Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 28 July 1915

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 171 VOL. LXXIII. WEDNESDAY, 28th JULY, 1915. PRICE 10 CENTS
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 1000 1 Ibb mon cjUL-juL—w rrz U YOU WANT IO SHIP, BUY OR SELL RUBBERS OB TO FORWARD GOODS h w ANY PAST or THS WO9LD A E 90 TO C l ALLEh DENNYS Co., V. VHIOM STRUT. NT Y K 's- SUN LIFE CLsLJr. W CANADA. WEARNE BROS. Ltd, MOTOR ENGINEERS
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    • 62 1 aaaDaooaaaaaDßDor-DaaoaaaDg g FOB $BO H \7O® h* ve Mie Pinang g n X Gasette posted every day o for a whole year to your address. (LOCAL SUBSCRIPTION, $27). D Proportionate Quarterly and 8 g Half-yearly rates. a q Subscriptions are payable in advance and remittances should be addressed to q
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  • 597 2 Mrs. Herbert Cooper and Mies de Rees are spending a holiday up Penang Hill. Private A. J. Pedl y, late of Penang Volunteers, has been wounded, iu the fighting in East Africa. Mr R. F. Ssainer, Headmaster, King Edward VII School, Taiping, has gone to Singapore for
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  • 38 2 MARINE COURT ENQUIRY OPENS. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, July >B. Tbe Marine Court ei quiry into the collision between the steamers Brisbane and Vivat, in which tbe Vi vat t*uk, began this morning.
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  • 607 2 FIRST DAY. Thursday. £9<h July, 1915. 1 Thb Pony Roadster Handicap. A cup presented by the Committee with $250 added by the Club. A Handicap for all ponies 14.2 or under, imported as Griffins, Rule of Racing No. 4, to apply to all ponies entered. Entrance fee $lO.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 940 2 J WANTED. /CONDUCTOR for sn Estate near Anniversary of the k-z Ku'im, Kedah. Oily experienced required to .pply. Reply stating salary ])eda f atiOn Of War. No. 57, c/o Pinang Gazelle. AYER KUNING RUBBER A Mass Meeting ESTATE, LIMITED. will be held (laeorparaM i. if. Strait. S.tlt«..t. > ESPLANADE, NOTICE
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    • 12 2 Fortify yourself with Bovril IT MUST BE BOVRIL Mrltish to the backbone
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    • 896 2 Straits Chinese Benevolent Institution- In the Matter of the Alien Enemies u (Winding-Up) Ordinance 1914 A new Association has just been formed by the Straits-boro Chinese in Klang and Port Swettenham entitled the Straits j fl tfj e Matter Of BEHN MfcVPD e Chinese Benevolent Institution, having fAmnonv I r«
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  • WAR NEWS.
    • 108 3 Germany’s Holiest Duty The German Navy League has issued a manifesto dealing with the activities of American munition factories. It says: Our fleet is not in a position to b’eak the English chain of munition transports in such a manner as blockade regulations require, but it
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    • 86 3 London, June 30.A white paper has been issued showing that Mr. Gerard, the United States Ambassador at Berlin vigorously protested againgt the German authorities viola'ing international usage by closing the rooms of the British Consulate at Berlin, against him, and by the arrest of the British staff
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    • 90 3 London, July 21. The Times Paris correspondent pays a tribute to the work of the French miners. Despite a deficiency of 16 000 men, and some mines being worked under bombardment, and others unwoiked, the output of the first five months of 1915 was only one million
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    • 55 3 London, July 22The special treason court opened at Pretoria yesterday with the trial of Kemp. A witness testified that he accompanied Kemp and Maritz to Keetmanshoop, where they dined with German officers. Later, witness was present at the fight where Maritz commandeered the German artillery. [Kemp was
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    • 73 3 London July 21.German agents in Russia are magnifying and distorting the Eastern front situation in the hope that if the enemy will make a further advance discontent may be manufactured. Tbe Times” correspondent on the Bzura front finds everywhere a spirit of confidence prevailing. The menace from the
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    • 42 3 London, July 21.Various reports concerning the disgrace of General von Hindenburg are now discredited. It is understood he is directing the whole movement on the Eastern Fro it, and is at the present period in the Noithern Section.
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    • 54 3 London, Joly 21 The Giornale d’ltalia” says that General Porros’s mission to the French front has had the effect of sketching the outlines of a simultaneous coordinated offensive by the Allies, which cannot fail to produce an immediate and sensible influence on the outcome of the
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    • 55 3 London, July 14.A weli-iuf rmed international hanker tel's the Daily Telegraph’s New York correspondent that Germany’s financial position is really very bad. The country is completely cff the gold basis, and the people are growing suspicious. Directly the German paople fully realise the position the end of the
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    • 44 3 London, July 14.—-The rec uiting authorities invite rejected for weak eyesight, teeth, or s'ight physical defects to re-apply. Those unfit fdr tbe active service battalions will be placed in the Home Defence units. Men not organically sound will be refused.
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    • 26 3 London, Joly 18. The Times” correspondent in the Balkans, wiring from Sofia, confirms the report of the passage of Turkish delegates for Switzerland.
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    • 25 3 Tbe Russians, retiring from Courland, are burning villages, farms, and forests, removing provision*, and animals, and leaving to the Germans a wilderness.
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  • 807 3 F. M. S. REPORT. In (ha report of the F.M.S. department of the Registrar of Companies for the year 1914, it is mentioned that the revenue collected in fees for the year was $3,502 60; of this, $1,851.35 was on account of Companies registered under The British and
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  • 35 3 Arrivals. By Alma (July 28) from Deli, Mrs Tan Sipok, Messrs R D Jongenell, J J Keinhuize, Tan Yean Khim, Tan See Gak, Ung Chek Boon, Goh Kbeam Hun, Tan Stki aud K Yamababa.
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  • 758 3 side tbe Sule Pagoda Wharf Rangoon Times CHASED BY A SUBMARINE. The 5.3. Chiudwin of the Patrick Henderson Line of steamers arrived in Ringoon harbour on July 18, aftur a long and somewhat eventful voyage. She Lft Liverpool on the 14th June, having on board thirty-three pas4engers for
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 534 3 I Shave Yourself. I Y You, Sir, hating the discomfort y A of your old-fashioned shave more A y every day, should take to heart the y I experience of the Gillette users you I A know. Get a Gillette Safety Razor A Y and Gillette Blades. British made. Y
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    • 576 3 Every Mother would J j feed her Baby i |if she could x i~=? T)L’T frequently the breast-milk I» < XJ is deficient in quantity or /w s quality, or absent altogether. i k IS O: << fl This, however, can often be recti- WaaF uy sĕĕĕ Tied if the
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  • 1234 4 S.T.” While the end uf the war is still hidden in the womb of the future, any other con* elusion to it than the deciaive victory of the Allied arms is, of course, unthinkable To attain that victory is the p imary object of the nations
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  • 1188 4 A big effort, and one with every promise of success, is now being made in Calcutta to recruit and io tend to Europe, Anjglo-Indisns who are physically eligible and anxious to volunteer for active service, and thus give tfeaa the opportunity they ought undoubtedly to have, of
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  • 163 4 The ordinary fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Commissioners was held yesterday afternoon, when the following gentlemen were present Messrs W Ped (President), Quab Beng Kee and Yeoh Gum Seok, with Mr L M Beil (Engineer) and Mr L A C Biggs (S:cretary) in attendance With reference to the
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  • 72 4 At the Straits Cinema, to-night, Gaumont ani a Pathe War Gazetris are included in a programme, which also contains a couple of detective dramas, a three parts drama entitled The Bandit’s Thank ulness and other features At the Electric Polyscope to-night The Coiners,” The Cheyenne Massacre, Smouldering Spark
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  • 30 4 To-day’s quotation for vurefined tin in Penang was $78.00 per picul, business done. Tin is quoted in London to-day at 161 ss. Spot, and £l6O three months.
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  • 195 4 The Baud will play the following programme of music at the EsplanaJe from 6 to 7 p.m. this evening 1. Selection Leslie Stuart's «Sony's... Godfrey 2. Two Step Lumbrin Luke Wbitny 3. Polka Whistling ...Lawten 4. Waltz Blue Bells ...Waldteufd 5. March Cadetten ...Scusa The s.s. A
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 123 4 w- 1 i»—,. THE POPULAR PETER WALKER PETER WALKER §9 LAGER IB -T I I FROM ALL FIRST-CLASS DEALERS, or SELLAR, MURRAY Co., «™ang. FREE BY RETURN MAIL. OUR GRAMAPHONE RECORD CATALOGUE 11 DROP A POSTCARD FOR ONE TO-DAY. I The Robinson Piano Co., Ltd., I PENANG. IPritchard Co., Ltd.,
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    • 37 4 E. O. HOTEL. RACE DINNERS Thursday. 29th July. Saturday 81st E. a O. ORCHESTRA. The Misses AILEEN and DORIS WOODS WITH THEIR ACCOMPANIST Mrs. HARRY WOODS WILL APPEAR ON BOTH NIGHTS IN THEIR AMERICAN CABARET.” ADMISSION FREE.
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 39 4 THE TIDES. The following are the tides for to* day and to-morrow, Penang Standard Times High Water. Low Water. 1 28 a.m. 7-39 a.m. 1- pm. 8-10 p.m. 2- 6 a.m. 8-17 a.m. 1-52 p.m. 8 41 p m.
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  • 404 5 BRITISH CASUALTIES. RUSSIANS HITTING HARD. ITALY’S LATEST CAPTURES. THE GALLIPOLI OPERATIONS. Mr. Asquith announced that the British Naval and Military casualties up till July 18th were respectively 8,106 and 321,899, atoal of 330,915. The killed in the Navy total 7,929, and in the Army 61,384. The total
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  • France and Belgium.
    • 264 5 [Revter’s Services]. TRENCHES SIX YARDS APART. Copyright Telegrams.'; (By Submarine Telegraph.) London, July 27. Reutei’s correspondent at the British Headquarters has visited the famous Hill 60, south-east of Ypres, which Field Marshal Sir John French recently reported had been recaptured by the Germans, by means of gas,
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    • 104 5 TOTAL OVER 330,000. London, July 27. In ti e House if Commons, Mr. Asquith announced that the total casualties to July 18th were as follows: Naval 9,106 Military 321,889 Total 330.915 Of this total, there have been: Killed in the Army. Officers 4.000 Men 57,384 Total 61,384
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    • 96 5 GOVERNMENT DEFEAT. London, July 27. The Government w«s defeated in the House of Lords which, despite an appeal by Lord Lansdowne, adopted, by 44 votes to 31, a motion of Lord Balf< ur of BuGeigh. to adjou r n the debate on the Naval and Military
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    • 190 5 IMPORTANT SCHEME. London, Ju’y 27. The Board of Education will to-night issue a scheme for the organisation and development of scientific industrial research. The Board says it appears incontrovertible that if the nation is to advance or even main'ain its industrial position we must make such research
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  • Russian Campaign.
    • 393 5 THE ENEMY HELD. Amste dam, July 26. The Russians are putting up a magnificent resistance. AH the vi al sectors are still maintained. The Berlin communique claims that General Buelow has made some progress in the Niemen district, taking 1,000 prisoners The Germans have made a crossing
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  • Italy's Campaign
    • 111 5 ITALIAN PROGRESS. Rome, July 27. An Italian communique says: After artillery preparation, the Italian infantry on the Lower Isonzo resolutely advanced on Sunday, and mace appreciable progress. The left wing captured a broad stretch of wooded ground between Bosco and Cap puccio, and the centre stormed
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    • 27 5 London, July 27. The Italian General, Cantore, a famous leader in Tripoli, fell at the head of the Alpini, at Ala, in the Trentino.
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    • 47 5 GARRISON CAPTURED. Rome, July 26. It is officially announced that simultaneously with tie French destroyers’ success on Lagosta Island, Italian destroyers occupied the Island of Pelagosa, on which was an enemy signalling station. The Italians captured the entire garrison, who were bidden in caves.
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  • 14 5 Durban, July 26. The fire on the steamer Benalla has been mastered.
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  • Turkey and the Near East
    • 365 5 MR. ASHMEAD-BARTLETT’S vivid NARRATIVE. "I London, July 27; Mr. gives a vivid picture of <he fighting, desc’ibed by General Sir lan Hamilton on July 1 sth. He pays tributes to the Territorials, who fought with great. da»h and intelligence. He says when the Allies’ arti lery preparation was
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    • 434 5 Our troops landed in Gallipoli by a feat of suterb gallantry, on Aprii 25. We are now half-way through June and we have not yet secured a sufficient hold on the peniusu’a to be able to protect the whole of the part that we occupy at its
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    • 75 5 READY FOR THE OFFENSIVE. Rome, July 27. Serbia is rapidly reawakening. Tj phus has been vanquished. Supplies have been received, which have placed the army again on a high level. The frontier is guarded by French aeroplane?. Belgrade is defended by six batteries of Serbian artilltry, and two
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  • Naval Operations.
    • 167 5 BRITISH VESSEL LOST. London, July 26. The Amerian steamer Leelanaw, and the British steamer Grangewood (3442 tons, of London) were sunk in the N >rth Sea by German submarine?. The crews were saved by their own boats. Americans Shocked. Washington, July 26. The torpedoing of the Leelauaw
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    • 86 5 BLOCKADE OF GERMANY. Washington, July 26 Great Britain’s reply to the American note, of March 30:h, regarding the British bkekade, has been received. The replv holds that the British Orders in Council are within International Law, though they may involve a new application of principles, and
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    • 89 5 London, July 26. In the House of Common 9 Lord R bert Cecil, Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs, replying to a suggestion that cotton should be declared contraband, denied emphatically that we were fighting with gloves on He said every ounce of cotton destined for the enemy
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    • 184 5 Germany is doing all she can to drive America to war, writes a correspondent who has e-deavoured to gauge American opinion in England, for the following very good reasons (1) They want to be rid of all foreign, i.e. American, surveillance in their own country, that
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  • 272 5 A MYSTERIOUS SHIP. The Batavia Hatidelsblad is informed that in the Java Sea, near Ai ju, the American steamer Clavrrich has been seized by a man-of-war. According to the ship’s paper?, the steamer came from Los Angelos. hut the Commander could not pos ihly indica'e to which port
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  • 182 5 The Madras Mail publishes the following extract from a letter, dated 24th May, written by Lieut. A. D. Viney, Motor Tramport Service Department of Defence, from Kuruman (Bechuanaland). Th s trek of 2,000 men of the Eastern Force from their base in Kimberley for 600 miles to
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  • 142 5 Simla, July 21.The following telegrams are published from H E. the Commander-in-Chief in India to General Premier and Commai der-in-Chief in South Africa, dated 12'h July, 1915; "Warmest congratulations from the army in India to yourself and your t>o ps on jour great success. We hope
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  • 63 5 LEADER ARRESTED. New York, July 27. Mr. Jeremhh Baly, Chairman of the Strikers Committee at Bayonne,New Jer?ey, has been arrested on suspicion that he was influenced by cutside interests to stir up trouble at the Standard Oil Works. Baly, in an interview, denied he was sent to
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  • 65 5 VALLAMBRO3A PROFITS. (P. ff. Special.) London, July 27. Vsllsmbroaa Rubber Co. LM. report a profit of £24,870, including £5,730 brought forward from last year. The company places £5.000 to reserve, aud carries forward £6,760. Selaagor United. Selangor United Rubber Co. Ltd. wilt pay a dividend of 5
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  • 19 5 OBITUARY. SIR JAMES MURRAY. London, July 26. The death has occurred of the lexicographer, Sir James A H Murray.—Reuter
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  • Article, Illustration
    849 6 [BY AN ARTIST CORRESPONDENT.] Ist July, 1915. A Distinguished Gathering. A very distinguished gathering a c sembl»d on Monday at the opening, at Prince’s Skating Rink, of the War Exhibition on behalf of t! e Belgian R r d Cross funds. The ceremony was performed by Princess Napoleon,
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  • 244 6 News has been received in Borneo by cable from London, of the death of Captain W. Raffles Flint. It is some years since Raffles—the only name by which his many friends knew him—retired from the Government service, but he was one of the band of the
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  • 262 6 M, M.”' Proposed Gift by Jaffna Tamils. Mr. W. Wijiaratnam, Hon. Secretary of the Ceylon Tamils’ Air Craft Fund, writes: With reference to the report regarding the above appearing in a recent edition I beg to inform you that it is in many respects incorrect. The meeting
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  • 84 6 A special Gazette issued on Saturday adds the name Italy to the names of the countries exempted regarding the prohibition of export of certain articles. The Gazette also notifies a British blockade of the coast of Asia Minor from June 2. The area affected is comprised within Lat
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 283 6 RESERVE YOUR PURCHASES Annual Clearance SALE STARTS Monday, Jlugust 2nd, DOORS OPEN 9 O’CLOCK. SALE CATALOGUE POST FREE. WHITEAWAY, LAIDLAW CO., Ltd., PENANG. HOUSEHOLD ECONOMY. 1 B Now that food stuffs are becoming dearer, the attention of the Public is drawn to Skimmed Milk. I THE INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS At Budapest
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  • 103 7 The following ties h&ve been fixed for to-day ChampionshipE H Everest! v F D Bindley (I). C Cunradi v R E Prentis (6). The following ties have been fixed for Friday: Championship,—H C Sedd vA S Hall (4). R N Byatt vF W Harris (6). Single» andicap
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  • 84 7 The Hon. Treasurer tends us the fol. lowing list of further contributions to the above Fund, forwarded to the Chartered Bank, Penang. Balanoe on July 23 ..,$28,026.04 Simapng Estate Co Ltd, July subteriptijn 10.00 Staff of Simpang Es ate Co Ltd, July subscription
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  • 175 7 Mrs. Barnard, Kuala Lumpur, a?ks us to publish the following donations to this fund Previously acknowledged 1960.00 Mrs Herbert Cooper, profits from Mrs Dot, £7O 600.00 Collected by Mrs Innes, Mrs RON Anderson (June) $lO, Mrs Innes (June) $lO 20.00 Collected by Mrs Ridgway, Mrs
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  • 83 7 Messrs. Allen Denny» <fc Co. advise us that the undermentioned prices were realised for rubber sold by them by auction and private tender yesterday, 62,700 lbs. sold Diamond Smoked Sheet $132 to $137 No. 2 128 131 Plain 121 127 Unsmoked Sheet 118 124 Fine Pale Crepe
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  • 55 7 The following are the latest quotations in our share list Yesterday. To day. 32 QO to 39 Shares I Mm W a. Mining. K. Kamunting 23/- 24/6 23/- 24/Kamunting... 31/- 32/6 30/- 31/6 Serandah $1.25 $1.50 $l3O $1.60 Ulu Piah $l.lO SIJ SL2O $1.30 9«n«raL E. Smelting
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  • 266 7 8. F. P.” Just recently a brief private telegram was received from Port Said saying that the Blua Funnel steamer Tireaiaa bad been seriously injured and that its cargo would be transhipped into another steamer of the Ocean line, probably the Proteus. It is now
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  • 70 7 SHIPPING ARRIVALS. Alma, Brit., 459, Bell, July 28, Deli, gen., E. S. Co. Menggala, Brit., 164, Esser, July 28, Asahan, gen., K. P. M. Co. Perak, Brit., 254, Glenday, July 27, Malacca, gen., E. S. Co. Omapere. Brit, 340, Lyons, July 27, Tavoy, gen., E S. Co. Pathan, Brit,,
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  • 27 7 To-day. Atjeh for Langsa Edi, T. Semawe, Segli and Olehleh. Hok Canton for Bagan Datoh Teluk Anson. Bangala for Singapore. Flying Dragon for Portweld and Taiping.
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  • 74 7 CLOSE AT GENERAL POST OFFICE. To-Morrow. For Per Close, Alor Star (Kedah) Tong Chay Un 7 a.m. Port Swettenham, Singapore, China Japan Prima 9 a.m. Port Swettenham, Port Diokson, and > Perak (E.S. Co) 2 p.m. Malacca j Deli Alma 2 p.m. Dindings, Sitiawan Bagan Datoh and Teluk Anson
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  • 10 7 Klhior, Rangoon, July 29, G H S Co.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 1275 7 NOTICE. Nervous Ailing Penang Auction Mart. Little Gin Made Bright and Well by Dr. Cassell's Tablets, the World-Famous Remedy. BY order of ewe keok neoh, Mr Qen p B w.fe of Mr. NG 800 BEE, the foreclosing 154 Highgaie-road, Mortgagee. Birmingham, EngLand, says: TO BE SOLD h «g> SBk 4!
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    • 46 7 INVALUABLE for HEALTH’S SAKE. Essence or Fluid Extract of RED JAMAICA \Mw* X B£V‘W Ag’T*. rj w"J SNfNf w Pronounced by the HIGHEST MEDICAL AUTHORITIES S' The SAFEST end most RELIABLE Remedy for ®s» HAS OVER 75 YEARS* WORLD-WIDE REPUTATION. SOLD BY Utt Ge>rf< Tovi U#.
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    • 95 7 I THE STANDARD LIFE I I ASSURANCE COMPANY. f 9 ESTABLISHBD HEAD OFFICE-EDINBURGH INCORPORATE! 1= 1825 FUNDS-£13,600,000 1910 i 1 AN OLD-ESTABLISHEB OFFIOE OF THE HIGHEST INTEGRITY WITH g A LOCAL DIRECTORATE. g Attractive Schemes—Moderate Rates. H Liberal Terms—lmmediate Cover. s AGENTS FOR PENANG: I SANDILANDS, BUTTERY CO., A. C.
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 406 7 TO-NIGHT I TO-NIGHT I 1 A Special Change of Programme I Detective Drama! War I! Detective Dramk!! I i AT THE ELECTRIC POLYSCOPE Co., LYCEUM THEATRE, ARGYLL ROAD. 2 «eels The Coiners, 2 Pact» A splendid detective drama produced by the Cinps Co., of Romeexceedingly interesting and decidedly original, intense
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 2308 8 MBMM I— «ar i P. &O. r intended sailings. straits Steam Ship Co., Ltd, fefc Ocean Steam Navigation Co. |p£ |qp I F r llntendedI Intended to Sail.| Steamer. STEAM SHIP I I ion IHWIM Pon awettonham and Singapore. Every Tuesday, at 5-30 p.m. la^ g and Wirel«»» Telegraphy fitted
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