Straits Echo, 22 April 1915
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Straits Echo
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Title Section35 1915-04-22 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVERTS. CiSiCULfiTOG THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS. THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY VOL. 13. $24 Fer Annum. PENANG, THURSDAY, 22nd APRIL, 19lS. Sintli Con, W ccots. No. 9035 words
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Advertisement1054 1915-04-22 1 T»e«c3rr»H <■ n 5* 2 *■> :2>r C» t *X'&r‘yS£+*P^ O Tli* Dtclor advis;w and raoom- a q raaiids. Tt is aunri. hing, mvi- foratiag i.nd strong tioninf«aun;c 3 x; a a n *3 Sfcrtel. B»s*x lltii Gci Georgetown Motor Garage 7 A Penang Road. BANKS. MAGNETO Chartered Bank of1,054 words
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Advertisement17 1915-04-22 2 DRINK r RECOGNISED BY CONNOISSEURS THE LEADING BRAND ON THE MARKET. SOLE AGENTS: KATZ BROTHERS, LTD., PENANG.17 words
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Article1713 1915-04-22 3 Mr Spender, editor of the Westminster Gazette, writes in one of' his excellent Letters to the Antipodes” Almost every day, as I sit in my office, I aLU visited by some anxious citizen of a neutral State who wants to know how long the war is1,713 words
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Article215 1915-04-22 3 A Honokohq View. While we are in complete sympathy, says the Hongkong Daily Pres*, with the Bishop’s desire to see a check put upon the ‘‘national sin of intemperance,” we confess we are unable to recognise in the social conditions of this Colony any special call215 words
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Advertisement63 1915-04-22 3 A Parent’s Duty. Yuur boy is always getting scratched or cut ro bruised. Because these wounds have healed all right is do sivru they always will. Get. ;i bottle of Chamberlain’s Pain Halm and see that every injury is cared for immediately. You oau nothing better, mi'l blood poisou is63 words
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Advertisement94 1915-04-22 3 The Forty Ye»r Test. An article must have exceptional merit to survive for a period of forty yeats. Chain* berlain’s Cough Rem edy was first offered to the public in 1872. From a small beginning it bas grown in favor and popularity until it bas attaiued a world wide reputation.94 words
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Advertisement232 1915-04-22 3 f- p BOS- 60-. PENANG. SINGAPORE. IPOH. KUALA LUMPUR. i4 ,i-v"> T r T»8 aa I per Rubber Factories Rubber Mills. 4. <<r v GAS, OIL g PRODUCER ENGINES. SEMI DIESEL CRUDE OIL ENGINES. BENTRIFUGAL g PISTON PUMPS. A Vi. WATER, GAS STEAM PIPES 8 FITTINGS. BELTING g ENGINE OIL.232 words
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Article2928 1915-04-22 4 "CLEAN LIMBED AND CLEAN LIPPED.” “A Democracy in Arms.” They call it Kitchener's Army, but what I have seen is something far greater than any army, writes a staff correspondent in the New York World It is a democracy in arms. Here is the village blacksmith and the2,928 words
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Advertisement274 1915-04-22 4 T 9- Children’ll H ok ag Co*i;fc at Ni^bi, VVV. t'f.*' (ir*»i < AC V Babv Fern, Hants. A Mother s Joy Her Little Wasted Baby made bright and well by the power of these Tablets. Mr». Edith H. Fern, reaiding at 82, Dea boT©ugh-rd., Eastleigh, Hants., speakingto a representative,274 words
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Article1038 1915-04-22 5 Home Life in China. By Isaac Taylor Headland. Methuen. 10s. 6d. net. A Woman in China. By Mary Gaunt. Werner Laurie. 15s. net. On the Trail of the Opium Poppy. By Sir Alexander Hosie. —Philip. 2 role. 255. net. From these three works one learns that1,038 words
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Article611 1915-04-22 5 A WAR-TIME COMPARISON BY AN AMERICAN. Tommy’s Popularity. Paris, March 19. The mild spring weather brought thousands of Parisians to the boulevards, and for the first time since the war the terraces of the caf6s assumed, in the afternoon, their habitual look. Not a seat was vacant611 words
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Article355 1915-04-22 5 There is a most interesting article in a recent number of Chambers' Magazine on the amenities of Aden, which is so hastily condemned by those who view that apparently desolate spot from a steamer. The European town is five miles off the real town which is in the crator355 words
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Advertisement288 1915-04-22 5 < UJ t/> a UJ Of v UJ 0. </> <« (/> < X o :d m o (/> -I < *2 SCOTCH WHISKY SOMETHING TO CROW ABOUT’ WHISKV rS SCOTCH fnMFS BUCHANAN ZZ. —^SOOW DO P—DO 90 PD BLACK WHITE ALWAYS THE HIGHEST QUALITY ft TJ 70 O ■o288 words
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Advertisement446 1915-04-22 5 “WESTMINSTER TURKISH CIGARETTES. AboTe 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 J) For clear and rocksteady pictures, come to the Polyscope, the show446 words
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Article, Illustration97 1915-04-22 6 Published daily (except Sundays and public holidays) AT THS CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. No. 59, Beach Street, Penang. Price. Daily Local $24 per annum. Outstation... Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Post Free) $17.50 CABLE ADDRESS ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo 586 Printinj Department 343 A r 8.~ All buiiintsa ccmrcunioations97 words
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Article1118 1915-04-22 6 From the moment Yuan Shih-kai took charge of the affairs of the Chinese nation he has laboured constantly to eradicate the evils which flourished under the ilancliu regime and the fruits of his labours are beginning to be seen in various directions. One of the first vices he1,118 words
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Article127 1915-04-22 6 Yesterday’s hunt” was very much enjoyed. The meet was at Date Kramat Gardens and the course ran out as far Jelutong. From this point a move was made in the direction of home, the plantations along Green Laoe affording good going. The finish was at Mr. Heah127 words
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Article773 1915-04-22 6 I To the Editor of the Times of Malaya Dear Sir, —The Hon. Mr. Eu Tong Sen is to be congratulated on his patriotism and loyalty in presenting an aeroplane to the War Office, and it is to be hoped that other wealthy Chinese of Perak will773 words
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Article1022 1915-04-22 6 The Kaiser, never exactly renowned f or his tact, once gave grave offence to in Corfu, on whom he bestowed Easter eggs,” made of the best German guar) These are a common gift in the Fatherland but the recipients in Corfu resented them a palpable aud uncalled-for hint.1,022 words
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Advertisement153 1915-04-22 6 N Presented by the proprietors of the Super iced Cologne to all British and Allied subjects. Where as we are at war with Germany and it is necessary to replace German Articles by those of British manufacture. We have marketed the Super Cologne to take the place of the German153 words
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Article550 1915-04-22 7 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. artillery fighting. Incendiary Shells on Rbeims. Paris, April 20. communique, issued this evening, states fifty incendiary shells were dropped at Rheims. The artillery fighting was not supported hr the infantry in Champagne and the Argonne. ,i sfight progress was made between the Meuse550 words
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Article726 1915-04-22 7 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. OUR EFFECTIVE TRENCH MORTARS. BRITISH ARTILLERY SUPERIORITY. London, April 20. The Eye-Witness attached to headquarters, states: The fire of our trench mortars has lately been very effective. A few days ago, opposite Givenchy, we concentrated our tire and drove the Germans from the front726 words
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Article736 1915-04-22 7 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram RUSSIAN SUCCESS. Petrograd, April 20. A Petrograd communique states The enemy in the direction of Stryi gained a footing on the heights of Orawczik. We counter-attacked in the evening and recaptured the positions, taking prisoners, the exact number of whom is not at736 words
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Article316 1915-04-22 7 (Reuter’s Service) Copyright Telegram. STIRRING SPEECH TO FACTORY HANDS. THE SUPPLY OF MUNITIONS. London, April 21. Mr. H H. Asquith received a great ovation on his visit to Newcastle last night to address the munition workers. No Sign of Flagging. The Premier emphasised that there was no316 words
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Article92 1915-04-22 7 Evidence at the Inquest. (Reuter.) London, April 20. The evidence at the inquest into the death of Baron de Reuter confirmed the previous statements which were cabled cut. In his letter to his dead wife, he said “The loss of your cherished companionship and tender devotion92 words
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Article62 1915-04-22 7 (Reuter.) London, April 20. His Majesty the King, in acknowledging I the address of the House of Lords against the proclamation of a Council of the United I Provinces of India, says that he will direct I that no further proceedings be taken upon I62 words
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Article74 1915-04-22 7 A Close Raee(Reuter.) London, April 21. The folloing was the result of the race I for the City and Suburban Handicap (1£ miles) which was run at Epsom yesterday Black Jester (1) Diadumeenos (2) Dan Russel (3) Fourteen ran. Won bjj length, a head separating the74 words
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Article50 1915-04-22 7 (Reuter.) London, April 21. It is understood that the Ascot races will be curtailed to three days. Five handicaps have been abandoned. We are asked to intimate that ladies will I be welcome at the patriotic concert to be I given at the Town Hall to-monow night.50 words
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Article662 1915-04-22 7 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. COUNT BERNSTORFF S MEMORANDUM. GROWING RESENTMENT. London, April 21. It is reported at Washington that the German Government has accepted responsibility for Count Bernstorff’s mot*, oraudu n. It takes America to task for supplying arras to the Allies. It is understood that President662 words
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Article75 1915-04-22 7 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. P AIN 1 TIM ATI ON TO U.S.A. London, April 21. I; is stated in N«w York that a high French official visited Colonel House, President Wilson’s personal observer in Paris, and told him that so long as the Germans remained in France75 words
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Article35 1915-04-22 7 {Reuter). London, April 20. The market prices ruling in London are as follows: Copper. 75|. Yellow metal, 9^. Linseed. 49£, paid. Tin, 170. Iron, 66/. Rice, 633, deliveries 702. Coconut oils, 44^.35 words
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28 1915-04-22 7 April 20 By Balance ...$15,635.09 21 Isaac Bros. 10.00 Balance April 21 ...$15,645.09 Remitted to London on 24 2 15 £10,00028 words
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Article51 1915-04-22 7 A battalion drill will fake place oil the Esplanade on Friday, the 23rd instant. Fall in on markers at 5 15 p.m. A naval contingent will be present and will Lead tho subsequent route march. Two Companies of Police will also lake part. The Resident-Councillor will inspect the51 words
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Article44 1915-04-22 7 {From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, April 22. The Straits Times is uuthorised to state that a scheme for the formation of a Singapore Town Guard has been accepted in principle by the Government and is now being worked out in detail.44 words
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Article411 1915-04-22 7 Festival ok St George the Martyr. Friday, April 23. 8-00 a m. Holy Communion 10-30 a.m. Matins and Intercession Service No Evensong. A Hindenbu’g War Museum is to be founded in Posen. A Ladies Social Evening will bo held at the Parish Hall on Saturday, the411 words
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Article982 1915-04-22 8 RU3SIAN ENGINEER DESCRIBES ITS WEAK POINTS. Dangerous Bridges. Petrograd, March 15. So much ha 6 been written and spoken about the importance of the Kiel Canal, so persuaded have the general public become about the total impossibility of launching an attack against it, that the recent declarations982 words
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Article719 1915-04-22 8 MORE ABOUT BOGUS AMERICAN SUBJECTS. Warning to Young Officers Paris, March 19. One of the pests before the war was the group of American Germans who bung about the doors of the Grand Hotel, Cook’s offices in the Avenue de TOpera They offered their services as719 words
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Article255 1915-04-22 8 As is well known, since the outbreak of war the rubber industry has had to cope with difficulties of no ordinary kind, and these are not likely to be entirely overcome until hostilities cease. One of the difficulties which is expected to be removed at an255 words
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Article628 1915-04-22 8 Is it by tacit agreement or solely by coincidence that Holland has occupied so 1 small a space in the world’s press since the < beginning of the war Her people’s opinion i is crowded into old corners of the papers or not quoted at all and, as628 words
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Article382 1915-04-22 8 In Defence of France. The well-known writer, Max Nordau, writes in the Paris Tempes from Madrid complaining that some of the French papers have called him 11 an odious calumniator of France.” During the 37 years I resided in Paris I have ever tried to do France justice,382 words
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Article1084 1915-04-22 8 By the time the train had started on its 1 thirty-seven-hour journey my third-class carnage was extremely full. It is true that it did not contain its full complement of passengers, but that was more than compensated for by the baggage. Besides the normal impedimenta, the1,084 words
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Article34 1915-04-22 8 To-dat. Pangkor, from Bindings. D. van. Twist, from Batavia. Perlis, from Trang. Omapere, from Singapore. Besitang, from Balik Papan. Leong Ho, from Kedah. Debe, from T. Anson. Bulimba, from Moulmein. Lightning, from Raugoon.34 words
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Article36 1915-04-22 8 To-dat. Besitang, for Pangkalan and Soesoo. Perak, for P. Swettenham, P. Dickson and Malacca. Ban Lee, for Trang. Hong Wan I, for Rangoon. Avagyee, for Dindings, Sitiawan, Bagan Datoh and T. Anson. Mambang, for Setu!.36 words
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Advertisement476 1915-04-22 8 A CONSTELLATION OF “STARS" Within the Reach of Every Theatre-Goer COME TO THE George Town Kinema PLANET The GODS Will Receive You. “A LITTLE HERO” 2 Reels 2 Parts. The Sensation of England and America The Greatest Success of the fceason. CINES ZUMA the GIPSY 3 Reels 3 Parts. A476 words
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Advertisement10 1915-04-22 8 For Chronia Cheat (Jomp)amti, Wood»’ Or««.fc Poppirmiat Gars, la. fd.10 words
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Advertisement288 1915-04-22 8 "W ANTED. and Typist to take up duties at once. Apply to Acting Adjutant, 327 PENANG VOLUNTEERS. DEVOUR. SAI.R Immediate Delivery. Forty-eight well designed secondhand Iron Roof trusses in excellent condition 16, 36' s|" span; 14, 28' span and 12, 13' 1" span Also a few cast iron columns and288 words
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Article977 1915-04-22 9 The story of the reasoning dog of Mannheim, who does sums and dictates letters by the wagging of his tail, no doubt afforded pportunity f,r the exercise of an increduous and ribald facetiousness It is a pleasanter task, however, to assume the truth of this remarkable story, and977 words
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Article896 1915-04-22 9 FAITH IN THE EMPIRE’S TRIUMPH. Sound Trade Conditions Bombay. Since the sinkiug of the Emden there has been little in our surrounding* to remind us of the existence of the war. All who knew their India had their own ideas of the probable state of896 words
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Advertisement666 1915-04-22 9 NOTICE. LABOUR CODE. 1912. F.M.S Indian Immigration Fund Ordinance 1911.’ I EMPLOYERS OF INDIAN LABOUR 'J 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 for666 words
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Advertisement50 1915-04-22 9 To every man upon this earth Deat h comoth soon or late. And very few, if any of us, Ever know our fate, But this we know—of it we’re sure No matter what we mar endure That we can soon get well and strong By taking Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure.50 words
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Advertisement47 1915-04-22 9 Serves the Whole Family. The fame of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy is world wide. It is good for tbo deep seated cough of the adult or the croup and whooping cough of the children. The same bottle Berrea the whole family. For sale by all Diapenaariea and Dealer*.47 words
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Advertisement389 1915-04-22 9 ii!l I •I 6 m •< Baby’s Food should be in liquid form Baby’s delicate little stomach cannot digest solids and consequently he can derive nothing but pain and irritation from them. Baby’s best food is his mother’s milk—a liquid. But if this is absent the safe alternative is Glaxo389 words
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Article894 1915-04-22 10 Professor Eucken on What Has Happened. Professor Rudolf Eucken has written an extraordinary article in the Illustrirte Zeitung which makes one wonder whether he knows certain facts as we know them. He says Such incessant agitation holds no small danger—the danger of a crumbling of life iuto894 words
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Article453 1915-04-22 10 Into the psychology of fashion we shall not venture to dive; it is one of the most profound and difficult problems of human nature, and it would nead a volume at least j for even a superficial analysis. But there is j a special manifestation with453 words
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Article306 1915-04-22 10 A Talk with General Hindenbcrg A veiy inteiesting talk with General Kindenburg, the hero cf Germany, has been secured by the New York Times. For a moment,” says the interviewer, I nearly forgot that I was a nervy American, bent on makiiig him say something, preferably indiscreet; it306 words
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Article198 1915-04-22 10 According to the Shanghai National Review, things educational are moving apace where the women of Hupeh Province are concerned. Ever since the Revolution apparently, schools for girls in this district have been steadily increasing in number, and now it has beeu further decided to establish half-time198 words
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Advertisement39 1915-04-22 10 Chamberlain's Tablets. Those Tablets are intended especially for disorders of the stomach, liver and bowels. H you urn troubled with heartburn, indigi sttou or constipation tln»7 will do you good, try them. For sale by all Diepemarioe and Dealers.39 words
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Advertisement430 1915-04-22 10 YOU MAY REST ASSURED that Beecham’s Pills will be of great service to you if your stomach is out of order or your liver is sluggish. The conditions of life in these days are so strenuous that nearly everybody is at times, overtaken by various derangements of the digestive organs.430 words
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Advertisement611 1915-04-22 10 il Angler's for fS IU i M W h js!*, 2J0 Uaat '*&> The fact that Angier’s Emulsion is prescribed extensively by the most eminent lung specialists and is largely used in hospitals for consumptives is the best evidence of its value in the treatment of this L -l disease.611 words
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Article227 1915-04-22 11 Thin-blooded people generally have stomach trouble. They seldom recognize the fact that thin blood is the oause of their indigestion, but it is. Thin blood is one of the most common causes of stomach trouble; it affects the digestion very quickly. The glands that furnish the227 words
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Article2154 1915-04-22 11 3 When England entered upon the long j contest, which dragged its weary length along for more than twenty years and came J to an end only with Napoleon’s defeat at 1 Waterloo, it aecepted its burden with lighti J hearted resignation. It still went2,154 words
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Advertisement353 1915-04-22 11 HOTEL NORMAN Penang’s Select Residential Hotel. ENGLISH PROPRIETORSHIP. N.R. —In the event of change of Pro prietorsbip, the Hotel will not be closed, bu will bo handed over to the new tenan as a going concern. LARGE AIRY ROOMS FACING THE SEA. Under the patronage of H.M. Judges, Medical Officers,353 words
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Advertisement50 1915-04-22 11 Muddy Complexion. When you see a woman with a muddy or sallow complexion and dull eyes, you may know that her liver is out of order. A few doses of Chamberlain’s Tablets will correct it and make hor look better and feel better. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.50 words
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Advertisement122 1915-04-22 11 Milkmaid Brand Milk. Can be obtained from all Retail Stores and Dealers. Milkmaid Sweetened Condensed $13.25 per case. 29 cents per tin. Milkmaid Sterilised Milk 7.75 17 cents per large tin. 9 cents per small tin. NESTLE S ANGLO-SWISS CONDENSED MILK Co.. (LONDON), SINGAPORE, Etc. Vj y Ctl (e; (S122 words
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Advertisement1781 1915-04-22 12 T*r- Fob S’ r .c?BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD. Wireless Telegraphy, fitted od all Steamers. All Cabins ar« fitted with Electric Fans FREE of Charge and each berth is furnished with an Eleotrio Reading Lamp. Expected Arrivals and Departures. S?ngR«crc. (Throe times a week). Mall Service Outward. Die Penan1,781 words
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