Straits Echo, 19 August 1915
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Title Section35 1915-08-19 1 Straits Echo i'AILV CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT TUE STRAITS. THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR BAST GENERAL!!. VOL. 13. $24 Per Annum PENANG, THURSDAY, 19th AUGUST, 1915. Sittle Copy, 10 cinti. No. 18735 words
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Advertisement957 1915-08-19 1 s*i« TIANO LLF. CO. F«nang 9 K«»!i Lva^ur. 0» B o The Dootor ad vires and rsoommends. It is nourishing 1 invio goratir.t; r.&d strengthening. «icaiiaHaHiniaiaiißiißißsn »ww >j r*a *t For Cars on Hire Call at or ’phone (No. 694) to Georgetown Motor Garage 7\ Penang Road. BANKS. >- WE957 words
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Advertisement17 1915-08-19 1 TO LET. 1 BUNGALOW No. 1428, BURMAH ROAD. LOCATION QUILT t HEALTHY. APPLY S 3, Beach Street,17 words
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Advertisement38 1915-08-19 2 DRINK s I v 5 sa <- I vr 4» r r“ m m m l I tarS U A \J 11 cl THE Li I e» ON TH£ SOLE AGENTS: BRAND ,-T f &jV R Bn LTD., PENANG.38 words
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Article1398 1915-08-19 3 DflUNBURO AlfD Oo. l have quite a lot of interesting j people in New York, but I don’tlhink I ever any one w b° W,IS 9 u ‘to eo much interest- a e ,l io roo as Dr Dernburg. I don’t know if t tou1,398 words
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Article631 1915-08-19 3 In view of the determination of the Allies—somewhat late in the day, as it will appear to many—to declare cotton contraband, the following article from a London paper is of topical interest: “It is common knowledge that cotton is practically indispensable in the production of propulsive explosives. Other631 words
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Advertisement834 1915-08-19 3 r 7/. s*/ «5$ i NS 1 i &'i4 Rf* fsfe 4 7 i* 0W» i,ml' tUlrtAj K 1 fit' 2 X r r,/ k Xi l I >7 i Better Health —Stronger Nerves —Increased Energy are given by Sanatogen, even to the Old. A WOMAN’S as young as she834 words
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Article973 1915-08-19 4 The new British War Loan settle» our financial problem for some months, and gives the Chancellor of the Exchrquer time to think out his future plans, including the inevitable new taxation The Germans, V on the contrary, have to face the prospect I of freeh borrowings before973 words
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Article933 1915-08-19 4 East-Coastbr - By East-Coastbr. A trawler has just limped into harbour. A fantastic, jagged iron stump marks the place where once stood her funnel, the taffrail has disappeared, the deck-house is awry, weird inscriptions appear on her rusted iron sides marked out by shot; but the little craft looks debonair,,933 words
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Article949 1915-08-19 4 WHY THE GERMANS SAY GOTT BTRAFE ENGLAND.” j A Wocxnd ExFOiruirr. From H. F. Prsvost Battersky. British Headquarters, July 14. Gott strafe England Gott strafe England Gott ttrafe England They had brought the man in among our own wounded, badly hit by a grenade. His face949 words
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Advertisement10 1915-08-19 4 For Olirouic Clie»t Complaint!, Woodi’ Orovt Peppermint Caro l* Od10 words
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Advertisement44 1915-08-19 4 Sick To-hy. Well To-morrow. If you feel du'l and stupid, are bilious and constipated, take a dose of Chamberlain’s Tablets before going to bed. They are just what you need, and you will be all right to-morrow. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.44 words
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Advertisement56 1915-08-19 4 Supplied by All Chemists. Physicians prescriba Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy because it relieves cramps in the stomach and intestinal pains quicker than any preparation they can compound. It can be bought from any chemist. A bottle will keep for years, and no home is complete without it, For56 words
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Advertisement94 1915-08-19 4 rnmmi LAMAW CO., lie. VI ANNUAL CLEARANCE SALE PROCEEDING DAILY The Whole of Our Immense Stock OF THOUSANDS OF PAIRS BOOTS SHOES EXCEPTIONAL PRICES. ALL MARKED DOWN THIS SALE AT Very T empi ing P DON’T MISS THE SAMPLE PAIRS. +n( doc )Q< —monno( >ni )Qcrr-pcc n Li o A94 words
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Article719 1915-08-19 5 A Gaming Ho css Question. The Full Court of Appeal, consisting of Mr. Justice Bucknill (Chief Justice), Mr. Justice Earnshaw and Mr Justice Edmonds, opened on Tuesday. The first appeal heard was that of Chekah who appealed against the decision of Mr. G. C. G. Muller719 words
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Article220 1915-08-19 5 To the Editor of the Straits Eeko. Sir, We are very much satisfied with the intelligent remarks passed by you on the somplaints of regarding the censoring ard late deliveries of their home letters in your valuable journal of the 16th instant, and we thank you for the220 words
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Article342 1915-08-19 5 To the Editor of the Straits Echo. Sir, May 1 be allowed to put in these few lines in your valuable paper for your readers to judge the difference between black and white. I am now employed in a certain Public Office under the management of Europeans. I342 words
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Article296 1915-08-19 5 The Siam Observer states —lt will be remembered that, in January last, H. R. H. Prince Damrong suffered from such illhealth that he had, on the advice of his medical advisers, to ask for six months’ leave of absence from the duties of his post, which leave296 words
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Article308 1915-08-19 5 To the Eeitor of the Free Press. Sir, On the occasion of the Hari Raya Puasa, I received several cards and telegrams from friends wishing me the compliments of the season, and among them I am surprised to find that there are some, including one from a308 words
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Advertisement183 1915-08-19 5 (/> Q Ld a: SCOTCH WHISKY ph 90 r*> J < U Ul a. (/> </) < z < X u D m o </) -I 4 -S c 5 bSck»ite4| SCOTCH &C°L. buchaxa* lonoow JAMES X oiasgov* something TO CROW ABOUT <>* BLACK&WHITE ALWAYS THE HIGHEST QUALITY U O183 words
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Advertisement478 1915-08-19 5 Smokers of discrimination always select r. Vr 73he GARRICK SMOKING TOBACCO qSRjc &okingtoS^'' v i ".-.ft— > v' lLad BKSS It has the distinction of invigorating the nerves and brain of the business man. Does not burn or irritate the throat. K '•> V/HAKtfESS, NEURASTHENIA consumption i CHLOROSIS V. fS»478 words
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Article, Illustration96 1915-08-19 6 Published daily (except Sunday* and public holidays) AT THI CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. No. 59, Beach Street, Penang. Paicn. Daily Local m $24 per Out station... Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Post Free) $17.50 CAUL* ADDBISS ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo, 586 Printing Department 343 A' rf.-All buiiaxsa crnnmunioiktions should96 words
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Article1274 1915-08-19 6 In the course of the leading article regarding the Singapore Mutiny and cognate matters which we have taken from ihe Singapore evening paper and reproduced elsewhere in this issue, reference is made to the eharges of pro-Germanism among Government officials in this Colony Our contemporary opines that this1,274 words
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Article958 1915-08-19 6 Mr. G. S. Schneider has been appointed to act as Solicitor-General of Ceylon with effect from August Ist in succession to Mr. B W. Bawa, who reverts to the Bar. Mr. A. F. V. Stephenson, assistant Engineer, Irrigation, P.W.D F.M.S., and late Corporal, M. S. V. R.,958 words
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Article903 1915-08-19 6 We thought that Germany had already «lone her worst to Belgium. We were wrong News comes now that she is proposing to rebuild Louvain as a modern city.” Reuter’s story of the fighting in the Caucasus and the Russian victory over the Turks appeared in the Sumatra papers903 words
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Advertisement131 1915-08-19 6 SANAPHOB ALL BRITISH not an imitation of German Sanatogen but a BRITISH OWNED BRITISH MADE Preparation of Superior Nutritive Value If you want a Tonic TRY SANAPHOS Don’t bn? goods that put money into GERMAN POCKETS. HE GEBRĔE I ,y, lip. PENANG. TAIPIN6 and IPOH. •i ID. SOLE AG£Z TS131 words
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Article1338 1915-08-19 7 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. stubborn resistance. increasing IN INTENSITY. Amsterdam, August 17, 7.50 p.m. German war correspondents describe the Russian resistance as increasing in violence nearer tbe Austro-German front and the approaches te the Russian area of defence, the base line of which lies along the railway1,338 words
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38 1915-08-19 7 Aug.l7 By Balance ...$31,805.08 18 Contribution by Idris Chib 125.00 Commander D. C. Macintyre 18.30 Balance, Aug. 18 31,948.38 Remitted to London jG 10,000 on 24-2-15 85,618.73 Total subscription to-date ...$117,567.1138 words
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Article26 1915-08-19 7 Aug.l7 By Balance $4,148.19 18 Mr. and Mrs. P. Mitford, monthly subscription 25.00 Balance, Aug. 18 $4,173.19 Amount previously acknowledged 13,457.11 Total ...$17,630.3026 words
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Article347 1915-08-19 7 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. SOME SMALL SUCCESSES. London, August 18, 5 35 p.m. The Paris commun que says There have been artillery actions in various sectors. Our bombardment of Linge destroyed two heavy batteries and blew up several ammunition depots. The Germans made two violent counterattacks at347 words
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Article239 1915-08-19 7 AUSTRIAN LOSSES. London, August 17. A telegram from Laibach, via Geneva, states that the Austrians in the Sexten Valley lost seven miles of trenches and 3,000 killed and wounded, besides 800 prisoners, since August 12. Fighting or the Height*. Rome, August 18. A communique, issued in Rome,239 words
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Article397 1915-08-19 7 (ReUter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. OPENING OF PARLIAMENT. Enthusiastic Scenes. Athens, August 17. Indescribably enthusiastic sceaes were enacted at the opening of Parliament. Immense crowds greeted the legislators and the Chamber of Deputies was crammed, but Royalty was not represented. After a religious ceremony, a supporter of M.397 words
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Article110 1915-08-19 7 Another Chinese Crnft. Mr. Alma Baker is to be congratulated on the results up to the present of his strenuous efforts to present the War Office with a Malayan Air Fleet, while the Singapore Chinese deserve thanks for the practical patriotism they are displaying in this matter110 words
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Article73 1915-08-19 7 C From Our Own Correspondent Singapore, August 19. At the Singapore Rubber Auctien 210 tons of rubber were offered for sale and 122 tons were sold at the following prices Smoked sheet $126 to $l2B per picul fair... $l2O $125 plain $ll6 $124 Unsmoked $ll2 $ll9 crepe73 words
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Article608 1915-08-19 7 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. LANDING AT SUVLA BAY. FEW CASUALTIES. QM 'I {London, August 17. An account of the new landing in Gallipoli at Suvla Bay, which has been received from Athens, says that it was effected on the foreshore in front of Salt Lake, which was only608 words
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Article936 1915-08-19 7 Outlawry in Canton -Business Outlook Distress Relief—Two New Hospitals— The New Governor—Canton Hankow Railway-Disgraced Journalists. (From. Our Own Correspondent,) Canton, August 3. Something worst than the flood is being feared here. The recent devastation of homes and the forced suspension of trade and industry in the interior936 words
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Article999 1915-08-19 8 There ia, we regret to say, something materially wrong in the relations between Singapore and London. What it is we do not pretend to know, but a deplorably bad impression is created by the frequency with which Imperial Ministers hftve to plead ignorance with reference to events999 words
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Article598 1915-08-19 8 A FINANCIAL TEMPTATION. i j The Gambler’s Throw. Human nature is built on a mats of inconsistences. In ordinary business dealing a man generally exercises the utmost care before he launches out into a venture that calls for financial expenditure. With the average man any business598 words
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Article407 1915-08-19 8 When the war broke out almost a year ago an opinion frequently expressed theu was that it was an unf ortuuate thing for China, the implication bein? that China would not be able to obtain from Europe the financial advances necessary for certain ref rms407 words
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Article979 1915-08-19 8 Rumours hare recently spread that the attitude of Sweden has of late become less friendly towards the Alind cause than it was at the beginniug of the war. The reasons assigned for the reported change are, 1 mainly, an increase in the activiiy of Ger- 1 man diplomatists979 words
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Article431 1915-08-19 8 Great Britain has taken sixty-three years to see that her mode of launching State loans suffered too much gold to stick to the hands of great bankers. Napoleon 111, advised by Fould and the Bereiras, both families Portuguese Jews and St. Simonien Socialists, made a direct appeal for431 words
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Article476 1915-08-19 8 A general meeting of the above 8« c ety will be held at the Society’s Hall, K»pitan Kliug Mosque, oa Friday, the 20th irstant, at 1.30 p.m. Business. 1. Selection of Office Bearers for 1916. 2 To select a Site for the Matharasattul Haueeza. 3 To renew the476 words
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Advertisement479 1915-08-19 8 WANTED. CANVASSER for Fire Insurance. G< business. yV Good Salary to man able to influence Apply No. 19, c/o Straitt Echo. 18 8-15 488 WANTED. A GOOD OFFICE ASSISTANT. A knowledge of Chinese Writing and Accounting preferred. A pply X Y Z. 478 c/o Straits Echo —■war»^c—i er.a<oji tsmmu w»roai3cr>MPw:t<r<a<>rw479 words
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Advertisement13 1915-08-19 8 fc’or Children’# Hacking Cough at Night. Woodt’ Great Peppermint Cure, la 6 113 words
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Advertisement60 1915-08-19 8 With a eore throat it ia often sheer agonj to apeak a word. That is the time when WOODS' GREAT PEPPERMINT CURE proves its worth. Take a teaspoonful, swallowing it gradually, then an hour after use a little Peppermint Cure in warm water as a throat gargle. The relief will60 words
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Advertisement565 1915-08-19 8 Penang Sales Room. In tbe matter of the Alien Enemies (Winding up) Ordinance 19U, and in the matter of BEHN MEYER Co, Ld., an auemy Co., witbiu the meaning of tha Said Ordinance By Order of the Attorney for the Liquidator. TO BE 80LD BY PUBLIC AUCTION, at their Godowns565 words
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Article897 1915-08-19 9 The Road Toward Peace.” By Cbarlea W. Eliot. (London: Conatable.) 4a. 6d net. No name in the United Statea carriea greater weight than that of Dr. Cbarlea Eliot and in reading thia volume, composed of addresaea and letters to the Nsw York Time* or. war and897 words
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Advertisement469 1915-08-19 9 METHYLATED SPIRITS! (QUALITY GUARANTEED.) Wholesale Price $3-50 per tin of 4 gallons. Retail price 20 cents per quart bottle. OBTAINABLE AT CHEAH KEE EE Co., 36, China Street, Penang. ”625. If S' 9 is m A 2.JT m m ft* m De elegante werelcl gebruikt Boldoot de NOTICE. DAlLY—Breakfasts, Tiffins469 words
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Advertisement65 1915-08-19 9 Arc Yoo Coin* on > Journey? Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy should be packed in your hand luggage when going on a journey. Change of water, diet, and temperature all tend to produce bowel trouble, and this medicine cannot be secured on board the train or steamship. It may65 words
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Advertisement351 1915-08-19 9 pllllllllll Iti r r A •< m. ’>■ N%*.~ 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 safe351 words
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Article1446 1915-08-19 10 Leonard Williams - By Leonard Williams. Id the amusing preface to bis instructive little book on the Minor Horrors of War,” Mr Shipley referB briefly to some of the horrors with which the text does not deal. Had he been a physician to a general hospital Mr. Shipley might1,446 words
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Article597 1915-08-19 10 Whatever we in the west may think of our own share, it is Russia that has borne the brunt of the war up to the present time. It looks as if after their last desperate attempt to force their way to the Channel coast in November the597 words
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Advertisement12 1915-08-19 10 or Children's Hacking Cough at Night. Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, Is 6d12 words
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Advertisement179 1915-08-19 10 nmm bus. t si. PENANG. SINGAPORE. p IPOH. 3* KUALA LUMPUR. AGENTS FOR TANGYES Suction Gas Engines to work on Anthracite or charcoal fuel. Semi Diesel Crude Oil Engines, Refined Oil Engines. Centrifugal Pumps high and low lifts, High lift Ram Pumps. WATER, GAS 8 STEAM PIPES 8 FITTINGS. a179 words
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Article222 1915-08-19 11 Nervous dyspepsia is a disease of the not of the stomach Indigestion one day and complete freefrom symptoms the next usually means nervous dyspepsia, especially if the patient lg 0 f a nervous or highly emotional temperament. The attacks recur at more or less regular nter vals and222 words
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Article898 1915-08-19 11 WHEN THE FLEET DEPENDS ON THE MASTER GENERAL.” How the Estimates wmrk Docrbd, London, July 14. The trouble which has arisen in connection with the Master-General of the Ordnance, and which threatens to sweep that ancient office away, serves as a reminder that it is only within very898 words
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Article975 1915-08-19 11 There has recently been a good deal of discussion on the present state of British drama. Everyone generally allows it to be pretty parlous, and the war is, of course, set down as responsible for the paucity and poverty of new plays produced. We cannot deny975 words
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Advertisement275 1915-08-19 11 The Eastern United Assurance Corporation Ltd. Hoad Office: SINGAPORE. The undersigned has been appointed Agent for the above Corporation, and is now prepared to accept MARINE fif FIRE RISKS at current rates. QUAD BENG KEE, 4.1. Beach Street. Peuaua The Anglo-Japanese Dispensary, 393 395, Chulia Street, PENANG. Qualified Japanese Doctor275 words
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Advertisement73 1915-08-19 11 Teething Children. Teething children have more or lees diarrhoea, which can be controlled by giving Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, All that is necessary is to give the prescribed dose after each operation of the bowels more than natural and then cas tor oil to cleanse the system. It73 words
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Advertisement29 1915-08-19 11 Keep It Handy. Immediate relief is necessary in attacks of diarrbcsa. Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoei Remedy should always be on hand. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.29 words
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Advertisement184 1915-08-19 11 OCDC 0 DOC DOC DOC DQooOOC BY ROYAL m 1 APPOINTMENT. Contractors to THE ADMIRALTY, THE WAR OFFICE, THE INDIA OFFICE. n o n r\ ALL Government Hospitals IN THE Straits Settlements AND Federated Malay States. OBTAINABLE RETAIL RAKO' -4T s m -v s t ISled ATUBit AND ALL Leading184 words
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Advertisement1673 1915-08-19 12 H /V S.N.C° Wireless Telegraphy, fitted on all Steamers. All Cabins are fitted with Electrio Fans FREE of Charge and each berth is furnished with an Electric Reading Lamp. Expected Arrivals and Departures. Mail Service Outward. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD. Fo* Intended to Sa.il. Stiambr. Dae Penan? Aug.1,673 words
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