Straits Echo, 5 October 1914
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Title Section36 1914-10-05 1 Straits Echo All! CHRONIC! t OF EVENTS. CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS. THE FEDERATED «4LAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALI.! VOL. 12. $24 Per Annum PENANG, JIIUNDAY, ftth OCTOBER, 191*" Single Cop». 10 uni] No. ‘23036 words
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Advertisement1255 1914-10-05 1 CEMENT! CEMENT!? “TIGER BRAND. Best and Cheapest on the Market Highly recommended and used by the leading engineers, contractors and builders. Large Stocks Hold By TIANG LEE CO., Penang Kuala Lumpur. Now On Show. Lagonda Cars 11 H.P. 4 cylinder water cooled engine of high efficiency. Body flush s'de Cabriolet,1,255 words
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Advertisement29 1914-10-05 1 Drink Dog’s Had Guinness Stout. 1 a Sol. Af.iti TIANG LEE V Co.. Pntana <t Kuala Lumpur. ■■■■■aaaanannannni■■■■■■■ pat SarjuoJ -iaut ‘danpjunoa gj gpaem •moow pa, BwjAp, ..ojooq tqjj29 words
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Advertisement16 1914-10-05 2 DRINK RECOGNISED BY CONNOISSEURS THE LEADING BRAND ON THE MARKET. SOLE AGENTS: KATZ BROTHERS, LTD., PENANG.16 words
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Article689 1914-10-05 3 Pronounced British Victory. Lomiou, August 30th. The British victory at Heligoland was e veu more splendid than the official report indicates. The consensus of survivors’ naf- ratives is that the battle was characterised j bv magnificent dash and the boldest daring on the part of our destroyers,689 words
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Article239 1914-10-05 3 Kling Street, on Thursday morning, was as muddy as a goal mouth after a dav’s deluge, but it was brought about not by the rush of customers to withdraw their money from the Chinese Commercial Bank so much a hr the heterogeneous collection of vehicular traffic lumbering239 words
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Article451 1914-10-05 3 Captain’s Stort. Interviewed by a China Tim representative, the Captain of the Ryazan told him the following story regarding the capture of his ship by the German cruiser Emden. Outward bound from Nagasaki to Vladivostok on the 4th August, after passing the Tsushim a Straits,451 words
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Article276 1914-10-05 3 Japanese Sugar Traders Hki.d in South Seas By Cruiser. At present it is more than a menace to the country’s trade that German warships should make their appearance iu the South Seas, which they have done according to a cablegram received from Java, and tendered the departure276 words
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Article132 1914-10-05 3 The following communique was laid on the press table at the Secretariat, Colombo, on September 16:—In reply to his telegram of August 14, 1914, making an offer of a Ceylon Contingent for service at the front, His Excellency the Governor received on September 10 a telegram from132 words
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Advertisement12 1914-10-05 3 For Children’s Hacking Cough at Night. Woods’ Great Peppermint o*re 1«. 6d12 words
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Advertisement513 1914-10-05 3 v*: irt.pryr r m*- xa il II y -IS* Mm uz THE XT* H AND CHEAPEST. QYAL n D IT w>Jn--3 Wmi^ VL*' il Price Ex Codown Penang. No. 1 Foolscap $l5O Nett. 175 No. 5 200 Brief Policy No. 6 225 6 EfiKgJU THE BEST AND CHEAPEST. Olci Machines513 words
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Advertisement58 1914-10-05 3 Sunstrne and Common Sense. Don’t doctor your blood for rheumatism. Use an external application of Chamberlain’s Pain Balm. In a few days it will get you up and out into the sunshine, then nature will restore the rich red blood to your veins and soon rid the system of this58 words
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Article4776 1914-10-05 4 CREATION OF NEW POSTS IN GOVERNMENT. Colony’s Finances and the War. Members of the Legislative Council reassembled on Friday afternoon when the Governor m de his customary annual statement. Th'-re were present: His Excellency the Governor, (bir A. H Young. K C M G.), His Excellency the General4,776 words
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Article186 1914-10-05 4 Gold Leaf $64 40 wht•: feTr<m K Popper Sr z&zr, Mace Pickings 85 nm£L Nutmeg, 110 23-«^ Q (No. 1 6.10 talts Sugar 2 Mo.*, sket 515 lmy„. Copra (mixed) 9 65 bul. r 190.-X Outta 5 onde 245 j Susu 20. LPembong 120. Rattans 11.20 Coarse 10.60 Green186 words
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Article226 1914-10-05 4 Penang, Octobse 5. Beke- dl Soup per catty lj> Roast qa H oU Steaks M 3Q Stew or Curry Meat 20 Rump Steak f| 30 Ox Tail each 35 Tongue Feet 20 ?.«"t 45 Liver per catty 40 Pork— P <>r J per catty 36 Pig’s Head 22226 words
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Advertisement38 1914-10-05 4 Children’s Coughs. Why lee the c! ildren rock their little b die* in 'll a distressing manner when you can ri easily cure their colds with bottle of Cbamberlaiu’s Remedy, l or sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.38 words
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Advertisement315 1914-10-05 4 Plain Crutbs on the subject of Health are the only acceptable pronouncements. Exaggerated statements end by convincing no one— rather do they create suspicion, and give rise to doubt. Hut you ill a y safely listen to universal opinion. The public have for long known the value of Beecham’s fills315 words
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Advertisement84 1914-10-05 4 translation. I HE UNDERSIGNED undertakes to A translate any document from English into Chinese and vice versa. Also Chinese accounts into English. I ees according to the following scale: (1) H or translations for insertion in the •S traits Echo or the Penang Sin Poe or to be printed by84 words
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Article1224 1914-10-05 5 Chinese and Foreign Protection. (From Our Own Correspondent.) PekiDg, Sept. 12. The unexpected war at the German leased territory of Tsingtao has called forth considerable commeuts in Chinese journals in Peking and other cities as to the ioolbhness of wealthy Chinese officials and merchants who, at signs1,224 words
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Article268 1914-10-05 5 From one of the home trade papers we quote the following, aud counueud it to the careful consideration of a good many local firms Apropos the reduction of salaries by some firms on account of the war, I quote the following from a speech bv Mr.268 words
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Advertisement529 1914-10-05 5 J < UI </> o III Q£ u Ui 0. < z u D m o Irt -I r; *K2 SCOTCH WHISKY A cC 7^ twm& fit P U.. black&^ skv s CH SCO l ON» oN JAMES scow GLA ‘SOMETHING TO CROW ABOUT" BLACK Ik WHITE h ,,v> V529 words
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Advertisement73 1914-10-05 5 For Children’s Hacking Cough at Night, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure Is. (hi m-UA 4 m r'/ ?-A mh Si! 3»? Mi > 3M rs-,7 i* ;'m ws«.« i i /-r 1» ?i he Ideal T tgH fra t ‘V: -cM fill Mineral Water. >,« wall lf v? 3 fgj Ginger73 words
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Advertisement343 1914-10-05 5 THREE CASTLE MAGNUMS. A large hand-made Virginian Cigarette. Tobacco and blending identically the same as the famous Three Castles Cigarettes. rmn' Cover g Mt jHg I 4 l"B aSf!'ou magnums. 0 A w The Three Castles Cigarettes i y hb ±Coo W D H O Wills Bristol London mi M343 words
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Article, Illustration95 1914-10-05 6 fvbliabed daily (except Sunday■ and public holidays) AT TRI CRITERION PRESS. Ltd. No. 59, Beach Street, Penang. Trice. Daily Local $24 per annum. Outstation... Postage Extra. If ail Edition (Post Free) $17.50 CABLE ADDRESS ECHO—PENANG." Telephone No». (Echo 556 Printing Department 343 Jf B.— AH business eotniminiostions95 words
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Article1026 1914-10-05 6 H. E. the Governor, in his Annual Address, says that probably the greatest educational weakness of the Colony is tbe comparative lack of interest in female education shown by the Straits Chinese and the Malays. It is inevitable perhaps that in an Asiatic community female education should lag1,026 words
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82 1914-10-05 6 Mr. W. J. Hodge, Hon. Treasurer, sends us the following further list of contributions to the above Fuad, forwarded to the Chartered Bank, Penang Oct 2 By Balance $12,432.35 3 Amount received by Messrs. Quah Beug Xee, Lim Seng Hooi and Khoo Heng82 words
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Article93 1914-10-05 6 In response to wishes expressed by several sympathisers who are desirous of subscribing, Mrs. John Mitchell, wife of the Consul in PenaDg for France and Belgium, has opened a Belgian Relief Fund.’’ The Hon. The Resident Councillor has started the fund by a subscription of $5O, which93 words
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Article64 1914-10-05 6 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 5. The Police have arrested part of the gang who have committed robberies and are infesting the Bentong district. They have recovered the Volunteer rifle and ammunition stolen from Mr. Greensill’s bungalow at Suneei Gau. Correspondents to the Malay Mail64 words
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Article460 1914-10-05 6 Mr. Hastings Rhodes has left for Home.! Leave has been granted to Mr. P. J. i Sproule, puisne judge, for twelve months. Mrs. E. F. Stovell is returning to Singapore within the course of the next few weeks. Lieut, J. S. Schaefer, bn., is appointed asst, to460 words
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Article203 1914-10-05 6 Whatever else emerges from the Emden't career in the Bay of Bengal, one fact is certain, and will be admitted by all; and that is that the Commauder of the Emden is a thorough sportsman. On Friday when the Dovre was stopped the officers of the203 words
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Article223 1914-10-05 6 Simla, 20th September. The following is an extract from a private letter His Highness the Maharajah and H. H. The Maharaja Regent of Jodhpur left for Bombay en-route for the Front on Tuesday, the 15th September. There was a large gathering of European ladies and gentlemen and223 words
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Article553 1914-10-05 6 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Taiping, October 3 The activities of the light-fingered eentr in this district appear to have received check owing to the large number of arrest that Inspector Doel and bi 9 lieutenant have been successful in making of late In Argust, the withdrawals from tb*553 words
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Article300 1914-10-05 6 The residents of Aboo Sittee Lane and Rangoon Road have been in great anxiety during the last few days. It appears that on Saturday morning a scrap of paper was found in A boo Sitter* Lane, purporting to be a warning to the residents that the neighbourhood would300 words
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Article59 1914-10-05 6 The output of the Tongkah Harbour Tin Dreding Company for the week ended September 3 was sixteen tons. The Manager of Deebook Dredging, Renong. roports that during September the dredge ran for 541 hours and treated yards for 638 pikuls of ore. The output of the TTlu Piah59 words
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Advertisement168 1914-10-05 6 BE PATRIOTIC. Continue buying British-made Goods to keep British trade going. Ask for Swan AllBritish Juvenile Tricycle, rubbertyred wheels, plated handle bar, with comfortable adjustable saddle. Price, size 1, $lO-50 with Bell 50 cts. extra. Also Tricycle Horse, handsomely painted in natural colours with trappings, Glass Eyes, Rubber-tyred Wheels, Price168 words
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Article2301 1914-10-05 7 MINE-LAYING. FIGHTING AT ANTWERP. ESCAPED GERMAN CRUISERS. [Reuter’s Service. Copyright Telegram. Received 4th or Oct. at 9 a m. EVENTS IN FR4NCE. Paris Communiques. London, October 2. A l’aris communique says: —"The Qeraos tried to tlirow a bridge over the Meuse n e«rSt Mihiel but it w.ts destroyed2,301 words
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Article30 1914-10-05 7 Ontario, October 2. The Hon. William Howard Hearat, Minister of Lands, Forests and Mines, succeeds the late Hon. Sir James Pliny Whitney as Premier of Ontario.30 words
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Article73 1914-10-05 7 London, October 2. The Stock Exchange has resolved that Consols bought on August, September and October accounts should be settled for on November the 18th. The November account will be settled on the Ist December. Ordinary accounts up to the 14th October are to be settled73 words
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Article122 1914-10-05 7 The Gula-KalumpoDg Rubber Estates, Ltd 72.629 The Rubber Estates of Krian, Ltd... 21,000 New Columbia Rubber Co., Ltd. 20,513 Padang Rubber Estate Co Ltd. 16.400 Consolidated Rubber Estate Ltd. 13,128 Padang Jawa Rubber Estate, Ltd... 12,213 Karan Rubber Estate Co., Ltd' 8,096 The Samagaga Rubber Co Ltd.122 words
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Article610 1914-10-05 7 Mr. and Mrs. Wright-Motion and those who have given assistance in running the two Cafe3 Cbantants at the Town Hall s must have indeed room for pleasant reflec- tions both from charitable and artistic standpoints at the result of their patriotic endeavours. I Despite a heavy downpour,610 words
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Article274 1914-10-05 7 Unsatisfactory Results." The results are not satisfactory so far, and there appears to be no advantage to be gained in increasing the number f of schools while the supply of trained teachers is inadequate even for existing schools, says the acting Chief Secretary in his report for 1913,274 words
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Article392 1914-10-05 7 At the Council Meeting of the F M.S. 3 Chamber of Mines, held on Monday, the 3 28th September, 1914, the following were prvsent Mr. F. E. Mair (President), in the chair, the Hon. Mr. Eu Tong Sen, the Hon. Mr. 5 H. F. Nutter, Messrs.392 words
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Advertisement323 1914-10-05 7 MUNICIPAL NOTICE The municipal commissioners of George Town, Penang, hereby invite tenders for the following Regrading and repairs to Kedah Road Drain from Transfer to Burmah Road. Full particulars can be obtained and plans and specifications inspected at the Municipal Engineer’s Office. Tenders whieh should be endorsed Regrading and repairs323 words
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Article2395 1914-10-05 8 A DETAILED ACCOUNT. September 23. The following is from The Madras Mail This morning the German Cruiser Emden which has been creating such havoc among merchant shipping at the mouth of the Hooghly and on the Burma Coast, is still at large in the Bay of2,395 words
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Article1580 1914-10-05 8 FURTHER LIGHT ON FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS. Accused Discharged. The hearing was continued on Friday afternoon, in the second police court, of the case in which P. V. W. Alexander charged Albert C. Davis with criminal breach of trust, on two counts involving sums of j£(3.10 and $5O. The1,580 words
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Advertisement538 1914-10-05 8 WAR NEWS 1 Tbe Allied Camps at the Frontier Japanese Troops leaving Tokio for Tsingtau; Lord Roberts at Dover; Parade of Boys Scouts and National Reservists at Alexandra Palace; Soldiers of tbe King St. Rapheal War ;i King of Servia paid a visit to France are the chief contents in538 words
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Advertisement355 1914-10-05 8 It Never Fails. Chamberlain's Coiic, Cholera, and Diarrhoea Kerne dy is all its name implies. It cures diarrhoea and dysentery in either children or adults, and the most violent cases of cramp colic or pains in the stomach give way to a few doses of this medicine. Safe, sure, always355 words
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Advertisement232 1914-10-05 8 Sunshine and Common Sense. Don't doctor your blood for rheumatism. Use an external application of Chamberlain’s Pain Balm. In a few days it will get jo* up and out into the sunshine, then nature will restore the rich red blood to your reins and soon rid the system of this232 words
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Advertisement1565 1914-10-05 9 HJMerTJ IL. m *4 I V: J. «ryy» V> tci ■:o> 2gt valuable Logan Library of Literature dealing with Malaya and the Eastern ArchipeWo. Entrance Fee: $2-00. Subscription Books: $l-50 per quarter. Newspapers and Magazines: $l-50 per quarter, visiting Sit eribers $5-00 per month without Entrance p 1 ree. Further1,565 words
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Article1015 1914-10-05 10 Submarines will be the unknown quantity in the next naval conflict,” said a prominent naval tactician recently. In the more recent naval battles, notablv those of the Spauish-American and the RussoJapanese war9, all the sea fighting was a straight case of knock down and drag out The1,015 words
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Article1241 1914-10-05 10 A meeting is to be held at the Victoria Hall on Monday evening at 5.30, under the presidency of Hi 9 Excellency the Governor, for the purpose of taking measures for the appointment of a committee to collect subscriptions in aid of The Prince of Wales’ Relief1,241 words
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Advertisement10 1914-10-05 10 For Chronic Chest Complaints, Wood»’ Great Peppermint Cure, Is. 6d10 words
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Advertisement420 1914-10-05 10 ĕ 7' o W ‘i WWiJ Debility TROX ‘JELLOIDS,’ the reliable tonic, strengthen I your blood and fortify your system against climatic effect.;. After a course of Ikon ‘Jelloids,' the blood is enriched, appetite is restored, vitality increased, Weakness and Debility disappear, and your system is enabled to combat attacks420 words
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Advertisement58 1914-10-05 10 It Never Fails. Chamberlain's Colic, Choi ra, .and Diarrhoea llemedv is all its name implies. It cures diurihota and dysentery in either children or adults, and the most violent cases of cramp colic or pains in the stomach give way to a few doses of this medicine. Safe, sure, always58 words
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Advertisement293 1914-10-05 10 PENANG CONFECTIONERY 18, LEITH STREET, THE THEATRE GOERS' RENDEZVOUS. I When Appetite Flags Try a Change of Diet Under the Pal mi Chops, Steaks, Cutlets, Polls, Puffs, Tea, Coffee, Cocoa, etc. rtt AAODERATE CHARGES ARE SERVED NIGHTLY. Ribeiro 8 Co., Ltd., Beach Strict, Penan*. ACCOUNT BOOKS, UDGEKS, &c. MADE TO293 words
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Article269 1914-10-05 11 There has been an encouraging response to the proposal to offer the British #overnment a mounted infantry unit composed of men at present employed in the Far East, says the North China Daily New». Telegrams hare been received from men in the north and south, several269 words
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Article132 1914-10-05 11 Sinking or the Zenta.’’ The newspapers have published details of the sinking of the Austrian cruiser Zenta, outside Cattaro Harbour. Ou August 19th the Allies’ torpedo boats proceeded towards Cattaro and sighted the Zenta and three smaller vessels ou blockade duty. The Allies opened fire and132 words
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Article348 1914-10-05 11 Assembly of Missionaries to the Dyaks. The following is communicated by Bishop Mounsey, dated from Kuching, August During the past week an important meeting has been held at the Bishop’s House, Kuching. A conference of missionaries— European and Asiatic —working amongst the Dyaks and numbering in all348 words
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Advertisement103 1914-10-05 11 Diphtheria-How It May Be Avoided. Diphtheria is usu ally contracted when the child has a cold. The cold prepares the child’s system for the reception and development of the diphtheria germs. When there are cases of diphtheria in the neighbourhood children that have colds should be kept at home and103 words
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Advertisement800 1914-10-05 12 Guardian Assurance Company, Limiter E8TABLI8HKO 1321. Subscribed Capital Total Invested Funds upwards of Total Annual Income over THE undersigned have been appointed Agents of the above Company at Penang, and are prepared to issue policioi of Insurance against loss by fire at tbt lowest tariff rates KENNEDY A Co., Aqcni800 words
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