Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 16 May 1911

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    20 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 110 VOL. LXIX. TUESDAY, 16th MAY, 1911. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      2037 1 □□□□□□□□□□□□□°n aDDDnaannn 2 For $3O g \7ou can have the Pinang d D I Gazette” posted every day g 2 for a whole year to your address. n H (LOCAL SUBCRIPTION, $27.) Proportionate Quarterly and Half-yearly rates. D Subscriptions are payable in c advance and remittances should n g be
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      81 1 XX Then you are away on leave g V V you want to keep in touch u with Malayan affairs, Social, Com- D mercial, Mining, Planting, &c. n This you can do in no better way n than by subscribing to the Weekly c Edition of the “Pinang Gazette,” B
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    F.M.S. GAZETTE.
    818 2 appointments. The Secretary of State for the Colonies has approved the appointment of Mr, H. C. Belfield, c.M.0,, British Resident, Perak, to be a Member of the Board of the Malay States Development Agency in London. Mr. W. P. Hume is appointed to act as Chairman of the
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    THE WEEK'S ENGAGEMENTS.
    132 2 Tuesday, May 16. Penang Assizes. Golf Club Tennis Tournament. Straits Cinematograph, Penang Road. George Town Cinematograph. Wednesday, May 17. Penang Assizes. P.C.C. Bowls Tournament. Band, Esplanade. Golf Club Tennis Tournament. Lodge Scotia Installation, 6 p.m. Thursday, May 18. Outward P. O. Mail. P.C.C. Bowls Tournament. Golf Club
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    Other Coming Events.
    317 2 May 24.—Empire Day. May 24.— Daily Mail Empire Rifle Match, 7 am. May 25. —Municipal Commission, 3.30 p.m. May 25.—Y.W.C.A. Meeting, Dato Kramat Hoad, 5 p.m. May 27.—Cricket Tournament —M. R. C. v. P. C. C., Victoria Green; P. R. C. v. C. R. C., Esplanade. May
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    AUCTION SALES.
    53 2 Wednesday, May 17. Jewellery; 38 Beach St.; 11 a m.; Koh Eng Hin, auctioneer. Wednesday and Thursday, May 17 and IS.— Land and Shophouses; 11.30 a.m.; 21 Beach St.; Cunningham, Clark Co., auctioneers. Tuesday, May ‘3o.— Share in land in Province Wellesley; 11.30 a.m.; 21 Beach St.; Cunningham,
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    TENDERS.
    55 2 Coronation Committee, Butterworth.— Supply of Refreshments at Sea Sports on June 23 tenders close noon, May 20. Municipal Commissioners of George Town.— Upper excavation Ayer Etam service reservoir; roadway; bridge over Tat’s stream tenders close: 3 p.m., May 24. Kuala Lumpur Sanitary Board.— Supply of 6 pairs Indian bullocks
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    HOUSES TO LET.
    42 2 The Grange,” No. 9 Logan Road; apply P. J. Duval, No. 2 Arratoon Road. Roseneath,” No. 12 Logan Road; apply J. W. Hallifax. 188 Anson Road apply 125 Penang Street. 5 and 14 Logan Road apply M. M. Noordin.
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    Where to Stay.
    35 2 Penang :—The E. <fc O. Hotel, The Crag, Raffles by the Sea, Runnymede Hotel, ami Sea View Hotel. Kuala Lumpur :—Grand Oriental Hotel i Ipoh :—The Grand Hotel. I Rangoon ;—Strand Hotel.
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    IS LAZINESS A DISEASE ?
    773 2 IS LAZINESS A DISEASE AN EASY METHOD OF OVERCOMING LASSITUDE. Sir Joseph Fayrer, in his book, The Preservation of Life in India,” points out that the exposure to the direct solar heat or to a high temperature in the shade may induce heat exhaustion, ardent fever, and other evils of
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      32 2 Fire Insurance. Queen Insurance Company. Royal Fire Insurance Company. The undersigned have been appointed Agents for the above Companies, and to open to accept Fire Risks during current year. KATZ BROTHERS, Ltd.,
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      924 2 WEDNESDAY OPENING NIGHT. •*************************000 l Singing Talking Motion Pictures o o George Town Cinematograph, z/vVOlllTlCiriS 0 Kuala Kangsar Road Theatre. Q w V air Cinematophone Latest Talking o The Queen of Table Waters. 9 and Singing Pictures —The Whistling Coon, English Series by B. SHEPARD, p Cf casc Q f
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    TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
    813 3 HOME POLITICS. London, May 6.—Lord Selborne, speakat Barnstaple, said that next Monday would see the introduction of an alternative plan for the reconstruction of the House of Lords under which it could never again be said that both Parties were not fairly represented in the House of Lords.
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      255 3 DfJ.Collis, The ORIGINAL and ONLY GENUINE. > Acts like a Charm in Checks and arrests f DIARRHOEA, and is FEVER, CROUP, AGUE. W the only Specific in The p est R eme dy known for 1 CHOLERA and COUGHS, COLDS, B DYSENTERY. asthma, bronchitis, K if The only Palliative in
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      693 3 TRY OUR STRINGS pj SIMOYAMA, VIOLINS. BANJOS. MANDOLINES. «4 guitars. JAPANESE DENTIST, Pianoforte and Violin Music in Sheets and Albums, Has J us Office top floor of Tutors, Manuscript Books, etc., e at popular prices. Tne Japanese Dispensary, The Co-Operative Agency, 266, beach street. 104, Muntri and Leith Street. 241—8-9
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    Tuesday, May 16, 1911.
    597 4 It is late in the day to think of starting for Home to take a personal part in the Coronation Festivities. Those who intended to participate have already landed ‘or are well on their way homeward bound. Those obliged by business duties, depleted banking accounts and
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    BOWLS AT THE P.C.C.
    337 4 FURTHER TOURNAMENT RESULTS. The following ties in the P.C.C. bowls tournament were decided yesterday afternoon Championship. (Semi-Final). S. Riley beat W. S. Goldie. 21—17. Following the heavy rain earlier in the day the green was rather tricky and both players experienced some little difficulty in overcoming
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    The Late Mr. Koh Seang Tat.
    220 4 The late Mr. Koh Seang Tat, J.P., whose funeral we reported yesterday, was, it may be recalled, presented with a medal and certificate with the following inscription on it Presented with a Commemorative Medal to Mr. Koh Seang Tat at the Colonial and Indian
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    A Police Raid.
    203 4 The Kuala Lumpur police made a raid on a Chinese Theatre in Seremban at 11 p.m. on Saturday last, and there arrested a score of people for illegal gambling. All the implements for gambling were secured, besides a considerable sum in cash. The case is pending for
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    MR. A. BOWERS SMITH.
    468 4 DEATH IN ENGLAND. It is with the deepest regret that we have to announce the death of Mr. A. Bowers Smith, partner in the firm of Messrs. Kennedy Co., exchange and share brokers, which occurred in London on Saturday evening after a severe operation. Mr. Alexander
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    Ladies' Rifle Shooting.
    183 4 The De Voogt Cup Result. At the Rifle Range, Kampong Bharu, yesterday afternoon, the Penang Ladies’ Rifle Club had a practice shoot and fired the final shoot for the De Voogt Cup, which has been won by Mrs. G. Egerton Wright-Motion. Full practiculars of the competitors’ scores
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    F.M.S. Government Printing.
    250 4 Commenting on the congestion in the F.M.S. Government Printing Department, Kuala Lumpur, the P. P. says It is the usual case of working a willing horse to death. Why can’t Kelantan and Trengganu go to the Government Printing Office at Singapore, or the number of printing houses
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    SULTAN OF KEDAH.
    452 4 ARRIVAL IN PENANG. H. H. Sultan Abdul Hamid Aimerhum Shah Ahmed Tajudn Mukara. inshah, Saltan of Kedah, who is goi U g England to attend the Coronation of H. King George, arrived in Penang on Sunday evening with H. H. Tunku Mahmood President of the State Cjuncil
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    Lawn Tennis.
    106 4 Golf Club’s Tournament. The following ties have been fixed foj Wednesday, 17th inst. Men’s Singles Handicap.—A Class T Davidson—ls. 2 v. H A Neubronner —15.5 A F G Anderson—3/6 v. W S Goldie—ls. B, Class. F H Baker—4/6 v. C L Sandes—s/6. H E Richards—4/6 v F A
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    A Rubber Invention.
    111 4 Planters throughout Malaya will be interested to learn that the Straits Settlements Government has authorised Mr. W. M. Miller, of Caledonia Estate, to file a specification of an invention for the preparation of rubber direct from the latex without undergoing the intermediary process of coagulation, etc. We
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    The Assizes.
    84 4 At the Assizes, in the Supreme Court, this morning, before Mr. Justice L. P Ebden and a common jury, Naina, a Kling, was charged with committing an offence on a Kling girl, named Marimuthoo, aged six years, at Juru Estate, Province Wellesley, on April 9, 1911. He was
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      84 4 To-Day’s Contents. Page 2.— F.M.S. Gazette; and Week’s Engagements. Page 3.— Telegraphic News. Page If. Editorial (The Festival of Empire); Mr. A. Bowers Smith Bowls at the P.C.C. Sultan of Kedah Ladies’ Rifle Shooting; F.M.S. Government Printing The Late Mr. Koh Seang Tat Lawn Tennis A Rubber Invention A Police
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    32 4 DEATH. Wbsterhout. —At Race Course Villa,” 17, Race Course Road, Singapore, on Saturday, May 13, 1911, at 2-10 a.m., Eva Alice, the dearly beloved wife of Alex. W. Westerhout aged 31 years.
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    THE SHARE MARKET.
    340 5 TINS STILL RISING. STERLING RUBBERS IRREGULAR. The following are the changes (buyers and sellers only) in our share list on page 7 of this issue 1910. 15/5/11. 16/5/11. x n co aS aS g Shares. >, -2 c s '33 s "3 S iJ M «2 CQ
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    THE PRICE OF RUBBER.
    44 5 FINE HARD PARA WEAK. [From a Malacca Correspondent Malacca, May 16. Information has been received by the Malacca Rubber Plantations, Limited, that the price of fine hard Para in London yesterday was 4/9 per lb., value. The market is irregular.
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    SINGAPORE’S MILK SUPPLY.
    68 5 FLOTATION OF DAIRY COMPANY. [From Our Own Correspondent Singapore, May 16. The subscription list of the Cluny Dairy Co., Ltd., has been opened and closes on May 25. It is proposed to issue $50,000 of the capital of $200,000 to cany on the supply of pure milk
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    MALARIA IN SINGAPORE.
    52 5 AN ABNORMAL DEATH-RATE. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, May 16. The Singapore Free Press criticises the state of affairs which allows 144 deaths last week from malaria fever in a city with half a hundred medical men and a disease capable of control, remedial action, and almost
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    RIFLE SHOOTING.
    44 5 DATE OF SINGAPORE MEETING. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, May 16. The e’eventh annual meeting of the Singapore Rifle Association will be held from June 3 to July 1. Singapore’s shoot for the Bromhead Matthews Shield will take place this week' end.
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    SINGAPORE AND THE CORONATION.
    31 5 [From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, May 16 It has been decided to hold two exgriffin races as part of the Coronation festivities in Singapore on June 24.
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    ALOR GAJAH RUBBER CO.
    125 5 MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS. WORKING CAPITAL FINISHED. [Froo* Our Own Correspondent.! Singapore, May 16. The annual meeting of shareholders in the Alor Gajah Rubber Co Ltd., was held yesterday. Mr. Moorhouse, who presided, said that the estate had been surveyed and showed an excess of four acres.
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    THE BUDGET.
    100 5 FEW CHANGES PREDICTED. [Reuter’s Service London, May 16. Seldom has there been such indifference manifested in the City on the eve of the introduction of the Budget. Confidence is expressed that there will be few changes, though the removal of the protective duty on cocoa is considered certain.
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    THE GERMAN ROYAL FAMILY.
    85 5 ARRIVAL IN ENGLAND. [Reuter’s Skrvice.] London, May 15. The Kaiser and Kaiserin, accompanied by Princess Victoria Luise, have arrived in Bngland to attend the ceremony of unveiling the Queen Victoria Memorial on Tuesday. London’s Welcome. London, May 16. The Kaiser and Kaiserin, on their arrival in
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    ANGLO-AMERICAN ARBITRATION.
    59 5 SIMPLIFYING THE CONVENTION. [Reuter’s Service.] Washington, May 15 The principal difficulty in drafting the arbitration treaty between America and Great Britain has been the elimination of certain matters from the scheme of arbitration, which, it was found, could be attained satisfactorily by an exchange of notes, thus leaving
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    MOROCCAN CRISIS.
    66 5 DISQUIETING NEWS FROM FEZ. [Reuter’s Service.] Paris, May 15 It is officially intimated that, in view of the disquieting nature of the latest reports from Fez, the French Government has instructed General Moinier to hasten the advance of the relief column to Fez, which, however, will occupy the
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    THE LORDS’ VETO.
    54 5 STATEMENT BY MR. ASQUITH. [Reuter’s Service.] London, May 16. Speaking in the House of Commons, yesterday, the Rt. Hon. H. H. Asquith, Prime Minister, said that the Opposition was profoundly wrong in thinking that the popular hostility against the House of Lords was due to an aversion
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    The Mails.
    50 5 Homeward. Steamer. Arrives. Mails Sails. Close P. &O. Delta Sat. 20/5 8.1. Sat. 27/5 10 a.m. noon. N.D.L. Buelow Tues. 7/6 3 r Outward. P. &O. Delhi Thurs. 18/5 9 a.m. 10 a.m. 6 a.m. N.D.L. P. E. Friedrich Thurs. 25/5 8.1. Thurs. 25/5 3 p.m. 4 p.m.
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    TAIPING TOPICS.
    942 5 [From Our Own Correspondent.] Taipiug, May 15. There has been a great deal of grumbling lately in regard to the disgustingly dirty condition of the Straits Settlements notes circulating as currency in Perak. Writing from personal experience, unfortunately chiefly confined to the notes of lowest denomination, I must
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    WRONGFUL DISMISSAL.
    1040 5 JUDGMENT FOR PLAINTIFF. As briefly stated in our last issue, in the Supreme Court, yesterday afternoon, Mr. Justice L. P. Ebden delivered judgment in favour of the plaintiff in the case of Maximilian Meisl v. Eastern Smelting Co., Ltd., in which the plaintiff claimed (a) $6OO for three
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      CORONATION CELEBRATIONS.
      144 5 [To the Editor oj the Pinang Gazette."] Sir, I should be much obliged if you would be so kiud as to inform your readers that), since Government has made a grant of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) towards the Coronation Celebrations in the Settlement of Penang, the Coronation Celebration
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    To-day’s Tin Quotations.
    70 5 To-day’s quotation for unrefined tin in Penang is $95.45 per picul business done Tin in London is quoted at £195 10s. spot and £lBB 10s. three months. The following were the dealings in tin to-day —Singapore, Straits Trading Co. Ltd., 100 tons, $95.90 Penang Straits, Trading Co.,
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    Legislative Council.
    164 5 The following are the orders of the day for Friday’s meeting 1. Deceased Wife’s Sister’s Marriage Bill (Bill “To amend the Law relating to Marriage with a Deceased Wife’s Sister”), Committee. 2. Tamil Immigration Fund Bill (Bill “To repeal and re-enact with amendments the Law for the establishment,
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      80 5 The Grand Hotel, PERAK. THE High-life Hostelry in the Heart of the IPOH City. Requests for accommodations by Mail or Wire will have Prompt Attention. Telegrams: CREET,” Ipoh. P. Z. CREET, Sole Proprietor. nnnnnnunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 1 RACHALS' PIANOS I g ARE g n The Best for the Tropics. n n 7
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      353 5 The Bankruptcy Ordinance 1888. In the Supreme Court of the Straits Settlements. SETTLEMENT OF PENANG. In Bankruptcy. No. 9 of 1911. die CHOP POH HUAT.” Notice is hereby given that the First Meeting of creditors in the above matter will be held at the Bankruptcy Office, Supreme Court, Penang, on
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    MAILS CLOSE ON WEEK DAYS
    595 6 For Balik Pulau, at 8 a m. and 0-30 p.m. Butterworth, at 7 a.m., 10 a.m 1 p.m., and 4- p.m. Bukit Tambun, at 8-30 a.m., 1-45 p.m., and 5- p.m. Bukit Mertajam, 8-30 a.m., 10-40 a.m., 1-45 p m., 3-15 p.m and 5-30 p.m.
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      45 6 THE STANDARD LIFE OFFICE. This Company is one of the largest OF THK Provident Institutions OF Great Britain. NEW REDUCED RATES FOR THE Straits Settlements. Apply for full information to SANDILANDS, BUTTERY dt Co., w s Agents. MACKAY S LIQUEUR WHISKY, The Whisky of Connoisseurs.
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    SHIPPING.
    528 7 arrivals. Hok Canton, Brit 29(\ Eades, May 16, T. Anson, gen., E. S. Co I noh Brit. 528, Olsen, May 10, Singapore, P aen Adamson, Gilfillan Co. Janet Nicoll, Brit., 475 Morris, May 16, Tongkah, gen., E b. Co. Perak, Brit., 258, Glenday, May 16, Deli, gen., E. S.
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    SHARES.
    1723 7 Capital. Subscribed. f Value Dividends. Name. .2 Q ‘s 5 g 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 MINING. 1903 $300,000 $300,000 30,000 »10 »10 25 10 30 Be i at Tin Mining Co. 5f 6$ 1906 300,000 225,000 22,500 10 10 Bruang 1901 600,000 600,000 60,000 10 10 20 10
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    MAILS.
    88 7 CLOSE AT GENERAL POST OFFICE To-Morrow. For. Per. Close. Yen Jit Seng 7 a.m. Alor Star (Kedah) Kedah 8 am. Negapatam Madras Teesta 11 a.m. Teluk Anson Hok Canton 2 p.m. Pang Nga Deli 2 p.m. Langsa, T. Semawe, Segli, Olehleh Pulo Weh Atjeh 3 p.m. Thursday. Singapore, China
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    EXCHANGE.
    125 7 Pbhang, May 16, 1911. (By (Jourtesy oj the Chartered Bank). London Demand Bank 2/4 3/32 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4$ 3 Credit 2M| l( 3 Documentary 2/4 7/16 Calcutta Demand Batik Rs. 174| 3 days’ sight Private 175| Bombay Demand Bank 174| 3 days'sight Private 175$ Madras Demand Bank
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      767 7 it’s a Bad Sign when you have that obstinate, lingering cough which will not be shaken off. There is no cough at any stage, whether old or youug, but what needs attention. A cough soon wrecks a strong constitution, soon makes one helpless, in fact a cough is a very
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      542 7 Central Sales Room. BY ORDER OF J. C. SUGARS, Esq. (Assistant Official Assignee, Supreme Court. Penang), Administrator oj the Estates and Effects oj Yeoh Boon Tooi, deceased. The undersigned are instructed to sell by PUBLIC AUCTION, at CENTRAL SALES ROOM, at 21, Beach Street, Penang, All those pieces of lauds
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      92 7 The Tides. Date. H. W. L. W. H. W. L. W. A.M. A.M. P.M. P.M. May 16 1-34 7-42 1-50 7-58 „17 2-07 8-16 2-24 8-33 „18 2-41 8-50 2-59 8-08 „19 3-19 8-29 3-40 9-50 „20 4-02 10-14 4-26 10-40 „21 .4 55 11-11 5-27 11-43 „22 6-01 Nil.
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