Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 29 July 1916

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 176 VOL. LXXIV. SATURDAY, 29th JULY, 1916. PRICE 10 CElfcr£
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    PENANG RACES.
    6 2 AHEAD OF THE MAIL.
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    The R.C.T.C.
    137 2 New Betting Rules Calcutta, July 18.—The Stewards of the Royal Calcutta Turf Club have decided that there shall be three enclosures during the forthcoming monsoon races. In the first and second enclosures nine firms of bookmakers will attend. No bookmaker will be allowed in the third. Under the
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    PENANG STAR & GARTER BUILDING FUND
    28 2 PENANG STAR GARTER BUILDING FUND The following donations have been received by the Chartered Bank Balance on July 26 $5,738.53 AG 12 00 Balance on July 28 $5,750.53
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    THE PENANG RELIEF FUND.
    42 2 The Hon. Treasurer sends us the following list of further contributions to the above Fund, forwarded to the Chartered Bank, Penang. Balance on July 21 ...$12,097.32 Staff of Govt Monopolies for June 58.35 Balance on July 27 ...$12,155.67
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    BELGIAN RELIEF FUND.
    23 2 Balance on July 17 $1,094.56 E Reimann 100.00 Balance on July 28 $1,194.56 Amount previously acknowledged ...$27,308,22 Total ...$28,502 78
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    P.C.C. BOWLS TOURNAMENT.
    37 2 The following were the results of the ties played yesterday Single Handicap—J G Allan +3) beat R Owen (—3) by 21 18; Hon A R Adams 2) beat W H Threlfall (scr) by 21—17.
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    TIN PRICES.
    16 2 Tin is quoted in Loudon to-day at XI6B ss. spot, and £169 three months.
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    DUTCH WAR NEWS.
    280 2 THE SUBMARINE BREMEN. (Specially Translated.) German circle* in New York are uneasy as to the fall of Bremen, the second German submarine freighter which is on her way to America. In all probability the Deutschland will not sail for Germany. The correspondent of the “Times” at New
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    DEFENCE OF THE DUTCH INDIES.
    160 2 Dispatch of Conscript Men to the East. The Dutch Second Chamber recenly voted on Mr. Hugenholtz’s motion, in which the Minister for the Navy was requested not to carry out his announced intention of sending out naval militiamen to Netherlands East India. It will be
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    Malacca Volunteers.
    353 2 The following is an extract from the Administration Report on the Settlement of Malacca, for the year 1915. Vounteers.—“ In Augu*t 1915, the Government yielded to the wish very strongly urged for the formation of a Volunteer Corp». In November, the European Company was inspected by the General
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  • WAR NEWS.
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      Results of Recent Battales.
      624 2 AHEAD OF THE MAIL. London, July 10;h.—The following is a summary of i ecent events in the war, compiled by Mr. John Buchan: The western front.—The chief centre of interest is the zone of thq British right wing on the western front, where, with the co-operation
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      The Allied Thrust.
      256 2 London, July 15—Fuller information shows that since trench warfare was established on the western front there has been no such extensive penetration of the German second line system a? was accomplished by the British on the 14th. Taught by experience, the British used the only means of
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      Control of Food Prices.
      185 2 London, July 25. —Mr. L. V. Harcourt (First Commissioner of Works) replying yesterday to a Trade Union deputation regarding the State control of food prices and the control of wages said that the various systems of increasing wages had resulted in increasing prices leading to demands
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    THE WARSPITE.
    618 2 CAPTAIN’S STORY OF THE BATTLE In our issue i f the 14th inst. we published an offic’al German account of the Battle of Jutland purporting to be based on statements made by British survivors now prisoners in Germany. The account, as usual with statements emanating from the same
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    Where to Stay.
    18 2 Penang The Eft O. Hotel, The Crag, Runnymede Hotel. Singapore :—Raffles Hotel. Rangoon :—Strand Hotel.
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    Mr. Percy Gold's Death in Action.
    547 2 The tragedy of war has been brought terribly near to the hearts of many j n Singapore, by the receipt of a cable from home announcing that 2nd l/ercy Gold was killed in action in France on the 21st instant. It is a less
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    FACTS FROM THE FRONT.
    495 2 In an article recently, we S.T.”) said that we blush when we are told that ws have done passing well,’’ and if we blush there are many others who have more need to do so. A well-known Singaporean is now at the hottest part of the
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    WAR ANNIVERSARY.
    356 3 THE PENANG DEMONSTRATION. The arrangements for the patriotic demonstration ou the Esplanade on Friday next, 4th August, the second anniversary of the declaration of war against Germany are well forward. The programme for the demonstration is as follows From 5 p.m. to 5-30 pm. the Penang Band will
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    The Economic Ultimatum.
    168 3 German Attitude to Switzerland. The Paris correspondent of the Telegraaf writes :—The economic ultimatum from Germany to Switzerland, which was handed to the Federal Government ou June 8, contains, according to a statement by Jean Herbette in the Echo de Paris," two important passages. In the first
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    The Sentry’s Fright
    362 3 A private, aged 20, was recently admitted into the Canadian General Hospital in France, with the diagnosis of boils and facial paralysis.” He had never suffered from any illness until he went to India four years ago as a bugler, siys the Lancet.” He had been there
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    PRUSSIAN JUNKERS.
    609 3 STRONG WORDS IN THE DIET. In the course of a debate in the Prussian Diet on the compromise proposals for increased taxation in Prussia, Herr Stroebel (Socialist), discussing tbe conflict between tbe Upper and Lower Chamber, said (according to the Kolniscbe Zeitung’s account of the proceedings) On the
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    Magnet In Surgery.
    274 3 How Shell Splinters Are Drawn From Wounds. Professor Sultan publishes in the Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift” an article on the use of electro-magnets in surgery for the extraction of splinters of iron and steel. He asserts that if the work is carefully done, the extraction of splinters by
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      142 3 SATURDAY TO-NIGHT 29TH JULY, 1916. Special Race Programme with a Complete Change of Cinematograph Films. at THE STRAITS CINEMA. Phone No. 628. EMPIRE HALL. PENANGI ROAD. the MALAY OPERA coy. (OF MALACCA) New Scenery! Fine Costumes! Charming Actors Actresses! Crack Comedians I A Grand Spectacular Play with Miss Gaffor in
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    WAR TIME PROFITS.
    1076 4 The development of the mineral resources of Malaya has been materially aided in the past by Australian mi ers, engii esrs and financiers. Their enterprise has been rewarded, as it deserved to ba, in certain cases by an excellent return on the invested capitd, but there are
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    HERE AND THERE.
    1742 4 Four essays by Dr. Reaward Brandstetter have been translated by Indonesian Mr. C. O. Blagdeo, M.A. and Language*, published under the title, “An Introduction to Indonesian Linguistics,” by the Royal Asiatic Society, to whom we are indebted for our copy. Mr. Blagden, formerly of the Straits Civil
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      188 4 A CLUB WHISKY $14.50 per case. Duty extra 7.68 per case. ALSO CLUB stocked in Ay 2 and 10 gallon Casks. I 'S' Whisk* pcr I Duty extra $3.84. j Lx SOLE j CALDBECK, MACGREGOR Co, WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS, j PENANG. j ESTATE SUPPLIES. Sodium Bisulphite, Mercury Perchloride, White
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      203 4 “E. S’ O.” RACE DINNERS. Saturday 29th July. DANCING AFTER DINNER Saturday 29th July. LATEST MUSIC BY THE "E. 0." ORCHESTRA. .ORCHARDING IN TASMANIA SADLIER KNIGHT Orchard Agents and Attorneys, LAUNCESTON, TASMANIA. We plant and manage orchards for Absentee Clients, with graduated payments, and under Government Expert supervision, until it
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  • Obituary
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    31 4 DEATH. Sewbll —At Alor Star, Kedah, on Thursday, 27th July. 1916, James Leonard Blackwood, dearly beloved younger son of Frank Blackwood and Effie Isabel Sewell, aged 11 months and 3 weeks.
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    THE ADVANCE.
    150 5 BRITISH AND RUSSIAN SUCCESSES. 'SERBIANS ENGAGED. PROGRESS IN EAST AFRICA. S. S. BRUSSEL’S CAPTAIN SHOT. Besides raids by both sides at different points on the rest of the front, General Haig reports considerable activity in the battle area north of the Somme, where the extent of the British
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  • France and Belgium.
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      THE BATTLE RENEWED.
      510 5 Reuter Telegrams FIGHTING AT SEVERAL POINTS. [Copyright Telegrams.] (By Submarine Telegraph). London, July 27. General Haig reports there was hard artillery fighting to-day north-east of Pozieres, in the vicinity of Longueval, and Delville wood.- The trench we captured last night north of Pozieres and Bazentin hitherto resisted
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      Area of the Battle.
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      Zeppelin Raid.
      20 5 London, July 28. A Berlin communique says a Zeppelin bombed a Russo-British submarine base in the Aland Islands.
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      IMMELMANN'S LAST FIGHT.
      378 5 How Immelmann met his death is graphically described in a letter from one of his brother officers published in the Berlin Lokalanzeiger.” It was about nine o’clock in the evening/' he says, when suddenly I heard a rattling noise in the air. I left my quarters and
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      HINDENBURG HUG.
      191 5 The following explanation of the German attack on Verdun has been given by a high officer in a neutral army who has opportunities of exchanging views in quarters likely to be well informed. The Germans had collected enormously strong forces on the Flanders and Alsace fronts that is,
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  • Turkey and the Near East
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      MESOPOTAMIA.
      42 5 INCIDENT ON EUPHRATES. London, July 28 General Lake reports that the situation in Mesopotamia is unchanged. Two gunboats were fired on on the Euphrates, in the neighbourhood of KhidrThey replied, inflicting ca-ualties. Our losses were one naval officer and five men.
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      The Inquiry Commissions.
      87 5 AUSTRALIAN VIEW. Melbourne, July 29. The Argus regrets the appointment of the Dardanelles and Mesopotamia Commissions and suggests that the Commonwealth Government should inform Mr. Fisher that it does not desire him to have a seat on the former. The “Argus” says: ‘Fight on,’ is Australia’s watchword.
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      The Kut Prisoners.
      63 5 London, July 28’ In the House of Commons, Lord Robert Cecil sai l the official list of prisoners from Kut had not yet been furnished by the Porte, but the United States Consul at Baghdad telegraphed on June 26th that 1,600 prisoners there were too ill and
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      Serbian Attack.
      28 5 BULGARS DRIVEN BACK. Salonika, July 28. The Serbian troops have driven back the Bulgarians in Greek territory north of Vodena (near Monastic) after a sharp engagement.
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      THE TRENTINO.
      30 5 STUBBORN AUSTRIAN RESISTANCE. Rome, July 28. The Austrians are stubbornly resisting in strongly entrenched positions in a wood north of Mont Cimone. The Italians, however, made some progress.
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      THE GALICIAN FRONTIER.
      77 5 SAKHAROFF'S CAPTURES. Petrograd, July 28. General Sakharofi captured 34,000 Austrians and Germans, 45 guns and 71 m~ chine-guns in the fighting between July 16th and 25tb. Austrian Repulse. Rome, July 27. A strong night attack in the Posina valley, in Sette Communi, was repulsed with heavy loss.
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  • Naval Operations.
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      SUBMARINE AWARDS.
      68 5 THE PRIZE COURT. London, July 29. The Prize Court has awarded bounties of £4 300, £l,OOO and £625 to submarines E 11, commanded by Lt.-Commander Naismith, V.C., and E 5 and E 16 for sinking a Turkish battleship, a gunboat, and a torpedo boat in the Sea of
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      THE DEUTSCHLAND.
      58 5 New York, July 10.—The Deutschland’s cargo is consigned to Schumacher and Company, the Baltincore agents of the North German Lloyd. The manager of Schumacher and Company asserts that the vessel is an unarmed merchantman. An officer,belonging to the submarine denied that it was chased by war-ships. He said
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      CAPTAIN’S STORY OF VOYAGEm
      280 5 New York, July 10.—It is reported from Baltimore that Captain Konig, of the German submarine-merchantman Deutschland, stated that she was the first of several submarines built for the Deutsche Ozean-Rhederei, in Bremen, which will travel regularly on the Atlantic. The Deutchland would shortly be followed by
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      G.E.R. CAPTAIM SHOT.
      43 5 FOR ATTEMPT TO RAM U BOAT. Amsterdam, July 28. A Berlin official message states that Captain Fryatt of the Great Eastern Railway Company’s steamer Brussels, which was captured by the Germans, was shot for attempting to ram submarine U 33.
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      The Eskimo.
      28 5 ATTACK IN NORWEGIAN WATERS. Christiania, July 28. Crowds on hills saw a German auxiliary, disguised with Swedish colours, attack the Wilson liner Eskimo in territorial waters.
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  • General News.
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      EAST AFRICA.
      129 5 GENERAL NORTHF.Y’A SUCCESS. London, July 27. General Northey on July 24th ex polled the southern German force, including the bulk of the Koenigsberg’s crew from a strong position midway between Neulangenburg and Iranga. The enemy after several strong but unsuccessful counter-attacks retired towards Iranga, abandoning a 4 inch
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      Indian Army Officers.
      101 5 MR. CHAMBERLAIN’S STATEMENT. London, July 27. In the House of Commons, Mr. Chamberlain said it had been decided that Indian Army officer prisoners after 61 days’ full pay will receive the full pay of their rank, plus half the Staff pay attaching to their ordinary employment, the
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      Ireland.
      39 5 UNIONISTS AND AGREEMENT. London, July 28. A new Unionist movement in favour of an Irish settlement by consent has been inaugurated. A meeting was held at the House of Commons yesterday. Sir Edward Carson is supporting the movement.
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      Mr. Ginnell Convicted.
      48 5 London, July 28. Mr. Ginuell, Nationalist M.P. for West Meath, was fined £lOO, the alternative being six weeks’ imprisonment. He was arrested under the Defence of the Realm Act, having asked to see some Irish prisoners confined at Knutsford, afer giving the name of McFingle.
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      The Black List.
      32 5 AMERICA’S PROTEST. Washington, July 27. The U. S. Government has cabled to Britain, protesting against the black-listing of firms in the United States as an invasion of neutral rights
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      Controller of Imports.
      38 5 London, July 28. Mr. Enthoven of the Indian Civil Service, who has recently been acting as Deputy Controller of the Import Restrictions Department, has been appointed Controller. The Indian Government has granted the necessary leave.
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      Opium and Cocaine.
      14 5 London, July 28. The importation of opium and cocaine is prohibited.
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    Collector Imprisoned.
    34 5 [From Our Own Correspondent.'] Singapore, July 29. The Collector of Singapore Cricket Club who was charged with breach of trust was sentenced to a year’s imprisonment. The guarantee of $5,000 was forfeited.
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    Holland’s Food.
    43 5 Amsterdam July 28. The Hardelsblad says the Dutch Minister of Agriculture has intimated thab it is necessary to seize all wheat, oats and. barley for feeding purposes, and has ordered the purchase of all corn in the fields at fixed prices.
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    25 MILLIONS SLOWLY STARVING.
    149 5 The New York World publishes an analysis of the German food stocks by an exceptionally well informed neutral from Rotterdam. The neutral estimates that: twenty million Germans of the agricultural class are sufficiently well fed. Twenty million others, including soldiers and officials are just adequately fed.
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    U.S. Army.
    32 5 LARGE APPROPRIATION. Washington, July 28. The Senate has passed a bill authorising the expenditure of $312,000,000 on the Army, a third more than was voted by the House of Representatives.
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    THE AMERICAN ARMY.
    301 5 The regular land forces of the United Stages are proportionately smaller, in their relation to the aggregate population than those of any other country in the world. They comprise, in the first p’ace, an expeditionary force of three infantry and one cavalry division, or between 75,000 and
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    Singapore Municipal Commission.
    70 5 [From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, July 29. Ata meeting of the Singapore Municipal Commission eulogistic references were made to Mr. R. Pierce, Municipal Engineer, who is leaving the service of the Commission, which voted him £5OO. It was announced that the deposit on account system of water
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    Tingkil Tin.
    72 5 [From Our Own Correspondent Singapore, July 29. Mr. Stevens presided at the annual general meeting of the shareholders of Tingkil Tin Company. Af er dealing with the report, the Chairman said the Johore Government was helping the Company. The total area if the mine is now 1,250 acres.
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    CORRESPONDENCE.
    55 5 THE MALAYA WOMEN’S AIR CRAFT FUND. To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette.”] Sir,— lf the children, who recently took part in the entertainment got up by Miss Sellers, are not all dispersed, I am sure many would like to attend a similar entertainment in aid of the above
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    MAKING' THE BRITISH AIRMAN.
    901 6 EFFICIENCY OF TRAINING CAMPS. Mr. Gordon Smith, special correspondent of the New York Tribune,” gives in the following article his impressions of the efficiency of the training given to British airmen for war service So much has been said of late about the inefficiency of the
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    FOOTBALLER’S TRIAL.
    528 6 QUARRELS BETWEEN BROTHERS. In the trial at Melbourne of Alexander Young, a former international footballer, for the murder of his brother, John Young, Mrs Young, the wife of a dead man, stated that the brothers had been quarrelling for a considerable time over £425 which Alec had lent
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    An Anzac on London.
    154 6 An overseas soldier says that he thinks London mint be the kindest ci y in the world. I dou’e mean because they are so obliging to us Anzacs," he said. But yesterday I saw a very well-dressed lady coming out of an Underground station with some
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    DISSENTIENT UNIONIST PEERS.
    636 6 THE TIME NOT OPPORTUNE. The following statement, signed by Lord Balfour of Burleigh, the Earl of Cromer, the Earl of Halsbury, Viscount Midleton, and the Marquis of Salisbury, was issued for publication on June 23. In our judgment the grave position in Ireland has been rendered more
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    THE HAMPSHIRE’S FATE.
    550 7 SERIES of questions for the ADMIRALTY. jn the House of Commons on June 22, Sir R Cooper ask d the First Lord of the Admiralty to say on what evidence the Lords of the Admiralty formed the conclusion that the Hampshire struck a mine. Dr. Macnamara: The
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    Dramatic Air Raid.
    321 7 Fallen Airman Rescued in the Desert. London, June 20.—Eleven British aircraft bombed the new hostile aerodrome 9 kilometres south of El Arish, east of the Suez Canal yesterday, destroying two air craft lying outside the sheds, and killing a pilot, an observer and several mechanicians. Of ten
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    IN THE GERMAN GRIP.
    472 7 WHY GERMANY STOPS DUTCH EXPORTS TO BELGIUM. The Belgian Deputy, Mr. Frans van Lauwelaert, wri ts in “Vr.j Belgie” :—The Germans believe that even now their share in the Dutch exports has not been big enough. They could not bear to think that the Belgian population
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    On Elephant Island.
    383 7 Rescue Effort Fails. The following message from Sir Ernest Shackleton describes his unsuccessful attempt to rescue the 22 members of bis expedition left on Elephant Island Port Stanley (Falkland I-lands), June 25th, —I have reamed here from the attempt to reach E'ephant Island in the vessel kindly
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    WOMEN AND ECONOMY IN DRESS.
    752 7 HOW AND WHY IT IS NOT PRACTISED. The National War Savings Committee issued an appeal to women to avoid extravagance in dress. It was urged that both the materials used for garments and the labour employed in the fashioning of them are needed for other
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    COMING EVENTS.
    50 7 July 29.—Penang Turf Club’s Race Meeting. August 2.—Chamber of Commerce, Special G. M. Chamber of Commerce, 2.30 p.m. August 4.—Second Anniversary of the War. August 5 and 7.—Cricket: Perak v. Penang at Ipoh. August 7.—Bank Holiday. August 10 and 12. —Selangor Races. August 12. —Anniversary of Penang (hob.-
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    CHURCH SERVICES.
    229 7 SUNDAY, JULY 30. CHURCH OF ENGLAND. St. George’s Church.—The Sixth Sunday after Trinity; 8 a.m. Matins Hymn 37 8.30 a.m. Holy Communion; 5 p.m Sunday School; 6 p.m. Evensong and Sermon. Hymn 536. Responses, Roberts, Psalm CXLVII CXLVIII CXLIX Marsh, CL Humphrey 289, Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis, Stainer
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    MAILS.
    30 7 CLOSE AT GENERAL POST OFFICE. To-Morrow. For Per Close. Madras, taking mails "1 Tara 10 a.m; for Europe, etc., rid > Regtr. up tc 6 p.m. Bombay 29th inst (Saturday)
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    EXCHANGE.
    130 7 Prnang, July 29, 1916. (By Courtesy ot the Chartered Bank). London Demand Bank ..2/4 7/32 4 months’ sight Bank ...2>4 11/16 3 Credit ...2/4 13/16 M 3 Documentary ...2/4 27,32 Calcutta Demand Bank R®- 174} H 3 days’ sight Private 176} Bombay Demand Bank ,i 174} Moul mein Demand
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