Straits Echo, 21 June 1913

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  • 36 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS. CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS THE FEDERATED MALAY STAT i AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY VOL. 11. $24 Per Annum. PENANG, SATURDAY, 21st JUNE, 19*$. Single Copy, 10 cents. No. 140
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    • 1042 1 '■■■«l ifeii* If you roquir Tonio and nomothinp to noariiih you, drink DOC S HEAD GUINNESS’S STOUT and look for thia la»*d zm 7 i that you ge4 it TIANG LEE fi’ Co., Sola Agents. Andrew Usher 8 Co.’s SPECIAL RESERVE. O.V.G. Whisky. SANDILANDS. BUTTERY 8 Co., AGENTS FOR 4*T
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    • 18 1 TIGER BRAND CEMENT. 4L 6v Y 1258 *7 <*/ r. »3 «9 bAJS» IN v$ BEST FOR ALL PURPOSES.
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    • 363 2 IMATUR ILK L r LION BRAND.! (STERILIZED) J The Ideal Milk for use m the tropic*, being absolutely pure whilst retaining its natural qualities and flavour. “Chop” Singah. w. Gold Medals. LONDON 1893 MARSEILLES 1893 PRETORIA 1898 SCHWERIN 1889. Natura Milk 11 Lion| M Brand can be obtained at every
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  • 1371 3  -  By JOSEPHIKE PAINE. Uuder the branches of an uoisasa-tree, the nucleus garrison of Sabi Post had fixed their home-made mess table and forms, disregarding, with supreme indifference, the frequent visitations of ants, woolly caterpillars, spiders, and other small incidents of the veldt, which it harboured in i»s branches
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  • 273 3 Spe iking of bad writing at the annual dinner iff the Readers’ Pensions Committee, at the Holborn Restaurant on Saturday, Sir Heary Lucy said Colonel Fred Burnaby’s writiug suggested the use of a sprig from a birch rod dipped in a black-ink pot, and scrawled on
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  • 680 3 Tko Committee which has been considering the best means of reforming trial by jurj is not inclined, in its Report, to handlo that venerable institution with excessive I violence. And, indeed, if it were given a fair chance to play its part in tho administration of justice,
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  • 290 3 We are glad to note that some fresh steps are now being taken with regard to the question of Tibet. There is to be a conference at Darjeeling between representatives of China, Tibet, and GreatBritain. The course which British policy should follow at the coming conference
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    • 50 3 Bowel Complaint in Children. I hiring the summer mouths mothers <bould watch for any unnatural looseness of the child’s bowels. When given prompt attention at this time serioits trouble may l>e avoided. Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy cai always be depended upon. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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    • 100 3 Operations Averted. I>o you know that a very large per cent of supposed cases of appendicitis are only an inflammation of the bowels brought on by constipation Chamberlain’s Tablets cure constipation even after it becomes chronic. 1 Give them a trial. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers. PENANG SIN
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    • 325 3 SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. '♦'l* We have just received along with numerous other goods GLACIAL ACETIC ACID, 5 tons; BISULPHIDE of SODIUM, 2 tons; QUININE and its Salts. 2 cwts.; Pure Fine CASTOR OIL. 1,000 lbs. As we buy our goods in bulk on advantageous terms we can afford to offer them
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  • SHIPPING.
    • 133 4 Bendoran, Br. 1.1, 2,587. Calley, June 20, London, May 17, Oen. —8. B A Co. Sumatra Br. s.s 2,957. LeMare, June 20, Yokohama, May 27, Oen.—A. O. A Co. Taroba, Br. an. 3,657, Addenbrooke. June 21, Singapore, June 20, Oen. H. L. A Co Malacca, Br. s.s., 405, Starh,
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    • 83 4 Juki 21. Taroba, for Madras taking mails for Europe, etc via Bombay. Speelman, for Langsa, Edi, T. Semawe, Segli, Olehleh and Sabang. Hok Canton, for Teluk Anson, Dindings and Sitiawan. Alma, for Tongkah. Maetsuijck*r, for Langsa, T. Semawe, Segli, Olehleh, Sabang, Padang Ac. Batavia. Lama, lor Port Swettenham and
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    • 283 4 tom Yen —Per Jit Seng, 23rd instant, 7 am. Singapore, China and Japan—Per Arratoon A pear, 23rd instant, 2 p.m. Singapore, China and Japan—Per Fooshing, 23rd instant, 2 p.m. Calcutta —Per Suisang, 23rd instant, 4 pm. Tongkah—Per Malacca, 24th itstint, 1 p.m. Port Swettenham and Singapore Per Klang,
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  • 122 4 Pbhahg, Jchb 21. (By courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London, Demand Bank 2,4^ 4 months* sight Bank 2/4| 3 Credit 24$ 3 Documentary.. 2,4 A Calcutta, Demand Bank Re. 174} 3 days* sight Private 175jj Bombay, Demand Bank 174} Moulmein, Demand Bank 1731 8 days* sight Private 175$ Madras,
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  • 231 4 Gold Leaf 964.60 Black Pepper no stock White Pepper 32.50 sellers Trang Pepper 20.50 nominal Cloves ...39 out of season Mace •w« 120 nominal h Pickings 93 buyers Nutmegs 110 s. 21.60 buyers C No. 1 M 6 50 sale* Sugar < w 2 630 sales (.Basket 5.15 buyers
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  • 187 4 r K ANQ, Jong 21 Beek— cts. Soup pe catti 14 Roast 24 Steaks 24 Stew or Curry 16 Rump Steak 24 Ox Tail each 30 Tongue... 55 Feet ff 15 Heart 30 Liver per cattv 55 POKK— Pork po cattv 38 Pig's Head... 24 Feet 28 Tongue
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  • 2000 4 I I g I a o a •3.2 Number of *3 d. I .2 3 "3 Capital. Shares t 3 Dividends. Name. C 2 A I issued. p 3 6» a j® a, qq <y 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 RUBBER DOLLAR SHARES. |».c p.c p.C. 1909 450.000! 130,000
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    • 10 4 For Chronic Chest Complaint*. Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure, 1«. 6d.
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    • 121 4 THIS 13 IT! Waterbury’s Metabolized CodLiverOil Compound TASTELESS ODORLESS 1 j The latest scientific preparation of COD LIVER j OIL. Decs all that is j claimed for it and super- j sedes the old fashioned j emulsions which upset the stomach. Highly re j commended by the medi j cal
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  • 972 5 Corflictino Siamf.sk Opinion*. In the article which we reproduce*] from the Straits Echo yesterday that p*p**r attaches the grratost importance to the influence of the commercial community iu the Siamese capital on determining railway policy. In so doing the Penang paper it) largely labouring under a delusion.
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  • 510 5 To the Editor or the Free Press” I*ear Sir, —It is well known that there has been considerable unrest in the Sloping World at large for the past two years strikes and agitations for better conditions of life have been rife, and now considerable
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  • 445 5 The common informer flourishes very greatly in the Malay iu consequence of many laws which have been placed on our Statute-book of late, such laws as tho Chandu Monopoly, the Liquor Ordinance, the Anti-gambling Enactment aud others, and shortly to l>e added
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    • 218 5 ihis jure Painless Healer is an Unfailing Remedy for Pimples Eczema Cuts Bruises Burns A Scalds Abrasions Sprains Bad Legs Chronic Sores Painful Swollen Knees Insect Bites Boils Poisoned Wounds Abscesses Ulcers Ringworm Swellings Irritable Skin Sore Faces Stiff Neck Rheumatism Backache Scurf in the Hair Dandruff Sore Ears Chest
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    • 303 5 Messrs. W. D. H. O. WILLS' Embassy” Cigarettes. A New Brand of Virginia Cigarettes. Packed in Air-tight tins of 50 and 25. OBTAINABLE AT MESSRS. PRITCHARD CO And All the Leading Stores in Penang. Price per tin of 25: 28 cents. 50: 55 M If If oonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnoo 0 n n
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  • 91 6 Published daily (txcepfc Sunday* and pvfclio i holiday*) j a* run ORITEKION PRESS, Ltd. N». 59. Beach Street. Penang. Pmicn Daily Local 9*4 per annum. m OatoUtion... Poatagc Extra. I |fcfl Edition (Poet Free) 917.50 OIILI iDDU** ECHO—PENANG." Telephone No*. Echo 586 Printing Departnent 343 I MB
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  • 575 6 A few weeks ago all the world and his wife were congratulating themselves on the termination of the war in the Balkans Sir Edward Grey was being overwhelmed with felicitations from every quarter of the globe for his skilful conduct of tho Ambassadorial Conferences in London;
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  • 923 6 (From Our Otcn Correspondent.) Taiping. June 21. An interesting link with the past was severed on Tuesday morning when the aged jumma Khan, Jemindar of the Malay States Guides, died in T-iping and was accorded the honour of burial in the grounds of the private mosque of his
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  • 1028 6 This, as the conclusion of a review of a much-talked-of book, is not bad The end is in strict accordance with convention, but the book itself is by no means so.” From the report of a case in the King’s Bench Division Counsel: Are you a militant Suffragette
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  • 938 6 First place in the June number of the Agricultural Bulletin is given to an article on the manufacture of rubber goods by Mr. B. J. Eaton, the Agricultural Chemist, whose notes on the subject should prove valuable to those planter* who are desirous of gaining some knowledge of
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    • 160 6 Pritchard Co VV -jgßmrI r l.ltu T HE rover cycle. Thc Popular Rover nett cash 55-OC The Colonial Rover Tli e Rover Roadster The Royal Rover The Imperial Rover 58*50 76-50 103-50 135-00 m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m Price
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  • 156 7 HALF-YEARLY REPORT. (From Our Ou>n Correspondent) Singapore, June 21. The report for the In f year ended March 3' of the Straits Trading Co., Ltd., shows that the net profits during the six months uuder review were $471,247-92 which, with the balance carried forward, give a total
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  • 33 7 To-day’s Scratching». (From Our Ou'n Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, June 21. The scratching» for to-day’s races are: Tkt Again Stakes— Lady Flower. Ski.anuoii Purse —Sunrise, Maori Girl, Flapper. The Scurry— Doom bah.
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  • 596 7 In tbe M. F. A. Cup Hajji Kassim jesterday repeated their victory ovor Sungei Ara by 3 goals to 1. Bahr’ul A lam meet Hutton Lane this afternoon, the result in last year's Cup having been one to nil in favour of the latter. On
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  • 553 7 BULGARIAN REPLY TO SERVIA. Reuter Sofia, June 20. I he text of the Bulgarian reply to Servia I k** 0 published It protests very I vigorously against a revision of the Treatv of Alliance and fraternally appeals to Servia to refer the division of the disputed z
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  • 78 7 Assailant A Cambridge Grade tr. (Reuter.) London, June 20. Hewitt, who interfered with Tracery in the race for the Ascot Gold Cup, is a middleaged Cambridge graduate, tha son of a wealthy landowner. Iu rambling diary which was found in his possession the latest entry, which
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  • 44 7 (Reuter.) New York, June 20. The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has ordered the release of ex-Cbam-berlain Hyde who is accused of the manipulation of City funds on the ground that the facts proven did not constitute a crime.
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  • 80 7 (Reuter.) Washington, June 20. Tbe Senate Committee has struck out the clause in the Tariff Bill, giving the Customs Agent authority to examine the books of tbe foreign manufacturers, which led to numerous European protests. Washington, June 21. The Senate Cemmittee has inserted in the Tariff
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  • 20 7 (Reuter.) London, June 20. Her Majesty the Queen of Spais has given birth to a son.
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  • 413 7 PRESS COMMENTS. THE PtOS AND THE CONS. (Reuter.) vj r London, June 20. r The comments on the Marconi debate are I very varied. r Ibe Daily Mail deplores that the House of Commons did not rise above partisanship after the remarkable appeals of Mr. H. H.
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  • 91 7 A Spanish Victory. (Re titer, j Tangier, June 20. Despatches from Tetuan, dated June 15, state that there was desperate fighting between tbe Kabydes and the Spanish garrison and that the latter was driven back half a mile from the town aud suffered heavily, but rallied
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  • 39 7 A Clean Sweep. (Reuter Constantinople, June 20. The Governn ent is determined to make a clean sweep of all the Opposition and is deportiug officers and officials wholesale, after trying the principal conspirators by court martial.
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  • 27 7 Renter.) Melbourne, June 20. The Australian elections which have ended resulted in a Government minority of one. Mr. Andrew Fisher, the Commonwealth Premier, has resigned.
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  • 151 7 (Reuter.) Loudon, June 21. Major-General Francis Kelly has been gazetted to the com maud of the troops in South China. Swami Sharvananda left at noon to-day for India by tbe s.s. Taroba. The Malay Company of the Volunteer Corps will hold a practice field day tomorrow. The
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  • 805 7 STATE OF THE MARKETS. Effect or U.S. Floods and Labour Troubles. a London, May 30. Developments in rubber circles have been rather mixed, although the outlook as regards the outlet for the commodity has appreciably improved Quotations have been subject to a somewhat reaetionary movement from
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  • 169 7 Yesterday. T"-day. Rim or Buyer. Seller. Buyer. Seller. Fsll. Rubber. a. d. d. d. ad An»».. M»Uy 9 9 10 74 9 44 10 44 —44 d Bukit Mertajam. Cbenwjnese Coo* Malay. 8 74 9 74 8 44 9 44 -Id Highland. ..49 52 3 47 6 TO 9
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    • 412 7 Outside Th« following articles will be found on our outside pages Page 3.—Tbe Liar. Col. Burnaby’s Illegible Novel Trial by Jury. Britain and Tibet. s.—The Rail war Question. Merchant Service Conditions in tbe Straits. The Common Informer in tbe F. M. S. •i B.—Men's Fashions. Tro n o h Mines.
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  • 934 8 Load >b v May 30. Probably the most fashionable lounge coat of the present season is ono with two buttons in front and two on each cuff. The oue button lounge-coal, modelled on the style of the one-button morning-coat, is rather a bad second The style dues not
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  • 441 8 The directors and shareholders of the Tronoh Mines, Ltd., aie to be congratulated on another very successful year. Te earn a 1 profit of 157,798 on a capital of 160,000 is no small achievement, even with tin at its present high price. The meeting of the company, held
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  • 241 8 I maintain,” said Prince Arthur of Connaught iu the course of his thoughtful remarks on the responsibilities of journalism at the Newspaper Press Fund’s Jubilee dinner, that the Press forms the opinions of the nation at large.” We think,” says the Tall Mall Gazette, “we
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  • 297 8 New Law Demanded. Berlin, May 29. Professor Ostwald, winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry, demands the legal recognition of Euthanasia,” in that Germany should pass a law permitting the putting to death of persons who have no desire to live. In the Monietisehe Jahrhundert, of
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  • 388 8 Strahob Customs or the Siamese Doctors. Dr. Charles S. Braddock, who has just [returned from a lengthened sojourn in Siam, has some quaint stories to relate of the medical customs in that country, which he has been relating at lectures to medical I students A medical
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  • 119 8 Viscount Halifax, speaking at th meeting of the Mid-Sussex Branch of the English Chuich Union, at Brighton, referring to the report of the Divorce Commission, said that, putting Christian principle aside fo the moment, they must say quite distinctly and definitely that alteration of the law
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  • 148 8 The fiual for the Single Handicip between Dr. J.S. Rose and LI. Starr, which was played off yesterday and ended in favour of the doctor by 21—20, brought the bowls tournament to a conclusion Mrs. Dunn gave away the prize? to the successful competitors whose name.»
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  • 158 8 Owing to the absence at Kuala Lumpur of some of the horses the work this morning was not of an interesting nature. Most of the horses did slow work while a few indulged in li* If-pace exorcise. Bill, the rejected griffin galloped well this morning. It looks as
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    • 384 8 A Startling Feature. An Astounding Number. AT TUB Penang Motion Picture Show. Location —Penang Road. To-nigh ’i Programme, 2ht Saturday. A.B. Always at the Top of the Bill. A WORLD OF CHAIM AND ENTERTAINMENT. A Rattling Good Programme never Exhibited Before. Our Latest Feature. Our Latest Featuic. PROGRAMME. 1 2
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    • 640 8 TO-NIGHT!! TO-NIGHT! Last Night. ting Street Theatre. AT THE Bv kind permission of Major II. 15. de HAMEL, ftuperin/endent of Police Mr DkVkllieb# will add to his Marvellous Prrtmiune the Sensational illusions. Shooting one of his girl assistants out of a Cannon 100 feet through the air. Also t:ic illusion
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    • 49 8 When Labour and Capital, over the grave Of discord, mutch- stand, In the glorious dawn of a coming morn. And federate hand in hand The world will be a happier world, And the toiler’* lot as sure A* victory over a cold, when fought By oods Great J'epperuiiiit Cure.
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    • 12 8 Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure, For Coughs and Colds, never fails, Is. 6d
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    • 52 8 THIS IS IT! WATERBURY’S METABOLIZED Cod Liver Oil Compound TABTELEBB ODORLESB The latest scientific pre parationof COD LIVER OIL Does all that is claimed for it and supersedes the old-fashioned emulsions which upset ibe stomach. Highly re commended by th. medi cal profession. C«4 Price 21-25 nnd 2-00 ♦*♦♦4•++*+♦+♦♦+♦+♦♦++♦♦ II
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    • 487 8 Economy in the End. It costs but a small amount to keep Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhma 11 ‘luedy a 1 wavs in your medicine chest, and t is economy in the end. It always cures and cuies quickly. For sale by all Dispena: i s and Dealers. NOTICE. ORDERS
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  • 29 9 Vestel* trom Agent* Dne China Colombo A.G.ACo. Arcadia Singapore A.G.ACo. Schamkortt Singapore B M A Co Torek Colombo BM.ACo. 1 1 26tbJune 28th «< 2nd July 1 3rd
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  • 19 9 Vettfli For Agent* Leave* China Singapore A.G.AC0. June. Arcadia Colombo A.G.ACo. Scharnhortt Colombo B.MACo Julj. Yorck Singapore B.M.AOo.
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    • 313 9 sV Lxpected Arrivals and Departures. Mail 8#rvlca. Outward. I one 26 China connecting with Maloja fuly 10 Assays Mongolia 24 Delta t Macedonia \ug. 7 Arcadia Malwa Hnmcwa'd FAKES BY MAIL STEAMERS. 1st class 2nd class fo London by Sea $565-72 $377-14 To Marseilles or Gibraltar $528-00 $358-29 EXTRA 8TEAMER8.
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    • 1304 9 Fok r SHIPPING. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD. Singapore (Three times a week). Port Swettenham and Singapore. (Twice a week). Victoria PoTntTMenrui, Tavoy, Yeh “and Moulmain. (Fortnightly). Singapore and Australia. (Fortnightly.) Rangoon A Calcutta. (Weekly.) Negapatam, Madras, Pondicherry, Cuddalore and Karikal (Weekly). Jaffna and Negapatam. (Fortnightly.) Terms and Rates
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  • 1591 10 The French Chamber is at present dis-J< cussing a Ministerial Bill dealing with State!, control of gambling, whDh is spreading 1] throughout the country. There are at I present 147 watering places with authorized 1 1 gaming tables which pty a portion of their I receipts
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  • 431 10 Ho» A Malaria Sufferer In Obtlos Stent Most Of His Time L ntil Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills Cured Him. When duty or other cause takes you to parts where Malaria is prevalent obviously the first thing to do is to observe the
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  • 799 10 How Prominent People have Gained Wealth an i Fame. Simple Method that ot he r ewre the secret thowfht» and desires of miles sway. To Uplift and Benefit Mankind,” says the Rev. James Stanley Wentz. u/nwnFRFUL BOOK DESCRIBING THIS STRANCE FORCE AND A
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    • 341 10 o BE SURE-the Teeth are so important that it would be a pity to neglect them-espe. ially when you can clean them *o well and so easily with 1$ olh lewder Your local dealer «locks and Mills, it. Maker. F. C. CaJrert Co Manchester. England. IF YOU WANT TO HIRE
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    • 89 10 Chanberlaio'i Pain Bilm. A touch of rheumatism, or a twinge of neuralgia, whatever the trouble is, Chamberlain’s Pain Balm drives awaj the pain at once and cures the complaint quickly. First application gives relief. When a bottle of it is kept in the house the pain of bums and scalds
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    • 419 10 BEWARE of IMITATIONS M L~rv.t-i» r. RIGAUD’S GENUINE Japan kananga Toilet Water PARIS FRANCE SOLD BY ALL. PERFUMERS |pp-~ LIFE WITHOUT HEALTH 18 LIVING DEATH. VETARZOSb^S This remarkable compound, the latest discovery of modern times, is without equal in all cases of defective nerve and brain power, whether induced by
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    • 410 11 HOW THE WEST SERVES THE EAST WHAT IS STERILIZED NATURAL MILK? This is a much more important question than it appears to be at first sight. Many people are under the impression that any milk sold in sealed tins is condensed milk, but this is erroneous. Here is the whole
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    • 1647 12 European ACENCY. GLASS ROBBER TAPPING GBPS. WHOLESALE Indent* promptly exe- (Half Lemon Shape) Size 10 ozs. cuted at loweet cadi prces for all kind# of British and Continental good*, including:— Books and Stationery, Boots, Shoes and leather, Chemicals and Druggists’ Sundries, China, Earthenware and Glassware, Cycles, Motors and Accessories, Drapery,
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