Straits Echo, 12 February 1914

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  • 37 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS. CIKCULATMG TMROUCHOUf THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND I at EAR EAST GENcRAUT VOL. 12. $24 Per Annum. PENANG, THURSDAY, lath FEBRUARY, t 914. Single Copy, 10 ttnh No. 33
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 1173 1 ••TIGER” Brandi Cement. A High Class Cement suitable for all purpose especially engineering and construction work. h For prices and further particulars apply to TIANG LEE Co., 53, Beach Street, Penang. Andrew Usher 8 Co/s SPECIAL RESERVE. O.V.G. Whisky. SANDILANDS, BUTTERY 8 Co., AGENTS FOE PENANG F. M. S. <
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    • 37 1 There’s PUSHY sod VIGOUR in every drop of Read’s ‘Dog’s Head” Guinness The StOUt you are used to. Insist on having Dog’s Head Brand. Sole Ac >nts TIANG LEE Co.. 53, Heach Strett, Penang. J ■■■■■■nncmoD□□□□□□■■■s■■■■ SIIIBlBISlBltl'
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    • 100 2 NATURA MILK LION BRAND.! (STERILIZES) J .’j- <2 Grand Prix: y Paris 190tf St. LouU-190 4 '"'"'««ill»»: fir? V’ V silt. M '<»illen; r. ’J 1893. fi C i,,M8 fC mvu r,'.? 1899 Schutimarke Breff> f0 Jgl j. “tsts* “CSV Bosd) 4 c ff A^ En Mecklenburg (Oeut»cP wn M
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  • 1131 3 THE JAPANESE ISLE OF FLOWERS '1 HAT BECAME *N ISLAND OF J LAME. (?ome Personal Impressions) 1 spent >uine little time ill Iv igo-hima and Sakurashini» during tuy stay i j Japmi in 19 »5. Ia all that beautiful country I think there can be no spot
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  • 656 3 1 Malarial fever is. pvh'ps, the most im- p irtiut of human disease* Those a'-e the words of Sir Ro ia’d Ross, M I)., F.RS, etc., iu hi* important work, 1 The Prevention of Malaria-” In India alone,” he continues, it has beeu officially estimated
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  • 131 3 February, 1014. II. W. L. W. H W. L AV. AfK AM. AM. PM. PM 12‘h 1.12, 7.48, 1.47 7 58 13th 148, S.2<>, 2 23, 8-34 14h 2.22, 8.51, 2.58, 0.10 15th 2 55, 0.21, 3 33. 0 48 1fi*h 3 27, 9 50. 4.09,
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  • 1571 3 The President of the Chinese Republic, having got h mseif lect* d bv met ho is not unu»u il in Central America, aud having i id media’el v purged wnh Cromw»d.ian dect•tou the Parliaui-mr which had elected him lasteued to lecture the eou-ubative body he ia<l sub-tuut* d
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 36 3 A Forty Yeirs’ T«t. luinberlaiu’s Cough Pernod y lias ,ri|) g coughs ud colds for the p;ut forty >rs atjd has in popularity Uar> A hat letter is rei V" r rale by all Disj*cnsaiies and
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    • 289 3 In weakness, neurasthenia CONSUMPTION CHLOROSIS Use HAEMOGLOBIN Deschiens aiu/avq rMioire A11 doctors agree that this vital Iron of the Blood always CURES, and gives every one health, strength and beauty. Far better than uncooked meat, Chalybeate», etc. Q 26 u. )0 IM. '0 HAVE YOU NOTICED The Great Reduction in
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    • 212 3 W »ods’ Groat Peppormint Cur*, For o‘»i!»bH Him < fold*. fad*. 1». 6d, 3 K.nii-t'imi.fiiiUHiimumuiUiiiaiimimiuiiuui’jg i I TIII3 13 IT! WATERiICRY’S METABOLIZED Cod Liver Oil Conpou nd Ĕ TASTLLCSS ODORLCSS I m C< i 1 ~»r 0.1 233/ The latest scientific preparation of COD LIVER OIL. Does all that is
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  • SHIPPING.
    • 76 4 Indragiri, Put. e.s., 160, Broil, Pel). 11, l»«li, Feb. 10, Geo —K. P. M. Kandia, Ger. 8.8 2,855, Oocbiuiw, beb. 11, Hamburg, Jan. 3, Gen. —B M. A Co. Prim Ludwig. Ger. 8.8, 5,688, Von Binser, Feb. 11, Yokohama, Jau 27, Gen.— B. M. A Co. t Kleiet. Ger.
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    • 37 4 February 12. Chantaboon, f< r DeliMalaya, for Deli. Pan Lee. for Trang. Perak, for Port Swettenbam, Poit Dickson aud Malacca. Tara, for Port Swotteuham and Singapore Mambang, for Setul. Moravia, for Singapore and ChinaTrang, for Trang.
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    • 334 4 For Yen —Per Jit Seng, to-morrow, 7 am. Deli aud Langsa—Per Indragiri, to-morrow, 8 a.ui. Asabau —Per Jin Ho, to morrow, 2 p.m. 'J rang, Tongkah uu<l Pang Nga—Per Perlis, to-morrow, 2 p.m. Rangoon—Per Tong Hong, to-morrow, 2 p.m. Katu Babra —Per Padang, to morrow, 2 p.m. Port
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  • 123 4 Penang, February 12. (By courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London, Demand Bank 2/4A 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4} 3 Credit 2/4/, M 3 Documentary 2/44 Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. 173} 3 days’ sight Private 175} Bombay, Demand Bank 173} Moulmein, Demand Hank 173 M 3 days’ sight Private 175}
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  • 206 4 Gold Leaf 164 40 Black Pepper 16.-wo stock White Pepper 30. —safes Trang Pepper 21 50 sales Cloves 39 buyers Mace 110 nominal. Pickings 76 —buyrs Nutmegs 110 s 24.- buyers !No. 1 6.10 sales 2 5,50 sales Basket 515 buyers Copra (mixed) 12 20 sales r'Tahbun... 190. —sellers
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  • 183 4 Penano, February 12. Beef cts Soup per catty 14 Roast 24 Steaks 24 Stew or Curry Meat 16 Rump Steak 24 Ox Tail each 30 Tongue 55 Feet 15 Heart 30 Liver per catty 55 Pork— P»>rk per catty 38 Pig’s Head 24 Feet m« 2$ Tongue 40
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  • 2224 4 •si Number of 1 0 i 2 04 a _o "I Capital. Shares C P Dividends. Name. g ■0 u 3 k 5 Q P* issued. o 0 m 0Q H-4 '3 ►> a m a <L OQ o a <y i 1909 p.c. 1910 p.c. 1911 1912 1913
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 10 4 For Clirouic Cbost Complaint», VVimkU' Ormf Peppermint Cura, 1». 6d.
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    • 51 4 A cold and treacherous frosty night, A lady dressed in gown so light A cough, or cold, and then to bed, A doctor gravely shakes his head. A lover comes, hot-foot and sure, A new, a speedy, pleasant cure A marriage. Bachelors, take the hint A bottle ’Twas of Woods’
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    • 53 4 t THIS IS IT! Walerbury’s God Liver Oil Compound C.l TASTELESS ODORLESS The latest scientific pre parationof COD LIVER OIL. Does all that is claimed for it and super sedes the old fashioned emulsions which upset the stomach. Highly re commended by the medi cal profession. OF ALL CrfEM/STS Price
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  • 1280 5 Tampan Wallah Charged with Abetment Before Mr M. E. Sherwood in the Third Court yesterday afternoon Sbini Tuleh, a sampan w.illab, whs charged with abetting four Indians in attempting to leave the Colony without a certificate from the Indian Immigration Office. i he accused, who wag represented
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  • 364 5 Under the heading Higher Malay Grammar,” the Straits Times publishes the following notice of Mr. K O. VVinstedt’s Malay Grammar which was reviewed in our columns rbo t a f- rtnigbt ago We congratulate Mr. R. O. Winstedt, of the Malay Civil S rvice, on the
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  • 453 5 Mr E. L Hamilton, presiding at the meeting of the Orient Trust on January 2 J referred to the auditors’ remark in the rppmt that no provision had been made for the depreciation which had taken place in the value of the investments. That was correct so far
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 273 5 m m m m Buchanan’s I Famous Scotch Whiskies. m m m m m m (s) (S) «I m m I BOTTLED IN SCOTLAND.) THE Royal Household BLEND AS SUPPLIED TO ROYALTY. BLACK and WHITE OF GREAT DEPUTATION "RED SEAL” A WORLD WIDE FAVOURITE. WHISKY IN CASKS: PRICES ON APPLICATION.
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    • 496 5 X 2 oz. 4 oz. Tins. Obtainable Everywhere. PRICE: 90 CENTS A J LB. TIN. WIKTORIN LIGHT is the most modern and up-to-date Lighting Sjstem. Patented all over the World. NOT ABLE TO EXPLODE, NO INSTALLATION, aid no piping required. Each lamp ia a complete, closod, transportable means of Light.
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  • 96 6 fvJbliaktd daily (except Sundays and pnblie holidays) AT Til CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. No. 59, Beach Street, Penang. PUCB Daily Leaal 124 per annum. H Ootetatioß... Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Pool Free) «17.50 OABI.I ADDMSS t ECHO—PENANG.” v Telephone Noe. Echo 586 Printing Department 343 JVn.— All kaiiavi*
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  • 1337 6 Everything regarding China which can :laim to be in any way authoritative is read with such keen interest by many of our eaderB that it is perhaps hardly necessary cor us to draw special attention to the article headed "Ex Oriente which we have lifted from
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  • 908 6 Mr. H A. Low, of Penang, baa been elected a non-resident Fellow of the Royal Colonial Iostitute. Captiin J F. de F. Shaw, boa, has arrived at Taipiog for temporary duty with the Battery, Malay States Guides. t Our Klaog correspondent writes: Mr. J-iffvr, Second Clerk in
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  • 333 6 Despite various counter-attractions there was a very fair bouse at the Town Hall l a «t uigbt to welcome back Mr. Edgar Warwick and his Court Cards, who have returned t Penang to find their popularity quite un° impaired and will doubtless play to kuv. audiences to-night
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  • 312 6 TO the editor or THE Strait f Echo Sir, The following paragraph appeared ia Truth for January 7. I am glad to hear that Army Order 340 of October 1, 19M, amending ihe rules about confidential reports on officers is now being carried out with satisfaction to all
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  • 344 6 a crocodile, measuring nearly fire feet i in length, wag shot at Tanjong B”ngah on Tuesday afternoon close to the Spnnetida r Hotel. The sea here forma a little hay which is dotted with rock visible at low tide. 9 I he discovery of the Riurian was, it
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 213 6 KOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM o o o o o AINC CHEANC Co., 59, Magazine Road. o o o o o We have just unpacked a large consignment, of private rickshaws of the latest tvpo which can be fitted with English-made wheel*, etc. complete and can be had at prices which defy competition We
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  • 131 7 new ZEALAND’S ANXIETY. (Reuter.) London, February 11. The lion. F. W. Massey, Premier of Zealand, speaking at Tearoba, said that tbeGovernmeni had asked the Home authorities to comp'y with the 1909 agreement and pivn New Zealand the two cruisers now buildine at Bristol within eighteen
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  • 91 7 (Reuter.) London, February 11. Mrs. Pankburst addressed from the window of a house in Kensington yesterday evening and concluded b®r sp®*ch with a di-fiance lo the Government to arrest her, s ving that she was coming out in a f* w minutes. When she emerged a wild
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  • 69 7 Swedish King His Ministers. (Reuter.) Stockholm, February 11. It appears that King Gustav V refused to com ly with the request of the Cabinet publicly to modify the attitude conv.-yed in his speech to the peasants, or to inform the Cabinet beforehand concerning his future public utterances. His Maiesty refused
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  • 49 7 Reuter.) London. February 11. II E. Chen Chin Tao, the new Chinese Financial Representative, has arrived in London. It H. E Lew Luk Lin, the Chinese Minister, who was received by the King on February 10 when he presented the new credentials of the Republic.
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  • 48 7 (Reuter.) Tokyo, February 11. The conflict between the mob and tbe Police resulted iu four persons in the mob receiving sword wounds. Subsequently the mob bepan to disperse, apparently overawed by tbe calling out of the troops. Tokyo, February 12. The eicitement has entirely subsided.
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  • 42 7 (Reuter.) New York, February 11. Mr. Andrew Carnegie has given 12.000,00 to promote peace in the churches of the world. Part of the income will be available for the church peace league of Great Britain snd Germany.
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  • 34 7 (Reuter.) London, February 11. The Commercial Union Assurance ComP»cy. under the powers entrusted to them hr the will of Sir William Dunn, have given ■i‘b',ooo to the Boy Scouts Endowment Fund.
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  • 29 7 (Reuter) Durban, February 11. Is the cricket match wth Natal the team were beaten by four w.ckets is their first defeat iu tbe tour.
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  • 1584 7 departure from precedent MR. WALTER LING’S SPEECH. Iteuter.) London, February II. Iu tbe House of Commons, in order to emphasise the paramouutcy of tbe Ulster problem, tbe Opposition departed from pa cedent. Mr. Walter Long, risiug amidst cheers, moved the Opposition amendment to tbe address and
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  • 62 7 (Reuter.) London, February 12. In the House of Commons, Mr. L V Harcourt, ‘secretary of State for tbe Colonies, announced that Lord Gladstone would resign his post of Governor-General of South Africa at the end of the present session of the Uuion Padiaroeot. The resignation was
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  • 39 7 (Reuter.) London, February 11. Reuter learns, respecting the repeated rumours of a Turco-Bulgarian combination agiinst Greece, that Rumania and Servia will certainly intervene in favour of Greece, though they will remain quiescent if Turkey alone attacked Greece.
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  • 16 7 (Reuter Geneva. February 11. M. Pirmelin aeroplaned Lorn Geneva over Mount Blanc, descending at Aosta.
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  • 104 7 Reuter.) London, February 11. Tbe London papers concur that as the result of Mr. Svdney Buxton’s elevation to the peerage, Mr. John Burns will become President of the Board of Trade, Mr. C. F. G. Masterman will become Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, retaining the Chairmanship of
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  • 172 7 A European named F. M. Low pleaded guilty before Mr. R. D. Acton this afternoon to giving false information to a public servant, to wit. Chief Detective Inspector R. J. Kirkn. He was fined $25. It appears that on the ICth instant he made a report
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  • 186 7 Trateruay. To-day. Kiaa or Buyer. S.U.r. Buyer» Seller» Fall. RUBBER. a. a d. a tnglo Malay ..10*8 11 AM 11— 11 104 +6d dukit Mertajam. 21 26 22 28 ~ld Jhereoneee 2 5 211 2 6 3 ..Id Jone. Malays 9 10*4 10 9 10 10 10 i 1
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  • 69 7 The following articles will be found on our outside pages Page 3.—A Paradise Destroyed. “Ex Oriente.” s.—lndian Immigration Case Si m pan Wallah Charged with Abetment. Orient Trust. Mr. Wmstedt’s Malay Grammar. 8. —Rubber in 1913. A Review of ludustry and Trade in British Malaya PenangCricket Club. Pegoh Annual
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  • 400 7 Tia. The following business in tin has been done to-day Singapore: Straits Trading C 0.,") gg buyers, no sell* rs j Penang Penang Tin Exchange, 25 tons at $92 50 Tin is quoted iu London to-dav at JSIB410s cash and JOlB5 10s three months’ sight. The next meeting
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 381 7 THE PENANG CYCLE EMPORIUM. No. 12, King Street corner Bithop Street. BICYCLES Sold and. Repaired. Accessories. Grand Opera Co. King Street Theatre. Onlv a Few More Night* f To-night! To-night!! By Sp ci 1 Request, THE (OMPANY WILT. STAGE Thtt Great Par:ee Drams, Maharaja Harischandra. Wjt or fine do not
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  • 33 7 Obituary. (Renter London, February 11. The death has taken place, at the age of of Surgeon-General William Burney H» r Herman, I M.S., who was Surgeon General in the Madras Presidency since 1911.
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  • 464 8 The Financial Supplement of The Times has a letter from Singapore, in which its. correspondent deals witfi British Malaya in 1913. In the course of this he writes j It may be said, broadly, that what the country has lost by dwline of rubber profits, it has
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  • 193 8 The second annual meetirg of Pegob, Ltd. wan held on Jauuarv 21. Sir Ernest \V. Birch, K.C.M G .presided, aud srid that he was pleased to report a general reduction in the cost of production, which he considered wis very satisfactoiy. During the year a Tamil labour
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  • 468 8 So far as one can judge from an examination of the position of the leadiag rubber trust companies, they all appear to have suffered by depreciation iu much about the same degree. The Orient Trust, which is principally interested in Straits Rubber, B.igan Serai, Selaba, and Tali
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  • 310 8 If the adverse criticisms which I have >0 frequently levelled against the United Malaysian Rubber Company need justification there is certainly more than enough to be iound in that company’s annual report. The working account is ingeniously divided so as to show that during one period
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  • 517 8 Tennis Tournament. The foil wing were the results of the ties played off yesterday Double Handicap*—A. Sells and Southam beat Cuuradi and Forrest 6-2, 6-4. Single Handicap A. Dr Fitzgerald wo from R L Cuscaden C B Hadden beat A S Hall 4 6, 7—5, 6-2. New
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  • 983 8 In the course of a review of the past year a Singapore correspondent writes in The Times —During the year there bas been great activity in the tin mines, and the output has reached a total only once exceeded during the
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  • 972 8 Sikh Polickukn Chaeokd. Before Mr. W. C. Miebell in the District Court this morning Jang Singh, Lance Corporal 294, and Gurmak Singh, P.C 220, were charged with criminal breach of trust in respect of $104.50, the property of the Si kb Police. It it alleged that
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 509 8 THE Straits Cinema Location :—PENANG KOAD. As lOO’s have bzsn Turned away nightly Ihos.A. Edison’s Kinetophone OK Talking 8 Motion Pictures HAVE EXTENDED TfIELK SEASON For Two Nights More. Thursday Friday, Feb. 12th 13th. and will present A Program “De Luxe.” For the 2 Nights Prices as Usual. THE Crown.
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    • 35 8 Just Wh»t You Ned. Don’t suffer for years from a disordered stomach. A few of Cham! erlain’s Tablets will put tou risrbt. Th»T sre just what you need. For sale by all Disptnsarie* and Dealers.
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    • 810 8 MUNICIPAL NOTICE. P. ANO FOR SALE. Full concert grand hano u Brinsmead far sale. The instrument may be inspected and full particulars obtained on application to the undersigned. (By Order), L A. Coutier BIGG3, Secretary tu the Municipal Commissioner Municipal Office, George Town, Penang, 2nd February, 1914 71 NOTICE In
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    • 2371 9 SHIPPING.) P.&O. S.N.C Expected Arrivals and Departures. Mail Service. Outward. Pue PmaDg Steamer. Conreoting with 8 8. Feh. Mar. Apr. 19 5 19 2 16 30 India Devanha Arcadia Delta Assaye India Medina Mongolia Malwa Moo) tan Morea Maloja nomcwarn •Sails on Friday instead of Saturday, t Moldavia calls at
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  • 2638 10 Serious Situation in the Brazilian Rubber Industry—Possibility of a Crave Shortage this Year—Strong Demand with Rising Prices in the Commodity Market —Estimated Production during the Present Year —Forward Contracts Damage by Cyclones. According to the latest news from Brazil tbe rubber industry iu that country appears l to
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    • 169 10 :sc DOW’S HEALTH 8 STRENGTH COCOA Gives strength to the muscles, tone to the nerves, health to the whole system. It stimulates, strengthens, and sustains. Better than medicine. X I 0, RICKSHAWS! RICKSHAWS!! STi NEW SHIPMENT JUST UNPACKED. COMPLETE WITH ENGLISH WHEELS, RUG, LAMPS. Etc. Ist Quality: $135-00. CHIN SENG
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    • 336 10 TENDERS will be received up to the 14th inst. at the Harbour Master's Office, Penang, for llowiag up and clearing the wreck of the 8.9. BAN MO sunk in the Peaang Harbour. Each tenderer at the time of sending j n his tender is required to deposit with the Harbour
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  • 376 11 Tb* Cental Journal is the new title of that useful magazine, the Colonial Office Journtil, and we shall be glad wlen the proprietors can see their way to publish at a more popular price than eighteen pence. The October number contains a survey of the Quarantine Systems in practice
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  • 219 11 Official Mivutss. Minuses of a meeting of the Municipal Comm isioners held on Thursday, January 29, 1914 j— Pretent. Dr. G. W. Park, {Deputy Pretident). Quab Deng Kee, Esq. T. Allen, E*q. Abtent. Jobu Mitchell, Esq. F. Du it ury, E*q. Yeob Guan Seok. Esq. Lim Eow Ilong,
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  • 43 11 Friday, F, bruary 13. Esplanade G to 7 pm, 1 Selection Hid mo Dis course Rlfdinp 2 Intermezzo. lant Le Bil Godfrey 3 Tree Dances From Henry the Eight German 4 Waltz O Rtreichischn Kaps«r Kange Wittig 5 March Turkish Ellenberg
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 159 11 Beware of Co!4s. Children are much more likely to contract the contagious diseases when they have colds. Whooping cough, diphtheria, scarlet fever and consumption are diseases that are often contracted when the child has a cold That is why all medical authorities say beware of colds. For the quick cure
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    • 75 11 Dji»'t C ug\ It is absurd to allow a cough to hang on and sip your vitality when Chamberlaiu’s Cough Kernedy will cure you. You dou’t know where a persistent c- ugh will land you. You can’t sfford to allow your throat and luugs to become diseased when it is
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    • 718 11 JUST ARRIVED! JUST ARRIVED A NEW SHIPMENT OF 1 Rubber-soled Slippers at 85 cts. each. FANCY WILLOW BASKETS 65cts. to $3-25 per set. TURKISH BATH MATS. CAKE DISHES PICKLE BOTTLES. The Guillotine Cigar Cutter. 18 ct. Cold $18 each. Silver: $1.70 each. AND OTHER FANCY COODS. I Gunn Universal Purchasing
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    • 1063 12 TTTTC London Directory I (Published Annually.) Enables traders throughout tha World toj coimnun-'-ate d c*ct with English Manufacturers Dealers in oaeh class o£ good*. Besides boing a! oomp'et- commercial guide to London and its subu bs, the Directory contains lisls of Export Merchants with the Goods they ship, and the
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