Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 6 August 1918

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 183. VOL. LXXVI. TUESDAY. 6th AUGUST, 1918. PRICE IO CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 692 1 JAPANESE DENTIST T. NAGATA Rext Door to The DUpen*ary. L* ''s I I 7F YOU. HAVE NOT TRIED BEAR BRAND MILK Q DUNLOP I -'tM you can have no idea what a I PERFECTLY STERILISED MILK TYRES. I H'sS&W? really is. Do not confuse RSR this brand with other milks
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    • 16 1 RUNNYMEDEI j HOTEL. j GARAGE I New Cars for Hire. I j »E »~Z{S, S I
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  • 441 2 THE GREAT NEWS. [Reutbr’s Telbgrams] London, August 3. The newspapers dwell on the great opening of the fifth year of the war in tones, of hope and confidence, reflecting the unshaken determination of the British people as evidenced by authoritative and popular pronouncements in connection with to-morrow’s Remembrance
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  • 896 2 “HOID FAST.” London, August 4. Mr Lloyd George issued the following message; “The message I send to the people of the British Empire on the fourth anniversary of their entry into the war is to hold fast.’ We are in the war for no selfish ends. We are
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  • 283 2 A so-called Ludendorff Fund for Disabled Soldiers has been launched under the high auspices of Field Marshal Hindenburg and Count Hertling, for which contributions are cllected by leal committees. At Bielefeld the trade unions were invited to join the Committee, but declined for reasons fully set out
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  • 37 2 Copenhagen, August 3. A Berlin semi-official report says Admiral Hobzendorff, Chief of Staff at the Admiralty, has resigned for reasons of health. Admiral von Scheir, commanding tbe High Seas Fleet, succeeds him.
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  • 348 2 REPLY TO LORD LANSDOWNE. London, August 5. Mr, Churchill, in a letter to his constituents in Dundee, replies at length to Lord Lansdowne’s latest letter. Mr. Churchill says the war has got to be won. It is not yet won. These twin hard facts dominate every argument not
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  • 33 2 London, August 4. The House of Representatives approved the Senate amendment to the Obligatory Service Bill, emp >wering the President of Cuba to send to France all troops he deems expedient.
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  • 540 2 It is difficult for one unacquainted with conditions in Latin-America to realize just what one year of participation in the war has meant to Cuba. When, on April 7, last, President Menocal affixed his signature to the bill, unanimously voted by both branches
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  • 992 2 Mr. Justice P. J. Sproule tried cases in the District Court, Penang, to-day, in place of Mr. R. D. Acton, who ts still indisposed. Mrs. A. Towers, who has been ill with malaria for the past ten days has come to Penang to recuperate. Genera’l Korniloff is
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 291 2 BILLET WANTED Q V By an experienced dresser condi in pi.,2? 17 io? CONDUCTOR. able o. take charge berg ot a Division or small property; good re- Blectric H h B< Wh(tt fcff co rerences. Please apply Apply Box No. 190, c/o Pinang Gazette. ox No. 191, c/o Pin TXT
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 181 2 [empire THE PREMIER THEATRE OF THE COLONY. FIRST HOUSE Lockwood in UNDER HANDICAP Those who have not seen this powerful Play have still the opportunity of doing so. 8 p.m. Sharp. It is a Beautiful Story which lives in the minds of both Young and Old. Lockwood —is the greatest
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  • 1361 3  -  WHAT OCCURRED AT ST. QUENTIN. [By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.] The War Office would, in my opinion, be well advised if they were to publish at once some sort of connected narrative cf the events upon the British front from March 21 to April 1 upon this
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 1022 3 r-XPERTENCED Shorthand Typist ROYAL NORWEGIAN VICE CONSULATE. Wanted- Apply stating age, experience, and salary required to 'VTORWEGIAN SUBJECTS resident Box No. 183, c/o Pinang Gazette, in and about Pena "S are requested r o to send their names to the Royal Norwegian Vice Consulate, 23, Bench WANTED to purchase new
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    • 480 3 MALAYAN ASSOCIATION OF RUBBER PRODUCERS. 11 IS PROPOSED to form an Association under the above name to represent the interest of (1) Rubber Producing Companies registered in the Straits Settlements and Federated and Non-Federated Malay States and (2) private owners of Rubber Estates. The following gentlemen form the Committee (pro
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    • 412 3 With LEA PERRINS’SAUCE, a few drops sprinkled over the meat, fish or cheese, &c., are all that is required to impart the most delicious piquancy and flavour. The QUALITY and concentration of its ingredients make a little of this sauce go mCKS a long way. v||j|w 7 The Original and
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  • 20 4 Souter —At th® Maternity Hospital, Penang, on tbe 2nd iust., to Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Souter, a son.
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  • 922 4 It will have been noticed that a striking and pleasing feature of the Allies’ counteroffensive, which is being pushed so vigorously and so skilfully that the enemy hitherto bss had neither the time nor the opportunity to stabilise his defence, is the part played by the aviators
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  • 464 4 The fifth year of the war has opened under the happiest auspices for the Allies, whose armies have had the satisfaction of clearing the enemy from the region south of the Vesle, and from the territory south of the Aisne, west of the confluence of the Vesle and
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  • 1331 4 The Times special correspondent with the French Army sugSoissons. gested on May 30th, when the Germans were making their big advance towards tbe Marne, that there was, perhaps, a good omen in the reappearance of this name on the field of battle. Events have justified bis hopefulness.
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  • 44 4 The Hon. the Resident Councillor, Penang, has received from H. E. the Governor a telegram giving the Prime Minister’s message to the people of the British Empire on the occasion of the fourth anniversary of the war, as telegraphed by Reuter.
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  • 362 4 To-<lay’s quotation for unrefined tin in Penang was $173.5ti per picul business done. Tin was quoted in London on Friday at £399 spot, and £399 three months. Srimat Balagandaga Sivam, on the ocoa* sion of the fourth anniversary of the circulated in Penang and elsewhere special patriotic songs
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 126 4 Pritchard’s Are Displayingjin[itheirD!SpaciousSn NEW SHOWROOMS, UNION STREET. The Largest and Most Artistic Range of China Ware in the Colony. COMPRISING Toilet Sets Dinner Sets Tea Sets Breakfast Sets Dessert Sets Toilet Sets. J™L/ $17.95 to $5O 00. A This Pretty Toilet Set. $1795 < «r.~—x. A te L. <7 \S—V
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    • 55 4 TO LET. “PALM BEA CH." The Largest and the Best situated seaside Bungalow at Tanjong Bungah. Twelve minutes from “E. O.” by Motor Car. Four double and two single rooms with Bathrooms attached. Spacious Lounge and Dining Room. Beautifully furnished.—Servants* quarters, Garage, Telephone, Lit throughout by Electricity. Apply to SARKIES
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 50 4 THE TIDES. The following are the tides for to-day, Penang Standard Times High Water. Low Water. To-day. 0.8 a.m. (sft. 9in.) 6.20 am. (2ft. 2in.) 12.1 p.m. (7ft. lin 6.54 p.m. (Ift. Oin.) To-morrow. 0.41 a.m. (6ft. lin.) 6.54 a.m. (2ft. lin.) 12.37 p.m. (7ft. 2in.) 7.24 p.m. (Oft. 6in.)
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  • 162 5 THE VESLE CROSSED. GERMANS RETIRE OPPOSITE AMIENS. THE FLOW OF AMEGICANS. Ti e Allied ferces have reached the Aisne between Soissons and the Vesle, and havt> also occupied the south bank of the Vtsle along its whole course, including the important centre of Fismes, the Vesle having been
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  • France and Belgium.
    • 1609 5 SWIFT ALLIED ADVANCE. [Reuter Telegrams London, August 4. A Paris oommunqui says During the day our troops, driving back the enemy rearguaros, continued their victorious march on a front of about fifty kilometres in the direction of the Vesle. On our left, we reached the southern banks
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    • 736 5 [Havas Telegrams.] Paris, July 4.—The German retreat continues over the whole thirty mile front. The nature of the pursuit is shown by the active intervention of French cavalry, who are banging on to the heels of the scattered foe, forcing him to accentuate his flight. The Allied advance
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    • 124 5 KING OPENS HEADQUARTERS [N LONDON. London, August 3, The King, accompanied by the Queen and Princess Mary, to-day opened Australia House, the magnificent new Commonwealth Headquarters, erected on the finest site in the Strand, at a cost of a million sterling. Mr Hughes, Sir Andrew Fisher and Mr
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    • 142 5 72 AIR VICTIMS. London, August 3. A feature of a Gazette notification containing a large number of awards to British and Dominions airmen is the award of the Distinguished Flying Cross to the Canadian Captain W A Bishop, a most successful and most fearless fighter in the
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  • 83 5 ALLIED SUCCESS London, August 4. An Italian official report says We captured a peak on Dossoalto, where the enemy had been maintaining himself at heavy cost since June 15th. We overcame large parties hidden in cave*, and took 176 prisoners and a la'ge quantity of war material. The French
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  • 242 5 Milan.—Reports of mutinies in the Aus-tro-Hungarian army which were contained in a private letter from one who had recently been in Austria are now confirmed by the “Munchener Augsburger Abendzeitung,” in a despatch from Vienna under the suggestive title of Slav mutinies. The Munich paper says Austro-German
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  • 57 5 Amsterdam. —What the Vienna correspondent of the “Weser Zeitung” considers a sensational speech was made a few days ago by the Burgomaster of Vienna, Dr. Weiskerchner, who said: “The faults of our Governments of the last centuries bitterly avenge themselves. High treason and boundless ingratitude ar© now runpant,
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  • 213 5 VITAL FACTORS. London, Augus* 5. Nine Congressmen of the United States who are visiting Entl-nd, madn the statement. that there wll be no ces-arion of Americans’ war efforts until the war is won America has 20,000,000 men of n.ilitarv age, and every )ear mom than 1 000,000 youths
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  • 37 5 Washington, August 4. General Payton March informed the Senate Military Committee that over 300,000 American troops were shipped in July. The total at the end of July was 1,300,000. General Pershing now directly commands 1,000,000.
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  • 41 5 Washington, August 4 Mr. Hurljy, Chairman of the Shipping Board, announced that launching records will be broken to-morrow when the 12,000 ton cargo vessel Invincible will be launched at Alamla (California) 24 days after the laying of the keel.
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  • 48 5 Wa-hington, August 5. The War Department announces that expert armourers in the workshop of the Metropolitan Museum in New York are modelling armour for the use of American soldiers in France, including helmets, shields and breastplates, comprising all the best types used in ancient days.'
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  • JAPAN AND SIBERIA.
    • 117 5 London, August 4. Reuter is informed that a declaration was gazetted at Tokio on August 2nd announcing the despatch of Ailitd troops to Vladivostok. It says the Government of the United States recently approached the Japanese Government proposing the early despatch of troops to relieve the pressure
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  • 252 5 Stockholm, June 17.—The chief interest of the Russian news received here lies in the doings of the Czechoslovaks and the trouble they are giving to the Lenin Government. They are prisoners and deserters from UM Austrian Annies on the Eastern front, and they number about 150,000,
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  • 229 5 SOME SUGGESTIONS. London, August 3. Mr Louis Dane, in a letter to the “rimes,” supporting Lord Montagu cf Beaulieu regarding the importance of industrial developments in India, emphasises what is being done in the Punjab towards the utilisation of th« power of the great rivers and says
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  • 49 5 Amsterdam, August 5. Two British airmen who were forced down in Holland, after raiding Zcebrugge, declare the canal is still blocked and that the locks were terribly damaged by a direct bib yesterday. Recently a British bomb fell amidst 400 marines at Bruges, causing great slaughter.
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  • 109 5 London, August 2. The Cotton Control Board announces that American and mix>d spinning mills will be licensed to run 45 per cent of their spindles ou American cotton and 45| hours weekly, instead of 50 per cent and 40 hours and will also be allowed to run
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  • 9 5 London, August 3. The silver market is unchanged
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  • 590 6 Messrs. Baker, Morgan and Co. report under date August 2: Closing the week a full day earlier leaves us with but a short period to report on. It has not, however, been, altogether, an uneventful one, and bringing to a conclusion, as it does, the fourth
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  • 515 6 The eighth annual general meeting of Padang Rubber Co., Ltd., was held at No. 2, Kiukiang Road, Shanghai, on lStii J*lyx Mr. E. T. Byrne presided The Chairman said A comparison of the report and accounts with those of the previous year will impress on shareholders the serious
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  • 1086 6 THE RULES. The foilowiag are the rules of the United Malaya Council, passed at the meeting at Kuala Lumpur last week 1. The name of the Association shall be The United Malaya Council. 2. The object of the Association is to provide public opinion in British Malaya
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 767 6 GREEN OLD AGE Assured by the Occasional Use of Dr. Morse’s Indian Root Pills. To reach a green old age and enjoy good health fcMte) can only be obtained by the care of the system. It ESFjTg is from the little irregularities of the system that the common ailments arise,
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    • 347 6 “Nerves” Our nerves are similar to an intricate network of telegraph wires. Controlled and nourished by a portion of the brain—known as the nerve centres —the delicate threadlike nerves radiate in all directions throughout the body. So long as the nerve centres are capable of continually supplying nourishment to the
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  • 997 7 BRITISH RESIDENT'S REPORT. We take the following extracts from the Selangor Administration Report for the year J 917, which is signed by the Hon Mr E G Rroadrick. British Resident. The revenue collected during the year amounted to $23,948,757 an increase of $5,387,484 compared with the actual
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  • 506 7 P. C. C v. P. R. C. This match was played at the Esplanade yesterday, and resulted in a win for Penang Cricket Club by 70 runs. The visitors were, entertained to tiffin purveyed by the Runnymede Hotel. The details are given below P. C. C. P. J. Sproule
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  • 271 7 Saturday morning’s shoot resulted as follows Deliberate at 200, 300 and 500 Yards. Lt J W Hunt scr. 94 00 Capt C D D Hogan scr. 94 00 Pte L M Woodward .15 92.25 W E Hutson .57 92.10 Sg- R D Davies .29 91.51 B
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  • 14 7 The homeward mail “A,” via Bombay closes on Friday at 10 a.m.
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  • 311 7 The July Monthly Medal Competitions were held at the Swimming Club on Sunday morning with the following results Class A, 200 yards 1 D. Rendle (40 sec.) nett 3min. 39 3 5 sec. 2 S. A. Yell (scr.) nett 3min. Class B, 75 yards. 1 J. Meldrum
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  • 236 7 The following ties have been fixed for Wednesday, 7th August: Ladies Singles.—Miss Pritchard v. Miss M. Pritchard (2) Men s Singles A.—C. Cunradi v. A S Hall (6) F. N. Syer v. C. W. F. King (s)'. Mixed Doubles.—Miss Jones and E. Reimann v. Mrs. Evans and
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  • 206 7 —“T.O.M.” There was a big fight between a Chinese gang of coolies working in a deviation of the Kampar river near Malim Nawar. on Wednesday, at noon, and a batch of Malav women engaged in padi planting. While going to the sawahs in the company
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  • 156 7 At the first meeting of the United Malaya Council, the following resolution in regard to the Military Service (Overseas) Force vras adopted unanimously: That notwithstanding the announcement no be conscripted under the present Bill, of the Government that married men will this Council is very strongly of
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  • 50 7 Aug 7. —Krian Agricultural Show, Parit Buntar. Aug 9.—Taiping Tin Dredging Co, Meeting, Chamber of Commerce, Penang, 12.30 p.m Aug 9.—The Dispensary, Ltd, Meeting, 3 Weld Quay 3 p.m. Aug 10—Kedah Rubber Co., Ltd., General Meeting, Chamber of Commerce, 12 30 p.m. Aug 17.—Wagon-Pachaung Wolfram, Ltd, Meeting, noon.
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  • 509 7 Apropos of the Hon. Mr. John Mitchell’s appeal at Penang's War Anniversary demonstration on behalf of the new 5g per cent War Loan, we have pleasure in publishing the terms of a suggestion received by him on the day of the demonstration Many of us cannot
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  • 301 7 —“S.F.P.” Three old Straits hands are living within a cricket pitch of each other in Earls Court Square, London R. N. Bland, who is look ing well, but his deafness has not improved C. O. Blagden, pretty fully engaged with his duties at the School for
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  • 178 7 The sixth anniversary of the Penang Hindu Sabha, was celebrated on the 4th inst., at the premises of the Sahba, Dato Kramat Road, which was gainly decorated for the occasion. A large number of Hindus from the districts also attended. The function opened with prayers for the
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  • 31 7 Subscription List. Penang Tent No. 3 amount previously acknowledged 82.219.70 The Penang Turf Club 380.30 Mangosteen 10.00 82.610.00 Sd. R. P. Phillips, Hon. Treasurer. 9. Union Street.
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  • 1152 7 F.M.S. MEETING The following report is contributed A meeting of Mycologists and Inspecting 1 Officers employed by various organisations in the Federated Malay States was held at the Department of Agriculture, Kuala Lumpur, on June 20th to formulate a scheme of co-operation in research work on the
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  • 223 7 Sydney, June 20.—Lord Jellicoe, writing to a friend in Sydney, give* the reason for his departure from the Admiralty. In the course of the letter he says, I did not leave the Admiralty of my own wish. The powers that be have never yet made public the
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  • 240 7 Suit against the Alma Estates, Ltd., was begun before Sir Havilland de Sausmarez in the British Supreme Court. Shanghai, by 3lr. M. H. Abraham, who claims recovery of Tls. 250 alleged suffered through cancellation of one of the defendant company’s share certificates. Mr. H.
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  • 157 7 Mr Khaw Joo Tok advises us of the outputs from the following two companies Tin Bentong No Liability output for July Cubic yards 72,800. hours 629. piculs 384, value $41,800; constantly digging through worked out patches ground. Tongkah Harbour Tin Dredging Coy N. L. output for July 132
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  • 106 7 The following are additional rubber output»for July Central Kelantan lbs. 18.500 Consolidated 55.294 Majedie (Johore) 10,958 Nellmav 8,679 New Columbia 3*1,751 Permas 17,600 RK. of Krian 30,00 v SekoDg 12,868 S.S. Bertam 9**O*'O Sungei Patani 19,500 At Wednesday’* meeting to inaugurate a United Malaya Council, a letter was
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