Straits Echo, 4 May 1908

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    38 1 Straits Echo 10-PAGE EDITION. DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDER., 0 MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL. 6. $24 i’er Aunum, PENANG, MONDAY, 4th MAY, 1908. Single Copy, 10 ceats. No. 102.
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      1061 1 SOLE AO ENTS. GUINNESS’S STOUT. few *aiv s,ssva H > 2 o O R a CP /c> 'V m c no s NOAH JOHAN, PHOTOBRAPHERS. 307, Cliulia Street, Penang. (Corner of Carnarvon Street.) Enlargement to any size. All works on Bromide, P. 0. P., etc. Out-door Photography Undertaken. All work
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      22 1 The best beer in the.far east. HCddIN 4 iP N k *0 £0 1-' /V ''h £d Tom TIANGLEE Co., Sole A|#*t«.
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    In Lighter Vein.
    857 2 Are you in favour of clubs for women i aaked the woman with the square chin. Yee,” answered the old bachelor. “Clubs, sandbags, or any old thing.” The Stranger This place ia considered pretty healthy, isn’t it The Native: “’Ealthy Lor’ bless yer, yes, sir. It’s always
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      37 2 Gonosau brings about satisfactory results without the ai<l of any local treatment and is the latest and most scientific Reined v aud far superior to combiuations of plaiu Sandalwood oil, Copaiba etc. At all chemists and dealers.
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      596 2 PENANG TURF CLUB NOTICE. Half Yearly General Meeting of the I Members of the Penang Turf Club will be held in the Chamber of Commerce on Friday, Bth May, 1908, at 4 45 p.m. Business. 1. To confirm the minutes of the Annual General Meeting held on the 31st October,
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      707 2 (“One Moment Please.” Are you looking for a really good piano, at a REASONABLE PRICE? If so. it will pay you to visit our Show Rooms, where you will fiud all the Best MAKERS represented. Prices terms will astonish you. WiLINTTED. COMPETENT COMPOSITORS, Apply to THE MANAGER. I Has it
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    VESSELS EXPECTED
    38 3 Veateh b'rt: m AytrtJf Due Braomar Glasgow S.B ACo. 4'h May. Palermo London A G ACo. 6th Delhi Colombo A G ACo. 7th Benlomond London S B ACo. 8th P. Heinrich Colombo B M ACo. 13th
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    SAILINGS.
    31 3 Vessela For A ;*ntl.?d I?»'» Brat* mar Liverpool S B ACo. May. Palermo Japan \.G.ACo. Delhi Singapore A G ACo. Benlotnond P. Heinrich Singapore Singapore i S.B.ACo. B M ACo.
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    P. & O. SAILINGS.
    38 3 P. O. SAILINGS. Mail Service. i v> V KI»S. H OM KWAKIIS, Delhi 7 May. I Devanha 9 May. Arcadia 21 Oceana 23 Extra Service. Outwards Homewards. Palermo 6 May. Nore Id May. Namur 12 i Japan 29
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  • Shipping.
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      ARRIVALS.
      172 3 Muttra, Br. s.s., 2,985, O’Sullivan. 2nd May, Singapore, 30th Apr., Gen.— H. L. Co. Prometheus, Br. s.s., 3,583, Moir, 2nd Mav, Singapore, 30th Apr., Gen.—W. M. A Co. Pin Seng, Br. s.s., 378, Davidson, 4th May, Singapore, 2nd May, Gen.—E. S. Co., Ltd. Quorra, Br. ss., 120, Mobamed. 2nd
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      DEPARTURES.
      49 3 4th May. Hebe, for Deli. Sree Banka, for Batu Bahra. Trieste, for Singapore, China and Japan. Canton, for Pangkor aud Teluk Ausod. Malaya, for Deli. Santhia, for Singapore. Maetsuijcker, for Pulo Web, Olehleh and Padang. Flying Fish, for Port Weld aud Taiping. Deli, for Trang and Pang Nga.
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      MAILS CLOSE
      168 3 For Laugkat—Per Jin Ho, to-morrow, 1 p.m. Port Swetteuham and Singapore—Per Pin Seng, to- morrow, S p.m. Pulau Laugkawi and Setul—Per Flying Dragon, tomorrow, 3 p.m. Port Swettenhara »nd Singapore—Per Perak, to-morrow, 4 p.m. Batu Babra—Per Padang, 6th instant, 1 p.m. Pangkor—Per Tong Chay Un, 6tb instant, 4
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    Passengers to the Straits.
    213 3 Per P. and O. s.s. Britannia, connecting with the steamer Delhi at Colombo due at Penang on 7th May:— To Penang (from London, Apr. 10) Mr. H. Pullen-Thompson (from Marseilles Apr. 17) Mr. T. Fitzgerald. To Singapore (from London) Mr. A. H. Gallie. Mr. T. Boyd;<froin
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      561 3 PI 0. Steam Navigation Coy. Expected Arrivals and Departures. May 7 Delhi 21 Arcadia Juna 4 Malta 18 Devanha July 2 Marmora 16 Delta Mail Service. Outward. connecting with Britannia do Mooltan do China do Moldavia do Himalaya do Macedonia Homeward. INTENDED sailings. British India THROUGH STEAMER. (calling at Bombay).
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      374 3 (8 HIPPIN G.) HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE. FREIGHT SERVICE. 4r; Next Sailings for Singapore, China and Japan. 8.8. Andalusia 9th May, 1908. Next Sailings Homeward. VIA HONGKONG. STRAITS COLOMBO. Taking cargo at through Rates to Antwerp, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Copenhagen Lisbon. Oporto, Loudon, Liverpool, Glasgow, Marseilles, Trieste, Genoa, Ports in the Levant, Black
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      150 3 NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD, BREMEN. Special Cheap Return Tickets to Colombo. RETURN TICKETS to Colombo and back available for Three Months from date ot departuie to the date of arrival on return will be issued at the following reduced rates: Ist Class from Singapore, $l6O 30. 2nd Class do. $113.15. Ist Cla&3
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      90 3 Cheap Week End Excursions to Selangor. First class returns|tickets will be granted per s.s. Kistna,” timed to leave Penang for Port Swettenbam every Saturday afternoon available only for return per b.s. Perak,” or Pin Seng,” due to leave Port Swetteubani on the next afternoon and expected to arrive in Penang
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    The Straits Echo.
    97 4 Justice eatisfles everybody and Justice alene Emcrtou. i’nbHshrsl dally {except Rnr^lay».! AT Tlf* CRITERION PRESS, Ltd.. No. 226 —232, Beach Street, Penang. PRICE: DAILT LOCAL $24 per annum OUTSTATIONB Hostage Ultra. MAIL EDITION (Hoet Free) $l5 CABLE ADDRESS Echo —Penang.” Telephone No. 343. H.B.— AU business communications
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    THE PREMIER’S POLICY.
    789 4 It is evident from the declaration of the Prime Minister at a meeting of the Liberal Party last Thursday that there will be no change in the policy of the Government which, undismayed by the defeat of Mr. Winston Churchill at Manchester, N. W., is determined to
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    The Corricks.
    70 4 The Corrick Family arrived from Rangoon by the Sartthia this morning and there should be a good house at the Town Hall to-night to witness the first of the three performances they are giving in Penang. A show of the reputation of this talented troupe does not touch
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    Tin, Opium and Rice Quotations
    50 4 Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to-day at $7125, buyers no soler* at Singapore (refined) at $7l 62 buyers no sellers, and in hondon at £142 cash and £l4l 15s. three months’ sight. Opium is quoted to-day at $865 and Rangoon rice at $166 per coyan.
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    Outward English Mail.
    37 4 The Royal Mail steamer Delhi having left Colombo at 8 p.m. on Saturday last, is expected to arrive here at 6 p.m on Wednesday next and will leave for Singapore aud China at midnight.
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    Penang Hunt Club.
    580 4 A paperchase has been arranged for Wednesday next. Meet in Dato Krarnat Gardens at 5. pm. and finish at “Crosby Hall,” where Mr, D. W. Gilmour will be 5 “At Home” to the members of the Hunt l Club and their friends. 1 Tongkah is declaied to
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  • PUBLIC OPINION.
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      MISSIONARY SHORTCOMINGS.
      202 4 To ihk Editor of xhe Straus Echo. Sir, I read with much interest Mr. E. C. Bailey’s very suggestive letter published in your issue of 30th April under the heading Missionary Shortcomings” and, while endorsing generally all he says, I cannot help pointing out that be himself is
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    The Police Courts.
    415 4 (Before Mr. Scott.) Chin Ah Sam and Li Ah Mow, two Chinamen, were this morning convicted of being in possession of house-break-ing implements in Chulia Street yesterday. The first prisoner was sentenced to three months’ R 1. aud the second prisoner was ordered to enter into a
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    Cholera in the Province.
    243 4 Kedah has been immune from cholera for the last few days. On the frontier villages in Province Wellesley there were 2 cases on the Ist inst. and 2 cases on the 2nd inst. No cases were reported yesterday. A case of gang-robbery is reported from Ayer
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  • TELEGRAMS.
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      Singapore.
      301 4 {Echo Special.) Murderer Arrested After Ten Years Singapore, 4th May.—lnspector Wil* liams on Sunday identified and arrested a Chinese at the Docks as the man wh murdered a Nonia living in Argus Lane and her Hailam servant in 1897. The accused was disguised as a Malay. [This murder as
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      The Opium Traffic.
      349 4 (Supplied by Reuter.) Viscount Li Present at the Annual Meeting. London, 3rd May.—Viscount Li Cbingfong, the Chinese Minister in London, attended the annual meeting of the Society for the Suppression of the Opium Traffic. Sir Matthew B. Dodswortb, who presided at the meeting, warmly welcomed the Minister
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      Home Politics.
      95 4 (Supplied by Reuter.) Dundee Polls Next Saturday. Loudon, 4th May.—Polling at Dundee will probably take place on the 9th inst. Mr. Winston Churchill, President of the Board of Trade, who is standing for Dundee, in a speech yesterday evening said that he did not anticipate a general election
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      New York to Paris Race.
      57 4 (Supplied by Reuter.) French and Italian Cars at Tokio. London, 4th May.—The French and Italian cars competing in the New York to Paris race have arrived at Tokio from Seattle. The American car. which was thought to have reached the Pacific coast first, is behind
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      The Sudan.
      68 4 (Supplied by Reuter.) Mr. Scott Moncrieff Assassinated. London, 4th May. —A telegram from Cairo states that Mr. Scott Moncrieff, Deputy Inspector of the Bbee Nile Province, has been assassinated near Messalamie. The Governor-General of the Sudan Provinces, Maj.-Gen. Sir F. Reginald Wingate, with a force, has started for
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      Bournemouth.
      37 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) Electric Car Accident,. London, 4t,h May.—Seven people were killed and eight injuied by a runaway electric car falling down the gradient at Bournemout h a distance of twenty feet into the wooded bank.
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      Russian Ambassador to Japan.
      37 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) M. Malevitcb Appointed. London, 3rd May.—A telegram from St Petersburg states that M. Malevitch, a member of the Ruling Senate —the Pravitelstvuyushchiy Seuat —has been appointed Russian Ambassador to Japan.
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      Germany.
      55 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) N.-B.L. Subsidy Bill Passed. London, 3rd May.—The Budget Committee of the Reichstag, to whom the Bill to provide the Norddeutscher Lloyd with a further subsidy of half a million marks for a monthly sorvice between New Guinea. Australia and Japan was referred, has passed the Bill
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      359 4 WANTED. A DESPATCHING CLERK. Apply to “X” c/o Strait» Echo. Penaug, 4th May, 1908. THE NEW MODEL PIANOS by COLLARD COLLARD are constructed on the most advanced principles, and possess Complete Metal Framing; Perfected Overstrung Scale Compass of 7 and 7{ Octaves; and Improved Check Action, with under Dampers; so
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    Army and Navy Notes.
    702 5 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, April 11th. West Kents OlHcers Promoted. This week another subaltern of the Queen’s Own Royal Wost Kent Regiment, Lieutenant A. D’A. Knox, of the Ist Battalion, Dover, was promoted to the command of a company. Captain Kuox served for very nearly
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    1230 5 Friday, May Ist, 1907. Present His Excellency the Governor Sir John Anderson. Hou. Capt. A. H. Young (Col. Secretary), c J His Excellency Major-Gen. T. Perrott, C.B. 1 I Hou. W. G. Maxwell (Act. Attorney-General), i I Hon. W. C. Michell (Act. Auditor-General). Hon. A. T. Brvant (Act.
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    Government Gazette.
    463 5 The Government Gazette of May 1 contains the following items of information His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Mr. J. E Nathau, Passed Cadet, to be an Assistant District Judge for the Settlement of Penaug, and to act as District Officer, Balik Pulau, with effect
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    Indian Immigration.
    806 5 Annual Report. I Indian immigration to tbo Straits is inI creasing, and in the annual report ou Indian I immigration for last year prepared by Mr. L. H. Clayton, Superintendent of Immigrants, which was laid on the table at Friday’s I meeting of the Legislative Council, a record
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    Passengers.
    147 5 Arrived. Per s. s Tara. 2nd May, from Singapore: Mrs. Olphert and sons. Missis W. Creig. F. Fox, Q B. Mari, Pertile enl J. B. Young. Per s s Santhia, 4 b May, from R >ngo< u Messrs. J G. Korteling, W. Franciscua aud the Corriok Famdy. Per 8.
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    FIXTURES.
    53 5 To-pa* sth Dav of 4th ?vToon. Town Band Esplanade, 6 to 7 p.m. Corrick Family,” Town Hali. Matsuo’s Cinematograph, corner of Penang Hoad and Campbell Street, 7 p.m. &9p.uT. To-MOKROV? 6th Day of 4th Moon. Corrick Fami'y,” Town Hail. Matsuo’s Cinematograph, correr of Penang Road and Campbell Street, 7
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    MAILS DUE.
    16 5 English (Delhi) ...7th May. China (Deranha) ...9th China (York) ...12th German (Prim Heinrich. ...13th
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    THE MOON.
    17 5 First Quarter May Bth O Full Moon jgth Last Quarter 23rd O New Moon 30th
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      288 5 KTOTICE. I S hereby given that the partnership beJL tween Wooi Cheug Seong and Wooi Ivim Teong in chop Sin Guan Seang, carrying on business as crockery dealers at No. 208, Beach Street, has been mutually determined on the Ist May, 1908, when the said W ooi Cheug Seong sold
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    Diamond Maker.
    281 6 Lemoine Released on Vail by French Magistrate. Bank Holds thi Secret. M. Lemoine, the French engineer and professed diamond maker, who was arrested on a charge of fraud in Paris at the iustance of Sir Julius Wernher in December last, was released from the Sante prison on the
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    Millionaire Driver.
    294 6 Mr. Alfred Vanderbilt to Run the Brighton Coach. Mr. Alfred Gwyune Vanderbilt, the “richest young man in America,” who is to experiment with the running of a Brightou coach for six weeks from to-day, arrived in Liverpool on the 7th ult- iu the Mauretania. The Venture,” the new
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    Great Britain's Drink Bill.
    381 6 The items of Great Britain’s drink bill for 1906 are in. It appears that in that year the 49,000.000 people of the United Kingdom drank 33,891,101 barrels of beer, 39,302,402 gallons of spirits, 12,328,691 gallons of wine, aud 15,000,000 gallons of other liquors—enough to make a
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    How Perfumes are Made.
    354 6 Glass sheets held by frames a few inches apart are smeared rather thickly with lard, and between these sheets the freshly picked blossoms are scattered, touching the frames, but not being pressed by them. In one day the oil of the flowers exudes, and the lard
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    What the Malays Think.
    494 6 Appended is a translation of a leiding article iu the Singapore vernacular newspaper Utusan Malayu The English newspapers in the Straits are full of what they call the Malay matter or how the Malays should be treated in the Federated Malay States. It came up by
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    The Kaiser’s Letter.
    102 6 According to the Allegeineine Zeitung, Lord Tweedmouth consulted not only Sir Edward Grey but also King Edward about the German Emperor’s now famous letter. Lord Tweedmouth was instructed to reply politely, avoiding naval questions; but King Edward, in a friendly tone, wrote personally to the Emperor William
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    EXCHANGE.
    117 6 Penanq, 4th Mat. (By courtesy oj the Chartered Bank.) jondon Demand Bank ..2/3} 4 months’ sight Bank ••2/AyVr 8 Credit 2 4 yff 3 Documentary ...2/4} Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs 174} 3 days’ sight Private 175} Bombay, Demand Bank 174 Moulmein, Demand Bank 173 3 days’ sight Private 175}
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    PRODUCE.
    184 6 Gold leaf $65.40 B. Pepper( W.Coasv 31b5.0 > no stock White Pepper .$lB. —tellers Trang Peppor 11 50 tellers Cloves (picked) 31. —buyers Mace 75. —sellers Mace Pickings 57. —buyers Nutmegs 110 s 21-50 sales INo. 1 5.30 sales 2 no stock Basket 3.80 sales Tapioca Flour 1.80 nominal
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    MARKET PRICES.
    200 6 Penang, 4th Mat, 1908. Beef— cts. Soup per catty 14 Roast 24 Steaks 24 Stew or Curry Meat 16 Rump Steak 24 Ox Tail each 30 Tongue 50 Feet 15 Heart 25 Liver per catty 30 Pork— Pork per catty 32 Pig’s Head 20 Feet 24 Tongue 20
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    SHARES.
    688 6 La it Dividend. Name. p o 3 OP 25 /t> for year ending 31/3/07 20 p.c. for year ending 30/4/07 7/- dur. 1907 3/- dur. 08 57$ p. c. foi 1 903. 1/6 interim to. i 907. 25 p.c. for 07 35 p.c. for 08 2/3 during 1908. 45
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      36 6 Have You Rheumatism? If so, apply Chamber lam’s Pain Balm It ban cured other» and there is no reason why it should not cure you. Ouc application relieves the pain. The George Town •Dispensary, Wholesale Agents.
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      109 6 MACKAY'S LIQUEUR WHISKY. MABTELI/S BRANDY. C testers' Champagne. WROUCHT-IRON TUBES AND FITTINGS. btooiK on JUMnd. ADAMSON, GILFILLAN CO., LTD. Andrew Usher Co.’s SPECIAL RESERVE O.V.G. Whisky. SANDILANDS, BUTTERY Co.. AGENTS FOR PENANQ F. M. S. THE GELEBHATED NOW IN STOCK. “ROYAL STARLING” MOTOR CAR (ENGLISH MADE) 12-14 HORSE POWER, “S.
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    The Abolition of Opium.
    1687 7 Telegraphing from Shanghai on April 2 the Peking correspondent of the Times reported his arrival there, travelling over land from long-King through the provinces of Yunnan, Kwiechow, and Huuau to Hankow—“a pleasant journey, iu which I met with invariable friendliness from all classes. The remarkable movement
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      72 7 Australian Newspaper Man’s Experience With Diarrhoea. Mr. S G Alaibeit*, pubiibtiei of Chronicle, Noruiautown, Queensland, Chaintie, laiu’s Colic, Cholera and Dial rbo* a Remo dv c>aip'**tely me of chronic dy;e> lery from winch L had buffered for years. feel confident that tins remedy also saved the life of iny infant
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      144 7 l)r. Friedlaender testifies that, Gonosau exeils a favorable influence in removing complications and haemorrhage also more rapid and satisfactory results aro obtained by it than by any other preparation of Saudalwood oil etc. When your dealer tries to palm off an imitation of Kigaiid's Kananga Water or “any old thing”
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      893 8 W. MANSON, American Dentist, Late of Dr. Allen Co., Pha, U.S.A. Charges Moderate, Consultation Free. ■-■SIDING AT No. 2ta Penang Road. NOTICE, 11HE undersigned eg to inform the public of Penang and the neighbouring Native States that they have been appointed Agents for Messrs. Ingall Parsons, Clive 4 Co., Ltd-,
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    Romance of the London Docks.
    978 9 WHERE GOODS WORTH UNTOLD MILLIONS ARE STORED. Miles of Warehouses. No. 1. —The Sto»uhouBßS of the Port of Lonuon. Few people have any clear idea either of «he magnitude or the romantic interest of the London Docks, which, under the Bill just introduced in the
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    The Story of a Miser.
    473 9 > Collector of Rats’ Tails and Newspaper Cuttings. A romance of disappointed love underlies the death in sordid surrouudings of Robert Tester, an old man of means, who died of r want in a Sussex cottage amid bags of hoarded money, says Lloyd's News of
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    Newsagent and Paper Dealers.
    444 9 Alleged Gigantic Conspiracy Against Newspapers. When Bert Frederick Red way, wholesale newsagent, of High-street, Erith, again appeared in the dock at Hartford on Mar. 30, charged with fraud in returning newspapers other than those originally purchased to the office of the Morning Leader, he had for
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    Durian Cultivation in Burma.
    438 9 Durian cultivation according to the last official Season and Crop Report for Burma has very slightly exceeded 10,000 acres in the past two years and is almost confined t to the Teuasserim division, Tavoy and Mergui districts growing more than threefourths of the whole area. Europeans
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    The Scawfell Shoal.
    475 9 H. M. survey ship Waterwitch, which is now at Singapore, has located the position of the Scawfell Shoal as 7 degrees, 17 minutes, 50 seconds. North latitude, ami 106 degrees, 51 minutes, 18 seconds. East Longitude The examination revealed the fact that it is a narrow ridge
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    Chinese Minister at the Vagabond Club.
    328 9 i His Excellency the Chinese Minister, 1 Lord Li Cbing-foug, was the principal guest at the ladies’ dinner of the New Vagabond Club at the Criterion Restaurant, London, on the B f h ult. Lady Darling was the hostess, and Mr. Justice Darling presided
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    The All-Red Route.
    393 9 At a meeting of the Royal Colonial Institute, held on the 7th ult. at the Hotel Me ropole, London, Lord Strathcona, High Commissioner for Canada, read a paper on the All-Red route, which he defiued as lb“ British highway between Great Britain, New Zealand, and Australia by
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    Bank-Notes Refused.
    134 9 China’s Representations to the Diplomatic Corps. It was leported from Peking, on April 19, that the Waiwupu his made representations to the doyen of the Diplomatic Corps to the effect that the foreign Banks in Shanghai have decided not to accept the notes issued by the Chinese Bank.
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    How the Children Die.
    533 9 Iu etriking contrast with the care exhibited by the owners of St. Simon is the care- > lessness which loads to such a deplorable I los s of children’s lives in the towns. This 1 has just been emphasised by the National Conference on Infant Mortality
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    The Franco-British Exhibition.
    623 9 Though Shepherd’s Bush is very acces sible, it is probable enough that comparatively few of our readers have made the easy journey ,*in order to see for themselves what progress has been made with the preparations fo» the great Franco-British Exhibi t'on. Such undertakings,” says tLe Times.
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    Mr. Asquith at Oxford and the Bar.
    763 9 About the time when Jowett became Master of Balliol a notable scholar was added to the foundation of that learned society. He came from the City of London School, aud the influence of I>r. Edwin Abbott was apparent in the nicety of his
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      55 9 Fain in the Stomach. It is most annoying, as well as disagreeable, to be troubled with pirns in the stomach, and there is no need of it, for one dose of Chamberlaiu’s Colic. Choleri und Diarrhoea Remedy will allay the pain. Try it once and be convinced. The George Town
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      68 9 Chnmherlain’s Fain Halm. You will huut a good while before you hud a liniment that is equd to Chamberlain's Pam Balm. In ca«es of rheumatism and sciatica it relieves the intense pain and makes sleep and rest possible. Soreness of the uimcles, swellings and lameness are quickly relieved by it,
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    PENANG TURF CLUB. AUTUMN MEETING, 1908.
    894 10 Tuesday, the 28th July, Thursday, the 30th July, and Saturday, the 1st August, 1908. PROPOSED PROGRAMME To be considered and if approved to be passed at a General Meeting to be called for the purpose. NOTICE. —No amendments to this Programme will be considered
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      245 10 FOR SALE JOHN MARTIN, MINER A ROMANCE OF MODERN MALAYA. BY OLIVER ASHWELL, AUTHOR OF Talet of the Fen," Chronicles of th* Carburettor Club," In Peril in Penang," etc. PRICE 50 CENTS MAT BB HAD AT THE CRITERION PRESS, Ltl. 226, 232. Reach Street, Penang. NOW READY! “Ini Pantun Karang-Karangan.
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      296 10 Entries Close at noon on Thursday, 16th July, 1908 (except for Race 8, Third Day) Handicaps for First Day will be published on or before Monday, 20th July, 1908. A penalty o i 7 lbs. is incurred in a handicap by the winner of any race run subsequent to the
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