Straits Echo, 14 October 1915

Total Pages: 12
1 12 Straits Echo
  • 35 1 Straits Echo OAILV CHRONICLE OP EVENTS. CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES Aft» THE FAR EAST GENERALLY VOL. 13. $24 Per Annuo* PENANG, THURSDAY, 14tth OCTOBER, 1916. Si&|le Up,. 10 ccnti. No. 235
    35 words
  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 995 1 **oo <*33l ONVIA O Th* Doctor ndrisM and r*oo»m«nds. It is nourishing, inri goratJEg and strengthening. pwq 8.^3 For Cars on Hire EMPIRE **7"Ae Utile Aristocrat Call at or ’phone (No. 694) to Georgetown Motor Garage 7\ Penang Road. Just Unpacked A New Shipment of Motor and Cycle Accessories. Repairs
      995 words
    • 16 1 TO LET. 1 BUNGALOW No. 1428, BURMAH ROAD. LOCATION QUIET 6 HEALTHY. APPLY 53, Beach Street.
      16 words

  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 82 2 DRINK m ft-TMa as* Safes3® j'3 OS f-V is m k- V1 TH K !»f V'*J /s? j i (SVE mm '3C5KJ$ 3f? 9g?5« W i'j. StJES* bm~H gsfc$ ra &qh I Li&i rm :,i. m., ;V ’i V Mm sum tv# <* msm SP u m >.‘I m -m
      82 words

  • 1288 3 Constitutional Issues. The monarchical movement during the past week has made perhaps a little more progress than during the preceding week, but nothing definite has as yet developed. It is probable that the keenest advocates will persist for quite a long time after they know that the
    1,288 words
  • 221 3 Official Minutes. Minutes of a meeting of the Municipal Commissioners held on Thursday, the 28th September, 1915. Present. W. Peel, Esq President Quah Beng Kee, Esq. A. F. Goodrich, Esq, Absent P. T. Allen, Esq Yeoh Guan Seok. Esq. John Mitchell, E«q. L’m Eow Hong, E-q. 1 The
    221 words
  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 509 3 JAUNDICE ITS CAUSE AND CURE. complaint so common in all hot countries is caused by the Bile overflowing ,n the Blood. It is not an independent disorder but the symptoms of other complaints which cause the Bile to overflow m f> manner instead of entering the intesti les to perform
      509 words
    • 92 3 Diphtheria—How It May 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 have colds should be kept at home and off
      92 words
    • 57 3 It Never Fails. Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera, and Diarrhoea Remedy is all its name implies. It cures diarrhoea and dysentery in 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. Safe, sure, always cures.
      57 words
    • 202 3 E. O. Hotel •:o:« SPECIAL TIFFIN EVEIY WEDNESDAY SATURDAY. METHYLATED SPIRITS! (QUALITY GUARANTEED.) Wholesale Price $3-50 per tin of 4 gallons. Retail price 20 cents per quart bottle. OBTAINABLE AT CHEAH KEE EE Co., 56, China Street, Penang. CHIN SENC CO., LTD. Tvlotor-car and Coach Builders. Saddlery, Harness and Rubber
      202 words

  • 2899 4 From Our Own CorreepondmO London, September 17tb. Air Raids. 8ix air raids in one week, and a total of some 110 killed and wounded on the Eastern eoasts and in London, made a Zeppelin reoord. It is true that the last two raids were failures but
    2,899 words
  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 44 4 Chamberlain's Pain Balm. There is nothing so good for muscular rheumatism, sprains, lameness, cramps of the muscles, bruises and like injuries as Chamberlain’s Pain Balm. It will effect a cure in less time than any other treatment. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
      44 words
    • 37 4 Children's Coughs. Why let the children rock their little bodies in such a distressing manner when you can so easily cure their colds with a bottle of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
      37 words
    • 239 4 ~D. innc D0C DncDnn«»ncDnnc D0C Dtran u r n I r V. J V 1 L-, f A a* L J 0 Li i i U INSURE TOUR ‘l otor Cars otor Cycles AMD Commercial Vehicles with the Company that specialises in MOTOR INSURANCE. THE MOTOR ONION INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED.
      239 words

  • 1039 5 Jotfrb’s Sisond in Command. It it* a truism that war makes and unmakes reputations. It is particularly true o£ the present conflict That gigantic line, from the sea to Switzerland, has presented problems in science and resources which have tried to the utmost those engaged in them. Though
    1,039 words
  • 96 5 PENANG WOMEN’S WORK. Subscription List. Amount previously acknowledged $562 20 Mrs P. J. Sproule 10.00 Mrs Trengrove (2nd Donation) 5.00 Mrs. John Mitchell 5.00 Miss Thompson 5.00 Mis Weir 500 Mrs R. Oweu 5.00 Mrs. Cavendish, Kedah (2nd Donation) 3.00 Mrs. Butterfield, Kedah (2nd Donation) 3.00
    96 words
  • 77 5 Rubber Auction. Messrs. Cunningham Clark Co., advise us that the undermentioned prices were realised for rubber sold by them by auction aud private tender yesterday Diamond Smoked Sheet $126 to $l3O Plain smoked Sheet 123 125 Diamond Unsmoked sheet 121 123 Plain 117 122 Pale Crepe No.
    77 words
  • 119 5 A Pioneer cable from London od October 2 6tat< s French reports on the conduct cf the British in the recent battles indie ite that the ascendancy gained by our iofantry in the close combats last f year lias been more than maintained. Some of the charges
    119 words
  • 109 5 The following Press communique was issued at Simla at the end of last month It has been brought to tbe notice of Government that several Indians of the educated classes have proceeded to Eoglaud in search of employment connected with the war, owing to the receipt
    109 words
  • 44 5 Oct. 9 By Balance $38,202 89 13 Contributed by “E. W. J.” 100 00 Contributed by Anonymous 8.00 Balance, Oct. 13 38,310.89 Remitted to London £lO,OOO on 24 2 15 85,618 73 Total subscriptions to date ...$123,929.62
    44 words
  • 116 5 The following were the reeults of the ties played eff yesterday Mixed Doublet. Mrs Crabb Watt and J R Bennett beat Mrs Adamson and Swan 6-1; 6-1. Single Handicap C Blackford w o from Fitzgerald. Double Handicap B. E J Bennett and Hargrave beat Large and Cowap
    116 words
  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 305 5 -I < UJ </) o UJ 0£ _J < u UJ Q. Z < z < z u 3 ffl o in _i < rr-»w a SCOTCH WHISKY k vS)S>. -11 5 BIACK&WHITE^| s SCOTCH i»MES BUCHANAN X 00 -H w so 1*1 -H ‘SOMETHING TO CROW ABOUT BLACK WHITE
      305 words
    • 568 5 I I I V, 0 2 2 QUALITY is the point which is necessaryin an enjoyable Cigarette. Virginia c, car.ett£5-^-®*ISTOL LOSO 0 That’s why “EMBASSY VIRGINIA No. 77 has been justly described as THE CIGARETTE DE LUXE. 2 I r_r yes Sir! You can always have something more that suits
      568 words

  • 96 6 Published daily (except Sundays and pwblio holidays) AT THB CRITERION PRESS. Ltd. No. 59, Beach Street, Penang. Peicb. Daily Local M $24 per annus. Outstation... Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Post Free) $17.50 CABLB aDDBISS ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Not. (Echo, 586 Printing Department 343 S d All bu(ia»H cvmnunic&tioaß
    96 words
  • 1411 6 The Hun of the moment is a recent pro duct. He existed only in Prussia up to But ever since Sedan, which history will yet prove to have been the debacle, not of France, but of Germany, the type had increased and multiplied until it now dominates all
    1,411 words
  • 783 6 Mr. R. H. Pinhorn, Head Master, Penang Free School is expected to arrive here by the 8.8. Malwa, which left London on the 2nd instant. Mr. H. Calderwood of the Electrical Department, Municipality, and Mrs. Calderwood are expected back in Penang in J a few days. Mr.
    783 words
  • 1029 6 The Penang landlord is a proud man tj-day. Hitherto he has received more Licks than ha’pence. But when the Municipal President stands up at a meeting of the Commission and proclaims that the l'enang landlord deserves the greatest credit lor his willing co-operation in the matter of back
    1,029 words
  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 91 6 The George Town Dispensary, Ltd., Penang, Taiping and Ipoh. LID. SOJLE AGE STS FOR ROVER CYCLES. SKaSSSTSiSEaSHnEIS ?>- r A y. H 4 An Antiseptic A r of greater power than pure carbolic. INSTANTLY KILLS ALL GERMS. MIXES EQUALLY WELL in salt, brakish, or r> fresh water, it is therefore
      91 words

  • 1129 7 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. ENTENTE ministers, LEAVE SOFIA. Silouika, October 9. Keuter’s correspondent at Sofia, who has arrived here with the Entente Ministers, says that the Bulgarian authorities from King Ferdinand downwards were very courteous to the departing Ministers. The population generally were grieved at the anxious turn
    1,129 words
  • 583 7 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. GERMAN ATTACKS REPULSED. FRENCH ADVANCE. London, October 13, 1.25 a m. A Paris communique states that the ene my in the afternoon very violently bombarded the trenches we captured yesterday north-east of Souchez whea we |took 164 prisoners, An intense artillery duel took
    583 words
  • 660 7 (Reuters Service.) Copyright Telegram. THE STRYPA VICTORY. HARD FIGHTING AND BOLD ONSLAUGHTS. London, October 13, 6 30 a.m. A Petrograd communique states that the Russian victory on the Strypa was the result of hard fighting and bold Russian onslaughts. The centre wa9 the Galician village of Haivorenka,
    660 words
  • 627 7 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. GERMANY NOT RUSSIA. SIR VALENTINE CHIROL S LETTER. London, October 13. Sir Valentine Chirol. writmg Times in reference to the letter of General Sir O’Moore Creagh, points out that although during the latter’s command in India the Indian Government was exceptionally well informed
    627 words
  • 519 7 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. STRONG INDICTMENT. INESri vIABL£ INJURY WROUGHT." London, October [l2. Following up the recent severe criticism of the censorship by Lcrd Selborne, a letter by L>rd Sydenham in the Timet earnestly hopes tint a reU effort to place the censorship on a sane and stable
    519 words
  • 76 7 The following articles will bo found on our outside pages Page. 3.—Affairs in China. 4 —War New 3 and Gossip. s.—General Foch Queen Mary’s Needlework Guild. Central Sales Room. Fine Bayonet Work. Indians and the War. P. C. C. Tennis Tournament. 8. —Paralysing Forts. The German Recruit. Fighting in
    76 words
  • 37 7 Obituary. Rev. J. Marks. London, October 12. The death has taken place of the Rev. John Marks, formerly a missionary in Burma. M. Fnbre. The death is announced of the nonagenarian French naturalist, M- Jean Henri Fabre-
    37 words

  • 922 8  -  GERMAN METHODS OF REDUCING ENEMY STRONGHOLDS. New Tactics. By Lt.Col.Roustam Bek. In a previous article I have described the *rMe which fortresses play in modern war, and I have emphasised the fact that the importance of those strongholds has somewhat diminished since the enemy have introduced into warfare
    922 words
  • 1865 8 ONE BRITISH AEROPLANE AGAINST SIX GERMAN. From the Journal of an Aeroplane Observer at th* Front. As a rule our mess at dinner was anything but sepulchral, but this evening everyone seemed depressed. The fact was that there were two vacant places at tibia. The Kipper and
    1,865 words
  • 1293 8 HOW HE 18 TRAINED IN A DESPERATE HURRY. A Dreaded Ordeal. The following article from the Tag is a very striking and interesting account of how the German recruits are trained. Whereas formerly it took two or three years, the German youth is now turned into a
    1,293 words
  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 536 8 MOTOR CAR, Straker Squire, 5 Seater, 15 Hor*e Power, 1913 Model, Excellent condition. Apply to BOX No. 14, cjo Straitt Echo. 608 a Government of Kedah. PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. TENDERS FDR METAL SUPPLY FOR NORTH KEDAH. rpENDEKS will be received at the Office 1. of the Adviser to the Kedah
      536 words
    • 12 8 For Children’! Hacking Cough at Night. Woodfc' Qreat Peppermint Cure, 1«. 6d
      12 words
    • 57 8 It Nmr Fills. Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera, aod Diarrhoea Remedy is all its. name implies. It cures diarrhoea and dysentery in 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 Safe, sure, always cures.
      57 words
    • 92 8 Diphtheria—How It May Be Avoided. Drptberia ie 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 have colds should be kept at home and off
      92 words
    • 456 8 WA.KTT33D OMPETENT COMPOSITORS. Salary according to qualification. Apply in person to FOREMAN, Straits Echo.” ISTOTICE. LABOUR CODE. 1912. F.M.S Indian Immigration Fond Ordinance 1911.” Employers of Indian labour are hereby reminded that assessment returns for the preceding quarter must he sent to the Office of the Deputy Controller of Labour,
      456 words

  • 1390 9 Th> Patkol T&awlir. Who ia the Happy Sailor/ Who ia he that every young N.O. would wiah to be f Well, I can tell you quite definitely who he isn’t the officer aelected to go awAj in the Patrol Trawler. Upon the happy cirole
    1,390 words
  • 224 9 Many cases of indisposition bordering upon collapse call for attention at this season of the year. They are characterized by an all-goneness,” depression and loss of appetite. The usual complaint is I don’t know what’s wrong, but everything I eat causes indigestion.” Indigestion it certainly is
    224 words
  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 370 9 inc DOC DOC DOC DQ( n A 0 0 o 0 0 o o 0 <* 'J MEMmmutf N 45 *Cfecu) es> e 6^ esi <SZ~ «oj R O r\ o A O 0 0 0 0 0 o 8 U o o A FRASER NEAVE, LTD., o ARGYLE ROAD.
      370 words
    • 445 9 sx: V m I When Baby persistently brings up his Food is a mother’s most anxious time. Weary and worried, she tries one food after another until baby becomes a mere little skeleton. But if a mother in this predicament would be guided by her doctor she would give baby
      445 words
    • 113 9 Singapore and Straits Directory, 1916. ALL papers in the hands of the public referring to the Directory should be returned to the Publisheis at onca. Firms, Planting Companies or individuals whose names were omitted from the Directory for this year, and who desire their names to appetr in the 1916
      113 words

  • 1358 10  -  MORE PRISONERS’ STORIES. III.— The Bbutal Doctob. By F. A. McKenzie. The story of the blind man at Iseghem, the first of this series, might well seem to some readers too horrible to be true. I would have thought so myself, save for the evident sincerity
    1,358 words
  • 956 10 That Beelzebub was the Lord of Flies should be a warning to us that these minute enemies in the home are to be crushed. That does not mean that little boys are to pull off their wings, but that the house fly which swarms among us
    956 words
  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 244 10 j 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 fir* FIRE RISKS at current rates. QUAH BENG KEE, 4'i. Pe.ach Street, Penang, The Snglo-Japanese Dispensary, 393 395, Chulia Street, PENANG. Qualified Japanese
      244 words

  • 912 11 ANCIENT AND MODERN TRENCH WARFARE. I C. O. 8. and Commissions. London, September 8. Among the uninitiated quite a common impression prevails that the system of trench fighting, the principal factor of the present contest in Flanders and the DarI dauelles, is of modern introduction. In an article
    912 words
  • 844 11 It is an economic axiom that for the great mass of the people food is not a thing which will be stinted to any considerable extent I save under compulsion. What the text books set forth at length in this respect is only another way of
    844 words
  • 126 11 Mr. Winston Churchill will deliver an address upon the magnificent achievement of the sea power of the Allies at the patriotic concert and national demonstration to be held at the London Opera House on October 21. The celebration is under the patronage of Queen Alexandra, and the Ambassadors
    126 words
  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 227 11 the secret to health RESTORING. BOOKS of advice, given by Dr. K. C. pass, a physician of over 50 years’ experience in the above subject, can be obtained post free from the following places PENANG RUBBER STAMP Co., 40, Church Street, Penang, T HE FRIEND OF THE PUBLIC Co., 49,
      227 words
    • 55 11 There is nothing more certain than the fact that WOODS’ GREAT PEPPERMINT CURE will correct that heavy overloaded feeling which afflicts those troubled with weak digestive powers. It is a medicine that has been tested and proved by millions of sufferers from digestive troubles. Sold by Dispensaries and Stores everywhere
      55 words
    • 59 11 Sunshine And 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 soon rid the system of this
      59 words
    • 198 11 0 n BY APPOINTMENT -nr TO H. M. THE KINO NESTLE CHOCOLATE FOR THE FRONT. Having been requested by several Residents in the Malay Peninsula to send parcels of Nestle Chocolates to relatives or frienis at the Front, we have now made arrangements to send parcels from our Loudon Office
      198 words

  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 1937 12 >5 S.N.C® Wireless Telegraphy, fitted on all Steamers. All CaMds are fitted with Electric Fane FREE of Charge and each berth is furnished Electric I with an Efedtric Reading Lamp. ExpecUd Arrivals and Departures. Mall Service Outward. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION CO.. LTD. Fob Intended to Sail. Singapore. Fri., 15th
      1,937 words