Straits Echo, 16 November 1908
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Title Section37 1908-11-16 1 Straits Echo 10-PAGE EDITION. DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL. 6. $24 Per Annum, PENANG, MONDAY, 16th NOVEMBER, 1908. Slagle Copy, 10 ccats. No. 264.37 words
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Advertisement995 1908-11-16 1 SOLE AGENTS. GUINNESS’S STOUT. ft w 3 sn C a? ft 'O »/5 N rv Hiv SiSsva TIANQ LEE 00. T H E BANKS. EASTEftD SHIPPING Chartered Qank of India, Australia and China. Company, Ltd., (ENGINE WORKS.) Engineers, Shipbuilders, Brass Iron Pounders. Hongkong Shanghai Banking Corporal mINCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER.995 words
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Advertisement34 1908-11-16 1 ME BEST BEER IN THE FAR EAST. HQddfN sT Vh i 7 /0> A rc o > ra in fe e 2 av 1 CD ft ifi® /OKTO TIAWQ LEE A Oo t SoJe Ageata.34 words
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Article340 1908-11-16 2 Divorce Court Petitiou Against Army Lieutenant. In the Londou Divorce Court recently, Gertrude Knowles, nte Thomases, petitioned for restitution of conjugal rights. Counsel for petitioner said that his client and the respondent, George Livesey Knowles, knew oue another as children, and used to live at Ormskirk,340 words
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Article698 1908-11-16 2 Addressing the Sanitary Inspectors’ Association in Liverpool, receutly, Sir James Crichton-Browuo devoted part of his paper to a denunciation of the common house-fly. On the legs, body, and mouth of a single house-fly have been discovered a hundred J thousaud fotcal bacteria, and Dr. Jackson of New698 words
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Advertisement100 1908-11-16 2 An Inquiry Answered, A tzentleman at Llembesi. Rhodesia, writ» 8 to hqubo v-beiB Chamberlain's Coui_h Remedy cau be preen red. lie «ays lie has barned of the good effects resultiut> from irh use. and ms children in that locality are often subject to couohs, Le desired to tive it a100 words
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Advertisement486 1908-11-16 2 Gonosan provokes neither discomfort, j complications, nor nausea. It is the happiest scientific combination of best East ladian Sandalwood oil and Kawa Kawa. Bottles of 40 capsules at all chemists and dealers. Cheap Week End Excursions to Selangor. I7IIRST CLASS RETURN TICKETS will be granted per s.s.l Kistna," timed to486 words
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Advertisement2108 1908-11-16 2 OLD STRUTS DOLLAR AID HALF-DOLLAR. HHE public are iuformed that the old L Straits dollar aud fifty-cent piece will ase to be legal tender after the 31st Dember, 1908. The above coius, if unmutilated and of not ss than the least current weight, will be •cepted at the Governn ent2,108 words
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Article35 1908-11-16 3 Veetelt From Agents Due Delhi Kleist Billow Oceana Derfflinger Somali Singapore Singapore Colombo Singapore Colombo Singapore A. B. B M.&Co. A. B. ACo. A.G ACo. Hat Nov. 24th 26th 5th Dec. 10th 11th35 words
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Article25 1908-11-16 3 Vestel» For Ayen Lee.vet Delhi Colombo A.G.&Co. Nov. Kleist Colombo B.M&Co. Bulow Singapore B.M.&Co. Oceana Colombo A.G.&Co. Dec. Derfflinger Singapore BM.&Co. Somali Colombo A.G.&Co.25 words
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Shipping.
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Article220 1908-11-16 3 Calypso, Br. s.s., 339, Bannatyne, 14th Nor., Singapore, 12th Nov., Gen.—W. M. Co. Vidar, Br. s.s., 191, Gullj, 14th Nov., Langkat, 13th Nov., Gen.—E. S. Co., Ltd. Muttra, Br. s.s., 2,985, Addenbrooke, 15th Nov., Rangoon, 12th Nov., Gen.— H. L. Co. Palitana, Br. s.s., 1,934, Lumarchand, loth Nov., Singapore,220 words
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Article50 1908-11-16 3 16th November. Canton, for Bindings and Teluk Anson. Maetsuijcker, for Pulo Weh, Olebleh and Padang. Pegu, for Langsa, T. Semawe, Segli, Olebleh, and Sabang. Malaya, for Deli. Lai Sang, for Calcutta. Un Peng, for Pulau Langkawi, Perlis and SetulFlying Fish, for Port Weld and Taiping. Vidar, for Pangkalan Brandan.50 words
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Article64 1908-11-16 3 Fob Asahan—Per Petrel, to-morrow, 1 p.m. Langkat—Per Jin Ho, to-morrow, i p.m. Trang and Pang Nga—Per Deli, tomorrow, 1 p.m. Batu Babra—Per Padang, to-morrow, 1 p.m. Port Swettenham and Singapore—Per Pin Seng, to-morrow, 2 p.m. Tongkah, Kopah, Benotvg, Victoria Point, VJergui and Tavoy.—Per Bhadra, to-morrow, 3 p.m. Teluk64 words
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Article384 1908-11-16 3 Per P. and O. s.s. Mongolia, connecting with the Devanha at Colombo, due at Penang on 19th Nov. To Singapore: (from London, Oct. 23) Mr. E. Johnson, Mr. R. H. Ropers, Mr. R. S. Preeston (from Marseilles, Oct. 30) Mr. J. S. Stephens, Mr. Q-. Stephens,384 words
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Advertisement611 1908-11-16 3 Pi 0. Steam Navigation Coy. Expected Arrivals and Departures. Mail Service. Outward. X„V. 10 Vcvanha connecting with Mongolia Ihc. it Delta do India 17 Assaye do Victoria Homeward. THROUGH STEAMER TO LONDON. B,k. Macedonia March 26. HAKES BY MAIL STEAMERS. lit Clast Sod Clatt To London by S*>i £66 £44611 words
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Advertisement452 1908-11-16 3 (SHIPPING.) HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE FREIGHT SERVICE. Next Sailings for Singapore, China and Japan. Next Sailings Homeward. VIA COLOMBO. Taking cargo at through Rates to Antwerp, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Copenhagen Lisbon, Oporto, Loudon, Liverpool, Glasgow, Marseilles, Trieste, Genoa, Ports in the Levant, Black Sea, and Baltic Ports, North and South American Ports, via452 words
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Article, Illustration95 1908-11-16 4 j ancle* mitisrte» everybody und Jnrtice alone Publish*»! A»*-lv '*JiwP' •nirtsv*.* r in» CRITERION TRESS, Lit!.. No. 226—232. Beach Street. Penang. PRICK daii.t locai *24 OUTSTATIONH CopfAK* K*lr» WAII BHITION (I’oet Kree) $l5 OABI-K AUORKS4 Echo—Penang." telephone No 343 *.H.— All btwtoe* comrannicanoii» shoolrt be addreeeed to95 words
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1564 1908-11-16 4 A private wire on Saturday last confirmed the rumour telegraphed bv Reuter that the Emperor Kwang-hsu is dead. While he was dying Prince Chun had been proclaimed Regent and his son, Prince Pu Wei, heir presumptive. The former,"it will be remembered,passed through Penang in1,564 words
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Article42 1908-11-16 4 The Royal Mail steamer Devanha, having left Colombo at 11 p.m. on Saturday last, is expected to arrive here at 4 am. on Thursday next, aud will leave for S ugapore and China at 8 a,m. the same day.42 words
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Article49 1908-11-16 4 We are requested to say that, this year also, the British India S. N. Co Ltd. is granting First And Second Class Return Tickets at single fares during the Christmas Holidays. These tickets will be available from the 15th December, 1908, to the 15th January, 1909.49 words
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Article679 1908-11-16 4 The following business m Mu lias been done to-dav Penang Penang Tin Exchange, $O9 65 buyers, no sellers Eastern Smelting Co buyers, no seller Straits Trading Co., 25 tons at 70.12£ Singapore Straits Trading Co., 35 /0.12^ Total 60 tons. Opium is quoted here to-day679 words
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TELEGRAMS.
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Article75 1908-11-16 4 The Emperor and Em-press-Dowager. BOTH REPORTED DEAD. Emperor of China’s Death Confirmed. Echo Special.) Singapore, 16th November. —The death of the Emperor of China has been confirmed by private despatches. Em press-Dowager Also Dead. (Supplied by Reuter.) London, 16tli November. —Reuter’s correspondent at Peking states that the Emperor and the75 words
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Article43 1908-11-16 4 (Echo Special.) The St. John’s Case. Singapore, 16th November. —Dr. Gosball, the medical assistant at St. John’s Island who was charged at the Assizes with criminal assault of a Chinese woman, has been discharged. The complainant wept loudly on hearing the verdict.43 words
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Article191 1908-11-16 4 (Supplied by Reuter Proposal to Amend the Constitntion. London, 15th November.—A telegram from Berlin states that the Socialists made a proposal in the Reichstag to amend the constitution, making the consent of the Reichstag necessary for a declaration of war. Severe Condemnation of the Kaiser. The topic191 words
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Article80 1908-11-16 4 (Supplied by Reuter.) Metcalf Resigns. London, 15th November. A telegram from Washington states that the Hon. Victor Metcalf, U. S Secretary to the Navy, has resigned, aud will be succeeded by Mr. Newbury, a San Francisco man. A Sensational Trial. London, 15th November.—District Attorney Henew, the prosecutor80 words
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55 1908-11-16 4 (Supplied by Reuter-) A Prophecy London, 16th November. —Mr. Augustin Birrell, Secretary for Ireland, speaking at Bristol and referring to the probability of the House of Lords rejecting the Licensing Bill, said that the Lords were embarking on a dangerous course. Their blood55 words
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Article79 1908-11-16 4 (Supplied by Reuter Miners and Prince Eitel Fritz. London. 16th November—The Kaiser his sent 25,000 marks to Hamm for the families of those who were killed in the colliery explosion. Prince Eitel Fritz, who visited the scene of the explosion, was received with a most hostile79 words
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Article30 1908-11-16 4 (Supplied by Reuter.) Will Not Return to Tokio. London, 15th November.—The Rt. Rev W. Awdry, Bishop of Tokio, has been forbidden by his doctors to return to Tokio.30 words
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Article36 1908-11-16 4 (Supplied by Reuter Slumbering.” London, 16th November.— The Eastern question is slumbering pending the negociations with Constantinople regarding which contradictory rumours are current, hut it m believed that they are progressing fairly satisfactorily.36 words
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Article638 1908-11-16 4 The Government Gazette of November Id contains the following items of infoiniation The importation of cattle and pigs from the Straits Settlements into the East Coast Residency, Sumatra, is prohibited until further notice. Notice is given that the hooks containing the annual valuations of and rates imposed on638 words
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Advertisement593 1908-11-16 4 NOTICE. "VTOTICE is l ere by given that tbo Tower of Attorney dated 27tb December, 19(>2, made by me in tavour of Cheah Cheaug Lirn, has tLis day been revoked. (Sgd.)FOO CHOO CHOON Dated at Labat, this 7th day of Nov., 1908. 10-11-08^654 GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Tenders will be received at593 words
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Advertisement47 1908-11-16 4 An Infallible Remedy No matter how severe an rboea may be, Chamberlain give •'v o ta nB lv h attack of d'» r Cholera Ind Diarrhoea Remedy never fad B ana xuarruu;* w j t boilt itrelief. You cannot afford > whole*** 6 The George Town Dispensary, Agents-47 words
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Article1140 1908-11-16 5 Fan I Baerlocher—Olive Hogan. A very pretty wedding took place on Saturday afternoon at St. George’s Church, between Mr. Paul Robert Baerlocher, of Messrs. Schiffmann Herr aud Co-, and Miss Olive Hogan, second daughter of Mr. Ernest (J. S. llogan. The Church was very tastefully decorated with flowers,1,140 words
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Article793 1908-11-16 5 (Before Mr. Brovm-) On the application this morning of Mr. Ivens, of Messrs. Hogan and Motion, counsel for Haji Ebrahim, the prosecutor, the criminal misappropriation case against Mohamed Sultan and Mabamed Yusuf was postponed to the 26th inst. A Charge Withdrawn. The charge of criminal breach of793 words
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Article2029 1908-11-16 5 a SPECIAL MEETING, FRIDAY, j NOVEMBER 13. i Present. His Excellency the Governor Sir John Anderson, K.c.M.o. His Excellency Major-Gen. T. Perrott, C. 8., > O.C.T. Hon. Capt. Sir A. Young (Col. Secretary). > Hon- W. Evans (Res. Councillor, Malacca). Hon. W. G- Maxwell (Act. Attorney-General). Hon. J.2,029 words
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Article272 1908-11-16 5 October Ontpat. The result of the working of the Cbendai (Meuglembu) Lode Syndicate’s mine during the mouth of October is Crushed 327 cub. yds. of rock, producing 260 piculs of clean ore.” The “PatbeBCope,” which has been showing in Kuala Lumpur during last week, is leaving272 words
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Article165 1908-11-16 5 Arrived. Per s s. Teesta, 14th Nov., from Singapore Rev. H. Matthes, Messrs. R. Connell Albert and Stohp Per s.s. Muttra, 15th Nov., from Rangoon Messrs. P. Davies, C- H. Hazlewood, Lee Ching We 1 Tea Ching, M. Mestrand, Hong Swoon, Koh Tam Lam and A. Thaugami, Per 8.8.165 words
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Article89 1908-11-16 5 To-day 23rd Day of 10th Moon. Football C. R. C. vs. P. C. C., Esplanade. Town Band, Esplanade, 6 to 7 p.m. P. C. C. Laying Foundation Stone of New Pavilion, 5-30 p.m. The New Japanese Cinematograph, corner of Campbell Street and Penang Road, 7-30 p.m. and 9 3d89 words
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Article36 1908-11-16 5 P. O. SAILINGS. Mail Service. Outwards. Homewards Devanha 19 Nov I Delhi 21 Nov. Delta 3 Dee. Oceana 5 Dee. Ettra Service. Outwards. Homewards. Peshatvar 18 Nov. I Somali 11 Dee. Nile 24 Sicilia 8 Jan.36 words
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Advertisement503 1908-11-16 5 The New Japanese Cinematograph. New Tent, New Pictures, New Decorations. EVERYTHING NEWS The Latest Pictures 'from the Best Manufacturers, Urban and Gaumont, Net/er Before Shottfn in Penang. Location .-—Matsuo's Teat, Corner of Campbell Street and Penang Road, GRAND PROGRAMME TO-NIGHT. THE BEST SHOW IN’ THE EAST. DON'T MISS TO-NIGHT'S SHOW503 words
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Article958 1908-11-16 6 remarkable experiments in “CROSS CORRESPONDENCE.” Important Test Which Failed. v A further large instalment of so-called "message* from tbe dead —among them r many which claim to emanate from the j late Mr. Myers, who is said to have promised t before death to communicate958 words
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Article660 1908-11-16 6 AMUSING DEBATE ON CIGARETTE CLAUSE OF CHILDRENS BILL. New Game With Police. t The House of Commons settled down to work on the Child.eu's Bill on the 12tb ult. Lord Robert Cecil moved that the Bill be recommitted to the Select Committee in res- pect to Clauses 39660 words
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Article127 1908-11-16 6 Pefaeg, 16xb Nov***** (By courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London Demand Sank I i months’ 9»ghr Bank ...2/4-j-j I 3 Credit ...2/4 A 3 n Documentary ...2l4i j Calcutta, Demand Bank B®- 3 days’ s»gttt Private 176 Bombay. Deman l Bank 174| Moulmein, Demand Bank 1<34 3 days’ sight127 words
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Article183 1908-11-16 6 Gold leal 465.30 B.Pepper( W.C»a*»t Xlb*..*» me.» no stock White Pepper $15.50 buyer» Tran# Pepper 10.95 sales Cloves (picked) out of season 1 Mace 71 sales Maoe Picking* 01. sales Nutmegs 1 lo* 18 sales No I 6.65 sales $uga: i stock Bh*k**i 3.65 sellers Tapioca F out 1.65183 words
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Article184 1908-11-16 6 Penano, 16th November, 1908. Reek— e,t6oup 0.1.11* 14 Roast 24 Steaks 24 Stew or Curry 16 Rump Steak 24 t Jx Tail ea»’ii 30 Tougu** oO Feel 20 Heart 30 Liver per catty 30 Pork Pork p*' c*it* 32 Pig’s Ilea.» 20 Feet 24 Tongue 30 Mutton per184 words
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Advertisement176 1908-11-16 6 Something for the Children. The purity of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy has long been an established fact. Give it to the little ones. It contains no opium or other harmful drug and will cure their coughs, colds and croup. The George Town Dispensary, Wholesale Agents. WANTED ON the First-class securities of176 words
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Advertisement122 1908-11-16 6 UACXAY’S LIQUEUR WHISKY. The Whisky of Connoisseurs. Andrew Usher Co.’s SPECIAL RESERVE O.V.G. Whisky. SANDILANDS, BUTTERY Co. AGENTS FOB PENA NO P. ,W. S. THE CELEBRATED “S. B. Co.” GIN IN RED CASES. Sandilands, Buttery Cn WROUCHT-iRON TUBES AND FITTINGS. X*ax*£e Stools Always on. Hand. ADAMSON, GILFILLAN CO., LTD. IF122 words
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Article847 1908-11-16 7 The visitor to the Cocos Keeling Islands this vear was Captain F. E. C. Rjan of H.M.S. Astreea. Captain Ryan gives cordial expression to the hospitality experienced by himself and his ship on their visit. There is not a great deal of general interest > in the847 words
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Advertisement1112 1908-11-16 7 BAXTER Co.’s BEST NAVY CANVAS. SANDILANDS, BUTTERY Co. INSURANCES, DAVID CORSAR SON’S WELL-KNOWN EXTRA NAVY CANVAS, No o.' SANDIEANDS. BUTTERV Co THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE C°’ L TD. (Registered in Singapore under “The Companies Ordinance, 1889.”) Head Office— Winchester House, Col Iyer Quay, Singapore. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. Chairman. Vice1,112 words
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Advertisement91 1908-11-16 7 A Good Household Liniment. When a bottle of Chamberlain’s Pain Balm is kept in the house, the pains of burns and scalds may be promptly relieved, cuts and bruises quickly healed, swellings promptly reduced and rheumatism and neuralgia robl>ed of their terrors. In fact, for the household ills, it is91 words
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Advertisement1157 1908-11-16 8 W. MANSON, American Dentist, late of Dr. Allen Co., Pha U.S.A. RATNER TWELVE-CORNER-BENT STEEL SAFES. Charges Moderate, Consultation Free. KRBIDIFO AT No. 2la, Penang Road. A Sew doors from the Eastern and Oriental Hotel. 6 mth«. TEA TEA SOLE AGENTS FOR PENANG. PATERSON, SIMONS Co., Ltd. Fitted with their Interchangeable1,157 words
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Article1277 1908-11-16 9 Kveliuo B. Mitford writes iu the Chronicle: lo none of the Sultan’s subjects will the recent changes in lurkey bring greater freedom and happiness than to the womeD. For years they have been growing increasmgly restless and discontented with their lot. for intercourse with cultured1,277 words
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Article739 1908-11-16 9 Says the Hongkong Daily Press :—The smuggling of morphia which takes place in China has assumed alarming proportions. Morphia is used among the Chinese not only for hypodermic injection, but also in the form of tabloids for the cure of opium I smoking. The reiqedy, however,739 words
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Article751 1908-11-16 9 b The story of the inventor who sacrifices B everything in the pursuit of an idea is always s interesting— particularly if his efforts at last t attain success. Court Zeppelin, whose new j airship is arousing so much interest, has a remarkable record of devotion in the751 words
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Article159 1908-11-16 9 It is reported that away back in the good old days, before the time of Confucius (550 B. C.), there were schools for girls iu China; now again in the beginning of the twentieth century, an Imperial Edict has ordered that schools for girls be159 words
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Article809 1908-11-16 9 g It is not so many years ago since malarii s was the scourge of the foreign settlements ir the I <A- East. Even now its ravages an v pretty severe, especially in some parts ol China and Japan, but in Singapore an'] Hongkong, thanks to increasing knowledge of809 words
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Article479 1908-11-16 9 The question of the hoDestv of the contemporary Turf periodically arises, and has lately, tays tl.e Times, been once more brought under discussion. It naturally happens that owners of the highest character at times run horses that are not iD the least expected to win.479 words
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Article950 1908-11-16 9 Our great London namesake (says the Shanghai Times has lately set itself the formidable task of estimating t.he outlook in China, —with the indispensable aid of its Peking correspondent., whose suggestive description of some of the more important latter-day changes in the Chinese capital have already950 words
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Article387 1908-11-16 9 How He Impressed a Chinaman. A Chinaman’s impressions of the Kaiser are published in the Pekin Gazette, and have been translated by an English professor of Chinese. r Yu Sbih moi, the Chinese statesman sent to Europe on a special mission to report upon the different forms of387 words
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Advertisement44 1908-11-16 9 Something for the Children. The purity of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy has lone been an established fact. Give it to the little ones. It contains no opium or other harmful drug and will cure their coughs, colds and croup. The George Town Dispensary, Wholesale Agents.44 words
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Advertisement64 1908-11-16 9 Children in the Home. Small children are always a source of an* xiety to parents. Coughs, colds, croup and whooping cough attack the little ones and serious illness results almost before they are aware of it. One (trial of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy for these troubles will prove its efficiency and64 words
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Advertisement76 1908-11-16 9 Gonosan (in capsules) is well tolerated by the digestive apparatus; no complication of any sort occurs, and its action is most favorable in Cystitis. Approved by the leading specialists of the day.’ PRITCHARD CO.’S CHEAP SALE IN THEIR LADIES’ DEPARTMENT, Considerable further reductions have been made on the remainder of76 words
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1058 1908-11-16 10 FIRST DAY. 7 1 itsday. t 1. —The Maiden Plate. Value $500. A Race for Maiden Horses s Weight as per scale leduced 14 lbs. All horses imported into the Straits or F. M. S. as Subscription Griffins at a price not exceeding $4001,058 words
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Advertisement257 1908-11-16 10 FOR. SA.LE. JOHN PRTIN, MINER. A ROMANCE OF MODERN MALAYA. BY t OLIVER ASHWELL, AUTHOR OF To lea of the Fen" Chroniclet of the j ('■a,rhurnlUrr dub,” In Peril s in Penang," etc. PRICE 60 CENTS. MM UK KVD AT TilK CRITERION PRESS, Ltd., 22*. 2.12. Pc ich Street, Penang.257 words
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Advertisement307 1908-11-16 10 Entries Close at 5 p. in. on Thursday, 7th January (except for Race Second Day, and Race 8, Third Day, which close as stated); Handicaps for First Day will be published on or before Mon. day, 11th January, 1909. A penalty of 7 lb. is incurred in a handicap by307 words
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Advertisement226 1908-11-16 10 JUST RECEIVED. M JOUII FABER’S STATIONERY. W. T. Co.’s White and Red plotting Paper of the Best Quality. The Famous Repeater Brand of Carbon Paper in two sizes, and Carbonic Paper. Blue Pencils, 60 cents per dozen. Drawing Pencils, B B B, 80 cents per dozen. Commercial Pencils, H B226 words
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