Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 8 September 1917

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 213. VOL. LXXV. SATURDAY, Bth SEPTEMBER, 1917. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 729 1 H l o«DnD OE,naoonaDaDnDnnnnDOUß WANTED g g KlTl'.nr.K <’<>NSIONMBNTB o tor our bi-weekly auction sales, and private sales. Cash Ad- n vances made. n g orders for estate supplies. GOODS for forwarding to any d part of the world. B FIRE INSURANCE business. a ALLEN DENNYS Co., B 6 Beach
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    • 84 1 aaaannaMßHassHHHHasaaaaDQQ S XA7 HEN YOU ARE AWAY a H V V on leave you want to keep n D in touch with Malayan affairs, g H Social, Commercial, Mining, Planting, &c. This you can do a in no better way than by subs- cribing to the Weekly Edition of a
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  • 548 2 Mr. A Sharp has taken charge of the local agency of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corperatiou. Mr E D Thomson, formerly of Perak, who was at Home when war broke out and. promptly joined up, has not been passed for active service for the Front again.
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  • 251 2 'I he following ties were played yesterday, and resulted Championship—R E Prentis beat F D Hindley 11—9, 6—l E E Chambers beat C C Rogers 6—l, 6 4. Singles Handicap Class A—A Wde W Harries beat E H Everest 6—3, 6—3. Singjes Handicap Class B—M D Rutley
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  • NEW STRAITS BILLS.
    • 78 2 [From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, September 7. Two new Bills will be introduced in the Legislative Council this afternoon. One provides for a penalty of $25 to $lOO upon Volunteers who do not attend compulsory parades The other Bill provides for the registration, examination and classification of
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    • 130 2 Singapore, September 8 In the Legislative Council, the Currency Bill, empowering H. E. the Governor to stop payment of coin for notes temporarily was passed. (A subsequent Government Gazette notifies suspension of such payment for three months). In the course of the debate on the Cinema Censor
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  • 545 2 Report of the Directors. The directors report for the year ended 31st May, 1917 states: Accounts.—The nett profit for the year after deducting directors’ fees, depreciation of buildings, etc., and provision for War Tax $32,189.91; Add—Balance brought forward from last year $714.40; Less —Interim dividend of 4
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  • 562 2 PRESS OFFENCES. The Raad van Justitie at Batavia condemned the late chief editor of the Nieuws van den Dag voor Nederlandseh Indie,” van Haastert, by default, to a month’s imprisonment. The court also condemned the chief editor of the Pantjaran Warta, Goenawan,” to a month’s imprisonment. Batavia
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  • 55 2 Sept 10.—Special General Meeting, Penang Cricket Club, 6.45 p.m. Sept 14.—The Dispensary (Peneng) Ltd.,. Annual General Meeting, 3 Weld Quay, 2.30 p m. Sept 1/, Penang Automobile, Club, General Meeting, Chamber of Commerce, 4.15 p.m. Sept 21.—Grand Musical Evening, Town Hall, for Our Day Fund Oct 27 and
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 424 2 NEU ADVERTISEMENTS. WA F 4 TED. A QUALIFIED ESTATE DRESSER Indian preferred. Furnished quarters provided. Apply with copies of testimonials to MANAGER, Matang Estate, Matang MUNICIPAL NOTICE. An ORDINARY MEETING of the Municipal Commissioners will be held at the Municipal Office, at 4 p.m., on Tuesday, the llthins'ant. (By Order),
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    • 26 2 I (Pur 1917.1 Keep Yourself disengaged f <>r 1 Friday, September 21st g GRANO MUSICAL EVENING j g AT THE TOWN HALL. Organised by Mrs. EBDEN.
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    • 265 2 LOST FORTUNES. ...It is astounding how many men may everywhere be found who are discontented—who feel instinctively that they were born for better things; who in some way, they scarce know how, have allowed life’s golden opportunities to pass them by, failing to achieve what they believe might have been,
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    • 78 2 Fresh Kodak Films dust_ No. 3a, POST CARD SIZE. No. 3, QUARTER SIZE. Also Kinds of HAND CAMERAS for Sale. Nikko Studio, 21. PENANG ROAD. ’Phone 579; m «MMMrfnnnMMMßnnnnMMMMnnDnw 8M,1, 5 The Standard Life 4 ASSURANCE COMPANY. i 8( ESTABLISHED HEAD OFFICE EDINBURGH INCORPORATED IB2S FUNDS—£I3,6OO,OOO 1910 K rj AN
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 240 2 Business Manager Thomas Shafto PROGRAMME FOR Btb and otb September, 101-7. BLUE BIRD PHOTO PLAYS PRESEnT"" The SECRET of the SWAMP, A A new kind of MYSTERY PLAY written and produced by Lyn Reynolds, with George Hernandez, Myrtle Gonzalez, Fred Chupeh Frank Mae Quarrie, Vai Paul, Nanine Wright, Lule Warnento
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  • 364 3 COOPERATION WITH “OUR DAY” COMMITTEE. The President of the Penang St Andrew's Society, Dr G W Park, on behalf of the Committee, addressees the following to members of the Society and all other Scotchmen in Penang and the surrounding districts regarding subscriptions for the Red Cross,
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  • 273 3 An Australian View. We read in the Sydney Bulletin" of July 26th As a sort of send off to its managing director, Malcolm Newman, who having returned from Malaya, |has gone into the Engineers’ camp in Larut Tin Dredging, Ltd., publishes a report covering his last 12
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  • 122 3 Highway Robbery. Before Mr. Justice Ferrer-Manby in the Supreme Court, Taiping, on Monday last, the usual bi-monthly Assizes were opened, when two cases were disposed of. A Tamil named Rengasamy and two compatriots during last July committed highway robbery of $43, which they took from a another Tamil
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • 317 3 [To thz Editor of thi “Pinang GAzdhi*.”] Sir,— When the question of having the Our Day 1917,’' in aid of the Red Cross Fund first came before the public of Penang, it was proposed that amongst other means of raising funds, that there should be a lottery
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  • 378 3 M. M.” In an article in The New Europe Mr. Ramsay Muir urges that the whole civilized world has a right to insist that the following conditions should be fulfilled by any European people which undertakes the guardianship of backward peoples and the development of their neglected lands
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  • 54 3 We are authorized to state that the Government have during the past few months informed certain persons who expressed a desire to organise lotteries, the prizes in which would take the form of War Loan Bonds, that they would not prosecute the organizers. In future no such
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 1014 3 XXTANTED for healthy e j ta r e in Kedah are now being booked for a Junior Assistant to take charge v-' Para Rubber Seeds from fine old of tapping division. Apply to trees, with a guarantee of 75% germination. MANAGER Price $1.50 per 1,000 packed in bags Ti-j V
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    • 49 3 PINKETTES PA.Z: Will Keep You Fit B during the Summer, because they gently stimulate the bowels and B 2 thus keep the system cool, clean and healthy. g SO cents per phial at your druggist’s or direct by mail on receipt of price from DR. WILLIAMS’ MEDICINE COMPANY, SINGAPORE.
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    • 191 3 PRITCHARD and Co., Ltd. Jttat Received NEW DIXIE CARPETS MATS H CHEAP STRONG ARTISTIC. Made in Three BL B 311 Colours. 1 S': R 3 BLUE, GREEN <£ jy33. BRO WN. 12 ft. by 9 ft. $16.50 9 ft. by 6 ft. $9.00 10 f tB. by ft. 15.00 6
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  • 1072 4 At the meeting of the Federal Council in July, two important anti-malaria Bills were introduced one entitled the Quarantine and Prevention of Diseases Enact ments, 1903, Amendment Enactment was briefly explained, and further consideration was deferred, after consultation with the unofficial members, the o’her, a Malaria Prevention Bill,
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  • 35 4 To-day’s quotation for unrefined tin in Penang was $llO 25 per picul, business done—an increase of 25 cents. Tin is quoted in London to-day at £241 5s spot, and £240 15s three months
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  • 33 4 The following was the rubber quotation in London on Sept. 7tb, received to day Plantation Ist latex crepe 2s 9|d Smoked Sheet 2s 8d [♦By courtesy of Messrs. Boustead Co.]
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  • 1669 4 A couple of weeks ago in this column writing anent a Government communique to the Rice Freights. effecb that the Government of Burma had reported the present price of rice in Burma to be below normal, that stocks were ample and the prospects of the forthcoming harvest
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  • 188 4 The Monthly Medal Races for September will be held at Tanjong bunga morrow morning. For both A, an classes the races are 50 yards (han map Entries close at 10.30 a.m. to morrow. The concert given by kind P mission of the Captain prove enjoyable as the
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 51 4 THE TIDES. The following are the tidea for to-day and to-morrow, Penang Standard Times High Water. Low Water. To DAY 3.58 a m. 10.39 a m. 4.06 pm. 10.20 p.m. To MORROW. 4.32 a.m. 11 54 a m. 4.48 p.m. 10.58 p m. Monday. 6 48 am. 10.44 p.m. 4.07
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  • 14 4 DEATH. Cook —On August 3, at Nemphlar, Cambuslans, Scotland, Archibald Cook aged 54 years.
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  • 161 5 THE CARSO BATHE. PREMIER’S SPEECH. NEW FRENCH CABINET. The British made slight progress south-west of Lens, also north-east of Ypres, where the enemy’s counter-attacks necessitated a retirement to the old line. The French repulsed an enemy effort south-east of Laon. Both British and French airmen were very
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  • France and Belgium.
    • 552 5 [Router’s Telegrams.] MANY BRITISH AIR RAIDS. London, September 7. Field Marshal Haig reports The enemy yesterday on several occasions interrupted the work of our arti.lery and aeroplanes also attacked our raiders. We dropped eight bombs on Ghent rail sidings, five on sheds at Maubeuge, fiftyfour on bil'ets
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    • 448 5 M. RIBOT AND ALSACE-LORRAINE London, September 6 President Poincare, accompanied by M. Painleve, War Minister, and General Petain visited the American Army Headquarters and inspected troops Thereafter be proceeded to Champagne, where he was joined by several Ministers and the foremost Generals. M. Ribot made a speech, in
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    • 41 5 THE SCHELDT QUESTION. Washington, September 7. It is reported in diplomatic circles that Germany is pressing Holland to permit submarines to use the Scheldt, with a view to establithing a base at Antwerp, Germany promising after-tbe-war trade facilities.
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    • 271 5 SIR E. CARSON’S VIEWS. London, September 7. Sir Edward Carson, writing to a correspondent, condemns the very loose and mischievous peace talk. He points-out that some people seem to imagine that we have only to conclude a treaty with Germany, and all will be well. He proceeds
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    • 40 5 ANOTHER SPLIT. Zurich, September 7. According to the Mannheim Volkstimm a new split occurred among the Governmental Socialists, especially the South-German Party leaders, owing to the latter approving of President Wilson’s viewpoint in reply to the Papal Note.
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    • 40 5 PAN-GERMANS DENOUNCED. Amsterdam, September 7. Herr Scheidemanu in Vorwaerts declares that the gigantic majority of Germans favour by understanding. He urges the Governments publicly to repudiate the pau-Germans’ aim l and criticises the evasiveness of the Chancellor’s policy.
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    • 45 5 MR. HENDERSON’S FORECAST. London, September 7. At the Trade Union Cong-ess, Mr Arthur Henderson said Stockholm as a name was dead, bub the idea was too vital to die, and people would soon find that the first steps had been taken towards its resurrection.
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    • 52 5 London, September 7. The Daily Chronicle says the pay of soldiers will shortly be increased by 50 per cent. War Office Statement. London, September 8. The War Office states that the newspaper statements regarding the increase of soldiers* pay are unauthorised and inaccurate. Au official announcement will be
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    • 30 5 London, September 7, Sir Oswyn Murray has been appointed Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty, in succession to Sir Graham Greene, who becomes Secretary to the Ministry of Munitions.
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    • 36 5 Melbourne, September 7. The Commonwealth Government introduced a War Loan Bill for £80,000,000, of which £20,000,000 will be floated in Australia immediately at 4| per cent, free of income tax at ten years’ currency.
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    • 21 5 Paris, September 7. The French Cabinet has resigned. President Poincare has asked M. Ribot o reconstruct the Ministry.
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    • 52 5 London, September 7. The Times correspondent at Manchester says it is understood that arrangements for the reopening of tbe futures market are practically completed. It is not expected that dealings will be wholly unrestricted, but that there will be sufficient freedom to enable importers of cotton to
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    • 711 5 MR. LLOYD GEORGE’S SPEECH. London, September 7. Mr. Lloyd George, in a speech at Birkenhead, said the whole Allied cause and tbe freedom of the world depended on our sea supremacy, which he was certain would be more than maintained. The German statesmen and the German press bad taken
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    • 43 5 A BERLIN VIEW. London, September 7. A Berlin message confirms the authenticity of the Kaiser Tsar telegrams in 1904 and 1905, but maintains that the Kaiser’s attitude was justified, because Britain refused to allow Germany to coal Admiral Rodzjestvensky’s Fleet.
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    • 38 5 London, September 7. The Times correspondent at Ottawa says Sir Robert Borden, the Premier, has collapsed from strain, and will probably be unable to attend the House of Commons during tbe remainder of the session.
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  • Russia.
    • 362 5 GERMAN INTENTIONS. Petrograd, September 7. The commission to the northern front telegraphs that the army is still fighting steady rearguard actions. Tbe railway and roadway east of Riga run between two lakes forming a bottle-neck, through which the whole army had to pass under continuous
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  • 34 5 ANOTHER BATTLE. Adis-Abeba, September 7. After a fierce battle near Dessie, LidjYassou’s army was routed and his best generals killed. A report that he was shot while escaping has not yet been confirmed.
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  • 56 5 London, September 7. The Times Sydney correspondent says only 36 miles of the trans-continental railway remain to be constructed. The Minister of Railways expects it will be completed early in October. It is intended to run luxurious fast trains, and it is anticipated mail steamers may decide
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  • 42 5 THE PROPOSED REFERENDUM. Sydney, September 7. The High Court reversed the decision of the Queensland Supreme Court, which granted an interlocutory injunction against the taking of the proposed referendum on the question of the abolition of tbe Queensland Legislative Council.
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  • Italy’s Campaign.
    • 187 5 STRUGGLE N. E. OF GORIZIA. London, September 7. An Italian official report says Northeast of Gorizia, the enemy, having suffered heavily, is desperately resisting. We took prisoners yesterday 204. Battle on Carso Plateau. London, September 7. Mr Percival Gibbon, with the Italians, says tbe Austrian attacks on Carso
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  • General News
    • 33 5 STEEL FROM AMERICA. Washington, September 7, Conferences bebween the Japanese mission and American officials which have opened, are principally concerned with supplying Japan with steel to facilitate her enormous shipbuilding plans.
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    • 170 5 Tokio, August 11.—Great Britain is now; building twenty-three steamers approximately 200,000 tons at various shipbuilding yards in Japan. Several of these will be finished soon and will be transferred to the representatives of the British Government, according to reliable information. Most of these ships
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    • 42 5 New York, September 7. Documents seized in the raid on proGerman organisations revealed a plot to destroy the western crops by Wrecking implements, also copper and other mining organisations. It is alleged that GermanAmerican firms are financing the conspiracy.
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    • 19 5 London, September 7, The House of Representatives unanimously ratified the issue of War Bonds of $11,358,000,000.
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    • 142 5 London, September 7. The silver market is firm. A Record Price. London, September 6. Messrs. Montagu’s report says the price of 48|i. is the record since January, 1891. The stream of orders from Britain and from abroad for coinage and trade continues. The most important fact bearing upon the
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  • 830 6 AN ECHO OF 1870. The following is an excerpt from a despatch to the London Times by its Prussian correspondent dated Berlin, August 22, 1870. After what has transpired within the last few days, I need scarcely observe that the cession of Alsace and the northern or German
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  • 364 6 9.F.P.” Last week a brief report was made of a movement for the construction of oceangoing vessels at the N aval Yards in Java, and lam now able to give you a fuller report on the subject. Owing to the intense scarcity of shipping space, and the
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  • 216 6 Rangoon, August 12.—The following Press communique is issued today:—The Commissioners appointed under the Defence of India Act for the trial of persons charged with offences against the State, delivered judgment at Mandalay, on the 6th July, 1917. Four persons placed upon their trial, namely, Mujtaba Hussain
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  • 134 6 For the period from the 7th to 13th September, 1917, inclusive, the value of the highest grade of rubber is fixed at two shillings and seven pence halfpenny per lb., and the duty on cultivated rubber on which export duty is leviable on an ad valorem
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
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    • 194 6 CLEAN YOUR BLOOD THE RIGHT WAY. You are not downright ill—but you certainly don’t feel well. Every day you are terribly tired, and sleep doesn’t refresh you. You wake up with a headache that lasts all day, your appetite is poor and you are depressed and bothered by trifles. Pimples
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    • 340 6 THOROUGHLY BRITISH MILES BETTER.” AGENTS FOR PENANG Etc SIME, DARBY Co., Ltd., Penang Malacca. I SBalantine’s IBeer anb Stout, I Obtainable 3rom: TAIPING§ 1 PENANG:— eo H &Co I Taik Ho Co., a E. O. HOTEL, Gim Ho Chan, g Kwong Yik A Co,, S Tiana Joo Co., Hong Soon
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  • 1698 7 RICKSHA-PULLER’S DEATH. The inquest on the body of the ricksha nailer, Tan Ah Hong, who lost his life by a collision on July 29th between Mr. S. M. Ariffin’s motor-car, driven by him, and a private ricksl a, owned by a nonya, Qaah Seb Yean, of 54, Queen
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  • STOP PRESS.
    • 37 7 HOLLAND AND GERMANY. [Reutbr’s Telegrams.] Amsterdam, September 8. The Foreign Ministry authorised Reuter’s statement regarding Germany and tha Scheldt, and affirms that Holland will not allow any belligerent to use the Scheldt for naval purposes.
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    • 50 7 London, September 8. Field Marshal Haig reports Our advance posts at Avion, also east of EleuditLeauvette on the Lens front slightly progressed. Despite the weather, our aeroplanes dropped a hundred bombs on various targets. We brought down two and drove down two. One of ours is missing.
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  • 115 7 Daily Sketch.” The fishermen made a hard fight against the Naval men yesterday, but were rather outclassed, and crossed over a point down. A crowd of about two thousand watched the game, and Crescent Star put their clubhouse ab the disposal of the visitors. Result: Naval Team,
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  • 814 7 STORY OF JOURNEY ALONG RHINE. The bombardment of the Krupp factory town at Essen by Sergeant-Aviator Maxime Gallois, on July 6 was more than a gallant exploit by an airman. It was a reminder to the Germans that their cities are no more immune from air
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  • 81 7 London, July 25.—Four delegates of the Russian Soviet, MM. Roussanov and Erlich of Moscow, and MM. Goldenberg and Smirnov, of Petrograd, reached London yesterday to argue the cause of the international Socialist conference at Stockholm. Although bound to commit themselves to no statement, other
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  • 362 7 Messrs. Kennedy Co., Peiang, report as fellows Our Market during the past week has kept quietly steady with no outstanding feature. Dollar Rubber Issues continue in good inquiry and in some cases the demand exceeds supply at quoted rates, in which such changes as are shown are
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  • 123 7 The following are the particulars of output of the Renong Tin Dredging Company, Limited for the second half of month:—No. 1 Dredge picals 23 .41 No 2 Dredge piculs 74 42; No. 3 Dredge piculs 429.05. Messrs. Brown, Phillips and Stewart, advise us that the output of the
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  • 36 7 At the Tanjong Sales Room, yesterday, the following prices were realized viz No, 2 Unsmoked Diamond Sheet $lO2 per pci No. 2 Mixed Sheet 96 Loose Scrap 44 Scrap Crepe was withdrawn© 83
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  • 10 7 For Per Close. Monday. Singapore and China 3.30 p.m
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  • 380 7 From Messrs. Morrison and Co.’s weekly market report, dated Rangoon, August 31. Our last circular was dated the 24th instant. Rainfall.—The Indian daily weather report, dated 24th August, gives the total rainfall since Ist May at 63.78 inches, against a normal of 66.96 inches. Paddy.—Arrivals continue in
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  • 278 7 Services on Sunday next September 9. Matins 8 a.m.; Holy Communion 8.30 a.m; Holy Communion (Chinese) 10 a.m.; Sunday School 5 p.m Evensong 6 p.m. Psalms as set, Hymns 238, 307, 228 and 20 Magnificat 48, Nunc Dimittis 61. On Wednesday 10 a.m. Matins; on Friday 6
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
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