Straits Echo, 25 November 1915
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Title Section35 1915-11-25 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS. CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL. 13. $24 Per Annum PENANG, THURSDAY, 25th NOVEMBER, 1915. Single Copy, 10 cents; No. 27035 words
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Advertisement997 1915-11-25 1 FRESH «RAPES. New Shipment Expected Shortly and Orders Solicited. Tiang Lee Co. For Cars on Hire BANKS EMPIRE “’The Little Aristocrat" Call at or 'phone (No. 694) to Georgetown Motor Garage 7 A Penang Road. Just Unpacked A New Shipment of Motor and Cycle Accessories. Repairs of Motor Cars and997 words
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Advertisement16 1915-11-25 1 I FRESH JjRAPES. I Choicest quality to last the season. Apply l Tiang Lee Co. I16 words
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Advertisement56 1915-11-25 2 DRINK m ®3 it-v v M $3 m im Kife H Km# I) i V <r J Sm Hft£ ft Sffib'i if *3 hMskl'J »u if»'-! C b m y»k SBI j^S®» THE ip ’lfejL «fSb --Saw^* f% ia. -■•i J BRAND H SOLE AGENTS: lIP B *SS M 956 words
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1137 1915-11-25 3 RELIGION AND THE WaK—AND THE Natt. I filled seme pages of my note-book with remarks on the above-named subject —aud then I tore them up. They contained a number of sayings which seemed to myself distinctly smart and amusing, and I was not ill-pleased with1,137 words
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Article676 1915-11-25 3 Ia another column wo pnut for the delectation of uur readers, some expressions ot virtuous indignation against tue Telegraph which have been uttered by the German Consul in Canton. The* head and front of uur offending is our having had the audacity to hint, in a676 words
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Advertisement515 1915-11-25 3 BILIOUSNESS. There are many causes of this complaint, hut they all spring from a disordered liver which does not properly fulfil its functions, especially in a warm climate, when it becomes sluggish in its action. The bile is turned from its proper channel, and enters the blood, and the Hjyr'515 words
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Advertisement40 1915-11-25 3 Early Colds. Be careful of tbe 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.40 words
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Advertisement261 1915-11-25 3 Children like Mellins thrive on it 5 Mellin’s Food always satisfies. It contains in correct proportion nutritive elements which, when the food is mixed with fresh cow’s milk, provide a complete and satisfactory diet for children of all ages from birth. L A Sample Bottle of Mellin’s Food, together with261 words
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Article1020 1915-11-25 4 EMERGENCY RECRUITING A HUNDRED YEARS AGO. Lett bn Masse." London, October 27. In view of the present crisis, it is instructive to recall the steps that were taken for the national security during the last great emergency, in 1803-04. In 1803 we had a Regular Army none too1,020 words
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Article651 1915-11-25 4 We stated recently that the subject of education for the entire country of China has been engaging much of the attention of President Yuan, who considers that “the good management of administrative affairs and the stability of a nation largely depend upon the education of the651 words
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Article272 1915-11-25 4 With the withdrawal of the American flig, owing to the provisions of the new Seaman’s Act which came into force in the United States this month, the future of the Pacific carrying trade would seem to lie between Japan and China, the former being especially active272 words
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Advertisement88 1915-11-25 4 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’s88 words
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Advertisement2515 1915-11-25 4 THE Eastern 8 Oriental Sales Room. By Order of Pussy Fatimah the administratrix of the Estate of Mahomed Ariff deceased TO BE SOLD BY PUBLIC AUCTION All the undermentioned valuable Freehold Properties at Nos. 52 and 54, Bishop Street, Penang, (except Lot No. 1 which will be sold by Public2,515 words
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Article409 1915-11-25 5 On Monday, Oct. 25, many of the inhabitants of the country of watched, at four o’clock in the afternoon, a curious object travelling westward in the sky. It was curious because it continually changed its shape. Soon the rumour spi ead that it was a damaged409 words
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Article205 1915-11-25 5 Kota Bahru, November 18. The S. V. 1., under Lieuts. Myles and Hashim, left for Singapore recently. They were stationed here for two months. Their duties included furnishing guards at night at such places as the bank, Residency, etc. There have been a number of bull fights in205 words
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Article316 1915-11-25 5 Penang Women Woekees Amount previously acknowledged $781.00 Mrs. Hilton Magill 2 00 Mrs. Wilson, Caledonia (2nd don:) 500 Bridge Win 3 00 Madame Butterfly 3.00 $794 00 $689.51 has been speut on materials, leaving a balance of $104.49. Among the garments sent to Queen Mary’s316 words
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Article401 1915-11-25 5 The Borea. ihrom Our Own Correspondent.') Langkawi, November 21. Langkawi is not far behind Penang in the matter of the Borea. Although in Penang the season has closed, in Langkawi it will continue up to the end of Mohoram. The party styled Anak Blanda consists of members of401 words
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Article274 1915-11-25 5 With the death of Sir Henry Cotton. IK. C. S. 1., in St. John’s-wood, from heart I failure, passes the fifth successive representative of a great family of English administrators in India. He was in his seventy-first year. Sir Henry entered the Indian Civil Service 48274 words
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Article204 1915-11-25 5 In referring recently to the lessons to be learnt from Japan as to the practice of thrift, now being so strongly inculcated at Home, we endeavoured to show that many of the ideas prevalent abroad as to Japanese tbriftiness are based on the false assumption that the Japanese204 words
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Advertisement155 1915-11-25 5 'j*at < UJ </> o UJ a: < o Ui £L V) (0 *> z < z < X u D m o w _l < Sole Agents PENANG AND KEDAH. Buchanans scotch WHISKY Bt n: 5gS5 v\ OIASOOW* ‘SOMETHING TO CROW ABOUT" BLACK&WHITE *v., MW Vfa ALWAYS THE HIGHEST155 words
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Advertisement371 1915-11-25 5 II J Westminster Cigarettes o TURKISH BLEND A. A. GRADE are unequalled. Packed in Hermetically Sealed Tins of 50’s. FOR SALE 0 BY ALL DEALERS IU NOT A SPORTING CHANCE BUT REALLY AN ENORMOUS SUCCESS THE EVENT OF THE SEASON AT THI STRAITS CINEMA, •PHONE NO. 628. TO-NIGHT! EMPIRE HALL.371 words
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Article, Illustration90 1915-11-25 6 S*ablipked daily (except Sunday* and pwklie holidays) AT THI CRITERION PRESS. Ltd. No. 59. Beach Street, Penang. Pnicn. Daily Local 124 per annnmt. Outstation... Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Post Free) 117.50 CABLB ADDBBSS ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo, 556 Printing Departnent 343 S' ei —All hu.ii'.i crmmuniMtioat »hcu!d90 words
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Article1423 1915-11-25 6 Lord D*rbv’s dtnu ciati n of bis fellow peers who b«tvi b-en er;tici?iug tbs military operation?, and p irtieu’-arly the staff work in France and the Dardanelles, will carry weight with the plain man, because the Director of R-cruitiug—whose ancestor, ov the wav, declined the crown of1,423 words
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Article582 1915-11-25 6 Mr O. de Vries, head of the central rubber testing factory in Java, is on a visit to the P. M. S. 1 0 Mrs Porteous, wife of Mr. P G. Porteous of the Madras and S-iuthern Mahratta railway, Perambore, met with a fatal accident on the582 words
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59 1915-11-25 6 Nov 23 By Balance ...$42,465.32 24 Amount collected by J. H. Phipps as follows: Audit Office... 6 50 Public Works Department and Survey Office 13.05 Registry, Supreme Court 7.55 Education Department 25.00 Prisons Department 31 50 24 Balance 42,548.22 Remitted to Loudon 10,00059 words
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Article204 1915-11-25 6 Nov. 19 By Balance $2,416 23 24 R. B. Kennedy 20.00 B E. Marsden 20 CO 24 Balance $2,486.23 Amount previously acknowledged 18,558 21 Total ...$21,044.44 Just before the war broke out a scheme was mooted in Switzerland for a large canal between the lakes of Geneva204 words
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Article1011 1915-11-25 6 Birthday congratulations are due to-day to Mr. Andrew Carnegie, who enters on his eighty first year. He has lived so long and has done so much that it is no surprise to find that he has taken an active part m war, though not such a war as1,011 words
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Advertisement193 1915-11-25 6 J Mac T« n < FOR 55 Introduce our ir so that after the war there will be no room for xhe GERMAN article for the present month only we offer Hites at ‘rice of 4. The only condition is taat the 6 BoMes must be a single purchase. Prices:193 words
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Article607 1915-11-25 7 (Reuter Service.) Copyright Telegram. ATTITUDE OF RUMANIA. UNEASINESS IN BERLIN. London. November 24 A telegram from Rotterdam states that gerlm continues to show uneasiness at Rumania’s attitude, fearing that Rumania will allow the passage of Ru-san troops to Bulgaria. The public are being prepared for this development. statements607 words
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Article819 1915-11-25 7 (Reuter Service) Copyright Telegram. A s OLLECTIVE STEP. STATEMENT BY MINISTERS. London, November 24, 1.15 p.m. A telegram from Athens states that the I our Entente Ministers (Great Britain, France, Russia and Italy) made a collective demarche to M. Skouloudis, the Greek Premier, and handed him819 words
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Article838 1915-11-25 7 (Reuter Service.) Copyright Telegram FOG IMPEDES OPERATIONS. Paris, November 24. A Paris communique states that the fog impeded artillery operations. Nevertheless we silenced enemy batteries at Roclincourt, on the Aisne, and in Argonne. Otherwise the day was featureless. Felling German Aeroplanes. Recently Sir John French has been838 words
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Article80 1915-11-25 7 (From Our Own Correspondent,) Singapore, November 25. At the Singapore Rubber Auction 258 tons of rubber were offered for sale and 123 tons were sold at the following prices Smoked sheets $160 to $169 per picul fair $160 plain $152 $162 ribbed $152 $156 Sheets plain, unsmoked80 words
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Article225 1915-11-25 7 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. PLAIN TALK BY LORD DERBY. A FIERCE DENUNCIATION. London, November 24. Lord Derby, Director of Recruiting, speaking at the Stock Exchange, fiercely denounced, amid continuous cheers, Lord St. Davids and Lord Ribblesdale for their speeches in the House of Lords and gave the225 words
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Article68 1915-11-25 7 (From Our Chen Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, November 25. Second Lieutenant C. A. MacGregor, of the 9th Gordons, was killed in action on September 25. Mr. MacGregor was formerly planting in Selangor and more recently he was employed on the Bruseh Tin Mine, Perak. Captain C. J.68 words
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Article234 1915-11-25 7 The following articles will be found on our outside pages:— Page. 3. —A Grand Fleet Chaplain’s NoteBook. The Germans in China. 4. —China’s New Education Scheme. Military Matters. The Pacific Carrying Trade. 5. —Was It a Zap Kelantan News. Queen Mary’s Needlework Guild. Langkawi Notes. Friend of the Coolie.234 words
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Article144 1915-11-25 7 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. STATEMENT IN THE COMMONS. London, November 23. In the House of Commons, in reply to Sir John Rees, Unonist Member for Nottingham, who asked whether an amnesty would be applied to the case of the Buddhist prisoners in Ceylon who were involved in144 words
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Article854 1915-11-25 7 Sir James Yoxall, M.P., writes Loathsome as it seems to imagiue oneself a German in Germany now, let us do it awhile. Suppose you saw your investments dwindling to nothing just when your earned income was so terribly falling off that make use of your savings you854 words
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Article1053 1915-11-25 7 CHINESE CHARGED. The preliminary enquiry into the case against Poon Ah Ki, Poon Ah Git, Kuan Ah Tong and Yuen Ah Keng, charged with assembling for the purpose of m.iking preparation for gang robbery, was commenced yesterday afternoon in the Second Court before Mr. E. E.1,053 words
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Obituary146 1915-11-25 7 Obituary. Tke Hob. Mr. E. A. Hewett. (From Our Own Correspondent). Singapore, November 25. The death has taken place at Hongkong of the Hon. Mr. E. A. Hewett, Member of the Hongkong Legislative Council, and Superintendent of the P. <fc O. Steam Navigation Company. [Mr. Elbert Angsar Hewett was fifty-five146 words
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Article1031 1915-11-25 8 In common with many other national institutions the English Turf in 19U has r gone through strange and eventful changes. For some years now it has fallen to me in this column rapidly to pass over the 1 leading events of the season. This year1,031 words
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Article946 1915-11-25 8 The amended figures of Federated Malay States revenue and expenditure for the year 1916 show that the Administration expects 1 to receive something over 37 J million dollars and to expend rather under 36 millions, the estimated surplus being $1,602,885- The estimated revenue is as usual very946 words
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Article1095 1915-11-25 8 There is much that is far from pleasing J in the immediate prospect of affairs but c what is more important than an emergency is the spirit in which people meet it. Broad- 1 ly speaking the present emergency consists in the ugly fact that1,095 words
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Article762 1915-11-25 8 We mis-took Hill 70 by a misplaced comma, and although the fact is not generally recognised in our schools, it may be urged that, from the practical Jpoint of view, correct punctup.tion is more important than correct orthography. 44 Look after the commas, and the spelling may762 words
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Advertisement529 1915-11-25 8 WANTED. A CHINESE CLERK with a good hand. Apply to WANCHEE ARIFFIN, 166, Hutton Lane. 685 WANTED. COMPETENT COMPOSITORS, Salary according to qualification. Apply in person to FOREMAN, Straits Echo.' DRESSER WANTED. Qualified dresser wanted for an estate in Lower Perak. Free Quarters. Apply stating salary required to Da. E.529 words
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Advertisement12 1915-11-25 8 For Children’s Hacking Cough at Night, Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, Is. 6d,12 words
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Advertisement55 1915-11-25 8 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 sale55 words
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Advertisement113 1915-11-25 8 What an anxious time Las the mother with a growing family to look after. Generally one or the other is ailing has caught a chill, or is feverish. With a bottle of WOODS’ GREAT PEPPERMINT CORE in the medicine chest the worry is much diminished. A dose or two of113 words
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Advertisement609 1915-11-25 8 KTOTICB PRINCE OF WALES’ RELIEF FUND. A PUBLIC MEETING will be held in the Town Hall, Penang on Monday, 6th December, 1915 at 4.30 p.m. Business. To discuss the advisability of closing the Penang Prince of Wales’ Relief Fund. To decide to what Public Fund or Funds the contributions hitherto609 words
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Article206 1915-11-25 9 Some peopio are naturally thin. There is also a natural pallor but most people who are both thin and pale are far from well and thev need a tonic. Many people neglect to take a tonic until they get so sick that a touic is not sufficient just206 words
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Article982 1915-11-25 9 VIVID STORY OF GERMAN i OCCUPATION. > 1 Clever French Robe. Paris, November 20. i A high Government official of one of the AUied Powers who has just leached Paris alter being shut up in Lille since the Germans occupied tho town tells us au interesting story982 words
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Article904 1915-11-25 9 TEUTON AGAINST BRITON. A Hundred Years’ War. Herr Houston Stewart Chamberlain, who, although the son of au English Admiral, has become a German, recently contributed to the Hamburg Nachrichten his views on the present aud future relations between EoglaLd and Germany. He is convinced that the J904 words
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Advertisement301 1915-11-25 9 RAI S.AHFB Dr. K. C. DAS’S SWASTHYA SAHAYA HEALTH RESTORER and LITERATURE. ELEVENTH EDITION can uow be obtained gratis and post free from Sole Agents for S S. F.M.S. THE PENANG RUBBER STAMP Co., 40, Church Street, Penang. Sub-Agents THE FRIEND OF THE PUBLIC Co., 49, Lahat Road, Ipoh. MALAYAN301 words
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Advertisement93 1915-11-25 9 rhe Eastern United Assurance Corporation Ltd. Hoad Office: SINGAPORE. The undersigned has been appointed Agent for tho above Corporation, and is now prepared to accept MARINE 6’ FIRE RISKS ateurrent rates. QUAII BENG EEE, 4-J. Reach. Street, EYE-SIGHT RESTORED. AN INFALLIBLE REMEDY for ali sorts of eye diseases. It cures93 words
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Advertisement11 1915-11-25 9 For Chronic Chest Complaints, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cm a is. Gd11 words
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Advertisement61 1915-11-25 9 A Favorite Rub Dawn. Tho golfer, the footbill 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 aud sprains and swellings are cured in one-third less time than61 words
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Advertisement467 1915-11-25 9 jj When Baby persistently 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. But if a mother in this predicament would be guided by her doctor she would give baby Glaxo —the Food467 words
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Article1030 1915-11-25 10 Major G. W. Redway - AN IMAGINARY SOLILOQUY AT POTSDAM, By Major G. W. Redway. We have been fighting for a year and two months our mercantile marine is laid up our navy no longer neutralises the British Grand Fleet; the submarine terror has been somehow overcome, and the Zeppelin visitations have1,030 words
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Article915 1915-11-25 10 G. Ward Price - A FRENCH CHARACTER SKETCH. By G. Ward Price. Paris, Friday. The British officer has always been an object of the rather puzzled admiration of the French. His reserve was sometimes taken for coldness at first, and bis strong prejudices about the need of bath accommodation seemed915 words
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Advertisement54 1915-11-25 10 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 sale54 words
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Advertisement188 1915-11-25 10 gag-^T^K it m Sa •as I gg sa fb MB S %m, J Vi« D ■> JtißfemXSfc* Just Arrived 1915-16 Model 4-4 m, 4 JSL rf«FS MRJjjH _V. ACfc-C*. LM ra NETT. Finished in Brewester Green with Ivory Linings, Electric Starter, Electric Lights throughout, Electric One Man Hood, Full Weather188 words
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Article2072 1915-11-25 11 THE NAVY’S TASK OFF GALLIPOLI. E B0T om N ae EaBt I no U PPOB9 any race except the English would have attempted this expediw I to the Dardanelles, and lam quite cerItain that no other nation would have persistled in it after the many obstacles2,072 words
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Advertisement233 1915-11-25 11 BAXTER 8 Co.’s BEST NAVY CANVAS SANtI LANDS, IBTTIRY t C>. DAVID CORSAR 8 SON’S Well-Known Extra Canvas, Mo. 0. SANDILANDS, BOTTERY 8 Co. John Bazley White 8 Brothers’ PORTLAND CEMENT., “LION BRAND/’ Sxndihtods, Buttery Co /.GENTS FEN o*9 (V T.H r. MHMMH WMETT* -W———W— —im«—l HOTEL NORMAN. Penang’s Select233 words
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Advertisement50 1915-11-25 11 C3XSJMX.'■AWW. 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 Bale by all Dispensaries and Dealers50 words
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Advertisement238 1915-11-25 11 X DOC 3QOOOOC n BY ROYAL APPOINTMENT. u S'! I kJ o n Contractor» to THE ADMIRALTY, THE WAR OFFICE, THE INDIA OFFICE, n o n ALL Government Hospitals IN THE Straits Settlements AND Federated Malay States. OBTAINABLE RETAIL m m H V. K n i \>r, Mitt air :-V"238 words
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Advertisement1785 1915-11-25 12 oS S.N.C" >5 P.&O. Wireless Telegraphy, fitted on all Steamers. All Cabins are fitted with Electric Fans FREE of Charge and each berth is furnishe with an Eleotrio Reading Lamp. iExpected Arrivals and Departures. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD. Fob Intindid to Sa.il. Stbambb. Singapore. Thur., 2nd Dec., 41,785 words
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