Straits Echo, 12 December 1914

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  • 35 1 Straits Echo DAILY CRkONICLE OF EVENTS. CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS. THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERAL',» VOL. 12. $24 Per Annum. PENANG, SATURDAY, 12th DECEMBER, 1914 Single Copy, 10 centj No. 288
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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    • 26 1 Drink Dot’s Head Goinness Start. fl-p d 33 m ss n sm •a a 7 5« f/Tr Sole AgenL: TIANG LEE V CO. Penang Kuala Lumpur.
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  • 1894 3  -  [By Tom Wricht.] THIS TIME WORTHY THE ATTENTION OF SERIOUS STUDENTS. People who want to talk, or write, about things connected with the War, are hereby j notified that it is sometimes quite a help to know what they are talking about. To I 6how that I know
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  • 153 3 Ladies’ Presgrave Spoon for Dec 1914. Result. Mrs Ebden 1 down Mrs Kirk... 3 Mi*s Heim, Mrs Liston, Mrs Crichton, Mrs Clarke,Mrs 0 D D Hogan, Mrs Hrefeld, Mrs Samuel, Mrs S F B Martin, Mrs Dunn, Mrs Rose, Mrs Powell, Mrs Neubronner, Mrs Maeintyre, Mrs J
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  • 325 3 1 In the King's Bench Division in mail week s Mr. Justice Bailhache aud a special jury j concluded the hearing of an action brought j by the Chenderiang Tin Dredging Company, 3 Ltd., against Mr. Arthur Neil, member of the London Stock Exchange, to recover .£229,
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  • 248 3 Au Array Order was published on Sunday in mail week in Berlin which deserves to be recorded, if only as an example of the literary style of General von Kluck. It runs as follows His Majesty the Emperor and King had the graciousmess yesterday to honour the
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  • 24 3 Dec. 10 By Balance ...837,339 19 11 W. Dell monthly subscription 25 00 Balance Dec 11. ...$37,364.19
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  • 155 3 Dec. 10 By Balance 81,390 46 11 William Dell monthly subscription 10 00 BalanceDec.il. 81,400.46 Amount previously acknowledged 4,266 66 Total 85,667.12 The Temps draws special attention to the remarkable coaling system devised bv Germany for her commerce destroyers, and remarks that she put this system to
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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    • 48 3 The Children’s Colds. Watch the children’s colds and cure them before they weaken the vitality. Use Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy freely. It is perfectly safe. It has been tested by chemists and pronounced free from injurious substances and coats but a trifle. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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    • 444 3 The Latest News. This week’s edition of Pathe Animated Gazette carries home news in pictures in a most fearful manner the Grim realities of the Present European War in which Great Britain supports his friends. if This picture depicts incidents prior to e THE FALL OF BELGRADE e 0 1.
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  • 97 4 F»bliahed daily (eicept Sunday a and pmblii* holidays) at th CRITERION PRESS. Ltd. No. 59, Beach Street, Penang. r*ic«. Daily Local 124 per annum. OutHtation... Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Post Free) $17.50 CARI.I ADDRESS M ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo, 586 Printing Department 343 B All buiine** communication*
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  • 1553 4 For many years ours was a voice cryiDg in tbe wilderness when we urged in season and out of season in the columns of the loc.il press the claims of the National Service League and tbe benefits of universal military training. The only person in authority from whom
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  • 119 4 Penant Towkay’s Splendid Donation. Penang’s contributions to the Prince of Wales’s National Relief Fund received a splendid lift this morning when Towkay Heah Swee Lee handed in a cheque for »10,000. This is by no means the first occasion on which Mr. Swee Lee’s public
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  • 887 4 Mr. L. Ray man is gazetted assistant D. 0., Pekan. Mr. S. W. Jones i? now assistant District Officer, Lipis. Mr. J. Laird has been appointed assistant Warden of Mines, Perak. Mr. Hewlett, of the Municipality, will be leaving for the front at an early date. I
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  • 1076 4 Unfortunately, it would appear that the Britons of Ceylon are not altogether pleased with the attitude of their erudite and affable Governor in these timea. At any rate the following letter in the correspondence columns of the Times of Ceylon would seem to indicate that relations are just
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  • 650 4 To th* Editor of the Straits Echo. Dear Sir, I have read jour two leading articles of yesterday with interest. In both of them you made the mistake ef claiming the command of the sea for Great Britain, which is hardly correct so long as
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  • 318 4 To the Editor of the Straits Echo. Dear Sir, I think your article of yesterday is more than a little hard on the young men out here, for I am sure the majority are only too anxious to go if their employers will only let them.
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  • 325 4 PRELIMINARY ENQUIRY. The preliminary enquiry into the case against Khoo I bun, who was alleged to have caused the death of Khoo Sit Hoe at Auson Road ou November 27, by shooting him, was commenced this morning in the Third Court before Mr. L. V J. Laville.
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  • 312 4 The hearing of the case against Inspector Liwrence, who was summoned on a charge of voluntarily causing hurt to Mr. Emile D’Oliveiro, sanitary Sub-Inspector, aud of criminal intimidation by poiuting a revolver at the complainant was concluded yesterday afternoon before Mr. G. A. Hail in the District
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  • 94 4 (From Our Oxon Correspondent.) Singapore, December 12. At an extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders of the Tingkil Tin Company Mr. Van der Stadt who presided, said that the credit balance stood at $19,000. The profit during the first half year was $40,382 (net $37,315). The average
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  • 79 4 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, December 11. Speaking to-day at the prize-giving of the Anglo-Chinese School, the British Resident supported the suggestion of the Rev Mr. Horley, Principal of the School, that there was a necessity for a Straits University College, similar to the one at
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  • 62 4 t Isa, the ruler of the Bahrein Islands, has contributed 5.000 rupees to the Prince of Wales’s Fund. Bahrein is situated on the Arab coast of the Persian Gulf and is the centre of the pearl fisherv, an industry which perhaps has suffered moat in consequence
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  • 554 5 [Reuter’s Special War Service.] Copyright Telegram. Received 11th or Dec. at 6-45 p.m. Congratulations from the King. London, December 11. His Majesty the King has cabled his congratulations to Vice-Admiral Sturdee and his officers and men on the result of the naval engagement in tho South Atlantic.
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  • 582 5 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. Received 12th of Dec. at 8-30 am. SITUATION IN POLAND. London, December 11. The official communique issued at Petrograd states that there has been no important change in the situation since the 9th December. Isolated attempts by the Germans to take the offensive
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  • 464 5 (Reuter’s Service. Copyright Telegram. Received 12th of Dec. at 9 a. m. GERMAN ANXIETY. London, December 11. The Dutch papers say that the Germans are anxious about the situation in Western Flanders and are replacing the losses from the garrisons in Belgium. Also that they have sent
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  • 681 5 (Reuter’s Special War Service.) Copyright Telegram. R ECEIVED 12TH OF DEC. AT 12-10 P.M. London, December 12. Lord Kitchener has been appointed Colonel-in-Chief of the Irish Guards iu succession to Lord Roberts. Notes on the War. The Traitorous Consul. Reuter told us yesterday that Ahlers, the German
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  • 73 5 Thied Sunday in Advent, December 13. 8-00 a m. Matins 8-30 a.m. Holy Communion 10-15 a m. Chinese Service 5- p m. Sunday School 6- p.m. Evensong and Sermon Hymn 53 Hark the glad sound Psalm LXIX Bittishill LXX Barnby Magnificat 7 Bunnett in F Nunc
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  • 132 5 Services will be held in the Presbyterian Church, Northam Road, to-morrow —At 9 am. specially for Children at 6pm' Public Worship for all. i Subject of Sermon at Evening Service by Rev. William Cross, m a., will be: “Judas Iscariot.” Hymns (from Church Praise) 250, 382, 533,
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  • 291 5 from Our Own Correspondent.) Siugapore, December 12. Before Mr Justice Earnshaw, in the Supreme Court, the hearing was concluded of an action which Mr. J M. Crago brought against Dr. J W. Noble in respect of an agreement entered into between them Mr. Upcott was for the plaintiff,
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  • 153 5 The following article? will be found on our outside pages Page 3—Marginal Notes: This Time Worthy the Attention of Serious Students. Penang Golf Club ChenJeriang Tin Litigation. The Most Exalted.” 6.—The Chinese Council. Germany from Within Views of Distinguished Neutral. Not all Beer and Skittles.” Invasion Risks. Penang Cricket
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 221 5 KTOTICB Applications win no teeeivcd at tb© Harbour Master’s Office, Penang, up to noon on the 21st Diceiuber, 1914, for I be appointment of Light Keeper, Tanjong Hantu. Salary $4S0 per annum, plus J240 per aunum rations allowance, aud also free uniform. Applicants having the knowledge of a fitters wo:k
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  • 136 5 Obituary. Sir J. W. Bonser. London, December 12. The death has taken place of the Rt. Hon. Sir John Winfield Bonser. There are many in the Straits Settlements who will regret to hear news of the death of Sir John Bonser, for he had many friends in this Colony and
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  • 945 6 New* from China since the outbreak of the war has been very scarce. Such information as we have is mainly derived from the mail papers from Peking and Shanghai. One wonders what has become of the army of correspondents iu the Far 1 East whose telegrams
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  • 1143 6 VIEWS OF DISTINGUISHED NEUTRAL. A Pathetic Adventure.” Dawning Prospect of RuinCopenhagen, November 6. From a distinguished citizen of a neutral couutrv, whose name I am sending you privately, a banker by profession, whose long-standing business relations with the country required him to spend the past sfwen weeks
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  • 240 6 Sir R. Baden-Powell’s View. “We must prepare for possibilities, not probabilities. It is the unexpected that happens in war.” That was the opinion of Lieutenant-General Sir Robert BadenPowell, who was interviewed by a Daily Mail representative concerning the probability of invasion. The Chief Scout said that a Gorman
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  • 462 6 Losing no Time. A letter received from one who left Kuala Lumpur a short time ago for the purpose of offering his services to the King, shows that though the fifty men on boird the homeward bound steamer are roughing it considerably they are no
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  • 1547 6 Annual General Meeting. The Annual General Meeting of the members of the Penang Cricket Club was 1 held at the Club Pavilion yesterday evening with Mr. W. S. Dunn (President) in the chair. There were present Mr. R. T. Re d (Vice-President), Mr. G. E. Wright-Motion (jr.)
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  • 296 6 Carl Hans Lody, the German who was convicted by court-martial of war treason against Great Britain by conveying informa- tion to Germany, was executed by shooting at the Tower of Loudon in mail week, as already reported by Reuter. To the very end he maintained the
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  • 975 6  -  By an Angle-Indian. The world had been entertained for weeks by a comedy that ha» had a most successful ruu. Its hero is a Captain Muller, com* minder of the German cruiser Emden. Muller is a native of Blankenburgh, in the Dutchy of Brunswick. Here
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
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    • 54 6 The pride of other days had tied, Weak was his chest and bowed his head, iiis friends bad gone to their last home, Aud he, alas! was left alone. He courted death to end his ill*, No longer life could he eaduie, But now he’s happy as can be, Taking
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  • 410 7 As this inquiry is constantly being made, I should like to say, writes Lovat Fraser, why I venture to differ from the high French military authority,” whose views have been published in the Daily Mail. He estimates that the war will last nearly three
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  • 505 7 A White Paper containing correspondence respecting events leading to the rupture of relations with Turkey has been issued by the Foreign Office. The corres- pondence covers the period between Aug. 3 and Nov. 4, during which time the representatives of the Entente Powers at Constantinople were
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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