Straits Echo, 8 August 1918

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    34 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THB FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. yOL- 930 Per Annum. PENANG, THURSDAY, Bth AUGUST, 1918. Single Copy, lO cento. No. 178.
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      32 2 OF EVERY Momi Cases. Acetic Acid. English Tapping Knives. Changkols. Wire Nails. Cat (Brand) Axes. Box Strapping. Sodi am Bi-Sulphite. Green Mosquito Wire Gauze KATZ BRO 9 (Incorporated in Straits Settlements.) PENANG.
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    Luxury-Tax In France.
    1221 3 In view of the adoption in England of the luxury tax already in force in France some crit cism of its working may i be useful It should be said that, owing tocircumstarces that could not be foreseen,. the application of the tax has come at a
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    The Regimental M. O.
    953 3 No small burden of war, writes an Officer in the Manchester Guardian, rests on the shoulders of the regimental medioal officer. He has in his obarge the well-being of more than a thousand men—men who may be called upon at any moment to act at a
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      604 3 “BIRD BRAND” ‘inner tubes for bicycles CHEAPEST AND BEST Obtainable from all general and cycle throughout S.S. end F.tf.B, dealers SOLE AGENTS: K. LEE SAN PENANG CO •9 D a D D n n c n n li+t snnnnDnaaannnnnnnnan***n4# rfcrcrs vw m STRAITS SETTLEMENTS WAR LOAM BONDS Tnrmv\ e* Bearing
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      47 3 Accidents Will Happen It may be impossible to prevent an accident, but it is not impossible to bs prepared for It. Chamberlain’s Pain Balm is net beyond anyene’s purse, and with a bettle of this liniment yen are prepared fer almest suythimr For sale by all dispensaries
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      267 3 TRY IT IM YOUR BATH BY APPOINTMENT f §E TO H.M. THE KINO. SCRUBBS-AMM9MA MARVELLOUS PREPARATION Invaluable for Toilet and Domestic Purposes. Softens Hard Water. Splend :d Cleansing Preparation for the Hair. Allays the Irritation caused by Mosquito Bites. Cleans Plate, Carpets. Fw Pale by all Grocers and Chemists. SCRUBS
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    An Interesting Comparison.
    894 4 Fuon Conditions in Holi^and and Gubmant. Now that the cenfliot between the Nether- lands and Germany is over, the attention of people in Holland oan again be oonoentrated upon the food problem, writes the Berlin correspondent of the HanieUblad In this direotion a comparison of the conditions
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    Estate Vegetable Plots.
    834 4 On the subject of estate vegetable plots for oooiies, Mr, Alfred Scored, proprietary planter, Beauvais. Haputale, had some interesting remarks to make in conversation with a Timet of Ceylon representative, Mr, Sooveli did not think that the encouragement given to the raising of local foodstuffs would result
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      148 4 Whiteaway, Laidlaw Co., LIMITED. GREAT CLEARANCE SALE Continues Daily Throughout August BARGAINS IN ALL DEPARTMENTS GREAT SALE OF Ladies milliner/, outStting, woollen coat*, blouses, fane/ neckwear, hosier/, dressing gown», skirts and ladies shoes. GREAT SAIE OF Gentlemtn’s hosiery, shirt» pyjamas, waterproofs, hats and caps, ties and collars, handkerchiefs, gents boots
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      66 4 OTJBBIR FACTORY and PLANT XV at JToa. 27/28 Station Road, Bakit Mertajam. Apply far fall particulars to A. B. C., e/a Straits Echo fob sale. Robber Returns Books. Wa are now prepared to offer for sale books for the purpose of recording the purchase and sale of rabber in accordance
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      210 4 Momi Cases 24 by 19 by 19 Summerscales Mangles. Acetie Acid 99 per cent Glacial. Sodium Bisulphite. Box Strapping f inch. Tapping Knives. Tin Spouts etc., e*e. Sandifands, Buttery Co RENANG. pnunnnnnnnnnnnnanrmnnnBmHiBMn 0 1 Rim&ymede Hotel, Pensu (SKA-81 DC) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 I! U s
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    TAIPING NOTES.
    631 5 C/'rm Our Oum Correspondent^ Taiping, August 6. On the prosecution of Iuspeutor Limerton, the following cases were beard at the Taiping Police Ooert on Wedneeday and last Friday, Venkitaraman was awarded 14 days’ prison tor theft of 2 fowls, rained at $3 from the fowl house of one
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    German Raw Materials.
    212 5 Bxd Outlook Attuu Wkb. The Danish Bibs Stift* Tidend*, Copenhagen, says that Germany has commit* ted a great mistake in prohibiting the exports of its raw materials, especislly of colouring matters, for she has thus led to the oreation ef new industries in the lands of her
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    A Nursemaid’s Devotion.
    69 5 Mm. Bond,» widow, of Clifton, urns at Bristol presented by tbe Lord Mayor witb a certificate g r anted by the Carnegie Hero Fand in recognition of the gallantry of her daughter, Lillie Mabel Bond, a nnreemaid, who saorifioed her life by rnsbing in front of an
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    PARSIMONY AND THE UNDERWEAR.
    317 5 We have had a oall from someone, recently, io hospital in Singapore, says the Straits Tims», who says hie cure wae seriously retarded by a desire to ceaee living in this flaa skinning Colony. Inquiry elicited an explanation of hie disgust. He states that like housekeepers
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    Tragedy Near Chemor.
    245 5 Mxir-EaTnra Eluphutt.” Information was received in Ipoh from Chemor on Saturdey, saye the Tim*» of Malaya, that the limbs of a man, who had been killed by an elephant, were discovered that day near a forest, < The story curreat in Chemor was that the man had
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    July Rubber Crops.
    401 5 Ayer Kuning (F M S) 50.000, Bradwall I’F M S) 30,042. Chersonese (F M S) 44,837, Dennistown (Krian F M 8) 44,361, Highlands and Lowlands Para 99,7(4, Klabang 12,054 Krian 15,900, Sungei Krian 47,048, Sungei Way (Selangor) 35,891. Alma 83,000, Bukit Tot Aiaeg 11,163, Shanghai Klebang 14*266.
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      487 5 '4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 ■4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Special Ann:u&cexne&t THE DD-— Stocial Announcement empire theatre mhmm the premier in eat re of the colony. rtr. Special COMMENCING THURSDAY to SUNDAY, TbE OfcKAT BLUEBIKD PHOIO PLAT
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      234 5 BALSOMIN Mam nr SxaLAVD, Penang Sales Room. IN AUCTION SALE OF Sfotisshold Furniture, Linen eto, coMPRisnra: Mirror front wardrobe marble top waahet&nd, wooden screens, damask table clothe, serviettes, bedspreads, large and small towels, dust. cloths, table eentres dojljs, clothing eto, etc. (mostly new) horse and trap At 38, Beach Street,
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    The Straits Echo.
    98 6 PUBLISHED DAILY (Except Sund«ys and public holidays.) AT THE CRITERION PRESS, LIMITED, 99, Beach Street, Peaaag. Price s Dally Loe&l $BO per annum. Outstatlon Postage Extra. Mall Edition (Post Free) $lB per annum. Cable Address: ECHO PENANG.' Telephone Noe. (Eoho) 086. Printing Department 943, M.B.— All bu.inaas
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    THE RUSSIAN POSITION.
    1301 6 Russia remains practieally a dosed book, although every now end again in the rapid turning of the pages of her modern history we catch a glimpse of the terrible soenes which are being enacted there. The situation is however clearer to this extent, that tbe Allies have
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    M. A. P.
    783 6 Mr. tnd Mrs. P P. Spradbery have left for Australia,—Jf, M. Mrs. Gilmore EHie was to leave Bangkok for Singapore by the Kuala on Aug. 3. Mr. H. W. Jones, of the P-W.D., has been transferred from Kuantan to Taiping, Mr. G. Anesi and Mr. T. Pozzi
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    Produce.
    34 6 B.P. Tapioca $7 20 aales $7.30 buyer* London Rubber Market. trom Out Own Correspondent) London, August 6. The pricea in the London Bibber Market t«*day were: Pale Orepe Diamond Smoked Sheet w 2/-
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1003 6 A New Use For Te;C~~~~ Lord L-veruu tn« s purch ai has recalled a Dumber of *tn 0 kw. iBl an J. Tber0 »on e about the"-ft tb which is particularly ga|, in {J T H* —and it is not s ,tor T hs A camber of years
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      100 6 PRITCHARDS FOR BRASS BEDSTEADS. 5? ncrfff SxCCU M I TNfW s' Ngf 1 DESIGNS f V/ SEE Ot/E? OOMS, TUft SHOWS UNION STREET, PENANG l “'(fmxrtfy vvcwvwn r I* •3 9 i /S //V USE ON ALL THE LEADING ESTATES AS A COMBATANT OF BLACK THREAD AND FOR APPLICATION AFTER
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    THE CHAMPAGNE BATTLE.
    536 7 [Reuter’s Telegrams] Londor. August 6. ih com®oH a yB therei rtiU Frfr r of Siisnons and O* the 64,t fe»i«' Paris, August 6. I» 1 ,t IB, P' ril, K fl** 1 d ,y warmly ruVgises tb? |t* r0( treopsin tbe Marne Jofl baD Ji, tbeir s
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    RUSSIAN CHAOS.
    322 7 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] GERMAN REPORTS OP CZECH DEFEAT. Amsterdam, August 6. A message from Moscow via Berlin says tbe Council of People’s Commissaries has voted three hundred million roubles for operations against the Ciaoho-Slovak!. A oounter-revoluticnary plot has been discovered at Vologda. Forty officers have been arrested. M. Trotsky
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    P.C.C. Tennis Tournament.
    319 7 The following are the results of the ties played eff yesterday Ladies 81nglee—M ss M Pritchard beat Miss Pritchard by 6—4, 4—6, 6—4. A 8 ogles—A 8 H-ll beat C Canrsdi bv 6 3 5—7, 6—4; F N Syer w.o. from C W F King. Mixed Doubles
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    A GERMAN AIRMAN.
    695 7 Tbe Red Air Fighter. By Manfred Freiherr v>o R cbthofen- With Preface and Explanatory N t c by C. G. Grey, editor of the Aeroplane. (Tbe Aeroplane Publishing Company. 2s. 6i* net.) Timet Review. This book is a translation, and not a very polished one, of Borne
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    Q. M. N. G.
    95 7 Penano Womb» Wobbibs. Amount previously acknowledged 58,187 67 Mrs. Laing 2 00 Mrs Pritohard Mrs. Dunoan 86.00 RB.B. 10 00 RAH. io oo D R L. *OO H.G.B. 8 00 K A.B 10-00 Mrs. Hymes 10.00 Mrs. P. Simpson Mrs. Gorman 0.50 Mrs. J. Brow 6-00
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    Outside.
    67 7 The following articles will be found on our outside pages i 3. Luxury-Tsx in France. The Regimental M- O* 4. —A» Interesting Comparison. Estate Vegetable Plots. parsimony and Underwear. Tsiping Notes. g __(}prman Route to the Scheldt* Damages for Being Called a German. A of the Eda'ji Case. Spain
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    PENANG FREE SCHOOL SCOUTS
    471 7 An Exoxllunt Pikvobxanci, The Penang Free Sohool Scouts yesterday evening gave a dress rehearsal to children of tbeir entertainment in aid of a Red Triangle Hut for the Chinese Labour Corps in France- Tbe Town Hail was taxed to its utmost capaoity and all present agraed
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    Indian Mints Busy.
    284 7 100,000 Silvia Coins Daily Fob &TBA.ITB tSBTTLRMBNTS. The activities ot H. M.’s Mint in Bombay are, according to a Bombay message of June 22, very extensive. The Mint is coining da ly ten lakhs of rupees. Ia addition to rupee coinage for In ia the Mint produces
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    Tiger Attacks Elephants.
    259 7 The Oaiengmai correspondent of tbe Siam Observer writes that about three we?ks ago a ferocious tiger attacked elephants belonging to the Chao Luang of Chiengmai, at Pong Pang Awe, abont a couple of days journey from Chiengmai» and within tbe jurisdiction of the Atnphur of Dai Sakate
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    WAR NEWS AND GOSSIP.
    2033 7 (.From Our Own Correspondent Qbsmax Dbbamb London, June 14. German writers oontinue to indulge in I dreams of world-wids oui quest —tbe polioy lot D utacbland user Ailes." A reoent I writer, a professor ot Geography at Leipiig, advocated tbe «enure of tbe Portugaeae possessions in
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    A REMINISCENCE OF THE EDALJI CASE.
    784 8 Tu death of the Rv. Sbapurji Edaiji chronicled in Truth recently, reminds one of the faot that the mystery of the authorship of the horse maiming outrages which made his parish of Great Wyrley notorious has never besn solved. On a casual view theta
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    Trade of Bangkok.
    95 8 Xbe Customs and Excise Departments approximate return, shewing the Talues of Imports and Exports during the month of July 1918, states Imports. T'ca l 8% Goods 9,171 393 W>ne, Beer, and Spirits 73.04 G Gold leaf 72,000 Bullion and Coin SMSSISM 72 000 Opium Total 9.316,439 Exports.
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    GERMAN ROUTE TO THE SCHELDT.
    863 8 Valuk ox Dutch Concussion. Tiia details tuppli-d by Th» Time» correspondent at Amsterdam as to tbe number of German trains that are to cross Dutch Limburg under the agreement come to between the Dutoh and German Governments add to its significance as a German success.
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    Mails Will Close.
    52 8 For Bt Stxamrr At To-morrow (Friday). Malacoa Sing pore Malacca N 8-30 a,m. Colombo Dbanushkodi and Uuited King. dom Mail B 4p m, Madras taking mails 10 a m. for Europe etc. vi 4 B°gist. up to 9 a.m. Bombay A Paroels 8 a.m. Singapore A Hongkong
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    BRITISH PROPAGANDA IN GERMANY.
    974 8 The now notorious Kreuz Zeitung articles which were summarised in the Timet columns are only one of many signs that the Germans are troubled by British paopaganda and are eagerly seeking some means of taking the offensive. Tbe German public is getting 1 tired of being
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    SPAIN AND THE INDIES.
    1837 8 Trade acd Navigation Spain and the ladies in tbe time of tbe Htpsburgs. 1 By Clarence Hecry Haring, Ph.D. (Harvard I University Press, London: Milford. 10s. 1 net.) —Times Review. Mr. Haring’s is the latest of the series of ‘'Boonomio Studies” promoted by tbe i University
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    The New Labour Party.
    226 8 PlTl ?BARS' BOTOOTT 0» GbKMANY. Trade unionist throughout the country are being asked to supoort tbe following resolutian which will be submitted to the Trade Union Congress to be held in London on Jure 29 (1) This Congress deoiarea in favour of a distinct political Labour
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    THE WEEK’S EVENTS
    86 8 Thcssdat. Auodst ft Football Match, Espkn.de, Fuidat, Acquit 9 Town Bam, E,plan»de. P. F. 8. Boy Scout Eutertain Hall, 9 p.m, ater Uintnent, T Taiping Tin Dredging Co ft mg, Onamber of Com melee'5^^ Th 3 Pm peD ,rj iwi; Satuudat, Acqum 10, Kedah Rubber Co. Ltd
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    Damages for Being Called a German.
    127 8 At Northampton Assist A250 dim. for libel and slander were awardtd to I*** Steinberg, leather merchant, North»™»* against Thomas Dancn Wren, boot manuf.cturer, Nurtuaropton. Plaintiff ,1 Russian, boru m Cou.land, had hJ*! EogUod (or 3U w naturalized 15 years ago. It w that the
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    A Blind Barber.
    100 8 Leonard Jack-ion, late of the Cheabin Regiment, who has left St. Dunstan’i after being t.amed as a basket maker, win hairdresser before he went to the front. Oo hia return home some of his old cuetomuri suggested that be should try if h e share them. Writing
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    The Singapore Fire.
    481 8 i Damage to the extent of $50,000 initK mated to have been ciused by tbedeitnc- tion of Messrs Katz B os' extensive itjng? I of prepared rattan and gutta j-lutODgst tie I old rice mill in Kallang Pudding, througk 1 the fire that broke out early 00
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    SHARES.
    1826 9 3 Dividend. Numbs ef m. e F tai bsssd. "I W last ftnan- fersurrent j J 1 I oial year. yew. RUBBBK—DOLLAR BHAVBt. ets. 8 sts •55. < i*nj*o* 1146,600 1 1 69 A1 or Qajab Rubber Rstate, Ltd. 2.50 2.80 If* c(nftJvi 88,000 1 5 32 Ayer Hitam
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      291 9 yolk delivery problems are best ,u SOLVED BY Brockway Motor Trucks Let «0 thoroughly dtinonstrmt* thn points #f superiority tbst msrh the Brockway ns being the highest grids Trteh 0 o the nurket The nnae of Brockway has been s80 eistsd with vehicles of the highest qaality for 6« jeers.
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    London Types.
    1249 10 Thh Chae'v omah, Whether Mrs. Jone* is married or oot is buried in mystery. Toere is no husband ooncealed about her furnished room. Nor does gossip over a temperance drink, in that ■eotion of “Tbe Bird-in-tbe-Har d,” still named in derision "The Four* Ale-Bar," ever hint at a
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    “ Impatient Democracy.”
    759 10 Impatient Democracy.” Bt Chunks Vixen. It is the charge against Germany before tbe world tbat she is content to be ruled by a military caste to the detriment of mankind. It is one of the aimB of tbe Allies to shake the German people oot of that contentment* As the
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      12 10 For Children's Hacking Cengh at Night Wood»’» <irent Peppermint Cnre Is, sd,
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      669 10 9 a FLEET OF BRAND NEW MOTOR-CARS, f FOR HIRE, DAT AND NIGHT Ready at any time, 'Phone to 420 APPLY bktwiin PE NANO OFFICE Butterworth P.W. A lor Star and F.M.S. m FOR SAJL NEW OB SECONDHAND CNRS, TRUCKS AND CTCLE8 INSPECTIONS ARE CORDIALLY INVITED MOTOR Accessories, Tyres and
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    “ In Time of War.”
    1600 11 In Time of War.” (With Thi Armies In Italy Writing to a Ceylon paper a correspondent says i One ot the officers who helped us several times in the hat at concerts was an expert in musketry, Being anxious to get to England he applied lor leave the other day
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      202 11 GOVERNMENT OF KEDAH are invited for the exclusive right to prospect for t n acd wolfram a bio k of mining land situated in the locality of Sungei Prik, mukim of Kurong Hitam, district of Padang Trap, North Kedah, The area is roughly estimated at 1,000 relongs. Term. 9 months.
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      99 11 arc ESTATE SUPPLIES. IN STOCK Aoetio Aoid 99 per oenl Barbed Wire. Gary’s Box Strapping inch. English Sodium Bisulphite. Green Mosquito Wire Gauze. Latex Pans. Momi Gases. Mosaic Tiles. Par-Boiled Bice. Peninsular Acetate, “Tl The Best end Cheapest Coagolsut in the Market Tapping Knives. Veneer Chests WITH canvas fittings. White
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      1396 12 BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINE. (Companies Incorporated in England mail and passenger services. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL SAILINGS(Undei Contract with Hi* Majesty 1 Government.) The Company's MAIL SERVICES EAST OF BOMBAY are at present suspended. fWn?prl f or Europe are booked via Bombay as opportunity offers and as tar as •eoosamodstion
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