Straits Echo, 5 August 1913

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    35 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS. CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAUS, THE lEDERAILD MALAY STATES AND Hit lAR EAST GENERALLY VOL. 11. (24 P«r Annum. PENANG, TUESDAY, oth AUGUST, 1913. Jiiile Copy, 10 ctnlj. No. 177
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      18 1 TIGER BRAND CEMENT. 6v N 258 t CJS3 t& y? Ss P.NJ* IN lZ BEST FOR ALL PURPOSES.
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      112 2 NATU i A? LK r LION (STERILIZED) y >^s 23L2 <& a Ajj, Grand Prix: HUV Prix: V Paris >9OO St. Louis 1904. C *td M Mti ai|| eD >893 9 •it in. *iU e Mo >S9a *nn l K A iB96 189 g Schutimark* -«JIiJK* Silt»6"""“ '^W K “f^>
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    Tin Dredging in Burma.
    597 3 At tho present time at Victoria Point, we understand, there is much acting in the district caused by the rise in shares in the nfTeral companies that are now producing large .juantities of tin. It would, therefore, bcofioterest t<> jieople in Burma who are in vesting
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    The Philippines.
    414 3 1 tin President is said to bo in extreme '1« ulit sto what ho should recommend to! Congress ns to the policy of the Government mi tho Philippines. He is committed heartilv to the declaration of the Democratic l'srty platform on this subject, but, li' e many another
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    “Motor-car and Telephone Civilization."
    1007 3 A memoir published in these columns the other day described the subject of it a» having an almost Oriental autipathy to motor-car and telephone civilization.” To miry people this will seetn only another aDd more pleasant way of say iug that it was ir ratio aL
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      352 3 SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. e have on hand always a large stock of CLACIAL ACETIC ACID, BISULPHITE of SODIUM, QUININE and its Salts, and Pure CASTOR OIL. As we buy our goods in bulk for cash on advantageous terms we can alTord to offer them to customers at low prices with a
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      29 3 Keep It Haney. Immediate relief is necessary in attacks of J’arrlioea. Cbaml*erlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy should always be on baud. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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      ARRIVALS.
      58 4 Den of Cromlice, Br. i.s 3,128, Hemming, Aug. 4, London, July 3,Gen. —B A Co. Speelman, I>ut. 639, Dandey, Aug. 4, Sabtng, July 31, Gen.—K. P. M. Alma, Br. s.s 3)4, Bell, Aug. 5, Deli, Aug. 4, Geu —E S C Ltd. Malaya, Ger. s.s., 348, Peteri, Aug. 5,
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      DEPARTURES.
      55 4 Auouht 5. Seaiuj Bee, for Fangoon. Malacca, for Tongk&h. Cornelia, for Pangkalan Brandan. Indragiri, for Deli and Batu Babra. Jin Jin, for Aaahan. fhnapere, for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Hebe, for Teluk Anson. Binding* Ihj Train) via Ipoli and Teluk Anson. Klnny, for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Qlenfcdloch, for
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      MAILS CLOSE
      299 4 Foa Negapatam and Madras Per Teesta, to-morrow, 11 am. I .an sa, Edi, T. Soma we, Segli, Olehleh and S bang Per hpeehnan, 7th instant. 8 am. Port Swettenham and Singapore—Per Tara, 7th imtant, 3 p.m. Om Week Dais. Taiping, 7-1 am., 1 p.m. and 4pm daily a
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    EXCHANGE.
    127 4 Penaxo, Acgust 5. (By courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London, Demand Bank 2/4 4 months’ sight Bank 2 4/, 3 Credit 2/4/, 3 Documentary 2/4J Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs 174* 3 days’ su'bt Private 175| Bombay, Demand Bank 174 4 Moulmein, Demand I'ank 173 A 3 days’ sight Private
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    PRODUCE.
    200 4 Gold Leaf «64.40 Black Pepper 17.10 sales White Pepper 30 75 rales Trang Pepper 20— buy>rs Cloves ...39 out of seoton Mace 120 nominal Pickings 87.—seller* Nutmegs 110 s 22.25 sales No. 1 6.— sales Sugar < 2 5.50 sales Basket 5.15 buyers Copra (mixed) 12.75 buyers /'Tabbun... 190.—
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    MARKET PRICES.
    159 4 Penai»*, August 5. Barr— cts Soup per catty 14 Roast 24 Steaks 24 Stew or Curry Meat 16 Rump Steak 24 Ox Tail each 30 Tongue 55 Feet 15 Heart 30 Liver per catty 55 1 Pork— 1 Pig’s Head... P t j Feet Z Tongue 29 Mutton
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    SHARES.
    2069 4 t j d JjJ *S-_2 J Numb-r of a. 4 5 Ckpita’. j Shares h 3 Dividends. Name. g -g 2 i issued. I 3 J o fS a S <5 19*9 1910 *****912 1913’ RUBBER DOLLAR SHARES. p.c. p.c. p.c. 1 1M*9 5 450.4KK) 130,4*00 1 1 5
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    Labour Department.
    559 5 ANNUAL REPORT. Indian Immigration. Mr. J. R. O. Aldworth, in hia annual report in the Labour Department for 1912. says that the total number of immigrants that arrived in Penang from Southern India duri ig the rear was 106,928, as against 08,471 iu llil l. The figure for
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    P. C. C. vs. Butterworth.
    262 5 Match Again Abandoned This Cricket Tournarueut in a* eh was played on tho Esplanade yesterday. Butterworth continued their innings after the luncheon interval and Nicholas and Dean, who were not out, took their stand at tho wickets against the bowling of Fettes at the sea
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    The Cantonese Failure.
    858 5 \V hat is it? What have the Cantonese beei) attempting in which tbev, more than anybody efte, have failed? Railways? If that ia what is meant we may as well say at once that there is but one line that we know in China which is au
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    Tramways and Motors.
    212 5 The Spectator, discussing the question of tramways and motors, says The root of the whole matter, of course, is the superior flieiency of the motor omni- j bus. The advent of* this new form of locomotion was not foreseen when the rage' for municipalisii g tramways took
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      264 5 MANILLA CIGARETTES LA YEBANA BRAND. GENUINE TOBACCO. $9 FOR 25 PACKETS OF 50 CIGARETTES EACH. A GOOD SMOKE! CIGARETTES EACH. WHOLESALE RATES ON APPLICATION. W« koll Sole Aitiejr for Ikcte for S.l. P.M.S.. Siam, Borneo end Java. London Weekly Paprr*, Periodical*. Magazine» and Novels on Sale. Weekly Parcels. C. A.
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    THE STRAITS ECHO.
    95 6 Mliabd daily (ncept Sunday* and f*Mi« > holiday*) w AT rua CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. No. 59, Beach Street, Penang. Paica Daily Local W 4 per annum. OnUUtion... Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Port Fro*) $17.50 OABLB ADDBISS ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Not. Echo 586 Printing Department 345 Jf.J.—All to«to« MMuiotiMi
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    THE CHINESE RISING.
    1129 6 Dr. Sun Yat Sen and bis frauds hare seduloudy cultivated the English Press, but gradually the more responsible of the London newspapers have come to the conclusion that the doc'or is at the best a visionary. < f the correspondents in China the gentleman who represents the
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    LABOUR.
    1104 6 La*t year's report of the Colonial Labour Department, extracts from which will be found elsewhere to-day, is a document that planters and others intarested in the question of Tamil labour should read with satisfaction. True, the figures of immigration are not so high as those for 19 1, but
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    CHARGE AGAINST A LOCKSMITH.
    527 6 Before Mr. G. C. O. Muller thi. Chinaman, named Tee Koh Lai with attempting to commit theft bv impression of the kev of a safe *ii ,B Mr. A. Sarkies, of the E. and o 8?* 10 which was placed in hi. cu.todv f„ r uT**
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    R. A. O. B.
    109 6 The opening of the new Lodge King George in the East of the Koval Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes was most sucneiifully conducted yesterday even ng by Mr. J. Kerr from the Singapore No. 1 Lodge. After the consecration of the Lodge and other ceremonies the Brethren
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    Tongkah Harbour.
    52 6 The output x f the Tongkah Harbour Tm Dredging Company for the week ended August 2 was thirty-two tons I he output for July was Dredge No. 1, working 470 hours, 266 pci. 2, 182 ,120 ,i „3, 574 ,496 m 4, G 56 486 5, 631 390
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    July Rubber Crops.
    218 6 lb Gula Kaluinpong Rubber Estates, Ltd. 52.478 Padang Jawa Rublier Estate, Ltd. 10,200 Rubber Estates of Krian, Ltd. 17,4. f, 7 Karan Rubber Co, Ltd 0,013 Consolidated Rubber Estates, Ltd. 3,824 The Drury Lane Cinematograph Co. h'' v shown commendable enterprise in engaging for a short season
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      334 6 WANTED. rp\VO TRACERS for Ipoh Apply statJ_ ing qualifications and salary required to C.O 5-8-13 537 r/o Straits Echo. THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE CO., LTD. Head Officu:— SINGAPORE. NOTICE OF AUCTION SALE. ON the 23rd day of August, 1913 at 10 a m. tbe laud described in Provisional Grant
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    THE CHINESE RISING.
    243 7 kUANTUNG S INDEPENDENCE WITHDRAWN. (From Our Own Corre»pomlent.) Hongkong, August 5. Yesterday at about 2 p.rn. the troops of Chan Keng Min stationed at Yeong Tong in the province of Kuantung renounced their allegiance to that general and revoltr*!. Sbum Shin Hauan has fled. Generals Choong and
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    Interport Cricket
    62 7 A Draws Match. {From Our Own Corre-gpoiulcnt Singapore, August 5. Tho Cricket match between Selangor and Singapore was drawn. In reply to Selangor’s 221 in the first innings Singapore scored 295 runs for 9 wickets and declared their innings closed, Braddell contributing 126, tv it out. Selangor at
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    The Panama Canal.
    90 7 British Base At the r crnvdo. (Reuter.j London, August 5. The report that Great Britain contemplates a great naval base at the Bermudas is keenly interesting official circles. It is stated that Great Britain enquired regarding America’s plan to protect the Panama Canal routes and it is
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    The Protection of Wild Birds.
    39 7 (Reuter.) London, August 5. In the House of Commons, Mr. C. E. H. Hobhouse, Chancellor of the Duchy of l-ancaster, introduced a bill prohibiting the importation of the plumage and skins of wild birds.
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    Oriental Immigration.
    160 7 Am Australia* Proa©Mae««*at. (Renter.) Victoria, Augu*t 4. The Hon P Mcßride, Premier of Victoria, declared that hi* Government could conceive of no treat? right or influence entitling an? body to interfere with British Columbia ■upretne authority to ban Oriental linmi g ration. Th German Malaya will Mil for
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    THE BALKAN SITUATION.
    116 7 THE FRONTIER QUESTION. (Renter.) Bukharest, August 4. Tbe Bulgarian and Rumanian delegates have finally agreed regarding tbe frontier and other Rumanian claim». Bulgaria undertakes to raze the fortifications at Rustchuk and Shurnla. The Bulgarian, Servian and Greek delegates have so far been unable to agree to a
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    The Cawnpore Riots.
    198 7 Serious Situation. (Reuter.) Calcutta, August 4. Serious riots took place at Cawnpore in connection with demolition of a mosque for street improvements. The inob endeavoured to reconstruct the demolished portion the Police intervened but they were stoned and pursued to the station. The crowd declined to disperse
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    The Naval Manoeuvres.
    110 7 U'X«ftt Necessity for Water Pisses. (Reuter.) London, August 4. The Daily Mail says that the result of the naval manoeuvres has increased the determination of the Admiralty to acquire water planes as speedily as possible. The po*so*sion of large numbers of them is regarded as an urgent
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    Bank Holiday Disasters.
    78 7 (Reuter.) London, August 4. The continued fine weather has resulted in phenomenal arrivals at the holiday resorts and the Police, in many instances were obliged to find accommodation for the visitors, numbers of whom slept on the sands. Tbe list of accidents is growing hourly and twenty
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    Fire in a Mine.
    43 7 Reuter.) London, August 4. A fire i* raging at Cadder Pit near Glasgow snd twenty-two men are entombed Two attempts at rescue failedAugust 5. Twentv-t wo corpses have been found at the Cadder Pit. One man was extricated alive.
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    The Suffrage Campaign.
    42 7 The Fool* Who Caw* to Seoff. (Reuter.) August 4. A purlr of forty Suffr.K-ttM interrupted the Sterrtce et St. P-uT. r«.erSpare her. Spare her. The tiffin .erred et th. Crick, t Club yjterdar «M .applied by .be Hotel Norman.
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    M. F. A. CUP FINAL.
    1000 7 Everything conspired to make the Final Tie of the M. F. A. Cup a the weather was fine; the Penang Band discoursed some lively music and.it wasimpossii ble to forecast which side would win, the old firm or the new one. The chief satisfaction of
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    TAIPING TOPICS.
    977 7 (Prom Our Own Corrnpondent) Taiping, August 5. By section 19 of tha (Federated Malav States) Railways Enactment 1912 it is enacted as follows: The Railway Administration shall not make or give any undue or unreasonable preference or advantage to or in favonr of any particular person, or any
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1169 7 There would seem to have keen a recrudescence of crueltjr to animals latelj. At any rate, we have seen a large number of bullocks undergoing tail twisting and similar brutal treatment m the public streets and far too many lame sheep and gnats being diiven through the outlying
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    Shares.
    178 7 To-dsy. Rim or 8ur*r» Sol’rr* Boi*r« Seller* F*ll. Rill BKR. d. d. d. d. Ximln Malar ..SO »9 8 9 9 9 S.iki* Mrrta>am. I IS 2 .1 11« 2 3 Ch.r*»ne*e 2 «»1 2 1« 2 41» 2 1« Oona. Malay* 7 7I| 8 6 7 71» 8
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    P.C.C. Tennis Tournament.
    91 7 The following tie» have been fixed for Thursday, the 7th iust. Championship. A A Craigen vs R N Holmes (5) Forrest rs Sells (4). Single Handicap A. J R Brown rs E II Syer (6). Single Handicap B. 11 R Adams rs C D D Hogan (3).
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    Tin Quotation.
    381 7 The following business in tin has been done to-i laj Penang Fonang Tin Exchange, tons at $92.10 Straits Trading Co., 25 92.75 Singapore Straits Trading Co., 100 92.70 Total 131J tons. Tin is quoted in Tjondon to-day at <£184 10s cash and JGI84 10j. three mouths' sight. There
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    The Snuffers.
    940 8 Very probably the snuffers hare an old history, not uolikely dating front even an earlier period m this country thin the reign of King Alfred, who meas red time by candles, and who, no doubt, was obliged to use snuffers in some shape or form to cut and
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    Chicago’s Morals Court.
    402 8 In view of the menace of an increasing White Slave Traffic. Chicago’s experiment of a Morals Court will be followed with keen interest by humanitarians and social reformers all over the world. This court is to dealwith all cases that have to do with violations of the
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    The Public Services Commission.
    355 8 Indian Students at Cambridge. London, July 18. At the sitting of the Public Services Commission yesterday. Doctor Parry of Cambridge said there were between ninety and a hundred Indians at Cambridge. Oa the whole they got on very well with the English students, but they mostly
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    The Safety of Passengers at Sea.
    863 8 Duting the prevalence of monsoon conditions at sea, it is natural that the minds of men and women should b s exercised about the precautions taken on steamships to ensure the safety of passengers. A Committee has been sitting at home to consider the
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      527 8 NOTICE. ORDERS are now being booked for Para Rubber Seeds from twelve to fifteen years old trees, with a guarantee of 75 germination. Price $2 per 1000 packed in bags and 12-50 packed io boxes F. 0.8. or F.O.R,Teluk Anson Delivery commencing from August, 1913. MANAGER. Cicely Rubber Estates Co
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      73 8 1 Tceth'ng Children. Teething children have more or less diarrhoea, which can be controlled by giving Chamberlain's Celic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. All that is necessary is to give the prescribed dose after each operation of the bowels moie than natural and then castor oil to cleanse the system. It
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      54 8 iiiiii.mnimuc» THIS IS IT iWUIUg WATERBURY’S METABOLIZED Cod Liver Oil Compound TASTELESS Jnssrfc ODORLESS 1 he latest scientific preparation of COD LIVER OIL. Docs all that is claimed for it and supersedes the old fashioned emulsions which upset the stomach. Highly tecommended by the medical profession. OF ALL CHEMISTS Price
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      57 8 Central Sales Room. AUCTION SALE OF Household Furniture COMPRISING Bed ,o J Bedroom Suits Drawing and Dining Loom Furniture, Bentwood Onairs, Pictures, Lamps, etc., etc Upright Grand Pianoforte BY E. Knuss S’ Sons (almost new). On Wednesday. 6th August, 1913, AT 11 AM. At 80, Hutton La ne. I CUNNINGHAM
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      582 8 NOTICE OF SALIi." PUBLIC AUCTION On Tuesday, I2!h August, 1913 AT 11-30 A M. In the Archicay of Logo n't Building, JWi Street, Penang J ach Miscellaneous Application, 1913, K O 21 In the Supreme Court ok the St.u its Settlements, Settlement of Penano Detcription of property All tl at
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    VESSELS EXPECTED.
    25 9 Yettels brom Agent* Dm* Arcadia Affaye Ynrck ltu< low Colombo Singapore Singapore Colombo AG.ACo. A-G.ACo. B.M.ACo. BM ACo. 7thAug. 9th M 13th 14-th
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    SAILINGS.
    19 9 YtutU For AgrtU* Leave* Arcadia Aita Yurck Buclow Singapore Colombo Colombo Singapore < A-G.ACo. A. B. B.M ACo. Aug.
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      347 9 Expected Arrivals and Departures. Mall Sarvica. Outward. i:»t3 Sept. Oft. .Nor. I >r<\ 7 Arcadia connecting 21 Devanba 4 Aswye 13 China 2 Delta Id India SO Devanba 13 Himalaya 27 Aesave 11 Delta 25 India M Homeward with Malwa n Mooltan Morea Marmora Moldavia Medina Mongolia Macedonia Malwa Mooltan
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    Oriental Languages.
    589 10 There is a story of an English visitor who accosted a compatriot iD a cafe in Berlin, asking him ihe Gton.an word for “small change.” The latter confessed he did not know. Ho had 1 cen resident ho said, some twelvo years in Germany, yet he could not
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    The Dysentery Epidemic.
    286 10 How to A vo'd it, and How to Fortify the System if Attacked The gravity of dysentery, which is often so rapidly fatal, cannot be exaggerated Hence this article, which is published in the best interests of the community. While i.t thetirst onset of diarrhoe i everyoneshould
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    The Press and Crime.
    644 10 We notice from American exchin-», t K the question of the sensational treatment crime bj newspapers has again sp nin prominence in many parts of the State» consequence of a protest l*y Mr. Ch D former Ambassador to London, against th’ evils of pa ing undue
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    Cotton-Growing Revolutionised.
    103 10 Loudon, July I£. The Westminster Gazette, in a special article, refers to a discovery by a German named Schuetz'», who is now in London, which he claims will reduce the cost of cotton production by one half. The discovery is patented in Germany. The process, in which grafting
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    Tide Table for Penang.
    164 10 August, 1913. 1 Rate. h w L W H. W. A.M. A M. P.M. P.M. 5th 2.18, 8.22, 2.09, 8 53 0th 2.56, 9.00, 2.41, 0.24 7th .3.31, 9.39, 3.17, 9.54 8th 4.05, 10 20, 3.49, 10.23 9th 4.42, 11.06, 4.24, 11.02 10th 5.40, 12 22,
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      1082 10 REGULARITY of the BOWELS The First Line of Defence against Ill-Health. Only about one man or woman in a hundred is perfectly healthy. The other 99 have some digestive trouble, and perhaps more than 50 per cent of these could trace their trouble to that* prevalent evil—constipation. Its a simple
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