Straits Echo, 19 July 1915

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  • 35 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY VOL. 13. $24 Per Annua. PENANG, MONDAY, 19th JULY, 1916. Single Con, ID tttti. No. 162
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  • 2252 3 \Ve are, natur illy, iuclined to believe that have made our Empire all by ourselves, RD( j that wo maintain it entirely with our own strength and other nations, when they arP hostile to us. talk about our marvellous luck iu the past aud
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  • 988 4 Considerable attention has been aroused by an Italian ruse de guerre practised during the recent fighting. Against an Austrian position defended by the usual wire entanglements a herd of buffaloes was driven These half-wild animals were made wholly so by the explosion of bombs, and, not
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  • 940 4 The great meetings lecently held in Peking in aid of what is known as the National Salvation Fund would suggest ’.hat a wave of patriotisim is manifesting itself amongst the Chinese people in the neighbourhood of the capital. The movem- nt is a comparatively new one,
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    • 612 4 NOTICE. In the Estate of Lim Khye Cho deceased. Pursuant to Section 46 of The Conveyancing and Law of Property Ordinance VI of 1886 Notice is hereby given that all persons having any claims or demands against the Estate of Lim Khye Cho late of No. 18, Muntri Street, Penang,
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    • 64 4 MAN—do you know the danger of neglecting a chill P Chills lead to pneumonia and a score of other dangerous disorders. Be prudent, and at the first sign of a chill take a do«e or two of WOODS’ GREAT PEPPERMINT CURE the medicine that should never be absent from the
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    • 280 4 WHITEAWAY’S the valbe hopse| PENANG. TRAVELLING REQUISITES. The “PREMIER” RUG. All Wool Rug with Fringed Ends. Good Dark colorings in quiet Checks and Tartans. Size 58 by 90 inches. Real Sterling Value Price $4.95 each. 3" m TRAVELLING RUGS. We hold a large stock and are still selling at Prices
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  • 619 5 In the course of a leading article with the heading given above the Straits Times says "Training, we think, is the great deaideration all over the Empire. The right of the State to call upon men to serve in defence of the State is solidly established. We have several
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  • 262 5 A number of members of the Penang Golf Club visited Caledonia Estate, P.W., yesterday and played a series of matches on the local links, with the following results (Morning.) Caledonia. A S Evens 0 J A Hunter 0 J Scott Brown (1 up) 1 A Forsyth 0
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  • 412 5 1 «Situation At Shanghai. Though the British announcement that trading with the enemy in China has been definitely barred by proclamation has proved distinctly pleasing to Britishers in general out here, it has, at the same time, caused a mild panic amongst many of them, says
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  • 183 5 (From a Correspondent.) Medan, July 16. Things here are still running as quietly as usual, though to-day (bi-monthly Hari Besar the town is enlivened by the usual influx of healthy-looking planters. The German and Austrian Contingent is in force, as they are to bold a meeting to-night in
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  • 124 5 To the Editor, of the Times of Malaya Sir, —Fortunately for our reputation for fairness and tolerance, the Eurasian volunteer movement is likely to be met in a spirit very different from, and infinitely preferable to, that displayed by Ex-Volunteer in his ill-timed, ill-judged effusion. Who is ExVoluuteer,”
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  • 127 5 The following ties have been fixed for to-morrow: Single Handicap. G M Terzano vs. G E Wright-Motion (Sr). The following tie has been fixed for Wednesday, the 21st inst. Single Handicap A. A O M Forrest vs. H A Neubronner R N Byatt vt A S Hall.
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    • 481 5 From all Chemists, c THE s \US" MAGNUMS x K v* 5* =t> f ut t^euibei^aj jThe magnums.* I Three Castles m Caflles vte t\ TO •‘letter ToOtcrc re -~i A S a Irttrr firm* t\t« |'*~P Cffifl a !i w ft&HOWlHs" Bristol London A Handsome Goose Quill Silver Gigarette
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  • 100 6 Published daily (except Sundays and public holidays) AT THS CRITERION PRESS. Ltd. No. 59. Beach Street, Penang. Pkicu. Daily Local $24 per annum. Outstation... Postage Extra. k r ail Edition (Post Free) $17.50 CARLS ADDKIII J ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo, 586 Printing Department 343 AT —All buainaca
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  • 1136 6 Whether there will be any important changes in the upper ranks of the Government Service so long as the war lasts is open to question, but in the ordinary the post of Resident-Councillor, Penang, would j fall vacant this year by the retirement of r the Hon. Mr.
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  • 238 6 Cabaret Entertainment at the E. O. A HUGE SUCCESS Never before has such enthusiasm been J displayed nor such a crowded audience been seen at the E. O. as on Saturday night when those deservedly popular Artistes, the Misses Aileen and Doris Woods presented j their much-talked of Cabaret Entertainment
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  • 917 6 Mr. D. A. M. Brown has gone a bus* ness visit to Medan-Deii. Mr A H. Heap returned from tbo Southern Settlement yesterday by the s.B. Ekma Mr. G. Copley has been appointed a Deputy Registrar of De 'da and a Deputy Registrar of Bills of Sale,
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  • 1057 6 j Our Medan correspondent writes that wh > the Germans, Austrians and Hungatiaog Sumatra now meet for their morning hit* they no longer greet one another with tu j formula Oott Strafe England Now id a 6 it is "Oott btrafe Harrisons and CrossfieU An amusing story is
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    • 629 6 Tis Better to wear out than to rust out.” But that is the only fault you will find with our goods they simply won’t wear out. A fresh stock of the New Patent Holdfast Hammock Chair just received. The Hook on the cross-bar is so arranged that even if the
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  • 454 7 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. All Attacks Frustrated. Paris, July 17. 6 5 p.m. A Paris communique states The cannonade north of Souchez was continued at night. "Grenade fighting occurred in the Argonne in the region of Mario Therese. Two German attacks were launched on our positions west
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  • 185 7 Ready for tke Germans, Allahabad, July 8. A Pioneer’s special cable states There are persistent reports in numerous quarters that the enemy is preparing for a great attack in Flanders and in other sections of Mis Western front. German officers in Brussels state that Calais must be
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  • 602 7 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. MYSTERY EXPLAINED. Troop* Logg Concentrated nt Thorn. Petrograd, July 17. The mystery as to where the Germ ins f obtained troops for the mw offensive in the Baltic Province i aa 1 Northern Poland is explained in a despatch from Budapest, showing that
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  • 462 7 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. Bari Bombed. London, July 17. Austrian aeroplanes dropped bombs on Bari, killing six people. Steady Italian Advance. Rome, July 18, 4-20 p m. A communique, issued in Rome, states I that the Italians are successfully continuing J thB capture of the high and
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  • 137 7 KNOTTY PROBLEMS TO SOLVE. Allahabad, July 2. A Pioneer’s special London cable statee The conference at Vienna is considering the Italian campaign, and the problem of how to deal effectively with the Russians, who will not play the German gameandallow their army to be beaten. The unbroken
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  • 487 7 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. CUNARD LINER’S ESCAPE. TWEN fY-ONE AMtRI ANS ON BOARD. New York, July 18. The Cunard liner Orduna has arrived here. The passengers state that she was attacked by a submarine on July 9 A torpedo missed the steamer. Six shells were fired. The
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  • 141 7 Mr. Ben Mitchell, Honorary Secretary, St. George’s Society, has received the following letter from the Worshipful the Mayor of Portsmouth, Mr. J 11. Corke, dated June 19th:— Dear Mr. Mitchell, I have to acknowledge the draft bill of exchange for ,£55 14 4, being the proceeds
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  • 527 7 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. NO SETTLEMENT REACHED MINERS OBDURATE. i. London July 17. The conference in London between Mr Runciman, President of the Board of Trade and the Executive of the Welsh miners bav ing failed to effoct a settlemaut, it has been adjourned. To-day the
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  • 81 7 The following articles will be found on our outside pages Page 3. The Function of the British Empire 4—Beasts in the Field. A Chines* Patriotic Fund. 5. Conscription Trading with the Enemy Medan Notes. Volunteer Movement. P.C.C. Bowls Tourniment. Golf at Caledonia. 8 —Public Servant Sent to Gaol P.
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  • 225 7 From Dutch Sources. J ho following special telegrams are transit d from the Sumatra I’ost of Friday last In the West. fb-j Germans claim to have taken 137 Preach prisoner? to the north-east cf Vienne-le-Ci iPe m and 3,000 to the southeast of Bourreuille. French airmen made
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  • 505 7 Before Mr. E. E C jlm.au in the S coud oourt this morning Mohamed Zain, boatman of the Superintend* nt of Indian Immigrants’ Office, and Hashim, another boatman >f the Harbour Department, were charged with disorderly conduct by fighting on the Easfe n Shipping C mpany’s pier. Both
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  • 108 7 A Chine-e boy about fifteen years old met with an untimely doa*h this morning at St. Xavier’s Institution It appears that the lad was ordered by the Monitor in charge to go and see the Director because of some misbehaviour. Fie probably dis-ob-yed this order and was
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  • 544 8 TWO PASSES OCCUPIED. ITALIANS ADVANCE SLOWLY. Rome, July 17. A communique, issued in Rome, reports that after crosiing the Venerocolo and Brizio Passes, which are over 10,000 ft. high, the Austrians attempted to attack the Italian positions but were repulsed. After that the Italians solidly occupied the
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  • 29 8 (From Our Oxen Correspondent.) Singapore, July 17. Dr. Cook, the North Pole Explorer passed through Singapore. He is on his way to climb Mount Everest.
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  • 44 8 (From Our Own Correspondent Singapore, July 17. The weddiug took place to-day between Mr. Tan Chong Chew, a son of Mr. Tfcn Kheam Hock, Municipal Commissioner, and Miss Foo Gim Yong, daughter of the late Mr. Foo Boon Seng, of Penang.
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  • 680 8 GERMAN ENVELOPING MOVEMENT. RUSSIAN PREPARATIONS. Petrograd, July 16. Experts state that the German advance on Warsaw has begun on a hundred-miles’ front between the Mlawa Warsaw railway and the River Pissa with the marshes beyond. Juactioa with Galieiaa Armies. It aims at effecting a junction with the
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  • 575 8 CATEGORICAL DENIAL OF GERM \N VERSION. Paris, July 16, 8.25 p.m. j An Official Note the German < claim of a success in the Argonne by the Crown Prince’s Army. It emphasises that the Berlin communique attempted to convert a failure into a success. The Germans gained
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  • 62 8 Chinese Interpreter Sentenced. (From, Our Own CorrespondentJ Singapore, July 17. A young Chinese Interpreter of the Marine Police Station has been convicted on three charges of receiving illegal gratifi. cation and victimising Indians w ho were leaving the country, to whom he issued passes. He was sentenced to
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  • 416 8 Intbrprbtbr Guilty Of Corruption. A young Chinese, Ching Beng Quee, who has been in the Government service in the Colony, saw the end of his career as a public servant this morning (says the Straits Times of Saturday) when the third magistrate, Mr. N D.
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  • 242 8 The fortnightly handicap shoot took place on Sunday morniDg, 10 shots at 300 and 10 shots at 600 yards, and resulted as under with h’cap. made 2ad Lt Hogan 09 90 90 Pte Anthony, J G -75 88. SO Ba<t QMS Murray Scr 86.00 Pte Sharpe,
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  • 201 8 F. M.S. Appointments. The following F.M.S. appointments are gazetted Mesres. T. W. Patton, M. Rex, J. Beech, T W. H. Kingston and D. Richards to be Officers, Class V. Mr. A M. Goodman to be a Supernumerary Magistrate, Ipoh. Raja Kamaralzaman ibni Raja Mansur to act as Assistant District Officer,
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    • 665 8 For a few nights only, at The King Street Theatre, The Grand Opera Co. of Penang, after a half-year’*.lour of the Dutch East j Indies. To-ni*ht, Monday I9th July, 1915, when the company will stage That Most Amusing Play, Buah Mas Kenchana OR The Golden Apple." Come Early 1 Come
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    • 10 8 For Chronic Chest Complaints, Woods’ Great Peppermint Care la. 6d
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    • 621 8 NOTICE In the Supreme Court of (lie Straits Settlements Settlement of Singapore. Suit No. 370 of 1915. In the Matter of the Changkat Serdang Estates Limited and Reduced And In the Matter of the Companies Ordinance 1889. NOTICE is hereby given that a Petition presented to the Supreme Court of
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  • 1311 9 GERMAN RESOLVE TO GAIN CALAIS. England To Pat For All. Pisa of Invasion. In the following article from the Timea a Neutral Observer describee the German de sire for the conquest of Calais, the key to world power," and the subjugation of Great Britain. An officer of
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  • 594 9 A Battleship or Torpedo Fleet The interesting question as to whether we ought to build a torpedo fleet or a battleship fleet for the defence of Netherlands India is discussed in the Marineblad by Naval Lieut. L. van Verre, in which he champions the use
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    • 12 9 For Children's Hacking Cough at Night Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure, Is 6d
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    • 565 9 As Vital as Love itself is it to make sure that your baby is being properly fed. Not all the affection you can lavish on your baby can repair the truly disastrous results of wrong feeding. Baby has only one ideal food—a healthy mother's breast milk. If this is absent
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  • 1061 10 REFUSAL TO CONDEMN GERMANY. Wrongs on Bote Sides. Paris, June 21. The special correspondent of the Libertie, M. Louis Latapie, has had an interview with the Pope which in its way is as striking as that published by Mr. von Wiegand, and which, in view
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  • 500 10 The three brothers of Queen Cristina Archduke Frederick, the Dives Major of the family, and Archdukes Eugen and Stephen—have now grand commands in the Austro-Hungarian army ornavy, Stephen being in the Adriatic fleet. The Geiman Emperor is godfather to the youngest of Stephen’s children, and gave him the
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  • 237 10 A Gloomy View. It is still somewhat early days to discuss the merits or demerits of the alleged squeeze case which formed the subject of our Shanghai correspondent’s wire last week for, from the look of things, there are still other cases to come. There is
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    • 92 10 Don't Neglect Your Family. When you fail to provide your family with a bottle of Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy at this season of the year, you are neglecting them, as bowel complaint is sure to bo prevalent, and it is too dangerous a malady to be trifled with
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    • 487 10 You will always be in grand condition if you begin the day with SANATOGEN. It is just what you need in the rainy season to fortify you against Malaria, etc. You would begin the daily use of Sanatogen at once if you realised how it would improve your health and
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  • 2034 11 C From Our Own Correspondent.') London, June 18, Waterloo Day! The Centenary of Waterloo!! One hundred years ago this day Great Britain brought to a successful conclusion on the field of Waterloo the long-drawn-out agony of a campaign in the course of which she poured out like water
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