Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 1 March 1916

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 49 VOL. LXXIV. WEDNESDAY. Ist MARCH. 1916 PRICE 10 CENTS
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 723 1 gjY BELL musß E R fOItWAItD ***** i„ un e X j AH-FJi DENNYS Co, the sfNG 1 a>x Motor Repairing Co., £*«2 s—--61 Biirm ah Road and ffiLli f 111 ph9Be No 2M Km Whiti> s HI The Famoas Aatomabih Hospital. HHfl TT »JL lv [I I f| |J
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    • 72 1 MKNRMIQDOUUaDDr .nriaaccDa g FOR $B4» g VTOU can have the Hnang 3 b X Guuotte" posted every day q foe a whole year to your addreaa. > (local suascaimoN. san. c S Fsupoetionato Quarterly and a g HeW yearly rates. g Bubetii I igloos are payable in n adteemuo mad
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  • 819 2 Mr. R. F. Talbot, of Klang, has obtained a commission and gone to France. Mr. W. E. Pepys, who is at present stationed in Kelantan, is on a visit to Kuala Lumpur. We regret to hear that Dr. J. S. Rose, Assist. Municipal Health Officer, is an
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  • 945 2 DRAGON, LECK AND DAFFODIL. When last year little Dragon flags were sold in the London streets on St. David’s Day to provide cimforts for Welsh troops Mr. Llewellyn Williams, K.C.M.P., contributed an interesting artie’e to the press in explanation of why the Red Dragon was selected instead of
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  • 266 2 Mr. Wolseley Charles’s company, The Scamps,” made their first appearance in England in the Spring of 1912, and immediately sprang into the favour of the English speaking public and Press. It was during a tour of the English provinces that a well known west-end London Manager, who saw
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  • 375 2 On Saturday la«.t at 1 p.m. the Singapore Chinese Committee in aid of the Red Cross Fund entertained the Penang Chinese visitors to lunch at Club St. in Mr. Khoo Hun Yang’s residence, which had been kindly lent for the use of the guests during the
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  • 254 2 New Industries. In response to our request for suggestions as to new industries for Malaya after the war is over, we have received several from a local resident. He first instances the case of chenopodium oil, used in most of the hospitals in this country and in Ceylon
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  • 228 2 One of the largest secures of the history of Hongkong was Water Police on February 20 on n. Funnel steamer Alcinou®. The just arrived from Liverpool h *i the usual ports of call. A party f at once boarded her, the police f P lice valuable assistance
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  • 66 2 VISITATION BY BISHOP OF THF DIOCESE. Friday, March 3, Litany 10.30 a.nrService of Intercession for the war 6 p.m ('h n i' practice 6.30 p.m. Saturday, Confirmation 6 p m. Sunday, Quinguagesima, March 5: 8 a.m. Matins 8.30 am. Holy Communion; 10]j am.; Chinese Service; 5
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 1068 2 *****7 A ItWDTIfFIiWTC TTNGINEER I. B. O. T. Certificate. NCrW AW Vl/KllOl/MDn 10. A-* Dredging experience 5 years. Shop charge 10 years, desires re-engagement. PENANGNURSING ASSOCIATION. Apply No. 149, c/o Pinang Gazette. 203-10-3 *T*HE ANNUAL MEETING of SubHall, Penan”, on ESTATE ASSISTANTS WANTED. 1916, at 5-15 p.m. K. M. Crabb
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    • 336 2 AUCTION SALE. AN ESTATE in Perlis 58 reloogs planted with Rubber and Coconuts years old. There are also 350 Rubber trees about 50 inches in circumference, 3 feet from ground. Road frontage and one mile from Railway Station. To be auctioned at Perlis on 6th March, 1916. 213—4-3 NOTICE. NOTICE
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  • 576 3 anl T IND’S RELATIONSHIP TO HJ GERMANY. There ie no secret treaty.” With these or /s the Prime Minister, Mr. Cort van j er Linden, speaking in the Second Cnamler, denied the rumour which has >een persistently spread both here and jbrcad that there exists a secret
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  • 275 3 A Rsmariablb Nbw Ray Discovered Medical and scientific men are keenly o-erested ja e t now in a new ray which may, according to the expert views of it, have a peat future. It is the discovery of Mr W Simpson, a well-known Scottish engineer, -eg
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  • 884 3 A REMARKABLE LIST OF SPORTSMEN. One notable feature of the present war has been the way iu which sportsmen have distinguished themselves Many of them have laid down their lives, but many more remain to bring into action the lessons learned from games before the war. Probably no
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  • 416 3 BEER PHILISTINES AND TRUE KULTUR. Professor Rudolf Eucken, the eminent philosopher, spoke recently in the great Aula of the Berlin University on the Ethical and Hygienic Tasks of the Present. He is one of the most universally honoured men in Germany, and his audience included statesmen, excellencies
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  • 347 3 The club waitress has come to stay. All the West End clubs now employ women waiters. The first club to introduce women was one of the most exclusive, the Athenaeum, but clubs as a whole, which are rather conservative institutions, shrank from the innovation, and limited the
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  • 626 3 AMERICAN LADY’S LETTER. The following are extracts from a letter received in Rangoon by an American lady from her brother iu the United States A great many German people in the U. S. A. are too much partizans of their old country to be at
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  • 322 3 Some Contributory Causm. Rotterdam, January 19.—The report from an American source that England intends to regard Rotterdam and other Dutch ports as, in effect, German import harbours, with blockade as the logical consequence, at first created considerable anxiety. But later, when the story remained uncorroborated the opinion
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 53 3 To Correct Constipation and Biliousness, clear the complexion of blemishes and sweeten the breath, use the dainty laxative They gently assist nature and will help to keep you well. Tiny but thorough, do not gripe. Of chemists, 50 cents per phial, or post free from the Dr. Williams Medicine Co.,
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    • 166 3 IHJW iFli IHfcs -Az PRODUCE OF FRANCE “Cordon s ue l’ ICordon U HIBBERT. WOODROFFE&C? LT? KOUGE. (Incorporated in England.) ’uAUNE. ENGLISH ACETIC ACID Guaranteed 9978 o chscooii la Earthenware Jars containing 45 lbs. Commercial SULPHURIC ACID In Earthenware Jars containing 2 r gallons. THE DISPENSARY (PENANG) Ltd., a. BISHOP
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  • 18 4 Mudie.—On February 26, at the Maternity Hospital, Singapore, the wife of N. D. Mudie, of a son.
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  • 1333 4 Any celebrations of St. David’s Day will naturally be sobered by the times of war in which we live. The principality has no need to evade comparison with other portions of the Kingdom or Empire. Proud may Welshmen be of the part played in the war by
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  • 951 4 The promise of yesterday’s wires telling the story of the Verdun attacks was made good this morning. The confidence which could then be detected obviously rested on solid grounds, and M. Briand’s statement removes any lingering fears of the imminent danger of the German pressure. The sudden
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  • 53 4 [From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, March 1 Haytor Rubber Co., Ltd., reports a pr )s of $69,418. A final dividend of 20 v per cent is recommended, making 25 per cent f the year. The all-in cost was l/o|. estimate for the current year i 8
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  • 92 4 Messrs. Allen Dennys St Co. advise the under-mentioned prices were rea’i.?for rubber sold by them at thei auction sale yesterday (115 600 offered, 86,000 lbs. sold); Smoked ribbed sheet $173 t 0 $137 Piain 168 n 0 No. 2 smoked sheet diamond 162 155 Unsmoked sheet 162
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  • 28 4 OUTPUTS FOR FEBRUARY. The following are additional rubber outputs for February Batak Rabit lbs. 21,500 Bagan Serai Penang 132,000 Rnbana 56,000 Straits 186,000 Tali Ayer It 43,300
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  • 40 4 The following are the latest quotationsin our share list Yesterday. To-day. 02 3Q a Sharks. S 3 QQ MW Mining. K. Kamunting 36/G 37/6 37/- 37/9 SungeiGau... $l2 $l3 sl2| 513 f Rubber (Dollar}. P.-Perak $H $1.69
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  • 26 4 London, February 29.* The following is the rubber quotation for to-day Plantation Ist Latex Crepe 3/8| [•By courtesy of Messrs. Boustead i Co.j
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  • 32 4 To-day’s quotation for unrefined tin Penang was $91.25 per picul, business done—an increase of 15 cents. Tin is quoted in London to-day £lBB spot, and £lBB 10s. three months.
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  • 53 4 The Band will play the following P r 3 gramme of music at the Esplanade fro® 6 till 7 this evening:— 1. Selection The Gay Parisienne ...CaryU 2. Two Step Why Don't The Band Play Boeder 3. Waltz Merry Widow 4. Polka ...W»® 5. March Death or
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  • 123 4 The homeward mail closes on s 1 at 7 p.m. Registration till 6 p.mThe contract packet Gregory Ap«- ar the mails from Europe is expe bte arrive here at daylight to-morrow. Lord Chelmsford has a PP®. iDted Assistant Private Secretary i« n H. A. F. Metcalfe; Military S««“*
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 107 4 we are SOLE AGENTS for PERRIER WATER a Xofje Qfjampagne of ‘ffiabh XVaters.” CUDBECK, MACGREGOR 6 CO., WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS, 31. BEACH STREET. PENANG. RENEW YOUR ENERGY w ITH CEREGEN THE GREAT NERVE-FOOD AND TONIC. BRITISH MADE. -QH/V7S CASH CHEMISTS LIMITED, 62-54, BEACH STREET. PENANG. SHERRY IS AN EXCELLENT
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    • 13 4 “E. O.” MOTOR GARAGE. CARS ON HIRE $4 AN HOUR. Telephone No. 322.
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
  • 48 4 DEATH. Inch.—On January 27, at Haiphong, Florence, the wife of James Ince, of Eastern Extension Telegraph Co. Forbbs.—At the Perak Hospital, Hongkong, on February 18, after a long illness, J. Forbes, of the China Sugar Refinery, son of the late Mr. J. Forbes, of Greenock aged 34 years.
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  • 305 5 TIDE TURNS at VERDUN. maloja s deathroll BRITISH SUCCESS IN EGYPT. TBE MESOPOTAMIAN CAMPAIGN. Germans have been baffled north-east o f Verdun. Some fighting was still in progress in the neighbourhood of the Pooaumont position, and also south-east of that old fort, but it is clear that the
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  • France and Belgium.
    • 640 5 [Riutir’s Telegrams.] TRENCH re-capture positions. [Copyright Telegrams.] 'By Submarine Telegraph.) Paris, February 29. M. Briand, the Premier, in the Lobby of French Chamber, gave a graphic Ascription of the re-capture of Donaumont. The enemy had advanced from ChampWuvija to Donaumont, and thought they Ad captured a formidable position,
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    • 61 5 London, February 21. Mackensen and Hindenburg are at loggerheads, ore desiring to continue the offensive and the other advising defensive tactics on all the fronts. The Austrian Generals, the German Crown Prince. Prince Henry, von Tirpitz and the Kings of Bavaria and Saxony all favour an
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    • 88 5 APPEAL FOR RELIEF. London, February 29. A large and influential meeting in the City, at which the Dominions and India were represented, passed a resolution, unanimously, that in the interests of Imperial trade and commerce, and the unity of the Empire, it was essential that steps be
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    • 30 5 London, February 28. Colonel A Skeen is gazetted BrigadierGeneral on the General Staff; Second-Lieut Ronald Wilson of the Bombay Volunteer Rifles temporary Second-Lieutenant, while employed with a maxim detachment.
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  • Turkey and the Near East
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      147 5 GENERAL AYLMER ACTIVE. London, February 29. On the morning of the 22nd February, General Aylmer bombarded the enemy’s camp on the left bank of the Tigris The enemy were completely surprised and lost heavily. Our aeroplanes obtained useful information, and a small punitive column from Nasriyeh attacked a hostile
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    • 67 5 THE STRAIN RELIEVED. London, February 29. Reuter learns that official telegrams from Persia show that the Russian capture of Kermanshsh ends a series of operations which have entirely relieved the strain to which the Allied interests in Persia were subjec ed by German intrigue. Previous anxiety has disapp
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    • 343 5 Some valuable evidence regarding the activity of German agents in Persia is given by Dr. Evelyn Constable, an English lady-doctor, who recently arrived in England from Bandar Abbas via Bombay. She was at Kerman in Eastern Persia last autumn and saw what happened on the arrival there
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    • 213 5 London, February 21.—“ The Daily Telegraph’s” Petrograd correspondent says: It is now evident that a considerable proportion of the E zerum garrison escaped before the entry of the Russians. The final resistance was left to a strong i earguard. There is possibly some truth in the rumours
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    • 130 5 DECISIVE BRITISH SUCCESS. London, February 29. General Maxwell reports that Saturday’s fight ended in a decisive success. Nuri Bey, a brother of the Turkish Minister, Enver Pasha, commanding the enemy, was killed and his chief Lieutenant, Gaafar» wounded and taken prisoner. The enemy left over 200 killed
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    • 495 5 Cairo, January 18.—The heavy weather, which we had at the beginning of the month, did a great deal of damage to the Mariut Railway. The torrential rains washed the ground away on the line and for over two days no trains could be got through the
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  • 27 5 London, February 29. Mr. Coote (Unionist) has been returned unopposed for South Tyrone, in succession to the late Mr. A. L. Horner, k.c„ (Unionist).
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  • 14 5 MR. HENRY JAMES. London, February 29. The novelist Mr. Henry James is dead.
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  • 364 5 LATEST PARTICULARS. London, February 29. Fifty bodies from the Maloja have now been taken to the mortuary. Several have been identified. Two of the liner’s boats have been washed ashore. Mrs. McLeod, wife of Brigadier-General McLeod, is among the dead. A German Mine T The evening newspapers are
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  • 25 5 London, February 29. Fifteen of the crew of the Glasgow steamer Deuaby were landed at Marseilles by the steamer Treverbyn from Pondicherry.
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  • 87 5 London, February 21. It is notable that German destroyers have recently operated far out in the North Sea and it is suggested that faster and heavier craft are being employed. Mr. Archibald Hurd recen ly stated that Germany had been building craft combining the characteristics
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  • 228 5 Berlin, February 13.—The Deutsche Ueberseedienst reports A memorandum of the German Government about the treatment of armed merchantmen, issued today, concludes: “Under these circumstances, hostile m* rcbautmen, armed with guns, have no more right to be considered as peaceful merchantmen. The German naval forces, therefore, will,
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  • 610 5 VERDUN BATTLE. [Specially Translated.) The Dutch telegrams regarding the battle near Verdun also indicate that thaGerman losses have been tremendous. In many cases, whole regiments and ia other cases complete brigades, advancing ia close formation, were wiped out almost to the last man. The losses of the
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  • 92 5 [From Our Own Correspondent Singapore, February 29. and Kleinman (Singapore) beat the Penang Chinese champions at tennis by 6-2—6-4. A Chinese-owned estate in Negri Sembilan is reported to have been sold recently to a Shanghai company.—“ M.M.” Captain W J Clifford, addressing the members of the Calcutta University
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  • 534 6 EFFECTS OF THE WAR. The trade in oconut oil in Hongkong and Far Eastern ports generally, states the American Consul-General at Hongkong, has come to be somewhat demoralised, not only as an indirect result of the war, but by reason of changes in industrial processes in Far
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  • 328 6 The German Socialist paper Vorwarts draws the attention of its readers to two pamphlets which have been published in Germany recently advocating a rapprochement between Germany and Japan. The author of the first is Dr. Georg Inner, who candidly recognises that Germany’s role as a colonial
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  • 365 6 DOGS TO DEAL WITH THE PEST. The following despatch has been received from Mr* Warner Alien, the British pre-s representative with the French armies on the western front There has recently been some controversy in the French press as to the precautions that have been taken
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  • 282 6 The following is a genuine letter received by a reader of the Siam Observer.” May it please your Excellency. With due respect I the undersigned most humbly and painfully, beg to bring the following few lines to your kind amiable perusal. I beg to say
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  • 141 6 Value Estimated at £105,000,000. Mr. Runciman informed Mr. King in the House of Commons that the estimated value of property in Germany registered with the Public Trustee as belonging to British subjects was approximately £72,000,000. The property in this country owned by persons in Germany, he
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  • 23 6 Penang :—The E. O. Hotel, The Crag Runnymede Hotel, Hotel No-man, Singapore:—Raffles Hotel. Rangoon Strand Hotel. Java.—Hotel Beau Sejour Lembang.
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  • 890 6 The steamer Belle of France, which is reported by Reuter ss having been sunk by an enemy, was well known in the port of Rangoon where she had been several times as a chartered boat of the British India Steam Navigation Company. She was a steel crew steamer
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 248 6 you. It has a Body-building power proved equal to from io to 20 times the amount of Bovril taken. BRITISH TO THE BACKBONE. I The finest Whisky Scotland Produces Hi s I* HERE ARE MANY WAYS of producing s I Scotch Whisky, almost as many ways as there j JL
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  • 832 7 CASE OF INDIAN AND COLONIAL FIRMS. The xixnes.’ which has frequently urged the hard case of Indian and Colonial incomes whose possessors as residents in the nited Kingdom did Gheooseives mulcted in a douoie or treble income tax returns to the subject in its Cry article of the
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  • 431 7 DISCUSSION IN COMMONS. London, January 28.—1 n the H >use of Common 4 S.r Richard Essex referred to the prohibition of pap«-r pulp importation. He hoped that it woa.d not operate adversely on newspapers which had not their own means of paper supply. Mr. Runciman said ail arrangements
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  • 400 7 Some few days ago M-. Harry Gild’s godowu in Trenggaaa was rifled and goods were stolen of some considerable Mr. Gild has energ“tically run some of the depredators to earth and, it is hoped, in Trengganu. that if convicted these thieves will be dealt wi*h severely. The case
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  • 322 7 Mr. Maurice Maud*, interviewed the other day by a Penang contemporary, (the P.G.”) made the interesting suggestion, says the “Malay Mail,’’ that ruboer companies should encourage their assistants co save and a-sist them by advances to plant up land of their own. In advocating compreaensive measures for
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  • 338 7 The pull-through is at the best an emergenev mstrumen”, very v&,uaoie at that, but bearing abou the same relation to proper cleaning that a soft broom does to scrubbing a floor on han.is and knees. An important d'fference between Cleaning a ride and a wooden
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  • 28 7 The Chartered Bank. Penang, has received the following subscriptions for the Malayan Air Fleet Fund Mr. R. Owen 950 Mr. H. W. Rickeard, Kulim 20
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  • 89 7 CLEARANCES! To-DAT. A’ng Thye for Alor Star 'Sedan',. Ban Fo Soon for Bagan Dacca Taluk Anacn. Flying Dragon for Portweid and Taiping. Jar an for Rangoon, Calcutta and Durban. Hong Sheng for Singapore and China. MAILS. CLOSE AT GENERAL POST OFFICE. To-Moaaow. For Per Cloee. Tongkah Calypso 12-30 p.m
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  • 141 7 Punang, Mahcs 1, 1916. (Sf Cawrtesy at Uu Ckartored Bank> London Demand Bank ~~2/4 7/32 H 4 months sight Bank ...2/4 5/8 3 n Credit -2/4 7/8 H 3 Documentary —3/4 20 32 Calcutta Demand Bank R«. 174 3 days' sight Private n 176 Bombay Demand Bank M 174
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  • 242 7 Pinang. Maßch I, 1916. 3. P. Tapioca 57.90 sales. M. P Tapioca 58.20 sales. Gold leaf 564-40 Pepper W. Coast 3 lb. 5 oz 516 1/2 buyers Black Pepoer 518.00 buyers. White Pepper 535.00 sellers Treng Pepper 536 buyer». Mace 5110 torn. Mace Picking» 562 sellers. Clcvee 531 s
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  • 126 7 Marco 3.—Penang Volunteers B Co., Concert and Dance, Drill Hall, 8 p.m. 4. Harmstou s Circus and Menagerie, Date Kramat Gardens. 5. Visitation, by the Right Reverend Bishop of Singapore, at Penang. 6 and 7.—■“ The Scamps. Bandmann Co.. Town Hall. 9-15 p.m. 7.—Penang Chamber of Commerce. A.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 348 7 TOWN HALL, PENANG. HOf (DAY mA TUESDAY NEXT, March 6th and 7th, at 9.15, NIGHTS ONLY I Miur-w E. BMdman prwent» Wolseley Charles Co. “The SCAMPS” IN A High Class Vaudeville Entertain menu. Masic, Mirth. Melody and Up-to-date Burlesque. CHANGE OF 3ROGHAMHE EACH EVENING. Popular Prices!s3, $2 and $l. 3o„<:ai
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    • 101 7 kre you a Slave to pain Do E< u Ever tie*t Or is voa. ife a perpetual burdee—• wnlc ful. test tevereu t.riured exuteuce u:— l»o y a start and cry ou from iw.toning nervrs or ng pain- Are ya »o b- of your oighci at rr i-. Mvi tra
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    • 570 7 Completely Paralysed. iw Dream She Saw Herseff Cured |y Dr. GasscU’t TaMcts. Got mum. anu— Her Dream Came True. tSfrs. Hop k ns. of L Be-ue Cottage. Lett-brdge-road, Hanrpden Pirk, Eastbourne. Eng., says; I was paralysed, I had to be lifted m and out of bed, and is I was
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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