Straits Echo, 7 September 1909

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    Masthead
    36 1 Strairs Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL. 7. $24 P« Annum. PENANG, TUESDAY, 7lli SEPTEMBER, 1909. Single Copy, 10 cents. No. '2 02.
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      1172 1 ull IN NESS'S ST 01 1 tianq lee A Oo. ■T 'I o •>r \>! •zz *L fS5 <3 sf\ <^D.a c SOLE AO ENTS. BASS’S ALE. BANKS. THE Eastern Shipping Company, Ltd., (ENGINE WORKS AND DOCKYARD.) Engineers, Shipbuilders, Brass Iron Founders. Engineering Appliances Fittings in Stock. Engine Works, Y
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      22 1 THE BEST BEER IN THE FAR EAST. •f T C5 a sC > CD 9> X3 OKTO VIANG LEE Co. t Sole Agents.
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    A Man-hunting Crocodile!
    245 2 R .ther an unc imtn >u incident occurred at Suugei-S augei, British North Boruro, the other day when a man was taken out of a gobaug by a crocodile. It appears that coming up the Sugut from Trusan to SungeiSungei, were three men iu a gobang which
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    Journalism In South America.
    244 2 gentleman who his lately visited the Argentine supplies the Glasgow News with a description of the chief news: aper ffi -e in Buenos Ayres. Offices of the kind elsewhere are simply not in it when compared with this South Americau building He says it is a
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    Murder of a Catholic Priest.
    270 2 At Bussein. A wire to the Mtultos standard iuns thus; Iu connection with the sbockiug murder of tho Catholic Priest at B.isseia, about 30 miles from Bombay, a sensational at rest of the deceased’s assistant, llev J. B Foruandes, has been made instantaneously. Ir is
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    Weekly v. Monthly Pay.
    347 2 Iu the course «>f au interesting report on Kuda Pilah district during 1908, Mr E. A l>icks>m, the Actiug D. 0., says: The construction wotk which started at the close «if 1 ist year on the Pahang R.ilwayline lias continued apace A b auch hue ab«
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      54 2 Chronic Diarrhoea. M «“V •vflf*«ra from chronic dia rloe» ItHv.i obtained prompt lelief by the use of ChanitmiUiu’H Colic. Cholera and 1) arrl.cea homedv Some of the worst cise* of this disease hive been perminently cur*d bv it after other treat,nent and skillel physicians had failed. Ihe George Town Dispensary.
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      439 2 Don’t Take the Risk. When you have a bid cough or cold do rot let it drag along uuil it becomes chronic cr develops int > an attack of pneumonia, but give it lie a'teutiou it deorves and get rid of it. Take Chamberlain’s Cough Remedv and vou are su:e
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      1404 2 50 I 100. ?5 and a machine to 1 PLAY IT ON. j)( OF LAUGHS FOH $1 A “LAUDER RECORD We Sell You the Machine for $lO Down, the Balance $7 per month. CAN ANYTHING BE EASIER? FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CALL OR WRITE THE ROBINSON PIANO C° E™ j 4:
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    VESSELS EXPECTED.
    39 3 Veatelt From Agent» Due Delta Devanha Bulow Lutzow Ghazoo Benalder Colombo Singapore Singapore Colombo London London AG.&Co. A. &0o. B M.ACo. B. ACo. S B &Co. S B &Co. 8th Sept, ll'b 14'h 15th 16 b 17th
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    SAILINGS.
    30 3 VetteU For A'jenb l.&'Vft Delta Singapore A.G-ACo. Sept. Devanba Colombo A G .&Co. Bulow Colombo BMACo. Lutzow Singapore B.M ACo. Ghazee Benalder Singapore Singapore S B &Co. SB ACo.
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  • Shipping.
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      ARRIVALS
      90 3 Jacoba, Dut ss.. 1,310, Greger, 6th Sept, Singapore, 4tb Sept., Gen.— H. L. Co. Perak, Br. s.s 582, Milne, 6th Sept., Singapore, 4th S«pt, Gen.—E. S. Co Ltd. Omapere, Br. s.s, 340, Bell, 7tb Sept., Tavoy, 2ad Sept., Gen. —E. S. Co., Ltd. Hok Canton, Br. ss-, 294, Scott,
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      DEPARTURES.
      60 3 7th Skptem bkr Mary Austin, for Asahan. Rotorua, for Tongkah. Sree Bangka, for Trang. Padang, for Batu Babra. Jin Ho, for Liugkat. Malaya, for Deli. Perak, for Port Swetteuhain and Singapore. Sapyho, for Teluk Anson. GlenfaUoch, for Singapore, Hongkong, Amoy and Swatow. De Kock, tor Deli. ivoh, for Port
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      MAILS CLOSE
      90 3 Fom Negapatam and Madras—Per Thongtva, to-morrow, 10 a m. Kedah—Per Lian Choo, to-morro 10 a m Trang Pang Nga—Per Deli, to morrow, 1 p.m. Rangoon—Per Landrat Scheiff, tomorrow, 2 p.m. Teluk Anson —Per Ban Whitt Soon, to morrow, 2 p.m. Singapore Hongkong—Per Kum Sang, to-morrow, 4 p.m. Dindings—Per
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    Passengers to the Straits.
    479 3 Per P. and O s.s Ind a, from London, Aug. 13. connecting with the Delta at Colombo, due at Penaug on Bth Sept. To Penang Mr. J. <\ Ward. To Singapore Mr. J. M. Russell. Mrs. Russell, Mrs. K. Crofts, Mr. R. Bailey, Mr. F. O.
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      775 3 Pi 0. Steam Navigation Coy. Expected Arrivals and Departures. Mail Service. Outward. bept. H Delta connecting with 22 Himalaya do. Homeward. India China FAKES BY MAIL STEAMERS. lit OliM Bod Class I'o London by So* £66 £44 roJUMPillfi at Gibraltar £61-12... £41-16 EXTRA STEAMER8 intermediate Service ITU excellent accommodation for
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      466 3 (S HIPPING,) NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD, BREMEN. IMPBttiAL, GERMAN MAIL. LINE. V 'I mm 5S h-* if* **»■s ft *3 S?3S V iV* ffTHE fast and wcil-known mai a earners o tiiis Company sail fortnigntly from Bremen, Hamburg via Kottei dam, Antwerp, Soulhampton, Gibraltar, Algiers, Genoa, Naples, (connection Marteules, Naples, Alexandria and
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    The Straits Echo.
    100 4 Jwtkt •atones everybody and Jnetlce alone v nbllohml dally (eieept Sunday I Tt l CRITERION PRESS, Lid., No. 226 232. Beach Street. Peuang PRICE r lUILI IiOOAL lit per tnnni» OUTHTATION* Postage **tra 4All IItITION (Post Pree) *l5 OAKI.K A l)l)R KSS Echo Penang." Telephone No. 343
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    SHYLOCKS AND SHAMS.
    1027 4 It is evidently no mere question of back-lanes which makes the Straits Times duh Singapore Lethal Island/’ and makes our contemporary on as follows The woes of the men who have dog 1 kennels and pigstys which they hire out as human habitations at rents that represent
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    Tin, Opium and Rice Quotations.
    580 4 The following busmens m tin bn* been lone to day Penang Straits Trailing C<>. A- r sb!» U j buyers, no sellers Penang Tin Exchange, 60 tons at 68 7*» Eastern Smelt ing Co .5» 00 05 Singapore Straits Trading Co.. 125 00 05 Total
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    Bishop Barillon's Jubilee.
    1052 4 Celebration at the Convent. Dainty is the correct ad j ‘Clive to use i connection with the celebration of ihe sacerd >tal sil/er jubilee of His Lordship the Bishop of Malacca at the Convent yesterday f.eruoon. They ni inage these things dainti ly there. A daiuty programme
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    Local Wedding.
    131 4 Woodford Carrier. At the Church of the Assumption this morning was solemnised the marriage ofM r Herbert Baldwin Woodford aud Miss Mari garet Stella Carrier, eldest daughter of y] r and Mrs L Carrier. The Right Rev. J. Meneuvrier said Mass and His Lordship the Bishop of Malacca
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    Chetty Wins on Appeal.
    398 4 SUIT 1908 No 672. In the Court of Appeal, before Thornton, In es and Sercombe Smith, J.J. V. M. Subramanian Clietty, Appellant, vs. T. A. Subhiah, Respondent. This case which has caused a considerable stir among tha Cbetty Community, came on before the Court of Appeal
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    Committed for Trial.
    209 4 Drury Lsuie Thuggery Story The Echo has given full accounts of the proceedings in the case of an alleged murder in Cintra Street. The watchman at the Diury Lane theatr. was killed, and the theory is that bis attentions to members of the opposite sex a made
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      436 4 THE NEW JAPANESE CINEMATOGRAPH. ARRIVED! ARRIVED MANY NEW PICTURES, which will be exhibited TO-NIGHT, INCLU I'ING No Rest for the Weary. The Widow A Duel with Dynamite. The Uncle by Marriage. Vercingetorix vGaul’s Hero) Across the Island af Ceylon The Terrible Brazilian The Champion Weight-lifter. Miss Maggy’s Firnces Ji'm d’art).
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      29 4 (joiIOSHII (iu capsules) is well t ,er j the digestive apparatus no oomph*» any sort occurs, and its action >* favorable in Cystitis, Approved 'J leading specialists of the day.
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  • TELEGRAMS.
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      F. M. S. Railway.
      59 5 (Echo Special.) Protest by Drivers against New Rales. |puli, 7th September. The European drivers and firemen of the Railway have forwarded a petition to the Resident General regarding the recent rules curtailing overtime pay and leave. It is stated that if the demands of the petitioners
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      Rubber.
      28 5 (Echo Special.) Highlands August Crop. Kuala Lumpur, 7th September.—The August crop of the Highlands Estate wa5*26,764 lbs. The total for the eight months’ended August was 210,917 lbs.
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      Mysterious Fire at Ipoh.
      43 5 (Echo Special.) $lOO Stolen. Ipoh, 7th September.— A tire broke out last evening at the Massey Harris Company's premises. Little damage was done but the manager reports the theft of $lOO. The origin of the tire is a mystery.
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      Baden Powell’s Scouts.
      58 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) Kemarkahle Growth of the Movement. houdon, 6th Sept.—Lieut-General Baden Powell, at the Crystal Palace, reviewed ‘<o,ooo hoy scouts. The papers comment on tbe romaikable growth of the three-year-old movement. Him Majesty the King sent a message hoping that the boy scouts would do their
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      Arctic Exploration.
      189 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) The Discoverer and 'Their Danish Majesties. Loudon, 6th Sept.—Dr. F. A. Cook dined with thtir Diuish Majesties, who were so interested in his expedition that they asked bun to stay tor supper with the Danish Royal family only. Opinions Still Divided. Opinions are still most
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      London Watermen Strike.
      50 5 (Supplied by Renter.) Board of Trade Intervene» boudon. Till Sept —The Board of Trade ms intervened in tbe dispute between the P°>r aud watermen and lightermen »rt of London, concerning the wot kveL lr 1 ,m ot on fhe question of a 1,1 strike has lieen suspended.
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      The “Quadalite” Looted.
      47 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) a D<ain and Crew Massacred. '•cruain»’ V* 1 Se P t he French Labour driven t»\ 8 Bamer Quadalite was recently H-Td 1 6 M u,ko I,liu<] N Uaptitins.nl he na, Vflfl massacred the P and cr and looted the vessel.
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      U. S. in Far East.
      26 5 {Supplied by Reuter V THi Sails. lbe Attlftr 'can Fac ‘9 uadron of ,:r- ttsrsz'tz Eutero waters' 4 cruise in Far
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      Manchurian Convention.
      105 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) America Discontented London, 7th Sept.—The Manchurian Convention between China and Japan is tbe subject of unfavourable comment in the United States, where tbe view is expressed that it gives Japan something like a mono poly of all the railroais in Manchuria. The Morning Pott declares
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      The Too Open Door.
      73 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) Germany Does Not Object to Russia Lending China Money. London, 7th Sept.—The Koelnische Zeitung of Berlin Bays that Germany will not object to Russian participation iu Chinese loans so far as tbe future is concerned, and so long as rights already acquired aie
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    P L. R. C.
    150 5 Following are the scores made by tbe Penang Ladies’ R'fle Club at Kampong Bahru yesterday afternoon. Those maiked with an asterisk count for tbe Walker Trophy. 00 X f-C %m mm 3« 33 32 O £2 2 H Miss Thornton *22 31 32 63 Mrs Bland
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    Rahman Hydraulic Tin, Ltd.
    386 5 The report of the Directors, to be submitted to the Shareholders at tbe Second Annual General Meeting on tbe 18 b September, at Penang, resds Tbe Directors have pleasure iu submitting to tbe Shareholders the Accounts of tbe Company for tbe y ar ending 30tb June,
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    Colonel Murray's Farewells.
    1920 5 On Tuesday, August 31st, the members of tbe P. W. D. and Survey Departments presented their retiriug Chief, Colonel the Honourable A. Murray, vd, c.b-, mem. iirsT c.b Colonial Engineer and SurveyorGeneral of the Stiaits Settlements, with an address enclosed in a laudsome silver casket. Tbe address
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  • PUBLIC OPINION.
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      “INEFFABLY DISGRACEFUL.”
      681 5 To THE Ei>llOß OF THE STRAITS ECHO. Sir. Passing along Cintra Street last night ou my way home from the theatre at about 11 o’clock, my attention was forcibly attracted by a most execrable broil at what I subsequently found out to be No of the said street.
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    FIXTURES
    116 5 To-day. 23rd Dav of 7th Moon. P. C. C Teuuis Ties. Town Band, Golf Club. t> to 7 p in. The New Japanese Cinematograph, cornel or Campbell Street aud Penang Road, 7-30 p.m. and 010 pm. The Eisteru Biscope. King Street Theatre, 7 30 p in. aud 9 30
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    MAILS DUE.
    15 5 (Delta' ...8'b Sept Chun Devanha) ...11th Ohiin Bulow ...14 b Oermuo (Bulow) ...15th
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    THE MOON.
    20 5 f,»u*t Quartet Sept. 7-h O New Mood 14 b First Quarter 23 r <l O Full Mood 29tb
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    P. & O. SAILINGS.
    29 5 P. O. SAILINGS. Mail Service 0UTWARD8. HOMEWARDS Delta 8 Sept j Devanha 11 Sept. Himalaya 22 Attaye 26 Extra Service. OoTWAROj Homeward. Somali 14 Sept J Sumatra 17 Sept.
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      44 5 It has been satisfactorily demonstrated that thousands of persons have to thank Uonosan for restoration to health and happiness. It is astringent and antiseptic and has never been known to fail. At all dealers in Patent Medicine* and Chemical in bottla* of 40 oapsules.
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      519 5 WANTED. fJ'MIOROUGH LY experienced Chinese JL Cleik for Merchant’s Office. Apply iu own hand-writing to A. B C. 7- 9 09 670 c/o Straits Echo NOTICE. riIENDEUS will be received at the HarJ_ bour Master’s Offi:e up to noon of the 30th September, 1969, for the supply of tin number
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    Chinese in Straits.
    1258 6 A Correspondent, evidently a Chinese. < writes to the Straits Echo on the subject of i Cbiuese Vagrants, and as a Chinese reader in Singapore alto writes to us [5 F.P endors- i mg the opinion of his countryman up north, it may be presumed that there
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    The Aeroplane and the Bicycle.
    385 6 Upou arrival in Washington Mr. O villa Wright replied to a question as to tbe piogress made bv tbe brotheis Wright i discov ling some method of automatically maintaining the equilibiium of a machine iu mid air. He stated that, iu his opinion, an aeroplane
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    Tide Table for Penang.
    161 6 September, 1999. r. H.W. L.W. H.W. L.W. Date A.M. am. r. M. P.M. 7th 5.52, Nil. 6.18, 12.05 Bth 6.44, 12 31, 7.09, 12.56 9th 7.35, 1.32, 8.01, 1.4 S 10th 8.26, 2.14. 8 52, 2.39 llth 9.18, 3.05, 9.44, 3.31 12th 10.09, 3.57, 10.35, 4.22
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    EXCHANGE.
    130 6 PINANG, 7TH SIPMMBSR (Bn courtesy of the Chartered Bank London, Demand Bank 2/4 3 3 4 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4 8 T 3 Credit 2/4, 7 3 Documentary.. 2/4$ Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. 176 3 days’ sight Private 177 f Bombay, Demand Bank 176 Moulmein, Demand Bank 175$
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    PRODUCE.
    204 6 Gold T<eaf ..$61.8) 4.1 cr(W.Coast 81b5.5 oz.) no stock tfbitp t eppet sl7s buyers iTang t«q j-w 14 75 buyers Cl *ver out of season Mice 80.— sales vjace Picking» 68.50 sales Nutmeg» 1108 18. sa'es (No 1 5.80 sales Sugar 2 »tock Basket 3.85 sales Tamoca Flour 175
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    MARKET PRICES
    191 6 Pbhang, 7th Septbmbhb, 1909. Sbbf— et$ Soup i 1 oait> 14 Roast 24 Steaks 24 Stew or Curry Meat 16 Rump Steak 24 Ox Tail ««cl* 30 Tongue 55 Feet 15 Heart 30 Liver per catty 35 Pork— Pork per catty 32 Pig’s Hea<i 20 Feet 24 Tongue
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    SHARES.
    1281 6 w 8 j I o 2 Number of -3 p 2 2 Capital. Shares < Nanus -2 5 issued. ‘3 1 3 .8 o S Ou 1 00 30 p i I I or Mining. 1903 300,000 30,000 10 10 12 for year ending 31/3/09 Bolat Tin Mining Co.,
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      108 6 Bowel Complaint in Children. Childreu when teethiDg are liable to attack* of diarrtoei and this trouble, especially in warm weather, should never be neglected. The best medicine in use for ailments of this kind is Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhea i Remedy When reduced with water aud sweetened, it i9
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    "A Little Thing of My Own."
    986 7 Not everv poet is go merciful as Air. I\eginald Bunthorne, who, on a memorable occasion, remarked of a short poem be bad just writteo, I shall not publish it.” As a rule the poet who can tiud a publisher has few gcruples about inflicting
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      1315 7 INSURANCES, Tbe Penang Khean Guan Insurance Co., Ltd, H o»fic« No. SL Biach htrist. Min. HOARD OF DIRBCTOR8. Mr.lObeah Cboo Yew Quah Beng Kee Kliaw J°° T°k Veoh Geok Keat Kboo Hun Yeang Kboo Hood Phay Ho Teang Wan Mr.Lim Teang Hooi Tan Teang 8 wee Tan Kim Leong Kboo
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      136 7 Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera ami Diarrhoea Remedy. This ri*in«dy lias beeu in use for over thirty years ami has proved itse’f to ire the most successful remedy yet discoverel for bowel complaiuts. I» never fails The George Town Dispeusary, Wholesale Agents. COMMON 8ENSE -o NUTSHELL. A new medl< al Work on
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      846 8 W. MANSON, American Dentist, Late of Dr. Allen Cu., Pha, U.S.A. Charges Moderate, Consultation Free. KmAIDINO at /Vo. 21a, Penanr Road. FOR SALE. A few doors from the Eastern and Orient? I Hotel. 6 rath» TEA >0 TEA SOLE AGENTS FOR PENANG. PATERSON, SIMONS Co., Ltd WONG KIM MUN, /Vo.
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