Straits Echo, 25 September 1916

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  • 37 1 Straits Echo a» m DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FA* EAST GENERALLY. VOL. 14. $24 Per Annua. PENANG, MONDAY, 25th SEPTEMBER, 1916. little Coy. II cta&i No. 224-«
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    • 1087 1 i4££iAl l&D N RAt MOTOR CAR for Sale. One second-hand two-seater morris oxford In good running order, complete with accessories. Intending purchasers can have a trial run and full particulars obtained from The Georgetown <BANKS Motor 7\ Penang Road. TeljAddresß: Hokimteik, Penang. 'Phone No. 694. Motor Car Importers and Stockists
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    • 22 2 DRINK RECOGNISED Wi CONNOISSEURS THE LEADIN BRAND on the MARKET mi < SOLE AGENTS: KATZ BROTHERS, LTD., (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements.) PENANG.
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  • 929 3  -  By Eden Phillpotts. It was never finished, and now after a hundred years and more its huge stone work is fretted with moss aud lichen, its etnbrmju ei, from which uo gun ever fired, 1 have loat their symmetry, its moats and are broken, its underground passages
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  • 909 3 Mm. Bbce’s Flan foe Dealing with Enemt Malefactobs. 1 he Hon. James Montgomery Beck, former Assistant* Attorney -General to the United States, and the author of “The Evidence in the Case,” has given an interview to the Daily TtUyraph on the eve of his departure for
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    • 226 3 oaf Policy is to supply goods of undoubted smartness at the lowest possible margin of profit. suar&tn or protrt, A h«ii e stock of I*on Bedsteads now on view in our New Show Room. I n MISSIVE IRON BEDSTEADS as sketch brass rings and Spindles, Size Price 4J' by 6J'
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    • 64 3 Rheumatism. Hava you ever tried Chunberlain’s Pain Balm for rheumatism? If not, you are wasting time, as the longer this disease runs j on, the bar ler it is to cure. Get a bottle, to d»v, apply it with a vigorous message to the fflicted parts and you will be
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    • 60 3 Chroftic Diirrkoa. Are you subject to attacks of dianboaa? Keep absolutely quiet for a few days, rest in jbfdif possible, be careful of yeur diet acd > take Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrboca Remedy. This medicine has cured 1 cases of chronic diarrhoea that physicians have failed on, and it
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    • 491 3 J IIIMHHHBMIHIHRHn Anaemia or Poorness of Blood, is far more prevalent than is generally supposed. Men, Women and Children are all liable to suffer. If neglected, serious consequences may result. If taken when the symptoms are first noticed, it is a very simple matter to enrich the blood and so
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  • 674 4 Powib Tabbn to lubub Straits Bonds. The Government Gat-Ue contains the following text of an Ordinance to provide for raising money for the present war:— Whereas it is desirable that an opportunity be afforded for the local investment of moneys with the Government by way of loan
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  • 179 4 Tho play for the Ladies Spoou for September resulted as follows: Mrs. T. E Winfield 3 up Winner P. J. Sproule 2up Cantrell all square T. A. Martiu do. J. Brown 9 Down Miss Mahler 2 do. Mrs. Adamson, Mrs. Clarke, Mrs. Macintjreand Miss Heim also played
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  • 877 4 Within the past few months so mush has been wiitten on the subject of registration of domestic servants that there really appears to be very little, if anything, that can be usefully added to the discussion. We are impelled, however, to return to the question, even at the
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  • 95 4 The September Monthly Medal Competition 50 yards handicap, was held at the Swimming Club on Sunday morning with the following result Start. Ht C A. Padday 3 seconds. 2nd T. H. Stone 3rd M; M. Stewart 5 There were 10 starters and Mr. Padday won tbe final
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    • 7 4 Chef-t Complaints, Oieat Peppermint Cure la. 6<*.
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    • 241 4 In Edinburgh for 135 years. i n hi se JAMES STEWART established our House in Edinburgh in the year 1779, and since that time we have concentrated our energies on one object, viz., the production of the finest possible Scotch Whisky. The result is just this, that our knowledge of
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    • 496 4 MARBLE HALL. (TOP OF NORTHAM ROAD.) BOARD and RESIDENCE: for ihort or long period.; separate table. large and ocol rooms. Mas H. BODOM, Proprittre". Nervous?Headache. A feeling as of a tight band about the head is often felt in addition to the pain of a headache that i. caused bv
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  • 714 5 KEDAH ve P. C. C. A HiKguv Home Vicxokt. Almost all Penang west to the Esplanade on Saturday evening to witness the football match between the P. C. C. and a team representing Kedab. The game waa in* terest ag and exciting from start to finish as the
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  • 206 5 FROM DUTCH SOURCES. Tke following items cf naws are contained in special cables to the Sumatra Fosi Tbe death is announced of Genet al Gaede, the German commander in Upper Alrace. The Germans have decided to shorten their iioo on the western front and will probably take
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  • 526 5 InTEEITTUI«-OuTPOSxA4 AN(EUVEB9. The mem bars of the. Province Welleslej Volunteer Rtfl*s yesterday afternoon engag* ed in very interesting field manoeuvres in the vicinity fit Golden .drove Estate. Tcey were in the-nebire ot* out pest work and were well carried out. There was a fair turn-out but
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  • 163 5 Exck'age of Massages. The following telegiam despatched by His Excel'ency tho Governor to the Right Uoa’ble tho Secretary of State for the Colonies on the sth August, 1916, together with tbe despatch rtc ived in reply ate publisbod iu the overument Gazette for general information:— '*Crowded public meetings
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  • 214 5 A daring gang robbery, attended with fatal rfßults, took p’aoe at Bukit Minyak, Province Wellesley early on S iturday me raiDg. It appears that a gang of robbers broke into the house of a pig-rearer who two or three days previously had sold some cf his pigs.
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    • 157 5 -3 < til. CO 0 til J' 4 M u 14: ft (0 •m CO z < z < E o 0 0 o </) _l < n i SCOTCH WHISKY SOMETHING TO CROW- ABOUT' I r- SCOTCHWHISKJ^J Vi F. s BUCHANAN C O1AS0 O* Ml 0) Oi r o
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    • 412 5 AMULET SMOKING MIXTURE QUITE NEW PACKED IN TINS O F l4 and 1/8 lbs. FOR SALE B Y ALL PRINCIPAL DEALERS. TO-NIGHT I TO-NIGHT 1! The Electric Polyscope Co., Lyceum Theatre, Argyll Road. Present Pathe's Latest and Most Wonderful Serial NEAL OJF 28 PARTS 28 THE NAVY It is the
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  • 95 6 Mi*X My (except Qmmdmjt mi. §m§ 'Mhyi) 'Ai xn CSITBSION PRESS, Ln. No 59, Beach Street, Penang. mam. Duly Leeel Mt 934 ptrunim. OvUUtkm... Postage Extra. Mail B4*mm (Port Pm) 917.50 CABLE iODUM: f SOHO—PENANG.” Telephoee Not. (Echo, 586 Priatiag Department 343 > Mm.—Aß feMtMM MMiiMtlou OmM
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  • 55 6 Goatly Barnett —On Saturday, the 23rd inst., at St. George’s Church, Penang, by the Revd. Keppel Gamier, assisted by the Revd. H. C. Henham, 2nd Lieut Cyril R. A. Goatly, only son of Mr. ani Mrs. W. Goatly, London, to Maude Aileen, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C.
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  • 1260 6 Generally speaking, the news received over the week-end is satisfactory. For the moment the Allied advance on the Somme has been suspended while the new positions gained are stoutly consolidated. This is all part of the programme arranged and does not denota anything more than a slight lull
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  • 940 6 Mr. Allen Dennys, we are glad to hear, is much better, Mr. A. Van de Sande-Backhuyzen, ConsulGeneral for the Netherlands in Singapore, has been visiting Java and consulting with prominent business men on trade relations between that country and the Straits Settlements. Capt. Wheeley, of the Sherwood
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  • 908 6 Kite Flylat. One has no desire to interfere with ths sports and pastimes of the “soaring hum.! boy” but for the safety of h s own life an J limb he should be prevented from flying ktas id the public streets. Batches of him may u! seen every
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    • 189 6 TYPEWRITING REQUISITES. VC* V c9 s 151 y I o* X^ x*> 2$ S&&5SS N> ntD c**' >CT« STs NU' RIBBONS That do not fill the type?. CARBONS That do not cause unsightly smudges but at the same time give clear and sharp impressions. Typewriting Papers, Erasers, Oil, Etc, Etc.
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  • 1163 7 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. ZEPPELINS AGAIN. A COSTLY ATTACK. TWO RAIDERS LOST. Hiitjt Casualties, London, Sept. 24, 2.85 a.m. An offioial statement issued by the Press Bureau announces that a number of hostile airships visited the ea9t and south-east coast of England to night. Bombs were droppec
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  • 108 7 The Banque de I’lndo-Chine ask us to state that they have received a telegram from their head office in Paris relating to the new 5 per oent. French war loan. The subscription list will be opened on October 5 and will close on October 29 Tbe
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  • 204 7 (From Our Own Correspondent^ London, September 22. The following were the prices in the London Rubber Market to-day Pale Crepe 2/5 Diamond Smoked The output of the Tongkah Harbour Tin Dredging Co., for the week ended Septembor 23, was twenty-four tons. Bv the s.s, Tara *2,438 coolies
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  • 1332 7 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. FURIOUS COUNTER-ATTACKS. Essay's Heavy Losses. London, September, 22,12.25 p.m. Renter's correspondent with the British Headquarters, wiring on September 20, states that the Germans daring the past twenty-four hours delivered several counterattacks in an attempt to reoaptnre the positions. They were generally repulsed but got
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  • 762 7 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. REVOLUTION T Tk« Truth L«tkit| Out. London, September 23. The Daily Mail correspondent at Athens, wiring on September 21, states that the removal of the Greek censorship permits the truth to be told. The kingdom of Greece is only a name for Salonika,
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  • 770 7 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. Further Fightiag. Amsterdam, Sept 22. The Handelsblad learns from 8ourabaya (hit the insurgents attacked Major Ott who is ia command of 60 pdicemen at Moeratebo. Two of tbe police were killed and 15 wounded. Tbe insurgents lost heavily. Growing More Serious. Amsterdam, September
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  • 79 7 The following articles will be found on our outside pages: Pages. 3. —A Cou.t o! Nationr. The Old Port, 4 —War Loan BU. Penang Golf Club, Penang Swimming Club, Servant Registration. 5. —Association Football Lite War Items. P.W V R War Anniversary. Province Gang R'bbery 8, Telegrams. W»r SvViogs.
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  • 346 8 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. Cttar'i Gas Attacks. Petrograd, Sapt. 23. A Petrograd communique states Yesterday south-east of Lake Narotcb, we repulsed massed attacks interspersed with gas attacks. South-east of Baranovitchi the enemy also liberated gas. South-west of Giumichan we broke through a fortified position, capturing ammunition and stores.
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  • 121 8 Pa**.**, Sbptimim 25. (fy wwlm| the Obstriersd Bmnk.) Ualw, Dna&nd Bank 1/43/16 m 4 months’ sight Bank t/4 5/8 Credit S/4 It/16 t Dosnsssafcary 1/417/32 OUsatt*. Dmtid Bask Ks. 174* I days’ sight Private M 17# Bemhay, Dsaaand Bank 1744 Momlmsiit, Demand Bank 1714 I days’ sight Private 174#
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  • 719 8 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. Referendum Bill Passed. Melbourne, September 22. The Senate has pissed tin first reading of the Referendum Bill. An amendment has been inserted allowing naturalised enemy ®ubj°cts, whose sods are serving with the Australian forces, to vote in the referendum. Melbourne, September 23, The
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  • 478 8 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. Sveeeisfal Klßi. London, September 23 A British official statement, issued at Salonika, reports successful raids on*-the Struma and Doiran front*. Naval aircraft bombed the enemy transports at Drama apparently with goed results. Weather Hampers Operatioae, Paris, September 23. An official French cable from
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  • 213 8 I The last Club shoot of the season took i place yesterday afternoon, Ranges 300 and I 600 yards, H. P. 8. 100. Resulting scores were It», r• m w ith h’cap. made. Pte. Lim Tek Soon .75 91.50 1 J 2od/Lt. C. D. D. Hogan
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  • 517 8 A MALAYAN TEOBT. Loaf InvistkivtFor some time past we have been advooatiog the formation of an institution somewhat on the lines of the War Savings Ass<v ciations which have proved so popular and so helpful in the collection of emaU savings for war purposes at HomeA circular has
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  • 290 8 [To. the Editor of the Straits Echo Dear Sir, As the Keddi Aeroplane Fund ii now closed, I am forwarding you the statement of account from tbo Chartered Biok and will bs-olliged if you can find room fjrit in your column*-. August 2. Draft .£2,250 to War
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  • 1935 8 Goatlt Bxxkbtt. St. Georgs’* s Church was.« on Saturday afternoon the scene of a fashionable and largely-attended wedding, the contracting parties being Mr. C. R. A. Goatly, only son of Mr. and M*s. Walter IX Goatly of London# and Seowd Liautesant in A’ Company t of the
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    • 141 8 WANTED MANAGERESS for TLe Bodega or Reliable Clerk of. respectable family, Apply to THE BODEGA. 475 WANTED. OB COMPOSITORS. Sa'ary accordiog to qualifications. Apply to FOREMAN, Criterion Press, Ltd. WANTED. A FURNISHED HOUSE not later than Ist December, sea-front preferred. Apply by letter to FRITCHARD Co, Lid F.M.S. WAR LOAN.
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    • 37 8 Remember the Name. Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Di» r rhoea Remedy is the beat known 1110 lC for diarrhoea, dysentery, colic, crftDQ pains in the stomach. You may j some time. For sale by all Dispensaries Dealers,
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  • 395 9 New Session This Wire. tak« J? I Council will take place on Friday next at 230 p.m. The order, of the day are as follows J. Motions by the Colonial Sacretary -That bv th?a nCI appro? s the notification made bj the Governor in Couccil on August 11,
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  • 517 9 [To The Editor of the Free Press.] Sir, —Is it not time that somo protest was raised a 9 to the orgy of pleasure which is to mark our ra r n r st endeavours to r<tise funds for the Red Cross Societies on Our Day,
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  • 669 9 Last year the disbursement by the F.M.B > Education Department emounted to less i than 1$ per cent, of either the public revenue or public expenditure. The figures probably do not include the cost of any new school buildioga or upkeep of existing buildings, but it
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  • 140 9 Monday, September 25. Penang Volun'oers —Battalion Drill, Enp’aiade, 5.30 pm. R’C-uit Drill, Chinese Company, Fort C> nwallis, 5.30 p.m. Ambulance Co. Drill, Fort Cornwallis, 5.30 p.m Fu l Court of Appeal, Ipoh. Tuesday, September 26. Penacg Volunteers—Battalion Drill, Race Course, 5.15 p m. Recruit Dr>ll. Chinese Company.
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    • 636 9 The mirror shows plainer than words whst a wonderful improvement may be realised by a gain of even 10 or 12 pounds. We strongly recommend every man and woman reader of this paper, who is thin, Dale, weak or run down, or who has lost his or her buoyant, youthful
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    • 18 9 MARTIN'S A f-ch Remedy for JjdK »kc« 4 >’<» ,’J„, ™Snlem «UD*»y <*»* a r J m JsttTK «wxaA.Fioi.. WW»
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    • 83 9 I I What an anxious time has the mother with a growing family to look after. Generally one or the other is ailing, has caugbt a chill, or is feverish. With a bottle of WOODS’ GREAT PEPPERMINT CORE I in th 9 medicine chest the wc rry is much diminished.
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    • 210 9 rT’ t K r' i ,r 7 f ..»f J r;~ >A g*: L JN. J* r% ir ryj T, >*: l J n ,-t* —rVf.« T-/ 5 ‘~Aj.' V ▼t s We <»> r WANTED SILVER BULLETS. IS YOUR NECESSARY EXPENDITURE ASSISTING THE OLD COUNTY? REMEMBER THAT 90? of
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  • 368 10 Horse Show and Swimming Races In the War zone. The New Zealand general is a firm believer in interesting bn soldiers in other things besiles wa f writes Captain Malcolm Ross, the Official Press Representative with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, in an article issued by the High
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  • 492 10 The Zurich correspondent of tho Central Nowb writes On August 14, as I briefly informed you in a telegraphic despatch, the Volksrecht published the text of a remarkable memorandum sent to the German Foreign Office in October by Dr. Edward Graeter (Swiss), Dr. Niepage (German) and othor teachers
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  • 696 10 RrvALS or Bombay and Calcutta, While the war has seriously interfered with trade in India, as elsewhere, it is an indication of the prosperity of the country to find the Government discussing two projects relating to the construction of two new ports, one at Vizagapatam, on the
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  • 179 10 [To the Editor or the Straits Times.] Sir, —Allow me to bring to y u* notice the ruling high prices of the bare* necessities of life in this Colony, arid I pray that you will kindly take up the cudgels on behalf of those who can
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    • 37 10 Remember the N&me. Chamberlaiu a Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea lteinedy in the best known melicite lor diarrhoea, dysentery, colic, ciat»p< or Pams m the stomach. You may n-od it sometime. For sale by all D .pen.anes and
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    • 88 10 Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. This remedy has no superior as a cure for elds, croup and whoeping cough. It has been a favorite with the mothers of young children for almost forty years. Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy' can always be depended upon and is pleasant to take. It not only cures colds
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    • 216 10 Huttenkch Bros. 8 COMPANY. ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS CONTRACTORS. SOLE AGENTS FOR: A!1 kinds of ELECTRICAL machinery. Free Estimates Given for all Kinds of Electrical Work. Mining Plants and PriYate Lighting Installations a Speciality. AGENTS FOR: HE STEBLIETGf lELEPME CO., Large Stocks of Telephones are kept and Private Installations can be Started
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  • 2119 11 Divisions of Ofinion and Anxiety of the Enemy. If proof were needed that the ruling classes of Germany are anxious about the state of publio opinion in their country, it is afforaed by numerous articles in the h German press appealing for restraint of 1 criticism and
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    • 62 11 I t: > i. t f «•p 2 fjt v\ SSV.- V O *> v >: *;>tgr*,r nftk > LARGE REDUCTION IN PRICES. a 3* SEE 1916 PRICE LIST. 60LE AGENTS: ADAMSON, GILFILLAN Co., (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND) PENANG, SINGAPORE MALACCA. Ltd., 808 g—s/t* s?Ft£££S Kfi T. A* j. 1 2
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    • 42 11 Treatment for Dysentery. Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diar* rhoea Remedy followed by a dose of castor oil will effectually cure the most stubborn cases of dysentery. It is especially good for summer diarrhoea in children. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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    • 594 11 Swellings Disappear when you rub in Little's Orients! Balm The pain goes right awsy and the swelling itself d sappears with a few applications. It is utterly useless to suffer. It is useless to pay big doctor's bills and then to find yourself no better. For 1 Re. you can
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    • 1454 12 p. B. I. AND APCAR LINE (Inoobpobatbd iir England.) Mall and Passenger Servioei PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL SAILINGS. MAIL SERVICE. Outward (for China and Ja»an) t Proceeds direct to Marseilles A London. from London direct. INTERMEDIATE DIRECT SERVICE. (Service temporarily suspeeded.) Wireless Tclejrapky fitted all Steamers. NOTICE.—All cabins are fitted with
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