Straits Echo, 5 August 1907

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  • 37 1 10-PAGE EDITION. Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OP EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE PAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL. 5. $24 Ter Annum. PENANG, MONDAY, ftih AUGUST, 1907. Single Copy, 10 cents. No. 177.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 1059 1 ■fIGER BRAND CEMENT. m a: £<* *</ U 7^7 <>£ IN FO /*ES7 /Otf /ILL PURPOSES. BANKS. Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER. Hongkong Shanghai Banking Corporation. £BOO,OOO X 1.075,000 £»00,000 Capital Paul up Reserve Fund Reserve Liability of Fr< p iotors Head Oflice: HATTON
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    • 18 1 SIS'BDV BIOS GUINNESS’S STOUT. C 6 to s> O <P S,, N •*> *3TY SiSSVH TIAIVG LEE A Co
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  • 1173 2 Among the many things added to ships of the navy in recent years for the comfoit of tho men there is probably nothing that has contributed more to the contentment of the Crew than the ship’s stole, or canteen, as it is general! t
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 93 2 'lhc Doctor Away from Home lien Most Needed. 1’eople iiio often very tmr.li disappointed to hnd that their family plivsiciuu is awav liom home when they most uĕed his services Diseases like cramp, colic and diarihoea require prompt treatment, and in nnur mmauces prove fatal before medicine can be procured
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    • 392 2 I Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrh oca Remedy. There is probably uo medicine made that is relied upon with a more implicit confidence than Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. During the third of a century in which it has been in use, people have learned that if is one
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    • 781 2 MUSIC SALE. 1,000 PIECES TO CLEAR. PRICES wlO cts. per copy. wmsow piano com:’", ltd. WROUCHT-IRON TUBES AND FITTINGS. Stoc a Always on Hand. ADAMSON, CILFILLAN CO., LTD. AS A ORDER DIRECTLY AMSTELBEER, BEST DUTCH BRAND, Case, 48 quarter bottles 90 pint bottles 14-j. ONCE TASTED ALWAYS ORDERED. Sole Importers,
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    • 753 2 EYESIGHT. Mp. N. Lazarus is expsctei here rext week AND MAY BE IERSONALLY CONSULTED FOR SPECTACLES AT Messrs C. S, SENG Co., Beach Street Penang. 30-7-07 537 TO LET. Bungalow, “mount f.dgcu.mbe,” PENANG HILLS, fully furnished. By the month or for such period as may be arranged. For further particulars
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  • Shipping.
    • 175 3 Fitzpatrick, J>r. ss 730, Williams, 4th Aug, Rangoon, '3l »t July, Geu.— Hong Bee. Foyle, Br. s.», f 2,600, Walsh, 4th Aug., Po.t Said, 9th July, Salt.—McAlister Co. Avagtee, Br. s.s 247, Buchanan, 4ih Aug Deli, 3rd Aug Gen —K. G. Co. Maky Austin, Br. s.s, 121, Campbell, 4th
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    • 22 3 5th August. Rotorua, forTongkab. Thongwa, lor Negapatam ami Madras. Canton for Pangkor and Teluk Anson. Namur, for Singapore, China and Japan.
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  • 35 3 Vessels I From 1 Aye ah Due Light uiug Siugapoie A.A.A Co. lOtbAiig. Macbaou ISiu^apoie W.M.&Co. 10th Benlawers Liverpoo S.li&Co. 10th Sikh <3 lasgow S B ACo. 14th A. Apear Singapore A.A.A.Co. 25 tb
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  • 30 3 1 enmlr For A ijeutn Leitvet Lightning jaleul ta V A. A.Co. Aug. Machaou Loudon W.M &Co. Benia wers Singapore S.B ACo. Sikh Singapore S.B.ACo. Apear Calcutta A.A.A Co.
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  • 132 3 For Singapore, China Jaij in —Per P. P tot Friedrich, to-moirow, a.ni. Pangkalan Braudau—Per Petrel, tomorrow, noon. Calcutta—Per C. A pear, to-morrow, 1 a m. Deli—Per Avagyee, to-morrow, 1 p.m. Asahan—Per Mary Austin, to-morrow, 1 p.m. Port Swettenham au<l Singapore—Per Pin Seng, to-morrow, 3 p.m. Port Swettenham and
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  • 212 3 Per P. AO. s.s. Namur, due at Peaaug on fith August To Penang (from Loudoo, July ti) Mr. Eckhait, Miss M. Johns >u, Mr, li. J. Garduer, Mr. E. Jfill. To Singapore (from Loudon) Mr. R. I». Ryall. Mr. aud Mrs. J. S. Mason, Mr. Doig,
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 1611 3 (SHIPPIN G.) 50» m IS. N. Co. Expected ArrivalB and Departures. Mail Service. Outwards. Aug. 15 Malta connecting with s.s. Mongolia 29 s Delta do 8.8. Victoria Sopt. 11 8.8. Oceana do s.s. Britannia Homewards. Aug. L 7 s.s. Delhi connecting with 8.8. Himalaya 31 8.8. Arcadia do 8.8. Moldavia
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  • 98 4 Justice satisfies everybody and .justice alone. Emu-ton. Published dally (except Sundays.) IT TBI CRITERION PRESS, Ltd., No. 22b—232, Beach Street, Penang. PRICE: DAIL I.OCAI. $2l pet annum. OI'TSTATIOXS l’oj-tage Extra MAIL EDITION (Poet Free) CABLE ADDRESS Echo— Penang.” Telephone No. 343 .v, ft. All business eoruruuuications should
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  • 694 4 It would appear that the Macedonian question will never be satisfactorily settled until there is some radical change in the Government of this part of Southeastern Europe. The recent publication of the Balkan Bluebooks proves conclusively that the reforms” lately introduced by the Powers are quite ineffectual in
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  • 174 4 The uames received so far as iuteudiug recruits in the proposed Peuaug-born Chinese Voluuteer Corps are: 1. Li in Chee Saing 2. Tau Choo Soay 3. Tau Hun Eng 4. Teo Pin Chong 5. Cbuah Theau Lye b. Tan Chin Huat 7. Wooi Kim Swee
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  • 534 4 Is connection with tbeAgri Horticultural Show to be held at Kuala Kaugsar this week we are officially luformed that au additional Cup has been presented in the Rubber Class for Scrap in any form. The entries for this aud the other Rubber Closes will le extended to
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  • 418 4 Colony vs. F. M. S. The Federated Malay States could only score i0 iu their first innings this morning so good was the bowling of James aud Parsons, who between them accounted for 0 wickets. James, at the Light Street eud, bowled throughout the innings and was almost unplayable.
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  • 388 4 Df/ore Mr. Codrinytvn.) Thk Indian Immigration Depirtmeul on Saturday morning' prosecuted a Bengali uamed Noor Mobamed for attempting to leave the Colony without obtaining theuecesr sary pass lie was given tho option of a tine r of *5 or 7 days’ imprisonment. tj Mr Dutton, Assistant Superintendent
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  • 977 4 (Continued from 30th July.) r l II Before leaving the subject of costs aud Court fees, we should like to poiut out that 1 it is doubtful whether Schedule IV of the Civil Procedure Bill is applicable to interpleader actions, and nothing is
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  • 43 4 Ihk HI. Contract Packet Tees/a, with the >utward Mails, ia expected to arrive here on I hurgday next at 7 a.m and is timed to leave for Port Swetteuhajn-atad Singapore at akout o p tu. e>u the earn# d#/.
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 356 4 WA.KTJBO. OliK»'K. to go to .Lva. M list Lu well.up in tigures au<l bookkeopiuir, salary JJ-VJ an<l all exj ons»s. Apply, A rULLV, Kmtcm Oriental Hotel, J'erar<i 5 7 07 548 notice. FIT HE AN CHEE A Co. beg to iufonu their 1 customers that, owiug to the increase ot
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  • TELEGRAMS.
    • 49 5 (Echo Special.) Outrage at I'ulo Brani. Singapore, sth August.—On Friday night Mrs. Lureock, who lives at I’ulo Brani, was assaulted by a Malay as she was going home, and robbed. The miscreant is still at huge, but it is hoped the Police will be able to secure him.
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    • 119 5 (Supplied by /.Center.) A Superb Spectacle. Ijoudou, August sth —The Naval Review iu the S dent was a superb pageaut. The warships were moored in seven parallel liue.*, at the head of one line being statioued the huge Dreadnought. Their Majesties on their yacht steamed t>et ween
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    • 46 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) Strikes Practically Settled. London, sth August.—At Belfast a mob attacked an uuescoited lorry aud burned the conteuts. They then threw the loriy into the river. The strike disputes at Belfast are, however, practically settled aud the Police agitatiou is subsiding.
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    • 52 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) Something Done at Last. Loudon, sth August.—The Hague Coufereuce has adopted the American proposal to establish a permanent Arbitration Court at, the Hague. The uew Court adjudicates judicial questions but does not interfere with the tribunal created iu 1899 which will lie available for
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    • 106 5 (Supplied by Reuter. Spanish Action. LoudoD, sth August.—Three thousand Algerian troops and certain regimeuts quartered iu Southern Spain are going to Morocco. It is believed that they will remaiu until the new Police has been installed in the eight ports designated in the tieaty with Algeria. French Naval Demonstration
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    • 28 5 {Supplied by Be tiler Exchange of Visits Loudon, sth August.—The Tsar aud the Kaiser have met at Swinemuende. They exchanged visits on their respective yachts.
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    • 20 5 (Supplied by Reuter Nearing the End. Loudon, August sth.—Priuce Borgbese has arrived at Koenigsburg in his motor.
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    • 34 5 (Supplied by Reu'er.) Standard Oil Company Fined Millions. London, sth August.—The Standard Oil Company, which was convicted last April of receiving rebates, has been lined $29,240,000. This is thb legat maximum.
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  • 982 5 Ordinary Meeting, Friday, Aug. 2. PRKSENT j His Excellency the Governor (Sir John Anderson, k.c.m.q.). Hon. (’apt. A. H. Young (Col. Secretary;. J lion. W. J. Napier (Attorney-General;. Hon. A. T. Bryant (Act. Col. Treasurer;. Hod. G. Hall (Act. Auditor-General;. Hon. F. J. Piggot, c.K. Ag. Col. Engineer;.
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  • 2796 5 Autumn Meeting. Third Day’s Racing. The weather for the last day’s racing in the Peuaug Turf Club’s meeting was all that could Ik* desired. The tine weather of the precediug few days had put the track in ex ellent condition aud indeed, if it was anything, it
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  • 135 5 Arrived Per >.s thonywa. from Singapore Mrs. Cochrane aud child, Mrs. Luubergaud child, Mr. aud Mrs. Perrett, Messrs. S. A. Aljunid, E. .1 1 bugle, E F. H. EJliu, H. D. Harri--8 'V. Makep ace, M de Suiza, E. L. Ivlina, Triisdal*, Lee Chau Tutu, Tan Eug Chip, Tan
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  • 40 5 To-day. 27th Diy ot 3tb moou. Bank Holiday. Cricket Penang cs. F. M. S., Esplanade. P. C. C. 'i'eunis Tournament. Town Baud, Esplauade, 0 to 7 p U). To-morrow. ~8tli Day of tkh Moou. P. C. C. Tennis Tournament.
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  • 19 5 Clnua (Prim Lndtoiy) ...(kli Aug. Gerwau (Pnwa E. Friedrich)...7th Euglkh Ma u a) ...15ih China {Delhi) ...174.h
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  • 18 5 0 New Moou Aug. ihh First Quarter J7th O Full Moon M 23nl Last Quarter 31st
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  • 40 5 P. O. SAILINGS. Mail Service. OUTWARDS. lioM KW A KUK. Malta Jo A aj. I Delhi 17 Any. Di'ta U9 I Arcadia 31 Extra Service. OUlWvKOJ Homewards Manila <0 A up I Njjanz i U) Any. Peru <7 Simla li\
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 119 5 THE ONLY PIANOFORTES FOR Extreme Climates ARK Messrs. Collard Collard’s, The World Renown©i Manufacturers, LONDON. every instrument carries A (iu iran.ee for five years and ft Certificate of Authenticity. constructed on scientific PRINCIPLES, WITH iron Frame, Tricord, throughout overstrung under damper action, ARTISTIC CASE specially screwed in all parts. /he
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 50 5 *5 A WEATHER This following refnirt is lciudlv supplied by rhe Sigual Director of Fort Cornwallis 5 p.m. H a.m. nooti. lmtiTii*\ loiti ln-4» y Cb. 81 wt -S7* tour I'me Hue i Pi. N.K. ti.lf. Tlie rainfall dering the 21 linur* en.hd it it a. hi. to-day w.is nil.
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  • 1290 6 The following Hie extiacts from au interesting aiticle by Mr. Ukers iu tlie Tea and Cojjjeĕ Trkde Journal ,lt complete transition from the Straits' Settlements to Netherlands India. Due is quick to feel the impending changes as soon as he steps on board the Dutch steamer
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  • 120 6 Fenano, 3rd August (By courtesy oj the Chartered Bank.) Loudon Demand Bank ...2/4,% 4 months’ sight Bank ...2,4)1 3 Credit 2/’’,’ 3 Documentary ...2/4,% Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs 174 3 da; s sigh* Prvare 1754 Bomliav. Demand Bank 173| Moulinein. Demand Bank 171$ 3 days’ sight Private 175} Madras,
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  • 185 6 Gold lear $64.85 B.Pepper( W.C«*ast 311». 5 oz.) 16-*-.—no stock White Pepper 211.- sales Trang Pepper 17 j —sates Cloves ’(picked) 51. —n0 sellers Mace 81.50 sales Mace Pickings 69. —sales Nutmegs 110 s 24, sales SNo. 1 5.25 sales 2 no stockBasket 3.00 sales Tapioca Flour 1.80 nominal
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  • 169 6 Penang, sth august, 1907. Be ee els. Soup per catty 12 Roast 24 Steaks -4 Stew or Curry Meat 16 Rump Steak 24 Ox Tail each 25 'Tongue 5 Feet 15 Heart 25 Liver 28 Pork Pork per catty 34 Pig’s Head 24 Feet 26 Tongue 32 Mutton
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  • 890 6 Ti rs I Number of P 1 ♦5 Capital. Shares Last Dividend. Name. >. Jj I x issued. 3j 5 i «1 _i i i 8 18 I 11*03 S 300.000 30.000 10 10 25 for Year eliding 3i 3 07 Beiat Tin MiniDg Cof, Ltd. Til 50 j
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 17 6 Andrew Usher Co.’s SPECIAL RESERVE O.V.G. Whisky. SANDILANDS, BUTTERY Co., AGENTS FOR PENA NO F. M. .5
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    • 116 6 MACKAY’S LIQUOR WHISKY. MARTELL’S BRANDY. Geislers' Champagne, THE CELEBRATED “S. B. yj re IN RED CASES, Sandilands, Ruttery Co. jr*J V* «ATleAH* > 1 X. CO x o -J J=5s UJ il < ON THE. N*. G a v fcO* 1 S S-mr»-'** O ‘iliM m. ssi iiffl BORDEN'S PEERLESS
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  • 88 7 Police cruisers will be au interesting feature of the next naval shipbuilding programme. It is temi-cfficiallv stated that during 1908 9 a imw type of cruiser will be built at Pembroke Dockyard, intermediate in siz.bat ween a second-class cruiser and the ships of the Duke of EdinlHigh class,
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  • 197 7 New Yoik, June 14. Tub first human brick iu history \v;is respectfully bin led to-da v in Fosbury Cemeterv, uear Boston. The brick is composed of five parts of cement and one part of ashes. The ashes aie the mortal remaics of Herman Unger, wl o took
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  • 287 7 The Hon. Frauen Patrick Clements, loot I er <.f the Earl of Leitrim, is at present in New York, where he arrived recently with the sum of £2 in his pocket. He worked Lis passage out as a stoker aboard the Atlantic liner St. Lcui s. The
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  • 366 7 Bangun (wake up), who has written very ably to the Free Prcit on the Smga-pore-Sibaug rivalry has rent in his last Utter on the subject. He concludes :—“Now to end, —give the Captains their (id. (however they only get 3d. at Sabang) per tou of coal —give
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  • 137 7 Sir Robert Hart's Action. Peking, July 3 Owiug to the establishment of Chiu-se Customs’ stations at Tairen, Antung, Usien and Tatungkow on Ist July, and the approaching opening of the same on tho lies oMancburiau frontier, most, probably iu August of tbecurieut year, Sir It. Hart
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  • 799 7 Small is. Lar«’. How long shall we go on increasing the size of our ships of war V Would it be better to expend our money iu building more and smaller craft Questions like these are coutiuuallv cropping up. The discussion of some of them by L >rd Brassey
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 923 7 W A R N I N G INSURANCES. Take notice that the Trade Mark as published hereunder has been registered in the o. "tc N. as a 0 ..H «TBEET General Accident Fire and Life Assurance Corporation, Ltd. Patent Office, Trade Marks Branch, London, in the name of CIIIN JOO
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    • 46 7 For a Lame Hack. When vuu li.ive pains in tlie small of the tank, dampen a piece of thick 11 tuutrl slightly with Cbamherlaiu’s Pain Balm and bind it on v>ver the. seat of pain, nud quick relief will follow. The George Town JDispeusurv, Wholesale Ageuts.
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    • 44 7 Sickness Comes When Least Expected. A little forethought may save you uo end of trouble. Anyone who makes it a rule to keep Cambeil*in’* Colic, bolora and Diarihoea lleuudv at baud knows this to be a fact. The (Joorge Town l>ispeusatv, Wholes vie Agents.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 1020 8 KTOTICE. yIEWS of Ponaug, Singapore, Perak, Selangor, and Sumatra. Photos enlarged, various hzos up to 3 ft., on Bromide paper. W. JONES, King Street, Penang. Photographer. 16c UPTON'S TEAS WERE AWARDED THE GOLD MEDAL AT THE PARIS EXHIBITION. W. MANSON, American Dentist, Late of Dr. Allen Co., Pha, U.S.A. Charges
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  • 952 9 Action ht thk Govkknmknt. At the meeting of the Legislative Council tins afternoon, says the China Mail of the 23rd ultimo, the correacondenee on the subject of Hongkoug subsidiary coins was laid upon the table. The tirst letter is oue from Sir Matthew Nathan dated July 23,
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  • 1240 9 One of the most curious signs iu Washing* tou hangs in front of a dilapidated hou»e in au alley, its legend is Lamp Hospital, Dr, Ihompsou” A man who lias invested iu an oil stove had trouble with the wick. He had noticed the lamp
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  • 141 9 Says the Bmgkok Times of the 20th ultimo:— Yesterday the Bangkok Police were worried over a certaiu corpise which, as we mentioned yesterday, was Hoating by the Post Office lauding. A go d many other people were worried by it too, as the body was iu a
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  • 335 9 Says the Mauila Ciblentwi of the 23rd ultimo: The followiug appalliug news is of intense interest in these islands (Associated Press.) < hicago, June lt>.—No louger is it safe to kiss your girl good night. No louger is it commendable and prudent to kiss
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  • 360 9 On thu Currency Question. We commend to the attention of the Hongkong Government the extract from the Straits Settlements Government Gazette, which we published yesterday, says the China Hail of the 22nd ultimo. In case readers did not remark it we may mention that the Straits
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  • 1724 9 D. Raymond in the Saturday Magazine. Yes, said my landlady, ausweiiug my cisual inquiry, aud alluding at the same time to the original of a photograph that she had just dusted aud replaced oi the piano, “he was a lodger of mine—a nice, quiet ycuug man to
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  • 300 9 Chosen iiy Examination to Study in America. For the first time in the history of China a competitive examination was held on ihe 3rd, 4’h and sth ultimo in Peking by order of the Ministry of Education, of young men aud women desirous of goiug to the United
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  • 168 9 A Judge of the VVashiugtou divorce court has held that the abseuce of the husband’s mo'uiug aud eveniug kiss constitute;* a cruelty, and is calculated to make a wunali’ *ife miserable iu the extreme. Three months ago Tiinoihy Troppe broke Ins < igbt-year-old custom of kissiug
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  • 236 9 1 he result of u yeai’s rat-destroying operations in Bangalore have just been made available. During the year from Juue, 1906, 21,500 rats were killed by poison, aud 118.774 were trapped. The people of all classes except the Jains co operated willing, ly. The numbers of rats
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  • 539 9 On the 3rd ult. at Christie’s auction rooms, Loudon, the collection of old Chinese cloisonrc enamels gathered by Mr. J. R. MeC’ein, who had lent them for s *me time to the Fitzwilliam Museum, was sold, the followiug being the principal objects :—A pair of temple lanterns,
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 47 9 Not a Doubtful Question. There is no doubt in the miuds of those who have used -amberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as to its curative powers. Kor a pain in the stomach, diar. rhoea or dysentery, it affords immediate relief. The George Town Dispensary, Wholesale Agents.
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 937 10 FOR SALE. Nos. 2, 3 4 of “THE REVIEW OF THE FAR EAST,” EDITED 15 Y A. CUNNINGHAM, of the South Chinn Morn inf! Post. Price $1 each number. Guide to Penang, BY THE LATE E. F. Skertchly, f.e.s. THE SMITH PREMIER TYPEWRITER. THE ONLY MACHINE WORKING in THREE COLOURS
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