Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 27 March 1912
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Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle
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Title Section20 1912-03-27 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 71 VOL. LXX. WEDNESDAY, 27th MARCH, 1912. PRICE 10 CENTS.20 words
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Advertisement678 1912-03-27 1 ■■■■■■□□□□□□□□□□□□□oaaaaaa For $3O S m V 7 »u can have the Pinang a I Gazette posted every day g for a whole year to your address. (LOCAL SUUCRIPTION, 527.) Proportionate Quarterly and n c Half-yearly rates Subscriptions are payable in o D advance and remittances should o be addressed to678 words
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Advertisement86 1912-03-27 1 ■■■■■■□□□□□□□□□auDDa aaaaßM W HBN YOU ARB AWAY on ,ear S Tou want to keep in touch with Malayan affairs, social. Com- E 2fF c,al Mining, Planting. c S g you can do in no better way n C t h n b y subscribing to the We-kly O q edition86 words
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Article122 1912-03-27 2 Wednesday, March 27. Golf Club Ladies’ Monthly Medal. Band, Esplanade, 6 p.m. Straits Cinematograph, Penang Road George Town Cinematograph, Kuala Kangsar Road. Thursday, March 28. Outward English Mail. Municipal Commission, 4 p.m. Lodge Scotia, 9 p.m. Friday, March 29. Outward German Mail. Band, Esplanade, 6 p.m. Saturday, March122 words
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Article40 1912-03-27 2 Friday, March 29.— Stock-in-trade, goodwill, and assets of Chop In Eye Thong, 59 Penang St., 11 a.m.; Central Sales Room Cunningham, Clark Co., auctioneers. Saturday, Match 30.— Furniture; The Aloes, Northam Road 11.15 a.m.; Cunningham, Clark Co., auctioneers.40 words
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Article56 1912-03-27 2 Homeward. Stkamkr Arrives. Mails Sails. Cloix. 8.1, Teesta Sat. 30/3 10 a.m. noon. M. Tourane Mon. 1/4* 5.30 p.m.l 30/3 P. &0. Sat. 6/4 N. Tues *From Singapore, f Mails close in Penang. Outward. 8.1. Thongwa Thurs. 28/3 3 p.m. 4 p.m. N.D.L. Kleist Fri. 29/3 3 p.m.56 words
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Article705 1912-03-27 2 Mr. F. O. Sander has gone on a trip to Ceylon. Mr. E. V. Carey and Miss Carey left for Home on Thursday. A fancy dress dance took place at Klang on Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Archdeacon returned to Singapore by the ss. Delta on705 words
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Article649 1912-03-27 2 GANG ROBBERY. The case against Chin Fat, who was charged with the above offence at the Assizes yesterday, resulted in the acquittal of the accused. The Judge and the evidence of the principal witness thoroughly unreliable and threw th«F case out without calling upon the defence, Gang Robbery649 words
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Article110 1912-03-27 2 The following is the business for the meeting of the Municipal Commissioners to-morrow 1. Minutes of last meeting to be read and confirmed. 2. Any special business the President may bring forward. 3. Questions. 4. Statement of Receipts and Disbursements and Progress Report for February, 1912. 5.110 words
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Article69 1912-03-27 2 On Friday His Excellency the Governor received a telegram from Sir West Ridgeway, dated 21st inst., in which he says I yesterday inaugurated a Legislative Council. It was a very impressive ceremony, and Europeans, natives, and Chinese were extremely gratified. The Council consists of six official members69 words
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Article772 1912-03-27 2 The China Mail learns that Messrs. David Sassoon Co., Ltd., will continue to act as agents in Hongkong and Shanghai, as heretofore, for the steamers of the Apcar Line. The Austrian Lloyd steamer Africa arrived here yesterday from Shanghai after calling at Hongkong and Singapore. This is her772 words
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Advertisement253 1912-03-27 2 =g| sffissSS^ lpixoApyrt A most delightful feeling of comfort is experienced after a shampoo with Pixoap. This is a mild fluid tar shampoo, from which, by a special patent process, the disagreeable pungent odour commonly associated with "tar has been eliminated. It cannot be too widely recegnised that tar is253 words
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Advertisement67 1912-03-27 2 When an advertiser in the Pinang Gazette requests you to accept a sample or a catalogue of his goods, he does so upon his merits. It costs him many dollars to ask it, it costs you a three cent postcard to obtain it, and you benefit by a comparison of67 words
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Advertisement78 1912-03-27 2 MARTIN’S A French Remedy for all Irregularities. Thousands of Ladies keep a box of Martin’s Pills in the house, so that on the first sign of any Irregularity of the System, a timely dose may be administered. Those who use them recommend them, hence their enormous sale. At all Chemists78 words
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Advertisement680 1912-03-27 2 AMUSEMENTS. SITUATIONS VACANT TO-NIGHT TO-NIGHT I CLUB SECRETARY REVOLUTION IN CHINA. gECRETARY for the I Commencing sa l ary The Revollltional War in Quarterscan be arraJj* 10.00 per month. tt 1 1 111 II SI Applications to be addressed to FILM PART I. 1626—9-4 SECRETARY CITY OF NANKING ATTACKED BY680 words
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Article600 1912-03-27 3 i.— S.T. IMPROVED POSITION OF COMPANY’S FINANCES. The sixth annual general meeting of Kanaboi, Limited, was held at the Company’s Offices, Winchester House, Singapore, on March 19. Mr. M. E. Plumpton presided and there were also present Mr, Solomon, Mr. Lowther Kemp, directors and shareholders. In presenting thei.—S.T. - 600 words
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256 1912-03-27 3 A Paris Correspondent writes M. d’Ollone, a distinguished French officer, who is estimated a first rate authority about things Chinese, passes in the Gaulois a most pessimistic judgment about the durability of the republican constitution of China, He reminds us that it is256 words
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Advertisement231 1912-03-27 3 Jas. L. Woodford’s GREAT cash Clearance Sale WILL COMMENCE ON Monday, April Ist., Unique Bargains Great Reduction in Prices, as Stock must be Cleared. 4 4 nnnnundddddddddddddddddddddddd i JEFFREYS I n n i CASTLE BRAND. 1 n I PILSENER BEER. I d n d d BREWED IN EDINBURGH. n n231 words
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Advertisement726 1912-03-27 3 r INSURANCE. L <vA N A Tonic II c MARK 1w 4W WillP kl The above Company is prepared to acV V 111 C F l cept Marine risks at lowest current rates. r pi The Company also accept risks on A daily dose Oi V ANA Will I 1726 words
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Article19 1912-03-27 4 Donough—Ou March 21, at No. 5, Owen Road, Singapore, the wife of H. W. Donough, of a son.19 words
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Article561 1912-03-27 4 The Jesuitical argument may be used in defending strikes that the end justifies the means. As we tried carefully to explain in yesterday's article, our objections are not so much to the motives or the objects sought to be attained by labour leaders, as to the anarchist561 words
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Article570 1912-03-27 4 RESULT OF THE LINCOLNSHIRE. Lincoln, March 26. The following was the result of the race for the Lincolnshire Handicap this afternoon The Lincolnshire Handicap of 1,500 sovs.; second to receive 50 sovs.; and the third 25 sovs.; entrance 3 sovs.; the only forfeit if declared by Tuesday,570 words
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Article81 1912-03-27 4 —Reuter. King Unable to Attend. London, March 27. There is a likelihood of the Liverpool Spring Meeting on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday being abandoned. The King will not attend the Grand National, having telegraphed to Lord Derby The continuance of this disastrous coal strike makes it impossible—Reuter. - 81 words
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Article79 1912-03-27 4 [From Our Own Singapore, March 27. The annual report of the Singapore Swimming Club notes a good year. The membership has increased to 467 against 392 in the previous year. Allowances of $3,229 were made during the year for the upkeep of the seawall, etc. There was79 words
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Article104 1912-03-27 4 C.R.C. BEATEN BY POLICE. Members of the Chinese Recreation Club are going over to Taiping during the Easter Holidays to meet the Taiping Recreation Club, and, as a practice, a challenge was sent to the Police Athletic Club for a friendly on the Esplanade. A large crowd104 words
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Article62 1912-03-27 4 It is likely that the griffins for the July meeting ordered by the Penang Turf Club will arrive by the Ewryalus which leaves Australia on April 23 and arrives here on May 14. A dozen griffins a r e being sent up, and those members intending to62 words
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Article612 1912-03-27 4 Daily Service, 10 30 a m. Wednesday, March 27.—Evensong and Sermon, 5 30 p.m. Choir Practice at 6.15 p m. The addresses on Good Friday morning at 10 a.m. will be given by the Rev J. H. Smith (S.P G Chaplain, Province Welleslev. The Geneva Convention Act,612 words
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Article520 1912-03-27 4 —Statesman. EXPERIMENTS IN ENGLAND Among the many remedies < the constant unrest in the coal industry' Home, is the adoption of the princinl/ co-partnership. How far this princinll applicable to the special diffi mlties i,V coal industry we do not feel competent say, but there is no doubt that—Statesman. - 520 words
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Article183 1912-03-27 4 Last Saturday we published a letter from the Rev. W. G. Shel labear, of the Metho-dist-Episcopal Mission, Sitiawan, enquiring about the whereabouts of four missing individuals from Badge, in the Toba district of Sumatra, who were last seen at Siriawan, their father Johannes having come over to183 words
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Article98 1912-03-27 4 His Excellency the Governor, with t approval of the Secretary of State for the Colonie*, has been please tc make the following appointments in 1 6 Civil Service :—To be officers in C asa with effect from September 11, 19 Mr. F. J. Hallifax and Mr.98 words
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Article60 1912-03-27 4 To-day’s Quotation for unrefine tl Penang is $95.75 per picul, done. Tin in London is quoted at spot and £l9l three months. The following is the lo™' to-day :—Singapore Strait, Ira Ltd., 125 tons, $96-371 «.,1 Trading Co, Ltd., 100 ton,. I Eastern Smelting Co., Ltd., n°60 words
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Advertisement289 1912-03-27 4 By using x m. Hall’s Distemper your home can be made brighter, f healthier and more picturesque, f at a cheaper cost than wall-paper, and without V u K the objectionable smell of paint. I I Hall’s F? I Distemper l</ (Tradt Mark.} is deservedly the popular wall covering of289 words
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Advertisement58 1912-03-27 4 To-Day’s Contents. Rage 2.— Social and Personal; The Straits Civil Service The Assizes British North Borneo The Municipal Commission; Log Book and Weeks E ngagement s. Page, 3.— Kanaboi, Limited. Page 4- —Editorial: The Better Plan Co-Partnery; Sporting News and Telegrams. Rage 5. Telegrams. Page 7. Shipping and Mails Exchange58 words
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Article261 1912-03-27 5 TONCKAHS DOWN; TRONOHS DP. STERLING RUBBERS AGAIN IOWNWARD The following are the changes (buyers and sellers only) in our share list on page 7 to-day Yesterday. To-day. XX XX SHABBS. S S> K tn Minina. Tongkah H. 20 20 j 20 20| Tronoh 30j 32 30J 32261 words
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Article87 1912-03-27 5 LATEST PRICES IN LONDON. I From a Malacca Correspondent.] Malacca, March 27. Information has been received by the Malacca Rubber Plantations, Limited, that the following were the prices of rubber iu London yesterday :—Fine hard Para 5/- buyers; 5/1* sellers. Plantation Para 5/7, value. [The previous quotations87 words
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Article111 1912-03-27 5 THE NEW KES ER VOIR OPENED. I /'ro?n Our Own Correspondent. Singapore, March 27. His Excellency the Governor and Lady Evelyn Young, Major-General T. E. Stephenson, Officer Commanding the Troops, and many representatives of all classes attended the opening of the new reservoir. Mr. R Peirce, Municipal111 words
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Article36 1912-03-27 5 from Our Own Correspondent Singapore, March 26 To-day’s (Tuesday’s) quotations for rice and other produce are Rice, Rangoon $175.00 Gambier 10 30 Pepper, black 22.00 Pepper, white 31.2» Copra, Bali 11.00 Copra, Pontianak 10.3036 words
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Article50 1912-03-27 5 [From Our Own Correspondent. Singapore, March 27. At the annual meeting of shareholders *ii the Singapore Slipway and Engineering Co., Ltd., it was stated that the profits amounted to $28,779 and a dividend of four dollars per share was declared. Mr. Agnew was elected a new director.50 words
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Article102 1912-03-27 5 Balkhan question.— Der Ostasiatische Lloyd. DISCUSSING PEACE NEGOTIATIONS. THE PORTIS CONDITIONS Rome March 26. Peace negotiations will be touched upon during the discussion lietween the Kaiser and King Victor Emmanuel but no steps will be taken yet at Constantinople. The Porte has expressed its readiness to receive peaceBalkhan question.— Der Ostasiatische Lloyd. - 102 words
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Article98 1912-03-27 5 SINGAPORE PRICES YESTERDAY. (From Our Own Correspondent.") Singapore, March 27. At yesterday’s rubber auction 133 piculs were offered and sold at the following prices Sheet No. 1, smoked $2BO to $298 Sheet, unsmoked 280 291 Sheet, No 2 276 No. 1 Crepe 290 300 No. 2 Crepe 27598 words
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Article107 1912-03-27 5 REPENTS AND PLEADS GUILTY. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore. March 27. Jesudian, a clerk in the Municipal Water Department, pleaded guilty to a charge of forging and uttering a cheque for $lOO.. Mr. Braddell, who appeared for the defence, said that accused was a Christian, and the107 words
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Article21 1912-03-27 5 [From Our Own Correspondent Singapore, March 27. The Labuan murder case is not finished yet at the Assizes here.21 words
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Article63 1912-03-27 5 —Reuter. St. Petersburg, March 27. The following diplomatic transfers have been published :—M. Korostovetz to Tangier, Mr. Krupensky to Peking and a new Councillor of Legation, M. Stichepkin to Tokio.—Der Ostasiatische Lloyd. Confirmation. St. Petersburg, March 27. M. Korostovetz at Peking has been appointed Minister in M;.—Reuter. - 63 words
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Article60 1912-03-27 5 A VALIDIATING BILL PASSED. London, March 27. The House of Lords has passed the second reading of a Bill validating the marriages of Britishers contracted in Japan after July 16, 1899, which would have been valid if contracted before that date. This settles doubts that have60 words
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Article44 1912-03-27 5 t.—Der Ostasiatische Lloyd. AN OPTIMISTIC CHAIRMAN. Berlin, March 27. At a general meeting of the shareholders of the Hamburg-America line, Herr Ballin declared that business was favourable and that the situation in the world had never been more peaceful than at presentt.—Der Ostasiatische Lloyd. - 44 words
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Article35 1912-03-27 5 —Der Ostasiatische Lloyd. St. Petersburg, March 27. The Times's report that the Kaiser sent a letter to the Tsar regarding the AngloGerman negotiations is declared by authoritative Russian circles to be an invention.—Der Ostasiatische Lloyd. - 35 words
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Article265 1912-03-27 5 BARON HOLDEN OF ALSTON. BRIEF SKETCH OF CAREER. London, March 26. The death is announced of Baron Holden of Alston, who was Liberal M.P. for East Bradford from 1885 to 1886 and for the Buckrose division of Yorkshire from 1892 to 1900. He was 79 years265 words
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Article114 1912-03-27 5 Reuter. PUBLICATION OF A WHITE BOOK. London. March 26. 3he White book, promised by Lord Emmott on February 19, has been published. It concludes with a minute of the South African Union Ministers of December 2, repeating the assurances that it was not proposed to interfere. Reuter. - 114 words
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Article122 1912-03-27 5 Reuter. REIGN OF TERROR IN FRANCE. Paris, March 26. A panic prevails owing to the raid on a bank at Chantilly (where the cashier was killed, two clerks shot, and a haul made of forty thousand francs), as this is only one of a series of automobile outragesReuter. - 122 words
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Article61 1912-03-27 5 The Kaiser has left for Brioni.—Der Ostasiatische Lloyd. WELCOME FROM ITALIAN PRESS. Rome, March 26. The papers welcome the Kaiser. They declare themselves convinced of the firmness of the Triple Alliance. People and Ruler. Rome, March 27. The manifestations of the people for the King of ItalyThe Kaiser has left for Brioni.—Der Ostasiatische Lloyd. - 61 words
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Article18 1912-03-27 5 Reuter. Paris, March 27. The Chamber has voted an additional sixteen million francs for military aviation.Reuter. - 18 words
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Article43 1912-03-27 5 r.—Reuter. COASTAL STEAMER OVERDUE. Perth, March 27. A heavy death-roll is reported through the West Australian typhoon. The coastal steamer Koombana with fifty pasengers is overdue at Broome from Porthedland by five days. The voyage usually takes one dayr.—Reuter. - 43 words
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Article31 1912-03-27 5 Porte’s distrust towards Greece.—Der Ostasiatische Lloyd. Constantinople, March 26. The assassination of the Prince Governor of Samos by a Greek has increased the Porte’s distrust towards Greece.—Der Ostasiatische Lloyd.Porte’s distrust towards Greece.—Der Ostasiatische Lloyd. - 31 words
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Article1337 1912-03-27 5 —Reuter. MORE MEN RETURNING. DIVERSE VIEWS ON PROBABLE DURATIONLondon, March 26. It is stated that the attitude of the owners is hardening in the belief that the strike will collapse in a fortnight, but a miners’ leader, on being interviewed, said he believed that the strike would—Reuter. - 1,337 words
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Article34 1912-03-27 5 —Der Ostasiatische Lloyd. LIBERAL LEADER IN TROUBLE. Berlin, March 26. At a meeting of National Liberal representatives, vigorous opposition was raised against Herr Basserman’s Radical tendencies in favouring the young Liberals.—Der Ostasiatische Lloyd. - 34 words
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Article37 1912-03-27 5 Der Ostasiatische Lloyd. A SWEDISH STEAMER SUNK. Berlin, March 26. The German battleship Eslass collided with the Swedish steamer Pollux, which consequently sank. The Eslass was not damaged. There was no loss of life.—Der Ostasiatische Lloyd. - 37 words
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Article24 1912-03-27 5 have arrived here.—Der Ostasiatische Lloyd. Berlin, March 27. The Prince and Princess Chira of Siam have arrived here.—Der Ostasiatische Lloyd.have arrived here.—Der Ostasiatische Lloyd. - 24 words
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Article22 1912-03-27 5 Der Ostasiatische Lloyd. Paris, March 26. M. Crozier, the French Ambassador in Vienna, has retired owing to ill health.—Der Ostasiatische Lloyd. - 22 words
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Advertisement372 1912-03-27 5 Everybody knows the standard OF Buchanan’s Whiskies, Quality, Quality, Quality. Firstand last they have Quality. HILTON Co.. PENANG, AGENTS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. FOR SALE. One Rubber Tyred Elgin Cart by Simpson ifc Co., Ma ira-% in splendid condition. Apply DR. BRIGHT, 1633 J/, Beach Street. The Bankruptcy Ordinance, 1888. In the372 words
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Advertisement1655 1912-03-27 6 CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA SPECIAL DRIN If N’\r 'TJT nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnannnnnnnnnnn Australia, and china. a special drink Y.K.| Sanatogen Formamints "COFFEE GLACIER» Japan Mail Skamship’Co. U. g Pixoan E wh.l be served n riAUap Jg BIBH0 p BGArBi LONDON, B. O. j *v. 5 a«»moi«b amd bbamob». Every 'Suturdiry IVlght a1,655 words
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Article2325 1912-03-27 7 i Capital !Su «cn e<l Shares. f j Value. 3 Dividends Name >» J 2 o.® C I If I i i I 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 MINING. ttrt xortAAQO S3OO 000 30,000 810 810 10 30 30 ’lOint Belat Tin Mining Co 4$ •JLj. onnnno 225 0002,325 words
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Article930 1912-03-27 7 ARRIVALS. Africa, Aust, 2614, Mareglia, March 26, Shanghai, gen., S. Kustermann Co. Ayuthia, Ger., 2t>o, Friese, March 29, Asahan, gen., Behn Meyer Co. Avagyee, 'Brit., 247, Harvey, March 27, T. Anson, gen., E. S. Co. Cornelia, Brit., 194, Eades, March 26, Malacca, gen., E. S. Co. Chantaboon, Ger., 760,930 words
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Article151 1912-03-27 7 CLOSE AT GENERAL POST OFFICE. To-Morrow. For Per Close Yen Jit Seng 7 a.m. Alor Star (Kedah) Kedah 10a.m, Calcutta Vorwaerts noon. Tongkah Sappho 1 p.m. Rangoon Tong Hong 2 p.na. Port Swettenham Singapore Chiaa and Japan Palawan 2 p.m. Langkat Chantaboon 2 p.m. Asahan Petrel 2 pm. Port151 words
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Article126 1912-03-27 7 Pbnang, March 27, 1912. (By Courtesy oj the Chartered Bank). London Demand Bank ...2/4 1/8 4 month»’ sight Bank ...2/4 11/32 3 Credit -2/4 1/2 3 Documentary 2/4 9/16 Jalcutta Demand Bank Rs. 174 3 days' sight Private 175| Bombay Demand Bank 174 M 3 days'sight Private 175| Madras126 words
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Advertisement111 1912-03-27 7 SUN LIFE OF CANADA. Incorporated 1865. BUSINESS IN FORCE. £29,500,000 INCOME 1910 2,000,000 FUNDS (EXCEED) 7,500,000 Chief Office 1 Norfolk Street, Strand, Great Britain, j London Chief Office 1 Canada Building?, Indian Empire. J Bombay. Chief Office Battery Road, S. E. Asia. j Singapore. W. A. Whitk, Manager. A. R.111 words
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Advertisement205 1912-03-27 7 TANSAN. A Choice water is delicious to the palate and invigorating to the System. Tansan is both delicious and invigorating, and it is more easily digested than any other water known to Science. Consequently, either alone or mixed with Spirits Tansan can be enjoyed without danger of the unpleasant after205 words
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Miscellaneous18 1912-03-27 7 The Moon. First Quarter Mar. 26 O Full Moon April 2 Last Quarter 9 O New Moon 1718 words
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Advertisement2596 1912-03-27 8 p lntenJcd Sailin e Norddevtscher Lloyd. Bremen. w Steam Navigation Co. JTg* Wja Nav ga(i|)ll Co p EXPECTED ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES. ,F' ZA\ !i LIMITED. >Z7/Jl\/V< K wi2 MAIL SERVICE OUTWARD. OCCAB (ft Apr. 5 Assaye connecting with Malwa For Intended to Sail. Steamer. 4ND HOMEWARD. CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAV.2,596 words
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