Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 9 December 1915

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833; No. 283 VOL. LXXIII, THURSDAY. 9th .DECEMBER. 1915, PRICE 10 CENTS
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 1009 1 U "iMOT WAMT'ro'sH/p/ 11 1 BUY OB SELL B RUB B E R OB TO FORWARD QOODD Ire ANY FAAT w ymb Wflßin ALLEN DENNYS CoV. wdom nun. mb ft in a M WE PINANG GAZETTE.'’ *■■■>■■■■»*««■ <JUST TO HAND belch sheet, fikahg. straits settlements DITC" Q > _NovdtlCS I
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    • 62 1 oaoaDoaaaauanaaa g FOB S3O g H X7OU obd bare the Pinang n B X Gaaetto" posted every day q g for a whole year te your address. S (LOCAL SUBSCBIFTIOM, $27). Q Proportionate Quarterly and p g Half-yearly rates. g g BuhecriptiMio are payable in S tdaaet and remittances should
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  • 901 2 WITH A CASUALTY CLEARING STATION. The following are extracts from letters received in Ceylon from Lieut. H V Leembruggen, R A M C, from Gallipoli: sth Casualty Clearing Sta'ion, Med: Expe Force. 20th O itooer, 1915. We are camped out on a wid sh plain
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  • 30 2 The following undelivered cable lies at the office of the Eastern Extension Telegraph Co.: Nov 24rh, from London, to Leo Chaplin c/o P. and O. Coy Agent.
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  • 664 2 INTERESTING STORY OF ALLEGED AGENI'. The alleged confessions of a Dutch spy in German service appear in the Amsterdam Telegraaf,” with a view to showing how the espionage recruiting agents go to work in Holland and what the young Netherlanders who enter their service have to do.
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  • 100 2 Freedom tights for us still the old gods live Marko and Milos of the Eyes that Blind Still ride the flame, still shot across the wind Valour arms Virtue and Faith the fugitive. And these, O peasant people, are thine aid, In this death’s darkness that
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  • 109 2 Offer to the War Office. Colombo, November 25A medical gentleman up-country has invented a powerful incendiary war bomb formula, which he has forwarded to the Ministry of Munitions aud Inventions, London, in response to the appeal which appeared in the newspapers from Mr. E. VV. Moir, the
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 1599 2 zywiNG to the war madime NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS CECILE will make considerable gp THE A SITUATION as ESTATE MANA- reductions in all her Millinery and TAURITN MTNPQ TIMITRn GER by a planter of many years k ftn nspection of same at the I NEW I experience, possessing full knowledge of
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    • 336 2 Made in England far over 100 Cockle's Piii s Cockle s Pills A tried and trusted family med lc in e prescribed by medical men for the common ailments of everyday hf such as e ACIDITY, INDIGESTION, BILIOUSNESS, SICK HEADACHE, DISORDERED LIVER. These famous pills cleanse and reg 3 late
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  • 1130 3 THE BRITISH NAVY IN DUTCH EYES. What a Dutchman thinks of the British Fleet is shown in a translation of an article by Mr J C van der Veer, the London correspondent of the Amsterdam newspaper Der Telegrafl Once, at a time when all appeared to be
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  • 188 3 At the last monthly meeting of the local branch of the British Medical Association the question of the growing demand for Medical men in connection with the war was brought up, and Doctors Andreas Nell, I. Spittel and Ratnam were appointed a Committee to enquire and
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  • 577 3 There is a general impression that some form of compulsory service for Europeans is under consideration and will be introduced at no remote date. If such a scheme is to work smoothly and without upsetting trade the employers of European staffs in the Fort will have
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  • 1046 3  -  paradise of the fiend of utility.Edward E. Long in the Empire Review.” AN ARCADIA OF LOWER BURMA. Stretching in clusters along the coast of that furthermost limb of Asia which juts out into the Indian Ocean like a huge leg and footthe lone islet of Singapore lyin g
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  • 267 3 In a recruiting supp'ement The Times gives a i umber of messages from many eminent people. Amongst the letters is one from Lady Lugard, who writes A splendid opportunity has been offered to us. France and England are fighting side r>y sideFrarce f*mcus for swift audacity of
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  • 212 3 A feature of the annual prize day function at Kirgswood College, Kandy, is the prologue in which local topics especially are cleverly hit off while current events generally are touched on. Below we reproduce the. local references from this year’s effort which deals with the war, the
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  • 267 3 .Ex. Magnificent New Liners. The Nippon Yusen Kaisha (the Japan Mail Steamship Company) have lately added to the fleet for use of their European line from Yokohama to London five mag nificent steamers, the Fushimi Maru, 11,900 tons, Suwa Maru, 11,900 tons, Yasaka Maru, 11,900 tons,
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    • 342 3 k PRODUCE'OF/FRANCE "CdRDOK |T solejmporters: T°CoRDON H|BBERT.WOODROFFE&C9LT9 1 KO.UGEj* (Incorporated in' Eng I and./' JaUNE/ 19.000 MILES AT BROOKLANDS. To 16 th December, 1913. Managing Director, Stelastic Tyres, Ltd. Dear Sir, Last year you Supplied me with a set of Ste’astic B Tyres for the i-ingle cylinder Sizaire Car which
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  • 1415 4 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] THE ALLIES’ DETERMINATION. [Copyright Telegrams.] (By Submarine Telegraph). Amsterdam, December 8. Speaking in the Hungarian Chamber, Count Andraesy declared that in view of the declaration of the French Premier, and the speeches in the House of Commons, there was little probability of peace. The enemies
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  • 89 4 QUESTIONS IN COMMONS. London, December 8. In the House of Common», in reply to questions regarding the behaviour of Germans in Shameen, and suggestions that they be interned or expelled, that the German concessions in China be occupied, and the German Consul and officials arrested, in to
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  • 38 4 JAPANESE PRECAUTIONS. Tok io, December 8. It is understood that in view of the disturbances at Shanghai, Japan is taking measures to protect Japanese residents and interests Several Japanese warships are already on the scene.
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  • 20 4 London, December 8, The death has occurred of Mr. R Roche, Nationalist M.P. for North Louth.
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  • 172 4 Londoo, December 8. In the House of Commons, Sir J. D. Rees asked what annual number of appointments were necessary to keep the Indian Civil Service at its usual strength, whether the casualties expected during the next two vears would be only a quarter or very much
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  • 364 4 The fact that the Indian Civil Service Bill has passed its second reading in the House of Commons without a division may be taken, says the Pioneer,” as sufficient evidence that at Home it is regarded as non-controversial and indeed, as a measure of but bare justice
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  • 42 4 DUFF DEVELOPMENT. THE RUBBER MARKET. (P. G. Special Cable.) London, December 8. The Duff Development Co., Ltd., report shows an income of £44 000, and an expenditure of £59,000. The rubber market is unchanged, the price being still 3/6.
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  • 57 4 (From Our Own Correspondent.') Singapore, December 9. At the Singapore rubber auctions there were offered 310 tons. The sales are unfinished. Fine Ribbed Smoked touched $2OO, the average being $lB7. Fine Pale $174 to $lB9, Plain Smoked $l6l to $lB4. Unsmoked $147 to $159 Brown Crepe $l7O
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  • 18 4 [J’rom Our Own Correspondent.'] Singapore, December 9. The output of gold from Raub was 1,170 ounces.
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  • STOP PRESS NEWS.
    • 71 4 ENEMY OFFENSIVE. Paris, December 8. Minor German attacks are a feature of a communique which states that the French machine guns prevented the Germans from restoring destroyed works at Hetsas. The artillery north of Arras stopped a German attack. Our guns destroyed a defensive work in the
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    • 48 4 BRITISH NAVAL D.S.O.’S London, December 8. Simultaneous with the gazetting of Admiral King Hall’s detailed despatches regarding the destruction of the German eraser Koenigsberg, five Distinguished Service Orders are conferred, namely, Cap'ain Fullerton, Command-r Robert Wilson, Naval Aeronaut Robert, Gordon Cull, and Sub-Lieutenants Harwood and Arnold.
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    • 32 4 Paris, December 8. The Bulgari ins, on Sunday, violently attacked a bridgehead at Demir Kapu, on the Vardar, but were comp’etely repulsed. Calm prevailed over the whole front on Monday.
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    • 82 4 THE BRITISH CASUALTIES. London, Dec. 8. In the House of Commons, Mr. Austen Chamberlain said that at the hsUia of Ctesiphon 643 B-itish were killed, and 3,330 wounded, while 594 were musing. It is believed that during the retreat the British Usses were less than 310. Some
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  • 267 4 Bride of a Week Meets Awful De .th; A distressing cliff fatality occu; red near Beachy Head, a bride of a week being dashed to death in a motor car in her husband’s presence. Lieutenant St. John Sampson, A. S. C., who is home from the front
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  • 139 4 The following are the latest quotations in our share list Yesterday. To-day. tn ce ns Sharks. J a> M 02 M CO Mining. Rahman Tin $B4 $9 $9 $lO To-day’s quotations, Renong Tin Dredging Company, Ord., 25/-; Sumatra Para Rubber Plantations, 6/-. Mr. G. A. Talbot presided
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  • 740 4 BAZAAR RESULTS. We have pleasure in publishing the fol. lowing communication from Mrs R p Phillip?, Hon Secretary of the above League, on the results of the recent Bazaar in aid of the Red Cross funds. The Committee de-ire to give most grate ful thanks to the
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    • 370 4 MEW ADVERTISEMENTS. FOR SALE. THE NETHERLANDS HOTEL, 1* IB KING STREET, PENANG, AS A GOING CONCERN. All particulars from CUNNINGHAM, CLARK Co., 31 Beach Street and 8 Bishop Street, Penang. NOTICE. THE Siamese and Burmese communities and Buddhists in general of Penang are hereby informed that a meeting will be
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  • 20 4 Obituary. LORD ARMITSTEAD. London, December 8. The death has occurred of Lord Armitstead, formerly Liberal M.P; for Dundee, aged 91.
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  • 743 5 was than a Dem l cracyJapan Chronicle.” PRE REPUBLICAN DAYS. In Professor Parker’s amusing and informing John Chinaman, written when the conversion of China to a Republic would have been scouted as an absurdity unworthy of discussion, there is an interesting penpicture of Yuan Shib-kai as he appeared
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  • 184 5 The suppression of the London evening p’per the Globe aroused some excitement, not so much because of the particular pappr that was dealt with as because the authorities had taken such a course. It was believed the action was taken under the Defence of
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  • 452 5 IRISMERE RAMMED BY INCOMING VESSEL. As briefly wired by our Singapore correspondent, an extraordinary mishap attended by serious results occurred in the Wet Dock, Tanjong Pagar, one, indeed, which, unless the enquiries which will be made in official quarters reveal some unforeseen factor, can only be
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  • 249 5 It is now definitely announced by Holland’s Navy Department that one of the two new 7,000-ton cruisers is to be built by the Nethei lands Shipluilding Company at Amsterdam, and the other by tbe Royal De Schelde Company at Flushing. The building plans are, however, to come from
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  • 101 5 The following example of how to wri'e Society news is taken from tbe Rushville News (Ind The bride and groom presented a regal spectacle, never equalled since the proud Cleopatra sailed down the perfumed lotusbearing Nile in her gilded pageant to meet Mark Antony while all the
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  • 95 5 A 4.1 German naval gun recovered from the Emden after she had been run ashore and de-.troyed at Cocos Island by H.M.A.S. Sydney has been added to the captured German guns on view on the Horse Guards Parade, in London. The naval gun, which is in a
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  • 300 5 CRUISE IN'O THE UNKNOWN ARCTIC Mr. V. Stefansson, the explorer wired from Cape Kellett, Bank Island on Sept. 3, as follows The North Star sailed on August 4, under the command of Wilkins, of Ad* laide, Australia, the only member of the British Empire, besides myself,
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  • 572 5 It is announced that owing to tbe Egyptian Government having declined to take any responsibility in connection with the transport of pilgrims to and from Mecca and Medina, scarcely any Egyptians have proceeded to tbe Holy Shrines this year. By contrast, however, the pilgrim traffic, from the
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 148 5 4 THE LEADING PENANG BOOT STORE. Value Unequalled EVER INCREASING ASSORTMENT. A AK Newest Styles and Shapes. WHITEAWAY, LAIDLAW Co., Ltd., PENANG. 4 *****44'4 44 44 *****4444 N I JUST ARRIVED I Motor, Motor Cycle, Tricar and Cycle I ALL BRITISH B |AVON TYRES I CHEAPEST LUXURY IN MOTORDOM.” I
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  • 940 6 week ago Reuter’s message was received giving a eytopsis of the report of the] Directors of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Coy. Ltd., for £the past year. It stated that the balance was £500,000, of which £78,000 was (carried forward. Three vessels had teen
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  • 34 6 To-day’s quotation for unrefined tit in Penang was $81.50 per picul, business done—an increase of 85 cents. Tin is quoted in London yesterday at £166 spot, and £165 10s. three months
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  • 215 6 The homeward mail closes at 8 a.m. on Saturday. Registration up till 6pm, tomorrow. The management of the Maternity Hospital acknowledge, with'thanks, a donation of $250 from Messrs. Pritchard Co. Ltd., towaids the purchase of surgical equipment. The members of rhe Advisory Board of the Sikh community in
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  • 1449 6 Notwithstanding the fact that the Chancellor of the Exchequer has decided to strengthen his Budget in various ways he is bringing within the scope of the income tax, foreign agencies in the United Kingdom, foreign exporters and some others who have not previously contributed from the large
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  • 415 6 A rather cruel case of child beating was before Mr. V. G. Ezechiel, in the Second Court, Penang, to-day, when Catherine Law, the wife of a Christian Chinese, employed in the Colbgs of the Mission Etrangere, Palo Tikus, answered to a summons issued against her at the
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 35 6 THE TIDES. The following are the tides for tomorrow, Penang Standard Times High Water. Low Water. 1- a.m, 8-25 a.m. 2- p.m. 822 p.m. 2-10 a.m. 9- 8 a.m. 3 -4 p.m. 9- 8 p.m.
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  • 259 7 FRENCH SUBMARINE LOST. RETIREMENT IN MACEDONIA. GREEK KING’S STATEMENT. AUSTRIAN PEACE VIEW. The British troops defeated a Bu’garian attack at one point in Macedonia, and the French artillery stopped an ffiort at another part of the line. Paris reports a retirement of a few miles by the Allied
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  • France and Belgium.
    • 72 7 [Reuter’s Services]. TRENCH FIGHTING IN CHAMPAGNE. Copybight Telegrams.] (By Submarine Telegraph.) Paris, December 8. The French and Belgian artillery demolished an enemy work at Hetaas. The cannonade in Artois was very fierce, and was accompanied at some points by fighting with heavy bombs. The stapggle continued
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    • 138 7 RESULTS OF TYPHUS EPIDEMIC. London, December 8. Seventy-three British disabled soldiers from Germany arrived at Flushing, en route for England, also 150 civilians, including 50 coloured people, who had been released from internment in Germany. The soldiers presented a pathetic sight. Apart from missing legs and arms,
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    • 23 7 London, December 8. An explosion completely destroyed Fort Cognelle at Namur. Eighty German soldiers are reported to have been killed.
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    • 54 7 Paris, December 8. Field-Marshal Sir John French and General Sir Archibald Murray, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, were present at the second meeting of the Allied War Council, at the French Headquarters,yesterday. The meeting was presided over by General Joffre, and was attended by Japanese and
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  • Turkey and the Near East
    • 247 7 AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT. Paris, December 8. The Serbian Minister at Athens declares that the enemy’s picture of the Serbian Army as a miserable herd of refugees is untrue. With the 1916-17 Classes, the Army will shortly number a quarter of a million men, who will give the
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    • 364 7 Paris, Nov. 5,The correspondent of the Petit Journal” at Salonika, telegraphing on November 2, gives an account of Serbia’s heroic iesis ance. He says I called on the Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs, M. Yovanovitch, who, handing me a letter, said, With this you will be
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    • 238 7 GERMANY’S ASSURANCES. New York, December 8. King Constantine in his interview with the American correspondent, was asked whether Germany gave an assurance in respect of Greek neutrality, to which King Constantine replied, Of course, but that does not prevent German or Bulgarian Arnres, as measures of military
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    • 363 7 You ask what has happened in the Balkans, and why the Bulgarians have so dismally belied our hopes and their own past traditions, writes Mr. Spender in the Saturday Westminster." How can Greece and Rumania look on while the German Powers link up with the Turk over
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    • 166 7 THE BRITISH RETIREMENT. London, December 8. In the House of Lords, Lord Crewe stated, in regard to the retirement in Mesopotamia, from Ctesiphon to a strong position down the river Tigris, that it was a wise course, and one that ought to be generally approved. A Splendid Feat. London,
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    • 143 7 SIR E. GREY’S STATEMENT. London, December 8. In the Hoose of Commons, in reply to Mr. John Dillon, Sir Edward Grey said be was confident the Persian Cabinet was sincerely anxious to restore order, and that it had already endeavoured to take effective measures for that purpose. The presence
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    • 29 7 Petrograd, December 8. The most notable fact in the Russian communique is that there are eighteen feet of snow in the mountainous sectors of the Caucasus front.
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  • Naval Operations.
    • 253 7 CREW PRIS NERS. Paris, December 8. The French Ministry of Marine announces that, according to the German Wireless, an Austrian warship destroyed the French submarine, Fresnel, on Sunday, taking prisoners 28 of (he crew. Allied Vessels Destroyed* London, December 8. An Austrian communique shows that the French
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    • 111 7 In the House of Lords, The Duke of Devonshire, replying to Lord Strachie, stated that 14 officers were employed in carrying dispatches to and from the Headquarters of our Army abroad. Of these, three were members of the House of Lords and two were members of the
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  • 19 7 London, December 8. The Suez Canal dues will be increased by fifty ctntiu.es on April Ist.
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  • 107 7 New York, December 8. A message from Rome reports that the American oil steamer Communipaw was sank by a submarine off Tripoli. The fate of the crew and the nationality of the submarine are unknown. The Fate of the Crew. Washington, December 8. It appears that
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  • General News.
    • 77 7 A RUPTURE POSSIBLE. Washington, December 8. Interest in the controversy with Germany is intense, bt cause a diplomatic rupture is considered possible in well infer ued circles. The German Attaches. Washington, December 8. Mr. Lansing, State Secretary, has replied to Count Bernstorff’s enquiry for the reasons
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    • 347 7 New York, Nov. BThe American newspapers publish extracts from conversations held by Dr. Dumbs, the retired Austro-Hungarian Ambassador, in the course of his voyage home. According to a letter received from Dr. James W. Inches, of St. Clair, Michigan, who was a fellow passenger with Dr.
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    • 25 7 MR. WILSON AGAIN NOMINATED. St. Louis, December 8. The Democratic National Committee has passed a resolution, re-nominating President Wilson for the Presidency.
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    • 73 7 Zurich, December 8. Sensational disclosures of shortage of grain in Austria-Hungary were made in a speech by the Secretary of the Vienna Provision Market. He said the harvest was most disappointing. It was a great mistake for the Government to let the public suppose the opening of the
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    • 66 7 P. O. Company. RISE IN FARES FORECASTED. v London, December B. At the annual meeting of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co., Ltd., Lord Inchcape said that, owing to the great rise in working expenses it might be necessary to again raise the passenger rates. He stated that the
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    • 713 7 A strong Committee ha* been appointed by the Prime Minister, at the instance of the First Lord of the Admiralty, the Secretary of State for War, and the President of the Board of Trade, t > at range for facilitating the trade of the country, as far
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    • 41 7 Hague, December 8. The arrest of the Editor of the Telegraaf was brought to the notice of the Du'ch Parliament, and the Minister of Justice gave an assurance that the freedom of the Press would not be restricted.
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    • 22 7 London, December 8, The increase? in British imports i5 £16,129,030 £16,129,030 and exports £11,037,547. (Other Telegrams on page 4
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  • 931 8 January Meeting, 1916. (UNDER S. R. A. RULES OF RACING.) RACE DAYS: FIRST DAY Thursday, 6th January, 1916. SECOND DAY... Saturday, Bth January, 1916. FIRST DAY. Thursday, 6th January, 1916. 1 5 THE GEORGE TOWN PLATE and PURSE. Value $350 each. A Handicap for all ponies 14.2
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  • 879 8 NEW SOURCE OF FUEL SUPPLY. The Technical Committee of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders in conjunction with the Institution of Automobile Engineers, proposes to institute a research into the steel used in the industry, an! the Admiralty and the War Office have appointed representatives to t-it
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  • 47 8 SHIPPING ARRIVALS. Yautsze, Brit, 4149, Hodgson, Dec 8, Glasgow, gen., William Mansfield Co. Sui Sang, Brit., 1774, Jarrett, Dec. 8, H’kong, gen., Boustead Co. Fazilka, Brit., 2698, McNair, Dec 8, Madras, gen., H. L. Co. Pangkor, Brit., 94, Caswell, Dec 9, Dlndings, gen., E. S. Co.
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  • 18 8 To-day. Alma for Deli. Kedah for Dindings, Sitiawan Bagin Datoh and Teluk Anson. Jin Ho for Asahan.
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  • 62 8 CLOSE AT GENERAL POST OFFICE. To-Morrow. For Per Close Yen Jit Seng 7 a.m. Deli and Asahan Brandan 10 a m. Teluk Anson Hebe 4 p.m. Saturday. Ceylon, Australasia, x India, Aden, Mauri- I Sardinia 8 a.m. tins, Egypt and >lothinst. (Friday) Europe, I Reg. up to 6 p.m.
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  • 126 8 Penang, Dkcember 9, 1915. (By Oourlety of the Chartered Bank}. London Demand Bank ...2/4 3/16 4 months’ sight Bank ...2/4 9/16 3 Credit ...2/4 27/32 3 Documentary ...2/4 7 8 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 175 3 days’ sight Private 177 Bombay Demand Bank 175 Moulmein Demand Bank 174 3
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 109 8 fountain En Wifi! «111 F' Il in The Swan pleases the The Swan P ,ease the impatient exacting all others because it has writer. Those who ex- HI the hardest yet smoothpect more out of a pen est writing point which than others have given. years of writing do not
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    • 191 8 Make it Better fit s th® standing order n evcr y Michelin manufacturing department. Good dlOUgh never has been, and never will be, a Michelin op nion of I Michelin Tyres. Research work and exhaustive tests are constantly being carried out in the Michelin factories with a view to the
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    • 119 8 Mitsuya Hirano Water The Best Natural Mineral Water in the East. BOTTLED WITH ITS OWN NATURAL GAS. Awarded gold medals at the Univerpwjf Exposition, St. Louis 1914, Japans' W British Exposition 1910, etc., etc. ggi JK Supplied to H. M. The Emperor of Japan JU A and the Japanese Army
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  • 1303 9 Is»ue S 3 Value. 2 J O’** M W I M 1 1 Iyer Weng <Rabroan> DAP- Or, 3V> 1.0 10 Belat Tin Mining Oo M $2 82 30 £1 £1 Chenderlang Tin Dredging Co 13/. oum 1 £1 Deehook Dredging N. L. 18/ 18/9 fl £1 Gopeng Consolidated
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  • 661 9 Sir Edward Gait is now LieutenantGovernor of Bihar and Orissa. In the current Gazette of India” the appointment is notified of 95 gentlemen Cadets from the Quetta Cadet College to be Second-Lieutenants in the Indian Army. A marriage has been arranged and will take place in Taiping
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  • 136 9 SERBIAN RELIEF FUND. [To tki Editor of thi Pinang Gaz6tte."\ Sir, I beg to acknowledge receipt of the following further contributions Previously acknowledged ...$4,013.83 Offertory, St. Andrew’s Cathedral, Singapore 126.75 His Honour Mr. Justice Edmonds, Seremban 100 00 Mr. J. H. M. Robson, Kuala Lumpur 50 00 Anonymous 5.37
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  • 675 9 THE STANDARD MARKET. The small total of shipments from the Straits, together wirh ihe prospect of a continued difficulty in the mat er of freight room, have been the main factors in the revival of interest in tin market operations during the past few days, says the Ironmonger of
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  • 52 9 The Perak tin export for the month of November, 1915, excluding Upper Perak figures was Block Tin 188 piculs 29 katis Tin Ore 39,090 piculs 28 katis Duty $396,265.28 cents. The output of tin ore from the Ngow property of the Siamese Tin Syndicate, Ltd., for November was
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  • 27 9 OUTPUTS FOR NOVEMBER. The following are rubber outputs for November Bukit Mertajam lbs. 55,363 Sumatra Consol, 44,216 Sungei Siput 9,604 Sungei Reyla 9,175 Taiping Plant. 48,160
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 9 9 .GES [ICLES 2 'factors c IPANYu’J LAND. G x'.r.'-irzrv-VY'J
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    • 155 9 The Original London Gin GOHS Established 1769. The recipes of this ancient distillery for OLD TOM” -d DRY” GIN have made these throughout the world. IF YOU ARE PARTICULAR ABOUT YOUR PAHITS You will make a point of seeing that you get GORDON’S GIN. It is obtainable at all the
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  • 789 10 A SINGAPORE SKETCH. Having due regard to the requirements cf the Censorship, whose remarkable reticences are inspired by the lofty principle that if it be wise to pick up a wrinkle from the enemy, it is super-wis-dom to deny him a chance of learning anything,as he mostly knows
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  • 99 10 A record price for a keg of methlyene blue was paid at Derby at the Midland Railway lost property sale on November 3 The keg com aiued about cwt. of the dye, and bidding was very spirited. Prior to the war such a lot would
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  • 244 10 I. Bangkok Times Southern Linn Trains The new time table which comes into force on the Southern line on the Ist December, is a big improvement on the old one. Petchaburi now has three connections with Bangkok daily aud it is possible to do the double journey
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  • 144 10 Everything Rbady for Big Retreat. The Ribe Stiflstidende,” tbe principal paper cn the German frontier, whose excellent German military circles have been repeattdly demonstrated, has received the following from a German < fficer who was present during the great French efieusive in Champagne, September 25-27 I'Le Germans in
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  • 185 10 An interesting suggestion made by the Dimbula Planters’ Association has been discussed by the Planters’ Association Com mittee at Kandy, nao ely, that a icberne be set on foot for engaging a dentist for the planting districts. At this time of tbe day it is unnecessary to
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  • 116 10 The Colonial Journal says the contract undertaken last year by the Central Engine Works (Ltd.) for the electric lighting, of Johore Bahtu township provides for public lighting and for tbe supply cf light aud power to Gov ernment buildings and institutions in the town, aud to the
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  • 149 10 A medical gentleman up-country has invented a powerful incendiary war bomb, the formula for which ha has forwarded to the Ministry of Munitions and Inventions, Storey’s Gate, London, in response to an appeal which appeared in the newspapers from Mr. E. W. Moir, the Comp
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 364 10 s*-" mJ hi SENG n. mw. M H Repairing Co., Hotel 61 Bnrmah Road and I < O Phone No. 208. DvCIU wßJOttx The Famous Automobile Hospital. LEM BA NG, JAVA, The only re p a j r a hop that poeeeeae* Over 4,000 feet above sea level and the
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    • 366 10 Iff Variety ot Uses. The uses to which LEA PERRINS’ SAUCE can be put are innumerable. I At Luncheon, Dinner or Supper, it is the ideal sauce for Roast Meats, Fish, Game, Cheese, Salad, etc. In the Kitchen, it is indispensable to the cook for flavouring Soups, Stews, Gravies, i
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  • 415 11 CELEBRATION IN NORTHERN FRANCE. A Times of India" correspondent states: The Bakr’ld was celebrated by our Moslem troops in Northean France on the 2Och October which was declared a holiday for the brigade by the General. The arrangements for the praycs devolved on Captain Shah Mirza Baig (Hyderabad
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