Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 25 October 1927

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  • 21 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTABLISHED 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. No. 244. VOL. LXXXV. J V, 25th OCTOBER, 1927. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 525 1 MKKO studio FOR mcdekn art phgtogbafhs No. 7. Northam Road. Telephone No. 579. vnose v\ no wisntci ———i »■■■<■ iw i HI toms dues. Sir Walter Set r! I I WAI 1 W CTTI l IN AID 0F “POPPY DAY” FUND Black ano White GYMNASTIC* EXHIBITION W 1 1 t
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    • 9 1 ITOKISATSU, PHOTOGRAPHIC ART STUDIO ’Phone 772. 68, BISHOP STREET.
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  • 454 2 The Philatelic Picture Gallery. Stamps have been issued for many reasons, usually with the* object of strengthening the exchequer, but a large number have appeared within recent years to commemorate incidentally famous literary men, says John O'London. Poland has been issuing many new stamp?, of which the latest
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    • 1536 2 POSITIONS WANTED. TENDERS INVITED. AUCTION. By a Book-keeper who will accept The Municipal Commissioners of NOTICE OF SALE, reasonable salary to start. Apply to Box George Town, Penang, hereby invite No. 494, c/o Pinang Gazette. tenders for the undermentioned work: 2064-2-11 “Construction of Cement Concrete J||[ SUPREME COURT OF THE
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    • 249 2 MUNICIPAL NOTICE. Assessment List 1928. Notice is hereby given that the Assessment List containing the annual valuation of and rates to be levied on all houses, buildings and lands situated within the Municipality of George Town, Penang, for tbe year 1928 is open to the inspection of Ratepayers at the
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    • 1009 2 No Superfluous Hair w Throw away yonr razors, which only make hair IMPORTANT NOTlPl? grow faster and thicker each time they are used, 1 ILL. and stop using noxious, irritating depilatories. The p« rfumed Vjr To Parents, Guardians and Pair Tfliira H M vety cream called d HQ ratronj, y
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  • 955 3 Smuggling—Ancient and Modern. ARE we going back to the bright old days of the preventive men and the running of cargoes from the Continent? asks John O'London- It is a prospect to excite our romanticnovelists, who have no doubt observed that the Isle of Sheppey is
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  • 598 3 A Rhodesian Story. Mr. L. K. Robinson, member of the Legislative Assembly for Victoria Distrijgfin the South Rhodesia Parliament, i-Ros to the Morning Post as follows on the subject of the “hyena’s spell”: The incident related in your columns of the 28th June last (in which a
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    • 234 3 -mr 111 i Z. X i '''X I i 11 M fe If I Teething without Tears. Six Mouths There’s the first tooth trying to pash its way through the pink gum. Now, if Bsby has been fed on “C<»w aud Gate” Food, it wiil be a strong, hj.rd, white
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    • 58 3 Helps Over Hard Places. Diluted with a little sweetened water, Chamberlain’s Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy is easy to take and almost instantly eases sudden and intense stomach pains, cramps and intestinal disorders. A mother is perfectly safe on giving it for those stomach aches so inseparable from childhood. Sold and
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    • 257 3 tf a \i Headache and Toothache mean torture. Genuine Aspirin I T a bl e 11 will banish the pain immediately. The only guarantee of quality and the genuine article H is the Original Package with the Bayer Cross. Haig Whisky WHISKY MADE IN-SCOTLAND IS Distilled from Barley wqlaßW' 5
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  • 1070 4 How the World was Made. AN old naturalist once showed us an island in a noble river and told us that he had seen its whole history, says Professor J. Arthur Thomson. It began from a couple of big trees that had been undermined and swept
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  • 526 4 Devastating Changes. IT is not so many years a topographist, for the a L Z' e amusement of his map of London divided into d ’Z* presentative of the work don? k bu kof people living in pn.n neighbourhood. 1 Chedsea had its painters and uile-tlrmti and
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    • 277 4 wrw——— s P EApg* “I k ,< -Wilk V Ji -B Bk I i Jfc I I I W j-z MfA I I y Jhe Immortal I Sard Acclaimed by every nation of the world as the supreme and perfect poet and playwright, Shakespeare has attained immortal fame. CIGARETTES R
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  • 1022 5 SOCIAL PERSONAL. Extension of leave for two months has been granted to Mr. R. Ingham. M. C. SMr. Wallace of the Chartered Bank, Kuacia Kangsar, is now Hon. Secretary of the Idris Club. The Hon'ble Mr. J. W. Simmons, acting British Adviser. Trengganu, has leit Malaya on Home leave. Capt.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 471 5 PARMANANDBROST wish to invite all their customers to attend on the occasion of “DEEPAVALI FESTIVAL” To-day, the 25th October, 1927, From 6 to 9 p. m. at their shop 14, Bishop Street. Wanted: Sub-Agent for Japanese cement of a brand already very well introduced in Singapore and F. M. S.,
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    • 75 5 fl Under the Distinguished Patronage OF The Hon. The Resident Councillor AND The Hon. Mr. Justice P. J. Sproule THE i P. A. D. C. S. PRESENT 1 “THE UNFAIR SEX” I [I a farcical comedy in 3 acts i J 1 AT THE TOWN HALL, Wednesday, on Saturday, 2nd
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    • 109 5 ORDER ERRiy XMAS AND NEW YEAR PRESENTS FOR FRIENDS AT HOME. v I r OUR FAMOUS ORANGE PEKOE TEA IN Specially made Chests makes an ideal Gift. 5 lb. Chest $lO-50 nett 10 lb. Chest 20-50 nett MANILA CIGARS Reina Victoria per 100 $22-30 nett 50 11-50 High Life 50
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  • 1562 6 On Way To Australia. Touring Round The World By Motor-Cycle. Stupidity Of Turkish Officials, (Special To Pinang Gazette.) There lejt Penang yesterday evening an intrepid British motorcyclist who is touring the world, driving a Budge Whitworth motor-cycle and side-car. He was Mr. Stanley T. Glanfield,
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  • 57 6 CHAMORRO AS P ESIDENT NOT WELCOME. Washington, October 23. The State Department has advised Chamorro, ex president of Nicaragua, who is at present here, that the United Sta’es will not recognise him if he is elected President at the forthcoming Nicaraguan elections. He is held to be
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  • 134 6 APPEALS DISMISSED. The appeal of Gulam Mohamed and Atar Mohamed, against the conviction and sentence of the District Judge, Mr. J. S. W. Arthur, to nine month’s imprisonment on the first named appellant and six months on the second, for voluntarily causing grievous h< rt to a
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  • 79 6 Low Kim Seng, a Chinese, was this morning, at the Penang Police Court, sentenced to two months imprisonment for theft of $3 56 from a rickshaw in Kuala Kangsar-road last night. He had one previous conviction. For driving his motorcar, K. 1574, on the wrong side of
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  • 104 6 WOMAN INJURED WITH BAYONET. A well-built Chinese youth ran amok at his grandmother’s bouse in Jelutong road yesterday, and injured her with a vo unteer’s bayonet. In attempting to t ke away the weapon, two others were sightly injured. It appears that he had behaved in
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  • 46 6 Wednesday 2Gth October 1927 —Esplanade 6 to 7 p.m. 1. March Bravest of the Brave Gay 2. Selection The Shamrock Myddleton 3. Fox Trot Underneath the Weeping Willow Breau 4. Waltz Sleepy Head Davis 5. One Step Good Night Ilohengarten GOD SAVE THE KING.
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  • 338 6 Festivities And Celebrations. RECEPTION TO FRENCH AND FOREIGN DELEGATES. Pari?, October 24. A series of festivities to commemorate the bundreth anniversary of the birth of the famous chemist, Marcellin Berthelot, began this evening with the reception of the French and foreign delegates by the Rector
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  • 114 6 —Rugby Bad io Service. CONVERS ATIONS TO BEGIN TO-DAY-London, October 24. Conversations upon the Arglo-Iraq questions begin at the Colonial Office tomorrow between King Feisul and his Prime Minister (Jafar Essha) and the Right Hon. Mr. Ormsby Gore, Acting Colonial Secretary, and Sir Henry Dobbs (British High Commissioner
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  • 297 6 A DAY OF REJOICING AND OF MIRTH. Yesterday was the Hindu national festival, Deepavali. For some days before, there had been a large influx of Hindus from the mainland, most of them on shopping bent and all of them out to enjoy the festival with their relativesand
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  • 1674 6 CLj ER MJesty Queen Miry will not 1 be alone in her grief to-day; for the less of her brother the Marquis of Cambridge who, Reuter informs us, died after an operation in London yesterday, will be generally lamented by the nation. The Marqais, better known to
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 41 6 Chamberlain’s Pain Balm. There is nothing so good for muscular rheumatism, sprains, lameness of the muscles, bruises and like injuries as Chamberlain’s Pain Balm. One application gives relief. For sale everywhere. The Borneo Co., Ltd., "Wholesale Agents. Watch For “OH BABY!”
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  • 1379 7 League Tables Up-To-Date. THE following are the results of English League matches played on Saturday with League Tables up-to-date DIVISION 1. Birmingham 2 Bury 2 Blackburn R. 0 Leicester C. 0 Bolton W. 2 Liverpool 1 Cardiff City 3 Portsmouth 1 Everton 7 West Ham U.
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  • 128 7 NEGRI SEM BILAN BADLY DEFEATED BY PERAK. Grom Our Own Correspondent.) Ipob. October 25. D the Inter-State Rugby Football Perak defeated Negri Sem’lan by 26 points to 3, in cool weather r p ore a good attendance. .A* rd k opened at a rattling pace and minut
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  • 49 7 —Reuter. THREE MORE GAMES DRAWN. Buenos Aires. October 23. The seventeenth and eighteenth games between Capablanea and Alekhine were drawn after 59 and 28 moves respectively. Later. In the nineteenth game Capablanea and Alekhine drew after 21 moves were played in the most orthodox manner.-
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  • 271 7 English Rugby Football Results. The special sports correspondent of the Singapore Free Frees cables as follows London, October 4. The fellowing are the latent Rugby Football results:— London 0 W a rata he 0 Old Blues 3 O.M.T.S. 0 Cambridge 11 Richmond 0 Blackheath 16 Cardiff 7
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  • 78 7 .—Reuter. CAPTAIN JONES TO OPEN OUT IN THE FAR EAST. London. October 24. The Greyhound Racing Associations 1927 season, which has been attracting enormous gatherings to two London centres, has concluded. Several greyhounds are undergoing training prior to shipment to China for greyoound coursing there. Captain
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  • 175 7 SERVICES BEAT THE S. C. C. AT HOCKEY. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, October 25. At hockey, the Services beat the S.C.C, by 3 goals to one, and at football, the Centres eleven beat the Custodians by 5 goals to 2 after an excellent game. In the
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  • 89 7 CHINESE AND TAMILS FIGHT DRAWN GAME. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, October 23. The final of the Selangor Cup on Saturday afternoon between the Chinese and Tamila was witnessed by a very large gathering including the Hon. Mr. J. L. Lornie, After a splendid game the
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 120 7 w R I i I I Lm A lively lad is Old Man Grey, M Steps on the gas of his Chevrolet R 3 gj Drives like fun, then starts to sing, MJ K Ive bust ev’ry i ecord-on a small Gin Sling? I «g» I S j jo I
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  • 757 8 Trial by jury, although the development of the system at Home has been regarded as one of the greatest achievements of English jurisprudence, cannot be regarded as a success in the Colony of the Straits Settlements. King Alfred the Great is commonly regarded as the creator of
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  • 526 8 Ever since Mussolini declared his intention of creating a Corporative State, relations between the Cnurch of Rome and the Fascist administration have been strained, and the recent announcement made by the Foglio Dordini, the official Fascist organ that restoration of temporal power to the Holy See,
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  • 1204 8 Imperial Agricultural Research. THE KING OF AFGHANISTAN’S VISIT. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, September 29. The conference on Imperial agricultural research, to be opened in London next we**k, is a new and most interesting development of the policy initiated at the last Imperial Conference for co-ordinating Empire
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  • 103 8 ACCUSED DISCHARGED. (From Our Own Correspondent.)’ Singapore, October 25. When L. L. E. Mercier was charged with causing death by rashly driving a car on Bukit Timah road on July evidence was given that the accused, io trying to avoid a Traction Co. r e P a
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 427 8 Do not give up hope! When you fail elsewhere TRY BOON’S stocks r are replete with everything you will need in the way of >j TOILET NECESSITIES. I| /Ttz 4711 EAU DE COLOGNE in plain and wickered bottles—s sizes. fet Fsgti EAU DE COTY EgS EAU DE HOUBIGANT. /-r 3
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    • 35 8 E>. O.” Guest Night and Dancing— Every Tuesday and Friday. Special Tiffin Every Wednesday and Satu r d a y —E. O. Orchestra. Orchestral Concert every other Sunday. iraemontei L\C\ bran© Z IR a fe
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    • 68 8 Witness (in Willesden motor case): A Sore Point. le waB slow but he suddenlv ulcerated; and went off at a high speed.’’ A simple countryman saw a gaudyplumaged parrot on theHis Mistake. roof of his cottage. He climbed up to capture it. The parrot looked at him, and said, sharply,
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 37 8 ACKNOWLEDGMENT. Mr. Ong Hock Beng and family beg to thank those who so kindly attended the funeral of his mother, sent scrolls and banners, Bit-Chian or Sweetmeats, lent their cars, sent letters of condolences, and Pai-Chay etc.
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    • 23 8 TIDE TABLES. To-day. High Water. Low Water. 1.0 a.m. 6JO a.m. Midday. 6.42 p.m. TO MORROW 1.35 a.m. 7.5 a.®12.42 p.m. 7.5 P®-
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  • 578 9 Important Award. British Syndicate To Reclaim Vast Resources. Inexhaustible Supply Of Potash. The Sunday Times states that a concession for reclaiming the vast mineral resources of the Dead Sea, including an inexhaustible supply of potash, has been awarded to a British Syndicate—a subsidiary compiny
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  • 151 9 London, October 24. The death has occurred of BrigadierOeneral W. F. Dundonald-Cochrane, C. K According to Who’s Who,” the late Denial was,” b. Cosharn, Wilts, 7 August B. of late Col. W. M. Cochrane, wag nephew of Admiral I,oth Earl of Dundonald m. 1893, Maria Carola. d.
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  • 57 9 SIX WOMEN DROWNED. From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, October 23. SltUr^ay afternoon a ferry prau cro B?’nK’ nK fDe river Jelei near 28 Md*., P u tat ons Pahang, containing w hom were women, river lx WOIUen are missing. The Carries n ?e 0<1
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  • 84 9 —Reuter. NO FURTHER NEWS OF KOENNECKE. T ondon, October 24. There is still no further news of Otto Koennecke, who left Cologne to fly to Japan, beyond the report received by the German Foreign Office from the Consul at Baghdad to the effect that Koennecke’s companion,
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  • 47 9 .—Reuter. TO COST £9,000.000. London, October 23. The Sunday Times is informed that the Admiralty has accepted the tenders of four firms for the work of making and repairing the docks and harbours at Singapore. The work is to cost approximately £9.000,000.-
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  • 36 9 —Reuter. GOING TO U. S. A. Paris, October 24. The Duke of Westminster hag sold the famous Nassak diamond to a Parisian jeweller who is negotiating for its sale in the United States.
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  • 518 9 ARCHBISHOP S LETTER. CREATION OF THEORIES OF 50 OR 100 YEARS AGO. t The Archbishop of Canterbury has replied to the Bishop of Birmingham, and in his letter he condemns the unseemly incident in St. Paul's Cathedral. London, October 23. The Archbishop of Canterbury, replying
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  • 434 9 A Famous Soldier. BROTHER OF H. R. H. QUEEN MARY. FORMER DUKE OF TECK. The death has taken place, after a protracted illness, of the Marquess of Cambridge, brother of H.R.R. Queen Mary, The late Marquess icas a great soldier who made his career in
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  • 71 9 .—Reuter. EX-PRESIDENT AND SONS TO GO. Buenos Aires, October 23. According to credible advices the Chilean Government has exiled several of the most distinguished c tizens in Chile, including the ex-President, Arturo Alessandri, and his three sons. The list also includes two ex-Premiers, two ex-Foreign
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  • 28 9 Kuala Lumpur, October 24. The Selangor Palm Oil Factory was opened on Saturday morning, in the presence of the British Resident, on Elmina Estate.
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 66 9 POPPY DAY, 1927. Messrs. Brown, Phillips and Stewart, Penang, are the Honorary Treasurers of the above fund to whom subscriptions should be sent. >&=- PERFECT REFRIGERATION BY ELECTRICITY. Science has achieved it—a perfected system which keeps even the most perishable food sweet and fresh for days. It is called KELVINATOR
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    • 218 9 I Presents for Friends at Home, f f FINEST ORANGE PEKOE TEA. J 1 51b. Tin Lined Wooden Chests $lO-50 4* 4 Blb. do. do. $l6-50 J A 101 b. do. do. $2O-00 t 201 b. do. do. $37-50 T Prices include Hotm duty and fr-»e delivery to any address
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  • 396 10 —Heater. Russian Communist Troubles. TROTSKY AND ZINOVIEFF EXPELLED. ATTEMPTED FORMATION OF SECOND PARTY. Following upon the warning they 'received from the Central Committee of the Communist Party, as long ago as August 10, Trotsky and Zinovieff have now been expelled. They are believed to have been
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  • 165 10 —Reuter, REASONS FOR FALLING PRICES. New York, October 23. The sharp downward trend in prices on the stock market during the last four sessions is generally attributed to the belated correction of the somewhat too heavy speculative position. Some of the leading railway and industrial if
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  • 59 10 —Reuter, INCREASED WAGES TO Be PAID. Barlin, October 23. The ,mine owners have rejected the miners delegates’ terms but have accepted the official award. .The Minister of Labour has declared the award binding an i is compellio« the mme owners to pay the increased
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  • 334 10 .—Reuter. £2,000,000 TAXATION YIELD. WHAT OLYMPIA MOTOR SHOW HAS DONE FOR BRITISH TRADE. At the Olympia Motor Show the leading English firms con* tracted for the disposal of their whole output for 1928, and as a result work will be found for about 90,000 unemployed.
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  • 154 10 Reuter. FRUIT ROUTS RIFF LOOTERS. London, October 23. A “battle” between a partv of shipwrecked Americans and a b >dy of Riff tribesmen who were kept at bay by fusillades of apples and oranges was described bv the crew of the American steamer Nile who arrived at Southampton
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  • 106 10 London to negotiate the loan. Rugby Radio Service. TO EXPRESS HIS COUNTRY’S THANKS. London, October 23. Doctor John Bud, the Finance Minister of Hungary, spates in an interview that, his pres-nt visit to England was prompted by the desire to express to the leading treasury,
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  • 78 10 Reuter. OIL DRIVEN AND HAS SPEED OF 30 KNOTS. London, Octob-r 23. A bottle of cider, brewed in 19M when the last warship of the same name wax launched, w s broken on th* 1 cruiser Devonshire, which was launched at Devon by I.ady Mibimay
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  • 276 10 Reuter. Wealthy Chinese Fleeing. MEN AND WOMEN HELD TO RANSOM. GANGS OF KIDNAPPERS. Another reign of terror exists among the wealthy Chinese in Shanghai, and it is reported to day that many old residents are migrating to Tientsin. The cause of the trouble is the keen
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  • 165 10 BRITISH COMPLICITY ALLEGED. M‘ scow, October 23. The official Tass agency, describing the proceedings at the espionage trial says that Vladimir Prove declared that from 1922 he supplied information obtained by spying to Charnock of the British Commercial Mission to Russia. He wished to cease this egpi-mage
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  • 56 10 —Reuter. NOW SAFE ACROSS THE FRONTIER. Guatemala City, October 23. General Gomez the leader of the revolt against President Calle’s Government in M xico is reported to have eluded the Mexican troops and to have crossed the Guatemalan frontier. Ho is staying at San Felipe where
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  • 55 10 I relations nf the two countri-s.— Rugby > Radio Service. INTER-PARLIAMENTARY RELATIONS. London, October 23. At Sir Austen Chamberlain’s request, Lord Birkenhead, who had reached home from a tour of Germany, returned to that country on Friday to speak at Heidelberg on the inter-Parliamentary relations nf
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  • 443 10 —Reuter. “DAWN” FORCED TO RETURN. FLIGHT THAT WAS PLANNED BY WOMEN. Mr». Francis Grayson, the plucky American air woman, has failed a third time in her TransAtlantic flight to Copenhagen. The idea of this flight, to quote Mrs. Grayson, was “conceived by women, planned by women,
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  • 85 10 —Reuter. BIG AMERICAN GROUP’S PURCHASE. New York, October 24. It is understood th-t a banking group, headed by Messrs Goldman Sachs and Company, has contrac ei to purchase a block of 400,000 shares in the Austrian Creditnstalt, the most important bank in Austria, at a par value
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  • 83 10 Reuter. SPECTATORS’ STAND COLLAPSES. Richmond (Virginia), October 23. Over a hundred persons are reported injured as the result of the collapse of a section of the spectators’ stands at a football match between the University of Maryland and the Virginia Military Institute. The report that
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  • 268 10 —Reuter, Held To Ransom in Morocco. WHEREABOUTS ASCERTAINED BY ENVOY. BEING WELL TREATED. Four members of a hunting party of Yves Steeg, who is a nephew of the Resident General, his wife, Jean Maillet and his wife, have been kidnapped by Moorish tribesmen. The first indication
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  • 120 10 —Reuter. FIRST PUBLIC REFERENCE SINCE THE WAR. London, October 24. Mr. Lloyd George made his first public reference to disarmament since the war at a meeting of the League of Nations Union at the Queen’s Hall He championed the League and regretted that the Peace
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  • 57 10 —Reuter. AN UNPOPULAR COMPROMISE. London, October 24. Tne South African correspondents of the London newspapers report that General Hertz ig and General Smuts have tentatively agreed to a compromise in the flag design. The correspondents anticipate a Cabinet crisis, owing to the compromise being inacc' a
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  • 40 10 —Reuter. SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES IN DUTIES. Washington, October 24. According to official advices from Havana, substantial increases in the duties for cotton and woollen goods, silk and artificial silk are included in the new Cuban Tariff Schedules.-
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  • 48 10 .—Reuter. Washington, October 23. The sixth American note in the FrancoAmerican tariff dispute was sent to Parts to-day. Officials indicated that it was in a conciliatory tone. Paris, October 25. The American Charge d’Affaires has presented tbe reply to the last French Tariff note.— Reuter.
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  • 155 10 —Reuter. FOURTEEN MEN MISSING, PROBLEM FOR MARINE INSURANCE EXPERTS 6 The loss of the steamer "Irene” has ereated an interesting pro blem for marine insurance ex. perts in regard to the technical question as to the proxi mate cause of the loss of the vessel
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  • 98 10 —Reuter. SIAMESE DELEGATES’S VIEWS. Geneva, October 24. The Trade Barriers Conference resumed the discussion of Article IV of the Draft Agreement relating to classes of restrictions at present not prohibited. Prince Charoon (Siam), while supporting the removal of barriers from imports and exports, said that Siam was
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  • 74 10 Rente)'. ALL NANKING’S PROMISES BROKEN. Hankow, October 24. The Political Council announces the severence of all relations with Nankin?, accusing the Nanking party of breaking all their promises. The Commissioner for Foreign-Affairs has notified Consular officials that the Commander of the retreating Wnhanite 4th Army is
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  • 78 10 Reuter. DOMINATION BY BIG POWERS? The Hague, October 23. The report of the Committee of tbe Lower Chamber on the Budget policy pays a tribute to the attitude of tbForeign Minister at Geneva, and adds that the small Powers are no longer disposed to submit
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  • 61 10 -Reuter. A RECORD O? BRITISH SYMPATHY Chicago, October 24. The committee appointed by Thompson to search the public for British propaean list books astounded to find 7,000 volumes pres in 1871, after the disastrous fire. W British public, including Queen Lord Tennyson, Gladstone and towards the
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  • 53 10 (Rugby Radio Service.) London, Pari», 124.05; New A”* Brussels, 34.99 Geneva, g er ]jn. terdam, 12.105; Milan. 89. 20.10; Stockholm, 18.0 b; 18.17; Oslo, 18.49 Prague, 1642; Helsingfors, rid, 28.311 Lisbon, Av b A irt* Bucharest, 785? Rio, oe*': 47« Bombay, bhang Hong Kong, l/10id. SILVER. Spot, 251«
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  • 333 11 The following were the latest quotations in MESSRS. KENNEDY AND CO.’S share list at 11 a.m. to-day Saturday, Today. g so w Shares. >» S m 0 CQ OT QQ Sc» c« c» c» Rubber (Dollar). Broga 1.40 1.50 1.35 1.45 Connemara 215 2.25 2.15 2.25 Indragiri
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  • 76 11 The following are the latest quotations in THE MALAYA COMPANY LIMITED’S share list Mining Shares. Buyers. Sellers. B. Padangs .52 $.54 Batu Caves 1.30 1.324 Bangrins 31/- 31/6 ex Jelapangs 40/3 40/9 Kuchais 2.10 2.124 Laruts 20/6 21/6 Hong Fatts .95 .974 Norths 1.124 1.15 Penawat .824
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  • 142 11 The following are our latest quotations Mining. Buyers. Sellers. To-day. Bangring 30/3 30/9 ex Bata Caves 1.30 Eastern Siams 28/3 23/Hong Fatts .95 .97| Kamuntings 18/- 19/- ex K. Rivers 3 65 3 80 Kampongs 37/6 38/3 K. Lumpurs 33/6 33/9 Kuyohs 1.27| 1.324 Kuchais 2.074 2.10
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  • 23 11 The output of Tongkah Harbour Tin Dredging Co., N. L. from 16 hto 22nd October (being one week) was 9| tons.
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  • 39 11 LONDON STANDARD (LOOSE). 8. R. Sheet 58 cts per pound per pl. $77-33 No. 1 Crepe 58 eta per pounds per pl. $77-33 Dull. London 16|d New York 34f cts. gold. (By Qourteay Of Messrs. Allen Dennys)
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  • 54 11 The General Produce Agency 'Ltd., Beach Street, Penang, reports that tht following prices were realised at their auction room to-day: Good F.A.Q. Ribbed Smoked Shee t $76 to $77 F.A.Q. do 74 75 Low F.A.Q, Off do 71 73 Plain Unsmoked Sheet 45 49 Lump Scrap 41 46
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  • 40 11 RUBBER PRICES. We beg to report that the Singapore prices for Standard Ribbed Smoked Sheet for yesterday are as follow* Soot 58lc Nov./December 58|c Jan/March 6(>|c April/June 624 c Remarks:—Market Dull. London stock decreased 860 tons.
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  • 109 11 The Straits Trading Co., Ltd., gn>-s ths following prices, on October 24: London. Spot £267.5a up 1.15 s 3 mos. buying 263.15 s I.loa 3 selling 264 1.12.6 October 25: Singapore sold 150 tons at 134 j Penang buyers tons at sl34j. Messrs. Boustead and Co., Ltd,'.— 22nd
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  • 89 11 The following are our latest quotations To-day. Rubbers. Bayers. Sellers. Allenbys 2.70 2.80 Bassetts 1.15 1.20 Changkats 7.50 7.75 Jerams 1.40 1.50 K. Sidims 3.50 3.75 Mentakabs .50 .524 S. Tukangs 1.074 1.124 U. Benuts .60 .624 Tins. B. Padangs .524 .55 East Siams 22/6 23/6 Hong
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  • 126 11 PENANG, OCTOBER 25, 1927. (By Courtesy Of The Chartered Bank.) London Demand Bank 2/3 11/16 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4 3 Credit 2/4 7/12 3 Documentary 2/4 9/32 Calcutta Demand Bank 153|'| 3 days’ sight Private 155} I g Bombay Demand Bank 153| I g Madras Demand Bauk 153
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  • 1133 11 KENNEDY CO'S SHARE LIST. NAMES. B g S ec a: HS RUBBER [Dollar.] Sc|S c 8 e Allenby Rubber Co 2 S'. Alor Gajah Rubber Estate 2 10 2 3l Amalgamated Malay Estates 3 90 4 ]0 Ayer Hitam Planting Syndicate 3 70 3 90 ex Ayer Kuning Rub 1
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  • 210 11 PENANG OCTOBER 25, 1927. Benares Opium p. cheat $5,000.00 nom ?loveB 70.00 nom, 72.00 sellers 4ace Pickings 125.00 nom. Mutmegs 80s 00,00 nom. 1108 95.00 Coconuts per 1,000 50.00 nom. as on Copra Sundried $11.50 buyers 24/10/27 lattans 11.15 sales Tattans Coarse 10.50 Green Snail Shells 13.00 Siam
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 752 11 New Advertisements. T let. POSITIONS VACANT. Ea )ean onl y- Apply Box No. 520, c/o Pinang Gazette, Shorthand Typist Clerk. Good salary to puitable applicant. Apply Box Q n \o 519 c/o Pinang Gazette. manop street, P.nang suitable t° r Motor Garages, Workshops or j e Godowus. Apply to T.
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    • 46 11 Best Cough Medicine Made. There is no better medicine made for colds than Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. It acts on nature’s plan, relieves the lungs, opens the secretions, aids expectoration and restores the system to a healthy condition. For sale everywhere. The Borneo Co., Ltd., Wholesale Agents.
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    • 181 11 The Hygienic Hair Dressing SALOON, 9, Argyll Road, Penang. Modern equipment for Quick and Smart Hair Dressing. ELECTRIC HAIR CLIPPERS USED. Charge 50 cts. only. LADIES HAIR Bobbed, Shingled or Bingled in the latest styles. Charge 50 cents only. FACE MASSAGE Treatment for Beauty Culture of the face. Special Electrical
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 37 11 Theatre Royal From Monday, 24th to Wednesday, 26th. Second Youth 7 Reels “Along Came Ruth” 6 “Dangerous Fists” 7 “Rough and Ready” 2 Don’t Forget Harold Lloyd’s New Picture “FOR HEAVEN’S SAKE”. Will be screened November 3rd.
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  • 426 12 Monday, October 17. The Governor of British North Borneo arrived on a visit to Government House. Tuesday, October 18. His Excellency the Governor attended by Mr. J. Huggins, Private Secretary and Captain G. N. Macartney, Aide-de-camp returned by the morning mail train from Kuala Lumpur. T.R.H. Prince
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 751 12 I II Careless Washing Spoils the Hair The simple hair styles of to-day make beautiful hair a necessity. Luckilv, beautiful hair is now easily obtained. It is simply a matter of shampooing. Proper shampooing makes the hair soft aud silky. It brings out all the real life and lustre, all
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    • 91 12 THE “SIMPLEX" PATENT BACKLIGHT, which is a combination number plate and rear light for Motor Vehicles, is the acme of perfection, and shows a Clear Numl>er by day and an evenly illuminated number by night. MODEL “A” 520. X 0 fl ddWlHa I IT* J <*r M g a MODEL
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 113 12 “P. G” CROSS-WORDS COMPETITION. > Solution of Puzzle No. 140. The following are the names of successful competitors Ist Prize ($5O) Mrs. C. K. Khoo, Penang. 2nd Prize ($2O) Mr. L. C. Huat. Penang. 3rd Prize ($10) Mr. H. Gilmour, Pulau Jerejak. Additional awards of $5 each to Mrs. M.
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    • 28 12 United Cinema. LAST TWO NIGHTS. Harold Lloyd IN “Hot Water” Showing Thursday, 27th. Madge Kennedy-Creighton Hale IN “OH BABY!” A side-splitting Comedy Drama, TOGETHER WITH “The Demon Circus.”
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  • 99 13 To-day’s Departures. Tirpitz for Port Swettenham, Manila. Nagasaki, K< be and Yokohama. Rahman for Bern am River. Kuala Selangor. Port Dickson, Malacca and Singapore. Kuala for Belawan (Deli). Klang for Port Swettenham <t Singapore. Donggala for Asahan, Panek, Lagan Si-A pi- A pi and Bain Bahra. Oliveibank for
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  • 503 13 CLOSE. DAILY except (Sunday'. BY TRAIN. Federated Malay States. Malacca. Johor and Singapore. Registration and Farce 1 Post except where otherwise stated, cose half-an hour earlier than the Ordinary mail. Resumption Of Night Mail Service The following additional mails will be closed daily I Sunday excepted at 6
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  • 44 13 The homeward mail by the s. s. EHerga cloaks at 6 p.m. on Friday, the 28th instant. The P. AO. Rajula, with mails despatched from London on October 6 is expected to arrive here at 6 a.m. on Friday, the 28th inst.
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 301 13 g COMPLETE TOOO lfL ¥ss'"' A 1 N> F S 4 m ALT E.XT RACt £gVj3%ggFfr Milk xgcs -H >x rS S < c Ra sup- —i"* U^L R:TISH Pl V I Tired Nerves A you have no energy and you are easily A 9 tired it is the sign
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    • 64 13 For Stiff, Sore Muscles. Try Chamberlain s Pain Balm. Bruises and strains, stiff, swol’en joints of hands, feet or other parts of the body, shpuld be rubbed vigorously with Chamberlain’s Pain Balm. Owing to its penetrating quality, the circulation is stimulated throughout the congested parts, relieving the pressure and inSarrmation
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    • 502 13 VINCARNIS It I Counteracts Recom-mended bv 17,000 Doctors. T fl Influence /|W\ If you are convalescent after I B illness, run-down, “nervy,” I or anaemic, follow the advice V of 17,000 Medical Men, and JlV>-A take Wincamis. It will bring you back to health again in a A rtaiural u<iy.
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  • 346 14 Ships That Take Americans Home. The westward rush across the Atlantic has begun, and every Europeaa port is pouring out its thousands of homeward bound holidaymaker». The majority of the first-clasa passengers take the greatest pains to catch the same ship for the return journey as that on
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  • 330 14 OPERATOR WHO WENT BACK TO HIS SHIP. A hitherto untold story of the sea—of a wireless operator who went back to his sinking ship—is related in The Signal,” the journal of wireless and cable telegraphist». Congratulating the wireless man concerned, the correspondent writes: “On
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  • 536 14 New World State in Paraguay. A New State has been started in the centre of Paraguay, the land-locked State in the heart of South America. It may start new political problems, bust it will undoubtedly solve many, for it is to accommodate the Mennonites, a sect whose
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 457 14 "~|l ■cMvßb'.v'vXv? .K• .•S-.-.vjiwvZii'jXiS ON THE NEW FLEXIBLE MILANESE BRACELET V T T <1 Sid £U :w: S W atCHCS ■wfHng^Z? 'T'HESE Watches are HPO V 2 A fitted with’fine quality Swiss Lever ON MOIRE SILK movements of guaran-o-carat Gold £8.0.0 teed reliability, made 18-carat Gold £lO .10 .0 n
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    • 71 14 Comfort for the Aged. Old people are easily tired out and weakened by coughing. For them there is much comfort in a bottle of Chamberlain s cough Remedy. It stops those weakening coughs that keeps them awake nights and wear out their strength. Every one knows it contains no narcotics.
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    • 164 14 “SHE IS NOW A HAPPY BABY.” Lady In Burma Tells How Her Little Daughter XX’as Cured Of Stomach Trouble By BABY’S OWN TABLETS. :o: Ma Chain, a Burmese lady living at 129, Pawdowgon, Pazundaung, Rangoon, states: “My little girl had stomach trouble, would often cry, and I had difficulty in
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    • 468 14 Restful Nights mean vigorous days Sleeplessness is a sign of nervous debility. You need not suffer from weakened nerves if only you take care to strengthen your system with Sanatogen. Sanatogen infuses into your nerve' cells phosphorus and albumin which build up new strength and energy. In an entirely natural
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  • 607 15 CHOWRASTA MARKET. Penang, October 25, 1927. Mutton— cts Mutton Indian per lb 55 Head beep or goat each 1.00 Liver with heart lung do 1.30 Tripe do 1.00 Goat or Sheep per lb 55 Sweet Bread pair 30 Leg of Mntton m lb 55 Lamb M do 55
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 269 15 Tooth Brudh ■■MMB■■MMHHMlM■■■MKOI■■■MI■■■■EMSSSaHBBBS J Jf Prevention ‘Better vWV Cu™ decay will ultimately cause mouth and throat 1 \,S sSp trouble as well as general ill health. Clean Tooth Never Decays—The Pro-phy-lac-tic Tooth 1 }i Ws\«\ A Brush reaches every part of every tooth, every time. It has a V\ rlnfn~/£z>
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    • 62 15 f CAPSTAN (JI 11 Ciqareffes Tobacco [poultry] AND j GAME I Russian Chickens Pheasants Australian Ducks Partridges do Turkeys Grouse English Ducks Snipe ifi Singapore Cold Storage Co, Ltd, j PENANG. The Crown Perfumery Co., Ltd., LONDON, PARIS NEW YORK. 4 RS KSS IS iwl SB if lOS Mg Agents
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 1368 16 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE. rLJE Ba£™; ™om penang. HUGO STINNES LINIEN WEEKLY SERVICE, LONDON AND N. CONTINENT AND EUMAEUS 1 Nov. 4 London. Rotterdam and Hamburg. H DEUTSCH AUSTBILISCHE DAMPFCHIFFS GESELLSCHAFT. AENEAS N>v. 10 Marseilles. Tendon, Rotterdam and Hamburg (Companies Incorporated in Germany.) Nov. 18 Lon ’nn. Rotterdam and Hamburg.
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    • 550 16 P. ©.-BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Companies Incorporated in England.) MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. Peninsular and Oriental S. N. Co. under Sailings of steamers of the Bcitfih contract with Hit Majesty’s Govern- ,nd,a s N Co Ltd. ment. London .nd Far Ea.t Mail S.rvie., (Incorporated m EngW) Outwards from
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