Straits Echo, 12 July 1915

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  • 36 1 Straits Echo F AiLY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS. THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY VOL. 13. $24 Per Annum. PENANG, MONDAY, .2th JULY, 1916. Single Copy, 10 cent!,' No. 156
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    • 16 1 I TO LET. 1 BUNGALOW No. 1428. BURMAH ROAD. LOCATION QUIET HEALTHY. APPLY 53, Beach Street.
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  • 864 3  -  By The Shellback. It is ever sweet for the wanderer to turn hi*£a#e homeward*; hut peifcap* in no circumstances $o awept as yrhao, at, the end of r a three years’ voyage, a ship ia homeward bound—“ Falmouth for order* There is a big pay day w<UtUJj»|or men
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    • 661 3 It the Matter of the Alien Enemies (WinAing-Dp) Ordinance 1914. AND In the Matter of Behn Meyer Company Limited an Enemy Company within the meaning of the said Ordinance. NOTICE OF SALE or FREBHtLD and LEASEHOLD LANDS and BOUSES, SITUATE AT Collyer Quay, De Souza Street,' Prince Street, Robertsoi Quay,
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    • 40 3 Cure for Blue*. Correct that disordered stomach with a few doses of Chamberlain’s Tablets, and that feeling of distress and despondency will disappear like magic. They are a sure cure for the blues. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.^
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  • 1361 4 The agitation that has been going on for weeks past in Malacca, F.M.S. aud Jobore planting circles relative to the losses aud inconvenience experienced through shortage of Chinese labour forces culminated a few days ago at the meeting of the Planters’ Association of Malaya in SerembaD, when it
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  • 426 4 At the last Council Meeting held on the 28th June, 1915, tho following were present Mr. C. Abu i Biker (Preaid-nt) in Ihe Chair, Mr. R P. Brash (Vice-President), Messrs. J. Boy, O. S. Daw barn, L. G Attenborough, E. J. Vallentine, and the Secretary
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    • 69 4 Can You Afford the Risk? Were you ever seized with a severo attack of cramp colic or diarrhoei without a bottle of Chaml erlaiu’s Colic, Cholera and DiarrLcei Remedy in the house? Don’t take such risks. A dose or two will cure you before a doctor could possibly be called,
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    • 341 4 The Eastern United Assurance Corporation Ltd. Head Office: SINGAPORE. The undersigned has been appointed Agent for the above Corporation, and is now prepared to accept MARINE l? FIRE RISK. > at current rates. QUAH BENG ZEE, 43. Beach Street. Penan* j EYE-SIGHT RESTORED. AN INFALLIBLE REMEDY for all sorts of
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  • 959 5 King George Y, muit bo the moot widely travelled monarch in history. Beginning with a trip to Ireland at the age of eight, his Majesty has visited Canada, the United States, Palestine, Egypt, the Crimea, Constantinople, Russia, France, Germany, Scandinavia, Australia, South Africa, and India. Not many professional
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  • 103 5 PRisaa*vc Cup for July, 1915. Risult. H Oienham 3up J Sellar 2 down J Crabb-Watt 2 C G May 3 SF B Martin 4 DAM Brown 4 Messrs R T Reid. W S Goldie, P T Allen, C B Redway, T A Martin acd V G Ezeohiel
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  • 117 5 How shall we count the measure of our debt To you, great enemy turned greater friend Who to the voices whispering—“ Forget Except that ones you led us to defend The birthright we have lost but may regain Listened not, but with heart left desolate, Serving the splendour
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  • 45 5 The following ties have been fixed for Wednesday, the 14th inst.: Mixed Doubles Handicap Mrs Kirk and Rose V». Mrs Rose and Dunn (Final) Championship. J M Chalmers vs Capt R Owen. Single Handicap. B E Mitchell vs. G B F Southam.
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  • 86 5 The annual general meeting of this Society was held in the Free School on Saturday evening. The Secretary’s report for the year June, 19L4. to June, 1915, showed good work. The election of office bearers for the ensuing year was as follows President, Mr. T. Isaac
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  • 36 5 July 9 By Balance ...$26,161.46 10 European Staff of GedongEstate, May subscription 69 72 Balance, July 10 26,231.18 Remitted to London on 24-2-15, 10,000 85,618.73 Total subscription to-date ...$111,849.91
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  • 218 5 lbs. Alma Estates, Limited 19,000 Bukit Toh Alang 10,911 Shanghai Klebang 9,586 Cluny Rubber Estates, Ltd. 15,838 Cbemor United 17,283 Kota Bahroe Rubber Estates, Ltd.... 30,051 Sungei Duri 8,140 Kinta Kellas 21,100 Kwala Kangsar 31,119 Shanghai Malay 4,728 Klian Bellas 1,856 Tanjong Pau 6,040 General von
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  • 98 6 Published daily (except Sundays and public holidays) AT TBI CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. No. 59, Beach Street, Penang. Price. Daily Local $24 per annua. Out station... Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Post Free) $17.50 CABLE ADDRESS ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo 586 Printing Department 343 N B All bvieiaeso communication*
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  • 1427 6 Those of us who had hoped to find in the Singapore newspapers further enlightenment regarding the debate on the Colonial Defence Bill than it was possible to give in the telegraphic summaries published by the local press were doomed to disappointment. Taking first one or two points which
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  • 803 6 Mr. Justice Edmonds is presiding at the Malacca Assizes, now being held. Mr. R. C- Edmonds is appointed ts Judicial Commissioner for the F.M.S Mrs. D. C. Macintyre has returned from her recent trip to ludi v, 1 much bene fitted in health by the change. The
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  • 227 6 To th* Editor or thb Straits Echo Sir, —As this is a question which is daily growing in importance with the general pub. lie, I venture to put forth my opinion that it is time now that a new scheme of charge* for electric energy be drawn up
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  • 647 6 Yesterday's Funeral, The funeral of the late Mrs. Goh Taik Chee, which took place yesterday morning, was attended by about two thousand people, including representatives of the Chinese community and some European* and Eurasians. Punctually at 11 a.m. the procession, w hich was one of
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  • 643 7 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. UNSEEMLY QUARREL. A PLAGUE O’ BOTH YOUR HOUSES! London, July 9. The retort of Mr. Lloyd George to Lord Haldane is the engrossing topic in the Lobby, members of Parliament are bewildered, some openly taking sides, while others are awaiting information which» it
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  • 532 7 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram THE GERMAN REPLY. OLD INSINUATIONS REPEATED. Amsterdam, July 10. Germany’s reply to the U. 8. Note regarding tho Lusitania has been issued. It reiterates that submarine warfare is necessitated by the enemy’s disregard of international law in paralysing the peaceful commerce
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  • 618 7 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. General Botha’s Triumph, Pretoria, July 9. Governor Seitz, of German South-West Africa, intimated the surrender of the German forces at 2 o’clock in the morning. Composition of the German Force. Pretoria, July 10. The German force which surrendered in South-West Africa numbered 204 officers
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  • 405 7 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. IMPORTANT FRENCH SUCCESS. IN THE VOSGES. Paris, July 9, 5.55 p m. A Paris communique states The bombardment of Arras continues. We recaptured more ground at Bois le Pi ĕtre. The Germans yesterday evening resumed the offensive on a front of 350 yards,
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  • 875 7 SUCCESSFUL CO-OPERATION. London, July 9, 11.15 p.m. Field-Marshal Sir John French reports that, since July 6, the enemy made repeated attempts to retake the lost trenches north of Ypres. All the counter-attacks were stopped by the successful co-operation of our artillery and that of the French.
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  • 430 7 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. ADVANTAGEOUS RUSSIAN POSITION. SUCCESSFUL COUNTER-ATTACKS. Petrograd, July 9. A Petrograd commuuique states The front on which the battle south of Lublin is proceeding is practically identical with that from which the Austrian invasion was driven back at the commencement. of the war. The
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  • 220 7 Broker Sentenced. (From. Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, July 12. The broker J. 0 Davies has been eonvioted on two charges of cheating and sentenced to a month’s imprisonment on each charge, the sentences to run concurrently. He is also sentenced to piy the complainant a sum of
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  • 4691 8 THE RESERVE FORCE AND CIVIL GUARD ORDINANCE Colony’s Unanimous Suppoet. A meeting of the Legislative Council was held yesterday afternoon, says the Straits Timss of Saturday, at which there were present H E. the Governor (Sir A. H Young, K.C M.G H.E. the General Officer Com manding the
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  • 417 8 A crowd of soma 6,000 spectators gathered at Dato Kramat Gardens to watch the last game of the season of 1914 The play was of higher quality than anticipated. Indoot scored for Crescent in the first minute. For some time after, Bahrol Alam kept the upper hand. But Abdulrahman,
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    • 597 8 News in Pictures of the Great European War. GEORGE TOWN K1NEMAT0GRAPH Has Secured the Exclusive right of a pi c ture that ail the Trade Journals gave full page write-ups to, and with one accord proclaimed it the Pick of the Programme. NICK WINTER SERIES 2 Independent Stories In 5
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  • 890 9 A TALK WITH AN OFFICER WHO HANDS THEM OUT. The Family. The Morning Poet publishes an interesting description of the work of Shells,” an active young man with a fair moustache and the rank of captain, whose business in life is to unload explosives at what is called an
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  • 412 9 HOW THE IRON CROSS MAY BE GAINED. A Deserter’s Stort. The murder of au Englishman seems to be a sure guirantee for the Iron Cross, according to statements made by a German deserter in Holland to Mr. Leonard Spray, the Daily Telegraph'e correspondent. The deserter in question, a
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  • 409 9 STORY OF A MUCH-TRAVELLED LETTER. Try Potsdam. A letter bearing the inscription, “To the most popular man in Germany,” was posted c.o. Poste Restante, Berlin, says Mr. Edwin Cleary, the Daily Express correspondent in the North of France. Berlin’s Post Office redirected it to General von Kluck, Paris.
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    • 1377 9 by order of pussy fatimah the administratrix of the ESTATE OF MAHOMED A RIFF, DECEASED. TO BE SOLD BT PUBLIC AUCTION All the undermentioned Valuable Freehold Properties. At Nos. 52 and £4, Bishop Street, Penang. On Friday, the 16th day of July, 1915. and following days until tue properties shall
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    • 56 9 Blazon Type Not Necessary. Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy needs no glaring headline to attract the public eye. The simple statement that all chemists sell it is sufficient, as every family knows its value. It has been used for forty years and is just what its name implies. For
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    • 52 9 Cramp Colic. No need of suffering from cramps in the stomach, or intestinal pains. Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy never fails to relieve the most severe cases. Get it to-day, there will be no time to send for it after the attack comes on. For sale by all Dispensaries
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    • 547 9 ij The Greatest Joy in Life §j{ is the possession of a happy healthy baby—a baby jjj that is always ready with a smile, that chortles and j§[ gurgles with delight from pure good health. All healthy jjg babies are happy and jolly*—and the healthy baby is the HI properly
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  • 1984 10 The Staff Question. The recent article in the Daily Chronicle already referred to in Truth, which com raented rather severely upon certain shortcomings of the British Headquarters in France, ought to direct the attention of the Army Council—if there is still an Army Council—to the whole
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    • 91 10 Don’t Netted Your Family. When you fait to provide your family with a bottle of Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy at this season of the year, you are neglecting them, as bowel complaint is sure to be prevalent, and it is too dangerous a malady to be trifled-with. This
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    • 11 10 For Children's Hacking Cough at Night. Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure,|la. 6d.
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    • 1682 10 THE BLOOD is the LIFE ol the FLESH Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills—What they are and what they do. Their Four Principal Ingredients. It is an established fact that all diseases spring from one source, namely Impurity of the Blood. Therefore our strength, health, and life depend upon the vital
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  • 1319 11 XIV.—PLIGHT OF GERMAN SHIPPING. “British Tyranny." lu hit 14 th article the ''Timet' neutral correspondent detcrihet the commercial detolation of the great German porti Hamburg and Bremen, and thowt how severe frem a businett point of view hat been the effect of the British Navy't work of
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  • 297 11 Over 70 years ago, the Indian Gov mrnf deputed Dr. Fortune (auspiis name to proceed to China and there cot lea-seed and learn the conditions #f s Chinese industry with a view to spreag i’ea Cultivation in India. Dr. Fore made many trips to China, staying
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  • 292 11 It is one of the most encouraging signs the times that the rising generation amoii the Chinese, or a considerable portion then of, is realising the benefits of outdoor spot Wherever the average European goes, 1 takes his love of sport with him, and, t
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