Straits Echo, 26 January 1915

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  • 36 1 Straits Echo D-ILY CHRONICLE 01 EVENTS. CiRCULAi i.NG THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEOERATEO MALAY STATES AND THE FAR BAST GENERALLY VOL. 13. $24 Per Annum PENANG, TUESDAY, 20th JANUARY, 1915. tittle Copy, II ccab No. 21
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  • 961 2  -  By Mark Allektok Golfers who play over courses where sheep abound will be found wtio will tell you that they have kuuwu cases of a ball lodging in the fleece of a sheep and lieing carrn-d by < the a-tomsbed animal to
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  • 909 2 "England's Last Hope The Significance of the Citizen Soldier It is extraordinary how the mi n d adapts itself to abnormal conditions. Events are now happening almost uunoticed which would, in ordinary time-, overwhelm us with emotions of one kind and another. Aud one of the most remarkable of the
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    • 68 2 Every young child is su c vptihle to croup. Dou’t wait uutil this dreadful dis< ase attacks vour littlo one before you prepare for it. It comes in the night when < heinists’ shops are u«uillv closed, aud this alone should be a warning. G*-t and L*ep Chambt rlaiu’s Cough
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    • 1231 2 THE GAY LORD QUEX, 4th and 6th February, 1915, MUNICIPAL NOTICE. AT 9-15 P.M. IN AID OF The Belgian Relief Fund. ALL PERSONS claiming refund of assessment ii respect of dwelling bout-es vacant for any portions of the halfyear ending 31 at Dmemb*»r, 1914 are hereby reminded that m b
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    • 89 2 Straight »t It. There is do use of our beating around the bush We might as well out with it firi-t as last We wDt you to try Chamberlain's Cough Remedy the next time you ha.e a cough or cold. There is no reason so far as we can see
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    • 730 2 T Miracle-Cure Sleepless and Paralysed. Ordinary Treatment Failed Yet Dr. Cassell's Tablets Cured. Surely never in human experience ha» a more extraordinary etory been given to the world than that of Mr. Arthur George Felton, of 94, Porta-down-road. Ma da Vale, London. Here it is:—“In 1905 I met with an
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  • 1027 3 THE EXPORT EMBARGO. American Demand— A nnual Rbfobtb Flantation Machinbkt The raw rubber market is beginning tc feel ibe effect of the export piohibition, Supplies are gradually accumulating aud prices have falleu cou‘iderab;j b-low the best. It was first sought to exp am away the embargo on the
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  • 662 3 It s commonly believed, and we have believed it ou r selves, that a nation like Germany, which has given up its freedom for the sake of power, would have one great advantage in war over a free people like i England or France. Because we are
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  • 268 3 The German Consul, Aiders, may congratulate himself that in the midst of war j the administration of the law goes calmly j on, ignoring the passions of the moment and guided only by the traditions of its own practice Abler?, who had been condemned to death for
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    • 622 3 SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE Co., Ltd., SOLE AGENTS FOR Hutton's Pineapple Hams Bacon 99 SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE COMPANY. LIMITED, PENANG. Teleittms: STORAGE. telephone No. 602. ,'OR THE FOLLOWING APPLY TO CHIN SENG 8 Co.. Ltd., FARQUHAR STREET. 0 Rustoff Metal Polish thoroughly cleans and brightens o without scratching or damaging. (1
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    • 196 3 MOKE V ARB'CK mp n IGARETTESi DCDOC 3C P. O. S. N. Co. SPECIAL STEAMER FROM Singapore, Port Swettenham and Penang DIRECT For Marseilles and London THE COMPANY’S 8 s.s. "Nubia 5,913 tons 4,500 Horse Power Captain A. B. GARWOOD, R.N.R. Will be despatched from SINGAPORE on or about 9th
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  • 96 4 Published daily (except Sundays and public holidays) AT THK CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. No. 59, Beach Street, Penang. Pbic*. Daily Local $24 per annum. Outstation... Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Post Free) $17.50 CARLE ADDRESS ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo, 586 Printing Department 343 -V B. —All business communications should
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  • 904 4 Just a year ago to-day the Little Navy agitation in the Liberal Party headed by Mr. Lloyd George reached its height. The Daily Chronicle reproached Mr. Churchill with a ducal disregard for such mundane considerations as money and the Manchester Guardian —a paper whose views we
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  • 1097 4 Whether it be true or not that Germany has officially protested against Rumanian plans for the separation of Transsylvania from Hungary, it would be strange indeed if those plans did not exist. When Rumania achieved the status of an independent State in 1862 she was bereft
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  • 115 4 Assets and Liabilities. From, Our Ovm Correspondent.) Singapore, January, 25. At the annual general meeting of the Lunas Rubber Estate Mr, Robinson, who presided, said that by the end of October the liquid assets would be more than sufficient to meet the immediate liabilities, but the margin
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  • 957 4 The advertisement columns of a London paper have the startling intimation, in capitals, “A Liberia Hippopotamus Free»*' But there is no need for alarm. It is mere ly the announcement of a dealer in post^. stamps. It is a hundred years ago to-dav nce Edmund Kean, at the
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    • 167 4 PRITCHARD 8 Co. SOLE AGENTS FOR ROVER CYCLES. MMK MOV 3M «9 Xft* -YJT 'JTi «V 'UMMBHMMraBMMMHMM* Another German Disaster. THE GERMAN ARTICLE SUPERSEDED AND SURPASSED BY i ICED EAU de COLOGNE. Instantly relieves Headaches. FOR ALL PAINS, NEURALGIA RHEUMATISM. Mr. Quah Beng Kee says:—‘‘i have found your Iced Eau
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  • 555 5 (Reuter's Service) Copyright Telegram. RECEIVED 25TH OF JAN. AT 5-45 P.M. FURTHER DETAILS. London, January 24, 9.55 p.m. So British ship was lost in the North Sea 5ght, and the casualties among the personnel at present reported are slight. H. M. S. Lion, which led the
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  • 289 5 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. RECEIVED 25TH OF JAN. AT 8 A.M. SHARP FIGHTING IN FLANDERS. London, January 25, 2-5 a m. The Paris evening communique states: The Germans heavily bombarded the district of North Zillebeke. r “There was a sharp fusillade near the chateau of Hermtag, but
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  • 283 5 Receive» 26th ok Jan at 8 a m. FIGHTING IN POLAND. London, January 25, 3.40 a.m. The official communique issued at Petrograd states On the right bank of the Vistula there were unimportant engagements on January 23 from Radzanovo to the Vistula in the region of Borjimoff
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  • 422 5 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. RECEIVED 26TH OF JAN. AT 1 P.M. GOOD WGRK BY ARTILLERY. London, January 26. The Eye-witness brings his narrative of i the operations up to January 19. He says Good work is being carried out by the artillery. The heavy battery combined with the
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  • 116 5 The following articles will be found on our outside pages Page 2. —Round the Golf Links Agencies Outside the Match.” England’s Last Hope! 3. —Rubber Notes The Export Embargo. An Unexpected Contrast. A Lucky Let-Off. 6. Chaplains Under Fire. The Life of a Biplane. Creepy Ghost Stories: Haunted House
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  • 1957 5 MOSLEM MARRIAGE CASE. The bearing of the case against Syed O-nar, a Moham«dan Kathi, charged with abetment of the offence of bigamy, was resumed before Mr. Justice L. P. Ebden in the Supreme Court yesterday morning. Mr. A. B. Voules, Solicitor-General, appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. G.
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  • 336 5 Radzanovo is on a tributary of the Vistula, 30 miles ENE. of Flock. It is i almost in the same latitude aa Thorn, which is some 70 miles to the west. Rumania and the War. —On a peace footing Rumania, which has decided to join the
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    • 137 5 From Ist February 1915, Stables situated at 37 and 32 Pitt Street, Penang, Apply to KENNEDY Co, Receivers 26-1-15 61 Mohamed Noordin’s Estatb. THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE CO., LTD. hi bad Okficb —SINGAPORE. Life Assurance and Endowment in All F orms. LIBERAL POLICIES. LOW RATES Financial Agents for Penang.
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  • 19 5 (Reuter.) Obituary. London, January 26. The death h&a taken place of Mr. Alexander Elder, the well •known ship-i owners.
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  • 1306 6 HAUNTED HOUSES IN LONDON. MU STEADS SPIRIT. Tkl«t Told il Psychical Research < lab. The members of the International Club for Psychical t eseareh meet annually ju*t before Christmas to compare notes as to their ghostly experiences On Friday even ing they met uuder the presidency of
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  • 380 6 The following interesting details ot the life of M F. 123, a Maurice Far man biplane, were recently given in tbe Petit Parisien. The machine was built at Buc last summer and delivered to the French army at Nancy on July 16’ li, and it
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  • 234 6 The fact is freely admitted bv the authorities of Churches which do not possess the prescriptive rights of the Church of England —such as the Roman Catholics and the Nonconformists—that the War Office is endeavouring to give all possible facilities to chaplains—selected for the purpose who desire
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  • 961 6 Father Paul Bmi, iu a letter to the Superior of the Mi field Brotherhood, gives a long aud interesting account of his experience* as a chaplain at on- of the hospitals iu Franre,” savs the Church Time». Iu No. C Ward we have a row
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  • 369 6 Savs S” in oue of his recent Letters to the Antipodes in the Westmin^Ur Qasstte A struggle so vist in it» reach and sweep is staggering to the human brain, aud the man would write bims-df dowu a fool who attempted to forecast its results
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  • 254 6 Private H. Hodgetts, 2nd Worcestershire Regiment (Signallers), writing to friends in the Isle of Wight,, says The Germ ms are very crafty. One night about 10 dais ago our sentry, on th 9 look-ou\ saw a man advancing towards our trenches It was too da»k
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  • 326 6 The war is effecting notable changes in the animil life of Ea-tern and Central France. According to M CuDisset-Carnot, the very able writer of the articles on sport and natural history which adorn the columns of the Paris Temps, the middle of August witnessed an immigration
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  • 507 6 Tvs Hrorkont or thi Fab East. A Dishal Vik.w. Distance may uot always lend enchantment to the view, but at any rate it enib'es one to net a go id perspective, opines the National Review of Shanghai. Th »t is wby tbe comments of old China hands”
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  • 242 6 With regard to British prisoners in Austria and also British non-combatants there, similarly satisfactory te-timony as to treatment is published. Mr. Chandler Hale, an Uoder-Secretary of the United States Foreign Office, was recently sent to Vienna Qn an official mission in connecti n with British prisoners.
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  • 183 6 At a time when we hope that a good deal of the world will be freed from the rule of the Turks, it is interesting and encou r aging to have a signal example of the good effects of such an emancipation The following paragraph has just appeared
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  • 260 6 Quoit* Tournament. The following was the result of the tie played off yesterday Championship. A S Hall beat J D Fettes 21—12. The following tie has been fixed for to-morrow: Double Handicap, Dunn and Rose vt Hall and Owen (i) Lawn Tennis Tournament The following wore the
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  • 44 6 Jan 23 By Balance $76,080.18 25 Capt. Caswell, ss. Pnngkor, and J. Stokes, s s Rr.torna 5000 A Penang Volunteer 864 Amount collected by Chief District Officer, per D. 0., Dindings 215 00 Balance Jan. 25 ...$76,3538!
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  • 40 6 Jan. 24 By Balance $1,453.22 25 Mrs. W. Kellie Smith 20.00 Pay of various N. C Os’ and Privates of ‘A Company, Penang Volunteers” 154 4$ Balance Jan 25. $1,627.70 Amount previously acknowledged 6,618 33 Total $8,241.03
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    • 11 6 For Children's Hacking Cough at Night, Wnn.V Great Fapparmiat Cara 1«
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    • 36 6 Sick Headuhe. Sick headache is caused bv a disordered stomach Take Oh imherlain’s Tablets and the headaches will disappear. They are just what you need to correct the trouble. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers
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    • 40 6 D) You CoughT Don’t overstrain the fine membrane of ▼our throat in trying to dislodge the phlegm Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy will accomplish this for you, and cure the cold that is causing it. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers
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    • 105 6 Blow, blow, tbou wintry wind, Blow all you know, Rain, hail or snow. You may be most unkind. Really I do not mind. For I’m immune-secure J take Woods’ Peppermint Cure, Lea* ng ill-health behind. The primary object of life insurance ii PROTECTION and policies of the CHINA MUTUAL LIFE
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  • 1083 7 lt hi* been nfrange to live by the Eng- h (’ll*no*l through these months of w,»r. it thl strangvuep# has been in nothing 7 or visiole. It has come nut of the "'j ah ,i communicated itself to the “7, r s Whatever has happened ou other
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  • 608 7 TRIBUTE FROM A GERMAN GENERAL Lbmons or thb War. New York. December 22. A correspondent of the Ne%c York Times, writing from the German front in France, has had an inteiesting conversation with General von Heeringen. He says General von Heeringen, like all other German Generals with
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  • 367 7 China has reason to be thankful to some of her critics who take the trouble to inform themselves of the actuil condition (f the country, and whose criti ism is consequently based upon facts. But there is another species of critic. The e make assumptions from non-existent
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  • 118 7 Pbnxno, Jahvabt 26 (By saurtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London, Demand Bank 2/4 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4$ 3 Credit 2/4W 3 Documentary 2/44 Calcatta, Demand Bank Be. 174$ 3 days’ sight Private 177 Bombay, Demand Bank 174} Moulmein, Demand Bank 17$ S days’ sight Private 176 Madras Demand
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  • 200 7 S P. Tapioca $4.80 buyert M. P. Tapioca ...fl.50 buyer» Gold Leat ...964.40 Black Pepper 18. —buyers White Pepper 31.50 buyers Trang Pepper 19 no stock Cloves 41 —nominal Mace 110 nominal. Mace Pickings 66. —sellers Nutmeg-* 110 2 3—nominal No. 1 6.10 sales Sugar 2 5,50 sales (.Basket
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