Straits Echo, 4 December 1903

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    35 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OH EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES, AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL. 1. $24 Per Annum. PENANG, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4th, 1903. Single Copy, 10 cents. No. 156.
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    HIGH WATER.
    40 1 p or Week ending Thursday, Dec. 10, 1903 A.M. H.M. Friday, 4th 0.20 0.52 Saturday, 5th 1.17 1.48 Sunday,' 0th 2.08 2.34 Monday, 7th 3.00 3.20 Tuesday, 8th 3.51 4.17 Wednesday, 9th 4.41 5.00 Thursday, 10th 5.34 0.00
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    THE MOON.
    21 1 November. 0 Full Moon Dec. 5th, 1.08 a.m. (Last, Quarter... 1 lt.li, 5.48p.m. 0 New Moon 19th, 4.21 p.m.
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    FIXTURES.
    40 1 To-day. Municipal Meeting. 3 p.m. Town Hand, Esplanade. 5-30 p.m. Sale of Fancy Articles Engineers' Institute, 4-30 p.m. Negapatam Mail for Europe leaves '2 p.m. To-morrow. Negapatam Mail is expected at 3 a.m. Town Hand, (4olf Club, 5-30 p.m.
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    P & O. SAILINGS.
    38 1 P O. SAILINGS. Mail Service. Outwards. Homewards. Coromandel 10 Dec Chuean 12 Dec Bengal 24 j Ballaaraf 26 Extra Service. Outwards. Homewards. Palermo l.jl)**• j P'oruuma Palma :*9 Manila 2 Jan fef F or particulars See Page 8.
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  • TELEGRAMS.
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      Straits Dinner.
      164 1 A huge Success. i Rrtifrr's Srmrr. London, 3rd Dec.— The Straits I)i mier ivas held under the pre- sidency of Mr. W. G. Gulland. The quests numbered two hundred and fifty and included principal officials and merchants connected with tlie Straits Settlements. The chairman announced that a portrait
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      United States.
      93 1 The New British Ambassador. (Renter's Service.) London, 3rd Dec.—The Rt. Hon. Sir Henry Mortimer Durand, (t.C.M.G., K.C.SL, K.C.1.E., P.C., tile lately appointed British Ambassador to the United States, has presented his credentials to President Roosevelt. He informed President Roosevelt that King Edward had directed him to assure him
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      Russia and China.
      25 1 (Ceylon Standard Service.) London, 2oth Nov.—A Standard despatch from Tientsin states that the Russians have re-oceupied Huicheng, thirty miles north of Niuchwang.
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      “Joe’s ” Optimism.
      113 1 “Joe’s Optimism. Free Trade Doomed. London, 21st Nov.—Mr. Chamberlain in a speech at Cardiff, which was characterised by the utmost confidence, said he thought that Tariff reform had made good progress and that Free Trade was doomed. Mr. Chamberlain, addressing a mass' meeting of working men at Newport* said I
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      Italy and Britain.
      208 1 The Royal Visit to London. Ceylon Standard Service) London, 20th Nov.—King Edward and King Victor Emmanuel had a day's shooting to-day on Virginia Water. King Victor Emmanuel afterwards received a number of deputations at Windsor. A State banquet took place j in the evening. Renter is informed
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      Austria Hungary.
      76 1 An Open Conflict. Loudon, 20th Nov.—The Army settlement mentioned on the 30tli ultimo led to an open conflict between the Austrian and Hungarian Premiers. Count Tisza in the Diet described the speech of Herr Koerber in the Reichsrath, regarding the same, which offended the Hungarian sentiment, as an
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    The Exclusion Act.
    304 1 Predicament of a Chinese Lady. Mas. Tin Quan. a Chinese lady with lily feet,” is at present occupying "one of the wards in the detention quarters of the Immigration Department of the Customs and she is most anxious to effect an entrance into the city of Manila,
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    Rubber Planting in the Malay Peninsula
    767 1 Mr. Edmund B. Prior, of the Klang Coffee Cultivation Co., Ltd., Golden Hope Estate, Klang, Selangor, writes to the Colombo Standard under date of 14th November on the above subject:— To TfiK Editor o? tiik Ceylon Standard. Sir. —In your issue of the29th Octoberlast
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  • Shipping.
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      ARRIVALS.
      138 1 Lady Weld, Br. s.s. 246, Treweeke, 3rd Dec., T. Anson, 2nd Dec., Gen., Straits S. S. Co. 1 Van Swoll, Dut., s.s. 1,870, Cramer, 4th Dec., Acheen. 23rd Nov., Gen., —H. L. A Co. Avagyee, Dr. s.s. 247, Morier, 4th Dec., Teluk Anson, 3rd Dec., Gen., —Koe Guau Co.
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      DEPARTURES.
      59 1 4th Decern l*?r. Zaida, for Negapatam, Madras, Pondicherry Cuddalore and Karical taking Mails for Europe, etc. via Madras. R. Halewyn, for Asahan. Artmdong for Batu Bahra. Vindobona, for Singapore, China and Japan. C/um Tai. for Perlis and Setul. (jumper*', for Port Swetteulnim and Malacca Reyn, for Edie, T. Semawe,
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      IN PORT.
      62 1 Avagyee, Br. s.s. 247, Morier, 4th Dec., Teluk Anson, 3rd Dec., Gen., —Koe Guau Co. Jin Ho, Br. ss. 110, Hastrup, 4th Dec., Langkat, 3rd Dec., Gen., —B. Bros. Rotorua, Br. s.s. 676, Brown, 4th Dec., Port Swettenhani, 3rd Dec.. Gen., Koe Guan Co. Kistna, Br. s.s. 524,
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      EXPECTED.
      28 1 Vessel» From Agents Due A. A pear Singapore A.A.A.Co. 4th Dee C Apcar Calcutta A.A.A.Co. 4tli Suevia Japan B.M.&Co. 11th Ben led i London S.B.&Co. 1 12th
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      SAILINGS.
      88 1 Ve ag el For Aijents Leaven A. A pear Calcutta A.A.A.Co. 5th Dec. 0. Apear Singapore do. |5th Suevia Hamburg B.M.&Co. 11th Healed i Singapore S.B.&Co. jl3th We would direct tlie attention of «hipping firms to the style in which Steamers Expected and Projected Sailings” are published in tlie
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      PASSENGERS.
      72 1 Inward —Per Lady Weld,” from Teluk Anson, Mr. Barnett. Per Van 5w011,,” from Acbeen, Mr. Keistelyn. Per Jin Ho," from Laugkat, Mr. Van Emtnerick. Per Rotorua,” from Port Swettenham, Messrs. Kliam Sin Kong. Khan Sin Bee, Chan Aaik Long, Ong Hin Sing Mr. Lye Fat aud wife Per Zaida,”
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      MAILS CLOSE
      63 1 Fok I>eii Per Calypso, to-morrow, 11 a,m. Langkiit—Per Jin Ho, to-morrow, 1 p.m. I)eli—Per Petrel, to-inorrow, 1 p m. Teluk Anson—Per Avagyee, to-morrow, 2 p.m. Port Swettenliam and Singapore—Per Rotorua, to-morrow, 2 p.m. Moulmein—Per Janet Nicoll, to-morrow, 3 p.m. Port Swettenhain and Singapore—Per Kistna, to-morrow, 3 p.m. Edie,
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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      74 1 A. E. SKEELS. 31, Beach Street. Singing and Piano Lessons GIVEN BY Maestro MARIO PACI ANI) Madame BEATRIX MANNSFELDT. Separate Lessons $5 each. Lessons by the Month (2 Lessons per week). $35 per month. For further information apply at the address of the Artistes. SEA VIEW HOTEL. Farqukar Street. 1
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      88 1 To-day’s Advertisements. TIANG LEE Co., Merchants and General Importers, r e x a N a. Wholesale Office53, BEACH STREET. General Store Department:— 95, BEACH STREET. JUST RECEIVED Egyptian Cigarettes, Egyptian Cigarettes, 'Gold or Cork Tip, per tin $3 of 50 packets, 10 Cigarettes each. The Cheapest m Price ami Best
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      3 1 Read 2 7.
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      39 1 NOTICE, AGENTS wanted in every Town. Splendid opportunity for capible men. Good salary. Apply (enclosing 4 annas in stamps) to the Manager, Union Indian Trading Company, 34, Popham's Broadway, Madras, India-12-10-03. BURMAH CHEROOTS. A He ft lister Co., Ltd.
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      7 1 A. E. SKEELS. V* 31, Beach Street.
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
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      27 1 WEATHER Thk following report is kindly supplied by the Signal Director of Fort Cornwallis: The rainfall during the 24 hours ended at, 9 a.m. to-day was nil.
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    Malay States Coffee Co.
    681 2 Ordinary General Meeting. Thk ordinary general meeting of the Miilav State» Coffee Company, Limited, was held on 21 »t ultimo at the registered office of the Company (Messrs la**, Hedges Co.), Colombo. There were present:—Mr. V. A. Julius (in the chair), Mr. A. A. Hankey, Mr.
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    Ethnological Survey of F. M.S
    456 2 Mu. U. C. Robinson, Curator of the Selangor Museum, writes in his annual report: In the future development of the Museum it would be well to work on two distinct and parallel lines—i.e., the races inhabiting the Peninsula should be studied on a strictly anthropological
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    Passengers Outward.
    211 2 Per P. and O. steamer Himalaya, connecting with the steamer Coromandel, at Colombo, from London. Nov. 18—To Shanghai Mr. and Mrs. \V. Stuart. Mr. and Mrs. Blennerfasset. Miss E. A. Chatworthy, Mrs. Wheeler and infant, To Hong Kong Mr. and Mrs. Measor and children. Mr. and Mrs. Garrod,
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      153 2 UNI SUN HO CHOP HENG MOH Co., 164, Beach Street, Penang. Importers of all kinds of European Cloth and General Commission Agents. NOTICE. W. W. RICHARDSON, ENGINEEER AND CONTRACTOR, SERE.M BAN. HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING A SPECIALITY PIPE" LINES DESIGNED AND INSTALLED. MINING BY BUCKET DREDGERS AND HYDR AULIC GRAVEL ELEVATORS CENTRIFUGAL
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      2273 2 No. 10/11. Posada Tarragouas, doz. 810, bot. 50.90 Club, Dry Champagne, Periquex, Babies. 844 case. 4 doz., 811 doz. WANTED. De[TANTED by the Public Works partment, Sarawak. Telephone Foreman capable of taking charge of installation and repairing work. Apply to the Hon. the Resident. Kuching. Sarawak, giving references and stating
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      1870 3 BANKS O Iff N. Co. Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen. ftxjxrtnl arrival ami I>rjurhir**. Mail Service. Outwards N BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION Co., Ltd. Hamburg-Amerika Linie, Hamburg. 5 Chartered Bank of India, Koninklijke Paketvaart Maatschappij, Negapatam Lines of Australia and China. Steamers. Intenukii Sailing and Expected Ah rivals of Steamers. INCORPORATED BY
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    The Straits Echo.
    77 4 Justice sati<*9es everybody, and justice aldMe^mrr^n, Established June Ist, 1903. Published daily (except Sundays.) ATT.JX CRITERION PRESS, Ld., No. 226—232, Beach Street, Penang. PRICE: DAILY, LOCAL fit auuuiii. (Post Free) 27 MAIL KDITION (Post Free) 13 <• CAULK ADDRESS: “E c h c—P cnang.” Telephone No. 188.
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    Pitchforking.
    819 4 The Appointment of Governors. It is not often that we find London papers troubling much about fite affairs of Crown Colonies. Items of news concerning them are published jn a, perfunctory manner as news, and it is seldom that anv intelligent Criticism on purely Crown Colony affairs is forthcoming.
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    Kinta Tin Mines.
    63 4 M e are courteously informed that the details of the Kinta Tin Mines’ output for the month of November are as follows:— Output 250 piculs A pproximate value 811.000 Receipts from water rent 8 4,946 Total expenditure for the month 8 9,000 The 89,000 expenditure includes 82.500
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    Selangor Races.
    107 4 Alteration of Programme. Entuies Close 12th December. An important alteration of the programme for the Selangor Turf Club’s New Year Meeting is made. Race No. 7. (First Day; should read as follows The Ex-Griffin Race. —Value 8400. aud 850 to the second horse provided there are five starters
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    Plague.
    306 4 The Outbreak in Sklaxuok. s kiting from Kuala Lumpur on 2nd i instant, one of our correspondents con9 firms the news of three cases of bubonic plague, as reported in this journal on 11 the 28th ult-., and adds J There have been no more cases of plague in
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    Bad Dollars.
    52 4 The Strait# Times (30th Nov.) says it is quite evident there are many spurious new dollars current in Singapore at the present moment. This morning we were shown one whose falseness the average man could only detect by the ring. In other respects it was a credit to
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    Taiping Hospital.
    866 4 A Model Worth Imitation. It hits been my good fortune or otherwise to have become acquainted with many hospitals in different parts of the civilised globe. If our hospital here cannot compete with oth* rs in bulk, it can most favourably sis regards comfort, neatness, cleanliness and homeliness,
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    Kinta Gymkhana Club.
    264 4 1904 Meeting. The Kinta 1904 griffins were drawn on the 21st Novemlier at Batu Gujah. Tin v are an unusually well conditioned hatch anil upficur to have given universal satisfaction The public fancies (were Nos. 5 and ]•> while Nos. 3. 8. 15 and 23 (especially the
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    Post Office Robbery.
    641 4 Registers Missing. Fraud Detected in Calcutta. Rangoon, 23rd Nov.—This morning a Burman clerk having charge of the stamps and registers in the Rangoon Stamp and Registration Office ieported that the whole of bis registers had been taken from an ulmiruh. On the lOtli j instant, a communication
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      437 4 pew ukd M» niNEs Pritchard Co., AGENCY. IS. Beach Street, Penang. General Manager: FRANK DENNYS. Head Ojfiee at No. 3, Hiwh Low Stkket, Ipoh. Telegraphic Addrw: “CHABUT.”' IpoJf. Christmas Code used, A. H. C. 4th Edition. t i Perfumery. FOR SALE. 2 Very Fine Brick mid Wood Houses, ipoh. 3
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      7 4 ROSE’S LIME JUICE. McAlister St Co., Ltd
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    The Reichstag.
    46 5 (/<V«ft*rV Serrirr.j London, 4th Lee.—-The session of the German Reichstag has been opened, the Kaiser, who invariably attends the opening ceremony, being absent. It is obvious from this that His Majesty is still too unwell to attend to official businen*. —Ed., S. A’.j 1
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    The "Peace” Negotiations.
    150 5 The Peace” Negotiations. Echo’s” News again Confirmed.. (lteutei\x Servin'.) London, 4th Dec.—The reported Russo-Japanese Agreement is discredited at Tokio. [ln our last issue we published a lengthy special from our London Correspondent in the course of which it was stated Baron Hay as hi. the Japanese Minister in London, when
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    A Smart Move.
    126 5 John Bull gets the Chilian Warships. jV liter's Service liOudon, 4th f)eu.-—Great Britain lias purchased the two jUhilian warships (the Liberated and Cmtxtituriou,) now in course of construction in England, for one million eight hundred and seventy-five thousand pounds on completion. CJhiii asked two million two hundred
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    Tibet.
    481 5 A Triumph for British Diplomacy. (Uniter'# Service,) London, +th Dec. —The jSntiounl /•‘itung, published in Berlin, publishes a telegram from its St. Petersburg Correspondent reporting that the prompt and decisive British action in regard to Tibet was initiated in the nick of tune to prevent the proclamation of a
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    Dr. Gnoh Lean Tuck.
    3910 5 The Banquet at Kuala l.umpur. h font iJnr (Jtcji Correspondent.) 1 1 Kuala Lumpuic, 3rd Dec.—As promised in my last contribution J now give vou, Irom notes taken on Saturday night, the i substance of the. sjieeolies made by Messrs Loke Chow' Thye and Law Yew
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  • Money Market.
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      EXCHANGE.
      115 5 Penano, 4th December. (By courtesy oj the Chartered Batik.) London Demand Bank 1/9 J 4 months’si "lit Bank ...1/10 3 Credit 1 /10^ 3 Documentary ...1/10, 5 Calcutta, Demand Bunk Rs. 134$ 3 days’ sight Private 1361 Bombay, Demand Bank 134$ 3 days’ sight Private 136$ Madras, Demand Bank
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      2002 6 Posada, Very Old Bottled Port, doz. $BO. lx>t. $7 PENANG FOUNDRY Co., Capital Subscribed Amount Paid-up Reserve Fund INSURANCES. Oanton Insurance Office, Limned. 52,500,000 500,000 730,000 Hkai> Office, Honokono. General Agents. Messrs. Jardine, Matheson Co. THE undersigned having been appointed Agents for the above Company are j Weld Quay, &37
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    The “Supao” Case.
    310 7 Nanking Viceroy Orders Trial. (Shanghai Times, 19th Nov.) Our readers will recollect that we stated a short time ago that the Consular Body had transmitted- their final views re the Supao case to the Nanking Viceroy upon the instructions of their respective Ministers, requesting him to take
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    Foochow Arsenal.
    334 7 A TELEGRAM from our London correspondent (says the Hongkong Telegraph) contains the important information that the Peking Government has consented to the Arsenal at Foochow remaining under the direction of French engineers for another period of four years. This news has a particular importance at the present time,
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    Russia’s Dilemma.
    252 7 Strong British Diplomacy. The Express Paris correspondent, writing on October loth, says 1 had to-day an interview with a well-known member of the French diplomtic service. The information he «rave me was so remarkable that, though I am not allowed to use his name, I consider it to
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    Naval Affairs.
    572 7 New WARshies Ordered. London, 6th Nov.—The Admiralty have directed three new armoured cruisers of the first class to be built for the Royal Navy bv contract, bearing the names of Achilles, Cochrane, and Natal. They have V>een designed by Mr. P. Watts, director of Naval Construction. The engines
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      763 7 Sandilands Butterv Co, 20, Beach Street, PENANG. PERRIER JOUET CHAMP AQNES. AGENTS HUTTENBACH BROS. Co. Graham Co., Ld., w cornfield, PENANG. Andrew Usher Go.’s SPECIAL RESERVE O.V.G. Whisky. CRAIfifiLI.ACHiE (iI.ENI.IVET DISTILLERY Co.’s GAELIC “OLD SMUGGLER” |m WHISKY. KITSON LAMPS. The Finest. Light in Existence. Apply to WHOLESALE CHEMISTS, 4 Peach
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      10 7 Club Dry Champagne, Pereguex, tloz. qt. 314 Jo/,. pt. §2
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      97 7 British India Steam Navigation Co., Limited. SEA TRIPS DURING THE X’MAS HOLIDA YS. RETURN TICKETS, available l>etween 15th Deceml>er and 15th Januarv next, will be granted at SINGLE FARES, for l>oth Ist and 2nd Class, to the undermentioned places, viz.: Ist Class. 2nd Class. For further information or particulars of
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      2037 8 Straits Settlements Post and Telegraph Department. PUBLIC TELEPHONE EXCHANGE, PENANG. LIST OF CONNECTIONS. No Name No N aine. Allan and Irving (Foundry) Allan, J. G. Allan Irving (Office) Anthony, Stephen. Anthony, J. M. Anderson, A. F. G. Avetooin, Dr. T. C. Room. Anthony Co. Aitken, J. B. Adams, A. R.
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