Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 9 October 1914
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Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle
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Title Section20 1914-10-09 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833« N). 234 VOL. LXXII. FRIDAY. 9th OCTOBER. 1914. PRICE 10 CENTS.20 words
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Advertisement1123 1914-10-09 1 i -oocjaaDCDacziDaczDoczzjoizzioczxro J IF YOU WANT TO SHIP, g J BUY OR SELL 1 rubber] 2 OR TO r J FORWARD GOODS 5 TO ANY PART OF th« WORLD M GO TO C fl ALLEN DENNYS Co., n 1, VMION BTRKKT. F N*V IZ i nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnunnnnnnnnn n FOB JO™ CE1,123 words
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CORRESPONDENCE.
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Article1746 1914-10-09 2 [To the Editor of *lhe Pinang Gazelle.”] Sir, —Through jour columns I beg to draw your readers’ attention to a stats of affairs in this Peninsula which I reckon merits serious consideration. For the benefit of those who may not be aware of the facts, let me prefix1,746 words
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Article673 1914-10-09 2 THE BRITISH AND GERMAN FLEETS. A Danish gentleman resident in Malaya has received an interesting letter from his father about the reception of the war news in Denmark. The writer says “On receiving the news of war having been declared against Germany by England the population673 words
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Article195 1914-10-09 2 Working up a Legend. With their u-usl thoroughness ihe German authorities are leaving no stone unturned to put themselves in the right with their own people. Thus a book of 176 pages has been issued in Berlin at only threepence under the title of195 words
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Article32 1914-10-09 2 Pxnang :—The E. <fc O. Hotel, The Crag, Runnymede Hotel, Hotel Norman, Carlton Hotel and The New Sea View Hotel. Singapore: —Raffles Hotel. Rangoon :—Strand Hotel. Cbylon :—Nuwara Eliya.32 words
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Article703 1914-10-09 2 HELD THEIR OWN AGAINST HEAVY ODDS. About fifty members of the Cheshire and other regiments who left Belfast on August 14 full of enthusiasm and hope for the front returned to that city last month. They bad sll been wounded. The Che?hires ha 1703 words
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Article145 1914-10-09 2 Japanese papers report that a wellknown politician who belonged to the former Jiyuto, with the support of his friends, has a scheme in hand for organising a volunteer corps with a view of sending it to Europe to fight on the side of the Allies. A145 words
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Article577 1914-10-09 2 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. The annual meeting of the above company was held at Gresham House, Singapore, Mr. H. Freeman presiding, others present being Me.srs Lee Phan Hock, Seet Siang Seek, W. Plummer (for the Secretaries, Derrick and Co.) The Chairman said: The report and accounts have be577 words
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Article335 1914-10-09 2 Ex. There is a curious pause now in Manchester business affairs, and many are experiencing a kind of temporary safety that is very fir from reassurance. The Government has deviled various safeguards and facilities which have put into motion the machinery of finance and evenEx. - 335 words
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Article674 1914-10-09 2 SUGGESTED SCHEME FOR CENTRAL AGENCY, About one year ago, in the financial columns of this paper, the desirability o r forming some central agency for the mut ua i benefit of rubber companies wasdemo n strated, and a scheme was shown whereh* such an agency could be successfully674 words
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Article105 1914-10-09 2 The Germans are attributing to Chinese sources the wildest aud most absurd fictions. Their special Attache at Stockholm quotes the German Legation at Peking as having stated that the Japanese Government has officially informed China that a revolution has broken out in India, that Great Britain has asked105 words
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Advertisement64 1914-10-09 2 Graphite Lubrication. By using this method it is claimed Cylinder lubrication cost is reduced 90 per cent, in either Steam, Gas, or Oil Engines. Fuel Consumption is reduced 5 per cent, to 10 per cent, and Piston rings, Valves and Valve gears are protected from wear. Agents “The Borneo Coy.,64 words
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Advertisement47 1914-10-09 2 NOTICE. W. Preston Son, Ltd., Leicester, England, the sole makers and proprietors of the celebrated “RED BOOT" Chop (Registered No. *****) of ELASTIC WEBS advise their clients, who may have difficulty in obtaining their goods, that orders can be executed through any English shipping house. H 12-1047 words
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Advertisement65 1914-10-09 2 it will interest ypu to make a list from memory of the foods you eat, the beverages you drink, the goods you use, which pleate you moat. Yo'i’ll be surprised to find that most of them are advertiser! goods. Your favourite drirk—the dentifrice you enjoy using best, are advertised ones,65 words
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Article1285 1914-10-09 3 BILLETING SCENES IN ESSEX. The place is in the heart of rural Essex, and the scene an old English garden. Drifting perfame of mignonette and stocks and ripe apples floats softly aroand, and so softly, too, the song of bees. There, stretched upon the comfortable grass in leafy1,285 words
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Article405 1914-10-09 3 DUTCH DESTROYER’S ACTION Madras, Sept. 30th.—The Madras Mail’s representative boarded the Shirala this morning with a view of obtaining some information of the situation in the Eastern Waters as the Shirala has just arrived here from Probolengo on the Java ln the absence of the Captain who405 words
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Article111 1914-10-09 3 Another Day." “It is reported that the German fleet is active in the Baltic. Ic has stopped a Swedish steamer aud captured 36 British passengers.” Wilhelm soliloquises Where are the B itish shipi Ay, where are they Speak not of them We hive our Navy too, Our High Seas Fleet,111 words
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Article1326 1914-10-09 3 Judging by the questions that one hears asked in these tense days, the arts by which a gun mounted on a rolling ship can be made to fire shot after shob into another ship miles away, and looking just a small shape between sea and cloud, are1,326 words
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Advertisement1053 1914-10-09 3 INSURANCE ASSISTANT. NOTICE. WANTED by Mercantile House an OEP ABATE TENDERS will be received Assistant with knowledge of O up to noon on Thursday, the 15th insurance. Thoroughly competent man October, 1914, for the following supplies required. for a period of one year commencing from Apply “Insurance.” Ist January, 1915:1,053 words
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Advertisement321 1914-10-09 3 Cure that Sore Throat Easily—quickly—bub just rubbing in Little’s Oriental Balm and wrapping the throat with a flannel. Sore throat simply can’c exist when Little’s Oriental Balm gets after it, and this remarkable remedy is equally effective in cases of whooping cough, bronchitis, chest cold and croup. Be on the321 words
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Article293 1914-10-09 4 11 Diplomacy: the art of negotiation, especially of treaties between states political skill.” j The Belgian Grey Book effords yet another revelation of German diplomacy so-called. There is, as a matter of fact, little in the attitude of Germany towards Belgium on the eve of the war with293 words
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Article305 1914-10-09 4 The latest telegrams indicate that events are moving rapidly on the new front in France, extending from Arras to the Belgian border, with Lille as the chief point. The French and British forces are more than bolding their own, the Germans themselves having admitted that in the305 words
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Article362 1914-10-09 4 A contemporary refers to the outcry recently raised in some German newspapers against carrying the war into the Colonies. The objection was not surprising in view of the fact that Germany stands to lose all her overseas possessions, and, in fact, has already had the mortification362 words
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Article266 1914-10-09 4 ROBBERS MASKED AND ARMED WITH REVOLVERS. Cantonment Road was the scene of a gang robbery as early as half past eight last night during the rain. The victim is Mr. Chew Joo Ee, clerk in Mr. G. E. Wright-Motion’s office. In the evening Mr. Joo266 words
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Article41 1914-10-09 4 A paperchase has been arranged for Tuesday, 13th inst. Meet at Dato Kramat Gardena at 5 p.m. and finish at Kingsley, where Mr. Pike will be At Home to tha members of the Hunt Club and their friends.41 words
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Article449 1914-10-09 4 The sum of £25, receipt of which is gratefully acknowledged from an annoymous sympathiser, has been remitted direct to the Belgian Minister, London, through the Consulate in Penang. Major-General Herbert Powell commands the Ulster division of Earl Kitchener’s army. Capt. Craig will be assistant adjutant general. The449 words
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Article162 1914-10-09 4 SECOND DAY'S RESULTS. [Prom Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, Ootober 9. The following is the result of the racing on the second day of the meeting Rack 1, Cordon R?uge (Southall) 1 Gold Spee (Billett) 2 Yorkshire (Thompson) 3 Won by seven lengths. Time 1 mio. 41 secs. Tote162 words
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Article52 1914-10-09 4 The following are the results of the ties played yesterday Doubles Handicap Class A—Everest; and Oliver beat Neubronnar and Cameron by 6—B, 6—3, 6—4. Upton and Stevens beat Sugars and Hotchkiss by 6—l, 6—4. Doubles Handicap Class B.—Oxenham and Cuscaden beat Ellis and Cowap by 6 4,52 words
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Article117 1914-10-09 4 THE RUBBER ASSOCIATION. At the 159th auction, on October 6, there was offered for sale piculs 1,526.75 or 203,567 lbs., of which 991.33 or 132,184 lbs. were sold. Prices realized Sheet Smoked fine ribbed 99 to $lO5 good ribbed 83 93 fine plain 86 M ,t117 words
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Article76 1914-10-09 4 Page 2,—Feeling in Denmark What the German People are Told The Business man in War-Time Tamba’ak Rubber Co.; Correspondence; Rubber Companies. Page 3.—Soldier Guests Gunnery at Sea Affairs in Java. Page 4,—German Diplomacy Tales in the Bazaar; In the West; Gang: Robbery at Pu’o Tikus; Singapore Races.76 words
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Article25 1914-10-09 4 Arrivals. By Selangor (October 9) from SingaU H Denyes, Mr A E Mongos and Mr W Blackford from Port Swettenham, Mr F R Mcesor.25 words
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Advertisement231 1914-10-09 4 by tminKir to his huesty him beome v. 4» I Motor, Motor-cycle, solid and Cycle Tyres. No interruption of supplies. No alteration in prices. The Dunlop Company is in a position to meet any demands which may be made upon it. It is to your best interest, at this time231 words
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Advertisement35 1914-10-09 4 THE CRAG HOTEL, “SANATORIUM" PENANG HILL Completely Renovated. An hoar and 10 minutes from the E. 0. HOTEL Chairs and Coolies always in readiness at the foot of the Hill. Sarkiu Broth a rs, Proprietors.35 words
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THE FIGHTING IN PICARDY.
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Article508 1914-10-09 5 GERMAN RIGHT FORCES BACK. AUSTRIAN CAVALRY SEVERELY HANDLED BY BRITISH. [Copyright Telegram.] (By Submarine Telegraph.) Recd. Oct 8, 5-34 p.m. A Paris official message issued at eleven in the evening says Except on the two wings where the German attacks have been repulsed there has been almost508 words
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Article715 1914-10-09 5 .—Reuter. BELGIAN GREY BOOK. MORE LIGHT ON GERMANY'S DIPLOMACY. [Copyright Telegram.] (By Submarine Telegraph.) Recd. Oct. 8, 6 p.m. Further light is thrown on the diplomatic negotiations relating to the outbreak of war by the publication of a Belgian Grey Book. The German Minister on July 31,.—Reuter. - 715 words
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STOP PRESS WAR NEWS.
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Article40 1914-10-09 5 —Reuter. [Copyright Telegram.] (By Submarine Telegraph.) Recd. Oct. 9, 3-7 p.m. An Amsterdam afternom message says that refugees who have just arrived at Roosendal, report that the Germans have stat ted bombarding Antwerp with heav artillery. —Reuter.—Reuter. - 40 words
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280 1914-10-09 5 No measures are being omitted by our military authorities to guard from the enemy as far as possible knowledge of the movements of our troops in France. Recently a journalist spoke at Folkstone with officers who had just come from Boulogne. Que w»s280 words
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Article558 1914-10-09 5 THE RIGHT TO SUE. Be f ore His Lordship Sir Thomas Braddell, C. J. C., in tbe Supreme Court, Kuala Lumpur, a case involving the righ'S of an Austrian subject in the F.M.S. was heard An application was brought by N.K A.R. Allagappa Chetty for a558 words
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Article357 1914-10-09 5 Shanghai, Sept. 25.—British volunteers for the front are slipping off very quietly, but to-day at 3 p.m. there is likely to be quite a scene when the launch for the Polynesien leaves the French jetty, as quite a number of prospective soldier men are booked357 words
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Advertisement330 1914-10-09 5 RUBBER. THE JACKSON PATENT SMOKER AND DRYER. The hundredth was sold on the 30th September. These are now made of either wood and galv’d iron or entirely of iron and steel, and in sizes to take 500 to 8,000 sheets rubber. We make a speciality of Latex Spouts of galv’d330 words
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Article592 1914-10-09 6 The Imperial Service troops belong to, and are supported by, the Indian rulers concerned, and Are officered by Indians but there is an |lnspector General of Imperial Service Troopi— Brigadier-General Sir R. E. Grimston—and there are eleven picked officers of the Indian Army who are appointed as592 words
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Article243 1914-10-09 6 Penang, October 9, 1914. 8. P. Tapioca 53 buyers. M. P. Tapioca $3.30 buyers Gold leaf 561.40 Pepper (W. Coast 3 lb. 5 oz). $l6 1/2 buyers. White Pepper $271 nom. Trang Pepper $19.00 no stock. Mace $llO nom. Mace Pickings s—nom: or no market. Cloves 550 nominal. Nutmegs243 words
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Advertisement214 1914-10-09 6 The Signature. H To distinguish the original and Ml genuine Worcestershire Sauce from the JBl many imitations, see that the signature S 3 2£. of Lea Perrins appears in White jMm across the Red label on every bottle. MC HdAJm No other sauce has such an exquisitely delicate W 2214 words
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Miscellaneous137 1914-10-09 6 Forty millions of virile men and women are taking an intelligent interest in war. 7(here will be a Fine Revue on our Screen To-night! To-night I AT George Town Kinemafograph, Still Going Strong with absolutely all Tip-Top Features and Universal Comics, Bright, Breezy and Brimful of Fun and Humour. Shoa,137 words
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Article914 1914-10-09 7 STORY OF THE PLAN TO WRECK A SLEEPING CITY. The story of the Zeppelin bomb-throw-ing raid over Antwerp has been pieced together as follows by a correspondent io Antwerp The Zeppelin that flew over the sleeping city had mapped out a career of terrifying destruction.914 words
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Article650 1914-10-09 7 EVENTS OF A WEEK. Sept. 26—Russians occupy Tourka, the Austrians retreating towards Cracow. German aviator drops bombs on Paris, killing a man and wounding a girl. The Allies reported to be making perceptible progress” on the left. Germans retreat before the Russians to Druskeniki. The Czar’s650 words
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Article1304 1914-10-09 7 BY A MILITARY CORRESPONDENT. Our infantry soldier, when he goes into action, carries with him an emergency ration (known in the Service as the iron ration) which is securely packed in a canvas receptacle on the man’s equipment and 250 rounds of ammunition. The ammunition1,304 words
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Article226 1914-10-09 7 Penang, October 9. Beef— cis. Soup per catty 15 Roast 30 Steaks 30 Stew or Curry Meat 20 Rump Steak 30 Ox Tail each 35 Tongue 50 Feet 20 Heart 45 Liver per catty 40 Fork— Pork per catty 36 Pig’s Head 22 Feet 26 Tongue 40 Mutton226 words
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Article69 1914-10-09 7 Friday. October 9. St. George’s Church, Special Service, 6 p.m. Presbyterian Church, Special Service, 6.30 p.m. Band, Esplanade, 6 p.m. High Water 2.2 a.m. and 2.14 p.m. Low Water 8.32 a.m. and 8.16 p.m. Straits Cinematograph, Penang Road George Town Cinematograph, Kuala Kangsar Road. Saturday, October 10.69 words
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Advertisement410 1914-10-09 7 The Bankruptcy Ordinance, I£BB. In the Supreme Court of the Straits Settlements. SETTLEMENT OF PENANG. In Bankruptcy. No. 18 of 1910. Re LEOPOLD D’ARANJO. Notice i* hereby given that a first and final Dividend of $22.03 per centum has been declared in the above matter and that the same may410 words
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Advertisement590 1914-10-09 7 BANKS. CHARTERED* BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA. AND CHINA. Incorporated by Royal Charter. Paid-up Capital £1,200,000 Reserve Fund £1,800,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors... £1,200,000 Head Omoi: 38, BISHOPBGATE, LONDON, E.O Agencies and Branches. Amritsar Hongkong Penang Bangkok Iloilo Puket Batavia Ipoh Rangoon Bombay Karachi Saigon Calcutta Klang Serembar Canton Kobe Shanghai590 words
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Miscellaneous37 1914-10-09 7 The Straits Cinema, Location:—PENANG ROAD. Speciality: LATEST PATHE PRODUCTIONS Absolutely the leading Premier Show in Penang and the People’s Favourite Rendezvous. Newest Films of Latest Features in Bi-weekly Changes. For particulars vide Handbills. Tan Boon Peng, Proprietor.37 words
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Advertisement1423 1914-10-09 8 British India STRAITS STEAM SHIP Co., Ocean LIMITED. Sian SHIP C#„ l|,_ I STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LTD. c c BIITIIiI D For Port Swettenham and Singapore, china mutual nav. 00.. its. THE '.'omparries' steamers are from Liverpool outwards for the Strait 3 for IVIUIV /“AllOUlle China, and Japan every week,1,423 words
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