Straits Echo, 8 December 1906

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  • Title Section
    Masthead
    37 1 Straits Echo 10-PAGE EDITION. DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES, AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL 4. $24 Per Annum, PENANG, SATURDAY, Bth DECEMBER, 1906. Single Copy, 10 cents. No. 282.
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      1263 1 TIGER BRAND CEMENT. N? 258 Qcj PA •b •V F. «e AV IN ro 11 FCR ALL PURPOSES. BANKS. Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER. Hongkong Shanghai Banking Corporation. £BOO,OOO £975,000 Capital I’aid'up Reserve Fund Reserve Liability of Proprietors Hoad Oflice: HATTON COURT. THUEADNKEDLE STREET,
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      21 1 GUINNESS’S STOUT. TIANG LEE Co s£§SHlg|/i S> Z <2 r o I 3 c* m <2 <2 SOLE AGENTS. BASS’S ALK.
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    The Converted Officc-Boy.
    181 2 Tub Young Men’s Christian Association of New York has boldly Bet itself to transform the office-boy into an angel, and an angel equipped with all the latest improve meuts, from a knowledge of commercial geography to ti e art of card indexing. It is a lieautiful «beam,
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    In Case of Fire.
    193 2 Of all emergencies none demands more imperatively a preservation of oue s power to act with coolness and deciaiou than an outbreak of tire. Iu the case of an ove*turned lamp, if action is taken at once ti e damage may be confined to the carpet
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    The Foreign Trader in Hongkong.
    543 2 “OUK COMMERCE SUFFERS WHILE Ol R Agents Play.” Thus Mr. Douglas Story, iu the Tribune (Oct. 20) :—“Twenty years ago Uudyard Kipling sailed from Sea to Sea. Iu his voyaging he happened upon Hongkoug. To him Hongkong was a place of a handful ol British
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      86 2 A Prominent Publisher Endorses Chamberlain s Cough Remedy. Mr. I.e«n S* reel or, proprietor *,f tli«> Worcester, Cape Colony, ,S 7 K ;ivr For the pasi i-eveu yeais. or Huce we have U*en in South Africa, Clmnilieilain’s Coupli Remedy lias always tiecu kept in our house- 1 h'»hl. My «if**
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      708 2 SETTLEMENT OF PENANG. "THE OPIUM ORDINANCE 1894.’ Notice of Cessation of Farm, under Section 49. ~VTOTICE is hereby given that the excluJL\ sive rights of the Opium Farmer at (his Settlement will cease on the 31st day of December, 11*00. and that no exciseable articles purchased from the preseut Farmer
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      1958 2 XMAS BAZAAR. Children. The largest show ever offered in Penang in Chocolates, Bonbons, Sweets etc. TO SUIT EVERYBODY. Before you buy call at our Xmas Bazaar and compare our>= hou8e WANTED. ACbiuese experienced Book Keeper, must be good hand writer. “Straits Echo” BUSINESS DIRECTORY. An experienced Eurasian. Electrical wire man.
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  • Shipping.
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      ARRIVALS.
      77 3 Malta, Br. 8.»., 3,800, Peters, 7ili llee Shanghai, 271 b Nov., (Jen., P. &O. Berlin, Ger. 8.8 2,677, Orgel, 7tb Dec., Fremantle, loth Oct., Gen.. —B. M. Co. Teesta, Br. «.a.. 3,42 Lee, Bth Pec., Singapore, 7th Dec., Gen., —H. L. Si Co. Cant >n, Br. a. 8., 10\
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      DEPARTURES.
      77 3 Bth December. Tiiinba Maru, for Colombo. Teesta, for Negapatam and Madras. liotorua, for Tong kali. Deli, f r Laiigkat. Langkat, for Teluk Ausou. Sree Banka, for Paugkor. Kixtna, for Port Sw< Ueubam, Kuala T.umpur and Singapore. Hock Chunn Un, for Setul. China, for Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai aud Japau. Padang,
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    EXPECTED
    25 3 Vetgeh From Atjmt* D Hf A. Apcnr Calcutta \.A.A \C« loti, l>.<Borneo Stiez A C A Co. 12th IdolllfIK u Siugapore WM AO. 15th
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    SAILINGS.
    26 3 I eggeh Fur .1 Leave* A. A pear l»oi ueo LJomeueus Singapore Siu^apore London A. A .«fcC< A.G.&Co. VV.M &Co. 111 it I >rc 12th
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    66 3 For Singapore, Hongkong, Sw.ct.ow and Amoy—Per Cheung Clair, JOtli instant, 3 p.m. Singapore aud Hongkong -Per .1 A near, 10;,h instant, 4p m. Deli Per Anagyec, lllli iustaut, 1 p.m. Port Swett mliam and Singapore —Per Pin Seng, Utl. iusteut, 3 p.m Port Swettenliam and Singapore—p-;r Perak, lllli
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      1793 3 (S HIPPIN G.) sea /A o* (1 its. N. Co. Expected Arrivals and Departures. Mail Service. Outwards 19 Jh Ha coiocditg with K.B. India Arcadia do a.s. Mongolia Homewards. Dec. Jan. l>ec. Jan. H s.s. Malta connecting with Himalaya Devanha do s.a. Moldavia 5 a.a. Delhi do a.a. Victoria FAKES
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      242 3 Por Singapore, Hongkong, Swatow Amoy. r PHE s.s. (ih>no>jle is expected here on the A nth instant, au<i will leave for the alsive poi ts on the lltli mst., at 4 pm. For freight or passage apply to CHIN HU SUNS, 7 12 00 77*» Ajehts. ASIATIC STEAM NAVIGATION Co.,
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    The Straits Echo.
    101 4 Justice *allsflM everybody and justice elone.— Bmerton Established June Ist, 1903. Published da'ly (except Sundays.» AT THI CRITERION PRESS, Lid., No. 225—232, Betcli St eel, Penan*. PRICE: DAILY LOCAL I*4 per annum OUTBTATIONB Postage Bxlra. MAIL BDITION (l ost Free «15 CABLE ADDRESS: Echo—Penang.” Telephone No. 343
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    The Hello Girl.
    537 4 It is now several months since the Government decided to replace the Malay operators at the Government Telephone Exchange with girls of European and Eurasian parentage. Whether the experiment is justified it is perhaps even now somewhat difficult to sav; but, taking them by and large, it
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    ATHLETIC NOTES.
    773 4 Dear Mr. Editor: —lu my last notes to you I ventured a few lemarks *>u the qual>* ticatious of some of Perak's players aud als° those of Penang, from whom the selections for the Christinas match are to be made. 1 very much regret that they, should have
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    The Football League.
    263 4 The League Committee will hold its tirst Meetiug of this season, on Tuesday next, at I 9 p. m at the Cricket Club. We understand that Monday uext is the I last day for entry into the League. Four new teams, representing Euiopeaus, Chinese j a ud
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    Alleged Theft of a Diamond.
    184 4 Before Mr. Julius E. Nathau this uiorniug Chau Boon Fong was charged with the theft of one large brilliant stone, valued at SfiOO, the property of Mr. 1. Galemidi. From the prosecution it would appear that Mr. I. Galemidi, a diamond dealer, who was residing
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    Chaplain for Perak.
    193 4 Thb following letter appears iu the Daily Mail (Over-seas Edition; of November 17: To the Editor. Sir, —As a constant reader of the Daily Mail,” both at home aud abroad, I often notice paragraphs about badlv-paid clergy. 1 am in want of a man to take up
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    English Opium Eaters.
    567 4 > One curious result of tlie improved drain:!age system iu the Feus is a wonderful decrease in the eousuniptiou of opium iu Lini i colushire. A Morning Leader represeutative learned that even to-day the chemists of Boston, Spalding, and Peterborough do a fairly large busiuess with the
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  • TELEGRAMS.
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      Home Polities.
      100 4 Education Bill Passed by the Lords (Supplied by Reuter.) London, 7th December.—The House of Lords passed the third reading of the amended Education Bill by 105 to 28. The minority is composed of Catholics aud extreme Anglicaus. The Commons will consider the report ou Monday. The Fate of
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      Finance.
      41 4 The London Money Market Active. (Supplied bp Reuter.) Loudou, 8'h Decern tier.—Tlie coaditiou ot (lie Money Market continues to occupy atteutiou. It is believed that gold is likely to be ear-marked in Loudon, both ou account of ludia and Egypt.
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      The Moroccan Question.
      121 4 M Jaures Attacking the French Government (Supplied by Reuter) London, 7th December.—lu the Freuch Chamber M. Jaures attacked the Government for their feverish haste iu regard to Morocco, and declared that France would lie drawn iuto peiietrating iuto the interior of that country. M. Pichou replied that
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      The Pope.
      61 4 Exhorting Unity Among the Catholics (Supplied bp Reuter.) Loudou, 7th December.—At a consistory held yesterday the Pope preconised eightyfour Bishops. In his address he compared the church to a storm-tossed ship, and dwelt ou the anti- clerical movemeut iu France aud Spain. He exhoite 1 the faithful to
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      U. S. A.
      43 4 More Warships Wanted (Supplied by Renter.) Loudou, 7th November. —The Hou’ble Charles J. Bonaparte the United States Secretary for the Navy, recommends the immediate construction of two additional battleships, one of the largest class, aud the other of lt>,(HK) tons.
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      Japan.
      121 4 New Army Programme (Supjtlied by Reuter.) Loudou, 7th December. —The Tokio correspondent of the Times reports that a new army programme to enable Japan to place 750.000 meu on the field is on foot Ihe garrisons in Manchuria and Korea will be reduced to furnish six new Divisions for
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      The Seal Fisheries.
      70 5 Seals Decimated nest p,,^' itfnpptied by Reuter.) liOlllJoil, Htll L> e I Wttafiiu.too that an v T re P° ,te <l from .la[wti<*e >? f 'V° r ,:,to tiie leliimU (the Seal Maud?! I f Prib .vloff summer the J» tto k H, tb hat seals m
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      403 4 THERE Ift ONLY ONE CANNED MILK in which the full flavour and benefit of Fresh Cow’s Milk is retained and it is DAHL’S MILK, which is taken from Cows grazing in the richest pastures of Norway, under the supervision of Veterinary Surgeons. G. H. SLOT CO., Agents. *TIANG J00 Co.,»
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      13 4 The French Confectionary. 17a. Northam Road. Chocolates, Bonbons, ltessert FouJauts, At Heomnatiie F-tict»-
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  • Obituary
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    84 4 Obituary. Mr. W. C McKean (Echo Special.) Singapore, 8th December.— Mr. William C. McKeitfr, who was accident ally knocked down by a motor car on the 28th ul to., succumbed to his injuries last night. Major-Gen. William Guise Tucker (Supplied bp Reuter.) Loudou, 7th December.—Major-General \Y illiaui Guise Tucker, who
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    Football and Tennis in Kunala Lipis.
    885 5 1 iiE much-talked-of Football match 1 .inversus Raub. came off on SaturZ,' p,s the 1st instant, on the I lie morniug broke lino u.;n .i of the Raub team, but in the Iff‘ 1 ,e advenf came down in torreuts until 4-JO D n
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    Our Mail Budget.
    2040 5 Home Politic». crds and Kducation. Mr Hajfour as Poet. Norwegian Visit. 'I “T- Sllt p o wktten ham (From Our o,m liONDov M i tndent w«k’y K 'S' 1 W. I, known him .i•,- poet. We have tbvoloxiau, but Si' philosopher aud -rpri* to a, ĕ,«"rT l,a
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    Passengers.
    64 5 I I er Alalt'i, from Hongkong Mr. 'Lve xf From Siugapore Mr. Sinclair, I Lowell, Mr. P. Hafemaun. PeT Jf a t( t’ for Colombo llev. Pro. Peter, Bfo Benedict. For Melbourne Mrs Jive, ami child. For Brindisi Mr II. N Ur'T'J*!; C-Stafford. For Marseilles. Mr. A. O.CWj. Mr.
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    FIXTURES.
    76 5 To-day. h-drd Day of 10th Moon. S L UWU Ikud Golf Club. 0 to 7 p.rn. r Matsuo’s Japanese Cinematograph, cm nor of Peuang Road Campbell Street, O.ao p m 1 and 9 pm. r Bntish Cinematograph, compoun 1 of Khng Mosque, Chulia Sheet, 9 p.m. Opening Night. V
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    THE MOON.
    23 5 f-ist Quarter ...Dec. OH, 8.45.1. a. a. Ir 0, l«'h I'H3. a m' First Quarter 22ud 0 47 5. j» M
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    P. & O. SAILINGS.
    17 5 P. O. SAILINGS. Mail Service. < tvrw**,,* lloMKWAm DeiUi i 9 Dec DevatUm Dec Arcidia 2 Jan. DeVii
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    MAILS DUE.
    14 5 China (Bulctr} lifi. i» German 1 t|, Indian Thonqwa) iq.i, English (Delta)
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      383 5 PPJTCE.IFiD CO. XMAS 1906. Every Department is now replete with a Splendid Assortment of GOODS, SUITABLE FOR CHRISTMAS the NEW YEAR. Provision Department Fresh Supplies of the following have arrived: Hams, longues, dice e, Sausages, Fruits, Figs, Almonds, Kaisins, Biscuits, Xinas Puddings, Ac., &c. Tom Smith s Crackers, PascalFs Sweets.
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      177 5 CO. 6. te with PALM ER TYKES. For Cycles and Motors the I*ALMLR IYKIi is now die BEST OBTAINABLE. <’LE TV RES are guaranteed all detects for 15 mouths free, but tliey are for years’ wear. OUTER COVERS INNER TURK’S sii.no it.OJ AR. it. >wing )<|s, ins Foi Cliucher 01
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    Domestic Differences.
    1375 6 'There is something deeply impressive iu the reverential tone of the newspapers when anything of the nature of a domestic shindy occurs iu the select circle* of the higher orders of the peerage. A mere baron may have a low with his wife, and the incident is polished
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    EXCHANGE.
    121 6 Penano, Bth December (By courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London Demand Bank ...2/3JJ 4 months’si girt Bank 2/4 j 3 Credit 2/4* 3 Documentary ...2 /4f Calcutta, Demand Bank les 173 3 days’ sight Private 1744 Bombay. Painaml Bank 172$ Mouimein%*Demand Bank 171 3 days’ sight Priva«e 174$ Madras,
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    PRODUCE.
    181 6 Gold leaf J 65.— B. Pepper( VV.C<»a t3lbs.5 oz.) nominal White Pepper *23 buyer* Trang Pepper 21.00 nominal e Cloves (picked) $41.50 buHnest done e Mace $80. seller» 1 Mace Pickings 67. —buyers Nutmegs II Os 28. —sellers No. 1 5{ ppl Sugar 2 no stock 0 Basket $3.20
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    SHARES.
    691 6 *'•5 Number of ”f D a Capital. Shares Last Dividend. Name >. -A V§ s issued. p ’3 s’* I i 1 1 op 1903 300,000 30.000 10 10 T > Wi n T J nuanTli IV lieiat liu Mimug Co., Ltd. $13./5S13.75 IQrtft IT'ifWVl l 9,VUOorn ln A
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      80 6 Yen Take Desperate Chances When You Neglect a Co’d I' should lie borne in mind fhat every < d weakens the luu-s. lowe s the vitality ‘""l n,: kos the system less aide to withstand •*>ch suoeeedm- cold, thereby paving the •I V |<ii inme m*i ions diseases. '«111 you
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      88 6 Andrew Usher Co.’sIBOROEN'S PEERLESS BRAND SPECIAL RESERVE O.V.G. Whisky. SANDILANDS, BUTTERY Co., AGENTS FOR PENANO F. At. .S O was > X -'»4 5 o UJ 0 G MrVV-r < i tut I n giS r-i o EVAPORATED CREAK. Absolute Purity Guaranteed, AGENTS: SANDILANDS, BUTTERY Co., PENANO. -*88«TO BE HAD
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      416 6 *1 IL •1 t ID THE CELEBRATED “S. B. Co.” GIN IN BED CASES. MACKAY’S LIQUOR WHISKY. <an(Wanrfs, Buttery Sr Co. Gteslers’Champagne WHAT IS ASAHI? It is the BEST BEER in the Far East. Brewed specially for hot climates. Obtainable in ordinary cases of 4* doz quarts and 8 doz.
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    RUBBER.
    517 7 Messrs. J Russell Grant A Go’s Share Report. London, loth November. During the last week a fair amount of business has takeu place iu Rubber shares ami especially iu the shares of those Compau’e* which look for their return fiom both' Tea and Rubber: aud this is ace uutrd
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      1116 7 P. IHo/r Cranes' CYLINDER OIL. Sartii/nnds. Hungry Cn. John Bazley White Bros.’ PORTLAND CEMENT, “LION BRAND.” Sandilands Buttery Co., AGENTS. PENANG F M 3. RUBEROID ROOFING. Adamson, Gilfillan Co., Ltd. A WONDERFUL DISCOVERY. Thi* is the age of research and experiment, when all nature, so to speak .is ransacked by
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      46 7 Sprained Ankle, Stiff Neck, l.amc Shoulder. These are three common ailments for which Cainberlain’s I’.iiu Halm is especially valuable. If promptly applied it will save you time, tcone.- and sufteiiug win n ti übled with anyone of the»* ailmeut- lot sale by alt chemists and *toiekee|it-i
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      1112 8 Lim Sun Ho, CHOP rtfc’NO MOH Co., .64, Beach Street, Penang. I mporters of ad kinds of European Cloth and General Commission Agents. 22 Kim Keng Leong Co, 127, BEACH STREET. IMPOUTERS 01 EVERY DESCRIPTION VOTICB. NOTICE. VIEWS of Penang, Singapore. Perak, Selangor, and Sumatra. Photos enlarged, various sizes up
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    The Arousing of the Chinese Giant
    3002 9 Tub Yellow Bouey iK likely to i ilie imhum]late future a int». >*' i, < lions r mfe,,ac to other Theorists have argued that ,f Hn lighting force of seventy tl, mi i° < ,o,e uf I* m-de i„ H »l,„n e 1 Obi-»,
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    Anti-British Petition in Yunnan.
    111 9 I A Pekivu letter states that the gentry land people of Yunnan province, hearing tba* la British Syndicate is trying to obtain a Concession for the coustruetiou of a railway l>etween the cities of Teugyueh aud Talifu. j have presented a numerously signed protest I to
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    THE CAUSE & CURE OF BERI-BERI.
    739 9 THE CAUSE CURE OF BERI-BERI. Proof Positive from Perak th it Or. Williams’ Pink Pills Are the Remedy. The old theory that Beri-Beri is caused by eating mouldy rice has lately been r eYived by au European doctor holding »d important Government appoiulmeut in Borneo. This geutlemau has beeu giviuo
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    MARKET PRICES.
    181 9 t Pknano, 81 h December, IIHMi. L Keek—»,up, per catty 14 Steaks Ste or Curr.v Meat 7 K liump Steak Ox lail each 30 I, longue rr ..Feet Heart Liver .X Pork— 50 p^ r k lr I**! catty 4n Pig s I lead .«.a Feet r,J louirue
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      43 9 Influenza an be cured by commencing at tbe first B mptomi to use Chamberlain's Cough ReniThousands have usod this remedy •hiring the past year, and we have to learn ,l single ctse where they wero not pleased, sale by all chemists and storekeepers.
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      64 9 Everybody Uses Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. Mothers buy it for croupy children, railroad men buy it for severe coughs aud elderly people buv it for la grippe,” sav Moore Bros., Eldon, lowa, U. S A. “We sell more of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy than auy other kind. It seems to have taken
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      203 9 BAXTER Co.'s BEST NAVY CAISVAa. SANDILANDS, BUTTEBV 6 Co. David corsap son's WELL-KNOWN EXTRA NAVY CANVAS, No. 0. SANDIUNDS. BUTTERY Co PURE fob ASTHMA U A INDIAN CIGARETTES OPrapj^io»“ ati u who 511 From urrKESSION in breathing, HOAHSE7ESS Mffiassjr" s 2 srsv* GRIMAULT C°. PARIS Sold by all Chemists. grTmault7c
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      348 9 Ini Pantun Karang-Karangan, CONTENTS:— Pan tun Dagang, Runda Diri, Puji-Pujian, Hudi, Kasili, Sambayang, a Sindier. 50 CENTS PER COPY. AT THE CRITERION PRESS. LTD. PASSAGES to EUROPE, via MADRAS. PASSAGES cmi be booked per British India Steam Navigation Company's Steamers from Penang, via Madras, to Port Said, Genoa, Marseilles. Plymouth
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    PENANG TURF CLUB. Programme for January Meeting, 1907.
    1185 10 Tuesday, 29th January, Thursday, 31st January, Saturday, 2nd February, 1907. First Day. Tuesday, 29th January, 1907. 1. —The Maiden Plate. Value $61H>. A Race for Maideu Horses. Weight as per scale reduced 14 lbs. All animals imported into the Sfra'ts or F.M.S
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      853 10 INSXJRAKT CSS. THE LONDON ASSURANCE CORPORATION. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER A.D. 1720. f I'YHE uudersigued having lieeu appointed JL Agents for the above Corporation, are now prepared to accept MARINE and FIRE risks at current rates. PATERSON. SIMONS Co. 12c Commercial Union Assurance Company. Ltd. Head OfficesLONDON. FIRE—LIFE—MARINE. luvested Funds
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