Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 28 August 1911
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Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle
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Title Section20 1911-08-28 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 194 VOL. LXIX. MONDAY, 28th AUGUST, 1911. PRICE 10 CENTS.20 words
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Advertisement1084 1911-08-28 1 5 For $3O V 7 ou can have the Pinang 1 Gazette posted every day 5 D for a whole year to your address. (LOCAL SUBCRIPTION. $27.) D J Proportionate Quarterly and Half-yearly rates. Subscriptions are payable in advance and remittances should be addressed to The Managing Director: C PINANG1,084 words
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Advertisement80 1911-08-28 1 ■vaaaaaaaanaaQaauDDaaHaaßß a \A7 HENYOUARE AWAYoalaaie g a V V you want to keep in to*h a with Malayan affairs, Social, Com- mercial, Mining. Planting, 4c. a This you can do in no better way a 2 than by subscribing to the Weekly g Edition of the “Pinang Gazette, a published80 words
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Article920 1911-08-28 2 automatic ejection of DEFAULTERS. The annual general meeting of the Singapore Cricket Club was held on Friday in the pavilion. Mr. E. F. H. Edlin, the President, occupied the chair. There was a very small proportion of the members present. After the preliminary formalities, the President moved920 words
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Article484 1911-08-28 2 SINGAPORE OPINION. The Straits Times says We have urged that in a reformed Municipality, routine matters and the preparation of schemes for final decision should be taken off the shoulders of the public representatives and dealt with departmentally, so that practically all the time a representative gave484 words
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Article280 1911-08-28 2 Meeting of Shippers. The meeting of firms interested in the New York shipping conference agreement took place on Friday when the correspondence with Messrs. Paterson, Simons and Co., Secretaries of the Conference, was considered. We (S.T.) are informed that, as the result of ti e meeting,280 words
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Article33 1911-08-28 2 P.C.C. Tournament Fixtures. The following ties have been fixed for Wednesday, 30th inst. Championship. Waugh v. Mercer. Ladies' Doubles Handicap. (Unfinished). Mrs Ebden and Miss Palmer v. Mrs Kinder and Jones.33 words
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Article111 1911-08-28 2 Monday, August 28. St. Augustin. Ladies’ Rifle Shooting. P.C.C. Tennis Ties. Band, Esplanade. Straits Cinematograph, Penang Road. George Town Cinematograph. Japanese Bioscope, Penang Road. Tuesday, August 29. P.C.C. Tennis Ties. Wednesday, August 30. Homeward German Mail. Rural Board Meeting, 3 p.m. Public Meeting re Municipal Bill, Town111 words
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Article50 1911-08-28 2 September 4. Karangan Hydraulic Tin Mining Co.: Half-yearly Meeting, 9 Weld Quay, noon. September 5. Penang Assizes. September s.—Scripture Union Meeting, 5 p.m. September 7. —Church Workers’ Association, 10.30 a.m. September B.—“ Prodigal Law Student,” St. Xavier’s Institution. September 20.—Licensing Justices, 2.15 p.m. November 7. Penang Assizes.50 words
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Article17 1911-08-28 2 The following League match» has been arranged for August: Thurs.3l P.C.C v. Police Esplanade.17 words
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Article85 1911-08-28 2 Lauderdale Estate.— Erection of store 150 ft. long, 45 ft. wide. 16| ft. high. Penang Municipality.— Drains in Vermont Road tenders close 3 p.m., August 30. F.M.S. Railways.— Lease of Ipoh Station Hotel; tenders'close noon Aug. 31. Penang Municipality.— 7oo tons Portland cement; tenders close with Commissioner’s Home Agent,85 words
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Article19 1911-08-28 2 Pangkore House, 3 Pangkore Road apply E. A. Manasseh, 146 Penang St., or 1 Larut Road.19 words
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Article30 1911-08-28 2 Penang :—The E. O. Hotel, The Crag, Raffles by the Sea, Runnymede Hotel, Sea View Hotel, and Hotel de Europe. Ipoh :—The Grand Hotel. Rangoon :—Strand Hotel.30 words
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202 1911-08-28 2 POPULATION OF THE THREE LARGE TOWNS BY RACE. Singapore Municipality. Penang Municipality. Malacca Municip ALiTy Persons. M. F. P. M. F. P. Europeans and Allied Races 4,981 3,505 1,476 938 569 369 120 76 Eurasians 4,427 2,137 2,290 1,525 680 840 1,508 675 Chinese—China202 words
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Advertisement154 1911-08-28 2 A Sure Cure for Aches and Pains. Very few aches and pains are beyond the reach of this most wonderful of all pain cures. Neuralgia, Rheumatism, stiff joints, pains of the neck, throat, back, chest, arms, legs and feet—vanish in a surprisingly short space of time after you have applied154 words
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Advertisement920 1911-08-28 2 TO-NIGHT! TO-Nic7 I s s W AN b a B cX T Te°: P WW T LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD FOR IRELAND. 7." GeOr e ToWH C IIU' The remarkable feeding expert- ij i. tz i v ri ments conducted in the School Goon references could be given. Kuala Kangsar Road920 words
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Page 2 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous50 1911-08-28 2 The Moon. Quart, er Aug. 31 O Full Moon Sept. 8 Last. Quar'er 18 The Tides. Date. H. W. L. W. H W. L. W. A.M. A.M. P.M. P.M. Aug. 28 2-30 8-38 2-47 8-55 „29 3-04 9-12 3-20 9-28 „30 3-37 9-50 3-55 10-07 „31 4-13 10-24 4-33 10-4250 words
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Article1048 1911-08-28 3 BOOKMAKING FOR CHILDREN. How many people understand the prin* ciples on which a bookmaker calculates the odds How many bettors are able to find out the true odds when they make a bet Or can tell how much below the true odds they are getting It may be1,048 words
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Advertisement175 1911-08-28 3 Apollinaris “THE QUEEN OF TABLE WATERS" Supplied under Royal Warrants of appointment to HIS MAJESTY KING GEORGE V. and by appointment to HER MAJESTY QUEEN ALEXANDRA. Apollinaris nannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnannnnnnrm a s “EMPIRE” 8 i TYPEWRITERS. 5 n n Writin all the in sight lm€ c n n POINTS OF THIS MACHINE175 words
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Advertisement959 1911-08-28 3 1 THE Henry Riley Built to JOB printing D U 1 dcpastm&nt rortable Organs ‘‘Th? BABY” “The PINANG GAZETTE PRESS, Solid Oak Cose’ 3* octaves. NEW PREMIER.’’ Llmlted Ynj 1 Music Desk Handsome Solid Oak Case, Is replete with all the latest and and Handles, complete. 5 Octaves,. 5 Stops,959 words
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Article70 1911-08-28 4 Page 2.— The S.C.C. Meeting The Munipal Bill The New York Conference Lawn Tenuis and The Week’s Engagements'. Page 3.— Sporting Notes. Page 4- —Editorial (The Municipal Bill) Temerloh Coconut and Rubber Estate Hockey in Penang and Social and Personal. Page s.— Telegrams; Government Wharves Department Rubber Export70 words
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Article35 1911-08-28 4 Jones-Parry.— On August 23, at Taiping, the wife of Geoffrey LI Jones-Parry, Malay States Police, of a daughter. Paxton.—At '1 anjong Rhu, Singapore, on August 25, the wife of Wm. Paxton, of a daughter.35 words
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Article20 1911-08-28 4 Halliday—Burgess. —On June 21, at Mauritius, Lieut. F. S. Halliday, Hongkong and Singapoie Battalion, R.G.A., to Elizabeth Emily Burgess.20 words
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Article503 1911-08-28 4 No one can accuse the Penang Association of self-advertising meddlesomeness. A welcome reminder of its ex'stence is its Secretary’s opportune incursion into current affairs, as the convener of a public meeting called for Wednesday next to discuss the Municipal Bill. That the invitation to attend will503 words
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Article674 1911-08-28 4 Mr. Cochrane, Railway engineer and surveyor, will, according the T,0.M., shortly commence survey work for the new railway to Kedah. He will start operations at the Bukit Mertajam Railway Station. To-day’s exchange rate is 2/4 1/8. The leading Bombay shopkeepers in Penang have agreed to close their674 words
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795 1911-08-28 4 FIRST ANNUAL MEETING. The first annual general meeting of shareholders in the Temerloh Coconut and Rubber Estate, Ltd., was held in the Penang Chamber of Commerce on Saturday afternoon for the purpose of receiving the directors’ report and accounts for the period ended April 30,795 words
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Article94 1911-08-28 4 The Malay States Guides, after their defeat at football by the P.C.C. on Friday, met the latter at hockey on Saturday afternoon on the Esplanade, resulting in a complete and well earned victory for the Guides by five goals to nil. The P.C.C. team was well constituted94 words
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Article787 1911-08-28 4 Captain A R. J. Dewar acts a e intendent of Police, Malacca. Mr. Walter Makepeace, of the Free Press, has been elected a the Institute of Journalists. The Rev. William Murray, of Si na conducted a Presbyterian service Masonic Hall, Kuala Lumpur, last ui'^. e Mr. G.787 words
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Advertisement259 1911-08-28 4 ...i..1 in..... i. 2%. ...7. [m v w u-< rM i X»® 1-w H ~~Z 4 < U rj H f £i H n I b y 1 4.7 ‘H M Jfe s'> g •> z!• R,..wl- i s 5 P h g 1.-, fe'HM Z J 3 ’'72L— k259 words
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Obituary29 1911-08-28 4 DEATH. Maclkan.—At the General Hospital, Singapore, on August 23, John Maclean, of Islay, Scotland, Chief Engineer of the B. I. S. N. Co., Ltd.’s ss. Thongwa, aged 46 years.29 words
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Article151 1911-08-28 5 FEW CHANGES IN TINS. STERLING RUBBERS IRREGULAR. The following are the changes (buyers and sellers only) in our skate list on page 7 of this issue 1910. 26/8/U. 28/8/11. x g Sharks. c 3' "a 5’ "5 tt M w M tn Mining. 16| 14 Kinta 20|151 words
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Article45 1911-08-28 5 PRICE OF FINE HARD PARA. [From a Malacca Correspondent. Malacca, August 27. Information has been received by toe Malacca Rubber Plantations, Limited, that the price of fine hard Para in London yesterday was 4/10/) no sellers 5/- business done Plantation Para value.45 words
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Article35 1911-08-28 5 From Our Own Correspondent Malacca, August 28. At the rubber auction held here on Saturday the following prices were realized Sheet No. 2 ...per picul $238-70 Sheet, wet 215-00 Bark crepe 172-5035 words
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Article49 1911-08-28 5 [Front Our Own Correspondent.] Kuala Lumpur, August 28. The Sultan of Johore visited Kuala Kangsar at the week-end to see his eldest son, Tungku Ismail, who is ill with typhoid fever, but whose condition is hopeful. The Sultan returned to Johore in the State saloon.49 words
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Article81 1911-08-28 5 —Reuter. TEN PASSENGERS KILLED London, August 27. A runaway motor-brake, containing 33 passengers, collided with a tree at Consett, Durham, and was smashed to atoms. Ten persons were killed, and several injured.— Reuter. Fatalities in America, Elgin 'lllinois), August 27. In the annual national automobile races at Elgin—Reuter. - 81 words
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Article84 1911-08-28 5 Reuter. CHANGE IN THE PREMIERSHIP. London, August 27. The Times says that though the resignation of Prince Katsura, Japanese Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, was perhaps inevitable, the change of Premiership may be regarded with some anxiety as the Prince has directed the policy of Japan withReuter. - 84 words
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Article56 1911-08-28 5 —Reuter. A STRAIGHT PARTY FIGHT Ottawa, August 26. The Canadian electoral campaign has narrowed down to a straight party fight, there being practically no Liberal candidates against the reciprocity agreement with the United States—the issue on which i general election was ordered. Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the" Premier, will—Reuter. - 56 words
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Article31 1911-08-28 5 .—Reuter. GRIMSBY TAKEN AS A MODEL. London, August 27. Japanese agents have bought four Grimsby steam trawlers and have engaged Grimsby fishermen to introduce their methods into Japan..—Reuter. - 31 words
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Article227 1911-08-28 5 DETAILS OF ANNUAL REPORT. FINAL DIVIDEND RECOMMENDED. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, August 28. The annu d report of the Balgownie Rubber Estate, Ltd., shows a net profit on the working account of $172,051, which, with the carry forward from last account, gives a balance of $199,666227 words
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Article99 1911-08-28 5 .—Reuter. A SUGGESTED CONSULTATION. London, August 26. The Daily Express urges a consultation regarding the recrudescence of lynching in the United States, which, coupled with the black peril incidents in South Africa, is attracting the attention of American and British statesmen to this grave question. Reuter. Pennsylvanian.—Reuter. - 99 words
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Article95 1911-08-28 5 Reuter. RIOTING IN SOUTH WALES. London, August 26. Owing to the attacks on Jews in South Wales, numbeis of refugees have arrived in Cardiff, having endured considerable suffering and being frightened of their lives. The rioting at Bargoed and Gilfach continues. It is described as a guerillaReuter. - 95 words
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Article44 1911-08-28 5 Reuter. A LABOURITE DEMONSTRATION. London, August 26. At a Labourite meeting, held in Trafalgar Square, a resolution was passed protesting against the Government employing the military during the recent strikes The demonstration was poorly attended, and there was considerable dissension.Reuter. - 44 words
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Article78 1911-08-28 5 Reuter. HELP UP BY THE AUTHORITIES. London, August 26. The newspapers are giving prominence to accounts of the seizure by the authorities of so-called mystery ships ’’—one steamer at Erith and another at Barrow. lhe fittings of both steamers are said to suggest that they were intended toReuter. - 78 words
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Article157 1911-08-28 5 BASIS OF THE NEGOTIATIONS. A MORE HOPEFUL POSITION. London, August 26. Reuter’s Agency learns that the eia of the “conversations regarding Morocco will be succeeded next w'eek by what may be regarded as negotiations, both France ami Germany knowing what is likely to be offered and given in157 words
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Article93 1911-08-28 5 .—Reuter. COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS. London, August 26. The following county cricket matches have been decided Middlesex defeated Hampshire, at Lord’s, by an innings and 107 runs. Kent beat Yorkshire, at Canterbury, by ten wickets. Surrey defeated Sussex, at Brighton, by eight wickets. The match between Lancashire and Leicestershire,.—Reuter. - 93 words
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Article107 1911-08-28 5 WrECK OF THE FIFESHIRE.” .—Reuter. A GALLANT WORK OF RESCUE. London, August 26. The Messageries Maritimes steamer Adour reports having picked up a drifting boat containing a number of the crew and passengers of the ss. Fifeshire (which went ashore at Cape Guardafui on August 14) on the evening of.—Reuter. - 107 words
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Article83 1911-08-28 5 Reuter. SUGGESTION FROM NEW ZEALAND Wellington, August 27. Sir J. Ward, Prime Minister, was entertained to a banquet on his return from the Coronation. In the course of a speech he said that it would be almost as cheap to have a per capita contribution for the costReuter. - 83 words
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Article49 1911-08-28 5 .—Reuter. WORLD’S LARGEST BATTLESHIP. New York, August 28. The Argentine battleship Reivadavin has been launched at Quincy, Massachusetts, being the largest battleship in the world. She is 578 feet long has a tonnage of 28,000; and is the first foreign warship constructed in American yards for years..—Reuter. - 49 words
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Article46 1911-08-28 5 Reuter. WOOL AND COTTON RATES. New York, August 27. President Taft, speaking at Seamirtow, in Massachusetts, said that when the tariff board issues its report on the wool and cotton tariffs in December, he will recommend to Congress a revision of both schedules.., Reuter. - 46 words
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Article102 1911-08-28 5 .—Reuter. THE LONGEST DAY’S FLIGHT. FEAT BY A FRENCHMAN Chalons-Sur-Marne,, August 27. M. Helles flew 750 miles in 15 hours, thus winning the Michelin Cup for the longest day’s flight.—Reuter Powerful Naval Weapon. Washington, Augu-Jt 27. Naval experiments made with a onepounder gun to destroy aeroplanes have.—Reuter. - 102 words
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Article37 1911-08-28 5 Reuter. THIRTY FATALITIES REPORTED. New York, August 26. A passenger train has been derailed at Manchester, in New York State, on the Lehigh Valley Railroad. It is known that thirty-one persons have been killed.—Reuter. - 37 words
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Article32 1911-08-28 5 —Reuter. A PARIS JOURNALIST’S RECORD, Paris, August 27. A French journalist named M. Jaggers Schmidt has completed a tour of the world in 39| days, which is a record.-—Reuter. - 32 words
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Article121 1911-08-28 5 Alterations in Coal Rates. The following is a comparative table of the rates for handling coal at Prai at present in force and those that will come into force as from Ist January, 1912 Per Ton. 1910. 1911. cfs. cts. 1. Stevedorage 30 30 2. Lighterage (if121 words
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Article60 1911-08-28 5 The prices for the period from August 26 to September 7, 1911, inclusive, of cultivated rubber on which export duty is leviable on an ad valorem basis, are as under:— Sheet and biscuit per picul $285 Fine crepe 295 Best scrap in crepe form 270 Bark scrap60 words
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Article51 1911-08-28 5 Homeward. Steamer. Arrives. Mails Sails. Close N.D.L. Kleist Wed. 30/8 2 p.m. 4 p.m. noon. 8.1. Sat. 2/9 10 a.m. noon P.&O. Arcadia Sat. 9/9 Outward. N.D.L.Gneisenau Thurs. 31/8 3 p.m. 5 p.m. 7 a.m. 8.1 Thongwa Thurs. 31/8 3 p.m. 4 p.m, 7 a.m. P.&O. Assaye Thurs.51 words
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Article53 1911-08-28 5 To-day’s quotation for unrefined tin in Penang is $93.42| per picul, buyers no sellers. The following were the dealings in tin to-day :—Singapore Straits Trading Co., Ltd., buyers no sellers, $93,874; Penang Straits Trading Co., Ltd., no sellers Eastern Smelting Co., Lid., no market Messrs. Leong Fee53 words
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Article111 1911-08-28 5 London, August 17.—1 n the House of Commons to-day Mr. Harcourt, replying to a question with reference to the introduction of a system of registration for opium smokers in Hongkong, said the suggestion was impracticable. Registration neither had been, nor would be, adopted either in the Straits111 words
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Advertisement364 1911-08-28 5 PUBLIC MEETING A LUXURY A MEETING of the Public of Critical ffICD Of taStC. Penang is hereby called at Il All/11 the Town Hall, on Wednesday KOIllIl next, the 30th August, at 4-30 p.m. sharp, to discuss the new Munici- Bl41II£4)Il41 111 pal Ordinance now before the IlvllvwllVlll Legislative Council364 words
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Article724 1911-08-28 6 For Balik Pulau, at 8 a m. and 0-30 p.m. Butterworth, at 7 a.m., 10 a.m., 1 p.m., and 4- p.m. Bukit Tambun, at 8 a.m., 1-45 p.m., and 5- p.m. Bukit Mertajam, 7-15 a.m., 8 a.m., 10-40 a.m., 1-45 p.m., 3-15 p.m., and 5724 words
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Advertisement607 1911-08-28 6 N. Y. K. Japan* Mail Steamship Co Id. EUROPEAN LINE. A Fortnightly service is maintained between Yokohama via ports to Marseilles, London and Antwerp under mail contract with the Imperial Japanese Government. The New Twin-screw Steamers maintaining this service have been specially designed and constructed, and are fitted with all607 words
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Advertisement1283 1911-08-28 6 Northam House Photographic Studio, NOTICES. 15 NORTHAM ROAD 15, Th» D-wa-a Ph n penano. NOTICE. The Penang Khean Guan Company, Limited The only studio in the Colony, where the portraits MEETING of the Board of the IN LIQUID AT 1 1 1 xl Licensing Justices will be held in 11,283 words
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Article509 1911-08-28 7 ARRIVALS. Benoa, Dut., 170, Boers, Aug. 27, Deli, gen., Huttenbach, Liebert Co. Capri, I tai., 2680, Aug. 27, Figari, Bombay, gen., Behn Meyer Co, Devanha, Brit., 8000, Powell, Aug. 26, Shanghai, gen., Adamson, Gilfillan Co. Ellora, Brit, 2657, Lowe, Aug. 27, Rangoon, gen., Huttenbach Liebert Co. Hebe, Brit., 346,509 words
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Article1764 1911-08-28 7 Capital. Subscribed. I N b r of Dividend.. Ngme J ij s'*. j M <» cr 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 MINING. 1903 $300,000 »300,000 30,000 »10 »10 25 10 30 30 Belat Tin Mining Co. 41 1906 300,000 225,000 22,500 10 10 Bruang, 5„ 1901 600,000 600,000 60,0001,764 words
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Article99 1911-08-28 7 CLOSE AT GENERAL POST OFFICE. To-Mokrow. Jr Per. Close. ®n Jit Seng 7 a.m. Alor Star (Kedah) Kedah 10 a.m. Deli and Batu Bahra Benoa 11 am. Deli Perak (E.S.Co.) 1 p.m. Port Swettenham and Singapore Pegu 3 p.m. Port Swettenham Singapore China Palma 3 p.m. Teluk Anson Hebe99 words
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Article125 1911-08-28 7 Penang, August 28, 1911. (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank), London Demand Bank 2/4 J- 4 months’ sight Bank ...2/4 11/32 3 Credit 2*41 3 Documentary 2/4 9/16 Calcutta Demand Bank f?.s. 174 J 3 days’ sight Private 176 Bombay Demand Bank 3 days’sight Private 176 Madras Demand Bank125 words
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Article218 1911-08-28 7 Penang, August 28, 1911. Gold leaf 564.60 Pepper (VV. Coast 3 lb. 5 nv) No stock. White Pepper $28.50 sales. Trang Pepper $2O nominal. Mace 5108 nominal. Mace Pickings 5103 nom. Cloves 542 nom. Nutmegs 110 523 sales. f No. I 56.50 sales. Sugar < No. 2 $6.25 sales.218 words
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Article747 1911-08-28 7 The announcement is made that the shareholders of the Suez Canal Company have authorised the borrowing of four million pounds sterling for the improvement of the Canal. What is meant by “improvement” is the deepening of the waterway by about six feet. Originally the depth of the Canal747 words
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Advertisement658 1911-08-28 7 life Of COROfIO. IJ'eS). Asset* exceed £6,<100j>00.0.0 Surplus over all liabilities according to Government Standard 840,265.0.9 Income, 1908, £1,428,000 0.0 W. A. WHITE, f KENNEDY A Co., Manager, South-Eastern < D I General Agents. Penan» Asia, Singapore. I CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI OF NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL I 1658 words
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Advertisement2565 1911-08-28 8 steam Co. IKX' saiimg.. Norddeuischer Lloyd, Bremen. j TX 'l. 1 T Ji Al II A A Imperial German Mall Line. P/ “S seSvice o£tw“ s (X— In^a Steam Navigation Co., i Sep. 7 Assaye connecting with China I r limited. yflk ocean Slean Shin (o in 21 Delhi Macedonia2,565 words
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