Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 10 January 1918

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 8. VOL. LXXVI. THURSDAY, 10th JANUARY, 1918, PRICE 10 CENTS
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  • 444 2 HARROWING DETAILS. Lon lon, December 9—lhe appalling disaster at Halifax has yielded a death roll which is estimated at 4000. In addition 3000 are injured, many of them seriously. The vessels that caused the disaster were the French steamer Mont Blanc, 3121 tons, which was loaded with
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  • 162 2 Application to Cbylon Supreme Court. Madras, December 20 —Before Mr. Justice Shaw at the Ceylon Supreme Court on Tuesday, Mr A R H Canekeratne applied for an order conferring sole testamentary jurisdiction on the Colombo District Court in respect of the estate of the late Earl Kitchener
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  • 151 2 Dr. Georges Weill, who represented Me f z in the German Reichstag before the war, addressed the Anglo-French Society recently on the question of AlsaceLorraine. He said the inhabitants of these provinces had nothing in common with Germany. They asked of their own free will to
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  • 84 2 London, December 4th.—Four Tanks will commence a War Bond tour of the provinces on Monday next. A Tank, which has been stationed in Trafalgar-squa-e, offers to go to any address investing £lOO- It goes to the Prudential Assurance Company, Holborn, to-day to fetch £623.000, interest on
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    • 1347 2 EUROPEAN, 31, at present planting F*CJR. SALE NOTIOE. in F.Mb, desires change. Com *t»HE New Atlas and Commercial Gazette mercial or planting. Office experience. of the Straits Settlements and F. M.S, A MEETING WILL BE HELD at Box No. 5, c/o Pinang Gazette. Scarcely Opened) Publisher’s Butterworth Court House, on
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    • 184 2 SYNOLEO The Oil Bound Washable Distemper for Interior and Exterior Decoratiens A soft flat finish. Does not rub off. Proclaimed unrivalled for Tropical use. 07 /J for Full Range of Artistic Shades ezid/C and Colour Schemes. 4 PATERSON, SIMONS Co.. Ltd.. inrOOBPOBATHD IN ENGLAND,) AGENTS. ISTELASTIC s 3 I TYRES.
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  • AHEAD OF THE MAIL.
    • 300 3 p e tr«grad< Nov. 27. —The situation in Finland in critical. The new Diet, with a small anti-Socialist majority, refused the Socialists’ 1.-irind for the immediate confirmation of 1 Ils adopted by the previous Socialist Diet, 'eluding the Independence Bill, which led to s i .list
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    • 246 3 Dr. Harold Williams, the Petrograd correspondent of the Daily Chronicle,” states We must face the fact that in one way or fhp other Russia, despite the will of the best elements of the population, must retire from the war. I must warn the Allies against
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    • 241 3 i i»e Petrograd correspondent of the ‘‘Daily Chronicle” states: —‘‘Krylenko reports that three representatives of the fifth army were admitted to the German trenches, and received a reply from the commander of the German northern front, wflio stated that he had been directed by the German
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    • 61 3 f’ is reported from Stockholm that the l V! fists have nominated M. Trotzky and M. <7’ !ln as the next Nobel peace prize winners. Loeyland, a Swedish Minister of State, ,inn uinces that if M. Trotzky and M. Lenin f 'ate peace and
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    • 83 3 msterdam, December 4.—A wireless mess- received here says According to reports I( 'h have come from the German frontier a inning news is being circulated in Berlin Field-Marshal von Hindenburg’s 1 th- It is asserted that he is overworked and that his duties are being effected
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    • 79 3 London, December B.—The Frankfuerter Zeitung,” discussing the future of Germany’s colonies, says TTie exclusion of Germany from America is part of the peace programme, but England will soon be compelled to make a thorough revision of her peace aims. The same applies to the statement of the
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    • 76 3 London, December 9.—ln the Prussian Diet Herr Stroebol. a Socialist member, derfounced the Government’s suffrage proposals, declaring that Prussia’s reactionary system was the strongest support of Prussian militarism, which had caused the war. A revolution will come.” he added, when the conditions are ripe. You will create those
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    • 118 3 The Berliner Tageblatt states It is superfluous to say that all Germany is united in repudiating the charges of arrogance. President Wilson breathes a new message. It must be understood that America’s ruthless desire for war will prolong hostilities.” The Taeglische Rundschau asserts: Phrases will not shake
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    • 53 3 London. November 28. —The crime wave in Germany is enormously increasing, particularly in regard to juvenile thefts, owing to the lack of food. The newspapers point to the Kaiser’s example of economy. At a banquet to von Hindenburg and von Ludendorff the menu consisted of vegetable soup,
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    • 123 3 New York. November 27.—Washington officials, replying to a statement by Dr. Cort Van der Linden, Premier of Holland, emphasise the fact that the United States has not relaxed her championship of the rights of neutrals and small nations, but they should appreciate the common good in
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    • 61 3 Ottawa. December 8. —A wireless message received from the Magdalen islands, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, reports the loss of the Government steamer Simcoe, 913 tons. The Simcoe was abandoned during a storm. The crew, numbering 46, took to the boats, but no trace has been
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    • 55 3 London, December B.—The Clan shipping line (Cayzer, Irvine and Co., Ltd., Glasgow, Liverpool and London) has purchased the fleet of the Britain Steamship Company (Watts, Watts and Co., London.) The Britain fleet numbered 22 steamers, (unless some have been submarined) varying from 2,810 tons to 4,891 tons.
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    • 98 3 London, December B.—The University of Edinburgh has decided to establish a professorship of German language and literature. [There are professorships of German at Oxford and Cambridge (founded quite recently by one of the Schroeder family, bankers, of Frankfort. London, and New York—the New York member
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    • 75 3 London, December 8. —Depositions have been obtained from several of the passengers of the Elder-Dempster steamer Apapa, 7,832 tons, which was torpedoed and sunk whi’e voyaging from West Africa to Liverpool. The depositions show that the firing of a second torpedo before the launched boats had left the
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    • 180 3 London, November 27.—Dr. Stresermann, chairman of the National Liberals in i ke Reichstag, has issued a manifesto on the eve of the re-assembling of the Reichstag, in which he says:—‘‘The final military and diplomatic struggle is approaching. We. Germans are the conquerors and have a right and
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    • 124 3 Milan. November 20. —The Corriere della Sera is now permitted by the censor to publish the following notice The Prince of Wales arrived in Italy with the first regiment of British troops. He remained a couple of days in Milan, staying at a hotel
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    • 61 3 Arrangements are being made by the Federal Government to provide free passages to Australia for the wives of returned soldiers who married in England. Major Lockyer, of the Commonwealth Repatriation department, stated that it was hoped that the passages would be available in the course of the
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    • 67 3 Sydney, December 6.—Over 1,000 tons of copra, valued at £25 per ton, was destroyed by fire at Greenwich Point on Thursday night. The copra was owned by Messrs. W. R. Carpenter and Co., of Sydney, and half of it was saved from a fire on
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  • 650 3 24 PRIZES GO TO PENANG. The Oar Day lottery run under the auspices of the Patriotic League of Britons Overseas was drawn for on Saturday afternoon says the Bangkok Times of Dec 31. The British Legation compound and the Court house where the actual drawing took
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  • 60 3 London, December 8. —A motor boat, containing six survivors of the American destroyer, Jacob Jones, which was sunk by a submarine in European waters on Thursday, has been picked up. Those saved include Commander Bagley. They were landed on the Scilly Islands, off the coast of Cornwall.
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  • 51 3 Hobart. —In the Legislative Assembly n Wednesday a motion by a private member in favor of the abolition of the office of State Governor was lost on the casting vote of the Speaker. Mr. Evans. Had there been a full House it would have been carried by one
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  • 32 3 London, December 4.—Severe floods are being experienced in Holland. Part of Rotterdam is submerged. Over a hundred farms in Gelderland have been washed away. Many travellers are missing.
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    • 24 3 WAR CARTOON. [Reproduced from the World's Press.] J jKJ%s®,»XS Owlwt >A. '\l£& )> I .rA—. IS THERE ANY PLACE IT HAS REACHED?— “New York Tribune.”
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  • 953 4 BAGAN JERMAL LANE TRAGEDY. At Penang Assizes, in the Supreme Court, Mr. Justice L. M. Woodward, Senior Puisne Judge on the Bench, with a jury comprising Messrs. W. M. Dodds, (foreman), R. Eady, L. H. Wemyss, T. Wilson, A. J. Van der Zee, F. A. Pledger and A.
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  • 1694 4 Mr W. W. Douglas is shortly leaving Kuala Lumpur for East Africa. Mr. J. T. Donald, of the Eastern Smelting Co., is leaving Kuala Lumpur for Home this month. The daughter of H.H. Tunku Mahkhota of Selangor was married on Thursday last at the Istana Besar, Bandar,
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    • 566 4 ASSISTANT SURGEON. WANTED for Estate in Pahang qualified Assistant Surgeon and Physician. Good salary. Apply in writing to BARKER CO., LTD., Chartered Bank Chambers, Singapore. TO LET. Furnished house in Scotland Road, for three or six months, four bedrooms. Apply No. 1, Railway Building. TO LET. FROM Ist February, 1918,
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    • 222 4 JUST UNPACKED 1 NEW SHIPMENT OF BRITISH STATIONERY.! Pencils, Pens, Pins, Clips, Typewriting g Paper, Scribbling Pads etc., etc., etc. I Pinong Gazette Press, ltd. I I Estates and Jsoeal -JT.gents. 1 SEE THAT YOU TRY OUR j 2soeal Make Meranti (Sases. s The value for your money. The thing
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    • 220 4 Stupendous Photo play Attractions-Drawing Packed House Nightly. MOREBIGFILMS For Penang’s Palatial Picture i B Bi? a 7 I 1" THOMAS SHAFTO. A Manager Here We Are Again Two" Big Features in the 2nd Shew. X BLUE-BIRD MASTERPIECE Featuring CLEO MADISON in q g BLACK ORCHIDS In Five Acts of gripping
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  • 1139 5 ON CHINA’S HELP TO ALLIES. Sydney, Dec. 11.—There arrived in Sydney on Tuesday, after many years* absence from Australia, Dr. G E Morrison, political adviser to the Chinese Government, and formerly Far Eastern correspondent to the London Times.” Dr. Morrison, who states that his visit is purely a
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  • 296 5 Penang, January 10, 1918. Beef— CtB, OU P p. catty 14—16 n 26—28 Steaks f> 26—28 Stev or Curry Meat 17 18 Rump Steak 26—28 Ox Tail ea ch 30—35 Tongue 50 Feet 30 Heart 35—40 Liver pe r catty 40 Fillet of Beef 60 Pork— Fork p.
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  • 136 5 Calcutta, December 21.—At the Calcutta High Court Sessions to day, Mr Justice Richardson and a special jury disposed of the case in which Sheik Ismail was charged with the murder of a European lad aged nineteen named Desmond Tomick. The accused was in the service of the
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    • 264 5 ♦♦♦♦♦nnnnHn<<<<4<nnnnnHo<<w<> > INCREASE YOUR LIGHT 1 2 X 1 BY USING X REDUCE YOUR COST J PHIL!PS El H P‘ WATT”! ELECTRIC LAMPS. PRICES HAVE NOT BEEN INCREASED. I 4'4rjnheers** I UNITED ENGINEERS LIMITED, in the Straits Settlements.) 4 ELECTRICAL DEPT. BEACH STREET, PENANG ANO BRANCHES. 4 >HHnnnnnnmH*nnnnun44io* I. ESTABLISHED
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    • 460 5 I ALLEN DENNYS CO., I g 7, Union Street, Penang Phone Nos. 393 412. i I Proprietors of:— f I THE PENANG RUBBER AUCTION ROOMS. where good prices are g always obtained. g 1 THE PENANG TRANSHIPPING FORWARDING GO.. who undertake 1 j to forward goods to ANY PART OF
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  • 22 6 Hall —At Labuan, on 23rd December, H. C. W. Hall, (Chief Engineer to The Island Trading Co., Ltd Brunei) aged 29.
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  • 1211 6 —Ex. Study of President Wilson’s latest message to Congress, which follows so closely on Mr. Lloyd George’s declaration on war aims, shows unmistakably that the Allies are quite ready to enter into negotiations for general peace, if there is a recognition by Germany that her demands are
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  • 1195 6 On reading Sir Douglas Haig’s despatch covering the operations of the British Army on the Cambrai. western front in 1917, it is impossible bo avoid the conclusion that the record is a very fine one, considering the handicaps under which that army suffered. The British Commander-in-Chief and
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  • 28 6 To-day’s quotation for unrefined tin in Penang was $131.00 per picul buyers Tin was quoted in London, yesterday, at £289 10s spot, and £284 three mouths.
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  • 118 6 The following are the latest quotations in Messrs. Kennedy and Co.’s share list Yesterday. To-day. g 00 g 00 Sharks. t» >» 5 S o CQ 02 CQ CO Rubber (Dollar). A.-Hitam $l5 SISJ slsj SIG A. Molek $2.55 $2.65 A. Panas $ll $U| v. ci Jimah
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  • 312 6 Seven Chinese were arraigned at Bukit Mertajam, yesterday, on a charge of playing in a common gaming house, to wit, at the back of premises No. 199 K. Semang. All the seven accused were fou«d guilty and fined $5 each, and one of the accused named Cnong
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    • 26 6 PRITCHARD <& CO., LTD. Just received by Parcel tfie Jsatest fashions in MILLINERY SUITABLE FOR THE RACES Also a Splendid Assortment of SEMI-TRIM MED HATS MOW SHOWING
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    • 41 6 “E. S 0.” Hotel. RACE DINNERS. TUESDAY, 15TH JANUARY, THURSDAY, 17TH SATURDAY, 19TH DANCING after DINNER, ON SATURDAY, 19TH JANUARY. E. O. ORCHESTRA. Pinang Gazette Press, LIMITED. TELEPHONES. Printing Works Manager and Cashier’s Office 498 Managing Editor 477 Editor’s Residence 221
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  • 87 7 [•s MESSAGE, [p TORPEDOED. LrINE ZONEli sjiip Rewn was Lk in ihe British L.cars of the crew I The outrage took e German barred >rmany announces, tended in the Verde Islands and n a message to Conthe vrar aims of the s the determination Ltes to prosecute the
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    • 209 7 rTELEGRAMSd H bullecourt. London, January 9. ■big reports that the attack, supported by H gained a footing in Bi’llecourt. A counter. B iine. Eighteen GefBast evening bombed Bi rail stations. B London, January 9. Inicr reports that the tutored two advanced Ipres-Staden railway kted them. |e a successful
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    • 1708 7 PRESIDENT WILSON’S MESSAGE. Washington, January 9. President Wilson, in the course of an important message to Congress, said as they had repeatedly done before, spokesmen of the Central Powers have again indicated a desire to discuss the objects of the war and the possibilities of a general peace.
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    • 156 7 THE ENEMY’S INTENTIONS. Washington, January 8. In his weekly war review, Mr. War Secretary Baker states that advices seemingly confi'm that the German higher command contemplates a big offensive on the western front, and will strain every fibre to attam success. He recalls the sixteen great battles
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    • 182 7 INSTRUCTIONS TO PRESS. Washington, January 9. A series of secret instructions to German newspapers, dated 1917, which has fallen into tbe hands of the State Department, and is now published, affo ds illuminating evidence of the minute care the War Lords take to direct public opinion in
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    • 62 7 LORD READING’S JUDICIAL POST. London, January 9 The Times says it is understood Viscount Reading will remain Lord Chief Justice, that Lord Bertie will remain at the Embassy in Paris and that the Government have no immediate intention of appointing a successor to Sir George Buchanan The suggestion
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    • 79 7 DISABLED SOLDIERS EXPELLED. Amsterdam, January 9. At a meeting of the Fatherland in Berlin on Monday a number of disabled soldier decorated with Iron Crosses who were specially imited were not permitted to speak. They grew restless and interrupted annexationist speakers, and there was a stormy
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    • 47 7 GREMAN EX-CONSUL FINED. London, January 9. The former German Consul at Sau Francisco was found guilty of arranging for voyages by the ships Annie Larsen and Maverick, which were intended to convey arms from America for a rebellion in India. He was fined $ll,OOO.
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    • 52 7 San Francisco, December 7. —Dekker, testifying in the Indian conspiracy case here, said that he had been told to send a Mohammedan priest to Berlin and Constantinople with the idea of consulting the Moslems as to the advisability of starting a Holy War, in the British and
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    • 232 7 RUSSIAN OPINION. London, January 9. The Times correspondent) at Petrograd says both Bolshevik and Soviet official newspapers regard Mr. Lloyd George’s speech as a plan to make Russia pay for a peace which would be advantageous to Allied Imperialists, by enabling the latter to strike a bargain
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    • 88 7 ANOTHER UPHEAVAL. London, January 9 A Lisbon message throws light on a hitherto obscure situation. The message states that the Government is taking energetic measures against Democrats, who, it declares, aim at regaining power forcibly. It is also apparent that serious disaffection reigns in the Navy. The cruiser Vasco
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    • 28 7 London, January 9. In the Reichstag, speeches show that the German recognition of the Finnish Republic is due to the hopes of exploiting Finland economically.
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    • 21 7 Paris, January 9. General Lize, commanding the French artillery on the Italian front, has been killed.
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    • 31 7 Cairo, January 9. Mr. Ronald Storrs, C.M G„ (Oriental Secretary, Residency, Cairo) has been appointed Governor of Jerusalem in succession to Borton Pasha, who is in ill health.
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    • 91 7 Peking, January 7. A number of foreign doctors have proceeded to the plague area. Traffic is suspended on the northen portion of the Pek-ing-Sui-Yuan Railway. Spreading Rapidly. Peking, January 9 Plague believed to be pneumonic has broken out on the Shansi Mongolian border, and is spreading rapidly.
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    • 33 7 Washington, January 9. Tbe American Legation at Bangkok reports heavy floods in Siam. Water has risen to house tops on which the peasants are living. There are great crop losses.
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    • 9 7 London, January 7. The silver market is steady.
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    • 109 7 SOME DETAILS. Loudon, January 8. In connection with the loss of threeBritish destroyers off the Dutch coast, id transpires that they fulfilled successfully most important duties. When »he fi sb one was hit below the water line, the other destroyers, > isking mines and submarines, unhesitatingly reaponded
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    • 89 7 GERMAN NOTIFICATION. Amstrdam, January 9. A Berlin official report announces the extension of the German barred zone around hostile points on Cape Verde Islands and Dakar, with the adjoining coastal region, also that the barred zone around the Azores is extended to Madeira. Germany’s Barred Zone." The Norddeutsche
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    • 83 7 OUTRAGE OUTSIDE BARRED ZONE. Loudon, Jaiuary 9. The Admiralty reports thab the British Hospital Ship Rewa (7,308 tons) was torpedoed and sunk in the British Channel at midnight on January 4th, on the voyage from Gibraltar. Afl the w; urded were saved. Three Lascars belonging to the
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  • 400 7 The Miinchner Neueste Nachrichten last month published a long reply by Professor Forster to the speech in which Admiral von Tirpitz renewed his demand for the annexation of Belgium. Professor Forster’s pacifism is of no particular importance, but in the present article he maintains that he
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  • 65 7 [From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, January 10. At the annual general meeting of Lunas Rubber Company, Limited, the report was adopted. The Chairman said the dividend was conservative, but w 7 ith the present conditions of the market, he thought this advisable. In view of the
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  • 46 7 [From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, January 10. At the Singapore rubber auctions, 1,000 tons were catalogued. The market was slightly weaker. Ribbed smoked opened at $lO5 and closed at $lO2 to $lO3. Fine pahj was $lO6 and the others about last week’s prices.
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  • 458 8 The successful placing in situ nf tb e suspended span of the Quebec Bridge is certainly one of the most remarkable engineering performances in connection with ’bridge-building which the world has yet seen. The dimensions of the span are: length, 640 ft.; breadth, 88 ft.; and depth
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  • 321 8 S F.P.” The Inquiry Concluded. The Marine Court of Inquiry into tbe collision between the British steamships Warrimoo and Laertes, at about 2 a.m. on Dec 15, near the Brothers Lights in the Straits of Malacca, and the subsequent foundering of the Laertes, was continued «t
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  • 147 8 A gentleman who saw the depositions of one of the survivors of the Citta di Bari, sunk under peculiarly revolting circumstances between the South Italian coast and Corfu in October, said the crew of the submarine behaved with appalling brutality to a lady, supposed to have been,
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  • 950 8 The old convict ship Success, which has beS” lying in San Francisco as a coal hulk for the past ieW years, is being re-rigged to go in the freight trade. During the month of October the Norwegian Mercantile Marine lost 19 vessels, of 34,577 tons, through war perils,
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  • 953 8 AN ABLE PLAN TO DESTROY SELF-GOVERNMENT. A well-informed friend in Belfast told me, writes a correspondent of tbe Manchester Guardian,” that the mandate given to their delegates in the Convention by the Standing Committee of the Ulster Council at their meeting makes a unanimous agreement of
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  • 81 8 j2l S. P. Tapioca M. P. Tapioca Gold leaf Pepper (W. Coast 3 ik Black Pepper White Pepper Trang Pepper Mace Mace Pickings Cloves Nutmegs 110 s (No. 1 Sugar j No. 2 (.Basket Copra Sundried TTahhun Gutta JSoonde j Busu vßambong N o Smoked S.?J Rubber j Fi
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  • 34 8 Jan. 13.—P.V.R.C, gj Jan. 14.—P.V.R.C. U Penang Cried Jan. 15. 17 and 18.-W J an. 16.—General Jjj Racing Assad Commerce, J Jan. 17.—Production I at Buttenj 1130 a.m. 1 Jan. 27.—P.V.R C. St]
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    • 311 8 fiUBBER STAMPS. 'T'flE PINANG GAZETTE PRESS Ltd., is now in a position to execute orders for ail kinds of Rubber Stamps. JL The Big Four < Ulf Touring Car fifl/fwLr LAST SHIPMENT JUST ARRIVED, j Electric Lights Motor Grs I 1 IISU Ml Permanence I When an institution, almost from
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  • 746 9 MOTOR CAR CASE. Before Mr. R. D. Ac’oo, thia corning, Mat was charged with driving a motor car in a rash and negligent manner along Northam Road on the 21st December last, so as to endanger human life. The case arises out of a collision between a motor
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  • 106 9 London, November 28.—An amendment of ’he National Insurance Act provides for a State dowry of 40/ to girl workers when they marry. A list of the Bangkok Lottery winning ickets may be seen at the office of th's paper. A number of naval men in
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  • 574 9 MR- GARVIN'S VIGOROUS REPLY. Mr Garvin devotes a telling article in the Observer to a reply to the campaigners against Mr Lloyd George. The following are extracts Some time ago a ship was torpedoed by a submarine, but reached port in fine style Its name was
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  • 166 9 Reuter’s Agency learns that Colonel House, head of the American Mission and special representative of President Wilson in Europe, has received a cable from the President stating emphatically that bre Government of the United States considers that unity of plan and control between
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  • 91 9 In to-night's change of programme at Penang’s palatial picture theatre, another very attractive entertainment is promised. Black Orchids a Bluebird masterpiece in which Cleo Madison features is a five act drama, which is said to contain enthralling situations, and a plot that grips. Charlie Chaplin
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  • 412 9 The Handel Maatschappij. Amsterdam cabled on the 31st instant that Her Majesty Queen Wilhelmina, had appointed Heer F. H. Abding as Secretary of the Nederlandsche Handel Maatschappij. British Prisoners of War. Colonel Ginns expresses in the press the thanks of the British prisoners of War who, on
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  • 744 9 THE WESTERN FRONT. London, December 28. —Another week without operations on any considerable scale. As far as weather permitted raids were carried out of importance enough to show that the' Allies retain their superiority in the air. German returns for November of air fighting on the western
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  • 401 9 Labour’s Share of Wealth After the War. Speaking at Huddersfield on The rights and responsibilities of capital in industry,” Sir Hugh Bell, the well-known North Riding ironmaster, said that capital was the result of skill and abstinence applied to production, and as it arose in this way
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  • 78 9 London, December 10.—-Marshal von Hindenburg and General von Ludendorff at a conference with Count von Hertling discussed the terms to be imposed on Russia, also von Hindenburg’s new scheme to smash the British, French and Italians before the Americans arrive. A great rush westward of men and material
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  • 154 9 A report from Rotterdam states that Count Czernin, Foreign Minister of AustriaHungary, arrived at Berlin, accompanied by the head of the press department, and the foreign office. It is believed to be his intention to start a campaign to prepare the Austrians for the demand which
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  • 572 9 A Royal Speech. The Royal speech on the occasion of the anniversary of His Majesty the King of Siam’s birthday, Ist January, 1918, included the following The affairs of State of our country during the year have been marked by extraordinary events which may be regarded
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  • 96 9 The following are additional rubber outputs for December Asahan lbs 39,578 Atnpat 17,650 Alor Pongsu 27,544 Ayer Kuning 6,500 Anglo-Sumatra 67,910 Brieh 19,868 Bah Lias 56,098 Bila Sumatra 10 064 Bandar Sumatra 40.080 Central Sumatra 14,112 Eastern Sumatra 17,736 Glen Bervie 24,474 Investment Trust 58,509 Investment Trust (Fea)
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  • 86 9 Messrs. Allen Dennys Co. advise us that the under-mentioned prices were realised for rubber sold by us at our two auction sale held this week Smoked diamond sheet No 1 $BO to $lO6 Smoked diamond sheet No 2 68 79 Plain smoked sheet 72 Unsmoked sheet No
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    • 74 9 QUEEN MARY S NEEDLEWORK GUILD. PENANG WOMEN WORKERS. Amount previously acknowledged $6,284.58 Mrs Pritchard $lO, Ladies Bridge Bork G C Dec $15.60, Mrs Hyme $lO, Mrs Prenlis $2, Mrs J Brown $2, Mrs Dewar $5, Mrs Armstrong $2O Total $6,349.18 Hospital Garments for soldiers ready cut out f >r workers
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    • 461 9 PINANG GAZETTE. Rates of Casual Advertise ments. FOR SALE. TO LET. SITUATIONS VACANT. ETC. Minimum Charge $2.00 For 1 insertion 1.20 per inch 2 insertions 1.10 3 0.95 >1 4 0.85 6 0.75 i« 9 060 J 2 or more insertions 0.50 Advertisements charged by space A line of ordinary
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  • 2430 10 Hg Capital. Paid up. y”,"® 3 Dividends. 1914 1915 1916 1917 1909 $120,000 120,000 »1 $1 20 45 65 60 1916 $1,000,000 $625,000 $2 $2 I 8 mt. 1907 5500.000 $439,425 $5 $5 32 1909 $450,000 180,440 $1 $1 5 15 15 1909 200,000 200,000 $1 $1 15 30
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  • 1621 10 A Malacca correspondent writes to the .«ST I beg to refer to the proposal of the Robber Growers’ Association to redace the oatpat of mbber to 20 per cent below that of last year and to your excellent leader of yesterday’s date, which just hits the most important
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  • 126 10 Pbnanq, January 10, 1918. (By Courtesy ot ths Chartsrsd Bank). London Demand Bank 2/4 7,32 ,i 4 months'sight) Bank ...2/4 9/16 »i 3 h Credit ...2/4 25/32 h 3 Documentary ...2/4 12/16 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. h 3 days' sight Private i Bombay Demand Bank Moulmein Demand Bank c
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    • 61 10 NOTICE. LABOUR CODE. 1912. F.M.S. INDIAN IMMIGRATION FUND ORDINANOE 1911." EMPLOYERS of Indian labour are hereby reminded that assessment returns for the preceding quarter must be sent to the Office of the Dy. Controller of Labour, Penang, daring the months oi April, July, October, and January. Forms for there turn
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  • 202 11 Admiralty Solves Mystery of Germans’ Electric Boat. The electrically controlled boats used by the Germans on the Belgian coast are twin-petrol-engined vessels, partially closed in, and travel at a high speed, states the Admiralty. They carry a drum with between 30 and 50 miles of insulated single-core
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  • 169 11 Here is a little tale, told by an Irishman, which suggests the possibility that when Irishmen are masters of their own local affairs they may be able to deal with the problem. In a certain town there seemed to be very probability of a serious encounter between
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  • 122 11 German Paper Says England is Gaining It. Amsterdam, November 11.—The “Weser Zeitung,” with reference to Austria’s Polish policy, says: “From this war Count Czernin desires Austria-Hungary to gain as much strength as possible. This leads him upon a road of purely Continental policy. If in this respect Berlin
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  • 149 11 The Expenditure. Tokio, December 18.—Mr. Shoda, the Minister of Finance, has explained the budget for the fiscal year of 1918-19. He says that of the new items in the budget which total Yen 117.000.000, Yen 54,000.000 is for the additional expense of the defence of the State,
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  • 155 11 Karachi, December 15. —The “Basrah Times” says that a meeting of civilians was to be held on the 6th instant at Ashar to consider the most suitable means of commemorating in Basrah the name of the late General Maude. It has been announced that the officers
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