Straits Echo, 20 April 1918
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Straits Echo
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Title Section35 1918-04-20 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THB FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL. 16. $3O Per Annum. PENANG, SATURDAY, 20th APRIL, 1918. Single Copy, lO cent*. No. 9235 words
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Advertisement1103 1918-04-20 1 fmi «ivfAII) 1 v.l :i f T\ AM t ?Ai 4V*=. Sg£ *OD aaT ONVIiL Ajddw sjvjnoijjvd pu9 S9otad joj (‘pwoojg pnonreja pit nreid) sa|Bu«|q Jaqqng j im p*q j ®a ‘sjaqang xapag pasiu«A|er) o)inbso§q uaajQ •Suiddejjg xog SaiddwjL nomaj-jrBH) sdnQ jeqqng uiepojog '69SVQ IUIOfq saxismoaa axvxsa SNiMtmoj 3Hi ms1,103 words
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Advertisement14 1918-04-20 1 fcfi'S MILK s«ia T nu Sti r*u «Oil. 2» 0 to P IT £> ‘wars14 words
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Advertisement28 1918-04-20 2 OF EVERY Momi Cases. Acetic Acid. English Tapping Knives Changkols. Wire Nails. Cat (Brand) Axes. Box Strapping. Sodium Bi-Sulphite. Green Mosquito Wire BROTHERS, (Incorporated in Straits Settlements.) PENANG.28 words
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Article1177 1918-04-20 3 Naval With. Whether it be dae to the acknowledged perspicacity of all naval men, which leads them first to discern and then to appropriate, the best of everything, or whether it be simply a dispensation of Providence, the fact remains that Naval Wives are a class1,177 words
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Article294 1918-04-20 3 Puket has good reason to be preud of its Oer Day effort, for it is able to telegraph as muoh as Tioals 25,305.64 to the funds of the British Red Cress Society, The Lottery was the chief item—Tos. 11,125. Had it been kept open a week or294 words
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Article197 1918-04-20 3 Rbuabkailb Rbfobt A severe indictment of the Miniatry of Mnnitiona ia a feature of the report of the Committee on National Expenditure. The Miniatry ereeted national faotoriea valued at £69,000.000, and granted private firms £16 000,000 te meet capital expenditure. The Ministry’s officers are the only aecurity the197 words
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Article284 1918-04-20 3 Etvict oir Child Labou*. London, March 16. An animated and favourable debate occurred in the House of Commons on the new education bill introduced by Dr. Fisher (President of the Bond of Education). Dr, Fisher said that unless the halftime system in Lancashire and Yorkshire were attacked the284 words
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Advertisement286 1918-04-20 3 'J ml iV tron Dr. Cassell’s Tablets Build Up Splendid Strength and Vigour. You mast become weak and worn out if the vital strength of your body is used up too rapidly. Or if you Cannot eat your food properly, and gel the nourishment out of it your strength and286 words
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Advertisement346 1918-04-20 3 am t P A Harmony of Fragrance from the scents of a thousand flowers, 41 Shem-el-Nessim” perfume is fragrant and lasting. It possesses just that subtle note of daintiness and refinement which appeals most strongly to the person of taste. Shem-el-Nessim can also be obtained in conjunction with a most346 words
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Article1531 1918-04-20 4 Petrograd, New Year’s Day. i The reTolutionary tribunal is the logical i off-pring of triumphant Bolshevism, The argument goes like this: in the past i justice wss administered by boorjooys,” in defence of the interests of their class Now that we proletarians are in power, we shall1,531 words
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Article422 1918-04-20 4 According to a statement recently made I by Dunlcps, the rubber tyre trade now holds the fifth position among the great industries of the world. Bobber admittedly has very j many uses apart from motor tyres; yet, of course, it is the wonderful development ot 9 motor422 words
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Advertisement393 1918-04-20 4 WB CARRY LARGE STOCKS OF CHINA GLASS WARE. The “Imperial” White Dinner Ware Imperial f Wh te Di-mar Ware Jf y>m A rntr QUEEN’S WHITE FLUTED CHINA TE* 8 BREAKFAST WARE JUVT UNPACKED. Made of finest English bony China, We strongly recommend this ware lor use in Planter’s or Miner’s393 words
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Advertisement12 1918-04-20 4 For Ohildren’a Hacking Coagh at Night Wooda'a Qmt Peppermint Qmre La, 6d.12 words
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Advertisement670 1918-04-20 4 municipal notice. The Commissioner, of Oeorr, To> S^s^ts^7“ pir,te (1) Rebuilding old Destructor and con strutting new roof and other works, er (2) Cement Concrete Drains at S-ntf Koad, Ac o^ott (S) Alterations to houses Nos 375/393 Beach Street for back lane with drains to both side of back lane.670 words
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Article1003 1918-04-20 5 11 A Satisfactory Year. The ninth annual general meeting of the I shareholder» of the Semanggol Rubber II Company, Limited. was held at the Office* of I Messrs. Brown, Phillips and Stewa r t to-day, 5 I There were present Messrs. D. A. M. Brown i (in1,003 words
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Article359 1918-04-20 5 Our Bukit Mertaj»m correspondent writes: At about 12 45 p.m. on the 15th instant Inspector Sbeedy with a posse of Polioe raided a tapioca-refuse shop at No. 184, Straight Street in Bukit Mertajim village kept by one Low Neoh under a Gambling Search warrant; and therein found359 words
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Article343 1918-04-20 5 Lt BG A, Bell, n 0,, (formerly of the A,P. Co.) left on Feb. 2 for France. He hoped to get into M»jor Learmounts’s squadron which he writes is doing jolly well out here.” Lt. Gilbert Day, (also of the A.P. Co.) left for France by343 words
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Article99 1918-04-20 5 A ran, 21, 3rd Sunday after Eaetbe. 800 a.m- Matins 8-30 a.m. Holy Communion 10-00 a.m. Holy Communion (Tamil) 500 p.m. Sunday School 6-00 p.m. Evensong Hymn 165 Professional Psalm CVI Hopkins Magnificat Rodgers 257 Nunc Dimittis Felton 258 On Tuesday. S. George The Martyr 8-99 words
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66 1918-04-20 5 9- a.m. Children’s Service. 600 p m. Public Worship. Preacher: Rev. Donald J. Ross, ma. Hymns 647, 425, 534, 487 and 516. Choir Practioe on Friday at 7 p.m. We understand that as a result of representations made to the Government it is proposed66 words
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Article76 1918-04-20 5 The following’ ia the health statement of the Penang Municipality for the week endin? April 6,1918: {Male 34) f 61 Female 27 Death rate 29,79 per mille per annum compared with 22 95 in the preceding week and with 44.28 in the corresponding week of last year. Nationality.76 words
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Advertisement333 1918-04-20 5 mpire Theatre H H H H H JP Proprietor: H J. a. holm. Manager: Thomas shaft HI P; The only Theatre in The East with a Sorbrite Screen.” hi One Reason why Empire Pictures are Clearer and Brighter than any other in Penang. A Red Feather Feature Love Aflame Five333 words
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Advertisement363 1918-04-20 5 IMOTICE. THE RESIDENCY “AT HOME” Is Indefinitely postponed. WANTED. TTWO EXPERIENCED COMPOx SITORS. GOOD SALARY TO COMPETENT MEN. Apply personally to FOREMAN, C[o Straits Echo. WAKTTED. CONTRACTOR to erect post and barbed wire fence total le gth 600 feet and three lengths wire required of good wood aix feet, two363 words
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Advertisement572 1918-04-20 5 ORIGINATING SUMMONS, No. lI7J of 1918. Iw Thb Mattbbob HA. Nbubbownie <fco, NOTICE i« hereby given that by order of Ihe Supreme Cuurt of the S'raite Stt liihsots t P.joacg mide in tbii n atter and dbt«l tba 17 h day of April, 1918, I the undesigned Hoxtable Thorne of572 words
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Article, Illustration98 1918-04-20 6 PUBLISHED DAILY (Except Sundays and public holidays,) AT THE CRITERION PRESS, LIMITED, 99, Beach Street, Penan* Price s Daily Local $BO per annum. Outctatlon Postage Extra. Hail Edition (Poet Free) $lB per annum. C,bl, Address: ECHO PENANG.' Telephone Noe. (Kohe) ea«. Printing Deportment *49, D.B.—A 11 buaiiiMi98 words
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Article1291 1918-04-20 6 The more we rtfhot span the Kduoation Report (or 1916, to whioh we referred recently in these oolamns, the more del* poad-nt do we ftel «boat tbs fature dsvslopment of the English Sobools in tbii Pcoinoala. When the Director of Eduoation gives bis benediotion to the worship1,291 words
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Article898 1918-04-20 6 Among the 0. B. E. appointments is Madame Melba, to be Dame Commander. I Mr. Firmstone, Diieotor of Education, who has been here on inspeotien, leaves Penang to-morrow morning. I ssss Mr. Robert Young is now in oharge of rcoruiting in the Woolwich distriot. He haß been898 words
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Article1060 1918-04-20 6 The Battle. «„u’T e .i dOWn 0n “d H* oo»! Sold. 1, the enemy ,g»ia to-d.j, b.ttb obange of aim does not appear to be .n il oet of choice ts from compulsion. R, “f. from all part..of the front indicate theUh! rally of the British has been1,060 words
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Advertisement146 1918-04-20 6 A ROLLING STONE GATHERS NO NOSS. r* iv.- ,->r.X£i -r s WHY CO FARTHER? You her* reached the •pot where jou can gather the oombined advantage# of perfect pt, quality at low pricee. Genuine HllwoocPi Popular Tropical Helmet, llinto ehape, in Fine White Drill with Green Underbrima, Price $8 50.146 words
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Article3557 1918-04-20 7 rE .OT.m’s T.l.o*awM Sir DougU» Ha,B 9 Despatch Ih. Im B»ttl. Front. L iDdoo, AH 19,12« p ug'., H.ig 1" dMP»‘« b to 1 n ,he rr -rt cMb.L,.b.ttl.lr..t. Strong .tuck. flow'd, bomb.rdm.nt from I*» 8.... C»o»" to tb. Ly. Bir®r ewt of Bt. Veo.nt id were3,557 words
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Article710 1918-04-20 7 [Reuter's Telegrams.] Mn. BALFOUR’S INDICTMENT. London, April 19. 2-5 *,m. Mr. A J, Balfour speaking at a dinner of British and Belgian Commerce delegates said that despite the infampus treatment of Belgium by Germany 1 in the early days of the war which would ever more be an710 words
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Article77 1918-04-20 7 The following article! will be feund on our outside pages B.—Naval Chaplain’s Note-Book. Puket Our Diy." Munition Contracts. Eduoation Reform. 4. —A Revolutionary Law«Gourt. The. Rubber Position. 5, Bukit Mertajam Notes. Straits People at Home. Church Services. Semanggol Rubber Company, 8,— Telegrams. P.A.M. Today’s Band Programme. The Share Market.77 words
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Article712 1918-04-20 8 [Reuter's Telegrams.] Statement in the Reichstag Ljndon, April 18, 7.20 p m. A cable from Amsterdam says that, the Minister for the NaTy, Admiral Ton Cuptlle, speaking in the Reichstag, after condemning the Allied robbery of Dutch ships, expressed satisfaction at the result of submarmsm. Whether the712 words
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Article495 1918-04-20 8 [Reuter's Telegrams.] New Bill Passed London, April 19, 12 30 a m The Man-Power Bill has passed all its stages in the House of Lords and received the Royal asseot. An Alteration London, April 19, 3 a m, The only alteration in the Man-power Bill made in the495 words
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Article234 1918-04-20 8 For the period from tbe 19th to tbe 25tb April, 1918, inclusive, the duty on cultivated rubber on which export duty is leviable on an ad valorem basis in accordance with Notification No. 764, published in the Federated Malay State» Government Gazette of the 15th234 words
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Article449 1918-04-20 8 Funkbal in Malacca. Tbe funeral of the late Mr. Justice R. C- E imonds took place on the 18th April at Mtlacca, tha RiV, E. N. Greenhow officiating. The burial at the Bskit Serindit cemetery was preceded by a service at Christ Cburch at 5.449 words
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Article170 1918-04-20 8 GALLANT FRENCH AIRMEN. Work of DevastationLondon, April 19, 1.25 p.m. Our correspondent telegraphs from the front Never before has French aviation accomplished so great a task nor rendered such valuable service as since the German offensive on March 21. By bombardments and machine-gun fire the French aeroplanes menaced170 words
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85 1918-04-20 8 Ykbtibday's Public Mhitino. The Public Meeting at the Chinese Town Hall yesterday afternoon in connection with Registration of Chinese Marriages was very largely attended, over 500 persons buing present, whioh is a record. After considerable discussion on the subject, the meeting almost unanimously, there being only85 words
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Article26 1918-04-20 8 (From Our Own Corretpvndent London, April 16. The prioes in tbe London Rubber Market to-day were: Pale Crepe 2/4i Diamond Bmoked Sheet 2/3|26 words
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Article79 1918-04-20 8 Latest Quotations. Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to-day at 1 155, buyer* no sellers, and in Singapore Refined) at $155 25, business done, (75 toes o ld N*w AdtbrtiB*munts:— Mr. W, H. Thorne gives notice with regard to Claims *nd Demands against Mr, H. A Nenbronner; The Principal of79 words
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Article860 1918-04-20 8 Annual Gbhbral Mkktino. The annual general meeting of thp Planters’ Association of Malaya will be held at No. 12 Market Street, Kuala Lumpur, on April 24 There are seventeen items of business on the agenda which include the matters that have recently been so much under oonsiderat860 words
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Article60 1918-04-20 8 The following programme of musio will be played at the Golf Clnb to-day at 5 45 p m.:— 1 Selection The Dollar Prinoess Fall 2 Two Step Geats Eckersley 8 Selection Pirate of Per i nice Bullivan 4 Walts La Fdle da Tambour M-jar Metra 5 Old60 words
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Article569 1918-04-20 8 WuEKLY REPORT, The following is Messrs. L°an Co’s Wnekly Maiket Report, dated April 19 i Toe susUiaed rise in Rubber has again stimulated tbe demand {or Rubber-shares which show a further all round advance in prices. The investing public seems to be satisfied with an immediate yield569 words
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Article157 1918-04-20 8 Messrs. Fraser and Co.'s Wuuilt Circular. Messrs. Fraser sod Co. in their weeklj share report, dated April 18, state i A good tone prevails in the rubber share market sinoe our last report, Investment bujiog was the prominent feature in most of the leaders and the very157 words
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Article151 1918-04-20 8 The following are the latest quotations in Messrs. A, A. Anthony and Company’s share list t—- Yesterday. To-day. Rubber. S S jg W i p =3 n oS m w Malaka Pinda 2.40 2.60 250 265 Malakoff 4.20 440 4.30 4*50 Temerloh 1.20 1.30 1.10 1.25 Mining.151 words
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Article325 1918-04-20 8 A letter dated Fdb 23, to a Hi*», fnend brings news of 2nd Lieut T G Hector. Royal Fusiliers, formerly here '.l°“ ""b «he 3,,CX. regimental sergeant m*j Jr and well known as in charge of the Bmart W ball team of the battalion which ■o325 words
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Article558 1918-04-20 8 Saturday, April 20. Cricket.—P C.C. vs. P R.C. Esplanade. Sunday, April 21. Third After Easter. Parish Hall, Annual General Meeting, Hunt Club Ride, 7 a.m. Monday, April 22. Town Band, Esplanade. The ‘‘Cameos,” Town Hall, Tuesday, April 2s. St, George, The “Cameos,” Town Hall, Wkonusday, April 24,558 words
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Article2216 1918-04-20 9 MINISTER FOR WAR. Aw Oppowknt’b Character Sketch. Just at present, wLea Lord Milner has been appointed Secrotary of State for War, the fallowing sketoh of hia character and career will be read with interest, remembering always that its author Mr. A. O Gardiner, editor of the Daily Newt,2,216 words
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Advertisement283 1918-04-20 9 •a 4 4 4\ 4 4 4 4 4, 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 •01 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 I 4 4 4 •61 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 •g •s •ft283 words
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Advertisement298 1918-04-20 9 Shipping Clark (Chinese) Wanted. FOR FIRM IN MEDAN. Only thoM thoroughly experienced in ■hipping need apply. Good Salary. Apply Box XX, ejo Straits Echo FOR SALE. OWNER COINC HOME. WYLLIS-KNICHT OVERLAND CAR, In first class condition, overhauled, new hood, tyres and painting What offers Apply to owner, G, M. WILLIAMS,298 words
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Advertisement478 1918-04-20 9 P. 8 0. S. N. Co. pASSENGERS requiring jj to Europe should Company’s Agents. accommodation apply to the ADAMSON, GILFILLAN Co. NOTICE. I TUAN JERNEH binte TUAN LEBIH of Kreh. hereby given notioe that I have revoked the Power of Attorney the 21st May, 1917, and given by me to|Abmad478 words
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Article2309 1918-04-20 10 I From Our Own Oarrespondcri. London, February 28 OnviN Stbatkqt. The German offensive up to time of mailing had not matured. It eannet te much longer delayed if German strategists intend to justify themselves It is true that the e has been a good bit of2,309 words
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Advertisement75 1918-04-20 10 The Allied Governments Have Bought Over To Equip their New Armies Compare the work and you too will choose the ROYAL Typewriter,—the machine that makes big organizations complete. STOCKED IN BRIEF, POLICY S FOOLSCAP SIZES BY THE SOLE IMPORTERS: BROS AND COMPANY. •XX>O<XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX* CHEESE. Australian Cheddar Edam SINGAPORE GOLD STORAGE75 words
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Article919 1918-04-20 11 Cardinal Gibbons’ Dbfbmcb, N ,w York, February 24. -linla which he has contributed to 10 a weekly Catholic journal, Cardinal imenw J Ame rioan Catholics to o‘ bbon 'he I ’ope against the hoitilecriticiem bT hie effete for peace, and paye P ro w. to919 words
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Article1002 1918-04-20 11 Japan at tha Cross Roads. By A. M. Pooley. Allen and Unwin. 10s. 6d. net. No person is quite so irritating to bis victim as the candid friend, and Mr. Pooley plays the part so consistently that be can hardly hope to avoid the inevitable1,002 words
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Advertisement317 1918-04-20 11 I “A breath of Blighty” ~*r± v:\ =>\ C il ;wV iv* vUC r .-s JS? r\ SP.; DRIVER Ere. you blighter, you re lettin’ my tyre down f THE RECUMBENT ONE Doctor's orders, matey The M.O. said T was pinin’ for me natJee air, an v 'en I spotted317 words
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Advertisement638 1918-04-20 11 Are you a Slave to pain? Do You Ever Rett? Or ia year life a perpetual burden-a wakeful, restless, fevered tortured existence? Do you start and cry out from twitching nerves or darting piios? Are you robbed of your nights of jaat repose and tranquil sleepP Then there ia hope638 words
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Advertisement1387 1918-04-20 12 The Company’! MALL BERVICEB EAST OF BOMBAT are at present impended. Pamengeni for Europe are booked via Bombay aa opportunity offers and aa fares aodatien is available. The Company's INTERMEDIATE SERVICES TO AND FROM LONDON are at prasent impended. The P- A O. Company eh» 11 be at libirty to1,387 words
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