Straits Echo, 22 September 1909

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    35 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, PENANG, WEDNESDAY, 22nd SEPTEMBER, 1909. Single Copy, 10 cents. No. 215.
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      1050 1 bIiINNESS’S STOI3 TIANQ LEE 00. < '-v r o 2- &£MDS ?>« 50 LE AO ENTS. BASS’S ALE. BANKS. > THE Eastern Shipping Company, Ltd., (ENGINE WORKS AND DOCKYARD.) Engineers, Shipbuilders, (trass Iron Pounders. Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER. Paid up Capital Reserve Fund
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      30 1 THE BEST BEER IN THE FAR EAST. 'l* V 4 T wr O) y 3 t/ SB > s%sv '•V: >X C A T S> TIANG LEE A Co., Sole Agents.
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    The Edward Medal.
    167 2 His Majesty bat» been graciously pleased to award tbe Edward Medal of the First Class to Mr. John Jones On January 14, 1909, gas was found at tbe bottom of tbe Witwatersraud Gold Mine, Johannesburg. A native workman was overcome by tbe fumes and two meu, named
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    Globules.
    685 2 There is uo permanent army in Moiocco,” we read. Ti e Spanish troops are understood to think that there is a very good imitation. •‘You see, mum, the reason me aud my sister quarrelled was because 6he was one of the Plymouth Brethren, and I didn’t ’old wiih it.”
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      71 2 Bowel Complaint in Children. Cbildien when tiethiug are liable to at tacks of dian l cei and ibis trouble, especially iu warm weather, should never be neglected* The best medicine in use for ailmeuts of tbit, kind ia Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Ketnedy. When reduced with water and swetteuod,
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      2724 2 THE GOVERNMENT OF THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. THE GOVERNMENT OF I’ERAK. THE GOVERNMENT OF KEDAH. "VT"OTICE is hereby given on behalf of the JL i shove named Governments that ten ders will be received at the Office of the Resident C 'uncillor, Penang, up to noon on the 1st of October,
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    VESSELS EXPECTED.
    36 3 Vestelt t rom A'jfnl* Due Hun ilava Colombo A.G.&Co 22nd Sapt A s8tye t’rirz R. Si tgprore A G &'Jo 25 b Luitpold Colombo B.M ACo 29;b Dd'ffl nger Singapore B M.aCo. 2nd Oct.
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    SAILINGS.
    28 3 Vettelt For 4 >•'i f H imalaya Singapore A G AO Sept. A«save Colombo A G.&Co. Prn z RLuirpold Singapoie B.M.&Co Dai fflioger Colombo B M.ACo. Oct-
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  • Shipping.
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      ARRIVALS.
      61 3 Cornelia, Br. s.s 194. Williams. 21st Sept-, Port Swettenbam, 20th Sept., GeD. E. S Co.. Ltd. Petrel, Br. e.s., 124, Allan, 21st Sept Koempei, 20 h Sept., Gen.—E. S. Co Ltd. Taroba, Br ss 3,657, Jacobs, 22ud Sept., Singapore, 20th Sept-, Gen. —H. L. Co. Omapere, Br. s s.,
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      DEPARTURES
      66 3 22nd September Taroba, for Negapatam and MadrasMin, for Langkat. Malacca, for Tongkah. De’i for Trang and Pang Nga. Ban Whitt Soon, for Teluk Adsoh. Calyrto, for Deli Hok Canton, for Lingua, T- Semawe, Segli, Olehleh and Sabang. Samui, for w iugapore. Tong Chay Un, tor Dindings. Mambang, for Setul.
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      MAILS CLOSE
      106 3 For Singapore. China Japan—Per Himalaya, to-morrow, 8 a m. Kedah—Per Tong Chuan. to-morrow, 10 a m. Pangkalan Brandan—Per Petrel, tomorrow, 1 p.m. Deli—Per Avagyee, to-morrow, 1 p-m. TraDg —Per Leong Ho, to-morrow, 1 p.m. Port Swettenbam, Port Dickson aud Mala ca—Per Cornelia, to morrow, Ip.m. Port Snettenham and
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    Passengers to the Straits.
    462 3 Per P. and O. h.s China, from London, Aug. 27, connecting with the Himalaya at Colombo, due at Penang on 22nd Sept.: To Penang Mr. M. D. Day, Mr. W. Lpggatt, Mr. H. O. Scott, Mr. J. W. Atkinson. To Singapore Mr. Osterdaan, Mr. E N.
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      739 3 Pi 0. Steam Navigation Coy. j.'xp'.cted Arrivals and Departures. Mail Service. Outward K i Himalaya connecting with China Oct 6 Delhi Macedonia >U Devanha Moldavia j*' nV 5 Assaye Mongolia Homeward. Dntr. Connecting Stoaff-er. with SiSi Due .London. Sep. Oct !nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. MarApl May 25 Assaye 9 Delta
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      466 3 (SHIPPING.) NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD, BREMEN. IMPUKIAL OEKMAN MAIL LINE, i :r 'V' '4> THE fast and wtil-known mail s e&mtrso this Company sail fortnightly from Bremen, Hamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southampton, Gibraltar, Algiers, Genoa, Naples, (connection Marseilles, Naples, Alexaiciia and vice versa) Port Said, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penang, Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai,
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    The Straits Echo.
    97 4 Jn-tice aatteflea everybody ud 1 net Ice alone—"nbllahnl dally (esoept Mcnriaye »TIM CRITERION PRESS, Ltd., No. 226—232, Beach Streel. Penang PRICK: 'MII.T I AM,’A l IS* per aniron OUT8TATION8 Poetaffe Ultra «All. aniTION (Poet Free) lift OAKI.H A l)l)RK8S Echo—Penang.” Telephone No. 343 *.9,— All bwlnew communications
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    FREEMASONRY.
    700 4 It rather surprised us to find that the London Times deemed it necessary to emphasise the innocuousness of Freemasonry, in the manner which a clipping elsewhere reproduced showetli. The only question likely to be seriously put, we would have thought, was not does it do harm but does it
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    Pol. Lil. Op. Co.
    545 4 Leased and managed by Mr. Arthur H. Pollard, represented by Mr. J Frank Finlay, produced by Mr. Harry Quealy, wi’h Mr. W. F. Connolly as musical director, the Lilliputian Opera Co., which, with successive generations of Lilliputians, has been touring the Far Eist for about thirty
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    Tin, Opium and Rice Quotations.
    171 4 The following business in tin has been done to day Penang Penang Tin Exchange, d buyers, no sellers j Eastern Smelting Co., 50 tons at 69.20 traits Trading Co, 75 69 20 Singapore Straits Trading Co, 50 69 22£ Total 175 tons. Tin is quoted
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    SUPREME COURT.
    1215 4 THE ASSIZES (Before Mr Justice Thornton Uang-robbery. Yesteiday afternoon, six Chinese, (1) Gng Kui. (2 Cb Kui. 3) Tan Ab Cho. (4) N 4 Ab Weug, (5) Oog Ab Lip and (6) Chong Cheng, were indic'ed on tbe charge of gangrobbery. All tie accused claimed to be trifd
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    The Agri-Horti. Assault Case
    655 4 Adjourned Again. This mirniug the hearing was resumed of the case, iu which Messrs. Elton Bell and Starr, Jr. and three peons of the Depart, meut for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals were prosecuted, a*, the instance of Acting Detective-Sergeant Worton, f or assault aud
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      274 4 STHE crag HOTEL.! SANATORIUM. i t PENANG HILLS.) t “As good an Hotel as any in the Straits.” < t —Singapore Free Press, 27th March. X l SARKIES BROTHERS, 6 Proprietors. TOWN HALL. TO-NIGHT, POLLARDS LILLIPUTIAN OPERA CO. A GAIETY GIRL.” To-morrow NvjU, Sept. 23rd, THE BELLE OF NEW YORK."
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      41 4 It has beeu satisfactorily that thousands of persons hare ,0 GoilOSrtll for restoration to iealt fic happiness. It is astringent and and has never been known to fad rheui l 1 dealers in Patent Medicines an' in bottles of 40 capsules.
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  • TELEGRAMS.
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      H.M.S. “Clio” Safe.
      40 5 (Echo Special.) Sheltering from Taifung. Singapore, 22nd September.—H.M.S. Clin reported overdue, is safe. She was’anchored in Haitan (Hainan?) Straits, a succession of tjphoons having compelled her to remain in shelter there She is expected at Hongkong to-day.
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      Ipoh.
      25 5 (Echo Special.) Enquiry Into Bodega Fire. Ipoh, 22nd September.—The British Resident has ordered an enquiry in connection with the recent fire at the Bodega.
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      Rubber’s Clastic Price.
      35 5 (Echo Special.) Nine Bob Now. Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 22.— The Plantters’ Stores Agency notifies receipt of a cablegram quoting the average price of plantation No. 1 rubber as nine shillings per pound.
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      Arctic Exploration.
      26 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) t ook at New York. London, 22ud September.—Dr. F. A. Cook has arrived at New York. He rewived a treat reception.
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      Australian Defence.
      103 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) An Interesting Comparison. London, 22nd September.—A telegram from Melbourne states that the Hon. George Fouler Pearce, Minister of State for Defence, in moving the second reading of the Defence Bill, said that the time had arrived for Australia to be a buttress, not a burden,
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      British Army Manœuvres.
      50 5 < Supplied by Reuter Remarkable Infantry Marches. Loudon. 22nd September—The British Aimv macip'jvres have opened, the line of the 1 hames forming the boundary between the two countries. The feature of the operatiouH was the remarkable marching of the tu.antiy which excited the attention of the foreign
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      Canadian-Pacific and Oriental Trade.
      47 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) Larger Vessels Need. London. 22nd September —Sir Thomas «eoige Shauguessy, President of the Cana tan acitic Railway Company, speaking at m *7 ITer *bat the Canadian-Pacific •< S lave larger and faster vessels in view of Kfowth of the Oriental trade
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      Austria and Germany.
      42 5 Supp'ied by Renter.) Rob roan u Hollweg’g Audience with Hie Austrian Emperor. Francis K "V Sp P ,em^er —The Emperor HollwJ th P a reoe,T<d I,err von Bothmann“'"l I’ruHHian P Impfrial Chancellor UM,an Ir m 'wr. in private audieuce.
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      Spain’s War.
      84 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) ■"‘-I tw ,U n b*n*n the ad* P ember.-f be Spaniards Wa r©pJue<l with Wl rN,, P 8 aud ,h enemy ,mh W »H slight -n Vflr f (>l>BeB The Spanish h®so occupied advauoed position has S'® Advan ce- P*" tuber. The Moors are Wk
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      Aeronautics.
      28 5 (Supplied by Renter.) Another Record. London, 21st September.—A telegram from Brescia states that M. Rongier aero* planed at a height of 645 ft. which is a record.
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      The Luard Murder.
      35 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) Suspected Man Discharged. London, 21st September.—The man who was arrested at Maidstone in connection with the murder of Mis Luard has been discharged. There is no evidence against him.
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      Home Politics.
      56 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) Liberals More Hopeful. London, 21st September.—The Liberals are more hopeful that the Budget will pass the House of Lords owing to the concessions made by Mr. Llovd-George, Chancellor of the Exchequer. What will Balfour Say! There is the keenest anticipation over the speech of Mr.
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    Freemasonry Respectable.
    641 5 The Times says there is nothing to fear from Freemasons. The vast majority of Craftsmen m Great Britain and the Empire are possessed of a solid, sober, common sense they are decidedly unimaginative, and inspired with a conservative spirit wholly opposed to anything really secret or danger ous,
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    League Football.
    914 5 Government Service vs Penang Volunteers. For a long time it looked as if the League match between tbe Government Service and the Penang Volunteers, which was played on tbe Esplanade yesterday afternoon, would end in a draw. The teams were very evenly matched,although the Service forwards showed to
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    Lord Kitchener at Taiping.
    756 5 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Taiping, 20th September. It is not often that we ge* an importunity for hero worship at Taiping, so it was with no small degree of satisfaction that the people received the news that Lord Kitchener was to visit the M.S.G. ju9t for
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    Renong News.
    167 5 A Victoria Point football team, under Police-Ins;ector Brown, composed of Bur mese, Siamese, Malays aud Gbuikas, has beaten the Raaoog team of Chinese and Siamese, captained by Mr. I ougbty. The Renong team had had a rough passage in the Government lauueb. but apart from that they were
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    A Kindly Action
    102 5 This afternoon the Li’liputirn Opera Compauy 8 being treated to a picnic at Tanjong Bungah. Mr. D W. Gilmour, of the Chartered Bank, has provided a prre 9 sion of gharries to take the children to the seaside, and has instruc‘ed the E A O Hotel people
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    Passengers.
    70 5 Arrived. Per s 8 Turoba. 22ad Sept., from Singapore Mrs. A Leicester, Mrs A. M. Parreau. Mrs. Plum and child, Messrs. R. K. Haebuggart, Ed Holloway. J. C. Holmberg, Khoo Sim Huan, L li. Lazaroo, Sia and Tso Peng Lung. Dr PARTED. Per s.o. Ma'aya, 21st Sept for Deli
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    FIXTURES.
    115 5 To-dat. 9 h Day of 8 h Moon. Town Band. Esplanade, 6 to 7 p.m. Meeting of L censing Justices. League Football: P. W vs. P. C. C Victoiia Green. The New Japanese Cinematograph, corner of Campbell Street and Penang Road, 7-30 p.m. and 9-10 p.in. The Eastern Bioscope,
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    MAILS DUE.
    17 5 English (Himalaya) ...22nd Sept China (Assays) ...25'h German (P. K ...29th China (Derjflinger) ...2nd Oat
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    P. & O. SAILINGS.
    37 5 P. O. SAILINGS. Mali Service Outwards. Homewards Himalaya 22 Sept I Assaye 25 Sept Delhi 6 Oct J Delta .9 Oct Extra Service. Outwards Homeward. Palermo 28 Sept. I Borneo 1 Oct, Namur 11 Oct Nile 15
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      40 5 Chamberlain’:* Colic» Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. This remedy has been in use for over thirty years and has proved itself to be the most successful remedy yet discovered for bowel complaints. It never fails. The George Town Dispensary, Wholesale Agents.
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      58 5 Don’t Take the Risk. When you have a bad cough or cold do not let it drag along uutil it becomes chronic or develops into an attack of pneumonia, but give it the attention it deserves and get rid of it. Take Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy and you are syre of
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      309 5 For Singapore, Hongkong, Swatov. and Amoy. f'PHE s s. Hong Wan I, Captain G KmgJ- horn, is expected to arrive here on Saturday and will leavo for the above ports on M ;nday, the 27tb iust., at 3 p.m For freight or passage apply to KOE GUAN Co Agents for
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      638 5 NOTICE THE usual monthly sale of Pawnbrokers’ forfeited pledges for sums exceeding $lO will be held punctually at 11 o’clock a m. on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, the 4th, sth and 6th proximo, respectively, at No 42, Beach Street. The above forfeited pledges may be viewed at the Btie room
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  • Obituary
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    31 5 Obituary, (Supplied by R°.uter.) Governor Johnson. [joulou, 22nd S'ptember— The death is announced of Governor J djnsou of MioneB °ta, who whh a cuibidate for the Presidency at the last election.
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    The British Association.
    1933 6 Presidential Address. The me tint? of the British Association beLTnu in the Walker Theatre. Winnipeg, on 1 Aue 25 when the new President, Sir Joseph J. Thomson, Cavendish Professor of Experi- mental Physics at Cambridge, took the chair I and deliveied bis address. After reviewing the previous
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    Tide Table for Penang.
    81 6 September, 1909. n H.W. L.W. H.W. L.W. Date AM. A.M. P. M. P.M. 22nd 6.18, 12.05, 6.44, 12 31 23rd 7.09, 12.57, 7.35, 1.22 24th 8.01, 1.48, 8.27, 2 14 25th 8.52, 239, 9.18, 3.05 26th 9.41, 3.31, 10.09, 3.57 27th 10.35, 432, 11.01, 4.48 28th
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    EXCHANGE.
    121 6 Penang, 22nd September. (By courtesy of the Chartered Bank London, Demand Bank 2/4] 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4j, 9 3 Credit 2/4 7 3 Documentary.. 2/4| Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. 1/6 3 days’ sight Private 177| Bombay, Demand Bank 176 Moulmein, Demand Bank 175$ 3 days’sight Pritfate 1774 Madras,
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    PRODUCE.
    202 6 Gold Leaf $61.8) B. Pepper(W.Coast 31ba.5 oz.) no stock White Pepper $21.50 sales [Yang Pepper 15.75 sales Clovea out of season Mace 87. —tales Mace Pickings 80. —seVers Nutmegs 110 s 18.50 buyers SNo 1 5.80 sates 2 no stock Basket 3.85 sales Tapioca Flour 1.75 sa’es Copra 18.25
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    SHARES.
    1248 6 Ti ro Number ot *5 tD C S 2 Capita Rhvo- -r. 1 »>*id»«» a Namt. 'J ■i I i j I £> «8 -'»«<-• 1,5 I i. I 9 L=—l cr Mining. i 1903 300,000 30,000 10 10 12 for year ending 31/3/09 Belat Tiu Mining Co., Ltd.
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      33 6 (joiiONuit (iu capsules) is well tolerated by tlie digestive apparatus uo comp ication of uuy sort occurs, aud its action is most favorable iu Cjstitis, Approved by the leading specialists of the day.
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      71 6 llovv to Prevent Blood Poison, Carelessness and neglect are the chief causes of blood poisoning. A cut or tnuise, however slight, should have imn ediate at* ten'ion. A good iin'ment and one that not only givts prompt relief from pain, bu f being antiseptic, heals the wound without mituration, is
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      333 6 APIOLINE (CHAPOTEAUT) For Ladios only. Is superior to so-called apiol, steel drops, tansy or pennyroyal and is a safe remedy for ladies when about to be unwell Recommended by the leading French specialists, to remove pain, cramps and irregularities peculiar to the sex. 8»ld by all Chemists Som in Domes
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    Theory and Practice.
    784 7 The following is fiom the N. C Daily New When the advantage to be secured by sending a number of her scholars abroad for study was presented to China, it was inevitable that her attention should be turned almost altogether in the first instance to the material
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      1336 7 INSURANCES. The Penang Khean Guan Insurance Co., Ltd, H1AP 0»»«cr. No. W- «»>"■ m M hoard ok DIRBOTORR. M r .Cbeab Choo Yew Quah Bentf Kee Kbaw Jo° Tok Yeoh Oeok Koat Khoo Huu Yeang Odu Huu Slew Ho Tia«K an Mr.Gan Gnoh Bee Tan Tiang Swee Tan Kim Leoug
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      177 7 Chronic Diarrhoea. Many Etff'rera from chronic diarrhoea nave obtained prompt relief by the use of Cbamoerlaiu’a Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Somo of the worst cases of this disease have been permanently cured by it after other treatment and skilled physicians had failed. The George Town Dispensary, Wholesale Agents. NEW
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      824 8 W. MANSON, American Dentist, Late of Dr. Allen Cu., Pha U.S.A. Charges Moderate, Consultation Free. RaßlDlfta AT /Vo. 21 a, Penan” Road. A few doors from the Eastern and Oriental Hotel. 6 mtha TEA o V TEA SOLE AGENTS FOR PENANG. PATERSON, SIMONS Co., Ltd WONG KIM MUSS, No. 775,
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