Straits Echo, 22 August 1914

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    40 1 Straits Echo. 111 vfcfc i b\±U*b, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT i] STRAITS. iH*i FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST Gc r..; dXt VOL. 12. $24 Itr Ari'.um PENANG, SATURDAY, yj n d AUGUST, 1914. 5 n*b Copy, 10 cm* N(). 193
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    WRIGHT ON ROADS.
    2882 3 [ThB SBVBNTH IwSTALMBNT OB THBSB Notbb Appbakid II» TUB E.ko OB August 15] Beacon sfie'd. to which one goes after camping under Burnham Beeches, via I arnhatn (the Bucks, not the Surrey larnbaro) is highly placed. As an innkeeper said. YouM ’are it hill up’ill to Beckonsfil.”
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      49 3 In days of old when kuights were bold, And barons b«-)d the:r swi', It cDe caught cold—despite h*s 2r>id He d ga»p bis life awar, Bat now the poorest, churl who breatnes. Survival may assure, I he K but do a dose or two Of Woods’ Great Peppermint Core.
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    THE STRAITS ECHO.
    94 4 Published daily (except Sundays and public holidays) AT THB CRITERION PRESS. Ltd. No. 59, Beach Street, Penang. Teice. Daily Local 924 per annum. Outstation... Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Post Free) 917.50 CABLE ADDRESS ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo, 980 Printing Department 343 KM.-AW buiia*M cenußuakationa »ho«M k* •MimH
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    THE GERMAN ADVANCE.
    515 4 The Germans hare occupied Brussels without fighting. There is nothing to be despondent about that. It is part of the German plan of invasion and the question from the first was not whether Belgium would be eventually overwhelmed by the sheer weight of numbers—that is taken for
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    M. A. P.
    614 4 Mr. J. L. W. Davies, of Messrs. Brown, Phillips and Stewart, Penang, has been appointed secretary of the Ipoh Club. e Mr A. R. Slater, Ceylon Civil Service, has been appointed Colonial Secretary, Gold Coast, and was to leave England to take up the appointment on the
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    Coolies’ Wages.
    223 4 PROPOSED PAYMENT IN FULL. Tks P. A. M. The usual meeting of the Planters’ Association of Malaya will be held at the Selangor Chamber of Commerce office, Kuala Lumpur, to-morrow morning at 10.30, when, in addition to the business on the agenda printed some time ago, there will
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    COURT OF APPEAL.
    332 4 LEE CHIN HO v* LIM MAH CHYE. The Full Court of Appeal, consisting of the Acting Chief Justice the Hon. Mr. J. A. S. Bucknill, Mr. Justice Ebden and Mr. Justice Sproule, delivered judgment yesterdav in the appeal, Lee Chin Ho ve Lim Mah Chye. In the
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    The British Mobilisation.
    575 4 We have received the following interesting letter from a correspondent: As far as I have been able to gather from the war news” published in your paper, it was only on the 4th iust. (at midnight) that the British Army mobilised. It is on this ground that
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    REMINISCENCES
    961 4 OF AN OLD PENANOITE. Interest.,, S.m.n, CuHomt To the Editor of the Strait, Sib, In your issue of the 18th J une I an account of “A New Malayan Triho” theUlu Trangganu. As you pomt out il your note the tribe is bv no means a J one. It
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    THE KAISER’S ACTIVITIES.
    238 5 Tho Berlin correspondent of the Timet, wiring to his p iper on Juiy 28, s tvs Ah you will already bo aware, Germany has refuned Sir E iward Grey’s proposal of a four-Power Confer nee. England’s good intention aro recognized, but it is indicated that a c-nferonce
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    The Pernicious Credit System.
    183 5 If one lesson more than another is to be learnt locally from the experience we are now going through, it is the way iu which retail trade and the individual has suffered from a too pernicious credit system. It would be an excellent thing for the
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    Military Forces of Holland.
    489 5 The Dutch army when on a war footing comprises five main sub-divisions, the general headquarters, the field array, the garrisons, the territorial troops and the militia. The field army consists of four divisions together with the cavalry brigade. The divisions are composed of the divisional staff:
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    GENERAL OF JESUIT ORDER EXPIRES.
    83 5 Renter. Paris, August 21. Father Wernz, the General of the Jesuits. I is dead Who's Who say Father Francis Xavi< r W rnz. General of the Society of Jesu3 since 1906; born at Rottweil, \Vurtem*>«rg, 4 Dec. 1842. Educated at M ina Lurch. Entered the
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    The Late Pope.
    71 5 Lyiat-In--talc. lleuter.) Rome, August 21. The lying-in-state of the Pope has already been attended by thousands. The death chamber scene was ono of reverence and devotion. The Pope is clad in white with a red cape. Privileged persons l ave kisse 1 the figures at his feet.
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    Carranza Enters Mexico.
    18 5 Reuter.) Mexico, August 21. Geueral Carranza has entered Mexico City and has been enthusiastically received.
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    Austria and Italy.
    318 5 An Important Dispatch. In an important dispttch fr nn. Rome, the leading Italian journal, the Corriere della Sera of Milan, examines the situation created by the Austro-lluugariau action and the position of Italy. The decision of Austria-TTungary, says the dispatch, has been determined by three factors (1)
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    S. George’s Church, Penang.
    159 5 August 23. 11th Sundat after Trinity. Yibitatiom by the Bishopof the Diocese. 7- a.m. Parade Service at Headquarters P. V. C. 8- am. Matins 8-30 a.m. Holy Communion 10-15 a.m. Chinese Service 5- p.m. Sunday School 6- pm. Evensong and Sermon Preacher the Lord Bishop of
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    INTERESTS AND DUTY OF GREAT BRITAIN.
    1069 5 THE POSITION ANALYSED From the Times of July 31 One question is to-day on all lips; Wbat course shall England pursue should a general European war break out Prejudice, passion, or ignorance of the fundamental conditions of outnatioual freedom inspire divergent answer#* It n
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      447 5 THE WAR. GERMANS AT BRUSSELS. ORDERLY BELGIAN RETIREMENT. THE HOSTILE ADVANCE. (Renter.) Tho Belgian troops have Admirably performed their duty delaying a hostile advance and enabling their Allies to e implote their concentration without interference The Belgian retirement has been anticipated for some days and has been dictated by the
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      426 5 Keep It Ha dy. Immediate relief is necessary in attacks of diarrhoea. Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy should always 1» on h iod. For sale t>v all Dispensaries and Dealers. FEDERATED MALAY STATES RAILWAYS. ON and AFTER 26 li AUGUST, 1914, ERTAIN 'J RAINS will be discontinued and others
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      128 5 Central Sales Room. ImporlAiu Afwounccment to Race-horse Owners. BY ORDER OF THE RECEIVER IN THE ESTATE CF MR. P. P. TENNENT (deceased). TO BE SOLD BY Public Auction On Saturday, 29th August, 1914, AT 11 A M. At the Australian Repository, 11, Scotland Road, t’enanq (MR. K FENN, Proprietor). The
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    Protection of Trade Routes.
    156 6 Peilups it it not generally known that Great Britain, in addition to her formidable Bavy bus armed 29 merchant ship*, each vessel ca ryiug two 4 7 guns at the stern to enable them to defend themselves in caae they are attacked by similar ships of
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    Why?
    181 6 T > Tins Editor or th* Straits Echo. Drau in, 1 s-i ly you might find a corner in one of you ;m v s-eth ng an 1 warlike columns to air mo of the calmtr and graver vicissitud .f 1, cal 1 fe. W Itv is if, ujL'ht
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    The Situation.
    562 6 SINGAPORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. An Easier Feelino. Another special general meeting of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce and ex--1 change was held cn Tuesday, further to 'consider the present position of matters commercial. There was again a goodly attendance, but the members were neither in turbulent nor discursive
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      489 6 SWvSKSH®®®®® ®®®®®©®®®®®®®@@a TO CONNOISSEURS FOUR FACTS CONCERNING :Vi .Vi A A M A R T E L L’ S B R A N D V 1. In England more MarteU’s Brandy is sold than any other brand. 2. Martell’s Three Star Brandy is the brandy supplied in the House of
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