Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 4 January 1911
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Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle
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Title Section20 1911-01-04 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 2 VOL. LXIX. WEDNESDAY, 4th JANUARY, 1911. PRICE 10 CENTS.20 words
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Advertisement1900 1911-01-04 1 i Sea View Hotel,: EAR QU II AR STREET. THE ideal hotel for visitors, t HOME comforts. s ea BATHING. CUISINE UNEXCELLED. MODERATE terms. Te No. 368. Proprietor, W. DANIEL. The Great Eastern wanted. KINNEY JS’ SONS, municipal notice. municipal notice. I ifn AttllFflllfP fO ltd "POSITION as Manager of1,900 words
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Advertisement53 1911-01-04 1 THE PINANC GAZETTE (PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING.) Rates of Subscription, payable strictly in advance: J LOCAL S 2-25 rer month. $13.50 half yearly. J $27.00 per annum. Z BY POST 2.50 per month. $15.00 naif yearly. J $30.00 yearly. WEEKLY EDITION PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY. Subscription $1.50 per month. a Half yearly53 words
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Article645 1911-01-04 2 TO-MORROW’S PROGRAMME. I.—The Griffin Handicap, 3 p.m. Value $3OO. A Handicap for Griffins that ran in the Second Race, First Day. Winner excluded. Entrance free. Distance, Race Course. The S. and S.” Kongsi’s ch m Short and Sweet Mr. Chung Ah Yong’s b g Bobby Messrs. Rhodes and645 words
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Article742 1911-01-04 2 MINUTES OF LAST MEETING. Minutes of a meeting of the Municipal Commissioners held on Thursday the 15th December 1910. Present :—Mr F. J. Hallifax, President, Messrs. Quah Beng Kee, W. T. Chapman, J. W. Hallifax, Dr. P. V. Locke, and Mr. Lim Cheng Teik. (1) The minutes of742 words
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Article102 1911-01-04 2 Wednesday? January 4. Residency Garden Party, 4.45 p.m. Governor’s Dinner Party, 8 p.m. Straits Cinematograph, Penang Road. Wayang Kassim. < Thursday, January 5. Outward English Mail. Penang Races Governor’s Dinner Party. Wayang Kassim. Straits Cinematograph, Penang Road. Friday, January 6. Epiphany. Twelfth Day. Outward German Mail. Governor Leaves102 words
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Article109 1911-01-04 2 Jan. 11.—H. E. the Governor returns to Penang at 8 a.tn. and goes up the Hill. Jan. 13.—Fancy Dress Ball at Town Hall. Jan. 15. Hindu Festival (Tai-pusum). Jan. 16.—Public Holiday (in lieu of Taipusum Day). Jan. 17. —H. E. the Governor comes down the Hill. 8 p.m.109 words
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Article39 1911-01-04 2 Penang :—The E. O. Hotel, Tite Crag, Raffles by the Sea, Runnymede Seaside Hotel, and Sea View Hotel. Singapore: —Adelphi Hotel and Raffles Hotel. Kuala Lumpur :—Grand Oriental Hotel. Ipoh :—The Grand Hotel. Rangoon :—Strand Hotel.39 words
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Advertisement53 1911-01-04 2 Guardian Assurance Co.. Ltd. Established 1821. Subscribed Capital £2,000,000 Total invested Funds upwards of £6,460,000 Total Annual Income over £l,lBO 000 The undersigned have been appointed Agents of the above Company at Penang and are prepared to issue policies of insurance against loss by fire at the lowest current terms.53 words
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Advertisement164 1911-01-04 2 Facts of Absorbing Interest. To those who are in the clutches of Rheumatism. One cannot be too quickly cured of rheumatism. To get rid of those awful pains that make life a never-ending series of torture, now mild, now excruciating, today in bed, to-morrow hobbling around on crutches—to be relieved164 words
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Advertisement1628 1911-01-04 2 A <Retn arhable ur H r mI W A T WHAT a sensation would be created throughout the length and have not only tried the case submitted to them, but they have actually breadth of the British Empire could a jury be empanelled of given their verdict on evidence brought1,628 words
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Page 2 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous201 1911-01-04 2 The Moon. First Quarter 1.20 p.m. 8 Jan. O Full Moon 5.26 p.m. 15 The Sun. Apparent times of Sunrise and Sunset in Penang Sunrise. Suniet. Jan. 7to Jan. 19, ..6-08 am. 5-52 p.m. Jan. 20 to Jan. 31,...6-07 a.ra. 5-53 p.m. The Tides. Date. H. w. L. W. H.201 words
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Article712 1911-01-04 3 BOLTON MINING DISASTER. London, 21st December. Hitherto ten dead and seven living have been taken from the Pretoria pit. The rescuers are making most heroic efforts, but it is feared that few of the remainder are alive. Harrowing scenes are taking place at the pit head. The work712 words
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Advertisement273 1911-01-04 3 •SIEMENS BROTHERS DYNAMO: WORKS, Ltd., 5 ELECTRIC LICHT. POWER AND TRACTION. > ENGINEERS AND CONTRACTORS. > •SIEMENS TANTALUM LAMPS.! JsuDsianiial J|L fit continue J Reduction C® ftc ,ll€ 5 in Prices. 2 a Prices and particulars on application to: Telegrams SIEMENS, PENANG.” OFFICES AND CODOWNS, Telephone No. 479. Beach Street,273 words
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Advertisement63 1911-01-04 3 The London Assurance Corporation. l'he undersigned, having been appointee Agents for the Corporation, are now prepared to accept MARINE and h IRE risks at current rates. PAI'ERSON, SIMONS <fc Co., Ltd., Agents. Mannheim Insurance Co. t Marine Insurance. The undersigned, as Agents, will accept Marine Risks on Merchandise, Produce and63 words
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Advertisement639 1911-01-04 3 ALLIANCE ASSURANCE CO., LTD. THE ♦♦♦ooonnDo QaanD Dn aa D Dan ooo a ..j MOTOR CMtMimNCE Lon^!’. lq .°!.Z Ct< y |ss 5 $551 liability TO Enables traders throughout the World to damage to the car. communicate direct with English a DESTRUCTION OR DAMAGE BI FIRE. a COMPENSATION TO THE639 words
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Article474 1911-01-04 4 The list of tragedies of the air rapidly grows. The toll of daring has been increased by the sad news cabled from America of the deaths of Messrs. Moisant and Hoxsey. Some thirty fatalities have occurred to airmen during 1910 and there is little likelihood of474 words
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Article416 1911-01-04 4 A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH. The late Mr. William Macdonald, the veteran Missionary of the Mission Chapel, Farquhar Street, who died at 4-5 a.m. on New Year’s Day, was born in London on October 21, 1839—the 45th anniversary of the death of Captain Francis Light, the Founder of Penang—and416 words
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Article344 1911-01-04 4 First Returns for December. The following returns of rubber crops for December are wired by our Singapore and Kuala Lumpur correspondents Bnkit Timah lb. 1.400 Bukit Kajang 090 Carey United 14,000 Changkat South 3,2 9 Glenshiel 6,637 Inch Kenneth »,17,770 Kamuning 12,612 Kota Tinggi 900 Malakoff 2,537 Malacca344 words
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Article104 1911-01-04 4 PLANTATION AND PARA DOWN. YESTERDAY’S LONDON AUCTIONS. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Kuala Lumpur, January 4. A cablegram to the Planters’ Stores Agency, Co., Ltd., gives the following rubber prices in London yesterday Dec. 14- Jan. 3. Fall Sheet and biscuit 5/11 5/5 6d Fine crepe 6/-104 words
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Article24 1911-01-04 4 [From Our Own Correspondent.} Singapore, January 3. To-day’s (Tuesday’s) quotations for opium and produce are Gambier 8.50 Pepper, white 25.25 Opium 1,950.0024 words
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Article38 1911-01-04 4 “PHONOGRAPH” PLACED FOURTH I From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, January 4. A telegram from Calcutta states that Phonograph ran fourth in the Holly Plate. Seddon Unsuccessful.” Seddon ran in the Macpherson Cup, but was never dangerous.38 words
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Article55 1911-01-04 4 From Our Own Correspondent.] Kuila Lumpur, Janusry 3. The engagement is announced of Mr. Stamford Cecil Raffias, elder son of the Rev. T. Stamford Ruffles, ’of Langtan, Ess"x, and Miss Edith Majorie Webber, third daughter of Mr. Henry Webber, of Horby, Surrey, and sister of Mr. B.55 words
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Article39 1911-01-04 4 A CHANGE IN SECRETARYSHIP. [Fro m Our Own Correspondent.] Kuala Lumpur, January 3. Mr. C. E. Strode-Hall has resigned the Secretaryship of the Selangor Turf Club and Mr. D. Christie has been appointed in his place.39 words
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Article30 1911-01-04 4 [From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, January 4. In the Walker Trophy competition for January, the Selangor Ladies’ Rifle Club scored 201. [Penang Ladies’ score was 190].30 words
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Article28 1911-01-04 4 [From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, January 4. The output of the Australian Gold Mining Co. for the past four weeks was 475 ounces of gold.28 words
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Article22 1911-01-04 4 [From Our Own Correspondent.} Hongkong, January 4. The ss. Nord is seriously on fire at the Kowloon Docks.22 words
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Article47 1911-01-04 4 DRIVEN INTO THE DESERT. [Reuter’s Service] London, January 3. The Times correspondent at Constantinople states that, after four days’ fighting, the Turks losing 107 killed, the remnant of the rebellious Druses were driven to ths desert. Many were killed and a thousand surrendered.[Reuter’s Service] - 47 words
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Article41 1911-01-04 4 FRESH DEVELOPMENTS PENDING. [Reuter’s Service London, January 4. The Financial Times says that another serious rate war in the China shipping trade is threatened owing to a departure from the conference tariff by several companies loading .at Antwerp.[Reuter’s Service ] - 41 words
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Article29 1911-01-04 4 BIG SAVINGS IN TWELVE MONTHS. [Reuter’s Service.] London, January 3. The Statist says that the nation’s savings in 1910 were £350,000,000, of which £165,000,000 were invested abroad.[Reuter’s Service.] - 29 words
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Article648 1911-01-04 4 AN AMAZING SEQUEL. SUICIDES IN A BURNING BUILDING. [Reuter’s Service.] London, January 4. An amazing scene took place yesterday in Mile End, London, when several hundred policemen surrounded a building in which it was believed, the men wanted in connection with the Houndsditch murder had taken refuge. A[Reuter’s Service.] - 648 words
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Article81 1911-01-04 4 MURDER OF A NON-STRIKER Reuter’s Sekvice London, January 3 A telegram from Paris states that, toli wing the "threats of a general strike, tne French Government has c onmuted to years’ imprisonment the death sente i e passed on Durand, the duck striker at Rouen, for complicityReuter’s Sekvice ; - 81 words
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Advertisement636 1911-01-04 4 By using J\ Hall’s Distemper your home can be made brighter, A g healthier and more picturesque, g at a cheaper cost than wall-paper, and without Ye u g the objectionable smell of paint. I Hall’s H I Distemper Iv I (Trtult Mart.) IQ is deservedly the popular wall covering636 words
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Advertisement158 1911-01-04 4 RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION TO THE "PINANG GAZETTE." Payable Strictly in Advance. MONTHLY S 2.25 2.50 QUARTERLY 6.75 7.50 J YEARLY 13.50 15.00 ANNUAL 27.00 30.00 Broken periods are charged for either at a half or full month. The Telegraphic Address of the Pinang Gazette” is “Gazette, Penang.” Telephone No. 477.158 words
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Article2396 1911-01-04 5 FIRST DAY. A sUCCE sSFUL AFTERNOON’S SPORT. Thi* op e "i n g fi xture f° r New Year ndpf a us pi ces commenced yester- fjpi noon under most auspicious circum- P! wital fields, racing track in fine the attendance very large indeed, ■^chr'li"*'* s fc H.2,396 words
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Article198 1911-01-04 5 The Griffin Handicap. Dorothea 10. 7 Moira 8.10 Adara 9.11 Straightshot 8.10 Billiken 9. 7 Bobby 8- 2 Zephyr 8.12 Kookaburra 8. 0 Short and Sweet 7.9 The Try Again Stakes. Lossie 10. 2 Sentinel 8. 9 Blue Diamond 9. 8 Sirdar 8. 9 Dinkum 9. 0198 words
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Article82 1911-01-04 5 The handicapping for the second day’s card seems to have been carefully compiled and winners difficult to select, owing to many candidates being engaged in double events. However, here are mine. Griffin Handicap —Adara, and Billi ken. Try Again Stakes —Blue Diamond and Dark Ronald Province Wellesley Cup.—82 words
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Article59 1911-01-04 5 The Band of the Minatour” will play the following programme to-morrow 1 March Entente Cordiale Allier. 2. Seection The Dollar Princess Fall. 3. Valse Septembr* Godin. 4. Romance JI obomoko Reev’s. 5. Selection Lije on the Ocean Binding. 6. T alse Venus on Eat th Lineke. 7. Two-Step59 words
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Article106 1911-01-04 5 The following are the changes in our ■«hare list on page 7 to-day £u c o 2 jj 3 5." co <7l c« aA U, Mining. Rahman Hyd. 10| 10 ex.d. Rahman 10| 10| Rubber (Ster’ing). Anglo-Malay ...21/3 22/3 6d. B. Mertajam 3/- 3/6 3d. Chersonese 3/-106 words
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Article66 1911-01-04 5 New Year’s Fund. In addition to $lB6 previously acknowledged the following subscriptions have been received Telephone No. 416, Dr. Liston, S. R Perkins. Rev. E. Lawson, S. S. Coen. H. Oxenham. O. V. Thomas. $2 O. Mary, $l-50; A W. Anderson, H. Muir, A. B, Capt. Anderson,66 words
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Article63 1911-01-04 5 Fridag, January 6. Feast of the Epiphany. 8 a.m. —Holy Communion. On Saturday a Rifle Shooting match take place on the range between teams from H. M. Minatour and the Penang Volunteer Rifle Club. No special invitations are being issued for the At Home at the Residency63 words
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Article1244 1911-01-04 5 DRESSES ON THE FIRST DAY. H.E. the Governor, .Miss Anderson and staff descended from the hill yesterday morning in order to attend the first day’s races. At a luncheon partyat the Government House the following were the guests Mr. Haynes, Mr. Pickenback, Air. and Mrs. Heins, Mr.1,244 words
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Article136 1911-01-04 5 Week of Prayer. The Annual Universal Week of Prayer which was organised by the Evangelical Alliance in 1846 and commences in the Alission Chapel, Farquhar Street at 8 pm. dialy. The Rev. G. F. Pykett of the American Methodist Episcopal Mission addressed the congregation on thanksgiving and136 words
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Article85 1911-01-04 5 Tronoh Al INES. Result of operations during the month of December, 1910 Output. Tributers Ore Piculs 154.68 Mine Ore 3 429.32 Total output 3,584.00 Fafws. Tributers Ore 7,731.77 Mine Ore 182,818.86 Total Value 190,550.63 Estimated Profit. Tributers Ore 1,065.84 Mine Ore 75,600.38 Total Profit. 76,666.22 Karang Treated.85 words
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Article77 1911-01-04 5 [To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette.”] Dear Sir, Will you be kind enough to let it be known through the medium of your paper that no special invii at ions will be issued to witness the Fire Brigade display which will be held on January 21-t77 words
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Article39 1911-01-04 5 Ayer Etam Intake. During the month 4'57 Inches. Maximum fall in one day... I’lo Number of rainy days 16 Waterfall Intake. During the month 4’58 Inches. Maximum fall in one daa... 1’24 Number of rainy days 1539 words
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Advertisement1496 1911-01-04 6 T "U 7 I’Z’ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■'■■■■■■■■■■■’'■■■■■■■■''‘■■•'"‘’■■J .*************************000. N. Y. K.| INFANTS AND CHILDREN FED ON !g Penan f N Ltd., g Japan Mail Steamship Co. Ld. g GREAT SALE /.W, W/B8LW» 8 M V M Q Highest-class Perfumes, Toilet Requisites, Soaps, Q V B O Pa^ Medicines, Babv Foods aud Bottles,1,496 words
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Article358 1911-01-04 7 ARRIVALS. n Du t„ 823, Visman, Jan. 4, Padang, t) puttenbach, Liebert Co. Claypso.’ Brit 339 Bannatynee, Jan 4 Deli, tobacco, E S. Brit., 106, Grenfell. Jan. 4, leluk Cant I'nson, Kon S Soon i Brit, 194, Baker, Jan. 3, MalacCorneha, n t>r s o< Ca ’/n<lwi", Ger., 5708,358 words
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Article1587 1911-01-04 7 Capital. Subscribed.! N g“ a b r r g of 2 Dividends. Name. 2 ”2 ‘S 53 'q q a. oa a? er 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 MINING. 1093 »300,000 »300,000 30,000 »10 »10 25 10 30 Belat Tin Mining Co. 4J 1906 300,000 225,000 22,500 10 101,587 words
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Article80 1911-01-04 7 CLOSE AT GENERAL POST OFFICE To-Morrow. Far. Per. Coe. Alor Star (Kedah) Kedah 9 a.m. Asahan Vidar I p.m. Trang Tong Chay Un 1 p.m. Port Swettenham, Port Dickson, and > Cornelia 1 .m. Malacca Langsa, T. Sernawe’ J Segli, Olehl e h, > Benoa 1 p.m. andPuloW T80 words
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Article196 1911-01-04 7 Prnang, January 4, 1910, Gold leaf $64.80 Pepper (W. Const 3 )h. 5 oz) No stock. White Pepper s23f sellers. Trang Pepper Mace $95 nominal. Mace Pickings $9O nominal. Cloves $4O gales. Nutmegs 110 $22 sellers. [No. 1 $6.10 sales. No. 2 $6.00 sales. Basket $5 nominal. Tapioca Flour196 words
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Article124 1911-01-04 7 P«nang, January 4, 1910. (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank). Loudon Demand Bank ...2/4 5/32 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4 13 3 3 3 Credit 2'4| 3 Documentary 2/4 17/32 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 174| 3 days’ sight Private 175| Bombay Demand Bank 174-g- 3 days’sight Private 175| Madras124 words
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Advertisement751 1911-01-04 7 J W. D. H. O. WILLS’ J THREE CASTLES “MAGNUMS,” A LARGE “HAND-MADE CIGARETTE. Z •*j i Packed in Jhe magnums. 50's Patent I? ‘hreeCasties I- m-xw h Cigarettes. jg cents «»>. h rj i'll Lendon£ Obtainable at Messrs. Pritchard s Co., and all J First-class Tobacconists. The straits sugar751 words
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Advertisement57 1911-01-04 7 Sun Lite Assurance of Canada (Kstnblished 18H5). Assets exceed £6,000.<H)0.0.0 Surplus over all liabilities according to Government Standard 840,265.0.0 Income, 1968, £1,428,000 0.0 W. A. WHITE, I KENNEDY 00,, Manager, South-Eastern < General Agents, Penang As a. Singapore I NIKKO STUDIO, K. S. OK ANIWA, ■4l, PENANG ROAD, PENANG. JANUARY57 words
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Advertisement2288 1911-01-04 8 P. &0. Steam Navigation Company. Intended Sailings. NOrd(klliSCil6r LIOVCI BFOID6D EXPECTED AMIVM.S AND HPAMIBES fi SKU—. X: British India Steam Navigation Co., 4 1 Feb. 9 Assaye India I L LIMITED. /iKv HOMMWARIK y oR Intbndkd to Sail. I Steamer. /jfw i ocean steam snip ct., ng. I 41 wX2,288 words
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