Straits Echo, 10 May 1915

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  • 36 1 Straits Echo l ILY CHRONICLE Of EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT f«fc StkAlIS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR BAST GENERALLY VOL. 13. $24 Psi Aimum. PENANG, MONDAY, lOth MAY, 19lS. Smile Copy, 111 cenli No. 105
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    • 1166 1 liNljn* n ««bh»» ■■nmiine Isiak taj's Hud Gaiftneu Stast. 8 C 4- I- *3 ?r 21 \jM a /A? w y iim i*<t \TIANG LES 5* CO, <n«r.S Kual* Lar*«iir. *eff.Sj>*K* M5- ««Ki«ss« Georgetown Motor Garage 7 A Penang Road. NOW ON SHOW One 5 Seater EMPIRE CAR AS ILLUSTRATION.
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    • 15 1 TO LET. 1 BUNGALOW No. 1428. BURMAH ROAD. LOCATION QUIET HEALTHY. APPLY 53, Bench Street.
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    • 34 2 DRINK I m w to** Ĕm Mil m mm M sfea m BGVi I 't $P= «1 RECOGNISED BY CONNOISSEURS THE LEADING BRAND ON THE MARKET. SOLE AGENTS: KATZ BROTH ERS, LTD. 9 PENANG
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  • 1081 3 Some Acceptable Suggestions foe the “Don’t Humiliate Geemamt Paety The nation has been given advice from mo>e than one quarter recently as to tbp spirit in which we should treat with Geri many when terms of settlement come to be discussed There is what may be called
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  • 850 3 The popular idea of the soldier’s dream as represented by the coloured supplements of our weekly periodicals, would appear, from the statements of men who have come home from the front, to be as fallacious as it is delightful. The soldier’s dream, according to the supplement artist, is
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    • 972 3 THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE CO.. LTD. Head Office: Singapore, S.S. SIXTH AMMUiiL REPOJKT. To T«1 SBABKBOIDBBS, THE GREAT EA8TERN LIFE ASSURANCE Co, Ltd. Gentlemen. Your Director* beg to present the following statement of the results of the business of th« Company for the year ended 3lst December, 1914 New
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    • 50 3 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 dotes of Chamberlain’s Tablets will correct it and make her look better and iteel better. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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    • 7 3 ?W Chronie Ohwt Complaints, P*pp*r*M»» Chirt, 1«.
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    • 366 3 Weakness Debility TRON ‘JELLOIDS,’ the reliable tonic, strengthen 1 your blood and fortify your system against .climatic effects. After a course of Iron ‘Jelloids,’ the blood is enriched, appetite is restored, vitality increased, Weakness and Debility disappear, and your system is enabled to combat attacks of Malaria and other diseases.
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  • 1163 4 On another page we print the full report of the Commission on Medical Education in China of the Rockefeller Foundation. Thia report will be found to be of the greatest interest not only by medical men and others concerned in medical education in this country but
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  • 789 4 The attack made on the practice of treating in our Clubs obtains a tresh significance in view of the temperance crusade being waged at Home. On the driuk question there has arisen n new line of thought, bringing a practical sympathy upon what in prewar days would
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    • 63 4 For a Lame Ba k. When you have pains or lameness in th* back bathe the parts with Chamberlain’s Pain Ba'm twice a day, massaging with the palm of the hand for five minutes at each application. Then dampen a piece of flanuel slightly with this liniment aud bind it
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    • 12 4 Obi I* iron'» Haoking Comgk at Nigkt, OrMt Papparamt Oarfl li. Cl.
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    • 490 4 NOTICE OF SALE. BY ORDER OF THE MORTGAGEE. TO BE SOLD BY PUBLIC AUCTION, On Saturday, the 15th May, 1915, AT 11 AM. At the Archway of Logan's Buildings, Beach Street, Penang, Tbe property of Yeap Kim Tooi, Goh Boon Toe, Goh Phye Chooi mid Lee Boon Teng severally of
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  • 594 5 Mr J. Y. Cowgill, having passed the prescribed examination in Law and Language and having completed three years’ service trom the date ot his arrival in the Peninsula, is appointed an Officer of l1«ss V, wnh effect from the 18th December, 1911 The Right Honourable the Secretary of
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  • 123 5 The Covbt Mabtial On Siturday morning, says the Straits Times, at the Court Martial, two Sepoys of the 5th Light Infautry, Nazar Ali and Rahmud Allah, were charged with joining in the mutiny and with desertion. They were arrested on April 27th, about half a mile in the
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  • 185 5 The correspondent of the Berner Bund recently had an interview with King Albert of Belgium. The King expressed his gratitude tor the sympathy shown his people throughout Switzerland. He considered the opinion of the neutrals as of great importance. The King proved to be well versed
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  • 331 5 The following are the entries for the forthco ming Spring Races in the Southern Settlement:— FIRST DAY—TUESDAY, MAY 18 1. The Opening Stakes. Friendless, Cbarmante, Venture, The Fiiar, L»dy Flower, Sandy Creek, Preopal, Tom tom. Hedonist. 2 and 7. ihe Malay States Purse and Plate Michael Graham,
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  • 505 5 Onr Bukit Mertajam correspondent, wntiug on the Bth inst., says: At the Bukit Mertajam Police Court, before Mr V. G Ezechiel, on Monday, Tahir bin Ka.irn was convicted of permitting a load of timber to project more than three feet beyond the bick of his cart and
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    • 189 5 -I < Ui CO a Ui Q£ -J < u Ui Q. < z < X u D m o </) _i < Ruchanan c* a SCOTCH WHISKY "SOMETHING TO CROW ABOUT” 't-rtSSSgfe rt> ■o 30 O TJ > I» BLACK WHITE ALWAYS THE HICHEST QUALITY 1» O m >
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    • 369 5 Sweet CdestnuS To6acvD Because of its delicate aroma and sweetness of flavour Sweet Chestnut Tobacco assures that pleasing contentment. THE CRITERION OF QUALITY. '6 V, V i P>lO. THE FORCING OF THE DARDANELLES has created a profound sensation, but the Polyscope features will elicit the utmost wonderment. TO-NIGHT! TO-NIGHT I!
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  • 96 6 Published daily (except Sundays and publio holidays) at tti* 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 .V B —All business communication» should
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  • 1177 6 In a short footnote to Saturday’s cable, we said practically all that there was to say on the subject of the sinking of the Lusitania. This litest example of frightfulness” was, indeed, merely the Falaba outrage over again, in an aggravated form and on a much
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  • 242 6 Hide end Seek. Yesterday’s field d>v, ii which a i hundred and twenty i ffijers aud men t f the Penang Volunteer Corps took put. resulted in a sort of hide and seek game The sel e ue was thus. Thirty-five men of C Comp my, under
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  • 1021 6 Mr. c. G. May has been appointed a member of Committee of the Penang Fret School. i 1 Our KUng correspondent- writes that Mr. j' T H D herty. the European Station Master at K aug, has resigned his appoint- ujeut iu order to proceed borne. The
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  • 1027 6 There is a lot of loose talk going on ■oma of our contemporaries about a® araountof d'ink that is consumed in oluh 6 Malaya, Also a lot of tij>ht talk D Here is one of Mr. G. K. Chest, ton'. brilliant paradoxes The more dead and dry and
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    • 241 6 Fashion’s latest is Always Here. .We are always the first to show you the newest and smartest styles tor the coming season. t- V >i tJssH v ‘V r;. Jofe-S The latest in Gent’s Felt Hats, colours Mixed Slate, Morena, Terra and Silver Grey. A positively correct and stylish hat
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  • 36 6 Death. Mrs. Cheah Hae Sfang.— On May 5 at 421, Dato Kramat Riad, Mrs. Cheah Hae Sean..', nee Oag Khirn Nfeo, mother of Messrs. Cheah Chee Seng, Cheah Kim Geok and Cheah Kim Hoe, aged 73.
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  • 1646 7 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. TERRIBLE DEATH ROLL. OVER 1.400 DROWNED. WORLDWIDE INDIGNATION. Lot.don. May 7. The Cuoard Line ha* great hopes that many live* on Lhe Lusitmia which was torpedoed by a German submarine off the Head of Kiosal**, will be saved. List of Patisngtrt and Cr«w. Tbe
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  • 122 7 For Malay Plasters. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, May 9. H H. the Sultan of Perak opened the new rubber f tetory erected near Kuala Kangsar Station by the Kuala Kangsar Rubber Factory, Ltd., in which Malays are largely iaterested. The factory was erected in order that
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  • 34 7 Rcipi'c Granted. (From Our Own Correspondent Singapore, May 10. The convict Mansoor, who was to have been bangtd in the Jail this morning, has bean granted a respite until May 31.
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  • 570 7 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. REMARKABLE LEADING ARTICLE Amsterdam, May 8. The Telegraat, in a remarkable leading article emphasizing the dangers of the Netherlands from a victorious Geimany, says that it would mean that Dutch independence was ended. “Wo mu?t unceasingly remind the Dutch peoplo that Germany desires
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  • 317 7 According to the Vossische Zei*ung, the Pope has advised the Emperor of Austria to make territorial concessions to Italy in order to keep the latter neutral. The Germans claim considerable successes against the Russians in the neighbourhood of the Dukla Pass and tbe French in the Bois
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  • 345 7 “EYE-WITNESS'S NARRATIVE. (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. ATTA( K ON HILL 60. INCREDIBLE SAVAGERY. London, May 9. The “Eye-Witness” with the Britbh Headquarters describes the German attack J on Hill 60A cloud of gas was ejected suddenly and j with great pressure and instantly travelled a considerable distance, although the wind
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  • 148 7 THE KAISER’S APPEAL. SEEKING FOR A PRETEXT. Amsterdam, May 9. A telegram from Rome to the Frankfurt Zeitung states: With the greatest suspense is awaited Italy’s pretext to begin the war. Reports are circulated that the declaration of war will be against Turkey on the ground
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  • 106 7 The following articles will be found od our outside pages Page 3-—Love Your Enemies. War Dreams 4. Medical Needs in China. Treatiog in Clubs. 5, —F. M. S. Appointments. Singapore Race Entries. Bukit Mertajam Cases. King Albert on Germany Singapore Mutiny. 8. Sunday Labour. British Wives of a German
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  • 535 7 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. LIVER?O L STEAMER SUNK. London, May 7. A submtiine sank without warning in r.he Irish Sea the Liverpool stoamer Candidate One b )at was swamped, but all the passengers aud crow were saved, although the submarine renderod no assistance. Witson Liner Sunk. London,
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  • 217 7 China and Japan. London, May 9. The Jap mere Embassy informs Reuter that Cirna has accepted Japan’s final Note. The Eastern Theatre. Conflict ng Versions. Loudon, May 9. Whilo the Gorman an 1 Austrian communique i c rntinu s to claim great victories, the Russian Heidquirters report stit.es
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  • 569 8 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. IMPORTANT EVENTS PENDIVG. GERMAN EXODUS CONTINUES. Rome, May 7. There are numerous indications that very important events are impending. A large number of ptsseuger trams on the mnn lines have been suspended aud the exodus of the Germaus upon official mstiuctiou continues
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  • 62 8 Dropped Prokably, London, May 7. It is understood that the liquor taxes will be dropped. London, May 7. 12 30 p.m Mr. Lloyd George, Chancellor of the Exchequer announces that it is tbe intention of the Government to withdraw the proposed new duties on wines and spirit
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  • 294 8 Speech st the Newspaper Prese Fend. London, May 8. Mr. Lloyd George, speaking at a dinner of the Newspaper Press Fund, mentioned < that a son of Mr. H. H. Asquith, the Premier, was severely wounded in the Dardanelles. He said that be was offpn a*ked
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  • 311 8 Whnt Doe* it Mena T London, May 7, 3 5 p m. Router’s Agency learns that Japan’s last Note to Chiua has further modified the original Japanese proposals. Mr. Hioki, the Japanese Minister at Peking, will again do his utmost to secure a peaceful solution. Death of
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  • 475 8 In view of the recently-inaugurated and j very welcome movement for observance in j Malaya of Sunday as a day of rest (in the course of which the Rt Rev. the Bishop of Singapore and Mr. Maude have taken a leading and most creditable pait) the follow- j
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  • 155 8 To tm* Editor or the Straits Echo. Dear Sir, I have much pleasure to inform you of the receipt of the following further contributions to the Serbian Relief Fund Previously reported $2,052 15 H. E. Sir Arthur Young, K C M G 250.00 Anonymous 85.00 Mr.
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  • 139 8 Under the auspices of the above Society, Mr. H R. Cheoseman delivered a lecture on Saturday at 5-15 p.m. on Sea Power and the Present War The lecturer gave a short account of tbe work done by the British Grand Fleet in the North Sea, and
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  • 90 8 Following are the agenda for tomorrow’s meeting of the Municipal Commission 1. Minutes of last meeting to be read and confirmed. 2. Any special business the President may bring forward. 3 Questions 4 Declaration of Mr. A. F Goodrich as a Commissioner to be laid on the table.
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  • 151 8 1 r To THi Editoe or the Straits Echo. Sir,—It has come to my knowledge that there are at present in Penang several, British-born wives of Germans residing in Sumatra. They seem to come and go to and from here without let or hindrance, j
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  • 168 8 To the Editor or the Straits Echo. Dear Mr. E litur, I see from the Daily Mail that there is a great lack of Nurses at home I would like very much to become a Nurse and I am sure many of my sisters iu the
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  • 139 8 Presoeate Cup for Mat, 1915. Result. C R Samuel 1 down J It Brown 1 C G May 2 P Oxen ham 2 J Sellar 2 J Crabb-Watt 2 J R Bennett 2 G B Fitzgerald 3 C C Rogers 4 T A Martin 4 E R
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  • 198 8 In publishing its full record for the past year in eztenso throughout tho local press the above named Insurance Co. secures the finest advertisement it could desire for the rpport and the accounts canuot fail to produce favourable impressions upon anybody who takes the
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  • 102 8 {R&utcr.) London, May 8 The following are the market prices ruling iu London. Linseeds, 54/3 sellers 57/- May and June sellers. Guzerat, 55/3, Rosafe 64/. Linseed oil, 32/-. “Captain Starlight” drew a Urge crowd of people to the Electric Polyscope on Saturday night. It is a film
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    • 508 8 COMING I COMING I! rHE EVENT OF THE AMUSEMENT SEASON Harmston’s Circus AND Royal Menagerie GRAND OPENING NIGHT Friday, 21st May, 1915. LOCATION: DATO KRAMAT GARDE SS. Bigger, Better, Brighter than Ever. Harmston’s THE APEX I THE CRUX I THE ACME The Alpha and Omega of all that stands for
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    • 41 8 Good wine needs no busb, You cannot piint the lily, Some folks think they can, But they, of course, are silly. This motto in the top line Is apropos, I’m sure, Of one cough remedy at least— Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure
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    • 45 8 Nov Is the Time. For rheumatism you will find nothing better than Chamberlain’s Pain BUm. Now is the time to get rid of it. Try this liniment and see how quickly it will relieve the pain and soreness. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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    • 472 8 GROTESQUES TOWN HALL. May 27 2 8 Booking plan open on Monday, May 10th AT 9 A M. S 3. ROBINSON PIANO Co, Ltd notice! IS hereby given that the Power of Attorney granted to Mr. Bacbee Achan j by mo has been revoked. C. LEONG KEAH. Penang, May 7,
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  • 844 9 APPEAL OF I’H E CENTRAL COMMITTEE. To the Editor of thi Time* of Malaya, Dear Sir, —I Baud you, for your infoimation, a circular which has been dratted by my Committee with regard to raiding funds for the establishing and mam taiuing of a Convalescent Home in
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  • 809 9 The Annual Report. The report of the directors of the Sandycroft Rubber C >., Ltd signed by the Hon. Mr. W W. Cook, and the accounts, for the year ended January 31st last, read as tcllowa: The net profit for the period after making du“ provision for depreciation
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    • 828 9 NOTICE. LABOUR CODE. 1912, F.M.S Indian Immigration Fund Ordinance 1911.' Employers of Indian labour 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 for the return
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    • 52 9 Always Recommend It. Iu almost every community there is some one whose life has been saved by Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Such persons seldom miss an opportunity to recommend it, and these recommendations and it* never failing qualities account for its great popularity. For sale by all Dispensaries
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    • 434 9 Baby’s Food should be in liquid form Baby’s delicate little stomach cannot digest solidt 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 Glaxo- which, although it comes to you
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  • 624 10 HOW THE Wu HAS CHANGED OuE Position. A few abort months ago, England as a great military Power only existed in the fervent desires of those who wished to see her as formidable on land as she was at sea, and he would have been a bold
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  • 366 10 Whether or not the general trade will correspondingly advance with sufficient rapidity to obviate the probability of a diminished revenue collection in consequence thereof is problematical,” the Commissioner wrote. The outbreak of war in Europe in August last made it certain that general trade would suffer, the result
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  • 933 10 Standard of Morality Thet Represent. The Homeric poems are in a very real senses the Greek Bible, for (as Mr F 4 Wright points cut in the Englithwoman) they represent a s audard of njoralitv which in many resp.cts is far higher than that which prevailed
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    • 51 10 A Good Rule For the Hcae. Make it a rule of jour home to alws.T* keep on hand a bottle of Chamberlai 01 Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedj as 1 safeguard againat bowel complaioti I* always cures promptly and no household safe without it, Fer isle by all Di«p«■ariea and
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  • 1297 11 IV.—FAILURE OF THE ZEPPELIN. Plans foe An Attack on London. In the following article from the Times the writer a neutral man of business with wi'/e connexions in Germany deals particularly with the German air fleet. He recounts a conversation in which a manu facturer concerned in
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  • 483 11 PLAN TO 03TRTCI3E GERMANY AND THE GERMANS. Stringent Proposals. There are many people iu Penang who will be interested to learn of the British Patriotic League which is now b a ing formed with the obj j ot of tirelessly endeavouring to carry out the following actions
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    • 351 11 HOTEL NORMAN, Penang’s Select Residential Hotel. ENGLISH PROPRIETORSHIP. hf jl .—ln the event of change of Proprietorship, the Hotel will not be closed, but lie handed over to the new tenant &i a going concern. large airy rooms facing the sea. Under the patronage of H.M. Judges, Medical Officers, Colonial
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    • 82 11 Croup. This disease is so dangerous and so rapid in its development that every mother of young children should be prepared for it. It is very risky to wait until the attack c f croup appears and then send for medicine and let the child suffer until it can be
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    • 158 11 OCDC 0 DOC DOC DOC DOooOOC DCO< BY ROYAL APPOINTMENT. Contractors to: THE ADMIRALTY, THE WAR OFFICE, THE INDIA OFFICE. o n u o n ALL Government Hospitals IN THE Straits Settlements AND Federated Malay States. m HA H NtNiQifKffil par D AND ALL Leading Hospitals THROUGHOUT The World. o
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    • 2036 12 P.&0.1 5R BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD, Feu Wireless Telegraphy, fitted on all Steamers. All Cabins are fitted with Electric Fans FREE of Charge and each berth is furnished with an Electric Reading Lamp. Expected Arrivals and Departures. Mail Service Outward. Connecting with S.S. Intkndbd to San.. Thur ,13th
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