Straits Echo, 29 May 1916
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Title Section35 1916-05-29 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVEN’IS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR BAST GENERALLY. VOL. 14“* $24 Per Annus PENANG, MONDAY, 29th MAV, 1916. Si&tle Cor. It (Ots. No. 123.35 words
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Advertisement1088 1916-05-29 1 LKMAin ■NC IiIZED NATUMi I TYRES. (BRITISH MADE). Try help British Trade. You will be confident, if you try ROM TYRES, of their superiority in quality, reiiability and durability. ,1 AGENTS: Georgetown Motor Garage 7\ Penang Road. (TELEPHONE No. 694.) Motor Car Importers and Stockists of various kinds of Tyres.1,088 words
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Advertisement9 1916-05-29 1 5? ?'*ec U*C IlOrU 'H& 3=f E 2 ess9 words
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Advertisement21 1916-05-29 2 DRINK RECOGNISED BY CONNOISSEURS THE LEADING BRAND ON THE MARKET. SOLE AGENTS: KATZ BROTHERS, LTD., (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements.) PENANG.21 words
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Article1412 1916-05-29 3 No regiment baa dote better work or suffered more heavily in self-sacrificing effort during the Great War of 1914 than the Coldstieam Guards. Some of the charges made by the Coldstream battalious wefe magnificent and an officer desciibed one bayonet rush as the finest thing ever seen1,412 words
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Article469 1916-05-29 3 The methods of liquidating the German firms at Hongkong, says the London correspondent of N. C. Daily News, are now occupying much commercial attention in this country, As is possibly kn iwn letters were written recently to the Government on behalf of tbe Hongkong Chamber of Commerce complaining469 words
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Advertisement525 1916-05-29 3 WHY NOT ALL THAT A PEN SHOULD BE. get I f you carry a Swan Fountpen you are always ready to “jot it 1 >\rn.” The “Swan” no intricate or delicate parts—co isequently it never gets out of order, and is always ready to write without adjusting or coaling. Good525 words
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Advertisement62 1916-05-29 3 For a Lame Back. When you have pains or lameness in the back bathe the parts with Chamberlain’s Pain Balm twice a day, massaging with the palm of the hand for five minutes at each application. Then dampen a piece of flannel slightly with this liniment and bind it on62 words
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Advertisement80 1916-05-29 3 Occasional spells of Fever may be said to be the inheritance of all who come to the Tropics. As an easement and to quickly break them down and restore the body temperature to normal, there is nothing better than WOODS' GREAT PEPPERMINT CURE. A dose or two of this medicine80 words
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Advertisement418 1916-05-29 3 Lassitude is a feeling of weariness, depression, fatigue, which affects equally men, women and children, and it is most important that these signs of a run-down condition be not neglected. Neglect may easily lead to more serious ailments. Therefore if you are feeling exhausted, slack and depressed, don't delay, start418 words
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Article2527 1916-05-29 4 CROWN PRINCE'S THREE PLANS. Critical Points. The following appreciation of the fighting round Verdun has i een •pecially contributed to the Morning Pott by M. Henri Bidou, the brilliant military critic of the Journal det Dibatt The battles on the Western front have been at intervals of between two2,527 words
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Article185 1916-05-29 4 Down Glasses.” Tho Times of India of May 15, says s Another up-country club has followed the example of the Nasik and some other member of the Royal Western India Golf Club to stop treating during the war. At a special general meeting of the members of the Ahmedabad Gymkhana185 words
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Article126 1916-05-29 4 In the Mixed Court, Shanghai, on May 7, before Mr. Grant Jones, Assessor, and Magistrate Wong, a Chinese provision dealer with a shop on B-oadway, was fined Tls. 10,000 and sentenced to three months’ imprisonment for having in bis premises 126 lbs of opium.126 words
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111 1916-05-29 4 Chinese Pirates on the “Chiyo Maru. Ihe otter Sunday night 42 members of the crew of the T. K. K. Chiyo Maru, now lying stranded near Hongkong, arrived in Koke. The Mainichi quotes a member of the crew as saying that the Chiyo Maru has virtually been seized by the111 words
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Article236 1916-05-29 4 Good Advice nor Thin Folse. The trouble with most thin folks who wish to gain weight is that they insist on drugging their stomach or stuffing it with grea*y foods; rubbing on useless flesh creams,” or following some foolish physical culture stunt, while the236 words
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Advertisement51 1916-05-29 4 Always Recommend It. Ia almost evoiy community there is some °ue whose life has been saved by Chamber* lain s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Keuisdy. Such persons seldom rnisB an opportunity to recommend it, and these recommendation* and its uever failing qualities account for its great popularity. For sale by>ll51 words
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Advertisement10 1916-05-29 4 Fcr Chronic Chest Complaints, Weeds’ Crest Peppsrmint Cars Is. Id10 words
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Advertisement225 1916-05-29 4 TRANSLATION THE UNDERSIGNED undertakes to translate any document from English into Chinese and vice versa. Also Chinese accounts into English. Fees according to the following scale (1) For translation for insertion in the Straits Eeho or the Pinang Sin Poe or to be printed by the Jobbing Department of the225 words
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Advertisement175 1916-05-29 4 Judge on the evidence before you —not upon supposition. Guess work is all very well under conditions, but it is a poor argument in a police court. B. S. A. BICYCLE The Guarantee of BRITISH MANUFACTURER AND EFFICIENCY. Beautiful—Comfortable—Swift—Silent. The B. S, A. Cycle is made from the best materials175 words
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Article1241 1916-05-29 5 I ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. A SATISFACTORY POSITIOE. The annual general meeting of the mem* I tars cf the Penang Swimming Club was I held at the Club Bungalow, Tanjong I Bungah at noon yesterday. There were no I lest than 35 members present among whom were Lt.-Col.1,241 words
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Article472 1916-05-29 5 Law and Civil Service vs, the Rest. A fine game of cricket was witnessed on the Esplanade on Saturday afternoon when a team comprising the members of the Civil Service and the Bar played against the Rest. The Rest batted first and brought up the score to 194 runs472 words
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Article85 1916-05-29 5 Following are the agenda for tc-morrow’s meeting of the Municipal Commission 1. Minutes of list meeting to b 3 read and confirmed. 2. Any special business the President may bring forward. 3 Questions. 4. Some bills to be passed. o Tenders for the construction of Brck Lane Diains85 words
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Article23 1916-05-29 5 May By Balance $6,222.60 H. G. Palmer 60 00 Lim Seng Hooi 100 00 May 2$ By Balance 6,372 6023 words
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Advertisement1108 1916-05-29 5 notice, T- nder» and specification are called for or building the body of an ambulance. Further detail» can be obtained at the (’h et Medifcl Officer'» Office between the hotl r. of 10 a.ui. Hnd p B. Tender» etc. to be sent m sealed cover» a.ldrested to the Chief Medical1,108 words
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Advertisement545 1916-05-29 5 c z o O ®i £5$ EGVC •jss-'aca SCS i# 5*^ n The Egyptian Favourite among those who have sufficient knowledge of the essentials of a perfect Egyptian Cigarette is one or other of the brands known as Bouton Rouge and Felucca Egyptian Cigarettes i Until you have smoked them545 words
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Article, Illustration97 1916-05-29 6 Published daily (except Sundays and public holidays) 'iT Til l CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. No. 59, Beach Street Penang. Pnxos. Daily Local m 924 per annum. Outstation... Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Post Free) 917.50 CABLE ADDRESS ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo, 580 Printing Department 343 SB.— All bait.Ma cwnraunic.tion*97 words
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Article37 1916-05-29 6 Auqustin.— On May 27th„ at The Maternity Hospital, Penang, to Mrs. Augustio, wife of R. J. Augustin, of the Chenderiang Tin Dredging, Limited, Chenderiang, Perak, of a daughter. Singapore and F. M. S. papers please copy.37 words
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Article1366 1916-05-29 6 Voluntaryism is dead with the passing of the Compulsion Act. It does not matter whether it died a natural death but it certainly is as dead as the prorerbial door nail. Ob the de mortui» principle let us concede that it has achieved something like a miracle for us.1,366 words
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Article822 1916-05-29 6 Dr. A. L. Hoops was on a visit to Penang daring the weak end, Mr. J. L. McFall is appointed assistant Protector of Chinese, Singapore. Mr. Chan Kang Swi is appointed a Commissioner of the Peace for Malacca. Captain T. Robinson, of the Singapore Pilot Association, has822 words
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Article1022 1916-05-29 6 Traffic Regulation. There is no doubt that the posting constables at Simpang Ampat and 8im 0t Lima, whore Macalister Road crones Road aud Perak Road, has brought about* marked improvement in the rp 2u l tion of the heavy morning ''i evening traffic in Macalistjr R oaH We1,022 words
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Advertisement215 1916-05-29 6 IF YOU NEED A DICTIONARY GET ONE of the following from us:— Routledge’s New English Dictionary Walker’s Pronouncing Annandale’s Concise English Lippincott’s Business and Office Chambers’s Twentieth Century Nuttall’s Standard Webster’s Condensed Webster’s English Pronouncing Webster’s Little Gera Pitman’s Commercial The Shorter Modern Blackie's Standard Diotionary Collin’s Gem m Collin’s215 words
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Article1037 1916-05-29 7 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. LIVELY BOM3ARDMENT. Paris, May 25. A communique reports mainly minor operations, and lively bom ardments ea9t Cf Mort Homme. There was intermittent urtillery lighting iu the Woevre, and attempt** at an attack north-west of Altkirch were prevented by French fire. Cum'cres Retaken. London,1,037 words
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Article134 1916-05-29 7 Tho annual general meeting of the Mohamedan Football Association was held at the Crescent Star Sports Club on Saturday afternoon when the minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed and the committee’s report adopted. The committee expressed their thanks to the officers of the M134 words
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Article192 1916-05-29 7 Tc-day’s Quotations. Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to-day at $92.60, buyers no sellers, and in Singapore (refined) at $93 S7\, business done (50 tons sold). Chinese politics are still a seething cauldron. The feature of to-day’s news is the opinion expressed by the correspondent of the Times at Peking192 words
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Article586 1916-05-29 7 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. FURIOUS ENEMY ASSAULTS. Rome, May 27. A communique issued in Rome states that the enemy, persisting in impetuous attacks between the Adige and Val Darsa, was again defeated with much bloodshed. Masses of infantry assaulted Conizugna and the Buole Pass and were exterminated.586 words
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Article629 1916-05-29 7 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. GREECE AND BULGARIA. Greek Fort Occupied. 1 Salonika, May 28. > German and Bulgarian officers on Thurs- day waited on the Greek Commander at Rupe), and intimated that in order to assure the Bulgarian left against attack by the Allies they proposed to occupy629 words
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Article615 1916-05-29 7 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. GERMAN PREPARATIONS. Petrograd, May 27. Prisoners state that the Germans are working furiously at strengthening their defences in the rear of the Russian front i in anticipation of an attack They hare i constructed two railways from Mitau to Shavle and from Memel615 words
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Article28 1916-05-29 7 C From Out Own Correspondent^) London, May 27. The following were the prices in the London Rubber Market to-day Pale Crepe 2/8 Diamond Smoke 2/728 words
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Article547 1916-05-29 7 FROM DUTCH SOURCES. The following spocial (elegrams are from the Sumatra Pott of Thursday, May 25: Bread for Hollaed. Minister Posthuma has submitted a supplementary estimate of two and a half million guilders as the dtfioit on the Government's purchase and sale of wheat and corn, miking547 words
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Article253 1916-05-29 7 The following articles will be fcunl on our outside pages:— Page. 3. Coldstream Guards. Hongkong Liquidations. 4. —Verdun. Down Glasses.” A Fine of Ten Thousand Taels. Chinese Pirates on the Chiyo Maru 5. —Cricket. Penang Swimmiug Club. 8. —The Dublin Revolt. Rag Gymkhana at Ipoh. Smoking Concert. PostBellum Trade.253 words
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Article755 1916-05-29 8 At The Town Hall. The organisers of the Smoking Concert held on Saturday night at the Town Hall in aid of the Star aod Garter building fund for permanently disabled soldiers and sailors are to be warmly congratulated on the result of their labours. Notwithstanding the very short755 words
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Article3359 1916-05-29 8 Graphic Description. How thi Trouble Began. Says the Sunday Times of Ajoril 30 The latest news is contained in an interview given to a Press Association representative by a prominent official of the principal railway in Dublin, who arrived at Euston from Kingstown yesterday He resides in3,359 words
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Article247 1916-05-29 8 Good Racing. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipob, May 28. The rag gymkhana held hore on Saturday was a big success Fine weather prevailed. There was a large crowd present, capital sport, and satisfactory profit of which 25 per cent, is to be devoted to vrzr funds.247 words
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Article112 1916-05-29 8 To thn Editor of the Straits Echo. D ar Sir, The telegram in your Wednesdiy’s issue regarding the Manchester Chamber of Commerce contains the interesting statement that thirteen hundred members did not vote on the resolution concerning postbellum trade with Germany, as againet less than a thousand112 words
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Article259 1916-05-29 8 Lawn Tennis Tournament. The following were the result of the tie* pUyed ou Saturday at the Golf Club: Men** Doubles Handicap B. Sjer and Sharpin w o from Crabb Watt and Watson. Men’s Open Singles. A. O M Forrest beat M M Stewart 7—5. 8-6 Men’s Singles259 words
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Advertisement65 1916-05-29 8 For a Lane Back. Wheu you have pains or lameness in the back bathe the parts with Chamberlain's 1 am Bilm twice a day, massaging with the palm of the hand tor live miuutes at each application Then dampen a pieco of flannel ■lightly with this liuiment aud bind it65 words
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Advertisement46 1916-05-29 8 Now h the Time. For*fIieuinati8ui you will fiud nothing butter thm Uhambei Iain’s Pain Balm. Now ih the time to get *id of it. Try this liniment and sie bow quickly it will relieve the pain and bo euet-g. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.46 words
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Advertisement328 1916-05-29 8 A Good Role for the Home. Make it a rule of your home to always keep on hand a bottle of Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a safe-guard against bowel complaints. It always cures promptly and no household is safe without it. For sale by all Dispen* saries328 words
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Article784 1916-05-29 9 And Poo* Pbopli. I Says the S.F.P: It the Government imagines that the postponement indefinitely of the coming into alteration of the law for the abolition of I double ricshas means that it is never to come into force, well and good. But if the idea784 words
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Article92 1916-05-29 9 To-day. Qlenogle, for Rangoon, 9.30 a.m. Ban Lee for Langsa, noon. Pungah for Batu Bahra. 1 p.m. Ban Whatt Soon, for Deli, 1 p.m. Kalmoa, for Edi and Langsa, 2 p m. Ban Fo Soon, for Bagan Datoh and Teluk Anson, 2.30 p.m. Un Peng, for Pulau Langkawai,92 words
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Article37 1916-05-29 9 Esplanade, 6 to 7 p.m. Monday, 29th May, 1916. 1 Cavatina From Lucia di Lamermoor ...Donizetti 2 Mazurka Jenny ...Heinedorff 8 Waltz Hesperus Klange ...Gung’l 4 Polka The.Hollyßush Godfrey 5 March The Troopers Review ...Tyers37 words
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Article580 1916-05-29 9 The s.p. Kaga Maru is expected here on the 2nd proximo bound for the European ports. The outward bound s.s. AntUocnt from Liverpool will arrive here on June 3 with a large cargo for the Eastern ports. The Holt liner, s.s. Oanfa, 9,015 tons, is advised to arrive580 words
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Article217 1916-05-29 9 Monday, May 29, Town Band, Esplanade, 6 p.m. P.L.R.C. Shoot —Rifle Range, 5 p.m. Penang Volunteers —Battalion Drill, Esplanade, 5.30 p.m. Recruit Drill, Chinese Company, Fort Cornwallis, 5.30 p.m. Ambulance Co. Drill, Fort Cornwallis 5.30 p.m. Straits Cinema, Penang Road, 9 15 p.m. The Electric Polyscope Co.,217 words
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Advertisement244 1916-05-29 9 i— >(- >oczz: -'-DO( joc 3oc r, D D LK FOR THE BEST FOR INFANTS! APPRECIATED BY ADULTS!! fOPUlAH WITH AIL CLASSES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD!!! ICOHt>EN4 D D 0 SO 03 *•< V* It ion. J* 6 conomsed Sift VOIEK.U4: ci> Eagle Brand Condensed Milk. Sterilized Natural Milk. St. Charles’244 words
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Advertisement13 1916-05-29 9 For Children's Hocking Comgh at Night. Woods' Croat Peppermint Caro, 1* f d13 words
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Advertisement167 1916-05-29 9 Particulars and Conditions of Sale with sale plans can be had from the Auctioneers on and after the Slst of May 1916. CillJNG KENG LEE Co., Auctioneered E. O. Hotel. SPECIAL TIFFIN EVE* V WEDNESDAY SATURDAY. Craig 8 Rose Ltd. LONDON. EDINBURHM. CLASCOW. Contractors to H.M. Government, Admiralty, and War167 words
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Article970 1916-05-29 10 THE LOWEBT DEATH BATE ON RECORD. Exceptionally Good Yeab. Id the course of bis report on the Municipality of Singapore for the year 1915 Mr. F. J. Hallifax, the President, says Births registered during the year numbered 7,343, giving birth rate of 25,37 per mille compared with 26.30970 words
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Advertisement550 1916-05-29 10 \M> Cf 4 t£> C 3 C 3 \f p What 1:9 will suit the q E) children best B 0 0 D 0 When you are ordering dinner, this is always one of the first things to think of. You cannot give the children healthier fare than c Broun550 words
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Advertisement51 1916-05-29 10 A Good Role for the Home. Make it a rule of jour home to always keep on hand a bottle of Chamberl&in’B Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a safe-guard against bowel complaints. It always cures promptly and no household is safe without it. For sale by all Dispensaries and51 words
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Advertisement260 1916-05-29 10 HUTTENBACH B... C SOLE AGENTS FOR ROYAL TYPEWRITERS THE FEW MODEL No. 10. “The Machine that you will eventually Buy.” C 0 M P A B i n m I Sr. 'A C; ft i ii.1 A r «5: I 2 s CJ yp Etyft T Eftc T H E260 words
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Article1125 1916-05-29 11 Thera has been much discussion of the future of Europe after tbe war, very little of the future of Asia. Yet in spite of the millions of men which for the first time in our history we are raising for military service, we are still1,125 words
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Article921 1916-05-29 11 The Other Side of the Question. About half a century sgo, as it seems aow looking back over the vista of dreadful war, th.re was a good deal said and written about prospectiog licences, miners’ rights, and, incidentally, tin-steelers. Perhaps the folk who had the first matter in hand921 words
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Article178 1916-05-29 11 When a patient mentions headache* the doctor seeks for the eause, and in most cases finds it in some derangement of the nervous or digestive system. Headache, as is well knowD, is one of the commonest symptoms of a weak disordered stomach, or exhausted nervous system178 words
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Advertisement63 1916-05-29 11 MACKA LIQUEUR r-ir (THE ORIGINAL BRAND) AS SUPPLIED TO THE House of Lords AND House of Commons SOLE AGENTS: ADAMSON, CILFILLAN Co., LTD., (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND) VENANG, SINGAPORE MALACCA. For COP AGEN Via Suez. Thes.s. “INMEN” 4199 TONS HAS VACANT 5 Ist CLASS BERTHS. Sailing from Penang on the 30th63 words
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Advertisement83 1916-05-29 11 Croup. This disease is so dangerous and so npid in its development that every mother of young children -hculd be prepared* for it. It is very risky to wait uutii the attack of croup appears and tbeu send for medicine and let the child suffer until it can be obGained.83 words
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Advertisement390 1916-05-29 11 To Suffer or Not to Suffer. Thera is only one a» swer. Littlk’s Obiental Balm has forever banished the need to suffer. Rheumatism, swollen, painful joints, weakened mueclt s, tho most unbearable aches and pjios disappear at the soothing touch of this renowned remedy. Just rub in Little's Oriental Balm390 words
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Advertisement2010 1916-05-29 12 P. O.—B. I. AND apcar line (IncorporatedJin England.) Mail and |Pa««enger JSepyioe». PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL SAILINGS. MAIL SERVICE. rA /far EuroaeJ Outward (for China and Japan.) Proceeds direct to Marseilles London «from London direct. INTERMEDIATE DIRECT SERVICE. Homeward for Europe. Outward (for China and Japan.) s.s. Novara Aug. 24 s.s.2,010 words
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