Straits Echo, 12 August 1912

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  • 36 1 Straits Echo 12-PAGE EDITION. DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS. CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL. 10. $24 Per Annum. PENANG, MONDAY*. 12tii AUGUST, 1912.%- Single Copy, 10 cents. No.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 1017 1 If you require a Tonio .and’ some' thing to nouriah jou, Drink] Dog’s Head guinness’s Stout, y \&M J' V M: wto ttee that you get it. TIANQ LEE A Co., BoU Agenta. and look for t his Andrew Usher 8 Co.’s SPECIAL RESERVE. O.V.G. Whisky. SANDILANDS. BUTTERY 8 Co.,
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    • 32 1 Order it in Nip BottlesDog's Head Guinness’s Stout. The Tonic that cheer* and soothes and doesn't harm. Observe this label, it is on every genuine Nip. TIANQ LEE A Co., Sole Agmts
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  • 5222 2 Alleged Bribery or Chandu Officials. Says the Time» of Malaya of last Thun*» day At the Assizes, in the Judicial Commissioner's Court, before Mr. Justice L. M. Woodward, Judicial Commissioner, yesterday, Lo Baa Hock, well-known in lpoh, was arraigned on the following i. dictmeDt: Lo Ban Hock
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    • 54 2 About Cods Some G:ol Advice. D >n't trifle wilh a old is good advice for prudent men and women. It iray be vital in case of a obiM. There is nothing better than Chamberlain's Cough Remedv for coughs and colds in children It is safe and sure. For sale by
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    • 53 2 For Children’s Hacking Cough at Night, Woods’ Great I'eppermint Cure. NOW READY. Shak-yer Cheki lx ROMANIZED MALAY with card illustrations BY ABOO PINCH. CONTENTS: Her-say hat Serta Nasayhat. Ber-sobat Taluk Judi. Hantu (luforraer) Mintak Warrant Hari Bechara Ko-ba Maki Cbee nva. Pawang Pukat Pukol Bini. Price $l. Postage Extra. THE
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    • 422 2 KESHRANJAN OIL fTKe O 'P£3lltjJ r *5 u e I ~<A r^HFSm Kavira N. N. SEN’S KESHRANJAN AGED MILD PURE BEST FIRST AND Foremost HAIR OIL for Bath and Toilet. Imitation may be the sincerest flattery but be sure you see on the label KESHRANJAN with the facsimile of the
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  • 3134 3 Sin-titnk chc char said the ricsha «nan at the psychological moment. It w&a Sunday evening near the Esplanade cannon, and the usual fed-upness pertaining tot be British Sunday had set in. “What to do?", as the krani says, and just then Pak Hor invited me very politely to
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    • 82 3 Hov i Great Reputation Was Won. JU ar not experimenting on yourself *0 you take Chamberlain’s Cough Rem- for a cold as that preparation lias won re l ,u f a f‘ on and extensive sale by its a^e cures of colds, and can always f r T. a ie<i
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    • 38 3 Core for Biliowneu Biliousness is due to a disordered condition of the stomach. Chamberlain Tables •ere essentially a stomach inedicme, intended illv to act on that orean to t it. tone and invigorate 1 o Dispensaries and Dealers.
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    • 1021 3 Raflies-by-the-Sea. PENANG. The Leading European Hotel. The quality and wholes*oneness of food is of the first consideration in this climate. THE VERDICT of those who took advantage of our offer during Race-Week has proved (aem. con.) the superiority of the catering at the above Hotel, thus only reiterating the opinion
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  • 3298 4 THE INTERESTS OF PROPERTY < OWNERS. GOVERNMENT STRENUOUSLY OPPOSED. Vigorous opposition to further amendments by the Government of the bill to provide for the carrying out of public works and reclamations of the foreshore and seabed of the harbours of the Colony marked the prolonged proceedings of a
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  • 129 4 Substitution of Laos for Chinese Labour. The Siamese Railways Department, which is making fine progress with the Northern Railway, has had trouble with the Chinese coolie labour in the North, and has now adopted a scheme whereby Laos labour is employed. The labour contracts are hired out
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  • 115 4 Lloyd’s register shows that never was the English shipbuilding industry employed at such high pressure. At the close of June a gross tonnage of over 1,770,000 tons was under construction. That was 80,000 tons more than in the March quarter, and nearly 300,000 tons more than in the
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 54 4 THIS IS IT! T* WATERBURY’S METABOLIZED Cod Liver Oil Compound Sr&ti TASTELESS ODORLESS The latest scientific pre paration of COD LIVER OIL Does all that is claimed for it and supersedes the old fashioned emulsions *hich upset ihe stomach. Highly re commended by th midi cal profession. o/- ALL Price
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    • 26 4 The first violent inflammatory symptoms quickly disappear after treatment with Riedel’s tionosan Capsules. No better.prepa* paration now on the n j-ket. Certified by the leading Specialists.
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    • 62 4 Coed for Weak Digestion. Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets do not sicken or gripe, and mav be taken with perfect safety bv the most delicate woman or the youngest child. The old and feeble will also find them a most suitable remedy for aiding and strengthening their weakened digestion and
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    • 974 4 MUNICIPAL NOTICE. A quantitj (f MANURE is available iailj at tbe Municipal Abattoirs. Applications for the same may be addressed to tbe Municipal Veterinary Surgeon. (Bj Order), L. A. Coutibb BIGGS, Secretary to the Municipal Commissioners. Municipal Office, George Town, Penang, Bth August, 1912. 598 MUNICIPAL NOTICE. Applications are invited
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  • 26 5 Veuelt Irom Agent» Due P- Alice P Ludwig India Arcadia bingapore Colombo Colombo Singapore B.M.&Jo. BM.&Co. AG.ACo. A.G.ACo. 13th Aug. 15th 2 2nd 23rd
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  • 21 5 Veueli For Agentt Leavet P' Alict P Ludwig India Arcadia Colombo Singapore Singapore Colombo B.M&Co.. B.M ACo. A.G.ACo. A.G.ACo. Aug.
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    • 250 5 /,*P9Cted Arrivals and Departures Mail Service Outward. \u£. 22 India connecting with Mooltan Sept. 5 Dsvauha Macedonia lit China Morea Homeward SPECIAL THROUGH STEAMER. R M.S. India April 4th. FARES nY MAIL STEAMERS. 1st class 2nd class T> London by Sea $565-72 $377-14 To Marseilles or G ibraltar $528-00 $358-29
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    • 1495 5 (S H I P P I N G.) BRITISH INDIA v STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD* Fo* Singapore. (Three times a week). I or! Swettcnhani and Singapore. (Twice a week). Mergui, Tavoy, Yeh and Moulmein. (Fortnightly). Singapore, China and Japan. Rangoon A Calcutta. (Weekly.) Negapatam, Madras, Fonlickerry," Cuddalore aad Ka ikal.
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  • 95 6 Published daily (except Sundays and public holidays) AT THE CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. No. 226—232 Beach Street, Penang. Price. Daily Local ?24 per annum OutBtation... Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Post Free) $17.50 CABLE ADDRESS ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo, 586 Printing Department 343 S.B. —All busine*» ortna»®n;c*tion3 should he
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  • 17 6 To Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Kennedy, of Gula Estate, a son on the 10th inst.
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  • 1274 6 The cheap sales have been on in Penang lately, and my Mem, knowing my interest in the unseen, brought me home a Planchette a heart-shaped slab of polished wood containing a vice for a pencil and three “castor” wheels. When the communicating spirit prompts the living hand that
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  • 112 6 esterday was the 126th anniversary of the settlement of Penang. On 11th August, 1786, Captaiu Francis Light took formal possession of tho island. There were 58 men, women and children near the foot of the hills at Dato Krarnat on the founding of tho settlement. Many others, chiefly “Chulias”
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  • 263 6 To the Editor op tiie Struts Echo Penang, August 12. Sir, —I shall feel pleased, thankful and obliged, if you shall kindly allow me a space in your widespread Journal of to-day’s date for the following:— The Saint Xavier’s Institution here came into Existence about the Ist July,
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  • 513 6 Celebrations at the Chareh of the Assumption. This spacious and handsome Church wore a festive appearance yesterday, when the thanksgiving services, in connection with the St. Xavier’s Diamond Jubilee, came to a close. The interior of the building was tastefully decorated, the choir was very strong
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  • 422 6 3 In the House of Commons on July 17th, f Mr. MacCallum Scott asked the Secretary j of State for the Colonies whether a draft Ordinance for the suppression of betting r houses has been submitted to the Govern- ment of the Straits Settlements by the Singapore
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  • TELEGRAMS.
    • 245 6 (Echo Special.} Singapore, August 10. Mr. F. H. Bowen, Assistant at Bukit Asahan, Malacca Pautatious, has been stabbed to death by a Javanese coolie. The Straits Times of last Saturday sajB Scanty detai s are available from Malacca concerning the end of a young assistant, named
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    • 101 6 (Reuter.) London, August 10. M. Poincaire has arrived at Gronstadt. He was given an official reception. Elaborate Courtesy. London, August 10. German torpedo boats awaited M. Poincare on his entry into the Baltic. Subsequently four battleships appeared at intervals iu the course of the afternoon and
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    • 267 6 (Reuter London, August 10. A lamp, which overturned during tie earthquake aliock experienced iu the vicinity of Constantinople, caused a conflagration at Chorlu on the Adrianople Railway. 300 houses were destroyed. Fresh Shock. Constantinople, August 11. The earthquake was severest on the South shores of the Sea
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    • 98 6 Reuter Ar.glo-Russian Intervent on. London, August 10. Reuter learns that Great Britain and Russia, through their representatives st Constantinople and Cettinje, used their good offices with Turkey and Montenegro to avert a conflict. Porte’s Promise. London, August 11. The Porte, replying to the vigorous remonstrances of Bulgaria, has
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    • 179 7 (Reuter.) Washington, August 10. The Senate, by 47 votes to 15, adopted the Panama Canal Bill with the exception of the (Voters clause, also with the amendments enabling foreign vessels to obtain American registry and thus secure the freedom of the Canal, and excluding ships owned by
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    • 33 7 Reuter.) London, August 10. The death has taken place at the age of (M of the Rt Hon. Sir Joseph Dimsdale who wan Conservative member for the City of London from 1000-1900.
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    • 117 7 Reuter. London, Au ust 10. President Taft lnu designated Mr. P. C. Knox, the U.S. Secretary of State, to be the special ambassador at the funeral of the i Emperor of Japan. Washington, August 11. Mr. P. C. Knox will be accompanied by high military and
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    • 111 7 (Reuter.) London, August 10. The Master of Elibank has telegraphed to the Midlothian Liberals referring to the pasiliilitv of the miners selecting their agent, Provost P>rown of Dalkeith, as their candidate for Parliament. He recommends tbc Liberals to support him and to withdraw their own candidate. Rejected. London,
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    • 37 7 (Renter Simla, August 10. The monsoon constitutes a record regarditb timeliness and distribution. A Pl ’utinuance of the exceptional conditions is expected. A large Government surplus for Oie current year is practically assured.
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    • 46 7 (Reuter.) Washington, August 10. The House of Representatives has passed 4 bul heavily penalising interference with messages at sea, giving Government e txiu*.rol of inter-state wireless commirnius. and authorising the President to be ~e Commander of the wireless stations in »ar time.
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    • 33 7 {Reuter.) I London, August 11. tj K >t*lieve.l that President Leconte of d«.' l ,J Perished in liis Palace which waa °J e d by explosions, was the victim of a
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    • 550 7 English Cricket. (Renter.) London, August 10. Northampton l>eat Sussex by 40 runs. Yorkshire beat Esjex by 10 wickets. The following matches were abandoned owing to rain Warwickshire vs. Gloucestershire, Somerset vs. Worcestershire. The Australians played Durham and Sunderland. The match was drawn. The match between Surrey and Middlesex was
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    • 51 7 Gopeng Tin Mining, Ltd. 460 New Gopeng, Ltd. E5O Kinta Tin Mines, Ltd. 315 Peugkalen, Ltd. 4* 0 Rambutan. Ltd. 200 Kledang Tin Mining Co., Ltd 120 Redhills Tin Mining Co Ltd... L 9 Tekka, Ltd Tekka (Taiping) Ltd 189 Kramat Pulai, Ltd *>23 UluPiah, Ltd. 3
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    • 85 7 According to the Statesman of July 27. Mr. J. H. *Burkill, Economic Botanist to the Botanical Survey of India, lia* boon appointed bv the Secretary of Srate for the C domes to succeed Mr. Ridley as Superintendent of the Government. Botanic Gardens, Singapore. Mr. Burkill
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    • 55 7 The output of the Tongkah Harbour Tin Dredging Company for the week ended August 10 was twenty-two t-nv Db Scn Yat Sex has elected a director of the China Mutual Life Insurant Co., Ltd. t Mr J W. Gillman, has taken over the management of the Lee Kee
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    • 162 6 FRED LANDER, TURF ACCOUNTANT, HAS OPENED HIS BOOK ON the: taiping races. FIRST DAY, AUGUST I3TH. Trebles 1,000 to 30 on Races 1, 3 7. Trebles 500 to 15 on Races 1, 4 7. Double Events Straight Out on AH Events, All communications Must Be addressed to HEAD OFFICE: 23,
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    • 44 6 According to all accounts we have the assurance that Uonosan 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 Dealer 8.
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  • 2272 7 ON TO-DAY. The hearing of the Straits Echo's appeal I was begun at eleven o’clock this morning by I Mr. Justice Fisher. The conviction appealed j against was by A. V. Brown, D J., who found that on two occasions the Echo bad published words or phrases obscene.
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  • 34 7 Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to-day at SI01.(io, buyers no sellers at Singapore (refined) at. $lO2, buye s no sellers Kang,x»D rice is quoted to-day at 5237 per coy an.
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  • 32 7 The following articles will be fouud on our outside pages Page 2.—A Sensational Case. 3.—A Sketch. f. 4.—Public Works. A Siamese Railway. English Shipbuilding. 10.—Cbiuese Opium Trade. Big Raid on Coiners.
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  • 221 7 lbs. I Nord&nal (Johore) 35,884 Anglo-Johore 5,935 I Rim (Malacca) 6,500 Scletar 3,103 Malakoff 13.000 j Kernpis, Limited 3,600 Ayer Tawali Rubber Plantations 3.225 Bruas- Perak Rubber Estates 851 t Bor nam-Perak Rubber Plantations. 4,108 Cicely Rubber Estates 23,281 Chemor-United Rubber Estates 2,872 Dominion Rubber Estates 9,108
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  • 83 7 To-DAT 33th Day of 6th Moon. St. Andrew's Society, 430 p.m. Ex»u 1. Esplanade, 6 p.m. tt Xaviet’i» Jubilee Celebration 9, 7.30 p.m. Georjp Town Cinematograph, Kuala Kangsir Road. Straits Cinematograph, Penang Road. Matsuo’s Japanese Cinematograph, Penang Road. To-morsow. Ist Day of 7th Moon. Volunteer Maxim and Bearer Sections
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 51 7 Some pc >p!e boast of lieap3 of wealth, 1 (a! 1 it idle chatter Ai d others boast of robust health, Ah that’s a different matter. On»* precioiu hint I give to all. If health you would secure; \Yneu cough and cold hang like a pal'. Take Woods* Great Peppermint
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    • 537 7 STEWARTS TOURISTS GUIDE TO THE FAR EAST. A Complete Handbook with Notes on Burmah and the Malar State» and detailed information and description of the totage FROM SOUTHAMPTON TO TOKYO. $1 pzr copy 2 6 each. Pritchard A Co, “Straits Echo”, Criterion Pres*. Piuang Gazette Office and all Hotels. THE
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  • SHIPPING.
    • 141 8 Cornelia Br. s.s., 194, Cue, 10 Aug., Malacca, 9th Aug., Gen. —E. S. Co., Ltd. Kalmoa, Dut s.s., 170, Rif, 10th Aug., L. Semawe, |9th Aug., Gen.—H. L. A Co. Malacca Br. s.s., 405, Stach, 1 1th Aug., Tongkab, 10th Aug., Gen. —A. G. A Co. Seang Bee, Br.
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    • 62 8 12th August. Cornelia, for Port Swettenham, Port Dickson and Malacca. Torilla. for Calcutta. Ceylon Maru, for Rangoon and Calcutta. Avagyee, for Dindings, Sitiawan and Teluk Anson. Japan, for Singapore, China and Japan. Kut Bang, for Calcutta. Lian Choo, for Pulau Langkawi, Perlis and Setul. Seang Bee, for Singapore. Olenogle,
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    • 313 8 Fob Yen—Per Jit Beng, to-morrow, 7 a.m. Alor Star (Kedah) Per R. Halewyn, to-morrow, 7 a.m. Deli and Langsa-^-Per Indragiri, tomorrow, 11 a.m. Tongkah Per Malacca to-morrow, 1 p.m. Singapore—Per Bvoaerdecroon, tomorrow, 3 p.m. Teluk Anson—Per Hebe, to-morrow, 4 p.m. Port Swettenham and Singapore—Per Klang, to-morrow, 4-15 p.m.
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  • 123 8 Pbnaho, 12th AuouBt. {By courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London, Demand Bank 2/4 s 4 months* sight Bank 2/4 5 Y n 3 Credit 2/4 3 Documentary.. 2/4] Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. 1744 3 days* sight Private 1754 Bombay, Demand Bank 174$ Moulmein, Demand Bank 1734 8 days* sight
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  • 227 8 Gold Leaf 164.60 Black Pepper no stock White Pepper 35.50 sales Trang Pepper 23 75 sales Cloves 35. —nominal 120 —sellers Pickings 110 —sales Nutmegs 110 s 26. buyers f No. 1 8.20 sales Sugar j 2 8.10 sales C Basset 5.15 buyers Copra (mixed) 10. _buyers Tahbun 190.—
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  • 181 8 Penang, 12th August, 1912. Beef— cts. Soup per 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 catty 55 Pork— Pork per catty 32 Pig 8 Head... 2q Feet N 21
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  • 1811 8 ■M Capital. Number of Shares issued. 1909 '909 1905 1909 1910 1904 1906 1909 1909 1909 1909 1903 1910 1909 1909 1905 1905 1906 1909 1909 1907 1905 1910 1909 1900 1910 1910 1909 1905 1906 .907 1907 1908 1895 1907 1909 1906 l!K)9 i9lO 1912 1910 1903 '906
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 8 8 For Chronic Chest Complaints, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure.
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    • 50 8 THIS IS IT! WATERBURY’S METABOLIZED Cod Liver Oil Compound TASTELESS ODORLESS 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 MwinifiviiwrmnnTWfTfiiTtijS Price *1.25 and *2.00
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    • 2040 9 The Insular Life Assurance Co., LIMITED. CAPITAL 500,000. Head Office: 25, Market Street,*Manilla|P. I.’ LEON MOOSER Esq., Managing Director. olicies Unconditional and Incontestable. Sp-cia! Disability,” and Return Premium Clr.uses.” "NO OTHER COMPANY OFFER THESE ADVANTAGES." “STRICT GOVERNMENT SUPERVISION.” For further information applv to:— TIANG LEE fi* Co., General A gent»
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  • 1069 10 Growth or the Local Traffic. Below we publish extracts from letters addreised to the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs by Messrs. E. D. Sassoon and Co, in reference to the Chinese opium trade. In a letter of June 28 Messrs. Sassoon refer to their request
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  • 588 10 One of the biggest coining raids of recent years was made by the authorities in French Town hist night, eays the Shanghai Mercury of July *4, the result of their labours being a bag of fifty-niue native workmen and two foreigners, both F>enchmeu. The Chief of
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    • 236 10 The Best Piaster. A piece of Hannel dampened with Chamberlain’s Pain Balm and bound on over the affected parts is superior to a plaster and costs only one tenth as much. For sale by all Dispensaries]and Dealers. EUROPEAN CAPITAL. Furnished for attractive enterprises in all substantial lines of business. Railroads,
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    • 908 10 A Working Housewife /a m VZtfKf/ s If T 9 fdr rr*»Nervous Depression, Neuralgia, Sleeplessness A cheerful, bright way of looking at things, a brisk activity which easily enables her to do almost as much as two ordinary persons, are some of the immediate benefits Mrs. Parker derived from Phosferine.
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  • 1508 11 MINCING LANE BROKER’S VIEWS I w OF GRADING. l' K M s. Pi.akteu’s Metrical Comment. Ij We take the following from The Times of (yjou of July 24 June crcular from Messrs. Win. Jas m«l Hr- Thompson, of London, lma been in;* round the fort, and has
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  • 377 11 Half a dozen farming folk in Kiangsu were interested in common to the extent of $llO old in a land transaction. They could not agree as to the division of the money so one proposed that as they had never seen the wonders of Shanghai it would
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    • 90 11 Wr.rm Pays bring wilh their pleasures some discomforts. Then it is really refreshing to remove every trace of dust and perspiration by using CALVERT’S Carbolic T oilet Soap and any day it is a good soap to choose for ordinary toilet use. Pure and cleansing, pleasantly peifurr.ed and antiseptic—for 10
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    • 761 11 SKIN DISEASES Overcome by the Wonderful Blood Purifying Properties of Dr. MORSE’S INDIAN ROOT PILLS. A person suffering from eruptions of the skin has much to endure. It is not merely the discomfiture and* irritation and painful sensation, but life is made miserable by depression of spirits. The liver is
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 909 12 W. MANSON, American Dentist Late o( Or. AUca 8 Co., Pka, 0. A. Charges Moderate, Consultation Free. RESIDING AT A to. 21 a, Penang Road. k for doou fro* the Euton uf Oriental Hotel. Khoo Buan Phuan *,CHOP Of m Moh, 203, Main Road, Taiping, Tin Miners, Advaneers and General
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