Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 27 April 1918
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Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle
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Title Section20 1918-04-27 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 98. VOL. LXXVI. SATURDAY, 27th APRIL, 1918 PRICE IO CENTS20 words
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Advertisement573 1918-04-27 1 gpnnnnnrr I JAPANESE DENTIST T. NAGATA Next Door to The Dispensary. I IF YOU HAVE NOT TRIED State Express become the ail-time ..J& J} I w v end of ever y man who «mokes BEAR BRAND A4ILIC them and recoimises their refine. ment, exquisite aroma and deli8 you can have573 words
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Advertisement13 1918-04-27 1 Ihjnnymĕdel I HOTEL. j g GARAGE g I New Cars for Hire. I13 words
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Article746 1918-04-27 2 DISCUSSED BY EXPERTS. London, March 27.—The bombardment of Paris by the German long-range gun was resumed on Monday morning. One report states that the bombardment was interrupted after the second shot had been fired. The explosive effect of the shell is less than that of air bombs746 words
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Article114 1918-04-27 2 the gun which is bombarding Paris is stated to be 79 feet long. The shell is only between eight and nine inches long, but it is fitted with a false cap or elongated nose, giving it an extreme length of nearlv 5 feet. The secret appears to114 words
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Article1510 1918-04-27 2 INDIAN CORN OR MAIZE (ZEA MAYS.) By L. M. Berengeb, Superintendent Government Gardens, Taiping, F.M.S. P. G.” Special.) (Continued from article published on 20th.) Planting. The soil in which Indian Corn is to be planted should be well dug up and fairly free from weeds. Sowing. This is now1,510 words
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Advertisement524 1918-04-27 2 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. FOR SALE. A BRO AD WOOD PIANO in perfect condition $7OO. Apply Box No. 93, c/o Pinang Gazette ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT, KUALA LUMPUR. Wanted, a Wiring Inspector for the above Department on a commencing salary of $960 per annum. Candidates must be British subjects, between the ages of524 words
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Advertisement310 1918-04-27 2 In the Matter of the Alien Enemies (Winding-up) Enactment 1915 and of the Amending Enactments. MINING PROPERTIES, MACHINERY AND PLANT for SALE BY PRIVATE TENDER. NOTICE is hereby given tint by the direction of the Chief Secretary to Government, F.M 8., the following Mining Properties of W. Mertens Company. Limited,310 words
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Advertisement94 1918-04-27 2 I JAPANESE I ACETIC ACID g Best Quality! Just Arrived! g Immediate Delivery! Limited Supply! 1 BOOK YOUR ORDER NOW. g WRITE FOR QUOTATION PARTICULARS TO f CHUAH EANG Co., I ’PHONE: 726. 173, BEACH STREET, PENANG. 2 IF YOU WANT ESTATE REQUISITES. 99% Glacial Japanese Acetic Acid, Flat Bottom94 words
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Miscellaneous172 1918-04-27 2 I W Are Voa a Saint I Are You a Sinner J cmpiri I WILL BE PACKED WITH I Saints and Sinners I TO-NIGHT! TO-NIGHT! TO SEE I The Saintly Sinner A BEAL BLUE BIRD. BIGGEST AND BEST THAT’S ALL. &PROTEA Who has Thrilled Millions with her daring feats, reappears172 words
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Article830 1918-04-27 3 [To the Editor of thi. “Pinang Gazettb, Sir, —After reading through “Anti-concu-binanan s” letter in Wednesday’s issue of your paper, I cannot but help replying to the unjustified and certainly uncalled for remarks made by him anent some of our respectable fellow-countrymen who, if they had said anything830 words
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Advertisement1757 1918-04-27 3 experienced Planter, Englishman MUNRO AND BROWN'S PRACTICAL GUIDE Rn Ard«r Af th* flUAdiflll aged 31, married, having managed Tn ..nnnuirr DI INTiMC “5 VIWvI.VI IBv vUOIvUIUH Robber, Tapioca and Coconut Estates for WJUUNUI rLAnllNb T&H .D“M.l.T««eo"’ k ’-od b« A F h RES f CONSIONMENT of th £■<■* PropfGf. koowfodße1,757 words
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Advertisement58 1918-04-27 3 MADAM CLAIRE, NEAR KUALA LUMPUR STATION. Has always large and varying selection of evening dresses, afternoon and morning frocks, coat frock s Tea gowns, warm dressing gowns, cotton kimwnos. costumes, skirts, evening cloaks, tunics children» dresses in white and colours, boy’s suits, embroidered wedding veils, flowers, floral wreaths, trimmings, underwear.58 words
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Advertisement249 1918-04-27 3 PRITCHARD’S SILVERWARE. 1 1 1 .1. ..Illi I 'I I sMlikV ♦1 1 Pint Silver Tankards. |E H -w- 11 EI Silver Mounted Scene $51.50 *54. l||l Bottles. In Two Patterns. *3, *4.10, *7.35, *10.60 "7 *l5. t Silver Flower Engraved Silver Tobacco Vases. Silver Manicure Set« g Boxes. *8.25,249 words
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Article1067 1918-04-27 4 There is something appropriate in the delivery of a speech by Mr. Winston Churchill at a time when the world is thrilled by the epic story of the naval attack on Zeebrugge and Ostend. Although as Minister of Munitions the subject matter of his speech in Parliament1,067 words
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Article25 1918-04-27 4 To-day’s quotation for unrefined tin in Penang was $166.00 per picul business done. Tin is quoted in London to-day at £350 three months.25 words
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Article33 1918-04-27 4 The following were the rubber quotations in London on April 25th, inst., received to-day Plantation Ist latex crepe 2s sjd Smoked Sheet 2s 4£d [By courtesy of Messrs. Boustead Co.]33 words
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Article16 1918-04-27 4 London, April 22. Silver is forty-nine owing to smallness of supplies the market is firm.—Reuter.16 words
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Article36 1918-04-27 4 A homeward mail G (route uncertain) closes on Monday at 1 p.m parcels till noon. Mail “A” despatched from Penang to London on the sth ultimo was delivered in London on the 25th instant.36 words
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Article1461 1918-04-27 4 The Germans have had designs on the Portuguese Colonies for The Portuguese decades and we now find Coloaial Empire, another of the countless German Professors who bolster up the Pan-German ideas of worlddominance, Hang Meyer, advocating the familiar plan of a German Central Africa, wish a strong1,461 words
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Article249 1918-04-27 4 A' VESSEL’S ADVENTURE. This morning at about 7.40, as a steamer consigned to Mansfield and Co., Penang was approaching Swettenham Wharf to be berthed, her engines refused to go astern with the result that .the steamer ran into the wharf opposite No. 9 godown. A portion249 words
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Article131 1918-04-27 4 A SERIOUS POSITION. [Havas Tblwbams.] Paris, April 26,—A Berne telegram says an official note published by the Vienna papers shows the gravity of the food difficulties with which Austria is struggling. The note states that stocks supplied by the Rumanian harvest are entirely exhausted, and that wheat[Havas Tblwbams.] - 131 words
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Article147 1918-04-27 4 Paris, April 25—The French papers express deep regret at the resignation of Baron Motono, the Japanese Foreign Minister, on account of health. They recall that he brought the two countries nearer by preparing with M, Pichon, the actual French Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Franco-Japanese agreement of147 words
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Article98 1918-04-27 4 Paris, April 25—The German offensive was resumed yesterday with the same violence as before. The enemy has abandoned his tactics of attack in dense massess, which caused him enormous loss. He concentrated a considerable amount of material, notably tanks and light guns, on about fifteen kilometres of front98 words
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Article241 1918-04-27 4 A SERIOUS POSITION. [Reuter’s Telbgrams] Amsterdam, April 25. In the Dutch First Chamber, Heer London, Foreign Minister, speaking on the sand and gravel question, declared that he could not and must not conceal from the Chamber the fact that the question is very serious. He could not[Reuter’s Telbgrams] - 241 words
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Article54 1918-04-27 4 A FRIEND OF GERMANY. Zurich, April 25. Count Joseph Izyerenye has been appointed Hungarian Premier. He is stated r o be extremely friendly to Germang, closely connected with the Deutsche Bank, and an advocate of the Mittel-Europa policy. He will probably be determinedly opposed by Count Karolyi54 words
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Article142 1918-04-27 4 A REQUEST TO BERLIN. London, April 25 A Russian report states that. Germ has been asked for an assurance Russian Black Sea Fleet, while obeying I? 9 terms of the peace treaty by remainin» Sebastopol, will not be seized or dam by German submarines, which are142 words
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Article35 1918-04-27 4 [Special ©ablb Sebvicu.] AMERICAN VESSEL BURNT. Batavia, April 25. In the Indian Ocean, the Americas vessel Cocohead was burnt out after coal» had become heated near Java. The crev have been landed.[Special ©ablb Sebvicu.] - 35 words
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97 1918-04-27 4 Batavia, April 26. lhe Batavia “Nieuwsblad is of opinion: that no sufficient reason has been given by the Shipping Companies for not sailing. The paper points oat that Singapore and Penang are not British Indian harbours Therefore it again pleads that the Shipping Companies97 words
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Article383 1918-04-27 4 At Stanlhorpe Lady Gould Adam?, wife of the Governor of Queensland, gave birth to a daughter. Sir George Reid, M.P., lias returned to London from America. He was impressed by America’s war vigour. Brigadier-General Campbell, of the Lancers, formerly of the New Zealand Defence Forces, died of383 words
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Miscellaneous70 1918-04-27 4 THE TIDES. The following are the tides for to-day find to-morrow, Penang Standard limes High Water. Low Water. To-day. 12.35 a.m. (sft. Bin.) 6 48 a.m. (Oft.SHn.) 12.49 p.m. (6ft. 6in.) 7.26 p m. (Oft. 6in.) To-morrow. 1.4 am (sft. Biu.) 7.13 a.m. (Ofc. Bin.) 2.16 p.m. (6ft. Bin.) 7.5570 words
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Article151 1918-04-27 5 BRITISH SUCCESS ON THE SOMME. ENEMY’S EFFODTS NEAD YPRES. MR CHURCHILL ON MUNITIONS. THE ZEEB9USGE RAID. Australian and British troops by a night attack on Wednesday regained the village of Villers-Bretonneux, south of the Somme, and other ground in the neighbourhood, the enemy having previously suffered further heavy151 words
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Article1492 1918-04-27 5 'RbL’TER IKLEGRAM3.] HEAVY FIGHTING. London April 25. Field Marshal Haig reporis that there was heavy fighting all night in and arcund Villers-Bretonneux and it continues. We regaine ground by c. unter-a’tack a taking prisoners a number. The fighting yesterday on the whole of this front was'RbL’TER IKLEGRAM3.] - 1,492 words
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Article196 1918-04-27 5 A PROFESSOR’S REVIEW. Zurich, April 25 Hans Meyer, Professor of Colonial Geography at Leipzig, has published an important work on the Portuguese Colonial Empire in which be demands at the conclusion of peace, that Germany should seize Portugal’s Colonies in order to build up Germany’s African possessions.196 words
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Article84 1918-04-27 5 QUESTION IN THE COMMONS. London, April 25. In the House of Commons, replying to Major Newman, Mr Ba’four said he had seen the press report that a member of the Sacred College Lad recently pledged himself to prevent conscription in Ireland, but he could hardly believe that when84 words
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Article25 1918-04-27 5 SINN FEIN LEADER DE ORTED Loudon, April 26. Dyrmid Lynch, the Sinn Ft in Food Director, was deported from Ireland yesterday, prcbably to America.25 words
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94 1918-04-27 5 London, March 27. —Mr. Laurence Ginnell, Independent Nationalist M.P. for Westmeath North, who was arrested on a charge of inciting people to enter upon lands in Westmeath, was, at Dublin, ordered to find sureties to be of good behaviour, himself in £5OO and94 words
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Article27 1918-04-27 5 London, April 36. Sir William Weir, formerly the Scottish Director of Munitions, is mentioned as successor to Lord R thermere at the Air Ministry.27 words
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Article, Illustration673 1918-04-27 5 PANIC IN THE PORT. Amsterdam, April 25. The Telegraaf’s frontier correspondent savs the Zeebrugge mole has been entirely separated from the shore. He confirms that the exploding of the submarine m»de a breach at least 25 metres wide, the opening being clearly visible from Cabzand. It divides673 words
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Article775 1918-04-27 5 CAPTAIN’S NARRATIVE. London, April 25. The papers continue to give full accoui ts of the magnificent work in the Zeeb ugg a and Ostend enterprises. The Captain of the Vindictive states that before starting, the Admiral signalled, u St. George for England.” The Vindictive replied. May775 words
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Article46 1918-04-27 5 WARSHIPS BOMBED. London, April 25. An Italian official report says a seaplane squadron on April 22nd scored two direct hits on an enemy torpedo boat in the neighbourhood of Pola, and also heavily bombed an enemy warship and torpedo boats in Fahana Canal.46 words
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Article20 1918-04-27 5 London, April 24. It is rumoured that Lord Wimbome is about retire from the Irish LordLieutenantcy.20 words
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Article862 1918-04-27 5 REASSURING STATEMENT BY MR, CHURCHILL. London, April 25. In the House of Common?, Mr. Winston Churchill, Minister of Munitions, announoed that the British bad lost nearly a thousand guns by shell fire or capture, and between 4,000 and 5,000 machine guns since the 21st March. All losses862 words
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Article1283 1918-04-27 6 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. The eleventh annual general meeting of the Planters’ Association of Malaya was held at 11 o’clock on Wednesday morning, in the Association’s board room, Mercantile Bank Buildings, Kuala Lumpur. The attendance was very good indeed, representative delegates from practically all the D. P. A.s1,283 words
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Article184 1918-04-27 6 Messrs. Fraser and Co.’s Weekly Circular. Messrs. Fraser and Co. in their weekly share report., dated April 25. state The rubber share market since our last issue has been inactive and dull with share prices depressed. Business was on a very limited scale and price movemnt downwards.184 words
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Advertisement448 1918-04-27 6 should take! KHLImi Hnrn^ 11 mother I ISKSEIGEESi Bmsß. syrup I For Stomach and Liver Troubles I y° u should take Mother Seigel’s Syrup, because, by its gentle but I efficient tonic action on the stomach, liver, and bowels, it restores these organs of digestion to a state of I448 words
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Advertisement772 1918-04-27 6 Empir. StriM—No. 9. 19 RSil The Houses of Parliament* H on the site of the old Peleoe of |l Westminster, were opened in 1847. <■ Uff ffll w Designed by Sir Charles Berry, M IWk IWIBi "V R.A., in the Gothic Perpendicular M MBrZMF JEi 18l vim Style and noted772 words
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Article2711 1918-04-27 7 annual general meeting. RECRUITING AND RESEARCH* The annua) general 'meeting of the Malay Peninsula Agricultural Association was held in the Chamber of Commerce, Penang, to-day. Mr. J. W. Kennedy z Gula) Vice-President of the Association presided, and the others present were Messrs. W. Duncan, J. W.2,711 words
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Article192 1918-04-27 7 The following is from the minutes of the second ordinary general meeting of Batu Lintang, Ltd., held at the registered offices of the company, Bank Buildings, Downing Street, Penang, to-day. Present’ —Mr. H. Waugh (Chairman), Mr. W. H. Thome (Director) and the following shareholders: Messrs. G. N.192 words
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Article173 1918-04-27 7 Messrs. Guthrie and Co., Ltd., Singapore, reported on Thursday, April 25 as follows At the weekly rubber auction held yesterday and to-day there was a strong demand for standard grades and a sharp rise in prices. Fine pale crepe and fine ribbed smoked sheet both sold up173 words
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Article102 1918-04-27 7 At the Singapore Chamber of Cor in ere Rubber Association’s 343rd auction, on 24‘h and Ap il, there were offered for sale piculs 15,154.73 o--2,020,631 lbs. (tons 902.07). The prices realized were a? Smoked Sheet fine ribbed $lOB to $ll2 good ribbed 87 107 fine ©lain 90102 words
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Article152 1918-04-27 7 Certificates Question. At its last meeting Kuala Lumpur Sanitary Board decided to recommend that Rule 13 of the Rules made under the Traction Engines and Motor Cars Enactment, 1912, be deleted and the following substituted therefor: "Drivers’ certificates shall be in the form contained in Schedule II to152 words
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Article53 1918-04-27 7 The Band will play the following programme of music at the Golf Ciub from 5-45 p.m. to-day 1. Selection ...Hartmann 2. Two Step Jfrs Sippi ...Russick 3 Selecti r n Welsh ...Mil'er 4. Waltz The Girl in The Taxi ...Fet'as5. The Charlestown Parade ..Dix n 6. March53 words
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Article58 1918-04-27 7 The following subscriptions been received by the Inspector of Schools, Penang, and fo r warded through the Director of Education to the above fund Saint Xavier’s Institution $147 35 Government Girls’ School 127 95 Messrs. Ga'tey and Bateman, secretaries, state that the Titi Tin Jompany has58 words
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Article469 1918-04-27 7 Messrs. Kennedy and Company, Penang, report as follows The Share Market throughout the week has beeu quieter, Rubbers, in spite of the advance in the price of the Commodity having displayed an easier tendency on rumours of the restriction of the exportation of the produce to America,469 words
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Article65 1918-04-27 7 4th Sunday after Easter.—B a.m. Matins 8.30 am. Holy Communion; 5 p.m. Sunday School; 6 p.m. Evensong. Hymns 229, 290, 224, 19. Psalms 136, 137, 138, Lloyd. Magnificat 257, Nunc Dimittis 258. Wednesday, May let, St Philip and St James, 8 a.m. Holy Communion; 1065 words
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35 1918-04-27 7 Northam Road. 9 a.m.—Children’s Service. 6 p.m.—Public Worship. Preacher: Rev. D. J. Ross m.a. Hymns 14 (Tune 171), 693, 500, 521, 516: Solo, Crossing the Bar” (Graham Harvey)- Miss J. Graham.35 words
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Article28 1918-04-27 7 Public Worship will be conducted tomorrow morning, Sunday April 28th, in the Straits Trading Co’s Club, Butterworth, at 9 o’clock. Preacher :—Rev. Donald J. Ross, m.a.28 words
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Article33 1918-04-27 7 Fitzgerald Memorial Methodist Church (corner of Anson and Burmah Roads) —Sunday April 28th, Sunday School 8 am. Epworth League 7.15 p.m., Evening Worship 8 p.m. Speaker—The Rev. B. J. Baughman.33 words
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Article28 1918-04-27 7 Sunday, April 28.—Fourth Sunday after Easter, Low Mass 6.15 a.m., High Mass 8 a m., Vespers, and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament 5 p.m.28 words
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Article66 1918-04-27 7 Sunday, April 28.—Fourth Sunday after Easter, Holy Communion 6.30 a.m. High Mass, Sermon, and Benediction <>f. the* Blessed Sacrament 8 a.m. 9 Church of Our Lady of Sorrows, McAlister Reed.— High Maes, Sermon, and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament 8 a.m. Church of the Immaculate Conception,66 words
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Article202 1918-04-27 7 Washington, April 4.—A1l of the toldiertf at present in the United States except about 15 per cent, required to assist in training the additional million men who are coming to the National Army training camps this summer will be in France by August, according to a decision reported202 words
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Article132 1918-04-27 7 Allahabad, April 10. —Sir Thomas Holland, president of the Munitions Board, and General Sir E. A. Altham, quartermastergeneral in India, have recently returned from a prolonged tour of inspection in Mesopotamia. The object of their tour was to enquire into the sufficiency of supplies and equipment which are being132 words
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Article52 1918-04-27 7 London. April 2.—The Washington correspondent of the "Central News Agency’* states on the assurance of ordnance experts that the construcion of guns outranging Germany’s latest is feasible. Mr., Daniels, the Secretary of the Navy, has ordered a gun of which, the range, it is hoped, will be52 words
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Article53 1918-04-27 7 London, April 2. —The "Morning Post’s” Berne correspondent says that, after the admission by the German authorities that corn is at present unobtainable from the Ukraine, comes the news that Austria is sending flour to the troops in the Ukraine. The president of the Cracow municipal53 words
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Article44 1918-04-27 7 London, April 3. —The enforcement of conscription has led to some rioting in Quebec. The military authorities have taken over the administration. Sir Robert Borden, in a strong speech in the House of Commons, insisted that the law must be enforced.44 words
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Article57 1918-04-27 7 London, April 3.—The Berne correspondent of "Il Secolo” says that the German General Staff is prepared to sacrifice a million men to achieve its objectives in the western offensive. Austrians, Bulgars and Turks are behind the German line and will be thrown in when57 words
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Article57 1918-04-27 7 London, March 26. —Lord Leverhulme in an interview stated that 4 tfce war lasts three to five years more, and he could not sea how it could last less, finance would not stop us. England was a hundredfold wealthier than she was during the Napoleonic menace57 words
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Article151 1918-04-27 7 London, April 2.—The financial situation in Petrograd is very grave. The government! is printing over £30.000,000 in paper money! monthly to cover expenses. It has also resolved to increase direct and indirect taxation. The "Daily Express” correspondent at( Petrograd states that the coldness of th* wooden palace151 words
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