Straits Echo, 25 January 1915

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  • 37 1 Straits Echo mvt tmm LE OF EVENTS, CIRCULA': !NG THROUCfiMT V* STRAITS. TH* FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR BAST GENERALLY VOL. 13. $24 Per Annum PENANG, MONDAY, 25th JANUARY, 1915. Single Copy, II cents No. 20
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 1246 1 I WHEN ORDERING SPECIF! "Dog Head Stout." 1 B ft! It h Strengthening and Invigorating. t*i« A|«»I! fI AN(i LLt Co.. Ptmrmo A Kwda Lnm r mr iiDaaaDDaMMaaDuaaiiaiii nnnann Georgetown Motor Garage 7 A Penang Road. Due to arrive by a atramer. One 5 Seater EMPIRE CAR AS ILLUSTRATION. /BIK
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    • 29 1 Sol. Af.ot.s TIANG LEE 9 CO. Pmt| 9 Kvalt L.a.or, gasanumi Tha Doctor adriaas and r«command.. It i. nonritfcing, inri--5 gorating and strengthening. ■ouiuanuuiiaiiiima irisk Ni’i Head («tutu StMt.
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  • 970 3 Bt a Loudon Lad. Tbe o ther d*? I was looking through the .p- of the Illustrated London N-wt for f'7,l' .mimniug picture* of the Fraucorin'**» War, not, °K ,ow Germans were j ff.»r nt, jet ever the same, muce you t —ev«u in those days—come upon a
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  • 948 3 By V. Hvmr Wiui. The war hu produced fur greater effects oa the general atandsrd of tiring in- France than in England. Everyone the banka, the tenant farmers, the shopkeepers—large and small, is nervous, and does not know what is going to happen Luxury is, therefore,
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 36 3 Sick Hadukc. i* L^ ea<^ac^e 8 caused by a disordered thu v> 1 j Chamberlain’* Tablet* and «adaehes will disappear. The? are ju6t u w T U Qeed 10 correct the trouble. For T and Dual,»
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    • 331 3 nnnnnnannnaaannnar HUTTEMBACHBr^&C o. SOLE AGENTS FOR I0YAL "typewriters Ha ve much pleasure in announcing the arrival cm rf I 3 -1 J THE NEW MODEL No. 10. n m m*L m ■-A, -::-C7-r v— I» s ST-a*. > r fJt&Z >.« r J1 X cf< 'IggBĔBm i y&z *>-r *W
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    • 62 3 Cere That Couth. When you hare troublesome cougb, it does net mean that you bare consumption or that you are going to bare 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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  • 887 4 Fine Opportunities for China Coasters. The North China Daily Nevt prints the I following For the past few weeks a rather unusual situation baa been prevalent in the local {shipping trade, and while tonnage is scarce land freight.» are high there is not much (trade to
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  • 953 4 When, a we» k ago, we ventured to be i optimistic as to the geueral outlook in Cuiua, and even to take a not altogether despondent view of the financial s’tuition, we hardly exp< cted to have our high hope** and expiations partly fulfilled and
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    • 503 4 NOTICE. AN application having been made for tbe issue of a duplicate certificate of the undermentioned ahaiea in the Tanjoog Pinang Ice Company, Limited, the original of which la declared to hire been lost, notice is hereby given that one month f“ m this date a new certificate, in ieu
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    • 40 4 Do You Coa^h? Don't overstrain the fine membrane of your throat in trying to dislodge the phlegm Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy will accomplish this for you, and cure the cold that is causing it. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers
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    • 318 4 >a :U Ai g The Ideal •nv, Mineral Water. 1® Tansan Ginger Ale. fit ml 1 Tansan Lemonade JL s May be obtained from All THE LEADING STjB.S. ilft Sole Agents iilß. T. REID 8 Co.. Penang. 4 A"<*^ ix--> r' W I W*l *r*afc Cash Clearance Sale OF Surplus
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    • 51 4 Un a sp et npr to-nteipiece, Before a fire he His ace pale now h id nus? a creve, t e sneeze 1 nd eoaehei end -^a: S id he, cannot b ar ibis I mur ba«e a subduer,” And now he’s up and cut a?ain (Twaa Weeds’ Great Peppermint
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    • 295 4 ocaooooo DR. S. P. SENG, nPMTICT 153. CARNARVON STREET, ULN I I CORNER OF CARNARVON LANE. CROWN AND BRIDGE WORK. BEST WORKMANSHIP GUARANTEED CHARGES REASONABLE. =aoc=NX=»cr>oc>>r>3C3o<r-5 oJ! XJC3OOOC3OC3OC3OC3OC3OC PRITCHARD CO., PENANG AND IPOH. New Goods for Chinese New Year. A Large Selection of White and Coloured Shirts, $2-25 Nett $1-80
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  • 240 5 S«<m>4 D*t'« (From Our Own Correspondent Kuila Lumpur, January 23. The following were the results of the racing at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday Hack L St*lla, 9.9. Walker 1 Flywheel. 10*2, fercy Barnabas, 12, Phillips Won by 2 lengths; J length between second and third. Time, 1
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  • 490 5 The annual sport 9 in connection with the Penang Schoolmasters’ Athletic Association, the first one so far as we cau recollect, was held on Saturday afternoon at the Penang Free School grouud. A large crowd ol schoolboys as well as a good many friends, who
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  • 596 5 In a Hail of Shot and Shell. Tanga, a sleepy little hollow on the German East Coast of Africa, was the scene of an exciting time for the Indo-China liner Lai Sang. With ber funnels riddled by bullets, and shot and shell marks on ber port and
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  • 312 5 Holland and the Wae. Several towns aud a few provinces of Netherlands have been declared under martial law, this step being taken to prevent the escape of any interned. The mine-layer Triton struck a mine in the Schelde and sank. An officer aud four men were killed.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 361 5 < Id a Id < o Id £L W z < z < z o D GO o (/> _i < UCHANAN'S SCOTCH WHISKY SOMETH INC TO CROW ABOUT” l*-.«SSSS5® BLACK&WHITE ALWAYS THE HIGHEST QUALITY ro ~0 TO O TJ > o n > r m 70 t/> Sole Agents
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    • 286 5 CIGARETTES M GARRCK "Friends also ifollow .thaljlaw of divine necessity ;||ther gravitate to each other, and cannot otherwise.” EMERSON. DCDOCDC DC p.l& O. S. N. Co. special::steameb FROMI G 1 Singapore, Port Swettenham and Penang DIRECT For Marseilles and London THE COMPANY’S s.s. Nubi a 5,913 tons 4,500 Horse Power
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  • 96 6 Published daily (except Sundays and public holidays) ▲T THI CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. No. 59, Beach Street, Penang. Pbicb. Daily Local $24 per annum. OutBtation... Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Post Free) $17.50 CABLE ADDRESS ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo, 586 Printing Department 343 A B. —All business communications should
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  • 21 6 Robinson —To Mr. and Mrs. Franklyn Robinson, late of Malacca (at Durham), on Jan. 16th a son Still-born (By Cable).
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  • 1051 6 Attempting to repeat their Scarborough exploit, a German naval raiding force en. countered the British patrolling squadron and soon found that such raids across the North Sea, with their resultant slaughter of women and children, cannot be repeated with impunity. Engaged at once by the battle-cruisers under
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  • 91 6 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, January 23. Mr. J. Carapiet, until recently lessee of the Adelphi Hotel, and a former Municipal Commissioner, was examined in the Bank-ruptcy-Court to-day. His total liabilities are $i63,000 his assets are small. The debtor explained that when Mr. Sarkies Johannes, of the
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  • 89 6 DISAPPOINTING RESULTS IN THE F. M. S. A Misunderstanding (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipob, January 25. In consequence of a misunderstanding the result of the Standard VII school examination has been most disappointing. It is stated that the school in the States entered students under the Old
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  • 914 6 Mr. W. S. Goldie has goue on a business ▼isit to Singapore. Mr. R. T. Reid, who has gone on a health trip to Shanghai, expects to be away about a] month. The Pilot Board for Singapore have granted to Mr. G. D. Rushton, master manner, a
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  • 926 6 Things that might havo been differently: The appointment of Mr A N. K«ai/to fill the vacancy on the bederal r. the recent departnre of Mr. Hkinu-r p Europe, came as a very pleasant surprise to W many friends in Ipoh. —Mainyn Tribm, It is sai l among the
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 185 6 It’s a long long way to anything better than our ANCHOR Footwear i B f Wifi r -.2”! T y m» An Ideal Shape to Display a Graceful Foot to Advantage. KEING CO. Penang ipoh. MiHMHffiaHiaHinnnnDniiiiiiii H THE BEST BSE R EVER EXPORTED m m l BRITISH BEER Be Patriotic
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  • 477 7 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. Received 25th of Jan. at 11-30 a.m. engagement in the NORTH SEA. ARMOURED CRUISER SUNK London, January 24, 8.55 p.m [t is officially announced that a German naval raid has been intercepted iu the North Sea, The enomv’s armoured cruiser Blacker was sunk
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  • 196 7 ANOTHER AIR-RAID rumours and reports. AN AIERT AT CROMER. Loudon, January 23, 1-20 a.m. A squadron of Zeppelins, the number of which l. unknown, with Hashing searchlights’ proceeded south-east from Cromer, where oo bombs were dropped. The noise of the eugines was first heard h? the coastguards and then by
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  • 1193 7 (Renter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. Received 23rd of Jan. at 4-45 p.m. PROGRESS OF THE ALLIES London, January 22, 5 5 pm. The Paris communique states “An extremely violent bombardment in the Forest of Apremont prevented us frou retaining 150 metres of German trenches which wo had captured.
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  • 619 7 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. Received 23rd of Jan. at 5-50 p.m STRIKING TYPHOID FIGURES. London, January 23, 4-20 p.m Sir Frederick Trevea, Serjeant Surgeon to the King, speaking at a meeting of the Royal Society of Arta, said that there had been only 212 cases of
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  • 189 7 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. Received 25th of Jan. at 12 Noon. WAR MINISTER IN LONDON. CONFERENCE WITH KITCHENER. M. MILLERAND'S IMPRESSIONS. 1 London, January 25. Reuter learns that M. Millerand, French > Minister for War left for Paris to-night after a visit to London. The conference with Lord
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  • 806 7 RUSSIAN SUCCESSES. London, January 22. A Petrograd communique saya that the Russians continue to remain in close contact with the enemy towards Thorn. Elsewhere there was the customary cannonade. We noticed in Bukovina a considerable concentration of the enemy. In the Black Sea. Turkish Vessels Sisk. I
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  • 94 7 At tbe fourth annual meeting of the members of the Young Muslim Union held yesterday evening, tbe following gentlemen were appointed office-bearers for the current year: President Mr. Md. Rouse; VicePresident, Mr. Hamid Khar; Honorary Secretary, Mr. M. H. Pawanteh Hen. Asst. Secretary Mr. C. M. Sheriff
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  • 174 7 The following articles will be found on our outside pages Page 3. —London 1879-1914. France in War Times. 4. —The Financial Position in China. The Boom in Shipping. s—Kuala Lumpur Races: Second Day’s Results. PS.A. A. Sports. The Lai Sang. From Dutch Sources. 8. Incredible Adventures.” Civil Service Changes.
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  • 2464 8 (Special Lemiew.) Man lives in a narrow material age today, and the greatness of hia m ttenal progress has mounted to bis brain and marred bis judgmeut. He walks like God in tbe garden of bis spleudid achievements, and like tbe Jewish Jebovab be feels that bis work
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  • 313 8 Disposition or the Past Tear’s Profit». The fifth yearly report of the directors of Pantai, Ltd to be presented to the annual general meeting next Saturday, is as follows Gentlemen, —Y ur directors have plea«u r e in submitting the balance-sheet and profit and loss account for the
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  • 167 8 Classification of Departmental Appointments. As foreshadowed by the Colonial Secretary iu introducing the Budget for the current year, it is notified in the Government Gazette that the following alterations iu the classification of appointments in schedule A of the Civil Service Sterling Scheme have beeu made, with
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  • 316 8 Lawn Tennis Tournament. The following ties have been fixed for to-morrow Profession Pairs. Q- N Sije and JJ L Harvey vs. F R Sayers and T B Minniken (6) R N Goodwin and J H B Smith vs E H Eveiest and R E H Oliver (2)
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 561 8 THE GAY LORD QUEX, 4th and 6th February, 1915, AT 9-15 P.M. IN AID OF The Belgian Relief Fund. BOX OFFICE OPEN 14th January, 1915, AT THE ROBINSON PIANO Co. REMEMBER ANTWERP! Remember "The Kaiser's Orders" and remember anything else you like connected with the Present European War and if
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    • 8 8 Incredible Adventures* bv Algernon Blackwood. Macmillan's Empire Library.
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    • 173 8 Croup. Every young child is susceptible to croup. Dou’t wait until this dreadful disease attacks your lit»leone 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 Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy on hand. It never
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    • 635 8 C~ MUNICIPAL NOTICE. A LL PBR80N8 claiming ,,(„„1 XI. u respect of dwell; 1 bouses vacant fur any portions of tbe hif jH«r ending 3 1 at D-comber, 1914. are ber.u i* minded that such claim mud be to the Coauni'flioneru on or betore th« iV? day of January. 1915.
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  • 336 9 Probably »11 our readers are aware that the Victoria Cross, which is made of simple (,'Uii nietol, is the hitihM award that can be made to officer or man for acts of gallantry in the field. It was institu’ed by Queen V.ctoria, and the first awards we:e
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  • 129 9 In the matter of the imperial college of tropical agriculture, states a London cable of January 14, owing to the war, the committees have now decided to proceed s- p irately with the scheme for the foundation of the college and that for the hostels. The
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  • 146 9 Messrs. Fraser aud Co.’s Singapore latest share circular says:—With the meagre business that has been passing of late we considered no useful purpose would be served in publishing regularly our usual weekly circular, however, since our last issue the Stock Exchange has opened, aud it has been
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  • 289 9 Nowhere more than in the Far East is the expression off-colour” so frequently heard. When the state of health gives rise to this expression there is lack of energy, of vitality aud appetite. Of tea an over-mastering gloom envelopes life and nothing seems worth while. Reluctant to recount
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  • 1020 9 THE WAGES QUESTION. Expectant Coolies. Ipoh, January, SI. You doubtless will hare noticed tbst at the meeting of the Menglerobu Lode Syndicate, tbe Manager, Mr. R. P Brush, stated that “eTerv time the price of tin went up a dollar the coolies wanted to know if they
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 925 9 for SALBI. Guide to Peaang BT THE LATH E F. Skertchly, f.e.s. Price 50 cents. Worth a Dollar a copy."} SOLD AT STRAITS ECHO” OFFICE AND AT THE SAVE-U-TROUBLE FIRM THE London Directory (Published Annually.) •vnublea traders throughout the World to communicate direct with English Manufacturers Dealers m each class
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    • 10 9 For Chrome Chest Complaints, Wood»’ flimt Peppermint Onre. la <M
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    • 429 9 tt/ ;T*i €\i V'7 yi* W I ’£r Ad c TK.ON ‘JHLLOIDS, the reliable tonic, strengthen I j our blood and fortify your system against climatic effects. After a course of Iron Jelloids,’ the blood is enriched, appetite is restored, vitality increased, Weakness and Debility disappear, and your system is
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  • 1294 10 Since the war began everyone has distinuisbed between the Western and the Kastern theatres of war, as it is evident thit he two Empires of Central Europe have to fight in the West ag.in-t France, England, and Belgium, and in the East against Russia and Servia.
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  • 624 10 In a letter from Mr. Anthony Hope which has appeared in the Corriere della Stra the attitude of England towards Italy is very fairly and very correctly set out. There is no resentment here at the determination of Italy to preserve her neutrality if it be possible
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 441 10 f n n The Bernese Alps Milk Co. CONTRA CTO Mi TO THE Admiralty India Office rom I9U*. Be fvlded Wjr Am id ilwipi >«k for SLEDGE BRAND MILK. sandranis, buttery s Co. D ©CD® «?CD»C l t«* PENANG LIBRARY. (Opposite St. huro'i.) Comprises some 20,000 Volames, including the valuable
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    • 58 10 Croup. Every young child is susceptible to croup. Don’t wait until this dreadful disease attacks your little ODe before you prepare for it. It comes in the night when chemists’ shops are usually closed, and this alone should be a warning. Qet and keep Chamberlain’s Cough Ren edy on hand
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    • 604 10 EADACHES. The Cause and Remedy. Sick and Nervous Headaches are but the symptoms of other ailmeats to which they are merely sympathetic, such as Indigestion, Biliousness, Constipation, or some other irregu JJii j 1 larity of the system. Many women habitually suffer from Headaches, which make life a daily purgatory.
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  • 1103 11 BOMBARDMENTS in land CAMPAIGNS. The Present Law. B? Col*»»» Ph»l'ip»°». M A LL.D., Lift. D., B*rri*tcr-ml-L»w. Jn the earlier practices of warfare belli•rente were not scrupulous as to the Vthod* and proceedings they adopted U it their opponents, or as to the exteut ,nd degree of buffering
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  • 797 11 Mr. Conrad, in his novel Chance,” has a sailor who complains of the geueral incompetence of every one on land. “No ship,” he says, navigated and sailed iu the happy-** go-lucky manner people conduct their business on shore would ever arrive into port.” That is true,
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  • 201 11 S P Tapioca $4 25 tales >T. P. Tapioca s‘.sos«f#r« Gold Leat >64.40 Black Pepper 18,— buyers White Pepper 81.50 sales Trang Pepper 19 no stock Cloves 41 —nominal Mace 110 nominal. Mace Pickings 66 —tellers Nutmegs 110 23 —nominal (No. 1 6.10 tales Sugar < 2 5,50 tale*
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  • 229 11 Pk nano, January 25 Beef— ctt. Soup per catty 20 Roast 30 Steaks 30 Stew or Curry Meat 22 Rump Steak 30 Ox Tail each 50 Tongue 55 Feet 15 Heart 50 Liver per catty 40 Poek— Pork par catty 36 Pig's Head 22 Feet i, 26 Tongue
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 12 11 ldr n s Hacking Congh at Night. Qr»at Papparmint Onra la «»1
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    • 86 11 Straight at It. There is uo use of our beating around the bush We might as well out with it fir-=t as last We wnt you to try Chamberlain's Cough Remedy the n«xt time you a cough or cold. There is no reason so far as we can see why
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    • 459 11 nannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnna n n a 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pl*cc Try Craven Cigarettes. as There is no other Cigarette just good” as CRAVEN'S If you are a judge of Virginia Cigarettes you’ll notice the difference at once, the milder flavour, the
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    • 80 11 TRANSLATION '■pHE UNDERSIGNED undertakes te -L translate any document from English into Chinese and vice versa. Also Chinese accounts into English. Fees according to the following scale: (I) For translations for insertion in the Strait* Echo or the Ptnang Sin Poe or to be printed by the Jobbing Department of
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 1844 12 1 At r«/ Grf 7 r a v. Wireless Telegraphy, fitted on all Steamers. All Cabins are now fitted with Electric Fans FREE of Charge and each bertn ia lurniabed with an Electric Reading Lamp. Lxpected Arrival» and Departure*. Mail Service Outward. Due Penang Feb. Homeward. t Calls at Bombay.
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