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SINGAPORE-PENANG

WING LOONG (Singapore Tailoring Co.)-- 98, 100 and 102, High Street; Teleph. 7627; Cable Ads: Tailoring and Wingloong; Codes: A.B.C. 5th edn. and Bentley's

WINTER & Co., H. B., Tailors and Mens' Wear Specialists-20, Battery Road; Teleph. 6188; Cable Ad: Wintering

H. B. Winter, managing proprietor

'D. Nicol, cutter

Edward Chow, cashier Paul G. Peralta, asst.

WOOD & Co.. R. J. Importers and

Exporters Chartered Bank Cham bers. Head Office, John Bolton & Co., Ltd., 34, Princess Street, Manchester. Branches in India a Delhi, Bombay, Cawnpore, Amrit- sar, Rawalpindi and at Penang: P.O. Box 651; Cable Ad: Cotillon

T. S. Pearson, manager Low Kim Wah, salesman

P. N. Menon

WORLD ELECTRICAL SERVICE, LTD., THE Contractors for Supply of Electrical Household Appliances and Modern Lighting Installation-- 70, Robinson Road; Teleph. 6666

YANGTSZE INSURANCE ASSOCIATION, LTD., THE (Incorporated in Hong kong),. Marine, Fire and Motor Car-Union Building, Collyer Quay; Teleph. 5981; P. O. Box 617; Cable Ad: Union. Head Office: Shanghai

H. C. B. Way, branch manager

C. R. Davidge

G. A. L. Plummer

安福 楊

C81

YEO HOCK ANN, Merchants and Tongkang

Owners-81, Clyde Terrace; Teleph.

4333; Cable Ad: Yeohockann; Code: Bentley's

Yeo Ee Han

Yeo Ark

YEW AIK & Co., Importers & Exporters of Motor Accessories & Part Tyres, Oil and etc.-454, Victoria Street; Teleph. 4750; Code: Bentley's

Ong Book Pok, mng. partner Agencies:

Motor Master Blue Crown Spark

Plugs

Royal Windsor Motor Oils

YIN, S. C., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.-Khong Jin

Dispensary, 99, Hill Street

YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK-(See Banks)

ZEHNDER BROS., Advocates and Solicitors --22c, Chulia Street, Singapore; Teleph.

6246. 9, Church Street, Malacca

W. F. Zehnder, barrister-at-law

(Gray's Inn.), Malacca

H. R. S. Zehnder, O.B.E., barrister-at-

law (Gray's Inn.), Singapore H. A. R. Paulusz, assistant, barrister- at-law (Middle Temple), Singapore F. Bernard Oehlers, assistant, bar- rister at law (Gray's Inn.), Singapore

PENANG

Penang-or Prince of Wales Island, as it was formerly called-is situated on the west coast of the Malay Peninsula in 5 deg. north latitude. With a strip of land on the opposite coast known as Province Wellesley, from which it is separated by a strait warying from two to 11 miles in width, it constitutes the second in importance of the idthree areas known as the "Straits Settlements." The island contains an area of About 110 square miles, being 15 miles long and eleven broad at its widest portion, while Province Wellesley extends for a distance of 45 miles along the coast, and has an average width of eight miles, containing 280 square miles. The chief town of Penang

s George Town, but the name of the island (which signifies Betel-nut Island has become so identified with the town that the specific designation has almost dropped out of use.

Penang was ceded to the famous Captain Francis Light for the East India Company In the year 1786 for an annual payment of $6,000 which was later increased to $10,000 Go the Rajah of Kedah, a step which was followed, 13 years later, by the cession of Province Wellesley. In the year 1805 Penang was elevated to the rank of a presidency,