Straits Echo, 8 January 1914

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  • 34 1 Straits Echo UAiLV CHRONICLE OF EVENTS. CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS. THE FEDERATED MALAV STATLS AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY VOL. 12. $24 Per Annum PENANG, THURSDAY, Bth JANUARY, 1914. Sin|le Copy, 10 c»n»j. No.
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    • 1379 1 If yon nqiii* T«wifl and ecCK*thinp to uoiirUli you, drink* DOC'S MCADGUINMESfc'S STOtT tad look for tliia labol A n. to MO i 19 that N you pet ii T1ANO Ltl 9 Co.. S.U AgcaU. Andrew Usher Co.’s SPECIAL RESERVE. O.V.G. Whisky, SAND1LANDS, BUTTERY 8 Co., AGENTS FOB PENANG F.
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    • 24 1 mm TIOCK HAND CEMENT H A 725S Vt h. T* C£> *2 v e V' > m t, r, T FOR ALL PURPOSES. Crr. ._^£U!
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    • 81 2 t* h I 1 a KAR 9 0) L n J =55 S 3 '•N John Dewar&Sons1 c 3Tll_l_E»S) Cxfro Special liV/MJ WfWn OF GREAT AGE r Grand Prix JgS -X ParnHOO $f leuis BjH /ft'' 1 stej V. Ovt* 50 GOLD fe PERTH IstoriA-o S. LONOOK Sam mm ri
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  • 774 3 The President Interviewed. Reuter’s Peking correspondent received private audience of President Yuan Sbihkiu on the morning of the 17th December, aci from the account of his interview which mft reproduce below it would appear that not on v is the President a keen observer of life nod
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  • 71 3 It i« sometimes urged that the Balkan ar &n exception to the rule that war *s not par the victor, says a writer in and Peace. Servia knows better Howe»er much territory she mav now own,” ’liere is uo question about her financial The Board of Trade Journal
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  • 744 3 Th* DaNOEROUS Hatpim. What is the question of tbs bour in Pari»? Neither tbe Ministerial crisis nor tbe Wei Is-Car pen tier fight, nor the Zabern n ldent, b t tbe decree of the Pref**ct of Police forbidding tbe wearing of unprotected hatpins. The most sober newspapers
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  • 64 3 New York, December 9. Remarkable allegations were made by delegates attending the International AntiVivisection Congress at Washington. It wad declared that vivisection was practised on human beiDgs in manv American hospitals and scientific institutions, and that even children were inoculated for the purpose of experiment. One
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    • 64 3 Croup. K?«jr > child is susceptible to croup ut wait until this dreadful disease attacks 0Ur little one before von prepare for it. It cotnn m tLe night when chemist*’ shops are J,ua closed, and this alone abould be a •arniup. Get and keep Chamberlain’s ch Kemedj on hand. It
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    • 692 3 YOU MAY REST ASSURED thw Beecham s Pills wil. be of great service to you if your stomach is out of order or your liver is sluggish. The conditions of life in these days are so strenuous that nearly everybody is at times, overtaken by various derangements of the digestive
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    • 87 3 Straifht it It. T' -r« i« nn u*j3 of our beating around tlu LusL Wo as well out with it first as last. We want you to trr Chamberlaio’s Remedy the next time you have a or cold. Ihere ia no i&ison ao far at wa can tee why you
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  • SHIPPING.
    • 132 4 Speelman, Dut. 639, Ris, Jan. 7, btkaofr, Jan. 3, Gea. K P. M Ban Whatt Soon, Br. 199, Fripp, Jao. 7, Lsugkat, Jaa 5, Gen.—E. 8. Co., Ltd. Fermantle, Gar. 3719, Ctlaaao, Jan. 7, Singapore, Jan. 5, Gen—B. M. A Co. Circa, Br. a.a., 316, Bannantyne, Jan 8, Deli.
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    • 40 4 January 8. Trang. for Trang, Ban WhattSovn, for Langkat <nd Pangkalan Brendan. Taroba, for Port Swettenham and Bingap >re. Avajy e, for Dindings, Sitiawan and Teluk Anton Hakata Haru, for Rangoon and Calcutta. Devanha, for Singapore, China and Japan.
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    • 287 4 Foa Yen —Per Jit Seng, to-morrow, 7 a.m. Alor Star (Kedah)—Per Kedak, to-morrow, 7am Alor Star (Kedah)—Per Ghee Thye, to-morrow, 11 a m Trang, Tongkah and Pang Nga—Per Perils, to-morrow, 2 p m. Aaahan—Per Jin Ho, to-morrow, 2 p m Tongkab, Kopah. Victoria Point, Mergui and Tavoy—Per Janet
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  • 122 4 Penano. Januart 8. (By courtesy of tke Chartered Bank.) London, Demand Bank 2 4,*, 4 months' sight Bank 2 m 3 Credit 2/4J 3 Documentary 2/4j;i Calcutta, Demand Bank R* I<4 3 days’ sight Private 175| Bombay. Demand Bank 174 Moulmein. Demand bank 173} 3 days’sight Private 175 j
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  • 206 4 Gold Leaf 164 40 Black Pepper 16. no stock White Pepper 29. sales Trang Pepper 24 —nominal Cloves 38. —tales Mace 110 nominal. Pickings 74- —sellers Nutmegs 11 Os. 24. sellers No. 1 6.10 sales Sugar 2 5.50 tales Basket 515 buyers Copra (mixed) 12 80 buyers Tahbun... 190.
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  • 188 4 Penang, January 8. Bair— 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 38 w —vr Pig’s Hnui 2^ Feet r. 28
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    • 46 4 Mar? bad a ua*ty cough. And couldn’t gat it wall What pain she suffered on and off, No human ton gun can tell, bhe spent some weary montba in bed Her life wai not secure Then someone came and gently said. "Try Woods’ (Jreat Peppermint Cure.”
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    • 35 4 Sick Headache. Sick headache id caused b? a disordered •tomach. Take Chamberlain's Tablets and the headaches will disappear. Tbej are just what jou need to correct the trouble. For ■ale by all Dispensaries and Dealers-
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    • 58 4 THIS IS IT! W aterbu ry’s f.I ciabol ized Cod Liver Oil Compound TASTELESS ODOKLEsS 1 he latest scientific preparation of COD LIVER OIL. Dees all that is claimed for it and Mipcrsedes the old fashioned emulsions which up;et the stomach. Highly re commended by the medi cal profession. cV
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  • 1009 5 Malacca, being the oldest foreign settlement in Malaysia, is the most favourable place to study the history of Chinese immigration to this part of the world, and the origin of the dialect which they now speak. It is now nearly 400 years sinoe Europeans first
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  • 727 5 At the time of the last annual inspection of the M. S. V. R., by the General Oflicer Commanding, 8trait« Settlements, we commented, in the course of our review of the progress made by the corps, on the precise of eliminating inefficients which had been pursued. This
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  • 139 5 A testator, after citing the obligations he was under to a pvrticular friend, bequeathed to him at the bottom of the first page of his will ten thousand— pounds, of course, thought the delighted legatee, but on turning the page he feund the missing word to be thanks.'’ A
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  • 64 5 Peking, December 23. Japan bas claimed *980,000 indemnity for the Nanking incidents, excluding compensation for losses arising out of the re- j volution. Negotiation» are proceeding witb regard to this question. China has accepted the pr.ociple of pav ing an iodemnitv, but i» objecting to toe amount
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    • 257 5 »1 m m m m m m m m ml m m Buchanans m m m m m m m m m e o o ft o o c Famous Scotch Whiskies. WOTTLED IN SCOTLAND.) -to:H E Royal Household BLEND AS SUI PLIED TO ROYALTY. m m m BLACK and
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    • 19 5 WANTED. FOR lit F*-bru»rf, HOUSE WITH FOUR BEDROOMS—furoiibed or to f urn i »hed. APP DR SUTHERLAND. 5-1-14 12
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    • 230 5 A TIP FOR THE HUMAN RACE. SMOKE GARRICK Sffic Diking Toba 5*Ot IN ENSI> OB ft ROHTIER KM FRONTIER TOBACCO ONE MUST PLEASE. OBTAINABLE AT Messrs. Pritchard 8 Co. Tons Joo 8 Co. Rons Fook Cheong 8 Co. And All Leading Stores. oonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnBOO 0 n n n n n n
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  • 100 6 FmkUaked daily (except Sundays and poMin x koLidavs) at ran CRITERION PRESB, Ltd. No. 59, Beach Street, Penang. Paicn Duly Lseal 124 per annum. Ow>station... Postage Extra. Mkil £4*Bm (Port Fran) «17.50 can lb ADDKBsa: ECHO— PENANQ." s Talcpkonc Non. Echo 586 Printing Department 345 jrn.-AU bMtMN
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  • 535 6 Among the advantages the Straits Times has enumerated as likely to be derived from the presence of a proportion of Cadets among the Judges is that they will know the vernaculars perfectly and be independent of the interpreters.” That is an engaging but superficial argument, and displays
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  • 825 6 Mr. C. W. F. Van Coylenberg is not now manager of Gunong Kroh Estate. Mr. EL A. Party of Ipoh is due to arrive in Penang from home at the end of this month. The Rev. S. Abraham has left Kuala Lnmpur to attend the annual conference
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  • 217 6 To the Editor of the Straits Echo. Dear Sir, Probably it is on the principle that one cannot have too much of a good thing that the Turf Club Committee cram no less than nine races into one day. I do not see that anything is gained by
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  • 111 6 SCRATCHINOS. The following are the scratching* for to-day Race JI Black Duchess it III. Wellingt on IV. Gay Gordon The Quest and Scamp ttY* Florut a nd The Colonel •t I. The Flapper Fl 9 a doon, Teoval and Bostra it VIII. Charmante and Bostra IX. Bata.
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  • 120 6 m An frora fire box No 304, fixed at 1 1 J: OTe IJa 1 RovJ wa rec eiml by both the -1 fire stations at about ten five in i consequence of which both the engines were despatched post haste to the s ene The alarm
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  • 1012 6 Homer nodded in Singapore on Mondav even as we had supposed and dulv said m our first Random Note of yesterdav, for this is what we read in the Straits Times which reached us by the mail this morning* Government and Judiciary. We regret that a mi-print hy
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    • 155 6 .Start the New Year Well WITH A FRESH SET OF ACCOUHT BOOKS. < OCZ)OCZX=DOCDOCDOCZ)OCZ)« W e Su*k Day Books, Cash Books, Journals and Ledgers (Manufactured and Bound in England). In Bindings and Sizes suitable for all and every Requirement. Also Letter Files, Copying Books and, in fact Every Stationery Requisite
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  • 218 6 OBITUARY. AN OCTOGENARIANS DEATH. We regret to announce the death, at the age of 80, of Mr. Sylvester Pasqual which took place at 9 o’clock laet night at the residence of his son Mr. I). T. Pasqual, Water Inspector, Municipality, in Kedah Road The deceased had been ailing for several
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  • 157 7 CROWN PRINCE'S TELEGRAMS. (Reuter.) Berlin, January 7. Tbe interest in tbo Zibern affair ban gbifted from the trial to tbe Crown Prince’s telegrams which were sent not to Colonel Reuter but to tbe General commanding at Alsace. The Liberal Press sharply criticises the habit of tbe Crown
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  • 105 7 Railwayaca's Strike. (Reuter.) Pretoria, January 7. At a meeting of the railwayman it was rssolved tbat the men should go on strike at midnight to-night, tbe Government having refused to comply with the demands in reference to tbe retrenchment of the staff. Coalniacrs' Decision. Durban, January
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  • 145 7 Tke Splendid Tradition of the Sen. (Reuter.) New York, January 7. Tbe steamer Gregory rescued five survivors from the Oklahoma. The Captain got the Greqory to the lee of the life boat hoping that the giant waves would wash the latter on to the Gregory's deck.
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  • 114 7 (Reuter.) London, January 7. The import* for December show a decrease of X 2.950.651 ms compared with th# corresponding period of last rear, principally in cotton and grain. The returns show increases for the year which are records—in the imports of X 24.250.000 and in the exports
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  • 86 7 Powrprc'i Flixht. (Reuter.) Cairo, January 7. M. Pourpre has arrived at Luxur and has started again for Wadi Haifa. When he passed Assuan the tourists got on to the roofs of the hotels to watch him, while the whole of the native population were amazed it was
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  • 48 7 Trttiftr to Rio 4c Janeiro. Reuter.) London, January 8. Sir Lionel Carden, British Minister to Mexico, is being transferredloßio deJaneiro. I* is expressly explained that Sir Lionel is ®aly transferrel and not recalled, but tbe change has caused great satisfaction in the l nited States.
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  • 712 7 REGRETTABLE RETIREMENT. (Reuter.) London, January 7. Mr. Joseph Chamberlain has written to a letter to his constituent in West Birmingham to the effect that he has decided to retire from Parliament at the next General Election. He emphasises his regret at severing a thirty-seven years’ connection with
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  • 101 7 Izzct Pasha's Move. (Reuter.) x Rome, January 7. The unexpected news that martial law has been proclaimed at Valona is now explained by the fact that a vessel with 200 Turkish soldiers and six officers arrived yesterday at Valona from Constantinople. It was intended to land the
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  • 181 7 Yesterday. To-dsy. Hi»» or Buy -r* Seller» Buyer» Seller» Tall. ROBBIE. 4. 4. i. 4. 4 Anglo Mnlsy ..S3 10 8S 96 —6d But it MertAiAm. 16 2 16 2 Chrreoneee ..2 26 2 26 Con». Malay» 79 86 7 6 .5 2 J** Highland» 30 52 6 48
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  • 405 7 FAILURE OF NEGOTIATIONS. (Reuter.) London, January 7. Tbe J forming Post states that tbe conversations between Mr. Asquith and Mr. Bonar k Law have practically ended and that the negotiations for a settlement of the Home i Rule question have failed. Mr Asquith said [that he
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  • 448 7 Selected Telegraphic News. The Board of Finance haa complied with the request of the Kwangtung Authorities to raise a foreign loan of 10,000,000 for the relief of the financial crisis in the Province. The Central Government has decided not to establish Confucianism as a State Religion. In order
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  • 634 7 A Chinaman and two Chinese women were this morning «barged in the District Court before Mr. W. C. Michell with selling or otherwise disposing of a girl, namel Ku Tbo, to one Wong Ah Sam for immoral r purposes. 9 Mr. J. Crabb Watt appeared for tbe
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  • 325 7 Leaving Before Scheduled Time. Mr. James Irving, as agent of the s.s. Ghee Thye, appeared before Mr. M. E. Sherwood in the Third Court this morning on a summons issued at the instance of Mr. E S. Kitto, of the General Post Office, for failing
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  • 44 7 Sumatra Consolidated Rubber Estates, Ltd 25.120 United Sum »tra Rubber Estates,Ltd 3.111 Fukit Mertajim Rubber Co, Ltd 27.075 Taiping Rubber Plantations. Ltd. 25,612 Sungei Siput Rubber Plantations, Ltd 5,490 Sungei Reyla (F M.3.) Rubber Ej- tates, Ltd. 6.599, Lunas Estate 8,719
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  • 210 7 NAUDIN TEN CATE CO. A NEW DEVELOPMENT. HEAVY PENANO LOSSES. A meeting of the shareholders of the Bank ea Handelsvereenigmg Naudiu ten Cate A Co. was held in the Hotel de Boer, Medan, on the sth instant Ti e meeting waa convened by the Notary Public and Mr de Heer,
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  • 134 7 Tia sad Rubbtr The following bus ness in tin has been done to-day Singapore Straits Trading Co..} «sac»; buyers, no sellers 65 Penang PenangTin Exchange, > buyers, no sellers S f0».85 Straits Trading Co.. buyers, no sellers *B4-60 Eastern Smelting Co 25 tons at 184.50 Tin is quoted
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    • 236 7 NOTICE. IT'UROPEAN desirous of learning a little I j colloquial Cbineee (Hokkien dialect) would be glad to* hear of a competent teacher. Kindly state terns to STUDENT,” e/o Strait» Seho. S.S, LAMA 'V POR the courenience of passengers at* tending the RACES, the MFAMB of the above steamer for PORT
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  • 1681 8 An If riEtßTi!».» Cafe. Before Mr. M E Sbemood in the Third Court yesterday afternoon Fatal Khan »u charged with giving e false information to a public servant, to wit, Mr. B D. Acton. Second Magistrate, which be knew to be false, thereby causing Mr Acton to
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  • 1203 8 Annual General Mbbtino. Sbaogbai, December 24. The fourth annuel general meeting of tbe Aim* Estates. Limited, was held yesterday afternoon at tbe offices of tbe secretaries, Messrs. Hugo Keiss A Co. The report and accounts were passed and other formal business transacted. Mr. E. T. Byrne presided,
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  • 57 8 London, l>ecember 25. The English press expresses the hope, that the policy of the successor to Negus Meueltk of Abyssinia, whose death is now considered to be authentic, will secure a peaceful development of Abyssinia since her ndependence couli not lie dispensed with by Great Britain with
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    • 327 8 TOWN HALL, Fou ONE night only. Monthy, inti February, 1914, THE MAUD ALLAN AND CHERNIAVSKY COMPANY Under the direction of W. ANGUS MacLEOD. Fsr Entorn Tour Bookod and Directed by D. E. D. COtIEN. MAUD ALLAN and LEO, JAN and MISCHEL CHERNIAVSKY The M*»»t Powerful Aft roc ion in the
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    • 165 8 W oods’ Great Peppermint Cure, For Coughs and Colds. never fail», le. 6d. Where to go this evening after the Races— To the King Street Theatre, of course. WHERE The Grand Opera Co. a WILL STAGE That Moral Play, MONTE CARLO OR The Life of a Gamester." Secure vour seats
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    • 303 8 Core That Cough* When you bavo troublesome cough, it does not mean that you have consumption or that you are going to have it, but it does mean that your lungs are threatened, and it is just as well to l>e on the safe side and take Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy
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    • 423 8 I MUNICIPAL NOTICE ALL persona claiming refund of assessment in respect of dwelling bou««« vacant for any portions of the half-year ending 31st December. 1913, are hereby reminded that such claim must be sent in to the Commissioners on or befere the 3Ut day of Januaiy, 1914. I Forms of
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  • 29 9 V'ttfU trotA A;>entt />«» i brvatJt* Himalaya HuAo tc (> •«hen Colombo fiiu^pore Singapore Colombo A O ACo. A.G.ACo. B M.A Jo. BM ACo 8tb Jan. 10th 3th 15th
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  • 24 9 Fjt t Ag< ntt Leaves Dtvanha S .o?ap>-« AO.AGo. Jan. Himalaya Colombo AG ACo. k**io% f Colombo B.MACo, Qfbm P^njjapor* B M ACo.
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    • 351 9 At «r; S.N.C Expected Arrivals and Departures. Mail Service Outward. Homeward. Sails on Friday instead of Saturday. FAKES BY MAIL STEAMERS. A M Accommodation. 1st class 2nd class To Loudon by Sea $565-72 $377-14 To Marseilles or Gibraltar $528-00 $356-29 B Accommodation. To London by Sea $518-57 $339-43 To Marseilles
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    • 1742 9 C SHIPPING.) BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD. Foe Singapore (Three times a week). IVr* Smelt.-oh** spj Sl:;gapr e. (Twice a week). Intended to Sail. Steamer. Victoria Point, Mergui, Tavoy. Yoh Moulmein_ (Fortnightly). Singapore and Australia. and Thur. Bth Jan.,4 pm. Sat. 10th Jan ,4pm. Sun. 1 ltb Jan., 4
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  • 625 10 Passing «mats more and more «bow (bat Yuan-Shih-k’ai is a paat master of the art of political finesse. He ba« just accomplished two things which wise acres have confidently predicted be could not transfer)»! Li Yuan-bung from Wuchang to Peking, and removed Chang Hsun from Nanking.
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  • 235 10 Several other lay members of the Peerage have shares the late Lord Radstock’s passion for preaching. Among those was Lord Chancellor Cairns, who, although be never appeared in a public pulpit, frequently held prayer meetings at his house and delivered brief nernnni to those assembled. We
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  • 68 10 Freucli smugglers have lately invented another method of dcfrauJiug the Customs authorities. This consists in packing tobacco in wrapper# resembling potato skins, which aie transported m ordinary sacks. I The trick was discovered by accident, an inspector at a frontier staUoo, suspecting that the Contents of the
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  • 436 10 In his interesting aiticieon Motoring in Japsa.” in The ?+*tury Meivia A. Hall givas the reader a graphic account of the f nos of a tyj.boon encountered on hia trip advance agents of the storm were eddies ani whirlwinds, sending everything movable in all directions. Aftar
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  • 306 10 United Empire the organ of the Royal C"1 nial Institute, is doing splendid work in tightening the bonds between the scattered uuitB of the Empire. The R.C.I. now numbers close on 10.000 members, and, equipped with suitable club premises in London, it should attract increasing support from
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  • 255 10 Persecution or Rebels. Canton, December 20. Tbe persecution of rebel suspects is still troiDg on and is doing no good. None of tbe suspects shot were of any consequence, as tLe directors of the movement against the Yuan Government are all residing abroaa and those arrested
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    • 792 10 ASiGUT PILLS. Many have no he .Con n taktrg a d wen bottle* of medicine m liquid form prencr.lxd by a doctor, but \icw with alarm the suggestion to take a course of pill*. This misapprehension is no doubt due to the merely purgative, which rnay be correct in sot”*-
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    • 302 10 'J i K y V i i Wr W H •i t* *V-> -r t m tT‘ -rW Scrubbing the surface 0 f the teeth with powders or pastes does not thoroughly cleanse them; it leaves "their condition, and that of the mouth, unimproved. What the teeth and mouth need
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    • 277 11 BY APPOINTMENT TO H. M. THE KINO CONTRACTORS TO The British Admiralty. The India Office. The War Office. The Government Hospitals in Singapore, Penang, Malacca and the Federated Malay States. 23m 53 k m m l mm? To tHose who object to the sweetness and flavour—slight though it be —of
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    • 1158 12 THE London Directory (Published Annually.) Enable* traders throughout the World to communicate direct with English Manufacturer» (of Dealer» in each claae of goods. Besides being a complete commercial guide to London and it* suburbs, the Directory contains lis'.s of Eiport Merchant» with the Goods they ship, and the Colonial and
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