Straits Echo, 12 March 1915
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Straits Echo
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Title Section35 1915-03-12 1 Straits Echo DAII.Y CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS. THE FEDERATED HALAY STATES AND THE FAR BAST GENERAL!.I VOL. 13. $24 Per Annum. PENANG, FRIDAY, 12th MARCH, 1915. Sinflc Copy, 10 coots. No. 5735 words
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Advertisement19 1915-03-12 1 TO LET. S 1 BUNGALOW No. 1428. BURMAH ROAD. 50, Mac Alister Road, J APPLY 53, Beach Strict. 519 words
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Article2027 1915-03-12 2 E B. Osborn - By E B. Osborn. No doubt there are at least as many ways of reading war news as of writing tribal lays, but one cannot honestly add the words And-every single-one of-them-is-right—-which will at once recur to anybody who knows his Kipling fairly well Indeed,2,027 words
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Advertisement54 1915-03-12 2 Best Medicine Made. A better medicine can not ba made than Chamberlain's Coui»b Remedy It relieves the luugs, opens the secretions, aids expec- toration and assists nature in re»toriutf the) system to a healthy condition. Besides, it j contains no opiates and is perfectly *afe to' take. For sale by54 words
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Advertisement190 1915-03-12 2 Huttenkch Bros. 8 ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS CONTRACTORS. SOLE AGENTS FOR: All kinds of ELECTRICAL MACHINERY Free Estimates Given for all Kinds of Electrical Work Mining Plants and Private Lighting Installations A Speciality. AGENTS FOR: HE SIEELIES 7ELEFI CO., LID. Large Stocks of Telephones are kept and Private Installations can be Started190 words
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Article1099 1915-03-12 3 COURT MARTIAL OF LIGHT INFANTRY MEN. WIDMIDIfs PrOCBIDIKOS. The scene at the Court-Martial on Wednesday was an unusual one. Mustered in the body of the court were no fewer thin fortyfive alleged mutineers, all men of the sth Light Infantry and apparently a most representative selection of the1,099 words
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Article661 1915-03-12 3 Nuw-Books. The following books have been reoeived at the Library: Seven Campaigns, by John Spenoer Cooper, 't hirty Years, Anglo-French Reminiscences, 1874-1906, by Sir Thomas Barclay. Napoleon and the Campaign of 1814, by Henry Houssaye. With the Bulgarian Staff, by Neel Buxton. Germany, by A. W. Holland. Life661 words
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Advertisement513 1915-03-12 3 Lest you forget! Vanity renders beanty contemptible and M Vice often begins in mi >take, and as often ends in ignonrny THE STRAITS CINEMA, PENANG ROAD. The Leading Premier Show in Penang AND The People’s Favourite Rendezvous. TO-NIGHT special chance TO-NIGHT! 2 Reels AFTER DEATH. Parts 2 A Powerful Detective513 words
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Advertisement48 1915-03-12 3 Until a few brief weeks ago He would not face the cold His lungs, be said, were very weak. And he was getting old. But now be feels not oold nor rain, His lungs are quite secure, And thankful he will ever be For Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure.48 words
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Article, Illustration97 1915-03-12 4 Published daily (except Sundays and public holidays) AT THR CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. No. 59, Beach Street, Penang. Price. Daily Local $24 per annum. Outstation... Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Post Free) $17.50 CABLE ADDRESS ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo, 586 Printinj Department 343 m N B. AH business communications97 words
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Article1384 1915-03-12 4 Reuter told U 3 on Wednesday that the Jockey Club is to hold a special meeting on the 16th of this month to decide whether racing shall be discontinued during the war. The Jcckey Club, which is entirely an aristocratic and self-appointed body, is one of the1,384 words
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Article966 1915-03-12 4 A NEW DEFENCE FORCE. YESTERDAY’S MEETING. What was for Penang a very large gathering assembled at the Town Hall yesterday evening under the presidency of Mr. Justice Ebden to consider the proposal* made with a view to finding some place in the local defence scheme for those966 words
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Article992 1915-03-12 4 Among the latest exploits of the Con has been to open a letter addressed t r Member of Council by a well known Sin° pore firm-tlie envelope bore their' J*. and contained only a receipted hold it up for a month. J 0 Did the sapient individual who992 words
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Advertisement236 1915-03-12 4 raOOOOOOOOOOOOOCQCQCQOOOOOCOOO^ AING CHEANC Co.. 59, Magazine Road. 0 U We Lave just unpacked a large consignment of private rickshaws of the 2T latest type which can be fitted with English-made wheels, etc. complete and can be had at prices which defy competition. We have in stock Rickshaw and Motor Accessories.236 words
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Article660 1915-03-12 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. MODIFICATION in sight. London, March 11. Oa the motion for tho adjournment of the House of Commons yesterday, several membars raised the question of the ill-treatment 0 f British prisoners in Germany and the insufficiency of the food supplied to them. jlr. Neil660 words
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Article610 1915-03-12 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. PROGRESS IN CHAMPAGNE. Paris, March 10. To-night's communique says Uhere was a most violent German counter-attaek last night io Champagne, which we repulsed vigorously. Moreover, we gained a little ground along the road from Perthes to Tahure. “We demolished a blockhouse at Fontaine610 words
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Article577 1915-03-12 5 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. GERMANS TRY FOR WARSAW. London, March 11. Yesterday’s Russian communique shows that the Germins have rallied their forces in northern Poland, where they have been reinforced by fresh troops from Germany and the Grodno region. The Germans are making a fresh effort to577 words
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Article483 1915-03-12 5 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. London, March 11. Sir Frederick Pollock, presiding over a meeting of the Empire League Club in London, said there were possibly confidential negotiations between China and Japan for a very close alliance which was not a very improbable thing and quit9 laudable, if483 words
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Article30 1915-03-12 5 {From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, March 11. The hearing of the case against the Pontoporos, which is claimed as a prize, has been concluded. Judgment was reserved.30 words
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Article1238 1915-03-12 5 A SUCCESSFUL PRODUCTION. Penang does not enjoy a particularly good reputation among the travelling theatrical fraternity too many companies have played here to bad houses. But it must be said that when a really good combination visits us it generally manages to do pretty well. Thus1,238 words
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Article113 1915-03-12 5 FURTHER CAPTURES. From the Hon’blo Resident C uneillor we have received the following c >py of a telegram sent to him by the Private Secretary to His Excellency the Governor this morning:— “During the last 24 hours four more men have been captured. His Excellency the Governor will113 words
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Article52 1915-03-12 5 (Reuter.) London, March 10. The London market prices are as follows: Linseed, 48/6, Bombay 55/-. Wheat, weak, White Karachi 58/6, Delhi 59/-, Rosafe 61/3, Gingolly 58/. Hemp, 28} paid, buyers. Tin, 182. Iron, 58/3. Wheat, 59/6, Linseed, 53/9, Linseed oil, 29/6 May August, sellers. Coconut oil, Ceylon 48},52 words
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Article153 1915-03-12 5 The following articles will bo found on our outside pages Page. 2. —How to Read War News. 3. Singapore Mutiny Court Martial of Light Infantry Men. Penang Library. 6. —Willison’s Circus. Russia and Japan. Servants and Surats.” Botha and S. Africa. Clergv for Smgapore*T>iocese. Singapore Prize Court: Case of153 words
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Obituary76 1915-03-12 5 Obituary. Biskop Richardson. London, March 10. The death is announced of the Right Reverend William Moore Richardson, m.a., formerly Bishop of Zanzibar. [The Right Reverend W. M. Richardson, m.a d.d was born in 1844. He was Vicar of Wolvercote from 1889 to 1895, Bishop of Zanzibar and East Africa from76 words
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Article1479 1915-03-12 6 Both in Russia and Japan there i is a growing feeling that the two countries i should enter into a compact for what is somewhat euphemistically known as the < maintenance of peace in the Far East Russian sentiment has been strongly affected by the attitude of1,479 words
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Article298 1915-03-12 6 Writing his own certificates, is wbat a Tamil cook, who is looking for a billet in Ipoh, has risen to. Ho is going round with certificates which read as follows The bearer his been in my work for the last few months and seven days. He is298 words
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Article191 1915-03-12 6 This Friday evening is announced as a grand fashionable military night under the Patronage and in the immediate presence of Major Minniken, O C the Troops, Major Adams and Officers of the Penang Volunteers. A splendid programme has been prepared, the occasion being a testimonial benefit tendered by191 words
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Article2602 1915-03-12 6 CASE OF THE PONTOPOROS.” Ctftait'i Story. Speeches BT COUNSEL. The Prize Court case concerning the Greek steamer Pontoporos was continued throughout Tuesday afternoon before the acting Chief Justice in the Supreme Court The Attorney-General and Sir Evelyn C. EUis appeared for the Crown, Mr. C. I Carrer2,602 words
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Article327 1915-03-12 6 The Annual General meeting of the Association was held in the Town Hall last night Mrs. Young, the President, presiding over a small attendance. After the Annual report and accounts for 1914 had been approved it was decided to ask Mrs. Ebden to become President for 1915.327 words
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Article647 1915-03-12 6 SOMK AsPKOTS OW a IvHBKLLIO* It is not surprising that the trials of leaders in the South African rebellion shonld reveal some interesting and unexpected aspects of that ill-fated movement. f ]|j« trial of one of these leaders—a member of the South African Parliament, by the647 words
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Article302 1915-03-12 6 The Bishop of Singapore writes to the ru xrdian that it has occurred to him that some few out of the many clergy who hare volunteered for service at the Front but haw been refused would be glad to accept work in his Diocese during the302 words
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Advertisement9 1915-03-12 6 Far Children'! Hacking Coegh at Night, W—tmt Oaf 19 words
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Advertisement61 1915-03-12 6 A Life Sever. It is safe to say that Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy has saved the lives of more people and relieved more suffering than any other remedy in existence. It is known all over the civilized world for its speedy cures of cramps in the stomach, diarrhoea61 words
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Article1174 1915-03-12 7 China, Japan The Powers. The Real Voice or England. We Peking Gazette) reproduce below the I b*xt of a leading article appearing in the I Manchester Guardian which baa been cabled as a Special to the Peking Gazette. The views I expressed in the article are certain to counterIthe influence1,174 words
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Article866 1915-03-12 7 (From A Correspondent It has been said that the realities of the war are being more truly brought home to the British public through the agency of the picture palace than by any other means. Certainly there are to be seen extraordinarily vivid scenes from866 words
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Advertisement536 1915-03-12 7 HOTEL NORMAN. Penang’s Select Residential Hotel. ENGLISH PROPRIETORSHIP. N.R.— In the event of change of Proprietorship, the Hotel will not be closed, but will be handed over to the new tenant ai a going concern. LAKE AIRY ROOMS FACING THE SEA. Under the patronage of H.M. Judges, Medical Officers, Colonial536 words
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