Straits Echo, 22 September 1905

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    35 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE 01 EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE EEDERATEO MALAY STATES, AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL. 3. $24 Per Annum. PENANG, FRIDAY, 22nd SEPTEMBER, 1905. Single Copy, 10 cents No. ‘215.
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    FIXTURES.
    51 1 To-oa y. 24th Day, 8th Moon. Municipal Meeting,* 8 p.in.' Town Band, Esplanade, (> (<» 7 p.m. To-morrow. 25th Dav, 8th Moon Auction Sale of Miscellaneous Goods, Central Sales Room, I 1-80 a m Cricket Match I’. C. C. c-. C. B. C., Esplanade, 2 p.m. Town Baud, Golf
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    THE MOON.
    27 1 bast Quartei Sept. 22ud 5.18.5 a..m. O New Moon 29th 4.59.5 a..w First Quarter Oct. 5th 7.54.2 i* m. O hull Moon ,18th 8.2.7 p.m.
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    P. & O. FAILINGS.
    51 1 P. O. FAILINGS. Mail Service I >UT WARDS. 41 (m KW A HOs. Coroimindel 'l7 Se/d. Simla lit Seat Arcadia II Oct. i Nubia l.‘t (jet l-.xtra Service. UUTWAR Os itUMKWA R Us. I 'Kino .1 Oat. Cam/hi Seat Palermo 17 Ceylon S Oct 5w T For particulars see Page
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    Bailing-up Editors.
    1526 1 I is <|uite recently ve taken on the above job. Have you ever tried it if not Don t it’s not a lucrative game, writes one Buriow in tiie Sydney Tunes. I’d sooner liail np veilin' lieiters auv dav to uudergo their first milking ojieration You can leg-rope
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    MAILS DUE.
    18 1 English (Curuiminde 1 T 1. 1 1 Sept. China Simla) 29th German (Priuzett* nice) 8i*d Oct.
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      266 1 5v S 258 >' i »■■3 XT •5^ >N -V MONDAY AND TUESDAY NEXT, SEPTEMBER 25th AND 26th. SOOTS, SHOES, HOSIERY, NEW STYLES AND DEPENDABLE QUALITIES IN CHILDREN’S FOOTWEAR, INFANTS' TAN STRAP SHOES. BOOTS, Plain fronts, pompoms to match, ankle straps, Sizes 16, 17, 18, 19. 2t>, *2l, ‘22, 23,
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      114 1 TIANG LEE too., 5 I —l oo in 8 e/3 C/0 c/3 C/3 P' Cj_ <2 pq SOLE AGENTS. When a tierv drought, shall till vouv veius. With heated blood and weary pains, He hopeful yet, —Is* happy- still, There is one cure for every ill. Through length and breadth
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
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      27 1 WEATHER. Thk followiii!» report is kindly stinpiied i,v (lie Signal Director of Fort Cornwallis Tlie ram fall «luring tlio hours ended at 1» a.lii. tu-<lav was nil.
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  • Obituary
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    304 1 Domestic Occurrence. Dkath. At sea. on Tuesday, 19th September. A. Durler, age tl years. Obituary. Col. F. Rhodes. (Supplied by Reuter.) bond on, 22u«. September.- 1 The death is announced of Colonel Krauk Rhodes, bro•«■i <>f the late Mr. Cecil Rhodes, who succumbed to black water at Oo^ieto^u. OBITUARY. .Mr.
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    Siamese Teak.
    109 2 Thk following statement shorn, the number of logs which arrived at Pakuatnpbo, the duty (station for Bangkok, during each of the last'five years:—l M 12* MMX) 1901, <>4,170: 1002.04,532: l!M'3. 10* 530: 1904, 135,140. Of flu* tot a! of 135, MO logs, 78,698 logs are given as coming
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    A Hindoo's Claim.
    251 2 JtKSOKNOA.NT OK BICNUAI.I K I NOS iSfcths His Emfkrok’s Aim. Bko.ik.nmro Koiiiarsem, a Hindoo from Bengal* arrived at the West India Dock, London, three weeks ago to see King Kdward. His object is to gain some land which, he asserts, was wrongfully seized by the Indian Government
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    Curzon v. Kitchener.
    327 2 (Ittube, 28th Auy. Wudouot know who is really responsible for the publication of the Cury.ou-Kitchener correspondence, but we cannot help saying that no desire for personal vindication can, justify the course which lias lieen taken. When Viceroys ami Couiniaiiders-iii-Ohief tiud it necessary to bandy such recriminations with
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    A Warning to Skippers.
    284 2 An 1 j NKOKTUNATH SPKC KV A CaI'TAIN Captain Viliert. commauderof ihe P. and U. mail steamer India, says the British j Australasian,” is to lie congratulated ujh*ii the success of Ins action against the Tasman Syndicate. Skipper* of ocean-going boats like most other mortals like
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      21 2 The Us»«? u pleawiat of Sfrarnt' Winr. ui»Vi\;f orticr |>to|>anUjoDs of 0o«l Ljrcr OiJ <l»a1 .Ji lurti llv-sloiwub AM* <li t*vn
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      621 2 WAWTHID A bunisi 219-05 3iusrt 335 OOOD DISPENSER. Chinese wr rasian. Apply to t> o Strait» Echo. The Mercantile Bank of India, f Limited. AKK.UNCII of the above Bank has ibis day l>eeu opeued at No». 1 and 3, Bishop Street J. RODGERS, Ag. Manager. Penang, iHtli Sept., 1905 lwk
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      1738 2 MUNICIPAL notice. Municipality of George Town. Penang. Electricity Department. NOTICE. NOTICE. The Karangan Hydraulic Tin Mining Coy., Ltd. rpHE Ordinary Half-Yearlv Meeting of j A. Shaieholders will Ik* held at the Regis- tered Office of the Company, No. 9, Weld to l»e endorsed Cable' Q uav Penang, on Monday, the
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      1786 3 XAO S* 8. N. Co. INTENDED SAILINCS. British India Steam Navigation Co., Ltd. For tJxpecled Arrivals and Departures. Mail Service. Outwards. Negapauim, Madras, Pondicherv, Cuddaiore a ad Karrical. Sept. 27 s.s. Coromandel connecting with s.s. Many olio Oct. II s.s. Arcadia do ss. China 25 k.h. Bengal do h.s. Marmora
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    The Straits Echo.
    116 4 Justice satisliesr very body and jurt icrtalone. -Emcnwt. Established June 1st, I‘JOT I*.,Wished daily (exoepfSonday«0 AT Tint CRITERION PRESS, Ltd., NV 226—23*2, Beach Si reel. IVuaug PRICE daily uxjai OVTSTATIONS Kxtr:«. MAIL KIUTION Ifoet Free! *15 CAUI.K AU0KKSS: Echo —Penang.”' *l ilioiie N**. ISH Editor-iit-Chief Chksney Duncan.
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    Queen's Scholarships.
    922 4 Should they be abolished? Public Opinion. The Perak Pioneer says No more retrograde proposal for stifling tin* educational progress ot tlie youth of the «Straits could have been put forward. In all conscience the Straits Govern ment can well afford to spend a few hundred pounds a year
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  • Current Topics.
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      A Great ‘Find’
      172 4 The finding of a diamond, which is officially stated to be the largest yet unearthed in Australia, near Oberon, in tlie mountain district, is causing a g"< >d deal of interest in mining circles. Hitherto Australian ilia moiids, though of tine quality in some respects, have been
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      Mischievous Taxation.
      179 4 The London correspondent of the Birmingham Post draws attention to a feeling of uneasiness which is mani- tested in certain commercial circles in London owing to the hinderanees to trade which are imposed by some Britisli colonies It seems that the ta* passed by tbe (Quebec Legislature of
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      Lord Curzon.
      336 4 The feature of Lord C u r z ■> i;’s resignation which is provoking the i j II 1 ‘‘j i j greatest interest at Home is said to be j,whether iie proposes to re-enter tlie j wide held of politics in merry, merry England.’ The London correspondent
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    Our Beauty Competition.
    589 4 Ist Prize $75 plus Echo Free lor I Year. 2nd Prize $25 plus Echo Free for 6 Months. The Polling up ti 2 p. m. To uay. Votes. Votes. J. SyiiK>u> 58 Saw Lye Poe Oh Keat Guan 56 W. Sweeney Koli l-eok Him 16 C. C.
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    House-warming at “Windsor.”
    907 4 Ek *m last Wednesday, Windsor,” the new palatial residence of Mrs. Lam Kan» Thong, in Light Street facing the Esplanade, has been <?«, fete, the oceasiou l*eiug the house-warming. The property, lately the Waverlev Hotel, was purchased by Mrs. Lam Kant Thong for the sum of $lOB,OOO
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  • TELEGRAMS.
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      Peace.
      63 5 The Naval Armistice. Relief for Kamschatka. Supplied by Rent nr.) London, 22ud September.— Reuter’s Tokio correspondent wires that Admirals .lessen and Shimamura concluded a naval armistice on the 18tli instant, under whie.li the narrowest portion of the Straits of Tartary is to remain neutral. Admiral Shitnainura also granted a
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      Russia.
      82 5 Prisons Stormed. (Supplied by Renter London, 21st September.—A crowd at Riga stormed the prison, killed or wounded five of the guards, and liberated two important political prisoners, but the criminals were not liberated. A revolt in the Orel prison has been quelled by t lie troops. There was one
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      Germany.
      92 5 M. Witte and the Kaiser. Welcome for Queen Wilhelmina. (The Ostasiasti setter Lloyd Service.) Berlin, 21st Septemlier.—The Kaiser Wilhelm will receive M. Witte at Romiuteu. lierlin, 21st Septemlier.—M Witte has accentuated to a reporter of the Paris Temps the firmness of the relations existing between Russia and Germanv. lierlin.
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      United States.
      80 5 insurance Scandals. Proposed Commercial Treaties. (Supplied by Renter.) Loudou, 22nd Sept.—An official investigation of the affairs of the leading American Insurance Companies is proceeding at New York and has already disclosed astouishiug irregularities, including large loan transactions unrecorded in the proper books and heavy advances to party funds
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      Turkey.
      60 5 More Bombs Found. (Supplied by Reuter.) Loudou, 22ml Septemlier.—Acting upon information extracted from an Armenian arrested at Constantinople in connection with the bomb explosion of 21st July, who was house porter to a British subject, the authorities sea relied the house of the latter aud litteeu empty iiomhs and
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      Scandinavia.
      27 5 Still Negotiating. (Supplied by Reuter Loudou, 22ml September.—The Swedish and Norwegian Parliaments are to meet ou lOth October to discuss the result of the Karlstad Conference.
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      Italy.
      47 5 More Earthquake Misery. Supplied, by Reuter.) Loudou, 21st Septemlier.—Terrific nmndorstorms and gales are augmenting •lie miseries endured by the sufferers by the earthquakes iu Southern Italy, levelling the '••nts and temporary shelters which have "*en erected. Slight shocks of earthquake Ht, H coutinue to be fell.
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    Cooks in Trouble.
    273 5 A Witness Fine». Kanoasamy and Veeraragu, cooks to Messrs. Berkhuvseu and Wool respectively, were charged before Mr. Peel this morning with voluntarily causing lnirt to a Chinaman a Klawei They both pleaded n.»l, guilty.” Mr. Gawthorne defended I lie first accused. After the complainant had given his
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    SUPREME COURT.
    650 5 The Penang Assizes. BeJ ore the Hon. J [r. Justice Eisher. Boi*ne Jnd/e, and a Jury.) Forgery. The trial of Low Ah Low indicted with two charges of forgery was commenced in the Supreme Court yesterday afternoon when the accused, who was defended hv Mr. A. <Capel, claimed
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    Our Mail Budget.
    1713 5 Channel Swimmers Numerous !»Ur FAILURE GENERAL. The American Boycott in China. .Measures to combat the Movement. 'I: I• t’l ItZON’s KKTIKRYIKNT. HOME COMMENTS. The Russian National Assembly. A short wav WITH likkkals. (Broin Our Oicn Correspondent.) Fi.nr/r Street, 28tli August. —No less tliau four swimmers had a
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  • Shipping.
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      ARRIVALS.
      150 5 Kiktna, Hr iiit. 534, Leannoiit, 22nd Sept Singapore. 20tli Sept,, (Ten.,—ll. I<. A I\ Calyi* I>r. B.H. 339, Lowry. 22nd Sept., Sin -i note, 20th Sept., Gen \V M. AC. I>kmjkih iiirk. Hr. s.s. 2.489. Evans, 21st ep* Singapore, 19th Gen., I». A Co. I'lioNfiWv, Hr. s.s 3.428. Whitehead.
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      DEPARTURES
      64 5 22ud September. Unity to* Uangoou. Perak. for Port Swetteuliain and Malacca Rotorua, for Tougkah. Padany, for Hatu Habra. ltau Whatt Soon, for Pin t Swetteuliain and Singapore. Calypso, for l)eli. Un Pi'no. for Perlis and Setnl Lady Weld, fo Teluk Anson. PI ft ivy Iha yon. for Port Weld
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      IN PORT.
      97 5 Iyistna. Hr. s.s. 534. Learmont. 2 ud Sept,., Singapore, 20tli Sen., Gen., H. L. A Co Mosskl, Hr ss. 1.217, Hartiioon, 22nd gept.. Edie, 21st Sept, Gen., —H. L. A Co. Mary Austin, Hr. s.s. 121, Caiupliell, 21st Sept., Port S wet ten liaui, 20th Sept., Gen., —K.
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      MAILS CLOSE
      94 5 For Dajau, I'. Serna we and Sabang—Per Ret/nierez, to-morrow, 11 am. Paugkaiau Brandau—Per Petrel, tomorrow. 1 p.m. Port Swettenham—Per Mar;/ A awn, to-morrow, 1 p. in. Deli—per Cornelia, tomorrow, p.m. Fdie. T. Semawe, Segii, Olehleh and Sabang—p«,r Peyu, to-morrow, 2 p.m. Teluk Anson —Per Lanukat, to-morrow, ‘1 p
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      Passengers.
      39 5 Per Calypso, from Singapore Messrs G. C. Uarieu, J. Van de Walle, Capt. G. Martens, Mrs. Hemlrick ami Mrs. Yaiinati. Per Kistna, from Singapore Messrs Lelinent, Nicol and J>apoa. Pei' Denbighshire. from Singapore Mrs. Youg au<l Mr. Franklin.
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      EXPECTED.
      48 8 Vemsd» From Atjenlr Iho lac Ilia liOt.ii ia u JJeuulder Benledi Trieste Persia Bemnoiir Beugloe Singapore B.M.A-'V. Glasgow S.BACo. Loudon S B.&Co. Singapore S.B.ACo. Colombo S.KACo Singapore ,S If.«tCo. Loudon jS. B.AOo. Singapore j S.B.ACo. liotiiSepl. o«tli Wth SOtli Oth Oct. lOtli I lUtJi 1 20th j
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      SAILINGS.
      48 8 Ye»**!* Fur A‘irul* Lrnce* Ischia Hamburg li.M Jit <Jo. JbtllSept. Loth in n Silica pore S B &Go. jjHt It Beuahler Singapore 8.BAO. ■iOtii iienle<li Loixloii S.Ji.AtGo. •><» h Trieste Persia Singapore S.K.&Co. Hamburg S.K <fcCo. 7ili Oct. loth Beimiohr Singapore 8. l>.«fcCo. I0t!i Beu^loe London s.uaoo. •JOt.il
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      12 5 s For all iulerual complaints take Woods Great Fepperuiiut Cure, 80 cents.
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      13 5 For Wind iu the stomach take Wood*' (jrrc it Peppermint Cure. 80 cents.
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      13 5 For Malarial Fever troubles aud DysenterV ul>e Wooda’* Groat Peppermint Cure. I» ceuts.
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      104 5 For Singapore, Hongkong, Swatow and Amoy, riIHE steamship Gienogle is expected here -L from Kaugoon ou Sunday, the 24th instant, and will leave for the above ports ou Tuesday, the 26th instant, at 4 p.ui. For Freight or Passage apply to CHIN HO SONS, 21-905 4insrt 638 Agent a. CENTRAL
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      474 5 To-day’s Advertisements. FOUND A FOX Terrier. Owner can have same on description and payiuff cost, of this advertisement. Apply to I. V. I>.” 22-9 05 uc e O strait* Krhv. WANTED. A CHINESE Clerk is w llted at once for the Free School, Penang. Salary 840 a month plus .S
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      1034 6 A. EVENBERG, SB, Bishop Street, Goldsmith, Watchmaker and Repairer of Optical Instruments Gramophones and other Musical 10-8-05 Instruments. 580 Khoo Buan Phaa» CHOP Gim Sen^ 203, Main Road. Taiping. Tin Miners, Advancers and General Lim Sura Ho, CHOP HENG IVIOH Co. 164, Peach Street, Penang. Goods Store. :39c HONG BEE
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    Great Thoughts.
    817 7 Truth is Ihuti to wait. Vauitv is t lie troth of pride. \V ho speaks, sows who listens, reaps. That which is replaced is not. destroyed. banguagc is the mirror of the mind. Sorrow s l test. antidote is employment. Hope is but the dream of those that
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      965 7 P. IVloir Crane Co.'s CYLINDER OIL. Sandilands, Buttery Sr Cn. DAVID CORSAR SONS’ Well-known Navy Canvas. SAN DILANDS. BUTTERY Co. BAXTER CO’S. BEST NAVY CANVAS. SANDILANDS. BUTTERY A Co Massey-Harris Bicycles. S HIN JO co -> Wave just received In great varieties. New biscuits of THE WORLD’S BEST BICYCLES. THE
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      90 7 I dreamt that I tossed on a fever’d bed, (With the curtains—gathered and drawn). With a hacking cough aud a burning head, Vainly awaiting the tardy dawn. When close to my bed side an Augel came. With a phial of liquid pure, And i read on the label a magic
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    PRODUCE.
    149 8 Gold leal i to 11. Pepper (W. Coast -It>s <// stud. White Pepj***r buyers Trauir Pepper sea*,,,, ucer Cloves (picked t "i >*<'*•>» 70 sellers Mace Picking Nutmegs 110s 52..'»0 sales l No. I 'i noiii. StlgHI uo SlocU Basket l.'»5 sales Tapioca Flour I 70 buyers Copra 7.10
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    EXCHANGE.
    118 8 i-K.NANO. 22 nd Skptk.miikk H,, courtesy of the Chartered Bank .2/1« IIMKIII Demand Man»-' ,1 i.rli t 1 4 mi mi M»“ 0 .Jiwlit •> 1 r. on nrra" Bant iis. 1504 davs’ sight Private 1.»8.J BoMiiuiy. Oeniiind Bank 1564 5 days’ sight Private 158-j-Madras. Demand Bank 1501 days’
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    MARKET PRICES.
    159 8 Kknano, 22no Sbptbmbbk, iHOi. Description. \ittr.v— ch Soup l H r catty 12 lioaat f Steaks Stew or Curry Meat 18 Lump Steak -8 <>x Tail Tongue Keel 1** Heart *0 Liver 80 Kokk Pork I** catty 301 Pi«jV Head I’eet ~8 Tongue Muhon y 11 Head «icli
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    SHARES.
    214 8 Belat Tin Miuiug Co., Ld. o.— seller* Bersawat. Gold AliuingCo.. Ld. S 12. *e!Ur* Briel. Rubber Syndicate, Ld.S 5 prein. bny> r* Bruseii Hvdraulic 'l’in Mining Co.. Ld 0.25 buyer* Duff Deveioptneut Co. $0. seller* Fraser A Neave, Ld slol. —buyers George Town Dispensary 2o. Howarth Erskine. Ld. $250.
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      537 8 k ITSO\ LIGHT! Highest Award, Philadelphia, 1891». Gold Medal, Paris, 190«. Diploma, Glasgow, 1901. Medal of Merit, Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, 1902. v- < V m ji i v -mtf. Most. Brilliant Light in Existence. •s m V Used in all principal thoroughfares throughout the World. e5 1 •♦So KITSON PRESSURE
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