Straits Echo, 30 May 1912

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  • 35 1 Straits Echo OAILY CHRONICLfc OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING "iKUUUItUUi THE STRAITS, THfc MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALI) \OL. 10. $24 Per Annum. PJKM ANG, IHUKSvDAI, 3Uih MAY, 1912.« Single Copy, 10 cents. No. 123
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 958 1 ri1(1 require a Tome and tomeU thing to no uri*h you. Drink s Head Stout. r and look ~T: for this Label to see that u J M you get it. Andrew Usher 8 Co.’s SPECIAL RESERVE. O.V G. Whisky. SANDILAHDS. BUTTERY 8 Co.. AOENTS FOB PENANG P M. S.
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    • 30 1 Order it i Dog's Hev Stow The Tonic that cheert» and soothes and doesn’t harm. Observe this label, 1 it is on every {rename Nip. TIANG LEEfcA Co., Sole Agent».
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  • 374 2 Mr. A M. Burn-Murdoch b« issued his annual report on Forest Administration from which we gather that there are 10,744 acres of reserved forests in Penang and 3,934 acres in the Bindings. The past Tear was a phenomenal one for the fruiting of tree#. In Penang and Province Wei
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  • 137 2 The Bulletin of the Imperial Institute states that a sample of coca leaves from the Federated Malay States was received in May, 1911, and was stated to consist of the leaves of E. Coca grown at the Experimental Plantation at Kuala Lumpur. The tests showed that
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  • 254 2  -  By Fbijk C. Ck*w. Here on my old knees, my bonnie, bonnie darling Sleeps like a lily drowsy in the sun. Bairn of my bairn, what prayers went up to heaven Just to plead with Lord God for this little i one! See the rosy thumb from the we*?
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 56 2 If Rrssti Sr THIS IS IT! Waterbury’s Metabolized Cod Liver Gil Compound TASTELLS3 ODORLEBB The latest e icntific pre paration of COD LIVER OIL. Hex's all that is claimed for it and supersedes the old fashioned emulsions w hich upset the stomach. Highly re Commended by the medical profession. OF
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    • 395 2 How to Keep Well. Constipation brings many ailments in its train and is the primary cause of much sickness. Keep your bowels regular madam, and you will escape many of the ailments to which women are subject. Con- j stipation is a very simple thing, bu like many simple things,
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    • 1198 2 PIXOAP A superfine Ur preparation for washing the hair. The best method of im parting vigour to the scalp and vitality to the hair, I/ Use it while taking your bath ■■■-> v PiXOAP i vV' REMEMBER TO-NIGHT. GRAND CHANGE OP PROGRAMME AT THE ORFEVRERIE 8 CUIVRERIE D ART. JENNY
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  • 27 3 Vessels 1 rom Agents Due Devanha Singapore Buelow Singapore Prim Eitel t Friedrich Colombo Ateaye Colombo A. l*t June. B. 4th BM.ACo. 6th AGACo. 13th
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  • 28 3 1 Vessel* i For 1 Agents Leaves Devanha Colombo A.G.&Co. June. Bueloxc Colombo B.M.&Co. Prim Eitel Friedrich Singapore B.M.&Co. Assaye Singapore A.G.&Co. 9 a 1 -«r Ttr*
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 323 3 Aij-tlrtl arrivals and Depart n row Mail Service Outward. Mav 30 Arcadia connecting with |Marmora jgnf* 13 Assay® Moldtvia ‘(imewaH D'«. •June tjnlv hakes by mail steamers. 1st class 2nd class ft, London by Sea $565-72 $377-14 X 1 Marseilles or Gibraltar $528-00 $358-29 EXTRA STEAMERS Intermediate Service. J 1TH
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    • 348 3 hrfi ish :r;pi STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD, HUTTENBACH, LIEBERT 81 Co., Pen*>»\«, 4 f*en f L S KONINKLIJKE PAKETYAART MAATSCH APPIJ Rom dutch packe'i 'ompany. Foe Deli, Asahan, Panel’ and Singapore (Weekly). Deii and Batu Bali ra (Fortnightly). Deli and Langsa (Fortnightly). S;-sgap7 r e (direct) Connecting with Batavia and
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    • 1081 3 <SHl P PI N G.) vosmm LLOYD 1 IMPERIAL GERM.' I* MAIL LINE fTIHE 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 Said, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penang, Singapore, Hongkong,
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  • 103 4 Published daily (except Sundays and public holidays) AX THE CRITERION PRESS, Lti>. No. 220—232 («each Street, Penang. Pnicr Paily l oral f2l iei n ;mm. Out station... Postage Extre. Mail Edition (Post Free) $l5 CABLE ADDRESS ECHO- PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo, 586 Printing Department 343 A B.
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  • 756 4 EDITORIAL The “Straits Times” leader of May 27 made us feel very augrv. Blatchford had suggested, apropos the Titanic sensation, that the public (if it did not lack imagination) would be at least equally distressed over the large annual total of preventable fatalities among the workers. Still comments: “Mr. Blatchford
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  • 150 4 The case against Mat Kassirn who was alleged to have caused the death of Khoo Teow Khye, a tindal on the plantation of Mr. Quah Beng Kee at Paya Trubong, in April last was concluded yesterday afternoon. The jury, before hearing the defence, returned a unanimous verdict of not
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  • 88 4 Work in connection with the tram line along Chulia Street Ghaut has begun and is expected to be completed within a mouth This will conuect Chulia Street with Weld Quay. When completed there will be a sixminutes service from Victoria Pier, instead of twelve minutes. Trams leaving the
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  • 82 4 Iu connection with the new traffic regula tiou in Beach Street which comes into force next Saturday, the Resident Councillor, accompanied by Mr. W. Peel, motored along Weld Quay yesterday to ascertain the most suitable sites for the erection of stards for bullock and band-carts. It will
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  • 89 4 The S. C. Morning Post is informed that steps are at last to lie taken regarding the “■peed at which motor cars travel through the streets of Hougkoug. For a nuinlier of d lys many influential Chinese have lieeu busy preparing a monster petition which is
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  • 372 4 Echo Correspondence Ipoh, 28th May The marriage arranged between Miss Beatrice Holm berg eldest daughter of Mr. Jacob Holmberg, our popular and respected Chief Clerk of the Supreme Court will take place on the 10th of July at St. Michaels the Homan Catholic Church here. Another popular wedding
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  • 586 4 Echo's Tip Takes, The President of the Municipality has received the following: The Free School, Penang, May 30th, 1912. Sir, —I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 28th inst., in which you inform me that bv Bye Laws 12 and 13, 1905, exclusive use of
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  • 157 4 Mr. Alfred Stead, the son of the late Mr. W. T. Btead, has l*een appointed editor of the Review of Reviews. Sir Frank A. Swettenham has a new volume of essays in preparation with Mr. Joh i Lane, entitled Als> and Perhaps. Some further Malay sketches are
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  • TELEGRAMS.
    • 69 4 i'A tin A. S. P. Gardiner Sued. Singapore, Mav 30 In the Supreme Court, Singapore,* Tob, n the ex-Municipal official, is su j nR Superb.’ tendentof Police E. A. Gardiner for damag. es for alleged criminal conversation with Mrs. Tobin. Plaintiff alleges that while he was in
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    • 190 4 (i .rit Klumpur, Mar 2y In the Klumpur Supreme Court this morning was commenced the appeal of John Gardner vt Siew Kuan Chiu. This ls m appeal against the judgment of Mr. Justice Sercombe Smith at Seremban regarding the rights to a mine. Justices Woodward and innes
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    • 56 4 Echo Sf/crinf. Singapore, May 30. The friends of the late Mr. C. B. Bucklev have decided to obtain subscriptions from those connected with the deceased in the entertainments for the children for the purpose of erecting a memorial to him. It will possibly take the form of a
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    • 106 4 (Echo Special.' Singapore, May 30. Towkay Klioo Mali Lek, son of the late towkay Klioo Teong Poh, of Ipoh, was charged in the Singapore Court that he on 21st August, 1911, during the course of an enquiry before Mr. Registrar Gottlieb in which accused was one of
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    • 45 4 (Echo Special.) Singapore, May 30. At the rubber auction at Singapore 19,424 lbs. were offered and sold. The prices obtained were Smoked Sheet $230—3245 per pilrul Unsmoked $230—3240 C re pe «245—3251 2nd «225—«241 3rd $206—1220 m 4th 8180—1190 Scrap Untreated «167—«184
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    • 51 4 (Reuter.') London, May 29. Mr. Roosevelt has returned to New York. He said that he was feeling after the ampaign like a moose bull. Mr. Roosevelt won a sweeping victory in the campaign at New Jersey. The return* indicate that he had won over all the Republican
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 167 4 THE HOUSE OF GOOD MEASURE is THE GtOßiit TOWN DISPENSARY. Headquarters for Graduated Glass Measures. Graduates, all shapes and sizes, Medicine Tumblers, loose and boxed, Jugs I pint and 2 pints, graduated. A Icoholometers Luctom eters Cheap Measures for Photographers. ANY SCALE, ANY SIZE, ANY PATTERN. GENTLBY.Ef.’J* WATf.RP! OOPS. -f
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    • 50 4 Bronchitis, asthma, and catarrh Within mv system were at war could not sleep, I could not eat, Hot was my head, and cold ray feet, My nights were drawn out agony, Mv coughing fits were sad to I just tried Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure, It worked a miracle I’m sure.
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    • 44 4 According to all accounts we have the assurance that UonoBan is one of the most valuable discoveries of modern pharma* cology and is far ahead of all preparations of Copaiba, Cubebs, etc. It is the safest and most successful. At all Chemists and Dealers.
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  • TELEGRAMS.
    • 423 5 (Reuter.) Men Right. London, May 29. Sir Edward Clarke in his report on the trike finds for the men on five out of the [even disputed points. To-morrow'» Conference. r Svdney Buxton. President of the of Trade, in a covering letter announcing the conference of to-morrow, the Transport
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    • 27 5 {Reuter.) London, May 29. The will of the Duke of Fife shows that hi' estate was worth «£1,000,000. Th* contents are not disclosed.
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    • 33 5 (Reuter London. May 29. The inflammation in General Booth’s e je, who was recently operated upon for utaract, i* spreiding. His sight is serious- Jeopardised, but his general condition is food.
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    • 25 5 Reuter.) London, May 29. *tates that it is now known offiJ that the sentence passed on Miss S UOt nvo^ve transportation to
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    • 75 5 {Reuter.) Malta, May 30. k ti kitchener has arrived at Malta. P', r at r Asquith and Mr. Winston tcurchill arrived. Ktn ut r informed that the reports tj' 1 an international political charae- 0 the meeting are wholly unfounded, iuv'a- U WD Kitchener is taking E^.,.7
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    • 24 5 Reuter Paris, May 29. The birthrate of Prance last year was more deplorable than ever. The deaths exceeded the births by 34,869.
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    • 66 5 (Reuter.) London, May 29. There were rumours yesterday of the wholesale massacre of the Europeans at Fez. They were dispelled by a message from General Lyautey stating that on Monday and the following night the Berbers returned to the walls of Fez, incessantly tiring and rendering it impossible to
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    • 397 5 Bukit Kajang.— lnt. divd. 7| per cent. Malay Rubber Planters.—lnt. div. 5 per cent. Tremelbte.—/,000 shares j£l each offered to shareholders at .£4 per share. Linggi. —Final div. on ord. shares 62| per cent., making total distribution 193 f for year Sungei Sayong. —Resolution passed increasing
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    • 209 5 The question of what Consular officials should or should not do has cropped up again It is invariably a difficult one aud quite a matter of Tot homines tot sent entice. It has now gone on to Colonial officials, and Mr. H. J. White, writing of
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    • 93 5 A series of annoying aud expensive thefts has been current at the Pulo Brani Smelting Works recently and in the course of investigations into the matter divers were sent down into the sea iu the vicinity of the pier. They came upon a Malay koleh laden
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    • 19 5 Interport Shoot. (Echo Special A Shanghai Score. Singapore, May 30. Shooting in the Interport match Shanghai •cored 931.
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    • 47 5 (Reuter) London, May 29. Somerset beat Gloucestershire at Taunton by 3 wicket*. Warwickshire beat Worcestershire by 189 runs. Northamptonshire lieat Leicestershire by 9 wickets. Hampshire drew with Kent at Southampton. Essex beat Middlesex by an innings and 27 runs. Notts beat Surrey by 9 wickets.
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    • 248 5 (Reuter.) Stockholm, May, 30. In the Olympic Games Lawn Tennis Singles Gobert beat Dixon of England in the finals by B—6, 6—4, 6—4. In the mixed Doubles final Dixon and Mr*. Hannarn beat Robert Barrett and Miss Aitchison by 4—6, 6—3, 6—2. The following will represent the Govt.
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    • 221 5 Tennis Tournament. The following were the results of yesterday’s ties If'x d Double Handicap. Mrs. Ebden and Rogers —l5. beat Mrs. Jalass and H. Oxenham +3/6 7—5, 6—4. Mens Handicap singles A Class. Whitlock —l5 beat Godwin —3O 6—3, 6—l. Sells —l5 w.o. Syer —4/6. Mens Handicap
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    • 66 5 Th* following Ivi.-n.pKs n mi* H-,«- do»”' day Peuang: P*naugTin Exchange, tons at $ll( 75 Leoog Fee Co.. 25 101.25 Eastern Smelting Co, 50 102. Singapore Straits Trading Co., 150 101.10 Total 256 j tons. Tin is quoted in London to-day at .£206 10s cash and
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  • 1016 5 In the King’s Bench Division on 7th May Mr. Justice Hamilton, without a jury, concluded the hearing of the action brought by Mrs. Katherine Herriot Bndd. widow and sole legatee of the late Mr. John Chambre Budd, of the International Banking Corporation and formerly of the Chartered
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  • 141 5 General Cargo. —The N. Y. K. s.s. Miyazaki Maru from Japan is discharging 146 tons of general cargo. Tin.— The s.s. Hebe arrived from Teluk Anson with 1,447 bags of tin ore and 161 slabs of tin and the s.s. Un Peng 34 bags of tin ore. Notice to
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  • 16 5 To-dax 14th Day of 4th Moon. Municipal Commission, 4 pm. Cricket Navy vs. Army, Lord’s.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 30 5 Wee of Sleeplessness. cause stomach. of insomnia is Chamberlain's Stoi A u by J? U( 1 «uable you to sleep. For sale '•pcuiaiics and Dealers, and Liver Tablets correct these
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    • 10 5 For Children’s Hacking Cough at Night, Woods’ Great Peppermint Curo.
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    • 8 5 For Chronic Chest Complaints, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure.
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    • 572 5 THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE CO., LTD. Hbad Offic»:—-SINGAPORE. Pile Assnrum**» and Endowment in All Forms. LIHEJUL POLICIES LOW RATES c A'tttUk fm t’ryiitnq. MACBETH AND BARRETT. E. C. BOYCE, Dittrict Manager. Local Office: No. 7, Union Street. Central Sales Room. TO BE SOLD BT PUBLIC AUCTION, AT THE ABOVE
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  • SHIPPING.
    • 80 6 Hong Wan Br. 2,060, Muon, 29th May, Swatow, 20th May, Gen. —Koe Goan A Co. Palitana, Br. a.s., 1.933, McDearmid, 29th May, NegapaUm, 23rd May, GenH. L Co Miyazaki Maru, Jap. s.*., 5,270, Murai, 30th May. Singapore, 28th May, Gen. —B. A Co. Van der Parra, Dut. a.*., 331,
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    • 46 6 30th Mat. j met Niroll, for Port Swettenbam, Port Dickson and Malacca. Rotorua, for Tongkah. Ban WheUt Soon, for Dindings, Sitiawan and Teluk Anson. Thongwa, for Port Swettenham aud Smgapore. Hong Wan I, for Singapore, Hongkong, Swatow and Amoy. Perak, for Deli. Mambang, for Setul.
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    • 339 6 Fob Yen—Per Jit Seng, to-morrow, 7 a.m. Alor Star (Kedah)—Per Kedah, to morrow, 8 a.m. u i Rangoon and Calcutta—Per Ceylon Mam, to-morrow, 1 p.m. Tongkah, Kopah, Renong. Victoria Point, I Mergui and Tavoy-Per Pegu, to-merrow, 2 p.m. Port Swettenham and Singapore Per Pin Seng, to-morrow, 3 p.m.
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  • 121 6 Pbna.no, 30tm Mat. By courtesy of *h* Chartered Bank.) guidon, Demand tk.>>k 1/4 s 3, monri*'*’ Aignt Bank i/4 3 Credit i/4| 8 Documentary. 2/4 T 6 Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. 171$ 8 days’ sight Private '7s* Bombay, Demand Bans 174$ Moulmein, Demand Bank 173$ 3 days* sight Private
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  • 222 6 Gold Deal ♦''t.ii Black Pepjjtr no sto< White Peppei 29| buyers Trang Pepper 23. —sellers Cloves 35. —nominal Mace 120 —sellers Pickings 110 —sales Nutmegs 110 b. ..23. —buyers f No. 1 8 20 sa' Sugar < 2 8.10 sal s C Basket 5.1 5 buyers Copra (mixed) 10.70
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  • 179 6 Penang, 30th Mat, 1912 Beep— cts. Soup pi' 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 per «att 55 Pork Pork per cat! 32 3? 80 Tongue JJ Mutton per Head
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  • 2014 6 SHARES I a 1 M 2 < ®*2 N tiller of, ji i a j C 2 g Capital. Shares P I OiviH..nd 5 JS 1 I V issue* I 0 1 .'H 1 5 j T j JL 1 1 I r 4 g I i j I J
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 36 6 Sprained Ankle. A sprained ankle may as a rule in from three to four days by Chamberlain’s Pain Balm and the directions with each bottle, by all Dispensaries and Dealers. be cured applying observing For sale
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    • 50 6 A Hitter of Common Interest. How to cure a cold is a question in which many are interested just now. Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy has won its great reputation and immense sale by its remarkable cure of colds. It can always be depended ifpon. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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    • 77 6 j CHAPOTEAUVS l^muoi NO CURATIVE TAST* UINCIPLE NO OF SMELL COD NO LIVER NAUSEA OIL MORRHUOL Is superior to Emulsions or Oil, it cure* Incipient Consumption, Cough*, Bronchitis and ScrofulaEach tiny Murrhuol capsule is extracted from a teaspoonful of cod liver oil. Recommended at the Paris Academy of Medicine, for
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  • 375 7 Passengers on the North German Lloyd liner Bremen, when within four miles of the spot where the Titanic sank, passed more than 100 floating bodies. Just north of this floating graveyard was the glistening bulk of a low-lying ioeberg. The sea was strewn with deck chairs and
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  • 317 7 Why Centenaries Everybody has seemed to have his say about Dickens during the recent centenary celebration. But some tired man who didn’t wish to talk about the author, yet couldn't keep quiet altogether, speaks up to ask where’s the logic of centenaries, anyway The next sleepy man asks, Well, why
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  • 252 7 The Companies do not guarantee the doets of arrival of these vessels but will endeavour as far as possible to ensure punctuality. From Alor Star, (Kedah) —Kedah, May 6,8, 10, 12, 14. 16, 18, 20, 22. 24. 26, 28 and 30. Asahan —Petrel, May 27. Bagan Serai—Daily.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 940 7 JUST RECEIVED A SHIPMENT OF AUSTRALIAN HORSEFEED COMPRISING Oats, Bran, Chaff, Oaten Hay, Linseed Barley. The Insular Life Assurance Co., LIMITED. CAPITAL Ps. 500,000. G. H. SLOT CO., PENANG. Head Office: 25, Market Street, Manilla P.I. LEON MOOSER Esq., LUIS E. DUMAS Esq., Managing Director. Secretary Policies Unconditional and Incontestable.
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    • 118 7 THIS Io IT! Waterbury’s Metabolized Cod Liver Oil Compound TASTELESS ODURLES* ‘jrasyj r* I cal profession. The latest scientific preparation ofCUD LIVER j OIL. L>ces all lhai is claimed for it and super sc Jos the old fashioned emulsions which upset •.he stomach ilichly re commended by the medi Ij
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    • 336 7 Muscular Rheumatism. When your shoulder is so lame that every movement of your arm pains you severely you may know that you have muscular rheumatism. Prompt relief may be had by applying Chamberlain’s Pain Balm and massaging the affected parts with the palm of the hand at each application. Do
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 904 8 W. MANSON, American Dentist, Lattlof Or. Alin f Co., Phi, 0. S. A. Charges Moderate, Consultation Free. T RESIDING AT A o\2la,JPenang\Road. A few 4oots from the Enter* til Orientol Hold. TECiK A COMPANY. w -‘*r^C4 Shanghai Carpenters Furnishers, ni{i w Qfjiw tnxviU iwii 4, PENANG ROAD. High-class Household Furniture
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