Straits Echo, 25 March 1907

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  • 39 1 10-PAGE EDITION. Straits Echo OAILV CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES, AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL 5. $24 Per Annum, PENANG, MONDAY, 25tii MARCH, Ll 907. L Single Copy, 10 cents. No. 67.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 1020 1 TtG'.tt BRAND CEMENT. 25 S A' S/ 09 ASP IN V fil :s7 /-6tf ALL PURPOSES. BANKS. > Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER. j£Boo,ooo .£975,000 .£BOO,OOO Capital Paid'up Reserve Fuu<l Rflwrro Liability|of Proprietors lleatl Office: uatjon COURT, TUREADNEEDLE STREET, LONDON. Agencies and Branches. Hankow
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    • 25 1 TIAISG LEE Co. E S CL o DO CX O 'S ex Z ac >- ex jy w <2 *5 r*i <2 >vV adbSs SOLc AGci\JS.
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  • 148 2 A Pouck.man’B Escape. To prevent thefts l*y thieves going under the godowu and cutting their w.«v into the store through the H<>or, it is the practice fur the Tanjong Pagar Dock police patrols to walk along uuder the wharves at low water to see that
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  • 756 2 Gunneb Moir Defeated Smith in One Round. The great at the National Sporting Club on February 25 for the heavy weight championship of Eugland ended quickly—to be exact, in 2iniu. 49 sec—in a victory for the holder of the title, Guuner Moir, who from the outset had the
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 86 2 Whooping Conge in Jamaica. During the epidemic of whooping cough which was prevalent iu Jamaica, Chamberlain's (’ouch Kernedv was fr»ely used. Mr I« iley Dennett, Chemist at Brown's Town, Jamaica, says of it I cannot speak too highly of tins rente y. Jt Inis never failed in a case where
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    • 2284 2 NOTICE?. ON and after this date, .’.ll small advertisements intended for insertion in the Straits Echo must be paid for in advance. LIM SENG HOOI, sth July 1905 Managing Director. Straits Steamship Ltd* Co., New Service between Penang, Port Swettenham and Singapore The above Company's New Steamer “PERAK” will be
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  • Shipping.
    • 150 3 Coin, Dut. s s., 823, Steeuborg, 25th Mar., •Singapore, 23rd Mar., Gen., —H. L. A Co. Perak, Br. s.s., 519, Olsen, 25th Mar., Chug. pore, 24th Mar., Gen., A. G. Ct). Bkovwkb, Dft. s., 51*. Hut, 24th Deli, 23rd Mar Gen.,—H. L. Co. Glen »glk, Br. s s., 2,399,
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    • 38 3 25th March. Deli, for B it u Bahra. Glenoy/e, for Rangoon. Gnnton, for Paugkor and Teluk Anson. Coen, for Sabaug. Olehleh and Padang. Lrti Hang, for Calcutta. Ma'aga, for Deli. Fiying Fish, for Port Weld and Taiping
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  • 18 3 Vessels From til r hue Bingo Maru Trieste Singapore Colombo B.&Co. S K.&Co. 29t li Mar. 80th
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  • 17 3 1 essels F„r A :Pit?s Leaves BiugoMaru Trieste Marseilles Singapore B &0o. S K &0o. Mar.
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  • 100 3 For Deli—Per Brouwer, to morrow, uoou. Tongkah—t'er Rotorua, to-morrow, 1 p.m. Langkat—Per Ban Whatt Soon, tomorrow, 2 p.m. Laugsa, T. Serna we, Segli, Olekleh aud Salt ing—Per Pegu, to-morrow, 2 p.m. Port Swetteuham aud Singapore—Per Pin Seng, to-morrow, 3 p.m. Port Swetteuham and Singapore—Per Perak, to morrow, 3
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 1749 3 (S HIPPIN G.) M 11. Co. do do 8.8. India 8.8. Mongolia R.B. Britannia led Arrivals and Departures. Mail Service. Outwards. Mar *2B 8.8. Arcadia connecting with fe.B. Victoria Apl. 11 8.8. Dcvanha do 25 8.8. Delhi Hay. 9 8.8. Oceana Homewards Mar. 29 8.8. Macedonia Apl. 13 8.8. Malta
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    • 134 3 PASSAGES to EUROPE, via MADRAS. PASSAGES can be booked per British India Steam Navigation Company’s Steamers from Penang, via Madras, to Port Said, Genoa, Marseilles, Plymouth and London. HUTTENBACH, LIEBERT Co. 4 OFNTS Homeward Passenger Season 1907. Pi O* Si Ni Co* s.fc. “MACEDONIA” 10,512 TONS. From Penang Direct to
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  • 104 4 Justice *atUfle« everybody and tnstice alote.— Tmers°" Establisiied June Ist, 1903 PnblUhed daily (except Sundays.) AT TH CRITERION PRESS, Lid., No. 226—232, Beach Street, Penang PRICE DAILY LOCAI «M P*r anno» OTTTBTA TIONB Postage Bxtr*. «AIL BDITION (Poet Free «15 CA HI.B ADDRESS Echo—Penang.” Telephone No. 343
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  • 823 4 When the Kent was here aud a shooting match was held between over Volunteers and the crew of the warship, resulting in a win for the latter, our contemporary, the Pinang Gazette, somewhat unkindly drew attention to the very excellent average made by the naval men and
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  • 680 4 A l’Ai’EK was laid before the Legislative Council last Friday on Penang Harbour Improvements, says the Free Prets. It is a report from Messrs. Coode Sous and Matthews. All the calculations and working details have not vet been made, but it is considered desirable to deal with the
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  • 126 4 There was a bumper a*. The Hippodrome on Saturday night; as a matter of fact, t ie mauagemeut bad to refuse admission to hundreds of people for lack of even staudiug room, and the eutertaimnent was as delightful as ever. We would remind our leaders that, at this
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  • 153 4 Matsuo’s Japanese Cinematograph gave its opening performance before a fair house on Saturday night. Ihe programme contained some very good turns, e.g. The PI enure Pic~ nicker». The Sweet Accordion, The Battle at Sha-Hoh. Honest'i’s Strange Reward, The Great Nava', ft t le at J-t/ an Sea,
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  • 211 4 On Saturday night the above company played The Ciugabe to a fairly well tilled house, not so good, perhaps, as the night before; but, then, one must take into consideration that “The Ciugalee” has been done so often and is so well known that many p
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  • 371 4 Thk Annual General Meetiug of tlie Penang Golf Clu 1 was held at the Club-house, at 6 pin. list Saturday. Among those pees nt were Mr. Pres grave (President), Mr. I). A M. Brown (Captain), Mr. E. H. Stitt (Hon. Secretary a d Actiug Treasurer) and Mr.
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  • PUBLIC OPINION.
    • 119 4 To the Edi ior or the Stkaiis Echo. Dear Sir, —Will you kindly allow me to acknowledge, through your columns, the geuerous donation of Five Pounds to the Alexandra Home sent by the Yorkshire Insurance Company through their lJCll agent, Mr. C. W. Harnett. You will rememlier
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  • 211 4 The cricket match belweeu Mr. Peacock’s twelve aud a twelve captained bv Mr Keywortb, which was played on the Esplanade last Saturday afternoon, euded in a victory for the former team by 52 runs. The feature of the match was tLe splendid bowliug of Dr. Pereira, who took
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  • 213 4 A meftino of the newly-fonn =hl lintnigrat»on Committee was held on 22nd March, 19)7, at the Government Buildings, Penani’, the following members being present: TheSuperinteudeut of Indian Immigrant* The State Surgeon of Perak, Hou’ble J. Turner. R. W. Harrison, Esq. It was decided that the Assistaut Superintendent of
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  • 185 4 Thk scholars of Stauda r d NI the Free School had a fiue picnic ve ter at Sumatra House, laujoug Bungba. boys walked from the school, c>iuu.en»n at sunrise, and in the evening return sunset. ,i On the bauds, organised Sports we ,e 1 the Long Jump
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    • 468 4 AN OPEN LETTER. \ITE beg lu iuform the Public of Penang generally that we are starting bu *‘“f B W shurtly,at No. 5. China Strict, tlie premises lately occupied by Messrs. Hug A under the name and style of The AnglO-Chinese Store. Our Special hues will be: Provisions, Wines and
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    • 58 4 Rheumatism Can he Cured Many sufferers from this painful disease have surprised an I delighted at the prompt reVf obtained bv applying Cham berlain’s Pain Balm A permanent cu»e miv l>e eff eted bv continuing its use for a hoit time. It will co«t you but a trifle to iry
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  • TELEGRAMS.
    • 105 5 Trouble Brewing. (Supplied by Renter.) Loudon, 25th March. —A French doctor Manchamwas shot and then stoued to death in the street a' Marrakesh in Morocco. The cruiser Jeanne Dare has beeu ordered to Morocco au I, it is believed, that France will demand heavy compensation. The murder was du3
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    • 85 5 Approaching Termination. (Supplied by Reuter.) Loudon, 25th March—A telegram to Paris from Baugkok says that the FrancoSianiese uegociatious are approaching termination, and comprise a settlement "of all pending difficulties, including the retroc°s sion to France of Balt&mbang, Siemiap and Sisophou. France, on tbe other hand, cedes Krat Dausai
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    • 52 5 Sensation in the Duma (Supplied by Reuter.) Loudon, 25th March.—Considerable sensation has been caused in the Duma by the Government heartily accepting the proposal of the Constitutional Democrats to appoiut a Commission to supervise the Famine Relief. The co-operation of the Government is regarded by the Democrats as a
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    • 51 5 Mozambique Natives Recruited. (Supplied by Reuter.) London, 25th Mach.—The Lisbon newspapers state that, owing to the delay in Natal of ludiaus proceeding to work the Katunga railway, pending the sanction of die Imperial Government, the Portuguese umeut would allow the recruiting of Mozambique natives for the west
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    • 58 5 Mr. Efihu Root’s Advice. (Supplied by Reuter.) Loudon, 24th March.—Mr. Elihu Root, me L uited States Secretary for War, has reeeived the Nicaraguau and Costa Rican misters and impressed ou them the necessity of ending the war in Honduras, otherWlHe Central America would lie involved i this^ would
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    • 104 5 General Liquidation. (Supplied by Reuter.) Loudon, 25th March.—Consols are at 84j »euer a liquidation is proceed in g in all the s t<Kk markets and the continental markets are overloaded by the heavy pressure to sell. 8 u >uch anxiety for the next account of lll
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    • 79 5 Anchor Cannons. (Supplied by Renter.) b"iid,, Ui 25th March.—Playing Weiss, Hill I ,s V a au Champion, at Thurston’s nun U a l°on in Leiceoter Square, Reece i„ a °f 4 593 (unfinished), includUot „’l' >>S anc^or cannous. The match was ru i l 1 uu^er the Billiard Association’s
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    • 27 5 Death Sentence. (Supplied by Reuter.) Loudon, 24th March.—Rtyuer has beeu UV, W» l f lbe Wi,ful ™-dJr ol Mr! ham Whitelev and sentenced to death.
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    • 72 5 Administration in the hands of the Irish. (Supplied by Neuter.) Loudon. 25th Mar.-Mr. Birrel, speaking u the House of Commous yesterday, disclosed c he impending Irish legislation mentioned iu the annual graut £40.000 yearly has beeu granted for three years towards the building o schools and also for
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    • 51 5 Mr Robertson Criticised (Supplied by Reuter.) London, 25th March.—Sir Christopher b urness in a letter to the Times regrets the want of wisdom of Mr John Robertson, M L., iu attack'iig the British administration m Egypt and especially in abusing Lord Cromer iu the native revolutionary
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    • 35 5 King's Approval Reserved. (Supplied by Reuter.) Loudon, 24th March —The Transvaal Council has passed the Asiatic Bill. Lord Selborue has, however, reserved the King’s approval. The assembly adjourned till the 14th June.
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    • 28 5 Conservative Cabinet Resigns. (Supplied by Reuter.) London, 25th March.—The Agrarian disorders iu Roumania led to the resignation of the Conservative Cabinet. A Liberal ministry has beeu formed.
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    • 29 5 Arrival at Marseilles. (Supplied by Reu'er.) London, 25th March. —Prince Fusbimi has arrived at Marseilles. King Edward will receive him in England ou his return from Biarritz.
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  • 294 5 The Government Gazette of March 22 contaius the following items of information His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Dr. P. H. H. Pereira, Assistant Port Health Officer, Medical Department, Singapore, to be Acting Deputy Health Officer, Medical Department, Penang, with effect from the 4*h instant.
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  • 1916 5 Ordinary Meeting, Friday, Mar 22nd. Present. His Excellency the Governor (Sir John Anderson, k.c.m.g.). His Excellency Major-Gen. T. Perrot. G.O.C. i Hon. Capt. A. H. Young (Col. Secretary). Hon. W. J. Napier (Attorney-General). Hon. A. T. Bryant (Act. Auditor-General). Hon. O. Anthonisz (Act. Col. Treasurer). Hon. F. J.
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  • 70 5 Per Kapm thala. for Port Swettenhaui Mis. Fox, Miss Woodford aud 2 children. Messrs. Bryans, Catheravaloo. D Graham. R. W. Harrison. L. T. aud Southall. For Singapore Captain and Mrs. Lyons, Messrs. Charles, M. St. Hoar aud Grey. Per Pachumba, for Mergui Mr. C. E. Frost. Per Maetsuyclcer, for
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  • 69 5 To-dat. 12tli D.iy of 2nd Moon. Town Band, Esp'auade, t> to 7 p.iu. Matsuo’s Japanese Cinematograph, corner of Penang Road and Campbell Srreet, It p m. The Hippodrome, Dato Krainat Gardens. It p m. To- MORROW 13ib Day of 2nd Moon. L‘ague Football Y. M. C. A. F. js
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  • 9 5 English Arcadia ...28th Mar Chiua Macedonia ...29th
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  • 20 5 O Full Moou Mar. ikttli Last Quarter Apr. r >;li O New Moon n 13»|, First Quarter 21st
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  • 39 5 P. O. SAILINGS V1.iiI St? vi. t. Outwards. IIomrwakiis. At cadia 2b Afar. Macedonia 29 Afar Devanha 11 Ajtr. Malta Id A pi Kura Seiv»«e Outwards. IIomkwakds. Formosa 26 Mar. I Manila 6 Apr Malacca 9 Apr. Nile 19
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 10 5 The i-rench Confectionery, Nortliam Road. Chocolates, Bonbons, Bessert Fondants, rWedi.
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    • 62 5 A Good Family Liniment. Every family should be supplied with a bottle of Chamberlain's Paiu Balm. For cuts, bruises, burns, scalds or similar injuries, which are of almost daily occurrance, there is uotbiug so good. It cools and soothes the wound and not. only gives instant relief but brings about
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    • 327 5 VICTOR PIANOS. Splendid .Models, i:i BLACK GOLD, and WALNUT Cases, arc just laid d and on view for a few days. '1 be actions contain THE MOST MODERN IMPROVEMENTS which comb ne to give a perfect result iu TOUCH an.] TONE QUALITIES, uu.l are FULLY GUARANTEED AS TO DURABILITY. GEORGE
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    • 483 5 r M N O T I C E. 'jO bk sold by PUBLIC AUCTION, BY ORDER OF THE MORTGAGEE, On Tuesday, 26th Mar., 1907, At I 2 Nooii, In the Archway leading to the Courtyard of Logan’s Buildings, Penang, t lit* propel ties described below, belonging to t lie Estate
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 29 5 WEATHER. Th* following report *s kindiv supplied 1»* the Signal Director of Fo t Coruwalli« The rainfall dmny the "4 hour*. en<\d at 9 ii.tu. to day km nil.
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  • 22 5 Obituary. M. Pobiedonostyeff (Supplied by Renter.) Loudon, 25th March —The death is announced of M. Pobiedonostyeff, Procurator of the Russian Holy Synod.
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  • 982 6 Off cial Minutes. Minutes of a Meeting of the Municipal Commissioners held on Friday, the 8th March, 1907 Present. F. J. Hallifax, E-q. (President). Quah Beng Kee, Esq. L. H. Clayton, E»q. G. 11. Lees, Esq. Dr. P. V. Locke. Absent. K. A. P. Hogan, Esq. 1. The
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  • 116 6 Penang, 25th March. (By courtesy oj the Chartered Bank.) London Demand Bank ...2/4$ 4 montbs’ sight Bank ...2 4$ 3 Credit 2/4$ 3 Documentary ...2/4$ Calcutta, Demand Bank Ns 174 3 days’ sight Private 175$ Bombay, Demand Bank 173$ Mouimein, Demand Bank 171$ 3 days’ sight Private 1751 Madras,
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  • 168 6 Gold leaf >4.00 B. Pepper( W.Coast 31bs.- > oz.) 1 1.—no stock White Pepper 25. sales Traug Pepper 18f buyers Cloves (picked) 42. —sales Mace 83 .—sales Vlace Pickings "Of sellers Nutmegs 110 s 29 —buyers No. 1 s. —sales Sugar < 2 no stock Bask©» 3.30 sales Tapioca
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  • 130 6 Penang, 25th March, 1907. Beef— ds. Soup per catty 14 Roast 24 Steaks 24 Stew or Curry Meat 16 Rump Steak 24 Ox Tail each 25 Tongue 50 Feet 30 Heart 28 Liver 25 Pork Pork per catty 40 Pig’s Head 20 Feet 26 Tongue 32 Mutton per
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  • 994 6 a O O *3 a 2 o Ee. 1903 1900 1901 1903 1901 1905 1907 1901 1899 1906 1905 1906 1904 Capital. Number of I "5 Shares issued. a Last Dividend. a X Name. 300,000 175,000 1906 5 1904 1905 1892 1905 1898 1900 1906 1906 8 600.000 400,000
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 104 6 «UT*» Wttl > C/) X o UJ < c° «v 6o<*° RU'* 0 o •^8«TO BE HAD RETAIL FROM Ban Seng Co., Gim Tek Bee Co., Heap Lee Co., Tong Joo Co., Goon Ten Friends, Chiat Seng Co., Teik Chin Co., Ipoh, and all the leading stores. SMLANIS, BUTTER? h
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    • 263 6 THE LONDON DIRECTORY, (Published Annually.) E NABLES enterprising traders throughout the Empire to keep in close touch with the trade of the Motherland. Besides beings complete commercial guide to London and it* Suburbs, the Directory contains lists of EXPORT MERCHANTS with the Goods they ship, and the Colonial and Foreign
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 1022 7 Urn Sun Ho, chop riLNC' MOH Sc Co., .1,4, Beach Street, Penang. Importers of all kinds of European Cloth and General Commission Agents. 220 Kim Keng Leong Co, 127, BEACH STREET. IMPORTERS Oh EVERY DESCRIPTION W. MANSON, American Dentist, Late of Dr. Allen Co., Pha. V.S.A. NOTICE. Charges Moderate, Consultation
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 3137 8 THE EASTERN TRADING COMPANY, LIMITED. CAPITAL $4,004,000.00. on The Subscription List will open on Monday, the 11th day of March, 1907, and close or"before Tuesday, the 30th day of {April, 1907, for the Colony of the Straits Settlements and the f ed.rated Malay States, and Iridiy, the 31st day of
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  • 1923 9 Meetings 1. o.dinaijr Meetings of the Couiniissiocers were held ou the Bth aud 2>nd of tlie tnoutli. Staff. 2. Sick leave was granted to Mr. J Pereira, Fitter, Engineer’s Department, from the Bt.li to the e d of tbo'mootb, and to Mr 0. C.
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  • 1473 9 I.ike in Turkey. Mr Hen ry W. Neviuson writes from Constantinople to the Daily Chronicle :—It is a c tv of whispers. No one laughs, no onespeaks loud. Head is laid to head and band to mouth. Men sit all day on divans along «alls and whisper
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 83 9 JOHN JWARTIN, MINER. A ROMANCE OF MODERN MALAYA. BY OLIVER ASHWELL, AUTHOR OF Tales of the Fen,” Chronicles of tht Carburettor Club,” In Fecit in Penang,” elc. PRICE 50 CENTS CAN UB HAD AT THE CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. 226. 2,32. Beach Street, Penang. FOR SALE. The Early History of Penang,
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    • 257 9 THE SMITH PREMIER TYPEWRITER. THE ONLY MACHINE WORKING in THR3TE COLOURS from ONE RIBBON. DOUBLE UNIVERSAL KEYBOARD. The leading machine in all Business and Govern ment Offices throughout the World. MESSRS. MACBETH BARRETT, SOLE AGENTS. my tie eHy 13 300 is ials rial ird bis li :he uia St ke
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 662 10 MURA STERILIZER MILK. •:o:IN GASES OF 48 1-lb. Tins $B-00. 96 Mb. Tins $ll-00 Ma TO BE HAD AT Messrs. Mob allied Aurifheen, Tong Joo £i Co., Goon Yen Friends, Heap Lee Co., Penang. WROUGHT-IRON TUBES AND FITTINCS. Large Stock Alwoyt on Hand. ADAMSON, GILFILLAN CO., LTD. AN EXCEPTIONAL OFFER.
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