Straits Echo, 20 November 1915

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  • 35 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS. CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL. 13. $24 Per Annuo, PENANG, SATURDAY, '2oth NOVEMBER, 1915. Siftlle Coy, 10 cent*. No. 2ts6
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    • 983 1 cr ■ytT'-wwamr-' L i.to 4 <r~.?&2/ ftr'-’v'^irrvAT’;* o .2 .N M ti o A be «•S 2 I ta a r T! in Amtii TIANG LEE V CO. Pcaaog tt K«tU L«a|Mr. IcnCDnZHBBIEHSiniBIIDSCHBIKK BANKS. For Cars on Hire Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China. EMPIRE "The Little Aristocrat Call
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    • 16 1 TO LET. 1 BUNGALOW No. 1428, BURMA ROAD. LOCATION QUiit is HEALTHY. APPLY 53, Beach Street.
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  • 672 3 PROPOSED PROGRAMME. (UNDER S.R.A. RULES OF RACING.) NOTICE —No amendments to this Programme will be considered unless due notice is given in writing to the Secretary at least seven days before the date of the Special General Meeting, i.e., 22nd November, 1915. The notice
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  • 906 3 WILL THE MILITIA BALLOT ACT BE REVIVED Its Great Drawback London, November 18. We are not prepared to vouch for the accuracy of the rumour that in certain influential quarters tha revival of the Ballot is favoured as the best means for meeting the increasing difficulty in finding
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  • 873 3 An«lo-Indians and the Ministry. A correspondent has favoured us with a copy of paper recently read by the Rev. J. F. Smith, the Chaplain of St. James’ Calutta, at a meeting of the Calutta Clerical 3 Society. The main object of the paper is to j
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    • 371 3 E. O. Hotel. SPECIAL TIFFIN EVE1Y WEDNESDAY SATURDAY. at 5 p.m., on Tuesday, 28th December, 1915. Handicaps for tlfctries vlOSC the First Day will be published on or before the 31st December, 1915. Owing to the difficulty of framing the programme and the paucity of horses in the country, the
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    • 40 3 Early Colds. Be careful of the colds you take at this time of the year. They are particularly dangerous. A neglected cold may mean a win-ter-long cold. Take Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy at once. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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    • 421 3 MMrr _4wannMn For all Lung Troubles take Oft Of all Chemists ami Bazaars. Prescribed by the medical profession organs. Atigier’s Emulsion is soothing and for twenty-four years, Angier’s Emulsion healing to throat, lungs, stomach and intesis now universally recognised as a standard tines, and it has a most invigorating, tonic
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  • 398 4 For One Hour of Your Time Daily. With to Ide* and £2 to Start I Made £5.000 ia Two Years. If you work over a set of books or bebiud the counter, or over a typewriter, or behind a team, or on the trim, or in
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  • 982 4 The Career of Greece's Only Statesman. “Eleftherios Venezelos: His Life and Work.’’ By Dr. C. Kerofilas. With an Introduction by M. Take Jonescu Translated by Beatrice Bristow (London John Murray 3s. 6d. (Published recently.) Political gtnius has become a rarity in the world, but no cue wou'd deny that
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  • 898 4 ONLY HOPE AN EARLY END TO THE WAR. Fear or British Tenacity. BELIEF IN CAPACITY TO RECAPTURE TRADE. The industrial population of Berlin ia specially bard hit not only on account of food and the consequent high p’ ices but also owing to the lack of
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    • 156 4 -\7\rjA.isrmnTD. COMPETENT COMPOSITORS. Salary according to qualification. Apply in person to FOREMAN, Straits Echo." ixtotics. LABOUR CODE, 1912, F.M.S Indian Immigration Fund Ordinance 1911.’ Employers of indtan labour aro hereby remindod that assessment returns for the "preceding quarter must be sent to the Office of the Deputy Controller of Labour,
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    • 12 4 For Children’s Hacking Cough at Night, Woods’ Groat Foppormint Cure, Ib. Gd
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    • 61 4 A Favorite Rub Down. The golfer, the football player and the all round athlete know the value of Chamberlain’s Pain Balm. It is just the thing for a rub down after a hard game. All soreness disappears like magic and sprains and swellings are cured in one-third less time than
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    • 316 4 DOCDOCDOCDOC nc DOC DOC DOC ~>nc m. o s~\ o n o 0 0 0 0 0 o o o o o o n Pwz: V, i tf fill s Memorandum? N 45 ytic&e *Cfocu) e e* hcd'Z Ss a FRASER NEAVE, LTD., ARCYLE ROAD, PENANG. o o 0 0
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  • 1428 5  -  [By Tom Wright] In the Oeeta Romanorum it is written that a certain noble soldier had a fair but vicious wife. When he went to the Front—for Fronts are not new things, but continuous performances in the kineme of history—the lady summoned her gallant. In the court
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  • 636 5 “Cavaliiera Rustieaaa and Pagliaeei,’' i A truly delightful evening was spent by those who attended at the Town Hall last night to hear the Italian Grand Opera Company in two of the most characteristic and popular examples of the younger school of Italian music. Pietro Mascagni’s Cavaliiera Rusticana
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    • 322 5 _J < Ui </) o 111 O' _l < u UJ 0. to <0 z < z < X o o W _l < SCOTCH WHISKY UCHANA SOMETHING TO CROW ABOUT' "biackCTskvT s WHISKY r SCOTCH JAMES Z -OUtSGOW* 2 BLACK WHITE •'’fitßnk ,f ALWAYS.JHE HIGHEST QUALITY Sole Agents PENANG
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    • 225 5 Smokers of discrimination always select 15he GARRICK SMOKING TOBACCO It has the distinction of invigorating the nerves and brain of feINGTOBAcCS the business man. V Does not burn or irritate the throat. IT’S GETTING HOT WITH SUCCESSIVE REMARKABLE PICTURE-PLAYS AT THE STRAITS CINEMA 'PHONE NO. 628, TO-NIGHT! EMPIRE HALL. PENANG
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  • 95 6 Published duly (except Sunday* «.«H public holidays) AT THE CRITERION PRESS. Ltd. No. 59. Beach Street, Penang. PlICB. Daily Local M $24 per aancr?- Oat* tat ion... Postage Extra, llail Edition (Post Free) $17.50 CABLE ADDRESS ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo, 5C6 Printing Department 343 AH buaiaaaa ccrnmunicatioaa
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  • 40 6 Larue —On November 19th at the Maternity Hospital, Penang, to Mr, and Mrs. H. j. C, Large, a sen. Keulemans —At, Donald House, Logan Road, Penang, ou November 19, the wife of G. J. M Keulemans, of a daughter.
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  • 29 6 Miles-Gaffney —October 21st at Colombo, Arthur H Miles, third son of Capt. E T. Miles, to Christina Gaffney, laughter of the late J. J. GafEney, of Hobart, Tasmania
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  • 1313 6 The Japan Chronicle, in a recent leading ar icle, drew attention to the remarkable change that seems to have come over the Japanese Press in its attitude towards Germany since the fall of Tsingtau. From being fiercely antagonistic it has become almost laudatory and the resentment
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  • 510 6 The Rev. Father Horan, S J., of Shanghai, is paying a short visit to Penaug. Mr, Hubert Berkeley, formerly 41 KiDg of Upper Perak who has been promoted to major, is now stationed at Khartoum. Mr. J. N. Hutcheson, of the Asiatic Petroleum Company’s Singapore staff, has
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  • 361 6 Nov. 16 By Balance $2,436.23 19 A Bet (A. AM 10.00 19 Balance $2,446.23 Amount previously acknowledged 18,558.21 Total ...$21,004.44 Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to-day at $B3-75, business done, and in Singapore (refined) at $B4 25, business done (7$ tons sold). A Malay named Ismail, who
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  • 954 6 We take off our hat to the first representative of the Glasse de 1936 who has responded to the hint published in this column on Thursday. People who are thinking of visiting Australia will be afforded a chance of making the journey in exceptionally favourable circumstances next week
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    • 171 6 To Introduce our SIPES ICED COLOGNE so that after the war there will be no room for the GERMAN article for the present month only we offer 5 Bottles at the Price of 4. The only condition is that the 5 Bottles must be a single purchase. Prices: 40 and
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  • 560 7 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. SERIOUS SERBIAN SITUATION. BULGARIANS NUMERICALLY SUPERIOR Athens, November 18 The newspapers state that the position of the Serbians is very dangerous. It is feared that Monastir cannot be defended against the numerically superior Bulgarians. Mail Serbian Forces. The main Serbian forces are at the
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  • 648 7 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. SUCCESSFUL BRITISH ATTACK. London, November 18 The Press Bureau states that a very successful attack was made by the Fifty-Second Division iu the region of Krithia. Everything was carefully prepared. Three mines were exploded and the infantry immediately advanced and captured the Turkish
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  • 571 7 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. GERMAN DEFENCES WRECKED. London, November 18, 4.45 p.m. A violent bombardment by the French of the German trenches aud organisations in various sectors is the feituro of the communique to-day. London, November 19, 1-30 p.m. A Paris communique states that the French* continued
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  • 561 7 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. ENVELOPING GOKIZIA Rome, November 19. The Italians are tightening the investment of Gorizia aud scored a striking success on the hills north-west of the town. The communique says that a methodical attack on a strong position opened on November 13. While some detachments
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  • 189 7 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. SERIOUS NOTE STRUCK, MR. BONAR LAW IN THE COMMONS. London, November 18. In the House of Commons Mr. Bonar Law said that in order to check extravagance in the fighting services proposals were being considered to introduce in each department experienced outsiders to
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  • 165 7 FROM DUTCH SOURCES The following special telegrams are from the Sumatra Post of Thursday, November 18 Holland and the War. The 1908 contingent of the Dutch Landwehr have been allowed to go to their homes on leave. Mr. Melvill van Carnbee, Councillor at th 9 Dutch Legation
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  • 303 7 The “Preussen Case. Medan Court's Deeisioa. Herr Voltz and Herr Liibcke, respectively fourth officer and captain of the German steamer Preussen now lying at Sabang, have been acquitted by the Medan Court of the charge of having broken neutrality regulations and endangered the neutrality of Holland. The Court held that
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  • 170 7 CRITERION PRESS SUED. JUDGMENT. Iu tho Supremo Court this morning Mr. Justice L. P. Eblen delivered judgment in the case iu which Tan Siew Kim, a Chinese resident of Rangoon sued the Criterion Press Ltd., as the proprietors of Penang Sin Poe for damages for libel alleged
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  • 102 7 (From Our Own Correspondent.') Kuala Lumpur, November 20. At the meeting of the Federal Council the Planters Loan Fund Enactment was passed with the addition of a new schedule. The Supply Enactment was passed with amendments bringing the total to $35,955,221. the principal additions being Malay States
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  • 99 7 SATISFACTORY FIGURES. Increases in Imports and Exports. (From Our Own Correspondent). Singapore, November 19. The trade returns of the Colony for the third quarter show very satisfactory figures. The imports amount to $114,815,003, an increase of $34,307,615 as compared with the third quarter of last year. The expoit
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  • 140 7 Judgment Reserved. His Lordship Mr. Justice Manby has reserved judgment in the case of Lam Hor Yin, of Penang, administrator of the estate of Lim Ah Heng, deceased, against Hew Lye iHeong of Penang which occupied the Court for two days. The plaintiff claims damages, amounting to
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  • 124 7 The following articles will be found on our outside pages Page. 3. —Military Matters, The Church in India. 4. —Venezelos. A Neutral in Berlin. 5. —Third Class Smoking. Italian Opera. 8. —Federal Council Comments. The Botany of Guuong Tali in. China Press Censorship. Keiantan’s Special Constables. St. George’s Church,
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  • 780 8 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. 3(«o»J Rm4u| ia Ik* Comma**. < London, November 19. 1 The House of Commons passed the second reading of the Indian Civil Service Bill without a division. .Orifia mad Object*. In moving the second reading Mr. Austen Chamberlain, Secretary of State for India,
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  • 960 8 To increase the licence fee for motor buses from $7O to $6OO a year was a mistake, quite apart from the fact that the scale of fees should be based on weight and not on the number of seats. We know now that light cars do less
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  • 274 8 When Mr. H. N. Ridley, C. M. G., late Director of Botanic Gardens, Singapore, 1 returned from an expedition to Gunong Tahan, towards the close of 1912, he ex- 1 pressed himself as thoroughly satisfied with 1 the results of his investigations into the J
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  • 224 8 A Kota Bahru, Kelantan, correspondent of the Straits Times writes :—On the 12th inst., the planters and other European residents in Uiu Kelantan were formed into a body of special constables attached to the Kelantan military police under the command of Captain H. A. Anderson, who has
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  • 386 8 Owing, it is said, to the publication of faked aecret telegrams from certain high authorities in Peking, the sale of the China Timu (Chinese) was prohibited in the capital by the police authorities recently. Phis order will be extended to all the Provinces shortly, so that the
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  • 753 8 One associates Italy primarily with three things—music, travel, especially of people interested in history and painting, and final* ly as the centre of Papal Power. Latterly we have come to know her as a military ally capable of mobilising a million men, and retaining a territorial militia of
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  • 73 8 25th Sunday after Trinity. November 21. 8-00 a.m. Matins 8- am. Holy Communion 9- a.m. Holy Communion (Tamil) 10 30 a.m. Chinese Service 5-00 p.m. Sunday School 600 p.m. Evensong and Sermon Hymn 165 O God our help in ages past Psalm CVI Hopkins £SdU*. Maunder ioC
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  • 43 8 Services will be held in the Presbyterian Church, Northam Road, to-morrow as follows Morning, at 9a m. Children’s Service Evening, at 6 p.m Worship. Preacher, Rev. W. Murray, M.A. Hymns for evening service: Church Praiae. 628, 213, 297 and 140.
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  • 122 8 Penano, November 20. (By courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London, Demand Bank 2/4 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4 3 Credit 2/4$ 3 Documentary 2/4; Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. 175 3 days’ sight Private 177 Bombay, Demand Bank 175 Moulmein, Demand Bank 174 3 days’ sight Private 176 Madras Demand
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 429 8 Plants for Sale. No, IS, Northam Road. TO LET. |7<R0M 1st May, 1916, premises Nos. 27 < Jj and 27a., Beach Street, at present oocnpied by Messrs. Huttenbach Bros. A Co. Suitable for offices and godowns. Apply to GAN NGOH BEE, 660 3, Light Strut. WANTED. Engineer, with knowledge of
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    • 40 8 Early Colds. Be careful of the colds you take at this time of the year. They are particularly dangerous. A neglected cold may mean a win-ter-long cold. Take Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy at once. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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    • 88 8 Chamberlain’s Couth Remedy. When you have a bad cold you want a remedy that will not only give relief, but effect a prompt and permanent cure, a remedy that is pleasant to take, a remedy that contains nothing injurious. Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy meets all these requirements. It acts on nature’s
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    • 290 8 The Chinese Steamship Co For Rangoon. The 8.3. Glenogle, 3,750 tons, Captain W. McGhie, is expected to arrive here on Monday, the 22nd instant, and will leave on the following day at 4 p.m. for the above Port. For freight or passage, apply to KIM KENG LEONG <fc Cot., Agents.
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  • 1017 9 It is doubtful whether the people of this country in general, and those who have, relatives in the Royal Navy in particular, realise the tremendous debt which wo owe to our deep sea. fisberme Yet it is very largely to them that the responsibility for the Batety
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  • 977 9 (From a Straits Times Correspondent J Bangkok, November 12. The German and A. ust.auu residonts of r I Bangkok would appear to ba somewhat an- igryat th general pleasure taken by the Siamese in the fact that their King has received from King George the eomplijmont of
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    • 2556 9 THE Eastern U Oriental Sales Room. LOT IX. Property belonging to Hajee Yusoh alias Hajee Mahomed Yusop bin Hajee Aboobakar or Haji Aboo the mortgagor: All those seven pieces of land situate in the Mukim of Pernanti in [Central District Province Wellesley described as follows By Order of Pussy Fatlmah
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    • 56 9 Chronic Constipation. Chamberlain’s Tablets can and do cure constipation. One or two of these tablets taken at bed time will keep the bowels open, and while doing so will invigorate the stomach and put the disordered liver in a condition to do its work in a natural manner. For sale
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    • 10 9 For Chronic Chost Complaints, Woods’ Groat Peppermint Core la, 6d
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  • 2001 10 Bt Horace Hutchinson. The course of the present war has seen the explosion of more than a few of our popular fallacies, and amongst such exploded illusions, as it now appears, must be reckoned the idea which most of us, up to this time, have held
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    • 49 10 Accidents Will Happen. It may be impossible to prevent an accident, but it is not impossible to be prepared for it. Chamberlain’s Pain Balm is not beyond anyone’s purse, and with a bottle of this liniment you are prepared for most anything. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealors.
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    • 82 10 There are two stapes in the status of a preparation sold to the public under recommendation. The first is an experimental purchase, as a trial. If that trial does not produce results the article is not bought again. WOODS’ GREAT PEPPERMINT GORE passed the experimental stage over 20 years ago.
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    • 181 10 Huttenbach Bros. 8 COMPANY. ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS CONTRACTORS. SOLE AGENTS FOR: All kinds of «I «V Ji Ik M IS Free Estimates Given for all Kinds of Electrical Work. Mining Plants and Private Lighting Installations A Speciality. AGENTS FOR: HE STEELING TELEPHONE CO., LTD. Large Stocks of Telephones are kept and
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  • 227 11 Each of us has a certain supply of nertoUB energy. Every act, even every thought, uses up some part of this energy. During rest and sleep the supply is increased by the blood which gets the needed elements from the air we breathe and the food we eat.
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  • 1130 11 War and the German BirthRate. "ALARMING DECLINE.” Science Called to the Rescve. German scientists are not only busily engaged in finding new devices for slaughter or in inventing substitutes for the necessaries of life of which the British Navy is depriving their country some of them are studying the problem
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  • 669 11 The death rate in China is probaly higher than in any other country. And yet some Chinese actually contend that their high death rate is not, on the whole, undesirable; that there are too many people in the country; that the population is increasing too rapidly; that the
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    • 320 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 FIRE RISKS atcurront rates. QUAH BENG KEE, 4,1. fi*ac.h Strsst, P«na%q. RAI S*HEB Dr. K. C. DAS’S SWASTHYA SAHAYA HEALTH RESTORER and LITERATURE. ELEVENTH
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    • 88 11 Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. When you have a bad cold you want a remedy that will not only give relief, but effect a prompt and permanent cure, a remedy that is pleasant to take, a remedy that contains nothing injurious. Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy meets all these requirements. It acts on nature’s
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    • 229 11 C ZDC G DOC X DOC DOoOOOC DCDO BY ROYAL APPOINTMENT. Contractors to THE ADMIRALTY, THE WAR OFFICE, THE INDIA OFFICE. O r\ ALL Government Hospitals IN THE Straits Settlements AND n Federated Malay States. n o o n OBTAINABLE RETAIL Z* Eli I J i n -V «3’ iff:
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    • 1682 12 |i|S.H.C“ Wireless Telegraphy, fitted on all Steamers. All Cabins are fitted with Electric Fans FREE of Charge and each berth is furnishe with an Electric Reading Lamp. Expected Arrivals and Departures. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD. Fo* Intunded to Sail. 8tbamer. Singapore. Mall Service. Port Swettenham and Singapore. Victoria
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