Straits Echo, 5 January 1906

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    35 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS. CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS. THE FEDER\TED MALAY STATES, AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL 4. $24 Per Annum. PENANG, FRIDAY, sth JANUARY, 1906. Single Copy, 10 cents. No. 4*
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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      991 1 Corkscrew Brand, The Best &eer on the Market. 40 Light, Sparkling and Refreshing SOLD BY ALL LEADING SHOPS. BANKS. Oh arte red Bank of India, Australia and China. INCORPORATED BY ItOYAL CHARTER. Hongkong Shanghai Banking: Corporation. Capital Paid up Reserve Fund Reserve Liability of Proprietors Jt800,000 £875,000 PaI Ii-UI’-CaPITAL $10,000,000
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      11 1 SOLE AGENTS. GUINNESS’S STOUT. S '3l s.ssra TIANG LEE A Co.
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  • Article
    Tea Drunkenness.
    923 2 A 1 BULENT AxtACK. "w* 1 1 a 1)061 lia,i 5,,,, K th praises of 1 be cups that olieor, but uot inebriate,” it way seem like presumption ou the p*rt of a mere prose-writer to put iu a word of disWUt. But the article of Mr. Clarence
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    PENANG TURF CLUB. Programme for January Meeting, 1906.
    1260 2 Tuesday 30th January, Thursday 1st February and Saturday' 3rd February. FIRST DAY. TUESDAY, 30th JANUARY, I90*i 1-—The Maiden Plate. V alue $600. A Race for Maideu Horses. Weight as j-er scale reduced 14 lbs. All anim.ls impoited into the Straits or F.M
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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      99 2 Absolutely Harmless Auv mother can give Chaniberlaiu'e j Oougli Remedy to her little ones with a feeling of security. The absence of all narcotics makes this remedy the safest and best that can be procured. George Town Dispensary, General Ageuts, and for sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers. And favoured
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    • Advertisement
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      1303 2 NOTICE. for sale. (\N and after this date, all small advertisements intended for insertion in the Straits Echo must be paid for in advance. UM SENG IIOOI, 1'2 '1 July 1905. Managing Direc or well-known nu-e horses Oiieron-*’ _L ami (’a :dfor<l any reasonable offer will be accepted. Owners giving
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      135 2 JUST ARRIVED. A new stock of stationeries, viz Ruled f’caps of 14, 15 and ‘7 ibs of the best quality, Waverly, Big Waverly, William Mitchell’s G Pens, Tapes, Parcel Wax, Chequered Sea's, I k Pots with without cuver, Paper Fasteners. Erasers, Automatic PencMs. Penh »ldei*s of 3 qualities, Lead Pencils,
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  • Shipping.
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      ARRIVALS.
      137 3 Palermo, I Sr. s.s. 4,908. Andrews. Slh Jau., Siugapoie, 3rd J ill.. Gen.,--P. <> Manila. Hr. s.s. 2,t)l9, Lesler. 5th Jan., Singapore, 3rd Jan., Ge B. A Co. Kistna, Br. s.s 524-, Learmont, oth Jan., Singapore, 3rd Jan Gen., —H. L. A Co. j Arcadia, Br. s.s. 3,515, Cooke,
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      DEPARTURES.
      56 3 5th January. Perak, for Port Swetteuham and Malacca. Taw Tong, for Asahau. Run Whatt Soon, for Port Swettenliam and Singapore. Lady Weld, for Teluk Alison. Malaga, for ])eli. Pa'e too, for Colomlio and Tuticorin. Flyiny Dragon, for Port Weld and Taipuig. Chn-an, for Ceylon, Australasia, India, Aden, Mauritius, Egypt
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    EXPECTED.
    44 3 <•**>'/* From Aijeiil* />«# Lightning Calcutta A A A Co. 5th Jail. 0. A pear Singapore A. A. A.Co. 5th Benloinond Singapoie S.B.ACo. 8th Nippon Japan S.K.&Co. 10th Austria Trieste S K A Co. 10th Tv<l<*iis Singapore 1W.M.AC0. 13th iVuledi Condon S B.&Co. i 27th
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    SAILINGS.
    42 3 1 For Ai/enf» heave* i Lightning C. A pear Benlomond Nippon Austria TvileuK Ben led i ’Singapore Calcutta London Trieste Singapore London Singa pore 1 A.A A.Co. jotli Jau. A.A.A.Co. |5th S.B.&Co. Bill S.K.&Co. 10th S.K&Co. 10th VV.M.&Co. 13th S.B.ACo. 27th
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    67 3 For Trang and Pang Nga—Per Drli, tomorrow, 1 pin. Negapatam and Madras—Per Teemta, to-morrow, 1 p.m. Cangkat—Per Jin Ho, to-morrow, 1 p.m. Teluk Anson—Per Langkaf, to-morrow, 2 p.m. Si- gaporeaud llongkortg—Per Lightning, to-morrow, 2 p.m. (Calcutta —Per C. A/>rar, to-morrow, 3 p.m. Port Swetteuham, Kuala fiumpur and Singapore—Per
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    Passengers.
    46 3 Per Kistua, from Singapore Messrs. Klioo .Too Geok, A. Arm»/, >o au<l Clieali Cheng l<ean. From Port Swetteuham Commander MacIntyre. Messrs. Boss, Sadler, l>nval and M. C. O’Hara. Per Van Der Parra, from J)eli Messrs. A. OoHlerlmis, Iligginson, W. Cornfield, Yap Cheang and Hve Cheoug.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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      1210 3 (S HIPPI N|G.) -TV > /<£ N. 5 8. N. Co. INTENDED SAILINCS. British India Steam Navigation Co., Ltd. Fob Intended to .Sail. STEAMER. Expected Arrivals and. Idepartures. Mail Service. Outwards Jau. IS s.s. Delhi connecting with s.». Moldavia Feb. 1 a.». Donyolo do h.s. Mongolia 15 8.8. Delta do
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      268 3 For Singapore, Hongkong, Swatow and Amoy. rnHK h. it. Hung Bee, Captain Peters, J. will leave for the above ports, on Wednesday, the 10th inst., at 4 p.m. For freight or passage apply to KOE GUAN Co., Agents fur Wee Bin Cu., uf Singapore. 5-1-Ob 9 PRYE RIVER DOCK, PENANO.
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    The Straits Echo.
    125 4 JoaMoe wtisttaieveryborly and justice alone. —E/n"r<«> i Established June Ist, 1903. PnbliKhed'daily (except, SmulayiO AT Til K CRITERION PRESS, Ud., No. 22tv—282. Reach Street. Penang. PRICE DA ILY l/JCAL s*-’4 per Minium OUTSTATIONS Postage Kxn*. MAH. RIXTION (Poet Kree) $l5 CARI.K ADDRESS: Echo—Penang.” Telephone No. IRS. Editor-in-Ckief
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    Domestic Occurrences.
    55 4 Birth. At Auer mil Villa, Confederate Estate. Singapore. on New Year's Day. the wife of E. F. H. Edlin, of a son Mackiaok. On 27th December at St. Andrew’s Cathedral. Singapore. William H. Cope. B. N. Borneo, to Emily Laura, youuger daughter of the late J. Nimmo Wardrop.
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    The Rubber Boom.
    449 4 A Timely Warning. The Daily Ileptnt (a financial daily owned and published by the London aud Paris Exchange, Ltd., Basildon House, Moorgate St., (E.C.) recently warned the public, in a series of thoughtful TiTucles, against plunging indiscriminately in the numerous motor concerns which were then being rushed
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  • Current Topics.
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      “H. H.”
      115 4 Surely it, was a Baronetcy that Mr. Hemiiker-lleafcon had earned, and not merely a K.C.M.G.? No wonder lie refused the proferred liouout i here is no private member of Parliament who lias rendered such signal service to Ids countrymen travelling over the globe as Sir Henniker, and the
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      What Free trade is.
      116 4 Writing in the Referee London, 10 Dec.) Dagonet submits that what the British working men per- sistently ignore is this :—Many of the standard industries of the country have been killed, and many others are dying because of the prohibitive tariff which foreign countries place on
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      Remarkable Indeed!
      624 4 It is not to lie wondered at that Reuter characterises the semi-official statement issued in Washington regarding the Morocco Conference as remarkable.” It really seems as though President Roosevelt has tiken upon himself the position of official referee of the European prize-ring, as well a> mentor of the
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    Tin.
    207 4 The output, from the Fusing Lama mine for the month of December last was 1' 30 piculs of tin ore produced, of an approxi mate value of $51,000. The total amount of tin ore export by the tributors on the lands of the Roy.d Johore Tiu Mining Co. Ltd.,
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    Political Notes.
    699 4 When Parliament meets iu lebruarv there will lie no opposition on the part <>1 the Government to the re-election of Mi J. W. Lowtlim* as Speaker, but a Liberal will U* UMiiiiiiattd as Chairman of Com mittees in succession to Sir J. Grant Law j son. Sir Edward
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  • PUBLIC OPINION.
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      FOOTBALL.
      258 4 To rut I.uiTOK op ruE Strait* feno. Dear Sir.—Since the introduction <if Football League in thi- little Isle of Penang inviting all the Football clubs to compete for a cup, I have ne er once missed the matches on the Esplanade. I am indeed proud of Penang being able
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    Rubber.
    653 4 In their report dated 15th December, Messrs. Lewis d Peat write; Para.—The market lias been firm and prices for tine Para sorts are higher. A fair business has Ireeu done as follows;—Fine hard spot and near delivery at ss. 4d. aud distant at 5s 4 J-d. to ss. 4fd.;
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      258 4 THE CENTRAL SALES ROOM. to u; sou) IIV PUBLIC AUCTION AT THK JETTY SHEDS, WELD QUAY, LONDON DIRECTORY, r''ONTA TNING over 2,000 pages of cou- 1 J denied commercial matter, enables enter- prising 1 ni' 1 rs throughout the Empire to keep I iu close tor. a with the tra<le
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    • Advertisement
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      76 4 When you have a Cold. The first action when you have a cold I should be to relieve the luuus. This is liest accomplished by the free us** of Ch&mlrerlaill's Gough Remedy. This rem«*dv liquefies the muriiB and causes its expulsion from the air cells of the lungs, produces a
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      10 4 For Chronic Chest Complaints. Woods'Great rcp|K*i mint Cure. 1... tj«|
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      71 4 Better than a Plaster. A piece oi flannel .1 impelled with ChamberIain’s Paitt Halm ami bound on the affected parts, is l«oiicr (ban a plaster for a lame bach and for paiua in the side or chest. Pain P ilm has no superior as a liniment for the relief of
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      13 4 For Malarial Fover troubles and DjrranterT t<ake Woods’ Grant PppporoiiM Coro, KO <•♦*!!lk
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  • TELEGRAMS.
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      The Coming Election.
      176 5 Dearth of Unionists. More Electoral Addresses. (Supplied by Reuter.) Loudon, 4th Jau.—No Lnionist candidates have l*e 11 presented for twenty-niue constituencies and it is probable that more Liberals than Unionists will l»e returned unopposed, thus reversing the conditions at the last general election. The Liiierals have accepted
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      Morocco.
      119 5 The Hagle Screaming. (Supplied ly Reuter.) Loudou, 4th Jan.—There is a renewal of apprehensiveuess on the Continent ou the eve of the Morocco Conference. The Spanish and ltuliau newspapers are most pessimistic and the hitter are remarkable for their distinct note of hostility towards Geriuauv. Even the Berliu press,
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      Russia
      50 5 A Press Protest. (The "Otlcuiutisefter Lloyd'*" Service) Berlin, sth Jan. —The Odessa newspaper Nowosty protests against tbe presence of foreign warships in the Baltic and demands that they should lx* replaced l»y Russian vessels. The Russian Government will fix the Berlin rouble exchange at 214- It was formerly 216.
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      Shipping.
      47 5 Another Combine. (Supplied by Renter.) London, sth Jan. —Tbe Royal Mail Steam Backet Company and the Orient Steam Navigation Compauy have entered iuto an Agreement for the joint working of the Australian mail service. The combine will henceforth be known as the Orient Royal Mail Service.
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      Insurance Scandal.
      46 5 Changes in New York. (Supplied by Renter.) Loudou, 5th Jau.—Mr. Alexander Orr has been elected President of the New York Life Assurance Company in succession to Mr. McCall, who has resigned, while both the McCurdvs have resigned their trusteeships in the New York Mutual.
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      Japan.
      30 5 A Generous Offer. (Supplied by Reuter.) Loudon, 4th Jan.—The Premier of New South Wales has promised to co-operate in the despatch of flour to Japan to relieve the famine.
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      War Stores Scandal.
      109 5 Officer Hound Bead (Supplied ly Renter.) Loudon, sth Jan.—Quarter- Master Honorary Captain J. Hopkins, of the Queen’s Bays, who has been mentioned in connection with the War Stores Enquiry, has been fouud dead at Pretoria. The Marquis of Abergavenny is the tirst of his family with K
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    St. Xavier’s.
    2772 5 Farewell Dinner to Brother Janies. By the Present and Recently Past Pupils The subscription had to be limited to the principal present boys aud to recently past boys only, otherwise no Hall in Penang could have accommodated the guests. As it was, no fewer than 100 guests sat.
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    Corea.
    101 5 A Ski.f Constituted Envoy. A telegram from Tokio, dated Decemlier 14-, says that the Rev. H B H'iib> t, ex tvlitor of the Corea Peview. claiming to hold credentials as an envoy of tie* Emperor <»t Co dm, presented to ('resident Roosevelt, an alleged cablegram from the Emperor, •hvlaring
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    Rubber Tapping.
    209 5 We find the following iu the 'limes of Ceylon, ou the subject of rubber tapping experiments at the Peradeniya Botanic Gardens A visit, just paid to Peradeniya discloses that, there is confident anticipation that the rubber tapping experiments, which are being continuei], will result in a considerable light
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    Imperialism.
    633 5 Mb. Ch V MB ERL AIN AT Ox KOBO The meet ill!' addresiM by Mr. Chamber iaiu at Oxford may l»e lake» for a sigu and a portent. 'I’he speech was delivered to an audience composed chiefly of members of the Uuiversity. The chair was taken by the President
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    Whampoa as a Port.
    128 5 Chinese Moving in the Matter. Respecting the promised *'anton-Wham-poa Railway, (lie Viceroy has a.-ked the Chamber «if Commerce what definite decision has been arrived at As the line is one of teu li, it is not anticipate*! that any obstacles will lie met with. With regard
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    FIXTURES.
    39 5 To-uay. 11th Day, 12th Moon. o\vu Baud, Esplanade, t> to 7 p.m. To- MORROW. 12t h i.i«. 12t h Muoii Auction Side of Lauded Property, 22a B«ach Street, 11 a.m. l’o\vn Band. Golf Club, tj to 7p m.
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    MAILS DUE.
    11 5 Ghiua (Pc. Fjitel Friedrich)... 9th Jau. German (Preunsen) 10th
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    P. & O. SAILINGS.
    43 5 P. O. SAILINGS. «il Service Ou-rwAKi»H. Homewards. Deli IS Jan. j Delta 19 Jan. Donyola l eh. I Ocean 2 Feb. i-.xira Service. Outwards. Homewards. Ceylon 9 Jan i Palawan 26 Jan. Nubia 2i Palma 28 -si T For particulars see Page 2.
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
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      28 5 WEATHER. Thi: followin'» report, is kindiv supplied hr flip Signal Director of Fort Cornwallis The i*ainfall during the 24 hours ended -il '.lain lo-.iav was 0 24 iuclies.
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    To Fortify Manila.
    123 6 SECRETARY TAFT’» I'lloroSAl.S. A Washington telegram. of 12th ulto., states that Secretary of \V.«r Taft is endeavouring to have Countess vote in favour ut an appropriation of $1,500 000 to lie used iu fortifying M <i iiii<i. I lie tvcoiiimeudatiou has boeu ina<le l*v the «Secretary of
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    French Laos.
    243 6 The Hanoi Chamber of Coinmeice has published a communication from one of its members, of which the following is a summary The wealth of the forests of Upper Laos m timber, resius, rubber, benzoin, and sticklac, is well known. But little has been done to exploit that wealth
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    Must They Marry Blindfold?
    383 6  -  By Caroline. The other day 1 heard a married woman say that if one were to write the names of several mGn on s’ips of paper, put them iu a hat, then draw out one and marry the man whose name she had drawn her chances
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    EXCHANGE.
    137 6 Penanu sth January. (lit/ Co it r teg if of the Chartered Hunt; Ij miHMi Demand Kiini 2/3, f hi vvlii Bxiit 2/3£ 3 «.edit 2/3 3 Documentary .2/31;} (Ja i* t i%. Demand Bank Lis 170 days sight J’riv»* e i 72 Bnmimy Demand Bank i7O 3 hvyP
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    SHARES.
    217 6 Belat Tin M miug Co., Ld. s. —gellerg Bei f aw a h iio.il M itiing C«>., I.d. 15. —sales Brich Rubber Syndicate, Ld. 875. —premium buyer* Bit'seii Hydraulic Tin Mining Co, lal slO.— gei/erg Duff Development 00. 58. getter* Fraser A Neave. Ld 5105. —feltc g George Town
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    PRODUCE.
    195 6 Gold !e;.! 5 75. B. Pep| ei i U .fft ».50r.) out oj stock While Pep P*- 1 5 38 J sellers LTang 1 epf »-i season over Cloves (j i< <l r out of reason Mace 75 —setters Marc P i. HO. —setters •< f 32 —setters s
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
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      199 6 The only Cough Medicine free from poison. The Pharmacy Board of New South Wales, Australia, had an analysis made of all the cough medicines that were sold on the market- Out of the entire list they found onlv one that they declared was entirely free from all poisons. This extet»tiou
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      35 6 BAXTER Co.’s BEST NAVY CANVAS. SANDILANBS, BUTTERY Co. BURRELL Co.’s BOILED RAW LINSEED OILS, PAINTS TURPENTINE, TO BE HAD RETAIL FROM ALL THE LEAD!NO STORES. SANDILANDS, BUTTERY Co., Sole Agents Penang Sr F. M. S.
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      388 6 JUST UNPACKED. A LARGE SELECTION OF HATS. f 4f f Bllwood’s Helmet. Straw Hats of the latest style, Folding Panama. Inspection Invited. CHIN JOG CO., 95 158 Beach Street Soft Feu. GOON YEN FRIENDS, NEW YEAR PRESENTS. HAVE JUST HHFACEEO A LARGE STOCK OF Wines and l iquors of vanon
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    The Closing of the Gates.
    413 7 Thk closing of the gates in IVkt g. just because it goes on daily, and may apparently go on daily for centuries to come, is prolstblv one of the “sights” l*ast, witnessed and talked of, save by those f.ne gners who may have cbauced to
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    How the Russian Workman Lives.
    506 7 Writing in the Quiver on How the Russian Poor Live,” Mr. Villari gives some interesting details of tlie food of the workers. He writes:— Food for factory workers is sometimes provided by the employer, and paid for iu various ways. Many mill-owners keep food shops
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      771 7 P. /Wo ir Cranes 9 CYLINDER OIL. Sandilands. Buttery Co. Petter’s Patent Petroleum Engines. THE MOST PERFECT MOTOR OF THE DAY. For Quotations and Catalogues APPLY TO SANDILANDS. BUTTERY O Sole Agents, PENANG F. M S. TIA i G JOO Sc Co., PENANG. Sol' Agents for the Straits and ths
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      156 7 Boy cured of Croup in fifteen minutes. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy cured our little four year old ls>y of croup in fifteen minutes. My wife and i have used this remedy in otir family for the past five years, having tried muuy other kinds previous to that time, and can say
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      1312 8 Lim Sun Ho, CHOP RENG MOH Sc Co. 164, Beach Street, Penung. DENTISTRY importers of all kinds of European Cloth and General Commission Agents. 61c /Kim Keng Leong Co., 127, BEACH STREET. IMPORTERS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION ■>F IRONMONGERY, Which is ou uule at specially ad vantage* terms. ALSO AGENTS FOR
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