Straits Echo, 13 December 1916
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Title Section37 1916-12-13 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL. I*. $24 Per Annum. PENANG, WEDNESDAY, iat h DECEMBER, 1916. v ingle Copy, 10 cents No. 292>37 words
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Advertisement1224 1916-12-13 1 7lY SHE® m for sale 0 De n ew 3916 and 2 second-hand 1913 Model HUPMQBILE CARS ir good running condition. One second-hand two-seater morris oxford (BANKS Chartered Bank of India, Aust*- r a.id Chin a. (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND ROYAL CHARTER) BY £1,200,000 £1,800,000 or In good running order compete1,224 words
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Advertisement9 1916-12-13 1 >, H C >5 i* w*9*r& R •V ?‘«tc V9 words
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Article1050 1916-12-13 2 Tracking the Prey. Amazing disc'osure* of tbe making and methods of tin Gerimn spy in the FatherUnd “written by oao who was trained for tbe work,” are published in tbe Tribune here, writes tbe New York correspondent of the Daily Express, and it is safe to state1,050 words
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Article879 1916-12-13 2 Home Life After the War. Is war work spoiling women Are they bocoming less sensitive, less refined, less “feminine” through all this rubbing shoulders with the world, this great moiling and toilin; adventure on which many of them have so suddenly and so bravely embarked879 words
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Advertisement432 1916-12-13 2 WHITEAWAY’S X MAS BAZAAR DOLLS. DRESSED DOLLS. All Dolls are as rear perfection as possible. Desigced by expert Doll makers. We have an immense stock of all descriptions. Prices: 95 cts $1-35, 1-50, 1-95, 2-35, 2-50, 2 95, 3-50, 4-25. 4-95, 5-50, 6-95 $8-50. it' UNDRESSED DOLLS. Ranging from 9432 words
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Advertisement55 1916-12-13 2 Unnecesury Words. Wh J waB e words and advertising space in descnbintf the many points of merit in Cbamberlans Cough Remedy? The most fastidious are satisfied when we state that !t cures colds and congbs from anv cause, and that it contains absolutely no narcotics or injurious substances. For sale55 words
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Advertisement550 1916-12-13 2 Not Beyond Hope Tboso who have suffer» d year with Rheumatism will be glad to he/ remedy that h« proved fb*olm e 1 There are no conditions of RheumatiL matter how severe, nor from what D that Oionot immediately be relief permanently cured by Little* nJ’?® Balm. People b r550 words
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Article1055 1916-12-13 3 Accused Discharged. Before Mr, V, G. Ezrchiel ia the Taird Coart ye-twrday afternoon the preliminary enquiry was concluded into the case against a 8:raits-born Chines», named Oon Eug Soon, who was charged with fraudulently and dishonestly using as geauine a forged docu ment, purporting to be a1,055 words
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Article611 1916-12-13 3 Peo o’ My Heart.” It is not surprising to leatn that Peg o' My Heart,” after proving one of the lew notable successes of the theatrical seatou of (915, i 9 still being played nightly tocrowded houses in Linoon, for it is a charming little play with611 words
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Article291 1916-12-13 3 The output of the Ulu Piah Company, L mited, for the month of November wjs Mire output 380 pis. Approximite value $20,000 In consequence of claims for excess-profits duty, Lanadroa Estates wII pay no interim dividend. The Commissi mera assess the company at .£B,BBO for 1914, and A‘31,249291 words
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Advertisement649 1916-12-13 3 < tii 05 V VANS (/> o 0 05 SCOTCH WHISK' J 4 M 0 u a ui 05 z < z < 0 0 0 m •< r r no w SOMETHING TO CROW ABOUT 2 O I ACK&WHITF ►tj > r WH1SKV r X I-: BLACK a WHITE649 words
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Advertisement274 1916-12-13 3 WILL.. MEDIUM WSI Ir HO WIU '*Tch 4 L O"o<r CAPSTAN _Li u. stpcngth^l D&HOWID ?'SToi ior<o o 'l FULL kzidre Coming! Coming!! Coming!!! Universtl Great (Juvm de i»1 Pcoto-play ‘.The adventures of Peg O'The Ring” Iu 30 roels tin 3-srgitiou of the Picture World, To-night! THE To-night!! pLECTRIC POLYSCOPE274 words
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Article, Illustration96 1916-12-13 4 Plbliahad daily (except Sundays and pnblio holidays) AT THI CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. Eo. 59, Beach Street, Penang. Pbicb. Daily Local $24 per annum. Outftation... Postage Extra. Kail Edition (Post Free) $17.50 CABLB ADDRESS ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo) 580 Printing Department 343 N.B.— All business communications should be96 words
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Article1341 1916-12-13 4 It was to be foreseen that Germany and her allies, having scored a distinct success in the campaign against Rumania, would seize the opportunity to open negotiations for peace. Perhaps the Central Powers are genuinely tired of the war and anxious for a cessation of hostilities. Perhaps1,341 words
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Article974 1916-12-13 4 Mr. H. Lloyd Cowdey, of the Ipoh Bar, is in Penang. Mr. Owen Owen is going on a business k visit to Traog, Mr. Rutley has come to Penang to take 1 charge of the local branch of the Asiatic i Petroleum Co. Mr, W. Duncan is974 words
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Article990 1916-12-13 4 The Humour of It, We wonder whether M. Brizon, who wu responsible for a scene in the French Chamber, sees the humour of it. This Social ist and Pacifist, who found himself in 8 ut of splendid isolation during the debate on the war credit, promptly hurls a990 words
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Advertisement198 1916-12-13 4 WHAT SHALL I GIVE IS UNQUESTIONABLY THE QUESTION OF THE HOUR. If you are in quest of an establishment wher« there is an infinite variety of useful yet inexpensive presents, the right place is here. Our Grand Toy Bazaar Now Open COMPRISING ALL THE LATEST SEASON’S TOYS Tricycles, perambulators, go-carte,198 words
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Article833 1916-12-13 5 (Reuter Service) GERMAN PROPOSALS. SPECiAL SITTING OF THE REICHSTAG. The Chnneell latention. London, Dec. 12. 12.45 a.m, A telegram from A usterdam states that a sitting of the Reichstag has been unex ptrctedly convened for to-morrow. It will be the most remarkable since the Outoreak of war and833 words
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Article319 1916-12-13 5 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLES. Further Appointments. London, December 11. It is believed that Sir Mark Sykes will be Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs and Mr. Hayes Fisher Under-Secretarv for the Colonies. Parliament will again adjourn to morrow until Thursdiy when Mr. Lloyd George will make his319 words
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Article249 1916-12-13 5 MAJOR-GENERAL RIDOUT’S TRIBUTE. “FAITHFUL TO THEIR SALT." On the Ist inst says the Ipoh paper, Mr. Oopal Singb, Hon. Secretary of the Khalsa Diwan Malaya, Ipoh, forwarded to His Excellency Major-General Dudley Ridout, Commanding the Troops, S S,, a cheque for Rs, 895.15 raised by means of small249 words
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Article67 1916-12-13 5 Tba following articles will be found on our outside pages Spv Mysteries Revealed. Does War Work Spoil Women 3 —Alleged Bank Fraud. The HowittPhillips Co. Tin Outputs. 6 —P-euio Mata Mata German Views on the War. Taxation Rumours. Local Defences. News from Ipoh. The Week’s Events. 7.—Man-Power of the67 words
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Article855 1916-12-13 5 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. GERMANY BAULKED. Propi|iidiiti at Work, London, December 11. German propagandists are very active in Rumania and are seeking to undermine the loyalty of the army by offering grants of land to officers and men ptepared to side with the Germans who have proclaimed their855 words
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Article725 1916-12-13 5 (Reuter's Service). Copyright Telegram. DESPERATE FIGHTING. Freach Progress. London, December 12. A Paris communique states that the Teuto-Bulgar forces desperately tesisted the Allied attacks north of Monastir. Fighting is very heavy north of Hill 1,050 where the height was attacked by tbe Russians aud changed hands frequently. The725 words
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Article467 1916-12-13 5 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. U 5.4. AND GERMANY. Tkc Muiu Iscidest. Washington, December 12. The State Department announces that complete information regarding the torpedoing of the Marina makes the attack appear a clear-cut violation of Germany’s pledges. Fuller information is awaited regarding the Arabia before the next467 words
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Article28 1916-12-13 5 {From Our Oxen Correspondent,') London, December 11. Tne prices in tbe London Rubber Market to-day are:— Pale Crepe 3 4 tell rs Diamond Smoked 3/428 words
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Article67 1916-12-13 5 Latest Quotations. Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to-day at $B9, buyers no sel'e-e, in Singapore (refined) at $9O 25, business done (75 tons sold), and in London at j£lB4 15s. spot and j£lB6 15s. three months’ sight. Messrs. Bonstead A Co. inform us that the following were67 words
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Article1062 1916-12-13 5 Dear Sir, I am fetill in this city of brick pil»c and parrakeets, aud a very pleasant place Lahore can be at this season of tfce y*ar, when the suu is always shining, and a fir* at night completes one’s comfort. Lahore is unique in the1,062 words
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Obituary84 1916-12-13 5 Obituary. Sir R. V. Williams. Londoo, December 11. The death has taken place ot tbe Rt. Hon. Sir Roland Vaughan Williams, Lord Justice cf the Court of Appeal, 1897—1914, The Hoa. George Gilbert White. The death baa taken place cf the Hon. George Gilbert White, C.S.I.Cnief Engineer and Secretary to84 words
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Article671 1916-12-13 6 Not «o very long ago I «tated in this oolumn that the Posts and Telegraph* Department —that Cinderella of the Government D’partment6 —was contemplating an increase in the cbargea for the ■ervice, and the rumours to this effect have “own very peraiatent of late. I wonder when,671 words
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Article880 1916-12-13 6 The Taxation Representative Committee have been sitting since the 7th inst., and have considered a large number of proposals and suggestions, Toe public, on baturday last, became aware of various gossips as to the findings of the Committee. We think no good can come from making public id'e880 words
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Article943 1916-12-13 6 Thr Principal Ensmt, Professor Delb.uak has an interesting article in the October number of the Preuf sische Jahrbucher on Our Principal Enemy “The division of opinion which became evident in the German people soon after the outbreak of war,” he says, “has developed now into943 words
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Article775 1916-12-13 6 Volunteer Training. I I On Saturday afternoon the Singapore local defence corps wbioh has, on the skeleton i of tbe old Volunteers, grown into being under tbe working of tbe Compulsory Training Ordinance was to have paraded for a formal inspection by His Excellency the General Officer Commanding.775 words
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Article110 1916-12-13 6 Wednesday, November 13. Penang Volunteers—Recruit Drill, Fort Cornwallis 5.30 p.m. Town Band, Esplanade. Thursday, December 14. Penang Volunteers Ambulance Co. Drill, Fort Cornwallis, 530 p.m.; Battalion Drill, Esplanade 5.15 p.m. Friday, December 15 Town Band, Esplanade, 6 p.m. Saturday, December 16, Penang Golf Club, Men’s Monthly Medal110 words
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Article647 1916-12-13 6 A Malay named Babjee bin Karam Ali was this morning charged before the District I Judge with impersonating a public servant, to wit a police oonstable, and thereby falsely inducing two women named Teng Guat Eng and Etan to deliver to him the sum of $1, and647 words
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Article119 1916-12-13 6 Pbna.no, December 13. (By courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London, Demand Bank 2/4 7/32 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4 5/8 3 Credit 2/427/32 h 3 Documentary 2/4 7/8 Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. 174 3 days’ sight Private 17fc Bombay, Demand Bank IJ4 Moulmein, Demand Bank *73- 3 days’ sight119 words
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Article413 1916-12-13 6 Official Munnis. Minute, of Meeting of tbe Mnoioip.l Commissioners held on Tuesday, tbs 2flTu November, 1916 3 Present *W. Peel Esq, President, P. T. Allen fisq. A. F. Goodrich Esq. F. Duxbury Esq. Yeoh Guan Seok Esq. Lim Eow Hong fisq. Absent Quah Bang Kee Esq. 1. The413 words
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Article156 1916-12-13 6 I Pa*Ava, 13tk D*oxm>ib 1911. Bur— tit. j Soup per catty 1# Roast 24 Steaks 24 Stew or Curry Meat 18 Rump Steak 24 Ox Tail each 40 Tongue 50 Feet 25 Heart 40 Liver per catty Si Po*K Pork per catty 40 Pig’s Head 18 Feet 22156 words
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Advertisement155 1916-12-13 6 FOR SINGAPORE, HONG KONG. SWATOW AND AMOY. The b.9. Hong Bee, Captain H. J. Wilsher, is expected to arrive here from Singapore on Saturday, tbe 16th instant and will leave for the above ports on Monday, the 18th instant, at 5 p.m Regarding freight or passage apply to MESSRS. CHIN155 words
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Advertisement70 1916-12-13 6 Whooping Cough. Wben your chi'd ha9 whooping cough be careful .to keep the cough loose and expectoration easy by giving Chamberlain’s Couch Remedy as may be required. This remedy will also l'quify the tough mucus and make it easier to expectorate. It has been used successfully in many epidemics and70 words
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Advertisement51 1916-12-13 6 Mid lle-aged people are often afflicted with that distressing ailment, windy spasms, they seem to cut like a knife. Sufferers should get a bottle of WOODS’ GREAT PEPPERMINT CORE. The veiy first dose will bring relief and prove its value, Sold by Dispensaries and Stores everywhere at 80 cents per51 words
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Advertisement65 1916-12-13 6 A Germ Destroyer. Thera is no danger whatever from lock jaw or blood poison resulting from a wound when Chamberlain’s Pain Balm is promptly applied. It ia an antiseptic and destroys the germs which cause these diseases. It also cause wounds to heal without maturation and in one-third the time65 words
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Advertisement126 1916-12-13 6 THE London Directory (Published Annually.) Enables traders throughout the World to communicate direct with English Manufacturers 8* Dealers m each class of goods. Besides being complete commercial guide to London and its suburbs, the Directory contains lists of Export Merchants with the Goods they Bhip, and the Colonia and Foreign126 words
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Article2055 1916-12-13 7 S Lom in Ndmbibs A Deterioration in Quality. i I An ingenious person in Westphalia of the I name of Huster is reported to hare ijvent--5 ed a sausage made without meat. 'J he I Huster sausage has no doubt all the appear nc* of a2,055 words
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Advertisement522 1916-12-13 7 PENANG RUBBER AUCTION ROOMS. OUR 241st AUCTION SALE LILW BE HELD AT 7, UNION STREET. On Thursday, I4th Dec., 1916, AT 11-30 A.M. AUCTION SALES EVERY TUESDAY AND THURSDAY-PRIVATE SALES DAILY FORWARD SALES ARRANGED Consignments of Robber solicited. Liberal Cash Advances made on Consignments. Prompt Settlements of Account Sales. BankersChartered522 words
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Advertisement633 1916-12-13 7 RHEUMATISM, LUMBAGO SCIATICA. Rheumatism, Lumbago and Sciatica are three of the most common and moat painful complaints and practically arise from the same cause and the name* only distinguish the location of the disease. I f the arms and legs are affected it is called Rheumatism: if in the Loins,633 words
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Article1018 1916-12-13 8 Vic*kot’s Attitude To Racixa. The Viceroy, it is understood, has decided not to attend the races which will ba held, according to ancient custom, in Calcutta during Christmas week. With the motives which have probably inspired his determination all will sympathise, says the Calcutta Statesman. A1,018 words
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Advertisement554 1916-12-13 8 The BEST BEEi* Obtainable in the EAST CARLSBERG BEER IS DANISH BEER, Try it at Tiffin! Try it at Dinner f .r rr T\ PRICES A iGDEHAlft. d •>>> Stocked by all STORES, HOTELS and BARS. SOLE IMPORTERS: •~T~ r Ess PENANG. Phone No. 453. E. O. Hotel. ff rsreyarer^a554 words
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Advertisement122 1916-12-13 8 Immediate Delivery from Stock, flOcTIO flnip (Japanese, guaranteed 99 per cent.) AT LOWEST MARKET PRICE. THE EASTERN TRADING Co. 35, PITT STREET. Telephone No. 554. Telegrams M Pinchong,” r c n DOC JUST RECEIVED NEW SHIPMENT OF )j ROYAL CYCLES. u 0 o n w o 0 n j i122 words
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Article317 1916-12-13 9 SurPtiMiNTAL Budget Passed. An ordinary meeting of the Municipal Commissioners was held at the meeting chamber yesterday afternoon and there were prf ,gcnt Messrs. W. I’eel (President), P. T. Aller, Quah Beng Kee, Yeoh Guan Seok, F pjxb’ury, and A. F. Goodrich with Mr. L. M Bell (Municipal317 words
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Article269 1916-12-13 9 [To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir —May I hea'tily endorse the admirable sentiments of your correspondent B. in last Thursday’s issue. His idea that our cootrioution should be raised by an import duty on non-British goods and by a poll tax on non-British subjects is magnificent.269 words
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Article161 1916-12-13 9 [lo the Editor of the Straits Times Sir. —I shall deem it a favour if you c m inform me what are the restrictions regarding taking g -Id, silver, Chinese or Jipanrse ware homo under the present prevail ng conditions. As an instance, suppesing one is leaving Singapore161 words
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Article610 1916-12-13 9 “The train entered the Russian Pro* tectorate of Bokhara, aud the population changed. Thus writes Stephen Graham in his bojk “Through Russian Central Asia”, I fell into c>n venation with a Tartar merI chant in carpets,” he goes on to relat», and I tried to obtaia an idea610 words
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Article178 1916-12-13 9 A girl’s complexion is something more than a matter to concern her vanity. It is an indication of the state of her health. Pallor in a growing girl means a thinning of the blood. Eruptions mean impurities in the blood. Parents should be watchful of their daughters’178 words
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Article414 1916-12-13 9 Just dow there is a general complaint i from 8 iuth Ch na that the omntry ia suffering from commercial depression. Wa are informed that practically all lines of trade are mere or less at a standstill. Import trade is especially bad. Consul General Anderson of414 words
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Advertisement90 1916-12-13 9 The Children's Colds. Watch the children’s colds and cure them More t hr y weaken the vitality, Use Chamberlain's Cough Remedy freely. It is perfectly rate. It has been tested by chemists and pronounced free from injurious eubatances and costs but a trifle. For sale by all dispensaries and dealers.90 words
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Advertisement324 1916-12-13 9 NOTICE, PENANG AUCTION MART. *¥>0 LET No». 229 and 231. Bur- mah Road. Apply to LEAN CHONG HIN, Aurtioneer, 13, Bithop Street. Penang, 2nd December, 1916. 627a NOTICE. A MEETING of the Justices cf the Peace will be held on Saturday, 16th December, at noon in the Governor’s Office. Business324 words
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Advertisement10 1916-12-13 9 For Chronic Chest Comp'aints», Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure Is. 6d.10 words
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Advertisement68 1916-12-13 9 FOR sale; A “SINGER” MOTOR CAR 5 soater 15/18 H.P. in very good condition, just beeu done up r>nl newly painted. Good bill clitnbor. Tyres nearly new. Price $2,2C0 or near offer. Apply to 630a H A. NEUBKONNER. FOR SALE. ALBION BUSES 4 ro* and 6 row For prices and68 words
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Advertisement47 1916-12-13 9 The Best Cou&h Medicine, Chamberlain’s Cjugh remedy is the largest selling cough medicine in the wo Id to-day because it dees exactly what a medicine is supposed to do. It stops cc ugh s and colds sp edily and effectually. For la’e by all dispensaries and dealers.47 words
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Advertisement1838 1916-12-13 10 p. I. AND APCAR LINE (Incorporated IN ENGLAND.) Mail and Pauen^er Services. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL SAILINGS. MAIL SERVICE. Homeward (for Europe.) Outward (for China and Japan) Tbe above dates arc only approximate. t Proceeds direct to Marseilles A London. •from London direct. tfProceads to Marseilles and L >ndon via Bombay.1,838 words
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