Straits Echo, 9 April 1906

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  • 38 1 Straits Echo 10-PAGE EDITION. DAILV CHRONICLE OF EVENTS. CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FERCRATED V. \L\Y STATES, AND Till: far bAST «iF.Nr.ttMH VOL 4. $24 Per Annum. PENANG, MONDAY, 9th APRIL, 1906. Single Copy, 10 cents. No BU.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 1184 1 SEITABLE FOR ALL PURPOSES Vi r* *v 25<S «> 5A 3 S' K > 5« rr «ĕ Q IN 6® 4f* Q. HARDENS irt ri-W HOURS BANKS. Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER. Hongkong Shanghai Banking Corporation. Paid-up-Capitai. Rkhkkvk Fund-— lO.i >00,000 Capital Paid'up Reservo
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    • 17 1 ELE AGENTS. GUINNESS’S STOUT. R 0 o Vo> CP 3 >■«* 7 V nv s^sva TIANG LFE Co.
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  • 1107 2 Abrams vs Bassett. (Eastern Daily Mail Aniil ■> H ia Lordship, Sir Lionel Cox, was engaged I J during the whole «»f yesterday afternoon in hearing the c *se of Abrams t\<. Hassett. i'iie claim was one for $110. iudgin uit for which amount had already lavn
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  • 1217 2 Tuesday, 31st July Thursday, 2nd August, ard 1 Saturday, 4th August. Tu be Considered at a General Meeting 1 to be held on Monday, 30th April, 1006. 'j NOTICE. No amendments to this Programme will j be considered unless due notice
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 609 2 NOTICE. ON and after this date, all small advertisements intended for insertion in the Straits Echo must be paid for in advance. LIM SENG HOOI. .'l l Ji.lv 190 Managing Direc'or. NOTICE. Consulate for the Netherlands. T T P to Mon. :iv, 3rd November, 1906, tenders wilt be received t
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    • 1071 2 THE FRENCH CONFECTIONERY, 17/ 1, Northam Road, WILL BE OPENED ON THE 14th April, 19C6. Orders taken for Wedding Cakes and ail functions, such as l ea Parties, Balls, Suppers, etc., etc. A variety of Fancy Cakes and Ice-creams can be had daily. Afternoon Tea from 4 p.m. Special apartments
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    • 32 2 I u i w Matchmaker and Jeweller Street Penan}* Hobel’s Explosives: GELIGNITE, DETONATORS, FUSES. SPORTING CARTRIDGES. Sandilands, Buttery Co., S"le Agents, Penang F.M.S. Aylesbury Garland, Sub-Agents, Perak Magazines at Penang and Ipoh
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  • Shipping.
    • 118 3 Malata, < »er. s s., 1548, Btli Apr. Deli, 7tli Apr.,Gen.,— I» M. Si Co. Bantam, Hut. s.*., 2 11 Potjeuyd, S*tb Apr, Singapore, 7th Apr., Gen., H L. Co. Bn.fc.siA.Ger. s 3,188, liable, 9th Apr., Singapore, 7th Apr., (4eu., B. al. Co. i >kn voßi.icH. Hr. 2,168, Thornton,
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    • 46 3 .9th April Petrel, for Port Swetteuhaui. Trieste, for Singapore. Hongkong, Shanghai and Japan. Canton, for Pangkor and Teluk Anson. Charterhouse, for Singapore, Hongkong, Swatow and Aniov. Ohio, for Singapore, China, Hongkong and A moy. Lai Sanij, for Calcutta. FLj'mj Dragon, for Port Weld and Taipiug.
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  • 33 3 1 /•Vo in Age 1 Du 0 I’tilcnno SlIHZ A (i ACo. i/tli Apr. Persia Singapore 'i lv A Co. 13th Hen ledi Siin,'i< pure S.B.&Co. 16th llemiiolir Loii on S.B.AC0. 23rd
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  • 31 3 1 Vw/, Fnt Ai/eil/f Leave» Palei mo Persia lieu led i Benmolir Singapore Trieste London Singapore A .G ACo. S.K.&Co. S.B.AC’o. S B A Co. 9Mi Apr. 13th I6tli 23rd
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  • 80 3 For Laugkat —Per Jin Ho, to-inorrow, 1 p.m. Bei lis Si Setul Per Chan Tai, to*morrow, 2 p in Bolt Sweltenliani and Singapore— Per I’m Seng to morrow. 2 p.m. Port Swettenham— Per Mary Austin, 11 th instant, 1 pm. Bat u B. i lira—Per Pad ana, I
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 1312 3 (S HIPPI N G -?/W$ Va Si o am» Co. Expected Anricalc aiut Departure*. Mail Service. Outwards. April 12 Delhi connecting with 1 do a.s. India 9 Donyula, do h.h. China yin\ 10 h.h Oceana do h.h. Moldavia -J| h.h. Arcadia do h.h .Mongolia Homewards. April 14 h.h. Oceana May
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    • 272 3 NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA. THE s.s. Hingo Maru is due at 1 this port on or about the 24th April and will be followed thereafter by the usual fortnightly service for Europe. Eor Freight and Passage Money Apply to BOUSTEAD Co., Agents 28-2-Oti 12'.* iuDAVID CORSAR SON’S WELL-KNOWN EXTRA NAVY CANVAS,
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  • 122 4 J untie* «atinflen every b-xiy and jnntice »lon«-. -Knu>r*n Kstnblished June Ist, !9(Ki. FnhlUhAd dailv (except Sunday*.) ir r i CRITERION PRK«. 1.M., No. 22<>—232, lie i‘li S I'humiij price: DAILY LOCAL L r**r mum* OUrsTATIONS I'osUao Kxfn. MAIL KOITION (Post Free) $l5 CAKLK A DOItKSS: Echo—Penang.*'
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  • Current Topics.
    • 376 4 L -VLKss we gel main more details of harsh treatment when future mails arrive, we shall really be inclined to think that Lieutenant Kennedy is not deserving of very much sympathy for tin* ragging which is said to have broken down his nerves. Reuter was not very
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    • 1170 4 During the last few weeks it has been our unpleasant dutv to record a couple of attacks r by armed robbers upon Gambling Farms in tbe Federated Malay States, and if one takes tbe trouble to glance back over the criminal history of the States it will be
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  • 2179 4 AJv dwrwt Fanuy. —We live again at last in PenauK, for the rain lias come and cooled things down a bit. as well as inking all the curl out of my hair, but, as all tie (•liter women who wear fringes are suffering likewis** from the damp. 1
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 260 4 WAYANG KASSIM. The Indra Zanibar Royal Theatrical Company of Singapore. The only Malay Theatrical Company which has been well patronised in every clime visited, WILL STAGE ON Monday, 9th *pril, 1906, AT THE CAMPBELL STREET DRURY LANE THEATRE HALL. The Charming Opera CARMEN," ON 5 ACTS), wh’clt was first launched
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  • TELEGRAMS.
    • 122 5 THE QUESTION SKT4LKD. IVirce Billow’s Great Speech. I Sitf-f, i*-.d t.y Untler.) Loudon, 8th April.—The last. silling of tlie Algecir.'S Conference was held vester,Jav and the General Act was signed. All tliĕ Delegates have left Algeciras. The Odaniatiĕcher Lloyd’* Service.) Berlin, 8th April.—Priuce vou Bulow’s -|s*ech on the Morocco
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    • 73 5 Slowly Recovering. (The Ostsuiatischer Lloyd's" Service.) Berlin, Bth April.—Priuce vou Bulow shows no signs of paralysis, hut is merely suffering from extreme exhauslion aud require* a long rest. His life is not regarded as lieiug in danger aud he is progressing satisfactorily towards convalescence. A most friendly
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    • 100 5 The Hague Conference (Supplied by Renter.) London, 7th April.—Russia’s programme lor the second Peace Conference proposes to limit the work to the further elaboration ol' the rules of procedure of the Arbitration Court and the consideration of the rules of warfare, including the questions of private property at. sea
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    • 125 5 A Village Destroyed (Supplied by Reuter.) London, Bth April.—The eruptiou of Vesuvius continues to be of an alarming natur Loudon, 9th April. —The eruption of Vesuvius is assuming extr .ordiuarv proportions. The coue of the volcauo has eollapsed ou the Pompeii side aud a uew crater has opeued ou
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    • 121 5 Ministers Banqueted. (Supplied by Reuter.) London, 7th April.—The Pilgrim’s Club lias given a banquet to Lord Curzou at the Savoy. Lord Roberts presided aud many distinguished persons w-ere preseut, including Mr. Winston Churchill and Lord Milner. Replying*to Lord George Hamilton’s toist. Lord Curzon said that, the Colonies were the
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    • 73 5 Message from the Tsar. (Supplied by Reuter.) Londou, Bth April.—The Tsar has telegraphed to the Dalai Lama b»«u«. A number of my HuJdbwl ia< lie happiuess to pay homage to the Great High Priest, during* bis visit to Northern Mongolia, which borders the Russian Kmpire I rejoice
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    • 29 5 No Money for Russia. (Sullied by Reuter.) Loudon. 7 til April.-TlieUermaoUnU refuse lo participtit* m the new Kussian loan, alleging tbe approaching issue ot a German lonttGu London.
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    • 30 5 Deadlock RmJed (Snpf/lied by Reuter Loudon, 7lb April—The Huugaiiau Op position has conclude* 1 an agrecin- ill ending the political deadl**ck Count Werkerle is to form a, new Cabinet
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    • 38 5 A Railway Accident. Suji/ilicd by Renter.) Loudon, /th April.— 111 Scotland an ex press train has l>eeii partially wrecked by a collision with a goods train at Kirllebridge, in Dumtrieshire One person was killed aud two injured.
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    • 28 5 The Native Rising. (Sn ft plied l>y Renter.) Lomlou, t tli April—The held force lias leti Greyt->wn for the supposed hiding place of the rebel chief Bambaata.
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    • 23 5 The New Loan. The Ostasiatischer Lloyd's Service Berlin, Bth April. The Barings will take live millions sterling <>f the new Russian loan.
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    • 23 5 Strike of Sailors The Oslo si a tischer Lloyd's Service.) Berlin, Bth April.—A strike of sailors at Hamburg is hindering slopping business.
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    • 21 5 A Dutch Victory. (The O stasia tischer Lloyd' Service.) Berlin, Bth April.— The Dutch h „ve been victorious i Celebes.
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    • 22 5 Cambridge Wins (Suff/tied by Renter.) Loudon, Bth April.—' ambri-ige won ihe Oxford aud Cambridge Boat Race by tive lengths
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    • 433 5 (Supplied by h‘- uter I Fishmonger’s Company islets. Lord Tweeduiouth, t lie the Admiralty, sai<l that the Navy had never j been so well equipped, officered, manned an ready to tight. Sir Henry Campbell Banner- j man complained of the attacks made upon j the Government with reference
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    • 124 5 0. If. C. r». Ta'fing R. CThk above ma'cli will take place at Yaipmg on i lie 13'li instant and w ill tie continued on tlie following day. The Peuang team will consist of the following Messrs. Sim Swee Ee (Cajtnin). Boev Ewe »-liee, Bo-v Slew Chau, Cheah
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  • 231 5 The post poued League foot ball match will I be pi ved on tlie Esplanade at 5 15 this j evening between the Penang Recreation Club and the Chinese Recreation Club An Association football match will be played at tlie Sepov Lines Parade ground l>e tween the Peuang Cricket
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  • 216 5 Saturday’s Open Aik Concert. On Saturday evening the Penang Golf Club gave a very enjoyable open air concert, at which practically the whole of Peuang was preseut. Luckily the rain, which had j l>eeii pattering down nearly all day, held off duriug the evening, aud although the
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  • 144 5 j Ihe plague figures tor the week ending March 17th were 13 325 seizures and I0.7H2 deaths, as compared with lu,0ao seizures ,aml 0,0 8 deaths the previous week. The provincial talitv totals were Bom ha v 1,498; Madras 42; B ngai 4,278; the Uuited Provinces 3,30.0
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  • 748 5 Free Vernacular Schools for Singapore. The Schoolmaster is at road ami 1 trust More to him. armed with Ins Primer, than i do to thd soldier in full military arrav, tor upholding and extend ng the liberties j "I li s country,” said Lord Brougham, in
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  • 194 5 FEBRUARY OUTP T U R give below a comparative statement ot llie output for the second ii ontji uf t lie years 19 5 and 1006. 1905 lotto Pikuls Pikuli* Perak 27,831 01 27.544 20 Selangor 21 685.08 20 290 40 Negri Seuibihn 5,***** 0,481 40
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  • 73 5 To-day. 1♦ *t h I >.• y, 3rd M• *1 *ll Foot ball Match C li. 0. r*. P. K C., Esplanade. Football Match P. C. C. v.<. M. S (luides. Sepoy Lines. Town Hand, Ksplanade, 6 to 7 p in., and Chinese Recreation Club, 9 to II pm.
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  • 10 5 English (Delhi) 12th Apr. j Indian Thomjtca) 14t.ii
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  • 45 5 P. O. SAILING. H ,in >c■ vii Outwards. Ho.wk.ua> Delhi 7.2 Apr Oceana 'I Apr Donga!a </> j Arcadia .2<N 4 S H turwAioi» liofueu iKf I’alutcan 77 Apr. j Pera 72 Apr. Pa l ma l May. j Java 27 oar for particuiais see Page
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 75 5 Highly Hsteemed. No liniment stands higher iu the i»n;«I lion of those who know its real value than Chamberlain’* Tain Halm. There aie thousands who feel that they cannot get along without it au<l always keep it in their h mes The pain from cuts, burns, bruises 'and like injuries
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    • 123 5 To-day’s Ad vertisements. KTOTICK. ALL friends of tiie late Mr. Klmr Auu who may desire to attend the final obsequies are kindly informed that the launch Ji<>k Eah will convey them from the Church Street pier to deceased’s residence on the 23th iust. at tioou and on the 14th j
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    • 233 5 NOTICE TO MARINERS. ITU) KIM All LIGHT, SOUTH CH \NNEL, PENANG. r |MIIS i,ighl through an aoeiilvnl lo the I Ifni v Shades allows While in had of Bed from N. 59" E. to S. 74° E (lieariugs Mag. anil from S-.tward). I) 0 AJACINIYKE, Harbour Master. 9 4 (Hi
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
  • 323 5 Obituary. Mr James Laurie. It is with deep regret that we have to! record the sudden death of Mr Janies Laurie. Government Marine Surveyor, which took place at the General Hospital at ten o’clock veslerdav morniug On Saturday Mr. Laurie, was in his usual health and was at diuner! iit
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  • 262 6 I>o Thkv Exist in the Changed Conditions of Modern Like? The Vicar of Leeds is evidently of those who think that Cicero’s I>e A illicit ia’’ needs rewriting in view of the chauged conditions of modern life. Preiicliiug at Holy Trinity Church, Leed«, Dr. Bickerstelh said that the
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  • 647 6 German Competition. The fourth issue of the Labuau Government Gazette contaius the 1905 report on the Harbour Department. The touuage using the port increased during Hie year by 4.824 11 >us, though the actual number of ships was 12 less. British skipping increased by six vessels
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  • 121 6 Penang, 9th April. Itij courtesy of the Chartered Tta.uk L'Omimo Iletiiund ttaok 4. onoirii-c sight Kanr 2/4t 7 6 3 Credit 2/4* 3 Documentary ...2/4-iJ Calcutta. Demand Bank Rs. 175.^ 3 d-.ivs’ si gilt Private 178 Bontbav, Demand Bank 1754 Mouinieiti, Demand Bank 174$ 3 days’ sight Private 178
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  • 222 6 Gold leaf 05. B. Pepper (W. Coast 31b*.i out ol -taelWhite Pepper J 28.— uoutin-d Traug Pepper 20 —buyers Cloves (picked 42. —sales Mace 81 —buyers Mace Pickings 70. —fellers Nutmegs 1 lOs 34 sa'es N" I 5 140 sale Sugar 2 -1«». k. Ra*ke' 280 sales Tapioca I'
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  • 538 6 Number of •5 5 Capital. Shares y a f Last Dividend. Name. Quotations, r issued. '5 y— .—L Mining l9iK) 175,000 14,000 10 11 M w. n 1901 «00.000 «0 000 10 H koa«* I 1003 400.000 850.000 I 1 .r.oel. Hvdraul.c.u M Ltd M0.50 1901 8 120.00 12.000
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 57 6 A Favorite Remedy for Babies. Its pleasant taste ami prompt, cures have made Chamliei lain's Cough liemedv a favorite with the mothers of small children. It (jujckly cures their coughs and colds am] prevents any danger ot' pneumonia or other serious consequences. George Town Dis-1 pens; try, General Agents, and
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    • 113 6 MACKAY’S LIQUEUR WHISKY. Gles/ers' Champagne, THE CELECTED “S. B. Co.” GIN James BUCHANAN Co.’s CELEBRATED RED SEAL AND BLACK AND WHITE WHISKIES. IN RED CASES. Saru/ilanris, Huitery <<* Cn SANDILANDS, BUTTERY Co. AGENTS. PENANG PERAK. Andrew Usher Co.’s SPECIAL RESERVE O.V.G. Whisky. SANDILANDS, BUTTERY Co., AGENTS FOR PENANG F. M.
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    • 212 6 ASAII' SAHIi! ASAII!!! THE BEST BEER FAR EAST. SPARKLING, REFRESHING INVIGORATING. OBTAINABLE AT THE Eastern Oriental Crag Hotels. AND FROM TIANG LEE Co., Sole Agents for Penang and the Federated Malay States McAlister co., Limited' SOLE AGENTS. $ll-50 BEK CASE IHJTY FREE DELIVERED TO AN If HOUSE IN TOWN, 4>!M>
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  • 140 7 The po*r crow lias < xlm-mued tlm imtience of li s victims, navii l iic 1/t uini* J {nil. I I'** worm lias turned, and pool worried uncials ir now gotug to have a spoil at hairy mg i in* crow, hi Madras the other da\. we had
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  • 135 7 'J UK coi'mixiuut'ut ui I m i mm /ham Pu*f writes I learn Irani lierliu that a pioposal in under the consider*!ion of (he German Government for the subsidisation of a special line of steamers to the Persian Gulf. The proposal is prompted apparently l»y the increasing
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  • 291 7 School ok Sharks Kocni» a Sinkinu Ship. A thrilling story of a British Captain's pluck is told by the survivors of the steamer British Ki>.(j which foundered during a fierce gale in the Atlantic Twenty-eight lives were lost in the disaster, which was <iue to wreckage l>eing
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  • 375 7 We are all prone to fads, (says Penelope in lier London Letter) one day vegetarians hold the field, the next fruitarians, and now > the latest cult of the well-to-do, whose digesi tiou has heen impaired by too many dinners, lis the nut diet. Nuts
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 1123 7 P. IVlofr Cranes' CYLINDER OIL. SantNUiad*. Buttery dr Cn. Petter’s Patent Petroleum Engines. THE MOST PERFECT MOTOR OF THE OAT. For Quotations and Catalogues APPLY TO SANDILANDS. HIITTfiRY Co, Sole Agents, I’ENA NO F. M. S IF YOU WANT NEW OR SECOND HAND Boilers, Engines, or Machinery OF ANY TYPE,
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    • 149 7 Highly l;s I’cmcd N.. Imi'ii.-ui >i it U In.- ,i m t lif >->i j in,i. •I* >ll l»f tllos** who kll'MV I’* I .1 V 111 It* lilt II j Chamberlain's I’a iii 1 hi. 1 tine iii- I Ill'll*. III'!* rtltu let I t ll.it IllrV (>il|i| ill
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 1281 8 Um Sun Ho, CHOP HENC 1VXOH Co. 164, Beach Street, Penang. importers of all kinds of European Cloth and General Commission Agents. DENTISTRY. W. MANSON, American Dentist, Late of Dr. Allen A Cu., Pha, U.S.A Charges Model ate, Consultation Free. K.KSIDING AT Ao. 2hi. Penang Rond. A few doors from
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  • 2063 9 There Camk a d.\y as Still as I! BAVIN.” A w**iiltli of sunshine spread n»«it' lavishly over the land, and lit, up an English meadow with a blaze oT sunshine. Spring was here, —so the laik soaring high in the heavens prod*iinfd t the listening earth
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  • 521 9 Ihe French have a proverb that s.iv. in rffeCt. that some emeu are all mothers, and other women are sill wives. After I lie fiist babv comes the average woman never thiuks of her husband as anything but A Machine thoughtfully provided by piovidence foil providing baby
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  • 471 9 Millionaire's Sukcrise Ue^ukst. To piove a surprise codicil tli<L was pun! need aud signed sit a wedding breikfast, one* of tin* witnesses of the signal me Ins just completed a journey of something like 9,000 miles. The colicil bei|iie,i lie t £200.000 to the bride, the
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  • 175 9 Henan*;. 9th April, IIHXi. Bekk— cts. Soup per catty 6 Boast 24 Steaks 24 Stew or Curry Meat 18 Uump Steak 24 Ox Tail each 30 Tongue t»o Feel 20 Heart 30 Liver 32 Hokk— Pork per catty 34 Pig's Head 21 Feet :6 Tongue 32 Mutton |*-r
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 36 9 M*rOF SENSfcVn.I ffpp*i.Je a Ijood I wty ho many f t,,p n sJL’ Wine of Cod Liver 0.l whenever they feel the need of a good tone- and Wood builder. TanteK good, dow good. Sold everywhere.
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    • 71 9 What Chamberlain’s Pain Kalm Will Do For ibe alleviation of pnin Chamberlain's p a in palm has go equal Sox ness of t lie muscles* swel'iugs >ud lameness are quickly relieved by applying it. Oue application will promptly quiet a pain iu the side or chest and untiling wdl compare
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    • 33 9 dI’EAKNS’ WIN EOF COD i IVEItOIL iis the greatest strengtlienor of the age. It is a standard remedy m all civilised countries, for its superior qualities have made it world famous. Sold everywhere.
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    • 230 9 Evety Bottle Warranted. Chaiuberiaiu s l\ttu Print will not cost von one cent if it does you lto <1 (Jive it a trial if you are tioubierl will, liieuiuatisni. Hue application i 11 relieve flic pain Pitius in the side or clc-st, soreness of the iitU'cleo or stiffness of the
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    • 785 9 fc FLEEf !J rv 'E *4 «'timer' FOR PRICES APPLY TO C. S SENG At Co Agents. CIES. THH LONDONASSURANCt CORP ORjATION. INCORPORATED J>Y ROYAL CHARTER A.D. 1720. r |MJK undersigned having l>eeu appointed A. Aleuts for the above Corporation, are now prepared to accept MARINE and FIRE risks at
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 710 10 ITROUGHT-IRON TUBES AND FITTINGS. Large Slock Always on Hand. ADAMSON, GILFILLAN CO.. LTD. HE IMBION PRESS FOR SAT.P! The Early USE ONLY and USE ALWAYS a MOST REFRESHING. A Luxurious Perfume In Health. Far Superior to the German Kinds. LIMITED, /•RIOTERS, PUBLISHERS, LITHOGRAPHERS, BOOKBINDERS AND STATIONERS. History of Penang, SALS.
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