Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 10 September 1917

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 214. VOL. LXXV. MONDAY, 10th SEPTEMBER, 1917. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 729 1 fl WANTED C rvbbek consignments c for our bi-weekly auction sales, and private sales. Cash Ad- J vances made. e ORDERS for estate supplies. 0 GOODS for forwarding to any D part of the world. g o FIKE INSURANCE business. i ALLEN DENNYS Co., 6, Beach St. and 7 Union
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    • 82 1 n TXTHEN YOU ARE AWAY a V V on leave you want to keep D in touch with Malayan affairs, a Social, Commercial, Mining, Planting, &c. This you can do H in no better way than by subs- cribing to the Weekly Edition of 2 the Pinang Gazette, published every
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  • 497 2 What the Germans are Planning. The question of the government of AlsaceLorraine, which has been taxing the attention of the German Government ever since the Zabern affair, keeps very much to the front in the German public mind in spite of the war, and from time to time there
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  • 196 2 A quantity of propagandist and seditious literature issued by the German Foreign Office was condemned in the Prize Court. It formed part of the cargoes of three steamers, and the Attorney-General explained that many tons of this literature had not reached the neutral country
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  • 142 2 New York, July 28.—Following the signing of the Aviation bill by the President, Mr. Howard Coffin, president of the Aviation Commission, has made the following statement: It is important that our French friends should know the extent of the effort which we are
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 1718 2 WANTED for healthy estate in Kedah Q “J". NOTICE. a Junior Assistant to take charge of tapping division. Apply to No. 3> Roaa Road> Apply to MANAGER, MbsBbB Naubyab 4 oHB!ia Bab RENDERS will be received ,t the Bakit Mertajam Rubber Co., Ltd., Kulim. 0 Ha r JT r u
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    • 139 2 A Stubborn Foe To conquer an obstiuaie euemy requires, persistency and preservanoe. It is the same with Rheumatism, the dread foe of mankind, which ranks foremost in stubbornness. To eradicate it from the system you must use the right weapon. Little’s Oriental Balm is the only remedj that can overpower
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    • 247 2 T. D. L. LIROSA CREAM I X A non-greasy, non-oiiy and efficient 0 Q DRESSING FOR THE HAIR. g X Does not stain or soil the scalp or f| clothing. Imparts to the hair a most pleasing and 9C elegant appearance. S 2 Can be supplied unscented or perfumed X
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  • 1492 3 important military service BILL INTRODUCED. M £N REQUIRED for active service. A meeting of the Legislative Council wa3 held on Friday afternoon. His Excellency the Governor (Sir Arthur Young, G C M G) presided, and the other present were H E the General Officer 'Commanding (Major-General D H
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  • 1977 3 “S;T.” Necessary Through Rise in Price Of Silver. The Acting Treasurer moved the first reading of Currency Note (Amendment Bill), which is as follows It is hereby enacted by the Governor of the Straits Settlements with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof as follows
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  • 360 3 S.F.P.” The Bill introduced into the Legislative Council to make provision with respect to military service in connection with the present war,” on-a non-compulsory basis, is a further development of the plan for securing from the Colony the young and fit who ought to be in
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  • 154 3 Hongkong, August 23.—With regard to the Military Service Bill mentioned on the 2nd, a deputation of the unofficial members of the Legislative Council waited on the Governor, Sir Henry May, and informed him: “We heartily agree with and all British subjects approve conscription in the
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  • 102 3 The subscriptions to 31st August, 1917 are as follows: No: of Applications Amount November 1916 236 427,760 December 144 283,040 January 1917 192 243,870 February 205 332,630 March 323 246,900 April 142 314,560 May 115 265,220 June 74 159,440 July 11l 152,470 August 117
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 310 3 PROPPING NOHONING It is not many years ago since every man who shaved used an open-blade razor —that deadly despoiler of chins. To-day over 7,000,000 men all over the world are using the Gillette Safety Razor. Can there be any other reason for this than the fact that the Gillette
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  • Naval Operations.
    • 160 4 another horror of the sea. London, September 9, The “Weekly Despatch” relates aU boat horror rivalling that of the Belgian Prince. A merchantman in the Atlantic saw a lifeboat drifting helpless, and steered towards the boat, when those on board saw a shoal of sharks following the
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    • 44 4 KING ALFONSO’S SUCCESS. Madrid, September 9. The Foreign Minister states that King Alfonso has obtained from the belligerents an agreement permitting free circulation of British and French hospital ships in the Mediterranean, and in the Atlantic aa'far north as the English Channel.
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    • 467 4 Sea-Lord’s Disclosure of Pirates’ Audacity. A hint as to the audacity of U-boats in the recent past was given by Rear-Admiral Lionel Halsey, a Sea Lord, at a meeting of the Hertfordshire Navy League in London. Those at home might not get to know much about the achievements
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    • 240 4 Case for Big Steel Vessels. New York, July 23.—The New York “Herald” has begun a campaign for the construction by the Government Shipping Board of 10,000-ton steel ships with a speed of 18 knots to solve the submarine menace. The “Herald” points out that this
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  • General News
    • 1010 4 SWEDISH LEGATION IMPEACHED. Washington, September 8. The State Department has published official documents, showing how the Swedish Legation in the Argentine, acting as a secret means of communication between the German Charge d’Affaires at Buenos Aires and Berlin Foreign Office, has transmitted information regarding the sailing of
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    • 239 4 New York, July 9.—The prohibition of the export of fuel, food, and metals from July 15 means that the PwteideMt, after a sympathetic survey of the neuftab owj| needs, intends determined and thorough measures to prevent Germany obtaining sustenance and war material from neutrals, who
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    • 161 4 A dispatch has been received from Argentina categorically denying that the stoppage of wheat exports is due to political influences. The Minister for Foreign Affairs states that Argentina has not a large quantity of wheat available for export. He adds that in spite of the decree of
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    • 43 4 Amsterdam, September 8 A Berlin telegram disc’oses that General Ludendorfl’s train, at the oai of August, collided with a munition» train, and that the former was smashed and overturned. Ludendorff and the members of his staff were s’ightly injured by splinters.
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    • 32 4 DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED. Amsterdam, September 8. The Austrian has commuted the death sentence on Dr. Adler, who assassinated Count Stuergkh, t e Austrian Premier, to eighteen years’ penal servitude
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    • 22 4 London, September 7. Silver is at 49d. The market is firm, with absence of supplies. Lmdoo, September 8. Silver is firm.
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    • 175 4 A DECLARATION SOON. London, September 9. A Copenhagen message says a great sensation has been created in Germany owing to a declaration by Dr. Michaelis, the Imperial Qi ancellor, that Germany would shortly be able t> publish peace terms. Austrian Pressure for Peace. Amsterdam, September 9. The
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    • 54 4 CENTRAL POWERS AGREE. Amsterdam, September 9. It is announced from B u rlin that Dr. Michaelis and Count Czernin have reached an agreement to establish a Polish Government, consisting of, at first, a Council of Regency, comprising three members. If a Crtbinet is subsequently constituted, it will order elections
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    • 29 4 BRITAIN’S REPLY. Washington, September 9. Great Britain has advised the United States that President Wilson’s reply to the Pope’s peace proposals is in effect Britain’s reply.
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    • 31 4 DAYLIGHT SAVING BILL REPEALED. Melbourne, September 8 The Commonwealth Parliament has repealed the Daylight Saving Bill. The War Loan. The House of Representatives passed the War Loan Bill for £80.000,000.
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    • 42 4 A PROHIBITION. Washmg’on, September 8. President Wilson has prohibited the exportation of coin and bullion currency after September, except under licence, for the purpose of conserving the gold supply, which Japan, Mexico and Spain have recently drawn heavily upon.
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    • 41 4 HOLLAND AND GERMANY. Amsterdam, September 8. The Foieign Ministry has authorised Reuter’s correspondent to deny categorically the statement regaiding Germany and the Scheldt. He affirmed that Holland will not allow any belligerent to use the Scheldt for naval purposes.
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  • 212 4 Rumours have been current lately that Japan may shortly restiict the export of paper and as a re«ul e a number of Shanghai importers of this article have gone to Japan during the past few days in order to arrange for future supplies before
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  • 461 4 NETHERLANDS AND THE WAR.* A ration of from 10 to 12 hectalitres of coals is assured for each household for the coming winter. The trade ration of coal is, however, uncertain and,, as a consequence, more factories are being closed down and unemployment is on the
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  • 420 4 Washington, August I.—The Senate has passed the Sheppard amendment providing by constitutional amendment for prohibition in the United States. The vote was 68 to 20 for prohibition. U.S. Engineers in France. Washington, August I.—The American army engineers now in France are facing an enormous task, according to
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 36 4 MUNICIPAL NOTICE. AN ORDINARY MEETING of the j Municipal Commissioners will be held at the Municipal Office, at 4 p.m., on Tuesday, the 11th ins’ant. (By Order), L. A. COUTIER BIGGS, Secretary to the Municipal Commissioners.
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    • 455 4 Penanj Sales TO BE SOLD BY PUBLIC fibCTinii' At 38. Beach Street On Wed., 12th September,’ in., AT 1030 a.m A SIDDLEY MOTOR CAR 15 sn l in good running order to seat seven PI USUAL CONDITIONS OF Tbrmsi— Cash Before Deli,,/' Koh Eko His, THE notice. Notice is hereby
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  • 925 5 member unlawfully fined. A case of considerable interest to Volunteers came up for hearing before Mr W Pryde, Magistrate, Taiping when Captain Weld, on behalf of the Commandint, Malay States Volunteer Rifles, appeared in the case in which Mr W Stuart, a Private in the Volunteer Rifles, was called
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  • 193 5 According to an exchange telegram dated Washington,” Lord Northcliffe, interviewed by a representative of the United Press Association in regard to the censorship, said If the censorship has the effect of saving the life of a single American it is worth while.
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  • 708 5 INADEQUATE PROTECTION. Business London is at present under a cloud, not of aeroplanes, though it is quite possible it may be at no very distant date, but of deep humilation, combined with impotent rage says Syren and Shipping." We could have thought that, after three years
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  • 190 5 F.M.S. Government Measures. With a view to encouraging the planting of foodstuffs and increasing the local production of food, the following measures have been approved by the F.M.S. Government All restrictions at present in force with regard to the planting of tapioca and of any other
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  • 210 5 A Generous Tribute. In a farewell speech to his constituents at Epping, Lord Lambourne-—better known as Colonel Lockwood—said that he would not mind making a speech with only one man and a child present, for he saw bis very good friends, the Press, near him, and he
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  • 397 5 The good demand for local Industrials is a most reliable indication of the present financial position of our market. The better known rubber companies have been sought after and it is increasingly difficult to execute orders of any bulk at existing prices and indeed it has been
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  • 197 5 Messrs. Guthrie Co., Ltd., in their weekly report dated Thursday, 6th inst., say The quantity catalogued for this week’s Rubber Auction established a new record at 1,238 tons. The increased supplies that have been coming forward of late have been met by a correspondingly increased demand, and
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  • 252 5 London, July 17. —“We-are tackling this air proposition just like a big business undertaking, and we are out for results. We are 1 ustling, but we are going slow enough to be sure we are right, and in a very short time we expect to astonish
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 435 5 THE PERFECTED NERVE FOOD. I SANAPHOSI St ISrI it I 13 tv \\-3 I THE IDEAL RECONSTRUCTIVE NERVE FOOD IH A VALUABLE RESTORATIVE IN NEURASTHENIA NERVOUS thSPEPSIA AND AMCMIA Tempting, Palatable; Wholly Digestible. Earlier and inferior products, representing Sanaphos is producing results which are the effort to give the nerves
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous

  • 38 6 Kbir.—At the European Hospital, Taiping, on September 6, to Mr. and Mrs. A. Keir of Mataog, a son. Wagner.—On the 6th September, at The Dour Estate, Batu Caves District, to Mr. and Mrs. Hereward Wagner, a son.
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  • 818 6 The revelations regarding tho doings of the German Embassy in Washington prior to the entry of the United States into the war were such that anything seemed possible from the Ambassadors of Berlin Further evidence of the quality of Teutonic diplomacy in neutral countries was shown by
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  • 19 6 To-day’s quotation for unrefined tin in Penang was $109.75 per picul, business done—a decrease of 50 cents.
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  • 61 6 Messis. Lean Co., are officially informed that the output from Ipoh Tin Dredging, Ltd., during August was 310 piculs. The output of the Tongkah Harbour Tin Dredging (N. L.) for the week ending Bth inst., was 14 tons. Messrs. Kennedy Co., inform us that the output of the
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  • 100 6 A homeward mail closes at 6 pm. on Wednesday. This mail will be conveyed from India by the same vessel as tbe mail despatched last Saturday. The mail despatched from Penang to London, via Madras and Bombay, on tbe 3rd ultimo, was delivered to-day. Information has been received
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  • 1731 6 The Military Service Bill, which, as our Singapore correspondent Tke Military wired on Saturday, was Service Bill. read a first time in tbe Legislative Council, is an Ordinance with the object,—to quote the Attorney-General, who introduced and explained it—of inducing those men who are fit for military
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 227 6 PRITCHARD and Co., Ltd. Just Received NEW DIXIE CABPETS MATS ’> I I ■mil» I n.»i •i 11. IJ t CHEAP SH STRONG 3s: ARTISTIC, E 3 i j.. 1 3 t Ifc: Made in Three r suu 1* r te*' 1 Colours. J r rr?JL bluesgreen <& <|| brown.
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    • 76 6 O.” GARAGE. The best English French Cars on Hire. Tel. No. 322. NOTICE. TO SUBSCRIBERS TO THE ‘■PINANG GAZETTE.” The accounts of the “Pinang Gazette,” having been issued, subscribers are reminded that all subscriptions are PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. Owing to heavy outgoings, contingent on the war, the management cannot continue
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 38 6 THE TIDES. The following are the tides for to day and to-morrow, Penang Standard limos:— High Water. Low Water. To DAY. 6 48 a m. 10.44 p.m. 4.07 p.m. To-morrow. 9.40 a.m. 4.06 a.m. 10.53 p.m. 4.41 p.m.
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  • 31 6 DEATH. Mansfield.—Killed in action in Belgium, on Jun- 18, John Roy Mansfield, aged 20, Second Lieut., R.G.A., dearly loved youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. G. J. Mansfield, Priory Lodge, B'ackheath.
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  • 228 7 BRITISH ADVANCE. THE ITALIAN FRONT. EVENTS ON RIGA LINE. PROGRESS IN EAST AFRICA. The French attacked on less than two miles of front north of Verdun, east of the Meuse, south and south-east of Beaumont, German positions north of Fosses Wood, and the whole of Chaume Wood being
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  • France and Belgium.
    • 664 7 [Rwutkb’s Tblsguams MINOR INCIDENTS. London, September 8 Field Marshal Haig reports; We succesful y raided the enemy line in the neighbourhood of Gavrelle. Patrol fighting occurred north-east of St Julien. The enemy heavily shelled Langemarck last evening. The Enemy’s Guns. London, September 8. Field Marshal Haig reports
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    • 699 7 A special correspondent with the French Army, says To-day, July 14, which -is the Day of France, has a claim upon us with which nothing of the kind, except the needs of our own men in the field, can compare. It is no question of what we
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    • 68 7 SPECIAL AWARD. London, September 9. The War Office, in accordance with H M. the King’s wish, will specially recognise the services of the original British Expeditionary Forces. Arrangements are being made to award a distinctive decoration, with riband, but without a clasp, to the participants, including
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    • 134 7 ORIGIN OF THE CRISIS. Paris, September 8. The French Cabinet crisis is due to the revelations regarding the late M. Almereyda, editor of the pacifist paper, “Bonnet Rouge,” which resulted in the resignation of M. Malvy, Minister of the Interior, who was accused of laxity of administration,
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    • 108 7 LORD RHONDDA’S STATEMENT. Amsterdam, September 9. Interviewed by the Handelsblad’s London correspondent, Lord Rhondda declared that submarinism no longer caused anxiety regarding the bread supply. It had so stimulated cultivation that within a year the United Kingdom would practically be independent of imports, so far as the
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    • 55 7 Ymuiden, September 9. A meeting of Du ch fishing-boat owners decided for the present not to accept the British Government’s offer generously to indemnify them if they lay up 35 per cent of their boats for two months, in which no more than 2,000 tons of fish
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    • 18 7 London, September 8. The “Daily Carouicle” urges that General Smuts be given supreme aerial command.
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    • 27 7 Loudon, September 7. Mr. E. T. Backhouse, Professor of Chinese at King’s Coliege, London, has been appointed Director of Chinese Coolies in France.
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    • 23 7 London, September 9. It is officially announced that summer time under tbe Daylight Saving Bill will cease on September 17.
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    • 27 7 Wellington, September 8. The House cf Representatives passed the bill taxing tea 3d per lb in packets, and 5d per lb in bulk.
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  • Russia.
    • 908 7 SAFEGUARDING THE CITY. Petrograd, September 7. A conference for the protection of Petrograd, at which the Minister for Pcs’s and Telegraphs presided, resolved to prohibit the entry of unauthorised persons and refugees, who will also not be admitted to Moscow. Appeals for Unity. Petrograd, September 8. Newspapers of
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  • The Balkans.
    • 95 7 THE RUSSIANS ATTACKED. London, September 8. A French eastern communique dated September 6th, says the artillery struggle was somewhat violent in tbe region of the Vardar, especially on the left bank, where the British artillery continued destructive fire. The enemy twice in succession attacked Russian positions between Lakes Prespa
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    • 69 7 CO-OPERATION OF THE NAVIES. London, September 8. A telegram from Athens says a British Naval Mission is coming to Athens to arrange for the co-operation of the Greek and Allied Navies. Enthusiasm Among Greek Reeroits. Athens, September 8. Telegrams from tbe Provinces state that there been an enthusiastic response
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  • Italy's Campaign.
    • 198 7 ENEMY'S ACTIVITY. Udine, September 8. In concentrated effort®, Austria’s foremost Generals, Hoetzendorf, Kcewess and Boroevic are striving to stem the Italians, whose positions were bombarded mos- violently from Castagnevizza to the coast, while successive columns of fresh Austrians launched attacks, regardless of losses, especially against Selo, where
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  • 54 7 BATTLE WITH TRIBESMEN. Rome, September 8. An Italian coiumu near Agilab, in Tripoli, moved against 5,000 rebel tribesmen, with five guns, directed by a Turkish officer. A desperate fight ended in the defeat of the tribesmen, who left 1,000 dead, two gun°, numerous rifles and munitions. Tbe Italians are
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  • Article, Illustration
    94 7 FURTHER BRITISH ADVANCES. London, September 8. The War Office reports We are pursuing tbe Germans, who were dislodged from Upepo. We occupied Malinje. We repulsed enemy counter-attacks in the vicinity of Uponda. Pursuing the Enemy. London, September 8. An East African official report says't We overcame the enemy’s
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  • 1414 8 A LOST LEADER. During the last month or two since the International Socialist Peace Conference at Stockholm began to be discussed, a good deal has been heard of Scheidemann, the leader of the German Socialists. As very little is known of him over here, we quote the following passages
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  • 98 8 The report presented at the meeting of May 23 shows prosperity in spite of the effects of the war, The dividend for 1916 is fr 57.50 per share, with the usual contributions to statutory reserve, reserve and directors, the carry forward to 1917 being fr 1,312,839.
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  • 341 8 End of the Campaign. The following special order of the day was issued on 10th August by His Excellency General Sir Charles Monro, G.C.M.G., K.C.8., Commander-in-Chief in India. On the dispersion of the Waziristan Field Force, the Commander-in-Chief desires to expiess to all ranks his satisfaction at
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  • 52 8 Sept 10.—Special General Meeting, Penang Cricket Club, 6.45 p.na. Sept 14.—The Dispensary (Penang) Ltd.,. Annual General Meeting, 3 Weld Quay, 2.30 p.m. Sept 17.—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 28.—Krian Our
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 220 8 r TONALO i IB THE BRITISH APERIENT WATER. Pleasant in taste. Painleu in action. SOLD EVERYWHERE. H. TOKISATSU JAPANESE OUTDOOR PHOTOGRAPHER. 58. RIBHOP STREET. Is prepared to attend at private residences and on estates at request, j Developing, Printing and Enlarging a speciality. Amateurs work carefully and neatly finished. A
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    • 199 8 JEFFREY’S BEER ijw' wr K “CHOP.KOTA” SOLE AGENTS ADAMSON, GILFILLAN Co., Ltd., (.INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND) PENANG. SINGAPORE A*ID MALACCA. 1 V I» Anaemia Our blood is composed of red and white corpuscles —the red to nourish the body, the white to fight disease. In Anaemia —or bloodlessness—the red corpuscles are
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  • 754 9 Mrs B W Elies It ft for Home recently. r Miss Henry, of Batu Gajah Hospital, is travelling Home by a Japanese steamer. Mr C H O Strettell, of Tanjong Pau Rubber Estate, Alor Star, has left for home on leave. Mr J B Emmert, of the
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  • 402 9 SATURDAY’S SHOOT. Saturday’s shooting resulted as follows Rapid at 300 yards, 8 shots in 45 seconds, H.P.S. 40. Corpl E W F Gilman with h’cap .73 made 38 38 Pte Quah Cheow Kay *7l 36.81 Pte R P Phillips ‘B2 36.22 L/Sergt E H Everest .71
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  • 261 9 The monthly medal races (50 yards handicap), were swum yesterday at Tanjong The A Class race ended in a melee, and the judge ordered that the race by swum again. This will take place at 10 45 a.m. next Sunday. The result of the B Class race
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  • 157 9 A public meeting was held on the Padang, Sungei Pa*ani, on Saturday evening, Bth instant. Che Ahmat, D. 0., took the chair and addressed the meeting, commenting cm the duty owed by the people of this country to the British Army and Navy. A strong committee
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  • 126 9 A most successful dance was held on Saturday in aid of the above Fund by the members of Malakoff Golf Club. We understand that the large sum of 1,000 has been earned for the Red Cross Fund as a result. The dance was a decided success. Everyone
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  • 129 9 The following are the latest quotations in Messrs. Kennedy and Co.’s share list Saturday. To-day. Shares. 2. s "S s’® S 3 OQ MV? Rubber (Dollar). A. Panas sll| sll| $U| SI2J Changkat s9} s9| s9| $lO Jimah $2.20 $2.30 $2.15 S2J Jeram K. $1.75 $l.BO $1.77%
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  • 63 9 The following are additional rubber outputs for August:— Ayer Kuning lbs. 5,900 Alor Pongsu 24,551 Brieh 13,819 Bukit Jelotong 6,006 Bandar Sumatra 37,745 Eastern Sumatra 16,473 Glen Bervie 26,382 Holland American Plant 527,485 Langkat Sumatra 39,366 Lankat Rubber 52,967 Merbau 14,166 North Perak 4,166 Neth. Langkat RCo 22,240
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  • 129 9 A great show is promised Empire patrons to-night when a complete change will be scraened. There are two big features in the second show commencing at 9 p.m. sharp, A five part red feather photo play The Mark of Cain is a very powerful story of moral regeneration.
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  • 74 9 The following subscriptions have been received by the Chartered Bank. By Balance on Sept 3 $228.60 W B Gibson 50.00 By Balance on Sept 6 $278.60 Amount previously acknowledged $32,429.23 Total ...$32,707.83 Owing to the holidays the Ministering Children League meeting will not take place till Friday,
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  • 355 9 Quick Action by the Secret Service. New York, July 7. —Quick action by the American Secret Service has followed the discovery of evidence that German spies are extensively at work in the United States. Karl Heynen, who is believed to be one of the principal
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  • 219 9 Tour in the F.M.S. H. R. H. Prince Kambaeng Bejra of Siam arrived in Kuala Lumpur. Ho is making a tour of the F.M.S. and is attended by Mr. Gittins (Adviser), Lieutenant-Colonel Luang Yuddhakarn, the Traffic Superintendent of the Siamese State Railway, and Lieutenant Duank Panyarjun. The
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  • 47 9 The Band will play the following programme of music at the Esplanade from 6 p.m. till 7 p.m. to-day 1 Overture Soir D'Automne Bivillon 2. Two Step Herry Mitzi Anthony 3. Selection Martha ...Flotow 4. Waltz Lysistrata ...Paul 5. March Royal St Marceaux ...Desormes
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  • 59 9 Business for meeting on 11th, September. 1. Minutes of last meeting to be read and confirmed. 2. Any special business the President may bring forward. 3. Questions. 4. Some bills to ba passed. 5. Application by Tan Boon Hong and Bros, for refund of half fee paid
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  • 134 9 In the Supreme Court, Singapore, before Mr Justice Sproule an action by the Cycle and Carriage Company against the Julian Frankel Furniture Company was decided in favonr of the plaintiffs. The latter claimed the price of a motor car supplied, and
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 25 9 I ©ur 1917.1 Keep Yourself disengaged for Friday, September 21st j I GRAND MUSICAL EVENING g AT THE g TOWN HALL. Organised by Mrs. EBDEN.
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    • 198 9 SMOKER’S COMPANION. (9 ct. GOLD MOUNTED AMBERITE,) CIGAR and CIGARETTE HOLDERS. «I 1(1 Fl $l.BO, $2.00. CIGAR $2.50. OBTAINABLE |AT WASSIAMULL ASSOMULL I Co., USE Keep your liver active and the small every-day worries and dis- I appointments will not trouble you. It is the mind that makes I us
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 314 9 2 BIG FEATURES IN THIS PROGRAM. THE EMPIRE GETS BUSIER AND BUSIER. T POSITIVELY ALL NEW PROGRAMME TO-NICHT (J I fegjj D|| L i Business Manager Thomas Shafto You get VARIETY coupled with PERFECTION in Cinematography at the EMPIRE THEATRE. Universal Super Serial Presents Grace Cunard and Francis Ford in
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  • 1004 10 «> 2 NAMES. .2 5.2 I RUBBER (Dollar.) Alor Gajah Rubber Estate »4-20 |t.4O ex. Ayer Kuning Rubber Estates »1-40 »1.50 Ayer Molek »-’i $-.80 cum Ayer Panas Rubber Estates »lli SUj Balgownie Rubber Estate *6.10 96j Batu Lintang SH prem. Do. (7 per cent. Pref.) »15 i Bukit
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  • 1011 10 NEW BOOKS. The following books have been received at the Library The British Navy at War, by W M Dixon. Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, by Mary Baker Eddy. War Speeches (1914-1916), by British Ministers. The British Campaign in France and Flanders, 1915, by Arthur
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  • 354 10 POSSIBLE DANGER IN THE PHILIPPINES. The Manila 11 Cablenews says Recoinage of the silver peso with a considerable redaction in the bullion value, or the issuance of paper certificates corresponding to the silver peso, either of which measures would require legislative action in these islands, subject
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  • 152 10 The Munich Post discloses a Krupp newspaper conspiracy to capture the whole of the German Press and corrupt foreign newspapers in the interests of an nil-world Germany. According to this journal, in 1914 agencies were established intended to improve the news service.” Forty-four iron firms are in
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 49 10 I Every Day PINKETTES, V the tiny laxatives that correct constipation, cure sick headaches, B g stimulate a sluggish liver and keep one fit always. g 50 cents per phial at your druggist’s or direct by mail on receipt of g price from DR WILLIAMS’ MEDICINE COMPANY, SINGAPORE. g
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  • 520 11 Amsterdam, July 13.—A sensational revelation regarding the political crisis chines from Munich. The Bavarian Kurier,” the leading Centre organ, publishes the contents of a letter addressed by Excellency von Harnack to his niece relating to the interview he had on June 30 with Bethmann-Hollweg.
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  • 236 11 German aerial squadrillas apparently are persistently trying to locate the American troops since their arrival at a point near ihe front, but without the slightest success, says the Associated Press correspondent on July 26. To date counter-squadrillas have been so watchful and so energetic, that
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  • 99 11 A Letter to Russia. Petrograd, July B.—Mr. Ramsay Macdonald, in a letter to the Council of Workmen’s and Soldiers’ Delegates, regrets his inability personally to convey greetings from the British Socialist majority owing, he says, T/ \the malarious action of one or two officials of the Seamen’s
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  • 319 11 A reader writes to the editor of the Times The Government has taken over the shipbuilding of the mercantile marine, and its first standard cargo boat is, we learn from your issue of to-day, to come into service at the end of the month. Has it improved
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  • 224 11 The Tribuna in an article on the work of the British Navy in the Adriatic says, that though British ships have been co-operating with Italian and French units since 1915, the importance of such co-operation seems little known to the Italian public. In the battle of December
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  • 170 11 At the request of the provisional government of Russia, the Japanese gendarmes of Hiroshima on the 21st arrested a former colonel of the Russian army, who is charged of having been acting for Germany against the interests of his own country, reports the “Osaka Mainichi.”
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  • 154 11 Washington, July 25.—1 n connection with the bill providing for §5,000,000,000 in new war credits which Mr. William G. McAdoo, Secretary of the Treasury, yesterday referred to the Senate Finance Committee, it is explained that §2,000,000,000, which will probably be required for loans to
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  • 64 11 There are about 34,400 Turkish prisoners in British hands, only a few hundreds of whom are civilians, states Mr. J. F. Hope in a Parliamentary reply to Mr. Hume Williams. In round numbers there are interned in Egypt 14,000, in India and Burma 13,000, in
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  • 927 11 The Pacific Mail has instituted a system of cadet officers, and two cadets will be placed on each of the China liners so that the company can train its own corps of officers. A plan is on foot to salve the Russian war ship Korietz sunk at Chemulpo
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