Straits Echo, 15 January 1915

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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. 13. $24 Per Annum PENANG, FRIDAY, 16th JANUARY, 1915. Sintk Copy, 10 crots No. 12
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 1238 1 I ii l aiMwnaMi«iium WHIR MMMiC SfKCIPT D*g It il Str«n|thtnin| and Infigoratint. M<A|..n: TIANG LEE V Co.. Pmuma i Kwila Lumpur lIBODDDDIIBia Georgetown Motor Garage 7 A Penang Road. Due to arrive by a at'&m r. One S Seater EMPIRE CAR AS ILLUSTRATION. EMPIRE "The Ltttle Ariiiocrai" 25 II.P.
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    • 30 1 Iriftk l«t'i Head Ouirmu Start. a > I s k. a M 111 SM KM .2 a *4t fir/io Sola AtaaUs TIANG LEE V CO. P«n»og V Kvial* Ltuapur. V s
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  • 1224 2 What Mrs Bien insop B Blogga would thiLk of Paris .f she arrived at t -e Blitz it is difficult to imagine She ouli probibly think that she had come to another city by mi-take—a city which had changed counties Four m >uths ago Paris beloi.ged to the
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  • 775 2 War's Economic Ktfects in Holland Au interesting review of the position ot H auy important I> tch industries, and ot the iff ct of the war upon the economic life of this count y, is to hand from an authori tative source this it appears that the
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    • 294 2 THE GAY LORO QUEX, 4th and (th February, 191b, AT 9-15 P.M. IN AID OF The Belgian Relief Fund. BOX OFFICE OPEN 14th January, 1915, AT THE ROBINSON PIANO Co. A REAL REFRESHING CHANGE To-night I To-night! 3 WAR GAZETTES The Japanese Cruiser Kongo steaming to the Attack of KAI—
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    • 570 2 NOTICE. rpiIE Interest and Re<*ron*ibdity of Mr. X 0*car J»U*s io tho firm of Hug A Co has ceased oa the 31st Ittcemb r, 1914. HUG A CO By Joseph HEIM, Attorney. Penang, 9th J.tnu trv. 1915 22 1 NOTICE. NOTICE isb»r*by given that the interest and responsibility of Seow
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    • 67 2 Croup. Every young child i« susceptible to croup. Don't w<tit until this dreadful d sea.-e attacks your lit'leone before jou prepare tor it. It comes in the night when chemists’ shops are usually closed, and this alone should be warning. Get and keep \Jha mb> rlain’s Cough Ren edy on
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    • 13 2 l j For Chronic Cheat Complaints, Wood*’ Great Peppermint Cure. la. f i
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    • 446 2 DOODCDOCDOCDOCD f DR. S. P. SENG, 155. CARNARVON STREET, ULI1 I U I CORNER OF CARNARVON LANE. i oo CROWN AND BRIDGE WORK. BEST WORKMANSHIP GUARANTEED. CHARGES REASONABLE. oc I=DC DOC -do NIKKO MODERN ART PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO. Amateurs’ Work Developed and Printed. EXPERTS SENT for OUT-DOOR PHOTOGRAPHY. Mahogany and Oak
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  • 529 3 List i r Presents. Bride to Br degro< m. drying c^se; B ide„r > -in to Bride, lady’s d'esimg c*s- M -s J N mis (o uuu ot ibe Bitegnum), i dies 1 ug ca Bi id gro mi to B i lesm ml. i gold cuaiu
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  • 391 3 Malata’s Unobserved Obscurity. "H. N F”, under wh ch sign dura a well knowu F. M S lawyer vei s a g nial pei sonality, writes as follows to our Kuala Lumpur contemporary “It is somewhat discourtg»ng for the F. M S tnau who happens to
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  • 206 3 The following story, which we lift tlie M loya Tiibunr, reminds of a siroitUr ruse practised by the Siamese in one of i t M iUv S' ites uuder their juii-diction somp fpxra I-ecentiy the Dutch Comptroller Verheek was mu-dereil at Te n and the Suita-> ot
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  • 493 3 To the Editor of the Strait» Echo Sir. I shall ba thankful if yon will kindlv publish the iol owing for rh ufrm i ion ot these mere ted id the India u R*-.nd Fund F .iltwine the initiative of the K-dah V l
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  • 218 3 To the Editor of the Straits Echo. Dear 8ir, i A great amount of inconvenience, in most I cases accompanied by not a little annoyance. ha- been experieuc d of late by those wh make use of the tram to proceed to nn fr m their offics. The
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  • 226 3 TJuder the ■»>« f the Pmmg L:teray Society. K*v \V Cross MX. will deliver a se tu-e ou the alerve -übjec;. in t> e F»>e School Hal, on Satuid tv, (tie 16th lut.uf, at spm The me~tin;r w 11 be open to the public a Lid ail
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 552 3 ALLEN DENNYS CO., Penang, RUBBER BROKERS, PROPRIETORS OP THE PENANG RUBBER AUCTION ROOMS. SALES HELD EVERY TUESDAY RUBBER bought or ««Id by PUBLIC AUCTION or PRIVATE TENDER FORWARD 8ALE9 ARRANGED. RUBBER transhipped and insured to any PORT at minim am rates. RUBBER SALE ROOMS at Ho. 7. UNION STREET. 31
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    • 246 3 ™X" CI-AFiTT ;iM(jARETTE: y '£^hpl Ir Lambert butler ENGLAND IiTT sphinx. te fra “Friends also jfo’l >w tbe law of dirine necessity; they gravitate to each other, and cannot otherwi-e EMERSON. ycuCD C DOOC P. O. B. W. Co. SPE lAL STEAMER FROM Singapore, Port fw'ttonham and Penang DIRECT For
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  • 96 4 Published daily (except Sundays and publio holidays) AT THE CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. No. 59, Beach Street, Penang. Price. Daily Local $24 per annum. Outstation... Postage Extra. Mad Edition (Post Free) $17.50 CABLE ADDRESS ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo, 586 Printing Department 343 A r B. AH busiiioss communications
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  • 1288 4 As was predicted some months before by the military correspondent of the Times, the main interest in the European area of operations has shifted to the Russian side and still remains there. In the west the war has become a series of burrowings and no change,”
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  • 650 4 The King has approved the appointment of Sir Harcourt Butler to be Lieutenant- Governor of Burma in succession to Sir Harvey Adamson. Mr. Chow Tsz-chi, Chinese Minister of Finance, has been sick. The Atia Ah Pao reports that his illness may have something to do with his
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  • 100 4 A Government Gazette Extraordinary dated January 13 says In continuation of Notifications Nos. 1307 and 1535, published in Gazettes Extraordinary on the 29th of October and 17th of December last, respectively, it is hereby notified that on and after January 15th, 1915, cablegrams in the authorized
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  • 61 4 Fillis’ Circus, with the Lilliput Midget Company, opens a short season in Penang at the Date Kramat Gardens to-morrow evening. Given favourable weather the circus ought to do good business here, for it comes with an excellent reputation from the other towns in the Far East which it
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  • 47 4 The Parade on 29th Friday, Fall-in at the Racquet Court on Polo Ground at 6-30 d m for Night March. Members are reminded of the notice issued on 30.12 H relative to return of Arms Clothing etc. This should be done as soon as possible.
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  • 25 4 It is notified in a Government Gazette Extraordinary that local recruiting for service in the Army during the war has now ceased.
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  • 928 4 Truth, we tee, shares our view as to the real object with which Germany went to war, for it says in its last issue to hand by the mail: Throughout the world the destruction of Belgium is justly regarded as the blackest crime ever committed by one civilised
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 237 4 ■OOOOC'O C O OOC C DO 3 O COG OOC OOCC OQa 0 AiNG gHEAWg CO., S9, Ifogaiine Road. O We have just unpacked a large consignment of private rickshaws of the O O latest type which can be fitted with English-made wheels, etc. complete O and can be bad
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  • 852 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. RECEIVED 15TH OF JAN. AT 10 A.M. Pari*, January 14 A |’ari« couiinuniqud status Our counter-attacks north-east of Soismade «light progress between Cuffios i Crouv, but we wore unable to debouch from the latter town. We fell back slightly 0 f
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  • 675 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. RECEIVED 15TH OF JAN. AT 8 A.M. London, January 13, 11-20 p in. A communique issued in St. Petersburg records a series of intermittent attempts on tho part of the Germans to resume the offensive along most of the front,
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  • 728 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. RECEIVED 15TH OF JAN. AT 10 A.M. HEAVY DEATH-ROLL. Rome, Jaauary 14. A sharp earthquake was experienced at many places from Ancona to Naples. From half a dozen to a score of people were killed and more were injured. It is reported that
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  • 960 5 (From Our Oum Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, January 12. The criminal assizes were opened in the Supreme Court at Kuala Lumpur yesterday morning. Mr. Justice Iunes is the presiding judge. Messrs. Georgo Parbury, of Cumberbatch Co., and Johnson, of the Federal Dispensary, are sitting as assessors to assist
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  • 194 5 The following paragraphs are from the Hague Service of the Sumatra Pott. Applications for the War Loan amounted to 402,000,000 guilders a 5 p m. The whole of the Dutch coast is strewn with mines. 60,000 German troops will take part in a new Austrian attack upon
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  • 66 5 Jan. IS By Balance ...$72,582.06 14 Penang Recreation Club 75 00 P. K. Nambyar 100 00 Entrance fees for Quoits Tournament of P. C. C. 70.00 Penang Cricket Club 500.00 Amount collected by the District Officer, Dindings Chu Bah Sek, Pangkor 30.00 Beh
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  • 48 5 Jan. 13 By Balance $1,062.96 14 Penang Recreation Club 25.00 Taipeng Amateur Surprise Dramatic Society bv Mrs. A. S. Read' 210.00 Amount collected by Mrs. Muller in boxes at Nebong Tebal New Year Sports 155.26 Balance Jan. 14. $1,453.22 Amount previously acknowledged 6,613.33 Total $8,066.55
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  • 129 5 At the Indian Congress at Madras on December 29th the following resolution was carried enthusiastically: This Congress desires to convey to His Majesty the King-Emperor and the people of England its profound devotion to the British connection and its firm resolve to stand by the Empire at all
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  • 177 5 The following articles will be found on our outside pages Page 2, —Paris Re-visited. The Industrial World. 3. —Bruyns-Von Bulow Wedding! England in War Time. Abducting A Raja. Imperial Indian Relief Fund in Kedah. The Trains. The Empire Idea.” 6. —News from Canton. A New Balkan Alliance? Raid on
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 287 5 I PENANG SIN POE. Chinese Daily Newspaper. IF you want to make your goods known to tho Chinese advertise in the I’onang Sin Poe” whic is the best advertising medium of its kind in the Straits and F. M. S. For contract and non-coutract advertisements, apply to THE MANAGER, Criterion
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  • 628 6 (rat?tutes’ It «ai t Dinner The Morrison Memorial loterextiaf Ckiacae W«44in|—Fitkl iaot| S tdiers Coo it Fees. (From Our Own Correspondent Canton, J muarv 1. The third annual R-» union Dinner of the Cantonese graduates of European and American universities was held on New Year’s Eve at
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  • 301 6 A typical example of penurious shortsightedness on the part of the War Office is furnished in our own case bv the shipboard accommodation which was thought sufficient for the recruits who volunteered in Malaya for service at tho front. Steerage, with all that that connotes in
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  • 411 6 CuRioua German Pk ckedinos at i Antw kep The storv of a Go* ram i »id on a Dutch tanking hous at Antwerp is told by the 'Antwerp correspondent of an Amsterdam contemporary, who sty» it has caused a great stir iu th" business world
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  • 389 6 A New Balkan Alliance Tt, is well known that strong influences have been at work in an attempt to form another Balkan Alliance. After ihe tragic break-up of the first in a fratricidal war ouly a sh rt while ag one must have been an optimist iudeed to have believed
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  • 137 6 Kowtowing The petition of a certaia C-*nsor for the resuscitation of the cerem >ny of 4 kowtowing” his been disapproved by President Yuan. The Censor said in the petition that the ceremony of Kowtowing” wa« observed in the ab Heated Manchu Court and also among the Mongolian, Tibetan and Manchu
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  • 585 6 While the financial condition of China, especially since the war mid" it impossible for expect-d funds t com f om European st.-uic*. s, has Dcv.-r su.h as to afford 1 c.use for j .bilatlm, it has n* verthe’e-H t<.i f e CObCeded tliat the present state of ff
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  • 362 6 Thk War Office avd Bereaved Relatives It is well known that the War Office «ends private intimation of casualties to the relatives concerned, and with tb** Guards regiments this sad rffi *e is often undertaken b) r a well known ex-< ffi er, who has now h
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  • 1407 6 William T. CoLmau the “great” William T Coleman, as a L mdon pip-*r call* b ra—has at last f. uud hi» taw vat*» in M r Gertrude Atherton, the m veiist tuiued hi-t~>rian who ha; just produced a u o*t readable and eutertaimng volume ou
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  • 360 6 Iu a former day ®-thet;cism of lay-out wis not diea tof it wa9 enou h it a layout out was f >ruiai and c ravenient, msthetieism had to be content with beauty of mere detail, iu individual structures, perhaps in small sections of a lay-out.
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  • 365 6 M. Pichon is still harp ng on the desira bility of gettiug Jtpmase troops to come into the field to help the Allies, but it. is doulvful whether he has a full cognisance of the difficulties attending such a project —not to speak of the ri
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  • 294 6 How Kino Albkrt Met th« Kxiskk Gum uf the uu* ipiaiued diplomatic teries cou ected with the war is the meeting betwweu the K riser and Kmg Aib*rt i 0 the presence of General voq M>l'be. the ate «Ihief of the G- rmm General 8 nff The
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  • 157 6 The present annual British export trade i motor cars, chassis and parts amount* to 3(350,000; 'hi* is lower than tho G-rm u ip->r- trade, which amounts to .£4 113.3- r >0. is somewhat su prising tha' with the ■put ition already acquired by B itish curs, upland
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    • 11 6 For Children'll Hacking Cough at Night, Worid»' Great Pappnrmiat Cara 1«.
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    • 37 6 Sick Headiche. Sick heartache i* caused bv a disordered ‘■tomich Tike Chaaiberla u’s TtMet* atirt the heart »ebes will disappear They are ju»t what jou need to correct the trouble For ‘■ale by all Dispensaries and Dealer*
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    • 95 6 StVght at It. There is ro u<e of our beatins around Hip bush Wb mijht as well out with it fi r -t as J st W w nt v u to fry Cbimber1 in’g C*>ujh the t'm° you ha e C'>uib or coll 7be r e is no r-ason
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    • 47 6 When happy hearts unite as one, And welding bHI* flu*v -in'^, We feel inclined to kis-) the bride'’ A>'d all hf-r praises ging. Also, when coughs jar on the par, Hs «< inpthirg I e&nnot endure. For I know that the victim’s not taken ood»’ Great Peppermint Cure.
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    • 187 6 WARNING. All persons are cau'ioned against making unauthorised use of Router's Service of News, and any person or persons found infringing the Copyright Ordi >ance of the Straits Settlemen's wi’l be strict-’y dealt with in accord nee wi!h the provisions o that Ordinance. REUTER. /Wing. SPECIAL OFFER! EXTRAORDINARY BARGAIN AT
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  • 983 7 Ah Isle of hoMAHCB Oprus has such a pleasant history that it adelight t recall it. It is so lull ot MSlC d n nr 01 seances, so many gods, coddles and floors took their birth from its sacred soil that no fervent clas-icisf u ,d ever surely -W>
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  • 1118 7 A Reasonable Fee What ia a t tir uiioviui I****' Ou ht it t d-pend O < tu»* am Uni oi capl'tfi involved or ou d v «»r only ou t j uuuihnr nf iu»* ii.ig- it!»* del? lh) actual quiiifi ‘l' i'»o* 'I ffo n
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  • 212 7 S P Tapioca ...$4.05 talas M. P. Tapioca ...$1.10 tale» Gold Leat ...$64 40 Black Pepper 18 buyer» White Pepper 32,— buyer» [Vang Pepper 19 no itoe Cloves 41 tales Mace 110 nominal. VIact Pickings 85— nominal. Nutmegs 110 23— nominal No. 1 6.10 tales Sugar j 2 5.50
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  • 243 7 Penang, January 15. Beef— cts. Soup per catty 20 Roast 80 Steaks 30 Stew or Curry Meat 22 Rump Steak 30 Ox Tail each 50 Tongue 55 P eet 15 Heart 50 Liver per catty 40 Pork— Pork per catty 36 Head 22 Feet 26 Tongue 36 Mutton
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 59 7 Core TUt Cough. W ben you bare trouble a me cough, it lot llj e n that you hare consumption vou are going to have it, but it Joe» j lti Tour lungs are threat- ned, aud it ]U‘t M Well on t^e git f e B1( j e Hn(
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    • 42 7 Dj You Coujh D n’t overtrain the tine membrane of your thoat 10 trying to dislodge the phlegm. ChamberleD*** Cough Remedy will accom* plish thin for you, aud cur* the oold that if causing it. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 1680 8 f »&0« 4 S.NX Wirden T«le$riphy, find on all Steamcn. All Cabin* are now fitted with Electric Fan* FREE of Charge and each berth ia furnished with an Electric Reading Lamp. Expected Arrivals and Departures. /i\ Mall Service Outward. Due Penang Steamer. Connecting with 8.8. Jan. 21 Feb. 5 Oriental
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