Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 15 September 1916
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Title Section20 1916-09-15 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 216 VOL. LXXIV. FRIDAY, 15th SEPTEMBER, 9916. PRICE 10 CENTS20 words
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Advertisement568 1916-09-15 1 □□□£>□□ WANTED I D ROBBER to sell by auction or pri- 0 vately, or for shipment. GOOnS for forwarding to any part of the world. g n INSURANCE risks against Fire g written. B’e specialize in the above. c* Apply to— ALLEN DENNYS Co., 8 6 Beach Street. Penanq. D568 words
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Advertisement67 1916-09-15 1 o annnnD txinoDO ***** a FOR $3O g X/OU n hßve the pinan 8 a A Oazett. posted every day g g for a whole year to your addrew. g (LOCAL SUBSCRIPTION, $27). Proportionate Quarterly aad g Half-yearly rates. a q Subscriptions are payable in n advance and remittance should67 words
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Article860 1916-09-15 2 MUSICAL EVENING. Mrs. L. P. Ebden and Mr. V. G. Ezechiel have good cause to feel gratified at the success of the entertainment arranged by them, in aid of the Officers’ Families Fund, which was held last night at the Town Hall. H. E. the Governor. Sir860 words
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Article646 1916-09-15 2 Mr and Mrs P E Laws leave for Home by the Japanese mail to-night. Mr Laws is taking the trip for the benefit of his health. Mr V G Savi is proceeding to Malacca cn Monday, to relieve Major Bower, Superintendent of Police, who is going home646 words
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Article35 1916-09-15 2 To-day's quotation for unrefined tin n Penang was $82.50 per picul, buyers, no sellers—an increase of 65 cents. Tin is quoted in London to-day at £l7O 10s spot, and £l7l 10s three months.35 words
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Article41 1916-09-15 2 At the Straits Cinema to night, A Knight of the Range ”in five reels A September Morning” in two reels As the Shadow Falls” a thrilling drama in two reels, and the latest Universal Animated Weekly, will be shown.41 words
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Article98 1916-09-15 2 Muthibol Ahzan won against Jamathol Moslem by three to nil, in the first league. Mejlis, who had the better of the game, nevertheless lost two points to Crescent in the first league. Score Crescent 1 Mejlis 0. Referee Mr. M. Shafee. To-morrow (Saturday) Bahrol Alom play Jamathol98 words
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Article493 1916-09-15 2 MANCHESTER GUARDIAN’S COMMENTS. Communications whicn came to hand yesterday, says tne Manchester Guardian of August 16th, show that the idea that we ought to penalise German traders after the war has spread to the East. We notice, for instance, that at the annual meeting493 words
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Article424 1916-09-15 2 Who is Responsible? The following correspondence has been eent to us for publication The Penang Harbour Board. Penang, 18th August, 1916. Messrs. The Eastern Trading Co., Present. Dear Sirs, 1 demijohn Acetic Acid ex s.s. Ipoh. In reply to your letter of 11th instant, 1 am directed to424 words
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Article1065 1916-09-15 2 —“S.F.P,” NEW COMPANY PROPOSAL HELD OVER. The seventh ordinary general meeting of the Sungei Bagan Rubber Co., Ltd., was held I at the offices, Chartered Bank Chambers, j Singapore. Mr. K. A. Stevens (chairman of directors) presided, and there were also present Messrs. O. A. Kimmel, and—“S.F.P,” - 1,065 words
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Article474 1916-09-15 2 Directors’ Report. The report of the directors to be submitted to the shareholders at the sixth annual general meeting of the company, to be held at the registered office of the company, Downing Street, Penang, on Wednesday 20th September, at 12 o’clock noon ■tates: Your directors474 words
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Article126 1916-09-15 2 The following are the latest quotations in our share list Yesterday. 1 o-day. w K Shares. a "3 s ‘2 23 32 SQ «J Mining. Bangnon V. 1/6 2/6 2/6 3/6 K. Kamunting 32/- 33/- 32/- 33/6 Kamunting... 25/6 26/9 25/6 26/3 Menglembu 19c 23c 21c Pahang126 words
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Article290 1916-09-15 2 The Penang breach of the Mercantile Bank of India, Ltd., has received advice by wire from the London Office that an interim dividend has been declared at the rate of 5 per cent, actual, less tax. on the Bank’s shares for the first half year, January to June,290 words
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Article119 1916-09-15 2 Pknang, September 15 t 19yg (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bink) London Demand Bank 0 t 4 months' sight Bank ’“9, 3 16 1» 3 Credit ."*2 4 nJ?? h 3 11 Documentary 2 /i Calcutta Demand Bank R "‘“’2 11 3 days' sight Private Bombay Demand Bank Moulraein119 words
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Article100 1916-09-15 2 CLEARANCES. To-day. Perlis for Trang, Tongkah and Pang Nga. Palitana for Rangoon and Calcutta. Pin Seng for Port Swettenham and Singapore Hebe for Bagan Datoh Teiuk Anson. Tong ChayUn for Pulau Langkawi Perlis. Pangkor for Dindings Sitiawan and Ba?an Datoh. 8 Mambang for Setul. lyo Maru for Colombo and100 words
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Advertisement251 1916-09-15 2 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Mrs. Herbert Cooper AND The Ipoh Amateurs PRESENT “ANN” A Comedy in Three Acts by Lechmere Warrail IN AID OF Her Belgian Majesty's Children Fund AT THE TOWN HALL, PENANG, On Saturday, Sept. 30th, AT 9-15. TRADING WITH THE ENEMY ORDINANCES 1914 TO 1916. IT is requested that251 words
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Article1451 1916-09-15 3 A PROUD MONTH. So little action has there been on either side to day wrote the Times correspondent on August 11, that it is almost as if both parties had agreed that the day should be given to reckoning up the gains and losses of the1,451 words
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Article216 1916-09-15 3 A Passagk From Southry. Who counsels peace at this momentous hour, When God is giving deliverence to the oppress’d And to the injured power Who conusels peace, when Vengeance like a flood Rolls on, no longer now to be repress'd When innocent blood From the four corners216 words
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Article862 1916-09-15 3 STRIKING PICTURES FROM BRITISH FRONT. We give below some extracts from a remarkable article written by Lord Nortbcliffe on the army behind the army.” “In common with other writers I have been able to visit the various theatres of war from time to time, and have not862 words
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Advertisement998 1916-09-15 3 WANTED. WARNING TO MOTORISTS. LADY ASSISTANT for Touring Com- mup in- -er, p.ny. European or Eurasian Oo o) T H Mtn 8 T ja ,ary r ;„-i expert. Letter <, e 8, 0 0 Mbs. G. Merle, Bukit Mertajam Gargoyle Mobiloil “A” Straits $2.00. 935—20-9 Gargoyle Mobiloil B Straits $2.10:998 words
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Advertisement99 1916-09-15 3 Are You Crumpled Up with rheumatism Then these words are vour *alvation. Perhaps yon have been told that you cannot be cured. There are thomand* who have beeu told that before you. They tried LITTLE’S ORIENTAL BALM rubbed it on to the aching parts, the swellings, the twitching drawn up99 words
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Advertisement35 1916-09-15 3 THE TELEGRAMS. All Reuter’s Telegrams up to 1 p.m. are promptly issued and delivered to subscribers in town by a special staff of tambies. Subscription $4 a month. Orders registered with Managing Editor, Pinang Gazette35 words
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Advertisement863 1916-09-15 3 The Straits Trading Company, Limited. (Incorporated in Singapore.) Notice is hereby given that an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company will be held at the Registered* Office of the Company, No. 11, Collyer’ Quay, Singapore, on Wednesday, the sixth day of September, 1916, at noon, for the purposes following, that863 words
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Article18 1916-09-15 4 Jones —On the 12th instant at Kaantan, the wife of Mr Harold W Jones, of a son.18 words
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Article1234 1916-09-15 4 A late telegram yesterday gave the views of Colonel Repington as to the methods Marshal von Hindenburg will probably adopt to meet the new situation. The military writer of the “Times” believes there will be another German offensive against the Russians, that the Verdun offensive will cease, and1,234 words
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Article1800 1916-09-15 4 With Romania actively participating in the war as one of the Rumania’s Allies it is instructive to Case. read the full report of the speech delivered by M Take Jonescu, former Prime Minister in the Rumanian Chamber of Deputies. This speech undoubtedly influenced public opinion to a1,800 words
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Advertisement195 1916-09-15 4 IHlliMlaOß' |w 1 YMBw U i Au v 4 Nr I vS^ir^t«\BWw- r Y^/1 I V-«Bat^a¥ f V’.-WSaf I I/ i IYR E S <-o>/ ®E'|iTS lilil HIIMiM!’ WMiiMii'ajjii. Special Extra Heavy Studded Pattern 26 x 2}' to fit 26 x2f rim $15.50. GUTHRIE Co., Ltd., PENANG, SOLE AGENTS FOR195 words
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Advertisement21 1916-09-15 4 THE CRAG HOTEL PENANG HILLS. The Sanatorium of the Straits Settlements. Completely Renovated. Laundry on the Premises. Tblrgrams “Crag,” Penang Hills.21 words
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Miscellaneous24 1916-09-15 4 THE TIDES. The following are the tides for today, Penang Standard Times High Water. Low Water. 1- a.in. 8-23 a.m. 2- p.m. 8-27 p.rn.24 words
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Obituary24 1916-09-15 4 DEATH. Stonor. —Killed in action, on July the Ist, iJI6, Second-Lient. C A Stonor, of the Royal Inuiskilling Fusiliers, late of Bakit Rajah Estate.24 words
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Article197 1916-09-15 5 COMBLES ISOLATED. PRESIDENT AND VEBDUN. SUCCESS IN MACEDONIA. GREECE'S NEW PREMIER. The French carried Bouch-a-Vesne», four miles north of Peronne, and another position nearer the latter. Farther north, the French improved their position close to Combles, and the British succeeded in advancing north o Ginchy, north-west of Combles,197 words
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France and Belgium.
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Article, Illustration417 1916-09-15 5 [Ruutrr’s TblbgramsJ FRENCH SUCCESS. Paris, September 14. The whole of Bouche-a-Vesnes, where the enemy were strongly entrenched, was carried brilliantly, and we organised the conquered positions. The enemy did not attempt a cdunter-attack. The artillery was very active south of the Somme, in the regions of ermandOvi.lers[Ruutrr’s TblbgramsJ - 417 words
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Article87 1916-09-15 5 SPEECH BY PRESIDENT POINCARE. Paris, September 14. A unique ceremony took place at Verdun, when President Poincare, in presence of representatives of the Allies, presented the town with decorations, conferred upon it by the Allies, in recognition of the defence of Verdun. President Poincare said supreme hopes were87 words
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Article44 1916-09-15 5 London, September 14. The special Committee appointed to control all matters affecting British war prisoners includes Sir William Garstin, G C.M.Q-, the British ’Government Director Suez Canal Company. He has been engaged on Red Cross work in England during the war.44 words
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Article19 1916-09-15 5 Melbourne, September 14. The Commonwealth Referendum Bill on the question of compulsion passed the firet reading.19 words
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Italy’s Campaign.
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Article28 1916-09-15 5 Rome, September 14. An Italian communique says the Alpini captured a position commanding Travenanzesa pass, intenuptmg the enemy communications between Travenanzesa valley and the L’Azuoi district.28 words
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Naval Oprations.
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Article14 1916-09-15 5 Christiania, September 14. Seven Norwegian steamers were sunk in two days.14 words
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Article28 1916-09-15 5 Petrograd, September 14. The Russian Loan opened on September 11th, and closed the same morning in Tokio, being twice covered, all by ptiviate subscriptions.28 words
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Article13 1916-09-15 5 London, September 14. A Lisbon telegram foreshadows active participation by Portugal.13 words
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Turkey and the Near East.
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Article, Illustration244 1916-09-15 5 ITALIANS ENGAGED. Rome, September 14. On the Salonika front, west of Butkowo Lake, the Italians drove Bulgarian detachments beyond the Demirhissar-Doiran railway. British Patrol Incidents. A British Salonika communique reports only patrol encounters east of the Struma, and very active artillery fire by both sides on the Doiran front.244 words
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Article959 1916-09-15 5 One can have personal experience of most of the difficulties of campaigning in Macedonia by visiting the Serbian sector of the Allies’ now far-stretching front in the Balkans, writes Mr. G. Ward Price on August sth. You can realize what the problems of transport and movement959 words
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Article215 1916-09-15 5 AUSTRIAN ADMISSIONS. Zurich, September 12. Telegrams from the Austrian Headquarters to Viennese papers admit that the Rumanians are steadily advancing in Transylvania, occupying the evacuated districts. The Rumanians are concentrating strong forces on the Upper Maros and Air. in the valleys of Chik «nd Gyergy*, and are preparing215 words
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Article95 1916-09-15 5 M. DIMITRACOPOULOS AND THE ENTENTE. Athens, September 14. M. Dimitracopoulos will onlv accept the Premiership if the Entente Ministers are favourable. He is of opinion that a departure from neutrality is the only remedy for the present situation. After a series of conflicting reports as to M.95 words
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Article62 1916-09-15 5 TURKISH IRREGULARS ROUTED. Loudon, September 14. A Mesopotamia communique reports that a British force from Narisiyeh killed 200 Turkish Irregulars, who attacked a reconnoitring party north-east of Nasiriyeh on September 9tb. The Turks were driven north. Large quantities of ammunition were captured or destroyed. British airmen raided an enemy62 words
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General News.
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Article62 1916-09-15 5 THE ENEMY’S FORCES. London, September 13. A Belgian communique shows that the German forces in East Africa are now divide! into two isolated groups, one of which General Smuts is driving towards Mabioge, while the second is defending Tahora, whither the Belgian General Molitor’s brigade is moving from62 words
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531 1916-09-15 5 German Resistance Broken at Mart Points. An official report on Aagust 13th, stated Since their defeat on June 24, on the Lukigura River (40 miles south of Handeni) the main enemy force remaining in the field had occupied strong positions in the fertile, densely-wooded,531 words
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Article57 1916-09-15 5 London, September 13. At Newmarket, the result of the September Stake*, the substitute for the St. Leger, was as follow* HURRYON 1 CLARISSIMUS 2 ATHELLING 3 Won by three lengths fi»e lengths between second and third. Five ran. The betting was 11 to 10 Hurryon 5 to57 words
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Article38 1916-09-15 5 The homeward mail closes at 7 p.m to-morrow registration till 6 p.m. The outward mail steamer Novara is expected at 6 a.m. on Monday. The Penang mails of the 19th ult. were delivered in London yesterday.38 words
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Article68 1916-09-15 5 DEMAND FOR INCREASE. London, September 14. A conference between the Railway Managers and Railwaymen’s Union discussed the demand for an advance in wage» of ten shillings weekly. M According to the Press Bureau, the Companies offered three shillings, in addition to the five shillings bonus given last October,68 words
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365 1916-09-15 5 Mr. J. H. Thomas, M.P., addressed at Portsmouth on August 13 a meeting held under the auspices of the national Union of Railwaymen, of which he is the assistant secretary. Alleging victimisation of uuion officials under the Military Service Act, he said that only365 words
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Article129 1916-09-15 5 A Parallel in The F.M 3. In the coarse of the debate on the Colonial Office vote in the House of Commons on Aagost 3rd, strong objection was taken by several members to the tax on West African palm kernels. The Colonial Secretary, in his reply, said129 words
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Article48 1916-09-15 5 The Band will play the following programme of music at the Esplanade from 6 til! 7 this evening 1. Selection I’ Puritani ...Bellini 2 Polka Felisa ...Blanco 3. Waltz The Children’s Carnival ...Ziebrer 4. Mazurka De Concierto ...Gusi 5 March The Absent Minded Beggar ...Hume48 words
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Article44 1916-09-15 5 THE SHARE MARKET. [From Our Own Correspondent Singapore, September 15. When Singapore Rubber auction concluded 382 tons bad been sold. Prices were unchanged in a free sale. Messrs. Fraser Jj Co’s share circular says business is fair with tin more popular44 words
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Article25 1916-09-15 5 OUTPUTS FOR AUGUST. The following are additional rubber outputs for August Bujong lbs. 16,821 Beoar 6,837 Bukit Jelutong 5,077 Lenggeng 9,970 Taiping 12,00025 words
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Article73 1916-09-15 5 For the period from the 15th tn 21st September, 1916, inclusive, the value of the highest grade of rubber is fixed at two shillings three pence per lb., and the duty on cultivated tubber on wtiich export duty is leviable on an ad valorem basis in accordance73 words
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Article539 1916-09-15 6 T.0.M.” Bio Haul or Liquor from Estate. A Chinaman named Foo Ah Kong was charged yesterday morning before Mr Justice Farrer-Manby in the Supreme Court, Ipob, with (1) between September 28, 1915, and April 25, 1916, at Batu Gajab, being a servant employed by Mr William Kellie Smith—" T.0.M.” - 539 words
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Article215 1916-09-15 6 The military expert, Commandant B,’ writing in a Paris newspaper, says We are astonished in certain military centres at the slowness af the operations on the Somme, and yet not only have we managed to take and consolidate every crest and important point which dominates Peronne but,215 words
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Article121 1916-09-15 6 War with U. S. Averted bt European Outbreak. The New York Herald publishes an article in which the sensational statement is made than on July 28, 1914, Germany and the United States were on the verge of war This, says the Herald, is one of the hitherto121 words
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Article626 1916-09-15 6 An influential Greek merchant who has just come from Bulgaria, a country which he knows very well, has given a correspondent information regarding conditions in that threatened territory—information which is all the more interesting and important on account of the fact that for a considerable period626 words
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Article106 1916-09-15 6 A Special Divisional Order issued from Headquarters, Burma Division, and dated Maymyo, 19th August, 1916, states The General Officer Commanding is very glad to have had the opportunity of inspecting the 2-10th Gurkha Rifles, a battalion which has earned for itself such immortal renown in this great106 words
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Article17 1916-09-15 6 Penang :—The E O. Hotel, The Crag, Runnymede Hotel. Singapore:—Raffles Hotel. RaSGOON :—Strand Hotel.17 words
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Advertisement398 1916-09-15 6 9 CAR LIGHTING AND STARTING BRITISH MADE THROUGHOUT A can stlrt heaviest engine i jF without effort when B C.A.V. equipped. y'// The C.A.V. System of Electric Lighting and Starting is so simple that the veriest novice can control it. The combined Lighting and Starting run from the ONE BATTERY398 words
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Advertisement62 1916-09-15 6 THE OFFICE MAN leads a sedentary life; his brain grows sluggish—so does his liver. His health suffers—so does his business. PINKETTES the tiny laxatives, gently stimulate the bowels, thus toning up the system and nerves which lead to sparkling good health. Do not gripe. Of chemists, 50 cents per phial,62 words
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Advertisement709 1916-09-15 6 R. Young Co., Ltd., OFFICES: Chamber of Commerce Buildings. Engineers Contractors i WORKS: Sungei Pinang- PENANG. QUARRIES Ayer Hitam. Telephone No. 542. Telegrams: “Loco” Specialists in Resign and Construction of I Reinforced Concrete l Wharves, Jetties, Bridges, Reservoirs, Dams, Watergates, Tanks Buildings, Retaining and Sea Walls, Sheet Piling, Copra Drying709 words
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Article2358 1916-09-15 7 the delay in calling town BRIGADE. The sitting of the Marine Court which is inquiring into the fire on the motor ship Glenartney, was continued at Singapore Mr W Langham Carter, district court judge, •presided, accompanied by Lieut Commander B A Cator, r n., the Master Attendant, Mr2,358 words
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140 1916-09-15 7 Amsterdam, Aug. 9 —The following significant note appears in Die post,” Berlin German merchants, principals and employees, unable to return home from overseas, have settled in American ports, where they are making themselves as useful as possible. China, the United States, and South America are140 words
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Article161 1916-09-15 7 Three more German deserters are reported to have arrived in Holland Two crossed the Dutch frontier by Enschede on the 2nd, and one near Gennep on the 3rd ulto. They had all utilised a short furlough to get out of Germany. A number of escaped prisoners of-war,161 words
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STOP PRESS NEWS.
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Article165 1916-09-15 7 [Reuter Telegrams J THE BULGAR OCCUPATION. Loudon, September 14. It transpires that the Bulgars sent an ultimatum to Colonel Hazzopoulos, the Greek commander at Kavalla, demanding evacuation within 24 hours, otherwise the Greeks would be made prisoners. A panic followed, a wild rush being made for the boats in[Reuter Telegrams J - 165 words
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Article93 1916-09-15 7 FORMIDABLE ATTACK. Rome, September 14. An Italian communique chronicles tbe capture by the Italians cf important positions by a daring climb. A raid was made by 22 battleplanes on Lloyd’s arsenal and hydroplane hangars at Trieste, whil® 172 bombs were dropped on railway establishments, and ships under93 words
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Article84 1916-09-15 7 TOKIO’S DEMANDS ON CHINA. Washington, September 14 The American Ambassador to Japan has been instructed to inform the Japanese Government that the report of the Japanese demands on China in connection with the Cheng Chia Tung incident has greatly disturbed the Amercan Government, which trusts the report84 words
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Article172 1916-09-15 7 Sept 16 and 17.—Penang Golf Club, Men’s Monthly Medal. Sept 18.—Penang elevated to the rank of a first class Presidency, on a par with the Indian Residencies, 111th Annisary. Sept. 20.—Victoria Jubilee R. A. Chapter, Penang, 9.15 p.m. Sept. 20. —Nellmay Rubber Co., Meeting, 12 noon. (Messrs. Kennedy172 words
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Advertisement212 1916-09-15 7 “THE CHANCE” WASSIAMULL’S Great Clearance Sale Commencing from 18th September, IN ALL DEPARTMENTS. Big Reductions in all prices. Most of the goods clearing at Cost Price. WASSIAMDLL ASSOMULL Co., 20 22 J ST Arriving Shortly THE FAMOUS INDIAN Light Twin and /I T AH Two stroke IWIII I 11 Featherweight.212 words
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Miscellaneous284 1916-09-15 7 Coming! The Adventures of 30 Reels Peg O’The Ring 30 Reels Coming 11 A T THE STRAITS CINEMA. Phone No. 628. EMPIRE HALL. PENANG ROAD. THE PREMIER SHOW IN PENANG. TO-NIGHT I Friday, 15-9-16. TO-NIGHT 11 RED FEATHER PHOTO-PLAYS PRESENT HARRY D. CAREY IN 5 Reels A Knight of the284 words
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Advertisement2644 1916-09-15 8 P. 0.-B. 1.-APCAR N. Y-K-fex K. P. M. MAIL AND passenger services. Japan Mail Steamship Co. Ld. j Krlft PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL SAILINGS. INCORPORATED IN JAPAN. I (INCORPORATED IN HOLLAND.) CHINA MUTUALNAV. CO. Lit MAIL SERVICES. 111 < (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND.) Homeward (for Europe). Outward (for China and Japan). J?2,644 words
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