Straits Echo, 13 March 1915

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  • 36 1 Straits Echo S I.V LHRONiCLF or EVENTS. CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS. IHE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY VOL. 13. $24 Per Annum. PENANG, SATURDAY, 13th MARCH, 1915. Siafle Copy 10 cents. No. 58
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    • 1142 1 WIEN ORtERING SPECIFY M Doi Head Stout.'* ;V l It is Strmfthenfai and In?igoratiat, I W*A|*ati: HANG LEE Co., Penami KucUa Lumpur lliaDDDDDIIIIlaDDDaDIIIIII vkbiu nnaonn Georgetown Motor Garage 7*. Penang Road. NOW ON SHOW One 5 Seater EMPIRE CAR AS ILLUSTRATION. —f BANKS. > Chartered Bank of India, Australia and
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  • 971 2 A Policy or Moral 1m r imidation. The present political situation is daily giving rise to a variety of surmises and theories easily tending to obscure the allimportant issue, the very thing desired by those who are panting to establish themselves as the mentors of this nation.
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  • 977 2 Prospmctin» liiaHTS. In the annual report of the Council of the F.M S Chamber of Mines it i 9 stated that the Council had communicated with the Government, deprecating the custom of calling for prospecting licenses, and that a sympathetic reply had been received. It is
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    • 469 2 TOWN HALL Messrs. Charles Howitt and A. Phillips, With their Powerful Company of 15 Picked Artistes PRESENT TO-NIGHT AT 9-15 The Delightful FARCICAL COMEDY What The Butler Saw.” Afond&y, 15th, Owing to reveral requests the great domestic drama by Mrs. Henry Woods. East Lynne." Booking plan open at ROBINSON PIANO
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    • 516 2 IN THE ESTATE OF ARTHUR HENRY AUSTEN MEREDITH, deceased. Pursuan* to tbe Convpvaociug and Law of Property Ordinance I£B6 Section 46 Notice is hereby given that all Creditors and other persons bavins: any claims or demands against tbe Estate of Arthur Henry Austen Meredith late of Janolan Estate in the
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    • 41 2 When Julius Cesar leapt ashore On little Britain’s Isle, And took possession of the land, He wore the victor’s smile When people nowadays take cold, Of victory they make sure By getting in a good supply Of Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure
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    • 175 2 GAME English and Siberian (STOCKS ALWAYS ON HAND.) SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE COMPANY, LIMITED, PENANG. Telephone No. 602. Telegrams: STORAGE. vuttr-YXJL-' SijT^rm-n. v.:jbm»c mu r a/j am imp iiKTwry rTrrjnv .«l t BET JJ S3?S3UM6SSK3HU n O L, E» j» r.\ p *4 DIRECT FROM THE DISTILLERY “fopnernsrs m 2 ti
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  • 1185 3 [Bt Tom Wrioht.] 'Thirty-four British writers, beginning we Engliah men of letters,” hare sent an address “to our colleague* in Russia,” in which they take the opportunity of uttering feelings which hare been in our hearts for many years Opportunity What opportunity Has some still more wonderful work
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  • 237 3 PaocißoiNGß Against Dibictobs Rbsumbd. Iu the second police court in Singapore on Thursday morning the hearing was resumed of the case in which Boey Lian Chin and Lim Tian Siong, who were directors of the Kwong Yik* Bank, are charged with criminal breach of trust as bankers.
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  • 280 3 PRIVY COUNCIL DECISION. Chuah Hooi Gnoh Neoh v. Khaw Sim Kong, Khaw Sim Bee and others. This litigation >vhich began in 1908 has terminated by the decision of the Privy Council in favour of the defendants. The plaintiff sued the defendants, who were the executors of the
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  • 168 3 There was a good attendance at Mr. Willison’s benefit performance last night, among those present being Major Adams and other officers of the Penang Volunteers A lengthy programme was submitted and included many excellent turns which called forth rounds of applause. Madame Willison ntroduced the performing pony Mandalay
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    • 442 3 < hi </) a hi U hi Q. to z < z < z u 3 ffi o to SCOTCH WHISKY SOMETHING TO CROW ABOUT" ■=s i NM. SCOTCH TAMES ac aS BLACK&WHITE \-i -r‘ J'* -y M i ALWAYS THE HICHEST QUALITY ft TJ 70 O ■o > o
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    • 293 3 SWEET CHESTNUT TOE. i s and a s esm tobacco v r>». H*' Work for all men For all meu rest. And a time to taste the joys of life WILCOX We have the pleasure in notifying the public that we shall, on or before the Ist March, If 15,
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  • 95 4 Fublished daily (except Sundays and public holidays) AT THS 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 Printing Department 343 N.K. —All business communication* should ba
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  • 1301 4 True friends of China will note with regret that the malcontents are making the tension between the Republic and Japan a pretext for the renewal of the gross and unjustified attacks upon President Yuan Shi-kai. What or whom they would put in his place were they
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  • 74 4 NOTHING TO REPORT The Hon ble Resident Councillor sends us for publication a copy of the following telegram which he received yesterday from the Private Secretary to H. E. the Governor. There is nothing to report. The daily communiques made hitherto will be discontinued unless anything occurs worthy
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  • 776 4 MILESTONES.” ANOTHER SUCCESS. The Howitt-Phillips company fully sustained last night in Milestones the success which they scored on Thursday. This truly delightful play was staged and presented with all the ability and resource that one expects from a first-class combination of artistes. It has added considerably to the local reputation
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  • 136 4 Mar. 8 By Balance $2,380.98 12 Members Lower Perak Club, Teluk Anson 592 00 Balance Mar. 12 $2,972.98 Amount previously acknowledged 8,323.80 Total $11,296.78 The death of Mr. W. H. Leigh came as a great shock to his many friends in the district. Of a healthy-minded and
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  • 1003 4 Here in Penang the price of fi.L governed almost entirely by the w« a \V conditions. If it is stormy there i. *c jinthe market, if it is wet there is hard? any fish in the market, if itisdry figb and if it is unsettled fish is dear.
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 99 4 WAR TELEGRAMS. (GTD Service No. 2.) Bombardment Dardanelles Allied Fleets proceeding briskly and successfully also Bombardment German Icewasser by Super Iced Eau de Cologne very active and successful. Ask for the Super brand and you will get the British article which is entirely replacing the German one in this market.
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  • 651 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. CAUSES COMMOTION IN AMERICA. New York, March 11. T*he German auxiliary cruiser, Prim Eitel Friedrich, has arrived at Newport News with over three hundred passengers and the crews of eight vessels which she sank, including an American vessel. The cruiser will probably be
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  • 566 5 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. ENEMY SUFFERS HEAVILY. Paris, March 12. Last evening’s communique states Dense fog greatly impeded the operations. ‘‘The British troops successfully bombarded Westende, in Belgium. “We repulsed two attacks near Zandwoorde, in the sector of Ypres, and the British in the region of Neuve
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  • 628 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. TSINGTAU GARRISON STRENGTHENED. Tokyo, March 11. The newspapers here state that Japan ia strengthening the garrisons at Tsingtau and elsewhere in China. The War Department says this is merely a matter of military routine. London, March 12. In the House of Commons yesterday,
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  • 1096 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. A VIVID DESCRIPTION. Paris, Mareh 11. The official Eye-Witness in an important despatch about the great battle in Champagne says that violent pressure on the enemy’s lines compelled him to employ large forces from the reserves in other sectors and made him
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  • 229 5 (Reuter’s Service) Copyright Telegram PANIC AT CONSTANTINOPLE. Cairo, March 12. Passengers who have arrived by the steamer Syria state that the Turkish authorities have posted notices to the effect that the Allied fleet is attacking the Dardanelles which may have to be evacuated for strategical
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  • 52 5 {Reuter.) London, March 11. The London market pricos are as follows Copper, 641. Rubber, 2/s}. Linseed, Argentine, 48/9, 53/3 paid. Cotton seed, 151/3 paid. Wheat, Delhi, 58/9, Rosafe 61/- paid. Lead, 21J. Tin, 186. Iron, 58/6. Peas, 53. Linseed oil, 29/9 Coconut oil, Ceylon, 48. Copra, 28}. Coconuts,
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  • 327 5 M. S. V R. ENTERTAINED IN SINGAPORE. Public Welcome at K. Lumpur. (From Our Own Correspondent). Singapore, March 13 The members of the M. S. V. R. were entertained at tiffin yesterday bv the Government. General Ridout personally thanked them and commented on the excellent work done by them. Ho
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  • 215 5 Obituary. Cuoi Tkomn Skelton. Loudon, March 11. The death is announced of the Rev Canon Thomas Skelton. [The Rev. Thomas Skelton, Canon of Southwell, was born on February 1. 1834 He was educated at the City of London School and at Queen’s College, Cambridge. In 1858 he was ordained deacon
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  • 965 6 At a meeting of the Presbyterian Church Ladies’ Working Party held to-day interesting letters were read, of which we giro extracts. In November last, as a result of enthusiastic work done by a band of willing workers in Penang three large boxes of clothing were shipped
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  • 1783 6 THE COURT MARTIAL. Men of Malay States Guidbs on Trial No time was wasted at the Court Martial yesterday, says t'io Strait t Time* of Thursday, aud, although there were fortyfive men on trial, every one of whom had a stitement to make, the proceedings, as far as
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  • 216 6 General Snijders has ordered that aIL the military will be given one day’s leave at Faster, while the Jews will be allowed to spend Easter at thnr homes. These concessions are looked upou as a sign that the situation in the Netherlands has become less serious. The
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  • 2316 6 Ebtimatb of the British Soldibr. The 75 s at Wore. Paris, February 2. From the effect produced on the people of Paris it might almost be a part of the policy of the Generalissimo of the Army to seud back to Paris from time to time
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  • 243 6 No Singapore papers reached us by the 8.9. Rajah of Sarawak which arrived on the 25th, but instead came a copy of a Government Notice issued to Editors and Publishers in the Settlements of Singapore, as follows The sale and distribution of all Newspapers outside the city iimits
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  • 85 6 o 4th Sunday in Lent, March 14. 8-00 a.m. Parade Service Hytnns 242 and 370 8- a.m. Holy Communion 9- a.m Holy Communion for Chinese 5- p.m. Sunday School 6- p m. Evensong and Sermon Hymn 163 Three in ODe and one in three Rsalm 73
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  • 72 6 Services will be held in the Presbyterian Church, Northam Road, to-morrow, aa follows :—At 9 a.m. specially for children at 6 p.m. Public Worship for all. Subject of sermon at evening service, by Rev. William Cross, m.a. will be Absalom’s Monument.” Hymns, (from Church Praise) 223, 298,
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
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    • 52 6 Best Medicine Made. A better medicine can not be made than Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy It relieves the lungs, opens the secretions, aids expectoration and assists nature in restoring the system to a healthy condition. Besides it contains no opiates and is perfectly safe to take. For sale by all Dispensaries
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    • 9 6 Far Chronic Chest Complaints, Great Pappar«i»t Oar», 1*. 64,
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    • 157 6 IVTOTICB. We the undersigned Hendrikus Johannes MARTIJN Jr. and Jan ELLERMAN, both of THE HAGUE (Holland) hare established ourselves as GENERAL MERCHANTS under the style of MARTIJN A ELLERMAN And we have appointed Mr. Abraham Johannes Van der 111 OUR GENERAL MANAGER For Penang Native States etc. The following Dutch
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  • 1124 7 ORIGINS. Br Numa." The Church to-morrow directs its people to the study of origins. It is a wise more. Back to the impulse behind the phenomena of things we call the unirerse is a strategic retreat which makes the Church to come forward again with renewed logical
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  • 494 7 Th* Fiohtiito Priists of Fbanob. The clergy have rallied to the colours in all the belligerent nations, we learn from a writer in the Paris Figaro who I summarises a lecture by Monsignor Lacroix lat the Serbonne. The whole number of those with the various armies
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  • 234 7 A choice between starvation or torture is the dismal prospect before all victims of indigestion, for although they are actually in need of food to nourish the body, they are afraid to eat because of the long periods of pain and discomfort that follow even the
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