Straits Echo, 29 March 1906

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  • Title Section
    Masthead
    36 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS. CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE PLDEKATtI' MALAY STATES. AND THE PAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL 4r. $24 I’tr Annum. PENANG, THURSDAY, 29th MAKE 11. 1900. Single Copy, 10 cents No 71.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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      1124 1 Corkscrew Brand, The Best Beer on the Market. a» Light, Spjrkling and Refreshing SOLD BY ALL LEADING SHOPS. BANKS. Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China. INUORPORATKD ItV KOVAL CHARTER. Hongkong Shanghai Banking Corporation. Capital Paid "up lleservo F’uud Koeerve Liability <*• Proprietors XMOO.r.no Jt‘875,000 Xh>o.('oo t 10.U00.0U0 lieuil Office:
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      9 1 SOLE AGENTS. ASAHI BEER. d33S IHVSV TIANG LEE Co
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    Planting Para Rubber Under Shade.
    1261 2 A letter to a Ceylon paper say»; In your issue of the 18th instant 1 note that you advocate the plant mi; of l*ara rubber, under a modified form of shade, by leaving the larger forest trees unfelled. This system, which has beeu much employed
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      470 2 NOTICE. ON and after this date, all small j advertisements intended fori insertion in the Straits Hcho must be paid for in advance. LIM SENG HOOI. •Jill Jul\ 1905. Managing Direc'or NOTICE. X OTIOE I;» hereby <_>iveii that we have .'iiiee the 24th «lav of March, 1906. (c«MTeap«»n<liiii; to llie
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      1658 2 MUSIC-PIECES MUSIC-PIECES MUSIC -IMECLS MUSIC M EC bS M LSI C PIECES BLUTHNER PIANOS Notice of Sale.“ «•<>« BLUTHNER FIANOS BY ORDKR OF THE MORTGAGEE. MUSI (.'-P IKCEs MUSIC- V I kX t? ARE VN PACKED at koh eng HIN’S BLUTHNER PIANOS BLUTHNER PIANOS BLUTHNER PIANOS I BLUTHNER PIANOS BLCTIIXOI
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  • Shipping.
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      ARRIVALS.
      159 3 Mkkyn, K. M S. vt.. 100, Allie. 28th Mar., Corf $wetten Iniin, 27th Mar., Nil. F. M. S. Govt Malaya, Ger. s.*>., :>48, Loewe, 20th Mar., 1 >**Ii, 28tli Mar Gen .—15 M. A Co. I' LI N I SH I UK. I Ir. SS, 3.81.*». Cuudv. 20tll Mar.,
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      DEPARTURES
      48 3 29th March. in, tor Pangkalan Hraiulau. Avaiiyee for Deli Deli, for Ti aug ami Pang Nga. Canton, for Pangkor ami Telnk Anson Chan To 1, for Perlisand Set til. Prod nee, for I’angoon. I)' ran/10, tor Singapore. 'lnna ami Japan. Vhjimj Fifth. tor Port Weld ami Taiping.
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    EXPECTED.
    61 3 b 1 i)rnl. 1>H‘ A. A pear Calcutta A .A (Ju GOt li Mar. Sikii j< I lasjJJOW S i* A (Jo. 2nd Apr. 1 onnosii S n^apoie A (JAUo. Gilt l»**nalder Loudon S I A.< Jo. 7th 1 ’alernio Sue/. A G &Ca. iMli '1 riebte Colombo S
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    SAILINGS.
    66 3 I'rW* A'.,, .1 Leave* A. A|>c:u ■Singapore A A A. (Jo. Ut A \>*- Oik'll Siuiapore 3 1! A Co. 2nd 1 >niii*s:t Colombo (r A (Jo. til ll 1 ’•‘iiaiilt'i* Singapore Si*. A Co. 7ili 1 I’itlernio •Siiujupoiv A.(t A Co. 9il. i rioidt* Siiiiia p< ov S.K
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    106 3 Kok Asaliau—Per Tair Tony, to-morrow, 1 p.m. Pori Swettenham A Malacca—Per Perak, to-morrow, 1 p in. Touokaii, h'opali. lienong, Victoria Point, Morgui A Tavov—-IVr Oompere, to morrow, 1 p.m. Port Swettenliam ami Singapore—Per Han Who ft Soon, to-morrow, 2 p m. Calcutta Per hum Santj, tomorrow, j 4
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      1299 3 (S HIPPING.) mm m P, 0. iiuĔbM.i N. Co, Effected Arrivals and Departures. Mail Service. Outwards. JAKES BY MAIL STEAMERS. 2nd Clarw £40 To .midon by Sea )'o Marseilles <r (JU i altar 1st Cla** £60 £56 £38 extra steamers Intermediate Service. INTENDED SAILINGS. British India Steam Navigation Co., Ltd.
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      66 3 NIPPON VUSEN KAISHA. T'Hf: s.s. bingo Maru is due at this port on or about the 24th April and will be followed thereafter by the usual fortnightly service for Europe. For Freight and Passage Money Apply to BOUSTEAD Co., Agents, 2H'l 00 I2y ue BAXTER A Co.’s BEST NAVY CANVAS.
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    The Straits Echo
    127 4 Tory body and justice alone.— kstahlished June Ist, 1903 I‘«Wished daily <except Sundays.» t xii a CRITHRION PRHSS, LM., N<* ItCliell St Wl I *011:1 II j run;” DAILY I.o' 1. 4.. hiiiiii» OUTS I\ I lO.\> Hwasf Ia i ¥4ll. ki»i rio\ «post Free) !li OAHI.K
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  • Current Topics.
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      Rowdyism
      177 4 I hi. lit seems to be an increase of rowdvism in Penang. io which the Police might well pay attention. Our Police Court reporter brings news ot no less tliau ten cases ot issaiilt w 1 1 i«*)i weie tried this morning, in which stones, knives, plates and sticks
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      Our Traffic.
      282 4 N and again the local papers arise in wtalh and say nasty tiling about the Police aui tin* MimiciI pai peons who are charged with the direction of traffic in our principal streets. Then the authorities suddenly wake up and an imposing Irish constable is placed in Reach
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      Poor China
      1117 4 It is impossible not j to pity China for the manner in which she is I constantly being culled upon to pay indemnities for the murder of missionaries and the destruction of mission property. I buck over the history of the j intercourse of the European “nations with
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    SUICIDE OF A GOVERNMENT CLERK.
    337 4 Wk are sorry to report that Mr. L m Yin Wall, Registration Clerk iuthe Hailtom Maker's office, died last night under circum- j stances which all point io a determined case! ot suicide. 'The deceased, wljo had l»eeu in the I test of health previously,
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    Wayang Kassim.
    607 4 'The India Zauibar Royal Theatrical ompuuy of Singapore, better known as the Wayaug lvassim, is duo to arrive here earlv next week and will give he opening ie>foruiance at the Drury Lane Theatrical Ball on Friday eight, the 3th proximo This Company, which has earned a great reputation
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  • PUBLIC OPINION.
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      FOOTBALL
      166 4 'fo rnsJiwxouor THKSI|IAIT but— On readiug Bt ~.„1 Gazdte I was greatly partial manner iu which Tuesday" tl,e “soccer” between ihe V (j 8 0 f them League was -ported. From of the report it would toD Y.M.C A. had the best 0 f fhp through, which they most
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    Perak Tin.
    172 4 Fersuaky Output. The output amounted t027,544gu pik which is far below the usual average U The value is returned at $2,*****8/0 which duty to the extent of $*****0 w U collected. /UWwas The average value of the metal 881.92 per pikul, the duty workiu- outtu an average of
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    NEW MACHINERY.
    481 4 Ax Australian correspondent ,vrites to the Stra U T hue* as follows: Some wise men like Mr. Osborne, of Trouoh fame, arc seeking aud tiudiug up-to-date machinery for dredging work manufactured iu Melbourne. It is reported that the Austral Otis Engineering Works at South Melbourne are making machinery
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      306 4 THE CRAG HOTEL, mm hills. The ONLY SANATORIUM in the Straits. EVERY HOME COMFORT. SARKIES BROTHERS. Proprietors. GUAN LEE HIN S-S. CO. OFFICE 13, China Street,* PFN Nf WORKSHOP 41. Reach Street.) 1 CI The Company runs Simmer:* and Steam Launches regular TV.: Between Penang, Port Rwettenham a Singapore, S.
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  • TELEGRAMS.
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      Politics.
      194 5 All Insurance Question (Supplied ba l{>uder I oudou. 28ih March.—lu the House ot Lords, Lord Onslow urged the necessity for safeguarding the British policyholders in American insurance companies iu view of the r3ceut revelations. Lord Granard admitte<l the inadequacy of Government control and said that the Government proposed to
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      Morocco.
      147 5 The End in Sight. (Supplied by Reuter.) Lotidou, 28th March.—The Kaiser has abandoned bis projected trip to the Mediterranean owing to the prolongation of the Algeciras Conference. At the conclusion of yesterday’s sitting of the Conference the President, Seiior Almodover. opined that an understanding had lieeu reached. The Oxlaxiatixclier
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      United States.
      94 5 To Preserve Niagara. (Supjilied by Renter.) Loudon, 29th March. —President. Roosevelt, in his message to Congress, recommends the euactuient of a law for the pieservatiou of the Falls of Niagara without waiting for the conclusion of a treaty with Canada on the subject. The Insurance Scandal Loudon, 29th
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      Bucharest.
      60 5 A Student Riot. (Supjdied by Reuhr.) Loudon, 28th March. —At Bucharest, the students made a riotous demonstration agaiust, the production at. the National Theatre of a play iu French. The cavalry charged the rioters and t weuly-tive nersous, including women and children and a hundred and fifty police and
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      China.
      49 5 The Nanctang Outrage Supplied by Reuter.) Loudon. 29 th March.—The Shanghai correspondent of the Mominy Foxl telegraphs that France has demanded from i 'liiua au indemnity of sixty thousand taels for the Nauchang massacre besides ninety thousand taels for the schools aud the executiou of the six culprits.
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      German East Africa.
      31 5 A New Governor. ('The UxlaxitUtxcher Lloyd s Service Berlin, 29th Mar.- Consul-General Recheuberg, of Warsaw, formerly Consul at Zanzibar, 1»«« been npp -lilted Governor ot Geiuiau East Afiica.
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      Victoria.
      25 5 The Wheat Harvest. Supplied by Reuter Loudon, 29th March The v,^ >r,il wheat harvest is estimated to amount twenty-three and a half million bushels.
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      The Army.
      17 5 The London Command. (Supplied by Reuter.) t a .>o»ii Marcli. —General Stafford JfcSiSSJftr*. London T>ibtfic|.
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    RUBBER NOTES.
    1099 5 Bkohkragk. hi; following <*• oni>aralive charges <*n the sale of r it bite i hi <mdou and Antwerp will Ite of interest to plauters. I oud<»u charges being -t H|d. per lb., whilst the Antwerp charges are 3 Id jter lb., tlie net result Iteing a Lain of
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    A Correction.
    60 5 We tiud that a para, in yesterday's F<ho, which speaks of the I’lnu Fung tm-mmes near Gopeng as l*eing owned by a company, formed mainly by Penang Chinese capital, is incorrect. Pliin l ung is not a company, but a chop, of which Mr. Chuug T'hye Phiu is
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    Uniform.
    143 5 The Officers holding the following appointments may wear the Civil Uniform of their classes: F-'Vrth doxx —Secretary for Chinese Affairs, Postmaster General, Director of Public Instruction, Inspector of Prisons, First Magistrate, Singapore, First Magte rate, Penang, Principal Civil Medical Officer, Master Attendant, Conservator of Forests. Fifth CbiJts Assistant Colonial
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    Suicide’s Apology
    501 5 Before committing suicide bv shoot iug himself with a revolver hi Hvde-park. Albert Ozauue, 51, of no occupation, aud l ife of Guernsey, wrote the following letter to the coroner: Dear Sir, —My reason for delil*erate sui eide is that at present I am able to leave a
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    The Untravelled Britisher!
    1431 5 An Gfini >n ok Life in the Kam'. Uii board a modern sterner I here c»u gregate all soil» aud conditions of men aud women, tjo. No one to-day is interested in a description of the human menagerie, but occasionally there are tvpes which auiu-c aud unconscious!v
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    FIXTURES.
    49 5 To-day. 5th l>av, 3rd Moon. Football Match Flee School vs. M. S. Guides, Sepoy Lines. Town Hand, Chinese Recreation Club, 5 to 7 p in. To-mokkow 6th Day. 3rd Moon. Football Match Y. M. C. A. r*. Free School, Esplanade. Town Hand, Esplanade, 6 to 7 p m.
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    THE MOON.
    30 5 First Quarter Apr. 2nd II 2<» a ,\t. O F«»li .Moon Hili I 124 i' m. Last 16th 4 46.5 A.M. O New Moon 26rd 116 5 h.m.
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    MAILS DUE.
    21 5 China (De'ta 41st Mar. China H ’f/erti > 4r« i Apr. German (.Sachsen) 4th English (Delhi) 12th Indian Thouywa) 14th
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    P. & O. SAILINGS.
    43 5 P. O. SAILINGS. Mail Service UUTWAkl»-* IImM K W li»»S Deranha ‘1U Mar. Delhi 'll Mar. Delhi VI Apr. (JeeaMa n ij >r. I i ra >ervi. OUTWARDS llo.MKWAItl» Palermo •> Apr. Formosa U Aj r. [.Palawan 17 Java '11 or particulars see Riijh
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      37 5 STEA RNS’ WINE OF OOI) I IVER OIL is the greatest strengtliener of tlie age. It is a standard reinedv iu all civilised countries, for its superior qualities have made it world famous. Sold e r err'vli«re.
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      63 5 Rheumatism Can be Cured. AJuuv sufferers from this painful disease have liwu surprised and delighted at the prompt relief obtained by applying Chamberlxm’» Pain Halm. A permanent cure may lie effected by continuing its use for a slant time. It will cost you but a trifle to try it. George
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      54 5 Neuralgia and Sciatica Cured. Tlie threat pain relieving power of Chain* liei-lain's Paiu Balm has lieeu tlie sui prise aixl delight of many sufferer» from neuralgia and sciatica. The excruciating paius characteristic of these diseases are quickly alhived hy this liniment. George Town Dispensary, General Ageuts. and for sale l»y
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      126 5 To-day's Advertisements. WANTED. 4 BAUM AID. either Eurasian or Native. With knowledge of music preferred. Apply to a. i; c. c o Straits Erin» 27:5tH» I wk li»:5 Municipal Notice. Applications are invited f.*i the apf ointment of Second Cleik and Interpreter. Jinrikisha Office, at a salary of Sit) per
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      253 5 For Singapore, Hongkong, Swatow a Oil Amoy. r Hon j Wan I. <'l n'ain Siaker, 1. will leave f’<»r tli** aii'-'H ou I Wednesday tin* Mr April, "sit. 3 p.m. For fi>-1-lit or passage apply to KOK (JUAN Co, AtfenJs Jor Wet Ilia <(• Co., oj ISinyapore. I 29-3-06 198
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    THE PERIL IN CHINA.
    889 6 {from the San Frauelsco K.earn liter.) Nkw York, Febiuarv 13. T*l»e Anieii-j can trade with China is practically gone, said R. 1‘. Schwerin, vice piesideut and j manager of the Pacific Mail Steamship j Company today, “ami there is hkely to be greater ’trouble* this summer.
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    EXCHANGE.
    125 6 Pksano, 29th Makch. Ittj courtesy oj the Chartered Hank London 1 H»in:ind bank 2/4g ft 4 months’ sight Raul: 2 4;j 3 Credit 2/l-i 3 Documentary ..2 4£ CsiH-utta. Demand Bank Its. 1751 3 davs’ sight Private 1774 Bombay, Demand Bank 175; Mouimein, Demand Kant 174 3 days’ sight
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    PRODUCE.
    220 6 Gold leal 05. B. Pepper (W. C«*a.v. -*lb>. out oj -/<»»•/ While Pepper 28. nouin I Traug Peppier 20 —buyers j Cloves (picked) t‘2.— sate* Mace 81 —buyers Mace Pickings <0- —sellers Nutmegs 1 lOs 3o su'es No. 590 sole Sugar ,m, i. Ba.->kei 2 85 sales i’at-oca Flour
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    SHARES.
    633 6 "cNumber of i Capital. Shares s f Ue Last Dividend. Name. (Quotations, ri r Value issued. ft. Mining 19U0 8 175.000 14,000 10 1' sawaii Gold Minium Co. Ltd. $14 seller mil 6U0.000 6O000 10 10 u<eh Hvdruul'C Tiu MiuiugCo. Ltd 8l0 ‘Jo «tiers. 1903 400.000 350,0<K) 1*1 jJT
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
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      102 6 Nothing I- qit til i» Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diairhoea Remedy for Bowel Complaints In Child—i. "We have u*ed Chambei In L Colic, Cho' era ai <1 I'iairiioea l.’emeily .a out f;i in i >v for vcai>, sirs Mrs J l> Cooke, of Ne.l-i atirls, lexis L S. A. 4
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      123 6 MACKAY’S LIQUEUR WHISKY. THE CELEBRATED 44 S. B. Co.” Gies/er:»' Champagne*, GIN IN RED CASES. fint'cry A*' fV» James BUCHANAN Co.’s CELEBRATED RED SEAL AND BLACK AND WHITE WHISKIES. SANDILANDS, BUTTERY -&*Co. AO EATS. PEN iNG PHVAK. Andrew Usher Co.’s SPECIAL RESERVE O.V.G. Whisky. SANDILANDS, BUTTERY Co., AIiEN J’S FUK
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      198 6 ASA ASAEin ASA HI THE BEST BEER IN THE FAR EAST, SPARKLING, REFRESHING, INVIGORATING. OBTAIN A RLE AT THE Eastern Oriental Crag Hotels. AND FROM TIANG LEE Co., Sole Agents for Penang and Ihe Federated Malay States DAHL’S MILK. Norwegian Pure Cows’ Hilk. The only Canned Milk in which the
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    Violet Leaf Cancer Cure.
    145 7 Another remarkable story of tIJO hmj of i violet leaves as a cure for cancer comes from Leicestershire, l lio patient wan Mr. .John Klliott at Ouuton Bassett. near uttei worth. Telling bis Gory, Mr Khiott declares liis ■doctor unhesitatingly pronounced a growth which hail formed
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    Whisky.
    755 7 M i Fordbam, a London police magistrate, Has given his considered judgment iu the leases in which two persons had lieeu summoned liv the Islington Borough Council for selling patent still spint as Scotch and Irish whisky He found that what the j defendants sold as Scotch and Irish
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      645 7 p, Wolr Cranes' NOTICE. r 'H K uu(lei'4ijrii“<l i<> mforiu the public <>f Penang m<l the neighbouring Native j I that 11»«*\ have lieen A gen• for Mw'i#. Inwall Parsons, Clive *< littery «V Cfl. A C<». t Ltd. of Loudon, mi have recently received ;t large >h.puieut ot very
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      108 7 Whooping Cough in .Jamaica. Muring tlieepidemic I whooping cough winch was prevalent in .Jamaica, I'liamU-i-l.tiu’s Cough Remedy was freeD iihiI. .Mi. .1. Riley Dennett, Chemist at l!ioun <i Tmm, Jaiiniica, says of it I cannot sp nk lo<> highly of this remedy. It Inis nev.-r failed in aeise where I
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      1273 8 Linn Sun Ho, chop HENC MOH Sc Co. 164, Reach Street, Penang. DENTISTRY. importers of* all kinds of European doth a nd Genera) Commission Agents. W. MANSON, American Dentist, Late of Dr. Allen A Co., Pha, U.S.A. THEAN CHEE CO., 14, HI < HOP STRHBT, DENTISTRY. SOLE AGENTS FOR Dr.
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