Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 1 April 1915

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 75 VOL. LXXIII. THURSDAY. Ist APRIL, 1915. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 798 1 P WAN r 'IO SHIP, g BUY OR SELL .RUBBER OR TO p FORWARD GOODS TO ANY PART OF tub WORLD 1 GO TO ALLEN DENNYS Co., D 1 T. UNION STREET. iin-iT-nrir-rr h n hi THE NATIONAL MUTUAL Q/\| IS"* KI II AA SUN LIFE UfE.SSOCmOHOMUSTMUSU.ITO. ULI W I"
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    • 58 1 iowMDOiaQupcwoatiooiocQcov g FOR SJSU g V7OU can have the Pin*«g D K X GMMtte" poetbd evnry 1 frw a whole year „o your addvMA s u (LOCAL SUBSCRIPTION. *27) 2 Proportionate Ouarwrriy and 5 Half-yearly rate». 2 9ntdKrjpticn« are payubk u, 1« wdMmoa and remittance» should bo addreeasd to g
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  • 2184 2 WHY I LIKE HER, AND WHY SHE DOESN’T LIKE US. The soldiers know pretty well now the fighting powers of the man behind the gun writes the editor of the “English Review,’ Mr. Austin Harrison, but few of us have much idea of the power behind
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 720 2 Rates for wanted. Casual Advertisements, '“temporary manager for six A months—small estate. Apply F. W. BARKER Co., FOR SALE. TO LET. SITUATIONS VACANT. ETC. J p Penang. 317—3 4 Minimum Charge $2.00 For 1 insertion 1.20 per inch. WANTED. 2 insertions 1.10 3 JUNIOR ASSISTANT for Rubber ft 4 0.85
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    • 234 2 Federated Malay States Railways. ON GOOD FRIDAY, 2nd April, 1915, trains will run as on Sundays. G. H. Fox, Ag. General Manager, F. M. S. Railways. General Manager’s Office, Kuala Lumpur, 22nd March, 1915. 309—30, 1-4 FtfOTIOEX TO LET “WELBECK,” No. 1, Pangkor Road. Eatry Ist April next. Apply to
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    • 585 2 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 Office: 38, BIBHOPSGATE, LONDON, 8.0 Agencies and Branches. Lmritsar Hongkong Penang Bangkok Iloilo Puket Batavia Ipoh Rangoon Bombay Karachi Saigon Calcutta Klang Serembap Canton
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  • 2121 3 POSSIBLE EFFECTS OF THE WAR. The ultimate consequences of the colossal struggle now waging between racial and international forces in Europe, immeasurably far reaching as they inevitably must be, even to the recasting of a continent, can hardly be le e s so in their moral and politic*! effect
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  • 261 3 In the Penang Municipality for the week ended Mar. 13, there were 63 deaths —44 males and 19 females, equal to a death-rate of 31.44 per mille per annum, compared with 26.96 in the preceding week and with 27.66 in the corresponding week of last year. The following
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  • 222 3 OFFICIAL MINUTES. Minutes of a meeting of the Municipal Commissioners held on Tuesday, the 9th March, 1915. Present. —Messrs W. Pee l (President), P. T. Allen, Quah Beng Kee, F. Duxbury and John Mitchell. Absent. Yeoh Guan Seok and Lim E >w Hong. 1. The minutes of the
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 276 3 r They tell me t there’s j VAN HOUTENS I COCOA I, for Breakfast l'4»Kov'*’l// pMHci/UrtLy*' •*C Ccco T"' c\ C co T~y ca C3c3> /S I -■>’■. W The Straits Sales Room. MR. G. B. MADDEN begs to i nform the general Public of Penang that he has opened
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    • 336 3 Weakness Debility IRON ’JELLOIDS,’ the reliable tonic, strengthen your blood and fortify your system against climatic effects. After a course of Iron ‘Jelloids,’ the blood is enriched, appetite is restored, vitality increased, Weakness and Debility disappear, and your system is enabled to combat attacks of Malaria and other diseases. Iron
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • 206 4 [To the Editor oj the Pinang Gazette.”] Sir,—Some papers need to advertise their veracity. “It you see it in ‘John Bull it is so is a fair example. But because “John Bull” has for long counselled a Business Government it does not follow that a Government publication
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    • 182 4 [To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette.”] Sir, —I enclose for your information copy of account showing proceeds of concert under the direction of Miss Case, given in aid of the Belgian Relief Fund on Bth and 10th ultimo, which you might kindly insert in your
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    • 115 4 [2’e the Editor oj the Pinang Gazette.”] Sir.—With regard to the letter published in your valuable paper of yesterday by Lover of Music.” I understand and can play music and feel quite surprised to come across such remarks and I certainly cannot agree with them. I
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  • 192 4 While seats in rows Ato F for Mrs. Cooper’s performance at the Town Hall on Monday can still be booked at $3 those from G. to N. are priced at $2. Captain and Mrs. Cheney are leaving for Home at the end of this month. Mr. A. R.
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  • 85 4 DREDGING OPERATIONS COMMENCED. The dredge of the Kamuntiug Tin Dredging Co, Ltd., started work on March 22nd to open up a paddock, working in daylight only, and from ‘--bat date to March 31st it has worked 90 hours and recovered 85 pickuls of ore. The dredge is still
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  • 108 4 A shocking accident occurred at Tanjong Pagar about 11 o’clock on Monday morning. An engine with three trucks was proceeding towards No 1 gate, when a Tamil coolie, whose duty is was to uncouple trucks at one of the diverging points, in doing so, slipped and was run
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  • 71 4 HOLY WEEK AND EASTER. April I.—Maundy Thursday, 6 p.m. Evensong and Address. April 2.—Good Friday, 9 30 a.m. Matins and Litany; 10 a.m. Story of the Cross, and Sermon 6 p.m. Evensong and Sermon. April 3.—Holy Saturday, 10 30 a.m. Matins. April 4.—Easter Day, 7 am. Holy
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  • 518 4 Romney,” writing in New Age says—lt has been well observed by Mr. Belloc ia Land and Water that the Turkish attempt upon Egypt is by no means so harmle 8 or so scatter-brained an adventure as several journalists would have us believe. It is true that
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  • 598 4 THE ANNUAL MEETING. The annual general meeting of the members of the Penang Golf Clui was held in the Club-house Inst evening, the President, Hon. A. T. Bryant, (R isident Councillor) being in the Chair. The Hon, A. T. Bryant, was re elected President, Mr. A. C.
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  • 390 4 Following is a cipy of a notice issued by the Malay trustees of Taipirg to their co-religionists. Penang Modems might heed the advice given in it: The Trustees have received a communication from Mr. C. W. Harrison, District Officer, Larut anc! Ma tang, asking them to
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  • 1701 4 THE PAST YEAR’S TRADE. The annual meeting of the Selangor Chamber of Commerce was held at the office of the Chamber, Old Market Squaie, Kuala Lumpur. Mr. H. C. E. Zachsria», (Messrs Paterson, Simons and Co., Ltd.), tbe retiring chairman, presided at the opening of the meeting over
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  • 83 4 INCREASED LIQUOR DUTY. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Ipob, April 1. At a meeting of the Perak Chamber of Commerce it was pointed out that in view of the increased duties on liquors the question of a bonded liquor warehouse in such an important centre of Ipoh
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  • 217 4 The following are the changes (buveis and sellers only) in our share lisi page 9 to-day Yesterday. To-day Ssabsb. Jj S 30 TO 0Q Minin?. Sopeng C. 26/6 28/9 27/6 30/Kinta Tin 14 15} $l5 Kinta New... 2/5 5/- 5/. K. Pulai 5 5} 54 53. Malayan
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 287 4 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Y7ACANCY in a MESS .Sr commercial or mercantile gentleman,’Conveniently situated, quiet, good piano, Stabling. Apply No. 7, c/o Pinang Gazette. /CARETAKER WANTED for Taiping Resthouse, to take eutiie charge, to engage and bi responsible for his own staff. Applications in writing to the Secretary Sanitary Board, Taiping. PENANG
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  • 1012 5 S.F.P.” SOMETHING TO SMILE AT. Perhaps the most brilliant journalist of today wrote quite recently: The Censorship must prohibit all information which might help the enemy, but the censorship must not so far repress the newspapers as to turn journalism into a compulsory process of deceiving the
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  • 276 5 The “Auto” announces that the Paris authorities have refused to allow the reorganization of boxing in Pai is while the war lasts. Representations were made by those interested in boxing suggesting that contests should be allowed between men who had not been called to the colors
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  • 561 5 A BERLIN VERSION. The Ostasiatische Lloyd War Service circulates the following in the China papers Berlin, March 14.—The Deutscher Ueberseedienst reports The new session of the German Reichstag was opened by a speech of the President, Dr. Kaempfl, who stated that all Germany was unanimous to hold out
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  • 90 5 Tokio, March 9.—Japan, like America, is receiving much profit from the war. It has beeu already stated in the Advertiser that Mitsui, Okura and other firms in Japan have received large orders from Russia and France. Not only large firms in Japan, but the military arsenals
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  • 122 5 Three persons in Tokio, eleven in Kobe and two in Tsuruga, have been arrested as German spies and these sixteen persons were ordered to be deported from Japan on the 15th ulto. Up to the middle of last month forty V. Cs. had been awarded since
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  • 335 5 GERMAN GENERAL’S DECLARATION. Harbin, March 16.—The Constantinople correspondent of the Petrograd Agency states that, in consequence of the bombardment of tbe Dardanelles, a Council of Ministers held a conference at the Palace, in which General von der Goltz, General von Sanders and other high officials participated. General von
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 119 5 MKMI MUMMBHIWI IKKIOMMH HMMMMrXMWMMXMMM* GRAND OPENING NIGHT at the new EMPIRE HALL. K SPECIAL LICENSE TILL 1 A.M. TOWN BAND IN ATTENDANCE. “IT’S A LONG, LONG WAY TO TIPPERARY” Straits’ Exclusive Features in 3 Reels, unique throughout the East. M 5 A STORY OF IRELAND’S LOYALTY. ■JJ Based on the
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  • 19 6 Stallwood.—On March 27, at Boscombe,” Nassim Road, Sings pore, the wife of H. A. Stallwood, of a daughter.
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  • 1091 6 The biting comments of the American Press on the piratical and murderous submarine campaign which Germany is waging on merchant and passenger vessels express something of the abhorrence which is felt by all humanity, save perhaps that nation whose insensate hatred of Britain has led them to commit deeds
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  • 1740 6 It was Frederick the Great who was responsible for the following diets The best place for war is in an enemy’s country, the next best in a neutral country, and the worst of all in one’s own.” Germany’s northern or sea frontier defences form a base for
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 381 6 MILKMAID MILK. Owing to increased Transport and other costs, we are reluctantly compelled to raise our prices to MILKMAID SWEETENED CONDENSED $13.25 p r case or 29 c nts per tin. I MILKMAID STERILIZED MILK $7.75 p r case or 17 cents per tin. I at which prices the public
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    • 12 6 THE CRAG HOTEL. Easter Holidays. BOOK YOUR ROOMS NOW. Sarkies Brothers, Proprietors.
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  • 511 7 SUBMARINE SHELLED AND RAMMED. SHIPMASTERS APPEAL FOR GUNS. fIGHT IN THE AID AT ZEEBDUGGE. RUSSIAN CAPTURES IN CARPATHIANS. The French troops are heavily engaged in the Argonne, sad have made further slight progress in their advar ce on Metz from the south. The Germans left 700 (bad at
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  • France and Belgium.
    • 188 7 GERMAN AVIATORS KILLED. [Reuter’s Services]. [Copyright Telegram.] Rotterdam, March 31. Allied aeroplanes a tacked a German qaptive balloon at Zeebrugge. Four German aeroplanes started in pursuit and a fight ensued. A Taube was brought down and the two airmen killed. The others were driven off, being
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    • 31 7 Ottawa, March 30. Field Marshal Sir John French has written to the Duke of Connaught regarding the qualities of the Canadian Contingent, which have made the highest impression.
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    • 393 7 GRIM TALES BY EYE-WITNESS." London February 27. Eye-Witness gives graphic details of the recent fighting to the south-east of Ypres, drawing special attention to the difficult nature of the ground in that region. In order to realize what our troops have done in this locality the natuie of the country
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    • 21 7 Loudon, March 31. Applications for £15,000,000 six months Treasury Bills totalled £38,000,000. The average rate is £2-13 11.
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    • 88 7 Loud >n, March 31. Mr. Lloyd George’s demand that the production of munitions shou’d not be hampered by drunkenness is finding support everywhere. The Trade’s’’ Views. London, March 31. Mr. Johnson, Chairman of an Association representing 13,000 Metropolitan licensees, in a interview, said for patiiotic reasons license
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    • 235 7 When the Chancellor of the Exchequer put his extra tax on be*r to help to pay for the war he calculated that the fall in consumption on account of the increased price would be about 23 per cent. He thought, however, the brewer and the publican
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    • 27 7 Paris, March 31. Tie Japanese Military Mission has arrived at Havre. It was received by the British Base Commandant, and visited the Belgian Premier.
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    • 53 7 Amsterdam, March 30. It is stated that for Germany’s second war loan of £453,000,000 there are 2| million subscribers of whum over 1| millions are small people. They subscribed only £46,000,000, the great bulk being obtained from banks and savings banks, doubtless by the same compulsory
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    • 155 7 The appearance of Field-Marshal von Hindenburg in France and Flanders as commander-in-chief of the German western armies is being freely predicted by both officers and men of the Kaiser’s forces now in Belgium, says a correspondent of the Daily Expres?.” The Kaiser’s discontent with his army commanders
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  • Russian Campaign.
    • 88 7 MORE IMPORTANT CAPTURES. Petrograd, March 31. The Russian movement in the Carpathians continues successfully. The Russians captured fortified heights between Bartfeld and Uzsok on Sunday and took 5,460 prisoners, 26 guns, and miti ailleuses. Strong Russian Forces. An Austrian communique states that strong Russian forces, including
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  • Turkey and the Near East
    • 91 7 RUSSIANS ADVANCING. Petrograd, March 31. A Russian communique says the Russian campaign in the Caucasus is proceeding successfully. Ttie Russians are advancing from Borcbka along the Chorok river, and also from Ardanach. They defeated the enemy and occupied the town of Artvin, across the Chorok river. A
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  • Naval Operations.
    • 80 7 Petrograd, March 31* An official message eajs German warships on Sunday evening bombarded Libau, killing one civilian. Houses Hit. Libau, March 31. Fifteen bouses at Libau were hi*. Libau is a seaport, naval base, and watering place on the Baltic, in Courland, 146 miles SW. of Riga.
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    • 81 7 WARSHIPS EXCHANGE SHOTS. Petrograd, March 30. An official message says the Russian Fleet approached the outer forts of the Bosphoius on Monday morning but were unable to bombard them owing to fog. A small Russian ehip exchanged shots with a Turklih destroyer which fled into the Bosphorus after
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    • 47 7 BOMBARDMENT RESUMED. Amsterdam, March 31. Despatches from Constantinople state that the Allies have resumed the bombardment of the Dardanelles. German Reports. Amsterdam, March 30. German official reports state that the Allied Fleets have r a imed the bombardment of the Dardanelles. Airmen are reconnoitring daily.
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    • 349 7 The “New ork Herald’s naval correspondent writes on February 27.—There are other objects of first-class importance to be obtained from a successful attack on the Dardanelles. Now that the Archangel route is closed by ice, communication between Russia and her Allies has almost entirely ceased, and there
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    • 72 7 London, March 26.—Despatches from Constantinople says that the Turks are downhearted, and are generally under the impression that the capital will be taken by the Allies sooner or latter. According to the Petrograd newspapers Russian merchants have concentrated something like ten
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    • 48 7 AFTER BEING SHELLED. Paris, March 31. A French communique says a French warship chased a German submarine off Dieppe and shelled the periscope of the submarine, which was afterwards rammed. Ti e submarine disappeared and a quantity of oil was seen floating on the spot.
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    • 70 7 London, February 27. —A piece of wreckage has been picked up off the Danish coast, indicating the loss of another German submarine. A metal disc was found with the wreckage bearing the words, Captain-Lieutenant Weddingen, S.M. Unter.eeboot U 9, Kiel, Hamburg.” [This vessel would be the U
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    • 71 7 London, March 31. The Ellerman liner 'jftamiuian, from Glasgow for Cape TowO, with a general cargo, was sunk off the Scillys. The Danish steamer Finlandia rescued the crew of 39 and landed them at Holy head. The Flaminian carried no passengers. Flaminian, steel screw steamer, 3,500 tons,
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    • 136 7 SUBMARINE OUTWITTED London, March 31. The Glasgow steamer City of Cambridge, which has arrived at Liverpool, met a German submarine off Bishop’s Rock. By clever manoeuvring Captain Fry kept the German astern and prevented her from torpedoing the steamer but for au hour and a half the
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    • 81 7 London, March 31. The steamer Dunedin, which has arrived at Dublin, reports having been chased for 18 hcu r s by the submarine which sank the Falaba. The Dunedin started to rescue Falaba victim?, when the submarine began to chase her. Dunedin, steel screw, 4796
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    • 289 7 CHIEF OFFICER’S STATEMENT. London, March 30 The latest report is that 112 lives were lost with the Falaba. At the inquest on soma of the victims the Chief Officer said the submarine when sighted was flying the English Ensign. A torpedo was fired five minuses
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    • 26 7 ONLY NINE NOW MISSING. London, March 30. Another boat containing survivors of the Aguila has been picked up. There are now only nine missing.
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    • 233 7 During 1914, 656 vessels of 1,683,553 tons gross (viz., 621 steamers of 1.674,358 ton» and 35 sailing vessels of 9,195 tons) were launched in the United Kingdom. The sailing ship tonnage is composed, however, almost entirely of barges and similar craft. The outputiof mercantile tonnage in tho
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    • 75 7 SIGHTS GERMAN WARSHIPS Ymuiden, March 30. The skipper of a trawler, which was fishing on Monday in the North Sea, report» that a German seaplane dropped a bomb,, narrowly misdng the trawler. Sub"equently, two Zeppelins pissed in the neighbourhood of the trawler, the skipper of which
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    • 40 7 London, March 31. Two Zeppelins were sighted off tho Danish coast on Monday, flying westwards. They returned in the evening, driven by a snowstorm. One descended and immediately crossed the frontier. It is reported to be badly damaged.
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    • 22 7 London, March 31. The Daily News” savs Mr. Balfour has been given a room at the Admiralty.
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  • General News.
    • 56 7 GERMAN CAMP CAPTURED. Cape Town, March 26. The Union Fourth Mounted Brigade captured a German camp at Platbeeu fifty miles north of Ukamas, with quantities of supplies, ammunition, and livestock, as well as twelve prisoners. The Uuion ca-ualties were one killed and two wounded. The enemy’s
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    • 21 7 Melbourne, March 31. The Common wed th Pre nier has offered yet another Austraim Contingent for the front.
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    • 184 7 London, March 31. Mr. A. R. Sink-, Assistant Secretary, has been appointed Secretary of the Royal Geographical Society in succession to Mr. John Scott Keltie, who has resigned. Arthur Robert Hinks, M.A., F R S., Assistant Secretary R.G.S., and Gresham Lecturer in Astronomy rince 1913.
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  • 57 7 PRODUCE PRICES. Loudon, March 3L Tallows £44, £43. Copper £69 ss. Rubber 2/s|. L' nsted s Argentine £4B-3s and £4B 6s May, June, paid, Bombay £53 sellers. Tamaiinds £IS-9s value. Linseeds £52 April, May, buyers. O<l £3O-12s 6d paid. Tea 31,600. price 11 40 Ceylon 15,600» price
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  • 218 7 Obituary. MR. HENRY GEORGE KEENE. London, March 31. The death has occurred of Mr. Henry George Keene, the Anglo-Indian historian. Henry George Keene, C.1.E., was Fellow of Calcutta Unversity and Hon. M.A. Oxford. A son of Professor Keene M.A. he was bom in 1825, and was twice married, first to
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  • 889 8 MORE SEPOYS PUT ON THEIR TRIAL. EVIDENCE OF NATIVE OFFICERS. The Cou t Martial, after an adjournment extending over practically the whole of last week, re-assembled on Monday morning when a sepoy named Taj Mahomed Khan, of the sth Light Infantry, was p’acei on hh trial, the
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  • 23 8 Penang The E. <fc O. Hotel, The Crag, Runnymede Hotel, Hotel Norman. Singapore:—Raffles Hotel. Rangoon :—Strand Hotel. Ceylon :—Nuwara Ellya.
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  • 36 8 SHIPPING ARRIVALS. I Kalmoa, Dut., 170, de Weerd, April 1, Deli gen., K.P.M. Sappho, Brit., 329, Scott, jApril 1, Tongkah, gen., Adamson Gilfillan Co Cornelia, Brit., 194, Ferguson, April 1, Brandan, gen., E. S Co.
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  • 32 8 To-day. Mary Austin for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Perak, (E. S. &Co for Port Swettenham, Port Dickson and Malacca. Alma for Deli. Avagyee for Bindings, Sitiawan Bagan Datoh and Teluk Anson.
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  • 171 8 CLOSE AT GENERAL POST OFFICE. To-Morrow. For Per Close. Alor Star (Kedah) Leong Ho 7 a.m. Mergui Cornelia 9 a.m Singapore, China and Japan Malta 10 a.m. Deli and Asahan Kalmoa 10 a.m. Singapore, China and Japan Colombo Maru 2 p.m. Trang, Tongkah and Pang Nga Perlis 2 p.m.
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  • 125 8 Penang, April 1, 1915. (5y OourUsy of tho Chartered Bank). London Demand Bank ...2/4 4 months’sight Bank ...2/4 5/16 3 Credit ...2/4 19/32 3 Documentary ...2/4j Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 174ji 3 days' sight Private 177 Bombay Demand Bank 174’ Moulraein Demand Bank 173 j 3 days' sight Private
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  • 233 8 Penang, April 1, 1915. 8: B. Tapioca 56.50 safes. M. P. Tapioca $7.00 sales. Gold leaf $64.40 Pepper (W. Coast 3 lb. 5 oz). $l6 1/2 buyers. Black Pepper $lB.OO buyers. White Pepper $36.00 sellers Trang Pepper $25.00 sellers. Mace $llO nom. Mace Pickings $66.00 sellers. Cloves $45 sellers.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 350 8 I Pure Yorkshire wool I suits—light and cool. ft A> f We’ll tailor you in latest European style in the (4 smartest, lightest and coolest suit you’ve had. 7 Avoid sloppy, ill-fitting garments. They’re no r'zr cooler and make you look slovenly. Pure wool ;fZ suits absorb moisture and keep
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    • 246 8 RUBBER cured by the use of the Jackson Patent Cabinets, realizes top prices in London and Singapore. Buyers for the large manufacturers in America and Europe prefer the Jackson cured Rubber. Prices of Cabinets $l6O to $6OO. Capacity of Cabinets, 350 to 4,000 pounds Rubber. Costs less to cure Rubber
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 96 8 Something to look forward to as Welcome as Pay Day. THE STRAITS CINEMA, PENANG ROAD. Programme Special. TO-NIGHT! TO-NIGHT!! The World Famous Detective Film NICK WINTER IN THE WILD WEST 2 Reels 2 Parts A Milano Gripping Drama SHADOW OF SHAME 3 Reels 3 Parts A powerful Pathe production. The
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  • 981 9 S 2 I Hunt. 2 m I 0 9 M N I N O Ayer Weng /Rahman) DAP. Or» <2® -jOo Belat Tin Mining Co 24 S 3 chenderlang Tin Dredging Co —8/; 10/Deebook Dredging N. L. 2f/- 28,Gopeng Consolidated —3« /6 30/- non Do part paid —4- 6/6
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  • 655 9 March 20.—Sixteen battleships attack Narrows forts in Dardanelles. French battleships Bouvet and British battleships Irresistible and Ocean sank by mines in Dardanelles. Nearly 600 lost with Bouvet. British slight. Admiralty believes Karlsruhe sank off West Indies in November. British auxiliary cruiser Orama sinks German liner Navarra
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  • 114 9 There will be no issue of the Pinang Gazet’e’ on Good Friday and Easter Monday, but it will ba published as usual on Saturday. On Good Friday, the Chief Post Office and the Sab-Post Offices will be opan ail day. On Saturday, the 3rd, and Monday, the sth
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  • 30 9 Memlers are hereby reminded that the re are club shoots on Friday 2nd April 7 a.m. Short Ranges Saturday 3rd Rapids Monday s:h 300 and 600.
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  • 30 9 The R.M.S, Nubia is expected to arrive here from Singapore at 4 p.m. to-morrow and to sad for Colombo and Bombay at 10 p m. the same day.
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  • 172 9 Load Charles Asks Why. Lord Charles Beresford has asked the Prime Minis er why su .h a large sum of money has been used for providing extra comforts for German prisoners, and whether the time has not arrived for a representation to be made to Germany
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  • 110 9 The Consul for Japan supplies the S.T.’ with the following details of a cable mess age he has received from Tokio relative to the Japanese election, which Reuter informed us hid resulted in a sweeping victory for the Government With the exception of four votes still unopened,
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  • 102 9 TSvrsday, April I. Maundy Thursday. Straits Cinematograph, Penang Road George Town Cinematograph, Kuala Kangaar Road Electric Polyscope Co,, Argyle Road. Friday, April 2. Good Friday, Public Holiday. Outward Mail Arrives 7 a.m. Homeward Mail Closes 8 p.m. Saturday, April 3. Public Holiday. Band, Golf Club, 5-45 p.m.
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  • 7 9 June 4 and s.—lpoh Races.
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  • 40 9 Penang, April 1. Beef— et9 Soup P« r catfc y 18 Roast i» 26 Steaks Stew or Curry Meat ,> 20 Rump Steak 26 Ox Tail e»ch 50 Tongue 50 Feet m 1 J Heart >» 40 Liver per 36
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
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  • 666 10 Englishman.” ANNUAL MEETING. A SATISFACTORY POSITION. The annual meeting of the Ipoh Golf Club was held at the club bouse on Tuesday evening, the President, Mr V Hill, in the Chair. There were present Messrs C Matthew, F N Sanderson, Harris, Dr Clarke, Dr Thunder, J Berry,
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
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    • 220 10 WHAT WORRY DOES. Anxiety and worry have most harmful effects upon the nervous system. Overwork also causes a man to become nervous and inclined to worry. This feebh state of the nervous system often ends in what the doctors calls Neurasthenia—which is nervous exhaustion. If you cannot devote your mind
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    • 577 10 A chain is no stronger than its weakest link. Your car may have a strong faame, good transmissioo, and an excellent motor, but if the tyres, which indeed form the very foundation of the car, are not equally good, then beware 1 J i An insecure foundation, whether in houses
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  • 874 11 At the annual meeting of the Sheffield branch of the British Foundrymen’s Association on January 26, Mr. F. Darley read a paper on screw propellers and their manufacture. He said that such propellers were used by the Chinese from a very early date and he described the apparatus
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