Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 21 December 1915

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 294 VOL. LXXIII. TUESDAY. 21st DECEMBER, 1915. PRICE 10 CENTS
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 955 1 ~Tnaar::7>-r nnm g c tt-" i r you itaj«i to ship, BUY OR BELL IRUB B E R < OB TO IFCtRWARD GOODS w m FABT w nm VfttD ALLEN DEHNYS A Ca. i i. waraov mum. WLB Mg"BB BB 111 gg la ~JL JUST TOVHAND MMMSMSSSMMMSMMSMMMMMMMSMMBMMSM Latest Xmas Novelties
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    • 63 1 oaaaaaßaaaaaßaar.aaßaaaßDw g FOK $3O g. u X7OU can have the Pinang g g X Oaßette" posted every day c for a wboto year to your address. S fLOSAL SUBSCBimON. $27). 0 g Proportionate Quarterly and n a Half-yearly rates. g g Subscriptions are payable in b edrsaoe and remittances should
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  • POLICE COURTS.
    • 324 2 Kang Gi Seng was charged in the Second Court, Penang, to-day, before Mr. V. G. Ezecbiel, with criminal breach of trust of $73, the property of Siau Ah Un, a woman, on the 13th ins’ Accused pleaded not guilty, saying th-it he had a share in the
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    • 142 2 The accused io another case was Kanaya, a Tamil, who is charged with the theft of a rin?, valued at $6.50 from the person of Kistna, a boy about five years old, on the afternooon of 14'h inatan*. It appeal 8 that another boy named Pitchay,
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  • 460 2 The fact that in Australia, with a total population of less than 5,000,000, there are 2,200,000 deposit -rs in the States Savings Banks, witb a total of over £87,900 000 to their credt, shows that on the whole the people of Australia are
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  • 326 2 GOUNOD’S FAUST.” The final appearance in Penang of the Italian Grand Opera Company was probably the mos > satisfactory of the whole series. There is no doubt about it on the financial score. The audience was the best that the Company had bsen favoured with here. The
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  • 74 2 The Strains Cinema proprietors wil 1 change their programme three times weekly in future, on Tuesdavs, Thursdays, and Saturdays, instead of twice as heretofore. To-night, when the new arrangement will be initiated, the new bill will be a leng hv one, including The Sin of Olga Brandt,” a
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  • 428 2 The Rifle Range will be open for private practice at 200, 500 and 600 yards on the 25th, 26th and 27th instant. Morning Shooting 7-30 a.m. Afternoon 3-30 pm. The Hou. Sac. P.V.R.C. may not be on the Range all 3 days, so persons desirous of
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  • 522 2 VICTIMS OF GERMAN TERRORISM. On the railway between Ghent and Bruges lies the village of Aelter, aud outside the station stands a little inn which was kept by the landlord and his wife. They were good natured people, liked by everybody for their helpfulness, living peacefully, and
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  • 336 2 British Wireless News for the World. From a long-range station on the west coast of England wireless message are sent out by the Government every day. Sometimes three or four messages are circulated in twenty-four hoars. They are sent westwardthe control of direction being possible
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  • 95 2 THE JAFFNA TAMIL MACHINE Mr. Alma Baker telegraphs to us from Batu Gajihas follows I have to-day cabled to the War Office $l4 509 remitted by the Ceylon Jaffna Tamil Community o f Malaya, as a first instalment for the Malaya No. 11 The Jaffna” fighting biplane
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  • 69 2 Five more aeroplanes are required to complete the Malayan squadron, i.e., one Fighter” and four R-connaissance." The latest subscriptions to the fund are as follows Previously acknowledged $1944 52 Amount co'lec ed by Mr M Nara 43 Mrs R Cromie 20 Mr Chas. N Harriott, Ulu Kauchang Estate 59
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  • 84 2 The Hon. Treasurer sends us the fol. lowing list of further contributions to the above Fund, forwarded to the Chartered Bank, Penang. Balance on Dec 15 ...$43,888.15 Amount collecfed by Mr J H Phipps :Audit Office $6.50, Public Works Department and Survey Office
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  • 170 2 War Office Description of hun Brutality. An official communication from the War Office to the father of Private David Moncur, K Company, 2nd Gordon Highlanders, as to the oeath of his son on October 31, describes how the Germans murdered Private Moncur and another man. The communication, printed
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 991 2 MEW ADVERTISEMENTS, Junior assistant Wanted for Rubber Estate in Johore NOTICE. I Apply in writing to No 110, c/o Pinang Gazette. PENANG VOLUNTEERS. 12 06-3 j 12 NOTICE is hereby g.veo that the Goveminent is prepared to sanction the 'l' PANY to Vo^L. COM For an E.tate ,n Negri SeobUan
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    • 262 2 A MESSAGE TO THIN, WEAK, SCRAWNY FOLKS. An Easy Way to Gain 10 to 30 lbs. or Solid, Healthy, Permanent Flesh. Thin, nervou», undeveloped mea a DO women everywhere are heard to say> can’t understand why I do not get fat, I eat plenty of good, nourishing food.’ l tJb
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  • 663 3 OFFICER’S VIVID NARRATIVE. A vivid narrative of his experiences has been given to Mr. Gordon Bruce, the correspondent in France of the New York Tribune,” by a young officer of tha French Aviation Corps, who took part in the air raid when 62 powerful machines swooped
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  • 228 3 The following is the result of the 1915 Leagues Matches. C M Pa < "5 C 3 A.” Division. g g "g g 2 Q 0 0 0 Ps Hutton Lane 10 8 2 0 8 0 18 (Crescent 9 7 0 2 9 3 14
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  • 74 3 A bill has been introduced to increase the 1915 esdma'es of rhe Department for Home Affairs by fl 3,948,599. Of this amount f 1.3,500,000.3,500,000 is to be added to the item on behalf cf foreigners who have taken refuge in the Netherlands or, already living ere. have become
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  • 576 3 SEARCH FOR REBELS. After two days of excitement from rebel outbreaks, the city lapsed yesterday into a semb'ance of serenity, says a Shanghai message of December 8 ch. A strong undercurrent of excitement among the Chinese gave indications that the trouble is not over yet. The shots
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  • 238 3 Canton, November 29.-Many artillery practices have taken pl«ce h-re in the last few days. They were held to show the preparedness of the Government to meet any attempt at revolt on the part of the republicans and to assure the people that the authorities will do
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  • 77 3 In the course of a letter home, quoted in the Morning Post.” an officer in an English line regiment, now at a base convalescent depot, says I saw a rather amusing thing yesterday. It was the copy of a letter written by a Tommy’s wife to the
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  • 1551 3 HALF YEARLY MEETING. The Nippon Yusen Kaisba held the semi-annual general meeting on the 30oh ultimo, in the Tokio Chamber of Commerce building to discuss the distribution of profits for the business half year ending on September 30. The total net profit of the company for the
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  • 190 3 A Duke’s Contempt for 4| Per Cent Patriots.” The Duke of Rutland, presiding at a war meeting in London, addressed by Mr. Ben Tillett, said that Mr Tillett was doing things which could be done by a great many more who, when they had invested
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 320 3 I Lassitude ]J is a feeling of weariness, depression, fatigue, fl f which affects equally men, women and child- u g ren, and it is most important that these signs of a run-down condition be not neglected. S i Neglect may easily lead to more serious ailments. Therefore if you
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  • 1112 4 We are still without definite detailed information about the result of Lord Derby’s recruiting campaign, but everything points to its having been a success We have Lord Derby’s statement to a London meeting on Sunday that he was convinced the forthcoming statement regarding results of recruiting would show
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  • 1171 4 The Balkan campaign may yet develop in a manner that will greatly surprise the Central Powers. The situation in Greece, for example, is very strained, with the Bulgarians in possession of Macedonia, and ready doubtless to cooperate with the Germans and Austrians in an invasion of Greek
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • 128 4 \To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette,"'. Sir, Some time ago the Indians of Penang offered their services to Government and applied that they be enrolled bs Volunteers, but were informed that owing to insufficient equipment, the Government cou'd not grant their request. At the same time
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  • 340 4 To-day’s quotation for unrefined tin in Penang was $B3 per picul, business done an increase 25 cents. Tin is quoted in London to-day at £l6B ss. spot, and 1.69 three months. An ordinary general meeting of the Penang Mohamedan Football Association will be held at Hatton Lane
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 258 4 JJ TME M Onoda Portland Cement: g COMPANY, LIMITED, M DAIREN (Manchuria) MO JI (Japan). J Fresh Arriving Shipments Monthly. 5 M M H Highly recommended and used by the Leading Engineers, X H Contractors and Builders in the East. M W FOR PARTICULARS AND TESTS APPLY TO M Agents:
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    • 95 4 E. 0. HOTEL. A SPECIAL XMAS EVE DINNER Will be served at 8 p.m. Covers should be booked iu advance* THE TOWN BAND ill play daring Dinner and for DANCING afterwards. NOTICE, TO SUBSCRIBERS TO THE PINANG GAZETTE." The accounts of the Finan? Gazette," having* been issued', subscribers are reminded
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 32 4 THE TIDES. The following are the tides for tomorrow, Penang Standard Times High Water. Low Water. 0-21 a.m. 6-44 a.in. 6 36 p m. 0-10 a.m. 7-17 a.m. 0-55 p.m. 7-11 p.m.
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  • 300 5 A PARTIAL WITHDRAWAL. RUSSIA AND BULGARIA. GERMANS AND GREECE. THE ENEMY’S FINANCIAL PROBLEM. It is officially announced that the British troops in the Suvla Bay f and Anzac > regions of Gallipoli with all their guna and stores, have been successfully trans* ferred to another sphere of operations,
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  • France and Belgium.
    • 229 5 Reuter’s Telegrams. BRITISH REPULSE ATTACKS. Copyright Telegrams.] (By Submarine Telegraph.) London, December 20. A British official communique says the enemy, on Sunday morning, gassed the British lines, north-east of Ypres, accompanied by a heavy bombardment. Except at a few places, where they were repulsed before reaching our
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    • 78 5 YOUNG MEN’S FINE RESPONSE. London, December 20. The calling up of recruits is generally welcomed in all quarters. There is no indication of the numbers available at present, but it is pointed out that while Britain is low calling up four of her youngest Classes Austria
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    • 54 5 LORD DERBY’S STATEMENT. Loudon, December 17. Lord Derby, speaking on Sunday afternoon at a meeting in London, said he wa« convinced that the Forthcoming statement regarding the results of recruiting would show that the country was absolutely right Probably, he said, the end of th-* war would come s
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    • 112 5 VORWAERT’S OPINION. London. December 20. Reviewing the speech by Herr Helfferich, the German Finance Minister, the Vorwaerts” urges the German govern" ment to declare how the money for the payment of interest and redemption of war debts can be raised, and says the German war debt is
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    • 63 5 Washington, December 20. Britain has sent a memorandum to America, denying the Press statement that British merchants are profiting by the war restrictions at the expense of American trade, and showing that British trade with neutrals is infinitesimal, compared with that of America. It is observed that statistics
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    • 37 5 London, December 20. The Canadian Parliament has been summoned for January 12. The Speech from the Throne will foreshadow a measure to lengthen the term of Parliament, a war appropriation of £50,000,000, and new taxes.
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  • 57 5 BONDED STORES GUTTED. London, December 20. A bonded warehouse Rt Leith, the con tents of which wee chiefly tea, coffee, tobacco, and whisky, was destroyed by fire, the damage bung £130,000. Simultan’oudy, a whisky store at Glasgow was gutted. £150,000 damage being done. A neighbouring canal
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  • Turkey and the Near East
    • 159 5 BRITISH TROOPS TRANSFERRED. London, December 21. The War Office announces that all the troops at Suvla Bay and Anzac,” with their guns and stores, have been successfully transferred, with insignificant casualties, to another sphere of operations. A Military Feat* London, December 20. The transfer of British
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    • 135 5 GREEK OFFICERS’ INTENTIONS. Paris, December 20 At Salonika, there has been a curious moral development. Greek Army officers who have hitherto been loyalists, now declare that if the Bulgarians cross the Greek frontier they will join the French and fight the Bulgarians. It is stated that the
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    • 29 5 VICTORY FOR GOUNARIS. Athens, December 20. An unofficial estimate of the results of the Greek elections gives a m°j'irity for M Gounaris. The Venezelists completely abstained.
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    • 29 5 TRANSFER TO ITALY. Rome, December 20. The Tribuna states that Serbian refugees arrived at villages in Central Italv, and were svmpathetica'ly received. Many more are expected.
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    • 180 5 A war correspondent of the Berliner Tageblatt gives some interesting particulars of how the Montenegrins fight. The Montenegrins,” he says, have little knowledge of artillery, hut in the handling of other arms they are masters. The complicated methods of modern warfare are unsuited »o them The
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    • 44 5 A CHANGE OF PLANS. Zutich, December 20. A Bucharest telegram states that the Russians have apparently abandoned, for the present, their plans for au attack of Bulgaria. Movements of Russian troops indicate that they intend to renew their attacks in Bukovina.
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    • 252 5 The winter has set in with varying degrees of intensity for General Ruszky’s armies. The northern sector is firmly in the grip of ice and snow, while 'at Dvinsk and Riga frost alternates with thaw. Generals Kholod (cold) and Golod (hunger), the grim pair which destroyed Napoleon’s
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    • 33 5 THE RUSSIAN ADVANCE. Petrograd, December 20. A Russian communique says an eoemy detatchment was severely punished at Lake Mendziol. Big en c my forces were repulsed at Kuchkek, between Teheran and Hamadan.
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    • 50 5 London, December 20. In the House of Commons, Lord Robert Cecil, Under Foreign Secretary, said certain vessels of the Rotterdamsche Lloyd were proceeding by the Cape, and the remainder by the Suez Canal, owing to an alleged uncertainty regarding the quantity of bunkering coal at Port Said.
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  • Naval Operations.
    • 70 5 A PREPOSTEROUS STORY. London, December 20. The German Admiralty announces Our Fleet last week searched the North Sea for the enemy, and then cruised to Skage rack, watching shipping, examining 52 vessels, and seizing one, with contraband. During the whole time the British naval forces were nowhere
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    • 217 5 OFFICERS’ NARRATIVES. London, December 20. Three officers of the British India steamer Uuoeta, which was sunk bv a submarine, reached Plymouth on Sunday. They were rescued after being four days in a lifeboat, with 26 lascars. They state that the Umeta was attacked by a German
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    • 58 5 THE LATEST NOTE. New York, December 19. A forecast of the second Note to Austria regarding the Ancona reiterates that the American demands are based on an admission by the Austrian Admiralty aod leave no doubt that Austria will have to reply promptly, as a rupture, or the
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  • General News.
    • 686 5 CHANNEL REOPENED. London, December 20. The Panama Canal channel has been re-opened sufficiently to warrant the waiting vessels preparing to pass, A permanent opening cannot yet be guaranteed. It is inadvisable for shipping to arrange to go via the Panama Canal until further advices. LOSSES DUE TO
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  • 85 5 SOME BIG DIVIDENDS. ACTIVE SHARE MARKET. [P. G. Special Cable London, December 20. Unit d Serdang Rubber Co. Ltd, will pay 30 per cent, placing £40,000 to re’erre, and carrying forward £15,000. Selangor Rubber Co. Ltd, 33 1/3 pa cent, (interim). Seafield Rubber Co. Ltd, 10 per
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  • 25 5 London, December 20.* The following is the rubber quotation fcr to-day lst Latex Crepe 3/6f. By courtesy of Messrs. Bou’tead i Co.
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  • 52 5 Macedonia. THE BRITISH CASUALTIES. London, December 20. In the House of Commons, Mr. H. J. Tennant, Under-Secretary for War, stated that the British ca a ualties in the Macedonian campaign, till December 11th, were 32 officers and 1,246 men, of whom only one officer and 85 men
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  • 27 5 London, December 20. Mr. Tennant said General Sir lan Hamilton’s report regarding the Suvla Bay landing, and the subsequent operations, would be published shortly.
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  • 68 5 Hague, December 15.The coal export of Belgium will soon be increased to 500,000 tons monthly. For the last three weeks, via Luxemburg and Liege, especially at night, there has been an immense transport of German troops from the East to the West and still greater masses via
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  • 78 5 The Programme for the Moonlight Band on Thursday, 23rd December, at the Esplanade from 9 till 11 p.m. is as follows 1. Overture Zampa ...Herold. 2. One Step The Policeman's Holiday ...Ewirg. 3. Selection Les Cloches de Corneville ...B anquette. 4. Waltz The 5. Reminiscences Of Wales ...Godfrey.
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  • 147 5 Ex. The contract packet Tara, with the mails from Europe, left Negapatam at 4 p.m. on Saturday, and may be expected to arrive here at daylight on Thursday. The RMS Medina, arrived at London on the afternoon of Thursday 16»h, instant. The connecting s eamer from the Straits
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  • 124 5 Obituary. RT. HON. SIR. HENRY ROSCOE. London, December 20. The death has taken place of the RtHon. Sir Henry Enfield Roscoe, p.c., Emeritus Professor, Owens College, Victoria University, Manchester, aged 82. The Rt. Hon. Sir H. E. R 'scoe, P.O. frs, pa.D., led, D c.L., has been Emeritus Professor at
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  • 866 6 THE STORY OF GERMAN PRESSURE. A very clear account of the situation in Rumania and of the manner and effects of German pressure appears iu the Corriere della Sera” (Milan) from its Bucharest correspondent. Writing on October 23, Signor Civinini points out the extent of Germany’s financial interests
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  • 351 6 THE COMMISSION’S REPORT. The Committee appointed by the Secretary for Scotland to inquire into the circumstances connected with the recent increases in the rental of small dwellinghouses in industrial districts in Scotland state that in Glasgow the demand for workmen’s houses is growing rapidly, while circumstances
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  • 307 6 Lucknow, December 2. General May, lecturing before the Army Y.M.O A., on the progress of the war, said that the dominating factor lav f>r the moment in Serbia He described the policy which was directed towards the terrorising of smaller Stages «nd said that thorn who
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 360 6 Fresh Bombay Butter, In 1 lb. Hermatically Sealed Tins, MADE BY THE INDO COLONIAL DAIRY Coy L. Y. SWEE Co., KUALA LUMPUR PENANG. SOLE AGENTS FOR THE FARiEAST. Selling Ag®#ts jsanted for territories not already represented. 951,tu th 9 4 I LOSS OF FLESH is a common indication of an
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    • 217 6 SOUR STOMACH. When vegetable food ferments it causes sour rising in the throat, the formation of gas in the stomach which distends it and causes pain often extending to the region of the heart, and arousing a fear of heart disease. This condition is called acid dyspepsia. Heartburn, a name
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    • 170 6 I Champagne for Xmas I MOET CHANDON I 1906 I I Che £est on the Jrfarket. I SOLE AGENTS: I SELLAR, MURRAY Co., penang SBasgg M DRINK r JEFFREY’S LJ |j i CHOP KOTA’’ i 1 -UH,* Li 'Ks/ U 8 3 R. T S The Most Popular Brand in
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  • 746 7 THE DEFENCE OF NETHERLANDS INDIA. The establishment of a naval base in the Merak Bay is the subject of an interesting article which Major W. H. C. Hoile contributes to an East Indian military contemporary. The defence of Netherlands India should, he declares, be based on the
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  • 155 7 A diplomat with whom we are very intimate was in Germany and Austria just before and after the war began. He talked with a prominent Austrian statesman, a friend of his, who said Yes, there will be war. We have consulted Berlin and they want us to
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  • 916 7 SIR GILBERT PARKER’S VIEWS. From an interview with Sir Gilbert Parker, M p., in the Sunday Times we quote the following passages There has never been a war in modern times when a neutral nation did not challenge a belligerent nation because of its interference with
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  • 48 7 SHIPPING ARRIVALS. Cornelia, Brit., 197, Ogier, Dee 21, T. Anson, gen., E. S Co. Hok Canton, Brit., 287, Mathews Dec 21, S’pore, gen., E. S. Co. Helenus, Brit., 4810, Baker,’ Dec 20, B’head, gen., William Mansfield Co. Hyton, Drit., 4232, Moir, Dec 20, L’pool, gen., W.M. Co.
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  • 46 7 To-day. Omapere for Tongkah, Kopah, Renong, Victoria Point, Mergui and Tavoy. Trang for Trang. Hebe for Teluk Anson. Pangkor tor Dindings and Sitiawan. Klang for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Heletus for Port Swettenham, Singapore, China Japan. Indragiri for Deli and Batu Bahra. Hauroto for Rangoon.
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  • 30 7 CLOSE AT GENERAL POST OFFICE. To-Morrow. For Per Close. Yen Jit Seng 7 a.m. Deli Will o’ the Wisp 1 p.m. Thursday. Port Swettenham and Singapore Tara 3 p.m.
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  • 125 7 Penang, December 21, 1915. {By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank}. London Demand Bank ...2/4 7/32 4 months' sight Bank ...2/4 5/8 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 Moulraein Demand Bank 174 3 days’sight
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  • 248 7 Penang, December 21, 1915. 8: P. Tapioca 16.40 buyersM. P. Tapioca $6.80 sales. Gold leaf 564.40 Pepper (W. Coast 3 lb. 5 oz). $l6 1/2 buyers Black Pepper $lB.OO buyers. White Pepper $31.50 sellers Trang Pepper out of season. Mace s’lo nom. Mace Pickings ssB} sales. Cloves 531 sellers.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 366 7 Rates for Casual Advertisements. for sale, to let, situations vacant, etc. Minimum Charge $2.00 For 1 insertion 1.20 per inch. 2 insertions 1.10 3 0.95 < 0.85 0.75 9 0.60 12 or more insertions 0.50 Advertisements are charged by space A line of ordinary advertisement type in the Pinang Gazette
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    • 39 7 HOTEL NORMAN, Penang’s Select Residential Hotel. ENGLISH PROPRIETORSHIP ENGLISH CUISINE. ENGLISH TREATMENT. Large Airy Rooms facing the Sea. Under the patronage of H. M. Judges, Medical Officers, Colonial Secretaries, Magistrates, &c, Terms Moderate and Inclusive. Cables: Normans.” Telephone 392
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    • 353 7 y Going Christmas Shopping to day y A Get him a Gillette Safety Razor. Fine stocks A A of Gillettes shown by dealers all over the A W town. Precisely the set you want for the man y I you have in mind. British Made. X Many different styles in
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 2721 8 P. o.—B. I.—APGAR N. Y. K. iWjw K. P. M. MAIL AND PASSENGER SERVICES. J ip M Mail Steamship Co. U fl® M KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART V and peninsular and oriental sailings. MAATSCHAPPIJ CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAV. GO.. Homeward (for Europe). Out wardtfor China and Japan). (Royal Packet S. N. Company).
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