Straits Echo, 12 December 1907

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    37 1 Straits Echo j DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY, j VOL. 5. $24 Per Annum, PENANG, THURSDAY," t2th DECEMBER, 1907. Single Copy, 10 cents. No. 287.
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      1108 1 GUINNESS’S STOUT. TIANG LEE Co. $Z Cr O A .1 SOLE AGENTS. BASS’S ALE. BANKS. Chartered Bank of India, [Australia and Chira. INCORPORATED’ BY ROYAL CHARTER. £800,000 1,075.000 £800,000 Capital Paid up Reserve Fund Reserve Liability of Propvietoi'H' Head Office: IIATTON COURT, TIIREADN EEDLE STREET, LONDON. Agendas and Branches. Bombay
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      29 1 THE BEST BEER IN THE FAR EAST. flOddlN sT 7 c* o d 5 3 > g z S a 5 CD >\ </ *3 rOKTO TIAIMG LEE A Co., Sole Agents
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    Indian Items.
    860 2 Flagellation a Luxury. Calcutta, 29tb Nov. It may be remeuil»er«d that the whipping to Susil Kumar San some time ago iu the Presideticy Jail, caused au outcry iu the ludiaii Press, aud w.>h deuouuced as illegal The atteutiou of the Goverumeut of Bergal was drawn to the matter
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      96 2 Chamberlain's Cough Remedy in South Africa. Mi. 8. Schneider, of lvoffey font fin, O. 11. C is veiv grateful to the manufacturers nf Chamberlaiu's Cough Remedy. He has found l hut it cures his children as well as himself of their coughs aud colds. They wero all coughing and got
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      1695 2 s. British Co. Ltd. India rbduced fares. t Christmas Holidays. KETURN tickets to the undtrmen- tioned ports, available between loth December, 1907. and loth January, 1908. f «id be granted for single fares, by the above Company: Return Tickets for Silicic Fares. 1st From Penang P To Cla;S Swettenham $10-00
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    VESSELS EXPECTED.
    72 3 r esseh i from 1 A Due Benvorlich Loudou S B.&Co. 13th Dec. Kook Sang (Calcutta B.&Co. 14*h j Alciuous Singapore W.M.&Co. 14 h Achilles |Singapoie W.M &Co. 18J> Lai Sang 1 Calcutta B &Co. 19th Kum Sang I Singapore B &Co. 23rd GL A pear (Singapore A
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    SAILINGS.
    59 3 I estti* For Ayenti' f: Beuvorlicli Siogapore S.B ACo. DeC. Kook Sang Singapore frt.ACo. Alcinous L >n<lou AV.M ACo. Achilles Mai sei lies W.M.ACo. Lai Sang Singapore R.ACo. Kum Sane CM'ntta B.A?o O. Ap<*i*r C&lt-ut m A.A A.Co. Laertes London W M.ACo. Beticleucli 'Singapore S B ACo j A.
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  • Shipping.
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      ARRIVALS
      130 3 C. Ai'cak, Bi. s i., 1,730 '1 homas, l:Hi I Singapore, 10>li Djc., Oeu A. A. A. A Co. Fhonowa, Br. s s., 3,428. Herrington, 12lh D c., Madras, 2nd Dec., Gen. 11. L A Co. Sunda, Br. s 8., 2 086, MouHord. 1 Ith Dec Antwerp, 3rd Nov
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      DEPARTURES.
      30 3 12th December. Van der Lijn, for Deli aud Laugsa. Hebe, for Deli. Canton, for Paugkor aud Teluk Anson Thongwa, for Port Swetteuham A Singapore Bun Whatl Boon, for Langkat.
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      MAILS CLOSE
      100 3 For Port Svetteuham and Malacca Per Cornelia, to-morrow, 1 p.m. Port Swetteuham aud Singapore—Pei Perak, to-morrow, 1 p m. Calcutta—Per C. A pear, to-morrow, 2 pin. Teluk Ansou—Per Hye L»ong, to-morrow, 3 pm Singapore A Hongkong—Per Fook Sa*g, to-morrow, 3 p.m. Colombo aud Tuticoriu Per Gleneorn, to-morrow, 4
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    Passengers to the Straits.
    438 3 Per P. aud O. s.s. 1 ictona, couuectiug with the steamer Arcadia at Colombo, due at Penaug on 19th December: To Singapore (from London, Nov. 22) Rev. W. Murray, Mr. J. D. McCulloch, Mr. W. O. Brien, Mrs. Cameron, Mr. P. Piuhorn, Mis. van Cuyleuburs', Misses
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      655 3 P. 0. Steam Navigation Coy. KE|HH'ted Arrivals ami Depart tires. Mail Service. Outward Dec. l!* Arcadia connecting with Victoria Jau Dcranha do Macedonia 16 Peninsular do Britannia 30 Delta do Moot tin Homeward THROUGH STEAMER Mar. 28 s.s. Marmora (calling at Bombay). FARES BY MAIL STEAMERS. Ut Cla*a 2nd Claw
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      339 3 (SHIPPING.) Norddentscher Lloyd, Bremen. IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE. TITHE fast and well-known mail steamers of this L Company sail fortnightly from Bremen, Hamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southampton, Gibraltar, Geuoa, Naples, (connection Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria and vice versa) Port Said, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penang, Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai, Nagasaki and Kobe to
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      33 3 PASSAGES to EUROPE, via MADRAS. PASSAGES can be booked per British India Steam Navigation Company’s Steamers from Penang, via Madras, to Port Said, Genoa, Marseilles, Plymouth and London, HUTTENBACH, LIEBERT Co 4(718 ATS
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    The Straits Echo.
    97 4 Justice satisfies everybody and justice atone— Htnertvn. Published dally (except Holiday*.) AT TH» CRITERION PRESS, Ltd., No. 2Z6— 232, Beach StreeHTenaug. PRICE: DAILY LOCAL s2* per anuuui OUTSTATIuKb Postage Extra. MAIL EDITION (Poet Free) $l5 CABLE ADDRESS: Echo- Penang.” Telephone No. 343. y.S. All business couiuiuuicatious should
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    THE CASE OF LIEUTENANT WOODS.
    768 4 There are certain aspects ot the case of Lieutenant *‘Henry Charles Woods, of the 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards, to which we should like to make reference. The case evidently excited very great interest in England as Reuter thought it of sufficient importance to wire it
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    Municipal Commission.
    58 4 Voting for the election of Mr. Quali lieug Kee as a Muuicipal Commissioner began at 10 o’clock this morning. By 11.30 am. Mr, Beng Kee bad already got the requisite number of votes (20) entitling him to a teit oil the Board. At 4-p.m. we were informed that
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    The Band Fund.
    55 4 We are requested by tLe provisional Baud Committee to say that a meeting of lie subscribers to the Baud Fund for 1008 will be held at the Town Hall on Tuesday next, at 5 p. in., for the purpose of electing a Committee of Management for the
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    The Homeward Mails.
    49 4 The Koval Mail steamer Bhnra'a, of the British India S. N. C<>. Ltd being timed to leave Singapore this afternoon at 5 o’clock, is expected to arrive here to-morrow at 6 p. m and to leave for Raugoou at 8 p. in with the Homeward Mails.
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    Tin, Opium and Rice Quotations.
    586 4 Tin (nurvtined) is quoted -here to-day at's(33-12.V, buyers uo sellers at Smgapoie (refined) at f63-t>2J, buyers no sellers, and in Loudon at. <£l2o 10s. cash and j£l2t> 10s. three mouths’ sight. Opium is quoted to-day at $74") and Raugoon rice atsl9t> per coyan. H. M.
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    MR. R. LAIDLAW, M. P.
    145 4 EXPECTED this £venis«. Mr Robert Laidlaw, F-,. wbo. it may be mentioned, was tlnf founder of the firm of Whiteaway, Lai llaw Co., will arrive hare, this evening by the 6.20 train from Ipob On arrival he will go straight to the rooms of the
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    VISIT TO IPOH.
    530 4 Meeting in the Theatre. Icoh is iu holiday attire to-day, says Tuesday’s Times of Malaya, the British, Cbine-e aud Japanese national fligs and many other hong fligs fluttering iu the gentle breezes from the liouse-tojjs and balconlds of the substantially built offices of the merchants and traders
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    The Police Courts.
    1127 4 (Before Messrs. Wol/erttan and Codringlon.) Ou Ftiday last we reported lhat a Chinamm name l Liua Hong Liu wis charged with kidnapping Ooi Chun Kir, a girl under the age .»t (3 years, from the l.wful guardianship of her adopted father. LTi Aik Khoon. The lieariug was
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    Inquest.
    139 4 \esteiday afternoon, the Coroner and tbiee Chinese jurors concluded the iuouest regarding the death of Lam Ah Sam, a j Ch-uese leper, at the Central Police Station lock-Up. r The verdict returned was. “suicide by hanging.” J ■s* 1_ M t Me. aud Mis. Luke Chow Tl.ve hive booked
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      199 4 i me new year’s cards. I JUST UNPACKED J I A Beautiful Assortment of XMAS NEW YEAR’S CARDS 1 AND XMAS POST CARDS. Children’s Sailor’s Suits, Hats, Shoes Socks. 8 SWEETS BONBONS THE ANGLO=CHINESE STORE, i 5, CHINA STREET. 8 v x \IMMEDIATE X DELIVERY. HOLD WORLD’S RECORDi) FOK EFFICIENCY.
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      Zululand.
      75 5 (Sup]'lied by lleuter.) Teach a not Readily Forgotten.” London, 1-1 tii. Dec.-*-Dinizulu, the <xKmg of the Zulus, was escorted from Usutu l*y Police with tiled bayonets iu the presence of huudieds of Zulus aud appealed before Colouel Mackenzie at Nougoma Colonel Mackenzie sul>s< quently, addressing the natives, said be
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      British North Borneo.
      112 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) The Annual Dinner in Loudon. London, 11th Dec.—Sir Charles James Jessel, Chairman of the British North Borneo Company, presided at the annual dinner at which there was great enthusiasm. Mr. Carrie, iu a speech, dwelt on the great progress North Borneo had made and
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      New Zealand.
      46 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) Disastrous Fire tit Wellington. Loudon, I l’li Dec.—The Wellington parliament buildings have been destroyed by tire. Latkk.—At the tie at Wellington only the library aud contents of the Premier’s Office were saved. The historical records were lost. The buildiugs were uninsured.
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      China’s New Ambassador.
      49 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) Received by King Edward. Loudon, 11th Dec.- —The new Cbiuese Minister to the Court of St. James has been received iu audience by King Edward VII at Bucktngham Palace. 1 e presented bis credeutials to Sir Edward Grey, Foreign Secretary, who was pieseut.
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      Frenzied Finance.
      30 5 Sup)'lied by Reuter.) Another Rig Failure. London, 11th Dec. —At Elizabeth, New Jersey, receivers have beeu appointed for tbe Electric Vehicle Company which has a capital of $4,0J0.000.
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      Germany.
      39 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) Britain the Most Favoured Nation. London, 11th Dec.—The Reichstag has read for a third time the bill for the exteu siou for two years of the provisional ariangement granting Britain the most favoured nation” treatment.
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      The Kaiser.
      36 5 {Supplied fry Neuter.) An Enjoyable Visit. Londou, 11th Dec.—The Kaiser has sailed for Holland, but before he left he authorised the German Ambassador to state that he has greatly enjoyed bis visit to Eugland.
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      Russia.
      46 5 Supplied by Re'iter The Budget and Loans. Loudon. 11th Dec.—The Minister of Finance, iu his Budget sfatemeut, asked the Duma to sanction a loan of 10> milliou roubles to cover the deficit arisiug chiefly from ihe expenses of the War, the Railways and Famine Relief.
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    Sunday Observance.
    185 5 Says the Times of Malaya On dit that, in connection with the Sunday Observancequesiion, a memorial to the Secretary of State, to be forwarded through llis Excellency the High Commissioner, has teen drawn up and will shortly be circulated in all the States of the Federation with a
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    914 5 A NIGHT MEETING. In Committee on the Stamp Hill. Present. His Excellency tiio Governor (Sir John Amlerson, k.c.m His Excellency Major-Gen. T. Perrott, c.B. Ilou. Capt. A. H. Young (Col. Secretary), lion. W. J. Napier (Attorney-Genera') Hon. A. T. Bryant (Act. CoJ. Treasurer). Hon. 1. J. Pigott, c.e.
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    Rubber Share Market.
    366 5 Messrs. 4. Russell Grant A Co.’s Re|w)rt. Loudon, Nov. 21st. The Matkft for tbe shares of Malay Rubber Companies has lieeu quiet, and iu mm? instances we have to report lower prices but theie seems to be a gradually increasing demand at tbe lower prices, especially for
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    Rubber in the Malay Peninsula.
    611 5 The American Vice-Cousul-Geuerab G. E. Chamberlain, of Singapore (says tbe London <f- China Exprees) writes tint the position of the rubber-planting industry ou tbe Malay Peninsula at the end of the year 190 G, compared with the previous year, is remaikdble, as tbe following figures
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    Malayan Tin Companies.
    632 5 Ttie following hems »*f informal iou rewarding companies in Mahna are takeu ftoni the "Monetaiy and Coimneioial column of the London and China Exprers of the 22nd ult. Fusing Lania Tin Mines. The thirteenth dividend, being the fiual dividend of 2, per cent. (GJ. per share), free
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    Passengers.
    59 5 Arrived Per s.s. Sunda, from London Mrs. K. CullocU aud child, Mr. aud Mrs. E. Spinks, iufant aud child, Mr. S, F. Hobson, Mr. J. D. Wood. Mr. B. M Webber. From Colnnbo: M'. S. Stewart. Per 98. Thongua, from Negapatam Mr. and Mrs. LawreucJ. Departed. Per s.s. Sunda.
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    FIXTURES.
    69 5 To-oat. Bth Day of 11th Moo«. Municipal Commission Election Football Y. M. C. A. m. H M. S. Bedford, Esplanade. Matsuo’s Cinematograph, comer of Penang Road aud Campliell Street, 9 p ui.. To-morrow tub Day ol I lih Moou Rugby Football P C. C. w. 11. M. S Ttejf»rJ.
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    MAILS DUE.
    19 5 Eugligb (Arcadia I‘Jih D« c Cltiua {Malta) ....l«t Cb’.Lii {Friii: Kg. Luitpoldji ....24 Ij t3fcnu*n (j-oebĕn „.2drb
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    THE MOON.
    20 5 (I'll sl QUcitifcl JjvC. i—* Ij O Full Moon lOtli List Quarter iBrli O New .Moou Jau. 4ib
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    P. & O. SAILINGS.
    47 5 P. O. SAILINGS. .Mail Service Ol’t A R Its. l«*M fV. A H Arcadia 10 Dec. I Ma ta 21 D>c Ocean ha 2 Jan. I Delta i Jan If Extra Service. Outward? Homkwards Palawan 2o Dec I Nore 14 Dec Socotra 7 Jan. Syr it 28
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      35 5 A Notable Fact. The absence of all narcotics makes Cbatuberlaiu’s Cougli Remedy the safest and best medicine for all coughs, colds, croup and whooping cough that can be procured. The George Town Dispensary, Wholesale Agents.
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      452 5 NOTICE OF SALE. BY ORDER OF THE MORTUAttEE, The undersigned is instructed to take possession of and put up for sale by PUBLIC AUCTION, On Monday, 16th Dec., 1907, AT 11 A.M., AT LOGIN SARCHWAV IN BEACH STREET, The undermentioned land and hereditaments of TUN KIT HAJEE ABBASS bin HAJEE
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      162 5 MUNICIPAL NOTICE r > 11. > Municipal Coti»uria*ione»8 of George X T<»wu, I’enang, lreieby iuvite tenders for I lie supply of Disinfectant for 1008. Full particulars can ba obtaiued at (be Municipal Health Office. Tenders', which should be endorsed Dis'nfectaui,’' will be received by the uudersigned up to 12 noou
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    PENANG VOLUNTEERS.
    308 6 OKHERS BY CAPTAIN THE HON. A. K. ADAMS, Commandant. DECEMBER, PH)?. 12th Thursday, Recruits Drill at Fort at 5-30 pin. Fifth Lecture by Captain ,’Colbeck at Fort at 515 p.m. llth Saturday, Week-End-Camp Parade at Race Course Koad at 1 45 p in. i‘j 15tb Sunday, Field Day
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    The Congo.
    267 6 The Matin de Bruxelles, which is published at Brussel», has what pui ports to be a foiecast of the terms of the treaty of annexation. According to the Matin, the treaty enumerates the rights of third parties which Belgium undertakes to respect. The article proceeds "The rights of
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    Sour Milk Prolongs Life.
    174 6 German military circles are discu« 9 ing the investigations made by Dr. Ludwig Rheinhardt, the noted Austrian hygienist, of the theory that curdled sour milk, prepared under certain conditions, is not only a sovereign cure for digestive maladies but a veritable elixir of life. Professor Hermann
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    EXCHANGE.
    119 6 Penano, 12th Dkobmber. (By courtesy of the Chartered Bonk.) London Demand Sank n <*- mont.lifi* sight Haul 4$ u 3 Credit J Documentarv ...2/4$ Calcutta, Demand Bank R* L3j 3 days’ sigh* Pr v«i. 175$ Bombay. Demand Bank I<3* Mounnein, Demand Ban! 3 days’ sight Private l<st ras Demand
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    PRODUCE.
    178 6 told >h* 165.50 3. Peppei (IT dibs.' **7. lbj. no stock White EVpper 19. —sates [Yang Pepper out of seif on Cloves fpicked 44). eel ere VI ace 65. nominal vlare Picking» 57. do. iii.ni*-g« 11 Os 25.— seller* N«*. 1 5.30 sales 4»iga> J 2 ..i no stock
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    SHARES.
    637 6 1907 1907 1902 1905 1904 1905 1903 40.000 90.000 100.000 150,000 1900 1904 1905 1900 1905 £30,00( 150.000 70,000 150,000 12,000 75,000 35,000 40,000 1900 310,(00 1900 1900 1900 1900 1907 1900 150,000 I jits. 1,200.000 I Tls. 700,000 180,000 f <£320,000 250,000 1 1900 300,000 1905 1903 1906
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      263 6 NOTICE. The Oommandaut has much pleasure iu publishing for information that Lieut. Alan Wilson on the 30th September, last, passed out of the Hythe School of Musketry. ihstiuguished aud loth in order of Merit out of the 108 Officers examined. Lieut Alau Wilson also in June passed in Maxim Gun
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      51 6 To the Head of the Family. Iu ordering household supplies, don't torget to lay iu a supply of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. You may not need it now but you are almost sure to before the winter is over. It never fails iu cases of croup. The George Town Dispensary, Wholesale
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      43 6 JOHN MARTIN, MINER A ROMANCE OF MODERN MALAYA. BY OLIVER ASHWELL. AUTHOR OF Tiles of the Fen,” Chronicles of the Carburettor Chib,” “In Peril in Penang.” etc. PRICE 50 CENTS. CAN BE HAD AT THE CRITERION PRESS, Ltd., 226, 232. Beach Street, Penang.
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      17 6 Andrew Usher Co.’s SPECIAL RESERVE O.V.G. Whisky. SANDILANDS, BUTTERY Co.. AGENTS FOR PENA NO F. M. S.
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      108 6 MACKAY’S LIQUOR WHISKY. KARTELL'S BRANDY. Getslers' Champagne. THE CELEBRATED “S. B. Co.” GIN IN RED CASES, Sandilands, Ruth ry A Cn BORDEN'S PEERLESS BRAND EVAPORATED CREAM. Absolute Purity Guaranteed, AGENTS: SANDILANDS, BUTTERY Co, PEN A NO. r ft VN MW > CO X tfSj l L 'l o LU .vr
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    The British Dominions Marine Insurance Company.
    844 7 Tmk annual geueral n ectiug of ihn Insurance Company, for which Menrs. Maclielh and Barrett are the 1 enang agents. has just bten held in London, Judge Botnpa*, k. c piesiding. The year’s returns show most satisfactory reading. In moving tie adopton of the
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      632 7 u Mf .w Is t#* XTRACTj\ ysr FLOWERS w JUST THE fragrance OF CAM IA distinguishes the Parisian Smart Set RIGAUD S PERFUMES arc the strongest, tnost resisting and sweetest. White Violet, White Rose, Jasmin and Bocool are standard Extracts tor the handkerchief. XMAS NEW YEAR CARDS OF THE LATEST
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      125 7 A Reliable Remedy for Croup. vVith tbe <lry, cold weather of the early winter months, pareuts of croupy children should be on tbe alert for ominous symptoms. There is no cause for auxiely when Chamberlain’s Cough Iteinedy is kept iu the home. If this medicine is given as soon as
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      968 8 WELL-KNOWN EXTRA NAVY CANVAS, No. 0. SANDII ANDS RCTTH?Y Co W. MANSON, American Oentist, Late of Dr. Alien Co*, Pha, USA. NOTICE. BAXTER Co’s BEST NAVY CANVAS. SANDILANDS, BUTTERY Co. DAVID CORSAR S SON’S John Bazley White Bros. PORTLAND CEMENT, “LION BRAND. Charges Model ate, Consultation Free. residing at No.
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