Straits Echo, 4 August 1910

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  • Title Section
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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. 8. $24 Per Annum. PE SANG, I’HUKSDAY, 4th AUGUST, 1910. Slagle Copy, 10 r c 173.
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      1258 1 tiqer brand oement. M 258 £y 5* ■P *v ccs r-3 ?r 3R in r HEST rOR ALL PURPOSES. THE SHANGHAI LIFE INSURANCE CO., LTD. ll bad OFFlCE— Shanghai, China. CAPITAL, TAELS 1,000,000. (200.000 deposited with the Hongkong Government as a special protection for our policy holders. The ONLY company
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      13 1 csr GUINNESS’S 'll 8$ W il f < 2» o Mft v HIV S.SSVH
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    Federated Malay States.
    2885 2 (Continued from yesterday's issue.) An overland line was opened between Penang and Singapore, and telegrams can now be transmitted to Singapore from any part of the Federated Malay States at a cost of three cents a word, as against 13 cents by cable. The Rates to Kedah
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    Tide Table for Penang.
    185 2 4 ugiist. 1910 Date H.W. L.W. H.W. L.W. A.M. A.M. P.M. P.M. 4th 10.48, 5.03, 11.17, 5.32 5th 11.44. 5.48, Nil. 0.03 0th 12.18, 0.30, 12.53, 7.11 7th 1.14, 7.24, 1.34, 7.44 8th 1.53. 8.02, 2.12, 8.21 0th 2.30, 8.38, 2.47, 8.55 10th 3.04, 9.12, 3.20,
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      40 2 Yon often sing of England, And of Ireland, too, and Wales, And the Braes of Bonnie Seotland,” "With her stirring Border Tales But don’t forget Malaya (No other skies are bluer), And its famous household remedy— Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure.
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      66 2 Pneumonia Old people and those who have weak lungs cannot lie too careful in guarding against this disease. Pneumonia alwavs results from a cold or an attack of influenza, and can be prevented by the timely use of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. We have as yet to hear of an attack
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      1683 2 In Great Britain, MARTELL'S BRANDY is to be found throughout the Clubs, Hotels, and in almost every gentleman’s house, and is prescribed by the Great Majority of English Doctors. It is The Favourite. You know it by the Blue and Silver Label. SUPPLIERS TO HOSPITALS DISPENSARIES. SPECIAL RATES FOR MINES
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    VESSELS EXPECTED
    34 3 Vessel# From i Aaents 1 Due Bendoran Arcadia Lothian Kleisf Hub nr 1 •London Colombo Glasgow Singapore Colomlx» i S.B.ACo. 5thAug A. Co. loth S.B.&Co. 12th B. 17th B.M.&Co. iHth 1 I
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    SAILINGS.
    26 3 Vessels For Agents Leaves Bendoran Singapore S.B.ACo. Aug. Arcadia Lothian Singapore Singapore A.G. Co. S.B.ACo. Kleist Bn late Colombo Singap>re B.M. Co. B.M. k 0o.
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  • SHIPPING.
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      ARRIVALS.
      84 3 Menggala, But. s.s., 164, Gotz, 3rd Aug.» Deli, 2nd Aug., Gen. —H. L. Co. Canton, Br. s.s., 106, Bavasaliib, 3rd Aug., Teluk Anson, 2nd Aug., Gen. —Kong Soon. Mary Austin, Br. s.s., 121, Allan, 3rd Aug., Trang, 2nd Aug., Gen.—E. S. Co., Ltd. Goeben, Ger. s.s., 5,150, Wilhelmi, 3rd
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      DEPARTURES.
      64 3 4th August. Jin Ho, for Langkat. Sree Bangka, for Traug. Cornelia, for Port Swettenham, Port Dickson and Malacca. Mary Austin, for Trang. Petrel, for Asahan. Vortraerts, for Singapore, China and Japan. Canton, for Bindings and Teluk Anson. Taroba, for Port Swettenham and Singal»ore. Fook Sang, for Singapore, China and
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      MAILS CLOSE
      299 3 For Alor Star (Kedah) —Per Tong Ckuan, to-morrow, 7 a.m. Langsa, Edie, T. Semawe and Segli— Per link Canton, to-morrow. 11 a.m. Port Swettenham and Singapore—Per Pin Seng, to-morrow, 3 p.m. Teluk Anson—Per Carlyle to-morrow, 3 p.m. Pulau Langkawi, Perlis and Setul—Per Un Peng, to-morrow, 4 p.m. Calcutta—Per
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    Passengers to the Straits.
    253 3 Per P. and O. s.s. Mooltan, from London, July 15, connecting with the Aicadia at Colombo, due at Penang on lOth Aug. To Prmng Mr. R. Speeden, Mr. J. S. Gray nor, Mr. W. Tough. To Smgjpore Mr. G. Dalton, Mr. H. E. Long, Mr. and
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      750 3 P.&0. A-m S.N.C Expected Arrivals and Departures, Mail Service. Outward. Aug. 10 Arcadia connecting with Mmdtan 24 Delta do. China Sept. 7 Delhi do. India 21 Assn ye do. Malwa Oct. 5 Devanha do. Macedonia Homeward. FAKES BY MAIL STEAMERS. 1st class 2ndclass To London hv Sea .£66 .£44 To
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      497 3 ex sr i p i o.) NORDDfcUTSClifcR JXOYD, BREMEN. IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE. Hi aMf m 9 «.<» V4> .t ~X£~. ;5* ■vKST iH E fast aud well-known mail steamers of this Company sail foi tnightly from Bremen, Hamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southampton, Gibraltar, Algiers, Genoa, Naples, [connection Marseilles, Naples,
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    The Straits Echo.
    97 4 Jan ice ►atifflfs everyb>dy and jnstice alone.— Emernm. Published daily (except Snndays.) AT TIIB CRITERION PRESS, LTD., No. 226—232, Beach Street. Penang. PRICE: DAILY LOCAL s_’4 per annum OUTSTATIONS Postage Kxti.i. MAIL EDITION (Post Free) 5 CABLE ADDRESS Echo —Penang.” Telephone No. 343 N.B. -All business communications
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    ADVERSARIA.
    927 4 But between the whale and the elephant lias come the eagle, which may drive its beak into the head of the one when it rises for air and peck at the eyes of the other when unsuspecting of injury.” That is how our brother of the Straits Times refers
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    Rubber Auctions.
    49 4 At the auction sale of shares held by Mr. Koh Eng Hin to-day the following, out of 5,390 shares offered, were disposed of: 40 K. M. S 11s. 40 K. M. S 11s. (kl. 1,000 Narlioroughs 75 eta. 50 New Tambuns *2.05. 500 Perak Rivers 35 cts.
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    Rubber Shares.
    36 4 Messrs. Anthony and Anderson’s latest alterations:— Alor Pongsu 265. 3d. —275. 6d. Anglo-Malay 255. 6d. —275. 6d. Labu 19s. —20s. Linggi 575. 6d.—sBs. 6d. S. S. Bertam Bs. l^d. —Bs. 10id. Vallambrosa 485.—495. 6d.
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    Tin and Rice Quotations.
    482 4 r The following business in tin has been done to-day Penang: Penang Tin Exchange, 105 pis. at #75.05 Eastern Smelting Co., 50 tons 75. Singapore L Straits Trading Co., 150 75.50 Total 200 tons 105 pis. Tin is quoted in London to-day at i.'151 cash and
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    League Football.
    880 4 F. S vi. H. C. It is not good to underrate your opponent. It is even worse, when you find the game going against you, to lie in too desperate a hurry to score. The Mahomedans sinned in lioth respects in the League match against the Free Scool
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    Assizes.
    115 4 Madar Pakir, Kachi and Musabar stood thrir trta| AMu,lah Assizes yesterday afternoon f ()r t. ilf thf of Nala Gunny and Abdul mur^r Shanghai Bar. Camarron Stl^t Juno last. The first arm* d ,otl > charge, said that hestablied tl.e m P 'T to ,lw he had l>een assaulted'W
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    Corona Club Dinner.
    207 4 < rewe on Frommimip. There was a fair representation of n Straits officials at the last Corona Club dm ner. Amongst these wen* Sir (Veil n menti Smith, Sir Frank SwettenlJn J. W. Bousor, Sir Walter Egertnn Sir F M. Merewether and Colonel S?r F Carl (formerly
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    Immigration Committee.
    497 4 >k Summary of Meeting held on 30th it July, ioio. 31* >\S Present, m Ag. Superintendent of Immigrants v- (Chairman), W. Peel, Esq. ‘u Principal Medical Officer, F.M.S., Dr. >n McDowell. ie C. M. Cumming, Esq. al W. Duncan, Esq. M. Maude, Esq. d The accounts for the
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      612 4 I THE CRAG HOTEL, i t SANATORIUM. f 3 PENANG HILLS.} As good an Hotel as any in the Straits." —Singapore Free Press, 27th March t l SABZIES BEOTHEES. I i Proprietors. WHERE TO SPEND WEEK ENDS. In the Charming Climate and Amidst the Lovelv Scenery of I P O
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      44 4 It has been satisfactorily demonstrated that thousands of persons have to thank J’Onnsan for restoration to health and happiness. It is astringent and antiseptic and has never lieen known to fail. At all dealers m Patent Medicines and Chemicals in bottles of 40 capsules.
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      15 4 P S>r» °f Kawa Sautal m p arta o^>™chemist» and lealers Com P h «“‘<>“ AU
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      57 4 I*' r an Impaired Appetite. Loss of appetite always results from fault' digestion. All that is needed is a few of Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets. They will invigorate the stomach, strengthen the digestion and give vou an appetite hhe .t wolf. These Tablets also act as a gentle laxative.
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  • TELEGRAMS.
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      Rubber.
      71 5 (Echo S/tecvil.) 4 uly <>«| 8. Kuala Lumpur, 3rd August. Tim July crop* of the undermentioned estates were as follows lbs. Auglo-Malay 53,627 IVtaling 27,428 London Asiatic 16,025 Golden Hope 5,114 Sealia 6,750 Bibu 5,437 Bekam 2,051 Kuala Lumpur, 4th August.Serein ban 38,635 lbs. Total for 7 months=2l4,4l4 ll*.
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      Anglo-German Relations.
      74 5 (Supplied by Renter.) I aurier’H Opinion. London, 4th August.—The Time* correspondent at Toronto states that, replying tot lie address of the Germans at Regina who pledged their sons to the Canadian Navy, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the Canadian Premier, said that he did not believe there was danger of
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      Their Spanish Majesties.
      20 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) In England. London, 4th August.—The King and Queen of Spain have arrived in England.
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      Australian Politics
      77 5 (Supplied by Renter.) i dnlt. ii lira go Hill Lost. London, 3rd August.— Reuter’s correspondent at Adelaide states that a snap division in the Assembly on the Bill for adult suffrage in Council elections, which was the principal plank of the Labourites, resulted in a majority of only
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      Home Politics.
      30 5 (Supplied by Renter.) Parliuniert Adj uirns London, 4th August.—Parliament adjourned to November 15, after the Koval assent had been obtained for the Declaration* Regency, and Civil List hills.
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      Spain and the Vatican.
      94 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) Moislir Demonalration Fixd for miday. London, 4th August.- Reuters correspondent at Madrid states that the Catholic agitation in the provinces is assuming a verv threatening asjiect. The organisers are determined to hold a monster demonstration at San Sebastian next Sunday whether it is
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      Tsar and Kaiser.
      49 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) Meeting Probable. London. 4th August.—lt is semi-officiallv announced at Berlin that the Tsar and Tsaritsa will visit Germany in the autumn. The Tsaritsa is undergoing a heart cure at Nauheim. The visit will probably include a meeting between the Tsar and the Kaiser.
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      Turkish Villages attacked.
      61 5 Turkish Villages a ttacked. (Supplied by Reuter.) Indiserinti* a’e Nlanclii* l London, 4th August,— A telegram fnam Constantinople states that tie attacked three mixed Moslem and Christian villages by night and massacred hundreds of men, women and children of both professions. i Later.—The Druses, who have revolted, destroyed two Christian
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      Grand Trunk Strike
      28 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) A Compromise. London, 3rd August.—As a result of Government intervention a compromise has been arrived at in the Grand Trunk Railway strike.
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    The Tronoh Mines, Limited.
    78 5 This output constitutes the Company’s record. Result of operations during the inoufh of July, 1910. Output Tributer’s Ore Pels. 931.00 Mine Ore 3,611.13 Total Output 4,542.13 Vtdue Tributer’s Ore 8 42,621 Mine Ore 167,676 Total Value S 210,297 Estimated Profit Tributer’s ...8 5.020 Mine 8 72,676
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    Taiping Bisley.
    483 5 'third Hay. The weather was again all that could be desired for the concluding day of the Bisley. At 6.30 a.m. members turned out to shoot at the Pool Bull target and incidentally get their elevation for the 300 yards at which range shooting for the second stage
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    A. B. Cooke Again.
    172 5 The hunt for the absconding A. B. Cooke, which is still going on, lias taken an astonishing turn. Last week the police of Batavia to which place Cooke was supposed to have gone, sent word to Singapore that they had arrested a man answering to the
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    Rubber.
    183 5 'The rubber market and the share market for rublier shares, says the L. aud C. Express, is undergoing a quiet hardening, but the process is a gradual one. The underlying strength of the position, to wh’cli we have previously called attention, remains the same. It should necessarily l»e so
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    Bukit Rajah Rubber.
    526 5 The Annual Keji'ir*. Following is the report of the directors of the Bukit Raja Rubber Co., submitted at the seventh annual ordinary general meeting of shareholders, held at the London Chamlier of Commerce, Oxford Court, Cannon Street. Loudon, E. C., on July 14th The directors herewith submit
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    A Claim on a Card Account.
    547 5 Iu the King's Bench Division last month Mr. Louis Morris, commission agent, sued Mr. John Lang, rubber merchant, for =4*1,100, alleged to be due in consideration of plaintiff's refraining from reporting defendant to the committee of the Victoria Club and posting him as a
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    Motor Canoe for Malaya.
    555 5 There is shortly to be despatched to the State of Pahang in the Malay Peninsula, says the Shipping Gazette of July 7, a shal-low-draught motorboat of some considerable size. She is a steel canoe similar to those which have been running on the Cross River in
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    Passengers.
    45 5 Departed. Per s.s. Malaya, 3rd Aug., for Deli Messrs. J. C. Jelgerhnis Swildens. P. J. A. Augustyu, H. Westphal, Win. AVestphal, Ed. Senn, Nugent Maun, E. E. Wolsheimer, Emil Ritter, Herin, Wichelmaun, K. Horn, Stuffke and J. de Voogt, Mr. and Mrs. van Hooft.
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    FIXTURES
    20 5 To-day. 29th Day of 6th Moon. To-morrow. Ist Day of 7th Moon. Town Band, Esplanade, 6 to 7 p.m.
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      34 5 4 Time Keep ChaniVrla’n’s Pain Riliu on hand. It is an anfci>ept c liniment and causes wounds to heal in less time than bv any other treatment. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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      414 5 Blood Poison Prevented. There is no «lunger from blood poison resulting from a wound when Chamlierluin’s Pain Balm is applie«l. It is an antiseptic liniment, and unless the injury is very seveie it will not leave a scar. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers. WAKTTS3D O TORE-KEEPER for European
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      260 5 AUTO-HARPS. Muller's Grand Eralo. 37 strings, producing 39 chords. A Really Fine Instru neni I V N BK PLAYED IN ANY KEY 0S t Anglo-German Con* certinas, Violins, Fillies, Bugles. NEW SiOtK JUSf ARRIVED. Brass and Plated Cylinder Flageolets, Tambourines, Cymbals, Banjos, etc. ROBINSON PIANO Co., Ltd. CENTRAL SALES ROOM
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  • Obituary
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    103 5 Obituary. (Supplied by Renter.) Litticy Sinihuiriie Loudon, 4th August.—The death is announced at the age of 65 of Mr. Edward Linley Samixmrne of the Punch staff. [The late Mr. Samlsmrue was l>oru in London iu 1845. At 16 years of age he went as an apprentice to Marine Engine works
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    EXCHANGE.
    119 6 Penang, 4th August. By courtesy of the Chartered Bank. Loudon, Demand Bank 2/4} 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4 3 Credit 2/4* 3 3 Documentary.. 2/4/ Jalcutta, Demand Bank Rs. 175} 3 days’sight Private 176* Bombay, Demand Bank I^s} Moulmein, Demand Bank 174 3 days’sight Private 177 Madias. Demand Bank
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    PRODUCE.
    187 6 Gold Leaf *64.00 Black Pepper ...no stock White Pepper 24.50 sales Trang Pepper 17. sellers Cloves 66. nom. Mace 86. —sales Pickings 73 buyers Nutmegs 110 s. 18.—- sellers ("No. 1 7.35 sales Sugar < 2 no stock (Basket 4.90 sales Tapioca Flour 1-75 nom. Copra (mixed) 9.70 buyers
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    MARKET PRICES.
    171 6 Penang, 4th August, 1910. Beef c Soup P-r catty 14 Roast 24 Steaks 24 Stew or Curry Meat 16 Rump Steak 24 Ox Tail each 30 Tongue 55 Feet 15 Heart 30 Liver l** r catty 35 Pork Pork per catty 32 Pig’s Head... Feet Tongue m h”T
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    SHARES.
    1592 6 •si a I a p s p 1909 1905 1909 1910 190»; 150 000 8 200»* 8 300.000 600.000 R* 1,200,000 130,000| 75.600 300.000 30.000 p.c. 1 10 j 24.000 I 50R 50 R 12 isio 500,000 i r li 191) 1910 1910 1901 1905 1903 1909 1910 1909
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      1113 7 obb Oommcrcial Union Assurance Company. Ltd. GUAKANTLt. DEPARTMENT. The Bonds of this Company are accepted by the Boa <1 of Trade, Colonial Office, Local Government Board, Post Office, Customs, Commissions of Inland Ire venue, National Debt, and the various divisions of the High Court of Justice. For particulars, apply to
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      54 7 Just What You oeeil. Your tongue is coated. Your breath is foul. Headaches come aed 1 hese symptoms ebow that vour stomacb is the troub.e To remove the* cause is the r*t thinar and Chamberlain’s Stomach and L.ver Tablets will do that. Easy to take and most effect.ve. Sold by
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      998 8 W. MANSON, American Dentist, C ie rf A Co., Pha US.A. C L--fs curate, Consultation Fre«. it hiliik# at Penanr Hoad. A 't* Kerr* frcw the Eastern and Orient» Hotel. G mtfci IiURRELL Co.’s BOILED KAW LINSEED OILS, SNOW WHITE ZINC, PAINTS TCRPENTINE. TO BE HAD RETAIL FROM ALL 7
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