Straits Echo, 17 July 1908

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    35 1 Strauts Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL. 0. $24 Per Annum, PENANG, FRIDAY, \7th JULY, 1908. Single Copy, 10 cents, No. 163.
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      931 1 SOLE AGENTS. Gu INNESS’S stout. > 03 _«5 s !32y sssva TIANG LEE A Co T II K >1 U. tX EASTERN SHIPPING Company, Ltd., (ENGINE WORKS.) Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER. Engineers, Shipbuilders, Brass Iron Founders. P;ii«l up Capita! Reserve Fund Liability of
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      25 1 THE BEST BEER IN THE FAR EAST. HQddlN 4 P .<* V to <*o > "•:j CD s 'r So TOKTQ TIAWO LEE Jh, Co,. Sole Amft,
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    Sorrow Upon Sorrow.
    361 2 The sufferings of the Chinese on account of the recent floods must lie of the acutest kind, says the China Mail of the 2nd inst. Yet they are called upon to meet another sorrow, from which one would think, if one did not know the facts, that
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    How to Get China's Trade.
    496 2 Remarks by Wu Ting-fang. VVu Ting-fang, Chinese Minister to the United States, addressed four hundred members of the American National Association of Manufacturers at the Waldorf-Astoria, New York, recently, the occasion being the dinner which closed the thirteenth annual convention of this organization, whose combined
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      79 2 A Sheep Shearer’s Trials. I have followed the shearing season through New Zealand and all over Austra* lia,” says Mr. R. L. Me Bean of Duutroon, N. Z and the changes of water and tucker always bring an attack of diarrhoea. The only relief 1 can obtain is from Chamberlain’s
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      546 2 charge. People of other nations have a bet‘er way of dealing with the Chinese, for they have agents in almost every important port. It is time for you, if you do not wish to be left behind, to push forward this trade.” Riedel’s Gonosan is not unpleasant to take and
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      1157 2 CHOLERA-TYPHOID AJVD OTHER MICROBES IN IMPURE DRINKING WATER. PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE. HENCE USE Nordtmeyer-Berkefeld System of Filtering which is absolutely Reliable. Dr. ANDREW WILSON, P. R. S. E., in his report states that The filters sold by the Berkefeld Filter Co, remove ail germs from water, they therefore
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    VESSELS EXPECTED.
    38 3 From Agenl* Due Calchas Singapore W.M ACo. 17tbJuly. Malta Singapore A G.ACo 18t.h Moyune Singapore W M ACo. 25th Bengloe London S.B ACo. 25th Japan Singapore A.A A Co 30th Titan Singapore W.M ACo. 3rd Aug.
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    SAILINGS.
    34 3 V ttxr.l* For A ‘if >i t* i:+uves Calchas Liverpool W.M &Co. July. Malta Colombo A G &Co. Movune Antwerp W.M.&Co. Bengloe Singapore S B.&Co. Japan Titan Calcutta A.A.A.Co. Liverpool W.M.&Co. Au g-
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      ARRIVALS.
      55 3 Avagyee, Hr. bs., 247, Lingard, 16th July, Tongkah, 15th July, Gen.—E. S. Co., Ltd. Malacca, Br. s-s., 405, Upton, 16th July, Tongkah, 15th July, Gen.—A. G. Co. Wakasa Maru, Jnp. 8.8., 3,884, Nielsen, 17th July. Yokohama, 24th June, Gen.—B. Co. Kistna, Br. 8.8., 1,524, Loarmont, 17th July, Singapore, 15th
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      DEPARTURES.
      55 3 17th July. Vorwarts, for Port Swettenham Singapore. Fitzpatrick, for Rangoon. Malaya, for Deli. Hye Leong, for Teluk Anson. A. Apcar, for Singapore. China and Japan. Flying Fish, for Port Weld and Fook Sang, for Calcutta. Janet Nicoll, for Port Swettenham, Port Dickson, Malacca and Singapore. Omaperc. for Kopab. Renoug,
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      MAILS CLOSE.
      281 3 Fo* Ceylon, Australasia, India, Aden, Mauritius Eg) pt aud via Brindisi for Europe etc. —Per Malta, to-morrow, 6 a.m. Colombo aud Tuticorin—Per Wakata Marn, to-morrow, 11 a m Tongkah—Per Malacca, to-morrow, 1 p.m. Deli and Langsa—Per De Kock, tomorrow, 1 p m. Laugkat—Per Jin Ho, to-morrow, l p
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    Passengers to the Straits.
    265 3 Per P. and O. s.s. Nyanza, due at Penang on 21st July To Penang (from London, June 20) Mrs. H. Martin. To Singapore (from London) Mr. M. Lomax. Lieut. A. F. P. Wehner, Mr. H. S. Gulston. Per P. and O. s.s. Mongolia, connecting with the
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      609 3 p,&O.Steam Navigation Coy. Mail Service--O, Vr ,jih Muuyolia Ju |y 29 D*U“ “"““J, dia to Uc,orm r(l Uuljr H 15 Varwwra 21* Delta sepc- 12 \Ckin i j. Moldavia Himalaya Macedonia Mongolia Aug. 10 30 Sept. 13 27 I'» Oct fakes by mail steamers. IAKC3 U. |t ol Bnd Claw
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      386 3 —(Si HIPPING.) HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE. FREIGHT SERVICE. Next Sailings for Singapore, China and Japan. Vs. Slavonia 18th July 1908. Next Sailings Homeward. VTA COLOMBO. s.s. Dortmund, for Havre and Hamburg 19th July. 1908. Taking cargo at through Rates to Antwerp, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Copenhagen Lisbon, Oporto, London, Liverpool, Glasgow, Marseilles. Trieste, Genoa,
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    The Straits Echo.
    98 4 j or tire witieflee everybody and juetice aleoe— Kmtrton. Vnbliahod dally (except Han<tay«.) at tfi» CRITERION PRESS, Ltd., No. 226—232, Beach Street, Penang. PRICE DAII.Y IjOCAI (24 per Annum OUTBTATION» Postage Ultra. MAII, RDITION (Poet Free) $l5 OA Kliß A I)I)RKS Echo—Penang." Telephone No. 343 All business
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    ANTI-ASIATIC LEGISLATION.
    518 4 It is manifest that South Africa is determined to remain white. The Transvaal Registration Act, which is iu force in spite of the passive resistance of the leading Indians of that Colony, gives the Government power to deport Asiatics who will not register, and who are invited to
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    Penang Hunt Club.
    25 4 A ride has been arrange! for Sunday morning. Meet at ihe Parade Grouud at 6.45 a.tn., and finish at the Golf Club.
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    Homeward English Mail.
    35 4 The Royal Mail steamer Malta hiving left Singapore it 5.30 p.m vesteidav, is expected to arrive here at 11 p.m to-day and will leave for Colombo and Bombay at 6 a.m. to-morrow.
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    Hongkong and Shanghai Bank.
    75 4 We are courteously informed by the Manager of the local branch of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation that he has received a telegram from his Head Office at Hongkong, to the effect that, subject to audit, the Bank dividend will probably be £2 per share,
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    Tin, Opium and Rica Quotations.
    499 4 The following business in tin has 1 een done to-day Penang Eastern Smelting Co., 7 obuyers, no sellers s Penang Tin Exchange, 50 tons at 06.75 Straits Trading Co., 125 67.25 Singapore Straits Trading Co., 50 67.50 T0ta1.„225 tons. Tiu is quoted in London to-day
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    Penang Cricket Club.
    82 4 Lawn Tennis Tournament. Following were the results of the ties played yesterday Single Handicap, Class A. A. G. Authony beat 0. C. Rogers, 9—7; 7—5. Dunn beat A F. G. Anderson, 6—2 o—6 6—2. Double Handicap, Class B. Lamb and Lunglev beat Mourin and Henderson, 4-6 6-2
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    Cheung Pat-sze in Canton.
    804 4 The Canton correspondent of ihe Hong bong Telegraph writes ou the 4th inst H. E. Cheung Pat-sze [better known in the Straits as Mr. Thio Tiau Slat—Ed., S. E J returned to Canton yesterday from the Straits Settlements Upon his return representatives of the Fi<>od Relief
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  • TELEGRAMS.
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      Singapore.
      77 4 {Echo Special.) Municipal Motor Aecidenf Singapore, 17th July Vhl |J eeedingm a motor-car to a fi r e,t >,u yesterday afternoon Mr. E. President of the Singapore \t Commission, collided wifi, a Ur ,c, P al Cavan agh Bridge. u‘ seriously injured, and the motor T ed a lamp
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      Natal.
      53 4 (Supplied by Reuter) I he Asiatic Question. London, 16th July.-A telegram Iron Pietermaritzburg states that, the Assembly, without dividing, pissed tin second reading of the Bill providing that n new trading licences be issued to Indian after December 31, 1908. and that n liceuces shall be held by Indians
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      Persia.
      93 4 (Supplied by Reuter.) A Question in Parlisunenl. London, 17th July.—Sir Edward Grei Foreign Secretary, replying in the House o Commons yesterday to Mr. H. F. Lvncl Liberal Member for Ripou, said that he ha. been dealing by telegraph with the point which require the most urgent consideratio: iu conuection
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      The Rosyth Dockyard.
      76 4 (Snjgilied by Reuter Humoured Abandonment. London. 17 I' July.—The Daily Chronicle states that the Government has decided to abandon the naval dockyard at Rosyth on the advice of u.»vil experts. [On February 26 Reuter wired: The British Navy Estimates include provision for the beginning of the construction
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      Submarine A9.
      44 4 (Supplied by Renter.) Accident Due to Leakage. London, 16th July.—The sufferers froti the accident on board the Submarine A; have recovered. The accident was caused b a leakage in the tank due to tho rolling o the vessel in the rough sea.
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      A Patron of Art.
      38 4 (Supplied by Reuter.) Bequest to the National Gallery* London. 16th July.—Mr. Colnaghi. the ;»ri collector, has left a fortune, subject to hi' widow’s life interest, to the National duller' for the purchase of pictures.
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      Turkey.
      46 4 (Supplied by Reuter.) Further Military Disaffection. London, 17th July. —Further military w volts are reported at Nevrokop in the vilarei of Seres. The Albanians have expeM Turkish authorities at Liuma and Ferizortc and are doing the same at Prishtina, capital of the vilayet of Kossova.
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    International Opium Commission.
    112 4 Iu tb- House of Common, ou the 2-it'l Mr. T. C. Taylor asked the Secretary of Stlte for Foreign Affairs if the Government" the United States and of China had a rti appointed their representatives to the national Opium Commission and whats •i 1 His Majesty’s Government
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      281 4 TO ARRIVE NEXT WEEK. NEW STOCKS OF CHAPPELL’S RELIABLE PIANOS-LONDON MADE. Ibey can be supplied either in Vertical or Overstrung Models and with 7| octaves, or the regular 7. SECOND TO NONE FOR TONE AND ACTION. NEW MUSIC. London’s Latest: RED ROSES (by composer of MERRY WIDOW VALSE> and LE
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      56 4 Try This for Chronic piarrh<** Many sufferers front chronic diarr 11 have obtained prompt relief by the Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera aud Remedy. Some of the worst cases disease have been permanently cured after other treatment and skilled ph'""- 1 had failed. Try it and you are certain pleased with the
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    SUPREME COURT.
    1259 5 civil orioinaljukisdiction. (Before sir. Mice Fiehe r C. Boomcardl vs. ivitfrion Press, Ltd. ii a. in- Mr. Allan, conns' 1 Yesterday t jnued his address in the for plaintiff. cy iibotfl Cii3W DO int of fact, said counsel, Tb9 »|J“ Mr- Short's evidonco as to Z'Z!£’ apphcstiou for
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    District Court.
    158 5 (Before Judie Wolferstan.) It will be remembered that Wan Chi, the elder son of Mohamed Ariff, the well-known landowner and millionaire, was summonsed by his younger brother, Che Din, for wrongful confinement, and that the case was remanded. When the case was re-called yesterday Mr. P. K. Namnyar
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    The Police Courts.
    1377 5 (Before Mr. Scott Two Kling meu were yesterday tine 1 ten i dollars each for tampering with a wa‘er hydrant at Hutton Line the previous evening, and taking water therefrom. i Veneadasami Patten, a Kling. was yesterday charged with criminal breach of trust. The defendant denied the
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    Singapore Notes.
    891 5 t (From Our Own Correspondent.) l I Wednesday, July 15. A Wet Week. Since my last notes, we have had a good deal of ram and sport has been "off.” The American tennis tournament at the Ladies’ Lawn Tennis Club had to be postponed and on several days
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    Taiping Notes.
    590 5 (From Our Own Correspondent Taiping, 15th July. Official Movements and Changes 1 The British Resident is expected back from Ipoh to-morrow. Mr. W. D. Barnes, Secretary for Chinese Affiirs, arrived on Saturday evening from Ipoh and left for Penang on Monday morning. Mr. Olpheris, a surveyor in the
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    Passengers.
    93 5 A KRIVBD. Per as. Thonqwt, 16th July, from Negapatam Mrs. Morton. Per 8.8. Kistna. 17th July, from Singapore Mr. and Mrs. Courtnay and infant. Mrs. Chan Si. Mrs. Ah Jee. His Excelleucv Phra Montri, Messrs. Carl Becke>\ H. Gremminger, V. A. Ueutens and V. G. Savi. From Port Swettenbam
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    FIXTURES.
    77 5 To-day 19th Dav of 6th Moor. P. C. C. Tennis Tournament. Town Band, Esplanade, 6 to 7 p.m. Matsuo's Cmematoi/raph, corner of Penanu Road ind Campbell Street. 7 p.m. A 9 p.m. The Patbescope,” King Street Theatre, 7-30 p.m. and 9-30 p.m. To-morrow. 20th Day of 6th Moon. Matsuo’s
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    MAILS DUE.
    16 5 China (Malta) ...lHtbJul German P. Regent Luitpold)... 22nd China Goeben ...22nd English (Delhi) ...29th
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    THE MOON.
    19 5 Last Quarter July 2 h O New Moon 28th First Quarter Aug. sth O Full Moon 12th
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    P. & O. SAILINGS.
    37 5 P. O. SAILINGS. Mall Service. HrTWAni. Homkwarms. Delhi 29 July. Malta 18 July. Malta 13 Aug. Devanha 1 Aug. Extra Service. Outwards Homrwards. Nyanza 2IJu I y. I Sardinia 8 Aug Pa'ma 4 Aug. I Nubia 22
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      51 5 A Good Suggestion. Carry a bottle of Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera Remedy in your hand luggage when travelling. It cannot be ob tained on board the train or steamshipwill then be protected against attacks of diarrlicea, whi'h change of water and diet so often brings on- The George Town Dispensary, Wholesale
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      33 5 Well Named. Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is just what its name implies. For pains in the stomach, cramp, colic or diarrhoea, it has no equal. The George Town Dispensary, Wholesale Agente.
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      29 5 The curative action of Gonnsan is attrito its being antiseptic and anaesthetic. Manufactured by J. D- Riedal Ltd., Berlin. and sold in form of capsules. 4<> in a bottle.
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      291 5 PENANG CONFECTIONERY. f|lHE undersigned have purchased the above business and amalgamated with it the Parisian Restaurant.” The business will be continued under the same name by the Proprietors. S. R. NAIDU Co., Proprietors. Penang, ltitb July, 1908 365 PENANG TURF CLUB.! AUTUMN RACES, 1908. XOTICB. EMBERS who desire to propose
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    Kedah and Puket.
    1020 6 The following is Mr. Consul Frost’s report on the trade of the Monthons of Saiburi (Kedah) and Puket for the year 1907 Trade generally was good during the year in Monthon Puket owing to the high price of tin, and in Kedah to the excellent rice crops
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    West River Floods.
    135 6 SINGAPORE’S MUNIFICENCE. Hongkong Collections Total $130,000. Day by day the admirable trait in the Chinese character, to which the Governor paid a tribute at the Legislative Council on Thursday last, says the Hongkong Telegraph of the 7th inst, is showing itself in a more pronouucad mauner in
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    P.O. and the Daylight Bill.
    174 6 Important evidence has been given before the Select Committee iu charge of the Daylight saving Bill by Mr. Babbington Smith, secretary to the General Po6t Office, London. He said that as regarded the home mail service and the telegraph and telephone business, no great dislocation
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    Rubber Share Market.
    218 6 Messrs. J. Russell Grant k Co.’s Report. London, June 25th, 1908. The Market for Malay Rubber Shares continues extremely inactive, and the business passing has reached a very low ebb. Anglo Malays are a trifle firmer with buyers at and the fully paid at 3y 7 ff
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    Training Girls in Japan.
    304 6 “Educational Ideals for the Women of the East was one of the subjects discussed at the Pau-Auglicau Conference held in London last month. Mrs. A. G- Fraser, principal of Trinity College, Kandy, said that in the East the call to Christ of Christian girl pupils was
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    EXCHANGE.
    121 6 Pbnano. 17th July. (By cmrleiy of the CKn***r« i London Duntn I Sou 3/3|s months’ anrrii 3 Credit ..2/4 j 3 Documentary ...2/4, 6 6 Cnli-utta. Demand iiank 14s 1,41 3 days’ sight Prirsw 176 Bombay. Demand Bank 174^ Mouimem, Demand Bank 173£ 3 days’ sight Private 176 i
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    PRODUCE.
    186 6 Gold iea* $65. B. Pepper( W C m 3tlw..s ~7 > no stock White Pepper $l5. —sellers [Yang Pepper 10- buyers Cloves (picked) 31. —buyers jjaoe 70. —sellers Mace Picking* 55.— buyers Nutmegs llOs 18. —buyers I No. 1 6.30 sales 2 ho stock Basket 3.50 sellers Tapioca Flour
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    MARKET PRICES.
    184 6 Penang, 17th Jult, 1908. Bkek— ef Soup p© r catty 14 Roast 28 Steaks 28 Stew or Curry Meat 18 Rump Steak 28 Ox Tail eacli 30 Tongue 60 Feet 15 Heart 32 Liver per catty 30 Pork Pork per catty 32 Pig’s Hoad 20 Feet 24 Tongue
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    SHARES.
    8 6 ANTHONY AND ANDERSON, Exchange If Share Brokers,
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      68 6 Infantile Cholera. Any unusual looseness of a child’s bowels during the hot weather should be a warning to mothers. lufantile cholera may develop in a few hours, and prompt action should be taken to avoid it. Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, followed by a dose of castor oil, will
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    A Fashionable Wedding.
    203 7 >ne of the most interesting of the fashionable weddings of the season took place at the Chapel Royal, St. James’s, Condon, on the 23rd ult., when Miss Jean Reid, daughter of the American Ambassador, in the presence of the King and Queen, was uuited to the Hon.
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    The Future of Tin.
    721 7 A recent number of the Daily Report has the following article on the future of tin Already a good deal of British and American capital has been expended in Bolivian tin-mining, and the outlook becomes very promising every year. In the last ihree or tour years
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      52 7 I most willingly bear testimony to the great efficacy of Grimault’s Cigarettes for Asthma. I have had Asthmatic Bronchitis for some time. Tins winter the attack was almost unbearable. A kind friend gave me a box and I am, thank God, almost a new woman. Yours most gratefully, MARTHA RAY,
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