Straits Echo, 21 June 1917

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  • 34 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. voi» $24 Per Annum, PENANG, THURSDAY, 21st JUNE, 1917. Single Copy, 10 cents. No. 113.
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    • 1166 1 n a** V— IyZEDN The Georgetown Motor Garage 7a, Penang Road. Addreiß. HokimUik, Pe^ng. 18 ’Phone No. 6M. pOH SALE, TWO ONLY 2 SEATER COMMONWIALTH PARTIN-PALMER CARS TWO ONLY 2 SEATER iODEII DE LUXE TWO STROK motor cycle A Fleet of English and American Cars tor hire day utd night.
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    • 4235 2 PENAIS JUCIION mi BY ORDEf» OF THE ADMINISTRATRIX OF THE ESTATE OF MOHAMED ARIFF deceased. TO BE SOLD BY Public Auction On Mon., 9th July, 1917at 11 a.m following days (SATURDAYS. SUNDAYS» PUBLIC HOLIDAYS EXCEPTED) At the Archway ofLogan’s Buildings, Beach Street. Penang. 21. LOT 349i MUKIM IV C.D. All
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  • 1962 3 If there is to be equality of the sexes, how can the custom be justified of a woman on marriage being required to abandon her own family name and to take her husband s Her personality attaches to the name she has had from birth. It may perhaps
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    • 1104 3 wanted immediately. s «Ik ornSD-H 'ND BICYCLE of reliable v n perfect runnmg order. Apply an i price to Box 4 c/o Straits Echo, particaUrs A3STTESD. A rfllNESE ASSISTANT MANAGER C for »n estate io Perak. A family man ►fined. r 0 y ffi en bating. a good knowledge of
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    • 50 3 Bowel Complaint in Children. During the Bummer months mother» should watch for any unnatural looseness of the child’s bowels. When given prompt attention at this time serious trouble may be avoided. Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy can always be depended upon. For sale by all dispensaries I and dealers.
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    • 274 3 a a i 31 tr-1 T. a a a a a a a in I a a a a FRESH STOCKS? I JUST ARRIVED: I MORE MILES a a I tAGENTS a in a |R. T. REID Co., Penang.} 1 II a a BRINKMANN Co., Singapore, a THE WATERHOUSE Co..
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  • 706 4 PRESS INFLUENCE WAR. An interest >e speech was made by G ’oeral Sir W.Hiam Bobertson (Cnief of < t>»e General Staff) «t a diuner giv»n by the Newspaper Press Fuad. Lord Northcliff j j presided I Sir Widiam R.berfeon emphtsised how •uucb tte officers of ths higo command need the
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  • 256 4 Enemy Reduced id Inertia. Tbe following appears in the Madras Mail of June 6 At Stmarrs, the most advanced point on the Tigris F'ont, when onr special correspondent was there, the Turkish foroes were a dezen miles off without either the Rtergy or number to take tbe effeosive
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  • 303 4 The following are the minutrs of a meeting I of the Munic'pal Commissioners held on I Tuesday, the 29ch May, 1917. I i Preient 11 W. Peel Efq Preaident. F Duxbubt Esq Yeoh Guan Seok Esq. Chee Woe Lok, Esq. Abaent A F. Goodbich, Esq. A. M. Goodman,
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  • 73 4 Thursday, Juke 21, Mohamedan Fasting Month (Bulan Puasa) commences. Foctball—P. C. C. vs. I R. C. Esplanade. Friday, Juki 22 Town Band. Esplanade, Saturday, June 23. Prince of Wales’ Birthday (1894). Penang Volunteers Field Oaerations, Sukday, Juki 24, 3rd after Trinity. St. John Bsp ibt. P V.
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  • 220 4 Pinano, Juki 21. 8. P. Tapioca $ll.OO sales. M. P. Tapioca 11 50 sales. Gold leaf 64.54 Pepper (W.Coast 3 lb. 5 oz) $l6 I/2 buyers Black Pepper 25 00 buyers White Pepper 40 nominal T»-ang Pepper ~.$32 season over Mice $llO Dom. Mace Pickings 49 sellers Cloves 50
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    • 169 4 NEW SHIPMENTS JUST UNPACKED. pi CRETONNES An entirely new collection of the choicest Cretonnes is now being shown and intending purchasers are respectfully invited to inspect the quality and compare the value before placing orders. INS. 50 cts., 55 cts., WIDE 85 cts., 90 cts., $1.00 and <£1.10 yard New
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    • 41 4 Someth ng Dependable. Diarrhoea is always more or less preva’ent duriDg this weather. Bi prepared for it Cnamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is prompt and effectual. It can al ways be depended upon. For sale by all dispensaries and dealers.
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    • 125 4 London Directory (Published Annually.) Enables traders throughout the World to communicate direct with English Manufacturers fi? Dealers in each class of goods. Besides being aomplete commercial guide to Londonand its suburbs, the Directory contains lists of Export Merchants with the Goods they ship, and the Co lonia and Foreign Markets
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    • 805 4 The Bankruptcy Ordinance 188S. IN TM SUPREME COURT OF THt Stum smuMENrs. smuME Hr p^’ a Bankruptcy No. 19 of 1917 RE CHOP KWONC TONG CHAN Exparti EU TOHG SEN. I. EUTONO SEN. <>«*,„ of Kampar in tha State p eri Mmar .hereby petition the Court ,w Chap KWONG TONG
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  • 921 5 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] Aid South Af'iiu Opiiioi. Cape Town, Jane 20. Great public intersst is being manifested in an important debate in .the assembly upoo the following motion by the veteran African statesman Mr. John X. Merriman That this House, viewing with alarm several manifestations of Republican pro* paganda
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  • 624 5 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] For the Royal Family. London, Jnne 19. The Press Bureau announces that the King, desiring owing to war conditions that those princes of his family who are his subjects but bear German names and titles should relinquish them and adopt British surnames, has conferred the following
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  • 185 5 The following are the alterations in Messrs. A. A. Anthony Co.’s share list to-day:— Alor G«jah Rubber Estate $3 90 buyers and $4 10 sellers; Glenealy Plantations $2 10 buyers and $2 25 sellers Indragiri (Sumatra) Rubber $2l buyers and $22 sellers; Jimah Rubber Estates $1.65 buyers and $1.75
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    • 510 5 WE LEAD-THE FOLLOWERS AT PENANG’S POPOL4R PlAY—HO'SE— WHERE EVERYBODY GOES. r V/ TO-NIGHT! PMPIRE THEATR Business Manager Thomas Shafto. fommencing at 8 p m. sharp A showing nightly till Sunday, June, 2ttli A PROGRAM WORTH GOING MILES TO SEE 8 TO-NIGHT OUR SterUinn oBer incl n d« f our Epi!
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    • 273 5 IP h 'mmm VA v\si*>ii\cz3JJTA 99 N°77 U 0 D D 0 D D IShBIS M w. Virginia cigarettes s 1 V-jx.i.i.i A SPECIAL CHANCE OF PROGRAMME TO-NIGHT! THE ELECTRIC POLYSCOPE THE PREMIER PTCTURE HOUSE IN PENANG. FOUR NfcW CHAPTERS 8 PARTS THE DIAMOND FROM THE SKY Chapter 5 For
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  • 100 6 Published daily (except Sundays and publie w holidays) i ax ran CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. No. 59, Beach Street, Penang. Paica 1 Daily Local $24 per annum. Outstation,., Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Post Free) $17.50 CABLB ADDBISS ECHO —PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo) 586 Printing Department 343 It. B.—
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  • 1253 6 The Germans are often accused an< rightly of being an easily gulled race It is apparently possible to induce them to believe anything, (always assuming that its source is German and has official approval) by a combination of the practice of repetition and the art
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  • 939 6 The portrait of Major W. G. St. Clair, late Editor of the Singapore Free Press, by Mr. John Adamsoa, ii in the Academy this year. It is said to be a good likeness. s s s The engagement is announced of Mr. A. St A. Harris, Hnttenbach
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  • 25 6 (From Char Own Correspondent London, June 20. The prices in the London Rubber Market to-day vrere Pale Crepe 2/7J Diamond Smoked 2/7J
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  • 994 6 China. Americas polioy towards China transparently honest and disinterest 80 is a pity the Entente” Pow'r l V tbat il able to support it more th'nk we could hazard a guess l J We nature of the stumbling-blo-k V totba the condition of the young Republic' Vs ml"'
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    • 272 6 t' DEPARTMENTS. DRUG V All our drugs are guaranteed fresh and full of strength. Estate and Hospital Orders are despatched with utmost promptitude by a qualified British Chemists. VETERINARY. We give special attention to this branch of our business and stock all kinds of Veterinary Medicines. If jour horse is
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  • 672 7 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] further advance. Field Gaea Captured, London, June 20, 12-40 a.m, Sir Douglas Haig reports i ,< Wh advanced slightly to the south of the Cojeul River and to the north of the gouchez River made thirty-five prisoners. We captured four field-guns to the east of
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  • 638 7 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] Artillery Duel. London, June 19 4.5 p m. A French «ommunique reports:— i violent artillery duel took plaoe at Mont Cornillet and Mont Blond. 1 Our fire broke a strong counter-attack on the positions we won yesterday in this region. The enemy suffered serious losses and
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  • 683 7 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] UNDESIRABLES EXPELLED. A Notakle List. Athens, June 20. Thirty-one persons will be expelled and and three removed to plaoes whence escape is impossible. The former include M. Gounaris, M. Streit, General Donsmanif, Colonel Metaxas, M. Sayias (the Reservist leader) and M, Livieratos (ringleader of the
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  • 584 7 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] AMERICAN INTERVENTION. Tkc laeideat Closed. London, Jane 19. A telegram received in London announces that the incident connected with the American Note to China is closed- The facts are that when the Note was sent to the Allies on June 6 a similar communication, probably
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  • 442 7 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] ANOTHER GOOD PUSH. Mkiy Prisoner* Takes. London, June 20. 6.45 p.m. An Italian official communique say? "We carried out a violent offensive cn the Asiago plateau, damaged the defences at many points and made progress, inflictirg heavy losses. We advanced over difficult ground ard carried formidable
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  • 102 7 The following articles will ba found on our outside pages Page. 3 Oa Nanus. 4 Press I* flienca and War. In Mesopotamia. The Week’s Events. 5. —Telegram 0 B.—Trade of the Colony. Tomorrow’s B»nd Prt g ammo. Rubbar as the Curse of Malaya. Queen Mirj’s Needlework Gui'd. The Wiuson
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  • 489 7 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] Berne, June 19. A semi-official message regarding the telegram rent by Herr Hoffmann, Swiss Foreign Minister, to Russia states that Grimm telegraphed to Hoffmann through the Swiss Legation at Petrograd saying that a need for peace is generally felt and asking for a statement
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  • 191 7 Latest Quotations. Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to day at $113.25, business done, in Singapore (refined) at $113.50, busk ess done, (125 too* sold) and in London at .£249 f e. spot and j£247 5s. thrco month?. Messrs. Boustead Co. inform us that the following are the
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  • 698 8 INCREASES IN IMPORTS AND EXPORTS. Comparative Statistics Notwithstanding the prolor g itions of the war the trade of Colony continues to iocreise the rffi ;»al return of imports and exports of the S r*i s Settlements for the quarter end'd March 31 bas been issued and
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  • 74 8 The following programme of music will be played at the Esplanade to-morrow evening from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.:— 1 Selection Granada Krentzer 2 Two Btep In the Night Gilbeit 3 Wallz Hansel and Gretel Short 4 Polka Bon Vivants Godfrey 5 March The Handicap Rosey The
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  • 1061 8 In some ways rubber bas lem one of the gr at-st cu sen of Mtlaya and most p-rti-cu ar y in the £f ct it bas had on the cultivation of other products less commercially profit b> a ing but mo»e fff ctive as
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  • 163 8 A meeting of the Board of Licensing Justices to consider applications for publ c bouse and billiard saloon licences was hsld m tne District Court yesterday afternoon. There were present Mtsirs. R. D. Acton (Ch*i man) A. S Antbory, D. A. M. B own, Qnh Beng
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  • 53 8 Penang Women Workers. Amount previously acknowledged $5,251.53 M s. Jamieson 10 OO Mrs, Penty 5 00 Mrs. Biggs 2 (X* Mrs. Harrison 100 $5,269 53 Hospital garments for soldiers ready cat out for workers will be given out at the Town Hall on Fiiiays from 9
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  • 31 8 (Mrs, Stephen Anthony’s and Mrs. Ebden s List.) Amount previously acknowledged $516 00 Table money and contributions through the ladies’ Bridge book, Penang Golf Club 27.50 543.50
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  • 652 8 Whether as acrobats, magicians, conjurers or jugglers the Wmson troupe, who have ooened for a short season at the D.ury Lane Theatre, are worth going some way to see. The items in last night’s programme comprised turns seme of which were new to Penang. But even the
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  • 757 8 WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT. Former Director’s View. Mr. W. J. GaUagher, of Medan, Sumatra, who was Director of Agriculture in the FM S. a few years ago, writes 4o the Malayan Tin and Rubber Journal as follows May I venture to disagree slightly with parts of your interesting
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  • 120 8 Pbnano, June 21. (By courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London, Demand Bank 2/4J M 4 months’ sight Bank... 2/4 11/16 3 Credit 2/413/16 3 Documentary 2/4 27/32 Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. "j 3 days’ sight Private... Bombay, Demand Bank Moulmein, Demand Bank .a 3 days’ sight Private... a Madras
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  • 212 8 Oar Bakit correspondent, writing on June 21, says At tin Bukit Mertsjua Police Court before Mr. G A. Hereford, on Monday, a Cantonese, named Chm Ah Swee, was convicted of sellipg beef which wis unfit for human consumption, and sentenced to pay a fine of one hundred
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  • 176 8 Accuskd Convicted. In the District Court before Mr. R. D. Acten this morning the hearing was resumed of the case against Cbu Eim Chang who was charged in that he between April 1 and May 9 did cheat Cheah Eeng Ee, by falsely representing to him and causing
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  • 139 8 Yap Hong, who was found guilty of criminal breach of trust in respect of two tullccks and a cart, was this morning sentenced by Mr. E.D. Acton to two months’ rigorous imprisonment. It appears «.bat the accused who got tbe bullocks and the cart from Yap Poh
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  • 92 8 Field-day Operations, Saturday. June 23. For tbe purposes of these operations it will be assumed that the Alarm signals have been fired at 3,30 p.m., and the Penang Volunteers less the Veteran Company will fill in at their respective places of aasembly as in cases of Right Alarm
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  • 295 8 1 Members are reminded that there is a 1 Club Shoot on Sunday morning next at 1 7 a.m. ranges 200. 500 and 600 yards. i 1 The semi-eflfr i il Rraz liin journal O Pas did not, when it namd itself, foresee tint it i
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  • 216 8 Sultan of Pahang ’s Death. funeral ceremo\ic s Tke New Suit»,. We have rsceired the folio»:,,, from the Resident of P.beog 8 B p Pekap, Ju ae 2q Regret to announce the unei Dec ot H. H. Suit.. M.hmud, c M o'“ l Knal. P.heng at sbiut 8 a n,.
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  • 499 8 Perak s Man-Powe. Advisory Committee’s Dkcisionb. The Perak Man-Power Alvuory Com rnjttea met at the Ipoh Residency on Monday, tbe Hon. Mr. R. G. Watson, c M a presiding. There were also preset Messrs' G. Gordon Brown and J. H Rich (civilian members) and Capt. J. C. Moulton (uiliUrr member).
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  • 89 8 The undermentioned prices were realise for rubber sold by Messrs. Allen I'enn^ and Co. at their 29 1st Auction Sale to-daj and during the week ending to*d»y Smoked Ribbed Sheet $126 to $129 per picul Plain Sheet 106 do No. 2 Smoked Sheet Diamond 118 124 No.
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    • 58 8 Safe, Sore, Always Cores. I)o not suffer from cramp cilic or pain in the tftomaoh when Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea R«mrdy poet to the riijht SL™ "™eliate relief. You cannot ut S nm W t OU xt 2 oa are object to attacks of this kind. For sale by
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    • 12 8 For Children's Hacking Coigh at Night. Woods’ Great Fsppemiat Oars Is. 6d
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  • 893 9 Arising out of tbe fact that the Bri’iib Army does not wear pipeclayed belts in war-tim**, I h >ld a small thanksgiving service daily. There are quite enough other things to keep clean. Except for those fortunate beings in riflregiments, where bUck met*l buttons are the
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    • 681 9 mmi MW L i f KS EXTRAOrdinary MILEAGE ilPy 0:41*0 l-', h HiilWt ri& tvva/o v Vftlmfo if! K^^fj/rfA SB® K&££g Epgal HENLEY TYRES (.OFFICIAL) ro ifF7>V f A !f£ ijj! V «a iy SI vw a HENfcEY >ns* W> >'«.•. v A fevX GOOD NEW6 MOTORISTS ARE BRITISH AND
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  • 1394 10 The first High Commissioner for the Australian Commonwealth rivalled the best trnditions of American Ambassadors by his unfailing humour in public speaking, lhis quality is the sure passport to English favour, but it has been so much his charac teristic throughout his life that when for
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  • 485 10 New York, May 14. The Neu> York Timet in an pd'torisl, says ’hat tb° radica's and socialists have brought Russia to the ve*ge of ruin, and they do not 'pprpgont the people Tb* autocratic G vernireit was bad, and was bonevcombed with t eason, but at least
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  • 1001 10 (Under S. R. A. Rules of Racing.) RACE DAYS: FIRST DAY Tuesday, 17th July, 1917, SECOND DAY Thursday, 19th July, 1917, THIRD DAY Saturday, 21st July. 1917 FIRST DAY. Tuesday, 17th July, 1917, I, 3 A 7. Planters* Vase, Plate and Purse Valu a
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    • 623 10 nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn n n n 0 0 n n 0 0 0 0 n 0 0 R\maymede Hotel, Penang (SEA-SIDE) Every Wednesday and Saturday Musical Selections DURING DINNER, 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ********************H*****0 0000 M ‘'Just look, Mary, at
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    • 89 10 Chamberlain’s Pain Balm A touch of rheumatism, or a twinge of neuralgia, wb- tever the trouble CbamPain Balm drives awsy the pain at >nce and cures tbe coupU nt quickly First pplicat on gives relief. When a bottle of >♦ is kept in tbe bouse tbe p*in of burns and
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    • 10 10 For Chronic Chest Complaints, Woods’ Great Peppermint Care Is, 1,.
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    • 312 10 f Incp P* m 0Q Friday, 6th July, 1917. Handicaps for the First Uov D a y will be pablished on or before Wednesday, the 11th July, 1917. T. Handicap Race».— In all Handicap Races for Horses or Ponies, the Official Handicapper may, with the consent of the Committee, diride
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    • 917 11 3TT“UE” 1 SCRAP WASHER (1917 IVSODEL.) PRICE $1,800 Capacity 7 5 to 100 lbs. per hour. CLOSE ON 300 MACHINES NOW IN USE. DELIVERY AT ONCE FROM STOCK Maximum Rubber Recovery on all grades of Scrap. i Drive by Belt or Direct Connection. U Write for descriptive booklet and partial
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    • 1705 12 P. o.—British India AND APCAR LINK KONINKUJKE PAKETYAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. (ROYAL PACKET S. N. COMPANY.) (IWCORfORATBP IK HOLLAND.) For InTBKDBD TO SAIL. Stbambb, Mall (COJAPAJUBS INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND.) and Passenger Service) Langsa, Te!ok Semawe, Segli, Olehleb, SaH&ng, Padang, Benkoelen and Batavia. Tanjong 30. b June PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL SAILINGS. (tnrPBS CONTRACT
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