Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 24 April 1917

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 95. VOL. LXXV. TUESDAY, 24th APRIL, 1917. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      81 1 souanooioaDaDiaanoanaaeoog \X7HEN YOU ARE AWAY S on leave you want to keep g in touch with Malayan affairs, a B Sooial, Commercial, Mining, a Planting, Ac. Thia you can d* O in no better way than by aubscnt,- ing to the Weekly Edition of the g “Pining Gazette.” published every
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    ST. GEORGE’S DAY.
    715 2 FOOTBALL MATCH AT PENANG. With the object of as isting the fund for smokes for soldiers, the Committee of Penang St. George’s Society arranged a football match on St. George’s Day, the game taking place on the Padang between teams captained by Mr E H Syer and
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    Holland's Position
    211 2 The Danger of Invasion What wi l Holland do is the title of a leading article in the Gazette de Hollande,” which goes on to say “The question is not only of vial importance to Holland, but of very great interest to the world at large. It is
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    MINING LANDS SUIT.
    1420 2 TO-DAY'S HEARING. The hearing was resumed this morning before Mr Justice L M Woodward in the Supreme Court, Penang, uf the suit by Mrs D A Donald, widow of Mr G M Donald, against Mr Malcolm Duncan, in connection with mining lands in the Cbenderiang district of
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    The "Ton-for-Ton" Policy.
    214 2 If the proposal of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce that Germany must replace in kind all ships sunk by her submarines or destroyed by enemy mines is imposed upon Germany by the Allies at the Peace Conference, it may be pointed out that the vessels would belong
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    Japanese Wheat For America.
    173 2 His Majesty’s Commercial Attache at Yokohama (Mr. E F. Crowe, C. M. G.) writes, according to the “Japan Times” of Tokio, that the failure of the American wheat crop has created a strong position in the Japanese market. Previous to the outbreak of war Japan imported
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    EXCHANGE.
    121 2 Pbnang, April 24, 1917. (By Courtesy ot the Chartered Bank). London Demand Bank 2/4 1/4 4 months’sight Bank ...2/4 11/16 3 Credit ...2/4 29/32 3 Documentary ...2/4 15/16 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 163 3 days’ sight Private J 67 Bombay Demand Bank „163 Moulmein Demand Bank 162 o 3
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    PRODUCE.
    149 2 Penang, April 24, 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 SHOnom. Mace Pickings $5B sellers. Cloves $4O sellers. Nutmegs 110
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    SHIPPING.
    72 2 CLOSE AT GENERAL POST OFFICE CLEARANCES. To-dat. Indragiri for Deli and Langsa. Pangkor tor Bindings and Sitiawan. Sappho for Teluk Anson. Klang for Port Swettenham and Singapore. MAILS. For Per 0» To-Morrow. Singapore, China and Japan Alor Star (Kedah) Aing Thye l Alor Star (Kedah) Lian Choo 8»Langkat (via
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    COMING EVENTS.
    77 2 April 24.—Empire Theatre, 915 p.m. April 24.—Bostock’s Royal Italian H Dato Kraniat Gardens. April 25.—Birthday of Yang di (Government Holiday m Sembilan.) April 26. —Penang Chamber of Com® Special General Meeting, 3 p-®- I May 28.—Whit Monday. Government Holiday. April 28.—Kampong Kamunting ging, Limited, General Kamunting, Taiping, nooD
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      29 2 Manila Tafs (Red Patch) I Superior quality British- 1113 I labels, in three sizes, can I supplied at $1.50, $3 and $3.50 per 1,000. I PINANG GAZETTE PRESS, I
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      181 2 'p- M P I R F THEATRE Business Manager THOMAS SHAFTO. THE SENSATION OF PENANG! THE SENSATION OF PENAN? LIBERTY OR LOVE’S BATTLEFIELD MILLION DOLLARS SPECTACLE UNIVERSALS J M LL O N DOLLARS SPECTACLE. Love’s Battlefield a picture of quite unparalleled magnitude.” A magnificent, thrilling and awe inspiring spectacle. 1
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    THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION.
    1339 3 LIGHT ON PREVIOUS EVENTS. To anybody who has had the opportunity of studying the Russian newspapers for the last few years and of noting how public opinion has been growing more and more embittered and outspoken against the regime which has jnst been displaced, the revolution comes
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    Sir Percy Sykes.
    419 3 Sir Percy Sykes, whose march of a thousand miles through Persia in circumstances of the most arduous and in some places of a perilous character was described in the House of Lords, was for a long time British consul in Kerman. He baa in his day gone
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    Where to Stay.
    25 3 Penang :—Tbe E. <fc O. Hotel, Tbe Crag Runnymede Hotel. Singapore :—Baffles Hotel. Rangoon --—Strand Hotel. SINDANGLAJA PRE ANGER, JAVA Grand Hotel.
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      972 3 WANTED. WAR-TAX ORDINANCE, niCTURE PIANIST, must be first- 1917. J da»?. Lady or Gentleman, previous eX neiience essentia', good salary to ;O iub e applicant. Apply to the Members of the public MANAGER, Empire Theatre. w fj Ose yearly inCODie 492- 25 4 from all sources whether WANTED IMMEDIATELY. arising
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      386 3 1 Debility I h When you feel limp and washed out, weary n f and fatigued with no inclination for exertion— U A your body is in a run-down condition—you are A g debilitated. You need something to put fresh 5 g go” into you —you need a fortnight’s Iron
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    RUSSIA AND GERMANY.
    1167 4 Representatives of the Russian armies in the field and of the Workmen's and Soldiers’ Council appear to be unusually active at conferences and meetings. The aims and objects of the Council are by no means clearly defined, but it is satisfactory to find that that body, which
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    HERE AND THERE.
    981 4 The appointment of Talaat Pasha as Grand Vizier in place of j Germany and Prince Said Halim created Grand cona i(j era ble sensation ,Z,er in Germany. The Press, however, was no% allowed to go into details, but the following from the Berliner Tageblatt throws some light
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    AYER KUNING RUBBER ESTATE, LTD.
    165 4 An extraordinary general meetiog o f Ayer Kuning Rubber Estate, Ltd 9 held at the registered offices of thecoujpf 1 No 9, Beach Street, Penang, yesterday A F Goodrich (Chairman of the presided, and the others present Messrs A Stephen Anthony, C W Barum G
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    LOCAL SHARE MARKET.
    48 4 The following are the latest quotation in Messrs Kennedy and Co.’s share list Yesterday. To-day. Shabm. SI I, S "o M 00 x Rubber (Dollar). 8.-Jelotong 70c 72|c 75c 80c Mining. Tongkah H. $l3 sl3j sl2| sl3} ei General. Straits T. $37 s37j s36} s37}
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    TIN PRICES.
    33 4 To-day’s quotation for unrefined tin it Penang was $lO2 75 per picul, busines done—an increase of $1.25 Tin is quoted in London to-day i: £214 15s spot, and £215 three months
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    PENANG GOLF CLUB.
    92 4 CALCUTTA MEDAL. COMPEIITIO.VI RESULT. Winner S!: j Mr WS Goldie 42 41 83- 6=’!l Mr FA Pledger... 49 53= 102-24='!| Dr J Gray 54 47=101-20=!1| Mr S H Langston 52 47= 99—18--'I Mr M D Rutley 41 +43 84 ecr=?l| Mr G B Fitzgerald 47 50= 9"—
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    APRIL MONTHLY MEDAL COMPETITION.
    97 4 Winner Mr WS Goldie 42 +4l 83Mr F A Pledger 49 +53 102—24 Dr J Gray 54 +47 101-20-'; Mr S H Langston 52 47= 99 Mr M D Rutley 41+ 43= 84 ecr Mr G B Fitzgerald 47 50= 97- 9=» The following also played—but
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    P.C.C. Bowls Tournaments.
    68 4 The following ties have been fixe u 1 Tbursdav Teams of Four—Chalmers, HoaJ Smith, Houston v Allan, Sharpe, Muir (3). J Single Handicap—D J Robertson Lindley (1); RS Pentney v J Dick Friday Teams of Four—Fitzgerald. B ‘•I Harries, Forrest v Lindley, bick, e I son, Owen
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      WAR PENSIONS.
      61 4 [To the Editor of the b J Sir—l shall feel much your readers will kindly let me the medium of the “Pinang Gaze t‘ J prn-ions and allowances are and children of all ranks from LB P Q)f piivates, belonging to the new are killed at the Front
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      40 4 “E. O.” Latest Music by the “E. O.” Orchestra everyday during and after dinner and on Wednesdays and Saturdays during Tiffin. Pinang Gazette Press, LIMITED. TELEPHONES. Printing Works Manager and J Cashier’s Office 498 Managing Editor 477 Editor’s Residence 221
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      38 4 THE TIDES. The following are the tides for to-day and to-morrow, Penang Standard Times High Water. Low Water. To-day. 1.34 a.m. 8.19 a.m. 1.40 p.m. 8.10 p.m. To-morrow. 2.06 a.m. 8 10 a m. 2.09 p.m. 8.53 p.m.
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    BRITISH THRUST.
    191 5 ATTACK on wide front. MAUDE NEARING SAMARRA, THE hospital ship incidents. the gbeek situation. On the French front, the French have been leB9 active, and they were principally engaged in repu’sing strong German attacks in Champagne east of Rh?ims, which has been the object of a farther heavy
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      THE BRITISH PRESSURE.
      642 5 [Reuter’s Telegrams.l LATEST PROGRESS. London, April 23. Field Marshal Haig reports further progress ea*t of Havrincourt wood. We carried the southern portion of Trescault village. Sharp fighting took place all day southeast of Loos. Ground was gained and prisoners were taken. There was con a iderable air
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      The Belgian Deportations.
      51 5 London, April 23. The State Department has published a report from Mr. Whitlock, the ex-Minister in Belgium, on the Belgian deportations. He says the Germ»ns have lighted an inextinguishable fire of hatred among the Belgians by a cold, calculated deed, so cruelly execu'ed that even German soldiers
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      Von Bissing’s Successor.
      19 5 Amsterdam, April 23. A Berlin message states that General Falkenhausen has been appointed Gover-nor-General of Belgium.
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  • Turkey and the Near East.
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      THE TIGRIS.
      158 5 GENERAL MAUDE’S ADVANCE ON SAMARRA. London, April 22. A Mesopotamia official report says The enemy force which General Maude defeated and practically wiped out on April 18th was the Turkish detachment on the left bank of the Tigris holding the Shatt-el Adhaim line, not, as previously cabled, on
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  • Russia.
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      Russian Minister's Advice.
      172 5 Petrograd, April 23 The Russian Minister, M. Gutchkoff, en route for Rumania, received delegates of the Russian armies operating in Rumania. He exhorted the soldiers upon the necessity for fighting to the last. The Russian Political Situation. Petrograd, April 23. The situation as between the Provisional Government
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  • The Balkans.
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      THE GREEK IRREGULARS.
      94 5 ARMED AND ORGANISED BY TINO.” London, April 23. Some light was thrown on the Greek situation in the House of Commons by Lord Robert Cecil, when rep'ying to a question. He admitted that it had been proved that the irregulars who were guilty of depredations against the
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    The Imperial War Conference.
    172 5 BROAD STANDPOINTS ADOPTED London, April 23. Reuter is informed that the Imperial War Conference is expected to conclude its labours during the current week. AU the Dominion representatives have been extremely busy attending sub committees, be sides the conference and Cabinet meetings. An excellent spirit prevailed
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  • Naval Operations.
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      NAVAL RAIDS.
      272 5 THE GERMAN STORY. London, April 23. The German official version of the Dover raids says the German vessels advanced to wards the mouth of the Thames. Light forces effectively fired 650 shots at short range at Dover and Calais fortresses. Calais was unguarded and the Dover outpost vessel
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      The Lanfranc.
      375 5 DISGRACEFUL BEHAVIOUR BY GERMANS. London, April 23 Members of the crew of the Lanfranc (6,287 tons of Liverpool, which was sunk when carrying wounded) interviewed, said the first warning was the explosion of the torpedo at eight in the evening in MidChannel. The ship lurched and the stern
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      The War on Hospital Ships.
      26 5 London, April 22. Rsuter announces a cirrection to the effect that one of the torpedoed hospital ships retained the distinctive marking.
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      Germany’s sea "VALOUR."
      676 5 •—ffx. German sailors as we now know them and as the world to-day knows them, have placed themselves outside the pale of the world’s honest and manly seafarers. Never was there a more scathing indictment of the mariners of any nation than the authoritative announcement that was
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      Wooden Ships from Canada.
      24 5 London, April 23. The Canadian Government are lending the Imperial Government Munition Board £2,000,000 to build wooden ships in Canada.
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  • General News.
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      MR. BALFOUR AT WASHINGTON.
      215 5 Washington, April 23. Mr. Balfour and the rest of the British Mission have arrived here, and were received by Mr. Lansing and Sir C. Spring Rice* They received an ovation from the crowds and the city was beflagged with the Allied colours. U.S. Appreciation ot the
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      U-BOAT WAR DISLIKED IN HUNGARY.
      278 5 In Hungary, putting aside the mouthings of the more or less official papers and the Conservative papers, it is instructive to note the coolness and doubt with which the democratic press has received the new turn in the political situation. The Vilag,” for instance, still
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      Argentine and the Allies.
      58 5 Buenos Aires, April 23. An immense meeting of a most orderly and enthusiastic nature passed a resolution protesting against submarinism and supporting the Allies. A procession of a hundred thousand sang the Marseillaise and cheered the United States and the other Allies at the Embassies and
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      Sarah Bernhardt III.
      21 5 London, April 23. Madame Sarah B -rnhardt has been operated on for kidney trouble and is seriously ill.
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      The Silver Market.
      17 5 London, April 18. Silver is at There are small supplies, with a firm market.
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    Our ‘Elegant’ Army.
    433 5 Impressions of French Writer at the Front. M. Paul Birault, editor of the Bulletin des Armees,” the Official Organ of the French Army, writes in a Home paper In the course of my visit to the British front I bad the opportunity of seeing a tank that
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    An Imperial Parliament.
    263 5 Forecast by the New Zealand Premier. Mr. Massey, Prime Minister of New Zealand, addressed a meeting under the auspices of the Imperial Mission at the Rojal Automobile Club. Referring to the forthcoming Imperial Conference, to meet shortly in London, he said the proposal had been accepted with
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    BOWDY BENNERS.
    1195 6  -  BY PATRICK MacGILL. (Author of Children of the Dead End,” The Rat Pit,’' “The Great Push,” Ac., &c.) [All Rights Reserved.] Night was falling on No Man’s Land which lay out in front of the sector, a shell-scarred spread of drab ground set off in its ghastly array
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    WITH THE Y.M.C.A.
    736 6 ON THE HEELS OF THE ARMY INTO BAGHDAD. Letter from a Y. M. 0. A. worker at the front in Mesopotamia says Just after dark we passel Sunniyat, where, as you know, there has b en so much desperate fighting for nearly twelve months. The place was
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    A New Device?
    210 6 German Tricks on the British Front. In a review of the position in the West, the military correspondent of the Nieuwe Cour ant foreshadowed the attacks of the Allies against the lines of the Germans. Under the strain of the onslaught the massed troops and munitions will
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    THE TIGRIS CAMPAIGN.
    673 6 SIR A. LAWLEY’S VISIT. Madras, April llth Sir Arthur Lawley, who had been on a visib to Mesopotamia, has arrived in Madras and accorded an interview to a representative of the Madras Mail” who called on him at Government House. He said ;“I went from Basra to
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    Cruel Treatment of Belgian Slaves
    416 6 Some fresh details of the shocking treatment of Belgian deportees in Germany have been received by the Belgian Government. The report comes from a number of men escaped from Germany. After detailing how all men from 17 to 55 years of age in their village,
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    What Turkey is Costing Germany.
    435 6 Bx. Teutonic Paper Finance. Amsterdam, March 5.—A Constantinople telegram states that in opening the general debate on the Budget for the new year, the Turkish Minister of Finance said that the advances which Germany had made, together with those which she would make up to
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      20 6 RUBBER-STAMPS. r pHE PINANG GAZETTE PRESS, Ltd., is now in <•. position to execute orders for all kinds of Rubber Stamps.
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      195 6 RELIEF FROM DYSPEPSIA. All conditions of depressed vitality tend to disturb the processes of digestion. Thin, weak blood affects directly and at once the great processes of nutrition. Not only is the action of the gastric and intestinal glands diminished but the muscular action of the stomach is weakened Nothing
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    SHARE REPORT.
    409 7 Messrs Baker Morgan Co., Ltd., Kuala, Limpur, report as follows on April 21st:— Tbe vo hnne of business during the past week ha*, been pretty well maintained on a level vith the latter half of the previous week, i.e the week following Easter when there was quite a
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    RUBBER DISEASE.
    182 7 The Mycological division of the Madras Department of Agriculture has issued instructions to planters with a view to the consol of rubber disease. They are advised to remove from their trees all dead branches and the dead diseased fruits of the last year’s crop in order to lessen
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    As the Germans See It.
    355 7 Art the Kaiser’s only Recreation. In spite of the German Emparor’s love of publicity, it is not o r ten that so full an account of an interview with him is published as the one which ba< recently appeared in the German press under the
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    THE GERMAN SWISS.
    478 7 “THE REASON WHY.” A special correspondent, who paid special attention to German Switzerland daring his recent tour, explains why the German Swiss apart from their speaking German, are mostly pro-Hun. In Geneva, he says, I was told that the authorities had prohibited the exhibition of the French
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    Over the Parapet.
    242 7 Preaching at St. Peter’s, Hatton garden, on the subject of Life won through death,” the Bishop of Birmingham, Dr Wakefield, said that war had brought us up against the great realities, and much of our supei ficial and hasty summing-up of the meaning of true ii r
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    Belgian Relief Ships.
    173 7 The outlook for the Neutral Relief Committee and kindred organisations working for Belgium is causing grave anxiety. I understand from an official that at no period of the war has greater indignation been aroused than that created by the apparent determination of Germany to carry her orgy
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    LOG BOOK
    1237 7 The Colombo offices of the P. and O. are being re-constructed and enlarged with a view to having the Madura Company’s office staff transferred there. The P. and O. and 8.1. companies being amalgamated, the arrangement will conduce to greater convenience. The same arrangement has already been effected
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    The German Medical School at Shanghai.
    495 7 Recently the French Police took charge of the German Medical School in the French Concession. Toe matter was carried through under rhe personal supervision of M Schmitt, the Superintendent of the French Police. The masters were informed that they would have to leave and
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