Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 30 December 1915

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833» No. 301 VOL. LXXIII. THURSDAY. 30th DECEMBER. 1915. PRICE 10 CENTS
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 777 1 t ou w*a wr* to* q d »UY OR SELL 'RUBBER; f* O* TO l h FCMTWAJtO GOODS w» ARY >A*T c* tm vmld n ALLEh DENNYS A Co, j i. «hbm anamr. JUST TO HAND «KMMMMMMMMBMMMMMBWmi CZ I 11\| I I (7(7 Ute s pari cDcpp rffp 1 c^n
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    • 60 1 ooooaoßaoaoDMoar-aoMaanoErj D FOK S3U g u am have the Pinang g 1 Gaaette" posted every day g for a whole year to your addroK g (LOCAL SUBSCRIPTION. J 27). 0 g Proportionate Quarterly and' g B Half-yearly rates. g Subscriptions are payable in adeomoo and remittances should g bo addrosoed
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  • General News.
    • 147 2 [Rbutbr’s Services], SENSATIONAL ARRESTS. Copyright Tblkgrams.] (By Submarine Telegraph.) New York, December 29. There has been a sensational development in the German plots by the arrest of Frank Buchanan and H. Fowler, a member and ex-member of Congress, both of Illinois, Francis Monnet, a former Attorney-Gene-ral of
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    • 31 2 RUPTURE OF RELATIONS. Washington, December 29. It is stated that the reply from Austria iu respect to the sinking of the Ancona is a severance of diplomatic relations.
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    • 28 2 New Yoi k, December 29. Colonel House, President Wilson’s special emissary, who is going to Europe to convey the President’s views to the Ambassadors, has left.
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    • 72 2 Loudon, December 29. The evening papers comment sympathetically on the Indian National Congress The Pall Mall Gazette says Mr. Sinha’s presidency indicates that the Congress is reaching the status of a responsible and practical-minded body. His address will commend itself to every real friend of the Empire.
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    • 32 2 RUSSIAN ENVOY. Petrograd, December 29. The Grand Duke George Michaelovitch is proceeding to Tokio to convey the Tsar’s greetings to the Emperor on the occasion of the latter’s Coronation.
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  • 181 2 MALAYA’S REPLY. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, December 30. H.E. Brigadier-General Dudley H. Ridout, c m G., telegraphed a reply to the King’s message, on behalf of the troops of the Straits Settlements and F.M S., including the Volunteers of all races, presenting humble thanks for renewed
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  • 240 2 (Specially Translated The steamer Yssel has been sunk off Vlieland. The Dutch Second Chamber passed bills sanctioning rd extension of time for service of the Militia and Landwehr. It also passed the 50 million guilder war credit vote. Troubles have arisen at Dinsburg owing to the high
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  • 98 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 28 ...$44,985.65 Staff of Govt Monopolies, Dec subscription 85 00 A Friendly Konksi 120.00 Staff of Messrs R
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  • 85 2 PENANG WOMEN’S WORK. Amount previnuslv acknowledged $921.00 H B Pike Esq $25, Mrs John Mitchell (2nd don) $5, M.s Evans (2nd don) $5, Crocodile Skins” $l5, Mrs Lim Leru Cheak $5 Mrs Lim Eow Hooi $5, School Girls $2, Mrs Ong Boon Swee $2, Mrs Lim
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  • 149 2 In pursuance to an announcement in the Federal Parliament made by Mr. Fisher, to the effect that inquiries would be made as to the possibility of salving the German cruiser Emden, an Australian warship recently left for Cocos Islands to investigate the position a-'d condition
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  • 60 2 The Rifle Range will be open for general practice on the Ist and 2nd January at 200. 500 and 600 yards. Morning Practice at 7 a.m. Afternoon Practice at 3 p.m. Members P. V. R. C. requiring ammunition should apply to the Hon. Secy. P V.
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  • 928 2 Mr. Andrew Carnegie is eighty years of age. Mr. John Sime of Messrs. Sime, Darby and Co., Ltd., is outward bound on the next Japanese mail boat. Mount Ophir (Guuay Seelang, 4,2C0 ft.) was ascended on Christmas and the following day by Messrs F. Knocker and V.
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  • 557 2 Mrbting of Council. At the last Council Meeting held on Monday, the 20th December, 1915, the following were present Messrs. J. Bov, A. H Flowerdew, J. Descraques, L. G. Attenborough, E. J. Vallentine, and the Secretary (Mr. A- lowers). In the absence of the
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  • 677 2 DARING GANG ROBBERS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, December 29. The growing daring of the gang robbers who have been operating in the Kint a Valley with more success than the majority of us case to see, is not at all a pleasant thing to contemplate. The gang
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  • 267 2 The entertainment given last evening by th* children connected with the Parish Hall proved a very successful one, and the large audience thoroughly enjoyed the fare. The principal it*m on the programme was Mrs. A. Hollins’ ca»tita Christmas in the Clouds” in two acs. Over the stage
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 301 2 MEW ADVERTISEMENTS. ANNUAL INTERCESSION SERVICE. Sunday, 2nd January, 1916. A” Coy., and Maxims will fall in on the Esplanade, on Sunnay, 2nd January, at 5-30 p.m. sharp. By Order, (Sd.) W. HAMILTON, Capl, Adjutant, Penang Volunteers. WOTICE OF CHANGE OF ADDRESS. THE OFFICES of Messrs. Evatt A Co., and the
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    • 46 2 We are proposing to carry out a large and vigorous campaign for the coming year in order to maintain our goodwill. We hold that it is waste of money spent in previous years to drop out of the Press in war time Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd.
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  • 71 2 Obituary. RT. HON. SIR ARTHUR WILSON. London, December 29. The death has occurred of the Rt. Hon. Sir Arthur Wihon, k c.l.e pc, formerly Puisne Judge, High Court, Calcutta, and subsequently Adviser and Solicitor, India Office, aged 78 Mr. ANDREW ROSS. Wellington, December 29. The death has occurred of Mr.
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  • 1543 3 SOME SIMPLE EXPLANATIONS. G General Staff.A body cf officers carefully selected before war to study the problems of war and their best solution employed during war in the management of the Army, the execution of the orders given by the commander* in-chief. and the systematisation of information
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  • 173 3 Cultivation on West Coast. The Department of Agriculture, Sierra -Leon» 4 West Africa, is taking up the cultivation of coconuts, and an application has been made for seed nuts from Ceylon. The Director of Agriculture. Peradeniya, has just received a communication. Coconuts are to be
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  • 25 3 Penang :The E. <s o. Hotel, The Crag Runnymede Hotel, Hotel Norman, Singapore:Raffles Hotel. Rangoon Strand Hotel. Java Hot Beau Sejour Lemb&ng.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 1085 3 SITUATION WANTED. I' I "HERE is a Vacancy for a third man I n a qaiet Mess in Logan Road. Oarage and «stables. PLANTER wants situation, preferab'y as i SENIOR ASSISTANT, H.rd.ork- C/ A ing, experienced in ali branches, knowledge of book-keeping, Malay, fair amount Tamil, Plane and Specifications for
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    • 539 3 A Reputation of over 100 years. NOTICE OF SALE. Si In the Court of the First Class Magistrate at Sitiawan. ANTIBILIOUS Applications for Execution No. 1881-1915. Huttbnbach Bros. <fc Co., of are recommended for biliousness. j h ftod 3 oj herg of Sitiawan, sick headache, depression, and all Plaintiffs indispositions
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  • 1119 4 The latest telegrams from London, with reference to the Cabinet and the question of how best to deal with the problem of the unmarried men who have failed to register under the Lord Derby scheme, suggest that the situation has eased to some extent within the past twenty-four hours
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  • 1511 4 The shortage in the medical profession at Home, owing to war’s demands, becomes more pronounced, and will be severely felt in the near future, but there is no help for it apparently, for in addition to the numbers of students who have offered their services and an
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  • 317 4 To-day’s quotation for unrefined tin in Penang was $81.75 per picul, business donea decrease of 60 cents. Tin is quoted in London to-day at £167 ss. spot, and £l6B ss. three months. Messrs Katz Bros. Ltd., send us a couple of useful wall calendars. The local banks
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 156 4 n imamur n *is auran on uome i. If Hi 1 <z> Ml >lHws»wi c_ 2.- Hl f** v 3 S Hr. few > Wit j? *o *j2 3 s-. o Iki S 3 a Kin p y C o‘ io Motor. Motor Cycle, Solid Cycle Tyres. A PATRIOTIC DUTY.
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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 daring Dinner and for DANCING afterwards. The (rag Hotel, PENANG HILLS. Special Rate for the Holidays $ll FROM Friday Evening, 31st 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. 4-50 a.m, 11-42 a.m. G-33 p.m. 6-29 a.m. 0-48 a.m. 8- 0 p.m. 0-51 p.m.
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  • 303 5 resort to compulsion. THE FRENCH MAIL DISASTER. THE MISSING PASSENGERS. SALONIKA’S DEFENCES. It is reported that the Cabinet has agreed to compulsion being exercised against the single men who failed to register under the Lord Derby scheme, under the pledge given by Mr. Asquith to the married men.
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  • france and Belgium.
    • 181 5 [Reuter’s Telegram*.] ENEMY’S GUNS BUSIER. [Copyright Telegrams.] (By Submarine Telegraph). London, December 29. A British official bulletin states Last night we exploded a mine near Fricourt, inflicting considerable damage on the enemy. To-day, the enemy have shown rather more than the usual artillery activity, notably south of
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    • 544 5 THE PREMIER’S DECISION. London, December 29. The Morning Post and Daily Chronicle” state that Mr. Asquith, at yesterday’s meeting of the Cabinet, told his colleagues that he had decided upon a measure of compulsion towards the single men, who had not enlisted, if necessary. Cabinet Agreement Reported. The Times”
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    • 160 5 London, November 30.Australasian soldiers broke up an anti-conscription meeting in the Memorial Hall last night. Mr. Pethick Lawrence, the noted anti-war and suffragist advoca e, presided. A large number of Australian, New Zealand, and Canadian soldiers and medic*! students formed the bulk of the small auiience The appearance
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    • 263 5 London, December 1 Mr J H Thomas, M P (Labour), in a special interview, commenting on the riotous scenes at the Memorial Hall, where Australian soldiers broke up an anti-conscription meeting, said Labour is not connected with any peace movement, but my union of 300,000 railwaymen, and
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    • 168 5 London, December 2.The Daily Mail reports that Lord Charles Bere*ford presided yrst-rday at a meeting of Unionists held with the object of founding as National Party under Sir Edward Carson’s leadership. A number of members on both sides of the House of Commons bad been aoproach'-d, and
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    • 150 5 GENERAL GALLIENI’S SPEECH. Paris, December 29. French optimism as to the outcome of the war was voiced by General Gallieni, Minister for War, in the Senate, on the occasion of the passage oi a bill authorising the calling out of the 1917 recruits. The Minister said France, who,
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    • 57 5 Melbourne, December 29. The Age” says that the State Parliaments, having failed to pass the bill to to confer upon the Commonwealth Government, during the war, and one year thereafter, the powers sought by the referendum, with limitations, a special sitting of the Federal Parliament will be summoned
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  • 21 5 London, December 29. Several thousand pounds’ damage was done by fire at a rice mill warehouse at Liverpool.
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  • 26 5 London, December 29. The Rev. Canon Bilbrough, Rector of Liverpool, has been appointed Bishop of Dover, vice Bishop Walsh, who has resigned.
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  • Turkey and the Near East
    • 367 5 SPLENDID DEFENCES. London, December 28. Reuter’s correspondent at Headquarters in Salonika says that the British lines remind hiip of the Turkish lines at Chataija. But here the valley is considerably broader and the hills higher than those of the Thracian battleground. The I Allies’ lines roughly extend in a
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    • 32 5 BULGAR WARSHIP SUNK.] Rome, December 29. A Bukharest telegram says the Russians again bombarded Varna on Friday, and sank a Bulgarian torpedo boat. .Numerous fires was observed in the town.
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    • 104 5 ARAB FORCE DEFEATED. Cairo, December 29. A strong column of all arms of the Western frontier force marched out of Mirsamatru on Christmas morning and drove back a Tripolitan force, which was encamped in a village eight miles towards the west. Our casualties were slight. A reconnaissance party
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    • 17 5 RUSSIANS NEAR ISPAHAN. Teheran, December 29. The Russians h”ve occupied Kashan and are marching on Ispahan.
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  • Russian Campaign.
    • 51 5 A GERMAN REPULSE. Petrograd. December 29. German activity is reported south of Lake Babit, where the Germans attempted to rush barbed wire entanglement*, but the Russians leaped out of their trenches and tackled the assailants, and drove them back to their own trenches. Fieice fighting continues in
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  • naval Operations.
    • 270 5 SUSPICIOUS NEUTRAL SHIPSJEERING SUBMARINE GREW. Malta, December 29. There were 316 ou board the French liner Ville de la Ciotat, including 135 passengers of whom three were British. The survivors state that the liner was off Crete, at ten in the morning, on Friday, when she
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    • 176 5 S.T.” The Ville de la Ciotat was a well-known liner in Singapore and China ports having been on the run from Marseilles for quite a number of years, her last visit in Singapore being on December 3, when she left for home. She was owned by the Messageries
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    • 840 5 SEND-OFF AT COLOMBO. It must have been a very sick man who was not stirred to the heart by the farewell to the C«ylonese Contingent which sailed bv the French boat this evening, says the Times of Ceylon” of the 9th iost. The passenger jetty at two
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    • 56 5 CREW’S EXPERIENCES. London, December 29. The crew of the Swedish steamer Neraus, which was sunk in the North Sea on December 25th, while bound from Boston (Lincolnshire) for Copenhagen, have bean landed at Grimsby and Immingham. The men spent three days in the boats in terrible weather,
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    • 34 5 London, December 29. The British steamer Venstirum was unk. The crew were landed. Another Victim. London, December 29. The British steamer Morning was sunk, the Master and Second Mate being saved.
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  • 51 5 KWANGSI REPORT CONTRADICTED. Peking, December 29. The report that Kwangsi has also revolted is contradicted by tbe following telegram from Pejcing dated December 28th. Reports from K angtung and Kwangsi indicate that tba authorities remain royal. A pacification commissioner has been despatched by the Peking Government to
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  • Page 5 Advertisements

  • 429 6 9 LAMENT FROM THE HEIR TO BRITAIN’S THRONE. One of the many stories told about the Prince of Wales at the front is being related in London. It seems that the Prince was continually imploring Sir John French to permit him to go into the
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  • 334 6 Ill-Fated P. O. Nubia. Thb Subject of Litigation in Colombo Court. The ill-fated P. and O. steamer Nubia« which lies stranded on the sand bank near the mouth of the Kelani River, Ceylon, is now the subject of litigation. It will be remembered that the vessel and cargo were separately
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  • 48 6 London, December B.November tea imports amount to 52,250,000 lb’ de--*****0 Mo 7h P rtB 3 0000()0 lbs tocks 1 0,000,000 Ibe, against 74,500,000 lbs. lm ports amount to 5,356 tons, deliveries tn 'S adq 1 Para .„d 3,828 ton, last year 6,658 tOM S«inst
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  • 575 6 S T.” 3AD LOSS TO THE MALAYAN PLANTING COMMUNITY. It is with sincere regret that we announce to his many friends in Malaya the death of Mr. Herbert Mitford Darny, which, according to telegraphic communication, occurred in a nursing home at Ootacamund, in Southern India.
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  • 250 6 S. F. P.” Referring to the announcement of the death of Sir Thomas Jackson, late of Hongkong, we now learn that his son, Sir Thomas Dare Jackson, M v.O D 5.0., who was 8 Major during his tenure of a staff appointment as Military
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  • 599 6 Financier,” November 24. REASON FOR THE ADVANCE. With the object of giving special information to the public, in view of the strong interest taken in the position of the rubber market, we have elicited the following facts from a high authority in the rubber world whose
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  • 259 6 New Regulations. The attention of the public is invited by the Chief Po’tmas'-pr to the provisions of Enactment No. 19 of 1915, under which, during the present war, the conveyance of letters into, or out of, the Federated Malay Stares otherwise than through the post is prohibited.
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  • 398 6 The European mails which at the moment are two weeks behind will now be delayed a further 15 days says the Weltevreden correspondent of the S.F.P.”, and the Rotterdam Lloyd intimate that as from January 1, there will be a ten daily instead of a weekly mail service.
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  • 221 6 A short lif<*, if not a merry one, has been the experience of the Wickham Hard Cure (Rubber) Patents. The Company was registe ed about two years ago to exploit a certain process for producing hard cure rubber from plantation latex, and its career has
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  • 158 6 Huge Fish Transfixed by Bows. Calcutta, Dec. 16. The B. I. S. N. Co.’s steamship Durma from Bombay, which arrived from Basra via Karachi on Monday, had a curious experience on coming up the harbour. The ship’s speed was suddenly reduced. The third officer on
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  • 102 6 A hospital ship with some 400 wounded New Zealand soldiers from the Dardanelles ?n board arrived in Colombo recently, and local residents displayed their eagerness to make the visit of the gallant men as pleasaut as possible. Over 100 motor cars
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
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    • 558 6 I' "1 Try what a refreshing, easily digested, and specially nourishing food beverage may be made with Benger’s Food in combination with tea or coffee, cocoa or chocolate. Benger’s Food, prepared with fresh new milk forms a dainty and delicious cream, rich in all the necessarv is ood elements. If
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  • 1001 7 Yuan’s Coronation. Fbbruary 6 Fixed. Peking, December 17.Chinese paper? report that the Government ordered all officials concerned to consult the oracles for the selection of an auspicious date for the inauguration of the new dynasty. The fourth day of the first moon (February 6) was said to be
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  • 257 7 WEEKLY EDITION. The following are the principal contents of the current issue of our Weekly Mail Edition, which will be published on Saturday, afternoon price 40 cents. Editorials Page. The French Success 1831 The Empire’s Financial Task 1832 Labour’s Part 1832 India’s Response 1833
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • 475 7 [To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette.”] Sir,It is very encouraging to learn that the President and the Vice-President of the Chinese Recreation Club have been so enthusiastic as to give a dinner to the members of their Club, in order that they might get the opportunity of
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    • 52 7 [To the Editor oj the Pinang Gazette,"] Sir, Can you kindly inform me whether an Englishman occupies a seat at the present time ou the Kiel Pilot Board and also on the Kiel Harbour Board Doubtless some of your well informed readers can supply the information. Yours, ifcc.,
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  • 125 7 On the occasion of the anniversary of Guru Nanak Singh’s birthday, in the Sikh Gurdwara, Shanghai, and in the presence of a large and representative Sikh congregation, the following resolution was passed unanimously with the request that the same should be conveyed to H. M. Consul-General All
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  • 30 7 CLEARANCES! To-day. Calypso for Tongkah. Alma for Deli. Kedah for Dindings, Sitiawan Bagan Datoh and Teluk Anson. Trang for Trang. Nellore for China. Nel lore for Singapore and Japan.
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  • 90 7 CLOSE AT GENERAL POST OFFICE. To-Morrow. For Per Close. Alor Star (Kedah) Aing Thye 9 a.m. Alor Star (Kedah) Lian Choo 9 a.m. Deli and Asahan Brandan 10 a.m. Port Swettenham and Singapore Hok Canton 1 p.m. Port Swettenham, Singapore, China Japan Mongara 3 p.m. Teluk Anson Hebe 4
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  • 125 7 Penang, December 30, 1915. (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bant). 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 J 3 days' sight Private 176 f Bombay Demand Bank 174 f Moul mein Demand Bank
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 206 7 AIDS TO DIGESTION. Whatever improves bodily conditions in general aids digestion. Cheerfulness, exercise, fresh air, baths and good habits make your digestion better able to take care of any burdens you impose upon it. But the greatest aid to good digestion is good blood. Anaemia, or thin blood is a
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    • 151 7 To enrich the blood To strengthen muscles, bones, nerves and brainyou cannot do better than take SCOTT’S Emulsion. In every part of the world this valued food tonic has proved its worth as the purest and best of all forms of cod liver oil treatment and the richest strength-maker for
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    • 372 7 j The True Safeguard I of Baby’s Health i i I I Foods I ufl r 1 1HE milk of a healthy mother confers a dew I gree of immunity to infection to the young LQ infant. Many mothers, however, though 5 willing, cannot nurse their babies for various 7
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 93 7 THE TIDES. PenangDecember, 1915. Penang Standard TimesHeights referred to Datum of Soundings in Admiralty Charts High Water. Low Water. Date Saudard Hr. Date Stadard Ht. vate. Tj met Time. h m ft. h m ft. Th 30 m 4 50 5.4 30 m 11 42 1.9 6 33 a 5
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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