Straits Echo, 15 April 1915
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Title Section35 1915-04-15 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS. CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT TBS STSAITS, T'BE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND IDE FAR EAST GENERALLY. YOL. 13. $24 Per Annum. PENANG, THURSDAY:, 16th APRIL, 1915. Single Co»r, II call. No. 8435 words
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Advertisement1140 1915-04-15 1 ircssßßßisa Turivoa FI 5S H w 9 ft* a f t'si ys&z {?;r y 3 r m m i. s^< C" w H C o O »BQ The Doctor advises and recoin mocds. It is nourishing, invi- gorating and strengthening. *?sftaßKr!sSJtiiiaei;>aa**»KiH;3 IriiM ®**’s Scii Ssiitsis Sr Georgetown Motor Garage 71,140 words
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Advertisement24 1915-04-15 2 DRINK 9 fi *53 Ss 1 W 1 w s BY CONNOISSEURS the LEADING BRAND ON THE MARKET. SOLE AGENTS: KATZ BROTHERS, LTD., PENANG.24 words
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Article2184 1915-04-15 3 One of the surprises of the war is the way w l,j c h it seems to have transformed the (iPimau and the French temperaments. Be- j f* re the war nine men out of ten would have asserted that a Frenchman was twenty times more subject to hysteria2,184 words
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Advertisement92 1915-04-15 3 The Forty Year Test. An article must bavo exceptional merii to *mvivn for a period of forty yeats. Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy was first offered to the public in 1872 From a small beginning it has grown in favor and popularity until it liaß attained a world wide reputation. You will92 words
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Advertisement48 1915-04-15 3 '-CJOHBBi Senes the Whole Family. The fame of Chamberlain’s Com>h RemPdv is world wide. It is cood for the “cp seated cough of the adult or the croup and whoooine cough of the childien. T tame bottle serres the whole family. For ■ale by all Dispensaries and Dealer!.48 words
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Advertisement65 1915-04-15 3 For Children’s Hack-in* Ctm*h at Night, Paj&pf Tna O*’» I* i-1 m JSCfiT! SB PENANG. gi SINGAPORE. g£ IPOH. g£ KUALA LUMPUR. >C3‘«3 as? J se fc* SETS® at SSm; '.•••V?! v* b nr: Rubber Factories Rubber Mills. <sr GAS, OIL 8 PRODUCER ENGINES. SEMI DIESEL CRUDE OIL ENGINES BENTRIFUGAL65 words
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Advertisement145 1915-04-15 3 Central Sales Room. To be sold by I»UiSi.3;C3 AUCTION, On Friday, I6th April, 1915, AT 11-30 A M. At Liana way, Ayer Itojah Rond (The Residence of J. W. L. ALLAN, Esq.,) High Class Household Furniture, COMPRISING Dining, Drawing and Bedroom Suites, Pictures, Crockery and Glassware etc., etc., etc. Upright145 words
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Article212 1915-04-15 4 S. P. Tapioca ...$6.40 tale» M. P. Tapioca ...$7.15 tellers Gold Leal ...f 64.40 Black Pepper 18.— buyer» White Pepper 35.— teller» Trang Pepper 24.50 teller» Cloves 45— teller» Mace 110 nominal. Mace Pickings 66.— teller» Nutmegs 110 23. teller» No. 1 9.50 tale» Sugar < 2 8.90 sale»212 words
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Article228 1915-04-15 4 Pbnang, April 15. Bbrf cts. Soup per catty 18 Roast 26 Steaks 26 Stew or Curry Meat 20 Rump Steak 26 Ox Tail each 50 Tongue 50 Feet 15 Heart 40 Liver per catty 35 Pork Pork per catty 36 Pig’s Head 22 Feet 26 Tongue 36 Mutton228 words
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Article864 1915-04-15 4 Nothing has been more magnificent in the war than the unflinching, untiring aggressive pursued by the great French arrnieß. In the war of 1870 it was the other way. Relying on their mitrailleuses and their breechloadiug chassepof*, French military authorities adhered in the main to defensive action.864 words
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Article974 1915-04-15 4 The writer of a recent autobiography was compared by our reviewer with Brigadier Gerard in respect of bis power in cheerful and innocent crowing over his own most indubitably distinguished achievements. Such a comparison ought to be deemed on the whole a gratifying one, but the majority of974 words
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Advertisement80 1915-04-15 4 TRANSLATION UNDERSIGNED undertakes to I tranfllate sny document from English into Chinese and rice versa Alt© Chinese accounts into English. Fees according to the following scale: (1) I '’or translations for insertion in the Strait Echo or the Penang Sin Poe or to be printed by the Jobbing Department of80 words
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Advertisement50 1915-04-15 4 Take the fort,” the soldier ordered; Take a pull,” the sailor said; Take my hand,” the maiden murmured; Take him dowD,” said Spieler Ned. Take Woods’ Peppermint Cure,” say all men. It will take your coughs away, Make you strong' and bright and happy. Make you glad, coutent aud gay.50 words
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Advertisement50 1915-04-15 4 Muddy Complexion. When you see a woman with a muddy or Ballow complexion and dull eyes, vou may know that her liver is out of order. A few dose-» of Chamberlain’s Tablets will correct it and make her look better and feel better. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.50 words
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Advertisement341 1915-04-15 4 PROWODNIK MADE IN RUSSIA U V 4f O o A fsr «iw/ > s V -f > r FROM ALL GARAGES OR SELLAR, MURRAY CO., PENANG. WARNING. All persons are cautioned against making unauthorised use of Reuter's Service of News, and any person or persons found infringing the Copyright Ordinance341 words
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Article966 1915-04-15 5 PRESENTATION FROM CHINESE OF PERAK A Tokin or Happy RelationsThis morning, says Tuesday’s Straits Times, in his Chambers at the Civil District Court, Mr. W. S. Gibson, who has oome to Singapore to take up the duties of the late Mr. C. V. Dyson, was made966 words
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Article466 1915-04-15 5 A Straits Settlements Government Gasette Extraordinary dated April 13 ii devoted solely to “A Bill intituled An Ordinance to amend the 4 Alien Enemies (winding up) Ordinance 1914 The Objects and Reasons,” which appear over the signature of the AttorneyGeneral, are as follows 1. One of the466 words
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Article434 1915-04-15 5 A correspondent passing through Singapore writes from that port to the Bangkok Time» Things still look martial here. I went into Motion’s to get my watch fixed up, and a very imposing person in khaki undertook the repairs. At the P. &O. office I got my ticket from434 words
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Advertisement348 1915-04-15 5 < hi CO a hi Of SCOTCH WHISKY U hi (L to (0 m z < z < z o UCHANA SOMETHING TO CROW ABOUT’ V K 55? <V ■o ZJ o ■o > m o m BLACK&WHITE ALWAYS THE HIGHEST QUALITY D ni > m ZJ co Sole Agents348 words
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Advertisement397 1915-04-15 5 “WESTMINSTER TURKISH CIGARETTES Above the chaos of impending ills Through all the clamour of insistent strife Now while the noise of arming nations fills Each throbbing hour with menaces to life I hear the voice of Progress. Wilcox DC DOC DQ ALLEN DENNYS CO., Penang, 9 RUBBER brokers, proprietors or397 words
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Article, Illustration97 1915-04-15 6 Published daily (except Sundays and pnblio holidays) AT THI CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. No. 59, Beach Street, Penang. Paica. Daily Local 924 per annum. Outstation... Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Post Free) 917.50 CABLE ADDRESS ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo, 586 Printing Department 343 A T .It. All buaintsa communication»97 words
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Article1441 1915-04-15 6 Several of our readers have written to us asking why no comment has appeared in these columns lately on the subject of the relations between China and Japan. At the same time we notice that one of our China exchanges speaks somewhat bitterly of the British press in1,441 words
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Article669 1915-04-15 6 Mr. A. C. Corbetta, who wa3 formerly well- j known in the Straits, has obtained a com- c mission and has left Borneo for home. 1 a ;t We are requested to state that Mrs. i R. G. Watson will be at Home at the Resi- dency,669 words
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Article66 1915-04-15 6 Meeting the Panieker Decision. Mr. Eric Macfadyen, planting member of the Federal Council, will introduce a private Bill in the Council at an early date with a view to meeting the situation created by the decision of the Kuala Lumpur Full Court of Appeal in what is66 words
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Article66 1915-04-15 6 {Reuter'). London, April 14. The following are the London market prices: Copper, 72, selected 801, braziers 90. Linseed, Argentine, good trade 49/3, May and June, 49/9, July and August, both paid; Bombay 55/-. Cotton seed, 152/6. Hemp, 32 J, sellers. Iron, 66/11. Wheat, 62. Linseed oil, 33|66 words
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Article988 1915-04-15 6 Although there is not a gieat deal of new construction going on in Penang, there appears to be some activity in the local building trade in that a good number of old houses are being pulled down and replaced by larger and more modern ones. This is particularly988 words
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Advertisement99 1915-04-15 6 AT The FRONT THE SUPER ICED COLOGNE. The FIRST BRITISH Preparation on Sale in this market. Sales are increasing rapidly and we have numerous testimonials to the Excellence of this article. ASK FOR THE SUPER BRAND. Price 40 and 70 cents. AT ANY OF THE BRANCHES OF THE George Town99 words
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Article634 1915-04-15 7 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. FURIOUS battles raging. THE KAISER IN COMMAND. Petrograd, April 13. The German General Staff has taken over the direction of the battle in the Carpathians. It is believed that the Kaiser is personally commanding from the rear of the Austre-Gsrman lines. Hungarian Plains634 words
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Article604 1915-04-15 7 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. DENUNCIATION OF COUNT BERNSTORFF. Now York, April 14. The Press continues a vigorous denunciation of Count Bornstorff, the German Ambassador nt Washington. The Sun says that nothiug more offensive or arrogant has emanated from any diplomat. The Washington Tribune opines that Count Bernstorff604 words
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Article1023 1915-04-15 7 (Renter’s Service) Copyright Telegram. SIR JOHN FRENCH’S ACCOUNT. TRIBUTE TO GENERAL H VIG. London, April 14. Field-Marshal Sir John French, in his despatch of April 5, states that the event of chief interest and importance is the victory in the battle of Neuve Chapelle. The1,023 words
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Article491 1915-04-15 7 Questions in Parliament. In the House of Commons on March 16 1 Mr. Lynch asked the Secretary for Foreign 1 Affairs whether the demands put forward 1 I y Japan to China came within the category of matters reserved for settlement at the < close of the491 words
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Article1905 1915-04-15 7 L FORMAL LEAVE-TAKING BY THE BAR. At the Supreme Court this morning the members of the Penang Bar formally bade farewell to Mr. Justice Sercombe Smith who is retiring from the service of the Colony and goes home by the P. O. mail tomorrow. Practically every1,905 words
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Article1244 1915-04-15 8 Singapore Settling Down. 1 The review of local troops held by His I Excellency the Governor on Saturday may i be regarded as closing the Singapore mutiny i incident in a military sense. Certain trials have to go on, and certain investigations 1 into causes are inevitable,1,244 words
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Article864 1915-04-15 8 Foundations of the Belief. In an interesting aud closely reasoned article in Land and Water, on the present morale of Germany and Austria, Mr. Hilaire Belloc passes a few remarks about the state of mind of the German population, which might well be kept in view by864 words
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Article547 1915-04-15 8 (Strait» Branch.) As already briefly anuounced by telegram, the annual general meeting of the above was held at Rafflas Museum last evening. The meeting, says the Free Press, was timed to open at five o’clock, hut at half an hour afer the appointed time there were still547 words
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Article352 1915-04-15 8 It is interesting to note also that in the exchange of one tael into another three elements have to be considered, namely, the weight of the respective taels, the fineness or touch of the silver and conversion premium or old custom.” It would be useless to attempt to352 words
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Article320 1915-04-15 8 There is one aspect in the conduct of Captain Thierigen, of the Eitel Friedrich, which is interesting as illustrating the extraordinary views, or orders given to German naval officers. Of course, it is not the worst example of pirates, and|yet it is exceedingly typical. I allude, says the320 words
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Article98 1915-04-15 8 The following ties have been fixed for to-day:— EVENTS 1 Championship 4 Championship Pairs 2 Single Handicap 5 Mixed Double Handicap 3 Double Handicap 6 Ladies’ Double Handicap 7 Teams of four In Event No. 6 Ladies’ Double Handicap will be played only if sufficient support is98 words
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60 1915-04-15 8 April 13 By Balance ...$14,182.51 14 Dr. R. Dane, monthly subscription 100.00 St.-.tff of Eastern Smelting Co., March subscription 275.02 European Staff, Chinese and Tamils Clerks A Mechanics employed on the Caledonia Group of Estates, 7th instalment 587.87 Government Monopolies for March 95.6060 words
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Article22 1915-04-15 8 April 12 By Balance 500 50 14 Anonymous 55.00 Balance April 14. 555.50 Amount previously acknowledged 11,744.74 Total ...$12,300.2422 words
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Article135 1915-04-15 8 A abort review of Kurau during its five jears of existence as a joint-stock undertaking was given by the chairman at the general meeting. With a capital of .£37,500, it has during the period 1910-14 earned .£50,380 and paid in dividends a total of 125 per cent. In135 words
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Article91 1915-04-15 8 Ladies’ Spoon for April, 1915. Rksult. Mrs Samuel 3 U p Mrs Pritchard 3 Mrs Mudie 1 Mrs Brereton Martin 1 Mrs Edwards 1 down Miss Brown 2 Mrs Hoefeld 3 Mrs Large 5 Miss Fletcher 7 Miss Barnett, Miss Avetoom” Miss Se'lers, Mrs Beatb, and Mrs91 words
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Article188 1915-04-15 8 Official Minutes. Minutes of a meeting of the Municipal Commissioners held on Tuesday, the 30th March, 1915. Present. W. Peel, Esq. President). Quah Beng Kee, Esq. F. Duxbury, Esq. Teoh Guan Seok, Esq. Absent, P. T. Allen, Esq. John Mitchell, Esq. Lim Eow Hong, Esq. 1. The minutes188 words
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Advertisement461 1915-04-15 8 GOVERNMENT OF KEDAH Public Works Department, Alor Star. WANTED Assistant Draftsman for the State Engineer’s Office, Alor Star, Kedah. Salarj $70 per mensem, rising to $95 by triennial increments of $12 50 per mensem. Applicants must be expert draftsmen with sound knowledge of building construction. QThe appointment is pensionable. Ip"461 words
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Advertisement47 1915-04-15 8 Serves the Whole Family. The fame of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy is world wide. It is good for the d»ep seated cough of the adult or the croup and whooping cough of the children. The same bottle serves the whole family. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.47 words
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Advertisement341 1915-04-15 8 A Parent’s Doty. Your boy is always getting scratched or cut ro bruised. Because these wounds have healed all right is no sign they always will. Get a bottle of Chamberlain’s Pain Balm and see that every injury is cared for immediately. You can get nothing better, and blood poison341 words
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Article2010 1915-04-15 9 Happily for China the little war waged by the British and Japanese Allies against the Germans at Kiaocbau, did not resolve itself into a very serious matter, nor was it of long duration, but there was a period in the early part of August when matters2,010 words
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Advertisement716 1915-04-15 9 NOTICE. LABOUR CODE, 1912. F.M.S Indian Immigration Fund Ordinance 1911.’ I EMPLOYERS OF INDIAN LABOUR li are hereby reminded that assessment returns for 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 for716 words
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Advertisement39 1915-04-15 9 Chamberlain’s Tablets. r l Tablets are intended especially’ for disorders of the stomach, liver and bowels. If you are troubled with heartburn, indigestion or constipation they will do you good. Try them. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.39 words
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Advertisement489 1915-04-15 9 m m m SSSfci mm mm When Baby persistently 1 brings up his Food is a mother’s most anxious time. Weary and worried, she tries one food after another until baby becomes a mere little skeleton. EJut if a mother in this predicament would be guided by her doctor she489 words
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Article914 1915-04-15 10 After burning fiercely in the columns of the Straits Times for about a week, tbe correspondence on The Colour Line has been closed with the following letter: Sir, I shall thank you to give me a corner in your columus for these few lines about that colour914 words
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Article1097 1915-04-15 10 Never before this war has the War Office embarked upon a publicity campaign of anything nearly related in scopa to that now in progress with the object ot attracting men to the colours. Let us say at once that it is being carried ou' on sound iines, and1,097 words
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Advertisement65 1915-04-15 10 A Parent’s Duty. Your boy is always gettirg scratched or cut ro bruised. Because these wounds have healed all right is no sign they always will. Get a bottle cf Chamberlain’s Pa n Balm and see that every injury is cared for immediately. You can get, nothing better, and blood65 words
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Advertisement151 1915-04-15 10 JUST UNPACKED A Large Selection OF ALL BRASS AND BLACK BRASS say ker a.' psa fg i ffi p* g »3 B <Y***i& f* J V V- R&» iW r'3 V feSES t-JsS V ,-1 -•>! ALL NEW DESIGNS. n—■—— ——SBB—3i PRITCHARD CO., r> is m o Kti >»T9 r151 words
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Advertisement11 1915-04-15 10 P -r Chronic Chest Complaints, Wool*’ Great Peppermint O-rn lr. «d.11 words
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Advertisement769 1915-04-15 10 ■Cl-— .Many people C-d ABOUT Worth their weight in Gold." conditions, and have no hesitation in taking a dozen bottles of medicine in liquid form prescribed by a doctor, but view with alarm the suggestion to take a course of pills. This misapprehension is no doubt due to the impression769 words
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Article233 1915-04-15 11 When you feel ill all over, but with no particular organ of your body noticeably out of order, you need a tonic for the blood. You «quire a medicine that will benefit the whole system. The blood reaches every part of the body and when it233 words
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Article1352 1915-04-15 11 TOMMY OUT OF THE TRENCHES. t 1 About Souvenirs. 1 We give some extracts from the letters of a lady at work among the troops in a seaport in Northern France When I was going by train to there was a Frenchman (a postal employee or1,352 words
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Article719 1915-04-15 11 Fate of Ex-Administrator. The following is a translation of a Presidential Mandate dated 19th March fourth year of the Republic, authorizing the carrying out of the death punishment of Chung Yin, formerly Chinese Resident Administrator of Tibet:— By Order of the President Some time ago a p-tition719 words
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Advertisement366 1915-04-15 11 HOTEL NORMAN, Penang’s Select Residential Hotel. ENGLISH PROPRIETORSHIP. N.B.— ln the event of change of Proprietorship. the Hotel will not be closed, but will be handed over to the new tenant aa a going concern. LARGE AIRY ROOMS FACING THE SEA. Ucdfr tbo patronage of Judges. Medical Officers. Colonial Secretaries,366 words
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Advertisement197 1915-04-15 11 OCZDC 0 DOC DOC DOC DOoOOOC BY ROYAL ’ll APPOINTMENT. ContraotOFB to: THE ADMIRALTY, THE WAR OFFICE, THE INDIA OFFICE, ALL Government Hospitals O IN THE n Straits Settlements AND Federated Malay O States. r\ RA V I i !0?,t AND ALL Leading Hospitals THROUGHOUT The World. 0 O 0197 words
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Advertisement1931 1915-04-15 12 »55 mr W Wireless Telegraphy, fitted on all Steamers. All Cabins are fitted witb Electric Fans FREE of Charge and each berth is furnished with an Eleotrio Reading Lamp. Expected Arrivals and Departures. Mail Service Outward. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD. For Intended to Sail. 8teambr. Die Penan Steamer.1,931 words
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