Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 18 January 1913

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  • 20 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 15 VOL. LXXI. SATURDAY. 18th JANUARY 19!3. PRICE 10 CENTS.-.
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    • 1239 1 For $3O I \T ou can have the Pinang j 1 Gazette” posted every day g for a whole year to your address. D (LOCAL SUBCW«rTIOM. $27.) q Proportionate Quarterly and o Half-yearly rates. c Subscriptions are payable in B advance and remittances should g be addressed to 0 The
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  • 811 2 .—Financier. PRODUCTION INCREASING. The fourth annual general meeting cf the Glen Bervie Rubber Company, Limited, was held on Dec. 19, at the offices of the com pany 59, Eistcheap, EC., Mr. W. F. de B. Mnclaren (chairman of the company) presiding. The Chairman in the course of
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    • 1135 2 SITUATIONS VACANT, municipal notice. A PPLICATIONB for the post of clerk \AfAIM I ED *">• Veterinary Department will be rea ceived by the undersigned up to 4 p m., on To hire for one month Small 4 seated Thorsd 23rd Janaary Commencing ®*otor Uar. salary $25 per month rising to
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    • 98 2 Government Notification. TENDERS are invited for the construeti»u of ten steel Lighters to carry 80 tons dead weight and of the following dimensions:— Length over all 70' 0" Beam Moulded 16' 6" Depth Moulded 1' 6* The lighters to be delivered at Port Swettenham. Tenders to be sent to the
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    • 543 2 X MAKE A NOTE NOW! so that next time you are ordering Cotton Goods you will remember to write the premier cotton mill in India —THE MUIR MILLS. AND DON T FORGET! that however cheaply you may be able to get imported goods and whatever the store-keeper may add in
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  • 2199 3 CLARKE VOLUNTEERS STATEMENT. MORE SENSATIONAL EVIDENCE. Agrs, 7th January.— Mr. Ross Alston, instructed by Mr. Wi liamson, DS.P., appeared for the prosecution. Limt. Clarke, I S.M.D., the first accused, is defended by Mr. Wiggins, pleader Mrs Fullham, the second accused, is undefended. At the outset the
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    • 424 3 INSURANCE. THE CORPORATION OF THE ROYAL IXC“A ;f. ASSURANCE Royal Exchange, London. COMMENCED business in a.». 1717 and was Incorporated by Royal Charter in A.n. 1720, and is therefore one of the oldest Companies in existence. It has granted the benefits of Assurance to the Public for a period exceeding
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    • 53 3 THE BENEFICIAL EFFECT OF OT. The warm flavour of O.T. is derived from certain fruits, which are eaten in Tropical countries because of their value in combating diseases. A correspondent writes from China Europeans living away from medical attention testify to the beneficial properties of O.T. in bowel troubles in
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    • 224 3 Experiments on Human Beings have proved the body-building power of Bovril to be from 10 to 20 times the amount taken. ENGLISH aS eLA C E I made by the villagers in BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. J The fr Spider •j’x'xDesign. 33 cts, V/T ft XAX per yard. Our Laces were awarded Gold
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    • 215 3 I I hill-sized .LIARD I BLE3 accessories 0. A large accessories I bs given for I > Tables in I id repaired by European Fitter DESIGNS may be inspected at the John Robert’s Billiard Rooms, HOTEL NORMAN. nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 1 PERLIS GUANO. s PHOSPHATIC MANURE i 2 Best Fertiliser for all
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  • 825 4 TO-DAY’S CHANGES. The following are the changes (buyers and sellers only) in our share list, on page 9 to-day Yesterday. To-day. SHAtM. J S 3 "5 S 3 so X -n Wmwg. Belat 2.90 3.10 3.40 370 K. Pulai 10.20 10} 10 10} Malayan Tin 76/3 77/6
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  • 334 4 Dr. Millard, who has returned from furlough, has been posted as Health Officer at Port Swettenbam. Mr. A. J Ross, of Messrs. Sharpe, Ross and Co., Singapore, is indisposed and has been admitted to the Nursing Home, St. Thomas’s Walk. Mr. Simund, assistant curator, has returned for
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  • 434 4 The Straits Times correspondent wires from London, January 14 There was a good tone at the rubber auction to-day. Eleven hundred and thirty tons of Plantation was offered (199 tons Malayan) against 347 tons (199 tons Malayan) at the auction on December 31. The tone of the
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  • SPORTING NEWS.
    • 215 4 The following ties will be playtd off on Monday Single Handicap Class A.— R. O. Wood v. D A M Brown F G de Paula v. C C Ragers; J Sellar v. J R Brown. Single Handicap Class B. —A M Hepworth v. A S Hall A
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    • 113 4 The first annual general meeting of the Penang Schoolmasters’ Athletic Association was held yesterday afternoon at the Penang Free School, twenty-five of the members b ing present, Mr. A. E. Pringle took the chair. The accounts and the Secretary’s report were passed, and af er some discussion
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    • 360 4 LANGFORD KNOCKS OUT SAM MCVEA. In his match with Sam McVea at the Sydney Stadium on Dec. 26 Langford knocked out his opponent in the thirteenth round. The congest was one of the fiercest heavy weight contests on record. It is announced, says the Central Vews, that Lmgford
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    • 157 4 New York, Nov. 20.—That Tod Sloan, the once famous American jockey, had made a real “Killing” on the Frei ch tracks which netted him about $125,000 gold, was ti e startling piece of information furnished by Fred Taial, the American jockey wh is a great favorite abroad, when
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    • 293 4 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. POXY FOR SALE. BAY MAKE aged, life certifica'e 14.2, fast, quiet, well mannered, jumps. Has played regular po’o for past twelve months. Price $250 f.o.b Singapore. H. D. CLIETON SMITH, 6, Winchester House, Singapore. NOTICE is hereby given that the partnership heretofore subsisting between us the undersigned Harakhchand
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    • 750 4 DORMER nk zOp A3' assL 1 V k In A Drury Lane Favourite’s Thanks. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills have proved to be a powerful nerve tonic in my case.” A prominent feature of tl e last London Well, I’ll tell your reade s something pantomime season was the claver acting
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    • 169 4 Highest Asaension of American Dramas and Comedies/’ Thrilling, Humorous and Emotionable Subjects form Thk Feature of TO-NIGHT I TO-NIGHT! SATURDAY NIGHT. SUPERB programme; THE BEST YET FROM AMERICA ANO ENGLAND j All New Better-Than-Ever High Class Vivid American Portrayals. ORIGINALS ONLY AT George Town Kinematograph, KUALA KANGSA ROAD THEATRE. 11
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    • 99 5 BY APPOINTMENT TO H. M. THE KING. Contractors to the British Admiralty. The War Office. The India Office. MILKMAID JHILK Largest Sale in the World. e The Fact that MILKMAID MILK on having throughout as >een chosen for use in the I ttje verg best the worlci. GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS in
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  • 36 6 Zbrner—Eckerl.—On January 14, 1913, at Singapore, M. Zerner, of Messrs. Weill and Zerner, Singapore, to Henriette Eckerl, of Vienna. Tam—Lee.—On Tuesday, January 16, 1913, Mr. Tan Peng Juay to Miss Lee Poh Neo, at Singapore.
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  • 1045 6 Whatever may be the real opioion of the country or the will of the people” on the Home Rule Bill, a Parliamentary majority of 110 in its favour proves pretty decisively, snap] divisions notwithstanding, how few Government supporters have been lost since its introduction and debate. It may be
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  • 354 6 INQUEST AT SINGAPORE. HOSPITAL STAFF EXONERATED. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, January 17. The inquest on the death of Mr. D. E. Oakley was resumed at two o’clock and did not finish till nearly six. Further evidence was given by the nurses who spoke as to attendance
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  • 171 6 TAN HOOD GUAN. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, January 17. In the Supreme Court to-day, on the application of Mr. F. M. Elliot, representing the Chartered Bank, a receiving order was granted against Tan Hood Guan, who recently absconded, following upon considerable defalcations of the Bank’s
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  • 48 6 .—Reuter. London, January 17. Lord Derby, at Lancaster, referring to Mr Bonar Law’s acceptance of the me norial, said he was now prepa’e l to do all in his power to secure the return Unionists in Lancashire, ha vino* no further misgivings for the future.
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  • 30 6 —Reuter. London, January 17. The Leyland Liner Almerian has reached Queenstown battered by a huge wave by which it was nearly engulfed. A sea- man was killed-
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  • 261 6 QUESTIONS BY MR. HUTTENBACH THE MUNICIPAL BILL. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, January 18. At the meeting of the Legislative Council yesterday, the Attorney-General, Hon. T. de M. Braddell, was unable to attend and in consequence the Domestic Servants’ Bill, the Minor Offences Bill and the Tobacco Revenue
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  • THE WAR.
    • 43 6 Constantinople, January 18. The Powers’ note was presented this afternoon. Delegate Returning. London, January 18. M. Jenescu is returning to Bukharest. The question of Bulgaria is s ill unsettled, but M. Missu will continue the negotiations with M. Daneff.
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    • 192 6 .—D.O.L. Berlin, January 17. At the request of the Ambassadors, the Balkan States are not giving notice to end the armistice, but will await the effect of the collective note, which, with German mitigations, was definitely accepted by the Council, and a reply is expected from the Porte.
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  • 107 6 Reute r. MANY LIVES IN DANGER. London, January 17. The British liner Veronese en route to South America with 139 passengers, mostly steerage, was wrecked in endeavouring to shelter from a storm at Leixoes. Attempts by the boats of steamers to assist were fruitless. Communication was established
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    • 413 6 Coughsand I Lung Troubles I I|l Angier’s Emulsion has been prescribed by the medical profession and used in the hospitals for the last twenty years and is now universally g|j recognised as the standard approved remedy for coughs, bronchitis, asthma, consumption and all forms of lung trouble. It is superior
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  • 28 6 DEATH. Morrison.—On Tuesday, January 14, on board P. and O. s s Delta, in the Bay of Bengal, Alexand a r Morrison, of Messrs* Fraser and Neave, Limited.
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  • Our London Wire.
    • 109 7 A STRONG MARKET. LATEST DIVIDENDS. P.G. Special Cable* London, January 17. fiie following forward rubber sales are reported Bikau Rubber Co., Ltd., 36 tons at 4/6} per lb. Golden Hope Rubber Estate Co., Ltd., 33 tons at 4/s|. Selaba Rubber Co., Ltd., 60 tons at 4/s}. Damansara Rubber
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  • 97 7 [From Our Own Correspondent)'. Sing»pore, Jan. 17. In the report of the Molek Rubber Company, Ltd., the Directors recommend a final dividend of 25 per cent., making a total dividend of 40 per cent., for the year. The total crop amounted to 78,361 lbs. The total area
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  • 21 7 [Fro»» Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, January 18. The following prices were realised Sheet $229 Bark 184 Scrap 153
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  • 34 7 (From Our Own Correspondent Singapore, January 18 Following are quotations Gambier 7.80 Black Pepper 19 75 White Pepper 33.25 Copra Bali I’ 2 00 Copra Pontianak 11.20 Copra Best 1 2 20
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  • 40 7 RUBBER PRICES IN LONDON. London, January 18.* The following are to-day’s quotations for rubber Plantation Para, Ist Latex, Crepe 4/6 Para to ar rive 4/6| The rubber market is steady. By courtesy of Messrs. Boustead <fc Co.]
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  • 75 7 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, Jan. 18. Ayer Molek reports a profit of $78,919 and the declaration of a final dividend of 25 per cent, making 40 per cent, in all. $5OO is to be reserved for extensions and $719 will be carrie 1 forward. The actual crop
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  • 35 7 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, January 18. The funeral of the late Mr. Andrew Oojpir, Lloyd’s Surveyor, was largely attends 1, Riv W. Rjtici nan officiated at the funeral ceremony.
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  • 376 7 Reuter. ENTHUSIASTIC RECEPTION. THE WEARING OF THE GREEN London, January 17. The passage of the Home Rule Bill was welcomed with enthusiasm inside and outside Parliament. There were demonstrations in the South of Ireland and in Belfast but no serious disorders. The crowds in London were most
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  • 359 7 DEMONSTRATIONS AGAINST M POINCARE. Paris, January 17. The Republican Caucus continued to be fruitless in the balloting to select a candidate for the Presidency. M. Pams secured 323, one short of an absolute majority, M. Poincare 300, and MM. Ribot, Delcasse and Deschanel altogether fourteen votes. A strong
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  • 194 7 Reuter. ALLEGED BRITISH INTERFERENCE. DEVELOPING THE COUNTRY. London, January 17. In the House of Commons Mr. G. F. Remnant (Holborn) drew attention to a letter from the Governor of the Straits Settlements to the Administrator of Sarawak regarding the selling price of opium in Sarawak, as being
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  • 946 7 H. H. R'tjah Brooke of Sarawak is at pretent in England, and latetst accounts to hand show that he has in oontemplation the conclusion of several schem s fo' the development of his teriitory. His Highness has made a contract with the Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co, Ltd., which grants
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  • 34 7 —Reuter. London, January 11. The Times in its review of the trade year calls attention to the remarkable commercial prosperity of the Fe ierated Malay btates, especially the rubber and tin trades.
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  • 379 7 LOCAL SCHOLARSHIPS. The resu’ts are to hand of the examinations for the Commercial and Industrial Scho’aship which were held at St. Xavier’s Institution la-t Monday under the presidency of Mr. A. E. Priug’e, Inspector of Schools. The Industrial Scholars! ip, of $l5 per month tenable for four years,
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  • 120 7 Before Mr. E. E Coleman in the Police Court this morning, a Chinese Revenue Officer No. 28, was prosecuted on a charge of accepiiug an illegal gratification and sentenced to two months’ simple imprisonment. From the evidence it transpired that a Chinaman yesterday landed some boxes at
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  • 72 7 To-day’s quotation for unrefined tin in Penang is $113.40 per picul, business done. Tin in London is quoted at £228 10r. spot and £227 three months. The following is the local report to-day Singapore Straits Trading Co., Ltd., 150 tons, $ll4 Penang: Straits Trading Co., Ltd., nil
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    • 169 7 PENANG CONFECTIONERY New Premises 18, Leith Street, GRAND OPENING FUNCTION Monday, the ZOth Instant at 9 p.m., BAND IN ATTENDANCE. Patrons are Cordially Notified. *r*~ lAgA Li MM.'KINGGKMCCVa 4 n: I Io 1 co a II ■> 1?. Do-GwgirAUE i i Soda)tetcr<j Si ->£ sumtnMMLMiwMwms.oMinsnMSUMsaMiriMMm*» C3 I— F> IN STOCK
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous

  • 1672 8 CERTIFIED CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS. 7*o the Editor of the Pinang Gazette"] Sir, With reference to the letter by Chartered Accountant,” appearing in yoar is«ue of the 13th instant, I trust you will do me the kindness of publishing this reply to it, as in justice to my body of Accountants and
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    • 418 8 The Penang Amateur Dramatic Club WILL PRO DUCK On Friday, the 24th, and Monday, the 27th January, 1913, “The Importance of Being Earnest (A Comedy by Oscar Wilde) AT THE Town Hall, Penang, AT 9 P.M. EACH NIGHT. Reserved Seats $2-50. Unreserved $l. Booking has been opened at The Robinson
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    • 85 8 Jilts Brothers, DENTISTS, Crowa sad Bridge Wart specialists. Painless Extraction under Anaesthetic. Moderate Charges and Free Consultation. KING STREET, near the Esvlanade 7 i— w MARTIN’S yEpinrasTEEL. Ladies.j PILLS A French Remedy for all Irrewulari- Tho ai ds of ladies keep a box of Martln’e in the house, so that
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    • 677 8 The Bankruptcy Ordinance, 1888. Settlement*. w earfte Bros., Ltd. A SETTLEMENT OF PENANG. m In Bankruptcy. No. Bof 1910. I MOTOR ENGINEERS R n FOO BANG SEAN J MP O R TERS, MH Notice is hereby given that the RmMmH abovenamed bankrupt, Foo Bang Sean of SINGAPORE IPOH. No. 1,
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  • 3 9 COMING EVENTS
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  • 56 9 CLOSE AT GENERAL POST OFFIC» Monday. For Per Yen Jit Seng 7 a.m. Lan g s a, T.Semawe, Segli, Sabang and > Speelman 1 p.m Olehleh J Port Swettenham, "Y Port Dickson.and > Cornelia 2 p.m. Malacca j Dindings, Sitiawan and Teluk Anson Avagyee 3 p.m. Tuesday. Tongkah Calypso
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  • 199 9 SUNDAY, JANUARY 19. Church of England. St. George’s Church.—Matins, 8 a.m.; Holy Communion, 830 a.m. Matins, (Chinese;, 10 a.m.; Sunday School, 5 p.m.; Evensong and Sermon, 6 p.m. ♦Annual Diocessan Corporate Communion of C. W. A. S.P.G. Mission. St. Mark’s Church, Butterworth.—Evensong and Sermon, 5.30 p.m. Bukit Tengah.—Matins
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    • 341 9 Warm Days M| bring with their pleasures some H discomforts. Then it is really p>‘. refreshing to remove every H M| trace of dust and perspiration ■B by using H iGlvertsl I toilet Soapg =5 and any day it is a good soap to choose for ordinary toilet use. Pure
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 48 9 The Tides. Date. H. W. L. W. H. W. L. W. ▲.M. A.M. P.M. P.M. Jan. 18 8-05 2-12 9 02 2-54 19 9-39 4-03 10-06 3-32 20 1-50 5-07 10-59 5-02 21 10-45 5-48 11-48 553 22 Nil. 6-44 12-35 6-45 „23 12 34 7-36 1-22 7-31
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  • 642 10 LADY HARDINGE S ACCOUNT OF THE BOMB-THROWING. Lord Sydenham, the Governor, presided on the Bth inst. at a public meeting of citizens held in the Town Hall, Bombay, to express abhorrence of the attempt on the lives of the Viceroy an 1 Lady Hardinge. In the course
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  • 106 10 FRIEND OF KING EDWARD. M. Edouard Detaille, the famous French military painter, succumbed to a cardiac affection at two o’clock on Tuesday morning. Born in 1848, M. Detaille was a pupil of M. Meiesonier. He rapidly acquired a reputation as a painter of military scenes, reproductions
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  • 238 10 REFUSAL TO WORK THE ACT. By 182 votes to 21 the British Medical Association on Saturday resolved to reject the offer of the Government as to service under the National Insurance Act. Thia decision was come to by a special representative meeting of the Association held to
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    • 568 10 A Lady Housekeeper a I t W«UW? K WRf X i -WIL j a,» —y x cthlM ißllflfil/liL* ’r p w I Wfe 1 dk Mgl Nervous Exhaustion, Neuralgia, Sleeplessness— The fact that Mrs. Taylor did not give up her work, and did not go for a change, is clear
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    • 274 10 THE KUALA LUMPUR ENGINEERING WORKS, LTD. KUALA LUMPUR, KLANG TAIPING. Contractors for all kinds of Steel I Constructional Work, Mining Plants, Aerial Ropeways, Rubber Factories, etc., etc. j I' II BR.DOES DIESEL RUBBER SPECIAL TOOLS have now been in- FNPINITC MACHINES stalled to cut rub- I tzIlVlIiCaV I ber machine
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  • 296 11 TWO NAMES AND TWO PROFESSIONS. John Heary Nicholson, a middle-aged mao, gave an extraordinary autobiography to the Bankruptcy Court at Scarborough on the 16th ulto., where be passed his public examination, having failed as a stationer and librarian at three addressee in Bridlington. This was his account
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  • 244 11  -  attain.—Thomas R Lounsbury in Harper?s Magazine. The truth is that the employment of the nominative ‘"who” for the accusative in certain forms of interrogation has become so inbedded in common usage that resort, even now, to the strictly orthodox practice frequently requires, on the part of educated
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  • 229 11 Big Incrkasb Last Year. Hamburg advices state that the oversea movement last year has been greatly in excess of that of preceding years. The numbers shipped through that port in the first eleven months of the year came to 124,724, against 79,309 in 1911 and 110,608 in 1910.
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    • 965 11 BANKS. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. Z> I I I I AUSTRALIA. AND CHINA. 1 JL V M MU Incorporated by Royal Charter. ITS CAUSE AND CURE. I Paid-up Capital £1,200,000 This distressing complaint so common in all hot countries is Reserve Fund £1,650,000 caused by the Bile overflowing in the
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    • 100 11 THE BIRD IN THE HAND The bird in the hand to the merchant is the customer within the store. It requires some sort of attraction in the first place to get the customer there—about the best attraction is a real, live advertisement something good that will catch the eye that
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    • 376 11 s S TO-DAY B not to-morrow! O w p i Before deciding where to ff&SQgXlk would like you to see B our Illustrated Cata- S Y logue, which shows the IT v I Latest Fashions in Ladies’ II p and Gent.’s Goods. 11 P q We sell direct to the
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    • 2656 12 P, O. I Norddestscher Lloyd, Bremen. Steam Navigation Co. Brit j S n( jj a st eam Navigation Co., A IXPBCTW AMtIVALS AND DtPAIT«K- LIMITED. oCeflß S,€(l,n Slli P C UH. MAIL SERVICE OUTWARD. A ND igi3 For Ixtrkdbd to Sail. Stxamzr. Jan. 23 Himalaya connecting with Marmora Sun. 19th
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