Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 9 August 1916

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 184 VOL. LXXIV. WEDNESDAY, 9th AUGUST. 1916. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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      67 1 onmKioatxioaDD annuls a a FOR 830 o a g g can have the Pinang D X Gazette posted every day D g for a whole year to your addreas. g (LOCAL SUBSCRIPTION, 027). a Q Proportionate Quarterly and g Half-yearly rates. n g Subscriptions are payable in q advance and
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  • Turkey and the Near East
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      GENERAL MURRAY’S VICTORY.
      176 2 ENEMY EAST OF KATIA. London, August 8. General Sir Archibald Murray reports that his mounted troopi are in contact with the Turkish rearguards six miles eas* of Katia, where the enemy were entrenched before beginning their advance. The work of clearing the battlefield is proceeding, and a
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      The Kut Prisoners.
      71 2 MISGIVINGS AS TO SAFETY. London, August 8. In the House of Commons, Lord Robert Cecil said notwithstanding repeated inquiries through the United State? Embassy the Government had been unable to ascertain the wheieahouts of the Kut prisoners. He faid the failure of the Porte to reply was
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      Persia.
      43 2 MILITARY ORG ANISAI lON. Petrograd, August 8. By the Ang'o Russian agreement regarding Persia the military organisation will be effected in Northern Persia by the development of a Persian B igade and in Southern Persia by the formation of sufficiently strong contingents.
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  • Italy’s Campaign
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      ITALIAN SUCCESS.
      58 2 3,600 PRISONERS. Rome, August 8. In the Monfalcone area, the Italians captured three gun?, several d zens o f machine guns, a quantity of rifles and ammunition, and 3,600 prisoners, including 100 officers. B«rsagberi cyclists, after fierce hand-to-hand fighting, took a hili and repulsed violent counter-attacks. Artillery activity
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  • Russian Campaign.
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      THE SHOKHOD.
      45 2 LATEST RUSSIAN SUCCESS. Petrograd, August 8. The Russians, by an impetuous attack, drove out the Aus rians and Germans from tret ches iu the Stokbod region, capturing 2,000 officers and men. Violent fighting is proceeding. Numerous Austrian and German wounded are coming in.
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      MIGHTY EVENTS IN THE EAST.
      486 2 It is natural that the public gaze should be riverted almost exclusively on the Somme, where mighty events are shaping. But that is no reason for leaving out of consideration the even Brighter events that are actually taking place on the eastern front. It looks
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  • General News.
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      PORTUGAL AND ALLIES.
      76 2 MINISTERS VISIT LONDON. Lisbon August 8. In an extraordinary ression of Congress, Dr. Aff>n?o Costa, Minister of Finance, and Senhor Augusto Soiree, Minister of Foreign Affairs, narrated the results of the visit to London, from which they had just returned. The Premier, Dr. Almeida, in an incisive
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      Troop Train Fatalities.
      64 2 PENSION ARRANGEMENTS. Loudon, Aguust 8. In the House of Commons Mr. Chamberlain raid the wives and children of Territorials who died in the troop train north of Karachi will be granted the same rates of pension as if the men had been killed in action. He Ird
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      Opium Smuggling.
      68 2 CONVICTION AT GLASGOW. London, August 8. A Chinese sador was fined £5O, the alternative being three months’ imprisonment, at Glasgow, for attempting to smuggle opium. The Procurator-Fiscal said the authorities regarded opium smuggling as an extremely grave matter, and said the shipping trade was klso anxious to ruppress
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      Parliament Extension.
      56 2 London, August 8. In the House of Common*», Mr. Asquith promised to introduce a bill on August 14th, prolonging the duration of the present Parliament, and said he would announce proposals in regard to registration. New Zealand's Parliament. Willington, August 8. Both Houses passed a bill extending the
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      Courts Martial.
      27 2 London, August 8. The House of Common? passed the third reading of the Armv Act (Amendment) Bill which allows civilians to act on a court-martial.
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      Major Cheape Missing.
      21 2 London, August 8. Among the list of missing (believed killed) is Major Leslie Cheape, the wellknown polo player.
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      Soldier M.P. Retires.
      22 2 London, August 8. Lieut -General Sir R. Pole-Carew, Unionist M.P. for Bodmin, is retiring from Parliament, owing to ill-health.
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    OUR BOUNDING FOREIGN TRADE.
    241 2 The Board of Trade returns for June, are of a remarkable cha'actor. The most satisfactory feature is the gratifying increase of £14,040,995 in the exports fo a total of £47,274,563. This also represents an advance of well over £7,000,000 on the exports in June, 1914, two
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    VIEWS OF GERMAN MINORITY PARTY.
    308 2 The journal “Le Droit du Peuple which appears at Zurich, publishes a manifesto by the German Socialist minority, in which the writer says What must inevitably happen, is at our very doors hunger is staring us in the face. The Government has replied to the
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    THE NAVAL VICTORY.
    913 2 DECIDED BY HEAVY ORDINANCE The Tiroes naval correspondent alluded to the effective marksmanship of the British gunners and the deadly use they made of the large-calibre weapons carried in the bigger ships. When the action began at 3.48 p.m. the range was 18,500 yards (10» miles), or
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    853 2 Dr G E Morrison, Political Adviser to the President, has left Peking on two months’ leave of absence. He will spend the summer in Japan, where Mrs Morrison and children have been since the middle of last month. Dr Morrison is travelling via Mukden and Korea. By
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    Chinese Widows and Orphans' Institution
    351 2 The annual report for the y ear assist December, 1915, to be presented the thirteenth annual general meetin Ipoh, on the 13th lust, at 2 pm, stat/* Our position experienced yet another 68 of steady progress. The credit balance bn/T forward from revenue account was
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    Mr. Lloyd George as Angler.
    278 2 There are many people who did not know that Mr Lloyd George is an enthusiasric fisherman and whips the streams in North Wales whenever he gets the chance, which has not been often for the last couple of years. But the fact has suddenly become
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    Eastern Extension Cablegrams.
    28 2 The following undelivered cables lie at the office of the Eastern Extension Telegraph Co.:— From Madras to Samy, 4 Beach Road; from Negapatam to Aleef.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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      191 2 ENG CHUAN TONG KONGSI. NOTICE is hereby given to the public that the litigation between Mr. Tan Cheang Hoe and this Kongsi has been amicably settled by arbitration of our Clansmen Mr. Tan Cbye Sam. Owing to his old age Mr Tan Cbeang Hoe has of bis own accord retired
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  • Obituary
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    28 2 Obituary. ADMIRAL KAMIMURA. Tokio, August 8. The death has occurred of Admiral Kamimura, Supreme Councillor of the Admiralty, who took a prominent part iu the Russo Japanese war.
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    GERMAN DOCTOR HERO.
    880 3 TOMMY AND A CAPTURED MACHINE GUNNER. Describing the capture of a German doctor at La Boiselle, Mr. Philip Gibbs in the Daily Chronicle,” eays A number of Germans were there in their dug-outs, the remnant of a battalion which had suffered frightful things under our gunfire. They
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    Where to Stay,
    18 3 Penang The E. &O. Hotel, The Crag, Runnymede Hotel. Singapore :—Raffles Hotel. Rangoon :—Strand Hotel.
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    BULGE IN THE LINE.
    557 3 PURPOSE OF THE PUSH BY THE ALLIES. A despatch from Reuter’s correspondent at the British Headquarters, dated July 5, states The impetus of the forward movement has been checked, it is true, but certainly not arrested. At the moment the Allied Armies are busily consolidating their
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    Epic of Gommecourt.
    292 3 Describing the fighting at Gommecourt, Mr. Beach Thomas, in the Daily Mail,” says that the Germans were known to be both forewarned and forearmed. At 7-30 a m., and earlier, on July 1, their guns—closely concentrated and of full calibre—set up a triple barrage (fire curtain)Through all
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    CAPTAIN FRYATT.
    571 3 GERMAN OFFICER’S STORY. The war correspondent of the Berlin Lokalanzeiger relates that while visiting Zeebrugge he had a conversation with the naval lieutenant who brought in the Harwich liner Brussels. Questioned about the capture of the steamer, the lieutenant said.— We had been on-patrol duty on Jane 23rd
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    German Division Decimated.
    176 3 M. Marcel Ilutin, commenting in the Echo de Paris on the British offensive, says At every point where the Briti-h have delivered attacks they have given proof of a calm courage that is beyond all prai-e. They have displayed the greatest tenacity in maintaining all their serious
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      459 3 WANTED. A NURSERY GOVERNESS to take charge of 2 boys, ages 4 and 5 on Rubber Estate in Sumatra. Apply Mbs. THOMSON, Namoe Rtmbei, Bangoen Poerba, Sumatra. WANTED JUNIOR ASSISTANT (Britisher) for Rubber Estate in Perak. One with of tapping preferred. Apply Box No, 249, c/o Pinang Gazette. 806-11-8 Estate
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      34 3 NO LAXATIVES are so gentle and effective as PINKETTES that’s why children can safely take them, Of chemists, 50 cents per phial, or post free from the Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co., Dept. 6c, Singapore.
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      535 3 Tb» Ideal Reconstructive Nerve Food, Sanaphoe. For Nerves and Brain —To restore your physical fitness. —To restore poise of the nerve system —To repair the results of weariness and overwork take a glass of Sanaphos on rising, at mid-morning, midafternoon, and on going to bed. You will feel distinctly the
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    BIRTH.
    18 4 Wayte Wood.—At Johore Bahru, on Sunday, 6th instant, to Mr. and Mrs. G, Wayte Wood, a daughter.
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    MARRIAGE.
    39 4 Wilson—Strachan.—On August 5, at the Presbyterian Church, Singapore, the Rev. W. Murray officiating, Sidney Smith Wilson, Municipal Electrical Department, Singapore, to Constance Olivia, daughter of John Fyfe Strachan, late of John Strachan and Sons, Gilcomston Mills, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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    THE ECONOMIC WAR.
    1128 4 When the Penang Chamber of Commerce Committee, a few weeks ago, in considering after-war conditions of trade, laid stress on the necessity of preventing alien firms in Malaya from representing British manufacturers here in future, there was much more than trade jealousy, over the loss of profits
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    HERE AND THERE.
    1723 4 According to a confidential document which has reached the Authentic, or Pana Journal,” the GerBunkum T man Chancellor at a secret council recently admitted the situation to be so bad that Germany could scarcely carry on beyond March, 1917, and further declared that Germany’s only chance of
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    ALLIED VICTORIES.
    265 5 ITALIAN AND RUSSIAN SUCCESSES. BRITISH PUSHING AHEAD. THE VERDUN FIGHTING. LABOUR MINISTER RESIGNS. Italian offensives on the Isonzo front, in the Monfalcone area, near the Adriatic, and farther north, resulted in the capture of 8,000 Austrian prisoners, 11 gnus and 100 machine guns. The bridgehead of the fortress
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  • France and Belgium.
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      POZIERES ATTACK.
      742 5 [Reuter's Telegrams.] ENEMY ATTACKS DEFEATED. [Copyright Telegrams.] (By Submarine Telegraph) London, August 8. General Haig reports that north and north east of Pozieres, two enemy attacks, after a heavy bombardment, were repulsed. Several German Attempts. London, August 8. General Haig reports; North and northeast of Pozieres, after a
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      STRENGTHENING THE RHINE.
      42 5 The Corriere d'ltalia learns from a German source that colossal efforts are now being made to strengthen the German lines of defence along the Rhine. It is stated that 200,000 prisoners of war are being employed in this work.
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    Mr. Runciman in Italy.
    21 5 Rome, August 9. Mr. Runciman has arrived in Italy for the purpose of discussing Anglo-Italian economic questions.
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    Mexico.
    18 5 Washington, August 9. General Carranza’s suggestion fur a joint commission to settle Americo-Mexican differences has been accepted.
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    Bulgarians Surprised by British.
    26 5 Salonika, August 8. A British patrol surprised and dispersed a Bulgarian detachment in a village south of Doiran, with bombs and bayonet.
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    BOMBS ON NULHEIM.
    42 5 ALLIED ATTACK. London, August 8. The Admiralty announces that British and French naval aeroplanes raided Mulbeim (near Cologne) on July 30th, and successfully bombarded benzol stores and barracks. Despite very heavy anti-aircraft fire all the machines reached home safely;
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    IMPORTANT RUSSIAN VICTORY.
    131 5 ENEMY RETREAT SOUTH OF DNIESTER. Petrograd, August 8. Tbe Russians gained a great victory south of the Dniester, where they broke the enemy’s front over 16 miles and got astride the Kolomea-Stauislau railway, capturing heights beyond. The prisoners incluie 2,000 Germans. We are pursu ng the enemy.
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    ITALIAN SUCCESSES.
    51 5 GORIZIA BRIDGEHEAD TAKEN. Rome, August 8. An Italian communique says the bridgehead of Gorizia is in our hands as the result of the capture of commaniing mountain strongholds. 8,000 Prisoners. The captures by the Italians on Sunday and Monday hitherto reported are 8,000 prisoners, 11 guns aud 100
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    Italian Airship’s Attack.
    31 5 Rome, Augmt 8. Italian airships dropped a tm of high explosives on the railway junction of Optina. Anti-aircraft batteries and seaplanes hotly attacked the airship, which returned safely.
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    MR. HENDERSON RESIGNS.
    60 5 THE CALLS OF LABOUR London, August 8. Mr. Arthur Henderson has resigned his seat in the Cabinet. The resignati-n of Mr. Aithur Henderson, President of the Board of Education does not mean trouble in the Ministry. He has resigned simply because his Labour work prevents him devoting
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    790 5 LT.-COLONEL ADAMS NOMINATED A special general meeting of the Penang Chamber of Commerce was held this afternoon. The Hon. Mr. John Mitchell, the President, was iu the Chair, and the others present were Messrs. O. Conradi, A S Anthony, J. C. Benson, W. G. Peter, Lamont, F G
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    THE TOBACCO TAX.
    214 5 [To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette.”] Sir, I beg to enclose a copy of a letter received from tbe Colonial Secretary with reference to the Tobacco Tax and shall be glad if you will kindly give it publicity. Yours <fcc., T. Pin Chong, Hon. Secretary, Penang
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    TAPAH TRAGEDY.
    474 5 MURDER OF A YOUNG PLANTER. On Saturday, says the “T.0.M.”, we briefly recorded the murder of Mr R Kennedy, a young assistant on tbe proper t of the Tapah Rubber Estates, Limited, a Tapah, and a few more details regarding the tragedy are now available. It appears that
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    P.C.C. TENNIS TOURNAMENT
    76 5 The following ties are fixed for Friday Ladies Doubles—Mrs Everest and Mrs We'ham(-t-.l) v Mrs Pnillips and Mrs Harrop —30.) (3' Mrs Hogan and Mrs Adamson .2) v Miss Pritchard and Miss M. Pritchard .2) (2) Veterans—H Muir and W Houston -p ,5) v Captain W Brown
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    P.C.C. BOWLS TOURNAMENT.
    27 5 The following ties are fixed for Friday:— Single Handicap—E R Henderson (scr) vA R Adams 2); R H Reid (scr) v A Lindley (scr).
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
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      "WOLFF AND SOHN."
      168 5 [To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette.”] Sir, —Our attention has been called to a letter in your issue of the 7th instant, under tbe heading Wolf and Sohn and apparently suggesting that we are advertising German made perfumes. The fact is that we have neither sold
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    PENANG STAB & GARTER BUILDING FUND.
    32 5 PENANG STAB GARTER BUILDING FUND. The following donations have been received by the Chartered Bank Balance on August 3 $5,770.53 Members of Penang Ladies Rifle Club 16.00 Balance on August 9 $5,786.53
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    The Motor Ambulance Fund.
    45 5 The following donations have been received by the Chartered Bank Balance on July 28 $2,337.82 Mr W P Piuckuey 100.00 Justice Ebden 25 00 Heah Swee Lee 100.00 Kota Mine Syndicate 257.23 J M Gbista 10.00 Balance on August 9 $2,830.05
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    BELGIAN RELIEF FUND.
    51 5 The Hon. Treasurer sends us the following list of further contributions to the above Fund, forwarded io the Chartered Bank, Penang. Balance on Augu:t 2 $1,214.56 “Gantong” 5.00 Mr Shafe 3.45 O B Pike Monthly 25.00 Balance on August 8 $1,248.01 Amount previously acknowledged .„$27,308.22 Total ...$28,556
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    TIN PRICES.
    29 5 To-day’s quotation for unrefined tin in Penang was $80.25 per picul, business done. Tin is quoted in London to-day at £167 5s spot, aud £l6B three mouths.
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    TIN OUTPUTS.
    20 5 The output of the Tronoh Mines, Ltd., from all sources for the month of July, was piculs 1,886.
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    RUBBER CROPS.
    24 5 OUTPUTS FOR JULY. The following are additional rubber outputs for July Henrietta lbs. 31,300 Laras (Sumatra) 9 ‘l7 S. Matang 18 295
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    THE MAILS.
    64 5 The next mails from Europe a r e expected to leave Negapatam ab ut the 13. h instant, therefore they may be expected to arrive here on the evening of the 17th or morning of the 18tb, depending on the time the Teesta leaves Negapatam on the 13th
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    TO-NIGHT’S BAND PROGRAMME.
    45 5 The Band will play the following programme of music at the Esplanade from 6 til! 7 this evening 1. Selection The Market Girl Offenbach 2. Polka May Blossom ...Millward 3. Waltz La Serenata ...Jaxone 4. Mazurka Souvenir ...B'-asouier 5. March Fatiniza ...Suppe
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    Singapore Street Accident.
    48 5 [From Our Oto a Correspondent Singapore, Au s -usr. 9Mrs. Dickson, a nurse in the employ of 1 Mrs. R >BB, was thrown out of a rikisha in a street collision, east''ining serious injuries to head and face. The injured lady was taken to hospital.
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    BATTLE INCIDENTS IN MAMETZ.
    1027 6 THE JOKE. Of the assault on Montauban, a wounded sergeant back in England (who had a marvellous escape from a bullet through the heart) gives the following picture We went over in grand style and found nothing much in the way till we got into Montauban.
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    GERMAN OUTLOOK ON FUTURE.
    719 6 CRITICAL DAYS AHEAD. The Cologne correspondent of the Tyd’’ who, in the past, has often proved himself an impartial and well-informed commentator on the position in Germany, writes “In the course of the last few weeks some of my communications seem to have gone astray. They
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    Letters for East Africa.
    69 6 Simla, July 28.—Intimation has been received ti at the German authorities in German East Africa have notified their willi.'-gness to receive any le’ters or parcels of clothing that may be st-nt for them. The letters will be strictly censored, and sbculd be confined to social matters.
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    Motor Lorries
    69 6 Intimation has been received by the Burma Chamber of Commerce, from the India Office that the whole of the output of motor vehicles manufactured by the firms controlled by the War Department is now taken over by his Majesty’s Government ia order to meet urgent military demands. It
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    CALCUTTA TURF CLUB.
    248 6 UNPOPULAR INNOVATIONS. Calcutta, July 31. that the Turf Club has gone right against public opinion in its new betting rules was only too evident at the first day of the Monsoon meeting, when the Club came in for wholesale condemnation by all s-ction’, As is now well-known
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    Missionaries Murdered.
    193 6 By Japanese Burglar. Karuizawa, July 16.—The Rev W AF Campbell and Mq. Campbell, members of the Canadian Methodist Mission Tokio, were murdered by robbers who broke into their house in the Grove about three o’clock this morning. Robbery prompted the terrible deed. The amah etup oyed by Mr
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    Indian Recreation Club.
    184 6 The various Perns on the programme for ihe celebration of the seventh anniversary of the Indian Recreation Club were gone through without a hitch. The proceedings opened with a cricket match on the C R.C. ground between the I. R. C. and the Kinta Indian Asssociation, who
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    Tell-Tale Statistics.
    95 6 The Postmaster-General, in his Explanatory Memorandum to the Estimates of his Department points out that the Germans send their prisoners on an average two parcels each per month whilst the British send their prisoners an average of 11 parcels each per month. This can only be explained by
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    Bars of Gold.
    241 6 Calcutta- Judgment. Calcutta, July 19th.—-Judgment was given in the High Court yesterday in the case of the five Indians, who were found with gold in their possession, were apprehended at Rangoon on their way from South Africa, and arrested when they arrived at Calcutta. The gold found
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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      169 6 WEDNESDAY TO-NIQHT 9th AUGUST, IQiq i Special Performance. Don’t Forget. This Story runs for 2 Successive Nights in 2 Parts. at THE STRAITS CINEMA. Phone No. 628. EMPIRE HALL. PENANC ROAD the MALAYOPERA coy (OF MALACCA) All our Popular and Favourite Artistes will appear To-night. We Guarantee our Clowns will
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    BRITAIN IN WAR ARRAY.
    891 7 WHAT MUNITIONS MINISTRY HAS DONE. Mr F Kellaway, M P, of the British Monitions Department, gave an address at Bedford on Munitions and Victory.” If Germany possessed an immense ini ial advantage from the fact that she had organised her industries for war, he said, Great
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    FURIOUS FIGHTING BY COOLIES.
    679 7 SENSATIONAL TRIP OF JAVA STEAMER. Enraged at not proceeding straight to Swatow, instead of cadtng at Hongkong, 800 coolies returning from Java to their homes in China, became violent and created such a disturbance that a cordon of armed police was reqaistioned to qu ill the
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    Dutch East Indies Rice Supply.
    82 7 The Chief Collector of Customs, Rangoon, advises the Burma Chamber as under “I have the honour to inform you that the full allotment of rice available for shipment to the East Indies during the year ending June, 1917, has now been booked in the registers
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    Custom Duties Enactment.
    72 7 For the period from the 4th to 10th August, 1916, inclusive, the value of the highest grade of rubber is fixed at two shillings two pence per lb, and tbe duty on cultivated rubber on which export duty is leviable on an ad valoiem baste in accordance
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    An Election Void.
    43 7 Poona, July 23—The election of Ebrahimji Pirbhoy as representative of the Central Division of the Mahomedans on the Bombay Council has been declared void on account of his offer of Rs. 2,000 to Jamner voters for a Mahomedan Girls’ School.
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    RUBBER NOTES.
    655 7 MARKET POINTS. The low level to which the price of rubber has recently fallen naturally givts rise to speculation as to tha cause, writes Mr E L Killick in the Financier (July 7). In some quarters, too, it seems to have inspired a nervous feeling as to tbe
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    Reports, Dividends, and Notices
    288 7 Val d'Or,—lnt divid 5 pc. Manchester North Borneo —Report to Mar 31 abates whole of deb (£15,000) have now been issu d. Daring the year planting programme was completed, and at Mar 31, 1,011 acres planted. Perak; —Net profit with balance forward £49,413; final divd 7d
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    F.M.S. TRADE.
    415 7 THE DISTRIBUTION OF EXPORTS. QUESTION OF THE SHORTAGE OF SHIPPING. In his report for 1915, the Commissioner of Trade and Customs shows that the percentage value of the trade of the Federated Malay States was distributed among tbe ceveral States as follows Imports. 1912. 1913 1914. 1915. Perak
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    Madras Legislative Council.
    270 7 The Recent Elections. Madras, July 18,—In the Legi-lative Council, Madras Presidency, the elective -ea's have all been filled wi h the exception of that of the University representative, an announcement regarding which will be made on the 19th ulto. Of the 21 elective seats 13 have been
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    SHIPPING.
    62 7 CLEARANCES. To-day. Cornelia for Port Swettenham, Malacca and P. Dickson. Hok Canton for Bagan Datoh and Teluk Anson. Mambang for Setul. Colombo Maru for Rangoon Calcutta. Flying Dragon for Portweld and Taiping. MAILS. CLOSE AT GENERAL POST OFFICE. To-Morrow. For Per Close. Tongkah Malacca 12-30 p.m. Hongkong Laertes 2-30
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    COMING EVENTS.
    52 7 August 9th and 10th.—Penang Golf Club, Ladies’ Monthly Medal. August 10 and 12.—Selangor Races. August 12. —Anniversary of Penang (1786). August 13.—P. V. Field Operations. August 19th and 20th.—Penang Golf Club, Men’s Monthly Medal. August 23rd and 24th.—Penang Golf Club, Ladies’ Spoon. Sept. 9.—Coronation of Sultan of Perak,
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    EXCHANGE.
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