Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 5 November 1914

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1835. No. 257 VOL. LXXII. THURSDAY. sth NOVEMBER, 1914. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 851 1 —o~nri~x]EzjjtzxiacziUL_juL_ii ~rr~: IF YOU WANT TO SHIP, BUY OR SELL RUSHER OR TO n FORWARD GOODS to ANY PART of the WORLD [j GO TO ALLEN DENNYS Co., 7. UNION STRUCT. LIPTON’S TEAS SUN LiFE ~’T7ir\ ÜBEABH STREET. PENANG. STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. L/1F A KJ A JL/17KWF OF subscription- DIRECT CANADA.
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    • 61 1 iuonaDDMarjuna«aoaDa«oono°* FOH S3O g s VTOU can bave the Pinang g j 1 Gazette posted every day c for a whole year to your addreaa. (LOCAL SUBSCRIPTION. 527). O 3 Proportionate Quarterly and i Half-yearly rates. j Subscriptions are payable in q advance and remittances should I be addressed to
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  • 883 2 The Schweiz Kaufmannisches Centralblatt” printed at Zurich, writes under the heading Business Praetieea of German Firas Not content with the overwhelming competition German firms make us in our own country as well as in European and foreign markets they are now trying to make use of the*
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    • 1144 2 WANTED. to LET EFROM the Ist October, 1914, Compound House, No. 63, Northam Boad, lately training—requires ’situation as in the occupation of Capt. S. R. Perkins. Children’s Nurse. To go Home or would B For particulars apply to remain abroad. Free now. Reply r rr J 7 KENNEDY Co. NoßB
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    • 109 2 TVzzzrre/ VAN HOUTEN* S W COCOA ir is so and 51 dehc/ozrs //avDtmny a/so p Lee Cool; use it PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY BY USING TWELVE CORNER BENT J3F* I TVC le ol COIXS tructioi> INO NO RATNER zC~ >' RATNER “JeV. raier RESISTS RESISTING SAFE HAS SAFE HAS EVER HAD
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  • 4577 3 HIGH COMMISSIONER’S SPEECH. F.M.S. FINANCES. The following is the address of his Excellency the High Commissioner, Sir Arthur Henderson Yuung k c.m g at the meeting of the Ftderal Council held on Tuesday Your Highnesses and Honourable Members of the Federal Council. To-day for the first
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  • 559 3 BRITISH PBAY FOOTBALL. Mr. Joseph Patterson, representing the New York World,” has been allxed to visit Berlin and other places in Germany under a military escort, and to send a despatch, doubtless well censored, de-c ibing his trip He has seen wounded Germans from the front, and
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  • 190 3 Messrs Guthrie and Co.’s weekly rubber report dated Singapore Tuesday, November 3rd, states: The auction held to day provided a record as regards quantity, over 130 tons being cata'ogued, and with a good demand for most grades close on 100 tons of rubber wera disposed of at improved
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  • 31 3 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. Obylon :—Nuwara Eliya,
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 48 3 Why remain in misery with digestive trouble when a certain a'leviative for that heavy overloaded feeling is at hand in Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. The taking of one dose will prove its value to 1 you. Sold by Dispensaries and Stores I throughout F.M.S. 80 cents a bottle.
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  • 602 4 FRENCH CONSULAR CABLE. j l Paris, November I.—Constantinople The Ambassadors of Russia, France and Great Britain have asked the Turkish Government for their passports. Official President Poincare, accompanied by M. Millerand, Minister for War, left Paris this morning to visit our armies. He will stay with them for
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  • 89 4 The following are the results of further ties that have been played in the above tournament which is drawing to a close Doubles Handicap Class A—Everest and Oliver (—30.3) beat Leonard and Bourdillon —l5 2) by 6—4, 6—3. Mixed Doubles Handicap Class A— Mrs Crichton and Rogers
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  • 56 4 The following tie has been fixed for to-day Fours—J 8 Cunningham, Southam, and Messrs G E Wright-Motion v W S Dunn, J 8 Rose, A R Adams and Owen (2.) to-L h orrl°w?— iDg Ue haB beea fixed for W^Motion^Y l^B^- 8 V W MotioQ and r
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  • 620 4 WHY NOT ADMIT?” Germans at Rotterdam are aghast at the tone of the German papers. Only one meaning can be attached to what they contain; they are preparing the German people for the defeat and ruin of their hopes. Official messages ask that judgment should
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  • 196 4 AN INVASION OF ELEPHANTS. In Padang and Bedagei (Sumatra) the planters are suffering very much from an invasion of elephants Serdang is known for its big elephant herds. During the last year they uprooted on Ramboeng Sialang Estate abou*> 3,090 coconut trees and 15,000 rubber trees. It
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  • 638 4 THE FLEETS. A GERMAN TRAINED ARMY. The Russian Black Sea fleet is not strong j as to heavy war vessels actually in commission. Twelve mouths ago, a battle-hip of 22,500 tons and 21 knots, designed for twelve 12 inch guns, was launched at the Nikoliev yard, but
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  • 103 4 OUTPUTS FOR OCTOBER The following are the outputs for Oct: Asahan lbs. 9,272 Am pat 5,832 Ayer Kuning (F.M.8.) 22,464 Anglo-Sumatra 59,756 Brad wall 17,998 Bernam-Perak 10,100 Bruas-Perak 1,553 Cicely 25,487 Chersonese 51,669 Dennistown n 33,002 F.M.S. 117,261 Glenealy 9,790 Gloucester 3,160 High. Lowlands 100,6'29 Investment Trust 3,473 Klabang
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  • 20 4 The output of toe Ulu Piah Mine for the month of October was 383 pi:uls dry tin ore.
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  • 493 4 The Foreign Office issued the following on September 31. In an interview recently granted to the correspondent of the National Tidende,” of Copenhagen, Mr. F. D. Ackland, the Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs remarked that in view of England having gone to war in defence of
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  • 379 4 Rapid System of Trainino. Excellent work is being djne by the National Rifle Association in training the men of Lord Ki Army to ehoot well with the rifle. Work is in full progress with th? first army of 100,000, and the foundations of some excellent shooting companies
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  • 551 4 ACTING PRINCIPAL'S ANNUAL REPORT. Dr. T. D. Kennedy, acting Principal of the King Edward VII. School of Medicine, Singapore, signs the report on the institution for the pa?t year. Twenty-one new students joined the full course, of whom one was a woman, as compared with 23, of
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  • 171 4 Tkvraday, November 5. Band, Golf Club, 6 p.m. High Water 0.50 a.m. and 1.14 p.m. Low Water 7 33 a.m. and 7.18 p.m. Straits Cinematograph, Penang Road George Town Cinematograph, Kuala Kangsar Road. Friday, November 6. St. George’s Church, Special Service, 6 p.m. Presbyterian Church, Special Service,
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    • 364 4 MUNICIPAL NOTICE. THE Municipal Commissioners of George Town, Penang, hereby invite separate tenders for the following 1. Construction of a drain to Burmah Road between Perak R;ad and Jones Road. 2. Construction of a drain in Logan Road between end of present drain and Perak Road. Full particulars can be
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 37 4 The Straits Cinema, LocationPENANG ROAD. Speciality LATEST PATHE PRODUCTIONS Absolutely the leading Premier Show in Penang and the People’s Favourite Rendezvous. Newest Films of Latest Features in Bi-weekly Changes. For particulars vide Handbills. Tan Boon Peng, Propriety.
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    • 263 4 See the Elusive Emden AT George Town Kinema COMMENCING FROM Friday, 6th November, 1914, Together with a Series of War Topics to be shown in Lantern-slides between each film 1 One of the 6 inch guns of H.M.S. Highflyer which sank the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse.” 2 Russian Glacier advancing
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  • 1179 5 -Ex. The German Press, and particularly the pictorial Press, displays its culture in so surprising a form that Englishmen are largely debarred the pleasure of teeing themselves as the Germans see the n. I con r e-s that to me Teuton humour is sonetime* amusing
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  • 883 5 ATKINS AND HIS FRIEND. A porrespondeut writing from Paris says: What of the French soldier after All there weeks of fighting Only privileged persons can tell intimately, but I give my own observations and those of others, both French and English, who have seen him in the
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    • 129 5 You judge the sincerity of silver by the hall-mark. The sincerity of an advertisement may be estimated by the consistency of its appearance. If advertisements appear persistently in the press, it is evident they are honest and worth your while to reply to. If they were not, they oould not
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    • 174 5 INVALUABLE for your HEALTH’S SAKE. hniiNM'iu-J-KPai* Essence or Fluid Extract of RED JAMAICI C w> nraTnrvTdTmw Pronounced by the HIGHEST MEDICAL AUTHORITIES Tha AFEST and most RELIABLE Remedy for toßP, %ebiuty, HAS OVER 75 YEARS' ftORLD-WIDE REPUTAiIOH. SOLD BY lie Ceerft Tiwi Disieiseri. IM. THB London Directory (Published Annually) Enables
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  • 548 6 The reports of the Federal Council procaedirgs at Kuala Kangsar are enlivened by a paFsage of arms between the Hon. Mr. Macfadyen and His Excel'eucy the High Commiss orer, which, however, was based on a mi understanding. The incident is imports nt chiefly by reason of the
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  • 564 6 The telegrams to-day help to confirm the belief that the German”, having exhausted themselves in their efforts to pierce the Belgian, British and French forces in the region from Nieuport to Ypres, and even farther soath, and incidentally sustaining losses wh ch correspondents describe as greater than
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  • 887 6 FALLING BACK ON BRUSSELS. THE ENEMY SUFFERS SEVERELY. LORD KITCHENER AT DUNKIRK. [Copyright Tblegram.J (By Submarine Telegraph.) Recd. Nov. 4, 9-8 p.m. A Paris communique says The enemy appears to have completely abandoned the left of the Yser. Below Dixmude the Allies have reoccupied the passage of
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    • 369 6 After Fevers. H Especially valuable after Malaria M |l "or Enteric. r iis As a healing tonic and restorative after fevers Angier’s Emulsion is |g ==i invaluable. It soothes and heals the mucous membrane of the stomach and H intestines, corrects digestive and bowel irregularities, promotes normal healthy appetite, and
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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 readiness at the foot of the Hill. Sarkies Brothers Proprietors.
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    • 80 6 THE CONTENTS BILL Page 2,—German Business Methods. Page 3.—Malaya and the War; Prisoners in Germany. Page 4.—The Provocation of Belgium 'The Medical School War Items; Russia and Turkey; Berlin and the Allies’ Strength The Week’s Events. Page s.—The French Soldier; German Contempt for their Enemy. Page 6.—The Federal Council The
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  • 1716 7 DISCUSSION ON THE BUDGET. HIS EXCELLENCY MR. MACFADYEN. SULTAN OF PERAK'S EXPRESSION OF MALAY LOYALTY [From Our Special Correspondent.] Kuala Kangsar. Nov. 4th. Coctinuirg the discussion on the Supply Enactment yester ay afternoon at the meeting of the Federal Council, the Hon. Mr. Sfcinner did not agree
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  • 1099 7 MR. MACFADYEN EXPLAINS. Ku-.la Kangsar, Nov. 4 Resunfng this morning th? firs* business was the following questions by the Hon. H. F Nutter (1) In view of the critical state of the mining indu-try due to the low price of tin, cau the Government make a comprehensive sta
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  • 73 7 The Hon. Treasurer sends os the following further con ributions to the above Fund, forwarded co the Chartered Bank, Penang. Balance Nov. 3 ...$25,990.59 Proceeds of Cafe Chan-ant at Sungei Bakap on 24th Oct I 1914 per Mr. and Mrs. G. C. G.
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  • 22 7 Balance Nov. 2 $56 94 Gan Ngoh Bee 100.00 Staff of Caledonia Hispital 9.00 Balance on Nov. 4 $175.94
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  • 137 7 The following amoints have been received by Com uander D. C. Macintyre. RN. R Harbour Master, Penang, and sent to the Mercantile Bank of India Ltd to the credit of the Russian Sailors’ Fund Hon. T. S Smith $lOO.OO Hon A. T. Bryant 50.03 Rev. Frank W.
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  • 228 7 —Reuter. [Copyright Telkgram.] (By Submarine Telegraph.) Recd. Nov. 5, 9-30 a.M, The Amste dam Hanieisblad »ays ail communication between Sluis and Belgium is completely interrupted. Nobody is al owed to enter or leave Belgian territory. Belgium's Qaeea. Toe Queen of the Belgians is still accompanying the King
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  • 60 7 A MILITARY CONFERENCE. From Our O’rn Correspondent.] Singapore, October 5. The Freoch Consular telegram to Singapore s-ates that President Poincare, M. Miller and, Minister of War, General Joffre, M. Broqueville, the Belgian Premier, and Earl Kitcherer met in conference at Dunkirk, and that President Poincare, M.
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  • 231 7 In the Dis rict Court, to-day, before His Honour Mr. G. A. Hall, Mak Poh, a Cantonese pork sel’er, was charged with the robbery of $l7l in cash, 10 packets chindu, valued a: $26, one pot of chandu, $1 95, and five gold buttons valued at
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  • 181 7 The room of the Y.M.C.A. (Asiatic Branch) at 86, Beach Street, was crowded las: evening when Mr Robert D Pringle (General Secretary of the Y.M C.A.) gave a lecture upon the War. In vivid eloquent words the lecturer traced the origin of the great conflict
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • 283 7 (To tAe Editor of the Pinanj Gazette.”] —-It appears ridiculous that news of the Emden’s latest exploit in Penang Harbour, which appears in all Dutch papers should be rigorously censored by the Government It is also exceedingly disquieting to us English Residents, that such a state of affairs can
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    • 477 7 [To the Editor of the Pinang Gozetls”] Sir,—An article under the above heading appeared in your paper of 3rd November. Judging from what I could not help overhearing here and there, where the subject matter was hotly discussed, also from questions asked me by
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  • 808 8 THE DE WET OF THE SEAS. I can almost hear thousands of readers exclaim, When will this German cruiser be captured What are the Admiralty about Where are our men-of-war, that they do not sink her writes Archibald Hurd in the Daily Telegraph early in October.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 589 8 BANKS. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA AUSTRALIA. AND CHINA Incorporated by Royal Charter. Paid-up Capital £1,200,9'• Reserve Fund £1,800,00 Reserve Liability of Proprietors... £1,200,00 Hbad Ornes: 38, BISHOPSGATE, LONDON, EC AOBNCIBS ASB BkAMCHBS. Amritsar Hongkong Puket Bangkok Iloilo Rangoor Batavia Ipoh Saigon Bombay Karachi Serembat Calcutta Klang Shanghai Canton Kobe Singapore
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    • 80 8 NOTICE. LABOUR CODE, 1912. F M.S. M INDIAN IMMIGRATION FUND ORDINANCE 1911" EMPLOYERS of Indian labour are hereby reminded that assessment returns for the preceding quarter must be sent to the Office of the Dy. Controller of Labour, Penang, during the months of April, July, October, and January: Forms for
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    • 466 8 IV” W/nsky S)istdl&TS Cbm/ia/u/JU- Sole Agents -TONG JOO Co., Penang. XMAS AND THE WAR. -c-od-c-e—™ You cannot best greet your friends in the present crisis, H■> [J 111 IJ I—l ■■l I, I pi but by sending them UDlyl’ioll 11 V 1 EL} U Xmas and New Year Cards. I
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  • 666 9 EVENTS OF A WEEK. October 22 —Germans attack at various parts of the front. Repulsed at some places. Allies hold their ground at others. British Submarine E 3 feared sunk in North Sea. King awards decorations and honours to many members of the Navy for bravery.
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  • 605 10 —Ex. A WORK BY THE KING OF SIAM. A volume of great interest at any time but especially so at the present moment is the i’ Hua Kho Kotmai Nana Prathet (Principles of International Law) which has just been published. The book which is from the pen
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  • 121 10 The most interesting item of business at the mee’ing of the Singapore Municipal Commission with the President, Mr. F. J. Hallifax, in the chair, had to do with the question of volunteers for the front. The President remarked that he understood the Singapore Hat hour Beard
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    • 785 10 m®»" 1 i in 11 ij Nervousness PENANG BRANCH. TEL NO SSB I Anaemia, indigestion, and ft 1 Awful Nervous Terrors t O I cured by Dr. Cassell’s Tablets. <p a Mrs. Florence Higgs, of 97, Gordon11 S toad, Peckham, London, S.E., says:— “I owe my life to Dr. Cassell's
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    • 153 10 To Mine Managers. Why be despondent concerning the lowprice 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 provide.
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    • 333 10 I THE CEYLON MANURE WORKS. I A. BAUR. I COLOMBO PENANG. I Rubber and Coconut-Fertilisers I a Speciality. Well Balanced and Effective Mixtures, The result of Laboratory Research and E Practical Field Tests. I The Largest Manure Works in t« East. can keep 1 Business Flag Flying. NORTH BRITISH CLINCHER
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  • 795 11 January Meeting, 1915. (UNDER S. R. A. RULES OF RACING.) NOTICE. —No amendments to this Programme will be considered unless due notice is given in writing to the Secretary at least seven days before 9th November, 1914. the date of the Special General Meeting. The Notice must
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  • 721 11 NEED FOR MORE STRINGENT ACTION. On the commencement of the war some fifty or so German and Austrian subjects resident in Ceylon were placed on parole, the public demand for more stringent measures being soothed by references to honourable gentlemen and the benefits that certain members
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    • 515 11 N Y K. Japan Mail Steamship. Co. Ld. EUROPEAN LINE. A Fortnightly service is maintained between Yokohama via ports to Marseilles London and Antwerp, under mail contract with the Imperial Japanese Government The New Twin-screw Steamers maintaining this service have been specially designed and constructed, and are fitted with all
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    • 26 11 CHRISTMAS DISPLAY*' WITH COLLECTION OF Beautiful Silk Goods, Fine Satsuma Vases, Varieties of Tea and Coffee Services, etc. X’mas Cards and Calendars for 1915. YAMATO Co.,
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    • 55 11 ALMERIA GRAPES, FRESH FROM ENGLAND. We Lave just received a limited supply of these Grapes. We shall be pleased that intending customers will book their orders early. PLEASE APPLY PENANG CONFECTIONERY, 18, Leith Street, Penang. Cash with Order Freight extra. Tbl. 570. Special Price for Large Orders. P. MOIR CRANES’
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