Straits Echo, 26 May 1904

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    35 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE 0E EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES, AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL. 2. $24 Per Annum. PENANG, THURSDAY, MAY 26th, 1904. Single Copy, 10 cents. No. 118.
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    HIGH WATER.
    39 1 For Week ending Wednesday, JmiOl, 1904. *IM. a.m. r. M. Thflrsdav, 26th 0.25 Friday, 27th 0.50 1.15 Saturday, 28th 140 *2.05 Sunday, 29th 2.H0 2.55 Monday, 30th 3.20 3.45 Tuesday, 31st 4.10 4.35 Wednesday, Ist 5. 5.25
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    THE MOON.
    27 1 O Full Moon May 29th, 2.20 i\.m. Last Quarter Juue sth, 9.16 p.m. i) New Moon 14th, 3.8 a m. First Quarter 20th, 12-32 p.m.
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    FIXTURES.
    39 1 To-DAY. 12th Day, 4th Moon. Town Baud. Golf Glwb, 5.30 p.m. Wayaug Yap Chow Thong, Campbell Street. 9 p.m. To-Jioit ROW. 13th Day, 4th Moon. Town Band. Esplanade, 5-30 p.m. Wavaug Yap Chow Thong, Campbell Street, 9 p.m.
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    P & O. SAILINGS.
    52 1 P O. SAILINGS. Mail Service. I >U a rWAUI»M. Ho .M K W A u ns. Ballaaral '26 May i Chum it '26 May Bengal 9 June Simla 9 June l:\tra Service. < tUTWAKUH. HoMKWAKOS. Sardinia HI May j Mani'a June Socotra 14 June j Pera /< B «T For
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    War Items.
    1523 1 (lloiujkumj Telegraph Service < Yokohama, 10 Mnv.—On the 15th I' iust. Admiral Alexioff issuinl a proclamation inviting convicts in the penal settlement of Saghalien to volunteer for 1 service with the Russian army, promis- ing them a reduction in their sentences and offering freedom of residence. In consequence
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    Horse Disease in Singapore.
    530 1 Two Racers Dead. During the last few days there has occurred in Singapore a form of horse disease which is apparently quite new here. The illness, according to the Free Press, has taken the form of lung trouble, and commences with somewhat severe fever, developing later
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    EXCHANGE.
    117 1 Fknano, 26th May. (By courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) Loudon Demand Bank ...1/10J? 4 months’ sight Bank ...1 11 3 Credit ...1/11, 3 e 3 Documentary ...1/llj Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. 142 3 days’ sight Private 144 Bombay, Demand Bank 142 3 days’sight Private 144 Madras, Demand Bank 141$
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    SHARES
    191 1 BersiiwaliGold Mine Co., Ld. 15.50 sellers Raub Australian Gold Mining Co., Ld 6.25 buyers Kedjaiig Lebong Gold Mining Co., Ld $225 —buyers KadauaGohl MiniugCo„Ltd. (fully paid) 10.— non i. Bruseii Tin Mining Co., Ld. 7.s seller» Chendariang Hydraulic Tin Mining Co., Ld 20. —sales Karangan Tin M ining Co.
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    PRODUCE.
    155 1 Tin 5 75.25 Gold leaf 81B. Pepper(W. Coast 31b5.50z.)f 22.— now. White Pepper 40 .—gales. Traug Pepper 8 2JH sow. Cloves (picked) I 43.—worn. Mace 95 .—sales Mace Pickings 75. Nutmegs 110 s 45. wow. No. 1 6.3 d Sugar 2 no stock. Basket 3.9s tellers Tapioca Flour 1.70
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  • Shipping.
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      ARRIVALS.
      133 1 Asahan, Ger, 8.8. 161, Peters, 25th Mar, Asahan, 24th May, Coffee, —B. M. A Co. Malaya, Ger. s.s. 348, Block. 26th Mav, Deli, 25th May, Coffee, B. M. A Co. Quorra, Br. s.s. 120, Witt, 25th May, Laugkat, 24th May, Oil, —K. B. A Co. Langkat. Br. s.s. 187,
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      DEPARTURES.
      27 1 26th May. Cornelia, for Deli. Hok Clt nan Uh, for Batu Balira and Asalian Canton, for Paugkor and Teluk Anson. Amhiui, for Asahan. Ballaarat, for Singapore.
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      IN PORT.
      63 1 Malaya, Ger. s.s. 348, Block, 26th May, Deli, 25th May, Coffee, —B. M. A Co. Langkat, Br. s.s. 187, Morier, 25th May, P. S’hain 24th May, Gen., —K. G. Co. Lady Weld, Br. s.s. 245, Treweeke, 26th May, T. Anson, 25th May, Geu., Straits S. S. Co. Deli,
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      EXPEOTED.
      44 1 VeiweU j V#w 1 Atjenlm l)ne Lai Sang Calcutta B.&Co. 26th May Pundua Singapore H.L.ACo. 27tb Beuartv London S.B.&Co. 80th Sardinia Malta Sue/ H.L.&Co. :30th Vajirunhis Singapore 1H.L.&C0. :30th Sui Sang Singapore jB.&Co. :30th Denbighshire London B.ACo. 5th June Glenlochy London B.ACo. 10th
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      SAILINGS.
      102 1 1 Yeatel» Fo> Ayenl* Lea vet Lai Sang Singapore B.&Co. 27th Mav Pundua Rangoon H.L.&Co. 27th Sardinia Singapore H.L.&Co. 30th Benartv Maim Singapore S. B.&Co. VajirunhisiPulo Web H.L.&Co. 30 th Sui Sang DenbigliCalcutta B.&Co. 31st shire Singapore B.&Co. 0th June Gleulochy Singapore B.&Co. 10th We would direct the attention
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      MAILS CLOSE
      55 1 For Batu Balira Asahau—Per R. Halewyn to-inorrow, 1 p.m. Traug—Per Deli to-inorrow, 1 p.m. Port Swettenliam aud Malacca— Lanylcut, to-morrow, 2 p.m. Teluk Anson—Per Lady Wrld, to-morrow 3 p.m. Rangoon —Per Fitzpatrick, to-morrow, 4 P- m > Ceylon, Australasia, India, Aden, Mauritius, Egypt and via Brindisi, for Europe,
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      PASSENGERS.
      39 1 Inward— Per Asahau,” from Deli, Mr. Hafland. Per Pegu,” from Ac been, Miss Luuberg. Per Lady Weld,” from Teluk Anson. Messrs. Hon. J. Turner, G. Macbaiu and Miller. Per Soliugen,'’ from Newcastle, Messrs. Powell, Butliu and J. Butlin.
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      13 1 STEARNS WINE, for tliiu. nervous and fretful people, old and voting, immediate benefit.
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      5 1 FAIRBANKS SCALES. MoAlistep Co., Ltd
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      38 1 METTAII’S STOVES. McAlister A Co., Ltd. THIC DIDCD kept on file at K. O. DAKKB I nlu iAiCK AdvettuiiiK Agency, IM, Saiiaonie street. Kan Francium. California, U. 8. A., where contract# or advertiuinir can be made tor It.
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      33 1 A. E SKEEtS. HIGH CUSS. Jeyes’ Perfect Purifier. The best and most powerful disinfectant extant. In 1 and 5 Gallon Drums and iu 40 Gallon Casks. Quotations on Application. Sanditands. Buttery <Sc Co.
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    Russia’s Daring Schemc.
    1252 2 Coaling Her Warships on the High Seas. Remarkable Plans for the Baltic I' lekt. As showing the |ei iou»ness of Kussia s intentions to recover her lost naval supremacy in the Far East, we may give the outline of her daring schemes to organise her supply of
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    PENANG TURF CLUB.
    1280 2 THE FOLLOWING 18 THK PROPOSED PROGRAMME FOR AUTUMN MEETING, 1904, lo be passed at a General Meeting to be held On FRIDAY. 20th MAY. 1904. No amendments to this Programme will be considered unless due notice is given in writing to the Secretary at least tei, days
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      18 2 STEARNS''WINE, whetB the appetite. Aids digestion, improves assimilation, strengthens the stomach so that food does good. Steam'» Wine.
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      212 2 o: ■<a *<s i lil FOK PRICES APPLY TO MARTYN Co. 12-10-03' 72c Kinta Tin Mines, Ltd. DIVIDEND E. No. 5. 4 FURTHER DIVIDEND of 6 d. per Share has been declared, payable in London, on May the Ist. and will be paid to all local Shareholders as soon as
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      167 2 Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States Agricultural Shows. r |’HIE Agricultural Show for 1904 has I Ikhmi fixed to take place at Kuala Lumpur on Friday. Saturday and Sunday, the sth, tith aud 7th of August next. Exhibits received will be classified iu the following main Divisions Produce— Fruit, Vegetables,
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      349 2 JAMES BDGHANAN C.o’s u HOUSE OF COMMONS” WHISKY. SANDJLANDS, BUTTERY Co /2 xn Mf Sa a EMIL ZOBEL, Watchmaker and J eweller, 4, BEACH STREET. PEN ANO RECEIVED A LARGE CONSIGNMENT OF Silver and Gold Filled American Waltham Watches, Chronographs, Binoculars, Carriage Clocks IMPORTANT TESTIMONY THE ADULTERATION OF COD-LIVER OIL.
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      1789 3 p. 18. '4mm i Co. V;^ v Kifijwtnl atriral and Departures. Mail Service. Outwards Hay 26 s.s. Balia tral connecting with 8.8. Macedonia lune 8.8. Bengal <lo 8.8. Australia 23 8.8. Malta do s.B. Mongolia July 7 8.8. Chilton do 8.8. Chino Homewards. May -8 8.8. Chusau do 8.8. Marmora
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    The Straits Echo.
    79 4 wtKO mtisflsa eioylKsly. jnstice *li*ie. Fm.-r«<ni Established June Ist, 1903. Published daily (excel*t, Suud iys.) AT TUB CRITERION PRESS, Ld., No Besicli Street, I’enang PRICK DAILY, LOCA I. |*-*r auuMiii OUTSTATIONS I’W ;i(re Extra MAIL KMTION <ft«t Kr«*) 15 CAKI.K AIMMtJCSK: 44 Eclio —Penang.” Telephone No. 188.
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    Empire Day.
    643 4 Britain myriad voice* call. Sou*, be welded, each aud all Into one Imperial whole: One with Britain heart anti *onl. One fleet, one flag’, oae life, one throne— Britons, hold your own.— Although not generally observed in a strictly orthodox manner. Empire Day was celebrated in Penang in
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      Just the man for Penang.
      237 4 Capt. Hamilton, the chief officer of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, issued the following memorandum to the Brigade on 26th ult.:—“ I have noticed that when turning out at many stations the movemeiits of the horses are very slow. Instructions are to be given that the
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      The “Acting” Epidemic.
      593 4 Thk Hongkong newspapers are—or if they are not ought to be—iu the very blackest of mourning; for one cf their pet topics has l»cen ruthlessly i snatched from them by the greedy band of some Colonial Office underling. We say underling advisedly, for it is bard to
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    Our Mail Budget.
    1956 4 The China Trade Improving. Narrow Budget Majorities. GOVERNMENT SAVED BY THE LIBERALS. A “ZION” COLONY WINSTON CHURCHILL'S BREAKDOWN. Till: MHON-JINKAI. Football Final. JAPANESE CHAMPION WBEBTLER. Great Crowd at the Crystal Palace. (From On i Otru Correejiuniletit.) Fleet Street. SO April.—The Government ought to be thankful that they
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    THE WAR.
    425 5 Russia’s Forlorn Hope. Stubborn Fighting near Port Arthur. The Japanese Advance on l.iaoyang. Thk Floating Minks Qukstion. (Happlied by Heater.) London, 25 May.—The Russian Government has notified the Antwerp and Rotterdam shipbrokers that Russia requires thirty more large steamers, deliverable at Liban, on the Baltic, by the end
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  • TELEGRAMS.
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      Attempt on the life of the Tsar.
      51 5 (Deli Courant Service.) The Hague (via Batavia), 20 Mav. —A certain Miss Mereskalki, daughter of a physician, recently arrived at St. Petersburg where she was arrested aud found to lie in possession of a bomb with which she intended to kill the '1
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      Chinese Labour.
      27 5 The First Ship Leaves Hongkong. (Echo Special.) Hongkong, 25 May.— The steamer Tweedale lias left Hongkong with the first batch of 1055 Chinese labourers iortUe^Transvaal.
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      Cricket.
      54 5 pN npjtlied by Reuter) London 2fi May.—Middlesex has beaten Somerset by an inningsand lIP runs. Notts has lieaten Surrey by nine wickets. Leicester has beaten London County by 100 runs. The matches between Lancashire and Yorkshire, Essex and Kent, Sussex and Gloucester, Hampshire and Derbyshire and Warwickshire and Worcestershire
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      Consular.
      46 5 Deli Courant Service.) The Hague (via Batavia), 20 May. —The Consul General for the Netherlands at Sit gnpore, Mr. Reelfs, has applied to the Government to withdraw him from the Straits. He will he succeeded by Consul General Spakler, who was previously stationed in Penang.
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    Rebellion In Kwangsi.
    701 5 Dispatches emanating from a reliable source in Kweilin, the capital of Kwangsi province, state that there is the making in the near future of a rebellion in Kwangsi ten times more formidable than any preced- iug ones since the great Taipiug rebellion in the lieginuiug of tlie
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    Arrival of the Penang Griffins.
    194 5 J he German s.s. Solingen arrived this morning from Australia bringing direct from Kaugarooland the subscription griffius tor the Penang Autumn race meeting. The batch consists of 16 horse griffius and 14 little ’uns, or galloways, with six s|>ecials. The animals have the appearauce.of having
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    Our Local Affairs.
    209 5 YTtal Statistics. During last month there were 105 births, of which 65 were boys and 42 girls. The birth rate was equivalent to 16.13 per thousand. The deaths number 310, of udiicli 227 were males and 83 females. The death rate was equivalent to au annual mortality
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    Gold Mining in the Negri Sembilan.
    390 5 Last year Negri Sembilan exported 2,370 j (ounces of gold valued at S9B,(XM.i, as against only 198 ounces valued at $7,089 in 19(12. The Batu Bersawah Gold Milling Company was the only company working a gold concession last year, but during this year i
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    Supreme Court.
    839 5 The Penang Assizes. (Before the Hun. A. F. (r. Lu tr, Fntftte Judge.) The Perjuky Case. 26th May. Tan Hong Hi again stood in the dock on the charge of perjury, having sworn saying**l am not a partner in chop Ban Keat Hiu. and never was a partner”
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  • States’ News.
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      PERAK.
      631 5 P ERAK. {From o*r (hen Correspondent.) Batang Pahang. 2t May.—Ou Monday tin* 1 a]>ah Sports Club held a very successful day's sport iu which all uatioualities took part, i Rain fell in the afternoon and stopped the proceeding for a short time, but owing to the excellent arrangements of the
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      14 5 STEARNS’ WINE, assist the body to make use of nature's nourishment. Thus it cures.
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      231 5 Municipal Notice. PPLICATIONS will be received by A the undersigned up to 4 p in. on j Thursday, the 2nd June, 1904, for the post of Municipal Engineer to the Municipality of George Town, Penang. Candidates must lie thoroughly qualified Municipal Engineers and will lie required i to superintend and
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      353 5 STOP PRESS TELEGRAMS* Ttii* spare i.' trurivtil Tor Hie publication of new* uni'ing after the (lay's news lias been imposed. I To-day’s Advertisements. WANTED. Two GENTLEMEN (English) require Board Residence in or near the ToWu or in the Province, preferably near the sea. Apply stating terms to X.” c/o Strait
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      1964 6 ifini THAI® MARK ;jfey CHIN HIN BROTHERS, FOR SALE. General Storekeepers, Horse Dealers, and Livery Stables, No. 50k, PF.NANO ROAD. Telephone No. 266. MICA, in Crude State AND ALSO MICA POWDER. ALWAYS FOR SALE. FRESH FODDER! 11HE very best quality only kept. Crushed Food (imported every fourteen days), Crushed Oats,
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    Japan's Army.
    540 7 I )ISTI NGUISHKD A] ILITAK Y LEADERS. M ajok-Genf.kal Inouye lias the admiration and affection of his men. He commands the Twelfth Division, and was the tirst to land in Corea. His Division consists of the 14th and 47th Regiments, reeruited from Kokura, near the Strait of Shimoneseki;
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    Why They Look So Well.
    499 7 A (jrHATEFUL HUSBAND TELLS HoW Dk. Williams’ Pink Pills Made His Children Healthy and his Wife Strong. ‘•My wife's present excellent health, and the healthy state of my children. I attribute solely to Dr. Williams’ "Pink Pills,” said Mr. Seth Samuel It’s really wonderful the
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    Passengers Outward.
    225 7 Per P. aud O. steamer India, connecting with the steamer Ballaarat,” at Colombo, from London, March 31.—T0 Yokohama Miss V. Mosley, Miss C. Mosley, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Holmes. To Shanghai Mr. J. J. Dyer, Mrs. Marsh, Mr. C. Dickson, Mrs. G. Wynne, Mr. E. C. Jarrett,
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    SELANGOR TURF CLUB.
    1012 7 PROGRAMME FOR 21st, 23rd and 25th June 1904. FIRST DAY. 1.—The Maiden Plate. Value 8300 and 850 to second horse, provided there are five starters the property of different owners. A Race for Maiden horses. Ex-Grif- 1 fins allowed 1 411)«. Weight 9.7. Entrance 810. Distance R.C.
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      550 7 NOTICE AG YM Iv 11 ANA M E ET1 NO will I* held l*v llie Kinta Gymkhana Club, on the 18th of June, and also on the 20th, if sufficient entries. Cups to the value of about #50 will be presented for each event. PkOGRAMMK. first Day, 18th June, 1904.
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      223 7 BEST HOTELS. Kuala Lumpur F. M. S. HOTEL. Under European Management. Centrally situated within 10 minutes from the Railway Station. Ai.mohi Adjoining tiik Ski.ajojok, Ci.uk. I tic Hongkong. KING EDWARD HOTEL, A High Ol.uss Private Hotel Electrically Lighted. Electric Fans, (ll required.) Klectric Passenger Elevator to each Floor. Hotel Launch
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      277 7 NOTICE. r VIEWS of iVusuig, Singii jmiix. IVi'iiL. Selaugor. ami Sumatra. Pliolus enlarge*i, various sizes up to 3 ft. > on Bromide paper. \V. JONES, Kin^Street. Penang. I'hotographer. 36c CROSSLEY’S OIL GAS ENGINES. Highest A w ahi> Paris Exhibition, 1000. Simplest and most Economical Oil Engine made. GARRETT SON’S PORTAGE
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      71 7 W. CORNFIELD, Tailor and Outfitter, 23, BEACH STREET. Every Business man should invest in the Securitas Securitas the well-known Fire and Burglar Proof Safe. The only safe that stood splendidly the test of the recent disastrous fire in Beach Street. Comparatively the most moderate in price. Apply to W. CORNFIELD,
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      1737 8 Value for cash V alue. WMEAWA7, LAIDLAT Co., PIAB J Graham Co., Ld., INSURANCES Canton insurance Taik Chee Co. WHOLESALE CHEMISTS, 4 Bench Street. f*enang. HAVE .IUST UNPACK ED 3,120 HANDKERCHIEFS Office, Limned. «9wrwmn (ESTABLISHED 1800.) Capital Subscribed $2,500,000 Ainouut Paid-up 500,000 IS, 28 34, Church Street, Penang. Rpkpkvp Fund
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