Straits Echo, 24 July 1903

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    35 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRUTS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES, AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY VOL. 1 NO. 47. PENANG, FRIDAY, JUEY 24th, 1903. £24 Per Annum. Single Copy. 10 Cent
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      2310 1 A. E. SKEELS. 31, Beach Street, STM. J? S.N.C steamers mav be expected to arrive Outwards, and leave Penang Homewards on the following dales: Mail Service. Outwards. with Himalaya India Rome Arcadia Oceana Australia Aug N-l (> Vlmsan connecting •_’o Hallaarat do 3 Simla do 17 Coromandel do I let.
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      7 1 A. E. SKEELS. v 31, Beach Street.
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  • Money Market.
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      EXCHANGE.
      122 2 <Jhi courtesy of the Chartered Hank.) London Demand Bank 1 91 4 months’ sight Bank ...1 10 3 Credit ...1/10| 3 Documentary ...l/lOy 1 Calcutta. Demand Bank lis. 135| 3 days* sight Private 1374 Bombay, Demand Bonk 1354 3 days’ sight Private 1374 Madras, Demand Bunk 135 J 3
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      PRODUCE.
      163 2 I'm 78.25 sales B.Pepper( W. Coast 3 lbs. soz.)S 30.50 White Pepper o 52. sellers Trang Peppier S 36. sellers Cloves (picked) 8 35'50 Mace *lBO.-) Mace Pickings 160. nom. Nutmegs 110 s /9. No. 1 7. sales Sugar 2 5.30 Basket (Chinese) 4. Tapioca Flour 2.15 Copra 6.B
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  • Shipping.
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      ARRIVALS.
      104 2 Gbegoky Apcak, Br. s.s.. 2.940, Olifeut. 24th July,—Calcutta 18th July. Gen. —A. A. Anthony Co. Gi.enoglk. Br. s.s. 2.398. Warner, 23rd July,—Rangoon. 24th July. Rice. Hock Chong Co. Valktta, Br. s.s. 2.974, Palmer, 23rd July, —Bombav, 15th July, Geu., —P. O. S. N. Co. Taw Tong. Br. s.s. 105.
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      DEPARTURES.
      26 2 24th July. Hole Cmilon, for Edie etc. Lanykat, for Port Swettenliam Malacca. Lndy Weld, for Teluk Ansou. Tony Chny Un, for Batu Bahra aud Asahan.
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      IN PORT.
      187 2 Asahan. Ger. s.s. 161. Peters. 23rd July, Asahan, 22nd July. Gen..- Belin Meyer j A Co. Alcinonb, Br. s.s. 4.278. Pulford. 19,h July. —Yokohama, 23rd June. Gen.,—W. Mansfield A Co. Avaoyee. Br. s.s. 247, Morier. 24th July, T. Anson. 23rd July,— Koe Guan A Co. Carlyle. Br. s.s.
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      EXPECTED.
      47 2 Ye**eU From Ayeutt Due Ballaarat China A. A. A Co. 2 tth iust. Liu'litniuji Singapore do. 2 till Sumatra London P.iO. 28 th Bonloinond Simxapore S. B. Si Co. 28th Hamburg Siii«aj« >rv B. M. Co. 30th Kiautsehou London «W jOUtii n Benledi Sinara p* »n-
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      SAILINGS.
      36 2 Vessels For Agents Leave* Ballaarat Colombo do. Lightning Calcutta do. 2otli inst. Sumatra Siugai»ore P. O. 28tli Benlomond London S. H it Co. 28th Hamburg Colombo B.M.&Cc Kiautschou Singapore do. Honied i London S. IU('o
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      PASSENGERS.
      30 2 Inward Per G. A pear, from Calcutta. Mr. and Mrs. E. Kairehaud Mrs. D. E. Kaireb. Per Ho Kwei. from Deli. Messrs. W. M. Thomson and C. G. Klingrothe.
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      MAILS.
      63 2 a mail will close fur Deli—Per Sumatra, to-morrow 9 a.m. Port Swettenham Per Carlyle, tomorrow 4 p.m. Port Swettenhain Per Taw Tony, tomorrow. 1 p.m. Langket Per Asahan. to-morrow, 2 p.m. Teluk Alison —Per A rayyee. to-morrow. 2 p.m. Singayor and Hongkong Per Gregory Ajicar, tomorrow 2 p.m. Edie,
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    The Straits Echo.
    61 2 Established June Ist, 1903. l*nbli«iied daily (except Sundays.) AT THE CRITERION PRESS, Ld., No. 226-232. Beach Street, Penang. PRICE DAILY, LOCAL set per annum. (Prt*t Fnvi J 7 MAIL EDITION <»>.** free) li CABLE ADDRESS: “Ec ho —Pen an g Telephone No. 188. Editor, Chesney Duncan. Sub-Editor.
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    Domestic Occurrences.
    212 2 niKTUR. At Club View. Ootacamund. on the 28th June, the wife of Captain A. M. Anderson, 21st Madras Pioneers, of a daughter. At Agra, on the 30th June, the wife of Cecil Moore, Indian Civil Service (nee Richardson), of a son. At Jubbulpore, on the 28th June, the
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    THE ECHO AND THE CONFERENCE.
    900 2 Virtory •>»■!. His- to the persevering" Samite., 11. It will interest many friends and supporters of the St.-aits Echo to know that it scored heavily over the Federal Conference. We made arrangements to have on the spot a Special Correspondent, and from him we received
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    TRONOHS.
    35 2 Messrs. Anthony Co. courteously iuform us that they have received from the Tronob Mines, Limited, returns of the output of tin ore from the mines in June last viz: piculs 1.047.51 valued at i*4‘.r.6’)B.3<.
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    Netherlands Trading Society.
    473 2 The General Balance Sheet mid Profit and Loss Account to 31st December. 1002 show that, after deducting current expenses, writing off bad debts and with the addition of the balance brought forward from 1001. the net profits amount to J 3,674,552.80, out of w .iich a dividend
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  • PUBLIC OPINION.
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      THE “SPORTSMAN ” APPEAL CASE.
      288 2 THE “SPORTSMAN APPEAL CASE. T<> The Editor of Tiik Straits Echo. Dkak Sib.—By the mail which arrived from home lust night a friend sent uie a clipping giving the gist of /«< Sportsman appeal case, heard in the King's Bench Division on 80tli ultimo, and"won bv the paper in a
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    THE JUBILEE CLUB.
    238 2 T<» THE EUITOI Of 1UE ST2AIT» ECHO. Sir,—I have read with great interest the letter signed by “Committee’' published in vour issue of the 22nd and in reply thereto I beg to |K)iut out for the information of Committee that The letter inserted in your issue of
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    THE PENANG FORAGE COMPANY.
    293 2 A new industry was started in Penang on Monday last in the sliajx* of The Penang Forage* Company," at tUi. Klawei Road, and bids fair to develop into a most useful and successful enterprise. It is the property of a small kongsi, of which Mr. G.
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    CRICKET.
    68 2 PENANC r. SELANGOR. The Penang team will probably leave for Kuala Lumpur at 7-30 p in. on Saturday, tiic Ist prox. in the s. s. Carlyle, arriving at Kuala Lumpur at about hall past nine on Sundav evening. Monday will Is- devoted to crielcet. and Tuesday to football, aft*
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    STATES TURF.
    249 2 THE T VI PING Hacks. {From Our Own Con repondent Taiping. July 22nd August T ping Race meeting is drawing nir as I wrote to you some time ago an<i pected to lx* a record one on aecoimt ir* creased facilities fertile t laiisjv, 1U f horses, not
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    THE RESIDENT COUNCILLOR’S VISIT TO KEDAH.
    766 2 (From our own C"'rcitpajl,(lenl.\ Kedah. 18th July. p.m. the Hon. C.W.S. m 0.. ResidentCouncillor, arrived at Kvlah on a Consular visit by the launch accointwuri by Mr. W. Barnes and His Highness the Raja Muda of Kedahard suite, and landol immediately, pnxieecrmg to Auak
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      133 2 'Pritchard Co. PENANG. j I SOLE AGENTS FOR PENANG FOR THE BRITISH EXPRESS DAIRY Company's BOMBAY BUTTER ALWAYS FRESH PURE, FIRM CREAMY Sold in lib. tins 75 cents per tin. Consignments received regularly. PRITCHARD CO. PENANG, Tb THE GEORGE TOi DISPENSARY LIMITED 37a, BEACH STREET, PENANG. WHOLESALE RETAIL CHEMISTS, DRUGGISTS,
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      114 2 A New Invention. Kilfire I Kilfire Kilfire 111 The most successful fire extinguisher It is a dry chemical compound in a tin tube, weighing but three pounds, and will put out any blaze, from any material, in quicker time, at lower cost, with less injury, with greater ease and efficiency
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      36 2 W. CORNFIELD, TAILOR AND OUTFITTER. JI’ST RECEIVED. WHITE SERGE CRICKETING FL4NNEL. THE STRAIi’S TROPICAL POLO HELMETS. BRAZILIAN PANAMA HATS, WHITE BLUE NAVY CAPS with extra covers, GOLF EVENING (’APS. TRAVELLING TRUNKS. and DECK (’HAIRS. DUTCH cigars.
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      4 2 RIPPINGILLE’S STOVES. McAlister Co.
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      4 2 AMERICAN CARTS McAlister Co
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      80 2 f nPIMONS eipreaeil by contributors to this column L'-' arc no: to be taken as necessarily having the endorsement of the Echo.” This department is opened and will lie iii lintaned for the purpose of affording readers of the "Echo” an opportunity to give publicity to their views on Questions
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      3 2 REFRIGERATORS. McAlister c«.
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      28 2 WEATHER. Tin- following 1 report is kindly supplied by the Signal Director of Fort Cornwall!^: The rainfall during the -4 hours ended at 9 a.m. to-day was nil.
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  • Obituary
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    87 2 DEATHS. Is the neighbourhood of Umltalla. in the train, on the night of the 18th June, of heat stroll*. Man Stowell, widow of the 'late C. F. W. Stowell. Esq., of Mussoorie. aged t>2 years. At Dinapur. on the 27th June, Mrs. Matihla McNaught. in her HTth year. At Orai.
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    THE EDUCATION BILL.
    22 3 i Reuter Submarine Cable.) Loudon, 24th July —The London Iviunitioii Hill read u third hi the House of Commons.
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    PAPAL WEALTH.
    40 3 it?uter'* Submarine Cable.) I, n« Ion July 24th:—By the i,mi' of the Will of the late Pope l, t ,i XIII. the whole of his immense W( ,l-1,11 v possessions are relegated to t ust' of the Church.
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    ROYALTY IN IRELAND.
    51 3 Addceases Galore!. —4 Kcutcr# Submarine Cable.) |.omlon July 24th:—The Koval !,(•(i !•(•>' in the distressful countrv." lias been remarkable for its intense enthusiasm. More than sixty addresses, promulgate 1 and suggested by national loyalty. have been presented to His Majesty King Edward VII and liis t'onsort by
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    FRANCE AND ENGLAND.
    199 3 Friendship (he Theme. —4 (Reuter* Submarine Cable.) London, July 24th —Many of the French deputies who are visiting England in connection with the commercial reunion, assembled in tin* Visitors’ Gallery of the House of Commons, and subsequently «lined with the members of the English Hat liainentary Commercial
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    CHAMBERLAIN’S FISCAL POLICY.
    192 3 Grumbling Germany. i Renter Submarine Cable.) London July 24th —Viscount Cranborne, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affaire, anil eldest son of the Marquess of Salisbury, denied in the House of Commons that our >elutions with Germany could possibly lead to Succession blunders. Ihe Government desired ni"st implicitly to he
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    THE FEDERAL CONFERENCE.
    238 3 (From our Sjecia l Tie, er r i Kvvala Lumpur, .luly 2drd The i pi*oc?edings of llie Cunfereiuv having I been closed, at -*> p.m.. a return game of polo between the Governor's Staff and the Selangor Polo Club took place on tin* Race-course when there was
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    FEARS OF ANOTHER BOXER OUTBREAK.
    934 3 Foreign Ministers in China's Capital Preparing (o Withstand Another Attack. WASHINGTON APPRISED OF ACTUA L CON PITH >NS. KM PI UK IXAHLKTO CORK WITH INTERNAL TROrW.ES, REBELLION. FAMINE AND PESTILENCE. (Cableneir* Special Serrire.) New York, July 8: —A despatch to tl e Washington authorities, from
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    SOMALILAND.
    79 3 More Troops from India. (Pioneer Special Service.) Deolah, 4th July :—The company of British Mounted Infantry from Fateligarb for Somaliland arrived to-day and is proceeding to Bombay to-morrow night to embark on the Tan i sailing on the tit li instant. Strength: Captain Bell, Rifle Brigade, Commanding; other officers:
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    THE PACIFIC CABLE.
    150 3 Round the World in Ten Minutes. Pioneer Specsa' Service.) London, 15th July:—The new American Pacific cable, connecting the United States with the Philippines, rio Honolulu and Guam, has been opened. Mr. Mackay, President of the Cable Company, sent a message round the world in ten minutes. j
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    TO RULE THE PACIFIC.
    88 3 Senator alljn sayj it is Minifiit Destiny of (he United States. (f ahleaeirM Special Serrire.) New York, July <»: —Senator Culiom in a public utterance says that the United States must rule the Pac tic Ocean. He comes out Hotfooted, with neither tea nor n;iv, i
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    SHOCKING DISASTER IN PENNSYLVANIA.
    125 3 Seventy-five killed and many injured. CV; bleu e Spe** in Service. New York, 7th July Seventyfive people are dead as a result of the bursting of a dam at Oak ford Park, Pennsylvania. Many others were injure i by the frightful rush of tiie water when
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    RACE WAR IN THE STATES.
    925 3 Pitched Battle Between Mob of Whites and Militia. (t tiftlein'ir* Sfueii'l Service.) New York. July Bcl l.— Tiie coldblood«*«| murder of a policeman by a negro at Evansville, Indiana, his precipitated a race war. The entire militia of the St ite of Indiana i< under
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      7 3 METTAR’S STOVE WOOD BURNING. McAlister A Co.
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      3 3 HARNESS McAMSTF.R Co.
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      193 3 Xi'j jus. W. W. Richardson, F:\QINEEK. Hydraulic Engineering a Speciality. Pipe Lines Designed. Mining by Dredgers and Hydraulic Elevators, Peiton Wheels, etc., etc., etc. For Sale. o 2 tous comp:mud scared winches t" 8100 each. 0 Extra strong punch Lear-: J and ,'V. punches 82<> each. 12 Iron pulley blocks
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      580 3 iiu-ua ifix; AtfifiiHit, THK MUNICIPAL NOTICE. OTPE is Iwruby given that <m and after this «late until further notice the supply <>f water from the Waterfall will lie eut «-If every day from 7 p in. to <> a. in. an«l 10 a. in. to 2 p. in. By order
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      1643 4 NOTICE. xEsrarisirr co. Echo Advertisements. TIIO avoid disappointment, all new advertisements, or alterations of contract advertisements, should reach the Echo Office before noon. T. C. SWABY, Manager. Penang, 20th June. HANG LEE CO., f Merchants and General Importers, PENA NO Wholesale Offices 3, BEACH STREET. General Store Department: 95, BEACH
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    EXCITING TIGER-HUNT IN CHINA.
    1862 5 ‘Duhmah" Bends the Vh’d t\ following interesting acco ff iff a Lent in the neighbourhood of Ain wait :i ;s i.otod a.-; being one of the liest pf-a.-ea for tigers, the caves and fissures in tli: rocks affording them shelter and protection: Some months back 1
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    Colonising Methods.
    137 5 Bitter Complaint or a Settler Apja. j The Pan-German Dt.it he Zed .uj publishes a letter from a German settler in Apia complaining bitterly of the bureaucracy of the Government and the attitude of the latter towards German planters. The writer refers feelingly to the “excellent measures adopted
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    AN OBJECT-LESSON FOR RUSSIA.
    202 5 We wonder, says the Spectator, if it would Is.* possible and beneficial to try in Russia an experiment which has never lieen tried on the Continent, but which in India has succeeded to a marvellous extent. This is letting the people alone. A native of India,
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    Canada's Objection to Chinese and Japanese.
    262 5 JAPAN UNDERTAKES TO PROHIBIT EMIGRATION. Iu moving his resolution iii the Canadian House of Commons increasing the tax on Chinese immigrants from 10b dols to 500 dols, Sir Wilfrid Laurier sail wherever Chinese iimuigraut s had settled amalgamation of the Mongolian and the Caucasian
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    Siamese Affairs.
    325 5 i’rti.i Bangkok Times.) i bi* Siti j pu-ejircc Press returns to the i ua l la tv t’a'.t the Rajah of Tringganu ,.y rtf used •1 a at to thuf signed by the Rajah of Ktiaatan. The letter, it is understood, has signed a formal .acknowledgment of the
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    THE TIN MARKET.
    481 5 The future of' tin is thus set forth in the Cornish Post of tl.o ICtli June. The prospects iff consumption in America have been somewhat affected by the advent of the drought, whi- h in some of the fruit regions lecame protracted, and may lead to a
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    The Reform Movement In China.
    341 5 The Shanghai Correspondent of the Morminy Font writes as follows: I mar mention that the emigrant from the Middle Kingdom to the regions without is almost invariably a Southern Chinese, hailing from either the Kwangtung or Fuh-kien Provinces. After a lapse of years the result
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    A FAMOUS GUN SIGHT INVENTOR.
    250 5 Dr. Coimiion. who «lied recently, wa the inventor of the famous gun-sight which did inch good serv'e at Ladysmith. Dr. Common’s patent has lionbeen adopted by the Admiralty and the War Office, and thousands of sights have already been applied to tin* senic'*8.*while in vim
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    PENANG TURF CLUB.
    984 5 First Day. Tuesday, 28t!i July, 1908. 1. The Maiden Plate. A alue $5O0—A Rae*» for Maiden Horses, Weight as per scale (Iost.) An allowance of 1-H'ns. to all ex-Griffins. Entrance 8 10. Distance, one mile. 2. First Griffin Race. alue ic-DnJ and 8100 to Second Horse. A
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      167 5 Sandilands Buttery k Co., 29, Beach Street, PENANG, A K! l of Special Reserve V. G. WHISKY. C R AIG EL L A CIII E GLENLIVET DISTILLERY Co.’s GAELIC “OLD SMUGGLER” WHISKY. James Buchanan Co. 's “HOUSEOF COMMONS” mi U itliam Teacher and Sons' Old Gleiilivet Whisky. To bo had
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      4 5 MUMM'S CHAMPAGNE McAlister Co.
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      538 5 C. CHIN SENG. COACH BUILDER AND REPAIRER. SADDLERY AND HARNESS MAKER. No. 27. Penang Road. Telephone A o_ 20o Al l hhl IIin Hi'i>se. Shop. Awarded Three 1st prize Medals, and Certiiicateof Merit of the PenangAgricultural Show of 1901. for his exhibit of Carriages. Under the Patronage of the Honourable
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      220 5 PERRIER JOUET CHAMPAGNES AGENTS HUTTENBACH BROS. Co. I KITSON lamps. The Finest Light in Existence Apply to HUTTENBACH BROS. Co. ‘Sole Aye nit. machinery; etc. Strain hnjfiues Boiler, of various Horse-powers. Petroleum, Gasoline, Stationary and Marine Engines. Huttenbach Bros. A Co. LEVER BROS. LTD. SUNLIGHT, LIFE BUOY and other Soaps.
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      1728 6 irmxr < <r m i TBADE MAKK ■I. y. o EO o <x> S3 S3 cd *OO 0 S3 <E O Sm CKIN HIN BROTHERS, General Storekeepers, Horse Dealers A Livery Stables No. 50d, PENANG ROAD. Telephone No. 26». The following Goods always on hand. Best single and pair English,
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