Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 29 August 1916

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 201 VOL. LXXIV. TUESDAY. 29th AUGUST. 1916. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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    • 65 1 aaaacoDoaaaaaaaaDaDaatnswfla a FOR $3O g a a 5 \7OU can have the Pinang D I Gazette poeted every day g a for a wholn year to your address. D (LOCAL SUBSCRIPTION, >27). g Proportionate Quarterly and o g ratea. u q Subscriptions ars payable in g advance and remittance should
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  • Article, Illustration
    2827 2 OUR LATEST ALLY. Rumania—the largest country in or immediately connected with the Balkan Peninsula—is made up of the provinces of Moldavia and Wallachia, formally united in December 1861. Although her final independence of Turkish suzerainty was recognised by the Treaty of Berlin, signed in 1878, Rumania never played any
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  • 155 2 The Club Open Spoon shoot was held yesterday and resulted as follows Ti CD ■3 13 -U» -O cB c£ J O >, J® X rS "5 O —5 > r-> o ©us ®Sx o Q- QH Mrs Liston 32 31 27 90 Mrs Sproule 30
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  • 212 2 The Fortnightly Handicap Shoot was shoot off on Sunday afternoon. Ranges 300 and 600 yards. H.P.S. 100. The result was as follows: 2nd/Lt ODD Hogan with H’cap *O9 made 94.54 Pte M E Wemyss *23 90 76 Pte W S Woolnough *75 90.75 Sergt F T
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  • 172 2 COMPARISON OF LOSSES Heavy as has been the slaughter i n specific actions of the present war j terrible as are the means employed t destroy human life, the casualties are noth° ing like what the average man imaging after he reads the descriptions of sangni nar
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  • 253 2 The capture of Pozieres,” a militarv critic remarked on receiving the w?f. come news, “is another illustration of the nature of this offensive. Ca marcbe, as our French friends would say. It j g contaimaison over again, but on a greater scale. The enemy is stirred
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  • 251 2 Admiral Bacon’s report on the work of the Dover Patrol for the six months ending May 29 last, shows us how much we owe to the unremitting energy and vigilance on the part of the Navy engaged in this work. The dispatch requires reading with imagination. It
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  • 215 2 What’s the Push like?” said a wounded officer at Southampton, in reply to a query (says the Daily Chronicle a It’s like everything that ever wa It’s all the struggles of life crowded oto hour and I wouldn’t have missed it 01 all the gold in London.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 502 2 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. WANTED. A BILL COLLECTOR, security $3,000. Apply to HANG LEE <fc Co. FOR SALE. TWO LARGE STEEL SAFES measuring 6' 10’x 3' 11" x2' 2|" and 5' 4" x3's" x 2'. For further particulars apply to G. J. M. KEULEMANS, 4, F.M.S. Railway Buildings. FOREIGN STAMPS. WANTED in
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  • 1112 3 [From Our Own Correspondent]. Al or Star, August 28. Mr. McDonough, Assistant Auditor, and Mr. Robinson, acting executive engineer P. W. D., at Sungei Patani, are leaving for home by the next P. O. mail. Messrs. Fleury and Jenkins, who have both joined the Benedicts while at home
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  • 272 3 GROUP RECRUITS WIN FAME IN BATTLE. A certain London regiment by all accounts, has done one of the biggest things of the war in the more recent fighting on the Somme. In an interview a wounded officer, returned from the battle, said the Command had intimated that the
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  • 226 3 The Imperial Merchant Service Guild has despatched the following telegram to the widow of tbeir late member Captain Charles Fryatt:— Words cannot convey to you the disgust we feel at the most despicable crime yet perpetrated by Germany. The whole of the Merchant Service join with me
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  • 135 3 THE CAPTAINS PRIZE. The competition under the auspices of the Penang Golf Club, for the Captain’s Prize, which brought out the large entry of 64, was won by Mr, P. T. Allen, who beat Mr. J. Crabb-Watt in the final by four up and three to play.
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  • 18 3 Penang The E. O. Hotel, The Crag, Runnymede Hotel. Singapore :—Raffles Hotel. Rangoon :—Strand Hotel.
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  • 1033 3 FOUR NECESSARY CHANGES. Sir H. H. Johnston, the well-known Administrator and Traveller writes in the Daily Mail The whole of the British Empire abroad, with the exception of India, Baluchistan, Southern Arabia (the two last are under the direction of the Secretary of State for India), Egypt,
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  • 272 3 The Norddeutsche Allgeneine Zeitung publishes an account of the escape of Capt. von Moller from Java, which is, it appears, more picturesque than accurate. According to this narrative, von Muller, who commanded the German gunboat Tsingtau, which was put out of action at Canton; was
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  • 154 3 France is iu righteous indignation ab another German iniquity. This consists of forcible kidnapping of French girls in Lille on pretext that this will facilitate the revictualling of the inhabitants. In most cases the securing of the victims was carried out with revolting brutality, some of the
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 436 3 A PLANTER at present in India SEEKS RE-ENGAGEMET after August, experience bix years charge ii the Straits and also Ceylon. Good knowledge of Tamil, working knowledge of Malay and has good command of Labour. Perak preferred. Apply No. 250, c/o Pinang Gazette 821—31-8 WANTED. European assistant for shipping Department of
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    • 205 3 I I When you buy tyres, I buy MILES i a ii. fF 5 COME tyres achieve “freak mileages, kJ course j ust as some men li ve to be a 7- hundred. The average motorist is natur- I ‘WI I al 'y morc interested in average mileage, and j
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  • 34 4 Savi. —At 17, Union Street, Penang, on the 24th August, the wife of Mr. V. G. Savi, of a daughter. Bandman—Jnly 25, ab Wimbledon, the wife of Maurice E. Bandman, of twin girls.
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  • 719 4 When a month ago the Greek Minister for War notified the Military Attaches of the Allied Powers that the demobilisation of the Greek Army had been completed, everything in the Hellenic garden seemed lovely, and it appeared as if the last bad been heard of demands
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  • 546 4 It is certain that the declaration of war upon Austria by Rumania will have a considerable effect upon Bulgarian plans and upon the attitude of Greece. It may not be too much to anticipate that Rumania will a’so soon be fighting Bulgaria. The lessons of the war
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  • 1797 4 So Rumania’s moment has arrived at last! Like a bolt from Eater, the the bine comes the anRaaaaiaas. nouncement of her declaration of War on Austria. Germany declares war on Rumania. Rumania has waited a long time she was not to be seduced by the Mackensen phalanxes,
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous

  • 224 5 WAR WITH AUSTRIA AND GERMANY. THE BULGARIAN ADVANCE. ALLIES ADDRESS GREECE. FURTHER SERBIAN SUCCESSES. Rumania has declared war on Austria, and Germany has replied by declaring war on Romania. The Rumanian declaration various reasons for the step, inclod ing the treatment of Rumanians in Austria-Hungary, the belief that Romania’s
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  • France and Belgium.
    • 182 5 [Rbctbb’b Tilbgrams.] BOMB STORES EXPLODED. [Copyright Telegrams.] (By Submarine Telegraph). London, August 28. General Haig reports: In the afternoon there was considerable artillery activity on both sides. The enemy’s fire was directed mainly against our support trenches, especially to the north-west of Longueval. Our guns blew up some
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    • 748 5 It is only by understanding that ground in its contours that we can appreciate the nature of the battle on the Somme, says Mr. Belloc in Land and Water.” One must begin by taking what is the base level for all thia district, the valley floors of
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    • 541 5 .—Ex. The struggle continues furiously on the British front between the Ancre and the Somme, where the enemy, reinforced with men and guns, has returned to the offensive in vigorous fashion. Artillery fire never ceases in this sector, and is succeeded by German counter-attacks, which however, have been
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  • Turkey and the Near East
    • 223 5 GREEK COMPLICITY. Salonika, August 28. The Bulgarians entered Kavalla on the 25th inst. All the forts, with one exception, were transferred to them, with armament and munitions intact, in accordance with orders received by the Greek commander from Athens on August 22nd. The British warships immediately bombarded
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    • 153 5 A PERTINENT QUESTION. Athens, August 28. The British, French and Russian Ministers vidted the Greek Premier and enquired how long Greece intended passively to countenance the Bulgarian advance, and added that the Entente bad no military interest to defend Centra] Thessaly against the invaders. There was no
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    • 136 5 The demands which the Allies previously made to Greece, who agreed to them, were as follows First—Real and complete demobilization of the Greek Army, which must, with the least possible delay, be placed on a peacefooting. Secondly—The immediate replacing of the Greek Cabinet by a business
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  • 44 5 Petrograd, August 28. A delegation from the Japanese House of Peers visited the Russian Premier and other Russian Ministers, and the Presidents of the Council of Empire and the Dam». A Japanese Military Mission has gone to the Imperial Headquarters.
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  • 474 5 General Alexeiefl, the Russian Chief of Staff, says his confidence is based on a twofold foundation. The first is that the Allies are advancing simultaneously. The enemy is no longer able to fight us piecemeal as he was last year. The second is that the
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  • 105 5 BRITISH NAVY’S METHODS. London, August 28. Mr. Alfred Noyes, the poet and author, describing the British system of submarine hunting, says the fleet of trawlers, e‘c., now totals 3,000 vessels, with a personnel of 100,000, mostly fishermen. Within 25 minutes of a submarine being reported, most of the
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  • 387 5 DECLARATION OF WAR. London, August 28. Rumania has declared war on Austria. Berlin, August 28. It is officially announced that Rumania has declared war on Austria. Confirmed in Berlin. Amsterdam, Augustr2B. An official message from Berlin states that Rumania’s declaration of war was made last evening. The
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  • 102 5 As was already foreseen, all conversations between Rumania and Turkey with regard to the exchange of supplies were broken off. The Rumanian commercial attache entrusted with the negotiations has left Constantinople, and has been entrusted with a mission to Switzerland. The Ministry of the Interior is opening
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  • 520 5 A party of Reichstag deputies has been paying an official visit to Bulgaria and one of them, Otto Hoetsch, sums up his observation as follows in the Kreuzzeitung It is evident that the hoping of winning back from Rumania the portion of the Dobrudja, which was
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  • General News.
    • 163 5 FOREIGN MINISTER’S STATEMENT. London, August 28. Baron Sonnino, the Italian Foreign Minister, io transmitting the declaration of war, says German acts of hostility against Italy succeed each other with growing frequency! It is sufficient to mention the regular supply of military and naval arms and war equipment
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    • 51 5 AGREEMENT WITH BRITAIN. London, August*2B. An agreement has been concluded between Britain and Holland for the release of Dutch fishing boats detained in Scotland, some of them since June, on condition that Germany does not receive more than 20 per cent of the season’s catch of
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  • 61 5 {From Our Ozvn Correspondent). Singapore, August 29. The Kwong Yik Bank liquidators’ report shows the total now realised as $1,957,180. The outstanding is $3,018,759, all but $600,000 of which is owed by the directors. The total dividends paid to date amount to $43. It is hoped
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  • 35 5 [fro»» Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore. August 29. The motor steamer Glenartney is still on fire. The removal of the cargo from forward is proceeding. The vessel is now awash at high tide.
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  • 127 5 The following are the latest quotations in our share list Yesterday. To-day. a S S Shakes 2 I. 5 S 3 a M OQ «72 Aftniny. Deebook 10/- 11/- 9/6 10/6 K. Ramunting 34/- 35/6 32/6 35/Kamunting... 25/6 27/- 25/6 26/9 Trong D. 18/- 19/6 19/«neral. E.
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  • Article, Illustration
    989 6 [BY AN ARTIST CORRESPONDENT.] August 4. Murder Most Foul. The world has been shocked by another German outrage, in the shooting, contrary to the law of nations, of Captain Fryatt, of the Brussels. There is something rather staggering in the authors of the submarine outrages presuming to treat
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  • 344 6 Britain’s great heart beat with pride an i affection when the newspapers reported the case of Albert Matthews, a sailor only 16 years of age, who wu wounded on H. M. S. Malaya, in the British victory off Jutland, says an Aberdeen paper. He was
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  • 123 6 A correspondent writing from Budapest on a recent visit to Vienna speaks of life there and the miseries that are daily growing. He says the war does not interest the Viennese as it does people in Budapest I saw fifty Japanese prisoners, including some officers, who
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 195 6 HELPING THE CHILDREN One of the saddest of sights is that of children who, instead of being full of activity and the joy of life, are just pining, weak and unhappy-—almost always on the brink of a serious illness, and never well enough to be mischievous or play with others.
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    • 588 6 J t)aJluMb Jiorri£uJuc6. I To Cure Nerves» Stomach» Kidneys. Dr. Cassell’s Tablets are a genuine remedy for all forms of nerve stomach, and kidney trouble in old or young. They are composed of carefully chosen ingredients each one of which has definite restorative action on the nene centres controlling the
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    • 56 6 Q TICE. We hereby beg to notify the public that on the first day of September, 1916, we will establish OUKSeIveS US Rubber Merchants, AUCtloneers and Estate Agents at 100 Robinson Road, Singapore. All business transactions entrusted to US Will receive OUT Careful 110(1 VIILI UsLVU LU Ho Will prompt
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 345 6 COMING COMING I I Our next great serial “NEAL OF THE NAVY” in 28 parts—an innovation in serial pictures. TO-NIGHT I TO-NIGHT 11 the ELECTRIC POLYSCOPE Co, LYCEUM THEATRE. ARGYLL ROAD. CHARLES CHAPLIN IN CHARLIE'S NIGHT OUT TWO REELS OF WHOLESOME EXHILARATING FUN. 5 Parts MARY’S LAMB Parts 5 A
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  • 1362 7 Captain G. R. H. Webb, .of Singapore, and Captain H. E. E. H. Saudeman, of Canton, have been elected non-resident Fellows of the Royal Colonial Institute. We have already reported the death of Lieutenant William Lionel Phillips GriffithJones, Lieutenant, Durham Light Infantry. Further particulars show that he
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  • 276 7 The Blue Funnel liner Helenus (Messrs. W. Mansfield <fc Co., Ltd Agents,) is expected to arrive here on Sept 9, bound for London. The Colombo Maru, (Agents, Messrs Paterson Simons Co,) is expected here from Rangoon on the 12th prox, bound for China and Japan. 1,163 coolies arrived
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  • 260 7 The following is from the P. V. Orders for September. Field Operations will be held on Sunday September 10th. The following have been enrolled and posted as follows :—L. McKie, A Company, F D Thompson, A Company, J H Dickson A Company, Lim Hooi Hong, D Company, J
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  • 306 7 Per P and O Arabia. London, August 4. —To Singapore: Mr Ager, Miss Byrde, Sister Beatrice, Rev W Cross, Mr G D Wiles, Mr A Visman, Mr and Mrs Chubb and 4 children, Mr Batho, Mr Garner, Mrs Glendening. To Penang: Mr Heginbotham, Mr B F
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  • 272 7 Scheme to Represent the Free Churchmen. A Loudon correspondent writes: I understand that Mr. Lloyd George contemplates the appointment of an advisory board to deal with the question of chaplains to his Majesty’s forces, in regard to which Nonconformity has been pressing its claim to a
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  • 789 7 DIVIDEND OF 7| PER CENT. The second annual general meeting of the shareholders of Chenderiang Tin Dredging Ltd, was held on July 28, at the Cannonstreet Hotel, E C., Mr. John 1. Philips (the chairman) presiding. Mr. H. A. Huntley, on behalf of the secretaries (Messrs.
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  • 105 7 Ayer Kuning.—lnt. div. 5 p.c. Gedong —lnt. divd. Is. per share. United Serdaug.—lnt. divd. 15 p.c. Mergui Crown.—Final divd. rate of 10 p.c., making making 20 p.c, for year. Last year 10 p.c. Kawie. —Final divd. 15 p.c., making 30 p.c. for year £3,000 to reserve
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  • 44 7 The Hon. Treasurer sends us the following list of further contributions to the above Fund, forwarded to the Chartered Bank, Penang. Balance on Augmt 18 $1,610.53 R J Saunders 25.00 Balance on August 28 $1,635.53 Amount previously acknowledged ~,$27,308.22 Total ...$28,943.75
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  • 80 7 The following ties have been fixed for Thursday:— Championship—A V Perrin v R N Byatt (4); F W Harris v E H Everest (5). Single Handicap B—A W Blackstone (—.4) v JH B Smith (—.2) (6); CR A Goatly —,4) v D L Adamson —.4) (I); J
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  • 28 7 Thursday Championship—W B Houston v G M Terzano (2). Championship Pairs—R N Goodwin and A Lindley v R H Reid and W K Sharpe (1).
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  • 17 7 The outward mail steamer ?e. Sardinia, is due to arrive here about the 7th proximo,
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  • 34 7 To-day’s quotation for unrefined tin in Penang was $83.25 per picul, business done—an increase of 90 cents. Tin is quoted in London to-day at £172 15s spot, and £173 15s three months.
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  • 82 7 The Gazette de Lausanne learns from a reliable German source, says the Geneva correspondent of the Daily Express, that the cotton reserves in Germany are now completely exhausted. This fact explains the recent German efforts to secure the 14,000 bales now stored in Switzerland. It appears that
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  • 231 7 Penang, August 29, 1916, S. P. Tapioca $7.55 sales. M. P. Tapioca $B.OO sellers Gold leaf $64.40 Pepper (W. Coast 3 lb. 5 oz). $l6 1/2 buyers Black Pepper $25.00 buyers. White Pepper $38.00 sellers. Trang Pepper no stock. Mace $llO non. Mace Pickings $5O buyers. Cloves $4O buyers
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  • 126 7 Pbnang, August 29, 1916. (By Courtesy ot the Chartered Bank). London Demand Bank ...2/4 7/32 4 months'sight Bank ...2/4 11/16 3 Credit ...2/4 13/16 3 Documentary ...2/4 27/32 Calcutta Demand Bank R»- 174 f 3 days' sight Private 176 Bombay Demand Bank Bffoulmein Demand Bank 173| 3 days’sight Private
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  • 83 7 August 30.—P.A M. General Meeting, Kuala Lumpur, 10 30 a.m. Sept. 4.—Penang Schools re-open. Sept. 6.—Lodge Royal Prince of Wales, 9.15 p.m, Sept. 7. —Coronation of Sultan of Perak, Kuala Kangsar. Sept. 10.—P. V. Field Operations. Sept. 20.—Victoria Jubilee R. A. Chapter, Penang, 9.15 p m. Sept. 24.—F.M.5.
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  • 70 7 CLEARANCES. To-day. Cornelia for Port Swettenham, P. Dickson and Malacca. Yatshingfor Singapore, China Japan. Tara for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Trang for Trang. Hebe for Bagan Datoh Teluk Anson. Pangkor tor Bindings and Sitiawan. Klang for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Omapere for Tongkah, Kopah, Renong, Victoria Point, Mergui and
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 131 7 THK London Director} (Published Annually) Enables traders throughout the Wo.’d communicate direct with English MANUFACTURERS DEALERS in each class of goods. Besides being > complete commercal guide ro London anc its suburbs, the directory contains lists of EXPORT MERCHANTS with the Goods they ship, and the Colonia md Foreign Mj
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    • 171 7 LOSS OF FLESH is a common indication of an impoverished blood supply and should not be neglected. But, whatever the cause, extra nourishment is needed. SCOTT’S Emulsion is the remedy that enriches the blood, aids food assimilation, creates appetite and brings back the colour, erergy and strength of glorious health.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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