Straits Echo, 27 January 1917
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Title Section34 1917-01-27 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES ANDJTHE FAR EAST GENERALLY, VOL. 15. $24 Per Annum. PENANG, SATURDAY, 27th JANUARY, 1917. Single Copy, 10 cents. No. 22.34 words
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Advertisement1194 1917-01-27 1 Jfl* iWAI ijt' fix r. s»* >i' (f f 5^ H <WT t k }3 reserve your car FOR If II i NOW. BANKS JUST RECEIVED Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China. (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND BY ROYAL CHARTER) A Fleet of Englifth and American Cars for hire day and1,194 words
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Advertisement13 1917-01-27 1 L 0f VHica is me kit CH* <-°* rSWi «»*j Ls. '*fc“ <W >«ii13 words
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Advertisement48 1917-01-27 2 DRINK i' V V' r sjrv -J* ■v <■, Wi >r. V” L& i$U tC: *-r .-I*-* ..J, r« MK an mu M 2 51 *4 i f *Ui* RECOGNISED BY CONNOISSEURS THE LEADING BRAND ON THE MARKET. SOLE AGENTS: KATZ BROTHERS, LTD., (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements.) PENANG.48 words
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Article1307 1917-01-27 3 Oveb the Top. Before I went there I used to think that life at the front consisted of Homeric contests with occasional brief intervals of repose. I also imagined that you never went over the top —a phrase I had picked up from the newspapers—unless1,307 words
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264 1917-01-27 3 According to a wire from Netherlands India the Batavia Handelsblad has made public a Government order regretting the irresponsible utterances of the Assistant Resident of Buitenzorg in respect of the actions of Helfferich and other Germans. In this connection the Telegraaf remarks that the264 words
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Article246 1917-01-27 3 At the present appropriate time for taking stock,” says the B. N. B. Herald. it is perhaps worth while reciting something of what has been done by British North Borneo in contribution to the war. Here follows a list totalling almost 10,000, no unsatisfactory figure246 words
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Advertisement561 1917-01-27 3 m i Straits Settlements War Loan Bonds. 1 I i i i Bearing Interest from the date of purchase at 6 per cent per annum, payable Half-yearly on the 15th May and the 15th November. REPAYABLE AT PAR ON THE 15™ NOVEMBER. 1919. PRICE OF ISSUE-100 PER CENT. All proceeds561 words
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Advertisement423 1917-01-27 3 mmm Every Mother would feed her Baby if she could BUT frequently the breast-milk is deficient in quantity or quality, or absent altogether. This, however, can often be rectified if the mother herself will take Glaxo three times a day—made rich and strong and taken hot—or milk-puddings made with Glaxo,423 words
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908 1917-01-27 4 Heard Melodies. A ship is not a quiet place. People whrsr nerves are easily set a-jangling would do well to seek their necessary peace otherwhere than in a man-o'-war, where the heard melodies are varied and well-nigh incessant and most of them by no means908 words
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Article1010 1917-01-27 4 Semi Official Account. The following cables were communicated by the British Legation to our Bangkok contemporaries British Front in France London, January 12. Aetion has been confined chiefly to raids on trenches. Several had conspicuous ly successful results. A daylight raid on a wide front southeast of1,010 words
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Advertisement56 1917-01-27 4 Atlas Assurance Co., Ltd. (incorporated in England) ESTABLISHED IN 1808. ri'HE UNDERSIGNED bavo been ap -l pointed Agents of the above Compai y at Penang and are prepared to accept Fi:e risks of every description. Enquiries aB to rates and conditions will receive prcnupt attenticn. ISLAY KERR Co., Ltd. (locoryortUd56 words
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Advertisement218 1917-01-27 4 Whiteaway, Laidlaw Co., Ltd. (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND.) PETERSONS DE LUXE BRIAR PIPES. m r Z'3r it x- -2- petwsons "oe cuxe' STRAIGHT STEM $3.25 $3.75 CURVED STEfei $3.95 $4.25 GUARANTEED MADE FROM BRIAR 150 YEARS OLD. Requires no breaking in. A sweet cool smoke from the start. Hand made P218 words
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Advertisement418 1917-01-27 4 RELIABLE LONDON SELLING AGENTS W E dSl SELL for jou ■">« fn ou“e P t r c odUCe RUbtor C »P« o*. Send u« your sample, w value them, will make liberal adv,»!' on consignments. C<l Write to:— D. H. NEVSHEHIR 8 Co N.B. Only first-class firms need reply. Penang418 words
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Article1377 1917-01-27 5 Tom Wright - (By Tom Wright.) One advantage of living like Thoreau in a but among trees, as I am now, is clear, The duster of the housewife is a robber, a disturber of the peace, a maligDant meddler, from whose mischief one is spared. It is not only because1,377 words
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Article143 1917-01-27 5 Sunday, Januabt 28. 8-OG a.m. Holy Communion. 10-00 a.m. MatiDs (Chinese.) 5- p.m. Sunday School. 6- pm. Evensong. Hymn 291. Responses Roberts. Psalms CXXXVI) (XXXVII L’oyd CXXXVIII) Magnificat Sfaiter Nu.ac Dimittis No. 239. Hymns 82. 370, 271. National Anthem. During the week: Wednesday— 9.30 a.m. Short143 words
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Article418 1917-01-27 5 S»y’s Friday’s TOM 1 The mail train from Singapore, which should have come into Ipoh at 1 p m., was held up at Kuala Kubu this mo r ning for about two hours. The Riilway Department is conducting some work in connection with tbe line in418 words
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Advertisement299 1917-01-27 5 TOWN HALL. $1 BY SPECIAL REQUEST. *1 A REPEAT PERFORMANCE OP «PIRATES OF PEHZAMfCE” ON SATURDAY, 3rd FEBRUARY, at 9-15 p.m. punctually. Tickets may be booked at ROBINSON PIANO Co. but will not be reserved after the commencement of the performance. SINGAPORE RUBBER AUCTIONS We have now opened a Branch299 words
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Advertisement248 1917-01-27 5 I QUALITY is the point which is necessary in an enjoyable Cigarette.. I I I I ■> i I I v IRO!SIA C1 C A R. E T T &&ISTOL g, \r\ 1 1 1 I I 8 I 2 g 2 g 2 g 2 2 2 2 2248 words
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Article, Illustration99 1917-01-27 6 Published daily (except Sunday» and public holidays) AT THE CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. 59 Beach Street, Penang. i 1 Price. Daily Local 124 per annum. OuUUtion... Postage Extra. |fail Edition (Post Free) >17.50 CABLE ADDRESS ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo) 586 Printing Department 343 If. B. —All business communications99 words
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Article1256 1917-01-27 6 Every now and then the Hague cables published by our Sumatran exchanges furnish an interesting titbit of news, supple* mentary to the excellent service provided by the veracious and übquitous Riuter. Thus we learn to-day that the German Imperial Chancellor and the new Foreign Secretary, Herr Zitnmermann—who1,256 words
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Article858 1917-01-27 6 Messrs. B. C. Griffin and H. Waugh are due back in the Straits early next weekThey have travelled via America. The engagement ia announced of Mr. Frank Gordon Sluter, Saodycroft t,3‘ate, Bruas, to Mi«s Dorothy Hildred Bach, of Herne Bay, Kent. Mr. D. H. Bannermao, who will858 words
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Article669 1917-01-27 6 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] CONTROL OF MEDITERRANEAN Important Dccitioa*, London, January 25 The Admiralty announces that during the last few days an important naval conference at the Admiralty between the British French and Italian Admiralt.es discussed the naval policy in the Mediterranean, Great Britain’s delegates were Sir E l*.669 words
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Advertisement231 1917-01-27 6 Preparations t pnfgrri—rT—in wriim '«.^jaaB have responded to the call and stepped into the breach caused by the disappearance of German Preparations from the field. They are All British and are obtainable only from the George Town Dispensary, Ltd. SUPER-ODOL. —The only dentrifice which gives that delightful feeling of cool231 words
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Obituary28 1917-01-27 6 Death, Ooi Mah Jim —On January 25 at 65, Cantonment Road Gfcaut, Ooi Mah Jim, alias Ooi Ob, aged >7. Straits and F. M. S. papers please copy.28 words
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Article595 1917-01-27 7 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] Sir Douglas H»ig's Report. London, January 26, 12.45 a m, gir Douglas Haig reports a successful i(J at n oon in the neighbourhood of Hulj Many of tho enemy were killed and 6om0 made prisoners. A dug-out was destroyed- Our casualties were four, slightly V cadded.595 words
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Article35 1917-01-27 7 Latcat Quotations. •c,i(^^ r ®fitie«l) is quoted here to-day at >», huMiiiflHH done, in Singapore (ren"M at $90 50, business done (125 tons d ““d in London at .£188 15s. spot «i9o three months’ sight.35 words
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Article691 1917-01-27 7 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] New Commander. Paris, January 26. General Gourko has been appointed to the command of the Russo-Rumanaiu front, latenae Cold. London, Jan. 26. The Timet correspondent at Jassy states that the intense cold baß practically stopped military operations. Russian Front. Germ»» Version, London, January 22. A691 words
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Article429 1917-01-27 7 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] Coual Tisza's Comments. Amsteiditn, January, 26. Iu tbe Hungarian Parliament the Premier, Count Ti‘za, referring to President Wilson’s speech, said that he sympathetically I greeted every effort to restore peace* He was therefore inclined to con' tioue an exchange of views regarding peace with the429 words
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Article25 1917-01-27 7 (From Our Own Correspondent London, January 25. The prices in the London Rubber Market :o-dav were Pale Crepe 2/11 Diamend Smoked 2/1125 words
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Article210 1917-01-27 7 From Dotek Sources, The following special telegrams from The Hague appear in the Sumatra, Pott of i Thursday, Januarv 25 THE MUNITIONS EXPLOSION. Heavy Death-Roll-About 100 persons were killed and 400 1 injured by the explosion at a munition* factory in London. GERMANY AND THE WAR. More210 words
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Article1089 1917-01-27 7 FOUR CHINESE CHARGED. la the District Court before Mr. R. D. 1 Acton, this morning tie hearing was 1 i commenced of the case against Lim Liang s Boon, Tho Lok Pho, Fong Hong Chew and Yip Sooi Chor who were charged with c attempting to export1,089 words
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Article1190 1917-01-27 7 That Raider. We to f-.ar that the item iu the French C nsuiar cable service rep irtieg the sinking of an enemy raider—which most people presumed to be the Moewe —by the cruiser Glasgow in the bouth Altantic was perhaps well, just a little prev.ous From the first1,190 words
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Article331 1917-01-27 7 The Entries, (From Our Own Correspondent.') Kuaia Lumpur, January 24. The following a*e the entries for the Selangor Turf Club meeting First Day. Race I. Taman, Will-o'the Wisp. Silvia, Beau Brummell, Moment and Silverlight Races IL V. —Princess Pat, Krong Lim, Farisha, Mystic, Sir Douglas, Polar Star, Tocsin331 words
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Article291 1917-01-27 7 The following articles will be found on our outside pages Pages. 3, —A Vagabond in the Trenches. Garni ns Lu Tue Dutch East Indies. North B raeo and the War. 4—A Grand Fleet. Chaplain's Note-Book. A tVeek’s Warring. 5. —A Spidery Epitbalium. Mishap on the R »il way. Church291 words
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Article97 1917-01-27 8 Saturday, January 27. Town Band, Golf Club. The What Note, Empire Theatre. Gricket— B Company vs. The Rest, Esplanade. Sunday, January 28. 4th Sunday after Epiphany. Penang Volunteers, Field Operations. Monday, January 29 Town Band, Esplanade, 6 p.m. The Wagon—Pachaung Wolfram Mines, Ltd. Extraordinary General Meeting, Messrs.97 words
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Article866 1917-01-27 8 It i», of course, a very easy matter to condemn Germany out ot Germicy’s own moutb, if one compares her utterances of, say, 1914 and 1916* Her leaders, officials, and propagandists are responsible tor a mass of statements wbicb, coldly considered in tbe daylight of a866 words
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Article54 1917-01-27 8 The following programme of music will be played at the Golf Club this evening from 5.45 p.m. to 7 15 p.m.:— 1 Overture Prometheus Beethoven 2 Quadiille Tli9 Wedding Strauss 3 Selection Nabuco Verdi 4 Waltz Blumen Feig n Fetras 5 Polka Run Wi d Jonea 654 words
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Article521 1917-01-27 8 Annual Report. The following is tbe report of the directors Gentlemen, Yuur Directors have the pleasure to submit their Report and Accounts for the year ended 30th September, 1916. Areas —No extensions have ben undertaken during the year and tbe planted area remains the same as521 words
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Article305 1917-01-27 8 An Irish correspondent writes:—"The comments of the officiil Irish Press hardly reflect the anxiety that has been caused in Ireland by the recaDt Government changes. No one here conceives it likely that Sir Edward Carson and Mr. Lloyd George can deal with Ireland in a manner that305 words
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Article651 1917-01-27 8 Handicaps. The following are the results of th 9 drawing and handicaps in the P.C.C. Tennis Tournament Single Handicap—A--Bcr. M. M. Stewart bye 2E. K. Preotis .2 M. K. Whitlock 7 ,5 E. H. Everest j .2 H. Waugh 7 30 R J. Saunders —40.1 W. H.651 words
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Article643 1917-01-27 8 Ecclisia'-tioai, Nbws awd Notis During his loDg period of office Mr. Asquith eojoyed a considerable amount of ecclesiastical patronage. From April 1908, when he succeeded Sir Henry Campbell* BannermaD, to the day he resigned office he appointed nineteen bishops, including one Archbishop. He was responsible for moving Dr.643 words
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Article192 1917-01-27 8 The Eastern Shipping Company* steamer Kedah, wbioh arrived from Teluk Anson this morning, brought 2,300 bags of tin ore for the Eastern Smelting Co. We read in a mail paper The Tsar’s cablegram to Viscount Grey of Falloden is a most unusual compliment. It is the bast answer192 words
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Article118 1917-01-27 8 PINANO, Januakt 27 (By M«r<«y Of the Charleroi ft»., London, Demand Bank 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4^l, 3 Credit 2ac!^ Documentary 2 Calcutta, Demand Bank r h 3 days’ sight Private... 174 Bombay, Demand Bank Moulmein, Demand Bank ic? i at a r? dayB i' Bight PriTat6 174 l118 words
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Article224 1917-01-27 8 Pmkass, Jasuast 27. &P T.pi°c. 18.75 «I,™ aui P -9. W Gold leaf 54 40 Pepper (W.Coast I lb. 505).516 l'/J bi».,. Black Pepper f 5 b J J Wbits Pepper. 42 00 .X' Trang Pepper 3 bo 1.- «HO nos. Maes Pickisge 66 buyer. Cloves 40 ailleri. F.tmegellOe224 words
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Article168 1917-01-27 8 Pa*A«e, 27tb Jabvabt 1917. Baar— ik J Soup psr catty II l Roast It Steaks *1 Btew or Curry Meat H l Rump Steak *1 Ox Tail eaoh 4( i Tongue > Feet Heart W Liver ner catty 91 i Poax- r Pork per catty 40 Pig’s Held168 words
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Advertisement307 1917-01-27 8 Wanted Immediately. SHIPPING CLERK for Penang Office Only experienced men need apply. Box No. 59, 57 c/o Straits Echo. WANTED. An experienced bookKEEPER Apply to A. B. c/o Straits Echo. WANTED. Advertiser wishes to invent sums of $1,000 or more in sound businesses or business propositions. Apply Box No, 500,307 words
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Advertisement44 1917-01-27 8 The Best Couth Medicine, Chamberlain’s Cough remedy is the largest selling cough medicine in the world to-day because it does exactly what a cough medicine is supposed to do. It stops coughs and colds speedily and effectually. For sain by all dispensaries and dealers.44 words
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Advertisement53 1917-01-27 8 Unnecesury Words. Why waste words and advertising space in describing the many points of merit in Chamberlan’s Cough Remedy The most astidious are satisfied when we state that, [it cures colds and coughs from any cause! and that it contains absolutely no narcotics cr injurious substances. For sale by all53 words
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Advertisement64 1917-01-27 8 MAN do you know the danger of neglectiog a chill? Chill, lead to pneumoma and a score of other dangerous disorders. Be prudent, and at the first sign or a chill take a do»e or two of WOODS’ GREAT PEPPERMINT CORE. the medicine that should nerer be abseut from the64 words
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1792 1917-01-27 9 Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of shareholders in the Tongkah Harbour Tin Dredgin Co N/L., was held in the Masonic Hall jesterday. Mr. A. H, Ashbolt, chairman of directors, presided. 'Jhere was a pood attendance of shareholders, i eluding Mr. F. Bond and Mr M.1,792 words
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Advertisement609 1917-01-27 9 w\wx*n>T-xf. iriT»t Weak I^IPILP* V 'N SrFT R. Dr 9 You G H a Strengihcn Your Nerves by taking Dr. Cassell’s Tablets and you will feel Bright, Strong, and Self-Confident. U gloomy <md depressed suspect your nerves- When you shrink from company and would rather be alone you are losing609 words
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Advertisement63 1917-01-27 9 A Germ Des ;oyer. Thero is no Ganger whatever from lock jaw or blood poison resulting from a wound when Chamberlain's Pain Balm is promptly applied. It is an antiseptic and destroys the germs which causa these diseases, It also cause wounds heal without maturation and iD one-third the time63 words
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Advertisement34 1917-01-27 9 Your Morning Headache will disappear after a dose of the tiny laxatives which do not gripe. Of chemists, 50 cents per phial, or post free from the Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co., Dept. 5c, Singapore.34 words
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Advertisement803 1917-01-27 9 For Sale. SHARE TRANSFER FORMS. PRICE: S CENTS EACH OK $1.50 PER HUNDRED. The Criterion Press. Ltd 59, BEACH BTBEET, PENANG. NOTICE. LABOUR CODE. 1912. F.M.S. “Indian Immigration Fund Ordinance, 1911. Employers of Indian labour are hereby reminded that assessment returns for the preceding quarter must ba sent to the803 words
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Article1202 1917-01-27 10 It inevitable t bat the Ch mceilor’s 1' speech ia the German Parliament should ben followed by any number of versions of the terms of poaco which Germauy will accept. The Chancellor apparently avoided details, oontenting himself with a dissertation on the horrors of the war1,202 words
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Article945 1917-01-27 10 SOME TRIALS WITH THE KEBUN. His Chief Idea in Life. (Special to the Timet of Malaya Yes, it is a garJeD, but a very wild one all overgrown and out of hand. Thero is only one Tukang Kebun. Ho is a Tamil, a picturesque old villain, with a945 words
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Advertisement311 1917-01-27 10 WHEN BUYING MANILA CIGARS Be careful to see that the box bears the trade mark as shewn below LONDRES. HIGH LIFE IN THE EAST. REINA VICTORIAS. CORTADO FINO. n ■■v": ri :v ■s-v* V vPER LAS. PERECTOS. IMPERIALES. CORTADO DE LA REINA. THE TRADE MARK OF THE LA ISABEL FACTORY.311 words
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Article1267 1917-01-27 11 I saw recently a very entertaining article Iby Mr. Walter Lippman in the New Re I public on the aubject of Utopias. Mr. LippI man raised the question of why it was I Utopias had gone out of fashion. Since Mr. I Wells wrote his Modern Utopia no one1,267 words
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Article385 1917-01-27 11 In a conversation which we (Malayan Tin and Rubber Journal) had with a prominent F.H.S. planter the other day we were able to glean his viows as to some rubber prospects and problems. While he was a little vague about a rubber disease which might appear385 words
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Article255 1917-01-27 11 REVENGE ON ENGLAND. Startling Story. London, Dec 24. The Daily Chronicle'» Amsterdam correspondent recounts a remarkable conversation between a German of high social status and a Dutch visitor. The German admits that Germany is beaten by*starvation, not by arms. This is England’s doing alone. Germany’s only mistake was255 words
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Advertisement57 1917-01-27 11 HAVE YOU TRIED THE FAMOUS SLOT BRANDY MADE IN FRANCE. ONE, THREE SIX STARS ON SALE EVERYWHERE. G. H. Slot Co. 'PhoM 4SS. SOLE IMPORTERS. Telegrtms: SLOT. V 'fifiMitt r\ i m ,^T PA Ui Va VW f t-» J •i. -> 0 2 7/ Sk N DREADNOUGHTS TWO MALAYAN57 words
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Advertisement48 1917-01-27 11 Th« Children’s Colds. Watch the children’s colds and cure them before they weaken the vitality, Use Chamberlain’s Cough Bemedy freely. It is perfectly safe. It has been tested by chemists and pronounced free from injurious substances and oosta but a trifle. For sale by all dispensaries and dealers.48 words
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Advertisement10 1917-01-27 11 For Chronic Cheat Complaint», Wood*’ Great Peppermint Cure la. 6d.10 words
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Advertisement560 1917-01-27 11 A Knife Thrust would be welcome to many compared with the vicious shooting, stabbing pains of J Sciatica Yet these are the men ho have not heard about LITTLE S ORIENTAL BALM and the miraculous relief it brings to the tortured sciatic ne ve. Just rub a little in where560 words
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Advertisement1477 1917-01-27 12 p. 0.—British India AND APCAR LINE (Companies Incorporated in England.) Mail and Paaaenger Services. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL SAILINGS. (under contract with his majesty's government) For Singapore, China, Japan, Ceylon, Australia, India, Aden, Egypt, Mediterranean Forts and London. MAIL LINES. Homiward (for Europe.) Outward (for China.) INTERMEDIATE DIRECT SERVICE. Tke -Intermediate1,477 words
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