Straits Echo, 20 February 1915
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Title Section37 1915-02-20 1 Straits Echo 1 SK Y CHRONICLE OF EVENTS. CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL. 13. $24 Per Annum PENANG, SATURDAY, 2Uth FEBRUARY, 1915. Sintle C«pj, 10 Mils. No. 4-037 words
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Advertisement1141 1915-02-20 1 I ■■■■■———Mwmw WIEN OMENING SPECIFY 4, Do* Hcod Stout.** i E Jl It Is Strengthening end Invigorating. S*u Agoti! TiANG LtE S’ Co.. P*%cv%n Jt Kwiin Lumpur ■■■□□□□□□■■■■■ULiDOaui a*lKS>■■■■■■□□DDDQ Georgetown Motor Garage 7\ Penang Road. NOW ON SHOW One 5 Seater EMPIRE CAR AS ILLUSTRATION. i BANKS L s EMPIRE1,141 words
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Advertisement15 1915-02-20 1 TO LET. 2 BUNGALOWS Nos. 142 A and 1428. BURMAH ROAD. APPLY 53, Beach Street.15 words
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Article994 1915-02-20 2 Whatever may be thought of the desirability of the House of Commons adjourning for a couple of months just now—I have already said what I tbiuk—the attempt of the House of Lords to fill the gap for us has not been much of a success Lords994 words
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Article521 1915-02-20 2 Artificial Aids to Proficibnct. One of the things a golfer cannot do is to improve bis game by artificial means. It is true that a City tailor once recommended his particular cut of knickers on the ground that they were similar to those in which a celebrated professional521 words
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Article234 1915-02-20 2 Backache is rarely due to kidney trouble. Doctors will tell you that kidney disease, when it exists, may be very far advanced indeed before it indicates its presence by meaus of pains in the back. In the vast majority of cases Lumbago is the cause234 words
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Article185 1915-02-20 2 Saturday February 20 Golf Club, 5 46 to 7-15 r u. 1 Remiuiscences Of Meyerbeer Godfrey 2 What the Girl are Fond of. Gilbeit 3 Reminiscences Of Scotland Godfrey 4 Waltz September Godin 5 My Little Black Sweetheart... Two Step Federiksen 6 March In the Gipsy’s Camp Oscheit185 words
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Advertisement9 1915-02-20 2 For Chronic Ch*'«t Complaint*.l Wood'* IVriMrnt'qi Cvm, 1 619 words
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Advertisement408 1915-02-20 2 ~w jor J DGC DOC DOC PROWOB TYRES ”3 COLUMB TREAD Made in Riga, Russia. O Messrs. SELLAR, MURRAY Co Well-Known Extra lavy Canvas, No. 0. SAKPHAhBS. BlHTtKY to. HOTEL NORMAN, Penang’s Select Residential Hotel. ENGLISH PROPRIETORSHIP N.R. ln the eveDt of change of P r prietorship, the Hot«l will408 words
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Article1163 1915-02-20 3 [By Tom Wmomt] My complaint against tha German a, which I admit ia an outcome of the war, la that they lack the aenae of humour. '1 he K*’-*®' la the repreaentatire German, and any human being more ludicrously humourless ia unknown to me, in history or in1,163 words
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Article316 1915-02-20 3 N*w Books. The following new books and pamphlets have been received at the Library Arundel, by E. P. Benson. The Psychology of the Great War, by ORB Taylor. How Belgium Saved Europe, by Charles The War: Its Origins and Warnings, by Frank J Adkins. Prussianism and Its Destruction,316 words
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Article79 1915-02-20 3 Ist Sunday in Lbnt, February 21. 8 0 a.in. Matins 830 a.m. Holy C mmunion 915 a.m. Holy Communion (Tamils) Id 30 a.m. Chinese Service 500 p m. Sunday School 600 p-m. Evens mg and Sermon Psiltns 106 Hoi kins Magnificat Foster 48 Nunc Dimitis G<»ss 6179 words
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Article71 1915-02-20 3 Services will be held in the Presbyterian Church, Northam Road, to morrow —At 9am, specially for children; at 6 p.m., public worship for all. SuV j-ct of sermon at Eveoing Service by Rev. William Cross, m a., will lie: Unsuspected Capacities. Hymns (from Church Praise) 637, 323,71 words
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Article131 1915-02-20 3 All Club shoots are cancelled until demobilintion takes place. Members, however, are allowed to put in private practice*. It is officially announced that two French warships co operated in repulsing the Turkish attack on the Suez Canal m February 3rd. At the Lyc°una Theitre, Argyll Road,131 words
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Advertisement348 1915-02-20 3 < Id tn a Id K u Id Q. (/> </> m z < < x o m o gUCHANANS SCOTCH WHISKY SOMETHING TO CROW ABOUT' S »ITE”4 u ;o o ■0 > BLACK&WHITE ALWAYS THE HIGHEST QUALITY O m > m (/> Jot jUU lulgO i 1 I lltll348 words
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Advertisement186 1915-02-20 3 SWEET CHESTNUT TOE. i s and J s Work for all men— For all men rest, And a time to taste the joy«|of life. WILCOX *•*l •to /P c >n< —jnc FALMOUTH HOUSE FARQUAHAR STREET, (LATE SEA VIEW HOTEL.) Xrs. Trengove begs to announce that she has taken the above186 words
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Article, Illustration97 1915-02-20 4 Published daily (except Sundays and public holidays) AT TH i CRITERION PRESS. Ltd. No. 59, Beach Street, Penang. Price. Daily Local 924 per annum. Out station... Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Post Free) 917.50 CABLE ADDRESS ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo, 586 Printing Department 543 N.B. —All business communications97 words
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Article1287 1915-02-20 4 A reputation for candour and outspokenness is not without its disadvantages. Already there has descended upon us an avalanche of correspondence in connection with the lamentable happenings of this week in Singapore, those awful events which will cause the Chinese New Year of 1915 to be remembered1,287 words
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Article455 1915-02-20 4 The Berliner Tageblatt states that the King of Saxony has ordered that war bread shall be used exclusively at the Court at Dresden Sir Max Aitken, M P., has been appointed Eye-Witness” in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, with the rank of major. Sir Max Aitken is a455 words
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Article46 1915-02-20 4 No official news has been issued to-day regarding the mutiny in Singapore. It is hoped, however, that an account of the outbreak and an official list of casualties will be received from Singapore for publication in the course of the next twenty-four hours.46 words
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26 1915-02-20 4 Feb. 18 By Balance $86,324.29 19 R. H. Pinhorn, 2nd subscription 100.00 Miss Gibbons 20.00 Balance Feb. 19 ...$86,444.2926 words
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Article207 1915-02-20 4 Feb. 18 By Balance 919.12 19 Anonymous 5 00 R. H. Pinhorn, 2nd contribution 50.00 (Balance Feb. 19 974.12 Amount previously acknowledged 8,323 80 Total $9,297.92 In the course of a review of the trade of the Malay Peninsula for last year The Times remarks that there207 words
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Article987 1915-02-20 4 Who was responsible for the removal of the German prisoners from St. John’s Island to Singapore As residents of Penang living as farapirt as Cantonment Road and Scotland R od< j have written in to endorse our complaint regarding the nocturnal noise emanating from a factory not far987 words
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Advertisement111 1915-02-20 4 PRITCHARD 8 Co. SOLE AGENTS FOR ROVER CYCLES. DON’T BUY GERMAN COOPS. BAYER SUBSCRIBED 3,000, MARK 3 To the German V/ar Loan. There is no necessity to buy German ICE EAU DE COLOGNE OR ICE HAIR WASH We have filled the gap with our SUPER-ICED EAU DE COLOGNE AND SUPER-ICED111 words
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Article634 1915-02-20 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. Received 20th of Feb. at 9 a.m. appreciable guns. Paris, February 18. A Paris communique states •< xt is confirmed that a lucky coup-de-main gave us two lines of trenches northward of Arras and inflicted serious losses on the snemy. We captured a634 words
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Article491 1915-02-20 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. Received 20th of Feb. at 9 a.m. STUBBORN FIGHTING. Petrograd, February 19. A Petrograd communique states: 3tubborn fighting took place on Wednesday in tue region of Augustovo and along the Serpec —Plonsk roads. I here was no fighting on the left bank of491 words
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Article131 1915-02-20 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. Received 20th of Feb. at 9 a.m. NOT A SINGLE CASUALTY. London, February 19. Tbo day was not marked by a single j casualty. The number of merchantmen, which passed the Straits of Dover and arrived at the Mersey yesterday, was ia excess of131 words
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404 1915-02-20 5 DUTCH NOTES TO BRITAIN GERMANY. London, February 19. The Dutch Note to Germauy says that the British misuse of neutral flags does not diminish the responsibility of Germany, since belligerents cannot evade the duty of examination before seizing or destroying ships. In the event of the mistakes indicated by Germauy404 words
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Article964 1915-02-20 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. LONG LIST OF AWARDS. > London, February 18. The London Gazette of to-night consists of 22 pages of His Majesty's rewards for services in the field. The list includes: To be Temporary Lieut.-General: —H. H. Wilson. The following Colonels have been appointed Major-Generals:964 words
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Article216 1915-02-20 5 {Reuter.) London, February 18. The following are the London Market prices Copper, .£63*. Rubber, 2/5} d. Linseed, Argentine 49/6d. Cotton Seed, j£7-7-6. Wheats, White Karachi, 60/6d. paid Delhi, 61/Hemp K 27} paid. Lead, 19}. Linseed, 54/9d. Linseed Oil, 29/3 paid. Rubber, 2/3]d. paid. Coconut Oil, Ceylon spot, 51,216 words
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Article75 1915-02-20 5 The following articles will be found on our outside pages Page. 2 —Parliament and the War. Golf Notes. Band Programme. 3.—Penang Presbyterian Church. St. George’s Church. Marginal Notes. Penang Vounteer Rifle Club. Penang Library. 6. —F. M. S. Mining Outlook. Affairs in China. Pot-Hunters Value of Rifle Practice in75 words
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Advertisement247 1915-02-20 5 NOTICE “At Horue” on 25th iustant at JL the Residency is postponed for the present. MUNICIPAL NOTICE. AN Ordinary Meeting of the Municipal Commissioners will bo held at the Municipal Office at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, the 23rd instant. (By Order), L A. COUTIER BIGGS, Secretary to the Municipal Commissioners.247 words
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Article888 1915-02-20 6 Aw Awnous Y*ae The year that has closed has been a very 1 anxious one for the mines, and the future position is far from being assured, says the Mining Journal. The year has been one of 1 declining values almost all through, culminating in the temporary888 words
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Article615 1915-02-20 6 VALUE OP RIFLE PRACTICE IN W ARK ABE. I 1 The Swiraa Skip*©. (By a City Territorial.) 1 1 I have lately had some very interest- I ing evidence of the value, in the real thing. 1 of the experience gaiued in whit the scoffer 1 has beeu accustomed615 words
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Article262 1915-02-20 6 The Future of Constantinople and Palestine. In a lecture on The Future of Russia at the National Liberal Club in mail week, Mr. Stephen Graham compared the advantages of a compact Empire like Russia with our own, separated as it is by vast oceans. The262 words
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Article506 1915-02-20 6 Bkitibk Iwitiativ*. A Manchester man, writing from Padaog, West Coast of Sumatra, refers to the lack of British initiative. He states I see from the cables that Bunciman says that he has made such arrangements as will admit of our carrying on the dye trade at506 words
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Article511 1915-02-20 6 The Temper of The People. There can be no doubt that the people of this country are seriously perturbed in miud by the present relation with Japan. The signs are on every hand. The subject is the common talk of the tea-shops and the guildhouses, and is511 words
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Article926 1915-02-20 6 Who is an “Alien Enemy” In the five cases in which the full Court of Appeal gave judgment yesterday (says the Time$ of January 20) were determined legal questions of great importance arising out of the present war. Under these decisions the ownership of much property which has been hung926 words
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Article817 1915-02-20 6 Piracy A|»ii—Sia Hu Savi&ts B»*k— Yon mo Rev latoo Extradition of Rekel\—W*rnirj to t ickPock'tx—Less 0»ioA Consumption Chinese fireforisn Calendar. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Canton, January 29. After a month of peace—that is. of no serious uprising of rebels or brigandage— Canton again hears of piracy on817 words
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Article897 1915-02-20 6 Tbadb Returns. There is much to be Slid for the nrono ao i that the Straits Settlements, the Federal Malay St .tes, and the other Malay Stat under British protection, where tbe BtraiU currency is in use, should be treated as on l State for the purposes897 words
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Advertisement75 1915-02-20 6 Don’t Ccv*h It is absurd to allow a cough to hang od and sap your ritali'y wheu Chamberlain’ Cough U medy will cure you. You don’i know where a persistent cough will land you. You cun’t blind to allow your throat and luugs to become diseased when it is iuch75 words
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Advertisement56 1915-02-20 6 The pride of other days had fled. Weak was his chest and bowed hi« bead. His friends had gone to their last home, And he. alas was left alone. He courted death to end bis ill c No lor gar life eould he endure, but now he’s happy as can56 words
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Advertisement84 1915-02-20 6 Beware of Colds. Childrenare mo<b m ire lib=>lv to contract »he contaeious diseases when they have adds. Whooping coukh. diphtheria, scarlet feyer and co isnmption are diseases that are often contracted when the child has a cold That is why all m a dral authorities say beware of colds For84 words
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Advertisement51 1915-02-20 6 Don't Risk neomonii. Get rid of *-very cold as quickly as possible. Tt is the forerunner of all pulmonary trouble, and pneumonia may develop in a few hour*. Take Chamberlain's Coueh Remedy. It i* a simple thing to do, but the effect ii marvellous. For sale by all Dispaosenes sad51 words
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Advertisement128 1915-02-20 6 THE NEW FRENCH REMEDY. THERAPION NO 1 CURES DISCHARGES. EITHER SEX.WJTHOUT IMEC*- THERAPION NO 2 CUIfS BLOOD POISON, BAD LEGS. SKIN THERAPION NO.. 3 CURES CHRONIC WEAKNESSES. DRAINS, LOST VIOOS, SOLD BV LEADING CHEMISTS. p "»cr IN tVOI» vf *L. SEND STAMP ADDRESS ENVELOPE FOR r* CUR 6 I FR€E128 words
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Article1033 1915-02-20 7 Right or Ra*a >ha.bli Criticism Writing in the Nation, “H. W. M.” deals in an article entitled The Case for Liberty with the powers of the Press Bureau under the Defence of the Realm L Act, th9 growing danger of the suppression of proper criticism, and1,033 words
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Article989 1915-02-20 7 A Nrutral Visitor’s Imprrssiom*. We ("The Times') have received the following article from a well-known South American writer, who has juet returned from a visit to Berlin. It was w ripen primarily for the South Americ Press, in which it will also appear, but hae a general989 words
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Advertisement575 1915-02-20 7 OUR LATEST AND GREATEST OF ALL FEATURE EXCLUSIVES: The Streets of New York BY DION BOUCICAULT THRKE KEELS Pilot Filins. EXCLUSIVE Pilot Films One of the Most Exciting Film* this Season. A Strong-storied Drama, with pient j of thrills. Blackmail. Attempted Suicide. Tram jumping, Burning tenements, Hidden document etc. Just575 words
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Advertisement40 1915-02-20 7 i Just Whit You Ned. Don’t suffer for years from a disordered i st anch. A few doses of Chamberlain’s f Tablets will pat you right. They are just i what you need. Tor sale by all Dispensary > and Dsalers40 words
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Advertisement196 1915-02-20 7 OCDC 0 XX DOC XX DO<=3oooC DCD< BY ROYAL APPOINTMENT. Contractora to: THE ADMIRALTY. THE WAR OFFICE. THE INDIA OFFICE. n o n n o r\ ALL Government Hospitals IN THE Straits Settlements AND Federated Malay States. v Sr I WA I» TEPfffc? AND ALL Leading Hospitals V n o196 words
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Advertisement1667 1915-02-20 8 rx :•> A Wireless Telegraphy, tilted on all Steamers. All Cabins are fitted with Electric Fans FREE of Charge and each berth is tarnished with an Electric Reading Lamp. Expected Arrivals and Departures. Mail Service Outward. Due Penang Steamer. Connecting with S.S. Feb. 19 Mar. 5 18 Sardinia Nubia Oriental1,667 words
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