Straits Echo, 25 November 1915

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  • 35 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS. CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL. 13. $24 Per Annum PENANG, THURSDAY, 25th NOVEMBER, 1915. Single Copy, 10 cents; No. 270
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    • 997 1 FRESH «RAPES. New Shipment Expected Shortly and Orders Solicited. Tiang Lee Co. For Cars on Hire BANKS EMPIRE “’The Little Aristocrat" Call at or 'phone (No. 694) to Georgetown Motor Garage 7 A Penang Road. Just Unpacked A New Shipment of Motor and Cycle Accessories. Repairs of Motor Cars and
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    • 16 1 I FRESH JjRAPES. I Choicest quality to last the season. Apply l Tiang Lee Co. I
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    • 56 2 DRINK m ®3 it-v v M $3 m im Kife H Km# I) i V <r J Sm Hft£ ft Sffib'i if *3 hMskl'J »u if»'-! C b m y»k SBI j^S®» THE ip ’lfejL «fSb --Saw^* f% ia. -■•i J BRAND H SOLE AGENTS: lIP B *SS M 9
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  • 1137 3 RELIGION AND THE WaK—AND THE Natt. I filled seme pages of my note-book with remarks on the above-named subject —aud then I tore them up. They contained a number of sayings which seemed to myself distinctly smart and amusing, and I was not ill-pleased with
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  • 676 3 Ia another column wo pnut for the delectation of uur readers, some expressions ot virtuous indignation against tue Telegraph which have been uttered by the German Consul in Canton. The* head and front of uur offending is our having had the audacity to hint, in a
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    • 515 3 BILIOUSNESS. There are many causes of this complaint, hut they all spring from a disordered liver which does not properly fulfil its functions, especially in a warm climate, when it becomes sluggish in its action. The bile is turned from its proper channel, and enters the blood, and the Hjyr'
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    • 40 3 Early Colds. Be careful of tbe colds you take at this time of the year. They are particularly dangerous. A neglected cold may mean a win-ter-long cold. Take Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy at once. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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    • 261 3 Children like Mellins thrive on it 5 Mellin’s Food always satisfies. It contains in correct proportion nutritive elements which, when the food is mixed with fresh cow’s milk, provide a complete and satisfactory diet for children of all ages from birth. L A Sample Bottle of Mellin’s Food, together with
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  • 1020 4 EMERGENCY RECRUITING A HUNDRED YEARS AGO. Lett bn Masse." London, October 27. In view of the present crisis, it is instructive to recall the steps that were taken for the national security during the last great emergency, in 1803-04. In 1803 we had a Regular Army none too
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  • 651 4 We stated recently that the subject of education for the entire country of China has been engaging much of the attention of President Yuan, who considers that “the good management of administrative affairs and the stability of a nation largely depend upon the education of the
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  • 272 4 With the withdrawal of the American flig, owing to the provisions of the new Seaman’s Act which came into force in the United States this month, the future of the Pacific carrying trade would seem to lie between Japan and China, the former being especially active
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    • 88 4 Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. When you have a bad cold you want a remedy that will not only give relief, but effect a prompt and permanent cure, a remedy that is pleasant to take, a remedy that contains nothing injurious. Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy meets all these requirements It acts on nature’s
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    • 2515 4 THE Eastern 8 Oriental Sales Room. By Order of Pussy Fatimah the administratrix of the Estate of Mahomed Ariff deceased TO BE SOLD BY PUBLIC AUCTION All the undermentioned valuable Freehold Properties at Nos. 52 and 54, Bishop Street, Penang, (except Lot No. 1 which will be sold by Public
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  • 409 5 On Monday, Oct. 25, many of the inhabitants of the country of watched, at four o’clock in the afternoon, a curious object travelling westward in the sky. It was curious because it continually changed its shape. Soon the rumour spi ead that it was a damaged
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  • 205 5 Kota Bahru, November 18. The S. V. 1., under Lieuts. Myles and Hashim, left for Singapore recently. They were stationed here for two months. Their duties included furnishing guards at night at such places as the bank, Residency, etc. There have been a number of bull fights in
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  • 316 5 Penang Women Woekees Amount previously acknowledged $781.00 Mrs. Hilton Magill 2 00 Mrs. Wilson, Caledonia (2nd don:) 500 Bridge Win 3 00 Madame Butterfly 3.00 $794 00 $689.51 has been speut on materials, leaving a balance of $104.49. Among the garments sent to Queen Mary’s
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  • 401 5 The Borea. ihrom Our Own Correspondent.') Langkawi, November 21. Langkawi is not far behind Penang in the matter of the Borea. Although in Penang the season has closed, in Langkawi it will continue up to the end of Mohoram. The party styled Anak Blanda consists of members of
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  • 274 5 With the death of Sir Henry Cotton. IK. C. S. 1., in St. John’s-wood, from heart I failure, passes the fifth successive representative of a great family of English administrators in India. He was in his seventy-first year. Sir Henry entered the Indian Civil Service 48
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  • 204 5 In referring recently to the lessons to be learnt from Japan as to the practice of thrift, now being so strongly inculcated at Home, we endeavoured to show that many of the ideas prevalent abroad as to Japanese tbriftiness are based on the false assumption that the Japanese
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    • 155 5 'j*at < UJ </> o UJ a: < o Ui £L V) (0 *> z < z < X u D m o w _l < Sole Agents PENANG AND KEDAH. Buchanans scotch WHISKY Bt n: 5gS5 v\ OIASOOW* ‘SOMETHING TO CROW ABOUT" BLACK&WHITE *v., MW Vfa ALWAYS THE HIGHEST
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    • 371 5 II J Westminster Cigarettes o TURKISH BLEND A. A. GRADE are unequalled. Packed in Hermetically Sealed Tins of 50’s. FOR SALE 0 BY ALL DEALERS IU NOT A SPORTING CHANCE BUT REALLY AN ENORMOUS SUCCESS THE EVENT OF THE SEASON AT THI STRAITS CINEMA, •PHONE NO. 628. TO-NIGHT! EMPIRE HALL.
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  • 90 6 S*ablipked daily (except Sunday* and pwklie holidays) AT THI CRITERION PRESS. Ltd. No. 59. Beach Street, Penang. Pnicn. Daily Local 124 per annnmt. Outstation... Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Post Free) 117.50 CABLB ADDBBSS ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo, 556 Printing Departnent 343 S' ei —All hu.ii'.i crmmuniMtioat »hcu!d
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  • 1423 6 Lord D*rbv’s dtnu ciati n of bis fellow peers who b«tvi b-en er;tici?iug tbs military operation?, and p irtieu’-arly the staff work in France and the Dardanelles, will carry weight with the plain man, because the Director of R-cruitiug—whose ancestor, ov the wav, declined the crown of
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  • 582 6 Mr O. de Vries, head of the central rubber testing factory in Java, is on a visit to the P. M. S. 1 0 Mrs Porteous, wife of Mr. P G. Porteous of the Madras and S-iuthern Mahratta railway, Perambore, met with a fatal accident on the
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  • 59 6 Nov 23 By Balance ...$42,465.32 24 Amount collected by J. H. Phipps as follows: Audit Office... 6 50 Public Works Department and Survey Office 13.05 Registry, Supreme Court 7.55 Education Department 25.00 Prisons Department 31 50 24 Balance 42,548.22 Remitted to Loudon 10,000
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  • 204 6 Nov. 19 By Balance $2,416 23 24 R. B. Kennedy 20.00 B E. Marsden 20 CO 24 Balance $2,486.23 Amount previously acknowledged 18,558 21 Total ...$21,044.44 Just before the war broke out a scheme was mooted in Switzerland for a large canal between the lakes of Geneva
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  • 1011 6 Birthday congratulations are due to-day to Mr. Andrew Carnegie, who enters on his eighty first year. He has lived so long and has done so much that it is no surprise to find that he has taken an active part m war, though not such a war as
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    • 193 6 J Mac T« n < FOR 55 Introduce our ir so that after the war there will be no room for xhe GERMAN article for the present month only we offer Hites at ‘rice of 4. The only condition is taat the 6 BoMes must be a single purchase. Prices:
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  • 607 7 (Reuter Service.) Copyright Telegram. ATTITUDE OF RUMANIA. UNEASINESS IN BERLIN. London. November 24 A telegram from Rotterdam states that gerlm continues to show uneasiness at Rumania’s attitude, fearing that Rumania will allow the passage of Ru-san troops to Bulgaria. The public are being prepared for this development. statements
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  • 819 7 (Reuter Service) Copyright Telegram. A s OLLECTIVE STEP. STATEMENT BY MINISTERS. London, November 24, 1.15 p.m. A telegram from Athens states that the I our Entente Ministers (Great Britain, France, Russia and Italy) made a collective demarche to M. Skouloudis, the Greek Premier, and handed him
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  • 838 7 (Reuter Service.) Copyright Telegram FOG IMPEDES OPERATIONS. Paris, November 24. A Paris communique states that the fog impeded artillery operations. Nevertheless we silenced enemy batteries at Roclincourt, on the Aisne, and in Argonne. Otherwise the day was featureless. Felling German Aeroplanes. Recently Sir John French has been
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  • 80 7 (From Our Own Correspondent,) Singapore, November 25. At the Singapore Rubber Auction 258 tons of rubber were offered for sale and 123 tons were sold at the following prices Smoked sheets $160 to $169 per picul fair $160 plain $152 $162 ribbed $152 $156 Sheets plain, unsmoked
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  • 225 7 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. PLAIN TALK BY LORD DERBY. A FIERCE DENUNCIATION. London, November 24. Lord Derby, Director of Recruiting, speaking at the Stock Exchange, fiercely denounced, amid continuous cheers, Lord St. Davids and Lord Ribblesdale for their speeches in the House of Lords and gave the
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  • 68 7 (From Our Chen Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, November 25. Second Lieutenant C. A. MacGregor, of the 9th Gordons, was killed in action on September 25. Mr. MacGregor was formerly planting in Selangor and more recently he was employed on the Bruseh Tin Mine, Perak. Captain C. J.
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  • 234 7 The following articles will be found on our outside pages:— Page. 3. —A Grand Fleet Chaplain’s NoteBook. The Germans in China. 4. —China’s New Education Scheme. Military Matters. The Pacific Carrying Trade. 5. —Was It a Zap Kelantan News. Queen Mary’s Needlework Guild. Langkawi Notes. Friend of the Coolie.
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  • 144 7 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. STATEMENT IN THE COMMONS. London, November 23. In the House of Commons, in reply to Sir John Rees, Unonist Member for Nottingham, who asked whether an amnesty would be applied to the case of the Buddhist prisoners in Ceylon who were involved in
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  • 854 7 Sir James Yoxall, M.P., writes Loathsome as it seems to imagiue oneself a German in Germany now, let us do it awhile. Suppose you saw your investments dwindling to nothing just when your earned income was so terribly falling off that make use of your savings you
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  • 1053 7 CHINESE CHARGED. The preliminary enquiry into the case against Poon Ah Ki, Poon Ah Git, Kuan Ah Tong and Yuen Ah Keng, charged with assembling for the purpose of m.iking preparation for gang robbery, was commenced yesterday afternoon in the Second Court before Mr. E. E.
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  • 146 7 Obituary. Tke Hob. Mr. E. A. Hewett. (From Our Own Correspondent). Singapore, November 25. The death has taken place at Hongkong of the Hon. Mr. E. A. Hewett, Member of the Hongkong Legislative Council, and Superintendent of the P. <fc O. Steam Navigation Company. [Mr. Elbert Angsar Hewett was fifty-five
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  • 1031 8 In common with many other national institutions the English Turf in 19U has r gone through strange and eventful changes. For some years now it has fallen to me in this column rapidly to pass over the 1 leading events of the season. This year
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  • 946 8 The amended figures of Federated Malay States revenue and expenditure for the year 1916 show that the Administration expects 1 to receive something over 37 J million dollars and to expend rather under 36 millions, the estimated surplus being $1,602,885- The estimated revenue is as usual very
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  • 1095 8 There is much that is far from pleasing J in the immediate prospect of affairs but c what is more important than an emergency is the spirit in which people meet it. Broad- 1 ly speaking the present emergency consists in the ugly fact that
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  • 762 8 We mis-took Hill 70 by a misplaced comma, and although the fact is not generally recognised in our schools, it may be urged that, from the practical Jpoint of view, correct punctup.tion is more important than correct orthography. 44 Look after the commas, and the spelling may
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 529 8 WANTED. A CHINESE CLERK with a good hand. Apply to WANCHEE ARIFFIN, 166, Hutton Lane. 685 WANTED. COMPETENT COMPOSITORS, Salary according to qualification. Apply in person to FOREMAN, Straits Echo.' DRESSER WANTED. Qualified dresser wanted for an estate in Lower Perak. Free Quarters. Apply stating salary required to Da. E.
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    • 12 8 For Children’s Hacking Cough at Night, Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, Is. 6d,
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    • 55 8 Chronic Constipation. Chamberlain’s Tablets can and do cure constipation. One or two of these tablets taken at bed time will keep the bowels open, and while doing so will invigorate the stomach and put the disordered liver in a condition to do its work in a natural manner- For sale
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    • 113 8 What an anxious time Las the mother with a growing family to look after. Generally one or the other is ailing has caught a chill, or is feverish. With a bottle of WOODS’ GREAT PEPPERMINT CORE in the medicine chest the worry is much diminished. A dose or two of
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    • 609 8 KTOTICB PRINCE OF WALES’ RELIEF FUND. A PUBLIC MEETING will be held in the Town Hall, Penang on Monday, 6th December, 1915 at 4.30 p.m. Business. To discuss the advisability of closing the Penang Prince of Wales’ Relief Fund. To decide to what Public Fund or Funds the contributions hitherto
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  • 206 9 Some peopio are naturally thin. There is also a natural pallor but most people who are both thin and pale are far from well and thev need a tonic. Many people neglect to take a tonic until they get so sick that a touic is not sufficient just
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  • 982 9 VIVID STORY OF GERMAN i OCCUPATION. > 1 Clever French Robe. Paris, November 20. i A high Government official of one of the AUied Powers who has just leached Paris alter being shut up in Lille since the Germans occupied tho town tells us au interesting story
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  • 904 9 TEUTON AGAINST BRITON. A Hundred Years’ War. Herr Houston Stewart Chamberlain, who, although the son of au English Admiral, has become a German, recently contributed to the Hamburg Nachrichten his views on the present aud future relations between EoglaLd and Germany. He is convinced that the J
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 301 9 RAI S.AHFB Dr. K. C. DAS’S SWASTHYA SAHAYA HEALTH RESTORER and LITERATURE. ELEVENTH EDITION can uow be obtained gratis and post free from Sole Agents for S S. F.M.S. THE PENANG RUBBER STAMP Co., 40, Church Street, Penang. Sub-Agents THE FRIEND OF THE PUBLIC Co., 49, Lahat Road, Ipoh. MALAYAN
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    • 93 9 rhe Eastern United Assurance Corporation Ltd. Hoad Office: SINGAPORE. The undersigned has been appointed Agent for tho above Corporation, and is now prepared to accept MARINE 6’ FIRE RISKS ateurrent rates. QUAII BENG EEE, 4-J. Reach. Street, EYE-SIGHT RESTORED. AN INFALLIBLE REMEDY for ali sorts of eye diseases. It cures
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    • 11 9 For Chronic Chest Complaints, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cm a is. Gd
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    • 61 9 A Favorite Rub Dawn. Tho golfer, the footbill player and the all round athlete know the value of Chamberlain’s Pain Balm. It is just the thing for a rub down after a hard game. All soreness disappears like magic aud sprains and swellings are cured in one-third less time than
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    • 467 9 jj When Baby persistently brings up his Food is a mother’s most anxious time. Weary and worried, she tries one food after another until baby becomes a mere little skeleton. But if a mother in this predicament would be guided by her doctor she would give baby Glaxo —the Food
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  • 1030 10  -  AN IMAGINARY SOLILOQUY AT POTSDAM, By Major G. W. Redway. We have been fighting for a year and two months our mercantile marine is laid up our navy no longer neutralises the British Grand Fleet; the submarine terror has been somehow overcome, and the Zeppelin visitations have
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  • 915 10  -  A FRENCH CHARACTER SKETCH. By G. Ward Price. Paris, Friday. The British officer has always been an object of the rather puzzled admiration of the French. His reserve was sometimes taken for coldness at first, and bis strong prejudices about the need of bath accommodation seemed
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    • 54 10 Chronic Constipation. Chamberlain's Tablets can and do cure constipation. One or two of these tablets taken at bed time will keep the bowels open, and while doing so will invigorate the stomach and put the disordered liver in a condition to do its work in a natural manner. For sale
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  • 2072 11 THE NAVY’S TASK OFF GALLIPOLI. E B0T om N ae EaBt I no U PPOB9 any race except the English would have attempted this expediw I to the Dardanelles, and lam quite cerItain that no other nation would have persistled in it after the many obstacles
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    • 233 11 BAXTER 8 Co.’s BEST NAVY CANVAS SANtI LANDS, IBTTIRY t C>. DAVID CORSAR 8 SON’S Well-Known Extra Canvas, Mo. 0. SANDILANDS, BOTTERY 8 Co. John Bazley White 8 Brothers’ PORTLAND CEMENT., “LION BRAND/’ Sxndihtods, Buttery Co /.GENTS FEN o*9 (V T.H r. MHMMH WMETT* -W———W— —im«—l HOTEL NORMAN. Penang’s Select
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    • 50 11 C3XSJMX.'■AWW. Accidents Will Happen It may be impossible to prevent an accident, but it is not impossible to be prepared for it. Chamberlain’s Pain Balm is not beyond anyone’s purse, and with a bottle of this liniment you are prepared for most anything. For Bale by all Dispensaries and Dealers
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    • 238 11 X DOC 3QOOOOC n BY ROYAL APPOINTMENT. u S'! I kJ o n Contractor» to THE ADMIRALTY, THE WAR OFFICE, THE INDIA OFFICE, n o n ALL Government Hospitals IN THE Straits Settlements AND Federated Malay States. OBTAINABLE RETAIL m m H V. K n i \>r, Mitt air :-V"
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    • 1785 12 oS S.N.C" >5 P.&O. Wireless Telegraphy, fitted on all Steamers. All Cabins are fitted with Electric Fans FREE of Charge and each berth is furnishe with an Eleotrio Reading Lamp. iExpected Arrivals and Departures. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD. Fob Intindid to Sa.il. Stbambb. Singapore. Thur., 2nd Dec., 4
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