Straits Echo, 15 June 1912

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    Masthead
    35 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE: OF EVENTS. CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAIT!». THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY VOL. 10. $24 Per Annum. PEWANti, SATUKDAI, lf»tli JUNE, 1012.« Single Copy, 10 cents. No. 106
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      1047 1 If joM require a Tonic and some* thing to nourish you, Drink Dog's Head Guinness's Stout, and look for this label to see that you get it. TTA-NQ LEE A oo. t Sole Agent t. r\ lr w 1 Andrew Usher 8 Co.’s SPECIAL RESERVE. O.V.G. Whisky. SANDILANDS, BUTTERY 8
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      35 1 Order it in Nip Bottles Dog's Dead Guinness's {Stout. i I ijjThe Tonic that cheers and soothes and doesn’t harm. Obserre this label, it is on every Pennine Nip. TIANQ LEE A Co., 86U Ag<mU.
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    Tronoh Mines, Limited.
    896 2 The 10th annual general meeting of the above company was held at the Cannon-street Hotel, London, on 23rd May, Mr. Charles Vivian Thomas (chairman of the company) presiding. The Chairman, in moving that the report and accounts be adopted, and that £46,£89 I is. 9d. be carried
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    Hair Troubles.
    431 2 When young and careless we are apt to pay little or no attention to our hair, to let it grow if it will, and even feel annoyed at being obliged to take the trouble of combing it. It is onlv when as years advance we notice that our
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      51 2 THIS IS IT! Waterbary’s Metabolized Cod Liver Gil Compound TASTELESS ODORLESS The latest scientific pre paration ot COD LIVER OIL. l)ot*s all that is claimed for it and supersedes the old fashioned emulsions which upset the stomach. 11 ighly recommended by the medical profession. OF ALL CtfEMISTS Price »1.25 and
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      239 2 A grand selection of excellent films will be screened to-night AT The Straits Cinematograph Coy. PENANG ROAD. Change of Programme Twice a Week. ON WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY. PROGRAMME. 1 The death of Charles the Bola (New art film) 2 Setting back the hand time (New) 3 The Soul of the
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      1479 2 lOO GIVENl Select your Goods Buy Direct. British made. READ •CLOW AWAY. from this Book. First Cost. Your Ymrt 1 Imputation. ISIS Ideal Home Decoration* Catalog op. and illustration», the nearest of the new. borer» or tiouw CURTAINS, all |PestCard will bring It. 144 page* ol most interesting matter »*t
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    VESSELS EXPECTED.
    26 3 Vessels trorn Agents Due i Delta Ooeben Yorck Devanha Singapore A,G.&Co. Singapore B.M.&Co. Colombo BM.& CoColombo AG.&Co. I i loth June ,18th 20th 27th
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    SAILINGS.
    19 3 Vessels i For Agents Leaves Delta Goeben Yorck Devanha Colombo Colombo Singapore Singapore A. B. B.M.&Jo. A.G.&C0. June.
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      333 3 Arrivals and Dopurtim-^. Mall Service Outward. Juno 27 I tevanha connecting with Maloja July 11 l>elta Mongolia 25 Egypt Medina Homeward. Mt*J. Stoamer. June 15 Delta 29 A rcadia July I3:Assaye bAkES HY WAIL STEAMERS. 1st class 2nd class To liondou by Sea $565-72 $377-14 XV Marseilles or Gibraltar $528-00
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      268 3 (S HI P PI N G.) For BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTO. KVl» Intended to Sail. Steamer. Singapore (Three times a week). Port Swettenham and Singapore. (Twice a week). Mergui, Tavoy, Yeh and Moulmein (Fortnightly). Singapore, China and Japan. Rangoon Calcutta. Negapatam, Madras, Pondicherry, Cuddalore and Karikal. (Weekly). HUTTENBACH,
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      980 3 MMMTSCM LLOTD, BREMEN. IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINZ rpiHE 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 verm), Port Said, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penang, Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai, Tsingtau or Nagasaki, Kobe, Yokohama.
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    THE STRAITS ECHO.
    103 4 Published daily (except Sundays and public holidays) AT THE CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. No. 226—232 Beach Street, Penang. Price. Daily Local *34 per annum 1 Outstation... Postage Extra. I Mail Edition (Po*»t Free) $17.50 CABLE ADDRESS ECHO—PENANG.” 1. Telephone Nos. (Echo, 586 I. Printing Department 343 I S.P.—
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    EDITORIAL
    848 4 The ambition of every reasonable mau should Lake the shape of desiring not to have a motor ear. If the advantages of not having a motor car were more widely realized, we believe the number of people anxious to enjoy those advantages would be greater than it is. Of
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    Bukit Mertajam Defalcations.
    481 4 Two More Clerks i* Trooble. C. de Bruin, a clerk in the District Office at Bukit Mertajam, was charged before Mr E E Colman yesterday at the Bukit Mertajam Polioe Couit with cnmiual breach I of trust in two counts. The money said to have been misappropriated
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    M. A. P.
    280 4 Mr. A. K. E. Hampshire and Mr. G. D. Russell are representing the Selangor Chamber of Commerce at the Congress of Chambers of Commerce of the Empire, which opened in the Guildhall, London, on Tuesday. Mrs. Herbert Oxenham of “Le Nid”, and Miss O’Reilly leave this evening
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    MUNICIPAL COMMISSION.
    432 4 The postponed meeting of the Mvnicipal Commissioner», which was held yesterday, was very brief. At the commencement only the President and Mr. Yeoh Guan Seok were present. Mr. P. Duxbury walked in at the tail end. But the tail was not very remote from the head. There was
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    Echo Durians.
    432 4 Another Competition. Part of the charm of life in Asia, writes Frank Morton in “The Bulletin”, consists in the fact that you can get anything to eat you want, whether you feel that you want it or not. The one thing that is the supreme recompense for all
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    ANGLO-CHINESE SCHOOL.
    632 4 Yesterday we published a list of the prite winners at the private distribution held at the Anglo-Chineee School. We give to-day a summary of the Principal’s speech. The Rev. G. F. Pykett said: You will find that this Prize Distribution is quite different to any we have had
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    Penang Library.
    54 4 The following books have been received at the Library Pilgrims to the Isles of Penance, 1911. Mrs Talbot Clifton. The Oedipus Tyrannus of Sophocles, Greet and English Text. Anne of the Barricades, by S. R. Crockett George Wendern Gave a Party, Id A 7 John Inglis. Sharrow, 1912,
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    Tin and Rice Quotations.
    118 4 Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to-day at $98.50, buyers no sellers; at Singapore (refined) at $99, buyers no sellers, W in London at J 6204 cash and thr< 3 months’ sight. Rangoon rice is quoted to-day at per coyan. Shandrydans for Aloe motor bus is fast
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      195 4 Palmer Motorcycle Tyres. Nearly all Motor-cyclists have now loar nt that'.jthc is the ri B ht thing |COM g rABWC lmitjrmrAma MASSEY-HARRIS MOTOR WORKS^ <»f the wheel.) (A special tip to rider, of machioe. with 26x 2 wh«j. ,e Hpecial sizeto fit 26 x 2: they run easier and wear
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      42 4 Good Cough Medicine for Children. When buying a cough medicine for children bear in mind that Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy is most effectual for colds, croup and whooping cough and that it contains no harmful drug. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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      64 4 Tbe old man swore at the young man’s cheek, He courted his girl three nights a week When he came to ask papa’s consent, There was a kick and outside he went, But in an hour or two he returned, With lore and ardour hi 9 two cheeks burned; He
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      79 4 A Matter of Great Importance. Is there anything in all this of more importance to you than good tion Food must be eaten to sustain and must be digested and convert blood. When the digestion fads the wn body suffers. Chamberlain’s Table s. rational and reliable cure for mdig*** They
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  • TELEGRAMS.
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      H. E.’S TOUR.
      50 5 Echo Sftecial. Singapore, June 14 H. E. the Governor had a very enjoyable tour. A reception wan held at Trengganu »u<l a dinner was given by the Sultan. Sir Arthur Young expressed pleasure at the great development of Trengganu. He comlucnted on the activity of the Malays.
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      The Katong Affair.
      34 5 hi cciaf. Singapore, June 14. Sultan Singh, the Sikh watchman who wan charged at the Singapore Court with eutering the bedroom of Misti O’Connor at Grove Estate, Singapore, has been discharged.
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      The Wright Shipwright.
      31 5 (Echo Special.) Singapore, June 15. Mr. W. Wright, Superintendent Shipwright of Tanjong Pagar Dock, was presented with a Silver tea service on |his retirement after twenty-five years’ service.
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      Legislative Council.
      61 5 i.cho Sfteciat.) Singapore, June 15. At the mooting of the Legislative Council on July 5 the Hon. A. T. Bryant will move the approval of a vote of $14,550 as the Colony’s share in the Pulau Jerejak Quarantine Station. The Liquors Ordinance will be read the first time
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      Straits Men Honoured.
      34 5 (Echo Special.) Singapore, June 5. A Government Gazette Extraordinary notifies the Birthday Honours conferred on Mr. R. J. Wilkinson, Colonial Secretary, and the Dato Mahbob, Secretary to the Government of Johore.
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      Mischief by Fire.
      47 5 (Echo Sjteciu/.') Singapore, June 15. Towkay Lee Toon Jin was charged at the Singapore Court with committing mischief by lire at the house of Teoh Chin Teong at Kallang Road on May 15. The evidence was n*t considered sufficient and the accused was discharged.
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      Singapore Strike.
      16 5 (Echo Special Singapore, June 14. The pine apple Canners have struck for higher wages.
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      Penang Pilot Board.
      24 5 (Echo Njtecta/:} Singapore, June 15. Captain Richard Owen has been appointed a member of the Penang Pilot Board vice Captain Daniel.
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      Record Chinese Immigration.
      40 5 (Echo Special Singapore, June 15. The Report of the for Chinese Affairs for the year 1911 states that the immigrants numbered 269,854. This is a record. The arrivals in Penang show an increase ef 37 per cent.
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      Katsura’s Tour.
      59 5 (Reuter.) Anglo-Jap-nete Alliance. Tokio, June 14. Marquis Taro Katsura, ex-premier of Ja|»an, on the eve of his starting on. e Eumj«ean tour, denied in an interview Reuter that the Anglo- Japanese alliance had weakened. It was more important to-day than ever and was the pirot of Japan’s foreign
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      TREATMENT OF CANCER.
      62 5 (fi outer.) 8. M. J. Sued. London, June 14. Doctor Robert Bell, the cancer specialist who advises medical treatment and not the knife in cancer, has obtained .£2,000 for libel from Dr. Bashford and the British Medical Association on account of an article in the British Medical
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      Taft vs. Roosevelt.
      15 5 (Reuter.) London, June 14. Mr. Roosevelt has left New York for Chicago.
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      Long-Winded Deputies.
      40 5 (Reuter.) Vienna, June 14. Despite the urgent appeals of the Government to pass the Army Bill the Opposition deputies in the Reichsrath are obstructing it to the utmost One deputy spoke for hours, another spoke for 13 hours.
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      Ulster and Home Rule
      219 5 (Reuter.) A Wrecking Amendment. London, June 14. The House of Commons resumed the consideration of the amendment of Mr. Agar Robartes retaining the four Ulster counties in the United Kingdom. Sir E. Carson said that even if the amendment was carried Ulster would persist in her
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      Birthday Honours.
      132 5 (Reuter More Names. London, June 14. o. c. b. —General Barker of the Seaforth Highlanders and General Tucker of the Staffordshire Regiment. c. b. —Mr. Edmund Gosse 1.1. d., Librarian to the House of Lords since 1904. Mr. R. A. S. Redmayne H. M. Chief Inspector of Mines.
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      The Strike Collapsing.
      108 5 (Reuter.) London, June 15. With signs of the defeat of the strike manv instances of terrorism took place in the East End. The strikers are maltreating the workers. Reign of Terror. The Whitechapel Vicar, the Rev. Lionel Lewis, writes that a thousand workers are biding in the
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      SEELY’S SUCCESSOR.
      29 5 (Reuter) London, June 15. Mr. H. J. Tann&nt, Financial Secretary, replaces Col. J. E. B. Seely as Undersecretary for War. He is succeeded by Mr. Harold Baker.
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      SPORT.
      73 5 Hunt Cup Betting. (Reuter.) London, June 14. The betting on the Royal Hunt Cup (7 furlongs 166 yards) which will be run at Ascot on the 19th instant, is as follows 9 to 1 agst. Eton Boy 0 to 1 Dorando t 100 to 9 Whiskbroom and Beaurepaire 100
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      English Cricket.
      269 5 (Reuter.) London, June 15. Leicester l>eat Warwickshire at Nuneaton by 3 runs. P. C. C. Bowls. Following were the results of the ties played yesterday: Single Handicap. Chalmers beat Jarvis 21—19 Owen lieat Drummond 21 10 Houston beat Lindley 22 —16. In the mixed doubles, Mr. and MrsJ
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      SHIPPING.
      111 5 Cement. —The s.s. Dilwara brought 1,000 casks of Emerald brand cement for the Green Island Cement Co., Ltd. Salt. The s.s. Tong Hong arrived from Tuticorin this morning with 32,500 bags of salt. Kkrosine. The s.s. Besitang is discharging 323.7 tons of Sumatra Oil in bulk at Bagan Luar
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    FIXTURES.
    68 5 Today. Ist Day of sth Moon. P. C. C. Sports. Esplanade. Band, Golf Club, 6 p.m. Selangor Turf Club, entries close, 8 p.m. P. C. C. Bowls Tournament. Golf Club Tennis Tournament. George Town Cinematograph, Kuala Kangsar Road. Straits Cinematograph, Penang Road. Matsuo’s Japanese Cinematograph, Penang Road. To-morro» 2nd
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      7 5 ForlChronic Chest Couiplaiuta, Woods’ Groat Fepponuiut Cure.
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      30 5 The most rapid and satisfactory result* are obtained by treatment with tiCdpsa" (Kawa Santal). Booklet and «ample to medical men tree ou application to aujr of the chief Penang Chemist*.
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      44 5 It has been satisfactorily demonstrated that thousands of persons have to thank 00DO8UI1 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
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      629 5 MUNICIPAL NOTICE. Tenders are invited for the lease of the Theatre Hail known as No. 27, Kulim Lane. A lease for the six months commencing Ist July, 1912, is offered and tenders should be endorsed Lease Kulim Lane Theatre and sent to the undersigned before 3 p.m. on the -4th
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      391 5 A Barrel of P«t Hvaorni Specialities H |THIB BATUBDAY 100 TO 1 CHANCE. Attraction* Numerous at The George Town Kinematograph, Kuala Kaagsa Road Theatre Hall. An Attractive Show to Local Residents says P.G. Ninety per cent, of the Pictures are Really Good says ECHO. A Remarkably Vivid Portrayal of American
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  • SHIPPING.
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      ARRIVALS.
      128 6 DiluHira, Br. s.s., 3,460, Bishop, 14th June. Singapore, 12th June, Gen. A. A. A. A Co. Beeitang, Dut. s.s., 270, Smith, 14th June, P. Bran dan, 13th June, Kerosme A. P. Co., Ltd. Petrel, Br. s.s., 124, Hunter, 14th June, Asahan, 13th June, Gen —E. S. Co., Ltd. v
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      DEPARTURES.
      68 6 15th June. Erinjtura for Rangoon and Calcutta Petrel, for Asahan. Pegu, for Tongkah, Kopah, Renong, victoria Point, Mergui and Taroy. Trentham Hall, for Singapore. Lunka, for Port Bwettenbam and Singapore. Mambang, for Setul. Malaya, for Deli. Jit Beng, tow Yen. Holt Canton, tor Teluk Anson and Dinding*. EUora, for
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      MAILS CLOSE
      223 6 Fon Singapore, China and Japan —Per Silesia, 17th instant, 1 p.m. Langsa, T. Semawe, Segli, Olehleh and Pulo Weh—Per Atjeh, 17th instant, 1 p.m. Rangoon and Calcutta —Per Kirin Afaru, 17th instant, 2 p.m. Singapore, Hongkong, Swatow and Amoy —Per Olenfalloch, 1 7th instant, 4 p.m. Singapore China
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    EXCHANGE.
    124 6 Pnrairo, 15th June. (By courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London, Demand Bank 2/4 3 8 4 months* sight Bank 2/44 3 Credit 2/4| 3 Documentary.. 2/4 Calcutta, Demand Bank R*. 1744 3 days’ sight Private 1754 Bombay, Demand Bank 174$ Soul mein, Demand Bank 1734 3 days’ sight Privau
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    PRODUCE
    215 6 Goid Lieaf 5H4.6 Black Popper > White Pepper ..314 buyers Trarg 23 —sellers Clove.® 35 —nominal Mice 12* —sillers Pickings 1 >o— s lies Nutn ogs 110 s. 24. s iles No. I 8 2v> Siile cJugai 2 8.10 sal (Basko' 5.1 buyers C* pra (mixed) 10 50 buyers
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    MARKET PRICES.
    179 6 Pknaao, 15th June, 1912. Beef cts. Soup por catty 14 Roast 24 Steaks 24 Stew or Curry Meat... 16 Rump Steak 24 Ox Tail each 30 Tongue... 55 Feet 15 Heart 50 Liver per catty 55 POKg Fork po tall 32 5C* Hn,d *o 24 Tongue 32 Mutton
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    SHARES.
    1884 6 1 1,1 11 j 1 •m g I s I C.piUI. 811«« > DitWm*. N e i cS I «»«>• 1 2 i fe Ph L I I I I 4 ill 1907 1908 1909 H*****lljl912 HI HLJ K lMlLI U. ikMi a innnnn 1*10 000 1 l P
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    A St. Xavier’s Product?
    964 7 Penang 14th June. To tia Rpiim of iMJt Mum tk.nu. Sir, —In my 8chool-days qualifying for Standards IV to VII was unknown but with all respect (if at all due) to the opinion of Another old boy (presumably a very junior one at that) I must
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    His Experience May Be Yours
    375 7 IF YOUR TROUBLE IS RHEUMATISM. I Am More Than Grateful To Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills For Mr Recovbrt.” It frequently happens, as in the case of Mr. A. T. Delices recorded below, that sufferers from Malaria fall victim to Rheumatism as well. Both maladies are
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      885 8 W. MANSON, American [Dentist, Lite of Or. Allen 8 Co., Pha, 0. S. A. Charges Moderate, Consultation Free. RESIDING AT TVo. 21a,JPenang Road. K few loots from the Eastern til Oriental Hotel. TECK COMPANY, [Shanghai Carpenters Furnishers. 4, PENANG ROAD. High-class Household Furniture kept in stock and made to order.
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