Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 30 August 1921

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 198. VOL. LXXIX TIJESDA" 30th AUGUST, 1921. PRICE 15 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 385 1 |o M *3H”’' ryW reWho Ka,e r 0“ < I• 1 I 4/ 1 i 1 i* 4*£MSy* s 1 s H i: 1 1 i 1 i j ng Sam L«oni Co >»‘ >3kS^-.\W,"# WE WANT TO GET I Y 11 I Ss? rs ß/-•■..•..? T V U INTERESTED
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    • 24 1 > THE BEST CAR IH TUWM C j f'W ’/srp*'/..,/. >4 u w r Meat! s.l. F S 1 K Ong Sam Eoong 00, J
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  • 636 2 —“S.F.P.” GOVERNMENT PENSIONER AWARDED DECREE. The story of a wife’s unfaithfulness after '26 years of married life "as unfolded before Mr. Justice Barrett Lennard in the Supreme Court on Saturday, when John Longue petitioned for the dissolution of his marriage with Alb na Virgina Longue, otherwise called Albina
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • 165 2 (To the Editor.of the “Pinang Gazette.”’) Sir,—May 1 have the honour of asking you if you will be kind enough to insert the following suggestions in your esteemed paper:— T would suggest that a Committee be at once set for the Relief of the many Indian Coolies
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  • 779 2 15,000 TONS FOR THE STRAITS. Rangoon, August 16. —Officially the rice market was not opened yesterday but the week-end news had brought such a change over the look of the rice position that considerable outside business was done, speculators hurrying to cover. A brisk demand, particularly for
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  • 106 2 Mr. 11. Crichton, District Officer, Kuala Kangsar. has organised an Association Football League for teams playing in the Kuala Kangsar District. At present five have joined. They are Tlie Hotspurs, the Shnaib XI, the Town Rovers, the EUerton Club Team and the Malay College. Very great
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  • 490 2 At the recent Durbar, the Lieut.-Gover-nor of Burma said The position as regards rice has been the subject of recent discussion in the Legislative Council, and the policy of the Local Government was then publicly stated. In the interests of the local consumer it is necessary to
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  • 944 2 The Bid op of Sinaapor* left Bangkok en route for Singapoe by train. Mr» Threlfall ts under treatment as an iopatient at the Genet al Hospital. Major and Mrs Seideufaden and child arrived by the mail train last evening, says last Tuesday’s «Bangkok Times.” Mr 0 J
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  • 378 2 COLOURS v WHITES A match between Colours and Whites was played on the Esp anade last night before a good attendance. 7’he Colon s played a man shi rt and this while throwing work on the others also upset any effort at combination. The Colours defended the Fort goil
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  • 175 2 CHIN SENG Co., Ltd. The eleventh Ordinary General Meeting of Messrs Chin Seng Jc Co, Ltd. was held in the Company’s office* No 41 Farquhar Street, to-day at noon. There were present Me-srs C R Sammel (in the chair) Chuah Seng Yean, Obush Leong Kia, (direc ore) J G Allan,
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  • 149 2 TO-DAY'S DEPARTURBB Jacox for R ngoon and Calcutta (Mergui «nd Moulmein via Rangoon), Pungah for Pang Nga. Perak |E 8 Co] for Deli. Kedah for Bindings and Sitiawan. Sappho for Teluk Anson. Klang for Port Bwettenbam and Singapore. Expected Arrivals Teuche-, Singapore, Sept l t Titan, Liverpool, S
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  • 38 2 The B I Packet Tara, with mails from Europa is expected to arrive here at 6 a.m, on Ibu>sday the Ist proximo. The homeward mail, by the Tbongwa, closes at 10 s.m, on Saturday the 3rd
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  • 1639 3 the Paris meeting. The Manager of the Singapore Branch has now received a full report of the general meeting of shareholders of the Banque Indu.trielle de Chioe held at Paris on the 25nh July. Mr Andre Berthelot, President of the Board of Directors, was in the
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  • 45 3 The Band will play the following programme of music at the Dato Kramat Gardens at 5 30 p.m. to-day. 1 March ...With Sword and Lance...Starke 2 Selection ...Nabucco ...Verdi 3 Waltz ...The Cloister ...Prout 4 Polka ...Eis’auf ...Strauss 5 Galop ...Carillon ...Leutner
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  • 42 3 Aug 30—Municipal Commission, 4 p.m. Aug 31—Batu Lintang, Ltd, General Meeting, Chamber of Commerce, 3 p.m, Bept 1 and 3—Yeomen of the Guard, Town Hall. Sept 21—Board of Licensing Justices, 2 30 p m, P.C C. Gymkhana, end of September.
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    • 1098 3 POSITION W ANTED, NOTICE. nrpdff emaSter f A meeti °g of ‘be Bjard of Licensing airer x the ow,r ’8’ Jostwes will be held in the District Cou4 gravel pump Freckon, on Wednesday, the 21 8 b September 1921 plant, offers Rt 2-30 p m to CoQ .ider B P
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    • 1036 3 Tenders for Toddy Shop Licences for Penang, Province Wellesley and the Bindings, 1922. >»♦>< Notice is hereby given that Tenders, to be forwarded in sealed covers and marked on the outside I’oddy Shop Tenders’’ will be received at the Resident Councillor’s Office un f il noon on the 9 h
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  • 1114 4 Unless Mr De Valera and the Sinn Fein body, Dail Eireann, climb down and renounce their impossible demands for an Irish Republic with complete independence, including the right to secede fiom the British Empire and to refuse to acknowlege allegiance to the Crown, then we can see
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  • 205 4 “VENTILATING OPPOSITION.” [From Our Own Correspondent.] Kuala Lumpur, August 30. The Malay Mail Ceylon correspondent says a London cable of the August 27 states that the R.G.A is holding a meeting next week, when the vigorous opposition which exists in many quarters to i s
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  • 1205 4 In the Augusbnumber of The Planter,’’ Mr L C Brown— Mr. L. C. Brown and whose “Practical the Dwarf Coconut. Guide to Coconut Planting," written in collaboration with Mr Munro, has no doubt been read by the maj jrity of people interested in the industry in this
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  • 267 4 All Dakoer Averted. The fire on the Mishima Mam was completely extinguished yesterday afternoon and the vessel is now anebo ed in shallow water, some distance to the south of her original anchorage, where the work of discharging the cargo from No 5 hold is being
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  • 54 4 DISASTER OFF CH \NTABOONBangkok, Aoguit 30, The French steamer Frstcis Girui'-t foundered uff Chantabooo. Over 50 were drown'd. According to LI- yd’s H p s Francis Garnier is a steam r ot bu>lb at Greenock in 1881, r Menage ies Fluviale? de C -c <ia Cbme. port
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  • 139 4 STR UTS TH AOK (From Our Own CorrK' poSDENT/ Siogffp ,re 0 08 The Straits trade return 2 9 00 0,000 quarter are:—Impo t« proa«t against $299,000,000 7 qi o 2». $25,000,000 s 6o 3( 0 00,000. pore $lOl 000,000 mpArrf The exports are: —$1260 03 000,000 with
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    • 344 4 e Electricity in the Home. The From Rushlight Austin to Autoplant, NO. 11 All British TT U j The advent of the AUSTIN AUTO1 Autoplant PLANT is the final episode in our Will furnish the elec- trie current for a house little serial history of artificial lighting using the equivalent
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    • 36 4 Supper Ai mi Dunce E. 0. On Saturday. 3rd September, after the Penang Choral Society's Performance of “YEOMEN OF THE GUARD” at the Town Hall. Extension of Licence. Dancing till 2-30 a.m. No Dancing on Friday.
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  • 260 5 itiONS EXTENSION OF area. Reuter’s Telegrams.] London, August 28. ofinn 11A Southern India is Tlw l eateJ by thc dra!natlc d and for l Rule and by the exteus ou of the "’"ected a b v largC UUmbe, B "r ,h. invading Kurambranad. Mar- H. no» been proclaimed
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  • 1359 5 OPEN REBELLION at ernad. < dlicut. August 22 —Forty-one Mop irented and brought here from Er- «ert taken at 1-30 p.m. to-day in a .J tram to Cannanore escorted by an nmed detachment of British soldiers under a L eutenant. Ernad in Open Rebellion ('a icut, August 23.—1
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  • 419 5 A public meeting of the Moulvies of Alalabiy was held at the Customs godowns, Ponnani, at 4 p.m. on the 24th July 1&21, under the presidentship of his Holiness Pudiagath Abdurahiman alias Kunhi Bava Musabar. A very large number of Moplahs from various taluks in the
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  • 232 5 SIR G. LLOYDS NOTE OF WARNING. Bombay, August 16. —Addresring the annual Convocation of the Bombay University this evening His Excellency Sir George Lloyd, referring to the present political situation, struck a solemn note of warning and said they in India to-day were answering to the ciy of
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  • 51 5 Toronto, August 29. Four of the Chinese crew of the Dominion Coal Company’s steamer Maskin'nge were killed and two wounded by revolver shots in the forecastle of the steamer, which had anchored near Queoec. No weapon was discovered. The surviving Chinese'refuse to throw any light on the
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  • 37 5 Berlin, August 29. The German Gazette has published a table showing 51 steamers launched from German yards since January Ist, of which all bat four are for German account. The average tonnage is '6,500
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  • 78 5 SEPARATION IDEA FUTILE. London, August 28. Mr. Lloyd George, acknowledging the freedom of Barnsley, said Britain had risen above all prejudices, and had proposed unprecedented terms to Ireland, which commended themselves to the whol e of the civilised world. He trusted common sense would prevail. We cannot countenance separation
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  • 120 5 THE PROSPECTS DISCUSSED. London, August 10.—The Lobby correspondent of “The Times” says there is no foundation for the suggestion of a general election in the autumn arising from the Premier’s uncertainty of visiting Washington. Ireland dominates the Government’s plans. There is strong hope in Ministerial quarters that Ir-sh
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  • 111 5 London, August 11. —The “Times” Dub. 1 n correspondent declares that Ireland awaits the result of Tuesday’s momentous meeting of Dail Eireann with increasing confidence. The country believes that while the meeting may be followed by further and perhaps protracted negotiations the final outcome will be
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  • 108 5 London, August 14. Since De Valera’s retain to Ireland the Extremists’ counsels have apparently prevailed, inducing the leader to put forward their view. “We refuse to despair until the Irish people and Parliament have had an opportun ty of studying the offer and weighing the reply.
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  • 320 5 The order made on Friday by the Irish master of the rolls against Genera] Macready, Major-General Strickland and Brigadier-General Cameron had a remarkable sequel when his lordship granted a stay of execution of writs of attachment which he had directed to be served against these
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  • 153 5 COUNCIL’S SPIRIT OF CONCILIATION. Geneva, August 28. The Council of the League of Nations, at a meeting to-morrow, will consider the Upper Silesian situation. A favour able fact is that the members are all new men, hitherto not involved in this subject and the meeting has a sincere
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  • 106 5 Paris, August 27. The dispatch of reinforcements to Upper Silesia was notified jointly by France, Britain and Italy to the German Government, which at once arranged for the transportation of troops. The Wiesbaden agreement is greeted in Paris with much satisfaction as heralding a probable substantial improvement in
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  • 52 5 Geneva, August 28. Lithuania has renewed her request for admission to the League of Nations. Berne, August 28. The new Swiss wireless station at Muenchenbuchsee, which will be used by the League of Nations, was opened- The first messages transmitted were to Chelmsford, England, with
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  • 152 5 REPARATION IN KIND. Paris, August 28. M. Loucheur and Herr Rathenau reached an agreement concerning Ger man reparations in kind for the reconstruction of the war stricken region. The agreement has to be rat fled by the French and German Governments. —Vale. The Provisional Agreement Paris, August
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  • 77 5 JAPANESE-AMERICAN DISPUTE SETTLED. London, August 29. The protracted dispute between the United States and Japan as regards the mandate given the latter by the League over the island of Yap, to wh ch the United States, objected is now settled, according to the “Morning Post” Washington correspondent, who
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  • 25 5 Lisbon, August 29. The Cabinet has resigned owing to differences as regards the decree the repression of gambling ,’n exchange.
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  • 26 5 Toronto, August 29. The Dominion Trades and Labour Congress passed a resolution in favour of the exclusion of all Oriental immigrants permanently.
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  • 175 5 CHAUVINIST AGITATION. Berlin, August 28. Two students were arrested at Offenburg, being suspected of murdering Erzberger. Labour organisations and political parties are strongly urging the Government to end the Chauvinist agitation to which Erzberger’s mprder is attributed. The Government has forbidden the festival at Potsdam arranged
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  • 72 5 MR. GOMPERS’ APPEAL. Atlantic City, August 29. Mr. Gompers, the American Labour Leader, appealed to labour in countries participating in the Disarmament Conference to endeavour' to have Labour represented on the delegation, also to have published the correspondence with President Harding in which Mr. Gompers urged the
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  • 35 5 AN AMERICAN CONFERENCE. Washington, August 29. President Harding intends t<> convene in September, a Conference representing the whole country to enquire into unemployment, and particularly economy measures necessary to restore business to normal.
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  • 45 5 Rome, August 28. Seventeen seaside holiday makers from Ladispoli were killed and 80 are in hospital through a train coll sion outside Rome. The Dead and Injured. Thirty dead were recovered from the wreckage of the train collision and over 100 injured.
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  • 51 5 New York, August 28. Railways east of the Miss'ssippi have, been authorised to reduce export rates on iron and steel products from 20 to 25 per cent, in consequence of representations by metal industries that they are necessary to enable Americans to meet compet tion from
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  • 32 5 London, August 28. Sir Masterton Smith has been appointed Permanent I nder Secretary for the Colonies in succession to Sir G. V. F ddes, Permanent Under Secretary since 1916.
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  • 147 5 THE JAPANESE VICTORY. New York, August 28. In the Davis (.’up final, singles, Shimidzu (Japan) defeated Hawkes (Australia) 4 —6, 6 —3, 6 —2, 6 —2. Japan thus won 4 matches to 1. Monotonous. Kumagae displayed stoical control in the third singles of the Davies Cup. He sacrificed
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  • 850 6 QUESTION OF ASSESSMENT. At the meeting of the Singapore Municipal Commission in support of his motion that the Singapore Harbour Board property should be re assessed and that a sub-committee of four be appointed to deal with the matter, Mr. Wong said —ln England government property let
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 108 6 PRITCHARD’S provisions, Wine and Spirit Dept. This Department is stocked with a choice selection of Provisions, Wine and Spirits. Nothing but the best is ever stocked and for display and quality. Pritchard’s Provision Department cannot be surpassed. JOHNNIE WALKER WHISKY PRICE REDUCED B/L Per Case $39. R/L ’> $3O. Wholesale
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    • 775 6 5 AVERY lit i 1 1 TRACTORS AND PLOUGHS. I H s rn J «■W‘r 111 > 5 A I I «'rate-.. I 1 J Il II BRIEF SPECIFICATION Four Cylinder Horizontal Low Speed Engine. Circular jHj Forced Draught Radiator, Eliminates Pump, Fan and Belts Sensitive Governor Controlling Speed of
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  • 1117 7 IBC T(JBE by mb. pinching. 1 Ptnre on the Future Policy of IM deli’ered by Mr H 0 bb r 7 0 the members of the CP P A pincbiog- v j h C ab waB a oonciae, S ra y .t.teVt of the lines of
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  • 705 7 Local Industries. Messrs Baker, Morgan and Co reported on Friday Dutch statistics recently appearing in tbe ‘Malay Mail” disclosed a terrible forecast for the rubbsr industry by about 1924, as regards estimated production, consumption and the surplus, Againt this, however, we had an encou'aging leader in the
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  • 79 7 The following are the latest quotations Id Messrs. Kennedy <fc Co.’s share list Testerday. To-day. SHAKES. g. a .5 eg eg a tn Rubber (Dollar) S c. c. So- Sc. Ay.r Panafi «.50 6.00 500 6.60 Lunas 6-0° 6 2 75 6,00 T4“on 1.. 6.00 6.50 5.76
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  • 1319 7 COMPULSORY RESTRICTION UNDER GOVERNMENT CONTROL. At a meeting of the Johore Planters’ Association held at the Johore Civil Sarvice Club, Johore Bahru the fol lowing members were present The Hon Mr O Bradbery, (chairman), Messrs* R M G Mitchell, .W Miller Mackay, Chas Prenbice, P J A Williams,
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  • 88 7 The Straits Trading Co,, Ltd., give the following London prices, Augusb 29th:— Spot £153 5s up £l.ss 3 months buying £155,5» £l.ss 3 months selling £155.10s £l.ss Local Parity $76.66 August 80th Singapore sold 100 tons at $76.75 Penang sold 25 tons at $76 75, Messrs Boustead and
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  • 215 7 Pbnang, August 30, 1921. BP. Tapioca 57.25 buyers M. P. Tapioca $7.50 buyers Gold leaf $72 sellers Black Pepper $19.00 nomina White Pepper $3l sales. Trang Pepper $25.00 nominal Mace Pickings $35 nominal Cloves no stock. Nutmegs 80s $45.00 nomina' 110 s $32.00 nominal [No. 1 $l3 50 per
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 43 7 TO LET. Cnmpou nd House No. 13, Gob'hebßad Furni-bed and fi ted with Telephone. Verandah. 4 bpsciou* Bedrooms 2 Bathroomi, 1 Dark room for Pnotographj Kitchen, B>ys’ roems, Motor Car Sheds, <nd extra Bathrooms for servants. Apply Box No. 223, c/j Pinang Qaz.tte,
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    • 240 7 j CAPSTAN.; I SOcU NAVY CUT U Per Tin of LJ I CIGARETTES I so n I W. D. H. 0. WILLS I 0 BRISTOL &> 0 I LONDON. I ■C=IMCZIHiC=)MI=IDHiDI=IME=]M[ZnB ItaNYCBOfT M 4 TWB lIWKN j MARJNE I I MOTORS, y n 1 00/36 B.H.P. B LI Paraffin or
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 1342 8 rOYO KISEN KAISH A. EASTERN SHIPPING CO.; LTD., (incorporated in the straits settlements HONGKONG TO SAN FRANCISCO. VIA JAPAN CONNECTING TO ALL POINTS IN THE j E I. ADDRESS TELEPHONE UNITED STATES. CANADA. MEXICO AND EUROPE “SHIPPING, PENANG.” No 474 Head Office No. 65, Beach Street, Penang. PASSENGER ANO CARGO
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    • 699 8 BRITISH “Q Q” EXPANDED metal D D DIAMOND ME-SH w S’ SOLE AGENTS: IWm. JACKS Co., Singapore SUB-AGENTS: R. T REID Co., Ltd, Penang ■MHMHMHBBiIimiIHIII I» 'ff'WY"'' I I L BANKS. THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. LIMITED. AUSTRALIA AND CHINA (Incorporated in England incorporated in by
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