Straits Echo, 26 April 1912

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    37 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS. CIRCULATING THRoUCiIUU'I Hit STRAITS Me t tuSkA TED MALAY STATES AND Hit FAR EAST GENERALLY. vol. 10. $24 Per Annum. PEJNANIi, FIyJLJJAY, *6tn APRIL, 1U12.* Single Copy. 10 cents. No« Dg
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      1018 1 f oa reiuire a Toaio andtjsome" 7 thin jto nourish you, DrinkJ' Dog's Head .Guinness’s Stout 'Ovfevk and look •v\ \C?j\ for this V "JStJk g/f label v t to see that XO/i^-J-rc V you get it. A Co., flok Andrew Usher 8 Co.’s SPECIAL RESERVE. O.V.G. Whisky. sandilands, buttery
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      32 1 I Order it in Nip Bottles. i Dog's Stout. ;,The Tunic that cheers and soothes and doesn’t harm. Observe this label, it is on every genuine Nip. TIANG LEEfA Co., Sole AgenU.
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    Labu (F. M. S.) Rubber.
    2244 2 The fifth annual general meeting of the Labu (P. M. S.) Rubber Company, Ltd., < was held on 2nd inst., at Winchester 1 louse, 1 London, E. C., Colonel the Hon. Charles Lambton, D. S. O. (Chairman of the Company) presiding Mr. William M. Mathieson,
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      53 2 JUUIiU,.,., I, 1 THIS IS IT WATERBURY’S METABOLIZED Cod Liver Oil Compound TASTELESS ODORLESS rsx CO The latest scientific preparation of COD LIVER OIL. Does all that is claimed for it and supersedes the old fashioned emulsions which upset the stomach. Highly recommended by the medical profession. OF ALL'CHEMISTS mnumummi
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      44 2 Bat Treatment for Whoopin* Co«|k. "Whooping cough is not dangerous when the cough is kept loose and expectoration easy by giving Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. It has been used in many epidemics .of this disease with perfect success. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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      431 2 Lame Back. One of the most common ailments that hard working people are afflicted with is lame back. Apply Chamberlain’s 1 ain Balm twice a day and massage the parts thoroughly at each application, and you will get quick relief. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers. A VALUABLE PROPERTY.
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      1082 2 THEDULCEPHOME. THE GRAMOPHONE par excellence 9$ SUPERB MODELS IN SOLID MAHOGANY. SHEARATON STYLE, ETC. Hornier aud Ordinary Pattern Silent Running Motors, Improved Soundbox, Reproduction ull and Clear and Free from all Unpleasant Grating of the Needle. NOTICE. The undersigned begs to inform the general public that his Workshop known a*
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    VESSELS EXPECTED.
    31 3 1 Vessels i rom Agents Due Deva nha Colom bo Assaye Singapore Kleist Singapore Ooebsn Colombo 1 1 AG.&Co 2nd May. A,G.&Co. 4th BM.&Co. 7th BM.&Co 9th i 1
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    SAILINGS.
    19 3 Vessels For Agents Leaves Devanha Assay e Kleist Goeben Singapore Colombo Colombo Singapore A.G.&Co. A. B. B.M.&O0 May.
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      324 3 At &N.O .\i>-rled at rival*» '**•<! D**uuuio. ft, ail berviCC Outward. .j connecting with Macedonia ll IlMIk I* M May 4 Assaye lb Asteainer, Steamer. Connecting with S.S. Due London. Mongolia Malwa June 1 15 FAKES BY MAIL STE4MERS. Ist class 2ndclass ro London by Sea 1565-72 $377-14 PnM-rseillesor Gibraltar
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      284 3 BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAYIGAT?CM CO., LTD, KONINKLIJKE PAKETYAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. (ROVtl. RUTt H I'UKii' ''OiflP.tMY.i HUTTENBACH, Telephone Ko. 521. Telegrams: LIEBERT SI Co., !S Hutti.ikr.*’ Aitew INTENDED SAILINGS. Straits Steam Ship Company, Ltd. Fok Intended to Sail. Steamer. Port Swetter haiu and Singapore. Every Tuesday at 5.15 p.m. from the Wharf.
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      878 3 <S H R P N G. voamnora im mm. n. y. k. IMPERIAL aSSKAIf MAIL LISTS fiIHE fast and well-known mail steamers of this Company sail fortnightly from Bremen A Hamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southampton, Gibraltar, Algiers, Genoa Naples (connection Marseilles, Alexandra and vice versa). Port SaidL, Suez, Aden, Colombo,
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    THE STRAITS ECHO.
    95 4 Published daily (except Sundays and public holidays) AT THE CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. No. 226—232 Beach Street, Penang. Price. Daily Local *24 per annum. Outstatiou... Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Post Free) 815 cable address ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo, 586 Printing Department 343 N.B. —All business communications should be
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    EDITORIAL.
    2014 4 No matter how low in the scale of civilization a man may be placed, no matter how backward from our European point of view a people may appear, it may with confidence be asserted, and with the greatest ease maintained, that every man is a reformer. Whether in 1912
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    Current Items.
    237 4 The Mascots’ show to-night at the Town Hall ought not to be forgotten by those capable of appreciating re?l music. The annual general meeting of tiie Parish Hall will be held at the Hall on Thursday, May 2, at 8-30 p.m. On March 31 the actual membership of
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    M. A. P.
    290 4 Mr. A. W. Still was installed Master of the Lodge St. George, Singapore, on Tuesday night. A banquet was afterwards held at the Singapore Club. Wang Chung-hwei, Secretary of State for Justice in the new Chinese Cabinet, is a native of Canton, and is the son of
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    Late Rev. Balavendrum.
    69 4 It is with regret that we announce the death, at the age of 85, of the Rev. Royapen Balavendrum which took place at 10 o’clock this morning. The Reverend gentleman was a retired missionary of the S. P. G., Penang. His remains ’will be removed from the
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    MUNICIPAL COMMISSION.
    590 4 An ordinary meeting „f the Munich», Commissioners was held at the Muuicirli Offices yesterday afternoon when the folio** ing gentlemen were present: Mr W pli (President), Mr. W. T. Chapman, Mr G„!? Beng Kee, and Mr. Yeoh Guan Seok Mr. L. M Bell (Engineer) and Mr. L A
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    Local Journalism.
    181 4 We steal, you steal, they steal, might serve as a motto for any local paper. They all clip, and copy, for original writing take* time and brains and energy. The well-worn but witty paraphrase, Aut Scissors, aut uullus, applies to the greater part of the reading matter in
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      160 4 90 7WJI CRAG HOTEL. SANATORIUM. PENANG HILLS I' rs OC!> AN HOTEL AS ANY IN THE STRAITS." —Singapore Free Prete 27th March. SABEIBS BRCTHSaS, Proprietor DC Visiting-**Stay at the Grand Hotel, IPOH A Homelike Hotel ft for Transient or Residential Guests, affording every known comfort and convenience, and appealing to
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      37 4 Dr. Boss of Strassburg introdnsed Gnn<> in the treatment of the most painful is diseases to which mankind is liable. It of better, safer and more effective than other preparations of Copaiba, Cubebs or plain Sandalwood oil
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      52 4 A million perms woke up one day Intent on journeying miles away; Cough, cold, and fever, asthma too, These germs were named by those who knew And people grow so much alarmed, They realised they might be harmed; But all at once the germs fell dead, They’d met Woods’ Peppermint
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  • TELEGRAMS.
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      Katz Bros.
      41 5 (Echo SjjeciaJ.) Singapore, April 25. Messrs. Katz Bros pay a dividend for jyll ot 8 on the preferred shares and Kj uu the deferred shares. $30,000 from f j )t balance goes towards the cost of the new building-
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      Police Cashier’s Case.
      36 5 (Echo Special.) Singapore, April 25. Liui Tye Keng, cashier in the Police Department, Singapore who was arrested {or criminal brea< h of trust, has also been charged with the forgery of three documents.
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      Singapore Club Case.
      66 5 (Echo Special.) Singapore, April 25. Yap Yeow Chuan, Chief Clerk of the Singapore Club, who was charged with omitting to make certain entries in the books of the Club was unanimously found not guilty ”at the Assizes. Mr. Justice Fisher, who tried the case, said that he
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      Singapore Titanic Fund.
      16 5 {Echo Special.) Singapore, April 25. The Singapore Titanic Fund now mnounts to $905.
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      Singapore Share Market.
      41 5 (Echo Special.) Singapore, April 26. Messrs. Fraser A Co.’s report says that apart from the keen demand of low-priced tin shares owing to the high price of the metal the market was extremely Hat. Rubber shares are easier.
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      Mr. Justice Fisher.
      24 5 (Echo Special.) Singapore, April 26. Mr. Justice Fisher leaves Singapore for Penang on Saturday. Mr. Justice Ebden relieves him at Singapore.
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      Sun Yat Sen.
      16 5 (Echo Special.) Hongkong, April 26 l>r. Sun Yat Sen has left for Canton.
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      Sir F. T. Piggott’s Successor.
      22 5 Echo Special. Hongkong, April 26. Justice Davies succeeds Sir F. T. Piggott as Chief Justice of Hongkong.
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      Accountant Sentenced.
      23 5 i Echo Sjtecia/.' Hongkong, April 26 Acris, an accountant, has l>een found guilty of embezzlement and sentenced to live years’ imprisonment..
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      Pasir Panjang Murder.
      39 5 (Echo Special.) Singapore, April 26. Ho All Tye who was charged with Ijeiug concerned in the murder of Gau Boon Chan Pasir Panjang, Singapore, in August last, h** been unanimously fouud guilty and sentenced to death.
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      “Wanted” and Found.
      24 5 (Echo Special.) Singapore, April 26. Mrs. Thorpe, wanted by the Rangoon police, was arrested at John Little’s Stores, S ngapore, yesterday.
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      Tebbit Sentenced.
      34 5 Reuter.) Loudon, April 25. Tebbit who shot at Mr. L de Rothschild on March 5 was sentenced to 20 years’ penal •wrritnde. There will be an inquiry into state of his uiiud.
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      TITANIC ENQUIRY.
      1142 5 (Reuter.) Washington, April 25. The look-out man. Fleet, re-examined, said that he did not see women left on the decks. «There were a number of men who did not try or ask to get into the boats. The Chairman. The Chairman, Senator Smith, whose methods are being much
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      Necrology.
      25 5 (Reuter.) Loudon, April 25. The death has taken place at the age of 65 of Mr. Justin McCarthy the historian of Our Owu Times
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      New Campanile.
      35 5 Renter.) Venice, April 25 Venice was beflagged when the Duke of Genoa inaugurated the new O.impaui’e amidst enormous enthusiasm. Tuere were processions of notable people iu gondolas. Bluejackets fired a feu de joie.
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      That Lena Affair.
      78 5 Reuter.) St Petersburg, April 25. Speaking iu the Duma the Minister of the luterior fully endorsed the action of the authorities iu the Lena gold fields. A force of 110 soldiers was faced by a mob of 7,000. The soldiers were compelled to tire four vollevs owing
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      As Others See China.
      139 5 Reuter London, April 26. Mr. Alfred Hippisleg. lately Commissioner of Chinese Customs, lecturing before the Central Asian Society upon the revolution in China, said that the outlook was gloomy. The revolutionaries were foolishly optimistic and where they had established themselves absolute anarchy prevailed. Inter-provincial jealousb- In-
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      Dutch Prince in London.
      59 5 (Reuter.) LondoD, April 26. Prince Her rv of the Netherlands visited the Ideal Home Exhibition at the Olympia, afeature of which is the wonderful Dutch village, with tuhp fields, windmills, etc. Queen Wilhelnrina was much interested in the Exhibition. Prince Henry has private engagements. He wnll
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      Ross Rifles.
      62 5 (Reuter.) Ottawa, April 25. Lieut. Col. Charles Robert Crosse and Admiral Barrow the English delegates at the Ottawa Conference to enquire into the designs of the rights for the Ross Rifle have convinced themselves that upwards of 10,000 Long Cross Rifles had been issued to the troops. 15,000
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      Eastern Shipping Co. in Parliament.
      165 5 Renter.) London, April 26. Mr. Joynson Hicks asked some questions in the House of Commons concerning the Eastern Shippmg Companies slip in the Straits. He described Sir John Anderson’s exercise of the royal prerogative to crush a commercial competitor which was thus driven from British
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      Welsh Disestablishment.
      79 5 (Reuter.) London, April 26. The Welsh Disestablishment Bill was resumed in the House of Commons. Mr. Lloyd George said that the wrong the Welsh people felt wus that England was imposing on them as the national exponent of their spiritual life. It was England’s own church which was
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      Tibetans and Chinese.
      57 5 (Renter.) London, April 26. The Dalai Lama’s courier who has arrived at Kalimpong reports that the Chinese are still penned in a corner in the suburbs of Lhassa. Parley is proceeding but the Chinese are hesitating over the Tibetans’ offer of safe conduct and expenses to Szechuan
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      Shipping.
      148 5 Tin. —The s.s. Hok Canton brought 1,528 bags of tin ore and 241 slabs tin, and the s s Pin Seng 1,124 bags of tin ore and 108 slabs tin. Rice a;,u Bran.—The s.s. Fazilka from Rangoon is discharging a general cargo of 500 tons iu which are included
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      STEAMERS EXPECTED.
      223 5 s.s. Perseus from Liverpool due 24th Apr W M A Co s.s. Achilles Singapore due 25th Apr W M A Co s.s. Kaei lter Singapore due 26th Apr S K A Co ss Alciuous due 26th Apr W M Co s s. C. Apear China due 29th Apr
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      SPORT.
      374 5 Cup Tic. in P.C.C. vs. Crescent Stnr. This match was played off on the Esplanade yesterday before a very large concourse of spectators. There was no doubt as to the superiority of the P.C.C. team which won by two goals to nil. The teams lined up as follows under
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      An Echo of the Past.
      37 5 Sir.—Re your query (the survival of the fittest?) in the adversaria of the 15th inst will the following answer do H. B. M. and his type.” K. Theno-Quee. Seremban, 24th April, 1912.
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      Tin and Rice Quotations.
      41 5 Lhe following business in tin has been done to-day Singapore Straits Trading Co., 100 tons at $100.75 r-’eurtiig Penang Tin Exubangr, I2j 100.10 Total 112| tons. Rangoon rice is quoted here to-day at $lB4 per coy an.
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    FIXTURES.
    94 5 To-i»av 10th Day of 3rd Moon. Band, Esplanade, 0 p in. Volunteer N. C. O’s Mekometer Class. The Mascots”, Town Hall, 9-15 p.ni. George Town Cinematograph, Kuala Kangsar Road. Straits Cinematograph, Penang Road. Matsuo’s Japanese Cinematograph, Penang Road. To* MOB lit* W 11 th Day of 3rd Moon. Cricket
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    MAILS DUE.
    6 5 English yDevanka) ...2nd May
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      9 5 for Children’s Hacking Cough at Night, Great Peppermint Cure.
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      30 5 < oiiA«aM capsules coutam only tlie purest East Indian Sandalwood oil and Kawa Kawa. The first dose quickly removes violent inflammatory symptoms, bots of 40 oapsulest at all dealers and chemists.
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      375 5 1 P P. c TO LET OR FOR SALE. “Norwood No. 8, Logan Road. Electric Light. Apply to F. 6. HALLIFAX. 26-4-12 317 TAN CO., 86. BEACH STREET. Merchants, Commission Agents, Brokers Auctioneers. TAN CHIN WAH, 308 Manager, POLICE NOTICE. Applications will be received by the Assistant Protector of Chinese,
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  • SHIPPING.
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      ARRIVALS.
      147 6 Van Hogendorp, Dut. 393, R«it, -3th Apr., Singapore, 20th Apr., Gen. H. L. A Co. Pin Seng, Br. 37», Glendy, 25th Apr., Singapore, 23rd Apr., Gen. E. S. 00., Ltd. 1t Hok Canton, Br. «.a., 294, GuUy, 2hth Apr., Teluk Anson, 25th Apr., Gen. E. 8. Co., Ltd. Van
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      DEPARTURES.
      74 6 26th Apeil. Tong Chuan, for Alor Star (Kedah). Speelman, for Langsa, T. Semawe, beglx, Olehleh and Pulo Weh. Van Hogendorp, for Deli and Asahan. Sumatra, for Colombo and Tuticorin. Pin Beng, for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Hong Ho, for Trang. Koerber, fer Colombo and Tuticorin. Pangkor, for Bindings and
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      MAILS CLOSE
      238 6 Fob Yen—Per Jit Seng, to-morrow, 7 a.m. Madras mails for Europe, etc., via Bombay—Per Thovgua, to-morrow, 10 a m. i Alor Star (Kedah)— Per Kedah, tomorrow, 11 a.m. Tongkah —Per Malacca, to-morrow, 1 p.m.; Singapore and Hongkong—Per Sui Sang, to-morrow, 2 p.m. Deli —Per Perak, to-morrow, 2 p.m.
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    EXCHANGE.
    121 6 Pbnano, 26th Apeil. (By courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London, Demand Bank 2/4| 4 months' sight Bank 2/4,^ 3 Credit 2/4$ 3 Documentary.. 2/4^ Calcutta, Demand Bank Bs. 174 3 days’ sight Private 175$ Bombay, Demand Bank 174 lioulmein, Demand Bank 173 3 days’ sight Private 176 ttadras, Demand
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    PRODUCE.
    222 6 Gold Leat *64.0u Black Popper no sto^.. Whits Popper -9 30 nates Trang Peppe» 22 —sellers Cloves 35. —nominal Mace 12 }—sellers Pickings 110 —sales Nutmegs 110 s. 23. —sales f No. 1 820 eal< Sugar < 2 810 saJ (Basket 5.15 buyers Copra (mixed) 10.70 buyers i Tahbuu
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    MARKET PRICES.
    191 6 Penan»*. 26th April 1912 BkEK c^Soup par catty 14 Roast 24 Steaks 24 Stew or Curry Meal... 16 Rump Steak 24 Ox Tail each 20 Tongue... C| 6 Feet 15 Heart *0 Liver percatti 55 n OBK- Pork per catty 30 Pi*', Head... M 7 20 E H
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    SHARES.
    1997 6 u I Number of K j ‘M 1 Capital.' Shares > P Dividends. Name l X JP C issued. a 2 p a (2 i i i i 1907 1908 1909 I*****9U 1912 RUBBER —DOLLAR SHAKES, p.c. p.o. p.o. Ip-e- len aaa 130 000 1 1 I |Ayer Kuning
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      8 6 For Chronic Cheat Complaints, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure.
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      79 6 A Family Necessity. Every family should be provided with Chamberlain’s Pain Balm at all times, j Sprains may be cured in much less time > when promptly treated. Lame back, lame i shoulder, pains in the side and chest and rheumatic pains are some of the diseases for, which it
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      26 6 THE CURE OF CONSUMPTION Act»vc Principle of Cod Liver Oil with Creosote. (Chapoteaut) RELIABLE AGENT IN TREATMENT OF TUBERCULOSIS OR PULMONARY PHTHISIS Sold by all Chemists
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    Cheviot Rubber, Ltd.
    1493 7 The second annual general meeting of Cheviot Rubber, Limited, was held on 2nd inst. at Winchester House, London, E.C., Colonel the Hon. Charles Lambton, D.S.O. (chairman of the company), presiding. i Mr. William M. Mathieson, representing i the Secretaries (Messrs. Guthrie and Co., 1 Limited), having read
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    Local Steamer Service.
    170 7 The Companies do not guarantee the da 'es of arrival of these steamers but will endeavour as far as possible to ensure punctuality. From Alor Star, (Kedah) —Tong Chuan, April 23, 25, 27, and 29, and Kedah, April 20, 22, 24, 26, 28 and 30. Asahau—Va l
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      1019 7 apenta APENTA NAiUKAL APtRIENT WATER THE BEST Natural Aperient Water. <aA “A Course of Apenta taken before St. Louis 1904. r 7 breakfast is useful as tending to get .rid of the produces of rperverted DOSE.-* w<n~jt*.,/ul m i*e morn,,*, before Breakfast. p, r Case of 25 I bottles 503
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      47 7 WATERBURY’S METABOLIZED Cod Liver Oil Compound TASTELESS ODORLEBB The test scientific preparation of COD LIVER OIL Does all that is claimed for it and supersedes the old fashioned emulsions which upset ihe stomach. Highly re commended by thj medi cal profession. OF all cmlmists Price *l-23 12-AO.
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      52 7 CiOMs of Constipation. .Sedentary habits, lack of outdoor exercise, insufficient mastication ol food, constipation, torpid liver, worry and anxiety, are the i most common causes of stomach troubles. Correct your habits and take Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets and you will I soon be well again. For sale by all'Dispensaries
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      904 8 W. MANSON, American Dentist, Laic of Or. Alien 8 Co., Pka, 0. S. A. Charges Moderate, Consultation Free. KBBIOINO AT Ao. 21 a, Penang Road. A few loots fro* the Euttrn and Oriental Held. TECK A COMPANY. Shsn&hsi Carpenters A* Furnishers, 4, PENANG ROAD. High-class Household Furniture kept in stock
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