Straits Echo, 16 October 1915
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Title Section35 1915-10-16 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY VOL. 13. $24 Per Annum, PENANG, SATURDAY, 16th OCTOBER, 1916. Single Copy, 10 cents. No. 23735 words
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Advertisement961 1915-10-16 1 nmvica tvwwi '3 r I a > z o r r n pi Th* Dootor advisee aad noonmsnck It ia noari->hiag, iavi- S gonting tad strengtkeniag. Mcfeuiiniosiiua: For Cars on Hire EMPIRE "The Little Arisiocra* m f all at or 'phone (No. 694) to Georgetown Motor Garage 7 A Penang961 words
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Advertisement15 1915-10-16 1 TO LET, 1 BUNGALOW No. 1428. BURMAH ROAD. LOCATION QUIET HEALTHY. APPLY 53, Beach Street.15 words
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Advertisement26 1915-10-16 2 DRINK RECO -lm€ !£C 1. CONNOISSEURS T 'i 4 3 THE BRAND ON v>3 i-i T t-'C Sci J. J SOLE AGENTS: I 1 LTD., PENANG26 words
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Article884 1915-10-16 3 THE GERMAN* NAVY’S GAINS AND LOSSES. A Popular l roblem. London, September 10. A favourite pastime among contributors to the popular weekly papers is the discussson of two questions, the first being, Will the German fleet come out’ and the second. Is Germay stronger or weaker at sea884 words
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Article902 1915-10-16 3 By an Opponent of it. For the moment reform of any kind is not in favour in this country. We are not disposed even to consider the reform of wellknown evils. Reform of the Church, the Lords, the Navy and Army has given way to a sincere desire902 words
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Advertisement346 1915-10-16 3 E. O. Hotel SPECIAL TIFFIN EVERY WEDNESDAY SATURDAY. RUNNYMEDE HOTEL. PENANG, Centrnlly situated on the sea-front to be considered as a red health resort. English Continental Cuisine. Java rice table every Sunday. Every month lfreseo Dinuer.” Specif private Dining Room for extra Tiffins or Dinners. Telegraphic Address: Runnymede Telephone Nos.346 words
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Advertisement310 1915-10-16 3 Stomach and Bowel Disorders and 001 W r 33 I m m I Of all Chemists ciiio BdC inr. Angier’s Emulsion exercises its soothing, lubricating, anti-fermentative properties throughout the entire digestive tract. That is why it is so valuable in stomach and bowel disorders. It soothes and cleanses the mucous310 words
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Article1129 1915-10-16 4 Johx N. Ra.PHIA. 1 - ROMANCE OF A PATRIOTIC CONVICT. Br Johx N. Ra.PHIA.1.. Hi ia a convict» He ii in prison in Paris for the time being, but I hope to have an opportunity of shaking him by the hand soon and wishing him luck before he leaves for1,129 words
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Article824 1915-10-16 4 Weevils,” regarded merely as a word, seems to be a tamily connection of Uriah Heep; regarded as things, they are even worse They start as eggs and become little unhealthy-looking white lumps of decay, whose being’s end and aim is destruction But though Nature has done her worst,824 words
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Advertisement205 1915-10-16 4 oc= 30C r*c ALLEN DENNYS A CO.. Penang, RUBBER BROKERS, PROPRIETOR OF THE PENANG RUBBER AUCTION ROOMS. SALES HELD EVERY TUESDAY RUBBER bought or a«ld b j PUBLIC AUCTION or PRIVATE TENDER. FORWARD BALES ARRANGED. RUBBER tr&nahippad and inaured to any PORT at ainimam rate*. RUBBER SALE ROOMS at No.205 words
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Advertisement57 1915-10-16 4 It Never Fails. Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera, and Diarrhoea Remedy is all its name implies. It cures diarrhoea and dysentery in either children or adults, and the most violent cases of cramp colic or pains in the stomach give way to a few doses of this medicine Safe, sure, always cures.57 words
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Advertisement10 1915-10-16 4 For Chronic Chest Complaints, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure Is. 6d10 words
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Article1121 1915-10-16 5 Akd Gits a Hoodoo Bto*t. "Hub!" Mj boatman spat into the English channel with a gesture and an air in which faint respect struggled to survive lively disgust La Ribot is a gentleman in every way, but years in the fo’c’sla have imparted a directness of thought1,121 words
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Article400 1915-10-16 5 E. O. Hotel Concert. U Aidof Cigarette F«oda. Mr. A. Sarkies must be congratulated on the very exceUeßt concert he arranged at the E. &0. Hotel last night in aid of the Cigarette Funds for our soldiers and sailors at the DardanellesA special. dinner was given before the concert, and400 words
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Article258 1915-10-16 5 It would seem that, until the fact can be brought home to the driver# of bullock carts that the manner in.wbich they invariably drive along the Singapore roads renders them liable to punishment in the police court, i here will always be the need for great258 words
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Article90 1915-10-16 5 The rate of mortality in the Settlement of Singapore for the week ended October y was 29.17 per mille of the population, lhe total number, of deaths was 190, of whieh 143. we re male subjects and Convulsions claimed 18, phthisis 29 and malaria fever 18. The90 words
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Advertisement319 1915-10-16 5 J < Ui o 111 K -I < u u Q. (0 z < z < z o 3 ID o w -I < SCOTCH WHISKY SOMETHING TO CROW ABOUT’ s: BUCK&WHIrt SCOT S‘^i x ALWAYS THE HIGHEST QUALITY Sole Agents PENANG AND* KEDAH. By aftnnttmnt.tr H M The KING.319 words
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Advertisement12 1915-10-16 5 For Children’s Hacking Cough at .Night. Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure, Is. hd.12 words
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Advertisement458 1915-10-16 5 QUALITY is the point which is necessary in an enjoyable fl Cigarette. g A A 2 2 i 1 i 1 That’s why “EMBASSY I A i A I 2 I 2 ISS VIRGINIA No. 77 2 2 I 2 2 'A has been justly 2 Si i 2 8458 words
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Article, Illustration97 1915-10-16 6 Published daily (except Sundays and pnblio holidays) AT THU CRITERION PRESS. Ltd. No. 59, Beach Street, Penang. Fbicb. Dkilj Local m 4 $24 per annexe Omtstetion... Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Post Free) $17.50 CAB LI ADDKBSS ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo 586 Printing Department 343 If-it.— All buaia«M97 words
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Article1393 1915-10-16 6 We live iu a maelstrom of thiilling events J ani the mind has to race at break-neck speed if it desires to keep the pace. The tremendous happenings of one week in these stirr- ing days would keep the newspapers in sensations for a whole year1,393 words
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Article566 1915-10-16 6 Mr. G. Logan, of Messrs. A. C. Harper 9 and Co., is leaving for Home next month. Pte. Daly of “A" Company of the Penang V lunteers, who is proceeding to the front, j was a through passenger for home by the P. &O. s.s. Nore. m566 words
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Article56 1915-10-16 6 Farewell Banquet at Taipiag. Taiping. Oct. 15.-Mrs R. G. Watson left by the 9.25 train, to which the state saloon had been attached. Her husband accompanies her to Penang. There were many friends at the station. if 8t XT a far ewell banquet was given at56 words
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Article62 1915-10-16 6 (Fro»» Our Own Correspondent.') Satisfactory Year. Singapore, October 15 At the annual general meeting of United Engineers, Ltd, to-day Mr. Lemberger, who presided, reviewed the finances of the company which, he said, had made an improvement of $236,135 on the previous year. A dividend of 7 on62 words
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Article95 1915-10-16 6 (b rom Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, October 15. The Ladies Campaign on behalf of the Malayan Aircraft Fund concluded yesterday night with an entertainment at the Selangor Club at which there was a record attendance The show was excellent, a special feature being the magnificent violin95 words
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Article1032 1915-10-16 6 The question of a successor to i Walter Emanuel aa the writer Charivaria,” in Punch, is not yet Qui settled. In the meantime the writing ot tl f mous column has been put in eouim 3 Any literary lynx might have DPr h.T. detected the hand of Mr.1,032 words
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Advertisement201 1915-10-16 6 THE SUPER TOILET Preparations EFFECTIVELY REPLACE GERMAN ARTICLES A«k for tlxe SUPER BRAND and you will not be disappointed. GERMAN: BRITISH; ODOL use TONIC TOOTH WASH The Odol Substitute. Flavour and composition as Odol. 85 Cts. LYSOL use SUPER IS9L The product of a British Firm of Disinfectant Manufacturers for201 words
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Article564 1915-10-16 7 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. OFFICE ANNOUNCEMENT LIST OF CASUALTIES. Loudon, October, 14 lua WV OOica announces tbit a Haet of t ll o mrdiip-i visitad the eastern counties (j n portion of the Londoa area yesterday Dlg ht and dropped bombs Tbe anti-aircraft guns of the564 words
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Article110 1915-10-16 7 (Straits Times), are informed that the secretaries of the Marine Insurance Association in Singapore are in receipt of a telegram from Insurance headquarters London notifying them of a recent hostile submarine activity in the Mediterranean Sea. The localities and 'Jatee and names of the vessels conare not given.110 words
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Article926 1915-10-16 7 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. SERBIA INVADED. BULGARIANS ENVELOPING NISH. London, October 14. A telegram from Athens states that the Bulgarians are also attacking southward of of Gutchar, which is forty miles north of Nish, The Bulgarians are evidently trying to envelop the capital. BULGARIA AND SERBIA. Official Declaration926 words
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Article446 1915-10-16 7 STUBBORN FIGHTINC. London, October 15, 3.30 a.m. 1 A Petrograd communique describes the 1 continuance of stubborn fighting in the Dvinsk region. A number of unsuccessful German attacks were also made in the Lake 1 .region. The communique says that the enemy has assumed the offensive at446 words
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Article409 1915-10-16 7 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. GREAT BRITISH OFFENSIVE. GERMAN ACCOUNT. Amsterdam, October 14, Another great B itish offensive, sur ted by monitors at sea and artillery ward of Ypres is announced in' .lin communique. The British, using ,<ouds, attacked along the whole fron* m Ypres to Loos. The409 words
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Article302 1915-10-16 7 MISS ST. CLAIR’S EXPERIENCE IN VILNA AND PETROGRAD. Under the above heading, says the S.F.P the Editor finds news of one of his sisters who have been from the outbreak of the war supervising a hospital for the Russian wounded at Yilna. Miss Margaret St. Clair302 words
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Article300 1915-10-16 7 (Reuters Service.) Copyright Telegram. PROBABLE RECONSTRUCTION. «PULSORY OR VOLUNTARY SERVICE. London, October 14. x'he Morning Post states that there is an almost universal feeling thit the reconstruction of the Government is possible before many days. The Daily News states that the Ministers in favour of conscription failed to300 words
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Article581 1915-10-16 7 PAYING FOR THE WAR A Fretek View, According to the Paris correspondent of the New York Evening Post, the payment of war expenses during war and after war is over is not the same. During war. in order of time, expenses have to to be met first by581 words
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Article119 1915-10-16 7 FROM DUTCH SOURCES. The following special telegrams are from the Sumatra Post of October 11 and 12. German political agents are commencing agitations on Northern Albania. To the north of Belgrade the Central Powers have captured several important positions. Street fighting is proceeding. To the south of119 words
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Article386 1915-10-16 7 Tne inquest into the death of a Chinaman, name unknown, was held this morning before Mr. E. E. Colman, Coroner, and a coroner’s jury, in the Second Court. The first witness called was Dr. Junichiro Ando, Assistant Medical Officer, General Hospital, who stated that on the 28th of386 words
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Article185 1915-10-16 7 Mr. E. E. Colman, in the Second Court this afternoon, delivered judgment in the case in which Tan Cheang Hoe, a trustee of the Seh Tan Kongsi, applied for a distress warrant for the seizure of the. property of Tan Keat Lai for house rent due. In185 words
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Article87 1915-10-16 7 The following articles will be found on our outside pages: Pago. 3. Naval Notes Spelling Reform 4. —The Mm Who Came Bick. Weevils —A Romance. 5 Wright Goes a Fishing. E. O. Hotel Concert. The Bullock Cart Danger. Singapore Mortality Returns. B.—German Hope for Winter. The Cabinet. Serbia. Mr.87 words
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Article1021 1915-10-16 8 EEBT THAT WILL BE DENIED TO Tu Czae Wai, By Lt.-Col. Rqvstam B«k. When General Rouzsky optnly declared I to the Press that absolutely no dqqger threatens Petrograd he simply eounrmed I I officially the opinion not only of the Russian I army but of all1,021 words
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676 1915-10-16 8 The following is the Second Annual Rd-1 i port of the» Singapore Family Benefit j' Society: |i Your Comipittep beg to submit the 2nd < Annual Report of the Society and the|< Balance Sheet for tbe year ending 30th |i June, 1915. Tour Committee have pleasure676 words
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Article125 1915-10-16 8 The, opening: chapters—epjsodes 1* 2 and 3 in 6 reels —of The Million Dollar Mystery, by. the way the longest fi}m that has yet been shown, here, will be presented for the first time at the Electric Polyscope to-night supported by Life’s Bitter Dregs and the latest Gaumont125 words
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Article1004 1915-10-16 8 Political Social Coitions or the Peopjlju All Serbians are soldiers, and Prince Alexis of Serbjfcptjukei am*# of action. He. fought in the last war, beep on the battlefield daring the present one. But just now he has other work to do —a work I not so much of diplomacy1,004 words
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Article364 1915-10-16 8 Wednesday’» Gatetie contains the text of an Ordinance to further amend "The Alien Enemies (Wiading.-up) Ordinance 1914,” whereby it is enacted by the Governor of the Straits Settlements with the advice and coMentiofJheLegitlaiivoOouncil thereof as follow*. 1 1. —(a) This Ordinance may be cited as “The Alien364 words
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Article325 1915-10-16 8 Bftixies,. Singled Oct. Copenhagen. August 17. I was at Trelleborg when the invalid prisoners who axe being exchanged arrived. The different between, the Germane apd the Russians is striding- The returned Germans appeared to be healthy, notwithstanding their wonnds, and they were well clothed. The Russians’325 words
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Article220 1915-10-16 8 Toe following extract, regarding Mr. at one time Chief Surveyor in Penang, is from the San Francisco Monitor. One of the most interesting persons the Exposition has so far. brought to San Francisco is a modest little gentleman from the Straits Settlements, who talks perfect English and220 words
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Article86 1915-10-16 8 October 17, 1915, 8-00 a.OK Matins (Choral) 8- am. Holy Communion 9- a,m. Holy Communion (Tamil Ssr vice 500 p.m. Sunday School 6-00 p.m. Evensong and Sermon Hymn 28» Be Thou my Guardian and Guide Pselm LXXXIX Hopkins B nonet in F Hymn 540 Fight the86 words
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Article58 1915-10-16 8 Services will be held in the Presbyterian Church, Northam Road, to-morrow as f o lows: Morning, at 9 a.m. Children’s B* r vice Evening, at 6 p.m Worship. Preacher Rev. W. Murray, MA Hymns for evening service: Church Praise. 2, 657, 156 ‘Uo and 494. Service of58 words
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Advertisement457 1915-10-16 8 COMPETENT COMPOSITORS. Salary according t* (jaalifipa^. Apply in person to ■> FOREMAN. Straits Be**” Singapore and Struts Directory, 1916. \fiT, pipers in the hand* of the public referring to the Directory ahould be returned to tb& Publishers at once. Firms, Planting Companies or individual*, whom n§m*a- onutted fro» tb* Directory457 words
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Advertisement44 1915-10-16 8 Chamkrliift's Psia Brim. Thpre. ia nothing bo good for muscular rheumatism, spraiua, lameness, cramps of the muscles, braises and like injuries as Chamberlain's Pain Balm. It will effect a cure in less time than anv other treatment. For sale by all Dispensaries and Daelus.44 words
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Advertisement351 1915-10-16 8 JJOTXCE. LABOUR CODE. 1912, F.M.S. Indian Immigration find Ordinance Dll." Employees of Indian labour are hereby reminded that assessment return# ior the preceding quarter must be sent to the Office of the Deputy Controller of Labour, Penang, during the months of April, July, October and January. Forms for the return351 words
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Article1485 1915-10-16 9 THE WILD JOY OF BEING RELIEVED.” Bt Private Patrick Macoila. [Mr. Mac Gill, who began life as a labourer at twelve and has passed through all the hardship of a navy’s existence, is known for the realism of his writings. His books show an extraordinary grasp1,485 words
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Article232 1915-10-16 9 A Government Gazette Extraordinary issued on Fridiy contains the text of a letter received by His Excellency the Governor from Sir George Reid, High Commissioner for the Australian Commonwealth in London, in which a plea is made for the sailors, on October 21, the Trafalgar anniversary. The232 words
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Article208 1915-10-16 9 Buying Chinese Cash.” A Shantung correspondent of the South China Morning Post writes A Chinese has just left my study. We were discussing things in general and then the conversation turned on the war and German methods of conducting it. He knew all about the German shortage208 words
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Advertisement48 1915-10-16 9 Do not allow yourself to become a victim t* recurring Fever. There is a sure remedy at band in WOODS' GREAT PEPPERMINT CORE, a truly marvellous specific in all conditions of fever and internal complaints. It is sold by Dispensaries and Stores everywhere at 80 cents per bottle.48 words
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Advertisement352 1915-10-16 9 Plants for Sale. No. 15, Northam &oad. day» cohsau sots Well-Known Extra fe’avy Canvas, He. 0. SASDiam m;ts3Y u The Anglo-Japanese Disposal*?, 393 A 395, Chulia Street, PENANG. Qualified Japanese Doctor always in attendance. All kinds of Patent Medicines and Proprietary Articles held in Stock. Prescriptions carefully dispensed. Attention, Civility352 words
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Article1269 1915-10-16 10 Vl Some Practical Hints. 1 The publication of these real stories from i prisoners of war brought mo many com- < munications—perhaps ttio most pathetic cor- 1 reepondence I have over had. One batch of letters is from the wives and mothersjof men who are still prisoners. The1,269 words
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Article775 1915-10-16 10 High-Anole Guns and Lumin us Shells Recent Zeppelin activity in this country has aroused au interest in anti-aircraft devices, which, by the very nature of affairs, it is difficult to satisfy. It is betraying no secret to state that Great Britain was amongst the first, of the775 words
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Advertisement226 1915-10-16 10 Huttenbach Bros. \-rsT J&Z dk JCUSiT CO NT r /*.'i /*Mfc M. %Jy SOLE AGENTS FOR: jfe I gl of M 5'4C' 5 IOML jy.iE.T-gftifiaEffS ACHINEHY 6 iw r^c-rssesirrr:^.? Free Estimates Given for all Kinds of Electrical -«r ork Mining Plants and Private Lighting Installations A Speciality. I AGENTS FOR:226 words
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Article244 1915-10-16 11 X# E»**« t -No Vioour-No Strrrrth. Such is the distressing state of thousands of jaded men and women one meets in every part of the Far East. These men and women go on dragging out their listless languid lives blaming everything, but the real cause, for their depression.244 words
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Article1193 1915-10-16 11 “ Nwma. ” - WOMAN AND WAR. By Nwma.” r When the Roman soldier went forth to I ar nearest female relative handed him his shield with the words “Come back > Wlth thl8 or u Pon this It was as much 1 Come back victor, or let your i1,193 words
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Article750 1915-10-16 11 Prison Reform. Last week we called attention to a case in which a magistrate who had applied ’brutal torture to an accused man was severely punished by the higher authorities for his inhuman cruelty, and we expressed the hope that the example thus set would be widely750 words
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Advertisement254 1915-10-16 11 THE SECRET TO HEALTE RESTORING. BOOKS of advice, given by Dr. K. C Dass, a physician of over 50 years’ experi ence in the above subject, can be obtainec post free from the following places:— PENANG RUBBER STAMP Co., 40, Church Street, Penang. THE FRIEND OF THE PUBLIC Co., 49,254 words
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Advertisement59 1915-10-16 11 Sunshine and Common Sense. Don't doctor your blood far rheumatism Use an external application of Chamberlain’s Pain Balm In a few day» it will get you up and out into the sunshine, then nature will restore the rich red blood to your veins and soon rid the system of this59 words
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Advertisement218 1915-10-16 11 e **o« BY APPOINTMENT «9 6 Sir?! TO H. M. THE KING NESTLE CHOCOLATE FOR THE FRONT. Having been requested by several Residents in the Malay Peninsula to send parcels of Nestle Chocolates to relatives or frien Is at the front, we have now made arrangements to send parcels from218 words
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