Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 30 April 1915

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833, No. 98 VOL. LXXIII. FRIDAY. 30th APRIL. I9F PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 913 1 v> -r xz7)CU~mnr-Tnr »-<— inr—i 1 IF YOU WANT TO SHIP. 9 BUY OR SELL D JRUB B B R S t OR TO H J FORWARD GOODS U TO AMY PART OP rn WORLD n I GO TO ALLEN DENNYS Co., D 7. UNION STREET. n Lt ii ir-Tr-TTnmrrnnrnnnnrTn
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    • 70 1 MoocDa bduudeksora o a dsc cm 8 FOK $3O can have the M Pmang 0 f X Oe—tie n post-ed every Any 9 far a whole y**<T to y.mr add man 4 3 (LOCAL SUBSCaiPTIOM. S2T). j Plkqportiotoate Quarterly and j J E«Jf-y>«rly rat*»». 9 I are payabk. ia r
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • 370 2 [To ths Editor of the Pinang Gazette Sir —Every issue of the British Medical Journal tells us of the dire need there is for doctors to serve with the New Army and to replace casualties at the front. The Dvector General of the A.M.S. has
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  • 176 2 Messrs Guthrie and Co., Ltd., in their weekly report dated Singapore, Tuesday, 27th inst, says The Rubber catalogued for to-day’s Auction met with a very poor demand and prices generally were lower than for some time past. Fur many lots it was not possible to elicit a
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  • 56 2 London, April 29. Both Tallows £42. Copper £BO-12s 6d. Para Rubber 2/sj. Linseed £49-9s, April, May, sellers, £57 sellers. Wheats dull, all exclusive; White Karachi 64/9 Red 64/- Delhi 65/6 Rosafe 63/9. Hemp £3l-15s, March, May. Tin £165. Iron 65/9. Club Wheat 66/- paid. Linseed oil £3l-17s
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  • 162 2 An article written by Colonel Kaden and published at Lille, is worth noting. Here is a sample You German people at hotae, feed this fire of hate You mothers, engrave this in the heart of the babe at your breast I You thousands of teachers to whom millions
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  • 1137 2  -  J. C. G. NEEDS OF SINGAPORE. There is a distinct fault in the social lif e of Singapore, says a writer injthe U S. F. P,” that everyone is aware of tactitly or openly, and no unite 1 effort se?ks to remedy it. It all centres
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  • 383 2 Times of Ceylon.” It is a long piece of red tape that cannot be untravelled if patience and preseverance are exercised, and the last knot which tied a lot of va'uable Colombo cargo in enemy ships interned at Padang and Sabang seems now to have been
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  • 146 2 Sir Alexander Sivettenham, a former Colonial Secretary and Acting Governor, suggests deportation of German prisoners instead of internment on board so many British steamers, or hulks. Oa this the Globe says We cordially agree with Sir Alexander Swettenham’s suggestions that the alien prisoners now
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  • 49 2 The Band will play the following programme of music at the Esplanade from 6 to 7 p.m this evening 1. Selection Dandy Dan ...Slaughter 2. Bal Costume Toreador et Andalouse ...Rubinstein 3. Waltz Jolly Good Fellows ...Wollstedt L My Dream Song Godfrey 5. March Copenhagen ...Raps
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  • 77 2 Por the pen« 4 from the 30th April to 6th May, 1915, inclusive, the value of the highest grade of rubber is fixed at two shillings and four pence three-quarter penny per lb., and the duty on cultivated rubber on which expert duty is leviable on an
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  • 485 2 HATE UNPARALLELED. Mr. Henry Hall, special corres.onW of the New York World,” has j turned after spending four weeks at t front with the Allies. He au m3 a Q impression by alleging that the Genu'? atrocities have made the present war of hate unparalleled in the
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  • 239 2 OFFICIAL MINUTES. Minutes of a meeting of the Municipal Commissioners held on Tuesday, the 13th April, 1915. Present.—Messrs W. Pee 1 (President, P. T. Allen, John Mitchell, Lim E >w Hong. Absent. —Messrs, F. Duxbury, Quab Beng Kee, and Yeoh Guan Seok. 1. The minutes of the last
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  • 108 2 Bangkok Times.” At the end of last month only seventeen kilometres of rails reman 1 be laid to link up Singora with j and it is estima'ed that »h’? h j a at the end of the piesent month ore May. Much of course remains to
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 951 2 AGENTS AND C4NVISSERS WANTED Frozen Fish, A. M. Smith, Ltd. BY AN LD-ESTAB LISHED LIFE ASSURANCE CO. OHIPPE RS OF FISH, Aberdeen, Scotia IBERAL TERMS will be offered to land, require a REPRESENTATIVE I 4 ompetent men who can it.fluence a f or the sale of their Frozen Fish shipped
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  • 6273 3 “S.T.” w. H. MACGREGOR V. “STRAITS TIMES.” TEXT OF THE JUDGMENT. The following is the full text of Mr. Justice Earnshaw’s judgment in the Jibel action brought by Mr. W. H. Macgregor against the “Straits Times” Press, Ltd., and Mr. A W, Still, managing editor of the
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  • 23 3 Penang :—The E. O. Hotel, The Cra?» Runnymede Hotel, Hotel Norman. British Hotel. Singapore:—Raffles Hotel. Rangoon :—Strand Hotel. Ceylon:—Nuwara Elly».
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  • 70 4 Casein.—On April 27, at Gaylang, the wife of Alexander W. Cashin, of a daughter. Lonsdale—On Monday, April 26, 1915, at Singapore, the wife of Granville Lonsdale, Manager, Sendayen Estate, Port Dickson, of a daugirer. Padday.—Ou March 25, at Totland Bay, Isle of Wight, wife of A. C. Padday, son.
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  • 963 4 When deliberating the question of what Germany thinks about the war it is necessary, as Mr. Hilaire Belloc points out, to clearly differentiate between the ideas of the civilian population and the directing mind of the Kaiser and the soldiers ultimately responsible for the conduct of the
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  • 1361 4 What can one say to a man who swears the war is run by the Jews, and that your bank clerk, who leaves his stool which bears distinctly the impress of L. S. D. (other people’s) fights purely for the love of adventure. Country 1 If you
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  • 455 4 To-day’s quotation for unrefine i tin in Penang was $BO.OO pei picul, budmss d me— a decrease of $1.50. Tin is quoted in London to-da? at £l6o;ios. Spot, and £162 7s 61 three months. It is announced that General Booth, Commander-in-chief of the Salvation Army will visit
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 436 4 THE POPULAR PETER WALKER PETER WALKER |Sr LAGER I si w I flu I/ I M J J I l" £< I MOH —peter hw- FROM ALL FIRST-CLASS DEALERS, or SELLAR, MURRAY Co., I>EV^G RUNNYMEDE HOTEL, PENANG. Our Moonlight Dinner AS ANNOUNCED WILL BE HELD TO-NIGHT, the 30th of April.
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    • 33 4 THE CRAG HOTEL, “SANATORIUM” PENANG HILL Completely Renovated. An hour and 10 minutes from the E. 0. HOTEL Chairs and Coolies always in readiness at the foot of the HilL Sarkies Brothbrs Proprietors.
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  • 25 4 DEATH. Tayk.—At 71, River Valley Road, S ngapore, Lucy Edie, the beloved daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Taye, aged 2 years 10 months.
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  • 283 5 HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE. THE ADVANCE IN GALLIPOLI. TERRITORIALS' SPLENDID WORK. FIGHTING RESUMED IN POLAND. Sir John French reports that the battle north and nort-east of Ypres continued »1! day on Tuesday, and the French communique states that Wednesday was comparatively qu et, and that the Allies are
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  • France and Belgium.
    • 101 5 [Reuter’s Services]. SIR JOHN FRENCH’S REPORT. [Copyright Telegrams.] (By Submarine Telegraph.) London, April 28. Field Marshal Sir Jihn French, in bulletin, says the fighting to the north and north-east of Ypres continued all yesterday. The British in conjunction with the French, definitely stojptd the German attack
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    • 22 5 London, April 29. Unofficial despatches from France state that a gieat battle has begun in the Arras district.
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    • 164 5 CAPTURE MACHINE GUNS. London, April 29. The Canadians have been relieved and are resting. Though the Canadians had most of the glory, the correspondents point out that British Territorials took a most gallant part in the ba'tle. Many of them received their baptism of fiie, but behaved like
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    • 61 5 London, April 29*. The damage done by the Allied airmen on railway junc ions in Flanders prevented the Germans fiom bringing up reinforcements to the r-gion of Ypre«, where the British and French are pressing the offensive «nd making many captures. A French paper states that 3,000
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    • 204 5 THREE POSTHUMOUS HONOURS. London, April 28. Victoria Crosre 3 for valour at Neuve Chapelle are awarded as follows Sergeant-Major Daniels aud Corporal Noble <f the Rfl) Brigade voluntarily rushed forward »ni succeeded in cutting wire, in face of terribly severe machine-gun fire. Both wee immediately wounded
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    • 102 5 London, April 28. Killed— K F Arnold. P W Bradley, G Daubeney, H Fardel!, D H Field, J R Wallace, L R West. Dird of Wounds —R Maccab\ Wounded —Second Lieu”. T Ansell (Scottish Rides) Second Limt. B irwick (Hertfordshires) Second Lieut Broad (Leinsters) W Cobb,
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    • 262 5 EXPERT OPINION. London, April 29. The Press Bure'u says Mr. John Scott Haldane has examined the Canadians, who experienced tie asphyxiating gases, and he finds that numbers died from bronchitis, due to irritation by chlo-ine or bromine. Twenty-four were found dead on a small stretch of
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    • 50 5 Ottawa, April 29. The Premier of Nt-w Z a’aud has wired to Sir R. L. Borden, stating that the New Zealanders at the front are eager for an opportunity of fighting shoulder to shoulder with their Canadian brother?. Sir R. L. Borden has replied reciprocating the hope.
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  • Russian Campaign.
    • 58 5 ACTIVITY IN CARPATHIANS. Petrograd, April 29. A Russian official mes-age says there is severe fighting on the Upper Niemen and west of the Mlawa railway, consequent upon determined attempts by the enemy to advance. Renewed vigorous enemy attacks in the region of Uzsok Pass were repulsed.
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  • Naval Operations
    • 113 5 ADVANCE IN GALLIPOLI. London, April 28. The War Office announces that in face of continual opposition the troops have now established themselves across the end of Ga’lipoli Peninsula, from a point northeast of Eski Hi sarlik to the mouth of the stream on the opposite side. They have
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    • 334 5 TORPEDOED IN ADRIATIC. Paris, April 28. It is s c mi-officially reported that the French armoured crui-er Leon Gambe'ta was torpedoed in the Adriatic on April 26 and sank. A great part of the crew were saved. Heavy Loss of Life. Rome, April 28. T<e Austrian
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    • 114 5 The Austrian Navy at the outbreak of war pos-essed six submarines- and several were being completed in Germany, so that the strength may be somewhere from 12 to 14 vessels varying from 250 tons to the latest 80 J ton craft. U 5, which sank the Leon Gambetta,
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    • 13 5 Battleship—Bouvet. Armoured Cruiser—Leon Gambetta. Gunboat—Zelee. Destroyer—Mousquet. Torpedo beats—3. Submarines —3.
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  • 13 5 London, April 28. The Bengali Failed from Liverpool on April 27.
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  • General News.
    • 111 5 Loudon, April 29. Brigadier-General M. J. Tighe of the Indian Army ha’ b en appointed to command the troops in East Africa. Brigadier-General Michael Joseph Tighe, C.1.E., C.B D. 8.0., is Commandant of the 56th Punjabi Rifles (Frontier Force). Born in 1864, son of Captain M. J.
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    • 118 5 London, April 29. Lieutenant General Sir Edward Hutton lias resigned the c uninani of the 21st Division of the New Army in consequence of ill-health. Lieutenant-General Sir E. T. H. Hutton, K c.b K.c m.g is 67 years of age. He joined the 60th Rifles in
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    • 52 5 Loudon, April 28. In the Hou-e of Commons, Sir Edward Grey, replying to Sir William Bull, said Great Britain could not suggest to China and Japan the need for expediting the conclusion of the negotiations, but he hoped the negotiations would come to a satisfactory conclu-ion as soon
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  • 56 5 THE RESULT. London, March 28 In the race for the Two Thousand Guineas Stakes the result was POMMERN 1 TOURNAMENT 2 THE VIGIER 3 Sixteen ran. Won by three length?. A head between second and third. The betting whs 2 to 1, Pommern 100 to 6
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  • 58 5 THE LATEST DIVIDENDS. <r. S/oeciaZ] Loudon, April 29. The following divide ids are announced Tonggka Ba’u Rubber Co. Ltd. per cent (final). Third Mile (F.M.S.) Rubber Co. Ltd. 17| per cent (final). Kapar Para Rubber Estate Co. Ltd. 20 per cent (final); to reserve £5,000 forward £9,500.
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  • 28 5 London, April 30.* The following is the rubber quotation for to-day Plantation Ist Latex Crepe 2/2J. July-December 2/2|. [*By courtesy of Messrs. Boustead »fc Co.]
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  • 48 5 [From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, April 22. Ayer Panas Rubber Co.’s report shows a profit of $95,542. A 6 per cent dividend is proposed; reserve $70,009 aud forward $9,129. The estimate fir the current year is 360,090 lbs. at an all-in cost of 45 cents.
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  • 77 5 JUNE MEETING. (From Our Own Cort eepondent.) t Ipoh, April 26. The Committee of Ipoh Gymkhana Club is making arrangements for holding a race meeting on June 4 and 5. It is proposed to devote ha'f of the profits to the Prince of Wales’s Fund. The provision
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  • 1247 5 END OF THE CASE. 4 After lunch yesterdiy the hearing of the case against J. J. Hudson, lately Chief Officer on the steamer Cirnelia for the theft of certain of the ship’s property, valu d at $l2, was resumed. Before putting accused in the box, Mr. Brereton
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  • 116 5 The Hon. Treasurer sends us the following further contributions to the above Fund, forwarded to the Chartered Bank, Penang. Balance on April 28 ...$16,883 51 Anonymous 25.00 Balance on April 29 ...$16,908 51 Remitted to London on Feb. 24. £10,0(90 BELGIAN RELIEF FUND.
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  • 460 5 Low Lian Ki, a Kheh woman of Province Wellesley was in the beginning of Ap’ il last sentenced to a term o: imprisonment. After serving her tim- 1 she, being a stranger to Penang, had nowhere to go. A native wtrder to whom she appealed, took pity on
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  • 185 6 The Archbishop of York’s .Disclosures. The Archbishop of York, addressing a devotional gathering at Hull yesterday, said that never, even during the great plagues and pestilences in the Middle Ages, had there been so much havoc by death as was being wrought at this time We read
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  • 140 6 Addressing the s'udents at the University graduation in Edinburgh Principal Sir William Turner said the war had penetrated deeply into their academic life, and the University had had to part with one thou°and of its male students. It had los h largely in ita income,
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  • 519 6 BUSINESS ENTERPRISE Americans think so much of the possibilities of Eastern trade that they have issued an excellent monthly magazine called The Businessman in the Far East.” One of the sections is devoted to Malaysia which, according to an Editorial note, includes the Federated Malay States and
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  • 277 6 Quartermaster-Sergeant Alfred L. Moir, of the Transvaal Scottish, German West Africa, who is an Aberdeen loon sends to the People’s Journal a copy of several v rses written by Mr. Charles Murray, Pretoria. The corn was turnin’, hairst was near, But lang afore the scythes could
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  • 934 6 MINE-STREWN CURRENTS ON NARROW WATERS. BY SIR EDWIN PEARS. The Bosphorus is abiut twenty miles long, a mile and a half wide opposite Constantinople, exactly half a mile wide at its narrowest part, where on each side are ancient castles well known to every visitor. At various parts
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  • 286 6 An officer of the 3rd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment, sends to a Home paper the following account of the past and present war experiences of the regiment:— How the Bedfordshire Regiment acquired the nickname of “The Peacemakers” appears to be very little known. It was in the early summer
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  • 176 6 Stinging Russian Comment on Their Work. Petrograd, March 29.—The following semi-official Note is issued here The Germans, who maltreat the innocent population of Belgium, who soil their banners with crimes, such as Kalisz, who daily bombard non-fortified towns from their aeroplanes., who, no later than Sunday last,
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  • 193 6 A young Chinaman, writing of the causes of the war in a Shanghai journal, explains (says the Morning Post how England entered the struggle as follows: Germany wri e a letter to France, You don’t get ready, or I will fight you in nine hours." Germany to
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 897 6 the EVER POPULAR HOUSEHOLD REMEDY I Which lias now borne the Stamp of Public Approval for S OVER FORTY YEARS. I ENO’S ‘FRUIT SALT’ Pleasant to Take, Refreshing and Invigorating. 1 IT IS VERY BENEFICIAL IN ALL CASES OF Biliousness, Sick Headache, Constipation, I Errors in Diet— Eating or Drinking,
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  • 1020 7 GENIUS OF JOFFRE. The sp°cial coreespondent of the Associated Press of America telegraphs as follows to New York Chalons-Sur-Marne, March 28.—Eleven ♦l)ou j ai)d German dead have been taken from the trenches won by the French during twenty days’ fighting in the Champagne country. Toe German
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  • 763 7 THE SINGAPORE OUTBREAK. The annual meeting of the Straits Settlements Association was held at the offices of Messrs Paterson, Simons and Co, London House, Crutched Friars, E.C., on 30th ult. Mr W H Shelford presided, and there were also present Mr A G Wright (hon trea-u--rer), Mr
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  • 778 7 COURT INVESTIGATES CAUSE OF STRANDING. The Singapore Court of Inquiry appointed to investigate the circumstances in which the steamer Glenroy ran on the Falloden Hall Shoal opened on Wednesday morning. Mr. E L. Talma presides and the assessors are Lieut. B. A. Cator, R.N. (Deputy Master Attendant), Capt.
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  • 79 7 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, April 30. In the Glenroy inquiry, the Court found the Master and Chief Officer at fault. The Court considered that the Master took an unnecess trily close course to the shoal. The Master’s ticket was suspended for six months, but he was granted
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  • 1119 7 NOT ON A PHILANTHROPIC MISSION. CONDEMNED AT HONGKONG. In a reserved judgment, delivered in the Supreme Court, I Prize, the Chief Justice of Hongkong has condemned the German steamship Paklat, captured by H.M S. Yarmouth, as a lawful prize of war. l he application of the
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  • 306 7 Some interesting facts a id figures are contained in the 23rd annual report of this Co. In ten years the shareholders have risen from 3,369 to 14,617, while the expenditure on the estates in Sumatra daring the year comes to over two million dollars. The
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  • 82 7 Friday, April 30. Homeward Mail Closes 8 p.m. Band, Esplanade, 6 p.m. Empire Theatre. Penang Road Electric Polyscope Co,, Argyle Road. Saturday, May I. Cricket Match P.C.C. v. P.R.C. Esplanade. Opening of Kamunting New Dredge, Band, Golf Club, 6 p.m. Sunday, May 2. Church Services. General Meeting
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  • 7 7 June 4 and s.—lpoh Races.
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  • 82 7 SHIPPING ARRIVALS. Demodocus, Brit., 4269, Dodd, April 29*. Swansea, gen., W.M. Co. Hok Canton, Brit., 287, Bergwitz April 2», Renong, gen., E. S. Co. Kalmoa, Dut., 170, Weerd, April 29, Bagan* fish, K.P.M. Hebe, Brit., 346, Scott, April 29, T. Anson, gen., Adamson Gilfillan Co. M. Austin, Brit, 97,
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  • 88 7 To-day. Nubia for Singapore, China and Japan. Kalmoa for Deli and Asahan. Omapere for Tongkah, Kopah, Renong» Victoria Point, Mergui and Tavoy. Perlis for Trang, Tongkah and Pangnga. Jin Ho for Asahan. Pin Seng for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Hebe for Teluk Anson. Un Peng for Pulau Langkawi, Perlis
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  • 52 7 CLOSE AT GENERAL POST OFFICE. To-Morrow. For Per Close. Alor Star (Kedah) Ngi Thye 8 a.m. Langsa Edi, T. Seraawe, Segli and Olehleh Atjeh 1 p.m. Sabang Olehleh &c., Padang Maetsuijcker 1 pm. Trang Ban Lee 2 p.iu. Port Swettenham and Singapore Lama 3-15 p.m. Rangoon Calcutta Itola 6
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  • 34 7 Itola, April 30, from Singapore. Hercules, April 30, from B. Papan. Benlomond, April 30, from London. Maur, May 1, from Bombay. Yosuka Marti, May 1, from Singapore. Nagoya, May 2, from Bombay.
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  • 121 7 Penang, April 30, 1915. (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank). London Demand Bank 2/4 4 months’ sight Bank ...2/4 7/32 3 Credit ...2/4 17/32 3 Documentary ...2/4 9/16 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 174} 3 days’ sight Private 176} Bombay Demand Bank 174} Moulmein Demand Bank 173 3 days’sight Private
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  • 267 7 Penang, April 30, 1915. S; P. Tapioca $6.30 sellers. M. P. Tapioca $6.90 sellers. Gold leaf $64.40 Pepper (W. Coast 3 lb. 5 oz). $l6 1/2 buyers. Black Pepper $lB.OO buyers. White Pepper $35.00 sellers Trang Pepper $23 buyers. Mace $llO nom, Mace Pickings $66.00 sellers. Cloves $45 sellers.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 201 7 Don’t Grin and Bear it Tossing and turning on a bed of woe, do you rise with an aching, painful back that unfits you for work or pleasure Backache is serious. It should not be neglected. You should not grin and bear it.” STOP IT by rubbing in Little’S Oriental
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 2090 8 P. O. intended sailings. Straits Steam Ship Co., Ltd. Ocean Steam Navigation Co. nRITISH INDIA 7 For Intended to Sail. Steamer. I STEAM SHIP j Vfireless Telegraphy fitted on all Port Swettenham and Singapore. Every Tuesday, at 50. p.m. Klang. PIHNA MIITIiAI QTEAU uau Steamers. STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LTD. T,*.™™"
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