Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 4 November 1918

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ■-ijiLiSHED DAILY ESTABLISHED 1833. *So 259. VOL. LXXVI. MONDAY, 4th NOVEMBER, 1918. PRICE IO CENTS.
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    GREATER SERBIA.
    194 2 Paris, November 1. A Zurich message says the Bosnian National Council at a meeting at Sarajevo on October 31st proclaim°d the amalgamation of Bosnia and Herzegovina with the Kingdom of Serbia. Crowds freed those imprisoned in connection with the murder of the Archduke Francis Ferdinand. Cavalry Near Belgrade.
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    Subway Disaster at Brooklyn.
    39 2 85 PERSONS KILLED. New York, November 2. 85 were killed «nd 200 injured by a -übway train at Brooklyn jumping the rails. Th? firs 4 carriage wa? smashed to fragments, and the others ciught fire.
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    America’s 4,000,000.
    35 2 Washington, Novrmber 3. General Crowder has announced that a draft ca’ls for th« mobili-aHon of 291,00 G men before November 21st, bringing the total of •’he Un ed Spates Army to over 4,000,000.
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    Sea Risk Rates Reduced.
    34 2 London, November 4. Llord’? war risks insurance ra*es are reduced to the nominal figure for vovages in more distant part?, and by 50 to 25 per cent. for other voyage?.
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    Overseas Club.
    40 2 London, November 1. The Over-eas Club is appealing to members throughout the world to contribute to the war memorial fund. It is proposed to erect a building in London as a club and to serve other useful purposes
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    THE AISNE—VERDUN FRONT.
    33 2 The line runs north of Sissonne, by the Aisne at Chateau Porcien. Bethel, and Attiguy, north of Voncq and Buzancy, crosses the Meuse near Bun, and runs south of Damvillers.
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    A WEEK OF SENSATIONS.
    354 2 SITUATION REVIEWED. Lonaon, November 2. Reviewing the European situation, the abdication of King Bom is the latest sensation of a week which hid witnessed the collapse of two empires and the sudden development of a military disaster of the first magnitude on the plains of Venetia.
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    Bulgaria.
    31 2 KING BORIS ABDICATES. Copenhagen, November 2. A Berlin message states that the Bui»» rian King Boris has abdicated. A Peasant Government I as been established at Tirnovo, under M. Stambuliusky.
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    Mutiny at Pola.
    25 2 London, November 1. Revolutionary Marines at Pola mastered the warships, which were placed at the disposal of Hungary and the south Slavonians.
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    Finnish General Visiting England.
    19 2 Stockholm, November 1. General Mannerhein, ex Commander of the Finnish army is going to England.
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    THE KAISER.
    717 2 ABDICATION A NECESSITY. Copenhagen, November 2. It is officially announced that Herr Scheidemann, as State secretary, has sent the Chancellor a memorandum emphasising the necessity of ihs abdication of the Emperor. Kaiser’s “Flight.” London, November 2 Swiss reports depict the Kaiser’s departure for Headquarters as a flight. Ic
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    The President’s Points.
    67 2 REPUBLICAN CHIIICISM. New York, November 1. Colonel Roosevelt and Mr. Taft have is-ued a joint appeal for th- 1 election of a R‘publican majority, in which they crit-ici-e the President's 14 points as general and va s o?, and expre-s doubt whether the p ints include all
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    The Allies’ Captures.
    47 2 Paiis, Novrmber 3. Since July 15 h, the Allies have 'aken prisoners 7,990 officer? and 354,365 men, captured 6,217 guns, 38,622 machine-gun? an i 3,907 mine-throwers. Of these 2,472 officers and 105,871 men, 2,064 gun?, 13,639 machine-guns and 1,193 minethrowers were captured during October,
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    Raids into Rhineland.
    72 2 London, November 1. The Press Bureau reports that the independent air force on the night of the 29ch uh, bombed chemical facto ie? and works with good effect. They attacked on the night of the 30th ult., two aerodrome?, obtaining four direct bi's on hangars and starting
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    AUSTRIA-HUNGARY OUT OF THE WAR.
    62 2 ARMISTICE SIGNED. London, November 3. The Press Bureau states that Mr. Lloyd George telephoned to Downing Street from Pans° that the news had arrived that Austria-Hungary, the last of Germany’? props, has gone out of the war. General Diaz signed the armistice on Sunday afternoon,
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    Austrian Armistice Conditions.
    470 2 Rome, November 2. The Inter-Allied Conference at Versailles drew up the Austrian armistice, the conditions of which General Diaz communicated to the Austrian envoys. The conditions render the enemy's resumption of the war impossible, and also prevent him profiting from the armis r ice by extricating himself
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    Count Tisza Assassinated.
    50 2 A FRIEND OF GERMAnJ r Copenhagen, Nr VPm I Count Tisza, the ex-Prem’ero!n*l ha? been assassinated at 1 aoldieis. Count Tisza has long know, I most resolute conservative j n g 1 He vehemently opposed the eoWj the franchise and similar ref strongly suppoited the Germany. I
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    The Armistice Conditio=s.
    140 2 COMPLETE SURRENDER■ L' nden, N v Reuter is informed that the tery Turkish armistice ccnstitue a'l and unconditional surrender, eoibtß milii ary to occupy any place thfvJM Territorial readjustnoHma are dtfl peace conference, but any saw;B Turkish sovereignty over libe ateipK tions would ba viewed with tt-rS
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    “Grandmother of the Revol=t Shot.
    28 2 Amsterdam, A Petrograd message B f ate thatHifl Brtschkovskaia, the Grandmotbefi® revolution,” has been shot for raSM to the reign of terror. E
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    TURKEY’S CAPITULATION.
    1002 3 EFFECT ON GERMANY. London, November 1. The fu-render of Turkey and the imminent disappearance of Austria-Hungary has completed the isolation of Germany, releasing formidable Allied forces for new fields of action on the frontiers of Saxony, Bavaria and elsewhere, facilitating the Allied efforts for the reconstruction of Russia,
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    The Turkish Press.
    127 3 CHANGED VIEWS. Amsterdam, November 2. A telegram from Constantinople, via Berlin, discloses the changed feeling of the Turkish press as regards Germany’s invincibility. The papers declare that the German war policy has become bankrupt, while Great Britain and America are the leading Powers, therefore it is Turkey’s
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    The Tigris Victory.
    96 3 WAR CABINET’S CONGRATULATIONS. London, November 1. The Press Bureau says the War Cabinet telegiaphed to General Marshall hearty congratulation? m the splendid «access in dealing the final blow to the Turkish Army, and liberating Mesop tamia from the yoke which its peoples have suffered for many centuries.
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    THE AUSTRIAN COLLAPSE.
    388 3 ENORMOUS CAPTURES. London, November 1. An Italian official message says that under rhe impetus of the Fourth Army in the Grappa region the enemy’s front collap-ed and prisoners are descending the mountains in flocks. All the enemy’s artillery here has been captured. The Twelfth Army is advancing
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    The Austro-Germans.
    593 3 APPEAL TO PRESIDENT WILSON. Paris, November 1. News from Berne states that tie Germano-Austrian National Council is transmitting a Note to President Wilson notifying the creation of a GermanoAustrian state claiming all Austrian territory in which Germans predominate, including Moravia and Silesia,asking admittance to the peace negotiations, unreservedly
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    MARRIAGE.
    58 4 Rickett—Laing.—At St. George’s Church, Penang, on November 2nd, by the Rev. Keppel Garnier, Colonial Chaplain, Frank Bryce Rickett, of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, Penang, fourth son of Mr. and Mrs. John Rickett, of Upper Norwood, and late of Yokohama, to Audrey Drake Laing (Bobs) younger daughter of Mr.
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    BIRTHS.
    33 4 Cunliffe.—On October 29, 1918, at Dadey Dale, Derbyshire, England, the wife of Percy Cunliffe, of a son. Newman. —On October 25, at Kuala Lumpur, to Mr. and Mrs. James Newman, a son.
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    THE DOOM OF AUTOCRACY.
    1095 4 Mr. Asquith did well in his speech at Glasgow to drive home the ouistauding impression that the recent course of the war had made upon his mind, namely, that the startling changes taking place in Europe means the complete and irresistblo collapse of autocracy.” The Tsar
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    TIN PRICES.
    23 4 To-day's quotation for unrefined tin in Penang was $149.25 per picul buyers, and for refined tin, $l5O per picul; 100 tons.
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    LOCAL SHARE MARKET.
    271 4 8 F P.” The following are the latest quotations in Messrs. Kennedy Co.’s share list:— Friday. To-day. E Ĕ SHARES. t Rubber (Dollar.) C. C. C. c. A. Molek 2.20 2.40 2.25 2.50 A. Panas 10 25 10.50 10.50 11.00 Balgownie 4.70 5.00 4.70 5.50 Changkat 6.50
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    HERE AND THERE.
    1642 4 It has often been said that the war would end as suddenly The Wonderful and as dramatically Year. as it began. What we may, without the smallest optimism take to be the closing phase, or phases, is developing wi f h a suddenness that is bewildering, and
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      52 4 THE TIDES. The following are the tides for to-day Penang Standard Times High Water. Low Water. To-day. 1 7 12.3 a.m. (7ft. Oin.) 6.45 a.m. (Ift. 3in) 12.24 p.m. (6ft. lin.) 6.39 p.m. (Ift. sin.) |To-morrow.J 12.29 a.m. (6ft. 9in.) 7.13 a.m. (Oft. 9in.) 12.52 p.m. (sft. Bin.) 7.6 p.m.
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  • Obituary
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    16 4 DEATH. Hocquard.—On October 31, at Singapore, Sarah Ann Hocquard (nee Distant), widow of Phillip John Hocquard.
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    Austria-Hungary Surrenders.
    322 5 Great Captures in Italy. COUNT TISZA ASSASSINATED. KING BORIS OF BULGARIA ABDICATES. IMPORTANT SUCCESSES IN FRANCE AND BELGIUM. f u an g ft ry has gon® cat of the war ■djrr'.a-- which comes into 4*211- 5 %c 3 p. a- to-day, was signee bv Gereral Diaz, in Italy.
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      THE FLANDERS FRONT
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      Valenciennes Captured
      1900 5 London. November 2 Fle.d Marshal Haig reports that the fighting on the Ist ins:, to the south of V ilenciennes was very s vere an d continued until morning. On a cattle front of six miles, large numbers of the enemy were killed, many c-unter-attacks were repulsec an:
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      VALENCIENNES TAKEN
      276 5 GOOD PROGRESS. 'RerTKE’s T EX. EG BASS I Loudon. November 1. I Field Marshal Haig reports that w ■ace prisoner a number in successfu ■mor enterpr.ses in the neighbourhood of Bt Tie operation under'axen this morning Bntb cf Valenciennes is to be B*S’.nc zood progress f Haij s
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      The Versailles Council.
      27 5 Paris. November 1. The Allied Council at Versailles is still sitting. Their labours are well advanced. Marshal Foch yesterday reported on the military situation.
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      AT THE LIVENZA.
      437 5 London, November 1. A British Italian ifficial report says the Eleventh Italian Corps, advancing vigorously. reached Mo*ta di Livenza. whence the Tenth Army holds the river to ncr'h of Sacile. Pursuing the Austrians. London, November 2. An Italian official message states that eastward of the Brenta the
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      Austrian Dreadnought Sunk.
      92 5 A DARING RAID. Vienna, November 3. Two Italian naval officers entered Pol» roadstead at night and mined and blew up the Austrian dreadnought Viribus Unitia 20.300 tans). Mast of the crew were saved. There is no exp anation of how the raid was carried out. According to
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    BRITAIN’S KING.
    1055 6 AMERICAN APPRECIATION. I Americans as a rule have little reverence for kings, unless they hold four pat in a £at jack-p »t-but since George of England has taken to buckwheats and baseball, say*? a' New York exchange, the boys in khaki are quite ready to vote him a
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    KAISER TO BERLIN
    162 6 A telegram from Berlin, via Amsterdam, states that the Kaiser, replying to the message sent to him by the Municipality of Berlin on the occasion of the anniversary of Sedan, With great pleasure I received the inspirit expression of the capital’s courageous confitlence, and I express to
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    THE KAISER AS A HUMORIST.
    77 6 —Mr. Davies in the “Times.” “I have only one criticism to make oa 'American battleships,” declared the Kaiser the lattice-work conning towers or fighting masts. The only possible use I can see in them would be to train vines on them and instal an elevator
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    “WHAT’S TO BE DONE WITH THE KAISER.”
    86 6 .—Reuter. Stockholm. —The German Minister at Stockholm has asked the bareign Department of the Swedish Government to confiscate the July 14 issue of the New York lb raid Magazine of the War on account of its containing on the first page a picture
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    THE ILLNESS OF THE KAISERIN.
    103 6 —Ex. From a Dutch source in close communication with Court circles in Germany I learn that the indisposition the Kaiserin is mental. The events of the past twelve months in Russia have upset her terribly, and she has been particularly perturbed by the sufferings of
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    GERMANY’S TRAIL OF RUIN.
    121 6 I he deputies and senators of the invaded regions of France met at the Senate and resolved to ask the Government to open negotiations with the Ententte Powers with a view of giving Germany a solemn warning concerning the devastation committed by the Germans in the
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    A HISTORIC TABLE
    114 6 Friends of Marshal Foch should secure for him as an heirloom the table at which he sat with Haig and Petain on that day in March when the two great soldiers agreed to serve under him. On that table he drew a line of the then disastrous
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    A FRANCO-SCOTTISH COMPLIMENT.
    213 6 I’he French are proverbially neat hands at a compliment, and 1 have seldom heard of a neater than that which a French general paid to the Scottish division which helped to take B zancy towards the end of July. General Mangin acknowledged its services in an order
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    AUSTRIA'S LIFE OF WANT "REALLY TRAGIC."
    197 7 i ViS rhat SCCvra K nP J n to Milan by some Sr' Italian citizen* recently released wCt th- >l !i fniC ind P° htlcai Sltua fuel M -narchy is tragic. As a r t Smiling is n- longer r ~t ati. n >
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    THE ACE OF ACES.
    129 7 dic.ailv Lieut.-Colone- W. A. l4 M.L D FC. is only v -y enemy machines, he has. as IC aj-coanted for a full hundred. B "i* nths al' it was considered that this I iir had earned the right na le vj. iccurdingly sent home. te’.ng hi'
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    HISTORIC HAIG LETTER
    141 7 a- th 't- who kn--w tw -f Sir Douglas Haig’* n iracteristics. Cut it ha.' •.-■-r in ne >-i me French r*--K, t a v m re than twenty years H ri t< depart fr ra t he other ,'a ind utter a warning t> -ven thus
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    ONE PRUSSIAN THE LESS.
    104 7 t.i r.v r- a.- found 'leeping at B 't md when iw ikened by an flicer B 1 .inn. He wi' -ent» need to be shot. B T—. ji-.vr- w;i' luurzniaiaa.nnfls I ’i"! in m ides refused to whereup* n the condemned Bi .c wa.' rdered
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    AR=YLL AND SUTHERLANDS
    97 7 ■I ..ie great battle h i.' cw* more brought the B*® l ns Fifty-Hr.'t Division to the front. At t London term;nii' thre»- A. ind S ’s bet' mis divt'K n w-re co t ng -ff by w An English •!< nel went up and 'h-wik w:th
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    MORE HUNS ON THE FARMS.
    94 7 Western M rnmg B ii'tner'- an get -ver their very B r 'i‘ Qt* employing Huns, they will |l7 7? 1 4'l'd turn for themselves and the I ne of the 600 I on Devonshire I attempted t< z escape. I m. aunt of misbehaviour
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    KICKS LIKE A GIRAFFE
    52 7 Chronicle.” I-:; in :n 7 n lre already acquainted I ‘which ur American I displaying Lrd ReadI L :un 'Juan weapon. <ne carrying in r^er great steel bullets. nstitute a strong man’s I mV.* 1 kick like a giraffe—a I ’■‘tib J which its master soon
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    LUDENDORFF'S TOMB.
    77 7 —lsu OH f FS TOMB t 1 “‘-’il Ft .-grain '.i.v< that General 1 hiu 7 ir7lt t< Berlin to inaugurate lib U J Berlin Cemeterv. The ti, n -< h ha*. i *.neral 1 erected to commemorate Qu n c.ud-' 7 s hot down as aviators. i.
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    HAIG'S NEW TACTICS.
    292 7 London, October B.—The successful British advances against trie Germans have been of tw distinct types. In those d 1917. titer the i first rush had carried perhaps two I mes of trenches, progress became nr re and more costly until it no longer paid to c ntinue
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    50,000 CHINESE WORKMEN IN FRANCE
    221 7 About a year ago China declared war n the Central Pow-rs. and there are m France about 50.000 stalwart Chinamen behind the figuring line, employed in r ad ind railway making, machinery repairing, and bla-ov-mith and carpentry work, for the Allies. The wages f th-?'--
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    PROCESSION OF SHIPS FROM AMERICA
    176 7 New Y rk. August 28.—An a. 'tat. ment issued thi' mrn ng give> rhe w.iinf' rmati' n Every x m.n ;t-s i merchant ve—el arr.v at and an« -h-- leave- i United >tat»-s ■rt Tr- m -he N rth Atlantic p< rts alone l mer-
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    MUCH MARRIED ACTOR
    125 7 New Y rk. —Mazg iret M< reland ha- c tamed a div* xe fK-m the well-known act i Nat <e>odwm. G odwm. wh ■is tn his ~.xtvsecond vear and has be*n married severa times, was the divorced husband f the Amer' can actress Maxine Elliott. Goodwin's fir«r
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    TOO LITERAL
    122 7 The Beacon. An Irish. labourer wa.- ploughing ne day and the furrows being uneven, the farnie told him co bx k at something at ’•he ther end of the field as a guide. That cow by rhe gate. said he is right opposite us. Now wrk straight t
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    News from the Dutch East Indies
    73 7 A Government radio states that the Unite»! >' ites Labour and Industry B- ard n< tifies that the production of rubber will be increased. *<- as to satisfy national needs. The control wiH be exercised, by the Board It is reported that Heer J
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    FROM NEUTRAL SOURCES
    1032 7 MEWS FROM THE NETHERLANDS The state f W ashington launched 551.650 Oregon 397 60C British C-iunima 67.10 C All but 23 ships went to rh»* United Stateshipping B’ ard. The 'hip output of this dstrict before the war was next to nothing. Shipbuilders here are now confident
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    MARKET PRICES.
    346 8 PENANG, NOVEMBER 4, 1918. BEEF— cts Soup per catty 20 Roast d° Steaks do 30 Stew or Curry Meat do 21 Rump Steak do 30 Ox Tail each 35 do Tongue do 55 do Feet do Heart Small each 3u Liver per catty 40 Fillet of Beef do
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    "OUR DAY" CALENDAR
    49 8 No v B.—Tennis Mr Hunt, v Mr. Spowers. P C.C. Ground, 4.i0 p m Nov 16 and 18—Penang. Nov 16.—Red Cross Gymkhana, Racecourse. Nov 16. —Grand Theatre of Varieties, Tow Hall Nov IS—Flower and Fruit show Baz ar auction sale, side shows and Gym khana Racecourse.
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    PRODUCE.
    148 8 Pknang, November 4, 1918 8. P. Tapioca $7.70 buyers. M. P. Tapioca $7 70 sellers. Gold leaf $72 sellers. Pepper (W. Coast 3 lbs. 5 oz) sl6| buyert Black Pepper $25 buyers. White Pepper $4O nom. Trang Pepper no stock. Mace $BO nom. Mace Pickings $61.50 salse Cloves season
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    RUBBER CROP.
    24 8 The following are additional rubber outputs for October K.M.S. lbs 15,387 Sungei Patani 22,000 Stiawan Plantations 7,500 S.S. Pertain 65 0< 0
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    TIN OUTPUTS.
    76 8 The output of the Tronoh Mines, Ltd., from all sources for the month of October is 1,651 piculs. The Malayan Tin Dredging Ltd’s., October return shows, yardage 269,000 cubic yards, output 900 piculs, valued at $81,748-41. The output of Rahman Hydraulic Tin, Ltd during the month of October
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    Mr. Asquith at Glasgow.
    255 9 M r Asquith at Glasgow. I COLLAPjK ~K AUTOCRACY. London, November 1. I sD «king at Glasgow sai l the P^ e occarriue in Europe ■o.rstr’k' n jrrevisible collapse of ■s’ c ra h r e Kmpo rors in 191 ruled Ko c racy> of Europe and a Large part
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    Dutch Soldiers’ Outbreak
    104 9 I Ams erdam, November 1. ißTiTre W 1 niu i ncu outbreak among H>e Datch troops, owing to long mobilisadie recent suspension of leave, and ai"! oth c r grievances. The disturbwere quelled. The soldiers at the U e were calm d by the of HL ra
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    The Peace Conference.
    19 9 I Paris, November 3. ■The "Temps’’ suggests that the Peace HC.nference should be held at Versailles.
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    Nancy Bombed.
    22 9 Paris, November 3, Il German aeroplanes bombed Nancy in ■r evening of October 31st, causing civil■an casualties and severe damage.
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    The Bolshevik Peril.
    71 9 I London, November 3. II The Swedish mission which has returned Brom the Ukraine, emphasises that the B ’shevik peril menaces the Ukraine, where Bbe presence of German trojps is tolerated Because they afford a safeguard against Bhis peril. The newspaper “SvenskaB)agblad declares that Russian Bolsheviks B'
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    Excitement in Rumania.
    43 9 London, November 2. News from Jassy shows that there is preat excrement in Rumania over recent pvents. The King has held numerous |conferences with leaders of the Govern■^uent,also with the ex-Premier. M Bratiano, ■and there are indications of interesting ■developments.
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    Japanese Cotton Goods.
    84 9 MAN CHE STE K’S COMPLAINT. London, November 4. I ‘he Manchester Chamber of Commerce I r ew the attent’on of the Cotton Control I J ird to the fact that Japanese and other latten goods are supplied to India and L-iiu at prices with which British ccmI
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    The Silver Market.
    55 9 y, London, October 30. le Sllv er market is quiet. London, October 30. e Silver market is quiet. London, November 4. the e3,rB i onta n and Co. eport that 3onnrl Hr<Pt COnt d nn e 8 quie r and has a tnc-pm tnue There has been
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    Asians and the Hohenzollerns.
    26 9 Amsterdam, November 2. rOtU Berlin seys the Prussian 'feciarp U e h*’ unanimously resolved to house 19 Sdelity t 0 hereditary ruling
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    THE EPIDEMIC IN BRITAIN.
    125 9 NUMEROUS DEATHS. London, October 30. The influenza epidemic continues to rage in many parts of the world. It ha« now reached the more dangerous stage in the United Kingdom, owing to the advenl- septic pneumonia. Numerous deaths are reported in various parts of the country. The
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    In Norway.
    347 9 London, November 1. The influenza epidemic is declining in Fiance and Spain and some parts of England, but it is raging fiercely in Norway. There are several hundred fresh cases daily at Christiania, where, to the end of September, there were 100,000 cases and 2,000 deaths. We are
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    LAM HUAH EE RELIEF FUND.
    54 9 For supplying free attendance and Chinese medicine to poor Chinese patients attacked by influenza. Previous subscriptions $5,622 60, Mr Lee Oon Saik $5O, Messrs. Sun Wob Loong $lOO, The Penang Health Culture League $2O Total $5,792.60. F'urther subscriptions will be gratefu ly received by Mr.
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    Influenza Death Roll at Singapore.
    174 9 A special meeting of the Municipal Commissioners to consider the municipal estimates for 1919 was held in the 80-. rd Room yesterday afternoon under the presidency of Mr W PeelThe President, referring to the influenza epidemic which had been thriving in Singapore for the past
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    Flu and the Sweating Sickness.
    102 9 aomme uiavnw», almost as suddenly as it began. Manchester Guardian, The recent speculations on the effects of the epidemic of influenza on the fighting in France suggest an interesting thesis for the historian—the effects of disease on the decisive battles of the world. On the
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    BIG CHINESE PROCESSION IN PENANG.
    170 9 With the object of allaying the scourge of influenza, which has been particularly severe among the Chinese Community, procession was arranged for to-day. It proved to be one of the most remarkable processions ever seen in the Settlement, and from the point of vi?w of
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    PENANG SWIMMING CLUB.
    90 9 The monthly handicap races. —200 yards for “A” Class and 100 yards, “B” Class were held yesterday with the following result “A” Class 200 Yards H’cap. 1. T. E. Dibbs (60 secs.) 3 min 59 secs. 2. S. A. Yell (Scr.) 3 min 4 secs. 3. D.
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    “OUR DAY” IN P. W.
    172 9 LIST OF SUBSCRIPTIONS. Amount previously acknowledged $3.024. 13. Mr J. M. A. Trunner $5O, Mr. R. H. Adams $3O. Mr. C. A. Leech. $lO, Mr. W. Hav $lO, Mr. F. Tradewell $25. Mr. A. H. Wilson $lO, Mr. W. E. Hunt $3O, Mr. James Brown
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    THE DEEPAVALI FESTIVAL.
    111 9 With rejoining and much pageantry this great Indian festival, which commenced on Friday, will be celebrated by Hindus who will accompany their religious obligations with act' of charity and hospitality. In Bengal Poojah is another name for Deepavali and affords a holiday to the jaded European merchant,
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    TO-NIGHT’S BAND PROGRAMME.
    45 9 The Band will play the following programme oi music at the Esplanade from 6 p.m. to-day 1. Fantasia Carmen ...Bizet 2. I’wo Step Laughing Water Hager 3. Selection L» Vcstale Mercadante 3. Waltz The Eternal ...Fall 5. March The National Fencibies ...Sousa
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      Sunk by New Invention.
      165 9 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] Paris, November 3. The Giornale d’ Italia” states that the Viribus Unitis was sur-k by a new invention by Engine er-Comminder Rossett. The German Hand in Austria. Rome, November 3. The Echo de Paris states that it has proofs that the Germans bad an
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
    805 9 Mr J A Black is to be an assistant Superintendent of Immigrants. Mr. J. Cameron Gunn has as-uned the Acting Managership of Selinsing Estate. Mis S Anthony has left Australia and is expected in Penang towards the end of the month. The health of Duke Philipp? d’
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    THE KAISER’S PEACE APPEAL TO MASONRY.
    832 9 The following item has appeared in many newspapers of the larger cities of the United States.:— It may be well to direct the attention of the authorities at Washington and Ottawa to the fact that an important congress was held at Berlin during the
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    A SOLDIER’S PERAMBULATOR.
    89 9 In the British camp the night after the capture of Kilossa, in German East Africa, July 1916. writes Lieut. S. A. Bunting, in the World’s Work,” many were the jeers levelled at a South African private who nursed, as the apple of his eye, a poor old
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    FLOWERS ACROSS THE FOOTLIGHTS
    97 9 We owe England a cheer for this (the sale conduct of American troops). The old girl is game. She has, in the nautical phrase of one of her own favourite sons —and ours —laid a point closer to the wind for us than a man could
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    BERLIN UNBOMBABLE YET.
    51 9 Field.” To project a raid on Berlin from the present base of the I.A.F. would involve a total air flight of at least 1.000 miles. That with a load of bombs sufficient to justify the attempt is not practical at the moment with any machine we possess.
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