Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 2 September 1915

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833» No. 200 VOL. LXXIII. THURSDAY. 2nd SEPTEMBER. 1915. PRICE 10 CENTS
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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    • 60 1 FOR »80 g YOU can have the Pinang g Ga—tie posted every day a i for a whole year te your address. I (LOCAL SUBSCRIPTION, 527). Proportionate Quarterly and I Half-yearly rates. n I Subscriptions are payable in n I advance and remittances should be addressed to 1 E i
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  • 679 2 VALUE OF HER CO-OPERATION. While the world is waiting to see what Roumania, Bulgaria, and Greece will do, there is good reason to believe that Holland is realising that she has only one course, and that to declare herself on the side of the Allies. She
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  • 259 2 Judging from the output return issued on Saturday, this Cornish tin-mining concern has had one of the worst half-years in its recent history. Ths number of tons crushed is larger than it was twenty years ago and the price realised is much higher, but the yield of
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  • 705 2 Times.” BRITISH WAR OFFICE ESTIMATE. An official British estimate of the strength of the German armies ia the field places the total number of men under arms at 4.000,000. Other persons employed in various connections for the proper carrying out of military operations are estimated to
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  • 80 2 The census of meu of the French army just completed, and now officially announced, shows that the French army is constituted as follows (the year of each contingent means the year in which the men con* cerened reached the age of 20) Reserve Territorial contingents, 1887
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 1246 2 Rates for Jat sikhs. notice. 1 A J X* r^ NE HUNDRED JAT. SIKHS re- \T OTICE is hereby given that Mr. Ong VtlSUtll AuVCf llSCHlClllSe v/ quired for the Kelantan Police xv Thye Peng has from to-Jay left my dbtvc nrr dav service and I will not be responsible
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    • 570 2 BANKS. CHARTERED BANK OF AUSTRALIA, AND CHINA Incorporated by Royal Chart £r Rnsct. Li.bility of Proprietors... £l,’ S Hxad Ofvioi 38, BIBHOPBGATE, LONDON K n Agxncixs anb Branohbs.' Amritsar Hongkong Pe Qanf Bangkok Iloilo Puket Batavia Ipoh Ran gooc Bembay Karachi B aie □alcutta Klang Serembac □anton Kobe Shanghai Oebu
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  • 1046 3 A REPLY TO DETRACTORS. There is a general tendency all over the country among the comfortable claaae’ writes Frai k Dilnot, late Editor of the Daily Citizen,” to assume that what slackness there is in the prosecution of the war is principally to be foutid among
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  • 188 3 It is stated that the Army Clothing Department is engaged on the production of a now boot designed to meet the special necessities of winter wear. The terrible ordeal of our men in the trenches last winter has set the experts thinking out designs of boots which
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  • 214 3 Deaw Hbnsoms Prophecy. The Dean of Durham, speaking at the Smith School prize distribution at Hartlepool said he thought it certain ■hat in the wake of the war there must come to this country a universal obligation to national service. In some senses universal training
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  • 217 3 Amusing Musical Exchange in the Trenches. An officer attacked to the Highland Territorials at the front writes A good story has been going «the round. An Argyll battalion shortly after going into the trenches was greeted by a cornet soloist in the German trenches playing Bonnie
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  • 153 3 The First Lord of the Admiralty has placed the services of Sir Frederick Black, Director of the Navy Contracts, temporarily at the disposal of the Minister of Munitions, who has appointed him as the Director General of Munitions Supply. Sir F. W. Black, who is
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  • 894 3 VISIT IO RUSSIAN LINES. The Grand Duke Nicolas Nicolaiwitch is the great find of the war, says Robert RMcCormick. He is the utknown quantity that for the first ten months of the war threw cut the forty years of methodical circulations of the German General Staff. He
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  • 335 3 At jeh, the unknown land or closed land ”to missionary activity, has had an unenviable reputation. Here, for many years, the Du*ch had carried on email wars with the religious famtics it habiting this territory. Various causes are given for these ever recurring ware. The
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  • 198 3 —M.M.” A Successful Tin Miner. There have been grand doings in Kuala Kubu these last few day», beginning from the 20th August, when Towkay Tan Kim Bee, the well-known mining magnate of the Ulu Selangor district, celebrated the 50th anniversary of his birthday by enter taining
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  • 152 3 Commenting on the last German note the New York World,” which has thoughout the war striven to maintain an attitude of strict neutrality between the belligerents, says:— Herr von Jagow’s suggestion of a method by which the United States may carry on a limited amount of commerce
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  • 63 3 The directors of the Senawang Rubber Estates Co. Ltd., at a meeting at Shanghai in the cffice of Hugo Reiss and Co., secretaries and general managers, decided to declare an interim dividend of 10 per cent, amounting to 50 tael cents a share. The transfer
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 14 3 Bovril develops big reserves of strength IT MUST BE BOVRIL BRITISH TO THE BACKBONE
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    • 170 3 THE POPULAR PETER WALKER PETER WALKER SH LAGER f II too 4 P; TEK FROM ALL FIRST-CLASS DEALERS, or SELLAR, MURRAY Co PENANG. I STELASHc" MOTOR TYRES. The Greatest Marvel in Tyre Construction. Statistic Tyres are made of Steel Spiral Springs embedded ia Pure Rubber, thus combining the J elasticity
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  • 624 4 EZECHIEL—O’REILLY. Tne we Iding was solemnized at the Church of the Assump'ion, Penang, yesterday afternoon, of Second Lieutenant V. G. Ezecbiel, of “B Company, Penang Volunteer?, and Third Magistrate, Penang, fifth sou of Major J A of Surb:ton, Surrey, England, and Miss Mary El zabeth O’Reilly, of
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  • 258 4 The output of the New Tambun Mines, Ltd., for the month of August amounted to 17 piculs. During the month of August the Kampong Kamunting Tin Dredging, l imited’s, Dredge worked 53-1 hours, digging and treating 60,709 yards, recovering 428 picu's, which realized $18,175.30. A very severe storm
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • 645 4 [To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette."] Sir,l was much interested in the small dissertation in your Here and There columns of the issue of Monday list on the subject of cock-fighting. I venture to a molest p’ea in commendation o? that royal sport. Under conditions now p
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  • 86 4 Messrs. Cunningham Clark Ar Co. advise us that the unde"-mentioned prices were realised for rubber sold by them by auction and private tender yesterday Diamond smoked sheet $ll9 to 126 Plain do 117 120 D amond unsmoked sheet 116 120 Plain do Hl H 6 Pale Crepe No.
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  • 27 4 OUTPUT FOR AUGUST. The following are rubber outputs for August Batak Rabit lbs. 20,000 Bagan Serai 25,500 Penang 150,000 Rubana 43,000 Straits 187,500 Tali Ayer 52,700
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  • 29 4 The following undelivered cables lie at the office of the Eastern Extension Telegraph Co.:— 26-8-15 That ha from Madras; 26 8-15 Shamsingh Railway Workshop from Amritsar.
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  • 655 4 British North Borneo Herald.” Foreword. Tne writer on several occasions has heard remarks from ladies on the Cluo Verandah to this effect: I wonder what ths m n c»n find to talk about hour after hour, at the bar.” With a view of enlightening them, he has jotted
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  • 130 4 Penang, September 2, 1915. (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank). London Demand Bank ...2/4 1/8 4 months’sight Bank ...2/4 7/16 m 3 Credit ...2/4 13/16 h 3 Documentary ...2/4 27/32 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 175} 3 days’ sight Private 177| Bombay Demand Bank 175| Moulmein Demand Bank 175 3
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  • 270 4 PENANG LADIES’ APPEAI We_ hare pleasure i n publishing ltl following communication 5 1110 The women of Peuaog re i,„ iteq| respond to an appeal to h e lp i n W 0 for Queen Mary’s Needlework Guiip> A letter has been received in p er
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  • 74 4 The following are the lateat subscriptions to Malaya No. 7 Craft Credit balance from Malaya No. 5 3410 Towkay Cheah Kwee Chan Papan, Perak 30 00 Staff European Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Selangor 360.00 Miss Jalitha Alma Baker’s Circus, Batu G»jah: Sale of Tickets $l4O Donations by
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  • 101 4 The Hon. Treasurer senis us the following list of further contributions to the above Fund, forwarded to the Chartered Bank, Penang. Balance on August 30 ...$33,920.62 George Town Dispensary Ltd, staff. Sept subscription Contributed by pay of 3 Volunteers’ B Powell, 10th monthly
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  • 34 4 Balance on August 26 $1 242.58 Sale of Photos of King Albert at Race Meeting Mr and Mrs F,” monthly subscription Balance on Sept 1 $1.323.67 Amount previously acknowledged Total $18,182j7
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  • 102 4 Australia Day” Ins been a trenl success. The streets of Melbourne, v Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth an i Jl a have been thronged with processiu' spectators of processions in honour u tralia’s heroes. Everybody buying badges, flags and medals, tributing to the Wounded Soldiers ut Tne
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 700 4 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. NOTICE. FOR SALE. I 'T' ENDERS wi Ibe received up to noon I A on the 21st day.of September, 1915, 8 h.p. Matchless Motor Cycle, at the Honourable Resident Councillor’s Gradua Gear. New, last September. Office for. The use and occupation of the GovernParticulars from T. S. NAS
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  • 1428 5 papers S.T.” JCOURT AUTHORISES REDUCTION OF CAPITAL. OBJECTIONS OF SHAREHOLDERS. In the Singapore Supreme Court on Monday, Mr C Dickinson made an application to the Chief Justice (the Hon. Mr. J. A. S Bucknill, K. C.) for an order authorising the reduction of the capital of the Changkat
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  • 177 5 OFFICIAL MINUTES. Minutes of a special meeting of the Municipal Commissioners held on Tuesday, 10th August, 1915. Present—Messrs. W Peel, (President) P T. Allen, John Mitchell, and A. F Goodrich. Absent.—Messrs. Quah Beng Kes, Yeoh Guan Seok and Lun Eow Hong. a. The minu es of the last
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  • 148 5 Paris, August 3,—According to news received here by M. Varazdate, a member of the Hentchakist Social Democrat party, ■he Young Turks are beginning to repeat the Armenian massacres of 1894. This news confirms the rep >rt published in Petrograd on Ju y 22 by the Novce Vremya that
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 79 5 S Economy. lii 1 'I f l| With LEA PERRINS’ Sauce, g a f eqv d ro P s l y arc necessary to give a delicious and appetizing flavour to the plainest dish. A far larger n uantit y of a cheaper sauce fails to give the same satisfaction.
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    • 264 5 a i We shall all do the Goosestep, M When we’ve wound up the Watch in the Rhine. M M M M Till the Boys come marching Home. M jj Kitty Lee. Mary from Tipperary. DOUBLE I J jg Tip-Top Tipperary Mary. SIDED < When the Angelus is ringing. RECORDS
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 404 5 Absolutely Unique! Absolutely Unique! An Extra-ordinary Strong Programme TO-NIGHT TO-NIGHT I I With a $lOO.OO Purse for a WRESTLING CONTEST On Friday, the 3rd September, 1915, BETWEEN Professor HAGIO and BANDRAM Cabul, Watchman, Sungei Pinang. AT THE THE STRAITS CINEMA, Phone No. 628. EMPIRE HALL, PENANG ROAD. BOOK NOW TO
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  • 65 6 Ezechiel-O’Rrilt.y—At ti e Cbuich of the Assumption, Penang, on Ist September, 1915, by the Rev. L. M. L'uvelle, SecondLieutenant Victor Gerald Ezechiel, Penang Volunteers, Third Magistrate, fifth son of Maj r r J. A. and the late Mrs. Ezechiel of Surbiton, Surrey, England, to Miss Mary Elizabeth O’Reilly, only
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  • 1093 6 “The darkest hour is just before the dawn and to those whose spirits have suffered during the last few months, espe cially by’news from the Eastern front, the intelligence conveyed by to-day’s cables ought to provide an invigorating tonic for dispersing the doldrums frrm the minds of
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  • 1184 6 The Singapore rikisha coolies are the worst in the country, Kuala Lumpur and Ipoh compete for second place, and Penang’s position in this respect is doubtful. Pace and stamina are not under discussion, merely tractability. Singapore pays the penalty for being the gateway to the Far East
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  • 532 6 “Ca’helral Magazine.” To-day’s quotation for unrefined tin in Penang was $74 80 per picul, business done—an increase of $l. Tin is quoted in London to-day at £l5l 10s. Spot, and £153 three months. Mr. J. W. Goldthorp has succeeded Mr. H. G. R. Leonard as Magistrate in
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 131 6 by ypoimiEiT to his majesty king geohge v. 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 time especially, to
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    • 13 6 “E. O.” MOTOR GARAGE. CARS ON HIRE $4 AN HOUR. TELEPHONE No. 322.
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 38 6 THE TIDES. The following are the tides for today and to-morrow. Penang Standard Times High Water. Low Water. 3-49 a.m. 10 32 a.m. 3- p.m. 9-48 p.m. 4- a.m, 0- 0 a.m. No inferior high. nor low. water
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  • 196 7 CAPTURES IN GALICIA. ALLIES’ GREAT BOMBARDMENT. SIR E. GREY AND GERMANY’S AIM. FAMOUS AIRMAN’S DEATH. The Paris telegrams report that there was another day of heavy artillery fire from Allied guus on the Western front, the fourth consecutive day of the cannonade, which has kept the Germans cowering
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  • France and Belgium.
    • 142 7 INCESSANT RAIN OF SHELLS. Copyright Telegrams.] (By Submarine Telegraph.) Paris, September 1. A French communique says There have been somewhat lively artillery actions in Belgium, in Artois, in northern Woevre and in the forest of Apremont. Four Days’ Bombardment. Yesterday was the fourth day of the incesaant rain
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    • 22 7 M. PEGOUD’S FATE; London, September 1. The famous French aviator, M. Pegoud, h»s been killed on the French front.
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    • 490 7 The French Air Service, by the death of Pegoud, loses one whom it will have great difficulty in replacing. Coming so soon after the loss of Garros (interned in Germany) Pegoud’s end comes as a specially severe blow. Pegoud and Garros, by their brilliant technical
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    • 71 7 AGE LIMIT NOW 54. Copenhagen, September 1. From a tiudworthy frontier source it is learned that the Reichstag recently made alterations in the National Service Law, which the German newspapers are forbidden to disclose. It is really the most important measure passed during the whole war, and
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    • 38 7 London, September 1. A fresh heavy fall has recurred in the British exchange rate at New York, but it is believed a p a i has already been elaborated which will speedily provid? a remedy.
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    • 357 7 UNIMPAIRED BY THE WAR. The New York World prints a special article -by Sir George Paish dealing with the financial strength of Great Britain as compared with Germany. In the most convincing way this eminent economist tells the Americans that t 1 e resources of England after
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    • 41 7 Christiania, August 31. Delegates of the Norwegian Cotton Spinne s, who have been sent to London, telegraph that the negotiations point to an arrangement for the importation of cotton to Norway, despite the declaration of cotton as contraband.
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    • 28 7 London, September I. A Liverpool telegram says the price of flour ha? declined 1/61 during the week and it is now 38- per 280 lbs
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    • 306 7 SIR E GREY’S STATEMENT. EXPOSURE OF GERMANY’S AIM. London, September 1. Owing to the publication of misleading German versions, the British Foreign Office to-night issued a statement regarding the Anglo-German negotiations since 1912. The crucial point, throughcu*’, was that Germany desired to obtain absolute British neutrality in all
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    • 128 7 FINALLY SETTLED. London, September 1. Intervi?ws with the leaders to-night elicited the opinion that a permanent settlement of the South Wales troubles would be reached, paving a smooth road for the future. Conference at Cardiff. Later. The coal crisis was defiui’ely settled to-day, a conference of the
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  • Russian Campaign.
    • 584 7 BERLIN ADMISSIONS. Amsterdam, September 1. The Austro-German forces suffered a serious check in Galicia, north of the important town of Brez f zany. A Berlin communique admits that the progress of their forces has been arrested on the River Strypa, by the counter-attacks of strong Russian forces. Germans
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    • 73 7 A MOSCOW RESOLUTION, Moscow, September 1. A meeting of representatives of all Moscow Institutions, provincial, municipal, political, financial, industrial, and commercial, passed the following resolution, unanimously The war must be continued at whatever cost to a victorious end. Meanwhile, all suggestions of peace will be rejected.” The assembly
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    • 137 7 FINANCE MINISTER’S SPEECH, Petrograd, September 1. A financial statement, which has been submitted to the Duma, emphasi es the great war obligations of the Government, which has already borrowed £600,000,000. M. Bark, the Finance Minister, said perhaps in the future they would borrow a larger sum, but
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    • 54 7 London, August 30. A feature of the Russian successes in the Caucasus is activity by armed motor boats, operating off the coast, and on the rivers, playing havoc with the Turkish supply ships and transports. The Turks attempted an offensive on the Black Sea coast, which was
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  • Italy's Campaign
    • 105 7 CONTINUED FORWARD MOVEMENT. Rome, September 1. An Italian communique says; The Italians, on the Plateau of Arsiere, attacked a strong position on Monte Maronia, and chased the enemy, who thereupon opened a furious artillery fire on the Italians’ new positions, which were, nevertheless, held and strengthened A
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    • 220 7 It is essential, says Mr. Belloc, before the advance in the direction of Trieste can be continued, that the Austrian force at Gorizia be destroyed, or at the very least, cut off. That is why the attempt to capture or mask Gorizia is the main operation
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  • 24 7 Cettinje, September 1. The Montenegrins have repulsed an Austrian infantry attack in the direction of Savino, Brdocole, and Trebinji, inflicting heavy losses.
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  • 79 7 The Times draws attention to the exorbitant losses of officers in Gallipoli. There were 880 in the latest week. The Germans have now 58 submarines in action. The Baltic Fleet consists of 13 battleships and large and small cruisers. The Allies have approved the proposal to intern ill
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  • LONDON RUBBER WIRE.
    • 30 7 AN IMPROVED MARKET. (P. G. Special) London, September 1. Rubber Co. Ltd. will pay a first interim dividend of 8 per cent. The commoaity is better at 2/5.
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    • 63 7 [Prom Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, September 1. At the Singapore rubber auction there were offered 234 tons sold 175 ton ■’J The demand was good, except for Unsmoked Sheet. Fine Ribbed Smoked fetched $129 Pale Crepe $l3l Uo&moked Sheet $ll7 Brown Crepe $125. There have been sold
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  • 419 7 Messrs. Kenn* dy Co. report as follows Markets during the past month have been extremely quiet and business has been of a very restricted nature, the position being mainly due to the reaction in the price of Rubber, which is marked down l|d. and the further heavy
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  • 85 7 A MONTHLY MEDAL. It is proposed by the Swimming Club to provide a monthly medal to be swum for by members once a month—on Sundays. The distaoces will be 50, 100, 200 and 440 yards, in rotation. The successful competitor gets five, the second three, and the
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  • 91 7 The Hon. Mr. E. H. Barraut, Resident» Sandakan, has received from England, a handsome brass tablet, mounted on oak, which has been sent out by the late Governor of B. N. Borneo, Mr, C. W, ChaseParr, for erection in Jesselton Church. The tablet is
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  • 649 8 UP AGAINST A “TREMENDOUS PROPOSIIIGN.” One of the Press Association’s special correspondents at the General Headquarters of the British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, writing on July 17, says For goodness sake, tell the people at home what a tremendous proposition we are up against out here.” So
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  • 234 8 leg Amputated in Japan. Genial old Colonel Bib Love, who is a passenger of the M.M. s.s. Nera, now lying here and on his way to Singapore, would very much like some of his friends to call on him, says the China Press Well, io w uld
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  • 984 8 The total number and tonnage of ocean s'eamers entered at Hankow was 58 ships of 54,626 tons during the quarter ended March 31, 1915, proving a dec ease over the same qua r ter of last year of forty-fuur steamers and 33,870 tons. The highest percentage entered was
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  • 214 8 Penang, September 2. Beef— cfs. Soup per catty 18 Roast 26 ‘Steaks 26 Stew or Curry Meat 20 Rump Steak 26 Ox Tail each 50 Tongue a. 50 Feet 15 Heart 40 Liver per catty 35 Pork— Pork per catty 36 Pig’s Head 22 Feet 26 Tongue 36
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 430 8 What makes bread 0 B. Q 0 B rise b Ĕ The safe and certain 0 B way to make bread and u U cakes rise well—to make [J B them light and whole- g some, and evenly baked w. Ij all through —is to use “■paisfeyFfour” U The SURE
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    • 45 8 I FRESH STOCKS j ACETIC I ACID I PRICE ON APPLICATION. I SELLAR, MURRAY Co., penang. I T. NAGATA, JAPANESE DENTIST. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 4, BISHOP STREET, PENANG, .Next Duor of The Dispensary. To 8.30 a.m. from 5.30 p.m. 348, DATO KRAMAT ROAD.
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    • 121 8 ENGLISH FISH, Halibut Fish Fillets Haddocks Kippers The above are in excellent condition and have just been received from England. Singapore Cold storage COMPANY, LIMITED, PENANG. g We hold a very large stock of I ESTATE I I CHECK ROLLS LARGE SIZE J I Weekly, Fortnightly and Monthly 9 (200
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  • 1338 9 s as gne Name. g Value 0 0. I ao O* m i n i n a. 1 Ayer Weng <Rehm»n> DAP. Cc, 40c 45a 10 10 Belat Tin Mining Oo $2 52.30 h Chenderlang Tin Dredging Co 16/6 1 e l Deebook Dredging N. L. 17/3 18/3 £1
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  • 2024 9 M.M.” GENERAL RIDOUT AT KUALA LUMPUR. A large and representative meeting of European residents of Kula Lumpur aud districts was held at the Town Hall on Tuesday evening to consider the formation of a Civil Guard. There were nearly 300 present. Tha Hen E Macfadven took the
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  • 202 9 WEEKLY EDITION. The following are the principal contents of thecurieut issue of our Weekly Mail Edition, which will be published on Saturday afternoon, price 40 cents. Editorials Page. The Climb Down 1239 The War’s Vital Theatre 1240 Brest Litovsk <o> 1240 British Gold for
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  • STOP PRESS NEWS.
    • 51 9 GERMANS DEFEATED. Paris, September 2. There were numerous ar illery acUons all night. The communique says the Germans, in the Vosges, carried on a bombardment with poison shells, then violently attacked at L’nge and Schratzmaennele. We maintained our positions. In the evening a second fierce attack was also
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    • 43 9 GERMAN REPLY TO U. 8. London, September 2. Count the German Ambassador, on instructions from Berlin, has notified Mr. Lansing, Secretary of State, that Germany accepts the Ameiicm Government’s principle that passenger liners be warned before an attack ry submarines.
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    • 47 9 ALLIES’ SUCCESSES. London, September 1. A Press Bureau announcement states that the Government of Nigeria reports the occupation of the town of Gaschaka, in <ha Cameroons, while our forces on August 29th surprised a nighb'juring enemy position, from which the enemy were forced to retreat.
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 344 9 TENDERS FOR TODDY FARM 1916-1918. NOTICE is hereby given that Tenders will be received at the office of the Honourable Resident Councillor, Penang, on or before September 6th, 1915, at noon for the exclusive rights subpct to the limitations contained in “The Liquors Revenue Ordinance 1909 of making, pre caring,
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    • 172 9 The Bankruptcy Ordinance, 1888. In the Supreme Court of the Straits Settlements. SETTLEMENT OF PENANG. In Bankruptcy. No. 31 of 1911. Re EUGENE CHARLES LESSLAR. Notice is hereby given that a Second Dividend is intended to be declared in the above matter. Creditors who have not proved their claims on
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  • 366 10 “It Seemed Like Something Supernatural.” Au interesting account of bow the life of an Australian soldier fighting in the Dardanelles was preserved by means of a Bible is given by Lance Corporal O. Duckworth, of the 7th (Salford) Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers (T.F.), eon of Mr. W.
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  • 226 10 8. W African Commander’s Report to the Kaiser. An official telegram from Berlin states that the Governor of German South-West Africa, Dr. Seitz, and the commander of the colonial forces, Lieutenant-Colonel Franke, through the medium of the American Embassy, have sent the following telegraphic report to the Kaiser
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  • 116 10 —Ex. The manager of the fiuu of Tong Seng Chan, who have a business in Sampeng, Siam, was in a rikiska in Yaowaraj-road when a coolie ran out of a lane and slashed him across the face with a knife, inflicting a severe wound about four inches long.
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  • 96 10 Many men who joined the army soon after tne outbreak of war are aggrieved because they have not yet been sent to the front. But it is not always thus. I met a man to-day back wounded from France who last autumn joined the artillery at 4 o'clock
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  • 25 10 Fenang The E. O. Hotel, The Crag, Runnymede Hotel, Hotel Norman, Falmouth House (Boarding.) Singapore:—Raffles Hotel. Rangoon Strand Hotel. Ckylon :—Nuwaia Ellya.
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  • 267 10 Why the German Cask Cannot be Defended. German apologists (writes Mr. G. K. Chesterton in the Illustrated London News have first to face one qui>e simple fact. The English case against Germany is not founded on the things that are disputed. It is founded on
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  • 415 10 In the c urse of a letter to the Secolo Siguor Magriui is able to throw some light cn the providing of supplies for German submarines in the Writing from Salonika in July, he informs bis readers that about two months ago a big sailing vessel
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  • 62 10 SHIPPING ARRIVALS. Tars, Brit., 3G51, Hamlyn, Sept 2, Madras, gen., H. L. Co. Hong Wan 1., Brit., 2060, Mason, Sept 2, S pore, gen., C. Hin Co. Rotorua, Brit., 555, Gully, Sept 2, Tongkah, gen., E. S. Co. Pangkor, Brit., 94, Caswell, Sept 2, Dindings, gen., E. S. Co.
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  • 40 10 To-day. Cornelia for Deli. Perak, (E. S. Co for Port Swettenham, Port Dickson and Malacca. Tara for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Kedah for Dindings, Sitiawan Bagan Datoh and Teluk Anson. Malacca for Tongkah. Sangola for Rangoon, Calcutta and Durban.
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  • 122 10 CLOSE AT GENERAL POST OFFICE. To-Morrow. For Per Close. Yen Jit Seng 7 a.m. Negapatam, Madras and Durban Golconda 9 a m. Alor Star (Kedah) Tong Chay Un 10 a.m. Deli and Asahan Brandan 10 a.m. Singapore, China and Japan Ceylon Maru 2 p.m. Port Swettenham and Singapore Pin
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  • 263 10 Penang, September 2, 1915. S. P. Tapioca $5.60 sellers. M. P. Tapioca $5.70 sellers. Gold leaf $64.40 Pepper (W. Coast 3 lb. 5 oz). $l6 1/2 buyers. Black Pepper $lB.OO buyers. White Pepper $27.00 buyers Trang Pepper out of season. Mace $llO nom. Mace Pickings $59 sellers. Cloves $45
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  • 81 10 Tksrsday, September 2 Band, Golf Club, 6 p.m. Empire Theatre. Penang Road Electric Polyscope Co,, Argyle Road George Town Cinema. Friday, September 5. Band, Esplanade, 6 p.m. Saturday, September 4. Band, Golf Club, 6 p.m. Sunday, September 5. Church Services. Monday, September 6. Band, Esplanade, 6 p.m.
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 209 10 RESISTANCE TO DISEASE. The power of your body to resist disease and to fight it after disease gets a foothold is one of the most precious posssessions you Lave, You weaken this power when you let your general health run down, your blood gets thin and your nerves unsteady. You
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    • 350 10 Experience \f\ does count, t —zz W u-4 I 111 and that is why R? li -1 p L ajf I w nmeiM akes priority I —A* Since 1895, when Michelin first equipped an automobile with pneumatic tyres, the whole energy and vast manufacturing resources of the Michelin firm have
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    • 114 10 Kf WfirFTI’MM ACETIC GLACIAL *****0 I Guaranteed free from Copper. ACID NOW IN STOCK. I BOELEN Co. Beach Street, Penang. I I r BUCHANAN’S “RED SEAL’’ “BLACK WHITE” 11 “ROYAL HOUSEHOLD” SCOTCH WHISKIES r I L-. James Buchanan Co., Ltd. (London, Glasgow, etc.) have the most extensive Bonded Warehouse in
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 168 10 THE TIDES. Pbna?g—September, 1915. Penang Standard Times—Heights referred to Datum of Soundings in Admiral y Charts High Water. Low Water. Standard ir Standard Date. rp. Hr Date Ht. lima lime. h m f\ h m ft. Th 2 m 3 49 5.3 2 m 10 32 3.2 3 36 a
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  • 896 11 SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING. The sixty-fifth half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the British North Borneo Company was held yeiterday at River Plate House, London. The Hon, Sir W»«t Ridgeway, G.C.B. (chairman of the Court of Directors), who occupied the chair, in moving the adoption of the report,
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  • 550 11 THE STANDARD MARKET. Lack of any fresh buying moment, whether speculative, consuming, or for export, coupled with a fair available stock says the “Ironmonger” of 31 July has caused a further easing in the position of tin for cash and early dates. Outside interest is still very conspicuous by
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  • 260 11 In the Penang Municipality for the week ended August 7, there were 69 deaths —4l males and 29 females, equal to a death-rate of 34.45 per mille per annum, compared with 27.96 in the preceding week and with 36.71 in the corresponding week of last year. The following
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 456 11 N. Y. K. Japan Mail Steamship Co. Ld. EUROPEAN LINE. A Fortnightly aerviee is maintained be. tween Yokohama via porta to Maneillea London and Antwerp, under mail contract with the Imperial Japanese Government. The New Twin-screw Steamers maintaining this service have been specially designed and constructed, and are fitted with
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    • 400 11 MARSEILLES TILES. “SWAN BRAND." Large Supplies on Hand. Orders Now Being Booked. INMAN PATENT STONE FOR FLOORING AND PAVEMENTS. 30 YEARS’ REPUTATION FOR DURABILITY and for being SANITARY, DAMP-PROOF, VERMIN-PROOF AND FIRE-PROOF. SOLE AGENTS: ADAMSON, GILFILLAN Co., Ltd., SINGAPORE. PENANG. MALACCA. INSURANCE. -I r THE CORPORATION OF THE UIITTrMnAriU Done
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    • 1856 12 P. &O. JL intended sailings. Straits Steam Ship Co., Ltd. Ocean Steam Navigation Co. B ITTI H I I I For Intended to Sail. I st"""' STEAM SHIP > I B fc#■ port Swettenham and Singapore. Every Tuesday, at 5-30 p.m. Klang. and Wir T tX h rV i <
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