Straits Echo, 19 December 1914
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Title Section35 1914-12-19 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS. CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY VOL. 12. $24 Per Annum, PENANG, SATURDAY, i9th DECEMBER, 1914, Single Copy. 10 cents No. 29435 words
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Advertisement1079 1914-12-19 1 ■■■■■l WHEN ORDERING SPECIFY “Do* Head Stout.” fS 5^ s sc It is Strengthening and Invigorating, Sol* A ie Ms: TIANG LLF. ft 3 Co., Penan 7 A Knxla Lumpur nnnnnu Georgetown Motor Garage 7 A f Penang Road. Due to arrive by a steamer. One 5 Seater EMPIRE CAR1,079 words
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Advertisement25 1914-12-19 1 J w *9% > tifi Sk C C' n ce The Doctor advises and reeomO m n ds. It is nourUhing, invi* 2 gorating and strengthening.25 words
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Advertisement18 1914-12-19 2 DRINK w RECOGNISED BY AS the LEADING ON THE SOLE AGENTS: RAND 5 s KATZ BROTHERS, LTD., PENANG18 words
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Article744 1914-12-19 3 Wholesale Objections in Singapore The annual meeting of the Board of Licensing Justices, was held in the Ist magistrate’s court, on Tuesday afternoon, says the Free tress, there being present, Mr. A. V. Brown (Cha rman), Commander Kadcliffe, Dr. Middleton, and Messrs. Hooper and P. Cunliffe. There were744 words
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Article174 1914-12-19 3 The mortality returns for Singapore issued by the Registrar of Births and Deaths show that during the week ending December 12, there were 214 deaths (157 males, 57 females), giving a ratio per mille of population of 33 80. Malarial fever accounted for 25 deaths, phthisis 31,174 words
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Article532 1914-12-19 3 A Bangkok Opinion. At a recent meeting of the Legislative Council of the Federated Malay States H.E. the High Commissioner outlined the fii.auci .1 policy of the Government. Tout policy has since come in fur a great deal of criticism from business men of all kinds. The High532 words
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Article121 1914-12-19 3 A Government Gazette Extraordinary. dated December 17, contains the following notification: With reference to Notification No. 13U7, published iu the Gazette Extraordinary of the 29th October, 1914, it is hereby notified that the use of the following additional codes is now permitted in telegrams passing between121 words
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Article94 1914-12-19 3 To the Editor of the Straits Echo. Sir, For the first time I saw a ricsha last night carrying the new lamp. It would seem t) be a decided in provement had it not one failing, namely, that neither the puller nor the fare can, when94 words
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Article65 1914-12-19 3 The following ties have been fixed for Mondiy, 21st inst Single Handicap. E A Neubronner vs. A S Hall (1) R H Reid vs. Alan Wilson (2). Business seems very stagnant in China, judgiig by the reports in Hongkong and Shaodiai papers. Praident Poincare has ordered that the65 words
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Advertisement234 1914-12-19 3 < Id (ft a Id K U Id Q. CO CO Buchanans scotch WHISKY < X o m o to -I < -BLACK&WH^4i cmTCH Whisky sX -=_r SCOTCH JAMEsi S OIASGOW SOMETHING TO CROW ABOUT” BLACK&WHITE ALWAYS THE HIGHEST QUALITY TJ O ■D > O m > r m 70234 words
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Advertisement46 1914-12-19 3 If Pcdnment closed up its doors, And nembers went off to the wars, It realv wouldn’t make us weep, Or foione hour disturb our sleep. Bet it we suddenly were deprived Of Wrods’ Great Peppermint Cure, ’lVoiid be a world-wide calamity, Of thi I’m perfectly sure.46 words
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Advertisement288 1914-12-19 3 Packed in 50s 25s Tins. Obtainable Everywhere. I r EMDEN! EMDEN!! EMDEN!!! THE TALK OF THE. WORLD WILL BE SHOWN FOR 2 NIGHTS, TO-NIGHT and TO-MORROW NIGHT. Pictures showing destruction of the Emden off Cocos and Keeling Islands, after her battle with the H. M. A. S Sydney. Together with288 words
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Article, Illustration92 1914-12-19 4 fmblisbod daily (except Sunday* and public holidays) AT THI CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. No. 59, Beach Street, Penang. Uric*. Daily Local $24 per annum. Outetation... Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Po*t Free) $17.50 m CABI.I ADDRESS ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo, 588 Printing Department 343 ff a —All buainaaa communication»92 words
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Article533 1914-12-19 4 Several of our readers who have friends and relations living in England in districts which they suppose to be peculiarly exposed to air-ship raids have addressed us on the subject. To us their misgivings appear to be excessive, for this is most distinctly not the season of533 words
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Article635 1914-12-19 4 Now that Tsingtau has pas*ed from German hands, and the valuable territory wrested from China on the flimsiest of pretexts is about to be restored to her, it remains to be seen whether British merchants will utilise to the full the undoubted commercial advantages that will accrue635 words
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66 1914-12-19 4 Dec. 17 By Balance ...$51,014 19 18 Miss Stephen 10.00 Present pupils, AngloChinese School 25.00 Dr. T. A. Ramaswami Aiyar 20.00 W. Stanley Eames 100.00 Amount collected by Miss K Smith and Mrs. W. Sim from the Merchants and petty traders of Stiawan66 words
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Article417 1914-12-19 4 Mr H. E Redmond has resumed the editorship of the Siam Observer. Mr. T. M. UrfcoD, a well-known resident of Bingkok, is reported to be seriously ill. Mr Robert Reid, of the Straits Trading Company, Limited, has been accepted for service in the Sportsmen’s Battalion.— S T.417 words
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Article495 1914-12-19 4 THE ALLEGED LOSS OF A BRITISH BATTLESHIP. Some time ago we republished from a Shanghai paper a report of the alleged loss of a British super- Dreadnought. We did not credit it at the time, regarding it as one of those canards for which Shanghai has long495 words
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Article935 1914-12-19 4 OBSTACLES TO LOCAL RECRUITING. To thk Editor or the Straits Echo. Sir,— Our local Government is not one that we can feel proud of. It usually takes an inordinate time to make up its mind to do anything and when that gigantic think-ing-box has decided on935 words
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Advertisement180 1914-12-19 4 oe >oc DO ALLEN DENNYS CO.. Penang, PROPRIETORS OF THE PENANC RUBBER AUCTION ROOMS. SALES HELD EVERY TUESDRY RUBBER bought or n*ld by PUBLIC AUCTION or PRIVATE TENDER. FORWARD 8ALES ARRANGED. RUBBER transhipped and insured to any PORT at minimum rate*. RUBBER SALE ROOMS at No. 7. UNION STREET. t180 words
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Article575 1914-12-19 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. Received 18th of Dec. at 5-15 p.m. heavy casualties at HARTLEPOOL. London, December 18. It is officially announced that 82 persons wpro killed and 250 wounded in the bombardment of Hartlepool. Five men were killed and fifteen wounded on the cruiser patrol575 words
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Article293 1914-12-19 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. Received 18th of Dec 4-20 p.m. Appreeinkle Progret*. London, December 18. The Paris evening official communique says We gained ground to the north of Ypres and on the Menin road south-south-east of Bixschoote. We deb imehed to the north-east of Arras and reached293 words
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Article733 1914-12-19 5 (Reuter’s Service) Copyright Telegram. Received 19th of Dec. at 7-50 A.M. Germmn Effort! in Poland. London, December 18, 7.5 am. The Times's correspondent at Petrograd cables that captured Germans from the French front state that the Kaiser has ordered Warsaw to be taken at all costs saying733 words
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Article91 1914-12-19 5 Fourth Sunday in Advent, Dec. 20. 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 the Saviour Comes. Psalm CIV Hopkins Masuificat 1 Bunnett m p91 words
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Article205 1914-12-19 5 Services will be held in the Presbyterian Church, Northam Road, to-morrow ;—At 9 am. Specially for Children, at 6 p.m. Public Worship for all. Subject of Sermon by Rev. William Cross, m.a. at the Evening Service will be Divine Testing.” Hymns (from Church Praise) 2, 344, 224,‘846,205 words
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Article77 1914-12-19 5 The following articles will be found on > our outside pages Page 3.—Licensing Sessions. F.M.S. Finances Singapore Mortality Returns. The New Ricsha Lamp. Telegraph Messages in Code. 6 —The Manchu Question in China. The Sinews of War. Militarism and Commonsense. Unmusical Far East. Penang Free School: Prize i List,77 words
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Article417 1914-12-19 5 MEETING of consignees AND SHIPPERS. (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, December 18. Tbe Hon. Mr. C W. Darbishire presided to day at a public mooting of the consignees and shippers of cargoes by the interned enemy vessels to consider a method to obtain delivery of their417 words
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Article294 1914-12-19 5 War Expenses. (From Our Oion Correspondent.) Singapore, December 19. At the meeting of the Legislative Council yesterday the vote of $133,291 towards Irrecoverable War Expenditure up to November 30 was agreed to. The chief items in the vote were: Repatriation of Chinese $90,610, Repatriation of Tamils $10,970, Special294 words
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Article1088 1914-12-19 5 Grave is the responsibility of those who organise entertainments in aid of this or the other deserving charity. For though there by they ensure the gathering together of an audience of dimensions directly proportional to the popular interest taken in the object of the occasion, whatever it1,088 words
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Article38 1914-12-19 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. Received 19th ok Dec. at 3-5 r.m. New Sultan of Egypt. London, December IS. Prince Hussein, uncle of the Khedive, lias been appointed to succeed the Khedive with the title of Sultan.38 words
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Advertisement239 1914-12-19 5 A Germ Destroyer. There is no danger whatever from lock jaw or blood poison resulting from a wound when Chamberlain’s Pain Balm is promptly applied. It is an antiseptic and destroys the germs which cause these diseases. It also causes wounds to heal without maturation and in one-third the time239 words
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Obituary21 1914-12-19 5 Obituary. Mr, Archibald Colquhoun. London, December 18. Tho death has taken place of the wellknown traveller and writer, Mr. Archibald Colquhoun.21 words
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Article631 1914-12-19 6 It will have been seen, from the various letter* and news items published in our columns during the past month, that at least some of the Chinese still regard the restoration of the monarchy in their country as among life’s possibilities. Of course, to Bay631 words
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Article258 1914-12-19 6 A Tiang correspondent writes to the Bangkok Times “As I wired you, two of the marines stationed here have been put uuder arrest for beiDg concerned in the stabbing affray which took place in the market here on the 28th ultimo. Three Chinese, of whom one died258 words
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Article796 1914-12-19 6 On more than one occasion we have expressed our belief that the better mind of Germany would hav» preferred that the prese t war had never been fought. Critics who oppose this view point to the solidarity of the German people in the struggle, their unanimity being796 words
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Article165 1914-12-19 6 More Hostile Legislation Expected. Though it was announced the other day that there were no signs of any revival of anti-Japauese legislation in California, and it was Btated that the idea that anything of the kiud was in the air was due to the misleading nature of165 words
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Article659 1914-12-19 6 PRIZE LIST, 1914. Scholarships. Gottlieb, Boon H *ck; Tunku Syed Hussain, Che Kassim Kboo Cheow Teong, Lim Chong Hum Lee Boon Cboe I, Chee Ohuk Lum Lee Boon Choe 11, Ong Huck Keat Goh Taik Chee (Senior), Ng Cbeong Yew Goh Taik Chee (Junior) Khor Toon Hooi.659 words
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Article741 1914-12-19 6 Preliminary Enquiry. The preliminary enquiry into the case against Kboo Phun, who was al eged to have caused the death of Khoo Mt Hoe at Anson Road on November 27, by shooting him, was resumed this morning in the Third Court before Mr. L. V. J. Laville.741 words
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Article273 1914-12-19 6 The members of B Company held a very instructive and successful field operation yesterday evening in the vicinity of Westiands. It proved an appropriate winding up of the mobilised life of this company, and it was quite obvious from the result of the operations that marked improvement273 words
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Article844 1914-12-19 6 By no means the least important of tbe telegrams that reach us are those telling of the manner in which the war is being financed. It was possible in days of old to carry on war, as war was then understood, although the treasury was empty.844 words
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Article196 1914-12-19 6 Under the heading Unmusical Far East,” a recent London paper contains the following Lack of appreciation of serious music was Btated in London Bankruptcy Court to be the cause of the failure of Herbert Warwick Withers, a professional violoncello player, who incurred losses in a musical tour196 words
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Advertisement70 1914-12-19 6 Whooping Cough. When your child has whooping cough be careful to keep the cough loose and expectoration easy by giving Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy as may be required. This remedy will also liquify the tough mucus and make it easier to expectorate. It has been used successfully in many epidemics, and70 words
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Advertisement11 1914-12-19 6 For Children’s Hacking Cough at Night, Wood»'|Q»aat Peppermint Cnre la 6d,11 words
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Advertisement48 1914-12-19 6 The Children's Colds. atch the children’s colds and cure them before they weaken the vitality. Use Chamberlain’s Couijh Remedy freely. It is perfectly safe. It has been tested by chemists and pronounced free from injurious substances and costs but a trifle. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.48 words
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Advertisement114 1914-12-19 6 Unnecessary Words. Why waste words and 'advertising space in describing the many points of merit in Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy The most fastidious are satisfied when we state that it cures colds and coughs from any cause, and that it contains absolutely no narcotics or injurious substances. For sale by all114 words
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Advertisement495 1914-12-19 6 TO-NIGHT! Saturday Night. TO-NIGHT! Grand Farewell Gala Performance of the CLEMENT-HOLT EMPIRE ENTERTAINERS AT George Town Kinema. COME AND SEE “Cheero Penang A Revue of Topical Local Events. Scenes: (l) Penang (2) En route for Swimming Club (3) Pritch-(away) and White-(ards) shop. Characters. Cook's Guide A g I'M. H. Kenyon495 words
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Article915 1914-12-19 7 By A Traveller. The report that the Turks have induced the Bedouins to assist them in their invasion of Egypt calls attention to these strange nomadic tribes to be found in Eastern Palestine and Arabia. They are I undoubtedly among the most picturesque races in the East,915 words
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536 1914-12-19 7 (UNDER S. R. A. RULES OF RACING.) R A C E D AY S URST DAY Thursday, 7th January, 1915. SECOND DAY Saturday, 9th January, 1915. FIRST DAY. Thursday, 7th January, 1915. 1. The Opening Stakes. Valuo 8500. A Handicap for all HYhspjo bo536 words
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Article1407 1914-12-19 7 Bt Holbrook Jacksok. All sorts of people are saying: This must be the last war 'J he phrase is as familiar in our mouths as Tipperary I But do we really mean it That is the question. A modern wit ba9 reminded us I that hell is1,407 words
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Article824 1914-12-19 7 It is good news to learn from the statement issued by the B >ard of Trade in England how little British industries have suffered owing to the war. The enquiries made by the Board f'om rnanuf icturers in the Kingdom show that employers representing 75 per824 words
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Advertisement60 1914-12-19 7 A Germ Destroyer. There i. no danger whatever 0^nd jaw or blood poison resuming to .j when Chamberlain’s Pam Balm 3 applied. It is an ,nti.ept.c land dMtmr. serma whieh cauee the.e die™ maturatioD anTin rtrf.Sr'ti-e retired bv,P <: usual treatment. For .ale by all Dispen sarie. and Dealer.. Road,60 words
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Advertisement776 1914-12-19 7 Entries Close on Tuesday, 29, h Dee. inner, 1911. Haelicaps for the ;li |>h U or b fore t ho 2n i ,J *L»ua?v 1915 Apenaltyof lbs. incurred iu a Handicap by the winner of any Race nr!, subsequent to the publication of the weights and of 12 lbs. by776 words
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Advertisement664 1914-12-19 7 r| NOTICE. 'f 4 PPLIC VI IONS will ha received lit the 'f V. Harbour M ast-i’s Office, Penang, up j to uoon ou the 2ist December, 1914, for the s appointment of Light Keeper, Tanjong t j Hantu. Salary St80 per annum, plus $240 per j annum rations allowance,664 words
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