Straits Echo, 22 March 1909

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    37 1 Straits Echo 10-PAGh EDITION. DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL. 7. $24 Per Annum. PENANG, MONDAY, 22nd MARCH, 1909. Single Copy, 10 cents. No. 65.
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      1018 1 GUINNESS’S STOUT. TIANQ LEE A Co. 00 C V CX> i O. Ucx, /<r frJ f- '< <2 Vv* <T At>s! SOLE AO ENTS. THE 13 li. JSt K S EASTERN SHIPPING Chartered Bank of India, Company, Ltd., (ENGINE WORKS.) Engineers, Shipbuilders, Brass Iron Founders. Australia and China. INCORPORATED BY
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      12 1 THE BEST BEER IN THE FAR EAST. 4 riANQLEE Co., Sole Agents.
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    Decoyed Abroad.
    637 2 Need for Legislation. Social workers in England have for many years been striving to cope with the very grave scandal affecting the welfare of hundreds of young English girls who are induced to accent employment on the Continent and in the United States and South America, but have
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    Hunted Down.
    314 2 Fugitives from Justice for Three Years. On February 2, 1900, Mr. Chau Beng Chau, an energetic official connected with the Opium Farm who lived in a matshed at Taipo, Hongkong, was murdered by eight Chinese, two of whom were his chair coolies. The facts recorded at the time
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      44 2 It has bceu satisfactorily demonstrated that thousand* (f poisons have to thank Qonosuu f».r rerto:ation to health and happiness. It is as'nngeut and antiseptic aud has never been known to fail At it dealers tu l’ateut Medicines and Cbcnrcal in bottles of 4 caps'ulcs.
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      2436 2 Cheap Week End Excursions to Selangor. First class return tickets will be granted per s.s. Kistna,” timed to leave Penang for Port Swettenham every Saturday afternoon available only for return per s.s. Pin Seng.” due to leave Port Swettenbam on the next afternoon and expected to arrive in Penang about
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    VESSELS EXPECTED.
    33 3 Yensel» From Age a Du» Devanha Colombo A G &Co. 25th Mar Macedonia ”vnsjapo?e G &Co. 26th K'eifet S ncjapore B.M.ACo. 30tb Bulow Cvilorubo B.MACo. 1st Apr Beuavou London S.B-ACo. 2nd
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    SAILINGS.
    35 3 Vesnh For A >ie l.r<’ V* Dev.inha S n^apore A G ACo. Mar. M «cedonia Colombo A G ACo. Kleist Colombo tf M.'G'o. Bulow Sugapore B M ACo. Apr. BrOdVOU Singapore S B ACo.
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      ARRIVALS.
      233 3 Pegu. Br. s.s., 294, Coyisb, 21st Mar.. Sabang, 18th Mar., Gen-—Ban Ho Hin. De Kock, Dut. s s., 565, Visman, 21st Mar, Deli, 19th Mar., Gen.—H- L. A Co. Malaya, Ger. s.s., 348, Loewe, 21st Mar., Belawan, 20th Mar., Gen. —B. M. A Co. Mary Austin, Br. s.s 121,
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      DEPARTURES.
      44 3 22nd March. Calypso, for Deli. Padang, for Batu Babra. Malaya, for Deli. Bantam for Sabang, Olehleh and Padaog. Canton, for Diudings aud Teluk Anson. Un Peng, for Pulau Langkawi, Perlis and Setul. Fining Fish, for Port Weld and Taiping. Kum Sang, for Calcutta
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      MAILS CLOSE
      106 3 r on Langkat—Per Jin Ho, to-morrow, Ipm. Tongkah—Per Avaayee, to-morrow, 1 p.m. Moulmein—Per Vorwarts, to morrow, lpm. Asahan—Per Mary Austin, to-morrow, 1 p.m. Setul and Trang—Per Sree Bangka, tomorrow, l p.m. Port Swettenham and Singapore—Per Pin Seng, to morrow, 2 pm. leluk Anson—Per Carlyle, to-morrow, 3 pm. Port
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    Passengers to the Straits.
    286 3 Per P. and O. «.a. Marmora, connecting with the Devanha at Colombo, due at Penana on 25th Mar.: To Pening (from London, Feb. 26) Mr. and Mrs. Harper, Mr. H. K. Tobutt, Mies M. A. Palmer, Mr. J. M. Kidd (from Marseilles. Mar. 5) Mrs. Willes-Douglas,
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      562 3 P. k 0. Steam Navigation Coy. Expected Arrivals and Departures. Mail Servlc*. Outward. Mar. 25 Devanha connecting with Marmara Apr. 8 Assaye do. India 22 Delta do. Victoria Homeward. -ABRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD, Fo* Intended to Sail. Steams*. Singapore. (Three times a week). Every Saturday 4 pm. 'lbur.
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      436 3 (SHIPPING.) NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD, BREMEN. IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE, < k to THE fast and well-known mail steamers ot-this Company sail fortnightly from Bremen, Hamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southampton, Gibraltar, Algiers, Genoa, Naples, (connection Marseil.es, Naples, Alexandria and vice verst) Port Said, Suez, Aden, Coiombo, Penang, Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai, Nagasaki and
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    The Straits Echo.
    95 4 iiMt.tr* •atlaflee everybody and Jnatlce alene PnhlUhed dully (nwpt Matirtaya.l AT Tl 1 CRITERION PRESS, Ltd., No. 226—232, Beach Street. Penang. PRICE DAILY LOCAL 11l per annul» OUTBTATIONB PoeUge Ratra VAIL RIMTION (Poet Free) $l5 UABLRADUBtS* Echo— Penang.” Telephone No. 343 M. 3- All bnslner* commanlratlona aboold
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    A MELANCHOLY RECORD.
    629 4 The supplement to the latest Government Qazette y giving the annual returns of the Bankruptcy Department, offers a sad picture of the year to which we have just said good-bye and good riddance. The revenue, as we show elsewhere, constitutes a record—a record we could well have
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    Tin, Opium and Rice Quotations.
    307 4 The following business in tiu bas been done to-day Singapore: Straits Trading Co., 0 buyers, no sellers f Penang Penacg Tin Exchange, 12£ tons at 65 40 Eastern Smelting Co.. 50 65 72^ Straits Trading Co., 25 65.75 Total 87£ tons. Tin is quoted in
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    Rifle Shooting.
    384 4 The Penang Volunteers At Home.” The ninth annual rifle meeting of the Penang Volunteers ended on Saturday, with the Ladies’ Competition, when a highly successful season closed with a pleasant function The Volunteers were "'At Home to all lady shooters in Penang. No less than twenty ladies to
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    Cricket.
    337 4 TLe PCC. on Siturday met a stalemate defeat. The C R.C., battiug first, declared at 177, with only three wickets fallen. The P.C.C. lost seven for 135 Following were the scores C.R.C. Md. Kassim c Brearlev b Arnold 15 Teoh Teik Soon b Griffith Jones... 35 Ewe Cheng Khay
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    Farewell to Mr. H. Pearson.
    772 4 Staff Entertainment Yesterday. A very pleasant function for which great credit is due to the organisers, took n] ace yesterday at Towkay Chung Tbye Chong*, e untry house and plantation in Gottlieb Road. A tiffin (followed by Athletic Sports) had been arranged for by the
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      287 4 The New Japanese Cinematograph. TO-NIGHT! TO-NIGHT!! GRAND All Excellent Pictures! Don't fail to come to your favourite show, THE BEST.” TO-NIGHT I GRAND PROGRAMME, WITH ALL THE LATEST PICTURES. A Tioubiesome Twitching. Chinese Fashions. Behind th: Mask. Astrakan Preserves. Puzzling Enigma. The Stepmother. Kate's Birthday. lir.iUt'on Craze A Deadly Plant.
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  • TELEGRAMS.
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      War-scare Over.
      89 5 (Supplied by Renter.) Servia’s Offer to Disarm. Loudon, 20th March.—A telegram from Belgrade stales that at a Cabinet meeting which was presided over by the King it was decided that if the triple alliance advised them to disarm, simultaneously guaranteeing against an attack from Austria, Servia will immediately
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      Honolulu.
      33 5 Supplied, by Reuter.) More Auti-Japanese Legislation. London, 22nd March —What is called the Honolulu Bill was aimed at the Japanese. It prohibits aliens fishing in Teriitorial waters. The Senate has passed it.
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      Anglo-German Naval Rivalry.
      144 5 (Supplied by Reuter .Melbourne Paper’s Suggestion London. 20th March.—A telegram from Melbourne states that the papers there are discussing the naval agitation and suggest that Australia should make a present of a Dreadnought to the motherland. The Newspaper Nuisance. London, 22ud March.—The first German ship of the
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      The Paris Strike.
      407 5 (Supplied ly Reuter.) Biarritz Isolated. London, 22nd March. —Biarritz is isolated owing to the strike iu Paris. A courier service bet wren Biarritz and Dover has been instituted to convey His Majesty’s mails and telegrams. A telegram from Palis states, that the local telephones have resumed work
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    Selangor Notes.
    1898 5 (From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Friday. There is nothing very startling to record hero of late, but there has boon one matter that has been—and still is—exercising our minds, and that is the verylatest between ourselves and Siam. We naturally say ourselves,” for, like charity, our thoughts,
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  • PUBLIC OPINION.
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      THE CHINESE MOTHER-IN-LAW.
      1553 5 v To the Editor of the Str/ its Echo. Dear Sir, It is not go very long ago that the first Chinese Chin Choay marriage was performed in Penang there are still alive a few persons in Penang who witnessed it. A person, other than a Straits
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    Passengers.
    137 5 Arrived. Per s». Lind'tla. 21st Mar, from Bingoeu Mr. Von Bamberg, Mr. O. H. Von Haugwi'z Per 8 b. I poll, 22 id Mar-, from Singapore Hon. and Mr». John Turner. Mr. St. Georgp Smith, Messr». Smith, Archdeacon, A. C Davit 1 Chew Wong and Lim Cboon Eng, Mr?.
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    FIXTURES.
    112 5 To-dat. Ist Dav of Intercalary 2nd Moon. Town Band, Esplanade, 6 to 7 p.m. The New Japanese Cinematograph, corner of Campbell Street and Peßang Road, 7- p-m. and 9-10 pm. Alcazir Cinematograph, King Street Theatre, 8- pm. To-morrow. 2nd Day of Intercalary 2ud Moon. Town Band, Golf Club. 6
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    MAILS DUE.
    16 5 English Demnha ...25th Mar. China Macedonia) ...26th China Kleist) ...30th German Bulow Ist Apr.
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    THE MOON.
    19 5 O Now M oon Mar. 22nd First Quarter 28th O Full Moon Apr. 6th Last Quarter 13th
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    P. & O. SAILINGS.
    36 5 P. O. SAILINGS. Mail Service. Outwards. Homewards Devanha 25 Mar. I Macedonia 25 Mar. Assaye 8 Apr. Delhi 10 Apr. Extra Service. Outwards Homewards. Pera 29 Mar. I Palawan 1 Apr Somali 12 Apr. Sumatra 20
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      116 5 Gonosun like other preparations of Copaiba ami Sandalwood oil does not affect the kidneys or disturb the stomach and is well tolerated by the patient even after lengthened tie'*:nent Trials by the Medical, Profession solicited. Samples free on application to any of the chief Penang Chemists. GOOD-VALUE PIANOS. We have
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      299 5 MUNICIPAL NOTICE. THE next Ordinary Meetiug of the Municipal Commissioners, will be held at the Municipal Office, at 3-30 p m. on Thursday, the 25th instant. L. A. Cootikr BIGGS, Secretary. PENANG FREE SCHOOL. "AITANTED two Masters, one temporary, one i ermanent. The salary of the temporary Master ffor five
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    1047 6 ORDINARY MEETING, FRIDAY, MAR. 19TH. < Presen t. His Excellency the Acting-Governor, Capt. Sir A. H. Young. His Excellency Major-Gen. T. Perrott, c. 8., 1 «ex. The Hon'ble the Acting G'ol. Sec., W. Evans. the Attorney-General, W. J. Napier. the Col, Treasurer, J. O. Antlionisz the Col. Engineer,
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    Irish Humour.
    850 6 Many bright things were said at the Kuala Lumpur celebration of St. Patrick’s Day. Hete are a few samples. On St. Patrick. Sir William Taylo r —St. Patiick was a member of the R >man garrison, a rank outsider, in fact. (Laughter.) His father was a padre, and
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    General Post Office, Penang.
    94 6 The following unclaimed letters are lying at tbe General Post Office:— Letters. Baker, Hubert Koatea, M. S. Campbell, J. Luitgee, B. Cornelins, Josephine Manheim, H. Dobbie, H. C. Macartney, A. Feibsh, Frinberg Mulloy, A. A. Forsyth, A. O. B. Parsons, G. P. Gruiys, H. Price, W.
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    EXCHANGE.
    119 6 Penane, 22nd March (By courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London Demand Bank ...2/3J- 4 months’ sight Bank ...2i4 T 3 Credit ...2/4 T 3 3 Documentafy ...2/4/ 7 Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. 174$ 3 days’ sight Private 176 Bombay. Demand Bank 174 Mmimein, Demand Bank 173 3 days’sight Private
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    PRODUCE.
    194 6 Gold Leaf $64.60 B. Pep] er(W.Coast 3ibs.s oz.) no stock White Pepper $l6 45 buyers Trang Pepper 12 40 seders Cl.>vet 38. buyers Mice 73 sales dace Pick»n«r. 63. buy rs Nutmeg. 110 s 18.75 sales C No 1 6.65 sales Sugar < 2 no stock Basket 3.65 sales
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    MARKET PRICES.
    177 6 Pbnano, 22nd March, 1909 Bhbf— els. Soup per call) 12 Roast 24 Stoats i, 24 Stew or Curry Meat 16 Rump Steak 24 Ox Tail each 30 Tongue 50 Feet 20 Heart 30 Liver per catiy 30 Pork Pork per catt) 32 Pig’s Hea<i 20 Feet 24 Tongue
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    SHARES.
    1249 6 fl I 3 d. j ~2 < Number of rj p j 2 5 Capital. Shares I > y Dividends Name. J 8 *j og j 1 i l_A I Mining:. 1903 300,000 30,000 10 10 10 for year ending 31/3/08! Belat Tin Mir ng Co., L.td. 6 $6.
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      100 6 A Sprained Ankle. As a rule a man will feel well satisfied it be can bobble around on crutches in two or three weeks after spraining bis ankle, and if is two or three months before he is fully recovered. This is an unnecessary loss of time, for in many
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      72 6 BTJNGA XELDB PERFUME FOE THE EAMEECEIEF. 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 superior to the ordinary Jasmin. Put up in boxes of three bottles, very suitable for presents. PRICE $9 PER
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    Silver Exchange.
    992 7 (Written for the’ Coast Banker by Noel G. Evans, Secretary of the International Banking Corporation of San Francisco.) By the rate of exchange as regards China one implies the price between silver and gold. This commodity, silver—for it is nothing else—is subject to the laws of supply and
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    Undreadful Women.
    660 7 O. M. K.” in the Singapore Free Frets has an article on the Women’s Suffrage question. It is admittedly his first esßuy on tbe subject. He promises iu opening strict impartiality. He poses as the looker-on who sees most of the game; and be seema to think that
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    An Appendixless Club.
    249 7 Patients Entertain a Snrgeon. An appendicitis banquet was held at Philadelphia recently when 100 surgeons entertained Dr. Deaver, a famous American operator, says a Te'egra/h message from New Yoik. Dr. Deaver bad removed all their appendices hiuiself, and he was the ouly man present with a vermiform
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      1085 7 INSURANCES. The Penang Khean Guan Insurance Co., Ltd. THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE C o L T (Registered in Singapore under “The Companies Ordinance, 1889.”) Head Office— T\ incbester House, Collyer Quay, Singapore. Hiad Ovvici No. 3i, Bbach Btb«»t, Pi BOARD OP DIRECTORS. Mr.Cbeab Choo Yew Quah Beng Kee Kbaw
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      40 7 Ladies who are about to become mothers and those courageous women who nurse their own children, derive assistance and prevent the heavy drain on their strength, by takiug Dusart’s Lactophosphatc of Lime I Syrup, which makes bono for the baby.
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      40 7 The Fruit Season. Tli s serson always bMDgs oti more or lees dit'rboei wb ch is promp*ly checked by Cbambeilaiu’s Co! c, Cholera and Diarrhcea Kennedy. Get a boti'eand be prepared for sudden attacks. The Georgo Towu Dispensary, Wholesale Agents.
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      982 8 W. MANSON, American Dentist, Late of Dr. Allen Cv. t Pha US.A. Charges Moderate, Consultation Free. KK8IDIH0 AT No. 21a, Penang Road. FOR SALE. USEFUL TO PLANTERS, ESTATES, ETC. A few doors from the Eastern and Orieota Hotel. 6 mtha. Large Check Roll Books of 200 leaves. Price, $8 each.
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    The Four o'clock Edition.
    3670 9 Uv Fred M. White in the StoryTeller.”] >]r- Eli Rossiter, of the firm of Eves and l> oB niter, the eminent, firm of jewellers in Bond Street, naturally prided himself a little upon the fact that he had a close acquaintance with the aristocracy and cracy
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    Another Large Opium Seizure.
    274 9 European Placed Under Arrest at Bangkok. An important seizure of opium and morphine in the possession of a European has been effected in Bangkok this week, says the local Times of 12th inst., and the case is now pending investigation in the German Consulate. Information had
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    Public Trustee.
    503 9 First Year’s Work. No Ked Tape. The varied duties of the Public Trustee are described in the first annual report on the working of his office, which was opened on January 1, 19J8. The Public Trustee, Mr. C. J Stewait, has under lus care forty-six children, owing to
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    Conducted Her Own Case.
    764 9 Housemaid vs. Couuciltar. Unusual interest attached to the hearing of a summons before the Kingston-on-Th uies County Justices, on account of the fact that the complainant, a housemaid, named Susan Daly, of Norfolk-road. Clay Bate, conducted her own case, and also because the defendant, William Bailey,
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    The Viceroy’s Shoot.
    290 9 A Rhino Charge ami a Camera. His Excellency the Viceroy, Lady Minto and party left Sarupeta on Feb. 22 for Calcutta, much benefited by the rest and a pleasant ten days in Camp. During one of the last beats Col. Victor Brooke was unlucky enough to meet
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      102 9 A Sprained Ankle. As a rule a man will feel well satisfied it can bobble around on crutches in two or 1 bree weeks after spraining bis ankle, and if ls two or three months before be is fully recovered. This is an unnecessary loss of ''tne, for in many
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      56 9 Pneumonia. This is one of the roost daneereu*. and often fatal, d seases. It always results from a cold or from an attack of the grip. Chamberlain’s Cough Kennedy quicklv cores these diseases and counteracts any tendency towards pneumonia. It is made e=pec a!y for I these and similar ailments.
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      72 9 Croup. Tbe first symptom of tbis disease is bon rt eE9S9. When Chamberlain's Bemedy is givpn as soon as tbe cb Id becomes boa’ e. tbe attack can always be averted. Even after tbe croupy ba3 appeared, the attack can be warded off by tbe prompt use of tbis remed
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      41 9 Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. The raaDV remarkable cures cf colds and grip effected by this preparation have made it famous over a la r ge pa tof the civiliz’d world. It can always be depended upon. Tbe George Town Dispensary, Wholesale Agents.
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      37 9 Dr. Boss of Strassbure introduced Gonogan iu the treatment of the most painful of diseases to which mankind is able. It is better, safer and more effectivo than other pieparations of Copaiba, Cubebs or plaiu Sandalwood oil.
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      78 9 Dr. Friodlaender testifies that Gonosan exerts a favorable influence in removing complications and haemorrhage; also more rapid and satisfactory results are obtained by it than by any other preparation of Sandalwood oil etc. THE CELEBRATED “S. B. Co.” GIN IN RED CASES, ■Sandilands, Buttery Co Andrew Usher Go.’s SPECIAL RESERVE
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      1049 10 NOV READY! Ini Pantun Karang-Karangan. Contents: PaDtun Dagang. Runda Diri. Puji Pujian. Budi. Kasih. Sambayang. Sindier, Price 50 cents. OBTAINABLE AT THE CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. 226 232. Beach Street. Penang FOR SALE. STEPHEN'S INKS. gjjggS MU Wk •*O.. v} 1 J. "d {*s*]> i h:l i -h .V» BLUE BLACK
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