Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 29 December 1915

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833, No. 300 VOL. LXXIII. WEDNESDAY. 29th DECEMBER. 1915. PRICE 10 CENTS
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 1007 1 Tnry~ini~irr— «r ~tti n trnn f 19 YOU WANT TO &HIP BUY OR eexx 1 RUBBER: I OB YO .4 FORWARD QOOM I ANT FART or tu WftOl.n I ALLEN DENNYS ft Co, j B4UOB W»»WT < THE PINANG GAZETTE.” .i _ll Cl lIM irr F” I ......i, I Green
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    • 66 1 oanaaßaaaoaoßaor aaecr* g FOK $BO g a X7OU eno have the Piuang b I Gtaaette" posted every day rr for a whob year to your addroan. D (LOCAL SUBSCRIPTION. $27). D g Proportionate Quarterly and a HaM-yearly rates. g g Bubeoriptiona are payable in n adesmoe and remittance» should g
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  • 640 2 ENTRIES FOR BOTH DAYS. The period for receiving entries for the Penang Turf Club’s Meeting on Thursday and Saturday of next week, closed at five o’clock lass evening. We append the list of entries for the various races on both days, received from Mr. R. T. Reid, the
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  • 52 2 The Band will play the following pro. gramme of music at the Esplanade from 6 till 7 p.m. this evening: 1. Selection Crown Diamonds ...Auber 2. Quadrille The Yeomen of the Guard ...Bucalossi 3. Waltz Gloriana ...Williams 4. Polka Lette du Susse Maus ...Morse 5. Regimental Two
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  • 1229 2 Mr. W. P. W. Ker of Messrs. Paterson, Simons Co., has left home for Singapore. Mr. 'F. Penny, Manager of the Eastern Smelting Co., was in Singapore for Christ ma Mr. Charles Edmund Dunlop, late Ceylon Civil Service, died on Dec. 10th at Edinburgh, aged 65. The
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  • 95 2 THE RESULTS. [From Our Own Correspondent,] Kuala Lumpur, December 28. The Negri Sembilan Sporting Club’s Gymkhana was held at Seremban yesterday. The results were as follows Race 1.Star O’ the Desert (1), Sandstone (2). Race 2. Bar nab is (1), Wee Wondilla (2). Race 3.Rufus (1), Forlorn
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  • 179 2 A peep into the famous cabaret at Maxim’s in New York is afforded by the feature film 11 Midnight at Maxim’s” in four parts which is to be presented at the Electric Polyscope commencing to-night for three nights only. Special dance music has been arranged to fit in
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  • 157 2 MENS’ DECEMBER MEDAL. The play in this competition resulted as follows: L V J Laville 44 45=89 l6= 73 VG Ezechiel 46 46=92 lo= 82 8 F B Martin 43 42=85 scr 85 F W Harris 52 +53 105—20= 85 HR Buckland ...(40+45 85—4)= 89 T A
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  • 63 2 The play in this competition resulted as follows Mrs Kinder 40 46= 8610=76 Winfield 51+ 51 «102— 24 =7B May 47 +4l 8810=78 Bellar 45 49= 94—16=78 Ebden 40 43= 83—2 =Bl Mi»s Brown and Mrs Sproule also played but returned no score. Mrs Kinder
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  • 90 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 24 ...$44,629.62 Members of Lower Perak Club 251.00 Nov Scotia Club 62.00 Amt collected by ALM Scott of Sungei
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  • 44 2 Balance on Dec 24 $3,461.67 The members of Lower Perak Club 111.50 The European employees of the Malakoff Rubber Co Ltd and the Malakoff Plantations Co Ltd monthly contribution 120.00 Balance on Dec 28 $3,693.17 Amount previously acknowleged ...$18,558.21 Total ...$22,251.38
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  • 234 2 As a matter ot interest to the great number of policy holders in the Sun and Manufacturer’s Life Assurance Companies living in Malaya we give figures showing the result of the absorption by the Sun Life of the Manufacturers’ Life Assurance Company very recently announced. Ist.The
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 491 2 Bates 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 d 3 0.95 1, 4 0.85 0.75 9 0.60 12 or more insertions 0.50 Advertisements are charged by space i A line of ordinary advertisement type in
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    • 12 2 At times of crisis it must be Bovril BRITISH TO THE BACKBONE.
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    • 292 2 Fresh Bombay Butter, In 1 lb. Hermatically Sealed Tins, MADK BY THE INDO COLONIAL DAIRY Coy L. Y. SWEE Co., KUALA LUMPUR PENANG, SOLE AGENTS FOR THE FAR EAST, Selling Agents wanted for territories not already represented. 951/tu th s 4 I T. NAGATA, JAPANESE DENTIST. B_ NEXT DOOR OF
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  • 890 3 HUNTING GERMAN PLOTTERS IN U. 8. The great bomb plot, just discovered by Uncle Sam, and alleged by his agents to be the work of the German secret service, was not uncovered by the American secret service at all, as the people of the United States to-day
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  • 432 3 EXTRACTS FROM LETTER OF RED CROSS NURSE. A correspondent sends the N. C. Daily News the following extracts from a letter received in Shanghai from a friend:— The months have slipped very quickly with us in Port Said ever since the first batch of wounded arrived
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  • 280 3 A batch of cheery letters from the trenches printed in the Territorial Service Gazette record some of the queer emotions of the London Terriers during the appalling day of the battle of Loos. A squadron quartermaster says: They started out shouting and laughing as though they were on
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  • 158 3 During the uprising which occured in Haiti last July, the French Legation, where President Vilbrun Guillaume Sam and his family had taken refuge, was ininvaded by the revolutionaries, who seized and assassinated him. The French Government, which immediately protested against the violation of the
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 958 3 SITUATION WANTED. I' HERE is a Vacancy for a third man io a quiet Mess in Logau Road. Garage and stables. PLANTER t8 .|t..tioD, preferab'y Apply No. 108, o/o Pinang Ga«tU. 1 SENIOR ASSISTANT, Hardwork- 1 ing, experienced in all branches, knowledge of book-keeping, Malay, fair amount Tamil, PCfiang HarOOUr
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    • 186 3 ALLEN DENNYS Co., fewam. RUBBER BROKERS, OF The Penang 1 Rubber Auction Rooms. Sales Held Every Tuesday Rubber Bought or Boid by Public Auction or Private Forward Bales Arranged. Rubber Transhipped and Insured to any Port at Minimum Rates. RI7BBKR 3ADB ROOMS at No. T. Union Street. J BUTTER. PURE
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  • 16 4 SpenceOn Dec°mber 16, at Weltevreden, Java, to Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Spence, a son.
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  • 708 4 The Germans were already in retreat from the Marne before the Indian transports reached France, and the arrival of the reinforcements from India cannot thus be said to have turned defeat to victory. At the same time it is difficult to exaggerate the value of the services, moral
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  • 247 4 To-day’s quotation for unrefined tin in Penang was $82.35 per picul, business donea decrease of 65 cents. Tin is quoted in London to-day at £167 10s. spot, and 168 15s. three months The Malaysia Annual Conference will meet in Singapore on January Ist, 1916. under the presidency
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  • 1701 4 Sir Mark Sykes, in a notable descriptive article on the campaign in Mesopotamia, gives the reader an idea of the seminomadic population and the troubles encountered at the hands of a predatory people, who haunt the outskirts of every fight, for plunder, cut the telegraph wires, give
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  • 156 4 A CONTRADICTION. We are able to state, ou the best authority, that reports of m »vements of Germans and Indians in the Tanjong Balei and Ashan districts have been absurdly exaggerated, and that they are not worthy of attention" No danger need be apprehended, and as rumours spread
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 139 4 CHAMPAGNES FOR NEW YEAR. oV v ,NG I roy Co. 1906 I ntage. Dry. I By Royal Warrant eGieskr Co. Extra Superior. Dry. BOLLINGER 1906 TO HIS MAJESTY Vintage. Very Dry. KING QEORQE V. q Veuve Clicquot (Ponsardin) Dry. SOLE AGENTS:— CALDBECK MACGREGOR Co., WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS, PENANG. 1-2^—
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    • 79 4 E. 0. HOTEL. A SPECIAL NEW YEAR’S EVE DINNER Will be served at 8 p.m. TABLES SHOULD BE RESERVED IN ADVANCE. THE TOWN BAND will play during Dinner and for DANCING afterwards. The crag Hotel, PENANQ HILLS. Special Rate, for the Holidays $ll FROM Friday Evening, 29th December, TO Monday
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 31 4 THE TIDES. The following are the tides for tomorrow, Penang Standard Times High Water. Low Water. 3- a.m. 10-46 a.m. 5-12 p.m. 11-20 p.m. 4- a.m, 11-42 a.m. 6 33 p.m.
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  • 188 5 A CRISIS REPORTED. FRENCH MAIL’S DEATH-ROLL. GENERAL CASTELNAUS TOUR THE INDIAN ARMY CORPS. The number of lives lost on the French mail steamer Ville de la Ciotat is eighty. The remainder of the passengers and crew were landed at Malta. The liner was attacked without warning by a German
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  • France and Belgium.
    • 485 5 [Reuter’s Telegram-».] PRESS TRIBUTES. [Copyright Telegrams.] (By Submarine Telegraph). London, December 28. The King’s message to the Indian Army Corps on their departure from France, concludes British and Indians have been comrades in arms. Yours has been a fellow* ship in toils and hardships, in courage
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    • 153 5 TRENCHES BOMBARDED. London, December 27. The enemy in the morning sprang a mine opposite the British line south-east of Hohenzollern redoubt.” We have consolidated the nearest edge of the crater. The British artillery bombarded hostile trenches south of the Lille-Armentieres railway with g jod effect. The enemy
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    • 43 5 GREAT ARTILLERY ACTIVITY. Paris, December 28. There is intense artillery activity in the Vor-ges.slong the entire front of HartmanusWeilerkopf. An attempt by the enemy to emerge from their trenches on the slopes of Rehfelseu Hill was stopped by a curtain of fire.
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    • 1229 5 IMPORTANT CABINET MEETINGS. London, December 28. The Cabinet met in the morning, and there was again a large attendance. Mr. Asquith presided. It is considered likely that further meetings will be necessary before the Government is able to announce the decision, based on Lord Derby’s recruiring
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  • Turkey and the Near East
    • 129 5 ENEMY CONCENTRATING SUPPLIES. London, December 28. The Central Powers remain inactive in Macedonia. Supplies of various stores are being concentrated at Doiran and Gbevgeli, apparently in view of an offensive. The Enemy’s Forces, Three Bavarian divisions are concentrated between Uskub and the Greek frontier. Three Austrian divisions, which the
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    • 61 5 Turkish Headquarters reported on December 9rh that the Turks have advanced close to the British positions near Kuh el-Amara and forced the British detachments to Dave the right bank of the Tigris and retreat to Kut-el-Amara. They have occupied a bridge eastward of Ku'-il-Amara across the Tigris and
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    • 600 5 MILITARY POLICE EXPERIENCES. Among the passengers who arrived by the s.s, Bangala at Rangoon, were three Military Sepoys, 702 Dogar Singh of the Northern Shan States Battalion 3416 Isher Singh, Toungoo Bat’alion and 5112 Bela Singh, Rangoon Battalion, Dogra Singh was severely wounded in the hand,
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    • 71 5 ARAB FORCE DISPERSED. London, December 28. Yesterday’s Turkish communique contains an imaginative story of fighting on the Egyptian frontier. On the contrary, the Press Bureau announces that no fighting occurred on the frontier between December 14th and 24th, but the principal Arab force was located on
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  • Russian Campaign.
    • 68 5 SEVERE CONDITIONS IN RUSSIA. Petrograd. December 28. Belated telegrams from Russia, which were held up owing to interruption of the cable service, show that the winter is the most severe for years. The thermometer on the Russian front shows mostly 45 degrees of frost. Wolves have already
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    • 106 5 EASTERN FRONT STRENGTHENED. Paris, December 28. A Petrograd telgram states that the German fortifications on the whole front are colossal. The entire Vdna and Dvinsk regions brittle with trenches and the whole line of the Bug is being fortified formidably. The number of the enemy’s machineguns has reached
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  • Naval Operations.
    • 71 5 ATTACKED WI THOUT WARNINGParis, December 28. The Ville de la Ciotar wa« the Messageries Maritimes liner of 6,390 tons. She was torpedoed by a Gm man submarine in the Mediterianean on December 24th, without warning. Passengers and crew of the Ville de la Ciotat have
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    • 37 5 Washington, December 28. The American Consul at Port Said con firms the report that the N. Y. K. liner Yasaka Maru was sunn without warning. No attempt was made by the liner to escape.
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    • 54 5 BLACK SEA INCIDENT. Petrograd, December 28. Official reports of an encounter between the Russian destroyer Gromky, off the Bulgarian coast, and a nunber of enemy submarines, show that the Gromky skilfully evaded two torpedoes, and repulsed the submarines with her artillery. It is believed that one of
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    • 56 5 London, December 27. Shipping statistics show that while it was actuarially estimated at the beginning of the war that the losses of the British Mercantile Marine would be ten millions sterling, the actual losses aggregated £2.732,000. The total losses in sixteen months on an average is six
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    • 35 5 SOCIALISTS ARRAIGNED. Loudon, December 28. Vorwaerts (Berlin) announces that the trial of ten German Socialists has opened »t Karlsruhe on a charge of high treason. others are accused of incitement to revolt.
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    • 36 5 A London, December 27. The gale Was general over the British Tsjes, and damage was done everywhere. I Wales was practically isolated, telegraphicailly und telephonically. Hundreds of roofs were rippad off.
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  • 165 5 MONARCHY RESENTED. YUNNAN’S DRASTIC STEP. Reuter’s Telegrams. London, December 27. It transpires t* at the revolutionary movement in China is not confined to Yunnan, having spread to Kwangsi, where there is most bitter anti-monarchist feeling. Prominent revolutionary leaders are hastening to the scene. Fanning the Flames. Yuan
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  • 97 5 ZEHNDER—DALY. (From Our Own Correspondent.} Singapore, December 29. The wedding took place at St. Andrew’s Cathedra], Singapore, of Mr. Hugh R. S. Zehnder, and Miss Edith Louise Dalv, eldest daughter of Captain J. M. Daly of the Straits Steamship Co., Ltd., aod Mrs. Daly. There was a
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  • 101 5 AN OFFER TO GOVERNMENTS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, December 29. The annual report of Messrs. Wearne Brothers, Ltd. shows a net profit of $91,562, making, with the sum carried forward from last year, a total of $129,927. A final dividend of 10 per cent is recommended,
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  • 94 5 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, December 29. A meeting, held in the Exchange, formally inaugurated a Singapore Landowners and Ratepayers Association. The Hon. Dr. Lim Boon Keng, who presided, explained the objects. He said the landlords were quite willing to do their duty to the city and
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  • 48 5 New Y rk, December 28, Another case of incendiarism is suspected in the case of a large portion of the sugar cargo on the British steamer Inchmoor. Much of the cargo was destroyed. It is suspected that combustible chemicals were mixed with the cargo.
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  • YUAN’S ACCEPTANCE.
    • 1059 6 Peking, December 13.—The acting Lifa* yuan has eent an official despatch to Preaident Yuan Shih-K’ai, stating that, in Accordance with the provisions of the law for the organization of the Citizens Representatives Conference, the Council on Saturday made a final examination of the votes, all of
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    • 194 6 Peking, December 14Peking is perfectly calm. Apirt from the fact that the Chinese newspapers are printed in red ano the display of the Republican flag by almost every house, the<e is nothing to indicate that there has been a vital change in the affairs of the
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    • 72 6 The Sinwanp.o -a»s that the Hsien cheng Hsiehchinhui (ex Chou An Hui) has recommended Kang Yu-Wei as the Prime Minister of the New Empire. The Eastern News Agency (Japanese) says that the final declaration to China in regard to the monarchical movement has been drafted by
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  • 309 6 Messrs. Allen Deuuys <it Co. advise that the under-mentioned prices were realised for rubber sold by th»m bv auction yesterday 88,930 lbs offered, 73,600 lbs s »Id. Smoked ribbed sheet $lB7 to $193 plain 178 179 No. 2 smoked sheet ribbed 171 186 Unsmoked sheet 169 177
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  • 928 6 MR WILSON’S PROSPECTS. Washington, D.C., November 26 President Wilson once said that he had a single track mind. The result of the recent elections would indicate that there is a red light danger signal set on the Democratic single track for next year, unless there is a marked
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  • 316 6 Warm Tributes From Radical Writers. Wayfarer,” who is understood to be Mr. H. W. Massingham, the editor, pays a warm tribute in the Nation” to Mr. Bonar Law. He B*>s The statesman who makes the most visible progress to the kind of favour that at
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  • 167 6 the Greea sr,earner Esperia arrived at Alexandria from the Piraeus with a full complement of passengers. The latter had to pa«s with their baggage through the quarantine camp. When all had departed two small cases were found unclaimed. Thy were duly opened and to the surprise
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  • 88 6 Tokio, December 10.The Emperor of Japan sent for the Minister of Education, Dr. Takata, from the Imperial Palace on the I Oth instant and communicated to him the following Rescript with regard to education. The late Emperor has given the general principle of education and we desire
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 223 6 [HOUSEHOLD ECONOMY. I Now that food stuffs are becoming dearer, the attention of tu« Publte B s drawn to Skimmed Milk. S THE INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS B At Budapest in 1909 and at Berne in T 914 recognised that B fasifMiilfiHE] I J WHOLESOME AND CHEAP FOOD M a I* ESPECIALLY
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    • 39 6 A ..io o ,5° (A** 5 V < o W®,3 a T %°o\ c Hotels ft»’ X' .od De .t er s V- <• also R. T. REID, Co., Penang. A. C. HARPER Co., All Branches. THE BORNEO Co., Ltd., Singapore.
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  • 382 7 NEW RECORDS AT BOMBAY. A three day’s cricket match England v All India, played in Bomb y, resalted in the E iglish te*m, which was captained by Lord Willingdon, the Governor, winning by a n *****2’ ani 263 runs. Mrjnr Greig jcored 216, a
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  • 227 7 The New York Herald," in a leading article dealing with the organization maintaioeci by Germany in the United States, says: Germany looks upon the United States as another Balkan Peninsula, where her diplomacy can have free rein in intriguing against the rights and interests and peace
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  • 144 7 The New Scheme, Unuer the new ar nnwement, embodying the Kinta North aod Kinta South Sanitary Boards into one, the following gentlemen have been appointed to constitute the Kinta Sanitary Board The Chairman, the Health Officer, Kinta the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Perak the Chief Assistant District
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  • 186 7 Daily Express.” New York, November 28.—Mr. Henry Ford’s projects for a peace invasion of Europe continue to be vague. Mr. John Wanamaker, who, Mr. Ford declared, would be one of his delegates, says that he never heard of the scheme, and Mr. Thomas A. Edison, who
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  • 90 7 Train Alterations. On and from Ist January, 1916, additional passenger trains will run on the Port Swettenham branch leaving Kuala Lumpur 9 a.m for Port Swettenham and returning from Port Swettenham 11-30 a.m. On the Malacca Branch the 3.20 p,m. train from Malacca to Tampin will
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  • 81 7 London, Dec mber 28*. The following is the rubber quotation for to-day Plantation Ist Latex Crepe By courtesy of Messrs. Boustead Co. The copper famine in Germany is reported to be reaching an acute stage. A number of churches have received r» quests to hand over whatever
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  • 62 7 Wednesday. December 29, Band, Esplanade, 6 p.m. Empire Theatre, Penang Road Electric Polyscope Co,, Argyle Road. Tberaday, Deember 50 Band, Golf Club, 6 p.m. Friday, December 31. Band, Esplanade, 6 p.m. Saturday. January I. Band, Golf Club, 6 p.m. Sunday, January 2. Church Services. Monday, January 5.
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  • 16 7 Jan. 6.Penang Races. Jan. B.—Penang Races. 4. p. A. M. Meeting at Johore Bahru.
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  • 41 7 CLEARANCES! To-DAT. Hongkheng for Rangoon. Will o’ the Wisp for Deli. Perlis for Trang, Tongkah and Pang Nga. Cornelia for Bagan Datoh Teluk Anson. Flying Dragon for Portweld and Taiping. Atjeh for Deli, Langsa Edi, T. Semawe, Segli and Olehleh.
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  • 67 7 CLOSE AT GENERAL POST OFFICE. To-Morrow. For Per Close. Yen Jit Seng 7 a.m. Alor Star (Kedah) Tong Chay Un 8 a.m. Calcutta and Durban Yatshing 11 a.m. Tongkah Calypso 1 p.m. Deli Alma 2 p.m. Dindings, Sitiawan Bagan Datoh and Teluk Anson Kehda 3 p.m. Trang Trang 4
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  • 129 7 Penang, December 29, 1915. (By Courtesy of ths Ghartsrsd Brink). 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. 174, 3 days’ sight Private 176 f Bombay Demand Bank 174} Moul mein Demand Bank 174 3
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  • 247 7 Penang, December 29, 1915. 8; P. Tapioca $6.40 buyers. M. P. Tapioca $6.80 sales. Gold leaf $64.40 Pepper (W. Coast 3 lb. 5 oz). $l6 1/2 buyers Black Pepper $lB.OO buyers. White Pepper $31.50 sellers Trang Pepper out °f season. Mace s’lo nom. Mace Pickings $5Bl sales. Cloves $3l
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 654 7 Safety First 1 ®X® tSSpr ,-v 3g|r x S Kr t yujj till h x gj x nWfl Ml I Pl I I There is an active Safety First mftfW I principle in every inch of X Vln in in? \lhi *ll l GOODRICH s a f e ty \S
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 2831 8 P. o.—B. I.—APGAR N. Y. K. P. M. 'EM MAIL AND PASSENGER SERVICES. J IpAB Mill Steamship Cd. Ld. j KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART a ND Mt PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL SAILINGS. I MAATSCHAPPIJ CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAV. CO., in MAIL SERVICES. j f > n j j c» ay /T I 'T'HE
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