Straits Echo, 12 December 1917
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Title Section35 1917-12-12 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THB STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. fOL. 16. S#4 Per Annum PENANG, WEDNESDAY, i2th DECEMBER, 1917. Single Copy, lo cents. No. 29235 words
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Advertisement1077 1917-12-12 1 Mil \WAIDI J£ ftf?| a > 4 9 {BANKS. GOOD CHANCEI 2** r* cw 'Phone No. 694, OR STOP ON YOUR WAY HOME f FOK MICHELIN TYRES At Georgetown (incorporated in England by Royal Charter.) r APPOINTED STOCKISTS. Motor Repairers and Cars Rebuilt. Also just unpacked a consignment of MOTOR1,077 words
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Advertisement14 1917-12-12 1 4 Kifi’S Mlb&i ■*%BsrXm-*r s .•'*e r T 'ONt UJff r-o* !->~ s |IW>M «mw«14 words
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Advertisement32 1917-12-12 2 M r-z m 4K m VWil: •fev- ,vs- r«3 it 'V ‘-'-4 AvA*’ B m ft f-C-K?i .Sj i ?8S S.fifcV '-^0 «I &i; Ill**: t V» <=^o<=^o<=^>><=^o<=|>o<r4>o=^ f?‘ *=^<>=^^<=^OK=^O«==^^<=^ O <=^O«=^O«=^O<=oO<=^O«^»«=^O32 words
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Article1511 1917-12-12 3 What the Germans mean by talking about the freedom of the seas as one of the objects for which they are fighting has always been rather a mystery. The mystery has been intensified by the method adopted of realising this ideal. This has been to deny1,511 words
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Article572 1917-12-12 3 INTERESTING IPOH CASE. High Pkibst Involved. Some quite interesting faots were brought to light during the hearing at the Ipoh Assizes of the case in whioh four Chinamen and a Chinese woman were charged in connection with the recent Police discovery that forged one-doliar notes were in circulation.572 words
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Advertisement128 1917-12-12 3 y LARGE QUANTITIES OF Estate Requisites Supplies 1 mu mi i— -w. «jtafr v- -v r-*rai Always Stocked. FOR PRICES PLEASE APPLY TO' HAN TONS Co., ESTATE SUPPLIERS COMMISSION AGENTS. 242, Beach Street, Penang. Telephone 743. AND tw lie urn 0 t9 S SPECIAL RESERVE U i* a—aaaaoaaMEBaM SANDILANDS, BUTTERY128 words
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Advertisement12 1917-12-12 3 For Children's Hacking Cough at Night Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure 1« M.12 words
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Advertisement823 1917-12-12 3 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 effectually check823 words
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Article983 1917-12-12 4 Thu Gubman Mutiny-" Lndou, October 13. If W 8 are fo judge by the amount of punishment icflioted upon its ringleaders, the German naval outbreak would not appear to hare been a very big affair. But here are other ways of looking at it. Admiral von Capelle states983 words
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Advertisement325 1917-12-12 4 '»O<XXXXXXXX>©0<XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX WHITEAWAY, LAIDLAW 8 CO., LTD. PENANG. (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND.) X X TAIPING THE FAMOUS TUSCAN CHINA WARE. This Ware is at onoe distinguishable from its many imitations, each piece in all designs has that X claan elegant finish which always decides anyone on the look out for Artistic China325 words
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Advertisement51 1917-12-12 4 Why It Sells. Chamberlain's Cough B j medy is the Urgest selling cougb medicine in the world to-day because it does exactly what a cough remedy is supposed to do. It stops the cough by curing the cold, and does it speedily and effectually. For sale by all dispensaries and51 words
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Advertisement666 1917-12-12 4 xxxxxx* tMitgry IK CHEAT Sk R 7 E Throughout the many stages of woman s life, from peevish girlhood through womanhood, motherhood, to the declining years of old age, there is no tetter, milder, or more effective medical companion to women-folk than Dr, Moses’s tly hi Indian Root Pills. they666 words
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Article255 1917-12-12 5 RED CROSS FUND, Amount previously acknowledged ...$140,418 91 H. C. Sykea 100.00 Collected at 2nd Magistrate 1 Police Court 5.00 Proceeds cf Penang Golf Club Bridge Tournament, Golf Competitions &o. 373.60 Collected by Mr. Bhafto at Cafe Shaftesbury 45,10 Proceeds of Sundry collecting boxes 78 79 Collecting255 words
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Article216 1917-12-12 5 Serious Cha.rgb Against Eurofbans. We hear that three European assistants (two Englishmen and one Irishman) of the Malay Tin Corporation Ltd., registered in Sydney and operating at Ratrut near Rmong, have been charged before the R j nong court with unlawfully causing he death of a Siamese216 words
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Article124 1917-12-12 5 The Britannia Opera Company staged the very interesting piece Ali Sangar at the Kuala Kangsar Theatre Hall last night before a fairly large audience including some Europeans. The principal idles were entrusted to Miss Tulis, the prima donna, and Abdullah who carried out their parts admirably. The124 words
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Article72 1917-12-12 5 Alor Pongsu 23,722, Brieh 17,248,1 Merban 15,232, North Perak 4,150, Ayer Kuning 5,870, Temerloh 9,204 lbs. H. B. M. Minister at Bangkok has reoeived j from H. B. M. Consul, Chiengmai the generons sum of Tcs. 15,531.44 raised by the effeots of British and Allied subjects in72 words
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Article316 1917-12-12 5 TAMIL COOLIE’S CRIME, A Lady Doctor’s Etidbnck. A Tamil ooolie named Appadu was charged this morning at the Ipoh Assizes—says the Ipoh paper of Monday~-with the murder of a woman named Paidama at Bandar Bharn Estate, Salak North, on October 23. Mr. Justice Farrer-Manby tried the316 words
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Article295 1917-12-12 5 Frank Criticism. Some very pungent and vitriolic criticisms of the Peking Government are now adorning the columns of the Chinese Press, for of late years there has been a remarkable development in the founding of vernacular organs as there has been a growing interest among the people295 words
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Article253 1917-12-12 5 Military Mission To Eurofb. An Army Order of recent date states that His Majesty the King of Siam has been I pleased to direct the formation of a Military I Mission to proceed to Europe to sot in I liaison with the Allies in the prosecution253 words
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Article45 1917-12-12 5 The following programme of musio will be played at the Esplanade to-day at 5-00 p.m, 1 1 Fantasia To the West Williams 2 The Charlestown Parade Dixion 3 Selection The New Barmaid Crook 4 Waltz RelneDu Danube Godfrey 5 Maroh Maritaua Riviere45 words
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Article405 1917-12-12 5 Minutbs of Mbbtino. Minutes of a Special Meeting of the Munioipal Commissioners held on Monday, the 26th November, 1917. Present i W. Pebl, Esq. President. A. M. Goodman, Esq Ykoh Guan Sbok. Esq. Chib Wob Lob, Esq. Absent A F. Goodrich. Esq. Quah Bbno Keb, Esq. F. Duxburt,405 words
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Advertisement767 1917-12-12 5 tir* 9r* Sr* sIJr* Sr* Sr* 8r(Sr* 1ST* (Star* (Star* ir* ar* atar* ar* ar* ar* ar* tar* ISr* istur* ar* ar* ar* y* ati!r* ar* ar* ar* ar8r* feir* ar* ar- I*it* ar* atit' 1 ar ar a^ fr* iC EXTRA OR DIN A R Y. Two Mammoth Feature767 words
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Advertisement325 1917-12-12 5 NOTICE I hereby give notice that I have thi9 daj assiguedto Ng Sm L m my right, share aod interest in the business of General Merchants end Provision Dealers carried on at No. 32 B aeh Street, Penane, under the style or firm name of Chop ‘‘Kwo:g Man On” orotberwiss325 words
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Advertisement377 1917-12-12 5 Wl KEDAH MEDICAL DEPARTMENT WANTED One Third Grade Dresser Apply to Tbe Sta'e Surgeon, Alor Star, Kedah. WANTED. Tamil-married ferred, Apply stating salary Field Overseer, ferred, required etc to, perilary A, B, 0,, c/o Straiit Echo. WANTED. CHINESE SECRETARY able to write pood English, age over 25 years. Apply starting377 words
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Article, Illustration99 1917-12-12 6 MlaM daily Budtj« ud pdblio wa»T«) at *n CBimiON PRESS, Ltd. 9«. 59, Beach Street, P«bu|. Pdiob' Daily Lmdl m 954 per unua m Qpjgtatliin Postage Extra. Mtfl rihin (Foal Free) 917.50 N CAILI ADDBBSS n *OHO—PEN ANG” Telephone Nos. (Echo) 586 Printing Department 343 A KB.99 words
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Article822 1917-12-12 6 It is satisfactory to find that the people of B itan, as represented by their statesmen and the press, are facing the unpleasant military situation create by what the Timet calls the deplorab'e elimin ation of Russia’' with calm and courageMr. Churchill, speaking frankly at Bedford,822 words
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483 1917-12-12 6 A notification in the F.M.B- Government Gaxefte states that: For the period from the 14th to the 20th Deoember, 1917, inolnsive, the valne of the highest grade of rubber is fixed at two shillings and five penoe halfpenny per lb., and the duty on483 words
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Article804 1917-12-12 6 Mr\ W. H. Tborre lift for Fingtpore 1 yesterday afternoon on a short visit. D r R Medical Officer, District < Hospital, B«tu Gaj«b, has returned and re* sumed duties. i Tbo following passengers arrived herefrom Singapore to-day:—Mr. A. H. Fisher, Mr. C. Bodin Kloss, Mr. Chong804 words
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Article1112 1917-12-12 6 Vulgar! Ia T.mbuctco, ibo travellers tell D0 0 i can hope to m*rry well, unless sb» p 0 a dowry of a hundred cow-». Wlme M in other places the mere possession of a n* r stood calves v 01 The Kaiser at Jerusalem. Toe K-iser Uas an1,112 words
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Advertisement256 1917-12-12 6 VITH/LT SHALL I GIVE? IS UNQUESTIONABLY THE QUESTION OF THE HOUB If you are in queitof an estabUshment where tin re is an infinite variety of useful yet inexpensive presents, the right place is here. grand toy bazaar NOW OPEN. Comprising all the Season s Latest novelties. Dolls in Chinese256 words
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Advertisement56 1917-12-12 6 IN AID Of I HC R£D CROSS FUND. Owing to the demand for tickets IN THE PENANG LOTTERY The Committee have decided to postpone the closing date for outstations till Dec. 31st. Tickets can be obtained from the Secretaries in Penang, op till Jan. 3rd, 1918, and the drawing will56 words
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Article636 1917-12-12 7 [Reuter's Telegrams] TEE KINS’S CONGRATULATIONS The Holy Places. L >LdoD, Decemb >r 10. It is iffi-'iVly announced that H. M- the J£»ng ba» sett tbe following message to General AHfr.ty, ccmnoar diog tbe forces in Palestine: —The occupation of will be received throughout tbe Empire with tbe greatest636 words
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Article73 1917-12-12 7 Latest Quotations. T’*» (unrefiuedj is quoted here to-day 1137 50, buy-r» no s-Hets, iu Singapore r h .t $138, bus n6H8 don", (125 tor*- |n a- d in L udon »t .£296 spot and a' 10». turee months. s. Bonstead Co inform us ih»t the tollowiug w73 words
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Article780 1917-12-12 7 [Reuter’s Telegrams] OFFICIAL REPORTS Satisfactory NowsLand, n, D oembor 11. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas H.ig reports Fhere was unusual mutual aerial and artillery activity yesterday paiticularly south of the Soarpe and north of the Lys. We repulsed a raid east of Epeby and dispersed worki ig-p art!sa on the780 words
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Article869 1917-12-12 7 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] A MOVE LAST SEPTEMBER. Disclosure in the Commons Lmdor, D cember 11. In tha Housa of Mr. A. J. I Bslfour, Secretary of State for Foreign 'Affairs, stated that in Septembar last tbe G vernment received from Germ*ny a dm manic ition s-mt through a869 words
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Article567 1917-12-12 7 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] GREAT MUNITION FACTORY DESTROYED All War Industries Affected I London, December 10. i In connection with the report cable 1 last 1 1 month that large chemical works at I Griesheim-Elektron near Frankfort had I bean destroyed owing to »n explosion, it s I authoritatively567 words
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Article69 1917-12-12 7 1 From Owr Chon Correspondent Singapore, December 11. The Straits Chinese British Association annual report states th*t the Committee on September 27 resolved that the time has now arrival when Government should promote higher education by endowing scholarships or staitiag a t-ohaical school. The resolution was forwarded to69 words
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Article26 1917-12-12 7 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, December 10 The prices in tbe Londox Rubber Market tc-dav were: Pale Orepe 2/34 Diamond Smsksd Sheet 2/s|26 words
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Article522 1917-12-12 7 THE SITUATION [Reuter’s Telegrams.] FRANK SPEECH BY MR CHURCHILL Britain’s War Aims London, D C’mbar 11. Winston Churchill Minister if Munij fions, in a speech at Bedford, dealt frank r y y with the preset unfavourable war sitaidon. This, hs declared, was entirely due to the fact that Russia had522 words
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Article261 1917-12-12 7 Two Well Known Chinese Missino. C From Oar Oim Correspondent,') Singapore, December 12. It is rumoured toat two S'rai*r-born Chinesp, Wee Kay Cbiing and T*n Bee Jong, who visited the former’s rubber estate in Jobore on Sunday have not returned. Mnrd -r is suspeotf d. The police,261 words
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Article830 1917-12-12 7 fu ppl* mental Budget Passed A sp ci*l uu eting of rhe Muoic pal Cimmissioncra was ht*Jd at t' r e Muuic pal Oflfiea yesterday aforroon for of considering and, if app cv->d, of pissing the Supplemental Budget N 1 of 1917. r There were Dresent M°ssrs. W.830 words
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Article84 1917-12-12 7 The following article* will be found 0» our outaide pages Pages. 3. Von Tirpitz on Freedom. Forged N jtee. 8 4. Naval Notes. harder on ar» E.*a*e Chinese on Sam And The War. To-day’* Bai d Prog-ammPenang “Our D.y”, A RonoDg Ca*e, N iTi'tr bir Rubber Crops. 8.—President Wi84 words
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Article1067 1917-12-12 8 Thb Bight to Mike Your Neighbour Keep His Premises Free op Tigers. I Woodrow Wilson’s plain statement that henceforth and forever he does not know the Kaiser or any of his relatives in the matter of peace arrangements is probably the chief oause of the sizzling1,067 words
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Article1011 1917-12-12 8 Lbssbned bt the WarLondon, October 15, At the beginning ot the war snl before conscription was adopted some definite criminals joined Hts Maj-sty s Forces. This statement has been made to an American interviewer, Mr. Edward Marshall, by Mr. Basil Thomson, Scotland Yard who estimates the total1,011 words
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Article2034 1917-12-12 8 Lovat Fraser - (By Lovat Fraser). WHAT IT MAY MEAN. The Western Allies are slowly realising that at the best Russia can furnish no really effective military help for a long time to come» They do not yet seem to be thinking of the possible consequences of Russia's breakdown. The military2,034 words
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Article1384 1917-12-12 8 A GLOOMY PICTURE. < i The Perils of Selfishness and Conceit. An anonymous writer in the Nihon oyobi Nihonjin (Japan and the Japanese) puns a very pessimistic article on the future of Japan. He sees on all sides ominous signs of impending national ruin, and draws1,384 words
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579 1917-12-12 8 Of the many effects of the war by no means the least important is that ou the finances of the countries of Eastern Asia. The effect indeed has been so great that tha economic dependence of Asia upon Europe is undergoing a profound579 words
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Article39 1917-12-12 8 W KDNKBDAT, DICIMBII 12, Town B »nd. Esplanade. Penang Recreation Club, A.G.M,, 6 P*®* Friday, Dicbmbir 14. P.0.C., Distribution of Prizes and Tenon Matob. New Moon, Town Band, Esplanade, Suhday, Diormssk 14' Brd la Ad rant,39 words
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Advertisement12 1917-12-12 8 For Children's Hacking Cough at Night Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure Is M.12 words
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Article1207 1917-12-12 9 Moral and Material Failures. The Mornl aad Mat. rial Progress report published by the Indim Office each year is intended maiuly for the edification and instruction of those members of Parliament 1 who taka an interest in the affairs of this country, and may perhaps so1,207 words
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Article300 1917-12-12 9 i w Pmawo, 12th Dbmember 1917. Beef c i 4t Soup per catty 14—16 Koast 26-28 “teaks 26 28 Stew or Curry Meat "18 20—22 Rump Steak 26—28 Ox Tail each 30—35 Tongue 50 >i Feet If each Heart 35—40 Liver per catty 40 Fillet of Beef 60300 words
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Advertisement290 1917-12-12 9 NOTICE. tKT OF APPLICATIONS for public A L uge licence» for tbe ye.r 1918 to l(lp!( d #t tbe meetirg of tbe Bjaid of be*? 0 re Jubt'.cp» on WtdDe«d*y, tbe 1917, may be «ten on liwtbn at ‘be CbioeM Piotic-orate ,'.jpg tbe usual tfBce herns. A. M. GOODMAN, Secretary,290 words
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Advertisement486 1917-12-12 9 To keep in touch with Mercantile firms in China and the Far East YOU MUST HAVE THE CHINA DIRECTORY A USEFUL AND RELIABLE BUSINESS GUIDE PRICE $7.50 a copy POSTAGE EXTRA. 1 he Criterion Press Ltd PRINTERS STATIONERS H plain CrutDs on the subject of Health are the only 5486 words
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Article932 1917-12-12 10 THE STUDY OP ORIENTAL LANGUAGES. Lack of Pbopbb Inokjttivk. Mr. Edward Denison Bess (Keeper of the Stein Antiquities at the British Museum and Professor of Persian at University College, London), in the oourso of an introduction to the Bulletin of the Bchool of Oriental studies—London Institution —says932 words
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Article1091 1917-12-12 10 There has been a general desire that somebody would collect the folk-songs of the Army. The thing has now been done. Tommy’s Twwea (Erskine Macdonald. 2s. 6d. net) is described as “A Comprehensive Collection of Soldiers’ Songs, Marching Melodies, Rude Rhymes, and Popular Parodies, Composed, Collected, and Arranged1,091 words
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Advertisement46 1917-12-12 10 Accidents Will Happen. It may be impossible to pretent ‘Bn accident, bat it ia not impossible to be prepared for it. Chamberlain’s Pain Balm is not beyond anyone’s purae, and with a bottle of this liniment yon are prepared for almost P r le aU *i»P«*»les46 words
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Advertisement239 1917-12-12 10 f -I ij e<«! f* f< LS ST i.i? s 7^ -t- OTR SSfJrS B L-; rsSisD RADC o o NBV)^ “CHOP KOTA” SOLE AGENTS '.<*?'#■»-? «04« v’-» lII* H ADAMSON, GILFILLAN 8 CO.. LTD. (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND) PENANG, SINGAPORE MALACCA, j it T> ■•j, if if i *•s> 8239 words
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Advertisement511 1917-12-12 10 DAVID CORSAR J s OK WELL-KNOWN EXTRA NAVY CANVAS, NO. I SANDILANBS, BUTTERY 8 GROSS HERMANCK MALAGA: SPAIN 0F Mm A»» «..OKI L 1»,,, cw KAISIN3, DRIED FIGS, U«»L NUTS. LEMONS, GRAPES, OLI PURE OLITR SALAD OIL.WIuJ CHICKPEAS. ANISEED C t»., SEED, Etc. U Agcftta waited ia «II arge Hi.kast511 words
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Article2012 1917-12-12 11 STRIKING CHARACTER SKETCH. A Oiiit English Common». If he is sincere, what an enigma; and if he is not, what a comedy 1” It is thus that August Filon, in the Revue dee Devu Mendee, sums up the character and oareer of Arthur James Balfour, the Eaglish2,012 words
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Advertisement298 1917-12-12 11 Z SAY EMPHATICALLY That Sciatica, that moat excruciating of maladies can ba cured! Little'S Oriental Balm cured me. after five years of misery. It will cure you.” Tdat voices the sentiment of one grateful patient. Thousands of others are ready to join in the chorus of praising this remarkable dispeller298 words
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Advertisement1425 1917-12-12 12 i p. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINE. j VI O (Companies Incorporated in England MAIL AND PASSENGER SERVICE8. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL SAILINGSContract with Hi* Majesty's Government.) The'Compenj’a MAILJ8ER VICES EAST OF BOMBAY are at present supended Pawenfevellfer Europe are booked via Bombay as opportnnitj offer* and as far as todatien1,425 words
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