Straits Echo, 8 October 1915
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Straits Echo
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Title Section35 1915-10-08 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS. CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, TUP: FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY VOL. 13. $24 Per Annum PENANG, FRIDAY, Bth OCTOBER, 1916. Single Copy, 14 cent!. No. 23035 words
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Advertisement1013 1915-10-08 1 ■tactaaq 4 OO 331ON VIA TTJrxTiBrmrwoi ’«ra** at* .c?. Th« Doctor advices and rwoamanda. Jt it nonrisking, i»viforaiiug aW str*BKtkeni«f. nvwn*$ Wf For Cars on Hire EMPIRE "The Little Aristocrat C all at or ’phone (No. 694) to Georgetown Motor Garage 7 A Penang Road. Just Unpacked A New Shipment1,013 words
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Advertisement17 1915-10-08 1 TO LET 1 BUNGALOW No. 1428, BURMAH ROAD. LOCATION QUIET HEAL iHY APPLY S 3, Bench Street.17 words
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Article1582 1915-10-08 2 Recent exploits of the Northcliffe Press t bare caused many people not naturaliy il- t liberal to ask why such things are allowed, j and why Lord Northcliffe should not be burnt at Smithfisld instead of his paper at the Stock Exchange. The trouble is,1,582 words
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Article257 1915-10-08 2 Patriotic Lessons for School Children. Berne, Sept. 1. Owing to the poorness of the barley harvest in Austria the production of beer will be reduced from October by fully fifty per cent. The brewers, who hitherto had old stocks of barley, have now received from the257 words
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Article116 1915-10-08 2 Bakap Rubber Plantations Ltd 25.950 lbs. Jong Landor Rubber Estates Ltd. 38.444 Kedah Rubber Company Ltd. 37,001 Parit (Perak I Rubber Syndic ate 3,860 Batu Matang Rubber Plantations 11,880 There is a very good tale going tbe rounds of a Somerset -hire regiment. It concerns a very116 words
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Advertisement508 1915-10-08 2 WANTED. COMPETENT C0MP03IT0R3. Salary according to qualification Apply in person to FOREMAN, Strait Echo." NOTICE OF REMOVAL. MESSRS. Ng Seng Sooi, Kwong Heng Cban and Seng Heng Co. have removed from No. 52, Bishop Street to No. 24, Church Street. Penang, 4tb Oct., 1915. 590 The Chinese Steamship Coy. FOR508 words
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Advertisement93 1915-10-08 2 Diphtheria—How It liay Be Avoided. Diptheria is usually contracted when the child has a cold. The cold prepares the child’s system for the reception and development of the diphtheria germs. When there are cases of diphtheria in the neighbourhood children that h ive colds should be kept at home and93 words
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Advertisement55 1915-10-08 2 A MEAN FEELINC in the head, a bad taste in the month and a coated tongue in the morning point to a sluggish liver. PINKETTES the tiny laxatives, will gently remove these symptoms without a single gripe. Of Chemists, 50 cente per phial, or post free from the Dr. Williama’55 words
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Advertisement486 1915-10-08 2 COMING SHORTLY COMING SHORTLY!! The Million Dollar Mystery in 23 Episodes 46 parts 9 miles in length. The Electric Polyscope Co., LYCEUM THEATRE. ARGYLL ROAD. HUGE SUCCESS LAST NIGHT. Special Engagement 2 MORE NIGHTS THURSDAY and FRIDAY the 7th and 8th Oct MURRELL The Military Juggler and his Assistants PRESENT486 words
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Article1028 1915-10-08 3 Help in War Time That our fellow-citizens of Chinese descent are not only willing but quite ready to render to the authorities any services required of them is manifest from the utterances of those who addressed the large audience that assembled in the Chinese Chamber of Commerce1,028 words
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Article502 1915-10-08 3 A sensation was caused throughout the island early on Friday Morning last, says the Java correspondent of the Straita Timet at the news that Gramser Brinkman had committed suicide a few hours prior to his being led to the scaffold The fact became known when his cell502 words
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Article431 1915-10-08 3 Burning Wreck Sinks in Straits of Macassar Confirmation of the news of the loss of the Standard Oil vessel Kandkuk has been received by the Standard Oil Company in Singapore, but, fortunately, with that news has come the intimation that the captain and crew are safe at431 words
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Article106 1915-10-08 3 The Quarter Mile Championship for the President’s Cup, and the Sealed Handicap will be held at the Swimming Club on Sunday 10th October. The following are the entries —Messrs. F. Scarborough, W. H. Tbrelfall, T. H. Stone, F. W. Harris, S. A. Yell, C M. Henderson, E,106 words
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Advertisement953 1915-10-08 3 Government of Kedah. FUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. tenders for metal supply for north KEDAH. ri ENDERS will be received at the Office of the Adviser to the Kedah Govern ment, Alor Star, up to noon of the 18th day of October, 1915, for the supply for three years of the whole953 words
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Advertisement485 1915-10-08 3 i 8 8 I I QUALITY is the point which is necessary in an enjoyable U Cigarette. 8 1 I a i i 8 1 g a 1 2 1 a 8 a 8 i a i 2 i That’s why “EMBASSY a i 8 2 2 I 2 8485 words
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Article, Illustration95 1915-10-08 4 Published daily (except Sunday* and public holiday*) AT THI CRITERION PRESS. Ltd. No. 59. Beach Street, Penang. Fuel. Daily Local M 924 per unta Outstation... Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Post Free) 917.50 CABLB ADDBBBS “ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo, 586 Printing Department 343 S ft.— All bu»in««* ccmounicatiooi95 words
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Article1456 1915-10-08 4 At a time when the cruelty and ruthlessness of the Germans seem likely to infect yet another area of the war, it is well to re* call one of the acts of chivalry which stands to the credit of their army. Such an act occurred at Soissons1,456 words
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Article929 1915-10-08 4 i Mrs. Whittle, widow of the late Dr. Whittle, returned to Singapore by the mail on Sunday. Mr. Gordon Wilson, Postmaster General, 5 who is in Penang on a visit of inspection, leaves to-morrow for the Southern Settlement. i From last night’s T. O. M. Mr. F.929 words
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Article976 1915-10-08 4 The freaks of a North American glacier tre likely seriously to inconvenience mapmakers anxious to give the Canadians reliable maps of the ins and outs of the coast of British Columbia. For over 300 miles the extreme north-western portion of that province is kept back from contact with976 words
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Advertisement106 1915-10-08 4 FRESH STOCK JUST RECEIVED. ACETIC ACID 99 IOOZ PURE glacial. Genuine Momi Wood Cases 19" by 19 by" 24 White Porcelain Rubber Cups. Tumbler Shape. Price on Application. The Eastern Trading Go., PENANG IPOH. ■■■■■■■■■■■■nnnnnn a liiiauui Humphrey Taylor&Co., SOLE AGENTS CALDBECK, MACGREGOR 8 Co.. WINE and SPIRIT MERCHANTS. nnnnnn106 words
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Article431 1915-10-08 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. BULGARIA AND SERBIA. ULTIMATUM CONCERNING MACEDONIA. Petrograd, October 6. Tha Serbian Archimsadrita ia Moscow received news to the effect that Bulgaria has rejected the Ruasian dimiuds and has sent an ultimatum to Serbia concerning Macedonia, requiring an answer within twenty-four hours. Eateate Ministers’ Departure.431 words
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37 1915-10-08 5 Oct. fl By Balance ...$38,022.64 7 Staff of Government Monopolies, September subscription 88 75 Balance, Oct. 7 38,111.39 Remitted to London £lO,OOO on 24-2-15 85,618.73 Total subscriptions to date ..,$123,730.1237 words
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Article55 1915-10-08 5 Oct, 6 By Balance $1,257.72 7 O. B. Pike, 9th instalment 25.00 Balance, Oct. 7 $1,282.72 Amount previously acknowledged 13,558.21 Total ...$19,840 93 A Government Gazette Extraordinary issued on Tuesday states that as cholera exists at Batavia that port is declared an infected place for the purposes55 words
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Article728 1915-10-08 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. GERMAN COMPLICITY. A PLEA FOR PUBLICITY. London. October 6 In the House of Lirds, in asking for information a.s regards the Armenian massacres, Lord Cromer said that even though tlnre was no trustworthy evidence of direct Germ in complicity, in view of the Germans’728 words
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Article713 1915-10-08 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. BIG FRENCH OFFENSIVE. London, October 6, 5 pm. A Paris communique states that the J French guns are heavily bombarding on the j whole frouL The bombardment is reciprocal in Artois an 1 particularly violent in the region of Givenchy. The French made713 words
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Article1259 1915-10-08 5 WEARING DOWN THE ENEMY. PREPARING FOR THE GREAT ATTACK. Writing about a month ago the Special Correspondent of a Home paper says Because for months past references to the operations in the East of France, with the exception of the Vosges, have been dismissed in1,259 words
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Article83 1915-10-08 5 Half Yearly Report. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, October 8. The report of the Harbour Board for the half-year ended June 30 shows as compared with the previous half year, an increase in the net earnings of the wharves of $45,336 jand in the tonnage of 103,972. The83 words
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Article236 1915-10-08 5 C From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, October 8, The Post office wireless connection with ships, Paya Lebah Station, was opened to-day. Tin (unrefined) is quoted hero to-day at $72 50, business done, in Singapore (refined) at $73, business done (?00 tons sold) and in London at «£149236 words
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Article713 1915-10-08 5 THE CHARGE THAT FAILED. Before Mr. V. G. Ezacbiol in the Third Court this morning a Tamil, mined RimaSami, was charged with theft of a Yale padlock, valued at 52.50, the property of the United Engineers, Ltd. The accused claimed trial and Court Inspector Nicol prosecuted. Mohimed713 words
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Article82 1915-10-08 5 K mr lbs. Alma Estates, Ltd. 21,000 Bukit Toh Alang Rubber Estates, Ltd 12,105 Kota Bthroe Rubber Estates, Ltd.... 32,210 Suugei Duri Rubber Estates, Ltd.... 10,910 Shanghai Kkbang Rubber Estate, Ltd 9.95 i Chemor United Rubbor Co, Ltd. 14.156 Shanghai- Malay Rubber E -dates, Ltd, 8,447 Cluny82 words
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Article70 1915-10-08 5 The following articles will be found on our outside pagos Page. 2. The Press and the Public. September Rubber Crops. Beer Scarcity in Austria. 6. —Prisoners’ Stories. Borrowing in America. Hongkong Opium. Camp Sanitation. A Reform Withiu Reach. Two Devoted Sons. Band Programme. German Spy Mania. 7. —L rd70 words
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Obituary238 1915-10-08 5 (Reuter-) Obituary. Sargeoa-Gcaeral Sir Charles Caffe. London, October 6 The death has taken place of SurgeonGeneral Sir Charles Cuffe. [Who’s Who says Surgeon General Sir Charles M’Donougb Cuffe, K. C. B cr. 1905 C. B 1879 J. P.; b. Dublin, 1842 e s. of late D. B Cuffe and Elizibeth238 words
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Article1379 1915-10-08 6 F. A. McKenzie - Ill—“ON SHOW." By F. A. McKenzie In the olden time* our pious ancestors exhibited criminals in the stocks or paraded them on hurdles for everyone to see. In the early days of the war the Germans did something the same with our prisoners. They exhibited them to a1,379 words
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Article540 1915-10-08 6 Canton Purchasing all the Unsold Stock, i I The fortnightly report of Messrs. S. D. betna and Co. contains the following information with reference to the wholecale purchase of Hongkong opium Iu our last report we bad intimated about a company being formed in Canton tor the purchase540 words
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Article1510 1915-10-08 6 CREDIT OP THE BELLIGERENT NATIONB. or an American Writer. Under the foregoing title there is a very striking article in the Economic World, of New Yo*-k, by Mr. Arthur Richmond Marsh which, moreover, follows au ever more note worthy contribution in the previous issue of the saon1,510 words
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Article454 1915-10-08 6 Manual by Dr. Sansom. The M. 8 V. R. authorities have published a Manual on Camp Sanitation by Dr. C. L. Sansom, Principal Medical Officer, F M S., the object of which could not be better expressed than in the following introduction to the brochure “In past wars454 words
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Article1142 1915-10-08 6 Great Britain is palpably suffering at present from an overgrowth of her political institutions. Broadly it may be said that the constituencies aretoo 'large, that the blouse of Commons is too large, that the House of Lords is in the same case, and that the Cabinot1,142 words
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Article273 1915-10-08 6 Touching Russian Stort. When the Prussians entered Kaiisb tbev sought out the Russian functionaries, dn j seized M. Novikoff, who was sent to prison and there detained. Every day M. Novikoff was questioned concerning the Russian troops and mobilisation. Although these questions were put under torture, Novikoff273 words
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Article141 1915-10-08 6 Travellers’ Boots Searched. L The “umber of women employed on the German railways is now very considerable. The Grand Duchy of Baden intends employing them for platform service at all email and medium-sized railway stations, but has already been obliged to grant them increases or pay owing141 words
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Article301 1915-10-08 6 Friday, 8th October, 1915. E8PLANADB, 6 TO 7 P.M. 1 Overture... Oberen Never Z Laughing Water |o o i a- Two Step Hager hr 100 La Traviata Verdi 4 Waltz Wedding of the U m u Winds Hall •5 March Royal St. Marceaux Desernes •«W^. 080 Ta? Ha301 words
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Advertisement12 1915-10-08 6 For Children’» Hacking Cough at Night. Woodi’ Gieat Peppermint Cure, Is. Gd.12 words
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Advertisement63 1915-10-08 6 A8 one gets past middle age the Throat and lungs give uomistakeable signs o£ wear Often a heavy phlegmy cough develops becemiog chronic in nature, a source of paiq aDd worry. For relief there is no better medicine than WOODS' GREAT PEPPERMINT CURE It cuts the phlegm and soothes the63 words
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Advertisement58 1915-10-08 6 It Never Fails. Cha-i.berlain’s Colic, Cholera, and Diarrhoea Remedy is all its name implies. It cures diarrhoea and dysentery i u either children or adults, and the most violent cases of cramp colic or pains in the stomach give way to a few doses of this medicine 8afe, sure, always58 words
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Advertisement43 1915-10-08 6 ChaaWhia's hit bto. rheumati«m, n^^S« l K o<i for lUKular «■e muiclei, b ru sm P* ot GhamberJain’e Pa, n h f* SJ»J» o«re in lean fi mo *l it will effect a Por .ale by ??> S,o,h 7 al] Dlß Pen»anM and Dealers43 words
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Article1614 1915-10-08 7 AN8WERS TO OBJECTIONS. Tan Cllmo hr of Discredited Prophets. Viscount Milner has Some Further .Notes on National Service” in the September number of the Empire Review, in which he answers seriatim the objections to that measure. There has, as he says, been a violent outburst1,614 words
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Article382 1915-10-08 7 Joint Action bt the Allies The inclusion of French representatives on the deputation to the United States now on its way to America indicates that action is being taken in pursuance of the arrangements made in the early part of this year between the French, British and382 words
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Advertisement315 1915-10-08 7 the secret to health RESTORING. BOOKS of advice, given by Dr. K. C. Das*, a physician of over 50 years* experience in the above subject, can be obtained post freo from the following places PENANG RUBBER STAMP Co., 40. Church Street, Penang. THE FRIEND OF THE PUBLIC Co., 49, LaJiat315 words
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Advertisement11 1915-10-08 7 a*. For Chronic Chest Complaints, Woods’ Orett Foppermiut Cure Is, 6d11 words
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Advertisement59 1915-10-08 7 Sunshine nod Common Sense. Don’t doctor your blood far rheumatism. Use an external application of Chamberlain’s Pain Balm In a few days it will get you up and out into the sunshine, then nature will restore the rich red blood to your veins and sooa rid the system of this59 words
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Advertisement116 1915-10-08 7 Dnonc r\ r DOC 3QOOOOC DCDC BY ROYAL APPOINTMENT. O A Contractors to THE ADMIRALTY. THE WAR OFFICE. THE INDIA OFFICE. ALL Government Hospitals IN THE Straits Settlements AND Federated Malay States. OBTAINABLE RETAIL vr* i* I AND ALL Lading Hospitals TH ROUQHOUT The World. n Milkmaid Brand Sweetened Condensed116 words
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Advertisement1677 1915-10-08 8 P.&O. S.N.C* Wirctes 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. Mall Service Outward. Homeward FAKES RY MAIL STE4MEKS. A Accommodation. 1st class 2ndclass To Lonuon or Plymouth... 1600*001,677 words
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