Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 7 October 1915

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  • 23 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833, No. 230 VOL. LXXIII. THURSDAY. 7th OCTOBER, 1915. UR. *.> -r —►-e PRICE 10 CENTS
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 787 1 il» YOU WANT TO SHIP. BUY OR SELL L RUBB ER 5 to H FORWARD QOOD9 n ANY PAST o* ths WORLD ALLEN DENNYS Co., J R t. cwaoa rm*». 11 THE PINANG GAZETTE/’ mmmmmmbmmmimmmmmmm I SUN LIFE li office aid press: J* TAMPA /XI Tlk TIV Tl7» 5 OF
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    • 68 1 ■cnuMNMMRmbaD mod r-aaaaaaaag B FOR S3O g can have the Pinaag g a X Cl—tta posted every day n B for a «bole year to your address. (LOCAL SUBSCRIPTION. $27). g Proportionate Quarterly end g g Half-yearly rates. g Subscriptions are payable in g a advance and remittances should a
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  • 545 2 WHIRLWIND ATTACKS ON AUSTRIANS IN GALICIA. Petrograd, September I.—One of the most remarkable figures in the great Russian Army facing the Austrians and Germans is Mme. Alexandra Kokovtseva, the colonel of a dashing Cossack regiment, who has been decorated by the Tsar with the Cross of
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  • 254 2 For some time a keen straggle has been in progress betwen British and Japanese steamship lines for the capture of maritime trade in Far Eastern waters formerly carried on by Austrian and German companies. In consequence, however, of so mach tonnage having been requisitioned by our Government
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  • 20 2 Penang :—The E. <fc O. Hotel, The Crag, Runnymede Hotel, Hotel Norman, Sibgaporb:—Raffles Hotel. Rangoon Strand Hotel.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 1267 2 Dates for wanted to buy. l y SWEE Coy., Arlvoriicomonic /'''EARA RUBBER SEEDS in «nail or GENERAL IMPORTERS Casual AUVeniSeineniS. Urge quantities. AND COMMISSION AGENTS. ii i»i Apply to No. 80, c/o Pinang Gazette. FOR SALE. TO 18. SmUTKMS VAOMT. ETC. 227 12 10 Tq“aRE. Minimum Charge $2.00 PERLIS GOVERNMENT.
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    • 187 2 BUCHANAN’S “RED SEAL/’ “BLACK WHITE” it “ROYAL HOUSEHOLD” SCOTCH WHISKIES <• t James Buchanan Co., Ltd, (London, Glasgow, etc.) have the most extensive Bonded Warehouse in Scotland, and hold, with their subsidiary companies, the largest stocks oj Whisky maturing in Bond, They are thus able to guarantee the continued excellence
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  • 1803 3 PORCELAIN AND POLITICS. Profeasor Middleton Smith, writes to the Hongkong Weekly Proas: Very few Europeans hare been privileged to have a bird’s-eye view of the capital of China from the top of the Coal Hill. The writer has to thank a Chinese friend for obtaining the necessary
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  • 59 3 Tokio, September 22.—1 t is stated that one third of the annual output of the Japanese copper mines will be supplied to meet Russian demands. It is reported that a new Military Arsenal will be erected in a suburb of Yokohama as a branch of
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  • 49 3 Hankow. September 22.—A large band of Kolaohui is marching under banners bearing the inscription: Reinstal the Ching 1 Destroy the foreigners 1” They have reached Kingyangfu, in the Province lof Kansu, en route to Shensi. They have burned down two churches and killed five Christian Chinese.
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  • 924 3 THE APPROACHING ELECTIONS. Johannesburg, Sept. 22.—Towards the close of October —probably on the 20ch—there will be held in South Africa the most important elections the whole sub. continent has ever witnessed. The decision then arrived at will be a momentous one for South Africa. In domestic affairs the
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  • 612 3 A WEAK FRONTIER TOWARDS TRENT. From the Swiss frontier to Monte Croce de Comelico the natural frontier between Austria and-Italy runs along the chain of the great Central Alps. All the territory which lies bi low this line, which W formed by the upper valley of the Adige
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  • 281 3 Honolulu, August 21.—0 f the 65 British residents of the Fiji Islands who stopped in Honolulu last January en route to the European battle front, all but five are either sleeping the last sleep, buried in Flanders trenches, or are recovering from wounds sustained
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 516 3 S 3 oX 20-minute B loaves. i It only takes 20 minutes to bake a batch of the rr most delicious little dinner loaves, or breakfast Broils, you ever tasted —that is, if your cook uses r-. b Paisley Hour b The SURE rawing powder R ri one part to
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  • 841 4 THE ANNUAL MEETING. The eighth annual general meeting of the shareholder* of the Rahman Hydraulic Tin, Ltd was held in the registered offices of the Company, Downing Street, Penang, to day. The Hon. A. R. Adams, Chairman of the Directors, presided, and the others present were Messrs. A.
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  • 2169 4 The Rev. Hone of Ipoh proceeds on bis periodical visit to Pakit by the Malacca to-day. Mr. W. H. Thorne, who has been indisposed for about a fortnight, was able to be at business to-day. Dr. Bernardino Machado, who has taken the oath as President of the
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  • 188 4 A Posthumous Honoub. The London papers of September 7th announced that His Majesty the King had been graciously pleased to award the Victoria Cross to Second-Lieutenant Sidney Clayton Woodroffe, late Bth Battalion the Rifle Brigade (the Prince Consort’s Own). For most conspicuous bravery on 30th July,
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  • 45 4 Macsarlane Sentenced to Death. Shanghai, September 24.—The two days’ trial of Macfarlane ended to-day in accused b«ing sentenced to death for the murder of his wife on August 16. The trial took place at the British Supreme Court, before Sir Haviland Sausmartz.
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  • POLICE COURTS.
    • 245 4 The first case, we understand, that has been brought before a Penang Magistrate for giving false account to the Railway Officials in consigning goods from this port to the F.xM.S., was mentioned before Mr. V. G. Ezechiel, to-day. The defendant is a Penang trader named Lee Ah
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    • 151 4 Yesterday we reported a case of malicious prosecution against an aged Chinese, named Lim Yam, who was awarded a compensation of $5 by Mr. Ezechiel. To-day he appeared before the same Magistrate, charged with attempting to cause hurt to a Malay named Embi, one of tbe witnesses
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    • 73 4 In a summons case before the same Magistrate between two Tamils, Shellamuttu, a grass lessee, was called as a witness for the prosecution. On cross-examination Shellamuttu denied that he had ever leased any grass plot from a Chinaman. Tho latter was called and satisfied tbe Courb that Shellamuttu
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  • 258 4 Letter from Ipoh Resident. A private letter has been received by a reader from Mr. A. M. Hepworth. who represented Messrs. Hoefeld Co in Ipoh and was a member of the Penang Volunteers and the M. S. V. R. He is now a lieutenant in the Royal
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  • 69 4 The contract packet Ellora, with the mails from Europe, left Negapatam at noon on Tuesday, and is expected to arrive here at 6 a m. on Saturday. The homeward mail closes at 11 a.m. on Sunday. Registration up to 6 p.m on Saturday. The Chamber of Commerce inform
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 617 4 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS, NOTICE. 1. Tenders will be received separately by the Senior District Officer, Ba kit Mertajam on behalf of the President, Rural Board, Province Welle-ley, up to the noon on Monday, the Ist day of November, 1915, for the lease of the Government Markets at Bakit Mertajam and Nibong
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  • 786 5 A CLEVER PEN-PICTURE. We have, it appears, crnelly misjudged General J >Sre. We sailed him “Joffre the Silent," and we believed that the genial photographs that revealed him as a French edition of Mr. Taft were accurate likenesses. Now it appears that we were all wrong, says
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  • 76 5 F.M.S, Man’s Fortune. A correspondent of the M.M.” forwards the following extract from a letter receive! by the last mail The losses of the Irish Brigade in their ending in the Dardanelles were appalling. Out of the 21 officers in his battalion, George Kidd (F.M,S. Govt. Service)
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  • 60 5 Calcutta, September 22.—Tne Marine I iterance Agent’s Association war risk ra»es between India and the Straits, betworn ludia and Far East, and bstween India and Java, Bangkok, Saigon, Hong- < >ng and Manila have gone down one-six-teenth per cent, the first from tbree-six-eutbs to one-eighteenth, the second from
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  • 685 5 A “TIPPERARY” ATMOSPHERE. Before coming over hare you asked ms to let you have what informat on I could gather re the real feeling of Dutchmen in Java about the war," writes a correspondent of the 8. F. P.” My first intimation began on boa r
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  • 250 5 Mr. Watkin R. Roberts, of the ThadoKookie Pioneer Mission, Asansol, India, in private letters to England, describes the treatment of German, Austrian, and Turkish prisoners in India. He says We are spending the hot months on the Himalayas in order to escape the
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  • 508 5 CHAFING UNDER INACTION. Ever since the war started there has been much weaping and wailing amongst the British officers attached to the Egyptian Army and Sudan Government, who pulled every string they knew of to get back to their regiments at the front and who found that
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  • 391 5 Little has been heard of late of doings in the Suez Canal zone. At any rate no official statements have been issued, although it was currently known that several incidents, which might have bad serious consequences had happened along that waterway. A proclamation has just bean issued
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  • 310 5 The new, will be read with the keenest interest, says the Siam Observer," that Hie Majesty King George of Great Britain and Empsror of India, has been pleased to appoint His Majesty the King of Siam to be an Honorary General in the British army,
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  • 338 5 A German prisoner of war who escaped from Osaka recently was arrested at Moji the fallowing diy and taken back to the north. It is reported, says a Nagasaki paper, that he is a paymaster named Altert and that be evaded the Japanese guard
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 231 5 NEURALGIC PAINS. These may be felt in any nerve of the body, but are meat frequent in the nerves of the bead. Neuralgia may be caused by a decayed tooth, eye strain, or a diseased ear, but the most common cause is general debility, accompanied by anaemia or thin blood.
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    • 135 5 X Never fails u)hen called upon, important messages, plans, letters to home and friends must be legibly and quickly written. ■FoTy Waterman's Ideal Fountain Pen is the W ..7 pen for the purpose. Regular, Safety, and Self'Filling Types. The Safety Type is best for Soldiers, Sailors, Doctors, and Red Cross
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 363 5 KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE Kuala Kangsa Road Theatre. Under the New Management of the Straits Cinema Co. YOU WILL REGRET IT, IF YOU MISS TO-NIGHT I A MAGNANIMOUS OFFER. TO-NIGHT I SE.E Mystery of the Throne Room A highly successful gold seal masterpiece in Europe and America featuring Grace'
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  • 60 6 Coullie.—On September 29, at Sonrabaya, Java, the wife uf Kenneth R. Coulli a of the Chartered Bank of India, A C., of a daughter. Grbensill. —On October 2, to Mr. and Mrs. Stuart-Greensill, of the Sungei Gau Tin Mine?, Bentong, Pahang, a son. Kleinman.—On October 5, at Keppel Harbour,
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  • 37 6 Nathan—Adler —On the 3rd inst, Edward S. Nathan, only son of the late Mr. E. Nathan, of Singapore, and Mrs Nathan, to Helene, third daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Adolphe Adler, of 7, Rue Conscience, Antwerp.
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  • 1117 6 The resignation of the Greek Cabinet is directly attributable to the Teutonic sympathies of the Kaiser’s brother-in-law, King Constantine, who, seven or eight months ago, brought about a similar result by refusing to sanction the sending of a Greek expeditionary force to the Dardanelles after the
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  • 1507 6 “The Yellow Claw,” Sax Rohmer. Methuen’s Colonial Library. The effective methods of the author of the creepy Dr. Fu-Manchu are employed to aome purpose in his opium story, “The Yellow Claw.” He sets his readers a problem, and with a restraint and skill that in this case
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  • 230 6 To-day’s quotation for unrefined tin in Penang was $73.20 per picul, business done—an increase of $l. The new Jinriksha Registration Office and Court in Penang road were opened on Monday. Penang is to be favoured next week with a visit from what is regarded as the best
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 117 6 THE POPULAR PETER WALKER PETER WALKER LAGER in A 1 r— P£TER FROM ALL FIRST-CLASS DEALERS, or SELLAR, MURRAY Co., >™"» FIRST VISIT TO PENANG. THE NEW CIRQUE T[OF LONDON AND PARIS). This High Class Combination of CIRCUS and VARIETY ARTISTES, will shortly appear in Penang. In each town so
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    • 80 6 O.” MOTOR GARAGE. CARS ON HIRE S 4 AN HOUR. TELEPHONE No. 322. NOTICE. TO SUBSCRIBERS TO THE PINANG GAZETTE.*’ The accounts of the Flnangr Gazette," having: been Issued, subscribers are reminded that all subscriptions are PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. Owing; to heavy outgoings, con. tingent on the war, the management
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 32 6 THE TIDES. The following are the tides for tomorrow, Penang Standard Times High Water. Low Water. 11.6 a.m. 5-29 a.m. 11-35 p.m. 5 43 pm. 11-42 a.m. 6 2 a.m. 6-17 p.m.
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  • 193 7 CABINET RESIGNS. NEW ULTIMATUMS TO SOFIA. GEBMANY AND THE ABABIC. LORD DERBY'S STATEMENT. Attacks by British warships on the Bel. gian coast, and artillery activity at various points, are the only incidents re* ported from the Western war area. The Russians report the capture of German positions in
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  • France and Belgium.
    • 113 7 [Reuter’s Telegram*.] BELGIAN COABT ATTACKED. Copyright Telegrams.] (By Submarine Telegraph.) Amsterdam, October 6. It is reported from the Belgian frontier that British warships have bombarded German positions at Westende and Miadlekerke almost daily. A squadron was observed yesterday, co-operating with the field artillery on land. The Germans fear
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    • 49 7 SIR JOHN FRENCH’S MESSAGE. London, October 6 In reply to a congratulatory message from the residents of Harrow, and Harrow School Officers’ Training Corps, Field Marshal Sir John French telegraphed: “No words of mine can sufficiently express toy admiration for the good work of the Old Harrovians.”
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    • 31 7 SIR ARCHIBALD MURRAY. London, October 6. It is understood that General Sir Archibald Murray has taken over the work oi Chief of the Imperial General Staff.
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    • 96 7 THE VOLUNTARY SYSTEM. Paris, October 6 1 Lord Derby, speaking at Roasendale, said be a»krd the Government ten days ago if they had decided on the number of men to be put into the field, and if it was impossible to get them voluntarily were they prepared
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    • 23 7 London, October 6. The London Gazette announces that the King has approved of the formation of a Machine Gun Corps.
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    • 26 7 LORD N. CRICHTON-STUART. London, October 6. Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Ninian Crich-ton-Stuart, Unionist MP. for Cardiff, 6th (Glamorgan) Battalion (Territorial) the Welsh Reg’ment, has been killed.
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    • 22 7 London, October 6. John Kipling, son of Mr Rudyard Kipling, the novelist, is unofficially reported missing and believed killed.
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    • 45 7 FOR INDIAN TROOPS. Lindon, October 6. The King has accepted, through Lord Sydenham, formerly Governor of Bombay, two motor ambulances presented by the Thakur Sahib of Mor vi. By His Majesty’s direction they are being devoted to the service of the Indian troops.
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  • Russian Campaign.
    • 106 7 ACTIVITY IN CAUCASUS. Petrograd, October 6. A Russian communique says Tne Russians occupied the German trenches north of Birshallen, in the Riga district, and captured a number of villages in the lake region east of Vilna, and also south of the Pripet, after strenuous fighting. There has been
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    • 443 7 Mr. B. P. Kadomtzeff, Russian Consul, gave the following interesting information to a representative of the “Ceylon Observer,” He said The Russian newspapers are full of news of the evacuation of the country in the zone of military action. Tl e correspondents describe the pitiful crowds
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  • Turkey and the Near East
    • 99 7 FRANCE’S ULTIMATUM. Paris, October 5. The Fiench Minister at Sofia yesterday notified Dr. Radoslavoff, the Bulgarian P.emier, that non-compliance with Russia’s ultimatum would have the saae effect as regards France as with Russia, and that he would leave with his Russian colleagu?. British Ultimatum. Paris, October 6. The British
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    • 84 7 DISAGREEMENT WITH KING. Athens, October 6. M. Venezelos, the Premier, in the Greek Chamber, announced that there was reason for dissension with the King, whereupon the Cabinet had resigned. King’s Disagreement. J Athens, October 6. M. Venezelos to-day had an audience with the Kins, who informed him
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    • 476 7 Dr. E. J. Dillon, whose knowledge of European politics and Balkan affairs in particular has been gained at first band, writes as follows in the September English Review with regard to the situation in Greece. Greece, under ti e Kaiser's brother inlaw has cut her mooring?,
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    • 65 7 WARLIKE PREPARATIONS. Athens, October 6. News from Bucharest is to the effect that Rumania is taking extraordinary military measures. Troops have gone to the Bulgarian frontier, and Giurgevo is being feverishly fortified: Rumanian officers of Bulgarian origin have been transferred to the interior. Young reserve officers have been called
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    • 300 7 The Times correspondent in the Balkan Peninsula telegraphed from Sofia, on August 31. The moment is rapidly approaching when Rumania, as well as Bulgaria, will be compelled to take fateful decisions. The Serbian reply to the Note of the Entente Powers has not yet been made known
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    • 65 7 DARDANELLES CASUALTIES. London, October 6. The following casualties are announced from the Dardanelles Killed—Captain H T Cawley (Manchester Regiment). Died of Wounds.—Captain W F Proctor (Scottish Horse). Wounded.—Lieutenant A M Eynaud (Malta Militia), Lieutenant H F Southon (Manchester Regiment), Second Lieut. R N Galloway (East Lancashire
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  • Naval Operations.
    • 113 7 DISAVOWAL BY GERMANY. Washington, October 6. Count Bernstorff called at the State Department, after which Mr. Lansing announced that Germany had disavowed the sinking of the Arabic, and was prepared to pay an indemnity for American lives lost. Instructions to Submarines. Washington, October 6. Count Bernstorff, in a
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    • 439 7 Just thirty days after the American Government bad warned Germany that any further contravention of our rights at sea as neutrals would be regarded as an act deliberately unfriendly,” the White Star liner Arabic was sunk without warning off the south coast of Ireland by a
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    • 44 7 Put is, October 6. An Austrian submarine sank the French steamer Provincia, off the Greek coast, having allowed the crew to escape in the boats. Provincia, 3,523 tons, belonging to the French Steamship Co, registered in Marseilles. Demensions, 316 X 44X22.9.
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    • 45 7 London, October fi. The steamer Haydn, from Karachi, was sunk. There are no details, Haydn, 3,923 tons, belonging to the Orpheus Shipping Co, Ltd, registered in Sunderland, and built by Short Bros, Ltd, Sunderland in 1906. Demensions, 355.3 X 48.7 X 26,1.
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  • General News.
    • 48 7 SATISFACTORY SIGNS. Washington, October 6. The Chinese Government has engaged an American cotton growing expert to encourage the production of the staple in China. It is announced, also, that negotiations are in progress for the employment of an American forestry expert by the Chinese Gcvernment.
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    • 68 7 London, October 6. Commenting on the appointment of Mr, Louis J. Kershaw, C.1.E., as Secretary of the Revenue Department at the India Office, the “Times” remarks that the appointment follows on the commendable precedent of 1901, when Sir T. W. Holderness was similarly transferred. The appointment of
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    • 29 7 London, October 6. Dr Dumba has sailed from America on board a Dutch steamer, with a guarantee of safe conduct from the British and French Governments.
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    • 28 7 Lisbon, October 6. The Portuguese people are celebrating the anniversary of the Republic. Dr. Bernardino Machado took the oath as President, and the Cabinet retains office.
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    • 29 7 London, October 6. Sir Lancelot Sanderson received a farewell at Wigan Sessions, upon proceeding to assume the Chief Justiceship of Bengal. The Bar presented congratulations,
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  • 51 7 {From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, October 7. At the Singapore rubber auctions there were offered 220 tons j sold 193 tons. There was a good demand and prices generally advanced. Fine pale $.33. Fine ribbed smoked $132. Unsmoked $124 Other grades were in good demand, at higher
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  • 24 7 Obituary. MR. BENJAMIN MUNDY. London, October 6. The death has occurred of Mr. Benjamin Mundy, formerly Manager of the Reuter Telegraph Company in India.
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  • RECLAIMED RUBBER.
    • 339 8 Touching the reported ircreaied use made of reclaimed rubber, The lodia Rubber Journal has some interestiug remarks, says the Financier.” It is stated that the cheapness of scrap (waste) rubber and the high prices of such ar.ides as oxide of zinc and litharge are operating together to
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    • 236 8 P. M. Gazette.” There is an improving tendency in the rubber share market, and the support ipretty well spread throughout the list. The present conditions of the commodity market have stimulated interest, and the statistical position of plantation rubber is considered strong. It is urged that the
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    • 238 8 The "Board of Trade” Journal quotes from a report by the British Consul at Para (Mr G B Michell) on the results of the rubber crop year ended June 30 and the prospects of the yield of rubber in the Amazon Basin in the present crop year
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  • 109 8 Calcutta, September 22.--Messrs. Kethlinger <k Co., naturalised Germans, have brought a suit against Messrs. Chaggandas <fc Co., claiming about Rs. 8,000 damages for breach of contract in pro viding freight for 1,000 tone of Manganese ore. Defendants contended that they were absolved from performance ef the contract
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  • 473 8 POLAND BURNED TO THE GROUND. In the course of an interview, Mr. Kadomtzeff, Russian Connsul, gave a representative of the ‘‘Ceylon Obsirver particulars regarding the devastation of Poland and the Baltic provinces. The impression the reading of the Russian newspapers gives is one of great sorrow about
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  • 303 8 We have tendered the toll, we have paid the price, we have braved and battled and bled, And set in the shrine of our brave brothers-in-arms are the names of Australia’s dead, We have given our share of the grist that goes to grind in the
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  • 769 8 DEPRESSING EFFE3T OF THE WAR. Bombay, Sept-mber 23.—1 t has been decided to carry into voluntary liquidation certain mills under the agency of Messrs. Greaves, Cotton and Co., and special meetings of the shareholders of the mills concerned are convened for the 26th October for
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  • 64 8 Thursday, October 7 Band, Golf Club, 6 p.m. Empire Theatre, Penang Road Electric Polyscope Co., Argyle Road. Friday, October 8. Band, Esplanade, 6 p.m. Saturday, October 9. Outward Mail arrives morning. Band, Golf Club, 6 p.m. Saaday. October 10. Homeward Mail Closes 11 a.m. Church Services. Monday,
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 271 8 A Reputation of over 100 yian. Cockle’s ANTIBILIOUS Pills ensure good digestion end a HEALTHY, ACTIVE LIVER. Of Chtmißi» throughout tho world. Price» in Entland. 1 ii and 2/9. Jam»» Cookie A Co., 4 Bmt Ormond It., London, W.*. EE3g| II I •e**' QMxjfHHgH A Cooling and Refreshing Drink. The
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    • 253 8 ra Appropriate, always. S vilif With certain dishes, such as Game, LEA jT PERRINS* SAUCE is always appropriate. "gT It is the recognised sauce for such use. CQ □fjr In fact, for everything with which a sauce muK can be used, LEA PERRINS’ is invariably njm the BEST. It has
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 141 8 THE TIBES. Pbnakq —October, 1915. Penang Standard Times—Heights referred to Datum of Soundings in Admiralty Charts High Water. Low Water. Date. H«. O lt e 8 Ht. h m ft. h m ft. Th 7 m 11 6 6.9 543 a 0.7 11 35 a 7.1 8 m 6 2
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  • 889 9 A FRENCHMAN ON ENGLAND’S SAVING QUALITIES. The article which follow» is quoted from “The Book of France,” just edited by Mbs Winifred Stephens, and published by Macmillan, for the two«fold reason that it well represent» the excellent literary material in the work, and that it is an
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  • 345 9 Closely connected with the Salonica events and with others in the Dardanelles, are the renewed threAts of an AustroGerman invasion of Serbia. These threats, believed in as they apparently are by some good judges writes the military correspondent of the Times ”on September 2nd, must certainly
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  • 341 9 wide-spread and sincere loyalty.—“ Bangkok Times.” The Straits Chinese are proud of their British citizenship, and no surprise will be felt at the announcement in our Singapore wire that they have given enthusiastic expression to their patriotic feelings. They believe that duty demands something more of them
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  • 192 9 Messrs. Kennedy A Co. inform us that the approximate output of the Ayer Weng Mine fur the month of September was 70 piculs. A literary enterprise of some interest is projected in Bombay. It is a scheme for translating English authors into the language of a people once
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  • 73 9 The Hon. Treasurer sends us the following list of farther contributions to the above Fund, forwarded to the Chartered Bank, Penang. Balance on Oct 5 ...$37,967.64 W H Threlfall, monthly aabn 10 00 Subordinate staff of Messrs Presgrave and Matthews, Sept subscription 20.00
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  • 31 9 Balance on Oct 4 $1,217.72 Mr and Mrs P Mitford monthly 25.00 F C Ebbels 15.00 Balance on Oct 6 $1,257.72 Amount previously acknowleged ...$18,558 21 Total ...$19,*****
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  • 75 9 PENANG WOMEN’S WORK. Amount previously acknowledged $428.20 Mrs Heah Swee Lee $lOO, Mrs Jamieson $lO, Mrs Ebden $lO, Dr Sharp $5, Mrs Wilson, Caledonia $2, Mrs F Dennys Alor Star $2, Mrs Kelly $2, Mrs Sayers $2, Donation $l. Total $562 20. Hospital garments for soldiers
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  • 254 9 The simplicity and cheapness of the Scottish marriage by declaration before witnesses has assisted the extraordinary marriage boom among soldiers in Edinburgh and Glasgow and other Scottish towns. If one of the parties is resident in Scotland for twenty-one days before the marriage and both declare themselves
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  • 58 9 The following are the latest quotations in our share list t Yesterday. Today. 7. ac «Q Sharks -2 S. s ”5 a I K oo M Vi Mining. Renong 20/- 22/6 18/9 21/3 Ulu Piah $1.20 $1.30 $1 15 $1.25 General. E. Smelting (Or.) $7 $7.15 s6}
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  • 167 9 The following ties have been fixed for to-morrow Profession Pairs—Whitlock and Syer v Swan and Gregson (5). Double Handicap A—Bennett and Prentis v Threlfall and Harris (4). Doubles Handicap B—Large and Cowap v Tryner and Seath (1). Flight-Cummander Collet, who took part in the Allied air raid
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  • 223 9 OUTPUTS FOR SEPTEMBER. The following are rubber outputs for September Asahan Ibs. 17,402 Am pat 10,421 Anglo-Sumatra 64,576 Ayer Kuning 7,000 Ayer Tawah 19,500 Ayer Kuning (F.M.S.). 43,574 Alor-Pongsu 18,043 Brieh 6,992 Bradwall 27,370 Bukit Mertajam 51,759 Batak Rabit 18,000 Bagan Serai 23,500 Bah. Lias 10,564 Bernam-Perak 17,000 Consolidated
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  • 83 9 Messrs. Cunningham Clark Co. advise us that the undermentioned prices were realised for rubber sold by them by auction and private tender yesterday: Diamond smoked sheet $122 to 127 Plain smoked sheet 120 122 Diamond unsmoked sheet 118 119 Plain do 116 119 Pale crepe No. 2 125
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  • 165 9 WEEKLY EDITION. The following are the principal contents of the current issue of our Weekly Mail Edition, which will be published to-morrow afternoon, price 40 cents. A’ditoriala Page. Correspondence Sporting News P C C Tennis Tournament... 1433 Social and Personal 1431,1435, 1443, 1447 Qereand
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  • 25 9 SHIPPING ARRIVALS. Hebe, Brit., 346, Scott, Oct 7, Deli, gen., Adamson Gilfillan Co. Omapere, Brit., 340, Lyous, Oct 7, Tavoy, gen., E. S. Co.
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  • 31 9 To-DAT. Speelman for Deli Langsa, Edi, T. Semawe, Segli and Olehleh. Alma for Deli. Kedah for Dindings, Sitiawan Bagan Datoh and Teluk Anson. Trang I for Trang. Malacca for Tongkah.
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  • 129 9 Penang, October 7, 1915. (By Oourltsy of tho Oharlotwi Bank). London Demand Bank ...2/4 5/32 4 month»’ sight Bank ...2/4 1/2 3 Credit ...2/4 13/16 3 Documentary ...2/4 27/32 Calcutta Demand Bank R». 175 3 days’ sight Private M 177 Bombay Demand Bank 175 Moul mein Demand Bank 1741
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  • 255 9 Penang, October 7, 1915. 8. P. Tapiooa $5.60 sales. M. P. Tapioca $6.05 sellers. Gold leaf $64.40 Pepper (W. Coast 3 lb. 5 oz). $l6 1/2 buyers. Black Pepper $lB.OO buyers. White Pepper s2B} buyers Trang Pepper out ef season. Mace $llO nom. Mace Pickings $55 buyers. Cloves $45
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