Straits Echo, 28 December 1918

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    35 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED HALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY VOL. 16. $3O Per Annum iiAi u kjlj a*, 28th 1918 Single Copy. W cent*- No.
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      1382 1 'RESTirS jMiUtubD |W «EST FOOD (OB VOUii BABY 1 90 cts. e T i ,k A/ IK Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China. (Incorporated by Royal Charter.) Piid up Capital XI ,200,000 He.ervoFund i52 t OOO.OOO Reserve Liability of Proprietors XI,200,000 Head Office i jfo. 88, BI8H0P80ATE, LONDON, E.C
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      3 1 milkmaid $2O BTAIHAM.K
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      43 2 BOTTLING OF I EXTRA FOREIGN s i V V' >?-. *r*’i>*‘ \^y r v- r tp < Brewed and Bottled in i > n 4 1$ UTUr a KATZ BROTHERS, LTD. PENANG.; tdNCORPORATEITTN STRAITS SETTLEMENTS!) 1 "“:sin< SOLL AGENTS, ,(INCO RPORAT Ed Tn”sTRAITS SETTLEMENTS) MGAPORE :s./
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    WAR NEWS AND GOSSIP.
    2042 3 NAVAL AND MILITARY. (From (hr Own Qtn&pondadd London, November 14. The All Highest Batcher in his hour of i defeat proved himself a oraven like all i bullies. Instead of donning his vaunted < "shining armour,” drawing the "sharp i sword he prated about, trusting to
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      375 3 RO-SAN INDOOR CLOSET. It’» an all-metal portable fixture that may be set up in ten* minutes at any place in the house, and side hall, under a stairway, in a bedroom basement or elothee closet. A rent pipe or directly outdoors carries off all odors. Every man finds it a
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      443 3 FOR SALE WILLYB KNIGHT OAK painted grey, 6 tvrea and Kims; parfaot condition, an j triaL Price *****' Apply to WEAKNB BROSL 9G4—30—12 FOR ONE COMPLETE CINEMA SHOW Fer farther pat tioulars please apply O F. ejo Strait» Echo. ow, L to 934—28—12 fon. SALB. TH3 SEASON TO PLANT. Coffee
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    GERMANY'S NEW DICTATOR.
    950 4 Frit* Ebart, harnees-maktr, Heidelberger, bj birth. 47 years old, baa succeeded William Ton H henaillern aa Autoorat of Germany, If a Republic emerges from the cauldron that is now boiling over with snob fury, it seems 1 kely that he will be its first President, There is
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      477 4 nr- zzDdnDOCZDCZ ,exr»c3 o ocjcj- 'X 0 Uitflil Article» HARDWARE Popular Price», f DOCDO O cdoO rrrDC DO i Vr Crinkled Podding Moulds. With oover lids. English made bloek tin as sketoh in 3 sizes. 5}, 6$ snd 74 inches. Prloss$1.25,1.50 snd #1.75 each.* Combination.” Crown Corkscrew and Tin Opener
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      12 4 For Ohildrta’i Hacking Caagk at Nigkt* Woada'a Grr»t P*;p*r»i»l Onrs Is, «id.
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      683 4 BRITISH (SIAM) WmR AID ASSOCIATION. “OUR DAY” 1918 WAR LOAN LOTTERY. ticalsjToo.ooo Tickets, Tica's 5 each, Tickets, Ticals 5 each. expenses, will be given as donation to ‘Our Day" Fund. For fui'hir p*rticulara %ud tickets apply to Pinano Turf Club, Pbnanq Club and Mr. Khoo Hock Ttb FEED KEMPTON. Hon
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    CORPORAL PUNISHMENT IN SCHOOLS.
    1019 5 MEETING AT T E CHINESE TOWN HALL. A meeting of the Chinese community of Penang was held at the Chinese Town Hall yesterday afternoon for the purpose of discussing the complaints received from Mr. Khoo Ghee Ewe and others of the harsh treatment meted out to
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    WRIGHT AT SEA.
    437 5 i I got my passport, and my d<aoharge from the American Army, before the world war came to an end* Either the Oonsnl was wrong to refuse it when he did, or he was wrong to grant it when he did. He ohanged his mind when I
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    Singapore Items.
    429 5 Mr. Junes Departs(From Our Own Correspondent^ Singapore, Deoember 28. The Hon. Mr. James left for Bangkok by the Main Hari yesterday morning. A Soooer Match. In most awful weather the 8 O.O. b eat the United Chinese from Kuala Lumpur ac soocer by 2 goals to one. Ohristmis
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    CASH CHEMISTS, LTD.
    636 5 Annual G bn meal Meeting. The fifth annual general meeting of the shareholders of Cash Chemists," Limited was held at the Chamber of Commerce at noon to-day- The Hon. Mr. Jobn Mitchell I (Chairman of Directors) presided and the others present were Messrs. Yeap KengTeng, Heah 8wee
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    Cyclone in the Bay.
    160 5 Chijtmb Steamer Overdue. The s.s. Yue Ying Wa whioh came into port this morning while on the voyage from Rangoon to Colombo in the Bay of Bengal was caught in a cyclone and Lad to heave to for nearly 48 hours before she got out of
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    Tamil Labour.
    52 5 Coming 7itri Programme. tfhm Our Civn Correspondent^ Kaala Lumpar, Deoember 28. The Controller of Labour has reoeived a cable from the Emigration Agent, Madras, stating that shipment of twenty thousand adalt labourers would be permitted between January 1 and March 31. No men under twenty-five will be allowed
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    Food Control in F. M. S.
    40 5 ME, JAMES’S APPOINTMENT. (From Our then Oarrernondenf) Kuala Lumpur. December 28. Hon'ble Mr. F. S. James has been made Food Controller for the F. M. S. and a list of regulations has been published,
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    IN THE CABLES.
    839 5 Dorpat, which the Bolshevik* have occupied, is a town in Livonia on the river Embach which is here crossed by a fine I granite bridge and it is 165 miles south-west I of Petrograd. It oonsists of a town proper < with two suburbs. It contains a
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      307 5 appy New Year! SUNDAY SERVICES FITZGERALD MEMORIAL SUNDAY SCHOOL 9 A.M. M. E. CHURCH (Corner of* Burmah and Anson Roads.) SEND3 GREETINGS to all and wishes everyone a prosperous New Year. This Church is here to serve and will gladly do what it can to help yon find the beat
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      46 5 WANTED An experienced Chinese CLERK for Merchants* office in Peuang. Apply with references to Box A.8.C.” e/o Strait» Echo. FOR 3AI,E. BBIDQE scoring pads extra stoat an; lar e. Pricb.— Pad« of 50 loaves 85 cents. Pads of 100 {>o THE CRITERION PKE*3 Ltd’, a Penang.
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    The Straits Echo.
    99 6 PUBLISHED DAILY (Except Snndays and pnbHc holidays) AT THE CRITERION PRESS, LIMITED, 59, Beach Street, Penang Price D illy Lcoal *BO Pep annum. Outstatlon Fostaqra Extra. WI 11 Edition (FostF.ee) $lB pep annum, Cable Address: "ECHO PENANG.” Tfliophone Nos. (Eoho) 586. Printing: Department 343. V. —All basin***
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    HILL STATIONS IN MALAYA.
    1011 6 Th* re d f b’:l s.Atn.os in Ma'aya has fi qu« iy b:en p ;uleii cat in -oe 1< cal ..cd :t would now »i.pi.ar to b- "reasonibly saf c p r o,>becy th.it SilagO' will b f o<e wy long b~ ible to fcoa*t a
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    New Food Controller.
    358 6 A Qaneite Eat raerdinary issued on Chriatmaa Eve states:—• CJader the provisions of Regulation 2 of ths Fool Regulations, 1918, Hia Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the Hon’ble Mr. F, S. James, o m.q,. to be 7 ol Controller, within and for the Colony
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    M. A. P.
    948 6 Monsieur A Martineau, Governor of the Fr?toh Settlements in India, has been appointed an Honorary Kni rht Cmmander i of the Indian Empire. We regret to announce the death of Mr. D. Logan, Barrister-at-law, which took plaoe yesterday at hie residence at Gottlieb Road. Tne faneral which
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    955 6 The Topical in Hom 7”£r“ <i r Pr.„: If HI ?ir/,».* 0 K t r„ b f Who will there be to lend u k Pa!e t,Q e are hard up?’ A nsweV rT 7 WheQ established English firm —a/efco German War LoanT What will baco ne of
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      308 6 ;r planters a*iB miters si CHEMICALS; Arctic "Cid 99% Aluui Rftin d an i Powdered Ca •;ii in Cm bide a list i So a 4 ELECTRIC SUPPLIES OF ALL SORTS: t ENGINEERS STORES:I METALS:irodium BLu phite WugLi*h Sulphur, Refined Sodi A sh ulpbate < f Copper i riss Popper,
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    RAMPANT BOLSHEVISM.
    542 7 [Reuter's Telegrams.] BEPORT8 FROM DENMARK. A School for Propagandist». London, December 22. A telegram to Copenhagen from Riga ,ja tbe Bolshevists shut 460 alleged counter-revolutionaries at Pikoff, and the Danish Minister states that the Austrian tfedek has established a school at Moscow where agitators from all parts of
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    THE NEW GERMANY.
    607 7 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] PRESIDENT AND STAATENHAU3. The Federal Principle. London, December 22. A telegram to Amsterdam from Bsrlin says that a conference ia Berlin on the new constitution, in which the Secretary of State for the Interior and the Austrian Minister participated, agreed that the eleoted President should
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    PRESIDENT IN PARIS.
    1351 7 [Reuter's Telegrams.] THE 80BBONNE CEREMONY. Dr Wilson’■ Reply. London, December 22. A oable from Paris of the 21st says that tbe Sorbonne for the first time in history conferred the degree of Dootor, honoris canon, on a foreigner when that diploma was handed to President Wilson to-day
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    EXEUNT MUNITIONS.
    594 7 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] CONVERSION TO A PTC A Cl BASIS. Mr. Churchill Details Stars. Pana, December 23. Mr, Winutew Churchill, Minister of Mni- tions, made a detailed statement at a I conference of the Trades Union Advisory Committee snd Employers outlining tbe i meaeuree taken to facilitate the turning
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    CHRISTMAS IN LONDON.
    384 7 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] UNFAMILIAR FEATURES. London, December 22, Though turkeys are scarce and plum puddings non-existent owing to lack of fruits, this promises to be the most hearty Christmas in living memory. With food restrictions relaxed, there is an abundance of meat, and with plenty of money, people,
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    The Mails.
    216 7 Mails from Singapore, Malacoa, Johore and the F M.B. south of Taiping ware not reoeivt d by train laat night bttt arrived at noon to day. The n»xt mail for Europe it Mail A by the Fultala for Madras t.k og mails via Bombay. It oloses at 1C
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    Outside.
    57 7 Tbe following artioiea will be found oa oar oat*idn page* i 8-—Wnr New» nod Gooaip 4k —G-rinany*» New Dictator. 5. —Co poral Paniabmnnt In Bobool*. Wiigbt at Bea. TheCa»h Obemutg. 8. —R-oonatruetion in War Time', Penang Shire Marker. Telegram*’. Waterfront, la tbe Cable?. 10—Women in ludu-try. ll* Murcbeater Go'd*.
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    39 7 Obituary. London, December 83. A cable from New T irk •naoaocea the d'ftth of Dr. W H. P#ge, late American An burador to Eogiaod Ibe death ia announced of Mr, Harvey Da Otoe who fouadad the poeumatio t/vo rnmmp
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    LATE CABLES.
    714 8 [Reuter's Telegrams.] Bolshevik Russia. Alliei 1 HelpLondon, Dooember 25. A message from Paris says that M. Piohon, Frenoh Foreign Minister, addressing tha Foreign Affairs Committee in the Chamber, explained what the Alliee had done to eapport the leoal Governments in Bussii which It was desired ehould esoape tbe
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    AERIAL NAVIGATION.
    511 8 [Buutm’s Cables.] ALLIED CONFEBENCE AT PABIS. Precautions against German Methods. Loudon, December 23. A oabla from Paris says an Allied Con- ferenoe, inolnding tha United States, Great b Britain, Franoe, Italy, and Belginm will be 1 held there early in 1919 with the view of establishing the basis
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    A Plague Spot.
    162 8 [To tmi Eoitob of Tin Strait* Echo,'] Sir, May I oall your attention to the fact that the Taoant land adjacent to Kata Street and lye Sin Btreet is at present ae one may term it “the batiUndd* of some parties who for some reason or other
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    PENAN6 SHARE MARKET.
    364 8 LEAN CO’S WEEKLY BE PORT. Penang. December. 27 A a the week under review comprised only two complete wo king-days and these mostly devoted to Chria maa preparations and ai Australian Stock exchanges have been closed since December 20th. there ia bnt little to report regarding movementa
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    Rubber and Peace.
    642 8 Long-sighted investors have for some time p*st been buyers of Babber shares in anticipation of the progress the industry t mast make io the early years of p c ace. No f secret has been made of the fact that tbe earnings of plantation companies in 1918
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    RECONSTRUCTION IN WAR TIME.
    679 8 (By a. Casual Cynxo) There haa been a good deal of vague talk about tbe reconstruction of Eaglish society whioh ia to follow the war, and of the great things whioh are to be done for him when Tommy comes marching home. It does not ■eem
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    ST. GEORGE'S CHURCH.
    81 8 Fikbt Sunday Aftsu Curistmab 8-00 am. Matins 8-30 a.m. Holy Communion and Commemoration of those fallen in the war 10-30 am. Matins (Chinese) 5- pm. BuDday School 6- p.m. Evensong Hymn 60 p§ c V lAi Magnificat 50 Nuno Dimittis 70 Anthem While shepherds watched their flocks—Beat
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    ST.ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. NORTHAM ROAD.
    28 8 9 am. Bunday School 6 p.m. Pnblio Worship Preaoher: Rev. Robert A. Blaadell Hymna t 245, 680, 434, 14 (Tune Aurelia 171), 516.
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    The Empire Theatre.
    81 8 The above establishment ia now screening a flue 6-reel picture, entitled I** Outwitted,” featuring two well-known artiatea of the Cinema atuge in the persona of Emily Btevens and Earle Fox. The story ia full of excitement from beginning to end and relates how a wealthy atook broker
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    THE WATERFRONT.
    908 8 Stuamuus Expected, Vitim, from Calcutta, die D*oember 80, for Singapore and Hongkong, Boustead Co. Iwxmi Maru, from Deli, due Dumber 80, for Singapore, Gatbrie 4 Co. Stentor, for Liverpool, die January 1. W. Mansfield Co, Priam from Liverpool, January 4, for China and Japan, W. Mansfield Co. The
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    A NAVAL CHAPLAIN'S NOTEBOOK.
    943 8 0F THE BOOKS). wo"r k b“i^,°7 t l 0 0 instant whether it j a m dtol d® on ij., ,to be .at.., p.,U* 7= n '»-<k «a or to describe them greatly KrBlk T ®nti i At any rate, if m *>-guB about it, I
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      77 8 MUNICIPAL NOTICE. Applications are invited for the post of Steward, King Edward VII Memorial Maternity Hospital. Salary $6OO par annum rising by annual increments of $OO to 1960. A cash security of $l,OOO will be required* Other particulars can be obtained from the undersigned. Applications, endorsed Steward will be received
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    SHARES.
    2312 9 1 3 Divid end. i I 0 o Nnmbe »f *3 d. m ■u c Z Capital. 8har«i S3 Hame c 0 3 a iaaaed. t -a last finanfor oarrent a> Cf 3 '3 eial year. year. 0 33 0Q I RUBBER—DOLL A K SHARE». f cts. f ots
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      200 9 ALLEN DENNYS Co., 7, Union Straet, Penang. Phone Noe. 883 k 412. Proprietors of/ THE PENANG RUBBER AUCTION ROOMS, where good prices are always obtain*» THE PENANG TRANSHIPrtrtO a» FO4WARDINC Co., wno undertake to forwarl goods to ANY PART OF THE WORLD. ESTATE DEPARTMENT.—\Ye pay special attention to all supplies
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    WOMEN IN INDUSTRY.
    1208 10 f EQUAL PAT FOB EQUAL WOBK. Ia view of the present inquiry into women’* wages, the following extracts from The JtnglUhwoman may be of interest. The writer dealt ehiefly with the question of equal pay for equal work, but her views on the effeet such a system
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      116 10 During the Great War The Allied Governments Have Bought Over ROYAL -ft n 'iT\ To Equip their Wonderful Armies. Follow tuis excellent lead and insist o.i havii.g a Royal at yoar place of business. It means easier work for the typist and bet»e results for toe employer. Prepare for the
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      128 10 JUST ARRIVED I FRASeR NEAVB'S 1919 DIARIES Price $1-50 each. LATEST SELECTIONS ur Christmas and New Year Greetings IN LARGE ASSORTMENTS. Criterion Press Ltd. PRINTERS STATIONERS. wvw rrm TEE GEEAT EASTEEE LIFE ASSURANCE Co., Ltd- 5* io x> }o t Heaa Office: SINGAPORE. Let Youp Home Possess One Strong 1
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      569 10 AUCTIONS. Tbennd8r.i JM l lre °P auction sale, of, P to I j Lands I Lands, Properties, Estates, Houses Furniture. Motorcars, Rubber, etc. PROIPI account sales rendered, r°T Verms Apply w ALLEN DENNYS g Co., Auction,«ri, AppraU,r, ,to. 7,Uoioa Street, P 8 o, a? Thon, No 39 uth 6 m
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    MANCHESTER GOODS.
    324 11 Messrs. Robert Bar boar A Brother, Ltd., write in their market report for October i —The ever-enlarging bewildered amasement with whiob the world was beholding events so prodigious, with history being made at such lightning pace, was not oondaoive to the formation of any settled conviotiona, bit rather
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    Salvage of Submarine Victims.
    543 11 Amongst the classes of work which Dr. Addison states must be given post war priority are shipbuilding and the repair of merchant ships. Of the importance of the former there can be no donbt, but it is questionable whether the remarkable amount of work effected in
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    PENANG TURF CLUB.
    982 11 9leu) jjfear Tfteeting, igig. RACE DAYS: FIRST DAY Tuesday, 21st Jany., 1919. SECOND DAY- Thursday, 23rd Jany., 1919, THIRD DAY Saturday, 25th Jany., 1919. FIRST DAY. TUESDAY. 21st JANUARY, 1919, 1 8 The Georgre Town Plate and Purse. Valne $400 and $100 to each’Second’’Horse. A Handicap for
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      395 11 01 o a BRITISH GOODS USE THE POPULAR SUMMERSCALE’S RUBBER MACHINtS. M (t I! L 0 '0 £1 > ft *72 THE “SIRIUS.” A. Rol ors Diamond Cut, 20 inches by 31 inches forming i iamond approx. I inch by inch by A inch deep. Roßlors r Main, Polished. The
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      372 11 at 5 p.m. on Friday, 10th January, 1919 Handicaps for the First Llliriwj WIUoC Day will be published on or before Wednesday, the 15th January, 1919. Specikl Confitloi R>fkrdi*( Handicap Race* In all Handicap Races for Horses or Ponies,’the Official Handicapper may, with the consent of the Committee, divide the
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      1357 12 P. O.—BRITISH MOM AND APCAR LINE. (Oempanies Incerperated la England.) MAIL AND PABBENOER BERVICEB. PENINSULAR. jAND ORIENTAL SAILINGS. with Hl* MajeityY Gsvernment.) TktlCoapay’i MAIL SERVICES EAST OF BOMBAY in it present suspended. P Mtßffin (or Barm am booked rim Bombay u opportunity offer* and ee far tn MBmoda t!? la
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