Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 7 September 1911

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 203 VOL. LXIX. THURSDAY, 7th SEPTEMBER, 1911. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 1222 1 For $3O V 7 ou can have the Pinang A Gazette posted every day 5 for a whole year to your add, ess. (LOCAL SUBCRIPTION. $27.) Proportionate Quarterly and Half-yearly rates. j Subscriptions are payable in a advance and remittances should be addressed to The Managing Director: PINANG GAZETTE PRESS.
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    • 73 1 TX Then you are away on leave VV you want to keep in touch with Malayan affairs, Social, Com- mercial, Mining, Planting, &c. This you can do in no better way than by subscribing to the Weekly D Edition of the “Pinang Gazette,” published every Friday. Yearly subscription, $18; shorter
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  • 2979 2 SPEECH DAY. The annual distribution of prizes at the Penang Free School took place yesterday at 4-30 p.m. The Resident Councillor (the Hon. W. Evans), exofficio Chairman of the Committee of management, presided. Among those present were Mrs. Evans, who distributed the prizes, Miss Evans, the Colonial
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  • 755 2 AGRICULTURE. The following is an extract from the recently issued annual report for 1910 by Mr W. George Maxwell, Adviser to the Kedah Government The padi harvest of December, 1909, to January, 1910, was only a moderate one, but the harvest of December, 1910, to January, 1911,
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  • 133 2 Thursday, September 7, St. Evurtiua. Penang Free School Qloses. Presbyterian Church; Congregational Meeting, 7 p.m. Straits Cinematograph, Penang Road. George Town Cinematograph. Japanese Bioscope, Penang Road. Friday. September 8. Nativity, B.V.M. Ipoh Athletic Sports. Prodigal Law Student,” St. Xavier’s Institution, 9 p.m. Ministering Children's League Meeting, 4.45
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  • 74 2 September 14.—Government Girls' School Re-opens. September 16.—The Balkan Princess,” Town Hall. September 18.—Penang Free School, St. Xavier’s Institution, and the < ’onvent Re-open. September 19 and 20.—Golf Club Ladies' Medal. September 20. —Licensing Justices, 2.15 p.m. September 23 and 24.—G01f Club Men’s Medal. September 23, 24 and
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  • 31 2 The following League matches have been arranged for September:— Thurs. 14 P.C.C. r. C.R.C. Esplan. Thurs.'2l C.R.C. v. Police C R.C. Thurs. 28 P.C.C. v. G. Wharves Esplan.
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  • 20 2 Monday, October 30. Steamers II ok Canton and Pegu 38 Beach St.; 10.30 a.m.; Koh Eng Hin, auctioneer.
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  • 80 2 Lauderdale Estate. Erection of store 150 ft. long, 45 ft. wide. 16| ft. high. Penang Municipality.— Construction of preliminary settling chambers for proposed Ayer Etam service reservoir tenders close noon, Sept. 13. Penang Municipality.— 7oo tons Portland cement; tenders close with Commissioner’s Home Agent, Mr. C. C. Lindsay, 180
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  • 19 2 Pangkore House, 3 Pangkore Road apply E. A. Manasseh, 146 Penang St., or 1 Larut Road.
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  • 31 2 Pbnang :—The E. <fc O. Hotel, The Crag, Raffles by the Sea, Runnyinede Hotel, Sea View Hotel, and Hotel de Europe. Ipoh :—The Grand Hotel. Rangoon :—Strand Hotel.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 39 2 SHunyadij Janos u The Best Natural Aperient Water I for sluggish bowels. Brings relief H in the natural easy way. Speedy, W sure and gentle. Try a bottle —and drink half a tumbler J on arising, before breakfast, for
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    • 480 2 BOVRiI ■Bb 5 CW Or K y\ I TO-NIGHT I To7ighF; AT The Straits WILL BE SHOWN y A Special Film or Oramatic “in the Grip of Alcohol"! The Greatest Picture Drama of the Y> (A Social Drama by B Gerard a Exceptional Interestf This lengthy film (more or less
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 92 2 The Moon. O Full Moon Sept. 8 Laar. Quarter 16 O New M oon 22 First Quarter 30 The Tides. Date. H. W. L. W. H. W. L. W. A.M. A.M. P.M. P.M. Sept. 7 11-11 5-21 1 1-30 5-40 8 11-49 5-57 Nill. 6-’4 9 12-21 6-29 12-37 6-45
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  • 915 3 A large wreck, which has the appearance of a cassoon or a coffer dam, is reported to be showing about 600 yards south of the south-west point of Ni Ku Chau Island on the steamer route between Hongkong and Macao. The wreck, which is to be removed, constitutes
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 1423 3 Mannheim Insurance Co. NOTICES. SITUATIONS VACANT. Marine Insurance. L'he undersigned, as Agents, will accept MUNICIPAL NOTICE. WANTED. Marine Risks on Merchandise, Produce, «nd Valuables at current rates. A WOOD DRESSER for Estate Hospital w or fuller narticulars apply sc Chinese Festival, 19th day of in Province Wellesley 7th Moon. Apply
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    • 532 3 FOR INFANTS, INVALIDS AND THE AGED. I grea n triliTe which can be made I SSISu J any d gree of power by the I •imple process of letting it stand for a longer or I shorter penod at one stage of it. I Bengers Food fon.„ with milk, a
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  • 1324 4 There must be many whose interest in the tin industry extends beyond the monthly mine outputs and share quotations. We cannot all be experts, but even a little knowledge is often a useful thing, the aphorism about its danger notwithstanding. To the general reader, as well
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  • 122 4 The following returns for Augusb are to hand Alma n 2,509 Bukit Toh Alang 730 Bukit Kajang 13,281 Bukit Choh 3,300 —4 months 6,453 Bikam 9,030 Oluny 1,295 Cheng 30,50 Cheviot 1,820 Golden Hope 10,095 Glenehiel 7,247 Hay tor lb. 1,560 Heawood 4,020 Inch Kenneth 17,000 Jasin 912
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  • 52 4 P.C.C. Tournament Result. The following tie was played yesterday Ladies’ Doubles Handicap. Mrs Anderson Mrs Watson beat Mrs Kinder i Miss Jones. 6,—0,-6,—2. The following ties have been fixed for to-morrow Championship Final. Southam (holder) v. Mercer (runner-up). Ladies' Doubles Handicap—Final. Mrs. Edwards and Miss Hogan v. Winners
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  • 82 4 Ladies’ Presqrave Cup. The following was the result of the Ladies’ Presgrave Cup for September Mrs T B Peterkin (H’cap.) 16 8 up* Mrs T A Martin 8= 5 Mrs. Rodyk 27 2 Mrs Edwards 14 2 down Mrs Sproule 25 2 Mrs. Heim 24 4 Miss
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  • 51 4 The members of the Selangor Ladies’ Rifle Club shot for the Walker Trophy on Monday last with the following result Mrs. T. J. McGregor 31 Mrs. G. C. McGregor 31 Mrs. Dupuis 30 Mrs. Stafford 30 Mrs. Highet 29 Mrs. Gerrard 27 Total 178 The Penang score was
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  • 43 4 Homeward. Steamkk. Arrives. Mails Sails. Close. P. &O. Arcadia Sat. 9/9 noon 2 p.m. N.D.L. P. Ludwig Thurs. 14/9 8.1. Sat. 16/9 10 a.m. noon Outward. N.D.L.7>er2ffin(7er Thurs. 14/9 8.1 Thurs. 14/9 3 p.m. 4 p.m. P. &O. Delhi Wed. 6/9
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  • 151 4 To-day’s quotation for unrefined tin in Penang is $93.15 per picul, buyers, no sellers. Tin in London is quoted at £lB7 spot and 185 ss. three months. The following were the dealings in tin to-day —Singapore Straits Trading Co., Ltd., 75 tons, $93.60 Penang: Straits Trading Co.,
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  • 797 4 Inspector Siuamons, from Kla n <, k changed places with Insp )C t >r Raub. yder Miss Gladys Rslton has been married Hongkong to Captain A W. W R.A.M.c at St. John’s Cathedral. Lieut. Chamier, who has just com e from the Kuala Lumpur hospital, wip U
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 320 4 annnnnnnnnnnnnnannannnnnnnnnnn PRACTICAL TRIALS OF g I PERLIS GUANO; H PROVE IT TO BE H A Most Satisfactory Manure for q RUBBER LANDS. g n n H Read the Result of an Estate Manager s Experiment:— L* THE VALLAMBROSA RUBBER Co., Ltd., n 0 VALLAMBROSA ESTATE, 0 H Klang, 16th August,
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    • 63 4 To-Day’s Contents. Page £.—Penang Free School; Kedah in 1910; and The Week’s Engagements. Page 3.— Log Book. Page 4-—Editorial (Tin Ore Prospecting) Rubber Crops; Social and Personal Lawn Tennis; Penang Golf Club Walker Trophy The Mails and To-Day’s Tin Quotations. Page s.— Telegrams Chinaman and Catholic Clergy and Correspondence. Page
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  • 256 5 tekkas and tronohs down. STERLING RODDERS FIRMER. The following are the changes (buyers and sellers only) in otir share list on page 7 of this issue 1910. 6/9/11. 7/9/11. i E -g, Shabks. a o 3 S’ '5 <— Cfl t» m Mining. 16| 14 Kinta 19|
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  • 79 5 PRICE OF FINE HARD PARA. [From a Malacca Correspondent] Malacca, September 6 Information has been received by tne Malacca Rubber Plantations, Limited, that the price of fine hard Para in London yesterday was 4/9, value. Plantation Para 5 62, value. There is a strong demand. Plantation Para.
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  • 29 5 (From Our Oton Correspondent.] Singapore, September 6. Today’s (Wednesday’s) quotations for produce are Pepper, black $22.50 Gambier, Cube, No. 1 15 57| Gambier 10.15 buyers Copra 11.70
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  • 63 5 PRELIMINARY ENQUIRY ENDED. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, September 7. The protracted preliminary inquiry into the alleged murder of a Tamil petitionwriter named Edward Kanigasamy, which, was begun before Mr. Maundrel in the third police court on July 8, has terminated. The accused, A. P. Marie, a
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  • 45 5 From a Special Correspondent.] Kuala Lumpur, September 7. The funeral of the la*e Mrs. Cowan, senior, mother of Mr. William Cowan, Protector of Chinese, took place this morning and was largely attended by Chinese and by a fail number of Europeans.
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  • 53 5 AMERICAN MISSIONARY’S FATE. London, September 6. An American missionary named Davis has been poisoned by natives in the interior, who were exasperated by his preaching against polygamy. —Reu'er. [The telegram is extremely vague as to w at country the missionary was located in. The expression “in the
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  • 37 5 Reuter. FRENCH ENGINEER’S INVENTION. Paris, September 6 A French engineer named Moreau has invented an automatic stabilisator for *1 planes which, it is claimed, will maintain a perfect, balance independent of the aviator. Reuter.
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  • 247 5 BURGESS SUCCESSFUL AT LAST. ENVELOPED IN A FOG. London, September 6. Burgess has successfully’ swum across the English Channel. He entered the water at South Foreland lighthouse at 10-50 a.m. yesterday (Tuesday) and landed at Cape Grisnez about 10 am. this morning (Wednesday). He started powerfully and
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  • 125 5 —Reuter. DECREASE OF TEN THOUSAND Paris, September 6. The strength of the active army in France next year will show a decrease of ten thousand owing to the falling birthrate.—Reuter. Two-Year Service Men. P.<ris, September 7. The French Government is anxious for the Moroccan negotiations to be concluded
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  • 73 5 ARREST OF SEVERAL LEADERS. Sydney, September 6. Several of the leaders of the strike at Horkins Ironworks, Lithgow, and others, have been arrested One hundred and forty prosecutions are proceeding.—Reuter. [We published a paragraph in last night’s issue relative to the above, stating that the
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  • 76 5 —Reuter. DECISIVE BATTLE IN PERSIA. Teheran, September 6. The Government troops have inflicted a decisive defeat on Sardar Arshad’s force, mostly Turcomans, a few miles east of Teheran. Sardar Arshad and three hundred of his followers, besides four guns and some rich booty, were captured. Sardar
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  • 100 5 Cork, September 6. The authoress, Mrs. Katherine Cecil Thurston, has been found dead in bed in the Cork Hotel. She was apparently in her usual health on Tuesday night.— Reuter. IMrs. Katherine Cecil Thurston was born in Cork, being the only daughter of Mr. Paul Madden,
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  • 32 5 [From Special Correspondent], Kuala Lumpur, September 7. Mr. W. J. Peters. Manager of Bukit Hitam Estate, has died of malaria The funeral takes place at 5-30 p.m. to-day.
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  • 126 5 Reuter. FRENCH FOUNDRIES RAIDED. COLLISION WITH THE POLICE. Paris, September 6. There has been a recrudescence of rioting in France. Four hundred strikers at Nantes attempted to raid the foundries and came into collision with the police. Thirty persons were injured on both sides. Gendarmes Charge a
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  • 114 5 A SIGNIFICANT MANIFESTO. Berlin, September 7. A manifesto has been issued by the German Navy League, which abandons the reserve maintained during the Moroccan crisis, appealing for the strengthening of Germany’s naval position. Admiral von Koester, the head of the League, was a personal guest of the
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  • 97 5 r.—Reuter. BITTERNESS OF PARTY STRIFE. London, September 6. The Toronto correspondent of The Times says that the quarrel between the Government and the Nationalists in Quebec has become extremely bitter, while the Liberal newspapers in the English provinces are violently attacking Mr. Robert Borden (leader of the Conservatives)
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  • 67 5 STATESMEN IN CONFERENCE. Berlin, September 6. Herr von Ktderlen-Waechter, German Foreign Secretary, will discuss the Moroccan question with the Imperial Chancellor, who returns to Berlin today. Ihe next conference with M. Jules Cambon, French Ambassador, takes place to-day or to morrow. A Better Outlook. The A’orctawteeAe Allgemeine Zeitung
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  • 50 5 Reuter. EIGHTY PERSONS DROWNED. Lima, September 6 The steamer Tucapel has been wrecked on the Persian coast, thirty-five persons being drowned.—Reuter. A Later Report. Lima, Sept. 6, later. The Tucapel was a steamer of three thousand tons trading to Valparaiso and Panama. Eighty-one persons were drowned.
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  • 64 5 .—Reuter. EQUAL TO RESPONSIBILITY. Glasgow, September 6. Baron Pentland, Secretary of State for Scotland, in the course of a speech here, said that now that the Lords under the new conditions, were in closer touch with the people than ever before, the public might rest assured that
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  • 39 5 ill health and leaves Bremen.—Der Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service. RETIRAL OF THE PRESIDENT. Flushing, September 6. Herr Plate, President of the Norddeutscher Lloyd, retires on October 1 owing to ill health and leaves Bremen.—Der Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service.
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  • 149 5 EFFECT OF MINISTER S RETIRAL. t THE GOVERNMENT EMBARRASSED. Wellington, N Z., September 6. The resignation of the Hon. G. Fowlds, Minister of Education, Immigrarion, and Customs, on the ground that the Government’s policy is insufficiently Radical and disregards the justifiable unrest among the masses, is embarrassing
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  • 39 5 SENTENCES ON THE RIOTERS. Bargoed, September 6, As a sequel to the anti-Jewish riots on August 24, thirty-eight of the rioters have been sentenced to various terms of imprisonment ranging from twenty-eight days to three months —Reuter.
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  • 20 5 Fludung, September 6. The Church of St. Jacobs has been destroyed by fire. Der Ostiasiatische Lloyd’s Service.
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  • 15 5 —Reuter. Scarborough, September 6. The cricket match, Gentlemen v. Play- ers, was drawn.
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  • 296 5 .—M.M. A smartly-dressed young Chinaman, Yam Hon Siak, was charged at Kuala Lumpur police court on Tuesday with cheating the Roman Catholic clergy in various parts of the country. It was stated in evidence that prisoner called upon a number of Roman Catholic clergy and introduced
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • 185 5 [7’o the Editor oj the Pinang Gazette!'] Sik, It would be interesting to know why the “powers that be” will not allow clothes to be washed in our Penang Prison 1 hear on good authority that at Taiping and Singapore Prisons washing is taken in from the public
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 420 5 AGENTS WANTED Varying expressions of opinion POR the sale of Well-known Highly are passed on every Whisky. r Matured SCOTCH WHISKIES. Terms Liberal. Apply to A. Rhind <fc Co., T\ 1 Limited, Leith, Scotland. Q y Q BLLET WANTED HOIKPIIOId TDY a young Chinese, well up in General UvUCvLIv Office
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 1359 6 w w y nunnnnannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn THE “PINANG GAZETTE.” N. Y. K. rnccrivQ mii k~l! Caldbeck, Macgregor Co., n r UoolLL/L/ O MlLrtx. H b™. s™™-™. <».««. > Japan Mill Steamship Cold. I g o«-. WINE MERCHANTS, ;> 0 Ordinary sterilized milk is not easy 0 way Entrance and Corner of Church
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  • 126 7 CLOSE AT GENERAL POST OFFICE. To-Mobrow. F jr. Per. Close. Yen Jit Seng 7 a.m. Alor Star (Kedah) Kedah 7 a.m. Colombo and Tuticorin Hirano Maru 10 a.m. Trang TongChayUn Ip.m. Rangoon Wistaria 2 p.m. Port Swettenham and Singapore Pin Seng 3 p.m. Singapore and Hongkong Lightning 4 p.m.
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  • 125 7 Penang, September 7, 1911. (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank). London Demand Bank 2/41 M 4 months’ sight Bank ...2/4 11/32 3 Credit 2'41 3 t) Documentary 2/4 9/l€ Calcutta Demand Bank Rp 174| 3 days’ sight Private 176 Bombay Demand Bank 3 days'sight Private 176 Madras Demand Bank
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  • 1319 7 I CapiUl. Subgoribed. Dividend.. Name. 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 MINING. H 1903 »300,000 »300,000 30,000 »10 »10 25 10 30 30 Belat Tin Mining Co. 1906 300,000 225,000 22,500 10 10 rn -5, ’Z M 1901 600,000 600,000 60,000 10 10 20 10 ...a 7$ Bruseh rfyi. Pin
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  • 446 7 ARRIVALS. Assay®. Brit., 4359, Cockman, Sept. 6, Colombo, gen., Adamson Gilfillan Co. Hebe, Brit., 346, Willis, Sept. 7, T. Anson, gen Adamson, Gilfillan Co. Mary Austin, Brit., 121, Allan, Sept. 7, Girbee, gen., E. S. Co. Merkus, Dnt., 379'5, Knegtmans, Sept. 2, S’pore, gen., Hottenbach, Liebert Co. j Pin
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  • 165 7 Natne oj Steamer, where Jrom, approximate date of arrival, where bound, and Agents. Arcadia, Singapore, Sept. 9, Bombay’, A.G. Ajax. Singapore, Sept. 15, Antwerp W.M. Alcinous, Liverpool, Sept. 9, Japan, W.M. Ambria, Singapore, Seot. 11, Hamburg, B.M. Benlomnd, London, Sept. 15, Japan, S. B. Bayern, Hamburg, Sept. 25,
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  • 346 7 The Companies do not guaranty the dates of arrival of the steamers, but ivill endeavour as far as possible to ensure punctuality. From Alor Star, (Kedah). —Kedah Sept. 7,9, 11, and I'ong Ohuan, Sept. 8, 10, 12, 14, 16. Ayerbangis. —Reael, Sept. 12. Asahan. —Petrel, Sept. 8
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 690 7 Union S. S. Go. of New Zealand, Ltd. Singapore to New Zealand direct, Aockland, Wellington, Lyttleton Dnnedln also calling at Samarang and Fiji (if inducement offers) The Company’s T.S. Steamer APARIMA 5,704 tons, J. K. Stringer, Commander, maintains a regular four-monthly service between Singapore and New Zealand. Excellent saloon accommodation
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    • 43 7 Mill Life 0i Cflllfldfl. IK« tali I■« ti «>1 IHCSI. Assets exceed £*i.000.0<)0.0.0 Surplus over all liabilities according to Government Standard 840,265.0.0 Income, 1908, £1,428,000(1.0 W. A. WHITK, j KKNNEI ,v A Co.. Manager, South-Eastern j G neral AKents p enane Asia. Singapore.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 2566 8 I p i rI X s»iH«s®- Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen. fes wtC&IR NdVlgatlOß vO« Imperial German Mail Line. ll EXPECTED ARRIVALS AND DEPADTDWS T nx n MAIL SERVICE OUTWARD. BfltlSll 111(118 *****11 NfiVlgatlOD CO., JL MHCedo ,ia I' LIMITED 4 /nvv oceoß stem Ship(o jn Connecting Dae For Intkndbd to Sail.
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