Straits Echo, 25 November 1907

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  • 38 1 Straits Echo 10-PAGE i DAILV CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY j VOL. 5. $24 Per Annum. PENANG, MONDAY, 26th NOVEMBER, 1907. Single Copy, 10 cents. No. 272.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 1061 1 TIGER BRAND CEMENT. '0 6s N 25S r> in act 5* V ■b IN FO BEST FOR ALL PURPOSES. RANKS. Ohartered Bank of India, Australia and China. Hongkong Shanghai Banking Corporation. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER. £BOO,OOO 1.075.000 Capital Paid up Reserve Fund Reserve Liability of Proprietor» Head Office: HATTON COURT,
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    • 26 1 THE BEST BEER THE FAR EAST. NOddlN rTi vP V 7 o </> > ~a CD ft "O 0. *7 *h IOKTO TIAWO LEE A Co.. Sole Agents
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  • 981 2 Hacc olim virniinieee juxabit. The following is from the China Mail of the Oth November, 1845 To t he Editor of tho China Mail. Mr. Oboan,” —As you ate an authority upon public matters perhaps you may be able to explain why tbe Police compel the
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    • 634 2 MUNICIPAL NOTICE. 4 PPLICATIONS aie invited for the appointments of four Temporary Fitters at a salary of $4O each per month. Applications, endorsed “FITTER,” will be received by the undersigned up to 4 p.m., on Thursday, the 28th instant. Canvassing by or on behalf of any candidate will disqualify. (By
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    • 1881 2 the rary h. will p.m indiS. tier a. 8101 ooks 18 of and f of j 908. t> at lays p.m. t to and i. on ifter All ore- at the 5, i era. 711 mce > of 3. ionwu. >lO, Bee, the r of] our liter i. >rdffice in
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  • 37 3 Vessels From Ay-af* Due Nippon Trieste S.K.&Co. 27th Nov. Tjhi Sad;» Singapore B.&Co. 2» ill A. A pear Calcutta A.A A.Co. •JIM h Beulari^ Condon S B &Co. 30th Lenuox •jrlaSiJOW S B.ACo. oth Dec.
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  • 33 3 1 efltpl* For Ajent* PS Nippon Sipgapore S K A Co. No». Lii Sang Calcutta B.&Co. A. Apear ‘Singapore A A A Co. Beularig Singapore S B &Co. Leuuox Singapore S.B.&Co. Dec.
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  • Shipping.
    • 61 3 Thonwwa, Br. ss, 3,42 H, Herrington, 25j1i Nov., Singapore, 23rd Nov., Gen —II. L. Co. Hebe, Br. s s., 345, Andrews 25th Nov., 23rd N >v., Gen—VV. M. Co. Canton, Br. s s., 105. Meiican, 25th Nov., Teluk Anson, 2th Nov., Gen. Ah Hing. ll ok Canton, Br. s.s.,
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    • 60 3 25th November. Tong Chary Un, for Batu Bahraand Asahan. Thongwa, for Negapatam and Madras. Deli, for Trang and Pang Nga. Hebe, for Deli. Canton, for Paugkor and Teluk Auson. Hok Canton, for Laugsa, T. Seraawe, Segli, Olehleh and Sabaug. Ni’e, for Port Swettenham, Singapore, China and Japan. Hock Chuan
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    • 239 3 For Bombay—Per Ischia, to morrow, 7 a.m. Pangkalau Brandau—Per Petrel, tomo tow, noon. Singapore, Chin v Japan—Per Nippon, to-morrow, Ipm. Deli--Per Avagyee, to-morrow, 1 p.m. Asahan —Per Alary Austin, to-morrow, 1 p m. Singapore—Per Coen, to-morrow, 2 p.m. Port Swettenham and Singapore—Per Pin Seng, to-morrow, 3 p.m. Teluk
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  • 412 3 Per P. and O. 8 s.. Nile, due at Penang on 26th November To Penang (from Loudon, Oct. 26) Miss G. Hogan, Miss C. E. Taylor, Mrs. Go’die. Miss E. Me William, Mr. O. I». Pike, M iss Dixon, Miss Maclain, Mr. N. Macdonald, Mr. J.
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    • 992 3 P. 0. Steam Navigation Coy. Expected Armais and Departures. Mail Service. Outward. 1 »f*c. 5 Delhi connecting with 19 Arcadia do Jan Derail ha do 16 Peninsular do Homeward Mongolia Victoria Macedonia Britannia THROUGH STEtMER Mar. 28 s.s. Marmora (calling at Bombay). FARES BY MAIL STEAMERS. Ist Cl*«a Sod C'l*«
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    • 487 3 (8 HIPPING.) HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINE. PASSENGER SERVICE. By the new steamers, Rhenania,” Habsburo,” lloh■NßTAufen.” These steamers offer to the public the highest comfort jet attmned in Ocean Travelling. They have very large cabins, provided with only lower berths. The Cabins are amidships and fitted with fans. Laundry on board. Doctor and
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  • 95 4 Jas tic > satiflfle* everybody and justice alone.— Smeram. Published daily (except Sundays.) CRITERION PRESS, Ltd., No. 2*26 232, Beach Street, Penang. PRICE: DAILY LOCAL $24 per anuum OUTSTATIONS Postage Extra MAIL EDITION (Poet. Free) $l5 CABLE ADDRESS Echo—Penang.” Telephone No. 343 ff.B. All business communications should
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  • 377 4 A vast amount has been written in denunciation ot the huge contribution the Colony has to pay for the military protection afforded it by Imperial troops, but whatever reduction is agreed to it is unlikely that any arrangement will ever be arrived at which will satisfy both
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  • 261 4 Men who feel gambling to be a vice are not always clear as to why they have this opinion. A paper in the International Journal of l'Alucs, however, puts the es ential reasons very lucidly. The writer, an American, points out primarily that it is bad because it is
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  • 216 4 Mr. Lim Soo Chee requests to be a Wowed, through the medium of the Straitt* Echo, to thank all those who were kind enough to attend the funeral of his beloved father, the late Mr. Lim Kek Cbuau, or to express their sympathy with
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  • 225 4 On page 6 of thie issue will be found the prospectus of the New Tambuu Mines, Ltd a compauy to be formed for the purpose of acquiring and workiug hydraulic illy mining lands situated at Tambuu, iu the Kiuta valley of Perak,' adjoining tli3 ouce
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  • 406 4 The following business in tin has been done to-da v Penang Straits Trading Co, 50 tons at 871f Penaug Tin Exchange, buyers, no sellers j Singapore Straits Trading Co., 50 70 Total... 100 tons. Opium is quoted here to-day at $747 aud Raugoon rice at
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  • 895 4 (Before Mr. Codrington.) Oog Sum Kbai, a Chmamau, to-day pleaded guilty to the charge of being in possession of 1* tahils of illicit chandu, worth about $4-50 cents. He was fined twenty dollars. This morning, a Chinaman who was convicted of telling fortunes, was given the option
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  • 817 4 The Government Gazette of November 22 contains the following items of inform*, tion His Majesty the King has bee Q pleased to confirm the appointment of the Hon’ble A. R- Adams as an Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council of the Straits Settlements, and to approve the ap.
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    • 546 4 ktoticb. IS hereby giveu that flic interest ami lespouMOility of Mkssrs. KIM I’ONO, KHOO I KK UN an«l SIM KIM SUING in Chop MAN HO A Co., carrying on loibiuess as General Storekeepers at No HH, Beach Street,ceased on the 25th November, It »07, corresponding to the 20th day of
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    • 9 4 Chamberlain's Couth R em .j v >"}, WboliJ, 4euu ,,f
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  • TELEGRAMS.
    • 55 5 (Supplied by Renter.) An Assured Success. Loudon, 25ih Nov.—Mr. Haldane, Secretary of State for War, speakiug at a Volunteer prize-giving iu Loudon, said that the Volunteers throughout the couutry were already showing such spirit and keen patriotism that he was no longer doubtful of securing the requisite
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    • 76 5 (Supplied by Reader.) Won’t be Tried by Man-Made Laws. Loudon. 24th November.—The cimpaigu which the suffragettes have been pursuing has been most active at the meetings held by the Cabinet Ministers. Matters reached a climax yesterday at the meeting held bv Mr. Herbert Gladstone at Leeds when the
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    • 37 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) kaiser Invites Prince and Princess of Wales. London, 25th Nov.—The Berlin papers state that the Prince and Princess of Wales have accepted the Kaiser's iuvitatiou to visit Germany iu 1908.
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    • 58 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) Punishment for an Unruly Tribe. London, 24th Nov —A strong French punitive expedition left lliamarnia at midnight to operate against the Beniuassen tribe which have receutly given trouble. Artillery tiring was heard for mauy hours to-day. London, 25th Nov.—The Bemnasseu tribe attacked the French
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    • 33 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) No Further Time Allowed. London, 23rd Nov. —The Chartered Bauk has declined to longer suspend the demolition of Crosby Hall pending further efforts to complete the sum required.
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    • 59 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) Attempts to Raise the Price. London, 25lh Nov. —The New Orleans Farmers’ Union submits that the farmers plan is to reduca the acreage of cotton in 1908 in order to secure the price of 15 cents a pound. They will also withhold four to six million
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    • 32 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) Roosevelt Emphatic Not to Stand Loudon, 25th Nov.— President Roosevelt has instructed his ministers to warn their subordinates not to pursue a campaign for his re-nomination.
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    • 26 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) The Strike Partially Settled. London, 23rd Nov.—Tbe Indian railway strike has been partially settled. The running of the mail trains is resumed.
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    • 33 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) Paying; Japan’s Bill. Loudon, 23rd Nov.—Count Beockendoiff to-day hands Baron Komura a draft for .£4,800,441 for maintenance of the Russian prisoners captured during the late wa r
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    • 57 5 {Supplied, by Reuter The Manchester Handicap. London, 24th Nov. —The result of the race for the Manchester November Handicap (value, J 81,325 distance, U mi e<), which was run on Saturday, was as follows 11ai.tinol.as8, bc by Isiuglas-Sibola 1 Wise Mason, b c by Freemason-Wise Ethel Lischana,
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    • 59 5 (Su plied by Reuter) The Expenditure for the Next Decade. Loudon, 25th Nov.—lt is reported from Berlin that the memorandum attached to the Naval Estimates shows that the estimated expenditure for the next ten years—l9oB to 1917—is .£208,000,000. being an increase of JE49.300.000 as compared with
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  • 120 5 Intelligence received at (Queenstown from Washington, says the Daily Mail, states that Secoud Assistant Postmaster-General McCleary has issued an order that henceforth the uew Cuuarders Lusi'ania and Mauretania, sailing ou the Saturdays from New York, are to get the bulk uf the firstclass mail matter for the United
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  • 203 5 A paiuful instance of the custom prevailing among the natives iu certaiu pirts of British Columbia is related by John Ross, of Port EsBit)gtou, B. C. He says “Two Indian girls, pretty little squaws, not yet fourteen years old, were sold to the highest bidders in the
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  • 390 5 A correspondent, wrbing to tbe Overseas Dady Mail, has this to say of the Cape Malay Admixture with the white man and importations from foreigu climes have resulted iu a hotchpotch of skin pigments, ranging from the almost white of the Cape boy to the ebony black
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  • 1444 5 ORDINARY MEETING, NOVEMBER 22 N I), 190?. Present. His Excellency the Governor (Sir John Anderson, k.c.m.g.). His Excellency Major-Gen. T. Perrott, c.B. Hon. Capt. A. H. Young (Col. Secretary). Hon. W. .1. Napier (Attorney-General), lion. A. T. Bryant (Act. Col. Tr«asurer). Hon. F. J. Pigott, c.E. (Ag. Col.
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  • 197 5 Arrived. Per s.s. Bharata, from Rangoon Revd B Jarre and Petier, Messrs. Rose. Saikies aud M. Stern. Per s.s. Thntigtra, fiom Singapore Yen Rev. J. Meueuvrier, V. G., Captain B. B Colbeck, Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Hogau aud family, Messrs. G. Brauson, J. M. L. Cornelius, Chia Loon
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  • 64 5 To-dav. 19ih Day of 10th Moou. Town Band, Esplanade, 6 to 7 pm. Football Cup Ties Entries close. Liberty Hall,” at Town hall, 9 p m. Matsuo's Cinematograph, corner of I’ehang Road aud Campbell Street, ft p To-morrow. 2<)tli Day of JOtli Moon. Ileel Practice, Town II ill, 0
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  • 20 5 Chiua (Prim Ludtvij) ...26ih Nov. j Gertuau (Yorclc) ...27ih E .glisb (Delhi) 5 li Dec. CbiDa Deoanha 7(1»
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  • 18 5 Last (Quarter Nov. 28th O New Moou Dec. 5th First Quarter 12:li O Full Moon £0*h
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  • 21 5 P. O. SAILINGS. Mail Sc.vice. OOTWARIIS. 'IuMKWARIIS. Delhi 5 Dee. I Devanha 7 D r c. Arcadii Jil Malta 'JI I
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 65 5 A Good Liniment. When you need a good reliable liniment try Cbamlerlaiu’s Pain Balm It has no I superior for spraius and swellings. A piece of flannel slightly dampened with Pain Balm is superior to a plaster for lame back or j pains in the side or chest. It also
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    • 82 5 A Question that Every Man Should Decide for Himself. There is one subject ia which many of us are interested and that is. what is the quick 68 1 way of getting rid of a troublesome cold? Is it best to take some new remedy put out with exaggerated claims,
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    • 195 5 WANTED AT ONCE. A CHINESE HILL COLLECTOR. Security $l,5*M) required. Apply to •X” c/o Straits Echo 25-11-07 823 l s The Champagne of Table Wafers. I SARK1ES BROTHERS, Sole Importers, Penang Singapore Rangoon.| 1 125c THE ANGLO-CHINESE STOHE. 5, CHINA STREET. JUST UNPACKED ex s.s. “CARDIGANSHIRE.” I l f y
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    • 149 5 MUNICIPAL NOTICE r |lllE adjourned Meeting of llio MuniX. cipal Commissioners will bo bold at the Muuicipal Oflice at o-80 p.m. ou Thursday, the -8th instant. L. A. Coutikr BIGGS, iSrrr fury. TIN DREDGERS. Hr. LEWIS A. SMART, M.I.E.S., consu r/r i ng eng t nee r TO THETONGKAH HARBOUR
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    • 1830 6 This Prospectus has been Bled with the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies. a aaa AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA W V W w The Subscription List will close on the 3lst December, 1907. THE NEW TAMBUN INCORPORATED UNDER THE COMPANIES ORDINANCE 1889 OF THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTSCAPITAL $650,000. Divided into 65,000 Ordinary Shares of $lO
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  • 871 7 Tuesday, the 14th, Thursday, the 16th, and Saturday, the 18th January, 1908. FIRST DAY. Tuesday, 14th January, 190 b. I.—The Maiden Plate. V alue $6OO. A Race for Maiden Horses. Weight as per scale reduced 14 lbs. All animals imported into the Straits or
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  • 121 7 An unusual was witnessed outside Messrs. Gamage’s establishment in High Holborn tbe other day. This was the parade of a squadron of soldierly-lookiug girl yeomaury to whom Mr. G a mage presented silver medals to commemorate the first parade of the corps. The movement is the
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  • 141 7 According to a contemporary, coal deposits have been discovered on the Brouw River, in North-east Borneo, and recently 1,535 tons were shipped to Hongkong The Borneo product is said to be a first class smokeless coal. The locality of the mine is far removed from the
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  • 151 7 This warning may not leach China m time to stop the pai iiameutaiy movement, but the Chinese are entitled to know (lie worst auvway. No sooner will the men begiu to vote iu China than the women will begin to domaud the ballot. 'J hat is
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  • 162 7 A coni EMFORARV draws atteuion to the remaikable development of a phase of Chinese enterpiise. This is the production of the irou 2nd steel needed for the extensive lailway systems iu that country, and it is said that before the end of 1008. the home Chinese iudustiy
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  • 220 7 Bridegroom of Sixty-eight ami Bride of Twenty-nine. An interesting and romantic wedding was •olemuised on the liUh u!t. at St. Luke’s Church, Chelsea, LouJod, wl.eu the K v. I)r. Ch ilea Taylor, Master of St. J bu’s College, Cambridge, and former Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University, led to the
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    • 478 7 “Nikko” Photographic Studio. K. S. OK AN I W A, Japanese Artist, from Tokio, Japan, No. 2la, Penang Road (off Northam Road). Highclass Photography in all its Branches. A NEW SHIPMENT JEST RECEIVED OF CARD MOUNTS of all sizes for photographs. Enlargements up to any size artistically executed from any
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    • 267 7 Entries Close at noon on Thursday, 2nd January. Handicaps for First day will be published on or before Monday, 6th January, 1908. A penalty of 7 lbs. is incurred in a baudicap by the winner of auy race run subsequent to the publication of the weights and of 12 lbs.
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    • 913 7 INSURANCES. General Accident Fire and Life Assurance Corporation, Ltd. WE have been appointed Agents for the above Company for Penang, Province Wellesley, and the State of Perak, and are prepared to accept risks against fire on the usual terms. DAVID BROWN A Co. 4b, Logan’s Buildings. 7-3-07 109 c THE
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    • 92 7 Cheap Week End Excursions to Selangor. IfURST CLASS RETURN TICKETS will be granted per ss. Kistna,” timed to leave Penang for Port Sweltenham every Saturday afternoon available only lor return per s s. Perak.” or Pin Seng.” due to leave Port Swettenbam on the next afternoou an 1 expected to
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 1065 8 PATHE FRERES, PARIS. CINEMATOGRAPHS AND FILMS. Soh‘ Ayritt for The Straits, Burma, Java, Sumatra, The Philippines, etc., F. DREYFUS, 19, STAMFORD ROAD, Singapore. Kim Keng Leong Co., 127, BEACH STREET. W. MANSON, American Dentist, Late of Dr. Allen Co., Pha, U.S.A, Charges Moderate, Consultation Free. RESIDING AT No. 21a, Penang
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  • 1574 9 Black Art In India. An Indian correspondent writes to a Madras papier as follows It is not strange if in a country like India, which is full of the mysterious, the practice exists of causing death to piersous by magic. Black Art seems to have been very common in this
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  • 417 9 Life of Edna May. Mr. Hall Caine, Jr., was recently in Paris taking a vacation, having found ’lorqury too dull. He was stopping at the Hotel Chatham, and in the course of a conversation, more or less ou literary matters, with a representative of the New
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  • 121 9 PBNAIfO, 25th NovrfltßSE. (By courtesy oj the Chartered bank.) London Demand Sank ...2/3j£ months' sight Bank 2/41 Credit 4 Documentary ...2/4* Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. 173 3 days’ sight I’rwa.r* 175 J Bomitay. D maml Bank 172^ M out mein. Demand Bank 171 3 days’ sight Private 175) M;t<
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  • 175 9 iold leaf $65 50 B. Pep perl VV .Coast <»y.. l6|. no stuck White Pepper 19 515vyera IYang Pepper out of season Jloves (picked) inunall supply Mace 05 nominal Mace Pickings 57. do. Nutmegs I lOs 25. —sellers iNo. 1 5.45 sales 2 no stock Ba*ke« 3 50 buyersl
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  • 865 9 I aat Divide id. Name. Mining. 25 for year ending 31/3/07 Belat Tin Mining Co., Ltd. Bruang Ltd 20 p.c. for year ending 30/4/0 < 4 *J iuterim for 1907. 3/-during 1900. c. for 1903. interim for 1907. 57} p 7} p.c .25 per cent interim for 1907 Bruseh
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 66 9 Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. There is probably no medicine made that .a relied upon with more implicit couadence ban cUberla.n'a Colic. Cholera and D. arrboea Remedy. During the third ofa century in which it has teen in use. people have learned that it is the one remedy that
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    • 51 9 A Follower of Influenza. Many persous fiud theni*eWbs affected with a persistent cough after an attack of nfluenza. As this cough can be promptly cured by the use of Chamberlain s Cough Remedy it should not be allowed to run on until it becomes troublesDme. The George Town Dispensary, Wholesale
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    • 107 9 For the convenience of our Foreign customer* we send Witches, Rings, &c on receipt of HALF CASH, customer paying balance on receipt. SOLID SOLD RUGS. 30/S»»t wortmimhls; latest Seelgae. Solid Gold, set with Real Diamond and Rubies, price 30 ,a Solid Gold Signet Ring, engraved with any Initial, Crest or
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    • 15 9 Andrew Usher Co.’s SPECIAL RESERVE O.V.G. Whisky. SANDILANDS, BUTTERY Coagents FOR PENANQ F. M. S.
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    • 34 9 MACKAY’S LIQUOR WHISKY. KARTELL'S BRANDY. Gelslers’ Champagne, THE CELEBRATED “S. B. Co.” GIN IN RED CASES. Sandilands, Buttery Co BORDEN’S PEERLESS BRAND EVAPORATED CREAM. Absolute Purity Guaranteed, Af.fcH rs; SANDILANDS, BUTTERY ft Co.. PENANG
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    • 271 9 Guide to Penang, BY THE LATE E. F. Skertchly, p. e. s. Price 50 cents. Worth a Dollar a copy.") TO BE HAD AT TIIE “'STRAITS ECHO” OFFICE. JOHN PRTIH, mm A ROMANCE OF MODERN MALAYA. I.Y OLIVER ASH WELL, AUTHOR OF T.tfe-f oi the Fen," Chronic' ex of the
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    • 1350 10 NOTICE. mUE undersigned l»cg to inform tbo public of Penang and the neighbouring Ns JL States that they have been appointed Agents for Messrs. Ingall Parsons, n r i l f r 1 .11 a 1 1 trnt tr Kaaf nil! Native ulJl r ..Clive A Co., Ltd., of Loudon,
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