Straits Echo, 30 August 1917

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    36 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. 4 VOL. 15. $24 Per Annum. PENANG, THURSDAY, 80th AUGUST, 1917. Single Copy, 10 cents. No. 203.
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      1078 1 V i 4 ■A'* s_n ne Georgetown Motor Garage Tel Address:-) 7A, PENANG H kimteik, No j ROAD. L 624. Penang. 1 for sale. Two only 2 seater, commonwealth partin-palmer cars. Two only, 2 seater, Modeie-De-luxe two stroke, MOTOR CYCLES. A Fleet ot English and American Cars tor hire day
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      15 1 NA&S MitJS 0f wmea DIE 15. L^cTioin use FjO* J2f !S< Oo.i lOMri mmm* ess
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    Affairs in China.
    1897 3 What Pbbsident Fbno Mat Accomplish. V.ce-President, Feng Kuo Chang now the Acting President, is in Peking at last. His presence here in the cap tal as the lawful successor to the Presidential office will undoubtedly remove the mist that has been enshrouding the political situation particularly here
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      436 3 Look thftt ftir of «Mirny scarecrowsWhy don’t Ih.y try Sargol t EXCESSIVE THINNESS Doctors Say There Is Safe Simple Way To Get Fat.* Dr. Armaat emiae.t Fre.eh authority. itelare, **.hi, i, the most .«ce.sf.l method cf putting on firth.** ««ccessiti Women who find it difficult to dress well on account
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      438 3 EC) a a Anaemia or Poorness of Blood, is far more prevalent than is generally supposed. Men, Women and Children are all liable to suffer. If neglected, serious consequences may result. If taken when the symptoms are first noticed, it is a very simple matter to enrich the blood and
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    The Turkish Strength and Its Disposition.
    1841 4 A department of the war which requires studv, is the probable strength of the Turkish army and its disposition, lhe four allies who are our enemy in Eastern and South-eastern Europe are. iu the main, watching, ihey have suffered no rec nt reverse. They
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    PRODUCE.
    209 4 Pinavo, August 30. aP T.p.oc. $12 ..log Lrjr 00 BK r p^ 0a, ,,b 5 i: 1 2 Vf b h Whit, P-pper ij "T' Trang Pepper »30 sp 104 Mace ...932 season over eiiu nom. Mace Pickings 48 lella 2l°T eB 50 seller,. Nutmegs 110. S 5 sellers.
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    Market Prices.
    272 4 PlHl.N0, 30th Auoust 1917. Beet dt% Soup per catty ]6 Roast 28 eteaka 28 Stew or Curry Meat 18 Rump Steak 28 Ox Tail each 40 Tongue 50 Feet 30 Heart 40 Liver per oatty 35 Fillet of Beef 60 Pore— Pork per catty 60 with fat 40
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      99 4 Next Friday, AUGUST 31st, Next Friday NOTE THE DATE J DOORS OPEN 9 o'clock ;D0N’T BE LATE! Whiteaway, laidlaw’s CLEAR-OUT SALE OF Hemnants and Oddments of all kinds of Goods, REMNANTS TO BE CLEARED HALF-PRICE. TRAVELLERS' SAMPLES MARKED HALF-PRICE, SOILED STOCKS S O 'X BELOW COST PRICES. I Remember the
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      57 4 Supplied by all Chemists. Physicians prescribe Chamberlain's Colic, Cbfl«ra and Diarrhoea Remedy became it relieves cramps in the stomach and intestinal pains quickpr tb&n any preparation they can compound. It can be bought from any chemist shop. A bottle will keep for years, and no borne is complete without it.
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      72 4 Teething Children. Teething children have more or less diarrhoea, which can be controlled by giving Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, All that is necessary is to give the prescribed dose after each operation of the bowels more than natural and then castor oil to cleanse the system. It is
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    Bukit Mertajam Cases.
    403 5 (/"row* Our Own, Correspondent.) At the Bukit Mertajam Police Court, before Mr, G. A. Hereford, on Monday, a Malay Darned Hamat bin Sahid was convicted of negligently allowing his bullocks to stray on the public road, and sentenced to pay a fine of $5 or undergo rigorous
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    School Gardens.
    414 5 (To the Editor of the Times of Malaya.) Sir,—Iu view of local conditirns I cunnot ray whether or not it would be relevant to discuss schcol gardens as agencies to increase the local supply of fo .dstuffs. Though these gardens are primarily educational iu character, they have indirectly
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    Penang Rubber Auction.
    91 5 The undermentioned prices were realised for rubber sold by Messrs. Allen Dennys and Co. at .their 311th Auction Sale to-day Smoked Diamond Sheet No. 1 $116 to $118 per picul Smoked Diamond Sheet No. 2 103 112 do Plain Smoked Sheet 100 do Unsmoked Sheet No. 2
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    Our Day 1917.
    276 5 In Aid of thb Rbd Cross Fund, A largely attended meeting of the general committee was held in the Office at 4.15 on Wtdnesdav; August 29. The President, the Hon. Mr. W. Peel, addressed the meeting and bdefly explained the objects of the Red Cross Society and
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    Shares.
    149 5 The following are tbe alterations in Messrs. A. A. Anthony Co.’s share list to-day:— Bilgownie Rubber Estates $6 buyers and $6 30 sell* r-; Bitu Linting $4,40 buyers; Changkat 8erdang Estates $9.60 83llers; Glenealv Plantation 82 35 buyers and $2.50 sellers Kuala S dim Rubber $43 50 buyers and
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    Penang Golf Club.
    85 5 Monthly Medal, August, 1917. Winner. Mr. G. N. Save 53 45= 98-24=74 nett Mr. A. H. Dickinson 44+44= 88—13=75 Mr. 8. H. Langston 52 46= 98—18=80 Mr. F. Duxbury 40 50= 90— 7=83 Mr. V. G. 43 50= 93- 9=84 Mr. F. A Pledger 53 53=106-20=86 The
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    Vital Statistics.
    73 5 The following is the health statement of the Penang Municipality for the week ended August 25,1917 {Male 46) 62 Female 16 Death rate 30.50 per mille per annum compared with 40-83 in the preceding week and with 23.85 in the corresponding week of last year. Nationality. M. F.
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    Queen Mary’s Needlework Guild.
    45 5 Pbna.no Wombn Workers. Amount previously acknowledged $5,613.03 C, B. W. 20.00 Mrs. Hyme 2 00 $5,635;03 Hospital garments for soldiers ready cut out for workers will be given out at the Town Hall every Friday from 9 45 till 11 a.m.
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    To-morrow’s Band Programme.
    51 5 Tbe following programme of mu9ic will be played at tbe Esplanade to-morrow evening from 6 p m, to 7 p.m.: 1 March Aux Flambeaux Becker 2 Polka Pierrot Megone 3 Selection From Alfred Collier’s Comedy Opera Doris Godfrey 4 Waltz Beauty’s Daughters Lowthian 5 March Ma Jeannette
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      415 5 EMPI BUSINESS manager. THOMAS SHAFTO. Programme for 30th, 3ht Aug. 8 1st, 2nd Sept., 1917. (gr FEATHER PHOTOPLAYS PRESENT The Great Dramatic Feature 5 THE IRON HAND «5 PRESENTED BY AN EXTRAORDINARY CAST INCLUDING Hobirt Bosworth, Jan2 Novak and Frank No*berg, in five acts. UNIVERSAL SPECIAL FEATURE 'Ibe Famous Comedian
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      319 5 0 A. AND < f: fcTLrrr n*?*/ rontier FRONTIER MIXTURE. PUBLIC AUCTION SALE OF A Large 2 Seater "Star” Motor Car (ON YIEWIN OUR SPACIOUS SHOWROOMS) The undesigned are instructed to sell (ke above on Friday, the 7th September, 1917 AT 11 A.M. In Logan’s Courtyard Spaciom d cky at
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    THE STRAITS ECHO.
    97 6 Vtl&M daily (except Sundays and publio holidays) Aim CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. Ma. 59, Beach Street, Penang. Fbic* Dafly Leeal 924 eee per annum. m Oodetetie*-. Postage Extra. if mil Edition (Poet Free) 917.50 nm.s EDDBBS8: ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo) 586 Printing Department 343 X B.—All business communication*
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    THE SUBMARINE WAR.
    1069 6 The Admiralty’s figures of sinkings for the past week show a rather considerable rise in number and it will be evident to those who have studied the returns published since the end of February that the enemy’s activity and its results follow the line of a wave
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    Funeral Fees.
    31 6 W<? understand that the question of funeral fees is b a ing further considered ard that tbe new scale will not be introduced until farther notice. Newspaper agitation, again!
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    M. A. P.
    790 6 Mr. Ng Ann Tbye has resigned his i membership of tbe Larut Sanitary Board. Mr. Ung Oh Poh, Teacher of the Penang i Free School will be leaving for China in the near future on a trip to recuperate his health, i Mr, L. J. B. Madden,
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    Tin and Rubber.
    74 6 Latest Quotations. Tin (onrefioed) is quoted here to-day at SI 10.75, buyers no sellers, in Singapore (•efioed) at SI 11.50, business done, (125 tons sold), and in London at J8242. 10s spot and at J6240 15s three months’. Messrs. Boustead A Co, inform us that the following
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1024 6 Newspaper Agitation," Fleeter ti nejueo tuperoe, Ach*v**u mo«eto—“ If I cftii't g.t justice ST” SL WiU W,i e ,0 tb Echo, Such it unquestionably th. attitude ol quite a number of pie in thi. Colon, .nd, sltho^h we do not eneourage it iodiicrim. mately. we should be tbe
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      207 6 SUPER ICED COLOGNE STANDS ALONE. It is far ahead of its competitors both in delicacy of odour and delightful coolness 300 BOTTLES SOLD ALREADY THIS MONTH IN PENANG ALONE IIOVT BUY SUBSTITUTES. ASK FOR THE SUPER BRAND LOOK FOR THE FLAG ON THE LABEL SOLD ONLY BY THE G.T.D. BOTTLES
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      30 6 □nnnjnunnnnnnnannaonnnnannnnna OUR DAY 1917 i IN AID OF THE DID CFOSS FOND. Look out for the Lottery. □□nnnnannnnnaannooaaoonnnanonn g TAKE A TICKET AND a A GOOD CAUSE. a o ******************************
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    THE WEEK’S SINKINGS.
    318 7 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] ADMIRAL1Y REPORT. A Sligkt Rite. London, August 29. The Admiralty reporta that the arrivals at British ports during the week numbered 2,629 lD d the sailings 2 68Q Total 5,309 Eighteen vessels over 1,600 tons were lflD k and five under that tonnage, making a
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    P.A.M. Meeting.
    242 7 THE TODDY QUESTION. Aisocistiaa's Visws. (from Our Own Correspondent^ Koala Lumpur, August 29. There was a good attendance at tbe meeting of tbe Planters’ Association of Malays to-day. Mr. R. C. M, Kindersley, the Chairman, In a speech in connection with wddy, said that this question was referred
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    London Rubber Market.
    25 7 ttrom Our Own Correspondent,') London, August 29, w P rioe in the London Rubber Market were: Prie Crepe 8/7f Diamond Smoked 2/ftf
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    BRITISH FRONT.
    615 7 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] GERMAN ATTACK REPULSED* Raatar’t Correapoadeat'a Story. London, August 29. t Reuter’s correspondent with the British Headquarters reports that very heavy rain »nd a furious wind are considerably hampering operations. Notwithstanding the rain the Germans yesterday evening twice attacked our line a astride the Tpres-Menin road, coming
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    RUMANIAN FRONT.
    643 7 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] ARMY’S SPLENDID DEFENCE.! Maekaaaaa’a Pregraaa St.ysd, London, August 29, h The Time»' correspondent with the o Rumanian Army, wiring on Angnst 21 describes tbe defenoe of the Maraiesti front, north of Focsani, as the most glorious 9 d®ed done by the army of Rumania. a General
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    SOCIALIST-LABOUR CONFERENCE.
    620 7 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] DIFFERENCES OF OPINION. 0 l»IiH»4.»t Party’s Aa.nta.iti. I London, Angnat 29. Although the proceedings at the Interj Allied Socialist —Labour Conference are I private it has leaked oat that sharp differlenoes of opinion have manifested them- j selves, especially owing to tbe Russian j 3 1
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    THE MOSCOW CONFERENCE.
    1399 7 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] GENERAL KORNILOFF'S SPEECH. Press Cossasatr. Petrograd, August 29. General KornilofTe sensational revelations at the Moscow Conference have evoked i astonishment and indignant consternation. They are described as worthy of a Bepublican general. The Retch states that he told the country I the truth as it
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    Outside.
    196 7 The following articles will be found oft our outaide pages Page. 3. —Affairs in China. 4—The Turkish Stagtogth and Its Dieposition. 5.—Oor Day, 1917. Share. P*ning Golf Club. Vital Statistics. Queen Mary’s Needlework Guild. T 0 morrow’s Band Programme. Bukit Mertajam Oases. School Gardens. 8. —Legislative Council. 9, The
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    Legislative Council.
    5008 8 DEBATE ON KENT RESTRICTION I PROrO 'AL8. Amendments in Committee. A meeting of the Legislative Council was 1 held on Tuesday afternoon. His Excellency the Govei nor (Sir A< tbur YpuDg, O.C.M.G presided, and tbe other members preheat were :—H.E. thu General Officer Commanding (Major-General D. H. R
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    The Electric Polyscope.
    96 8 At to morrow’s change of programme at PenaDg’s popular picture palace the renowned Serial, entitled under the title o Stingaree will be shown. This »ena consists of love episodes, bank hold-up*, dashing riding, remarkable escapes, sensational occurrences and all amidst the most delightful wild country possible to
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    P.C.C. Tennis Tournament.
    50 8 The following were the results of the t‘ eii played off yesterday Championship—A M Forrest too. f foin L O Hargrave. Single Handicap B—C D D H^g»* l L M Evans 6—l, 6-2; M D Kutley H Jackson 6—3, B—6. Single Handicap C—C A Padd* J Hairiaon.
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      337 8 WANTED IMMEDIATELY. i COMPETENT BOOKKEEPER V Good prospects to suitable man Applj to BEX, e/o Straiit Echo. WANTED IMMEDIATELY. j 1 i Thoroughly competent Typist for Penang t Oft». Beply stating salary expected and enclosing copies of testimonials to Box No. 706, c/o Straitt Echo. WANTED. TO BUT A RUBBER
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    The New America.
    926 9  -  BT IAN HAY. 111. •D*R Tao” re-election of Mr. Wilson made him 1 hig ground. He was more: be was ,nrot)l Since the dethronement of the Russia the President of the United nrobably the only real autocrat left St4tP >V world. We who lire under a D
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    The Position of Holland.
    755 9 There has lately been an outcry in th a Dutch Press over the Notice to Mariners issued by tbe British Admiralty on June 29. That Notice announced that, on and after July 4, 1917, the area in the. North Sea rendered dangerous to ail shipping by
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    The Week’s Events.
    72 9 Thursday, August 30. Football— P, C. 0. Naval Team, Eaplauade. Friday, August 31. Town Band, Esplanade. Cbin Sang Co., Ltd., Annual General Meeting, noont Saturday, September 1. Kf dab Bubber Co, Ltd A. G. M., Chamber of Commerce, 12.30 p.m, St. Giles, Full Moon. Sunday, September 2
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    There is Nothing to Joke about
    116 9 in a backache. It may be serious, particularly with women. In all events it is sure .to handicap to your activities, at work or at plaj There is no need to suffer, Speedy relief is found in. LITTLE S ORIENTAL BALM The sovereign cure
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      40 9 A Master Remedy. Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and DiarRemedy ia master over cramp colic, d ?»entery, and all intestinal paina- One dose r *j)etei, a second dose is rarely necessary to >8 ect a cure. For sale by all diapensaries dialers,
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      232 9 V I FRESH 8 STOCKS A' ft y a 0. N i 3 AGENTS: I I I 8 8 a i a i •R. T. REID Co., Penang, j •I I I I e e BRINKMANN Co., Singapore, g THE WATERHOUSE Co., Ltd. J I (INCORPORATED IN THE U.S A
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      67 9 Ire Ton Going on a Journey Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy should be packed in your hand luggage when going on a journey. Change of water, diet, and temperature all tend or produce bowel trouble, and this medicine cannot be secured on board the train or steamship* It may
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      223 9 USE “SPOTS” AND SAVE PETROL OBTAINABLE AT ALL GARAGES. SOLE AGENTS IT. RIB CO.. PENANG. L ——————■—————cr: The Eastern United Assurance Corpora ion Ltd. HeadOffca: SINGAPORE. The undersigned has been appointed agents for the above Corporation, and is now pro pared aEd accept MARINE FIRE RISKS at current rates. QUaH
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      277 9 line 68 OXO-GAS-LAMPS 1 A Brillant, Safe, Clean and Economical Light, bnrns Kerosine Oil in Gasforiu no Chimney, no Wick, no Smoke. 300 O’ 500 CANDLEPOWER. Hanging Lamp*, Table lamps and Lanterns. The Light for Bungalows and Factories. Y H ~< DO t*- > TJ o TO m so w
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    Dug-Outs I Have Known.
    1632 10 (By Subaltern. The title of this article may sound slightly ambiguous I hasten, however, to assure the reader that it does not deal with the human dug-out, although I have koown many curious specimens of thf s? in my tim«. but with the genuine solid (more
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    Municipal Commission.
    422 10 Minutes ot Meeting Minutes of a meeting of the Municipal Commissioners held on Tuesday, the l4tb August, 1917. Pretent How. W. Peel, President. F. Duxbuet. Esq Hon A F. Goodeich. A. M. Goodman, Esq Quah Feng Kee, Esq. Yeoh Guan Seok. Esq. Chee Woe Lok, Esq, 1. The
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      12 10 For Children's Hacking Cough at Night. Woodt’ Great Peppermint Cure la 6d,
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      269 10 r A FURTHER SHIPMENT OF SEVENTY-FIVE MACHINES ARRIVING SHORTLY. A i OKU B 'Afe,. I ■n t tUiillMM I EC a •> »j*si VI sr //M -sse f 4 fc£-#S a >-.• V.: WSK'S :^r Sws* "r EVj^*> §3 SI VTj. r U m y# lT^C Il-.S r j.—islj.i.nr~»a.^gv-- >t
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    The Drink Programme of the Future.
    2479 11 Wa are preparing to face the S ate Purchase and Cjotrol of the L’quor Trade But what ara we going to do with the liquor trade when we own it If the violent antagonisms of minorities on this question are to be effectively neutralised,
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      716 11 •*jC' 'Vi H?e a i *s >. MjjiLJ TftTX.' A ilAL.Z-J 'I i* V OF The First Line o? Defence against Ill-HeaStli. Only about one man or woman in a hundred is perfectly healthy. The other 99 have some digestive trouble, and perhaps more than 50 per cent of these
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      377 11 GOVERNMENT OF KEDAH Tenders lor Agricultural Land at Gurun f Kedah. 'pHREE AGRICULTURAL BLOCKS JL of 500 relongs each are availab’e for immediate alienation in the above locality. Tenders aie invited for any or all of the three blocks. Tnev should be sealed and ■•ddrfssed to the Assistant Director of
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      1407 12 P. 0.—British India AND &PCAR LINE (Companies Incobforati» in England.) Mail and Passenger Service*. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL SAILINGS. (UNDNS CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJRSTT’S GOVRRNMRNT) Th. Company’s MAIL SERVICES EAST OF BOMBAY are at present appended. The Company’s INTERMEDIATE SERVICES TO AND FROM LONDON are present suspended. The P. A O.
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