Straits Echo, 13 February 1914

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  • 35 1 Straits Echo MIL» OffRONICLt Uf EVENTS. CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAUS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND Tilt Ear EAST GENEKaU.I VOL. 12. s>4 Psr Annum. PENANG, FRIDAY, 13th FEBRUARY, 1914. Single Copy, 19 cents. No. 3^
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 1269 1 “TIGER" Brand Cement. A High Class Cement suitable for all purpose especially engineering and construction work. For prices and further particulars apply to TIANG LEE Co, SJ, Beach Street, Pevang. i::r Andrew Usher 6' SPECIAL RESERVE. O.V.G. Whisky. SAND&ANDS. BUTTERY 5 Co.. AGENTS FOR PENANG F. M. C. r\ \J\ia
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    • 36 1 miaaiaiimiiiMaiaißaac There’s PURITY and VIGOUR in every drop of Read’s “Dog’s Head” Guinness file Stout you are used to. Insist 'on ha.ving Dog's Head Brand. r Sole A(cttt: TIANG LEE 8* Co., 03, liearh Street, Penang.
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    • 87 2 NATURA SLK r LION BRANDJ (STEUUZEt) J &SL a M/, Grand Prix: 4 y p »n* )900 S < M '<«illto; > "’3. !> 18,3 C: ,ms IBSL9 SI. Louis 1904<s* su 6 *“’5 > ht Schutuiwkc J. w Bosd) < fi# ARcn Mecklenburg (D«ui»cb^ Ma &E IN GERMANY- BE
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  • 939 3 The International conference on Safety of Life at Sett, which met in London on November 12 tinder the presidency of Lord Mersey, has now concluded its labours, which have produced results of great practical importance Its members are to be congiatulated alike upon the spirit
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  • 1002 3 (Bt Louis Paulhan i* the Globe That the public authorities should hare been induced to propose, as they have just done, a law to regulate aerial traffic is surely a tact that marks, more eloqueutly than words could do, the splendid evolution of the science of flying.
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    • 74 3 D:r/t C ol'i. It is absurd to allow a to bans? on and asp your vitality when Chamberl Cough Ketnedv will cur» you. luu dun t know where a persistent cough will land Jou. You can’t afford to allow your and lungs to become diseieed when is uch a siirp
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    • 236 3 Huttenbach Bros. 8 COMPANY. ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS CONTB ACTORS. SOLE AGENTS FOR: A. E. G. E L CTRIC L MACHINERY Free Estimates Given for al Kinds of Electrical Work Mining Plants and Private Lighting Installations A Speciality. AGENTS FOR: flinw. si jt'j T tt l M S4 I >5 V <
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    • 11 3 Wv«i Fcr “’Great Cure. Ocugha xnd Cold», new fail*, 1«. 6d.
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  • SHIPPING.
    • 122 4 Moravia, Au« a.«., 2,2tH, Navarin, Feb. 12, Trieste, Jan. 10, Gen. —S- K. A Co. Both, Dut. a.a., 2,341, Ponaain, Feb. 12, Batavia, Feb. 2, Gen.—K. P. M. Pin Seng, Br. a.a., 378, Glendaj, Feb. 12, Singapore, Feb. 10, Gen.—E. S. Co., Ltd. Jin Ho, Br. a.*., 93, Hardings,
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    • 66 4 Febeuary 13. Perlit, for Trang, Tongkah and PaDg Nga Padang, for Batu Bahra. Pin Song, for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Pangkor, for Dindings, Sitiawan and Bagan Datob. Hebe, for Teluk Anaon. Un Peng, for Pulau Langkawi, Perlis and Setul. Flying Dragon, for Port Weld and Taiping. Malta, lor Port
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    • 252 4 Fob A lor Star (Kedah)— Per Tong Chuan, to-morrow, 7 a.m. Alor Star (Kedah) —Per Ghee Thye, to-morrow, 8 a.m. Madras taking mails for Europe, etc, via Bombay—Per Teeota, to-morrow, 10 30 am. Langsa, Edi, T. Semawe, Segli, Olebleh and 3a bang—Per Speolman, to-morrow, 11 a.m. Deli—Per Alma,
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  • 122 4 Penano, February 13. {By courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London, Demand Bank 2/4A 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4$ 3 Credit 2/4 ,V 3 Documentary 2/44 Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. 173; 3 days’ sight Private 175$ Bombay, Demand Bank 173$ Moulmein, Demand Hank 173 H 3 days’ sight Private 175;
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  • 199 4 Gold L«af $64 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 Sugar 2 5,50 sales Bisket 5.15 buyers Copra (mixed) 12 20 sales r'
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  • 193 4 Penang, February 13. 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 Pobk— Pork per catty 38 Pig’s Head 04 Feet M 28 Tongue 40
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  • 2273 4 o.2 Number of 0 'a d, s _o ii Capital. Shares issued. •s p rs Dividends. Name. 5- s a -5 O 0 W Ck 3 HH I 00 <y 1901 p.c. 191( p.c. 191 191 2 191 p.c 3 RUuBCK DOLLAR SHARES. 45 ct* 55 cts lOOQ 450OIM)
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    • 54 4 Said Mr. Cough to Mr. Cold I find we caDnot get foothold On cheat or lungs where they procure A doso of Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure This healing balm spoils all our fun, Indeed, our race is nearly run The patient then gulped dowu his cure, Old Cough and Cold
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    • 40 4 A Forty Yem’ Test. Chamberlain’s Cough Kemedy has been curing coughs and colds for the past forty years aud has gained in popularity every year. What better i econo mendat ion is required For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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    • 61 4 I THIS IS IT! Waterbary's Metabolized Cod Liver Oil Compound rat; C Li i TASTELES3 ODORLESS The latest scientific pre par at ion of COD LIVER OIL. Docs all that is claimed for it and super sedes the old fashioned emulsions which upset the stomach. Highly re commended by the
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  • 1121 5 Probably tbe article of the greatest geneI ral interest, in tbe Januarv number of tbe I Agricultural Bulletin is the progress repot t I on locust work in the F M 8. up to November I 30, 1913. The report says that so far as can !>e ascertained,
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  • 502 5 Parents claim for their children such an education (such teaching rather) aa will enable them toou in life to earn their thirty or J forty dollars a month. Merchants ironically comment on the deficiencies of their clerks and exclaim Call that education W by he couldn’t
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  • 410 5 Mr. Erie Macfadyeu is of the opinion that 1/- per lb will be the future probable all in-cost of rubber grown in the Mai iv Peninsula, and, being a practical plauter of wide experience, Lis conclusion is worth coLsidetmg. Some estates have already reached this figure,
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    • 590 5 NOTICE m 5% t. u NOTICE is hereby given that we are the sole proprietors of the above trade mark which is being used by us as a trade mark for Our Goods. Any person who without our authority uses such mark or any colourable imitation of the same or
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    • 182 5 V w/ 90 2oz. 4 oz. Tins. Obtainable Everywhere. PRICE: CENTS A i LB. TIN. in—r.oi^jjkv»-TO-NIGHT! HALL. TO-NICHT!! FAREWELL PSRFORMiiNCE OP MR LD3AR WARWICK’S COUB T GIRDS AND THEIR JOKER Positives the iast performance in Penan; of Jhis clever combination prior to their departure for Europe. Prices: ?3, £2 .*1.
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  • 96 6 ftMiAld daily (except Sundays and pnhiie holiday*) AT III CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. No. 59, Beach Street, Penang. Paicn Daily Leeal »24 per Annum. OwUUtion... Postage Extra, Ifeil Editoea (Poet Free) 917.50 OABL1 iDDMIl: ECHO —PENANG.” Telephone Not. Echo 586 Printing Departnent 343 jr.M.— All knlMM oamwaBioBtioaa ahculd
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  • 1408 6 It is rather curious to uote that the political crisis which has just led to demonstrations and riots in the streets of Tukio came almost exactly a year after another crisis in Japan arising primarily out of the same cause, expenditure on the Nary. The fact seems
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  • 367 6 SOME FRESH CASES. We learn that Mr. W. G. Maxwell. British Adviser to the Kedah Government, whose attack of cholera was extraordinarily light, is now practically all right. Mrs. W. G. Maxwell has also had aD extraordinarily mild attack, though she still confined to her bed.
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  • 422 6 The Court Cards pare another successful show to a good houce at the Towu Hall vesterdaj eveuiDg. There was. as promised, a change of programme, which went with h great swing Several of the items included in it were new to Penang, notably a most amusing burle-qm
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  • 1048 6 Says the Malay Mail: The telegraph wire between Koala Lumpnr and Penang was again interrupted to day which explains the comparative paocitv of Reuter’s telegrams in this issue of the Malau if a l. y Surely our contemporary has learnt by aow to keep this par.” standing. A
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    • 142 6 £t ft M I 6, BEACH STREET, PENANG. Telegrams Siemens, Penang. Telephone No. 479. SIEMENS WOT AN LAMPS Pure drawn TUNGSTEN WIRE filaments. °f The Electrical Times,” June 5tb, 1913 ''n,/ in X }?r r, *a/ '®-v j '/<9. av >. .<>• 4 V, tp*. '°a» THE BEST “After very
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  • 115 7 (From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, February 13. At Jugra yesterday, before Mr. W. E P*pvs, Mr. Thomas, a P. W. D. Overseer, was fined J's for failing to make proper enquiries when engaging coolies and $1 for not registering the names of the engaged coolies. Mr.
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  • 44 7 {From Our Own Correspondent Singapore, February 12. The Government launch Spartan was rammed amidsbip and sunk in the harbour renterday evening by the launch Billy. There were no casualties. She is being raised to-day and will proceed to Tanjong Pagar.
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  • 29 7 Reuter Melbourne, Februarv 12 Brigadier-General Willism Throsby Bridges, Commandant of the Royal Military College of Australia since 1910, has been appointed Inspector-General of the Forces.
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  • 31 7 Reuter London, February 12. President Wilson announces plans for the restoration of the American Merchant Marine which will be considered wbeu Congress has disposed of the pending questions.
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  • 45 7 (Reuter.') London, Februarv 12 The remains of a Christien boy, who was murdered at Fastoff near Kieff, have been exhumed. It is alleged that, he was victim of a ritual murder and in consequence the inhabitants of Kieff are in a ferment.
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  • 44 7 Reuter.) London, February 13. 11. E. Chin Chen Tan, the Chinese Financial Representative whj is now in London, will watch the markets iii London and the Continent in oroer to acquaint the Chinese Ooverument of opportunities for an early loau.
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  • 35 7 (Rev ter.) Washington, February 13. The Foreign Relations Committee of tbe Senate voted in favour of tbo arbitration treaties with the various foreign Powers, ircludiug those with Great Britain, Japan and Italy.
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  • 28 7 Wanton Damage. Reuter.) London, February 12. The Suffragettes burned the Carnegie Library at Birmingham and attempted to I'low up the late Mr. Arthur Chamberlain’s mansion.
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  • 23 7 (Reuter.) London. February 12. Ilia the King will attend the International Rugbv football match between England and Ireland on Saturday.
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  • 25 7 (Reuter.) St. Petersburg, February 13. The Russian Premier, M. Kokovtaeff, has retired. He will probably be succeeded by tbs ex-Premier M Goremykin.
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  • 23 7 Reuter.) London, February 12. Iwo British squadrons, which are now visiting Cherbourg and Brest, are being lavishly entertained.
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  • 613 7 AMENDMENTS to the ADDRESS. COMING BY-ELEC. lONS. (Reuter.)' London, February 12. 1 The by-elections at S<’Uth Buckinghamp--1 shire, L»itb, Poplar, and Bethntl Green are 1 expected to clear the air as regards the Home Rule question Mr. Y«o, the County Councillor, has b°en adopted as the Liberal
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  • 64 7 Amresty Bill. (Reuter.) London, February 12. The Government will submit to-morrow a bill for thp complete amnesty of mdividuale condemned for political < fLnces and noncriminal misdemeanours. The ringl ‘adprs will be pxiled and persons awaiting trial will be released immediately. The erquirv into their cases
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  • 45 7 (Reuter T ondon, February 13 Yesterday the K>ng at the Privy Council at wMrh Sir. John Bum*. Mr. Herbert Samuel, Mr C. E. H llobhouse and Mr C. F G. Ma-terman took the oath on assuming their new appointments ia the Cabinet.
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  • 86 7 demonstrations and COUNTER-DEMONSTRATIONS. (Reu f er Stockholm, Februiry 12. Baron Geer, a moderate Liberal, is forming a Cabinet. One thousand eight hundred students from the Universities of Up*ali. Lund and Gothenburg, who were joined t>v a thousand citiz-ns of Stock hoi demoustrated before the King to indicate
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  • 79 7 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, February 13. Messrs. Fraser A Co. weekly report states that dealings in shares were of no particular interest. Rubber at the close of the week was firm but a waiting policy is adopted and there is no lead from London. As regards
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  • 49 7 (Reuter.) Berlin, Februiry 12. Admiral von Tirpitz. German Minister of tht Navy, announces that the nex' Z-ppelin will have a capacity of 32,000 metres as compared with 27.0 X) metre-i which was the capaci f y of the lirgest. German Zeppelin rec< ntly destroyed at Heligoland.
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  • 186 7 Yosterrtay. To-day. Rin or Buyers Sr*l«r- buyers Sel trs Fall. RUBBER. d. <t. s. d. Malay ..11— 11 104 11 14 IS— +14d ex rtiv. t-ikit Mr-tajam 2 2 28 *3 29 ld lamon-se ..26 3 26 3 Vr*. Malays 10 10 10 1 10 44 1 3 -Mt'd
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  • 288 7 Tin and Copra. The following busiuess in tin has been done to-day Penang Penang Tin Exchange, 6} tons at $91 90 Straits Trading Co., 25 592 50 Eastern Smelting Co., 50 $92 50 Leong Fee A Co., 50 $92 50 Singapore: Straits Trading Co., 100 $92.50 Total 231}
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  • 735 7 (From Our Own Corretpon<ieni Kuala Lumpur, February 12. Intense satisfaction is expressed on every hand at tbe news that the most popular civil servant in the peninsula, the lion. Mr. R Wat*on, C M G is to return to Ku-tla Lumpur to act as Chief Secretary to
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  • 254 7 It is with regret that we have to announce that Mr. A E Landon-White died at anjong Bun ah from fever in the early hours of this morning As an Engineer he was well-known in London, where he was responsible for the laying of
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  • 136 7 Tbe followi g articles will be found on our outside Fage 3.—Sab tv of Life at Sei Aviation t>f To- morrow— l 5.—Agricultural Bulletin. The Position of Rubber. Education in the Str.ita. 8. —Tbe Cost of Mtkiog Copra. Hongkong and Shanghai IJmk ku Effective Tai ff for China Penaug
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    • 507 7 IJOTICX?. 4 MFETINO of tin 3iih*e iber* of J\ Vi.!t»ni* G will t*> lie I at; K>e Gui’i •o, H irh S?r *et, P-o-mg. <>u Satu U<«y, tie 14'h February, 914, at 3 p iq. D -J» r is 1. To app’ove of a n-w T:Ust Deed. 2. To aud
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  • 623 8 Mr. L. C. Brown, who baa just retired from hia appointment of Inapector of Coconut Plantation, haa contributed to the Indian Agriculturist the following valuable notea: —Your letter to hand regarding what coconuta coat per 1,000 to produce appeara to me rather vague, as it
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  • 270 8 Tennis Tournament. The foil wing were the results of the tiei played off yesterday h Single Handicap A. d C C.unradi beat H A Neubronner y 6-0, 6—3. Single Handicap D. A F Robertson beat J Saudemann 6—1. 6-0. Profession Pairs. Procter and South-m beat Pennett and
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  • 1149 8 Chinese Ladies at Law. Says Wednesday’s T.O.M. A Chinese lady, who is a Member of a vegetarian home, is the plaintiff, and a wellknown local Chinees business man and a member of the Sanitary Board, his wife and mother-in-law are the defendants in an action for
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  • 410 8 The following is the report of the directors 1o be presented at the half-yearly meeting of the sharehollers of the Pank which will be held at Hongkong on FeblUary 14: Gentlemen, The Directors have now to submit to you a General Statement of the affairs of
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  • 1101 8 Curious Case in Court. Before Mr. M. E. Sherwood in the Third Court to-day a Hindu named Poniah was charged with voluntarily confining a girl of about twelve year» i f age at his house for a period of nearly three days. The hearing of
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  • 628 8 The news that Great Britain, the United States, Belgium and the Netherlands have replied in favourable terms to China's request for a revision of tli9 Customs import tariff so as to make the five per cent, duty effective,” will be welcomed by the Central Government.
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    • 536 8 THE Straits Cinema Location: —PENANG ROAD. As 100's have been turned away nightly Thos.A. Edison’s Kinetophone OR Talking 8 Motion Pictures HATE EXTENDED THEIR SEASON For Two Nights More. Thursday Friday, Feb. 12th A 13th. AND WILL PRESENT A Program “De Luxe.” For the 2 Nights Prices as Usual. THE
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    • 51 8 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 Chain berlaioa, Remedy. It is a simple thing to do b'it the effect is marvellous For «ale by all Dispensaries and
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    • 145 8 DRESSER WANTED ,6 h iV 0 I For Gula Estate Hospital. Apply MANAGER, OAa Estate, Krian, F.M S. 11-2-14 97 Grand Opera Co. King Street Theatre. 0 1 Last Few Night» Last Few Nights To-night! To-night!! > THE COMPANY WILL STAGE A Screamingly Funny Piece, ENTITLED: “OMAR PUAKA and OSMAN
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    • 140 8 Beware of Colds. Children are much more likely to contract the contagious diseases when they bare colds. W hooping cough, diphtheria, scarlet ferer 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
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 2101 9 hipping. Ki S.N.C Expected Arrivals and Departures. Mall Service BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD, Foa Intended to Sail. Steamer Singapore (Three times a week). Pnr* SaeJtfrh.-jni and Slngapnre. (1 wice a week Victoria Point, Mergm, Tavoy, Yeh and Moulmein. (Fortnightlv). Singapore and Australia! I Sat. l4tli Feb., 4 p.m.
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  • 317 10 What is Heaven C«NrtrciANitM as State Religion in China. A remarkable debate, philosophically of the greatest interest, telegraphs the Peking correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, took place m the Administrative Conference on the subject of the worship of Heaven, many delegates evidently viewing the matter as one of the gravest
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  • 238 10 Not since Palmer of Rugeley has there been so remarkable a poisoner as Karl Hopf, who has just been sentenced to death at Frankfort. Hopf poisoned wholesale, and is suspected of other crimes besides those cf which he was convicted. He posed as the model son, husband,
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  • 323 10 It ia an extraordinary fact that, the postage stamps of the British Empire have rec*»ntly received more criticism thin thosp of the rest of the world put to ether. East year, when the long-awaited Australian Commo-wealth issue made its appearance the design of a disproportionately large kangaroo fquatt
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  • 401 10 La.ro* Loss on Trading in the Year. Presiding at the meeting of the United Malaysian Rubber Company, Limited, on January 22, Mr. Cecil A. Grenfell said the Goebilt factory showed a protit for the first five months of 11,529. The best month was October, which showed a
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  • 307 10 It is to be hoped that the really groundless fear of anaesthetics will not bee ufirmed by the recent inquest at Southwark. A desperate case collapsed at Guy’s while an operation was being attempted as a last bopje, and immediately people begin to talk of the patient as having
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  • 178 10 Winston had a love for David more than words can ever utter David never mentioned Winston, save in terms of melted .butter. Often they would go a-roaming, off to Cricoieth or to Dartmoor, Till the public said, admiring, »Thev will never, never part more But one day a
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  • 680 10 j Their Cor* and Pretention. Among the most frequent ailments of 0 mankind are sore throat and tonsillitis. These affections are due to germs which 8 hare been inhaled bv the sufferer and have 6 multiplied in his throat, overcoming his powers of resistance to them,
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    • 10 10 For Chronic Cheat Complaint*. Wooda" tjreat IVppertntnr Cura. la 6d
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    • 1187 10 THE BLOOD is the LI F the of Dr. Morse's Indian Soot Pills—What they are and what they do. Their Four Principal Ingredients. It is an established fact that all diseases spring from one source, namely Impurity of the Blood. Therefore our strength, health, and life depend upon the vital
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  • 436 11 Attempted Taxation Fecsteatid. Under the Constitution of Panama the importation of Chinese is forbidden. Notwjthstauding this an illicit trade in smuggling them into the country has been carried onalro° t' since the adoption of the Constitution >t»elf. Often as much as illCO was paid for i«rmission t*
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  • 319 11 Rebel, Statesman, and Financier. One of the most remarkable men Greece has produced is M. Eleutberios Venizelos, the Premier, who is now in Paris to arrange a loan. Greek by parentage, but a Cretan by birth, he took an active part in the revolution of 1896, and
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  • 132 11 Cardinal’s Indictment of Modern Spirit. The drama, the invgazines, aud the ballrooms all give evidence of an ever-increasing disregard of eveu the rudiments of common decency of dress, of deportment, conversation, and conduct,” declared Cardinal O’Connell in a sermon at Boston. The Cardinal, according to the Tim** New
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    • 132 11 Just Whit You Need. Don’t suffer for years from a disordered itomach. A few doses of Chamberlain’s Tablets will put you right. They are just j what you need. For sale by all J and Dealers. gTrVwVanaf AM t«4 IBM l|tt{ jM k M *isSaL m Jb V/c > t
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    • 485 11 GOODRICH a (8) ii ►O' £.O -A V.*v p■V Lfi I: s; If .V tSßS^issßm f* o fil es tfjSPgi^ggg w The Largest Tyre Factory, with the Greatest Output in the World a Tribute to the Supreme Quality n OF ii i GOO TYRE D <* 0 fs> (%r c*
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    • 1349 12 THE London Directory (Published Annually.) Enables traders throughout ths World to communicate direct with English Manufacturers 9 Dealers in each class of goods. Besides being a complete commercial guide to London and its suburbs, tbe Directory oontains lists of Export Merchants with the Goods they ship, and the Colonial sad
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