Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 9 May 1911

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833 No. 104 VOL. LXIX. TUESDAY, 9th MAY. 1911. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 1783 1 W. DANIEL, 1.5.0„ 1, BEACH STREET, PENANG, J The only Certificated OPTICIAN J > in the Straits Settlements and the Only European WATCHMAKER J and JEWELLER in Penang. HIGH CLASS REPAIRS t A SPECIALITY. PATRONS are requested to send DIRECT to above address. < I The Great Eastern wanted >
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    • 56 1 THE PINAM GAZEITE (PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING.) Rates of Subscription, payable strictly in advance: LOCAL S 2-25 per month. f Z 813.50 half yearly. 9 Z 827.00 per annum. BY POST 8 2.50 per month. 815.00 half yearly. 830.00 yearly. J WEEKLY EDITION PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY. E a Subscription 81.50 per
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  • 1549 2 THE EMIGRATION QUESTION. London, May 2.—ln the House of Lords to-day the Duke of Marlborough called attention to the unanimous Resolution of the Imperial Conference of 1907 in favour of encouraging British emigration to the Colonies rather than to foreign countries, and asked what steps were being taken
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  • 850 2 A GRAVE CONDITION READILY REMEDIED. That great physician, Sir William Broadbent, once declared that for one child that dies, the constitutions of half-a dozen are ruined by the same conditions which caused the death of the infant.” These words cannot fail to impress every father and mother,
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  • 182 2 Tuesday, May 9. Football Cup Final: P.C. C v. C.R.C., Esplanade. Singapore Race Meeting. Straits Cinematograph, Penang Road. George Town Cinematograph. Auxetophonoscope, Tek Soon Theatre. Wednesday, May 10. Band, Esplanade. Golf Club Tennis Tournament Entries close, 6-30 p.m. The Newmarket Stakes. Football Five-a-Side, Esplanade. Thursday. May 11.
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  • 301 2 May 16 —Penang Assizes. May 17. —Lodge Scotia Installation. May 19 and 20.—Golf Club Ladies’ Monthly Medal. May 20.—Cricket Tournament P. C C. v. P. R. C., Esplanade; M. R. C. v. Butterworth, Victoria Green. May 22. P.L.R.C. 150 yds. deliberate, 4th class Bisley target 150 yds.
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  • 96 2 Thursday, May 11.— ss. Ban 1100 (late Flying Tish); 10.30 a.m.; Chinese junk, Kim Ting Ho, 1.30 p in.; Koh Eng Hin, auctioneer. Thursday, May 11.— Stock-in-trade 69 Beach St.; 11.15 a.m.; Cunningham, Clark Co., auctioneers. Monday, May 15. Land, Ricemil!, and Machinery in Jelutong Road 11.30 a
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  • 82 2 Municipal Commissioners of George. Town.— Drain and culverts, York Road reconstruction and regrading of drainage channel, Northam Road, between Penang Road and Farquhar St., new drainage channel, Sungei Pinang tenders close 3 p.m., May 10. Government of Kedah.— Construction of mosque at Alor Star; tenders close noon, May 12.
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  • 44 2 “The Grange,” No. 9 Logan Road; apply P. J. Duval, No. 2 Arratoon Road. Roseneath,” No. 12 Logan Road apply J. W. Hallifax. E Z 188 Anson Road apply 125 Penang Street. 5 and 14 Logan Road apply M. M. Noordin.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 42 2 Functional Liver Troubles are for the most part the outcome of too little exercise and too good living. The simplest and best of all remedies is a wineglassful of Hunyadi Janos natural aperient water taken before breakfast every second or third morning.
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    • 509 2 NOBEL’S EXPLOSIVES. KINNEY SONS, Assam Government MAGAZINES AT PENANG AND IPOH. Surveyors. Stocks always on hand of 30 yeaP8 ex P erlence in kind* of Btocas always on nana or LAND SURVEYING. GELIGNITE Open to Engagement for Surveying BLASTING GELATINE. RUBBER SETUPLEX DETONATORS. ELECTRIC DETONATOR Address: TT c PLANTERS’ STORES
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous

  • 1890 3 Illustrated Finance. DAMANSARA RUBBER. The fifth ordinary annual general meeting of the shareholders of the Damanasra (Selangor) Rubber Company, Limited, was held at the London Chamber of Commerce, Oxford Court, E C., on April 5, Mr. W. P. Metcalfe (chairman of the company) presiding. The representative of Messrs. Naftel
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    • 354 3 DTJ.Coffis Browne’s The ORIGINAL and ONLY GENUINE. Acts like a Charm in I Checks and arrests > DIARRHOEA, and is I FEVER. CROUP, AGUE. 5 I the only Specific m The g e£t R eme( jy known for fi CHOLERA and coughs, colds, B DYSENTERY. asthma, bronchitis t The only
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    • 219 3 THE IO per cent. ADVANCE 5 0N 5 Dunlop Motor Tyres: IS WITHDRAWN. GUTHRIE Co., Ltd.,; PENANG. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••a 5 W. D. H. O. WILLS’ THREE CASTLES ‘MAGNUMS,’’ Z A LARGE “HAND-MADE CIGARETTE. J s* s Packed in 1 Jh e Ma uMs; I “t. Pripp 50'S Patent I Three Cdstles
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  • 1046 4 It is not easy to uuderstani what the exact situation is in Mexico to-day. On the one hand, we have news of a fresh development of the insurgent leader’s plan of campaign, following upon the end of an apparently fruitless armistice. And on the other side,
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  • 185 4 PROGRESS OF THE TOURNAMENT. The following tie in the P.C.C. bowls tournament was decided yesterday afternoon ProJession Pairs. W. Hamilton and H. Starr (Schoolmasters) beat G. VV.-Motion and F. B. Ivens (Bar) 23—10. The schoolmasters were the first to have points chalked up on the blackboard,
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  • 296 4 RESULTS OF COMPETITIONS. At the Rifle Range, Kampong Bharu, the usual weekly shoot of the members of the Penang Ladies’ Rifle Club was held yesterday. The Club Prize was won this month by Miss Joan Smith. Mrs. Wiight-Motion, Miss Hogan, and Miss Sellers tied for the second
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  • 57 4 The following are the May scores of the Singapore Ladies’ Rifle Association for the Walker Trophy Mrs. Fisher 29 Mrs. Goldie 27 Miss Kerr 26 Mrs. Ager 26 Mrs. Parsons 25 Miss Klimmet 23 Total 156 The scores of the other clubs are Perak 179 Penang 177
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  • 137 4 Last Performance. To-night is the last exhibition of the ingenious synchronizing apparatus combining the cinematograph and the gramophone. By its means dramatic, vocal, and instrumental sketches are realistically given and most pleasing and effective results are secured. The programme to-night includes selections from popular operas. The films themselves
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • 160 4 [To the. Editor of the Pinang Gazette."] Sir, Will you be so good as to notify in your paper that all subscriptions to the above fund should be sent direct to the Hon. Treasurer, Mr. T. B. Peterkiu, of the Mercantile Bank, and that they should
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  • 878 4 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING The first annual general meeting of the Ayer Kuning Rubber Estate, Ltd was held yesterday afternoon in the Chamber of Commerce. Some difficulty was experienced in getting together the minimum representation of 26,000 shares, and it was only just on the stroke of 3-30
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  • 24 4 The following returns for April are t hand Kinta Association Mine piculs 290 o Tributers 476 Heawood 810'67 o revenue $3,572-42
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 257 4 LAST NIGHT! LAST NIGHT!! Tek Soon Theatre, Campbell Street. Auxetophonoscope TO-NIGHT! TO-NIGHT!! Positively the Last Performance. COME AND SEE THE STAR FILM THE TRAGEDY OF BELGRADE, Faithfully portraying the assassination of KING GEORGE and QUEEN DRAG A, OF SERVIA IN 1903. “The Merry Widow” “Carmen” “Boccacio,” AIS* NSt *1 NEW
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    • 75 4 To-Day’s Contents. Pago 2.— Telegraphic News and Week’s Engagements. Page 3.— Rubber. Page 4- Editorials Progress in Mexico; and A Fibre Exhibition); Ladies’ Rifle Shooting; The Auxetophonoscope; Correspondence; Bowls at the P.C.C; Ayer Kuning Estate; and Tin Mining Returns. Page s.— Telegrams The Malay States Rubber Crops To-day’s Tin Quotations
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  • 22 4 DEATH. Robbrts —At Tavoy, Lower Burma, of enteric fever Benjamin George Roberts, of Portsmouth, England, formerly of Straits Settlements. Aged 41 years.
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  • 274 5 A RISE IN TEKKAS. ANOTHER drop in rubbers The following are the changes (buyers and sellers only) in our shaie list on page 7 of this issue I9K». 8/5/11. 9/5/11. t. tn cc tn tn x 2 Shares. Ji 2-2 O 5 P C J e M
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  • 44 5 FINE HARD PARA LOWER. [From a Malacca Correspondent.] Malacca, May 8. Information has been received by the Malacca Rubber Plantations, Limited, that the price of fine hard Para in London yesterday was 5/- per lb., sellers. The market is steady.
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  • 27 5 From Onr Own Correspondent. Singapore, May 8 Today’s (Monday’s) quotations for produce are Pepper, black $16.50 Copra, best 9.70 Copra, Bali 9.60 Copra, Pontianak 9.30
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  • 95 5 SCRATCHINGS FOR TO-DAY. selections for coronation cup. From Onr Own Correspondent.] Singapore, May 9. The weather for to-day's races is thundeiy but the morning rain will not do the course any harm. The scratchings are as follows The Opening Stakes Chanticleer. The Pavilion Stakes Marano and Satis. The
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  • 37 5 I From Onr Own Correspondent.] Singapore, May 9. At the Assizes yesterday, the Crown offered no evidence in the case against Mr. R Forbes Lamb for an offence in Malacca, and he was accordingly discharged.
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  • 65 5 M KLOBUKOWSKI’S SUCCESSOR. Der Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service Paris, May 8. The French Council of Ministers will appoint the successor of M. Anthony Kiobukowski as Governor-General of Indo-China. M. Albert Francois Lebrun. Deputy for Briey M. Auguste Louis Paul Gervais, Senator for the Seine; and M. Charles Chaumet,
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  • 144 5 MEETING AT KUALA LUMPUR. TAMIL IMMIGRATION FUND. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Kuala Lumpur, May 8. Sir A. H. Young, Chief Secretary, F.M.S., presided at the meeting of the Federal Council to day. The principal business was the consideration of the Tamil Immigration Fund Enactment. A certificate of urgency
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  • 116 5 CHINESE TRIED AT SEREMBAN. A REMARKABLE BTORY. From Our Own Correspondent. Seremban, May 8. A remarkable story of the Gemas gang robbery on March 5 was related at the Seremban Assizes before Mr. Sercombe Smith, Judicial Commissioner, yesterday, when twenty-one Chinese tried. An Organised Attack. The evidence
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  • 116 5 PRESIDENT DIAZ TO RESIGN. [Rrutbr’h Service.] Mexico, May 8. President Diaz has issued a manifesto declaring his intention of resigning the Presidency of the Republic as soon as peace is restored. A March on the Capital. London, May 8. Fearing complications with the United States, General Madero,
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  • 94 5 HAGUE CONFERENCE POSTPONED. [Reuter’s Service.] The Hague, May 9. In all probability the International Opium Conference will not be held this year. Anglo-Chinesa Agreement. Peking, May 8. The opium agreement between China and Great Britain was signed to-day. The arrangement made in 1907 will be continued contingent
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  • 55 5 DECREASE IN APRIL IMPORTS. [Reuter’s Service.] London, May 8. The Board of Trade returns for April show a decrease of £7,705,244 in imports as compared with the corresponding month of 1910. The decrease is mainly in grain, flour, cotton, and wool. Exports show an increase of £400,421
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  • 222 5 FRENCH ADVANCE ON FEZ. TESTING GERMAN VIEWS. [Reuter’s Service Paris, May 8. The French papers have launched a ballon d’essai, evidently for the purpose of testing the views of Germany, suggesting that.the French column should advance to Fez but remain only three days. A Pessimistic Report. [Der Ostasiatische
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  • 48 5 A REPORT AND A DENIAL. [Der Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service.] St. Petersburg, May 7. The Press reports that the Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary will shortly visit Russia. Vienna, May 8. The report of a visit of the Archduke Francis Ferdinand to St. Petersburg is denied.
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  • 39 5 [Der Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service.] Constantinople, May 7. The Turkish Council of Ministers has granted a concession to the Anatol Railway Co. to construct a line in the eastern suburbs of Constantinople, the distance being 150 kilometres.
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  • 34 5 [Der Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service.] Berlin, May 7. The Grand Duke Ernest, Ludwig of Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria, and Prince Albrecht of Wiirttemberg will go to England for the Coronation of King George.
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  • 30 5 [Der Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service.] The Hague, May 7. A Bill has been introduced in the Second Chamber of the States-General providing for invalidity and old age pensions.
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  • 31 5 [Der Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service.] Berlin, May 7. An agreement is likely to be reached very shortly between the Government and the parties in the Reichstag regarding the Alsace-Lorraine Constitution Bill.
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  • 29 5 [Reuter’s Service.] London, May 8. The athletic meeting between Harvard, Yale, Oxford, and Cambridge Universities has been fixed to take place at the Queen’s Club in July.
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  • 30 5 Dkr Ostasiatischk Lloyd’s Service Strassburg, May 7. The Kaiser has unveiled a monument of Wilhelm I, German £mperor and King of Prussia from 1861 to 1888.
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  • 126 5 MARQUIS OF LANSDOWNE’S SCHEME. A NEW CHAMBER PROPOSED. [Reuter’s Service.] London, May 9. The Marquis of Lansdowne has presented the House of Lords Reform Bill proposing a new Chamber composed of Firstly.— A hundred Peers elected by their compeers from Peers who have been or are
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  • 50 5 THE KAISER’S CONDOLENCES. [Der Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service Berlin, May 5. The Kaiser, Prince Heinrich, Herr von Bethmann-Hollweg, and Admiral von Tirpitz have sent messages of condolence to the Woermann Shipping Line on the occasion of the death of Herr Adolf Woermann, head of the firm.
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  • 26 5 [Der Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service.] Berlin, May 7. The German Asiatic Bank pays a divi* dend of eight per cent, for the past year.
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  • 22 5 [Der Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service] Rome, May 7. His Holiness the Pope has now recovered, and audiences have been resumed.
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  • 21 5 [Drr Ostasiatischk Lloyd’s Service Berlin, May 7. The new Councilb>r of Legation, Count Radowitz, starts to-day for Tokio.
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  • 19 5 [Der Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service.] Dresden, May 7. The King of Saxony has opened the International Hygiene Exhibition.
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  • 20 5 [Der Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service Bremerhaven, May 1. The Antarctic expedition ship in charge of Lieut. Filchner has started.
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  • 67 5 Homeward. Steamer. Arrives. Mails Sails. Close N.D.L. Pr. Ludwig Tues. 9/5 5 p.m. 6 p.m. 3 p.m. 8.1. Bangala Sat. 13/5 10 a.ra. noon. P. &O. Sat. 20/5 Outivard N.D.L. Gneisneau Tues. 9/5 5 p.m. 2 a.m. 7 p m. N.D.L. Derfflinger Wed. 10/5 5 p.m. 10 p.m.
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  • 36 5 The following additional returns for April are to hand Alma lbs. 160 Bukit Kajang 958 Glenshiel 5,618 Heawood 2,251 Inch Kenneth 11,570 Kota Bahru 1,600 Kempas 740 Merton 2,586 Sendayan >, 1,186 United Singapore 3,542
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  • 69 5 To-day’s quotation for unrefined tin in Penang is $95.60 per picul business done. Tin in London is quoted at £194 ss. spot and £l9O ss. three months. The following were the dealings in tin to-day :—Singapore, Straits Trading Co. Ltd., 200 tons, $96 Penang Straits, Trading Co.,
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 785 5 THE MALAY STATES. HOLIDAY TICKETS. FAST and present. rhUM TICKEIS FOR SIN6IE FARES In an article written over the nom de will be issued for use between the plume of Orang Yan Tahu, appearing in 15th April and 15th July, to all ports of the Australasian, it is stated that
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  • 572 6 Per P <fc O ss Macedonia, connecting witli the steamer Delhi at Colombo. From London, April 21:—To Penang: Chief Det. Inspector R. J. Kirke and Mrs Kiike, Mrs Hatchell and infant, Mrs A Rhodes, Mr W Chapman, and J B Mair. To Singapore Mr F M
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  • 333 6 The following is the list of passengers by steamers leaving Penang on the undermentioned dates Per P ifc O ss Delta, connecting with ss Mooltan, May 20 —II II Sultan of Kedah, Wan Ahmad, H H Tunku Mahmud, Tunku Bahadurshah, Syed Md. Shahabudin, Ince Hassan, Messrs A Cavendish,
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 1078 6 N"W y T7’ MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE CO. OF CANADA. g JL g JL «hkl Claims, loans, and surrenders, settled immediately by the General Agents at Penang, Japan Mail Steamship Co. Id. “XT' refore !,i dA Manager for Eastern Assistant Agent, Asia and India. Penang. GUTHRIE AND COMPANY. LIMITED, General Agents,
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    • 8 6 P. MOIR CRANES* Cylinder Oil. ’Sandil&nda, Buttery Co.
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    • 218 6 the mother WHO USES i Nestles’ Milk Food i D PARIS -875 W for her chlld P laces her trust in a diet M jj which lias been known as a M /> standard the world over for more than W s \MILuM i .POOD NESTLE’S FOOD is not an
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  • 541 7 ARRIVALS. Anagonia, Ger., 3228, C. Meyer, May 8, New York, gen., Behn Meyer Co. Cornelia, Brit., 194, Baker, May 9, Deli, gen., E. S. Co. Hok Canton, Brit., 290, Eades, May 9, T Anson, gen., E S. Co. Hong Bee, Brit., 2059, Kinghorn, May 8, Singapore, gen., E. S.
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  • 1652 7 s’ ceput. s «b ralb .a. ”< p™ D d da N e i J ii W SS •J fl cu a «a ty 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 MINING. 22’222 lO ’J 0 25 10 30 BeUt Tin Mining co. ..5J ej 1906 300,000 225,000 22,500 10 10
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  • 80 7 CLOSE AT GENERAL POST OFFICE To-Morrow. For. Per. Close. Alor Star (Kedah) Tong Chuan noon Langkat Jin Ho 1 p.m. Teluk Anson Hok Canton 2 p.m. Singapore and Hongkong Amoy and Swatow Hong Bee 3 p.m. Deli Malaya 4 p.m. Singapore, China and Japan Derfflinger 5 p,m. Thursday.’ Yen
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  • 216 7 Prnang, May 9, 1911. Gold leaf 564.60 Pepper (W. Oout 3 lb. 5 nz) No stock White Pepper $24.65 sales. Prang Pepper $17.75 buyers Mace $lOB nominal. Mace Picking» $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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  • 670 7 The SB. Hong Bee, which arrived her 0 yesterday, brought 363 Chinese to Penang from Amoy, Swatow, and Singapore. A scheme has been proposed to the Viceroy of Canton to introduce an instrument by which the acceleration and retardation of the time of high water can be registered
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 627 7 Sun Life 01 Confldd. (Katnbllahed IKtfBI. Assets exceed £6,000.<»<M).0.0 Surplus over all liabilities according to Government Standard 840,‘265.0.0 Incom k, 1908, £1,428,000 0.0 W. A. VVHtTK, t KKNNKBY A Co., Manager, South-Eastern I General Agents. Penang Aua. Singapore. a MnurunNC AND SHANGHAI NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL THE MERCANTILE BANK CF CHARTERED BANK
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 134 7 The Tides. Date. H. W. L. W. H. W. L. W. A.M. A.M. P.M. P.M. May 9 9-31 3-45 9-69 4-03 10 10-11 4-16 10-23 4-28 11 10-43 4-52 11-02 5-11 „12 1 1-21 5-30 11-40 5-49 13 Nil. 6-05 12 14 6-22 14 12-30 6-38 12-46 6-54 15 1-02
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 2286 8 P intended sailings. Norddemscher Lloyd, Bremen. EXPECTED AMIVALS AND DEPARTURES. i; MAIL SERVICE OUTWARD. TKMnk bJia 01««« IT Ha Imperial German Mail Line. jt—British India Steam Navigation Co.. HOMKWAKD, J U *Tk <» LIMITED. ZIK A D.te. Steamer. IXs s'' Lon" on 7 7 HVt OCCTH SltOS SAfy J with
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