Straits Echo, 22 May 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, SATURDAY, 22nd MAY, 1909. Single Copy, 10 cents. No. 116.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 957 1 GUINNESS’S STOUT. TIANQ LEE A O r3 a o -4. m r 0 SOLE AO ENTS. BASS’S ALE. THE Eastern Shipping Company, Ltd., (ENGINE WORKS AND DOCKYARD.) Engineers, Shipbuilders, Brass Iron Founders. Engineering Appliances Fittings in Stock. Engine Works, Weld Quay > and 37, 41 and Stores Offices 43, Beaoh
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    • 32 1 THE BEST BEER IN THE FAR EAST. NQddlN ma 9 4 y, i o lilt > 11“ 3 cd; j; m f x> M r *D rOKTO *TIANQ LEE A Co., So/e Agents.
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  • 680 2 Sumatra Consolidated Rubber Estates. TbeSumatra Consolidated Rubber Estates. Ltd., offers for subscription at par 34,264 •bares of j£l each (part of an authorised total of 75 000 slfcres), of which 26,000 will be set aside for working capital and the payment of preliminary expenses and brokerage. Of the
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  • 570 2 Systematic Use of Quinine. A striking report on the value of quinine as a means of protection in malarial epidemics has been prepared by LieutenantColonel Braide, i m 8 Inspector General of Prison in the fuujib. Colonel Braide bases his report ou the contrast betweeu the
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 331 2 Dr. Friedlaender testifies that GonOMD exerts a favorable influence in removing complications aDd haemorrhage; also more rapid and satisfactory results are obtained by it than by any other preparation of Sandalwood oil etc. ST. GEORGE'S GIRLS' HOIE. PENANG. A BOARDING HOME under the charge of a Lady Superintendent and a
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    • 3134 2 TENDERS FOR REVENUE FARMS. TENDERS are invited for the lease of Revenue Farms in the State of North Borneo from the 1st January, 1910, as set out hereunder. REVENUE FARMS IN THE STATE OF NORTH BORNEO. 1. In making arrangements for the leasing of the Farms for the next Farm
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  • 41 3 PV»#»' -7 Ag*nf* Dnt Delta Singapore A G &Co. 22 nd May Deiffl uger P. Regent Singapore BM&Co. 25 th Luitpold Colombo B.M ACo. 27tb Denied i London S B ACo. 28th Devanha Colombo A G ACo 3rd June.
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  • 33 3 V f For A iifut» Delta Colombo A G ACo. May. Deifflmger Colombo B.M ACo. l*. Regeut LuifpoM Singapore B M.ACo. Benledi Singapore S B ACo. DeVanba Singapore A G ACo. Juno
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  • Shipping.
    • 88 3 Mary Austin, Br. s-s., 121, Harvey, 21st May, Asahan, 20th May, Gen- —E. 8. Co» Ltd. Benoa, Dut. *B., 171, Popkes, 21st May, Bel Voli, 20th May, Gen—H. L. Co. Glen/allorh. Br. s s., 1,434, Hainsworth. 22ud May, Amov. 10th May, Gen.— Koe Guan Co Nuddea, Br. s s.,
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    • 82 3 22nd Mat. Nuddea, for Rangoon and Calcutta. Hakata Marti, for Colombo and Tuticorin. Delta, for Ceylon, Australasia, India, Aden, 'Mauritius, Egypt and via Brindisi, for Europe etc. De Kock, for I>eli aud Langsa. Mary Austin, for Asahan. Avayyee, for Tongkah. Jin Ho, for Langkat. Sree Bangka, for Traug. Malaya,
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    • 75 3 Fo» Deli— Per Calypso, 24th instant, 11am. Siugapoio, Cbiua and Japan—Per Fook Bang, 24th instant, 11 a m. Singapore—Per Lindula, 24ih instant, 11 n.m. Calcutta— Per Lightning, 25th instant, 11a in. Tongkah—Per Malacca, 25th instant, 1 p.in. Port Swetteuham and Singapore—Per I))oh,2hth instant, 4 pm. Ceylon, Australasia, India,
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  • 364 3 Per P. aud O. s s. Simla, due at Penang OU 25th May To Penang (from London, Apr. 24) Mrs. C H. Muon, Mr. and Mrs. Oowland and children, Mr. VV McDonald. To Singapore (from London) Mrs. Shankey, Lieut.-Col. and Mrs. R. J. D. Hackett and
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  • 37 3 P O. SAILINGS. Mail Service. Outwards. IJo.mkwakd» Devanha 3 June I De ta 22 May Aseaye 17 Oceana 6 June Extra Service Outwards Homkwards. Simla 25 May I Vera 31 May. Malta S June Somali 10 June-
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    • 488 3 p. 0. Steam Navigation Coy. Expected Arririls und Departure*. Mail 8ervlca. Ootward. Jud* 3 Devanha 17 Auayc July 1 Delta 15 Delhi connaetioff with do. do. do Homeward. Moldavia Mantua Mongolia FAKES BY MAIL STEAMERS. Ut 01 sm lad UUm To London by 8a* £66 £44 To Marseilles er Gibraltar
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    • 271 3 (S HIPPING.) NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD, BREMEN. IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE. v k -r-a sac* >V5 co: bus THE fast and well-known mail sicairtrs ot this Company sail fortnightly from Bremen, Hamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southampton. Gibraltar, Algiers, Genoa, Naples, (connection Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria and vice versa) Port Said, Suez, Aden, Colombo,
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  • 101 4 Th e Straits Echo. j .turn MLttofle* everybody sod loaf Ice alone v’uhlUhwd dully fe*e*pt *«in<laye.l AT 1 i CRITERION PRESS, Ltd., No. 226—232, Bench Street, Penang PRICE: 041 lit I AX'A1 P"r •’•«in». OUTHTATIONS PoiUg« Satra. «All- tlMTtON (Koat Free) $15 f’AHI.K ADDRSSS Echo—Penaog.” r«l«phone No. 343 AU baalnet*
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  • 981 4 According to a book writer by the name of W. H. Dawson, the German workman does not yell himself hoarse at football matches, nor set grandstands afire, nor bawl garbled extracts from the Daily Mail Yearbook in pothouses. He has a different way of enjoying hi» leisure, for
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  • 173 4 The Short Credit Boycott. It is well known to Echo readers that Chinese retailers at Penang buying from British importing firms asked for longer credit than some of them were disposed to give, and that m certain cases the Chinese resorted to their usual method of quietly boycotting
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  • 49 4 Mr. D. W Gilmour, as Honorary Treasurer, acknowleJges with thanks the following subscriptions to the forthcoming Agri-Horticultural Show to be held in Penang on 9tb, 10th and 11th AugustXbis year. Amount previously acknowledged $6,259 65 Gan Ngoh Pee 25 Lawrence Ariizoo 100 Hoefeld and Co. 25 $6,409 65
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  • 152 4 The following business in tin baa keen done to-day Penang Penang Tin Exchange, 25 tons at $66-80 Eastern Smelting Co., 50 66.80 Straits Trading Co., 75 66 82£ Singapore: Straits Trading Co.. 225 66 80 Total 375 tons Tin is quoted in London to-day at
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  • 369 4 IN CIVIL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION. (Before Mr. Justice Thornton.) Khoo Cheng Kay and Others vs. Liut Teow Teng and Others. This action was disposed of yesterday The plaintiffs were (1) Kboo Cheng Kay. (2) Khoo Cheug Eng and (3) Lim Cheng Law, the administrator of Kboo Saw Lin. deceased.
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  • 84 4 Chow Seng of Chop Seng Lee vs. F. Heise and W. H. Mawley. Yesteiday Mr. Brown, the Assistant District Judge, disposed of the above action. The plaintiff claimed $3O, being the price of work and labour done by the plaintiff for the defendants, as carpenter and bricklayer, in
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  • 413 4 To day Ibrahimsab, a Kling, pleaded not guilty to the charge of mischief by maiming a cow. On the morning of the 2nd inst.. while a Tamil was driving home a cow in KampoDg Bthru, it damaged some bamboo shoots and machang fruits which the accused had
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  • 586 4 On the 14th iust. it was reported in the Echo that a baba, named Quah 800 Hock, was charged with (1) forgiug an indenture of »ale. by altering the date from 3 11 03 to 14 1 09. with intent to evade a fine
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  • 299 4 Results of Wednesday’s Play. Mrs. Park and Brearley beat Mrs. Weiham and Ropers 8 —6; 6—2. Miss Jones and Hodge beat Mrs. Dunn and Adams 7_5 3—6; 6-4 Result* of Thnrsday’s Play. Mrs. Dunn beat Mrs. Martin 7—5; 6—3. Whitlock and Pledger beat Fox and Linton
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 365 4 THE CRAG HOTEL.! SANATORIUM. PENANG HILLS I As good an Hotel as any in the Straits.” —Singapore Fice Frees, 27ib March. SARKIE3 BROTHERS, Proprietors. 2 NORTHAM HOUSE PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO, H. BODOM, Photographic Artist, 15, NORTHAM ROAD (Corner of Transfer Road.) Photographs taken throughout the day. Portraits of the Highest Technical
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  • TELEGRAMS.
    • 28 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) All Resolution!* Passed. London. 21st May.—The House of Com* moos has passed all the Budget resolutions which bad been reported to the House-
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    • 77 5 {Supplied by Reuter.) Mystery Explained. London, 22ud May —lnterviews with balloon manufacturers are published showing that numerous model airships have been gold in England for the purposes of advertmement, some twenty-five feet long. This, it is believed, explains the late mysterious appearances of airships. Herman Press Opinion. The
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    • 53 5 {Supplied by Reuter.) Encounter with the Police. London, 21st May.—A telegram from Paris states that a thousand navvies on strike pelted the Police who were attempt ing to disperse them, with glasses, waterbottles, and chairs from the cafes, wounding a dozen. The cavalry were called and charged the
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    • 36 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) Proposed New Bill. London. 2lst May.—The French Chamber is discussing a Bill allowing silkworm grow ers t>o centimes per kilogramme of raw silk for 20 years from May 1, 1909.
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    • 35 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) Transfers his Fortune to Government. London, 22nd May.—A Constantinople journal states that Abdul Hamid has signed a trausfer to the Government, of his deposits in the banks of over JE1.000,000-
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    • 41 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) Cremated. London, 22nd May.—The body of George Meredith was cremated at Woking to-day. There was no service, but the membeis of deceased’s family attended. Toe ashes we e put in au uru aud removed to Dorking.
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  • 415 5 Further Details of the Unfortunate Travellers. f No details have bem received of the j murders reported in Yunnan, but it is believed that the two victims are Dr. Bruu huber, a well-known traveller and bis companion Herr Schmitz, who arrived in f Rangoon from Madras
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  • 1067 5 (From Our Own Correspondent Ipoh, 21st May. Victoria Day. We are making great preparations here to fittingly celebrate Victoria Day and, indeed, with all the arrangements which have been made it would appear that May 24 will be a very busy day iu Ipoh. The day opens with
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  • 122 5 Farewell to D. 0. The farewell entertainment announced by our Tapah correspondent was given in honour of Mr. C. W C. Parr. D O B. Padang, who is transferred. Proceedings commenced with sports at the new recreation ground, after which a farewell address was given by the subordinate
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  • 230 5 Directors’ Report. Penang, 22nd May. 1909. Gentlemen, Your Directors have pleasure iu submitting the Accounts of the first year’s working of the Company. The net profits of the year after allowing for 20 per cent, depreciation cn the property of the Company amount to $110.334.00
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  • 510 5 Allahabad, May 12. The Viceroy and Lady Minto are now t undercoinj» Pasteur treatment at Simla at C the bands of Captain Carter, Director of the Kasauli Institute. Treatment is purely I precmtionary and has been rendered neces- 1 sarv bv the following untoward incident. 1
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  • 77 5 To IHK EuirOß OF THE STRAITS ECHO. Deak Sie To avoid any possibility of annoyance or disappointment, the Victoria Diy Entertainment Committee wish it to be clearly understood that each subscriber’s ticket admitB two adults only to the Residency or the Parade Ground on Victoria Day. No children
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  • 170 5 SUNDAY AFTER ASCENSIONSt. Georgs Church. 8 a m. —Matins (Choral). 8-30 a m.—Holy Commuuion (Plain). 10 a.m —Matins (Chinese). 5 p.m.—Sunclav School. 6 p m.—Evensong and Sermou. Presbyterian Church. Divine service will be held at Prye Dock at 9 15 a.m. and in the Presbyterian Church, Northam
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  • 93 5 Arrived. Perse- Nudlea 22nd May. f>t m Singapore Messrs- S. Bauvard, ,T- Cartwright. R Fenn, J Hawley, F. G. Keiiler and Baudmann’s “Merry Littlo Muids Comic Opera Coy Per s s Delt%, 22ud May, from Shanghii Mr. F Anlerson apd Mr Jeonard Ketr. From Singapore Mr. Wara, Mr. E.
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  • 168 5 To- DAT. 4?b Div of 4'b Moon. Hunt Club (Jvmkh-na. Racecourse. Cricket C. R C. vs P. C. C.. Esplanade. The New Japanese Cinematograph, corner of Campbell «Meet aud Penang Road. 730 pm. ard 010 p m. Special Pro gramme Merry Little Maids Comic Opera Co., lown Hall, 9
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  • 18 5 China (DerjJUrujcr) ...25th May. German (P. K■ Luitjold) ...27th English (Devanha) 3id June. China Oceana ...sth
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 56 5 THE EASTERN SMELTING CO. LTD. NOTICE in hereby given that the Second Ordinary General Meeting of the above Company, will he held in their Registered Office, F.M S Railway Buildinga.China Street Ghaut, Peu.ng. on Saturday, the 29th May, 1909, at 3 o’clock p m. By order of the Directors. J.
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    • 948 5 For Singapore, Hongkong, Swatow and Amoy. r IlHE s p. Hong Moh, Captnin R S Bainbridge, is expected toariive hero from Rangoon on Wednesday, and will leave for the above ports on Thursday, the 27th inst., at 3 p ni. For freight or passage apply to KOE GUAN Co Agents
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  • 1401 6 The Romance of a Great Career. Told by his Niece, Juliet Bredon. I i It ia fitting that Miss Bredon should call the plain, straightforward account she writes of the life of the 1.-G.” a romance. At in all great careers, romance freely enters into the life’s
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  • 120 6 Pbka.ii*, 22nd Mat. (By cowrtesy oj the Chartered Bank. London Demand Bank —2/3f 4 montti’ sight Ban* ...2/4^ Credit ...2/4,», Documentary ...2/4/j Calcutta, Demand Bank Re 174 1 2 days’ eight Prira»# 176 Bombay. Demand Bank 174 Moulmein, Demand Bank 173 2 days’ sight Pneat* 176 Madras, Demand Bank
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  • 190 6 Gold I«eaf 962.50 B. I‘epj er(W Coast 31bt.5 oz.) no etock *Yhite Peppoi $16 —buyera rrang Pepper 12 75 tales Clove» out of season M*oe 73. buyers dace Picking* 64. buyers Nutmeg» 110 s 18 sales CNo 1 6.65 sales 7. Sugar I 2 no stock (Basket 38 0
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  • 196 6 Pursue. 22nd Mat, 1909. Bur— ets. Soup per catty 14 Roast 22 Steaks 22 Stew or Curry Meat 16 Rump Steak 22 Ox Tail each 30 Tougue 60 Feet 20 Heart 30 Liver per catty 30 Pork— Pork pei catty 32 Pig’s Head 20 Feet 26 Tongue 32
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  • 931 6 a I i Number or is i p g o»fiUi. Share* > ™"<W* V* nte I’ 1 I 3'k issued. o '3 a -5 5 fc J I 6- rr MW» *UOO «0 !o 7.75 J [•JJJ 10 10 p.c.fcryearending3o/4/08 Brusyl, Hydraulic Tin Mining Co.,Lto *7 'wj IS* 1
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 54 6 A Popular American Remedy, Mr. Fred C. Hanrahan, a prominent drugRiat of Portsmouth, Va U S.A says: For the past six years I have sold and recommended Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. It iB a great remedy and one of the best patent medicines on the market- The George
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    • 395 6 According to all accounts we have the assurance that (xonosiui is one of the most valuable discoveries of modern pharmacology and is far ahead of all preparations of Copaiba, Cubebs, etc. It is the safest and most successful. At all Chemists and Dealers. NOW READY! Ini Pantun Karang-Karangan. Contents Pantun
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    • 1151 6 THE CEtfßfltfgD “S. B. A Go.’ GIN IN RED CASES. SantWmnds, Ruttery <f Co Andrew Usher Co.’s SPECIAL RESERVE O.V.G. Whisky. SANDILANDS, BUTTERY Co. AGENTS FOR PENANQ <* F. M. S. "SLEDSfi BRANT MILK. Absolutely Pure. Every single tin guaranteed good. BUNGfA MELOE PERFUME FOR TIE HAWDEEBOHIEP. We have just
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  • 1092 7 Tuesday, the 27th, Thursday */ie 29f/i, and Saturday, the 31st July, 1909 PROPOSED PROGRAMME. To be submitted to a Special General Meeting to be held on Monday, 7th June, 1909, at the rooms of the Penang Chamber of Commerce, at 4-30 p.m. NOTICE. No
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  • 827 7 (Conclud'd, from yesterdoy’s issue Resolution No. 5That thia Conference expresses its thanks to the Governments of the Ftderuted Malay States for increasing the duty on opium and opium shop licenses, and trusts that this step is ouly the prelude to further steps on the part of the
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 822 7 INSURANCES, The Penang Khean Guan Insurance Co., Ltd, Hun Ovviob No. S4. Bsach Btkibt. BOARD OP DIRECTOR». Mr Obeah Choo Yew Quah Beog Kbaw Joo Tok Yeoh Geok Keat KbooHunYeang Phay Ho Team? Wan Mr. Lim Mr.Lim Teang Hooi Tan Team? Swee Tan Kim Leong Kboo Beng Cbin Cbeah Toon
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    • 239 7 Entries Close at 5 p. in. on Thursday, 15th July, (except for Race 9, Third Day, which closes as stated). Handicaps for First Day will be published on or before Monday, 19th July, 1909. A ppnalty of 7 lb. is incurred in a handicap by the winner of any race
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    • 53 7 A Cure for Bowel Trouble. No matter bow severe an attack of diarrboet may be. Chamberlain’» Colic, Cholera and Diarihcei Remedy never fads to give relief. The George Town Dispensary, Wholesale Agent» Grimault and ('o.’s Sarsaparilla clean sea the blood from all impurities arising from Scrofula, Eczema, Had beg», Skin
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 1074 8 W. MANSON, American Dentist, Late of Dr. Allen A Co., Pha U.S.A. Charges Moderate, Consultation Free. BtfSIDIVe AT Mo. 21a, Penang Road. A few doors from the Eastern and Oriental Hotel. 6 mtb» TEA V TEA SOLE AGENTS FOR PENANG, PATERSON, SIMONS Co., Ltd. WONG KIM MUN, /Vo. 77s, Bishop
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  • 3419 9  -  [All Eights Reserved BY E. EVERETT-GREEN. •< Harold —do listen a moment! Who can that be siDging The young man, with a fine, intellectual fa.ee and air of supreme absorption iu his! task, lifted his head, his hand with his fountain pen suspended in mid-air.
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  • 460 9 (By a Banker). Guarding the entrance to the Mediterranean, and almost within canuon shot of Africa, stands a mighty upheaved natural fastness; one of the most impregnable fortresses in the whole world which, though of limited extent, yet is one of the most valued appanages of the British
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  • 222 9 Consider all those sorry functions which in irony are intitulated entertainments. Poor hardworking penons —like grocers, and bank clerks, and seamstresses, and menservants, and money-lenders’ touts —imagine that the play’s the thing. O 1 the limelight, hey for the stalls, what silks and satins shimmer in the loose
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  • 247 9 This geui is from the Daily Telegraph The Bishop of Carlisle, at the opening of a mission hall near that city, took occasion to give expression to bis views on the subject of dancing He declared that he had never been able to see any baim in
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  • 485 9 Mks Joseph's Trial*. What They Were, And How They Were Overcome by Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills. Much needless suffering would be saved if every woman iu the Far East realised how speedily and effectively Dr. Williams’Pink Pills cure the various ailments peculiar to
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 80 9 aim. When you »h save from®5 to 50 P 6^^ 0 on any article, you have a bargain. you buy a bottle of CJhamberlaiu a Co ic. Cholera and Diarrbeea. Remedy at the regniar price, you w.ll probably save several time* its cost, in doctor’s bills before thp summer is
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    • 68 9 Don’t Put It Off. Don’t .11«- twentyfour hour, to elap»e .i.hout Cban.borl.iu’. Cube. Ctater. »a Diarrhrea Remedy .o your ho»o. Iruo. tou may uot need it within that i« bolter than any doctor’, pre.cr.pt, on and worth twontv tulioa it. co.t in ca.ea of diarrbtEt, cramp colic or dy.enter», which
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    • 63 9 Relief from Rheumatic Fains. Tb« great pain power of Chainbe*Iain’s Pain Balm i« clearly shown in cases of sciatica and itflwmnatory rheurna tisoi, both of which are extremely painful, bur. on© application of this liniment giyes relief and eual.les the sufferer to sleep, which in many instances b© has not
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    • 292 9 MY FRIENDS THE savages; 1 BT SIGNOR 6. B. CERRUTI, PRICE $2-50. THE CRITERION PRESS, LTD., 228 it* 230. Beach Street NOW READY! PANTUN SHAR-YER SINYOfl LAYLAR, if t a e d ife e reut od U 'a» hp td m »he 1 red ew I SILAM BARI, TRANSLATED FROM
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 639 10 MACKAY’S LIQUEUR WHISKY. The Acme of Quality. BAXTER Co.’s BEST NAVY CANVAS. SANDILANDS, BUTTERY Co. John Bazley White Bros. PORTLAND CEMENT, “LION BRAND.” i WE LEAD Why? We Offer You the Easiest Terms. We Always Have a Large Selection. We Hold the Sole Agencies of Best Makes. We are Piano
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