Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 2 March 1916, 02

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 50 VOL. LXXIV.. THURSDAY. 2nd MARCH, 1916 PRICE 10 CENTS
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 582 1 »UY 0B BELL I h| U B B E R i j 1 p>rwAffO 000 u!(Y HUT." BJ> j fIM-RH DENNYS C*» f. i®* l SUN LIFE JUST UNPACKED I I Canada. BLUE PORCELAIN incorporated lees. VASE, PLATE and BOWL. B eSS 1 X 7d D c' n VeX »218
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    • 416 1 ■oaomraaaoaaaa rd s q io g FOR S3U g g can hare the Pinang n X Gtawotte" posted every day n fee a whole year to your address. a (local suMcairrioN, san- g H Pecportkmate Quarterly and B g Well y—»jy rates. g Buheuiiplkius are payable in aAaawea and remittanees
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  • 906 2 BIG MINE IN FULL SWING. The present suspension of hostilities in Macedonia provides a suitable occasion for a general consideration of the position in the Near East; The enemy forces in Macedonia itself are, at least for the moment, at a standstill, and are
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  • 390 2 It was a little old man speaking, a clean, hard, wiry old man of more than sixty. Time had touched his head and chin with a frosty hand, and his unshaven, stubbly beard was white All round the noise, bustle and turmoil of the big London market
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  • 221 2 Penang, March 2. CtB. 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 32 Pig’s Head 20 Feet 24 Tongue 32 Mutton per
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    • 1504 2 Rates for I. B. O. T. Certificate. NOTICE. JL-z Dredging experience 5 years. Shop 1 A 4 ’ramanfc charge 10 years, desires re-engagement. xtOTICE is hereby given that the partV&SU&I Advertisements. Apply No. 149, c/o Pinang Gazette. nership heretofore carried on between Messrs. S. C. Ambrose, W. E 203-10-3 Cleaver
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    • 568 2 banks, CHARTERED AUSTRALIA. AND CHINa“ U Incorporated by R 0) c Paid-up Capital Reserve Fund Reserve Liability of Proprietors «iSw Head Or tics 38, BIBHOPSGATE, LONDON n Agencies and Bramchi, ~Q Hongkong Bangkok Iloilo p o 5 Batavia Ipoh Bombay Karachi p Calcutta Klang d. |ooc Janton Kob. 8e □Xnbo
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  • Article, Illustration
    1007 3 (BY AN ARTIST CORRESPONDENT.] 2nd February. FifhtiA* German Trait. Great enthusiasm marked the gathering of business men in London this week to discuss the question of trade and unemployment after the war. Every phase of commercial activity was represented. Determination to smash German trade was shown by the
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  • 303 3 OFFICIAL MINUTES. Minutes of a special meeting of the Municipal Commissioners held ou Tuesday, the 8:h February, 1916 Prksint :—Messrs. W. (President), A. F. Goodrich. P. T. Allen, John Mitchell and Yeoh Guan Seok. Absrnt: —Messrs Qaah Beng Kee, and Lim Eow Hong. (a) The minutes of the
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 213 3 MISERY AFTER MALARIA. The debility and depression following an attack of Malaria mean more than a fancied disorder. This condition is a form of neurasthenia or nervous exhaustion that usuahv developes after M*la r ia an! its seriousness is recognised by all medical writers. Lowering of nervous tone, with increased
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    • 645 3 ♦nnnnnaDnnnnnnnnannnnnnnnnnnnannnnnnnnnnnnne 5 n 3 1916 n ij. $2,180 a 9 n 5 3 n Electric Light. Model S 3 Touring Car n Electric Starter. Roadster (Price) $2,080. H r n n n I P&jdgN SufjgSß p n 3 A Beautiful Car n n.. g Abounding in Comfort and Conveniences, n
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  • 592 4 Mr R V Prendergast, of Ulu Sawah Estate and now L eutenant in the R F A has gone to Mesopotamia. Mr A E Todd, of the Chartered Bank, Kuala Lumpur, is being transferred to Seremban. Mr Ingram goes to Kuala Lumpur. Colonel Fredrick Holmes Hopkins, of
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  • 249 4 In the Hou a e of Lords on January 19th, Lord Southwark moved the second reading of a Bill for the registration of firms and persons carrying on business under trade names. The Bill provided that firms and individuals carrying on business in the United Kingdom in
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • 178 4 [To t/w Editor ej the Pinang Gazette"] Sir, —I am desired by the Committee of the Victoria League Soldiers* Club to send you particulars of this Club which was opened last June, for the benefit of men from all parts of the British Empire coming home
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    • 155 4 [To the Editor oj the Pinang Gazette."] Sir,—ln recent issues of your paper I have read advertisements and paragraphs relating to a Theatrical Company called The Scamps who are about to pay a visit to Penang under the auspices of Mr Bandmann. I learn that the last Bandmann
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    • 106 4 [To the Editor oj the Pinang Gazette."] Sir, A ca*e containing 10,000 Woodbin* s has just reached us with good wishes from audience at Concert, E. and O. Hotel, Penang.” Would you be so good as to insert a paragraph in your paper giving our warmest thanks
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  • 142 4 The shoot on Monday resulted as follows The shooting all-round was excellent. ©T3 ©"U .£3 t»» _Q -Q O S O O QQ_ Q H Mrs Liston 29 32 28 89 Miss Sellers 28 31 27 86 Miss Smith 28 30 27 85 Mrs Wright-Motion 29
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  • 131 4 The following were the results of the ties played yesterday Championship —F W Harries beat A O M Forrest by 6—3, 6—4. Mixed Doubles B.—Mrs Sinclair and McKnight Young (scr) beat Mrs C M Henderson and J Aurely —.2) by 6—2, B—6. The following ties has been
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  • 57 4 TOWKAYS’ PATRIOTISM. Mr. Alma Baker telegraphs from Batu Gajah as follows The splendidly patriotic gift to the Empire of one reconnaissance aeroplane has been made by two well-known towkays of Penang, Mr. Gan Gnoh Bee and Mr. Khoo Cheow Teong. This aeroplane will be Malaya No. 15
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  • 235 4 The following despatch has been received from the Secretary of State for the Colonie?, with reference to the F M S Aeroplane Fund War Office, 13, Albemarble Street, W. Sir, —With reference to previous correspondence relative to the aeroplanes presented to His Majesty’s Government through the Agency
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  • 150 4 PENANG WOMEN WORKERS. Amount previously acknowledged 1,655.28 Mrs Ebden $lO, Mrs Jamieson $lO, Mrs Yeap Keng Teng $lO. Total $1,685.28. From the above s-um $1,382.44 has been spent since the middle of August, up to the present. The expenditure may be divided up as follow». 2,226}
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  • 46 4 The Hon. Treasurer sends us the following list of further contribu'ions to the above Fund, forwarded to the Chartered Bank, Penang. Balance on Feb 25 $1,888.79 Anonymous (monthly subn) 20 00 Balance on March 1 1,908 79 Amount previously acknowledged ...$22,216.50 Total $24,125.29
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  • 197 4 The homeward mail closes at 7 p.m. to-morrow. The outward P. O. mail steamer Malta is expected to sail from Colombo on Saturday, and is doe here about Thursday, 9th inst. The P. O. Royal Mail steamer Namur, having left Singapore is expected to arrive here at 5
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  • 275 4 Li Kai Chai and Chuah Bak Seng were this morning charged, in the District Court, Penang, before His Honour Mr. W* C Michell, with the robbery of $1 from the person of a sugar-cane seller named Yeoh Pin Chewe. According to the prosecutor, the two accused and another
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  • 641 4 ANOTHER SECRET HIDING PLACE RAIDED. On Sunday evening a party of Police, acting on information received from a certain source, went out to Kuala Dipang and from there entered the jungle, their objective being a cave said to be seven miles away on the K*mpar Hills,
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  • 195 4 The following is from the n r March by the Commandant. <* A. R. Adams. ]Or M 0ll Field operations will be held on c March 12th. Bia0Q 8Q The Company drill on Thursda» ings is cancelled. aa The following having been enrollft taken on the strength and
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  • 394 4 Per P and O steamer Khiva. p roni London, Feb s,—To Singapore: ju Grisby and child, Mr Gee, Mr Watt V C Wood, Mr Mann, Mr H Kappel, Mr G Letwich, Mr G E S Faeshaw, Mr W < Williamson, Mr J G Smallman. ToPenao»Dr Parke,
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  • 30 4 [From Our Oren Correspondent Singapore March 2. At the Singapore rubber auctions, sto tons weie offered. The auction was jJfinished. Fine ribbed smoked Fine pale Plain smoked
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  • 135 4 (From Our Own Correspondent-') Singapore, March Messrs. Fraser and Co.’s share states that rubbers are steady, with keen. Most locals are up. For tins is a fair er quiry. The wedding took piece io a Presbyterian Church, of Mr J W er f of the K P
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 532 4 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. TO LET. COMMODIOUS OFFICES (lately occu pied by Messrs. Slot Co.) in Beach Street. Apply at The Siamese Consulate. MALAYAN TIN DREDGING, LTD. THE DIRECTORS of Malayan Tin Dredging, Ltd., having declared a dividend of One Shilling per Share less Income Tax payable in London on the 14th
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    • 7 4 P. MOIR CRANES Cylinder Oil. S»adilands. Buttery
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 2445 5 •♦nnn nnn nnnnnnnnna nn nnn nnnnannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnan □□□□□□□nnnnnann annnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnnnnf HABRAKOL SYNDICATE, LTD. I u Incorporated in the Straits Settlements under the Companies Ordinance 1915. > H I AUTHORISED CAPITAL g 15,000 Ordinary Shares of $lO each $150,000. n Issue of 7,500 Ordinary Shares of SIO each payable as follows: n
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  • 17 6 Rowley.—On January 19, at Oxford, the wifeof W. Rowley (late F.M.S. Civil Service), of a son.
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  • 1431 6 Reuter’s cables to-day contain the information that the conference of Chambers of Commerce has appointed a Committee to draw up a motion regarding the appointment of a Minister of Commerce. This is no new propo-al. Ntarly forty years ago, to be exac\ in 1879, the English
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  • 1699 6 The conquest of Cameroon, and the fact that a fairly large number of German troops crossed into Spanish territory in Guinea, was expected in Madrid, though a corre* pondent in the Spanish capital, who mentions that in December the Spanish Government (wishing to prevent any possible breach
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 274 6 C2/t& ifauSL /Jr Then take a pick-me-up course of VITAFER —the great brain and body 11 Jf building food. It combines Organic |l -jßb* Phosphorus —perhaps the greatest gift of science to the human race with the If y rich protein constituents of pure milk. Vi t ate r j
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    • 13 6 “E. O.” MOTOR GARAGE. CARS ON HIRE $4 AN HOUR. Telephone No. 322.
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous

  • 343 7 attacks in woevre. french transpodt sunk, the maloja inquest. CHIEF OFFICER'S BELIEF. At tbe irquest ou 55 victims of the Maloja disaster, the Chief Officer expressed the opinion that the liner was torpedoed. Evidence by Brigadier-General McLeod. ooe of the survivors, whose wife subsequently died after both
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  • France and Belgium.
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      727 7 [Bsutir’s Tblbgrams.] situation satisfactory. [Copyright Telegrams.] (By Submarine Telegraph.) Faris, March 1. Briand, the Premier, s*ys the military •taation is good. The French troops are tai of enthusiasm. The French reserves lr? powerful, and ready to receive the most shocks. Moreover, the German have diminished in vigour. itary circles
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    • 700 7 Mr. H. Warner Allen, special correspondent of the British press, with the French armies, writes Up to tbe present there has been no evidence to upset the estimated average of German losses arrived at many months ago, and we have every reason to believe that
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    • 39 7 UNOPPOSED RETURNS. London. March 1. The following Members of Parliament have been elected unopposed. Sir Owen Philipps (Unionist) for Chester. Captain William Edge (Liberal) for Bolton, in succession to Mr. T. Taylor, who resigned owing to ill-health.
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    • 24 7 London. March 1. The King at Buckingham Palace inspected a battery of twelve machine guns presented by the Maharaja of Jaipur.
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    • 22 7 London, March 1. Lord Chelmsford, the new Viceroy, was sworn a member of the Privy Council at Buckingham Pa'ace.
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    • 17 7 London, March 1. Field Marshal Viscount French took his seat in the House of Lords.
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  • Turkey and the Near East
    • 96 7 DEMORALISED TURKS. Petrograd, March 1. A Russian communique says the stubbornness of the Turkish defence at Erzerum is proved by the enormous cumber of corpses found in the fortifications. Some of the demoralised retreating Army Corps now only consist of three to fiva-thousand men each, with a few guns.
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    • 279 7 All recent news from the Caucasus confirms the magnitude of the Russian victory before Erzerum. Information which has cjme through by way of Amsterdam enables one to see the causes which have been working against the Turss and thus to form a better es'imate of the
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    • 371 7 Mr. Tennant inform-d the House of Commons) that the aggregate of Turkey” armed strength was computed at some 650,000. Of these, roughly, 200,000 would appear to be at present concentrated in the Caucasus, and just under 100.000 in Mesop namia, while to guard Gallipoli, Constantinople, and
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    • 81 7 THE BRITISH CASUALTIES. London, March 1. In the House of Commons, Mr. Harold Tennant said the British casualties in the Salonika campaign till February 20th were 37 officers and 1,439 men. Japanese Officers’ Visit. Paris, March 1. Japanese officers are visiting the Allied front at Salonika. King Ferdinand of
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    • 464 7 A reliable observer who has just reached Salonika from Bulgaria tells me some interesting things about the state of affairs in that country, writes a correspondent. He says that no secret is now made of tbe fact that the war has been, so far, a very
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    • 185 7 CHAMBERS TAKE ACTION. London, March 1. The Chambers of Commerce have appointed a Committee to draw up a motion regarding the appointment of a Minister of Commerce. Trade Problems for Government. The Chambers of Commerce passed a resolution, asking the Government to consult the Dominions regarding reciprocal
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    • 27 7 Amsterdam, March 1. A Berlin telegram says Germany has strongly protested to Portugal against the seizure of German ships by the Portuguese authorities.
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  • Naval Operations.
    • 156 7 GREAT LOSS OF LIFE. Paris, March 1. It is officially announced that the French auxiliary cruiser Provence 11, while trans* porting troops to Salonika, was torpedoed in tbe Central Mediterranean on February 26th. Of 1,800 on board, 696 were saved. 870 Saved, Later. The number saved from
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    • 479 7 THE LOST MAILS. London, March 1. The mails on the Maloja included only a few letters specially marked via tbe sea route, but there were considerable quantities of commercial papers, newspapers, and samples on board, also the parcels mails. Among tke Survivors. The survivors include Mr. Avery, Mr.
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    • 42 7 FRENCH NAVAL ADVICE. London, February 1. In the House of Commons, Mr. Asquith announced that Rear-Admiral Dechair would be Flag Officer to advise the Foreign Office on blockade questions, in which hia practical experience would be of great assistance. (Cheers.)
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  • 446 8 WHY HE COMMANDS IN CAUCASUS. Mr. Wsclaw Czerniewtki writes in the Daily Graphic :—When last September, news arrived in Loudon that the Emperor of Russia had taken upon himself the supreme command of the Russian Army and lad appointed his uncle, the G.and Dake Nicholas, to
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  • 212 8 It can be no secret to the (alien) enemy that for the last month transports conveying some units of the Indian Contingent have furrowed the sea, writes Mr. E. Candler, representative of the British Press with the Expeditionary Force in Mesopotamia. They are going back into the
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  • 215 8 A hitherto unpublished story of the new English generalissimo’s extraordinary nerve ”in the face of danger is supplied by Mr. Will Irwin, the famous war correspondent of the New York Tribune," who describing the fighting at Ypres on October 31, 1914, writes On that day the
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  • 527 8 The Royal Boc ety of St. George is organising throughout the Empire a great demonstration in honour of England, ani in memory of her sons wha bave bid down their lines in her defence and in defence of the Empire, and now invites the patriotic co-operation, not
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  • 240 8 Rangoon, February 12. —There is still a steady influx of people and firms of standing into Tavoy, all of whom are either trying to get concessions or are prepared to open up those already existing by placing fresh or additional capital for the purposes of developm ?nt
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  • 163 8 The drought which is being experienced all over Ceylon at present is the most serious for many years, writes a Colombo correspondent to a Madras contemporary. In fact, it is stated that in some up country districts records going back thirty years fail to reveal such a
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  • 356 8 Judging from a notice which recently appeared in the G ivernment Gazette” Singapore seems to have had an attack of nerves. At a time of tension like the present it is astonishing how quickly scares arise even in a well-ordered community. There may not be the slightest
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  • 250 8 Lahore, February 18 —The Tribune :—Particulars have been furuished by an eye witness of a tragic incident, in which two ICS officers of the Punjab are reported to have played a most heroic part in the cause of humanity, in trying to save the life of a
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  • 218 8 M. Jean Bonnefoi, of the Journal,” had an interview with the King of Montenegro at Lyons. I wished," said the King, to keep my word. Here I am. I wished to explain certain things to you, and to speak to you as one friend to another.
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  • 67 8 The following undelivered cable lies at the office of the Eastern Extension Telegraph Co.:— 24th, from Medan, Kiewah, 181 McAlister Road 25th, from Singapore, Miles, Runnymede Hotel 26th, from Madras, Hamid; 25 th, from Madras, 27 th, from Negapatam, Manjoorsa; 27tb, from Cuddalore, Musthan 29th, from Hongkong,
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  • 302 8 SEEK THE ZEPPELINS IN THEIR NES L'S. The Petit Journal gives an interview with the aviator, M Pierre Flaodio, who is a member of the French Chamber of Deputies. He declares In princip’e the defence of Paris against Zeppelin raids is very difficult for seve-al reasons. Id
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  • 108 8 Joy in Sacrifice of the Entire People." Amsterdam, January 28 —According to the Frankfurter Zeitung the German Emperor, replying to a birthday telegram from the King of Bivaria, telegraphed ‘‘ln the confiience in God, and the will to victory of our heroic troops, and the joy in sacrifice
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  • 107 8 Lord Rosebery, addressing a volunteer corps at Edinburgh, expressed his fear that a spirit of weakness would lead certain people to desire a premature peace at the very moment when the Allies’ successes would be beginning. Such a peace, he said, would be of
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  • 104 8 An officer and a contingent of men arrived at Birmingham to assist in raising the 10,000 men required for the Royal Flying Corps. According to present arrangements, only men from Group 10 upwards—men aged 27 and over—in Lord Derby’s scheme are eligible, and, generally speaking, they
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  • 90 8 London, February 19 The official statement published in the Koelnische Volkszeitung and spread broadcast by German wireless that there has been a mutiny of troops in Egypt is pure invention. There has been no mutiny of any single unit of the Indian Expeditionary force, which throughout the
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 24 8 Where to Stay, Penang :—The E. 0. Hotel, The Crag Runny mede Hotel, Hotel Norman, Singapore:—Raffles Hotel. Rangoon Strand Hotel. Java.—Hotel Bean Sejour Lem'oang.
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    • 333 8 Variety of Uses. The uses to which LEA PERRINS’ SAUCE can be put are innumerable. At Luncheon, Dinner or Supper, it is the ideal sauce for Roast Meats, Fish, Game, Cheese, Salad, etc. ffl In the Kitchen, it is indispensable to the V cook for flavouring Soups, Stews, Gravies, 4'
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  • 2255 9 Number o' I»»ne I gpitai. Paid ap. Sbar OT Talue Dividend. Mam.. -go x_ 1»11 1912 l»13 Wl4 1915 191b* M I <» FW (W® Sl'WO 8),900 1 1 Ayer Weng Rahman/ DAP. C*. 4 r ’a 50a !S! Wil 900 ‘KIO.OOO .».000 J® 10 284 S Belat Tin
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  • TIN.
    • 33 9 To-day’* quotationjfor unrefined tin in Penang was 190 25 per picul, buyers, n sellers—& decrease of $l. Tin is quoted in London to-day at £lBB spot, and £lBB three mouths.
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    • 204 9 The output of Rahman Hydraulic Tin, Limited, during the month of February, was 400 piculs. Messrs. Sellar, Murray de Co., inform us that the outputs from the two following companies for the month of February were Kamuuting Tin Dredging Ltd., piculs 1,050; hours run 550 vards treated 84,000.
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  • 356 9 The general feeling is one of quiet strength and of firm confidence in the future says. The Ironmonger of January 29tb, It is difficult to see what could weaken the market, as the Banca and Billiton supplies are nothing like what they might be the Chinese supplies
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  • 271 9 It view of reports th*c permits to ship rubber direct from the East to America had been stopped the Rabber Traders’ Association sent a deputation to the Government Committee on the Exports of Rabber and Tin to inquire whether any new policy was being initiated by
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  • 46 9 The following are the latest quotation* in our share list t Yesterday. To-day. Shahss. J, -2 5 3 "Z 3 a i a x Mining. Tronoh S. 6/- 7/- 6/6 7/Rubber (Dollar). A. Kuning $1.30 $1.35 $1.30 $1.40 Mergui $3.80 $3.90 $4 $4.20
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  • 154 9 Padang Jaw a—lnt divd 6j p c. Huvba (Johore)—lnt divd 4p c. Broome—lnt divd 2| pc (first divd). Hiddin Streams—Second int divd 7| pc. Ampat (Sumatra) —Divl 10 p c for year ended Sept 30, 1915, payable Feb 28. Tangkah—The resolution writing down rhe capital was
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  • 51 9 The annual report of the Rubber Grow era’ Association states that they have retained counsel and chartered accountants to prepare a strong case for submission to Board of Referees administering the excess profits duty. It is hoped that as a result some substantial concessions may be
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  • 151 9 Puna ng, March 2, 1916. 8. P. Tapioca $8.30 buyers. M. P. Tapioca $B.BO sales. Gold leaf $64.40 Pepper (W. Coast 3 lb. 5 os). $l6 1/2 buyers Black Pepper $lB.OO buyers. White Pepper $35.00 buyers. Trang Pepper $33 sellers. Mace $H° nom. Mace Pickings $62 sales. Clove* $3l
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  • SHIPPING.
    • 94 9 Maetsuijcker, Dut., 827. de Vries, March 1, Padang, gen., K.PM B randan, Dnt., 170, Blink, March 1, Belawan, gen., K.P.M. Kanaor, Nor., 9-19, Mencs, March 1, Rgoon, gen., G H 8 Co. Perak, Brit., 254. Glenday, March 1, R goon, gen., E. S. Co. Japan, Brit., 3806, Seddon,
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    • 79 9 CLOSE AT GENERAL POST OFFICE. To-Moxaow For Per Clooe. Yen Jit Seng 7 a.m. Deli and Asahan Brandan 11 am. Rangoon Hong Meh 2-30 pm. Bagan Datoh and Teluk Anson Hebe 3-3# p.m. Ceylon, Australasia x India, Aden, Maori- I Namur 7 p.m. ti’is, Egypt and > Reg. up
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  • 114 9 March 4.—Harmston s Circus and Menagerie, Dato Kramat Gardens. s.—Visitation by the Right Reverend Bishop of Singapore, at Penang. n 6 and 7.— The Scamps, Bandmann Co., Town Hall, 9-15 p.m. 7.—Penang Chamber of Commerce, A. G. M. 3 p.m. B.—Penang Golf Club, Special General Meeting, 6-45 p.m.
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 62 9 i DAIMLER 5 Motor Carriages S (Jweecial Vehicles- < I AGRICULTURAL TRACTORS < ▼*< DAIMLER CC MPA NY‘-’J > 5 COVCNTftY, ENCLANU, LARGE STOCKS HELD OF Drugs, Druggists’ Sundries, Medical AND Surgical Requisites. Acetic Acid, Sodium’ Bisulphite, Bismuth, Carbolic, Quinine and Mercury Perchloride, at lowest market rate. Taiping Medical Hall
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    • 165 9 HARMSTON’S CIRCUS AND ROYAL MENAGERIE. Bigger, Better, Brighter than ever. Grand Opening Night, Saturday, 4th March* AT 9-15 P.M. Location: Date Kramat Gardens. New Artistes. New Acts. ‘HARMSTON’ The Apex The Crux The Acme The Aloha and Omega of all that stands for perfection in the Circus World. A Grand
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  • 471 10 U. 8. PRESIDENT’S SPEECH. Io a strong plea for America’s military preparedness, President Wilson, speaking at the banquet of the Railway Business Association in New York said I cannot teH you what may be the international relations of this country to-morrow, and I use the word in its literal
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  • 259 10 The ‘French Chamber of Deputies was occupied recently with the question of the supply of copper sulphate, which is indispensable for the treatment of vines and of which there is great scarcity. The production of the sulphate in France has always been insufficient, and the
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  • 124 10 The titles adopted by the new peers who figured in the New Year Honours List are as follows Lord Charles Beresford—Baron Beresford of Metemmeb and Curraghmore, in the county of Waterford. Sir Alexander Henderson—Baron Farington of Briscot Park, in the county of Berks. Mr W Waldorf
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  • 463 10 The Buda Pesth correspondent of the Morning Post writes M. B. Landauer, the Hungarian war correspondent with the German armies on the Western front, gives a description of his experiences in Flanders, where he was allowed to visit the foremost German trenches, and where he has
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  • 237 10 The story of the fight between a British merchant steamer and a German submarine was graphically told at Plymouth by the survivors of the crew of the London steamer Woodfield, which is of 3,584 tons. She bad an uneventful voyage until the vessel was 40 miles to
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  • 239 10 It is now understood from an article in the u Tagfl Zeitung that one of Germany’s new sources of revenue will be the taxation of bachelors. M. Certel, who is a member of the Reichstag, states that bachelors can easily pay twice as much income-tax as married
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
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    • 538 10 w Ml T® v Put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket. (Carnegii.) Many people can do several thing? fairly well, but nobody can do many thing? superlatively well. This is what Michelin recognises, and it is why we concentrate the whole of our attention upon
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  • 591 11 enhanced rates anticipated. Bangalory, February 15th —The problem of freights is causing considerable anxiety to the planters of Southern India. At the annual meeting of the Mur dakayam Planters’ Association it was resolved that the attention of the Travancore Gov. ernment be invited be invited to the
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  • 346 11 Bombay, February 18.—A Press representative has interviewed members of the largest shipping firms in Bombay on the problem of freights. It was stated that India has been more particularly affected since the beginning of operations in the Mediterranean and the Middle East. With the beginning of these
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
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