Straits Echo, 4 February 1915
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Title Section37 1915-02-04 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF- EVENTS. CIRCU ITING THROUGHOUT THE STRAiTS, THE FEDERATE!! MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. I VOL. 13. $24 Per Annum PENANG, THURSDAY, 4th FEBRUARY, 19lS. Siiitle Copy, 10 cats No. 2837 words
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Advertisement1154 1915-02-04 1 I I i WHIN ORDERING SPECIFY “Dog Head Stout.” smt v j rmr It b Strengthening and InTigorating, riANG LKL Co., Peunwi <t Kuila Lumpur iiioDDDDDiaMiaaDaaa nnnnnn Georgetown Motor Garage 7\ Penang Road. Due to arrive by a steamer. One 5 Seater EMPIRE CAR AS ILLUSTRATIONS -C BANKS •Just Landed1,154 words
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Advertisement20 1915-02-04 1 i trial ha I -Itii aa.uui jim Soi« Agcotoi tiang lee or co. f S l’«oan( V Kuala L»og«r, ■««■■■■■■■■a20 words
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Advertisement59 1915-02-04 2 DRINK m im 9 m i n 4 §#*1 H'l HMH f\ ."Tv* v»«* -\j >Zi 5 jrmmi '*i, <**» h§' >■' iir m* S'! SCi'1 V' Si V 5 I 1 5i t* rl §P' *5®Wr mK S JL 5FS w Pi THE 2 E3 M k *5j' V59 words
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Article1048 1915-02-04 3 |u *om*« barbarian nobl**, no donbt, one would haw admired* if one oould have be n alive to ,,p it. the rudiments of onr polite<t peer. Only, ill this culture (to call it bv that name) of the liarhiirianH whs an exterior culture irminlv. It resisted principally1,048 words
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734 1915-02-04 3 J What is the secret of Tipperary The loain P' iut made by the writer who dis(MJ88ed it in our colutnus yeste d iy was that our soldiers sing it because they like it, whereas the Germans iiDg their famous war songs because they know that734 words
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Article282 1915-02-04 3 Manv mothers of pretty girls who have arrived at a marriageable age wonder how it is that other girls less prepossessing find husbands with greater facility than their own daughters do. The girl who remains bv her mother’s side seeing her plainer but more winsome friends282 words
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Advertisement8 1915-02-04 3 Tronic Chest Complaints, Great Peppermint Ourn. Is. 6d8 words
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Advertisement320 1915-02-04 3 nntnnn II la I PENANG. SINGAPORE. IPOH. ji KUALA LUMPUR. m si i I»» .-'C2^S C Sat /r>V s W'■ MB cat. ae EH mm m? m: m fc to i ttWTiS t*? r **s v* Vi? SM •»»“■2 *r. *V ?i.Ki Ti- -y ares 3B P 5 <••> <rf?V320 words
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Article667 1915-02-04 4 It appears that the whole problem of the status of Tibet is to be rediscussed between the British and the Chiatse authorities, with the Tibetan authorities as a third party, though whether iuside or outside the oonterence is not yet made slear, for up to the667 words
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Article237 1915-02-04 4 An eminent profes-ur of international law, Senator Henri La Fontaine, or Bdgiuu lias published a punphlet, primarily directed to picitists, in which he suggests the broad conditions of the peace that ought to be s ught for One of these conditions is that ail States, neutral as well237 words
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Advertisement291 1915-02-04 4 X Just received a shipment of Best Mah May Cigars. Provisions and Tobaccos of Leading Manufacturers. Also Sola Helmets with White Muslin Pugrees. Curzon Hats and Pigstickers of Latest Fashionable Shapes. ICE and Martin Co.'s Aerated Waters can be delivered at buyers’ residences free of charge. Telephone No. 5S3. CHONG291 words
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Advertisement82 1915-02-04 4 C3S3 Beware of Colds. Children are much more likely to contract the contagious diseases when they have Colds. Whooping cough, diphtheria, scarlet ft-ver and consumption are diseases that are often contracted when the child has a cold. That is why all medical authorities say beware of colds. For the quick82 words
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Advertisement151 1915-02-04 4 CX IDC 0 DOC DOC DOC DOC DOC *8 m i i OWO IK TYRES in w COLUHB TREAD Made in Riga, Russia. U Messrs. SELLAR, MURRAY Co. n o HAVE BEEN APPOINTED Sole Stockists for Penang. LARGE STOCKS CARRIED. TYBE td.. (FH WT). SINGAPORE. OCDC DOOOoQC DOC DOC DOC151 words
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Article653 1915-02-04 5 Philanthropist New Schkmr Yung lao, a philanthropist, educationalist, and millicuaite, has inserted a long advert ia*ment in the Chinese edition of tha Dekiny Daily Newt exhort ng young and old m*u not to lake concubines. This is a novel w.ij ot c uductiu a social propaganda, but Mr.653 words
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Article244 1915-02-04 5 Lawn Tennis Tournament. The following were the results of the ties played off yesterday Mixed Doubtee —A. Mr and Mrs Dunn beat Mr 9 Ebden and Rigors 6 3, 6 —l Mrs Harrop and Hargrave beat Mr and Mrs S F B Martin 6-4, 6—2. Double Handicap244 words
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Article499 1915-02-04 5 To Tii Editor or thb Strait* Tim*». Sir, —la tbe Pantai report issued ia April 191 the following particulars ia regard to tbe plaated area were given, viz Originally planted 294 acres. Since plaated up 155 BeiDg lined and holed 160 In course of felling 55 664499 words
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Article393 1915-02-04 5 Demoiselles and Decency. The following comes to hand to the Asian in a letter received by a recent English mail:—A wounded Highlander in hospital here complains bitterly of bis own and his companions’ popularity in France. He says “We kept our kilts on with the utmost393 words
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Advertisement342 1915-02-04 5 -I < Id Q Id 0£ -J < U Id Ol </> m z < z < X o D CD o </) _l < Ruchanans SCOTCH WHISKY If L, Si lx r. X X 5^ OIASCO^ V SOMETHING TO CROW ABOUT BLACK WHITE ALWAYS THE HIGHEST QUALITY Sole Agents342 words
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Advertisement130 1915-02-04 5 MOKE “I D IGARETTES Em < H 1 it— >Of -JD< =>o 1 NIKKO MODERN ART PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO. Amateurs’ Work Developed and Printed. EXPERTS SENT for OUT-DOOR PHOTOGRAPHY. Mahogany and Oak Frames a Speciality. ADDRESS: 21, Penang Road. Telephone 579. Q —>r u -it- )OC —'CZZZ zz?( THE “SPEEDY" BICYCLES!130 words
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Article, Illustration97 1915-02-04 6 Publisbod daily (except Sundays and poh’.ic holidays) AT TH* CRITERION TRESS, Ltd. No. 59, Beach Street, Penan# Price. Daily Local $24 per annum. OutBtation... Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Post Free) $17.50 CABLE ADDRESS ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo, 586 Printing Department 345 A r B. —All business communication*97 words
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Article1177 1915-02-04 6 Among the lmny and varied appeals that reached us by the last mail is one which was briefly mentioned in Reuter’s cables a few 1 weeks ago. It is issued by The Patriotic League of Britons Overseas” and it calls upon residents in British Malaya1,177 words
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Article144 1915-02-04 6 Presentation of the K.C.B. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, February 3. The Council Chamber was crowded on the occasion of the presentation of the insignia of the K.C.B to Vice-Admiral Thomas Henry Martyn Jerram, Commander-in-Chief of the China Fleet, by H E. the Governor, Sir Arthur Young, who144 words
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Article469 1915-02-04 6 Mr. W. Peel. President of the Munieipility, has now completely recovered from the effects of his recent mishap at the Swimming Club. The appointment of the Rev. F. G. Swindell as successor of Archdeacon Izird, who has resigned, is mentioned in the current issue of the Cathedral469 words
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Article486 1915-02-04 6 Regarding the death at the front of Mr. S. B. Henson, Mr J. B Elcum writes to the Straits Timet It seems to me that the death in action of Mr. S. B. Henson deserves more notice here than the short paragraph which appeared486 words
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Article965 1915-02-04 6 It is not flattering to English journalism when we remember that two of the most widely-read of the weekly sporting journals are conducted by men who have been at one time or another warned off while a third weekly, which addresses its appeil largely to the poorer, uneducated,965 words
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Advertisement122 1915-02-04 6 PRITCHARD 8 Co. ROVER CYCLES. NO MORE GERMAN lOE WASSER REQUIRED. ii®l 11! .ill ISH BRIT ST 141 —.m-. G. T D. ICED EAU de COLOGNE is as superi >r to th 1 German article as British Culture is to German Kultur. Hit: Ceoroe Town Dispensary Limited, PENANG, TAIPiNG AND122 words
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Article608 1915-02-04 7 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. Received 3rd of Feb at 7 p.m. lively artillery struggle. h Paris, February 3. p A ri'» communique states There has been a livelier artillery strug > A series of German attacks of secon,Urv importance were all repulsed with .erious German losses. The608 words
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Article44 1915-02-04 7 P^ ei Latu (Malaya) Rubber V»1 drf*^\ Ltd 14,000 ft,r E,tates Ltd. 13,725 TU mr? Eubber Estate Ltd. 24,800 8 b Kubber Co. Ltd. 48,200 Vw\?J Uu,) Rubb r Co., Ltd. 74,000 Si (F M S R «bber Es- LW 6,43244 words
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Article748 1915-02-04 7 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. Received 4th of Feb. at 9.30 a.m. RUSSIA'S STEADY PROGRESS. Petrograd, February 3 An official statement from Petrograd announces The German attack on the morniug of February 2 north of Borjimoff was repulsed with heavy losses to the enemy. la a very determined748 words
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Article3292 1915-02-04 7 SENSATIONAL AS IZE CASE. Before Mr. Justice L. P. Ebden and a special jury yesterday afternoon the hearing was begun of the case against Khoo Puan, charged with murder by causing the death of a well-known Chinese towkay, named Khoo Sit Hoe, on November 27 last year3,292 words
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Article99 1915-02-04 7 Good Demand. (From Our Own Corresponlent.) Singapore, February 3. At the Singapore Rubber Auction 150 piculs were catalogued for sale, a record. The amount sold was 111 piculs. The demand was good. A notable feature was the attention paid to the lower grades of crepe The following99 words
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31 1915-02-04 7 Feb. 2 By Balance $82,905.02 3 Employees of United Engineers, Ld., monthly subscription 3100 CbineseStaff, Guthrie Co 37.00 Anonymous 50.00 Balance Feb. 3. ...$83,023.0231 words
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Article100 1915-02-04 7 The Annual General Meeting of the members of the above Club was hold in the Club house on February 2 The following gentlemen were elected office bearers for tho year 1915 President :—Mr. R P. Mydinsah. Vice-President: —Mr. Shaik Bawajee bin Jailanee and Mr. Inchek Sulung.100 words
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Article46 1915-02-04 7 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, February 4. Towkay Eu Tong Song appealed before Mr. Justice Innas against a decision of the Warden of Mines. The Judge reserved his decision as to whether the appeal lies at the Court or with the Resident.46 words
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Article103 1915-02-04 7 The following articles will be found on our outside pages Page 3-— *'Kultur and Anarchy, "Tipperary and Emotional Freedom. 4. —The Problem of Tibet. No Interference. 5. —Chinese Morality. Rubber Company Blunders. Penang Cricket Club Tennis Tournament. The Kilt in Peril. 8» Berlin Under War Conditions. War and Racial103 words
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Advertisement64 1915-02-04 7 MEDICAL WANTED for a vear a LOCUM TENENS to take charge of general practice in Penang. 1 For particulars and terms apply to M. T), 4-2-15 76a o/o Straits Echo. THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE CO., LTD. Head Office:— SINGAPORE. Life Assurance and Endowment in All Forms. LIBERAL POLICIES. LOW64 words
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Article1365 1915-02-04 8 Capital Saddened bct Confident. i My visit to Berlin to ascertain for the Daily Newt whit are the conditions in the enemy ca ital and the attitude of m<cd of its people towards the war (writes a neutral i correspondent of that p<tp j t) has1,365 words
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Article706 1915-02-04 8 The belief, growing in some quarters, that the present war will tend to wipe out or at least mitigate prejudices aud autipathies between different races of mankind, does not seem unnatural. Hindus aud Africans aie figbtiug side by side with Britous and Frenchmen in Europe, as706 words
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Article965 1915-02-04 8 BRITISH FLEET BELITTLED. Thk Doom or Militabism. (from a correspondent latblt in OXRMANT I staved in Lubsck for several weeks, j The talk of that town, as well as of most I towns along the coast, is naturally chi. fly about the Navy and its965 words
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379 1915-02-04 8 It is with the greatest pleasure that we (the Mahya Tribune f have received the following announcement, courteouslj conveyed to us by Government House The King, having pleased graciously to appoint Vice-Admiral Jerraui to be a Member of the Second Class or Knight Commander of379 words
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Advertisement498 1915-02-04 8 The Greatest Batt'e Picture The World HAS EVEE 8EEN DIRECT FROM THE LONDON CINE’S HOUSE BIDONI 2 Reels Depicting Fierce Battles in the Turko-ltalian War (The Tripoli War.) The Battle Scenes are molt realistio and ate the Hottest ever filmed. It teems with strong situations and dramatic incidents. Splendidly acted.498 words
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Advertisement10 1915-02-04 8 For Chronic Chest Complaints, Wnodi’ Great Peppermint Cere. I*. ftd10 words
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Advertisement187 1915-02-04 8 -I. n~ ■■r i The Ideal :X I Mineral Water. tij I Tansan f l *1! ■Tansan Ginger Ale. lyfil ®i I i Si I be from Lemonade ®l Sole Agents gjR. T. REID Co., (|p| Penang. mmi u j ALL THE LEADING STORES. &>vf WANTED. TWO or three good187 words
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Advertisement500 1915-02-04 8 Eastern Smelting Coy., Ltd. (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND). NOTICE is hereby given that theTran«W Book* of the above Company will U cloned from February 3rd to 16th By Order of the Local Board, P. E. LAWS, 3-2-15 75 Local Secretary KRAMAT PULAI LIMITED. (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND) The Directors have declared a500 words
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Article310 1915-02-04 9 I saw Prince Hussein, now Sultan of Etfvpt, at a soiree at Lord Cromer’s residence near Cairo thought him restless, and in this nspect ve r y non-Turkish. I also raw him in his rose garden, and then at a fl >wer show, where, aui' ng310 words
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Article183 1915-02-04 9 As the result of the recent foolish agitation far the restoration of tbeChing dynasty, the Peking Government has found it necessary to impoi-e certain restrictions upon the Imperial Household that were not previously ibou.’ht necessary The restrictions are in he form of a new compact with the183 words
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Article394 1915-02-04 9 “Tipperary in Chinese. To the Editor of the Strait* Echo. Dear Sir, —Someone I see baa translated Tipperarv in Kuala Lumpur into Malay. That Penang may bold its own I venture my translation into Hok-Kien Chinese: Chin-Chia 1 hng kail Tip pa-la-li. Chin-Chia-> hng kail hia. Chin-Cbii hng kau Tip-pa-la-li394 words
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Article310 1915-02-04 9 IIfTBEBSTIWO RbCOBDS. The Eleventh Annual Athletic Sport* of the Malay College were held on the 29th &Dd 30th January on the school grounds at Kuala Kangsar. The weather (says the Time» of Malaya) was fine on the second day, but some of the events which were310 words
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Article584 1915-02-04 9 No doubt the now British Pharmacopeia will cause some little confusion at first, but everyone will soon get accustomed to it. Wb can get on very well without sarsaparilla and gamboge, and diethyl-barbituric acid will be just as somuiferous under its Euglish title of barbitone as584 words
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Advertisement918 1915-02-04 9 FOR SAXjH. NOTICE. Guide to Penang, by the latb E. F. Skcrtchly.. r. t. s. LABOUR CODE, 1912, F.M.S Indian Immigration Fund Ordinance 1911/ Price 5 O cents. Worth a Dollar a copv-") SOLD AT STRAITS ECHO” OFFICE Employers of Indian labour am hereby reminded that assessment returns for the918 words
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Advertisement10 1915-02-04 9 For Children's Hocking Cough at Night, P«n»rm:*t Car* la 6a10 words
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Advertisement489 1915-02-04 9 Weak Lungs. “Angler’s is the only Emulsion I can retain.** 8 Prince's Road. Richmond, Surrey. Dear Sirs, —I wish to send you a few words of praise and gratitude for benefit derived from the use of Angier's Emulsion. It is now quite 15 vears ago since I first began taking489 words
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Advertisement42 1915-02-04 9 Let politicians disagree And pull each other’s hair, It makes no difference to me, For little do 1 care. But what I do care much about. You’ll never guess, I’m sure, Unless jour cold has been repaired With Woods’ Q-reat Peppermint Cure,42 words
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Article1000 1915-02-04 10 A Whimsical Letter. A London piper has been favoured with a copy of au amusing letter from the front written by a sporting Territorial officer who just failed to get his Blue for c i ‘ket at Oxford. Nothing could indicate more strongly the cheerful mrnuer1,000 words
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Article586 1915-02-04 10 The interesting article we published the other day upon witchcraft in Nigeria must have seemed to mo6t of those who read it to deal with a state of miud arbarous and unintelligible to any civilized mao. but to* re is a warning for us in »11586 words
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Article374 1915-02-04 10 Our good friends in Holiaud are not easily perturbed, but they caunot view with indifference the efforts made by Germany to induce the Uuited States, as the principal neutral Power, to recognise her annexation of Belgium. In the days before the war the German Foreign374 words
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Advertisement38 1915-02-04 10 A Forty Years’ Test. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has been curing coughs and colds for the past fortv years and has gained in popularity every year. hat better recommendation is requited r 1"or sale by all Ihspmsar.ee and Dealers.38 words
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Advertisement465 1915-02-04 10 f ?oooocdooooooooooocdocxx: 0 FOB THR FOLLOWING APPLY TO 1 8 CHIN SENG 8 Co., Ltd., parqohar strut. 8 Rus toff Metal Polish thoroughly cleans and brightens without scratching or damaging. Wet-Star A. B. Cylinder Oils. Easy Runnirg. Redio Cleaning Cloths for cleaning all kinds of metal goods. MOTOR CARS FOR465 words
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Advertisement52 1915-02-04 10 Don’t Rhk neumonia. Get rid of every cold as quic’ly as po«si ble. It is the forerunner of all puim mrv trouble, and pneumonia may develop in few hours. Take Cbamb-rlain’a Cough Kemedy. It is a simple thing to do, but the effect is marvellous. For sale by all Dispensaries52 words
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Advertisement532 1915-02-04 10 «*00J00#*****» j YOU MAY REST ASSURED that Beecham's Pills will be of great service .o you if your stomach is ou: of order or your liver is sluggish. The conditions of life in these days are sosirenuous that nearly everybody is at times, overtaken by \arious derangements of the digestive532 words
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Article1437 1915-02-04 11 E. B. Obborw - By E. B. Obborw On Christmas Day in the morning an old gentleman, a retired naval officer, came out of church and cynically observed to a friend: That’s over, thank goodness; now we can stop forgiving our enemies.” The parson had been telling his congregation that it1,437 words
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Article606 1915-02-04 11 Possibilities or the New Teak. Seldom, if ever, has t\e opening of a new year been marked bv so much uncertainty. The adveut of a new year of course does not mean the advent of a new season, but it forms a convenient point from which to review606 words
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Advertisement322 1915-02-04 11 HOTEL NORMAN, DUNS'S SELECT RESIDENTIAL HOTEL. I ENGLISH PROPRIETORSHIP. UtCEMIRT ROOMS FACING THE SEA. COLD STORAGE FOOD Under tbe patronage of a v. Judges, Medical Officers, n Colonial Secretaries, Magistrates. Consuls, etc. Terms:— MODERATE <l*l rate* to Official*, Planters and F.M 8. Visitors. New Bar and Billiard Room is the322 words
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Advertisement80 1915-02-04 11 Don’t Cough. It is absurd to allow a cough to hang on and sap vour vitality wW Chamberlains Cough Remedy will cure you. You don t know where a persistent cough will lar d voU You cnn’t afford to allow your throat and lungs to become diseased when it ia80 words
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Advertisement1966 1915-02-04 12 4 Fo BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD. Wireless Telejrsphy, fitted on all Steamers. All Cabins are now fitted with Electric Fans FREE of Charge and each berth is furnished with an Electric Reading Lamp. Expected Arrivals and Departures. Mai! Service Oatward. Singapore. (Three times a week). Due Penang. Feb1,966 words
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