Straits Echo, 29 August 1910

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  • 39 1 Straits Echo iO-PAGE EDITION. DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND"THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. ()L> 8> $24 i'er Annum PEN AIS G, MOM DAI, ‘Jiftb AUGUST, ItflO. Slagle Copy, 10 ceats No. 1
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 1114 1 TIQER BRAND CEMENT. 258 M <r <> *6 &V IN ro /<£>7 FOR ALL PURPOSES. THE SHANGHAI LIFE INSURANCE CO., LTI). llkad Office —Shanghai, China. CAPITAL, TAELS 1,000,000. 1200 000 deposited with the Hongkong Government as a special protection for our policy holders The ONLY company that has this deposit.
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    • 18 1 s LMJi) GUINNESS’S SIuUl. a ft* ft rr, O K o V a <S TW S,SSVq ?31 O*VII
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  • 1312 2 Life among African CaveDwellers. A N»tnraliftL’B Experience*. My Life Among the Cave-Dwellers is tlie title of an article by Mr. Robin Kemp in tlie Daily Mail. The cave-dwellers he describes live in the neighbourhood of Mount Elgon, in British East Africa. Mr. Kemp’s article says: For five days I have
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 50 2 The shepherd roaming o’er the plain The stockman ou hit* lonely run Tin* teamster with his »ulloch wain The xportKinan out with rod or gun, Tlie on gold-1 «earing reef. While firm to duty’* rail they stand For coughs and colds tliey find relief With Woods' (jlreat Peppermint Cure hand.
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    • 478 2 Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure for all internal complaints, dysentery, coughs, colds etc. CRIFFINS JANUARY, 1911. rpHE Committee of the Penang Turf Club JL have ordered a batch of Galloway Griffins 14-2 to 14 hands for the January, 1911, Meeting. Price delivered in Penang, $4OO each. Any Member wishing to subscribe,
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    • 1314 2 Angio-Ejyptian tigareite Co.’s. Cleopatra Mahdi Fleur de Oriente Abbas Queeu, straw-tipped Comtesse, gold-tipped Box of 100’s Nett. The only best establishment tor HighCigarettes at reasonable prices $2.25 $2.00 $1.75 $125 82.25 81.75 class GOOjtf TEN FBIENDS^ SIEMENS BROTHERS’ DYNAMO WORKS, LIMITED. ELECTRIC LIGHT POWER AND TRACTION, ENGINEERS AND CONTRACTORS. SIEMENS
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  • 17 3 Chin» {Prinz Ludwiy) ...31st Aug. German (Derffiinger) l«t Sept. Engluh (Deft») ,J}. China (Arcadia). ...10th
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  • 33 3 P. O. SAILINGS. Mail Service OUTWAMU. mo-.WA^ Delhi 7 Sept- Arcadia 1« Sept. Amaae 21* Delta 24 txira Service. Outward. H° m bwaju> Palawan 13 Sept. I Sunda P Borneo 29 Nubia lt>
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  • 38 3 Vessels From 1 Agents i Due P. Lududg Derfflinger Benvenue Paihan Delhi Arcadia l Singapore B.M.&Co. Colombo B.M. Co. London S.B.&Co. Glasgow JS.B.&Co. Colombo A.G. Co. Singapore jA.G.&Co. 31st Aug. 1st Sept 3rd 4th 7th 10th
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  • 32 3 Vessels For Agents Leaves P. Lvuiwuj DerJJiinger Ben veil ue Pat han Delhi Arcadia Colombo jB.M. Co. Singapore 'B.M. Co. Singapore S.B.&Co. Singapore S.B.<fcCo. Singapore 'A.G. Co. Colombo i Auer. Sept.
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  • SHIPPING.
    • 146 3 Devanha, Br. 8.8., 4,785, Powell, 27th AvA., Shanghai, 16th Aug., Gen. —A. G. Co. Ayuthia, Br. s.s., 694, Critch, 28th Aug.. Singapore, 26th- Aug., Gen. —HT L. Co. Nore, Br. s.s., 4,179, Phillips, 28th Aug., London, 30th July, Gen. A. G. A Co. M. Meanatchy, Br. s.s., 1,368, Sharpe,
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    • 37 3 29th August. Tong Chtum for Alor Star (Kedah). Canton for Dindings and Teluk Anson. Gwalior, for Singapore. Un Peng, for Pulau Langkawi, Perlis and Setul. Flying Dragon, for Port Weld and Taipiug. Mary Austin, for Trang.
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    • 252 3 Fok Alor Star (Kedah) —Per Kedah, tomorrow, 11 a.m. Tongkah—Per Malacca, to-morrow, 1 p.m. Deli —Per Perak, to-morrow, 1 p.m. Port Swettenham and Singapore —Per Omapere, to-morrow, 3 p.m. Teluk Anson—Per Carlyle, to-morrow, 3 p.m. Port Swettenham and Singapore —Pftr Ipoh, to-morrow, 4 p.m. Dindings—Per Lian Choo, to-morrow,
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  • 310 3 Per I. G. M. 8.8. Derfflinger, from Europe, due at Penang on Ist Sept. To Penang Mr. E. W. Cummins, Mr. O’ Jalass, Mr. J. Steenstra, Mr. E. Engelhard, Mr. J. A. Butner. To Singapore Mr. D. M. Froser, Mr. E. Gedge, Mr. O. Burghoff, Mr.
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    • 291 3 P.40. S.N.C Expected Arrivals and Departures, Mail Serviea. Outward. Sept. 7 Delhi connecting with India 21 Assaye do. Malum Oct. 5 Devanha do. Macedonia Homeward. FAKES BY NAIL STEAMERS. 1st class 2nd class To Loudon by Sea <£66 <£44 To Marseilles or Gibraltar £61-12 .£41-16 EXTRA STEAMERS. Intermediate Service. WITH
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    • 302 3 (4 HIPPIN G.) r'vBRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD. Negapatam, Madras, Pondicherry, Cuddalore and Karrical. (Weekly). Wed. 7th Sept., Noon. Sat. 17th Sept., Noon. Tliongwa Teesta HUTTENBACH, LIEBERT Co., Penang, Agents 'Ss KONINKLUKE PAKETYAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. (ROYAL DUTCH PACKET COMPANY.) For Intended to Sail. Steamer. Dell. (Twice a week). Dell. Batu
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    • 581 3 NORDDLUTSCHER LLOYD, BREMEN. XMFSBXAL QERMA2T MAIL LINE. W- THE fast and well-known mail steamers of this Company sail foi tnightly from Bremen, Hamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southampton, Gibraltar, Algiers, Genoa, Naples, (connection Marseilles, Naples, Alexandra and vice versa), Port Said, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penang, Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai, Tsingtau or Nagasaki,
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  • 95 4 jntiff ntirflf! l frtryboly *i*l ak*»e. fftnrr* Published daily (except Sunday».) AT TH* CRITERION PRESS, LTD., No. 226 232. Beach Siieet. Penang PI-ICE DAILY LOCAL »24 per aaanai OUTSTATIONB Portage Extra. MAIL EDITION (Poet Free) »>5 CAKLK ADDRESS Tcho—Penang.’* Telephone No 343 A.B. All business communications should
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  • 809 4 We have received the first copy of The Weekly Sun,” one of what is magniloquent ly described as its Greater Straits Settlements Edition.” It is to sene the interests of the Straits born Chinese population of Singapore.” Mr. A. P. Goodwin is Editor and Mr. Boey Chuan
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  • 50 4 The following business in tin has l*vn done to-day Penang: PenangTin Exchange, 12A tons at $80.39 Straits Trading Co.. 25 80. SO Singapore Straits Trading Co., 25 80.75 Total 62’, tons. Opium is quoted here to-dav at 31.375, and Rangoon rice at 3112 per covan.
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  • 339 4 The latest alterations to Messrs. Anthony aud Anderson's share quotations are Alor Pongsu 255. 3d.—275. fid. Consolidated Malay 275. :3d.—3os. Highlands =£s-17-6.—-=£6- 3-6. Merlimau 6s. 6d.—7s. 6d. The “Chinese Chess Union.” Penang, has l>een registered under section 5 of the Societies Ordinance. Dr. J. C. C. Ford. Port
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  • 126 4 H. E. Sir John Anderson and party, con- sisting of Miss Anderson, Mrs. I arrant and child, Mr. Claud Severn (Private Secretary) and Captain Gay, A. D. C., arrived at Prat, by the 5.43 p. m. train yesterday, after their stay on the Taiping Hills, and
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  • 165 4 Church Street Ghaut Pontoon Sunk Something like a hurricane blew over Penang on Saturday night and yesterday. The harbour was very rough, especially on Sunday afternoon. The*steam launch Alert, belonging to the Eastern Shipping Company, which was moored between the Church Street Ghaut Wharf and the
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  • 520 4 The execution of Madar Pakir and Kachi Mydin was carried out in the Prison at half past six this morning. The l>odies were allowed to be removed by the relatives and friends of the dec-eased for burial at the Perak Road cemetery. A large number of jersons were
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  • 864 4 STATUTORY MEETING. 'nTq The first Ordinary General (Statutory) Meeting, of the Nellmay Rubber Company, Ltd., wan held at the Chamber of Commerce at uoob on Saturday, when the following gentlemen w ere present: Messrs. T. Boyd (Chairman), Heah Swee Lee, M. Cathiravaloo, Lim Cheng Law, Yeoh Boon Chit,
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 283 4 WHEN APPETITE FLAGS TRY A CHANGE OF DIET. OUR WHOLESOME BREAD IS TASTY, NUTRITIOUS AMD OF APPETISING APPEAKANi.F. The Excelsior Bakery,” AT THE PENANG CONFECTIONERY PREMISES, 22A f Leith Street. <• i'fHß CRAG HOTEL. |l SANATORIUM. j PENANG HILLS. As good an Hotel as any in the Straits.” j —Singapore
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  • TELEGRAMS.
    • 42 5 (Supplied by Renter.) A >ViHe St4-|>. London, 27th August.-The Daily Telegraph says that the Japanese have taken a prudent and wise step in annexing Korea and the results of peace and progress cannot fail to l*e of far-reaching importance.
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    • 52 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) Fund Started. London, 27th August.—The Mayor of Portsmouth is appealing to the pulilic for generous donations in order to provide for the dependents of the victims of H. M. S. Bedford. Her Successor. London, 29th August.—The cruiser Newcastle has l>een commissioned to replace H. M.
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    • 33 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) To Command Sixth Cruiser Squadron. London, 28th August—Rear-Admiral K. H. (ramble, the reorganiser of the Turkish Navy, has been appointed in command of the Sixth Cruiser Squadron (British).
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    • 39 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) Foreign Ministers Meet. Loudon, 29th August.—A telegram from Home says that the Foreign Minister, the Marquis of San Giuliano, proceeded to Isold and will meet Baron von Aehrenthal and the Emperor Francis Joseph.
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    • 142 5 (Supplied by Renter.) The Kaiser as G id’s Instrument London, 28th August.—A speech of the Kaiser’s at a banquet at Kbnigsberg has provoked great discussion in Germany. The Kaiser concluded by looking upon himself as an instrument of God. I Against (he World. He said: Regardless of
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    • 35 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) Besttoyer Blown Ashore. liondon, 29th August.—ln a hurricane yesterday morning a destroyer and torpedo l*oat were blown ashore. A dredger on the Mersey turned turtle and two were drowned.
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    • 42 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) Orlain Unloas CmiH Ration B mrds Fatiihliohed. liondon, 29th August,—A telegram from Copenhagen states that Mr. Havelock Wilson, in an interview, said that a seamen s strike was certain unless conciliation lioards were established in everv country.
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    • 56 5 Supplied by Reuter.) New Nhipe Ijondon, 29th August.—A telegram from Constantinople states that it is reported that proposals hare lieen made by the Ministry of Marine for the sale of two warships to about be withdrawn from the British Navy, but it is resolved henceforward only to
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  • 942 5 (/'row* Our Own Correspond! ent London, August sth. Lascars Praised. Admiral Sir Edmund Freemantle presided at a meeting in connection with the East Indies ssociation at Caxton Hall, Westminster, when Mr. John Walsh gave a lecture on “The Empire’s Obligation to the Lascar.” Tl.e lecturer, dealing with
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  • 146 5 At the last Municipal Meeting in Singapore the Board decided to approach Government with a view to amending the dairies regulation so that ultimately the sale of huffaloe milk on the island will be forbidden. The President said that in the course of the investigations
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  • 278 5 Startling 8 aiislies of < apilsil Invested. Mr. W. F. de Bois Maelaren, speaking at the annual meeting of the Eastern International Rubber and Produce Trust, said, in the course of his address :—I do not know whether you have any idea of the importance of this
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  • 445 5 v p filiation in Rubber and (lie decent Crash. In a recent report on the Shanghai piece goods trade, Messrs. Noel, Murray and Co., of that port, give an epitome of the recent crisis in the native money market there. They say that the last week of
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  • PUBLIC OPINION.
    • 171 5 To thb Editor of tdf Strait» Echo Sir, —It was said at the recent Meeting, that £35,000 was offered and refused by the Directors who seem to have been the only ones in the know and not the shareholders, for we were not consulted about our intentions.
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    • 48 5 To tub Editor of tub Stk, its Echo. Sir, The Annual Prize Distribution of the School will take place to-morrow at 11 a.m. at the Penang Free School. Parents and friends are invited. Yours faithfully, H. Hamilton. Acty. Head Matter. Penang, 29th Aug., 1910.
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  • 466 5 Friday’s official Gazette publishes the last report on Penang by the ex-Resident Councillor, Mr. R. N. Bland. From it we note that Penang is still paying over five hundred thousand dollars for nothing, under the heading of Military Contribution. It is quite pleasant to find Mr.
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  • 262 5 Arrived. Per s.s. Rotorua, 24th August, from Tongkah Mr. R. Macauslan. Per s.s. M. Meauatchy, 28th August, from Singapore: Mrs. Omuje, Mr. and Mrs. Sultan, Mr. and Mrs. Vachi and infant. Per s.s. Giralior, 28th August, from Rangoon Rev. Bro. Gabriel, The Hon. A. L. Milane. Per s.s. Nore
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  • 32 5 TO- DAT. 25th Day of 7th Moon. Ladies’ Rifle Shooting. Town Band, Esplanade, 6 to 7 p.m. To-mobrow. 26th Day of 7th Moon. Town Band, Golf Club, 6 to 7 p.m.
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  • 17 5 O New Moon Sept. 4th (First Quarter 12th O Full Moon 19th Last Quarter 26th
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 263 5 To-day’s Advertisements. For Singapore, Hongkong, Amoy and Swatow. The s.8. Sea tig Bee, Captain W. T. Larkins, is expected to arrive here from Rangoon, on Thursday, the 1st Septeml>er, and will leave for the above ports on Friday, the 2nd September, at 4 p.m. For freight or passage, apply to
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    • 454 5 I NOTICE OF SALE BY ORDER OF THE MORTGAGEE, IN TWO LOTS, BY PUBLIC AUCTION, On Wei., Augu.t 31st, 1910, AT 11 AM., At Logan’s B hidings, Beach Street, Penang, The properties belonging to the Estate of LIM AH HENG, deceased, Particular*. liot I. All that piece of land messuages
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  • 2530 6 [BT JAMBS E. DCIfNINO.j Thome wm getting iato his pyjamas when a, knock called him to the door. The man that came in did not apologise for calling at such mm hoar, but walked past Thome to the centre of the room, drew an overcoat
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  • 120 6 Penang, 29th August. By courtesy of the Chartered Bank. l.>o(Hinn, Demand Bank 2/4| 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4‘f 3 Credit 2/4,», M 3 Documentary.. 2/4|* Calcutta, Demand Bank Its. 174| 3 days’sight Private 176 Bombay, Demand Ban* 174| Moulmein, Demand Bank 174 3 days’sight Private 1764 Madras, Demand Bank
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  • 200 6 Gold Leaf 564.60 Black Pepper no stock White Pepper 25.624 buyers Trang Pepper 17. —sellers Cloves 66.— nom. Mace 86. —sales Pickings 73 —buyers Nutmegs 110 s. 18. —sellers (No. 1 7.10 sales Sugar j 2 no stock (Basket s.— nom. Tapioca Flour 1.75 tiom. Copra (mixed) 10.20 buyers
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  • 187 6 Penang, 29th August, 1910. Beef— cts. Soup n>r catty 14 Roast 24 Steaks 24 Stew or Curry Meat 16 Rump Steak 24 Ox Tail each 30 Tongue 55 j Feet 15 j Heart 30 Liver per catty 35 J Pork— Pork j)er catty 32 Pig i Head 20
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  • 1108 6 Name. a a OQ 0 o* RUBBER—DOLLAR SHARES. $1 Glenealy Plantations, Limited. $2 20 Henrietta Estates Limits 1. 551 .leboug (Perak) Knbber Co Ltd. $157.50 Kedah Rubber o Ltd. ...j do preminmshares Malakoff Rubber Co., Ltd. Nellmay Rubber Co. Ltd., i’erak River Valley Rubber Co, Ltd... 20cts. din Sandy
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 54 6 Just What You Nti4. Your tongue is coated. Your breath is foul. Headaches come and go. These symptoms show that your stomach is the trouble. To remove the cause is the first thing, and Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets will do that. Easy to take and most effective. Sold by
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    • 25 6 The first violent inflammatory symptoms quickly disappear after treatment with Riedel’» tiottOKan Capsules. No better prepaparation now on the market, Certified by the leading Specialists.
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    • 34 6 A Time Saver. Keep Chamberlain’s Pain Balm on hand. It is an antiseptic liniment and causes wounds to heal in less time than by any other treatment. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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  • 144 7 There can lie no longer any doubt as to the awakening of China, since the establishment of an evening newsjiaper is reported from Pekin. It is to lie printed in red, which in China symbolises happiness—a state to l>e enjoyed presumably by the readers of the paper, for
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 1218 7 IN-SXJR-A.BT OEIB. THE LONDON ASSURANCE CORPORATION. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER A.D. 1720 undersigned, having been appointed Agents for the above Corporation, are now prepared to accept MARINE and FIRE risks at current rates PATERSON. SIMONS A Co. Ltd. 12c Commercial Union Assurance Company, Ltd. GUARANTEE DEPARTMENT. The Bonds of this
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    • 13 7 For all internal complaints, dysentery, coughs, colds, etc., take Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure.
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    • 36 7 I Those tiny Capsules superior to Copaiba, Cubebs and Injections CURE Ihe same diseases as these drugs in FORTY-EIGHT HOURS without inconvenience. Each Capsule bears the name. Paris, 8, rue Vivienne Sold by all Chtmisls. m)
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 1017 8 W, MANSON, American Dentist, c ate of Dr. Alien A Co. p Pha US.A. C arm* Moderate, Consultation Free. /Vo. 2la, Penang Road. A fre»» tn it the Fsstern and Orients Hotel. 6 mil i. BURRGlL Co.’s BOILED RAW LINSEED OILS, SNOW WHI'IE ZINC, PAINTS A TURPENTINE. 70 BE HAD
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  • 3072 9 Orders I*> British Troops. (>wing to the unrest reported from Thibet, and with a view to meet possible trouble] the Indian Government has decided to hold’ troops in readiness, and to collect quickly at Gnatong, which is in Sikkim territory, sufficient supplies to relieve the British Trading
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  • 435 9 .Hr. T. IV. Kingsmill. The Echo- man joins in the expressions of regret at the death of Mr. Thos. W. KingsmUl, of Shanghai, whose friendship he valued and whose contributions (during his China Jays) he admired more than any others he received. He can endorse almost every
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  • 498 9 We read that Sir Edward Grev took Mr. Roosevelt for a walk in the New Forest when he was in England last. During that walk. Teddy writes (in the Outlook) that he saw 41 different bird species, 23 of which he heard sing. He gives a
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  • 535 9 In regards to the attitude of Russia and Japan with reference to railway control and construction in Manchuria and Mongolia A City Merchant writes to the Standard I venture to assert, without fear of serious contradiction that the present attitude of Russia aud Japan is unjustifiable, and
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 50 9 Blood Poison Prevented. There is no danger from blood poison resulting from a wound when Chamberlain s Pain Balm is applied. It is an antiseptic lim^ en t f and unless the injury is very severe it will 0 t leave a scar. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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    • 65 9 Pneumonia Old people and those who have weak lungs cannot l*e too careful in guarding against this disease. Pneumonia always results from a cold or an attack of influenza, and can lie prevented by the timely use of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. We have as vet to hear of an attack
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    • 57 9 For an Impaired Appetite. Loss of appetite always results from faulty digestion. All that is needed >s a few doses of Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets. They will invigorate the stomach, strenurthen the digestion and give you an appetite like a wolf. These Tablets also act as a gentle laxative.
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    • 68 9 aNOTHEk MEW CONSIGNMENT OF Accou *t Books Stationery JUST ARRIVED. TU E CRITERION PRESS, LIMITED. m •fcfnninnai 'll 1 I I ‘I iiv L V/ Ift'/ THE STANDARD QUAILEIT difurg Milch-Exporlgeseilschaff Bosch4Co.rn.UL Waren in Mecklenburg. MACHINE PRESSED TILES. MADE BY THE BASIL MISSION WORKS, MANGALORE. Samples and Quotations on Application.
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    • 1177 10 fe express. Messrs. CHOON HIN SI Co. beg to notify the ptiblic that they have just established a Tailoring and Ouf fit ting Department Thev have secured a Cutter of long experience, and guarantee as to cut and fitting of various fashions. Pries* Moderate. Orders promptly exernfrd. Trial Order Solicited.
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