Straits Echo, 2 June 1915
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Title Section36 1915-06-02 1 Straits Echo r DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STtAiTS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY VOL. 13. $24 Per Annum. PENANG, WEDNESDAY, ‘2nd JUNE, 1915. Sin|le Copy, 10 cents. No. 12436 words
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Advertisement1119 1915-06-02 1 s>i« An*ti! TIANG LEE Cf CO., Pcaaog O’ Kaala Lvapvr. flacKQKßd3H3?ava<suaß. 4 m n Tka Doctor advises and raoo»mends. It ia nonrisking, invigorating and strengtkeninf. kg’t BeU StMt. For Cars on Hire Call »1 or ’pho nc (No. 694) to Georgetown Motor Garage 7 A Penang Road. BANKS. THE N1,119 words
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Advertisement19 1915-06-02 1 K TO LET. M 1 BUNGALOW No. 1428.; BURMAH ROAD. LOCATION QUIET 1 1 HEALTHY. APPLY 53, Beach Street.19 words
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Article972 1915-06-02 2 An Ipoh Opinion. Penang has not received much official encouragement for her Town Guard scheme, and it seems that the Goveinment are coming in for a good deal of vigorous criticism in the Northern Settlement for their alleged failure to get into touch with public •pinion. Well,972 words
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Article958 1915-06-02 2 An Appreciation. Through my library window I see in the dim distance away out at sea some ten Gr twelve miles of a trailing smudge of smoko. They are tbe patrol boats at. work. There is no mistaking them. They are the most impudent-looking things on958 words
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Advertisement1037 1915-06-02 2 THE GEORGETOWN KINEMATOGRAPH. STILL AT THE FRONT doing their best Excel h nfc War Topica from the Seat of War... No worry about the Best Features we have a large variety coming this Mail TO-NIGHTS CHANGE INCLUDES AN Imp. Sensation Universal Exclusive Plum a Reels 2 Part Who Killed Olga1,037 words
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Advertisement39 1915-06-02 2 Something Dependable. DiarrLosi is always more or less prevalent during this weather. Be prepared for it. Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrbcsa Remedy is prompt and effectual. It can always be depended upon. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.39 words
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Advertisement47 1915-06-02 2 Operations Averted. Do you know tbat a very large per cent of supposed cases of appendicitis are only an inflammation of the bowels brought on by constipation Chamberlain’s Tablets cure constipation even after it becomes chronic. Give them a trial. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.47 words
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Advertisement623 1915-06-02 2 CO., PENANG GREAT ANNUAL LEAR m if L rat' DRESS MATERIALS. Fancy dress voiles in different colours, striped and spot muslins, plain and fancy crepes and cotton dress materials at greatly reduced prices. A number of lawn and voile blouses in White and Colors also Golf Coati to clear. Ladies623 words
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Article958 1915-06-02 3 More Detailed Account. As already briefly reported by telegram, the traitor Mansoor was executed on Monday morning. The following more detailed account is taken from the Straits Times of Monday evening Kassim Ismail Manscor, recently convicted of high treason after trial by a Field General Court958 words
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Article403 1915-06-02 3 Hovokono and tii Steaits. Referring to a recent article in the Straits Echo the Hongkeng Telegraph says: One of the Straits papers makes a very forcible complaint of the increased cost of living in Singapore and Penang. Up till three or four years ago Singapore was403 words
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Article65 1915-06-02 3 Tennis Tournament. The following ties have been fixed for Friday, June 4th Ladies' Drubles Handicap. Miss Grey and Miss Heim +2/6 vs. Mrs Souter and Mrs Pritchard +4/6. Ladies' Singles Handicap. Mrs Crichton vs. winner of to-day’s tie. Mixed Doubles Handicap. Mrs Phillips and Threlfall —l5 465 words
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Article126 1915-06-02 3 Judgment for Plaintiffs. Mr. Justice L. P. Ebden delivered judgment yesterday afternoon in the suit in which the Asiatic Petroleum Company, Ltd., 6ued the Penang Harbour Board, claiming damages for injury sustained by the plaintiff company’s tin plates caused by the unseaworthiness of the defendants’ lighter. Judgment126 words
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Article176 1915-06-02 3 The undermentioned prices were realised for rubber sold by Messrs. Allen Dennys Co by auction and private treaty, yesterday. 47,00(1 lbs were sold Diamond smoked sheet $l2O to $127 Plain SH7 $llB Unsmoked sheet $ll3 $ll5 Fine Pale Crepe $122 Medium Pale Crepe $ll9 $l2O Pale Brown176 words
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Advertisement548 1915-06-02 3 What is a JOOCOCLE It is THE Bicycle Specially Made and Imported by TIANC JOO CO., for the S.S. and F M.S. markets./^ “JOOCOCLE” is British-made throughout, and Fitted with Real British Dunlop Tyres. PRICE. COMPLETE WITH LAMP, BELL 8c„ $39 nett. Sole Importers TIANG JOO Co., 117. BEACH STREET.548 words
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Advertisement409 1915-06-02 3 P' QUALITY which the point is k necessary That why 2 2 2 in an enjoyable Cigarette. iJ*»M 'VIRGINIA c icar.etteS^=; W D& h OWi ®«ISTOL LONOO*^-$54-5 EMBASSY VIRGINIA No. 77 va has been justly described as THE CIGARETTE DE LUXE. ll An Outburst of Grandeur at THE STRAITS CINEMA.409 words
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Article, Illustration94 1915-06-02 4 Published daily (except Sundays and public holidays) AT THI CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. No, 59, Beach Street, Penang Pric*. Daily Local $24 per annua. Outstation... Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Post Free) $17.50 CABLR ADDRESS ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo, 586 Printing Department 343 A'.f.-ill business cornmunirstions should b« xHrmri94 words
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Article198 1915-06-02 4 His Majesty celebrates to-morrow bis fiftieth birthday and, although on account of the war the celebration is to be shorn •f all the wonted ceremonies and loyal manifestation* both at home and in the colonies, this year more than ever King 'ieorge will be the object of the198 words
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Article1266 1915-06-02 4 If it be a crime to state that while raw recruits are being called out in France •ibis*bodied men in England are complacently doing nothing then almost erery newspaper in the U iited Kingdom has been guilty of it and should have been prosecuted together1,266 words
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Article188 1915-06-02 4 People in Penang—and we hope they will not be few in number —who desire to contri bute to the Belgian Relief Fund and at the same time to adorn their houses with the portrait of a veritable hero can obtain from Mrs. John Mitchell, wife of188 words
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Article107 1915-06-02 4 The following changes in the Police Force here will take place when Inspector D. Killourhy takes over the duties of Chief Inspector from Chief Inspector Hart who goes home on long leave: Inspector Bartels from the Central Station to Dato Kramat; Inspector J. Dunne from the Detective Station107 words
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Article98 1915-06-02 4 The Sungei Batu (Malaya) Rubber Estates, Ltd. 12,200 Val D’or Rubber Estate'», Ltd. 13,188 The Kurau Rubber Estate. Ltd. 21,000 The Malakoff Rubber Co., Ltd. 40,000 S. S. (Bertam) Rubber Co r Ltd. 67,500 The Windsor (F M. S) Rubber Estate, Ltd. 10,500 The Malakoff Plantations98 words
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60 1915-06-02 4 May 31 By Balance ...121,024.59 June 1 Staff of Chief Post Office, sth instalment 46 40 Staff of Penang Harbour Board, April subscription 53.04 Pupils of Penang Free School 19.00 R. B. Osborne.. June subscription 25.00 W. H Threlfall, monthly subscription 10.00 Balance,60 words
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Article181 1915-06-02 4 May 31 By Balance 343 42 June 1 Anonymous 60.00 William Dell, monthly subscription 10-00 Balance, June 1 413.42 Amount previously acknowledged 13,457.11 Total ...$13,870.53 The output cf the Tongkah Harbour Tin Dredging Company for the month of May was twenty five tons. The usual Corpus Cbristi181 words
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Article1026 1915-06-02 4 During the Sino-Japanese negotiate»* I our Canton correspondent was almost as mueh worried by censors, British and Chinese, in the City of Rama as we have been ourselves by other specimens of the breed down here. So he just suspended operations for the time being, greatly to the1,026 words
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Advertisement467 1915-06-02 4 Speech is silvers but silence is golden. 9» VV? J- i&Xi ■a* vL ft Ki iSS ~jfcs*ij£32 Our prices bear silent but eloquent testimony to the golden valuj we off;r. A Special offer of Massive Iroa Bedstead, size ft. x 6 f Mikers, Messrs. John Tnmins, Ltd England*s best bedstead467 words
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Article778 1915-06-02 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. BOMBS ON POLA Rome, May 31 Ad official announcement states ••An Italian dirigible flew over Pola and dropped bombs on the railway station, the j lf >trol depot and the arsenal where a conflagration broke out. The airship returned safely, despite the fire778 words
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Article620 1915-06-02 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. HEAVY TURKISH LOSSES. MINING AND GOUNTER-MINING. London, May 31. The Press Bureau states that the British on May 23 detected Turkish Engineers in the Gallipoli Peninsula mining, whereupon we exploded a counter-mine very successfulb Turkish Trenches Captured. The Turks in the evening got620 words
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Article875 1915-06-02 5 (Reuter’s Service) Copyright Telegram. NO PUBLIC BUILDING DAMAGED. SITUATION WELL IN HAND. London, June 1. Bombs were dropped by hostile aircraft at various localities in the metropolitan area not far distant from each other. No public buildings were injured. Adequate arrangements had been made which enabled the875 words
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Article248 1915-06-02 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram AMERICAN INDIGNATION. STRONG PRESS COMMENTS. London, May 31. The Nets York Herald, commenting on Germany’s reply to the U.S A. in regard to the Lusitania incident, states that in the case of Germany vs. civilization the United States holds the brief for248 words
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Article50 1915-06-02 5 (From Our Oum Correspondent Singapore, June 2. At the meeting of the members of the Presbyterian Church, the Rev. William Cross was presented with a gown subscribed for by the ladies of the congregation. He addressed the meeting, appealing for their support aud sympathy in his ministration.50 words
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Article430 1915-06-02 5 M. F. A. Match Disturbance. A Special General Meeting of the M. F. A. was held at the Babolsabar Club on Tuesday night, to consider the disturbance said to have occurred in the League Match on Monday between Muthibol-Ahzan and Babrol Alam Present :—The President; Mr, K. Pakchi; Vice430 words
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Article117 1915-06-02 5 {From Our Own Correspondent). Singapore, June 2. At the meeting of the St. Andrew’s Society condolences were expressed with the families of Mr. T. M. Welsh, the late Secretary, and of those who had fallen in the war and the mutiny. The meeting eulogised the senrices117 words
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Article825 1915-06-02 5 Four Chinese Convicted. Before Mr. R. Scott in the District Court, this morning, a Chinese, named Teh Choh Tat, was charged with criminal breach of trust in respect of fourteen bags of rice, two bags of sugar, fire tins of ground nut oil and 50 empty gunny825 words
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Article866 1915-06-02 5 Riot in Kwaoßsi— Mining, in Canton— Plague—The Censorship—SinoJapanese Agreement—Precautions Against Flood—Gamb ling Monopoly. C From Our Own Correspondent.') Canton, May 14 Reports are being received, but denied by the local officials, that there is a serious mutiny still unchecked in Kwei-lin, Kwangsi Province, that some local troops866 words
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Obituary61 1915-06-02 5 Obituary. Carl of Jersey. London, June 1. The death has taken place of the Earl of leriey, tJjp 6 Jerse y was born in 1845 and of New South Wales 1890-93. His heir is Viscount ien, a member of the Jockey Club. Earl Waa principal proprietor of Child’s his ancestors61 words
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Article1551 1915-06-02 6 REVENUE FROM OPIUM AND LIQUOR. Annual Rjifort. Mr. F. M. Baddeley, Superintendent of the Government Monopolies, Straits Settlements, signs the report on the working of the department, for the year 1914, and in the course of bis remarks says The purchase of opium wa9 effected as in previous1,551 words
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Article273 1915-06-02 6 Excellent football was witnessed in the League fixture between Bahrul Alam (Sungei Penang) and Mutbibol Abzam (Kampong Jawa), before a crowd of 190 J spectators, on Monday. The latter went ahead after ten minutes’ play, and just before half-time broke through the defence a second time. In spite273 words
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Article625 1915-06-02 6 "Be British Grumbling is at all times a cheap indulgence, and in ordinary times a harmless one. But when all that we have is in the balance, it is among the most injurious of vices and the least worthy of trades. Our fighting men do not grumble: when they get625 words
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Article379 1915-06-02 6 The two important facts that are to be gleaned from the annual report of the Registrar-General for Births, Deaths and Marriages in England and Wales in 1913 are that the year was a very healthy one and that the marriage rate is steadily increasing. There were379 words
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Article559 1915-06-02 6 April, 27. Ex Senator Beveridge, of Indiana, has just come back from a visit to the battle-fronts of the European war. At a dinner of the Sphinx Club, an association of influential business men of New York City, on Tuesday evening of last week, Mr. Beveridge, who559 words
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Article350 1915-06-02 6 Esplanade, 6 to 7 p.m. Wednetday, 2nd June, 1916. 1 Selection Ilombardi Verdi. 2 Gavette Passion Flowers Fleutini. 3 Waltz Dans les Nuages Waldteufel. 4 Polka Mirette Dupret. 5 March Off to the Races Hunting. Esplanade, 6 to 7 p.m. Friday, 4th June, 1916. 1 Selection... La Vestale350 words
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Article681 1915-06-02 6 Primate's Statement to Select Committee. The evidence given before the Select Committee on Naval and Military Pensions was issued on April 29 Among the witnesses was the Archbishop of Canterbury, who on March 4 was examined on the question of separation allowances to the illegal dependents of soldiers681 words
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Article285 1915-06-02 6 When the war began and it was realised what an enormous crowding there would be at the front it was almost universally expected that there would be the usual ravages of typhoid. In the Boer War typhoid killed 'many more of our men than ever the enemy did.285 words
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Article463 1915-06-02 6 Poems. By G. K. Chesterton. Portrait. (London: Burns and Oates.) os net While his long illness, which a host 0 F friends have lamented, has for a time rend ered Mr. G K. Chesterton’s pen an idle one it is a great pleasure to get this neatly463 words
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Article214 1915-06-02 6 Remarkable Article bt French General New York, May 5. General Malleterre, who was in command of a French Army Division at the battle of the Marne, where he was wounded, has written an article, entitled The Only Possible Peace,” in which he says the Allies will214 words
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Article210 1915-06-02 6 The case in which Chew Cbia Thye, a Chinese towkay living at 32, Cross Street, Singapore, stands charged with having committed bigamy by marrying another woman during the life-time of his wife, waa sailed at the Singapore Assizes on Monday. Mr. Pillai appears with Mr. Setb, D.P.P,210 words
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Advertisement89 1915-06-02 6 Chamberlain’s Pain Balm. A touch of rheumatism, or a twinge of neuralgia. whatever the trouble is, Chamberlain’s Pain Balm drives away the pain at once and cures the complaint quickly. First application gives relief. When a bottle of it is kept in the house the pain of burns and scalds89 words
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Advertisement49 1915-06-02 6 Bowel Complaint in Children. During the summer months mothers should watch for any unnatural looseness of the child’s bowels. When given prompt attention at this time; serious trouble may be avoided. Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrbcei Remedy can always be depended upon. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.49 words
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Advertisement11 1915-06-02 6 F*r Chronic Ohait OompUintc, Wood*» a real Peppermint <Jnr§, t 1411 words
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Article1015 1915-06-02 7 (From an Oxford Correspondent On jhe night ot Jauuary 30, 1649, my Lord Southampton and a friend were sitting very melaucholy iu the Banqueting Hou*e at Whitehall by the body of their dead Kiug About 2 o’clock in the morning they I 0ai<1 a slow step >>n the1,015 words
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Article444 1915-06-02 7 The Moral Law. In all this there is system in all this there is log c; in all this, 60 far as logic ia necessity, there is necessity. But there ar9 few human principles that are irrefragable and it is as true a saying, and as worthy to be believed,444 words
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Article489 1915-06-02 7 Its Natural History and Distribution The F.M.S. Department of Agriculture has published a built tin de luxe on the Malayan locust comprising notes on the mtural history of the pest by the Government Entomologist, Mr. H. C. Pratt, and other notes and paragraphs dealing with the distribution489 words
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Advertisement400 1915-06-02 7 HOTEL NORMAN Penang’s Select Residential Hotel. ENGLISH PROPRIETORSHIP, N. lu the event of change of Pio piietorsbip, the Hotel will not be closed, bu will be handed over to the new tenam a> a going concern. large airy rooms facing the sea. Under the patronage of H.M. Judges, Medical Officers,400 words
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Advertisement44 1915-06-02 7 Economy in the End. It costa but a small amount to keep Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera an 1 Diarrhoea Remedy always in your medicine c-rs-, and it is economy in the end. It ai cures and cures quickly. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.44 words
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Advertisement44 1915-06-02 7 Mary had a little lamb, As everyone doth know, And Mary had an awful cold, Her poor frame rattled eo. But Mary a’so had pood sense, Of that you tnay be sure; She’s well and strong again —all thanks To Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure.44 words
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Advertisement177 1915-06-02 7 OCDC 0 DOC DOC DOC DOooOOC DCD< BY ROYAL APPOINTMENT. Contractors to THE ADMIRALTY, THE WAR OFFICE, THE INDIA OFFICE, n o n n ALL Government Hospitals IN THE Straits Settlements AND Federated Malay States. OBTAINABLE RETAIL m «5-; M-AK i.NSN.O.ftw AND ALL Leading Hospitals THROUGHOUT The World. n o177 words
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Advertisement1764 1915-06-02 8 I*l Wireless Telegraphy, fitted on all Steamers. All Cabins are fitted with Electric Fans FREE of Charge and each berth is furnished with an Electric Reading Lamp. Expected Arrivals and Departures. Ittail Service Outward. Dae Penan Steamer. Connecting with S.S. FAKES BY MAIL STEAMERS. A Accommodation. Ist class 2ndclass To1,764 words
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