Straits Echo, 19 December 1913

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  • 35 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY yoL. 11* $24 Per Annum PENANG, FRIDAY, 19th DECEMBER, 1913. Single Copy, 10 cents. No. 292
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    • 997 1 agagaa ß »BM* 1| B*HBBEa n l on wqoirß Tonic and Rom©,hintr to nourish you, drink BOC'S HEAD GUINNESS’S STOUT and look for this lalml that you go t it. TIANO LEE v c»., Sola Agcata. Andrew Usher U Co.’s SPECIAL RESERVE. O.V.G. Whisky. SAND1LANDS, BUTTERY 6 Co.. AGENTS FOB
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    • 15 1 iqmci!*cinaaiiff 4i*»l TIGER BRAND CEMENT. m s. ?5S mt A &V BEST FOR ALL PURPOSES
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    • 100 2 1 AR 9 w OJ/A a? .<. < r 1 fl fJohn Dewar&SonsX 0 1 (DISTILLERS) fl a a «a /J cxfro Special =^X Winy»: l OF GREAT AGE A Grand Prix for is 1900 Sf LfUis W. 04 /gk^ I» 2* •> .^iMAnjUL»-£y9r^| Vis IX>O Sfl iKiawT^iiT" Y\ S
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  • 428 3 A Oimn View. The ide* we are gradually evolving a ncond British India out of the Malay peninsula and Burmah was put forward bv German profeasor. Dr. L. ron Wiese' j B a lecture delivered in Berlin before the International Union for Comparing Legal Knowledge and Political Economic
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  • 506 3 /n® leo P ard <>* the low-country Mr b I S C ptX r monke 7 B told b'v Nativ! ?°S lf ,D l9tt6r to th T W well Wh Lnow the form SJV2 toi) alwa J« that no mof food— except perhaps the dog—is so
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  • 454 3 Mr. Maxse publishes the following extraordinary letter, which he haa got aomebow, in the National Review Private and Confidential. 11 Downing Street, S. W. Dear Sir Albert Spicer,—Now that the Marconi Select Committee baa been constituted under your Chairmanship 1 am anxious to appear before it at
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  • 412 3 The passionate explosion of indignation in India at the treatment ef Indians in South Africa is a fact of the utmost gravity. Lord Hardinge has been blamed in some quarters for expressing his sympathy with the Indians but it is difficult to see how any Viceroy
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  • 250 3 This popular lino is augmenting its float by five largo steamers —two of 10,500 tons and three of 12,000 tons —which are to replace the smaller steamers running on the fortnightly European service from London and Marseilles to Ceylon, Straits, China, and Japan. The first two steamers
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  • 176 3 The India Office denial that Lord Hardinge will resign soon, and that Lord Kitchener may succeed him, is calmly disregarded by some of the morning papers. The papers are quite right. Though at first we characterised the story as improbable, there is now every reason to believe
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  • 459 3 London, November 28. Mr. T. W. Wellsted presided at the meeting of the Dangan Rubber Company to-day owing to the absence through ill-health of the chairman, Mr. F. A. Govett. The chairman read the address which Mr. Govett had prepared, and which deal exhaustively with
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    • 12 3 Wood*’ Great Peppermint Cure, For Cough* and Cold*, never fail*, la. 6d
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    • 136 3 B»d Taste in the Mouth. If you have a bad taste in your mouth in the morning, your stomaeh is not in proper order. Chamberlain's Tablets regulate this and give you a relish for your meals. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers. For Chronic Chast Complaint*, Wood*’ Groat Papparmint
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  • SHIPPING.
    • 125 4 Luetxovo, Oer. ss., 5,115, Testor, Dec. 1“, Hamburg, Not. 13, Gea. —B. M. A Co. Tnrnba, Br. m., 3,657, Addenbrooke, Dec. 18, Madras, Dec. 11, Gen. H. L. A Co. Jin Ho, Br. h.s 93, Dyason, Dee. 18, Asaliau, Dec. 17, Gen.-—E. S. Co., Ltd. Circe, Br. ss., 315.
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    • 49 4 December 19. Perlit, for Trane and Pang Nga. Tong llong, for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Torilla, for Calcutta. Pangkor, for Dindings, Sitiawan and Bagan Datoh. Un Peng, for Pulau Laugkawi, Perlis and Setul. Hebe, for Teluk Anson. Flying Dragon, for Port Weld and Taiping. Jin 110, for Aaahan.
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    • 270 4 Fob Yen—Per Jit Peng, to-morrow, 7 nn. Alor Star (Kedah)— Per Tong Chuan, to-morrow, 9 a.m. Alor Star (Kedah)—Per Qhee Thye, to-morrow, 9 a.m. Madraa taking mails for Europe, etc., via Bombay—Per Tara, to-morrow, 10-30 am. Singapore, China and Japan —Per China, to-morrow, noon. Rangoon and Calcutta —Per
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  • 123 4 PENANO, DECEMBER 19. (By courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) Lotadon, Demand Bank J/4A 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4,f 3 Credit 2/4* 3 Documentary 2/4i| Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs }74 3 days’ sight Private 175 f Bombay. Demand Bank Moulmein, Demand Rank M 3 days’ sight Private 175 J Madras,
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  • 194 4 Gold Leaf *64 40 Black Pepper 16. hvyert White Pepper 28.25 buyers Trang Pepper 24. —nominal Cloves 40. —sales Mace 120 nominal. Pickings 80- —sellers Nutmegs 110 s. 24. sellers No. 1 6.10 sales Sugar < 2 5,50 sales Basket 5.15 buyers Copra (mixed) 13. sales r'Tahbun... 190. —sellers
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  • 188 4 Penano, December 19. Beef cts. Soup per catty 14 Roast m 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 38 Fig’s Head... 24 Feet h 28 Tongue
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  • 1920 4 d" I S Number of d> o 5 Capital. Shares I, t 3 Dividends. Name. p issued. g3 f f* j Pd P5 M 0^ I I I f I 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913] I U. BLR DOLLAR SHARES. p.c. p.c. p.c. j 1909 S 450 000 130,000
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    • 70 4 Whooping Cough. When your child has whooping cough be careful to keep the cough loose and expectoration ea#v by giving Chamberlain’* Cough Remedy as may be required. This remedy will also liquify the tough mucus and make it easier to expectorate. It has been used successfully in many epidemics and
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    • 49 4 The Children’s Colds. Watch the children’s colds and cure them before they weaken the vitality. Use Chamberlain’s Ccugh Remedy freely. It is perfectly safe. It has been tested by chemists and pronounced free from injurious substances and costs but a trifle. For sale by allD isppj sane» and Dealers.
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    • 55 4 ‘..“.““‘“.“I IIIIIIUHp THIS IS IT! WATERBURY’S METABOLIZED Cod Liver Oil Compou nd TASTELESS ODORLESS ti 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'CHE MISTS imi
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  • 1354 5 PbOCBEDIHOB II» COUBT. The hearing of the eaee against, Ung Seong who wai charged with theft a* a «errant of fifty-eight bags of tin ore valued at 92,900, belonging to the Eastern Smelting Works, and Yeoh Tuo Jee, Lee L heng and Lian Kan Meng, who
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  • 384 5 Mr. Justice Tudball and Mr. Jnatiee Ryves, in the Allahabad High Court, hare upheld on appeal the conviction of five Brahmans on a charge of abetment of suicide at Yaraule, a village in the Mainpuri district. The sentence of one and a half year’s
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  • 362 5 Members who intend entering for the Handicap Rapid Fire aud Long Range competitions next year and who wish to secure handicaps, must enter two practice scores of each class of competition with the m Hon. Secretary, P. Y. R. C. previous to Ist January, otherwise they
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    • 288 5 ,.«m m m ftr-p «"-w* 0 •ONVN3d MBI pxeq *Au»WM. «•■«R dOHSifl ‘1* ‘oo duiejs J»<M n a l« ja P 3 J 3 M1 s i r f 0^7LZ/Zoi, 'SpJBO JB3A M3N SBUI.X S5 »°°a J B 3 A ‘S|BO!pOU3d Suipcai 3MI jo sjsqiunN sbuj.x ‘spenuuy sbui.x ’SAOQ T8
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    • 195 5 oho t GENUINEBOER TOBACCO O G Packed 4 iealed Bags in oi Price 30 BAG cts per OBTAINABLE AT Messrs. Pritchard 8 Co., Messrs. Kong Fook Cheong#Co., PENANG. T*l. Address: HOKIMTEIK. Code Usfd A.B.C. 5TH EDITION. Telephone No. 694 Georgetown Motor Garage, 7*. PENANG ROAD. Authorised Agent for Penang to
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  • 97 6 flMiifciil daily (except Sunday» and pvklis holiday») AT TBB CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. No. 59, Beach Street, Penacg. Prior BnOyLMnl I*4 per annum. Otofcrtatioß.., Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Port Free) «17.50 OAILI AOOMM ECHO —PENANG.” v ToUpkone Not. Echo 580 Printing Department 345 Jf.J.-AU Wmlmm waamiNtion tooaM to
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  • 57 6 Martin —On December 19th, to Dr and Mr». Martin, Sepoy Li- es, a »on. DR All CHOY beg» to thank bis numerous friends in Taiping and outstations, for the valuable presents they sent him during the happy occasion of the marriage of his second daughter, which took place in
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  • 1295 6 That the forward wing of the Radical Party would strenuously oppose any increase in the Navy Estimates was no doubt quite expected by Mr. Churchill when he made his pronouncement at the Guildhall banquet. Ever since then the agitation against expenditure on bloated armaments” has
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  • 819 6 Mr. Loudoun Shand, of Ceylon, baa been awarded his rugger blue.” Colonel Burns and bis daughters go on to Rangoon by the 8.1. steamer to-morrow. Mr. W. A. Bicknell has returned from Singapore and resumed his duties as Government Auditor, Penang. e Mr. F. H. J. Ludwig,
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  • 971 6 A very interesting question, th® transliteration of Oriental names, was dealt with in a recent Asiatic Quarterly Review The usual European fashion is to render Oriental place names, and other words in more or less general use, phonetically, which sounds reasonable enough, but tends to create confusion because
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    • 483 6 THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE CO., LTD. Head Office: —SINGAPORE. Life Assurance and Endowment in All F orms. LIBERAL POLICIES. LOW RATES Financial Agent» for Penang. SELLAR, MURRAY A CO. Local Office: —No. 7. Union Street. The Tongkah Harbour Tin Dredging Company. NO LIABILITY. NOTICE OF DIVIDEND. VTOTICEIS HEREBY GIVEN
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  • 140 7 OPENING OF NEGOTIATIONS. U enter.) London, December 18. The Datly Chronicle says that Mr. H. H. Asquith this week for the first time communicated with Lori Lansdowne and Mr. Bonar Law on the bubject of Home Rule. Letters passed between them. Prejudicial To Diseipliae.'* Loudon, December
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  • 86 7 (Renter.) London, December 18. The Leeds Corporation has given the strikers till Friday to resume work, otherwise their places would be filled. A meeting of tramway men adopted a resolution to continue the struggle. The volunteers continue to be successful ia partially carrying on the services and
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  • 68 7 Prise of Covcat Garden Estate. Renter.) London, December 18. The price paid for the Duke of Bedford s Covent Garden Estate, which was sold to Mr. H. Mallabv-Deeley, was under three millions. The stamp duties and transfer fees amount to JE30,000. The initiative came from the Duke
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  • 68 7 Forecast of the Report. (Renter.) London, December 18. Mr. Lloyd George will open the Scottieh Land Campaign at the end of January. It is understood that the Scottish land report favours the taxation of land values and believes that the question of minimum wage should be governed
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  • 43 7 9w(«»t Assured. (Reuter.) London, December 18. A meeting of prominent merchants and manufacturer, at the Mansion House unanimously adopted a resolution pledging their whole-hearted support to the British Dominions Exhibition which will be held at the Crystal Palace in 1915.
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  • 35 7 Germ®» Reersseatatie®. (Reuter.) London, December 18. Tbe effort© mad. to orgaiii©© <£> r representation at the San Francisco tion bare failed, tb# rea.on considerations of national tac impossibility of adequately organi g hibits.
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  • 40 7 Aud Somaliland Authorities Reuter.) London, December 18 Mr Alan 0.t1.r, ©pecial tie Daily B*prcn in fined JEIB3 at Berber® for traT lh prohibited areas and carrying ar fault two months’ imprisonment. «e 78 fused to pay the fine.
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  • 22 7 (Reuter.) London, December 18. The Home Secretary has increase in the p*y of fire thousand L° p hesmsn.
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  • 52 7 (Renter.) London, December 18. King George V has telegraphed to M. I oincare his lively satisfaction at the fresh proof of intimate Anglo-French relations V 1 cordial reception accorded to the British fleet at Toulon. M. Poincare replied that he was glad of a fresh opportunity of manifesting
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  • 42 7 (From Our Oven Correspondent.) Singapore, December 18. Three weeks ago Inspector McManus was granted ten days’ leave. He has not been seen since and an examination of his quarters reveals the fact that his private effects have been removed.
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  • 47 7 (Reuter.) London, December 18. Practically the whole of the late Professor Dowden’s books on Shakespeare have been purchased by a New York collector. Mr. Edward Dowden, Professor of Literature at Trinity College, Dublin, was an authority on Shakespeare, and, by the way, on Shelley.
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  • 35 7 (Reuter.) London, December 18. Arrangements have been finally made to purchase the Crystal Palace, Sydenham, for the public, Lord Plymouth agreeing to sell it for .£30,000 less than he paid for it.
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  • 32 7 (Reuter.) London, December 18 Mrs. Pankhurst, who was arrested at Dover and imprisoned, has again gone on hunger strike. She has been released and is going to Switzerland.
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  • 24 7 (Reuter.) London, December 18. Admiral Sir Alfred Leigh Winsloe, K.C.8., and Rear-Admiral Sir Colin R. Keppel have voluntarily retired from active service
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  • 86 7 Yesterday. To-dsj. Ris* or Buyers Seilers Ruyers Sellers Fall. RUBBER. amrlo Matas $4 M f fg Bukit Mertajsm. 174 I** i s 6 Chersonese I u u oil* Cone. Malays 4M J Highland. l 3 -ftd Mafarca Ord. £4 ISf «1 3 £4 13 9 £5 3 ■SfeiT 1
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  • 164 7 Ti® and Copra. The following business in tin has been done to-day Penang Straits Trading Co., J m $85.20 buvere, no sellers Penang Tin ExcbaDge, 25 ton. .t »84 b 0 Leong Fee Co.. 25 »8© M Trading Co., 225 8 5.40 Total 275 tons. Tin is quoted
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  • 336 7 RULER OF THE NEW STATE. Vienna, November 23. The A lhanitche Corretpondenx reports from Avlona that the Albanian Provisional Government has received an official intimation that Prince William of Wied has been selected by the Powers as the future Sovereign of Albania. Prinou William Frederick Heary of Wied
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  • 276 7 A Cevlonese, named Mrs. Joubert, "was this morning charged before the Third Magistrate with criminal breach of trust in respect of $93.30 cents the property ,of Mr. R. N. Brnuel Norman. Mr. G. E. Wright-Motion, who appeared ou behalf of the accused, said that his client was
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  • 321 7 It used to be the custom in former years < to grant two separate holidays to the school 1 children, one during Christmas and one during the Chinese New Year. This year it is different. The schools will be closed to-day for one month until January 19, j
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  • 276 7 To the Editor or the Straits Echo. Dear Sir, I am glad to see that you are managing to get your readers to take some interest in this question, but A’s idea of the Protector of Chinese making eareful enquiries into the character of the men he
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  • 74 7 Inspector G. MjLean arrived here this morning from Singapore by the s s. Lama and will take charge of the Central Station from Inspector D. Hillary who will proceed to the Detective Station. Inspector H. Pearce, who returned from leave by the s.s. Nankin, will take charge of
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  • 528 7 The following articles will be found on our outside pages Page 3.—British Malaya: A German View. How Leopards Catch Monkeys. A Marconi Echo. The Whirlwind in India Nippon Yusen Kaisha. The Next Viceroy. The Outlook for Plantation Rubber. 5. —Alleged Tin Ore Theft A Case of Suttee in India
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  • 2039 7 OPIUM AND ITS DEVOTEES. THE EAST END AND ITS FOREIGN QUARTERS. There is an old story which tells how an j Irishman newly arrived in New York was < shown the sign outside a Chinese laundry i and asked if he could read it. Read it i
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  • 989 8 To TM* Editor or thb Straitt Timet. Si*,—l think th*t the Boom Manager*,” to ridiculously criticised bj Mr. Milne, should know with what authority that gentleman speaks. Mr. Milne haring taken upon himself the duty as censor for the M Children of the Boom
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  • 1081 8 Ever since the days when a weary man first watched an eagle soar easily over a mountain that he had to surmount laboriously on foot, there has been an extraordinary attraction to people of imagination in the idea of flying. Even in the days of the
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  • 254 8 [OOFT*IOHT —BT SUBMAEIN* TfilßdfcAF*.] London, December 3. The following first interims are declared Rubana Rubber Estates, Limited, 2\ percent. Cicely Rubber Estate* Company, Ltd., 40 per cent. Tbe following second interims are declared Ulu Rantau Rubber Estates, Company, Limited, 10 per cent. Kapar Para Rubber Estates,
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  • 246 8 Fibst Annual Report. London, December 3. The Synthetic Products Company’s first annual report announces progress in the manufacture of acetone and fusel oil and synthetic rubber. It prophesies lower thau prospectus costs. The Company is taking wharf-side premises in King’s Lynn. It will be remembered that this Company,
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    • 329 8 To "ZIGOMAR" Admirers Please note that the George Town Kinema is showing a Full Series ZIGOMAR 7 Thrilling Exciting Reels Seven Parts To-morrow Ni^ht, Saturday Night TOGETHER WITH A New Batch of American Biographs 8 the Predominant News Film. The Gaumont Graphic. Latest.) The Straits Cinema. Location: —PENANG ROAD. Tempore
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    • 43 8 Bad Taste in the Meath. If you have a bad taste in your mouth in the morning, your stomach is not in proper order. Chamberlain's .ablets regulate this and gWe tou a relish for your meals. For •ale by all Dispersaries and Dealers.
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    • 12 8 Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure, For Coughs and Colds, nemr fails, Is. 6d
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    • 93 8 Money comes to lucky people, Peace belongs unto the wise. For the good there is the promise Of a place in Paradise And a comfort is provided, When your cold you can’t endure, There’s a remedy unfailing Found in Woods’Great Peppermint Cure. IE. 8 0. HOTEL.! 'Xmas Eve Dinner A
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    • 790 8 TRONOH MINES. Limited. (Incorporated in England.) DIVIDEND NO. 39. A DIVIDEND of la. par share free of Income Tex has been declared payable in London on 29th inst. and will be paid locally on the arrival of the list of Registered Shareholders from the Home Office. J. H. RICH, Acting
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  • 28 9 Yestelt Iron Agentt Due Egypt Delta P. Alice P. Ludxriq 1 Colombo A.Q-.ACo. Singapore A.GKACe. Singapore B.M.ACo. Colombo BM.ACo. 24th Dec. 27th 30th 1« lit Jan.
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  • 22 9 Vend For Agt *tt Leavet Egypt Ddta Singapore Colombo A-G.ACo. A,.G.ACo. Dm. P Alxu Colombo B.MACo. P. L*dw\q iSmgapor* B.M *Co.
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    • 338 9 Expected Arrivals and Departures. Mall Service Outward. Dec. 25 Egypt connecting with s.s. Morea 1914 Jan. 8 Devanha 22 China Maloja s.s. Marmora Homeward. •Sails on Friday FARES BY WAIL STEAMERS. A Accommodation. 1st class 2nd class To London by Sea $565-72 $377-14 To Marsoilles or Gibraltar $528-00 $356-29 B
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    • 1282 9 —rs h/pp/ng.) BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAYICATION CO., LTD. Fob Singapore. (Three times a week). Port Swettenham and Singapore. (Twice a week). Victoria PomtTMergui, Tavoy, Yeh and Moulmein. (Fortnightly). Singapore and Australia. Rangoon Calcutta. (Weekly.) -'fegapatam, Madras, Pondicherry, Cuddalore and Karikal. (Weekly). MDMTSCM LL07D. BREMEN. O wv ai lauguu m itu
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  • 1875 10 The Outcry against Agency Commissions—A Relic of the Earlier Days in Tea-Planting—The Supply and Demand Fallacy—Publicity in Plantation Affairs —Naturally-Coagulated Rubber. It is gratifying to find that my indictment of agency charges” is becoming to bear fruit, jnat as did the campaign I initiated against rubber-selling methods. At
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  • 214 10 How to Obtain and Maintain it. The higher the temperature, the lower the health.” Who will denj the general truth of this statement With the heat come enfeebled digestion and lowered nerve tone and, as Dr. Claude L. Wheeler writes in Nerre Weakness: Its Cause
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    • 509 10 m G& x Do you realize the immense importance of the unique superiority of Odol While all other preparations for cleansing the mouth and teeth are effective only during the few moments of application, the antiseptic and refreshing power of Odol continues gently but persistently for hours afterwards. Odol petiptrates
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    • 411 10 HOTEL NORMAN, Penang's Select Residential and Transit Htttl (Under the Personal Management of Proprietor and Proprietress.) Public and Private Dining Rooms. The recognised place for recherche dinner. Cold Storage Meat 9 Batter. Most Moderate Monthly Rates. Special Terms to Officials and Planter, THE BODEGA'^ (Late Rettaurant Norman and branch of
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    • 98 11 <3BB* -;c iK h ,bcjBfcSK M B :V--55 > /v-'rt' r v, r v Mil m 88 <&& ID Milk f r I BY APPOINTMENT -vv* t m THE KING THE WAR OFFICE. CONTRACTORS TO THE INDIA OFFICE. MILKMAID THE ADMIRALTY. MILK HAS BEEN SELECTED FOR USE IN THE PENANG
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    • 1241 12 EUROPEAN AGENCY. YTTHOLESALE Indents promptly exeYV cuted at lowest cash prices for all kinds of British and Continental goods, including Books and Stationery, Boots, Shoos and Leather, Chemicals and Druggists Sundries, China, Earthenware and Glassware, Cycles, Motors and Accessories, Drapery, Millinery and Piece Goods, Fane? Goods and Perfumery, Hardware, Machinery
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