor of Wi-_h the Guns, etc.) It was v-?y quiet in the OP. The end of the nijht seem-d darker than its middle hours had been, and in the darkness the
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    • 566 3 V4S W4N ZD. THE [New Rubaiyoti LOTUS LIBRARY P4/BL/C4T/O/V NO. 1. j yf, manage NOW ON SALE i- v 266 c Piaaaz Gaz<te. E. O. HOTEL. reconmiewls Estate Clerk, U3B-4-n 133 0 uve sant with ax g En3Mr E, OUR DAY. Pj'9? r TANK FUND. -u iS °y competent; TICZCTC
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    • 185 3 h uh .I, I 'if wwM E&i A M CONFIDENCE. W Spinners with over a hundred years’ experience, and as Manuracturers of the world famous “Viyella” Blouse and Shirting Cloth. Wm. HOLLINS CO., Ltd. attention to their TRADE MARK as above. Whether on the Selvedge of piece-goods, or on the
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  • 23 4 Brown.—On the 29th October, at the European Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, the wife of C Graham Brown, (f Port Swettenbam, of a son.
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  • 1385 4 At any moment we mar get news that tl e Enrperor William 11. submitting to the irresistible force of circumstances, has joined ex-Kings Constai tine and Ferdii and in retirement. When the German censorship is Telexed to the extent that papers like the “Frankfurter Zeitung are
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  • 1932 4 Reuter informs us that a sinking fund is to be estabhshcurreney Now and ed from revenue to in/fter the War. crease the gold reset ve to £150,000,000. and that the Committee of experts of the Empire who recommend this course, also oxpress the opinion that the eaily
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    • 363 4 i' IVB-WiNES: BEST QUALITIES I I at I LOWEST PRICES. I ST. JULIEN, MEDOC, MARGAUX, ST. g J EMILION, CANTENAC, LAROSE, POM- MARD, BEAUNE, MACON, CHABLIS, B GRAVES, SPARKLING BURGUNDY, ETC. I i BOTTLED AT I The Vergniaud Cellars, I Bordeaux France. i a 1 OBTAINABLE FROM ALL 1 LEADING
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    • 98 4 THE CRAG HOTEL, PENANG HILLS. The Sanatorium of the Straits Settlements. Completely Renovated. Bungalows Tor families, also single and double rooms. Laundry on the Premises. P. G. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. With effect from date, the future rates of subscription to the Daily Edition of the Pinang Gazette addressed to any country
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 52 4 THE TIDES. The following are the tides ifor to-day Penang Standard Times High Water. rjLow^ Water. To-day. i 10.54 a.m. (oft ,7in.) 5.21 p.mJ (2ft. Sin) 11.15 p.m. (6ft. Bin.) 5.13 p.m. (Ift. 9in.) Tc-MORROW. 11.25 a.m. (6ft: Oin.) 5.50 a.m. (Ift. 9im) 11.38 p.m. (6ft. Bin.) 5 44 p.m.
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  • 46 4 DEATHS. Fleury.-—On October 28, at Singapore, Fiancira Eliza Fburv, widow of John William Fltury, aged 85 years. Fernando—Ou October 30, at Tanglin Motor House Singapore, R M Fernando, of Adelphi Hotel. D’Socza—At SuDgdi Siput, of pneumonia, Fraik Joseph D’Scuza, of Changkat Salak Estate aged 26 yeaia.
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  • 171 5 IjSTHAN rout. 1 55,000 PRISONERS. II’NGABY and peace. I niSEB AND abdication. H -•hive surrenderE -e advancing on the B -z- Br«»r-'a to the Adria4 r;-- which previously ex|E -/'<i<-rzo railway on the E die Lower Piave. Er -ver beizz crossed, and the ill almg the line. The
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  • France and Belgium
    • 213 5 FRENCH PROGRESS rUuTXBs Telegrams.' I London, October 3Q. commun rtĕ 'ays North of L t:d“ progress on th*» norh bank u and captured Peaafort farm -es «jLei'.es.. -2e of the Peron, we a>ain B ms: M neeaa e Neuf. I Battle a: Guise. I London, October 30 x'
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    • 1046 5 T iE OFFENSIVE EXTENDED. R;me, October 30. xue Allied offensive on the Piave has a.tke .0 resulted in ever 20,000 prisoners, [he attacking front is now over 100 kilo2 miles) from Grappa to the sea. ?s the xhird Italian Army, under the Duke cf Aosta, cegan an advance
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    • 52 5 Amsterd m. October 30. The Turkish press is disposed to credit tre cu’ren- r°por'* f hat T"rkey is negDt;ating with *he Eater.te. T’ e public f touts the opening of the Strait», permitting the entrance of a fieet for the purrose Gt anting a detachment to -upervise
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    • 18 5 GERMAN TRAFFIC STOPPED. Amsterdam. October 30. The German rail traffic through Du*ct Limburg ha? been discontinu'd.
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    • 141 5 THE CONSTITVriONAL CHANGES. Am-.erdam, October 30 A Berlin message says Germany has despatched a supplementary Note to Presi dent Wilson, exp ainirg the constituucna changes in Germany. No Change. Washington, October 31. The supplementary German Note ba* been delivered. It is stated that it makes no change
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    • 80 5 THE K.ISER’d POWER*. London, October 30. In the House of Commons, replying to a question, Lord Robert Ce.cil stated that there wa? no eviience that the power of the German Bundesrat w<? in anv way modified. Tae German S-cre*ar e? or Stake were ap pointed by 'he Kaiser,
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    • 76 5 ATTEMPT AT DICTATORSHIP FAILS London, October 30. Ludendorff’s resignation his hitherto been explained as c’ edy due to thfai are of hi? mill ary p an-*, but la*et advices ?-rong.y intima*e that le endeavoured to overthrew the new government and estab ish what w-'u’d virtua ly have been a
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    • 20 5 Amsterdam. October 31 A Berl n message savs General Greener baa been app inted Laden do ffs successor.
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    • 136 5 ADVANCE TU THE DANUBE. London, October 30. Tbe latest n c w? show? that the Serb au: in northern Serbia are now f rty miles from the Danube, w ile ano‘her force of Serbian? is near the Bosnian frontier. Nearly half of Montenegro baa oeeu re claimed. Se'h
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    • 112 5 1,000 PRISONERS. Loudon, October 30 A Mesopotamia efficia report ?ay» Our c-valry ea=t cf the Tigris firded the river north of Kaiah-Sherghat aad joined the armoured cars. The enemy Leav.ly attacked on October 28tb, and forced back cur right dank, but failed to us drive eff the
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    • 61 5 London, O stober 30. Tr.e Pr 3? Bureau says the led pendent Air Farce attac ed on Tuesday n ght two mpcrc*nt chemical work- 1 and one aercp anework’at Mannheim, with good result», also blast furnaces at Ba-bach, railways at ThionviTle a d Off nbarg and an
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    • 98 5 •‘WAITING FOR RIGHT MOMENT.” Amsterdam, October 30. A Berlin message says the Kaiser told a num aer cf members of the Reichstag tha* the people must not thins he had decided to stay on the throne. He added that if the moment c?me when the interest of
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    • 66 5 THE FOREIGN MINISTRY. Amsterdam. October 30. The‘’Weser Zd*ung" at Budapest says Count Ka-o yi and Count Andrassy reached an understanding under w lich Count Aodraasy will be joint Foreign Mil is er temporarily, Count Karolyi thereafter becoming Hungarian For-'gn Minitter, thus comp'eticg tbe separation of Hucga-y a _d
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    • 60 5 Am’ erdam. October 30. The Andraasy Note concluded ’ey emphasising that peace is more than ever desired to-day by the Monarchy and all races in Austria and Hungary, and r.-itera ing the eauest for an irnmed ate armistice on 3fronts and the initiation cf peace negotians in
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    • 76 5 QUESTION IN IHE COMMONS Loudon, October 19. Is the Htuse of Ccmmcaa Mr. R. D. Hol: asked —Have preposa been made ”0 British in Chins, Japan tnd el4where that tney shcu.d form a British Schools Patriotic League and Chamber of Ccmrrerc a and disseminate commercia* and political
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    • 41 5 London. October 30. In the House cf C mmons, Dr Macnamara states tout tne prohibition of women travailing oy sea w.u a oe reviewed as scon as it was certain tzat merchantmen were immune from ecemy attack.
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  • 13 5 UNCONDITIONaL SURRENDER London. October 31 Reuter learns that Turkey has surrendered unconditionally.
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  • 83 5 London, October 31. A meeting of fifty L cion.st and Liberal members of the H use of Commons supporting the Governmeot, passed a reso uticn that a return to the party system curing the reconstruction period would oe a na.ionai disuster, a. d urging that aL parties
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  • 29 5 Faris, October 36. An impar’ant Allied Naval Conference is being held, presuaao.y forma.atirg armi-iice demancs. Sir Eric Geddes and Admiral Wemyss are iac.adrd in the Br.tish representa’ion.
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  • 24 5 ITALIAN SUCCESS. London, October 31. An Dalian efficia! report says Io A.tania, we occupies ian Giovanni di Medua and are advancing towards Scutari.
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  • 58 5 ENEMY RE [REAL Aaste dam. O-tober 30. A C ttirje m ssage says a genera rising has broket out in Montenegro, waich tLe Austro-Hungarians are hastily evacuating. The in-argec 3 hdd Sxu-ari. Interesting devtl ptn e a 3 a-e foreshadewe’, as the forces a-e being driven back
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  • 59 5 INCITEMENT IO MURDER. S ockhUm, Octobtr 30. A Petrog'aii message says the Bolshevik leader Gincvieff, in a fiery speech, nrgsd the workmea to celebrate the anniversary of .he revolu ion on November lOcn oy exterminating the remains of ti e bourgeoisie. The speech is r-garde: as an incitt
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  • 64 5 London, octob?r e 3O. j The report of the Committee of financial exp-rts, including Dominion xperta, appointed by the Treasury to consider peatwar currency, recommend? at the earliest the es-abii=hment of a sirring raid frem revenue to increase the gld reserve to £150,000,000. The report expresses the opinion
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  • 29 5 London, October 27. 200.000 weavers h*ve applied for 1 50 per cent advance in wages, and st east 65 per cent fall-time pay for short-time work.
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  • 15 5 London, October 28. The silver market is quiet. London, October 29. Silver is steady.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 44 5 > Visitors io penanj Ceqairinf a quiet, la- < (eaveaatve a*4 eetnfortaHe piece to stay at eboulff secure Rauau at Falmouth House CENTRALLY SITU ATED ON THE SEA FRONT, i GOOD TABLE I Plan» 4M. Wires Trent? re Pea as 3. 1 Proprietress In. TBE.iGCVE. 1
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  • 967 6 A DRAFT CONVENTION. In the midst of so much public discussion of the League of Nations, it will be found convenient to acquain t ourselves pre--1 cisely with the project as it is conceived but its most authoritative promoters. Ample means lor gaining this knowledge are
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    • 192 6 Pritchard <• Co. LIMITED. (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements.) N EW GOODS IN OUR DRAPERY LADIES DEPARTMENT. CRETONNES. WE have just opened out a splendid selection of the Latest Designs in Cretonnes. Ihe goods have been carefully chosen and every piece is of exquisite Design. Prices from $1 25 to
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    • 505 6 B NOTICE I Z To Consumers of 1 fiL j I KEROSENE OILj s Take Care of your Tins, You can get seventy cents each for them and so reduce the cost of your oil 5 S Punch a hole only in the cap when opening. Don’t punch a second
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  • 493 7 If Langston resumed duty this Mr- S ■i-m’n?- Ttoddon, assistant Government left for AUwteß» on I T cjhirne of Messrs. Kennedy I i' *•'*>« h P-. L ■d 1 Tt !jn n receiving a comnneeion E \i; O. (Army Service Corps). S r* ATariippen, of the “Pinang
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  • 61 7 B fFnovt Orn Owv CoßnrsFnxnrwT'). B Singapore. November 1. Fraser and Co. report that local -rs are more active at higher prices. r s 'tigai>’re rubber auctions, there was niarkot with a firm tendency. 736 irore sold. Fino pale was 65 cents. B fT.-ring. Riblw'd smoked w<s
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  • 49 7 Trow Cm Own Correspondent]. I Singapore, November 1. 1 1 Ridout. B annual meeting of the Bov of Malaya. B 'ti n; Sands gave a report showv n TTe stated that the sum Ki J rnq needed to carry on the work B 311 the Tmops.
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  • 193 7 I n, -r Ltin/ U ?T Bhed n the 17th irstaQt thp r»r Jon £^ie conclusion of the Blr It e n «gainst peace before ■or Dc l9 n,)er 6 to 4 on being the figure f r T P ace by 31 st March next. 9
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  • 120 7 M.M.” The death occurred on Mond»y afternoon from pneumonia of Mr M Gomtz, of the Chief Police OCce, Kuala Lumpur. We regret to record the death of Mr Tan Kim Bte, J P., the well-known miner of Ulu Selangor, which occurred last night at his residence, 11, Yew
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  • 60 7 Tn view of the prevailing epidemic, all drills and parades are c ncelled until further orders. T/ e Commandant regrets to announce the deaths of Corpl. Md Zsin of “C Co., Pre. Gnoh Serg Tuck of “D” Co., and r./Cpl. P. M. Martinrz of B Co which took
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  • 118 7 S.T.” There are signs that the influenza epidemic, which has fortunately not been so severe in Singapore as in various towns in the Peninsula, is abating, and it is reassuring to learn from the Fre-ddent of the Municipal Commissioners that this is his opinion, also, in
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  • 104 7 For supplying free attendance and Chinese medicine to poor Chinese patients attacked by influenza. Previous subscriptions $5.152.60. Messrs. Huttenbach Bros, and Co. $lOO. Mr. Haw eoq) uipj e.vq Snjo ‘ois 3uoj uooq Chye Pin Neoh) $5O. Miss Ch’ng Lye Hin (Ch’ng Siow Thay Neoh) $l5.
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  • 140 7 Previously acknowledged $13.233.30, Hon. Air. Justice Sproule $2O. Messrs. Huttenbach Brothers and Co. $lOO. Mr. A. B. A oules $5O, Hon. Mr. fV. C. Mirhell $5O. Mrs. L-fn Sun Kee $lO. J. G. A. $2O. Total $13.483.30. Lim Seng Hooi, Proposer. Medan. October 25. —Belawan has again
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  • 357 7 [From Oub Own Correspondent]. Singapore, October 31. A t Singapore Rubber Auctions, tl ere was s'esdy demand at higher prices. Bine pale 65 cei to and prime sh et 58$ to 60. The others were also up In the Second Court, Penang, to-day, Ik Chil- amd Wong
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  • Article, Illustration
    489 7 A TYPICAL MODERN HUN. The vogue of General von Hindenburg would now appear to be closing but there were many excellent reasons why ho shruld have been the idol of Germany. He typified the German war spirit and W'ts a consistent advocate of present day German brutality. A recent
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  • 144 7 Prjiang, November 1, 1918 S. P. Tapioca 57.70 buyers. M. P. Tapioca $7.70 sellers. Gold leaf $72 sellers. Pepper (W. Coast 3 lbs. 5 oz) sl6j buyers Black Pepper $25 buyers. White Pepper $4O nom. Trang Pepper no stock. Mace $BO nom. Mace Pickings $01.50 salse. Cloves season over
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  • 258 7 RAJA ALiNG PROCLAIMED. Raja Alang Isk<ndar ibni Su’tan Idris Merghid-e’-Aszim Shah Almerbom Rahamatullah, Raja Bendabara of the Stat** of Perak, was publicly prrclaimed by Hi 3 Excellency the High Commi-sioner a 8 having succeded to the dignity of Sultan of the State, on the 28*h October at Kaah
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  • 569 7 The drain -of man-power, the fall in the numbers of births and the loss of the population tnrough sickness and underfeeding is felt more severely by the Central Powers than by the peoples of the Entente. Whereas the annual gain of population in Germany in
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  • 94 7 The Post Office RU*horiti°9, before Mr Langham Carter, st Singapore, charged the Ho Hong Company with failirg tn give notice of an alteration in the time of departure in respect of the steamship Sultana on the 19th inst., in consequence nf which the mails for Puhu Soegi
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  • STOP PRESS.
    • 104 7 [Reuter Telegrams] London, October 31. A British-Italian effieial report says Our advtnci continues. In yesterday’s operations Northamptonshire Yeou anry operating ia advance nf the infantry took 200 prisoners. The Third Army cressed the Piavo to the south of Tenth the Army, which, wi'h the Eghth and
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    • 128 7 Amsterdam, October 30. A Vienna message says Austria Hu gary communicated the contents of Count Andra*-y’s Note to Mr. Lansing, to the Allied Governments, requesting that they agre” to the proposals ana support them in Washington. Count Ai drassy, on October 29tb, telegraptod to Mr. Lansing, and
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  • 23 7 To-day’s quotation for unrefined tin in Ponang was $149.25 per picul buyers, and for refined tin 15<> per picul 75 tons.
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  • 345 7 PENANG, NOVEMBER 1, 1918. BEEF— cts. Soup per catty 20 Roast do 30 Steaks do 30 Stew or Curry Meat do 21 Rump Steak do 30 Ox Tail each 35 do Tongue do 55 do Feet do Heart Small each 35 Liver per catty 40 Fillet of Beef
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  • 61 7 Mrs. Khaw Joo Tok advises us that the output from Ronpibon Extended No Liability; for October, was: Cubic yards 60,000, hours 465, piculs 461. The murderer of the late Mrs Liebman aid Emil Landau was hanged Monday in the precincts of the Singapore gaol, bis las’ reqnest being
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 129 7 THE BURDEN LIFTED. Sciatica causes the most acute agony, making your life a burden, but if you don’t fight the disease, it will gradually get a firmer and firmer hold on you and then There is only one sure weapon that you can use in your fight—and that weapon is
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    • 576 7 POSITION WANTED. Rubber Planter. Preferably north of Penang. Three years experience, good accountant. Terms preferred 3-5 years contract, Idlang-land for part of salary. Please wiito to Bex No. 270, c/o Pinang Gazet’e. WANTED. Tartjong Bunga. to ieut r famished Bungalow for one month from middle cf December. Apply to Box
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 1668 8 P.& ©.-BRITISH INDIA N. Y. K. r eTSTO’ and 6 WiXOo I C. rC APC AR LINE. Jk A*' (COMPANIES INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND), «KBB MAIL PASSENGER SERVICES. RF"I I lIN CS PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL SAILINGS. (Under Contract with His Majesty’s Government.) Z ■■V MM* The Comnanv’s MAIL SERVICES EAST OF
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    • 668 8 BANKS. 1 chartered AUSTRALIAN AND CH > Incorporated in England bv p Paid-up Capital Reserve Fund Reserve Liability of Proprietor, Head Office. W, BISHOPSGATE, LONDON r Agencies and Bra nc h e C Anritsar, Bangkok. Batavia n CaaUa, Cebu, Colombo, Dellri’ CiU Baakou Hrmgkuug. Itoilu. Kaba, Kuala Lumpur, Madia?’ F
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