Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 23 April 1917

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 94. VOL. LXXV. MONDAY, 23rd APRIL, 1917. PRICE IO CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 712 1 WANTED c n c Kt bbek consignments c for our bi-weekly auction sales, -,,d private sales. Cash Ad- c vances made. Q C )BPFR s for estate supplies, £()()I)S for forwarding to any D D part of the world. Cn KE INSURANCE business. S '■'■'ALLEN DENNYS Co., D 6 Beach
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    • 80 1 ■nnaoao■□□□□□■□□□□□OßnEDUß XA7 BEN yod ake AWAr S V V on leave you want to keep g in touch with Malayan affairs, n Social, --Alining, Planting, Ac. This you can de n g in no better way than by subscrib- n ing to the Weekly Edition of the c Pinang Gaaette,”
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  • 1332 2 REASONS FOR ITS ADOPTION. War has aroused the British people to a readiness in adopting new methods in the ordering of life and labour affording special encouragement to the advocates of reform. To those who have for years past pleaded in favour of the adoption
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  • 179 2 Penang, April 23, 1917. Beef—cts 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 35 Pig’s Head 20 Feet 26 Tongue 36 Mutton—
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  • 24 2 Penang —The E 4 0. Hotel, The Crag Runnymede Hotel. Singapore :—Raffles Hotel. Rangoon :—Strand Hotel. SINDANGLAJA PreANGBR, JAVA Grand Hotel.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 1024 2 TO LET. MUNICIPAL NOTICE. No. 3, Ross Road. Apply to A N ORDINARY MEETING of the Messrs. Nambvar Cheng Ear. Monirip»! Commissioners will be held at the Municipal Office, at 4 p.m., on c Tuesday, the 24th instant. (By Order), T o L E T L. A. COUTIER BIGGS, 19,
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    • 145 2 ISTELASTICI tyres. The only Tyres holding the R.A.C. Certificate for 5,000 miles without Cuts or Punctures. I BRITISH AND MADE IN BRITAIN. AGENTS FOR PENANG: I the Eastern Pacific Trading g COMPANY, LIMITED, 1 (Incorporated in Straits Settlements.) pTONAIKAI I S TH E BRITISH APERIENT WATER. Pleasant in taste. Painless
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  • 1101 3 deliberate destruction. The following ddsprtch wag received f. u Mr H Warner Allen, special corresondent of the British press with the french armies, before the great offensive, w bicb is steadily pushing the Germans a way from Soissons The main road to Soissons runs boldly direct,
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  • 298 3 Bcs'-ock’s Royal Italian Circus drew a full “house” to Dato Kramat Gardens on Saturday evening, when the circus opened a short season. The name of Bostock is a guarantee of a high class entertainment, and the large number of patrons were thoroughly satisfied with the fare provided,
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  • 212 3 “Bi D.” Coys P. V. v. “The Rest.” This match w*s played at the Esplanade on Saturday and resulted in a big victory for The Rest. The following are the details. B and D Companies. Lieut V G Ezechiel b Rutley 25 Pte C Thean Lye b Bennett 33
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  • 217 3 “S.T;” If a man who volunteersand is medically fit for active service is certified indispensable to his employers, it is clearly bis duty to remain with these employers till the end of the war or to go on active service the moment he leaves them. To
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  • 299 3 In the current number of the British Medical Journal an eminent London eye specialist writes in detail on Kinematograph Displays and Children’s Eyes.” He explains in this direction the effect of the picture theatre may be very bad; and the best way of minimising its ill-effects
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  • 300 3 An Italian correspondent in a letter gives the following particulars of the giant film actor Maciste,” whose feats of strength many kinema-goers in England have seen in such notable Italian films as Cabiria The exploits of Maciste, the Alpino, are the favourite amusement of Italian kinemagoers.
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  • 349 3 At the Strand Theatre, New York, a new, or almost new, motion picture comedian was introduced with much acclaim and elcat. This was Max Linder, sometimes referred to as the French Charlie Chaplin.” M. Linder was the chief comedian for a French motion picture company in
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  • 844 3 The annual report of the Association of German Steel Works gives a total production for 1916 of 3,281,000 tons, against 3,393.000 tons in 1915. An early result of the Russian advance last summer in the Caucasus is the construction of a railway between Batoum and Trebizond, along the
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 8 3 P. MOIR CRANES’ Cylinder Oil. S&ndilands, Buttery Co.
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    • 485 3 “iHBEBEBuI U Clutch and Brake Linings. 8 Twenty years ago we invented Ferodo fabric because at fl that time there were no efficient brake and clutch linings. n To-day Ferodo fabrics are still the only efficient friction Fl surfaces. For clutches and brakes on motor cars, cranes, 'fl winches, capstans,
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  • Italy’s Campaign.
    • 64 4 VANDALS DRIVEN OFF. Rome, April 20. An official communique a*ya a squadron of enemy aeroplanes, supported by submarines and torpedo-boats, attempted a reconnaissance in force on Venice. Italian and French aircraft supported by antiaircraft batteries counter-attacked and prevented the hostile craft reaching the city. Aerial fighting continued
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    • 77 4 Rome, April 20. An official message says M. Boselli, Baron Sonniuo, Mr. Lloyd George and M. Ribot, accompanied by Ambassadors and military experts conferred at St. Jean Maurienne. The very cordial relations and the perfect understanding between the Allies were again demonstrated. Premier Back to London.
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  • Russia.
    • 202 4 SEPARATE PEACE REPUDIATED. Petrograd, April 21. At a conference of delegates from the armies and representatives of the Council of Workmen’s and Soldiers’ delegates the former asked if the latter advocated a separate peace. M. Sokoloff replied that the Council repudiated such an idea. Russian Soldiers and the Task.
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  • Turkey and the Near East.
    • 61 4 OPERATIONS NEAR GAZA. London, April 22. An Egypt official report says The British forces consolidated the ground gained and are now in contact with the enemy on the main position covering Gaza. This extends to the sea coast near Sheikh Ahmed through Alimuntar to east of the town, thence
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  • General News.
    • 157 4 SEQUEL TO ATTACKS ON HOSPITAL SHIPS. London, April 20. The Press Bureau says Lord Derby, on behalf of the War Cabinet, has addressed a letter to the medical profession stating that the enemy are totally disregarding the universal tenets of civilised warfare. They have deliberately instituted
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    • 115 4 MR. BALFOUR’S SPECIAL MISSION. London April 20. The Press Bureau announces that at the War Cabinet’s request, Mr Balfour has undertaken a special mission to the United States. He arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, accompanied by Lord Cunliffe, RearAdmiral De Chair and Major-General Bridges and their
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    • 62 4 New York, April 22. President Wilson has almost completed the election of a Commission which will be sent to Russia to co-operate with the Provisional Government in discussing means whereby the United States can best help Russia. It is believed Mr. Elihu Root will be Chairman
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    • 138 4 LEGISLATION PROBABLE. Washington, April 21. The American flag is flying at the British Embassy for the first time in history. It is announce 1 that President Wilson expects to receive Mr Balfour and his fellow Commissioners at the White House on April 25th. The authorities are gratified
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    • 83 4 Buenos Aires, April 21. The Argentine Government has sent to Germany an energetic note demanding complete satisfaction for the sinking of the Monte Protegido, and has instructed the Argentine Minister immediately to break off relations if Germany evades responsibility. Argentine and the Allies. Buenos Aires, April 22
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    • 16 4 Amsterdam, April 22. Turkey has broken off relations with the United States.
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    • 150 4 Copenhagen, April 22. There are daily demonstrations in Sweden against the Food Control Committee. Seven-thousand workmen paraded at Vesteras, and thousands elsewhere, threatening to take the food problem into their own hands regardless of consequences. Two hundred Swedish bluejackets in a body attended a Socialist meeting at
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    • 35 4 Lisbon, April 21. The Portuguese Cabinet has resigned owing to the Chamber’s rejection of the decree instituting a National Economic Council to deal with economic and industrial problems due to the war.
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    • 349 4 ADVICE REGARDING A BIG FIELD. London, April 18. Addressing the London Chamber of Commerce, on the prospects of extending British trade in Chin», Mr. Archibald Rose emphasised the necessity for creating a demand for our goods by letting the Chinese consumers see them, and also for emulating
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    • 735 4 How Lancashire Should Meet Competition. Mr. Archibald Rose, commercial attache at Shanghai, visited Manchester an<» addressed members of the Chamber of Commerce on the subject of trade with China. Mr. E. F. Stockton, vice president of the Chamber, was in the chair. Mr. Rose said he had spent
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    • 101 4 FRENCH AND BELGIAN ORDERS. London, April 22. The following decorations have been awarded Croix-de-Guerre—Field Marshal Haig and General Robertson. Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour— Lieutenant-General G. F. Milne. Commander of the Legion of Honour— Commodore Lionel Halsey. Grand Officer of the Order of Leopold— General
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    • 92 4 INDIA’S INCLUSION. London, April 22, The Imperial War Conference passed unanimously a resolution, moved by Sir Robert Borden and seconded by Mr Massey, that the resolution of the Imperial Conference of April 25th, 1907, should be modified to permit of India being fully represented at all future
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    • 121 4 FOREBODINGS IN BERLIN. Amsterdam, April 20. It transpires that the political crisis in Austria coupled with several Ministerial resignations, although of domestic origin have caused considerable perturbation in Germany. It appears the Emperor Charles refused to entertain proposals of the Austro-German parties to is-ue a decree
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    • 95 4 MR. FISHER’S SCHEME. London, April 22 Mr. H. A. L. Fisher, Minister of Education, scored a triumph in the House of Commons, his proposals being unanimously approved. He described the new educational era and said the bulk of the increase in the estimates was due to the
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    • 56 4 London, April 20. The Press Bureau announces that no person over 15 years of age will be permitted to land in India without a valid passport, issued or vise by a competent British authority. This does not apply to members of the British naval and military forces,
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 61 4 NOTICE. LABOUR CODE. 1912, F.M.S. INDIAN IMMIGRATION FUND ORDINANCE 1911.’! EMPLOYERS of Indian labour are hereby reminded that assessment returns for the preceding quarter must be sent to the Office of the Dy. Controller of Labour, Penang, during the months of April, July, October, and January. Forms for there turn
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    • 80 4 THE GREATEST SUCCESS ON RECORD. The Royal Italian Circus! g The Most Remarkable Show J of its Kind in Existence. NIGHTLY AT 9-15. Box Seats $3. Chairs $2» Raised Seats $1 Gallery 50 cts. 1 FIRST MATINEE, |f Wednesday, at 5.30. CHILDREN HALF PRICE TO MATINEE. Booking Office at the
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 314 4 Empire theatre Business Manager THOMAS SHAFTO. THE SENSATION OF PENANG! THE SENSATION OF LIBERTY OR LOVE’S BATTLEFIELD MILLION DOLLARS SPECTACLE. UNIVERSALS J M LUON DOLLARS SPECTACLE. Hundreds turned away Satur day and Sunday nights from th? A Empire Theatre, being unable to gain admission, and at J J I o’clock
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  • 92 4 Obituary. SIR FRANCIS BURNAND. London April 22. Sir Francis Burnand, a former editor of Punch is dead. DEATHS. Sharpe.—On the 20th April, 1917, at the Zietenverpleging Hospital, Medan, Kathleen Norah Sharpe, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Sharpe. “A light is from the household gone The babe I loved
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  • 428 5 Messrs. James F. Hu ton «fc Co, Ltd., writing on Maicn 7, 1917, report Liverpool Cotton. Week Mid-American—Spot 11.79 11.43 Mid-American, Current Month 11.39 11.07 F.G.F. Egyptian—Spot 22.65 22.65 F.G.F. Egyptian, Current Month 21.75 21.85 New York Cotton. Spot—Cents. 18.10 17.05 Current Month 17.73 16.91 London. Bar
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  • 180 5 In ths District Court, Singapore, before Mr W Langham Carter, a Kheh named Chicng Tin Fa, of 20 North Bridge-rd, was charged that on April 2he did trade with the enemy by transmitting to Chop Kee Seng, of Kobe, a sum of 7,000 yen, that chop
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  • 62 5 Manila, April 5. The flag of Admiral A G Winterhalter, U S N., was hauled down on the flagship Brooklyn yesterday. Admiral Winterhalter was relieved of the command of the U S Asiatic Fleet, by Admiral Austin M Knight. The usual salute of 17 guns was fired
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  • 60 5 CLOSE AT GENERAL POST OFFICE CLEARANCES, To-day. Ban Whatt Soon for Deli. Baud Deli, T. Semawe Segli Sabang, Olehleh etc., Padang. Kedah for Dindings Bagan Datoh and Teluk Anson. Flying Dragon for Portweld and Taiping. Cornelia for Port Swettenham, Malacca and Port Dickson. MAILS. For Per Close. To-Morrow. Deli
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  • 78 5 April 23.—Empire Theatre, 9-15 p.m. April 23.—Bostock’s Royal Italian Circus, Dato Kramat Gardens. April 25.—Birthday of Yang di Per Tuan (Government Holiday in Negri Sembilan.) April 26.—Penang Chamber of Commerce, Special General Meeting, 3 p.m. May 28.—Whit Monday. Gevemment Holiday. April 28.—Kanopong Kamunting Tin Dredging, Limited, General Meeting
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  • 127 5 Penang, April 23, 1917. (By Courtesy oi the Chartered Bank). London Demand Bank 2/4 1/4 u 4 months'sight Bank ...2/4 11/16 u 3 Credit ...2/4 29/32 ii 3 Documentary ...2/4 15/16 Calcutta Demand Bank R*. 163 3 days* sight Private 167 Bombay Demand Bank „163 Moulmein Demand Bank 162
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  • 145 5 Pbnang, April 23, 1917. S. P. Tapioca $7.60 buyers. M. P. Tapioca $B.lO sales. Gold leaf $72. Pepper (W. Coast 3 lbs. 5 oz) sl6| buyers. Black Pepper $25 buyers. White Pepper $4O sellers. Trang Pepper ...$32.00 sellers. Mace $llO nom. Mace Pickings $5B sellers. Cloves $4O sellers. Nutmegs
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 186 5 I “BUICK” OARS. PERFECT N MATERIAL J The Greatest Triumph in Modern Automobile Engineering 1 > NEW SHIPMENT ARRIVING. SEASUN 6» Co,, Ag’ents Penang P. W. < I M t LATEST SHIPMENT fl BEST COTTON CREPES. From 20 C 8. tO 50 eta a yd. I FINEST SILK STOCKINGS, g
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    • 156 5 Knife-like Pains The sharp, shooting pains, the intense agony of Sciatica, often* make death prefe able to life. The fiery darts (hat ran from hip to heel, the sleepless nights, the cheerless days—why not STOP all this and get back to health and comfort again Little’s Oriental Balm the best
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    • 220 5 THE FOLLUW-UP SiSTEM. Advertising is, after all, a matter of hitting the eye of the public. If you allow too great an interval to elapse between insertions of copy the effect of the first advertisements will have worn away by the time you hit again. You may continue your scattered
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    • 649 5 Special Food for Starved Nerves. I SANAPHOS“I I I 10-1 w II W i/>) I I MB .lES THE IDEAL RECONSTRUCTIVE NERVE FOOD A VALUABLE RESTORATIVE IN NEURASTHENIA NERVOUS ffiSPEPSIA AND ANAMIA Sanaphos supplies the element Moreover Sanapbos contains other which is needed by our nerves and brain food elements
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  • 962 6 St. George’s Day is with us again, and though it will not pa«s altogether unmarked at Home, and throughout the Empire, it will not evoke any form of spectacular observance or pageantry. The occasion, in modern history, has almost ceased to serve for anything in the way
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  • 23 6 Farquharson—Miller.—Ou April 19, at St. Joseph’s Church, Hongkong, Gordon Ewart Farquharson, of Aberdeen and Singapore, to Eleanor Frey Miller, of New York.
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  • 19 6 To-day’s quotation for unrefined tin in Penang was $101.50 per picul, business done—a decrease of $1.50 cents.
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  • 55 6 The output of the Tongkah Harbour Tin Dredging (No Liability) for the week ending 21st inst., was 30 tons. Messrs. Kennedy Co., inform us that they have received advice from Australia by cable that the lUtrut Basin Tin Dredging Co., N. L. have declared a first interim dividend
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  • 31 6 The following was the rubber quotation in London on April 21, received yesterday Plantation Ist Latex Crepe 3s Smoked Sheet 3s |d [♦By courtesy of Messrs. Boustead Co
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  • 24 6 The mail despatched from Penang by the P. O. packet, on the 20th ultimo, was delivered in London on the 20th instant.
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  • 1762 6 As time goes on it begins to be evident that the collection of Income The War Tax is not going to be a Tax. simple matter, and it would not surprise us if the lawyers later on found themselves engaged in a profitable occupation A good deal
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 291 6 R NEW SHIPMENT JUST RECEIVED. H JAPANESE I I ACETIC ACID R 99X a I GENUINE MOMI CASES I R 19' x 19" x 24" x H R Large Stocks now on hand H R for Immediate Delivery. H I The Eastern Trading co., I R Telephone 35, PITT STREET,
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    • 21 6 “E. O.” Latest Music by the “E. O.” Orchestra everyday during and after dinner and on Wednesdays and Saturdays during Tiffin.
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 39 6 THE TIDES. The following are the tides for to-day and to-morrow, Peuaug Standard Times High Water. Low Water. To-day. 00.59 a.m. 7 44 a m. 1.10 p.m. 7.41 pm. To MORROW. 1.34 a.m. 8.19 a.m. 1.40 p.m. 8.10 p.m.
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  • 162 7 GERMAN VESSELS SUNK. the allied offensive. admiralty and hospital ships. p ive German destroyers which shelled the ne ighbourho )d of Dover were engaged by British patrol vessels, two German destroyers being sunk. Ten German officers aad 108 men were saved and taken to Dover. No British vessel
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  • France and Belgium.
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      1221 7 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] THE ENCIRCLEMENT. London, April 21. Grugies, mentioned in a French communique, is a southern suburb of St. Quentin. The artillery fire here probably indicates that the French are preparing another blow wl ich will complete the encirclement of 8 Quentin, cut the St. Quentin-Cambrai rai way,
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    • 72 7 Paris, April 22. The French Aviation Corps has cong'atulated the British Royal Flying Corps on its superiority over its adversaries, which it has never lost during the recent engagements. The French thankfully acknowledge the British aid and express amazement at the British airmen’s exploits, which they are
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    • 54 7 FIGHT WITH UHLANS. Amsterdam, April 21. The Handelsblad reports that 600 German fusiliers, sailors and landsturmers deserted and tried to cross the Belgo? Dutch frontier. 200 Uhlans sent in pursuit attacked with machine guns. The fight lasted half an hour. 30 were wounded. Eight slightly wounded succeeded
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    • 42 7 London, April 22. A German wireless report denies that bpdies of dead soldiers were treated as alleged by the English newspapers, and says these newspapers mistranslated as human corpses a German word, cadaver, really meaning carcases of animals.
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    • 114 7 GERMAN OPINION. London, April 20. The German Press in its comments on the battle, while prof-ssing that the Allies have not attained the great objectives ascribed to them by the German communiques, explains to its readers that Hindenburg’s policy of evacuation 'of front positions is the only
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    • 110 7 LORD CURZON AND THE OFFENSIVE. London, April 22. Lord Curzon, speaking at Derby, said the military position is at present distinctly encouraging. He did not wish them to run away with the idea that the end would come just yet, but there was no doubt the operations in
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    • 275 7 SERIOUS STRIKES. London, April 20. Internal troubles are more and more occupying the German Press. A semi official Berlin telegram announcing the termination of the great strike of munition makers in Berlin on Monday is now admitted to be premature. The Lokalanzeiger says a quarter of a
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    • 120 7 A CRIME TO SOLDIERS. Amsterdam, April 21. The Lokal Anzeiger says the Chancellor, Dr. von Bethmann Hollweg, refused to listen to a deputation of Berlin strikers, who decided not to resume. Marshal von Hindenburg has written to Herr Groener denouncing the strike of munition worker.He says
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    • 29 7 London, April 21. The Press Bureau says ths Board of Trade, under the Defence of the Rsalm Regulations, prohii its the publication of any new newspaper.
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    • 9 7 Madrid, April 22. Martial law has terminated.
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  • Naval Operations.
    • 413 7 A COSTLY TRIP TO DOVER. London, April 21. The Admiralty reports that last night five German destroyers attempted a raid on Dover. They fired a number of rounds into a ploughed field a few miles from Dover. The enemy then steered in the direction of home, possibly
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    • 157 7 Ymuiden, April 21. The Norwegian relief ship Kongsle, bound for Rotterdam with a cargo of 8,000 tons of wheat was sunk in the so-called safe zone. The second mate is missing. The remaining 34 of the crew, of whom 19 are Americans, were rescued by
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    • 625 7 ADMIRALTY’S STATEMENT. London, April 22. The Admiralty announces that the steamers Donegal and Lanfranc were torpedoed without warning on the evening of April 17th while transporting wounded to British ports. Owing to the German practice of sinking hospital ships it is no longer possible to
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    • 25 7 London, April 22. A Berlin message announces that a great cruiser has been launched and named Mackensen, by order of the Kaiser.
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  • 64 7 London, April 20. The Press Bureau says that Lord Devonport restricts the use of wheat and rye to the purpose of seed or the manufacture of flour. He confines the use of rice and flour delivered and whe’t and rye and rice to purposes of human food.
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  • 1030 8 —<■ S.T." THE TRAINING OF CLERGY AND CATECHISTS. On Wednesday morning at 10 o’clock the clergy assembled in the hall of St. Andrew’s School, when, after the opening prayers, the Bishop called on the Rev. J. Romanis Lee to read a paper on the training of clergy and
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  • 286 8 Singapore, April 19.—1 n a general urvey of quotations we find only slight alterations are necessary to bring our last week’s issue up t &gt; date. Quite a steady busin- ss has been concluded in Rubbers but on the whole seders are mostly in evidence, but as
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  • 389 8 Forty per cent. Distribution for the Year. The final dividend of twenty per cent, declared at the annual meeting of shareh&lt; Hers in the Kapayang Rtbber Estate Co Ltd held at No 3g Peking Road, Shanghai, on April 3, makes the total for the year forty par cent.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 341 8 We beg to announce to the public that we have started a MOTOR CAR SERVICE BETWEEN Butterworth Baling With a fleet of New and Reliable Cars. Orders can be booked at Our Branch Office, Butterworth, ’Phone 836, or at OUR TOWN OFFICE, 'Phone 208. TAfSENG Motor Repairing Co., 61, Burmah
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    • 56 8 ROBBER STAMPS. TTHE PINANG GAZETTE PRESS, Ltd., is now in a position to execute orders for all kinds of Rubber Stamps. •«■•«••••••••••■••••••••■••••••••••••■••■•••■■•••••j PINKETTES prevent morning headaches, cure J j biliousness and constipation. I 50 cents per phial at your druggist’s or direct by mail on re- g ceipt of price
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    • 616 8 Of t J- Just look, Mary, at those Robinsons. Three months as?o they were as thin as you and I. And Robinson says all they have done is Take Sargol and grow fat. HOW THIN PEOPLE MAY PU I ON FLESH. We believe the thinnest man or woman can “fill
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  • 774 9 jj r I) A. M. Brown has returned from SiDgapo r£ Mr B. E- Ross is Actin® as SolicitorGeneral while Mr. A. B. Voules is away on The name Mr Norman Lidstone Lindon dJ to the Commission of the Peace jg a u u f or Singapore.
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  • 956 9 ’—Ex. MAXWELL—SCO IT-BLACKLAW. On Saturday last a very pretty wedding took place in Taiping when Mr. John Maxwell of the Chartered Bank led to the altar Miss Scott-Blacklaw, eldest daughter of Mr. C. Scott-Blacklaw of the F.M.S.R. The bride, who was given away by her father, looked
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • 312 9 [To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette.”] Sir, —On the eve of my departure from Malaya after my first visit thereto I crave space in your hospitable columns in which to express my very deep appreciation of your beautiful country (far exceeding anticipations), the courtesy extended by the
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  • 56 9 The following are the latest quotations in Messrs Kennedy and Co.’s share list Saturday. To day. co od od an Shares. Ji 2 0 CQ 00 M Cfl Rubber (Dollar). Perak River Valley $2.45 $2.55 $2.50 $2.60 cum Scudais *56.95 $7.15 Temerloh 51.27 J $1.35 $1.35 $1.40
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  • 15 9 The following is an additional rubber output for March Bukit Katil lbs. 7,522
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  • 53 9 The Band will play the following programme of music at the Esplanade front 6 p.m. till 7 p.m. 1. Overture Garnivalia ...Williams 2. Two Step The Teddy Bear's Picnic ...Saddler 3. Selection The Girl From Kay'9 ...Karyll 4. Waltz Vicion of Salome Joyce 5. March Sergeants oj
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  • 294 9 A meeting of Penang Chinese, under the auspices of the Chamber of Commerce, was held on Saturday in connection with difficulties that are being experienced under the Income-Tax scheme. Mr. Taik Chee, vice President of the Association presided. After a short discussion, a sub-committee numbering fifteen was appointed
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  • 1120 9 [TODAY IS ST. GEORGE’S DAY] You Lovers of our England, do but look On this dear Country over whose fair face God drooped a bridal veil of tender mist, That she might keep her beauty virginal, And He might see her through a softer glory So very meek and
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  • 583 9 Business for Meeting The following is the business at the meeting of the Municipal Commission to-morrow 1. Minutes of last meeting to be read and confirmed. 2. Any special basiness the President may bring forward. 3. Questions. 4. Some bills to be passed. 5. Administration Report for
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 525 9 THE PENANG SWIMMING CLUB. The April Monthly Medal Competition viz :—4OO yards handicap for A Class and 50 yards for B Class was held at the ■Swimming Club on Sunday morning with the following result; A Class (440 Yds.) Start Nett Times Ist W E MacDonald 180 secs 10’-17” 2nd
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  • 705 10 SPIES EVERYWHERE. Some terrible details concerning life at Constantinople have been secured by the Telegraaf from the subject of a neutral State who arrived in Holland from the Turkish capital. His first words were:— Would to heaven the war were soon ended. It is frightful over there.
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  • 197 10 Volunteers asked For. Under the Coast Defence Volunteers Ordinance 1892 His Excellency the Governor has issued the following order, in a Gazette Extraordinary Whereas by the Coast Defence Volunteers Ordinance, 1892. it is, amongst other things, enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor if and whenever
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  • 445 10 On April 14 the following command orders were published. The General Officer Commanding is commanded by his Excellency the Governor and Commander-in-Cbief to express his pleasure at having a?en the l-4th The King’s (Shropshire Light Infantry) on parade on the sth April, when they presented such
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  • 382 10 Many camps are already occupied by the South African Native Labour Corps in various parts of the war area, says a correspondent. In the ranks of this motionless array, standing rigidly to attention, were splendid looking Zulus, sturdy Basutos from the Northern Transvaal, and deep
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 579 10 Cockle’s ANTIBILIOUS P®*sw ills The greatest of ail old-faskicned remedies now in use. Has outlived all others because it really cures Biliousness and Digestive ills. Try Cockle’s Pills next time. Buy a box to-day and have them handy. Of chemists throuehwit the World. Prias in Engli d a»d 2/9. JAMES
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    • 78 10 isover bicw'ik a juiwiitw* to? «mi advertised article even though you are told 'tie juot as good.” The substitute by its Jaw» to equal worth, demonstrates the superiority of advertised goods. An offer of something just as good ts tribute not only to the high quality of advertised goods, but
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    • 640 10 A HOUSEHOLD NECESSITY. IN the best regulated families the little ills of life will creep in. Some member ot the family circle may occasionally suffer from Biliousness and Indigestion, and one or the other will f roni time to time exhibit the well-known symptoms of Constipation. From these little troubles
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