Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 14 April 1928

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTABLISHED 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. «>’o. 85 VOL. LXXXVI. SATURDAY 14th APRIL, 1828 PRIGS 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 510 1 mkko studio FOR MODERN art photographs No. 7, Northam Road. Telephone No. r »79. M ater7als AlL WAY I NOTICE TO THE I MOTORING' PUBLIC RAILS AND FITTINGS, S Do you reali e that it is not always the first cost nor the value alone that =1 1 TIP WACON*>
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    • 9 1 TOKISATSU, PHOTOGRAPHIC ART STUDIO ’Plicne 772. 68. BISHOP STREET.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 2120 2 POSITIONS VACANT. AUCTION. NOTICES. NOTICES. xv ♦jt•! r i r* .tv <1 \A7I4FN ON I FAVE Voy. 16. jO ihk Wanted: Tamil Cook immediately Government Ol Kedah. W tit Di UH L-C-M V >-• Consignees of cargo per the above vessel for Estate in Somh Apply Box f Europe are
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 102 3 K tfw? w JZ J v TTJj EARS’ Soap is matchless for its transparent purity—matchless for the skin and matchless for the complexion in all climates. Soap Matchless r lhe Complexion Sole Agents A. F. Pears Ltd., London Katz Bros., Ltd. Established 1789 I Singapore Penang Soapmakers to Their Majesties
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    • 377 3 Buy power and economy —not rated horse-power» 14/28 H.P. MORRIS OXFORD TOURER. 25 to 30 miles per gallon of petrol. 1000 miles or more per gallon of oil. '"TO-DAY horse-power rating has an enA tirely new value. It is not size that determines a car’s power and performance, but efficiency—and
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 490 3 “P. G.” CROSS-WORDS PUZZLE COMPETITION. PUZZLE NO. 165. sso. Second Prize $2O. Third Prize $lO and Four Consolation Prizes of $5 Each. We publish below our puzzle No. 165, entries for which close at 11 a. m. on Saturday, April 21. CLUES. ACROSS. DOWN. 1. Dancer. 1. Spanish form» of
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  • 696 4 TERRIFIC IMPACT. Wrecked Machine Sinks In Flames. "Details of tho disaster which brfell one of the H.M.S. Hermes seaplanes in Hong Kong Harbour are contained in the latest Hong Kong newspapers. It appears that the machine —a big Fairey 3-D three seater —crashed when about to land
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  • 92 4 BAIL ALLOWED PENDING APPEAL. The hearing of the case in which •Cheah Soo Tuan, a Chinese merchant of Penang, was charged in the Penang District Court, with offences under the Bankruptcy Ordinance was concluded this morning when Mr. J, S. W. Arthur found the accused guilty and
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  • 583 4 Mr. Haynes on Veterinary Research. During the Imperial Agricultural Research Conference held last year, Mr. A.S. Haynes, then Secretary for Agriculture, S.S. and F.M.S., spoke of the necessity for finding other crops than rubber so that the economic basis of the country might be widened. With the removal
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  • 229 4 ESTIMATED SAVING OF £130,000 ANNUALLY. London, April 13. The C jtton Yarn Association has made a statement in reference to the proposed combine of mills in the American section of the spinning industrv, estimating that at least £130,000, or £6,500 per mill, will be saved annually in
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  • 473 4 NEW STORY TOLD BY GERMAN PRINCE. Attack on Penang Recalled. Prince Franz Joseph, who served as second torpedo officer in the Emden during her famous raiding activities at the beginning of the war, states in “The Emden,” (Herbert Jenkins, 12s. 6d.) that the Captain of the cruiser, the
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  • 47 4 .—Reuter. U. S. A. AND SUGGESTED WORLD WIDE TREATY. New York, April 13. Mr. Kellogg has invited Great Britain, Germany. Italy and Japan to join France and the United States in the negotiation for a world-wide Treaty binding nations not to make war.-
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  • 65 4 (Rugby Radio Service.) London, April 13. Paris, 124 New York, 4.88 f Brussels, 34 95 Geneva, 25.33 Amsterdam, 12.11 Milan, 92.50; Berlin, 20.41; Stockholm. 18.18; Copenhagen, 18.20 Oslo, 18.2-6 Vienna, 34.72$ Prague, 164|; Helsingfors, 193| Madrid. 29.05$ Lisbon, 2i Athens, 372$ Bucharest, 779$ Rio, s«t Buenos Aires, 47s
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  • 542 4 Mrs. E. Bagot and her twc children are leaving for Home by the Mongolia next week. Dr. A. N. Kingsbury, Director of the Institute for Medical Research, Kuala Lumpur, has left on his way Home on leave. The Chinese community of Singapore will give a dinner at
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  • 108 4 SUNGEI PARI IN SPATE. The Sungei Pari overflowed its banks at one o’clock this morning, says T.O.M. of April 13, and flooded a few of the lowlying kampongs on the banks of the river. At seven o’clock this morning the Sungei Pari was still in fl od
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  • 77 4 EUROPEAN FOUND SHOT IN HIS OFFICE. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, April 14. Mr. L. J. Raeber, of Raeber and Co., 8, Raffles Quay, shot himself and died at the General Hospital at 8.30 last night. He was found in his office by a clerk with a bullet
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 140 4 ACID STOMACHS ARE DANGEROUS. How to get quick relief. Indigestion is not only painful, but if neglected soon becomes dangerous. Excess stomach acid and fermenting food irritate the delicate stomach lining, form gas, and, by interfering with, proper nourishment, actually break down health. The surest, quickest, and only logical way
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    • 267 4 You Needn’t Hesitate if they are HOUBIGANT’S Coty’s or Lubin’s High Class Toilet Goods and Perfumes from BOON the Chemists. aHoubigant’s Perfumes Quelques I Fleurs, Quelques Violet, Le Temps des Lilas, Cotter de Jeannette, Inconnu, Majestic, Un Pean d’Ambre, Oeillet du Roy, La Rose France, Mes Delecis, Mon Boudoir, Jasmin,
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 33 5 MONSTER DEMONSTRATION OF DOLLAR BARGAINS AT WHITEAWAYS COMMENCING Monday, 16th April And Continues For FOURTEEN DAYS The bargains have never been better. Whiteaway, Laidlaw Co., Ltd., I Penang, Ipoh, Taipeng and Teluk Anson.
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  • 280 6 We regard with deep concern the progress of the work in connection with the new trolly-bus route along Light Street. Not only will the live wires constitute a grave danger to the public but the traffic along that part of the route is so congested already that there is
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  • 1712 6 London, March 23. Though the King and Queen will not see the Grand National, the Prince of Wales is finding time, in a busy week of engagements to be present for the race. He will return to London immediately afterwards. However what is lost in social grace
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • 489 6 [To The Editor of the Pinang Gazette]. Sir, —Though I find the charges levelled against the heads of different departments of the Municipality by Citizen in the Ptnanp Gazette of yesterday to be true, I do not think, according to your com ments in the By the Way
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 224 6 PRITCHARD’S 1 CONFECTIONERY DEPARTMENT. Moulded Liquer Chocolates per lb. $4-00 Lombard 4-00 Cherries (Dark and Light) 2-50 Mayfair Assortment 1*55 Sandwich Caramels ,> J'®” Glax-Ovo >» J"®® Fourre Grille Nut Bon Bons French Garden Almonds 1-35 Everton Toffee Cubes J -00 Grape Fruit Pastilles 1-10 Sugared Hazel Nuts -95 Black
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    • 63 6 By kind permission of Mr. N. A. M. Griffin, the Chief Police Officer The Band of the Straits Settlements Police Will render Selections from 9-15 p.m. On Sunday, April 15, At the E. O. HOTEL. (SX3EX xszaxsrxsxE “THE I II QUEEN OF E I TABLE WATERS.” It K Sole Agents
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous

  • Atlantic Flown From East To West.
    • 106 7 Irish Minister As Assistant Pilot. Forced Landing On Greenly Island. ———<►— Crew Safe. The German plane, Bremen, with two Germans and an Irishman an board, has succeeded in crossing the Atlantic from East to West. This is the first time the attempt has succeeded. The
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    • 380 7 IX-WAR PILOTS. St. John’s (Newfoundland) April 14. The wireless operator at Amour Point states he has received an official message that the German plane is at Greenly Island. Thus a German aeroplane, piloted by a German and an Irishman, also with a German flight-mechanic on
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    • 423 7 SECOND ATTEMPT. London, April 13. Commandant Fitzmaurice, the chief of the Irish Free State Air Force, accompanied the German trans-Atlantic flight from Baldonnel in place of Spindler, who returned to Germany. Commandant Fitzmaurice also accompanied Mclntosh on his unsuccessful attempt in September of last year. EXHAUSTIVE
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  • 139 7 —Reuter. MR. CHURCHILL'S INTENTION. OPPOSITION FROM AUSTRALIA and Maori iius. REDUCTION OF DUTY It is rumoured that Mr. Winston Churchill, in the forthcoming Budget, intends to reduce the duty on sugar, polarising at and below 98 degrees. Opposition is anticipated from Australia and Mauritius,
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  • 60 7 —Reuter. GOVERNMENT BILL. Hague, April 13. The Government has submitted a bill asking Parliamentary authorisation for the conclusion of a contract with the Bataafsche Oil Company for the exploration of petroleum in four fields in Palembang Residency in Sumatra. Another field is in South
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  • 41 7 —Reuter. Milan, April 13. During a military inspection of Carboccio Barracks a soldier was holding a rifle between his knees while adjusting the belt, when the weapon discharged into a group of soldiers killing two and injuring three.
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  • 236 7 Reuter. Vigorous Police Raids. STAMPING OUT INSIDIOUS PROPAGANDA. SECRET CONFERENCE BROKEN UP. Communist activities are on the increase in Japan. The police at Tokyo and Kyoto have made numerous arrests, and twelve members of the Labour League Council have been arrested. The police report that no headway
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  • 131 7 MARYLEBONE BY-ELECTION. London, April 13. At a meeting to-night Sir Rennell Rodd will be proposed as Conservative candidate in the by-election in the London Borough of Marylebone, necessitated by the elevation of Sir Douglas Hogg to the Lord Chancellorship. The adoption of Sir Rennell Rodd, who
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  • 129 7 —Rguby Radio Service. GUEST OF U. S. MINISTER. London, April 13. Sir Austen and Lady Chamberlain with their son and daughter, arrived to-day at Hook of Holland for a short holiday in Holland. They immediately proceeded to The Hague where they will be the
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  • 18 7 —Reuter Ottawa, April 13. The House of Commons has approved the Geneva Opium Convention Protocol.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 31 7 FOAMITE FIREFOAM. I Accidents will happen. Are YOU prepared in the event of Fire Protect your property with Foamite Firefoam and Set your mind at rest Durege Thomas, Ltd., PENANG. Agents.
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    • 294 7 arr. j in i ii i>fj I if l H JL sff I ANNUAL CASH Clearance £ale i LAST THREE DAYS. J, MONDAY, APRIL 16th TUESDAY, 17th WEDNESDAY, 18th All Remnants and Oddments at Half Price. Must be cleared. JOHN LITTLE Co., Ltd., (Incorporated in England.) SINGAPORE, PENANG, KUALA LUMPUR.
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  • 698 8 EASY MATCHES. Celtic Concentrate On Scottish Cup. BY ATHLETE.” (Special Sporting Correspondent of the Pinang Gazette) w N ordinary circumstances it would be fairly safe to forecast the defeat of Huddersfield Town by the Arsenal at Highbury to-day in view of the Cup Final next
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 60 8 s /'i' V\ When you choose a SINGER nzn Si A\ Ww-'"v 1 m\ “JUNIOR” jP 'lkvslß Price $1,425! aS r al\ 1928 ft 1 HHv Mod»!» now on ditpUy- |Ei g| Ew Payments Arranged, w 11 A, < w«te» r<*m Sm' Ra *j ♦*%»< 7, JIA K J TJJI/
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    • 613 8 Pimples Used To Burn Like Fire Culicu» Heale£ N<> L |NE “Pimples broke out all over my face and caused disfigurement for about two or three months. My skin B was very rough, and at night the J W f pimples used to burn like fire, caus- > fW W
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 312 8 THE LAST WORD IN CAMERA-WIZARDRY! Direct from its phenomenal Success at the Royal Albert Hall, London. Ufa’s “FAUST” AT USUAL PRICES. From THURSDAY, 12th to SUNDAY, 15th APRIL. FORTIFIED BY THE UNSTINTED APPRECIATION OF THE NOBILITIES and generous praise of the literarti of the lay press and including eight thousand
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  • 808 9 Messrs. KENNEDY and Co., Penang, reported on Friday as follows: The collapse of the Rubber Market, the Easter holidays and an unexpected fall in Tin have combined to disorganise the Share market, which closes dull with sellers predominating. The price of the Metal £233-0-0 shows a loss
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  • 78 9 The following are the latest quotations in THE MALAYA COMPANY LIMITED’S share list: Mining Shares. Buyers. Sellers. Batu Caves 1.27| 1.30 Hitam .96 .98 Kinta Tin Dredging 1.471 1.52| Kuyoh .85 .87| K. Kamunting 25/6 26/6 M. Consolidated 1.00 l.< 2| Nawng Pet 1.07| North Taiping 1.05
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  • 65 9 The following are our latest quotations for to-day Rubbers. Buyers. Sellers. B. Padangs .50 .52| Batu Caves 1.32| Hong Fatts .67| .70 Idris 14/9 15/6 Jelapangs 26/6 27/6 Kuchais (Ord) 1.77| 1.82| Kuyohs .85 .87| Laruts 17/3 17/9 M. Consols. I.CO 1.02| Norths 1.05 Papans .17| .20j
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  • 83 9 The following are our latest quotations for to-day Buyers. Sellers. Tins. Norths 1.06 1.08 Nai Hoots .20 .22 Rahmans 1.52| 1.57| Kamuntings 18/- 18,6 B. Padangs .51 .53 Kintas 1.45 c. 1.50 c. Hong Fatts .67 .69 Takuapas 31/6 32/6 Laruts 17/- 17/3 Penawats .77 .80 Taipings
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  • 88 9 The following are our latest quotations for to-day Mining. Buyers. Sellers. Bangrins 39/- 39/6 B. Padangs .50 .52| Huey Yots Prefs. 31/6 32/Hitams .95 .97| Kuyohs .821? Kuchais 1.77| Kinta Dredges 1.40 1.45 cum Kents 4/3 4/9 Laruts 17/- 17/6 Lahats 17/- 17/6 M. Consols 1.02 1.05
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  • 119 9 Penang, April 14, 1928. (By Courtesy of The Chartered Bank). London Demand Bank 2/3 23/32 4 months’ sight Bank 2/3 7/8 3 Credit 2/4 1/4 3 Documentary 2/4 5/16 Calcutta Demand Bank 153|” 3 days’sight Private 156 d Bombay Demand Bank 153| Madras Demand Bank g 3 days* sight
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  • 427 9 St. GEORGE THE MARTYR. (Church Of England.) Ist Sunday after Easter. 7.45 Litany, 8 a.m. Matins, Hymn 132, 8.30 Holy Communion, Doxology, Old Hundredth, 10 a.m. Holy Communion Chinese 6 p.m. Evens ng, Hymns 104, Ps CHI 211, Magnificat 212, Nunc Dimittis 194. Hjmns 137, 136, 140. Wednesday,
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  • 213 9 Penang, April 14, 1928. Benares Opium p. chest $5,000.00 nom Cloves 70.00 nom. Gold leaf 72.00 seller Mace Packings 125.00 nom. Nutmegs 80s 00.00 nom. 110 s 95.00 Coconuts per 1,000 50.00 nom as on Copra Sundried $11.45 buyers 12/4/28 Rattans 11.15 sale Rattans Coarse 10.60 Green Snail
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  • 111 9 The following were the latest quotations in MESSRS. KENNEDY Co’s share list at 11 a.m. to-day Yesterday. To-day. g OO E Shares. S -2 p o CQ OQ CQ GQ C. C. C. C. Mining. Batang P. .52J .55 -51 -54 Idris Hyd. 15/- 15/6 14/9 15/G
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  • 40 9 Rubber Prices. We beg to report that the Singapore prices for Standard Ribbed Smoked Sheet for to-day are as follow Spot 31|c May/June 31ic July/Sept. 31|c Oct/Dec. 29|c Market Quiet, London Stocks estimated up 250 tons.
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  • 38 9 London Standard Loose. S. R. Sheet 31J cts per pound per pl. $4l/66 No. 1 Crepe 31f cts per pound per pl.=s42/33 Steady. London B|d New York 18f cts. (gold (By Courtesy of Messrs. Allen Dennys.)
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  • 95 9 The Straits Trading Co., Ltd., gives the following prices on April 13. London, Spot £230.5s Down 1.15 s 3 tnos. buying 211 1.17.6 3 selling 231.5 a 1.15 s Messrs. Boustead Co.— Yesterday's quotation for Singapoie refined tin $117.75 per picul, business done 100 tons, Penang refined tin
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  • 122 9 The following are additional rubber outputs for March:— lbs. Galang Besar 31,698 f*uugei Buaya 3,224 Kwaloe 34.130 Continental 52,414 Sumatra 151,270 do 32,796 Kilos Palm oil do 7,065 Palm kernels Soengei Radja 70,000 cocoanuts 293 labourers arrived per s.s. Rajula yesterday .160 were sent to Pulau Jerejak and
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 400 9 ll—^ 1 1 i s I Get that Car for E your Leave from i LEAVE CARS Ltd. S Read what OTHER OVERSEAS MEN S who bought their cars on our guaranteed Z repurchase terms say about us. Z From JAMAICA' "s'our system of supply leaves little to B 3
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    • 115 9 New Advertisements. FOR SALE. Owner going on leave, Light Six Buick Car Model 1925. Apply to E. Reimann. No. 4, R .ce Course Road. Robinson Company, Limited. (Incorporated in the Strai 8 Settlements.) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Ninth Ordinary General Meeting of the Members of Robinson Company, Limited,
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    • 661 9 BANKS. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. j (Incorporated in Hongkong.) Authorised Capital |50,000.tM iiaued and fully paid up |2O,toe,tH Reserve Funda:— sterling £B, ON, SOM Silver $14.000,000 Feaerve Liability of Proprietora $20.000,0M Head Office.—HONGKONG. Branches and Agenciea. Awoy, Bangkok, Batavia, Bombay, CaloattwQ Janton, Colombo, Chefoo, Dairen, Foochow, lankow, Hongkew, Harbin,
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  • 126 10 To-day’s Departures. Ghirbi for Alor Star and P. Langkawi. Malaya for Bhuket, (Tongkah), Renong Kopah. Hakone Maru for Colombo, Aden, Suez, Port Said, Naplee, Marseilles, Gibraltar, London, Antwerp, Rotterdam Hull and Middlesbrough. Shirala for Calcutta. Kudat for Bhuket (Tongkah), Kopah Renong, Victoria Point, Mergui, Tavoy and Moulmein. Ren
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  • 503 10 CLOSE DAILY except (Sunday). BY TRAIN. Federated Malay States. Malacca, Johore and Singapore. Registration and Parce’ Post, except where otherwise stated, close half-an-hour earlier than the Ordinary mail. Resumption Of Night Mail Service. The following additional mails will be closed daily (Sunday excepted) at 6 p.m. Parif Buntar,
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 495 10 I\eserve energy j T 0 excel in sports, one must eat Jl- simple, energizing, body-build-K ing foods. Nature supplies such a J food for athletes in Quaker Oats. 3 Made from only the most nutri- tious part of the best white oats, this world-famous food furnishes the body abundantly with
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  • 606 11 £6,000 CHEQUE FROM ANOTHER WOMAN. Contempt Of Court. In the Cbarc=ry Division in mail week Mr. Justice Clauson, ordered a writ of attachment for conttmpt of court against Henry Anderson Conroy Irving Eustace, the boy friend” of Mrs, Sarah Jane Linds°y White, a rich Ceylon planter’s
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 1469 12 11 r THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE. P Ti OT T fiT» INTENDED SAILINGS FROM PENANG. AdEffiM U JJB t J flfl W WEEKLY SERVICE, LONDON AND N. CONTINENT EOT T 1 PROMETHEUS April 20 London, Rotterdam and Hamburg. ST EAMiSHH? SARPEDON Aortl 26 M iradlles, Lon ion, Rotterdam and Glasgow.
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