Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 2 November 1909

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 250 VOL. LXVII. TUESDAY, 2nd NOVEMBER. 1909. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 1524 1 THE “PINANG GAZETTE.” I" T j subsckTption. .v e d pi r r r The Property and Commercial Sales Rooms f Y implanted. Copy Lease Map and Plans and (56, BEACH STREET.) 1! CSsH S 99 For Daily Issue, in Town, lowest price cash and shares. Option must -1 tl£
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  • 1130 2 T Since I came to Ceylon I have had a good many opportunities of staying with friends. I found that the lady of the house hardly ever had a good supply of English vegetables, and seldom took any interest in household affairs. Everything was left to
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  • 283 2 Traveller writes to the Rangoon Gazette Those who have taken the trip from Rangoon to Singapore need no advice. To others it may be enough to say that it is a pleasant outing. No storms and only one day of heavy swells. A day off at Penang
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  • 231 2 Deaths from Wild Animals and Snakes Simla, 9th October. From an annual Government resolution it appears that the total number of persons killed by wild animals rose from 1,966 in 1907 to 2,166 in 1908, for which tigers in Bengal, and leopards and tigers in the Central
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  • 97 2 This Week’s Programme. Tuesday—Golf Club. 1. Overture Morimo Williams. 2. Cake Walk Creole Belle Lampe. 3. Selection Irish Airs Hartmann. 4. Waltz Wienei Bint Strauss. 5. Melody La Palama Yradier. 6. March Bismarker Herrmann. Wednesday—Esplanade. 1. Overture Fest Burald. 2. Polka I Aint Gwine ter Work No Mo
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  • 387 2 o of the class we most desire. The Englishman. The Agricultural Conference at Poonf has been productive of some very instructive and interesting pronouncements, to some of which we have drawn attention but the most remarkable speech on that occasion was delivered by Mr. J. W. Mollison, Inspector-General
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  • 310 2 Exchange. The price of Para rubber is still rising. It has now reached nine shillings a pound, a figure which the most sanguine had never hoped it would ever touch. Four years ago, whan the rubber boom was at its height when rubber companies were being
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  • 129 2 The following unclaimed letters are lying at the Penang Post Office Letters. Coxon, M. S. Martin, R. R. Crawford, H. F. M. Meyer, Moses Elises, Senor Noyes, A. 11. Ambrosis, Ofrier, A. Esmonde, J. G. Price, W. G. Everaars, A. M. Roberts, J. Gilbert, M. P. Sassoon, S,
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  • 99 2 Tuesday, 2nd November. All Souls’ Day. Band, Golf Club. League Football: M.R.C. v. Crescent, Esplanade. Japanese Cinematograph, Penang Road. Wednesday. 3rd November. Band, Esplanade, 6 to 7 p.m. Japanese Cinematograph, Penang Road. Thursday. 4th November. Outward P. O. Mail. Cricket Australians v. Northern Malaya, Esplanade. Japanese Cinematograph, Penang
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  • 59 2 November 2. 1875—Mr. J. W. W. Birch assassinated at Pasir Salak, Perak. 1889—Secret Society Proclamation posted throughout Singapore. 1894 Alexander 111. of Russia died. 1895 Coronation of H. H. Ibrahim as Sultan of Johore. 1905—Japan agreed to withdrawal of International troops from Pechile. 1908—First case under new
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  • 77 2 Police Department, Penang :—Clothing for 1910-12 tenders close Nov. 15. F. M.S. Railways.— Petrol for 1910; tenders close noon, Nov. 20. F.M S. Railways.— Loading and unloading of goods, merchandise, and live stock carried by the Govt. Railway in Selangor, Negri Sembilan, and Malacca during 1910 tenders close noon,
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  • 95 2 S 3 Northam Road apply Kennedy Co. Westlands Bungalows, Nos. 1,2, and 3; apply Wreford Thornton. Westlands House apply Wreford Thornton. 66 Cantcnment Road 'furnished); apply Adams Allan. 17 Logan Road apply “H,” c/o Pinang Gazette. 14 Logan Road apply M. M. Noordin. 44 Sunnyside,” 234 Macalister
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  • 59 2 Tuesday and Wednesday, Nov. and S.— Penang Coach-Building Co.’s stock-in-trade; 5 Union St.; 11-30 am., Koh Eng Hin, auctioneer. Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, Nov. 3, 4, 5, and 6.— Engineering and Electrical Stock-in-trade at Town Store, 30 Beach St. Cunningham. Clark Co., auctioneers. Monday, Nov. 15.— Furniture
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  • 613 2 OFFICIAL MINUTES. Minutes of a Meeting of the Municipal Commissioners held on Thursday, the 14th day of October, 1909. Pbbsbnt: —F. J. Hallifax, Esq., (President) J. W. Hallifax, Esq.,L. H. Clayton, Esq., Lim Cheng Teik, Esq., Dr. P. V. Locke, Esq and Quah Beng Kee, E-q. 1. The
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 58 2 The Troubles of Digestion, pain, flatulence, acidity, and so on, are happily in most cases simply the expression of some fleeting disturbance of function The best way to restore tone and regularity to the intestinal tract is by taking a wine-glassful of HunyUi Janos” natural aperient water the first thing
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    • 417 2 Cheap Week End Excursions to Selangor. ■piRST CLASS return tickets will be A granted per s.s. KISTNA,” timed to leave Penang for Port Swettenham every Saturday afternoon, available onlv for return per ss. “PIN SENG,” due to leave Port Swettenham on the next afternoon and expected to arrive in Penang
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 223 2 The Moon. Last Quarter 4.38 a.m. 5 Nor. O New Moon 9.18 a.m. 13 First Quarter 12.29 p.m. 21 O Full Moon 3.52 p.m. 27 The Sun. Apparent times of Sunrise and Sunset in Penang:— From Sunrise. Sunset. Nov. 1 Nov. 7,... 6-4 a.m. 5-56 p.m. Nov. 8 Nov. 15,..
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    • 1286 3 w T U Winn Jt *************************000 Hamburg-Bremen Fire THE NAME II LD D Banking and Trading Corporation, Q Naud in t6n Cats COaa Ltdov The undersigned, having been appointed O vww «4 q Agents of the above Company, are ready 0N A \Zr O PENANG—MEDAN. O to accept fire risks
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  • 1234 4 In the Empire Review for October Mr. Edward Dicey, c.b., has au article on The Future of Greece which helps us somewhat to elucidate the obscurities of the present situation. The striking thing about it is that Mr. Dicey seems to have shared the general opinion
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  • 148 4 AN INTERESTING SITUATION. The consumption of tin fur the month of October was as follows United Kingdom 1,400 tons The Continent 1,700 U.S.A. 3,600 6,700 tons The visible supply on November 1 was 19,362 tons as compared with 21,714 tons on October 1, 19,794 tons on
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  • 621 4 Water Scheme Adoptkd. A special meeting of the Municipal Commissioners was held yesterday afternoon to discuss further the proposed new Water Supply. All the Commissioners were present with the exception of Mr. Beng Kee, who was unavoidably absent. The President, in introducing the business of the special
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  • 678 4 P.C.C. v. G. S. The elements proved distinctly unki lP to League football yesterday afternoon f or after sunshine had prevailed all mornin? and in the earlier part of the afternoon extremely heavy showers fell at 5 p.m. a nr j at 5-25 p.m. The Fenang Cricket Club
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  • 214 4 The output of dry rubber for the Penang Sugar Estates Company and the Straits Sugar Company for October was as follows lb. Caledonia 18,000 Tali Ayer 10,00<» Selaba 2,400 Rubana 10,200 Nova Scotia 2,500 Gedong 1,887 Total 44,987 The importation into India of The Bands Mataram newspaper,
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    • 613 4 ****************************** I STERILISED 1 1 NATURAL MILK. MILKMAID BRAND. 8 2 The Best on the Market. o o Gbtainable from all Dealers. g ****************************** TOWN HALL. Gn Friday, the 12th, and Jtfonday, i J the 15th ftovenjber, 1909, JJ i THE LIARS." J Entirely New Scenery, specially designed jj I
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  • 129 5 ALLEGATIONS OF FAVOURITISM. FURTHER CORRESPONDENCE [Reuter’s Service London, Ist Nov. Mr. H. H. Asquith, Prime Minister, replying to Lord Charles Beresford, enclosed a communication from Mr. R McKenna, First Lord of the Admiralty, refuting the charges made by Lord Charles Beresford in detail and stating that Captains
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  • 67 5 AN INTERESTING SEQUEL. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Kuala Lumpur, 2nd Nov. Yap Hon Chin, who was arrested on July 27 on a charge of being implicated in the secret society meeting at the Pudu Temple, this morning brought an action against Mr. W. Cowan Protector of
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  • 46 5 A RECORD TIDE. From Our Own Correspondent} Kuala Lumpur, Ist Nov. There has been a record tide at Port Swettenham There are two and a half feet of water outside the godowns, and inside the floors are covered to tlie depth of seven inches.
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  • 40 5 A FINAL DIVIDEND. [/rozn Our Own Correspondent.] Kuala Lumpur, Ist Nov. The F.M.S. Rubber Company declares a final dividend of eighteen per cent., making a total of twenty-four per cent, for the year ended May 31.
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  • 41 5 CREW EATEN BY CANNIBALS. [Reuter’s Service.] Loudon, 2nd Nov. A telegram from Manila states that cannibals in the Admiralty Islands captured a boat containing three Englishmen and three Chinese, and ate them all, except one Englishman who escaped.
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  • 41 5 ROBBERIES OF STORES. [Reuter’s Service London, 2nd Nov. The trial has begun at Kiel of Herr Heinrich, Director of the Naval Yard and Stores, three subordinates, and five merchants on a charge of wholesale robberies of valuable stores.
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  • 39 5 FINANCIER’S HUGE PROFITS. [Rbutsr’s Service.] Loudon, Ist Nov. Mr. Patten, the American financier who made a corner in wheat in May last, Las cornered the American cotton market. His profits are already estimated at £2,000,000.
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  • 42 5 A WELSH MINE FLOODED. [Reuter’s Service.] Loudon, 2nd Nov. Ihe Tareni Colliery, in the Swansea alley, has been flooded 150 men have been brought up alive and also three bodies, but 150 are still below. The flood is rising.
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  • 32 5 A VISIT TO ROME. [Dkr OSTASIATISCHE LLOYD’S SERVICE.] Berlin, Ist Nov. Prince Bulow, ex-German Chancellor, is on a visit to Rome, the Press of which publish sympathetic articles concerning him.
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  • 54 5 CASUALTIES IN AMERICA. A CAD ICT’S NECK BROKEN. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 2nd Nov. During a football match at West Point between a U.S. Army team and Harvard University, one of the cadets got his neck broken. A midshipman who was injured in a football match at Annapolis a
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  • 53 5 A MINIATURE DELUGE. [Reuter’s Service London, Ist Nov. The London to Hastings railway line is blocked owing to many embankments having collapsed. The lower part of Canterbury and the town of Ashford «re flooded. From Lewes to the sea the country is a huge lake fourteen square
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  • 42 5 MEASURES BY THE POWERS. [Der Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service.] Berlin, Ist Nov. The situation at Athens is still complicated. It is expected that British and Russian warships will eventually proceed to the Piraeus to protect the Royal Family.
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  • 25 5 [Reuters Service.] London, 2nd Nov. M. Paul han in his ;eroplane has flown ninety-six miles in two and three-quarter hours at Brooklands.
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  • 21 5 [Der Ostasiatiscre Lloyd’s Service.] Berlin, Ist Nov. There are rumours that the Tsarina will spend the winter in Italy.
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  • 238 5 Drawing for the Griffins. There was a large gathering at the Racecourse yesterday evening to witness the drawing for the new griffins. Nos. 6 and 11 out of the fourteen were rejected, leaving a dozen promising G «Noways, forming a fairly even lot as the subscriptions and
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  • 62 5 Ata special meeting of the P.C.C. Cricket Committee yesterday evening, Messrs. W. S. Dunn, P. J. Sproule, W. S. Lecky, and O. P. Griffith-Jones were appointed to arrange all details for the forthcoming cricket match Northern Malaya versus the Australians. A reply is expected from Mr. Birch
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  • 139 5 A telegram from the Tongkah Harbour Tin Dredging Company gives the following results for October Hours Piculs No. I dredge 409 297 No. 2 413 15i No. 3 27 23 Total 577 H.M.S. Sealark leaves to-morrow for the Siamese coast. She will probably return to Penang in
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  • 545 5 ENTRIES FOR THE GYMKHANA. The following are the entries for the Gymkhana to be given by the t enang Hunt Club on Tue«day, 9tb inst. (the King’s Birthday) Event No. I—Distance Handicap. Owners Horses Weight H’cap Mr. J. F. Wreford’s 3/is Tor 1 1. Scratch J. Pickenpack’s
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  • 47 5 London, 22nd October. The election for the Diets of Saxony and Baden have been remarkable for the increase in the Socialist vote. While there was only one Socialist in old Saxony many already have been elected, and fifty-three are participating in the second ballots.
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  • 1162 5 HOW AND WHAI’ TO COLLECT. BY R O. WINSTEDT. PART I. My advice to that very small number of nay acquaintances who are anxious to collect Malay silver is always Punch's timetried advice to those aoout to marry, and my motive, sincere as his,
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  • 162 5 The following are the orders of the day for the meeting of the Legislative Council on Friday next: 1. Liquors Revenue Bill, Ist reading. 2. Deleterious Drugs Bill (Bill “To amend and consolidate the Law with regard to Deleterious Drugs”), Ist reading. 3& 4. Supply Bill (Bill For
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  • 325 5 London, 23rd Octber. The East Marylebone Conservative Association has adopted Mr. Richard J ebb as Tariff Reform candidate, refusing to endorse a compromise on the fiscal question which has been arranged with Lord Robert Cecil who is a Free Trader. Loudon, 24th October. The Northumberland miners have
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    • 120 5 “CHECKMATE.” AT THE PARISH HALL, On Friday, November sth. IN AID OF THE BUILDING FUND OF THE Penang Recreation Club. Under the Distinguished Patronage of the Hon. R. N. Bland, Resident Councillor, and the Rt. Rev. J. Meneuvrier, V. G. CAST. Sir Everton Toffee, Mr. W. H Scully. Sam Winkle
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    • 421 5 NOTICE. Menglembu Lode Syndicate,' s Ltd. THE Transfer Books ofjfthe Company will be closed from this date up to 16th inst. By t Order, D. A. M. Brown <fc Phillips, Secretaries. 1, Downing Street, Penang, 2nd November, 1909. NOTICE. Eastern Smelting Co., Ltd. The third ordinary general MEETING of the
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    • 1654 6 «e „„.,INEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL nEDERLANDSCHE-INDISCHE THE MERCANTILE BANK OF THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI MAATSCHAPPU. ESCOMPTO-MAATSCHAPPU. INDIA, LIMITED. r Ghiixninrt AMSTRAL,A ANP CH,NA BANKING_CORPOPATION. aods Trad r„ Society. (Netherlands-Indian Eastern Snipping incorporated by Royal Charter. ls ooo ooo wa 4MOU.UUO- aotho’bb’d’c" rratb F 12,000,000. Subscribed Capital 1,125,000. rr
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  • 1400 7 S Capital. Dividend*. j I I J —j— 1 i J i-. i ,r s I’II I j 1 MINING. K WW *IS *lo 12 l'"““‘-.'Mrend. 31-3.09 Bel.t Tin Mining Co »>■. 6 'S:X W «0 Per contend. 30-4.08... Mining o. Sj IJtol £lOO,OOO £71,200 71’,200 £1 £i k/-
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  • 61 7 Ban Whatt Soon, Brit., 199, Gully, Nov. 2, Teluk Anson, gen., E. S. Co. Bantam, Dut., 1323, Greger, Nov. 1, Singapore, gen., Hottenbach, Liebert Co. Mary Austin, Brit., 121, Harvey, Nov. 2, Asahan, gen., E. S. Co. Omapere, Brit., 340, Bell, Nov. 2, Tavoy, gen., E. S. Co.
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  • 39 7 De Kock for Deli. Ipoh for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Jin Ho for Langkat. Malaya for Deli. Perak (E. S. Co.) for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Petrel for Asahan. Sappho for Teluk Anson. Tong Chay Un for Trang.
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  • 48 7 /Vann oj ‘'Steamer, tchere from, apprr)X'.tnnG> of arriral, huwl and Agents. Austria, Singapore, Nov. 7. Fuime, S. K. Benmohr, London, Nov. 11, Japan, S. B. E. F. Ferdinand, Colombo, Nov. 3, Japan,S.K. G. Apcar, Singapore. Nov. 11, Calcutta, A.A. Hakata Mam, Singapore, Nov, 5, Antwerp, B.
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  • 121 7 Penang, 2nd November, 1909. By Courtesy oj the Chartered Bank). London Demand Bank 2/41 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4£ 3 Credit 2/4 9/16 3 Documentary 2/4 19/32 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 174| 3 days’ sight Private 176 Bombay Demand Bank 174| 3 days’sight Private 176 Madras Demand Bank 174|
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  • 182 7 Penang, '2nd November, 1909. Gold leaf $64.80 Pepper (W. Coast 3 lb. 5 0z).... No stock. White Pepper $25.75 sales. Trang Pepper cut of season. Mace 92 sales. Mace Pickings $B3 sales. Cloves out of season. Nutmegs 110 $l9 sales. (No. 1 $6.75 sales. Sugar < No. 2 No
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  • 140 7 To-Morrow. For. Per. Okww. Negapatam Madras Taroba 10 a.m. Registration up to 4 p.m. to-day. Kedah Lian Choo 9 a.m. Tongkah Malacca 1 p.m. Batu Bahra Padang 1 p.m. Trang and Pang Nga Deli 1 p.m. Teluk Anson Ban Whatt Soon 2 p.m. Langsa, T. SemaweA Segl i,
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  • 754 7 Per P cfc O ss. Mongolia from London, Oct. 8, and Assaye from Colombo, due Nov. 4 :—To Penang Mrs G F Adamson, Mr and Mrs B C Knight, Mrs W Pate, Messrs M Duncan, E H Syer, A Lampard. To Singapore Mrs W B Caverhill,
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  • 962 7 In the course of an article in the Deutsche Tagezeitung on the size and uses of the prospective German navy, Count E. Reventlow, the well-known ex-naval officer, says that, the role of the German fleet being primarily a defensive one, it was recognised at the time of the
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 229 7 THE NEW Japanese Netherlands Gutta Percha: COMPANY, LIMITED. J Cinematograph. Singapore Rubber Works. New rent! New Tent!! X GRAND CHANGE OF NOISELESS, VERY WATER-PROOF, AND J SANITARY. J PROGRAMME, Works and Offices PASSIR PAN JANG, Singapore. T T I Sole Agents HOOGLANDT Co., Singapore. W 1» U w 2 For
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    • 123 7 Mannheim (-Insurance Co. Marine Insurance. The undersigned, as Agents, will accept Marine Risks on Merchandise, Produce, and Valuables at current rates. For fuller particulars apply to KATZ BROTHERS, Ltd., Agents. The Marine insurance Co.. Ltd. The above Company is prepared co accept Marine risks at lowest current rates. The Company
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    • 34 7 Appendicitis, now so prevalent, is believed to arise chiefly from constipation and local inflammatory troubles, which may be prevented by the occasional use of “HunyUiJanos” natural aperient water. Average dose: a wine-glassful before breakfast
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    • 2501 8 1 1 Shipping Shipping. &0. Steam Navigation Company. lntended Sailinga. Tri sXsTStwaZT British india Norddoutschor Lloyd, Bremen. u&g Nov 4 r S.:° ,lliecti s Mit STEAM NAVIGATION Co., LTD. lmpePlal Gel^ Maii Line. Dec. 2 Delta Morea 16 Delhi Mooltan For Intmwdwd to Sail. TKA MA nn „30 Devanha Mantua
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