Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 29 December 1917
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Title Section20 1917-12-29 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 308. VOL. LXXV. SATURDAY, 29th DECEMBER, 1917, PRICE 10 CENTS20 words
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Advertisement1048 1917-12-29 1 I JAPANESE DENTIST |t. nagata! Next Door to The L~” I i WAen Ordering Jr- fel’" GUINNESS’ STOUT TO mrt BEAR brand milk l NEW MANAGEMENT. *1 frjjh AS K HO tX J f \Speda7~Tiffinsi W n D you can have no ij NeW Da r y ars K U1,048 words
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Advertisement79 1917-12-29 1 n XA7 HEN YOU ARE AWAY S B V V on leave you want to keep n g in touch with Malayan affairs, Social, Commercial, Mining, Planting, &c. This you can do in no better way than by subs- cribing to the Weekly Edition of a the Pinang Gazette,” published79 words
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Article769 1917-12-29 2 “TO M.” IN TAIPING AND IPOH. The visit of the Penang Free School Scouts to Taiping on Boxing Day is a noteworthy event in the history of Taiping, leading, as it undoubtedly will, to a recognition of the advantages of the Boy Scout movement, and to its“TO M.” - 769 words
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Article63 1917-12-29 2 Messrs. Kennedy Co., Penang, report as follows Owing to the Holidays there has been but little business passing throughout the week and markets remain practically the same as last reported, the few transactions which have taken place having been at recent levels— Latest available London quotations Tin63 words
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Article476 1917-12-29 2 M.M.” A Christmas Match. The match between the Selangor Polo Club and the Peregrines, which rain had prevented from taking place, on Saturday, was played on Christmas afternoon. The result was a win for Selangor* by one goal to nil. The ground was in good order and an interesting“ M.M.” - 476 words
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Article109 1917-12-29 2 A correspondent describes the mijich at Kuala Lumpur—in which the S.C.C. beat Selangor by five tries to nil for the trophy—as a forwards’ game on what appeared to be a perfect three-quarters’ day. It was the Singapore forwards’ superior weight and energy, especially noticeable in the second half, which109 words
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Article267 1917-12-29 2 B. A. T. Agents Murdered. Yochow, December 3. —On Friday last some Northern soldiers made a raid on the premises of the British American Tobacco Company but the travelling salesman, Mr. Caldwell. coming on the scene, they ran away. The next day, Saturday, at 6 in the267 words
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Article89 1917-12-29 2 Dec. 29.—Variety Entertainment at Town Hall in aid of the proposed Epiphany Girls Industrial School, 9 p.m. Dec. 31.—Third Annual General Meeting of British Brick and Tile Co., Ltd.. Chamber of Commerce, at 12 noon. Jan. 2.—Lodge Royal Prince of Wales, Regular Meeting at Freemason’s Hall, 9 p.m.89 words
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Article585 1917-12-29 2 By Commander Carlyon Bellairs, R.N., M.P. Sir Eric Geddes has lowered that pride of Admiralty which has been so costly in this war. The War Staff has at last borrowed two Army officers to tell it how a War Staff should be organised. Ordinary filing585 words
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Article451 1917-12-29 2 Sydney, November 18. —.Mr. Cook. Minister for the Navy, stated on Saturday that it was still hard to get some people to realise that this was our war in the same sense as it was that of Great Britain and her Allies. I cannot bring myself to451 words
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Advertisement316 1917-12-29 2 NOTICE. The bridge south of ara KUDA POLICE STATION is closed to car and cart traffic. The bridge is free to satnpau and foot passengers from 6 a m. to 6 p.m, Exrcutive Engineer, Province Wellesley. 29th December, 1917. NOTICE. Pritchard Co., Ltd., beg to an= nonnee that their premises316 words
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Advertisement254 1917-12-29 2 IO Under the most Distinguished Patronage of I H. R. H. THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT I T. s. R. H. PRINCE PRINCESS OF TECK. I H. M. The King of Siam. H. M. The Sultan of Johore. I j New Year Gifts, i I JI I Ilf you wish to254 words
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Page 2 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous151 1917-12-29 2 < BIG HOLIDAY ATTRACTION. Manager THOMAS SHAFTO. > Immence Program of all Star Features for 28, 29 and 30, Dec. < X IST SHOW AT BP. M. PROMPT. H FASCINATING—MYSTERIOUS—SENSATIONAL— THRILLING 0 UNIVERSAL GREAT DETECTIVE SERIAL Q THE VOICE ON THE WIRE T Chapter 5. THE SPECTRAL HAND,” n Chapter151 words
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Article1147 1917-12-29 3 TRUE BATTLEGROUND. Commander Carlyon Bellairs, R N, M P says, the submarine menace, with which this article is exclusively concerned, still remains the greatest problem of the day. It is now acknowledged that the official and semi-official statements in September, concerning the menace being mastered, were1,147 words
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334 1917-12-29 3 San Francisco, November 24.—United States District Attorney Preston has opened the prosecution in the case against those charged with complicity to stir up a Hindu revolution in India and with having established headquarters for their propaganda throughout the far east, including the Philippine334 words
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Advertisement896 1917-12-29 3 [PENANG HARBOUR BOARD, keara public works experience, (3 years vock and harbour wants billet in NEW YEAR HOLIDAY, dealtby district. Can join at once. Apply Box No. 277. c/o Pinang Gazette. XJOTICE is hereby given that on Tuesday, Ist January. 1918, A. T 'T' T> wor k in connection with896 words
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Advertisement302 1917-12-29 3 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 fails to tempt you. Loss of appetite is a sure sign that something is wrong302 words
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Advertisement347 1917-12-29 3 I PRITCHARD I CO., LTD. SPORTS DEPARTMENT. I THE BEST IN ALL SPORTS GOODS. I TENNIS RACKETS. I I I m j BY THE BEST MAKERS I 1 1 h I tII ill I Htf I I t J Slazengers “Doherty” Rackets I VVimWS-Trffl/ Popular with all good players $20.00347 words
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Article106 1917-12-29 4 Keymer.—At the Maternity Hospital, Penang, on December 29cb, to Mr*and Mrs A E Keymer, a daughter. Lathan.—On December 26th, at Taiping, to Mr and Mrs T Lathan, a daughter. Thane.—At Bhutan Estate, Nilai, FMS, on December 24, 1917, to Mr and Mrs Colin P Thane, a son. Roberts.—On December106 words
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Article1292 1917-12-29 4 It was well known that Germany was planning another peace campaign for this winter. It coaid scarcely have been foreseen, perhaps, that she would have such good cards to play as the Italian retirement and the defection of Russia yet it was certain she would endeavour to1,292 words
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Article1536 1917-12-29 4 Mr. Holman, Premier of New South Wales, who has expressed Nightmares.** the hope that the Federal Parliament will afford Mr. Tudor, the leader of the opposition, ‘‘every reasonable opportunity to test his doctrines regarding voluntarism in Australia, was recently tendered a welcome on his return from a1,536 words
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Article14 1917-12-29 4 To-day’s quotation for unrefined tin ic Penang was $135.50 per picul buyers.14 words
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Article221 1917-12-29 4 The following was the rubber quotation in London on Dec. 27th, received yesterday: Plantation Ist latex crepe 2s s|d Smoked Sheet 2s 51 [By courtesy of Messrs. Boustead Co. j A telegram from Cairo states that the Alexandria Sporting Club has given £4,000 from racing profits to221 words
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Advertisement429 1917-12-29 4 > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Champagnes for New Year. I O oV ERNEST IRROY a co. I By Royal Warrant ex. Extra, Quality S <• /jK 1906 Vintage. S» X 5C JC BOLLINGER CO., X Very Dry, Extra Quality 5C X 1911 Vintage. X AA TO HIS MAJESTY n r»i*n-r X S king429 words
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Advertisement31 1917-12-29 4 BOOK FOR The Hogmanay Dinner AT E. O. HOTEL, ON Monday, 31st December, DANCING. EXTENSION OF LICENCE. -I- .N A Special Launch will Leave the Jetty for Butterworth at 1-30 a.m,31 words
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Miscellaneous69 1917-12-29 4 THE TIDES. The following are the tides for to-day and to*morrow, Penaffg Standard Times High Water. Low Water. To-day. 0.24 a.m. (6ft. 9i0.) 7.10 am. (Oft. 4in.) 1.11 p.m. (sft. Bin.) 7.11 p.m, (Ift. Bin.) To-mobrow. 1.1 a.m. (7ft. Oio.) 7.43 a.m. (Oft. 4in 1.48 p.m. (sft. 8io.) 7.49 p.m,69 words
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Article133 1917-12-29 5 GERMAN PEACE TERMS. BRITISH PRESS VIEWS. M. PICHONS SPEECH The enemy twice attempted to bomb an aviation camp west of Treviso, in Italy, and eleven of their machines were brought down by British and Italian airmen and the anti-aircraft guns The Germans ieport an Italian attack on133 words
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France and Belgium
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Article171 1917-12-29 5 [Ruuter e Telegrams]. ARTILLERY DUELS. London, December 28. Field Marshal Haig reports that the artillery was active north of Saint Quentin, in the neighbourhoods of Arras and Messines and east of Ypres. Flying was intermittent on Wednesday owing to snowstorms. The enemy’s trenches were bombed and machine-gunned and[Ruuter e Telegrams]. - 171 words
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Article84 1917-12-29 5 WORKMEN FROM THE UNITED STATES. Washington, December 27. Router’s correspondent with the American Army in France says several thousand American air machanics trained in England are ready to begin their duties when the American airmen reach the front. The Washington Government has b?en asked to send to84 words
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Article52 1917-12-29 5 MR. HOLMAN AND THE OPPOSITION. Sydney. December 27. Mr Holman, Premier cf New South who supported the Australian Premier, Mr Hughes, in his pro-conscription Policy, expresses the hope that the Federal Par.iament will afford Mr Tudor, the leader the Federal Opposition, every reasonable °PP3rtunity to test his doctrines52 words
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Russia
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Article1290 1917-12-29 5 CENTRAL POWERS' REPLY TO RUSSIA. London, December 28. The Central Powers, replying to six points contained in the Russian demands, declare Firstly, they do not intend forcibly to »ppropriate any territories at present occupied. Secondly, that they have no intention to rob any nation of independence which has1,290 words
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Article429 1917-12-29 5 M. PICHON’S DEFINITION. Paris, December 28. Tn an important debate in the French Chamber on the Government’s Russian policy, M Pichon, the Foreign Minister, declared that the Allies unanimously decided that it was impossible to have official relations with the Bolsheviks, owing to the latter’s violations of429 words
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Article353 1917-12-29 5 MR. HENDBRSON AND PEACE TERMS. London, December 28 A National Conference of the Trade Union Congress and the Labour Party was held at Westminster to consider the Labour manifesto on war aims. The representative gathering comprised 900 delegates, inclading Labour members of the House of Commons. A letter353 words
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Article61 1917-12-29 5 GOVERNMENT MEASURES. Washington, December 28. The affected interests approve of President Wilson's taking over the railroads. Important financial arrangements are foreshadowed, including an application to Congress to sanction Government acquisition of an unlimited quantity of new railroads securities, and the right to appropriate all earnings over an agreed61 words
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Italy’s Campaign
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Article140 1917-12-29 5 ELEVEN MACHINES BROUGHT DOWN. London, December 27. An Italian official report says 25 enemy aeroplanes attempted to bombard an aviation camp west of Treviso. British and Italian aeroplanes as. cended, and the anti-aircraft guns were in action and forced the enemy to retire. Eight enemy140 words
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General News
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Article75 1917-12-29 5 FIGHTING IN PORTUGUESE TERRITORY. Lisbon, December 27. An official report from Mozambique says: 2,000 Germans, with ten machine guns, and two cannon, attacked positions on MountMkula held by 250 Portuguese and five machine guns. The enemy assaulted after three days’ fighting, taking prisoners nine officers and seventeen men.75 words
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Article99 1917-12-29 5 London, December 27. The “Times” correspondent at Lisbon gives details of the wreck cf the City of Nagpur (8,331 tons) on Danae Reef, Delagoa Bay. He says the passengers, numbering 359, were saved, also a part of the cargo of 8,000 tons, and four racehorses valued at99 words
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Article31 1917-12-29 5 GOVERNMENT CONTROL. London, December 29. The Food Controller takes possession of all oils acd fats in, or arriving in f he United Kingdom, on and after January Ist.31 words
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Article25 1917-12-29 5 Lot.don, December 27. The rate of British Treasury Bills, three to six months maturities, has been reduced from 4f to 4 per cent.25 words
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Article44 1917-12-29 5 London, December 27. The silver market is steady. Locdon, December 27. Messrs. Montagu and Co’s report says the tone of the silver market continues steady, owing to the firmness of Shanghai exchange and higher prices in New York. The Christmas holidays curtailed business.44 words
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Article174 1917-12-29 5 The correspondent of the “Morning Post’’ at Petrograd narrates an astonishing episode during the attack on Riga. An entire Russian division surrendered, and brought in their officers bound as a peace offering to the conquerors. The Kaiser, immediately realising the bad effect of such action upon174 words
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Article147 1917-12-29 5 The following tie* ware played last evening. Championship, semi-final— H Starr beat R. N. Goodwin 21—19. Single Handicap—E R Henderson beat H Smith 21—7. The following ties have been fixed for Wednesday, 2nd January Double Handicap—J M Chalmers and H Smith v B E Mitchell and J147 words
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Article46 1917-12-29 5 The homeward mail I via Singapore, closes at 6 pm, to day at pillar bexes 5 p.m. No Money Order or Postal Order business will be transacted at Chief Post Office or Sub-Offices on Monday, 31at irstan.. The Savings Bank will also be closed.46 words
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Article61 1917-12-29 5 Singapore, December 30. The report of Alor Gajah Rubber Co., Ltd« shows a nett profit of $83,119 and proposes a final dividend of 20 per cent, making 60 for the year. It is proposed to place to reserve $20,000 and carry forward 53.599. The all-ini cost was61 words
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Article568 1917-12-29 5 Singapore. December 30. Singapore Our Day total is 464,537. Mr. Nicholas Xenopol. the Rumanian Erivoy to Japan, is seriously indisposed in Tokio. A successful bridge drive in aid of the British Red Cross Fund was held at Kampong Kuantan Bungalow on December 15, the amount realised568 words
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Article701 1917-12-29 6 QUEER ANTI-U BOAT DEVICES SENT TO JELLICOE. Speaking at Sheffield on October 24, Admiral Sir John Jellicoe said the British naval policy had five objectives. The first was the defeat and tlfe annihilation of the enemy’s armed forces; The second was to stop supplied reaching the enemy.701 words
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Article178 1917-12-29 6 Ib was announced by the Minister of Defence that in response to an urgent request from the Imperial Government the Commonwealth Government had decided to despatch a number of brick layers to Great Britain for construction work under the Munitions Ministry. The conditions of enrolment would be178 words
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Article915 1917-12-29 6 20 PER CENT DIVIDEND. A dividend of 20 per cent was voted at the annual general meeting of the Ayer Tawah Rubber Plantation Co., Ltd on December 14th at Shanghai. The meeting was presided over by Mr. L. J. Cubitt. There were also present Messrs. Alex Samson915 words
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Advertisement321 1917-12-29 6 ISTELASTIC TYRES. i H The only Tyres holding the R.A.C. Certificate H for 5,000 miles without Cuts or Punctures. S IB BRITISH AND MADE IN BRITAIN. I e I I S AGENTS FOR PENANG: g i• the Eastern Pacific Trading I g COMPANY, LIMITED. (Incorporated in Straits Settlements.) ip =S321 words
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Advertisement470 1917-12-29 6 “W iffaydQ our* A terse but eloquent and very L/ AZ /> V V welcome feature of r a 1 Field Marshal Haig's recent Jfc y" communiques. y Iff 'X Reaching their A objective bas al- Ar V\ ways been a dis- f J f K •s, IlJt lllllll\w.( tinguishing470 words
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WAR ITEMS.
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Article190 1917-12-29 7 London, December 18.—Correspondents in France not only confirm the previous reports that Germany is transferring robust troops from divisions on the Russian front to those on the West, some of which have been reduced to 12.000 bayonets, but state that recruits of the 1919 class and190 words
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Article138 1917-12-29 7 The Times Military correspondent devotes an article to the suggested appointment f a Generalissimo commanding all the Allied Armies, and points out that Germany’s supremacy in the enemy’s camp has not prevented great failures, and has probably aroused deadly jealousies. The enemy’s central uosition and the138 words
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Article264 1917-12-29 7 Germany’s Specious Excuse. London, November 22.—An official German statement explaining the extension of the barred submarine zones around England and France, and the establishment of a new barred zone around the Azores, says Our enemies are securing the services of neutral tonnage and are exerting all kinds264 words
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Article296 1917-12-29 7 London, December 18. —A cable from Ottawa says Sir Robert Borden closed hrs election campaign with a speech last night in the Russell Theatre here. A vast audience cheered the Union Government and the Premier’s pledge to reinforce the Canadians at rhe front is speedily as possible. Sir296 words
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Article57 1917-12-29 7 Washington, November 29.—The American consul at Tiflis has cabled that an independent government has been established in the f aucasus, and that the Maximalist government’s authority has been denied there. New York, November 24. —The United States authorities, acting under instructions bom the federal food commission, have seized -0.00057 words
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Article196 1917-12-29 7 New York, November 22. —Mr. Charles Grasty, the special correspondent in London of the New York “Times,” reports that in an interview Lord Northcliffe stated :—“We have a live wire at the helm, fortunately, but many of those associated with him are shirt fronts and rubber stamps.196 words
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Article98 1917-12-29 7 Sydney, November 26. —Tn response to the popular demand for the more drastic supervision of enemy aliens, the Prime Minister, in consultation on Sunday with BrigadierGeneral Lee, drew up a list of local Germans who they considered should be interned. Some of them are wealthy and influential98 words
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Article70 1917-12-29 7 London, November 25. —The Minister of Labour, Mr. G. H. Roberts, replying yesterday to a deputation from the trade union congress, said the Government’s demobilisation plans were nearing completion. The gradual reinstatement of soldiers in civil employment required the most elaborate machinery. The scheme for dealing with the70 words
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Article52 1917-12-29 7 The Government has appointed a committee of bankers, commercial men and facturers to report on the financial arrangements that will be necessary after the war to enable war factories to produce peace manufactures and to meet the great demands for raw materials owing to the depletion52 words
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Article81 1917-12-29 7 Mr, J. H. Thomas, M.P., assistant secretary of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, speaking at a railway men’s conference at Leicester, said that aftei the war Labour must see that capital was taxed, that an economic war was not permitted, that armaments were abolished or reduced,81 words
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Article275 1917-12-29 7 Constantine’s Treachery. London, November 17.—M. Venezelos, the Greek Premier, who is at present visiting London in connection with the Allied Conference, was formally welcomed at a meeting at the Mansion House yesterday. Mr. A. J. Balfour, Secretary for Foreign Affairs, paid a tribute to the ability which275 words
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Article55 1917-12-29 7 London, November 24.—Mr. Justice Bray, in sentencing thirteen bigamists to twelve months’ imprisonment at Maidstone to-day, remarked that five-sixths of these cases were those of soldiers. As the crime of bigamy was increasing he had latterly raised the sentence to nine months, and he was now adopting twelve55 words
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Article71 1917-12-29 7 Washington, November 28. —Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo has announced that the government has decided to liquidate the business of all German insurance firms in the United States. Washington, November 23.—Secretary McAdoo of the treasury department estimates that $12,700,000,000 will be needed for the war expenditures of71 words
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Article237 1917-12-29 7 Washington, November 28, —A despatch from New York states that Franz Rintelen, who is now serving sentence for complicity in the plot to blow up the Welland canal, has been convicted of having made use of fraudulent passports and has been sentenced to imprisonment for 18 months, the237 words
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Article124 1917-12-29 7 Seattle, November 28.—Since the 25th inst. about 100 Italian Anarchists have been arrested in Seattle. They belong to a wellknown anarchist institution having its headquarters in Italy, and the number of members in the United States is believed to reach 200,000. From the evidence seized by124 words
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35 1917-12-29 7 According to a Rome dispatch, the Vatican has issued a disclaimer denying any connection of the Pope with Anarchist propaganda having for its object the demoralisation of the Italian forces.35 words
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Article164 1917-12-29 7 New York, December I.—According to a dispatch from Paris the Austrians are suspicious of the attitude of Germany, especially of her policy in invading Italy without any consideration of Austria’s wishes or interests. It is reported that Emperor Karl is feeling uneasy on the outcome of164 words
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Article59 1917-12-29 7 Washington, November 25. —The government has instructed the commanders of the two .American destroyers which sank German submarines to decline British decorations which have been offered them. It is pointed out, in -the explanation of the instructions, that the laws of United States do not permit59 words
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Article34 1917-12-29 7 Buffalo, November 26. —Samuel P. Gompers was re-elected president of the American Federation of Labour at the big labour convention held in this city. The pacifists at the conference were defeated.34 words
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Article48 1917-12-29 7 New York, November 26. —The United States Shipping Board has announced that 1.400 vessels of all types have been constructed for or requisitioned, representing more than 8,000,000 dead weight tons. Thirty-three were already operating. It is expected that all will be operating before 1919.48 words
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Article262 1917-12-29 7 Seabright, N. J., October 28.—Two lifebelts bearing the name s.s. Emden, the name of a German sea raider, were discovered floating in the surf at South Beach yesterday. The first was found by Rovert Thorsen, 15 years old, near the W. E. Connor property. A short time262 words
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Article375 1917-12-29 7 Mr. Hughes in Adelaide quoted from a sermon recently preached in ikmerica by the Right Rev. Monsignor Cassidy, the rector of Fall River College. Monsignor I ’assidy told his congregation that he himself had been nurtured in an atmosphere hostile to England. He was sprung, he said,375 words
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Article110 1917-12-29 7 Osaka, December 11,—-The Ru sian Volunteer s.s. Simbirsk has drifted on the ccast nine miles south of Kikuni, in Ech zen province. She hss be< n seriously damaged and is disabled, but the j as&engers on board are believed to be safe. The torpedo-boats sect110 words
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Advertisement101 1917-12-29 7 TILES I H MANUFACTURED BY THE MALKIN TILE WORKS, Co., Ltd.. BURSLEM. ENGLAND, g g WHITE GLAZED TILES. Q 6 in. by 6 in. by f in. «L FOR ALL PURPOSES. F extensively used throughout the Straits* F.M.S. 2 GROOVED WHITE GLAZED TILES, g o n ■a 9 in. by101 words
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Miscellaneous48 1917-12-29 7 WAR CARTOONS. [Reproduced from iha Wo‘lds P<ess] ”T I 7W i; IL CsTi) 'xVslCiii 2jSr s' aOeiglfwfe kBOSK I -Jr'S/ r -< 1860 1870 1897 1917 Cadet. Lieutenant. Major-General. National Hero. HINDENBURG.— “The Life of a Hero.”—“Hv epsen,” Christiania. 4uMPl?riftL t)ANI<“ ttlsl’iAKY J MORE SCRAPS OF PAPER. —“Buffalo Express.”48 words
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Article1388 1917-12-29 8 A RR ORGANIZAHON NECHSSAhY Certain vital points were inadvertently; omitted from our report of the di mission at; the P.A.M. meeting on December 19th, on the above subject, so in view of its importance we republish the report with the necessary cor rections, says the M.M.”:— Mr L1,388 words
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Article466 1917-12-29 8 Mes’r». James F. Hutton ifc Co., Ltd., Manchester, reported on Wednesday. October 24' h as follows Liverpool Cotton, da^° r Week Mid-American—Spot 20.52 20.22 Mid-American, Current Month 19.52 19.17 F.G.F. Egyptian—Spot nom. nom. F.G. F. Egyptian, Current Month 23.45 23.85 New York Cotton. Spot—Cents. 29.50 28.45466 words
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Article58 1917-12-29 8 The Band will play the following programme of music at the Golf Club r° 5-45 p.m. to-day 1. Selection The Gaiety 2. Ga'op Clear the Road ...TMer 0 3. Selection La Petite Mademoisele ...H sr 4. Waltz Fiddle and I Roe d ®J 5. Polka Merriment Piccolo58 words
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Advertisement177 1917-12-29 8 SYNOLEOI -\p I The Oil Bound Washable Distemper I for Interior and Exterior Decorations A soft flat finish. Does not rub off. Proclaimed unrivalled for Tropical use, <77 A for Full Range of Artistic Shades tz ISK and Colour Schemes. PATERSON, SIMONS i Co. Lio. R UKOORPORATED IN ENGLAND.) g177 words
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Advertisement181 1917-12-29 8 ♦nnnnnnnnnnnn nnn n n rinnn>nnnnon nnnnnnnnn TVRESI -s n n I No wonder 95 out of n I) n each 100 Car owners n n. n n 5 -when bluntly asked g “Has the mileage given by your Tyre 0 justified the pur- o IgSiK'llißk. chase of another o n181 words
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Article901 1917-12-29 9 Hia Excellency the Governor of Hongand Mr H J Gedge, who have been to Korea on a shooting trip, returned to the Colony on Dec 17 by the Tango Mara. The engagement is announced of Miss Marie Frances (Drina) de Cruz, the youngest daughter of Mr and901 words
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POLICE COURT.
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Article312 1917-12-29 9 Three Tamil and one Bengali milk vendors were brought before Mr S H Langston this morning by the Chief Sanitary Inspector on charges of selling adulterated milk to the public. Ahmed, a Municipal peon, stated that he bought milk from the four accused on different dates, and sent312 words
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Article302 1917-12-29 9 RED CROSS GYMKHANA. The Selangor Turf Club two day Red Cross Gymkhana concluded on Wednesday. The attendance was somewhat better than on Monday. The Chief Secretary (Sir Edward Brockman) and Lady Brockman were present during the afternoon, also the British Resident (the Hon Mr J R O Aidworth)302 words
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Article62 1917-12-29 9 Tne following was the result of mining operations during the month of October, 1917 Tin ore won, pls 243.61, value $16,076.27, sundry revenue $245.08 —Total revenue $16,321.35; Less Mining and development expenses $11,328.86, mine administration, and general charges $3,079.40, taxes and royalties $2,295.43, head office62 words
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Article165 1917-12-29 9 For the period from the 28th December, 1917 to the 3rd January, 1918, inclusive the value of the highest grade of rubber is fixed at two shillings and four pence halfpenny per lb., and the duty on cultivated rubber on which export duty is leviable on165 words
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Article1101 1917-12-29 9 A BIG BLUNDER. Writing to the Malay Mail Mr G A Russell says:—ln your account of Friday’s Federal Council meeting, the Chief Secretary is reported to have said British subjects in Great Britian, having money there, were not permitted to engage in any enterprise without the permission of1,101 words
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236 1917-12-29 9 Likely to Trade Under License. We take the following from the Manila Cablenews-American The provisions of the Enemy Trading Act are now occupying the attention of Insular Government officials, and although this morning Attorney-General Paredes filed a petition in the Court of First Instance for236 words
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Article198 1917-12-29 9 Thousands of babies will be fed by the Government during the present winter. The sale of children, boys and girls, by homeless and starving flood refugees, into slavery, may thus be prevented, says a member or the Directorate-General of Flood Relief and Conservancy. Proclamations have198 words
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Article167 1917-12-29 9 P. E. N.” Harbin. December 6. —General Horvath has taken over the control of the police force, as suggested by the Allied Consuls ab Harbin bus the Harbin branch of the Workmen’s and Soldiers’ Association strongly oppose this on the ground that as the Maximalists or Bolsheviks—“ P. E. N.” - 167 words
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CHINESE AFFAIRS.
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Article111 1917-12-29 9 Peking, December 19.—A mandate appoints General Tuan Ki Sui (the late Premier) to be Director of Military Affairs. Another mandate accepts Wong Shi Chen's resignation of the war portfolio and appoints General Tuan Chi Kwei as Minister of War. Another mandate appoints Lan Chun How to be Tuchun111 words
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42 1917-12-29 9 Peking, December 18.—It is reported that it has been decided to dispatch one Division of troops to Europe. Britain and France will provide the equipment for the troops and China will supply cotton, grains and cattle.42 words
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51 1917-12-29 9 Peking, December 18. —The military movements are regarded as measures to prevent a further advance by the Southern troops and to secure a beter position for the North in the peace negotiations. The Cabinet is still discussing the policy to be adopted towards the51 words
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Article47 1917-12-29 9 Peking, December 18.—General Lung Chai Kwong telegraphs that he has assumed at Yangkong the Office of Inspector-General of the Two Kwang. [lt is reported locally that General Lung Chai Kwong has crossed the straits with his troops from Hainan, and is making for Kwangsi.]47 words
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101 1917-12-29 9 Chinese are being well treated both in Austria and Germany according to Mr. Shen Jui-ling, former Minister to Vienna, who has just returned to Peking. Only two Chinese students are in Austria, one having an Austrian mother and the other being a graduate of101 words
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Article46 1917-12-29 9 Damage estimated at over Y. 1.000.000 was caused by a fire at Osaka on the night of the 13th instant which destroyed the works and warehouses of the Japan Artificial Fertiliser Company and also the godowns of the Fuji Paper Mills.46 words
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Article305 1917-12-29 9 Wooden or Steel Vessels? In view of the criticism in shipping circles of the Commonwealth Government’s contract for the purchase of 14 cargo vessels from America, and the supposition that the ships are to be built of wood, it is interesting to recall the fact that more than305 words
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Article69 1917-12-29 9 London, November 20.—E. Alexander Boyd, an Australian petty officer in the Royal Navy Air Service, who was taken prisoner in September, has been sentenced to imprisonment for a year in Germany for referring to the Germans as “Huns.” Boyd’s mother is endeavouring to obtain the cancellation of69 words
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Article152 1917-12-29 9 Threatened Offensive in the West. The London papers place extraordinary" importance in the threatened offensive by the Germans on the West, with contemporary attacks in the direction of Verdun, Nancy and Rheims. Others believe an offensive in Alsace the more probable. Germany and Russia. It is reported that152 words
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Article246 1917-12-29 9 Robbing the Railway. In the Taiping Police Court last week before Mr. H. A. Forrer, Magistrate, Inspector M. O’Hanlan, of the F.M.S. Railways Police, prosecuted Yeo Heang Chean, a Hokien, for defrauding the F.M.S. Railways by travelling without a ticket from Taiping to Pondok Tanjong. From the evidence246 words
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Article75 1917-12-29 9 Sunday after Christmas. —8 a.m. Matins; 8.30 a.m. Holy Communion 5 p.m Sunday School 6 p.m. Evensong. Hymns 59, 62 and 60 Psalms Marsh and Humphreys, Magnificat 47, Nunc Dimittis 65. Carols i See amid the winter’s snow, ii The manger Throne. Tuesday, January Ist, The75 words
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35 1917-12-29 9 Northam Road. 9 a.m.—Children’s Service. 6 p.m.—Public Worship. Preacher; Rev. Donald J. Ross, m.a. Hymns:—6B7, 573, 514 (tune 171), 515 (tune 497), 516. Choir Practice on Thursday evening at 7 o’clock.35 words
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Article34 1917-12-29 9 Fitzgerald Memorial Methodist Church (corner of Anson and Burmah Roads) —Sunday December 30th, Sunday School 8 am. Epworth League 7.15 p m., Evening Worship 8 p.m. Speaker—The Rev. B. J. Baughman.34 words
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Article33 1917-12-29 9 Sunday, December 30.—Sunday with in the octave of Nativity of our Lord. Low Mass 6.15 a.m.; High Mass 8 am. Vespers and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament 5 p.m.33 words
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Article74 1917-12-29 9 Sunday, December 30.— Sunday with in the octave of Nativity of our Lord. Holy Communion 6.30 a.m High Mass and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament 8 a m. Church of Our Lady of Sorrows, Mac Alister Road. —High Mass, Sermon, and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament74 words
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110 1917-12-29 9 ‘J. A.” Negotiations are now going on between the B;ue Funnel Line and several local shipbuilding and shipping firms to buy nine steamers in Japan. Id is learned that preliminary contracts have been signed bv the British firm with Messrs Suzuki and. ‘J. A.” - 110 words
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