Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 17 December 1915

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 291 VOL. LXXIII. FRIDAY. 17th DECEMBER. 1915. PRICE 10 CENTS
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  • Russian Campaign.
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      Germans and Dvinsk.
      37 2 [Reuter’s Telegram*.] Copyright Telegrams.] (By Submarine Telegraph.) Petrograd, December 16. The Germans are reported to be preparing a great battle in the Dvinsk region, where they are bringing up heavy guns and new regiments.
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      General Pau.
      41 2 Petrograd, December 16. General Pau, who has arrived at Petrograd, stated that he will remain in the capital with the Imperial General Staff The decision is welcomed by the Press, as contributiug to unity of action among the Allies.
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  • Naval Operations.
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      Italian Destroyer Mined.
      64 2 TRANSPORT LOST. Rome. December 16. The Austrian bombardment of Meschanbmen and San Giovanni in no way interfered with the Italian communications in Albania, whither the troops are being successfully transported. o<>e Italian transport, and one destroyer struck floating mines, but the troops and crews were saved by
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      America and the Ancona.
      110 2 CABINET SUPPORTS PRESIDENT. Washington, December 16. The United States Cabinet has unanimously supported President Wihou regarding Austria, and have agreed that diplomatic relations must be severed if the American demands are not met. Austria's Evasive Reply. Amsterdam, December 17. The Austrian Government’s reply to rhe American
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  • General News.
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      The Recall of Attaches.
      37 2 SAKE CONDUCT GUARANTEED. Washington, December 15. The British Embassy has been authorised to issue safe conducts to Captains Boyed and von Papen, the German exAttaches, who will sail for Rotterdam on December 21st,
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  • Article
    Review at Singapore.
    64 2 [From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, December 16. At a route march at Singapore yesterday there were 1,400 on parade, including 700 Naval men, with light guns and maxims, 200 of the Shropshire Regiment and 350 European Volunteers. The troops marchei with fixed bayonets through the native portion
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    Hongkong Dock Company’s Capital.
    93 2 Hongkong November I.The Hongkong Dock Company announce an increase in capita! by the creation of 10,000 shares of $5O each, issued at a premium of $lO per share. The new issue will be offered in the proportion of one new share for every five old ones.
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    German Lies in China.
    64 2 ORGANISED FALSEHOOD. London, December 15. A Peking telegram states that a flood of lying pamphlets regarding British oppression in India have arrived by mail from Holland. I The books bear the imprint, published by the Indian National Party but they are obviously of German origin, having
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    China’s New Regime.
    42 2 LquUuu, December 16. In the House of Commons, at question time, Lord Robert Cecil, Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs, said there was no reason to suppose that German intrigue had anything to do with the Constitutional change in China.
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    GERMAN HATE IN CHINA.
    380 2 One of the surprises of the war in the Far East has been the attitude of many of the local German residents in certain of the ports of China. The position was always a delicate one, bur much trouble and friction might have been spared by
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    The South African Contingent.
    355 2 London, December 1. General Smuts told a Capetown meeting that the response to the call for East Africa exceeded expectations. The Imperial Government had been notified that the force would be increased to provide for contingencies. h*e commented on the danger* of German action in Central
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    CHINESE VOLUNTEERS.
    505 2 PUBLIC MEETING TO-MORROW. The movement for the formation of a Chinese Company of Penang Volunteers for which the Government of the Straits Settlements has already given its sanction, will take definite shape to-morrow afternoon, when a public meeting of the Straits-born Chinese of the Settlement of Penang will
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    PENANG VOLUNTEERS.
    77 2 The Penang Volunteers and Cadetg (less A” Company) will parade at 7 am. on Sunday for field operations. Place of Parade:Junction. Gottlieb, Bagan Jhertnal and Burmah Roads. Dress Penang VolunteersManoeuvre. Dress Cadets Coats and Shorts. A Company will parade at 6-30 a.m. at Pulau Tikus Police Station. DreisVlanomvre.
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    Government Clerical Examination.
    110 2 The following were the results of the examination held on the 25th and 26th November in connection with the Government subordinate service. Class I: Abdulrahman, A. A. Surin, R. Yakoob Khan, L°e Oon Pheow, Shaik Ibrahim, K. Ahmed, and P. Poonoosamy. Class II I. A. Martinez, Chin
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    BELGIAN RELIEF FUND.
    52 2 The Hon. Treasurer sends us the following list of further contributions to the above Fund, forwarded to the Chartered Bank, Penang. Balance on Dec 15 $3,122.15 Ladies’ bridge winnings at Golf Club, monthly contribution 40.00 S Agerholm 50.00 Balance on Dec 16 $3,212.15 Amount previously acknowleged ...$18,558.21
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    816 2 S.T.” A cable from Capt Russell Grey states that be is being sent to Egypt. Mr. H. P. Lawrance, late of Ipob, is doing munition work at Woolwich Arsenal. Mr. and Mrs. F. Dale Rees leave for Home, via America in the course of the next few
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    Calcutta Liners’ Conference.
    279 2 During the month of October, t i attention of the Bengal Chamber of’ Co 9 merce Committee was drawn by th" London Jute Association, and the Calcutt 8 Baled Jute Association, to the following new clau-e, which the Calcutta Liner* Conference is understor d to he introducin'
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    Ipoh Drowning Tragedy.
    135 2 TO M.” Floral Villa, Lahat Road, was the scene of a drowning accident, on Wednesday afternoon, the victim being Low Cooy. the eeventeen year old sou cf the late Towkay Low Fooh, of Ipoh. It appears that the deceased, who was a student in Penang, came to
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    Japan's New Budget.
    78 2 Tokio, November 26.The Budget for the year 1916-17 for pre*en’ation to the Diet totals Yen 553,000.000. It shows a decreased inconme, but a surplus of Yen 18.000,000. The principal expenditures are Army, Y. 94,000,000; Navy, Y. 100,000 000; Finance, Y. 180,000,000; Home, Y 16,000,000 and Education. Y.
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    TO-NIGHT’S BAND PROGRAMME.
    52 2 The Band will play the following programme of music at the Esplanade from 6 till 7 p.m. this evening: 1. Selection The Bohemian Girl ...Balfe 2. Barn Dance Go Ahead ...Williams 3. Waltz Fesche Geisler ...Strauss 4. Polka I Love You ...Andres 5. March The Jolly Penang
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    Customs Duties Enactment
    74 2 For the period from the 17th to 23<d December. 1915, inclusive, the value of the highest grade of rubber is fixed at three shillings and five pence three quarter penny per lb., and the duty on cultivated rubber on which export duty is leviable on an advalorem
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    The Rubber Market.
    26 2 London December 16. The following is the rubber quotation for to-day Plantation Ist Latex Crepe 3/6f. By courtesy of Messrs. Boustead »fc Co
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    THE WEEK’S EVENTS.
    54 2 Friday, December 17. Band, Esplanade, 6 p.m. Empire Theatre, Penang Road Electric Polyscope Co,, Argyle Road. Saturday, December 18. Band, Golf Club, 6 p.m. Sunday, December 19. Church Services. Monday, December 20. Band, Esplanade, 6 p.m. Tuesday, December 21. Band, Golf Club, 6 p.m. Wednesday, December 22.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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      323 2 MEW ADVERTISEMENTS. NOTICE. A PUBLIC MEETING f the Straits-born Chinese British subjects will be held at the CHINESE TOWN HALL, AT 3 P.M., To-morrow (Saturday) for the purpose of discussing the desirability of forming a Chinese Company of the Penang Volunteers* A cordial invitation is extended to all Straits-born Chinese
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  • Obituary
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    27 2 Obituary. VISCOUNT ALVERSTONE. London, December 15. The death has occurred of Viscount Al verstone, Lord Chief Justice of England until 1913, and a former Attorney-General, aged 73.
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    THE NEW COMMANDER IN-CHIEF.
    1250 3 AN APPRECIATION OF SIR DOUGLAS HAIG. The following interesting article appeared in the Home papers immediately after tbe publication of Field Marshal Sir John French’s despatches on the battle of Neuve Chapelle When the war began in August, it is safe to say that few people
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    THE TROUBLE IN DUTCH BORNEO.
    439 3 FURTHER DETAILS. News received from Bandjermassin point to the fact that the rising in Dutch Borneo has begun to assume a threatening character, as a result of which the Assistant Resident at Tanah Grogot has telegraphed to the local authorities for military reinforcements, says the
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    SHIPPING.
    82 3 SHIPPING ARRIVALS. Pin Seng, Brit.. 378, Davidson, Dec 16, S’pore, gen., E. S. Co. Rotorua, Brit., 555, Gully, Dec 16, Renong, gen., E. S. Co. Jin Ho, Bnt., 93, Harding, Dec 17, Asahan, gen., E.S. Co. Pangkor, Brit., 94, Caswell, Dec 17, Bindings, gen., E. S. Co. Ipoh, Brit.,
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    CLEARANCES!
    73 3 To-day. Aing Thye for Alor Star (Kedah). Brandan for Deli and Asahan. Inverclyde for Durban. Van Noort for Deli, Langsa, T Semawe, Segli, Olehleh. Sabang, Padang, etc., Batavia. Jin Ho for Asahan. Pin Seng for Port Swettenham Singapore. Hebe for Teluk Anson. Padang for Pulau Langkawi. Perlis Setul. Pangkor
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    MAILS.
    47 3 CLOSE AT GENERAL POST OFFICE. To-Morkow. For Per Cloer. Yen Jit Seng 7 a.m. Port Swettenham and Singapore Ipoh 4 p.na Deh Will o’ the Wisp 4 p.m. Madras, taking mails Fazilka 6 p.m. for Europe, etc., vid s Regtr. up to 4 p.m. Bombay J
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    PRODUCE.
    147 3 Penang, December 17, 1915. 8: P. Tapioca $6.40 buyers. M. P. Tapioca $6.80 sales. Gold leat $64.40 Pepper (W. Coast 3 lb. 5 oz). $l6 1/2 buyers Black Pepper 318.00 buyers. White Pepper $31.50 sellers Trang Pepper out of season. Mace S l lO nom. Mace Pickings $5B j
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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      462 3 WANTED. SOUND SERVICEABLE HACK, about 14 bauds. Aho saddle and bridle complete. No. 109, c/p Pinang Gazette. 17-12 TO LET. NO. 6, CLOVE HALL ROAD, four bed rooms with bath rooms attached. Shower baths. Electric lights. Apply to W. McKNIGHT YOUNG. 1142m w f 27-12 TO LET. PREMISES 6, BEACH
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      170 3 Arriving Shortly OVERLAND L GARS 5 Seater Touring Body, Price Price Complete Electric Lights and Self Starter, complete High Tension Magneto, 150 One man hood and Double folding $2,150 Wind Screen, Detachable rims with one spare. A JX. WEARNE BROS. Ltd. I XMAS 1915. I f n I GREETINGS from
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    BIRTHS.
    39 4 O’Brien.loth Decemb°r, to Mr. and Mrs. W. L. R. O'Brien, Brafferton Estate, Kapar, a daughter. Landon.On December 14th, at the European Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, the wife of J. M. P. Landon, Ciuuy Estate, Slim River, of a son.
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    MARRIAGE.
    52 4 Gard'nbrEwart—'On Nov. 12, by special licence, at Holy Trini'y,Eastbourne, by the Rev. G. P. Bassett Kerry, Patrick Wade, Captain 9th Scottish Rides, youngest son of Wade Gard’ner, of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, and of Mrs. Gard’ner, Eastbourne, to Madge, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Ewart,
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    GERMAN MILITARY ETHICS.
    1165 4 Lord Haldane, in a recent speech before the Fabian Society, affirmed that the Ger man General Staff would not make any real peace until it saw itself beaten, and it was the duty of, the British to beat it. Before peace was even discussable with the German
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    HERE AND THERE.
    1150 4 The appointment of General Sir Douglas Haig to succeed Field Marshal Sir John French as Commander-in-Chief of the British Army in France and Flanders is officially announced. It is not altogether unexpected. It was intimated some months ago that Sir John French desired to relinquish the command,
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    SECRET SOCIETY CASE
    286 4 Moh Peng Siew, who is alleged to be one of the headmen of a Chinese Secret Society in Penang, called the Kampon» Lye” Society, was charged before Mr. V. G. to-day, with voluntarily causing hurt to a motor car ticket collector on the 30ch November last. According
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    TO-DAY’S TIN PRICES.
    36 4 To-day’s quotation tor unrefined tin in Penang was $82.00 per picul, buyers, no sellers-—a decrease of 87| cents. Tin is quoted in London yesterday at £164 15s. spot, and £165 10s. three months,
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    TIN OUTPUTS.
    140 4 The output of ti.e Katoo Deebook (No Liability) for the first fortnight of Decern* ber was 87 piculs. The Deebook Dredging (No Liability) output for the first fortnight of December was 208 picul--, Kampong Kamunting Tin Dredging, Limited, report for the firs two wteks in December shows that
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    PASSENGERS.
    96 4 By Ipoh (December 17) f>om Singaporfls Mr Justice Ebden, Mr ard Mrs D E Hunt, Mrs Tozer, Mrs Ebden, Messrs B P De Silva, Stewart, C Y Mark, M C Wong, Y S Yp, H-lde't and Smith, from Malacca, Mr and Mrs Nor len f rO(U Port Swettenham, Rev
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      205 4 MANILA CIGARS FROM THE LA ISABEL FACTORY. FRESH STOCKS OF Londres, Reina Victorias, High Lifes, etc., Have now arrived and can be obtained from the following: I TONG JOO Co. JOO HOE Co. CHONG KEE Co. KEAN HUAT Co. HOONG KEE Co. JOO SEANG. And all other leading Stores and
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      30 4 E. 0. HOTEL. A SPECIAL XMAS EVE DINNER Wil! be served at 8 p.m. Covers should be booked in advance. THE TOWN BAND play daring Dinner and for DANCING afterwards.
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
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      33 4 THE TIDES. The following are the tides for tomorrow, Penang Standard Times High Water. Low Water. 9-39 a.m, 4-15 a.m. 9-54 p.m. 3-43 pm. 10-26 a.m. 4 58 a.m. 10-27 p.m. 4-29 p.m.
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    SIR DOUGLAS HAIG.
    280 5 SUCCEEDS SIR J. FRENCH. FIELD MARSHAL ACCEPTS HOME POST. VISCOUNTCY CONFERRED. THE LATEST ZEPPELIN DISASTERS General Sir Douglas Haig has been appointed Commander-in Chief of the British forces in France and Flanders, in succession to Field Marshal Sir John French, who has relinquished hi® command at his
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  • France and Belgium.
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      HEW BRITISH COMMANDER.
      204 5 [Richter’s Services]. SIR JOHN FRENCH’S NEW POST: [Copyright Telegrams.] (By Submarine Telegraph). London, December 16. The War Office announces that General Sir Douglas Haig has been appointed to succeed Field-Marshal Sir John French in command of the British Army in France and Flanders. Sir John French has
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      The British Command.
      61 5 CHANGES FORESHADOWED. London, December 16. In the House of Commons, Sir E. A. Cornwall asked whether the selection of General J<ffie as Generalissimo of all the French forces, necessitated any important changes in the higher British commands. Mr. Asquith replied that some changes would be announced almost
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      Grenades and Bombs.
      106 5 AIR AND GUN ACTIVITY.. Paris, December 16. Grenade fighting occurred in Artois. Big French bombs blew up a German ammunition depot in the region of Tracy-le-Val. The French batteries in the Vosges prevented the Germans from repairing destroyed trenches. Further intense Allied aerial activity ended to our
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      The British Front.
      122 5 LATEST DESPATCH. London, December 16. The Press Bureau has issued the following despatch from the Headquarters io France The enemy, yesterday evening, exploded a mine south-east of Ypres. The crater was immediately occupied by our bombthrowers, who repulsed the enemy’s attack. We seized an enemy barricade south
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      German Attack Probable.
      221 5 LIVELINESS LN THE WEST. London. December 16. Reports from Holland speak of formidable German preparations for a general attack in the West. The Paris Temps” says that while these reports should be accepted with reserve, they are not improbable. The constant arrival of new troops and munitions
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      British Airman’s Death.
      32 5 ACCIDENT AT FARNBOROUGH. Loudon, December 16. A blazing aeroplane crashed to earth at Farnborough, Captain Smith of the Royal Flying Corps, who was on board, being burned to death.
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  • ZEPPELIN DISASTERS.
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      FOUR AIRSHIPS WRECKED.
      121 5 >penhagen December 16. The new s. sr-Zeppelin L 22 was desdroyed by the explosion of a bomb, as the airship was leaving a shed in Western Schleswig. The crew of forty were killed or wounded. The huge shed was demolished. The Latest Model. Copenhagen, December 16. The
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      THE ZEPPELIN "DREADNOUGHT.”
      301 5 The latest: and strongest Zeppelin ever built sailed on sth November, direct'from the Friedrichshafen works without any previous trial trips. It is 400 yards long, considerably longer than its predecessors, about 14 yards broad, and its motive power consists of three motors of 800 horse power. It
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    "TRUTH ABOUT GREAT BRITAIN.”
    639 5 Candid German Avowal. z An active and prominent Pan-German politician, Privy Councillor Flamm, who is also recognised as an authority on naval matters, being among other things, Professor of .Marine Architecture at the Charlottenburg Technical College, has published a grave warning to his fellowcountrymen in Germany
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    The Recruiting Figures.
    162 5 LORD DERBYS STATEMENT. London, December 16. In the Hou a e of Lords, Lord Derby declared that the leeruiting campaign had been like an election, where the electois came with a great rush at the end. The result was that details could not be given till Mr.
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    Trading with the Enemy.
    104 5 NEUTRAL COUNTRIES BILL. London, December 15 In the House cf Commons, in the Committee stage of the Trading with the Enemy Extension Bill, the Government was urged to abandon the black-list for neutrals, and extend it to all persons of enemy association. Lord Robert Cecil said
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    King and Jemadar.
    67 5 London, December 16. The King has telegraphed the Commander of 26th Light Cavalry, deploring the loss of Jemadar Muhammad Khan, who fought five Arabs single-hand-ed, near Aden, on October 7th. He killed three and disabled a fourth before he fell himself. His Majesty recalls that he saw
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    No New K. C’s.
    39 5 London, December 16. Lord Buckmaster, the Lord Chancellor, ann ounces that no appointments of King's Counsel will be made till the end of the war, owing to »he number of barristers serving in the Army.
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    The Ford Peace Mission.
    23 5 London, December 16 The ship conveying Mr. Ford’s peace party has arrived at Kirkwall, en route for Christia nia.
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    The Aga Khan.
    30 5 London, December 16. The Viceroy of India and Mr. Au ten Chamberlain have telegraphed their con dolences to the Aga Khan on the murder of his cousin.
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  • Turkey and the Near East.
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      IMPROVED RELATIONS
      375 5 GREECE EXTENDS CO-OPERATION. Athens, December 15. Everything at present is going very favourably for the Entente. The relations with Greece are steadily improving. King Constantine will attend a Russian Ball on the Tsar’s name-day. The Bulgarian Minister has made a reassuring announcement, indicating that the Bulgarians will not
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      The Albanian Coastline.
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      British Nurses from Serbia.
      22 5 London, December 16. A hundred English nurses have arrived at Scutari from Serbia. They walked the whole way.
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      CUR NURSES.
      89 5 A. W. B. Living they do the deeds The angels envy them, For where Mankind in anguish bleeds They win their diadem. And no one hears their name, None sounds abroad their praise, They make no loui appeal to fame Nor draw the pub ic gaze. With silent
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      Another Fight in Oman.
      121 5 ARAB FORCE DEFEATED. Cairo, December 15. It is officially announced that another engagement occurred on the western frontier, on December 13th, Colonel Gordon encountering, 24 miles west of Matruh, 1,200 hostile A»abs, with gun» and machine gm s, under Gaafar Pasha. The enemy attacked vigorously and
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      The Suez Canal Route.
      188 5 DUTCH LINERS RE-DIRECTED. London, December 16. A telegram from Rotterdam states thus the Dutch Ea-t Indi* liners ere ordered not to use the Suez Canal at present, but to follow the Cape route. There will be a. ten days’ instead of a weekly service. The manager
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      Mesopotamia.
      151 5 THE TURKISH SIRENGTH. Loudon, December 16. In the House of Commons, Mr. Austen Chamberlain said it would not be in the public interest to state what means were at his disposal to ascertain the strength of the Turkish forces at Baghdad, or why the British expedition advanced so far.
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      Persia
      90 5 ENEMY’S STRENGTH AT HAMADAN. London, December 16. In the House of Commons, Lord Robert Cecil, Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs, stated that he had little reliable information as to the strength of the enemy’s force at Hamadan, but he understood it comprised some 8,000 irregulars and 3,000 rebels gendarmerie.
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      The Dardanelles.
      13 5 London, December 14; Cannonading and mining operations continue at the Dardanelles.
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    Commercial Intelligence.
    46 5 London, December 16. The Rt. Hon. Walter Runciman, the President of the Board of Trade, has appointed Mr. Louis J. Kersh’w, C.1.E., at the nomination of th- Iniia Office, to befa memker of the Advisjry Committee on Commercial Ji.tellig-nee. (Other Telegrams on page 2
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    HOOD HAVOC IN SIAM.
    629 6 FURTHER DETAILS. The havoc wrought in the Peninsula as ttje result of the great storm is being more and more realised, says the Bangkok Times "of December 4. The weather now seems to have moderated somewhat. It will be some time, however, before the fall extqnt
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    Late Booker T. Washington.
    192 6 Examplk to Depressed Classes in India. Bombay, December I.A correspondent from Hubh, in the Southern Maratha country, states that the depressed classes of Hubli held a meeting to record their heartfelt regret at the death of Dr. Booker T. Washington of America and it was resolved
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    RUSSIA'S WAR SUPPLIES.
    1593 6 THE TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILWAY. So far as Russia is concerned, writes Mr. James Armstrong in the World’s Work she suffers seriously from the fact that Vladivostock is a port of little commercial utility; It has been side-tracked in the scheme of transportation development. When that momentous enterprise known
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    New American Battleship.
    109 6 The new battleship Nevada, the latest addition to the US. Navy, has arrived at the Brooklvn "Navy Yard from her builders, the Force River Shipyard Company, at Quincy, Mass. The Nevada is the first ship in the American Navy to be equipped with oil burning engines, and
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    DEFENCE OF BRITISH METHODS.
    535 6 THE MOST PRACTICAL NATION. At the opening meeting of the Royal Society of Arts, Mr. Dugald Clerk, chairman for the year, devoted his address to a defence of England's position under the title of English and German Methods Contrasted.” He Slid that engineers, chemists, literary men,
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
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    NEAR BAGHDAD.
    1353 7 FIRST FULL STORY. The first detailed account of the British battle near Kat-el-Amara on the Tigris, the last place of importance on the road to Baghdad, reached England in Miil week. By the morning of September 29, the Turkish Army was in full retreat, the road to Kut
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    Freemasonry.
    133 7 The Installation Meeting of Lodge Elliot No. 3557 was held at the High Schools, Malacca, on Saturday, December 11, at which Wor. Bro. H. Redfearn-Shaw (Installing Master) Installed Bro A E Heming as Worship Master for the ensuing year. The following Brethren were invested as officers of the Lodge
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    EXCHANGE.
    125 7 Pbnanq, Dkcember 17, 1915. (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank}. London Demand Bank ...2/4 7/32 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 Moul mein Demand Bank 174 3 days’sight
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    THE PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE.
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