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F. Matson, supervisor W. Bevan,
do.
K. Sclanders,, operator M. M. Stewart, do.
E. J. Smart, do.
PENANG-MALACCA
E. J. Munro,
do.
G. Fielding-Southam, operator
E. A. Karl,
do.
F. P. Kohlhoff, accountant
J. W. McNamee, clerk S. K. Bobju,
do.
UNITED ENGINEERS, LIMITED, 28, Beach Street. Tel. Ad: Uniteers. Works: Sungei, Pinang.Head Office and Works:Singapore. Branches: Ipoh, Seremban, Medan, Malacca and Bangkok
W. E. Hutson, manager
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R. D. Pitceathly, coml. assistant D, J, Robertson, technical asst. E. S. Burgis, electrical engineer H. E. Ward, works superintendent I. Eisenberg, outside foreman
VALVOLINE OIL Co., Refiners and Manu- facturers-8A, Beach Street; Tel. Ad: Valvoline; Codes: A.B.C. 4th and 5th Ed. Head Offices: Liverpool and New York
Manager, Straits Settlements, F. M. S. and Sumatra George A. Watt,
A.M.I.M.E.
WEARNE BROS., LIMITED, Automobile Engi- neers and Importers-30, Anson Road (corner of Burinah Road) Teleph. 258; Tel. Ad: Wearne: Codes: A.B.C. 5th edition and Private
WHITEAWAY, LAIDLAW & Co., LTD., Drapers and Complete House Furnishers-4, 6, 8, 10, 12 and 14, Bishop Street
S. G. Parrett, manager
D. Rendle
W. Cartwright J. Downes
WREFORD & THORNTON, Advocates and Solicitors-13, Beach Street, Penang, and at Ipoh, F.M.S.
James Sellar, B.L. (Scot.)
Arthur R. Thornton, barrister-at-law Hugh Thorne, asst. solicitor
G. H. Goh, L.L.B., barrister-at-law,
assistant
WRIGHT-MOTION, G. E., Advocate and Solicitor-14, Beach Street, and Ipoh, F. M. S.; Telephs 657, Ipoh 171; Tel. Ad: Motion; Codes A.B.C. 5th Edition and Broomhall's (Rubber Edition)
George Egerton Wright-Motion, Soli- citor of the Supreme Court, England, Advocate and Solicitor, S. S. and of the Courts of the F. M.S.
Harry T. Jones, barrister-at-law
(Gray's Inn), Ipoh, assistant London Agents-R. W. Cooper & Sons, 5, Victoria Street, West- minster, S.W.
YOUNG, L. J., Agent-12, Barrack Road;
Tel. Ad: Diadem
YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION-
"Mayfair," Burmah Road
YOUNG & Co., LTD., R., Engineers and Contractors Chamber of Commerce Buildings, 1, Downing St.; Tel. Ad: Loco; Teleph. 542
Directors-J. W. Hunt (chairman),
A. S. Hall, W. H. Thorne
Clerk of Works-R. T. Wickramsinghe
YOUNG, W. MCKNIGHT, Advocate and Solicitor, S.S. and F.M.S.-4A, Logan's Buildings
Maliommed Hussain, clerk
MALACCA
The settlement of Malacca excites more interest from a historical point of view than either of its sister towns. Commercially, it fell completely to the rear after the establishment of Penang and Singapore, but the advent of the rubber industry in 1906 has converted the settlement into a flourishing agricultural province with a revenue nearly treble its expenditure. Originally settled by the Portuguese in 1511, it was for many years the one foreign entrepôt in the East, and the fact that it has given