Straits Echo, 6 November 1914

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  • 36 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS. CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE S "tUrfS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL. 12. $24 Per Anrium, PENANG, FRIDAY, 6th NOVEMBER, 1914. Single Copy, 10 cents No. *258
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 1153 1 9oi< Aintii TIANG LEE S’ CO.. Peaaag Kuala Lumpur. Bi m o ca Vv The Doctor advises and recommends. It is nourishing, invigorating and strengthening. Drmk Dot’s Had Guinness Stout. Georgetown Motor Garage 7 A Penang Road. Due to arrive by a steamer. One 5 Seater EMPIRE CAR AS ILLUSTRATION.
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    • 32 1 r f HEN JRDERING: SPECIFY w L ‘\Dor Head Stout.”?, t ro s u S>. >v Htmm It is Strengthening and Invigorating. Sole Ageot» TIANG LtL Co., Penang <6 Kuala Jsumpur. irnnnnnnnnnnm
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  • 1036 3 j Voltaire’s Can iide happened to be an {observant youtb. Of ne< es-ity, as Dr. I’angloss W' u d have said, he had to be |lt was necessary that the ingenuous lover |of the German buon’s Leautitul daughter J should be obseivtut, or huw could the {author’s purpose
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  • 709 3 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, November 3. The second of the course of lectures that Dr. Sansom is generously giving to all who chose to take advantage of it, upon the subject of First aid to the injured, was very well attended at the Selangor Club
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 601 3 AT George Town Kinem; To-night! To-night! A series of War Topic* will bo shown ii Lautern-slidea between each film 1. One of the 6 inch guns of lI.M 3 •'Highflyer which sank the K use Wilhelm Der Qrosae g Russian G 1 icier advancing towirdi Berlin. German Prisoners at Dorchester.
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    • 480 3 MUNICIPAL NOTICE. ~VTOTICE is hereby given that the book» ll containing the Annual Valuation of and rates imposed on all buildings and lands abutted within the Municipality ot i Geor. e Town, Penang, for the year 1915 are rpm t'i the insp cti< n of Eatf pivers at the Municipal
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    • 103 3 Charrberlah’s Ccugh R medy. When you hive a hi<l col 1 y« u want a remedy t iaf will not only tive relief, but effect a prompt aud permanent cure, a remedy th at is p e ;s mt to rake, a remedy that contains nothin; iiijurious. Chamber la n’s
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    • 96 3 Accidents Will Happen, It may bo impossible to prevent au accident, but it is not impossible to be prepared for it Chamberlain's Paiu Balm is not beyond anyone's purse, and with a bottle cf this liniui‘-nt you are prepared for most anything. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers. PENANG
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    • 202 3 /55% OBTAINABLE EVERYWHERE. 2 4 OZ. TINS. K=DOCi:cZ3CDCDCZDCDCrx^CwCI)C^C^OC3CZDCrJC^CZDZDC3CI;C3CI)CZ)C2C3CDOCDQ Just received a shipment of Best Mah May Cigars, Pro- p visions and Tobaccos of Leading Manufacturers. Q Also Sola Helmets with White Muslin Pugrees, Curzon Hats ar.d Pigstickers of Latest Fashionable Shapes. ICE and Adartin 81 Co.’ Aerated Waters can be
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  • 99 4 fvblishcd daily (except Sundays and pnblic holidays) AT TBB CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. No. 59, Beach Street, Penang, raicit. Daily Local $24 per annum. Outstation... Postage Extra. y a < Edition (Post Free) $17.50 CABL* ADDRESS ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone No*. (Echo, 586 Printing Department 343 If. 8— AH bu.inM*
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  • 1403 4 With Dr. Prueffer as intermediary Germany has managed to work the great delusion in Turkey and the Porte is now inoxlricably involved in war. So much is char from the statement published by the Government of the Straits Settlements and reproduced in these columns yesterday, i Two
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  • 856 4 Mr. B C. N. Knight. formerly manager of JeboDg Estate. Taipiog, i« at present attached to one of the Middlesex .regiments at Luton and is employed in motor despatch work. Prince Chudadbuj, of Siam, a brother of the King of Siam, ha 3 arrived in London from
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  • 137 4 The squall in the harbour early vestenl morning, to which we referred br'ieflv i n issue yesterday, appears to have done c n siderable dam ige to the smaller craft i the harbour. A tongkang, laden -i f 1,200 packets of flour, which was side the Sang Liner,
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  • 187 4 Later news may considerably modify the German story of the naval battle off V a i paraiso. When last heard of, the Scharn' horst and Oneisnau were among the Islands. They entered Apia harbour on September 14. The New Zealauders manned the guns and expected a bowbirdment
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  • 140 4 Nerva-shatteriug seems to be oneofthi great fighting implements that Geriuauy has depended on iu this war. Iu ancient times Manchurian warriors, well kuowing the psychology of their Chinese opponent», made abominable noises, and the Chinese ran away. And it is absolutely certain at the present moment
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  • 387 4 His Excellency the Governor, Sir Arthur Young, K C.M.G., who had been presiding at the meeting of the Federal Council at Kuala Kangsar, arrived here yesterday evening by the mail train. His Excellency will leave Penang to-mor-row and will travel by train to Singapore, where he
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 187 4 MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM o S O AINC CHEANC Co., 59, Magazine Road, q O We have just UDpacked a lurp; consignment i*f prirato rickshaws of the k/ O latest type which can be tilted with English-made wheels, etc. complete and can l»e had at prices which defy c unpetition. Q Q We
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  • 1795 5 ALLIES Sl'iLL MVMCIHII INDIAN TROOPS IN ACTION. VALPARAISO NAVAL BATTLE. [Reuter’s Service.] Copyright Telegram. Keceived 6th UK Nov. AT 9 30 A M. THE BORDER FIGHTING. Paris Communique. London, November 4 A Paris communique says:—“On our left the situation is unchanged The enemy on the right bank of
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  • 223 5 I Six Chinese sampan men were this morning charged beh re Mr. L. V. J Liville, in the Third Court, with beiug iu fraudulent 1 possess ion of 120 bags of flour. Mat bin Hussain, P. C 475, stated that between the night of the 4th
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  • 288 5 The preliminary enquiry into the case against a Chinaman, named Chin Kui, who was arrested at the foot of the Hill Railway for (1) counterfeiting King’s ccins, (2) being iu fraudulent possession of certain coins, and (o) being in possession of instruments or materials for counterfeiting coins,
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  • 62 5 Mr. W. G. Peter, Hon. Treasurer, sends us the following further list of contributions to the above Fund, forwarded to the Chartered Bank, Penang Nov. 4 By Balance ...127,051.98 5 Edward Lees 100.00 Amount collects 1 at Penang Smelting Works per Mr. B.
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  • 75 5 Mr. W. G. Peter, Acting Manager of the Chartered Bank, advises us that the following amounts have received by him for the credit of the Belgian Relief Fund opened by Mrs. John Mitchell: Nov. 4 By Balance J 175 94 5 Mr. and Mrs Alan Baker 25
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  • 137 5 lb?. Sumatra Consolidated Rubber Estates, Ltd. 26,067 Bukit Mertajam Rubber Co., Ltd.... 30,428 Taiping Rubber Plantations, Ltd.... 34,709 Sungei Siput Rubber Plantations, Ltd. 5.695 Sungei Reyla F.M S.) Rubber Estates, Ltd. 7,737 The armies of William I. and of William 11. are suggestively contrasted in some interesting
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  • 541 5 The India- Rubber Journal has com, iltd a list of Rubber people who r.ro engaged in various ways on the Active List. Thus thov record that 80 per cent, of the staff of Messrs. Kennaway, Noames and Co have joined the Territorial Forces, and Messrs.
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  • 283 5 Britannia has not hitherto ruled the waves by laying mines in them, and probably no one in this country likes to see her doing it now. The Admiralty have rightly avoided this method of warfare as loDg as they could, but they were, no doubt, equally right iu
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  • 99 5 lu the course of a long leader od the Z mindar Editor’s deportation, the Observer, a Lahore Muslim weokly, while stating that Mr. Zafar Ali was not disleval, says So great is the debt that the Muslims of India owe to England and her culture that
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 274 5 ni£ GfcEAT EASTERN EIEE AiSURANCd CO., LTD. lfr A i> Okticm ttl&OAPOllK Life Assurance and Endowment in All i orms. LIBERAL POLICIES. LOW RATES Financial Agent» far Penang. SELLAR, MURRAY A CO. fvtnfOffl.ee: —N:>. 7, Union !4tk.i*kt Central Sales Room. BY ORDER OF THE CHIEF PjLICE OFFICER. TO BE SOLD
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  • 1325 6 Principal Civil Medical Officer’» < Report. The Hon. Dr W. Gilmore Ellis, Principal Civil Medical Officer, signs the Straits Settlements Medical Report for the year 1913. From this we take the following: The population at tno last census 19il was 711.951 aud is estimated at 713,010
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  • 1728 6 62 HOURS UNDER FIRE. French Officer’s Story of German Treachery. Paris, October 5. A French officer who is in hospital iu Paris, having been woueded in the head hy a shell, has given the Matin a graphic accouut of the tight in which he was struck. “At nine
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  • 1273 6 [By Anthony Nugent.] When tho Tiubes paid their recent visit to Paris I was lunching wiih a friend ia his apartments close to the Place de la Concorde, and the noi-e of the exploding bomb suggested that the front of a house bad fallen out. Not till
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 67 6 Chron c l.nslipation. Cba i-berla.u’s T.tbl its c .u ulJ do cure coostip itiou. One cr two ot ihebe tablets tikeu .t bed tunj will keep the bowels op-n, aud while d n. *u will n..igorae the •Umi ic4» a id ut ihe d so.detid liv r u a cmdrua
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    • 350 6 For Children’s Hacking Cough at Night, Woods’ Groat Peprorm nt Caro Is. fid PENANG TURF CLUB. NOTICE. rpHE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING JL of the Members of the Ponang Turf Club will be held in the Chamber of Commerce, on Monday, the 9th of November, 1914-, at 515 p.ro BUSINESS: 1.
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    • 60 6 A Fav.rite Rub Down. The golfer, the football player and the all rouud athlete know the value of Chamberlain’s Balm. It is just the thing for a rub down after a hard game. All soieness disappears like magic and sprains and swellings are cured in one-thud has time thau by
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    • 531 6 Oh btea>t the tape in life’s stern race, Victory is to the strong; Strive valiently for pride of place, Be not behind the throng. Health and strength you all mav win, Aud foitune, if you sue her; If sick and sorry, then begin On Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. IVOTICE. riHIE
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  • 236 7 Mr. Alfred Stead, writing from Ostend on September 8, says The story of the twenty-one virgins of W should stand as truly a martyrdom as any of those of the Catholic Church. Here in the twentieth century after Christ, I in a prosperous town, once full of
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  • 184 7 With the Japanese occupation of the enemy’s second defence line, extending from Knshan on the west to Fushan on the east, the enemy’s water-source at Litsun, upon which the garrison depended for its principal supply, lias fallen into Japanese hands. Opinions were divided amongst the Japanese officers
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  • 197 7 I Mrs Penn, of Deal, a widow, had her three I sons m the ill-fated British cruiser Qresty, I recently torpedoed in the North Sea. Her I eldest son Hubert has written to her Dear Mother. —Just a line to tell yon i that
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  • 301 7 At a committee meeting of the North Borneo Chamber of Commerce held on j September 28, the Secretary read, and was instructed to publish in the minutes, the following letter received from the Goverurnent Secretary of B N. Borneo, viz:— When the North German Llo>d steamers j
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 183 7 Early CoUs. Be careful of the colds you take at this time of the year They are particularly dangerous. A neglected cold may mean a win-ter-long cold. Take Chamberlain’s Remedy at once. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers. s» I md r* trST i f 1 1 i &3
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    • 9 7 FoiChroric Chest Complaints, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure, Is 6d
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    • 113 7 HOTEL NORMAN. The Only English Hotel. UNRIVALLED POSITION. COLD STORAGE FOOD. The recognised place for recherche dinners. The Cuisine is under the constant supervision of the Proprietor. Special Terms to Government Officials and F.M.S. Visitors. The John Robert Billiard Rooms are the Best Equipped in Penang. Telegrsm* ••NORMANS.” Tele. No.
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    • 97 7 GOODRICH mm TYRES >*\ ®®@®®®@®®©©®®®®@@®®©e:)©<i)o© S 3 o- A I -'N n> Jv. .Vs*\ ■V'v -Jt 7n"•ca «*a *1 rarest* -f 1 ,-v i a i V t H SZ&gT&h. V^i&'v.: ,iCM w 4? m VI f **> ■A BS fc&‘ •v •9 The Largest Tyre Factory, with the Greatest
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 964 8 Guardian Assurance Company, Limited. Established 1821. Subscribed Capital Total Invested Funds wards of Total Annual Income over THE undersigned have Agents of the Penang, and are prepared to JE2,000,00. up- 6,460,000 1,180,000 been appointed above Company at issue policies at tbi of Insurance against loss by fire owesT tariff rates
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