Straits Echo, 22 September 1914
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Title Section35 1914-09-22 1 Straits Echo CHRONIC! E OF EVENTS. CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY VOL. 12. $24 Per Annum PENANG, TUESDAY, 22nd SEPTEMBER, 1914, Single Copy, !0 cents No. 21935 words
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Advertisement1248 1914-09-22 1 CEMENT! CEMENT!! ••TIGER BRAND. Best and Cheapest on the Market Highly recommended and used by the leading engineers, contractors and builders. Large Stocks Held By TIANG LEE CO., Penang <P Kuala Lumpur. Now On Show. Lagonda Cars BANKS. > Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China. 1] H.P. 4 cylinder1,248 words
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Advertisement30 1914-09-22 1 m si m n h a* vZf, a s; CP n C* r n M P 2 i^> o Th« Doctor advisee and reoominendd. It u nourishing, invigorating and •trengthening.30 words
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Advertisement23 1914-09-22 2 DRINK t r RECOGNISED BY «3» THE LEADING BRAND ON THE MARKET. i—fTBun iii> ii ts jKou SOLE AGENTS: KATZ BROTHERS, LTD., PENANG.23 words
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Article1130 1914-09-22 3 j None of the war news has pleased us better than a phrase used by Mr Winston Churchill at Chatham where he said that peace is impossible until Prussian militarism is pulverised. We are glad to hear a reaponi sible British Minister use these words and to note1,130 words
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Article743 1914-09-22 3 i Reports Dished Up tor German i j Consumption. 1 1 We(S.r.)give a few selections from China i papers shewing the nature of recent war news, obviously intended for consumption jby Germans, and others who may care for light reading. The telegrams are of German origin and reached743 words
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Advertisement1124 1914-09-22 3 SPECIAL CHANCE OF PROGRAMME To-night! To-night I! The Straits Cinema, PENANG ROAD. Speciality :—Latest Pathe Productions. The Leading Premier Show in Penang AND The People’s Favourite Rendezvous. Will screen To-night and To-morrow Nieht. THE MAN-EATER 2 PARTS. 2 REELS. (The Mystery of Pools of Blood). A Drama intensely interesting and1,124 words
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Advertisement180 1914-09-22 3 Chronic Diarrhoea. Are you subject to attacks of diarrhoea Keep absolutely quiet for a few days, rest in bed if possible, be careful of your diet and take Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. This medicine has cured cases of chronic diarrhoea that physicians have failed on, and it will180 words
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Advertisement323 1914-09-22 3 WESTMINSTER TOBACCO Co., Ltd., LONDON. II WESTMINSTER CIGARETTES. TURKISH A.A. A NEW HICH CLASS CICARETTE, BLENDED FROM THE FINEST TURKISH TOBACCO. PACKED IN AIRTIGHT TINS OF 50 CICARETTES. OBTAINABLE AT Messrs. Pritchard 8 Co. i'ong Joo 8 Co. Tiang Lee 8 Co. How Hia Lcong 8 Co. And Other Leading323 words
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Article, Illustration94 1914-09-22 4 fibliihed daily (except Sunday* and public holidays) AT Til CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. No. 59, Beach Street, Penang. rmic*. Daily Local 124 per annum. Outstation... Postage Eitra. Mail Edition (Po*t Free) $17.50 CilLl address: ECHO —PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo, 586 Printing Department 345 JV.R.-AU Wu*ia*M «rnmuniemtioß. shonld b*94 words
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Article497 1914-09-22 4 The conduct of a war may be divided into two branches, viz Strategy and Tactics, two words which during the last few weeks have appeared again aud again in the newspapers Attempts have been made, never quite successfully, to give the meaning of these terms in brief497 words
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Article304 1914-09-22 4 We like to dwell upon the dramatic scene in the House of Commons last Friday after the reading of the King’s Speech. As some one said somewhere that testifies,” and we can understand now why Mr. Ramsay Macdonald has fallen somewhat out of favour with his304 words
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Article365 1914-09-22 4 The heading is borrowed from Browning. Some of our readers may remember these lines in which the obscurity of the language is said to be due to the profundity of the thought Hobbs hints blue—straight he turtle eats Nobbs prints blue—claret crowns his cup Nokes outdares Stokes in365 words
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Article855 1914-09-22 4 TSINGTAU. destructioTof rheims CATHEDRAL. (Renter's Service.) Reciiveo 22nd or Sept, at 8 30 a m. EVENTS IN FRANCE. Paris Official Announcement. London, September 21. A Paris official announcement, issued at eleven in the evening, says that the French forces to the north of River Aisne below Soissons gave855 words
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Article35 1914-09-22 4 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, September 21. A big fire is reported to have taken place at Salak South this morning and fifty-two house* were destroyed. The loss ia estimated at $15,000.35 words
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Article40 1914-09-22 4 (From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, September 21. A Police raid under Inspector Bullen at Temoh led to a stiff fight with armed robbers who fired at Inspector Bullen. Three robbers were wounded. Twelre arrests were made.40 words
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Article172 1914-09-22 4 We would like to remind our reader* of the approaching Cafes Chantants organise'! by that capable and energetic giver of public entertainments, Mrs. Wright Motion, in aid of the Prince of Wales’ Fund. There will be two entertaiuments in the Town Hall, one on Thursday, October Ist,172 words
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65 1914-09-22 4 Mr. W. J. Hodge, Hon. Treasurer, send* us the following further list of contributions to the above Fund, forwarded to tbs Chartered Bank, Penang: Sept. 19 By Balance 87,722.70 21 Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Goodrich 100.00 Seh Yeoh (Sye Thow Kong) Kongsi65 words
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Advertisement203 1914-09-22 4 WANTED. FOR AN ESTATE IN SOOTH KEDAH. AN E3TATE CLERK with full knowledge of Estate Book-keeping aDd A HEAD FIELD CONDUCTOR with full knowledge of all fiellwork. State salary and references to 22-9-14 585 BOX 22, c/o Straits Echo. THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE CO., LTD. Hbad Omen:—SINGAPORE. Life Assurance203 words
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Article984 1914-09-22 5 (From Our Own Correspondent). Kuala Lumpur, September 20. A Committee meeting of the Kuala Lumpur branch of the M. S. Y. R. Battalion Rifle Club was bold at the Selangor Club on Wednesday evening last. Doctor McGregor and Messrs Johnson and Eaton attended. The Committee decided that984 words
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Article611 1914-09-22 5 ANNUAL REPORT. The annual report of the Bankruptcy Department, which is signed by Mr. P. A. F. David, shows that the revenue for 1913 amounted to $21,169 and the expenditure to $20,819. In Penang the revenue shows a dferease of $575.64 from that of the preceding year.611 words
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Article126 1914-09-22 5 At a Committee meeting of the above Society held at the Cricket Club last evening (Dr. G. W. Park presiding) the question of the celebration of St. Andrew’s Day was discussed. Arrangements had been going forward for the usual celebration by a Ball, but, owing to the126 words
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Article57 1914-09-22 5 The following ties have been fixed for Wednesday, the 23rd inst. Ladies Single Handicap. Mrs Neubronner vs. Mrs GE Wright Motion. (Final.) Single Handicap B. E Reimann vs. C W B Hewitt. (Final Championship. R E H Oliver vs H G R Leonard. Single Handicap D. A57 words
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Article33 1914-09-22 5 The following ties have been fixed for Wednesday, the 23rd inst.: Double Handicap. Dick and Henderson vt. Fettes and Dr. Sharp. Southam and Houston vt. Messrs G E W Motion.33 words
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Article1165 1914-09-22 5 A correspondent who pome time ago shared the outward voyage to Colombo with about a hundred Australian fellow passengers sends the following impressions This is a criticism and a complaint, but on one subject odIv it does not approach the presumptuous folly of a condemnation. The1,165 words
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Article402 1914-09-22 5 Theft from Money Box. Before Mr. G. R Sykes in the Third 1 Court this morning a Tamil was charged with dishonestly breaking a closed recepi tacle, to wit, a money box at the Church of the Assumption. The accused pleaded guilty, stating that jhe did the402 words
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Article90 1914-09-22 5 The following was tho result of the shooting by the Penang Ladies Rifle Club at Kampong Bahru yesterday Deliberate Firing. 200 yds. Mrs Wright-Motion 32 Mrs Webb 30 Mrs Maclean 29 Mrs Liston 23 Miss Mathieu 23 150 yds. Mrs Liston 32 Mr 3 Wright-Motion 3190 words
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Article181 1914-09-22 5 We were previously inclined to take much of the matter arriving by rumour and wire anent German barbarity and vandalism cum grano salis still believing in what is evidently at the time being non-existent German culture. That a race of well instructed people can permit, even duiing the progress181 words
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Article1378 1914-09-22 5 QUESTION OF COOLIES’ WAGES. DISCUSSION OF THE RUB3ER DUTY A special general meeting of the members of the Taipiog Planters’ Association w.is held on Saturday iu the Perak Club, Taiping Among those present were the Chairman, Mr. A. Waterfield (Taiping Rubber Plantations), Messrs. W. S. Cookson (-'elama1,378 words
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Article115 1914-09-22 5 At the Penang Rubber Auction lb. were offered for silo and 19,484 lb. were sold at the following prices Smoked Sheet to 76 Plain Sheet 8 73 S 8 Unsmoked Sheet S 75 Plain Sheet 60 76 Pale Crĕpo 8 86 Blanket 75 8 76 No. 1115 words
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Advertisement73 1914-09-22 5 A right thing in need is a useful thing indeed. m r L- F xT r X><. t'iv i 'r Just arrived a large stock of CHILD S SWING COTS with safety catch, strong and compact, Price: $14-50 each. If fitted complete with curtain, mattress, blanket, pillow, sheet and mackintosh73 words
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Article331 1914-09-22 6 A vote of credit for £100,000,000 for war purposes was sanctioned by the House of Commons, and we may consider ourselves very lucky if this big amount is not largely exceeded. It is idle to speculate as to the outlay in which wo may be ultimately331 words
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Article160 1914-09-22 6 Tho Yora.hu, discussing the outcome of the European war, expresses the opinion that if the contest drags on for several months, economic circles in the West as well as in the East ate bound to bo seriously affected. Should the German army be defeated by160 words
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Article238 1914-09-22 6 Why did Germany think the present so favouable a moment? We belteve that some feeling seized her as to the magnificence of the opportunity offered by the existing state of Europe She thought the situation was going to develop favourably in the future, and that238 words
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Article202 1914-09-22 6 The wholesale cremation of the bodies of German soldiers killed in the fighting before Liege is described by G rmau fugitives who havo crossed tho frontier into Holland During two or three successive nights, after the feaiful carnage around the forts of Liege, the Germans collected202 words
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Article901 1914-09-22 7 TiiEi■ Duty to Tubir Mother Couhtrt. The following Appeal was issued by ilii Excellency The Viceroy of India on th< 16th of last month War has been forced upon the Britist Empire, and an Expeditionary Force from India is being prepared to take its place901 words
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Article1839 1914-09-22 7 Now that war is upon us all the virtues seem to be lost or concentrated in the one virtue of courage, for that alone can defend all that the others have given to us. There has come a time when men must be readj to1,839 words
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Advertisement88 1914-09-22 7 Chamberlain's Cou|h Remedy. This remedy has no superior as a cure for colds, croup and whoopiDg cough. It has been a favourite with the mothers of young children for almost forty years. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy can always be depended upon and is pleasant to take. It not only cures colds88 words
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Advertisement10 1914-09-22 7 For Chromic Chest Complaints, Wood#’ Great Peppermint Cure, 1#, *?d10 words
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Advertisement255 1914-09-22 7 For Children's Hacking Cough at Night, Wood*’ Or at Peppermint Cure Is. 6d Miracle-Cure Sleepless and Paralysed. Ordinary Treatment Failed Yet l)r. Cassell's Tablets Cured. Surely never ia human experience has a more extraordinary etory been given to the world than that of Mr. Arthur George Felton, of 94, Ports-down-road,255 words
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Advertisement796 1914-09-22 7 THE EASTERN SHIPPING CO., LTD. The Uoderooted Steamers will be despatched, if circurostaaccs and weather aersit. tr;a f<ara| as follows:— This Time-table is svbjcct to alteration without any further notice. For. Datv St«amsk«. Tongkah, Kopah, Renong, Victoria Point, Mergui and Tavoy Tongkah A Reuong. Trang Suugei Opis Traug, Puugab, Posoui,796 words
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Advertisement836 1914-09-22 8 Guardian Asauranee Company, Limited KSTABMSH KD 1821. Subscribed Capital JE2.000.00 Total Invested Funds upwards of G.460,000 Total Annual Income over 1,180,000 undersigned have been appointed JL Agents of the above Company at Penang, and are prepared to issue policies of Insurance against loss by fire at tbi ©wear tariff rates836 words
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