Straits Echo, 13 June 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, SATURDAY, 13th JUNE, IUOS. Single Copy, 10 cents. No. 134.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 939 1 GUINNESS’S STOUT. TIANQ LEE Co. r-o 0’ v X \A v ■V'.jfcw \v. SOLE AOR\TS. BASS’S ALE. T H K BANKS. EASTERN SHIPPING Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China. Hongkong Shanghai Banking Corporation Company, Ltd., (ENGINE WORKS.) Engineers, Shipbuilders, Brass Iron Founders. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER. Paid up Capital
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    • 24 1 THE BEST BEER IN THE FAR EAST. NOddIN /T* Y 7 Co > y > o. 'h *t> Tokyo Tl ANO LEE Jfc Co., SOJO Afmtn.
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  • 494 2 An Interesting Incident. Canton, June 1. Here is an interesting incident which occurred at Canton. There is a custom in China that anyone whose parents or relatives have been murdered or who bas any complaints to make or revenge to take, and iB unable to get rediess
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  • 540 2 The Daily Chronicle published recently a ghost story with a flavour about it recalling the Fe-Fi-Fo-Fum of our infancy. An unfortunate lady is said to have taken a nice old-fashioned little country bouse, only to discover, after she had been in it a few weeks, that it
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 86 2 Be oil the Safe Side. Your physician may be busy or out of town jusi a f tbo lime some member of your family has an attack of colic or diartlnjei Sunh cases fr<quentiy prove fatal before a doctor cau be summoned or medicine pro cured. No physician cau prescribe
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    • 445 2 An Australian Commercial Tra> veller’s Story. It is tbe commercial traveller who finds the in my changes of climate and water trying. Mr Chas. G. Chapman, who represents a large Brisbane coucern, had been trt übled for years with chronic diarrhoea. On one of his trips a fellow traveller recommended
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    • 1113 2 fNEW MUSIC: “HARRY LAUDER JOCK." See Our New Album containing a Biographical Sketch and portrait of this famous Comic Artist, together with a selection of his popular Songs. NEW CAKE WALK UANCE ALBUMS. NEW DREAM.” 1 THE ROBINSON PIANO C°" L™ V J LOOA.TIC3ST: MAGAZINE ROAD. NEW SHOW! NEW PLAY!!
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  • 45 3 V ptgeh F r>m• Agenltt D«3 Gleuuvou Suf-Z B&Co. 17tbJuaa Devanha Colombo A G &Co. 18th G. A pear CaKutta A A A Co22nd Nubia Colombo A G *Co. 2‘Jrd A.A pear Singapore A.A. A.Co 27ih Lightning Calcutta A. A. A. Co. 27tb
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  • 32 3 r For A'jent* Leave* Glenavou Japan B A Co. June. TVvanba Singapore A.G.&Co- G.Apear Singapore \.A A Co. Nubia Singapore A.GACo. A. A pear Calcutta A.A A Co. Lightuing Singapore A.A.ACo.
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  • Shipping.
    • 205 3 Bknlkih, Br. 8.8., 2.509, Putter, 12th Juue, Loudon, lOth May, Gen.—S. B. A Co. I ktrkl, Hr. 8.8., 124, Baker, 12th June, Braudan, 11th June, Gen.—E. 8. Co., Ltd. Sumatra, Br. s s., 2,976, Btuce, 12th June, Singapore, 10th June, Gen.—A. G. Co. Yangtsze, Br. s.s., 4,149, Kelford, 12th
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    • 87 3 13th Junk. Th'juyii'a, for Madras taking mails for Europe etc., via Bombay. Fuh Woh, for Langkat. Mary Austin, for Asahan. Petrel, for Paugkalan Braudan. Ban Whatt Soon, for Deli. Leony Ho, for Trang. Vidar, for Teluk Anson. Kistna, for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Tara, forßingoou and Calcutta. Ue Carpentier,
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    • 66 3 Fo* Singapore, Hongkong, Swatow and Amoy—Per Gwalior, 15th instant, 2 p.in. Singapore—Per Putiala, 15th instant, 3 p m. De'i —Per Malaya, 15th mstaut, 4 p.m. LaDgkat —Per Jin Ho, 16th instant, I p m. Pulau Langkawi and Setul—Per Flying Dragon, 16th instant, 3 p.m. Singapore, Hongkong, Swatow and
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  • 329 3 Per P. aud O. s.s. Moldavia, connecting with the steamer Devanhi at Colombo, due at Penang on I7t,1 June To Penang (from London, May 22) Mr. A. H. Weston, Mr. J. Ii. Long, Mr. G. C. Wright (from Marseilles, May 29) Mr. W J. Wayte. To
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 651 3 P.&O. Steam Navigation Coy Expected Arrivals ami Departures. Mail Service. Outward Ju»« 17 IfrVitnha connecting with MohUvn*»' July I Mur morn 5 Delta do do Homeward Himalaya Macedonia Connecting Due Date. Steamer. w jth S.S. Loudon. June 20 Delhi July 4 Arcadia IH Malta Hritannia July 10 Moollan Aug. 2
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    • 463 3 (S HIPPING.) HAMBURG-AMER1KA LIME. FREIGHT SERVICE. Next Sailings for Singapore, China and Japan. 8.8. Saxon in 17th Juue ***** Next Sailings Homeward. VIA HONGKONG. STRAITS A COLOMBO. 8 h. Segovia 17tb Juue 1J1U8. Taking cargo at through Kates to Antwerp, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Copenhagen Lisbon, Oporto, Loudon, Liverpool, Glasgow, Marseilles, Trieste,
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  • 96 4 Justice satisfies everybody and justice alene —Emtrutn, Published dally (eicspt Sundays.» *T TH» CRITERION PRESS, Ltd., No. 226—232, Beach Street, Penana PRICE DAILY LOCAJ »2» per annum. OUTBTATIONS Postage Kitra. MAIL BDITION (Poet Kree) $l5 OABLR ADDRKBS Echo Penang.” Telephone N«» 34-3 H.H.— All bosiuc-» cotnnuwication» should
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  • 561 4 King Edward’s visit to the Tsar, the announcement of which was received with such mixed feelings in Great Britain, has terminated, and from the news which Reuter has vouchsafed us it would appear that the exchange of courtesies lasted for three days and took place on board
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  • 173 4 Reuter announces to-day that Mulai Hafid’s entry into Fez will probably oblige France and the other Powers to reconsider their position. He is master of the country north and south, while Abdul Aziz, without men, money or authority, holds just the few ports which are commanded
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  • 188 4 TRINITY SUNDAY. June 14th. St. George’s Church. 8 «.in. —Matins (Choral). 8- a.ni.— Holy Communion (Plain). 9- am— do* (Chinese). 10- a m.—Matins (Tamil). 5 p m.— Sunday School. 6 p m.—Evensong aud Sermon. Presbyterian Cliureh. Divine Service will be held at Prye Dock at 9-15 a ui.
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  • 287 4 Tiib following business in tin has been done to-dav Peuang Penang Tin Exchange, buyers, no sellers 9 8 Eastern Smelting Co 25 tons at 65| Straits Trading Co., 50 (55 Singapore Straits Trading Co., 150 64§ T0ta1...225 tons. Tin is quoted in London to-day at
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  • 833 4 (Before Mr. Scott.) A Kliug bullock owuer was yesterday fined $25 aud costs for causing a bullock to be worked while it was iu an unfit state. i Four Chinese petty traders were this j morniug charged by Mr. B. P. Pereira, Inspector uuder the Weights and
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  • 515 4 The Hand mann Opera Co., in Miss Hook of Holland.” The Bandmann Opera Company last night presented for the first time in Penang Miss Hook of Holland,” described as a Hutch musical incident in two acts. There was a large audience present and the p| ay from beginning
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  • 358 4 In connection with the abortive lottery iu aid of the building fund of the Ipoli Convent, says the Times of Malaya, which was prohibited by the Police, we are asked to state t that those who purchased tickets will receive their money back at any time during
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 377 4 NOTICE. Owing to the difficulties of collection, on and after 31 ay Ist all Bills must be settled on leaving the Eastern and Oriental and 44 Crag Hotels. No Bills will be posted for collection to any outstation. SAKKIES BROTHERS, PROPP 7 E TOliS. PRITCHARD CO. SPECIAL OFFER! To Clear
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  • TELEGRAMS.
    • 56 5 (Supplied by lieuler.) (in-man Comment». London, 12th June.-The German commenth on tlio meeting at Reval are to the effect fhat, while changes in European politics, especially as regards Macedonia, Ire foreshadowed by the meeting which naturally excite anxiety, the emphatic insistence on peace by the monarch*
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    • 209 5 Supplied, by Reuter New 21,000-Ton Battleship. Loudon, 12th June. —The Daily Telegraph correspondent at Portsmouth states that, immediately after the battleship#*. Vincent is launched in September, preparations will be made to lay down another battleship, with a displacement of 21.000 tons and with an armament of thirteen
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    • 124 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) Kmifli Mining Confessions in Yunnan. London, Idtli June.— A semi-official *mu iinoiii/HC from I’aiis shows that France adheres to her demands from China with regard to the attack on the French reconnoitring party on the Yuunau frontier. She alio requires the Chinese authorities not
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    • 60 5 (Supplied by Renter 'IV Situation Changed. Loudon, 13th June. —Mulai Hatid’s entry into Fez seriously affects the situation in Morocco and will probably oblige France dU, I the oilier Powers to reconsider their position. 11,1 tin* Loth iust.. Reuter announced that bile Halid, who Inis established himself as the
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    • 51 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) Curdoiii House Attacked. L union, 12th June. A telegram from inis states that ten men attacked the cub ui house at daylight yesterday, killing five tie officials. They were pursued, losing |r,M 'iien, who were killed. The remainder, owever, escaped with a booty of 24 000
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    • 137 5 The Lusitania.” (Supplied by Reuter.) Another Record. iinV.i* uue -—The Luxitania has d.v V, Sin,, y Ho °k atter a voyage of 4 8 hours and K minutes, which is an Atli »ntic record. CTI i wan! 1 completed her second west* and JS? to York on Oct. 11, 1907.
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    • 31 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) Melting Made Penal. London, 13:h June.—A telegram from New Yoik states that the State Legislature has passed a Bill making gambling on racecourses a penal offence.
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  • 131 5 Dissolution Predicted by Catholic Archbishop. Cardinal Logue, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, interviewed at New York on May 13, said he saw signs of Great Britain’s certain dissolution, as her Colonies were restive, Australia to-day was practically independent, and the trend of
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  • 426 5 In the early part of last year, it will perhaps be remembered by our readers, says the North China Daily News, some thirtytwo Chinese youths, sons of merchants residing in Java, arrived at Shanghai from that island en route to Nanking to study. The young men
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  • 127 5 Arrived. Per a s. Thonguia, 13th June, from Singapore Rev. Mother St. A"atolie, Mr. aud Mrs.aud Master Taun. Major Phra Rnjanar inthe. Lady Rajanarinth®, Lady Lemee. Lady Luang Khvchip and children. Misses J. Baxter. Meyers, Packandi, Smith aud Stepbanski. Per s.s. Malaya. 13th June, from Deli Mr. P. lDerlocber,
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  • 181 5 (Front Our Own Correspondent.) Taiping, lltb June. Official Movements and Changes. The Resideut and Mrs. Brockman have goue up to the Box for a fortnight. It is rumoured that Mr. Jackson, Executive Eugineer, Larut, will be returning to Taiping shortly, displacing Mr. Mager, who will go back to
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  • 547 5 (From Our Own Correspondent Alor Star, June 10th. The crusade against those lazv persons who throw kitcheu refuse into the streets continues. Nine of them were fiued in the Lower Court to-day. A H adji was fined $25 in the Lower Court yesterday on a charge
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  • 453 5 Onerous Restrictions iu the Straits. Correspondence lias been passing between the Government of Hougkong and that of the Strai.s Settlements iu regard to possible reduction iu the restrictions imposed on Hongkong shipping in the Straits. Iu forwarding copies of this correspondence to the Hongkong Chamber
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  • 83 5 To-pa v 15th Day of sth Moon. Foot Ira! I O. R. O. vs Govt. Service, Vutoria Green, Pangkor Road. Matsuo’sC corner of Ptu ing Road and Campbell Street, 7 p.in 9 p.m. Grand Clianye of Program me. The Emperor Cinemit< gpit, Kuala Kangsar Theatre, 9 pm. G<and Cka-ige
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  • 23 5 English (Devanha) ...18th June China (Delhi' ...20tli German (Prim Ludwig l 24 r h China (Print Heinrich t ...24 r h
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  • 18 5 O Full Moon Juue 14th Last Quarter 21st O New Moon 28tb First Quarter July 7th
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  • 39 5 P O. SAILINGS. Mail Service OnTWAthH '1..M j Devan/ut 17 June. Delhi 20 Jun* I Marmora 1 July, j Arcadia 4 July Extra Service. Outwards IIomkwards Nubia 23 June, j Namur JO July. Syr a 7 Ju'y Sardinia 24
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 38 5 Prof. Schmidt prefers Gonosan (SantalKawa Riedel’s) to any other preparation of Santalwood oil. Although he used the drug in more than 20 cases, he has never observed any signs of uausea, flatulency, nephritic pains, pruritus nor skin eruptions.
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    • 37 5 Dr. Boss of Strassburg introduced Gonosan in the treatment of the most painful of diseases to which mankind is liable. It is bettei. safer and more effective than other preparations of Copaiba, Cubebs ot plain Sandalwood oil.
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    • 20 5 NOTICE. GOVERNMENT OF SEUN60R. The advertisement calling for tenders for the Selangor Farms has been withdrawn. SECRETARY TO RESIDENT. Selangor.
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    • 340 5 THE NEW MODEL PIANOS by COLLAR!) COLLARD are coustiucted on the most advanced prin- j ciples, and possess Complete Metal Fra mi up i Perfected Overstrung Scale Compass of 7 and 7 Oct aves and Improved Check Action, with under Dtmpersjso regulated and adjusted as to ensure a perfect repetition.
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    • 249 5 NOTICE. reference to my notice which was T advertised in or about the year 1895, j mi the Pi natty Gazette and also iu the Chinex- newspaper called the Sin Poe, and my notice dated 20th October, 1905, advertised in the Straits Echo, informing the public fhat the business as
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  • 550 6 Official Minute». Minutes of a Meeting of the Municipal Commissioners held on Thursday, the 28th May. 1008. Present. F. J. Hallifax, Esq. (President) L. H. Clayton, Esq. J. W. Hallifax. Esq. Lim Cheng Teik, Esq. Absent.Lira Eu Toh, Esq Quah Beng Kee, Esq. 1. The minutes of the
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  • 176 6 The following unclaimed letters, parcels, and telegrams are lying at the General Post Office: Letter 8. Adair, T. Hirst, VV. S Adams, W. Hunter, John Auger, P. S. Kelly, J. Aspland, V. T. Kboon Lim Yeok Brown, E. M. Eandsberg, F. H. Caruelly, S H. Livesey,
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  • PUBLIC OPINION.
    • 532 6 To the Editor op the Straits Echo. Dear Sir, This is the heading of a very interesting article in a well-known motor trade paper, and refers to the fact that the French, the pioneers of the pleasure motorcar, are, from a motor manufacturer’s point of view, in
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  • 123 6 Pbnano. 13th Jcnk. (By nnrtesy oj the Chartered Bank.) London Demand Bins .2/3}-^ 4 months’ sight Bii- 24^ n 3 Credit 2/- I 3 Documentary ...2/4 Calcutta, Demand Bank Its 1.5 3 days’ sight Pr’*>*•*■ 1',6 Bombay. Demand Bank 174;, Moulrnein, Demand Bant 173 f 3 days’ sight Priv*r*
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  • 187 6 Jold lea' $65.40 B. Pepper( W.Coast 31b*.5 0r..) no stock White Peppier $l6. tales Trang Peppier lOj buyers Cloves (picked) 31. —buyers Mace 70. —sellers Mace Pickings 55. —buyers Nutmegs 1 ids 18 to 19 sales C No. I 6.30 sales Sugar < 2 no stock Basket 3.50 buyers
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  • 207 6 Penang, 13th June, 1908. Beef— cts. Soup per catty 12 Roast 24 Steaks 24 Stew or Curry Meat 16 Rump Steak 24 Ox Tail each 30 Tongue 60 Feet 15 Heart 30 Liver per cattv 30 Pork— Pork per catty 34 Pig’s Head 20 Feat 26 Tongue 34
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  • 969 6 a 0-5 Number ofj *5 j p j g 2 Capital. Shares > La«t Dividend Name I .2 ±fe issued. a '3 te 1 £:0- 3 J 1 1 i j 3 1907 !mm 22,500 lo I 5-,5. 1»07 *soooo 6 fioo !o IS BlSllydraulicTin Miu,u S C„..1,M l'i',so
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 99 6 0$ H Oh W /i <7J Fashionable Favorite-Perfume F.Wolff&Sohn PERFUMERS V KARLSRUHE [\*|w BERLIN VIENNA,^ OUR LATEST CREATIO DIVINIA PERFUME combines the tiuest qualities by its delicacy aud stieugtb, which justify its superior position amongst all new perfumes. Finest cut crystal bottles, each bottle in an elegant silk-covered box. MARTIN’S
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    • 166 6 MACKAY’S LIQUEUR WHISKY. KARTELL'S BRANDY. Cleslers' Champagne, Andrew Usher Co.’s SPECIAL RESERVE O.V.G. Whisky. SAND1LANDS, BUTTERY Co.. AGENTS FOR PENANG F. M. S. THE CELEBRATED “S. B. Co.” GIN IN RED CASES. Sandilands, Buttery <£ Co BORDEN’S PEERLESS BRAND EVAPORATED CREAM Absolute Purity Guaranteed, AGENTS: SANDILANDS, BUTTERY 4 Co.. PENANG.
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  • 442 7 oiuiiii s i’ 6-1 Azamat Wouinn Suffrage i- s tlie tile of a paper in the i A ineteeuth Century and Ajter, from the p©u of Mrs John Masgit», who marshals ill** usual arguments skilfully, deuying ih it t>e interests of women have been neglected
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  • 446 7 (By a Banker.) iu various parts of the globe isolated rockhave assumed, by the forces of nature, most diversely strange aud grotesque forms some, perfect natural statuary, as the Queen El zibeth rock, on the Cornish coast, a marvellous colossal statue of that great monarch, a
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  • 358 7 According to statistics just issued, tbe i male inhabitants of St. Petersburg outnumi her the female by 124.000. The total popular iou of the capital is now 1,454,704, -howiug an iucrease of 280.000, or nearly I.' percent, as compared with the census of 1900. 1 here
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  • Article, Illustration
    488 7 When Ticket-Collector Smith ot Pombay Had Rheumatism liis Physician Recommended Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills. They Cured Him. Rheumatic Sufferers, Read His Story. Mr. C. H. L Smith, a ticket-collector on the Great Indian Peniusular Railway, related the following facts to a roporter who called at Ids home,
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 931 7 The Bandy Patent Electric Pnnkah. REPRODUCES THE MOVEMENT OF THE OLD HAND-PULLED PUNKAH. x.>s KKf' V), —lrgff l r| 1 SILENT, EFFICIENT. CAN BE SEEN WORKING IN OUR SHOW ROOM AT ANY TIME. BAXTER Co.’s BEST NAVY CANVAS. SALE. SANDILANDS, BUTTERY Co, SUNNY SINGAPORE” DAVID CORSAR SON’S WELL-KNOWN EXTRA NAVY
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    • 61 7 Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrli ea Remedy. This remedy has bwu iu us* for over thirty years and bas proved itself to be the most successful remedy yet discovered for bowel complaints. 'J be George Town Dispensary, Wholesale Agents. Crimault and Co.’s Sarsaparilla cloau ses the blood from all impurities
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 1077 8 W. MANSON, American Dentist, Late of Dr. Allen Co., Pha, U.S.A. Charges Moderate, Consultation Free. BBBIDIMO AT yVo. 21a Penang Road. NOTICE. rpHt: undersigned >eg to inform the public of Penang and the neighbouring Native T„. 1. States that they have been appointed Agents for Messrs. Ingall Parsons, Clive 4
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  • 4415 9 REPORT FOR 1907. (Continued from Wednesday’s issue.) Nightsoil* The depot for loading nightsoil Patau i Road was maintained during the vear the nightsoil being run into social sampans and towed out to sea by a steim tug aud deposited there. The proposed nightsoil tramway to
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 59 9 A Certain Cure for Bowel Complaint. Wbeu attacked with diarrbcea or bowel complaint you want a medicine that acts quickly. The attack is always sudden, generally severe and with increasing pain. Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy has never been known to fail in any case of colic, diarrhoea summer
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    • 28 9 Sprains Quickly Cured. Bathe the parts freely with Chamberlain’s Pain Balm and give them absolute rest, and a quick cure is certain. The George Town Dispeusarv, Wholesale Agents.
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    • 91 9 Cheap Week End Excursions to Selangor. First class return tickets v.ill ho erantod per as. Kistna,” timed to leave Penang for Port Swetteuliain every Saturday afternoon available only for return j*er a s. Perak.” or Pin Seng,” due to leave Port Swettenhain on the next after* uoou and expected to
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  • 852 10 Tuesday, the 28th July, Thursday, the 30th July, and Saturday, the 1st August, 1908. FIRST DAY. Tuesday, -28th July, 1908. 1. —The Maiden Plate. Value $500. A Race for Maiden Horses Weight as per scale reduced 14 lbs. All horses imported into the Straits
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 244 10 FOR BALE. JOHN MARTIN, MINER A ROMANCE OF MODERN MALAYA. BY OLIVER ASHWELL, AUTHOR OF Tale» of the Fen," Chroniclet of the Carburettor Club," In Peril in Penany," etc. PRICE 50 CENTS. MAT BE HYU AT THE CRITERION PRESS, Ltl., 226, 2.12. Reach Street, Penang. The Earl/ History of Penang,
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    • 308 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 of 7 lbs. is incurred in a handicap by the winuer of any race run subsequent to the publication
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    • 188 10 JUST RECEIVED JOHANN FABER’S STAIIOmi Paper Fasteners 15 cents J per box. New Flat Reversible Pocket Pencils Nickle-plated Pocket Pencils, Automatic Pocket Pencils c 'ajohmnTaber -V 10 to 15 cents each. 30 cent» each. )j 30 cents each. srrrif: Blue Pencils, 60 cents per dozen. ,r.., Iftrintem Drawing Pencils, BB
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