Straits Echo, 28 September 1914

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  • 37 1 Straits Echo ?LV C»<E< 12 0? EVENTS, CIKCULAI S(i THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS. THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY VOL. 12. $24 P::r Annum PENANG, MONDAY, 28th SEPTEMBER, 1914. Single Copy. 10 cents. No. 224
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 1341 1 CEMENT! CEMENT!!: ••TIGER" BRAND. Best and Cheapest on the Market l Si Highly recommended and used by the leading engineers, contractors and builders. Large Stocks Held By TIANG LEE CO., 5 Penang tt Kuala Lumpur. m Now On Show. Lagonda Cars 11 H.P. 4 cylinder water cooled engine of high
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    • 37 1 Sol* Agents: TI ANG LEE V Co.. Pmuiihi A Kuala Lumpur, □□□nDBBBBBBBBI n V: <y n $> > a rp 0, W A The Dootor advises and reoommends. It is nourishing, invigorating and strengthening. Drink Dog’s Head Guinness Stout.
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  • 474 3 Sbkmons, Firewokeb and Trumpets. The following is from Mr. Spencer Leigh jjugbes’ Sub Rosa column in the Daily tftwt and Leader About sixteen years ago it fell to my lot see the German Emperor repeatedly at close quarters in very interesting circumstances. I saw him mounted on
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  • 476 3 Mr James Dunn gives us this glimpse of that shabby deu in Whitehall from which comes the most amazing news the world has to tell-the Official Press Bureau. The Press Bureau is the clearing-house for contemporary history,” he writes in the }fai! Through the modest
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  • 614 3 The Germau newspapers show that the German Government has been at curious oains to construct a fresh “case” against England. The North German Gazette published on Aug. 20 a number of telegrams, to show that Germany acce f ted certain English suggestions which might have involved
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  • 98 3 Since the war began nearly fifty papers devoted to the interests of trades and sports have suspended publication,” says the Mail. “In most cases the circulation was not extensive, but taken in the aggregate the suspension means a considerable loss of employment. Some of the journals will
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 36 3 Remember the Name. Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Kemedv is the best knowu medicine for diarrhoea, dysentery, colic, cramps or in the stomach. You may need it •ome time For tale be all Diipensaries Wd Dealer..
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    • 481 3 mm* l Fin: W\ft 1 D zs D i-:J THE BEST AND CHEAPEST. W m i < a Ktt 53 Ex Codown Penang Foolscap $l5O Price Nett No 175 No 200 No Br ef 225 Policy THE BEST AND CHEAPEST. Cld Machines Taken Ove in Cart Fayment. A Guarantee G
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    • 127 3 Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. This remedy has no superior as a cure for colds, croup and whooping cough. It has been a favourite with the mothers of young children for almost forty years. .Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy can always be depended upon and is pleasant to take It not only cures e<>ids
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  • 201 4 Gold Leaf »64 40 Black Pepper 16.50 buyers White Pepper 24 —nominal Tranu Pepper 10 no stoc Cloves 50. nom. Mace HO nominal Mace Pickings 85. nominal Nutmegs 110 23 —nominal !No. l 6.10 tales 2 5,50 sales Basket 5.15 buyer: Copra (mixed) 9-65 buyers r Tahbun 190 .—tellers
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  • 231 4 Penang, September 28. Beef— els. Soup per catty 15 Roast 30 Steaks 30 Stew or Curry Meat 20 Rump Steak 30 Ox Tail eacii 35 Tongue 50 Feet 20 Heart 45 Liver per catty 40 Pork—- Pork per catty 36 Pig’s Head 22 Feet 26 Tongue 40 Mutton per
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 523 4 FOR. SALH. Guide to Penang, BY THE LATK E. F. Skertchly, f. e. s. Price 50 cents. 4" Worth Dollar a copy•") SOLD AT “STRAITS ECHO” OFFICE. AND AT THE SAVE-U-TROUBLE FIRM for sale. We Have Received ANOTEKb Consignment of Tough White Manilla Envelopes. Cheap and Strong Quality. Price $l-50
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    • 82 4 TRANSLATION I HE UNDERSIGNED undertakes to I 1 translate any document from English into Chinese and vico versa. Also Chinese accvuuts into English. Fees according to the following scale: (1) For translations for inertion in the Straits Echo or the Penang Sin Poe or to be printed by the Jobbing
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    • 744 4 nunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnannnaDnn oc n n n n n n n n n n n n 0 i n n n 0 0 FOR_SILE. An Open Letter c administration of The Banishment Enactment 1910 0 0 0 0 0 A Member of the Bar of the Federated Malay States. 0 w 0
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  • 595 5 EYEWITNESS’S STORY OF THE GERMAN ATTACK. Cavalry in Finn Form. Force* Meet in th« Street*. August 2». The beginning of the great German attack on Charleroi is described in a graphic message sent by Mr. A Beaumont, the Paris correspondent of the Daily Telegraph. The following
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  • 79 5 The following ties have been fixed for Wednesday, the 30th inst. Mixed Doubles B. Mrs W Motion and Cuseaden vs. Miss Mahler and Ezechitl. Mr and Mrs W E MacDonald vs. Mr MisODDH gau (Unfinished). Mixed Doubles A. Miss Hogan and R-fiuiana vs. Mrs Crabb-Watt and Oliver.
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  • 27 5 The following tie ha» been fixed for Wednesday, the 30th iost. Four». Cunningham, Southam, Messr». G E Wright Motion ve Stair, Sharpe, Henderson, Hamilton
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  • 42 5 Monday, September 2S Esplanade, 6 to 7 p.*. 1 Reminiscences Of Wales Godfrey 2 Two Step My Little Black Sweetheart Frederik»en 3 Waltz La Fille du Tambou- Major Metra 4 Polka Sweet Kiss Kinkel 5 March To the Front... Hume.
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  • 493 5 FINAL FIGURES OF LAST YEAR’S BALANCE SHEET. Halt a Million Dollars Saved. The following bill about to be introduced in the Legislative Council is published in the latest Govern ment Gazette for general information A bill intituled au ordinance for making final provision for the public service
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  • 159 5 The following was the result of the play for the Monthly Medal for September Result HGR Leonard 39 +42 81- 3=78 F B Rickett ...43 52=95—16=79 A F Goodrich 46+39=85 s=Bo W R Armstrong 42 +46 88— 7= 81 J Crabb Watt 39 40=79+ 3=82 J L
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    • 255 5 < 111 </) o Id 0£ -I < U UJ Q. </) (A m z < z < z o D ID o in -i < B A M V.i a 4 id SCOTCH WHISKY .I,' 4. ft V X BLACK®Wg* Y SCOTCH IANAK C L oND° n BUCi jame*
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    • 58 5 Chronic Diarrhoea. Are you subject to attacks of diarrhoea Keep absolutely quiet for a lew days, test in bed if possible, be careful of your diet and take Chamberlsiu’s Colic, Choloia and Diarrhoea Remedy. This medicine has cured cases of chronic diarrhoea that physicians have failed on, and it will
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    • 100 5 Chamberlain's Couth Remedy. Thi9 remedy has no superior as a euro for colds, croup and whooping cough. It. has l>een a favourite with the mothers of young children for almost forty years. lain's Cough Remedy can always be depended upon and is pleasant to take. It not only cures colds
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    • 271 5 THREE CASTLE MAGNUMS. A large hand-made Virginian Cigarette. Tobacco and blending identically the same as the famous Three Castles Cigarettes. 55 Th w ie magnums’ 'hree Castles Cigarettes '•Or m w Hill W.D H.o Wills Bristol London Obtainable at ALL LEADING STORES. mooooooooooooooooooooooooooomo o o o o o o o
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  • 92 6 fmbliahtd daily (except Sunday! and pablic holidays) AT THE CRITERION PRESS. Ltd. No. 59, Beach Street, Penang. rues. Daily Local $24 per annum. Outstation... Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Post Free) $17.50. CABLE ADDRESS ECHO—PENANG* Telephone No». (Echo, 586 Printing Departnent 343 JV' B —All ku»i«*»» oprrjnnin«s»tion» tkoald
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  • 479 6 The newspapers to hand by yesterday’s mail are practically unanimous in complaining against a too rigid censorship of news from the front. It is argued that, although no complaint can reasonably be made because facts which might be of assistance to the enemy are carefully suppressed, the censor
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  • 782 6 Mr. A. M. Macphail is now on Kepong Estate. Mr. Justice L. P. Ebden leaves for Malacca on October 2 to sit at the Assizes there. Mr. R St. J. Braddell is appointed a Municipal Commissioner for Singapore rice Mr. J. Carapiet. Mr. W. Peel, President of
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  • 657 6 (From Our Own Correspondent). Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 25. Mr. Foote of Kuala Lumpur who, before he was invalided from active service, held a commission in the Royal Horse Artillery, delivered a most instructive and interesting lecture, to a large audience of M S.V R and club members,
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  • 86 6 Half Yearly Meeting. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, September 27. It was stated at the half yearly meeting of the Ipoh Club that its finances were in a satisfactory condition. The gross profit for the half year ended June 30th was $4,913.66. The question of debentures was
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  • 131 6 Mr. W. J. Hodge, Hon. Treasurer, sends us the following further list of contributions to the above Fund, forwarded to the Chartered Bank, Penang Sept. 25 By Balance $8,887.20 26 Penang Rubber Stamp Co. 5.00 Balance Sept. 26 ...$8,892.20 A Petrograd Telegraphic Agency
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  • 676 6 THE 100 PER CENT DUTY. To Til Editor of the Straits Echs. Dear Sir, I understand that the F.M.B. Govern ment has issued a proclamation to the effect that import and export duty on German goods will be raised a hundred percent This enactment has created a strong
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  • 237 6 Settlement Declared Void. His Lordship Mr. Justice L. P. Eba« delivered judgment this morning in the case in which Philomena Isabella de Souza (u*D’Almeida) and P. A. de Souza, her husband, sued A. C. David, claiming that a marriage settlement made on May 9, 1914 be cancelled.
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 163 6 r l^. \u •■■v.'iv? What is of most use is the best. s. 7 K l\ s 'Mtim psw Best English Made Regulator Clock, polished walnut case, Silvered Dial, bevelled glasses over pendulum. Rounded corners, 14 Day Half Hour Strike on one Silver Gong. Good time guaranteed, Price: $l2-50. Just
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  • 2133 7 BATTLE OF THE AISNE. FURIOUS AIM'S REPULIED. SINKING OF THE CRUISERS. (Neuter’s Service.) Copfrijht T.legram Received 26th or Sept, at 4-20 f.m EVENTS IN FRANCE. Paris Communiques. German Ri*ht Wins Reinforced. London, September 25. A Pari» communique issued to-day itate* that the German right wing hag been reinforced
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  • 198 7 The appended text of a telegram addressed to the Governor by the Secretary of State is forwarded to us for publication. His Excellency trusts that any members of the public interested in the matters referred to therein will communicate with the Chairman of the Singapore Chamber of
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  • 245 7 Quite a number of members of the British Association for the advancement of science have arrived from Australia and are spending a few days in Singapore or the F.M S. prior to leaving for England. They have been attending the annual sessions at Sydney, Brisbane and other
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  • 711 7 A Zeppelin has appeared over Winterswyk. Italians are leaving Austrian ports by ship loads. Plague has broken out in many ports of the Mediterranean. The German Socialistic Paper Vor warts has been suppressed. Chenstokoff and Kalisch have been invaded by the Germans. The British torpedo boat
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  • 148 7 An order is published in the official Sarawak Gazette, signed by the Rajah, in these terms I hereby direct that officer* of the Sarawak Government service retired on pension shall not accept the position of chairman or director of any company or association carrying on or formed to
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  • 359 7 The following articles will be found on our outside pages Page 3—Kaiser in Jerusalem. Where the News Comes From Misfortunes of Prince Lichnowsky. Fifty Journals Stopped. 5 —The Fight for Charleroi: Eye- Witness’s Story of the German Attack. The Public Service: Final Figures of Last Year’s Balance Sheet.. Penang
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 162 7 HORSE FOOD The best horses must have the best food. Don't insult and injure them by giving inferior substitutes. This food is good value for your money. Penang Cycle Emporium, 12. KING STREET. THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE CO., LTD. Hxad Offic*:— SINGAPORE. Life Assurance and Endowment in All Forms.
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  • 96 7 3 i Obituary. Reuter Ottawa, September 27. The Hon. Sir James Piny Whitnej, the Premier of Ontario, has died. [The Hon. Sir J. P. Whitney was born in Williamburgh, Ontario on the 2nd October 1843. He was educated Cornwall Grammar School and Toronto University. He practised as a Lawyer in
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  • 658 8 When war broke out among the European powers, China was one of the very first to declare her neutra'ity. What i 9 mere, it may now bo divulged without breach of confidence, she did her utmost first to offer her good offices for a peaceful settlement of the
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  • 148 8 A French General on the British Troops General Zurleuden, iu the Gaulois, •peaking of the British Expeditionary Force, says t at Waterloo will always bo tbe brightest page iu the annals of England’s warriors. It was incontestably,” he remai’ks, due as much to the bravery, solidity,
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  • 111 8 (To A WELL- K NOWS AIR FROM TmE Mikado If som» Jay it should happen that the Gocben should be found. She’s cot a little list— She’s got a little list. lot* if British cruisers met her on her scuttle, l il he bound. They
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  • 1004 8 A FRENCH OFFICER’S VIEWS. I Landing British Forces. Although numeroas books and articles have been published showing the possibility of an invasion of England by Germany, very few, if any, have been written by Euglishmen describing a British iuvasio i of Germany. At one French military writer, however,
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  • 580 8 Vivid Story of a Running Battle 1 Milan, August 17. i The Corriere della Sera relates an interesting episode, which has not so far been made kuowu, of the dramatic chase given to i the Goeben aud the Bret'au in tbe Aegean Sea by the
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  • 529 8 SURPRISE FIGHT IN A VILLAGE STREET. Sword to Sword. Wouadsd Troaper’s Vivid Story, August 25. Mr. Alan Ostler, the special correspondent of the Erpress, sends a vivid story of a little engag imeut in a Belgian village between some British Hussars and a body of German Cuirassiers.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 395 8 CLEEK HAS ARRIVED. CLEEK, the nun with 40 Faces. SEE HIM AT Crown Cinema TO-NIGHT. ■null I I'll il l»H IHMIi'iIMT To-night! To-night!! ANOTHER GRAND CHANGE of PROGRAMME AT The Straits Cinema, PENANG ROAD. Speciality Latest Pathe Productions. The Leading Premier Show in Penang AND The People's Favourite Rendezvous. The
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    • 38 8 Remember tbc Name. Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Rem dy is the best known medicine for diarrhoea, dysentery, colic, cramps or pains in the stomach. You may need it ■ome time. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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    • 13 8 For Children’s Hacking Cough at Night, Woo ls’ Great Peppermint Cure la. 64
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    • 284 8 Penang St. Andrew's Society. A GENERALMEETINGof SCOTSMEN will be held in tho Lower Room of the Town Hull on Wednesday, 30th September, at 0 p in to re-consider the question of the celebration of St. Andrew’s Diy by a Ball and to dec de what steps should be taken bv
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    • 423 8 TOWN HALL, PENANG. Mr. S Mrs. Wright-Motion’s Cafe Chantant. Ist 3rd OCTOBER. I9U, AT 9-15 P.M. PUNCTUALLY. The entire proceeds will be given to the PRINCE of WALES’ WAR FUND. BAR OPEN IN HALL. TOWN BAND. SMOKING. Admission: $l. Bar tickets $1 per book of 10. Programmes 10 cts. each.
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  • 724 9 INFORMERS’ REWARDS. An IIfTRREHTINcJ IjKUAI, POINT. Accused of retaining for himself portions* of sums given to him to piy rewards to informers, Chief Inspector Peter Flood, late head of the Perak Gaming Suppression Department, has been brought before the Ipoh Magistrate, says the T.0.H1. There are four
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  • 472 9 BATTLE PICTURES. German fear or the Bayonet. August 28. Nothing could better emphasise the •plendid spirit of the British troops than the cheery bearing of the wounded, who, in plain, simple words, tell stories more vivid than any yet received of the great battle of Saturday
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  • 383 9 Ijmuiden, August 15. The Dutch s.s. Epsilou arrived yesterday from Achaugel at Ijmuiden, and reports that she saw lying in the Drontheim harbour a dismautled German Dreadnought, the chimneys of which had been shot away and one side of which was entirely torn open. They state .further that
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 57 9 SPECIAL OFFER! EXTRAORDINARY BARGAIN AT LESS THAN ORDINARYPRICE. To make rooms for our New Stock h consignment of 500,000 Tough White Manila Commercial size Envelopes will he cleared at $l-30 per 1,000 for cash. Usually sold at $l-50. Don’t lose'this opportunity. ’Hit Bargain will never be offered Again. The Criterion
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    • 61 9 Rheumatism. Have you ever triei Chamberlain's Pain Balm for rheumatism If not, you are wasting time, as the longer this disease runs on the harder it ie to cure. Get a bottle to-day, applv it with a vigorous massage to the afflicted parts and you will be surprised and delighted
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    • 1270 9 PROTECTION and policies of the CHINA MUTUAL GIVE THE MAXIMUM AT MINIMUM COST. A BRITISH COMPANY incorporated uuder the Companies’ Ordinances, Hongkong, 1865/1890 and Registered .under the Assurance Companies’ Act (England) 1909. u Agencies established at every important centre between London and Manrhu'ia. For rates and further particulars apply to
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  • 992 10 ADMIRAL SIR JOHN JELLICCE. Br ovb Who Knows Him. A we> k ago iot one man in 20 knew the name of Admiral Sir John Jelhcoe, who has row assumed suuieme command of the Homo Fleets, with the aetion rank of admiral. To-day every
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  • 793 10 A determined effort is to be made by the traders of this country to win a big portion of Germany’s trade, which for the moment is in a state of suspense, for she can neither import nor export—the seas being closed to her vessels. Only in
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
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    • 44 10 The aviator takes bis seat All clad in fur-lined leather. To dare a flight by day or night, Wbate’er the wind and weather. His bi-plane soars up like a bird, His salary is sure. Because he flies to advertise Famed Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure
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    • 428 10 A a -£l*s v f" ll* :-V W: wr'f ill. J in J s 75 r»< Weighed it Balance an found ic.tnl m m MSI \m fill® i *M" itS V m H eaa /OMEN. Throughout the many s‘?.geo of woman’s life, from peevish girlhood through womanhood, motherhood, to the
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  • 437 11 Tb# Ministries of Interior and Finance, in a petition to the President relative to the return of confiscated property to Mr Kang fu-wei, the Chinese reformer who is well tnown in PenaDg, state that on the 14th 0 f July they received a copy of the petition
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  • 256 11 A special committee of the Rubber Growers’ Association has bad several interviews with the Colonial Office on the subject of financing rubber companies during the present emergency, says the Financial Netcs of August 13 Telegrams have been 6ent by the Colonial Office to the Governments
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  • 213 11 Steaming at a record pace, the American torpedo b »at destroyers hainbridge. Dale and Chauncey, are expected to arrive to-dav at Cavite from Shanghai, says the Cablencrs American of the 10th inst. The speedy destroyers together with the collier Abarenda, the tug Piscataqua
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    • 819 12 Guardian Assurance Company. Limited Established 1321. Subscribed Capital .£2,000,00 Total Invested Funds upwards of G,4£0,000 Total Annual Income over 1,180,000 THE undersigned have been appointed Agents of the above Company at Penang, and are prepared to issue policies of Insurance against loss by fire at tbs ©wey? tan'7 rates KENNEDY
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