Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 2 February 1916

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  • 20 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833, No. 26 VOL. LXXIV. WEDNESDAY. 2nd FEBRUARY. 1916. PRICE 10 CENTS
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 902 1 JiJtou wamt to ship. I r «UK <* BELL JU U B IB ED R I on to i forward eoooe ART PART <* VMtLD jUXEH Co, “THE nflMnt innnnrmaannnnnnnnnnnnnnn SUN LIFE ■■■■■■«mb IfHH STREET. PEHUB. STRAIT! SHTIHIHtTS H jw H OF SMOKE 1 I I CANADA. MANILA~C!GARS M, 1...,.,
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    • 60 1 •oooMiiooDUDHnnrcDKMDoa g FOR $BO g 2 X7OU can have the “Pinwng g X Gaaatta" posted every day n for a whole year to your address. (LOCAL SUBSCRIPTION. 527). O S Pvoporticmato Quarterly and gj a Half ysariy rates. JJ B Bubscriptitiup are payable in q adsameo and remittances should g
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  • 843 2 -.—Ex. GERMANS’ VAIN EFFORTS TO ADVANCE. What might have been a battle on a considerable scale ended on the Styr, between Caartorysk and Rafalovka, having died down less as a result of the stone-wall defensive of the Russians than of the abominable conditions of the weather and
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 1567 2 Rates for TO BE LET forsale. a A l4-16 H.P. 5 water 4 cylinder Casual AdVCrtlSCinClltSe JELL FURNISHED HOUSE, No. Singer MOTOR CAR, in good condiVV 7, Pangkor Road, for not less than £i on recently thoroughly overhauled and six months from early in April next. p i n (jed.
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    • 144 2 H The Signature, i uijW To distinguish the original and VTO genuine Worcestershire Sauce from the many imitations, see that the signature of LEA PERRINS appears in White across the Red label on every bottle. No other sauce has such an exquisitely delicate flavour, or such a reputation among WrtjU
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  • 1984 3 uR BALFOUR ON THE NAVY’S M guardianship. •j] ie wonderful aeries of film pictures of British Fleet, which hare been taken admiralty sanction, were shown at the Eißpire Th estre on December 29. Balfour, First Lord of the Admiral- was present, and introduced the jhibition of
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  • 573 3 A MESSAGE TO BRITAIN. 1 1 London, January 3.—Mr. Donohoe, the Daily Chronicle’s special correspondent 1 at Athena, bss been accorded an interview 1 by King Constantine, who authorised him to convey the following message to Britain Actuated by genuine and sincere friendship with the Sovereign and people
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  • 187 3 An interesting cricket match was played on the Ipoh Club Pahang on Saturday afternoon between the Ipuh Club ard Dr. Le-’s XT. Mansur took eight wickets, keeping a good length throughout. The following are the scores Dr. Lee’s XI. Webber b Towers 8, Vallipuram b Towe s
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  • 121 3 Considerable interest is being taken in the two-days’ match, Noith Perak v. South Perak, which commences on the Ipoh Padang at 10 30 to-morrow. The probable teams are South lerak. —C Ssher, Batu Gajah, W O Jmklaas and W G Brven, Strathisla, J Dunf- rd Wood
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 740 3 ♦nnnnnnnnnnnnEinnnnnnnnnnunnnaannnnnnnnannnnD' a ..n H 1916 a $2,130 i n n d n n Electric Lights Model 83 Touring Car n FI Electric Starter. Roadster (Price) $2,130. n V r.. Q 'Vx «I* n n M n I n 5 n n n e q A Masterpiece By The g World's
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  • 389 4 ENEMY OJCUPY DURAZZO. [Specially Translated}. The Daily Mail states that the Austrian captured Durazzi, on the Adriatic. [The Italians had previously announced that they intended to evacuate Durazzo] The Austrians have occupied the Albanian coast north of Durazz). The Montenegrins, A Venna message states that the disarmament
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  • 80 4 Messrs. Allen Dennys Co. advise that the under-mentioned prices were realised for rubber sold by them by auction yesterday (74,000 lbs. offered, 43,000 lbs. sold) Smokedribbedsheet $142 to $155 plain 137 138 No. 2 smoked sheet 139 141 Unsmoked sheet 136 139 No. 2 Unsmoked sheet... 133
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  • 45 4 The Hon. Treasurer sends us the following list of further contributions to the above Fund, forwarded to the Chartered Bank, Penang. Balance on Jan 18 $1,093.14 Anonymous monthly subn 20 00 Balance on Feb 1 1,113.14 Amount previously acknowledged ...$22,216.50 Total $23,329.64
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  • 15 4 The homeward mail closes at 7 p.m. on Saturday. Registration till 5 p.m.
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  • 901 4 The death has occurred of Dr. W. A. Aeria of Singapore, brother of Mr. Fred. Aeria, Penang. Mrs H J Markes and Mrs G Nevill Stevens are spending a holiday on Kledang Hill. Mr L Vaughan, late of Malayan Tin Dredging Coy. has gone to Egypt with
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  • 1218 4 MR. MONTAGU’S FACTS FOR DR. HELFFERICH. On October 1, depreciation of the mark in the terms of dollars was about’ 12 per cent.; now it is 19 to 20 per cent, below par; while Germany’s exchange in Amsterdam is more than 26 per cent, below par.
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  • 243 4 Toothless Notes and Spineless Officials The Paris edition of the “New York Herald publishes the following from its London correspondent It appears that the Hun submarine pirates have killed an American official, Mr. Robert M’Neely, U.S. Consul at Aden, who, in obedience to the orders of his Government, whs on
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  • 173 4 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 Campaign in Mesopotamia 137 The Coming Fighb for Trade 138 The Waiting Policy 138
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  • 285 4 Rifleman M. M. P aesons. The following letter hwbeen Cept P_H. Milward, otheor I regret to have to report the death your eon Rfn. M. M. Parson,, ourred on the night of 1915, in the trenches known as Al Potije. Flander. Your 80H i Q c 0 with five oter
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  • 99 4 Indignant writes to the Editor, Times of Malaya as follows Dear Sir, —Who is responsible for the advertisements on the gable ends of a number of buildings in the town, for certain German goo Is? Just leave them there long enough and they won’t require to be
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  • 203 4 Penang, February 2. cts. Soup per catty 18 Roast 26 Steaks 26 Stew or Curry Meat 20 Rump Steak 26 Ox Tail each 50 Tongue 50 Feet 15 Heart 40 Liver per catty 35 Pork— Pork per catty 36 Pig’s Head Feet 26 Tongue >■ 36 Mutton per
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 503 4 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. NOTICE. THE Engineering business hitherto carried on under the name of R. Young has been converted into a private Limited Company under the title of R. Young »fc Co. Limited.” All debts and liabilities of the firm are undertaken by the Company, and all debts due to the
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    • 12 4 Fortify yourself with Bovril IT MUST BE BOVRIL BRITISH TO THE BACKBONE
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  • 314 5 REVISED BIGURE3. The following note is issued by the Department of Statistics, India, in con* tinnation of the second rice forecast.-In the second rice forecast the area under rice in Burma was stated to be 10,069,000 acres. In a subsequent report on the con* ditions of the
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  • 247 5 Consumption of Margarine Doubled. A month or two ago it was predicted by certain pessimistic dealers that butter in England would be selling at half a crown a pound, which is about the Berlin level. The price has dropped since, and very excellent butter can now be bought
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  • 234 5 In the Penang Municipality for the week ended January 15, there were 68 deaths —4O males and 28 females, equal to a death-rate of 33.79 per mille per annum, compared with 22.46 in the preceding week, and with 28.46 in the corresponding week of last year. The following
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 291 5 OA7 /f xTT*rJi??r^ ta^e a Pi c k- m e-up course of y i T£ FE t,lc rcat brain and body ll Z"//igS[ building food. It combines Organic II Phosphorus—perhaps the greatest gift of I science to the human race with the n P rote n constituents of pure milk.
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    • 561 5 The finest Whisky Scotland Produces I HHhERE ARE MANY WAYS of producing I I Scotch Whisky, almost as many ways as there S are brands on the market, but there is only S one best way. 8 a All our whiskies are produced from the finest new s S spirits,
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  • 1206 6 To-day’s cables break a fairly long silence regarding movements of British warships. It may be that the report of considerable naval liveliness off the Norwegian coast will fritter down to meagre dimensions of fact. On the other hand, it is quite within the range of probability that
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  • 972 6 M. Jules Destree, the Belgian socialist and orator, attached to the Belgian Legation at Rome until January 4th, in connection with propaganda work, has discussed with an interviewer the question—which has been asked time and again, and, one may believe, rather needlessly—why Italy has not declared war
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  • 17 6 q Oted in Lond °n to-day 9 15s. spto, and £lBO ss. three months.
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  • 117 6 The output of the Rahman Tin Co., Ltd during the month of January was 944 piculs. (Pls. 448.92 Mill p| 3 ***** Tributes.) During the month of Januarv, the Kampong Kamunting Tin Dredging Limited’?, dredge worked 647 hours, producing 917.43 piculs of tin oxide, assays 72.5 per cent.,
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  • 120 6 The Pinang Gazette will not be published on Thursday and Friday. The war telegrams received on both days will be sent on Friday to all subscribers to the paper, and will be delivered on Thursday to telegram subscribers. The Library will be closed on Thursday and Friday, the
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  • 52 6 The Band will play the following programme of music at the Esplanade from 6 till 7 p.m. this evening:— 1. Selection La Petite Mademoiselle ...Hare 2. Two Step Pudpchen ~.Gilbert 3. Lancers Marry Old Tims Godfrey 4. Waltz Lije of Mine ...Nonato 5. March Le Pere la
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  • 341 6 The Band will play the following programme of music at the Esplanade from 6 till 7 p.m. on Friday. 1. Selection /1 Country Girl Moncktou 2. Gavotte Fire Flies ...Paul 3. Lancers The Mikado ..Bucalossi 4. Waltz Inmense Success Krier 5. March Sister Susie’s Sewing Shirts Jor Soldiers
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 171 6 Notice of Removal. Messrs. CALDBECK, MACGREGOR Coy., Wine and Spirit Merchants, HAVE REMOVED TO Si, BEACH STREETCHINESE NEW YEAR BAZAAR. JUST ARRIVED NEW STOCK OF Boots, Shoes, Terai Hats and Helmets, Shirts, Ties, Bows, etc., etc. WASSIAMULL ASSOMULL Co. 20, 22. BEACH STREET. hi nniiralscsi THE DISTILLERS Co., Ltd., EDINBURGH.
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    • 38 6 LEAP YEAR DANCE AFTEB A SPECIAL DINNER AT THE E. O. HOTEL On Tuesday, 29th Feb., 1916. E. O. Orchestra and Town Band. Successful Proposals will have the privilege of a free week’s Honeymoon AT THE CRAG HOTEL.
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 31 6 THE TIDES. The following are the tides for tomorrow, Penang Standard Times High Water. Low Water. 5-57 a.m. 11-48 a.m. 5- p.'m. 11-40 p.m. 6- a.m. 0-33 am. 6 44 p.m.
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  • 244 7 A RAID ON ENGLAND. the ATTACKS ON PARIS. -LIVELINESS- OFF NORWAY. A BRITISH NIGHT ATTACK. It is officially announced that six or seven geppelins dropped bombs in the evening 0D e»ste rn > north-eastern and midland counties of England. The damage reported is not great. No casualties »re
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  • France and Belgium.
    • 169 7 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] SUCCESSFUL NIGHT ATTACK. [Copyright Telegrams.] (By Submarine Telegraph). London, February 1. General Sir D >uglas Haig reports that a party of British troops entered German trenches at night near the Kemmel-Wyt-schaete Road. The trenches were found to be full of men, and thirty casualties were
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    • 17 7 London, February 1. Lieutenant H.R.H. The Prince of Wales Buckingham Palace, on short
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    • 19 7 London, February 1. Com eaQent el, the French Minister of erce, has arrived in London.
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    • 293 7 A HURRIED VISIT. Paris, February 1. The latest Zeppelin raid was the shortest on record, and lasted only a minute, despite favourable foggy conditions. The Zeppelin ran before the pursuing aeroplanes, one of which followed the raider for an hour. The French papers point out that
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    • 41 7 AN EXTENSIVE RAID. London, February 1. The Press Bureau reports a raid by six or seven Zeppelins, last evening, on eastern, north-eastern, and midland counties A number of bombs were dropped. No considerable damage has baen reported hitherto.
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    • 248 7 Since the.first of all the Zeppelins, commenced in 1898. was launched from a float, ing shed at Friedrichshafen on Lake Constance, on July 2nd, 1900, the records of these airships contain many stories of disaster. L Z 25 was the last Zeppelin to appear before war
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    • 58 7 RECRUITING FIGURES. London, Februa-y 1. A report by Lord Wimborne, the LordLieutenant, regarding recruiting in Ireland, states that 85,227 have enlisted since the outbreak of war, and that the total from Ireland serving in the Army and Navy is 145,869. The report estimates that 400,000 bachelors are still
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    • 30 7 Melbourne, February 2. Recruiting in the Commonwealth is most satisfactory. The enlistments during January were 5,000 in Victoria, and 8,650 in New South Wales, though harvesting is general.
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    • 21 7 Ottawa, February 2. Recruiting is very active in Canada. Regina has offered 25,000. Toronto recruited 1,200 in one week.
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    • 72 7 MINISTRY OF COMMERCE SUGGESTED. London, February 1. At a meeting at the Guildhall, to discuss the question of trade and employment after the war, a resolution was passed recommending the establishment of a M inistry of Commerce, and urging the improvement of the commercial relations between
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    • 287 7 “Alberkcht Zxttbl.” The Central News says that in answer to an invitation to deliver three lectures at Leeds, Bradford, and Newcastle, on peace terms under the au-pices of the Brotherhood of Nations Committee, Dr. Zettel, a German Socialist, has sent the following reply Rotterdam,
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    • 45 7 AUSTRALIAN ACTION. Melbourne, February 1. The Federal Executive has approved of the regulations for wiping out enemy and naturalised shareholders of public companies, by compelling them to transfer their shares to the Public Trustee, until a year after the end of the war,
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    • 17 7 Amsterdam, February 1* The Vossische Zeitung” states that Colonel House has left Berlin for Switzerland.
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  • 50 7 London, January 31. The Secretary of State for India announces that he is prepared to consider applications from highly educated men, under thirty, prefeiably those who have served during the war, who are no longer fit for the Army, for vacancies in the Indian Finance (Military) Department.
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  • 34 7 FATAL FIRE AT RESIDENCE. London, February 1. Sir Clements Markham died of shock, as the result of being badly burned by a fire at his residence, at 21, Eccleston Square S.W.
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  • Turkey and the Near East
    • 54 7 FALSE TURKISH REPORT. London, January 31. The Press Bureau denies a Turkish report of a British defeat at Kurna, in Mesopotamia. This report could only refer to a reconnaissance at Shatta, which was attacked by hostile Arabs, and in which the British suffered a few casualties and inflicted heavy
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    • 13 7 Loudon, February 1. The Turks are calling up youths of eighteen.
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    • 92 7 Cairo, Dec. 31.—Information has been received here that all males in Syria, between 18 and 60. have been called to the colours. The Vali Turkish Governor) of Beirut has ordered 10 Syrian leaders to be hanged and 23 others are awaiting execution. Djemal Pasha, the Turkish
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    • 110 7 London, January 2 —General Sir lan Hamilton, in the coarse of a speech yesterday, said the time had not yet come when the Gallipoli expedition could be gauged at its military and moral value. We were too close, but the day would come when it
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  • Russian Campaign.
    • 66 7 TURKISH FORCES ISOLATED. a 1 Petrograd, February 1. A Russian communique says: As the result of a fortnight's operations in the Caucasus, we dislodged the Turks from a fortified front, forty miles Ion?, and descended from a cold mountainous region into a populated region suitable for winter camps.
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    • Article, Illustration
      477 7 The Russian operations in North-West Persia are of special interest at the present time, as the Turco-German intrigues to foment an anti-dynastic movement in the country were cleverly designed. The seeds of rebellion were sown broadcast. German gold was freely used to corrupt certain Persian politicians and triba
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    • 162 7 Hamadan, which has recently come into prominence in connection with the disorder ■n Persia, has easily the most romantic history of all the Persian cities, says a Home paper. A thousand years before the Christian era it was a place to be fought for by kings, and as Ecbatana,
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  • Naval Operations.
    • 78 7 ACTIVITY OFF SCANDINAVIA. London, January 31. There has been considerable British and German naval liveliness off the Norwegian coast. A number of British warships and German submarines were observed on the borders of territorial waters. A steamer, which arrived at Stavanger, reports having seen a number of British
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    • 74 7 GALLANT CAPTAINS HONOURED. London, February 1. At a ceremony of the presentation of cheques to Liverpool Captains, for heroism in escaping German submarines, Sir Norman Hill said at the beginning of the war there were 1,050 vessels entered in War R ska Insurance. Of these the enemy
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    • 32 7 London, February, 1. The Tsar has bestowed the Cross of Saint George upon Engineer Frederick Asker of a British submarine, for sinking a German cruiser in the Baltic.
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    • 36 7 DETAINED BY BRITAIN. The Hague, February 1. It is announced that the mails for the Dutch Indies on board the steamer Rembrandt, which left Amsterdam on January 22nd, are detained by the British.
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    • 44 7 AT GIBRALTAR London, February 1. The British steamer Scindia (of the Anchor Line, Glasgow 5,106 tons) is on fire iu No. 2 bold at Gibraltar. The surveyors recommend the flooding of the hold. A salvage boat is alongside the steamer.
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    • 50 7 REBELS MARCH ON PEKING. Petrograd, January 31. A Mukden telegram states that the Mongolian rebels, who recently occupied the town of Kweihwating, in the Province of Shansi, have been increased by 20,000, including a Chinese Brigade of insurgents, with 14 guns, and are marching toward» Peking.
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    • 127 7 SPEECH AT MILWAUKEE. Milwaukee, February 1: President Wilson, addressing a large audience, including many German-Ameri-aans, reiterated his promise to keep the nation out of the war, but said the difficulties of so doing necessitated support for nis programme of national preparedness. He declared there was no crisis, but
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  • 51 7 AN APPEAL. {From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, February 2. The Straits Times publi-hes what is apparently an officially inspired paragraph, urging men of the Reserve Force to volunteer, otherwise it may be necessary for H. E the Governor to declare an emergency, under the Reserve Force
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  • 72 7 INTERESTING FIGURES. {From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, February 1. Singapore Chamber of Commerce gave a farewell dinner to Herr Spakier, the Dutch Consul, who leaves Singapore for New York. The Hon. C. W. Darbishire, who presided, in the coarse of a speech, stated that the imports
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  • 59 7 [From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, February 1. At the annual meeting of Indragiri Rubber Co L’d., the Chairman stated that the condition of the Company was very satisfactory; The Company would be able to continue to pay dividends, even were rubber to go as low as two
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  • 38 7 [From Owr Own Correspondent.] Singapore, February 2. At Singapore rubber auctions 220 ton» were offered sold 164. The demand was good, but prices were lower. Fine pale $157. Ribbed smoked $155. Plain $145. Unsmoked $144.
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  • 228 7 PENANG WOMEN WORKERS. Amount previously acknowledged $1,122 Mrs Smith Steinmetz (2nd Don.) $lO, Mrs Ebden $lO. To'al $1,142. Owing to Chinese New Year there will be no distribution of work at the Town Hall on Friday the 4th inst., but work can be sent for to
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  • 961 8 THE COMPANY’S EXCELLENT PROSPECTS. The third annual general meeting of Titi Tin Company, Limited, was held on Saturday at Singapore, the chairman, Dr. D. J. Galloway, presiding. Others present were Messrs Tau Kheam Hock (director) Chew Woou Poh, I Ellison, G Triance, W E Rayner (for the
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  • 216 8 2,000 British Workmen Engaged on Munitions. In view of certain statements made in the Press concerning Mr, Ford, who is a director and shareholder of the Ford Motor Company (England) (Limited), says the P.M.G.,” we felt that we could not insert an advertisement which which that company
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  • 125 8 A meeting of the Planters’ Association of Malaya was held on Monday at Johore Bahru, Mr. W. Duncan presiding. Before proceeding with the business Mr. Duncan made sympathetic reference to the death of Mr. H. M. Darby by which the Association had lost an esteemed and
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  • 280 8 A story which has been going about London a good deal, although it has not, I think, hitherto» got into print, may be given at a time when the New Year festivities and the drink restrictions are being much discussed. A well-known orator and peer much attached to
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  • 128 8 SHIPPING ARRIVALS. Alma, Brit., 459, Bell, Feb 2, Deli, gen., E. S. Co. Pangkor, Brit, 94, Caswell, Feb 2, Dinding, gen., E. S. Co. M. Austin, Brit, 97, Cowary, Feb 2, Asahan, gen., E. S. Co. Pin Seng, Brit, 378, Davidson, Feb 2. S’pore, gen., E. S. Co. Ban
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  • 124 8 Penang, February 2, 1916. (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 7/8 3 Documentary ...2/4 29/32 Calcutta Demand Bank Re. 174 3 days’ sight Private 176 Bombay Demand Bank 174 Moulmein Demand Bank 173 3 days’sight Private
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  • 24 8 Pknang The E. ±O. Hotel, The Crag Runnymede Hotel, Hotel Norman, Singapore:—Raffles Hotel. Rangoon :—.Strand Hotel. Java.—Hotel Beau Sej jur Lembang.
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  • 262 8 Pbnang, February 2, 1916. 8. P. Tapioca $6.50 buyers. M. P. Tapioca 37.00 buyers. Gold leaf 364.40 Pepper (W. Coast 3 lb. 5 oz). 316 1/2 buyers Black Pepper 318.00 buyers. White Pepper 334.00 sdlers. Trang Pepper °f season. Mace 3110 nom. Mace Pickings 360 sellers. Cloves 531 st
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 594 8 BANKS CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA AUSTRALIA. AND CHINA. t Incorporated by Royal Charter. (tHJ Paid-up Capital £1,300,01 Reeerve Fund £1,890,00' Reserve Liability of Proprietor»... £1,300,001 Hbad Ornoa 38, BIBHOPSGATE, LONDON, 1.0 AOBMCIBB AMD BrAMOHBS. Amritsar Hongkong Penang Bangkok Iloilo Puket Batavia Ipoh Rangoon Bombay Karachi Saigon Calcutta Klang Serembar Danton
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    • 122 8 Shake Off the Clutch of rheumatism, the greatest enemy to the peace of man. You can do it. As evidence of this you have but to consider any one of the thousands of cures that have been effected by the use of LITTLE’S ORIENTAL BALM. Many of those cured were
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    • 325 8 SAFETY FIRST ITO ft SAFETY TREAD TYKE S STOCKED BY ALL GARAGES. LARGE REDUCTION IN PRICES If W 1 V as from Ist January, 1916. 1 W SOLE AGENTS: ADAMSON, GILFILLAN Co., Ltd., (Incorporated in England) t a ‘-A.’ I I SINGAPORE, PENANG A MALACCA. ■«■BHBnmißwnßiaa After Illness After the
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  • 2631 9 “——————————————i———————— ♦<! Pald'un Number of Issue b »P |tal, P Share.. Value. 2 Dividends. 5 S 5 I oSE JL— M ■> Cf 1,11 l9la 19 13 1914 1915 1916 M|NI N .3? mi iioo.ooo »60.000 eo.ooo 1 1 Xm 800.000 300.000 30,000 10 10 28$ 9 6 d
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  • 931 9 TWENTY THOUSAND GERMAN TROOPS. An astonishing German plot to invade South Africa in the early part of the war—a plot which was neatly foiled by Vice-Ad-miral Stnrdee’s great naval victory—is exposed by Mr John R Balderston in a remarkable article which appears in the Pittsburg
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 356 9 i PRODUCE OF FRANCE “Cordon sole "Cordon n HIBBERT*. WOODROFFE C? LTP K.OUGE. (Incorporated in England) aJAVNE. A Happy and Prosperous New Year to all our Chinese Patrons. TO-NIGHT I TO-NIGHT 11 the ELECTRIC POLYSCOPE Co., LYCEUM THEATRE, ARGYLL ROAD, WILL PRESENT BY SPECIAL REQUEST The Great Universal Serial Drama
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  • 269 10 FORMER ACTRESS’ STRANGE ACT. Calcutta, January 27. A tragic shooting affair occurred at Ballyguuge last night the victim being Mrs. Carapiet, an Armenian, of 10 1, Rowland Road. The other occupants of the flat were her husband and her father-in-law. So far as could be ascertained on enquiry,
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  • 218 10 In 1910, the Zinc Corporation of Victoria, Australia agreed to sell exclusive to Aron Hirsch and Sohn, of Halberstadt, Germany, the zinc concentrates produced at their Broken Hill mines until 1919. On December 21 the Court of Appeal, composed of Lords Justices Swinfen Eady, Phillimore
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  • 147 10 The enormous landslides in the Culebra Cut of the Pauama Canal have disappointed the optimistic belief that this danger had been fully guarded against During the construction of the canal there was constant trouble from this cause, which was largely responsible for the contrast between the 103 million
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  • 131 10 Some statistics prepared of the traffic through the Suez Canal during the first nine months of 1915, and the same period of 1913—the last normal year—brings to light an interesting fact, says the Times.” The net general tonnage declined to 11,408,142 tons a fall of 4,740,620 tons,
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  • 419 10 Messrs. James F. Hutton Co, Ltd., writing on January 6, report Liverpool Cotton. kast Week. Mid-American—Spot 8,28 7.82 Mid-American, Current Month 8.06 7.56 F.G.F. Egyptian—Spot 10.60 10.05 F.G.F. Egyptian, Current Month 10.67 9.99 New York Cotton. Yesterday. Last week. Spot—Cents. 12.45 12.20 Current Month 12.30 11.96 London.
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  • 179 10 According to information received at Athene, the plan which had been prepared by the German Staff for the attack on Salonika was as follows:—Two hundred thousand Germans would advance from Monastir, 150,000 Turks from Bulgarian Thrace, and 100,000 Bulgars from Ghevgbeli and Doiran. Contemporaneously Austrian troops
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  • 121 10 We have done uncommonly well last year says the Ceylon Observer in the matter of our principal exports, despite war and its interference with commerce. Last year we sent 15,729,809 lb black tea, 683,549 lb green tea, 7.450,807 lb rubber, 20,692 cwt cocoa, 162,459 lb cardamoms,
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  • 98 10 Persia Survivors. Bombay, January 19th.—The mail teamer Medina, with the London mails up to tbe 31st December arrived in harbour at 3-15 a.m., this morning with 117 passengers on board of whom only 23 are survivors of the Persia. The following are the names of the survivors who arrived :—Mr
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
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  • 786 11 ARRANGING RESULT OF A LEAGUE MATCH. The worst scandal ever associated with Association football is revealed by the publication of the commission appointed to inquire into the result of the League match between Liverpool and Manchester United, at Manchester on April 2 last. The match was won
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