Straits Echo, 24 February 1908

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  • 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. 0. $24 Per Annum. PENANG, MONDAY, 24th FEBRUARY, 1908. Single Copy, 10 cents, No. 44.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 1039 1 GUINNESS’S STOUT. TIAIMG LEE Co. a a Or 5» I 2? 2 Mi 7 <2 <2 <? £Md 0 SOL£ AdEMTS. BASS’S ALE. < banks, > Ohartered Bank of India, Australia and China. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER. X 1.200.000 J01 .475,000 •£1,200,000 Paul up Capital Rsserve Fund Roaerve Liability of
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    • 24 1 THE BEST BEER IN THE FAR EAST mm um m V O) > CO <{ 'i 'h mi £d Tom riAWG LEc o Sole Agom to.
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  • 180 2 Frew Sourabay*. in Java, comes news of a terrible triple murder. One Van paid court to a girl named Angelina Corbet, but was shown the door because he had no fixed employment, though the two had l»een engaged long. Upon this, he armed himself with a
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  • 438 2 Says the English Mail The Itoinunce of Strangeness. The Maharaja of Kapurthala has taken unto himself a Spanish bride, who is reported to have apjteared absolutely charming in her green sari, ltajas are gett'Ug rather partial to this sort of thing and it is not surprising, though
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  • 363 2 At the Royal Scottish Geographical Society, receutly, Mr. R. N. Rutlutose Brown, B. Sc., delivered an address on Recent, investigations in the Mergui Archipelago.” Professor J. Arthur Thomson presided. Mr. Ruduiose Brown said the expedition had reference to the pearl fisheries of the Mergui Archipelago, which the
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 138 2 flow a South African Merchant Warded off an Attack of Pneumonia. There is always cause for alarm when a seveie cold is accompanied l>v pain iu the chest. Air. H. L. Le Grange, wuo is manager of a stoie al Jauseuville, 0. C., believes Chanibeilaiu’s Cough Remedy is better than
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    • 773 2 Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy Absolutely Harmless. Every mother should know that Cbambeilaiu’s Cough Remedy is peifectly safe for children to take, as it contains nothing harmful- The George Town Dispensary, Wholesale Agents. MUNICIPAL NOTICE. ■\TOriCE is hereby given m accordance ll with the provisions of Section 19 of the Municipal Ordinance
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    • 1654 2 boats. find ade a ands, iation fairly 1, but uoity tbeir anted comidols, ny at boats Jy hame for biog sary, 1 £he Drink auce 9 of that ouer DVTD, si pal fill l of jires r of 1 30 oter nrdffice iu lied and 1 at tbe be- >.
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  • 42 3 Vessels From A'jmh Due Hcu<lorau f l.oU'Jon vB.&Co24' b Feb M ai inora Colombo A G.&Co. 27lh Beuc’eucb Si ni»a pore S. B.&Co, 28tb Persia Colombo |S K.ACo. 4'b Mar Austria Singapore IS K &Co. 8th Malta Colombo G.&Co. 12ib
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  • 31 3 r #>»*<•/* For A'/ent* hrm fi Bendoran China S.B.ACo. Feb. Mar~'*ra Singapore A G &Co. Bencleucb London 3 B.&Co. Persia Singapore 3. K &'’o. Mar. Austria Colombo S.K&Co. Malta Singapore AG&Co.
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  • Shipping.
    • 210 3 Glenturrkt, Br. s.s., 3 020, Webster, 23rd Feb, Loudon, 19th Jau, Gen 15. Co. Sui Sang. Br s.s 1,770, Welsh, 23rd Feb., Hongkong, 10 h Feb., Coal —B. A. Co! Ban Whatt Soon. Br. s.s., 199, Milne, 23rd Feb., Langkat, 22ud Feb., Gen.— E S Co, Ltd. Hye Leong,
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    • 58 3 24th February. Deli, for Trang and Pang Nga. Ban Whatt Soon, for Paugkalan Brandan and Langkat. Canton, for Pangkor and Teluk Anson. Japara, for Pulo Well, Olebleh and Padaug. Un Peng, for Pulau Langkawi, Perlis and Set ul. ifa'aya, for Deli. Palitana, for Singapore. Flying Fish, for Port Weld
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    • 101 3 For Tongkah—Per Sappho, to-morrow, 1 p.m. Tougkab Per A vaqyee, to-uaorrow, 1 p.m. Deli Per D* Kock, to-morrow, 1 p.m. Port Swettenham aud Singapore—Per Pin Seng to morrow, 3 p.m. Teluk Auson—Per Hye Leung, to-morrow, 3 p ui. Port Swettenham and Singapore—Per Perak, to-morrow, 4 p m. Negapatam
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  • 280 3 Per l*. and O ss. Moldavia, connecting wi'h toe stetrner Marmora at Colombo, due at Penaug on ihe 27th February:— To Penang (from London, J.m 31) Mr. J. S. Harris, Mr. F. H. Symouds, Mis. and Miss Melhye, M'S. Keuu (from Marseilles, Feb. 7) Mrs Palmei
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    • 627 3 P. 0. Steam Navigation Coy. Expected Arrivals and Departures. Mail Service. Outward Feb. 27 Marmora connecting with Moldavia Horveward THROUGH STEAMER. For freight, passage or particulars apply to HUTTENBACH, LIEBERT Co., Penang, Mar. 27 b.s. Marmora (calling at Bombay). FARES BY MAIL STEAMERS. Telephone No. 521. Telegrams: Hcttliee. Agents. lit
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    • 354 3 (SHIPPING.) HAMBURG-AMKRIKA LINE. PASSENGER SERVICE. By the new steamers, Rhenania,” Habsburo,” Hohenstaufen These steamers offer to the public the highest comfort yet attained in Ocean Travelling. They have very large cabins, provided with only lower lierths. The Cabins are amidships and fitted with fans. Laundry >ou board. Doctor and Stewardesses
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    • 61 3 For Singapore, Hongkong, Swatow and Amoy. r |!HE a.t>. llonj life. Captain Haine, JL is eipec'ed to arrivH here on Mon flay, aud will lexve for the above ports ou We uesday, the 2t»ih instant, at 8 p.tn. For fi eight or passage apply to KOE QUAN Co, Ajenta Jor
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  • 95 4 Justice satisfies everybody aud justice alene Emtrtn, t-uoiinnea a any (except Sundays.) criterion" PRESS, Ltd., No. 226—232, Beach Street, Penang PRICE DAILY IXX’AL s2* per amium OUTSTATI'*NB Postage Extra MAIL EDITION (Post Free) *l5 CABLE ADDRESS: Echo—Penang.” Telej hone No. 343. y.H. —All business communications should be
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  • 716 4 Every fresh telegram with regard to the state of affairs in Morocco seems to complicate matters still more. Raisuli, Abd-el-Aziz, Mulai Hafid, and Mulai Mahomed have each added their quota I towards making the situation still more difficult. And last but not least comes M. Delcassc, the
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  • 73 4 The following business iu tin has been done to-day Penang: Straits Trading Co., §66' buyers, no sellers j Peuaug Tin Exchange, tons at 66 Eastern Smelting Co., 2 r > 66^ Singapore Straits Trading Co., 100 66.1 T0ta1...137j tons. Tin is quoted in London to-day
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  • 607 4 The Royal Mail steamer Marmora, haviug left Colombo at 4 pm. yesterday, is exprc ed to arrive here at noon on Thursday next, and will leave for Singapore, China Ac. at 2 p.m. the same day. It is said that a Swedish inventor has discovered an oil
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  • 306 4 Tub following vo f es have beeu received in the E ho's Most Popular Man Competition Votes. Mr. Poo Cboo Ohoou 27 I.im Cheng Seong 8 TJug Cheng San 7 C. B. Gasper 6 Lo Beni* QuaDg t>
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  • 544 4 Matsuo’s Cinematograph. Matsuo’s Guematograph has made so excellent a name for itself that despite any counter attractions the tine airy and comfortable tent at the corner of Campb-dl Street and Penang Road is invariably well filled. Last Saturday night saw a large audience present to see the new
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  • 628 4 IN APPELLATE JURISDICTION. (Before the Acting Chief Justice and Justices Fisher and Sercombe Smith.) Mahomed Nina Mericau vs, Habib Mericau Noordiu. The hearing of the above appeal, which was preferred by the plaintiff, Mahomed Niua Merican. against the decision of Mr. Justice Thornton, was concluded on Saturday last.
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  • 219 4 (Before Mr. Scott.) T&mbi Mohamed, a Kliug, was last Saturday charged with extorting two cents from a Chinese shopkeeper at Tamil Street. The prosecutor stated that ou the 21st inst. the defendant went to his shop and demanded some money aud hauded to him a piece of
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 223 4 MATSUO’S JAPANESE CINEMATOGRAPH. NEW PICTURES! NEW PICTURES!! GRAND PROGRAMME TO-NIGHT!!! Location:— Corner of Campbell Street and Penang Road. WE ARE GIVING TWO PERFORMANCES EVERY NIGHT. First show from < to s-30 p in. Second show from it to 11-3 U p.m Children Half Prick Si 50 1 00 0.60 0
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    • 33 4 The Residency Mks. Bland, before leaving the Settlement for eight weeks, desires to express her thanks to all the kind friends who called to enquire for her during her illness. Feb. 21, IVOS.
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  • TELEGRAMS.
    • 65 5 (Supplied by Reuter An Attack on Two French Column». London, 24th Feb.—Two French columns attempting to euvelop the enemy in Morocco were desperately \ttacked in a mountainous region and reduced to considerable straits after their ammunition had been expended. Only repeated bayonet charges saved them from being overwhelmed. The
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    • 92 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) Hawaii, the Philippines ami the Panama Canal 111-defended. London, 24th Feb.—Mr. William Howard Taft, Secretary of State for War, speaking at Buffalo said that in the event of the United States goiug to war the incompleteness of the oast defeuces
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    • 44 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) Anti-Japanese Demonstration. Loudon, 23rd Feb. —The Times Vancouver correspondent declares that the situation there is daugerous owing to the violence of the Auti-Japanese elements who are preparing a demonstration. The Japanese Colony 16 indignant and is prepared to resist violence.
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    • 47 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) Furious Calc Does Enormous Damage. London, 24 h Feb. —A furious gale has done enormous damage in Eugland, Ireland and Scotlaud. Schools and churches have tieen uuroofed, telegraph lines blown down and traffic interrupted. There have been many shipping casualties.
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    • 38 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) Officer Punished for Selliug Naval Secrets. Londou, 24th Feb- —It is reported from Toulon that Sub-Lieutenant Ullno has been sentenced to imprisonment for life and degradation for attempting to sell naval secrets.
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    • 377 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) p Assistance from America. c Loudon, 23rd Feb.—The American Gov- E verumeut has despatched the reveuue cutter t Thtti* to assist the Japanese schooner Sit- E xuina, which was wrecked on the coast of a Alaska. Like England, Siam is considering legislation for the
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  • 282 5 P. C. C. vs. P. tt. C. and C. K. C. This cricket match, which was played ou the Esplanade on Saturday afternoon, resulted in a victory for the P. C. C. by 162 runs. The defeated eleven were composed almost entirely of members of the Penang Recreation Club.
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  • 269 5 Good-bye to Messrs Muglistou, Nailer and Edmett. His host of friends in Penang will be sorry to learu that Penang is losing that very popular young sportsman Mr. Gerald Muglistou, who has been transferred to Singapore, for which he leaves to morrow bv the s.s Perak
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  • 262 5 Shooting Competitions. h The results of the Penang Volunteers’ j *ifle-shooting competitions held yesterday were as follows The Commandant's Challenge Cup. Range, GOO yards. Open to marksman and 1st class shots and the holder of the cup- *3 co 2 3,1 2 *****^0* Sgt. Southam ...2 *****45 31
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  • 758 5 The Government Gazette of February 21 contaius the following items of information Under section 2 of “The Wild Animals and Birds Protection Ordinance 1904” it is ordered that the months of February, March, April aud May in every year shall be a close season throughout the Colony for
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  • 527 5 Farewell Dinner to the Rev. and Mrs. G. F. Pykett, and Mr. Ooi Phee Kens A farewell dinner was giveu by the members of the Anglo-Chinese School Union, at the Club house. No 497, Penang Road, on Saturday last, at 7 p m., ou the O'casion of
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  • 62 5 Departed. Per s.s Tiroba. for N-'gapatam Messrs. Gordon Brown, A. N. Kenion and C. W. Tbring. Per s.s. Ki taa, for Port Swetteuham Mr. and Mrs. A. Ayahsainv, Mr. and Mrs Cowper, Tne Hou’ble J. Turner Messrs S. Behr and R F. Grey. For Singapore: Messrs. J. Duval, W.
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  • 81 5 To-dat. 23rd Day of Ist Moon. P. C. C. Tennis Tournament. Town Band, Esplanade, 6 to 7 pm. Matsuo’s Cinematograph, corner of Peuanv Road and Campbell Street. 7 pm. aud 9 pm. Japanese Acrobatic Show, Kuala Kaugsai Road Theatre, 9 p.m. To-morrow 24th Day of Ist Moon. P. C.
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  • 18 5 Germau (Prim Ludwiy) ...2o v h i'ob. E-iglisb (Marmora) ...*J7'b China ...2i*ih China (Kleiit) ...ord Mar
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  • 18 5 Last Quarter Feb. 25th O New Moou Mar. 3»d First Quarter 10th O Full Moon 18’b
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  • 38 5 P. O. SAILINGS. Mail Service. OOTWAKWS. Homk. >v*ki.s Marmora 27 Feb. I D'vauha 29 ieb Malta 12 Mar. I Delta 14 Mar Extra Service. OtJTWAKUs Homewards. Peru 1 Mar. I Nubia 21 Mar More 17 Manila 4 A/>r
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 31 5 MUNICIPAL NOTICE. THE next Ordinary Meeting of the Municipal Commissioners will be held at the Municipal Office at 3-30 p.m. on Thursday, the 27th instant. uirui* Jj. A. Coutikk BIOGo, Secretary.
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    • 448 5 PUBLIC TELEPHONE EX.IDNOE, PEN ANO. riAHOSE subscribers who have not yet -1_ signed and returned the new form of agreemeut sent to them in January last are warned that are liable to have their telephones disconnected at the end of the current month. By Order, C. P. BUCK ELL. 24-2-08
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  • 762 6 Home Government Taken to Task. ol Some interesting information about bogus rl issues of stamps was given to me.saysTYwM not long ago by a collector, aud it seems to show 0 that questionable practices of this nature are u not unknown within the limits of the British s
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  • 728 6 The position of the tin market seems to be very confusing at the present moment, says a recent issue of the Manchester Guardian During the past week prices in London ranged betweeu X 1 22 and j£l2t> per ton, nud there has been some recovery tins week,
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  • 109 6 Thk Japanese Training Squadron, which left Yokosuka on Jan. 25th on its cruise through Eastern waters, have arrived in Singapore roadstead, en route to Penang, T'incomali and Colombo, which will be Hie western limit of the cruise. The Squadrou lias already visited Manila, aud will take
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  • 123 6 Pi nang, 24th Febhuabt. (By courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London Demand Sank ...2/3f 4 months’ sight Bank ...2/4 3 Credit ...2/41 3 Documentary ...2/4 r 7 B Calcutta, Demand Batik Ra 173$ 3 days’ sight Private 175$ Bombay, D»mand Bank 1/3| Moulmein, Demand Bank 173$ 3 days’sight Pr»v
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  • 189 6 Jold leaf $65.40 B. Popper( VV.Coast 31b*.5 oz. no stock White Pepper $18.25 sellers Crane Pepper 13.25 13 o 0 sales Clovis (picked) 31. —buyers VI ace 75.— sellers Vlace Picking* hi.—buyers Nutmegs 110 s 24 buyers [No. 1 5.30 sales 2 no stock Banket 3 50 buyers Tapioca
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  • 180 6 Pbnang, 24th Fbbruart, 1908, Bsek— Soup per catty 14 Roast 24 Steaks 24 Stew or Curry Meat 16 Rump Steak 24 Ox Tail each 30 Tongue 60 Feet 15 Heart 30 Liver per catty 28 Pork Pork per catty 40 Pig’s Head 20 Feet 24 Tongue 30 Mutton
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  • 661 6 Last Dividend. Name. 3 a .2 cS 1 a <y Mining. 25 for year ending 31/3/07 Belat Tin Mining Co., Ltd |Bruang Ltd. 3 interim for 1907. 1/6 p. c. for 1903. interim for 1907 anlic Tin Mining Co.,Ltd ICbeodai (Alenglembu) LodeSynd.Ltd I )uff Development Co., Ltd. ;Gopeng Tin
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 107 6 “DE SUMATRA POST. 95 Daily Published at Medan>Deli, IS THE LEADING NEWSPAPER OF SUMATRA. lotic IT. SANS A OF OSAKA, JAPAN. No. 8, Church Street, Penang. IMPORTER OF HIGH-CLASS ANTIQUE MODERN FINE ART WORKS OF JAPAN Cotton Goods, Embroidered Painted G«ods, Bronze au'i Lacquered-Wares, S Ik aud Velvet Pic»urea and
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    • 116 6 MACKAY’S LIQUEUR WHISKY. ICAETELL’S BRANDY. WROUGHT-IRON TUBES AND FITT1NCS. Gtesters’ Champagne, Andrew Usher Co.’s SPECIAL RESERVE O.V.G. Whisky. Large Stock Always on Hand. ADAMSON, GILFILLAN CO., LTD. JUST LANDED. SANDILANDS. BUTTERY Co., AGENTS FOR PHNANO a f. m. s. THE CELEBRATED “S. B. A Co.” GIN IN RED CASES. Sandilands.
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  • 1033 7 What It Is. “\V hat is ft soul kiss Mdile. Adeline Genee’s English admirers are asking, on learning the fantastic title of the review in which the famous Loudon bal'et dancer has achieved iu America a triumph as remarkable as that gained by Tetrazzini, the opera singer,
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 982 7 BAXTER Co.’s BEST NAVY CANVAS. SANDILANDS, BUTTERY Co. DAVID CORSAR SON’S WELL-KNOWN EXTRA NAVY CANVAS, No. 0. SANDILANDS. BUTTERY Co PERFUMERYJohn Bazley White Bros.’ PORTLAND CEMENT, LION BRAND.” Sandilands, Buttery Co,, AGENTS. PENANG F. M. 8. BURRELL Co.’s BOILED RAW LINSEED OILS, PAINTS TURPENTINE TO BE HAD RETAIL FROM ALL
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 715 8 W. MANSON, American Dentist, Late of Dr. Allen Cg., Pha, U.S.A. Charges Moderate, Consultation Free. KKSIDINO AT No. 2/a, Penang Road. A few doors from the Eastern and Oriental Hotel. 6 mtha. UPTON’S TEAS WERE AWARDED THE GOLD MEDAL AT THE PARIS EXHIBITION. AGENTS, PENANG: PATERSON, SIMONS Co., Ltd. WONG
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  • 1351 9 Natural Stohcs Bought by Mint*. Lemoine. Another sensation ha» been added to the diamond mystery by a discover- which has Uhju made by the Paris detectives, says the Paris correspondent of the Da.hj Chronicle Thev have ascertained that in August, 1!K)5, Mine. Lemoine, acting as agent for
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  • 185 9 Immigrants Will Noon Out-nuinbcr the Islanders. The so-called yellow peril has raised itself in the South Sea—in the island of Tahiti, so famed for its association with Captain Cook The Avenir du Tonkin publishes some curious particulars of how Chinese were at first welcomed there,
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  • 358 9 Dramatic Sequel to a Oermau Count’s Wedding. jj Count Erasmus Erbach was last month J seized at Frankfort-on Main, and carried off e to a lunatic asylum. He violently resisted bis captors, and after being overpowered, attempted on tbe way to the
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  • 1864 9 Matrimonial Adventures of a Dentist- t Says Lloyd's Neics of tho 20rb ult. Au astouudiug story was unfolded at Bristol on Tuesday when Arthur Hyne, den- I tist, was brought up oo charges of bigamy aud fraud. The sensational suggestion was at once I forthcoming that the
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  • 1491 9 Wlieu forty years ago,” said an elderly Radical in our hearing, some of us greeted 1 wi'b enthusiasm the ideal of cultured womanhood in Teuuyson’s Princess,’ we did 1 not tlnuk that the higher education of I women w- uld end in street fights with the p
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 41 9 Every Bottle Guaranteed. This is done wi'b Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy, and if you are not satisfied after using two-thirds of the bottle according to directions, return what is left and your money will be refunded. The George Town Dispensary, Wholesale Agents.
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    • 67 9 Pneumonia. Old people an.] th- ee who hive weal* I UDC s cannot he too careful in guarding against this disease. Pneumonia wav. results from a cold or an a’tack of influent, and can he prevented j the t.M.f u>« *1 Chamberlain s Cough Kemed». We have avet to hear
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    • 392 9 Something Good. Cb»iTili> i| lit'n’s Remedy is good when yu first take cold; good when your c<> 1 1 1 is seated and v«>U'' lungs aie sore; good when you cm not. s e»-p for cougbing. r lbe George Town Dispensary, Wholesale Agents. for sale. The Early History of Penang,
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 824 10 HOW READY! “Ini Pantun Karang-Karangan Contents Pantun Dagang. Kunda Diri. Puji Pujiau. Budi. Kasih- Sambayaug. Sindier. Price 50 cents. OBTAINABLE AT THE CRITERION PRESS, Ltd “The Upheaval IN Far Cathay,” BY NG HING SHANG, A Novel of absorbing interest Jto Chinese and students of Chinese Character, manners and custom* 188
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