Straits Echo, 25 September 1914

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  • 35 1 Straits Echo aav CHRONICLE OF EVENTS. CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL. 12. $24 Per Aanum PENANG, FRIDAY, 25th SEPTEMBER, 1914. Single Copy, 10 cents No. 222
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 1200 1 CEMENT! CEMENT!! s ••TIGER BRAND. Best and Cheapest on the Market S Highly recommended and used by the leading engineers, contractors and builders. Large Stock» Held By tiang lee a? co., Peaang V Kuala Lumpur. Now On Show. Lagonda Cars BANKS. THE LONDON ASSURANCE COMPANY Chartered Bank of India, Australia
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    • 31 1 Sole Agents TIANG LEE fif Co., Penang A Kuala Lumpur. 9S a <9 A v The Doctor advisee and reoommends. It is nourishing, invigorating and strengthening. Drink Dog’s Head Guinness Stout.
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  • 785 3 THE OFFICIAL STATEMENT. 1 f A Rcsso Gkbman War. W« hare before us, by the courte s y of Mr i Dudley Ward, one of the few copies, perhaps 1 the only copy which reached London, of tbt 3 German official Denk&cbrift laid before r the Reichstag, says
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  • 159 3 Chinese in Paris. Hu Wei-teh, the Chinese Minister at j Paris, advertises in Shanghai Chinese news- papers as follows:—Paris is quiet and. peaceful and all of us are safe, but the money market is tight The students who are not government students not having any means
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  • 294 3 The first annual general meeting of the Singapore Family Benefit Society was held at the Y. M. C. A. Hall on the 2ist instant 1 under the chairmanship of Mr. P. A. Year- wood, m. a. The report of the Hon. 1 Secretary, which we produce
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  • 271 3 The Hon. Mr. R. G. Watson, C M G iu his annual report for- 1913 gives some details of the Federation’s assets aud liabilities which should make it quite clear why a couutrv with a balance of over sixty million dollars to its credit should have
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 886 3 IN AID OF PRINCE OF WALES’S WAR RELIEF FUND. Penang St. Andrew’s Society. >• Straits Cinema, PENANG ROAD. Has arranged a SPECIAL PROGRAMME for TO-NIGHT A GENERAL M EETING of SCOTSMEN will be held in the Lower Room ol the Town Hill on Wednesday, 30th Sep tember, at 6 p.m
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    • 11 3 For Children’* Hacking Cough at Night, Wool*’ Groat Peppermint Corel*. 6>J
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    • 176 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. Thi* medicine has cured cases of chronic oianhoea that physicians have failed on, and it will
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    • 804 3 NOTICE, Orders are dow being booked for Para Rubber Seeds from sixteen years old trees, with a guarantee of 7b% germinati on. Price $1.50 per 1«>00 packed in bigs and $2 packed in boxes F. O. B. or F 0. R. Teluk Anson. Delivery commencing from September 1914. MANAGER Cicely
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  • 92 4 fubliihed daily (except Sunday* and pabi.c holidays) ▲T THE CRITERION PRESS. Ltd. No. 59, Beach Street, Penang. raicE. Daily Local $24 per annum. Outstation... Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Post Free) $17.50 CABLE ADDRESS ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo, 586 Printinf Departnent 343 jf.B.—AVl feu«in«M communication» »ho*ld b» »<Mr»»»»*
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  • 510 4 A country such as our* which has a great part of it* wealth invested in maritime trade must make strenuous effort* to ensure that trade from receiving injury at the hands of the enemy. The necessity for this is all the greater when the country in question
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  • 504 4 The change in the proprietorship of the Pall Mall Gazette and the Obierver will not in any wav affect Mr. J. L. Garvin.’ It will not even induce him to say in one column what he can say in two,” sav* the Star. Mr. R. B. W.
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  • 71 4 Kramat Pulai Ltd. Dividaad. (From Oar Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, September 24. A second dividend for the current year cf six pence per share, free of income tax, has been declared by the Directors of the Kramat Pulai Tin Mining Co., Ltd. Direct Shipments to America. The question of
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  • 77 4 Inspector of Poliee Charged. (From Our Own Correspondent). Ipoh, September 25. A case is proceeding this afternoon in the Ipoh Magistrate’s Court in which Chief Inspector Flood, of Perak, who is in charge of the Gambling Suppression Department is charged with criminal breach of trust. The
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  • 59 4 Mr. W. J. Hodge, Hon. Treasurer, sends us the following further list of contributions to the above Fund, forwarded to the Chartered Bank, Penang: Sept. 23 By Balance $8,314.70 24 Officers and Engineer* of s.s. Tong Hong 82 50 Preseut Pupils of St.
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  • 428 4 Prices in Palembang havo risen by 40% The French General Roques has been killed. The Belgians are busy destroying bridges to the rear of the Germans. Two newly raised German Army C nps have arrived in Brussels. General Kluck has evacuated Amiens owing to the advance
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  • 199 4 Anyone who takes the trouble to examine the general economic condition of Great Britain to-day, as compared with what it was ten years ago will not find any sort of ground for alarm. The great and rapid growth of public expenditure within recent years, remarkable as it
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  • 117 4 Work Steadily Proceeding. The work of locust destruction is steadily proceeding, though some reduction in the staff of workers has had to be made. Selangor, it is hoped, will be clear in another fortnight, it being a race against time. A large swarm has been going round Kuala
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  • 136 4 A wire from Hongkong, received m Penang yesterday evening, states that Mr. Henry Arthur Phipps, of St. Xavier’s Institution has been awarded the King Edward VII Scholarship of JJ4O a year, tenable for five years at the Hongkong University. The Scholarship was open for competition to all
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  • 264 4 ‘Tis the unexpected that always happens and the North Sea incident of the sinking of the three British Cruisers, Aboukir, Cretty and Hoghe is no exception to the rule. That the scene of the attack was off the coast of Hollaud may naturally be deduced, and that
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  • 161 4 Now that one finds many names of the Ardenues figuring in the news of movements of troops, holiday pictures of that beautiful but involved country come to mind. And, beautiful as it is, memory records it as anything but adapted for warfare. It is threaded by rivers which
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  • 301 4 A correspondent from Singora writes to say that on October 1 the Royal State Railway will be opened for traffic from Singora to Trang-Nacon. The train learing Trang at 8.35 a.m. is timed to reach Singora at 6 p.m. There is now a rest-house with two bedrooms at
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 144 4 KEEP COOL! KEEP COOL!! ESPECIALLY DURING WAR ICE! ICE!! ICE!!! W© beg to inform the public that we are in a position to sell ICE at one cent per lb. and are prepared to make contracts for delivery at buyers’ residence from Ist proximo. To buyers of large quantities a
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  • 2124 5 THE EMDEN’S EXPLOITS. BOMBARDMENT OF MADRAS. BRITISH AEROPLANES ACTIVE. (Reuter s Service.) Received 25th or Sept, at 9 a.m. j EVENTS IN FRANCE. Paris Commiques. 'Copyriiht »m.) London, September 23. A Pans communique says:—To tbe South of the Woevre region the enemy hold line from Richecourt to Lironville
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  • 588 5 As stated yesterday Mr. Justice Woodward decided that tbe British Resident had no right to cancel the license granted to Messrs. A Van Cuylenberg and D. Graham to take water from the River Dipang at Kaapar The T.O M. thus reports his Lordship’s judgineut: Giving his
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  • 94 5 The following was the result of the play for the Ladies’ Monthly Medal for September Mrs Armstrong 42 40=82 —22 =6O Miss Sellers 46 48= 91—22 =72 Mrs Park 42 44=86 —14=72 Mrs Ebden 38+40=78 4=74 Miss Mahler 37 49=86—12=74 Mrs Dunn 37 50=87 —11=76 Mrs Ro»e,
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  • 204 5 The Joeket Club and the Situation. Racing Calendar” of Aug. 12 publishes the following notice The Stewards of the Jockey Club desire to point out how important it is in case of abandonment of race meetings that a decision should be arrived at by the local stewards
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  • 489 5 It must be admitted that the Naval position out hero leaves something to be desired The most earnest wish of the Imperial Government is that trade shall go on as nearly as possible on normal lines. After the first shock of war conditions, the port of
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  • 202 5 I Reuter’s Special War Service.] Received 2-sth of Sept, at 3-30 p.m. Chinese Loan. London, September 25. The Times correspondent at Peking states that China has signed an agreement with Messrs Samuel, of London, for a loan of .£10,000,000. The Aeroplane Attack. London, September 25. The Morning Post
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 84 5 KRAMAT PULAI. LIMITED. (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND). r 31HE DIRECTORS have declared a JL second Interim Dividend for the current year of 6d. per share, free of Income Tai, payable on sth October, 1914 For KRAMAT PULAI. Ltd, NUTTER A PEARSE, i 25-9-14 591 General Manager». t THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE
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  • 572 6 Nothing has been more striking in the circumstances attending this present upheaval of Europe than the manner in which the Russian peoplo have been consolidated by the call to arms. Confident theorists had told us that the Russian Empire could not stand the strain of another great war
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  • 276 6 The following official telegram from the Foreign Office, dated September i 4, and sent to H. B. M.’s Legation, Bangkok, is published in the Biugkok papers:—The following is a telegram from the Governor of the Gold Coast of the Secretary of State for the Colonies: Adjutant of
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 146 6 Treatment for Dysentery. Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and .Diarrhoea Remedy followed by a dose of castor oil will effectually cure tho most stubborn cases of dysentery. It is especially good for summer diarrhoea iu children. For sale by all l)i9pcusarios and Dealers. va m The British War Office. British Admiralty. CONTRACTORS
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    • 45 6 It has found its way to Foochow, Aud ’tis known at Kandahar I have scon its emptied bottles On the sands of Zanzibar. It is used at St. Helena, Where dense mists the 9uu obscure, And every store at Singapore, Stocks Woods’ Great Peppermint Our
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    • 215 6 >1111.111^^1*1 THIS IS IT WATERBURY’S METABOLIZED Cod Liver Oil Compou nd TASTELESS ODORLESS i«S3§Hi The latest scientific preparation of COD LIVER OIL. Docs all that is claimed for it and supersedes the old-fashioned emulsions which upset the stomach." Highly recommended by the medical profession. or all chemists ft TTi .Trn
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  • 1702 7 POSITION IN THE NORTH SEA. (Bt the Globe Naval Expibt.) lo the tack of building up the formidable doit which ia now endeavouring to wreat from ua the command of the a«a, Germany h»i encountered no more serioua and costly ibitacle than the unsuitability of her North
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  • 203 7 Serajevo has a population of about 41,000 of whom 18,000 are Mahomedans and 4,000 Jews. It is tbe residence of a Roman Catholic Archbishop and a Greek Metropolitan, and has an Austrian garrison. One can still see at a glance, says Mr. de Asboth, in his aocount
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  • 187 7 U* BABIN ESS IN JAVA. The following is from the Sourabaya correspondent of the Straits Times, under date September 17 More than ordinary uneasiness prevailed here about the end of last week at the publication of a special wire from Tbe Hague announcing that large business houses and
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 8 7 Fly Cbrwiic C&Mt Complaiat», P«pp«rcßiat Cur*. 1* M
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    • 87 7 Chamberlain's Couth 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 colds
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    • 543 7 Remember the Name. Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is the best known medicine for diarrhoea, dysentery, colic, cramps or pains in the stomach. You may need it some time For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers Government Notification. r ENDER8 will bo received at the Hon’ble JL Resident Councillor’s
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    • 799 7 THE EASTERN SHIPPING CO.. LTD. Tb ond«rnot«4 Steamers will be despatched, if ciromstaices lai weather wait, trea Penaai as follows: This Timetable is sabjcct to altoratioa witboot say farther aotice. Fob. DATE Tongkah, Kop&h, Renong, Victoria Point, Mergui and Tavoy Tongkab A Ronong. Trang. Sungei Opis. Trang, Pungali, Po9om, Tharnooa.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 732 8 Goardian Assurance Company, Li.nitei Establish»» 1821. Subscribed Capitul £1,03 ,0c rotiil liivostod Funis upwards of 8,400,0’ Total Annual Income over 1,18V e0 THE undersigned have l**en appointed Agents of the above Company, at Ponaug, and are prepared to issue policies of Insurance against loss by tire at tbg Owe>.T tat
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