Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 1 October 1912

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  • 21 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED daily. ESTABLISHED 1833. N O. 224 VOL. LXX. TUESDAY, Ist OCTOBER, 1912. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 930 1 *T.« D DDOD D:3DaaaaDDMB ""S I* FoR $3O I<r can have the “Pinang I V*r«2te” posted every day 1 hle year to your address. I L oc»t subcpt.on. yz> g Proportionate Quarterly and 5 J p (N *NC GAZETTE PRESS. Ltd.. J I r Penang. J l ii«» DDnDDnaaanDn w
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    • 79 1 rnissaaannaaiiDannaniaaMi w A XT HENYOU AB E away on leave V V you want to keep in touch with Malayan affairs, Social, Com- mercial, Mining, Planting, &c. n This you can do in no better way a 9 than by subscribing to the Weekly Edition of the “Pinang Gazette,” a
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  • 910 2 —TOM. INTERESTING SPEECH BY MR. W. P. J. HUME. Speaking at the first annual dinner of the Perak Chamber of Mines on Saturday Mr. W. P’ J. Hume (the acting British Resident) replying on behalf of the guest?, facetiously remarked that the room was a very
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  • 251 2 No sensation is mo.e objectionable to the busy business man than to feel he has for his work. understand the real reason for this condition, yet it is very simple. It is due to some temporary defect in the digestive organs, which are not able to taKe’
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  • 318 2 The announcement which we we e able to make last evening, says the Malay Mail, <*hat the F M S. Government will prohibit public gambling throughout its teri itories fro n the Ist January next will Lave been read, we imagine, with mixed feelings by most
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  • 240 2 OFFICIAL MINUTES. Minutes of a meeting of the Municipal Commissioners held on Thursday the 12th September 1912. Present —Messrs. W. Peel, President, W. T. Chapman, Qoah Beng Kee, F. Duxbury. Absent —Messrs. Lim Eu Toh and Yeoh Guan Seok. 1. The minutes of the last meeting are read
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  • 78 2 Tuesday. October I. Straits Cinematograph, Penang Road George Town Cinematograph, Kuala Kangsar Road Matsuo’s Cinematograph, Penang Road. Wednesday, October 2. Jewish Holiday, Thu s day, October 3 Jewish Holiday. Friday, October 4 Jewish Holiday. Harmston’s Circus, Dato Kramat, 9.15 p.m. Saturday, October 5. Harmston’s Circus, Matinee, 4 p.m. Chin
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  • 60 2 Tuesday, October B.—Singapore Sporting Club, Autumn Race Meeting. Thursday, October 10—Singapore Sporting Club, Autumn Race Meeting. Saturday, October 12. —Singapore Sporting Club Autumn Race Meeting. Monday, October 21.—Captain Light, the Founder of Penang, died 1794; Battle of Trafalgar, 18'>5 Penang Free School, Penang founded 1816. Monday, October
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  • 201 2 PENANG FOOTBALS LEAGUE. The f Bowing provisional fixtures have been fixed for October: Datr. Trims. Ground* Tues. 1.. G.S.R.C. v. H.L F.C. Esplan. Wed. 2... C.F.C. v. E.A.C. V. Green. Thurs 3... I.K.F.C. v. P.C.C. Esplan. Sat. 5... C.S.S.C. v. C.U.A.C. V. Green. Mon. 7... P.S.A A. v.
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  • 120 2 CLOSE AT GENERAL POST OFFICE. To-Murrow. For Per (.Hose. Yen Jit Seng 7 am, Alor Star (Kedah) Tong Chuan 9 a.m. Negapatam Madras Tara 11 a.m Teluk Anson Hok Canton 3 p.m. Singapore, China and Japan Delta 5 p.m. Thursday. Alor Star (Kedah) Kedah 9 a.m. Calcutta Japan 11
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  • 627 2 ARRIVALS. Be.it.ng, Dot 27i, Soesoe, oil, Asiatic Petrnu’ L P Hok Canton, Brit 2<J| 4 Co, K T Anson, gen., E. H. 0«. Kedah, Brit. 94, Morris, Seat •*<> gen., E. S. Co. 3J) Kedah Malaya, Ger., 348, B. Peters Opt gen., Behn Meyer &Co 11 M Perak, Brit,
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 279 2 ***** ©9©O©OOOOO **********000 THE GARRICK 1 CIGARETTE 8 -m.-||rn n o r^^" 1 1 a Large s O I*-- o X i Hand-Made Cigarette. 0 O o O i backed in sO’s Air-Tight Tins. 0 S I Price 60 C€BlS per Tin. 0 X t WI O 0 WmmF* O
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    • 57 2 SUN LIFE OF CANADA. Incorporated 1365. BUSINESS IN FORCE. £33,800,000.0.0 FUNDS 'EXCEED) £8,500,000.0.0 INCOME 1911 £2,100,000.0.0 Chief Office 1 Noifolk Street, Strand Great Britain. J London Chief Office i Canada Buildings, Indian Empire, j Bombay, Chief Office I Battery Road, S. E. Asia. J Singapore. W; A. WaiTß, Manager. K.
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous

  • 685 3 ANNUAL MEETING AT BRISBANE. The eighteenth annual meeting of the Raub Australian Gold Mining Company Limited was held on August 20, in the registered offices. Queen-street, Brisbane. Mr. D. Burgh Persse (chairman) occupied the chair, and in moving the adoption of the balance-sheet and report, said that
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 1704 3 VI V SITUATIONS VACANT.NOTICES. IV B WANTED. THE CHANGKAT SERDANG ESTATES. LTD. 14 p IVE MALAY COMPOSITORS and NTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an VO« LU. j SIX BINDERS for the Government Interim Dividend of 3% will be JOr® Printing Department, Kuala Lumpur. p«id to shareholders whose name appear g
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    • 207 3 GOVERNMENT OF KEDAH Auction Sale of Town Lots at Svngei Patani. 67 Town Lots at Sungei Patani will be put up f sale by auction at Sungei Patani, On Tuesday, the Isth October, at an upset price of $75 per lot. One block consisting of ten town lots, and four
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 157 3 The Tides. Date H. W. L. W. H. W. L. W. A.M. A.M. P.M. P.M. Oct. 1 2-26 8-49 2-35 850 2 2-52 9-18 3-03 9-20 3 3-21 10-06 3-40 10-15 4 404 11-29 5-19 10-53 5 6-43 Nil. 9-28 2-55 6 8-50 3-58 10-14 3-50 7 9-54 4-14 10-48
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  • 20 4 Taylor.—Mrs. Taylor, wife of L. C. Taylor, Tongkah Harbour Tin Dredging Co., of twin sons on Sept. 29, 1912.
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  • 1227 4 Admiral Breusing, writing in the Deutsche Revue for September, has an arresting article on Anglo-German relations in the course of which he asserts that the present moment is the worst possible occasion on which to accuse England of en ering into naval competition with Germany At this
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  • SPORTING NEWS.
    • 133 4 [Prom Our Own Correspondent.] Kuala Lumpur, September 30. The handicaps have not been worked out yet, but at present the High Commissioner’s Cup is included. G, D. Sansom and J. Brown tied in this shoot, but on shooting again Samson made 19 and Brown 18. The long
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    • 56 4 [From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, October 1. In the competition for the Barnes Polo Cup the Garrison beat the Buffs after a good game by three goals to one. The final will be played to-morrow' when the Garrison meets the Civilians. The teams are the same as
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    • 433 4 P. F. S. v. SCHOOLMASTERS. Yesterday’s League match between the above teams which was played on the Free School ground was a poor game, only five of the Masters turning up at the start. They managed finally to get together eight men. The School team turned out in
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    • 213 4 CRESCENT STAR v..SRI PENANG. The above match was played yesterday afternoon at tie Dato Kramat Gardens, with Mr. S. M. Idid as referee. Despite the inclement weather there was a fairly large crowd of spectators, who availed themselves of every little shelter about the place. The ground was
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    • 62 4 MONTHLY MEDAL, SEPT. Result. W. M. Masterton i5O 4B S. F. B. Martin 40 47-r?"' Meisrs. R. T. R e id f j~ k 8 'IT Duxbury, C. T. Durward and D r 1 P made no return, anile Wa W. M. Masterton wins Montl.lv vj for
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  • 161 4 We are courteously in f orm dbv V Huttenbach, Liebert &C the of the B. I. steamers, t s j iev 1 J,- have r«. ceived advice that t Company’s twin screw steamer Aeuraha i 8 to take the sailing of the 13th Fe brua from Calcutta
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  • 449 4 Tne Manager of Menglembu hole Syndi. cate, Ltd., telegraphs that the output for September was 377 piculs, valued at $24,789. The dredger Java has arrived at Belawau from Tandjong Priok via Singapore and has commenced operation-» in the harbour. She is manned by eight officers and a crew
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 187 4 Iffi Eg I I Sc Sj I Ira ti ra I lac H| Kg> >W?~a bpull a wh Bal ■XX yyyy ics. new bond street w I I 1 3C I I© 11 jKhi* cigarette specialists, QnQl I 1 I M *^-—-fSS vfeS'L*<9 ♦naan Baaiaiaaaiiiiimiaaaiif jg I cw H TUNING
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    • 45 4 TO-DAY’S CONTENTS. Page 2.— Chamber of Mines Week’s Engagements Shipping; Mails; Local Steamer Service; Produce; and Exchange.’ Page 3.— Raub Gold Mine. Page 4- —Editorial: The Lower Deck Harmston’s Circus; and Sporting News. Page s.— Telegrams. Page 6.— Chinese in Tibet. Page 7.— Share List.
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  • 164 5 TO-DAY'S CHAKCES. The following are the changes (buyers ,oilers only) in our share list on page 7 to-day: Yesterday. To-day. s a x s 8HAB«" I* 55 m M 30 M BH 8 ru T,n 560 610 P.Bharu 3 l£ 33| h South 23/6 23/9 24/C 26/Tronoh
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  • 37 5 TODAY’S PRICES IN LONDON. London, October I*. The following are to-day’s quotations for rubber: Plantation Para, Ist Latex, Crepe 4/5| Para to arrive 4/6| Market is dull. ♦Bv courtesv of Messrs. Boustead <fc Co.]
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  • 39 5 (from (Jut Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, October 1. The output of the Tronoh Mines for Septemlier totalled 4,440 piculs, valued at $300,281 and the total estimated profit was $168,931. The output since last January has been 34,400 piculs.
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  • 44 5 (/rom Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, October 1. Ihe dead body of a M alay boy with his bands k>und and a wound in his neck was itmd on the sea front. A relative has W arrested in connection with the iffair.
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  • 37 5 Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, October 1. T.p Singapore Free Press fund in aid of Ibe sailors of the Waterwitch, who lost all b if. agings in the sinking of the vessel, closed at $1,400.
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  • 28 5 Our Own Correspondent). Singapore, October 1. b 1 >p Robinson, who succeeds Bishop iaui < preaches his inaugural sermon V A reception will be held on Wsday.
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  • 27 5 n b«r Own Correspondent.) -p; Singapore, October 1. N' at Uken plaCe fr m para lb ie eneral Hospital of the pilot, Wilii anaBon
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  • 21 5 J l/r Own Correspondent.'] China Singapore, October, 1. (jf 1 WaS w ith the X months’ imprisonment morphia.
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  • 39 5 —Reuter. 2 S,,UrK 8e P tem «r 30. a tl j Q p lnil(,u ncenaent says the 8 to the 4 iB D Was arranged utilized J e a t t e 8 N 0 Worses
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  • 115 5 ALLEGED OVERDOSE OF OPIDM. A SINGAPORE CASE (Prom Own Own Correspondent.) Singapore, October 1. A medical student, named Garubathem Edward, was charged with causing the death of a Tamil woman by giving her an overdose of opium. The woman was confined in a private nursing home organised
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  • 73 5 —Reuter. PITCHED BATTLE IN TYRONE. London, September 30. Ulster Day celebrations at Moy, County Tyrone, culminated in a pitched battle in the dark. Stones, bottles and revolvers were used. A small force of police were powerless and retired. Soldiers from the barracks eventually cleared the streets by a
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  • 69 5 —Reuter. DOLLARS FOR HOME RULE CAUSE. New York, September 30. Mr. William Redmond had a rousing reception at a Home Rule meeting in the Carnegie Hall. He asserted repeatedly that if the present Government remained in Office H.M. King George would sign the Home Rule Bill.
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  • 64 5 —Reuter. WHOLESALE RESIGNATIONS. London, September 30. Doctors are resigning in thousands their posts in connection with the Friendly Societies as a protest against the refusal of the Government to grant their demands in connection with the Insurance Act, namely 8/6 per patient annually a id the
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  • 57 5 —Reuter. M. POINCARE EXPLAINS. Paris, September 30. M. Poincare, in a semi-official note denying the rumours arising in the polemics ovei the French manoeuvres in the Mediterranean, declares that the concentration of the French fleet in the Mediterranean was decided on a long time ago and
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  • 46 5 —Reuter. RECORD BRITISH DIRIGIBLE. London, September 30. The Army factory at Farnborough has begun the construction of a gigantic airship for the Navy. It has a capacity of 350,000 feet of gas, and is over three times larger than the existing Army dirigibles.
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  • 34 5 ,—Reuter. THOUSANDS WITHDRAW FROM FEDERATION. London, September 30. Eighteen thousand anthracite miners in South Wales have decided to sever their connection with the South Wales Miners Federation. Further secessions are threat- ened.-
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  • 503 5 able to give Turkey time for reforms.—Der Ostasiatische Lloyd. BEWILDERING SITUATION. SENSATIONAL RUMOURS London, September 30. The latest news from the Balkans is of a conflicting nature. A sensational rumour is circulating in well informed circles in Belgrade that a joint Bulgaro-Servian note has been sent to Turkey
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  • 88 5 —Reuter. Constantinople, October 1. The British and French Naval Commanders at Samos have arranged w-ith the insurgents for a truce for five days to discuss the situation. Athens, October 1. 4he Porte has expressed regret at the firing on a Greek Mail steamer and promissed that
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  • 59 5 —Reuter. EMINENT SERVICES RECALLED. London, September 30. The papers give much prominence to Lord Robert’s eightieth birthday, warmly recalling his eminent services. A S-rpriae Visit. Lord Roberts received universal congratulations. A deputation of sergeants from every battery at Aidershot paid him a surprise visit and presented him
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  • 114 5 —Reuter. FIRST INSTALMENT. ISSUE OVER SUBSCRIBED London, Sept. 30. The total of the subscriptions to the first instalment of five millions of the Chinese Loan was £6,987,000, including the applications of the underwriters, who take 60 per cent. A German Issue. Hamburg, September 30. The Bankers, Georg
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  • 32 5 —Reuter. MANY SHIP-WRECKS. London, September 30. A succession of gales from the Atlantic have reached the coasts of the United Kingdom, doing heavy damage. There have been many wrecks.—Reuter.
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  • 114 5 Berlin, September 30. The Government announces that meat must be supplied mainly by maintaining and extending stock-rearing at Home. From the Argentine only frozen mutton is admitted as imported meat, and stock for slaughtering is facilitated by a contingent of Russian slaughtering pigs being admitted. Aus'ria is
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  • 174 5 Harmston’s Circus and Menagerie opens r brit*f season at Penang at the Dato Kramat Gardens on Friday The circus is one of the largest that has ever visited Penang, and judging by the formidable array of talent it possesses it is also one of the best. The top
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • 46 5 [To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette''] Dkar Sir, Will you be so good as to reserve a space for me in your valuable paper to explain to Mr. Disgusted that the String Band was playing for the Y. M.C.A. gratis. Yours <fcc., Harmony.
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  • 76 5 To-day’s quotation for unrefined tin in Penang is $114.75 per picul, business done. Tin in London is quoted at £230 15s. spot and £229 three months. The following is the local report to-day :—Singapore Straits Trading Co., Ltd., buyers, no sellers, $115.12|; Penang: Straits Trading Co., Ltd.,
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  • 43 5 The following cablegrams remain undelivered at the office of the Eastern Extension. Austra ia and China Telegraph Co. in Beach Stieet:— 26th Sun.ei Kapar from Tandjongpoera. 26:h Schlimmer Passenger Prinz Ludwig” from Singapo<e. 29th Haisman Ship Ereneura fiom Rangoon Sub.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 1035 5 PEN ANG GOLF CLUB. Il A BIK T All’ v THE post of Clerk to the above Club A Aw Aw has been filled up HONORARY SECRETARY. GRAND CIRCUS AND ROYAL MENAGERIE OF PERFORMING WILD PENANG GOLF CLUB. ANIMALS. The following competition, have been arranged for October:- FRIDAY, OCTODER 4th.,
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  • 63 5 OBITUARY. ADMIRAL SIR FREDERICK RICHARDS. London, September 30. The death has occurred of Admiral Sir Frederick William Richards, g.c b. Reuter. [Deceased entered the service in 1848, and during his career held many important appointments and commands, amongst them being Lord ofg the Admiralty 1882—85 Commander-in-Chief East India Station 1885
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  • 1372 6 TIIAGEDY OF THE HALFBREEDS. The somewhat romantic history of the Chinese reconquest of Tibet, of the mutiny at Lhasa, of th 3 subsequent attack by the Tibetans on the Chines 3 garrison, and of the heroic defence made b? the latter, seems likely to end in a
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 254 6 Be Beautiful “‘Hazeline’ y Snow” makes ro,,gh coars skins, soft, smooth a L I velvetv. It /I /<z cleanses and beau- y > tifies complexions that are dull, greasy and sallow. “HAZELIbfE’ SNOW” (TRADE MARK) DELIGHTFUL TO USE AND MOST BENEFICIAL Sold at all Pharmacies and Stores Prepared 3>r MX»,
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    • 123 6 GLEN LINE OF STEAMERS. Ll|, FOR GLASGOW HULL. The ss ‘•Glenlochy’’, E. J Stallard Commander, is oue at Singapore .1, 27th October and will have patch for the above ports. r She has accommodation for gentles,,. For f. eight and passage apply to BOUSTEAD Co, Sing aport> BOUSTEAD Co, r
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  • 2229 7 I a. Num er of luxue 3 M mitftl Su sori e'l shares. Value. 2 Dividends. Name. J 5 "go j: s'® s« i I L± x o 1908 1909 1910 1911 1913 MININ®, Ann $300,000 30,000 110 SlO 10 30 30 28$ Belat Tin Mining Co 3 *iS
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 2469 8 p. &o. lntend a sailings. Norddeutscher Lloyd. Bremen. Steam Navigation Co. British India Steam Navigation Co., EXPECTED ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES. LIMITED. a MAIL SERVICE OUTWARD. OCtfl StCOIR Ship 19]2 For Intended to Sail. Steamer. AND Oct. 3 Delta connecting with Marmora. CHINA MUTIIAI RTTAM aim. Oct. 17 India connecting with
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