Straits Echo, 11 May 1914

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    35 1 Straits Echo DAU.Y CHROmCLr: OF EVENTS. CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE TEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL. 12. $24 Per Annum PENANG, MONDAY, 11th MAY, 1914. Single Copy, 10 cents. No. 106
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      30 1 "«HOME |s HAPPY Si WITHOUT A IPATHEPHONE jjj Invaluable to Every Family and a Pleasure to Youngflf Old. El Literature further particulars from TIAJNG LEE Co., 53, Beach Street, Penang.
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    "Squeeze." East and West.
    1313 3 < uck by numerous instances of Asiatic 5 lifv culminating in the disclosure in m!to of the naval scandal, an English rrv-pondent recently raised the question h t her European civilisation had had acor- effect on |Asiatic morals, or whether g^ rt 0 f thing was
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    The Ipoh Scandal.
    759 3 To the Editor of the Straits Echo. Sir, With regard to the alleged assault by the three Europeans on a Tamil girl at Ipoh I think I should give iny opinion on the subject and I feel persuaded to discuss it at some length to save the
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      309 3 «ok W.«. >»''— «r««; aswx.i t D a TYPEWRIT! THE BEST AND CHEAPEST. Price Ex Codown Penang. I Foolscap $150 f Nett No i: c175 No 200 Brief No 225 Policy No Old Machines Taken Ove' in ~ari Payment. A Guarantee Give:i with Every IVSachne «^®L* 'V v' a®& THE
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    THE CHINESE SECRETARIAT.
    1951 4 ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1913. The Hon. Mr. C. J. Saunders, Secretary for Chinese Affairs, signs the annual report for 1913 published as a supplement to the current Government Gazette. The following are the more important paragraphs of the document: Immigration. I The total numlier of immigrants from
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      ARRIVALS.
      167 4 Ban Whalt Soon, Br, s.s., 199, Fripp, May 9, Brandan, May 6, Gen. —E. S. Co., Ltd. Cornelia, Br. s.s., 194, Mathews, Maj 9, Malacca, May 6, Gen —E S Co., Ltd. Elephanta, Br. s.s., 2,f95, Coope, May 9, Singapore, May 7, Gen. —H. L. Co, Ellora, Br. s.s.,
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      DEPARTURES.
      58 4 May 11. Jin Ho, for Asahan. Ban Whatt Soon, for Langkat and Pangkalan Brandan. Cornelia, for Port Swettenham, Port Dickson and Malacca. Hong Moh, for Singapore, Hongkong, Swatow and Amoy. Avagyee, for Dindings, Sitiawan, Bagan Datoh and Teluk Anson. Carlyle, for Singapore. Un Peng, for Pulau Langkawi, Perlis and
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      MAILS CLOSE
      243 4 Foe Yen —Per Jit Seng, to-morrow, 7 a.m. Tongkah—Per Malacca, to-morrow, 1 p.m. Trang—Per Ban Lee, to-morrow, 1 p.m, Rangoon—Per Seang Fee, to-morrow, 2 p.m. Calcutta —Per Kutsang, to-morrow, 3 p.m. Teluk Anson —Per Hebe, to-morrOw, 4 p m. Port Swettenham and Singapore—Per Klang, to-morrow, 4-30 p.m. Port
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    EXCHANGE.
    130 4 Penang, May 11. (By courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London, Demand Bank 241 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4l* •I 3 11 Credit Mt 2y4| m 3 it Documentary 24 Calcutta, Demand Bank R s< 3 days’ sight Private J 75 Bombay, Demand Bank im jy/; Moulmein, Demand Bank m
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    PRODUCE.
    194 4 Gold Leaf ...$64 40 Black Pepper 16.50 s* y(fr# White Pepper 27.50 sellers Trang Pepper 19.-& tty erg Cloves 46. —sales Mace 110 nominal. Mace Pickings 92 —sales Nutmegs 110 24.— sellers C No. 1 6.10 sales Sugar < 2 5.50 sales Basket 5.15 buyers Copra (mixed) 10.75 buyers
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    MARKET PRICES.
    191 4 Pbnang, Mat 11. Beef— c < Soup per catty 14 Roast ff 24 Steaks M 24 Stew or Curry Meat IS Rump Steak ff 24 Ox Tail each 30 Tongue 55 Feet 15 Heart 30 Liver per catty 55 Poke—p°rk per catty 38 Pig’s Head 24 Feet N
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      114 4 MUNICIPAL NOTICE An ORDINARY MEETING of the Municipal Commissioners will be held at the Municipal Office at 4 p m. on Tuesday, the 12th instant. (By Order), L. A. Coutier BIGGS, Secretary to the Municipal Commissioners. K~ MYDINSAH BROS., BUCKINGHAM STREET, PENANG. Late E. Chem Bee, Cycle Dealers and Repairers.
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    P. V. Rifle Meeting.
    958 5 Result or Yestebdat’s Smootino. The Annual Rifle Meeting of the members of the Penang Volunteer Corps commenced yesterday morning at the Rifle Range. The weather was rather threatening during the early part of the morning but it cleared and the different events were shot for. The
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    Madame Kalna in Penang.
    693 5 A truly notable event in local musical history was the visit of Madame Kalna and her party, whose Concert will long be remembered by the select few who managed to so far to overcome the vis inertiae of life in the tropics as to leave their
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    Passengers.
    70 5 Dbpabtuees Per s.s Nubia, May 10, for Port Said Wan and Mrs Yahaya and child. For Marseilles Mr H Huntsman and Mr JEW Wheatley. For London :Mr and Mr* H F Waters and infant, Mr and Mrs A Waterfield and three children, Miss Rhona Towers, Mrs McFarlane, Inspector and
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      196 5 W. D. H. O. WILLS’S THE NEW SMOKING MIXTURE de LUXE A PIRFECT PIPE TOBACCO Of all Leading Dealers if ss is gs is is r°= i i Palmer Tyres for Motor Cycles. Now that Palmers are so greatly reduced in price, for instance (cash Prices): Ordinary Fabric Covers Three
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    THE STRAITS ECHO.
    92 6 ClMirt»'! daily (except Sundays amd jwMia holidays) AT TUB CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. No. 59. Beach Street, Penang. Puoi Daily Lm*l 134 por annum. OaMatiea.- Postage Extra. Ifeil MMiHi (Port Free) $17.50 OABLB ADDBBSS 5 M ECHO—PEN ANG.” Takfkoea Noe. Echo 586 Priatiag Department 343 ir.M.—AU h«MU should
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    AFFAIRS IN CHINA.
    1052 6 Judged by the standards of commercial prosperity and civil administration to which we are accustomed in this Colony, it was not a very encouraging or inspiriting description of affairs in the City of Canton and the Province of Kwangtung that was depicted in tho letter from our
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    The Advisership of Kedah.
    104 6 The Government has lately revised the arrangements which will be made when Sir Arthur Young goes on leave and Mr. R J. Wilkinson becomes Acting Governor. The post of Adviser to the Government of Kedab, which will become vacant when Mr. W. G. Maxwell goes to
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    The Outward Mails.
    85 6 The 8.1 p.s. Taroba, having left Negapatam at 3 p.m. on Saturday last, may be expected to arrive here on Thursday at 6a m. She is scheduled to sail for Port Swettenham and Singapore at 4 p.m the same day. The Royal Mail Steamer Devanha having left
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    M. A. P.
    872 6 The death is announced from enteric of the iockey, Arthur Duller. i Mr. W. G. D. Pinkerton, A. M. I. C. E j has joined the staff of the Public Works Department, Perak. 1 1 The death is announced of Vice-Admiral < Stokes who had recently been
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    PLANTING NOTES.
    972 6 Very few of the rubber estates started m the boom with insufficient capital and gl ow ing prospectuses have been allowed to J into “blukka,” as it was on many expected that they would. Loan company and trusts have come to their rescue ai 1 will in many
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      185 6 2 4 i r*' i. A/ I fl KENG 8 Co., PENANGSIPOH. Your satisfaction is our constant aim. One satisfactory purchase will lead unto others. Sup°rior Mattress covered strij»e<3 ticken. Cotton 3 ft. Sift. 4Ht. 5 ft. 5* ft S 9-75 513-75 512-25 813-25 514-25 Coir 5- 5-75 86-75 8
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    28 6 Death. Lome. —Accidentally drowned off Kuala Bernarn, Lower Perak, on the 9th inst., John Carmichael Lonie (of Geo. E Cobb, Kuala Selaugor) in his 23rd year. Deeply regretted
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    U.S.A. AND MEXICO.
    110 7 CARRANZA AT genlk* TORREON. (Reuter). Torreon, May 9. Qpueral Carranza has arrived here and established a military capital. English Correspondents Arrested. Vera Cruz, May 10. publish and two American news- correspondents were arrested on pa| ,at Mexico City from Vera Cruz and arr ivmk Tfae two Englishmen
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    Earthquake in Italy.
    105 7 A Village Destroyed. (Reuter.) London, May 9. turthouako i" Catania destroyed tbe JL „f Inner, and already thirty bod.es lid one hundred and twenty injured hare Jl recovered, while ten are dead in the X« of Bongiardo. Much damage was done"to property elsewhere. Extent of Damage. Catania,
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    The Kaiser's Grandson Christened.
    69 7 Reuter.) Brunswick, May 10. The Kaiser and Ivaiseriu and their children attended the christening of their grandson, the heir to the Duchy of Brunswick. The Kaiser in his speech said that he hoped the infant prince would in course ot tune work in tbe council of
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    Corn Import Into Finland.
    53 7 (Reuter.) S* Petersburg, May 10. The Council of the Empire has adopted the bill, taxing the imports of German corn into Finland. < The Government representative hinted at the possibility of circumstances arising necessitating an increase of the duties on flour. Discussion of the question at
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    Moroccan Pretender’s Death.
    265 7 (Reuter.) Ujda, May 10. It is reported that the notorious Pretender El Roghi died of his wounds in a fight with the French troops on May 1. It is notified in the Government Gazette that the office of clerk, class III, Police Department, Penang, recently held by
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    THEIR DANISH MAJESTIES.
    166 7 ARRIVAL IN LONDON. Reuter.) London, May 9. The King and Queen of Denmark, who have arrived in London to pay their “Accession Visit,” were welcomed with hearty ovations from large crowds. The Danish royal yacht was received with naval honours on arriving at Port Victoria (Kent). The
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    Death of the Sultan of Pahang.
    40 7 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, May 11. H. H. Sir Ahmad Maatham Shah’ibini Almerhum Ali, K.C.M.G., Sultan of Pahang, died at 4-20 p.m. on Saturday. He was buried at 11 o’clock yesterday morning.
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    Indians in Crown Colonies.
    79 7 Mabital Jealousy akd Crimes. London, April 29. In reply to a question from Mr. Pointer, drawing attention to the inadequate proportion of women in the Crown Colonies, largely populated by Indian labourers, and the consequent frequency of crimes due to marital jealousy Mr. Harcourt said that
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    Crime in Ceylon.
    108 7 London, April 29. Iu the House of Commons to-day Mr. Pointer asked a question drawing attention to the number of executions in Ceylon, which, in proportion to the population, was eight times as great as on the mainland. Mr. Harcourt replied that the executions in 19DJ were
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    To-day’s Quotations.
    43 7 Tin and Copra. The following business in tin lias been done to-day Penang Straits Trading C 0.,) *76.32£ buyers, no sellers Penang Tin Exchange, 6y tons at /5 80 Singapore: Straits Trading Co., 75 tv.bV Total ...81| tons. Copra sun-dried *10.60
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    Sad Drowning Accident.
    228 7 It is with regret that we announce the death of Mr. John Carmichael Lome, of Messrs. G. E. Cobb Co., Kuala Selangor, who was accidentally drowned off Kuala Barnaul on Saturday last. TJi© deceased gentleman was only ‘23 years of age. There was a crowded tent and
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    GREAT JUBILEE HANDICAP
    237 7 WON IN A CANTER, (Reuter.) London, May 10. The following was the result of the race for the Jubilee Handicap which was run at Kempton Park on Saturday The Kempton Park Great Jubilee Handicap of three thousand sovereigns (2,800 sovs. in specie and two hundred sovereigns in
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    Shares.
    221 7 Yesterday. To-day. e t fi b Shares. j£ s =3 3 *2 pq 02 cq cq RUBBER. Anglo Malay. 9/3 10/- 9/3 10/V B. Mertajam. 1/10 2/3 1/10 2/3 Chersonese 2/2 2/7 2/2 2/7 C. Malay 9/10* 9/9 8/6 9/4* Dennistown... 20/- 22/9 20/- 22/9 Highlands 45/9 47/6 44/9
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    Outside.
    212 7 The following articles will be found on our outside pages Page 3. Squeeze,” East and West. The Ipoh Scandal. 4 —The Chinese Secretariat: Annual Report for 1913. 5.—P. V. Rifle Meeting Result of Yesterday’s Shooting. Madame Kalna in Penang. B.—Labour in 1913 A Satisfactory Report. The Late Brother Peter:
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    CRIMINAL APPEAL.
    1120 7 AN ESPLANADE INCIDENT. Owing to the position of the parties concerned, the appeal of a well-known Chinese Baba named Khoo Ah Tin and a Cantonese lady named Li Yun who were charged and convicted of indecent behaviour on the Esplanade and (against Li Yun) abetting of a public
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      198 7 NOTICE TO MARINERS. North Channel, Pulo Penang, Malacca Straits. W1GH4M BUOY LIGHT. To Masters of vessels and others navigating these waters. The mechanical light on the Wigham Buoy is blown up. Pending replacement a fixed red light will lie shown from the Buoy suspended from a temporary gallows visible all
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    LABOUR IN 1913.
    2218 8 A SATISFACTORY REPORT. Mr. E. S. Hose, Acting Protector of Labour, 8. 8., signs the annual report on the working of the Labour Department for 1913 which appears as a supplement to this week’s Government Gazette. We reproduce some of the more important passages Indian Immigration. The
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    Federal Appointments.
    443 8 The following appointment* are gazetted in the current issue of the F. M. S. Government Gazette Mr. E. Macfadyen to be an Unofficial Member of the Federal Council. Mr. C. C. Brown to be a Member of the Board of Examiners in Malay, Perak. Mr, W. B. Close
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    The Late Brother Peter.
    336 8 Enthusiastic Worker in Cause of Education. The sad news of the death in the hospital of the French Convent at Wanchai of Rev. Bro Peter, Director of St. Joseph’s College, was made known yesterday, says the 8. C. Morning tost of the 1st inst., and came
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    Straits Settlements Association.
    148 8 The report of the Singapore branch of the Straits Settlement Association for the period from April 1, 1913, to March 31, 1914, to be presented at the meetiug of members in the exchange on the 16th inst., records that the committee elected at the last general meeting
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    The Hospitals Board.
    77 8 A notification in the Goverm tent Gazette gives the following as the members of the Hospitals Board constituted under the Hospitals Board Ordinance. 1910, for 1914: Principal Civil Medical Officer, Resident Councillor, Penang, Resident, Malacca, Treasurer, ex-officio Dr. N. Black, Mr. F. J. Hallifax, Mr. F. M.
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    Singapore Mortality Returns.
    228 8 The mortality returns for Singapore issued by the Registrar of Births and Deaths show that during the week ending May 2, there were 288 deaths (225 males, 63 females), giving a ratio per mille of population of 45 48. Malaria fever account for 32 deaths, phthisis 29,
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    SPORTS.
    440 8 SINGAPORE RACES. THIRD DAY S RESULTS. ACCIDENT TO JOCKEY FENTON. (From Our Own Correspondent). Singapore, May 11. Heavy rain fell half way through the programme and the last races were run in a swamp. In the First Griffin Race Revival threw Fenton at the Derby post. Fenton landed on
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    CRICKET TOURNAMENT.
    453 8 P. C. C vs. S. X. R. C. The match, which was played on the Esplanade yesterday, ended in an easy win for the P C C. The Xaverians, winning the toss, decided to put their opponents in to bat. Voules and Ezechiel were the first two sent
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    PENANG GOLF CLUB.
    293 8 Lawi Tennis Tournament. The following were the results of the ties played on Saturday Profession Pairs. Sercombe Smith and Sells beat Hodge and Forrest 6—4, 6—2. Mixed Doubles Handicap. Mr and Mrs Crabb Watt beat Miss E Heim and Adams B—6, 7—5. Men's Singles Handicap B. J
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    PENANG SWIMMING CLUB.
    197 8 Gibbons Cup Competition. The following was the result of the race for,the Gibbons Cup Competition (50 Yards Handicap) which was swum off at the Swimming Club yesterday: Final Heat. L O Hargrave 6 seconds Ist F Scarborough 2 2nd A p ™tz 7 3rd H V Edwards
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      62 8 For a Lame Back. When you have pains or lameness in the back bathe the parts with Chamberlain’s Pain Balm twice a day, massaging with the palm of the hand for five minutes at each application. Then dampen a piece of flannel slightly with this liniment and bind it on
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      12 8 Woods’ Great Peppermint Cnre, For Coughs and Colds, nerer fails, Is. 6d
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      53 8 From Adelaide to Carpentaria, Australia owns a mighty area, A sunny land, yet there are times, When samples come of many climes Now hot, now cold, now moist, now dry, To ward off coughs y ,u must always try, And you’ll succeed, you may be sure, If you take Wcods’
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    VESSELS EXPECTED.
    28 9 Veuelt trom Agent t Due Devanha I Colombo A.G.&Co. 14thMay. Aigayt jSingapore A.G.&Co. 16th lluele V} Singapore B M &Co. 20th Gotltn IColombo BM &Co. 21st
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    SAILINGS.
    23 9 Vettelt For Agent* Leaves Devanka Singapore A G ACo. May. A$taye Colombo A G ACo. Colombo B M ACo. lingapore B M-ACo.
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      371 9 P.&O. Expected Arrivals and Departures. Mail Service. Outward. Due Penang Maytl June June July 14 28 11 25 9 23 Steamer. Devanha Delta Himalaya Assaye Devanha China Connecting with S.B. Marmora Moldavia Medina Mongolia Egypt Malwa 16 Assaye 30 ijlndia 13 Devanha 27 Delta 11 Himalaya 25 Assaye 8 I
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    An Unobtrusive Game.
    1263 10 The Antiquitt or Bowls. Bowls is au unobtrusive gam*. The sporting public, wrapped in the study of ••form” for Aintree or Epsom, contemplating earnestlv the issues at Twickenham and the Costal Palace, or appra.smg the competing claims of gutty and rubber-core w.Jd perhaps deny it a placj
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    A Prehistoric Scrap.
    1079 10 (Bt Walter Johnson, F.G S.) To the plain man, the application of the word momentous to the discovery of a prehistoric scrap of engraved bone, only a few inches in length, is pure hyperbole. \et !the word is used justifiably, as will be shown hereafter. The slight,
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    The Tides.
    384 10 Penang—May, 1914. Penang Standard Times—Height* referred to Datum of Soundings in Admiralty Charts. High Water. Low Wateb. Date s T,° m ’r' D e at. h. m. ft. h. m. ft. Mon 11 m 0 47 6.4 11 m 6 57 0 4 0 58 a 7.7 7
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      51 10 A Goad Rule for the Home. Make it a rule of your Louie to always keep ou band a bottle of Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera ;iud Diarrhoea Remedy as a pafeuuard against bowel complaints. It always cures promptly aud no household is safe without it. For sale by all Dispensaries and
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      543 10 Now h ’he Time. For rheumatism you will fiud nothing better thau Chamberlain’s Pain Ba m N w is the time to get rid of it Try this hui j ment and see how quickly it will relieve the paiu and soreness. For sale bv all Dispen- saries and Dealers.
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      399 10 Neuralgia, Nervous Breakdown NURSE HALL, c/o Mrs. Bassett, Commercial Pi ire, Landport, Portsmouth, Eng., writes: —“I was suffer n from nervous breakdown with Internal when I began a course of Phosferine. After bavin z L.ken it for three or four months, I felt better th n 1 had done for
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      82 10 Croup. This disease is so dangerous and so rapid in its development that every mother of young children should be prepared for it. It is very risky to wait until the attack of croup appears and then send for medicine and let the child suffer until it can be obtained.
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      444 10 Woods’ Great Peppermint Care, Fur Cough» *nd Cold», never f iils la, 6d GOVERNMENT OF PERLIS. TENDERS FOR THE SINKING OF A BORE HOLE FOR COAL S OIL IN THE STATE OF PERLIS. will be received at the office JL of the Adviser to the Government of Perlis, at Perlis,
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    Colonials' Search for Sir W.Harcourt.
    214 11 Colonials' Search for Sir W. Harcourt. There was a pathetic little incident at the House of Common* lately. An elderly man and his wife, evidently Colonials, approached a constable at the door bv which the public are admitted and asked, ••'Can we see Sir William Harcourt f The constable shook
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    English in the East.
    255 11 English has for long been the lingua france of the Far East and the nations contained in that rather vague geographical confine are coming to pay more and more attention to its attainment. China is yet backward in this respect, but looking further East to Japan
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    Chinese Students in Japan.
    211 11 Interviewed by a representative of the Japan Timet last week in regard to his letter to the Timet about Chinese students, Bishop Cecil said that it was a deplorable thing, viewed in the light of humanity, that the Peking Government should recall many of its students
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    The Moonlight Sonata.
    117 11 The broken shadows of the worlds drift past Athwart the moonlit splendour. Once you strove, Who are quiescent now, a wind-spent dove, Your head is pillowed on my breast at last And we are one with ail things in this vast Systole and diastole of worlds, above
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    Advertising.
    99 11 A farmer and his wife in an out-of-the-way but interesting corner of Galloway had made their only visitor very comfortable indeed (says the Manchester Guardian). As the road ended with the farm and passers-by were excessively rare, the guest asked the farmer why he did not try the effect
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      520 11 Cup Tic Fixtutes. The following are the fixtures Skmi-Fisal. May 12. —Government Service vs. Penang Cricket Club. May 19.—01 d Farquhars vs. Central Union A. C. Final. May 26.—Government Service or Penang Cricket Club vs. Old Farquhars or Central Union A C. HOTEL NORMAN. PENANG, THE ENGLISH HOTEL. Unrivalled Position.
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