Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 24 March 1916

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 69 VOL. LXXIV. FRIDAY. 24th MARCH, 1916 PRICE 10 CENTS
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 370 1 DnDaa noannnoDDnnnnDnnaanonon g IF YOU WANT TO SHIP, g buy or sell RUBBER i OR TO a n forward goods TO ANY PART OF the WORLD g GO TO g ALLEN DENNYS Co., 7. UNION STREET. u c nnanoo□□□□ SUN LIFE TALKING OF PRECIOUS THINGSj CANADA. COB p 0^ 0
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    • 310 1 DDaaaDDoanaaoDDaaocaaaaaaa a FOR $3O a X/OU can have the Pinang X Gazette posted every day n for a whole year to your address. n g (LOCAL SUBSCRIPTION, $27). g Proportionate Quarterly and n q Half-yearljfrates. 5 Subscriptions are payable in n advance and remittance should g be addressed to a
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  • 704 2 MR. MRS. WRIGHL’-MOTION’S ENTERTAINMENT. Art and Khaki, with some specially effective groupings of a martial sort, were judiciously mixed in the programme of Tableaux Vivants presented at the Town Hall, last night, by Mr. and Mrs. WrightMotion, in aid of destitute Belgians, to help whom all money obtained
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  • 91 2 IRISH SOLDIERS’ FUND. As a result of an appeal to the Irishmen of Penang and P. W. for subscriptions to provide the Irish regiments—(Royal Dublin Fusiliers and Leinster-) at the front with some comforts, Dr. Liston has been able to send a draft for $560 home. The
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  • 835 2 Mr A G Robins, the Manager of Senawang Estate, is going to Shanghai, in order to join the benedicts. Mr. A. M. Taylor, of Messrs, Bryant and Taylor, Ipob, has obtained a commisdon in the Sherwood Foresters. Sir Robert Bredon contemplates leaving for a trip to the
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  • 535 2 HUMBLER GERMANS. Brussels is perhaps at present the least gloomy of the occupied towns of Belgium. The moral of the citizens is excellent, and optimism reigns supreme. In the distance the cannon can be heard booming every day, and, when the wind is m a certain
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  • 217 2 According to the Canadian Insurance of 2nd ult. the President of the Sun Life, Mr. T. B. Macaulay gave out the following statement on January 28th, in regard to the negotiations between his company and the Manufacturers Life The Manufacturers’ Life Insurance Company, is one of the
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  • 49 2 The Band will play the following programme of music at the Esplanade from 6 till 7 this evening—1. Selection Les Hugonotes ...Meyerbeer 2. Bolero Pasquita ...Bi«ge 3. Waltz Dream oj the Ocean ...Burald 4. Two Step Miss Lulu Batwing ...Thurban o. Match Royal St Mdrceaux ...Desormes
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 1193 2 Ntw ADVERTISEMENTS. Hawaiian Pineapples A 7ACANCY for Tamil Clark for an ea'ate Orown on Halifax Estate, Sel.ma, filled. Applicants thanked. can he obtained from N 156 HONG BEE Co., TAIPING. REQUIRED IMMEDIATELY. Delivery first week in April. Standing orders will have special attention. Really first-cuss short- 285 15 4 HAND
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    • 594 2 BANKS. CHARTERED BANK OF iNn.. AUSTRALIA AND CHINA Incorporated by Royal Charter. Paid-up Capital Reserve Fund Reserve Liability of Proprietors ci’onAA Head Office 38, BISHOPSGATE, LONDON EC Agencies and Bran CHEs Amritsar Hongkong Peki Bangkok Iloilo Penan s Batavia Ipoh Puket Bombay Karachi R Calcutta Klang Saig^ Q Canton Kobe
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  • 1360 3 STORY of BRITISH INVENTION. recent issue of the “New York Times" contains the following account of ‘he invention and performances of a new -hell by means of which (says the American paper) the British cleared the North Sea of german submarines ■j ie wonderful submarine blockade that to
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  • 258 3 One of the results of the present shortage of shipping, so far as passenger traffic iconcerned, is that some of the leading steamship lines on the Far Eastern route are able, at the original port of starting, to obtain a full complement of passengers for
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  • 230 3 Mr. Asquith’s reply to Mr. King’s inquiry about the German Rhodes scholarships at Oxford seems to imply that the Govern ment is about to legislate for their abolition. The Kaiser will be personally inte rested in this development, for it has always been understood that
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  • 774 3 POWER OF THE PEOPLE. Mr. Alexis Aladin, ex-member of the Duma, who is at present in England, has given an interesting statement as to the condition of affairs in Russia. At the outbreak of the war many large towns found themselves, owing to disorganisation of the
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  • 1308 3 BRITISH AIRMEN AND GERMAN BASES. Knowing the needs of the flying services, 1 and knowing the available supply of aero planes and pilots I have in the past recog nised the futility of agita ing for air action which, under the circumstances then existing, was impossible, at any
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 47 3 A Clear Head a hearty appetite, sound sleep and good digestion are sure to follow an occasional dose of the tiny laxatives. Gentle as nature. Do not gripe. Of all chemists, 50 cents per phial, or post free from the Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Dept. Ic, Singapore.
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    • 245 3 Whenever, I Wherever, I Whatever. g ’W A you are in need of a drink, 3 wherever you may be, whatever the occasion, 5 TV drink our fine Whisky. You can always s rely on it and may know that it cannot be beaten. S You need never have any
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  • 18 4 Ryves.—At European Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, on 19th March, to Mr. and Mrs. Ryves—of Temerloh Eetate, Perak—a son
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  • 994 4 When[King George as Prince of Wales returned frem his round the world visit to India and the Dominions he brought back Wake up England What the royal rallying cry failed fully to accomplish the war seems likely to achieve, inasmuch as there are patent signs of a general
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  • 287 4 The homeward mail closes at 10 am. on Sunday. Mails from Europe for the Straits Settlements are expected to arrive by the ?s. Fultala due at Penang on the Ist proximo. The Chartered Bank, Penang, has received a subscription of $lOO from Mr. A. Lindley for the Malayan
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  • 1281 4 The successful attack on Zeebrugge by the airmen of the Allies focusses attention on the question of defence against from the air. Largely, Germany s defence problem, as far as the air is concerned, is how to deal with aeroplanes and Be »P laneB but the task
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  • 310 4 THE ANNUAL MEETING. The annual general meeting of the memberg of Penang Library wag held at the Library yesterday afternoon. The Hon. A. T. Bryant, Resident Ccuocillor, the President of the Committee occupied the chair, the others present being Messrs. H. C. Sells, C. R. Samuel, R. H.
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  • CORRESPONDENCE
    • 177 4 [T’o the, Editor oj the Pinang Gazette, Sir,—l have found that many of the public are not aware that under the Quarantine and Prevention of Disea?® Ordinance 1915 chicken-pox has been de* dared an infectious disease which must be reported in the same way as smallpox. I shall, therefore,
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 171 4 IT IFFMffIUT TO 118 MAJESTY KINO DEGREE V. JIF fM a i K tec > ’Wl i I j Js o* F^Wj^^swSPfißWßSr>Tlte'-£ o Motor. Motor Cycle, Solid Cycle Tyres. A PATRIOTIC DUTY. The Duty of the Buying Public is plain. They should support the British Manufacturer who is placing the
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    • 49 4 NOTICE. RAWING to the enhanced prices of Whisky, Brandy and Gin and difficulties of getting shipments, on and after Ist April and until further notice, the price of Stengahs and Pabits consumed at the “E. »fc O.” and Crag Hotels will be increased by 5 cents. Sarkies Brothers, Proprietors.
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous

  • 301 5 RUSSIAN THRUSTS IN THE NORTH. damage at zeebrugge. BRITISH TRADE COMMITTEES. SUPPORT FOR GENERAL VILLA. g’he Russian victory in South-Eastern Galicia was the prelude to rffensive opt rations by the Russians on other parts of their long line, heavy fighting being reported between Riga and Dviosk, and at
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  • France and Belgium.
    • 206 5 MUCH ARTILLERY ACTIVITY[Copyright Telegrams.] (By Submarine Telegraph.) Paris, March 23. West of the Meuse, there were very lively artillery duels between Malancourt, Esnes, and Hill 304, particularly violent at Haucourt Hill, while east of the Meuse tlie bombardment was intense at Vaux and Damloop, There has been
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    • 114 5 “NOW A HUGE SCRAP-HEAP." London, March 23. A telegram from Rotterdam states that the only things at Zeebrugge to escape the Allied air bombs were two submarines, which were submerged in dock. The three torpedo boats fled to seaward, and manoeuvred in the minefield, but the
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    • 216 5 MEN FROM RESERVED OCCUPATIONS. London, March 22. In the House cf Commons, on the Army Votes, the position of the married men was brought up. Mr. Walter Long stated that the reserved occupations had been largely reduced. It had been decided in a variety of trades that
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    • 114 5 MESSAGES TO CANDIDATES. Londo/i, March 23. Mr. Asquith, in a message to Mr. Harris, the Coalition candidate for the Harborough vacancy, says I trust you will demonstrate the true unity of the nation which is our greatest strength in prosecuting the war.” Sir Edward Carson sent a letter
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    • 46 5 OVATIONS IN LONDON. London, March 23. General Cadorna has arrived in London, where he was welcomed by Lord Kitchener, Lord French, and others. The Italian Generalissimo received ovations from immense crowds in which were many Italians. General Cadorna will be received by King George.
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    • 25 5 London, March 23. The Budget will probably be taken in the second week of April. The exact date hag not yet been fixed.
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  • Turkey and the Near East
    • 221 5 THE HOSPITAL ARRANGEMENTS. London, March 23. In the House of Commons, Mr. Austen Chamberlain expressed gratitude for the tributes to the bravery and endurance of Indian and Brit’sh troops in Mesopotamia. He considered the transfer of control of the operations to the Imperial Government was already advantageous. Mr. Chamberlain
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    • 391 5 Delhi, March 16. —The following message, dated 13th March, has been received from “Eye-Witness” in Mesopotamia: On the morning of Bth March, after a night march, our troops approached the extreme right of the enemy’s position at Sinn, on the right bank of the Tigris. Our
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    • 50 5 THE OCCUPATION OF ISPAHAN. Petrograd, March 23. A fight preceded the Russian occupation of Ispahan. The inhabitants, who were exhausted as the result of Turkish and German looting, welcomed the Russians with enthusiasm. The Governor-General and the authorities had previously joined the Russians, with whom they re-entered the city.
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    • 86 5 SUPPORT FOR VILLA. Calcutta, March 23. A telegram from Columbus (New Mexico) says it is reported that General Herrera hag revolted against General Carranza, and taken the field in Chihuahua, with 2,000 men, in favour of General Villa. The American Force. Columbus, March 23. There is no news of
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  • Russian Campaign.
    • 128 5 SUCCESS AT SEVERAL NORTHERN POINTS. Petrograd, March 22. A Russsian communique states that fighting is general over the whole front. The Russians captured two woods and a village in the Jacobstadt sector, and a line of trenches south of Dvinsk. A particularly deep rate engagement is in progress
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  • Naval Operations.
    • 68 5 HERR BALTIN’S DECLARATION. Amsterdam, March 23. It is reported that Herr Ballin has declared that Germany’s policy is to prevent all traffic between the United Kingdom and European countries, neutral or not. Dutch Liner Delayed. Amsterdam, March 23. It is announced that the departure for the Netherlands
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    • 30 5 Hague, March 23. It is officially stated that the Dutch representations to Berlin regarding the Tubantia were forestalled by a declaration by the German Minister at The Hague.
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    • 50 5 SUBMARINE, ATTACK SUSPECTED. London. March 23. Lloyd’s learns that the Galloper lightship is reported to have been torpedoed and sunk. A Vncuiden message says a steamer which has arrived there reports that she found only the mast of the Galloper lightship above the surface of the water.
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  • General News.
    • 35 5 CHINA’S DECISION. New York, March 23. The Associated Press correspondent at Peking says a China State Department Mandate announces the abandonment of the monarchy and the resumption of the republican form of Government.
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    • 36 5 INDIAN MEMBERS. London, March 23. The King has sanctioned additions to the list of members of the Order of St. John of Jerosalem, including the Begum of Bhopal and Sir Partab Singh.
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    • 73 5 IMPORTANT COMMITTEES. London, March 23. Mr. Walter Runciman is appointing small Committees to consider measures for safeguarding the after-the-war position of important British industries in relation to international competition. Two Committees have already been appointed. For iron, steel and engineering, Sir Clarendon Hyde is Chairman and
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    • 1253 5 German Fears. In an article on the commercial war that will take place after the present war the Tag makes the admission that the British threat of boycotting German goods raises very serious considerations. It would, indeed, be a severe blow for us if our exports to
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    • 386 5 M. Alfred Douche, president of the French Chamber of Commerce in London, in an interview, said that nothing will be more essential, when the war is over, than a lasting trade compact between Britain, France, Russia, and Italy. We must,” he said, work all for
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    • 20 5 London, March 22. Damage amounting to $3,000,000 was occasioned by a mysterious fire at Paris (Texas).
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    • 25 5 London, March 23. Sir John Anderson was received in audience by the King and kissed hands on his appointment as Governor of Ceylon.
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    • 16 5 London, March 23. Lord Curzon is making good progress. Lord Scarsdale is seriously ill.
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    • 34 5 To-day’s quotation for unrefined tin in Penang was $93.30 per picul buriuess done—an increase of 5 cents. Tin is quoted in London to-day at £197 spot, and £l9l 10s three months.
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    • 26 5 London, March 23.* The following is the rubber quotation for to-day implantation Ist Latex Crepe 3/6 [♦By courtesy of Messrs. Boustead <fc Co.]
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  • 315 6 An American Admiral’s Tribute. Rear-Admiral Boadley A. Fiske, United States Navy, in an article in the current issue of the North American Review on Naval Policy,” pays a fine tribute to Lord Fisher. He writes Beginning about 1904, Great Britain set to work with energy to reform her
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  • 212 6 Questions in the House of Commons. In reply to a question put by Mr. Joseph King, in the House of Commons, as to whether the correspondence with the Dutch Government on the subject of the holding up of the Dutch mails, would soon be published, Lord Robert
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  • 150 6 M. Max, the Burgomaster of Brussels remains interned in Germany. A Wolff Bureau message announces that he will not be liberated until the end of the war. Amsterdam, Feb 21.—General von Biasing announces, on placards affixed to the walls of Brussels, that the liberation of
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  • 136 6 Mr. McKenna, in a written answer to a question, states that the gross war expenditure of the German Empire up to the end of 1915, would appear from figures given by Dr. Helfferich to have been somewhat more than £1,500,000,0C0. The nominal amount of funded debt
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  • 270 6 If it is true, as reported, that Prince Oscar has been wounded on the Russian front, he will be the fourth of the Kaiser’s six sons to shed his blood in the war. Only the Crown Prince and Prince Adalbert appear to have escaped this fate.
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  • 331 6 Those men who will not have the pleasure of wearing a khaki cap during the summer and who make their customary purchase of a straw boater,” must be prepared to pay more for this herald of bright days. The straw p’ait, which mainly comes from Japan, is
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 437 6 TO-NIGHT I TO-NIGHT II AT The straits cinema, Phone No. 628. EMPIRE HALL. PENANG ROAD. Presents that famous Broadway Stars, the eminent American Character Actor and Actress, Mr. Carter De Haven and Mrs. Flora Parker De Haven in 6 Reels THE COLLEGE ORPHAN 6 Reels A typical college play in
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    • 261 6 THN FOLKS WHO WOULD BE FAT. INCREASE IN WEIGHT TEN POUNDS OR MORE. A Physician’s Advice. I’d certainly give most anything to be able to fat ap a few pounds and stay that way,” declares every excessively thin man or woman. Such a result is not impossible, despite past failures.
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    • 437 6 ETry what a refreshing, easily digested, specially nourishing food beverage may lade with Benger’s Food in combination i tea or coffee, cocoa or chocolate. Benger’s Food, prepared with > fresh new milk forms a dainty and delicious cream, rich in all the necessary food elements. If half Benger’s Food so
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  • WAR ITEMS.
    • 248 7 The Squanderer of Lives. March 13,— The Lwsanne Lo^°°learn 3 that the Kaiser intends to °’l he Crown Prince a field-marshal niake i P ha 9 captured Verdun. H Daily News’ Paris correspondent The It is generally believed that ,ayB mwn Prince has gone too far
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    • 167 7 London, M»'ch 13tb.-The Time. military correspondent says There are only three or four weak German divisions south of the Danube and not fifty on the Russian front, the rest having flowed back to France where there are 118 divisions, 25 of which are attacking Verdun. It is
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    • 75 7 London. March 13th.—The Daily Mail’s" Rotterdam correspondent is con vinced that rumours of early German naval activity are not without foundation, and asserts positively that in the near future our Navy will achieve its great desire. The most terrible sea fight in history will bring the end
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    • 171 7 Washington, February 25. —In a letter addressed to Senator William J. Stone of Missouri chairman of the committee on foreign relations, President Wilson announces his determined opposition to receding in the least from his stand in opposition to the announced German policy of sinking armed merchant vessels
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    • 46 7 Loudon, March 13 —An ex-president of larvard University, who is a close friend President Wilson, writes to the New Of k Times that the promptest means protecting America from German inva'1&n is openly to side with the European e ples now resisting military despotism.
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    • 150 7 Berlin, March, 5 —The Leipzig Easter Fair will open on March 6. The number of buyers announced, who will make use of the reduced railway fares amounts to 23,000, while the Easter Fair of 1915, was visited by 15,741 buyers. The papers point out the fact that, in
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    • 77 7 Bernstorff’s Valet Spy London, March 2,—A New York despatch reports that President Wilson made an address at a dinner given in his honour at the Gridiron Club in Washington, on February 26. As a rule, speeches made in the Club are not published, but at the wi»h of the President
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  • 108 7 Cup Ties. To-morrow, Saturday, five minutes extra each way will be played if there is no decision at the call of time in the Jamathol Horea v Stia Persenangan replay. On Sunday, a hard struggle will be seen when Sabrul Jamil and Muthibol Al zan meet. The
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  • 71 7 The following are the latest quotations in our share list t Yesterday. To-day. 3Q ac 50 OC Shares 2 S'© 3 ~o PS 02 M «2 Mining. K.Kamunting 38/- 39/- 39/6 41/Kamunting... 30/6 31/6 32/- 33/6 Serandah 90c $1.20 95c $1.20 General. Duff Dev. $2.10 $2.40 s2}
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  • 184 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 Empire’s Resolve 379 India’s Industries 380 An American Experiment 380 Land and Water 381
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  • 304 7 Alleged Cheating. At Penang Assizes, to day, the ca?e was continued in which Lim Ah Kow is charged with attempting to cheat by endorsing on a promissory note the payment of $B5 wher a’ he paid only $5. Mr. Crabb-Watt prosecuted and Mr.G. E. Wright-Motion was for the
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  • 205 7 How a Tamil barber endeavoured to take a royal road at the expense of a Chinaman's shock of hair was related to Mr W D Scott at the Ipoh Police Court, when Ramasamy stood charged with assaulting Yin Hin with a pair of clippers. It was
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  • 74 7 March 25.—Tableaux Vivants and Dance, Town Hall, for Destitute Belgians. 25. —F.M.S. Chamber of Mines, Annual Meeting, 2-30 pm Paper on Tungsten Ores,” by Mr. Scrivenor, Ipoh Club, 9 p.m. 25,—P.V.R.C. Shrot, 3-30 p.m. 29.—Resident Councillor “At Home,” 5 p.m. 31.—Masonic Dinner to Wor. Bro. R. Young at
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  • SHIPPING.
    • 54 7 To-day. Hebe for Singapore. Hok Canton for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Gregory Apcar for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Calypso for Bagan Datoh Teluk Anson. Jinsen Mara for Singapore, China Japan. Un Peng for Pulau Langkawi, Perlis Setul. Pangkor for Bindings Sitiawan and Bagan Datoh. Padang for Trang. Flying Dragon
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    • 82 7 CLOSE AT GENERAL POST OFFICE. To-Moorrw. For Per Close. Yen Jit Seng 7 a.m. Alor Star (Kedah) Aing Thye 8-30 am. Langsa Ban Lee noon. Langsa, T Semawe, > SegH, Oleh I e h, V an Noort 2 Sabang, Padang etc., I Batavia J Port Swettenham and Singapore Ipoh
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  • 127 7 Penang, March 24, 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 Rs. 174 3 days' sight Private 176 Bombay Demand Bank 174 Moul mein Demand Bank 173 3
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  • 255 7 Penang, March 24, 1916. S. P. Tapioca $9.30 sellers. M. P. Tapioca $9.50 buyers. Gold leaf $64.40 Pepper (W. Coast 3 lb. 5 oz). $l6 1/2 buyers glack Pepper $lB.OO buyers, Pepper $41.00 sellers Tra D S Pepper $33 sellers. Mace $llO nom. Mace Pickings $62 sales. Cloves $4O
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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