Straits Echo, 28 September 1908

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  • 36 1 Straits Echo 10-PAGE EDITION. DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATE <9 STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. fOL. $24 Per Annum, PENANG, MONDAY, 28th SEPTEMBER, 1908. Single Copy, 10 cents. No. 223.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 989 1 BASS’S ALE. SON S o N. O. <O/ CO u Qc aJ -c vr. Vj a e* •xxvoa.s; SOLE AGENTS. T H E [IS IE it N SHIPPIHC Company. Lid., (ENGINE WORKS.) BAN Engineers, Shipbuilders, Brass Iron Founders, Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER. Paid
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    • 25 1 THE BEST BEER IN THE FAR EAST. 4 ZV Ci 5» “D 07 S *0 Cj >y 3r®s r** TIANG LEE 3k Co., So/e Agents,
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  • 867 2 {From Our Oum Correspondent.) London, Sept. 4tb. Troops for India. To-day the turbine steamer Rohilla—which has been specially chartered for the Indian tronpmg season—left Southampton for Karachi with some 1,200 troops on board for the Royal Horse Artillery, Royal Field Artillery, Royal Engineers and infantry of
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  • 496 2 Numismatists have interesting objects of search in two coins that belong to the transition period between the French Republic aud the Second Empiie. One of these is an extremely rare coin that was struck off just at the moment of the assumption of the reins of empire by
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 36 2 A Balm Indeed. No external application is equal to Chain* *Yi‘ U a u for sore muscles or swollen joints. No matter what may be »he oause, this liniment will relief. The JeorgeTowu Dispensary, Wholesale Agents.
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    • 289 2 Cheap Week End Excursions to Selangor. First class return tickets will be granted per n s. Kisina, timed to leave Penang for Port Swettenbam every Saturday afternoon available only for return per s s. Perak.” or Pin Seng,” due to leave Port Swettenbam on tbe next after noon and expected
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    • 1877 2 Oo THE IDEAL PERFUME FOR YOUR WIFE, YOUR SISTER, YOUR SWEETHEART, YOUR FRIEND AND YOURSELF WOLFF’S “DIVINIA” manufactured only by r. WOLFF SOHN, Karlsruhe (Baden). London Office: 81 Hatton Garden E. C. Sold Everywhere. m ifejiflR Mb» "■W&M wm v J- A Speciality for >• v C; Vir v Desiz
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  • 39 3 5 «mWh Agent* Due Prirz Eitel Friedrich P. Alice A ssayo C. Apear G. Apear Singapore Colombo Colombo Singapore Singapore B.M ACo. B.M.APo. i A G ACo. A A.A.Ado A.A.A ACo 29thSept. 1st Oct. 8th 8th 29th
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  • 37 3 Yetrth For A jemu Leiwe* Prinz Eitel Friedrich Colombo B.M &Co. P. Alice Sir ga pore B.M.ACo. Oct. Assaye Siuuapoi'e A.G ACo. I C. A pear Calcutta A.A A &Co I G. Apcar Calcutta A.A.A ACt
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  • Shipping.
    • 128 3 Malacca, Br. s.s., 405, Upton, 26th Sept-, Tongkah, 25th Sept., Qen.—A. G. Co. Avagyee, Br. s.s., 247, Campbell, 26th Sept., Tongkah, 25th Sept., Gen. —E. S- Co., Ltd. Germania, Ger. s.s., 1,713, Jurgenßen, 26th Sept., Hongoy (Haiphong) 19th SeptA Coal—B. Co. Glaucus, Br. s s., 3,590, Riley. 27th Sept.,
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    • 68 3 28th September. Malacca, for Tongkah. Avagyee, for Tongkah. Sree Bangka, for Batu Bahra. Tong Chay Un, for Batu Bahra. Canton, for Dindings and Teluk Anson. Kum Sang, for Singapore and Hongkong. Un Peng, for Pulau Langkawi, Perlis and Setul. Flying Fish, for Port Weld and Taiping. Deli, for Trang
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    • 86 3 For Trang—Per Leong Ho, to-morrow, 1 p.m. Deli—Per Perak, to-morrow, 1 p.m Pangkalan Brandan—Per Vidar, tomorrow, 1 p.m. Port Swettenham and Singapore—Per Ban Whatt Soon, to-morrow, 2 p.m. Teluk Auson —Per Hue Leong, to-morrow, 3 p.m. Port Swettenham and Singapore—Per Perak, to-morrow, 4 p.m. Teluk Auson—Per Mary Austin,
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  • 384 3 Per I. G. M. 8.8. Prinze*B Alice, (from Bremen 26th Aug.) due at Penang on Ist Oct. To Penang Mr. C. H. Burgerdyk, Mr. A. de Vries, Director J. H. Fock, Mr. G. Overdykink jr.Mr. Paul Gotze, Mr. Ferd. Hinnaens, Mrs. Meinesz de Weerd, Mr. J.
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  • 36 3 P. O. SAILINGS. Mall Service. Outwards. Homewards Assaye 8 Oct. I Devanha 10 Oct. Delhi 22 I Delta 24 Extra Service. Outwards. Homiwaeds. Poona 29 Se/'t 1 Nore 16 Oct. Somali 13 Oct, Sumatra 13 Nov.
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    • 672 3 pjO,Steam Navigation Coy. Expect-ed Arrivals and Departures. Mail Service. Outward. M 8 Amye connecting with China V Delhi d° Moldavia Homeward. Date. Oct. N T ov. Dec. J an. 21 Feb. THROUGH STEAMERS TO LONDON. Malta September 26. Macedonia March 26. fares by mail steamers. lit Ulaea Sod Olaia o
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    • 418 3 (SHIP PI 1* G.) HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE. FREIGHT SERVICE. Sailings for Singapore, China and Japan. s s. Stnerpmoi V sth October 1908. < Next Sailings Homeward. VIA COLOMBO. s.s. Brasilia, for Havre and Hamburg 15th October, 1908. Taking cargo at through Rates to Antwerp, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Copenhagen Lisbon. Oporto, London, Liverpool,
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  • 97 4 Jwtlre «atiflflea everybody and joatice alone-— Kmtrton. fnblluhM <t«tly (except Sumlxyi,) CRITERIA PRESS, Ltd., No. 226—232, Beach Street, Penan?. PRICE DAILY LOCAL 924 per annum OUTBTATIONB Pontage Extra MAIL IHTION (Port Free) $l5 OABLK ADDRKS3 Echo—Penang.” Telephone No. 343. All boninoM communications shoo Id be addraevn to
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  • 537 4 THE NEAR EAST.” The evident determination of Bulgaria to keep the control of the Routnelian section of the Oriental railway is causing considerable auxiety among the Powers, who have been asked by the Porte to intervene in the matter. Two Turkish Notes, calling upon her to restore the line in
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  • 31 4 To-morrow being Michaelmas Day. the Festival of St. Michael and all Angels, there will be a celebration of the Holy Communion at St. George’s Church at 8 a-m.
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  • 47 4 The N.-D. L. mail steamer Prinzess A 1 ice. having left Colombo at 3 p m. on Saturday last, is expected to arrive here on Wednesday at 5 a in., and will leave for Singapore. China andjJapan, probably at 2 p.m. the same day.
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  • 541 4 The following business m tin h,*~ done to-day i Penaug Eastern Smelting Co., $67 62buyers, no sellers 5 PoDangTin Exchange, 75 tons at 67.3 Straits Trading Co., 50 67.62 Singapore i Straits Trading Co., 125 67.62| Total 250 tons. Opium is quoted here to-day at
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  • 979 4 THE ASSIZES. {Before Mr. Justice Fisher.) Murder. This morning Loh Wah alias Chong Ah Ti, a Chinaman, was placed in the dock arraigned on the charge of murder. The accused claimed to be tried. Mr. Ivens. of the firm of Messrs. Hogan and Motion, was assigned to conduct
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  • 522 4 The Government Gazette of September contains the following items of i n f orm 0 tion v n!i His Excellency the Governor, subject t the approval of the Right Hon’ble ,u Secretary of State for the Colonies, has hi pleased to grant to Mr. H. W. Firms. U
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  • 190 4 A Kling tongkang, No. 487, was torn away from its moorings off Swettenham Pier and washed out to sea on Saturday morning with 3 men on board in charge of the cargo consisting of 600 bags of rice and also s6o*' in cash. A vigorous
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  • 139 4 Old Fishing Stakes. Before Capt. Macintyre Aung Huu Clioo was charged on remaud by Capt. Perkins, First Boarding Officer, with neglect in not removing the poles in old fishing stakes used by him. He was further remanded until Ist prox. Obstructing the Foreshore. Tan Ah Keat and
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 457 4 B. I. S. N. CO., LTD BAY AUSTRALIAN GELDING. 9 year* old, very quiet., regularly dr ven in Victoria and guaranteed sound. Only reason for selling owner has bought Motor Car. Apply, A. TULLY. NEW SERVICE. Between Penang, Tongkab, Kopah, Renong, Victoria Point, Mergui and Tavoy. 28 9 08 543
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  • 133 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) porte’B Note to the Powers. inn 26tb Sept.—The Porte baa sent a 'T the Poweis declaring that the BulgaD te Pupation of the Oriental Railway is a rl4 “r~ n „f Turkey’s right and requesting in lbe matler Serious Situation. lon 27th September—The ConferLoD Russian, German,
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  • 32 5 (Supplied by Reuter Foreign Ministers Confer. London, 26th Sept—M. Isvolsky, Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs, has had a conference with the German Foreign Minister, Herr von Scboen, at Berichtesgadeu.
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  • 131 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) Mutual Recrimination. London, 27th September. —The accusations of Mr. W. R. Hearst with regard to the r ’injection of party leaders with the Standard Oil Company, lias produced a regular campaign of recrimination between party leaders in which President Roosevelt is vigorously participating. Several
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  • 43 5 (Supplied by Reuter Shares Fall. London, 26th Sept.—There has been much unloading of shares of new spinning complies in south east Lancashire as the result of a lock-out. Some shares for which fifty shillings were paid were sold for ten
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  • 25 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) A New Battleship. hondon,2Bth Septemt»er.—'l’lie hheinland, viotli is the third German battleship of the bftadtwugld type, has beeu launched at Stettin.
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  • 45 5 (Sufiplied t'y Reuter.) Monster Demonstration Against Licensing Bill. L'udon, 28th September.—A monster ®tnonstration, atteuded by 300 000 people, l held nt Hvde Park vesterdav to protest 'lie Licensing Bill l|j hundred aud seventy special trains r ’"Kht deputations from all paits of the
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  • 227 5 output for August, was 202 k. Us c ea r P- There was a surplus of j; V;? 11 of income over expendiln "»'U« 13 slid to l)e looking very atl l improving at depth. Wi'son, the well known con*».i, of L poll. who has been
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  • 665 5 (From Our Own Correspondent Thursday. Sept. 24. Shoeting*of Inspector Goularte. Alter a trial lasting four days, Chiun’akarpen, the Kling dogsbooter in the employ of the Municipality, was, yesterday, found guilty, of murder by shooting Inspector William Goularte of the same department. It will be remembered that on the
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  • 232 5 It, is understood that at the next meeting of the Legislative Council the unofficial members may enquire what steps the Government proposes to take in regard to the Shipping King. Everyone admits that it is a scandal, and it is time some action was taken by the
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  • 700 5 A Marvellous Entertainment. Carter, the Magician, had very hard luck on Saturday night. Not only were the weather conditions unfavourable to his securing a full house, but the P- and O mail came in late, and it was all that a band of willing helpers could do
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  • 257 5 Mr. E. L- Brockman, Resident of Perak, was invested with the c. m. g. by the High Commissioner, Sir John Anderson, k c- m g in the Council Chamber at Kuala Kangsur at 10 o’clock on Wednesday morning, says the Straits Times. His Highnpss
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  • 619 5 Saturday’s issue of our Taiping contemporary has the following editorial on the subject of the Perak Farms:— The decision of Government, in regard to the future letting of the General Farms, was announced by us, in our issue of Thursday last, from which it will be seen
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  • 423 5 We take the following particulars of ti e landslip at the Pass section of the Railway line beyond Taiping, briefly reported in our Saturday’s issue, from our Taiping contemporary Two slips, though not of a very serious nature, occurred this (Saturday) morning at the pass
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  • 626 5 May Visit Penang. We are informed by Capt. J. Neville, manager for Trelawny, the Cornish Pixie, that this mysterious littlo man will shortly be passing through Penang, and will probably be on exhibition at one of the hotels here for a week. Trelawny was discovered in a
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  • 186 5 Arrived. Per s. s. Malta 26th Sept., from Singapore Miss Bryant. Per s. s. Perak, 28th Sept., from Smga pore: Mr. S. C. Ambrose, Mrs. Groskamp, one Japanese gentleman. From Port Swettenham: Messrs. Allen, Loke Chow Thye. G B. Taye, E. T. Durell, Neill, Kung Tsing Tin and Choone
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  • 46 5 To-dat 4th Day of 9th Moon. Meeting of St. Andrew’s Society, 4 30 p m. The Pathescope.” King Street Theatre, 7-30 p.m. and 9 30 p.m. To-morrow. o f h Day of 9th Moon. The Pathescope,” King Street Tl.eitre, 7-30 p.m and 9-30 p m.
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  • 19 5 China (P. E. Friedtich) ...29th Sept German (Prinzess Alice) Ist Oct English Aasaye) Bth China Devanha) „10th
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 601 5 FOn. SALE. rpWU valuable land concessions on the A East Coast of Sumatra. Suitable for cultivation of Rubber and Tobacco under favourable conditions. The concessions have already been woiked and there are about 2.500 acres ready for planting. Apply to B. G 28-9 08 546 c/o Straitt Echo. For Singapore,
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  • 996 6 Jinks "Mr. Minton says he never spoke a harsh word to his wife.” Yes,” remarked a lady, but was that due to kindness or caution That's what 1 should like to know.” First Smoker: Yes, I tell you, a clay pipe is the thing.” Second Smoker: “Well,
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  • 361 6 The Mirlees-Watson Company, Glasgow, are shipping machinery for a Japauese factory in the Island of Formosa, savß the London and China Express. Sugar cane will be transported 1,000 tons per day from the fields to this factory. The canes aio then delivered into the hopper of
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  • 120 6 Pbma.no, 28th Sbptbmbeb. {By courtesy oj the Chartered Bank.) London Demand Ban* ...2/3j-J 4 montiis’ sigi» r BanB ...2/4 -fg 3 Credit ...2/44 3 Documentary ...2/4^ Calcutta, Demand Bank Re 1744 3 «fays’ sigut Prw*<- 176 Bomba?. Deman«l Bank 174| Mouimein, Demand Bank 1734 3 days’sight Private 176 Madras,
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  • 186 6 Jolil ie&t $65 20 B.Pepper(\V O* •-cmi «»*.> no stock White Peppm $l5* se'lers Trang Peppei 10. —nominal Clove» vp'CkoU, out of season tfac-.- 70. —nominal Mace Picking' 60.—nom. Nutmegs 11U* 19. sales 1 6.65 sales Sugar 2 ..no stock Ranke' 3.32| sales Tapioca Flou r 1.5.' sales Copra
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  • 176 6 Penang, *2Bth September. 1908. Beef cts. Soup j«er oatt\ 14 Roast 26 Steaks 26 Stew or Curry Me-n 18 Rump Steak 26 Ox Tail each 30 Tongue 60 Feet 15 Heart 30 Liver per catty. 30 Pork— Pork per catty 34 Pig’s Head 20 Feet i 26 Tongu6
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  • 1129 6 Number of is D S 3 2 Caiv’a! Shares T.*»t Dividend. Name. SC .XI C*— e! .«sued. X o Cs. oB 3 o Mining. 1903 300.000 30,000 10 10 10 for year ending 31/3/08 Belat Tin Minium Co., Ltd. 0.50 ***** 75 1907 300,000 22,500 10 10 Bruang Ltd.
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 145 6 Gonosan provokes neither discomfort complicat ions, nor nausea. It is the happiest scientific combination of best East Radian Sandalwood oil and Kawa Kawa. Bottles of 40 capsules at all chemists and dealers. SOLD EVERYWHERE. KTOTICB TAMIL IMMIGRATION FUND ENACTMENT, 1907. Employers of tamil labour are hereby reminded that returns under
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    • 127 6 MACK AY’S LIQUEUR WHISKY. KARTELL'S BRANDY. G testers’ Champagne, Andrew Usher Co. 5 s SPECIAL RESERVE O.V.G. Whisky. SANDILANDS, BUTTERY Co. AGENTS FOR PFNANQ F. M. 5. THE CELEBRATED “S. B. Go.’ GIN IN RED CASES. SsndiJands, Buttery Cn BORDEN’S PEERLESS BRAID EVAPORATED CREAM. Absolute Purity Guaranteed, AGENTS: SANDILANDS, BUTTERY
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  • 1193 7 Successful Experiments. Would it surprise you if, or saying aloud that you wondered what a fri L>d thousands of miles away was doing, he answered back and immediately set your curiosity at rest? This is not by any means an impossible happening of the future. Recent progress
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  • 832 7 We associate blushing with maidenhood and all the varieties of prettiness attaching thereto; and so far rightly, for it will be observed that wicked or disagreeable girli do not blush. They colour or redden. The difference may not be apparent to the naked eye, but every one recognises it
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    • 996 7 BAXTER Co.’s BEST navy canvas. sandilands, BUTTERY Co. DAVID CORSAR SON’S WELL-KNOWN EXTRA NAVY CANVAS, No. 0. SANDILANDS. BUTTEIfY Coinsurances. FOR SALE. General Accident Fire and Life Assurance Corporation, Ltd. Jolsfi Baziey White Bros.' PORTLAND CEMENT, “LION BRAND.” Sandilands, Buttery <£ Co,, AGENTS. E’ENAWG *sk F. M. 8. BURRELL Co.’s
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    • 24 7 The French Medical Profession rely on Santal Midy to cure chronic bronchitis, kidney and bladder trouble, as well as diicharges from the urinary organs.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 1110 8 W. MANSON, American Dentist, Late of Dr Allen Co., Pha U.S.A. Charges Moderate, Consultation Freo. KBBIDIK* AT No. 21a f Penang Road. A few doors from the Eastern and Oriental Hotel. 6 mthi TEA o TEA SOLE AGENTS FOR PENANG, PATERSON, SIMONS Co., Ltd. WONG KIM MUN, No. 77a, Bishop
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  • 3829 9  -  OUR SHORT STORY. ALL RIGHT RESERVED. BY OSWALD WILRIDGE, AUTHOR OF Margery Manesty,” “The Plotters,” The Doctor s Diploma,” &c. I ittle thought of love or lovers had SunhlDe Fletcher in her heart on that grey fternoon in tho month of mists when she
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  • 434 9 The Awakening of China." This is the subject of an article in the current Empire Review bv Mr. Alexander Chester Lambert. He remarks:— Tbe game in the Far East, played on the part of at least, three of the Powers with de finite intention to win, and by tbe remainder
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  • 641 9 CABINET COUNCIL AGREES TO POSTPONEMENT. Opposition to Government Decision. It is now definitely announced that the Great Exhibition of Japan, which was to be held in 1912, has been postponed. A Cabinet Councd on the 25th ultimo agieed to the postponement of the Exhibition and the Cabinet’s
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  • 242 9 If one comes to thi:-k of it. the average man has verv little knowledge of how to laugh properly. Women are better, but even they could do with a bit of tuition at times. It is a goid thing, therefore, that a school lias b“en started
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 36 9 Gonosan brings about satisfactory results without the aid of any local treatment and is the latest and most scientific Remedy and far superior to combinations of plain Sandalwood oil, Copaiba etc. At all chemists and dealers.
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    • 106 9 From Mexico. The following paragraph was clipped from the El Sol. a newspaper at Hermosillo, Mexico, it being a part of a lette- to the publisher from a friend: “On mv last trip to my properties on the frontier, my beast fell with me to the ground, wounding me badly,
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    • 81 9 A Neighbour’s Kindness. Mr. W. J. Fuller, J. P., storekeeper, Rendelsbam, South Australia, writes “I was called to see a neighbour who was suffering from severe cramps and who really thought he was past help. I gave him three doses of Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, and in a
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    • 53 9 Whooping Cough. This is a verv dangerous disease unless properly treated, but all danger may be avoided by giving Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. It liquifies the *ougb mucus, making it easier to expectorate, keeps the cough loose, and makes the paroxysms of IcoughiDg less frequent and Ipss severe. The George Towu
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    • 44 9 What Everybody Says Must Be True. Everybody who has used it says Chamberberlam’a Colic. Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy never fails to give relief from pains i D the stomach or diarrhoea, which is positive proof jof its reliability. The George Town Dispensary, Wholesale Agents.
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 789 10 JOHN PRTIN, NllNHK A ROMANCE OF MODERN MALAYA. BY 5 OLIVER ASHWELL, AUTHOR OF Tale» oj Die Fen” Chronicles i'n Carburettor Club,” In Peril in Penang,” etc. t A THE PENANG ADVERTISING AGENCY, Bill-Posters andl General Advertising Contractors No. 7, Church Street, Penang, S. S. Telephone No. 303; Telegrams PADDY.
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