Straits Echo, 22 December 1914
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Straits Echo
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Title Section36 1914-12-22 1 Straits Echo t DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS. CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY VOL. 12. $524 Per Annum PENANG, TUESDAY, 2'nd DECEMBEK, 1914 Single Cop;, 10 (toll No. 29636 words
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Advertisement1197 1914-12-22 1 ■■■■mi WHEN ORDERINC SPECIFY “Dog Head Stout.” fS m 6 m 13 S,' It is Strengthening and Invigorating Sol« Agents TI ANG LfcL 6’ Co.' Penanq KuiXa, Lumpur ■■□□□□DDiaiiiaaDDauisiiii □nnnau Georgetown Motor Garage 7 A t Penang Road. Durto arrive by a strainer. One 5 Scaler EMPIRE CAR Afcitjf1LLUSTKATION. BANKS.1,197 words
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Advertisement31 1914-12-22 1 Sol* A<«ats: TIANG LEE CO.. i'*nan f 5* Koala Lumpur. tf/fATvu si 33 x' x The Doctor advises and recommends. It is nourishing, invigorating and strengthening. Drink Dot’s He*d Guinness itwt.31 words
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Advertisement55 1914-12-22 2 DRINK ffl KOI K~ i i S'-‘ > r-V&rJS v* > c.-: v fW -V* i '•*•7 /*3 ■v» '4irn feS lllh jlii fcfe M lHa kif py^a IS M IEBI SHI §9 f K 5* :x m &959 *•< It! h CilfS S^a fe 11 M THE 15 ON55 words
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Article1175 1914-12-22 3 How Lono Caic it Last Though no one can predict tbe duration of the war in which we are engaged, there can hardly be any doubt, however much we may wish otherwise, that it will be a Ion?, costly, and exhausting struggle, from which we1,175 words
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Article446 1914-12-22 3 Iu June, 1909, eight artists, all personal friends, who were acting at various London theatres, decided to form themselves into a troup of entertrainers, to occupy themselves by giving a few matinees (more for their own amusement than with any serious intent), so they called themselves tbe Grotesques,"446 words
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Article115 1914-12-22 3 When I have borne in memory what has tamed Great Nations, how ennobling thoughts depart When men cbauge swords for ledgers, and desert The student’s bower for gold, some fears unnamed I had, my Country—am I to be blamed Now, when I think of thee, and what thou art.115 words
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Article238 1914-12-22 3 The following were the results of the ties played off yesterday Single Handicap. R II Reid w.o from Alan Wilson A S Hall beat H A Neubronner 21—11. Now that the irresistible sweep of the Russian armies is in full progress, the verst, the Russian equivalent for238 words
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Advertisement576 1914-12-22 3 To-night I To-night!! Grand Faiawell Gala Performance of the c| _E m ENT- holt EMPIRE entertainers "George Town Kinema. COME AND SEE Cheero Penang A Revue of Topical Local Events Scenes: (1) Penang (2) En route for Swimming Club (3) and White-Cards) shop 7) Character». Cook’s Guide 'j (M. H.576 words
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Advertisement415 1914-12-22 3 >e i. Federated Malay States Railways. f)NCHEXBTMaS DAT. F.iday, 25-b member, 1914, the traiu service will 06 the B »me as on Suudays G H FOX, •12-14 733 General Manager. PENANG HARBOUR BOARD CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY. IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Friday, 25th December, 1914, all work in connection with the415 words
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Advertisement457 1914-12-22 3 p A A o SJ& Packed in 50s 25s Tins. Obtainable Everywhere. I I I I M 8 8 SS3NNin9 QtfjM S,S0(1 WHEN sspnim an* £100 MR r r o r\\ <G Si?'' N O I ft 03 vv* N <2 o 'Qmism ORDl. SPECIFY AND OBTAIN p^> D <&457 words
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Article, Illustration95 1914-12-22 4 fmblished daily (except Sunday* and pablic holidays) AT THI CRITERION PRESS. Ltd. No. 59, Beach Street, Penang. Pricr. Daily Local $2-1 per annum. Out station... Postage Extra. Hail Edition (Po»t Free) $17.50 CABLR ADDRESS ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone No». (Echo, 586 Printing Departnent 343 ff B.— All bu.inea# opinmunic*»iont95 words
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Article1928 1914-12-22 4 It will be no news to those who have followed carefully the side-issues of the present war to learn that the great press campaign on behalf of Germany conducted iu the United States by Count Bernstorff, Herr Dernburg and Professor Miinsterberg has proved a sorry1,928 words
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Article206 1914-12-22 4 To the Editor of the Straits Echo. Sir, I entirely agree with Volunteer’s letter which appeared in your columns. Let every man of military age come forward and offer his services, and let the Government set an example to the firms by sending its own civil206 words
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Article115 1914-12-22 4 A meeting of the Committee of the above bociety was held yesterday at the office of the Hon. Mr. R. Young, President of the i? WIDR t 0 the outbreak of war and the difficulties arising therefrom, the meetings of the Society have not been held for some115 words
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Article747 1914-12-22 4 1 Mr. Kang Yu-wei has tendered his resig. nation as Chairman of the Confucian Society. 1 Mr. T. P. Coulthard, Assistant of Messrs. 1 Brown, Phillip and Stewart, Ipoh, is on a visit to Penang. l Mr. L. B. Balavendrum, of the Audit i Office, is at747 words
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Article161 1914-12-22 4 FOX—LAIRD. A wedding took place at the Presbyterian Church, Northam Road, yesterday t£Tr, Mr Tbom as Fo Editor of was joined in marriage to Mias Violet Laird, of Edinburgh, who ar. rived here on Sunday by the P and o *Th T K e ReV f Cross^S. 8161 words
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Advertisement151 1914-12-22 4 PRITCHARD 8 Co. SOLE AGENTS FOR ROVER CYCLES. OF ALL DISINFECTANTS, THE BEST ZOTAL i liURGOYNE’S MISCIBLE DISINFECTING ELI j£ r MO iT owl;RruL I "'SCI» LE fluid 0| S'«rrcTjiNT in E MABurr. av F •Wit», SI 0,1 flomt.iic i T. w *9 MISCIBLt I WATC* l FLEASANT .v- to151 words
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621 1914-12-22 5 (Renter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. Received 22nd of Dec at 9-20 a.m. Hari», December 22. A Paris communique says that on the right bank of the Meuse wo gdoed some ground on a crest two kilometres N. W of Brabant and Bors de Consenvoye, aod621 words
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Article577 1914-12-22 5 (Reuter's Service) Copyright Telegram. Received 22nd of Dec at 10-25 a.m RUSSIAN SUCCESSES. Petrograd, Decembor 22 A I etrograd communque says The Germans in the Mlava region have to the Hue Lanenburg—Neidenburg No material incident has taken place oa the •eft bank of th 3 Vistula. We577 words
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Article566 1914-12-22 5 (Reuter's Special War Service.) Copyright Telegram Received 21st of Dec. at 5-10 P.M GERMAN PRESS CAMPAIGN IN U. S. A. FAILURE AND IRRITATION. London, December 21. The German press displays increasing irritation at the failure of the campaign conducted by Couut Berustorff and Herr Deroburg to566 words
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Article361 1914-12-22 5 Topography or the Aisne. —Why did Von Kluck decide to 6tand at the Aisne P What were the topographical and military circumstances of the position which was to see the greatest battle in modern warfare, greatest in numbers engaged, in length of conflict, in extent of361 words
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Article372 1914-12-22 5 Malik» Pindft. (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore December 22. At the meeting of the Malaka Pinda Rubber Company Mr. Tan Chay Yao, who presided, said that there was a profit of $77,000 with which they were paying a dividend of 9% made possible by the low all-in cost of372 words
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Article969 1914-12-22 5 Says the London and Chinn Exprts < j A telegram from Rome says a message f. orn j Constantinople reposts that tho Japanese Amb ssador requested his passports, and left the city on 17th inst. Rome news is not always entirely reliable, but iu this case it is969 words
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Article345 1914-12-22 5 CORONER'S INQUEST. 1 The inquest into the circumstances attending the death of Chin Fook Kim and Lye Cheoug, who, it is alleged, were stabbed by one Sim Bak on the evening of November 30, at Muntri Street, was held yesterday before Mr. V. G Ezechiel, the Coroner,345 words
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Article82 1914-12-22 5 The following articles will ba found ou our outside pages Page 3—The Duration of the War. England. The Grotesques.” P.C.C Quoits Tournament. 6. —Germany’s Siege Guns I Do and I Will.” The Empire’s Need. Au Important Discovery. A Case for the Alienist. Royal Mornings. The Problem of Egypt Rubber82 words
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181 1914-12-22 5 Dec. 19 By Balance ...$51,500 50 21 Isaac Bros., monthly subscription 10.00 A Volunteer 5.00 D. Mac Lenoan 50.00 ■Balance Dec 21. ...$51,565.50 There will bo a hockey match ou the Esplanade this evening between tho P. C. C. and the Penang Free181 words
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Advertisement68 1914-12-22 5 HORSE FOOD The best horses must have the best food. Don't insult and injure them by giving inferior substitutes. This food is good value for your money. Penang Cycle Emporium, 12. KINC STREET. niE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE CO., LTD. Hiad Office SINOAi*' RE. Life Assurance and Endowment in All68 words
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Obituary104 1914-12-22 5 Reuter Obituary. A. O. Jones. London, December 21. The death has taken place of the famous 1 cricketer Mr. A. O. Jones. [Mr. A. O. Jones, famous Notts cricketer and captain of the team, was only 41 years of age. Here is a pen picture of him taken from the104 words
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Article608 1914-12-22 6 There hare been bo many persistent rumours, during the present war, of uewlv invented explosives, asphyxiating shells and monstrous cannons, that it is difficult to know what to believe. Of one thing we are fairly certain, however, and that is that the huge field siege howitsers the608 words
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Article110 1914-12-22 6 Mr. H. J. Tennant, Under Secretary for War, who, if the Morning Pott'» one-time announcement had been true would have been at Queen’s House to-day, is, according to a cable to the Australian Press, voicing the military authorities’ sentiments that it is more desirable that professional footballers110 words
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Article182 1914-12-22 6 Sir Almroth Wright, who has recently gore to Boulogne, presides over the bacteriological laboratory of the Casino Hospital His researches have already established the fact that the gaugrene and septic conditions met with so frequently are due to micro-organisms which flourish only when removed from the atmospheie,”182 words
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Article512 1914-12-22 6 Thh Coconut Campaign. The Eastern Palm Estates and Trading Syndicate, 37-38, Mark Lane, E.C., is still busily planting cut the shares of its extensive family of wild-cat coconut companies. Some correspondence just to hand from an Irish tradesman shows how innocent investors are ensnared. He was512 words
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Article369 1914-12-22 6 I Do and I Will." Jim Larkin and Earl Kitchener. A London correspondent says The luminaries of labour are for the time eclipsed. There was brief trouble in Dublin a few days ago, but the War Office star being in the ascendant the trouble was short-lived A certain firm was369 words
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Article1099 1914-12-22 6 When Frederick the Great died he left behind him not only a powerful kingdom and a great reputation, but alio a body of writing which in quantity (if not in quality) would Bat'sfy a good many professional 1 writers. He had aspired, like the present German Emper<r, to1,099 words
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Article1290 1914-12-22 6 What is Likely to Happen in thb Land or Paradox. (By Sydney A. Moseley.) [Mr. Sydney A Moseley, who has recently returned from Egypt, where he edited a daily and a weekly newspaper, wrote a prophetic article on Egypt in T.P.’s Weekly of November 21. His1,290 words
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Article318 1914-12-22 6 The Kaiser’s exultant telegram to the Crown Prince on the alleged proclamation of a Holy War by the Sheikh-ul-Islam, and its necessary consequence in the shape of a Pan-Islamic rally to the banner of the Klialif, adds one more to the many astonishing illustrations we318 words
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Article175 1914-12-22 6 W ho is the genius that is suggesting that Government officials should be docked 25 per cent, of their salaries This is one of those propositions which read most excellently but fail miserably in practice. In the first place 75 per cent, of the officials are paid175 words
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Article1033 1914-12-22 6 It is now officially confirmed by the Board of Trade that instructions have been given to the effect that all rubber produced in British territory must be shipped only to British ports. What the ultimate effect of this will be it is scarcely possible to foresee. That rubber1,033 words
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Advertisement50 1914-12-22 6 Wheu Cook and Fisher thry fall out, And call each other names. The public looks askance, and savs They’re just like two old dame*. But that’s not so, I’d have jou know, ith Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, Which is praised the world all ovi r, Its merits will alwav* endure50 words
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Advertisement63 1914-12-22 6 A Germ Destroyer. There ia no danger whatever from lock jaw or blood poison resulting from a wound when Chambeilam’s Pain Balm is promptly applifd. It is an antiseptic aud destroys the germs which cause these diseases It also causes wounds to heal without maturation and in one-third the time63 words
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Advertisement49 1914-12-22 6 The Children’s Colds. atch the children’s colds and cure them before they weaken the vitality. Use Chambei Iain’s Cough Remedy freely. It is p*rfectly safe It has been tested by chemists pronounced free from injurious suband stances and costs but a trifle, all Dispensaries and Dealers. For sale by49 words
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Advertisement50 1914-12-22 6 Oonece-jary Worfj. Why waste word» aed adeertising snace point, of merlin ChamberW. Cough Remedy The most “»n°M are -«•M when We .tate that fW f d and C0Ughi from aD J cause, and that it contain* absolutely no narcotics or injurious substances. For sale by ril peasants and Dealers. 750 words
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Advertisement7 1914-12-22 6 For Chronic Cheat Complaint., wood»- Croat Peppermint7 words
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Article440 1914-12-22 7 coming and SnTroopi° ‘jt I the earlier continuant* T<u of landing of a freah contingent ha^eroUd tremendonaenthnaiaam. When tbe XuS i :r of k owar -«i»d u inK: turned out in ,t. beat bib and tucker to rerel in the aunabiue and in tbe apleudid movmg440 words
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Article244 1914-12-22 7 danler«n? heard a reat de&1 about »1«« j them™ 0 janous kinds, but very little of anglicisaf Ubt r daDJ?er all, the complete content ,C re8 f who, not dtizanl th t 0 1118 naturalised British if!»* W- i ,UIU K traces of their Teutonic past244 words
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Article261 1914-12-22 7 3 (j>ue question which suggests itself at the f r^ ODt moment is What is the probable i “ghting strength of the Belgian forces At the outbreak of hostilities the Belgian army i uumbered about 175 000 officers and men of aII armM Apart from th matter261 words
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Article429 1914-12-22 7 Proclamation to Nativrb or Niw i Britain. A unique proclamation was issued at Rabaul, New Britain, on September 13, when the Australian Expeditionary Force occupied that German possession. A declaration of British ownership in sonorous official phrasing was read by Colonel William j Holmes, Brigadier-Commanding the429 words
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Article338 1914-12-22 7 i It is a trait in our national character which we may be proud of that we honestly I admire a br»ve and chivalrous en<‘my like (Captain von Muller, of the Emden. The out- pourings of the British press over this hero remind one of338 words
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Article138 1914-12-22 7 The Oxford Univeriity Calendar, which has just been published, is a unique volume,' and it is hoped may remain so. Its distinguishing feature is the letter A appended to the name* of the undergraduates under four years’ standing who are absent on military or other public service.138 words
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Advertisement607 1914-12-22 7 NOTICE. IN THE ESTATE OP NAI THYE, Deceased. HOTEL NORMAN. PENANG'S SELECT RESIDENTIAL HOTEL. ENGLISH PROPRIETORSHIP. I Pursuant to the Conveyancing and Law of Property Ordinance, 1886, Section 46, NOllCE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a’l creditors and othnr persons having anr claims and demands against the estate of Nai Thy*607 words
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