Straits Echo, 21 December 1912

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    Masthead
    35 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS. CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY VOL. 10. $24 Per Annum. PENANG, SATURDAY, 21st DECEMBER, 1012. Single Copy, 10 cents. No. 292
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      1165 1 tf t ,j-j require a Ton la *nl some' thing to nourish you, Drink Dog’s Head Guinness's Stout. and look ij/ 'A f xl_ /v A A or “is &;3i CS rs ,<5 rs label to see that you get it. TIANG LEE A Co., flofe Agentb. Andrew Usher 8
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      37 1 Order it in Nip Bottles I'* Dog's Head Cuirncss’s Stout. The Tonic that ckeprs and soothe* ff t and doesn’t harm. Observe this label, it is on every genuine Nip. TJINQ LEE A Co., Soli Age at*
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    The Tin Cases.
    10470 2 'on',in 'i *1 /run y rd rJiy t mum?). Mr. Holman Gregory: If your Lordship little further into this Jii'Ignifiit of Mr. Justice Tborntou, if I tuny. May 1 rend on In mjr opinion. theref- r**, ro mi-h re«tric i»'fl on Mr. Strauss’* powers of dealing with
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      57 2 THIS IS IT! Waterbury’s Metabolized Cod Liver Oil Compound t'fS tax c:;rsrt TASTELESS ODORLESS The latest scientific pre paration of COD LIVER OIL. Does all that is claimed for it and super Ecdes the old fashioned emulsions which upset the stomach. H ighly re commended by the medi cal profession.
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      637 2 Coughs and Lung Troubles Angier*s Emulsion has bees prescribed by the medical profession and used in the hospitals for the last twenty years and is now universally recognised as the standard approved remedy for coughs, bronchitis, asthma, consumption and all forms of lung trouble. It is superior to other lung
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      1483 2 n« ▼•racitr GOLD ENGLISH WATCH FREE TO YOUR ADDRESS. £5.1 Masters' Voracity ti the perfect Watch for «very day wear. It li n>ade in various lire* ami designs to suit all clasps »t home and in the Colonic». It is strong, reliable, and keeps correct tjroe, ami la anpplied at
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    VESSELS EXPECTED.
    23 3 Vessels Irom Agents Due fv'tia Colombo AG.ACo. 26th Dec. Himalaya Singapore A.G.ACo. 28th LuffzooSingapore B.M.AJo. 31hL >» Biitlow Colombo BM.ACo. 2nd Jau.
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    SAILINGS.
    23 3 Veuelt For Agent» Le&vet India ti i inula ya, Lurtzoir Lutlow Singapore Colombo Colombo Singapore A.G.ACo. A. B. B.M ACo Dec Jau.
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      332 3 aIAL greeted Arrivals and Departures Mail Service Outward. j»h 2<5 India connecting with Moloja 11<13 Jan. 9 A stave Jan. 23 Himalaya Keb- Devanba Homeward Morea Marmora Medina I’ate. Dec. Due lau. Ian. Feb. Feb. tfar. ft ipr. 99 day SPECIAL THROUGH STEAMER. K M S India April 4th. I
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      1363 3 (S HIPPING.} -.'•V BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD. IUUEER LL07E, BREMEN. N. Y. K. Foe Intended to Saii.. Steamer. Singapore (Three times a week). Pori Swettenham and Slngipnre. (Twice a week). Meruui, Tavoy, Yeh, Mouline7n*and Victoria Point. (Fortnightly). Singapore, Clnna and Japan. _(FortnightIy.) Rangoon A Calcutta. (Weekly.) Negapatam, Madras,
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    THE STRAITS ECHO.
    97 4 Ptabliihtd daily (except Sundays and public holidays) AT TH« CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. No. 226 —232 Beach Street, Penang. Paic*. Daily Local 924 per annum. Outatation... Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Post Free) 117.50 CABLB ADDRESS ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo, 586 Printing Department 343 SB. —All business communication* should
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    FRANCE.
    457 4 If, as Reutor told us yesterday, M. Leon Bourgeois has really declined to stand i s a candidate for the Presidency of Fiance, the field may somewhat narrowed dowtj but the y betting will become more open. There has been a very general desire for r J b some
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    EVIL COMMUNICATIONS
    286 4 An altogether exaggerated amount of importance id attached by thogullish herd at Homo to the periodical utterances on Malayan affairs of a cor'aiu Mr. Latnpard. This person is either grossly ignorant of conditions out here or else he is deliberately determined to misreprtsent them, for whenever he pontificates
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    DISTURBERS OF TRAFFIC.
    399 4 Lnless some of the persons who drive curs and ride motor cycles in Penang can learn to moderate their passion for speed, it will soon become necessary to agitate for a speed limit within Municipal limits. At the same time it would be a pity if all
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    M. A. P.
    855 4 Mr. Barbour and Mr. Ranger, of Caledonia Estate. P. W., loft to-day for a short holiday in Rangoon. Mr. W. C. Vanreuen, manager of Kiuta N alley Estate, B itu Gajah, is paying a short visit to Penang. Mr. G. Woodhead, formerly editor of the Pricing atul
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    THE DOUBLE RICSHA.
    520 4 To Tii s Editor or thh Straits Echo. Sir,—l seo that it is the intention t f Government to legislate the double rich, out of existence. The main, and perbnJ the on v, reason for such a curious pieceTf legislation is humanitarian, but I ak lv suspect
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    An Appeal.
    306 4 Sir, His Excellency the Governor observer from the home papers which arrived by the last mail that the Lord Mayor ban opened a fund called “The Turbo-Balkan Belief Fund for non-combatants especialiy women and children, who are suffering privations from the dire effects of the War.” As there
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      345 4 THE GftEAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE CO., LTD. If you want your •s Xmas ,o Festive L come to the S.U.T. for some u Q l Japanese Lanterns. J I Life Assurance and Endowment i Hrad Office :—SINGAPORE. Alt Forms. I 1\ liberal policies. LOW KATES on hire, any number up
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      43 4 Something Dependable. Chamberlain a Cough Tlemedv never disappoint» those who use it for obst'nate coughs, colds and irritations of the throat and lungs. It stands unrivalled as a remedy {or Ml throat and lung diseases I? or sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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      81 4 Beware of Colds. Children are much more likely to contract the contagious diseases when thei hare colds. Whooping cough, diphtheria, scarlet fever-end consumption are diseases that are often contracted when the child has a cold. That is why all medical authorities say beware of colds. For the quick cure of
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      NYALAS RUBBER.
      87 5 (I'cho SjK'cia,'.) Redaction of Capital. Singapore, Dtcemb. r 21. A special meeting of the shareholders of the Nyalas Rubber Company has been called for December 31 to consider the following resolutions: (a) That 100,000 ordinary dollar shares be consolidated into 20.000 ordinary five-dollar shares, (b) That tie capital
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      Food Taxes.
      265 5 (Reuter.) Colonial Opinio.'.. London, December 20. The Time* publishes long despatches from it* Canadian, Australian and New Zeiland correspondents on the subject of Mr. Bonar haw’s announcement, showing that there is a general agreement that each part of the Empire must settle its fiscal policy for itself. In
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      The Journalist’s Holiday.
      27 5 Reuter.) Loudon, Decemlier 20. For the first time in the history of the Press uo newspapers will be published in London on Christmas Day.
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      British East Africa.
      66 5 (Reuter.) Revision of Bound»?its. Loudon, December 20. The Daily Express states that the revision of the boundaries of British East Africa and the Belgian Congo will be announced shortly. It gives British East Africa a strip of territory sixty miles by thirty in area, west of the
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      Welsh Disestablishment.
      36 5 Rcu*er.) Unionist Amendment Rejected. London, December 20. The Uuionist amendment to the Disendowment. proposals in the Welsh Churi i Bill was defeated by 55 votes, some of t .e Liberals voting with the minority.
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      German Aeroplane Fund.
      22 5 (Renter.) £.350,000 Subscribed. London, December 20. A sum of £350,000 has been subscribed to the German National Aeroplane run
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      Tin and Rice Quotations.
      58 5 The following business in tin nas been done to-day:— Singapore A eiiXnn Straits Trading Co., 150 tons at $ll4OO Penang Penang Tin Exchange, 12$ T 13.40 Total 102$ tons. Tin is quoted in London to-day at cash and £227 7s. 6d. threo months sight. Rangoon rice
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      THE WAR.
      748 5 Reuter.) PEACE NEGOTIATIONS. London, December 20. A momentary sensxtion was caused by the lurkish delegate* hurrying alwne from the Peace Conference after it hail boon sitting for au hour but it was quickly anQOQDced that the Conference had adjourned till .Saturday because the Turkish instructions had not been
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      Doctors And The Insurance Act.
      35 5 (Reuter.) I/ondon, December 20. U-i-ton. on .be^ou, accepting j Act has conclud-: work under the Insurance z Ofiboo docuh t February 2b.obf d the Insuranc6 Act, the number of abstentious.
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      THE NAVY.
      353 5 f Reuter.) AI>MIRAL BRIDGEMAN’3 RETIREMENT. Debat; ia the Common*. r In the House of Commons, on the 1 motion for the adjournment of the Haute, 1 the Bridgeman affair was discussed. Lord Charles Beresford, Member for Portsmouth, said that Admiral Bridgeman was notoriously unfriendly to him and bad
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      Medan Sportsmen’s Visit.
      541 5 Fu 1 Programme. The joint committee appointed to make arrangements for the Christmas visit of our sporting friends from Medan has d awn up the following programme: Tuesday, :4th December: The visitors will arrive by the s. s. Malaya and tiffin at the E. AO. Hotel at
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      COPRA COMPANY, LTD.
      1063 5 ALLEGED BREACH OF CONTRACT. Before Mr. Justice S. L. Thornton in tb« Supreme Court yesterday afternoon the case was resumed in which Mr. J. C. Pasqual is suing the Copra Company, Ltd for (a) 55,000 damages for misrepresentation and j breach of contract, (b) ten days’ salary
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      INTER-SCHOOL FOOTBALL.
      489 5 Free School vm. King Edward VII SchoolThis is Iha first visit of the Taiping School to Penang though these two teams have met twice before, when the result on both occasioni was a drawn match. Yester- day's match, which was played on Vietoiia 1 (Jreen, also ended in
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    Penang Volunteers.
    372 5 Presentation to Sgt. Major Hills. The Penang Volunteer Drill Hall was yesterday the scene of a presentation to Sgt. Major J. J. Hills (2nd Battalion of the Buffs) who was presented with a draft for S4OO on Singapore on the occasion of his relinquishing his duties as Drill
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    M. F. A. Matches.
    112 5 Pcaaag United vs. Suagie Ars. These teams met in the Association League yesterday before a large crowd, Mr O K. Merican acting as ref ere*» The Unionists ’pressed their opponents nearly the whole time. About two mi utes from the start i R. Yakoob Khan, who
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      40 5 Sing u of Peppermiut, A most delightful cure; Took it when I had a cold, It made recovery sure. P»ut wbeu*i4e |>jttle euipt iod I then felt insecure 1 i'in into the c hemist for W. \VoodV (ireat Pepperu-int (Jure.
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      48 5 Perfrcly Safe. Never hesitate about giving -ChamberInn’s Couch Remedy to cbi'dren It contains no opfcun or other narcotics and can be given wish infplicit confidence. As a quick cure (or coughs and colds to which children are susceptible, it is uusurpassed. For sale by sail Dispensaries and Dealers.
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      513 5 Cl OMPOUND HOUSE No. £5l. BurJ inah Hoad, with tennis court, uow j occupied by P. P. Kohlhoff, Esq, of the Eastern Extension Telegraph Co., entry from 15th January, 1913. Apply to LIM CIIKNG TEIK, 294, Brick Kiln Rom l. 21-12-12 902 LABOUR CODE. 1912. F.M.S. EMPLOYERS of Indian Labour
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      8 7 or Chronic Cheat ComplaintSi ood»’ Great Peppermint Cure.
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      57 7 A Follower of liflwnM. An attack of influenza is often follow .1 t couch, which to many prore» by a persistent coug chamberlain B C ouch a groat DD teus ivelv used and wit!* Remedy has relief and cure of this «°°i ,U M«T «1 bw.be*» cured after remedies failed-
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      308 7 For Children’s Hacking Cough at Night, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. THE STRAITS CINEMA CO. PENANG ROAD. Tcmpora mutantur et nos mutamur in illis OUR SATURDAY PROGRAMME. 4 A. B. 4 Pathe 2 A. K. I 2 Lubin SPECIALTIES “The Inn of Confusion" or LAuberge de Tohus Bohus (The Wittiest of
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      775 7 Professional Announcement. Last Six Days. Last Six Days. Mr. A. E. Brabam, the well-known EjeSpeculict of Singapore, will lemain in Penang for another six days only. Those who hart* not jet consulted him about their ejes should not rnisi this opportunity. Hours or Consultation 9am to I p.tn. and 2
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    SHARES.
    705 1 Name. RUBBER DOLLAR SHARES. Nellmay Rubber Co., Ltd. New Serendah Rubber Co., Ltd. Perak River Valley Rubl>er Co., Ltd. Sandycroft Rubber Co., Ltd. Teluk Anson Rubber Estate, Ltd. RUBBER-STERLING SHARES. Allagar Rubber Estates, Ltd. Alor Pongsu Rubber Estate, Ltd. Anglo Java Rubber and Produce Co., Ltd Anglo Malay Rubber
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