Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 7 December 1906
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Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle
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Title Section20 1906-12-07 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 282 VOL. LXIV. FRIDAY, 7th DECEMBER, 1906. PRICE 20 CENTS.20 words
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Advertisement2191 1906-12-07 1 k~ -77 Intended Sailing's. SHH P. 0. Steam Naviga- 71 Norddeutscher Lloyd. Bremen. tion, Company. BRITISH INDIA w\ Imperial German Mail Line. tIPFCTW AWtIUU AND MPARTOan. n ITH MAX z ''HE fast and well-known mail steamers of I By MAIL SERVICF. STEAM NAVIGATION Co., Liu. M’* s Company sail fortnightly2,191 words
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Advertisement2058 1906-12-07 2 DIRECT SERVICE FROM LISBON TO THE FAR EAST. S[AND LINE OF STEAMERS. Mackays I B J l Eli By the HAMBURG-MERIKA LIHIE. -KSt&TSir Liqueur WIHSKJ,' WVFW v w The German Steamship HABSBURG (6,500 Tons) is j’ust out on her maiden voyage from GfeSlOF S ChatDpagDG. SpCCIdl Old SCOtch Whisky Europe.2,058 words
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Article199 1906-12-07 3 MEETING OF THE CREDITORS. Madras, Nov. 27. The adjourned meeting of the creditors of Arbuthnot’s was held yesterday, when the Official Assignee made a staement welcoming the appointment of a Committ“e to help Inin in grappling with the difficult questions that were bound to arise in insolvency199 words
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Article184 1906-12-07 3 A London correspondent writes :—I hear King Menelik has become the latest victim of the rubber rage and that an Ethiopian Company, with Mr. L. T. Boustead as one of the Directors, to lease and plant up with rubber a tract in Abyssinia, is among the184 words
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178 1906-12-07 3 Trader in the Hongkong Daily Press pays a tribute to the postal privileges of the Straits in this letter According to the latest shipping returns, Hongkong stands as the first shipping port in the world but in matters postal, it is a long way178 words
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Article250 1906-12-07 3 The Madias presidency is the distinct gainer by the French law recently passed regarding the secularization of education. Under this law seminaries ami convents which carried on the work of education in Pondicherry and other French settlements have been suppressed and the monks and nuns banished. Ihe250 words
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Article535 1906-12-07 3 A CASE FOR GOVERNMENT ACTION. A correspondent writes to the Englishman as follows Durga Charan Dass, a sugar merchant, has imported unrefined sugar to the value of Rs. 5,000. He keeps shop at a Farid pur village. The Zemindar of the place having learnt that the sugar came535 words
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Article420 1906-12-07 3 The following notes have just come to hand from the pen of a European resident of long standing and well acquainted with low-country Sinhalese. —The cases are vouched for as within the personal knowledge of our correspondent No. 1. Case of a strongly built Tamil man420 words
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Article973 1906-12-07 3 Planter” writes to the Ceylon Observ' 1 on Nov. 21 In the September number of the Tropical Agricultural, Mr. Green has drawn attention to the great success of Anti-Malaria campaigns in other countries and in our own colonies, and to the need for a similar campaign in Ceylon.973 words
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Article409 1906-12-07 3 lhe Daily Rpp or t (Nov. 10) says —A future o f the moment is that tin features” command higher prices than spot, and there appears to be no visible reason for thinking that the market will weaken. Regarding the general American demand and consumption, a leading409 words
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Article169 1906-12-07 3 In the House of Commons on the 12th ult., Sir Seymour King gave notice to ask the Secretary of State for 1 ndia Whether his attention has been called to the Report of the Inspector-General of Police in Burma, in which he states that the constant drain169 words
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Article116 1906-12-07 3 It is not quite clear to Mr. C. Duguid (Daily Mail} why anticipation of the conversion should make the Japanese stocks weak, and it is erroneous in one sense to regard the operation as imminent. He believes it, is imminent only in the sense that, all is in116 words
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Advertisement55 1906-12-07 3 Caught Col<i While Hunting a Burglar. Mr. W. M. Thos. Lanorgan, provincial Constable at Chapleau, Ontario, Canada, says I caught a severe cold while hunting a burglar in the forest swamp last fall. Hearing of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy, I tried it, and after using two small bottles, I was completely55 words
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Advertisement78 1906-12-07 3 A Follower of Influenza. Many persons find themselves affected with a persistent cough after an attack of influenza. As this cough can be promptly cured by the use of Chamberlain s Cough Remedy it should not be allowed to run on until it becomes troublesome. All Dispensaries and Dealers. XMAS78 words
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Advertisement819 1906-12-07 3 TO LET. 1 KWONG WOH SENG, NO. 1 WESTLANDS BUNGALOWS. N>. 21, Rue king fam Street, Apply to PENANG. Messrs. WRE FORD THORNTON, Dealers in all kinds of Swatow Drawn tu f uc 27 Beach Street. Thread Work and Embroideries. PRICES VERY MODERATE. TO LET. “-puBEKA,” No 14 Scotland Road.819 words
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Article102 1906-12-07 4 Friday, 7th December. High water 4.45 a m Low water 10.46 p in Saturday, Bth December. Homeward P. <& O. Mail. High water 5.36 a.m. I Low water 11.31 pin Sunday, 9th December. Second Sunday in Advent. High water 6.23 am. Low water 12.26 a.in Monday, 10th December.102 words
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Article709 1906-12-07 4 Judging from all appearances the day is not far distant when the prosperity of Malaya will have to be ascribed not only to its tin mines but in equal measure to its plantations. The future of Para rubber seems to be assured, so far as riuman709 words
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430 1906-12-07 4 To-day's quotation for unrefined tin is s97] buvers, no sellers. Tin in London is quoted at £196 for cash, and £196 for three months. The Gundian Assurance Co., Ltd., have issued a neat pocket book with calendar for 1907, a copy of which li430 words
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Article280 1906-12-07 4 After .the'.crowded houses that greeted rising oPtfhe curtain oh the occasion of the two previous -productions of “Les Cloches de Corneville,” it was not anticipated that the same degree of interest would be taken in the third performance in the Town Hall yesterday evening. At the280 words
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197 1906-12-07 4 In the First Police Court this morning, Ah Kiang, formerly an assistant to h building contractor, named Ung Koun, of Bishop Street, was before Mr. G. A. Hereford, charged with the theft of forty casks of cement valued at $l6B. It appears that the accused, who197 words
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Article393 1906-12-07 4 Die new F.M.S.R. motor ’bus commenced running from Tapah Town to Tapah Road station on Saturday. The opening day was marred by an accident about four o’clock in the afternoon Previously, the ’bus had made severaj journeys to and from the sta'ion qu’te Successfully. On arriving,393 words
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Article596 1906-12-07 4 THE MCEIBER MEETIIG. SECOND- DAY’S RESULTS. Our Own Correspondent.] Kuala Lumpur, 7th Dec. The «aces here were corit lifted jester, day. There was a fair attendance and the arrangements were excellent. Vnfortmmtely heavy rain fell after the eighth and race nine .will therefore be run this morning.596 words
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Article64 1906-12-07 4 In our last issue we gave particular 9 n P to 4-, p in. of the voting for a Muui c Commissioner for 1907, 1908’, and < Dr. P. V. Locke being the only P 6l^00 noinjuated. At the close of the poll at 5 p.m- w64 words
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Advertisement227 1906-12-07 4 To-morrow Night, AT 9 P. M.l Grand Opening Performance of CIRCUS OTT For the First Time in Penang. Short Season only. 20 of the Finest Trained Horses and Ponies 20. 4 AFRICAN FORESTBRED LIONS 4. LOOPING THE LOOP AND 20 CONTINENTAL STAR ARTISTES 20. Come and See the only Football227 words
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Article130 1906-12-07 5 WE CALIFORHIAJ TROUBLE. LATEST DEVELOPMENTS. [Rrutbr’s Service.] < London, 6th Dec. The Hon. Elihu Root, Secretary of State, has inspired proceedings in the San Francisco Courts to test the constitutionality of the action of the Californians hi segregating Japanese children in separate schools. He believes, that this[Rrutbr’s Service.] - 130 words
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Article62 1906-12-07 5 FOREIGN RELATIONS. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 7th Dec. Baron Alois von Aehrenthal, the AustroHungarian Foreign Minister, in a statement to the Austro-Hungarian Delegations, affirmed that interviews with Prince Bulow, the German Imperial Chancellor, Signor Tittoni, the Italian Foreign Minister, and M. Isvolsky, the Russian Foreign Minister, had established complete harmony[Reuter’s Service.] - 62 words
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Article50 1906-12-07 5 THE POTATO CROP. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 7th Dec. Mr. James Bryce, Chief Secretary for Ireland, stated in the House of Commons yesterday, that the potato crop in the west of Ireland was only from two-thirds to three-fourths of the average and, if necessary, the Government would give substantial assistance.[Reuter’s Service.] - 50 words
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Article42 1906-12-07 5 A FINANCIAL ALLIANCE. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 7th Dec. Reuter's correspondent at Tokio states that the Anglo-Japanese Bank is composed of British and Japanese capitalists, and has received official sanction. It is regarded as betokening an important financial alliance.[Reuter’s Service.] - 42 words
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Article41 1906-12-07 5 THE CATHOLIC ATTITUDE. [Reuter's Service.] London, 7th Dec. At a meeting of the Roman Catholic •Bishop#; held at Westminster Cathedral, itriYafi resolved that the Education Bill, even as amended by the House of Lords, is unacceptable to Catholics.[Reuter's Service.] - 41 words
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Article40 1906-12-07 5 DISTURBANCES AT MEETINGS. [Reuter’s Service. London, 7th Dec. The Legislative Assembly of Victoria, Australia, has passed a Bill to penalise by fine or imprisonment any persons who are guilty of causing a disturbance at election or other public meetings.[Reuter’s Service. - 40 words
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Article37 1906-12-07 5 A MURDER AND SUICIDE. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 7th Dec. A workman fatally wounded the exAssistant Governor of Bielostock, who was transferred to St Petersburg after t>e massacre of the Jews at Bielostock. workman then committed suicide.[Reuter’s Service.] - 37 words
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Article40 1906-12-07 5 EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS. Reuter’s Service.] 4V London, 7th D ;c. An earthquake shock, lasting eighty secpxylp, iyas experienced at St. Vincent, West Indies, on Monday last, the 3rd inst St. Lucia and Barbados were also visited with, shocks.Reuter’s Service.] - 40 words
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Article125 1906-12-07 5 CHINESE LABOUR ON THE RAND. VIEWS OF POLITICAL PARTIES. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 7th Dec. At a Congress of the members of the Het Volk party in Pretoria, all present insisted upon the repatriation of the Chinese coolies on the Rand. General Botha demanded compensation for the damage done[Reuter’s Service.] - 125 words
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Article90 1906-12-07 5 MOROCCO. Berlin, 6th Dec. The French and Spanish Ambassadors at "Berlin have presented Herr von Tschivschky, the German Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, identical Notes to the effect that the measures being taken with regard to Morocco are absolutely provisional and that there will be no90 words
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Article364 1906-12-07 5 The following amplifies Reuter’s telegram of the 13th ult. regarding the question asked in the House of Commons with respect to the Straits dollar Sir D. Brynmor-Jones (Liberal Member for Swansea District) asked the Undersecretary for the Colonies whether the Secretary for the Colonies would direct the364 words
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Article164 1906-12-07 5 An Extraordinary Story. The Bangkok correspondent of the Echo de. Chine thus gossips about the Sultan of Johore It is well known that the Sultan of Johore has refused an allowance of 750,000 francs a year on condition of his State forming part of the F.M.S.164 words
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854 1906-12-07 5 THE TIMES AND SIR F. SWEETENHAM. Interest out here in the struggle between the Times Book Club and the publishers was stimulated by the announcement that the Club had decided to boycot t Sir Frank Swettenham’s book on British Malaya.” Since that announcement was published the following extraordinary paragraph, appeared854 words
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Article249 1906-12-07 5 7" JUDGMENT. Judgment in the Beehive Brandy case,» in which Messrs. Adet Seward Co.’ alleged an infringement of their trade mark by« Messrs Caldbeck; Macgregor Co., was given by the Chief Justice in Singapore on Tuesday. His Lordship said that in this case he wsts* of opinion that249 words
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Article337 1906-12-07 5 Latest London Report. Messrs. J. Russell Grant Co.’s rubber share market report to hand by the P. it O. mail, contains the following London, 15th Nov. During the last week a fair amount of business has taken place in rubber shares and especially in the shares of those337 words
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Article222 1906-12-07 5 Export from Perak. We are informed by the Acting Secretary to the Resident of Perak that the export of tin from Perak (excluding Up|>er Perak) for November was as follows Tin 12,077 pikuls 22 catties. Tin Ore 23,755 17 Duty $49 3920.30 --1 ■U n 1 Captain G.222 words
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Advertisement5 1906-12-07 5 STEEL TRUNKS. McAlister Co., Ltd.5 words
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Advertisement627 1906-12-07 5 WHISKIES. V. 0. H. B. CLUB WHISKY, VERY OLD SCOTCH, Sir John Power’s Irish, etc., etc. Also Black and White, Dewar’s, Crawford’s, Haddow’s, and all Well-known Brands, Kept in Stock. Havana Cigars—Best Brands Only. Caldbeck, Macgregor Co. The Bankruptcy Ordinance, 1888. NOTICE OJb SALE. In the Supreme Court of the627 words
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Article765 1906-12-07 6 The East Indies Flagship was due at Colombo from Bombay on Dec. 4th. At Colombo she picks up Vice-Admiral Poe and sails to-day (7th) for Madras and Calcutta. The motor launch which was recently got for Colombo out from Singapore by the Krawehl Coal Co., Ltd., and refitted765 words
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Article82 1906-12-07 6 Kistna, Brit., 524, Learmont, Dec- 7, Singapore, gen., Huttenbach, Liebert Co. Simla, Brit., 5884, Goldsmith, Dec. 6, Bombay, gen., Adamson, Gil Allan Co. Rotokua, Brit., 555, Lingard, Dec. 6, Tongkah, gen., Koe Guan Co. Palermo, Brit., 7597, Andrews, December 6, Colombo, gen., Adamson, Gilfillan Co. Mary Austin, Brit.,82 words
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Article39 1906-12-07 6 Cornelia for Port Swettenham and Malacca. Padang for Batu Bahra. Petrel for Pangkalau Brandan. Daisy for Langkat. Gregory Apcar for Calcutta. Calypso for Deli. Lady Weld for Teluk Anson. Malaya for Deli. Flying Dragon for Port Weld.39 words
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Article276 1906-12-07 6 PER Malta for Ceylon, Australasia, India, .Aden, Mauritius, Egypt, and vid Brindisi, for Europe, etc., at 6 a.m. to-morrow. Tam ba Mark, for Colombo, at 11 to-morrow. Teesta for Negapatam and Madras, at 1 p m. to-morrow. Registration up to 11 a.m. to-morrow. Rotorua for Tongkah, at 1276 words
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Article325 1906-12-07 6 Name of Steamer, where from, approximate date of arrival, where bound, and Agents. China from Trieste, Dee. 7. for Singapore, China, and Japan, Schmidt, Kusterinann Co. Malta from Singapore, Dec. 7. for Colombo and Bombay, Adamsen, Gilfillan Co. Bengalen from Singapore, Dec. 8, for Sabang, Rangoon, and Calcutta,325 words
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Article45 1906-12-07 6 By Kistna from Singapore, Mr. and Airs. Wilson. Messrs. C. Cable, M. Ribineau and Lim Teng Hong j from Port Swettenham, Rev. Fisher, Dr. and Mrs. Leicester, Mr. W. C. ami Mrs. King, Messrs. F. A. Cook, Ferdinands, H. N. Ferrers, and Md. Sheriff.45 words
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Article916 1906-12-07 6 o J Name. < <• Quotations 11 Ascribed. Value. Paid uft Re..™, 5 MINING. Geld. Bersawah Gold Mining Co., Ltd. 5 nom. 13 500 $lO $lO (Deferred) 3 nom. 1900 $175,000 $1400,00 j 4 )00 10 10 a Raub Aust. Gold Mining Co., Ltd. Fully Paid 8 (50 000916 words
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Article127 1906-12-07 6 I’rnang, 7th December, Uy Courtesy of ths Chaptered Hauk.) London Dsrnaud Bank 2/3 15/16 4 months’ siuht Bank 2 4iJ 3 Credit 2/4 ft/16 3 Documentary 24J Calcutta, Demand Bank Ila 173| 3 days’ sight Private 174£ Bombay, Demand Bank 173/,- 3 days' sight Private 174 j Madras, Demand127 words
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Article178 1906-12-07 6 Penang. 7th Dkckmbkk, 1906. Gold leaf $65.50. Pepper (W Coast 3 ll»«. s<m.) Iftj nominal. White Pepper 23 buyers. Trang Pepper 21.60 nom. Mace 80 sellers. Mace Pickings 67 buyers Nutmegs 1 Hi» 28 sellers. SNo 1 5.25 ppi. „2 x. no stock. Basket 3.20 sales. Tapioca Flour 1.82|178 words
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Advertisement131 1906-12-07 6 An attack of Croup Warded Off. Our little girl, two and one-half years old, woke up coughing with the croup one evening recently. We happened to have some of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy on hand and gave her two doses of it. She went back to sleep and woke up next131 words
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Advertisement46 1906-12-07 6 Commercial Union Assurance Co., Ltd. HEAD OFFICE: 25 26 CORNHILL, LONDON, E. 0. EASTERN BRANCH—SINGAPORE. FUNDS. Capital Fully Subscribed £2,500,000 Capital Paid-up 250,0.00 Assets Exceed £57,50,000 Total Annual Income Exceeds £2,000,000 Claims settled with promptitude. SANDILANDS, BUTTERY it Co., Agente> STEEL TRUNKS. McAlister SP Cq„ Ltd,46 words
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Advertisement39 1906-12-07 6 Chamberlain’s Pain Balm. There is no danger from blood poiso resulting from a cut or wound of any kind when Chamberlain’s Pain/JElhlm is used. It is an antiseptic dressing and sFiould be in every household. All Dispensaries and Dealers.39 words
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Advertisement393 1906-12-07 6 DAVID BROWN A Co., notice of sale. 4a Logan’s Buildings, Penang. BY ORDER OF THE MORTGAGEE. Estate Agents, Auditors, and The undersigned is instructed to take Licensed Auctioneers. possession and put up for sale by Books, Accounts, &c., made up, PUBLIC AUCTION adjusted, Or audited. On Satnrduj/, the Sth day393 words
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Advertisement1324 1906-12-07 7 C AUSTRALIA AND CHINA D,A Ho^pKONC AN SHANGHAI nederlandsche handel Nederlandsch-lndische THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INTERNATIONAL BANKING CHINA. banking CORPORATION. MAATSCHAPPU. Escompto-Maatschappij |ND|Af LIMITED. CORPORATION, incorporated by Royal Charter. Paid-up-Capital $10,000,000 Metherlandi Trading Society. (Netherlands-Indian Discount Bank? Fiscal fof |h< (j n j te( s ut<s 0 Reserve Fund. Established1,324 words
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Article1086 1906-12-07 8 PROGRAMME FOR JANUARY MEETING, 1907. Tuesday 29tfj January 1907, ‘Gbursday 31st January 1907 Saturday 2nd February 1907 first day. Tuesday, 29th Jan. 1907. I—The Maiden Plate. Value $6OO. A Race for Maiden Horses. Weight as per scale reduced 14 11«. All animals imported into the Straits or1,086 words
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Advertisement1397 1906-12-07 8 BROWN Co, »r. fMML A- MOTMTI. R. U.S., MUNICIPAL NOTICE. Monumental Sculpto'rs, surgical and mechahical 42, BENTINCK STREET, CALCUTTA DENTIST. and rates imposed on all buildings and I (Established A. D. 1852.) lands situated within the Municipality of lpoh and Kuala Lumpur. George Town, Penang, for the year 1907, .Tombstones1,397 words
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