Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 1 May 1911

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  • 20 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 97 VOL. LXIX. MONDAY, Ist MAY, 1911. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 1790 1 Sea View Hotel, FARQUHAR STREET. THE IDEAL HOTEL FOR VISITORS. ENGLISH PROPRIETORSHIP ON THE SEA FRONT. X NO UNHEALTHY SURROUNDINGS. Cool, Comfortable and Homelike. J < CUISINE UNEXCELLED. TERMS VERY MODERATE. J Z VICTORIA FOR HIRE. J Telephone 368. Proprietor, W. DANIEL. J •♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦a THE PINANG GAZETTE .’’l fpfn I
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    • 58 1 ♦•••••••••••••••••••••••a* THE PINAKG GAZETTE J (PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING.) Rates of Subscription, payable strictly in advance:— 2 LOCAL 8 2-25 per month. J J $13.50 half yearly. g $27.00 per annum. BY POST 8 2.50 per month. $15.00 half yearly. $30.00 yearly. J WEEKLY EDITION PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY. J Subscription $1.50
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  • 388 2 P. C. C. V. B. R. C. On the Butterworth ground on Saturday afternoon the Penang Cricket Club met the Butterworth Recreation Club in the Cricket Tournament. The game ended in a draw; the Penang Cricket Club making 52 runs for two wickets. The following are the scores
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  • 276 2 S. T. Police Constable Dangerously Wounded. One of the most determined murders perpetrated in Singapore for many years occurred on Thursday evening in River Valley Road, Singapore, when a Javanese was stabbed to death and a friend, who proved to be a police constable in plain clothes,
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  • 95 2 The report on the Office of the Registrar of Companies for the year 1910 states that eighteen new companies were registered during the year with a nominal capital of $3,270,000 seven companies went into liquidation one company was prosecuted by the Registrar for failing to file
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  • 1107 2 FRIDAY’S PROCEEDINGS. At the ordinary meeting on Friday last at Singapore there were present His Excellency the Acting Governor, E. L. Brockman, Lfis Excellency Major-General T. E. Sjephenson, G.0.C., the Hon’bles the Colonial Secretary, A. H. Lemon, the Colonial Treasurer, W. C. Mitchell, the Colonial Engineer, F. J.
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  • 354 2 The following unclaimed letters, etc., were lying at the Penang Post Office up to 29th April Letters. W Billinton, J P de Boseck, K Bysack, F P Clark, H V Cockshut, A Crowe, A F Davies, M G Day, C B E Ford, J Gracie, Mrs G Graham,
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  • 17 2 The Grange,” No. 9 Logan Road; apply P. J. Duval, No. 2 Ariatoon Road.
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  • 32 2 Penang :—The E. O. Hotel, The Crag, Raffles by the Sea, Runnymede Hotel, and Sea View Hotel. Kuala Lumpur :—Grand Oriental Hotel. Ipoh :—The Grand Hotel. Rangoon :—Strand Hotel.
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  • 14 2 Government of Kedah.— Construction of mosque, Alor Star tenders close noon, May 12.
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  • 138 2 Monday, May I. St. Philip and St. James. May Day. P.C.C. Bowls Tournament. P.C.C. Gymkhana Entries Close. P;L.R.C.: 10<> yds. deliberate, Walker Trophy and de Voogt Cup 4th class Bisley target; quick-firing and brick competition. Straits Cinematograph, Penang Road. George Town Cinematograph. Tuesday, May 2. P C
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  • 345 2 May B.—P.L.R.C.: 150 yds. deliberate, (Hub Spoon and de Voogt Cup Wantage. .May 9.—Football Cup Final. May 9, 11 and 13.—Singapore Race Meeting. May 10.—Golf Club Tennis Tournament Entries close, 6-30 p.m. May 10.—The Newmarket Stakes. May 11.—Municipal Commission, 3.30 p m. May 11.—Y.W.C.A. Meeting, Dato Kramat
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  • 21 2 Tuesday, May 16.—Steamers Hong Ho, Hong Lean, Poh A nn, and Teresa Powell Co.’s Sales Room, Singapore, 2-30 p.m.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 480 2 TO LET. PREMISES 188, Anson Road. Penang, fro,n lat Ju Qe 191 r earlier, if required. For particulars, app y to 405 125, PENANG STREET. TO LET. ROSENEATH, NO. 12, logon Road, ENTRY Ist JUNE, 1911. Apply to 406 J. W. HALLIFAX. N OTIGE. NOTICE is hereby given that I
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    • 109 2 STRIKING EXPERIMENTS AT THE REQUEST OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD FOR IRELAND. The remarkable feeding experiments conducted in the School of Physiology. Trinity College, Dublin, at the request of the Local Government Board for Ireland, prove that BOVRIL when added to a fixed diet, has a body-building effect equal to
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    • 535 2 TO-NIGHT! TO-NIGHT’’ The George Town Cinematograph, At Kuala Kangsa Road Theatrical Hall, “Ai Meal ARimoled Picture Show." To-night’s Specialities Don Juan, Motor Boat Ra ce and a Host of other Pictures. Box plan at the Robinson Piano Co Ltd Booking at Save-U-Trouble Firm. Coon Yen a Friends, and Penang Confectionery.
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 77 2 The M oon. First Quarter May 5 O Full Moon 13 The Tides. Date. H. W. L. W. H. W. L. W. A.M. A.M. P.M. P.M. May 1 1-13 7-24 1-34 7-45 2 1-56 8-08 2-19 8-31 3 2-43 8-55 3-08 9-20 4 3-33 9-47 4-00 10-14 5 4-29 10-45
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  • 330 3 OFFICIAL MINUTES. Minutes of a meeting of the Municipal Commissioners held on Thursday, the 13th April, 1911. Presknt —Messrs. W, Peel (President), W. T. Chapman, and Yeoh Guan Seok. Absent :—Dr. P. V. Locke, J. W. Hallifax, Esq., and Lim Eu Toh, Esq. 1. The minutes of the
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  • 381 3 If members of our local Golf Club would improve their game, and novices who may be thinking of joining the Club would learn how to play, we recommend to their notice a book just published by an American gentleman as an aid to golfers. The book
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    • 258 3 EMPIRE TYPEWRITERS. Writing in «gSgK EbSQf* sight thc timc POINTS OF THIS MACHINE ARE ITS SIMPLICITY, DURABILITY, EFFICIENCY, AND LOW-PRICE. Foolscap size (in meta! case) takes paper 9 wide Pricesl|2. Brief 131/2 140. Policy 18' 162. IN USE IN EVERY GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT in the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States.
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    • 112 3 Why Suffer? Here’s a Remedy That Will Banish Rheumatism No matter how much pain you are suffering—no matter how long you have suffered— no matter how hopeless you have become, Little’s Oriental Balm will bring quick and lasting relief. Applied outwardly it speedily penetrates to the blood vessels—the «eat of
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    • 549 3 VALENTINE WILLIAM, M«nul«tirliq jewellers. 2IT 11 1 1 ft ll Tk 1 X e o Netherlands Gutta Percha: Have Received a Fine Assortment of A A Precious Stones, Gold and Silver 0 COMPANY, LIMITED. Art Ware. Ceylon Lace Curios, A A Picture and Singapore Rubber Works. Orders taken for Repairs
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  • 1006 4 With the appendices, the report on the working of the Government Monopolies Department for 1910, by the Superintendent, Mr. F. M. Baddeley, and laid before Friday’s meeting of the Legislative Council, extends to over fifty pages. It deals fully and interestingly with the organization and operations
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  • 328 4 To-day’s quotation for unrefined tin in Penang is $95.40 per picul buyers, no sellers. The following were the dealings in tin to-day —Singapore, Straits Trading Co., Ltd., 100 tons, $95.85 Penang Straits Trading Co., Ltd., 50 tons, $96.25 Eastern Smelting Co., Ltd., no market Messrs. Leong Fee
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  • 404 4 OPENING OF CHULIA STREET EXTENSION. At seven o’clock, this morning, with the usual characteristic modesty of civil engineers in the public services in Penang, the extension of the George Town Municipal Electric Tramways, from Leith Street along Chulia Street to Beach Street, was opened to traffic without any
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  • 227 4 The following are the pony griffins imported by Mr. R. Moreton for the Penang Turf Club, which arrived to-day by the ss. Ipoh under the care of Mr. Mawley. 1. Bay P. Mare by Bloodshot dam by Plunger 4 years. 2. Bay P. Mare by Cadger by
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  • 94 4 London, April 21—The following is the latest betting on the Derby, run at the Epsom Summer Meeting on May 31st 7 to 1 agst. M. Edmond Blanc’s Shetland, by Zinfandel-Shellduck 7 to 1 agst. Mr. L. de Rothschild’s Pielri, by St. Frusquin-Pie Powder 9to 1 Mr. Neumann’s Cellini
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  • 42 4 Homeward. Steamer. Arrives. Mails Sails. Close P. AO. Assays Sat. 6/5 N.D.L. Pr. Ltsdwig Tues. 9/5 B-I- Sat. 13/5 10 a.m. noon. Outward P. AO. Thurs. 4/5 N.D.L. Gnelsneau Mon. 8/5 8.1. Thurs. 11/5 3 a.m. 4 p.m. 7 a.m.
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  • 673 4 Mr. C. E. Murrels, Manager of Cln Estate, Slim River, one of the properti', of the Lanadron group, was in Ipoh Saturday. Mr. P. Bonifas, the new Works Mana. r of the Eastern Smelting Coy., has arriv»; with his wife in Penang and they are staing at
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  • 79 4 The following ties have been arranged Monday, May I. Championship. W. S. Goldie v. H. Muir. Singles Handicap. R. Owen 2) v. H. Starr (scr Tuesday, May 2. Singles Handicap. (Semi-Final) S. Riley —4) v. J. S. Cunningham —3). Wednesday, May 3. Mixed Doubles. Mrs. Wright
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  • 14 4 The following return for April is to hand Malacca Plantations lb 70,000
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    • 147 4 QOOOOOOOOQOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO §THE GARRICK -8 CIGARETTE SET O A LARGE HAND-MADE CIGARETTE. X u o 2 WOtARRSfi Packed in 60’s Air-Tight Tins. gggw 81 “li a V e ma u. b- band f r»" I I T -...1., ri To b 3 J I —=ss V g wsaMR s O OBTAINABLE
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    • 78 4 To-Day’s Contents. Page 2.— Legislative Council; Cricket Tournament; Murder in Singapore j Companies in the F. M.S. Unclaimed Letters and Week’s Engagements. Page S.— How to Play Golf. Page 4. Editorial (Government Monopolies) Electric Tramways The Pony Griffins The Derby Social and Personal; Bowls at the P.C.0.; The Mails To-day’s
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  • 164 5 RUBBERS SLIGHTLY IMPROVED. POSING LAMAS AND TRONOHS DOWNThe following are the changes (buyers and sellers only) in our share list on page 7 of this issue 1910. 29/4/11. 1/5/11. I CD JO CB j- Shares. g, .SP s '5 s H j M as M cc Afininq.
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  • 46 5 FINE HARD PARA STEADIER. [From <1 Malacca Correspondent M dacca, April 30. Information has been received by the Malacca Rubber Plantations, Limited, that the price of fine hard Para in London on Saturday was 5/3j per lb., value. The market is firm.
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  • 37 5 [From Our Own Correspondent.] Malacca, April 29. At the rubber auction on Saturday the following prices were realized Fine sheet per picul $268 Bark crepe 181 String crepe I°9 There were 24 piculs sold.
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  • 45 5 SHARES ALREADY AT A PREMIUM [From Our Own Correspondent.] London, April 29. The Linggi Plantations’ subsidiary company is called the Port Dickson Rubber Co., Ltd., in which there have already been transactions at 9d. premium. The prospectus will be issued on Tuesday.
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  • 25 5 [From Our Own Correspondent.] London, April 29. The. directors of the Merton Rubber Co., Ltd., have declared a dividend of ten per cent.
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  • 70 5 A GARDEN PARTY SPOILED. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Ipoh, May 1. There was an abnormal flood tide at Teluk Anson on Friday evening, and the roads and compounds wet e flooded. The District Officer intended giving a garden party in Teluk Anson to meet Mr. R.
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  • 67 5 FROM IPOH TO TELUK ANSON. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Ipoh, May 1 The telephone line between Ipoh and Teluk Anson is now opened during the early mornings and in the evenings. It is possible to speak a person in Teluk Anson as distinctly as to a person
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  • 41 5 TOO LATE FOR THE CENSUS [From Our Own Correspondent Ipoh, May 1. Mrs. Gillespie, wife of Mr. H. J. Gillespie, Manager of Bagan Dato Estate, near Kuala Perak, has given birth to twins, both beys, in the Batu Gajah Hospital. w
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  • 29 5 [From Our Own Correspondent J Ipoh, May 1. The condition of Mr. R O. Winstedt, who is still in the Batu Gajah Hospital, is critical.
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  • 305 5 ANNUAL MEETING YESTERDAY. THE CHAIRMAN'S REPORT. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Kuala Lumpur, May 1. The annual general meeting of the Planters’ Association of Malaya was held yesterday. In the absence of Mr. C. M. Cumming, President, Mr. E. B. Skinner was voted to the chair. Mr C. S.
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  • 64 5 DELEGATES IN SINGAPORE. [From Our Otvn Correspondent.] Singapore, May 1. T.R.H. Prince Fushimi, the Japanese Envoy-Extraordinary to the Coronation of H.M. King George, and Princess Fushimi arrived yesterday by the N.Y. K. ss. Kamo Maru. They exchanged visits with Mr Genkichi Kono, the acting Consul for
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  • 61 5 DRAGGED BY RAILWAY ENGINE. (From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, May 1. Mrs. Clark, wife of Mr. C. G. C. Clarke, A«sayer of the Pahang Consolidated Co., Ltd., Kuantan, Pahang, has arrived here suffering from severe injuries sustained through being dragged by an engine on the
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  • 43 5 DESPATCH OF WARSHIPS. [Rrutrr’s Srrvicr] Washington, April 30. The U.S. gunboat Wellington has oeen ordered from Hongkong to Canton to assist American citizens. Berlin, May 1. The German cruiser litis (881 tons) at Hongkong has been ordered to Canton.
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  • 31 5 A NEW SUPER-DREADNOUGHT [Rkutkrs Service.] London, April 30. The Duchess of Fife launched at Barlow the super-Dreadnought battle-cruiser Princess Royal of 26,360 tons and carrying twelve 13| inch guns.
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  • 289 5 THE SPRING MEETING. FILL UST OF ENTRIES. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, May 1. The following is the full list of entries for the Singapore Spring Race Meeting FIRST DAY, MAY 9. The Opeminq Stakes. Value $6OO. A handicap for horses that have never won a stake
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  • 119 5 A CONFERENCE AT MUKDEN [Reuter's Service.] St. Petersburg, April 30. A telegram from Mukden says that the Russian delegates at the plague conference encountered opposition from the Chinese doctors as soon as they sought to discuss important questions. A Split in the Camp. St. Petersburg, May 1.
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  • 32 5 [Reuter’s Service.] Berlin, April 30. The German Crown Prince, it has been arranged, visits the Tsar in the middle of May and will be accompanied by the Crown princess.
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  • 23 5 [Reuter’s Service London, April 30. The death is announced of Mr. Robert Mansfield, formerly British Consul-General at Canton
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  • 22 5 [Reuter’s Service] St. Petersburg, April 30. The Russian Minister for War, General Sukhomlinoff, has proceeded to the Far East.
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  • 268 5 UNIONIST GAIN AT CHELTENHAM A NARROW MAJORITY. [Rbutbr’s Servicb.] Cheltenham, April 29. A by-election took place in Cheltenham yesterday, being necessitated by the unseating on petition of Mr. R Mathias, Liberal. The candidates were Major Lewis Mathias (Liberal), shipowner, Cardiff, a brother of the late member, and Mr.
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  • 102 5 LIBERAL UNOPPOSED. Loudon, May 1. Captain the Hon. Frederick Guest, Liberal M.P has been returned unopposed for East Dorset at the by-election rendered necessary by his appointment as a Junior Lord of the Treasury in succession to Mr. Oswald Partingdon, who was defeated at the recent general
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  • 15 5 [Reuter’s Service.] Toulon, May 1. President Failures has returned to Toulon from Tunis.
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  • 211 5 English Cup Final. London, April 22.—Two hundred special trains have from the earliest hours of the morning been pouring into London. Vast hordes come from the north to witness the Cup final at the Crystal Palace. Invaders are adorned with Bradford City and Newcastle colours. To the enlivening
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  • 141 5 PRELIMINARY ENQUIRY. MRS- PROUDLOCK BEFORE THE MAGISTRATE. [From a Special Correspondent.] Kuala Lumpur, May 1. Mr. Daly, Magistrate, opened the inqaest and preliminary inquiry into the death of Mr. Steward at 10 a.m. Mr. E. A. S. Wagner is appearing on behalf of Mrs. Proudlock. Later. The
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  • 330 5 TH» RIKISHA COOLIIS STATEMENT. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Kuala Lumpur, 3-35 p.m. The Magisterial proceedings opened today. Mr. E. A. S. Wagner, appeared on behalf of Mrs. Proudlock and her husband and Mr. Robinson was present in the interests of the deceased. Mrs. Proudlock first appealed
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  • 168 5 SAFETY OF FRENCH OFFICER. [Reuter’s Service.] Paris, April 29. M. Cruppi, French Minister for Foreign Affairs, says that the latest despatches show that Major Bremond’s Mohalla is intact twelve miles from Fez. M. Cruppi does not believe that Major Bremond is dead. By forced marching, the column
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 597 5 NOTICE. A SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of the Members of the Penang Chamber of Commerce will be held at the Chamber on Monday, 15th May, 1911, at the hour of 3 o’clock in the afternoon. Business 1. To elect a nominee for the Legislative Council to act during the absence on
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    • 2005 6 N-wwr var PAJAM, LTD. x > OMMMMMMHMMWMBMMMWWWMMMMMMMWMMMMaWWMMWWWMWBBBMO I IVw first report of directors. 5 3Q* THE MOTHER I L«iin k.*xil Ta 1/1 The first re P ort of the directors of BB R I Japan tv. dll OltdUSlilp VO. LO. p H j am Limited, has been circulated and W
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  • 600 7 ARRIVALS. Cornelia, Brit., 194, Baker, April 30, Deli, gen., E. S. Co. Coen, Dut.. 823, Visman, May 1, S’pore, gen., Hnttenbach, Liebert Co. Dilwara, Brit., 3457, Hodgson, April 30, Rangoon, gen., Huttenbach, Liebert Co. Hebe, Brit., 346, Willis, April 30, T. Anson, gen., Adamson, Giltillan Co. Ipoh, Brit., 528,
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  • 1694 7 •i l Capital. Subscribed, f Value 73 Dividends. Name. J» Q 2 1907 1 908 1909 1910 1911 MINING 1903 ¥300,000 ¥300,000 30,000 »10 »10 25 10 30 Belat Tin Mining Co. 5J 1906 300,000 225,000 22,500 10 10 Bruang, 1901 600,000 600,000 60,000 10 10 20 10 a
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  • 106 7 CLOSE AT GENERAL POST OFFICE To-Morrow. For. Per. Close. Alor Star (Kedah) Tong Chuan 8 a.m. Calcutta Kum Sang 11 a.m. Deli Cornelia 1 p.m. Asahan Petrel 1 p.m. Langkat Ban Whatt Soon 1 p.m. Pangkalan Brandan Karang 1 p.m. Batu Bahra Padang 1 p.m. Pang Nga Leong Ho
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  • 127 7 Penang, May 1, 1911. (By Courtesy oj the Chartered Bank). London Demand Bank 2/4J M 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4 5/16 3 Credit 2/4 7/16 3 Documentary 2/4| Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 174 j 3 days’ sight Private 475| Bombay Demand Bank 3 days’sight Private 175 1 Madras Demand
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  • 215 7 Penang, May 1, 1911. Gold leaf $64.80 Pepper (W. Coast 3 lb. 5 av.) No stock. White Pepper $24.65 sales. Trang Pepper $17.75 buyers Mace $lOB nominal. Mace Pickings $99 nominal. Cloves $42 nom. Nutmegs 110 $22 sellers. [No. 1 $6.10 sales. No. 2 $6.00 sales. Basket $5.10 nominal.
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  • 673 7 Capt. J. Case, Second officer of the E. 8. Co.’s ss. Ratorua, takes command of the ss. Petrel from to-day. The s.s Kum Sang, which arrived here thi9 morning, brought 438 immigrants, consisting of Indians and Chinese. The P. O. ss. Borneo and Blue-funnel boat ss. Idomeneus took
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 703 7 sun Life oi Canada. IKltahlbhort ISHS). Assets exceed £6,000.000.0.0 Surplus over all liabilities according to Government Standard 840,265.0.0 Income, 1908, £1,428,000 0.0 W. A. VVHITK, I KKNKEDI M Co,, Manager, South-Eastern I General Agents. Penang A*ia. Singapore. '"J HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL THE MERCANTILE BANK OF n > 1
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 2169 8 r .to.st«>iwtaw>!. intended sailings. Norddcutscher Lloyd, Bremen. EXPECTED ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES. MAIL SERVICE OUTWARD. (U A «wi LTattGoUJaw Ha Imperial German Mail Line. I/ t Jr—British India Steam Navigation Co., HOMHWARD, C A LIMITED. yllk A D.te. Steamer. r "V 1 HVI OCCUR SlCflffl £(j., ||f with S.B. London. For
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