Straits Echo, 26 September 1914

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  • 36 1 Straits Echo AiU CMkOMiIE OF EVENTS. CifiCUUTsNG THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY VOL. 12. $24 Per Annum PENANG, SATURDAY, 2tttH SEPTEMBER, 1914. Sinjle Copy, 10 c<nti No. V 23
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 1132 1 1 CEMENT! CEMENT!!£ “TIGER BRAND. u Best and Cheapest on the Market 2 Highly ecommended and used by the leading engineers, contractors and builders. Large Stocks Held By TIANG LEE CO., Z Peaaag V Kuala Lumpur. Now On Show. Lagonda Cars BANKS THE LONDON ASSURANCE COMPANY Chartered Bank of India,
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    • 17 1 Drink Dot’s Held Guinness Stout. CiiPiji Sole Ag«t, TIANG LEE fi* Co.. Penang A Kuala Lumpur. ■■■■a□□□□□□□□□□□□■■■■■■■■■
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  • 1739 3 u The Twelfth Instalment or thesb Notes appeared in the f Echo of September 19] I was thinking as I came along what a difference clothes do make, if you want to please the mob. During my first four weeks, I went in for comfort rather than
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  • 101 3 The following ties have been fixed for j Monday, the 28th inst Championship. Cameron vs. K E Preatis. Bennett vs Bourdilton. Ntw Comers. Elton vs. Upton (Final). Profession Pairs. Neubronner Hall vs Heap Hewitt. Double Handicap R. Oxen’tiam Cuscaden vs. Adams A Hogan. Too following ties have
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 964 3 CLEEK HAS ARRIVED. CLEEK, the man with 40 Faces. SEE HIM AT Crown Cinema TO-NIGHT. To-ni^ht! To-night!! ANOTHER GRAND CHANGE cf PROGRAMME AT The Straits Cinema, PENANG ROAD. Speciality :—Latest Pathe Productions. The Leading Premier Show in Penang AND The People’s Favourite Rendezvous. The 3rd Change during 1 ho week
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    • 66 3 1 Chronic Diarrhoea. Are you subject to attacks of di i;rlio:-a f Keep absolutely quiet for a few duy9, I rest in ted if possible, bo c ireful of your diet and take Chamberlain's C *lic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. This medicine has cured cases of chronic diarrhoea that physicians
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    • 103 3 F r youug or oid with cough or cold, That remedy n > rival hath, Which warms and soothes like alcohol, Without a beadmbe aftermath. It supersedes those methods old, Which none but fossils now endure And grateful thousands oft have told The worth of Woods’ Peppermint Cure. NOTICE TO
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    • 443 3 THREE CASTLE HAGNOHS. |A large hand-made Virginian Cigarette. jTohacco and blending identically the same as the famous “Three Castles” Cigarettes. I, Cat a ..i ,0,. <»aljlif||i| I 'He magnums: »Ar Ilf j. Three Castles "^|B f Cigarette|;jH Hf? fl 9 fi i I la *sr rj \T 1 1 HO.Wills
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  • 98 4 a -x fublifhed daily (except Sunday! and public holidays) XT TUI CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. No. 59, Beach Street, Penang. raic*. Daily Local $24 per annum. Out station... Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Post Free) $17.50 CABLE ADDRESS ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo, 588 Printing Department 345 fl —All business
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  • 433 4 The opposing armies are still compiling terrible casualty lists in the neighbourhood of the Aisne, but with each communique from Paris our hopes rise higher. Progress is slow but it is steady. With tremendous toil and suffering the Allied forces bave within three weeks thrust back the invading army
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  • 715 4 The Revd. W. Draper, of the American Mission at Sitiawan, will conduct the service at the Fitzgerald Memorial Church tomorrow evening. The Revd. R. J. and Mrs. Small left Sarawak by the s.s. Rajah of Sarawak for Singapore on the 15th en route for Japan where they
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  • 64 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. 24 By Balance {8,552.20 25 H G R. Leonard 100.00 Mrs. Yeoh Choon Hin nee (Lim Saw Boey)
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  • 680 4 ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING. A BRIGHT FUTURE. The Third Ordinary General Meeting of the Kedah Rubber Company, Ltd., was held at the Chamber of Commerce at noon to-day. There were present: —The Hon. Mr. A R. Adams (Chairman), Mr. H. Waugh, Mr. H. T. Johnson, Mr. H.
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  • 231 4 Annual Meeting. (From, Our Own Correspondent Ipob, September 26. It WBB declared at the yearly meeting of the Ipoh Gymkana Club, last night, that there was a balance in hand of $3,751. Totalizor profits amounted to $2,518. Lottery receipts totalled 36 986 It was agreed that half
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  • 568 4 (From Our Own Correspondent). Taiping, September 25 The long spell of drought, which necessitated the restricting of the water supply, is happily over and we are now having all the. rain for which our souls have yearned and more When it does rain in Taiping it ig not
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  • 233 4 The case from the Colombo District Court in which the Londen and Lancashire Firs Insurance Co. sued the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co., and the Ceylon Wharfage Co., Ltd., jointly and alternatively, was argued in appeal at Colombo on September 1 before Mr. Justice Pereira and
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  • 115 4 A Foreign Office cable received by the British Legation in Bangkok, on tbs ldth inst., says The statement circulated by some of the German representative* in foreign capitals that the Westminster Gniftte has either condoned or justified the destruction of Louvain is a gross fabrication. August
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 83 4 SOLE JLGEJSTTfa FOR ROV MB CYCLES. A 3£ m V 'V POWDER FOR m THE BEST SUBSTITUTE ACET «I» ACID, n Samples and Prices on application to THE GEORGE TOWN DISPENSARY, LTD., Penang, Taiping and Ipoh. THREE STERLING LINES. ,-Ty' Estab. /42 Machie’s White Horse Whisky. A Heart Tonic and
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  • 1469 5 BATTLE OF THE AISNE. BRITISH TROOPS AT TSINCTAU. THE NAVAL POSITION. (Reuter’s Service.) ReCBI ved 26th or Sept, at 5-20 p.m. EVENTS IN FRANCE. PARIS COMMUNIQUES. Copyright Telegram. London, September 24 Paris cointnuuique issued this after* 100 n states: —On our left wo have made; ress. A detachment
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  • 150 5 1. During the continuance of the War no outgoing correspondence may be posted except at the General Post Office or at one of the Branch Offices. 2. Ships’ Officers are strictly forbidden to receive on their vessels any correspondence from the public. 3. No person may post
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  • 78 5 16th Sunday after Trinity Sept. 27. 8-00 a.m. Matins Choral 8-30 a.m. Holy Communion 10-15 a.m. Chinese Service 5- p.m. Sunday School 6- p.m. Evensong and Sermon Hymn 161 "Bright the vision that delighted Psalms CXXVI) CXXVII Atkins CXXVIII) CXXIX Rodgers CXXX Felton CXXXI Rodgers Magnificat Attwood
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  • 67 5 Services will be held in the Presbyterian Church, Northam Road, to-morrow at 9 a.m. specially for Children, at 6 p.m. Public Worship for all. Subject of Sermon by Rev. D. M. Toomey at evening Service will be Courage.” Hymns (from Church Praise) 685, 297, 99, 429, 494
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  • 360 5 To the Editor or the Straits Echo. Sir, j Since the publication of my letter to you anent the gambling evil on the 14th instant I have privately gathered information to the effect that most of the Chinese women gamblers felt the sting of my comment on
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  • 118 5 To the Editor or the Straits Echo. Dear Sir, While entertaining every good feeling as much as my patriotism allows to those aliens who are detained in our midst, I strongly object to various public places being open to them as a meeting place with no restriction
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  • 434 5 Rash Riding. Before Mr. G. R. Sykes in the Third Court this morning a Chinaman named Li Tok was charged with riding a bicycle along Beach Street yesterday in a manner danger- j ous to the public safety. The accused admitted the charge. He rang his bell
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  • 78 5 J The following ties have been fixed for j Monday, the 28th inst.: Championehip. F N Syer vs W B Houston Championship Pairs. Reiruann A Southam vs Fettes A Sharp. Fours. Dunn, Rose, Adams, Oweu vs. Reid, Richards, Collins, Robertson. The following ties hare been fixed for
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  • 26 5 The daily cost of the w ir is reckoned as under: Germany £2,200,000 Russia 2,250,000 France 1,800,000 Austria 1,000,000 Great Britain 800.000 £8,050,000
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 449 5 For Children's Hacking Gough at Night, YV oods* Ormt Prtppwmint Carol'». 6d Federated Malay States Railways. HANDLING of GOODS and COAL at PBAI WHARVES. i I 7 jf DATE for receiving sealed tenders X has been altered to noon of 30th September and any tender which has already 1 been
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    • 135 5 MUNICIPAL NOTICE AN ORDINARY MEETING of fhe Municipal Commissioners will be held at. the Municipal Office at 4 pm on Tuesday, the 29th instant. (By Order), L A. COUTIER BIGGS, Secretary to the Municipal Commissioners. HORSE FOOD The best horses must have the best food. Don't insult and injure them
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  • 812 6 GEORGE V. vt the Grace of God or T«n United Kino or r Great Britain and Ireland and or the British Dominions ueyond The Sean Kino DsnC 'i be or the Faith Emperor or India. PRO JL AM ATI ON. A. II Young. Governor an t Commander
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  • 1019 6 Rbport or Directors. Submitted at the Fourth Ordinary General Meeting held at the Chamber of Commerce, to-day. Directors :—Hon A. R. Adams, S. C. Ambrose, r sq., W. S Goldie, E-q., and J Pickenpack, E-q. Ladies and Grntlemen, Y«>ur Directors besi to submit their Fourth
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  • 498 6 When the Momentous Order is Givex. Prepare ship for battle,” says an Australian exchange, is nu order beard only onco or twice in tho experience of the average seaman, and carries a far different meaning than the comparatively fre- i quent Clear decks for action.” The
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  • 154 6 CoLOCBID ShaEPSHOOTEBS IJC AISAM. Paris, August 13. j According to “Le Petit Journal,” the famous Turcos,” otherwise Tirailleurs Algeriens,’ otherwise Algerian Sharp-shoot-ers, have for some days been co-operating with the French home army in the fighting in Alsace. Turcos is the popular name given to these dashing coloured
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 100 6 Rheumatism. Have 3over tried Chamberlain's l'ain Balm for rheumatism If cot. you are wasting rim»*, as the longer this disease runs ou the harder it is to cure. Get a bottle ‘o day, apply it with a vigorous ms-sage to the afll /ted pirts and V'-u will bo surprised and
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    • 328 6 ALLEN DENNYS a Co., Penang, PROPRIETORS OF THE PENANG RU3BER AUCTION ROOMS. SALES HELD EVERY TUESDAY Under tKe auspices of THE PENANG CHAMBER GF COMMENCE RUBBER ASSOC’ATIGR. RUBBER bought or sold by PUBLIC AUCTION or PRIVATE TENDER. FORWARD SALES ARRANGED. RUBBER transhipped and insured to any PORT at minimum rates.
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    • 520 6 MUNICIPAL NOTICE. Applications are invited f or appointment of Clerk and Interpreter Jinrikisha Office, at a commencing salary of $6O per mensem rising to $BO per by 4 annual increments of $5 per mensem App'icants must be able to speak Hokkim and Cantonese and one other dialect of Chinese fluently.
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  • 875 7 THE NAVAL STRATEGY OF THE ENEMY. A PCEILT DEFENSIVE S«EEME. fbe news ol the destruction of four British battleships by German submarines and the inactivity of the main fleet, lends colour to the suggestion that their policy is to wear the British fleet down till the numerical
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  • 600 7 A NOTEWORTHY STEP. Tveknt’s Position. Alexandria, August 10. Siuce Wednesday Egypt is in a state of war with Germany. On that day the German Council-General accredited to the Court of Abdin called on the Regent and drew bis attention to the fact that although this country had
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  • 306 7 Tbkir Troubles and Sufferings. A long letter from the Ohm se, who are living iu Mexico, has been received iu Shanghai, says the North China Daily Neict, and its contents show that their condition there is very terrible. The state of things complained of is not coutined
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  • 704 7 Th« full accounts Bent by Reuter of tbe destruction of Rheims Cathedral by the second bombardment of tbe Germans take upon themselves somewhat of a hysterical nature, which seems premature in view of the gravity of the issues concerning the flesh and blood of mortals that have yet to
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  • 217 7 Herr Bothmann Holweg expressed his amazement that Britain should be prepared to go to war over a mere scrap of paper”, —our treaty obligation to uphold the neutrality and integrity of Belgium Only a scrap of paper but, a draft on Honuur’s bank Who’s directors are
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 113 7 Treatment for Dysentery. Uiamberiain’s Colic, Cholera aud DiarRemedy followed by a dose of castor will effectually cute the most stubborn C46o of dysentery. It is especially good for lammer diarrhoea m children. For sale by and Dealers. free to all sufferers U>OUl«-l<>L I ofSOKIV'KI'N DOWN’‘GOT th« «LI ES* »l K
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    • 88 7 Chamberlain’s Couth Remedy. This remedy has no superior as a cure for colds, croup and whooping 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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    • 27 7 the Ist October. 1914, COMPOUND HOUSE. No. 63. Northam Road, lately in the occupation of Capt. S. R. Perkins. For particulars apply to 17-9*14 579 KENNEDY Co.
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    • 787 7 THE EASTERN SHIPPING CO.. LTD. Tk Under noted Stolen «ill be despatched. if circuastaaccs ui watber Mrsit, Irci Peaait as follows: This Time-table is sobjoct to sltcratioa without say farther attics. Foe. Date Steamers. Tongkab, Eopah, Renong, Victoria Point, Mergui and Tavoy Tongkab A Renong. Trang, Sungei Opig. Trang, Pungab,
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 820 8 Guardian Assurance Company, Limited Established 1321. Subscribed Capital JC2.COO.Ob Total Invented Funda upwards of 6,400,000 Total Annual Income over 1,180,000 THE undersigned have been appointed Agents of the above Company at Penang, and are prepared to issue policies 1 of Insurance against loss by tire at tb* owe«r tariff rates
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