Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 10 May 1917
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Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle
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Title Section20 1917-05-10 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 109. VOL. LXXV. THURSDAY, 10th MAY, 1917. PRICE 10 CENTS.20 words
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Advertisement1015 1917-05-10 1 (0 p D oDDnnoDODDDDnnDanDaDDD C j” WANTED g o RUBBER CONSrONMENTS g h>r our bi-weekly auction sales, and private sales. Cash Ad- c vaiices made. g eqnF KS FOR ESTATE SUPPLIES. C tJo7>T>S for forwarding to any Q 2 r art of the world. g c pireINSCBANCE business. ALLEN DENNYS1,015 words
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Advertisement84 1917-05-10 1 ■□aaaaoßoaDaDßaaaoaoaaßDaß XX 7 HEN YOU ABE AWAY 8 V V on leave you want to keep in touch with Malayan affairs, b Social, Commercial,! Mining, 5 Planting, &c. Thia you can dft a a in no better way than by aubscrib- ing to the Weekly Edition of the a g84 words
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Article1022 1917-05-10 2 According to official reports the gross profits of Danish steamship companies in 1916 amounted to Kr. 380,000,000, as compared with Kr. 102,000,000 in 1913. The net profits were Kr. 163,000,000, against Kr. 10,000,000, or Kr. 13,000,000 greater than the total capital of all the companies. Dutch advices state1,022 words
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Advertisement1494 1917-05-10 2 PINANG GAZETTE. WANTED IMMEDIATELY. NOTICE. Rates for E x d RI BooK D K EEm< labour code, 1912. f.m.s. Casual Advertisements. B o t ”g“^a n g*»g7 '«i** immigrationfum>ordinance wn? .er emiiTinuc uiniuT rrn married or single and full particulars aa to t^ MPL OYERS of Indian labour are FOR1,494 words
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Advertisement228 1917-05-10 2 I “BUICK’ i OARS. F" />■■■ 1N design PERFECT I INMATERIAL The Greatest Triumph in Modern Automobile Engineering. 1 NEW SHIPMENT ARRIVING. 1 SEASUN Co., I 0 Agents: Penang P. W. I Green island cement co., im j PORTLAND CEMENT In Casks and Drums of 375 lbs. net In Bags228 words
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Article1751 1917-05-10 3 b Y GEORGE BERNARD SHAWas is likely enough, you are in a less moral muddle about the war, you 1 ye curious as to how they reconcile it U t ]i their conscience at the front to heap I th on destruction in the amazing1,751 words
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Article733 1917-05-10 3 [By a Correspondent The Fall of Baghdad Baghdad occupied by the English It is difficult for the Allies to realise how these words, representing to them only an incident, however satisfactory, in the Great War, inflict a mortal wound on the hopes of Germany. Notwithstanding their733 words
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Article193 1917-05-10 3 A Bill has been introduced to institute Summer time again in Holland. It is proposed to put forward the legal time one hour between April 16 and September 17. According to Article 2 of the Bill, when the clocks on April 16 indicate the hour of193 words
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Article347 1917-05-10 3 In bis annual report on the Straits Settlements for the year 1916, the Colonial Secretary, the Hon Mr F S James, C M G says The statistics of crime continue to show a diminution in the number of offences reported to the police. Decreases are shown347 words
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Article1148 1917-05-10 3 A PERPLEXING PROBLEM. One of the most perplexing questions created by the war is certainly the position of naturalised persons, and the anomalies of the British law of nationality have raised repeatedly cases of difficulty which have come before the courts and the military tribunals. The1,148 words
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Article109 1917-05-10 3 The accounts of Tekka-Taiping, Ltd, for the year ended October 30, 1916, show a profit of £48,273. Four dividends of la per share have been paid, absorbing £12,991, and the directors have decided to write off for depreciation on plant the sum of £14,657, and to carry forward the109 words
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Article117 1917-05-10 3 Pinang, May 10, 1917; (By Courtesy ot ths Chartered Bank}, London Demand Bank ...2/4 1/4 4 months' sight Bank ...2/4 11/16 3 Credit ...2/4 27/32 3 Documentary ...2/4 7/8 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 3 days’ sight Private Bombay Demand Bank Moulmein Demand Bank o 3 days* sight Private k§.117 words
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Advertisement187 1917-05-10 3 The BODEGA THE RENDEZ VOUS OFJI PENANG. If you wish for a private talk or a business confab, is there a Club or Hotel where you can have it The Bodega is the only place where you can get a quiet drink in a comfortably furnished private room. The Bodega187 words
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Page 3 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous56 1917-05-10 3 WAR CARTOON. •nr 1 fr<»« -i&ijp&X Q j rf w»l IrH A@BRyyW|M»a|fcLri. I* STATUS QUO W —y. yJ ”I' (The KatsaF* Peace offer eaynletae that tfea chiaf fl •V roDtaetia* aationx most Win thaeame pcritioßaa-tafcaa z«cS3fc 2J the nr Ho» thee will wart wth the fraffbe dceaao* Aa-'««r* Jr»"-/*«*&-. <56 words
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Article824 1917-05-10 4 Mr James Ryan, late of Ceylon, is visit Ing Malaya. Mr C C Haslewood, of the Rumbia Division of Pegoh Estate, is in hospital suffering from fever. Mr and Mrs W H Jones, of Union Estate, Malacca, are shortly leaving on a three montty’ holiday trip to824 words
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Article1079 1917-05-10 4 CLAIM AND COUNTERCLAIM. The hearing commenced in the District Court, Penang, before Mr R D Acton, yesterday afternoon, of the suit Chin Seng and Co, motor-car repairers and motor accessories suppliers, versus A H Weston, Manager, Bukit Slarong Estate, Lunas, in which the plaintiffs claim $266.29 alleged1,079 words
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Article386 1917-05-10 4 FAREWELL DINNER AT SUNGEI PAT AN I. A farewell dinner to Mr C F K Moore Manager of Muda Rubber Co. was given at Sungei Patani Resthouse on Saturday last by his comrades of the S. P. Volunteers and other friends. Mr F B Sewel was in386 words
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Article107 1917-05-10 4 Field Operations will be held on Sunday, 13th May, for the purposes of these operations the Penang Vo’unteers, less Veteran Company and Cadets, will form the Defence Force. The Alarm will be assumed to have been fired at 7 a.m. and the members of Defence Force will parade107 words
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Article44 1917-05-10 4 The following subscriptions have received by the Chartered Bank. By Balance on May 2 $1,672.96 R Ryves 20.00 H de Z Lancaster monthly” 25 00 J M Ghis*a 5.00 By Balance on May 8 $1,722.96 Amount previously acknowledged ...$30,727.73 Total ...$32,450.6944 words
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Article75 1917-05-10 4 With the approval of Major J Sellar, O.C. Troops, Penang, the Malay Volunteer Coy will produce Shakespeare’s play Othello at the Kuala Kangsar Theatre on Saturday, May 17th, at 9p m. The accommodation may prove insufficient, as the performance is for one night only’” and it is75 words
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Article53 1917-05-10 4 The ties played yesterday resulted Championship—W Houston beat H Smith 21—16 J M Chalmers (D) walkover from R S Pentney. Teams of Four—J G Allan, W K Sharpe, H Starr, and H Muir beat F M Sharrock, L E Slowe, E J Bennett, and R53 words
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Article854 1917-05-10 4 JUDGMENT IN PARTNERSHIP CASE. Judgment was delivered this afternoon in the Supreme Court, Penang, by Mr. Justice L M Woodward, Senior Puisne Judge, in the suit, beard last month, brought by Mrs D A Donald, widow of Mr G M Donold, against Mr Malcolm Duncan, in connection854 words
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Advertisement510 1917-05-10 4 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. |p ewaß Sales GOVERNMENT NOTICE. ®v Public Aucw Straits Settlements 6% War Loan. At 38t Beacl) 8t INTEREST for the first half- On Thursd ay. th e 17th May,’| 9 I AT 11 A.M u i year in the above loan will be A Hotor Launch in paid510 words
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Miscellaneous146 1917-05-10 4 1 At Penang’s Popular Play-House- Where Everybody Goes EMPIRE To-night! To-night 11 and special matinee FOR CHILDREN. EVERY SATURDAY AT 5 p.m. See BLOOD’S DEBT IN (5) FIVE BIG PARTS. Presented by the famous MALINO FILM Co., Superb Acting, Powerful Situations, Colossal Moment?, Mastodonic Climaxes and a Tremendous Story, Other146 words
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Article1044 1917-05-10 5 DEVASTATION BY THE GERMANS. Mr Percival Phillips says Peronne is an ct lesson of Garman destructiveness, D 1 I fou Q d ulßn y evidences of wanton and Jtuvid attempts by the garrison to do as *j U ch damage as possible and anger the French by1,044 words
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Article348 1917-05-10 5 VICTIM OF VERONAL WHILE IN INTERNMENT. An inquest was held at Holloway Prison on Emma Charlotte Ahlers, 46, whose husband, formerly German Consul at Sunderland, is now interned. In December 1914 he was sentenced to death on a charge of high treason, but the conviction was quashed on348 words
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167 1917-05-10 5 A State Department bulletin confirms the report that Mr. Brand Whitlock, American Minister in Brussels, has been recalled from Belgium, and will continue his duties at Havre, the provisional seat of the Belgian Government. All American re lief workers in Belgium are likewise withdrawn,167 words
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179 1917-05-10 5 Further particulars are received through the Czech Press Bureau of the escape of General Kornilofi, the new Commandant of the Petrograd district, from AustroHungarian captivity. It appears that General Korniloff escaped with the help of a Czecho-Slovak soldier named Mrniak, who piloted the General179 words
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Article915 1917-05-10 5 MEANING OF THE WAR. A review of “The Issue” by J W Headlam, m.a. London (Constable and Co) says Mr Headlam writes with authority on German policy. The bulk of it consists of a critical exposition of the conceptions of German policy which have been set out915 words
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Article502 1917-05-10 5 GERMAN COMMENTS. The reduction of the bread ration in Germany is now admitted by other leading newspapers to be a very serious matter. Tn a long article on the subject the Frankfurter Zeitung says that the announcement now published by the authorities has greatly surprised and profoundly502 words
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Advertisement277 1917-05-10 5 —*l THE MIRROR SHOWS PLAINER THAN WORDS WHAT A WONDERFUL IMPROVEMENT MAY BE REALISED BY A GAIN OF EVEN 10 OR 12 POUNDS. We strongly recommend every man and and woman reader of this paper, who is thin, pale, weak or run down, or who has lost his or her277 words
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Advertisement309 1917-05-10 5 TOURING CAR $2,600 Complete with Spare Rim and Tyre. Electric Lights, Electric Starter. High Tension Magneto. J The Big Brown Car Here is a big, fine-looking Overland touring car, perfectly appointed and completely equipped, that gives you more for your money than any other car of like specifications in the309 words
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Article1149 1917-05-10 6 Mr. Balfour’s advice to America that the solation of the present world crisis can only be reached after hard fighting would not come as a surprise to the United States, which has definitely adhered bo the view of the Allies by taking up arms and agreeing1,149 words
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Article1369 1917-05-10 6 Mr. A. J. Balfour, at Washington, s ated bis conviction that The Germany would not win Submarines. by submarines that the war would not be settled by the sinking of neutral shfs and the drowning of women and children. “It will be settled by hard fighting.” In1,369 words
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Article362 1917-05-10 6 To-day’s quotation for unrefined tin it Penang was $106.50 per picul buiiow done. A Peking telegram says it decided to es u abli*h a branch of the Bids of China in Hongkong. The Free Press says it is a matter i regret that it appears likely there vine362 words
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Advertisement174 1917-05-10 6 DUNLOP TYRES. TO MOTORISTS Gentleman —When f you purchase a “Dunlop ’’Tyre you obtain a Tyre manufactured by the Company that was the original inventor of the Pneumatic Tyre and has had nearly 30 years experience nHaH| /MMmMMS manufacturer JjHBBMMHy get the fl original Dunlop figggjjy" Tyres. »Eni J Jresb174 words
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Advertisement42 1917-05-10 6 “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. 5 TELEPHONES, Printing Works Manager and JJ Cashier’s Office 498 Managing Editor 477 5 Editor’s Residence 22142 words
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Miscellaneous43 1917-05-10 6 THE TIDES. The following are the tides for to day and to-morrow, Penang Standard Times High Water. Low Water. To-day. 1.56 a.m, 7.58 a m. 2.06 p.m. 8.46 p.m. To MORROW. 2.36 a m. 8 33 a m. 2.41 p.m. 9 28 p.m.43 words
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Article168 1917-05-10 7 fierce fighting at FRESNOY. ADVANCE IN MACEDONIA. RUSSIANS ACTIVE. Sir Douglas Haig reports the repulse of strong euemv attacks south-tast of Lens, where the enemy, attacking with twc divisions, were able to re gain the village of Fresnoy, four and a half miles south-east of Lens and eight168 words
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France and Belgium.
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Article, Illustration540 1917-05-10 7 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] INCIDENT AT BULLECOURT. London, May 9. Reuter’s correspondent at Headquarters says last evening Scottish troops carried out a daring raid into the heart of Bullecourt, taking 30 prisoners, mostly of the 207th Division, providing evidence that two divisions of German Guaids, who were previously opposite[Reuter’s Telegrams.] - 540 words
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Article228 1917-05-10 7 FEATURES OF PRESENT OFFENSIVE. London, May 9. In the House of Commons Mr Bonar Law, referring to the west front, said the rapidity of the attack had forestalled the enemy, who had to fight in the open with heavy losses before the trenches, which they had not228 words
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Article92 1917-05-10 7 SIR D. HAIG’S APPRECIATION. London, May 9. The Press Bureau says Field Marshal Haig has written to Dr Adison, the Minister of Monitions, stating that the Army daring the recent operations appreciated the efforts of the workers to supply guns, rifles, ammunition and tanks. He knows he92 words
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Article33 1917-05-10 7 London, May 9. H. R. H. Prince Albert has passed for active service. [A Reuter message dated May sth stated that Prince Albert had been appointed a TJeuteuant on H.M.S. Malaya.]33 words
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Article40 1917-05-10 7 London, May 9. In connection with a London evening paper’s report that the Ambassador in Petrograd, Sir George Buchanan, is returning to England, Reuter is informed that there is not a word of truth in the report40 words
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Russia.
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Article440 1917-05-10 7 SOCIALISTS’ PEACE PROPOSALS. Petrograd, May 8. At a meeting of the Executive of the Workmen’s and Soldiers’ Delegates, M. Borgbjerg, representing the Labour parties of Scandinavia, transmitted the peace terms proposed by the German Socialist Party Majority Group, namely, the right of freedom for national development compulsory440 words
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Article56 1917-05-10 7 Tokio, April 17. —The Russian Embassy in Tokio has received from Petrograd the following resolution of the Provisional Government of Russia: All Russians who have avoided to comply with their duties in regard to military service for their country will be exempt from punishment if they return56 words
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Article, Illustration231 1917-05-10 7 The Manager of the Shanghai Branch of the Russo-Asiatic Bank announces that subscriptions to the Russian 5 per cent Liberty Loan will remain open up till June 13/26. The price of issue is 85 per cent, and the loan is free of income and other taxes.231 words
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Turkey and the Near East.
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Article27 1917-05-10 7 THE RUSSIAN ADVANCE. London, May 9. A Russian communique reports Our advance guards crossed the Diala north-west of Khanikin, but Turkish counter-attacks compelled them to return.27 words
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Article38 1917-05-10 7 ALLIED ATTACKS. London, May 9 A German report declares that the enemy attacked at numerous points between Lake Prespa and Lake Doiran and that repeated assaults heavily broke dowu. The bitterest fighting was in the Cerna salient.38 words
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Article27 1917-05-10 7 Salonika, May 9. A demonstration by 40,000 people, presided over by the Mayor of Salonika, demanded the deposition of King Constantine and the Dynasty.27 words
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Naval Operations.
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Article105 1917-05-10 7 ADMIRALTY STATEMENT. London, May 9. In the House of Commons Dr. Macnamara s’ated that since January Ist fifteen British ships had been reported overdue of which there was no information The Admiralty was taking *ll possible steps to accelerate the entry of foodships to ports. The Admiralty’s105 words
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Article34 1917-05-10 7 MISSING BOAT PICKED UP. London, May 9. The missing boat of the American steamer Rockingham has been picked up by an outward steamer. The 14 occupants were foodless for days aud famishing.34 words
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120 1917-05-10 7 Newport, R. 1., March 20. —The trapping of two German submarines was reported tonight by Captain E. L. Smith of the American steamer Alaskan, which arrived to-day from La Pallice, France, for New York, according to the pilot who brought the ship into the harbour.120 words
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Article142 1917-05-10 7 THE WAY TO VICTORY. Washington, May 9. Mr. Balfour, General Bridges and RearAdmiral De Chair were received in the Senate, and were accorded a great ovation. They were subsequently given a luncheon by the Vice-President. Mr. Balfour, in a speech to the Senate, said Germany blundered in142 words
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Article65 1917-05-10 7 A BIG PROGRAMME. Washington, May 9. Congress will be asked to appropriate £200,000,000 to build American merchant ships to overcome the submarinism. The Shipping Board is proposing that the Government take over all steel mills and the cancellation of private contracts. The Shipping Board estimates that 5,000,000 to65 words
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Article18 1917-05-10 7 New York, May 9. The Steel Corporation has subscribed £5,000 000 to the Liberty Loan.18 words
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Article188 1917-05-10 7 TEA AND COCONUTS. London, May 9. The Board of Referees has fixed the statutory percentage under the Excess Profits Duty at 8 and 9 for tea companies and firms respectively in the Dutch East Indies, and 10 and 11 for coconut companies and firms respectively in the188 words
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Article415 1917-05-10 7 Rapid Government Preparations. [The following telegram from the American Embassy, London, dated May 1, at 6.50 p.m. To the American Legation at Bangkok, Siam, was received on May 3, at 9.00 a.m.] The administration bill providing for the raising of a great American army last415 words
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Article219 1917-05-10 7 FIVE HUNDRED MILLIONS London, May 9. In the House of Commoos Mr. Bonar Law, introducing the vote of credit of 500,000,000 sai i this was the largest sum ever asked for in a single vote. Expenditure recently had exceeded the estimate. The average daily expenditure at219 words
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Article38 1917-05-10 7 BRITISH EXPORT STOPPED. The Hague, May 9. The Dutch Oversea Trust has been informed by Great Britain that no farther export licenses for cotton can be granted, in view of the domestic requirements of Britain.38 words
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Article13 1917-05-10 7 London, May 8. The silver market is featureless and quiet.13 words
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Article100 1917-05-10 7 Tbe following are the latest quotations in Messrs. Kennedy and Co.’s share list Yesterday. To-day. 0D S-. M M M Shabis >. s o’® o BJ 00 M V) Rubber (Dollar). Balgownie ss| $6 $6 s6| Glenealy s2| $2.60 Tapah $2O $2l s2oj $2l United M $1.20100 words
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Article64 1917-05-10 7 Messrs. Allen Dennys Co. advise that at their sale No. 279th tbe undermentioned prices were realised for rubber sold by auction Smoked ribbed sheet $145 to $153 plain 120 123 No 2S. sheet diamond 128 139 Unsmoked sheet 127 No 2 unsmoked sheet 120 126 Crepe fine64 words
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Article46 1917-05-10 7 \From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, May 10. At the auctions 986 packages were catalogued, and there was a fairly good demand especially for brown dark crepes. The demand fell off later. Fine pale and smoked sheet realised $154, plain smoked $136, unsmoked $132.46 words
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Article48 1917-05-10 7 [From Our Own Singapore, May 10. Mr. A. Williamson, of the Asiatic Motor Works, will be charged on a coroner's warrant with causing the death of a Chinaman by a rash act. The accused knocked down a Chinaman in Stamford Road, tbe man dying.48 words
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Article563 1917-05-10 8 FEELING AMONG THE NATIVES. The varying opinions and currents of feeling amongst the natives of Netherlands India, regarding the great question of the Colony’s defence, are dealt with by the Nieawe Courant in connection with the arrival in Holland recently of a native deputation charged563 words
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Article167 1917-05-10 8 An audience of several thousand men and women gave a hearty reception to Mr Neville Chamberlain when he attended the Sun Hall, Liverpool, to explain the necessities of the National Service scheme. Referring to the submarine menace, Mr Chamberlain said the spirit of Nelson still lived in167 words
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Article119 1917-05-10 8 The following is an official communication from the Belgian Legation, Bangkok. The British Foreign Office issued on January 19, 1917, the following: In the communication of the German Government to the Neutral Powers published on January 13 the following statement is made “At is known that in119 words
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Article570 1917-05-10 8 RESOURCES OF THE EMPIRE. A paper was read recently at the Apart" ments of the Geological Society, London, by Dr C Gilbert Culiis, Professor of Economic Mineralogy in the Imperial College of Science and Technology, on The Mineral Resources of the British Empire with regard to the570 words
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Article128 1917-05-10 8 OFFICIAL MINUTES. Minutes of a meeting of the Municipal Commissioners held on Tuesday, the 24th April, 1917. Present :—Messrs. W. Peel (President), A M. Goodman and Yeoh Guan Seok. Absbkt :—Messrs. A. F. Goodrich. Qnah Beng Kee, F. Duxbury, and Chee Wor Lok. 1. The minutes of the128 words
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Article79 1917-05-10 8 Several of the German States, including Saxony, Baden, and the Mecklenburg, Grand Duchies, have now passed laws entitling any German girl henceforth to be known as Frau (Mrs) whose fiance is definitely known to have fallen in action. Proof only requires to be furnished that a bona-fide betrothal79 words
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Article183 1917-05-10 8 Penang, May 10, 1917. Beef—ct». Soup per catty 16 Roast 24 Steaks 24 Stew or Curry Meat 18 Rump Steak 24 Ox Tail each 30 Tongue 45 I eet Heart 40 Liver per catty 64 Pork— Pork per catty 48 Pig’s Head 20 Feet 27 Tongue 38 Mutton—183 words
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Advertisement210 1917-05-10 8 •0000#000<000#000<000#000®000>000>0000>0000$ firestonel R 0 2 FRESH STOCKS o V| JUST ARRIVED o pal 0 8 ///I MORE MILES g W' g 2 o o AGENTS: 0 2 0 BRINKMANN Co., Singapore. J I o THE WATERHOUSE Co., Ltd o a (Incorporated in the U.S.A.) 0 o q Muar, Malacca and210 words
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Article941 1917-05-10 9 JNQUEST on MR. R H.C. GODWIN. Death from a gun-shot wound in the i B elf-inflicied whs the verdict turned Rt Shanghai on April 26 by Mr. W King, the British Coroner, in the of Mr. R> H. C. Godwin, who was found his flit under mysterious941 words
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Article656 1917-05-10 9 HELP TO THE ALLIES. The great demand that has been voiced in the I nited States, that substantial monetary support should be given to the Allies has drawn renewed attention to the amazing prosperity derived by that country from the melting-pot of the war. The publication in detail656 words
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Article59 1917-05-10 9 May 10.—Empire Theatre, 9.15 p.m. May 10.—District Grand Lodge, Masonic Hall, Singapore. May 12.—P.V.R.C. Shoot 3 pm. May 13. Penang Catholic Benevolent Association, General Meeting, Paush Hall 9.15 a m. May 13.—P.V. Field Operations. May 14.—Penang Assizes. May 28.—Whit Monday. Government Holiday. June 3.—Birthday of tha King Emperor.59 words
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Article1207 1917-05-10 9 THE FIGHT FOR SAMARA STATION. The following telegram, dated the 26th April, has been received from Eye-wit-ness in Mesopotamia Baghdad, April 24.—Samara station which we captured early yesterday morning is an important military objective in that it is the northern terminus of the isolated section of the broad1,207 words
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Article287 1917-05-10 9 Aliquando Bonus Dormitat, Colonial Secritericus writing to the editor of “Commerce” (Calcutta) says:—lt is curious that whilst Holland supports Germany, and Great Britain closes its ports to Dutch ships, British India and Ceylon do nothing in this direction to support the Home Government. Dutch Java has287 words
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Article283 1917-05-10 9 London, April 20.—The resignation of three p a ro German Austrian ministries is attributed to the Emperor’ sunwillingness to solve the language question in Bohemia by autocratically imposing German on the Czechs in preference to parliamentary methods. German papers accuse Austria of having betrayed her ally, and declare283 words
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Article1381 1917-05-10 9 INTERVIEWS WITH RODZIANKO AND THE PREMIER. The power of the Russian Government is now entirely in the hands of the Duma. The Duma has delegated its power to the Cabinet Ministers it chose, now in power. They are responsible to the Duma.” This was President Rodzianko’s response1,381 words
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Advertisement30 1917-05-10 9 A9VBRTISMG THAT PAYS. The most successful advertiser» am. pbat'eaDy agree that continuity in advertising is absolutely necessary. spasmodic advertising oeuaCy pays no odo. T» secure results advertise intaUagently and consistently.30 words
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Advertisement173 1917-05-10 9 Cockle's Pills should be kept in the house, to be ready when they are wanted. Many a small warning of constipation, indigestion. biliousness, sick headache, or livcnshness, grows into something more distressing, simply because the right pill was not at hand at the right time. When you want a pill173 words
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Article507 1917-05-10 10 OUTLOOK IN THE SHARE MARKET. The strong demand for rubber shares continues to be a leading feature of the Stock Exchange, says the “Financier” of March 27th. It is seldom that such a long period of sustained buoyancy is witnessed, and following immediately after the huge absorption of507 words
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Article513 1917-05-10 10 Exciss Profits Duty. The eighth annual report of the Council of the Rubber Growers’ Association was issued in mail week. The Association now has a membership of 767, including 489 companies having an issued capital of £51,000,000 and a planted acreage of 870,00 u. The emergency committee of513 words
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Article571 1917-05-10 10 The following is the seventh yearly report of the directors to the shareholders in the above Company to be presented at the meeting on May 14. The profit for the year is $239.280-11 which with balance carried forward $24,632.23, gives $263,912.34. Less interim dividend of 10 per cent571 words
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Article433 1917-05-10 10 The report of the Dircectors to be presented to the Shareholders at the meeting, on Saturday, May 12th, at noon, reads Your directors beg to submit the audited statement of accounts for the year ended 31st March, 1917 The profit for the year is $22,653.83 which, added to433 words
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Article43 1917-05-10 10 CLOSE AT GENERAL POST OFFICE CLEARANCES, To-day. Ban Whatt Soon for Deli. Kedah for Dindings Bagan Datoh and Teluk Anson. MAILS. For Per Close. To-Morrow. Singapore, China and Japan 8.30 a.m. Port Swetcenham and Singapore 2.30 p.m. Teluk Anson Sappho 3.30 p.m.43 words
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Article150 1917-05-10 10 Penang, May 10, 1917. S. P. Tapioca $7.50 buyers M. P. Tapioca $B.OO buyers Gold leaf $72. Pepper (W. Coast 3 lbs. 5 oz) 16j buyers. Black Pepper $25 buyers. White Pepper $4O sellers. Trang Pepper $32.00 season over Mace $llO nom. Mace Pickings $35 buyers. Cloves $4O sellers.150 words
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Advertisement348 1917-05-10 10 UJana-RanGG SL——^g 4 me Perfume of GetfCon Wana-Ranee is the latest triumph of the perfumer’s art. A v\ I scent which recalls the spice-laden m breezes of its native home, fragrant 'Mr V with the perfume of many flowers. Sweet and lasting, its fascination T\ will increase with use. Itl348 words
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Advertisement311 1917-05-10 10 XXXKXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXKXXU I SIME, DARBY Co., Ltd. 1 PENANG. B sc J (Late Sellar Murray Co.) X B Estate supplies. Mining Requisites, g 26 Large stocks always carried of all I As Sole Agents for some of the X S articles required by Planters. We are L Hs b Manufacturers of311 words
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Article483 1917-05-10 11 “LIVING IN THE MOON." A recent issue of “American Lawn Tennis,’’ jest to hand, publishes a letter from Otto Froitzheim, the German champion interned as a prisoner of war in England, from which we take the following extract: Ycu can scarcely believe how much we are suffering under483 words
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Article147 1917-05-10 11 The Belgian newspaper La Metropole,” now published in London, learns from Flanders that on March 18 King Albert, who was visiting a new military dying ground of the Belgian Army, expressed a desire to act as observing officer in an aerial reconnaissance. His Majesty accordingly147 words
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Article145 1917-05-10 11 Lord Hythe, in the Times.” For nearly thirty years I have insisted that it is impossible to devise a measure of Home Rule for Ireland which is not open to fatal objection front the Imperial or British point of view. It is far simpler to devise a—“ Lord Hythe, in the Times.” - 145 words
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