Straits Echo, 16 March 1909

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    36 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL. 7. $24 Per Annum, PiSKANG, TUESDAY, 16th 31ARCH, 19* 9. Single Copy, 10 cents. No. 60.
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      927 1 TIANQ LEE A 00. V vV -x 50L£ AOEKTS. BASS’S ALE. T H K 13 M. N K 8 > EtSTERH SHIPPING Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China. Hongkong Shanghai Banking Corporation* Company, Ltd., (ENGINE WORKS.) INCOKPOKATED BY ROYAL CHARTER. Paid up Capital Fuad fteaervo Liability of Proprietory j£1,200,000
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      35 1 THE BEST BEER IN THE FAR EAST. m \V s VL> C 5 o s. <4 »1 o > > s c COI S r\ v -by '.K%\ .f y ro/fro.Jf^r HANO LEE A Co,, Soli Agents
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    Marriage Tangle.
    140 2 Mail who Discovered he had Wedded his Niece. Au extraordinary marriage complication was explained in the Lincoln police court recently, when a girl named Eix applied tor an order against a Manstieid pitman named Heibert Hall. The parties had been married at Lincoln registry office, hut after living
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    Prize-Fighters’ Fortunes.
    406 2 Record Figures. While the Burns tight still echoes through the world with the fortune it has brought to the vanquished and the possible fortune it may mean to the victor, it is interesting to note the large sums of money which have been wou during the last ten
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    The Rubber Industry.
    408 2 Views of Proprietary Planter of Singapore. Writing to the Overseas Daily Mail from Singapore, Proprietary Planter” (perhaps a Bull) says I was glad to see in a recent issue of this journal a note of warning struck by Ex Colonist” with regard to the high prices put
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      657 2 Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. The many remarkable cures of colds and grip effected by this preparation have made it famous over a large part of ’be civilized world. It can always be depended upon The George Town Dispensary, Wholesale Agents. Cheap Week End Excursions to Selangor. IjMRST CLASS RETURN TICKETS will
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      1280 2 WROUGHT-iRON TUBES AND FITTINGS Stools Always on Hand. AX>ANiSON, GIL.FILiL.AN CO,, LTD. WAJNTTBD. kU EXPERIENCED BOOK-KEEPER FROM 1715 TO 1908. MARTELL’S prefened). Apply H. M.. do Goh Taik Chee Son. HAS INVARIABLY REPRESENTED THE HIGHEST QTJjSILIT IN BRANDY. YOU KNOW IT BY THE BLUE AND SILVER LABEL '5 m m
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    VESSELS EXPECTED.
    26 3 />«y If A D«# P. Alice Singapore B.M.ACo. 16th Mar Goeben Colombo B.M.ACo. 18tb Devanba Colombo A.G ACo. 25th Macedonia Singapore A.G ACo. 26tb
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    SAILINGS.
    27 3 V» For A 'jcnt» Lor.vtfi P. Alice Colombo BM.ACo. Mar. Goeben Singapore B.M ACo. Devan b a 3'naap'*re A G ACo. Macedonia Colombo A.G.& Co. I
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  • Shipping.
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      ARRIVALS.
      161 3 Calypso, Br. s.s., 339, Baunatyne, 14lh Mar Singapore, 12th Mar., Gen.—W. M. Co. Perak, Br. s.s., 258, Cricbtou, 14th Mar., Deli, 13th Mar., Gen. —E. S. Co., Ltd, Carlyle Br. h s 331, Treweeke, 14th Mar., i'eluk Anson, 13th Mar., Gen.— Kwong 00. Petrel, Br. s s., 124, Allan,
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      DEPARTURES.
      43 3 16th March Capri, for Colombo and Tuticonn. Leong Ho, for Trang. Petrel, for Paugkalan Braudau. Perak, for Deli. Bantam, foi Singapore. Carlyle, for Teluk Anson. Pm Seng, lor Port Swettenham and Singapore. Nubia, for Singapore, China aud Japan. Nam Sang, for Calcutta.
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      MAILS CLOSE
      144 3 For longkah—Per Avagyee, to-morrow, l p m. irang A Pang Nga—Per Deli, to-morrow, 1 pm. Singapore— Per Vidar, to-morrow, 1 p in. Langkat—Per Jin Ho, to-morrow, 1 p.m, leluk Anson—Per Cornelia, to-morrow, 2 p.m. Singapore, Hongkong, Amoy A Swatow— Per Olenogle, to morrow, 2 p.m. Diudings—Per Tong Chay
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    Passengers to the Straits.
    292 3 Per P. and O* 8.8. Nubia, due at Penang on 16th Mar. To Penang (from Loudon. Feb. 13) Mr. aod Mrs. H. G R. Leonard, Mrs. Jewitt, Mr. E. A. Blundell Brown. To Singapore (from London) Miss Williams, Mr. and Mrs. H. Luptou, Mrs. and Miss
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      864 3 P. 0. Steam Navigation Coy. Expected Arrivals and Departures. Mail Service. THROUGH STEAMER TO LONDON. n.B. Macedonia March 26. lAKES BY MAIL STEAMERS. Ut r!»r» Sod CIRM I'o London by Se* £66 £44 To Marseille» or Gibraltar £6l-12,., £4l-16 EXTRA STEAMERB. Intermediate Service. yyTJ’H eroelleat accommodation for a limitcl number
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      359 3 (SHIPPING.) NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD, BREMEN. IMFLiilAL GLKMAN MAIL LINE. I V xA S~S •~r- '—=-~rr THEJant and well-known mail sieameii-o lb is Company sail fortnightly from Bremen, 1- Hamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southampton, Gibraltar, Algiers, Genoa, Naples, (connection Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria and vice versa Port Said, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penang, Singapore,
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      57 3 For Singapore, Hongkong, Swatow and Amoy. riIHE 8 Olen/alloeh. Captain J. H. HuinsX. worth, is expected to arrive here on Wednesday, and will leave for the above ports on Friday, the 19th iust., at 3 p.m. For freight or passage, apply to KOE OUAN Co.. Agent* for WEE BIN of
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    The Straits Echo.
    100 4 j not ire mtuflea everybody and Jo* tire alene Ĕmtrt**. •'nblf.hed dally (escept Monday*.I »t ti B CRITERION PRESS. Lid.. No. 226—232. Roach Strep». Pmuv PRICK 0A1I.T LOO At iiiiw OUTHTATIONH Pottage Kitra NAIL BDITION (Poet Free) »13 IIUI.K A l)l)R I SS Echo—Penang.’ ielephoue No. 343
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    CHINESE (AND OTHER) PROGRESS.
    717 4 Although by no means the only country so to do, China, in her efforts after a perfect system of Government, finds that men are more important than ideals. No people has produced and crystallised more or nobler ideals than has the Chinese people. No nation has
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    St. Patrick.
    310 4 To-inorrow, 17th inst. being St. Patrick’s Day, a few details concerning the Irish national saint may be of interest. Much of course that is told about St.. Patrick is purely legendary, and has been handed down Iron) father to son from generation to generation, but it is by
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    Tin, Opium and Rice Quotations.
    77 4 The following business iu tin has been done to-day Penang Penang Tin Exchange, > buyers, no sellers > Straits Trading Co, 7 r*, buyers, no sellers j 1 Eastern Smelting Co.. 25 tons at t>s.B7£ Singapore: Straits Trading Co., 25 65.92-j Total 50 tons. Tin
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    Distinguished Visitor to Penang.
    41 4 Local Chinese are preparing to offer fitting welcome to the son of Prince Su, who is expected to reach Penang to-morrow morning on the N. D. L. steamer Prtruest Alice, on bis way to Europe to study.
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    Homeward English Mail.
    284 4 Tbe Royal Mail steamer Macedonia is expected to arrive at this port from Singapore at 5 p m. on Friday, the 26th inst., and will sail tbe same evening, probably at 8 o’clock. It is persistently rumoured in Japan that Prince Ito will shortly resign bis office
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    The P. V. Sports Club.
    811 4 First General Sleeting. 'lbe first general meeting of the Peuang Volunteer tports Club was held at the Drill Hall, Fort Cornwallis, yesterday afternoon, wbeu twenty-seven members of the corps were present. Commandant A. K Adams took the Chair In addressing the meeting the Chairman said
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    P. L. R. C.
    105 4 The scores made by the Penang Ladies’ Rifle Club at Kanipong Babru yesterday were as follows '"O >*>*>■, -5 1S! 8 Mrs. Luenng *22 35 22 24 =Bl Jamieson ‘360 23 23 25 =7l Miss Wemyss ’22 16 27 28 =7l Smith 22 23 17 19
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  • TELEGRAMS.
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      Chinese Educational Work.
      125 4 (Supplied by Reuter.) The Times Advise» a Merging. London, 16th March —The Times, in a leading article, advises the merging of the Chinese Emergency Committee’s scheme to develop the Medical College at Peking and three Mission Medical Schools elsewhere with Sir F. J. D. Lugard’s plan for
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      The International Loan to China.
      60 4 (Supplied by Reuter Indecisive Meeting. London, 15th March.—The Standard correspondent at Paris states that the meeting of the English, French, and German bankers which took place last Saturday to discuss the proposed International Loan to China was indecisive. Apparently the differences arose out of the
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      Far Eastern Missions.
      58 4 (Supplied by Reuter.) The Ardour to Convert. London, 16th March.—The Archbishops of Canterbury and York have jointly sent a message to the Church urging more resolute and more continuous interest in the missions, especially those of the Far East and Africa where a new movement, political and
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      Aeronautics.
      49 4 (8n if lied by Reuter.) Proposed English Factory for Aeroplane». Lomlou. 15h March —The brothers Wright have entrusted an English firm with the c list i uetion of six aeroplanes. A factory is being built at Sheppey (Island of Sb ppy, Kent?) which will turn out one foitnigbtly.
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      Paris.
      65 4 (Supplied by Reut»r.) Isolated Because of a Strike. London, 16th March.—Owing to a strike Paris is telegraphically and telephonicallv cut off from London. The strike originated in the mail sorters being dissatisfied with their promotion system. The telegraphists and postal clerks joined in the strike, but owing to the
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      Tumultuous Persia.
      48 4 (Supplied by Reuter Russians Massacred. London. 16th March.—The Novoye Vremya states that 1,500 government levies are marching to Julfa, which is a town in Persia forming a suburb of Ispahan. They burned ten villages, four of which were inhabited by Russian subjects, and massacred the inhabitants.
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      The Balkans.
      45 4 (Supplied by Renter Austrian Press Impatient. London, 15th March.—The pessimism at Vienna is accentuated, owing to the arming of the second and third lines of the Servian reserves. The Press is becoming increasingly impatient and demands the prompt clearing up of the situation.
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      Mr. Jesse Collings.
      32 4 (Supplied by Reuter.) Serious Accident at Charing Cross. London, 16th March.—The Rt. Hon. Jesse Collings slipped while alighting from a train at Charing Cross station and broke his thigh.
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    Penang Cricket Club.
    25 4 Lawn Tennis Tournament. Following was the result of the tie played yesterday Singles Handicap, Class A. (Final). Brearley beat Goldie, 7—5; 7—5.
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      266 4 FRESH STOCK OF THE FOLLOWING GOODS JXJST ARRIVED. MULHEN’S 4711 EAU~DE COLOGNE, $l, $1.75 and $3.75 cash. MULHEN’S ROSE GLYCERINE SOAP. MULHEN’S BENZOIN AND GLYCERINE SOAP. CORDIALE PERFUME, AND TALCUM POWDER. X ablets of Seigel's Syrup. Hair Washes, all Kinds. Exceptional Value in Hair Brushes. JKJ)amiana Elixir Tonic. India Rubber
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      38 4 The Fruit Season. This season always brines on more or less diarrbgpi which is promptly checked by Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Get a bottle and be prepared for sudden attacks. The George Town Dispensary, Wholesale Agents.
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      38 4 Prof. Schmidt prefers Gonoean Kawa Riedel’s) to any other preparation of Santalwood oil. Although he used the drug in more than 20 cases, be has never observed any signs of nausea, flatulency* nephritic pains, pruritus nor skin eruptions.
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    SUPREME COURT.
    2411 5 IN CIVIL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION. (Before Mr. Justice BradUMl Ong Jiu, Ong Moi and Law Moi vs. Foo Choo Choon. When the Court sat after lunch, the crossexamination of Mr. Xavier was continued. Mr. Cleaver resumed bis cross-examina-tion of witness with reference to a plan of the estate, referred
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    Kedah Notes.
    185 5 (From Our Oum Correspondent.) Alor Star, 13th M.arch. Official Changes. Wan Hatnid of Kulim has been transferred to Alor Star as chief clerk in tbe President’s office and Wan Hasan has gone to Kulim as Assistant District Officer. A New Pontoon. A new pontoon 15 feet wide was
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    Untruthful Informer Punished.
    486 5 Yesterday, Mr. Savi, Assistant Superintendent of Police, prosecuted a Chinaman, named Ban Boot, for giving false information to a public servant to the annoyance or injury of some person or persons Mr. Savi’s case was that on the Bth inst. Ban Boot came to him and laid
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    Our London Letter.
    1448 5 {From Our Own Correspondent.) i ft London, February 10th J Grim Precautions. I The opening of Parliament by tbeir Majesties was an extremely brilliant affair, t and although bis Majesty was suffering from a sore throat he got through bis psrt of the work very satisfactorily. The
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  • PUBLIC OPINION.
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      PENANG’S DEAR ELECTRICITY.
      244 5 To IHK Editor of the Straits Echo. Sir, —The Birmingham electric tramways, costs, including fuel, oil, water, stores, wages, repairs and maintenance, 0.361 of a penny (say one Cent) per unit. The motive power employed for driving the electric geuerators is supplied by the Diesel Oil Engine-
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    FIXTURES.
    134 5 To-pat. 25th Day of 2nd Moon. P. C. C. Tennis Tournament. The New Japanese Cmematogiapb, corner of Campbell Street and Penang Road, 7- p.iu. and 9-10 p.m. Alcazar Cinematograph. King Street Theatre, 8- pm. Grand Change of Programme Penang Hunt Club Paperchase, 5 p.m. Mr. Gilmour At Home.” To-morrow.
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    MAILS DUE.
    16 5 China (P. Alice)) ...16th Mar German Goeben ...18th Euglish Denanha ...25th China (Macedonia) ...26th
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    P. & O. SAILINGS.
    36 5 P. O. SAILINGS. Mail Service. Outwards. Homkwards Devanha 25 Mir. I Macedonia 26 Mar. As»ai/e 8 Apr. Delhi 10 Apr. Extra Service. Outwards Homkwards. Nubia 16 Mar. I Nor* Id Mar Pera 29 Palawan 1 Apr,
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      25 5 The first violent inflammatory symptoms quickly disappear after treatment with Riedel’s Gonosan Capsules. No better preparation now on the market. Certified by the leading Specialists.
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      233 5 St. GEORGE’S BALL, 1909. riIHE Englishmen ol Penaug and Pro--I. vince Wellesley are rt quested to attend a meeting to lie held in the Chamber 1 ol Commerce, P«nang, at 12 noon on Saturday, March 20. Business: 1. To pass last year’s accounts. 2. To decide arrangements for celebration of
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    Fraser and Neave, Ltd.
    231 6 Directors Recommend Dividend of 171 Per Cent. The report of the directors of Fraser and Neive, Ltd., for 1908, to be presented at a meeting ou March 22, records, amongst other things, that in the printing department, the staff lias been fully employed during the year,
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    An Aristocratic Journalist.
    302 6 If the British and Continental press fail to realise the potentialities aud resources of Hongkong and other trade centres in the Far East it is not tor want of instruction by travelling journalists, remaiks the Hongkong Telegraph, of sth instant. Recently there was in Hongkoug a number
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    Jebong (Perak) Rubber Co.
    341 6 Directors Report Very Satisfactory Progress. The report of the directors of the Jebong (Ferak) Rubber Co., Ltd., which was laid before the annual meeting held at Colombo, last Friday, gives a very satisfactory view of the position of the Company. It states that the total under
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    Shipping Complaint.
    128 6 Among seafaring men of Hongkoug there seems to be a strong and growing feeling of resentment against the non-recognition of what they claim to be their right to the payment of passage borne when a holiday is due. They emphasise the fact that artisaus are exterded this privilege,
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    F. M. S. Tin Export.
    105 6 Official advance statements of tin exported during January and February, 1909. and duty collected thereon, as compared with the corresponding period of the previous year, are. Tin Expoet. 1909. Pikuls. Total. Perak 66.810 06 Selangor 39.916 81 Negri Sembilan.. 7,4'0 76 114,137.63 1908. Perak 81.702
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    EXCHANGE.
    104 6 t’sNAMo. 16th March {By cmrtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London Demand Sank months’..2/4^, ,> 3 Credit W 8 Documenfatr. ...2/J/j Galen*»Demand Bank ft* 174, t I (Juv»' Pt"-*-»** 176 Bombay. DstliulK) tih.uk !<4 D«mand Kan* 173 i days’sight P«' v 176 Madras. Demand Bank 174 day*’ suit < Pnv.»
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    PRODUCE.
    175 6 Gold Tieaf $64.60 d. tv* er(W Coist 31b«50z.) no stock iiiie i $l7 75 nont(Vang Peppw 12.50 buyers Clove» 38. buyers M 73. —sales rla,i pc' 63. —buytrs Nntouv 110 s 18.50 sellers SNo 1 6.65 sole» „2 no stock Basket 3.65 sales Tapioca Flour 1.70 sales Copra 735
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    MARKET PRICES.
    183 6 Pbrano, 16th March, 1909. Bbkk— ete. Soup per ditty 12 Roast 24 Steaks 24 Stew or Curry Meai 16 Rump Steak 24 Ox Tail each 30 Tongue 50 Feet 20 Heart 30 Liver per eatty 30 Pork— Pork pu* can 32 Pig’s Ueao 20 Feet 24 Tongue 30
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    SHARES.
    648 6 1904 1905 1906 1905 I »06 1906 1906 1906 1905 1906 1907 1908 1905 12.000 75,000 35,000 40.000 310. i >OO 150,000 Rs. 1,200.000 Tls. 700,000 65,000 J 6 180,000 j£320,000 m.ooo 100,000 6.000 6.000 55.000 •20.000 40,000 181.454 1 1 181. I 12 3, 1906 1903 1906 1906
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      68 6 Croup. The first symptom of this disease is hoarseness. When Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy is given as soon as the child becomes hoarse the attack can always be averted. Even after the croupy cough has appeared, the attack can be warded off by the prompt use •ot this remedy. It is
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      198 6 A Sprained Ankle. As a rule a man will feel well satisfied if he can bobble around on crutches in two or three weeks after spraining his ankle, and it is two or three months before be is fully recovered. This is au unnecessary loss of time, for in many
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      116 6 THE CELEBRATED “S. B. A Co. GIN IN RED CASES. Buttery Co Andrew Usher Go.’s SPECIAL RESERVE O.V.G. Whisky. BUNQA MELOE PERFUME FOR THE HANHEERCHIEF. We have just received the above preparation specially made for us by a leading French Perfumer. It is the finest perfume ever produced and is
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    The Papuans.
    857 7 Their HahitH and CustomB. Cannibalism is a babit that evidently is hard to live down. For example (says the New York Tribune), in the East Indian island of New Guinea, or Papua, as its 700,000 inhabitants call it, the natives again and again have shown how difficult it
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      1259 7 INSURANCES. w |THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE C“- L (Registered in Singapore under “The Companies Ordinance, 1889 Head Office —Winchester House, Collyer Quay, Singapore. TD. HnD OVVICB No. SI. MSACH Mi-Ban-. PMWAW9. HOARD OP DIRECTORS. Mr. Cbeab Choo Yew Quab Beng Kee Kbaw Joo Tok Yeoh Oeok Keat t Khoo
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      145 7 Pneumonia. This is one of tbe most dangerous, and ofteu fatal, diseases. It always results from a cold or from an attack of the grip. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy quickly cjres these diseases and counteracts any tendency towards pneumonia. It is made esptcially for these aud similar ailments. The George Town
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      1072 8 W. MANSON, American Dentist, Late of Dr. Allen Cu., Pha U.S.A. Charges Moderate, Consultation Free. KaSlDIHS AT No. 2la, Penang Road. A few doors from the Eastern and Orient a Hotel, 6 mth* FOR SALE. USEFUL TO PLANTERS, ESTATES, ETC. Large Check Roll Books of leaves. Price, $8 each. TEA
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