Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 19 July 1911

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 161 VOL. LXIX. WEDNESDAY. 19th JULY, 1911. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 1818 1 5 For $3O V 7 ou can have the Pinang 1 Gazette posted every day for a whole year to your address. (LOCAL SUBCRIPTION, $27.) g Proportionate Quarterly and Half-yearly rates. g f Subscriptions are payable in advance and remittances should g be addressed to n The Managing Director: PINANG
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    • 79 1 ■■■■■■■□□□□□□□□□□□□■■■■a.* r II 7 HEN YOU ARE AWAY on leave VV you want to keep in touch g with Malayan affairs, Social, Com- mercial, Mining, Planting, &c. D c This you can do in no better way B than by subscribing to the Weekly n Edition of the “Pirang Gazette,”
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  • 634 2 MAN SHOT BY EUROPEAN WOMAN. Hugo Reiss, of the firm of Reiss and •Company, agents to the Alma Estates, Penang, in the Straits and F.M.S., is prosecutor in a sensational shooting case that is being heard at Shanghai. Accused is a European woman named Marion Pinnington alias
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  • 279 2 Sarkies v. Burma Rubber Syndicate, The suit A. Sarkie* v. the Lower Burma Rubber Plantation Syndicate was before Mr. Justice Young at Rangoon, on July 3. It was a claim for the recovery of Rs. 24,668 for money advanced. The plaintiff’s ca e was that by
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  • 924 2 THE ENGLISH JOCKEY CLUB AND THE WELSHER.” Every racing man says M A P. looks to the Jockey Cmb to put down with a firm hand anything that encourages fraud. But a recent autocratic decision of that body has caused something in the nature of consternation amongst that
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  • 833 2 —S.T. The second general meeting of the shareholders of Sungei Gau Tin Mining Co., Ltd., was held on Monday in Gresham House, Mr. G. A. Derrick presiding in the absence of Mr. Lee Choon Guan. The other shareholders present were Messrs. 8. Katz, Isaac Ellison and G.
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  • 53 2 Homeward. Steamer. Arrives. Mails Sails. Close. N.D.L. Yorck Wed. 19/7 2 p.m. 4 p.m. noon. 8.1. Teesta Sat 22/7 10 a.m. noon P. &O. Assaye Sat. 29/7 Outward. N.D.L. Kleist Wed. 19/7 5 p.m. midnight noon. 8.1. Thongwa Thurs. 20/7 3 p.m. 4 p.m, 7 a.m. P. O.
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  • 163 2 The directors’ report to the shareholders for the meeting at noon on July Your directors submit herewith the company’s accounts and the managers report for the year ending 31st March, 1911. The ore won during the year amounted to piculs 4,949.21, Singapore weight, as ag ainBt
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  • 129 2 Wednesday, July 19. Homeward German'Mail. Outward German Mail. P.C.C. Tennis Ties. Band, Esplanade, 9.15 p.m. Straits Cinematograph, Penang Road. George Town Cinematograph. Japanese Bioscope, Penang Road. Thursday. July 20. St. Margaret. Outward English B.I.) Mail. P.C.C. Tennis Ties. Mice and Men at the Town Hall, 9.15 p.m.
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  • 68 2 July 27 and 29.—E. O. Hotel Race Dinners. July 27 and 29.—Penang Race Meeting. July 26.—Municipal Meeting, 3.30 p.m. July 31.—Hunt Club paperchase, finish at Nirvana.” July 31.—Perak Turf Club Race Meeting— Second Entries Close, 5 p.m. August 3. —Convent open-air bazaar and fair at Axholme, Western
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 144 2 The Spanish Inquisition is famous in history for its terrible tortures. But no inquisitor ever invented methods for producing more fearful agony than is borne to-day by the victims of Sciatica. Mr. M. W. Knowles, Tragant St., Bath, England, says: Five years ago I was prostrated with Sciatica. From my
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    • 814 2 Hamburg-Bremen Fj re 1 fo) Insurance Co. of Hambur* XC/ Wirt a Guinea i Bar ou, l to' Established 1854. BEECHAM’S 1 to accept fire risks at current rates 1 PILLS KATZ BROTHERS, LtJ) “aZ The Beecham’s Pills make life worth living. lOrporSTlQn. They purify the Blood The undersigned, having
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 131 2 TENDERS. Kedah Government. Construction of road from Kota Kuala Muda to Suugei Patani (11 miles 1,107 yds.); tenders close noon, July 31. Landerdale Estate.— Erection of store 150 ft. long, 45 ft. wide, 16| ft. high. The Moon. Last Quarter July 19 O New Moon 26 First Quarter Aug. 2
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  • 247 3 PENANG VITAL STATISTIC'!. In the Penang Municipality for the week ended July 8 there were 68 deaths 50 males and 18 females—equal to a deathrate of 34.95 per mille. The death-rate and chief causes of mor tality were ■8 -8 -8 o c x CX c 4?
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  • 300 3 The following unclaimed letters, etc., were lying at the Penang Post Office up to 17th July Letters. C J Chadwick, Clark 4 Thiselton, Capt. S Climak, A H Cobb, M Courtier, M Couzin, A Crowe, C M E Dealtry, C Dykstra, W H Evans, C W Fraser, C
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  • 438 3 ORDERS BY CAPTAI M ALAN WILSON. Acting Commandant. July, 1911. 19th Wednesday, Company Drill. 21st Friday, Musketry Tnalninfir. (Trained Men.) 23rd Sunday, Class Firing, Trained Men, Section A I; 7 a m. 24th Monday, Recruit Drill. 26th Wednesday, Company Drill. 28th Friday Musketry Training, (Trained Men.) 30th Sunday,
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 409 3 Shopping by Post A boon to those at a distance. IT is impossible for those living in distant rjf Jr\ towns and villages to get everything uj required at the local stores, and we therefore yl ft ft W *D P^ to our illustrated cata- Yjjl H I I logue,
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    • 28 3 Call for ml WATSON’S jflll BLUE BAND CAN BE JBjEy OBTAINED FROM PRINCIPAL vfatsonCl RETAIL Scotch STORES. j McAlister Jtfn ltd I OUNOK«- JSB vUIJ LIU. Wholesale Agents.
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    • 35 3 THE STANDARD LIFE OFFICE. This Company is one of the largest OF THB Provident Instilutions OF Great Britain. NEW REDUCED RATES FOR THE Straits Settlements. Apply-for full information to SANDILANDS, BUTTERY n Co., w Agents.
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    • 336 3 Green island cesseßt co., lm. J PORTLAND CEMENT. In Casks and Drums of Drain Pipes, any shape 5 In 37 lL lbS e hn .k Gutterways.. J Cement S TUes, any patterm Firebricks, and Fireclay Glazed Paving Tiles. Paving BricksM W Prices, namplos sod fall particalars will be forwarded on
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  • 15 4 Dennys. —At Ipoh, on July 16, Mrs. F. O. B. Dennys, of a son.
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  • 723 4 The Government of Eastern Bengal and Assam, moved by the number of assassinations and outrages, accompanied by murder, which has been committed during the past four years in various parts of India, but principally in the two Bengals, through the instrumentality of firearms, consider that the
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  • 242 4 A MIRACULOUS ESCAPE. Particulars have reached us of a narrow escape from death experienced by Messrs. W. M, Dodds, Acting Superintendent Engineer, Penang Sugar Estates Co., Ltd., and J. S. Wilson, of Howarth, Erskine, Ltd., Penang, who were last Friday involved in a motor-car accident. They were being
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  • 134 4 P.C.C. Toubnambnt Rksultb. The following ties were played yesterday afternoon ProJession Pairs. Southam <fc Mercer beat Proctor <k Godwin. 6—2; 6—2. Singles Handicap.—Class B. Ivens v. Syer. (Unfinished). Bruce wa>k over from Oxenham. Hindley beat Blackstone. 6—3 6—3. Singles Handicap.—Class C. W Brown beat V G Back. 6-1
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  • 77 4 Colony v. F.M.S. The following are the players selected to represent the Colony in the cricket match against the F M.S. to be played in Penang on August 5 and 7 next Captain E. 11. Rooke, Messrs. Bath, W. W. Dean, J. W. Haddon, C. H. G. Clarke, A.
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  • 66 4 To-day’s quotation for unrefined tin in Penang is $93.05 per picul, business done. Tin in London is quoted «£192 10s. spot and £lB5 10s. three months. The following were the dealings in tin to-day :—Singapore Straits Trading Co., Ltd., 50 tons, $93.50 Penang: Straits Trading Co., Ltd.,
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  • 173 4 The Manager of Kra nat Pulai, Ltd., reports that the output of tin ore from this Company’s property for the month of June was 565 piculs. An examination of Government officers studying Malay will be held in Singapore, Penang, and Malacca on August 2. People in Ipoh are
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  • 333 4 AN ENJOYABLE OUTING. Yesterday’s hunt was a most enjoyable one. Just a score of riders, including six ladies, turned up at Dato Kramat Gardens to take part in a very pleasant afternoon’s sport. The run was a follow-my-leader, the leaders being the President, (Mr. J, F. Wreford),
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • 204 4 \To the Editor of the Pinatag Gazette."] Sir. With reference to the note from Kinloss in your issue of yesterday, while thanking him for calling our attention to the matter, I beg to state that, so far as we are concerned, every possible precaution is taken
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    • 189 4 [To the Editor oj the Pinang Gazette:'] Sib, The appointment of a Muslim Commissioner for the Penang Municipality has more than once been agitated for. The want of a Commissioner of their sect to represent it on the Municipal Commission, considering the Muslim populace of this place
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  • 371 4 Lord Kitchener celebrated his sixtieth birthday last month. Mr. Tan Ji*k Yeong, a brother of th Hon. Tan Jiak Kim, died last Friday at Tanjong Katong, Singapore, after a brief illness. The funeral of the late Nonia Tan Kwee Leoh will take place from her residence Malay
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  • 499 4 MURDER CHARGE WITHDRAWN •Tan appeared yesterday afternoon at the Assizes, in the Supreme Court, on a charge of the murder of Loh Ah Chong, a pig rearer in Province Wellesley, or, in the alternative, of voluntarily causing grievous hurt. Mr. Justice S. Leslie Thornton presided with the following
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    • 186 4 I EXPANDED| I METAL I fc 3 tz FOR zs y*» REINFORCING CONCRETE 1 H AND FOR i WINDOWS 8 VENTILATORS, Bc., Bc. 1 OF 3 i RUBBER STORES. 1 x= 3 g zs -*-3 3 BE Sole Agents: 3 I Guthrie S? Co., Ltd. j Caldbeck, Macgregor Co., >
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  • 289 5 TINS GENERALLY BETTER. RUBBERS STILL VARIABLE. s The following are the changes (buyers and sellers only) in our share list on page 7 of this issue 1910. 18/7/U. 19/7/11. J: Sharks. J? O fl) 3) tfi J a a «2 Afininp. 3| 2| Belat 6 6$ 61
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  • 39 5 [From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, July 18. To-day’s (Tuesday’s) quotations for produce are Rubber, average sheet $240.00 Pepper, white 29.50 Pepper, black 18.50 Gambier 9.55 Copra 10 50 Tapioca, pearl 10.90 Tapioca, medium 9.95 Tapioca, uncertified 10.50
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  • 44 5 PRICE OF FINE HARD PARA. [From a Malacca Correspondent] Malacca, July 19. Information has bsen received by tne Malacca Rubber Plantations, Limited, that the price of fine hard Para in London yesterday was 4/51 per lb., sellers. The market closed firmer.
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  • 46 5 RUBBER TAPPING AFFECTED. [From Our Own Correspondent Ipoh, July 19. The heat in Ipoh for the last few days has been intense and for over two weeks rubber tapping has been at a standstill, while many mines have been experiencing shortage of water.
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  • 50 5 THE POSITION OF PENANG. From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, July 19. At the meeting of the Legislative Council, on Friday, the Hon G. Macbain will ask if the Government will include Penang as a wireless telegraphy station or provide a subsidiary installation to communicate with Singapore and Ceylon.
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  • 52 5 PROSECUTION OF CHAUFFEURS, [From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, July 19. A Chinese woman was killed by a motorcar in Orchard Road by a chauffeur to Mr. Huis Beaker, whom the police have charged. Two other native chauffeurs are being charged at the Assizes with causing death by rash
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  • 141 5 FRANCO-SPANISH FRICTION. ARREST OF A FRENCH CONSOL. [By Submarine Telegraph—Copyright.] Alcazar, July 18. The Franco-Spanish friction at Alcazar has culminated, according to the French account, in the arrest of VI. Boisset, the French Consul, by the Spanish guard at the gates who marched him through the streets, with
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  • 96 5 CARAPIET—SARKIES. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, July 19. In St. Andrew’s Cathedral, yesterday, the wedding was solemnized of Miss Elizabeth Sarkies and Mr. John I. Carapiet. The Ven. Archdeacon H. C. Izard officiated. The bride was given away by her father and was attended by Miss Kathleen
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  • 97 5 SELECTION OK THE TEAM. [By Submarine Telegraph—Copyright.] London, July 18. Spooner has declined the invitation of the M.C.C. to go to Australia next year. Douglas (Essex) and Smith (Warwickshire) have now been invited.—Reuter, recd. 2 50 p.m. London, July 19, Iremonger has accepted the M.C.C. invitation to
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  • 66 5 ENTERTAINED BY GOVERNMENT. [By Submarine Telegraph—Copyright.] and wishing them bon voyage. Reuter, recd. July 19, 2.55 a.m. London, July 18. A farewell luncheon was given by the Government to the overseas delegates at Hampton Court Palace. Message from the King. His Majesty telegraphed from Edinburgh expressing his pleasure
    [By Submarine Telegraph—Copyright.]; and wishing them bon voyage.—Reuter, recd. July 19, 2.55 a.m.  -  66 words
  • 42 5 [Der Ost as iat isc he Lloyd’s Service.] Berlin, July 18. Commenting on the new Anglo-Japanese treaty the German Pie<s says it affords a proof of the relaxation of Japan and all the Powers interested iu the Far East,
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  • 159 5 HIS APPOINTMENT IN EGYPT. QUESTION IN THE COMMONS. [By Submarine Telegraph—Copyright.] —Reuter, recd. July 19, 2-55 a m. London, July 18. At question time in the Houie of Commons, Sir Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, said that Viscount Kitchener’s qualities and special knowledge of Egypt
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  • 145 5 A LEVEE AT HOLYWOOD. [By Submarine Telegraph—Copyright.] Edinburgh, July 18. In bright sunshine His Majesty the King inspected the Royal Company of Archers (Royal Scottish Archers) and presented them with colours, after which Their Majesties held a levde in Holyrood Palace. Populace Enthusiastic The people are
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  • 77 5 TURKISH COMMANDER RECALLED [By Submarine Telegraph—Copyright.] Constantinople, July 18. Shevket Torgut, the commander of the Turkish troops in Albania, has been recalled and succeeded by Abdullah Pasha, who has the reputation for moderation, which is expected to facilitate a settlement—Reuter, recd 4-20 p m. Demand for Independence.
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  • 70 5 EMPEROR’S HOPES FOR PEACE. [By Submarine Telegraph—Copyright.] Vienna, July 18 The Emperor Francis Joseph, in his speech at the opening of the Reichstrath, referred to the urgencv of army reform announced that provision would be made for the development of commercial relations with foreign Powers and hoped
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  • 68 5 TO FIGHT S.-W. BETHNAL GREEN. [By Submarine Telegraph—Copyright] having accepted a Magistracy.—Reuter, recd 2-50 p m. London, July 18. Mr. C. F. G. Masterman, Under-Secre-tary of State at the Home Office, who was unseated on petition at West Ham, North, has been adopted as Liberal candidate for Bethnal
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  • 42 5 THE DEATH ROLL REDUCED. [By Submarine Telegraph—Copyright.] Reuter, recd. July 19, 2-40 a.m. O tawa, July 18. The forest fires in Canada have subsided Stragglers are coming in and possibly the death roll will not exceed one hundred.—
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  • 155 5 CRITICAL SITUATION EXPLAINED. LORD MORLEY'S WHIP. [By Submarine Telegraph—Copyright.] —Reuter, recd. 3-45 p.m. London, July 18. The critical situation mentioned by Viscount Morley in his whip is the fact that the rejection of the third reading of the Parli iment Bill by the House of Lords would
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  • 170 5 EUROPEAN ARRESTED. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Ipoh, July 19. A report to hand states that Mr. Brooksbanks a European employee of Messrs. Riley, Hargreaves <fc Co., employed in building a bridge on Gedong Estate, struck and killed a Sikh after a quarrel Mr. Brooksbanks has been
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  • 88 5 FIERCE RIOTING IN CARDIFF. [By Submarine Telegraph—Copyright.] and thirty rioters were injured.—Reuter, recd. 2 p.m. London, July 19. Fierce rioting occurred among the seamen on strike here yesterday as the result of the arrest of their leader. Two warehouses were set on fire by, it is supposed, incendiai
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  • 62 5 LIMITING CANDIDATES’ EXPENSES [By Submarine Telegraph—Copyright.] —Reuter, recd. 2-50 p.m. Washington, July 18. The U. S. Senate has unanimously passed the campaign publicity bill prohibiting candidates for the Senate spending more than $lO,OOO (gold) and candidates for Congress not more than $5,000 on election campaigns It requires
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  • 28 5 [Der Ostasiatischk Lloyd’s Service.] St. Petersburg, July 18. A Russian news agejicy reports that the situation in Teheran and the Persian provinces is growing worse.
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  • 111 5 The exports of tin and produce from from Penang for the fortnight ended July 15, 1911, were as follows To United Kingdom. Tin Tons 850 Pepper, black 19 Tapioca, flour 98 Tapioca, pearl 110 To United States of America. Tapioca, pearl Tons 30 To Continent of Europe. Pepper,
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 661 5 Varying expressions of opinion A. Sadler. are passed on every Whisky. “Royal Household.” QNE de DION MOTOR CAR. is admittedl y in a cllss b y itself Vz 3-Seater, in good working order. and that the highest. Price $6OO. Ta a. jApply to At is too expensive for ordinary s
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  • 88 5 OBITUARY. CHIEF RABBI OF LONDON. [By Submarine Telegraph—Copyright.) London, July 18. The death is announced of the Very Rev. Dr. Hermann Adler, Chief Rabbi of the Unite! Hebrew Congregations of the British Empire.—Reuter, recd. July 19, 1 28 a.m. Capt. J. S. Harrison. [From Our Own Correspondent,] Singapore, July 19.
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  • 481 7 ARRIVALS. Canton, Brit., 106, Basasahib, July 19, Teluk Anson, gen., Kong Soon. Halabu, Dut., 395, Kirke, July 18, P. Brandan, oil, Boustead Co. Jin Ho, Brit., 110, Darke, July 18, Asahan, gen., E. S. Co. Janet Nicoll, Brit., 475, Crichton, July 18, Malacca, gen., E. S. Co. Mary Austin,
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  • 1545 7 3 Capital. Subscribed. N ber of Issue 2 2 A q Shares. Value. 2 Dividends. Name. < I cc O* 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 MIMIMU 1906 ’XX *225:000 »X ’lO Tin Mining Co. 64 7 1907 6400:000 Boo? 37. M? fW iw 72 £m t Tin Minig 0
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  • 128 7 CLOSE AT GENERAL POST OFFICE. To-Morrow. Fjr Per- Close. Yen Jit Seng 7 a.m. Alor Star (Kedah) Kedah 11am. Tongkah Malacca 1 p.m. Deli Cornelia 1 p.m. Pangkalan Brandan Avagyee 1 p.m. Asahan Jin Ho I p.m. Langkat B. Watt Soon 1 p.m. Pang Nga Mary Austin 1 p.m.
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  • 125 7 Pbnang, July 19, 1911. (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank-). London Demand Bank 2/4 1/16 4 months’ sight Kan>< 2/4| i, 3 Credit 2<4f 3 Documentary 2/4 7/16 Oaloiitta Demand Bank Rs. 174£ 3 days’ sight Private 175| Bombay Demand Bank 174| 3 days’sight Private Madras Demand Bank 3
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    • 722 7 EUROPEAN AGENCY. WHOLESALE Indents promptly executed at lowest cash prices for all kinds of British and Continental goods including Books and Stationery, Boots, Shoes and Leather, Chemicals and Druggists’ Sundries, China, Earthenware and Glassware, Cycles, Motors and Accessories, Drapery, Millinery and Piece Goods, Fancy Goods and Perfumery, Hardware, Machinery and
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    • 452 7 MUNICIPAL NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that, in accordance with the provisions of Section 15 of the Municipal Ordinance, 1896 to 1907, the election of a Municipal Commissioner for the Municipality of George Town, Penang, will take place at the, Municipal Office, on Tuesday, the Bth August 1911, to fill
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