Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 8 July 1920

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 155. VOL. LXXVIII. THURSDAY, Bth JULY, 1920. PRICE 15 CENTS.
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    • 475 1 r~Obtainable everywhere wholesale from S d I CJ C w 2 H 1 B Ong Sam Leong 4 Co., Penang, f| UTBIII ITITfI' 1 1 fl' 1 fl' 1 ri ,rr I BEAR BRAND MILK why i you can have no idea what a 1 Jv/> Ak I I Pcrfecllf
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    • 22 1 gTHEBESI CAR IN I I i i s 9 a MMUOIOttUI Jkuft» -f LSole Agents S.S. aEM S. Ong Sam Leong ’*!}«>•. a
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  • 1319 2 jffutumn JYieeting, 1920. RACE DAYS FIBST DAY Tuesday, 20th July, 1920. SECOND DAY Thursday, 22nd July, 1920. THIRD DAY Saturday, 24th July, 1920. FIRST DAY. TUESDAY, 20th JULY, 1920. 1. The George Town Plate. Value $7OO and $lOO to each Second Horse A Handicap for all Ex-Griffin
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    • 2067 2 POSITION WANTED. FOR SALE. GERMAN DEBTS. pinCtnff QaZSttC bin., by Codndw. Era Pi, re Mo n?*3 5 5 ro a '-kppino PEACE TREATY. RATES OF CASUAL «iUMe.per.ona.re-~ Pieaee reply f 7 10, ADVERTISEMENTS. B.ix No. 266, c/o Pinan-Gaze u. j, h R.,.d, Penang. British Claimants who have not already FOR
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  • 1448 3 SCOTS IN THE HONOURS’ LIST. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Edinburgh, June 9. The names of a number of well-known Scots find a place in the Birthday Honours. At the head of them stands Sir John Lome MacLeod, who is made a Knight of the Grand Cross of the
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    • 978 3 ■Estate of the Late sultan tarts. I SALE OF MINING LANDS Under the instructions from the Trustee, the undersigned will sell by Auction the Mining Lands scheduled below, at THE TOWN HALL, IPOH, JDn Friday, the 16th July, 1920, at 10-30 a. tn. (If unfinished, the Sale will be continued
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    • 267 3 FULL-BLOODED PEOPLE, Why Other People Like Them. We can all call to mind men and women who give such a sense of vitality and strength that, they are bound to get on? A woman of this type —full-blooded, plump and bright-eyed—always has a group of admirers round her. A man
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    • 209 3 BRITISH I D” expanded metal I D D DIAMOND MESH (YYYYYT® A A A AnafeM vvVV V Y W OM Jv JI M vGwOv SOLE AGENTS: Wm. JACKS Co., Singapore. SUB-AGENTS: R. T. REID Co., Penang. annnnnnnnnMDQnunnnnnnanoannnn n NEW ZEALAND g 1 WHITEBAITS I N 1 Ib. TIN S. n
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • 240 4 [To Thb Editor or thi “Pinanq Gazeri.”] Sir,There is a rumour that a public meeting is to ba held a*> the Chinese Town Had at 3 pm. to d y to consider the question of peti’ioniiig H E. the Governor f ra reducion in the price of
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  • 252 4 —From tl e Daily News.” In connection with Mrs Pat’s cigar, which is so jus ly admired a the of York’ ,it L mte'eiting to remember, remarks Bead comber >n he “Daily Itxprrss,” tha*- while Harriet Ma»ti eau’s literary works aie of a style somewhat, different fom
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  • 243 4 Doting the past wetk we l ave published an explanatory -t&’eme’t why i* hag been found necas«aiv t> inor as, the atibscrip tion rate, ‘a g rhe Malay Mail.” This inoroaee was partly base i on the f c k that our nrxt congigDm nt of now probably
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  • 81 4 A strong programme is being presentcd at the Empire Theatre to-night and the three following nights. In the first house the first four parts of “The Great Lon.lci. Mystery” will be screened and ’n the second house the third series of I Ifus will be given. In
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  • 206 4 To-day’s Arrivals. Sappho, Candy, 329, T. Atbon, Adamson Gilfillan <fc Co, general. Pangkor, Campbell, 94, Tcang, Eas’era Shipping Co, general. Kedah, Golly, 94, Si iawan, Eastern Shipping Co, general. Peaaog, Blacklock, 541, Renong, Adamson Gilfillan <fc Co, general. Hong Wan I, Wiisher, 2,080, Amoy, Chin Hin Coy, general.
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  • 252 4 DAILY (except Sunday). BY TRAIN. I’arit Buntar, Bagan Serai, Taiping, I Ipoh, Batu Gajah. Tapah Road, By train Teluk Anson, Kuala Kubu, J-7.1R am. Kuala Lumpur, Seremban, j 6 p.m Malacca, Johore, Singapore and Hongkong J Parit Birntar and Bagan Serai By train also 10.15 a.m. <fc
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  • 32 4 Despatched. Delivered. Mail “E May 22nd June 15 h Mail “D” May 19th Jane 17(1; Mail “G May 29 h Jane 22nd Mail “A” Jane sth July srh
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  • 35 4 The homeward mail by the Teesta closes at 10 a.m. on Satu'day. The rate of exchange for money orders on India or Ceylon to-day is Issuing Rs 124 $-109 paying Rg. 134 =sloo.
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  • 118 4 Penang, July 8 1920 (By Courtesy ot the Chartered Bank}. London Demand Bank ...2/3 29/32 4 months' sight Bank ...2/4 3/8 3 Credit ...2/4 29 32 3 Documentary ...2/4 31 32 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 118 3 days’ sight Private 127 Bombay Demand Bank 118 Madras Demand Bank 118
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    • 823 4 MEW ADVERTISEMENTS. PEKAHC TORT CIUB. POSITION WANTED. “V. Ad Mission to Grand 8 ai d by licte s Ex-seivice Head Clerk. ludhn Tamil, 31, 0 rp; c!{gtB f or q nf g- an d can be obtained married, seeks Job as clerk on estate or Secretary’s Office, or at the
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    • 82 4 fSCHWEPPESi I Ginger Beer, Ginger Ale. j Melvern wafer, tonic Water and Relenta Water. Obtainable at| The Leading Clubs. I E. a o. Hotel ano from Huttenbach, Lazarus Sous., Ltd., J 1 (incorporated in me straits settlements.) *j p*— —mi —n —in —i,c:a y LINSEED OIL. WHITE ZINC PAINTS. COLOURED
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 216 4 IMPERIAL jS EMPIRE THEATRE, PENANG ROAD. From THURSDAY Bth, to SUNDAY 11th JULY, 1920. In the Second House at 9-15 p. m. Gaumont British Film p-e?en's Aurele Sydney as 5 Reels ULTUS Reels 5 In the Secret of the Night (Series No, 3) A marvellour and spectacular production of a
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  • 684 5 SERIOUS BUSINESS SITUATION AT SHANGHAI. The "N. C. Daily News” of Jane 18 says Daring tha past week or two certain vagae signs of a coming storm have been apparent on bha local business horizon, and to-day they appear to bs taking definite shape. The mutterings of
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  • 200 5 Fixing Own Prices Several correspondents suggested that the Ministry of Food should is ue a list of fsir prices for all necessary commodities as a guide to »he public when shopping. We have frequently considered the question of issuing fair prices,” said a Food Ministry official,
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  • 454 5 OPINIONS IN CANADA. A debate has taken place in the Dominion House on the question of compulsory military training, but it was adj .urned as many of the nu mbers wanted to speak upon the subject. Two systems were suggested one by Major Mowat, that men between the
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  • 178 5 The Council of the Chamber of Commerce of Liverpool passed the following resolution. Thab this meeting, having considered the report of the Select Committee on War Increase of Wealth, reiterates its conviction thab. reduction of national debt should be secured from taxation of current
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  • 127 5 There is in London just now a large con signment of men’s ready-made suits that cost only a few shilling? each. They are made of paper, and have come from Germany for re-export to Africa and other coun'ries which strata be taking from Germany conside'able quantities of this
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  • 136 5 L n lon, June 3.—Aviation circles are astonished at t' e success of Lieurenant Hii ckler’s non-stop flight from London to Turin. They regard it as one of the most remarkable iu the his ory of flying, in view of the siz l of the aeroplane. It
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    • 299 5 I TRY IT I I Star Brand I I BRITISH LATER.BEER Cases of 6 dozen Pints at $26. g Per Case Duty Extra. Obtainable from all Dealers. HERE’S THE TYRE FOR YOU, BATES BEST ENGLISH MADE. E up Car Tubes ?IO by 90 S 9-50 Car Tubes 30 by 3i
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    • 125 5 FOR PENANG PACES' B ~a I O7V odH show WSi NEXT wI'JM WEEK Bfefc £s2l ctyj rxo con cotj mn oryi ttjc coo doc coo cou too r-oo cxXj coo v A SPECIAL SELECTION OF Evening Frocks Dinner Gowns AND Afternoon Dresses. Prices Varying from $6O to $2OO. FULLY TRIMMED
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  • 1368 6 Joly marks the anniversary of the birth and death of Mr Joseph Chamberlain. He died almost on the eve of the outbreak of a war which has imposed burdens upon the tax payers that his fertile mind could never conjured up, ai d it is to Mr
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  • 1318 6 At the Conference in London of Entomologists cf the Efficiency of En- Empire, »t which protomological Work.” blema of the battle against insects injurious to plant, animal and human life were discussed, the delegates came from all parts of the Empire, including the Dominions, India, Ceylon, the
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  • 474 6 Ths Baud will play the following programme of music at the Dato Kramat Ga-dens from 5 30 p.m. to day 1, Finale Ist act Belisauo. Donizetti 2, Galop The Garibaldi ...Albert 3, Selection 3rd act Rigoletto. Veidi 4, Waltz The Rivule- ...Godfrey 5, March Semper Fidelis ...Sousa Literature,
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    • 277 6 [BOOTH’S I LONDON OLD TOM G iN. K uwmii WELL-KNOWN AND RECOGNIZED I AS ONE OF THE BESI ALL OVER I INDIA AND CHINA. PRICES ON APPLICATION ,g B£2 H R A. Coy., I PENANG. I >■■■■■ I ISLE OF SKYE. B THE CREAM OF j% HIGHLAND WHISKY Ask for
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    • 10 6 E. 0. PENANG. RAFFLES, SINGAPORE STRAND, RANGOON. SARKIES BROTHERS, PROPRIETORS?
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  • 526 7 THE GERMAN DELEGATES. HERR FEHRENBACH’S SPEECH. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] London, Joly 5. An official communique of the Spa Conference states that the Conference opened at eleven this morning at Fraineuse Chateau, under (he presidency of M De la Croix, the Belgian Premier. Mr Lloyd Qeo r ge, Earl Curzon
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  • 389 7 Rome, June 3. —The question of the division of German payments has aroused much discussion here. The comments of the “Corriere della Sera” have already been reported, and they represent the general feeling, which is also strongly against the fact, that England and France settled these
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  • 142 7 SCOPE OF BRITISH AID. London, July 5 In the Hou-e of Commons, replying to Colonel L’Estrange Malone, Mr Bonar Law said British naval and military support to the Greeks against the Turks would be confined to what was necetsary to ensure the freedom of the Straits and
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  • 120 7 QUESTIONS IN THE COMMONS. Lond n, July 5. In the House of Commons, replving to Captain Wedgwood-Benn, and Mr J D K ley, who complained of the re.indentuie of Chiuisa labourers in Samoa before the issue of the mandat Colonel Amery emphasised that the matter was entirely
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  • 169 7 MR. BONAR LAW’S STATEMENT. London, July 5. In the House of Common’, replying to Colonel L’Estrange Malone and Oaptain Wedgwood-Benn, with regard to the report of conversations between Mr Churchill and the Russian anti-Bolshevik, General Golovin, in May’ of last year, in which Mr Churchill was
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  • 79 7 THE REUNION WITH DENMARK. The Danish Vice-Consul at. Penang has received intimation from the Consul in Singapore that the Treaty between Denmark and the Allies, by which the sovereignty of Slesvig is transferred to Denmark, has been signed in Paris. The King of Denmark will sign the law concerning
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  • 42 7 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, July 8. Messrs Barlow and Co- report that the market firmed up somewhat. Standard sheet fetched 75| and 761- cents, an advance of 41 cents on the week. The total catalogued was 964 tons.
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  • 197 7 VISCOUNT GREY’S SPEECH. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] London, July 6. Speaking at the inaugural meeting of the British Institute of International Affairs, formed for the study of national policies, Viscount Grey said the Government should give it to be clearly understood by the" world that they were not in the
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  • 219 7 RECORD OF GOVERNMENT DEALINGS. London, July 5. Lord Inverforth’s report on his worldwide dealings in raw materials on behalf of the Government has been issued. It shows that the total expenditure to March 31st, 1919, was £277,000,000, and the total sales £225,000,000, making a turnover of £502,000,000. The
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  • 153 7 EXHIBITION IN LONDON. London, July 5. The British Empire Timber Exhibition, which was opened in London this afternoon by H.R.H. Prince Arthur of Connaught, is a most representative collection of timbers. Prince Arthur, in a speech, referred briefly to his impending departure for South Africa, where he would
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  • 35 7 LABOUR MOTION REJECTED. London, July 5. In the House of Commons, in the Budget discussion, a Labour motion for the abolition of the tea duty was defeated by 242 votes to 45.
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  • 37 7 AN IMPRACTICABLE PROPOSAL. London, July 5. In the House of Commons, replying to a question, Mr. Bonar Law stated that the suggestion to establish an Allied Court in Holland to try the ex-Kaiser was impracticable.
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  • 1583 7 SOCIAL PERSONAL. Major H. F. Nutter is visiting Kuala Lumpur.—“M. M.” Mr. H. E. Davidson has arrived in Kuala Lumpur on a visit from Kelantan. Mr. J. A. Russell left for China and is expected to be away for about a month. Mr, G. G. Daubeny is at present an
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  • 405 7 ALLEGED GAMBLING. In the Second Court, Penang, before Mr. A. C- Baker, this morning, the case was mentioned in which four Government servants and three others were ar- rested in a house in Siam Road on the night of the 30th ultd, as the result of gambling
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  • 455 7 THE DRAW. The following is the draw in four events of the P.C.C. tennis tournament The Championship. H. G. R. Leonard Bye. J. M. Allan v. M. K. Whitlock. E. G. Bird v. R. N. Hamilton. C. O. Tyndale Powell v. N. L. Lindon. G. Milner v.
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  • 956 8 NO TAX ON WAR WEALTH. Mr Chanab°rlain was righ*J in originally setting his face against a capital levy, te marks the Daily Chronicle”. The evidence given before the Select Committee showed that any attempt to separate out for taxing put poses the only ,f war wealth’’ which
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    • 785 8 THE ELECTRIC CURE c J ’i Hellesens Cells i EFFECTIVE. J E IT is grand to put on an electric battery while -J A JR T lying down resting, and feel its exhilarating influence in every nerve and muscle. There is no *-4 M inconvenience in any way. One hour's
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  • 538 9 AFRICAN OIL PALM. y 0 lowing are the precis minutes of a of the Advisory Committee held at dw offic<of the Director of Agriculture, w m on Tuesday June Ist Pr/gent—Director of Agriculture (Mr L 1 PWt on Braii')'Cbairman, Messrs J Bruce, kpn Agar, M J Gillespie
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  • 119 9 At times there have been spasms when some new development has been talked of with regard to a substitute for rubber, but on the whole tho idea that the genuine articie would bs supplanted by synthetic rubber has never been regarded very seriously, aid it has practically ceased
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  • 91 9 The following are the latest quotations in Messrs. Kennedy Co.’s share list:— Yesterday. To-day to uo SHARES. a a ’5 5 u BQ QQ CO «5 Rubber (Dollar) c. sc. c. c. Colinsburgh... 5.60 6.10 5.80 6.10 Glorify R. 90c 1.00 80c 90c Jimah 2.40 2.50 2.45
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  • RUBBER NOTES.
    • 584 9 Considering the lack of investment interest io all markets at the present time, Rubber shares have maintained a remarkably steady front wrote the Financier of June 8, A good deal of liquida'ion has been in evidence on all sides, and if there has been much selling in this
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    • 628 9 Contract labour Question. The 1919 report of the International Association for Rubber Cultivation in the Netherland Indies says The chairman of the Deli Planters Association on September 15, .1919, made an other petition to the Governor-General stating that fresh deliberations had taken place on the subject of measures
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  • 41 9 Yesterday’s quotation for raw tin in Penang was $127 per picul, nothing doing; tin ore $127 per picul. Tin was quoted in London yesterday at £247 10s spot, and £255 three months on the 6th, £246 10s and £254.
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  • 22 9 The output of tin ore from the Ngow property of the Siamese Tin Syndicate, Limited, for June was 1,213 pikuls.
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  • 39 9 The following are additional rubber outputs for June:— Consolidated Malay lbs 89,300 Chulsa (Selangor) 26,500 F.M.S. Rubber 83,100 Johore 160,200 Jelebu Syndicate 25,456 Mambau (F.M.S.) 30,430 Sungei Salak 59,500 Segamat (Johore) 43,000 Tangga Batu 16,353 Thirdmile 30,000
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  • 73 9 Messrs The Borneo Company, Ltd., advise us that the undermentioned prices were realised for rubber sold by them at private and auction sales held this week Cts Per Lb. Smoked diamond sheet No. 1 65 to 69$ diamond No. 2 61 64$ Unsmoked sheet No. 1 58
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  • 186 9 Penang, July 8, 1920. SP. Tapioca No. 2 $7 751 nominal. M. P. Tapioca J 8.00) n’ing doing. Gold leaf s7*2 sellers. Pepper (W. Coast 3 ths. fi oz) sellers. Black Pepper $2l nominal. White Pepper nominal. Trang Pepper nominal Mace Pickings $5O nominal Cloves $llO nominal Nutmegs average
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  • 947 9 100 PER CSSNT. DIVIDEND. The third annual general meeting of Murai Tin, Ltd., was held in the registered office, I—3 Old Market Square, Kuala Lumpur, on July stb, Mr. A A. Henggeler presiding, Ovhers present were Messrs. CC W. Liddelow, C B Hecker, D H Watt and S
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  • 990 10 Shippers will be interested to learn that another new Shipping Line called Lloyd’s Royal Beige will run shortly from Colombo. The Head Office of this is in Great Britain. The Lloyd’s Royal Beige line has a fl set of nearly fifty ships. A great many Hongkong shippers have
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    • 630 10 OLD CHRONIC COUGHS All Coughs Yield to Veno’s Lightning Cough Cure. 4 The curative power of Veno’s Lightning Cough Cure is never more strikingly shown than in those hard, chronic coughs and -5 wheezings from which so many old people suffer. The relief it gives is quick and lasting, because
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    • 1515 12 «diticu TkiniA PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP Company, KKI 11 wll I NVIA R egular C mont^y E trans-pacificzservice. Hongkong, Shanghai, Kobe, Yokohama, Honolulu and San Francisco. AWf| 8 8 COLOMBIA From Hongkong about 14th July 1920 8 s VENEZUELA From Hongkong abtout 11th August 1920 T T and every 28 days
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    • 659 12 roron tucls lor Plfliikrs, iaiilligFS *NtaB dachtod to bqy a Tractor, the next question to—which Traotor. WaQltry to aaswar mmbo of the important questions which will help the Planter to Tha Fwrdaon Traotor operates with kerosene oil (coal oil) which is much dheaper toaa naottne, and average consumption is about
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    • 340 12 XNR MRRBANTILR BANK 8P IRBIL MMITRK Ehtonyaratod to AglaM). Capita l... 43.030,0» Subscribed Capital 1,800,0» Paid-up 1,030,000 Reserve Fund and Unaivided Profit 1,135,0» Board of i.Directors. (Chairman), J. M. Eyrie, H. Melvill Simons Esq., P. R. Chalmers, Eic Yale L rd Carmichael, G C 8J G C 1E Head Office’
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