Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 24 July 1920

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 169. VOL. LXXVIII. SATURDAY, 24th JULY. 1920. PRICE 15 CENTS.
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    IN A NUTSHELL
    339 2 —“Straits Times COOPERATION. We hope that the example set in the F. M. 8. will be followed. A co-operative society with two or three hundred mem bers could put up a very substantial amount of capital, and we believe that the sympathy, and possibly, the active financial
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    F.M.S. FINANCE.
    153 2 M M.” Mr. Smallwood’s early departure precludes his now starting and carrying out any definite financial policy. His successor ought to tackle the following propositions (i) Making the Savings Bank a success. (ii) Conversion of the Planters’ Loan Board into a Loan Bank with a capital subscribed by
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    THE ATHENAEUM.
    38 2 The next meeting of the Athenaeum will be held on Monday, July 26th, at 9 p.m., at the Masonic Hall, Northam Road, when Mr. H. Welham will give an essay on “Some Australian Poets of today.”
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    606 2 Mr M D Fallon goes on leave next week D C L Sansom, cm a, goes on leave in September, Mr 0 Stephens has returned from Home.—*' M M,” Mr J K Ogilvie leaves Penang for Home next week. The Hon Mr Chiver Marks, British Resident of
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    New Publications.
    123 2 In a volume shortly to be published by Mr Murray entitled “The Go'd Coast Regiment,’’ Sir Hugh Clifford has told the story—proud and stirring it is—of rhe record cf the native regiment of the Dependency over which he was for a time Governor. Mobilized on the outbreak of
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    AFGHAN REFUGEES IN INDIA.
    542 2 RUMOURS OF BOLSHEVIK CONCENTRATION. Calcutta, July 9 —The Englishman's” frontier conespoi dent wires —During the pas r few weeks several piries of Afghan merchants and traders have settled up their afftirs and come into Inuia. In order to avoid being questioned by the British pcs s
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    Is Progress Inevitable?
    234 2 Ex. Dr Ing?, of Sb Paul’s, popularly known as the “gloomy not a cheerful person, but he is very clever, and a small sensation has been caused by his Romanes Lecture delivered at Oxford. The Dean evidently does not believe in the supereti tion of progress.’’ For
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    Gambling in Exchange.
    199 2 Since the armistice, and even befo'e, gambling in exchange has been con iderable, but the first marked example of it on the London market occurred recently when all European exchanges jumped several points without apparen" reason. The lowest price of the franc was early in April, when
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    EXCHANGE.
    94 2 Penang, July 24, 19-0. (By Courtesy of the Chartered 2/3 London Demand Bank 4 4 months' sight Bank j 3 Credit 4 3 Documentary Calcutta Demand Bank n 3 days’sight Private n Bombay Demand Bank >• Madras Demand Bank 3 days’sight Private h Rangoon Demand Bank 3 days’sight Private
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      286 2 THE gloom-monger; An old superstition says that if you meet a cross-eyed individual in your morning walk, you had better go back home, to avoid ill-luck. But it isn’t half so unlucky to see such a person as to met the gloom-monger.' Five minutes in his company will depress you
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      492 2 NEW, ADVERTISEMg WTt FOR 8 A Lit. A. C. Cycle Car th'e ft good condition. Pice $B5O 8 Crow, Tali Ayer Estat,, p a t NOTICES. The nexr Session of the of the British Medical AssoeiaX 8 held in Kuala Lumpur, on and 9th The Mie ing August Ist, has
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      298 2 FILLI S' GREAT CIRCUS To-night I 1 o-night I I CHANGE OF PROGRAMME. MIBS JANE HAKMBTON-111 Her Clever Trick Act. THE COSGROVES—In their Sensational Flying Trapeze Act. “DANDY GEORGE”—Loops the Loop and His Thrilling Dive-of 40 feet. THE GREAT CLIQUETS—In their Novel and Classical Posing Statues. EVERY EVENING at 9-15
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    THE MUNICIPALITY.
    1016 3 HEALTH DEPARTMENT. The administration report of the Municipality of Georgetown for 1919, states that the population at the middle of the year was estimated at 107,502 against 106,723 in the previous year. The number of births registered during the year was I 3.203 or 263 more than 1918.
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    FEDERAL COUNCIL.
    508 3 I NOFFICIAL QUESTIONS. The following questions will be asked by unofficial members of the Federal Council at next week’s meeting: Mr. R. C. M. Kindersley. (1) M hat progress has been made with the Bukit Fraser Scheme, and when do the Government expect that the approach I road
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      1018 3 POSITIONS VACANT, PENANG ST. ANDREW’S SOCIETY. For hra'tby Estate near Bentoni; Pabanc, an Office Clerk wanted familiar with Harri- The Annua| Genersl Meetiu? bQ -s& l r- fi Recount- -J; ep, 7 atlna mthePenang Cricket Cub, on Monday, > A ry r q ired. Box No. 1/G, c/o Pinang 26th
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    "ANOTHER LITTLE WAR"?
    1212 4 It was not with the connivance of the British Government that that wilful, but erstwhile engaging prince the Emir Feisal, developed an inconvenient obstinacy with a more exalted status as of Syria, but he w-»s assiduously cultivated during the war, when he rendered signal service, and later
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    HERE AND THERE.
    1843 4 One of the least satisfactory features of the annual administraPenang’s Mor- tion report on Penang tality Figures. Municipality is the state of affairs disclosed by the Health Department. There was a small increase in the birth-rate, but, jadg iug from the figures relating to infant mortality, their
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      16 4 E. O. RAOE WEEK "'./SPECIAL DINNER 24J6 July. DANCING AFTER DINNER. SPECIAL TiFFINS t EVERY DAV.
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      49 4 THE TIDESc The following «re the tides for to-day, tc-mcrrow and Monday Ptnarg Standard Time y I High Water, Low Water. To-day, 7 00*p.m. 1.52 p m. 6.54 [in. 12.00 m’nt. To-morrow. 8.46 a.m, 12.42 a.m, 812 p.m, 3.36 p.m. Monday. 9.45 a.m. 2.53 a.m. 10.26 p.m. 4.47 p.m.
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    PREMIER'S SPEECH.
    1347 5 \>lA MINOR AND POLAND. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] London, July 21. i [J ise of Commons, on a motion ijodrnment Mr. Lloyd George inent with regard to the Spa i,( lie paid a high tribute to 1 roops in clearing up the situaAsia Minor, and expressed confi t the Greeks
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    WIRELESS TELEPHONY.
    115 5 CONCERT AND NEWSPAPER ON THE VICTORIAN.” London. July 22. Interesting experiments in wireless telephony are proceeding in connection with the voyage of the liner Victorian conveying the Empire Press Conference delegates to Canada. Continuous telephonic communication is established between the Victorian and the wireless station at Chelmsford. A
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    PUSH INTO POLAND.
    467 5 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] London, Joly 21. A Warsaw message says despite repeated Bolshevik attacks, the Galician frontier is sufficiently protected. The Poles securely hold the approaches to B r est-Litovsk and Lwow (Lemberg) also the Central Pripet. The telegram adds it is evident from the last week’s fighting
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    Sea of Marmora.
    29 5 GREEK LANDINGS ON NORTHERN SHORE. Constantinople, July 21. The Greeks landed on July 29*h at Rodos to and Eregli, under cover of British Dreadnoughts, without opposition,
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    Syria.
    23 5 FRENCH DEMAND ACCEPTED. London, July 21. It is stated from a French scurcp that Emir Ftisul has accepted the French u imatuui.
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    The German Wireless.
    46 5 Berlin, July 23. The German wireless stations have resum e 1 full, unrestricted operation*, which are 0‘ eediog on an even m ire intensified scale har before the war. Nauen has resumed eu ing out press news, reaching to far s* ant countries.
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    German Airship Handed Over.
    51 5 London, July 22, The G >rman rigid airship L 64, handed ov- und r the P?ace Trea'i, has arrived in H‘.r uland. It is larger than R 34, ht-iiig 642 feet long and has an enduranct>f 4.000 miles at a cruidng speed of 45 milts an
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    RIOTING AT BELFAST.
    526 5 considerable looting. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] London, July 22, Serious rioting a Belfast broke cut Ir.te on Wednesday nig! t The police and military were called uu si..n Ferners, attacking the police with s or.ts aLcI buttles, were I disposed by ba charges, the military fi ing blank over
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    Empire Forestry.
    119 5 DELEGATES AT THE PALACE. London, July 21, The del gates to the Empiie Forestry Commissio»* at e■ d'-d at Buckingham Palace to •<*» y Mr Mackay (Victoria) presented an addre-s to His Alaj sty, woo, rep'yim., specially we com-d the oversea delegates and congratulatei the home forest au'ho.ity
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    Prince of Wales.
    78 5 WEI COME IN TASMANIA Launcest m (Ta-mania), July 21. The Pr'nce of Wa’e’ arrived and wa vociferously wee m-D. H.R H. was suff ring from a slight attack of laryngitis and was unable to u e his voice. Back to Hobart. Hobart, July 22, The Prince of
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    THE YACHT DACES.
    177 5 SHAMROCK’S SECOND WIN. [Reuter's Telegrams.] Sandy Hook, July 21. Shamrock’s second vic ory was m s' popular. Sir Thomas Lipton was the centre of extravagant enthusiasm. The finish of the lace was most exciting. Resolute made a determined attempt to beat Shamrock IV on the time allowance.
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    The Wingfield Sculls.
    38 5 Loudon, July 23. The Wingfield Sculls, Putcey to Mortlake, the first rsce since 1914, was won by Beresford, Junior, the time being 23 minutes 14 second?. Beresford will represent Brithin at the Olympic at sculling.
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    The League Assembly.
    32 5 London, Julv 20. At the request of the Council of the League of Nations, Pre-ideut Wilson has summoned a nve’ing of the Assembly of the League’atjGeneva on November 15’h.
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    Jack Johnson.
    55 5 SURRENDER TO POLICE. Los Angeles, July 21. Th° boxer Jack J hns r, who for 12 months had been a ugettve from justice, surrendered to the Am« «■’c n authorities on the Mexican border. He «ill be taken to Chicago to serve the senrerceofa year’s imp'isonment for violation!
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    Peking Crisis.
    56 5 LOO 11 G FEKRED. Peking, July 19 Over 5,000 of the d'-fea'ed An-Fu troops arrived at the gates of Peking, which are closed. It is feared there will be a general looting outbreak in Peking, owing to a belief that Tuan-Cbi-Jul’s cau*e has failed. The Pekiug-Tientsiu Railway has
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    SENATOR HARDING.
    153 5 VIEWS ON THE LEAGUE. Marion (Ohio). July 22. Senator Harding, replying to the official notification of his nomination for the Presidency, said the Republican Party meant to hold the heritage of American nationality unimpired and unsurrendered. He described the League Covenant as “conceived for world super-government, negotiated in
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    AUSTRALIAN FLIGHT.
    40 5 Weltevreden, July 21. Lieutenants Parer and Mclntosh left Singapore en route to Australia and landed on the Island of Banca. They are leaving for Kalidjati to-morrow. Lieutenants Parer and Mclntosh landed at Kalidjati at 3.30 on Thursday. —Aneta.
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    U.S. PROHIBITIONISTS.
    41 5 A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE. Lincoln (Nebraska), July 22. The Prohibitionist National Convention passed a resolution, almost unanimously, tendering to Mr. Bryan the Prohibitionist Party’s nomination for the Presidency. Mr. Bryan, however, had already announced that he would not accept it.
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    PENANG RACES.
    67 5 SELECTIONS FOR TO DAY. Race I—Gay Lad 1, Wendy 2. Race 2—Lochiuvar 1, Windup 2, Eveline 3. Rtce 3—Lodina 1, Pretty Uncle 2 f Cyrano 3. Race 4—Balarang 1, He»rt of Oak 2, Tressalite 3. Race s—G* or hilly 1, Dake Aryan 2, Black Watch 3. Race 6—Meccano
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    THE LOTTERIES.
    292 5 The aucti u at the P C C last evening resulted as follows First Lottery. Race I—Gay Lad $3OO, Windy $200 Wester Watteu $lOO, Darfur $9O. Race 2—Mimic $3OO. Lochinvar $240, FUndana $l7O, Windup $l6O, Evelina $l6O, Lucy Ashton $lOO. Race 3—Cyrano $2BO, Lodina $240. Golden Strand $l6O,
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    THE SCRATCHINGS.
    54 5 The scratchings for to-day were as under: Race I—Nankin. R acft 2—The Bolter, Fa-inga, Lanchester Lass, Talerng, Tidak Aps Mbs Moorefield, Race 3—Talisman, Angara, Timah, Blangkas. Race 4—Garibaldi, Woorawa, Auberic, Walpole. Race s—Eupyrean,Clovelly Boy, Golden Mead. Race 6 Cesarion Girl, Wauk Over. Race 7—ldle Girl, R nwill. Race
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    School Boys on Trial.
    226 5 The case in which r wo school boys of the Anglo-Chinese School, Ipoh, were charged by the Railway au f horitie< wi'h mischief in a railway carriage while on their way from Kampar to Ipoh to attend school, was -ecided before Capt E Bratt, First Class
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    PATANI NOTES.
    288 6 —“S.O.” EXTRA PRECAUTIONS THAT DID. NOT WORK. The immunity from capture enjoyed by the thieving fraternity of this Monthon has emboldened some of them to indulge in ir\.re daring robberies, the latest victim being a visitor, Mr. H. E. M Martin, of the Anglo-Siam Corporation’s Forest Department, who
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    NO ILLEGITIMACY.
    168 6 NEW NORTH DAKOTA LAW TEST CASE. New York, June 17. —Under the first decision of the law passed in the North Dakota Legislature in 1917, Mrs. Reina O'Brien, born out of wedlock 40 years ago. has been given control of the estate of her father, John McWilliams, a
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    GERMAN NAVAL HISTORY.
    137 6 CONTEMPT FOR THE B. E. F. London, June 21. —The German official history of the war at sea is about to be published in Berlin. The “Times” publishes extracts in advance, including the statement that one of the reasons why the German navy made no resolute endeavour
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    MOTOR CYCLE SMASH.
    104 6 DAMAGE TO RIDERS. /i motor-cj’cie collision occurred out side the railway station Kuala Lumpur, says the M M when two machines w ;h side-car® ".ere badly smashed, and their riders rendered unconscious. The one machine ridden ty a Tamil was coming out of Venning Road, and making
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    U.S. CONGRESSMEN FOR CHINA.
    92 6 S; ii Francisco, July 5. —The United States Army transport (heat Northern sailed to-night for Shanghai, by way of Honolulu and Japan ports, with the party of American Congressmen who are to make a tour of China and later will go to Manila. In the party
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    PENANG BISLEY.
    95 7 The Bish y events for to morrow are as v'Ta-m., Renfrew Challenge Shield, Kl stages, 200 yards snapshooting and ~'k practice, 4UO, 300 and 200 yards, be competed for by teams of 4 rank hie from Sections of Platoons and ms. P-V. to be followed by ComV \ttack
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    P.C.C. TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    256 7 The following ties are fixed for Monday. 26th July: Xlix d Doubles. 40 Miss Hereford W. 11. Threlfall v. —30.1 Miss Wilson r t IT. Fearon (1). Profession Pairs. —A. K. A. ’B. Terrell M. B. Lynch v. 0. G. Boutcher and <t< le (5); W. S.
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    TRIANGULAR CONTESTS
    98 7 Tringidar contcst« in Association football. tennis and billiards have been arii"rd to take nla v at Kuala Lumpur during the coming Bank hcFdays beween toaftis representing Penang, Perak ami Selangor Chinese. The visitors will arrive in Kuala Lumnnr by the night train on the mormnti of th° 31st
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    S.P.V.D.
    80 7 'V well-attended meeting was held at h> Selangor Coast Club, Klang, on Saturday last, the chair being taken 'bv Dr. Malcolm Watson, ■df \nslev Vonns explained the aims and obiects of the Society for the Prevention Venereal Disease, and. after other gentlemen had addressed the meeting, formally proposed that
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    MALAY SILVER.
    234 7 The Ethnographic Branch of the F.M. S. Museums had considerable opportunities towards the close of last year of acquiring Malay silver work, of which a o’ge quantity camo into the market wing, no doubt, to the high price of the metal and the greatly increased cost of diving.
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    RICE CRISIS.
    771 7 DEVELOPMENTS AT SHANGHAI. Shanghai, July 2,—lmpatient with the half-hearted manner in which the government authorities are handling the local rice situation, leading local organisations will raise the sum of $2,000,000 to purchase the cereal from Hongkong and Saigon and •ther places to relieve the crisis. Already $1 500
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    The Crop in Siam
    330 7 -“8.T.” The first Siames crop report f or the six Inner Provinces is, as night have been expected, a somewhat sc:appy document, as many as ten of the cbangvads having failed so far to n I io any information. But it is worth I »< king
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    A Bank Strike?
    444 7 Clerks' Demand For a Whitley Council The former industrial excluaivenesa of the bank clerk has been killed by the lessons of the peace, and he talks of going on strike almost as glibly as the horniest handed son of toil There is no doubt that the refusal
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    Another Motor Smash.
    319 7 It is evident that we shall have to institute a mo or casualtycolumn, so numerous are tbe accidents becoming, s«ye Thursday’s' 1 S. T.’’ The latest report to hard c jncerns a coliision which occurred at the junction of Gentle Road and Gilstead Road shoitly after 5
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    THE SHARE MARKET.
    362 7 Messrs. Kennedy and Co, Penang, report as follows; The brisker tone in the Share Market has been maintained throughout the week especially among Mines for many .of which there is an active demand while a feature of the Industrial section has been United Engineers, a further gain
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    PENANG RUBBER SALES.
    78 7 Messrs Ths 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 57 to 63 j diamond No. 2 50 56j Unsmoked sheet No. 1
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    Singapore Copra Market.
    38 7 Messrs Barlow and Co report that the ma-ket has been quietly steady during the week and quotations remain unchanged at:— Nu 1 Standard $l6 80 to $17.00 No 2 $16.30 $16.50 No 3 $15,80 $16.00
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    PRODUCE.
    193 7 Penang, July 24, 1920. SP. Tapioca 56.75 se lers M. P. Tapioca 57 75 J sellers Gold leaf $73 seller®. Pepper (W. Coa-t 3 lb«. 5 oz) sellers. Black Pepper* $2l nominal. White Pepper nominal. Trang Pepper nominal Mace Pickings $5O aouinal Cloves $llO nominal Nutmegs average of $55
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    SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
    116 7 Expected Arrivals.. Plassy, London, 25th. Japan, Calcutta, 27th. Teesta, Singapore, 28. h. Yokohama Maru, Singapore, 30th. lyo Maru, London, 31st. Devauha, Singapore, August let. Venezuela, Hongkong,’August 11th. Tamba Maru, Singapore, August 13th. Atsuta Maru, London, Aagast 14th. Mishima Maru, Singapore, August 25th. Shidzuoka Maru, London, August 28tij. Ships
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    PENANG MAILS CLOSE.
    306 7 DAILY (except Sunday). BY TRAIN. Pant Buntar, Bagan Serai, Taiping, I Ipoh, Batu Gajah, Tapah Road, By train Teluk Anson, Kuala Kubu, a.m. Kuala Lumpur, Seremban, 6 p.tr Malacca, Johore, Singapore and Hongkong J Parit Buntar and Bagau Serai By train also 10.15 a.m. 3.45 p.m Taiping
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    THE MAILS.
    159 7 The mail for Western Australia cluses at 7, 15 a. m, on Monday, To-day is the anniversary of the Captu e of Gibraltar, 1704, Mail Gby B I Packet Tara” despatched from Penang to London on the 26 h ultimo, was delivered io London on the 21 at
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    DEATH FOLLOWS BRAWL.
    116 7 From information gathered it would appear that a certain bar in the Kallang district was the scene of drunken revelry on the evening of the 12th instant. During a “dispute” a Eurasian, named CJohnson, who lived at Cuppage Road, was, it is alleged, hit or kicked over
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    CHURCH SERVICES.
    298 7 S. GEORGE THE MARTYR. The Services n- xt week will be as follows Bth Sunday after Trinity. S. James. 8 am. Matins Pss 39 and 40. 8 30 a.m. Holy Communion. 10.30 a.m Matins (Chinese). 5 p.m. Sunday School/ 6 p.m—Evensong. Hymn 279. Psalm XLI, 127, Psalm XLII
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      104 7 CURIOSITY. When the workmen own the workshops And railroad B.en the rails; And the grocery clerks the groceries; And the mail clerks own the mails; When the preachers own the pulpits; And the pressman own the shops; And the drillers own the oilwe’le; And the jails are owned by cops;
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