Straits Echo, 21 January 1915

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  • 38 1 Straits Echo oAll Y CHRONICLE 01 EVEP iS. CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, I iff. FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY VOL. 13. $24 Per Annum PENANG, IHUKSDAY, 21st JANUARY, 1915. Single Copy, 10 cents No. 17
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    • 1164 1 I WHt# ORDERING SPECIFY “Dog Head Stout.'* IK SXL HW' It is Strengthening and Invigorating, i*i«acmu: HANG Lt* Co., Pmvm'i <t Knila Lumpur iiiDaDDDDiauiuaDDauMiiia nanann Georgetown Motor Garage 7 A Penang Road. Due to arrive by a steamer. One 5 Seater EMPIRE CAR AS ILLUSTRATION. V 3& EMPIRE "The Lillie
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    • 35 1 jj trial tot s He*d Oainr.ciJ Siovt U s *.V ĕs S»l< A*#.u: TIAMG LEE V fr'fnai'f S’ Kuala Lumps*. O Th« Doctor advises and rec>icq mend*. Ft is n< uri-hing, invi--5 goratlng and ukiimi!
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    • 53 2 DRINK I 1 M i m ifev sir «SiC, %C A WfR m •-> as 1^1 n SSifcS *3 «I® ;W H* •t -Wi A Hi 'T-. K m SB* 8 m vr-jev I! H rw m m THE < ■VV fc <'1 ttMto S* >» n—n i i i
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  • 1317 3 We recently saw some account of a very bitter controversy between the Socialists of Belgium aud of Geimtny. The former had been led to believe by the letter that they could be trusted to use their itfluence against war, but especially against su;;h an aggressive war as
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  • 180 3 Malcontents’ Literary Efforts. The Government has informed the Boards of Intuior and E iucation and the Police Bureau that it has come to its knowledge that m mbers of the revolutionary party are concentrating their rfforts to cause further trouble aud to incite the people against the
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  • 218 3 In commenting on Sir Doveton Sturdeo’s victory off the Falkland Inland», the Times hinted that the Vice Admiral bad beeu sent out to redeem his responsibility for the dispositions wh'ch led to the destruction of the Mo-mouth and the Good Hop <? At that time Sir Doveton
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  • 256 3 The first step town d« being well is to know I when one is ill Many people badly need medicine. and "re iu real peril of dangerous iHnegses because thev do not know tbev are ill. but only think themselves a little run down But being run
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    • 10 3 For Chronic Cheat Complaints, Wood*' OrMt Poppsrmint C!ur«. la fi'l
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    • 254 3 Huttenbach Bros. 8 ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS CONTRACTORS. SOLE AGENTS FOR: All kinds of •V ACHINEHY. MlimBliiWW^h7.kaa Estimates Given for all Kinds of Electrical Work. Mining Plants and Private Lighting Installations A Speciality. AGENTS FOR: HI STERLING TELEP!0 F E SO., LIE. Large Stocks of Telephones are kept and Private Installations can
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  • 1824 4 A Subaltern's Narrative Reuters Agency has received the following letter from a subaltern in the trenches In The Trenches, Nov. 22. It is a fine, sunny, frosty day. The snow has melted where the sun has caught it on the sides of the
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  • 100 4 London, January 6 The Parliamentary Recruiting Commi rtee, although it has hitherto only circuLrised rural districts and smill towns, has already secured 225.000 promises, notwithstanding the di-tractions of the Christmas season The constquence of the boom in recruiting is beginning to be felt in the M’dlands Twelve
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  • 31 4 London, January 5 An Amsterdam cable states: Geneva has been selected as a central point for the exchange of invilid prisoners of war. The first transfers are expected shortly.
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    • 707 4 r Plain truths l on tho sabjoct of Health are the only acceptable pronouocrmentf. Exi<s* t K «rated Btatementa end bjr convlnc f ln( no one—rather do they create *ti*- r plclon, and ylve rise to doubt. Bui K you may safely listen to untTemnl opinion. The public hare for
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    • 65 4 Croup. Every young child 1» susceptible to croup. Don’t wait until this dreadful disease attacks your litrle one before you prepare tor it. It comes in the night when chemists’ shops are usually closed, and this alone should be a warning. Get and keep Übamkrlain’s Cough Remedy on hand It
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    • 12 4 For Children's Hacking Coagh at Night. W.-h-hJ** Or«*t Peppnrmiat Oar# 1«. 64
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    • 679 4 I-. I V M £9l 5WHEfi ORDER! MS SPECIFY and obtain EBfc, /p^ a 11 la»^ I I 1 CCT SJ* U L Vi ill I r ut ,v-. m V S? m h ■«4 O > V s <3 THE YOU RE USED TO LABEL IS ON EVERY BOTTLE.
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  • 998 5 As Aami t 0.4«r-0 Effect o* Christ u 0 oa Mcctinl Helpirf IiCooTicts Fir» Sironfaoldi. (From Our Own Correspondent Cm it- n J uuarj 11 A v**rv *‘amusiog” o*der tram tbe tloTeinor it -Min i carrie i out i i C-i -ton j-ist now It baa the
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  • 264 5 A Ceylon p'anter now at the front writes to a friend: We have so me wounded officers here from the lud<an Division They tell me that though th-v not doie badlv, they have tak~u the knock very, very badly, vety large ca-Uilt e-, hut THEIR WORST
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  • 233 5 The silver medal of the Royal Humane Society has Dever been won more worthily tabn by Lieuteuant Edward de Faye Renouf, on whom it was bestowed recently for saving a bov from drowning. At the best of times to jump overboard from a battleship steaming at thirteen
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  • 183 5 Pefore Mr. V G. Ez j chiel iu the Second C »urt. this m truing a Chinaman named T m Ee was charged with exb biting obsceue pictures in K m'oerley Street The accused pleaded guilty to the offence, adding that h« did not know that wbat
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  • 211 5 Lawn Tennis Tournament. The full.>wmi weie tbe results of the ties phved off yesterday Lodi l'0“ble Handicap.* Airs Souier aud .'♦li-- Pn chird beat Al r s Crichtou and Mrs William 6— if, 6 3 Miss Kickettand Aliss H gau beat Mrs S F B Martin aud
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    • 246 5 CIMEIIT 0 ml M J£ ta PM! 3* e *c nia ffiis ft S. "Friends also {follow the law of d rise necessity; they graritate to each other, and cannot otb* rwLe EMERSON. DCCZDC P. O. S. W. Co. SPECIAL STEAMER FROM Singapore, Port and Penang DIRECT For Marsrj les
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  • 96 6 Published dally (except Sundays and public holidays) AT THS CRITERION PRESS. Ltd. No. 59, Beach Street, Penang. Prick. Daily Local $24 per annum. Outstation... Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Post Free) $17.50 CABI.K ADDRESS ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo, 586 Printing Department 343 N B. All business communications should
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  • 1423 6 At last the long-threatened raid on England by a German air-squadron has taken plate. At present it is not at all clear whether it was Zeppelins or aeroplanes, or a mixed fleet of both which visited the East Coast of of England and dropped bombs on
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  • 896 6 Mr. Kboo Tiang Hye is engaged to be man led on Sunday, the 24th instant. Towkay Ng Ann Thye has presented eleven medals to the runners up of the Taiping Football League. Berlin is freely discussing the probability of the appointment of Admiral von Tirpitz as Dr.
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  • 1020 6 Says one of our China exchanges While 8ir John Jordan, the British Minister to Peking 1 was a guest at the British ConsnhU I in Nanking on his way np river a burglar brok» in and succeeded in getting safely away with i the Consul’s store of silver
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    • 141 6 ICHARD 8 Co. SOLE AGENTS FOR VER «tjjtu juir -as* rues Another German Disaster. THE GERMAN ARTICLE SUPERSEDED AND SURPASSED BY ICE DE COLOGNE. Instantly relieves Headaches. FOR ALL PAINS, NEURALGIAI& RHEUMATISM. Mr. Quah Beng Kee says:— i have found your Iced Eau de Cologne not o:»ly very goo I
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  • 557 7 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegrams. RECEIVED 20TH OF JAN. AT 6-45 P.M. attack on east COAST. bombs near king s RESIDENCE. damage and loss of life. London, January 19, 11-55 pm. A German aircraft has passed over Yarmouth and dropped several bombs, doiutf a good deal of
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  • 737 7 [Reuter's Special War Service.] Copyright Telegrams. RECEIVED 21ST OF JAN. AT10-30 AM. FIGHTING ALONG THE VISTULA. Petrograd, January 20. It is officially announced that the engagements on January 17 and 18, which took place between the right bank of the Vistula, and the Warsaw—Mlawa railway, were of
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  • 448 7 (Reuter's Service.) REVIEW OF THE OPERATIONS. London, January 19, 5-30 p.m. A Pari* communique *ay* There have be°n snowstorms in Belgium. There has been intermittent cannouad- ing and also snow at Arra», where our heavy artillery on several occasions silenced tbe i enemy’s batteries. A somewhat lively
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  • 120 7 The following articles will be found on our outside pages Page 3. —Socialism and War. Affairs in China. A Wrong Suggestion. 4. —Towns in Trenches: Vivid Pictures from France Recruiting During Christmas. Invalid Prisoners. 5. —News from Canton. Indians at the Front. A Splendid Deed. Penang Cricket Club. Exhibiting
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  • 533 7 ALLEGED ABETMENT OF BIGAMY. The bearing of the case against Syed Omar, a Mobamedan Kathi, charged with abetment of the offence of bigamy, was resumed before Mr. Justice L P. Ebden in the Supreme Court yesterday afternoon. Mr. A. B. Youles, Solicitor-General, appeared for the prosecution, and Mr.
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  • 230 7 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. Received 21st of Jan. at 2-30 p m. The Western Theatre. Allies’ Progress. Paris, January 20. A Paris communique states “The enemy violently attacked Bois de Grurie. We retired from one trench under the shock but recaptured, by two vigorous counter-attacks. the greater part
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  • 50 7 DRIVER SHOT DEAD. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, January 21. The mail car from Kuala Lipis was held up yesterday afternoon fiftoeu miles from Kuala Kubu The Malay driver was shot dead and the passengers were robbed, but the mail bag was n t touched.
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  • 72 7 The Scratching*. (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, January 21. The following are the scratchiugs for the first day of the Selangor Turf Club mettiag. Race 1 Charity Race II.— Moment. Race III.— Mary Ann. Race IV Silver Liyht. Race V.— Mite. Faugh an Balia jh. Race VI.—
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  • 59 7 The Penang Volunteers will parade for a night march on Friday the 29th inst at 9.30 p.m. aud not as Previously stated. Dross, Manoeuvre Order; Place of Parade, Racquet, Court, Polo ground. All equipment, kits etc., will be reissued on the 27th and 28th inst between 8 30
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  • 456 7 Jan. 19 By Balance ...$74,957 72 20 A Abraham k Co., monthly Donation 10 00 Balance Jan. 20 ...$74,967.72 Tin (unrefined) and tin ore are quoted here to-day at $73.35, business done. The Sultan of the Maldiras has sent a contribution of Rs.
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    • 45 7 The committee of the German Socialist Party has published in the Vortcaerts a notice declaring that Dr Weill, the former deputy for Metz in the Reichstag, by joining the French army, has placed himself outside the German Socialist Party, and the party in the Reichstag.—
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    • 337 7 TRONOH SOUTH LIMITED (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND). A final dividend of sixpence per share has been declared payable in London on the 27th January, 1915. Local dividends will be paid on arrival of list of registered shareholders from London Office. A. H FLOVVERDEW, 45 General Manager. B. I. s.s. LAMA FOB
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  • 925 8 Embargo on Plantation Exforts Benefiting Para. j London December, 22. s Very little change in the price of plan- tation rubber has takeo place during the pa-t week, and the situation as regards the embargo upon export remains the same A considerable amount of buying has been noted,
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  • 756 8 A Unique Playbill Reuter told us at Christmas Time bow Mr. Seymour Hicks, Miss Ellaline Terriss aud their National Theatre at the Front set out to entertain the British soldiers in France and Belgium. It is worthy of note that although the enthusiastic entertainers included in
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  • 871 8 PRIESTS ON THE FIELD OF BATTLE. Discipline and Self Sacbihce. A remarkable effect has been produced in France bv the conduct and bravery of the 20,000 priest- oldiers who form part of the great army of France. An article in the Constructive Qua t*rly\ suggests
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  • 315 8 In the last issue of the F. M. S. Govern- ment Gazette appears an order from one of the Distnct Officers of Perak instructing the fanners of his jurisdiction as to ibe dates upon which they must begin various l operations in their rice
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  • 213 8 Having been informed recently that lo- U'ts aie creating great havoc amorgst the padi and coconut pl.ntations in various parts of Malacca, we caused investigations to be made on the spot, with the result that the reports were verified to such au axtent that u > doubt
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    • 413 8 THE GAY LORD QUEX, 4th and 6th February. 1915, A AT 9-15 P.M. I p IN AID OF The Belgian Relief Fund. i BOX OFFICE OPEN 14th January, 1915, i AT THE ROBINSON PIANO Co. Have you ever tried an all PATHE" week yet? The result* will be pleasantly surprising.
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    • 62 8 Cure TLit Couth. When you hare troublesome cougb, it does not mean that you have consumption nr that you are going to have it, but it does mean that your lungs are threatened, and it is just as well to be cn the safe side and take Chamberlain's Cough Kemedy
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    • 35 8 For Chronic Cbost Complaints, Wood»’ <?irai Peppermint Cure. la fvl POSITION UNRIVALLED IN LONDON, ENGLAND. THE LANGHAM HOTEL, Portland Place and Regent St., Lendan V. FAMILY HOTEL Of THE HIGHEST ORDER. In Paabisnable and HealthyLocal^r
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    • 40 8 Do You Cough? Don’t overstrain the fine membrane of your throat in trying to dislodge tiie phlegm. Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy will accomplish this for vou, and cure the cold that is causing it. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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    • 296 8 ]\TOTICE r ■''HE usual monthly sale of Pawnbrokers* 1 forfeited pledges for sums exceeding $lO will be held punctually at 11 o’clock a m on Wednesday, Thursday and F iday, the 3-d, 4th and sth proximo respectively at No. 42. Beach 'treet. The above forfeited pledges may be viewed at
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    • 592 8 MUNICIPAL NOTICE. ALL PERSONS claiming refund 0 f assortment i respect of dwelling bouses vacant for any portions of the halfyear ending 3‘st December, 1914. are hereby reminded that such claim must be sent m to th« Commissi'iners on or before the 3iit day of January, 1915. Fom s of
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  • 1065 9 The Nfw Gekman Effort. Info r mation recently to hind points to ft fresh d* valopui' u* of Ge' man military power ilr is apparently the intention, since the t a'n-d a r niHs ImT fiilel to p'ovoke decision, t' Cali up the whole O'l of
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  • 406 9 OkKMANS AT hONORONQ As null ued b* K ui«r the following; teh |.r<i'in have passed t>elweeu the S**crefmj of State for the Colomts aud the O »t*rnitr of Hongkong The S-cretary of Main for the Colonies to ttit* Q<>vern<>i of Hongkong. 1h« .e uia»>
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  • 584 9 M AXCFACTUREKS HaBD HIT. London, J.ti uary 1. American ru her mtnuPtdures represent hit uuless the mbargo on rubber imp rts s removed 250 000 men will bn throwu out f eniplovmeut and ,000,000 inve-iel pit a.l will bo rendered idle They also ioiut out that
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    • 906 9 j»OB SA T»B. NOTICE. Guide to Penang bt th« latb E F. Skertchly, f.e.s. Price 50 cents Worth a Do/I&r a copy.") SOLO at ••STRAITS ECHO” OFFICE. ANI) AT THE save-u-trouble firm THE London Directory (Published Annually.) Enable* traders throughout the World to communicate direct with English Manufacturers Dealers m
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    • 51 9 Ia tent a lid guuyah, e o t *nd ball, lu wLa h > it .irntiim. i rie uaiiiM ot Wo>la” is known to all, tcb bottle bears ei-tcnp; I Wbeierer men and women live, Either < n sea or shore. They know tor coughs, the thing to give Woods’
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    • 487 9 V Mil Hi TT" 11 I ■"■I The Perfect Emulsion. Angier's Emulsion is th** most palatable, th«* most cream-like, the most perfect of all emulsion*. Eve?* the most fastidious take it with pleasure and it agrees perfectly with delicate, sensitive stomachs. Those who have found other emulsions distasteful should try
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  • 556 10 IMPORTANT SnRCR IT THI Governor General. In the course of his inaugural address at the opening session of the State Council of Indo-China, the Governor-General, M. Vollenhoven, said that the military force despatched from the Colony for service at the front comprised 250 officers, 650 noncommissiond
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  • 189 10 Accoiding to a well-known student of South American trade —Mr. J P. Wileman —the prospects of the wild rubber industry in that region “cannot by any stretch of the imagination be looked on as encouraging,” although it is thought that low sterling prices may find some
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  • 108 10 Hcekta. Men Executed. Washington, December 21. j A reign of terror has again broken out in Mexico following the failure of the peace conference attended by the various factions. I Death to the traitors is the slogan adopted bv each of the factions against the others.
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  • 961 10 It was rumoured a little time ago tbat, for want of a better, the Germans might use Bruges as a port for submarines From tbat inland town they would slip down tbe broad canal past Damme to Z *-brugge and the sea ►Ten miles awaj. It
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  • 50 10 Allahabad, January 6. The Pioneer'g London correspondent cables tbat London has raised 120 u its of all arms for the war. Moreover, recruits running into six figures have been raised here for regiments outside the London district. The Royal Fusiliers are now raising their 24th battalion.
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    • 40 10 Do You Cough? Don’t overstrain the fine membrane of your throat in trviug to dislodge the phlegm Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy wll accomplish this for vou. and cure the cold that is causing it. For tale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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    • 521 10 oooooooooc THE FOLLOWING APPLY TO CHIN SENG Co., Ltd,, uwidhai street. Rust off Metal Polish thorough! j deans and brightens without scratching or damaging. U Wet-Star A. 8L B. Cylinder Oils. Easy Running. fl Redio Cleaning Cloths for cleaning all kinds of metal goods, o MOTOR CARS FOR HIRE. Telephone
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    • 62 10 Core Tilt Cough. When you hare troublesome cough, it does rot mein that you hare consumption or that vou are going to have it, but it does mean that your lungs are threatened, and it is just as well to be on the safe side and take Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy
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    • 320 10 e Children «5 ‘ike li and thrive on it Mellin’s Food always satisfies. It con'airss in correct proportion nutritive elcr.v which, when the food is mixed with fresh cow’s miU, provide a compete and satisfactory diet lor children of all atres from birth. iyS^7 *ai ilJ- «<•*/ A Sa«wple Bo*tls
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  • 1978 11 Bt E. B. OsBORN. fr1 ,„.l of .m- !>.. a little Jauuhter ,ho.e ui h bwn “''/r'f “I, o( the bitter eipenence of En. li.b nf war—there is a mass of unimP r Ip evidence, unfortunately, to the ha t tuanv of them are ill-treated on n
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  • 212 11 S P T<p> »ca ...$$.30 sal** >1. P T ip-oca 5<> tlies )ol<t D al M» Riarl; Pepper 18 buyers White Pepper 31 < Trank; Pepper 19 wo sto> k Cloves 41 nominal Mace 110 wnninal. Vlact Pickings 66 -s>V*'S Nutmegs HO 2 S—nomi‘al No. 1 6.10 sales Sugar
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  • 249 11 PlCNANO. JaNUA-Y 21 ItEBR— etS. .')!>up p‘ catty 2) R«iast f« 3 Steaks 30 Stew or Curry Meat 22 j Rump Steak 30 Ox Tail each 50 Tongue 55 Feet 15 Heart 50 Liver per catty 40 Pork Pork per catt y 36 Pig's Head... 22 Feet 26
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    • 39 11 b-l w Jick Headache. W'*T l h CiU^d bv Lbamberlam’i iduwu duu ll4 PP®* r They are just a disordered aiu i Tablets aud to corr**t the trouble ere tn ill wrreet t&e trc I>l, P«n»»ne« and Deal For
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    • 84 11 Siriiftht it It. There is no use of our beating around the bush.” We might as well out with it first as last We w .nt you to try Chamber. Liu’s Cough Keinedy the next tune you ha a a cough or cold. There is no reason so far we
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    • 87 11 TRANSLATION r |'HE UNDERSIGNED undertakes to JL translate any document from English into Chinese and vice versa. Also Chinese accouuts into Englisn. Fees according to the following scale:— (I) tor translations for in ertion in the Straits Echo or the Fenang Sin Foe or to be print d by the
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    • 1863 12 r.&O.-i S.H.G Wireless Teleirsphy, fitted on til Stetmers. All Cabins are now fitted with Electric Fans FREE of Charge and each berth is turnished with an Electric Reading Lamp. Expected Arrivals and Departures. Mail Service Outward. J sT>„ t N U KOfilNKLIJKE PAKETYAART MAAT8CHAPP1J. (ROYAL PALKE1 S. N. COMPANY.) Fo»
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