Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 6 October 1917

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. Nov 237. VOL. LXXV. SATURDAY, 6th OCTOBER, 1917. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 820 1 r nn□□ua du co□□□□□□□□o□□unn s WANTED f r KUIHIEIt CONSIGNMENTS o e for our bi-weekly auction sales, and private sales. Cash Ad- c q vances made. n C ORDERS FOR ESTATE SUPPLIES, d XJ —Q B GOODS for forwarding to any part of the world. D FIRE INSURANCE business. ALLEN
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    • 80 1 □□□□□□a■■■■■■■■■■■■□□□□□□ a YV fIEN YOU A E away b V V on leave you want to keep a in touch with Malayan affairs, Social, Commercial, Mining, Planting, &c. Thia ypu can do K in no better way than by subs- cribing to the Weekly Edition of B the Pinang Gazette.”
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  • 1087 2 AERIAL FRIGHTFULNESS. TO BE COMBATTED. London, October 4. In his speech at the Connaught Rooms, at the luncheon given by the President of Chambers of Commerce, General Smuts said: Since July 31st we bad been fighting a great battle in Flanders, which has meant a great, simultaneous
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  • 184 2 What Michaelis Said 20 Years Ago. Even twenty-five years ago dislike of Great Britain was the predominant political sentiment of the present Imperial Chancellor. In a lecture delivered in Arnswalde in 1897 he declared, as the Berlin Mittacs Zeitung” indiscreetly recalls, that no travelled German can shake
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  • Russia.
    • 214 2 M. KERENSKY’S THREAT TO RESIGN. Petrograd, October 5. Toe Dem "cratic Conference by 838 votes to 106 resolved to ins’ruct the executive to constitute a strong revolutionary authority which will actively work for general peace. M Kerensky, in a speech to the committee prior to the conference
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    • 79 2 Petrograd, October 5 The dispute between seamen of the Baltic Fleet and the Ministry of Marine, cabled on the 3rd inst., has been settled by the intervention of the Petrograd Council of Workmen’s and Solders’ Delegates. Admiral Verdeievsky telegraphed to the crews requesting them to be
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  • Naval Operations.
    • 96 2 “SUBMARINE HUNTERS.” Washington, October 4. The construction of an immense flotilla of destroyers is progressing at remarkable speed. Naval authorities expect it will be ready for duty in European waters early in 1918. The destroyers are of a new design. The trials of the first few which
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    • 51 2 OFFICIAL STATEMENT. London, September 4. A high Admiralty official informed Reuter that more submarines had been destroyed in the last quarter than in any previous quarter, while the Allied shipping 1< sses in the fame period were fewer than in any previous quarter since the intensified warfare
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    • 86 2 London, October 5. The Admiralty reports that the warship Drake (14,100) Captain Radcliffe, was torpedoed on Tuesday off the north coast of Ireland. She reached harbour, aud then sank in shallow water. The explosion killed one officer and eighteen men. The remainder were saved The Drake was
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    • 35 2 A PROTEST. Stockholm, October 5. Sweden has protested to the French and British Governments against the exercise of the old international rule whereby they have requisioded ten Swedish vessels for military purposes.
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  • Italy’s Campaign
    • 33 2 London, October 5. An Italian official message says: We repulsed repeated attacks on Monte San Gabriele. Our air squadron attacked the naval base at Cattaro, and hit torpedo boats and submarines.
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  • General News
    • 28 2 ENEMY IN RETREAT. London, October 5. An East Africa official report says In the Mbemkuru valley the enemy is retreating towards Naugano. We are following up.
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    • 39 2 Petrograd, October 5, The situation at Tashkent has suddenly changed, for the worse. The local soldel,” learning that a punitive expedition was en route, proclaimed a general strike. The Government have established a state of war.
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    • 45 2 New Orleans, October 4. A minimum price of 30 cents gold per pound to the farmers has been settled by the conference of cotton interests of ten southern States. This is considered justified by the present selling price of manufactured cotton products.
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    • 35 2 LABOUR QUESTIONS SETTLED. London, October 4. Early restoration of normal industrial conditions throughout the Commonwealth is now assured. A Sydnev telegram ’ays most of the coal miners in New South Wales resumed work yesterday.
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    • 33 2 SUPPORT FOR CONSCRIPTION. Ottawa, October 5. Indians of Ontario, in Grand Council, voted down by a large majority, a proposal to ask exemption for Indians under the Military Service Act.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 542 2 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. TO LET. HOUSES Nos. 24 an<l 26, Chow Thye Road, fitted with Electric Lighting. Apply 12, KING STREET. MUNICIPAL NOTICE. An ORDINARY MEETING of the Municipal Commissioners will be held at the Municipal Office, at 4 p.m., on Tuesday, the 9th ins ant. (By Order), L. A. COUTIER
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    • 52 2 ISTELASTICI I=TYBES. I ——R I I The only Tyres holding: the R.A.C. Certificate 1 5,000 miles without Cuts or Punctures. I BRITISH AND MADE IN BRITAIN. I I gj g 1 5 AGENTS FOR PENANG: g I Eastern Pacific Trading I I COMPANY. LIMITED. f E= (Incorporated in Straits Settlements.)
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 242 2 YOU If you are Inclined to be sceptical—come along and we’ll soon show you conclusive proof, that the GREATEST FILMS are shown always at the DI ir Business Manager Thomas Shafto. POWERS COMEDY UNIVERSAL A Fascinating Model,** With Jay Belasco —Belle Bennet. Ed, Sedgwick Violet Eddy. Blue Bird Photo-play present
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  • WAR ITEMS.
    • 922 3 Paris, September 4.—The European editor of the New York Herald publishes a series of sensational telegrams giving information taken from the Russian Imperial archives, covering the Kaiser’s effort during the RussoJapanese crisis to form an alliance between Germany, France and Russia against Britain. The Tsar was
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    • 47 3 London, September s.—The fall of Riga lias caused a sensation in the Scotch linen trade, as Riga is the centre from which Dundee has obtained its chief supplies of flax. It is not krown how much new crop has been safely removed.
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    • 62 3 London, September s.—The Daily Expi ess states that the restrictions upon the importation of wines will be somewhat relaxed shortly as a result of fresh representations on behalf of some Allied and neutral wine growers. A telegram from Paris reports an Arglo-French agreement and allows wines, fiuits,
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    • 298 3 Austrians' Great Losses. Washington, August 27.—An official despatch from Rome describes the picturesque battle in which British monitors and the Italian naval forces, aircraft and land forces are jointly attacking Hermada, which bars the way to Trieste. The despatch states: The naval and artillery attack began in
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    • 169 3 London, August 24.—A remarkable feature of the great fire at Salonika is that it started at several places simultaneously. Fresh outbreaks constantly occurred as the other outbreaks were tackled. A strong, hot wind prevailed, and half the city was blazing within two hours. Terrified refugees
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    • 161 3 MIGHT IS NOT THE ONLY FACTOR.” German Minister's Admission. In the course of an address to the main committee of the Reichstag, the German Foreign Minister, Dr. von Kuhlmann, said Our treatment of neutrals is most important, and the prevention of further ruptures in our relations with them is a
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    • 27 3 Genoa, September s.—According to the Munich Neueste Nachrichtea a large Japanese force has been concentrated on Manchurian border ready to assist the Russians.
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    • 56 3 Petrograd, September s.—The Salvation Army under Commander Mapp is beginning operations in Russia on a large scale. It is holding regular meetings at the Moscow Gate, which w*as hitherto the anarchists’ meeting place, and its gathering was crowded with an ever-increasing number of workers. Already many
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    • 33 3 Buenos Ayres, September s.—The Minister for War announces that Brazilian troops are being sent to Europe. Brazil is not releasing the requisitioned ships for the use of the Allies.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 831 3 ASSISTANT SEEKS BILLET; working FOR SALE CHEAP. A knowledge Tamil. Three yea» o j gn model PULLMAN, foar Planting—Charge Factory, Dtnsion or Bester o erwise a good running order. New this year, Box No. 213, c/o Pinang Gazette, selfstarter, electric lights, etc., and 1208-8-10 spare wheel. Apply Dr. BRIGHT. SITUATION
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    • 134 3 Instant Relief when OFF-COLOUR Dull and Depressed. When oft’-colour suspect your liver. But—and it is a very big but—don’t weaken your system by taking strong purgatives or bloodchilling salts. Follow the natureway. Strengthen your liver and bowels by means of Dr. Cassell’s Instant Relief, and bright health will follow natural
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    • 927 3 Federated Malay States Railways. Government Of Johore. ppfi imuov pnTirc PAWNBROKING LICENCES FOR PKELIMIHARY WOTICE. THE mR ]9|B-1920. THE PUBLIC are hereby notified that qpENDERS for the right to reoeire i new Time Table will oome into 1 some fi(t P wnbrokl Lice ncee in force ae from Ist November,
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  • 1212 4 The Ypres area continues to be the storm centre of tbe northern portion of the the line in the wes* and there are indications that it may continue to be so until tbe enemy finds himself compelled to evacuate a considerable portion of Belgium. Concentration on
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  • 1076 4 In three years and more of war, Germany has practised almost every conceivable form of The Inevitable, frightfulness. The policy has been consistently followed iu the air, and on land and sea. Three years of brutalities and diabolical terrorism aimed principally against noncombatants, and as often as
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  • 117 4 To-day’s quotation for unrefined tin in Penang was $111.50 per picul business done—an increase of $1 50 cents. Tin was quoted in London yesterday at £245 10s spot, and £243 three months. The following are the particulars of output of the Renong Tin Dredging Company, Limited’s tin ore
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  • 33 4 The following was the rubber quotation in London on Oct. 4tb, received to-day Plantation Ist latex crepe 2s B|d Smoked Sheet 2s 6|d [•By courtesy of Messrs. Boustead de Co.]
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  • 80 4 The homeward mail closes at 10 a m. tomorrow registration till 6 pm. today, and parcels till 4 p.m. Letters posted at Dato Kramat aud E O Hotel Sub-Post Offices and in the Pillarboxes before 9 a.m. to-morrow will be in time. Letters etc., may be posted at
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  • 394 4 For the Field Operations on Tuesday, the 9th inst., D” Company will fall in at the Free School 5-15 p.m sharp. “D Company have been detailed to represent the enemy, who have seized and are holding the Free School. The O.C. “D Company hopes there will be a
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 400 4 I q B U L M E R’S HEREFORDSHIRE CIDER. CHAMPAGNE CIDER Nett. (Medium Dry) No. 4 $4.35 per dozen BULL BRAND (Medium Sweet) $3.75 er dozen DUTY EXTRA 60 cts. per dozen. Caldbeck, Macgregor Co., WINE SPIRIT MERCHANTS, PENANG. rja 11l 1 11 —THE— Nortbam House Photographic Studio, j
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    • 36 4 TO OUR FRIENDS ON THE MAINLANDBOOK YOUR SEATS FOR THE “OUR DAY,” DINNER. CONCERT AND DANCE, 0n Wednesday, ICtfi October. You have never seen the PINK POM-POMS and will never see them again E. O. HOTEL.
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 53 4 THE TIDES. The following are the tides for to-day and to-morrow, Penang Standard Times High Water. Low Water. To-day. 2.55 a.in, 9 35 a m. 3.16 p.m. 9 23 p m. To MORROW, 3 22 a m, 10.16 a.m. 3.52 p.m« 9.53 p.m. Monday. 3.51 a.m. 11.13 a m. 4.54
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  • 169 5 HAIG S STUNNING BLOW. A CRUISER SUNK. THE RUSSIAN MINISTRYThe British offensive on Thursday on an eight-mile *ront east of Ypres, from south of the Ypres-Menin road to north of Langemarck, was «ompletely successful, all the objectives being captured, with over three thousand prisoners. The advance at the
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  • France and Belgium
    • 2270 5 [Reuter’s Telegrams. ALL OBJECTIVES WON. OVER 5,000 PRISONERS. London, October 5. Field Marshal Haig reports The British attack over eight miles of front sou r h of Tower Hamlets to the Ypres-Staden railway, north of Langemaick, was completely successful, all our objectives being gained and positions of
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    • 594 5 THE BRITISH SUCCESSES. London, October 4. General Maurice, Director of Military Operations, in his weekly review of the situation, this afternoon, informed Reuter he had just heard by telephone that Field Marshal Haig had gained the whole of to-day’s objectives, including a very important part of Menin
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    • 322 5 The special correspondent of the Petit Parisien,” telegraphing from the region of Verdun, gives an account of a journey through the tunnels du Mort-Homme,” those underground passages so laboriously prepared by the Germans and upon which they counted to help them in stemming the French
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    • 188 5 WE ARE BEATEN NOW.” German Officer’s Statement. A soldier who arrived in England after taking part in the first two days of the Flanders battle said thp British Army had every reason for their intense optimism. There was an impression at home that our troops had been held up by
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    • 716 5 The Way Round. Let us glance at that alternative of winning the war by carrying it into German territory, says a military expert writing in a home paper a month ago. There were obviously only two wavs in which it could be done. One was
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    • 368 5 The report of an epidemic of dysentery in Mannheim, following as it does, on reports of epidemics in other German towns, raises a very important war question of which we hear curiously little when the mam factors of the war are discussed. These epidemics are
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    • 81 5 THE ENEMY’S VIEW. Amsterdam, October 5. According to German sec unt®, on the night of October 2nd, a dtz-n airmen dropped a considerable number of bombs on Frankfurt, Stuttgart and other towns. Five person* were injured and one killed. The damage generally was slight. A German
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    • 32 5 London, October 5. Sir Arthur Lees has presented the estate of Chequers Court, in Buckinghamshire, as the official country residence for the future Prime Ministers of England.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements

  • 845 6 LETTER FROM THE FRONT. Colonel Sir John B. S. Campbell, Royal Scots, writing to Mr. Grant Mackie says: We are now in a most interesting part of the line in Flanders again. Things are lively but not like Arras, where we could go out of the line
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 420 6 I SELANGOR TURF CLUB. I f WAR LOAN S lottery! B Value $500,000 •P Or such lesser or greater amount as may be subscribed: g I Tickets $5 eack. The amount subscribed as follows: 30 per cent in 1 prize. X 12 1 prize. g 5 1 prize. SJ 5
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    • 299 6 THE BEST SAUCE! “«There is no sauce like appetite,” says an old proverb, and the statement is altogether true. With a keen appetite you can relish the plainest food, while without it, the daintiest morsel failsjo tempt you. Loss of appetite is a sure sign that something is wrong with
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    • 524 6 HEART OF EMPIRE SERIES. t /If Nou L THE HORSE V of Whitehall Palace was ’i /07 iSt XtBI k originally built in 1641. The I present building was erect- I X J i H^ s dquar’e?s W b S y Jg/ 2 Secretary of State for War, I i
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  • 786 7 FROM NETHERLANDS PAPERS. According to the Vaderland,” the Government seized the potato crop because Heer Posthuma, the Minister, itended to mix a portion of the potatoes with wheat, so as to reduce the bread rations. The Nederlandsche Tuinbouw (Horticultural Society) has subscribed a million towards the
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  • 165 7 In threatening weather, which materialzed into showers just after the work was finished, the training was resumed on Thursday morning. The work was practically a repetition of Tuesday, and it would be a waste of space therefore to repeat it in detail, says the Malay Tribune.” All
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  • 25 7 SUNGEI PATANI OUR DAY.” Have you ever seen a cockfight; if not come and see several at Sungei Patani on 9, 10 and 11 November.
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  • 549 7 THE GOTHA BOMBING AEROPLANE. Some Facts about Enemy Giant Machine. Mr. C. G. Grey editor of the Aeroplane,” says it may be taken as an axiom that, considered as a bombing machine, the Gotha biplane, which has formed the squadrons which have raided England of late, is a success. Viewed
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  • 233 7 T.0.M.” The trial of Mohamed Abas, lately Sanitary Inspector of the Tapah Sanitary Board, who was alleged to have forged a voucher for $33, was concluded at the Ipoh Assizes, before Mr. Justice Farrer-Manby. Mr. F. A. S. McLelland, Acting D.P.P., conducted the prosecution. The accused was
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  • 225 7 Captain Nunn’s Report. September 22.—The London Gazette contains the report of Captain Wilfrid Nunn on the operations of gunboats in Mesopotamia from December, 1916, to the fall of Baghdad. Describing the pursuit of the Turks from Sannaiyat, he relates a story of an encounter between three
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  • 704 7 ADDRESS IN THE AMERICAN SENATE. Washis gton, August 30.—Creating a profound impression upon the members of the United States Senate and a gallery packed with visitors, Viscount Ishii, Japan’s special emissary to America, addressed the upper house of Congress to day. The Senate gallaries and fl; or were
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  • 137 7 The estimated an ivals of paddy and ric Q expressed in cargo rice by rail and boat into Rangoon and Bassein, from the beginning of January to the Bth September 1917, as compared with the corresponding period of 1916, were approximately as below,:— Taking the same
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 9 7 P. MOIR CRANFS Cylinder Oil. Sandilands, Buttery df Co
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    • 158 7 PRITCHARD Co., Ltd. general and Janey drapery i NEW CONSIGNMENT I I I style, Durability and Value. BLOUSES. Specially Designed Voile Blouses in Great Variety. At PRICES RANGING $3.50 Blouse Fabrics. Voiles and Muslins. l’phm QK cents IBOM 35 yard. I 1 O DRESSES. Dainty Voile Dresses in New Jumper
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 118 7 WAR CARTOON. [Reproduced from the World’» Press □□□□an □□c □□□□□□□□□□r. r au □□□□onuano a i I IM I 111 g I iSIsE, I'ttA I 3 ’InS-o fe i L s 111- i I U I K IT H’l i i i V T 1 I I a 2 O S'
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  • 447 8 Jimes F. Hat ton C L i Manchester, reported cn Wednesd > Au «st 15th, as follows: Liverpool Cotton. as t Weol< Fixpd Prices Mid-American—Spot 19.D5 19 85 Mid-American, Current Month 18.30 18.50 F.G.F. Egyptian—Spot 30.75 31.25 F.G. F. Egyptian, Current Month 29.15 30.75 Mew York
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  • 39 8 The following are additional rubber output? for September Ayer Kuning 5,670 Malavsia 42,492 Rubber Estate of Krian 39,000 Batu Matang 15,248 Bakap Plantations 17,000 Jong Landor 52,746 Kedah 40,033 Parit Perak 8,900 Jebong 43.411 Padang Jawa 24,527
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  • 50 8 The outjut cf the Mengleinbu Lode ''yr.dicatr, Limited, for the uion’h of Sep tember, 1917, is ns follows ;—Mine 89 picu s value $4,925, Tribute 125 piculs value $1,130. The total output of the Trcnoh Mine-, L’d, from all scarce?, for the month of September, was piculs 1,585.
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  • 236 8 Services on Sunday next October 7. 18th Sunday after Trinity, Matins 8 a.m.; Holy Communion 8.30 a.m Childrens Service 5 p.m Evensong 6 p.m. Hymns 282, 291, 370, 191, Psalm XXXVII Goss, Magnificat, Nunc Dimittis, Maunder in C. On Friday, 6 p.m. Intercession Service, 6.45 p.m. Choir
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  • 562 8 Mr. Gerard’s Talk with Zimmermann. I received, says Mr. Gerard, on January 30 definite intimation of the coming ultimatum. Judging that this meant a resumption of ruthless submarine war, I telegraphed a warning to the American Ambassadors and Ministers, as well as to the State Department.
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  • 351 8 Sat. Oct. 6. —Performance at Chinese Theatre, 9 p.m. Sat. Oct. 6.—Dance, Perak Club, Taiping, 9.15, Our Day Fund. Mon. Oct. B.—Football: Penang C. R. G. v. Perak C. R. C. Esplanade, 5 p.m. Wed. Oct. 10.—E. O. Dinner, Dance, Pink Pom Poms, etc., 8 p.m. Sat. Oct.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 360 8 JBalantines JBeer anb Stout Obtainable Tfrom: TAIPING ĕ= PENANG: V Keong Hoe Co.. =i if' KU Taik Ho Co., =2 E. O. HOTEL, I k,jl Gim Ho Chan, 2 L n Kwong Yik Co,, Tiang Joo Co., II'*! u I hj" r Hong Soon Chan, Hoe Bee Co., Ij Heap
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    • 173 8 Great Clearance Sale N O W O N 8 2 o WASSIAMULL ASSOMULL S Co.. si 2 r °ĕet 2 penang X When your RUBBER TREES are attacked by WHITE ANTS the best protection against such attacks is J Cock Brand Sublimed Sulphur M for, though cheap in price and
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  • 306 9 Mr and Mrs B Barnard are at “,The Box on the Taiping Hills. The engagement is announced of Mr Clarence Oswald Rodrigues of the District Office, Jasin, to Miss Leonie Peterson, of Malacca. Mrs E Dunskea, Assistant Principal, Raffles’ Girls’ School, Singapore, comes to Penang as Principal
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  • 117 9 [Rwuter’B Telegrams London, October 5. The appointment of the Prince of Wales rs Grand Master of the Order of St. Michael and St. George is hailed with satisfaction in quarters of London connected with the Dominions and oversea possessions, in view of the special association
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  • 38 9 London October 5. The Redistribution scheme drafted by Boundary Commissioners under the Representation of the People Bill adds 31 seats to the House of Commons, including 29 to England, 1 in Wales and 1 in Scotland.
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  • 95 9 Province Wellesley Our Day Fund. The following subscriptions have been received towards the Province Wellesley Our Day Fund Amount previously acknowledged $771 12 The Straits Trading Ltd 500.00 Mr Kee Tek Kwee 300.00 Mr A C Hardouin 200 00 Mr F D Bindley 125 00 Mr H Lupton 100.00 Mr
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  • 59 9 The high class of entertainment given at the Empire Theatre continues to attract ar g® houses, and the bill to be given -o-night ensures further excellent business. A Blue Bird photo*play The Love Girl,” several fine comedy films, and the Cniversal Gazette will be given in the second
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • 351 9 [To the Editor, of the “Pinang Gazettb.”] Sir, —I do not know whether you would be inclined to encourage a discussion in your paper on the subject of Penang prices, but I am quite sure that a very large number of householders and family men
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  • 347 9 Chicago, August 7.—The Chicago Herald,” which has done such excellent work for the Allies, makes the following suggestion, under the heading Let us look at our Allies The Kilties made a hit in Chicago. Everybody loved the Lady from Hel',’’ even if the Highland
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  • 208 9 The Observer’s Washington correspondent telegraphs the following interview with Mr Robert Lansing, Secretary of State One thing that should be realized on the other side is that America did not delay in getting into the war. She came when the time came, and it would have
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  • 434 9 Messrs. Kennedy Co., Penang, report as follows A quieter tendency has prevailed in our Markets throughout the week but the demand keeps good for anything under recent levels. The lower prices for Rubber obtained at the Local Auctions have had but little effect on shares, quotations showing
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  • 379 9 A very helpful contribution to the ta«k of determining the root cause an! the cure of excessive drinking is made in an address to the Society for the Study of Inebriation by Dr Stanley Kent, Professor of Physiology in the University of Bristol, reported in the Lancet.”
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  • 630 9 Considerable further interest was manifested yesterday in the exhibition, under the auspices of the Penang Impressionists, held in the Chinese Merchants’ Club, on behalf of St. Dunstan’s Institute. The following pictures were sold. The prices obtained, and the percentage given to the fund are shown. Street scene Malacca,
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  • 136 9 The following ties were played yesterday and resulted Ladies Doubles Handicap (Final) —Mrs. Evans and Mrs. Clarke beat Mrs. Souter and Miss M. Pritchard 6—3. 6—l. Championship—H. E. Mason beat R. E. Prent is 6—o, 6—2. Doubles Handicap Class B (Final) —M. D. Rutley and
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  • 72 9 In connection with the Our Day Water Carnival on 3rd November there will be a mixed team handicap race at 4.10 p.m. Each team will consist of two ladies and two gentlemen. Will teams kindly send in their names, to one of the following as soon as
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  • 616 9 Progress and Extensions. In his report on the F.M.S. Railways for 1916, Mr. G. H. Fox, then acting General Manager, writes: During the year, 79 ocean steamers called az Port Swettenham w th import cargo as against 87 during 1915, and 39 steamers for export cargo,
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  • 322 9 The following is the report to the seventh ordinary annual general meeting of the company to be held on Thursday, 11th October, at 12.30 p.m., in the registered office 4, Fort Road, Malacca. The directors have pleasure in submitting the balance sheet and profit and loss account for
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  • 17 9 On Sunday, at Dato Kramat Gardens, in the League, Tanjong Tokong meet Jamathol Moslem.
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  • 308 9 Paris, September 6.*—The Paris edition of the New York Herald,” on the occasion of the celebration of the battle of the Marne, writes To-day, September 6, will be commemorated under the auspices of the French Government, represented by President Poincare, M. Ribot and M. Painleve, at an
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  • 134 9 To elaborate a plan to make an income at Roulette, To train a Bengal tiger as a harmless nursery pet, To make a dipsomaniac pass by his favourite pub, To meet the lucky man who got some smail change at the Club, To call out for hot water
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  • 105 9 Mrs. Will Irwin said at a Washington Square tea The more immodest fashions would disappear if men would resolutely oppose them. I know a woman whose dress-maker sent home the other day a skirt that was, really, too short altogether. The woman put it on. It was
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  • 53 9 Batte, Montana, August 26—The Ansconda mines and smelter have been closed down and the Great Falls mine will follow the same course on Tuesday. This action on the part of the operators is a resale of the labor troubles which were engineered by the
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  • 122 9 Pbnang, October 6, 1917. {By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank). London Demand Bank 2/4 1/4 fl 4 months’ eisrht Ba: k ...2/4 11/16 3 Credit ...2/4 27/32 3 Documentary ...2/4 7/8 Calcutta Demand Bank Rg. 3 days' sight Private Bombay Demand Bank Moulmein Demand Bank o 3 days’ sight
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  • 17 9 Obituary. ADMIRAL TOWER HAMILTON. London, October 5. Admiral Sir Frederick Tower Hamilton Commanding at Ro-yth is dead.
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 36 9 Grand Football Match IN AID OF RED CROSS O. R. O. PENANG versus O. R. C. PERAK AT THE ESPLANADE, Monday, October Bth, Entrance $1,50 cts. &1O cts. Drill cancelled to enable Volunteers to be present.
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    • 37 9 The Great Eastern Life Assurance Co., Ltd. H«ad Office SINGAPORE. Life Assurance and Endowment in All Forms. LIBERAL POLICIES. LOW RATES Financial Agents for PENANG. SIME, DARBY Co., Ltd., M. NALPON, E. C. BOYCE, Special Representative. District
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    • 2353 10 IBgsg=s= f Ik JI BANi£S.' P&O -Rrtttsh India K». ch XZ VFfL 11 lvJl> 1> Japan Mail Steamship Co. Id. j H®W konihklijke paketvaart b) AIUH INCORPORATED IN JAPAN. MAATSCHAPPIJ Reserve Fund MIHM M/ 2™. nA i Reserve Liability of Proprietors £1,200 oor i S 5/ (IMCOBPOBATED Ilf HOLLAND.) Head
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