Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 1 April 1912

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No 75 VOL. LXX. MONDAY. Ist APRIL. 1912. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 689 1 A» UtaliDnoaatiaDaaQDcqaßiaaa For $3O J J «a can have the Pinang 1 Gazette posted every day E for a whole year to your address. (LOCAL SUBCRIFTION, 127.) Proportionate Quarterly and 0 Half-TC #rlv rate». O Subscriptions are uayable in B U**Dce and remittances should 3 0 be addressed to g
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  • 203 2 SOCIAL AND PERSON AL. Singapore last night en route to Australia. He will be away for six months. Mr. E. C. Burroughs, A.S.A.A., Tas arrived in Ipoh to join the firm of Brown, Phillips and Stewart. Mr. E. Rostados baa received a temporary appointment, which he will -ihortly take up,
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  • 162 2 VOTES FOR THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. In the Army Estimates for the year 1912-3 issued as a Parliamentary paper on February 27, the following totals are given of the votes set down for the Straits Pay of general staff, regiments and departments 98,270 Medical establishments 3,400 Educational establishments 370
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  • 111 2 HOLY WEEK SERVICES. The following will be the services during Holy Week and Easter to be held in St. George’s Church Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.— 10-30 a.m. Matins 5-30 p.in. Evensong aud Reading. Maundy Thursday.—B am. Holy Communion 5-30 p m. Evensong and Sermon. Good Friday.—9-30 am.
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  • 54 2 TONGKAH HARBOUR. The output of tin from the Tongkah Harbour Tin Dredging Co. for the week ended March 30 was 20 tons. Ulu Piah. The output of tin from the above mine for the month of March was 515 piculs subject to a slight correction when the balance
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  • 53 2 To-day’s quotation for unrefined tin in Penang is $96.30 per picul, business done. The following is the local report to-day :—Singapore Straits Trading Co., Ltd., 100 tons, $96.50 Penang: Straits Trading Co., Ltd., no sellers; Eastern Smelting Co., Ltd., no market,; Messrs. Leong Fee <fc Co., no
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  • 18 2 The following return is to hand Jan. Feb. Mar. Total. Padang lb. 3,470 3,000 3,260 9,730
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  • 642 2 ,—lndian Engineering. A CONTINUOUS PROCESS. A paper in the Electrician of 29th December should be read with interest by out friends in the Straits Settlements connected with tin mining. It gives an account of Electric Smelting and Reduction of Ore in England, where the method has only just
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  • 81 2 FIGURES FOR JANUARY. Following is the comparative statement of cultivated rubber exported Exported during Jan. lbs. Perak 823,243 Selangor 1,352,473* Negri Sembilan 551,029 Pahang 3,831 Total 2,730,576 Export during similar period T l t r Increase, of previous year. lb. lb. Perak 322,976 500,267 Selangor 706,274 646,199
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  • 61 2 Homeward. Stkamcr. Abrivks. Mails Sails. Gloss. M. Tourane Mon. 1/4* 5.30 p.m.J 30/3 8.1. Tee st a Wed. 3/4 11 a.m. noon P. &O. Devanha Sat. 6/4 N. P. Alice Tues. 9/4 *From Singapore, i Mails close in Penang. Outward. P. A O. A ssaye Fri. 5/4 N.D.L.
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  • 155 2 Monday, April I. Ladies’ Rifle Shooting, 4.30 p.m. Penang Football League: Annual Meeting in P.C.C., 6 p.m. Methodist-Episcopal-Church 74 Maxwell Road. Special Service, 6 p.m. Band, Esplanade, 6 p.m. Straits Cinematograph, Penang Road George Town Cinematograph, Kuala Kangsar Road. Tuesday, April 2. Methodist-Episcopal Church 74 Maxwell Road. Special
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  • 49 2 Tuesday, Apiil 2.— Stock-in-works of the Eastern Engineering Co., Ltd., at works in Beach Street, noon; George Town Sales Boom; J. R. McFarlane, auctioneers. Wednesday,April 3.— Stock-in-trade, goodwill, and assets of Chop In Eye Thong, 59 Penang St., 11 a.m.; Central Sales Room Cunningham, Clark Co., auctioneers.
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  • 39 2 PdNANG The E. <fc O. Hotel, The Crag, Raffles by the Sea, Runnymede Hotel, Sea View Hotel, and Hotel de Europe, Ipoh :—The Grand Hotel. Kuala Lumpur :—Grand Oriental Hotel. Rangoon :—Strand Hotel. Bangkok :—Legation Hotel.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 311 2 HEIDSIECK MONOPOLE. Red SeaUatilNfJORFF’S DISSOLVED PERUVIAN GUANO AND SPECIAL RUBBER FERTILIZER Always in Stock. CHOPiS i MATA CARL SCHLIEPER’S Implements, Tools and Machinery for Rubber Estates. H, M. B. and Four Crown Whisky. SCHMIDT. KUSTERMANN Co., PENANG. The Fascination of the East is brought home to you In f the
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    • 157 2 Say I Will Say I will get rid of this Rheumatism— I will stop this terrible pain—l will be well and strong, able to work and able to enjoy life.” Then go to the nearest Chemist or Medicine Vendor and ask for a bottle of Little’s Oriental Balm. If a
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    • 443 2 SITUATIONS VMtj? I CLUB I SECRETARY for the i Commencing alar j, f 0* month. Quarter, oau ’°oo 5.00 per month. I Applications to be addreg,ed to 1626-9-4 SECRETARY, i pr>k p A DRESSER for Eitate H Muat speak Tamil and Malay I Apply THE MANAGER Taiping Rubber Plantation t
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 185 2 The Tides. Date H. W. L. W. H W. L. M. A.M. A.M. P.M. P.M. April 1 Nil. 6-23 12-22 6-42 2 12-21 6-55 12-51 7-16 3 12-54 7-24 1-19 7-48 4 1-25 7-50 1-45 8-18 5 1-57 8-13 2-10 8-36 6 2-27 8-39 2-39 9-18 7 2-50 8-56 254
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  • 896 3 SHORTAGE ON AREAS. Messrs. F. W. Barker and Co. have issued to shareholders in the Sungei Bagan Rubber Company, Ltd., a copy of a report on the estate made by Mr. R. Pears after his visit in January last. The report is accompanied by the following circular,
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 435 3 ’K jwfeX 7!; I k A feM I F You do not clean plate with a hl u king brush, nor your teeth with a But as regards the teeth you want tll xl out the really good cleansing „ediuni and use it. Everything else ,ts special medium nowadays, from
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    • 1435 3 ARE YOU LOSING WEIGHT? lj~ i 1 AS A RESULT I 44 II I OF ILLNESS f Built to A Portable Organs 2** fS/ K-i.- “The BABY.” “The If so, your body is using up its reserve of vitality gA XII? T>T>T7lVf TI?D If instead of thriving 4on the food
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  • 50 4 Ellis— Stavbl«y. —On the 11th March, 1912, at St. John’s Cathe Iral, Horg'iong, by the Rev. F. T, Johnson, Roland Hubert E'lis, Singapore, youngest son of the late Sr-pad Elli of Nelson, New Zealand, to Ethe', y« in gest daughter of the late Colonel Staveley, of Wellington, New Zealand.
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  • 561 4 Some while ago there were rumours of contemplated legislation, by the Government here, for dealing with alleged abuses of the Turf, which the Clubs themselves seemed too weak, indifferent, or unwilling to reform It may l>e that the hints given have been taken in the quarters aimed at
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  • SPORTING NEWS.
    • 687 4 MISHAPS ON THE RIVER AN UNPRECEDENTED RESULT. London, March 31. There was a strong wind blowing yesterday for the boat race and the water was very rough. Cambridge was swamped off Harrods and abandoned the race. Several of the crew swam ashore. Oxford, water logged off Chiswick
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    • 33 4 TOURNAMENT RESULTS. \From Our Own Correspondent Singapore, April 1. In the cricket tournament, the Garrison (119 runs) beat the S.C.C. (112 runs). Lieutenant Wilkins took 6 wickets for 33 runs.
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    • 54 4 Selangor Beat Singapore. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Kuala Lumpur, April 1. In the com etition for the Sult .n of Perak’s polo cup, which was played on Saturday, Selangor beat Singapore by 4 goals to 2. The visitors were entertained at a dinner given in the Railway
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    • 430 4 MATCHES IN PENANG. The Penang Cricket Tournament opened on Saturday afternoon when the P. C. C. playtd Batterworth on the Esplanade, the P. R. C. meeting the C. R. C. on Victoria Green. In the first case the Visitors, who unfortunately, had not the services of Lungley and
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    • 205 4 A reminder may be given of the Hunt Club paperchase to-morrow; meet at Spring Grove at 5 p. m. and finish at Crosby Hall. It has been proposed to have a photograph taken at the meet and riders are asked to turn up sharp so that all
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  • 501 4 TRIAL OF MR WES8 ELs traub In the Supreme Court at n fOr Gustav Wessels pleaded llot an indictment charging irn wlt( U p 7 t breach of t-ust at the inatiira»; lQal Messrs Bdir Co., who a C cu, e > p o{ having misappropriated $lO 800
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  • 239 4 In the Supreme Court this morning Mr Justice Ebden, with a jury, continued the bearing of the indictment against Li lek and Ni Ah Chang, charged with being in possession of materials for the purpose of using them for counterfeiting coin. Li lek being also charged with
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  • 112 4 Measra. Barlow Co, inform w t 1 they have received advice from t |P taries of the Sungei Krian Ru 0' Ltd., that the Directors have resolve pay, on April Ist, 1912, a divu t 0 pect of the period January Is June 30th, 1910, at the rate of
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 344 4 >< A ob ,in Bhed with Hall’s Sanitary Washable L Distemper is well finished. It is finished for health and finished for beauty. It j f remains clean, sweet, and fresh, because -r« 1 A I —J uftwkat/ti. Mr A I \\< 18 washable, Is dust and K c rm
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    • 57 4 To-Day’s Contents. Page 2.— Social a»’d Personal Rubber Crops Tin Outputs Army Estimates F.letric Smelting; To-Day’s Tin Quotations St. George’s Church and Week’s Engagements. Page 3.— Sungei Bagan Rubber. Page 4- Editorial “Turf Legislation Sporting News The Assizes and Dividends. Page 5. Telegrams. Page 7. —Shipping and Mails; Exchange and
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  • 205 5 STERLING RUBBERS LOWER. A TIN RISE. The following are the changes (buyers and sellers only) in our share list on pa<*e 7 to-day Saturday. To-day. Sharks. _S 1 s M m n m Mining. M'lembu 8$ 8J 9 9$ P. Bharu 6.60 7.10 c. 6.60 7 c.
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  • 23 5 {From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, March 30. The following are the prices of produce to-day (Saturday):— Pepper, black $21.37$ Gambier $10.37$
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  • 76 5 LATEST PRICES IN LONDON. [From a Malacca Correspondent.} Malacca, March 31. Information has been received by the Malacca Rubber Plantations, Limited, that the following were the prices of rubber in London yesterday (Saturday) :—Fine hard Para 4/10$, sellers. Plantation Para 5/3s. TO-DAY’S PRICES. London, April I.* The
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  • 95 5 ANNUAL MEETING. (From Our Own Correspondent Singapore, April 1. At the annual meeting of the shareholder* of Haytor Rubber Estates, Ltd., Mr. Gibbons presided. The report and accounts were passed, no questions being asked. A dividend of five per cent, was declar--Ihe directors’ fees were fixed at
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  • 37 5 From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, April 1. Miss Florence Beech, of the Bandmann Gp<*ra Company, is lying in the hospital cie seriously ill of fever. L. Bandmann is returning from Colo ml >o.
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  • 48 5 —Reuter. AMERICANS BEING ARMED. Washington, March 30. c °ntinues in a much disturbed called battles between Federals Revolutionists are frequent with varyJesuits. The American Ambassador in Kico is arranging to arm Americans in exico City to enable them to protect mse lves in case of emergency.—Reuter.
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  • 133 5 —Reuter. LAST YEAR'S FGURES. GRATIFYING RESULTS. London, March 31. The revenue for the past year is £185,092,285, an increase over the estimates of £3,492,286. The expenditure is £178,545,100 compared with an estimate of <£181,390,000: the surplus is thus six and half millions which is larger than the most
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  • 172 5 ANNUAL MEETING. From Our Own Correspondent,} Singapore, April 1. The annual meeting of the shareholders of the A lor Gajah Rubber Estates was held yesterday, Mr. Sime presiding. The reports and accounts were passed. It was decided to consider the sale of the company to Pegoh,
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  • 66 5 ELECTION OF OFFICERS. {From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, April 1. At the annual meeting of the Selangor Chamber of Commerce, which was held on Saturday, Mr. Nutt presided The report and accounts were adopted Mr. Zacharias was elected Chairman and Messrs. Clodd, Rainnie, Gilmour, Hampshire
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  • 38 5 s.—Reuter. CONSENTS TO RETAIN OFFICE. Budapest, March 31. After prolonged negotiations the Emperor, Franz Joseph has persuaded Count Chai les Khuen Hedervary, the Hungarian Premier and Minister of the Interior w’ho resigned recently to retain office.—Reuter.
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  • 29 5 —Reuter. London, March 30. The British Steamer Foxley Iquique going to Bio Janeiro has been wrecked northward of Cape Pillar. 37 of the crew are missing
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  • 26 5 insane, has shot his Captain.—Der Ostasiatische Lloyd Berlin, March 30. Osterade, a private, who is apparently insane, has shot his Captain.—Der Ostasiatische Lloyd
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  • 23 5 Bill without any alteration.—Der Ostasiatische Lloyd. Berlin, March 30. The Bundesrat has passed the Armament Bill without any alteration.—Der Ostasiatische Lloyd.
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  • 32 5 —Keuter. SIGNING OF A TREATY. Paris, March 31. The Matins correspondent at Fez says the treaty for establishing a French protectorate at Morocco was signed yesterday by the Sultan,
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  • 24 5 journed till April 16.—Der Ostasiatische Lloyd. Berlin, March 30. The Reichstag and Landtag have adjourned till April 16.—Der Ostasiatische Lloyd.
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  • 594 5 —Reuter. BALLOTING RESULTS. A COMPLICATED SITUATION London, March 30. Small batches of men resumed at several of the coal fields yesterday but the move ment is not general. The Secretary of the Federation says he only intervened because the men were being wrongly advised. Non-resumption would be
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  • 55 5 —Reuter. THE NAUEN TOWER DESTROYED. Berlin, March 31. The great iron tower of the wireless station at Nauen near Potsdam was blown down in a violent gale. 'I he tower, 650 feet in height, was only recently erected and was regarded as one of the most remark-
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  • 43 5 Reuter. Chatham, March 31. The prosecution of the seaman, a naturalised Englishman born in Germany, who was arrested on February 23 on H. M. S. Foxhound for alleged espionage, has been abandoned but he was dismissed from the Navy.
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  • 126 5 —Reuter. THE NEW CABINET. GOOD BUT NOT THE BEST. Peking,, March 31. The Cabinet formed includes Premier and acting Minister of Communications Tan Shao-yi Foreign Minister, I uchengh Siang hitherto minister al Petersburg: Minister for the Interior, Chaopeng Chum; Minister of Finance, Hsuingh Siting; Minister for War, General
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  • 105 5 permission of China.—Der Ostasiatische Lloyd. AN EMBASSY REJOINDER. Berlin, March 30. The Berliner TageLlatt publishes a rejoinder by the Chinese Embassy to the declaration of Herr Zimmermann that Germany is against any plan for dividing up China, The new China suffers at present from want of practical
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  • 109 5 Der Ostasiatische Lloyd. Berlin, March 30. The tone of the Bourse is more confident owing to the strictly neutral attitude of the Powers as regards the Turco-Italian war and the reconcilable disposition of Russia regarding the Urima question.— Der Ostasiatische Lloyd. Munich, March 30. In the Bavarian Chamber,
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  • 53 5 —Der Ostasiatische Lloyd. RESCUE OF MINISTER’S CHILDREN. Constantinople, March 30. A fire broke out in the palace of Assim Bey, the Turkish Foreign Minister, near the premises of the German Ambassy Assim Bev’s children were saved by the Ambassador, Count von Bieberstein-Mar-shcall, who received the Minister’s family
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  • 46 5 —Reuter. AMERICAN GOVERNMENT MOVES. New York, April 1. The United States Government has filed a suit for the dissolution of certain steamship companies trading between New York and the Far East via Suez the companies being charged with pooling freight rates and granting rebates.—
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  • 33 5 ,—Reuter. AN ANARCHIST ARRESTED. Paris, March 31. An anarchist named Soudy has been arrested on the Berckplage in connection with the motor outrage at Chantilly after a desperate resistance.
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  • 133 5 St. Petersburg, April 1. M. Bronenski Councillor at the Embassy Tokio has been transferred to Berlin. M. Shekine Secretary of Legation at Peking replaces him at Tokio.—Reuter A correspondent writes :—I was at the Chowrasts market this morning and saw one of the peons kick at a
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 420 5 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. “The choice and master spirits of this age.”— Shakespeare. DISPENSER WANTED. Apply BUCHANAN’S THE GEORGE TOWN DISPENSARY “BLACK AND WHITE” 1650 •'/a, Beach Street, Prnang. AND WANTED A TAMIL FIELD CON DUCTOR for KIMI fl I an Estate in Kedah. Send copies «IVIJUI of certificates from former employers,
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
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  • 1759 7 z. Num 1 er of Issue -2 S ■jj Cap>tal Su'bch ed. Shares. Value. 3 Dividends Name. >. 0 9 liill I i I I 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 MININ®. 903 M3OO 000 «300.600 30,000 «10 «10 10 30 30 10 int Belat Tin Mining Co 4$ 1006
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  • 1000 7 ARRIVALS. Benarty, Brit., 2510, Sarchet, April 1, London, gen., S Buttery Co. Coen, Dut., 823, Visman, April 1, B’pore, gen., Hottenbach, Liebert Co. Dunera, Brit., 3403, Archdeacon, March 31, R’goon, gen., Hottenbach, Liebert Co. Dilwara, Brit., 3460, Sharpe, March 30, S pore, gen., Hottenbach Liebert Co. Esron, Dan., 2040,
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  • 96 7 CLOSE AT GENERAL POST OFFICE. To-Mokkow. For Per Close Alor Star (Kedah) Tong Chuan 7 a.m. Deli and Batu Bahra Indragiri 1 p.m. Asahan Petrel 1 p a. Port Swettenham and Singapore Omapere 3 p.m. Teluk Anson Hebe 4 p.m. Dindings Sitiawan Pangkor 4 p.m. Langkat Ban Whatt Soon
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  • 125 7 Pinang, April 1, 1911 Oourleey of the Chartered Bank). London Demand Bank ...2/4 1/9 H 4 months'sight Bank ...2/4 11/32 3 Credit 2/4 1/2 3 Documentary 2/4 9/16 Jal cotta Demand Bank Rs. 174 3 days’sight Private 175| Bombay Demand Bank 174 3 days' sight Private 175| Madras Demand
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 113 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 Buildings, Indian Empire. J Bombay. Chief Office 1 Battery Road, S. E. Asia. J Singapore. W: A. Whiti, Manager. A.
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    • 210 7 11 The Choicest of all Choice Waters TANSAN the World Renowned Japanese Natural Mineral Water. Every Traveller in the FAR EAST knows it and has returned with tales of its LIFE GIVING properties. Doctors recommend it as the MOST EASILY DIGESTIBLE water known to Science. Everyone pronounces it to be
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 2551 8 p. IlCfex lmtcmdca s iMn a Norddeutscher Lloyd. Bremen. Steam Navigation Co. British India Steam Navigation Co., f BXPECTED ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES. LIMITED. f* MAIL SERVICE OUTWARD. OCCfIO St€Om SIIID CO ltd Fob Intended to Sail. Steamer. A L »v], Apr. 5 Assaye connecting with Malwa AND homeward. Singapore. a
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