Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 20 August 1925

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTABLISHED 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. No. 191. VOL. LXXXIII. THURSDAY, 20th AUGUST, 1925 PRIOR 15 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 716 1 tokisatsu, PHOTOGRAPHIC ARI STUDIO 'Phone 772. 68 BISHOP street. T,S R,ES j ©nWnenfel i I -brly- s'waiT I i fill CORD COVERS ‘a SAFETY MATCHES J 1 i |R 1> bBsT.- Nn g Vestas Jj| D 1: O IB l PARA TUBES i S U| K' B K i! B
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    • 10 1 T. NAGAT A, DENTIST. NEXT DOOR TO “THE DISPENSARY?* ■■MMaMMHMDaMMHBOB»
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  • 719 2 UNCLE SAM Dr. It will come as a shock, no doubt, to millions of Americans to learn that debts contracted by several of our States during the last century have been allowed to stand unpaid, either as to principal or interest,” says the Literary Digest qI America. And
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  • 95 2 PROPOSED NATIONAL MEMORIAL TO LATE EARL OF YPRES. London, August 4. —The eleventh anniversary of the declaration of war is the subject of reflective articles by the papers, all of whom publish Earl Haig’s appeal on behalf of the work of the British as also a project issued
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 1308 2 tsxsxsxsxEsxsxsxsi TENDERS INVITED. NOTICE. H 111 I KATES OF SUBSCRIPTION. x Tenders are invited, and will be receiv- NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT MR. II Including free town delivery or 111 ed up to noon on 31st August 1925 for J. R. STUART CEASED TO BE IN OUR EMJI X
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    • 23 2 Planters’ Medical Guide, by Dr. E. N. Graham, $3/- per bock or $3/30 post free, stocked by the Pinang Gazette Press, Ltd.. P
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    • 232 2 I BEETLE VIRUS. I WILL CLEAR YOUR HOUSE I Of Cockroaches in a Week. I A NEW DISCOVERY. Absolutely Harmless to even Living Creature Except Cockroaches. IN TINS 95 CENTS. POST FREE $1.25. SOLE AGENTS The George Town Dispensary Ltd, THE LEADING CHEMISTS, I PENANG. BUY AT The Georgetown and
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  • 1707 3  -  Cross-Country Work. THE ROAD AND THE VEHICLE. BY “R. A. C.” Economy in motor transport is dependent on two main factors; namely, the quality and efficiency of the vehicles used and the suitability of the roads as regards their general lay-out and also their construction. During the
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 505 3 notice of sale, l jjaSj by order of the high I COURT OF KEDAH. ■ro bp: sold by 7 PUBLIC AUCTION Qn Saturday, the 22nd day of Take care of August, 1925. your Child. AT 11 A.M. Give him a Formamint tablet when he goes to school and when he
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    • 18 3 Pitman’s Junior Typist Rook, $l/75 per book or $2/- post fre«, stocked by the Pinang Gazette Press, Ltd.
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    • 181 3 For fast, efficient transportation g of your goods: j |THE FORD! J ONE-TON-TRUCK j Light, Sturdy, Dependable I BUILT TO STAND HARD I USAGE I BODIES BUILT TO SUIT YOUR REQUIREMENTS 1 WEARNE BROS. LTD., i PENANG. i OERViCE I Dpares always behind you. g MOTOR CYCLES I another shipment
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  • 516 4 I. (Straits Times.) PECK PROSECUTES JOSEPH. In the Singapore District Court before Mr. Franklyn Robinson on Tuesday M. E. Joseph, formerly a broker in Singapore, was charged at the instance of Mr. F. C, Peck with criminal breach of trust in respect of 2,000 shares in the Bukit
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  • 388 4 i.(T. O. M) CURATOR’S REPORT. The fifteenth report of the Sarawak Museum, 1924, sent to the Straits Times by the curator, Mr. E. Banks, gives credit to Dr. Mjoberg as a collector for the large number of specimens added to the Museum, Specimens not only new to the
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  • 311 4 NEW GOLF CLUB OPEN. Contributed) It will be of interest to your r eaders for we are all Golfers now, to know that yet another local Golf Course has been constructed. I have almost said completed, but that would be a foolish word to use of anything that at
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  • 376 4 Trotsky has signalised his return to Moscow and power by giving voice to some particularly foolish remarks, meant, may be, to reinstate him in the good books of his fellow Commun’sts says Mr. John Blunt. He has. he says, come to the conclusion that the further development
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  • 222 4 A REMINDER. e The receipt of an advance copy of the Poppy-Day Report of the British Legion for 1924, reminds us that it is already time for Malaya to begin its annual effort to make a great response to Earl Haig’s Appeal. That effort last year produced £5,306.10 6.
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  • 251 4 J. H. Robinson writing from Sussex to the Financial Times says:—lt seems very extraordinary to me that such a fuss in certain quarters should be made at the rise in the price of rubber. As is well known the rubber industry has been going through a very anxious
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  • 349 4 Lord Cave’s suggestion that men who want to go into public life should be called upon to pass an examination demons, trating that they have devoted serious study to the great social and political problems would have been regraded by some old-fashioned politicians as a dangerous
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  • 838 4 An apparent similarity between the process of sight and hearing, based npon the fact that both involve a form of wave energy, encourages the belief that wireless telephony will shortly be followed by the discovery of a successful system for transmitting scenic effects by the same medium. A
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 33 4 WEEKLY FEATURES. Golf Harry Vardon. Bridge. E.* Bergholt. Behind The Scenes. Tf»nni« /Mrs. Lambert (Chambers. London Letter) Our Own Scottish Letter/ Correspondents. Women’s Page) London and Paris Fashions) Paris. Cross-Word Puzzle. P.G’s.” Own
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    • 285 4 Serve your With cream that has the <feli rtow Guests and which ia SAFE. I ~iS unboiled, and because o f th, U contain it U UNSAFE. NESTLE’ CRE A M depends solely U P° n P rocess ofsteriliza. tion for its preservation, therefore, must free from all danger. It
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  • Feminine Reflections.
    • 1196 5 M .nday. July 27th.—For sending to Mis. Bassett, do write out a very good indeed for making Lettuce Soup, to serve her well at this time, as 1 when in a large garden, as she hath lettuces do tend to run to seed be- they may be
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    • Article, Illustration
      240 5 Mh» the tl e jumper is of voile, linen, or crepe-de-chine, it can be prettily decorated with bright and oenrse t mbroidery of the peasant type. Or colour- d motifs can be bought and inse- ted with strips cf silk beading. The jumper itself should be made as simply
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    • 414 5  -  By Myrtle Avrih It seems strange that people who are quite reserved and cautious about making Itiends at home, should, as soon as tbey are on their holiday’s, change from this reserved state oif mind to one of flippant friend-catching. There seems to be something in the 1
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    • 344 5  -  By Mrs. NonnanSturat. Although in these days an extraordinary number of people do manage at least a short change for themselves and their child: en every summer, at the seaside i in the country, there are still more io whqm it remains an impossibility. Perhaps they went last
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    • 623 5  -  By Eileen Francis. If statistics are to be trusted, something like fifty thousand American women and girls will visit our shores during the present season. Many of them are already here, and it is interesting to note the inodes which they favour. The American girl is particularly
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    • 875 5  -  By Helen Greig Souter. JKelatively fexv women and girls would be likely to confess that walking is their favourite recreation. Many would x’ote unhesitatingly for ten. nis, golf, hockey or dancing, and yet all tjhese, excellent as they are, cannot be compared for one moment with the
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  • POLICE COURT.
    • 734 6 FURTHER EVIDENCE. It will be recalled that when the appeal of K. Murugasu against the judgment of Mr. C. W. A. Sennett, awarding Esther Lim, the petitioner, $lO per mensem for the maintenance of his illegitimate child was heard by Mr. Justice Whitley, counsel for the appellant
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    • 79 6 Judgment was delivered by Mr. C. W. A. Sennett this morning in the enquiry 1 in which a Chinese named Lee Pe Bah who was ordered to leave the Colony under a war measure was found to be in the Settlement without permission from the the Governor. He
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  • 603 6 The appointment of Mr. F. W. Macdonald as Dairy and Market Inspector, Ipoh, has been confirmed. H. E. the High Commissioner and Miss Hose will be At Home at Government House, Kuala Lumpur, on Saturday. Mrs. Browhings, wife of Inspector E. J. Brownings, is due back from
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  • 67 6 The General Produce Agency Ltd. Beach Street, Penring, report that the following prices were realised at their auction room to day: Good F'.A.Q. Ribbed Smoked Sheet $149 to 150 F.A.Q. do 14« 148 Low F.A.Q. do 132 145 The following were the rubber quotations in London on August
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  • 35 6 LONDON STANDARD (LOOSE). S. R. Sheet 119 cts per pound per pl. $158.66 No. 1 Crepe 118 cts per pound per pl. $157.33 I Steady. J (By Courtesy of Messrs. Allen Dennys.) i
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  • 27 6 The output of Kamunting Tin Dredging, -Ltd. during the half month of August was 871 piculs, hours run 1,243, Estimated realised value of ore $66,900.
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  • 968 6 ON INDIAN CONSTITUTION. Sir Michael O’Dwyer wrote to The Times on July 17, as follows: ‘‘Many of us have for years been denounced as reactionaries here and in India not because we were opposed to reforms on lines which would commend themselves to the Indian mind,
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  • 380 6 Captain C. A. P. Gardiner, the modern sea rover, who was honourably acquitted at the Old Bailey recently of obtaining a cheque for £200,000 by false pretences, is .preparing to embark on a romantic adventure. He has acquired a fifty-foot yacht, whose strange history matches his own, and
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  • 49 6 AUGUST 20, 1925 I OCA I. cts Sin.©? 110 market Fin® Pale Crep.- 110 steady UiiHnioked She»' 90 Standard |Rmok«d Kb.**» 120 Grades I Crepe 120 1 ONDON AND Nf»» York. Inunnis f Smoked Sheet ...3/3| Ldhdok OrApe New Vnuic 78$ (By courtesy of Messrs. Alden Successors')
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  • 105 6 The Straits Trading Co., Ltd., gives the following prices, on August 19: London, Spot £256.17.6 Up £0.2 6 3 mos. buving 259. IPs „0.5 s 3 selling 259.12.6 0.2.6 Local. August 20: Singapore sold 150 tons at $l3l Penang buyers no sellers at $l3l. Messrs. Boustead and Co.,
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 46 6 WAjwms M/* PILLS. I APIOL STEEL I I Sure and certain for all Female L I complaints. Every lady should I 6 keep a box in the house. I Chemists and Stores sell I I them throughout the world. I Proprietor: I MARTIN, Soßtbaaptw, E»yl«aA I
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    • 435 6 New Advertisements. POSITIONS VACANT. For Mine in Perak, Chinese Overseer experienced Concrete Work and earth roads. Apply Box No. 207, c/o Pinang Gazette. Dressers, Dresser-Clerks and Conductors. -'Apply in writing stating nationality, caste, married or single, with copies of testimonials, to Box No. 206, c/o Pinang Gazette. TO LEI. No.
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    • 241 6 auction notice of saJ situate at. the corner,/? son Road and P erak P "“>- >1« b. "ale by O PU r BL C AUCTt 0N On Tuesday, the 8th da, September, 1925 AT 11-30 a. m. At No 22a, Beach Street. P enan description of P R0PERTy All those
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 23 6 Harmston Circus. Nightly at 9-15. CHANGE OF PROGRAMME DAILY PARIT BUNTAR August 20. TAIPING August, 21-22-23. Matinee Saturday. August 22 at 4 p.m.
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  • 1562 7 LIFE’S CYCLE. GLOWING DAYS OF YOUTH. BY NONDUM. To the child each birthday is surely something new and wonderful. It is well that the custom of marking these anniversaries has not yet departed among our little ones. How eagerly does one look forward to the day, and how
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  • 135 7 Rimba writes to Th? Malay Mail:— “Malayan matches were given away freely at the last local exhibition and were asked for, but sum-one says that the company is having a strnuvle. It was a fine venture in a fresh line, and it would be a pity not to
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 259 7 ■r Ml£aflH w ■ZCBOVRILmS The best of the Beef is in this I Bottle Just add hot water to a spoonful of Bovril and you have a nourishing drink in a moment. BOVRIL tXlgum powder One of the a crown «J Toilet Dainties <!£BM *J. A; Protects the skin from
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    • 44 7 Night Terrors. A cry in the night, griping pains in the vitals, cramps. weakening diarrhoea; whether child or adult, there is immediate comfort and ease from pain in Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy. It pays to keep it always on hand. For sale everywhere.
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    • 97 7 Pritchard Co., Ltd., (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements.) PENANG. “LOTUS” “DELTA” SHOES FOR MEN. In Brown Willow Calf or Black Box Calf Oxford and Derby Shapes Prices $lB and $2O per pair. In all sizes and half sizes, broad, medium, and narrow fitting. “LOTUS” GOLF SHOES With specially made vulcanised
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  • 32 8 Mutch—Watt.— At Ipoh oh the 15th .August. 1925, by the Rev. R. D. Whitehorn. 0.8. E.. M.A.. Kuala Lumpur. Henry James Mollison Mutch. M.C. Sungkai. to Myra Watt. M. A.. Penang.
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  • 473 8 First to express a definite opinion upon the situation created by the report that Sir Laurence Guillemard had decided to reopen the matter of the administration of the Federated Malay gtatep. it is gratifying to observe that general < pinion follows, the lines upon which we started. It is
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  • 430 8 “REPLANT YOUR DIVOT.” (By Fitchard Ro» tret I.) [Scene First tee on any golf course. Time Anytime even ladies’ day. Charactei s (discovered) Connig Amachure, son of Dub. carrying bulky bag. Andrew Pro-Fesh. wielding a baffled brassie Cowed caddies carrying clubs. (Business of teeing
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  • 31 8 NUW TREATY SIGNED. (From Our Own Correspondent). Bangkok, August 20. A new treaty between Siam and Portugal with a jurisdiction protocol was signed in Lisbon on August 14.
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  • 38 8 The homeward mail by the Egra closes at 6 p.m. to in or row. The B. I. Packet Teesta with mails despatched from London on July 30 is expected to arrive here at 6 a.m. to-morrow.
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  • 1256 8  -  THE DROP SHOT. BY MRS. LAMBERT CHAMBERS I feel I cannot conclude my talk on all the different strokes at lawn tennis with--1 out mentioning the much abused drop- shot. I say “much abused,” I>ecauBe j. there are still people who think this stroke unfair, and Miss
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  • 415 8 MALAYA’S GREAT LOSS. Our Singapore co-respondent news of the death England of Mr. Maurice John Upcptt, senior partner Messrs. Drew and Napier. He had rendered great service to the Colony as Lqgal Adviseriand as member <f the Illative and Executive Councils. He conducted the legal side of
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 241 8 J CORONA FOUR 1 Straight-line visibility '"T 2 Ten-inch carriage 1 *2 Self-spacing carriage return 4 Self-reversing o Xfc ribbon C Standard four- i row keyboard y r! r Margin O release III 7 Back spacer keyboard $llO Nett. Write for particulars to the Sole .Agents 1 j i Hottenbach.
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    • 36 8 "ID. fe® o.” Guest Night and Dancing— Every Tuesday and Friday. .Special Tiffin Every Wednesday and Saturday—E. O. Orchestra. Orchestral Concert every other Sunday. Next Concert 23rd August. i PEARS’ j I J GOLDEN SERIES. i
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous

  • 169 9 Router. British Ships, Banned. CANTON'S ACTION. London. August 19. nhoritative circles in London are oor.cerned at the action of the Canton G vernment in banning the free move.,f British ships to and from Chin-se ports, which obviously calls -ome definite step on the part of Great Britain, as
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  • 224 9 Renter. 17 KILLED: 75 INJURED. Newp it Rhode Island). August 19. Seventeen have been killed and 75 ii. ur i the result of the explosion of 4 boiler on board an excursion steamer. The n t.i rity of the victims were mpl" -*f M-ssrs Coats thread mill at
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  • 94 9 Renter. BULGARIAN RIOTER*. Paris. August 19. An outrage was attempted in the Champs Elyves yesterday evening, when a band of i 1 ncarian Communists attacked M. Theodore Konliefl and M. Borisvasoff. President and Vice-President respective y the Bulgarian Sobranje. who are visiting Paris in connection with the Decorative
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  • 56 9 Reuter. “MY COUNTRY FIRST.” Paris, August 19. M. \arenne, whose appointment to the 11 ve rinTship of Indio-China has led to his n from the Socialist Party, in an interview said that he preferred to de'"*ehis energies to work useful to his c untry rather than waste them
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  • 38 9 FLIGHT ABANDONED. Washington. August 19. a Ptain Macmillan has abandoned his 1 ro J~ct to fly over the Polar Sea. owing the unfeasibility of establishing an Ivhnce base due to snowstorms, and other M irations planned.
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  • 17 9 —Reuter. ARRIVAL at manila. Manila, August 19. Marchese de Pinedo has arrived at Mindanao. Reuter.
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  • 187 9 Debt Funding. WHAT AMERICA LOSES. Washington, Aug «st 19. Under the terms of the Belgian debt agreement, it is estimated that the United States will lose about s2<m»,<mm>.imm) by cancelling the interest on the pre-Armis-tice debt. The interest on the post-war debt totals $350,1XM W. Belgium will
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  • 70 9 Reuter. BIG CORPORATION FORMED Akron. August 19. Negotiations for the lease of I.iMMI.oOO acres in Liberia for rubber growing have been virtually concluded between the Firestone Tyre Company and Mr. Edwin Barclay. Liberian Secretary of State. It is learned from an authoritative source that a sl<M>,ihh mh
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  • 35 9 —Renter. VIOLENT SHOCKS. Faenza, August 19. The Bendandi Observatory registered a very violent earthquake at a distance of 6.<mmi miles lasting four hoArs. The vibrations broke some of the indicators of the Seismograph.-
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  • 36 9 —Reuter. MAORI CASKET. Wellington. August 19 The Maoris have entrusted Admiral Coontz with a casket for President Coolidge, hoping it would be used to enclose a copy of the Anglo-American Treaty of world peace.
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  • 20 9 —Reuter. DEATH DENIED. Shanghai. August 19. The rumour regarding the death of Marshal Chang Tso-Lin is authoritatively denied.-
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  • 151 9 Calcutta. August 19. The Rental Legislative Council has granted franchise to women.— Reuter. A murder is reported to have been committed in Arab Street on Sunday. In connection with the affair the Police have arrested a Chinese who was charged before Mr. Monk in the Second Court
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  • 122 9 Reuter. Opened at Vienna. PRECEDED BY RIOTING. VjpniiH. August 19. The fourteenth Zionist Congress was opened yesterday evening by Mr. Weizmann in the presence of representatives of the Austrian Government, the League of Nations, diplomats from Great Britain, America. France, Germany and elsewhere. The initial sitting of the
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  • 74 9 —Reuter. DERT NEGOTIATIONS. Paris. August 19. M. Caillaux gave a luncheon to British and American pressmen and said that he was leaving for Engl md sincerely desiring to reach an agreement with regard to war debts, which were part cularly important at present. Since the fate of
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  • 75 9 —Reuter. DEAL IN WOOL. Capetown. August 19. The Ministerialist organ. Dieburger.” understands that the Russian Government has informed Mr. Pienaar, the S< nth African Trade Commissioner on the Continent, that Russia will be able to take annually lO.immhiOO worth of fine South African merino wool. The
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  • 67 9 —R-nter. MIN ERS*REPRESF NT AT 10 N. London. August 19. The delegate conference of the Miners Federation in London has agreed to the executives’ view that despite Government’s refusal to accede to the executives’ request for representation of miners on the Commission of Enquiry the Federation should participate
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  • 37 9 Renter. IMPOSING PROCESSION. Auckland, August 19. Detachments from the American Flei t held an imposing procession in the streets for an hour and a half and were given a rousing cheer by huge crowds.—
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  • 152 9 “S.T.” PREHISTORIC FORTRESS? A new theory that the Devil’s Dyke, near Brighton, is 'really the remains of a giant prehistoric fortress originally constructed about the first century B.C. has been put forward by M H. S. Terns, curator of the Brighton Museum and a well-known archaeologist. Mr. Toms
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  • 79 9 A First National super-feature starring Guy Bates Post, the famous dramatic acttor will l>e the principal attraction at the Lyric Kinema for 4 nights beginning tonight. It is the romantic story of Omar Khayyam. Persia’s great poet, philosopher and astronomer. The oriental sets and trappings form the
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  • 497 9 Frenchman’s Attempt, WITH WOODEN LEGS. Many residents of Penang must have observed during the last few days a Frenchman with w*ooden legs going about the town and Lave wondered who be is and what he is doing in Penang. From an interview with him we have ascertained that
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  • 81 9 Ex-Lance-Corporal A. G. Beaven, who was arrested on August 10 at the Globe Hotel. Colombo, in accordance with a wire received from the Bangalore Police, was the next morning produced before Mr. W. O. Stevens, the Police Magistrate. Colombo, in chambers. The wire stated that the accused
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  • 219 9 -“S. T." A resident writes to “T. O. M. complaining that within three weeks three houses in Y’ap Ah Shakust. have been entered by burglars through the front windows and many things stolen. The resident would like to know what the authorities concerned are doing
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  • 357 9 District Court Appeal. JUDGMENT REVERSED. The Court of Appeal delivered judgment in the case Khoo Khye Aik Plaintiff (Respondent) and Chop Chip Guan defendant (Appellant) in which the defendant appealed to the Court of Appeal against the judgment of Mr. E. Pratt. District Judge, dated the 18th of
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  • 262 9 FOUR-LEGGED FIILCONE.” A Hongkong paper says: —HE. the Governor, Sir Edward Stubbs, has just presented to the London Zoo a specimen of a very rare and strange creature—the Chinese Pangolin, which was caught in the New Terntories, near Shatin. just over three months ago. In appearance the animal
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  • 390 9 Possession of Firearms. $2O FINE. Mr. G. C. Longland, was charged in the District Court, to-day. before Mr. G. A. Smith, with being in possession of firearms —a rifle and a double barrel shot gun at house No 571 Tanjong Rangah on July 20 last. He pleaded guilty
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  • 56 9 SECOND DAY’S SCRATCHINGS. The scratchings for to-day’s races are as follows Race I.—Silver King. Race 3. Carrie R and Calculator. Race 4. —Kismet. TUce 5.—A. D. Race 6.—Genzano and Depression. Raee 7.—Samarani. Race 8. —Tigablas. On Saturday an extra race has been provided for ponies, gentlemen riders. Entries
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  • 49 9 SINGAPORE TEAM. (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, August 20. Singapore’s team against Malacca on Saturday for th** Milaya Cup is as follows —Goal. Roon Eng Backs, Sinclair and Pennefather Half-backs. Craik. Chee Lim and Lee Forwards. Yong Liang. Chan Ee. Smith, Un Sun and Mun Fun.
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  • 34 9 The results of' the bowls tournament ties played yesterday are as follows Championship—J. Ford beat W. H. Threlfall 21 11. Dr. C. H. Hertz beat J. M. Chalmers (C.S.) 21 3.
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 43 9 BORNEO MOTORS, LTD., Sole Agents in Malaya Jor Economical Et an sp or t a lion CARS AND TRUCKS The service at the loivest cost. Touring Cars $1,500 1 Ton Chassis $l,OOO. IMMEDIATE DELIVERY. (Deferred payments can l>e arranged). BORNEO MOTORS, LIMITED. I
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  • 77 9 OBITUARY. MISS GLADSTONE DEAD. London. August 19. The death is announce 1 of Miss Helen Gladstone, daughter of tht* late Rt. Hon. W. E. Gladstone. —Reijter. [Born on An nst 28. 1849. she was the youngest «laughter of the late Rt. Hon. W. E. Gladstone*. Sh*- was educated at home
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  • 562 10 ARISTOCRATIC CATS. The fashionable world of London was very much amused by the publication (1840) of the following correspondence between Lady Seymour (wife of T.ord Seymour, eldest son of the Duke of Somerset), who was a Sheridan, and had been the Queen of Beauty at the Eglintoun Tournament
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  • 139 10 S.T. Dr. Griffith Taylor, in a forecast of the future distribution of the world’s population, is of the opinion that Europe’s total capacity is 400,000,000, North America’s 700,000.000. and south Africa and Australia each 70.000,000. Australia does not possess soils with heavy rainfalls similar to the
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  • 484 10 INDUSTRIAL CONFERENCE. The first Industrial Administrative Conference was recently held in Peking, attended by Commissioners of Boards of Industry, Directors of Provincial Bureaux of Forestry, of mining Administrations. As many as 140 questions were on the agenda, and 106 were dealt with. In opening the Conference (which lasted
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  • 128 10 Aug. 20 22—Ipoh Races. 22—Football. M. Teachers v. C. Star, Dato Kramat Padang. 22 Rantau Rubber Co., general meeting, noon. 23 Football, D. Aihsan v. B. Alam, Dato Kramat Padang. 24 Government Servants’ Thrift Loan Society, Ltd., Town Hall, 4 45 p.m. 26—H. E. the Officer Administering the
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 429 10 /V z M The Joy of Life. The children love a romp with The children take it too Half Mother She is always so jolly and the quantity that Mother takes is bright, and could chase them all enough for them. Kruschen Salts day without ever getting tired. dear the
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    • 55 10 A Family Necessity. Every family should be provided with Cluimberlain’s Pain Balm at all times. Sprains may be cured in much less time when promptly treated. Lame back, lame shoulders, pains in the side and chest and rheumatic pains are some of the diseases for which it is especially valuable.
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    • 16 10 Pitman’s Niw Coubbi in Ttpiwbiting, $l/60 per book, stocked by the Pinang Gazette Press, Ltd., Penang.
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    • 442 10 1 dr B WEARY—ALWAYS WEARY. No Energy—No Vigour— No Strength. Such is the distressing state of thousands of jaded men—and w meets in every part of the Far East. These men and women <- 0 on out their listless, languid lives, beaming everything but the real cause foi depression. Where
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  • 403 11 10TH, 11TH AND 12TH'QUARTERS. 3rd Restriction Year. The following statistics relating to Rubber Restriction in British Malaya, have bĕen forwarded to us by the Controller of Rubber Exports Total Ex- Total Ex- Total Imports Bri- ports Re- ports tish Malaya, striction Foreign Area. Rubber. Nov. 1924 22,488
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  • 144 11 Comparative statement of the total value of Foreign Merchandise, excluding Parcel Post, imported and exported to and from British Malaya during 1924 and 1925 Imports Increase or 1924 1925 Decrease (in thousands of dollars). Jan. to June... 308,035 407,359 99,324 July 57.479 94,612 37,133 Angnst 54,549 September
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  • 159 11 The following are the latest quotations in Messrs. Kennedy «k Co.'s share list at 1 p.m. to-day Saturday. To-day. 2 E E 2 Shares. <t s’® 5 CC CQ GO f c. ir. sc. sc. Mining. Aram K. 49/o 50/6 49/6 51/-cum Chenderiang 23/3 23/9 23/3 23/9
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  • 478 11 DIRECTORS' REPORT. The report of the directors of Merchiston Rubber Estates, Limited, tor the year ended March 31 states Tire Directors have acquired an area of 316 acres, of which 293 acres are planted with rubber. This-matter is referred to in the accompanying circular letter, which, also deals
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  • 1278 11 KENNEDY CO’S SHARE LIST. II I NAMES. g 2 *ti H 3 co 1 RUBBER I Dollrt.] 3 c 3 c c Allenoy Rubber Co 2 4( i 2 45i cum Alor Gajah Rubber Eatate gpi r sq. ei Amalgamated Malay Ketatee 3 qq, 3 iQj F an^ n Byndk»t<-
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 170 11 PRISM BINOCULARS (WATT’S) 6x 24 6x 30 8x 24 8x 30 CENTRAL EYE PIECE FOCUSSING $55-00 to $67-50 Discount 10/ For Cash. THE DISPENSARY (Penang) Ltd., 2. Bishop Street, PENANG. Telephone 398. Telegraphic Address “Chemoptist.” J TASTELESS SALTjI I FACE PQWDERjI SIAM CURIO STORE/ PENANG Jr “SCURO” FACE POWDER. It
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    • 92 11 Propaganda played a vital part in the WAR. i Advertising is its counterpart s 3 in TRADE. g O I Your best TRADE WEAPONS Q g are striking ADVERTISEMENTS g and CATALOGUES. g g W e Can Help You! Q WE specialise in designing and printing q O Booklets, Catalogues,
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 142 11 THEATRE ROYAL, Thursday 20th, to Sunday, 23rd August, 1925. 2nd Show at 9-45 p. m. A fascinating ORIENTAL play in 10 Reels OMAR TENTMAKER Starring America’s Distinguished Actor GUY BATES POST The romance and adventures of OMAR KHAYYAM Persia’s great poet, philosopher and scientist. Supported in the First Show at
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  • 133 12 TO-DAY’S DEPARTURES. Rimba for Kantang (Trang) Girbee Tcngkah and Pang Nga. Mentor for Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai and Japan. Pung ah for Asahan and Batu Bahra. Rompin for Koala Selangor, Port Dickson and Singapore. Sri Muar for P. Langkawi and Kantang (Trang). Hong Peng for Port Swettenham, Singapore and
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  • 442 12 CLOSE DAILY (except Sunday). BT num. Federated Malay States. Malacca. Johore and Singapore. Registration and Parcel Post, except where otherwise stated, close half-an-hour earlier than the Ordinary mail. Rfsvmption of Night Mail Service. The following additional mails will be closed daily (Sunday excepted) by the 7-30 p.m. tiain:—Parit
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  • 34 12 August. First Quarter, 27th, at 11.46 a.m. September. Full moon, 3rd. at 2.53 a.m. Last Quarter, 10th, at 7.11 a.m. New Moon, 18th, at 11.12 a.m. First Quarter, 25th, at 6.50 p.m.
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  • 593 12 CHOWRASTA MARKET Pknang. August 20, 1925. ct» Government Mutton Mutton Indian per lb 55 Mutton— Head, sheep or goat each 1-W Liver with heart A Inng do 1.30 fripe do 100 Goat or Sheep per lb 55 Sweet Bread P»b 30 Leg of Mutton lb 55 Lamb do
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 107 12 1 1 L qji THINGS YOU WANT. Fresh Supplies Just to Hand. Karmoid Tablets L Kotalko Ivy Corn Leaf Langdales Cinnamon Tablets» u i Urace Creme Simon i Icilma Cold Cream j Lavona Hair Tonic. Glax-Ovo Antipon |g Phosferine Jenners Absorbent Lozenges Ovaltine Rusks Ovaltine Chocolates w Mysteria. Hepatone Wampoles
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    • 54 12 Their Second Summer the Hardest Teething and hot weather make their second summer a trying time for little ones. Summer disorder of stomach and bowels and infantile cholera may be quickly controlled and suffering relieved by Chamberlain’s Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy. Easy to take in a little sweetened water. Always
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    • 160 12 CHEESE. Australian Cheddar, Swiss Gruyere, Butch Edam, English Gorgonzola. English Stilton, Dutch Gouda. Singapore Cold Storage Co., Ltd., PENANG. I >1 i JEFFREY’S! BLUE RIBBON PILSENER BEER. f I A LIGHT BEER j BRITISH BREWED. j 1 Can be obtained from all Dealers. Sole Importers: Penang R, T. REID Co.,
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  • 423 13 got my summons in half an hour. lours, etc., A Chinese reader writes to the “Straits Times A case was reported in your columns yesterday which seems to demand further investigation. A Chinese who, I understand, could not speak English or Malay, and who was of a
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  • 211 13 A dinner and dance were given says a “Times vi Malaya’’ correspondent, in honour of Mrs. Coates, at the Perak Club on Saturday. Mrs. Coates is leaving Taiping and will be missed by many friends who always found her obliging at social functions in rendering help at the piano
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  • 390 13 Dr. Yamakawa has been appointed President of the Bureau of legislation. It is announced that Viscount C. Mizuno, Count N. Mizoguchi, Viscount Kyosiro Inoue and Viscount Jiroinaru Itoh have been selected among the Upper House members to fill the posts vacated by the Seiyukai members such as Parliamentary Under-Secretary,
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  • 125 13 Mr. P. Sornamony, a teacher in the Reddiar High School, field a complaint l>efore the First Additional Magistrate against the Bishop of Rangoon, the Rev. Air. Kemp, and one European police sergeant, charging them with assault and abetment of assault. The complainant stated that he was a regular
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  • 229 13 Benares Opinm p. 15.000. W n i Cloves 90.00 seller Gold leaf 72.00 se!l<Mace Pickings no stock Nutmegs 80s 125.00 sellers 110 s 110.00 Coconuts per 1,000 50.00 non». Copra Sundried 12.30 sales Rattans 11.15 Rattans Coarse 10.50 Green Snail Slie’u 13.00 Siam Rice No. 1 15.00 p-
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  • 237 13 PENANG. AUGUST 20, 1925 (By Ooortbhy of thr Chahthk»» Babb.) London Demand Bank 2/4 5/32 4 months’fright Bant 2/4 12 3 Credit 2/4 5 8 3 Documentary 2/4 21/32 Calcutta Demand Rank Rals4|l 3 days’sight PrivaiH „159 Bombay Demand Rank ĕ Madras Demand Bank 154 A 3 days’sight Private
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 238 13 Cuticura Clears The Scalp Of Dandruff Regular shampoos with Cuticura Soap, preceded by light applications of Cuticura Ointment, do much to cleanse the scalp of dandruff and promote a healthy condition necessary to producing tjiick hair. Cuticura Soap and Ointment are ideal for every-day toilet uses meeting every want of
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    • 184 13 "fl, A NEW SHIPMENT OF WALLS PORK SAUSAGES j EX COLD STORAGE u Jjz has just arrived and can be obtained at 80 cts. per lb. from v? PRITCHARD Co., Ltd I Chong Kee Co. Hoong Kee Co. Kim Seng Co. or from Taik Heng Co., 213 Penang Road. Wholesale
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 90 13 MORE HUMOURSfOF HISTORY. By Arthur moreland No. 101. Philip of France Jealous. J f wrs /JS&rfgA />*>. i have not) COLD FEB T ({JSIUePV < I rf Zz J 1 urgent A rL/J. WuW zrx AwKSSU Vi X JW! /7/ Ftoeat] Wfl O’ A. D. 1191. —Acre surrendered, Saladin being
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  • 1338 14 THE PIRATE’S LAIR. Lundy Island, which stands at the mouth of the Bristol Channel, twelve miles off the Devon coast and opposite Ilfracombe, is quite a little place—only three miles long and half a mile wide with but forty inhabitants, and most of these lighthouse or Lloyd’s officials.
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  • 403 14 MOATED BODIIAM. The late Lord Curzon acquired Tattershail Castle in 1911 witih the object of restoring it and saving it for the nation. At that time there were fears that the castle would be pulled down and removed to America. The four famous fireplaces, which are
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 177 14 f New Shipment. COLUMBIA GRAFONOLAS. S |j|E^ > '"r'J TABLE GRAND. No. 18b MAHOGANY CABINET- —Mahogany, Satin finish. Height 121 inches, width 17i f 4 inches, depth 191 inches. Fitted with tone-control shutters Two w inset needle cups- A J MOTOR-—Powerful British-made Double Spring Motor to play two 10 incl.es
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    • 278 14 Why the Successful Hostess Puts Her Faith in Postum EXPERIENCE has taught the successful hostess that Postum has no equal. It is ever dependable, delicious, fragrant, and enchanting. It ia so easily and quickly prepared that millions of housewives simply rely on it for all occasions. When the unexpected guest
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  • 836 15 ANOTHER FIASCO. A second attempt to sail the first race of the series for the Boden Kloss Trophy was made on Sunday morning and ended in failure, says a contributor to the Straits Times. The Yacht Club is in the position of the Lady of Shalott. A curse
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 1040 15 BANKS the MERCANTILE BANK Of > < India, limited. TT7 X 7 Q r T A T T) (Incorporated in England.) 4f I I Ki I I W Authorised Capital £3,000,0th C < Snbscril>ed Capital 1,800,001 > I T T TT TT' TT C Paid-up j 1,050,001 < I I—l
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    • 52 15 Will Relieve Mother’s Fears. A panic of fear seizes "mother when sudden and severe cramps, agonizing intestinal pains and weakening diarrhoea prostrate some one of the family. Keep Chamberlain’s Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy in the home and such emergencies need cause neither fear nor alarm. It eases pain almost instantly.
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    • 326 15 8 PRESTO FILE. X X x Er A X X The illustration shows the action of the file, and w» M do not hesitate to say that it is nearer perfection than any other file. When open, the contents lie perfectly fiat and the *2 whole of a letter is
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    • 1354 16 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE I INTENDED FAILINGS FROM PENANG I IM k K Ik’l BMi WEEKLY SERVICE LONDON AND N. CONTINENT g IM 11 A 1 ELPENOR Aug. 22 Marseilles, London, Rotterdam Hamburg. B AGAPENO’* Aug. 27 London. Rotterdam and Hamburg. •ANTENOR Sept. 3 Marseilles. London, Rotterdam Glasgow. DARDANUS Sept.
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    • 595 16 P. ©.-BRITISH INDIA and apcar lines. (Companies Incorporated in England.) MAIL, PASSENGER CARGO SERVICES PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S. N. Co. (Under Contract with His Majesty’s Government.) P, dL O. SAILINGS. LONDON—FAB-EASTERN SERVICE. For Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai, Moji For Colombo, Aden, Port Said Mar. i Yokohema and Kobe. end London. 01
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