Straits Echo, 19 March 1912

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  • Title Section
    Masthead
    34 1 Straits Echo •><!L\ u Hct EVENT*. CIRCULATING l<;ROUumfUl ThE STRAITS. THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL. 10. $24 Per Awjrn PENANG, iIhSiTAV, AWlh MARCH, 1012.« S:ngle Copy, 10 cents. No.
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      1123 1 •f you require Tonic and tome* thing to nourish you, Drink Dog’s Head Guinness's r-*r~ Stout, and l<X>k for this label to see that you get it. 'TTANO DEE Co.. Sole Agents. r7~ l4i 1 j& Wft x \,3 I Andrew Usher 8 Co.’s SPECIAL RESERVE. O.V.G. Whisky. SANDILANDS, BUTTERY
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      33 1 Order Nip Bottles Fog's Head Guinness's Stout. The Tome that i cheers and soothes I and doesn’t harm. i OhservH this laoai, it. is iue I'iip. Tif TIANG LEE A Co., Sole Agent»,
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    Dean As Detective.
    570 2 Theft or Valuable Books from Peterborough Cathedral. The fact that 217 books of great value wore stolen some years ago from Pcterbo- rough Cathedral library has been kept secret until this week, and as a result of this reticence, it has been possible to trace some of
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    Local Steamer Service.
    293 2 The Companies do not guarantee the do'es of arrival of these steamers, but will endeavour as far as possible to ensure punctuality. From Alor Star, (Kedah)— Tong Chuan, Mar. 16. 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28 and 30, and Paugkor, Mar. 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25,
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    Nervous Debility.
    760 2 Irs Prevention and Cur::. Diseases apart, there is probably no condition held in greater dread by the inhabitants of hot countries than nervous debility. Everybody knows the conditions which produce it, as everybody knows the enervating and depressing effects which it causes. The immediate need of every sufferer
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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      15 2 THI3 13 IT i] Waterbury’s Metabolized Cod Liver Oil Compound Price 11-25 an d >2-00
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      1642 2 m IHBE /i^rWii; ■a m w/m rltli W:\i..\i 'tm <ii("(r i l£= //v/y 4 1 IjgT ■'A r»y-d .1 ■“«tew* 4%:;. The date at which you first become acquainted with Odol marks a new era in vour existence. Because from the time when you begin to cleanse your mouth regularly
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    VESSELS EXPECTED.
    22 3 'esseh trom Agents Due Delti Colombo AG.ACo 218t Mar. Indit Singapore A.G.&Co 22nd Yorck Singapore 26th Kleist Colombo BM.dtCo. 28th
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    SAILINGS.
    22 3 Vessels For Agents Leaves Delta Singapore A-G.&Co. Mar. India Colombo Ja.G.&Co. Yarck Colombo B.M.ACo. Kleist fcstigapore I B M.&Jo ur<r 1
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      347 3 iS H P P N G.) f xwtwl Arrivals and lhv< Mall Service On i ward. Mar. 21 l>’lta c-opneetintf with Mongolia Apr. 6 Anna\e do Malwa VS. INDIA, through mail steamer leaves Penang cn Friday, 22nd March. FARES BY MAIL STEAMERS. Ist class 2nd class To London by Sea
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      268 3 BRITISH !XD!a STEAM CO., LTD, HUTTENBACH, LIEBERT 81 C*., Penang, Agents ■»y'. KONINKUJKE PAKETVAART• MA 4TSCV 4 PPI.I (ROYU Dl’Ti'H IMtKfiT Cm Fok Intended to Sail. rtTRA tIKE. HUTTENBACH, ft Co.. Penang, Telephone So. 521. Telearams Hrrri.ii Agents. rT A, Jk./ TIL Straits Steam Skip Company, Ltd. Intended to Sail.
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      1003 3 MSNBB LL0733. BREMEN. IMPEEI.4 L GERMaN M it, UNF mHE fast and well-known mail steamers of this Company sail fortnightly from Bremen JL Hamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southampton, Gibraltar, Algiers, Genoa Naples (connection Marseilles, Alexandra and vice versa), Port Said, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penang, Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai, Tsingtaa or Nagasaki,
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    THE STRAITS ECHO.
    430 4 A JOURNAL OF THOUGHT. Published daily (except Sundays and public holidays) AT THE CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. No. 226—232 Beach Street, Penang. Price. Daily Local 524 per annum. Outstation... Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Post Fre:) 515 CABLE ADDRESS*: ECHO- PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo, 586 Printing Department 343 Studia
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    ADVERSARIA
    2563 4 The Leader of the Opp--sit <t -“the Bod a r party —in speaking to 11 King’s Speech in Parliament last month does not seem to have quarrelled with the Indian changes introduced as by the KingEmperor, but according to < Lord<r correspondent, vrhose two letters appear elsewhere in this
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    Anglo-Portuguese Treaty.
    53 4 «tart of ft It provides that neither pow«? Treat R an attack on the other orThelteriti J*'* n except political refugees, in c J >f V"*' invasion. Each Power w\\\ JX L l,° T by arms and men and will also prote-M?' F other s colonies by troops
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    Federal Appointments.
    123 4 p r J' W Talbot ,0 Auditor-Genera!, c. B. Peck to be Assistant 51«. IW ED|!meeri F M S Oo'entm»; Mr. W. H. Elkins to act as District traffic Superintendent, F. M S. R. Mr. T Fitzgerald to act as Superinten- eat 1 osts and Telegraphs, Selangor, N.
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    Sugar Convention.
    50 4 A message from Brussels states that the Sugar Commission has renewed the Convention of 1902 for another term of five vears beginning from Ist September 1902, Russia is allowed to export an extra 150,000 tons in 1911-12 and an extra 50,000 tons in the two following seasons. Telegraphed.
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    Pulau Jerejak Camp.
    266 4 Dr. J. Y. Pestana, who was in charge of the Quarantine Camp at Pulau Jerejak since its start, is now temporarily attached to the General Hospital prior to proceeding to Singapore on transfer. He is succeeded at Pulau Jerejak by Asst. Surgeon F. Clarke. Considerable improvements have
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    Agitators Arrested.
    37 4 Lisbon reports that the Labour agitators Constantino and Castro have l)een arrested for the murder of Major Moita on January 31. The Police prohibited the Syndicalist meeting which was to have taken place yesterday. Telegraphed.
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    Shell Transport.
    68 4 The Shell Transport and Trading Company proposes to make an issue of 750,00 b shares of JOl, largely for the purpose of acquiring various oil properties in Russia and the Dutch East Indies. It is proposed to offer 510,000 shares to existing shareholders, the remainder (240,000) being allotted
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    U. S. Eastern Fleet.
    46 4 A telegram from Washington states that the Navy Department has ordered three armoured cruisers from the U. S Pacifi 1 fleet to proceed to the Philippines thus making the American fleet in the Orient the most powerful next to the Japanese. Telegraphed.
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      236 4 T HE crag hotel: SANATORIUM. PENANG HILLS. li AS com) an hotel as any in the STRAITS.” —Singapore Free Prett, 27th March. g a p.tttrs BROTHERS, Proprietors DCZ DC Visi)in 4 -“Stay at the Grand Hotel, IPOH >A Homelike Hotel M Tbmorams: CREET, Ipoh. for Transient or Residential Guests, affording
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      54 4 f e measles and the Income-Tax Are a pitfall and a snare B' >th are the kind of bad attacks 1 Which lay one’s temper bare. Of course we rail at the Government, When the Income-Tax arrives; But the man who takes Woods’ Great Pop* permint Cure Both a cold
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  • Obituary
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    31 4 Obituary. The death has taken place of the Duche»* if Buccleeuh. She was the daughter of the first Duke of Ahercom and married the Duke of Bufi leuch in 1859. Teleoraphed.
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    Winston on His Estimates.
    2188 5 Mr. Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty, in introducing the Nary Estimates in the House of Commons, said that the foundation of naral policy was finance. The only credit that could be claimed by the Admiralty was for keeping their requirements at the minimum consistent
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    P. L. R. C.
    165 5 Practice 200 vds. deliberate, Figure Target 200 200 t Total, yards, yards. Miss Joan Smith 28 30 58 Miss L. Smith 30 22 52 Mrs. Gore Anderson 27 24 51 Mrs. Hamilton 21 26 50 Miss Jones 23 25 48 Mrs. Adamson 27 21 48 Miss
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    Italy Conciliatory.
    34 5 Renter barns from a competent Italian source that the reply of Italy to the Powers in regard to mediation iu the war is a conciliatory one and calculated to facilitate pourparlers. Telegraphed.
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    Medan.
    475 5 The Esplanade was crowded on Man*h 16th to witness a Football Match, Handel Maatsehappij (Mercliauts) vs. Planters. The day was the usual mid-month holiday for the countryineu. The game proved a rather one sided affair as the Merchants won by 5 goals to nil. The long continued drought is
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    The Great Strike.
    137 5 The Great Northern Railway has cancelled 160 trains, and the London and North Western 125 more. From to-day only 65 trains will leave Eus ton Station daily including suburban trains. The Metropolitan Railway announces its first curtailment of service. Mr. Asquith announced that he will introduce the
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    Soccer Notes.
    213 5 The Crescent Star Sports Club beat the C. R. C. in a triendly game of footer on Victoria Green yesterday by 2 goals to one. The C. R. C. played with two men short. We hear that the challenge sent by the M. F. A. Penang to the
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    Tin and Rice Quotations.
    68 5 The follow n:t busmen*? in tin has been done to-day Penang Penang Tin Exchange, 621 tons at $94.30 Straits Trading Co., 25 95.07^ Leong Fee Co., 25 95.12^ Singapr- Straits Trading Co., 150 94.80 Total... 262£ tons. Tin is quoted in London to-day at .£l9l 10s.
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    Wreck of the Oceana.
    266 5 The i»l*Mitil\ nt the seventeen p*op!«* who were drowned in the wreck of the i*. <fc O. Steamer Oceana is still unestahlidied but it app*ars certain that the drowned iuelude seven passenger*, five stewardesses, aud five of the crew. The liner was iu charge of a
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    “A Correction.”
    129 5 Au incorrigible busybody, wh like the flowers that bloom in the spring, tra-la, has nothing to do with the case, has wrPten u* a very long letter to say that we wrongly referred to a young lady named Matliii u as a Chinese. If we did, very little
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    Jenny & Co.
    70 5 Jenny Co. Not every reader will know at onoe what the new advt., headed Orfevrerie et Cuivrerie d’ art”, refers to. Jenny Co. are our local Mappin and Webb”, selling the very best electro-plated cutlery, Ac., art copper work, and so on Their illustrated catalogue shows a fine selection and
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    The Manifest.
    143 5 Arrivals. Per s.s. Klang, 18th Mar., from Singapore Mrs. Gilmore, Mr. H. J. Long, Mr. J. W. Kennedy, Mrs. Lawrence and Mr. Tan Cheng Geok. From Port Swettenham Mr. Gibson. Mr. M. A. Nourdin, Mr. Lan, Mr. Duxbury, Mr. J. R. Naidu, Mr. Gilmour and Mr. Me. Bain.
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    St. George’s Church.
    20 5 10-30 a.m.— Daily, (Matins). 5- p.m. Wednesday, Evensong aod Sermon. 6- p m. —Friday, Choir Practice. Official.
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    FIXTURES.
    89 5 To-day. Ist Day of 2nd Moon. Band, Golf Club. The Straits Opera Co., Tek Soon’s-Timatr<* Hall, Campbell Street, 9iti Marhani” 9 p.m. George Town Cinematograph, Kuala Kangsar Road, 9 p.m. Savoy Theatre, King Street, 9 p.m 1 Straits Cinematograph, Penang Koul. To-morkow 2nd Day of 2nd Moon. Licensing Justices,
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    P. & O. SAILINGS
    39 5 P. O. SAILINGS Mail Serv'r-. Outward. H<»*» •< Delta 21 Mar. India 22 Mar Aseayc 5 Apr. J Devanha 6 Apr fxira Service Om ward k-'» rh. PahiW'in 2* Mar. j Pera 29 Mar. Pethaumr 2 Apr. Nubia 11 Apr.
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      35 5 Riedel’s (tonoput* is not unpl**asant to take, and is not attended bj those «distressing byeffects which so often accompany the use of balsams and Santal oils. It has secured unqualified praise from thn lea-ling Specialists.
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      13 5 For all internal complaints, dysentery, coughs, oo'ds. etc., take Woods* Great Peppermint Cure.
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      194 5 It has been satisfactorily demonstrated that thousands of persons have to thank (iMnosan for restoration to health and happiness. It is astringent and antiseptic and has never been known to fail. At all dealers in Patent Medicines and Chemicals in bottles of 40 capsules. t,c=zz>oczzz>o( —rzjocpc IGNITION AND LIGHT. Good
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      175 5 THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE CO., LTD. Head (IkKICK rfiNU AI'OKK Jiifo \»> lira him' ami Endowment ill All For in h. MUKItAL I’UiJCIIX IiOU RATKS MACBETH AND BARRETT. E. C. BOYCE, ltistrict Manager. hwtiJ •‘flic*: No. 7, Union Stkkkt. NOTICE OF RESALE. BY ORDER OF THE TRANSFEREE. The undersigned
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  • SHIPPING.
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      ARRIVALS.
      95 6 Calypso, Br. s.s., 339, Bannantjne, 19th Mar., Deli, 18th Mar., Gen. —W. M. <fc Co. Perak, Br. s s., 250, Lingard, 19th Mar., Deli, 18<h Mar., Gen.—E. S. Co., Ltd. Hole Canton, Br. s.s., 294, Gully, 19th Mar., Teluk Anson, 18th Mar., Gen. E. S. Co., Ltd. Jin Ho,
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      DEPARTURES.
      52 6 19th March. Indragiri, for Deli and Batu Bahra. Jin Ho, for Trang. Petrel, for Asahan. Omapere, for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Hebe, for Teluk Anson. Ban Whatt Soon, for Langkat. Kedah, for Bindings and Sitiawan. Klang, for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Malaya, for Deli. Olen/alloch, for Singapore, Hongkong, Swatow
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      MAILS CLOSE
      306 6 Won Yen—Per Jit Seng, to-morrow, 7 a m. A lor Star (Kedah) —Per Lian Choo, tomorrow, 8 a.m. Negapatam and Mad raj—Per Taroba, to-morrow, 11 a.m. Singapore, China and Japan—Per Delta, 21st instant, 10 a tn. Port Swettenham and Singapore—Per Teeeta, 21st instant, 3 p m. Ceylon, Australasia,
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    EXCHANGE.
    128 6 Pknanq, 19th March. (Py r urtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London, Demand Bank 2/4£ 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4f 3 Credit 2/4* 3 Documentary.. 2/4 Calcutta, Bank Re. 174 3 6 i ys’ sight Private 1754 Bombay, demand Bank 174 Moultnein. Demand Bank 173 M 3 days* sight Private
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    PRODUCE.
    229 6 Gold Leaf >64.60 Black Pepper ...no stock White Pepper 30.50 buyers Trang Pepper 23. —buyers Cloves 35. —sellers Mace 108 —nominal Pickings 105 —buyers Nutmegs 110 s. 23.30 sales i No. I 8.20 soZ(?* Sugar 2 8.10 sal L Basket 5.15 buyers Copra (mixed) 10.60 buyers TTahbun 190. —sale
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    MAKERT PRICES.
    185 6 Pkvwo, 19th March 1912 Bkui* GtsSoup por caitv 14 Roast 24 Steaks 24 Stew o Curry Moa J 6 Rump Steak 24 Ox Tail each 30 Tongue... 55 Feet 15 Beart Liver per catt 55 Pokk fork per catty i'Z Fig’s Head... 1Tongue 3 Mutton pe r h
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    SHARES.
    1422 6 O o cl is a °U S .909 1905 1910 1909 1910 1900 11/10 191.4 U»I0 1910 I9lu •<K)4 1998 1901' Capitsl. NmjiiH-r •<( J» Shares issued. I 150,000 ‘200,000 5 *****0; .60,000 «>OO,OOO R ..1,200,000 a 500,000 SI ,000,000* 390, JOO ooo.oO' 205,000 100,000 450,000 200,000 1909 'mum
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      40 6 Relief at Hand. Many sufferers from rheumatism hare been surprisedand delighted with the prompt relief afforded by applying Chamberlain’s pain Halm. Not one case of rheumatism in ten requires any internal treatment whatever. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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      70 6 Real Merit Wins. There never was a time when people appreciated the real merits of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy more than now. This is shown by the increase in sales and voluntary testimonials from persons who have been cured by it. If you or your children are troubled with a cough
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      76 6 CHAPOTEAUT’B UOi CURATIVE i*rlnci:m.3 CJL NO TASTE NO OF SMELL COD NO LIVER NAUSEA OIL MORRHUOL Is superior to Emulsions or Oil, it cures Incipient Consumption, Coughs, Bron-i-hitis and Scrofula Each tiny Morrhuol capsule is extracted from a tea'spoonfu! of cod liver oil. Recommended a; the Paris Academy of I
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    Two London Letters.
    3411 7 I (Frmm Our Orm C'orrcrpondent.') London, Febru 16th. Tim King and Queen made a State progress last Wednesday from Buckingham Palace to Westminster, where his Majesty opened the second session of his second j Parliament. The scene in the House of I Lords was a most brilliant
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      537 7 CRAVEN MIXTURE. popular ripe tobacco thct La: f r c favor in the F K.3 TAis famous mixture HA S THE LARGEST sale of any HIGH-CLASS tobacco in the world. Sold in tins of and ,J lb. and in cartridge (a pipe load in each cartridge). Sole Distributors: G. H.
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      57 7 > iterbrj’s Metabolized iod Liv:r u Godprcad TAS DO3LESS SM efeii The lair c utific pre para;io;: of COO LIVER OIL. I). •■j ;;1I that is clain.t u fox it and super c It.; L;e old fashioned cun.Lions which upset the stomach. Highly reco Tided by the medical profession. CT
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      65 7 Should be Pleasant to Take. hen a medicine must he givon to young children it should be pleasant to take. Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy is made from loaf sugar, and the roots used in its preparation gives it a flavor similar to maple syrup, making it pleasant to take. It has
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      49 7 Crcu. ud be Prevented. \V hen given as soon as the croupy cough appear» cxjuinlierlain’s Cough Kern ?dy a ili ward oli au. tack of croup ami prevent ,wi d tiig. i and tause oi anxiety. Thousands ol mother» u»e it successfully. For sale by all dispensaries and Dealers.'
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      62 7 OBTAINABLE EVER 1 '**t Peppermint Cure for all 1 r d▼■entry, coughs, cold», •tr r 9 r« r <•>. t > U .li i. »3G?I sr-*** > <v m S &jaumt S£ c-,;. n S'Swrf^BSi «s «s**&?« a ;r*>* (KV“f 7/ i xil .rr 'UciZr-: ■fWTO 'v ft y«fc ***■<*s:£'*
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      950 8 W. MANSON, American Dentist, Lite of Or. Allco 8 Co.. Pha, 0. S. A. TECK COMPANY, Shangh*i‘\C*rpenters S’ Furnishers, 4, PENANG ROAD. BHMIHR AND TRADING CORPORATION, NAUDIN TEN CATC CO, LTD. PENANG—*P* AN, Cburges Moderate. Consultation Free. L|.^_ c j ass Household Furniture kept i» Disco*..: -Ails and advance loans
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