Straits Echo, 18 June 1912

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  • 35 1 Straits echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THU FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL. 10. $24 Per Annum. PENANG, TUESDAY, 18tli JUNE, 1D12.% Single Copy, 10 cents. No. 138
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 1001 1 j{ you require a Tonic and mum* w 3 thing to nourish you. Drink Dog’s Head Guinness's Stout, and look for this label to see that yon get it. LEE A Co., Sole Agent*. i »3 Andrew Usher 8 Co.’s SPECIAL RESERVE. O.V.G. Whisky. SANDILANDS, BUTTERY 8 Co.. AOENT8 POE
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    • 30 1 Order It is Nip BottlesDog's Dead Gum Stout. Tbe£ Tonic .that cheers end soothes i end doesn’t harm. Obssrre this label, it is onerery genome Nip. HANG Co., SoU AgtmU.
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  • 1059 2 Sir Rufus Isaac*' promotion to Cabinet rank lend» piquancy to the following character sketch by Signifex in the Saturday tUoiew The Attorney-General is a type of Jew extremely rare in our day because with all the intellectual and imaginative gifts of his race he has a weight
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  • 150 2 Under the heading Two Builders of our Eastern Empire, Clive, who gave ui In I a, and Stamford R-ifflas, who made Singapore,” tuu Graphic, of May IS, contains an illuBtrated article by Demetrius C. Boulger who at ter setting forth the career and work of the pioneer
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  • 316 2 Voyage to Occupy two Months. On June 15, if no unforeseen circumstan-1 ces arise, a large Chinese junk will sail from I the dock at Yangtzepoo, first for Japan and I then on to the United States. The object of I this trip is in order
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 60 2 THI 3 IS IT! WATERBURY’S METABOLIZED Cod Liver Oil Com pen n d TASTELESS ODORLESS f C»« I Nf] The latest scientific preparation of COD LIVER OIL. Does all that is claimed for it and supersedes the oid fashioned emulsions which upset the stomach. 11 lghlv recommended by the medical
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    • 210 2 A Matter of Great Importance. Is there anything in all this world that is of more importance to you than good digestion Food must be eaten to sustain life and must be digested and converted into blood. When the digestion fails the whole body suffers. Chamberlain’s Tablets are a rational
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    • 2192 2 m r/M m. il; hi lit: -4t't MUNICIPAL NOTICE. U An indescribably by those who accustom to rest, to take a mouth penetrates the cavities of membrane of the mouth, properties are felt at every and agreeable antidote to a delightful sensation is procured themselves, immediately before retiring douche of
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  • 25 3 Vessels h rom Agents Du* Delta Goeben Yorck Devanha Singapore A,G.&Co. Singapore B.M.&Co. Colombo BM.ACo Colombo AG.ACo. 1 15th June 18tb 20th 27th
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  • 20 3 Vessel'* For j Agents t Leaves Delia Colombo A.G.&Co. June. Goeben 'Colombo B.M.&Co. Yorck Singapore B.M.&Co. Devanha Singapore A.Gr.&Co.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 367 3 rsr 8.N.C Arrlwli «iid Depart* re* Mall Service On t ward. June-" Devanha connecting with Maloja July 11 Delta Mongolia 25 Egypt Medina iakbs by mail steamers. 1st class 2nd class l>o l,oielou by Sea $565-72 $377-14 To Marseilles or Gibraltar $528-00 $358-29 t XTRA 6TEAMER8 Intermediate Service. aitjTH excellent
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    • 418 3 P PI NO. BRITISH INDIA k STEAM NAVIGATION CO.. LTQ. Fob IhTBVDBD TO S*tL. I 8TBAMMB. Si ji&j <• KONINKLIJKE PAK5TYAART MAATSCHAPPJJ DUV h I'M Kfc'i <MT M NV Foa "1 Deli, Jteahan, Panel? and Singapore (Weekly). Dell and Batu Bahr.. (Fortnightly). Deli and Langsa. (Fortnightly). Singapore (direct) Connecting with
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    • 920 3 «OmCEEB! LLOYD, mm. HCPSBXAL QERMf.K 1CAXL LZKX 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 vena). Port Said, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Pbnaag, Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai, Tsingtau or Nagasaki, Kobe, and
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  • 100 4 Published daily (except Sundays and public holidays) AT THE CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. No. 226—232 Reach Street, Penang. Price. Dailv L'*** 1 $24 per annum. Out station... Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Post Free) $17.50 CABLE AUDIOS ECHO- PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo, 586 Printing Department 345 A IB. —AH
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  • 672 4 We recommend readers who are interested in the freedom of opinion the legal and social freedom that honest opinion is entitled to to borrow or otherwise obtain a little book, written by a lady, which has recently been sent to the local members of the R. P. A. If
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  • 154 4 A friend sent us on Monday the following verses from a poem by the New Zealand poet, Bracken. We like them Not understood! We gather false impressions, And hug them closer as the years go by, Till virtues often seem to us transgressions And thus men rise and
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  • 170 4 Tan Boon Cheng, of Chop Poll Seng”, who was fined $5OO by Magistrate Osborne for having in his possession dutiable liquor (20 jars of 5i gallons) and for supplying false particulars in regard to the same, appealed against this conviction. Mr. Justice W. W. Fisher before whom
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  • 73 4 M. V. Eraauag. At Bukit Mertajam this morning the death took place of Mr. M. V. Emaung, formerly Chief Clerk in the District Office there. Mr. Emaung had to retire on pension from Government Service nearly a year ago, owing to ill health. He settled down in Bukit Mertajam
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  • 196 4 Yesterday was the sixty-third anniversary of the Sultan of Perak’s birthday. It was observed in Perak as a public holiday. Mr. A. Yamada, representing the Japan Cotton Trading Company, has paid $17,500 for a seat on the New York Cotton Exchange. Mr. Arthur Peel, British Minister Plenipotentiary
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  • 502 4 Sunday, June 16th. The Penang correspondent of the “Times of Malaya in his last batch of notes states that business in Penang is in a very prosperous condition and it will, I know, interest folk in Penang to learn that trade in Ipoh is also booming,
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  • 67 4 The following business in tin has h«* n done to-day Penang Penang Tin Exchange, S99 2*i buyers no sellers j Straits Trading Co., 100 tong at 99.90 Singapore Straits Trading Co., 240 99.75 Total 340 tons. Tin is quoted in London to-day at <£207 10s. cash
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  • 281 4 The British Vice-Consul at Medan (Mr. A. L. Mathew son), reporting on theirade of the East Coast of Sumatra in 1911, says:—The cul.ivation of plantation rubber is already one of the most important industries in Sumatra, and bids fair to be a factor of very considerable importance
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  • TELEGRAMS.
    • 36 4 v v Singapore, June 17. Alfred Deedan, a gunner in the Artillery, committed suicide at Blakan Mati yesterday He cut his throat and then jumped over the verandah. He had recently suffered from fever.
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    • 28 4 hu JfrtCUtf, j Singapore, Ju ne Jg. Mr. J. W. Anderson, Asst. Curator of the Singapore Botanic Gardens, has published an index of plants in the Gardens.
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    • 19 4 Kr./to S)wia/. Singapore, June 18. 77 stowaways were discovered on board the Goeben on her arrival from Hoagkong
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    • 17 4 (J'Jcho Special.) Singapore, June 18. Dr. Werner has purchased Burbank in Paterson Road for $11,076.
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    • 145 4 (Reuter.) Partial Resumption. London, June 17. Ihe strikes at Plymouth and Swansea have decided to resume work but most of the vacancies at Plymouth have already been filled. J Failure Admitted. Gosling, the Labour leader, speaking at a demonstration at Trafalgar Square, admitted that the national strike was
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    • 149 4 (Reuter.) London, June 18. In the House of Commons Mr. J. A. Pease introduced the Franchise and Registration Bill which, he said, was meant to clear away injustices, absurdities and anomalies, including the plural vote. Government intended to follow this up with the Registration Bill. The only qualification
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    • 41 4 (Reuter.) A Hitch. London, June 17. The Times says that the Chinese loan conference, arranged to be held in Paris last Saturday, has been postponed to to-morrow. The Baily Telegraph correspondent at Paris states that a hitch has occurred.
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    • 32 4 (Reuter.) Malmo, June 17. Twenty people were killed in the railway collision at Malmo (near Stockholm), including the London vicar Clibborn. The Rey. Osborne, of Newcastle, was seriouslv hurt.
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    • 20 4 (Reuter.) London, June 17. The Italians have landed a fresh expedition at Busheifa, sixty miles east of Tripoli.
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    • 344 5 {Reuter.) Fight Against Tk«f»." London, June 17. According to a telegram from Chicago Mr. Theodore Roosevelt in a speech on his arrival there said that it was a naked fight against theft. The thieves will not win. The Contested Scats. The National Committee has concluded its investigations
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    • 250 5 Message from Tang Shao Yi. The Shanghai correspondent of the Daily Neirt ami Leader telegraphs that Tang Shao Yi, the Chinese Premier, on behalf of himself and the President of the Republic, sends the following message to the abovementioned journal:— The general policy of the Chinese
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    • 173 5 Hongkong an Excellent Market. A very profitable industry in Chosen on a new line has been suggested by the authorities of the Fishery Section of the Government-General. The industry is apparently not difficult to deal with, and will likely bring much profit to those undertaking it. It
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    • 21 5 Malay Swimming Club. {Echo Special.) Singapore, June 18. It has been decided to form a Malav Swimming Club at Singapore.
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    • 33 5 h.cho Special Singapore, June 18. The Cup tie between the S. C. C. and the 8- R. C. resulted in a victory for the B.C.C. by five goals to two.
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    • 45 5 {Reuter.) England's Team. London, June 17. The following have been invited to play for England against Australia in the test match at Lord’s on June 24 Fry, Spooner, Warner, F. R. Foster, Hobbs, Rhodes, Barnes, E. J. Smith (Warwick), Woolley, and Dean.
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    • 297 5 (Reuter.) London, June 17. Short Grass has been scratched for the Royal Hunt Cup. P. L. R. C. x CP >t3 T3 -a 8 -3 Q Ol d M Miss Joan Smith 26 32 58 Mrs. Hamilton 26 23 49 Miss Wemyss 19 30 49 Mrs. Webster
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    • 99 5 As a mark of Royal recognition, His Majesty has been graciously pleased to command that the Society of Knights Bachelor be henceforth Known as The Imperial Societv of Knights The Society of Knights Bachelor, which was founded in 1908, confines its membership to those upon
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 254 4 Visiting-the Gfdftd Hotel, IPOH" Homelike Hotel If for Transient or Residential Guests, affording every l;mim comfort and convenience, and appealing to those seel ing Iho Best Accommodations at Reasonable Rates. Tki.ioiu.MB CREET, Ipoh. P. Z. CRE’ J Sole Proj-, ielor. For~ Public Functions, Weddings, etc., etc. WH Y BU Y
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    • 37 4 Partial Paralysis Benefited. Persons troubled with partial paralysis are often very much benefited by massaging the affected parts thoroughly when applying Chamberlain’s Pain Balm. This liniment also relieves rheumatic pains. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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    • 54 4 You know I’m always in the swim, I’m full of life, and go, and vim; I ve fought a fight with death so grim— I came off best. Twas W oods Peppermint Cure, you know, Which saved my life and beat the foe I’ll praise it now where’er I go—
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    • 10 4 For Children’s Hacking Cough at Night* Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure.
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  • 198 5 The s. s. Malaya will leave for Deli on Thursday at 4 p.m. Coke.—The s. a. Torilla is discharging about 135 tons of coke. Opium. —By the s.s. Torilla from Calcutta this morning were landed 185 chests of Benares opium. The s.8. Ayuthia will sail for Asahan, Paneb, and
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  • 675 5 In the House of Commons on May 22 Mr. Ginnell asked the Foreign Secretary w hetl»er in view of the forthcoming prospectuses f developments in China on behalf of the international financiers calling themselves the six-Power group, he would define what authority those persons had from the British
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  • 316 5 A special preliminary committee for the extension of the London 8chool of Tropical Medicine is now being formed. Mr. Austin l Chamberlain has consented to be chairman, and Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, whose interest and effort when he was Secretary for the Colonies were largely responsible
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  • 32 5 It Y 4th Day of sth Moon. Ascot Stakes and Gold Vase. Rind, Golf Club, 6 p.n^ George Town Cinematograph. Kuala Kangsar Road. Cinematograph. P**nang Road. Matsuo’s Japanese Cinematograph, Penang Road.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 43 5 Good Cough Medicine for Children» When buying a cough medicine for cnil ren bear in mind that Chamberlain s Coug Umixly is most effectual for cold". croup ana whooping cough and that it contains lo harmful Jtug For sulj by all Dispensaries Dealers.
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    • 35 5 Riedel's Gcnoftan is nrrf unpleasant to take, and is not attended by those distressing byeffects which so often accompany the use of balsams aud Santal oils. It has secured unqualified praise from the leading Specialists.
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    • 348 5 WAISTTOaiD Good, smart brokers for Life Insurance. Apply personally to the undersigned on week days from 10 am. to 12 a.m. Only reliable men need apply. D J. H. REYNEKE, Resident Manager, The Shanghai Life Ins. Co., Ltd., Penang. 18-6-12 464 The Tongkah Harbour Tin Dredging Company, NO LIABILITY. NOTICE
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    • 587 5 THE GREAT EASTERN 1 Penang Choral Society. LIFE ASSURANCE CO., LTD. Hbau Owes:—SINGAPORE. Life Auonnee and Endowment in All Forms. LIBERAL POLICIES. LOW RATES Financial Agent$ for Penang. MACBETH AND BARRETT. E. C. BOYCE, District Manager. Local Office: No. 7, Union Stbnbt. NOTICE. Tenders will be received at the Harbour
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  • SHIPPING.
    • 103 6 Button*, Dut. s.s., 270, Smith,J7th June, p. Brandan, 16th June, Oil.—A. r. Co., Ltd Malacca, Br. s.s„ 405, Stacb 18th June, Tongkah, 17th June, Oen. —A. G. A Co. r «rwt Choon. Br. 2.775. June, Rangoon, 15th June, Uen.— pEJ 8 K Tori I la, Br. 3,189, Swanson, 18
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    • 55 6 18th June. Indragiri, for Deli and Langsa. KaXmoa, for Langsa. Pirak, for Deli. Chantaboon, for Langkat and Pangkalan Brandan. Deli, for Trang. Omapere, for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Padang. for Batu Bahra. Tor ilia, for Singapore, China and Japan. Hebe, for Teluk Anson. Pangkor, for Dindings and Sitiawan. Klang,
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    • 318 6 Fob Ceylon, Australasia, India, Aden, EgvJ t < and via Naples, for Europe etc. Pbr Gocben, to-morrow, 2 p.m. Singapore, Hongkong, Amoy and Swatow —Per Beang Choon, to-morrow, 7 k.10. Yen Per Jit SmgtfQfo instant, 4 p.m. Singapore, China and Japan Per Torek, 20th mstadt/ll a.to. Port Swettenham
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  • 119 6 Pmrxjro, 18th Junh. (By courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London, Demand Banl 4 s l s 4 months' sigh H 2»4 3 Cr* **B 3 Doc.iix V* x Calcutta, Demand Ban' K 174$ 3 days'sight L ''s4 Bombay, Demand Ban) 7 i-f Moulmein, Demand Ban) 1 3* 8 days'
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  • 227 6 Gold I« al 564.ii‘ Black l’ej ptr no sioc^ White Pcpptr 314 buyert Tr&ng Pepper 23. seller» Cloves 35. —nominal Mace ...120 seller» Pickings 110 —sales Nutmegs 110 s. 24- —gales y No. i 8.2 d sale Sugai < 2 8.10 sales (.Basket s.ls buyers Copra (mixed) 1050 buyers
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  • 199 6 Pknanu, .18th Junk. 1012. Bkkv c^Soup per cafcti 14 Roast 24 Steaks 24 Stew or Curry Meal... 16 Rump Steak 24 Ox Tail «ftoh 30 Tongue Fbdt 15 lieart *>o Liver per cai ty 55 Pokk— Pork pe eatt> 32 Pig’s Head... 2 0 Poo* 24 Tongue n
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  • 830 6 SHARES >, fl 0 5 U. Capital. s. P -e a Dividends Nam 1909 '909 1905 1909 1910 1904 1906 1909 1909 1909 1909 1903 1910 1909 1909 1905 1905 1996 1909 1909 1907 1905 1910 1909 1906 1910 1910 1909 1905 L 906 *.907 1907 15*68 1895 1907 1909
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 43 6 According to all accounts we have the assurance that (jonosan is one of the most valuable discoveries of modem pharmacology and is far ahead of all preparations of Copaiba, Cubebs, etc. It is the safest and most successful. At all Chemists and Doalers.
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    • 40 6 How the Trouble Starts. Constipation is the cause of many ailments and disorders that make life miserable. Take Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets, keep your bowels regular and you will avoid these diseases. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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    • 29 6 THE CURE 01 CONSUMPTION Active PHrCipt* of Cod Liver Oil with Creosote. •HIT •HI (Chapoteaut) RF’.IVBLE AGENT IN i EATMENT OF TJBE.7CULOSIS > OR PULMONARY PHTHISIS Sold by nil Chemists.
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  • 956 7 PROGRAMME. (UNDER 8. R. A. RULES OF RACING.) RACE DAYS. FIRST DAY Tuesday, 16th July, 1912. SECOND DAY Thursday, 18th July, 1912. THIRD DAY i Saturday, 20th July, 1912. FIRST DAY. Tuesday, 16th July, 1912. 1. The Mixed Handicap. Value $500. A Handicap for
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  • 276 7 The Rubber IxnrsTßT. We learn from Japanese papers that the rubber industry of the Japanese in Singapore has proved a success, the product amounting to 3,000 or 4,000 tons a jear, and realising 4 francs 50 centimes per lb. The greater portion of the product is
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  • 262 7 New Project or Shanghai Chinese. A project is maturing to establish a Citizens’ Bank, at the initiation of Messrs. Huang Yin-pah, Wu Chung-chi and two others, who have written to the Shanghai Chinese Chamber of Commerce, asking for their co-operation. The promotion notice, setting forth the object of
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  • 262 7 Eskimo Story of the Death of Andkek. Confirmation of the story that Andree and his t>vo companions, who attempted in 1897 to reach the North Pole by balloon, were killed by Eskimos has been brought to the United States by Mr. liristian Leden, a Norwegian explorer,
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  • 288 7 The Comj/anies do not guarantee the date of arrival of theee vessels, but will endeavour as far as possible to ensure punctuality. From Alor Star, (Kedah) Kedah, June 5,7, 9, 11. 13. 15, 17, 19, 21, 29, 25, 27 and 29. Asahan Van der Parra, May 23;
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 470 7 The Insular Life Assurance Co., LIMITED. CAPITAL Ps. 500.000. Head OJfice: 25, Market Street, Manilla P.I. LEON MOOSE R Es<*., Managing Director. Policies Unconditional and Incontestable. Special Features, Disability,” and Return Premium CL-uses.” M NO OTHER COMPANY OFFER THESE A D VANTAGES. “STRICT GOVERNMENT SUPERVISION.” For further information apply to:—
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    • 282 7 Entries Close Handicaps for before the or 5 p.m., on Monday, Ist July, 1912. the First Day will be published on 4th July, 1912. A penalty of 7 lbs. is incurred in a Handicap by the winner of any race run subsequent to the publication of the weights aud of
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    • 55 7 ♦-t- THIS IS IT! WATERBURY S METABOLIZED Cod Liver Oil Compnd t. TASTELESS ODORLEBB The latest scientific pre paration of COD LIVER OIL Does all that is claimed for it and supersedes the old fashioned emulsions which upset the stomach. Highly re commended by the medi cal profession. OF ALL
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    • 210 7 For Chronic Chest Complaints, Woods’ Croat Peppermint Cure, CL6ANS6 YOUR BLOOD with grimault cr* SARSAPARILLA igg-» The original sarsaparilla, recommended for the last 40 years for lymphatic diseases, eruptions, boils, and all disorders of the skin. 6RDCADLT 0' I, r«Ti vienne, PARIS WcLead U others follow. We are leading the
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 870 8 W. MANSON, American Dentist Late of Ir. Allea 8 Co.. Pht, 0. S. A. TECK A COMPANY. Shanghai Carpenters V Furniehere, 4, PBNANG BOAS. Charges Moderate. Consultation Free. JUSIDXHO AT So. 21 tie Penang Road. kStmirnx fr*a tk« Eulcn aid OricmUl HoteL High-class Household Furniture kept in stock and made
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