Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 10 August 1914

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 182 VOL. LXXiI. MONDAY. 10th AUGUST, 1914. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 1062 1 J IK YOU WANT TO SHIP, J BUY OR SELL RUBBER =j OR TO FORWARD GOODS 8 TO ANY PART OF thk WORLD GO TO u ALLEN DENNYS Co., I Pn 7. UNION STREET. THE PINANG GAZETTE.” r —> SUN LIFE OFFICE AMD PRESS: I OSi TUe £3 BEACH STREET.
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    • 67 1 lanDooowannnDwnnnnowcnnnnw a 5 n FOH $3O a U XTOU can have the “Pinang D r X Gazette posted every day n i for a year to your address. a (LOCAL SUBSCRIPTION, $271 O j Proportionate Quarterly and p Half-yearly rates. 9 9 Subscriptions are payable in n advance and remittances
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  • 905 2 REAL MUSCOVY. Russia is attracting more and more interest in England, and Mr. Maurice Baring’s latest volume “The Mainsprings of Russia,” is particularly opportune. It gives the average Englishman precise information on the principal features of Russian life. It is a book of deep experience, and
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    • 1292 2 ENGLISHMAN, with consi- Penang* Athenaeum. I CinfliinAFO fftld derable commercial experience of i <jlliytl|FVl V WIU the Far East aS Travelling Re- RAWING to the present war crisis, the presentative desires POSITION Debate on “Welsh Disestablishment Pf/XM/j/jA Pa I f /I where his abilities would have which to have been
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    • 378 2 Makes you look well La and feel well—keeps vA you Pe rfect ’y fit for W OIJ mental and physical Sold m bottles at YA all Chemists and r v/ Stores Burroughs Wellcome A lxmdon WtJ 1 1 b/r- W FROM A WOMANS POINT OF VIEW SUNLIGHT SOAP is BEST,
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  • 1273 3 MR. MARKS’ IMPORTANT LETTER TO TAIPING PLANTERS. In a letter written to M. G. N. Magill, the Hon. Secretary of the Taiping Planters Association, the British Resident of Perak Mr. Marks says Sir, —As I understand year Association is ho’ding a meeting on Sunday, the 9th of
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  • 230 3 Penang, August 10. Bbef— cts. Soup per catty 20 Roast 35 Steaks 35 Stew or Curry Meat 22 Rump Steak 35 Ox Tail each 50 Tongue 60 Feet 15 Heart 50 Liver per catty 40 Fork— Pork per catty 38 Pig’s Head 22 Feet 28 Tongue 36 Mutton
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 192 3 HIBBERT, WOODROFFE CO., LTD., WHOLESALE AND RETAIL 5 Wine and Spirit Merchants. M AGENTS FOR PENANG: SELLAR, MURRAY Co., 2 PENANG. 5 BUCHANAN’S 1 “RED SEAL’ “BLACK WHITE’’ “ROYAL HOUSEHOLD’’ SCOTCH WHISKIES 11 gSk James Buchanan Co., Ltd. (London, Glasgow, etc.) have the most extensive Bonded Warehouse in Scotland, and
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    • 372 3 Weakness Debility IRON ‘JELLOIDS,’ the reliable tonic, strengthen your blood and fortify your system against climatic effects. After a course of Iron Jelloids,’ the blood is enriched, appetite is restored, vitality increased, Weakness and Debility disappear, and your system is enabled to combat attacks of Malaria and other diseases. Iron
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  • 782 4 MEETING IN PENANG TO-DAY. Nearly fifty delegates attended an extra ordinary general meeting of the Malay Peninsula Agricultural Association held at the Chamber at Commerce, Penang, this morning. Mr. T. Boyd was in the chair. The Chairman outlined the decision of the Planters’ Association of Malaya i
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  • 71 4 The result of the Presgrave Cup for August, 1914: R R Turner 2 down A M Sellar 3 do F A Pledger 4 do HG R Leonard 6 do -Jeasrs C C Rogers, W R Armstrong, J T Beath A i Hall, T Duxbur y and C
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  • 1433 4 RICE FOR COOLIES. A record meeting of members of the Planters’ Association of Malaya an 1 others concerned in the planting industry was held at the Selangor Chamber of Commerca in Kuala Lumpur, (as briefly wired to us). Mr. F. G. Harvy presided. Mr Hose, acting Controller
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  • 275 4 THE GOVERNMENT’S SCHEME. The Hon. Mr. E. B. Skinner and the H on. Mr. E. Macfadyen, with the authority of the High Commissioner, have made the following statement The Government is prepared to assist planters to meet the trouble caused by the present crisis owing t> the lack
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  • 70 4 The following is the business for the meeting of the Penang Municipal Commissioners to be held to morrow:— 1. Minutes of last meeting to be read and confirmed. 2. Any special business the Deputy President may bring forward. 3. Questions. 4. Some bills to be passed. 5. Application
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  • 45 4 The Band will play the following programme of music on the Esplanade from 6 to 7 this evening 1 Overture Juanita ...Williams 2 Two Step Dan Cupid ...Bartley 3 Selection Falka ...Chassaigne 4 Waltz Phyllis ...Witt 5 March Death or Glory Lehnhardt
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  • 343 4 P.A.M. EXAMPLE FOLLOWED. An extraordinary meeting of the Taiping Planters’ Assoo ation was held in the Perak Club, Taiping, yesterday. There was a very large attendance Mr. A. Waterfield (Chairman of the T.P.A.) presided. The letter written by the Hon Mr. Oliver Marks, Acting British Resident, to
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 387 4 PROBATE 1914, No. 267. NOTICE. In the Estate of CHEAH AING CHYE, deceased. PURSUANT to the Conveyancing and Law of Property Ordinance 1886, Section 46, Notice is hereby given that all creditors and other persons having any claims and demande against the Estate of Cheah Aiog Chye, late of Penang,
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    • 526 4 WANTED. A SECRETARY for the Ipoh Club. Salary $2OO/300. House proviled at $3O/- per month rent. To begin September Ist. Apply to House Member, Ipoh Club. 844—14-8 NOTICE. THERE is no prohibition of export of food stuffs, rice, etc., to the Federated Malay States. RESIDENT COUNCILLOR. 10th Augps\ 1914. W
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    • 100 4 NOTICE OF REMOVAL. NURSING. MADAME M. ANTONESCU. Midivije (Diploma) Has removed from No. 1 Barrack Road, to THE NEW SEA VIEW HOTEL. Special Private Rooms for Maternity Cases. Patient’s own Doctor may attend. Terms on application. Tel. No. 368. NOTICE. LABOUR CODE, 1912, F’M.S. INDIAN IMMIGRATION FUND ORDINANCE 1911 EMPLOYERS
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 222 4 TOWN HALL, PENANG. FOR TWO NIGHTS ONLY. Maurice E. Bandmann Presents The Bandmann Opera Company in the latest London Successes. Thursday, August 13th, 1914. For the First Time in Penang The Smartest Success of the Season “Oh!Oh Delphine From the Shaftesbury Theatre, London. Friday, August 14th, 1914. |For the First
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  • WHAT OTHER PAPERS SAY.
    • 3 5 S.T. MAILS.
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    • 427 5 S.F.P.” It was anticipated that there might be trouble in the local Chinese Commercial Bank, owing to the bulk of the depositors being ignorant Chinese and getting alarmed, and Government had anticipated this by arranging that, in case the trouble arose, it would come to the help of
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  • 186 5 Statistics prove that Malaria kills more people every year in the hot countries of the East than any other disease, an appalling fact when one considers that most of these deaths were preventable. Not so many yea s ago Science was still groping in the dark
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  • 76 5 Bencleuch And Amiral Ponty Collide. I’he captain of the Bencleuch, which arrived in Singapore from Bangkok on Friday reports that his vessel and the Amiral Pouty came into collision. The rigging of the Amiral Ponty aid some of her stanchions were torn away, but no damage
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  • 176 5 Monday. August 10. Penang Athenaeum Meeting, Masonic Hall, 9 p.m. Band. Esplanade, 6 p.m. High Water 2.39 a.m. and 2.25 p.m. Low Water 8.46 a.m. and 8 55 p.m. Straits Cinematograph, Penang Road George Town Cinematograph, Kuala Kangsar Road. Tuesday. August 11. Full Court of Appeal, Penang
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  • 63 5 August 15, 16 and 17.—Taiping Bisley. August 21. —Volunteer Concert and Dance, Drill Hall. August 21.—P010 Match, Selangor v. K.O.V L. 1., K. Lumpur. August 22 and 24.—Selangor Turf Club, Race Meeting. August 28 and 29.—Kuala Lumpur Athletic Sports. September s.—Klang Gymkhana Club, Skye Meeting. September 7 to
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  • 30 5 Penang :—The E. O. Hotel, The Crag, Runnymede Hotel, Hotel Norman, Carlton Hotel and The New Sea View Hotel. Singapore:—Raffles Hotel. Rangoon :—Strand Hotel. Cbtlon :—Nuwara Eliya.
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  • 2 5 MAILS.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 319 5 Tai pi ng Medical Hall, (ESTABLISHED 1900) 73, 75 77, KOTA ROAD, TAIPING. Wholesale Importers of Fine Chemicals and Drugs, also Patent Medicines and Proprietary Articles. Medical, Surgical and Druggists’ Sundries of every description, kept in stock. SOLE AGENTS IN TAIPING for Nyal’s Family Medicine. Estate Medicines, a speciality. Prepared
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    • 233 5 Mackay’s Liqueur J WHISKY 9 8. House of Lords and U As supplied to th j House of Commons. B I g| S i fm b o k-4 S I OBTAINABLE SOLE AGENTS: g D 0 w WWojR Mamson, Gilfillan M from al! the .jh f=i J Co., Ltd., U
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  • 753 6 Italy has never been an enthusiastic adherant of the Triple Alliance since the Treaty of 1882 was signed, curioasly enough, five days after the Franco-Italian commercial Treaty. The precise terms were not divulged and we do not wonder at it, considering that at the time Italy’s signature
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  • 299 6 Iq view of the necessity of exercising economy in tbe use of our supplies of newspaper from London, owing to the situation and the possibility of an interference with ordinary and extra shipments, we feel compelled, in order that we may guard against a shortage, to reduce
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  • 1653 6 GERMAN TERRITORY SEIZED. FRENCH SUCCESS IN ALSACE. BELGIANS ANNIHILATE INVADING CAVALRY. BRITISH CRUISERS ATTACKED. —Reute-. Invading Cavalry Annihilated. Brussels, August 8. A German cavalry division succeeded in fording the Meuse north of Liege, when they were fallen on by Belgian cava ry and practically annihilated. The garrison at
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    • 140 6 iBiSSEH Mi iw Lj The favourite beverage, not only here, [▼e but throughout the many lands of V the British Empire, because of its |kJ Pj| mature ripeness, soft refinement, and |L exquisite flavour. I JE ONH OF THE Fi<INCIPAL BKANDS OF A kJx THE TIISTILLERS I TD. <▼ Largest
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    • 33 6 THE CRAG HOTEL, “SANATORIUM” PENANG HILL Completely Renovated. An hour and 10 minutes from the E. 0. HOTEL Chairs and Coolies always in readines at the foot of the Hill. Sarkies Brothrrs, Proprietors.
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  • 166 7 —Reuter. FRANCE'S DEMAND FROM AUSTRIA. Paris, August 10. Believing that part of the Austria o mobilisation is directed against the French frontier, the Minister of Foreign Affair» told the Austrian Ambassador that he wishes to be informe I of Austria’s intentions as soon as possible. Seizure
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  • 77 7 Writing on the 6 h ins'-. Messrs. Fraser and Co. state The European war has naturally brought all share dealings to a standstill, but for purposes of record we issue this week our usual circular. The quotations are entirely nominal and based on the last
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  • 18 7 Reuter. London, August 8 Decreases in British imports amount to £2,399,591 and exports to £275,882.
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  • 36 7 .—Reuter. AUSTRALASIA WIN DAVIS CUP IN AMERICA. Boston, August 8. Australasia beat the British Isles in the final for the Davis Cup, Brookes and Wilding defeating Parke and Mavrogor- dato by 6—l, 6—o, 6—4
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  • 38 7 Arrivals. By Klang (August 10) from Singapore, Dr Dowden, Miss Lee Koon, Miss Khee Yin, Messrs C E D Warry, W E MacLennau, C L Collenette, J H L Hindmarsh, E C Misso, Millington and G Aurely.
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  • 79 7 The following undelivered cable lie at the office of the Eastern Extension Telegraph Co.: 30-7-14 Captain Mullins from Singapore; 30-7-14 Khimhti from Rangoon; 30-7-14 Barnett ss. Sardinia from Medan 4 8 14 Eikkeat from Singapore. Mr. A. D. Ball, Acting Assistant Controller of Labour, Ipoh, is appointed
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  • WAR ITEMS.
    • 196 7 ARRESTED AND PLACED ON PAROLE After remaining under arrest for about two hours on Saturday afternoon the male members of the German community in Penang were liberated and placed on parole. About mid-day the Chief Police Officer Major H. Barry de Hamel, personally summoned them to his
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    • 99 7 Church Parades were held at the Penang Volunteers’ Camp in Northam road early yesterday morning. That for Protestant members of the corps was conducted by the Rev. F. W. Haines, the Hon. Chaplain of the Corps, ani that for the Roman Catholics by Father Duvede. Major the
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    • 39 7 A correspondents writes There has not been—nor is likely to be the slightest reason for the exorbitant surcharges made by local shop keepers and their action is bound to seriously effect their subsequent trade.
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    • 38 7 There were persistent rumours on Saturday and yesterday that H. M.S. Swiftsure was in the vicinity of Penang. It was also stated that she was to escort the P. and O. mail steamer Devanha to Colombo.
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    • 26 7 It is reported that the German cruiser Geier took some coal off a JavaAustralian liner—whether with or without the captain’s consent, is not certain.
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    • 31 7 The B. I. Steamship Teesta,” which was to have brought the mnil this week, has we hear, been diverted to Bombay. Further mail advices will be sent later.
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    • 183 7 The German Homeward bound mail steamer Kleist is now at Padang on the west coast of Sumatra. Firms are beginning to receive orders to continue to ship rubber.” Mr. Munro is reported to have seen th ee warships about ten miles from Morib on Thursday. A war map
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    • 570 7 —“S.F.P.” [.From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, August 10. The police yesterday found and ordered sixty Germans to report themselves at the Central Police Station and sign internment papers, likewise the officers of the German ships Ranee, Chow Tai, and Quarta. German Consul-General Feindel and Vice-Consul Sannier left by
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    • 58 7 The Government hereby makes it known that the supplies of rice, flour and other staple articles of food in Singapore are ample for the requirements of the inhabitants of the settlement, and that there is no need for any fear of a scarcity of provisions. By command, W. Gborge
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    • 82 7 [From Our Own Correspondent.] Ipoh, August 9. The Resident of Perak addressed a meeting of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce at Ipoh and stated that the Mines Department was instructed to interpret the Enactment as leniently as possible The Chief Secretary is considering the question of the removal
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    • 266 7 THE DEPARTURE FROM TAIPING. Our Taiping correspondent writes The departure of the Battalion of Malay States Guides from Taiping to Singapore aroused great interest. Half a company of the Guides left in the middle of the week as escort for the treasure from Penang to Singapore, while
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    • 62 7 Most fantastic reports have been circulating about Ttdping during the past few days. A report about rioting at Tronoh is denied. Another report stated that the Taiping Police had captured 16 gang robbers in a gang robbery at Pondok Taojong which never took place. Taiping district is reported
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    • 109 7 Owing to a run on this Bank the Directors have had to request the assistance of Government, and the latter has promised help, pending an examination into the accounts of the Bank. The following Proclamation by the Colonial Secretary was published at the Bank premises by the
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    • 76 7 We (“S.F.P.”) are informed that His Highness the Sultan of Johore has communicated with His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government his desire to place himself aud the Johore Military Forces at the disposal of the General Officer Commanding His Excellency has gratefully accepted this offer and
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    • 98 7 One of the Turkish warships which Britain has taken over is apparently the Sultan Osman I, built at the Walker Yard on the Tyne. She was acquired from Brazil by Turkey when there was a possibility of a recurrence of trouble between Greece and Turkey, and was
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    • 73 7 DICKINSON’S RETURNS. Attention is called to the following return England Germany English Superiority Battleships finished 58 35 66 per cent. building 14 6 133 Battleship-cruisers finished 9 4 125 building 1 3 Armoured cruisers finished 47 9 422 building Small cruisers finished 65 43 51 building
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  • 627 7 VON BETHMANN HOLLWEG. The German Chancellor, Dr. Von Bethmann Hollweg, is described as a philosopher. In the realm of foreign affairs his regime has been distinguished by the fiasco of the wrecked raid on Morocco. However, he is modest and retiring by nature and there is nothing of
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  • 86 7 Page 2.—The Soul of Russ a. Page 3. Market Prices; Government and Situation. Page 4.—The P. A. M. Meeting; Planter® and Crisis. f Page 5. Mails Produce Clearances The Week’s Events Coming Events The Malaria Death Rate; What Other Papers Say Collision in Singapore Harbour. Page 6.—“
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  • 1285 8 THE KEY TO VICTORY. 1 In an articl-j r cintlv written by the Paris correspondent of the Nava’ and Military Record,” some instructive ob ervations are offered on the present condition of the French Navy. The plan of armament for 1915 lies rates the noteworthy change th it
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  • 363 8 According to German Naval Notes in the Navy” the Grosser Kurfurst and the Korig were to hoist the pennant in August. The latter is a fine ship of 25,80) tons, ten Ue've inch guns, and a fuel capac ty of 4,300 tons. Th? Gro«s r Kurfurst was
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  • 214 8 Germany’s great strategic waterway, the Kiel Canal, has just been broadened and deepened at a cost of £11,000,000, which is part of the price which has bren paid for the adoption of the Dreadnought design. Even now- the-—eanal is sufficiently deep to permit armoured ships of
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 1068 8 i banks. j CHARTERED BANK OF IND At AUSTRALIA. AND CHINA. Be Wise and Follow the Example a| Incorporated by Royal Charter. C aaw* 1 1 Paid-up Capital £l.2<Rj.oUo of the Millions who use only Read Orncx B 38, BISHOPSGATE, LONDON, E.i Agencies and Branches. Amritsar Hongkong Penang Bangkok Iloilo
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 601 9 HEIDSIECK MONOPOLE. B h UIM nU I EL, q WW K 22, LEITH STREET, PENANG. DISSOLVED PERUVIAN GUANO l»K R RECOGNISED AS THE SECON DTO NON E p and Mm,™«', plant r*. B SPECIAL RUBBER FERTILIZER $T .jjEwOffiji X Fitt.d with Elect He Lights and Fans. Terms Moderate. S Always
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  • 1437 10 A SEASONABLE PROTEST.” The Press of this country, particularly the section devoted to reproduction of photographic prints, apparently acts on the assumption that the people cannot have too much of a good thing, says a writer in a Home paper. As a matter of fact anyone can
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  • 174 10 Sta’istics are to hand relative to the exports of Dutch Guiana during the first five months of the p r es Q nt year which give an excellent impression as to the state of trade in that colony. The figures are as follows balata 188,706 Kg. as
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  • 92 10  -  Norman Gale. A scarlet bird upon her shoulder’s snow Was perched, and whistled to his envious fellows A thousand tints of feathers lit the air, Bewildering greens and reds and blues and yellows. Primeval glories clustered in h *r form Uncramped her curves; she was the joy of Beiuty.
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 297 10 RUBBER. JACKSON’S PATENT FIBRE COMPOUND Is now Proved to be the Best Medium for Smoking Rubber. Rubber thus smoked in conjunction with the JACKSON PROCESS, was pronounced by one of I the leading British rubber manufacturers to be the best Plantation Rubber procurable. This statement was made after a trial
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    • 116 10 It Cuts the Cords that bind helpless hands. It strikes off the shackles <f Rheumatism. It n stores strength and freedom from pain, brings back the ability to walk, work and enjoy life’s richest blessings. Little’s Oriental Balm has been for many years the one great liberator of suffering humanity—the
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    • 220 10 SNAP SHOTS OF PENANG RACES TAKEN BY NIKKO STUDIO, NOW ON SALE, OVER 130 DIFFERENT KINDS. Head Office: Branch Office: 21, Penang Road. 56, Beach Street. HENDERSON LINE FORTNIGHTLY PASSENGER SERVICE RANGOON TO London or Liverpool and Glasgow, via Suez, Port Said and Algiers. Modern Up-to-date Steamers. Large Cabins. Comfortable
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous

  • 525 11 FAR-REACHING REORGANISATION.” A very important reorganisation of the public administration in Netherlands India is the subject of an extensive reporb which has been submitted by Mr. De Graaff, who, under the tit’e of Government Commissary for the Reorganisation of the Administrative System, was charged with preparing such a
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  • 241 11 The future of Med m and Sumatra’s East Coast is in a very large measure concerned in all the future plans of the Netherlands Steamship Company, writes a Sumatra contemporary. In the year 1917 Belawan-Deli will, it is hoped, be an ocean harbour, availa
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 1000 11 N K |”T"”Master's Japan Mail Steamship Co. Ld. I /m HI /sZsX New Seasons p Models B H T HE illustrations show f I Si -<*' one m °del of each of H f the f° ur types of His >; EUROPEAN LINE. Master’s Voice’Gramo- ..J A Fortnightly service is
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    • 75 11 To Mine Managers. Why be despondent concerning the low price of tin. It is the cost of production that counts. The GARRETT Superheated Steam Engine will save 50% of your fuel account over other types of Steam Power. Think—what 50% of your Coal Bill represents, and the dividend it would
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    • 337 11 THE BEST DISINFECTANTS. All Kinds and tor All Purposes. ▲8 SUPPLIED TO H.M. GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS. AS"OKOLj 20 times the eo-efficient of eerbolio acid. The ideal disinfectant for use in the Tropica. Highest efficiency and lowest cost. Powerful Larvtecide. Unaffected by organic matter, and miscible with both fresh and salt water.
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 2433 12 p 9- fefe. British India A -x Ocean Steam Navigation Co. 1 4H N D L 1 STRM SHI1 uc s™« <»»*"’'. LTD. IMPERIAL «.ma’n MAW LINE. CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAV. CO. LTD INTKB M BD BT BA MBRS INTBNDBD SAILINGS. @j OUTWARD. lOjl amnton Libson or Gibraltar, Algiers, Genoa,
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