Straits Echo, 13 October 1917
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Title Section35 1917-10-13 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL. 16* $24 Per Annum, PENANG, SATURDAY, 13th OCTOBER, 1917. Single Copy, lo cents. No. 241.35 words
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Advertisement1186 1917-10-13 1 :‘r/V i > 9 3 Mm i Stx V Jl ir" %tyt2f2Tf4i 2 PSsW® ifirtl The Georgetown -C BANKS ROAD Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China. (Incorporated in England by Royal Charter.) northam AND FARQUHAR STREET Paid up Capital Reserve Fund Reserve Liability of Proprietors Head Office: No. 38.1,186 words
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Advertisement19 1917-10-13 2 i A RECO6NIS BY CONNOI SOLE AGENTS. HE LEADING BEAU OE TIE MAEIET. 'J (INCORPORATED IN THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS.)19 words
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Article3138 1917-10-13 3 INTERESTING INTERVIEW, America and th* War The following interview with General Sir William Robertson, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, appears in the New York Tint's. ‘‘From the soldier’s point of view, I asked him, how goes the war? If he had Baid It goes well,” I3,138 words
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Advertisement491 1917-10-13 3 B Y order of the custodian of enemy property pursuant to an order of his excellency the governor in council In the matter of the Trading with the Enemy Ordinances 1914 to 1916 and of the Alien Enemies (Winding up) Ordinances 1914 to 1917 IMPORTANT AUCTION SALE. Of A Valuable491 words
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Advertisement60 1917-10-13 3 Sunshine and Common Sense Don’t d ctor your blood for rheumatism. U»e an exteranal application of Chamberlain’s Pain Balm. In a few days it will get you up and out into the sunshine, then nature will restore the rich red blood to your veins and soon rid the system of60 words
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Advertisement699 1917-10-13 3 NOTICE 1 A application having been made for i the i'Sue of a duplicate certificate of the undermentioned shaie* in the Criterion i. P feBB Ltd., the original of which is declared to have been lost notice ia hereby given that one month from this date a new certificate, in699 words
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Article1070 1917-10-13 4 Its Biblical Interest. The recent news that the town of Ababa his come into the occupation of the troops of the king of the Hedjaz, shows that the armies of the latter will soon become a ▼ary serious menace to the Turks in Palestine and it is quite possible1,070 words
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Advertisement224 1917-10-13 4 New Models in Stylish Ladies’ Footwear. ui£ can give you the best possible W value -For money. We are constantly adding new styles ot Ladies Pootwear but we trust that the specimens shown below will interest you. nJ a 6/ Vtt LADIES’ BLACK DERBY LaCINC SHOE. Fitted with high cnban224 words
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Advertisement353 1917-10-13 4 Weak Kidneys and Backache •r. Cassell’s Tablets Strengthen Your Kidneys and Cure Backache and Urinary Trouble. You cannot be well when your kidneys are out of order. No, you must suffer, because your blood will be filled with had matter which your kidneys are too weak to remove. What you353 words
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Article1361 1917-10-13 5 Wright. ] - [By Wright.] Because Sir Oliver L dge, like many another British parent, has Icat a son at the Fiout, I pause awhile, hatless, in respectful sympathy. Because he has, unlike the naaj rity of bereaved parents, published a bo'<k wuich assarts that the dead son has been communicating with1,361 words
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Article331 1917-10-13 5 Hearing in Camera in the Supreme Court. An action for divorce, in which Mis. Maria Teresa Jackson is the petitioner and Mr. Joseph S anley Jackson tkB respondent, w<s b j gun in the Sup eme Comt on Thursday before Mr. Justice Ebden, Mr. fl. R. S.331 words
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Article170 1917-10-13 5 Tha following telegram despatched on the 6 '1 August, 1917, by His Excellency the Gonernor to the S j cretary of Stats for the 0 lonies, and the despatch received in replv, are published for general information in a Government Gazette Extraordinary dated October 10. “War anniversary170 words
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Article72 1917-10-13 5 The following is the health statement of the Penang Municipality for the week ended October 6,1917 (Male 57^ > 79 Female 22 Death rate 38-86 per mille per annum compared with 41.32 in the preceding week and with 2 >.84 in the corresponding week of last year. Nationality.72 words
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Advertisement432 1917-10-13 5 TO-NIGHT PKOoRiM FOR TO-NIGHT I SATUR. and SUNDAY, 13th and 14th. {EMPIRE i Bus ness Manager. 1 homas Shaw. .{THEATRE! QUALITY PICTURES CORPORATION Presents FRAKCIi X FU'RMAR and BLYERLY BaYNE IN THE GREAT SECRET While The Secret Sever, composed of a brilliant band of crim-nals, is in session, l)r. Zulph,432 words
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Advertisement612 1917-10-13 5 1 I f-' J 1 r i •v i 1= v IRG-TnlA r C gj ll W D.& HoWi^§-tl ®R'stol lohdo^;; 2*22 '6. VI 22 22 V I 'A ft 'A 22 22 22 2: 22 QUALITY is the point which is necessaryin an enjoyable Cigarette. That’s why EMBASSY VIRGINIA612 words
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Article, Illustration120 1917-10-13 6 fdßaM daily (except Sundays and pnblio holidays) arm ounsioN press, ltd. Ba, 59, Beach Street, Penang. Vfeioi Daily Lent -»4 per annum. OaMatfca— Postage Extra. n«ii pihir- (Poet Free) $17.50 H OilLI IDDIIN w ECHO —PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo) 580 Printing Department 343 I ff.—All buiineM communications120 words
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Article1165 1917-10-13 6 The report from Stockholm last Tues-1 day to the effect that large German naval forces had been observed off Bornholm appears to confirm recent rumours of a German offensive against Helsingfors and Petrograd. The situation in Finland cannot but be regarded with the utmost anxiety by1,165 words
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Article817 1917-10-13 6 Mr. A. Sarkies leaves for Singapore this afternoon on a short visit. t Mr. J. G. Hummeling, of the Runnymede Hotel, leaves for Singapore to-day on a c short visit. c t Mis. Tan Kim Bee, who has been in Penang for the celebration of her daughter’s817 words
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Article26 1917-10-13 6 (.from Own Cm respondent.') London, October 11, The prices in the London Rubber Market to-day were: Pale Crepe 2/7| Diamond Smoked Sheet 2/626 words
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Article918 1917-10-13 6 The Meridian of Greenwich. It is thirty-three years to-day fince an international conference at Washington made Greenwich the universal meridian. Some opposed the decision on anti-British grounds others for religious or sentimental suggested the meridian of Jerusalem, Rome and the Great Pyramid. The choice of Greenwich was largely918 words
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Article35 1917-10-13 6 Latest Quotations. Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to-day at $lll 25, buyers no sellers, a°d 10 Singapore (refined) at $111.50, no business done, and in London at £245 15s. spot at £243 three months.35 words
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Advertisement189 1917-10-13 6 ♦♦ooooocooocooooo# aviuiN TABLETS. GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICE. Quinine Bisul phate Tabs. 5 grs. $2.50 per 100 Bihydrochlorate $125 25 $3 00 100 G-T.D. Quinine Tablets are very soluble and d'ssolve instantly in the atomaoh thus starting the curative action ixmediatley after taking. m. i EYESIGHT CHATS ."'A LADY REMARKS:r''!// My189 words
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Advertisement47 1917-10-13 6 INTERSTATE FOOTBALL IN AID OF RED FUND. Penang vs. Kedah. C'me and See the Hon. R C. kick off at 5 o’clock this evening Come 8 f tee Syer keep go») for Peaaeg Come flT ice Maekay keep goal for Ked«k. COME AND SEE WHO WINS f47 words
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Article1401 1917-10-13 7 [Reuter's Telegrams.] •mpfoved weather conditions. Good Artillery Work. London, October 12, Sir Douglas Haig reports weather and good visibility voured the work of the artillery and there much (ffective counter-battery activity W4 t be battle front, besides bombardments °nhe enemy's positions and a harassing fire t the communications1,401 words
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Article937 1917-10-13 7 [Reuter’s Telegrams] THE WAY TO PEACE. Mr. Aiqaitk at Liverpool. London, October 11. Speaking at a meeting in Liverpool Mr. H. H. Asquith again emphasised that we were fighting for durable safeguards against a farther world war. Although it was hailed in some quarters as an olive937 words
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Article547 1917-10-13 7 Premier Tuan Chi Jui, at a Cabinet conference on September 18, discussed with bis colleagues the despatch cf the Chinese expeditionary force to France, and the establishment of a special office for governing the recruitment of Chinese labourers tor foreign countries. It has been decided that this office547 words
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Article267 1917-10-13 7 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] STOPPAGE OF COMMERCIAL WIRES. Attitude of Dutch Press. Lcndon, October 12. Dutch newspapers appear to accept fairly philosophically the stoppage of commercial telegrams which is a new form of pressure exercised by the Allies. The stoppage applies to all commercial cables between Allied countries and267 words
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Article534 1917-10-13 7 Test Cases in Taiping. The Taiping correspondent of T,O M, states The hearing of the three suits brought by the Government of Perak for the recovery of exDenses incurred in removing from Goverom? nt drain, silt which flowed into them from certain rubber estates in Trong was534 words
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Article372 1917-10-13 7 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] TUNGSTEN SMUGGLING. A Plot Fiuitratcd. New York, October 12. A plot to export tungsten on board a Scandinavian liner has been frustrated by the arrest of the steward of the steamer and two local Swedes. Two hundred pounds of tungsten were found concealed on372 words
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Article251 1917-10-13 7 Says the Shanghai Timet The Chinese Government is to be highly congratulated upon the authority it has now vested in the Chief Procurator to institute proceedings against D Sun Yat Sen and hla henchmen, and according to our Peking correspondent warrants are to be issued for the251 words
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Article93 1917-10-13 7 The following articlaa will ba found on our outside pages Page. 3. —Sir W. R jbartsoD, 4. —Akaba. 5. —Superknowledge. Singapore Ditoroa Case. War Annivery Meeting, Vital Statistics. B.—“ Our Day” 1917. Malaya After the War. Germany’s Foreign Secretary. The Week’s Events, i September Rubber Crops. PC C. Bowls93 words
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Article180 1917-10-13 8 PENANG RED CROSS FUND. Li»t of Subscriptions. Amount previously acknowledged $93,655.41 S. Var j ior Madareabib A Co.... 40 00 •«The Cat” 14-00 Chung Thye Chong proceeds of Taeatrical performance 3,767.11 H. A. Low 100 00 T. Sbatto proceeds of opening ceremony Cafe Shaftesbury 146.S2 Tye Keo180 words
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Article442 1917-10-13 8 Pbnano vs. Kedah. Given good weather the contest betwee the above team* on the Esplan.d.i (hi evening in aid of Our Day” Fund sboul prove a very keen one- Both are we I represented and a good game is assured. The teams will be as follows Kedah-Goal442 words
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Article63 1917-10-13 8 S. C. C’s First Defeat. C PVom Char Own Correspondent Singapore, Oot. 13. The' Our Day” Football match which was played yesterday resulted in a victory Tor the Straits Chinese Football Association over the Singapore Cricket Club by two goals to one. This is the first defeat63 words
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Article1091 1917-10-13 8 There is a great programme in process of construction —a programme to improve tie trade of the British Empire. Carefnl eta'istics are being comp 1,-d as to the mineral and vegetable commodities within the Empire capable of successful exploitation. The whole wond is to be scrutinised,1,091 words
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Article740 1917-10-13 8 AN APPEAL TO CHINESE. Malaya’s Immunity. Tbe following appeal, piinted iu English and Chinese, has b«en issu-d by tbe Chinese Committee of the B iti-h N ,vy Day, N gri S a mbilan, to be held on November 10, to the Chinese C mmunity ol Npgri740 words
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Article112 1917-10-13 8 Oct. 14 19th Sunday after Trinity. 8-00 a.m. Matins 8-30 a.m. Holy Communion I 10 00 a.m. Holy Communion 5-00 m. Sunday School 6-00 p.m. Evensong Hymn 257 Psalms LXXIII 7 LXXIV as Befc Magnificat 179 Battishill Nunc Dimdtls 239 Hymns 266, 256 and 24 Ist112 words
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Article25 1917-10-13 8 The following tis h s been fixed for' Wednesday, the 17th October. Championship— -A. W. do W. Harries vt. H. E Mason,25 words
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Article719 1917-10-13 8 The most important of the new appointing ta in Germany, writes Mr. D. T. Curtin in the Daily Mail, is of Baron Kiiolmtnn i as For-'-gu Secrt t»ry. Not a great Agrarian n bte with the ru-birg political tactics of a i bud, bat a member of719 words
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Article82 1917-10-13 8 Members are informed that the book for the entries for the proposed Bowls Tournament under tbe auspices of the P. C. C. may be seen at the club. Tbe events comprise championship, Single Handicap, D >ub'a Handicap, Championship Piirs, M xed Double Handicip, Lrdios Single Handicap and82 words
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Article33 1917-10-13 8 A lor r*oDgsu 25.086, Bneh 11.911, 13.273, North Perak 4,500, Ayer Kuning 5,670, T-m?rloh Cocooat *nd Rubber 8,214 Holland American 574,399, Si Pare Pare 30,560, N itberlands Langkat 25,046 lb.33 words
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Article53 1917-10-13 8 Saturday, October 13, Trwn Band, Esplanade. Football—Penang vt. Kedah, E«planade 5 p.m Ipffi Gymkhana Club, Rig Gymkhana. Penang Polo Club, Sydney Cup comp?. tiuD, entries close Sunday. October 14, 19th aft"» Trinity. Penang V lunteere, Field Operation*. Monday October 15. Town Band Espi*i**d Tuesday, October 16. Singapore53 words
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Article485 1917-10-13 8 Alterations in Time Table The following principal &Her*»i'>n<i in Timn T*bD will come into force on Nuvem* bir 1, 1917 Week Days. The present 7-42 a.m. Alor Star to Pdnarg will run 55 mi u -s e-irlior. The p’-Fsei t 7*t 0 H.m. Penang to Alor485 words
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Article211 1917-10-13 8 (From Our Taiping Correspondent Taiping, October 10. L'rSt week Thambi Pillai, a messenger, in railway office, was charged with Criminal breach of trust in respect of $6 It would appear that this amount was despatched from the Assistant Traffic Manager's Office on September 4 to be211 words
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Article210 1917-10-13 8 1 1 Proposed F M.S. Legislation. I In th F.M.S. Gazette apppars the draft of an Enactment en'i led The Town Improvement Enactment.” The objects and reasons appended state The question of the adoption of town, planning legislation in th*«e States has been for some time under consideration.210 words
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Article581 1917-10-13 8 Few people reahae, says a correspondent of the Paily Chronicle, the enormous work thrust upon our postal service by the war Some vk wof it might be obtained by an inspection—if such were alh wed— of th rather ugly huts iu R-getfs Paik erected especially for Tommy’s581 words
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Article358 1917-10-13 8 [To the Editor of the Straits Echo.} Sir, r After reidiog A Chow Huat Tore’s i comment on'Confucius birthday being K i Tea > as a holiday m the English Schools in Penang Permit me 1 1 point cut to hi a that be is I simply making358 words
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Advertisement12 1917-10-13 8 For Children’s Hacking Cough at Night. Woods’ Great Poppsrnaint Cure Is 6J12 words
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Article1115 1917-10-13 9 Ik Peace and Wae, Bright nod possessed cf a remarkable finesse of manner and spirit, the Italian woman is talented first and foremost as a woman, These last few years she has greatly increased her intellectual culture, but by no means lost that delicate and kind temper,1,115 words
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Advertisement263 1917-10-13 9 fl g >.mjUUUL«Aff g-g ft ft Grossmith’s “Golden Stjll,'” Cau de Wonderful freshness, invigoratin j quality and delightful odour, extinguish this really high-class Eev.i de Cologne, which is undoubtedly the finest production of it 3 hind. It is manufactured from the purest ingredients and blended with the knowledge derived from263 words
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Advertisement737 1917-10-13 9 C.A.V. Lighting Set and Self starter. Apply Box 55; Cjo Straits Echo. ONE FIVE SEATER EMPIRE CAR almost new. Very little used. In excellent conditions Apply to Mrs. Toby, Ipoh. A COMPLETE PLANT OF RICE MILL with Accessories including one Plug Ignition Petroleum Motor of 2 H.P, Capacity 100 piculs737 words
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Article1118 1917-10-13 10 M*. Chuechill’s Seemon to tie Contested. [By Commander Carlyon Bellairs, K.N., M.P.] All the plausible argument has ever been in favour of defensiTe tactics in war. Ships can be kept ready, storms and lee shores avoided, and control held by the central government. When nnseen1,118 words
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Advertisement534 1917-10-13 10 ESTABLISHED 1874 THE ORIENTAL Government Security Life. Assurance Company, Ltd. litorpcrttfd i> I*4in. BRANCH OFFICE, SINGAPORE J. R. M 4 OPHBBBON, Secretary S, *>. and F.M.B, Funds exceed 130,500,000.00 Claims Paid 126,000,000 CO LOW OATES LIBEIAL CONBITIOKS Apply for Prospectus etc. to Lim Eu Toh, Merchant, 158 Beach or 86,534 words
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Advertisement54 1917-10-13 10 It Never Fails, Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea R u medy is all its name implies It cures diarrhoea and dysentery in either children or adults, and the most violent cases of cramp, colic or pain in the stomach giro way to a few doses of this medicine. Safe, sure54 words
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Advertisement514 1917-10-13 10 “SUPERIOR TO ALL.” eeries: 90 Ml Pork and Beans Ox Tongues Lunch Tongues Breakfast Tongues Boneless Chicken Tomato Catchup Large Asparagus Vienna Sausages Baeon in Glass Boast Beef Cottage Beef Libby’s Soups in Minced Goliops Corned Beef Queen Olives Stuffed Olives Ham Loaf, Pork Loaf Beef Loaf, Veal Loaf Chicken514 words
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Article1564 1917-10-13 11 Paul Hyacinthe Loyson - FEELING OF THE PEOPLE. By Paul Hyacinthe Loyson. (Editor of *Lea Droit» de VHomme,") Christiania, August 7, It was a wonderfully thrilling experience to land in Norway just after the discovery of the plot, hatched by tbe Germans under the cloak of diplomatic immunity. I arrived on the1,564 words
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Advertisement225 1917-10-13 11 I FRESH STOCKS i 9 AGENTS: a a a 8 s a m S i a The Eastern United Assurance Corporat on Ltd. Head Office: SINGAPORE. The undersigned has been appointed agents for the above Corporation, and is now prepared and accept MARINE FIRE RISKS at current rates. QtJAH BENG225 words
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Advertisement69 1917-10-13 11 THE BODEGA, PENANG. The Above Bar 8 Restaurant Having been Purchased by Thomas SHAFTO. Is undergoing extensive Alterations and many novel improvements will be the outcome. Patrons will soon be invited to pass judgment^ HOBEL’S EXPLOSIVES? M 6AZIKES AT PENANG AND 1P0H. Stocks always on hand of GELIGNITE. BLASTING GELATINE.69 words
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Advertisement426 1917-10-13 11 Never too late to cure Neuralgia If you are goffering now from the gripp !ntr, twitching pains 0 f neuralgia—if you Buffered yesterday and expect to auffer tomorrow—yes if you’ve auffered all your life from the agon.es of neuralgia, rheumatism, sciatica, backache, toothache, earache sprains, attains, or swellings now is426 words
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Advertisement1763 1917-10-13 12 p BRITISH INDIA AND (Companies Incorporated in England MAIL AND PASSENGER SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL SAILINGS(Under Contract with His Majesty’s Government.) The Company’s MAIL SERVICES EAST OF BOMBAY are at present suspended Passengers for Europe are booked vi* Bombay as opportunity offers and as far as SERVICES TO AND FROM1,763 words
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