Straits Echo, 12 February 1916
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Title Section36 1916-02-12 1 Straits Echo LAIC* CHRONICLE Of EVERTS, CiLCULATftiG THROUGHOUT T*u- STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR BAST GENERAL W-*.r>* VOL. 14. $24 Per annym PENANG, SATURDAY, 12th FEBRUARY, 1916. Sinjle Copy, 10 cents. No. 33.36 words
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Advertisement1338 1916-02-12 1 IkijLMAlB SfiED NATUMi BANKS. For Cars on Hire m EMPIRE "The Little Artitort’i l 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 and Cycles undertaken by expert Mechanics. Largest Dealers1,338 words
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Advertisement17 1916-02-12 1 U’S Ml hKf NFAMTSOHU*^ ISIMBBTP* *ite FOR which °at ?'*ec use Tions: rod JCf s. Si s;17 words
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Advertisement79 1916-02-12 2 DRIN Wft V. r^i ■*W f filiF «1 ill I ~1 1 r«j«K' ■'Ajuf I Mpirsr»» '•<;? S if 1 H msi f f in I m lirf I -1 i M m l®t? |l|* '■."'Ml sHi. wm W vlr- £|Xk 1 m Him him 'W»' v. p* z m79 words
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Article1072 1916-02-12 3 J. O. P. Bland - HOW BRITISH POLICY HELPS THEIR ENDS. i i (By J. O. P. Bland From Russia through the medium of the Novoe Vremya cornea the latent information concerning Get many's political activities in the Far East, namely, the significant report that China has been, or is being,1,072 words
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Article627 1916-02-12 3 That patriotism, as the sentiment is understood in other countries, has any existence in China has frequently been denied. This implied aspersion upon the Chinese people is largely based upon incidents which occurred many years ago, such as the willing, even eager, supply by Chiuese of provisions627 words
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Advertisement249 1916-02-12 3 TIANG JOO Co, PENANG Just Received a New Shipment of The JOOCOCLES Guaranteed British-made Turoughout From Frame to Pedal From Tyre to Saddle Fitted Complete with DUNLOP Tyres. Lamp, Bell. Inflator S Tools. $55-00 Nett. XIANG JOO Go., So,e Importers. MOTOR CYCLES. B.S.A. Motor Cycle 4| H.P. Cum-belt-Chain Drive ,0249 words
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Advertisement369 1916-02-12 3 Fight Against Consumption by taking Chemists as Basam Angier’s Emulsion is now universally recognised as a standard approved treatment for coughs, bronchitis, consumption and all chest and lung affections. Not only does it; heal and strengthen throat and lungs, but it in a normal healthy condition, and builds up health369 words
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Article1245 1916-02-12 4 It u«ed frequently to be remarked that the public did not want anthologies of contemporary work. The obvious answer to that was that such anthologies were almost always bad, and that in refusing to touch them the public showed an amount of good sense with which, failing this1,245 words
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Article521 1916-02-12 4 A Vkt Mixbd Lot. The crowd that left Calcutta on the B. I. liner Qolconda, which reoently arrived at a U.K. port, were a very mixed lot. Miners from Burma, nuns and German mission people, and all sorts of odds and ends, including many of those specimens521 words
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Advertisement405 1916-02-12 4 WARNING All persons are cautioned against making unauthorised use of Reuter's Service of News, and any person or persons found infringing the Copyright Ordinance of the Straits Settlements will he strictly dealt with in accordance with the provisions of that Ordinance. REUTER. Psmtm Methylated Spirits. (QUALITY GUARANTEED). Wholesale Priee 15.00405 words
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Advertisement81 1916-02-12 4 Beware of Colds. Children are much more likely to contract the contagious disease when they hare colds. Whooping cough, diphtheria, scarlet fever and consumption are diseases that are often contracted when the child has a cold. That is why all medical authorities say beware of colds. For the quick cure81 words
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Advertisement75 1916-02-12 4 The audden changes of temperature that occur towards evening are liable to produoe that nasty sneezing and snivelling sensation known as a cold in the head. A swift and certain remedy for this disorder is WOODS' GREAT PEPPERMINT CURE. A teaspoonful dose immediately the trouble is felt, followed by one75 words
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Advertisement52 1916-02-12 4 7 'ftifnsM ®> o 7, V/ £s 0 /V -V TWO MALAYAN DREADNOUGHTS FRASER &MNEAVE, LTD., ARCYLE ROAD.IPENANG OD 5M *r i 5^ n gjtj V U 9i v> o TYRE LARGE REDUCTION IN PRICES. SEE 1916 PRICE LIST. SOLE AGENTS: ADAMSON, GILFILLAN l CO., LTD., (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND) PENANG.52 words
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Article2251 1916-02-12 5 Tow Wright - (By Tow Wright.) Some of you know me now. At least, by my past variegated writings you should be able to judge what manner of man lam. For the sake of new readers, however, may I put a point to the following truthful narrative by introducing2,251 words
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Advertisement570 1916-02-12 5 J < Id a id Of j < o Id a. </) (O z < z < z a 3 ffl o M -I 4 IjUCHANAr SCOTCH WHISKY 5 > "SOMETHING TO CROW ABOUT* JAMES BOCH^SL-.^:.-: 'OIASOO^*. 1 L oNDON BLACK WHITE tv ■“■e* tALWAYS THE HICHEST QUALITY <V ■n570 words
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Advertisement377 1916-02-12 5 9, a ft if/ o; 5$ EGtffi C—; FABRIQUE DE —J> CigarettesEgyptiennes ‘UvJiNI iWtaiv FRERES *r BoutonXßouge Fa ft* >QCf o*^o /AaspCßO pßfcrttS L t a*«t turn *A»wrfc*j«r*B t 001 FELUCCAS MasperO fRERES ■GMr FABB'QUt P An Mr Maspero FreresLto |j OANS lEU» AAANUFACTUOe AU TO-NIGHT TO-NIGHT!! The Electric Polyscope377 words
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Article, Illustration91 1916-02-12 6 Published daily (except Sundays *,-gd pnxJrt' holluitya) AT TKS CRITERION PRES-* Lvo. No. 59, Beach Street., Penang Fares. Daily Local $24 per «an. #I Oat-station... Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Post Free) 917.50 OABLB ADDSSSi ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo, 58t(X Printing Dcpartnent Nil.— All busi>Mi eevB«un:otlioa« abouki bo91 words
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Article1204 1916-02-12 6 Peace tumours persist iu cropping up and must, unless we are to lose our proper perspective of the war, be resolutely discounted and rejected. The present renewal of peace-talk does, however, afford an opportunity to judge of the change in the mentality of the German people which1,204 words
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Article80 1916-02-12 6 To-day's QuotationsTin (unrefined) is quoted here to-day at sB7,buyers no sellers, in Singapore (refined) at $87.50, buyers no sellers, and in London at .£lBO spot and £179 15s. three mouths’ sight. Messrs. Boustead Co. inform us that the following is the quotation for Rubber on Spot in80 words
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Article976 1916-02-12 6 Mr. T>. A. M. Brown is among the visitors at the Crag Hotel. Mr. John Forster, who has been Honorary Consul-General for China in London since 1908, retired from the post on December 31. The Hcu’ble Mr, A. T. Bryant, Resident Councillor of Penang has gone on976 words
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Article1012 1916-02-12 6 Same Old Squeeze. Oacfl again the New York Conference has raised the rates for freight f the Straits and this time by no l° m tbaa 331 per cent instance thl freight on rubber, which was until’ kt a i carried at 200 s. for a ton of1,012 words
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Advertisement183 1916-02-12 6 STILL LEADING!!! vi SUPER ICED CO E. The Great Cure for Headaches Ask for the Super Brand. Look for the FLAG on the LABEL Price 40 and 70 cents. Tk George Town Dispensary Ltd. PENANG. TAIPING IPOH. (P 0 0 #O#O»CX3o##oooDO*O# The Bernese Alps Milk Co. CONTRACTORS TO THE 0183 words
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Article601 1916-02-12 7 (Reuter's Service.) OoDvrieht; Tel rerun. FRENCH OPERATIONS. London, February 10, 4 55 p.m. A Paris communique states that fierce local fighting took place in Artois. We oocupied more ground at Lafolie. The Germans, at nightfall, made a strong attack on tho Neuville Lafolie road, but were repulsed.601 words
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Article529 1916-02-12 7 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. CZF RNOWITZ THREATENED. Petrograd, February 10. j The Russians by forcing the passage of j the Dniester, threatened the enemy positions at Czernowitz. According to prisoners’ statements the Austro-Germaus’ desperate defence of Czernowitz, where they suffered enormous losses, is due to an Army529 words
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Article588 1916-02-12 7 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. GERMAN NOTIFICATION. London, February 10. Germany and Austria have notified the neutral Powers that they will treat armed merchantmen as warships after March 1. A Germaa Assertioa. Amsterdam, February 11. Germany, in a memorandum handed to the representatives of the neutral Powers at Berlin,588 words
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Article558 1916-02-12 7 FROM DUTCH SOURCES. The following special telegrams are from the Sumutra Post and Deli Courant < f Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, February 8, 9 and 10{: HOLLAND AND THE WAR. Military Measures. On February 18 the greater part, of the mobilised men of the 1911 Class will558 words
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Article247 1916-02-12 7 Members are reminded that a Club Handicap shoot will take place to-morrow morning (Sunday) at 7 am. the ranges being 300 and 600 yards. On the Kaiser’s birthday, the captain of one of the interned German vessels at Tanjong Priok when decking his ship had the247 words
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Article1301 1916-02-12 7 YESTERDAY S MEETING. A meeting of prominent members of the Chinese community was held at the Chinese Town Hall yesterday afternoon to consider the question of the proposed Chiuese War Loan About forty persons wereprosentamong whom were Messrs. Heah Swee Lee, Lee Chin Hu, Chee Wor Lock,1,301 words
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Article284 1916-02-12 7 A FRESH DEVELOPMENT. There has evidently been a fresh develop* ment in the Singapore Volunteer crisis for we read in the Straits Times of Thursday Transfers to Volunteers. We are asked to withdraw a statement we made as to the course to be adopted by volunteers and others284 words
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Article192 1916-02-12 7 A Staff Ride. Captain Ferguson is evidently getting busy with the M.S.V.R. for we read in the Kuala Lumpur paper: “In continuation of the Flying column scheme which is being practised this after* noon under the command of the Staff Officer, Local Forces, there will192 words
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Article72 1916-02-12 7 G ffom Our Own Correspondent, Kuala Lumpur, February 11. The New Serendah Rubber Co.’s report shows a profit of $89,524. The directors recommend a dividend of 15% making 20% for the year. Tho all-in costs were 53.34 ctsand the gross price realized was $1.12 cts. The estimate72 words
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Article80 1916-02-12 7 The following articles will be found on our outside pages: Page. 3* Patriotism in China. The German! in China. 4. Georgian Poetry. The Goleonda Deportees. 5. —An Essay in Horror. B.—Government of Hongkong. Allegod Assault. A New Use for the Telephone. Leaving Scholarships. St. George’s Church. Penang, Penang Presbyterian80 words
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Article1297 1916-02-12 8 A* Abattoirs Ikcidbrt. Before Mr. V. G. Ezechiel in tue Third Court this moruiug the hearing was resum- d of the case in which Mr. H. C. Riea and Mr. J. H. Rice were summoned at the instance of Low Kuan on a charge of voluntarily causing hurt1,297 words
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Article643 1916-02-12 8 It must always be something of a shock to a newcomer, impressed with the many evidences of moral and material achievement which .Hongkong presents, to learn that the community to whose enterprise and commercial ability the Colony owes its foundation and prosperity is still excluded from any643 words
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Article232 1916-02-12 8 To tn Editor or tsb Straits Echo. Sir, Tbe death of Sir Cecil Clementi Smith to whom the Colony owes the establishment of the Queen’s Scholarships, subsequently discontinued for reasons of economy, calls attention onoe again to the need of leaving scholarships, a disadvantage under which all tbe232 words
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Article88 1916-02-12 8 6th Svir»4Y avtrr Epiphakt, 8-00 a.m. Matins 8- a.m. Holy Communion 9- a.m. Holy Communion (Chinese Service) 500 pm. Sunday School 6-00 p.m. Evensong and Sermon Hymn 238 “As pants the hart Psalm Battisbill LXX Barnby Magnificat Barnby Nunc Dimittis Lloyd Hymn 528 Not for our88 words
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Article530 1916-02-12 8 Services will be held in the Presbyterian i Church, Northam Road, to-morrcrw as follows :—9 a.m. Children’s Service 6 p.m. Public Worship. Preacher, Rev. W. Murray, x▲. Hymns for evening service Church Praise, 259, 655, 508 and 534 Service of intercession on Friday, 6.30 to 7 p.m.530 words
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Article990 1916-02-12 8 We read in the Indian Daily Newt: The excitement eaused in Calcutta on Friday by the messages from the Telephone Exchange, to which allusion was made in this column on Saturday, was intense, and the telephane girls must have had a merry time of990 words
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Article62 1916-02-12 8 Feb. 2 By Balance 7 Hon.A.T.Brj.nt B o;;th. 9 Hongkong ancfsh.ngh'ai ***** Bank Counter Box 4 o, Seh Lim Kongsi for Jan. in on Govt. Monopolies Staff 00 for Jan, 10 Eastern Smelting 4 Co. 40 Employees Da to Kramat Works January subscription Penang Band 14th62 words
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Article45 1916-02-12 8 Feb. 10 By Bnl.noo 11,398 .1« 11 Proceeds of an afterdinner auction sale of the table deoorations (Allied flags) held on board the s.s. Pangkor at Lunmt on 2nd January 1916 Feb. 11 By Balance 1,***** Amount previously acknowledged 22,216.50 Total $23,710.8445 words
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Advertisement411 1916-02-12 8 FIRE INSURANCE. undersigned having been appointed Agents for THE UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY of CANTON, LIMITED (incorporated in Hongkong) are prepared to insure properties against FIRE at current rates. ALLEN DENNYS A Co. Penang. No. C, Beach Street 5f The s.s. Hong Kheng, Captain J. Mason, arrived here yesterday from Singapore,411 words
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Advertisement36 1916-02-12 8 A Forty Tan' Test* Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy has been curing coughs and colds for the past forty yeara and has gained in popularity srery year. What better recommendation is required For sale by ell 'Dispensaries and36 words
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Advertisement13 1916-02-12 8 For Children's Hooking Congh at Night, I Woods’ Groat Peppermint Core, Is. 6d.'13 words
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Advertisement388 1916-02-12 8 For Chronic Chest Complaints, Woods’ Great Peppermint Owrsli. Municipality of George Town, Penang. Electric Tramways Department. Appointment of Assistant Cashier. Applications, which must be m candidate’s own handwriting, accompanied by copies of not more than two recent testimonials, enclosed in sealed covers endorsed A ssistant Cashier Tramways" and addressed to388 words
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Article937 1916-02-12 9 David Ockham - By David Ockham. If this war has muzzled the professional journalist, it has served as a forcing house tor amateur journalism m the trenches, the tiainmg camps, and the Navy. In fact, regimental and ship journals have increased and multiplied to suoh an extent that the British Museum937 words
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959 1916-02-12 9 With the departure of the Germans from Hongkong at least one popular local fear is dispelled. It has always been felt that if the Huoghom prisoners were to remain in their OJ.mp till the war was over, the moment paaoe was declared they would be959 words
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Advertisement243 1916-02-12 9 o cz ALLEN DENNYS CO., Penang, rubber brokers, PROPRIETORS OF THE PENANC RUBBER AUCTION ROOMS. SALES HELD EVERY TUESDAY EUBBEE bought or i#M by PUBLIC AUCTION or PRIVATE TENDER FORWARD 8ALES ARRANGED. RUBBER transhipped and insured to any PORT at minimum rates. RUBBER SALE ROOMS at No. 7. UNION STREET.243 words
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Advertisement51 1916-02-12 9 Don’t Risk Pneumonia. Get rid of every cold as quickly as possible. It is the forerunner of all pulmonary trouble, and pneumonia may develop in a few hours. Take Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. It is a simple thing to do, but the «Sect is marvellous. For sale by all Dispensaries and51 words
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Advertisement287 1916-02-12 9 PENANG LIBRARY. (Opposite St. George’» Churoh.) Comprises some 20,000 Volumes, including the valuable Logan Library of Literature dealing with Malaya and the Eastern Archipelago» Entrant Fee: $2-00. Subscription Books: $1-50 per quarter. Newspapers and Magazines: $1-50 per quarter. Visiting Subscribers $1-00 per month without Intranet Further particulars oan be obtained287 words
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Article987 1916-02-12 10 My seven prophets are unanimous about nothing, although most agree that Holland will be particularly unfortunate, and that the continuance of war means great expenditure on munitions Ail show their contempt for vulgar superstitions by ignoring Friday, October 13, and several talk of aviation taking strides (why not987 words
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Article1046 1916-02-12 10 The shipping problem is causing much concern to the Alliea, but not because of the submarine menace. That form of piracy, which has 6et (very neutral nation against Germany, has made very little diffeieuce to the number of vessels trading on the high seas, the percentage1,046 words
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Advertisement10 1916-02-12 10 F*r Chronic Chest Complaints, W*od«’ Great Peppermint Cere li. fid10 words
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Advertisement141 1916-02-12 10 Huttenkch Bros. 8 ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS CONTRACTORS. SOLE AGENTS FOR: All kinds of ELECTRIC L MACHINERY. Free Estimates Given for all Kinds of Electrical Work. Mining Plants and Private Lighting Installations A Speciality. AGENTS FOR: HE STERLING IEL1PI0U CO., LIE. Large Stocks of Telephones are kept and Private Installations can be141 words
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Article2520 1916-02-12 11 De. wu Ting. Fang - By De. wu Ting.Fang. (A paper read before a email ttudy circle and here printed for a larger audience.) What is the religion of your people This question has often been put to us Chinese. If the answer Confucianism is given, it will be most2,520 words
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Article207 1916-02-12 11 The muscles of the back do the heavy work of the body. When they are overworked or ill-nourished they ache and people who are looking for trouble begin to worry about their kidneys. Backache may be due to lumbago, which is rheumatism of the muscles of the back,207 words
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Advertisement367 1916-02-12 11 .21 i£ Ut U Why i dont you o <1 hi JUST GO ROUND to the Agents or write a line ordering a supply of our fine Scotch Whisky. You’ll be glad when vou do because there is no brand that will suit you better. We don’t say there is367 words
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Advertisement74 1916-02-12 11 Don’t Cough. It is absurd to allow a cough to bang on and sap your vitality when Chamberlain s Cough Remedy will cure you. You don’t know where a persistent cough will land you. You can’t afford to allow your throat and lungs to become diseased when it is such74 words
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Advertisement175 1916-02-12 11 The Eastern United Assurance Corporation Ltd. Head Office: SINGAPORE. The undersigned has been appointed Agent £or the above Corporation, and is now prepared to accept MARINE 8? FIRE RiSKS atcurrent rates. QUAH BENG KEE, 43. Beach Street, Penan ESTABLISHED 1874. THE ORIENTAL Government Security Life Assurance Company Ltd Incorporated ia175 words
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Advertisement1710 1916-02-12 12 P. O.—B. I. iw n-* .qua AND APGAR LINE s tn. t <t (Incorpoeatbd in England.) Mail and Passenger Services. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL SAILINGS. MAIL SERVICE. Homeward (for Europe.) Outward (for China and Japan.^ V*»'V-' KONINKLIJKE PAKETYAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. (ROYAL PACKET S. N. COMPANY.) (InooBPQ katkd in Holland.) _Fo* Iktindid to1,710 words
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