Straits Echo, 8 May 1912

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  • 35 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE: OF EVENTS. CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT HIE STRAITS. THfc FEDERATE» MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY VOL. 10.. $24 Per Annum. PENANG, WEOiNESDA*, Btft MAY, 1U12.» Single Copy, 10 cents. No. 105
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 988 1 Iff ron require a Tonic and tome* thing to nourish you, Drink' Dog’s Head ,Guinness’s Stout, and look for this label to see that you get it tuaNO-iLEE A Co., Sole Agmts. F Andrew Usher 8 Co.’s SPECIAL RESERVE. .O.V.G. Whisky. SANDILANDS. BUTTERY 8 Co.. AGENTS FOR PENANG F. M.
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    • 34 1 1 Order it in Nip Bottles Dog's Head Guinness’s Stout. v ,The Tonic that cheer*, and soothes > and doesn’t harm. Observe this label, it is on every genuine Nip. TIANQ LEEgA Co., Sole Agents.
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  • 772 2 The Imperial Conference of last year passed a resolution in favour of a Commission to inquire into the resources and ways 1 of improving trade within the Empire. This Commission has just been formed^ 4 There are to be six representatives of the j United Kingdom
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  • 207 2 is experienced after a shampoo with Pixoap. This is a mild fluid tar shampoo, from which, by a special patent process, the disagreeable pungent odour commonly associated with tar has been eliminated. It cannot be too widely recognised that tar is an absolutely sovereign
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 60 2 S"tttuh 'Tth? tittjbi a uuiUitmiiiiiiaiuuiiiimuttimitiiaUiiiiititiihtmutiiimauuiiiilß TASTELESS Sit Cal THIS IS IT WATERBURY’S METABOLIZED Cod Liver Oil Compound ODOR Less The latest scientific preparation of COD LIVER OIL. Doc; all that is claimed for it and supersedes the old fashioned emulsions which upset the stomach. Highly recommended by the medical profession.
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    • 303 2 The singer sang a sweet, sweet song In a weak old voice, each note was wrong; With rotten old eggs they pelted him Such generosity melted him So he went to his digs at once and got Woods’ Peppermint Cure, to get the top note. His voice has returned, so
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    • 1548 2 THE BERNESE ALPS MILK tO.s Products wore awarded tbe GRAND PRIX (The highest award obtainable) At the Universal and Colonial Exhibition Brussels. 1910 SLEDGE MILK is supplied to all the GOVERNMENT MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES. Local Agent»: SANDILANDS, BUTTERY CO. >O4 C= Dec >ec sec Dec Dec
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  • 25 3 Vessels brom Agents Due Goeben Delta Atteamer P. Ludwig Colombo Colombo Singapore Singapore BM.ACo. i>th May. AG.ACo. 15th A,G.ACo. 18th BM.ACo. 21*t i
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  • 19 3 Vessels For Agents Leaves Goeben Delia Asteamer P. Ludwig Singapore Singapore Colombo Colombo BM.&Jo. A-O.ACo. A. B. May.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 401 3 fed Arrivals and Hepnrtnrei». Mail Service Outward. l. r > Delta connecting with Morea Mav 30 Arcadia Marmora June 13 Assaye Moldavia Homeward ltote. “s^LonZ. May June July 18 Oriental Devanha 15l)elta 29 A readia 13 Assaye [Malwa 'June 15 China I 30 Macedonia 'July 14 Morea 28 Marmora Aug.
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    • 426 3 r SHIPPING. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAYICATION CO., LTD, Rangoon A Calcutta. Sat. 11th May, 2 p.m. BTorilla Negapatam, Madras, Pondicherry, Cuddalore and KarikaL (Weekly). Sat. 11th May, noon. Wed. 15th May, noon. Sat. 25th May, noon. Teesta Thongwa HUTTENBACH, LIEBERT Co., Penang, Agents. 7» KONINKLIJKE PAKETYAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. (RilYtl DUTCH PACKET
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    • 933 3 MfUTU LL07D, BUN. IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LISTS. fTVHE fast and well-known mail steamers of this Company sail fortnightly from Bremen A Hamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southampton, Gibraltar, Algiers, Genoa Naples (connection Marseilles, Alexandra and vice versa). Port Said, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penang, Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai, Tsingtau or Nagasaki, Kobe, Yokohama
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  • 96 4 Published daily (except Sundays and public holidays) AT THE CRITERION PRESS, Ltd No. 226—232 Beach Street, Penang. Price. Daily Local $24 per annum Outstation... Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Post Free) $l5 CABLE ADDRESS ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo, 586 Printing Department 343 •V. B. All business ocmmunications should
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  • 1418 4 Insufficient attention has been paid to the deferred (post-Easter) discussion in the House of Commons upon the employment of the military during trade disputes. Tde re-introduction of the annual Army Bill was the occasion. In addition there was an appropriate discussion at a big demonstiation in the London Opera
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  • 120 4 A Penang man interested in tin is reported as saying that he expects no drop in the price this year and that further rises are probable. The present high price, he says, is not due to any corner or hold-up, but to an abnormal and genuine demand in
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  • 60 4 If you don’t want real good shows to shirk us You must really see the Hippo, circus. There's another all sufficient reason It will stop to-night it’s Penang season. It’s programme undergoes a second change Including several items new and strange. Last night they say the show
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  • 540 4 The case against Hamad, the chauffeur of Mrs. A. Schmidt, who was charged with voluntarily causing hurt to Mr. Louis Karl and that against Mrs. A. Schmidt, charged with allotting in the offence, was resumed before Mr. McLean yesterday after the tiffin adjournment. Mr. Samuel, counsel for
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  • 279 4 [.Echo Correspondence.] The Gymkhana on May 1st was a great success. Owing to the length of the programme it was impossible to finish all the items in one day and the remaining were run off on Saturday. Lo Siang Sen former Captain China at Batavia has just died. Yap
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  • 234 4 Sergt. Major Littlefield 8 V p Mr. Careless as Secretary of th* in' Uco Ni Captain Griffin has been Superintendent of the Mr. John Lambourne. a member o ftw. gardening staff at the Koval r, th Gardens, Kew, has been appointed superintendent of Government in the Federated
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  • 35 4 At St. George’s Church this morning Mr John Abegg of the Deli Railway Comjvinv was married to Miss Gesina Wilhelimna Snellebrand of Medan. Mr. E. E. i MarekB gave the bride a wav.
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  • 63 4 We regret to hear of the death of Miss Amy Goodwin, the younger unmarried sister of our colleague Mr. R. N. Goodwin, Editor of the Gazette. The deceased f passed away at Newtown, North Wales, on Sunday night. Our sympathy is all the greater as it is barely a
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  • 82 4 Clerical. —An examination will be held at the Education Office to-morrow for the promotion of clerks from class IN to class II On the day following another examination will be held for tbe promotion of clerks from class II t© class I. Messrs. A. E. Pringle and H
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  • 103 4 He is old and he is a Chinaman. He had a lucky escape in Brick Kiln Road yesterday evening. A motor was coming from Jelutong. Near the Magazine Station the car passed him. He was seen to fall oil the ground and several people at once rushed to
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  • 44 4 piculs. Pusing Bharu Siputeh 313 Gopeng Tin Mining, Ltd., Old Mines Ulu Gopeng 1W New Gopeng, Ltd. Kinta Tin Mines, Ltd. Pengkalen, Ltd. Rambutan, Ltd. Kledang Tin Mining Co., Ltd. J* Redhills Tin Mining Co., Ltd. Tekka, Ltd Tekka (Taiping) Ltd.
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  • 51 4 lb«. Merlimau Estate New Crocodile Rirer Rubber Co. Bukit Tunggu Estate A Kurau Balgownie Rubber Estate Kajang Rubber Estate The Glenshiel Rubber Estates Inch Kenneth Rubber Estates j”» L Tebrau Rubber Estates Batu Tiga (Selangor) Rubber Co... Shelford Estate Pendamaran Estate Holmwood Estate Jqq.i Garing Estate Carey
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    • 139 4 TO-NIGHT! TO-NIGHT GRAND FAREWELL PERFORMANCE OF THE HIPPODROME CIRCUS. DON'T FORGET To-night is Positively Our Last Night! DON'T MISS TO-NIGHT’S SHOW NOW or NEVER!! VVe are giving you EVERYTHING of our BEST to-night! Come and see Mr. URBAN'S SENSATIONAL TURN with his Cageful of Lions Come and see our Tigers.
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    • 83 4 How to Keep Well. Constipation brings many ailments in its train and is the primary cause of much sickness. Keep your bowels regular madam, and you will escape many of the ailments to which women are subject. Constipation is a very simple thing, but like many simple things, it may
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    • 81 4 Muscular Rheumatism. When your shoulder is so lame that every movement of your arm pains you severely you may know that you have muscular rheumatism. Prompt relief may be had by applying Chamberlain’s Pain Balm and massaging the affected parts with the palm of the hand at each application. Do
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    • 31 4 Dr. Friedlaender testifies tliat exerts a favourable influence in removu% complications and haemorrhage; Also ni rapid and satisfactory results are obtain by it than by any other preparation Sandalwood oil etc.
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  • TELEGRAMS.
    • 25 5 {Echo Special.) Klumpur, May 8. Mr. Bellamy Brown arrived at Klumpur yesterday to take up .he Editorship of the Malay Mail.
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    • 42 5 (Echo Special.) Singapore, May 8. On the 13th inst. the Polo Club is giving n, farewell dinner to the Hon. W. C. Michell who will act as Resident Councillor of Penang when *he Hon. W. Evans goes Home.
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    • 27 5 Echo Sjteciat.) Singapore, May 8. The Bukit Kajang Rubber Company is paying an interim dividend of 7in respect of the year ended June 30.
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    • 54 5 (Echo Special.') Klumpur, May 8. Moy Fah Chang who sued A. E. Jansen and Dr. P. G. Edgar for $15,825 being commission on the sale of Bradwall Estate and was non-suited by Mr. Justice Sercomb* Smith has appealed against that decision. The appeal will probably -lie heard
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    • 54 5 (Echo Special.) Singapore, May 8. 22,590 lbs. of rubber were offered for sale at the Singapore rubber auction. 10 9*7 lbs. were sold. The following prices were obtained Sheet, Smoked, $252 —$263 per picul. Unsraoked, $249 —$254 Crepe, First $257 Second $233 —$243 Third $216—5230 Scrap, virgin,
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    • 73 5 (Echo Special.) Singapore, May 8. Mr. Southam presided at the meeting of the shareholders of the Trafalgar Rubber Estate. He announced that $1,535 had been written off towards Gunn’s defalcation account, leaving a balance of $l,OOO of which a sum of $5OO was recovered since March 31. There
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    • 51 5 (Reuter.) Constantinople, May 7. The Turkish official accounts of the occupation of Rhodes by the Italians state that the landing was opposed, but the Turks were compelled to retreat to the hills where they expected to conduct guerilla warfare The garrison is 3,000, plentifully supplied with ammunition and
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    • 54 5 (Reuter.) London, May 8. The imports for April show an increase of £8,564,127 and the exports a decrease of £2,805,329. The principal increases in the imports are cotton, silk and leather. In the exports coal shows a decrease of £1,838,062, iron and steel of £1,041,557, wool of
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    • 44 5 Reader.) London, May 7. A compromise is being arranged between the Government and the medical practitioners whereby the latter secure the capitation fee (about eight shillings) under the Insurance Act. If the new terms are accepted the medical profession gains about £1,500.000.
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    • 31 5 (Reuter.) London, May 7. At question time in the House of Commons Sir Edward Grey, Foreign Secretary, said that Mr. James Bryce will return to Washington in September.
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    • 194 5 (Reuter.) London, May 8. Referring to the recent contradictory I reports in regard to Tibet the Times hints that the irresolution of the Dalai Lama and his continued lingering at Kalimpong is due to the report of an advance of a strong Chinese relief force on Lhasa
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    • 156 5 P. O. Trouble. (Reuter.) More White Seamen Demanded. London, May 7. A deputation from the Sailors and Firemen's Union waited on the manager of the P. O. company and dema :ded an increase of White seamen. They threatened, if the reply of the directors were unfavourable, that the whole force
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    • 30 5 (Renter.) London, May 7. Mr. H. H. Asquith assured a deputation of Scottish Home Rulers that the government was determined to proceed very speedily with the scheme of devolution.
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    • 23 5 (Reuter.) London, May 7. The Union Castle Company has placed an order at Glasgow for a passenger an*l cargo steamer.
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    • 41 5 (Reuier.) London, May 7. The death has taken place at the age of 77 of Mr. Henry Oppenheim, the financier. He was the confidential adviser of the Khedive Ismail and was associated with Great Britain’s purchase of Suez Caual Shares.
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    • 96 5 (Reuter.) London, May 7. Sir W. P. Byles, Liberal member for North Salford, asked whether there was any official information as regards the recruiting of Indian labourers for Damaraland, and if so what the conditions were. Sir Edward Grey said that he heard that the Government of
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    • 48 5 (Reuter.) New Orleans, May 8. In the Mississippi Hoods 875 square miles were flooded over. The agricultural losses in Louisiana alone are nearly .£2,000,000. There will be terrible suffering unless boats are hurried to the remote districts. It is feared that a hundred people have perished.
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    • 26 5 (Reuter.) Berlin, May 7. Baron Marschall von Bieber&teiu has arrived here. He had a conference with the Imperial Chancellor, Dr. Von Betkmanu Hollweg.
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    • 303 5 (Reuter.) Austen's Views. London, May 8. During the debate on the Home Rule Bill Mr. Austen Chamberlain denied that the bill would remedy the congestion of business in the House of Commons which would have continually to thresh out questions settled in Dublin with the added complication that
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    • 15 5 (Reuter.)* Loudon, 7. French reinforcements are proceeding to Fez from Tunis and Algeria.
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    • 26 5 Reuter. Baltimore, May 7. The early returns of the primaries at Maryland show that Mr. Roosevelt secured 40 and President Taft 14 delegates.
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    • 478 5 We did not receive this report until today, though it appears to have been sent out yesterday.] A meeting of the Immigration Committee was held at the Government Offices, Penang, on Monday Present. The Protector of Labour and Superintendent of Indian Immigrants (Chairman), The Director of Public Works,
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    • Article, Illustration
      445 5 Singapore Races. h'cho Spec inf.) Yesterday's Results. Singapore, May 8. The rain cleared at noon and there was a good attendance on the first day of the meeting. In the start for the Paddock Stakes Browning fractured his thigh-bone. He had to be taken off the course and shot.
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    • 209 5 Central Union vs. M. R C. This tie, which resulted in a draw of two goals each last Thursday, was replayed on the Esplauade yesterday. The Unionists won by one goal to nil. Our Sporting man reports an incident” in the first half which he thus describes: One
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    • 55 5 The following business in tin has been done to-dav:— Penang Penang Tin Exchange, 0 buyers, no sellers j Singapore Straits Trading Co., 65 tons at 103. Tin is quoted in London to-day at £2OB 15s. cash and £204 10s. three months’ sight. Rangoon rice is quoted
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  • 183 5 DEPARTURES. Per s.g. Perak, 7th May, for Deli Messrs. S. Knocker, Gerand and Carnette. Per s.s. Pangkor, 7th May, for Dindings Mr. Martin and Mrs. Harrop. Rice and Bran. —The s. s. Seang Choon arrived from Rangoon this morning with 1,843 bags of rice and 500 bags of brai^
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  • 150 5 The orders for Friday’s meeting of the Legislative Council include motions by the Colonial Engineer That this Council approves a vote of $lO,OOO for the supply of electrical jxtwer and light, fans and X-ray apparatus m the General Hospital, Singapore,” and That this Council approves a vote of
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  • 68 5 Following are the Agenda for to-morrow’s meeting of the Municipal Commission 1. Minutes of last meeting to lie read and confirmed. 2 Any Special business the President may bring forward. 3. Questions. 4. Some bills to be passed. 5. Some deeds to be signed. 6. Contracts to be
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  • 44 5 To- D> Y 22nd Day of 3rd Moon. Band, Esplanade, (i pm. The Chester Cup. Volunteer Recnfits, A Co. P. C. C. Tennis Distribution of Prize*, 6 p.m. George Town Cinematograph, Koala Kangsar Road. Straits Ciuematograph. Penang Road. Matsuo’s Japanese Cinematograph, Penang Road.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements

  • SHIPPING.
    • 90 6 Ban Whatt Soon, Br. 199, Milne, 7th May, Port Swettenham, 6th May, Gen.—E. S. Co., Ltd. Cornelia, Br. b.s., 199, Cnee, 7th May, Brandan, 6th May, Gen. —E. 8. Co., Ltd. Avagyee, Br. s.s., 247. Harvey, 7th May, Teluk Anson, 6th May, Gen.—E. S. Co., Ltd. Nam Sang Br.
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    • 54 6 Bth Mat. Tong Chuan for Alor Star (Kedah). Itala, for Singapore, China and Japan. Bj>eelman, for Langsa, T. Seuiawe, Segli, Olehleh and Pulo Weh. Leang Ho, for Batu Bahra. Hok Canton, for Teluk Anson. Seang Choon, for Singapore, Hongkong, Amoy and Swatow. Flying Dragon, for Port Weld and Taiping.
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    • 362 6 For Yen—Per Jit Seng, to-morrow, 7 a.m. Singapore, China and Japan—Per Qaeben, to-morrow, 9 a.m. Alor SUr (Kedah)—*Pter Kedah, to- I morrow, 10 a.m. 1 Tongkah—Per Malacca, to-morrow, 1 p.m. Ceylon, Australasia, India, Aden, Egypt and ria Naples, for Europe etc. —Per Kleiet, to-morrow, 1 p.m. Port Swettenham,
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  • 125 6 Phhaho. Byh Mat. {By courtesy of tha Chartered Bank.) Lnndrn, Demand Bank 2/4 8 3 a 4 month»' sight Bmk 2/4 s a 3 Credit 2/4 t > tt 3 Documentary- 2/4$ Jalcutta, Demand Bank Rs. 174$ 99 3 days’ sight Private 175$ Bombay, Demand Bank 174$ Moulmein, Demand
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  • 209 6 iTold Leaf Black Pepper no stud* White Pepper 29.30 sales Trang Pepper 22. —sellers Cloves 35. —nominal Mace 120 —sellers Pickings 110 —sales Nutmegs 110 s. w 23. —sales No. 1 8.20 sale Sugar < 2 810 sal k Basket b.lb buyers Copra (mixed) 10.70 buyers Tahbuu 190. —»e
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  • 179 6 Pinan'j, Bth May. 1912. Bkkk cl*Soup per catty 14 Roast m 24 Steaks m 24 Stew or Cipry Meat... 16 Rump Steak 24 Ox Tail -r *tr <*#>6 3 0 Tongue... 55 Feet > 15 Heart J 6 Liver per natty 55 Pork— Pork foi catti 32 Fig’s
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  • 744 6 > o P* .90 9 1905 mo 1909 1906 1910 i»IJ 1910 191 C 1910 .904 1909 150,000 200,000 750,000 4 500,000 kU1,200,000 500,000 $1,000,000 390,900 $600,00*) 205,000 100,000 200.000 1909 '909 1905 1909 1910 1904 1906 1909 1909 1909 1909 1903 1910 1909 1909 1905 1905 1906 1909
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 34 6 Source of Sleeplessness. The most common cause of insomnia is disorders of the stomach. Chamberlain Stomach and Liver Tablets correct these disorders and enable you to sleep, tor sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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    • 30 6 The curative action of G0D08&I1 is attributed to its being antiseptic and anaesthetic, Manufactured by J D. Riedal Ltd., Berlin, aad Bold in form of capsules, 40 in a bottle.
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    • 60 6 APIOLINE \CHAPOTEAUT) For Ladies Ok u only. mt* Q 1% Is superior to so-called apiol, steel drops, tansy or pennyroyal and is a safe remedy for ladies whan about to be unwell Recommended by the leading French specialists, to remove pain, cramp* and irregularities peculiar to the sex. Sslt by
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  • 484 7 The Japanese, says an American journal, differ from most other immigrants coming here in the fact that they maintain mam schools of their own for the education of their children in their native language On the Pacific Coast every important center of Japanese population has a
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  • 290 7 The following unclaimed letters, etc., are lying at the General Post Office, Penang:— Letters. Allen, M. Marshall, F. C. Armstrong, G. MeAuslan, R. Barritt, N. W. Millard H. Berger, B. A. H. More W. J. Bryson, G. Monteiro E. A. Bates W. Morison H. O. Chudleigh, E. R.
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  • 229 7 The Companies do not guarantee the daets of arrival of these vessels but will endeavour as far as possible to ensure punctuality. From Alor Star, (Kedah) —Tong Chuan, May 5,7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29 and 31, and Kedah, May 6,8,
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 953 7 THE EAST ASIATIC COY., LTD. FOR COPENHAGEN S BALTIC PORTS. I* The Danish motor ship Sclandia is expected to load for the above l/lfb i Tiuf ,rts on 10th inst. She has excellent accommodation for first class passengers to Genoa, London and Copenhagen, consisting of large well appointed single and
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    • 59 7 ++++4+++++++++4+++++++++++WJ y* j THIS IS IT! V WATERBURY’S METABOLIZED Cod Liyer Oil Compound r'd&f TASTELESS ODORLESS The latest scientific pre pa rat ion of COD LIVER OIL Does all that is claimed for it and supersedes the old fashioned emulsions which upset the stomach. Highly re commended by the medi
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    • 226 7 f T HINDRANCES TO HEALTH such as dyspepsia, biliousness, loss of appetite, torpid liver, constipation, sick-headache, and other evidences of a derangement of the organs of digestion and secretion, may be easily and successfully REMOVED by means of the far famed family T medicine Beecham’s Pills. For a three generations
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 845 8 W. MANSON, American Dentist, Late£of Dr. Alien 8 Co., Pha, 0. S. A. Charges Moderate, Consultation Free.;* RESIDING AT /Vo. 21a,JPenang Road, k few loots from the Eastern and Oriental Hotel. TECK COMPANY, Shanghai Carpenters 6* Furnishers, 4, PENANG BOAS. High-class Household Furniture kept in stock and made to order.
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