Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 23 April 1918
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Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle
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Title Section20 1918-04-23 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 94. VOL. LXXVI. TUESDAY, 23rd APRIL, 1918 PRICE 10 CENT20 words
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Advertisement617 1918-04-23 1 JAPANESE DENTIST < T. NAGATA Next Door to The Dispensary. i IF YOU HAVE NOT TRIED 3 BEAR BRAND MILK you can have no idea what a CIGARETTES PFRFFf Tl Y MIIK The P ar i' c ar man demands a particular cigarette. State Express” are l-11l W■ L <J617 words
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Advertisement19 1918-04-23 1 cbbe cihkc mk OMBKO IRUNNYMEDEI I HOTEL. j GARAGE New Cars') for Hire- I j 8: -{“Jm S j19 words
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620 1918-04-23 2 [To TH! EdITOB or THI “PINANG GaZBTTB.”] Sir, —At the very peculiar public Meeting at the Chinese Town Hall oa the subject of the Registr»tion of Chinese Marriages, a a letter was read from the Chinese Consul disapproving of the registration of C hinese620 words
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Article1314 1918-04-23 2 [To THE EDITOB OF THE “PINANO GaZNTTB.”] Sir, —I deeply appreciate the sense of humour of “A Penangite” in his remarks about Japan's tweaking old China’s nose to the merriment of all mankind but pray, what has that to do with Chinese Marriage Law, or more particularly with1,314 words
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Article187 1918-04-23 2 [To the Editor of the “Pinang Gazette.”] Sir, —I admire “A Briton” for having taken the trouble to try to impress upon the authorities what they should have done long ere this and, to remind them that it is never too late to mend. I should like to187 words
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Article215 1918-04-23 2 CONDITIONS IN HOLLAND. Poultry dealers are unable to export poultry and suffer much, as the birds go bad before they can obtain permits. Last week 15 waggons were exported to Germany. In the First Chamber, the Minister for War stated that the foodstuffs stored in Amsterdam were215 words
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Article262 1918-04-23 2 Previ' us experience of the Cameos took a la-ge audience Io the Town Hall last evening, when the talented company scl'psed tleir success on the former visit a few weeks ago No company in Penang has presented a more saridying bill tian was given by the Cameos,” and262 words
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Article118 1918-04-23 2 Penang. April 23, 1918 (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank'. London Demand Bank ...2/4 7/32 4 months* sight Bank ...2/4 12 3 Credit ...2/4 13/16 3 i, Documentary ...2/4 27/32 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. i, 3 days’ sight Private Bombay Demand Bank fttoulmuiu Demand Banis o 3 days' sight118 words
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Advertisement446 1918-04-23 2 WAR TAX ORDINANCE, 1917. PERSONS to whom Notifications of Assessment in the form W/I3 B have been sent, and who have nob presented them, on or before the 3Och April, 1918, for re-paymeni of the amounts paid in excess, will not be considered to have made any application for refund446 words
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Advertisement127 1918-04-23 2 i I I Special Offer of Estate Supplies and I Requisites and Building Materials. I Orders now being* booked a‘ g Goods are actually in stock i f lowest market prices. 1 in quantities; tbit enables 1 n us to execut orders same g s Only goods of best quality127 words
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Miscellaneous188 1918-04-23 2 TO-NIGHT I TO-NIGHT! LOVE AFUAME Z ftutfi Stonefause and Jack MuUjatt in t6e heading Parts. L-Ko. Komedy Faking Fakirs 2 Keels. SPECIAL FEATURE RED SEAL FILM THE PRODIGAL WIDOW 3 REELS. DETECTIVE AND MATCH MAKER (Comedy.) Monster Matinees for the Kiddies every Wednesday Saturday. Full Band in attendance. Half prices188 words
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1004 1918-04-23 3 [By Brig.-Gen. F. G. Stonx, C.M.G. At the beginning of 1916, the Royal Flying Corps was in a somewhat depressed condition Everyone knew that their machines were outclassed by the Fokker single seaters against which our men had nothing with which they could1,004 words
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Advertisement1320 1918-04-23 3 Engineer, European, age 33, NOTICE, married desires engagement in jf did 11X wdlvS KvvlUa responsible position. Chief Engineer’s Certificate, 17 years Engineering experience T OST since April 16th, a Chinese Girl in locomotive, marine, refrigerating, sugar TO BE SOLD I—/ between 13 and 14 years. Hiir i efining and dredging1,320 words
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Advertisement58 1918-04-23 3 MADAM CLAIRE, NEAR KUALA LUMPUR STATION. Has always a large and varying selection of evening dresses, afternoon and morning frocks, coat frock’s Tea gowns, warm dressing gowns, cotton kimonos, costumes, skirts, evening cloaks, tunics childrens dresses in white and colours, boy’s suits, embroidered wedding veils, flowers, floral wreaths, trimmings, underwear,58 words
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Advertisement1166 1918-04-23 3 Federated Malay States Railways. NEWSPAPERS vacanoie *pprTntiS ineer g PERIODICALS FOR OVERSEAS. APPLICATIONS are invited for thre I I vacancies as Apprentice Draughtsmer AV R C' and three vacancies as Apprentice Clerk? 1 I GL of Works. Bankers 54, PARUAMIMT STREET, Candidates must be born and educated > in the1,166 words
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Article1101 1918-04-23 4 Holland’s extremity is evidently regarded by Germany as the Hun*’ opportunity. The report that pressure is being put by Germany on the Netherlands Government, which may force the latter to abandon the precarious hold she has been trying to maintain on a policy of neutrality, is not1,101 words
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Article29 1918-04-23 4 To-day’s quotation for unrefined tin in Penang was $161.25 per picul, business done. Tin was quoted in London on Monday at £333 spot, and £333 three months.29 words
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Article73 1918-04-23 4 [From Oub Own Cobmspondbnt. Singapore, April 23. The report of Jeram Kuantan Rubber Co. Ltd., state» that there was a loss of $12,158 on the year. The all in cost increased from 17d to 25d the increase being due to low output and high costs, the latter73 words
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Article86 1918-04-23 4 [Fbom Oub Own Cobbzspondint.J Singapore, April 23. The report of Telok Anson Rubber Co. Ltd., shows a profit of $73,576. No final dividend is proposed, a balance of $37,281 being carried forward. The net price was 5 oents per lb. lower than in 1916. The all iu86 words
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Article1809 1918-04-23 4 The reply of the spokesman of the German Government in Air Raid. Outside the Reichstag, to a War Zones. question by a Socialist member, regarding the abandonment of ae« ial raiding outside the war zones, was to the effect that if the Allies are anxious to secure1,809 words
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Advertisement273 1918-04-23 4 O WHISKIES. B i I I JBL I WATSON’S (No. 10 Dundee). I I I PERFECTION (McCallum’s). g j j BULLOCH LADE White Label. j I SVECIALVERV'Ou) I Do. [Gold Label. O E BLENDE» f S I I MACGREGOR svos -< Finest I I j Liqueur). I ro l P273 words
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Advertisement6 1918-04-23 4 Stay Where Everybody Stays. “E. O.”6 words
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Miscellaneous53 1918-04-23 4 THE TIDES. The following are the tides for Ko-day and to-morrow, Penang Standard Times High Water. Low Water. To-day. 11.10 a.m. (6ft. 2in.) 5.2 a.m. (Ift. sin.) 11.7 p.m. (sft 6in 5.37 pm. (Ift. 9in.) To-mobrow. 11 32 a.m. (6fr. 4in.) 5.30 a.m. (Ift. 3in.) 11.37 p.m. (sft. 7in.) 6.453 words
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Article124 1918-04-23 5 FAMOUS AIRMAN KILLED. EARTHQUAKE IN AMERICA. GERMANY AND HOLLAND. Sir Douglas Haig reports the repulse of strong local attacks in the area north of Albert. The British improved their positions s ightly on the Somme, also near Albert, and north of the La Bassee Canal. There was124 words
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France and Belgium.
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Article1017 1918-04-23 5 [Reuter Telegrams.] THE BRITISH AIRMEN. London, April 21. Field Marshal Haig reports: Twelve tons of bombs were dropped in the day time yesterday on Menin and Armentieres and Thourout rail junction. We brought down six and drove down three enemy machines cut of control. Three of ours are[Reuter Telegrams.] - 1,017 words
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Article65 1918-04-23 5 NOTED GERMAN AIRMAN KILLED. London, April 22. Reuter’s correspondent at the British Headquarters, wiring on Monday, says the famous German airman Baron von Richthofen was brought down in the Somme valley yesterday. His body has been recovered, and is being buried with military honours to-day. It is65 words
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Article138 1918-04-23 5 RENEWED EFFORTS. London, April 17. The Times says the Dominions are redoubling their efforts to reinforce their troops on the western front. Both Australia and South Africa are resorting to redoubled recruiting campaigns. There is no difference between the advocates and opponents of conscription in Australia in their138 words
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Article545 1918-04-23 5 Sydney, Feb 25.—The Prime Minister was entertained by the British Empire League at a luncheon at the Hotel Australia. Mr Huges took the opportunity of announcing the Federal Government’s new recruiting policy. The scheme as announced by the Prime Minister in skeleton form is as follows 1.545 words
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Article42 1918-04-23 5 PROTEST TO BERLIN. Moscow, April 22. The Russian Government has protest'd to Beilin against numerous atrocit’e» in Russian towns and villsgas, because of alleged isolated cases of querulousness or the refusal of peasants to give up corn and oats.42 words
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Article34 1918-04-23 5 TWO TOWNS WRECKED. Los Angeles, April 22. An earthquake has occurred in Southern California and a portion of West Ariz ona. Two towns hive been wrecked, besides much minor damage.34 words
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Article49 1918-04-23 5 CLERGY AND CONSCRIPTION. London, April 22. The Roman Catholic Clergy throughou t Ireland preached in condemna tion of conscript?, n. The priests in many instances afterwards administered an anticonscription pledge to huge crowds. The military have taken over the pri; cipal Irish railways, Post Offices and telephone exchanges.49 words
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Article459 1918-04-23 5 The entry of America into the war is res ponsible for the hostile and determine d atti tude of Irish Americans generally towards the i Sinn Fein group iu Ireland. Hitherto the latter was tolerantly regarded by them as a mere political factor indirectly contributing459 words
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Article72 1918-04-23 5 SPECIAL VOYAGE TO THE INDIES Ihe Hague, April 17. Heer Rambounet, Minister of the Navy, announced in the Firs 1- Chamb.r that the Government intends to s-id a convoy of ships to the Dutch Indies, w?h their can coal, and escorted by a war-hip iu order to72 words
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Article49 1918-04-23 5 GERMAN PRESSURE. London, April 22. The Daily Telegraph correspondent at Rotterdam says it is certain that demands have already been m«de, or are about to be m«d«, by Germany, which, if pressed, would fcce the Netherlands to take one side or the other in the v»a r49 words
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Article20 1918-04-23 5 STRAITS SERVICES RESUMED. [Fbom Oub Own Corbbbpondbnt. Batavia, April 22. The Dutch steamers have resumed the Sinsapore-Penang service.20 words
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Article122 1918-04-23 5 WOMEN MISSIONARIES HELD TO Peking, April 17. Two American women missionaries, who were kidii'ipppd by brigands on the Kiangsu-Shantuog border, are he'd to Ransom. Brigandage and lawlessness by the soldiery, and decreasing respect for foreign life and property, are amonar the serious aspects of the internal situation. The Secretary122 words
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Article412 1918-04-23 5 London, March 9.—ln an air raid on London on Thursday night and early this morning 11 people were killed and 46 injured. It is feared an additional 6 bodies are buried in the wreckage. Among the missing in the ruins of a bombed house in the north-west412 words
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Article128 1918-04-23 5 London, March 10. —An article has appeared in the Berlin “Lokal Anzeiger” deploring the lawlessness in Berlin. In comparing the city to the wild west, the paper states that human life is taken with the same unscrupulousness as things are stolen. Hoardings are covered with bills offering128 words
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Article81 1918-04-23 5 New York, Feb. 20. —General Foch, the representative of France on the Allied War Council at Versailles, in an interview, stated: “We will stop the German attack, but to win the war definitely we must have a great American army. America can not only help on the81 words
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Article91 1918-04-23 5 New York, March 9. —The Paris correspondent of the New York “Times” has interviewed Garros, the French airman who recently escaped from confinement in Germany. He is thin and sallow as the result of his long captivity. He does not disclose how he escaped because it91 words
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Article83 1918-04-23 5 New York, March 9. —The New York authorities have discovered an attempt to smuggle a large quantity of the drug salvarsan from a Dutch ship. It is alleged that the drug is worth 30,000 dol. It was concealed in auger holes in trunks. The authorities allege that83 words
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Article219 1918-04-23 5 London, March 3.—lt has now been definitely ascertained that neither the Australian Government nor its representatives in| London ever promised that the first selection of trophies captured by the Australian troop» should go to the Imperial War Museum, inj London. Canada and the other Dominion» assented to219 words
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Article73 1918-04-23 5 The canned goods section of the London Chamber ol Commerce has arranged a deputation to Lord Rhondda, Food Controller, regarding the fixed prices for tinned’ bed or mutton on the basis of 108/ a case of 82 lb. for first grade and 100/ for second grade.73 words
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Article323 1918-04-23 5 London, Mar. 7.—Dr T J Macnamara, Secretary to the Admiralty, announced in the House of Commons yesterday that the three national shipyards for the assembling of standard ships comprised 34 slips. He hoped all the vessels Would be completed in twelve months. They would lay the first323 words
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Article215 1918-04-23 5 London, March 3. —The first week’s experience of meat, butter and margarine coupons has proved more satisfactory than the queue system, but it discloses the need for amending the details, especially as regards meat. The majority of families kept their week’s coupon for the Sunday joint,215 words
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Article1432 1918-04-23 6 AS SEEN BY A DUTCHMAN. “Peradventure there be fifty, forty, thirty, twenty, ten righteous within the city, wilt Thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked And he said I will not destroy it for ten’s sake. Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and Gommorroh1,432 words
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Advertisement478 1918-04-23 6 Debility and Weak Nerves Dr. Cassell’s Tablets Build You Up and Make You Strong and Healthy. When yon are thin and weak it is because your food is not nourishing you. Perhaps your stomach is out of order, or the organs that make rich healthv blood are not working properly478 words
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Advertisement160 1918-04-23 6 NOTICE. ADVERTISEMENTS ON TRAM CARS. THE PINANG GAZETTE PRESS Ltd. having acquired from the Penang Agency Co. all the interests and exclusive rights of the Municipal Contract for advertising on and in the Tramcars of Penang, all communication? regarding existing or future contracts and applications for terms <fcc. should be160 words
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Advertisement301 1918-04-23 6 ALLEN DENNYS CO., j j 7, Unlot Street. Penang Phone Noe. 393 412. g Proprietors THE PENANG RUBBER AUCTION ROOMS, where teed Meet m always obtained. i THE PENAHB TRANSHIPPING FORWARDING CO., who uMa, i to forw.ro good, to ANY PART OF THE WORLD. I ESTATE DEPARTMENT.— Wo W opo301 words
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Article908 1918-04-23 7 Mr?. Furnivall is staying at The Ha' Taiping Hill. j. Mr. W. 0. Jonklaas, Manager, Strathisla Estate, Ipoh, is on a visit to Penang. The Hon. the Resident Councillor and Mrs. Michell are staying at Bel Retiro, Penang Hill. ’The engagement is announced of Mr. E. H908 words
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Article, Illustration863 1918-04-23 7 A TALE OF DESTRUCTION. The Cathedral at Rheim? has long been the target for German guns and before the present offensive had been hit by hundreds of shells. 16,000 fell in Rheims within a fortnight in June of last year and the Cathedral was very badly battered. Describing863 words
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Article149 1918-04-23 7 Penang, April 23, 1918 S. P. Tapioca' ...$9.70 sellers. M. P. Tapioca ~.$10.50 sellers. Fold leaf $72. Gepper (W. Coast 3.lbs. 5 0z)... sl6j buyers Black Pepper $25 buyers. White Pepper $4O nom Trang Pepper $32.00 season coming Mace $BO nom. Mace Pickings $49 sellers. Cloves season over Nutmegs149 words
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Article81 1918-04-23 7 New York, March 13.—The enormous extent of war taxation in the United States is shown in the income tax and excess profits tax returns of American multi-millionaires. The taxation amounts to more than half their incomes. It is estimated that 29 of the wealthiest men will81 words
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Article86 1918-04-23 7 April 24.—P.A.M Annual General Meeting, Kuala Lumpur, 11 a.m. April 27. —Malay Peninsula Agricultural Association, General Meeting, Chamber of Commerce, 11.30 a.m. April 27.—P.V. Field Operations, (Compulsory), 8.45 p.m. April 28.—P.V.R.C. Shoot, (Rapids), 7 a.m. April 29.—War Loans Investment Trust of Malaya, First Annual General Meeting, Trust’s registered86 words
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Article611 1918-04-23 7 Messrs. Baker, Morgan and Co., Ltd Kuala Lumpur, reported on April 20t»>, ss follow- Though markets generally have kept very firm throughout the week, the continuous strengthening in rubbers that we alluded to last Saturday came to an end about Thursday of the week we now611 words
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Article85 1918-04-23 7 The followin' are the la est quotation;, in Messrs. Kennedy and Co.’s share list Yesterday. To-day. 9Q CD CD qQ Shares. 5 S 2Q 02 CQ 02 Rubber (Dollar), Changkat $7.25 $7 75 $7.25 $7.50 Jeram K. $1.35 $1.50 $1.20 $1.30 M. Pinda $2 45 $2.55 $2.3585 words
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Article51 1918-04-23 7 The Apiil Monthly Medal Competitioi viz—44ojards, for “A” Ciass, was held at the Swimming Club, on Sundav morning wi ll the following result:—lst S A Yel cratch); 2nd C A Padday (70 secs.); 3rd P G Stirling (120 secs.) Starter Mr J Bond Judge: Mr G N51 words
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Advertisement146 1918-04-23 7 THE RICHEST LEGACY. Is not wealth but HEALTH. But when you inherit a condition of the blood that makes the arch-fiend, Rheumatism, your master—or when hard work or exposure bring intense suffering in aching joints and swollen muscles —then bear in mind that you can have that rich legacy, perfect146 words
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Advertisement285 1918-04-23 7 PRITCHARD’S LADIES DEPARTMENT New Season’s Stock of Sports Coats in Artificial Knitted Silk in I the very latest shapes and in WAkv/ 7 \fl most effective shades like Saxe, Wj JV y Navy Green, [Fawn, Black and WU/jl Tango. These are beautiful goods. //Iff’ Special price $24 50. UU' 11285 words
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Advertisement2213 1918-04-23 8 t ■wy -j STRAITS STEAM SHIP CO., LTD.. BANKS. 0.- British India N Y K “ksm W 'l' I ■w Bvfry Tuesday, st 6 p.m. Klang Incorporated In England by Roy*( Char m -kl Every Saturday,_st 5 p.n>. Ipoh Paid-up Capital f 1 9^ e, AND Al «II Port Swettenham2,213 words
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