Straits Echo, 31 August 1911

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    35 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY VOL. 9. $24 Per Annum. PENANG, THURSDAY, Hist AUGUST, 191|; Single Copy, 10 cents. No. 197
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      979 1 If you require a Tonic and some thing to nourish you Drink Dog’s Head Guinness’s Stout, v I *>v ri and look for this label to see that you get it. TIANG LEE A Co., Sole Agent». Andrew Usher 8 Co.’s SPECIAL RESERVE. O.V.G. Whisky. SANDILANDS, BUTTERY 8 Co., AGENTS
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      34 1 Order it in Nip Bottles Dog’s, Head Guinness’s Stout. The Tonic that cheers and soothes and doesn’t he ’-in. Observe this lal)el, it is on every genuine Nip. TIANG LEE A Co., Sole Agent*.
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    New Gopeng, Ltd.
    1140 2 Thk Additional Water Supply. The eighth ordinary general meeting of the above-named Company was held at Redruth on July 27th. Mr. James Wickett. (Chairman of the Company) presided. The Chairman s iid From the Manager’s report you will notice that no fresh ground has been worked during
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      56 2 THIS IS IT! WATERBURY’S METABOLIZED Cod Liver Oil Compound Errjsf TASTELESS ODORLESS The latest scientific pre parationof COD LIVER OIL Does ail that is claimed for it and supersedes (lie old fashioned emulsions which upset ibe stomach. Highly re commended by thj mtdi cal profession. h ALL CHdMitfs 11 1.v5..,
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      340 2 Antiseptic Linimert. Cuts and bruises miv be healed in about one-third the time required b^ r the usual treatment by applying Chamberlain’s Pain Balm. It is an antiseptic and causes such injuries to heal without maturation. This liniment also relieves soreness of the muscles and rheumatic pains. For sale by
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      1678 2 Bandoendsche Kininefabriek a| A w A 1, JAVA QUININE. Largely used by Hospitals and Estates. Picked in Kilo Tins it $12-50 per tin. Special price for large quantities. G. H. SLOT Co., AGENTS. WE STOCK. Wine, large small small Coleman’s Wincarnis Do. Do. V'ana Tonic Wine Steam’s Wine Dr. Lalor’s
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    VESSELS EXPECTED.
    29 3 Vessels From Agents Due Qnsisenau A stay e Arcadui P. Ludwig Colombo Colombo Singapore Singapore B.M.&Co. A. A-G.&Co. B. 31 st Aug. 7th Sept. 9th 13 th
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    SAILINGS.
    21 3 Vessels For Agents Leaves Gneisenau Assay e Arcadia P. Ltulwig Singapore Singappre Colombo Colombo BJl.&Jo A.G.4C0. A. B. A'ug. Sept.
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      274 3 S.N.C Kipwted Arrivals and Departures. Mail Service Outward. China connecting Assaye due Sept. 7. Macedonia Delhi Sept. 21. Homeward. S.S. INDIA, will run through from China to Marseillea and London without transhipment. FAKES BY MAIL STEAMERS. 1st class 2nd class To London by Sea 8565-72 8377-14 To Marseilles or Gibraltar
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      486 3 5 BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD. 1 auu niciv urnuiinxi wild HUTTENBACH, LIEBERT Co. Penang, Ag?nts. So m koninklijke PAKETYAART MAATSCH APPIJ. (ROYll. DllTi II IMUET COMPANV.i POR Intended to Sail. Steamer. Dell Asahan, Paneh and Singapore. (Weekly). Fri. 1st Sept., 2 p.m. Fri. 8th Sept., 2 p.m. Deli
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      934 3 (SHIPPING.) OMUm LLOYD, BREMEN. IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE. .npHE fast an«l well-known mail steamers of this Company sail fortnightlv from Bremen Hamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southampton, Gibraltar, Algiers, 'Genoa, Naples JjPonnection Marseilles, Naples, Alexandra and vice versa). Port Said, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penang, Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai, Tsingtau or Nagasaki, Yokohama
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    THE STRAITS ECHO.
    104 4 A Journal for Educated Folk Published daily (except Sundays aud public holidays) AT THE CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. No. 22(3—232, Beach Street, Pen ang. Price. Daily Local $24 per annum. Outstatioa... Postage Extra. Mail Elition (Post Free) $l5 CABLE ADDRESS ECHO—PENANG.” Telsphonz Nds. (Siha) 533 Printing Department 313
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    A BIG CROWD
    674 4 They said that only ab nit twenty jieople would attend the Town Meeting conven Q d hv the Penang A-so-iition Thev said hat only Asians would go to it. Thev said l hat this was the Penang wav. Our resjiect for the experience of older residents permitted
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    A HOLE AND CORNER MEETING.
    847 4 In contrast to the mass meeting in the Town Hall, let us regard the meeting of the 3*euang Fire Insurance Association, which hole-and-corner affair we have just heard of. It was against the half dozen clauses of part XII the same Bill; but premium, rather
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    Tin and Rice Quotations.
    154 4 •y I The following business in tin has been >f done to-day d s I Penang el Penang Tin Exchange, 17i tons at 193.55 J I Eastern Smelting Co., 75 94. 1 I Straits Trading Co., 75 91,_ y I Singapore J Straits Trading Co., 100
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    PENANG RURAL BOARD.
    291 4 A meeting of the Penang Rural Board was held at the Land Office yesterday. The following gentlemen were present —Messrs. J. C. Sugars (Chairman), Cheah Chew Yew, J. R Brown, Robinson and Chee Kok Fee (Secretary). The minutes of the last meeting which was held on 28th
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    P. C. C.
    452 4 Lawn Tennis Tournament. Following were the results of the ties played off yesterday Championship. Mercer bent Waugh, 6—2 6—4. Lailies' Double Handicap. Mrs. Kinder Miss Jones beat Mrs. Ebden Miss Palmer, 4-6; 11-9; 6-3. Malacca Plantations.—Mr. Chau Koon Cheng has accepted an appointment as Adviser to the
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  • TELEGRAMS.
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      Governor Arrive.
      40 4 And Is Properly Saluted The governor on arrival at Sin met by a guird of honour of 100 tile of the Buffs Salutes in,i guns) were tired on his arrival his Royal Commission was being red( < wllen Echo
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      A Determined Murder.
      112 4 Singapore Towkay Done to Death Goh Bxm Chan, proprietor 0 f Hoho Biscuit factory, Was yesterday evening while sitting lUr< ere d veraudah of Villa St. Joseph U p Panjang, Singapore. He was with S" Thiam Seng, Ee Kong Siang and T J* Pin, when two Chinese
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      Harbour Murder.
      29 4 Five Chinese Arrested. Five Chinese are on remand at Singaho* charged with the murder of a Keppel Harbour. There had been a 4 u Wrel Echo Special.
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      Heavy Fine.
      34 4 Removing Dutiable Liquor. P| Tan rr^ lI ?r S ou the managing partner of Oliop lek tiuat, bingapore, was tined $2OO for removing dutiable liquor without a mit. 1 r Echo Special.
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      Brass Bound.
      25 4 Stole Cartridge Cases. A servant (mandore) at Balestier Kang?, Singapore, has got a month for misappropriation of 3,000 empty cartridge cases. Echo Special.
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      Morocco.
      121 4 Pr ei E*po*itioft of German Standpoint Wanted. The I rench premier, M. Caillaux, received M. Jules Carnbjn, French Ambassador at Berlin, preparatory to the latter’s return to Berlin. It is semi-officially announced that M. Cambon will ask Germany for a more precise exposition of her standpoint in regard to
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      M. Kato.
      22 4 Going Home on Leave. M. Kato, the Japanese Ambassador in London, will proceed to Japan next week on leave. Reuter.
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      Togo.
      25 4 At Victoria. Admiral Togo has arrived at Victoria. British Columbia from Seattle. He travelled in an American cruiser and was escorted by another. Reuter.
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      Delhi Durbar.
      151 4 Curtailment of Programme. It is officially announced that, owing to the scarcity due to drought prevailing in certain parts of India, the King has approved of the curtailment of the programme at the Durbar by which military manoeuvres will be abandoned. The number of troop* attending will also
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      361 4 I *> MOTOR-CYCLES PRICES FROM £3OO. Lightweights, Mediums and Heavies. Massey-Harris, Premier and Simplex. MASSEY-HARRIS BICYCLE WORKS, 23. BLaCH STREET. PENANG. ALEMBIC. HIGH CLASS DENTIFRICE. This del tifrice, intended for high clans and fashionable people 1» a fragrant and deodorising light rose powder w hich can be used with the
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      35 4 Dr. Boss of Strassburg introduced (,’nn m ll e treatment of the most rainful i, d seases to which mankind is liabk. It of better, safer and more effective than other <**W» or P c
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      32 4 (•otiosan is a ha PP.v combination of Kawa Resins with Oleum Santali in the proportion of 1 part Kawa Kawa to 4 parts OleumSantal cures easily, no complications. All chemists and dealers.
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      11 4 W ouds Great Peppermint Cure for internal complaints, dysentry, coughs, coldi
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    MUNICIPAL BILL.
    2328 5 Meeting of Protest. The public meeting which was held at the Tow n Hall yesterday at turnout) to protest against the principle of the propose.! new Municipal Ordinance was one of the largest in the annals of Penang. The meeting was unanimously against the Bill and pledged itself
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    The New Lord Chancellor for Ireland.
    216 5 The Right Hou. Redmond Barry k c., m.p., late Attorney-General for Ireland who has 1 just been appointed Lord Chancellor ‘for < Ireland has had au almost meteoric career of success. Graduating at the R.U.I. lie was called to the Irish Bar in Trinity
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    P. W. Weather Report for 30th August.
    183 5 Highest corrected reading of Barometer £9.877 Maximum temperature iu Miade 91°F Minimum 72^ Rainfall Nil. Prevailing direction of Wind... N. W. Green Cloth and Green Man. —Phuili Cheng Sang let Ooi Thai San have a billiard table ou lease. He got it back
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    THE MANIFEST.
    794 5 Immigrants.— The s. s. Tkyngwn from Madras landed 2,138 Government coolies and 536 deck passengers. Coffee. —Messrs. Behu, Meyer A Co. are shipping 3 tons of coffee by the s. s. Klei*t for Copenhagen. General Cargo. —The s. s. Lai Sony and the s. s. Kleiet brought 500
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    FIXTURES.
    80 5 To- DAT. Hth 1 >ay of 7th Moon. Municipal Commission, 3-30 p.in. Lemrue Football P. C. C. rs. Police, Esplanade. Golf Club: Entries C.ose for Mr. Justice Thornton's Prize. George Town Cinematograph, Kuala Kangsar Road, 9 p.m. Straits Cinematograph, Penang Ro. d. Japanese Bioscope, Penang Road. To-mobbow. 9th I>a_v
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    THE MOON.
    18 5 First Quarter Aug. Mist O Full Moon Sept. Bth f*ast Quarter Itith O New Moon 22nd
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    MAILS DUE.
    18 5 German (Gaeitenau) ...31st Auj. English (dsMye) 7th Sept. China (Arcadia i 9th China (Prinz Ludicij 13th
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    P. & O. SAILINGS.
    35 5 P. O. SAILINGS. Ma I Service. OurwAEn Homeward. Aaeaye 7 Sept. I Arcadia 9 Sept. Delhi 2 I Delta 23 tx ra Service. Outward. Homeward Sumatra 12 Sept. Nore 1 Sept Malta 26 Socotra 15
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      36 5 Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a chief I.ay beaneath the bed clothes In agony and grief! Achy fi his wife said (Whatever that may mean), “Take this Woods’ Peppermint Cure And you'll be all serene
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      37 5 Stubborn Ccughs Do not allow aco J to linger as it indicates some throat or lung trouble Th a timely use of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy w ill avoid all danger. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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      34 5 Source of Sleeplessness. The most common cause of insomnia is disorders of the stomach. Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets correct these disorders and enable you to sleep. For sale by all Dispensaries and Peaieis.
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      15 5 For all internal complaints, dysentery, oo le} s, colds, etc., take Woods' Great Peppermint Cure.
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      337 5 NOTICE THE BRITISH BARK DRUMELTAN." i It is hereby notified that neither the Captain, Owners or Agents will be lesponsible for anv debts whatsoever contracted by the crew of the al»ove ship. A. WATT, 31-8-***** Master. THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE CO., LTD. II bad Office: —SINGAPORE. Life Assurance and
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      197 5 NOTICE Penang Sales Room. Postpone i> Sai.es to me ke-put ui* to PUBLIC AUCTION On Monday, 4th September, 1911, at amove sai.es kuom, 38, T»EA< H STREET, AT 10-30 A.M Premises No. 70, Eurniah K«*ad, origiua.ly advertised as on 24tli August, 11*11, and AT 1-30 P.M, Premises No. 138, Hutton
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    SHARES.
    1956 6 2 i 1 SI o Number of j, x -S Capital. Shares P Dividends. Name. SCI 5» I icanad 2 p 5 ,p ued 3 *3 p 3 i i j fl J *****907 1908 1909 *****9U KUBBER—IM/LLAK SHARES, p.c. p.c. p.c. p.c. p. c. I lopp 8 150
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      66 6 o., TD i PENANG SPECIAL SALE 0F GRAMAPHONE RECORDS. 2,000 ASSORTED, BAND DANCE SONC SELECTIONS. 2,000 All the Latest and Most Popular Musical Comedy and Comic Selections. ALL KECORDS 10 In. DOUBLE SIDED. PRICES DURING THE SALE. Klingsor and Edison Bells, $1-10 MCE. Columbia Renas AN D Velvet Faced Edisons,
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    EXCHANGE.
    118 7 Pbnano. 31st Auoust. By courtesy of the Chartered It ink. London, Demand Bank 2/V 4 months' sight Bmk 2/4jW 3 Credit 2/4 3 Documentary.. 2/4A Calcutta, Demand Bank R*. i 3 days’sight Privtte Bombay, Demand Bank 1744 Moulmein, Demand Bank 173% 3 days’sight Private 176 Madras, Demand Bank 17*.
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    PRODUCE.
    221 7 Gold Leaf 864.60 s Black Pepper n/> stock White Pepper 28 50 sales Trang Pepper 20. non. C’oves 42. nominal Mace I>*B —nomi ■Hi Pickings 103— nominal Nutmegs 110 s. 23 .—sellers f No. 1 6 10 sal t Sugar j 2 6 ial s (Basket 5.10 nom. Copra
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    MARKET PRICES.
    185 7 Fkna.no, 31st August, 1911. Beef eta. Soup por catty 14 Roast 21 Steaks 24 Stew o' Curry Meat... Id Rump Steak 14 Ox Tail each 1 0 Tongue... 55 Feet 1-j Heart 30 Liver per catty 5» Pork Pork per catty 32 Pig’s Hei>d SO F:ct 241 Tongue
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    The Delhi Durbar.
    772 7 Planning the Camps. Delhi, August 13th. —The Commissioner, Colonel Dallas, and the Deputy Commissioner, Mr. Barron, are out all day organising precautionary measures against famine. Sir John Hewett and Sir Henry MacMahon, regardless of the heat and the pre- vailing sickness, are investigating matters and personally superintending
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    Mountain Eagles.
    697 7 Their Haunts in the Highlands Or Scotland. Tha»ks to Parliament, county councils, landed proprietors, and sporting tenants, the eagle is becoming more numerous in the Highlands, but its numbers are stiU few compared with Uiose of say, a century ago. i Even so recently as 1835, sa*B a
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    Tide Table for Penang.
    185 7 September, 1911. Date H. W. L. W. H. W. L. W. A.M. A.M. P.M. P M. Ist 4.56, 11.08, 5.19, Nil. 2nd 5.45, 12.05, 6.20, 12.38 3rd 7.03, 1.32, 7.51, 2.20 4th 8.37, 2.58, 9.18, 3.39 sth 9.56, 4.03, Oil, 4.2 > 6th 10.27, 4 39,
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      ARRIVALS.
      61 7 Drumrlfun, Br. Barque, Watt, 30th Aug., New York, 29th Apr., Kerosioo and Naptha. —A. G. Co. Kleist, Ger. s.s., 5,127, Naass, 31st Aug., Yokohama, 12th Aug., Gen. —B. M. A (Jo. Hebe, Br. s.s., 34», Willis, 31st Aug., Teluk Anson, 3 th Aug, Gen. —A. G. Co. Thongwa, Br.
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      DEPARTURES.
      70 7 31 st August. Kedah, for Alor Star (Kedah). Petrel, for Asahan. Avagyee, for Deli. Malacca, for Tongkah. Cornelia, for Port Swetteuham, Port Dickson and Malacca. Tony Hong, for Rangoon. Canton, for Dindings and Teluk Anson. Thongica, for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Malaya, for Deli. Gneitenau. for Singaporo, China and
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      MAILS CLOSE
      354 7 For Alor Star (Kedah)—Per Totuj Chnan, to-morrow, 11 a.ui. Pangkalan Brandan—Per Ban 1 Vhatt Soon, to-morrow, 1 p in. Tongkah, Kopah, Renong, Victoria Poiut, Mergui and Tavoy—Per Janet Nicoll, tomorrow, I p.m. Port Swetteuham and Singapo •e Per Pin Seny, to-morrow, 3 p.m. Singapore, China and Jap m—Per
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      236 7 j PEN AUG- SALES BOOM, BEACH STREET. PENANG. THE BEACH STREET, PENANG. ESTABLISHED 1892. UNDER THE DISTINGUISHED PATRONAGE OP HONBLE R. N. BLAND, LATE RESIDENT CODNCILLOR, PENANC. Auctioneers, Brokers, Appraisers House and Land Agents, Skipping and General Commission Agents. Import Merchants, Dealers in British, Continental, and Oriental Curios, Wholesale and
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      53 7 THIS IS IT Waterbury's Metabolized Cod Li ver Oil Compound TASTELESS ODORLESS > .-5 The latest scientific preparation of COD LIVER OIL. Dees all that is claimed for it and supersedes the old fashioned emulsions which upset t he stomach. H ighly recommended by the medical profession. O'- ALL CHEMISTS
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      67 7 Cick Headache. This distressing ailment results from a disordered condition of the stomach. All that is needed to effect a cure is a dose or two of Stomach aud Liver Tablets. In fact, the attack may he warded off. or greatly lessened in severity, by taking a dose of these
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      89 7 Praise From Everywhere. The manufacturers of Chamberlaiu’s Cough Jtemedy receive letters from the most, iemote corners of the world in praise of this well known medicine. Parents in Australis. India and Samoa give it to their babies for colds and croup, with the same satisfactory «•suits as do the mothers
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      647 8 W. MANSON, American Dentist Late of Dr. Alin f Co., Pha, U. S. A. Charges Moderate, Consultation] Free. RESIDING AT Ao. 21 a, Penang Road. A few loots from the Eastern and Oriental Hotel. Khoo Buan Phuan CHOP Gim Seng Moh, 203, Main Road, Taiping, THE STRAITS QUANO 007., LTD.
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      458 8 THE LONDON COMPANY ANc INCORPORATED BY royit CHARTER A.D. 1720 'pSR undersigned, having U« JL. Agents for the above Corpora}now prepared to accept MARINE risks fct current rates. 11 PATERSON. SIMONS A Cn LTD Commercial Union Assurance Company, l(i GUARANTEE DEPARTMENT The Bonds of this Company are L by the
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