Straits Echo, 2 September 1908
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Title Section35 1908-09-02 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL. <L $24 Per Annum, PENANG, WEDNESDAY 1, SEPTEMBER, 1908. Single Copy, 10 cents. No. 201.35 words
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Advertisement963 1908-09-02 1 GUINNESS'S STOUT. TIANG lee a Co. r fi a o I A B 50L£ agents. BASS’S ALE. T II K E A N K S EASTERN SHIPPING Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, Company, Ltd., (ENGINE WORKS.) Engineers, Shipbuilders, Brass Iron Founders. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER. £1,200,000 £1,525,000 Paid963 words
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Advertisement19 1908-09-02 1 IHE BEST BEER IN THE FAR EAST. sT «0 > 5 CO > 'M rOKTO ▼IAWQ LIE 4 00., S>/> Afiiifc19 words
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Article1175 1908-09-02 2 FORGOTTEN TREASURE HELD BY BANKERS. Bill to Compel Yearly Returns to j State. Twenty millions i* estimated to be the handsome little sum lying in British banks unclaimed and forgotten. The people to whom that ,£20,0(0,000 belongs know nothing of its existence, nor are they ever likely to1,175 words
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Advertisement474 1908-09-02 2 The most rapid and satisfactory results are obtained by treatment with Gonosan (Kawa Santal).* Booklet and sample to medical men free on application to any of the chief Penang Chemists. Norddeutscher Lloyd Combined Round Voyages Penang, Deli (Sumatra), Singapore, Penang OR Penang, Singapore, Deli (Sumatra), Penang. BY N. D. L.474 words
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Advertisement1796 1908-09-02 2 THE PENANG ADVERTISING AGENCY, Bill-Posters and General Advertising Contractors, No. 7, Church Street, Penang, S. S. Telephone No. 303; S. Telegrams PADDY.’ I Bill-Posting and’Advertising Work of every description undertaken, and also the delivery and distribution of Circulars, Handbills, Samples etc. Honesty Guaranteed. PROMINENT BILL-POSTING- STATIONS in:—Penang, Province Wellesley, Federated1,796 words
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Article37 1908-09-02 3 r eg els Front Agentg Dus Austria Colombh S.K.&Co. 2nd Sept. Bendoran London S.B.&Co. 4tb Pathan Glasgow S.B.&Co. 4th Oriental Colombo A G.&Co. 10th A. A pear Singapore A.A. A.Co. 11th Delhi Singapore A.G.&Co. 12th37 words
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Article32 1908-09-02 3 Vessel» For Aijents Lewn Austria Sir ga pore S.K.&Oo. Sept. Bendoran Singapore S.B ACo. Patban Singapore S.B ACo. Oriental Singapore A.G.ACo. A. Apcar Ca’cutta lA.A.A.Co. Delhi jColc in bo jA.G ACo.32 words
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Shipping.
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Article101 1908-09-02 3 Japara, Dut. s.s., 1,192, Hut, Ist Sept, Sabang, 31st Aug., Gen.—H. L. A Co. Petrel, Br. s.g., 124, Allan, Ist Sept., Asaban, 31st Aug, Gen.—E. S. Co., Ltd. Cornelia, Br. s.s., 200, Morris, Ist Sept., Klang, 31st Aug., Gen.—E. S. Co., Ltd. Malaya, Ger. ss, 348, Reeken, 2nd Sept.,101 words
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Article55 1908-09-02 3 2nd September. Ban Whatt Soon, for Teluk Anson. Tong Chay Un, for Batu Bahra. Mary Austin, for Bindings. Lutzow, for Singapore, China and Japan. Flying Fish, for Port Weld and Taiping. Vorwarts, for Rangoon. P. R. Luitpold, for Ceylon, Australasia, India. Aden, Egypt and via Naples, for Europe etc.55 words
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Article229 1908-09-02 3 For Asaban—Per Petrel, to-morrow, 1 p.m. Langkat—Per Jin Ho, to morrow, 1 p.m. Deli and Paneb—Per De Koch, tomorrow, 1 p.m. Port Swettenham, Port Dickson and Malacca—Per Cornelia, to-morrow, 2 p.m. Singapore, China Japan—Per Auttria, to-morrow, 2 p.m. Deli—Per Calypto, to-morrow, 2 p.m. Port Swettenham and Singapore—Per Teesta,229 words
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Article260 1908-09-02 3 Per P. and O. s.s. Britannia, connecting with the Oriental at Colombo, due at Penang on 10th Sept. To Penan j: (fium London. Aug. 14) Mr. C. Rai. To Singapore (from London) Mr. F. W. King, Mr. F. L Okell, Mr. O. D. Robertson, Mr. T.260 words
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Article34 1908-09-02 3 P. O. SAILINGS. Mall Service. Outwards. Homewards. Oriental 10 Sept. I Delhi 12 Sept Delta 24 Malta 26 fcxtra Service. Outwards. Homrwardb. Sumatra 16 Sept. I Syria 5 Sept. Poona 29 [Nyaim 19 lt34 words
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Advertisement735 1908-09-02 3 p,io.aa*iption Coy. .rnviils and Departures. fcX|M‘fN >fl A Mail Service. Outward. Oriental connecting with Britannia frl’ 1 1 ~L do Mooltan illlt do China Oct. 5 A" Jjf do Moldavia Homeward. Connecting Due Pat 0 Steamer. w t jj g g London. Apt. 12 Delhi 26 Malt* Oct. 10 Devanha735 words
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Advertisement403 1908-09-02 3 CO NlddlH 8) IMMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE. FREIGHT SERVICE. Next Sailings for Singapore, China and Japan. Next Sailings Homeward. VIA COLOMBO. 8.8. Saxonia, for Dunkirk and Havre 12th September, 1908. Taking cargo at through Rates to Antwerp, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Copenhagen Lisbon, Oporto, London, Liverpool, Glasgow, Marseilles, Trieste, Genoa, Ports in the Levant,403 words
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Article, Illustration95 1908-09-02 4 Justice satisfies everybody and Justice alene —Smtrton. i’ubUahnd daily (ezoept Hnndays.) at TH» CRITERION PRESS, Ltd., No. 226—232, Beach Street. Penan*? PRICE DAILY LOCAL $24 per annum OUTBTATIONB Postage Kztra MAIL BDITION (Poet Pree) «15 OABLB ADDRESS Echo—Penang.” Telephone No. 343 i».fi.— All business communications ebonld be95 words
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Article616 1908-09-02 4 We cannot but admire the amazing versatility of Mr. A. W. B. Hamilton, Registrar of Hackney Carriages. An excellent Municipal officer, he sometimes acts as Magistrate, and there was a rumour some little time ago that he would be appointed Chief of our new Fire Brigade. In616 words
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Article49 1908-09-02 4 The N.-D. L. mail steamer Prinz Regent Luitpold, having left Singapore at 3 p.ra. yesterday, is expected to arrive here at 6 pm. to day and will leave for Colombo, Aden, Suez, Port Said, Naples, Genoa, Algiers, Gibraltar, Southampton, Antwerp and Bremen, probably at 8 p.m.49 words
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Article98 1908-09-02 4 New Service between Penang, Tongkah, Kopali, Renong, Victoria Point, Mergui and Tavoy. The Twin Screw steamer Bhadra. of the British ludia Steam Navigation Co., Ltd is expected to arrive at Penang from Tavoy on Monday next, and is intended to sail from here on98 words
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Article492 1908-09-02 4 Thb following business m tiu ha> l*wn done to-daj Singapoie Straits Trading Co 165 75 buyers, no sellers Penaug Eastern Smelting Co., buyers, no sellers Straits Tradiug Co. 65 7 5 buyers, no sellers j Penang Tin Excbauge, 37£ tons at 65 30 Tin is492 words
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Article971 1908-09-02 4 (Before Mr. Peel 8 Voluntarily Causing Hurt. Yio Sui, a Chiuaman, was to-day charged with voluntarily causing hurt to another r Chinaman. The defendant denied the 1 charge and was remanded till the 9th inst. 1 on bail of $200. I Theft. t Kamuya, a Kling, this971 words
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Article124 1908-09-02 4 The s. s. Malacca, of the Straits ship Company, arrived from Tn u®' (which is an infected port) this m ir 3 gkah proceeded to Pulau Jerajah to passengers. Dr. Ford, Port Health n* boarded the vessel a second time ly the steamer dropped anchor lu124 words
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Article802 1908-09-02 4 lie total rainfall in Penang during the month of August was no ess inches, the maximum fall in one day beinJ 2.9/ inches, on the 31st. y n 8 Rain fell on fourteen days during th e month, and on three of these davs the ram gauge802 words
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Advertisement565 1908-09-02 4 NOTICE Owing to the difficulties of collection, on and after May Ist all Bills must be settled on leaving the Eastern and Oriental and Crag Hotels. No Bills will be posted for collection to any outstation. SAW KIES BROTHERS, ‘I PROPRIETORS. THE PENANG COACH BUILDING CO., LTD., No. 205, HUTTON565 words
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Article31 1908-09-02 5 I l!fho Sjtecial.) V/) .in e Kurowan’s Suicide. l0U 2nd September. —A young Sing*P° Lewis committed Kur°P eta by shooting himself soic'de i{ e waB troubled throng* ~ie .jtb insomnia.31 words
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Article77 1908-09-02 5 (Supplied l’ll Reuter.) Informer Shot. randoD ht September.—A telegram from r tu states that a native, named Gosn who informed agaiust bis co-accused bomb-throwers, ras shot in the prison at I re by the two men against whom he had ”,j T( n juformation. Two European prisoners rushed to77 words
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Article83 1908-09-02 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) German Consul Leaves Tangier. London, 2nd September.—The German consul at Morocco has left Tangier to return to Fez. The correspondent of the Times at Tangier describes his return as regrettable, seeing that it is just the beginning of Mulai Halid’s campaign. The consuls were withdrawn bv83 words
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78 1908-09-02 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) Ex-Directors Charged. London, 2nd September.—On sworn information relating to the affairs of tbe International Securities Corporation, mentioned in the Daily Telegraph of tbe 23rd July, and Feltham’s Bank, the ex-directors Harry Benson and George Petty were charged at the Westminster Court to-day with78 words
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Article66 1908-09-02 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) Roosevelt's Advice. London. 2nd Sept.—President Roosevelt gave a boisterous welcome to the Olympic competitors at Oyster Bay, slapping them on the back and wriuging their hands. He said that their performance had never been duplicated in the history of athletics and replyiug to the66 words
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Article38 1908-09-02 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) Two Submarines Purchased. London, 2nd September.—A specially constructed Japanese ship has arrived at the Mersey and will take two submarines to Japan. I'he decks of tbe steamer have been made removable for the purpose.38 words
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Article206 1908-09-02 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) Furious Gales Reported. houdon, 2nd September.—A furious gale Mvera! wrecks are reported round the -uglisli coast. Telegraph posts have been blown down throughout England. A remarkable discovery has been made in •c famous catacombs of Guanajuato, in ei'co, by two American miners who206 words
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Article740 1908-09-02 5 P. It. A. Bisley Meeting;. List ok Handicaps. I he following aie the handierps for tht Bii-lHy Meeting to be held in Taiping on tht 5 h, 6th and 7th inst. under the auspices oi th 0 Perak R'tie Association 200 500 600 800 j Harper 8C r.740 words
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91 1908-09-02 5 Directors’ Report. The Balance Sheet of the Company's working for the third year, ended 30th April, 1908, shows a balance at credit of £474 lls. lid., and this the Directors propose to carry forward to next year’s Account. In accordance with the Article* of91 words
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741 1908-09-02 5 The Property to be Sold. > A Special General Meeting of the share- holders of theChendai Lade Syndicate, Ltd., > was held in the registered offices of the Com- panv in Ipoh at *2.30 p. m. on £hitutday l last, when there were present Messrs.741 words
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Article559 1908-09-02 5 Husbands in the Straits Settlements Have Some Privileges—And Trouble. I' Says th e San Francisco Chronicle: 5 J In this country law courts find it difficult [enough sometimes to settle questions of pro- perty division where the elaims of only oDe wife were concerned, but according559 words
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Article35 1908-09-02 5 Arrived. Per ss. Malaya, 2ad Sept., from Deli Mr. Ludwig and child. Dr. de Boer. Messrs. S3hvff. B'rkhou*. Ruelle du Bois, v. Pallia, Kupferberg, Kohler. Martin and Fox. Mrs. Oxamesan, Mr. Marican, Mrs. Omatensin.35 words
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Article62 1908-09-02 5 To-day 7th Day of Bth Moon. Town Band, Esplanade. 6 to 7 p.in. Matsuo’s Cinematograph, 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. The PatheBCope,” King Street Theatre, 7-30 p.m. and 9-30 p.m. :iis To-morrow Bth Day of Bth Moon. League Football Crescents vs. Wanderers, Esplanade. Matsuo’s Cinematograph, 7 p.m. and 962 words
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Advertisement50 1908-09-02 5 that Ba *i®factorily demonstrated «-l.au T'* f P«™»« h th»»k b*Dnittsao„ reH toration to health and parsons ha?e to health and hn« 4 B aB tr>nf?ent and antiseptic ua u«ver been 1 066,1 kooWQ to fail. At its 10 bottlfe*. s’ 1 111 Medicines and Chemical me of 40 capsules.50 words
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Advertisement44 1908-09-02 5 What Everybody Says Must Be True. Everybody who has used it says Chamber* berlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy never fails to give relief from pains in the stomach or diarrboei, which is positive proof of its reliability. The George Town Dispensary, Wholesale Agents-44 words
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Advertisement37 1908-09-02 5 A Balm Indeed. No external application is equal th Cham* berlain's Pain Balm for sore muscles of swollen joints. No matter what may be tbe cause, this liniment »ill give relief. The George Town Dispensary, Wholesale Agents.37 words
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Advertisement120 1908-09-02 5 NOTICE. rriAKE NOTICE that I have this day 1 revoked the power of attorney, dated the 17th day of August, 1907, made by ray attorney. Car pen Cbetty, in fay our of Shokalingatn Chetty, relating to the. business of my firm Pana Meyna Met na. p Dated at Penang this120 words
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Advertisement960 1908-09-02 5 CENTRAL SALES ROOM u, BY ORDER OF THE MORTGAGEE, 1, TO BE SOLD BY e PUBLIC AUCTION, On Tuesday, 15th Sept., 1908, AT 11-30 A.M., AT THE ARCHWAY OF LOGAN’S BUILDINGS, Thb Property of CHE AH BEANNEOH. All that piece of land messuages and hereditaments thereon situate on the North960 words
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Article287 1908-09-02 6 Danas! ron many Animal-Middleton David. A correspondent sends us the following account of a fashionable Tamil wedding in Penang:— St. George’s Church was the scene of a pretty wedding on Friday last, the contracting parties being Mr. A Middleton David of the Tramway Office, Penang, and287 words
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Article261 1908-09-02 6 H. E- Phya Sukhum, Minister of Local Government, Bangkok, has issued a notification regarding the fund for presenting a statue to His Majesty, King Chulalongkorn, giving directions as to the payment of subscriptions in the Province of Bangkok- The collection of money was to begin261 words
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Article227 1908-09-02 6 No War in Acheen; Only Guerilla Warfare. A n-p'jrt oo the military silua'ion in Ach«-6Q b y General Rost von Tonuingen, the ComaiiDder-in-Cbief of the Netherlands India Army, has just ke?n published. It is the outcome of an inquiry conducted bv the General on the spot by227 words
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Article295 1908-09-02 6 Says a Bangkok contemporary We appear to be rather sensitive in Bangkok on the subject of juries. As a rule juiy service is spoken of as a sort of forced labour to which British citizens are liable and for which they get no compensation beyond the national295 words
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Article301 1908-09-02 6 The U. S. Tsingtau Consulate recently reported that the glass work at Poshan, province of Shantung, had taken to the maufacture of glass and porcelain insulators for telegraphic lines, and had sent samples of their products to Peking. It is now reported that the trial manufacture of301 words
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Article124 1908-09-02 6 PXNA.NO, 2nd SePTEMBE* (By emrtesy oj the Chartered Hank.) London Demand San* ..2/3|£ months’ sigir Bn 2 3 Credit ..2/4, 6 e 3 Documentary ...2/4§ 'alcntta. Demend Bank Rs 175$ i days’ sight Pr*. 17 7 B< m >ay. Demand Bank 175$ Moulmein, Demand Bank 174$ 3 days’ sight124 words
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Article189 1908-09-02 6 Jold leaf $65. 8. Pepper( W.C<> ist Stlh».So».| no stock White Peppe: $15.25 sellers Trang Pepper 10. —nominal Cioves tpicKed) out of season Mace 70. —nominal Mace Pickings 58. —buyers Nutmegs 110 s 19.5) safes No. 1 6.65 sales Sugar I 2 no stock Basket 3.50 sellers Tapioca Flour189 words
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Article181 1908-09-02 6 Penang, 2np September 1908. Bbek— <ts. Soup per catty 14 Roast 24 Steaks 24 Stew or Curry Meat 16 Rump Steak 24 Ox Tail each 3u Tongue 50 Feet 14 Heart 3j Liver per catty 30 Pork— Pork per catty 32 Pig’s Head 2) Feet 24 Tongue 30181 words
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Advertisement95 1908-09-02 6 From Mexico. Tbp following paragraph was clipped from the El Sol, a newspaper at Hermosillo, Mexico, it beiDg a part of a letter to the publisher from a friend “On my last trip to my properties on the frontier, my beast fell with .ne to the ground, wounding me badly,95 words
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Advertisement248 1908-09-02 6 Whooping Cough. This is a very dangerous disease unless properly treated, but all danger may be avoided by giving Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It liquifies the tough mucus, making it easier to expectorate, keeps the cough loose, and makes the paroxysms of coughing less frequent and less severe The George Town248 words
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Advertisement121 1908-09-02 6 MACKAY'S LIQUEUR WHISKY. MABTELL’S BRANDY. Cleslers’ Champagne. Andrew Usher Co.’s SPECIAL RESERVE O.V.G. Whisky. SANDILANDS, BUTTERY Co., AGENTS FOR PFNANO F. M. S. THE CELEBRATED “S. B. Co.’ GIN IN RED CASES. Sandilands Buttery Co BORDEN’S PEERLESS BRAND EVAPORATED CREAM. Absolute Purity Guaranteed, AGENTS: SANDILANDS, BUTTERY Co., PENANQ. WROUGHT-IRON TUBES121 words
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Article893 1908-09-02 7 Peking, Ist August. There can be no doubt that the most important requirement of China at the preseut juncture is financial reform. Every project which is put forward, every expense which becomes necessary is hampered by the everlasting want of funds.” In a great and wealthy893 words
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Article426 1908-09-02 7 About the queerest product of the editorial mind that has yet come to our notice, says the New York Times, appears in the Emporia (Kan.) Times. The destinies of that paper are controlled and guided—with ability, apparently—by Mrs. Mary McCreary Farkmau, who is described as a lifelong and426 words
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Article375 1908-09-02 7 Simultaueous Writing and Speaking. The marvel of the telephone has become commonplace through daily usage. Fresh interest, however, is likely to be aroused in its wonderful possibilities by a new invention, of which a demonstration has just been witnessed by a representative of a home journal. The inventor375 words
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Article164 1908-09-02 7 Bostock’s Jungle at Farls’ Court was the scene the other day of another unusual surgical operation. Dr. Scott, the menagerie’s veterinary surgeou, who recently fitted ore of the lions with a glass eye, was called upon to set a compound fracture of the lower jaw of a fifty-year-old164 words
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Advertisement818 1908-09-02 7 Baxter Co s ISEST NAVY CANVAS. sandiwnds. buttery Co. W HD CORSAR SON’S £LL .known extra UliW CANVAS, No. 0. ciwnlUN»S. BUTTBBY Co, 111 White Bros PORTLAND CEMENT, I.ION BRAND.” Ssndilands, Buttery <S Co., AOENI'S. PENANG Sl F. M. 8. BURRELL Co.’s 8011.80 RAW LINSEED OILS, PAINTS A TURPENTINE W818 words
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Advertisement223 1908-09-02 7 CHINESE SCRIBBLING PAPER FOR OFFICE USE, size 12* X 16", Price, $1 per packet of 180 full sheets. (Can be cut to 12"x8".) OBTAINABLE AT THE CRITERION PRESS, L ro. 226 232, Beach Street. FOR SALE. “SUNNY SINGAPORE” BY THE Rev. J. A BETHUNE COOK. (Demy Bvo., 183 pages, well223 words
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Advertisement111 1908-09-02 7 A Neighbour’s Kindness. Mr. W. J. Fuller, J. P., storekeeper, Rendelsham, South Australia, writes I was called to see a neighbour who was suffering from severe cramps and who really thought he was past help. I gave him three doses of Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrtuii Remedy, and in a111 words
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Advertisement789 1908-09-02 8 W. MANSON, American Dentist, Late of Dr. Allen Cv. t Pha, U.S. 4. Charges Moderate, Consultation Fr,e. KB8IDIN« AT /Vo. 21a, Penang Road. A few doors from the Eastern and Oriental Hole'. 6 mtbt ?r UNDERWOOD! FOR SALE. USEFUL TO PLANTERS, ESTATES, ETC, TYPEWRITERS. j TEA <0 1 a V789 words
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