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Title Section21 1915-10-14 1 THE STRAITS ECHO MAIL EDITION. $17.50 Per Annum. Single Copy, 40 cH Vol. 13. Penang, Thursday, 14-th OCTOBER. I'lls. No. 41.21 words
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Advertisement294 1915-10-14 1 J c CONTENTS. IT I z Leaders page Miscellaneous page x The New Taxation ],467 The Prince of Wales’ War Relief Food for Cannon ”.1,473 Fund 1,470. 1,475 1.490 Another Subsidiary Campaign 1,477 Belgian Relief Fund ],470, 1,475 x Turkey and the Armenians 1,485 1,500 x War Training and Character294 words
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Advertisement179 1915-10-14 2 ittti?r t tanitffrr n tt u d THE STRAITS ECHO MAIL EDITION. ■HJKMIIII 3 Published the day prior to the departure of each mail for Europe, and contains the latest local and States news originally published in the daily issues, as well as F J e all important news from179 words
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Article1734 1915-10-14 1467 Although the English papers with the details of Mr. McKenna’s Budget have not yet reached us we find some highly interesting comments, as well as a few more particulars regarding the new taxation, in our Indian exchanges. The old clear-cut lines between Protectionist and Freetrader have very1,734 words
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Advertisement96 1915-10-14 1467 70S swsos wjfWfe-wr piblifhed daily (except Sundays and pwblio holidays) at THS CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. No. 59, Beach Street, Penang. Fbicb. Daily Local >24 per annua. n Outstation... Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Post Free) >17.50 CAILS ADDRESS ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo, 586 Printing Department 343 Nd All buainet* communicatioßt should96 words
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Article633 1915-10-14 1468 Theltte Lieut.-Coi. G. F. Broadrick, to whose death in action we referred yesterday, was the first cousin, not the brother, of the Hon. Mr. E. G. Broadrick —Af.M. We regret to learn that Sir David Masson, part-proprietor of Taudjong P*u Estate, Kedah, who is staying at the E. and633 words
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Article974 1915-10-14 1468 I There is this consolation to be got out of I the call to economy which to-day is general. I On the principle that hunger is the best I sauce the only orgy worth indulging in is abstinence. The writer knows from experience that if he could but974 words
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Article275 1915-10-14 1468 False Declaration. Before Mr. V. G. Ezechie! in the Third Court this morning a Chinaman named Lae Ah Siew was arraigned on a summons issued at the instance of Inspector H. Lloyd, of the F. M. S. Police, charged with wilfully giving a false account to a275 words
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Article433 1915-10-14 1469 (Reuter’s Senice.) Copyright Telegram. artillery duels. London, October 6, 1.20 a m. A Paris communique states that an artilduei took place east of Arras and bombfihtins at Lihons and Andechy. ng The enemy in Champagne continued the bombardment of the ground behind our new front with suffocatmg(Reuter’s Senice.) Copyright Telegram. - 433 words
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Article458 1915-10-14 1469 (Reuter’s Senice.) Copyright Telegram. RESIGNATION OF M. VENIZELOS. DISSENSION WITH KING CONSTANTINE London, October 6, 12.50 p.m A telegram from Athens states that M. Venizelus was received in audience to-day by King Constantine who informed him that he could not follow the entire policy of the Cabinet. Consequently(Reuter’s Senice.) Copyright Telegram. - 458 words
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Article555 1915-10-14 1469 (Reuters Service.) Copyright Tel.giain. RU3SI V 4 SUC SESSES. Petrograd, October 6. A Petrograd communique states that th Russians have occupied the German trenches north of Birshallen in the Riga district and •aptured a number of villages in the Lake region east of Vilnt and also south(Reuters Service.) Copyright Tel.giain. - 555 words
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Obituary334 1915-10-14 1469 Obituary. Mr. Robert Muady. London, October 6. The death has taken place of Mr. Benjamin Mundy, formerly Reuter’s manager in India. Obituary. Mr. P. H. Carter. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, October 7. The death has taken place at the General Hospital, Singapore, of Mr. P. H, Carter, Underground Foreman,334 words
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Article36 1915-10-14 1470 {From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, October 7. A violent storm was experienced in Sing»pore this morning. The roof of the Arcade was struck by lightning but the damage done was, however, not great.36 words
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Article78 1915-10-14 1470 And Subsequently Abandoned. {From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, October 6. The Standard Oil steamer Kanakuk, with a cargo of benzine and petroleum, was on Hie in the Straits of Malacca. She was seen by the captain of tho Sarie Borneo who went to her assistance and found78 words
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Article84 1915-10-14 1470 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, October 7. At the Singapore Rubber Auction 222 tons of rubber were offered for sale and 193 tons were sold at the prices given below. The bidding was very brisk Smoked sheets $l3O to «132 per picul m ribbed $125 $l2B plain84 words
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Article790 1915-10-14 1470 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. The eighth annual general meeting of the Rahman Hydraulic Tin, Limited, was held at the offices of Messrs Adamson, Gilfillan Co., Ltd. at 12.45 pm. to-day. There were present the Hon. Mr. A. R. Adams (in the chair) Mr. J. Mitchell, Mr. H.790 words
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Article99 1915-10-14 1470 Kota Bahru, September 30. Pok Mek Sman and Penghulu Drahman who weie charged with participating in the local re I eliion were tried in tne High Court at Kota Bahru and sentenced to be shot. They were two of the leaders for whom rewards had been offered for99 words
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85 1915-10-14 1470 Oct. sBy Balance $37,967$ 6 W. H. Threlfall, monthly subscription 1000 Subordinate Staff of Messrs. Presgrave Matthews. Septern her subscription 20 W F. C. Ebbels, October subscription Balance, Oct. 6 38,022.64 Remitted to London 10,000 on 24-2 15 85,610-'* Total subscriptions to date85 words
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Article674 1915-10-14 1471 ii Before coming over here you asked me i t vou have what information I could re the real feeling of Dutchmen in java about the war” writes a corresponintimation began on board tbe wbe l wa f 9 H kopt ,n half the afternoon by674 words
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Article843 1915-10-14 1471 w T. O M. The new railway station was opened to the public on Oct. 1 without any ceremony and the writer seized the opportunity to have a look round at our palatial depot. Apparently there will be five platforms when the station is completed, an■ w T. O M. - 843 words
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Article75 1915-10-14 1471 PENANG WOMEN’S WORK. Subscription List. Amount previously acknowledged $428.20 Mrs. Heah Swee Lee 100.00 Mrs. Jamieson 10.00 Mrs. Ebden 10.00 Dr. Sharp 5.00 Mrs. Wilson, Caledonia 2.00 Mrs. F, Dennys Alor Star 2.00 Mrs. Kelly... 2.00 Mrs. Sayers 2.00 Donation 100 ***** Hospital garments for soldiers75 words
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Article194 1915-10-14 1471 Rubber Salk. Messrs. Cunningham Clark Co., advise us that the undermentioned prices were realised for rubber sold by them by auction and private tender yesterday Diamond Smoked Sheet $122 to $127 Plain smoked Sheet 120 122 Diamond Unsmoked sheet 118 119 Plain 116 119 Pale Crepe No.194 words
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Article1059 1915-10-14 1472 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 Commerce on1,059 words
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Article254 1915-10-14 1472 Manual by Dr. Sansom. The M. S. 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 wars there has254 words
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Article595 1915-10-14 1472 A sensation was causoH island early ou Friday Monring" hrt the Java correspondent of the L 7 at the news that Gramser Bri±* committed suicide a few hours nri*? being led to the scaffold Thefert known when his cell was opened ina ing and he was banning595 words
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Advertisement37 1915-10-14 1472 Ctambtrtoin’s hi. There is nothing so good f rheumatism, sprains, ID j or iM*s the muscles, bruises an n w iH affect Chamberlain’s Pain Ba cure in less t.me than “7 For sale by all Dispensaries an37 words
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Article1307 1915-10-14 1473 At a time when the cruelty and ruthlessA of the Germans seem likely to infect area of the war, it ie well to reall one of the acts of chivalry which stands the credit of their army, riuch an act ocburred at Boissons when the flooding of1,307 words
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Article562 1915-10-14 1473 Mrs. Whitt e, wHow of the late Dr. Whittle, rdturned to Sin o apore by the mail •n Sunday. Mr. Gordon Wilson, Postmaster General, who is in Penang on a visit of inspection, leaves to-morrow for the Southern Settlement. From last night's T. 0 M.: Mr. F. E. Mair562 words
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Article1233 1915-10-14 1474 .—S.T, The freaks of a North American glacier are likely seriously to inconvenience mapmakers anxious to give the Canauiaus 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.—S.T, - 1,233 words
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Article392 1915-10-14 1474 (Renter's Seni«.) Copyright Telegram. BULGARIA AND SERBIA ultimatum concerning maci Wnu Petrograd, October 6. The Serbian Archimandrite in has received news to the eff<ct that S’ has rejected the Russian demand. has sent an ultimatum to Serbia ooncerZ Macedonia, requiring an answer witH twenty-four hours. Eateat* Ministers' Departure,(Renter's Seni«.) Copyright Telegram. - 392 words
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Article269 1915-10-14 1475 (Reuter’s Senice.) Copyright Telegram. big french offensive. London, October 6, 5 p.m. A Paris communique states that the French guns are heavily bombarding on the f hole front. The bombardment is recipro*l in and particularly violent in the Lon of Givenchy. The French made soma progress by(Reuter’s Senice.) Copyright Telegram. - 269 words
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38 1915-10-14 1475 Oct. 6 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 ...§123,730.1238 words
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Article25 1915-10-14 1475 °ct. 6 By Balance §1,257.72 7 O. B. Pike, 9th instalment 25.00 Balance, Oct. 7 §1,282.72 Amount previously acknowledged 18,558.21 Total ..,§19,840.9325 words
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Article459 1915-10-14 1475 (Reuters Senice.) Copyright Telegram. german complicity. A PLEA FOR PUBLICITY. London, October 6. In the House of Lords, in asking for information as regards the Armenian massacres, Lord Cromer said that eve* though there was no trustworthy evidence of direct German complicity, in view of the Germans’ present(Reuters Senice.) Copyright Telegram. - 459 words
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Article83 1915-10-14 1475 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 land in the tonnage of 103,972, The83 words
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Article23 1915-10-14 1475 (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, October 8, The Post office wireless connection with ships, Paya Lobah Station, was opened to-day.23 words
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Advertisement57 1915-10-14 1475 It Never Fails. Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera, and Diarrhoea Remedy is all its name implie-i. 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 medicite. Safe, sure, always cures.57 words
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Article712 1915-10-14 1476 THE CHARGE THAT FAILED. Before Mr. V. G. Ezechiel in the Third Court this morning a Tamil, named Ramasami, was charged with theft of a Yale padlock, valued at $2.50, the property of the United Engineers, Ltd. The accused claimed trial and Court Inspector Nicol prosecuted. Mohamed712 words
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Article439 1915-10-14 1476 lbs. Alma Estates, Ltd. 21,000 Bukit Toh Alang Rubber Estates, Ltd 12,105 Kota Bahroe Rubber Estates,Ltd.... 32,210 Sungei Duri Rubber Estates, Ltd.... 10,910 Shanghai Klebang Rubber Estate, Ltd 9.954 Chemor United Rubber Co Ltd. 14,156 Shanghai-Malay Rubber Estates, Ltd, 8,447 Cluny Rubber Estate, Ltd. 16 902 Kinta439 words
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Article503 1915-10-14 1476 BvRNINa w Xc s X IsSl -’«> received by the Standard Oil k“ Singapore, but, fortunately" has come the intimation that the canal' and crew are safe at Balik The Kanakuk, laden with beLieTd petroleum, caught fire in the Strait Macassar, and was burnt almost fife water503 words
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Advertisement10 1915-10-14 1476 For Chronic Chest Complaints, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure Is, 61.10 words
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Advertisement78 1915-10-14 1476 Diphtheria—How It Moj Be AvoiW. Diptheri* is usually contracted when tbe child has a cold. The cold child’s system for the reception and d meat of the diphtheria Berm8 erm8 f „Lhbourare cases of diphtheria 1D ,/ouldbe hood children that hive kept at home and off the Cough covered. Give78 words
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Article30 1915-10-14 1477 —Yesterday, at MorningLim Ch wee Leong, eldest Mrs. Lim Cheng Sah. of 1011 0 sincraDore, with Miss Cheah Swee tODg B eiond daughter of Mr. and Mrs. cSKeeEe. Penang-30 words
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Article1211 1915-10-14 1477 n.wn in the Balkans events are moving •iS extraordinary rapidity. The diplo- I who have been negotiating, “raining and haggUng for months have for the soldiers, the factors at k re numerous and in many cases obscure, there are all kinds of cross-currents fa operation and influences1,211 words
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Article617 1915-10-14 1477 Mr. A. B. Solicitor-G neral, is still ill and confined to h.s huute. Mr. Lim Seng Hooi has boon appointed a member of the Committee of the Penang Free School. The engagement is announced b-itween William Frederick Pilton Wilson, London Scottish, only son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson, Richmond,617 words
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Article833 1915-10-14 1478 No nation has such a varied selection of national anthems as the Americans, and the music of most of them comes from England. Before “Yankee Doodle” emigrated across the Atlantic late in the eighteenth century, it waswell-known in Enghnl as a musical vehicle for nursery rhyme*. Another national833 words
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Article417 1915-10-14 1478 From Dutch Sources. The following special telegrams are from the Sumatra Post of Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, October 5,6, and 7 Holland and the WarThe Amsterdam Telegraaf, referring to the jubilation in Amsterdam on receipt of the news of the Allies’ successes, says that the Dutch people417 words
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Article1548 1915-10-14 1478 Copyright Telegram GER T E A RMIo A r ND BUL °A«U. terms of agru Mßnt A French A French correspondent at hi telegraphs that, according to. R i lkl pro-German org in, aereemania Ugariil > concluded bat/een A* by which the Utter will nIL ,2. etthe disposalCopyright Telegram - 1,548 words
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Article508 1915-10-14 1479 (Rwter’s Senice.) Copyn ht Tfi<*gram. ENEMY COU M > ER-ATTAGKS REPULSED. Paris. October 7. Following upon the French success in Champagne the Germans furiously counterattacked and suffered a heavy defeat. A communique states that the enemy violently bombarded the whole front. We completely repulsed four successive counter-attacks(Rwter’s Senice.) Copyn ht Tfi<*gram. - 508 words
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Article481 1915-10-14 1480 (Reuters Service.) Copyright Telegram. BUSY GERMAN PREPARATIONS. Petrograd, October 7. P.ismers describe that there is feverish activity behind the Garmin lines westward of Dvinsk, similar to the scenes which took place prior to the stunning of K>vno. A field railway has been laid for over twenty miles(Reuters Service.) Copyright Telegram. - 481 words
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Article537 1915-10-14 1480 (Reuter's Senice.) Copyright Telegram. ON THE SUVLA FRONT. London, October 7. Sir lan Hamilton states that during the past month the fighting in Suvla Bay was confined to nightly patrol actions, bomb attacks, and the rushing of houses. As a a result we gained during this period,(Reuter's Senice.) Copyright Telegram. - 537 words
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Article940 1915-10-14 1480 ALLEGED STABBIMr Adji bin Junus, employed as master on board the B 8 r qUart r and charged with voluntary one Mr. Jordan. Second Officer th h rtb ship wae again called up before Eaechiel m tbe Third Court this 6 Inspector Bmge said that ha T940 words
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Advertisement10 1915-10-14 1480 For Chronic Chest Complaints, Woods’ Greit Peppermint Cure Is. 6J.10 words
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Article260 1915-10-14 1481 The Rajah of Sarawak has issued the following proclamation, under date Kuching, October 4:—Whereas the Government of Sarawak has hitherto in my absence been entrusted to a Committee of Administration it is now my intention to inaugurate on November 1 next a permanent and more representative committee260 words
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Article3018 1915-10-14 1481 SOME POINT IN PRESIDENT’S REPORT. 1914 A Healtny Year. From the acting Municipal Secretary comes a copy of the 1914 “blue-book ”of Singapore Municipality—the volume which contains the Presidential review of the city’s corporate life for the year and the reports which record the activities of all the3,018 words
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Advertisement10 1915-10-14 1481 For Chroni c Chest Complaints, Great Peppermint Cure Is, fid.10 words
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Article125 1915-10-14 1482 ,~Bjr.P. Kota Bahru, Oct. 4 The Kelantan special constable, to B ethc with the Sikh police and the S.V.l.ted l» field day on the seaside at Tumbat. S.V.I. under Lieut, Myles, Mdttewtol, force under the command of W* lorce uuuqi the Anderson C. P- O. IM Dau Sikh,~Bjr.P. - 125 words
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Article2777 1915-10-14 1483 Wu Kwan-yin - By Wu Kwan-yin. (Translated from the Tu Chung Hua!') Since the publication of my article on the Rtform of the Chinese Household I have been termed with numerous letters of reprobation 9 f e^er scholars and learned scribes contending that the reforms suggested by me2,777 words
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Article979 1915-10-14 1484 Tom Wright ] - [Bt Tom Wright In his last collection of essays, G. S. Street On Money,” &i.) refers to the persistent, desolating, overwhelming, unreasonable, intolerable dulness of the average perio lical Press I do not see that he would have to change an epithet even now in wartime. I don’t979 words
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Article222 1915-10-14 1484 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Medan, 8, October 1915. Medan is still pursuing the even tenor of its way, the only events to break the monotony of daily labour being the usual de Boer and Medan Hotel Bands, and Tuesday roller-skating. The weather baa improved lately, and tennis has222 words
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Article1259 1915-10-14 1485 Armenians count themselves among the most ancient of races. They conquered the country from which they take tneir name nearly seven centuries before the Christian era, and the fact that they have survived as a people with nationalist aspirations in g pite of being for hundreds1,259 words
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Article589 1915-10-14 1485 Mr. C. J. Perkins is now a corporal in the 24th Batt.. R >yal Fusiliers. —31 M Messrs. Lim Sang Hooi and Cheah Kee Ee are appointed members of the committee of the Penang Free School. Sergt. T. A. Zee, of the Chinese Company, Shanghai Volunteer Corps, has been589 words
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Article1275 1915-10-14 1486 To-day is the forty-first anniversary of Fiji’s entrance into the British Empire. Sighted by Tasman in the seventeenth century and visited by Captain Cook in the eighteenth, Fiji remained practically unknown until a hundred years ago, when its cannibalistic inhabitants were converted to Christianity by the Wesleyan missionaries.1,275 words
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Article1439 1915-10-14 1486 (Reuter s Service.) Copyright Telegram PERSECUTION OF GRE EKs I T Pari8 > October S. I The Tempe states that since the T. I Bulgarian Treaty the W I Greeks in Turkey have bX grea k?/ I sihed. The Greek language?. I everywhere and many o^l 1611 I(Reuter s Service.) Copyright Telegram - 1,439 words
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Article523 1915-10-14 1487 (Reuter s Senice.) Copyright Telegram. RUSSIAN PROGRESS, GERMAN TRANSPORT SUNK. London, October 9, 5 25 a m. The capture altogether of 3,870 prisoners by the Russians in the fierce fighting along the whole front and the destruction of a German transport by a British submarine near the(Reuter s Senice.) Copyright Telegram. - 523 words
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Article1367 1915-10-14 1488 (Renter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. HEAVY CANNONADING. London, October 8, 6.15 pm. A Paris communique states that ceaseless cannonading took place in Artois and Champagne, in the regions of Roye and Tracy Le Vai, in the Argonne and on the heights of the Meuse. There was also lively(Renter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. - 1,367 words
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Article498 1915-10-14 1488 Our Own Kuala Lumpur, October At the Klang on Saturday Wo Bro. C. L. Cbnp£ 0 installed as Master. P 1 Heniy Young was pi esent and Won Bro. acted as installing aste i, C i u b, which The banquet at the K suce e««fuJ. followed498 words
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Article33 1915-10-14 1489 Co T Eilands A Lowlands Para Rubber Eshtfia T an d the Chersonese (F. M. S Dividfin/i c r ave declared an Interim and Payable on the 29th October < November respectively.33 words
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Article634 1915-10-14 1489 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. SUBMARINE OFFICER'S COURAGE. London, October 9. A thrilling story of superb courage and hardihood is contained in an Admiralty Statement, giving details of the adventures of Lieutenant D Hughes, a subm trine officer in the Sea of Marmora, He went ashore at nightime,(Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. - 634 words
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Article150 1915-10-14 1489 The Quarter Mile Championship Competition tor the President’s Challenge Cup took place at the Swimming Club on Sunday forenoon. There were only 7 starters but the race was very keenly contested and resulted in a victory for Mr. Henderson by 4 seconds, the places being Time. Ist150 words
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Article286 1915-10-14 1489 Men’s October Prbsgrave Cup. The play for this competition resulted as follows: V G Ezecbiel 1 down C R Simuel 3 W S Goldie 5 P J Sproule 8 Messrs A M Sellar, J G Anthony, E A Henderson, T E Winfield, J A Martin, P T286 words
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Article535 1915-10-14 1490 FROM DUTCH SOURCES. The following special telegrams are from the Sumatra Post of Friday and Saturday last, October 8 and 9: Holland and The War. The importation of German coal into Holland has again been stopped. The Tdegraaf states that on several occasions, with the direct consent535 words
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Article390 1915-10-14 1490 LOYALTY TO THE KING. Official Telegrams The following telegrams despatched prior to and subsequent to the departure of the Malay States Guides on active service from Penang (26th September, 1915) have been officially communicated to our Kuala Lumpur contemporary: From the High Commissioner to the General Officer390 words
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152 1915-10-14 1490 Oct. 7By Balance ...$38,111.39 9 Staff of j Messrs. Adamson Gilfillan Co., Ltd., 9th instalment 91.50 Balance, Oct. 9 38,202.89 Remitted to London <£lo,ooo on 24-2-15 85,618.73 Total subscriptions to date ...$123,821.62 The negotiations between Mr. Tsai Nai Huang (Opium Suppression Commissioner for152 words
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Article583 1915-10-14 1490 Proposed Extension or th. p. An ordinance to amend the Ordinance 1913, is to be intri?™^! 8 Legislative Council. The mente contained in this bid ft mg —Power is given to th. o Wk>w. to make by-laws to regulate relS"’ o’*’ 0 vent exhibition of advertisement V?583 words
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Article1232 1915-10-14 1491 Although we are without precise official 8 we know for a fact that over two Sion—and probably three million—men from the British Empire have during the fifteen months undergone training for JTr mostly in the British Isles. They have one from their homes to a school1,232 words
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Article58 1915-10-14 1491 Most unfortunatelv, tie weather made it impossible for the New Cirque to open its season in Penang last night. It is intended, however, to start to-night and as all the accounts which reach us from the Native States describe the circus as a really genuine first-class show58 words
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Article584 1915-10-14 1491 Mr. 11. Welbam p oceeded to Singapore by the s.s. Klang this afternoon. Mr. W. Lubberink has joined the staff of the Bat. Handekblad, while Mr. W. Scbountendorp leaves this journal for the Soer. Handelsblad. Our Kuala Lumpur correspondent wires news of the death of Mr. E. C. Hatch,584 words
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Article1002 1915-10-14 1492 Now that German is being ousted from the curriculum of some of the secondary schools in England possibly Itilian may be inserted in its place. Such an alteration would have been cordially welcomed by Gladstone. A favourite topic with Mr. Gladstone.” writes the present Headmaster of Eton, was1,002 words
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Article276 1915-10-14 1492 At the Tanglin Club Singapore, on Tuesday the 12th inst, the Misses Aileen and Doris Woods will again appear for the members in an entirely new programme Onefifth of the proceads are to be sent to the Red Cross Fund.” During Race Week these clever Artistes (with276 words
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Article424 1915-10-14 1492 (Renter's Smiu.) Copyright Telegram. CRISIS IN GREECE THE SECRET TREATY. Athene, October 11 he n? r l tißh Mi ister Athene hu haed ed to M. Zaimie, the Premier, the tert X secret treaty between the Central P»'..» and Bulgaria mentioned this mnmi*? Doubtless it will be the(Renter's Smiu.) Copyright Telegram. - 424 words
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Article442 1915-10-14 1493 (Reuter s Senice.) Copyright Telegram. RUSSIAN SUCCESS. London, October 11. patrozrail communique records the .IJcwture of hundreds of prisoners by l Rnssiens in the desperate fighting north where the villages constantly calls attention te the Wul success of the scouts, north of who penetrated the enemy trenches(Reuter s Senice.) Copyright Telegram. - 442 words
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Article513 1915-10-14 1493 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. CAPTURE OF TAHURE HILL. EFFECTIVE ARTILLERY PREPARATION. London, October 11, The French “Eye-witness” states that the capture of Tahure Hill was the result of a strong artillery preparation preceding brave attacks on the enemy trenches which were everywhere choked with corpses. Seven lines(Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. - 513 words
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Article60 1915-10-14 1493 (Reuter's Senice.) Copyright Telwgr.ini, ON THE FRONT. London, October 11. A Rome communique states that the enemy, after heavy artillery fire, attacked several portions of the Isonzo front in considerable force. They were everywhere repulsed with heavy losses. The Austrian communique makes no reference to thesd repulses(Reuter's Senice.) Copyright Telwgr.ini, - 60 words
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Article72 1915-10-14 1493 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, October 11. Yesterday morning in the presence of Brigadier-General Ridout, the Admiral and staffs of the Shropshires and the Volunteers, H. E- the Governor presented the Long Service Medal to Sergeant Constable, of the Engineer®, before the garrison church parade. Hi®72 words
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Article239 1915-10-14 1493 Penang Women Workers for Queen Mary’s Needlework Guild are informed that a case of Hospital garments for soldiers has been packed and will be sent to St. James’ Palace at the efld of this week. The case contains the following articles as a result of four239 words
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1287 1915-10-14 1494 ASSISTANCE IN MEN AND MONEY. (By E. H. B) At first sight, and to casual readers, this article may appear to be written in a spirit of rivalry and comparison. This is far from being the case, and the writer’s aim has been simply and1,287 words
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Article791 1915-10-14 1494 We have always found it j-. understand the motive of the Q?' aC,it in adhering to the existing rX? ’"““«t lug prospecting in this’ 3 retrograde and whollv II interests of the country? wg"? to be kept to the fore j, X young country. The mining791 words
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Article490 1915-10-14 1495 The Seventh Annual General Meeting of this club will be held at the P. V Drill Ballon Wednesday, November 3,at 6.30 p.m. Agenda. To receive and if approved adopt the yearly statement of accounts made up to September 30, 1915. To receive and if approved adopt the490 words
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Article1966 1915-10-14 1495 The ha,ring was resumed yesterday, afternoon Mora Mr V. G. Ezaobiel of the case against Adji bin Junus, employed as a quartermister on board the s.s. Carnarvonshire and charged with voluntary causing hurt to one Mr. Jordan, Second Officer on the same ship. Court Inspector Nicol prosecuted1,966 words
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Article649 1915-10-14 1496 The Jockey (hub for some reason did not call the substitute race for tne Leger, tuu New L ger tut the September Stakes. Fowimern, however, added i< with some ease to bis Guineas and Dm by victories* So to ail intents and purposes he may bo considered649 words
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Article498 1915-10-14 1496 Opinion in Siam Opinion in Siam with regard to th» a many’» submarine warfare on merchant vessels, vhich have so often torpedoed without from opinion in other neutral count™>7 the BanpM Times. Tbje is ciear m the Journal of the Roy A League, lhe translator of the American498 words
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Advertisement45 1915-10-14 1496 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 Paia Bilm. It will effect a cure in less time than any other treat nent. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.45 words
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Article1228 1915-10-14 1497 It is one of the defects of democracy that tends to slowness of executive action. The drawback becomes glaringly apparent in war time when a military quickness of decision essential, particularly when the chief emv, as in the case of England’s war today is a State ruled1,228 words
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Article610 1915-10-14 1497 The Hon. Mr. R Young left for the Southern Settlement yesterday evening by the s.s. Klang. The engagement is announced of Mr. J B. Roblese, Shipping Clerk, Koninklyke Pakevaart Maatschappij, to Miss Ferroa, daughter of Mr. Ferroa of the Eastern Shipping Company. Mr. Okabe, a Secretary of the Japanese610 words
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Article1219 1915-10-14 1498 Sir Edward Grey has indeed reached the pinnacle of fame. His photograph is now being used to ornament chocolate boxes! It is thirty-one years to-day since an international conference at Washington made Greenwich the universal meridian. Some opposed the decision on anti-Bdtish grounds, others for religious or sentimental1,219 words
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Article1084 1915-10-14 1498 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. ALLIES’ PLANS TROOPS MASSED At SALONIKA. London, October 12 4 45 n The correspondent of the DaUnw at Athens states that the original Ln the Allies has been changed 8 still being landed at Salonika, but in.tead'tf small parties going steadily inland, numbers are(Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. - 1,084 words
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Article83 1915-10-14 1499 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, October 12. At the Meeting of the Jimah Rubber Co. Mr. Snodgrass, who presided, said that provided fair prices were obtained for rubber, such as were ruling at present, it was hoped to pay off the mortgage on the estate by April,83 words
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Article307 1915-10-14 1499 Three Policemen Killed. (From Our Own Corresponding Ipoh, October 12. Three policemen and a Chinese civilian have been killed by gang robbers at Chenderiing The robbers, a large baud, broke into two shop houses. The Police were called and a number of robbers, who were armed,307 words
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Article498 1915-10-14 1499 (Reuter s Service.) THE RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE. London. October 12, 5.55 p.m. A Petrogrid communique states that the Russians north west aud south-west of Dvmsk are attacking the Germans whom they have dislodged from the villages and trenches and are pursuing. The Russians have occupied a fresh line.(Reuter s Service.) - 498 words
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Article1612 1915-10-14 1500 HENG KHEOK MENG—HEAH SIEW CHLH. A wedding of unusual interest to the Chinese community of Penang took place at Northam Lodge the palatial residence of Mr. Heah Swee Lee, J.P, yesterday, when Mr. Heng Kheok Meng, second son of Mr. Heng Meah Hak, was married to Miss1,612 words
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Article337 1915-10-14 1500 Oct. 7 By Balance 11,282.72 12 Ladies’ Bridge Table at Golf Club for September 27.00 Balance, Oct. 12 11,309.72 Amount previously acknowledged 18,558.21 Total ...119,867.93 A Pans correspondent writes: News from the Far East says that despite Japan’s shattering blow to all their hopes there, the Germans337 words
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Article189 1915-10-14 1501 from dutch sources. The following special telegrams are from A Qerman aviator dropped bombs on <i«h Six were killed. Italy will not share in the Balkan fightRoumania will remain neutral. Lieutenant of the Aviation Corps has escaped from the internment amp at Bergen. E Holland and the189 words
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Article82 1915-10-14 1501 The undermentioned prices were realised for rubber sold by Messrs Allen Dennys Co. by auction sale yesterday and during the week: Smoked Ribbed Sheet sl2Btosl3l Plain $125 Ko. 2 Smoked Sheet diamond $123 $127 Unsmoked Sheet $l2O $124 No. 2 Unsmoked Sheet $ll6 $ll7 Crepe Fine Pale82 words
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Article232 1915-10-14 1501 In the tropics many people lose appetite and from this draw conclusions that are not medically sound. Some say that in the tropics the body does not require so many meals; but this is wrong. Certainly the body does not require so m any elements that create232 words
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Article865 1915-10-14 1501 Accused Convicted. The hearing was concluded yesterday, afternoon before Mr. V. G. Ezechiel of the case against Adji bin Junus, employed as a quarter mister on board the s.s. Carnarvonshire and charged with voluntary causing hurt to one Mr. Jordan, Second Officer on the sime ship. Court Inspector865 words
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Article231 1915-10-14 1501 An ordinary meeting of the Municipal Commissioners was held at the Municipal Office yesterday afternoon There were present Mr, W. Peel (President) Mr. A. F. Goodrich, Mr. Yeoh Guan Seok, Mr. P. T. Allen, and Mr. J Mitchell, with Mr. L. M. Bell (Municipal Engineer) and Mr. L.231 words
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Article127 1915-10-14 1501 Handicaps for the Opening Day. Following are the handicaps for the first day of the Singa.ore Autumn meeting Race No. 1. —The Friar 10.3, Tom T<m 10.2, Batu Gajah 92, La Cocotte 8.6, Hedonist 8.5. Venture 8, Friendless 7-11, Sandy Creek 7.7. Race No. 2.— Charity 11.2, Brown127 words
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