Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 15 November 1917

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 271. VOL. LXXV. THURSDAY, 15th NOVEMBER, 1917. PRICE 10 CENTS
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    MESOPOTAMIA.
    529 2 THE CAPTURE OF DELI ABBAS. The following telegram, dated the 22nd October, has been received from “Eye witness in Mesopotamia Mesopotamia, 20th October.—Under Jebel Hamrin- —To day we successfully completed the operations which have been in progress since the 16th against the Turkish position on the Jebel Hamrin, a
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    A Norwegian Discovery.
    332 2 The extremity to which Germany is driven in its fiendish efforts to destroy the shipping of the Allies and neutrals is indicated in a statement published in a Norwegian newspaper, a translation of which has been supplied to us. The disclosures were made following upon the arrival
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      1421 2 p V" ici Igo vern men T N OTIC E. 1 TAIP.NO Medical practice, enter partnerahip or 66 TT? A contract with group of estates. STRAITS SETTLEMENTS WAR LOAN. VF kJ IK LF/K 1 Apply Box No. 246, c/o Pinang Gazette. 1350-19-11 TNTEREST FOR THE SECOND DA X A A
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      271 2 (nni r Bo] —===J''§] Variety of Uses, i The uses to which LEA PERRINS’ SAUCE can be put are innumerable. At Luncheon, Dinner or Supper, it is the ideal sauce for Roast Meats Fish, Game, Cheese, Salad, etc. In the Kitchen, it is indispensable to the '7= 'Jc cook for
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      EXPLOSIONS IN ITALY.
      72 3 Rome, October 10. —The trial was concluded to-day of a number of persons who were alleged to have been responsible for many incendiary outbreaks, particularly the disastrous explosion at a dynamite factory at Gengio in February, 1916. Sergeant-Major Benatti was sentenced to imprisonment for life. His wife
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      THREAT AGAINST ZEEBRUGGE.
      87 3 London, October 9. —No wonder the Germans are fighting their hardest to prevent beir.iT pushed into the plain, and a short progress eastward, would entail the evacuation of Bruges and Zeebrugge by the Germans, r the risk of being forced into Dutch territory. Such eastward progress also
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      NEW GERMAN CRUISER MINED.
      127 3 London. October B.—A traveller who has reached Amsterdam from Hamburg states that early last week a new German battle cruiser struck a mine whilst doing her trials off Heligoland. The vessel was towed to port seriously damaged. Twenty-three of the crew were drowned, including three officers.
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      HOW A SEA INVASION OF FRANCE WAS FRUSTRATED.
      105 3 L ndon. October 16.—1 n the Paris Matin a naval expert, discussing the rapidity of the German landing.says the German Admiralty had many flat-bottomed sloops, motor driven, which constituted part of a plan premeditated before the war. The enemy originally intended landing
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      UTILISING GERMAN SHIPS.
      77 3 Brazil has arrived at an understanding with the Allies in regard to the using of German steamers in connection with international steamship lines in the interests of Brazil and the Allies. The utilisation of German steamers has been settled by a joint agreement with the Allies. Brazil
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      MR. ROOSEVELT’S VIEWS.
      127 3 New York, October 6. —Mr. Roosevelt in a speech to-day declared amid immense enthusiasm that peace terms must come as the result of the Allies’ overwhelming victory. Ihe peace terms must include the complete 'verthrow of Germany, the dissolution of Asiatic Turkey from Arabia to Armenia, Constantinople
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      GERMAN ORDER FOR ATTACK.
      180 3 I Bandon, October 9.—Mr. Percival PhilJ' in a message to the Daily states :—The opposing armies I’asschendaele Ridge are resting 1 llP, i. v in the mud. Local encounters on "iiiesday convinced the enemy of the fuof further counter attacks. The unTk 1 sun< cheered the
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      RAIDS ON OPEN CITIES.
      51 3 R AIDS ON OPEN CITIES. k’hd* r k’ Stober B.—The Rome correstiie p 1 th® ew York “Sun” states that 18 str iving to decrease the bittertbr<, i War an d i® ma king an effort Papal Nuncios at Munich and t 0 Put an end to Austro-German aeriun open
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      AUSTRALIAN PRISONERS.
      122 3 London. October 9. —The Australian Red Cross report states that 2800 Australian prisoners are now in Germany and 124 in Turkey. During September 15.796 food parcels and 615 parcels of clothing were despatched. Colonel Murdoch is attending the Downingstreet conference on the question of the prisoners in Turkey.
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      MEMORIAL TO AUSTRALIANS.
      62 3 London, October 8. —The Bishop of Salisbury, Dr. Ridgway, on Sunday unveiled an imposing memorial to the men of the first training battalion of the Australian forces. The memorial which has been erected M Durington. near Amesbury, on Salisbury Plain, is a massive obelisk of rugged red
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      WELSH MINERS AND INCOME TAX.
      45 3 London, Octobr 8. —In consequence of the South Wales miners having demanded the revision of the income tax. Mr. Bonar Law has offered an abatement of £25 on account of a wife. This practically amounts to a tax upon bachelors.
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      NEW COAL FIELD IN ENGLAND.
      105 3 London. October B.—Several coal seams have been discovered at Coventry, in Warwickshire, 18 miles from Birmingham. It is estimated that the seams will yield 80.000.000 tons of coal. [Coventry stands at the south-east of an island of Permian sandstone, in the midst of the surrounding
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      £l,000 FOR A BOMB ON BERLIN.
      26 3 London. October 14.—Mr. "S eno, of Manchester, has offered £l.OOO for the first British airman to drop bombs on Berlin.
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      KAISER SUED BY HIS NEPHEW.
      116 3 London, October 6. —A remarkable suit, in which Prince Frederick Leopold, a nephew of the German Empress is plaintiff, and the Kaiser defendant, is being heard in Berlin before a special tribunal of Prussian judges. The action was instituted by Prince Leopold against the Kaiser,
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      NO WINTER REST FOR GERMANS.
      72 3 New York, October 15. —Lord Northcliffe. in an interview, said —“Sir Douglas Haig’s smashing blows will continue, no matter what the weather. The Germans will not enjoy a rest during the winter. Conditions have changed since Marshal Joffre said that France needed men. France has
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      THE NEW SULTAN OF EGYPT.
      69 3 Cairo, October 13.—The remains of the late Sultan, Hussein Kemal Pasha, were interred with impressive ceremony yesterday. The funeral was an imposing spectacle, Australian troops taking a prominent part. The populace was quiet during the funeral. The accession of the new Sultan, Prince Ahmed Fuad,
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      POOR HARVEST IN FRANCE.
      40 3 London. October 9.—The French harvest has proved to be the poorest known for half a century. The Food Minister proposes a scheme for rationing the towns, and states that 140.000.000 bushels of cereals must be imported.
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      GREEKS CALLED TO THE COLOURS.
      35 3 Sydney. Oct. 15. —Mr. S. S. Cohen, consulgeneral for Greece in Sydney, has received a cable from the Greek Government calling to the colours Greek residents of the 1916-17 class.
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    THE WAR SUMMARY.
    815 3 THE WESTERN FRONTS. London, November 2nd :—A sudden formidable enemy attack on the Italian front is the outstanding event, though in Flandertf and France our successes have been followed up and great aerial activity con» tinues. The U S troops have taken their place in the trenches
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      45 3 WAR CARTOONS. [Reproduced from tlee World's Press I iabbfr fr?* llw !l It,-- /wt»x 't^- l '^\'.'*-~*-V'-*-^'' 1 r>- wi* i THE “NOBODY LOVES US” CLUB.— “New York Mail.” ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■a i s r /w& c\ i i "i" ‘»s 5 BUSTED AGAIN.— “New York World.”
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    FEDERAL COUNCIL.
    380 4 A VOTE FOR WAR EXPENDITURE. [From Oub Own Cobmspondent.l Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 14. At the Federal Council meeting the Chief Secretary (Sir E L Brockman), answering questions, said the Government was unable to make a war grant to pensioned officers, but cases of distress would be considered. Plans
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    P.C.C. TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP.
    309 4 On the Padang yesterday afternocn Mr. H. E. Mason and Mr. A. W. de W. Harries, played to decide who shall meet Mr. W. H. Tbrelfall, holder, in the P. C. C. lawn tennis championship. The match, which had been pos'poned on several occasions, commenced early, on
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    Rugby Football.
    71 4 [From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, November 15. Singapore Cricket Club beat a Selangor Rugby team by 4 tries to 2 tries, after a hard game. Green and Sutherland scored for the visitors. There will be no performance by the Merrymakers in Penang to-morrow, the company’s visit having been
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    802 4 Mr. H. Barrett has been confirmed in the appointment of Supervisor of Government Monopolies, Penang. The Hon. the Resident Councillor will Be At Home at the Residency on Wednesday, 21st November, at 5 p.m. Dr. G. E. Morrison. Political Adviser to the Chinese Government, has left Peking
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    EMPIRE THEATRE.
    101 4 Commencing to night at the Empire the manageme'>t promise another- exceptionally fine and very varied selection of high class fi’ms. The galaxy of star artists in the Programme is seldom equalled. Francis X Bushman and Beverley Bayne, the popular “Metro” principals, are to be aeen azain in further
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    THE FLOODS IN SIAM.
    588 4 DAMAGED RICE CROP. Reports are trickling into Bangkok giving more details of the damage to the crop. These reports do not profess to give the whole extent of the damage, but only what is known at present. When the waters go down further, additional figures will
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    APPEAL TO BRITISH SUBJECTS.
    135 4 In the course of an appeal to British subjects of all races in Siam for assistance to those who have suffered by the floods the British Minister in Bangkok states: ‘Tn heading personally a subscription for this purpose, I am confident that all races of British
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    SIAM FLOOD RELIEF WORK.
    116 4 The following Official Communique has been issued In view of the extraordinary inundation of this year His Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to appoint a Royal Commission composed of the Ministers of Finance, Interior, Agriculture and Local Government to take up and consider the
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      585 4 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. WANTED. CIVIL ENGINEER, to manage Con tractor’s business. Reply stating previous experience and qualifications. Box No. 247, c/o Pinang Gazette. Notice is hereby given that Meredith John Barclay Watt and and Roger Elvy Prentis are entitled to sign our firm per procuration from Ist November, 1917. SANDILANDB, BUTTERY
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      377 4 FRESH STOCKS. I notice" 1 Drugs, Medicinal tinctures, Com- LABOUR CODE, 1912, F.M.S. pressed tablets, Druggists’ sundries, and Surgical requisites INDIAN IMMIGRATION FUND ORDINANCE 1911.” B W’s Kepler’s Sol: Malt and Codliver oil HypeloM Emetine Hydrochi gr. 1/2; p MpLOYERS f In(Jian Infundin (Pituitary ex-i hereby reminded that assessment t,
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      218 4 SUCCESS SUCCESS SUCCESS Come and Join Those Enjoying Themselves—But Come Early, p lc^ed nightly and drawing greater crowds than ever at the Manager THOMAS SHAFTO. We present one of our absolute strongest programmes for Thursday Friday, Saturday and Sunday 15th, 16th, 17th and 18th, November, 1917 Commencingat 8 p.m. sharp.
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    TIN PLATE SHORTAGE.
    354 5 New Regulations in Australia. Australia is faced with a serious shortage of tin plates. The Imperial authorities arranged some time ago to allow the Commonwealth 2000 tous of tin plate each month. The quantity available to the end of the year will be about 12,000 tons, but
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    Boxing.
    167 5 S T.” Corpl Scott, RE, heavy-weight champion of the Far East, who went home from Hongkoog recently, has been quick in coming into prominence. In a novices’ competition at the National Sporting Club (where conditiors as to what is a novice are not very strict) Scott disposed of bis
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    The Rifle Again.
    136 5 —Ex. Recent dispatches from the front have indicated the increasing share which the r fle is contributing to our successes in Flanders. For many months it has been well known that in all our training camps, both for officers and men, special instruction in this branch of
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    PRODUCE.
    148 5 Pbnang, November 15, 1917. S. P. Tapioca ...$12.30 sales M. P. Tapioca ...$12.40 sellers. Gold leaf $72. Pepper (W. Coast 3 lbs. 5 oz) sl6j buyers Black Pepper $25 buyers. White Pepper $4O nom Trang Pepper $32.00 season over Mace $llO nom. Mace Pickings $4B sellers. Cloves season over
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      407 5 > B fa- V C* WjSJi Z Never Use An Oily Polish on Any of My Furniture—just JOHNSONS Prepares Wax OILY polishes gather and hold the dust, soiling clothing, linen and everything with which they come in contact. Johnson’s Prepared Wax imparts a perfectly hard, dry, glasslike polish. It forms
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      437 5 Q X S CW 5$ g Wtf 'tsyres t6at are Superior n y g and Reason XVSy! p OIXIY YEARS of reseat ch and experiment have made the factory of R the North British Rubber Co., Ltd., one of the most perfectly organised an d completely equipped works in the
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    DEATH.
    18 6 Jrlf—-On November 9h, 1917, in London, of pleurisy, Blanche, dearly loved wife of Captain Arthur S. Jelf.
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    THE ITALIAN SITUATION.
    1220 6 The situation in Italy, if it is not altogether clear, ca’i now be viewed with greater exactitude, in view of the reports that the Italian line now extends from the Lower Piave to the Brenta, up the Sugana valley, whence it turns to the left across the
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    HERE AND THERE.
    1404 6 President Wilson had an aulienee fully in sympathy witfk his views The American when he addressed the Mission to Convention of the AmeriEurope. Labour Federation on the necessity for unity in the last dscisive issue between the old principle of power and the new principle of freedom,”
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    TIN PRICES.
    14 6 To-day’s quotation for unrefined tin iu Penang was $126.00 per picul buyers.
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    The Rubber Market.
    33 6 The following was the rubber quotation in London on Nov. 13th, received to-day: Plantation Ist latex crepe 2s 7d Smoked Sheet 2s 6d [*By courtesy of Messrs. Boustead tk Co.,
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    LOCAL SHARE MARKET.
    42 6 The following is the latest quotation iu Messrs. Kennedy and Co. s share list Yesterday. To-day. E Shares. CC M W Rubber (Dollar). Jeram K. $1.70 SIJS $l.lO $l.BO Mining. AsamK. 22/- 22/6 22/3 23/Tongkah H. $l4 $l5 sl4|
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    PENANG RUBBER SALES.
    217 6 Messrs. Allen Dennys it Co. advise us that the under-mentioned prices were realised for rubber sold by them at their 333rd auction sale held to-day Smoked diamond sheet No 1 $lO3 to $ll2 Smoked diamond sheet No 2 85 12 Unsmoked sheet No 1 Unsmoked sheet No
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      303 6 IMPORTANT NOTICE. 9 rpHE SALE OF PUNDUT ESTATE Bindings advertised to be sokl at Auction by Messrs. H POWELL Co., Ltd., 17, Hatties Place, Singapore, on :X Thursday, 15th November, 1917, has been postponed to the IStli December, 1917, with completion one month JJ later. By Order of the Custodian
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      56 6 St. Andrew’s Dinner and Concert AT THE A O. HOTE.L Fridgy. loin November. Booking for Seats Open Now. ■iiiiiiiiiiHiii.iiHiiiiuiiiiiiniiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiH 3 ?9/ie Reside nt-Councillor will be Jit Jiome on Wednesday, 21st November, at 5 p m. iaHiuiuiuiiinniuiuiiißiiHNuiiMiiiramiiiHiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiniiiiiß Pinang Gazette Press, LIMITED. TELEPHONES. a Printing Works Manager and Cashier’s Office 498 Managing
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      54 6 THE TIDES. The following are the tides for to-day and to-morrow, Penang Standard Times High Water. Low Water. To day 006 a.m. (7fc. 6.38 a.m. 9in.) 0.32 p.m. (6ft. lin.) 6.36 p.m. (Ift. 4in.) To MORROW. 0.38 am. (7ft. lin.) 712 a m. (6ft. 1.08 p.m (6ft. 2m j 7,12
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    KERENSKY WINS.
    188 7 THE ITALIAN FRONT. french government resigns. THE ALLIED WAR COUNCIL 31. Kerensky, who is being supported by Generals Korniloff and Kaledin, has practically overcome the Leninists in Petrograd, and the Provisional Government is being established in Moscow. The Austrians have occupied Feltre, west of the Upper Piave, also
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  • France and Belgium
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      FLANDERS.
      215 7 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] ENEMY GUNS ACTIVE. London, November 14 Field Marshal Haig reports increased enemy artillery fire all day at a number of points on the Ypres batHe front, especiaTy in the neighbourhood of Passchendaele. The Airmen. London, November 14. Field Marshal Haig reports: Our aeroplanes on Monday machine-gunned many
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      The Air Board.
      143 7 AERIAL SUPREMACY. London, November 13. The House of Commons passed the second reading of the Air Force Bill. The Air Board, in an explanatory statement, says the air force will henceforth have the same status as the army and navy. Supremacy in the air is as essential
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      ALLIED WAR COUNCIL.
      823 7 M. PAINLEVE’S SPEECH. Paris, November 14. The French Chamber passed a vote of confiience in the Government by 250 votes to 192, after a speech by M. Painleve, explaining the purpose of the Supreme Allied War Council. He said the Council would shape the general war policy
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      MR. LLOYD GEORGE'S SPEECH,
      447 7 OPINION IN ENGLAND. London, November 14. Mr. Lloyd George’s speech in Paris creited a tremendous sensation. Ibe Hou-e of Commons was taken by surp 1 ise, and is disposed to be critical. The speech is interpreted in seme quarters as betoken, ing a desire by the
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      SIR P. SASSOON’S APPEAL.
      215 7 Sir Philip Sassoon, M.P., (Private Secretary to Field Marshal Haig) who has written to the Mayor of Folkstone exhorting the people at home to have confidence in the efforts of the army on the western front, expressed himself thus at the beginning of the year: “These
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      Britain’s Defences.
      39 7 London, November 14. In the House of Common®, in reply to Mr Lynch, Mr Bonar Law stated that the War Cabinet had considered all the possibilities of invasion of Britain, and bad every confidence in Lord French.
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      Lord Reading’s Return.
      17 7 London, November 13. Reading, having completed his mission to America, has arrived in England.
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      NEW WAR COUNCIL.
      546 7 QUESTIONS IN COMMONS. London, November 14. In the House of Commons, Mr. Asquith, amid cheers, a®ked what were the functions 4>f the proposed Inter-Allied Council, particularly of its Military Staff; whether it was proposed that the Council should have power to interfere with and override the opinion
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  • Naval Operations.
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      Italian Shipping.
      30 7 London, November 14. For the week ending November 11th» the Italian shipping arrivals were 384 and the sailings 333. One sailing ship over a hundred tons was sunk.
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      ITALIAN SHIPPING LOSSES.
      187 7 The following is a list of previous Italian losses as cabled by Reuter:— Week ended. Arrivals. Sailings. Sunk. Sailing Steamships. efrs. 6th May 464 430 V 13th May 580 561 7 4 20th May 460 317 0 27th May 498 476 U 3rd June 492 446 4
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      PALESTINE OPERATIONS.
      391 7 GENERAL ALLENBY’S REPORT. London, November 14 General Allenby, describing the operations to Thursday, says the Turks on October 27th made a strong reconnaissance, with two regiments of cavalry and three thousand infantry, south-west of Tel el Sheria. A London Yeomanry Brigade holding an outpost covering the railhead, fought
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      The Trentino.
      274 7 SEVERE FIGHTING. London, November 13 An Italian official report says We repulsed a strong attack on the Asiago plateau, after a desperate struggle, inflicting serious losses. We captured an enemy detachment west of Asiago, releasing some of our men. 1 be Piave Liae. The enemy is in contact
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      IN PETROGRAD
      198 7 KERENSKY SUPREME Stockholm, November 14. The Swedish Agency learns from Hapar. anda that M. Kerensky entered Petrograd and that the Majority troops arrestedi him. London, November 14. Some doubt exists regarding the significance of the mes’ase from Stockholm reporting the arrest of M. Kerensky. The word which is
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    Penang "Our Day" Red Cross Fund.
    89 7 Amount previously acknowledged $118,214.94 Tennis Match P C C vs C R C $34, R F Bradford $5O, Collection at St George’s Church 28th October, 1917, $161.19, St Xavier’s sontribution to Inter School Sports $225 05, St Xavier’s contribution from Prize Winners $2OO, Adamson,
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    BINDINGS "OUR DAY" FUND.
    208 7 C H G Clarke $4O, Amount collected by Khno Teow Hooi $7O, Geok Ewe Khooi 85, Low Heong Ewe $5, Wong Heng Kee 111, F A Peterson $l, Mohamed Aii $l, ;jim Ewe Lee $5,’G W Augus $5, H Meh a 35, Chinese staff, Lumut Hospital
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    Queen Mary’s Needlework Guild.
    58 7 PENANG WOMEN WORKERS. Amount previously acknowledged $6,070.38 No 42 $2 Total $6,072.38 Hospital garments for soldiers ready cut out for workers will be given out at the Town Hall every Friday at 9.15 till 10.30 a.m. Workers are urgently needed —also donations which should be sent
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    SINGAPORE’S FUND.
    15 7 [From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, November 15. Singapore’s Our Day total is $239,000a
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    SHARES.
    2483 8 I i 2 Capital. Paid up. Value Dividends. NAMES. s Ezs -2 g 8 gQ QQ c£ I j 1914 1915 i 1916 1917 RUB B E R (Dollar.) 1909 8120,000 120,000 fl >1 20 45 65 40lint. Alor Gajah Rubber Estate S 4 j 1916 81,000,000 8625,000 82
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    NETHERLANDS AND THE WAR.
    550 8 Batavis, November 12—In order to contradict the rumours concerning the supposed intention of the Entente to give a piece of territory to Belgium at the expense of the Netherlands, the Paris correspondent of the Telegraaf wired a strong denial on the part of the French Government.
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    FROM THE WORLD'S PRESS.
    1167 8 One Life more or Less. It matters little whether they shoot Kornilof, or not. Let them shoot him. The essential point is that the road be taken which he points out as the only one suitable, i.e. The Dictatorship. (La Victoire). Tbe German God. The Pope
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      126 8 Knife-like Pai* l9 The sharp, shooting pain 9 > pre agony of Sciatic*, often make e fe able to life. The H er y darts from hip to heel, the sleepl*® 9 M u' cheerless days—why not n 7 and get back to health and co® g t |j e
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    STRAITS PRESS.
    1302 9 SOME OF THE LEADING PAPERS. In the course of a special article on Paper and print in some minor British Possessions” ■jhe British and Colonial Printer and Stationer, of September 27 says: \t a distance of some 1,200 miles southwest of Hongkong is another distributing centre, of equal,
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    French Politics.
    161 9 Pari», November 6 —The police agent Seailles has been accused of espionage. A warrant of arres* has b -en i-sued against the expert, Porchere, who is Rccu«ed of complicity in the 8010 affair. The Chamber has put off till the 13th November the interpellation on the pre-ent judicial
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    CONTROL OF INDUSTRY.
    135 9 London, October 10.—A manifesto signed by many business men and educationalists urges the adoption of a national scheme of industrial reconstruction, by which the workers may participate in the self-government of an industry. It suggests that the workers should have a vocational vote, and, together with the
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    EXCHANGE.
    123 9 Prnasg, November 15, 1917. (By Courtesy ot the Chartered Bank). London Demand Bank ..2/4 1/4 4 months'eight Bank ...2/4 11/16 3 Credit ...2/4 27/32 3 Documentary ...2/4 7/8 Calcutta Demand Bank R«. i, 3 day» 1 eight Private Bombay Demand Bank Moilmein Demand Bank c 3 days' sight Private
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    INDIAN RICE CROPS.
    379 9 FIRST FORECAST, 1917 18. This forecast is based upon reports furnished by Provinces, which contain about 99 per cent of the total area under rice in British India. The reports relate to conditions up to the Ist October The total area sown is reported to be 75,299,000
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    THE SIAMESE RICE CROP.
    254 9 The actual figures of the rice crop of this country have become a matter of some interest, and the estimate has now been worked out very carefully in detail, over, a number of years, s ays the Bangkok Times.” We give these figures in terms of
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    AGRICULTURAL PESTS.
    158 9 The F.M.S. Government Gazette notifies that in exercise of the powers vested in him by section 21 (ii) of The Agricultural Pests Enactment, 1913, the Chief Secretary to Government makes the following rule: Every owner and occupier of land whereon any plant shall be found to be attacked
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    SIAMESE SOUTHERN LINE TRAFFIC.
    504 9 We have to thank the Commissioner-Gen-eral of the Royal State Railways for a copy of Mr. Gittins’ report on the traffic and construction of the Southern Line for the year B. E. 2459. The following are some points from the report: At the end of the
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    SIAM PRIZE COURT.
    87 9 The claimants in the cases in connection with the enemy vessels have not paid into the Prize Court the fees and security for costs within the time allowed by the Court. They therefore have lost the right of taking the matter before the Dika Court, hence the
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      81 9 if, when yo"J gw duwu th«s «treat, vou see one of <»ur favourite shops being improved and enlarged it afford» von little surprise, because in your own mind you have always associated that shop with value in hats, boots, of furniture. The enlargements arc made to cope with the increase
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      436 9 PINANG GAZETTE. Rates of Casual Advertise meats. FOR SALE. TO LET. SITUATIONS VACANT. ETC, Minimum Charge $2.00 For 1 insertion 1.20 per inch 2 insertions 1.10 m 3 0.95 4 0.85 6 0.75 o’6o 12 or more insertions 0.50 Advertisements are charged by space A line of ordinary advertisement! type
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    ST. ANDREW'S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
    500 10 new organ installed. A new organ has been installed in St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Charco, Nortbam Road, and the instrument will be dedicated at the Service at 6 p.m. on Sunday, when Mr A E Selby will be oganist, and Mrs H T Clark and Mr J
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    Holiday Burglary.
    236 10 M T.” Singapore Shop Visited. A mysterious burglary, in which no de finite clue seems to exist occurred last night at No A Europe Hotel Arcade (High Street), the premises of Messrs Said and Bucker, manufacturing jewellers and dealers in precious stones. The Bengali watchman, who reported the
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    Australian Strikes.
    141 10 The following is a copy of a letter received by the Singapore, Reuter’s agency Reuter’s London, 27 September 1917. H W Buckland Esq, Singapore. Dear Sir, You will probably have noticed an enormous gap in our reporting of the strike situation in Australia. After the first telegrams showing
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    MARKET PRICES.
    287 11 Penang, November 15, 1917. Beef—cU. Soup per catty 16 Roast 26—28 Steaks 26—28 Stew or Curry Meat 17—18 Rump Steak 26 —28 Ox Tail each 30—35 Tongue 50 Feet 30 Heart 35—45 Liver p er catty 40 Fillet of Beef Jt 60 Pork— Pork per catty 54 Pork
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    COMING EVENTS.
    85 11 Nov. 17.—A. C. S. Union Variety-show, Town Hall 9 p.m. Nov. 20.—Penang Chamber of Commerce, special general meeting, 3 p.m. Nov. 20.—Rural Board Meeting, Land Office, Penang. 3 p.m. Nov 21.—Residency “At Home,” 5 p.m. Nov. 22,-—Lodge Scotia, Regular Meeting, 6 p.m. Nov. 24.—P. V. Field Operations. Nov.
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