Straits Echo, 8 May 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 THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL. 7. $24 Per Annum, PENANG, SATURDAY, Bth MAY 190». Single Copy, 10 cents. No. 104
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 962 1 TIANG'LEE Co BASS’S ALE. SON X at. Co 1 Dc Q •IflOiS S.SSaMIAD sot- 1 a OEMS. BANKS. > THE Eastern Shipping Company, Ltd., (ENGINE WORKS J Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER. Hongkong Shanghai Banking: Corporation* $15,000,000 AND DOCKYARD.) Paid up Capital Lieiervo Fuu.l
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    • 32 1 THE BEST BEER IN THE FAR EAST. 3 /CV o' J x -V <P a •>) :> ~a v z £7 7» V*7 ft? %> 'i SK® f*o rom TIANO LEE A Co., Sole Agents,
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  • 551 2 Here in a striking parabie by Mihm K. Fox Howard, taken from the Frieuds’ Fellowship Papers” A dog tried to open a door. He scratched it, throw himself agaiust it, struggled to get hit Dose under it and burrow his way out, but at last he decided that
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  • 505 2 What is “The White Man’s Burden V The phrase flows so glibly from tongue and pen, aud is at times so oddly applied, that oue may perhapi be excused doubting whether its true significance is always ap prehended. If words have any meaning at all, “The
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  • 276 2 In spite of the great pressure which is be i D g brought to bear on the Foreign office and the (Jovernment. just now with a view to inducing them to abandon the right to seize private property at sea during tune of war, there is little chance
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 39 2 A Cure for Bowel Trouble. No mailer how Bfc\era au attack of diarrhea may be, Chambt rl lin’a Colic, Cholera and Diarilue i lleiivdy never Sails to give *"*J**f- Ihe Goorye Town Di*p'n s arv, wholesale A com s.
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    • 265 2 A Popular American Remedy. Mr. Fred C. Hanrahan, a prominent druggist of Portsmouth, Va., U.8.A says For the pnst six years I have sold and recommended Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Darrbcei Remedy. It is a great remedy and one of the best patent medicines on the market.” The George Town
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    • 2137 2 "N V GREAT SUCCESS HAS ATTENDED OUR OFFER OF A PIANO for sso°°»" AND 10 payments of $l5 each BANKING AND TRADING CORPORATION. NAUDIN TEN CATE CO., LTD. PENANG—MEDAN. A Few More to Dispose of. ROBINSON PIANO C° L TD 1 Discount bills and advance loans for sliort periods on
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  • 41 3 Vf ZH:'t y*''* vt* A ye n 't Dm Assays Singapore G &Co. 8:h May. Bulow Singapore B M &Co. 12th Bpntnubr London. 8 B 40». 13th Liitzow Colombo B M.&Co. 13 b Delhi Colombo A G ACo 20th
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  • 33 3 Yestrtt Fur 1 Aykn.it 1 I.f ve Assaye Bulow B^umobr Lu'iow Delhi Colombo Colombo Singapore Singapore Singapore A G ACo. B.M ACo. S B ACo. B M ACo. A 0 ACo. May.
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  • Shipping.
    • 104 3 Kanagawa Mam. Jap. s.s., 3,825, Nagao, 7tl> May, Yokohama, 14th Apr., Gen. B. A Co. Hong Bee, Br. s.s 2,056, Home, 7th May, Amoy, 25th Apr Gen.—K. G- Co. Shurttee, B*\ s.s., 2,9?5. Seddon, Bth May, Singapore, 6th May, Gen.— H. L* A Co. Namur, Br s.s.. 4,179, Kenrick,
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    • 83 3 Bth May. Muttra, for Itangoou aud CalcuttaKanagawa Mam, for Colombo A Tuticorin. Jin Ho, for Langkat. Mary Austin, for Asabau. Sree Bangka, for Trang. Vorwarts, for Rangoon. Cornelia, for Teluk Anson. Malaya, for Deli. Kistna, for Port Swettenham aud Singapore. Flying Dragon, for Pulau Langkawi. Tong Chay Un, for
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    • 109 3 Fob Batu Bahra—Per Padang, 10th instant. 1 p.m. Tongkah—Per Avagyee, 10th instant, 1 pm. Colombo and Tuticorin —Per Austria, 10th instant, 2 p.m. Singapore, Hongkong, Amoy and Swatow—Per Hong Bee, 10th instant, 3 p m. Langsa, T. Semawe, Segli, Olehleh and Sabang— Per Hok Canton, 10th instant, 3
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  • 269 3 Per P. and O. a China, connecting with the Delhi at Colombo, due at Penang on 20th May To Penang (from London, Apr. *23) Dr. L. P. Peart. To Singapore (from London) Mr. F. Toynbee, Mr. J. VV. Iladdon, Mrs. E. 11. Wellington (from Marseilles, Apr.
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  • 38 3 F. O. SAILINGS. Mall Service. Outwards. Homrwards. Delhi 20 May I A sea ye 8 May Devanha 3 June Delta 22 Extra Service. Out ward j Homkwakdb. Simla 25 May. Nubia 13 May. Malta 8 June. Pera 27
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 591 3 BRITISH INDIA P. 0. Steam Navigation Coy Kxpf«‘tfd Arrival* and Departures. Mail Sarvica. Outward. May 26 Delhi connecting with June 3 Devan/ui do. 17 Aeeayc do. July 1 Delta do. China Macedonia Moldavia Morem Homeward. Date. Steamer. May 8 22 Juue July 19 3 Assaxje Delta Oceana Delhi Devanha Couoectiug
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    • 468 3 (BHIPPIPT G.) NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD, BREMEN IMPBHIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE, I 1 mm sraß v;?4^a n THE fast and well-known a, i k e..-i e so to s Comp..uv sail fortnightly from Bremen, Harnbu: g viz I: :te dam. Ant werp, Southampton, Gibraltar, Algiers, Geuoa, Naples, 1 (connection Marsenxs, Naples, Alezaudna
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  • 101 4 J ..Mr* Mtinfle* everybody end J net Ire elene hihllahMl dully Itirept Hnndnya.l 4T TUI CRITERION PRESS, Ltd., No. 226—232, Beach Btreet. Penang PRICE DAILY LOCAL |M pmt ennui. OUTSTATIONS Portage Ultra. VAIL sniTION (Port rtee) $l5 OABI.K ADDRKBS Fcho—Penang.” Telephone No. 343 A. A.—All beetneee common
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  • 573 4 The other day Reuter told us that the P. aud O. has decided to iustal Marconi apparatus in three of the big liners. The N. D. L. has already done so in seventeen of its ships. It is reported that three of the C. P. R. steamers running between
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  • 64 4 The Hon. Treas., Mr. D. W. Gilmour, acknowledges with thanks the following subscriptions to the forthcoming Agri-Hor-ticultural Show to be held in Penang od 9th. 10th and lltb August this year: Amount previously acknowledged ...$5 943 65 Boustead U 0.... 100 Mat Attep bin Mat Salleb, P.W 20 R.
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  • 525 4 The following business in tin has been done to-day Penang Penang Tin Exchange, 25 tons at $66-77^ Eastern Smeltiug Co., *25 67 10 Straits Trading Co. 125 67.12| Singapoie: Straits Trading Co., 10 > b 7 20 Total 275 tons. Tin is quoted in London
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  • 951 4 Fine Performance by Frohlich. News spreads. Both Messrs. B. Frohlich aDd W. E. Macdonald tried to keep the date of their long-distance swim from the Fort to Tanjong Bungah a sec:et, but the public got wind of the affair, and there was quite a large crowd
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  • 189 4 Cheah Joo Lee vs. Cheah Joo Beok. To THE EDITOR OP THE STRAITS ECHO. Dear Sir.— In your report of this case on page 4 of your issue of the 6th instant, there appear the following words. “His Lordship said that her statement in the witness box that
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  • 156 4 IN CIVIL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION. (Before Mr. Justice Braddell.) Koh Chan Boon vs. Robert Ross Clunis. Readers of the Echo are acquainted with the particulars of the case in which Mr. Robert Ross Clunis obtained an order for »heextradi?ionof Mr. Kob Chan Boon to the British Consular Court at
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  • 160 4 Programme for Gymkhana to be held on Saturday, 22<id May, 1909, commencing at 3 30 p m. Event No. 1. Distance Handicap over Hurdles open to horses and pouies bona tide property of members of the Huut Club. Weight to be declared at time of eutry. Scratch
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  • 202 4 A meeting of the Penang Volunteer Rifle Club was held at the Drill Hall yesterday afternoon to elect representatives on the Committee for the ensuing year. Only about ten members were present. The following gentlemen were elected A Company—Colour-Sergeant Hunt. Corporal Perkins. B Company—Colour Sergeant Ogle.
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 294 4 THE CRAG HOTELTj SANATORIUM. PENANG HILLS.;; “As good an Hotel as any in the Straits.” —Singapore Free Press, 27th March. SAEHIES BROTHERS, Proprietors 2 PALMER TYRES. Information of interest to users of MOTOR TYRES, is that a REDUCTION IN PRICED of PALMER CORD TYRES is in force from beginning of
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    • 31 4 Gonosan capsules contain only the purest East Indian Sandal wood oil and Kawa Kawa The first dose quickly removes violent inflammatory symptoms, bots of 40 capsules, at all dealers and Chemists.
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    • 33 4 Gonosan (in capsules) is well tolerated b J the digestive apparatus no complication of au} sort occurs, and its action is most favorable in Cystitis, Approved by the leading specialists of the day.
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  • TELEGRAMS.
    • 56 5 (Echo Special.) Temporary Insanity. Ipoli, Bth May.—The verdict of the imiuisition touching the death of Mr. Whorwell was that he committed suicide while temporarily insane. Dr. Skae, who had attended the deceased just before, gave evidence to the effect that the great mental depression experienced by his
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    • 46 5 (Suj>])lied ly Reuter Two Germans* Killed. London, 7th May.—Tbe two Germans who were reported to have been murdered in the Yunnan, were named Brnnkaker and Schmitz They were mnrdeted in ihe Upper Mekong. The news wn received through tbe French mission at Weiksi.
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    • 32 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) To Ke-establish Order in Asia Minor. London. 7th May.—A telegram from Constantinople states that the Government will send several military columns to reestablish order iu the Asiatic provinces.
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    • 54 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) Government’s Announcement. London, 7th May.—During the dehate on tbe Railway Bill in the House of Commons yesterday, Mr. Winston Churchill. President of the Board of Trade, announced his intention to appoint a committee to consider the question of railway amalgamations with a view to legislation
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    • 128 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) Russia’s Warning. London, Bth May.— Reuter’s correspondent at Teheran states that 100 Cossacks and two maxims have been despatched to guard tbe bridge at Kberraj, thirty miles westward of Teheran, in view of the threatened advance of tbe revolutionaries. The Russian Legation has warned Sipabden, the
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  • 250 5 China Squadron’s Wireless Telegraphy. The headquarters of the Japan Marine Disaster Belief Association, the /a/an Gazette of April 19 says, received telegrams from the Choshi wireless telegraph office at ‘2 and 5 p.m. on the 15th to the effect that wireless messages had reached the latter from
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  • 102 5 Confession Offered at Penang. In the last issue of the Echo it was stated that two Chinese, who are supposed to have taken part in the recent Johore piracy, had been arrested by tb« Detective Police here. Yesterday afternoon, Detective-Inspector Sbeedy placed the two men, Loke Ki Seng
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  • 973 5 (From Our Own Corretpondcnl Ipoh, May titb. Suicide. The principal topic of conversation here at i the present moment is tbe suicide of Mr. Ernest. Whorwell, who was lately employed in the jobbing department of tbe local paper. As readers of the Echo know tbe unhappy man committed
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  • 1288 5 The Times of Malaya repoits as follows:— The inquiry iuto the circumstances re iating to the tragic death on Friday last of Mr. Ernest Wborwell, aged 32, late Job t Manager of the Times of Malaya Press, Ltd., was opened yesterday afternoon at the Se dor
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  • 767 5 Another Suicide Story. The farewell letter of a man who had attempted suicide by taking laudanum and was found by a police constable in a comatose state ou the footway in Grosvenor-crescent was mad iD Marylebone Police Court, where be was brought up from remand: I have
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  • 27 5 Arrived. Per s h Muttra. 8th May, fro.n Singapore Mr. and Mrs Pentney and child. Miss H Cofftnanu Miss Hotnursjee, Messrs. J. M. Carna and Erance.
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  • 113 5 To-dat. 19th Pay of 3rd Moon. Uev. F. B. Meyer Stafford." Logau lid., 7 am.; Town Hall. 130 p in Presbyterian Church, 6 p.m. Cricket P. K C. m. C. K C, Victoria G reen. Cricket P. C. C os- Butterwurth, adeThe New Japanese Cinematograph, corner of Campbell 8treet
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  • 15 5 China (Assaye) 8<h May China (Billow «.12th German (Lutzow) ...13th Bullish (Delhi) ...20th
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  • 18 5 Last, Quarter May 13th O New Moon 19tb P?rst Quarter 27th O Full Moon June 4th
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 346 5 To-morrow's Church Services. FOtRTH SUNDAY AFTER EASTER St- (iforge's Church. 8 am.—Matins (Choral). 8 30 a ni —Holy Communion (Plain). 9-15 a.m— do (Chinese) 5 p.m —Sunday School. t> p m.—Evensong and Sermon. Presbyterian Church. Divine set vie> will be held in the Presby- i terian Church, Northam Road, at
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    • 329 5 IVTOTICB. 18 hereby Riven that. Ho Ab Ann having left the service of Chop Sin Peng Cheng Coy. from the Ist instant, the nid Chop will not be responsible for any debt ot debts incurred by bun and he is no longer authorised to receive any money on behalf of
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  • 1326 6 Low All Kong kept ducks and fowls on a little piece of «round enclosed by a wall of coconut husks near the sea, and every morning he shouldered his carrying pole with a basket of clucking, quacking bipeds at each end and trotted off to the
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  • 1094 6 Spender’s Good Points. Mr. J. A. Spender, the able Editor of the Westminster Gazette, lecture 1 at Trinity College recently on Toe E location of a Journalist.” This was one of a course on Journalism —others having been delivered by men less fitted, Sir F. C Gould
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  • 123 6 PnHAJie. Bth Mat. (By aurtesy of tho Chartered Bank.) London Demand Sank ..2/3£ 4 months* sight Ban i ..2/'4 T 8 Credit ..2/V- 3 Documentary ...2/4/ f Jalcutta, Demand Bank He 174; 4 days’ sight Private 176 Bombay. Demand Bank 174 M mimein, Demand Bank 173 8 days’ sight
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  • 184 6 Gold Leaf $62.50 3. Pep} er(W.Coast 31b5.5 oz.) no etock White Pepper $15.50 buyers [Yang Pepper 12.-*- buyers Cloves out of season Mace 73. —buyers Mace Picking* 64. —buyers Nutmeg* 110 s 18.50 sellers SNo 1 6.65 sales 2 no stock Basket 3.80 sales T.pioci- Flour 1.55 sales v’opr*
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  • 189 6 Pbxaho, 8th Mat, 1909. Bin- et» Soup per catty 14 Roast 24 Steaks M 24 Stew or Curry Meat 18 Rump Steak 24 Ox Tail each 30 Tongue 55 Feet ff 15 Heart f 30 Liver per catty 30 Pork— Pork per catty 32 Pig’s Head 20 Feet
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  • 1086 6 g I S SL o -2 I Number of -3 £3 2 o 2 I Capital. Shares y Dmdejv’s Name. jg ‘j: I issued. g 2 I I I J j, IWIi o o 1903 I 300,000 30,000 10 10 10% for year ending 31/3/08 Belat Tin Mining Co.,Ltd.
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 72 6 MU MELOFt PERFUME FOR TIE SANDEERCSIEF. 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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  • 278 7 Will ft he Labour In England? Things must bo getting serious at Home when even the Daily Mail talks for the Labour interest,. Here’s a paragraph from the Overseas edition People have been talking about the contrast between labour troubles as tboy know them in France and
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  • 268 7 The War Office is much concerned about the health of the lady typists whom it employs, and has issued a circular letter to them drawing attention to matters of hygiene. This communication begins in a fatherly tone. It points out that the young ladies take a great doal
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  • 382 7 The Diggiug Theory DtacuNHeU. Iu his rpport on malaria iu Mauritius Professor Hoss, under the heading “Is Malaria due lo the soil?” deals with various contentions urged against the auopbeliuo theory. The paragraph in answer to the contention that malaria is produced by digging is of sufficient
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 1249 7 INSURANCES, Th® Penang Khean Guan Insurance Co., Ltd, HBAD OHICB MO. 51, MliCl HTBIBT. MI4I*. BOARD OF DIRECTOR». Mr. Clieab Cboo Yew Quah Beng Kee Kbaw Joo Tok Yeoh Geok Keat Khoo Hun Yeang I Khoo Boon Phay j 110 Teang Wan Mr. Lim Teang Hooi Tan Teang Swee Tan
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    • 19 7 Urimnult and Co.’s Sarsaparilla cleanses the blood from all impurities arising from Scrofula, Eczema, Had T,ogh, Skin l’uup!e« Soreemnl.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 993 8 4s W. MANSON, American Dentist, Lite of Dr. Allen Cu., Pha US.A. Charges Moderate, Consultation Free. maioiva at No. 2!a Penang Road. k few doors from the Eastern and Orient a Hotel, 6 mtb. FORSALE, USEFUL TO PLANTERS, ESTATES, ETC. Large Check Roll Books of OO leaves. Price, $8 each.
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  • 3181 9  -  [All Rights Reserved.] BY ROSAMOND LANGBRIDGE (Author of Tbe Flame and tbe Flood,” etc.). When I was a child, I was a sceptic sufficiently hardened to deny the Ddvil his existence, even to be pr »ud of my audacity in doiug so.
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  • 205 9 Planter’s Exciting Race on Lonely Road. Mr. C. G. Longland. of Alliawatta, Mon aragata, Ceylon, is. no doubt, the most euvied mortal on the L) va side to-day, says a contemporary. He his had an experience which his brother planters would give anything to eo
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  • 183 9 Vandalithm in the CompothingRoom. “We are thorry to thay, explained the editor of tLe Skedu"k Weekly News, “that our compothing-room wath entered latht night by tborne unknown tbcoundrel. who tbtole every etb in the ethtablitbment, and tbucceeded in waking liitb ethcipe undetected. “The motive of tbe wichcreant doubtletb wath revenge
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  • 34 9 Heboltsas rudw'chaudsoim beans, A piceeortwoofpie Audgnlp-ncup >froff< edowu Whiieyoucaubatyoureye. Then, later on, there comes to him A very cotnmou question He wonders bt w it was that he Contracted indigestion. —Coburn Giant Talke
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  • 181 9 Mr. C. 0. W-Liddelow, late Manager of the Jeher Hydraulic mine, has Ween appointed manager at the Serendah Hydraulic irline. He graduated at the Royal School of Mines, Freiberg. His connection with these States consisted of prospecting under Mr. W. W. Richardson iu the Negri Seuibilau and
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  • 211 9 A small romance was revealed lo a Singapore magistrate, recently, when two Tamil coolies were charged with having enticed away the wife of another coolie, with evi intent. One of them was also charged with taking away jewellery valued at $127 Sergt. Joyce prosecuted. Complainant
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  • 497 9 (By a Bunker in tbe picturesque and poetic language of the East those wild and turbulent children of the desert who inhabit literally houses of hair, for their tents are wholly made of goats’ hair, are termed Dwellers of the Void On the fringe of probably
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  • 637 9 Gentlewoman in Java Cvkkd or Insomnia and Indigestion by l»r. Williams* Pink Pills. Insomnia or Sleeplessness is a common symptom of Nervous Dyspepsia It is usually a suie sign that tbe Digestion is out of order, and sufferers from it are often also afflicted with
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 64 9 Relief from Rheumatic Fains. The greet pain relieving power of Chamberlain’s Pain Balm is clearly shown in eases of sciatica and inliiinmatory rbeuma tism, both of which are extremely paintul. but, one application of this liniment gives relief and enables the sufferer to sleep, which in many instances he has
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    • 70 9 Don't Put It Off. Don’t allow twenty-four hours to elapse without Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy in your home. True, vou may not need it within that time, hut it is better than any doctor’s prescription and worth twenty times its cost in cases of diarrhoea, cramp colic or
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    • 80 9 A Bargain. When you can save from 25 to 50 per eeut. on any article, you have a bargain- When you buy a bottle of Obamberlain’sjJJoljc Cholera ami Diarrhoea Remedy at the regular pi ice, you will probably save several times its cost in doctor’s bills before the summer is
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    • 47 9 IHE CELEBRATED 44 S. B. Co.” GIN IN RED CASES. nr<iflnnit s’, Rutterv <4“ Co "SLEDGE BRAND” MILK. Absolutely Purei Every single tin guaranteed good. Obtainable from all the Retail Stores. Andrew Usher Go.’s SPECIAL RESERVE O.V.G. Whisky. SANDILANDS, BUTTERY Co., AGENTS FOIi FUNANO F. M. S.
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  • 1094 10 Tuesday, the 27th, Thursday, the 29th, and Saturday, the 31st July, 1909. I PROPOSED PROGRAMME. 1 To be submitted to a Special General Meeting to be held on Monday, 7th June, 1909, at the rooms of the Penang Chamber of Commerce, at 4-30 p.m.
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 381 10 BOW READY! "Ini Pan tun Karang-Karangan.” Contents: Pantun Dagang. Runda Din. Fuji PujiaD. Budi. Kasih. Hambayang. Sindier. Price 50 cents. OBTAINABLE AT THE CRITERION PRESS. Ltd. 226—232, /teach Street. Penang. FOR SALE. STEPHEN’S INKS. ssSm, iSM i&taJ M* wmwm VJ3-,» -r,.. ttra OHM! m BLUE BLACK WRITING INK. COPYING GUM
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    • 241 10 Entries Close at 5 p. ni. on Thursday, 15th July, (except for Race 9, Third Day, which closes as stated). Handicaps for First Day will hi published on or before Monday, 19th July, 1909. A penalty of 7 ib. i9 incurred iu a handicap by the winner of any race
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    • 271 10 NEW KF SALE. JOIAIH FABER'S STATIONERY, W. T. Co.’s White and Red Blotting Paper of the Best Quality. The Famous Repeater Brand of Carbon Paper in two sizes, and Carbonic Paper. Universal Pocket Compass, very useful to draughtsmen and students,’ 90 cents each. T) IOHANN FABER.-frNS iso* Universal Paper Fasteners,
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