Straits Echo, 14 September 1914

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  • 37 1 Straits Echo v :;s.' fir LV-.NTS. CIRCULATI 0 THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS. THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY VOL. 12. $24 P;r Ar.r.; r. PENANG, MONDAY, 14th SEPTEMBER, 1914. Si?4le Co;?, 10 cools. No. 212
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  • 1215 3 PmoroiAL* Awbctimo Buildino Fond &ÜBBCBIFTION. At the annual meeting of the Singapore Cricket Club, to be held next Friday, m addition to the ordinaly business there will be a proposal, put forward by Mr. Justice Sproule, that the 50 ceuts subscription hitherto ear marked for the building
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  • 204 3 France claims to have the finest artillery iu tho world, and reference to the attached table shows that, apart altogether from tho skill and spirit of the personnel, there is some justification for that boast, if only by reason of the fact that her guns can
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  • 146 3 It is a curious coincidence that on August 2. 1870, the Germans invaded France. Forty-four years later, almost ou the same day, histoiy repeats itself, but with this difference: Fraueo does not stand alone aud Germany fights Europe. In 1870 it took the whole force of the German allied
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    • 67 3 O.ttDuaau.a u GiuLcrcau u.h tell mo true, NN Ly are ihe ntLhb u-s all nv\ yv u Ib y i>ay ir >1 a ibat oue so clil Bbi ui<J Lever be ill witu a c >u>sti or a cold.” Maijorje, M*i jone, liateu to me, TLe answer’s as simple as
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  • 193 4 Gold Leaf 164 40 Black Pepper 16.50 buytrt White Pepper 21— nominal Traug Pepper 10 no sloe Cloves SO.— Horn. Mace 110 nominal. Mart Pickings 85. —nominal Nutmegs 110 23 —nominal No. 1 6.10 tales Sugar < 2 5.50 tales Basket 5.15 buyer; Copra (mixed) 9.65 buyers f Tahbun
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  • 252 4 Pen ax a, September 14 Be kit e tg Soup per catty 20 Roast 30 Steaks 30 Stew or Curry Meat 20 Rump Steak 30 Ox Tail each 45 Tongue 55 Feet 15 Heart M 50 Liver per cattr 35 Tore— Pert per catty 38 Pig’s Head 22
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    • 27 4 POSITION UNRIVALLED IN LONDON, ENGLAND. THE LANGHAM HOTEL, Porflnd Place and K.jcnt Sf.. LtnJan 'V, t \M!LY HOTEL OF THE HIGHEST ORDER. I 7 ig 1 Laca'tty.
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    • 1071 4 Guide to Penang, BT THK LATE E. F. Skertchly, r. e. s. Price 5 O cents Worth a Dollar a copy SOLD AT “STRAITS ECHO” OFFICE. AND AT TnE SAVE-U-TROUBLE FIRM FOR SALE. W» Have Received Another Consignment oe if THE EVER POPULAR HOUSEHOLD REMEDY Which has now borne the
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  • 792 5 [By Submarine Telegraph] Received 13th oe Sett. at 9-30 a.m. EVENTS IN BELGIUM. Gtrat* ETuutio*. Coprrisbt T«Ugr»m Antwerp, September 12. An official despatch published at midnight says that the provinces of Antwerp and Limburg are entirely free and Eastern Flanders almost entirely free of the enemy. The Belgians
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  • 332 5 The St. Leoer. That the Leger this year was considered J very open indeed is shown by the fact that J the field was the record since 1870 when Hawthornden defeated one more starter than J Black Jester showed his heels to on Wed- I nesday. Coreyra,
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  • 237 5 Enthusiasm o» British an» Fihnch Bluejackets A mariner who has arrived in Kobe from Hongkong gave some interesting particulars of the scenes in Hongkong on August 5, when he happened to be in port there. All the men-of-war in harbour, save the Japan Chronicle, were cleared
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  • 98 6 Published daily (except Sunday» and publio holidays) AT THE CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. No. 59, Beach Street, Penang. raicE. Daily Local $24 per annum. Outstation... Postage Eitra. Mail Edition (Post Free) $17.50 CABLH ADDRESS ECHO—PENA NO.” Telephone Nos. (Echo, 586 Printing Department 343 KB —All budiM* eemmuntestlont should
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  • 470 6 Germany can only be decisively beaten at Berlin. It is unchallengeable that Britain retains command of the sea, there is not one German battleship on the so-called German ocean and all our trade routes are open. But that is not enough. To beat Germany swiftly we must
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  • 776 6 Mr. A. Hvalsoe is recognised as Consul for Denmark at Singapore. Dr. Kerr Simpson is appointed to act temporarily as Inspector of Prisons, Straits Settlements. Messrs G. H. Sugden and B. W. Allen have passed the examinations prescribed for Cadets and Police Probationers respectively. Ham A. You,
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  • 1803 6 THE GERMAN RETREAT. t DEVELOPING INTO A ROUT. GENERAL JOFFRE’S REPORT. FURTHER RUSSIAN VICTORIES. By Submarine Telegraph Rbceivid 18th or Shpt. at 6-30 p.m. EVENTS IN FRANCE. Prssi Bureau Report. Copyright Telegram. London, September 12. To-day’s Press Bureau report says: Our troops have crossed the River Ourcq and
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  • 120 6 Unconditionally on the Side of Enjlmd. Lisbon, August 7. At a special meeting of Parliament to-day it was declared that Portugal will piece herself unconditionally on the side of Eng and according to ancient treaties. The resolution was received with enthusiastic cheers for France and England. The Premier,
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  • 791 7 gang robbery. Tbi? AHiir.es opeued (his morning in tho §.H’o U d Divisional Court before Mr. Justice 1 sercoml>e Smith. The first of the four l|#g or trial was that against Sin Ah Seng llio was charged with gang robbery of «I* 90 t the property of Ng
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  • 168 7 4.000.000 Troop* or German Austrian F rontier». Koine, August 13. According to reliable information from St. Petersburg, Russia has mobilised two trillion men on the German frontier, two million on the Austrian frontier and half a million on the Turkish frontier and half a million on the
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  • 647 7 To the Editor of thi Strait» Echo. Sir. Y'our report on a gambling raid in your Saturday’s issue interests me and I am glad to find that six Chinese nonias and a young Chinese baba wore convicted aud fined 515 ea<-h for playing iu a common gaming
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  • 67 7 (From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, September 14. Mr. R. M. Neill, senior partner of Messrs. Neill and Ball, Accountants, a popular icsident of Kuala Lumpur and a well-known f >otballer aud golfer, died in the hospital at six o’clock this morning following an
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  • 39 7 (From. Our Oicn Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, September 12. The Police uuder Detective Inspector llolywood successfully raided a house in Pudoh Lane on Friday night and captured a number of armed Chinese suspected of being gang robbers.
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  • 168 7 At the Church of the Assumption yesterday morning the members of the Roman Catholic community celebrated the Coronation of Pope Benedict XV with a Solemn Musical Mass which was conducted by the Rev. L. M. Duvelle. The Church was crowded and among the Congregation were the Roman
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  • 425 7 A Zeppelin passed over Friesland on the 9tb. The Kaiser is now at Strassburg directing operations on Nancv. The Dutch s.s Fortuna and s.s. Atlat are detained at Brest. The three Japanese Brigades attacking I’singtao have retired. A war levy of 50,000,000 francs has been made
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  • 359 7 Defective Commissariat Arrangements. (From the Morning Post Correspondent.) Brussels, August 13 1 send some notes on German tactics gathered from an officer who was a prisoner j and escaped. The courage of the Germans is being maintained by wild stories. '1 hey are told, for example,
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  • 549 7 ITS LEADERS. Says Truth of August 12 I understand that one proposal, which was made in the Cabinet, was to appoint Lord Kitchener as Commander-in-Cbief of the Expeditionary Foice. with Ssir John French as his Chief of the Staff but the proposal was negatived, and rightly so,
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  • 274 7 Brussels, August 13. It is now confirmed that on the arrival of Uhlans at Hasselt they took .£6BO from the Post Office and .£BO,OOO from the Banque Nationale, a private institution. Measures are now about to be taken to safeguard the specie contained in banks. The
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  • 84 7 The following articles will be found on our outside pages Page 3—Singapore Cricket Club Proposals Affecting Building Fund Subscription. France Leads in Artillery. 1870—1914. s—The War. The English Turf. Scene in Hongkong Harbour. 8 -The Don’t Care Age. Sinking of the U 15. Germany’s Eastern Possessions. The Situation iD
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  • 1613 8 (Bt Geo. Edoar in T. P.’t Weekly.) Ours is the age of indifference. This < indifference is best measured by noting tbe i apathy of the average man when he is asked to consider recent events in the House of Commons. According to the political leadeis,
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  • 213 8 A most daring instance of highway robbery in broad daylight happened at Tanjong Katong on Friday afternoon. A European lady residing at the Seaview Hotel was proceeding from the hotel in a riesha along the TaDjoDg Katong road to join the tramway when, near by the
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  • 103 8 It is notified in the Gazette that for the purposes of the Estate Labourers (protection of Health) Ordinance 1911. the Principal Civil Medical Officer has with the approval of the Governor delegated to the following officers, the exercise of the power» conferred on the Health Officer by
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  • 486 8 Tero Sho'ts. 8o far no finer «‘ory of coolness and efficiency has been unfolded than is contained in a description, by the Scotsman, of the sinking of tbe German submarine U. 15 by H.M S Birmingham, says the Globe of August 12. The action occurred
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  • 171 8 It is estimated that 20,000 men at least are needed to garrison Tsing-tao adequately, but the maximum force available is 7,000, and it is believed that the calling of reservists from China ports has been stoppel. The defences of Kiaochow are believed to be incomplete. Fourteen German,
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  • 225 8 Biuce the last issue of the Gazette there has been little news of an exciting nature in connection with the war and all are eagerly awaiting the return of the steamer from Singapore, states the Sarawak Gazette of September 1. Everything is going on quietly here
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  • 509 8 The Special Naval Correspondent of the Qlohe, writing on August 13, says In these notes yesterday an attempt was made to deduce from the probible disposition of the British fleet what were the cruisers which successfully resisted the attack of a flotilla of German submarines and
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  • 308 8 Earl Rabarts to be Colonel-ia-Chief It is officially announced that the Xing has been graciously pleased to approve the appointment of Field-Marshal the Bight Hon. Earl Roberts, V. C., to be Colonel-ia-Chief of such forces from the Oversea Dominions and India &9 may come to this country.
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  • 142 8 San Francisco, August 13. It is reported here that the commander of the German cruiser Leipzig which, it is understood, is looking for three British gunboats in these waters, has asked a local Customs collector to secure 400 tons of coal at this port in order that
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  • 72 8 The following ties have been fixed for Wednesday, tbo 16th inst.: Mixed Doub’et A. Mrs Crichton and Rogers vs. Miss Lielwrt and Forrest (tJofinisheH Mr A Mrs Sells vs. Miss Rickett A Rickett Mixed Doubles B. Mrs McLean and Oxenham vs. Mrs W. Motion and Cuscaden Mr
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  • 27 8 The following tio has been fixed for Wednesday, the 16th inst Single Handicap. G E Wright Moti n or Owen vs. Raimann or Southam.
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  • 237 8 To the Editor of the Straits Echo. Dear Sir, We herewith beg to civeyou particulars of the takings at the George Town Cmenu on Friday evening, for the Priac# of Wales’ Fund. By seats booked at The Robinson Piano Co. Ltd. 129 (3> 82 $258 By
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  • 1174 10 Is the Tide Turning Russia seems to be making a triumphal progress in A urtria. Every where her armies are gaining ground, nowhere do the enemy peem to be capable of making a resolute stand. Lemberg has fallen, Lublin has been the scene of great Russian successes Servia bas no
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  • 814 10 THE RE3OU CE3 OF THE GREAT POWERS. (Bt Charles Duouid.) War nowadays is a matter of finance as well as of arm 1 and in a prolonged campaign financial resources would count as much as military skill. Tbo importance of the financial factor has never been more
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  • 700 11 At a time liketho present, when the outside world is involved in an app lling conflict, and when the money markets of the whole world are completely disorganized, China is thrown back inevitably and entirely on her own resources, in every sphere of action. The
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