Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 16 February 1911

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 36 VOL. LXIX. THURSDAY, 16th FEBRUARY, 1911. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 1585 1 W. DANIEL, 1.5.0., t 1, BEACH STREET, PENANC, J The only Certificated OPTICIAN J in the Straits Settlements and the Only European WATCHMAKER and JEWELLER in Penang. t HIGH CLASS REPAIRS A SPECIALITY. J PATRONS are requested to send DIRECT to above address. > > THE pixang gazette. A youno
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    • 57 1 8 "THE HNANC CAZHTE” t (PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING.) > Rates of Subscription, payable strictly in advance© 9 LOCAL S 2-25 per month. 2 $13.50 naif yearly. X $27.00 per annum. BY POST 2.50 per month. 2 $15.00 half yearly. J $30.00 yearly. 2 WEEKLY EDITION PUBLISHED 2 EVERY FRIDAY. >
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • 769 2 [To the Editor oj the Pinang Gazette."} Sir, I see from a notice in your valued journal that Penang is to be asked to accept the Singapore plan of an endowment of a medical Professorship in the F.M.S. and Straits Medical School as a memorial to
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  • 144 2 The first sitting of the nineteenth session of the Malaysia annual conference of the Methodist-Episcopal Church was held in Singapore on Saturday, Bishop W. F. Oldham presiding. After a brief service, the Bishop gave an address and then administered the Holy Communion The conference was next organized by
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  • 967 2 [/row* Our Own Correspondent.] Taiping, February 15. The Musical Kennedys will perform at the Taiping Town Hall on the Ist March. Booking is brisk and a full house assured. Mr. R G. Watson, our new Resident, gave an at home at the Residency yesterday evening. It was a
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  • 340 2 Under the heading Malayan prosperity The Citizen of January 26 says The products of the Malay Peninsula, tin, rubber and coconuts, are great sources of wealth. About 65 per cent, of all the tin consumed in the world is produced in the Malay States. There was exported
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  • 263 2 London Nkwspaprr Comment. The London China Express of January 27 savs The annual report of the Straits Settlements for 19 ’9, issued at the beginning of 1911, is a somewhat lielated document which does not call for much comment The trade figures show some improvement, and
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  • 257 2 Not long ago I had occasion to occupv one of the halting houses on the KaningauSook bridle path. It was a very sultry afternoon and I lay back on my camp cot and took up a book which I started to read. I had however not got
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  • 257 2 HOW SUFFERERS FROM WASTING DISEASES MAY REGAIN THEIR HEALTH. There is no condition more dispiriting or disquieting to the family circle than that wiien, for no apparent reason, his food ceases to nourish one of its members, who begins to lose weight with more or less rapidity. This
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  • 88 2 Thursday, February 16. Outward German Mail. Baud, Esplanade, 6 p.m. P.C.C. Tennis Ties. Straits Cinematograph, Penang Road. Friday, February 17. j St. George’s Church, Sermon by Bishop Montgomery, 6 p.m. Band, Golf Club. P.C.C. Tennis Ties. Saturday. February *lB. Homeward English Mail. Sunday, February 19. Sexagesima Sunday. Monday.
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  • 14 2 March 3.—Famous Kennedys at Town Hall. March 4.—Famous Kennedys at Town Hall.
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  • 33 2 Pknang :—The E. O Hotel, The Crag, Raffles by the Sea, Runny mede Hotel, an<i Sea View Hotel. Kuala Lumpur :—Grand Oriental Hotel. Ipoh :—The Grand Hotel. Rangoon :—Strand Hotel.
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  • 128 2 Per N D L ss Prinzess Alice due at Penang Feb. 16: To Pbnang Messrs Carl Bolius, R T Reid, F D N van Elten, and Hde Leeuw. To Singapore Mr and Mrs A Mitschmanu, Mr and Mrs W W Richaidson, Capt and Mrs A D
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  • 560 2 AERIAL POST IN INDIA. Allahabad, Feb., 3.—Allahabad will shortly witness the experiment of despatching letters by aeroplanes. Captain Wyndham has obtained special permission from the Postmaster-General, United Provinces, approved and sanctioned by the DirectorGeneral of Post Offices, to inaugurate the first official aerial post. It will be carried
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 36 2 THE STANDARD LIFE OFFICE. This Company is one of the largest OF THK Provident institutions OF Grat BriUia. NEW REDUCED RATES FOR THE Straits Settlements. Apply for full information to SANDILANDS, BUTTERY Co., w 8 Agents,
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    • 133 2 SHunyadi 1 Janos A Is the Best >1 Natural Aperient Water Bottled at the Springs' Jb Used the World Over Drink on arising a wincglassful fo> I i INDIGESTION and Wa EUROPEAN AGENCY* \X7HOLESALE Indents promptly exe- V cuted at lowest cash prices for all kinds of British and Continental
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    • 349 2 BOVRIL i Tickles the L ft “SEE THE SIGNaT Mb The British Medical Journal siyi—“Benger's Food has, by its exctlltnct established a reputation of its own." Benger’s Food is soothing and satisfying. It contains all the elements of a natural food in a condition suitable for immediate absorption. When milk
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 140 2 The Sun. Apparent times of Sunrise and Sunset in Penang Sunrise. Sunset. Feb. 9to Feb. 17,...6-05 a.m. 5-55 p.m. Feb. 18 to Feb. 21,...6-04 a in. 5-56 p.m. Feb. 22 to Feb. 27, ...6-03 am. 5-57 p.m. Feb. 28 to Mar. 9,...6-02 am. 5-58 p.m. The Moon. Last, Quarter Feb.
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  • 782 3 Evidence obtained daring the work of raising the sunken United States battleship Maim is said to point to an internal explosion as the cause of the vessel s destruction. Measures have been taken by the Navy Depat tment in Netherlands India to secure exact longitude determination there by
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  • 383 3 The following unclaimed letters, etc., were lying at the Penang Post Office up to llth F-oiiruafy Letter». Akroyd, E. G. Longmore, M. B. t Balls, W. G. Lumsden, C. S. Boy, A. C. Mace, R. Bowen, W. T. Maclean, T. Brownlow, E. Malkin, S. Caldicott, K. C. Martin,
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 572 3 Non-Throat I t JB —the cigarette for particular smoker. CJ tfSv If y° u sm °ke for enjoyment, and not '5;?- v\ I simply to make smoke,” you should '< 'A r try the Non-Throat cigarette. jMr You will be charmed with its delightful 5) mellow flavour—the flavour which :<g
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    • 43 3 Commercial Union fire Assurance Co., Ltd. Hrad Officb 25 <fc 26 CORN HILL, LONDON, E. C. Eastkrn Branch —SINGAPORE. Funds. Capital Fully Subscribed £2,500 000 Captial Paid-up Assests Exceed 5,750,000 Total Annual Income Exceeds 2,000,000 Claims Settled with promptitude. SANDILANDS, BUTTERY Co., Agents.
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    • 64 3 Call for rpj WATSON’S BLUE BAND. i|g CAN BE OBTAINED 1k FROM IJWW II PRINCIPAL RETAIL SCO *H*W* 3K* J STORES McAlister lYalson i Of- af. ..j ocrr..,_ SCO., Ltd., N Wholesale Agents Hamburg-Bremen Fire Insurance Co. of Hamburg. Sstablished 1854. Tne undersigned, having been appointed Agents of the above
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    • 505 3 nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn I FUSSELL’S MILK, i fl Ordinary sterilized milk is not easv fl of digestion, as the process of sterilizing H q hardens the casein in the milk and lenders it less easy of assimilation; but Fussell’s rj Sterilized Natural Milk is prepared by a fl special mechanical process which
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  • 1511 4 For Monday afternoon next the Resident Councillor has convened a public meeting at the Penang Town Hal), to consider the desirability of actively co-operating in the scheme that has been promulgated for a memorial to His late Majesty King Edward VII. The proposal to be submitted
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  • 723 4 Mr. H. D. Griffiths, of Tronoh, was in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday. The Hon. E. C. Ellis is also on a visit there. The new Principal Medical Officer, F. Dr. Sanson, with Mrs. Sanson and family, arrived at Kuala Lumpur on Monday. Sir Thomas Lipton left London
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  • 51 4 P.C.C. Touknament. The following ties were played off yesterday Mixed Doubles Handicap. Miss Thornton Henson beat Mrs. Edwards <fc Reimann 2—6 6—4 9—7. Mrs. Wright-Motion Ji Newitt beat Mrs. Bailey Ji Whitlock 5—7 6—4 B—6. Mr. <fc Mrs. S. F. B. Martin v. 1 PostMr. <k Mrs. Anderson/
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  • 233 4 STERLING RUBBERS FIRMER SLIGHT RISE IN TRONOHS. The following are the changes (b Uv and sellers only) iu our share list on pag( of this issue:— !6/2/ 10 15/2/11. 16/2/11 QB 01 n 5 Shares. S 5 3 a* M 02 M M a Mining. 8 8}
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  • 145 4 PENANG PASSENGER OVERBOARD. [From Our Own Correspondent} Kuala Lumpur, February 16. Shortly after the ss. Ipoh left Penang on Tuesday afternoon, a young Germ in passenger named Weber fell overboard. The Ipoh searched two hours for him but without discoveiiug any trace of him. [A rumour of
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  • 63 4 AN ACTIVE AND USEFUL YEAR [From Our Own Correspondent Singapore, February 16, The annual meeting of the members of the Singapore Presbyterian Church was held yesterday. It was reported that a debit balance of $1,176 had been wiped ofl. There was an increase in the attendance at
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  • 30 4 [From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, February 15. To-day’s (Wednesday’s) quotations for opium and produce are Opium ...$1,970.00 Rice, Rangoon 152.00 Copra, best 9 05 Copra, Bali 9 00
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  • 43 4 [From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, February 16 Mr. E. G. Cropley, who was arrested ou a charge of criminal breach <»f fust m respect of 3,000 Kempas shares, at the instance of Mr. Tan Hood Guan, has been again remanded.
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  • 36 4 [From Our Own Correspondent, j Kuala Lumpur, February 16. It is officially announced that a Malay States contingent of ten members will represent the Malay States Volunteer Rifle Corps at the Coronation.
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 266 4 PRELIMINARY NOTICE. AUCTION SALE OF FOUR BRITISH STEAMERS TO BE HELD AT POWELL Co.’s SALE-ROOM, On Tuesday, 28th March, 1911, at 2-30 p.m. Lot 1. The ss. GLENFALLOCH. Registered tonnage 2180. Lot 2. The ss. HONG MOH. Registered tonnage 3910. Lot 3. The ss. HONG WAN I. Registered tonnage 3230.
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  • 202 5 THE DIRECTORS DECEIVED. THIRTY THOU SAN) TREBS SHORT. [From Our Own Correspondent] Singapore, February 16. A largely-a‘tended meeting of shareholders in the Mergui Rubber Co., Ltd., was held yesterday. The Directors admitted that they had been deceived through accepting the report of the reporter to the vendor
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  • 54 5 [From Our Own Correspondent.] Kuala Lumpur, February 16. The following are the prices whereon rubber export duty in the F. M.S. will be based from February 17 to March 3 Sheet and biscuit per picul $330 Fine crepe 34J Best scrap 305 Bark scrap 305 Untreated scrap
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  • 21 5 ITALIAN C RUISER IN THE STRAITS. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, February 16. The Italian cruiser Calabria has arrived in Singapore.
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  • 16 5 [From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, February 16. Bishop Oldham is suffering from fever.
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  • 71 5 NOW REACHED VLADIVOSTOCK. [Reuter’s Service.] London, February 16. According to news received in St. Petersburg, it is feared that the plague has reached Vladivostock. Ihe bodies of five Chinese have been found, and it is believed that they succumbed to plague. Unemployed Chinese Expelled. [Dbr Ostasiatische Lloyd’s
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  • 54 5 AMENDMENT TO THE ADDRESS. [Reuter’s Service.] London, February 16. In the House of Commons Mr. lan Z. Malcolm, Unionist member for Croydon (Parliamentary Private Secretary to Mr. George Wyndham when Chief Secretary for Ireland, 1901-3), moved an amendment to the Address, in reply to the Speech from the
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  • 51 5 THREE TRAINS IN COLLISION. [Reuter’s Service London, February 15. At Courville, yesterday evening, an express train, travelling at full speed from Paris to Brest, dashed into a goods train. Simu'tane msly a third train crashed into the other two. Ten persons were killed outright and ten
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  • 22 5 [Deb Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service Berlin, February 15. Turkish troops have repulsed the insurgent Arabs in the Yemen.
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  • 156 5 RECIPROCITY BILL PASSED. A CURUTtnSTIC FIREBRAND. [Rhutbr'b Service.] Loudon, February 16. The American House of Representatives in Washington has pissed the Canadian Reciprocity Bill by 200 votes to 92—a majority of 108. Bluff or Indiscretion The American newspapers state that Mr. Champ Clark, the Speaker of the
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  • 159 5 ORDER NOW RESTORED. [Der Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service.] Berlin, February 15. The riots at Billiton have been suppressed. [Earlier telegrams of the 4th and sth inst stated:— There has been an outbreak of trouble with the Chinese at Billiton, in the Dutch East Indies. Later news from Billiton
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  • 51 5 H.M.S. COLLINGWOOD.” AN UNFORTUNATE MISHAP. [Reuter’s Service London, Februiry 16. It is reported from Madrid that, while the British fleet was entering Ferrol, the battleship Collingwood touched ground and thirty-six armoured plates were stove in. Divers are engaged patching the plates pending the return of the battleship to Devonport for
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  • 25 5 [Reuter’s Service.] London, February 16. His Holiness the Pope is confined to bed with influenza, and all audiences have been suspended.
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  • 21 5 [D.b Obtasi.tisch. Lloyd’s S«rvic« Berlin, February 15. Russia has resolved to establish commeicial agencies in Shanghai and Mongolia.
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  • 218 5 The Right Reverend Bishop Montgomery, D D., preaches at St. Georges Church to-morrow (Friday) at 6 pm. Choral evensong. It is hoped that the organs will be completed and that the instiument will be in order for this service. The Right Reverend the Bishop of the Diocese
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  • 3478 5 ASSIZE CASH EVIDENCE FOR PROSECUTION. The trial of M. S. Cowan on a charge of alleged forgery was resumed at the Assizes yesterday before the Chief Justice, Sir Hyndman Jones, Mr. Justice Fisher and Mr. Justice Thornton with a special jury. The Solicitor-General, Mr. Hastings Rhodes, the
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 114 5 WANTED. A MANAGER to open up a Rubber Estate. Salary $3OO/- with allowance per month. Must have gcod references and be able to work Malay and Chinese labour. No one need apply who has no experience in opening up etc. Apply C.,” 142 22-2 c/o this Paper. IMPORTANT AUCTION SALE
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 1088 6 Japan Mail Steamship Co. Ld. I THE MOTHBR Straker-Squire s s ®Wwil Nestle’s Milk food sj MOTOR CARS.: A FoX™ N aL„ed »e D ’L BRITIS H BUI LT TH RO UGH 0 UT S’o.t"?; 5 InTlCimT TTv for her child places her trust In a diet H with the
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  • 487 7 ARRIVALS. Canton, Brit., 106, Sahib, Feb. 15, Teluk Anson, gen., Kong Soon. Kedah, Brit., 134, Wright, Feb. 15, Kedah, gen., E. S. <fc Co. Moyune, Brit., 4937, Arthur, Feb 16, Liverpool, gen., William Mansfield <fc Co. Pangkor, Brit., 134, Morris, Feb. 16, Bindings, gen., E. S. Co. Rotorua, Brit,
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  • 1665 7 Q Capital. Subscribed, vZlue. 2 Dividends. Name. -2 o 2 O’ 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 MINING. 1903 $300,000 $300,000 30,000 $lO $lO 25 10 30 Belat T*n Mining Co. 5 54 1906 300,000 225,00 C 22,500 10 10 Tin inin Co 6 7 1901 600,000 600,000 60,000 10
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  • 125 7 CLOSE AT GENERAL POST OFFICE To-Morrow. For. Per. Close. Alor Star (Kedah) Tong Chuan 8 a.m. Tongkah Rotorua 1 p.m. Singapore Calypso 3 pm. Port Swettenham and Singapore Pin Seng 3 p.m. Teluk Anson Carlyle 3 p.m. Pul a u Langkawi, Perlis and Setul Un Peng 4 p.m. Dindings
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  • 205 7 Prnang, February 16, 1911. Gold leaf $64.80 Pepper (W. Co*«t 3 lb. 5 o«) No stock. White Pepper $24.50 nom. Trang Pepper $16.25 nom Mace $95 nominal. Mace Pickings $lO4 sellers. Cloves $43 sellers. NutmegsllO $21.50 sales. f No. 1 $6.10 sales. Sugar < No. 2 $6.00 sales. $5
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 170 7 Sun life sxx* ol conudo. (Established IM6S). Assets exceed £6,000?*<10.0.0 -Surplus over all liabilities according to Government Standard k, 840,265.0.0 Income, 1908, £1,428,000 0.0 W. A. WHITE, KENNEDY Jk Co., Manatur, South-Eastern G nera Anents. Penana Asia. Singapore CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. AUSTRALIA, AND CHINA. Incorporated by Royal Charter. Paid-up
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    • 435 7 HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL THE MERCANTILE BANK OF BANKING CORPORATION. MAATSCHAPPIJ. INDIA. LIMITED. P.id-op Capital $15,000.000 Ne h "K B TABLI«D UM Echo, Oapitol a n Sterling abt. X 3.760.000 d Dp sfi2 so Hternng cioktak Reserve Fand 285,000 £1,500,000 at 2/.=515,000.000 Reserve Fand fl. 6,125,745- H«ad Offior. Silversl6,ooo,ooo
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    • 476 7 Mannheim Insurance Co. Marine Insurance. The undersigned, as Agents, will accept Marine Risks on Merchandise, Produce, and Valuables at current rates. For fuller particulars apply to KATZ BROTHERS, Ltd., Agent». fire Insurance. Queen Insurance Company. Royal Fire Insurance Company. The undersigned have been appointed Agents for the above Companies, and
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 2302 8 F Intended Sailings. NOrddCUlSClier LlOjd, BFCmeil. fcfc EXPECTED AtllUU AND DEPANTWES I; Feb. 23 Maimora connecting with BritlSfa 111(11(1 Stfi&Dl NdVlgfltlOD CO.j gf Ij Moldavia Y v Mar. 9 Devanha^ Mongolia LIMI T E I>. /flk OCCfID S efl|| F ok Intkndkd to Sail. Steamer. /JI 1X AND Date. ,ith
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