Straits Echo, 28 December 1914
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Straits Echo
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Title Section35 1914-12-28 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS. CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY- VOL. 12. $24 Per Annum PENANG, MONDAY, 28th DECEMBER, 1914- Single Copy, 10 cents No. 80035 words
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Advertisement1186 1914-12-28 1 WHEN ORDERING SPECIFY Dog lfcad Stout.” l? 6 ftl JR m 3 It is Strengthening and Invigorating S.U Agent,: TIANG LEE Co. P&iKinq (f f\ u ila Lumpur □nDaonaiam nnnnnn Georgetown Motor Garage BANKS. > Just Landed 7 A Penang Road. Due to arrive by a steamer. Chartered Bank of1,186 words
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Advertisement30 1914-12-28 1 Sol* AgeaL: Tf/VMO LEE CO.. Penang W K'Jala Luntpur. J;Z 2* Zfi rP The Doctor adriftos and recom mands. It is noori-hinjr, invigorating and strengthening. Drink Dot's He*d Guinness Sto«t.30 words
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Advertisement15 1914-12-28 2 DRINK m M n RECOGNISED BY CONNOISSEURS THE ON THE m m SOLE AGENTS: LTD.,15 words
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Article401 1914-12-28 3 Action of Siir«APORE Chamber of Commerce. The Secretary of the Singap-xe Chamber of Commerce forwards a copy of a letter ■ent to consignees of cargo on board German and Austrian vessels interned in neutral ports, with a request that we publish the same The letter reads thus:401 words
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Article355 1914-12-28 3 A Former Singaporean in tub Field There are some passages iu a letter from Lieut. S H. L. Woods Army Veterinary Corps (No. 2 Saction. Veterinary H spital. Expeditionary Force) that his friends in Singapore might like to see. |t He dates from France, Nov. 10.355 words
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Article296 1914-12-28 3 A German Oeficir’s Dismissal. A Bangkok correspondent of the Singapore evening paper sends an interesting account of the sudden discharge of Dr. Boehmer, the chief surgeon of the Siamese Navy. Dr. Adolf Boehiner, be says, had hitherto been most unpopular with the German community here and296 words
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Article316 1914-12-28 3 In furtherance of the campaign initiated bv Mr John Cowan aud the Purity League of Rangoon several mouth» ago, a petition signed by the Bishop of Ringoon, many rlergvmen and others pro t iueut in various walks of life in Rangoon was made to the Lieutenant-Governor, asbirg that316 words
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Article380 1914-12-28 3 In tho Chancery Division on 20th ult. the action of Sir Paul Chafer, of Hongkong, and Guthrie and Co Ltd of Singapore, against Mr. Harry Seymour Foster was to have been heard by Mr. Justice Astbury. Plaint'ffs asked for specific performance of an agreement of Aug380 words
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Advertisement29 1914-12-28 3 Unnecessary Words. Why waste words and of merit in in describing the The most Chamberlain’s Coug: en we gtate that it fastidious are oatisfied any ca use, and gSSSJSW-29 words
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Advertisement333 1914-12-28 3 i HUTTENBACH B™ C„ u SOLE AGENTS FOR T r ROYAL TYPEWRITERS ■i>* SHave much pleasure in announcing the arrival oi THE NEW MODEL No. 10. A 7 9 WAI r yearni l, £1 Jffl 1 m 1 Ik m i >• a 2 9 Si ns riff £2 CJi)333 words
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Article198 1914-12-28 4 8. P. Tapioca ,..$3.85 tale» M. P. Tapioca ...$4.10 talet Gold Leat $64 40 Black Pepper 18.— buyert White Pepper 30. buyert P Trang Pepper 19 no ttoc i“ Cloves 40. teller» ti Mace 110 nominal Lc Mace Pickings 85. nominal Nutmegs 110 23 —teller' Sugar 2 5 £0198 words
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Article229 1914-12-28 4 Pbnano, December 28. g BEF cts* I Soup P® r ca My 201 Roast Steaks Stow or Curry Meat 22 Rump Steak Ox Tail each 50 Tongue Feet Heart 50 Liver per catty 40 Pork— Pork per catty 36 Pig’s Head... 22 Feet 26 Tonguo •> 40 Mutton229 words
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Article2110 1914-12-28 4 fFrom Our Own Correspondent.) London, November 27. It is quite evident now that Germ iny is playiig for a drawu bittle and terms. The main hope of Germany now is to drag out the wir by a seres < f sieges, attacks and count* r attacks, both2,110 words
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Advertisement80 1914-12-28 4 TRANSLATION. f |MIE UNDERSIGNED undertakes to Jl translate any document from English into Chinese and vice versa. Also Chinese accounts into English. Fees according to the following scale:— (1) For translations for insertion in the Straits Echo or the Penang Sin Poe or to be printed by the Jobbing Department80 words
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Advertisement10 1914-12-28 4 For Chronic Chet>t Complaints, Wood»’ Great Peppermint Cure. 1« 6<l10 words
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Advertisement554 1914-12-28 4 NOTICE OF SALE BY ORDER OF THE MORTGAGEE Tho undersigned are instructed to put up for sale by PUBLIC AUCTION, TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER, On Monday, 4'h January, 1915. AT 11 AM. At the Archway of Logan 8 Building t, Beach Street, Penang, Description of property: All that piece of554 words
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Advertisement316 1914-12-28 4 !:< WEAKNESS, NEURASTHENIA -i CONSUMPTION U LP/J CHLOROSIS Use HEMOGLOBIN Deschiens All doctors agree that this vital Iron of the Blood ALWAYS CURES, and gives every one health, strength and heauty. Far batter than uncooked meat, Chalybeates. etc. dr. s. p. SENG, i\p\TTICT 155, CARNARVON STREET, DEN 1 IS I316 words
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Article276 1914-12-28 5 Ladies’ Monthly Medal for December, 1914. Result. Mrs Brereton Martin 38 39=77 7='o Mrs Samuel 35 35=70 1= 71 Mrs Crichton 38 44=82 —10=72 Miss Barnett 51+42 =93 —2 =73 Miss Brown 39 40=79 5=74 Mrs Park 48 40= 88-14= 74 MrsEbden 38 +4l 79- 4=75 Mis276 words
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Article272 1914-12-28 5 Protection for Newspapers. The Government Gazette publishes the text of a bill to be introduced shortly to ameud the law of libel The objects and reasons are given as uuder. 1. The main object of this Bill is to ex tend protection to uewspap r272 words
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Article160 1914-12-28 5 Fo’lowing is a copy of a telegram received bv the Naval Commauder-in-Chief, China station, from London, on December 24 The Queen and I send the officers aod men of the Navy our hearty good wishes for Christmas and the New Year. Georoe R. and 1.”160 words
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Article259 1914-12-28 5 Handicap Shoots. On Boxing Day morning the ranges shot l at were 200, 500 and 600 yards, a sighter and 7 counting shots at each range. Ri g"U. 1 Capt R L Cu-eaden H’cap 34 made 96 42 Sergt Motion .09 95.90 1 Batt QMS Murray259 words
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94 1914-12-28 5 Dec. ‘23 By Balance $51,842.71 24 Md. Ali Sahib Co. 20 00 Federal Rubber Stamp Co. 25 00 J. W. L. Allan 50.00 3rd instalment contributed by the European Community, Chinese Clerks, Mechanics and' a few of the coolies employed on Caledonia Estate94 words
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Article84 1914-12-28 5 The mortality returns for Singapore issued by the Registrar of Births and Deaths show that, during the week ending December 12, there were 210 deaths (D 5 males, 55 females), giving a ratio per mille of population of 33.16 Malarial fever accounted for 19 deaths, phthisis 30,84 words
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Article230 1914-12-28 5 The following ties have been fixed for to-day Single Handicap. Goodwin ve. Smith Reimann tar. Reid. The following ties have been fixed for to-morrow Single Handicap. Houston vs Cunningham Dunn vs. A S Hall. The area of France still occupied by the enrmv on Dec. 14th was230 words
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Advertisement248 1914-12-28 5 < Id CO a Id oc u Id (L Buchanans SCOTCH WHISKY to < z < m o in < > SX J SOMETHING TO CROW ABOUT c*» to u TO X “BLACK &WHITE„ Scotch Whisky TAMES BUCHANAN iC9I3« -J O ■o > *fc black&white ALWAYS THE HIGHEST QUALITY M248 words
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Advertisement373 1914-12-28 5 p A A O N N' Packed in 50s 25s Tins. Obtainable Everywhere. Cable: “JAP THE BRITISH HOTEL, 22, Leith Street. Telephone JS T o. 480. FITTED WITH ELECTRIC LIGHTS and FANS. RECOGNISED AS THE SE O*D TO NONE ENGLISH HOTEL IN PENANG UNDER JAPANESE MANAGEMENT. Terms For Board and373 words
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Article, Illustration92 1914-12-28 6 Plbliihed daily (except Sundays and publio holidays) AT TH* CRITERION PRESS. Ltd. No. 59, Beach Street, Penang. r*ic». Daily Local 124 rer annum. t OutsUtion... Postage Extra. Hail Edition (Post Free) $17.50 m CABLR ADDRESS ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo, 586 Printing Department 343 SB All bu.in.at communication*92 words
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Article56 1914-12-28 6 Clatton —Hare. Not 21, at London, L II Clayton, of F. M. S Civil Service, to Eva Hare. Tennent—Wallace.— On Christinas Day at tbo Presbyterian Church, Penang, by the Rev. Wm. Cross, ma J. Hall Tennent, m b Ch b Acting Medical Officer, Kulim, South Kedth to Florinda, daughter56 words
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Article373 1914-12-28 6 Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori, and what finer or more shining example can we holdup to the young Britons of military age in Malaya than that of the first victim which the war has made among the residents of this Settlement. M. Joseph Memrd,373 words
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Article969 1914-12-28 6 London papers to hand by the last mail contain some properly vitriolic comments on the conduct of the Lambeth Board of Guardians who, in order that the unfortunate children in the poor law institutions under their jurisdiction might be made to realise the gravity of the national969 words
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Article735 1914-12-28 6 The leave of Mr. H. A. Forrer has been extended for three months, from February 15, 1915 Sir Edward and Lady Brockman were to leave London on Christmas Eve for the Straits Mr. H. T. Jones, of the legal firm of Mr. Wright-Motion, Ipoli, is ou a735 words
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Article944 1914-12-28 6 Yesterday was the 189th anniversary of the death of Thomas Guy, the wealthy book-seller who founded Guy’s Hospital. He started the work at the age of seventysix, and lived to see the building nearly completed. It cost him £18,793, and he endowed it with <£219,499. Today has been944 words
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Advertisement164 1914-12-28 6 ”E ENDURANC 7 IS Tn C c OWNI v C QUALITY. *.y i— •s %s7n r >» jjiigjg•i’yy agjsejgyg The name of Messrs. Newton, Slnkespea»c Co Ltd. llio sole makers of Star of Tndia Trunks, suggests quality. Only best quality steel p’ates mod an 1 their trunks can stand wear164 words
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Article611 1914-12-28 7 (Reuter’s Special War Service.) Copyright Telegram. RECEIVED 27 OF DEC. AT 9 A.M. VIVID DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGHT. GERMANS OUTWITTED. London, December 27. Despatched from Montevideo, which have boeu received at Niw York, describe the naval battle off the Falkland* wbiffi resulted in the complete611 words
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Article553 1914-12-28 7 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. RECEIVED 27TH OF DEC AT 10 A.M. RUSSIANS WINNING. Petrograd, December 26 A Potrograd communique states: The general position on the left bank of the Vistula shows no important change in the fighting between the lower Vistula and Pilitzi, except iu the region553 words
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Article569 1914-12-28 7 (Renter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. RECEIVED 27TH OF DEC. AT 1-10 P.M. THE ALLIES ADVANCE. Londoo, December 26, 1.35 a.m. The Paris official communique issued last evening says “We made a slight advance from Nieuport. Au attack by the enemy on Notre Dame de Lorette was repulsed I569 words
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Article601 1914-12-28 7 [Reuter’s Special War Service.] Copy Right Telegram. EYE-WITNESS'S ACCOUNT. London, December 25. j The Eye Witcoss at Headquarters des- 1 Cribes tlio cjntinued activity of the British who aie co-operating with the French troop 8 Ho says that ou Friday, the 18'h inst, our centre made progress. Our601 words
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Article202 1914-12-28 7 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. RECEIVED 28TH OF DEC AT 11 A.M SUBMARINES, CRUISERS AND AIRCRAFT. ‘London, December 27, 10 45 p.m. i The Admiralty annouuc s that seven naval Beiplanes at daylight on Christmas Day attacked the Gorman warships lying in the Schilling R >xds off Cuxbaveu202 words
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Article726 1914-12-28 7 [Reuter’s Special War Service.] Copyright Telegram. RECEIVED 28TH OF DEC. AT 9-50 A.M. INCIDENT WITH AMERICA Washington, December 27. The Secretary of the Navy has teleg aphod to tho captain of the United States cruiser North Carolina asking whether threats of violence have been made by Turks in726 words
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Article114 1914-12-28 7 A perfiprinanceof theGilbeit and Sullivau Opera, HM S Pinafore, will be given by tho above Society early in the new year, in aid of the War Relief Fund. Members aud othors who have copies of the vocal score are requested to iend them for the rehearsals, whether114 words
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Article108 1914-12-28 7 The following articles will be found on our outside pages Page 3 —Cargo at Saibang. Siam anl the War. With tho Veterinary Corps. Pi/rifying Rangoon.” A Malay Mining Concession. 4. —Our War Letter. 5. —Penang Golf Club. The L cil L»w of Libel. Tho King anl tho Fleet. P.108 words
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Article434 1914-12-28 7 The Hou. Secretary, Mr. O. Vouuiug Thomas, asks us to stato that he will be obliged if all who owe mouies to the Band Fund will pay the same to him at tho Municipal Offices before the 31st instant. I For allowing two men suff iriug from434 words
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Article2453 1914-12-28 8 “THE WIFE OF SIR ISAAC 9 HARMAN.” 1 i (Spcinl h eview The bi' b tty Mr H. G Wells marks a turnup p »iut iu bis thought, and as the mental development of Mr. Wells has! become a national possession we should2,453 words
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Article275 1914-12-28 8 An Itoh Triumph. A large crowd of enthusiastic spectators gathered on the Esplauade on Fiiday eveu ing to witness the football match between the Peuang Grieket Club aud Ipoh. Tho visitors, who wen well represented, managed to secure a victory almost at the last moment by two goals275 words
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Article80 1914-12-28 8 Second Day’s Results (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, December 27. The followiug were the results on the second day of the Seremban Races Race I. Faugh au Ballagh 1 Weribee 2 Race 11. Cheri 1 Margin 2 Sandstone 3 Race 111. Stella 1 Barnabas 2 Race IV.80 words
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Article1056 1914-12-28 8 We are pleased to see iu the last issue of the Gazette a draft of the New Libel Law Bill, for which, if we mistake not, the press of Malava has to be specially grateful to Sir Evelyn Ellis. The Bill originated in a feeling that it1,056 words
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Advertisement474 1914-12-28 8 Latest News from the Front. 1. German Lies as told by the Wolf We have taken Paris. 2. Our Indian Soldiers in the New Forest France. 3. A Wonderful French 75 cm. Gun. 4. French Dragoons in Belgium. 5. In the German Trenches, &e are the chief contents in our474 words
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Advertisement44 1914-12-28 8 Bad Taste ia the Mouth. If you have a bid taste in your mouth in the n orn;ng, your stomach is not in proper order. Chamberlain's Tablets regulate this and give you a relish for your meals. For •ale by all Dispensaries and Dealers*44 words
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Advertisement499 1914-12-28 8 GOVERNMENT OF KEDAH. PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. WANTED an experienced man as WATER INSPECTOR and FITTER for Alor Star. 2. Salary $B5 pm. rising by triennial increments of $l5 p in. to $ll5 per mensem. 3. The appointment is pensionable. 4 Applicants must be experienced in the laying and jointing of499 words
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Article1006 1914-12-28 9 Report of the Dikrctors. The Directors of this Company—Sir E W. Birch (Chairman) and Messrs. S. II B. Blandy, W. J. Payne and C. V. Stephens submitted to the Shareholders at the meeting in London on December 7th the following report of the Company for the1,006 words
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Article215 1914-12-28 9 The invention of rubber foam described in the Scientific American seems to be an important one as it is said it will be a substitute for the inner-tubes of m >tor cars, and be quite puncture proof It consists mainly of India rubber containing innumerable minute bubbles215 words
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Article151 1914-12-28 9 [To the Editor of the Malay Mail.] Sir, —It has been stated that many of our younger men are going off to the Front no doubt this is so, but one can hardly believe it. I am trying to get a billet on a tubber estate, and151 words
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Article143 1914-12-28 9 A Re grading Scheme. A re grading of the Federated Malay States clerical service has just been initiated, says our Kuala Lumpur contemporary, and on the whole the gradations have been so arranged that in future promotions from one class to another need not necessarily be by143 words
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Article74 1914-12-28 9 A Government Gazette Extraordinary issused yesterday gives notice to importers and exporters that certificates of origin and declarations of ultimate destination will be required for all goods from the Straits after Jan. 15, exported to or imported from any foreign port in Europe or on the74 words
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Advertisement845 1914-12-28 9 Guide to Penang, BT THB LATH E F. Skcrtchly,. EA NOTICE. LABOUR CODE. 1912, F.M.S Price 50 cents. < Worth a Dollar a copy.") SOLD AT Mian Immigration Fund Ordinance 1911.’ Employers of Indian labour are hereby reminded that assessment returns for the preceding quarter must be sent to the845 words
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Advertisement63 1914-12-28 9 A Germ Destrcyer. There is no danger whatever from lock jaw or hlood poison resulting from a wound when Ohambei lain’s Pain Balm is promptly applied. It is an antiseptic and destroys the germs which cause these diseases. It also causes wounds to heal without maturation and in one-third the63 words
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Advertisement50 1914-12-28 9 Some folks sigh, some folks cry, They are never happy quite In fact, they don’t know what they want, For m thiugs’s ever right. But oue thing that is obvious As the light of day, I’m sure, Is that there’s nothing in life so good As Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure,50 words
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Advertisement424 1914-12-28 9 •M* <- Si Debility IRON JPLLOIDS, the reliable tonic, strengthen 1 your blood and fortify your system against climatic effects. After a course of Iron ‘Jelloids,’ the blood is eni idled, appetite is restored, vitality increased, Weakness and Debility disappear, and your system is enabled to combat attacks of Malaria424 words
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484 1914-12-28 10 (UNDER S. R. A. RULES OF RACING.) RACE D AY S FIRST DAY Thursday, 7th Jauuary, 1915. SECOND DAY Saturday, 9th January, 1915. FIRST DAY. Thursday, 7th January, 1915 1. The Opening Stakes. Value $500. A Handicap for all Horses to be entered at484 words
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Article1230 1914-12-28 10 Th« OIKMIN MINACK. We bare, as a nation, an inclination to depreciate oar own abilries and to exalt those of other people. The German, whose tendency runs somewhat in an opposite direction, has done his utmost of late to exploit our amiable weakness in order to produce depression1,230 words
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Article635 1914-12-28 10 The following is the report of the directors for the past half-year to be presented at the meeting on Dec. 30. Your Directors now submit tbe Accounts for the half year ended 30th September, 1914, being the first half of the business year, 1914-1915. After writing off635 words
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Advertisement524 1914-12-28 10 Fntrilt fl/ivA at 5 p m on Tuesday, 29th December, 1914. Handicaps for the lirllll IC» V\Jv First Day will be published on or before the 2nd January, 191**>. A penalty of 7 lbs. incurred in a Handicap by the winner of any Race run subsequent to the publication of524 words
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Advertisement48 1914-12-28 10 The Children’s Colds. Watch the children’s colds and cure them before they weaken the vitality. Use Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy freely. It is perfectly safe. It has been tested by chemists and pronounced free from injurious substances and costs but a trifle. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers48 words
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Advertisement518 1914-12-28 10 il L A j*V'/WY fif*' 9# SKIN DISEASES Overcome by the Wonderful Blood Purifying Propertits of Dr. MORSE’S INDIAN ROOT PILLS. person sufferiiiil from eruptions of the sKin has ntirlt to cnduit. It is not merely the discomfiture and irritation and painful sensat.on. but life made miserable by depression of518 words
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Article397 1914-12-28 11 1 ERVERTBL) HERO-WORSHIP. (ro the Editor of the Globe.) j’ c “°P° vou allow me to utter a word of pretest against the torrent of extravagant laudation that is being poured out upon the captain of the Emden So far as I can gather, he397 words
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Article414 1914-12-28 11 We Must be Barbarians An outspoken defender of the German t ethic is Major-General von Disfurth, who, t wr >ting in the Hamburger Nachriehten, says No object whatever is served by taking an y notice of the accusations of barbarity levelled against Germany by their foreign i critics.414 words
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Advertisement601 1914-12-28 11 HOTEL NORMAN. PENANC’S SELECT RESIDENTIAL HOTEL. ENGLISH PROPRIETORSHIP. LARGE AIRY ROOMS FACING THE SEA. COLD STORAGE FOOD. Under tbe patronage of H.M. Judges, Medical Officers. Colonial Secretaries, Magistrates, Consuls, etc. Terms: —MODERATE Special rates to Officials, Planters and F.M.S. Visitors. The New Bar and Billiard Room is the largest and601 words
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Advertisement1333 1914-12-28 12 For Motor Car Insurance YOU CANNOT DO BETTER THAN The Excess Insurance Co., Ltd. AGENTS: Adamson, Cilfillan A Co., Ltd. nannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnna n n a n n n THE LON LON ASSURANCE COMPANY INCORPORATED BY ROY A CHARTER A.D. 1720. THE undersigned, having been appoints Agents for the above Corporation, ar*1,333 words
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