Straits Echo, 19 October 1904

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    Masthead
    35 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES, AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. f()L. 2. $24 Per Annum, PENANG, WEDNESDAYv 19th OCTOBER, 1904. Single Copy, 10 cents, No. 239.
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    HIGH WATER.
    41 1 For Wwk ending Tuesday, Oct. 25, 190 t. A.M. P.M. Wednesday, 19th... 8.20 8.45 Thursday, 20th 9.10 9.35 Kl idav, 21st 10.— 10.25 Saturday, 22nd 10.50 11 15 Sunday, 23rd 11.40 Monday, 24th —3O —55 Tuesday, 25th 1.20 1.45
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    FIXTURES.
    32 1 To- 1* a v 1 It It Day, 9th Moon. Town Hand, Esplanade, 5-30 p.m. To-mok now. 12th Day, 9lh Moon Town Hand, (Jolt Club, 5-30 p.m. Singapore Ibices, 2nd Day.
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    THE MOON.
    25 1 0 Full Moou Oct* 24th, 5.1 p.m. (bast Quarter 3Ut, 3.1p.m. i) New Moon Nov. 7th 9.25 p.m. First Quarter 14th, 7.33 p.m.
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    P & O. SAILINGS.
    46 1 P O. SAILINGS. .Mail Service. II OM K W A nos. Clingitu 27 Oct Malta ‘2O Oct Nithin 10 Nov lixtra Service. "HIV VIIK''. i I O.M KWA KI >S. Cttinliti 1 Nov Joi an 'J2 Oct Malacca ij Noc I'm par! iouiars See Page 3.
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    War Items.
    1669 1 t A Desperate Fight. The desperate courage of the individual Jap was never better illustrated than in the following story from Odessa of a Cossack named CJriadtseff: Near laschichao we pursued a Jap infantryman into a Chinese house, where he rushed up a loose stair or ladderway leading
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    SHARES
    185 1 Bersa wall Gold Mine Co., Ld. 14.-50 sellers Raub Australian Gold Mining Co., Xal S G. hitlers Redjaug liebong Gold Mining Co., Ld 195 KadanaGold Mining Co,,Ltd. (fully paid) 10.— nom. Bruseh Tin Mining Co., Ld. 3.50 sellers Cliendariaug Hydraulic Tin Mining Co., Ld 10.— no in. Karangan Tin
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    PASSENGERS.
    62 1 In ward —Per Lawada,” from 1 tan coon, Mr. H. Deans. Per Sachsen,” from Hongkong, Mr. and Mrs. Paddie. From Singapore, Messrs. A. B. Smith, P. F. David, E. G. Gollo. Outboard —Per Sachsen,” for Hamburg, Mr. C. F. Merten, Mr. F ritz Kohnseu. For Genoa, Mr. and Mrs.
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    For the Straits.
    271 1 Per P. O. Cliusan, due at Penang, Oct., 27th Penany —.Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Currie, Mr. H. A. Burgess, Mr. and Mrs. A. C.Grav. To Singapore —Mr and Mrs. C. M. Ifiil, Mr. and Mrs. Meiklejohn, Mr. Barr, Mr. A. Cumining, Mr. E. F. H. Edliu,
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    EXCHANGE.
    119 1 Bknano, 19th Octobsr *Hy courtemj of the Chartered Hank i-midon Demand Bank l/ll, 1 4 months’ sight. Bank ...1 I! 3 Credit 1/114 3 Documentary ...1/1 l, 9 Calcutta. Demand Bank its. 1434 3 days’ sight Private 1454 Bombay, Demand Bank 1434 3 days’ sight Private 1454 Madras, Demand
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    PRODUCE.
    163 1 fin J 78.50 Gold leaf 79. B. Pepper VV. Coast, 31b5.50z.)$ 24. —buyers White Pepper 30. —sellers Trang Pepper out of season Cloves (picked) out of season Mace 98 —sellers Mace Pickings 78. sellers Nutmegs 110 s 40. —buyers SNo. 1 6.00 nam 2 no stock. Basket 4.3 s—sales
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  • Shipping.
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      ARRIVALS.
      90 1 Mary Austin, Br. s.s. 121, Campbell, 18th Oct,, Klang, 17tli Oct., (leu., —K. G. Co. Canton, Br. s.s. 105, Merican, 19th Oct., Teluk Anson, 18th Oct., Gen., —Ah lliug. Van Outhoorn, Dut, s.s. 827, Van l)er Lee, 18th Oct., Sabang, 17th Oct., Gen.,— H. L. Si Co. Lawada, Br.
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      DEPARTURES.
      29 1 10th October. Prim It. Luitjwld, for Singapore, China aud Japan. Unit//, for Rangoon. Langkat, for Teluk Anson. Mary Austin, for Port Swettenhaiu. Ltnrada, for Singapore. Malaya, for Deli.
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      IN PORT.
      30 1 Canton, Br. ss. ll)\ Merican, 19th Oct I’eluk Anson, 18th Oct., Gen., Ah lliug. Rotorua, Br. s.s. 525, Lingard 18th (Jet.. Tongkali, 17th Oct, Gen-., Iv. G. Co.
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      EXPECTED.
      72 1 Fww/' /•»•«#11« A'/•’lit* Due Nam Sang Singa pore B.&Co. 20th Get. J. Nicoll Moulmein H.L.&Co. 21st <jr. .A pear Calc ut t;i A.A A.Co. 21st Beumohr London S.B.&Co. 21st Patroclus Singapore VV M.&Co. 22ud Dardanus Liverpool W.M&Co. 23rd (ileutmiet London B.&Co. 27th 1 ’ergedorf Singa pore B.M.&Co. 2nd Nov.
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      SAILINGS.
      67 1 I psselb Vo, Ajcnt* Leaves G. Apcar Singapore A.A.A.Co. 21st Oct. Beumolir Singapore S.B.&Co. 21st Nam Sang Calcutta B.&Co. J. Nicoll Moulmen H.L.&Co. 22nd Patroclius Marseilles W.M.&Co. 22nd Dardanus Singapore W.M.&Co. 23rd G lent ur ret Singapore B.&Co. 27th Bergedorf Colombo B.M.&Co. 2nd Nov. Zieten Coloui B M.&Co. 2nd
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      MAILS CLOSE
      91 1 For Deli—Per Calypso, to-morrow, 10 a.m. Tongkah—Per Rotorua, to-morrow. 1 p.m. Langkat au«l Pangkalan Braudan—Per Petrel, to-morrow, 1 p.m. Batu Balira Asahan—Per Hole Chuan Uv, to-morrow, 1 p.m. Deli—Per Ho Kwei, to-morrow, 3 p.m. Singapore, Hongkong, Swatow and Amoy—Per Hoiuj liee, to-morrow, 3 p.m. Negapatam, Madras, Pondicherry, Cuddalore
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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      94 1 MARTYN Co. WHISKIES. HONGKONG JIN ON INSURANCE Company, Limited. Capital $1,000,000. undersigned having been appointed Agents for the above Company are prepared to accept marine risks on the most favourable terms. CHIN JOO Co., Agents. 98c 24-G-U4 TAIK CHEE Co Ship Chandlers Ac Wholesale Dealers. n 2&3 4 8(5 Gal=
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    • Advertisement
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      18 1 STEARNS’ WINE assists the body to make use of nature's nourishment. Thus it cures. Increases weight aud strength.
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      54 1 MARTYN Co. << f fi. LAGER BEER. Hongkong Yuen On Insurance Ex change Loan Godowu Co M Ltd. Capital $1,000,000. jIHE undersigned having l>eeu appointed I. Agents for the above Company are prepared to accept marine risks on the most favourable terms. GHEE BEE A Co, Agents, No. 181, Beach
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
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      29 1 WEATHER, )HK fallowiim it*p>'l l. is killdiv supplied i»\ llit- Signal l)ir«*t»*r of l*'ort < /ormvaiiis Hie rainfall diinin; ilio *2 4 lion is ended it a.m. to-day was nil.
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    The Doom of a Double.
    1407 2 Strange Life Story of Adolf Beck. The Innocent Man Who Served Over Five Years’ Penal Servitude. third instalment. The first instalment of the life story of Adolf Beck—who, though an innocent man, has served a seven years’ sentence—appeared in the Straite Echo on Monday (reproduced
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    KINTA GYMKHANA CLUB.
    1011 2 i r PROPOSED PROGRAMME FOR THE 1906 Meeting. t i 14th, !6th and 18th February, FIRST DAY. 1. —The Maiden Plate 2-30 p.m. Value £600 out of which £100 goes to Second horse.—A race for all Maidens. Weight per I scale (lOst.) with an allowance of 14
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      28 2 Aif. 1 1 A |i* iNS WINK is rerv palatal.l.*. if U,C f ,r C,,ila p «pwiillT “Ji •“V* thi 1>0 B«t Ww*. 6« Mram*'.** lt CU i«w.
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      226 2 STEARNS’ WINE improves both appetite and digestion. It brings back health to the weak and sickly. But Stearns' Wine. Penang. EASTERN ORIENTAL HOTEL. UNEQUALLED FOli Situation, Comfort and Catering. SARKIES BROTHERS, Proprietors. Kuala Lumpur. F. M. S. HOTEL. Under European Management. Centrally situated within 10 incites from the Railway Station.
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      487 2 NOTICE. sign our A I -1*JL Sesone are authorized to firm bv procuration. SCHIFFMANN, HEEK Co. Penang, 12th Oct.. 1904 18-10-04 745 NOTICE IS hereby given that the (sixth) 2nd Dividend of 1904 of The Tronoh Mines Limited will be paid to those persons who hold shares in the name
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      533 2 TO LET. THE residence oC G. J. Penny, Esq., Gopeng Road, Ipoli. Apply stating offers for terms of 3 mouths to F. J. BRYANT, Solicitor, Ipoh. 18-10-04 2 insrt 740 Penang: Sales Room. I am instructed to sell by Public Auction, On Thursday, the 20th October, 1904, At 12 Noon
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      691 2 Limestone Lime! mHOSE requiring Limestone Lime are J- requested to kindly write for terms, etc. to The Padang Rengas Lime Manufacturers’ Agency, 424, Penang Road, Penang. 23-9-04 07«; TO LET. THE GRANGE, No. 9, Logan Road. Entrance 1st November. Apply to P. J. DUVAL, c o Messrs VV. Mansfield Co.
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      1925 3 CTl T I*',rfix' fed antral aiul Depart nrvx Mail Service. Outwards. Ocl. -7 Chusan connecting with s.s. China Nov. |o 8.8. Nubia do i!4 8.8. Bengal do Homewards 8.s. Moldavia 8.8. Victoria Oct. Nov 8.8. Malta do 12 s.s. Coromandel do Jti s.s. Simla do s.s. Britannia s.s. Oceana s.s.
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    The Straits Echo.
    87 4 J ant ice satisfies everybody, and jnstice atone.—Emerson Established June Ist, 1903. Published daily (except Htinday* AT TH H CRITERION PRESS, Ld., No. 226-28*2, Beach Street, Penang. PRICE: DAII.Y, LOCAL «I per JUin.i.i. OL'TSTATIONS Postage Extra MAH. EDITION (Poet Pree) 15 CAKI.K ADDRESS: E c It o—P
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    Malay States Railway.
    715 4 The New Car Scheme We reproduced in yesterday’s Echo a par. from the Kuala Lumpur Mail stating that new regulations will shortly be enforced on the F. M. S. Railway affecting the vexed question as to firstclass Chinese and native passengers. It was stated therein that it
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  • Current Topics.
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      The Censorship Difficulty.
      307 4 With reference to the return of a number of Russian special correspondents to St. Petersbqrg from the front and the recent protests of Mr. Ben net Burleigh and other British war correspondI ents against the Japanese censorship, the Rangoon Times quotes a Calcutta daily in justification of
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      Russia and Contraband.
      385 4 The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Daily Telegraph throws some light on (a) the obvious reluctance of the Russian Government to have the much-vexed contraband question definitely settled, and (b) the main object in view in despatching the Baltic Fleet to the Far East. Jie says: —I
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    A “P.G.” Case.
    180 4 Before Mr. Bryant this morning, Mr. D. A. M Bi •own, General Manager of tlie I Pinaug Gazette Press, prosecuted a delivery peon for stealing papers and selling them. The principal witness for the prosecution was Mr. J. W. Fox, who stated that he had bought the
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    Naval Conference.
    688 4 Three British Admirals to AJeet at Singapore. Colombo exchanges state that Rear-Ad-miral Atkinson-Willes will sail from the Isle of Spices about the end of the current month in his flagship the Hyacinth bound i for Singapore, where he will meet Admiral Sir Gerard Noel, Cominander-in-Chief of the China
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    The Straits Turf.
    783 4 Singapore Races. First Day’s Results. Echo Special. Singapore, Istli Oct. —Following are the results ot‘ first day’s races which were favoured with splendid weather and a large attendance, including His Ex. the Governor and Miss Anderson and also an unusual number of ladies for tlie first day.
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    THE WAR.
    524 5 The Battle of Shaho. The Lost Guns. (Echo Special.) Tokio, 19 Oct. —An official despatch states that on Sunday General Yamada’s column proceeded to reinforce a detachment of the left ■innv, which was attacking the enemy north of Shahopu. It defeated the enemy near Wechialutzu, capturing two guns
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  • TELEGRAMS.
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      Tibet.
      160 5 The Chumbi Valley. (Supplied by Reuter.) Condon, 19 October.—Reuter’s Agency learns that there is every probability of the occupation of the Chumbi valley continuing for 75 years, while the indemnity is to be paid at the rate of a lakh annually. It transpires that the Amban refused to sign
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      Italy.
      57 5 Parliament Dissolved. (Supplied by Reuter.) Condon, 19 Oct.—The Italian Parliament has been dissolved, in view of the disturbed state of the country, to enable the Parliament to settle in serenity a question of vital concern. The Government imposes hills for increase of the police, to prevent contempt of the
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      The Persian Gulf.
      58 5 A Commercial Mission. (Supplied by Reuter.) Condon, 19 Oct.—A small Commercial Mission has left Bombay for the Persian Gulf, whence it proceeds to India by a circuitous route through Keram, returning via Baluchistan. The tour is to lie of six months’ duration and the Mission is escorted
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      Eton.
      28 5 Headmaster Resigns. (Supplied by Reuter.) London, 18 Oct.—-The ltev. Edmond Warre, n.n., m.v.0., has intimated that he intends to resign the headmastership of Eton College at midsummer.
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      Boxing.
      39 5 Bantam Weight Championship. (Supplied by Reuter.) London, 18 Oct. —Joe Bowker, representing England, beat the American pugilist Franki Neil in twenty rounds at the National Sporting Club last evening, thus winning the Bantam Weight Championship of the World.
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      Singapore Harbour Scheme.
      78 5 Supported by Mr Napier Chamber of Commerce Denounced. (Echo Special.) Singapore, 18 Oct. —The Hon. \V. J. Napier has published a letter, five columns in length, supporting the Harbour Scheme. He is of opinion that in rejecting Mr. Matthews’ scheme when it was proposed at the halfyearly
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  • States News.
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      Selangor.
      880 5 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kwala Lumpur, 17 Oct. —The first meeting of the new quarter of the flourish5 mg Chinese Literary and Debating Society r of Selangor was held on Saturday evening > last. The speaker was the Rev. W. E. I Horley and his subject An evening with
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    The State of Russia.
    1300 5 Effects of the Reverses in Asia. A well-informeii correspondent of the Standard savsAt the beginning of the war with Japan, Russia endeavoured to overawe her ill-wishers by spreading reports of the enormous forces she had assembled or was prepared to assemble against the Japanese. Xu the
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    Shocking Suicide.
    346 5 Madras, sth Oct.—Mrs. Nicolson, widow of the late Major-General Nicolson, who died recently in Madras, committed suicide yesterday while in a state of temporary insanity. She had iieen very depressed since her husband’s death, and at about one o’clock yesterday she swallowed some perchloride of mercury, and, despite
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    STOP PRESS TELEGRAM.
    126 5 This space is reserved fur the publication of news arriving after the day's news has been imposed. London, 19 Oct. —Over 500,000 tons of Welsh coal and quantities of patent fuel are to be slapped to the Mediterranean, West Africa, anti the Cape of Good Hope during
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  • PUBLIC OPINION.
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      TRAM ACCIDENTS.
      125 5 To the Editor of tiie Straits Echo. Sir,—Having noticed in your yesterday’s issue that a Malay boy was run over while attempting to board a tram-car in motion and tiiat one of his legs was seriouslv injured, I wish to make a suggestion that may lie useful. Wh
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    Odoriferous Penang.
    246 5 .An RDOuiiiiable ster:ch arises from the mmlflat off Weld Quay whenever it is left I are by the tide.- Official Report.'] I STOOD on the Quay at midday. When the Town Clock struck the hour. And the sun shone o’er the mndflut With u hundred and ten horse-power;
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  • Obituary
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    20 5 Obituary. Charles Wellington Furse. (Supplied by Reuter.) Loudon, 18 Oct.—The death is announced of the celebrated painter Charles Wellington Furse.
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      1036 6 CHUBB’S SAFES. Ts CM >4r r kO PENG CHENG Co. BURGLAR AND FIRE RESISTING. All Sizes in Stock. HUTTENBACH Bros. Go., Sole Agents. EMPIRE TYPEWRITERS. The IDEAL MACHINE for Office use being built on principles comprising Great Strength and Simplicity of Construction. Full particulars from HUTTENBACH Bros. Co., Sole Agents
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    Yokohama Specie Bank.
    188 7 12 Per Cent Dividend. Following is the text of the 49th annual report of this bank as presented to the shareholders at a recent meeting at the head office in Yokohama: The Directors submit to you the annexed statement of the Liabilities and Assets of the Bank,
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    Canton Insurance Office.
    226 7 Following is the report for presentation to the shareholders at the twenty-third ordinary general meeting, to l>e held at the offices of the general agents, on Friday, the 21st inst. The general agents and consulting committee beg to submit to the shareholders the final accounts for the
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      682 7 M CO H J EO ca z o H W ca co < J o \s/ALLY SIV&S riAiJiv' d s: 9 u E--35 c ;h s j so (3 (I) H Lit# BRO?, Wc PDIKNp 4 pore < H* N a (0 u o <1 TRAO£ MARK o S DUNVILLES
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      388 7 TRADE MARK CHIN HIN BROTHERS, General Storekeepers, Morse Dealers, and Livery Stables, No. 50e, PENANG ROAD. Telephone No. 26 o. ALWAYS FOR SALE. FRESH FODDER! THE very best quality only kept. Crushed Food (imported every fourteen days), Crushed Oats, Bran, Linseed, Barley, Gram, Chaff, Paddi, Hay, Australian Compressed Fodder, Australian
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      181 7 OVERWORKED MEN FIND Stearns' Wine an excellent tonic. Renews strength and increases the vital forces. NOTICE. \J'JEWS of Penang, Singapore, Perak, Selangor, and Sumatra. Photos enlarged, various sizes up to 3 ft. on Bromide paper. VV. JONES, King Street. Penang. Photographer. 3Gc FOR SALE. Elephant Brand Kerosene Oil WHICH has
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      1113 8 The Cheapest and Best Value in the Straits. WHITEAWAY, LAIDLAW Co., PENANG HAVE JUST RECEIVED A NEW STOCK OF THEIR Well Renowned LONGCLOTH Done up in dozen yards. It is beautifully soft and quite free from Dressing or Filling, and is speeially suitable for ladies and children’s wear or for
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