Straits Echo, 11 February 1914

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  • 34 1 Straits Echo J*.L» CiiitUiUtU. oi LUSTS. CUwLUTINC THROUGHOUT Hie STRAUS, Till FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST ufc*i.R*u,l VOL. 12. $24 Per mtim PENANG, WEDNESDAY, 11th FEBRUARY, 1914, Copy, 10 «nis No. 32
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 1117 1 “TIGER” Brand Cement. A High Class Cement suitable for all purpose especially engineering and construction work. For prices and further particulars apply to T1AKG LEE Co., 53, Stack Street, Penang. k *3 <BANKS.) THE LONDON ASSURANCE COMPANY r* 11 V» V.' J w Andrew Usher 8 SPECIAL RESERVE. O.V.G. Whisky
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    • 34 1 There’s PURITY and V1C0UR in every drop of Read’s “Dog’s Head” Guinness The StOUt you are used to. Insist on having Dog’s Head Brand. Sole Agents TIANG LEE Co.. 53, Beach Street, Penang. uauuGcnnnnoD
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    • 111 2 mmtmmamm 2 21 nsn J n y NATURA MILK —LION BRAND.I (STERILIZED) J r V Grand Prix: *QA y p,fi 1900 •St Louis 1 904, y M ,0 1893. jflfe. Brt® w 1 >* .«93. **to *«93. '«tin 899 Bre»"' r jB 9J. EhrenP olAus J *l!i K l A
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  • 1346 3 Conviction Qiashed We give below the full text of the judgment; delivered by Mr. Juatice T Sercotnbe Smith on the appeal of Capt IVters against his conviction by Mr. M. E Sherwood for abettiDg fiv« immigrants t» leive the (’oli.iiv without iertiticat« f»»r which he was Juki
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  • 532 3 To the Editor or the Straits Echo. Dear Fir. I hav-i often rea<l in you» pup r <>f a gambling raid, and the couvi -tio i < f the gamblers, tneu and women, but I don’t believe that this tame of vice is on the decrease. I
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 74 3 D'.ii’t Ccug’'. It is* absurd to allow a cough io hang on and sap your vitality when Chamber] .in’s Cough Remedy will cure you. Y«*u uou’l know where a persistent cough will Und vo». Y* >i can't afford to allow vour throat and to Uoilh diseased wheu it is such
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    • 197 3 PENANG. SINGAPORE. IPOH. KUALA ri v»“i S >1 l&KWJ MJt 1 I NXr'- 1 pl •*SB Sky m ffs s?i*- J5Jv < > *RS S; «r jm-.v N^; tr r *C4 M v vjr.' —c> a «e» 'Ik V,*J *5* \Vmib-i** *■> 9 <iF; 'V|; a AAaWife-- v 43Sfc#*' V
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  • SHIPPING.
    • 86 4 Aywthio, Ger. ss. 261. Freese, Feb. 10, Sinftpora, Feb- 5, Gen. —B. M. A< o. Fultala, Br. s.s., 2,702, Care, Feb. 10, Rangoon, Feb. 6, Gen. —H- L. ACo Oan/a, Br. 5,809, Lyieth, Feb. 10, Liverpool, Jan. 11, Gen. —B. M. Ce. CUntaboon, Ger. s.s., 260, Meyer. Feb. 10,
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    • 47 4 Febbvabt 11. Alma, for D*li. Circe, for Deli. Trang, for Trang. Hok Canton, for Teluk Anaon. Ayuthia, fur Aaahan. Flying Dragon, for Port Weld and Taiping. Kleist, for Singapore, China and Japan, fnu Ludwig, for Ceylon, Auitralaaia, India, Aden, Egypt and vii Naplee, for Enrope etc.
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    • 260 4 Fob Alor Star (Kedah)— Per Ghee Tkye, to-morrow, 7 a.m. Alor Btar (Kedah)—Per Tong Ckuan, to morrow, 7 a m. Singapore, China and Japan—Per Moravia, to-morrow, Ipm. Deli—Pei 1 Malaya, to-morrow, 1 p.m. Trang—Per Ban Lee. to morrow, Ipm. Port Swettenham, Port Dickaon and Malacca —Per Perak, to-morrow,
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  • 124 4 Pbhajto, Fbbbuabt 11. {By courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London, Demand Bank 2/4A 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4$ 3 M Credit 2/4A 3 Documentary 2/4| Calcutta, Demand Bank Ra. 174 3 days’ sight Private 175 J Bombay, Demand Bank 174 Moulmein, Demand Bank 1731 3 days’ sight Private 175}
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  • 128 4 Gold Leaf 564 40 Black Pepper 16. no stock White Pepper 30 .—sales Trang Pepper 21.50 sales Cloves 39. buyers Mace 110 nominal. Pickings 76- —buyers Nutmegs 110 s. 24. buyers !No. 1 6.10 sales 2 5,50 sales Basket 5.15 buyers Copra (mixed) 12 20 sales r'Tahbun... 190. —sellers
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  • 2229 4 ■s-i ft Capital. Number of Bhare8 issued. s •a > 1 Paid Up. Dividends. Name. m E 0 Sg a .2 s 0 1 n X <y Il909 1910 1911 1915 > 191 J RUBBER DOLLAR SHARES. 1009 1905 1910 1909 1906 1910 1910 1910 1910 1910 1904 1909
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 10 4 For Chronic Chest Complaints. Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. li. 6d.
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    • 37 4 A Forty Tors’ Test. Chamberlain’s Cough Femedy has been curing coughs and colds for the past forty years and has gained in popularity every year. What better recommendation is required For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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    • 23 4 THIS 13 IT! Walerbury’s God Liver Oil Compound TASTELESS ODORLESS The latest scientific pre paration of COD LIY’ER i Price $l-25 and $2-00.
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    • 72 4 c The most essential quality of a tablet in order to secure absolute efficiency is that it should break up rapidly in water. Bayer’s Tablets of Aspirin 2re distinguishable from imitations by the fact that whilst the genuine tablets disintegrate in a few seconds without even stirring, imitations break up
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  • 58 5 TO- DAT. 17th Day of Ist Moon. Band, Eaplanade, 6 to 7 p.m. Court Cards, Town Hall, 9-30 p.m. The Grand Opera Co., King Street Theatre, I Gemala Chaya.” Crown Cinema, Chulia Street. Straits Cinematograph, Penang Road. To-moerow. 18th Day of Ist Moon. Court Cards, Town Hall, 9-30 p.m.
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  • 33 5 P. O. SAILINGS. Wad SciVr.t. Outward. Homeward India 19 Feb China 20 Feb Devariha 5 Mar. Assiye 7 Mar. Service Outward Homkward. Malta 13 Feb. I Nankin 13 Feb. Khiva 21 Nyinza 26
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  • 994 5 A meeting of the Indian Immigration I Committee wag held at Kuala Lumpur on February 6th. There were present Mr. E. S. Hose, acting Controller of Labour (Chairman), The Director of Public Work* (Mr. J. (Trump), the Principal Medical Officer I (Dr. C. L. Sansom), the Honourable Mr.
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  • 1054 5 Baptist —Baptist There w»« a large gathering at the Church of the Assumption on Mond&v morning—probably the largest at this church at a f nction of this nature—on the occasion of the wedding of Mr. Joseph Michael Baptist, of the General Post Office, to Miss Milly Baptist, eldest
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 605 5 DEEBOOK DREDCINC NO LIABILITY. \TOTICE is* hereby gisen that a Call ll (No 7th) of ONE SHILLING per share on the Contributing shares in the shove Company has Imen made and is due ami payable at tny Office, No. 03, Beach Street, Penang, on or before the 11th day of
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    • 228 5 MUNICIPAL NOTICE APPLICATIONS will be received by the undersigned for the following appointments I Correspondence Clerk at a commencing salary of 860 per mouth rising bv annual increments of 85 per month to 88) per tnon' h. Applicants should h-rve previous experience in dealing with offi *ia.l correspondence 11. Typewiiting
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    • 202 5 so. f w y 90 2oz. 4 oz. Tins. Obtainable Everywhere. PRICE: CENTS A i LB. TIN. TOWN HALL, February llth, 12th 13th, 1914. 3 NIGHTS ONLY 3 RETURN AND FAREWELL VISIT CF Mr. F.DGAR WARWICK AND HIS COURT CARDS. IN 3 NEW PROGRAMMES. Price.: $3, #2 6? $l. Plan
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  • 91 6 daily (except Sunday» ud poblie holiday») AT TIB CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. No. 59. Beach Street, Penang. Pbiob Dbilj liml w* 934 per aancm. Oalatatioa... Postage Extra. lUil EttiH (Post Free) 917.50 OABLB aDDBBIS M ECHO—PENANG.” v Telephone Not. Echo 586 Printing Department 343 XJ.-All totiara» evßMuniMticiß* «hooM
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  • 1376 6 Judging from Reuter’s telegrams to band this morning, the Government have again discontinued the system under which it was customary for the London newspapers to be furnished with a precis of the King’s Speech at the opening of Parliament on the evening before the oration
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  • 719 6 ENTERTAINED BY THE CADETS. A CHINESE ADDRESS. At the Penang Club last evening the members of tbe Civil Service stationed in this Settlement entertained the Hon’ble Mr. W. Evans at a farewell dinner. Mr. VV. C. Micbell, district Judge, who presided over an assemblv of about
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  • 200 6 Mr. G. W. Park (Deputy President) presided at yesterday’s meeting of the Municipal Commission, when th rt re were present: Mr. John Mitchell and Mr Yeoh Guan SeoK wif h Mr. L. A C. Biggs (Secretary) in attendance. After the minutes of the last meeting were r- ad
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  • 1041 6 Reuter and tbe cable company betv* them are responsible for some queer uj* 5 takes in proper names, but really we bay. little excuse for failing to recognise in V Tarbien the gentleman who was refuel permission bv the German authority t 0 lecture at Strassburg on tbe
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 353 6 BEAR THIS IN MIND: The question of what ycu say is not so important to you as the one of Value received for ycur cutlay. id l w >* s v m M aadraft h i < r Buy our Con vincible Cycle and you will get your money’s worth
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  • 133 7 SINGAPORE. (From Our Own Correepondent.) Singapore, February 11. At the Singapore Rubber auction 155.408 Jb. were offered for sale and 140,064 lb ware sold at the following prices Smoked Sheet 8112 —sl39 per pi. Uosmoked 8116—8135 First Black 8138 Crepe »134-8139 Second h 8124—8132 Third BH2-8122 Fourth 89
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  • 90 7 (Reuter.) London, February 10. It has transpired that while accepting Great Britain’adraftcommunication addressed to Athens and Constantinople, the Triplo Alliance has opened the question of eventual measures to euforee the decisions of the Powers and whether they should await the Turkish and Greek replies. '1 here appears
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  • 38 7 (Reuter.) London, February 10. President Oreste, who took refuge in the German cruiser Vi net a, during the revolution in Haiti, has escaped to Jamaica. Senhor Zimor, the leader of the revolution, lias been proclaimed President.
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  • 31 7 Reuter.) Stockholm, February 10 The Swedish Cabinet has resigned owing to slight differences with the King whose reply to the peasants went somewhat beyond the Premier's inclinations.
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  • 29 7 (Reuter.) Washington, February 10. President Wilson, in a conversation with the Chairman of the Immigration Committee of the Senate has declared ag.insttho literacy tost of immigrants.
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  • 24 7 (Renter Lisbon, February 10. Sei hor Bernardino Machado has completed his Coalition Cabinet, fceuhoi Lima it the Minister of the Colonies.
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  • 24 7 (Reuter.) London, February 10. Tbe Earl of Minto lias bad a severe relapse and bis condition is causing great anxiety.
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  • 21 7 (Reuter.) London, February 10. Mr. Thoms'* IlardT, the famous novelist, has married bn secretary Miss Dugda...
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  • 80 7 Tim. The following business in tin has been done to-day B ir».« Co.. 1-25 too, a. 193.37. Penang Tin Exchange, 6} *92.90 Total 13H ,ons Tin is quoted in Tendon to-day at .£W 15s. cash and £lB5 15s. three mcnths sight. Invitations ou; for the mam.**. of Mr.
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  • 1055 7 SPEECH FROM THE THRONE. ULSTER fi* HOME RULE. I Reuter.) London, February 9. Mr Walter Long will move the Opposition amendment to the address in the Hou*o of ominous, an 1 Lord Midleton in th* House of Lords. Jt is expected that Mr Arquith will be very
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  • 182 7 Result of Vote of No Conf denee. (Reuter T< kyo, February 10. The vote of t o confi lence on the Government was defeated in the Diet by 2( 5 votes to 168. Simultaneously a great anti-government inc* ting, coucetuiug which there was great anxiety, was held
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  • 107 7 (Reuter.) Cape Town, February 10. The debate oa the Indemnity Bdl has been resumed. The Labour leader Cresswell described it as against tbs interests of the wekrrs and declared that the Government and mine-owne s liad combined to make the Bill a monument of audacity. The
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  • 69 7 Statement by the Primate. (Reuter.) London, February 10. The Archbishop of Canterbury has issued a statement in regard to the Kikuyu controversy. He d*-cliiies to allow proceeding* for hi-resv and schism the Bishops of Uganda an i Mombasa, but as questions of far-reaching importance hare been raised
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  • 61 7 (Reuter.) Panama. February 10. Burke, the Mimgerof the C mmisnriat Pepa r tment, Panama Canal, and another ffit-i.il have Ivon suspended a* the result of au investigation into the transactions >n oneection with the food supply of the canal 1 iltourers It is alleged thit Burke invested
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  • 37 7 (Reuter.) Ottawa, February 10. The parcel post service was inaugurated throughout Canada at midnight the first parcel, bearing a commemorative loscriptr was sent, to the Duke of Connaught by the Post master- General.
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  • 509 7 The funeral of Mr. Nigel Cuthb'rt Espie Hall, which tnok place evening, was very largely attended. He was a Private in the Maxim Section of the Penang oluuteer Corps and was accorded a military funeral The coffia was covered with a Union Jack
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  • 431 7 The Hon. Mr A T. Bryant arrived here from Singapore this morning by the N D L. s s Prim Luchciy to take up the appointment of Resident Councillor, in place of the Hon. Mr. W. Evans who is retiring this week. All tho
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  • 172 7 The hearing of the cate in which three European firms of Penang sued Chop Poll On Long for eum* for goods sold and delivered was concluded this morning befoie Mr. Justice Sercombe Smith in the Supreme Court. The plaintiffs are Messrs. Quthrie A Co. who claim
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  • 73 7 There are plenty of u*-w items in t.b‘ programme which the Couit Cards wii present at the l'own Hall t. -uijht and fhosi who have s~en this gifted company for. may count on haviug their fanev tickled ii divers uov I fashions and in divers new places.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 229 7 Mr. A. N. B. Carr. P.P.C. DRESSER WANTED For Gula Estate Hospital. Apply MANAGER, G .la Esi ale, Kiian, F.M S. 11-2-14 97 NOTICE. WE hep to inform the public that the Agencies of the NETHERLANDS LLOYD and the SAM A RANG SEA A FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY will be trarsferred
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    • 543 7 Grand Opera Co. King Street Theatre. Last Few Nights! List Few Nights To-night! To-night!! Grand Gaia Night! WHEN TIIE COMPANY WILL STAGE That Most Amusing Play, Cemala Chaya." Wet or fine do not fail to come TO-NIGHT; All Your Friends are Coming! Capita! Acting D-lightful Music •plead id Scenery!!! Charming
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  • 40 7 Obituary. Ueu’er.) L ndoD, February 10. The death has taken place, at the ace of GO. of .Mai ir-Oeneral Sir Stuart Browniow Beat sen. Extra Equerry to the King, who saw service in E.ypt. Afghanistan and m the Mohmacd country.
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  • 2908 8 Shareholders’ Mketixo. The third annual general meeting of the Shareholders of the Lanai Rubber Estates Ltd. was held in the Exchange Buildings on Saturday forenoon. Mr. P.M. Robinson presided and those present included: Messrs Tan Kheam Hock, J. Bond, F. CPeck, W. M. Jack and C. V.
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  • 174 8 Tennis Tournament. The foil wing were the results of the ties played off yesterday Championship. H E Mason brat T T Waddington 6—4, 6-2. Single Handicap T). A B Biylev beat M J B Watt 6-4,'9 11,6-2. The following ties have been filed for to-morrow Single Handicap
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  • 1159 8 A correspondent in our issue of to-day calls attention to a matter which is acutely j grieving to the ordinary man who wishes ot deal in stocks or shares in Singapore. He sees prices quoted in lists which are issued by the best firms, but if he
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  • 165 8 The following was the result of the shooting by the members of the P.L.R.C. at K am pong Bahru yesterday 100 yds. Mrs Wright-Motion 32 Mrs Liston 32 Miss L Smith 29 Miss Mathieu 25 Mrs Webb 21 Mrs Johnson... 21 Miss Cheeseman 20 Mrs Hart
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  • 164 8 The Verdict. The hearing of the case agaiust Faxal Khan, who was charged with giving false information to a public servant, to wit, Mr. R. D. Acton, Second Magistrate, and thereby inducing him to give an order for a warrant to be issued agaiust Che Mania and
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 432 8 THE Straits Cinema Location:— PENANG ROAD. Thos.A. Edison’s Kinetophone DREW A FULL HOUSE! Monday Night. The Talking Pictures HAVE MADE IN PENANG The Bittest "Hit” of the Year. CHANGE OF PROGRAMME TO-NICHT! THE Crown Cinema Locution .—Chulia Street (opposite Rw Walk.) Lower Prices Better Seats Better Entertainment Good reasons why
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    • 11 8 tVooda’ l*»pperuiiut Cure, Vor Ccugla and Colds, na?ar falls, la, 6d,
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    • 360 8 Some people go to Marienbad To take the cure they say While some to Monte Carlo hie, Acd at the table play. Blessed is the man who takes his dose At home—he knows *tis pure, Especially if. for coughs and colds. He takes Woods’ Peppermint Cure. HOTEL NORMAN. PENANG, THE
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  • 23 9 Vtuela trom Ageutt Dm* Kleut India Qoeben Colombo Colombo Singapore Sinsrapor* BM.ACo. A.G.ACo. A.G.AC0. 'B M.AJn. 12th Feh. 19th 20th 10th
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  • 19 9 Ve*tel* For Agtnh Leave* Kltitl *.M kCo Feb. l*di+ Sink’ -.pore VO.*Co. Colombo A.G.JkCo t u Colombo BMACc.
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 372 9 Ixpected Arrivals and Departures. Mail Service. Outward. Due Penang Steamer. Connecting with S S Fab. 19 Mar. 5 India Devanha Arcadia Delta Aaaaje India Medina Mongolia Malwa Mooltau Moron Maloja 16 30 Homeward •Sails on Friday instead of Saturday. tMoldavia calls at Naples. FAKES BY MAIL STEAMERS. A Accommodation. 1st
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    • 579 9 HIPPING. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD. Fob Singapore (Three times a week) Q wef»fnhaa Mnd Singapore. (Twice a week). Victoria Point, Mergui, Tavoy, Yeh and Moulmein. (Fortnightly), Singapore and Australia. Rangoon A Calcutta. (Weekly.) Negapatam, Madras, Pondicherry, Cuddalore and Karikal. (Weekly). HUTTENBACH, LIEBERT SI Co.. Penang, 1 rlephoni No.
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    • 1082 9 nnHER LL07D, BREMEN. nCPSBXAL GERMAN MAIL LINE. T'HK fast and well-known mail steamers of this Company sail fortnightly from Bremen JL Hamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southampton, Lisbon or Gibraltar, Algiers, Genoa Naples (connection Marseilles, Alexandra and vice versa), Port Said, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penang, Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai, Tsingtau or Nagasaki,
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  • 1003 10 Whenever poetry has a long tradition behind it, it tend» to u»e a specialized, and to an impoverished, vocabulary, and the readers of poetry, used to this vocabulary, frow fastidious about words and their associations. They expect the language of poetry to be poetic, and the spell
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  • 1175 10 THE SONS OF HEAVEN. In their introduction to this very curious book the authors justly point out that until we understand something of the mainsprings of thought and action which determine the governance and daily life of a people something of their atavistic memories
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  • 1180 10 Expkrimsnts with Clubs. There are a few golfers who have a mania for experimenting with their clubs. Either they tinker at them with their own hands or they stand over a publicly encouraging but privatel sceptical professional, bidding him fill here and gouge there until, atter several intervals of
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 85 10 Beware of Colds. Children are much more likely lo contract the contagious diseases when they colds. Whooping eoucli. diphtheria, scarlet fever and consumption are diseases that are often contracted when the child has a cold. That it why all medical authorities say beware of colds. Fo' the quick cure of
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    • 278 10 THIS IS IT I WATERBL'RY’S METABOLIZED Cod Liver Oil Compound 1 TASTELESS ODORLESS ,4 Li.rr V.l C Li The latest scientific preparation of COD Ll\ OIL. Docs all that is claimed for it and supersedes the old fashioned emulsions which upset the stomach. Highly leco::i:ncndod by the medical profc-i.. OF
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    • 52 10 Don’t Risk Pneumonia. Get rid of every cold as quickly as possible It is the forerunner of all pulmonary trouble, and pneumonia may develop in a few hours. Take Chamberlain’s Cough Keme ly. It is a simple thing to do, but the effect is marvellous. For sale by all Dispensaries
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    • 630 10 try Beecham’s Pills, they arc just the thin* as a family medicine. Nothing to be compared with them has yet been put before the public. For over half a century this medicine has been an easy First Favourite in countless households and the name and fame of Beecham’s Pills have
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 292 11 BY APPOINTMENT TO H. M. THE KINO. Admiralty. CONTRACTORS TO The India Office. The War Office. The Government Hospitals in Singapore, Penang, Malacca and the Federated Malay States. m All tK© worries •incident*.! to infant feeding and *11 tho dangers that follow in the train of an unreliable milk supply—*nd
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 486 12 'wk LTV rft-v* »l5t in» B s-W* 'n (V 2 9 5-5 I 3 a m sr< a? m >T:f o/t4.* v\ ysav^ CO 5 e: o 13 o W 42 C1 T 'V *s J s’.' V |G IWTiM.A >•» »3* V''A. 7 V Jl* i < v rA-“'
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