Straits Echo, 4 September 1906

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  • 35 1 Straits Echo DAILV CHRONICLE OF EVENTS. CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES, AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL 4. $24 Per Annum. PENANG. TUESDAY, Uh SEPTEMBER, 1906. Single Copy, 10 cents. No 201.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 1171 1 ASAHI BEER TIANG LfeE CO., SOLE AGENTS. ASAHI BEER BANKS. Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China. incorporated by royal CHARTER. Hongkong Shanghai Banking Corporation. Capital Paul up X8iH),O00 Regerre Fund .£975,000 Re*erre Liability >f Proprietor» XBOO,OOO Head Office: UATI'ON COURT, Til REA I>N EE OLE STREET, LONDON. AgHfebs and
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    • 18 1 GUINNESS’S STOUT. $> 77 or; vS. v' k®>, ■H Wli oc sgzflK I* m id SOLE AGENTS. fcASS’S ALE
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  • 1046 2 Th k Scottish lOfert lias fount! a new g«df storv. I* was a twosome The player win* drove off first had baudv legs. I lie second in driving off did not notice that his opponent had got in front ot him, and ilie I tall rau through
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 1877 2 FINISIN FiNISIN FINISIN NEURALGIA NEURALGIA cured. NEURALGIA FINISIN Lira ham's Neuralgia Cure. The most distressing pain is relieved with this remedy, and often so quickly, as to he remarkable. After oO years’ experience, we unhesitatingly say you will derive the greatest benefit from its use. We believe it to be
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  • Shipping.
    • 113 3 I Jan VViiait Soon. Hr. ll** 1 Milr.6, t ii Sent Laugkat, 2nd Sept., Geu Q. B. Kee. Maky Austin, lJr. s.s., 121, Ca.iipU-11, Mi Sept., Te’uk Ansou. 3:<l Sept Gen K G. Co. Jafaka, But. s.s 747, Steeuborg, 4 li Sept Sakai g, 2nd Sept.. Geu.. H. E
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    • 81 3 4'ih Septk.m bi K Langkat, for Deli. Petrel, for Puugkulau Bruudaii. Padang, for Batu Balira. li Hili wtfit, for Asa 1 au. Jaj>ara, for Singapore. Ilok Cnntou, for Edie, T. Semawe, Segli, Olelileli and Sabang. Pin titny, for Port Swetteuliani and Singapore. Lady 1 Veld, lor Teluk Anson. Un
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  • 36 3 V easel* From i i Ayhil* />«« 1 it'll* nil!:' Calcutta VAX Co lili Sept. ISpiilawers I.oudou is.n.<t( !<>. 5*1» C. Apear Siugapuiv A A A Co. 10th lieuvoi licli Siujfapnie S !?.*<>. I.Vli ISeuvoiiue I<<IU<I<IU 8.r».&cu. -'1st
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  • 42 3 1 msrl* Fur i .1 ,*'«/> i iJculawors >mgapore s. i; \Co. ii Sept Lightning Siugapo A. A A (Jo. ot.li 0. A pear Calcutta \.A A.Co. 11 rf> Bt’livni licii Loinlmi •S. 1 «fctjo. 15» li Itenveiun* Singapore •S P.ACo 21st
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  • 49 3 For Trluk Austin IVr .1 /dry An4in, It mono", 1 pin. Dull, i».ij:iu, Mdio and T Setnuwe IVr Van dvr Varra, ii instant. 2 p.m. liiiu;jk.it —IVr Han Whatt Soon, Uth iustaut, j> in. Calcutta—lVr T,ti S nuj, (»ili iustaut, 4 p.m. Sio<;aporK—lVr 7Ve#/«,tiili instant, 4 p.m.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 1020 3 (S HIPPING.) 4S& 8. N. Co. Expected Arrivals and Departures Mail Service. Outwards. oepl. 13»-»- Delhi connecting with J7 (*,h. Simla 0« t. |1 s.s. Delta ilu do s.s Mooltan Homewards. 15 s.s. Malta connecting with 8.8. Macedonia 8.s. Devauha do China fares by mail steamers. Sud Claw £40 I
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    • 189 3 ASIATIC STEAM NAVIGATION Co., Ltd. INDO-JAVA UNI:. vice of stea'i ers carrying lioth passenger* and cargo direct from Calcutta and Rangoon to the following ports in Java Ratavia I’dsot-Kw an Samara ng IVkalongaii Soerahaya Cheribon Baujoewangi The Couipauv's Steamers also give direct shipment to Padang and Stibuug, thus saving the
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 51 3 WEATHER. Thk following report is kindly supplied by the Signal Director of Port Cornwallis 3 p.p n H.Hi. n ImUPM) luimv li.il-.r rn. Mi 1 fr, Wr. fiat- I iuc Cloudy bat lair ■yi. N. \V. S.L. i.L. liie rainfall tlioiug the -4 b>i.s ended »t 9* m today wan
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  • 95 4 J oduc* everybody and justice Established June Ist, 1903 Published daily (except Sundays.) XT th CRITERION PRESS, Mil., No. 226—‘232. Beach Street. Penan s PRICE DAILY LOCAL Mi P**» OUTBTATIONB Postage Kxtra. MAIL aniTION (Poet Free) $l5 CABLE ADDRESS: Echo—Penang.” Telephone No. 188. ~>r.fl._AU business communication*shonld benddrers.
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  • 578 4 Wk announced the other day that we I hoped to be in a position to give our readers some more particulars regarding the Penang Association, and, as will fce seen from a reference to our advertising columns, a public meeting has Iteen c tiled at the Town
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  • 896 4 In another column wiil he found a letter from a correspondent signing himself Friend-in-Need,” upon what j can only he described as an unsavory subject, hut which demands the attention of the authorities. Chinese secret societies, which live by preying upon the more ignorant of the population, are supposed
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  • 69 4 Lawn Tennis Tournament. The following is the result of the tie played off iu the above tournameut yesterday afternoon Double Handicap (Final.) F. O. Hallifax and A. S. Autlionv beat E. S. Haslam aud S. F. B. Martin, by 6—3, 6—4. The following tie has beeu fixed
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  • 722 4 There was a very good house last night at the King Street Theatre to witness the Wayang Comedy Indian R toe’s perforinduce of Noor Chahvah, or TheCharmiug Princess,'’ many of the audieuce beiug drawn thither by the auuouuceuieut that Miss Jaliara and Miss Atiuiab, two
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  • 418 4 In Appellate Jurisdiction. (Before the Hon. S H Thorn',n, j Criminal Breach or Trust Oor readers will remember that ui. n 2*2ud August last, Mohan, ed. a taml.v l! j,loye,l by Messrs Wl.H«.way, UiUUw be., was ebargeil More Mr. ia Z lower Court for cr.miu.l brosel, ot tr
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  • 434 4 BuiTERwoRTH,4th Septeinlier Mr. R.J. Fairer took over charge of the Butterworth District Office this morning, beiug succeeded by Mr. Codriugtou from Neboug Tebal. Mr. Sinith-Steiumetz succeeds the latter geutlemaD. As Mr. Farier is a keen sportsman cricket, no do oh*, will soon be revived iu Province Wellesley.
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 324 4 Straits Steamship Co.,| Ltd. New Service between Penang. Port Swettenham and Singapore, t The above Company's New Steamer “PERAK” will be despatched from Peuaug <>u I Tuesday, the lltli iust., at t pm f«>i Port Swetteuhum and Singapore arriving at po»t Swetteuhani in tune to catch the 880 i train
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    • 64 4 Bilious Colic Prevented. Take a double done of ChamLerlaiu’s Colic. Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as soon as the first indication of the disease appears and a threatened attack may be warded off. Hundreds of people who are subject, to attacks of bilious colic use the remedy in this way .vith
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    • 70 4 Cuts, Bruises and Burns Quick!) Chamberlain's 1 *a111 Halm ,,u liniment and wlieu applied 1 1> cU i ’«itbout and burns, causes them to j jaB 5, maturation and much more qua* rif the usual treatment. Italians a a burn or scald almost install j^i# the injury is very severe
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  • 31 4 Domestic Occurrence. Death. Suddenly, at Butterworth. Province Wellesley, on ord September. Ernest Oliver Keaughrau. youngest surviving son of Thomas Keaughran and Elizabeth Sbean Keaughran. London and Western Australian papers please copy.
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  • Telegrams.
    • 82 5 Unprecedented Heat Wave. (Supplied by Reuter.) Loudon, 3rd September.—An unprecedented heat wave is passing over Great Britain. The thermometer has stood at over 90° for several days. Football players and spectators were prostrated by the heat and had to be carried off thetield on Saturday. The Hospital at
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    • 74 5 Another Loan Proposed (Supplied by lleuter.) Loudon, 4th September.—The Imperial Government, through Lord Selborne, has suggested that the Transvaal and Orange Kiver Colonies should raise a loau of four millions sterling, guaranteed by the mining houses, to be spent for ihe sole l>enetit of those Colonies. '1 his
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    • 31 5 Arrival in London (Supplied by Reuter.) Loudon, 4-th September.— Sir Henry Campbell-Bauuennau has arrived in Loudon, bringing the remains of the late Lady Cam pbel 1 Ban uer man.
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    • 103 5 A Grand Review. (Suppied by Reuter.) Loudon, 4th .September. President Roosevelt has reviewed at Oyster Bay the greatest number of United States warships ever assembled, numbering forty-three. Spelling Reform. Loudon, 4th September.—President ltoosevelt has said that if the simplified spelling now used in public documents meets with general
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    • 28 5 The North West Passage. (Supplied by Reuter.) Loudou, 4th September.—‘The Norwegian Polar exploration vessel try’pa has reached Nome, in Alaski, having successfully completed the North West Passage.
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    • 257 5 More Japanese Arrested (Supplied by Reuter.) Londou, 4*h September.—Five Japanese have beeu anested at. St. George's Island, Alaska, for seal poaching. The Japanese declare that tliev meielv lauded to obtain water. It is a sigu of our comtudrcial pros|erity, we thiuk. that the unrulier of insurance companies iu
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  • PUBLIC OPINION.
    • 391 5 To lUh ton OK OF TIIE S'lKAlTS ECHO. Sir, —The Chinese do many funuv things during ihe Chiuese Seventh Moon, i>ut there is one which entails such great hardships upon a certain class of the female population of Penang that I do not
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  • 526 5 To the Editor of the Str; its Echo. Dear Sir, —Will you kiudly allow me a little space iu your paper to correct a little mistake ou the part of My “Lord High Executioner” who sent you a letter ye iterday anent the Free School Mv Lord
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  • 88 5 KCsSM-.N (.'uNHOL KlLLfc.lt Hongkong, ottth Aug. Mk. N. Laptew, the Consul fur Russia, i’ortugal and Denmark at Tientsin. lias l>etii shot by a Russian yesterday and is dangerously wuuuded. Mr. 11 Wills, assistant, to the Chinese Engineering and Mining Co., employed at the Maudl Mines, has
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  • 258 5 Singapore Gkntlbmen Acquire Land at Bkskkah. Writing under date 28th August the special correspondent of the Sir its Time* at Pahang says:—Reference was recently made iu these columns to the fact that there weie indications that capitalists were on the look-out for rubber iaud in the coast district.
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  • 619 5 British Medical Association. A meeting of the British Medical Association, Native States Branch, took place on August 2*th and 29th at the Residency. Ipoli, which had kiudly been placed at the disposal of the Association bv Mr. Birch. The Resident opened the meeting with a sho't speech.
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  • 77 5 To-day. 16th Day of 7th Moou. Liwu Tenuii Tournament. The General Bioscope Co., Peuaug Road, 9 p.m. Comedy Indian Ratoe Theatrical Co. Bluebeard,” King Street The lire, p.m. Town Baud, Chinese Reel eat ion Club, 9 p.m. To-morrow 17th Day of 7th Mooli. Lawn Tenuis Tournament Town Baud, Esplanade,
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  • 12 5 German (tlneiseHau) .~>th Sept. English Delhi) loth China (Mal'u) 1-Vh
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  • 35 5 P. O. SAILINGS. llail Service. Outwards Homhwaroh. Delhi Sept, j Mail i /•> Sept Simla 27 j Decanh a 29 i.xua Service Outwards. Homkwaros. Poona l Sept, j Sttnda S Sept Nile 18 j Java 12
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  • 34 5 i I «in* l Qiiaili<i ...Sept. 11th 3 i>3 >. AM. 0 New Moon IS-li 733 r M f First Quarter 2-Vli 111 •"> cm. O Full Moon Oct. 2nd 7 48 4. pm.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 13 5 The French Confectionery, 17a, Northam Rond. Chocolate*, Houbous. IftNport Fomluat. At R*asotUibl* Prism
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    • 369 5 Indications of Rheumatism. Sure aud swolleu joints, sharp, shooting pains. torturiug muscles. no ids», no sleep—that uieins rheumatism. It is a stubborn disease to tight, but Clmmberlaiu’s Pain Balm has eou«|Utred it thousands of time-). One application gives relief- George Town Dispensary. General Agents, and for sale by all Dispensaries
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    • 779 5 MASSEY-HARRIS BICYCLES. EXCEL in STRENGTH. EXCEL in DURABILITY, EXCEL in BEAUTY ..f DESIGN. EXCEL ill LIC II I N Ess. EXCEL in QUALITY of ENAMEL. EXCEL in EVERY DETAIL. (< They Run Easy and Keep Running: Easy. 1 5) b 0 1 h c 0 <1 X) 0 0 I
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  • 167 6 Another savage trait of our time, say* G. K. Oliestertou, is to talk alrout material mi instances instead of about ideas. The old civilisation talked about the sin of gluttony or excess. We talk about the Problem of Drink —as if Drink c„ul«l Imj a problem When
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  • 427 6 Wiit mg '»u the subject of British trade in the Far East the Japan Chronic'*- says that it may be regarde 1 as one of the healthiest signs of the times that there is so much ojieu discussiou of the alleged serious shortcomings of the Britisher iu
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  • 359 6 There has beeu so much satire expended iu opposition to the suffragettes that it is refreshing to find someone having something to say on the other side. We give below some extracts from a letter to the Standard from a sufffigeite supporter. It may lie pointed out, however,
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  • 120 6 Pena.no, 4th September. (liy courtesy oj the Chartered Bank London Demand Bank ...2/4 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4^ 3 Credit 2/4y B 3 Documentary ...2/41 Calcutta, Demand Bank l*s 173$ 3 days’ sigh* Private 175 B iniintv. Demand Bank 1 73J Mouimein, Demand Ban! 1721 3 days’ sight Private
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  • 175 6 Gold leaf 5 61 80 B.Pepper(\V.C*»u->! «w. $19}. soles White Pepper "27. -buyers Trane Pepper 21 60 sa'es Cloves (picked) 42. —sales Mace 76 —sales Mare Pickiugs 67 sales Nutmegs 110s 31. —sales No. 1 5.50 ppl Sugar 2 no stock Basket $3 —wales Tapioca Flour I SO buyers
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  • 901 6 *5 ■3 Number of p I Capital. Shares Last Dividend. Name. Quotations. t I i issued. i rT i PL 1 Mining. j 1903 300,<00 I 30.000 10 10 Beiat Tin Milling Co. Ltd. $11 1900 175,000 1 1* Bersawali Gold Mining Co. Ltd. $10. —sellers 1901 600.000 60
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 96 6 Unnecessary lix^ose. Acute attacks of colic, cholera morbus and dy aeutery come on without warnin' and prompt relief must l>e obtaitnd. Tlur* is no i.eoessity of lueuriiup the xpeuse f ,i physician s m* vite in such cases if (Jhamlierlaiu’s Colic, (Jho'eia and Di.urloea K+ir.edv i-» at hand. A dose
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    • 87 6 BORDEN'S PEERLESS BRAND EVA'ORATED CREAM. Absolute Parity Guaranteed, AGENTS: SANDILANDS, BUTTERY Co., PE NANO. 4 > (Jj X o -J LU < s 6K W v Sow® W"' AT4& T»« o i& Andrew Usher Co.’s SPECIAL RESERVE O.V.G. Whisky. SANDILANDS. BUTTERY Coagents KOR PENANQ F M. .S TO BE HAD
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    • 317 6 707 SAVE MONEY BY B7Y1NG ASAHI BEER, And you buy wisely, because it is the Best and yet the Cheapest Beer in the Market. Ask for it of: eastern a, oriental hotel CRAG HOTEL NEDERLAND HOTEL... HIAP LEE Co. G1M TEK BEE Co. GOON YEN FRIENDS TONG JOO ft Co.
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  • 108 7 Canton, August 20. News is still coming into Canton of the severity of the calamity which tell uf>oii the Kwauguing district in the North West of the Canton province alroufc a month ago. It Will be remembered that it was stated that last year the county of
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  • 130 7 On 1 lie return of General Ying Clung, ex-Minister at Berlin, the Government intended to appoint. liim a Minister of tlie Couucil of Army Re-orgauiz it ion. but up till now, the appointment has not laen announced, which delay was caused by the fact that the General
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  • 177 7 Breathes there a man with soul so dead. Who never to himself has said "My trade of late is getting bad I'll try another »en inch ad.,” It such there Ik*, go mark him well For him no bank account shall swell, N«> angel watch the golden
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  • 222 7 A Pkkino cor espondeut wi.it s that the Waiwupu has lately received a dispatch Irom 11. L. llsi Liang, Viceroy of Szechuan, informing that Board that F.enchinen have entered that province from Yunuaii engaged lu surveying a route apparently with the intention of extending tie Tuukit.-Yun-nan Railway
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  • 252 7 The Ckv of Thousanhs. A monster petition signed l»y tlie teachers aud nearly I*oo,ooo students and scholars of the new schools aud colleges. Government as well as private, iu Chihli province, lias Ixeu lately handed to Duke Tsai Tech, as lepreseuting the 1.1 ely leturued travelling Commission frcni abroad.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 859 7 p. Moir Cranes 9 CYLINDER OIL. Sandilands. Buttery Sr Co. John fiazlej While Bros., TIANG JOO CO., PENANG, HAVE JUST UNPACKED n NEW CONSIGNMENT OF PORTLAND CEMENT, LION BRAND.” Satidilands, Buttery Co., AGENTS. PENANG A F. M. 8. RUBEROID ROOFING. Adamson, Gilfillan Co., Ltd The Well-known “Hudson” Bicycles, of various
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    • 98 7 South African Ca* pettier Cu cd by Chamberlain’s Col c, Cholera and Diarrhoea Kenedy. Mr. Geo. T;iyloi, a carpenter at. I\nt Kliz il et h, Cd|« Colony, who had a verv bad attack of cramp colic and dyseuterv. say* J was so bad i had to go to bed, when
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 1240 8 YOON SXJN, WATCHMAKER JEWELLER Dealer iu Gold aud Silver Watches, Graphophoues, Rectrds, i’ius, Ac Ac. Prices Very Moderate. Repairer of any description of Musical instruments aud Graphoplioues,*Ac., Ac. No. ‘2l, Market Street. ~Hv NOTICE. VIEWS of i’euaug, Singapore, Perak. Selangor, aud Sumatra. •a CHIN JOO CO., Photos enlarged, various sizes
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