Straits Echo, 22 June 1910

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    34 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR'jEAST GENERALLY. VOL. 8. $24 Per Annum PENANG, WEDNESDAY, 22nd JUNE, 1910. Stogie Copy, 10 ceots^ No. 138.
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    Strange Cargo.
    543 2 ORANG OUTANG VISITOR ARRIVES IN LONDON. Mrs. Kelly—From Borneo. The week-end has brought to London a visitor who will feel Terr lonely—an orangoutang front Borneo named Mrs. Kellv, reports the Leader of May 18. There is not another of her race in the country outside the Zoological Gardens.
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    Penang Shipments.
    186 2 By the on 18th June, the folk'* iug Penang shipments were made: For Colombo. —M. M. Noordin 7 cases Chinese Tobacco; Ghista Bros. i*ls. 110 Sago, Pis. 15 Blac k Pepper. For Bombay.—The Assistant Treasurer 24 N'ies Silver Coins $30.000; O. Purshotumdas A Co. Pis. 21 Tin; A.
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    Wolfram.
    143 2 Tnngganu is one of those little states in the Malayan Peninsula that has recently come under British influence and is being administered by the Federated Malay States and bids fair, under the new regime, to show up its resources. It is perhaps one of the few of the recently
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    Tide Table for Penang.
    77 2 June, 1910 H.W. L.W. H.W. L.W. D**- A.». A.». m. r> 22nd 11.32, 5.42, 11.51, 6.01 23rd Nil. 6.14, 12.10. 6.40 24th 12.28, 6.46. 1.04, 7.22 25th 1.23, 7.32, 1.42, 7.51 26th 2.02, 8.12, 2.22, 8.32 27th 2.41, 8.52, 8.02, 9.13 28th 3.24, 9.46, 3.47, 9.59
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      31 2 Uor.OMR (in is well tolerated by the digMtro apparatus no ixHnplicatkm of any sort uvuw, ami its adk« is nsst favourable in Cystitis. Apprised by the rewduu: specialist* of the ebay.
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      474 2 Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure for internal comphants, dysentery, coughs, colds etc. Is superior to so-cslled apiol, steel drops, tansy or pennyroyal and is a safe remedy for ladies when about to be unwell Recommended by the leading French specialists, to re mo Ye pain, cramps and irregularities peculiar to the
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      1442 2 Thi folltiing Grin Lands will he pul up for auclion at the 1 NOTICE, a condition as to cultivation. Further particulars may be obtained and plans inspected at the Land Office, i enang, or the District Office, Bel* Pulsu. N ATHAN Balik Pulau, Ist June, 1910. 397 Acting District Officer.
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    P. & O. SAILINGS.
    32 3 P. O. SAILINGS. Mill S«nlC OUTWARD HOM***™» Delhi ‘J9 June. I Arcadia Aetayr 13 July, j Delta Extra bervlce Outward. Candia 'J7 June. I Borneo July S a tula 6 July. I
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    MAILS DUE.
    10 3 «iennan (Lu*»*) (Dtlhi) ■"'•jnJJuly ohm» «a. China Yorck)
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    VESSELS EXPECTED
    38 3 Ve« eel* Brain Atjenl* Due Lneteow Colombo B.M. Co. 28nlJune Braemar Glasgow S.B.&Co. 23rd Delhi Colomlx) iA.G. Co. 29th A rcadia Singapore A.G. Co. 2nd July Yorck Singapore B.M. Co. 6th Beueorlieh London S.B.&Co. i 26th
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    SAILINGS
    27 3 Vessels For Ayeule Leave Ifuetzow Braemar Delhi Singapore Singapore Singapore B.M.&Co. S.B.&Co. A.Cl. Co. June. Arcadia Colombo A.O. Co. July. Yorck Colombo B.M.&Co. Benwrlick Singapore IS.B.ACo.
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  • SHIPPING.
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      ARRIVALS.
      103 3 Petrel, Br. s.s., 124, Wright, 21« t June, Asa Man, 20th June, Gen.—E. 8. Co., Ltd. Java, Br. 2,631, Baker, 22nd June, London. 20th May, Gen.— A. G. Co. Jin Ho, Br. s.s., 111, Eades, 21st June. Langlcat, 20th June, Gen. —E. 8. Co., Ltd. Cornelia, Br. s.s., 194,
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      DEPARTURES.
      77 3 22nd June. Jin Ho, for Langkat. Rotorua for Tongkah. Deli, for Trang and Pang Nga. Panykor, for Teluk Anson. Kum Sany, for Singapore and Hongkong. Tong Chay Un, for Bindings. Flying Dragon, for Port Weld and Taiping. Malaya, for Deli. P. E. Friedrich, for Ceylon, Australasia, 9 India, Aden,
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      MAILS CLOSE
      68 3 Fok Alor Star (Kedah) —Per Kedah, tomorrow, 8 a.m. Asahan—Per Petrel, to-morrow, 11 a.m. Port Swettenham, Port Dickson and Malacca—Per Cornelia, to-morrow, 11 a.m. Port Swettenham and Singapore —Per Taroba, to-morrow, 11 a.m. Sourabaya—Per Amnia, to-morrow, 11 a.m. Port Swettenham and Singapore—Per Pin Seng, 24th instant, 3 p.m.
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    Passengers to the Straits.
    465 3 Per I. G. M. 8.8. Luetzow, from Europe, due at Penang on 23rd Juse To Penang Mr. B. Barendsen and family, Mrs. Jackson and ch. To Singapore Mr. and Mrs. P. van Leeuwen Boomkamp, Mr. F. Goldsuecker, Mr. B. Wirtz, Mr. F. van Dinter, Mr. T.
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      275 3 P.&O. S.N.G Kxpwlwl Arrivals and Departures, Mail Servica Outward. ,1 mi** 20 Delhi connecting with Mongolia July 13 Aetaye Marmora 27 Devanha Moiea Vu" 10 Arcadia Mooltan Homeward. FAKES BY MAIL STEAMERS. 1st class 2nd class To London l»y Sea £66 £44 To Marseilles or Gibraltar £61-12 £41-16 W EXTRA
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      62 3 (SHIPPING BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD. huttenbach, LIF.BHRT Co., Penang, a rent* \:v KONINKLIJKE PAKETYAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. (ROYAI. DUTCH PACKET COMPANY.) For Height, passage or panuuia»'' >r HUTTENBACH, LlESF# WLUPHOW* Mr» 521 T#».itAgrjin;« H r-r ;.t*M Mi I Co,, Ptnang, THE EASTERN SHIPPING Co., Lid. The Undernoted Steamers wil* be
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      514 3 NORDDEUTSCHER _LLOYD, BREMEN. IXPEBZAL GERMAN MAIL LIKE. f HE fast and well-known mail steamers of this Company sail foitnightlv from Bremen, Hamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southampton, Gibraltar, Algiers, Genoa, 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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    The Straits Echo.
    101 4 Jut ice satisfies everybody and justice alone.— Emrrso». Published daily (except Sundays) AT THE CRITERION PRESS, LTD., No 226-232. Beach Stleet, Penang PFICE: DAILY LOCAL 52» I>er annum. OUTSTATIONS Postage Extra. MAIL EDITION (Poet Free) 5 5 CABLE ADDRESS Echo—Penang.” Tele» hobe No £43 JV.fi.— All business
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    ADVERSARIA.
    750 4 It will Ire interesting to see how the experiment of Mr. Cunningham, the auctioneer, in instituting a periodical auction sale of shares, Mill pan out. His announcement per yesterday’s Echo was the subject of a good deal of comment last night. For us, we have only one remark to
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    Victoria Day Celebration Committee.
    167 4 A meeting of the Victoria Day Celebration Committee was held at the Governor's Office yesterday afternoon to decide what should be done with the subscriptions received for Victoria Day and to make arrangements for awarding Mr. R. N. Bland’s prize for the Empire Day Essay. In
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    Tin, Opium and Rice Quotations.
    74 4 The following business in tin has been done to-day:— Penang: Penang 1’ in Exchange. 25 tons at £74.05 Eastern Smelting Co., 125 74.50 Straits Trading Co., 25 74.574 Singapore Straits Trading Co., 75 74.55 Total 250 tons. Tin is quoted in London to-day at <£'l4*
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    Rubber Shares.
    96 4 Messrs. Anthony and Anderson's latest alterations:— Allagar 6s. 6d.—7s. 6d. Denistown 33s. —365. London Asiatic 15s. 6d. —17s. 6d. Linggi 60s. —625. 6d. Rubber Estates of Krian 4s. 9d.—ss. x*. Rubber Plantations 465. 3d. —48s. WS. S. (Bertain) Bs. 9d. —9s. 9d Vallambrosa 525. 6d. —555. Mr. VV.
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      1410 4 The Subscription List will close at 3 p.m. on Monday, the 27th of June, 1910. OF THE TA1PINC RUBBER ESTATES, LTD. To be issued In Shanghai on the 15th of Jane, 1910. Copies of the fall Prospectus may be obtained from the Company's Bankers. TO BE INCORPORATED UNDER THE COMPANIES’
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  • TELEGRAMS.
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      Local Stocks and Shares.
      29 5 (Echo Special.) Market Unchanged. Smgaiiore, 22nd June.—The market is practically unchanged. The prices of the undermentioned shares are as follows Anglo-Malays 28s. Selangors 725. 6d.
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      The War Office.
      149 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) Some New Appointments London, 21st June.—lt is officially announced that General Sir lan Hamilton has lieen appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean, Major-General John Spencer Kwart, Adjutant-General, and Lieut.-Gen-eral Sir Archhald Hunter, Governor of Gibraltar. < ine effect of the reorganisation is that General Sir
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      Army Pageant.
      43 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) Opened by Lord Roberta. London, 21st June. —Lord Roberts opened a great army pageant at the Fulnani Palace grounds, depicting the development of the army from the earliest time onwards and the finest episodes in the continental wars.
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      Labourites and the Government.
      53 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) A Protest. London, 2lat June. —At a meeting of the Lal»our members of the House of Commons it was «‘solved that the (Lords) Veto resolutions were not modifiable. The meml>erB, therefore, protest against the front ttenches assuming authority to go behind the decision
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      Roosevelt’s Son Married
      42 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) A Host of Guests London, 21st June Mr. Theodore Boose* velt, Junior, was married at New "York vesterday to Miss Alexander. There was a host of guests. The streets were packed. Roosevelt's Kougliriders attended the wedding.
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      World-wide Peace.
      57 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) American laltiatire. L<mdon, 22nd June.—A telegram from Washington states that the House of Representatives passed a resolution providing that President Taft should appoint five distinguished Americans to confer with the foreign Governments with regard to wo wide j*eace. It is suggested that Theodore Roosevelt should
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      Election News.
      52 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) West Hartlepool. London, 21st June.—At the live-election at West Hartlepool Sir C. Furness pilled 6,159 votes and Mr. W. < Unionist) 5,993 votes, a majority of IW>. At the last General Election the figures "ere: SirC. Furness (Liberal) 6,581 W. H. Grit ten (Unionist)... 54
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      Cretan Crisis.
      96 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) Germany Chip» I"? London, 22nd June.—The Tune* corresp indent at St. Petersburg statesit ha many has informed Russia of her en approval of the Cretan proposal ot m. Isvolskv, Russian Foreign Minister, purport of which she learned from the ue jjapers. The protecting powers alone
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    George Town Dispensary, Limited.
    325 5 The adjourned annual general meeting of •he George Town Dinpensarv. Ltd., was held at the company's offices. No. 37a, Beach Street, yesterday afternoon, Dr. T. C. Avetoom presiding. The business was purely formal. After the minutes of the last annual fP*ner»l meeting were read and confirmed,
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    “A Woman Scorned.”
    296 5 He was Fickle, but No Burglar. L. C. Rodrigo, who, as reported in our columns last week, was arrestcnl on an accusation of breaking into the house of May Chong, at Seang Tek Road, with intent to commit theft, deserves considerable sympathy. He was brought lie fore
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    A False Alarm.
    231 5 Ceylon Lane was the* scene of great excitement in the early hours of this morning. Shortly after two o'clock the shrill noise* of a whistle and the cries of a woman in distress were heard from one of tlu* houses in that thoroughfare and immediately a crowd
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    Interstate Cricket.
    888 5 In the interstate match lietween Perak and Negri Feinbilan which was begun at Taiping on Saturday, the home team scored 166 runs in their first innings. When the score had reached 20 on the first day heavy rain fell and further play was abandoned until Monday. The T.
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    The Hevea Sale.
    607 5 A general meeting of the shareholders of the Hevea Rubber Planting Company, Ltd., was held in the offices, The Arcade, SingaSre, on Monday, under the presidency of r. A. Diehn. The object of the meeting was to authorise the directors to carry through the sale of the
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    Saving Them Trouble.
    335 5 It seems to have escaped the notice of the Municipal Commissioners who are doubtless jealous of their position as nominally superior to the Municipal Executive, that they on Friday sanctioned a course of action which the Executive had declared for them a considerable time before, says the
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  • PUBLIC OPINION.
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      DO YOU WANT YOUR MONEY BACK?
      171 5 To tbs Editor of thk Straits Echo Sir, At a meeting of the Victoria Day Celebration Committee held in the Governor’s Room yesterday, it was decided that the balance of the fund collected for this year’s celebration should be carried forward and used for
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      THAT BRIDGE PROBLEM.
      241 5 To the Editor op tub Straits Echo. Dear Sir, Re that Bridge Problem, I have just seen the letters in the Echoe* of 15th et *eq. A. V. Ictim’B solution is absolutely correct, but the way it appeared in the Echo of 17th inst., it is very
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    The Crimping of Clerks.
    245 5 A Disgusted Merchant writes thus to the Malay Mail :—You are probably aware that, in view of the opening up of estates and mercantile establishments, there is now a great demand for clerks and book-keepers. Hitherto crimping has been confined to servants and coolies, but this
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    Belat Tin Mining Co., Ltd.
    174 5 Belat, 3rd June. 1910. Report of the work done during the month of May, 1910. Block 11, Nnngei (iamb mg. The tributer working the river bed took out karang, but did not wash. Large falls of earth, and lazy coolies have hampered the work here,
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    Forthcoming Prize Fight.
    229 5 Savs the writer of Mail Notes in the 8. F. P. I have read rather an interesting and novel theory— emanating from America, of course, —in regard to the forthcoming fight between Johnson and Jeffries, says the Boxing Correspondent of the Asian. It is to the effect
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    Passengers.
    50 5 Arrived. Per s.s. Malaya 21st June, from Deli Mr. and Mrs. A. Oechsle and child, Mrs. A. van Leeuwen, Mrs. E. Veldman, Messrs. R. Thiele, E. Prior, B. van Lith, J. de Voogt, P. Brandt, E. Meyer, A. van Leuythen, B. Roggeband, P. Mulilinghaus, Lo Moksan and R. Judali.
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    FIXTURES.
    45 5 To-day. 16th Day of sth Moon. Town Band, Esplanade, 6 to 7 p.in. Golf Club Tennis Ties. To-morrow. 17th Day of sth Moon. Birthday of H. R. H. the Duke of Cornwall Public Holiday. No issue of the Straits Echo. Lodge Scotia, 6-15 p.m.
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      44 5 The Annoying Cough. Your cough annoys you. Keep on hacking and tearing the delicate membrane* of your throat if you want to be annoyed. Hut if you want relief, want to be cured, take Chainberlain’s Cough Remedy. For *ale bv all Dispensaries and Deater*
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      50 5 Those travellers bold, who faced the cold. The South Pole to explore. Would have foresworn their quest forlorn. And stayed at home, I’m sure, Did they not know, that ’mid ice and snow, They could perfect health ensure, By having close by a jtood supply Of Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure.
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      236 5 Neuralgia and Sciatica C ured. The great pain relieving power of Charnl>erlain’s Pain Balm lias been the surprise and delight of many sufferers from neuralgia and sciatica. The excruciating pains characteristic of these diseases are quickly allayed by this liniment. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers. AUTO-HARPS. Muller’s Grand
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  • Obituary
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    46 5 Obituaries. {Echo Special.) General Van der Willigeti. Singapore, 22nd June.—General Van der Willigeu, Commandant, of the Dutch Army in Batavia. died of cholera. Mr. Tail *o«> Khram. The death took place yesterday of Mr. Tan Soo Kheam, youngest son of the Hon. Mr Tan Jiak Kim.
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    The Shrinking World.
    697 6 We who are living now are witnessing in swift succession the last battles in the long canqiaigns on which humanity has bent its efforts from the l*eginning of things. One after another the visions that mocked the poets, the sages, the scholars, the adventurers of the past
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    EXCHANGE.
    118 6 Penang, 22nd June. By courtesy of the Chartered Bank. London, Demand Bank 2/4,% 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4/% 3 Credit 2/4* 3 Documentary.. 2/41 Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. 175} 3 days’ sight Private 177 Bombay, Demand Bank 175} Moulmein, Demand Bank 175 3 day s’sight Private 177 Madras, Demand
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    PRODUCE.
    197 6 Gold Leaf $04.00 Black Pepper no stock White Pepper 23.80 sales Trang Pepper 10.50 sellers Cloves 00. Mace 80. —ho/m. Pickimrs 74. —sellers Nutmegs 110 s. 17.50 buyers No. 1 7.20 sales Sugar 2 no stork (Basket. 4.90 sales Tapioca Flour 1-75 Copra (mixed) 9.10 buyers f Tali bun
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    SHARES.
    1891 6 i or 5 p S Number of *«0, g Capital. Shares Dividends Name. g S J 5 issued. s 4 fa fa «0 i 1 j “t j 190»;1907 1908 190f> 1910 RUBBER-DOLLAH SHARES, p c. p.c. p c. p.c. p- c. 1909 150 000 130,000 1 1 j
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      67 6 A Good Household LinimentWhen a liottle of Chamberlain's Pain Balm is kept in the house, the pains of bums and scalds may be promptly relieved, cuts and bruises quickly healttl, swellings promptly reduced and rheumatism and neuralgia robbed of their terrors. In fact, for the household ills, it is just
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      25 6 The first violent inflammatory symptoms quieklv disappear after treatment with Riedel's tionoftMll Capsules. No better prepaIMiration now on the market. Certified by the leading Specialists.
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      45 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. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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      97 6 NOTICE. TAMIL IMMIGRATION FUNO ENACTMENT, IMS I EMPLOYERS OF TAMIL LABOUR J are hereby reminde<l that returns under the above Enactment for tlie preceding quarter must l>e sent to the office, of the Superintendent of Immigrants, Penang, during the months of April, July, October and January. Forms for the return
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      345 6 ta ACKAY’S LIQUEUR WHISKY. The Aome of Quality. 168 MARTIN’S teraPNLLS Remedy fop nil French Remedy for ell Irregularity* -iheskrep «box of Martin's Pills ioile hou.r t* i nt nnr Tfremtiartf» of tk. c Thousand* of trod. TYio*wWuMtl,r™ rec^n3^!lT'' > ~ntw n ,^J^ »i ivvvHtmrn iunaous Mte. At *ll chemists
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    Hydrophobia in India.
    428 7 Nearly 2,000 Persona Treated Last Year. I The report of the Kasauli Pasteur Insti* I tute for last year is published. It shows that nearly 2,000 persons were treated last year, of whom 490 were Europeans, the number of cases showing a marked advance in spse of
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    Roosevelt as a Reader.
    238 7 In the American Outlook Mr. Roosevelt (who is not only ex-President, mighty hunter, American Ambassador to the Universe, but “contributing editor”) has some explanations to make about his pigskin library.” He does not impose the hundred lcest books upon anyone else. When he goes into the
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    America and Chinese Railways.
    190 7 Headway Against Europe. That American machinery ami railway supplies are making substantial headway in China against European competition is demonstrated by an order secured by Manning, Maxwell and Moore, of Lilierty street, New York, whose representative, Mr. George H. Swift, has l>een on a several months’
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      1238 7 UffSXJR-A.N OSia. THE LONDON ASSURANCE CORPORATION. INCORPORATED by ROYAL CHARTER A.D. 1720. fi>HK undersigned, having been appointed Agent* for the above Corporation, are ii,,w iire|>ared to accept MARINE and FIRE risk* at current rates. PATERSON. SIMONS Co* Ltd 12o Commercial Union Assurance Company, Ltd. GUARANTEE department. •J'| ie Bonds of
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      86 7 How to Ward Off Old Age. The most successful way of warding off the approach of old ape is to maintain a vigorous digestion. This can be done by eating only food suited to your age and occupation, and when any disorder of the stomach appears take a dose of
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      939 8 W. MANSON, American Dentist, late of Dr. Allen A Co., Pha U.S.A. C argcs Moderate, Consultation Free. ft«StOIir«'AT (So. 21a., Penang Hoad. A !tw Icon firm the Eastern and Orienta Hotel. 6 mtbt TEA »<? FOR SALE. USEFUL TO PLANTERS, ESTATES, ETC. Large Check Roll Books of 200 leaves. Price,
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