Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 18 November 1926

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTABLISHED 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY.' |(o, 283. VOL. La-XXIV, THURSDAY. 18th NQVEYIBER, 1926 PRICE 15 CENTS.
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    SOME HUMOURS OF DUELLING DAYS.
    879 2 “AFFAIRES” SETTLED OUT OF COURT. The occasional cases of duelling in ihese days, when politicians se>tle differences of opinion with editors by sword or pistol, usually produce little bloodshed but considerable publicity—which perhaps satisfies both parties. In the past, however, although a great majoiity of
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      1225 2 PORTIONS vacant. NOTICES. NOTICES. 314 BELIEF LYDIA, 2267 19-11 Notice is hereby given that the trade FROM PARIS matk co«“isting of the nuimra’s and Experienced Assistant in Winesand W( r d .314 Relief” asdepicttd above is SELLLNCi DKLa3iSo Provisions. Apply giving full parti- the exclusive property of The Esterbrook culais.
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      361 2 &V O a i VAN ESS 1 i HAIR TONIC.? Another Shipment of this Wonderful T X just arrived at lonic “THE GEORGETOWN»! GET YOUR BOTTLE TO-DAY 1 1 4* I Hundreds of delighted custom rs haw nSfOr Ta H,ir To ic It is. without a .ioub., the ra t
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    FILM STARS IN A QUANDARY.
    535 3 WILL VOICES MATCH THEIR SCREEN PERSONALITIES? BY HERB RT YaRJEON. I wonder how many people realise that in the revolution about to be effected by the phonofilm, it is probable that many of the film stars of 1925 may topple from their thrones, to be
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    WORKED IN A MINE.
    260 3 Mr. W. A. Coats was seventy when be died, being taken ill suddenly while at sea. Tbe inventory of his estate, gave the total as £3.936.085, on which the duty payable amounts to £1,580,818. No will, however, has been found. As a boy, Mr. Coats worked
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    FIRE-MAKING.
    707 3 HISTORY OF STRIKING ALIGHT.” From the beginning of time man ha? wanted tire, to cook his food and keep his cave warm. He has invented many devices for making and preserving it, a faculty which has always differentiated him from the lower animals. This quality of his has carried
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    GERMAN RACEHORSES.
    95 3 JOCKEY CLUB REMOVES BAN ON THEIR RUNNING IN ENGLAND. At a meeting of the Jockey Club held on October 14, at Newmarket, Lord Lonsdale informed the Stewards that letters had been received from the Union Club otf Berlin from the Austrian Jockey Club asking that these clubs might
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    OLD-TIME STATE LOTTERIES.
    1424 4 METHODS OF A CENTURY AGO. Interest in the famous annual “Calcutta Sweep’’is universal and many < f hose who participate regret the passing of the State lotteries, the first of which was organised in the days of Elizabeth. 1 he coming into operation of Mr. Churchill s
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    PEER’S SHOVEL.
    186 4 LORD LLOYD ADMITS THAT HE ILYXD’LED OXE OXLY OXCE. Spirited pass?4ges marked Lord Lloyd’s evidence before the Bombay Reclamation Scheme Committee of Inquiry in London. Lord Lloyd was Governor of Bombay when the scheme was put in operationThe chairman r: ised the point of whether the clay to
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    EXCHEQUER WINDFALL.
    108 4 GIFT OF 2,500,000 OIL SHARES. The British Government holds 5,000,000 oidinary £1 shares in the Anglo-Persian Oil Company. The company have now declared a bonus of one new share for every two held. The present price of each £1 share is £5, which means that the Government’s present
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      81 4 PRITCHARD’S XMAS TOY BAZAAR will be opened on (Monday, 22nd Nov., I in their $> Union Street Showroom. I I The Xmas display this Year, in all departments, will excel anything ever I before in the history of the Firm. The complete Xmas Price List will be ready on the
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      52 4 True Test of Merit. 5 ou judge a man not by what he premises to do, but by what he has done. That is the only true test. Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy judged by this standard has no superior. People everywhere speak of it in the highest terms of praise. I'or
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      428 4 3T" I k ffl'l X I ’V. I I care. X I Z"* H rzJv/Tn I I Never go to bed before washin? /5 V A fl M your face and neck /1 t 711 IA I e Complexion Beauty I Palm and olive oils —noth- Rii V' I ingelse—give
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    CHINA CRISIS.
    133 5 Hilton Young s Views. OWEN Lo ndon, November 17. u in the Financial News lo» nar,,C Commander H’lton < fltb« Chir 'r t the’establishment of the Vin? sa H^ r n Nationalists through- > hef recent events have improbable, would 1 8t a rea inhabited by fifth of
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    BORAH ON CHINA.
    56 5 TH?, REAL 1’ tOL BLL. ber 17. s«nat r h'f'di, iu th° course of an w arp.tsaid that the t;r ;r il m C'liiia furnished th-> I pi igramme. t le real r i ah«m coming i. Any tl .finv.: h adopted a policy of forcible bemme
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    SITUATION IN JAVA.
    94 5 N LUSI FOR ANXIETY. Amstf r lam, November 17. message i Batavia stys there is HoeaiL* f.;r a-xieiy. 4.1 rebels surrendwi to the local police. The whole of tbeExecuiive of the (h. ninui.i't Party at Band^it’ha? bhi ..it <t* I. 165 arrests w n fleat prvre.len, th
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    NICARAGUAN REVOLT.
    43 5 IMBIDENTS APPEAL TO AMERICA. N‘ w York, November 17. A mesgane from Manavua pays that ested American f Ni m on a pe ice bxsis, sayi’:” that a weak country like 11 a i evolution wh.ch is aided by M< xico.
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    SEVEN DEATHS IN LEVEL CROSSING SMASH.
    56 5 KPHESS rfns D )WN motor car. 1 November 17. and 2.5 injured between an express dpt It I'ntori'ar at a level crossing r IE-nd.rsonvill,.. The train was KSnU** ?.T® re killed andC i ”i' ,red ctu ii collision. Two Io n 9 racing d
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    AUSTRALIAN RELATIONS WITH U.S.
    73 5 Washington, November 17. ’‘l'r 11 Anstralia Presented on of New American fl ’> 111 a 011 P aint n of the ir Hugh n en e ng Sydney Harbour, new Australian *nt Coolin' j"'” '"’radneed to Presi%,d\ r Mr Henr y Chilton the tj «-4 o''
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    BOXING
    30 5 W °S? fI YWEIGHT c HAMPioyg HI p The fit V rk Xove “ber 17. n ,ky Clark and aSipoftbew i ywf chaui" 21. U >s fixed for January
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    AUSTRALIAN TENNIS.
    45 5 AXd KNS PR OPER Af ter S "-5b November 17. v RtH at Mhi gin tlle fc^ a nr’i ri a t the end of Ito lu,) r the t». 11,C IPS in Sydney 1141 B a fobBsion',] S Pl ,yer Ander6 °n
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    COAL.
    119 5 Dichards Adamant. SEITI.EMENT .JEOPARDISED. London, November 17. A further 8,000 miners have resumed work. The South Wales Miners’ Federation by a maj mity of 79,000 rejected the government’s settlement terms. At the deleg te conference of the National Union of Mineworkers in Glasgow which has a membership of 80,0fl0,
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    INDIAN ELECTIONS.
    158 5 SWARAJ IS r S LOS ING G ROUN D. Delhi, November 17. India is in the throes of agenerd election which is specially interesting as the Legislatures, being the last under the Reforms Act of 1919, will undoubtedly influence the statutory commission I appointed to enquire into the
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    NEW SINGAPORE DOCK.
    75 5 TO RE TAKEN OUT IN SECTIONS. London. November 17. The Daily Telegraph states that the Admiralty has concluded that the new Singapore dry dock should be conveyed in sections to Sincapor-, where it will be re-assembled. It was estimated at one time that nearly three years would
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    GALE IN AMERICA.
    86 5 EXTENSIVE DAMAGE. New York, Nove über 17. A 79 mile an hour gale aocompani-d by heavy rain swept the Eastern Spates cor siderablv, damag-d shipping, unroofed buildings, flooded mines, crippled transport and interrupted telegraphic and cable communications. All the rivers in East Pennsylvania and West Virginia overflowed
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    HEALTH STATISTICS.
    93 5 The health statement for the Mani cipality of George Town for the week ending November 13, 1926, shows r total of 65 deaths —50 males and 15 females—the death-rate being 24.92 per mill© compared with 24.92 in the preceding week and with 27.37 in the corresponding week of
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    COMING EVENTS.
    71 5 Nov. 27—Rugby Match, Penang v. Perak at Penang. December 3 and 4—Selangor Turf Club Amateur Race Meeting. 10 and 11—Tpoh Gymkhana Club, Skye Meeting. 11—Rugger Match, Penang v. Selangor at Kuala Lumpur. 15 —Hockey Match, Penang v. Selangor at Penang, 17 and 18—Perak Gymkhana Club (Taiperg) Skye Meeting.
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    POLICE COURT.
    767 5 The Pawned Tarrings. ALLEGE!) CHEATING. EXECUTRIX ACQUITTED. The hearing of the amended charge of cheating against Ooi Beng Yang, the executrix of the estate of Tan Chong Kiat, deceased, was resumed before Mr. C. \V. A. Sen nett, in the Second Court, Penang, on Tuesday afternoon. Mr. R.
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    NOVEL HERO LEAVES £29,265.
    36 5 Known as the original of "Dr. Stirling of Bleakridge” in Mr. Arnold Bennett’s stories of the Five Towns, Mr. John Russell, of Grantown-on-Spey, formerly of Bleak Hill House, Burslem, has left £29,265.
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    SINGAPORE APPEAL COURT.
    1003 5 Sime, Darby and Bankrupt’s Rubber. JUDGMENT DISPUTED. The judgment of Mr. Justice Deane in the action brought by the Official Assignee of the estate of Lee Pang Seng, 8 bankrupt whose liabilities amounted to about half a million dollars, is the subject of an appeal, the hearing
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    HOCKEY.
    320 5 PENANG DEFEATS UNITED SERVICES (MALAYA). The match between Penang and United Services (Mai ya) was played on the Esplanade yesterday before a very small gathering. The weather was fine until half-time but after this there was rain and the condition of the ground became by no means ideal for
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    PENANG HOCKEY LEAGUE.
    56 5 The following will represent the Public Services (white) in the match against the Penang Health Culture League on the Esplanade to-day at 5 15 p.m. Goal.—Cheah Swee Eng. Backs, —I. B. Lovell and Kassim bin Abdul Rahman. Halves. —W.F. Pawanteh, J.H. Ped low, A. Williams, H.P. Bearcroft,
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    SELANGOR TURF CLUB.
    146 5 GRIFFINS DRAWN. Horses. Griffin Subscriber. No. 1 Thp Lvrnn Kongsi. 2 G. Krishnasamy. 3 A. A. Renggelor &A. H. Miles. 4 The Sum See Kongsi. 5 Alan T oke. 6 C. W. Bradburne. 7 A. E. Dick. 8 J. S. A. Cardosa &D. Laidlaw. 9 J. S
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    KENNEDY & CO’S SHARE LIST.
    1238 5 KENNEDY CO’S SHARE LIST. NAMES. > X I i i UUHHHK 3 O! oI 0 4 iltiuDy Co 3 15 3 2'l luT Hnbber Hut*?.' 2 95 3 10 '4 ff 4 7: Aver Hlt»ra Finctfn? 4 60 4 80 'yer Knnlng Rubber 1 05 I 10 <yer Mnlek Rubber
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    By the Way.
    1581 6 7N the Kildonan district of Scotland about half a century ago a returned Australian gold-seeker, named Gilchrist, found a number of nuggets of good size, and in doing 8' precipitated a rush of five or six hundred people to the spot. Experts have suggested that had the
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    LIFE ON OTHER WORLDS.
    121 6 Lecturing at the Memorial Hall, Far-ringdon-street recently, Sir Qliver Lodge declared his belief thatf. life exists in other worlds. Sir Oliver said it seemed to him absurd to suppose that the earth was the only inhabited world merely because it was the only one we were
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      LIM LENG CHEAK ESTATE.
      606 6 [To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette.”] Sir, —My attention has just been drawn to your issue of the 9th instant in which appears what purports to be a report of the proceedings in the Supreme Court of a suit relative to the above estate, As
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      H.C.L.
      136 6 Sir, A few months ago, the local tailors and dhobies increased their charges by 100 per cent, and it was attributed to the high market prices on th« one band and the workmen’s strike prevalent in Singapore at the same time. Now, the strike is over and the market
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      TODDY SHOPS.
      116 6 Sir,—On good authority, I learn that Government, following the repeated suggestions of the Pinang Gazette, recently arrested certain shop-keepers on charges of adulteration and that the case will be heard on the 24th instant. If that is the case, may I ask you, why publicity was not given
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    515 6 Mr. Diephuis has succeeded Mr. Coops as manager of the NavaJ Establishment at Sourabaya. Mr. Miles Wedderburn Lampson the new British Minister at Peking is a through passenger by the Macedonia. Dlr. F. R- Sayers of the Straits Settlei ments Medical Service returned from 1 leave by
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    SPONGE OUT WAR DEBTS.
    125 6 M. CAILLAUX’S CALL TO EUROPEParis, October 17. M. Caillaux made an important state meat on war debts at the Radical Socialist Congress at Bordeaux this evening. He recalled that when, as Finance Minister, he went to the United States to endeavour to settle the French debt
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    PENANG LIBRARY.
    45 6 The following new books have been received at the I The Bat, by Mary R. Rinehart and AHopwood. j In Days That Are Dead, by Sir Hugh Clifford. Lord Raingo, by Arnold Bennett. i The Mortover Grange, by G- S. F 1 etcher.
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      312 6 New Advertisements. TENDERS INVITED. All HOSDI Johore Government. Public Works Department. f Johore Hotel-Johore Bahru. ForProBpectns a Ppiytoth e v< r INDIAN fsTUDEVFs Notice Culling for Tenders. (Registered nruler n I (MidST" 6 < Tenders are invited for the lease of the -atGt l.r. HOAD, Johore Hotel (furnished) for a
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      123 6 UNITED CINEMA From Thursday, 18th to Sunday, 21st November. TOM" IX in WILLIAM FOX SPECIAL CONQUERING BLOOD” PARTLY COLOURED. HOOT 'GIBSON in “LET’ER BUCK" In the First Show at 7-30 p.m. IRON MAN Serial Final A TAXI WAR” Comedy “TRICKED” Cowboy Drama FOX NEWS TT3 V 1 2 J. «A-
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    THE ARCTIC PATROL.
    498 7 MJ !■> IN SNOW IN 46 DAYS. 1,25' f rs killed and cured by meat when their far removed tinnd hip> ;IK i, or control, nter blizzards, ai” han .Mounted Police pat- hundreds of miles by d 1,. Jouartcrs at Ottawa,, writes In j„ -The Daily Mail,Mr-
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    AID FOR LOYALISTS.
    104 7 COMMITTEE TO HELP government. posed 'i' 11,1 1* S h loyalists is pro"hich Dunedin’s Committee, “T 1 i S lc l °n October 18. I be a ul?," l ll aS to what grants should with' tl IIIJU,cd P ers ons must i est states v ernni
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    “HOME” IN MID-AIR.
    88 7 (a l’tain FT ~~7~ I Uf tney will test shortly wh ich will be equipped ,00 >ns a, j Cuni!n °<Lition and livingeooking. "‘"hide provision for f the G j, t k Ulll he slung in a part *dl be H is believed that it ~r the
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    SPIRIT THAT WILL NOT BURN.
    283 7 TESTS BY FRENCH ADMIRALTYAn uninflammable fuel for interna.’combustcon enghies, extracted from coaltar and intended to replace petrol for all purposes, the invention of a Russian engineer in France, a certain M. Alakhonin, has been put to the most exacting tests by the French Admiralty. These
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    COCK-FIGHTING STILL FLOURISHES.
    287 7 BEAK DISTRICT .MATCHES. Ilespite vigilance on the part of the police, cock-fighting continues in the Beak District, where, says The Mornjing Bost.” a match was recently held between West Derbyslrre and South Staf- fordshire versus Nottinghamshire. There were about forty people present. some of whom were men
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    CASTLE & £75,000 FOR EX-KAISER.
    118 7 CASTLE £75,000 FOR EX-KAISER. HOWLS AND CHEERS. I nder the Hohenzollern Compensation I Bill, which was carried in the Prussian Diet, the ex-Kaiser’s (family will receive £750,003 in cash and 167,000 acres of lands and forests. I The Castle of Homburg is also allotted to the ex-Kaiser, who in return
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    We are advised by Messrs. Boustead & co. Ltd.,
    54 7 We are advised by Messrs. Boustead co. Ltd., the local Agents, that by a special Act of the Parliament of Canada, the name oif the Dominion Express Company (which was owned by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company) has been changed to “Canadian Pacific Express Company”- the change becoming effective as
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    SEAPLANE’S MERITS.
    547 7 SIR ALAN COBHAM’S FLIGHT. Mr. R. C. Kemp, the Managing Direc•or of the Air Survey Company, lately Chief Inspector of aircraft to the Government of India in a letter to The TI vies says:— As a pioneer in the nse of seaplanes in the tropical East I should
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    PRODUCE PRICES.
    217 7 PENANG, NOVEMBER 18, 1926. enarea Opinn; p. oheal >5,000.00 notu lovee 100.00 sellers old leaf 72.00 sellers >ace Pickings 160.00 seller.lutmegs 100.00 nom h HOs 95.00 ’oconnta per 1,000 50.00 noiu Copra Sundries >11.05 sales Rattans 11.15 sales Rattans Coarse 10.50 keen Snail Shell» 13.00 Mam Rice No.
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      114 7 [SATURDAY I November 20th. ii LAST DAY; of i ffl HITE A WAYS I H HITE WEEKS 'J 5 O L? unusual heavy buying by the <; .1 JO. Ilj numerous customers during J; i; this shopping event has resulted in the clearance of many of bargains offered. A c
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    THE PEACE OF EUROPE.
    492 8 While yesterday, in the House of Lords, the desirabilitv of an early assembly of the International Disarmament Conference was discussed. Muss »lini, from the shelter of St. Peter’s at R >m a continues to tap the drum of war on the question of Italy’s unassailable right
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    PROMETHEUS BOUND.
    754 8 Penang, in the one hnndr *d and fiftieth year of its existence as a British settle ment, remains a backwater instead of being as it might be a great centre ot commerce and a seat of culture, becausits people lack initiative and imagination and are unable to move
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    Improving at Golf.
    1171 8  -  S&unker Sfiots. BY HARRY VARDON, (Six Times Open Champion). There can be no doubt that a great many strokes are wasted in bunkers—either because people have no particular idea as to how tfte shots ought to be played or because, in attempting the rec ivories they try
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    Willing To Learn.
    61 8 Donald and Jeinie pnttirg down a c>rp j t. Donald slam, nip i the end of his thu.cb with the bam- m°r, and began to p >ur forth bis s< u.;n language befitting the occasion. Donald! Dona.d I shrieked Jeanie, horrified. “Dinna swe r that way!” “Wnnmnn,”
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    Quite Willing.
    98 8 In a lonely wav corner of Argyllshire, services are hell driving th° snram°r months in an old disused sehoolronm, wh’ch is in a rtv tumbledown sate. On on* occasion, an English Church parson who was v'siting the neighbourhood was a«ked if h 1 would conduct a service. II
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    RUBBER SALES.
    42 8 The, General Produ'e Agency Pe. Beach Street, Penang, report M tte following prices were realised at tw' auction room to-day: Good F.A.Q. Ribbed Smoked Sheet $B9 to F.A.Q. do 87 «8 Low F.A.Q. Off do 83 Scrap Crepe >• Loose Scrap
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    TIN PRICES.
    110 8 The Straits Trading Co.. the following prices, on yoreoiber <■ London*. Spot £315 10-0 i P 3 m/s. buying 301-15 0 Down 3 selling 302-0 0 Local. November 18: ~r Singapore sold 150 tons, Penang buyers no sellers at 2-1 7he Eastern Smelting Co. Ltd. nn-l*' 1 London.
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    The following were the rubber quota, tions in London on November 17 :
    28 8 The following were the rubber quota, tions in London on November 17 nons tn London on Sntioked Sheet ji< Plantation Ist latex crepe j (By courtesy of Messrs.
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    The s.s. “Alipore” from Japan,
    41 8 ChiiI'* 1 The S.S. “Alipore” Inn ive here and Singapore id expect' j f; ve t r at 3 p.m. t-- lay and yidnigl 4 Colombo and K n, V jRcaJ»Steamer will woi k hi H-
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      202 8 Ceramics x "a* W-* >sS Egggj XT" J V-• HANDCRAFT ancient and modern The perfect specimens of hand- < fashioned pottery preserved from the ancient dynasties of Rome and Egypt are admirable examples of this craft. •A To-day the same pride of production and the same ideal of perfection lies
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      70 8 “E. O.” Christmas New Year Festivities. XMAS EVE 24th, December. Xmas dinner and Cinderella Dance. Xmas Crackers $4. BOXING DAY—27th, December, (instead of Sun. 26th.) Carnival Dinner and Dancing till 1-45 a. m. $5. Latest French Novelties. NEW YEAR EVE—3l»t DEC. Gala Night. Special Dinner. Pierrot and Pierrette Costume Ball.
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    AIR LEVIATHAN.
    567 9 Ktl d by 1 Premiere. ItfPRIiSSIVE R 101- T vf.SSFJ' TN COURSE F' LAT 'FCOXSTIiW :I IOX (RCGBV RADIO SERVICE.) London, November 17. f th p Overseas Premiers and 2r 3 oftheDQminion Bdelega• 8 delega• er 7 U the Imperial Conference are t' onB Rnvai Airship works a'
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    FOREIGN EXCHANGES.
    35 9 Radio Service.) h riß 1 T ondon November 17. Xpw Ynrl <, 4.85|; J2l3’ va 25.15 R; -31.8 SI; j. r ’''nib lv A reg, H <’ SILVER. K Pn( 9-i t 1 ’‘orwnrd 25
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    FRENCH TRADE FIGURES.
    27 9 L r o Sr v,,mb< r 15. PM?» 1 r n 000 onn r T ch ex P°rts o6n°° f rancs and the Vdh,
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    DISARMAMENT.
    748 9 Good Faith Essential. StMMUUNE UNPOPULAR. London, November 17. In the House of Lords to lay, Lord Parmoor. who represented the late Labour Government on the Council of the League of Nations raised the question of disarmament. He said that although from the commencement of the work at Geneva, it
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    UNDELIVERED TELEGRAMS.
    16 9 The following are undelivered telegrams: Djiincersah. Toenghin. Chena Nagukone 69, inistary R<l. Long. Long.
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    PARLIAMENT.
    423 9 Coadit ions In China Questioned. SAFETY OF BRI LIS I RESIDEMS. FOREIGN SECRETARY NOT INFORMATIVE. London. November 17. In the II mse of Commons, in reply to questions, Sir Austen Chamberlain said the advance of the Southern Fore s in Centra! China did not appeir to have adversely affected
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    SINGAPORE NEWS.
    213 9 UNUSED RUBBER COUPONS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, November 18. The Free Press London correspondent says that the question which Mr. Penny asked Mr. Amery regarding ascertaining the actual rubber stocks held against unused coupons formed part of a campaign directed towards the securing the cancellation of coupons
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    MOTOR COLLISION.
    59 9 INJURED BY AN AXE. A Chinese was walking along Northam Road, with an axe on his shoulder yesterday evening. The axe touched the motor car of Dr. G S. Glass, of the Municipal Health Department, who was returning home in the rain with the result that the fell
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    “SUNNING” PIRACY.
    339 9 Women Taken As Hostages. CHIEF ENGINEER WOUNDED. (Rugby Radio Service) London, November 17. A serious case of piracy has occurred on the British steamer Sunning 2555 tonnage belonging to the China Nav’gi tion Company, Chinese pirates masquerading as passengers having attempted to seize th« vessel on a vovage
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    AUSTRALIA’S FINANCE.
    190 9 PREMIER’S ILLUMINATING FIGURES. (Rugby Radio Service). London, November 17. In a on the financial poll y of Australia last nieht, Mr. Stan’ey Bruce, the Ans'ralian Premier, gave striking figures regarding the progress and method of debt rei°mntinn in his country. He slat d the total dobt of Ausfril'a
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    MOTOR BICYCLES IN COLLISION.
    142 9 MISHAP IN NORTHAM ROAD. While Mr. S. H. Beazley of Mess s. Pritchard Go., Penang was returning to office on his motor cycle yesterday afternoon a collision occurred in Northam Road, near the Presbyterian Ghurch between his bicycle and a HarleyDavidsnn P 2633, ridden by another
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      219 9 Nt- —r V 1 Pb ne little Penang, 982. M HAVE A SPECIAL DISPLAY F OF II CHRISTMAS PROVISIONS, Etc. f ’i Xmas Pudding, Mincemeat, Candied Peels, Cakes, y Crystallized and Glace Fruits, Hams, Confectionery, i Chocolates and Crackers in great variety. U Inspection of our stocks is cordially invited.
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      Mrs. Pepys’s Diary.
      994 10 Monday, October 25th Going this day at a venture to visit Mr. Pepys’s Cousin {Gladys, do find her very busily engaged on making a Cookery Book for which purpose she hath obtained a suitable book well bound with loose leaves and jthe pages also lettered. So not
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      DO YOU CHARLESTON?
      349 10  -  BY PAULINE BOUCIIiER. The Charleston continues to cause much discussion. Authoritfs in the dancing world aie sti I debat ng as to the form it shal 1 t- ke this season, while many of them are try ing to ban it from their classrooms, altogether. But teachers,
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      FLOWERS FOR THE TABLE.
      498 10  -  BY MARION MORTON. Chrysanthemum time is certainly the most successful time for housewives where floral decorations are concerned. At the moment they are plentiful, and they are among the longest living flowers that I know. Chrysanthemums are a complete decoration in themselves, for, their own curly
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      SMART AND SEASONABLE.
      102 10 The illustration shows a very useful design'for this time of the year. It is a coat-frock of navy blue repp, opening down the front to the hipline where it is fastened together by a double row of small buttons. Fulness is given to the otherwise tight skirt
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      WARDROBE ECONOMIES.
      710 10  -  BY DORE CHABMON. j Now is the time when we look through the frocks which lhave served us so faithI fully all through the summer, and wonder i what w o shall do with them. Most of us have got past the stage of bundling them up, rough
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      NOVEMBER DAUGHTERS.
      567 10  -  BY ROSAMUND. Now, is your birthday on November Ist? Because, if sc, you have a com-p’-cx nature to deal wiith. Try to understand yourself better than you do and plan your life carefully, then I hope you will ,go far. I think you wi'l marry fairly young, ?,nd
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      LIGHTENING THE WASHING DAY.
      450 10  -  BY “KATHLEEN i The laundry bill i s a item ?n every horseho'd, an family can ists f grown-u P members, alarming proportions. And yet, the average wor n fo-. to mend matters by having the laundry done at home, owing to the hejj amount of
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      41 10 When Dreaded Cr^’ C A thing of dr. night "HI metallic cough, a t i > [breath, a threat {W i< j relief of know* of Chamberlain s rs house. See h- w n y jng phl< brings rest am Sold everywhere
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    VISIT OF GENERAL BOOTH.
    388 11 SINGAPORE n r tnwdl Booth, the world i of the Salvation Army, knovn H' a eX ienlP<l tour of the Far who S °r to arrive at Singapore on East W 'xwm’er 30, by the P- 0. Tae6 lV Karn Booth who was 70 yer.r« of
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    EXCHANGE
    109 11 IENAXft, NOVEMBER 18, 1926. By Court'.sy Gf The Chartered Lcndon bbm Hvik 2/3 3/4 Biu.i 2/4 1/8 3 U. ,dxt 2/4 13/32 A j Ojcuhycui u-y 2/4 7/16 •>*. 4daj s->.nv &e 1561> d Bombay i>.saud B t .ak 1542 2 kadr.B Daiwnd Bank 154| <■ E. p" r'-
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    THE SUPER-MILKMAN.
    121 11 THE SUPER- MILKMAN. your iSht manual issued b y a ployed y n iPan -X to its 600 emat a niiii° ie questions a^«eii S r on iidS ai t ShOUld be able Auction J C dealing with weight Studied l b ,l ln "ho has thoroughly «.per- mMual evolve
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    BATAK HABIT RUBBER LTD.
    989 11 i URTiIER INTEREST ACQUIRED. The sixteenth annual general meeting of the Batak Habit Rubber Estate, Ltd., was held on October 12 at Winchester Ilouse, E.C., Mr. E. L. Hamilton (the chairman) presiding. the Secretary (Mr. F.E. Maguire) having read tho notice convening the meeting and the
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    BUKIT LINTANG RUBBER ESTATES, LTD.
    542 11 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. The following is th e repoit by the dircctois to the nineteenth annual general meeting oi the Company, to be held on Thi’isday, the 28th day of October, 1925, at 12 o clock noon, within the registered office cf the Company, No.
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    THE SHARE LIST.
    158 11 following were the latest quo tatwns in Messrs. Kennedy and Co.'s share list at 11 a.m. to day Y. sterday. To-day. Shares. f M DO oc c. Sc. c. c. ft’inii g. SyerWengß. J. 55 1.70 1.55 1.75 i angrin Tin 36/- 38/- 35/6 36/9 atane P
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    UNITED TRADERS, LIMITED.
    81 11 The folkwing are our latest quotat *<ns Rubbers. Buyers. Sellers. kllenbys $315 3.25 Jelntorgs 110 1.15 < hangkats 10.50 10.75 'onnemaras 2.80 290 J- ram K. 1.80 1.90 fentakaba .62 .64 S. Tukangs U. Renuts .73 .75 Tins B. Padangs l.OO ditams 1.30 1.35 Kintas 2.17 i
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    TIN OUTPUTS.
    48 11 The output of Chenderiang Tin Dredging Limited, for half month ending 15th November was Dredge h >urs 296, piculs 140. Hydraulicing p culs 90. Austral Malay Tin Limited General Managers of Thabawffiik Tin Dredging .td., advise that the Tbabawleik dredge commenced dredging operations on fifteenth instant.
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    RUBBER OUTPUTS.
    248 11 The following are additional ruhffir on puts fo. October: lbs Shanghai Kelantan 27/00 Padang 26,100 Consolidated 84.500 Shanghai Kedah 36,140 Bute Plantations 24,000 Tanah erah 108,000 Dominion 47,359 Shanghai Pahang 23,447 Sungei Duri 32,445 Kota Bahroe 39,637 Rubber Estates of Krian 61,750 Padang Jawa 41,520 Gula Kalumpong 120,000
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      97 11 LABOUR ORDINANCE 1923 S.S. LABOUR CODE 1923 F.M SEMPLOYERS OF INDIAN LABOUR are hereby reminded that assessment returns for the preceding quarter must be sent to the Office of the Deputy Con troller of Labour, Penang, during the months of Apiil, July, October aaiu January. Forms for the return will
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      266 11 XMAS TOILET I NECESSITIES. J >»♦»< X WHEN you plan buying these, it’s a x good idea to drop in at BOON’S. —The S Chemists—where there is already a fine 0 selection of the very newest in HIGH J 2 CLASS TOILET REQUISITES for T persons of good taste. J
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    RUBBER POSITION.
    1134 12 REFRESHING OPTIMISM ON DEMAND QUESTION. A. W. S., writing from London to Straits Times under date October 21, says London stocks at the end of last week were reported to be 39,G50 tons, an advance of 2,424 on the week and of 33,520 since the beginning of the
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    DOUBLE-DECKED ROADS.
    135 12 j LORD MONTAGU’S £12,000,000 PLAN. Overhead and underground roads to relieve London’s traffic congestion were i suggested by Lord Montagu of Beaulieu in evidence before the Royal Commission on Cross-River Traffic. More street space for through traffic, he said, was needed, and higher average speed along main thoroughfares
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      336 12 EL (.WOOD'S HELMETS INSIST ON FAMOUS HAVING FOR AN OVER ELLWOOD. W 100 YEARS. OBTAINABLE FROM ALL STOREKEEPERS JOHN ELLWOOD SONS. 24, Great Charlotte Street. T nn4on. S F 1 w Ever Ready a MSI Sfl tWlw h frj, c=%# !K'f OS fcfigaf T- -a"thU-sk w w v Apr-Z'-J -<
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      262 12 HIGH PRAISE FROM ROME. Physicians of The Papal Household Prescribe and Commend DR. WILLIAMS’ PINK PILLS. A quarter of a century has elapsed since the late Dr. Lapponi, personal physician to His Holiness Pope Leo XIII. and afterwards to His Holiness Pope Pius X. wrote in warm terms of praise
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      158 12 BOVRIL Sts BEEF to you I/ H i Sr cup-ar.caf," ri aiidaliUle u coldoruiarm- il I' ,vnnannnflKi I flatidtrtcsxniidto 11 o|l fa man of action as g I' I Ktlasikeanwltsaa IS made -hl I a moment! L oral! Chemists and Stores Representative— Mr. H. M- Hodges, P.O. Box 274, SingaporeN?
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    LORD OXFORD AND KING EDWARD.
    541 13 50 YEARS’ POLITICS. The final words to Lord Oxford and Asquiths “Fifty A ears of Parliament,’’ published recently by Messrs. Cassell are “Wait and see." The ex-Premier, in thus concluding his book, shows some wit and a consistent wisdom for waiting and seeing is part
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    SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
    134 13 TO-DAY’S DEPARTURES. Ayuthia for Belawan (Deli) Paneh and Asaban. Reteh for Belawan (Del), Asahan and Paneh. Sri Maar for P. Langkawi and Kantang (Trang). Alipore for Colombo and Bombay. Ampang for Pangkor, Bindings and Sitiawan. Glenfalloch for Poit Swettenham, Singapore and China. Kinta for Port Swettenham and Singapore
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    PENANG MAILS.
    380 13 CLOSE DAILY (except Snndav). BT IM N Federated' Malay States, Malacca, Johore and Singapore. Registration and Parcel Po«t, except when otherwise stated, close half-an-hour earlie’ than the Ordinary mail. Resumption of Night Mail Service. The following additional mails will be closed ally (Sunday excepted) at 6 p.m. ’arit
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      241 13 188 tessTl IL/w .sgrj Travellers Should Carry Cuticura n a ily use of the Soap and Oint- dust and grime irritation, redness P f uchness of the face and is aifci keeps the skin soft and j of exU n C’-ticura Talcum is fra- refreshing, an ideal toilet p^wLr. Talcum
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      72 13 Eases Rheumatic Pains A stiff neck is soon eased and rheumatic pains in arms and shoulders disappear when Chamberlaii’s Pain Bahn is rubbed on the aching spot. It feels good to the skin, penetrates quick'./ to the very seat of pain, scattering the congestion, relieving the pressure and the pain
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      323 13 r'ill’liMllill— ....l'U.i LJL-I I IL-.ILW -rv S Refreshing after Exercise. I si > 1 -“4711” Eau de Cologne |S the companion of U. HI Sport. Its refreshing L 0 ga coolness after exercise '“'a?' is particularly appre- S' A 4 ciated by women. Applied x to tbe wrists and temples
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    CONTEMPORARY ASTERISKS.
    800 14 THE PRINCE AS A GOLFER. An Ancient Race. After buntv e and cross country riding, the Prince of Wales favours golf as an outdoor recreation. He made incidental reference to this fact at the gdhering held this week to welcome home Viscount Byng of Vitny, late Governor-Gene-ral of
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    NO WILL FOR £4,000,000 ESTATE.
    67 14 STATE WINDFALL. Nearly £4,000.000 has left by Mr. William A. Coats, a director of the famous Paisley thread firm—but no will has been found. Death duties will amount to £1,580,818. Ten of the members of the Coats firm have now died millionaires, their estates totalling
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      206 14 'Oifl© n I AV f /r h < ~y "*—2>— x s 1 YA\ 1 Men who know and cigm* tt6 Appreciate Good pJB. -Wl Things Smoke I \oJ Z~*\. £>«lM o I -W- -W “W“ THE BLUE TIN. J 7 ./yC’ I 11 u IM/j /X' M KtatMx -.f
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      38 14 For Coughs and Colds. When changeable weather or exposure to cold and wet results in bronchitis, start at once taking Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. Standard for over fifty years, and strongly recommended for stubborn, weakening coughs. For sale everywhere.
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      283 14 e "Smoking too much?. In both acute an d chrn pharyngitis (intlamed th induced by abuse of Formamint Tablets particularly efficacious P ed wn^-ME DICAL Press Sucking these palatable hanr less tablets renders the thl mouth and throat Eerm Js and scientifically clean. a Get a bottle of Formanjint to-d
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    MARKET PRICES.
    672 15 CHOWRASTA MARKET. Penang, November 18, 1926 nt. Matton Indian w« per lb 47 Mutton— Head, sheep or goat M each 1.00 Liver with heart lung do 1.30 Tripe M do 1.00 Goat or Sheep per lb 47 Sweet Bread pair 30 Leg of Muttoa M lb 47 Lamb
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      841 15 —t—— I A PRIZE LETTEfi j *-'■•'X«” pr i ,or The Cromwell-Crooks Co., I.C. j CLEVELAND. 5 gigjiorsu* or Royal Typewriter Company, Inc., j,«He. •"'I Br.nohe.. 2082. E V Amrlt H.n.kok. A Cleveland, Ohio. i lit" T Canton Cawnpore, ceur., M Jos'- nS7 n Hvphorg Hankow, Hon# Gentlemen; 4 Celon
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      185 15 x x g As Good PIJATKD II? A AsGood X H As Ever Jok 1 A As Ever X X The Fas’est 350 c. c. Machine. g FAST BUT NOT A FREAK X X X Docile in Traffic. X X X x The Machine that Holds 22 British x and
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      632 16 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE. MENELAUS in port London, Rotterdam and S ANTENOR Nov. 25 M .raeilles, London, Rotterdam and Glasgow. TPOII .US Dec 2 London, Rotterdam and Ham >urg. PYRRHUS Dea 9 M.meilles London. Rotterdam. and Hamburg. TYCAON Dec 16 London. Rotterdam and Hamburg. HECTOR Dec." 23 Marseilles, London, Rotterdarn
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      734 16 (NIPPON YUSEN i AISHA) LONDON LIND. Steamer Ports of Call. e Pb!®*." Colombo, Aden, Suez, Port Said, Marseilles. Gibraltar, London Antver > and Katori Maru do n?.,/ 1 1 Atsuta Maru do Kashima Maru do Hakone Maru do V™’ on Suwa Maru do FGH JAPAN FROM SINGAPORE, Hongkong, Shanghai Kobe,
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      618 16 P. 0.-BRITISH IND??* and apcar lines. (Companies Incorporated in England. MAIL. PASSENGER CARGO *1 !;v,Ui?s rKNINAI.'LAB AND ORIENTAL s. N. < (Under Contract with His Majesty’s Govern P. eft O BAILIMQS, LONDON—FAR-» A «TERN SERVICE. Far Singapore Hongkong, Shanghai, Moji For Colombo A 4. Yokohama and Kobe. a( bond.»,) Macedonia
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