Straits Echo, 13 March 1909

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  • 37 1 Straits Echo 10-PAGE EDITION. DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THF FAR EAST GENERALLY VOL. 7. $24 Per Aooom. PENANG, SATURDA\, laid MARCH, 1909. Single Copy, 10 cents. No. fiN
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 955 1 SOLE AOESTS. GUINNESS’S STOUT* "X Cal VI o A v m m TIY S.SSV9 TIANQ LEE A 00. T H E EASTERN SHIPPING Company, Lid., (ENGINE WORKS.) Engineers, Shipbuilders, Brass Iron Founders. BANKS. Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER. Paid up Capita! Reserve Fund Reserve
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    • 20 1 THE BEST BEER IN THE FAR EAST, 4\ T*l. o x V^ L Xo«roj^j>' TIANQ LEE A Co.. 50/e Agents,
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  • 127 2 Au interesting, though at present Utopiau, suggestion is put forward by a writer in the curreut Dumber of the Oeste*reichische Rundschau, who proposes that the Balkan problem should be solved by the formation of the United States of the Danube under Austriau leadership This federal union would
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  • 170 2 A committee of the French Senate, which has for nearly two yeais been considering the Workmen’s Pensions Bill parsed by the Chamber, has decided that it is impracticable, aud has drawn up another Bill, proposing to gram a pension of £4 16s. to members of the working
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  • 174 2 The subject of establishing aeriai commercial services betweeu France and Englaud is being discussed. A soc ety at Havre has formulated au interesting but rather fantastic project, and it is highly interesting to uote that the idea has received much favourable commeut at various English ports. It
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  • 272 2 Admiral Lord Charles Beresford will on March 24 vacale his command of the Channel Fleet on the termination of his command after two years’ service. The more important vessels of the present Channel Fleet will then form the second division of the Main Fleet
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  • 372 2 Canon Sheppard, Sub-Dean of the Chapels Royal, delivered an address on The Execu tion and Burial of King Charles I at the Royal United Service Institution last month. He said that the execution of King Charles in Whitehall was one of the greatest
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 31 2 l'be most rapid aud satisfactory results are obtained bv treatment with Gonosan (Kawa brutal). Booklet and sample to medical u>eu free on application to any of Uie chief Penang Chemist u.
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    • 406 2 Gonosan is a happy combination of Kawa Rosins with Oleum Santali in the proportion of 1 put Kawa Kawa to 4 parts Oleum. Smtal cures easily, no complications. All chemists and dealers. Cheap Week End Excursions to Selangor. First class return tickets will he granted per s.s. Kistna,” timed to
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    • 2053 2 1715 FROM GEORGE I. TO EDVARD VII. AN UNVARYING REPUTATION FOR HIGHEST QUALITY HAS BEEN HELD h/ 1308 KARTELL’S BRANDY, YOU KNOW IT BY THE BLUE SILVER L ABEL. FOR SALR 4,000 WROUCHT-IRON TUBES AND FITTINGS Stock Always on Kaud, ADAMSON, GILFIL.LAN CO., LTD. NOTICE. TAMIL IMMIGRATION FUND ENACTMENT, 1907.
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  • 31 3 1 j p’-'.t 1 1 F Du* 1. Delta .'Singapore A.G &Co. 13th Mar. P. Alice (Singapore B.M.AUo. 16th Ooeben Colombo B.M.&Co 18fh Devanba (Colombo i A.G ACo. 25th
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  • 28 3 For 1 A amt* It*c.ve% Delta iColombo A G ACo. I Mar. P. Alice Colombo CM. A Co- Goeben Singapore B.M ACo. Devanba, :S.ngapore A.G.ACo. I i
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  • Shipping.
    • 91 3 j Hong Moh, Br s.s., 2.555. Ba ,iitfa Mar.. Singapore. P 1 g ®ii.— x a. Co. Irt I Sappho, Br. a a.. 327, Uptoi llJ Mar., Tom.'kali, lltb Mar., tn it Co. 1 FookSanq, Br. as., 1.987. 3 itcbell. 12tb Mar., Calcutta, 7th 3 a en B Co.
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    • 118 3 13th March. 1 Aiva Ma.ru, for Colombo and 'futseorm. Jin Ho, for Langkat. 1 Mary Austin, for Asa ban Sree Bangka, for Trang and Se| u Padang, for Batu Babra. De Kock. for Demand Langs». Cornelia, for Teluk Anson. 1 Kistmi. for Port Swettenham Hor.g Moh, for Singapore. Hongkl*
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    • 40 3 P’o» Bindings ami Teluk An»o„>— Per Canton, 15th instant, 2 p.m. Calcutta—Pet Nam Sang, 16th n tanl 2 p m. Ceylon. Australasia, India, Adei and via Naples, for Europe glv —Per Ptimess Alice, 17th instant, 10 a m
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  • 373 3 P#*r P. and O- s.s. Nubia, due at *o D ang on 16th Alar. 1 To Penang (from Loudou, Feb. Mr. and M is. H. G R. Leonard, Mrs. Mr. K. A. Blundell Brown. To Singapore (from London Mias Williams. Mr. and Mrs. H. Luptoi Mra.
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  • 37 3 P. O. SAILINGS. Mali Service. Outwards. Hcx\var Devanha 25 Mar. I Macedonia 26 a> Assaye 8 Apr. Delhi 10 Ayr. Extra Service. OUTWABDS HoMKWaRDS Nubia 16 Mar. j Nor» It J Aur P»rn 30 t'atav.htn I *P’
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    • 609 3 P.&O. Steam Navigation Coy. Expected Arrivals and Departures. Mail Service. Oat ward. Mar. 25 Devmnha connecting with Marmora Apr. SJatayc do. India 22 Delta do. Victoria Homeward. THROUGH STEAMER TO LONDON. *.s. Macedonia March 26. FARES BY MAIL STEAMERS. 1st Clasa lad OUta To London by Sea £66 £44 1*0
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    • 457 3 (SHIPPIH €*.> NORDDEIiTSCHER LLOYD, BREMEN. IJttf’JikJAL, GERMAN MAIL LINE. ft\\ m 2« "***ia!!*^» THE fast and weM-known ma;l stumers ot this Company sail fortnightly from Bremen, Hamburg tia Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southampton, Gibraltar, Algiers, Genoa, Naples, (connection Naples, Alexandria and vice versa) Port Said, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penanr, Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai,
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  • 102 4 J a* tics MttBflM everybody sad Jmtlco alone- tmm*.. hibllihed dftllf MmUyi.1 AT II I CRITERION PRESS, Lid.. No. 226—232, Reach Street, Penany. PRICK DAILY IOOAI Si* ani.nir m OUTCTATIONB Poetage Mstr* «AIL eniTION (Poet Prae) $1» OABLI AUURRSS Echo —Penang.’ Telephone No. 343 «.A.—All bsetneae comm
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  • 760 4 Last year a special correspondent of m the Straits Echo in England tried to get a view of the military aeroplane at Aldershot. A great many reproaches had been levelled at the British military authorities for letting their continental rivals have things all their own way in this direction,
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  • 173 4 THIRD SUNDAY IN LENT. St. Church 8 a m.—Matim (t,’horal). 8 30 a.tn. —Ho y Communion (Plain). 9 15 a.m.— do (Chinese). 5 p.m.— Sundry School. 6 p.m.—Evens -ny and Sermon. Presbyterian Church. Divine service wi’l be held at Prje Dock at 9.15 a.m., ino in »be
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  • 45 4 The Homeward bound German Mail steamer Prinsets Alice is expected to leave Singapore on Monday next at noon, and to arrive bere on Tuesday at 3 pm. She will moat probably leave bere for Colombo and Europe ou Wednesday at 12 noon.
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  • 653 4 t Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to-day at $66 30, buyers no sellers at Singapore (refined) at $66-65, buyers no sellers, and in Loudon at j£131 cash and .£132 12s. 6d three month-’ sight. Opium is quoted to-day at $740 and Rangoon rice at $128
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  • 1359 4 j Tbe impressionist Sketching Club’s Exhibition. 1 Art lfc long and uayl’ght short w»8 the reflection of our Art critic as he made a hurried inspection of the work exhibited in tbe Engineers’ Institute by the members of tbe Penang Impressionist Sketching Club Tbe light was none too
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  • 643 4 Lawn Tennis Toor 'lament. Following wore the resi dts of the ties played yesterday Doublet Handicap, Clots (Final). Jamieson and Pr or beat Sproule and Brei 6—2; 6-2 Doubles Handicap, Class B (unfinished). J. G. Anthony and beat Donald and Dei lDy8 2-6; 6—4 6-' 2 The
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 618 4 TO-NIGHT, At 8-30 P. M. Saw. SEE HOW THE WORLD WAGS. “alcazar,” KINli .STREET THEATRE. GRAND CHANGE OF PROGRAMME, with All the Latest Pictures INCLUDING Palermo and its Surroundings.” The Pillegrino Mountain. The Villa Tasca’s Garden The Royal Palace—The Reale Mount. The Cathedral St. John of the Hermits, etc., etc.
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  • TELEGRAMS.
    • 90 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) The “People*’ Pays £l,OOO. London. 13th March.—The libei action brought by Mr. Lloyd-George, Chancellor of the Exchequer, against the proprietors of the newspaper The People has concluded. The People published a statement that Mr. Lloyd-George paid .£20,000 to settle a divoroe case in which he
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    • 113 5 (Supplied by Reuter Acquitted. London. 13th March.—The Magistrate has dismissed the charges of fraud brought against Mr. Horatio Bottom ley, m.p., and others in connection with the Joint Stock Trust and Finance Corporation. The Magistrate in dismissing the case said that the evidence was such that no jury
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    • 130 5 (Supplied by Reuter Clause 3. London, 12th March.—The ludia Councils Bill, authorising constitutional reforms in India, has passed the House of Lords which twice rejected Clause 3, relating to the constitution of the Provincial Executive Councils Lord Lansdowne and Lord Curzon both urged the weight of special
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    • 120 5 (Supplied by Reuter V Nervi» and Austria. London, 12th MaVeh —Vienna is unsatisfied because the Serviau note t > the Powers ignores Austria's last communication but felt that it wa» a way to make the path of peace more smooth, though the negotiations are likely to he protracted
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  • 148 5 The outputs for February for this group of mines are as follows Piculs. Putting Laum Tiu Mines 484 Pusing Bharu Tin Mines 485 Siputeh Tin Mines 118 working 19 days only Prince Regent Chun has authorised the ®°*rd of Communications to promote a big company
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  • 127 5 (From Our Own Correspondent.) 12th March. Mr. C. G May, Acting Deputy Colonial Engineer, Penang, was on inspection duty here to-day. Owiug to the illness of the District Judge. Mr. Langhain-Carter, the case against two Bengalis for theft of two bullocks had to be further postponed. A
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  • 321 5 (From Our Own Correspondent Taiping, 10th March. Mr. J. E Jackson. Executive Engineer. Larut, is about to be transferred to Krian in charge of the irrigation works, his place in Taiping being taken by Mr. Potter from Tapah, and Mr. Smail going in place of Mr. Potter. Dr
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  • 371 5 An Educational Expert Opinion. Contribut'd, by a Missionary The la*e Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal, speaking on February 11 in the Queen’s Hall, Loudon, at a great meeting presided over by the Bishop of St. Albans, said he warned people in England to take heed whom they heard expres-»
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  • 2074 5 IN CIVIL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION. (Before Mr. Justice Fisher.) Y. X. Subramaniam (Tietty vs. T. A. Subhiah. We published our last reference to this case on Feb. 17th. The claim, it may be remembered, was for the recovery of money due on a pio-note. The defence was that the
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  • 522 5 Contributed. After ihe usuai congregation 1 1 prayers at the Kapit-in Kling Moiqu# on Friday, Mr. Maas Abdul Aziz, on behalf of the Muslim Society of Penang, delivered an address in Malay, Tamil and Arabic to a crowded aud j representative gathering of tho Muslim Community. After praising
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  • 222 5 That Rubber Exhibition. Mr. E Macfadyea writes to the Ma'ay \fod sayiDg When the Planters’Association approached the R. G A. with a proposal that the latter body should joiu with us in raising funds for the purposes of the Exhibition, the R G A- replied that they
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  • 122 5 Arrived. Per s.s. Rotorua, 11th Mar., from Port Swettenham Mr. A. van Tooten and Mr J C. Pasqual. From Singapore Mr. J. Menillan. Per s s. Palitana, 13'h Mar-, from Singapore Messrs. H Bodom and Chan Woon Bee. Departed. Per B-s. Malaya, 12th Mar., for Deli Messrs. Erlich and
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  • 171 5 To^dat. J2iui Lav ot 2ud Moou. Penang Impressionists’ Sketching Clul Exhibition, Engineers’ Institute, 9 am. 1 6 pm. Golf Club Monthly Medals. Cricket Civil Service and Municipal; ty vs Theßest. The Now Japanese Cinematograph, coruc r of ’ampbell Strpet and Penang Roac j 730 p.m. and 9-l0 p.m. Grand
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  • 16 5 China (P. Alice)) ...16th Mar German Goeben ...18th English (Denanha) 25th China Macedonia) ...26th
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  • 18 5 l.asf Quarw*r Mar. 15th O New Moon 22nd Kirs! Qimrivi 28th O Full Moou Apr. bth
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 43 5 According to all accounts we have the assurance 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 and most successful. At all Chemists and Dealers.
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    • 229 5 TO-NIGHT! TO-RIBHT I ONE NIGHT ONLY I Maurice E. Bandmann Presents THE BANDMANN COMEDY CO INCLUDING MISS FLORENCE HAMER, IN THE MARRIAGE OF KITTY,” BY UOKUON LENNOX. From ti:e Duke of York’s Theatre, Tjoodou. PRICES $3, $2 and $1. Box Flan now open at Mk.;srs. Rorinrov P?*vo T, m o
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  • 41 5 Obituary. (Supplied by Reuter.) Mr. A mold-Forster. l«ondon. 13th March—The death is an nounced of the Rt. Hon. H. O. Arnohll*or»ter, Member for Croydon. Mr. AruoldI*orNter was Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty from 1900-3, and Secretary of State for War 1903-6.
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  • 1024 6 (From Our Own Corresjiondent Thursday, March 11. More than Forty Days and NiRhts. There is scarcely auytuiug tc write about this week, but the unusual amount of wet weather we are having. Tho S.C.C. tennis tournament was to commence two weeks ago, but play has been impossible owing
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  • 936 6 List of Entries. The follow tog are tbe entries for the approaching Kiuta Gymkhana Meeting FIRST DAY. Tuesday, 30th March. 1 Maiden Plate. 2.30 pm. Value $400. A Race for Maidens. Weight 9at. 7lb. Ex-Griffins imported at $400 or under allowed 14lb. over $400 71b. Entrance $15.
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  • 123 6 t'BNAMo, 13th March (fiy emrtn, tA* < 'nurter. H-' London Domain! Smk .2/3^ months’ *i«*ht ,2 4 T 1 3 Credit ..2/4 t Documentor* 2, 4 hicuim, Deiu-nd Bank Rs 174 f day.- *igoi Pr-r:it 176 DiHi)!' l»l haul 174 M mmiHin. Demand Ban*- 173 v oavt-' vk»;- Pn»M<
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  • 193 6 Gold Leaf $64.60 3. ft p| er(W.Coast 3ibs.s oz.) no stock Whin PeppHi $l7 75 nomTraiu; Pepper 12.50 buyer* Cl >**s 3*.— buyers M ter 73. —sales Main PirOiw. 63. —buyers Mutni’t/* 110 b J 8.50 sellers !No l 6.65 sales 2 a n stock Basket 3.55 sales I
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  • 174 6 Put* we, 13th Maboh. 1909. I«U— cte. Soup per eattj 14 Roast 24 Steaks 24 Stew or Curry Meat 16 Rump Steak 24 Ox Tail each 30 Tongue 50 Feet 20 Heart 30 Liver per cattjr 30 Pokk— Pork per cattjr 32 Pig's Head H 20 Feet 24
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  • 1278 6 3 2 Number oti *5 I 3 2 5 Capita I Share» J «g Dind««Ksg Name. jjj t i i»»ued. g '3 g 5 1 11 1... 1 1 I I I I Mining;. 1903 300.000 30.000 10 10 10 for vear endiug 31/3/08 Bh!a! Tin Mining Co., Ltd.
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    • 75 6 MU MELOE PEEFEME FOU TEE HANDKEECHIEF. We have just received the ahov<i preparation specially made for us by a 1 eading French Perfumer. It is the finest p< ;rfume ever produced and is superior t o the ordinary Jasmin. Put up in boxes of three bottles, very suitable for presents
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  • 1091 7 A correspondent, writing from Bengal in reference to a leading article in The Times of December 14 on summary justice in India, criticizes certain passages in which it was intimated that the Indian police had not emerged with credit from the recent exacting strain and
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  • 830 7 There is oDe difficulty which neither the evolutionist nor the unscientific man has been able to overcome. That difficulty u the unbridged gap between living and nonliving matter which at present divides the evolutionary process into two disconnected parts. Tbe physicist will establish the process from a
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    • 1085 7 INSURANCES, The Penang Khean Guan Insurance Co., Ltd, Ham Offici No. Si. Bates Htbbst. Fain*. BOaRI) OP DIRECTOR*. THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE C' L’ (Registered in Singapore under “The Companies Ordinance, 1889 Head Office— lVßochester House, Col Iyer Quay, Singapore. Mr. Cbeah Cbvo Yew Quab BeD|; Kee Kbaw Joo
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    • 39 7 Chamberlain’* Cough Remedy. Tbo many reuiaikable cures of colds and grip effected by this preparation have made it famous over a largo part of the civilized world. It can always be depended upon Tbe George Town Dispensary, Wbolesale Agents
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    • 60 7 The Fruit Season. This season always briny* ou more of *>.3B diairbcei which is prouip'ly checked by Chamberlain's Colic. Cholera and Diarruiea Remedy- Get a bottle and he prepared Jot suddea attacks. The George Town l)i«p*a. sary. Wholesale Agents Grimnult and Co.’s Sarsaparilla clean* bee the blooa from all impurities
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 1027 8 w. MANSON, American Dentist, Late of Dr, Allen Co., Pha, U.S.A. Charges Moderate, Consultation Free. K itrilDl N A AT /Vo. 21*,' Penan" Road A few doors from the Eastern and Oriental Hotel. 6 mths FOR TEA O USEFUL TO PLANTERS, ESTATES,, ETC. 0 At 1 Large Check Roll Books
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  • 2583 9  -  [All Rights Reserved.] BT JOHN ACKWORTH (Author of Clog-shop Chronicles,” The Minder from Crooked Boots,” etc.). Two loom-jobbers sat with their backs to the warm engine-house wall taking their nooning pipes. ••Ay, lad. they’re teazers. women is; them’s t’besfc off as has nowt to do wi’ ’em,”
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  • 969 9 The Australian tean which is to visit England this summer his, as announced iu a telegram from Melbo* rue dated February 15, been chosen as follows: M. A. Noble (captain), V. Trumper S. E. Gregory, H. Carter, A. Cotter, C. G- Macartney, W. Bards.ey (New Soutl
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  • 505 9 (By a Banker Scattered throughout Western aud Mid- Eun»pe Mil! «tan I, unimp tired either by the ravaging baud ot time or by the subverting throes of earthquake, many magnificent relics of tbe past which strikingly exhibit the chaste and refined art and transcend ent
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  • 863 9 Picturesque Details. The lull plans of Mr. R msevelt’s hunting tour in Africa ire described in tbe following statement received from New York by Router’s Agency:— Having completed twenty-live years of public service, Mr. Roosevelt has resolved on a two-years holidav. which begins with twelve months of
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  • 540 9 Pack Girls ark Madk Rosy, Sad Girls Cheerful, Wkak Girls Stsong bt Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. The Cask of Miss Porera ov Cxylon. "1 was always weary and depressed, and very little would make me cry,” said Miss Mary Perera, But oh!
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 67 9 Croup. Hie tirst symptom of this disease is hnarse®e*s. When Chamberlain's Cough Remedy '•given as soon as the child becomes hoarte attack can always be averted. Even t? r ,ll cr oupy cough has appeased. the**- can be warded off by the prompt use r ®medv. It is a certain
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    • 54 9 Pneumonia. This is one of the most dangerous, and often fatal, diseases. It always results from a «old or from an attack of the grip. Chamber Iain’s Couth Remedy quickly oures these diseases and counteracts aDy tendency towards pneumonia. It is made especially for these and similar ailments. The George
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    • 104 9 A Sprained Ankle. As a rule a man will feel we l satisfied if he ran hohble around «n c r u rbe? in two or three weeks after spraining bi« ankle and it ia two or three months before he is fully re covered This is an uuneee-sarv loss
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    • 1055 10 W I “TALES OF MALAYA,” BY “SOUTHERN CROSS/’ I Con tain f hr 18 very interesting short stories dealing with life in the Malay'Peninsula. (241 PAGL5 DEM I-OCTAVO Price $1. MAY BE HAD AT THE ■“Straits Echo” O/Jice. The Colonia Rice Mill is a Machine for converting Raw Paddy into
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