Straits Echo, 25 November 1914

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  • 35 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS. CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL. 12. $24 Per Annum PENANG, WEDNESDAY, ‘2sl* NOVEMBER, 1914. Sinsle C«py, 10 cents No. 273
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    • 1269 1 toic Af«*u: TIANG LEE CO, Paul tf Kuala Lumpur, n *sr? i. o The Doctor advisee and reco»mends. It is nourishing, invi- X gorating and strengthening. a i Georgetown Motor Garage 7 A f Penang Road. Due to arrive by a steamer. One 5 Setter EMPIRE CAR AS ILLUSTRATION. -<
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    • 27 1 WHEN ORDERING SPECIFY “Dot Head Stout.” OJ a T' A si O' •V It is Stren*thcnin| sad lavigoratiag. AI..U: TIANG LEE Co., Peuauq Jt Kuala Lumpur. □□□□DU
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  • 988 3 Dath cf Mr. C. W. Jooes—An Ithial Fault Adulterat n| Milk Aa I licit Still— The Terminal G-Gibj Bobb.r* —Good Bye. (From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, November 23. There is to be an enquiry into the circumstances attending the death of Mr. Cecil Warren Jones, the
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  • 369 3 Brijandtje —R bcl Activity-Boat-Thovinf Djoumu ii Untvi. (From Our Own Correspondent) Canton, November 12 I he brigands, supported by rebels, ar* now investing the south-eastern districts ol Kwaugtung, giving their chief attention to i Weichow, the capital of that circuit Trade in these districts is partly suspended.
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  • 497 3 A Nation’s Gratitude. The following is an extract printed in English in De Nieuwe Gazet, a Flemish piper published in Antwerp, September 30, 1914: To the British Nation. 44 We feel it incumbent to tell you a word in your own language which we trust will reach
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    • 12 3 For Children's Hacking Cough at Night, Wood»’ Great Peppermint Care 1». 6d,
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    • 41 3 E*rly Colds. 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 Chamberli tin's Cough Remedy at once. For sale by 'all Dispensaries end Dealers.
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    • 100 3 Packed in 50s 25s Tins. Obtainable Everywhere. PRITCHARD 8 Co. SOLS AGENTS FOR ROVER CYCLES. aOCOOCDOCOOCDGCIJ^CDOCDJCDCC^CCDOCDCCDOCDOCSO-; S. F. SENG, DENTIST ,55 CARNARVON STREET, f CORNER OF CARNARVON LANE. CROWN AND BRIDGE WORK. BEST WORKMANSHIP GUARANTEED. CHARGES REASONABLE. K ini —>r* ——.l 8 S SONNino ova» s t ooa 'MSSj WHEN
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  • 94 4 fmblished daily (except Sunday* and pa bln holidays) AT TUB CRITERION PRESS. Ltd. No. 59, Beach Street, Penang. i*aica. Daily Local $24 per annum. Outstation... Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Post Free) 817.50 CABLE ADDRB9B ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo, 556 Printing Department 343 tf.B.— All bu»in»s» «•mmunicAti*»!!» «bonld
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  • 1033 4 Alt bough General F. von Bernhardi’s notorious bjok, Germany and the Next War is full of fallacies and false prophecies, this worthy expositor of the higher criminality can claim to have seen clear in one instance. Dealing with the relative resources of the
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  • 511 4 Nobody who hi.s had any experience of the local courts and knows how to appraise the value of the evidence tendered there wo«ld have brought in any other verdict in the case of the Mahomedan Tamil charged with spreading alarmist news than that of acquittal rendered by
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  • 500 4 Two smart bits of work—the ramming of a German submarine by a British patrol boat off the north coast of Scotland and a daring raid on the Zeppelin factory at Fiedrichshafen —were chronicled in our telegrams yesterday. Every loss inflicted on the enemy’s submarine flotilla is of supreme
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  • 586 4 Mrs. M. B Shelley, of Taiping, is on visit to Penang. Major W. L Cotton, who came to Penang to sit on the Field General Court Martial, left for Singapore yesterday by steamer. Capt. J. G. Cheney proceeded to Kuala Lumpur yesterday evening by steamer on business.
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  • 236 4 C From Our Own Correspondent.) K. Lumpur, November 24. A meeting of the Federal Council was held to-day under the presidency of the High Commissioner. The business consisted mainly of the consideration of twentytive enactments, twenty-three of the most important being passed. The Supply Enactment will be
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    • 223 4 “A Word to the Wise is Enough.” When you feel chilly at night, just try our Knitted Muffler. Easy to wear, elegant in shape and low in price, only $1-25 each. T.I.,;.', I'TV'iWv j®|; iiSr «rjS When cold in bed, use our Wool Hug, perfect iu quality, beautiful in design
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  • 738 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. Received 25th of Nov. at 7-30 a.m. fURTHER RUSSIAN ADVANCE. Petrograd, November 24. I lia Russian headquarters announce the rpre){ ,t of a series of favourable despatches {rom the Vistula- Warta front. The enemy from a line Strykow Z^ierzs-chadak-Zdunskavlia-Voznika. Petrograd, November 25—later. [t
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  • 376 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram Received 25th of Nov. at 1 p.m. INTERMITTENT CANNONADES London, November 25. A Paris communique states: The i general situation to-day and the situation yesterday have not changed, the enemy on the greater part of the front particularly showing activity by intermittent cannonades
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  • 231 5 Unpaid Calls{F rom Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, November 25. At the Tulau Bulxng Meeting Mr. Macgregor, who presided, explained that the Manager, Mr. Rowland, owed a sum of i $47,339 in unpaid calls. Mr. Rowland was the largest shareholder and had taken very .Treat interest in the
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  • 1061 5 It is highly sitisfaciory to cete that a rote has been inserted in this year’s Estimates for the preservation of the interesting mtiquities of Malacca. They have been scandalously neglected in the past. There are one or two parties in PeDang who will be interested to learn that
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  • 963 5 To the Editor of the Straits Echo. Dear Sir,—l have read with interest your article in Saturday’s paper under the above beading. If we had had compulsory national service before the war, the campaign might be over by now, and I hops that after the
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  • 302 5 SPECIAL MEETING. A Special meeting of the Municipal Commissioners was held at the Municipal Office yesterday afternoon for the purpose of considering Supplemental Budget No. 1 of 1914 and the Budget for 1915. There were present Messrs W. Peel, (President) Yeoh Guan Seok, Quah Bang Kee, Lim Eow
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  • 674 5 To the Editor of thk Straits Echo. j Dear Sir, —In asking you to kindly publish a full list of subscribers to the Belgian Relief Fund to date, I would like to intimate that a further remittance will be made to Europe this week through the
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  • 153 5 Singapore. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, November 25 At the Siugapora Rubber Auction 99 tone were offered for sale and 71 tons were «old. There was a good demand and better prices were paid Sheet fine smoked fetched from 5109 to $121 per picul, fair to good $92
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  • 54 5 The following articles will be found on our outside pages Page 3. —Kuala Lumpur Comments. News from Canton. Belgium and Britain. 6. —Oversea Commerce and War. Loyal Chinese in Hongkong. The Jury’s Attitude. British Captain’s Skill. Bukit Mertajam Cases. Scripture and the War. Perils of the Road. 7. —On
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 401 5 NOTICE WE regret to inform our customers that on account of the unprecedented rise in the price of flour, through the War in Europe, wo are compelled to make a slight increase iu the price of bread. From 1st December, 1014, we shall charge as follows: IS cts. for our
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  • 2867 6  -  By Commander K. G. B. Devsar, R. N. (Continued from Yesterday's issue.) CHAPTER VII. Finance, Insueaecb, and Trade Protection. in a democracy, public opinion will eaercise considerable influence on the conduct of a war, and war must therefore bo so conducted as to maintain the cost
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  • 507 6 Bukit M ertajam Cases. At tbe Bnkit Mertajam Police Court before Mr. R. Scott, on Monday, Loh Ah Chaw (Kbeh) was convicted of the offence of (1) being in possession of dutiable liquor, (2) being m possession of apparatus for preparing intoxicating liquor, and (3) abetment of the offence of
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  • 450 6 Offers ox Man and Monet. The following extract from a despatch fron the Governor of Hongkong to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, dated Aug. 12 1914, has been communicated by the Pres Bureau: Up to the time of writing the peace ha cot been
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  • 410 6 The results of the great struggle which is now raging between the allied forces and those of Ghermany and Austria will depend partly upon force of arms, partly upon other considerations. Among these not the least important is the attitude of the neutral States. That Germany realises
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  • 308 6 To the Editor of the Straits Echo. Sir-, The attention of the Police Authorities might well be brought to bear on motor owers who are teaching or schooling inexperienced and, evidently, unlicensed folk how to drive a motor in public thoroughfares at the grave risk of
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  • 210 6 The following episode shows the British pluck and skill. The liner Orttgal from Valparaiso to Rio I with three hundred French reservists on board, was chased by a German cruiser of the Drtmlen class. The normal speed of the OH'gal is 14 knots, and the cruiser was
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  • 322 6 On Saturday last Mr. Handey Bird lectured to a large audience at tbe Y M-C A rooms on the Probecies of Scripture and the Probable Results of the War The Rev. Cross occupied the the chair It was a very interesting lecture, a fuli report of
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    • 50 6 The lightning flawed, the thunder roared, The rain came down like mad. The cold got into poor Bill’s bones, It made him very sad. But Mrs Bill she loved her spcufte This fact 1 know for sure; E tse she would not bare physicked him With Woods Great Peppermint Cure.
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    • 347 6 For Chronic Chest Complaints, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. Is. 6d. NOTICE. IN THE ESTATE OF Hamilton Thomas Petts, deceased. Pursuant to the Conveyancing and Law of Property Ordinance 1886 Section 46. Notice is hereby given that aii Creditors nnd other persons baring any claims or demands against the estate of
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  • 2265 7  -  By Mart Gaunt. A Russian train is one of the finest in the world, but our Allies have not yet grasped tbe desirability of fresh air, and so it certainly is one of tbe stuffiest. Every crack is hermetically sealed, and when praved that a
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