Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 11 December 1911

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    20 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 282 VOL. LXIX. MONDAY, llth DECEMBER, 1911. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      890 1 a■ a □□annonntiaaant «asana For $3O 2 JJ og can have the Pinang 4 n Gazette posted every day for a whole year to your address. (LOCAL SUBCRIPTION. $27.) o Proportionate Quarterly and n Half-yearly rates. u Subscriptions are payable tn advance and remittances should a n be addressed to
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      81 1 a T X THEN YOU are AWAYonleave V V you want to keep in touch a with Malayan affairs. Social, Com- q mercial, Mining, Planting, &c. n a This you can do in no better way g than by subscribing to the Weekly g n Edition of the “Pinang Gazette,”
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    SINGAPORE DIOCESAN ASSOCIATION.
    1413 2 ANNUAL REPORT. The report of the above Association for the year ending September 30, 1910, presented at the first annual general meeting to be held in Kuala Lumpur to-day, contains the following The Singapore Diocesan Association was started at a meeting held in Singapore on Nov. 7,
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    To-Day’s Tin Quotations.
    54 2 To-day’s quotation for unrefined tin in Penang is $95.80 per picul, business done. The following is the local report to-day :—Singapore Straits Trading Co., Ltd., 75 tons, $96.52| Penang: Straits Trading Co., Ltd., 50 tons, $96.52| Eastern Smelting Co., Ltd., no market Messrs. Leong Fee Co., no
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    Tin Mine Returns.
    17 2 The following returns for November are to hand Belat piculs 320 New Tambun 201.30
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      256 2 A Two Years’ Swelling On the Knee Cured. A. C. Lehman, of Waynesboro, Pa., writes I have been the victim of a large swelling on the knee for two years which doctors and embrocations failed to relieve. After having received treatment from four physicians of our city and finding no
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      1616 2 NOTICES. SITBATIONS VACANT. notice. t HEREBY GIVE NOTICE that my 1 w ife YEOH CHYE TUAN has left IMPORTANT NOTICE WANTED. mv carH ai|d j am llO t responsible for any iMIvIUA SMART IYPIST and MAIL de 'bt oi debts incu red by her. A CLERK immediately. GOH PH ENG
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      140 2 AMUSEMENTS. TOWN HALL, PENANG For 2 Nights Only. Thursday 6 Friday, December 21st 6 22nd FAREWELL VISIT OF HENRY DALLAS’S Co, “THE FOLLIES” by arrangement with H. G. Pelissier from Apollo Theatre, London. Positively Farewell Performances of “The Follies,” PLAN NOW OPEN AT ROBINSON PIANO Co. PRICES AS USUAL. Cen.
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      236 2 TO-NIGHT TO-NIGHT! I GRAND PICTURE EXHIBITION AT The Japanese Bioscope, PENANG ROAD. All Absolutely New and Up-to-date Films. To-night’s Specialities:— Olios and Phyletes Parts I and 11. A Painful Debt. The Last Drop < f Water, Special Grand Programme. 1. A Little Jules Verne (New Comic). 2. The Picturesque Sardinia
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    WEEK’S ENGAGEMENTS.
    5 3 Other Coming Events.
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    Other Coming Events.
    6 3 Other Coming Events.
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    League Football.
    20 3 The following fixtures have been arranged December. 14.—Police v. Crescent, Esplanade. 21.—C. R.C. c. Free School, Victoria Green.
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    AUCTION SALES.
    60 3 Tuesday, December 12.— Land in Province Wellesley; 11 a.m.; 21 Beach St.; Cunningham Clark <fc Co., auctioneers. Wednesday, December 20.— Furniture 32 Logan Road Cunningham, Clark Co., auctioneers. Thursday, December 28.— Furniture, 17 Northam Road; Cunningham, Clark Co., auctioneers. Tuesday, March 26. Land suitable for tobacco, rubber, and
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    TENDERS.
    39 3 Netherlands India Government.— Pawnshop farms in Residency of Sumatra East Coast, division of Asahan, and division of Bengkalis; also Spirit Farms in Residency of the East Coast and the division of Bengkalis tenders close 10 a.m., Dec. 12.
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    HOUSES TO LET.
    42 3 Sans Souci Villa No. 2, Northam Road apply Assistant Secretary, Penang t’lub. No. 16 Logan Road apply M. M. Noordin. No. 23 Northam Road; apply Chop Khay Hin, 157 Beach St No. 5 Pangkor Road; apply R. G. Palmer.
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      1052 3 Central Sales Room. gnnn n nnnunn noDnn nn n nnn nn nnn On u n kjiPl DF By Order of the Official Assignee, El He CHOW FOO CHONG alias CHOW 0 mhh WAJF 0 ah™ n T I r EVVKIT eIKo. g In Bankruptcy No. 2 of 1911. 0 0
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      151 3 f i 1' i „IHII jL,' ■U; i i>wv —I h! lIUm k Ki 1 u| WiilWX:Jr The fact that some of your teeth are decayed although you have always cleaned them is a proof preparations which you have used do not preserve the teeth. Use Odol! Being a liquid
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    BIRTH.
    15 4 Goodrich.—On Dec. 11, at Highbury,” Penang, to Mr. and Mrs. Goodrich, of a son.
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    MARRIAGE.
    34 4 Shenton J agger.—At St. Andrew’s Cathedral, Singapore, on December 7, Enoch, eldest son of John Shenton, Esq of St. Helens, Lancashire, to Amy Elizabeth, youngest daughter of Robert Jagger, Esq., of Greenfield, Yorkshire.
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    A CHURCHMAN AND LABOUR.
    1267 4 While there are many writers and speakers who strike a courageously optimistic note with regard to the world to-day and its future there are others dep eased and pessimistic to a saddening degree. Of the latter we had an example a month ago in the person
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    VISITING JUSTICES FOR 1912.
    274 4 A meeting of the Justices of Peace was held at noon in the Governor’s Office today to elect a Chairman for the Board of Licensing Justices for 1912 and to ariange a roster for 1912. There were present the Hon. R. Young (Chairman), Messrs. H Hilton,
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    Dutch Warship in Port.
    151 4 The Dutch man-of-war Hertog Hendrik arrived here on Saturday afternoon at 4.30 o’clock from Sabang. She is commanded by Capt W. J. C. Smit and has a displacement of 5,000 tons. Immediately after the ship had anchored, the Aide de-Camp landed to meet the Dutch Consul,
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    Alleged Murder and Attempted Suicide.
    157 4 A 1 amil woman by the name of Kannamah was stabbed to death by a man named Aiumugam on Tuesday last near the Syndicate K.<mpoug at Prai at about 10 a tn. in the morning. It appears that the min, a coal coolie working at
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    Jansen, the Incomparable.
    129 4 Jansen, described as a great Illusionist, Transformationist, mystic and wonderworker, appears to-night at the Town Hall. Jansen is not a magician, he is a transfoi mationist, an illusionist, doing the seem ingly impossible and making of the unreal the commonplace. Never, it is said, did performer come
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    Rubber Crops.
    31 4 The following returns for November are to hand Bukit Jelotong p,. i C 0 Berjuntai j .oa Gedong (Perak) 2 615 Malaka Pinda 4 2 (>l Pendamaran 15 >016
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    Rubber Dividends.
    39 4 Messrs. Kennedy Co. inform us that the Straits Rubber Co., Ltd., have declared a third interim dividend for the current financial year at the rate of 10 per cent, per annum, making 30 per cent, to date.
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    725 4 Mr. C. Melvin Phillips, representatj t of the Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ltd i f to-day on a short business visit to Tain and Ipoh. P The engagement is announced o f j; r L P. Souter, of the Straits Trading Ltd., to Miss Ethel Laura Pritchard, eldZadaughter
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    The Rangoon Rice Market.
    122 4 From Messrs. Morrison Jc Co.'s weeky market report, dated Rangoon, December 1 White Rice—A few thousand bags were bought by Chinamen from small mil eat Rs. 370 for early December specials, ou. otherwise millers are, for the most part, inclined to look on. The forward market
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      232 4 SOLIGNUM. The Marvellous wood preservative Protects against Decay, Fungus, Dry Rot, White Ants, the reaction of Weather. O gW it (Jir J Ji I —r ojigjj ibl feBS IN FOUR SHADES SUPPLIED IN DRUMS OF LICHT BROWN I CALLON MEDIUM DARK 2 GALLONS GRASS GREEN 5 GALLONS GUTHRIE Co., Ltd..
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      71 4 To-Day’s Contents. Page 2.— Singapore Diocesan Association To-day’s Tin Quotations and Tin Returns Page 3.— Week’s Engagements. Page 4. (Editorial: “A Churchman and Labour Social and Personal Cambridge Local Examination Visiting Justices for 1912 Dutch Warship in Port; Alleged Murder and Attempted Suicide:; Jansen the Incomparable; Rubber Crops; and Rubber
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    LOCAL SHARE MARKET.
    233 5 TRONOHS AGAIN FIRMER. STERLING RUBBERS IMPROVING. The following are the changes (buyers and sellers only) in our share list on page 7 to-day 1910. 9/12/11 11/12/11. .c Shabks. o 2 "aS 3 3C J M ffl w Minina. 9| 5$ P. Bharu... 5.60 6 5| 6 4.35
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    RUBBER MARKET.
    43 5 [From a Malacca Correspondent.] Malacca, December 10. Information has been received by the Malacca Rubber Plantations, Limited, that the price of fine hard Para in London yesterday was 4/s|, sellers. Plantation Para, 4/9s, value. The market opened quiet and closed firmer.
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    AUCTION OF RUBBER.
    36 5 [From Our Own Correspondent.! Malacca, December 11. At the weekly rubber auction on Saturday the following prices were realized Crepe per picul $220 to $240 No. 2sheet... 233 Bark crepe... 192 Scrap 164
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    DEFENCE OF MALAYA.
    138 5 MOBILIZATION OF VOLUNTEERS. From Our Own Correspondent. I Kuala Lumpur, December 11. The annual inspection and field day of the Selangor division of the Malay States Volunteer Rifle Corps were held here on >aturday. Major-General Stephenson, ifficei Commanding the Troops, Straits settlements, inspected 9 officers and 147
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    TELUK ANSON ESTATE.
    71 5 PBATSE FROM VISITING AGENT. From Our Own Correspondent.] Ipoh, December 11. Mi. Maude, Visiting Agent of the Teluk Anson Rubber Estate, Ltd., has made a iirio favourable report dated November 1 1 He states: “Next year the cost of u p c(>p will be small and a
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    MOTOR-CYCLE ACCIDENT.
    48 5 i Prom Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, December 11. Um condition of Mr. A. J. Cuckney, Municipal Market Inspector, who met with H nmtor-cycle accident on Saturday, on Anderson Bridge, is still serious. It is i" ieve<J that he is suffering from con- Ussion yf the brain.
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    THE WAR.
    165 5 TURKS’ RETREAT FROM AINZ4RA. THE ITALIAN OCCUPATION Tripoli, December 10. After their main position at Ainzara was captured, the Turks retreated in good order to a position affording facilities for movement in several directions with possibilities of revictualling and obtaining reinforcements. The Italian occupation of Ainzara constitutes a
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    OPIUM TRAFFIC
    87 5 Reuter. CONFERENCE AT THE HAGUE. The Hague. December 10. The international opium conference unanimously adopted the British resolution that every Government should frame effective laws to control the production and distribution of raw opium, and to restrict the number of places at which import and export are permitted.
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    IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
    10 5 —Reuter. BOWLS AT THE P.C.C. House of Lords.-
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    IRISH HOME RULE
    76 5 Reuter. A LIBERAL MINISTER’S HOPES. York, Deceml>er 10. The Master of Elibank, Patronage Secretary, speaking here, said that the Government was detei mined to pass the Electoral Reform Bill. The last reign saw the settlement of the South African question, and he hoped that this reign would
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    THE DARDENELLES.
    64 5 —Reuter. NO FORMAL RUSSIAN DEMANDS. Paris, December 9. M. Sazonow. the Russian Foreign Minister, interviewed by a representative of Le Temps, says that the reports of Russian formal demands regarding, the Dardenelles are pure fiction. There had been only conversations arising from fear that, by laving mines, Turkey
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    REMEMBER THE "MAINE."
    37 5 Reuter. Washington, December 9. A joint army and navy board, as the result of an exhaustive study, finds that the Maine was blown up at Havana on February 2, 1898, by an external explosion.—
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    COLLIERY EXPLOSION.
    40 5 Reuter. TWO HUNDRED MEN ENTOMBED. Knoxville (Tennessee), Dec. 11. As the result of an explosion in a colliery, 207 men are entombed. Up to the present only three have emerged alive. The rescuers are impeded by the flames.
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    NOBEL PEACE PRIZE.
    8 5 —Reuter. BOWLS AT THE P.C.C.
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    REVOLUTION IN CHINA.
    16 5 —B. T. GENERAL CHANG ESCAPES. BOWLS AT THE P.C.C. and sent to China.-
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    PERSIAN CRISIS.
    87 5 Reuter. OPTIMISM IN OFFICIAL CIRCLES. Teheran, December 10. The Russian note demanding the punishment of the murderers of Alla-ed-Dowleh and the report of the debate in the House of Lords have gratified official circles, who are convinced that the question will be settled through Great Britain. British Official's
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    THE SUGAR CONVENTION.
    78 5 Reuter. THE RUSSIAN EXPORT QUOTA. Brussels, December 9. The Sugar Convention has met to consider the Russian proposals for an increase in the export quota and the conditions on which Russia will continue membership of the Union. The Russian delegate intimated that this depended on the improvement
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    INSURANCE BILL.
    51 5 Reuter. PROTECTIVE INDUSTRY MENACED. Manchester, December 9. At a meeting representing eight hundred North of England firms, Sir Charles Macara, presiding, said that a manifesto, signed by representatives of 206 trades, would be sent to Parliament asking for a postponement of the Insurance Bill, which would imperil productive
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    OUTRAGES IN MACEDONIA.
    57 5 —Reuter. THE MASSACRE OF BULGARIANS. Sofia, December 9. There is growing excitement here as the result of details of the rioting at Ishtib, where it is stated that 174 Bulgarians were massacred. The papers compare it with the massacre at Bakk prior to the RussoTurkish war, and
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    FUTURE OF CRETE.
    25 5 —Der Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service. Rome, December 8. The Italian and Grecian papers are in favour of the annexation of Crete by Greece.-
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    KING GEORGE IN INDIA.
    8 5 BOWLS AT THE P.C.C.
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    SPY SCARE REVIVED.
    107 5 AN ALLEGED ENGLISH SYSTEM. Berlin, December 10. Though the Schulz trial is secret the German papers publish what they describe as inspired reports, taking the guilt of the prisoners for granted, and alleging that the existence has been proved of a great English system of espionage, the
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    AMERICA’S ARMY.
    81 5 —Reuter. ITS UNPREPAREDNESS FOR WAR. Washington, December 10. The annual report of the Secretary of War states that a war with a first-class Power would find the United States practically unprepared, mainly owing to the army being scattered in the interior and to the lack of reserves. He
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  • SPORTING NEWS.
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    Cambridge Local Examinations.
    70 5 The Cambridge Local Examinations commenced to-day and there are altogether 177 candidates The following is a list of the number of candidates from the vaiious schools St. Xavier’s Institution. Seniors 26 Juniors 35 Anglo-Chinese School. Seniors 6 Juniors 22 Preliminary 22 Free School. Seniors 16 Juniors 24
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      358 5 ’Tis with our judgments as with our watches, none go just alike, yet each believes his own.”— Pope. But the judgments of all competent critics are unanimous in declaring Black White to be a whisky of exceptional merit. HILTONSr Co., PENANG, A. G E IM T S. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. WANTED
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      1800 6 CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. RRMRMIMRMMMMM*** RRMRRMMMIMRMM* NY AUSTRIAN LLOYD 5 for dandruff, scurf— falling hair (Under Mail Contract with the Austrian Government). M TrT" W W R JL T Japan Mail Steamship Co Id. fl ew Monthly Fast Line Trieste Shanghai 18. BISHOPSGATE, BC H I I .-A F,om an
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    SHARES.
    2077 7 J o •> j Num er of Issue 3 E s 2 Capital. Su sori ed. Shares Value. 3 Dividends Name -go ■> es i S s '-S 5 M 02 0? I II 111 I I 1907 1908 j 1909 1910 1911 MINING. 903 j §300.000 5300,000 30,000
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    SHIPPING.
    1198 7 ARRIVALS. Brandan, Dnt., 300, Dandey, Dec. 11, Sabang gen., Huttenbach Libert Co. C. Apcar, Brit., 1730, Townsend, Dec. 11, Hongkong, gen. A. A. Anthony Co. De Carpentier, Dnt., 766, Chossen, Oct. 11, Singapore gen., H.L Co Edavana, Brit, 2686, Willsher, Dec. 10, Singapore, gen., Huttenbach Liebert& Co. Ellanga, Brit.,
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    MAILS.
    115 7 CLOSE AT GENERAL POST OFFICE. To-Mobbow. For Per CloseSabang, Olehleh &c. Padang De Carpentier 7 a.m. Alor Star (Kedah) Tong Chuan 9 a.m. Deli and Batu Bahra Benoa 11 a.m. Calcutta Catherine Apcar Ila ns. Asahan Petrel 1 p.m. Pangkalan Brandau Ban Whatt Soon 1 p.m. Port Swettenham and
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    The Mails.
    56 7 Homeward. Steameb. Arrives. Mails Sails. Close. P. &O. Assaye Sat. 16/12 N.D.L. Roon Tues 19/12 8.1. Thongwa Sat. 23/12 10 a.m. noon. M. A. Behic Mon. 25/12* 5.30 f 23/12 *From Singapore f Mails close in Penang. Outward. P. O. Devanha Thurs. 14/12 N. Buelow Thurs. 19/12 8.1.
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    EXCHANGE.
    121 7 Pbnang, December 11, 191). (By Courtesy o f the Chartered Bank). London Demand Bank 2/4 3/32 4 month»' sight Ban*< ...2/4 11/32 3 Credit 2/417/32 3 Documentar, 2/4 19/32 Oalontta Demand Bank Rs. 174 3 days’ sight Priv»»e 175 J Bombay Demand Bank 174 3 days'sight Private 175| Madras
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    Where to Stay
    39 7 Penang The E. <fc O. Hotel, The Crag, Raffles by the Sea, Runnymede Hotel, Sea View Hotel, and Hotel de Europe, Ifoh :—The Grand Hotel. Kuala Lumpur :—Grand Oriental Hotel. Rangoon :—Strand Hotel. Bangkok :—Legation Hotel.
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      63 7 SUN LIFE OF CANADA. Incorporated 1865. BUSINESS IN FORCE £29, »500,000 INCOME 1910 2,000,000 FUNDS (EXCEED) 7, »500,000 Chief Office 1 Norfolk Street, Strand, Great Britain. J London Cnief Office 1 Canada Buildings Indian Empire. J Bombay. Chief Office 1 Battery Road, S. E. Asia. J Singapore. W; A. White,
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      67 7 “TANSAN” AWARDED GOLD MEDAL AT THE Anglo-Japanese Exhibition Perfectly free from all foreign or objectionable matter, it has clean crisp flavour which is very inviting and has the further advantage of blending well with wines and spirits. TRY IT! STOCK IT 11 DRINK IT 1! I AGENTS: R. T. REID
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      45 7 Tie Moon. Last Quarter Dec. 13 O New Moou 20 First Quarter 29 The Tides. Date H. W. L. W. H. W L. W. AM AM PM P M» Dec. 11 3-33 9-46 4-00 10-13 12 4-28 10-43 4-58 11-11 13 5-28 Nil. 5-59 1244
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      2329 8 p Imtepded sailings. Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen. .SWl.™ ljC< British India Steam «avigation Co., p*® MAIL SERVICE OUTWARD. IjrL WkL'lX. LIMITED. 0 HOMKWARD. For Intended to Sail. Stkamkr. StCOHS Ship Cfs irt T n» Thur. 14th Dec. at 4 p.m, Thongwa 4 Al «X K I Date. Steamer. I London M
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