Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 4 June 1909

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 124 VOL. LXVII. FRIDAY, 4th JUNE, 1909. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 1500 1 THE “PINANG GAZETTE.” «"«er E«llrel| New Mmgeiwßl. EUROPE HOTEL, LntSTt?- 1 jTli A?Bh Ml Mi SUBSCRIPTION. <ROBEYPHONE”Jf \l)©uVF by royal appointment. 44, nenn street, renang. with selections and O XIWW WITH 20 BB S IT Inch born sumptu- U crirnTinuc For Daily Issue, in Town, T THE UNDERSIGNED beg to
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  • 968 2 [From Our Own Correspondent.] Ipoh, May 31. The visit of the Band maun Opera Company to Ipoh last week quite livened the town Up, though the Company only stayed here two days. Bandmann’s played in the theatre in our new Club and when I asked a member of
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  • 2340 2 L. <k C. Express. We regret to announce the death of Mr. William Henry McLeod Read, c.m.g., which took place at Blackheath at Lee, S.E., on May 10. Mr. Read, who may fitly be termed the Nestor of Singapore and the Straits Settlements, for as
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  • 171 2 The following is taken from a report of the Singapore Municipal Commission meeting on Friday last Dr. Fowlie moved that after June 30 no person in the employment of the Municipality be entitled to extra remuneration for extra work. Municipal servants, he declared, received very liberal
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  • 123 2 Friday. 4th June. Band, Esplanade, 9 p.m. Japanese Cinematograph, Penang Roa&lt;l. Saturday, sth June. St. Boniface. Cricket Volunteers v. C R.C., Esplanade. Cricket P.C.C. r. Butterworth, Butterworth. Japanese Cinematograph, Penang Road. Sunday. 6th June* Trinity Sunday. Monday, 7th June. Penang Turf Club: General Meeting, 4-30 p m. Band,
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  • 38 2 June J/.. 1883—Straits Government voted $6,000 for relief of sufferers by Kampong Kapur fire. 1886—Treaty between France and Korea signed. 1895—H. H. Abu Bakar, Sultan of Johore, died in London. 1897 —West River, China, opened.
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  • 26 2 Saturday, June s.— Furniture; 3 Union St.; 11-3&lt;» am.; Cunningham, Clark Co., auctioneers. Saturday, June s.^—Land 11 a.m Logan’s Buildings A. M. Joseph, auctioneer.
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  • 22 2 Rosebury,” 7 Logan Road; apply M. M. Noordin’s Office. New Zealand,” 14 Logan Road apply M. M. Noordin’s Office.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 30 2 Stkarns’ Cordial of Cod Liver Extract is the recognised leader of invigorating tonics. While it is so serviceable as a medicine, it is free from obnoxious taste and unpleasant action.
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    • 32 2 Looking for Trouble.—When Stearns’ Wine of Cod Liver Oil goes down the throat it begins looking for trouble, and when it finds the trouble it begins curing it. Makes weak people strong.
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    • 33 2 Fire Insurance. Queen Insurance Company. Royal Fire Insurance Company. The undersigned have been appointed Agents for the above Companies, and are open to accept Fire Risks at current rates. KATZ BROTHERS, Ltd., Agents.
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    • 307 2 GOOOOOOOOOOOOOCO99OOOOOQOQqq I NOTICE. I o 9 o o o 0 O have much pleasure in informing our 9 O patrons and the public that we have 0 rs opened an 0 o 0 g Engraving Department o| o'. 8 0 and are now in a position to undertake, execute and
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 79 2 The Tides. Date. L. W. H. W. L. W. H. W. A.M. A.M. P.M. P.M. June 4 6-15 0-02 6-41 0-18 5 7-07 0-54 7-33 1-20 6 7-59 1-46 8-25 2-12 7 8-51 2-38 9-17 3-04 8 9-43 3-30 10 09 3-56 9 10-35 4-22 11-01 4-48 „10 11-27 514
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  • 1341 3 AUTUMN MEETING, 1909. Tuesday, the 27th, Thursday, the 29th, and Saturday, the 31st July, 1909. PROPOSED PROGRAMME. To be submitted to a Special General Meeting to be held on Monday, 7th June, 1909, at the rooms of the Penang Chamber of Commerce, at 4.30 p.m. NOTICE.—No amendments
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    • 524 3 K. Y. K. Mail Steamship Co. Ld. I y /v&lt; I &lt;• mlar services are maintained JAI’AN' and EUROPE by the vts well-known ■frWIN-SCREW STEAMERS. W Mail Contract with the Imperial EK...... Government, specially desi ned for European Service, lighted VB boU t by Electricity, provided with exU* t acco’nmoda/on
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    • 157 3 gCQQOOOOOOOQOOOOOOOOQOOOOOOO |PLAYERSS NAVY MIXTURE §T 0 In Jib. Patent Air-tight Tins. q g Obtainable at Messrs. Pritchard s co. and all g g First-class Tobacconists. g o PRICE: g §55 CENTS PER TIN.§ *****9QQQQQ0Q0Q0OO0QQQQQ000O fHOWmil ERSKINE, Ltd., I I CIVIL, ELECTRIOAL, AND f j MECHANICAL ENGINEERS, 1 STRAITS, SIAM, F.M.S.,
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  • 1401 4 The secret of the Government’s intentions with regard to the future administration of Kedah, Kelantan, and Tringganu is being well guarded, and it is absolutely impossible to obtain any definite information on the subject; indeed, it is stated on good authority that the Resident-General himself, who
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  • 366 4 FREE SCHOOL v. MAHOMMEDANS. On Victoria Green, on Wednesday afternoon, the Free School and the Mahommedan Recrĕation Club played off their League fixture in the presence of a large crowd of spectators. In the first half the School team gave a fine display of combination and had by
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  • 119 4 The funeral of the late Mr. J. W. Magness, Inspector of Waterworks, Municipality, who died on Tuesday morning rs the result of an accident, took place on Wednesday afternoon. The hearse containing the coffin, which was covered with wreathes and crosses, was followed by a great
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  • 328 4 Mr. D. D. Richards, General Manager of Salak South, Ltd., writes From May 1 to May 17 the machinery worked developing a new position for the pontoon plant. The pontoon was moved to its new position, and started work there, on May 27. The clean ore won
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  • 786 4 Mr. C. E. Cockram, Secretary of the Ipoh Club, is on a visit to Penang. Captain Coysh. of thes.s. Pegu, goes Home for six months’ leave by the P. O. mail to-morrow. The Duke and Duchess of Connaught have arrived at Madrid on a visit to the
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  • 137 4 IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT'S THE NATAL AGITATio s [Reuter’s Service 1 London, 2 n j Reuter’s Agency is i nformed I Imperial Government has resol J?' I the Act sanctioning the Soutl Union and Convention befo-e P is prorogued, and will make no am SJ except in its technical
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  • 63 4 A DIPLOMATIC DINNER, [Der Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Sery lce Berlin, 3rd J une The Japanese Ambassador in Berlin a grand gala dinner last night at whp practically all the prominent people in official world were present. Prince and Princess Kuni of Japan ar. spending two days at Frankfort
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  • 56 4 HONOUR FOR COUNT BERNSTORFF [Der Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service Berlin, 3rd June. Professor H. T. Peck, of Columbia University, in conferring upon Count Bernstorff, German Ambassador to the United States, the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws of the University, made a speech in which he expressed cordial
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  • 40 4 [Reuter’s Service 1 London, 4th June. Prince and Princess Nashimoto uf Japan are on a visit to England the visit is a private one, but it is believed that the King and Queen will leceive them.
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  • 31 4 DISTINGUISHED SOLDIER APPOINTED. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 4th June. Major-General Harry Barron, C. V. 0., late Commanding the Royal Artillery at Malta, has been appointed Governor of Tasmania.
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  • 33 4 A LOAN FROM FRANCE. [Reuter’s Service. London, 4th June. Servia has arranged with a group of French financiers for a loan of £6,000,000 sterling, chiefly for purposes of railways and armaments.
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  • 12 4 [Dkr Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service. [Dkr Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service.
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  • 13 4 [Der Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service, j [Dkr Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service.
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  • 124 4 There will be a ride on Sunday mmiiiui next; meet at Dato Kramat Gardens aa.m., and finish at “Thornliebank. It is possible some witnesses from may be called before the Home Comsu which is investivating the question-» &lt;- 11 nected with emigration to the Cu’"* 1 colonies.
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    • 344 4 TO LET. Small lock up office on GROUND FLOOR. Apply ROBINSON PIANO Co., Ltd. TO_LET. Nq. 2, JOHORE ROAD. Entry from Ist July, 1909. Rent #BO per month. Apply to KOE GUAN Co. The Bankruptcy Ordinance, 1888. In the Supreme Court of the Straits Settlements. SETTLEMENT OF PENANG. Tn Bankruptcy.
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  • 181 5 kaiser and tsar to meet. a GREAT POLITICAL EVENT. [Reuter’s Service London, 3rd June. On the initiative of the Kaiser, His Maiesty will meet the Tsar in the Finnish Archipelago on June 17. M. Isvolsky will accompany the Tsar. Great political importance is attached to t he
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  • 69 5 CORRESPONDENCE WITH KAISER. [Der Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service.] Berlin, 2nd June. The report that Baron Marschall von Rieberstein, German Ambas-ador to Turkey, has demanded the publication of the correspondence between the Kaiser and Abdul Hamid is incorrect. This correspondence was of an ordinary friendly nature and contained
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  • 66 5 THE VALUE OF THE YEOMANRY. [Reuter’s Service] London, 2nd June. General Sir lan Hamilton, the new Adjutant-General to the Forces, criticising the Yeomanry operations during Whitsuntide, on Salisbury Plain, which were modelled on the battle of the Yalu, says that the aptitude of the men was surprising, and
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  • 46 5 CATTLE DEALERS ATTACKED. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Ipoh, 3rd June. Four Malay cattle-dealers have been attacked by robbers just outside Ipoh, being shot at and hacked with parangs. The robbers stole a sum of $1,200. The police have arrested one of the robbers.
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  • 55 5 THE OUTPUT FOR MAY. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Kuala Lumpur, 4th June. The yield for Highlands and Lowlands Rubber Co., Ltd., for the month of May was 28,860 lb., making 132,963 lb. for the first five months of 1909 as compared with 59,515 lb. for
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  • 36 5 [Reuter’s Service.] London, 4th June. According to The Times a marriage has been arranged between Lord Sandhurst, late Governor of Bombay, and the Honourable Mrs. Armine Wodehouse, daughter-in-law of the Earl of Kimberley.
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  • 29 5 COALITION CABINET FORMED. [Reuter’s Service London, 3rd June. The Hon. A. Deakin has formed a coalition Ministry in the Australian Commonwealth Parliament against the Labour Party.
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  • 31 5 AN ALARMING REPORT. [Reuter’s Service London, 4th June. The Lancet states that illness has compelled Queen Margherita of Italy to abandon her proposed motor-car tour through Japan.
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  • 200 5 THE FA-KU-MKNI DISPUTE. A JAPANESE EXPLANATION. [Reuter’s Service] London, 3rd lune. The Titnes's correspondent at Tokio has received an explanation of the Japanese refusal to refer the Fa-ku-menn railway dispute to The Hague, which has prompted a conviction that a stage has been reached at which arbitration
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  • 298 5 “THE DUCHESS OF MILAN” [Reuter’s Service.] London, 3rd June. Hans Holbein the Younger’s famous portrait of The Duchess of Milan,” which was sold by the Duke of Norfolk to Messrs. Colnaghi Co the well-known art dealers, for £60,006, has been saved for the nation by a single
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  • 45 5 A LOAN ISSUED IN LONDON. [Reuter’s Service London, 2nd June. A Russian Government railway loan at per cent, amounting to £3,500,000 sterling has been issued in London at the price of £9O. London, 4th June. The Russian railway loan has been largely oversubscribed
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  • 19 5 [Der Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service.] Berlin, 3rd June. A strike of coal miners is threatened in Scotland.
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  • 3663 5 IMPORTANT TRIAL AT THE ASSIZES. A SEVERE CROSS-EXAMINATION. The trial of Joseph Smith and Ismail on charge* of using as genuine a forged document and of abetment thereof respectively, in connection with the mortgage of land in Province Wellesley, was resumed before Mr. Justice Braddell and a special
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 34 5 Messrs. Pritchard Co.’s advertisement appears on page 2 today. We are asked to state that the Robinson Piano Co., Ltd., have removed into new premises in Beach Street, directly opposite the Hongkong Shanghai Bank.
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  • 163 5 OBITUARY. MR. P. A. M’HUGH, M.P. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 2nd June. The death is announced of Mr. P. A. M’Hugh, Nationalist M. P. for Sligo, North. [Mr. Patrick Aloysius M’Hugh was born at Glenfarne, County Leitrim, on Sept. 25, 1858, and was the son of a farmer. He was educated
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    • 1594 6 CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI HANDEL NEDERLANDSCHE-INDISCHE THE MERCANTILE BANK OF BROWN AUSTRALIA. AND CHINA BANKING CORPORATION. MAAIouHA ESCOMPTO-MAATSCHAPPIJ. INDIA, LIMITED. Monumental Seuln?’’ n -4. i «isnnnnnn Netherlands Trading Society. (Netherlands-Indian Discoant Bank.) CALCUTTA ♦4 k D 4 $15,000,000 Established 1824. Established at Batavia, 1857. Authorised Capital £1,500.000.
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  • 1231 7 1 I Capital. Subscribed. gh Va)ue Dividends. Name. r-B- ■'’•72 &gt;» o 2-i CD 3Q O» I MINING. -M.,, $300,0001 $300,000 30,000 $lO $lO 12% year end. 31-3-09 Belat Tin Mining Co., Ltd. $8 300,000 225,000 22,500 10 10 Bruang, Ltd. 7 1 I* 600,000 600,000 60,000 10 10
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  • 103 7 Cornelia, Brit., 194, Williams, June 4, Teluk Anson, gen.. E. S. *’o. De Kock, Dut., 565, Vileeming, June 3, Deli, gen., Huttenbach, Liebert Co. Devanha, Brit., 4875, Hayward, June 2, Bombay, gen., Adamson, Gilfillan Co. Kistna, Brit., 524, Learmont, June 3, Singapore, gen., Huttenbach. Liebert Co. Malaya, Ger.,
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  • 46 7 Flying Fish for Port Weld. Lai Sang for Calcutta. Omapere for Tongkah, Kopah, Renong, Victoria Point, Mergui, and Tavoy. Padang for Batu Bahra. Rotorua for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Sappho for Teluk Anson. Sportsman for Batu Bahra. Un Peng for Pulau Langkawi, Perlis, and Setul.
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  • 71 7 Name of Steamer, where from, approximate date of arrival, where bound, and Agents. Benvorlich, London, June 10, Japan, S. B. China, Japan, June 7, Fiume, S. K. China, Singapore, -lune 7, Fiume, S. K. Glenogle, Rangoon, June 5, China, E. S. lyo Maru, Singapore, .lune 4, Antwerp, B.
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  • 18 7 DEPARTURES. By Malaya (June 2) to Deli, Miss Palmer, Messrs Lehrmann, Goldenberg, Deenekamp, and Lee Pak Oon.
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  • 123 7 Pknang, 4th June, 1909. (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank). London Demand Bank 2'3| 4 months' sight Bank 2/4 1/16 3 Credit 2/4 3/16 3 Do ventary 2/4 7/32 Calcutta Demand Ban«£ Rs. 174$ 3 days’ sight Private 176 Bombay Demand Bank 174 3 days’sight Private 176 Madras Demand
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  • 191 7 Penang, 4th Junk, 1909. Gold leaf $65 Pepper (W. Coast 3 lb. 5 0z).... No stock. White Pepper $l7 sellers. Trang Pepper $l3 buyers. Mace 73 buyers. Mace I ickings $66.50 sales. Cloves out of season. Nutmegs 110 $17.50 sellers. f No. 1 $6.65 sales. Sugar &lt; No 2
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  • 464 7 To-Morrow. For Per. Cion*. Rangoon and Calcutta Nuddea 11 a.m. Registration 10 a.m. Ceylon, Australasia. India, Aden, Mauri- Oceana 11 a.m. tins, Egypt, and vid &gt;Regist. 10-30 a.m. Brindisi for Europe, Parcels 10-30 am. etc. J Deli and Langsa De Kock 1 p.m Langkat Jin Ho 1 p.m.
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  • 35 7 Home- Ex- Positively To Steamer. fA WARD. PECTED. I&gt;UR *AII. P. «k O. Oceana 5/6 B. I. Tara 29/5 N.D.L. P.E.Friedrich 8/6 Outward. P. &O. Assaye 17/6 8.1. Tara 10/6 N.D.L. Yorck 9/6
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  • 243 7 Per P i O Malta, from London, May 8, due June 8 :—To Penang Messrs A W Davidson, D Smith and J Angus. To Singapore Mrs E T Jones and child, Mr and Mrs Grasset and child, Mr and Mrs H Jackson, Mr and Mrs W
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  • 612 7 —p.m. a. In collision with the French mail steamer &lt;»n Wednesday, May 12, an accident of a serious nature occurred to the P. &O. steamer Egypt, which was berthed in the Victoria Dock, Bombay. The Dumbea, which arrived in Bombay on May 12, from Noumea, was being berthed
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    • 252 7 M N DENTS promptly executed at lowest JWS I 9 X* cash prices for all kinds of British and 1 fKvßcw' 4** WJ JJ Kontinental goods, including:— W BJ JJ Books and Stationery. K 1 Boots, Shoes and Leather. Chemicals and Druggists’ Sundries. China, Earthenware and Glassware. Cycles, Motors and
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    • 35 7 sun iff® ol cunnUfl. (Established 1805). Assets exceed £6,000,000.0.0 Surplus over all liabilities according to Government Standard 846,265.0.0 Incomb, 1908, £1,428,000.0.0 W. A. WHITE, j KENNEDY A Co., .Manager, South-Eastern 4 penMg Asia, «Singapore. J
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    • 224 7 Facts of Absorbing Interest To those who are in the clutches of Rheumatism One cannot be too quickly cured of rheumatism. To.get rid of those awful pains that make life a never-ending series of torture, now mild, now excruciating, today in bed, to-morrow hobbling around on crutches—to be relieved of
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    • 2288 8 P. &0. Steam N&Tigatioo Company. lix tended Sailing». Shipping. Shipping. BR.TISH imdi* Norddeutsclier Lloyd, Bremen. SST i 0VT.A...., XuCSbL STEAM NAVIGATION Co., LTD. iwiuuouwunin WUJU, IIS» June 17 Assaye connecting with Moldavia July 1 Delta Mantua 1 Imperial German Mail Line. 15 Mongolia Kob i.t.mo.d to Sait St.am.b, |f 29
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