Straits Echo, 23 February 1915
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Title Section35 1915-02-23 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS. CikCULATINfi THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS. THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR BAST GBNBRAUI VOL. 13. $24 Per Annum PENANG, TUESDAY, 23rd FEBRUARY, 1915. Sinfk Ctpj, 10 cents. No. 4235 words
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Advertisement1136 1915-02-23 1 I Himnmmumuu WHIN ommc SPECIFY “Do* Head Stout.'* A Kfc/SSE It is Strengthening end Invigorating, §«u Agenii: TIANO LEE V Co., Pewmg <t Kwila Lumpur ■■iDDDDDDIIIIIDaDaDDnillB Georgetown Motor Garage 7 A Penang Road. NOW ON SHOW One 5 SeaUr EMPIRE CAR AS ILLUSTRATION. BANKS SjS EMPIRE "The Little Aristocrat" 251,136 words
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Advertisement16 1915-02-23 1 TO LET. 2 BUNGALOWS Nos. 142 A an i 1428, BURMAH ROAD. APPLY 53, Beach Street.16 words
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Article901 1915-02-23 2 Mr. H. G. Wells has been excited by a suggestion made by Lord Selborne, and his excitement has led to an excellent article in the Chronicle on the need for the organisation of foresight in Great Britain. Lord Seibome has suggested that we should organise foresight901 words
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Article722 1915-02-23 2 Enliohtenbd Polygamy. America is the experimental garden of the world, but the Oriental scion of polygamy grafted on the stock of Puritan tradition did not produce a permanent plant, even in the chartered wilderness of the West. After the prophets of Utah, however, comes another who, daring much,722 words
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Article244 1915-02-23 2 The joints and muscles of people suffering from Rheumatism and Lumbago are like the hinges of an old negleoted gate. When the gate is being opened the hinges show their bad condition by creaking and refusing to swing easily because they are clogged with rust. When the244 words
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Advertisement479 1915-02-23 2 OUR LATEST AND GREATEST OF ALL FEATURE EXC «SITES: The Streets of New York BY DION BOUCICAULT THREE REELS Pilot Films EXCLUSIVE Pilot Films One of the Most Exciting Films this Season. I A Strong-storied Drama, with plenty of thrills. Blackmail, Attempted Suicide, Train jumping, Burning tenements, Hidden document etc.479 words
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Advertisement249 1915-02-23 2 St. George's Ball SUBSCRIBERS to the above are invited to attend a meeting to be held in th 6 Penang Cricket Club on Wednesday, the 24th day of February, 1915, at 6-45 pm. sharp. BUSINESS: 1. To pass accounts for 1914. 2. To arrange for celebrations on St. George’s Day249 words
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Advertisement54 1915-02-23 2 Don’t Risk neumonu, Get rid of every cold as quickly aa possible. It ia the forerunner of all pulmonary trouble, an j pneumonia may develop in a tew houia. Take Chamberlain’s Cough Eem dy. It ia a simple thing to do, but the effect ia marvellous. For tale by tU54 words
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Advertisement230 1915-02-23 2 SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE Co.. i tl SOLE AGENTS FOR Hutton’s Pineapple Hams Bacon. SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE COMPANY. LIMITED, PENANG. telephone No. 602. Telegrams: STORAGE. We have the pleasure in notifying the public that we shall, on or befn the Ist March, I£ls, remove to No. i23a McAlister road, THAI HUNG230 words
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Article1041 1915-02-23 3 Feed T. Jane - (By Feed T. Jane.) THE SUBMARINE. We are accustomed to think of the subI marine as an entirely modern invention. I In one wav it is, but 300 odd years before I Christ, Alexander the Great had his own ideas on the subject. Coming to more recent but1,041 words
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Article181 1915-02-23 3 To thk Editor or thk Straits Echo. Sir, —May I trouble you for a space in your precious eolumns. Since the outbreak of War the public of Penang has been deprived of the sweet music which fills the air around the Esplanade on moonlight nights. At the181 words
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Article82 1915-02-23 3 Nsw Members of Council. London, February 11. The Rubber Growers’ Association report deals comprehensively with the 1914 working, revealing the Association’s activities to further the welfare of the iniustry. Mr. E. L. Hamilton has been elected Vice-Chairman, succeeding Mr. G. Croll, who has resigned his membership.82 words
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Article490 1915-02-23 3 The undermentioned prices were realised for rubber sold by Messrs. Allen Dennys Co by auction aud private tender today. 30,000 lbs. were sold. Smoked sheet $104 to 8118 plain $104 $113 Unsmoked sheet $100 $104 j Pale Crepe $110 $113 No. 2 97 $105 3 8 81490 words
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Advertisement544 1915-02-23 3 Lest you forge 1 “Beware of the gee?e when the fox preaches” and “Be timely wi.e rather than wise in time.” To-morrow Night To-morrow Night!! Commencing Wednesday, the 24th Feb., 1915 and following 2 Nights. THE STRAITS CINEMA, PENANG ROAD. The Leading Premier Show in Penang AND The People’s Favourite544 words
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Advertisement9 1915-02-23 3 Tor Chronic Cheat Complaints, Oraat Ptppiraint Oar*. 1« bd9 words
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Advertisement259 1915-02-23 3 SWEET CHESTNUT TOE. i s and j Work for all men— For all men rest, And a time to taste the joysjof life. WILCOX ec DOC 1 ALLEN DENNYS CO.. Penang, RUBBER BROKERS, PROPRIETORS OP THE PENANG RUBBER AUCTION ROOMS. SALES HELD EVERY TUESDAY RUBBER bought or *eld by PUBLIC259 words
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Article, Illustration95 1915-02-23 4 Published daily (except Sundays and public holidays) AT THE CRITERION PRESS. Ltd. No. 59, Beach Street, Penang. Pkice. Daily Local $24 per annum. Outstation... Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Poet Free) $17.50 CABLE ADDRESS ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo, 586 Printing Department 343 AT B. —All bufli ness communications95 words
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Article1049 1915-02-23 4 One of the most striking signs of the times in France is the profound and implicit confidence which all parties in the I State, all classes of the population and all rauks in the army repose in the generaf j lissimo, General Joffre. In the old1,049 words
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Article959 1915-02-23 4 Knowing the controlling spirits of the Homeward Shipping Conference as they do, people out here will be quite prepared to believe much that is evil of the shipowning fraternity. But that they would take advantage of the supreme national crisis, when Britain is fighting for her very959 words
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Article89 1915-02-23 4 Further Official News, This morning the Resident Councillor forwarded to us for publication, the following copy of a telegram received from the Private Secretary to His Excellency the Governor: o^S‘i 0f the 22nd out of 818 sth Native Light Infantry 614 were in custody and 52 estimated89 words
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40 1915-02-23 4 The 2nd Annual Banquet of the Chamber was held at the Chinese Town Hall at 5 p. m yesterday. Over one hundred members were present and a group photograph was taken before the dinner. r40 words
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Article934 1915-02-23 4 Armchair criticism is the privilege nf j unserviceable. 8 Have any person, of in.port ailw t Singapore, or their connection* behaved in such a manner ‘toward, T S German prisoners there as to confer u impression that these alien enemies wer J objects of special benevolence, nrotJr' and934 words
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Advertisement202 1915-02-23 4 PRITCHARD 8 Co. ROVER CYCLES. DON’T BUY GERMAN GOODS. BAYER SUBSCRIBED 3,000, MARKS To the German War 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-ICED HAIR WASH. BRITISH AMD202 words
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Article919 1915-02-23 5 (Reuter's Service.) Coypright Telegram. Received 22nd of Feb at 9 p.m. RUSSIAN RETREAT FROM E. PRUSSIA. Tetrograd Explanation. Pet ro*rad, February 22. A Petrograd communique states A series of exceptionally persistent and costly attacks having convinced the Germans of the impossibility of piercing our front on the919 words
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Article587 1915-02-23 5 Received 22nd ok Feb at 9 p.m. PRAISEWORTHY IN THE HIGHEST DEGREE. London, February 22The Press Bureau announces that the British Observer with General Joffre’s Army, reviewing the recent events, emphasises the fact that if the gains in France are only measured by the amount of ground587 words
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Article745 1915-02-23 5 (Reuter's Service.) Coypright Telegram. Received 22nd of Feb at 9 p.m. AMERICAN STEAMER SUNK. Washington, February 22. Mr. W. J. Bryan, U. S. Secretary of State, has requested the U. S. Ambassadors at London and Berlin to send him the details of the sinking of the Evely745 words
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35 1915-02-23 5 Feb. 20 By Balance ...$86,444.29 22 European Staff, Chinese and Tamil clerks and mechanics employed on the Caledonia Group of Estates, sth instalment 634.86 Balance Feb. 22 ...$87,079.1535 words
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Article75 1915-02-23 5 Wednesday, February 24. Feast ok S. Matthias. 8-00 am. Holy Communion 6-30 pm. Choir practices Friday, February 26. Service of Intercession for the war at 6 p.m. To- day’s Tides. —High water 4.0 a.m. and 4.55 pm. Low water 10.26 a.m. Mr. G. E. Shaw, of75 words
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Article765 1915-02-23 5 (Reuter's Service.) Coypright Telegram. Received 22nd of Feb at 9 p.m. PRACTICALLY NO DAMAGE. I London, February 22. The noise of air-craft was heard in Essex yesterday evening, and bombs were dropped at Colchester and Braintvee. In the latter l town the bombs fell without exploding;765 words
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Article74 1915-02-23 5 The following articles will be found in our outside pages Page. 2.—Mr. Wells and Foresight. Desperate Remedies. 3—Naval Warfare: The Submarine. The R. G A. The Moonlight Band. Penang Rubber Auction. 6. —America and Ourselves. Laws of War: Official German Views. France’s Renascence. Curious Wartime Incidents: Couple Unwittingly Adopt74 words
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Advertisement51 1915-02-23 5 Don’t Risk Pneumonia. Get rid of every cold as quickly as possible. It is the forerunner of all pulmonary trouble, and pneumonia may develop in a few hours. Take Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. It is a simple thing to do, but the effect is marvellous. For sale by all Dispensaries and51 words
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Advertisement369 1915-02-23 5 THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE CO., LTD. Hbau Ofvici :—SINGAPORE. Life Assurance and Endowment in All Forms. LIBERAL POLICIES. LOW RATES Financial Agents for Penang. SELLAR, MURRAY A CO. Local Office: —No. 7, Union Strbbt. THE SHOW OF SURPRISES LONG LOOKEO FOR COME AT LAST WILLISON'S BRITISH AMERICAN CIRCUS AND369 words
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Article1094 1915-02-23 6 Prominence or Domestic Politics in the United States Outlook on the War. Ever since the American Note was published certain New Yoik and Washington correspondents of London newspapers have been emulating the Fat Boy in Pickwick.” And uuforlunately they have succeeded in transforming a certain amount of1,094 words
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Article845 1915-02-23 6 COUPLE UNWITTINGLY ADOPT THEIR OWN NIECE. Judge as Private The war has been responsible for many curious incidents and strange coincidences. The following are a few typical examples A very pr< minent Government official has three nephews One is in the English, a second is in the845 words
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Article1273 1915-02-23 6 OFFICIAL GERMAN VIEWS. Frightful* ess IK Theory. Under the title of The German War Book,”* Professor J. H Morgan has, together with a critical introduction, provided a literal translation of the handbook on Usages of War on Land, issued by the Great General Staff of the German1,273 words
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Article359 1915-02-23 6 7he outspoken comments of the American Press upon the Z >ppeliu raid shows how deeply the conscience of the world’s greatest neutral State has been stirred by this wanton violation of the laws of war. Even if w*> charitably assume that the Germans in359 words
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Article1186 1915-02-23 6 The renascence of France is the one thing that fascinates Francophils like inyse f, who have visited Paris at frequent intervals since 1867. In all that time I cannot record any period so threatening as the di*k days that preceded the Presidential election of M. Poincare. Providence has1,186 words
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Article499 1915-02-23 6 Britishers who are keen that every effort should be made to capture German trade at the present momeut are not slow in denouncing the attitude taken up in regard to German trade in the East, because it is obvious that the closing of German firms in499 words
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Advertisement11 1915-02-23 6 Utniaron» Hacking Cough at Night, Woods’ Gruat r*rparmmt Our* 11, €411 words
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Advertisement107 1915-02-23 6 The German War Book. Being The Usages of War on Land,” issued by the Great General Staff of the German Army. (London Ji>hn Murray. Price, 2s. 6d.) Beware of Colds. Childrenare much more likely to contract the contagious diseases when they hare colds Whooping cough, diphtheria, scarlet fever and consumption107 words
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Advertisement119 1915-02-23 6 Good wine needs no bush, You cannot paint the lily, Some folks think they can, But they, of course, are silly. This motto in the top line Is apropos, I’m sure, Of one cough remedy at least— Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure FREE TO ALL SUFFERERS If you leei‘OUT of SORTS'119 words
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Advertisement74 1915-02-23 6 Don't Cough. It is absurd to allow a cough to hang on and sap your vitality when Chamberlain’s Cough R‘ medy will cure you. You don’t know where a persistent cough will land you. You cnn’t afford to allow your throat and lungs to become diseased when it is such74 words
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Advertisement90 1915-02-23 6 Just What You Ned. Don't suffer for years from a disordered stomach. A few doses of Chamberlain s Tablets will put you right. They are just what you need. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealera. EYE-SICHT RESTORED. An infallible remedy for »j sorts of eye diseases. It cures Gata90 words
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Article207 1915-02-23 7 BP. Tapioca tb.lo seller» M. P Tapioca $5.85 tale* Gold Loaf $64.40 Black Pepper 18 buyer, ‘White Pepper 34 40 sale* Trang Pepper 25 .—»eU~rs Cloves 41 —nomina Mace 11 0 nominal. Mace Pickings 64 —tales Nutmegs 110 23.40 tales (No. 1 9.50 tales Sugar j 2 8.90 tale*207 words
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Article231 1915-02-23 7 Penang, Fbbuary 23 Beef— cts. Soup per catty 18 Roast 26 Steaks 26 Stew or Curry Meat 20 Rump Steak 26 Ox Tail each 50 Tongue 50 Feet 15 Heart 35 Liver per catty 30 Pork— Pork per catty 36 Pig’s Head 22 Foot 26 Tonguj 36 Mutton231 words
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Article950 1915-02-23 7 When Mr. Justice Avory was trying the libel action in connection with fI.M 8. London a few months ago he created some amusement ia a court crowded lor the most pirt with service men by asking, in his severest tones, “Who is Gobby 'lhe question is not an950 words
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Article652 1915-02-23 7 SOWERS OF CIVIL DISCORD. Widespread Machination*. New York, January 20 Under the leadership of an alien German statesman and agent of the Kaiser, the German* in the United States have organized themselves into a mighty shouting machine, and they are openly trying to intimidate the State Depart meat.652 words
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Article245 1915-02-23 7 Wednesday February 24. Esplanade, 6 to 7 p.m. 1 Selection. Les Hugonotes Meyerbeer 2 Quadrille Monte Carlo Williams 3 Waltz Vision of Salome Joyce 4 Polka Pliny come Kiss Ye Baby Boettger 5 March My Pretty Jane Cook. The other evening, saya a writer in the Chronicle, a245 words
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Advertisement80 1915-02-23 7 TRANSLATION rpHE UNDER8IONED undertakes to -I translate any document from English into Chinese and rice versa. Also Chinese accounts into English. Fees according to the following scale: (1) For translations for insertion in the Straitt Echo or the Penang Sin Poe or to be printed by the Jobbing Department of80 words
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Advertisement42 1915-02-23 7 A Forty Years Test. j Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has b a en curing coughs and cold» for the past forty ▼ears ana has g lined in popularity every year. What better recommendation ii re•Uir«d t For sale by all Biipanaarie» and Daiakra.42 words
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Advertisement1583 1915-02-23 8 P.&3. N.V Wireless Telegraphy, fitted on all Steamers. All Cabins are fitted with Electric Fans FREE of Charge and each berth is furnished With an Electric Reading Lamp. Expected Arrivals and Departures. Mail Service. Homeward. Date Steamĕr. Connecting with S.S. Due London. Mar. Apl. 6 Malta 19 Sardinia Nubia Egypt1,583 words
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