Straits Echo, 15 January 1907

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    Masthead
    35 1 Straits Echo I*AIU CHRONICLE «I EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS. THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES, AND THE EAR EAST GENERALLY VOL 5. $24 Per Annum. PENANG, TUESDAY, l&th JANUARY, 1907. Single Copy, 10 cents, No. 12.
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      1291 1 TIGER BRAND CEMENT? *v *7 N? 258 £y «5 <? > w> IN ts kZ HE SI EOR ALL PURPOSES BANKS. Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER. H °ngkong Shanghai Banking Corporation. Capital Paid'ii p Reserve Fund Reserve Liability of Proprietors •£BOO,OOO -£975,000 -£BOO,OOO Head
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      18 1 SOLE AOE\TS. GUINNESS’S STOUT. 0 3 <g c* m O CP A mv s.ssva TlAr* G LEE CO.
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    The Truck System.
    2178 2 (p (Continued from j etterday’e inane.) Turning now to Mr. Cowan, who bad interpreted his s|>eech, the Resident asked biin to call upon tbe miners to Hp-ak on tbe subject one by one. Mr. Chung Thye Phiu. speaking in Chiue»**, said they bad lieen called to this
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      81 2 NY hen you have a Cold. lie tin" >ct ion when y« u have a cold Kh.. ,1.l 1m to relieve the lun W This is best p|isl.e<| by the free U se of Chamber-! I*in H t %.u K h Remedy. This remedy lique,u"«" :*nd causes it» expulsion liom
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      281 2 Homeward Passenger Season 1907. P. O. S. N. Co. so. "MACEDONIA” 10,512 TONS. From Penang Direct to Marseilles and London. WITHOUT TRANSHIPMENT. Leave Penang Var. 19 8 P M Leave Bombaj ipl. 6 due Marseilles Apl. 20 Colombo Apl. 3 Loudon Apl. 27 Passeugers by this vessel will lie afforded
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      441 2 ROYAL DISINFECTANT I 0 Use It In the bath It keeps the body in health. Use it in the sick-room j it Is Invaluable for washing the patient’s bed-linen. Use it throughout the house for all cleansing and Durifying purposes. CLEANS AND DISINFECTS AT ONE AND THE SAME TIME. The
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      954 2 NOTICE. f-i» \V IV Wilaou will s, u p«' P r< j M for Graham and Nicholsou, Aora ed Water Manufacturer**, from this 7th of January. NIC HOLSON. 10 1-07 23 notice. riIHK Management of the 1 HOTEL, of No. 344,Chulia Street, beg t„ inform Hie’ public in g«"eral ami
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      ARRIVALS.
      135 3 Omatkkk, Hr s.s.. 3444, Hell, 14th Jan Tavoy, Bth Jau Hen., —K. G. Co. Solkond, Nor. s.s., 1,165, Hodne, loth Jan Rangoon, 12th Jan Gen —C 11. Sons. Langkat, Hr. s.s, lit*. Lyons, loth Jau., Teluk Ausou, 14-th Jan., Gen., K. G Co. t Avagyee, Hr. s 204, Puchauan,
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      DEPARTURES.
      57 3 1 sth January Van der Parra, for Deli. Ban Whatt v ooa. for Laugkat. Flyiny Dragon, for S“lul. Pin Seng, for Port Swet ten ha m Singapore. Perak, for Port Swetlenbaui aud Singapore. Palomeolla. for Singapore. La<ly Weld for Teluk Anson. Fiyiny Fish, for Port Weld aud Taipicg. G.
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    EXPECTED.
    29 3 Vessel# 1 A' r rum 1 I Agent# Due Devauht London (i &Co. 17rh Ja*’. Sarptdon Liverpool YV.M.&Co. 17ili Hellas Colombo U.M &Co. |17th lieuc'euclj Loudon S.R&Cj. 26tii
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    SAILINGS.
    26 3 1 eseel» For A'jehf# Leave» 1 Hevanha i Singapore lA.G.&Co. 17t li Jan. bencleuch Singapore S I> AC >. 26th Sarpetlou Singapore W.AJ.&Uo. Hellas Singapore B.M.&Co.
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    70 3 For Teluk Ausou —Per Lanykat, to-morrow, 2 p u>. Paugkor—Per Bree Bankx tomorrow, 2 p in Rangoon -Per Fitzjnxtriek, tomorrow, 4 p m. Deli—Per Acagyee. 17th instaut, uoou. Kopah, Renoug, Victoria Point, Mergui and Tavoy—Per Omaj'ere, 17th instaut, 1 p in. Paugkalau Uraudau Per Mary Austin, 17th instant,
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      1358 3 (SHIPPIN G.) o P. 0. lie Hsjiecttui Arrivals and Departures. Mail Service. Outwards ,Ihu. s.s. JUevauha connecting with s.s. Brittania •>1 >.s. Delhi do s.s. Mu rut ora Feb. 14 s.s. Macedonia do 8.8. Mooltau Homewards. Jhu. l!* 8.8. Si tula connecting with s.s. China Feb. B.s. A readta do
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      196 3 ASIATIC STEAM NAVIGATION Co., Ltd INDO-JAVA LlNfc A S. N. Co.’s Fleet. Reg. Tods. Keg. Tons. The Company maintains a first class sirvice of steamers carrying l>otli passengers ami cargo direct from Calcutta and Rangoon to the following ports in Java Batavia Pasoeroeau Samara ug Pekalougau Soeralaya Cheribou Banjoewangi Tlie
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    The Straits Echo.
    97 4 Jo»U<#4*l«flc* eTerjbodj and ju»tic« »lou« .-Mmeno* Established June Ist, 1903. Published daily (except Sunday».* at thi CRITERION PRESS, LM., No. 226—232. Beacli Street. Pouan g. PRICE: DAILY LOCAI anno,P M OUTBTATIONB I’osUige Kx:r*. MAIL MUTTON (Poet Pree »15 CAULK ADDRESS Echo—Penang.” Telephone No. 343 JT.fl.-All business oonimunicationsstiouW
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    The Royal Visit.
    615 4 Yesterday afternoon u meeting of Heads of Departments ami leaders of the Coinniunity was held at the office of the Resident Councillor to discuss the arrangements to be made to give a fitting reception to Their Koval Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Connaught and Princess Patricia
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    Robbery.
    630 4 All over the East the robbery reason is now approaching, for there is the criminal on the prowl and criminal, like the honest man, likes to have his little bit of jollification at .New \ear. The result is that the Chinese criminal is most active as his New Year
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    Central China Famine Relief Fund.
    220 4 Alreidy acknowledged $11,714 Transferred from The Auioy A Fit mi ue Fund per Messrs Kbno Yew Yong and Gan t Ngoli Bee Foo Win Poe Co, iviuta »25,719 L. H. CLAYTON Hon. Ti easurer. Jau. loth, 19u7. A .meeting was held at the Tiu Exchange
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    Penang Golf Club.
    103 4 The President* Cut. u v i v Presqrave.) i (Presented by t e Hon. E. V. took T»ie first con pet ltiou toi 11d P place 0.. Saturday. WtL ‘“«taut. p The following are the retuina. vv PM 66 5 4 <*» 4 4 7 f 454*643
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    Penang Cricket Club.
    681 4 Lawn Tennis Tournament. The following ties were played off yesterday afternoon: Double Handicap. Class A. Dr. Jain esou aud C. Bradbery beat A. F. G. Anderson and U. A. Neubrouuer, 6 —4, 6 —4. Double Handicap. —Class B. J. (jr. Anthony aud E. Keimanu beat G. Teeling
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    The Marquardt Concert.
    263 4 Our music lovers must be looking f ol ward to the concert on Friday nigh*. Mauv will remember the Marquardts from thei'r last visit five years ago. Madame M dl ouardt has brought with her a new harp of marvellous beauty iu carving and t.,ue, and as
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    The India-Ceylon School, Penang.
    161 4 At a special general meetiug of the members of theT.ndia-Ceylou Associitioii. held on 12th iustaut, it was resolved to start under the auspices of the Association a school undsr the name of the India Cevlou School for the purpose of imparting secular iushui*tion iu* Tamil and
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    Peking-Hankow Railway.
    484 4 Dec. Pith, 1906, Latest uews from Peking gives a j uite encouraging accouut of the Pekiug-Haukow Railway. During the mout.i of September last, the income obtained from transport of passengers aui goods amounted to the total sum of $507,209. Begiuuiug from Jan. Ist, 1900, and eudiug July olst,
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      338 4 THE BBITI3H CINEMATOGRAPH. At the corner of Campbell Street Penang Road. TO-NIGHT! TO-NIGHT!! GRAND PROGRAMME. The largest, brightest, and most up-to-date animated pictures ever produced. New Apparatus, New Films, New Subjects. Prices of Admission. Reserved $l-00 Second Class Fiivt Class 0.75 I I Idl’d Class 4-0 cts. 20 cts. BROOKE,
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      43 4 Absolutely Harmless. Auv mother cau j»iv** Cliamliorlaiu Ooual, Remedy to her little oues with 1 feel ini; of security. The tibseuce of all narcotics makes this remedy the safest host that cau be procured. For <ml-* by *h rnemists and store Veep Pfta.
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      Singapore.
      39 5 Australian Squadron Arrives. -4 hi ho Sped at.) Singapore, loth Januaiv.— The Australian squadron, consisting of the Ist class cruiser Powerful, the 2nd class cruiser bind muter and the 2nd class cruiser < 'huUemp r. arrived at Singapore to-dav.
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      The Army.
      187 5 The New Scheme (Supplied by Reuter.) Loudou, 15th January.—A War Office memorandum explains that the divisions constituting the fiold army for abroad will each be approximately half the strength of an army ‘corps and will consist mail ly of soldiers serving with the colours and leservists, supplement ed
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      U. S. A.
      70 5 The Japanese Trouble. (Snpjdied ty Knitter.) Loudou, loth J.tuuary.—lt is reported from .San Fraucisc) that the President, addiessiug a Socialist meeting at the Lelaud Stanford University, asserted that the Japanese Exclusion Act was impossible. It was uouseuse to affirm that the United States must tight Japau for
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      Russia.
      92 5 The Budget (Supplied i'l/ Renter.) Loudon, 1 itb January.—lt is officially s.ated iu St. Petersburg that, despite fauiiue expenditure of Ho,o<mhmh* roubles, there is a sat plus for 1906 of 21 3,0« x*,000 roubles, of which 158,000JKH > roubles wijies out the deficit of 1905. The estimated deficit tor
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      The Continent
      65 5 A Railway Outrage. (Supplied by Renter.) Loudon, 15th January.—Au Englishwoman, named Miss Lowe, travelling from Genoa to Paris, was found, when Modaue was reached, iu a semiconscious couditiou iu the railwav carriage, with her skull fractuieJ. She eventually deposed that a man entered the carriage at Turiu and
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      The Channel Tunnel.
      29 5 A Canard Exploded. (Supplied by Reuter Loudon, 15th January.—The Channel Tunnel Conipanv is officially iuformed that tiie Imperial I)-*fenc3 Committee has uot discussed the Tunnel scheme.
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      The Navy.
      40 5 A Destroyer in Collision. (Supplied f y Reuter.) Loudou, 15th January The destroyer IU mr has arrived at Portsmouth wit i thirty feet of her plating ripped off as* the result of a co’lisiou with the strainer htna.
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      Siam.
      20 5 The New Loan. (Supplied by Reuter.) Loudon, 15th January. —The uew Siamese Loan will probably Be issued at 98.
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      Football.
      38 5 The Welsh Victory. (Supplied by Renter.) Loudon, 15th JaiHiaVy —The victory «I Wale ß over'Englaud at Rugby footballI is drilled mainly to the Welsh team adopting •If New Zeiiaud format ion of seven torwith a roving half-back.
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    Intercepted Letter.
    2250 5 I Kiiuuy.—Ever since I lieaid I ie chairman at the operatic meeting refer o any geutlmuau present who is not here tins evening,” I have felt that some disaster i was hanging over me, aud it has ialleu to<i'»y. lou know I allowed poor dear Tom to join
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    English.
    288 5 Thk following example of English as she is wrote deserves a much better fate thau burial in the dusty chasm of a waste paper basket:—■ To Tbe Manager, S. E. Office, Penang f —I the uudersigned the late thamby humbly-'beg to biiug tbe following lines to your kind instructions
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    Borneo Rubber.
    465 5 An Interrupted Excursion. On December 7, we visitel Setong Estate, Saudakau Hay. writes the Fditorof the It. N. It Herald. This is a liue rubber estate employing about one huudred coolies—Malays aud Cbiuese. There aie at pieseut lo,oo<t trees, and hundreds of I healthv-looking stealings iu the nurseries.
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    FIXTURES.
    107 5 To-uat. 2ud Da) of 12th Moon I* C. <!. leuuis Tout li.inient The British Cinematograph, corner "f Peuaug Hoad and Ompl*H Street, t |>. im. aud 0 p.iu. The Imperial Cinematograph. eoruer of i Penang Road aud Campbell Street. 9 p.m. I The London Chronograph Show. King I Street
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    THE MOON.
    21 5 First Quarter Jau. -Ist O Full aftoi. -Wilt *l l/Jist Q.l trier 9.. FeK fitli O Moon j 18'i>
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      11 5 The French Confectionery, 1 7a. Novtliam Hoad. Cliuiiolutefi, Bonbon», iWsert Fondants,
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      75 5 Boy cured of Croup in fifteen minuted Chamberlain's Cough Remedy rnred our little four vear old boy of croup in fifteen minutes. My wife and I have used this remedy in our family for the past five years, having tried many other kinds previous to that time, and oau say
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      552 5 THE TYRE OF THE DAY Fox* Cycles Sc Automobiles is tlic PALMER TYRE. lieu titted to approved rims they «nay In; considered as puncture proof. They aie guaranteed frte for 15 mouths and may be ex pet tied to wear at least 3 years. Cycle Covers $0.00. Tubes $3.00. Wholesale
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    EXCHANGE.
    122 6 Penang, 15th January (By courtesy oj the Chartered Bank.) London Demano Sank ...2/4 4 months’ Bi*cht Bank 2 4|*« 3 Credit 2/4 3 Documentary ...2/4; Calcutta, Demand Bank Ns 173* 3 days’ sigh» Pr v*»e 175 i Bombay. Demand Bank 1731 Moulmein, Demand Bank I*2 3 days’sight Private 17.il
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    PRODUCE.
    169 6 Gold leaf S 05. B. Pepper( W.Coast Jibs.. 1 oz. > sl7.— seller* White Pepper 323} sale* Prang Pepper 817} luye s Clovts (picked) $41.50 business done Mace 585. layer* Mace Pickings 71.— sa’cs Nutmegs 110 s 28. —nominal No. 1 5 —sales Sugar < 2 uo stock Basket
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    MARKET PRICES.
    182 6 Penang, 15th January, 1907. Bkkk— cts. Soup per catty 14 Roast 24 Steaks 24 Stew or Curry Meat 18 Rump Steak 24 Ox Tail each 30 Tougue 55 Feet. 25 Heart 30 Liver 32 Pork— Pork per catty 32 Pig's Head 20 Feet 2 Tougue 32 Mutton perlb.
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    SHARES.
    723 6 3 I S I i I i I 3 j o Number of j I Capitil. Shares Last Dividend. Nauie. >. "3 issued. s ?3 2 j jsJ_ c? I Iff I Mining. I 1903 300,000 30.000 10 10 Beiat Tin Miuiug Co., Ltd. [515.50 1900 175,000 Bersawab Gold
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      55 6 Heller than a Plaster. A |»i.<o of .lampeue.! «ill, Cham‘£‘77 l,n 1, 7»* b.uu.l ou ll.e ■m» l ,S ll >“ l>U«tw fur a r,‘ ““l 1 f° r I US “l lII*, Ki Jy or ll* (itlll I ill) Ims II.» bULttli ur ..1 .i«.p «>»t. mi 1 rl.fi.inatic
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      105 6 >• (f) X A 5 It i o 1 -J UJ < G* WE c° *o S-n«'-‘* c o MACKAY’S ->89<to be had LIQUOR WHISKY. RETAIL FROM G/es/ers’ Champagne. Ban Seng Co., Gim Tek Bee THE CELEBRATED &Co., U 3. Co.” Heap Lee Co,, GIN TongJoo&Co., in red cases. Goon
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      366 6 JOHN MARTIN, MINER. A ROMANCE OF MODERN MALAYA. BY OLIVER ASHWELL, AUTHOlt OF Tales of the Fen," Chronicles of the Carburettor Club," In Peril in Penanj,” etc. PRICE 50 CENTS. CAN BE HAL» AT THE CRITERION PRESS, Ltd., 226. 232. Beach Street, Penang. JUST RECEIVED. No.2 of The Review of
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    PENANG TURF CLUB. Programme for January Meeting, 1907.
    1180 7 Tuesday, 29th January, Thursday, 31st January, Saturday, 2nd February, 1907. c First Day. 1 Tuesday, 29th January 1907. 1-—The Maiden Plate. Value $600. A Race for Maideu Horses. Weight as j*er scale reduced 14 lbs. All animals imported into the Shads or
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    A Platonic Marriage.
    347 7 A strange «-xperimeut iu a new and improved form of matrimouy ended in failure when the Uuited States Supreme Court granted a decree of divorce to M G. L. Hunter, wife of a we'l-kuown New York literary man, sometime editor of the Smart S t and now
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    Cigarettes and Writing.
    501 7 At the meeting of the L.C.C. Education Committee held recently, when the General Purposes Committee were talkiug of printing tiie annual report, the medicil officer, Mr. Gautrey, remarked that it contained some specimens of scholars’ haudwriting which showed unsteadiness, caused bv cigarette smoking by these lads. Ho
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      383 7 «I Straits Echo” BUSINESS DIRECTORY. WROUCHT-IRON TUBES AND FITTINGS. L Stock All kya on Hand MINERAL WATER MANUFACTURERS. ADAMSON, GILFILLAN CO., LTD. GRAHAM NICHOLSON, Office, At a, Beach Street. 149 c PENANG. RANEEGUNGE STONEWARE. SELECT BOARDING HOUSES. MACBETH BARRETT, LOGAN’S BUILDINGS, BEACH STREET, SOLE AOE.MTS FOR THE PRIORY, 38, Wortham
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      33 7 INDOOR HANCING LAMPS. 200 CANDLE POWER. Perfectly safe, burns Langkat Oil. Upkeep cost per month burning 4 hours a night about per lamp. Inodorous A Inea:p!osii?e> For particulars apply to McAlister Co., uu.
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      97 7 The only Cough Medicine free from poison. The Pharmacy Hoard of New South Wales, Australia, had an analysis made of all the cough medicines that were sold on the market. (Jut of the < lit ire list they found only one that they t'eelared wag entirely free from all poisons.
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      197 8 Lim Sun Ho, CHOP hfife'NC MOH Sl Co. .(,4, Peach Street, Penang. mporters of all kinds of EuropG&n Cloth and General Commission Agents. 220 pi OQ 11 K Kim Keng Leong Co 127, HEiCtl STREET. Lai Cl IMPOUTERS 'iViiKY DESCRIPTION IRONMONGERY, W liic.l» it* ou bale at upeciaily term». A
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      395 8 NOTICE. yflEWd of Penang, Singapore. Perak, Selangor, and Sumatra Photos eu larged, various Htze* up to 3 ft-, on Hromide paper. v JONES, King Street, Penang. Photographer. n lb: W. MANSON, American Dentist, Late of Dr. Allen Co., Pha, U.S.f. I A E» al Charges Moderate, Consultation Free. residing at
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      148 8 NOTICE 1 States that they have oeeu a large slupmout oi nli nf?B t Co., Ltd. of London, an«l l av T uru f tur e and Assorted Internal Coffin 1 b ain Europe ready made Coffins, mounted, of best quality, are also Local marie Coffins and b all hours
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      100 8 John Bazley White BrosPORTLAND CEMENT, “LION BRAND.” Samlilaiuls, Buttery Co.. AGENTSPENANG F M. S. BURRELL Co.’s BOILED HAW linseed OILS, paints TURPENTINE to BE HAD RETAIL FROM ALL K 1 Tin Gei the leading stores. sandilands. buttery Cc lo Sole Agents, Penang <* F > S Jeyes’ Purifier, VV' f
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      228 8 CHOP Gim Seng MoH, 203, Main Road, Taiping, Hn Miners, Advaneers and General Goods Store. 20c Hongbee Co., General Store and Commission Agents, 83, MAIN ROAD. TAIPING. 39c Kg 800 Bee, Chop Swee Bee, Miners and Contractors, 81, Kota Road, Taiping For 9ale« Flooring Roofing Tiles OF VARIOUS SIZES ALSO
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