Straits Echo, 1 June 1912

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  • 37 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, ClftCbLAHist, fftßOiJt.rltnJT THE STRAITS. THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY U)L. 10. $24 Per Annum. PfclN A \(j sYiIKUAY, Ist JUNE, 1912.% Single Copy, 10 cents. No. 1^5
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 1054 1 if' require a Tonio and jsome* r 'thing to nouriah you, 2 Drink Head .Guinness’s Stout, and look for this label to nee that you get it. TTANQ LEE A Co., Sole Agents. A o it Andrew Usher 8 Co.’s SPECIAL RESERVE. O.V.G. Whisky. SANDILANDS, BUTTERY 8 Co.. AGENTS FUK
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    • 32 1 Order it in Nip Bottles. Dog's Head Guinness's Stout. Tonic 4 that cheers and soothes and doesn't harm. Observe this label, it is on every genuine Nip. TIANQ LEES& Co., Sole AgenU.
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  • 1031 2 Mr. Chesterton says he “loves missionaries Love# them, that is, in a PickwicKi in sense, tho he calls it its most mystical and transcendent sense. 11« doe n’t like them.” Who could he asks. But lie has “a real spiritual sympathy with them, such as one
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  • 425 2 Now Healthy, Robust and Full of VlriUy. He Attributes His Cure Solely To the World-Famous Restorative. Dr. Williams Pink Pills. For Thousands They Have Done The Same. Why Not For You Out* of the richest men in the world has said
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 53 2 THIS IS IT! Waterljury’s Metabolized Cod Liver Gil Compound \r.t, Cm TASTELESS ODORLESS The latent scientific pre parationofCOD LIVER OIL. Does all ibat is claimed for it and supersedes the old fashioned emulsions which upset the stomach. Highly recommended by the medical pi ole -si. o OF ALL Ctit'MISTS Price
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    • 410 2 For Children’» Hacking Cough at Night,Great Peppermint Cure. REMEMBER TO-NIGHT. GRAND CHANGE OK PROGRAMME AT THE Matsuo s Japanese i>iikm<itopraph, PENANG ROAD. Proved to ho the lest Kinerna Show iu Town. Come early to avoid Disappointment. GRAND PROGRAMME. 1 Go Little Cabin Boy (Pathe Film) 2 Phlegmatic Gentleman (Pathe Film)
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    • 166 2 OCD*C d#c d^c: D#< THE BERNESE ALES MILK i-O.s Products were awarded the GRAND PRIX (The highest awaid obtainable) At the Universal and Colonial Exhibiticn Brussels IHl<> SLEDGE MILK is supplied to all the WERNMENT MEDICAL INStlTUTIONS IN THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES. Local Agents: SANDILANDS, BUTTERY CO. ocd#c Dec Dec
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    • 960 2 BANK HOLIDAY >l2 0< 1° LtN On first class mortgage, Clie^ The Exchange Banks interest > 7 p er cent or 8 p« cent. will be closed on Mon-f%p>y day, the 3rd June, 1912, which has been prc claimed a Public Holiday. TAN CO., 86, Beach Street. W ANTED. A
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  • 25 3 Vessels irom Agents Due Devanha Singapore A,G.&Co. 1st June. Buelow Singapore 4th Prinz Eitel Friedrich, Colombo BM.&Co. bth Assaye Colombo AGr&Co. loth 9f
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  • 22 3 Vessels For Agents Leaves 1 Devanha Colombo Bvelow Colombo Prinz Eitel Friedrich Singapore Assaye Singapore A. B. B M.&Co. A.G.&C0. June.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 350 3 led ‘'rivals and Depnrtnrttii. i*.ail Service Outward. June 13 Assaye connecting with Moldavi* Homeware*. June July hakes by mail steamers. Ist class 2nd class To I/ondon by Sea $565-72 $377-14 To Marseilles or Gibraltar $528-00 $358-29 extra steamers Intermediate Service. ifTITH excellent accommodation for a W limited number of passengers.
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    • 481 3 BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTO. HUTTENBACH, LIEBERT 81 Co.. Penar.g, Agents. s' KONINKLIJKE PAKETYAART MAATSCH APPIJ. .HOY» 1 DllTi'H PilKßi .OXPViV. Poe Intended to Sail. Steamer. Deli, Asahan, Panel' and Singapore (Weekly). Dell and Batu Bahr* (Fortnightly). Deli and Langsa (Fortnightly). Singapore (direct) Connecting with Batavia and other Javetc.
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    • 949 3 I P PI NG. MBDDEUTSC2ER LLOYD, BREMEN. N. Y. K. IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE riIHE fast and well-known mail steamers of this Company sail fortnightly from Bremen X. Hamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southampton, Gibraltar, Algiers, Genoa Naples (connection Marseilles, Alexandra and vice versa). Port Said, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Pen mg,
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  • 95 4 Published daily (except Sundays and public holidays) AT THB CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. No. 226 —232 Beach Street,. Penan*. Prick Daily Local «24 per annum. ft Outstation... Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Post Free) $l5 CABI.B ADDRESS ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo, 586 Printing Department 343 A'.B.-All business communications should
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  • 4098 4 The President of the Municipality is full i of regrets that the rights of the public on the Padang should have become the subject of a public controversy. He thought, according to his brief statement to the Commissioners on Thursday, as reported m yesterday’s Echo that the controversy could
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  • 138 4 By Local Composer. The wife of the Klumpur Postmaster, Mrs. Mabel Taveira, has sent us a copy of “The Revolution Barn Dance”, which she has composed and had printed in India. As a first composition it is distinctly meritorious, and not more derivative than the majority of such
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  • 268 4 [Examples and Exercises in Engliih, for Foreign Students, by Wilfrid C. Thorley. Macmillan Co. price 9d. In England, by S. G. Dunn. Macmillan Co. price 1/- net.] Messrs. Macmillan Co. have added two new books to their Splendid Educational Series. Both are intended for foreign students who
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  • 203 4 The condition of Canon Barton- Parke», who is lying seriously ill with pneumonia m the Taiping Hospital, is causing the gravest anxiety. Hu Tse-chun, a big merchant, returned from the south to Canton, is reported to have raised $20,000,000 to attend to mine» of the whole of
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 494 4 THE GII3.AT FASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE CO., LTD. Head Omen: SINOAFOKK I,lie Amhu ranee ami Ku*l«» wine ill in All Forma. LIBERAL POMI I I S. KATUN Finannul A/mt» J'T fen»»* MACBETH AND BARRETT. 13. O. BOYCE, District Manager. InralOfT'rrr —No. 7, Union StkkkT. NOTICE. TAMIL IMMIGRATION FUND ENACTMENT. 1911 IjWPT/IYKRfI
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    • 32 4 Gonosait (in capsules) is well tolerate' 1 the digestive apparatus no compl**ti° n 1 any sort occurs, and its action is U 1 favourable in Cystitis. Approved reading specialists of the day.
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  • TELEGRAMS.
    • 132 5 Echo Special.} Viforow* Speech*» by Penang Member». Singapore, June 1. At the meeting of the Legislative Council restenlay the Hon. A. R. Adams vigorously protested against the lack of interest in Peuaug’s welfare on the part of the (joverumont and the Unofficial members. That settlement might just as
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    • 44 5 Moy vs. Jansen Edgar. {Echo Special.) Klumpur, June 1. The civil appeal of F. C. Moy vs. A. E. Jansen and Dr. Edgar was postponed yesterday to allow substituted service on Jansen Plaintiff claims $15,825 commission on the sale of Bradwall estate to defendants.
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    • 38 5 l.cho Special.) Klumpur, June 1. Mr. George Pitt, Proprietor of the Horse RejHjsitory at Klumpur, died suddenly in Singapore on Thursday. He was one of the eight who participated in the prize of $5,000 a fortnight ago.
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    • 41 5 Echo Special. Singapore, May 31. Paul Jules de Boseck has been sentenced to two years’ rigorous imprisonment which will not take effect until the appeal in regard to the admissability of certain evi. deuce is heard.
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    • 26 5 (Echo Special.) Klumpur, May 31. Mr. Staples, who has resigned the editorship of Grenier’s Rubber News, will joiu the Times of Malaya to-morrow.
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    • 52 5 Echo Special.) Singapore, May 31. Messrs. Fraser and Co.’s report says that sterling rubber shares declined in value. The market is weak and there is little enquiry for them. Local rubber shares claimed fair attention. Tin is quiet, except Middletons for which there was good demand. Industrials
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    • 56 5 {Echo Special.) Singapore, May 31. Khoo Mah Lek, who was charged with ut>ing in aa enquiry before the Registrar at Singapore documents which he knew to be false, has been found guilty and sentenced to a tine of $250 and a month’s imprisonment. Bail was allowed in the
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    • 70 5 i 'w Klumpur, May 31. In flip Klumpur High Court before Mr Juitiee Sereombe Pmith 42 Tamils employed on Wardieburu Estate were charged with unlawful assembly aud culpable homicide not amounting to murder. One Chinaman has die«l since the assault. These coolies have in custody for many weeks
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    • 278 5 I* '.rho Special.) Gardner Sicw Kuan Chia. Klumpur, May 31. The appeal, John Gardner vt. Siew Kuan Chin was concluded in the Klumpur Supreme Court. Justices Woodward and Innes in giving judgment said that the appeal would be dismissed on the grounds that the contract between the two
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    • 89 5 Eho E < c il Singapore, May 31, The report of the Teluk Anson Rubber Estate shows a profit for the year of $22,191. The report recommends the payment of a 5% dividend, the writing off of $lO,OOO, and the payment of $2,000 as directors’ fees. 92
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    • 65 5 Reuter. London, M»y 31. Lord Kitchener, in his annual report, says that there is a constant stream of immigration from all the surrounding parts of Afriea entering the Sudan. He anticipates that the population will be doubled in the next five years. When the Sudan was conquered the
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    • 114 5 Reuter Heavy Freach LossLondon, May 31. It appears that the French lost heavily in the attack by the Berbers on Fez on the night of Mav 25. A telegram which the wireless station at Fez refused brought the news. The Tangier Courier says that the r rench lost 42
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    • 50 5 Reuter London. May 31. The Cotton Spinners James Coats left j£l 964 145 aud Archibald Coats .£1,365,132. go’ far there have been five millionaire estates in the new financial year Mrs. Margaret Jones, of Eastbourne, bequeathed the residue of her estate probably $15,000 to the China Inland Mission
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    • 285 5 {Reuter.) London, May 31. The papers quote Ben Tillett as saying yesterday evening that he does not now intend to call either a national or an international strike. The general belief is that tbe trouble is subsiding. The merchants of Smithfield are complaining of the glut of meat.
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    • 15 5 Reuter.) London, May 31. Field Marshal Sir George White is dangerously ill.
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    • 85 5 Opium. —The s.s. Nam Sang brought 65 chests of Benares opium. Rice and Paddy.— The -ame steamer is discharging 1,072 bags of ri«re and 885 bags of paddy. Inward Shipment. s.s. Hong Bee 627 chests tea s.s. 420 bags flour s.s. Tong Chav Un 14 copra s.s. 40 slabs
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    • 137 5 Echo Correspondence 30th May. Mr Toh Boon Bee of Messrs. Chong Lee Co. Wholesale Provisioned, Kesaw *n Medan, was on the 28th married to Miss Choo Sim K«e youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs Choo Hoe Tong of Biudjey E-tate, Langkat. The wedding was arranged in the reformed style,
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    • 125 5 A Moslem” is notified that we cannot print his letter, though much that he says has our full agreement We thank him for his compliments upon the Echo's honesty, and would gently reprove him for his strictures upon a local Tamil contemporary We agree with him that
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    • 59 5 Manchester Cup Result. {Reuter.) London, June 1. Following was the result of the race for the Manchester Cup (11 miles) which was run yesterday: Donnithorne (1) Bronzino (2) Mushroom (3) Nine ran. Won by length, same distance between second and third. S P.—s to 1 agst. Donnithorne, 11 to
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    • 182 5 (Reuter.) London, May 31. The betting on the Derby is 3 to 1 agst. Sweeper IT, 100 to 12 agst. White Star and Cylgad, 9 to 1 agst. Tagalic, 10 to 1 agst. Mordred 100 to 7 agst Jaeger and Pintaden, 100 to 6 agst Catmint, TO to
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    • 465 5 New Ship Launched. Although the Sungei Nyok Dockyard, belonging to the Eastern Shipping Co. Ltd., has been in existence but five years, a fifth vessel, the s. Trang was launched to-day from the slips ot the dock. There was a well-arranged and successful ceremony in connection with
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    • 60 5 The following h mures* n tin La* done to-day Penang Penang Tin Exchange, 121 tons at $9B 30 Fee Co., bo 98.85 Singapore Straits Trading Co., 110 98.75 I I Total tons. Tin is quoted in London to-day at £2OO cash and £195 three months’ sight.
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  • 99 5 Penang, let June, 1912. 4 m/a Bank draft* on London 2 4,% D/D 2/4* T/T 2/4* 3 m/a Credita 2/4f 60 d/s 2/4* 30 d/a m 2/4$ D/D Bank buving,, 2/4* New York 50| Paria 2941 Hamburg 2381 Java, Bank demand I4oi buying D/D 142 Calcutta T. T.
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  • 81 5 10-day. 16th Day of 4th Moon. St. Nicomede. Ember Day. P. C. C. Gymkhana, entries close. Cricket Tournament :P. R. C. vs. St. Xavier's, Victoria Green. Band, Golf Club, 6 p.m. Penang Football League, entries close. George Town Cinematograuh, Kuala Kangsar Road. Straits Cinematograph, Penang Road. f g Matsuo
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  • 9 5 Cnma Devanha) Ist June. China (Buelaw) 4th
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 35 5 Ankle. A sprained ankle may as a rule jn from three to lour day*» by hamberkin’s Pain r»a1m and the directions with each bottle, h) all bisponbarieti and Dealers be cured applying observing For sale
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    • 49 5 A Matter of Commonlnterest. 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 upon For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers
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    • 252 5 CL6ANS6 YOUR BLOOD with 6RIMAULT fc. Cr‘ SARSAPARILLA The original »ar* saparilla, recommended for the last 40 years for lymphatic disease», eruptions, boils, and all disorder» of the skin. fiRIMAULT ft 0“ l,r»eTiTitnne, PARIS GOOD VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY. A new shipment of the latest and most up-to-date designs of
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  • 843 6 In the Singapore Supreme Court, on Thursday, before the Chief Justice, Sir W. H. Hyndman Jones, the action was commenced in which Mr. M. A. Tebin, an exrnunicipal official in charge of the water rate department, but at preeent unemployed, claimed dam sync from Mr. E. A.
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  • SHIPPING.
    • 77 6 Malacca, Br. s.s., 405, Stach, 31st May, l Tongkah, 30th May, Gen.—A. G. A Co. Nam Sang, Br. s.s., 2,591, Lake, 31st May, Calcutta, 25th May, Gen. B. A Co. Heim, Nor. u, 758, Erikson, 31st May, 1 Bombay, 20th May, Gen. —H L. A Co.! Hong Bee, Br.
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    • 58 6 Ist June Calypso, for Deli. Petrel, for Asahan. Hok Canton for Teluk Anson and Dindings. Lunka, for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Jit Seng, for Yen. Kedah, for Alor tar (Kedah). Malacca, for Tongkah. Kut Sang, for Calcutta. Devanha, for Ceylon, Australasia, India, Aden, Mauritius, Egypt and via Brindisi, for
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    • 283 6 Fob Singapore, Hongkong, Swatow and Amoy—Per Hong Bee, 3rd instant, 11 a.m. Port Swettenham and Singapore —Per Klang, 4th instant, 4-15 p.m. On Wbbk Dais. Taiping, Ipoh&nd Batu G&jah, 7-15 a.u*. and 1.45 p.m. daily, Sundays excepted also at 5-30 p.m. on Saturdays. Kuala Kubu, Kuala Lumpur and
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  • 112 6 Gold beat 104.60 Black Peppe. «<, ttocL Wh.to Pepp«, 29; Pe PP“‘ 23.— ,e1i( rt S, 1 35.—nomiiud Pickings 110-*,/« Nutmegs 110 s. 2*.-buyer, No 8.20 Sugar j 2 8 .10 Basket 5.15 s My<?r# Copra (mixed) 10.70 buyer, l Tahb u 1 90.- M C(< Gotte 5°° nde
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  • 1982 6 SHARES z~° ITT T It C.P.U1. N 8harBa°* A F issued, i 5 f wc s j* z. t. y A I I I i I I I I j l‘K)7 1908 19» *9 il*****ll|1912 lil UsiK» v* -'t‘K*v j j o»s* 1MHIOO *****0 1 1 I j Eaniug Rubbet
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 36 6 Source of Sleeplmncss. The most eouimon cause of insomnia is disorder* of the stomach. Chatnljerlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets correct these, disorders and enable you to Bleep. 1* or sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers. I
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    • 26 6 The first violent inflammatory symptoms quickly disappear after treatment with Riedel’s floitoHMl Capsules. No better prepaparation now on the n -rket. Certified by the leading Specialists.
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    • 43 6 You hare heard of wireless telegraphy, Aeroplanes as well; And what invention’s coming to, No man on earth can tell. But when you get a cough or cold, Or other ill endure— Be sure you get a bottle of Woods’ Famous Peppermint Cure.
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    • 85 6 How to Keep Well. Constipation brings many ailments in its train and is the primary cause of much I sickness. Keep your bowels regular mad-1 am, and you will escape many of the ailments to which women are subject. Constipation is a very simple thing, bu like many simple things,
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    • 81 6 Muscular Rheumatism. When your shoulder is so lame that every movement of your arm pains you severely you mav 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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  • 795 7 (/Vwtw Our Own CorrespmdmU) London, May 10th. Poor Old Jor. Mr. Joseph Chamberlain was well enough last year to take the oath when this Parliament assembled for the first time. The leader of the Unionist Party, is never likely to be well enough to play his old
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  • 294 7 The Easter season caused one religious journal to consider the prevailing temper of the time as one which looks upon immortality as a"dispensable doctrine or at most an academic faith. Indifference to immortality is increasingly often described as characteristic of the present age, it observes. “What psychologists
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  • 245 7 Not to be Followed. Old habits are often better than new ones, but not always. For instance, the oldfashioned method of cleaning the teeth and mouth with tooth-powders and tooth-pastes is a complete mistake. Brushing the teeth with tooth-powders and tooth-pastes can never safeguard them from tooth-destroying
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 784 7 JUST RECEIVED A SHIPMENT OF AUSTRALIAN HORSEFEED COMPRISING Oats, Bran, Chaff, Oaten Hay, Linseed Barley. G. H. SLOT CO., PENANG. AH tin* latest Very smart •Ati appearance and are corN 6 M'V rect in every H detail The Insular Life Assurance Co., LIMITED. CAPITAL Ps. 500.000. Head Office: 25, Market
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    • 54 7 THIO IS IT Waterbury's Metabolized Cod Liver Oil Compound k iAIiTLLb'SS ODORLESS i -:m The latest scientific preparation of COD LIVER OIL. Dees all that is j claimed for it and supersedes the old fashioned emulsions which upset ’.he stomach. Hijhlyre commended by the medi cal profession. OF ALL CHEMISTS
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    • 184 7 For Chronic Chest Complaints, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. TO FIRMS. The Criterion Press Ltd.,” (including the Strait* Echo) is Not Responsible for any Debts contracted by its Employees. Persons giving credit to any Employee of the Criterion Press or Straits Echo are hereby WARNED that the Criterion Press Ltd. is
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 866 8 W. MANSON, American Dentist, Utc of Or. Allen i Co.. Pha, 0. S. A. Charges Moderate, Consultation Free. RESIDING AT Ao. 2Ia, m Penang Road. K few toil from the Eutera af Orient»! Hotel. Khoo Buan Phuan chop Oini Seng Moh, 203, Main Rond, Taiping, Tin' Mineis, Advancers and Genera
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