Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 8 October 1915
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Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle
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Title Section20 1915-10-08 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 231 VOL. LXXIII. FRIDAY. Bth OCTOBER, ISIS. PRICE 10 CENTS20 words
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Advertisement1003 1915-10-08 1 1! ur you want to quip, 9UY OR SELL J J* R U B B BR[ OU TO FQRWAffD QOOM K vo ABT PART or tub WOfiLD 80 TO t ALLEh DENNYS Co., t. vwfoH muon. few ■•U—UH' Hl X TTJ" UW N.Y.K. SOLICNUM. SUNL!FE Jsp&B Mail Steamship Co. Ld.1,003 words
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Advertisement60 1915-10-08 1 FOR $3O U oan have the Pinang U n X Ggaetta posted every day q for a whole year to your address. (LOCAL SUBSCRIPTION. $27). C a Proportionate Quarterly and g Half-yearly rate*. g 0 Bubecriptioni are payable in advance and remittances should bo addressed to a g a n60 words
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POLICE COURTS.
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Article235 1915-10-08 2 In the Third Court, Penang, to-day, Mohamed Baksb, wa'chm«n, employed by United Engineers, Ltd., charged Ramasami, a coolie employed in the sime firm, with the theft of a brass padlock. The case for the pro-ecu’ion was to the effect that on the morning of the 30th September Md.235 words
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Article167 1915-10-08 2 Another case which also failed was that against Lok Chin Bee and Guan Lee, who were charged with extortion. According to Goh Yeoh, the wife of a shopkeeper, the accused and several others went to her shop on the morning of the 23rd September, during the167 words
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Article105 1915-10-08 2 WELL THAT ENDS WELL. The case of negligent navigation brought against the Taikong of the junk, which collided against the fishing boat, in the harbiur, on the 16th ult., from which three Mohammedans were fishing, with the result hat one of the men was injured, was today withdrawn by Court-Inspector105 words
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Article131 1915-10-08 2 The additions and alterations to the St. Xavier’s Institution are naw nearing completion, and when finished the building will be one ef the most imposing structures in the Settlement, or for that matter, in the East. This morning, the Hon. A. T. Bryant, and Mr. Hellier, Inspector131 words
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Article53 1915-10-08 2 At the Kuala Kangsa Road Theatre, to-night, the change of programme includes the Gaumont Graphic, Those were Happy Days,” a comedy in three parts, Wiffles and the Millionaire in two reels, and several other comedy films. There will be the usual matinee at the Straits Empire Hall to-morrow53 words
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Article105 1915-10-08 2 There is a capital programme now on at the Electric Polyscope in Argyll Road. The pictures inclu ie a beautiful five reel film, of English actors and actresses in “Tess of the DUrbervillee amid picturesque rural surroundings and there are turns by two clever Vaudeville artistes, Lallah105 words
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Article27 1915-10-08 2 By Ipjh (October 8) from Singapore, Mr F Kettenburg and Mr D L Bamel from Malacca, Mr H Lewis; from Port Swettenbam, Mr F L Junes.27 words
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Article1030 1915-10-08 2 T.O M.” Mr. F. E. Mair has been visiting Mr. Jew Wickett in Cornwall. Sir Richard Dane will visit Mongolia during October, The Rev A P Crofton, lately the Chap lain of St Andrew’s Church, Shanghai, has been offered a curacy at Felixstowe. Mr Bickford has been“ T.O M.” - 1,030 words
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57 1915-10-08 2 The Hon Treasurer sends us the following list of further contributions to the above Fund, forwarded to the Chartered Bank, Penang. Balance on Oct 6 ...$38,022.64 Statt ot Government. Muuupliea Sept subscription 88.75 Balance on Oct 7 ...$38,111.39 Remitted to London, £lO,OOO, on57 words
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Article26 1915-10-08 2 Balance on Oct 6 $1,257.72 O B Pike, 9th instalment 25.00 Balance on Oct 7 $1,282 72 Amount previously acknowledged ...$18,558.21 Total $19,840.9326 words
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Article50 1915-10-08 2 The Band will play the following programme of music at the Esplanade from 6 to 7 p.m. this evening 1. Overture Oberon ...Wever 2. Laughing IFater. Two Step ...Hager 3. Selection La Traviata ...Verdi 4. Waltz Wedding of the Winds ...Hall 5. March Royal St. Marceaux ...Desormes50 words
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Article71 1915-10-08 2 The Penang Swimming Club’s quarter mile championship for the President's Cup, and the sealed handicap, will be held at the Swimming Club on Sunday October 10th. The following are the entries:— Messrs F Scarborough, W H Tbrelfal), T H Stone, F W Harris, 8 A Yell, C71 words
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Article127 1915-10-08 2 Perak Tin Export for the month of September Block tin 2,156 piculs 58 katis Tin ore 38,813 piculs 64 katis Duty $362,261.33 The journal of the F.M.S. Museums for September has three most interesting set* of notes on obscure rrihrs of the Peninsula The first, by Mr.127 words
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Article594 1915-10-08 2 GREECE’S STRONG MAN. Although M. Venezelos has for tbe past few years occupied tbe leading position amongst the statesmen of Eastern Europe his personality and the details of his remarkable career were almost unknown to the British public until his disagreements wi’h the King of Greece brought him594 words
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Article111 1915-10-08 2 Not in the boasted culture of the West But rich in Nature’s gorgeous pageantry There lies a land, full of quaint phantasy, Careless, obscure, remote—a land of rest, Where there are found no slaves by toil oppressed, No fretful nation yearning to be free But golden rivers gliding111 words
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Article191 1915-10-08 2 The Mining World” saysßedruth is tbe home of Gopeng Consolidated, and there the company ia managed on a most modera’o scale of expenditure by a board of directors wMD thoroughly understand bow to deal with the metal—tin—which is produced. Gopeng has been described as the best mine ever191 words
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Advertisement1084 1915-10-08 2 WANTED TO BUY. WANTED. CEARA RUBBER SEEDS io small or O SOUND STRONG YOUNG HORSES large quantities- ponie-. Reply stating ago, Apply to No. 80, e/o Pina», GwU>. I<,or > hei h f> rice n The Chief Police Offices, 927—12-10 Ifok TO LET. MEMBANG ESTATE. TTOUSE No. 17 LOGAN ROAD.1,084 words
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Article906 1915-10-08 3 SWORN TESTIMONY OF ENEMY OFFICER. China papers contain the following news trom the Russian Legation at Peking > The following dispatch from the General Headquarters of the Russian Army is dated August Ist: “An Austrian lieutenant, belonging to an infantry regiment, who was made prisoner, gave on July906 words
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Article616 1915-10-08 3 STIRRING WELCOME FOR BRITISH WOUNDED. There were stirring scenes at Tilbury Dock when a large number of wounded soldiers, released from prison camps in Germany, were landed from the Princess Juliana. The boat arrived at the entrance to the dock at about three o’clock, whereupon the lighters616 words
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Article199 1915-10-08 3 Further proof of tbe existence of angels on battlefields has been given by a Canadian soldier who was gassed and wounded in the first gas attack at Ypres and is now convalescent. Like most soldiers in hospitals now, he bad the question put to him if he199 words
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Article20 1915-10-08 3 Penang :—The E. O. Hotel, The Crag, Runnymede Hotel, Hotel Norman, Singapore: —Raffles Hotel. Rangoon Strand Hotel.20 words
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Article550 1915-10-08 3 MACEDONIAN MASSACRES RECALLED. In a recent discussion in tbe House of Lords upon the massacres and outrages now being perpetrated by Turks upon the Christian races of Asia Minor, writes a correspondent to The Times,” Lord Crewe is reported to have said Wholesale massacre and deportation have550 words
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Article301 1915-10-08 3 Blind Soldier and Disfigured Wife. The following touching story is related by a convalescent French officer A Paris workman, mobilised on the second day of the war, left behind him a wife and little daughter. Wounded in the Argonne, he was sent to V—for treatment, and301 words
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Article393 1915-10-08 3 His Majesty the King of Siam, having observed that the Siamese after their day’s work bad no opportunity for healthy and profitable recreation, and being desirous of promoting those qualities which football engenders, has presented a cup for competition. His Majesty’s reasons for selecting football393 words
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Article428 1915-10-08 3 S.T.” Burning Wreck Sinks in Straits of Macassar. Confirmation of the news of the loss of the Standard Oil vessel Kanakuk has been received by the Standard Oil Company in Singapore, but, fortunately, with that news has come the intimation that the captain and crew are safe—“ S.T.” - 428 words
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Advertisement54 1915-10-08 3 A MEAN FEELING in the head, a bad taste in the mouth and a coated tongue in the morning point to a sluggish liver. the tiny laxatives, will gently remove these symptoms without a single gripe. Of Cherniste, 50 cents per phial, or post free from the Dr. Williams' Medicine54 words
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Advertisement87 1915-10-08 3 X r X X% vV* 9 a <3. -a a/Z Hotels V ?**t^* v JAW-' A n f A iDealers and Av \<t I If A Xfk IP V- *xX '>also X R..T. REID, Co., Penang. A. C. HARPER Co., All Branches. THE BORNEO Co., Ltd., Singapore. 4 Sodium Bisulphite87 words
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Article1302 1915-10-08 4 Bulgaria has legitimate grievances, and if she had bad patience there was a likelihood that the Entente Powers would have found a way to meet most of her desires, possibly even to the extent of reverting to the Serbo-Bulgaran Treaty of 1912, thus restoring to Bulgaria1,302 words
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Article1090 1915-10-08 4 Unhappy Armenia! Once aga’n the world is appalled by the headlines that are all too familiar, Massacres of Armenians; hideous atrocities.” This time it is not the wholesale slaughter of thirty or forty thou- sand. In one oase the whole of the Armenian population of a big1,090 words
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Article80 1915-10-08 4 The ooutraot packet E lora, with the mails from Europe, left Negapatam at noon on Tuesday, and is expected to arrive here at 6 a m. to-morrow. The homeward mail closes at 11 a.m. on Sunday. Registration up to 6 pm, ou Saturday. The P O intermediate steamer80 words
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Article35 1915-10-08 4 To-day's quotation for unrefined tic in Penang was $72 50 per picul, business done—a decrease of 70 cents. Tin is quoted in London to-day at £149 15s. Spot, and £l5l three months.35 words
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Article421 1915-10-08 4 The output of Tongkah Compound dredge for- the month of September was 530 piculs. The famous explorer Friedtjof Nansen has published a book wherein he advocates strong defensives armaments in Norway. Cholera exists at Batavia, and under The Quarantine Rules 1908,” the pcirt of Batavia is declared an421 words
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Advertisement118 1915-10-08 4 I XMAS 1915. I GREETINGS from MALAYA i Private Xmas and New Year g 1 Cards with local views in colours. g S. EE g A Specially designed and Selected g I Stock just arrived 1 1 ORDER EARLY FROM THE g Pinang Gazette Press, Limited, Cash Chemists Limited, Penang,118 words
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Advertisement13 1915-10-08 4 “E- O.” MOTOR GARAGE. CARS ON HIRE $4 AN HOUR. TELEPHONE No. 322.13 words
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Page 4 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous33 1915-10-08 4 THE TIDES. The following are the tides for tomorrow, Penang Standard Time» High Water. Low Water. 11-42 a.m. 6* 2 a.m. 6-17 p.m. 0- 9 a.m. 6-36 a.m. 0-19 p.m. 6 50 p.m.33 words
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Article215 1915-10-08 5 BULGARIA SIDES WITH GERMANY. GREECE’S NEW PREMIER. NEW FRENCH SUCCESS There has been heavy fighting in Champagne, where the French, after an extremely severe artillery fire, carried another portion of the enemy’s second line positions, taking more than a thousand prisoners. The Berlin communique admits the violence of215 words
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France and Belgium.
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Article172 1915-10-08 5 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] A FRENCH SUCCESS. HEAVY ARTILLERY FIRE. [Copyright Telegrams.] (By Submarine Telegraph.) Paris, October 7. The French guns are heavily bombarding the whole of the front. The communique says the bombardment was reciprocal in Artois, and particularly violent in the region of Givenchy, east of Souchez.[Reuter’s Telegrams.] - 172 words
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Turkey and the Near East
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Article302 1915-10-08 5 RUSSIAN DEMANDS REJECTED. ALLIED MINISTERS DEPART. Petrograd, October 6. The Serbian Archimandrite at Moscow has received news that Bulgaria has rejected the Russian demands, and that Bulgaria has sent an ultimatum to Serbia, concerning Macedonia, requiring an answer within 24 hours. Russian Minister Departs, London, October 7. The Russian302 words
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Article100 1915-10-08 5 VENEZELOS EXCLUDED. Athens, October 6. A conference between King Constantine and ex-Premiers decided in favour of the formation of a CoaHtion Cabinet, under M. Zaimis, tut without M. Venezelos. M. Zaimis Accepts. Athens, October 7. M. Zaimis has accepted 4 the task of forming a Cabinet, which100 words
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Russian Campaign.
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Article56 1915-10-08 5 POSITIONS TAKEN. Petrograd, October 7. A Russian communique says The artillery duel has been incessant in the Dvinsk region. The Russians stormed trenches at Postary, halfway between Dvinsk and Vilna, and di ove the Germai s back to the south of Lake Narotch, and are parsuing them. We56 words
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General News.
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Article39 1915-10-08 5 PACIFIC DEFENCE. Wellington, October 7. In the New Zealand House of Representatives, the Premier said the defence of the Pacific was a matter for the Imperial Conference. He hoped the Conference would meet at an early date.39 words
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Article21 1915-10-08 5 London, October 7. The King of Siam has been gazetted an Honorary General in the British Army.21 words
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Article95 1915-10-08 5 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, October 8. At the annual meeting of Singapore Rowing Club, the Hon. Mr. Darbisbire, who presided, congratulated the members on the Club’s improved financial position. He commented on the suggestion to remove the bosthouse to the new reclamation, and said be thought95 words
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Article371 1915-10-08 5 THEIR USE IN EUROPE. I have just read in a Paris contemtemporary Le Journal,” writes a London correspondent, a suggestive statement attributed to M. Tsambou, a special Japanese envoy to Italy, from which I may quote the following Our people are deeply interested in the course of the371 words
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ARMENIAN MASSACRES.
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Article429 1915-10-08 5 —Reuter. STATEMENTS IN HOUSE OF LORDS. London, October 7. In the He use of Lords, asking information regarding the Armenian massacres, Lord Cromer said even though there were no trustworthy evidences of direct German complicity, in view of the Germans’ present influence at Constantinople, Germany’s moral responsibility was—Reuter. - 429 words
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Article262 1915-10-08 5 The Messagero published on August 25th an interview with Signor Giacomo Gorrini, Italian Consul General of Irebizond, who bad just arrived at Rome. The Consul bad jurisdiction over seven vilayets on the Russian Bosphorus frontier. The Consul says the situation in the interior of Turkey is horrible.262 words
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Article651 1915-10-08 5 A correspondent sends the Guardian some additional details about the plight of the Armenians in Turkey. These details were obtained from some Greeks of Trebizond, who were carrying maize to Kirasund, when they were taken prisoners by a Russian boat and landed at Batum. According to their651 words
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Article745 1915-10-08 5 A STRIKING APPEAL. Ararat an Armenian journal, contains the following Armenia, on which, with the assent of Europe, has rested up till now the yoke of the Tu ks, has actually become the theatre of the Russo-Turkish war, sharing the fate of Poland and of heroic Belgium. Bub745 words
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Article45 1915-10-08 5 A telegram via Dutch sources says that the students at Bucharest have raided all the German shops there and have destroyed the plant of pro-German newspapers. Fifty Rumanians, who were present at a meeting, protesting against the mobilisa» tion, have been arrested.45 words
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Article107 1915-10-08 5 THE LATEST DIVIDENDS. RUBBER HALF-A-GROWN. (P. O. Special.) London, October 7. The following dividends are announced Cheras Robber Co., Ltd., 2} per cent (interim.) Gula Kaluna pong Rubber Estates, Ltd.» 1/- (interim.) Siak (Sumatra) Rubber Estates, Ltd., 9d (interim). Sannygama (Ceylon) Tea Estates Co.Ltd 30 per cent107 words
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Article29 1915-10-08 5 London, October 7.* The following is the rubber quotation for to-day Plantation Ist Latex Crepe 2/s|. Para to arrive Oct.-Dec. 2/s}. [•By courtesy of Messrs. Boustead29 words
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Obituary15 1915-10-08 5 Obituary. SURGEON-GENERAL CUFFE. London, October 7. The death has occurred of SurgeonGeneral Sir Chatles Cuffe.15 words
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Article1122 1915-10-08 6 WRECK OF DUTCH LINEB. The past has been an eventful week for us in shocks and surprises, writes a corres pondent of the “Straits Times” from Soerabaya, on September 30, the first in importance being the wreck of the Koningin Emma, followed shortly after by the news1,122 words
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Article73 1915-10-08 6 The British Consul-General has recently circularised British mercantile firms with a request that he may be supplied with particulars as to the amount of capital employed by them, as also by any agricultural companies under their control. It is understood this information is required for the73 words
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Article420 1915-10-08 6 Messrs. James F. Hutton Co Ltd, writing on Sept. 9, report:— Liverpool Cotton. To-day. Last Week. Mid-American—Spot 5,98 5.91 Mid-American, Current Month 5.81| 5.79 F.G.F. Egyptian—Spot 8.00 7.80 F.G.F. Egyptian, Current Month 7.88 7.75 New York Cotton. Yesterday. Last week: Spot—Cents. 10.00 9.75 Current Month 9.86 9.60420 words
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Article371 1915-10-08 6 .—-‘T.O.M,” The report of the Siam Steam Navigation Company, Limited, for tbe first six months of this is very interesting reading, when coupled with the balance sheet and the profit and loss account which were placed before the shareholders says the Siam Observer.” This Company, formed.—-‘T.O.M,” - 371 words
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Advertisement265 1915-10-08 6 THE EVER POPULAR HOUSEHOLD REMEDY I Which has now borne the Stamp df Public Approval for OVER FORTY YEARS. P ENO’S ‘FRUIT SALT’ Pleasant to Take, Refreshing and Invigorating, IT IS VERY BENEFICIAL IN ALL CASES OF Biliousness, Sick Headache, Constipation, Errors in Diet —Eating or Drinking, Thirst, i Giddiness,265 words
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Advertisement154 1915-10-08 6 MARSEILLES TILES. “SWAN BRAND.” Large Supplies on Hand. Orders Now Being Booked. INDIAN 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. I There is Nothing 1 to Joke about in154 words
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Article338 1915-10-08 7 DARING ADVENTURE AT MOULMEIN. Three political prisoner» recently escaped from the jeil at Moulmein during the early hour». ‘’The Moalmein Advertiser describing the escape, writes in the following terms; “It was between 5 and 6 s.m. when guns were fired and the jail alarm clock was sounded,338 words
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Article461 1915-10-08 7 West Africa had a large output of edible and oil producing nuts for which a new marke*, in place ol Germany, is wanted, and the Imperial Institute has mads a move in the matter by inducing some English companies to extract oil from the nuts461 words
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Article376 1915-10-08 7 Dr. Armgaard Karl Graves, the spy, who wrote “The Secrets of the German War Office has issued another book, entitled “The Red Secrets of the Hobenzollerns.” He is described by the publishers— Messrs Mcßride, Nast and Co.—as the most famous of spies. Whatever his376 words
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Article435 1915-10-08 7 Bombay Judqe’s Strictubes. Bombay, September 10—9 a the original side of the Bombay High Court, before Mr. Justice Reeman, a suit filed by Raichand Kassijee, a Marwari firm, to recover Rs. 1,501 on a promissory note executed by Haji Cassom Summar came up. The facts appear in435 words
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Article125 1915-10-08 7 OUTPUTS FOR SEPTEMBER. The following are rubber outputs for September Alma lbs. 21,000 Ayer Hitam 26,037 Beverlac 16,205 Blackwater 12,696 Bakap 25,950 Batu Matang 11,880 B mas-Perak 1,766 Bukit Toh Alang 12,105 Bukit Cloh 25.000 Bukit Selangor 7.933 Chota 15,023 Cluny 16,902 Chemor United 14,156 Duson Durian 36,240 Hongkong125 words
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Article170 1915-10-08 7 The following were the results of the tiee played on Wednesday Veterans—Swan and G E W Motion beat Allan and Goodwin by 6—4, 6—2. Doubles Handicap A—Savi and Gregson beat Hotchkiss and Perrin by 4—6, 6—l, 6—-3. J R Bennett and Prentis beat Goatly and Hall by170 words
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Article74 1915-10-08 7 For the period from the 8t to 14th October, 1915, inclusive, the value of the highest grade of rubber is fixed at two shillings *nd four pence three quarter penny per lb., and the duty on cultivated rubber on which export duty is leviable on an ad74 words
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Article71 1915-10-08 7 SHIPPING ARRIVALS. Pangkor, Brit., 94, Caswell, Oct 8, Dinjings, gen., E. S. Co. Ipoh, Bnt., 558, Daly, Oct 8, S’pore, gen., Adamson G. Co. Cornelia, Brit., 197, Bergwitz, Oct 8, T. Anson, gen., E. 8 Co. Pin Seng. Brit., 378. Davidson, Oct 7, S’pore, gen., E. S. Co. Rotorua,71 words
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Article45 1915-10-08 7 To-day. Brandan for Deli and Asahan. Perlis for Trang, Tongkah and Pang Nga. Pin Seng for Port Swettenham Singapore. Hebe for Teluk Anson. Mambang for Setul. Un Peng for PulaujLangkawi, Perlis Setul. Paogkor for Bindings Sitiawan and Bagan Flying Dragon for Portweld and Taiping.45 words
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Article90 1915-10-08 7 CLOSE AT GENERAL POST OFFICE. To-Morrow. For Per Close. Yen Jit Seng 7 a.m. Langsa, T Semawe, > Segli, Olehleh, m n S.bang, Pad. ng etc.! D Van Tw,st 2 Batavia J Port Swettenham and Singapore Eilora 3 p.m. Calcutta and Durban 1 aisang 3 pm. Port Swettenham and90 words
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Advertisement545 1915-10-08 7 THE POPULAR PETER WALKER PETER WALKER S 9 LAGER [|l 1 J I ——t~t_ Z I I PETER FROM ALL FIRST-CLASS DEALERS, or SELLAR, MURRAY Co., FIRST VISIT TO PENANG, THE NEW CIRQUE (OF LONDON AND PARIS). This High Class Combination of CIRCUS and VARIETY ARTISTES, will shortly appear in545 words
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Page 7 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous189 1915-10-08 7 Look out What the public are demanding WE HAVE THEM Laugh I To-night! Laugh AT THE Kuala Kangsa Road Theatre B Under the Management of the STRAITS CINEMA Co. A SPECIAL PROGRAMME OF PHOTO VAUDEVILIE 4 VARIETY Nestor-Universal 3 Reel Comedy. THOSE WERE HAPPY DAYS. A most refreshing comedy featureing189 words
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Advertisement2467 1915-10-08 8 w^— 'W I P. V- intended sailings. straits Steam Ship Co., Ltd, fete Ocean I team Navigation Co. Dditicu In hi a ~*°l I i~**»»* I stmm sbipc»., m rC II IW lIXU I A BW ettenham ana Every Tuesday, at 5-30 p.m.flang. AVD -Vir.l... T.kgr.pby fitted O. .11 P2,467 words
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