Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 19 May 1916

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 116 VOL. LXXIV. FRIDAY, 89th MAY. 1916 PRICE 10 CENTS
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 871 1 IP POU WANT 10 SHIP, I BUY ok SELL RUBBER g C OK TO FORWARD goods g TO AMY PAST OJ THE WORLD g 2 GO TO D S g ALLEN DENNYS Co., 7, UNION STREET. c D g aQQ gaa □□□□□□□□annanaD sun Lire SOLIGNUM. PETER WALKER BEER. C* /1
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    • 59 1 DnananaoaoannannaDDaaanDOtt FOR $3O g n c X /OU can have the Pinang n I Gazette posted every day q for a whole year to your address. n (LOCAL SUBSCRIPTION, $27). Proportionate Quarleily and Half-yearly rates. Subscriptions are payable in Q advat ch and remittance should g q be addressed to
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  • 1101 2 SECOND DAY’S RESULTS. (Form Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, May 18. The results on the second day of the Singapore Race Meeting were as follows 1, The First Pony Griffin Handicap Value $350 and $5O to the Second Pony. A Handicap for Subscription Griffins entered for the First Griffin
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  • 194 2 TENNIS TIES. The following Tennis Ties were played last night Men’s Doubles Handicap B—Goodrich and Save—ls beat Millar and Anthony—--4/6 by 4—6, 7—5, 6—4 Syer and Sharpin —l5 beat Benson an i Blackstone—3/6 by 10—8, 6—l Crabb-Watt and Watson—--15 beat Nicol and Harvey—4/6 by 6 2, 6—3.
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  • 80 2 The homeward mail closes at 6 p.m. to-morrow. Registration till 5 p.m. The agents notify that the B. I. packet Thongwa, with the mails from Europe, is expected to leave Negapatam on Sunday, the 21st instant. The mail for Egypt, India, and Australia is being despatched earlier from
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  • 955 2 WEALTHY MOHAMMEDAN AS DEFENDANT. In the Third Court, Penang, to-day, before Mr. V. G. Ezechiel, Wan Chee Ariffin, son of the late Mohamed Ariffin, the millionaire of Hutton Laue, appeared on a summons issued at the instance of his wife, Che Jan binti Abdul Kader for neglecting
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  • 580 2 SHIP CAPTAIN FINED. In the District Court, Penang to-day‘ before Mr. W, C. Michell, Capt. J. A. Milne, Master of the s.s. Anjou, appeared on a summons issued at the instance of Mohamed Ebrahim, Third Boarding Officer, for taking one case and one basket ,of knives
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  • 148 2 The New amalgamation. Rangoon, April 26. The Bank of Mauritius, Limited, whose amalgamation with the Mercantile Bank of India, Limited, has just been announced, was established in 1848 and has its head office at No. 10, GeorgeYard, Lombard Street, London, E. C. Mr. W. L. Maclaren
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  • 76 2 The Band will play the following programme of music at the Esplanade from 6 till 7 this evening 1. Selection Macbeth ...Verdi 2. Chorus From Parisina Donizetti 3. Waltz Deutsch Herzen Strauss 4. Minuet Hebe ...Blumenthal 5. March Her Bright Smile Haunts me Still ...Campbell On the
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  • 832 2 Sir E Brockman has gone to Taiping Hill Mr and Mrs H A Wootton have returned to Selangor. Mr and Mrs Hatchell leave for Ipoh at the end of the month. Major Graham takes Mr Hutchell’s place Miss Tenkwa and her company of Japanese entertainers are drawing
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  • 263 2 The steamer Yat Shin® dun h. will discharge 300 tons' o f Van Noort 135 tons. g0 tfi e The Nyanza, due here on the 21 > will discharge at this part 6qo > 8t general cargo. n of The B. I. steamer Tara due here 20 r
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  • 209 2 The crew of the steam-trawler Celestiene Juliette,” which towed the abandoned British destroyer Medusa 111, to Terscbelling, say they found the vessel on 3rd ult, at 55 e 38' North Lat. and 6’ 18' East Long. She had been abandoned, and the Dutch sailors hauled down
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 188 2 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. WANTED. A BILL COLLECTOR Security $2,000. Apply stating salary to No. 196, c/o Pinang Gazette. TYPEWRITER REMINGTON (VISIBLE) TOR SALE. USED ONLY THREE WEEKS. First Cheque for $BO/- Apply t 0 Mr Jacobs c/o Messrs. Barker i Co f Penang. ,77#r irke’S lood. K-ture] rom just !»uch Q
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  • 527 3 CHINA (KIAO-CHOW LEASED TERRITORY). The British Vice-Consul at Tsingtau (Mr; R. H. Eckford), writing on the future prospects ef Tsingtau, states that nearly a year has elapsed since trade was resumed at that port, and it is only natural that conjectures should be made as to the
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  • 298 3 Many people will remember the enthusiastic send off given to the small contingent of 25 to 30 Frenchmen from Siam, who left for the front on August 14, 1914 Since that day, the proportion of those who have remained at the front has grown thinner and thinner, five
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  • 725 3 HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF TAELS DAMAGE. One of the largest river front fires that has occurred in Snanghai, broke out in the early hours of April 24, at the Ningpo and Ningshao Wharf, says the N. C. Daily News.” Assistance was given by the Shanghai Fire Brigade
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  • 80 3 Athens, April 17.—The second meeting of the Venizelists, which took place to-day at the theatre, gave rise to serious incidents, While M. Negroponte, who presided, was presenting M. Sephulis, who was to lecture a section cf the audience began to shout Long live the
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 1023 3 wanted. medical hall limited. Senior European assistant In Li( i 'for a Rubber Estate in Kedah. A t- -j 7“ w iedge of factory as well as field work I .Liquidator invites offers for the s i r a”)ie. Write stating terms etc,, to purchase of the business of the
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    • 18 3 DAIMLER®] 5 JIOTOR CARRIAGES ij CWEROAL Vehicles 9 Agricbetdrm, Tractors c < tmc DAIMLER COMPANY VU 5 COVENTRY, ENGLAND.
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    • 123 3 The Best Advice To give to a person suffering from Headache or Neuralgia is to use a remedy that will give instant relief.—Like a touch d the wizard’s wand Little’s Oriental Balm act B on these painful disorders. The effects are simply marvellous. One application and the pain subsides as
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    • 80 3 NEW STOCKS, Allenbury’s Foods Browne’s Chlorodyne Allenbury’s Feeders Rubinat Water Benger’s Food Carabana Water Savory Moore’s Food Kutnow’s Powder Horlick’s Malted Milk Vibrona Wine Dinneford’s Magnesia Angier’s Emulsion Virol Beecham’s Pills Steedman’s Soothing Powders Cockle’s Pills Robinson’s Barley Groats etc. etc. etc. THE DISPENSARY (PENANG) Ltd., 2, BISHOP STREET and
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 309 3 Look at that pair of skinny scarecrows Why don’t they try Sargol EXCESSIVE THINNESS. Doctors Say There Is Safe Simple Way To Get Fat. Dr. Armant the eminent French authority, declares this is the most successful method of putting on flesh.” Women who find it difficult to dress well on
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  • 48 4 Barriere —I LOYD —On May 16, at the Cathedral of the G< od Shepherd, Singapore, by the Rev. Father Ruaudel, Pierre Henry Barriere, of Singapore, son of Mr. and Mi a. Just Barriere, cf Nanterre, France, to Clare Mary, daughter cf Mr. J. T. L'oyd of Singapore.
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  • 1312 4 Mr. Pemberton Billing, the airman Member of Parliament, in the final chapter of his little bock on Air War and How to Wage it declared that what the nation expected was that a Minister and a man should be found, strong, courageous and invulnerable” for the Ministry
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  • 1780 4 Old England may well marvel at Australia, the young child with an old head. While the majority of people at home can only devote the time not fully occupied in strenuous war occupations to the life and character, achievements and failures of Lloyd George—pictured by his best
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 184 4 n woram to "is SECSB£ ■,l ff| I K ®M? > s o- '1 s* 3 Um tX T 5 > t c f W.SWmF <r Motor, Motor Cycle, Solid Cycle Tyres. A PATRIOTIC DUTY. The Duty of the Buying Public is plain. They should support the British Manufacturer who
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    • 30 4 e. “EMPIRE DAY,” 24th May. speciaiTdinner. The Dinner will be charged $3 a head and all the takings will be handed over to the Penang Fighter.’’ BOOK YOUR SEATS NOW.
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
  • 28 4 DEATH. Chia Chye Hay Neo. —On May 16, at No. 631 North Bridge Road, Singapore, Chia Chye Hay Neo, tl e beloved wife of Mr. Cheong Koon Seng.
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  • 315 5 LORD CURZON PRESIDENT. advance from trebizond AUSTRIAN OFFENSIVES. BELGIAN COAST SKIRMISH. j n the House of Common», Mr. Harold Tennant, Under-Secretary for War, announced that it had been decided to constitute an Air Board, with Lord Curzon as President, with two naval representatives, including a member of
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  • France and Belgium.
    • 382 5 [Reutrr’s Trlrgrams.] german attacks DEFEATED.] [Copyright Telegrams.] (By Submarine Telegraph.) Paris, May 18. The defeat of further German attacks at Verdun is the feature of a communique. The enemy made grenade attacks on the edge of Dead Man hill, but these completely failed. They also attacked at Thiautnont farm.
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    • 415 5 A sergeant in the Royal Engineers who was formerly a crauthtsman in the employ of a Manchester engineering firm and is now serving in France, in the course of a letter to a friend, says The accur cy of modern artillery is little short of wonderful. A few
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    • 503 5 Mr. H. Warner Allen, Special Correspondent of the British Press with the French Armies says Now that the Allies are able te state without fear of contradiction that at last they are at least on more than level terms with the common enemy as regards the supply
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  • 343 5 LORD CURZON'S APPOINTMENT. London May 17. In the House of Commons, Mr. Joynson Hicks opened the debate on the air question. He strongly demanded the appointment of an Air Minister,]and emphasised that a new Board would be worthless. Mr. H. J. Tennant, in reply, indicated the enormous
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  • 142 5 EFFORTS AT AGREEMENT. London, May 18. Informal conversations are proceeding with a view to settling the Irish question by mutual agreement. It is reported that Colonel Churchill is active in these efforts. It is stated that the Nationalists are prepared to exclude nea-lv the whole of Ulster, provided
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  • 70 5 London, May 18. Mr. Asquith is being sworn in to day to the Irish Privy Council. He thus becomes a member of the Irish Executive. Visit to Cork. London, May 18. Mr. Asquith will go to Cork to-morrow. Mr. Asquith’s Return. London, May 18. In the
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  • 70 5 CASEMENT COMMITTED FOR TRIAL. London, May 17. At Bow Street, Sir Roger Casement was committed for trial on the charge of high treason. The second accused, Daniel Bailey, was also committed for trial on the same charge. The Magistrate asked Sir Roger Casement if he had anything
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  • 49 5 AUSTRALIAN CHAMBERS’ VIEWS. Brisbane, May 17. The Australia Chambers of Commerce passed a resolntian, unanimously, in favour of preferential variffs within the Empire and with the Allies, and fair and reasonable treatment for neutrals, with sur-taxed tariffs against the enemy countries, also anti-dumping legislation after the war.
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  • 432 5 Th® Exchange Telegraph Company’s special correspondent at Stockolm writes From reliable persons recently back from Germany I have received further facts as to a great dumping plan under which Germany, by exporting vast quantities of cheap goods now ready, is to pay for raw materials
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  • 47 5 London, May 1 8. It is reported that the Government has intimated that a strike in the Lancashire cotton trade will not be allowed. It is suggested that a compromise will be effected on the basis of a five per cent advance in wages.
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  • 58 5 London, May 17. In the House of Commons, Mr. McKenna said it was not proposed to impose a tax on foreign tea, imported by the United Kingdom, equal to the export tax on India tea. Whether a rebate could be given of the tax on tea grown
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  • 41 5 COALITION TRIUMPH. London, May 18. The result of the by-election in the Tewkesbury division was as follows Mr. Hicks-Beach (Coalition) 7,127 Mr. Boosey (Anti-Government) 1,438 Majority 5,689 The by-election was created by the death in action of Viscount Quenington.
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  • 41 5 London, May 18. It is stated that amendments by the Hou«e of Lords will probably necessitate the return of the Compulsion Bill to the Commons, hence the Royal Assent is not likely to bo given before May 24th.
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  • 39 5 London, May 18. Mr. W. Hayes Fisher, Under Secretary to the Local Government Board, announced that arrangements had been made for grants, up to £lO4, yearly both to married and unmarried soldiers, in cases of hardship.
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  • Russian Campaign.
    • 44 5 GERMANS REPULSED. Petrograd, May 18. A revival of activity by both sides is recorded in a Russian communiquĕ. A German attempt to advance, by means of gas-clouds, in the region of the MitauKreuzburg railway, was repulsed. The Russians advanced west of Olyka.
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      55 5 ADVANCE ON THE COAST. London, May 18. The Russians, while successfully holding the centre of the Caucasus front, ar® now progressing along the coast. The Turks are retreating to Kerisen, 70 miles west of Trebizond. The Advance from Bitlis. Petrograd, May 18. The Russians repulsed a Turkish offensive
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  • Italy's Campaign
    • 332 5 STRONG EFFORTS FAIL. Rome, May 18. The principal Austrian effort was in the Lazarina valley, where five fierce attacks, on the slopes north of Zugna were crumpled bv the Italian devastating artillery and rifle fire, which inflicted enormous losses. Hundreds of enemy corpses were carried off by the
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  • Naval Operations.
    • 104 5 AMERICA AND I’HE BLOCKADE. London, May 18. Further correspondence from the United States regarding the while speaking of sincere friendship, clearly intimates the expectation that Great Britain will take steps to avoid injury to legitimate trade with the United States. The British reply outlines the measures taken
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    • 49 5 GERMAN VESSELS RETREAT. London, May 18. The Admiralty announces that yesterday an encounter took place between British destroyers and monitors and some German destroyers. After a short engagement, the enemy withdrew to their forts. There were no British casualties. The naval encounter was off the Belgian Coast.
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    • 20 5 London, May 18. The Turkish artillery destroyed a small British monitor. Two were killed and two wounded.
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    • 67 5 SEVERAL LIVES LOST. A msterdam, May 18. £70,000 in gold was on board the Batavier Fifth, of Rotterdam, which was blown up. London, May 18. Two engineers and a steward were killed by the explosion in the engine room of the Batavier Fifth. An American passenger was drowned.
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    • 85 5 VISIT TO A DOCKYARD. London, May 18. An American writer who was permitted to visit a damaged British submarine in a Dockyard pays a tribute to the remarkable courage and seamanship of the crew who, when the vessel’s bow was smashed in collision with a mine off
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  • General News.
    • 101 5 REBELLION CONTINUES. London, May 18. In the House of Commons, Lord Robert Cecil said the rebellion in China showed no signs of abatement. He understood the moratorium does not affect the Chinese Government obligations. Any measures necessary to safeguard British financial interests in China would be taken. Reasons for
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    • 102 5 LORD ISLINGTON’S STATEMENT. London, May 18. Interviewed by Reu'er, Lord Islington, Under-Secretary for India, sail it was the deliberate, steady policy of the Britisti Government to associate Indians more and more with the Government of India. Any reasonable advance of qualified Indians in the Services would meet with
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    • 36 5 FOREIGN OFFICE APPOINTMENT. London, May 18, It is officially announced that Viscount Hardinge has been appointed, temporarily, Permanent Under-Secretary for foreign Affairs, in succession to Sir Arthur Nicohou, who is retiring owing to ill-health.
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    • 31 5 DESERTERS RETURN. Amsterdam, May 18. All the deserters from Dutch warships in the Dutch East Indies have returned. Twenty-one will be court-martialled for sabotage and inciting to insubordination.
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    • 21 5 Wellington, May 17. The Hon. T. W. Massey states that New Zealand will share in the Shackleton relief expedition.
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  • 1367 6 A TARGET FOR THE HUNS. This graphic description of a receipt visit to the town of Verdun is by Dr. Froisland, Paris correspondent of the Aftenpost,” of Christiania. We are standing in a fortress on the summit of one of the hills surrounding Verdun, and looking down inbo
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  • 404 6 Two weeks ago Holland, believing that there will soon be a sensational development of the war—a belief which I understand is the result of an intelligent and prudent anticipation of a big push forward, in fact the approach of the turningpoint of the great struggle—suspended all
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  • 657 6 THE REPORT OF DIRECTORS. The report of the Directors to be submitted to the shareholders at the Seventh annual general meeting of the Company to be held at the registered offices of the Company on Saturday the 27ch instant is as follows Gentlemen, your directors
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  • 19 6 Pesanq :—The E <fc O. Hotel, The Crag, Runnymede Hotel. Singapore: —Raffles Hotel. Rangoon :—Strand Hotel.
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  • 99 6 CLEARANCES. To-day. Benoa for Deli and Asahan. Pungah for Batu Bahra. Skuld for Singapore. Alma P. Swettenharn Singapore. Hebe for Bagan Datoh Teluk Anson. I eong Ho for Pulau Langkawi, Perlis Setul. Pangkor for Bindings Sitiawan and Bagac Datoh. Flying Dragon for Portweld and Taiping. MAILS. CLOSE AT GENERAL
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  • 127 6 Prnang, May 19, 1916. f (By Courtesy ot the Chartered Bink), i London Demand Bank 2/4 1/4 4 months' sight Bank ...2 4 5/8 3 Credit ...2/4 13/16 3 Documentary ...2/4 27/32 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 174$ 3 days' sight Private 176 Bombay Demand Bank 174$ Moulmein Demand Bank
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  • 73 6 May 20 —Singapore Races. May 20.—P.V.R.C. Shoot 3 p.m. May 21.—Penang Volunteers Field Operations. May 22.—P.L R.C. Shoot 5 p.m. May 23. —Straits Sumatra Syndicate General Meeting, Chamber of Commerce. 4 p.m. May 24.—Empire Day. May 24.—Empire Day, Special Dinner E O Hotel. June 9 and 11.—Cricket, Penang
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 47 6 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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    • 394 6 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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  • 1555 7 dI VIDEND OF 185 PER CENT. The 11th annual ordinary general rreeting the Batu Caves Rubber Company (Limited) 011 held on April 11th, in the Council Room of as Rubber Growers’ Association (Incorporat--1 P 38 Eastchfeap. Mr. John McEwan (chairman of the company) presiding. The Chairman said,
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  • 93 7 A LARGE DIVIDEND. {From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, May 19. The report of Sandycroft Rubber Co., Ltd., shows a profit of $136,277 and recommends a final divideni of 30 per cent, making 70 per cent., for the year. The all-in cost was 11 80d. per lb, and the
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  • 29 7 {From Our Own Correspondent.) “-'Tj Singapore, May 19. Messrs Fraser Co’s share circular says there is a dull market, with few alterations, generally a little lower.
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  • 33 7 {From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, May 19. When the Singapore rubber auctions concluded, 2”8 tons had been sold of 380 tons on offer. The demand closed easier. Prices were lower.
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  • 84 7 The following are the latest quotations in our share list Yesterday. To-day. ao oo Shares. 2. £.5 3 a CQ W M C/2 Mining. Kamunting... 32/6 34/- 32/- 33/Bubber (Dollar). Mergui $4 $4.15 s3| $4 Sandycroft $ll sl2£ slo| $l2 Tapah $lB $l9 $lB $18.5u We understand
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  • 945 7 A FINE APPEAL. The people of Singapore have been more generous than we dared to hope says the Straits Times and our regular sub scribers, to whom we addressed a personal appeal, have responded in a manner that has touched us deeply. They have paid us the
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  • 106 7 The Chartered Bank advises us of the following subscriptions to the Penang Aeroplane Fund. Cheques should be made payable to the Manager, Chartered Bank, crossed aud endorsed Penang Aeroplane Fund or to Lt-Colonel the Hon. A. R. Adams, Commander Maclntyre, Mr. Jules Martin or the Editors
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  • 44 7 The Hon. Treasurer sends ns the following list of iurther contributions to the above Fund, forwarded to the Chartered Bank, Penang. Balance on May 17 $3,162.05 From Liege 50 28 Balance on May 18 $3,212.33 Amount previously acknowledged. ...$23,913.74 Total $27,126.07
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  • 30 7 To-day’s quotation for unrefined tin in Penang was $95.50 per picul business done. Tin is quoted in London to-day at £197 5s spot, and £197 10s. three months.
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  • 106 7 The following press communique has been issued at Bombav —Ths export of block tin from British India to the Persian Gulf is prohibited except on certificates granted by the Political Resident or other responsible Political Officer allowing importation. This prohibition is equally applicable in regard to
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  • 272 7 For the period from l9th to 25th Mav, 1916, inclusive, the value of the highest grade of rubber is fixed at two shillings aud ten pence per lb., and the duty on cultivated rubber, on which export duty is leviable on an ad valorem basis in accordance
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 510 7 I Jk Mothe*' and Child. flf Baby O'/i months. 1 j Special Appeal p B Fed from birth on the Allenburys' Foods. on Behalf of Baby HI Naturally a Healthy Mother Y IPI should feed her own child, and no cause, save inability, should prevent her doing so. But there
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 209 7 1 TO-NIGHT! TO-NIGHT 11 THE ELECTRIC POLYSCOPE Co, LYCEUM THEATRE, ARGYLL ROAD. Present Pathe’s Wonderful Detective Serial. The Exploits of Elaine 72 Parts Parts 72 The world’s longest detective serial -14 miles of detective and stirring adventure story. The Triumph of the movie-makers’ art. Pearl White, Arnold Daly and Sheldon
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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