Straits Echo, 16 December 1911

Microfilm: NL687
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    39 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS», CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY VOL. 9. $24 Per Annum. PtN A IS Li, MiUKiHI, iOth DECEMBER, 19 H. Single Copy, 10 cents. No. 28^
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      1031 1 I Po]iiipo a Tonic and some thing to nouriah jou, Drink Dog's Head Guinness's Stout, and look for this label to see that you get it. ypvq LEE A Co., Sole A<jerUs. jy i V Andrew Usher 8 Co.’s SPECIAL RESERVE. O.V.G. Whisky. SANDILANDS, BUTTERY 8 Co.. agents for PENANG
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      26 1 Order i([in Nip Bottles. Dog's Head Guinness's Stoat. cheers and sooth* •< and doesn't harm UjEmM/S&k^ it is on every genu TIANG LEE A Co., Sole Agent»
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    Menace to Peace.
    1407 2 Snixai Bbhatiocr ut German Crow* Prince in Keichstao. The international situation. which appeared to lie quieting down after the settlement of the Morocco controvert/, wan again •hired into a ferment by a scene in the German Reichstag altogether unprecedented in the history of European politic*. The iiaue
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      61 2 THIS IS IT Waterbury’s Metabolized Cod Liver Oil Compound 1 <•4 I. 1 be latest scientific jue d ilution of C< »I> I i VKK l>ces all that i-i claimed for it and >upcr bodes the old fashioned emulsions which upset 1 the stomach Highly re I commended by the
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      191 2 Somethin* to Remember. When buyiug a cough medieiue for children bear in iuin<l that Chamberlain’* Cough Remedy is most effectual for cold B up croand whooping cough and that it contains uo harmfull drug. Fof 9ale by all Dispensaries and I dealers. REALISATION OF' EXPECTATION AT THE George Town Cinematograph
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      2368 2 »r. iy-' m M irii« at liiJi be i a *Crd ae= irAn Indescribably delightful sensation is procured by those who accustom themselves, immediately before retiring to rest, to take a mouth douche of Odol. This preparation penetrates the cavities of the teeth and the whole mucous membrane of the
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    VESSELS EXPECTED.
    26 3 Vessels i rom Agents Dae 1 Assaye Singapore A.(jr.&Co. lt’tli Dec. Roon Singapore B.M.&Co.. 19tli Buelow Colombo B.M *Oo 21st Delta Colombo A.Gh&Oo. 14th
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    SAILINGS.
    35 3 Vessel* For A-jents Leaves 1 A i/e Colombo i iA.O &Co. Dec niHt t< Co'ombo }l> M <fcCo. Hvelow *-nn/a;»ore H M <fcJo In H i. Sniv a-« *re A.G .ArO'i. i i t
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      294 3 ftr-rted Arrivals and Depart urt*. Mail Service Ojiward. Delta connecting with Mantua 1 I <*12 jau 2«'» Hmia.ava Macedoni: Morea Homew«r/i Date. Steamer. Connecting with S.S. Due London. I)e< 2 Delta I India Dec. 3 p; As save Moldavia Jan. 1 :D Himalaya Mongolia 2 1912 Jan Kel» Mar. Apr.
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      614 3 BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD. iFor Intended to Sail.' Singapore (Three times a week). Tort Sweltrnham and Singapore. (Twice a week). Mergui, Tavoy, Yeh and Moulmein. (Fortnightly). Sat 16th Deo 4 p.m. Pun. 17h Dec., 4 p.m. Thur 21st Dec., 4 p.m. Pat. 23rd Dec ,4pm. Pat. 16th Dec.,
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      1152 3 (SHIPPING.) IOMCHER LLOYD, BREMEN. IMPERIAL GERM 417 MAIL LINS imHK fast and well-known mail steamers of this Company sail fortnightly from Bremen j A Hamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southampton, Gibraltar, Algiers, Genoa Naples (connection Marseilles, Alexandra and vice versa). Port Said, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penang, Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai, Tsingtau or
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    THE STRAITS ECHO.
    434 4 A Journal for Educated Folk Published daily (except Sundays and public holidays) AT THE CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. No. 22t>—232 Beach Street, Pcu.iug. Price. Daily Local $24 per annum Out station... Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Post Free) $l5 CABLE ADDRESS ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo) 586 Printing Department 343
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    MISSION WORK NEEDED
    1742 4 In our own modest way we are a missionary. We preach regularly against injustice, intolerance, race prejudice, iace irrogHuce, hypocrisy, the sins of society, iu short against anv wrong thing that w« happen lo c »me across in the Eeh diocese We preach the virtue of cheerfu’ness,
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    Penang Golf Club.
    183 4 Mrs. Heim’s Prize. Mrs. Heim kindly presented a Prize to the Penang Golf Club to lie c« lupeted for by the Lady Mem tiers uuder the following conditions 1. Post Entries 2. For Consecutive Medal rounds off holes are o l»e plaved un»ler ordinary handicap. The Lady
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    Tin and Rice Quotations.
    699 4 Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to-day at 595.50 buyers, no sellers in Singapore (refined] at $95.82! buyers, no sellers and in London to-dav at a 199 l s. cash and -£l9l 15s. three months’ sight. Rangoon rice is quoted to-day at $215 pier eoyan. Benedicks vs
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  • PUBLIC OPINION.
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      HIS OWN OPINIONS.
      625 4 TO TH K Eldloß or tUS MKAIII ECHO. Dear Sir, —If there are people who write too much and too often, there are also people wuo write too seldom and too little. This is more generally the fault, some one has remarked, of young people. As I
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    C. R. C.
    92 4 Lawn Tennis Tournament. Following are the result* of yesterday’* ties Singlet Handicap Clog* B. Lain Hor Yin heat Ewe Cheng Khar —15, 0 7 5. Tun Eng Soon 15 beat Lee Tiang Liat, f—6 6-3; 6-3. The following ties have lieeu fixed for this afternoon Ch a
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    P. C. C.
    83 4 Bowls TornxAMEST. Following were the results of the ti**s played off yesterday Pro/iMgion Pair. Davidson and Southam beat W. Brown and F. Daniel, 21—12. Starr aud Hamilton beat Ambrose and Sugars, 21-8. Single Handicap. Dobbie heat Pentnev, 21—15. The following ties have been tiled for Tuesday, the
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      314 4 Don't read this if you are not interested. m i v a. a 1 l T .v ti. /1 ir Fti a «kf Pnrnfji A new shi.mont of the Latent and most Up-to-date denies of Prirate -Tvred Rickshaws from Messrs. V. AKIHA A Co. has just been received by t
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      35 4 Riedel's <; •nrwnn is not unpleasant to take, an<l is not attended by those distressing byeffects which so often accompany the use of balsams and Santal oils. It has 'secured unqualified ymkm from the leading Specialist*.
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  • TELEGRAMS.
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      Legislative Council.
      370 5 Bukit Asahan Road. it tMerdav’s meeting of the Legislative A 'iifhe Hon. A. T. Bryant moved a vote l jM 000 for metalling the Bukit Asali&u T Mala*’™- He explained that the up’,,f the road was in the hands of the Board- Luring the year the director n
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      The Stranded Delhi.
      432 5 telegram from Ta*igi°r says that the *,Idlers from Gibraltar with ve-y gnat difficulty established communication with the Delhi hy a rocket apparatus. All yesterday the crew were lieiug taken off the stranded ship. Admiral Cradock rised the arrangements. He w is waist deep n surf. The shore
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      Insurance Bill.
      64 5 House of Commons has agreed to i mmor amendments of the House of hwis to the Insurance Bill. Ti HIRl> Heading Passed. llie House of Lords lias passed the third reWm K tlie Insurance Bill. Resolution ok Protest. :n CruW,l r! insurance protest meeting Urd hT? ltio tra,les
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      Military Aeroplane.
      26 5 The War Office offers AHI.OOO iu prize: for a composition open to the woild for th production of a m liHyy aerop ane. Reuter.
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      First Test Match.
      70 5 The first test match which liegan aSydney yesterdav was played in glorit ous weather. The wicket was perfec» and the attendance good. Australia weut to the wicket first aud at the time of wiring had scored 3 7 runs for 5 wickets. Clem Hill scored 4G, Armstrong
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      The Durbar.
      129 5 A telegram from Delhi states that the Kiug-Emperor’s great investiture took plac in a teut. During the ceremony a cry of fire caused an alarm which quickly subsided It proved that the teat of Lori Crewe’s Secretary had accidentally burned Officially Contradicted The rumour that Princo Arthur cf
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      Antarctic Exploration.
      22 5 The Terra Nova has sailed for Christ church to get in touch with the Scott expedition to the Antarctic. Reuter.
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      The Dardanelles.
      472 5 A telegram from Constantinople says it is 'understood that an interview bitwesa the Foreign Minister and the Turkish ambus sador took p’a *e yesterday tuning on the <{Uestion of tin Dardanelles wmch is now considered shelved. R elites. Pbai Thieves Sentenced. —Those four tongkang co dies caught thieving
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    The Manifest.
    320 5 Tin.—The s.s. Cautoa from Telok Anson brought 40 slab» of tin. Baccy.—The ss. C*lyp>o is alongside the wharf discharging 3,000 bales of tobacco. General Cargo. s.s. Assaye 45 tons, s.s. Nam Sang... 500 The Koval Mail steamer Assaye, having left Singapore at 9 am. to day, is expected
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    A Disgraceful Scene.
    286 5 “Indignant” sends the f dlowing letter to our Kiumpur contemporary Coming down in the 4 p.iu train on Saturday, I saw a most disgraceful sc'»ne Two, iconhl-be undressed them solve*, i.e. changed their cloth-s. in the first class carriage, in which a lady and also a priest
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    To-morrow’s Church Services.
    160 5 THIRD SUNDAY IN ADVENT ST. GEORGE’S CHURCH. 8 a m. Matins (t’lioral). 8-30 a m. —Holy Communion (Plain). 10 a.m —Matins (Obinesei. 5 p.m. Sunday School. 6pm —Even-uny and Sermon. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Divim service will be held in the Presby-; terian Church, Northam Road, at 9 a.m.
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    Exchange Quotations.
    76 5 Penang, 16th December, 1911 Selling. London T. T. 2/4/, Demand 2/4 j w 4m st 2 4*] Calcutta T. T 174’ Rangoon T. T. 1744 Madras T. T 174* Hongkong T T. 19i dis. Shanghai T. T. 93* Buying. 3in st cre«liU London 24 jj GOd/st 24*| 30d
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    FIXTURES.
    37 5 To-DAT Jb'th Day of 10th Moon. Convent School Closes. Entries Close for Selangor Sky Meeting. Band, Golf Club, t* p.iu. George Town Cinematograph, Kuala Kangsar Road, 9 p.w. Japanese Bioscope, Penang Road. Straits Cinematograph, Penang Road.
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      37 5 :urouuts wehave «*> r ~l® B !,n 18 une of the most «•C L !T en of mod <™ P»*»nimoC Oopaiba 'cubeh f t^ 1 pre{>anitiolLi lad 0 11 w the safest DnJJ* ,Uoo «Mftil. At all Chemists aud
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      46 5 His eough —I speak iu confidence— Was quite the worst I’ve heard. His pain and suffering was intense And all sufficient evidence Of long continued negligence, I need not add a word. But now he’s < ured —jus* take the hint, The Cure w*« Woods’ Great Peppermint
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      9 5 Hor ill interim] com > ainr.s, •iyf-ent.flrv, take Peppermint Cure.
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      412 5 To-night To-night Only 2 Nights. Hsn Pino; Chiei aud h:s World Famous r roupe of Magioians of Wirson Coy., of Pekin > A crobats, Conjurors, and Equ librists. At the Drury Un: Theatre Hall, Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th, Dec., 1911, (AT 9-15 P.M. Change of Programme Nightly. String Band
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      524 5 THE EASTERN SMELTING CO., LTD. (Incorporated ia the Straits Settle meats under the Companies' Ordinance 1889.) OT1CE is hereby given that aa Extra- 11 ordinary General Meeting of the I above-named Company will be held at the Registered Office of th»' Company, F. M S. Railway Buildings, China Street Ghaut,
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      208 5 Rahman Tin Co.» Ltd Interim Dividend 1911 /12. A first Interim Dividend of 5%. bas been declared payable in Glasgow on the 16th December. Bv order of the Board ADAMSON. GILFILLAN CO. LTJ).. General Man, Q*rt. 1G-12-11 691 THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE CO., LTD. Head Office :—SINGA P< >KK.
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      ARRIVALS.
      69 6 lama, Br. 957, Hirst, 15th Dec., Kang«H*n, 12tli l>ec., Gen. —H. L. A Co. Br. 956, Sinclair, 15th Dec., Singapore, Mtli Her., Gen. H. I<. Co. Petrel Br. 124, Caw*, loth IM-, A Kalian, 1 4-t h Dec., Gen.—E. S. Co Ltd. v Canton, Br. s.s., 100, Bavasahib, 16th
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      DEPARTURES.
      78 6 16th December. Tong Chun*, for Alor Star (Kedah). petrel, for Asahan. Jin Ho, for Trang. Bon Wlmtl Boon, for Laugkat. Hok Canton, for Teluk Anson. Ifoaj Mob, for Singapore, Hongkong, Amoy and Swatow. Calypso, for Deli. Lainn, for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Nam Sang, for Calcutta. Jit Seng, for
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      MAILS CLOSE.
      317 6 For Singa|>ore —Per Klloro, 18th instant, 11 am. Batu Bahra —Per L inn Choo 18th j instant, 1 p.in. Port Swettenham, Port Dickson and Mahuva —Per Peyu, 18th iustaut, 1 pm. Dindings, Sitiawau and Teluk Anson Per Canton, 18th instant, 2 p.in. Port Swettenham and Singapore—Per Klang, 19th
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    EXCHANGE.
    127 6 Penang, 16th December. (By courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London, Demand Bank 2/4 f 4 month»’ sight Bank 2/4^4 3 Oed.t 2/4J 7 M 3 Documentary.. ilalcuda, Deniaml Bank R*. 174 H 3 day»’right Pnv*r* I*s) Bombay, Demand Bra* 174 Moulmein, D*man3 Hint 1 3J 8 day»* sight P
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    PRODUCE.
    225 6 Gold Leaf $64.60 Black Pepper no siocl White Pepper 27.40 buyert Tr&ng Pepper 20. nom. Cloves 42. nominol Mace 1»>8 —nominal Pickings 105 —sellers Nutmegs 11 Os. 26.50 sals No. 1 8 20 sal Sugar < 2 8 10 sal s (.Basket 5.10 nom. Copra (mixed) 11.30 som. Tahbun
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    MAKKHT PRICES.
    202 6 Pk.VA.NO, 1 t»TH December, 1911. Beef cts. j Soup por catty 1 1 Roast 24 j Steaks 21 j Stew or Currv Meat... 16 i Rump Steak 24 < Ox Tail each 0 j Tongue... 55 j Feet 15 Heart' 3*. Liver per catty 5* Posk— Pork catty
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      120 6 The Wise Mother. The most prominent physician in the couutrv cannot produce better results in the treatment of cough», colds, croup and whooping cough than the wise mother with a a bottle of Cbauiliorlain’s Cough Remedy. She always keeps it in a handy place and knows where to lay her
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      855 6 TO-NIGHT! TO-NIGHT I GRAND PICTURE EXHIBITION AT THE Japanese bioscope < (PENANG ROAD) SPECIAL GRAND PROGRAMME. 1 Tweedledum learns tragical part (New Antbrosie tiluis) 2 Trv<*dledum wants t > be a jockey (New Ambrosie iilms) b A sufferer of Insomnia (New Itala) 4 When the cat is away (New Imp
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      259 6 Coming! Coming!! HIE LONDON MTXSICAL COJiLDY COWEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 20TH. Acknowledged to be the strongest combination of its kiud which has ever visited the Fa* Fust. Comprising artistes specia iv eugaged from the leading London '!l.ea'r«-s. HOOK BOUB SKATS FAULT AT THE ROBINSON PIANO CO LTD. PRICES AS USUAL. Prrprieiur, \V.
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      575 6 ura WITHOUT HEALTH IS LIVING DEATH. BRAIN AND NERVE FOOD VETARZO This remarkable compound, the latest discovery of modern time», is without equal in an case* of defective nerve an.! brain power, w;ictli<r induced by worry, overwork, dissipation, or other influences. Sleeido-ness. p.fpnation. detective emulation, uervous dyspepsia, tic or neuralgia
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      2760 7 X MAS NOVELTIES. v ina and New Year Card*. Pictorial Post Cards, Cracters, Vases. Flower Stands. Artificial Flowers, Stationery. Electro-plated Ware. Bixpenny Novels, Fancy Goods, and Shoes. Straw Hats. Tenu Hits, Helmets, Caps, Sweaters, Neckties' Mufflers, Collars, Valggarie Singlets. toys TOYS!! TOYS!!! Wines, Liquors, Provisions, Confectionery, Hams, Cakes, Biscuits, Salted
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      976 8 W. MANSON, American Dentist, Utc oflDr. Allen 8 Co.. Pha. 0. S. A. Charges Moderate, Consultation Free. RESIDIN'! AT /Vo, 21a, Penang Road, i fcv loots from the Cistern ind Orient*! Hotel Khoo Buan Phuan CHOP TECK COMPANY, Shanghai Carpenters S’ Furnishers, 4, PriTANG ROir. High-class Household Furniture kept in
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