Straits Echo, 18 May 1908

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  • 38 1 Straits Echo 10-PAGE EDITION. DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY, i VOL. 6. $24 Per Annum, PENANG, MONDAY, 18th MAY, 1908. Slagle Copy, 10 cents. No. 114.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 991 1 GUINNESS’S STOUTA TIANQ LEE Co. a r o r >- i I x Ji/j c* <2 SOLE AOENTS BASS’S ALE. TH K BANKS. EASTERN SHIPPING ohanered Bank of India, Australia and China. Company, Ud., (ENGINE WORKS.) INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER. Hongkong Shanghai Banking Corporation' Engineers, Shipbuilders, Brass Iron Founders. Paid
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    • 28 1 THE BEST BEER IN THE FAR EAST KGddlN w v <T3 <>- CS Co > -J CD 3G 'Z' *1 9> 'r *o tokto TIAWQ LEE A Co.. Sole Am**,
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  • 1255 2 An African Sketch. The Transvaal Government set a tiue example to other Colonies when it established a sanctuary for the wild creatures iu its land. Tbe Sabi Game Reserve runs for 300 miles along the Portuguese Border, from the Komati to the Limpopo, and is about
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 43 2 According to all accounts we have the assurauco that Gonosan is one of the most valuable discoveries of modern pharmacology and is far ahead of all preparations of Copaiba, Cubebs, etc. It is the safest aud most successful. At all Chemists aud Dealers
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    • 429 2 Have You Rheumatism? If bo, apply Chamberlain's Pain Balm It has cured others and there is no reason why it should not cure you. Odi application relievos the pain. The George Town Dispensary, Wholesale Agents. For Singapore, Hongkong, Swatow and Amoy. rriHE ss Hong Wan I, Captain G KingJL horn,
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    • 816 2 jV ROBINSON PIANO C 0 L m I Hold the FINEST STOCK of Pianos in the East, j YACHT, COTTACE, GRAND AUTOPIANO. Prices from $300. Time payments. Organs, Gramophones, Records all kinds of small instruments fittings L Tunings singly or by contract. Repairs toy Experienced Workmen I J i KONWKUJKE
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  • 42 3 t eststsi» /“'riiti, AjerJy Dye Arcadia Colombo A G.&Co. 2 Is* May. Keeuiun Liverpool W M &Co. 24th G.A pear Singapore Colombo A.A.ACo. 25tb Sardinia A G.ACo. 26th Klcist Colombo Cbiua B M ACo. 27» h Achilles W.M &Co. 80tb
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  • 37 3 For A 1 1 rttr*} 1 Atcadia Singapore A G AC». May. Iveemuu Japan VV.M A Co. G. Aprar Calcutta A A A .Co. Saidtnia Singapore A G.ACo. Kleiut Singapore B M ACo Achilles Antwerp VV.M.ACoi
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  • Shipping.
    • 59 3 De Kock, Dut. 8 8.. 565, Vism&n. 17th May, Langsa, 16th May, Oen.—H. L Co. Hye Leong, Br. s.s.. 296, Treweeke, 17th May, Teluk Anson, 16th May, Gen.— K. O. Pirn ala, Br. s.s 1,929, Farquharson, 18th May, Singapore, 16th May, Gen.—H. L. Co. C. Apcar, Br. s.s., 1,730,Thomas,
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    • 56 3 18th Mat. Sree Banka, for Batu Balira. Malaya, for Deli. Canton, for Pangkor and Teluk Anson. Pnliala, for Rangoon and Calcutta. Palitana, for Singapore. Cheamj Chew, for Singapore, Hongkong and Amoy. :i t Japara, for Pulo Weh, Olehleh and Padang. Flying Fish, for Port Weld and Taiping. Mary Austin,
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    • 208 3 For Langkat—Per Jin Ho, to-morrow, p.ui. Tong kali—Per Ban Whatt Soon, tomorrow. 1 p.m. Tongkah—Per Malacca, to-morrow, 1 p.m. Port Swettenham and Singapore—Per Pin Seng, to-morrow, 3 p.m. Puiau Langkawi and Setul—Per Flying Dragon, to-morrow, 3 p.m. Teluk A uhou—Per Hye Leong, to-morrow, 3 pm. Port Swetteubam and
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  • 328 3 F’er P. aud O. s.s. Mooltan, connecting with the steamer Arcadia at Colombo, due a f Penang on 21st May To Penang (from London, Apr. 24) Mr. aud Mrs. Mac Nab. To Singapore (from London) Mr. and Mrs. P. G. Pish and children (from Marseilles, May
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    • 723 3 PI 0, Steam Navigation Co|, Expected Arrivals and Departures. Mail Service. Outward. May 21 Arcadia connecting with Mooltan Jane 4 Malta do China 18 Devanha do Moldavia July 2 Marmora do Himalaya 16 Delta do Macedonia Homeward. Date. Stoamer. Connecting with S.S. Due Loudon. May 23 Oceana June 6 Delta
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    • 379 3 (S HIPPING.) HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE. Next FREIGHT SERVICE. Sailings for Singapore, China and Japan. s.s. Dortmund 8.8. liftria s.s. Saxonia 23rd May, 11H)8. 2nd June, P.lOB. 9(h 1908. Next Sailings Homeward. VIA HONGKONG, STRAITS A COLOMBO. Taking cargo at through Kates to Antwerp, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Copenhagen Lisbon, Oporto, Loudon, Liverpool, Glasgow,
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  • 95 4 Justice satisfies everybody and justice aleoe —Emtrum. Published dally (except Kondays.l AT TBS CRITERION TRESS, Ltd., No. 226—232, Beach Street, Penang. PRICE DAILY LOCA) 924 per annum. OUTSTATIONS Postage Kxtrs. MAIL EDITION (Poet Free) fls OABLR ADDRESS Echo—Penang.” Telephone No. 343. y.B. —AII business communications *honld be
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  • 684 4 Canada celebrates the three-hun-dredth anniversary of her foundation in July this year, and to commemorate the founding of Quebec by Champlain three hundred years ago, the Canadian people propose to purchase the land comprised in the Heights of Abraham, which was the scene of the ever-memo-rable battle
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  • 40 4 Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to-da) at $66 87£, buyers no sellers and at Singapore refined) at $67-37£. buyers no sellers. Opium is quoted here to-day at $B5 and Rangoon rice at $162 per covau.
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  • 541 4 The Government Gazette of May 15 contains the following items of information The following Justices of the Ptace have beeu appointed for the Settlement of Penaug Joseph Manook Anthony Thaddeus Cachick Avetoom William Montagu Lance Bower Edward H Bra't David Alexander Murray Brown Edmund Augustus Blundell Brown Cbeah
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  • PUBLIC OPINION.
    • 252 4 To TUE Editor of the Straits Echo. L>ear Sir. —Some time ago I wrote to you complaining of the disgraceful state of the old swimming bath iu the Waterfall Gardens and I now write to say that I received a pleasant surprise when I
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  • 588 4 (Before Mr. Scott.) Mr. E. Shepherd, the master of the s.s. Cheang Chew which arrived here on the I6tb inst. from Amoy was this morning charged bv Mr. D. B?atty, the Assistant Protector of Chinese, with carrying more than twenty Chinese immigrants on board his vessel without
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  • TELEGRAMS.
    • 37 4 (Echo Special.) Voung Indian Kuna Amok. Singapore, 18th May.—A young Hindoo ran amok at Dhoby Ghaut off Orchard Road near the Ladies’ Lawn Tennis Club at noon to-day. stabbed two other Indians before he was captured.
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    • 340 5 (Supplied by lleuter.) Spinal Chinese Envoy to Study the English Constitutional System. London, 18rh May.— The Chinese Minister in London, Viscount Li Cbing-fong, was received in audience by King tdwaid to whom lie presented the special Cbiuese Envoy who is to study tlie English Constitutional system. [As stated
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    • 127 5 {Supplied by Reuter.) Night Attacks Suspended. Lomlon, 17th May.—An Admiralty Order suspeuds night attack exercises till further orders. The “Gala” Courtmartial. Loudon, 18 h May.—The courtmartial on the loss of the Gala reprimanded the Commander for losing his ship by default, and dismissed the charge of negligence. [On
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    • 94 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) Demonstration at the Albert Hall. London, 18th May.—At a demonstration in favour of the Licensing Bill at the Albert Hall, the Bishop of London, who presided, said lie believed that the Church should not be tied to any party, but he would stand by
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    • 116 5 (Supplied by Renter.) Republicans May Nominate! Mr. Taft. London, 17th Mav- —Tbe indications generally are that the Republican C invention wiil nominate Mr. VV. II. Taft, the II. S. Secretary of War, for the Presidency at its first ballot. [Governor Johnson, says the Times eorres|Kin*lent in New
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    • 49 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) A Commercial Treaty Between England and France. London, 17th May —Great Britain and France are utihsiug the presence of M. Cruppi, French Minister of Commerce, in London to discuss informally the question of the conclusion of a commercial treaty between the two countries.
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    • 39 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) The French Occupy Badenib. London. 18th May.—The French troops occupied Budeuib after an attack lasting «even hours last Friday. The enemy, who were route<l with heavy losses, abandoned then supplies. The Freuch casualties are ■light.
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  • 759 4 THIRD DAY, SATURDAY, 16th may. (Echo Special.) Singapore, 18th May.—There another good day’s racing and the weather was again excellent. Manin" was the only surprise of the dav ww nmg the Rochore Plate from \f,’i Meg and Grey Seaton and pa™ts backers at the tote the handsome dividend
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 297 4 WANTED. JUNIOR CLERK. No previous experience necessary. Apply p. a,” c/o Straits EchoTO LET. 5, WELD QUAY, lately in the occupation ot the Sugar Estates Office. Could be let in H >ors to suit tenants, on a lease or otherwise. Apply to 9 5 08 250 BOUSTEAD CO The Bandy
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  • 2033 5 ANNUAL GYMKHANA, The Penang Cricket Club held their annual gymkhana on the Esplanade on Saturday and a tine afternoon’s sport was witnessed. The weather was ideal. r l here was a tiue brefze blowing from tbe Hea and the sun very obligingly kept behind a mass of
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  • 409 5 Yesterday mot mug's ride will lent; be remembered as one of the best runs on record for the last 2 years. The meet was at the Parade Ground at 045 a in. and a more pleasant morning for riding never dawned. Sixteen well-mouuted riders, one of them
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  • 605 5 No More Sleepy Punkah Pullers. Some two or three mouths ago the Echo gave a description of the newly invented electric punkah and our readers will be interested to know that this punkah is now on sale in Penang, Messrs. Huttenbach Brothers being the agents for tie
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  • 160 5 Hie steady fall iu the value of tiu duiiug the last f<-w days to its piesent figure of $67, which is causmg much uneasiness throughout Ipoh and neighbourhood, has not been unexpected by those who have watched the Home market reports during the first four mouths
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  • 100 5 Arrived. Per s.s, Perak, 18th May, from Port Swettenham Mr. Justice Braddell, Mr Paginal, Mr. Or. E. Rod well, aud Mr C Scott. From Singapore Mr. W. H Munro, Mr. H. C. W. Alien, Mr. and Mis Laver and sou, Mr. and Mis. L. E P Wclferstau, Mr. Tan
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  • 60 5 To-dat PJth Dav of 4th Mood. Town Band, Esplanade, 6 to 7 p in. Matsuo’s Cinematograph, corner of Penaug Road anu Campbell Street, 7 p.m. A 9p m To-morrow 2(Jtb Day of 4?b Moon. League Football National Union cs. Wanderers. Town Baud, Golf Club, 6 to 7 p.m. Matsuo’s
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  • 17 5 English (Arcadia) ...21st May. China Oceana ...23rd China (p,-i„g EiM Friedrich)...26th Herman Kleist i 27th
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  • 24 5 l.T 1 Q :irt r May 23rd O New Moon 30th f First Quarter June 7th O Full Moon i4 t h
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  • 38 5 P. O. SAILINGS. Mail Service. OuTWAKIih HoMKW«»ll> Arcadia 21 May. I Oceana 23 May. Malta 4 June. Delta 6 June. Extra Service. Outwards Homkwardb. Sardinia 2(i May. I Japan 29 May. Socotra 9 June. I Sumatra. 12 June.
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    • 244 5 MUNICIPAL NOTICE. A Special Meeting of the Municipal Commissioners will be held at tbe Municipal Office at 4 p in. on Thursday, the 21st instant. Business. To consider ami pass supplemental Budget No. 1 of 1908 L. A. Coutibk BIGGS, Secretary. THE NEW MODEL PIANOS by COLLARD COLLARD I are
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  • 925 6 Striking Sequel to the “Tatsu-Maru” Apology. Not the must optimistic reformer or enthusiastic revolutionary that from the viewpoint of twenty years ago looked forward to the changes that then seemed impending, says a writer in the China Mail, would have dared to prophesy an overturning and
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  • 460 6 Lint of Entries. Following is the list of entries for the Penaue Hunt Club’s Gymkhana to be held on the Race Course on Saturday next: Distance Handicap Over Hurdles. et. lbs. yds. Dr. J. Donald’s Lady Violet 11 0 scr. Mr C. Paterson’s Kalgoorlie 12 0 Mr.
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  • 125 6 Penang, 18th May. (By courtesy oj the Chartered Bank.) London Damand Sink 2/3 J 4 months’ sight Ban* ...2/4 3 Credit 2 4 A 3 Documentary ...2/4$ Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs 174$ 3 days’ sight Private 175$ Bombay, Daniand Bank 174 Monlinein, Demand Bank 173 3 days’ sight Private
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  • 188 6 Gold leaf $65.40 B. Pepper(VV.Coast 3lbs.5ozJ no stock White Pepper $17.50 setters Trang Pepper 11. —sellers Cloves (picked) 31. —buyers Mace 68.— sellers Mace Pickings 55. —buyers Nutmegs 110s 20-50 sellers No. 1 5.30 sales 8ugar < 2 no stock Basket 3.85 sales Tapioca Flour 1.80 nominal Copra 6
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  • 204 6 Penang, 18th May, 1908. Beef— cts. Soup per cattv 12 Roast 24 Steaks 16 Stew or Curry Meat 24 Rutnp Steak 24 Ox Tail each 30 Tougue 60 Feet 15 Heart 30 Liver per catty 28 Pork— Pork per catty 34 Pig’s Head 24 Feet 26 Tongue 32
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 42 6 It has been satisfactorily demonstrated Hit thousands of persons have to thank Uonosan for restoration to health and happiness. It is astringent and autiseptic and has never been known to fail. At all J"«“ Medicine, and Chemist, in bottles of 40 capsules
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    • 64 6 Lingering Coughs. f ersisteut coughs that coutinue through the spring and summer usually indicate some throat or lung trouble, and it is a serious mistake to neglect them. Chamberlaiu’s Cou«h Kemedv is famous for its cures of coughs of this nature and a few doses taken in time may save
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  • 1821 7 ITS DECAY. Exquisite Rule. Mr. Hamid Owen writes in the Westminster Ganeitc The man who can dominate a London dinner-table can dominate the world. The tuture belongs to the dandy. It is the exquisites who are going to rule.—“ A Woman of No Importance.” The prophecy is only a
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 1081 7 BAXTER Co.’s BEST NAVY CANVAS. SANDILANDS, BUTTERY Co. INSURANCES General Accident Fire and Life Assurance Corporation, Ltd. DAVID CORSAR SON’S WELL-KNOWN EXTRA NAVY CANVAS, No. 0. SANDII.ANDS. BUTTERY Co WE have been appointed Agents for the above Company for Penang, Province Wellesley and the State of Perak, and are prepared
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    • 53 7 Fain in the Stomach. It ts must annoying, as well as disagreeable, to be troubled with pains in the stomach, and there is no need of it, for one dose of Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera uud Diarrhoea Remedy will allay the pain. Tty it once and be convinced. The George Town
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    • 93 7 Chamberlain’s Fain Balm. You will huut a good while before you find a liuiment that is equal to Chamber* lam’s Pam Balm. In cases of rheumatism and sciatica it relieves the intense pain and makes sleep and rest possible. Soreness of the inurcles, swellings and lameness are quickly relieved by
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 1049 8 W. MANSON, American Dentist, Late of Dr. Allen Co., Pha, U.S.A. Charges Moderate, Ccnsultation Free. KB8IDIN0 AT /Vo. 21a, Penang Road A lew doors from the Eastern and Oriental Hotel. 6 mtha. UPTON’S TEAS WERE AWARDED THE GOLD MEDAL AT THE PAWS EXHIBITION. T».: BRITISH DOMINIONS MARINE INSURANCE Co. L
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  • 1813 9 MEN WHO ACHIEVE IT. The final victory in political conflict, said a writer the other day, is to character rather than showy attainments. But not only in political conflict is character the liest companion that a man can start with in life. A study of A New Self-Help,” a
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  • 235 9 Tbe success of a certain morning paper’s Beauty Competition bas led Ideas to suggest an Ugliuess Competition for men. It is extraordinary that this bas not been thought of before. A casual glance Eft and right as one passes through the street brings home to one the conviction
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  • 398 9 M' ziffarpur. May 2nd. Fuller details of the revolting and ghastly bomb outrage perpetrated at Muzsffarpur on Thursday night shows that the carriage occupied by Mrs. HDd Miss Keunedy left the Club at 8 30 pm., and had got opposite the Judge’s House when a violent explosion
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  • 597 9 Among the many interesting points raised in the report of the General Council of the Bar is a suggestion likely to be discussed keenly at the next meeting of the Bar,” writes tLe Times. “The Inns of Court uow spend probably much more than they ever
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  • 1578 9 t 1 hursday s Straits Tii/ie* has the following r editorial on the subject of opium prohibition m the Straits This Colony owes a debt of gratitude to Sir Frank Swettenham for calling the attention of the Imperial Government and the people of Euglaud, through
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  • 168 9 Dies on Account of the Tatsu Mam Case. Canton, April 29 The death at Canton on 29th instant of Chau Yin Chung, ace 25, is a unique rue. This man has been au editor for some time with Singapore and Hongkong native papers, and according to native
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  • 274 9 People are only less interested in their descendants than themselves; aud they are al wavs interested in the question whether their children will be boys or gills, sometimes tor grave and sometimes for merely sentimental reasons. The question has hitherto been insoluble before the birth of
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  • 348 9 I he Siamese Revenue cruiser Suriya 1{ont ton, built tothe order of the Siamese Govcrninouf, under the supervision of Sir Wm. H. W hite, k c. b„ was successfully launched on ult at the Southampton Works of Messrs, John I. Thornycroft and Company Limited, by which
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  • 614 9 The cry of new lamps for old baa takeu on within the Forbidden City Peking, a significance that approaches the literal and which is at the same time mar* vellously suggestive of things Chinese fro» one end of the Empire to the other. The Empress Dowager,
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 32 9 Gouosau capsules contain only the purest Fist ludiau Sandal wood oil aud Kawu Kawa. '1 he first dose quickly removes violent inflammatory symptoms, bots of 40 capsules, at all dealers and Chemists.
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  • 695 10 "My eon wants to marry your daughter. l>oes she know how to cook a good dinner Yes, if she gets the materials for oneDoes your son know how to supply them?” Suitor I have come to ask for your daughter's hand in marriage Mr. Motorton “So Well,
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  • 846 10 Tuesday, the 28th July, Thursday, the 30th July, and Saturday, the Ist August, 1908. FIRST DAY. Tuesday, 28th July, 1908. 1. —The Maiden Plate. Value $5OO. A Race for Maiden Horses Weight as per scale reduced 14 lbs. All horses imported into the Straits
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    • 70 10 Australian Newspaper Man’s Experience With Diarrhoea. Mr. S. G. Mathers, publisher of Chronicle, Normautown, (Queensland, says: Chainberlaiu’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoia Romedy completely cured me of chronic dysentery from which I had suffered for years I feel confident that this remedy also saved the life of my infant daughter, who
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    • 293 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 peunlty of 7 lbs is incurred in a handicap by the winner of any race run subsequent to the publication
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    • 184 10 JUST RECEIVED JOHAVI FABER'S STATIONER!, Paper Fasteners C 15 cents per box. New Flat Reversible Pocket Penoi’s 10 to 15 cents each. JOHANN FABER 30 cent* each. 30 cents each. Nickle-plate.l Pocket Pencils, Automatic Pocket Pencils Blue Pencils, 60 cents per dozen. -LIU Drawing Pencils, B B B, 80 cents
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