Straits Echo, 14 February 1916
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Title Section35 1916-02-14 1 Straits Echo OAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS. CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR BAST GENERAL VOL. 14. $24 Per Annum PENANG, MONDAY, 14th FEBKUAKY, 1916. lia|lc Ctfj, It Mats. No. 3435 words
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Advertisement1139 1916-02-14 1 ILM^AID ItoD NATIM For Cars on Hire Pn 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 Mttor and Cycle Accessories. Repairs of Motor Cars and Cycles undertaken by expert Mechanics. Largest Dealers in1,139 words
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Advertisement19 1916-02-14 1 aspMKssa 0f Which is the best Kb 6** XMM ctjons b '*C use JST kmmaA.4 ssfe SBS K--r i~219 words
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Advertisement23 1916-02-14 2 DRINK ft f i E 1 4 a BY CONNOISSEURS AS THE LEADING BRAND ON THE MARKET. SOLE AGENTS: KATZ BROTHERS, LTD., PENANG23 words
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1540 1916-02-14 3 One of the difficulties in the way of checking the trade in deleterious narcotic drugs is the great enhancement m price which immediately takes place when the supply decreases. This makes the:r production commercially feasible in quarters where it was not so before, and1,540 words
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Article361 1916-02-14 3 It has recently been announced that the Chinese Government intends to inaugurate an active programme of re-afforestation. To that end a Forestry Department has been formed, and two foreign experts have been engaged —one British and one American. A Chinese forestry expert has also been touring extensively361 words
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Advertisement450 1916-02-14 3 i 'X > 4^- Atau/or~ Wtncarntt. IX-*& V r^., Safe v J /J m” ;X A case for Wt ncarnis. ‘Wincarnis’ brings New Health to the Weak and Ailing. Health New health —glorious, vigorous health—is yours to command. What a blessing to be free from that Weakness, Anaemia, Nerviness, and450 words
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Advertisement35 1916-02-14 3 A Forty Years’ TestChamberlain’s Cough Remedy has been curing coughs and colds for the past forty years and has gained in popularity every year. What better recommendation ia required For sale by all Dispensaries and35 words
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Advertisement562 1916-02-14 3 Debility When you feel limp and washed out, weary and fatigued with no inclination for exertion—your body is in a run-down condition—you are debilitated. You need something to put fresh “go" into you —you need a fortnight’s Iron 'Jelloids’ treatment English price 1/1J). Unequalled as a tonic restorative, Iron ‘Jelloids’562 words
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Article267 1916-02-14 4 Hibb's a Safe East Wat to Gain 10 toj SO lbs OB Solid, Hbaltht, Permanent Flbsh. Thin, nerrons, undeveloped na6D andl r women everywhere are beard to say, I can t understand why Ido not get fat lest j plenty of good, nourishing food. The i267 words
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Article2736 1916-02-14 4 Tnn Dardanelles Campaign. (From Our Own Correapondent). London, January 13. Contrary to the accepted maxim, the expected has happened in the Dardanelles and to-day the graves of some 20,000 gallant British officers and men. battered trenches aud the general dsbris of nine months’ war such as2,736 words
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Advertisement297 1916-02-14 4 For Sale. SHARE TRANSFER FORMS PRICE: 5 CENTS EACH OR $1.50 PER HUNDRED The Criterion Press, Ltd. 69, BEACH STBEET, PENANQ. The tnglo-Japanese Dispensary, 393 395, Chulia Street, PENANG. Qualified Japanese Doctor always in attendance. All kinds of Patent Medicines and Proprietary Articles held in Stock. Prescriptions carefully dispensed. Attention,297 words
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Advertisement73 1916-02-14 4 Doa’t Couth. It is absurd to allow a cough to hang 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 such a73 words
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Advertisement117 1916-02-14 4 For Children’s Hacking Cough at Night,. Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. la. 6d <e> 0 B 1 0 I 0 Have Hot Muffins for Tea. Real English muffins—hot from the oven how everyone will enjoy them. And it is quite easy to make them light and digestible with i 1 I117 words
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Advertisement243 1916-02-14 4 OCT ALLEN DENNYS A CO. t Penang, PROPKIETORS OP THE PENANG RUBBER AUCTION ROOMS. SALES HELD EVERY TUESDAY RUBBER bought or «old by PUBLIC AUCTION or PRIYATI TENDER FORWARD SALES ARRANGED. RUBBER transhipped and insured to any PORT at minimum rates. RUBBER SALE ROOMS at No. 7, UNION STREET. DOC243 words
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Article372 1916-02-14 5 To thr Editor or the Malay Mail. Sim, —The public are subscribing fairly generously to the various. F. M. S. Relief Funds, but I think they would like a little more information about the expenditure of the money in order to know which of the different schemes is372 words
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Article301 1916-02-14 5 P. V. Officers and N. C. O’s vs. The Rxst. A cricket match was played on the Padang on Saturday afternoon between the officers and non-commissioned officers of the Penang Volunteers and the Rest. After a very interesting game the match ended in a victory for the Rest301 words
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Article204 1916-02-14 5 Further Casualty List. Copy of telegrams received by His Excellency the General Officer, Commanding the Troops, S.S, 27.1 16:—R°moved from daneerous list 2561 Sepoy Bhojam Singh, 2751 Sepoy Sber Kban Malay States Guides, Aden. 5.2 16:—Malay States Guides transferred India Hospital ship Madras 28th January. Subadar204 words
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Article420 1916-02-14 5 An Appeal to Public School Bots. To the Editor of thr Straits Echo. Sir, —The boys, with some assistance from their friends and old boys, of over 80 public schools represented at the Head Masters’ Conference, have raised a fund for the maintenance of the Public Schools420 words
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Article514 1916-02-14 5 The Euala Lumpur correspondent of the Straits Times writes to that paper There is in the F.M S a large class of women which is very badly served by the railways at present. It consists of the wives and relatives of members of the514 words
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Advertisement635 1916-02-14 5 The Eastern Produce Exchange in offering their services to the public, beg to announoe that they also undertake to negotiate Loans, do General Agency business and act as Brokers and Auctioneers of Landed and Moveable Properties. The Fifth Auction Sale WILL BE HELD On Monday, the 14th February, 1916. notice.635 words
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Advertisement361 1916-02-14 5 G O E^i a i 'v ntv vr e—; FABRiaUE DE »-J CIGARETTES ĔGYPTIENNES V V Bouton FABn:ai;e 6 0 Putins L t *> e*«»i»ua #MNu«*e*uM'tt ;f^32EL-5M323 <*>« \\t ■Ax r ooi 1 FELUCCA «3* I MasperO FaBRIQUE Par wM r MASPERO FRERESLrD DANS Lf UR AAANUrACTUBt AU w TO-NIGHT361 words
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Article, Illustration97 1916-02-14 6 Published daily (except Sundays and pnb’ip holidays) at Tan CRITERION PRE3B. Ltd. No. 59. Beach Street, Penang fUOA Daily Local M 924 per annum Ontetation... Postage Eitra. Mail Edition (Post Free) 917.50 OABLB ADDKBSS ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Noe. (Echo, 586 Printing Department 345 If 4 All kuilxw Ma«unie*tioa«97 words
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Article56 1916-02-14 6 Daketnx-Sklit-Lowndbs —At St. George’s Church, Penang, by the Rev. F. W. Haines, Colonial Chaplain, on February 14, Norman Henry Dakeyne, Manager, Kundang Estate, Rawang, Selangor, second son of Colonel Henry Fitzroy Dakeyne, Bridgeford House, Chalfont St.'Peters, Bucks, to Doris Mary 3elby-Lowndes, eldest daughter of Meyrick Selby-Lowndes of Netby, Hants.56 words
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Article1230 1916-02-14 6 M. Aristide Briand, Premier of France, was the draftsman of the Law (and it was really an iniquitous one) which expelled the Congregations from France and was inteuded by its authors to strike a deadly blow at the influence of the Roman Catholic Church in the territory of1,230 words
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Article813 1916-02-14 6 Reuter cables that Baron Ijuin, formerly Japanese Minister at Peking, has been appointed Ambassador at Rome, < Mr Percy Gold, of Evatt and Co.,{Singa- pore has been granted a commission as second lieutenant in the Scots Guards. Mr C. D. A’hearne iB appointed to act as Deputy813 words
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Article1056 1916-02-14 6 For Public School Boys, From a letter which appears on c to-day “old boys” of the British pnblie schools will see that a special appeal is beit»« made to them for funds to keep going! most useful and deserving institution con nected with the war. The names 01,056 words
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Advertisement141 1916-02-14 6 FOR VOLUNTEERS. FTJRTHEXt STTFFIjY OF “INFANTRY TRAINING” lias been received by us and orders should be sent early to avoid disappointment. price: 35 cents per copy. 40 post free. The Federal Rubber Stamp Co., 4I Bishop Street. Penang. Branches at Ipoh and Kuala Lumpur. Bookstalls at All the Principal Railway141 words
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Article619 1916-02-14 7 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. RENEWED ACTIVITY. Tke Brititk Resort. London, February 11, 11.35 p.m. General Sir Douglas Haig reports that ws sprang three mines north of Carnop and another south of Fosse Eight. The enemy iprsng a mine south-west of the Hohenlollern Redoubt- We had no619 words
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Article619 1916-02-14 7 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. A German Victory.” London, February 11. A German destroyer flotilla attacked four British mine-sweepers on the Dogger Bank yesterday night. They sank one, the Arabia, and attempted to torpedo another, and rescued three British officers and twenty-one men. The Berlin communique attempts619 words
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Article569 1916-02-14 7 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. Important Bulgarian Declaration. Amsterdam, February 11. j The Bulgarian War Minister, in an interview, emphasised that Bulgaria is fighting only for herself. He declared that as soon as the Salonika campaign was finished the war would be over for Bulgaria. AT SALONIKA. Allies' Forward569 words
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Article597 1916-02-14 7 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. SUBMARINES AND MERCHANTMEN. The Amerieaa Climh-Dowa. Washington, February 11. The Austrian and German memoranda on the subject of merchantmen are expected to lead to the United States Government warning Americans that they travel on armed merchantmen at their own risk, thus597 words
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Article280 1916-02-14 7 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. M. BRIAND AT ROME. Cordial Speeches. London, February 12. At banquets at Romo most cordial speeches were made by M- Briand, Signor Salandra and Baron Sonnino emphasising the Allies’ unity of action. Perfect Agrcemcot, M. Briand, after his interview with Baron Sonnino yesterday280 words
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Article92 1916-02-14 7 Aitval General Meeting. (From Our Own Correspondent^ Singapore, February 14. At the annual general meeting of Pantai, Ltd. Mr. Watkins, who, presided, said that the property was going ahead and that the cost of production was falliug. Mr Frank Adam asked a question regarding the accounts; the company92 words
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Article320 1916-02-14 7 To-day's Quotations. Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to-day at $BB 10, business done and in Singapore (refined) at business done (225 tons sold). Telephonic communication with the Crag Hotel was interrupted this morning. Our Singapore correspondent wires that a Chinaman from Java ran amok on board the French mail320 words
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Article79 1916-02-14 7 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. Aaother Rebel Success, London, February 12, Chung king has been captured by the rebels to whom the Government troops have gone over. Relieving Freights Situation. Goverameat Actioa. London, February IS. It is stated at Glasgow that the Governmeut has decided to grant79 words
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Article882 1916-02-14 7 Dakeyae-Selby-Lowades. A quiet but pretty wedding was solemnised at St. George’s Church this morning by the Rev. F. W. Haines, Colonial Chaplain, the contracting parties being Mr. Norman Henry Dakeyue, Manager, Kundang Estate, Rawang, Selangor and second son of Colonel Henry Fitzroy Dakeyne of Bridgeford House, Chalfont,882 words
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Article959 1916-02-14 8 A good dual of uncertainty seems still to exist regarding the position of rubber in relation to the war profits tax to be imposed under Mr. McKenna's Budget It was announced some time back that the Chancellor of the Exchequer had admitted the hardships which would959 words
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Article400 1916-02-14 8 The Colony’s T rade. Satisfactory Increases in Each Settlement. The official return of imports and exports of the Straits Settlements for the quarter ended December 31, 1915, being the last quarter of the year has been issued, and shows that the remarkable revival in the import trade noted in previous400 words
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Article434 1916-02-14 8 Contribution by Malay Statbs. The Secretary of State for the Colonies forwards the following notice to the London Press for publication The Federal Council of the Federated Malay States have voted the payment to a local committee for the relief of those wounded or434 words
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Article768 1916-02-14 8 To thb Editor of the Times of Malaya Dear Sir, —I read with much interest the report in your paper of Mr Richards’ lecture on white ants; also your leading article on the subject in last Tuesday’s issue. I gather from yonr report that Mr. Richards recommends the768 words
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Article163 1916-02-14 8 Within the next few months quite a number of changes Bill occur in the personnel of the Legislative Council. The Hon. Sir Evelyn Ellis proceeds home on retirement in April, the Hon. Robert Young, one of the representatives from Penang, bids farewell to the Colony this spring,163 words
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Article201 1916-02-14 8 Annual General Mebtino. The annual general meeting of the Ministering Children’s League was held on Thursday, February 10, at St. George’s Home. The sixth annual report was read and passed, also the statement of receipts and payments for the year ending 31 December, 1915. We append the201 words
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Article578 1916-02-14 8 r To the Editor of the Straits Echo. > Sir, i J- W4 f motoriug along Green Lan.e yesterday with my family we were suddenly l overtaken by another car which came rushi its horn sounded repeatedly, j 8 18 0411 was travelling very fast and creating a578 words
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Article282 1916-02-14 8 GENEROUS ACTION BY TWi? GOVERNMENT. Revised Instructions Issued We {Straits Times) are very see that the Government, having had tJ° matter of military pay under consideration as we mentioned recently, has j aHHQ j instructions which we have no doiffit give very great satisfaction to all volaatJ who282 words
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Article231 1916-02-14 8 The fortnightly handicap shoot took place on Sunday morning at 7 a.m the conditions being a sighting shot and 10 counting shots H P°sT() d 600 yard at NR A ta W= The result was as under:— with h’cap. made Pte Everest .60 91 go Mrs231 words
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Advertisement377 1916-02-14 8 KTOTICE3. The b.s. Hong FPan I, L. Victor Tan Egdom, ia expeoted to arrive here from Rangoon on Tuesday, the 15th instant, and will leave for Singapore on Wednesday, the 16th instant, at 4 pm. For Freight or passage apply to Mbssrs. CHIN HIN Coy., 63, Beach Street, Penang. Agents377 words
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Advertisement8 1916-02-14 8 For Chronic Chest Complaints, Qn»tiP#pper®ißt Cars Is, 6<l8 words
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Advertisement81 1916-02-14 8 Beware of Colds. Children are much more likely to contract the contagious disease when they have 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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Advertisement165 1916-02-14 8 There ia a reason for everything. Therefore let us tell you that the reason why WOODS* GREAT PEPPERMINT CUKE is so popular throughout the Indies is. that it fully carries out what it professes to docure chills, dysentery, and complaints of tbs chest and stomach. One bottle will confirm this.165 words
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Article410 1916-02-14 9 Asm cal Mbbtino of tmb Stbuts Brabch The Rev. Dr. W. G. Shellabeir preaided over the annual meeting of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, held (as already reported by cable) on Thursday afternoon at Raffles Museum, Singapore. The attendance, as the President remarked, wa*410 words
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Article467 1916-02-14 9 There are some amusing anecdotes in the volume of Recollections” recently published by the Hon. John Mildred Creed, member of the legislative Council of New South Wales, and a wellknown Sydney doctor (Jekins, 16s. net). On one occasion he had to carry on the work of a467 words
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Advertisement130 1916-02-14 9 «H* j ft '7 <o -£rr? /7 t\ ft rj 33a s 1 sm i V TYR LARGE REDUCTION IN PRICES SEE 1916 PRICE LIST. SOLE AGENTS: ADAMSON, GILFILLAN l GO., LTD., (INCORPORATED £IN(R ENGLAND) AND*fMALACCA. S3t»fcsf» HMHMy. .casaiii X y x c X 1 x r J \'r W130 words
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Advertisement36 1916-02-14 9 Tickling ia the Throat. Even the slightest tickling or hoarseness in the throat may be the forerunner of a dangerous illness. 8top it at ance with Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.36 words
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Advertisement279 1916-02-14 9 PENANG LIBRARY. (Opposite St. George’s Ghuroh.) Comprises some 20,000 Volumes, including the valuable Logan Library of Literature dealing with Malaya and the Eastern Archipelago. Entrant* Fee: $2-00. Subeerivtion: Books: $1-50 per quarter. Newspapers and Magazines: $1-50 per quarter. Visiting Subscribers $1-00 per month without Intranet Fee. Further particulars can be279 words
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Article1375 1916-02-14 10 De. C. W. Saleeby - By De. C. W. Saleeby. Never more than to-day does the outraged soul of men declare that the world is unjust, fall of suffering brought upon the helpless and innocent many by the powerful, guilty, and unscathed few. It seems as if there cannot be Justice in the1,375 words
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Article645 1916-02-14 10 Padre's Farewell Letter.. In the latest issue of South Perak Church Notes, the Rev. E. A. Hone publishes the following farewell:— My Dear Friends, What has been spoken of as a certainty by several people to me during the last few days but which I knew myself645 words
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Advertisement12 1916-02-14 10 For Children’s Hacking Cough at Night, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. Is. 6d12 words
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Advertisement209 1916-02-14 10 HUTTENBACH B™, C o. SOLE AGENTS FOR ROYAL TYPEWRITERS Have much pleasure in announcing the arrival of THE NEW MODE No. 10. r '3 .■o*T s yj£<sx (3i ii sB3erii& '.iwi IUiIItMHA $ll 111 M ■;a S l&£*3sSßj I llfl s^*?7St« i. nss H a TB K tRc O 5*209 words
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Article1804 1916-02-14 11 Catchwords die slowly. We hare had it dinned into our English ears for a generation that tea-power, other things being equal, confers the initiative on the belligerent who wields it. When an episode like the recent Serbian campaign occurs, which contradicts this dogma altogether,1,804 words
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Advertisement276 1916-02-14 11 So Don t take anybody’s word for it—judge for yourself. YOU CAN TELL better than anyone else whethei a Whisky suits you or not. You can judge its flavour and you will soon know whether it produces any ill effects. If you take a liqueur glass of our Whisky you276 words
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Advertisement52 1916-02-14 11 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 effect is marvellous. For sale by all Dispensaries52 words
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Advertisement53 1916-02-14 11 To Correct Constipation and Biliousness, clear the complexion of blemishes and -weeten the breath, use the dainty laxative They gently assist nature and will help to keep you well. Tiny but thorough, do not gripe. Of Chemists, 50 cents per phial, or post free from the Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co.,53 words
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Advertisement476 1916-02-14 11 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. Penami. The Eastern United Assurance Corporation Ltd. Head476 words
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Advertisement1617 1916-02-14 12 P. O B. I. AND APGAR LINE (Incorporated in England.) Mail and Passenger Services. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL SAILINGS. MAIL SERVICE. Outward (for China and Japan.) INTERMEDIATE DIRECT SERVICE. Homeward for Europe. Outward (for China and Japan.) i.i. Nellore i.s. Mongara s.s. Nore Feb. 12 (Calls Genoa) Feb 23 Apr. 61,617 words
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