Straits Echo, 30 March 1914

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  • 35 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS. CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERAL'. VOL. 12. $24 Per Annum PENANG, MONDAY, 30th MARCH, 1914. Single Copy, IV ceati. No. 72
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 1147 1 TIGER Brand Cement. A High Class Cement S suitable for alh purposes especially engineering and construction work. For prices and further particulars apply to TIANG LEE Co., 53, Beach Street Penang. 0 Andrew Usher 8 Co.’s SPECIAL RESERVE. O.V.G. Whisky. SANSILANDS, BUTTERY 8 Co.. AGENTS FOK PENANG F. M. S.
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    • 38 1 There’s PURITY and VIGOUR in every drop of Read’s “Dot’s Head” Guinness The Stout rou are used to. Insist on having Dog’s Head Brand. Sole Ageats TIANG LEE 8? Co.. 53, Beach Street, Penang. "'n 3 a □nanaaninaiii
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    • 112 2 NATU '*SbĔL/ I m iLK (STERILIZES) L V fe) LION BRANDJ 2 a' <5raad Prix: VA y Paris 1906 St. Lou»*:l 904- Silb Mt<| ailleo; M«<J* ilK” Ts *Ule rr He na 1893. >893. 898 ''Ufo. liiliiiiiiaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHHiiimmnuiiillll I j9lBret"* 0 9 j. w£3» pr»g 1 i} Ehr«"P r^ Schutimirke Bosd)
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  • 1272 3 Thc Success of French Enterprise (from the Tone» correspondent.) Peking, Feb. 14. French enterprise has been very busy of l*fce in China, and eitretnely successful. Thu Banqua ludustrielle de Chine is the medium throngh which the latest concession has beeu obtained— namely, the Yamcbow-Yunnanfu-Cbanking Railway, an
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  • 621 3 (By C. Reginald Enoch, F R.G.S.) The people of the Andine republics (as of Latin America generally) have been subject abroad to considerable misapprehension The traveller who studies them from an unbiased point of view will find that his previous notions concerning them undergo some change.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 43 3 Trouble Averted That little cold and sore throat of yours must be checked at once or it may develop into something worse. Take a few doses of Chamberlain's Cough Kemedy and your troubles will soon vanish. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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    • 182 3 Sole Agents Huttenbach Bros. Co., PENANG. 4 SINGAPORE. 4 IPOH. 4 KUALA LUMPUR. ROYAL TYPEWRITERS. s, r Z 91 i h THE AND BEST CHEAPEST. Royal No. 1 Royal No. 5 Foolscap $l5O-00 175-00 Royal No. 6 Royal No. 7 Brief Policy $2OO-00 225-00 Nett Ex Godown-Penang. INSPECTION INVITED. so
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  • SHIPPING.
    • 61 4 Muttra, Br. s.s., 2,985, Holman, March 29. Calcutta, March 13, Gen.-H I*. A Co. Zaida, Br. ..a., 1,303. Luna. March Moulmein, March 22, Gen. J E'W 34«. Scott, b 29 k Aoaon, March 28. (Jen.— A. G Co. Klanj. Br. M, 732, Fawc“., Man* 30. Singapore. March 28. Gen—A.
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    • 39 4 March 30. Psoksang, for CalcuttaJin Ho, for Asahan. Cornelia, for Port Swettenham and Singapore. m Avagyee, for Dindings, Sitiawan and Teluk Anion. Un Peng, for Pulau Langkawi, Perils and Setul- Flying Dragon for Port W eld and Taiping.
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    • 232 4 Fok Tongkah—Per Malacca, to-morrow, 1 p m. Trang— Per Trang, to-morrow, 1 p-m Langkat and Pangkalan Brandan-ler Ban Whatt Soon, to-morrow, 2 p.m. Port Swettenham and Singapore— l er Omapere, to-morrow, 3 p.m. Dindings and Sitiawan— Per Pangkor, to-morrow, 4 p-m. Teluk Anson—Per Hebe, to-morrow, 4 Swettenham and
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  • 67 4 The following are the fixtures for this year’s Cup Tie First Round. March 31. Old Farqubars vs. Crescent Football Club Second Round. April 7.—Government Service Recreation Club vs. Eastern Athletic Union. April 14.- Central Union Athletic Club vs Mobamedan Recreation Club. April 21. —Itbihadol Khairiah Football Club
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  • 116 4 Penano, March 30. (J?y courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) Loudon, Damanc 1 Bank 2/4^ 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4£ 3 Credit 2/4£| 3 Documentary 2/4-tf-Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. 174£ 3 days’ sight Private 175| Bombay, Demand Bank 174* Moulmein, Demand Bank 173£ M 3 days’ sight Private 175^ Madras
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  • 194 4 Gold Leaf $64 40 Black Pepper 16.50 buyers White Pepper sales Trang Pepper 19. buyers Cloves 45.— sales Mace 110 nominal. Pickings 87. sellers Nutmegs 110 s. 25. sellers C No. 1 6.10 sales s 2 5,50 sales Basket 5.15 buyers Copra (mixed) 10.50 buyers i'Tahbun... 190. sellers Soonde
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  • 164 4 Penang, March 30. Beef cts. Soup pet 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 Pig’s Head... Feet Tongue Mutton tw/r’ih Head 35
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    • 40 4 Qin a bodj meet a body Gangin’ to the kirk If a body sneeze unduly—need a body smirk, Better far to say ma bnther Duma' look so dour, We’ll cure oor coughs and colds tkegitber Wi* Wood»’ Great Peppermint Cure.”
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    • 48 4 Rub It In. A good many people think rheumatism can not be cured without taking nauseous medicine. Chamberlain s Pain Palm massaged thoroughly into the skin has cured far more rheumatism than any internal remedy in existence and gives relief quicker. For sale by all Dispensaries .and Deale*-*».
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    • 68 4 £>+++++T r-t'+v»+»"l"fTtl++-H++++* THIS IS IT! WATERBURY’S METABOLIZED J Cod Liver Oil Compound TASTELESS ODORLEBB The latest scientific pre paration of COD LIVER J, OIL Does all that is claimed for it aud super- j| sedes the old fashioned emulsious which upset Ji «he stomach. Highly re commended by th medi
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  • 715 5 New Regulations. The following are the new iules and regulations governing the annual r fl-j match between Hongkong, Shanghai, Singapore and Penang 1. Title. —The Match shall be known as The Far East Interport Match. 2. Date. —The Match shall be fired on any date between the
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  • 218 5 Tennis Tournament. The Penang Golf Club Tennis Tournament will open on Monday, the 4tb May, entties closing on Friday, the 24th April. The following is a list of the events 1 Ladies’ Singles Open 2 Do do Handicap 8 Do Doubles do 4 Mixed do do 5
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  • 1003 5 We were impressed with the sane and moderate sptech of Mr. John Mitchell, at 1 the annual meeting t f the Peuaug Chamb r 1 of Commerc l when be dealt with the debatJ able questiou of the Prai D >ck, and the system of dual control. There
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  • 43 5 TO- DAT. 4th Day of 3rd Moon. Penang Volunteers—Cadets, Free School Company Drill Free School, 3 40 p m “A” an! B” Companies Recruits Drill Fort, 5-3) p.m. Band, Esplanade, 6 to 7 p.m. Crown Cinema, Chulia Street. Straits Cinematograph, Penang Road.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 324 5 *Chcre is no check to the 'Popularity of *4 Black White r mi SUOOGW l O" V.' SCOTCH WHISKY ‘BUCK white* fMM M Mlutur MUTTVO HOUSE OF COMMON f t~frf fir X^ •OITC»» #W>V<Y (WlTH!*** JAMES BUCHANAN CO., LTD. LONDON. GLASGOW, DISTILLERS BY ROYAL APPOINTMENT. oooc >dxzxz>ocz>g PLEASE CALL AT
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    • 771 5 r Messrs. W. D. H. O. WILLS’ "EMBASSY” CIGARETTES (NO. 77) PACKED IN TINS OF 50 25. NOTICE. Everj tin of these well-known Cigarettes contains one coupon. Twenty coupons cut of the large sized tius or Forty out of the small entitle the holder to A GENUINE AMBER CIGARETTE HOLDER
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  • 93 6 Plbliikid daily («leapt Sundays tnd poMj» holiday») AT in CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. No. 59, Beach Street, Penang. Pbice m I*4 p«r annua. OMkttH.H Postage Extra. Ibil MHm (Port Fim) $17.50 CABLE ADDS»» > ECHO—PENANG." v T»U#ko»< No». Echo 586 Prißtimg Depmrtnent 343 W.B.— AU bnIMH ••«■unieatio»» ehouM
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  • 725 6 Lord Melbourne, first of Queen Victoria’s Prime Ministers and a statesman who disguised behind an assumption of nonchalance and dilettantism a wide .knowledge of affairs, was wont to greet- every innovation proposed by one of hi» colleagues with the half-serious query Can't we leave it alone
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  • 537 6 There are not wanting signs that the political crisis through which the British nation has been pissing during the last week is now considerably less acute than it was a few days ago. Perhaps we are mistaken, but we cannot help thinking that Sir Edward Carson’s visit
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  • 870 6 Mr. H. M. Darby has- left Malacca for home on long leave. Mr. J. Murray, of Kempsey Estate, has returned from home. Mr. A. T. Sturrock is now in charge of the Malacca Branch of the Chartered Bauk. Mr. H. N. Ferrers, of Kuala Lumpur, is going
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  • 361 6 A LULL. (Reuter.) There i» a lull in 1 remrer. the Minuter. and the Parliament are spending the treek end S ol or in the country. Koinog Object of New Army Order. The Lobby opinion is that the in. the new Army Order is intended not
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  • 74 6 (Reuter.) St. Petersburg, March 29. Thu poisoning of workmen by bennue fumes in the Kusso-Americau rubber factor» has c iused a strike and subsequentlv riot. It is now announced that four hundred workui m were poisoned by gas fumes in a tobacco factory and eighteen
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  • 56 6 (Reuter.) London, March 30. Mr. J. H. Thomas, Labour Member for Dcriby, speaking at Birmingham, announced that the Railway Companies have appointed a committee to meet tbe executive of the National Union of Railwaymen to discus the whole situation. Thi* is the tirst tin)* that
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  • 40 6 A* Easy Victory. (Reuter.) London, March 28. The University boat race resultei in au easy victory for Cambridge bv 4j length’ Cambridge led throughout and covered the course from Putney to Mortlake in 20 min 23 stc.
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  • 30 6 Sentence on Leader. (Reuter.) New York, March 28. Tannenbaum, the leader of the uneruplu*' ed who had been raiding churchee, has been ■entenced to one year’* imprisonment.
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 316 6 The Criterion Press, Limited. NOTICE OF TWELFTH CENERAI MEETINC. IVTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Twelfth General Meeting of the shareholders of the Company will be held at the office of The Eastern Shipping Co., Ltd., 43, Beach Street, on Saturday, April 4, 1914, at 3 p.m. Business 1. To
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  • 52 6 Obituary. General Sir W. F. Kelly. Renter London, March 28. The death has taken place, at the age of 67, of Lt.-General Sir William Freeman Kelly, who saw service in China and South Africi, being Lieut.-General on the Staff in command of the Sixth Division, of the South Africa Field
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  • 72 7 THE r. M. S. TEAM. Front Our Own Corretpondent.) Kuali Lumpur, March 30. The following will represent the F. M. S tl,fl cricket match against the Colony which will take place at Penang during the Kaster holidays: K B Bannon, E. Bradberry, V. Eagles, Gienier. A. E. Holmes
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  • 57 7 ffrom Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, March 30. U the KUng Club ou Saturday night there was a Urge audience to hear Dr. Wat6,ju lectu.e on his recent visit to the Panama Canal- The lecture was illustrated by a lar e Lumber of lantern slides
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  • 24 7 The Capture of Torreos. (Renter). Juarez, March 28. General Villa wires that virtually al Torreon is in the hands of the rebels.
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  • 32 7 (Reuter.) St. Petersburg, March 29. Ttio programme of the new air fleet which i' at piesent being worked out provides for ordiuaij aeroplanes, ten air-dread-uouzhts and throe aii ships.
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  • 21 7 (Reuter.) London, March 29. The match for the billiards championship has resulted as follows Inman 18,000, Reece 12,828.
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  • 250 7 This India Office Finances. London, March 19. Presiding at a meeting of the Chartered Bank of ludia, Sir H. C. Turner said that it had been decided to open a branch at Pekin. It was impossible to look for a -■reat improvement in China until its
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  • 89 7 Reported Endeavour By Japanese To Secure Control. Peking. March 18. It is understood that the Japanese are endeavouring to obtaiu control of the Cbiua Merchants Steam Navigation Company. It appears* that Sheug Kuug-pao holds I *,OOO tael shares out of a total of 40,000. Thirteen
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  • 132 7 London, March 18. The Education Committee of the London County Council has recommended to the Council a grant of two thousand pounds sterling per annum for the maintenance of a School of Oriental Studies at the London Institution. Lord Chelmsford and Sir Henry Cotton were appointed
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  • 1017 7 KING STREET TRAGEDY. The hearing «f the case agaiust. Singamutu, Kaudasamy and Gopal, who were charged with the murder of Vengadasamy r was commenced this morning before Mr. Justice Sercomba Smith and a special jury. Kandasamy and (j->pil wete also charged with abetment of the offence of murder.
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  • 252 7 Mr A. G Mondy to be Assistant Waiden of Mines, Pahang. Mr. J. H. Spowers to be a Surveyor, Suivey Departm nt. Mr. H. St. J. Kenny to be a Surveyor, Grade I, Topographical Branch, Survey, Department. Mr. F. H. Nash to Inspector of Mines, Mines Department, F.
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  • 192 7 The Penang Team. The Election Committee of the Mahornedan Football Association held an adjourned meeting at the Babolsabar F C last night, and issued invitations to the followiug players to go to Johore and Singapore to represent Penang J Chee (lttihadol Khairiah) Che Pin (Crescent Star) Abdulhamid,
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  • 45 7 Tin nnd Coprn. The following business in tin has been done to-day Penang Penang Tin Exchange, 6J- tons at $B7. Leoug Fee Co., 50 $87.60 Straits Trading Co., 100 $87.75 Singapore Straits Trading Co., 175 $87.87£ Total 331 j tons. Copra sun-dried $10.70
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  • 399 7 Y .«terrt.y, To-'l*y. R'*. or Buyer* Seller- Buyers S«ller» F«ll RUBBER. a > A .«U. Malay 9 4'l 10 3 9 6 10 44 +IW tj-iltit Mertajam. 1 9 2 2 1 Ills 2 3 +244 Cherson*» 2 1 2 6 2 34 210 +24d Cjcs. Malay. 9 9
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  • 1613 7 We take the following extracts from the report tor 1913 of Mr J. B. Scrivenor, the t F M S. Geologist: r j China-Clay. Enqu ries were received again a’ out the kaolin, or Chiua-Clay in the Federated Malay States It was thought advisable to pr pare
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 587 7 HORSE FOOD The best horses must have the best food. Don’t insult and injure them by giving inferior substitutes. Tbs food is good value for your money. Penang Cycle Emporium, 12. KINC STREET. III »1—1» H >" 11 1 11 11 KEDAH RUBBER Co., Ltd. 4 N INTERIM DIVIDEND of
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  • 2625 8 SENTENCE ON MR. C. W. F. VAN CUYLENBURG. End or a Long Tkial. Stirring Speech for the Defence. Mr. C. W. F. Van Cuylenburg was sentenced to six months’ rigorous imprisonment yesterday afternoon by Mr. Justice Woodward on one charge of cheating the Gunong Kroh Syndicate,
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  • 404 8 Property in Good Condition. In their second annual report, for the period ended Decomber 31 last, the directors of the Nordanal (Johore) EuLb?r Estates, Ltd state —522 acres were plauted with rubber during the year, bringing the total area cultivated to 2,12 f acres. In addition, a
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  • 597 8 SHORT MEETING TO COMPLETE MEASURES. Servants Registration Bill Passes A brief and business-like meeting of the Legislative Council was held yesterday when a number of bills were completed and passed. The meeting was over in half an hour. H.E. the Governor (Sir A H. Young, K.C M.G.) presided,
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  • 354 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—ln your leader of the 23rd inst., you suggested that it would be well for the Government of the Straits Settlements to pass an ordinance upon the same lines as the ludiau Act of 1912 for
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  • 845 8 When an individual trie* to borrow c money, it is generally assumed that he is k “hard up” Presumably, the princ pie' may be applied to governments, and it is not surprising, therefore, that the announce-' i ment of an impending Federated Malay > States loan
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  • 690 8 A leading article in the Free Pr M 0 f k.t Saturday says: We rather gather from the report of th* annual meeting of the Penang Chamber of Commerce and the comments of the tw PeDang newspaper, the Pinantj Oat'll, the Straits Echo, thereon, that the
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  • 272 8 The following is the report of the Depart- ment of the Registrar of Companies, F.M.S, for 1913. It is signed by Mr. G. A. Hereford. The revenue collected in fees wa» $6,095.50 of this $2,459.05 was’on account of Companies registered under The Britisu and Foreign Companies Enactment, 1912,”
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 29 8 Woods’ Great Peppermint Cnre, For Coughs and Colds, never fails, Tsi fd TO LET. Premises No. 38, Northam Road. Apply to NG BOO BEE, 3od, Beach Street. 1-3-14 151
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    • 12 8 Woods’ Great Peppermint Care, For Coughs and Colds, never foils Is, $l.
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    • 64 8 WANTED A TRUSTWORTHY and EXPERIENCED CHINESE CLERK. Must hare thorough knowledge of book-keeping and accounts and correspondence. Only experienced and reliable persons needapplv. with copies of testimonials, to BOX 999, c/o Strait» Echo. WANTED. AN EXPERIENCED and RELIABLE ENGLISH-SPEAKING CHINESE MANDOR. Must have knowledge of estate work and able to
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    • 2063 9 SHIPPING.) am BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAYICATION CO., LTD. Expected Arrivals and Departures. Foe Intended to Sail. Mr II Service. Oat ward. Steamer. Singapore (Three timet? a week). Due Penang Steamer. Connecting with 8.8. Apr. MayJune 2 16 30 14 28 11 Delta A«have India Devanha Delta Himalaya Mooltan Morea Maloja
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  • 970 10 A Great Record. There are some family histories that cannot be written without writing the history of the country; and that is true of ihe ■tory of the Cecils, whose record Mr. Ravenscroft Dennis has just set out iu what, without exaggeration, may be called
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  • 755 10 It is not easy to determine the position of France in the circle of the foreign relations of China. France is in a position different from that of any other European Power. Russia has territory bordering upon China, territory which is not in any sense a col
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  • 192 10 German warships possess certain very definite features. The adherence to the Kiupp gun is one no other nation, excepting Austria, and then only in a modified form, adopts this weapon for naval purposes. Very great attention is paid to internal and external protection. The propelling machinery is
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    • 69 10 Ihe Hou»e oi Cecil, by G. Ravenscroft Dennis (Constable. 10 s t>d. ue t). Best Medicine Mad?. A better medicine can not be made than Chamberlain s Cough Remedy. It relieves the lungs, opens the secretion's, aids expectoration and assists nature in restoring the system to a healthy cunditior. Besides,
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    • 416 10 Neuralgia, Nervous Breakdown NURSE HALL, c/o Mrs. Bassett, Commercial Place, Landport, Portsmouth, Eng., writes: —“I was suffer:n T from nervous breakdown with Internal when I began a course of Phosferine. After having taken it for three or four months, I felt better th n i had done for two years
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    • 12 10 Woods’ Great Peppermint Cnre, For Coughs and Colds, never fails, Is. 6d
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    • 1387 10 NOTICE BY ORDER OF THE MORTGAGEES. The undersigned are instructed to put for sale BY PUBLIC AUCTION, l ON Tuesday 31st March 1914, i AT THE Archway of Logan's Buildings, Penang, COMMENCING AT 11 A.M. The following properties: t Lot 1. i All that piece of land situate on the
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  • 371 11 An amuiit'g article appears in the current number of the Mercure de France which is not without its lesson to modern novelists. Mine. Anne Marie and M. Charles Lalo, believing that it is only by an incurable prejudice that novelists represent their heroines as being
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  • 219 11 All the while it appears that the White Wolf is still in the field and to-day’s telegram tell us that he has met and defeated the Government troops (presumably a section of them only), and is now threatening Sianfu the capital of Shensi. White Wolf is described in
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  • 193 11 Looi Guan Kwat Discharged. Looi Guan Kway, who was sentenced to imprisonment for an indefinite period for contempt of court appeared again before Mr. Justice Woodward on Saturday morning. His Lordship asked him if he knew anything about a petition that bad been sent to him
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    • 739 11 GOODRICH V>> n Hr BSht-) -vC. v. 5 A rav**»;* B2;vJ •< 1 n *vc •:■> SB Shafts aa iSfefi !::^ifgggu[ emit l: X K >Vi m Hi i i t: .-■••< •*ir A =r <s i ®©©©ij The Largest Tyre Factory, with the Greatest Output in the World a
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    • 1559 12 T) i? pJ CP Q O 03 03 B, *^3 3 5 g 3*3 ££*8 8 ITS 7 d S’ 9 ex. 00 9 o 3 l- S 2 os'■ I '5 5 u 5 <, ft 0! TI d 1 -H. W Ot t£ ft ‘T3 ■< g aq
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