Straits Echo, 30 October 1907

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  • Title Section
    Masthead
    35 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS. CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL. 5. $24 Per Annum, PENANG, WEDNESDAY, 30th OCTOBER, 1907. Single Copy, 10 cents. No. 250.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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      1102 1 TIGER BRAND CEMENT. *v m «3 £YP» "f* -3 •J^VV «GST FOtf /4LL PURPOSES. BANKS. Ohartered Bank of India, Australia and China. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER. Capital Paid up Reserve Fund Resorve Liability of Proprietor* llea<i Ollice: HATTON COURT, TIIREADNEEDLE STREET, LONDON. jK 800,000 X 1,075,000 XBOO,OOO Agencies and branches.
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      21 1 GUINNESS’S STOUT. TIANG LEE Co. r a Or <2 i/a O 5T lyj r 1 7 m a n* SOLE AGENTS.
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  • Article
    The Nude in Art.
    321 2 Hkvobe the Consett (Durbau) Fe icu. teceutly, George Ryan, travelin g th iwinau, appeared cliargel with exhibitin' indecent pictures m Im booth. Sergeant Smith deposed that he visited the booth with Sergeant Featherstone. There were placards hanging Lear the eutrauce, one bearing the words, Persons under
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    Married Life.
    602 2 The average man changei little, if any, after marriage as to nature anl habits. If he has a particular wife, one who follows in the wake of ashes and cigar stubs, discarded collars aud down troddou slippers, then, for peace’s sake, he may appear to be transformed; but
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      75 2 A Quick and Safe Remedy for Bowel Complaints. Twenty year* ago Mr. Geo. W. Brock discoveied tliiit Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera an.l Diarrhoea Remedy was a quick aud sate uro for bowl complaints. During all of these years,” he says, “I liave used it and recommended it many times aud the
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      2264 2 leliill, ;ent ited liere uce ider Vitit ugh reojres of aud of t to >ple the was her of be laruty nau «ray 'P reie lets (nee iug h a the *ve the tics fair V- to the ces lies lad nv, If ID led for usper idier ew reike
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    VESSELS EXPECTED.
    36 3 Vestel Fro bn m if Agents Due Dpucaiion .Singapore Autilochus Singapore Benavou London Malta Colombo Errol 1 Glangow W M <L0o. VV.M &Co. S.B.&Co. AM &Co. S.B&Co. 2nd Nov. 3d 5th 7 th 9th
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    SAILINGS.
    25 3 VpHttL Fur Agent» I.riirt .< .Deucalion 4 t/©n$Uvn W M.ACo. Nov Ant iloclius Marseilles W.M &0o. Heuavou Singapore S.B.&Co. Malta Siugapore A.G.&Co. E'roll -Singapore S.B.&Cu.
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  • Shipping.
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      ARRIVALS.
      48 3 Ban Whatt Soon, Ur. s.s., 199, Milne. 29th Oct., Laugkat, 28 li Oct., Geu Q. B. Kee. Cornelia, Br. s.s 194, Keid, 30i.h Oct., Port Swettenham, 29th Oct., Gen. K. G. Co. Canton, Br. s s., 105, Meric*», 30th Oct 'J'eluk Anson, 29th Oct., Gen. Ah Hing.
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      DEPARTURES.
      66 3 30th October. Lai Sang, for Singapore and Hongkong. Pegu, for Laugsa, T. Seuiawe, Segli, Olehleh and Sabaug. Un Peng, for Perlis aud Setul. Malaya, for Deli. Flying Fish, for Port Weld aud Taiping. Prinzess Alice, for Siugapore, China and Japan. Laertes, for Singapore, Hongkong aud Japan. KUist, for Ceylon,
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      MAILS CLOSE.
      222 3 For Deli aud Laugsa—Per Van d :r L>jn, to-morrow, 1 p.m. Laugkat—Per Ban Whatt Soon, tomorrow, 2 pm. Pangkor and Teluk Anson—Per Canton, to-morrow, 2 pm. Rangoon—Per Sol/orid, to-morrow, 3 p.m. Setul—Per Flying Dragon, to-morrow, 3 p.m. Port Swettenham 1 Singapore—Per Teest t, to-morrow, 4 p.m. Port Swettenham
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    Passengers to the Straits.
    356 3 Per P. aud us. Moldavia, couueitiug wilb the steamer Malta at Colombo, due at Teuaug on 6th November To Penang (from London, (Jet. II; Mr. aud Mrs. A. G. Ward, Mrs. Ward, Mr. E. Bradbury (from Marseilles, Oct. 18) Mr. Hamilton. To Singapore (from Loudon) Mr.
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      877 3 P.&0. 8team Navigation Coy. Expected Arrivals and Departures. Mail Service. Ostward. Nov. 7 Malta conaeoliaff with Moldavia 20 Delta do India Dec. 4 Delhi do Mongolia 18 Arcadia do Victoria Homeward THROUGH STEAMER Mar. 28 s.s. Marmora (calling at Bombay). FARES BY MAIL STEAMERS. lit Clan Snd Class To London
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      508 3 IP PING.) HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINE. PASSENGER SERVICE. 9 C* /7 ’r: i. By the dpw steamers, "Rhenania,” Habsburo,” Hohknstaufen.” These steamers-offer to the public the highest comfort jet attained in Ocean Travelling. o? They have very large cabins, provided with only lower berths. The Cabins are amidships and fitted with fans.
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    The Straits Echo.
    97 4 J attic eatisßee •▼•ry body'and Justice alone. Smcrion. robllihM dally (except oononyc.i AT THI CRITERION PRESS, Ltd., No. 226 232, Beach Street, Penang. PRICE DAILY LOCAL $-4 per annum OUTSTATIONB Postage Extra. MAIL EDITION (Poet Free) >l5 CABLE ADDRESS Echo—Penang." Telephone No. 343. y.B. All bosineis communications
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    THE ASIATIC CRIMINAL.
    1053 4 Wr, hold no brief for the Asiatic criminal, but some of the methods I suggested by one or two of our contemporaries to cure him of his evil ways are strongly reminiscent of Gilbert’s Mikado —something lingering with boiling oil in it, something humorous but lingering. Thus
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    Proposed Penang Chinese Volunteer Corps.
    453 4 r Want* 4 Only 10 More Recruits! 9 No more names have txeu received, since our last issue, for the proposed Penaugborn Chinese Volunteer Corps, the total standing at 90. Intending recruits should send us their names without delay. 1 Lim Chre Suing 46 Tan
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    Public Amusements.
    241 4 The Velodrome. As already announced in our local columns vesterdav there will be a grand wrestling match at this popular show this evening, when Kasharl Singh, the champion wrestler among the Sikhs in Penang, will tackle Herman Fischer, the Circus’ strong man who is also the champion lightweight
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    The Police Courts.
    210 4 {Before Mr. Codrington.) Kana Mahomed, a landed proprietor, was this morning mulcted in the sum of $lO for starving bis horse for days together. Mr. Bell, Municipal Veterinary Surgeon, who prosecuted, stated that the auimal was in such an emaciated condition that be was obliged to shoot
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    Kidnapping.
    313 4 A case of kidnapping is reported from' Kr;an Road. A Malay boy named Chem Bee, about 0 years old, lias been missing from his parents’ house a week. It appears that the child had been in tLe habit of visiting his aunt residing in the same locality, and his
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  • PUBLIC OPINION.
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      HIGH-HANDEDNESS.
      166 4 To thb Editor ox thi Straits Echo. Dear Si*, As an eje-witness t a hi hauded action taken by a fellow European passenger from Parit Buntar to Taiping bv the Mail Train on the 24th inst. may j be allowed to describe to you what I actual, ly saw
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      CHINESE NYONAS & THE PRESS.
      702 4 CHINESE NYONAS THE PRESS. To the Editor of the Straits Echo. Dear Sir —I read with much interest the letter which appeared iu your last Saturday’s issue, wntteu by a Nyonya to the Straits Times. Such a letter by such a writer is seldom met with in the press or
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      309 4 y«v 1 A PERFECTSMOKE, FRAGRANT, MILD DELICIOUS, i IS THE UNIVERSAL VERDICT I bestowed upon l DIMITRINO’S EXQUISITE EGYPTIAN CIGARETTES. f OBTAINABLE ONLY FROM l THE ANGLO=CHINESE STORE, 1 5, CHINA STREET. I r THE “INVINCIBLE” TALBOT CARS. IT WILL FAY YOU 1 TO :BTTi? A <S<MS>3D €AI< AT A
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      47 4 A Safe Cou Ch?w"i dielne for Id buying a cough medicine for children g Z T J! to buy ?¥»J»rl.in\. Cough Remedy. There is no danger from it and relief is always sure to. follow. It h e8 ne c,an r whoo^g WUteaale g T Dli P»*»wry,
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  • Obituary
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    62 4 Domestic Occurrence. Bieth. At No. 174, Burmah Road, Penang. on £9th instant, Philomena, wife of Mr. W. J. Foley, Acting Manager, Sengat Rubber Estate,Perak, of a daughter. S. S. and F. M. S. papers, please copy. Obituary. (Supplied by Reuter.) Viscount Dor mans! on. London, 30th October. —The death has
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  • TELEGRAMS.
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      The German Scandals.
      284 5 (Supplied by Reuter Verdict in Favonr of Herr Harden. London, 30th October.—ln the big libel case brought by Count Kuno Ton Moltke the Court has returned a verdict in favour of Herr Harden, editor of the Zukun/t. Count von Mol.tke was ordered to bear the coats of
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      The American Financial Crisis.
      150 5 {Supplied by Reuter Hold for America. London, 29th Octr.—The total engagements for gold for import to New York are 927,500,000. Seventy-eight shillings an ounce were paid in open market in Loudon for a million sterling’s worth of gold for Ameriou. The Chicago grain market broke heavily
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      The Spanish Royal Visit.
      131 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) Banqueted at the Ely see. London, 29th October. —At Paris President Fallieriea banqueted the King and Queen of Spain at the Elysee. The most cordial toasts, expressing satisfaction at the solidarity of the relations of the two countries, were druuk. Accident to their
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      A Russian Proposition.
      37 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) A Russian Railway to India London, 30th Octr. —The Novoe Vremya publishes the first of a aeries ot articles advocating a railway to India aa a complement to the Anglo-Ruaaian Convention.
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      Lord Cromer.
      56 5 (Supplied ly Reuter.) Eulogised by the Press. London, 30th October.—All the papera have published eulogistic articles about Lord Cromer and generally compare his speech with the recent utterances of Mr. John Morley pointing out the similarity of conditions between India and Egypt. The papers express satisfaction at tbe
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      The Empire Rifle Match.
      34 5 (Sujpitd by Reuter.) Australia Leads. L udoii, 3J.h Oc ober.—Xu the Empire fl Match tiled at Sjrduej the Australian learn scored 2.104. New Zealand scored 2,056 pts. and Britain 2,053.
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      The English Cricket Tour.
      57 5 {Supplied by Reuter.) Big Scoring at Perth. London, 29tb October.— In the match at Perth England scored 402 runs in their first innings. Of this Fane contributed 131. West Australia then went in, but were all out for 152 runs. Continuing in their second innings Australia
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      The Home Turf.
      58 5 {Supplied by Reuter.) The Cambridgeshire Betting. London, 30th October. —The betting ou the Cambridgeshire is 11 to 2 against Dean Stvi/t, 6 to 1 against Land Leayue aud Malua, Bto 1 agaiust Stickuji, 100 to 12 agaiust Retort, 100 to 8 against Lady Hatty, 100 to 7
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      British Minister to Siam.
      52 5 {Supplied by Reuter.) Decorated and Married. London, 30th October.—Mr. Ralph Spencer Paget, c M. 0., British Minister to Siam, has been gazetted a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order. He was quietlj married yesterday to Miss Leila Paget, daughter of Gen. Sir Arthur Paget, c b
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      Australia.
      26 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) The Wheat Crop in the Sonth. London, 29th October. —The Adelaide Advertiter forecasts the wheat harvest iD South Australia at 14.500,000 bushels.
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      The American Insurance Scandals.
      47 5 {Supplied by Reuter.) Vi«vPresident Convicted of Perjury. London, 29th October.—lt is reported from New York that Gillette, the late vicepresident of the Mutual Life Insurance Company, has been sentenced to six months’ imprisonment for perjury in connection with the insurance scandals iu 1906.
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      Italy.
      17 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) More Earthquake Shocks. London, 30th < Ictober. —Shocks of varying severity continue in Calabria.
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      Russia.
      39 5 (Supplied by Reuter The Duma Elections. London, 29tb October. —Tbe election returns of the New Duma show a large preponderance of Reactionaries. Out of 327 results there were 166 Monarchists compared with 25 Constitutional Demociats and 9 Socialists.
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      The Navy.
      35 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) Rear-Admiral Oram Promoted. London, 29th October.—Keax- Admiral H. J. Oram, c b has lieen appointed Engineer-in-Chief to the FKet in place of Rear-Admiral Sir Albert John Durston, who has retired.
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    Taiping Notes.
    569 5 <F rom Our Oirn Correspondent.) Taipiug, 27th Oct. The O.C.T. and the Fire Brigade. On Wednesday at noon the General witnessed the Company of the Fire Brigade attached to the Malay States Guides at work. Within a very 6bort time of the alarm the whole of the meu
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    The London Tin Market.
    371 5 Messrs. Ricard k Freiwald’s List. «list Aug., 30th Sept., 30th Sept., 30th Sept., 1907. 1907. 1906. 1905. Stocks in Eu*opb and America.. Tons. Tons. Tons. London. Straits and Australian spot 2,327 2,140 1,323 1,726 Landing and in transit 100 457 114 238 Billiton and/or Banka spot
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    FIXTURES.
    104 5 To-i>at. 24th Day of 9rb Moou. Town Hand, Esplauade, 6 to 7 p ni. Tbe Velodrome, compound of Kline Mofque, Chulia Street, 9 p in. Change of Programme. Koval Cinematograph. King Theatre, 9 pm. Entire Change of Programme. Matsuo's Ciuematograph, corner of I’euang Road aud Campbell Street, 9 pin.
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      122 5 Prompt Relief for a Sprained Ankle. “S->ine lime ago I sprained my ankle very badly ou a l«K>se stow*,” says Mr. Geo. Stereos, who lives near Durbau, Natal. A neighbor gave me a bottle of Chamberlain’s Paiu Balm with which I rubbed my ankle and then bound it up with
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      427 5 MUNICIPAL NOTICE A Special Mcetiug of the Municipal Conimissioneis will be held at the Municipal office at 3 p m. on Thursday, the 31 >t instant. Jiusin To cousider and pa.ss I udget for 1038. L. A. CotrriE* BIGGS, Secret a <j. “FAIRY STORIES OF THE TROPICS” BV ROBERT WINCKLER.
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    Wonder Pictures.
    306 6 Colour Photography Accomplished. (By the Editor of Photography, in the Daily Mail.) 'I he great discovery has been made, and the Royal Photographic Society has now for ihe lirst time in its history of over half a century a regular section of its exhibition at the New Gallery,
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    To Chew or Bolt the Food ?
    569 6 To Chew or Bolt the Food One of' flie Questions Which the Japanese Determined. To the Japanese, says the Pittsburg Dispatch, our current controversy as to whether we should chew our food <r bolt it must seetu rather crude. They decided this matter in favor of chewing manv years ago.
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    EXCHANGE.
    117 6 Penang, 30th October. (liy courtesy oj the Chartered Dank.) London Demand Bank ...2,31 4 months’ sight Bank ..-2/4 3 Credit ...2/4-fg 3 Documentary ...2/4 Calcutta, Demand Bank R». 173$ 3 days’ sight Pr *at* 175$ Bombay. Demand Bank 173§ Moulmein, Demand Bank 172 3 days’sight Private 1751 Madras Demand
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    PRODUCE.
    181 6 Gold leaf $65.50 B. Pepper( W.C«w»*t rtib*.. 1 oz.) 16f. no slock White Pepper 19 25 buyers Prang Pepper out of season Cloves (picked) out of seasm Mace 76,—sellers Mace Pickings 68. —sellers Nutmeg* 110» 21. —buyers No. 1 5.35 sales Sugar 5 2 no stock Basket 3 50
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    MARKET PRICES.
    148 6 Penxng, 30th October, 1907. Bkvit— cts. Soup pOT cattj 12Roast 24 Steaks 24 Stew dr Curry Meat 18 Rump Steak 24 Ox Tail well 25 Tongue JO Feet I*> Heart 28 Liver 25 Pork Pork per catty 32 Pig’s Head 26 Feet 26 Tongue v,. 32 Fowl (full
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    SHARES.
    1031 6 ■M J I f 3 J*- 1 I i S ■-> Number of "5 p g o 2 Capital. Shares If> Last Dividend. Name. i >» 5 5 i ikkiiml S j i r. ."R 5 issuea. a I oj J 1 ft i Mining. I r 1903 300,000
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      64 6 i Croup. h attack of ch>up cau be warded off t\Y Kiviug Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy promptly at the first indication of the approach of the disease. The George Town 1hspeusary, Wholesale Ageuts. NOTICE. \N and after this date, All small advertisements intended for insertion in the Straits Echo must be
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      83 6 WE WILL MAKE YOU A SMART SUIT FOR Black or Blue Serge; smart lit; smart style. Other qualities 3 7/S to 42 Fit guaranteed. Send tor patterns and self-measurement form post free. We also supply LIKE THIS BOOTS Made throughout of English leather, lO 6 to 25 Our Speciality, the
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      16 6 Andrew Usher Co.’s SPECIAL RESERVE O.V.G. Whisky. SANDILANDS, BUTTERY Co., AGENTS FOR PENANQ <* F. M. S.
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      129 6 9i'Oi O’ OCX OV Oi M O'.*»'- to Oi 4*- 00 *>. (X fc5 05 Oi <0 •M K> a. C; to CuODtnC X» a»'» t^r MACKAY’S UQUOR^WHISKY. KARTELL'S BRANDT. Geisiers 9 Champagne* THE CELEBRATED S! 9* “S. B. GIN IN RED CASES. Sandilands, Buttery Cn BORDER’S PEERLESS EVAPORATED CREAM.
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    PENANG TURF CLUB. January Meeting, 1908.
    796 7 Tuesday, the 14th, Thursday, the 16th, and Saturday, the 18th January, 1908. PROPOSED PROGRAMME. FIRST DAY. Tuesday, 14th January, 190 b, I I.—The Maiden Plate. Value SOOO A Race for Maideu Horses. Weight as per scale reduced 14 lbs. All animals imported into the
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    Wrestled with Angry Lion.
    316 7 Content Which Kpuran in Sport Turned into Lite and Death Struggle. While a Franco-Auierieau athleto named Key was practisiug iu London with a lion named Brutus for the wieslling championship of Europe he had a narrow escape from losing his life. The lion, while its forepaws
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    Plague of Cats.
    588 7 A Bogus Advertisement. Amusing Scenes. Kedhill railway goods station presented a strange spectacle the other day. It w«s jittered with packages and «“ccpiaclee of e w erv imaginable kind containing cits. They had arrived in answer to the following advertisement in a Surrey paper:— “1,000 Cats Wanted.—Au
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      566 7 WELL-KNOWN EXTRA NAVY CANVAS, No 0. SiMDII.ANDS. IHITTMM' Co. BAXTER Co.’s BEST NAVY CANVAS. SANDILANDS, BUTTERY Co. DAVID CORSAR SON’S John Bazley White Bros/ PORTLAND CEMENT, ft LION BRAND.” Sandilands, Buttery Co., AGENTS. PENANG F. M. 8. BETTER THAN COPAIBA'.! I MATICOj CRIMAULTsC'chemists. PARIS Hennwocd Physicians prescribe Griroault’s Matieo aa
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      304 7 NOTICE. —No amendments to this Programme will be considered unless due notice is giveu in writing to the Secretary at Jeist teu days before the day of Meeting. The notice must give full details of the proposed amendments. Entries Close at noon on Thursday, ‘2nd January. Handicaps for First day
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      536 7 JOHANN FABER’S Copy pencils, Nickel pencils, Gold pencils, Fancy pencils, Automatic pencils, Dice pencils, Flat nickel pencils, Pen Pencils, Penholders, Lead pencils (various kinds), Eraser tablets, Pencil protectors, Paper fasteners, AND STYLOGRAPHIC PENS etc., etc., etc. GOON YEN FRIENDS, rElTAlTQliSED BY HER MAJESTY QUEEN ALEXANDRA. DOES IT EYEFoCCUR TO YOU
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      1137 8 Kim Keng Leong Co., 127, BEACH STREET. IMPORTERS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION or IRONMONGERY, Which is on sale at speciall) advantageous terras. AL80 AGENTS FOR Cock Brand KeroseneOil 29c UPTON’S TEAS WERE AWARDED THE GOLD MEDAL AT THE PARIS EXHIBITION. AGENTS, PENANG: PATERSON, SIMONS Co., Lid RUBEROID ROOFiNS. Adamson, Oilfilian Co.,
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