Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 28 April 1916

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 98 VOL. LXXIV. FRIDAY 28th APRIL, 1916 PRICE 10 CENTS
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    BATTLE OF VERDUN.
    1747 2 CRITICAL MOMENTS. Mr. H. Warner Allen, Special Correspondent of the British Press with the French Armies gives the following first account of the opening and most critical part of the battle of Verdun. The German attack on Verdun was in no way a surprise to the French
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      889 2 yW Don’t be the "Skeleton at the Feast.” Let Sargol make you Plump and; Popular HOW THIN PEOPLE CAN PUT ON FLESH. A New Discovery. Thin men and women—that big, hearty, filling dinner you ate last night. What became of all the fat-producing nourishment it contained You haven’t gained in
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    EASTER IN ACHEEN.
    1798 3 RAILWAY development on EAST COAST. (P. G. Special,) Easter in Acbeen, would not find many jpperg, for has it not ever been notorious r a and of unrest where the native has ’tried on intermittent guerilla warfare Linst his overlord for over a century? hen asked by
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    THE PALEMBANG.
    789 3 The Rotterdam-Lloyd cargo boat, the Palembang (6,674 tons gross), trading between Rotterdam. London and Java, and commanded by Captain Visser, was sunk off the Galloper Buoy at 11.30 a.m. on 18th ulto, whether by mine or torpedo has not yet been definitely determined. All on board—namely, 55 crew
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    LIFE IN TURKEY.
    637 3 ATROCITIES ON ARMENIANS. The principal topic of conversation here, writes Mr. Herbert Gibbons from Alexandria, has been on the question, What is going on in Turkey Alexandria has always been closely connected with both Syrian and Asia Minor ports and has done much of Ds business in
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    Mr. Asquith Insulted.
    117 3 London, March, 16.—There was a scene in the House of Commons yesterday, when Sir A. B. Markham, resuming the Army Estimates debate, declared that Mr. Asquith’s pledge to the married men was being dishonoured. He said “.Lord Derby is an honest English gentleman, while Mr. Asquith is
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    THE CINEMAS.
    87 3 At the Straits Cinema this evening, a lengthy and varied programme will include five dramas, three comedies, besides other most interesting films “The English Clock making Industry and Wild Birds and their Haunts.” The matinee will be given at 5 p.m. to-morrow. The change at the Electric Polyscope
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      45 3 We are proposing to carry out a large and vigorous campaign for the coming year in order to maintain our goodwill. We hold that it is waste of money spent in previous years to drop out of the Press in war time.—Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd.
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    1588 4 Mr. R. McCrystal is leaving this week for New Zealand. Mr. H P. Clodd has returned to Kuala Lampur from Java. Mr H M Simpson, of the Galang Besar Rubber Plantations, Ltd, has returned from leave. Mr E A Dench, of the Chanda Monopolies, F M S,
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    DEATH OF MR. G.H. SLOT.
    783 4 Many of those who have known Penang during the last quarter of the nineteent> century, says the “L. 0. E, wi regret to learn of the death of Mr G. H. Slot. Having first served in the Dutch Navy, Mr. Slot set up in business
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    TO-NIGHT’S BAND PROGRAMME.
    47 4 The Band will play the following programme of music at the Esplanade from 6 till 7 this evening:— 1. Selection Wa&wco ...Verdi 2 Quadrille Pantomime ...Coote 3. Waltz The Maid of the Mill ...Liddell 4. Galop Wonnetrunken ...Faust 5. March Merrie Merrie. England ...Carter
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  • LONDON RUBBER WIRE.
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      FINAL DIVIDENDS.
      25 4 (P. G. Special Cable.) London, April 27. The following final dividends of rubber companies are announced Linggi Plantations 65 per cent. Klabang 12£
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      The Rubber Market.
      25 4 London, April 27.* The following is the rubber quotation for to-day Plantation Ist Latex Crepe 3/1 [♦By courtesy of Messrs. Boustead Co.]
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      Singapore Rubber Auctions.
      39 4 (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, April 28. At Singapore rubber auctions, there were offered 523 tons. The sale was unfinished. The demand opened fair and closed easier. Fine pale $179, ribbed smoked $l7l, and unsmoked $159.
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      Fraser’s Share Circular.
      41 4 [From Our Own Correspondent Singapore, April 28. Fraser C o’s share c rcular says there was small business owing to the holidays. General support is being accorded the FM S Leap. There was reduced enquiry for local industrial?.
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      TO-DAY'S TIN PRICES.
      35 4 To-day’s quotation for unrefined tin in Penang was $95.75 per picul buyers, no sellers—-a decrease of 25 cents. Tin is quoted in London to-day at £196 15s. spot, and £196 three months.
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    Singapore Swimming Club.
    67 4 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, April 28. At the annual meeting of Singapore Swimming Club Mr. Sim?, who presided, said the year bad been successful. The Club bad carried on without an increase in the subscription or refreshment charges’ The report was carried. Mr. Makepeace was elected
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    The Sultan of Johore.
    32 4 [From Our Own Correspondent Singapore, April 28. H. E. the Governor, on May 11th, will present the G C M G to H H the Sultan of Johore.
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    Austrian Attack.
    36 4 ENEMY’S HEAVY LOSSES. Rome, April 27. The Austrians made a strong attack on trenches on the Carso plateau, which the Italians had occupied on April 24. The Austrians were repulsed, with very heavy losses.—Reuter.
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    PASSENGERS FOR THE STRAITS.
    358 4 Per P and O Morea. From London, April I.—To Singapore: Mr CG Rust, Mr Howell, Mr Scboulers, Mr Werner, Mr and Mrs Wishart, Mr Colwill, Mrs Hunt and child, Mrs Cullum and child, Mr Witford. To Penang Mr Feeny, Mr P Lavendar, Mr C J Scott.
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    America’s Preparations.
    68 4 WARNING TO THE PRESS Washington, April 27 President Wilson has sent a lett the employers asking them to 1,1 lists of industrial censors for war The President has ordered an tion into the activities of German in the Guatemalan revolution Mexico. aD(I The officials of the State Dep
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    THE PENANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE.
    197 4 WEEKLY EDITION. The following are the principal content of the current issue of our Weekly Jf Edition, which will be published on Satw. day, afternoon, price 40 cents. Editorials p The Shakespeare Tercentenary jjj America and Holland jgg The German Fleet’s Tactics... 553 Penang
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      355 4 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. NOTICE. MR. A. G. ANTHONY has been admitted a Partner in oar Singapore and Penang firms as from the Ist day of January, 1916. Huttenbach Bros. Co. WANTED. SECRETARY for Klang Club, Klang, F. M. S. Salary $3OO per mensem, without quarters. Applications to be in writing, accompanied
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      150 4 THE PINANG GAZETTE List of Places where the Gazette can be bought at 10 cents. Local. E. O. Hotel. Runnymede Hotel. Kee Kee Hotel, 5, China Street. Chong i Co., 250, Penang Road. Penang Railway Station. Money Changers’ Stalls. Logan’s Buildings Archway. No. 22a, Corner of Church and Beat Streets.
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    THE P.A.M.
    4378 5 the annual report. The annual report of the Standing Com- presentad at the ninth annual meeting f the’ Planters Association of Malaya, held on the ‘-’6th inst, at Kuala Lump ar, was as follows The War. The vear 1915, closed, as it began, under shadow of the great
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    BRAVE IRISH.
    258 5 BELATED RECOGNITION OF WORK AT GALLIPOLI. Sir lan Hamilton, in a despatch dated March 10, published in a supplement to the London Gazette,” states that since the publication of his December 11, Gallipoli despatch fresh light has been thrown on several episodes hitherto obscure.” and that after sifting
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    Eastern Telegraph Company's Help.
    157 5 A resolution of thanks, proposed by Sir Robert Hudson, and passed in Committee of the Red Cross Fund, reminds us of a most valuable gift to the Red Cross Societies which gets no acknowledgment in the list. Sir John Wolfe-Barry and the Eastern Telegraph Company, were
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    PENANG TO K. LUMPUR.
    832 5 THE JOURNEY BY ROAD. Taking a car to Penang by the mail train does not guarantee transport by ferry steamer that evening. This depends on the state of the tide. There are some fine roads in Penang. The drive out past Tanjong Bunka shows really fine
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    Gold and Wolfram in Malaya.
    107 5 According to a statement issued by the Malay States Information Agency, the gold produced in the Federate! Malay States in 1915, was 17,446 oz., against 14,272 oz in 1914, the value being £67,604 against £55,306 in 1914. Of the total output, 16,019 oz. came from
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    THE IRISH TROUBLE.
    1066 6 The earlier statements in the Houses of Parliament regarding the trouble in Ireland were reassuring, and it will be satisfactory in degree if the optimism to be read in these announcements prove to be better founded than the latest statement by(Mr. Asquith. The Government and the country
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    P.C.C. TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    35 6 The following was the result of the ties played yesterday afternoon t Doubles H’cap A—H C Sells and F R Sayers beat R E Prentis and A W Harries by 6—3, B—ff.
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    THE MAILS.
    162 6 The homeward R M.S. Malwa arrived at Marseilles on Tuesday. The connecting vessel from the Straits, ss. Novara, left here on Ist instant. The P. O. Royal mail steamer Nagoya, having left Singapore, is expected to arrive here at 4 p.m. to-morrow, and will leave for Colombo and
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    HERE AND THERE.
    1753 6 Lord Lansdowne was able to make a reassuring statement on the situation at Dublin, though it must be confessed that the Sinn Fein outbreak was much more serious than we were at first inclined to regard it. It is emphasised that it is now well in hand,
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    ZEPPELINS FAIL.
    415 7 ENEMY’S AIR LOSSES. the IRISH TROUBLE. up REDMOND DENOUNCES THE REBELS. BELGIAN COAST ATTACKED. Lowestoft and Yarmouth were bombarded by the German cruisers in the last naval raid, the damage being insufficient Yarmouth, and more serious in the other town. The third Zeppelin raid of the week is
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  • France and Belgium.
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      ATTACK IN LORRAINE.
      430 7 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] INCREASING LIVELINESS[Copyright Telegrams.] (By Submarine Telegraph.) Paris, April 26. There is increasing minor activity over the whole of the Western front. In taking the small wood at Buttes, the French made prisoners, and repulsed German counter-attacks. There was an intense bombardment of positions at Avocourt
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      THE ZEPPELINS.
      180 7 ABORTIVE RAIDS. London, April 27. An official statement says in last night’s raid, although 100 bombs were dropped in the Thames Estuary, there were no casualties, while it has been ascertained that 100 bombs fell on the Eastern Counties on Monday, with only one casualty, and in significant
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      East Coast Bombardment.
      90 7 DAMAGES AT LOWESTOFT AND YARMOUTH. London, April 26. The War Office says the bombardment of Lowestoft and Yarmouth, yesterday, opened at 4 10 a.m. and lasted about half-an-hour. Despite the heavy German guns, the damage was relatively slight. A convalesent home, swimming bath, the pier, and forty
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      British Naval Activity.
      27 7 BELGIAN COAST ATTACKED. Amsterdam, April 26 A Berlin communique admits that a strong British force of monitors, destroyers, and mine-sweepers bombarded the Belgian coast.
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      GERMAN ARMS FOR IRELAND.
      675 7 THE DUBLIN DISTURBANCES. GOVERNMENT STATEMENTS. London, April 27. Iu the House of Commons, Mr. A’quith stated that troops from Belfast aud England had arrived in Dublin,and that Liberty Hall, and St. Stephen’s Green had already been occupied by the soldiers. Martial Law had been proclaimed in
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      DISLOYAL PUBLICATIONS IN DUBLIN SEIZED.
      317 7 Dublin, March 24.—This {morning, the military raided the publishing offices in Liffey-street known as the Gaelic Press, and carried off a number of publications for the current we k, documents and papers of various kinds, and portions of the piloting machinery. A small party of
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      PRO-GERMANS IN IRELAND.
      387 7 Writing to a correspondent in Ireland with reference to an agitation against further taxation, Mr. John Redmond says: The agitation is not calculated to strengthen the hands of the Iri-h party in resisting unjust taxation. The Dublin Mansion House meeting, at which it was originated, was admittedly
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      THE INVASION SCARE.
      488 7 The latest scare concerns the alleged imminence of a German invasion of England, a suggestion that appears to be based on somewhat flimsy grounds says a London correspondent. Its authors profess to detect in the torpedoing of the and other vessels the German intention of clearing the
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      SECRET SESSION.
      93 7 THE COMPULSION BILL. London, April 26. Mr. Walter Long will to-morrow introduce the Military Service Bill. The House is now in secret session. The Press Bureau announces that in the House of Commons, in secret session, on Wednesday, Mr. Asquith, replying to Sir Edward Carson, said the Government’s
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  • Turkey and the Near East
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      WEST OF ERZERUM.
      22 7 TURKS REPULSED. Petrograd, April 27. A Russian communique reports the repulse of a Turkish attack in the Erzingan district.
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      Indian Soldiers’ Fund.
      41 7 London, April 27. The Indian Soldiers' Fund has sent to Mesopotamia two large motor boats to be used to convey up the Tigris the supplies sent by the Fund. One of the boats is fitted to accommodate wounded.—Reuter.
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      FOR MESOPOTAMIA.
      111 7 The King inspected at Buckingham Palac-», a of ambulance* presented to the British Red Cross Society by the cinema trade. A fund of £37,000 was raised and a fl el of fifty ambu'ances has been provided, complete with convoy of lorries, machine shop’ officers’ cars and motor cycles.
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      MESOPOTAMIA.
      584 7 Difficulties of thb Campaign. It is not very easy for those who have had no experience of Mesopotamia, its rivers, swamps and climatic conditions to appreciate the difficulties which an advanc- ing force has to face and overcome. To realise some of those difficulties is to understand why progress
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      East of the Canal.
      128 7 DETAILS OF THE FIGHTING. London, April 26. An official supp’ementary report of the fighting at Katia, on April 23rd, says the Gloucester Hussars and Warwick and Worcester Yeomanry, who were holding the position at Katia, were attacked by a greatly superior force of Turks, and fell
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      Bomb at Athens
      30 7 EXPLOSION AT BULGARIAN LEGATION. Athens, April 26. Some sensation was caused by a bomb exploding iu the court cf the Bulgarian Legation. No important damage was done.
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  • Naval Operations.
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      Armed Merchantmen.
      68 7 AMERICA’S POSITION. Washington, April 27. A general statement is issued, defining the attitude of the United Srates towards armed merchantmen and belligerents. It is believed to be a reply to the recent German note. It sustains their right to have defensive armament, but hilds that merchantmen cruising the
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      British Submarine Sunk.
      34 7 London, April 27. The Admiralty says it is announced by the German Wireless that the British submarine E 22 was sunk in the North Sea. Two of the crew were saved.
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    CLIMATE AND GENIUS.
    1391 8 THE PROFESSORS AGREE. If a hundred leading scientific men of Northern American States had been taken South jusb after birth and brought up as Southerners, would they have attained eminence in science? Prof. J. Me Keen Cattell thinks not. In an article on Families of American Men
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    MARKET PRICES.
    212 8 Penang, Aprii 28. cts. Soup per catty 16 Roast 24 Steaks 24 Stew or Curry Meat... 17 Rump Steak 24 Ox Tail each 40 Tongue 60 Feet 20 Heart 40 Liver per catty 35 Pork— Pork per catty 40 Pig s Head 18 Feet 22 Tongue 32 Mutton
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      481 8 Whatever size of Michelin Tyre you use, the quality is always the Best. Right from the selection of the raw material down to the wrapping up of the finished article, the greatest care is exercised in the manufacture of Michelin Tyres. Our trial department is constantly making exhaustive tests in
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  • WAR NEWS.
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      AHEAD OF THE MAIL.
      434 9 The Winged Zeppelins. London, April 3 —The Daily Chronicle’s correspondent in an east coast town describes the effort made to salve a Zeppelin. The airship, he states, was so much submerged that the problem of taking it to a harbour some miles away was a most
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      A Visit to General Joffre.
      282 9 London, April 4.—Lieutenant-Colonel Repington, the Times v military expert, who has just visited General Joffre on the western fighting front, states the situation is to General Joffre’s liking. There are 30 Germans divisions at Verdun compared with 34 before the British front, showing either that
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      The Sinking of the Portugal.
      210 9 Petrograd, April 3.—Further details of bhe sinking of the French Red Cross hospital ship, Portugal, by a German submarine in the Black Sea, accentuate the sold blooded deliberation of the outrage. After the Russians had captured Erzerum the Portugal went to the Black Sea to
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      Coal and Shipping Profits
      37 9 London, April 4—The “Daily Chronicle” anticipates that higher taxes will be imposed upon shipping and coal mining which are earning abnormal war profits and are thereby arousing strong feelings among the working classes.
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      German Lies.
      139 9 Amsterdam, 4th April.—A German wireless message published in the Cologne Gazette states that an English warship, apparently the cruiser Donegal (9,800 tons) was mined and sunk in the middle of February. The Admiralty has announced that the statement is utterly without foundation. London, 4th April.—ln reply to a
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      The Eastern Theatre.
      147 9 London April 17.—The Times Petrograd correspondent says that expert opinion is strengthening that there will not be long time to wait for the end of the entr’acte on the northern front, after which both belligerent are likely to struggle with the grimmest resolution to force a definite
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      Mining on the Western Front.
      117 9 London April 17.—Mr. Prevost-Bat-tersby dwells on the different character of the mining warfare in the northern and southern portions of the front. In the chalky country roomy galleries can be cut. The explosion is never followed by conflicts for the crater comparable to the appalling
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      French Output of Munitions.
      55 9 Mr. Warner Allen sends comparative figures of French munitions production. Taking the output for 1914, at 1, the output of shell-cases for seventy-fives by May 1915, is fourteen and for the year to the 29th February 30| larger shells for the same dates B|, 35,44 heavy
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    EXCHANGE.
    126 9 Penang, April 28, 1916. (By Courtesy oj the Chartered Bank). London Demand Bank ..2/4 1/4 4 months' sight Bank ...2/4 5/8 3 Credit ...2/4 27/32 3 Documentary ...2/4 7,8 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 1741 3 days'sight Private „17 G Bombay Demand Bank 174| Moulmein Demand Bank 174 3 days’sight
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      81 9 We not only intend to carry on as usual, but we are endeavouring to do something better than usual.—Bees, Ltd., Liverpool. It is our intention to continue to advertise our various specialities with unabated vigour, and our appropriationsare already planned for extensive campaigns. “It pays to advertise, advertise, advertise.” —The
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      84 9 IF NOT ALREADY A SUBSCRIBER TO THE WMV WAT P,NANC GAZETTE 7 7 WH 1 NV 1 HAVE IT REGULARLY Z Z Zd* Z SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By Post.—Yearly $3O-00, 7 7 Half-Yearly $l5-00, 7 V 7 Monthly 2-50. 77 7 Local.—Yearly $27-00, /77 Half-Yearly $l3 50. TO THU Monthly 2-25,
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
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      401 9 Col. Frank Finis' Circus, Menagerie and Wild West Show. The Last Two Nights. To-night at 9-30 p.m. Col. Fillis presents CiRSON’S WILD WEST SKETCH entitled “For the Love of a Cowboy” in 3 Parts. The Plot is well connected, the acting is quite strong, while the actual production indicates grasp
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    LONDON LETTER.
    1114 10 [BY AN ARTIST CORRESPONDENT.] Marcli 30. The Schleswig Raid. The combined se* and air raid on the Zeppelin aheia on the Ge'man coaat ia one of the moac stirring events of the war The sheds are situated behind the island of Sylt, and no great distance from the
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    Two Shipping Lines Profits.
    297 10 Two more shipping companies show to-day how largely they have benefitted by the war. The Gulf line of Greenock, with a capital of £250,000, has made a trading profit of £208,337 and a net profit af<er paying for repairs of £188,093. figures compare with a tra
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    SHIPPING.
    113 10 CLEARANCES. To-day. Ban Lee for Langsa. Tara for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Alma P. Swettenham Singapore. Hebe for Bagan Datoh Teluk Anson. Un Peng for Pulau Langkawi, Perlis Setul. Pangkor for Bindings Sitiawan and Bagan Datoh. Flying Dragon for Portweld and Taiping. MAILS CLOSE AT GENERAL POST OFFICE. To-Morrow.
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    COMING EVENTS.
    68 10 April 28.—C0l Fillis’ Wild West Show and Menagerie Dato Kramat, 9.30 p.m. 29.—F.M.5. War Loan, Applications Close. 29.—Kuala Kangsar Plantations, An' ual Meeting, Padang Rengas, 12.30 p.m. May 6.—Singapore Races, Entries Close at noon. May B.—Penang Schools Re open. May 16, 18, and 20—Singapore Races. May 17 —Lodge
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    PRODUCE.
    231 10 Penang, April 28, 1916. S P. Tapioca 59.20 sellers. M. P. Tapioca 59 60 sellers. Gold leaf $6t.40 Pepper (W. Coast 3 lb. 5 oz). $l6 1/2 buyers Black Pepper $lB.OO buyer*. White Pepper j 37.00 sellers. Trang Pepper $33 sellers. Mace $llO nom. Mace Picking» $7O sellers. Oioves
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    AMERICA’S SHIPPING PROBLEM.
    417 11 American papers report some interesting proceedings of the House Committee on Merchant Marine, to which the Government’s shipbuilding scheme has been referred. The United States have long been anxious to have a strong mercantile marine of their own, and the present war has made that object seem
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    Penang’s Health.
    261 11 In the Penang Municipality for the weel ended April 1, there were 61 deaths —42 males and 19 females, equal to a death-rate of 30.31 per mille per annum, compared with 30.31 in the preceding week, and with 28.95 in the corresponding week of last year. The following
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    Where to Stay.
    19 11 Penang :—The E. <fc O. Hotel, The Crag, Runnymede Hotel. Singapore: —Raffles Hotel. Rangoon :—Strand Hotel.
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