Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 28 December 1916

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 302 VOL. LXXIV. THURSDAY. 28th DECEMBER, ISI6. PRICE 10 CENTS
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 645 1 B aDaDD DODD Jniaaa,::innnDnannnno o WANTED D U HIJBBER consignments 0 for our bi-weekly auction sales, and private sales. Cash Ad- D vances made. ORDERS for estate supplies. c GOODS for forwarding to any n part of the world. n g FIKE INSURANCE business. c ALLEN DENNYS Co., g 6
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    • 78 1 nuanuDinnc □□■□□□□nngntfuti» TX7HEN YOU ARE AWAY q VV on leave you want to keep in touch with Malayan affairs, n 2 Social, Commercial, Mining, Planting, <tc. This you can d« a in no better way than by subscrib- ing to the Weekly Edition of the n Pinang Gazette,” published every
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  • 2145 2 LONDON AND BERLIN COMPARED. In an article to The Times Mr. Curtin depicts some contrasts between conditions in Germany and in England things are changing for the worse in Germany. They cannot, even with Rumanian supplies, captured, improve permanently. On the day of your Lord Mayor's
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  • 190 2 Penang, December 28, 1916. ete. Soup per catty 16 Roast 24 Steaks 24 Stew or Curry Meat 18 Rump Steak 24 Ox Tail each 40 Tongue 50 Feet 25 Heart 40 Liver per catty 35 Pork— Pork per catty 40 Pig’s Head 18 Feet 22 Tongue 32 Mutton—
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 480 2 WANTED. ASSISTANT with knowledge of Tamil or Malay for a Robber Estate. Preference given to a married man, or to one who has served in His Majesty’s Forces. Good terms and prospects. Apply No. 342, c/o Pinang Gazette. 28 12 WANTED A EUROPEAN NURSE or governess to take care of
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    • 132 2 |||li"T l,l "l|l IF best Sauces. 1 The best sauces for fish and vegetables are those I thickened with Brown 'I Polson’s Patent Corn I I lour. It goes twice as far as ordinary flour, mixes more easily without lumps, and makes a smoother, creamier sauce. Broun Polson’s Patent" Corn
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    • 572 2 Penang Choral Society Taiping Medical Hall WILL PRESENT (Established 1900.) PifdtCS of Penzance Dispensing Chemists, AT the Wholesale and Retail TT* O W MAT T <■, 75 77, ota Roa<l Taiping, Peril. TUESDAY 16th January Estate Supply—a Speciality, THURSDAY 18th SATURDAY 20th Concentrated Mixture? for common (All Race Day?) ailments
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 116 2 FM PI R F THEATRE PHONE 628. The Premier Theatre of Penang. PENANG ROAD. THU»., Hl. SAT., sun. Great Success in Aerial Warfare Views taken with the Military Authorization. Pic ures that you never taw before and perhap a never will have the chance to see again. A ZEPPELIN BROUGHT
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  • Article, Illustration
    1309 3 [BY AN ARTIST CORRESPONDENT.] November 24. Serbia's Triumph. The fall of Monastic on the anniversary of the capture of the town by Serbia in 1912, is the first decisive victory which the Allies have obtained in the Balkans. The calmination of the offensive on the Struma came with
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  • 596 3 PRESENTATION OF V C. RIBBONS, To those who have followed the fortunes of our forces in Mesopotamia, it must be obvious that a ceremonial parade of so large a formation as a complete Division is probably an event without precedent in the history of this interesting
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  • 285 3 The attention of the Belgian Prime Minister having been drawn to the repeated rumours in the English Press and elsewhere that supplies of food sen’ through the Neu'ral Commission for Relief in Belgium are alleged to reach the Germ ms, M. de Broqueville d- sires to
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 214 3 A FINE COMPLEXION. A girl’s complexion is something more than a matter to concern her vanity. It is an indication of the state of her health. Pallor in a growing gii 1 means a thinning of the blood. Eruptions mean impurities in the blood. Parents should be watchful of their
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    • 370 3 NOTICE. SELLAR, MURRAY CO. WE have entered into arrangement with Messrs. SIME, DARBY Co., Ltd., of Malacca, London, Singapore, Seremban, Johore Bahru and Muar, whereby our interest» will be acquired by that firm as from Ist January, 1917, and from that date our business will be carried on as a
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  • 843 4 INTERVIEW WITH SIR CHARLES ELIOT. P. G.” Special. Sir Charles Eliot, Vice-Chancellor of Hongkong University, who is paying a visit to the Straits and F.M.S. with the object of meeting Chinese gentlemen interested in the University, leaves to-day on a trip to Deli and will return
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  • 2132 4 Mr R Scott Atkinson, PostmasterGeneral Jesselton, who has lately been suffering from gout, is proceeding to England in January on sick leave. Mr and Mrs R Kellar, of Ipob, are passing through Singapore on their way to Hongkong. Mr Kellar, who has been ill, manager of Messrs
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  • 270 4 Per P and O Karmala. London, —To Singapore Mrs Gibson, Mrs Derrick, Mr Ridley, Mr and Mrs Baird, Mr Anderson, Mr Hogg, Mr Dickson. To Penang: Mr Adair, Mr Everth. Per P and O Morea. London, To Singapore :Mr Periera, Mr and Mrs Curtiss, Mr Best,
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  • 201 4 S.T.” The Royal Mail steamer Nyanza, having left Colombo, is expected to arrive here at noon on Sunday, and to leave for Singpore China and Japan at 3 p.m. the same day. The homeward mail c’oses on Sunday at 10 a.m. Registration till 6 p.m. on Saturday. The
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 486 4 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. WANTED AT ONCE. Experienced Tapping Assistant for an Estate in Sumatra (Deli). Send full particulars of experience, testimonials, and salary required to Box No. 343, c/o Pinang Gazette. WANTED. 2 Good Mining Kapelas f<> r Mines in Siam. Lode Miners preferred. Apply by letter, enclosing copies of testimonials,
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    • 439 4 In the Matter of the Straits Settle* meats Companies' Ordinance 1899' AND In the Matter of the Kwong Yik Banking Company, Limited, (IN LIQUIDATION.) NOTICE is hereby given that Liquidators of the Company, declared a fifth dividend at the rate of 227 making a to'al dividend of 65% to dat
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  • WAR ITEMS.
    • 154 5 London, December 12.—-An official statement issued at Paris criticises the German official figures, according to which the enemy’s losses on the Somme amount to 330,000. It points out that as the German statement is dated 31st October, and a month’s delay is necessary to collect
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    • 551 5 London, Nov. 17—Advices received from Monastir yesterday stated The capture of Kenali and the flight of the Germans and Bulgars indicate decisive happenings in Macedonia. The Allies have now reached the plain within 3| miles of Monastir. Hitherto the only possible advance bad been across the
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    • 51 5 London, November 16. —A Bucharest message says Two companies of Serbians volunteers, magnificent men, swam the Danube and enlisted in the Army of Liberation. They were reviewed by Colonel Ratmonofi, commander of the SerboRussian forces The 109th Russsian Division from Dvinsk has been indentified on the Jiul
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    • 57 5 New York, November 17.—The World states While Berlin was being informed that Germany had spent £6.000,000 in propaganda work among tfficials, civilians and the native Press in the Balkans, it was a bitter pill when the Rumanians joined the Allies. Turkey knows that whatever the result of the
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    • 142 5 London, November 23.—According to a wireless message received in Petrograd, the Germans are waging a campaign of horror in Western Wai ichia where they are pillaging %nd massacring without mercy. Prominent Roumanians are sending a memorandum expressing gratitude to Russia for her loyal and invaluable aid
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    • 83 5 New York, Nov. 16.—Speaking to the Berlin correspondent of the New York Times yesterday, Herr Zimmerman (a member of the Kai-er’s Cabinet) stated Germany is not sinking neutral merchantmen ss such but as a defensive measure. The arrangement of several British merchantmen has been used for
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    • 66 5 London, November 19th. A Rotterdam message states that in connection with Colonel Churchill’s statement in the House of Commons as to tbe comparative immunity of armed merchantmen from submarine attacks, it is interesting to note that Count Reventlow uses the’fact as an argument in favour of ruthleasness.
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  • 369 5 We have received a mcst interesting booklet issued by Dr. Barnardo’s Homes, containing stories of some Barnardo heroes, three of whom are Anzacs. In certain despatches from Gallipoli, four Anzacs were recommended for bravery while collecting the wounded at great personal risk. Three of those four
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  • 914 5 HIS VISIT TO PENANG. Dr. Wa Lien-Teh (G. L. Tuck), the famous Director of Medical Research, of China, was last night entertained by Mr Ng Seah Wong, J. P., of Messrs. Hoong Kee Coy., to dinner at which a number of his personal friends were present. Dr.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
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    • 167 5 NASAL AND THROAT CATARRH Rapidly Cured by VENO’S LIGHTNING COUGH CURE. Every fourth person you meet has Catarrh. It begins with running at the nose, the result of catching cold. If neglected it becomes chronic. Then it passes to the throat, the stomach, the bowels. It causes asthma, deafness, huskiness,
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    • 323 5 TVk Trusty Triumph is I g/f a mount for all occasions. I gig It is absolutely reliable as g tig proved by its unparalleled gig success in the Great gig European War. Jr' &|l Triumph Cycle Co., Ltd.. J»*! «vL Coventry, England. Agents: JkSL < United A z FfiJl j;
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  • 813 6 The latest move by Germany designed to bring about a conference of the belligerents with a view to peace may be dismissed with the same arguments tha* have been advanced regarding the earlier Note from Berlin, and President Wilson's request for the terms of the fighting nations.
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  • 503 6 The appointment of General Joffre as a Marshal of Francs is one that will be generally acclaimed in France. It should be regarded with some degree of interest and pleasure in the other Allied countries, while in Germany the news will bs received with mixed feelings Nowhere,
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  • 1669 6 We feel that we would be neglecting to perform a duty to The Libel the public and to ourLaw. selves, if we failed to associate ourselves with the views advanced by our Singapore evening contemporary on the proposed amendment to the Libel Ordinance of the Colony. Thia
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  • 63 6 To-day’s quotation for unrefined tin in Penang was $B2 75 per picul, business done—a decrease of 25 cts. Tin is quoted in London to-day at £175 15s spot, and £177 15s three months; The following was the rubber quotation in London on December 27, received to-day Plantation Ist
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    • 158 6 ESTATE SUPPLIES. N ACETIC ACID p E (European and Japanese). O M S PORCELAIN CUPS (White Glazed, Flat Bottom). 1 momTcases f T (19’x 19" x 24" x V). V t SULPHURIC ACID T (66% in cases of 200 tbs;) F TAPPINgFkNIVES. m f SODIUM BISULPHITE. f E C D
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    • 34 6 EL O. New Year Dinner Monday, Ist January, 1917. Concert and Dancing. Pinang Gazette Co. Ltd.’s TELEPHONES. > J Printing Works Manager and J Cashier’s Office 498 J Managing Editor 477 J Editor’s Residence 221
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous

  • 125 7 SWEDEN'S PEACE NOTE. POSITION IN GREECE. ACTIVITY IN RUMANIA. the empire war council. Germany has proposed to President Wilson an immediate meeting of the belligerents to discuss peace. Sweden has also addressed a peace Note to belligerents and neutrals. Tte second Allied Note to Greece has not yet
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  • France and Belgium.
    • 99 7 [Reuter Telegrams.] BRITISH TRENCH RAIDS. London, December 27. General Haig reports the capture of eighteen of a party of fifty Germans who approached Les Boeufs. The British machine guns caused heavy casualties among the remainder. We raided positions north-east of Armentieres, and east of Ploegsteert. Prisoners were
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    • 97 7 ‘'OUR SINGLE ENDEAVOUR.” London, December 27. The King’s Speech says the vigorous promention of the war must be our singl endeavour, until we have vindicated the r ights so ruthlessly violated by our enemies, *nd until we have established the security Europe upon a sure foundation. In
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    • 341 7 GERMANY PROPOSES CONFERENCE. New York, December 27. Germany has proposed an immediate meeting of the belligerents to discuss peace. Germany's Views. New York, December 27. Germany’s proposal, which was contained in a German reply to President Wilson, says the high-minded suggestion made by the President, in order
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    • 370 7 A DUTCH COMMENT. The Vaderland writes The comments on the latest speech of the Imperial Chancellor that have been circulated in the German Press, throw a peculiar light thereupon. Not so much because such comments were necessary for a right understanding of those utterances, but because they
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    • 230 7 London, Nov. 15.—The Daily Telegraph learns from New York that since President Wilson’s re election the papers have been discussing his well-known desire to bring about peace in Europe. In this connection a wire from the Washington correspondent of the New York“ Evening Post,” who is said
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    • 775 7 Washington, November 12.—Herr von Bethmann Hollweg’s speech, with its references to a proposed league of paace, attracts more attention here than any German utterance for some time past, though, as the Washington correspondent of the “StaatsZeitung” plaintively points out, it was a great pity the Chancellor
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    • 67 7 BRITISH GOVERNMENT’S MEASURES. London, December 27. The Army Council has ordered that no wool of the 1916-1917 clip consigned to the United Kingdom from Australia and New Zealand on growers’ account must be sold, except to the Director of Army Contracts. Persons holding or receiving stocks are required
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    • 307 7 ENTHUSIASTIC RECEPTION. London, December 27. All the newspapers warmly and enthusiastically welcome the Empire War Council, as a landmark in the history of the Empire, and the fulfilment of the aims of the greatest Empire-builders. It is hoped it will also facilitate an Irish settlement. India’s Representation.
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    • 27 7 London, December 27. General Joffre has bem appointed a Marshal of France. This is the first time the dignity has been revived since the Empire.
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    • 488 7 The conferment of the dignity of Marshal of France upon General Joffre is an event of historic significance, recalling the days of the great marshals of the Empire. Joffre is one of the few great men whom the present war has produced. His methods are well illustrated
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  • The Balkans.
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      189 7 HEAVY FIGHTING. Petrograd, December 27. The Rumanians, by a brilliant attack, re captured a height in the Kasin river valley, on the Moldavian frontier. Fierce enemy attacks un the Rumanian front in the region of Dragoslave were repelled. The Rumanians counter-attacked and took three machine guns. The Russians repulsed
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    • 27 7 ATHENS’ IMPROVED BEHAVIOUR. London, December 27. The Greek Government is still satisfactorily carrying out the Allies demands. The second Allied Note has not yet been presented.
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    • 90 7 Mr. Asquith’s reference to the restoration of Serbia in his recent speech seems to have aroused considerable discussion in Germany. The Pan-Germanic Press refuses to entertain even the suggestion, as being distasteful to Germany’s allies, and rendering impossible the projected direct link with Constantinople. The Vorwarts,” on the
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  • Naval Operations.
    • 70 7 AUSTRIAN FORCE RETREATS. Rome, December 27. An Italian naval communique states that several enemy ships, on the night of December 23rd, attacked small guard-ships of the Otranto Canal. French destroyers espied the enemy, and a sharp engagement ensued. The enemy fled, pursued by the Allied forces, and
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  • General News.
    • 75 7 IMPORTANT MEASURE. New York, December 27. The Federal Reserve Board has been permitted to appoint the Bank of England its agent under the American Banking Laws. This is a most important development, and a radical departure from existing financial methods, as it practically places the American and British
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    • 76 7 SIGNIFICANT APPOINTMENTS. London, December 27. The Times says the appointments of the Bohemian Slavs, Count Clammartiniz and Count Cneenoiu as Austrian Premier and Austro-Hungarian Foreign Minister respectively, seem to have an anti-Magyar and anti-Prussian tendency, and are likely to be viewed with displeasure in Buda-Pest and Berlin. The
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  • 70 7 THE RESULT. gThe result of Jat Calcutta, on| Tuesday, for which we]|are indebted’toJMr. H. Oxen hair,’ Secret ar y*of tbe|Penang Turf Club, was’as follows BACHELOR’S WEDDING, Mr RRS’sche h (6 yrs.) MAGYAR, Mr R R S’s b e h (5 yrs.) 2 FIZYAMA, Mr C N Wadia’s
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • 118 7 [To of the Pinang Gazette."] Sir, —Kindly permit me through the medium of your valuable paper to bring to the notice of these concerned and especially that of the Governments of the Straits and Federated Malay States—the necessity of resuscitating the planting and production of Indigo in P.
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    • 63 7 [To the Editor of the Sir, I consider it my duty'to inform you that the first Penang student to have obtained distinction in English in the Cambridge Senior locals was Mr. Yeoh Guan Seek, formerly of the Penang Free School. I got this valuable information fromj[an authoritative
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    • 65 7 To the Editor oj the Pinang] Gazette.”] Sir, —Could you kindly find spacejjia your paper to insert this letter which I have just received. The various people who contributed towards the donation may liko to know it has been forwarded home and acknowledged. Yours etc., Harriet
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    • 130 7 224-6-8, Great Portland St., London, W~ 22nd November, 1916. Mrs H G Brown, 1, Ayer Rajah Road, Penang, S. S. Dear Madam.— l have much pleasure ia acknowledging the receipt of your letter of the 21st. ulto. enclosing £5B aa a donation from the Members
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  • 39 7 Obituary. SIR JESSE HERBERT. London, December 27. The death has occurred of Sir JesseHerberb, Political Secretary to the Liberal Chief Whip, Hon. Treasurer of the Liberal Central Association, and formerly Legal Adviser to the South China Government, aged 65.
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  • 1062 8 THE VICEROY INTERVIEWED. The following is the full text of Mr Mackenzie’s interview with Lord Chelmsford on behalf of the American Associated Pres», at Simla on 13 October India’s new Viceroy, Lord Chelmsford, today told the correspondent of the Associaated Press during a formal interview, that the war,
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  • 364 8 There has been a slight set-back in coal shares during the current week, due no doubt to profit-taking says Commerce (Calcutta) of Dec 14. Another reason for the retrogression—or for the lull in boom—may be found in the statement that has been assiduously circulate! that the Government
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 156 8 H Appropriate, always. V| iW With certain dishes, such as Game, LEA <***> PERRINS* SAUCE is always appropriate. aC? It is the recognised sauce for such use. uXj In fact, for everything with which a sauce M can be used, LEA PERRINS’ is invariably the BEST. It has a refinement
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    • 204 8 Real Flesh Builder found at Last. New Home Remedy Works Wonders In Making Thin Undeveloped Men and Women Plump and Attractive. Os’ HOW TO GAIN 15 TO 40 lbs, Stop being a human beanpole. Chase away that long, lean, hungry look that makes folks think you’re sick or that you’re
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    • 633 8 Mother and Baby 6'/i month», 1 Fed from birth on the 'Allenbnry»’ food*. Are you Worried about Baby? HOW to feed Baby is often a great worry to mothers who are unable to nurse their babies themselves. Ordinary cow’s milk—however prepared at home —is not a suitable substitute for the
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  • 309 9 GENERAL MEETING. [From Our Own Correspondent], (~i Kuala Lumpur, December 27. At the general meeting of the Planters’ Association of Malaya held at Kuala Lumpur, Mr. William Duncan was in the chair. Toddy. The toddy question was brought forward, but discussion was deferred till the report of the Commission
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  • 169 9 THE STRAITS WAR LOAN. Malaya’s Mas-Power. [From Our Own Correspondent,] Singapore, December 27. H. E. the Governor, Major-General Ridout, the Hon. Mr. F. S. James, Colonial Secretary, the Chief Justice, and the B shop of Singapore were present at a Red Cross meeting, which only a
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  • 284 9 The general opinion after the match between Singapore and Selangor on Saturday was that Singapore were lucky to win» Be this as it may, however, the home fifteen were entitled to all sorts of credit for the "plendid way in which they played up in last fifteen minutes of
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  • 906 9 COMMISSIONERS’ ARRIVAL. The Hon Khan Bahadur, A K G Ahamed Thamby Maricar, who has been appointed by the Indian Government, with Mr. Majoribanks, i.c s., to enquire into the labour question in Ceylon, the Straits and F M S arrived here yesterday afternoon by the B I
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  • 867 9 LODGE ROYAL PRINCE OF WALES INSTALLATION. The Freemasons of the above Lodge held their annual installation last night in their Hall, Nortbam Road. Tbe installing officer was Wor Bro R Owen assisted by Wor Bros A R Adams, J R Macfarlane, R H Pinhorn and others, After
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  • 211 9 The following are the latest quotations in Messrs. Kennedy and Co.’s share list Yesterday. To-day. SO SD SHABBB £.l s s'© M 32 M 72 Rubber (Dollar). A. Panas $U| sll* sll| Sllj Changkat $lO slo| s9| $lO Jeram K. $lBO $1.95 $1.85 $1.90 Kelemak $6 s6|
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  • 137 9 Penang, December 28, 1916. S. P. Tapioca $8 nom. M. P. Tapioca sB| nom. Gold leaf $O4 40 Pepper (W. Coast 3 lbs. 5 oz) sl6j buyers. Black Pepper $25 buyers. White Pepper $42 sellers. Trang Pepper no stock. Mace $llO nom. Mace Pickings $59 sales. Cloves $4O sellers.
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  • 131 9 Penang, December 28, 1916. (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank). London Demand Bank 2/4 1/4 4 months’ sight Bank ...2/4 11/16 3 H Credit ...2/4 15/16 M 3 Documentary ...2/4 31/32 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 172 3 days’ sight Private 174| Bombay Demand Bank 172 Moulmein Demand Bank „1
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  • 52 9 Jan I—E O New Year Dinner, Concert and Dancing. Jan. 2.—Penang Convent re-opens. Penang Free School re-opens. Anglo-Chinese Girls’ School reopens. Jan. B.—Penang Assizes. Jan. 15.—St. Xavier’s Institution re-opens. Jan. 16, 18, 20.—“ Pirates of Penzance in Aid of Officer’s Families Fund, Town Hall 9.15. Jan. 16, 18,
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  • 95 9 CLOSE AT GENERAL POST OFFICE. CLEARANCES. To-day. Koemai for Deli and Asahan. Ban Whatt Soon for Deli. Cornelia for Port Swettenham, Malacca and Port Dickson. Kedah for Dindings Bagan Datoh and Teluk Anson. MAILS. For Per Clo se Friday. Moulmein 8-30 p m. Asahan Pungah 1 p. m. Port
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 400 9 To rebuild I 001 Worn Nerves I W, I N times of anxiety, worry and I' l overwork, the nerve-cells are sub- JlLl, jected to excessive wastage which your daily dietary cannot make good. The additional vitalizing and nerve- m building elements required are abun- B dantl Y supplied by
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  • 1289 10 to cure it except by abasing it.—Literary Supplement The Times. A COMPROMISE PEACE. Whenever we are tempted, by the best or the worst in owrsslves. to ask why all the elaughter and waste of this war should not now be ended with a compromise peace,
    to cure it except by abasing it.—Literary Supplement “ The Times.  -  1,289 words
  • 594 10  -  —J S M Rennie. MR. RENNIE’S VIEWS RESPECTING RUBBER COMPANIES. I have been much surprised at the policy of laissez-fairs displayed in certain sections of the Press with regard to tbe excess-profits tax in relationto the plantation rubber industry. As one who has closely studied the operation
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 298 10 JOHNSON-PICKETT ROPE Co., INC, MANILA. MANUFACTURERS OF PURE MANILA ROPE which i« tested to a strain of 90 kilos to a thread. ALL SIZES STOCKED. Samples, prices and fail particulars will be forwarded on application to SOLE AGENTS: KE AT CHEANG Co.. 61, Market Street, Singapore, and 415, Beach Street,
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    • 45 10 WARNING. REUTER’S SERVICE. ALL persons are cautioned against making unauthorised use of R°uter’a Service of News, and any person or persons found infringing the Copyright Ordinance of the Straits Settlements will be strictly dealt with in accordance with the provisions of that Ordinance. REUTER, PENANG.
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    • 466 10 INSURANCE Grand Hotel —Hersteilingsoord i The L don A»sur»nce Corporation. 66 A l&IB ITI The undersigned as agents for the Cor rr A Jal ~Ta£: paredtoacceptFlREriBk9 3 Xjl r*a For full particulars apply to PATERSON, SIMONS CO., Ltd., PREANGER-JAVA RAILWAYSTATION TJANDJOER. m eng^ d The Marine Insurance Co., Ltc. J
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  • 1252 11 New Year Meeting, 1917. (Under S. R. A. Rules of Racing,) RACE DAYS: FIRST DAY Tuesday, 16th January, 1917. SECOND DAY Thursday, 18th January, 1917. THIRD DAY Saturday, 20th January, 1917 FIRST DAY. Tuesday, 16th [January, 1917, 1. The Opening Stakes. Value $5OO. A Selling Handicap for
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  • 729 11 IGNOMINIOUS EXIT OF RAMSAY MACDONALD. Remarkable scenes were witnessed in the Cory Hall, Cardiff on Nov. 11 when a peace demonstration organised by the National Conference for Civil Liberties was raided. Crowds stormed the hall, and after severe fighting tha peace prattlers were rooted and the invaders crowned
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  • 24 11 Penang :—The E. <fc O. Hotel, The Crag, Runnymede Hotel. Singapore :—Raffles Hotel. Rangoon :—Strand Hotel. SINDANGLAJA PREANGER, JAVA: Grand Hotel.
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
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