Straits Echo, 26 April 1909

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    37 1 Straits Echo 10-PAGE EDITION. DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL. 7. $24 Per Annum, PENANG, MONDAY, iiOth APRIL, IUO9. Single Copy, 10 cents No. 93.
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      1087 1 SOLE AOEHTS. GUINNESS’S STOUT. Hi s Li 3 rn o 37 £3 NO *3TV SiSSVg TIANQ LEE 00. TO LET from Ist of May, the spa- cious and well ventilated stables adjoining “Bellevue,” 11, Northam Road- These stables, which will accommodate 20 horses and 6 or more carriages, have been
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      23 1 THE BEST BEER IN THE FAR EAST. x 7» I cSS% gd< nj u 5 ft> Tojuoj^ TIANQ LEE A Co., So/e Agent»
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    The Revenue and the Budget.
    1013 2 (The Timet, April 1 The final results of the fiuancial year of tho United Kingdom wliicu ended last night are much better tlian at one time seemed probable, the total receipts being Xl5l 578.0 0, which is only X1.c02.C00 less than the final estimate of
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    Poor Old England.
    236 2 Says the London Globe: While tbe ordinary man (we hope) asks bimaelf, What have I done for you, England, my England the average writer of sensational fiction is probably saying, How can Ido for you, England, my England We refer to writers of those novels which deal
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      49 2 Lingering Colds. Tlmj longer a *old lianas on, the more it weikous the system. Do not run the risk of an attack of pneumonia by neglecting it. Chamberluiu’s Cough Remedy will cure your cold and all danger from this disease will l>e avoided. The George Town Dispensary, Wholesale Agents.
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      394 2 It has been satisfactorily demonstrated that thousands of persons have to thank Gonosan for restoration to health and happiness. It is astringeut and antiseptic and has never been known to fail. At all dealers in Patent Medicines and Chemical in bottles of 40 capsules. KOMNKLMKE PAKETVURT MMTSCHAPPIJ. HOLIDAY TICKETS. Return
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      1359 2 BANKING AND TRADING CORPORATION. NADDIN TEN CATE CO., LTD. PENANG —MEDAN. Disoouat bills and advance loans for short periods on prodnoe, import goods, bonds, shares and other negotiable securities. Advance money on goods consigned to Europe. Op«n documentary credits in Europe. Buy and sell shares for account of their clients
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    VESSELS EXPECTED.
    38 3 fn. >•* Ay Ilf 3 Goeben Prinz Eitel Singapore B.M.ACo. 28tb Apr Friedrich Colombo P, M ACo. 29th Beniomond L >ndon 3 B ACo. 1st May Oceana Colombo A G ACo tith Asnaye Singapore A.G ACo. 8th
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    SAILINGS.
    29 3 F<*» teii For A<j*nta Itni’tiea Goebeu Colombo BM.ACo. Apr. Prinz Eitel Friedrich Singapore B.M ACo. lleuloiuocd {Singapore S.B ACo. May.* Oceana Singapore i.G .ACo. Aasayo 'Colombo 1 A.G.ACo.
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      ARRIVALS.
      130 3 Qlenoqle, Hr. s.s., 2.349, Paddle, 24th Apr., Rangoon, 21st Apr., Gen. —E. S. Co., Ltd. Lightning Br. s.s., 2,122, Gentles, 24th Apr., Calcutta, 17th Apr., Gen —A. A. A. A Co. Devanha Br. s-s., 4 785, Hayward, 24th Apr., Shanghai, lll'b Apr Gon —A. G. A Co. Perak, Br.
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      DEPARTURES.
      28 3 26th April. Padang, for Batu Bahra. Canton, for Dindings and Teluk Anson. Un Peng, for Pulau Langkawi, Porlis aud Setul Flying Fish, for Port Weld aud Taiping.
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      MAILS CLOSE
      120 3 F( a Paugkalau Braudau—Per Petrel tomorrow, 1 p.m. Trang—Per Leong Ho, to-morrow, 1 pm. Deli—Per Perak, to-morrow, 1 p in. Port Swettenham and Singapore—Per Pin Seng, to-morrow, 3 p in. Teluk Anson—Per Carlyle, to-morrow, 3 p ui. Port Swettenham and Singaporo—Per Ipoh, to-morrow, 4 p.m. Bindings—Per Sportsman, tomorrow,
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    Passengers to the Straits.
    442 3 Per I. G. M. s.s. Prim “Eitel Friedrich, due at Penang ou 29th Apr. To Penang (from Algiers, Apr. 4) Mr. and Mrs. J. F Ramsden, Mr. R. Schubert and child, Mr. K Ludwig, Mr. Aeberli, Mr. and Mis. W l*. Pinkney. To Singapore (from Hamburg,
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      910 3 P. 0. Steam Navigation Coy. Expected Armais and Departures. Mail 8«rvlc«. Outward. Ml J: e na connecting with Mooltan 20 Delhi do. China Jan. 3 Devanha do. Macedonia Homeward. Date. Steamer. Connecting with S.8. May 8 Assay* 22 Delta J une 5 Oceana 19 Delhi July 3 Devanha Marmora India
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      479 3 (SHIPPING.) NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD, BREMEN. IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE. ĕ V imnmnrnrßjfcV itr/t if*. 4 V' ~Ts 3Tr~**z iyxl^’r■ TZ 53:*e --ifv i j’k v. -.7 i -JE P^SFI v'Wcaer rjigii THE fast and well-known mail steamers of this Company 6ail fortnightly from Bremen, Hamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southampton, Gibraltar, Algiers,
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    The Straits Echo.
    97 4 t-oatm Mttiflei everybody and 3 net tee tlenr—. Pnhllahnd dully (eirwpt Mandayi.l IT Tl CRITERION PRESS, Ltd., No. 226—232. Roach Street. Penang PRICE: DAILY LOO A 1 S>4 per unoir h OUTBTATIOHB M Po(Uk Rxtra. If All. BIMTION (Poet free) lIS OABI.S ADDRVBS Echo—Peneog." Telephone No. 343
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    CHINA V. JAPAN.
    885 4 The Fakumen Railway Question, still pending between China and Japan, means very little to readers at this distance. Even the China newspapers are very hazy as to many of the issues involved. The territory which the Japanese maintain is already adequately served by the South Manchurian line
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    Tin, Opium and Rice Quotations.
    61 4 The following business in tin bas been done to-day Penang Penang Tin Eichauge,) buyers, no sellers Straits Trading Co, buyers, no sellers j b 7.80 Eastern Smelting Co., 50 tons at 67.87$ Singapore: Straits Trading Co. 100 67 87$ Total ...150 tons. Opium is quoted
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    The Mails.
    201 4 The B. I. Contract Packet Tara with the Mails is expected to arrive here from Negapatam on Thursday the 29th inst, at 7 am. and is intended to leave for Port Swettenbam and Singapore at 4 p.m. on the same day. The N-D. L. mail steamer Goeben. having
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    The Water Carnival.
    1373 4 Farewell Success for Retiring Hon. Sec. The Penang Swimming Club has probably never bad a more successful day, from the public point of view, than it had on Saturday. The Water Carnival, so far as the guests and spectators were concerned, was a purple event even in
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    Scholarships Examination, 1909.
    549 4 The Examiners appointed by the Syndi* cate (J. H. Flather, m. a of Emmanuel College, W. H. Gunstou. m a late Fellow of J >hu’B College, A. H. Powles, m a of Pelerhou.se and S. S F. Fletcher ma, of Kmg’s College, Lecturer to the Cambridge Teachers’
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      243 4 ‘THE CRAG HOTEL. 5 SANATORIUM. PENANG HILLS. I “As good an Hotel as any in the Straits.” Sinn a nor p. Wm Pr*** Sinjopore Free Press, 27th March. SARKIES BROTHERS, Proprietirrs, PALMER TYRES. Information of interest to users of MOTOR TYRES, is that a REDUCTION IN PRICE** of PALMER CORD
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  • TELEGRAMS.
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      Turkey.
      481 5 (Supplied by Renter.) New NulUn to be Proclaimed. London, 25th April.—Telegrams from Salonika declare that the leaders of the Committee of Union and Progress, after consultation with Recbad, have decided to proclaim him Sultan. Decisive Fighting Expected. It has been arranged to attack the Yildiz at midnight. There is
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      Association Cup.
      33 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) Manchwiter United Wins. London, 26th April.—The final for the Association Cup was won by Manchester huited on Saturday, against Bristol City. The score was one goal to nothing.
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      Earthquake in Portugal.
      49 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) Big Loss of Life. London, 26th April—Lisbon reports that 11 severe earthquake has done enormous damage to the towns of Ribatajs, Benavente, Samorra, many houses collapsing. Thirty nine deaths are reported, a hundred injured, and 120 missing. A shock was felt at Lisbon.
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      P. A. M.
      261 5 (Echo Special.) Meeting at Kuala Lumpur. Kuala Lumpur, 26th April.—At a meeting of the Planters’ Association of Malaya, held here yesterday, correspondence was read with regard to the recruiting allowance and the selection of a planting representative on the Immigration Committee. A despatch said His Excellency was
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      F.M.S. Council.
      17 5 (Echo Spec9U.) Forthcoming Constitution Kuala Lumpur, 26th April.—The Federal Council will be constituted about July.
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    The Junk Piracy.
    493 5 Two Chinese Taken by Singapore Detectives. The Straits Times says the local detective force has been hot on the trail of the alleged Johore pirates, two of whom are now in safe custody, thanks to the energy of Chief Pet. Insp. Bourne, Det. Insp. Taylor and his
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    Currency Commissioners' Return for March.
    122 5 c. (a) Wbo’e amount of Currency Notes in Circulation on the 31st March, 1909 27 173,505 00 Average amount of Currency Notea in Circulation during the month of March. 1909 26 813,440 48 lb) Coin Portion of the No*e Guarantee Fuud (including Depreciation Fund), on
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    Sea Ablaze.
    690 5 Kerosene From Kalomo Gets I Alight. The Straits Times of 24th inst. reports When the Danish satvage steamer Protector's powerful pumps forced the water out of the sunken steamer Kalomo, early ou Thurs day morning, a great deal of the oil with which that vessel was loaded came
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    Shipping Conference.
    1165 5 Singapore Comments. Whetter the eel, foredoomed to be skinned alive, takes any real interest in the man that skins it, is a question of nice debate, so long as the operation is not carried out 1 utterly regardless of the eel’s feelings. For 1 eel read the Straits
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    Tringanu Sultan's Grievance.
    471 5 Not Consulted re Transfer. The Treaty between Great Britain and Siam relative, to the transfer of the States of Kedah, Tringanu and Kelantan to the Federated Malav States has been signed now for many weeks. We are told on good authority (says the Free Press) that the
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    Planters and Coolies.
    316 5 Petition to be Presented to Holland’s Queen. The assistants on tobacco estates in Deli hive drawn up a petition to theQiten of Holland praying for better protection by law against coolies who defy their authority. They complain that tlie law in force shows too gteat a leaning
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    Passengers.
    212 5 Arrived. Per s«. Devanha. 24th Apr from Singapore Mrs. Cleaver. Mr Cawpi-oi. Mr.Tovev Couzens, Mr. Lo Sui Iloct and Mr. Duncan. Ptr s.s. Ipoh 26th Apr from Singapore Mr. G Linesley. Mr. T. H. Dennis, Mr. O A Kimmell, Mrs. Hilton. From Port Swetten ham Mr. D R Cowan,
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    FIXTURES.
    78 5 To-day. 7th Day of 3rd Moon. Ladies’ Rifle Shooting, 4 JO p m. Golf Club Tenuis Ties. Town Baud, Esplanade, 6 to 7 p.m. Ihe New Japanese Cinematograph, corner of Campbell Street and Penang Road, 7-30 p.m. aud 9 10 p.m. To-morrow. Btli Day of 3rd Moon. Golf lub
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    MAILS DUE.
    21 5 Chi».* (Goeben) ...28th Apr. German P. E Friedrich) ...2P f li English (Oceana) 6 h May. Cbiua Assaye) 8„h
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    THE MOON.
    20 5 First Quartet Apr. 27th O Full Moon May sth 1 Lust Quarter t 13th O Now Moon 19tb
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    P. & O. SAILINGS.
    39 5 P. O. SAILINGS. Mail Service OUTWARDS. HomkWARDS Oceana 6 May I Assaye 8 May Delhi 20 I Della 22 Extra Service. Outwards Homi, wards. Poona 27 A or. I Palma 29 Apr. Namur 11 May. j Nubia Id May-
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      23 5 The first violent inflammatory symptoms Quickly disappear after treatment with KieUonown Capsules. No better prepar»tion now on the market. Certified by leading Specialists-
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      217 5 MUNICIPAL NOTICE rpH F next Ordinary Meeting of the MuniJL cipal Commissioners will be held at the Muuicipal OlHce at 3-30 p m. on Thursday, the 29th instant. VV. MARSH. Ay. Secretary GEORGE TOWN SALES ROOM THE BALE r r Toe Properly belonging to the late CHF.W SIN .TONG, adjourned
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    Woman and the Tariff.
    236 6 Women loot r 3«erv question from a personal point tf .lew; and the fact is at once a strength and a weakness, according to circumstances. In politics it may be a strength. For example, the ladies of America are said to be up in arms against
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    Pratas.
    333 6 The Hongkong Daily Press is of the opinion that Pratas Island “has received an amount of attention out of all proportion to its importance,” and after describing the island, concludes by saying:— “It is not a prize to be coveted by any Power, and if China is able to
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    Hankow Described.
    494 6 A City with a Magnificent Appearance. A Singapore journalist, with a companion, ih travelling through China to Burma. These two gentlemen, Messrs Edwin J. Dingle and H. M. Mackenzie, left Shanghai about a month ago. The Shanghai Mercury recently contained an article of over two columus in length
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    An Anti-sweating Bill.
    782 6 The Trades Boards Bill, introduced by Mr. Wicston Churchill, is a more far-reach-ing measure than even the Labour Members expected to get as a Government proposal. Moreover, it would appear likely that when the draft is tabled for inspection it will be found more valuable than even
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    EXCHANGE.
    126 6 PniM, 96» Antti. I*l»'S (By courtsay oj the Chartered Bank.) London Demand Bank ...2/3J 4 months* sight Bank ...2/4 T *g n 9 Credit ...2/4 T a M t Documentary ...2/4y T Calcutta, Demand Bank fts 174; 3 days’ sight Privet* 176 Bombay, Demand Bank 174 Monimein, Demand Bank
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    PRODUCE.
    193 6 Gold Leaf $64.60 B. Fep| er(W.Ceast Mbs.s ok.) no stock White Pepper $l6 75 sales [Vang Pepper M 12.321 sales Cloves .m 38. sellers Mice M M 73. —buyers dace Picking* 64. —buyers Nutmeg* 110 s 19. —sailors JNol €.66 sales 2 no stock Basket 3.65 sales T>piocu Flour
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    MARKET PRICES.
    213 6 PntiM, 26th April, 1909. Bair— e'i. Soup h. per catty 12 Roast 99 24 Steaks 24 Stew or Curry Meat 16 Rump Steak M 24 Ox Tail each 30 Tongue 55 Feet. 15 Heart 30 Liver ...per catty 30 Pork— Pork per catty 32 Pig’* Head 20 Feet
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    SHARES.
    1082 6 o f Number of J Z I S Capital. Shares Dividends Name. S* issued. s ‘3 j= "Z 5 “o g a- X g 1903 t 300,000 30,000 10 10 10 for year ending 31/3/08 Belat Tin td. ...I 575 6— 1 .907 300,000 22,500 10 M 0 Bruang
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      36 6 (iOllOHiiu brings about satisfactory results without the aid of any local treatment and is the latest and most scientific Remedy and lar superior to combinations of plaiu Sandalwood oil, Copaiba etc. At all chemists and dealers.
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      55 6 Lame Shoulder. This is a common form of muscular rheu* matism. No luternal treatment is needed. Apply Chamberlain’s Pain Balm freely four tiroes a day and a quick cure is certain. Thia liniment has proven especially valuable for muFculir and chronic rbeuttatistn and ia certain to give quick relief. The
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    Science and its Cash Value.
    912 7 Dr. S.leeby writes iu the Pall Mall Gazette A very influential deputation waited upon the Prime Minister recently iu the interests of an Imperial Bureau of Anthropology, and received the usual diplomatic official reply. It is probable that our wore urgent need at the moment,
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    Rain-making in Burma.
    837 7 I Tue following, signed RG. B appeared, with pho ographs by the author, in Man, tho publication of the Royal Anthropological Institute i Ihe descriptions of rain-making ceremonies iu The Golden Hough, aud especially t hat on p. S)6 <-f The Eariy History of the Kingship (Central
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      1110 7 INSURANCES. Th# Penang Khean Quan Insurance 00., Ltd. Hbab Umoi No. si. bbac* Bniir, tann. BOARD OF DIRICTORS. Mr. Cbeab Choo Yew Quah Beng Kee Kbaw Joo Tok h Yeoh Geok Keat Khoo Hun Yeang n Kboo Boon Phay m Ho Teang Wan Mr. Lim Teang Hooi Tan Teang Swee
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      88 7 The Sickiy Season in Burma. One of tbe most effect>vo iemeries known for diarrboßi and bowel complaint is Cbomber lain's Colic, Cboltra and Diartl ce i Remedy, and every borne should bo supplied with it during the warm weather. Mr. H. J D Wilkinson, proprietor of ibe Upper Uuinia Gazette,
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      125 7 Keep This in Mind. Bowel com}.'! lint in sure to be prevalent during tbo fruit reason. Chamborlaiu’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Kenedy gives prompt relief The George Town Dispensary, Wholesale Agents. The French Medical F’rofession rely on Sillltul Midy to cure chronic bronchitis, kidney and bladder trouble, as well as
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      1036 8 W. MANSON, American Dentist, Late of Dr. Allen Co., Pha, U.S.A, ;harges Moderate, Consultation Free. KAAIDJKS AT l\c. 21a, Pen art” Road. A tew doors from the Eastern aid Orient a Hotel. 6 mth« FOR SALE. USEFUL TO PLANTERS, ESTATES, ETC. Large Check Roll Books of 200 leaves. Price, $8
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    A Trick of Memory.
    5982 9 [Bt TOM GALLON IN THE RKD MAGAZINE.”] ••And you tay that he remembers nothin? But for the fact that the man who asked that question could not be intimately concerned with the matter, it would almost bare seemed that he asked it with a curious eagerness.
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    The Population of Australia.
    302 9 In spi e of the peieuuul outcry as to the paucity of Australian population, nnl the slow rate of its incieise, the figures for last vear may be regarded aa very fairly satisfactory. The firi-t colony of white men settled iu Australia in 1788; and the
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    Where Crosby Hall Stood.
    937 10 The City’s Palatial Bank. 1 In the remarkably short period of nine months a palatial biuk has been erected, furnished, and equipped on the site occupied by Crosby Hall. It is au achievement of which Trollope and Colls, Lina., may feel justly proud, as tho work
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      69 10 llow to Cure a Cold. He as caieful as you can you will occasionally take cold, and when you do, get a medicine of known reliability, one that has an established reputation and that is certain to effect a quick cure. Such a medicine is Cough Remedy. It has gained
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      351 10 NOV READY! “Ini Pantun Karang-Karangan.” CONTENTS: Pantun Dagang. Runda Diri. Puji Pujian. Budi. Kasih. Sambayang. Sindier. Price 60 oents. OBTAINABLE AT THE CRITERION PRESS. Ltd. 226-232, Beach Street, Penang FOR SALE. STEPHEN’S INKS. ittii IH_S A w BLUE BLACK WRITING INK. COPYING c GUM MUCILAGE WITH BRUSH 01 SPONGE TOP.
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      467 10 NEW STOCK FOR SALE. FOR SALE. v K “TALES Of MAUY*,". “SOUTHERN CROSS.” IjJOIM FABEH'S STATIOKEEY. Containing 18 Tory interesting short stories dealing with life in the Malay Peninsula. (241 PAGES DEHI-OCTAVO.) Price $l. HAT B* BAD AT C.r.B Straits Echo” Office ALSO AT Messrs. WHITEAWAY. LAIDLA W A Co..
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