Straits Echo, 2 December 1914

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  • 38 1 Straits Echo DAIU CHRONICLE OF FVENTS. CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS. THE FEDERATE HALA* STATES ANU THE FAR BAST GENERALI V 4 XV VOL. 12. $24 Per Annum, PENANG, WEDNESDAY, 2nd DECEMBEK, 1914 Single Cop;, 16 «nil No. 279
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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    • 23 1 WHEN ORDERING SPECIFY "Do* Head Stout." j m K It is Strengthening and Invigorating, S*i«Age»t. JIANG LEES* Co., Penang Kuala Lumpur. ■■■■■■nnnunnnnnnnn nnnana
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  • 582 3 j A correspondent lately asked in our I columns why it was so many younger members of the planting community were flocking borne at the present time aud averred that their numbers were in larger proportion to any other class in the comrnu-1 nity. On Saturday
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  • 406 3 To the Editor of the Straits Echo. Sir, At the risk of being called over suspicious, I should like to ask if any other Penangite has remarked the exceptional amount of German Return Newspapers that ate being used for wrapping in the smaller kind of shops. Previously small
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  • 763 3 At the Bukit Meriajam Police Co«rt, before Mr. R. Scott, on Monday, two Kheh |men, named (1) Yew Yen a. d (2) Lim Khew, were convicted of (1) being in possession of dutiable liquor, (2) being in polsession of apparatus for preparing in- toxicating liquor, and (3)
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  • 619 3 ITo THi Editor of tmb Timet of Malaya. Bir, —I have seen a report in the Timet \»f Malaya of an address or lecture delivered j by Dr. J. T. Clark on the question as to how long European children ought to remain in the
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 487 3 Do not bo misled. We still lead. The Straits Cinema, PENANG ROAD. Speciality: —Latest Pathe Productions The Leading Premier Show in Penani AND The People’s Favourite Rendezvoui To-night! To-night! I WILL SCREEN THE LATEST PATHE WAR GtZETTE depleting among other items the following incidents of the present war: Our flag-ship
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    • 79 3 For Children’s Hacking Cough at Night, Woods’ Ormt Peppermint 0«re1o. 6d. The primary object of life insurance is PROTECTION and policies of the CHINA MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE Co., Ltd. GIVE THE MAXIMUM AT MINIMUM COST. A BRITISH COMPANY incorporated under the Companies’ Ordinances, Hongkong, 1865/1890 and Registered under the Assurance
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    • 254 3 Central Sales Room BY ORDER OF THE MORTGAGEE. TO BE SOLD BY PUBLIC AUCTION, At the Above Sales Room, 21, BEACH STREET, PENANG, On Thursday, 3rd December, 1914, AT 11-30 A.M. 1. All that piece of land and hereditaments situate in the District of Tanjong Penaigre in Penang being Lot
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    • 172 3 I <5 A O S Packed in 50s 25s Tins. Obtainable Everywhere. ~*=»vw T*r;-wcxv i-m.* oj-joww? Mi /*>\ Ik WEAKNESS, NEURASTHENIA CONSUMPTION CHLOROSIS Use HEMOGLOBIN Deschiens A. \a/avc rnouc All doctors agree that this vital Iron of the Blood ALWAYS CURES, and gives every one health, strength and beauty. Far
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  • 93 4 fiblished daily (except Sundays and pvblic holidays) AT THB CRITERION PRESS. Ltd. No. 59, Beach Street, Penang. J**ic*. Daily Local $24 per annum. Outstation... Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Post Free) $17.50 CABLB ADDRESS ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo 386 Printing Department 343 SB.— All buiin.n ccmmunlc«tioM «beoM b*
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  • 906 4 Considering ourselves as we do an Old Tory, pur tang and unadulterated, it is not without feelings of real humiliation that we notice the campaign which some of the Unionist newspapers are waging against the Government. It was distinctly laid down by all parties that there was
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  • 1003 4 In the course of a leading article defeiding the proposal that the Federated Malay States should ask the Imperial Government to take o\er the Siamese loan, the Malay Mail controverts our statement that the Federation does not stand on the same footing as the Dominions in the
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  • 152 4 From several Indian residents of Penang we have received letters contradicting in strong terms the statements made at the meeting on Monday by a Hindu speaker concerning the alleged apathy of the local Indian community towards the Prince of Wales’s National Relief Fund. Unfortunately, our correspondents,
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  • 876 4 Captain Cardew, of the Royal Engineers is on a visit to Penang. Mr. Hobbs, of the Royal Stables at Bam? kek, proceeds to England by the P. and 0 Nubia to volunteer bis services. e Mr. Geo. Redfearn, the well-known Kuala Lumpur trainer, is shortly leaving the
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 113 4 Who Hears Music Feels His Solitude Peopled /5 i V.': m Hi K Just unpacked a new shipment of Gramophones by Columbia Gramophone Company. Loud and clear in tone. Hornless $2O-50. With Horn $25-50. Also New Records in English, Chinese and Malay. Prices according to size on application. Needles 20
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  • 529 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. Received 2nd of Dec at 8-15 a.m. Attack of the Prussian Guards. Repelled by Regimental Cook*. London, December 1. A statement iesued by the Press Bureau give* further details by Eyewitness of the repulse of the Prussian Guards. He sirs After the enemy
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  • 25 5 Nov. 30 By Balance ...$29,812 55 Dec. 1 C. Cunradi 100.00 Miss Smith... 5.00 Balance Dec. 1. ...$29,917.55
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  • 30 5 Not. 30 By Balance 24 41 Dec. 1 C Cunradi 50 00 Miss Smith 5 00 Balance Dec. 1. 79.41 Amount previously acknowledged 4,266 66 Total $4,346.07
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  • 217 5 Reuter's Special War Service.] Copyright Telegram. Received 2nd of Dec. at 10-30 a.m. Two Striking Documents. London, December 2. A Yellow Book, published in Paris, con- tains two striking documents. Despatch of Fristk Ambassador. One is the despatch of M. Jules Oatnbon, French Ambassador in Berlin, some
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  • 134 5 Beho Mayer Appeal Caac. (From Our Own Correspondent). Singapore, December 2. In the District Court last mouth the I district Judge, Mr. Dyson, gave judgment i.i favour of Mr. Alfred Lea who sued Messrs. Behn Meyer Co. for $246 70 as cl images for breach of
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  • 177 5 IliklMore. <, from Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, December 2. At the Singapore Rubber Auction 105 tons of rubber were offered for sale and 70 t ms were sold. There was a strong demand for the best smoked sheet which fetched as much as $129 per picul. Fine pale
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  • 58 5 (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, December 1. The Veteran Corps is now about 60 strong. Mr. C. Everitt and Mr. W. I. Maysou have been nominated for commissions. To-nitfht’s features of interest at the Straits Cinema are The Drug of Oblivion” and Zigomar," both three reelers. The
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  • 802 5 Reuter’s Service) Copyright Telegram. Received 1st of Dec at 6-30 p.m. The Battle in Poland. Petrograd, December I. An official statement issued here states that stubborn fighting continues iu the direction of Lodz. The Germans whu I endeavoured to advauce in the direction of Szczercow were repulsed
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  • 1025 5 Says the Free Press 1 t>,000 piculs of tin ore were ob Lai ued at Banca during October HHh. That is certainly a verv fine output for one day. Although the British losses in the war up to the present have been very heavv, they are ■mail indeed
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  • 336 5 r The funeral of the late Mrs. Phipps, which took place yesterday even in/, was very largely attended. Among those present were Messrs. T. O. Woodford, F. N Holm- berg, Mr and Mrs. T. D’Cruz, Mr anl Mrs. Fred Aeria, Mr. and Mrs D
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  • 440 5 Fourth Annual Report. A large number of persons in this Settlement hold shares in the Batak Ribit Rubber Estate, Ltd, and will be interested in the fourth annual report which was to be p-esented at the annual general meeting on November 10. Area under Cultivation
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  • 65 5 The following articles will ba found on our outside pages Pa ;e J —Drawbacks in the Tropics. Bukifc Mertaj uu Cases. Quien Sabe European Children in the Tropics. 6—France Nationality and Democracy. Attack and Defence. The Lesson. England and the War: Are We Doiog All We Can P Aims
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 289 5 FOR SALE. A Four-seater Stoneleigh Motor Car, new last April, rnd in perfect condition. Apply to 2 12-14 691 Gso. MACBAIN. $lO REWARD. LOST either at the E. O. Hotel, the Town Hall, or between the two places on Mouday, An Old-Fashioned Gold Brooch with a lock of hair. The
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  • 1612 6 Among all the sorrows of this war there 1 is one joy for us in it: that it has made us i brothers with the French as no two nations have ever been brothers before. There has come to us, after ages of conflict, a kind of millennium of
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  • 421 6 An Italian Vinw on tub Wan. A noteworthy article from the pen of the well-known Italian Nationalist deputy Guiseppe Bevione appeared recently in La Stampa of Turin, in which the different factors involved in the present war are discussed with great lucidity and force: M The reconstruction
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  • 1277 6 Civilians who have made no special study 1 of war ask why soldiers attach so much im- 1 port&nce to the offensive, and why it is always assumed that the attackers must over- 1 throw the defeuders, the bowling always get the better of the bitting. That
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  • 273 6 W*v the Mev* was Made to the Coast, A Student of War,” writing iu the Manchester Guardian, suggests that the objects of tbe German movement in Belgium would appear to be these, in order of their importance 1. To secure their right flank against the extension
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  • 495 6 How a Comack Carried Off a General A Cossack feat of horsemanship is thus 1 told by an official from Lemberg, says the Meriting Pott correspondent An Aus- trian General, finding his men unduly ter rorised by legends current of Cossack i prowess, decided to teach them that
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  • 1240 6 ABE WE DOING ALL WE CAN f To Berlia in Two Months. A Fbbnbhman Shows thb Wat. A stimulating letter in the Morning Pott by Un Ami Bincire,” who writes from Le Sigan, France, puts some arresting questions to the British people. He says Fbancb Liths
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 43 6 Early Colls. Be careful of the colds you take at this time of the year They are particularly dangerous. A neglect id cold may mean a win-ter-long cold. Take Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy at once. For sale by all Disreu•aries and I >enU*i s.
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    • 49 6 Accidents Will Ha»pn. It may be impossible to prevent an accident, but it is not impossible to be prepared for it. Chamberlain’s Pain Balm is not beyond anyone’s purse, and with a bottle cf this liniment you are prepared for most any(hint?. For sale by all Dispensaries and dealers.
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    • 58 6 I remember, I remember, the day I took to bed, The aches and pains ther gripped me so, I wished that I were dead Bat now I’m well and strong again. And can to all the world acclaim, "I never have an ache or pain.” The thing that did the
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  • 405 7 GERMAN AMMUNITION COLUMN BLOWN UP. SILBUT Won WIT* T*B KlflFß La Prette gives the following narrative of a tjpic&l Gurkha exploit:— To the north of the Belgian lighting line not far from the coaet the Germans recently installed several batteries of heavy artillery. All the efforts of
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  • 423 7 Thb Niid of Ncmbbbs. It is gratifying to know that Lord Kitchener’s latest intimation on .the subject of recruiting has given a stimulus to the returns, but another strong and immediate effort from the country is needful if our part in the war is to be
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 117 7 A Favorite Rub Down. The golfer, the football player and the all round athlete know the value of Chamberlain’s Pain Balm. It is just the thing for a rub down after a hard game. All soreness disappears like magic and sprains and swellings are cured in one-third less time than
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    • 245 7 HOTEL NORMAN, PENANG’S SELECT RESIDENTIAL HOTEL. COLD STORAGE FOOD. Special Terms to Government Officials and F.M.S. Visitors. A Specialty is made of the TABLE D’HOTE at $1 in t x e large dining room or $l-25 in private rooms. The Proprietor invites comparison with anv Hotel in the East or
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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