Straits Echo, 3 March 1915

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  • 35 1 Straits Echo D/.!IY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS. CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATEO MALAY STATES AND THE FAR BAST GENERALI) VOL. 13. $24 Per Annum. PENANG, WEDNESDAY, 3rd MARCH, 1915. Tittle Co»,, 10 cents. No. 49
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 1145 1 r WHIN ORtERINC SPECIFY Dog H«ad Stout." A HAD It is Strengthening ind Invigorating, TIANG LEE Co., Penama <t Kuala Lumpur ■■DDDDDDauianaanaaiißiu aaannu Georgetown Motor Garage 7 A Penang Road. NOW ON SHOW Dae 5 Seater EMPIRE CAR AS ILLUSTRATION., BANKS > I Chartered Bank of India. Australia and China.
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    • 15 1 TO LET. 2 BUNGALOWS Nos. 142 A and 1428, BURMAH ROAD. Appwr 53, Beach Street.
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  • 1957 2  -  (Bt F J.L.) In B»rma one must be up with the dawn, and do one’s sightseeing, shopping and affairs generally before the intolerable heat of noon. So immediately after shota hazri” —the little breakfast” at 5 —the eccentricities of Burmese hotels were forgotten wheu we drove out for
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 353 2 Ministering Children’s League Concert. IN AID OP BELGIAN RELIEF FUND. A Children’s Cantata Peeps into Picture Land by Lois Bates and Arthur Pearson 1 ableau. Vivants, Fancy Dancing and Patriotic Song in Costume and Military Drill. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF Miss CASE. TO BK HELD AT THE Town Hall, On
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    • 52 2 Don’t R;&k neumoni». Get rid of every cold as quickly aa possible. It is the foreruuner of all pulmonary trouble, and pneumonia may develop in a few hours. Take Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. It is a simple thiug to do, tut the fF* ct is mirvelloua. For sale by all Diapersaries
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    • 488 2 PROWODNIK MADE IN RUSSIA U V St O o of A < "I*** b VV R t rxt I t-Sfc' < x£r* y j J t: FROM ALL GARAGES[OR SELLAR, MURRAY CO., PENANG. ■KBMMBMI it Ratoo Deebook NO LIABILITY. H NOTICE is hereby given that a CALL (No. 12) of
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  • 978 3 Bt Frank R. Heath la the Naval Gallery at G esnwich Hospital our old sea-dogs, some of whose names are familiar to every schoolboy, are represented in very varied costum-J, and almost merit a S&rtor Resartus of their own Nutting! am, Sir Walter Raleigh, and TorriDgfon expand their
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  • 230 3 I To THi Editoe of the Straita Echo Dm Sis, Passengers travelling from Penang to Butterwortb and viea vena by the Eastern i Shipping Co's launches were, since yesterday afternoon, charged one cent in addition to the usnal fare. This additional charge, they say, is collected for
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  • 605 3 FOOD PRICES IN THE FATHERLAND. Moee Warnings. The national food supply is s till an allimportant topic in the German Press. A university professor complains that there is a reckless and senseless” consumption of cakes aud sweet past ies aud that the servants will not put up
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 378 3 A' OVER prr zzzpi ;cz~_ >c."~ 3o< >ezzz xzz :"~-~do PALMER CYCLE TYRES. The Best in the Market 1 f R. T. REID Co., Sole Agents. 23, Beach Street, Penang, Per -rrr-rjt .j. -jnt nc —->- GEORGE TOWN KINEMA PRESENTS The Greatest Detective Melodrama OF THE DAY In 3 Reels.
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    • 10 3 For Chrome Che t Complaints, Omt Ptppcmiat Dirt la M
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    • 645 3 SWEET CHESTNUT TOE. i s and i s Work for all men— For all men rest, And a time to taste the|joys|of|life. WILCOX ec n 30C ALLEN DENNYS CO.. Penang. PROPRIETORS OP THE PENANG RUBBER AUCTION ROOMS. SALES HELD EVERY TUESDAY RUBBER bought or wld bj PUBLIC AUCTION or PRIVATI
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  • 95 4 Published daily (except Sundays and pvblio holidays) AT THS CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. No. 59. Beach Street, Penang. Price. Daily Local $24 per annum. Out station... Postage Extra. Kail Edition (Post Free) $17.50 CABLE ADDRESS ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo, 588 Printing Department 343 jVft.—All business coromunicatiaDS should be
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  • 1014 4 Although the dates on which, according to the scribes, Italy and Roumania were to have intervened in the war on the side of the Allies have passed without any action on the part of those Powers, it is quite possible that their appearance among the belligerents
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  • 83 4 Mar. 1 By Balance $3,112.37 2 Staff of Adamson Gilfillan Co. Ld., monthly subscription for February 107.10 3 Musketeers, monthly subscription 45.00 Mr. and Mrs, O. M.” monthly subscription 10.00 Employees of United Engineers Ld., monthly subscription SI.OO Editorial Staff of Pinang Gazette
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  • 56 4 Mar. 1 By Balance $1,505.84 2 S. Rudd 25 00 Pilot Brown, monthly 10.00 Capt. E. D. M., monthly 500 Ben de Cruz, monthly 3.00 Capt. Macintyre, monthly 20.00 Mr. and Mrs. O. M monthly 5.00 O. B. Pike, 4th contribution 25 00 Balance Mar. 2 $1,598.84
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  • 731 4 A notice in the Singapore papers says: W# are asked to state, for the information of those who hare received cards, that the Lady Evelyn Young’s fortnightly Garden Parties are discontinued until further notice. From Monday’s Malay Mail Mr. Zachari&s left yesterday on an extended tour in
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  • 86 4 (Reuter). The following are the London market prices: Copper, 64*. Linseed, Argentine 48/3 March and April delivery, paid. Wheat, White Karach 60/-, Delhi 63/3, Rosape 62/6. Shellac, quiet, March 60 6 paid. Tin, ,£lB3. Rubber, 2/4 April. Copra 39 J, paid. On Tuesday the F.M S. War Relief
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  • 958 4 Proposed addition to the journalist’, litany: In quires and places where they here shall a Censor be blown trom a non. Among the letters addressed to the Straits Eche, opened by the Censor and received this morning, March 3rd, was one dated February 28th from Headquarters” Government House,
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 341 4 A dollar saved is a dollar got, MB——l^MW—Bgi—a—B—iiimiiMm— i I »i nr You will save a lot if you buy from us A HUGE STOCK OF CAMP COTS JUST ARRIVED. Our Cots are covered with Superior Drab Duck, and are superior in quality. JV.T Cf ic I y w. Cot
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  • 1021 5 LATEST NEWS. The following telegram received yesterday from the Private Secretary to H. E the Governor has been forwarded to us for publication by the Hon’ble the Resident-Councillor There is but little to report. No further captures were reported to-day. Systematic trackingcontinues but nodefinite information has as yet
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  • 2058 5 (Renter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. REPRISALS AGAINST GERMANY. PREMIER’S STATEMENT IN THE HOUSE ELOQUENT SPEECH BY MR. ASQUITH. London, March 1. Mr H. H. Asquith, in moving a supplementary credit of .£37,000,000 and a fresh credit of jC250,000,000 pointed out that the total credits in the financial year
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  • 618 5 (Renter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. > FIERCE FIGHTING AT PRASNYSZ REVIEW OF THE OPERATIONS. Petrograd, March 2. The official review of the operations, ending in the victory of the Russians at Prasnysz, says The Germans, after the battle near the Mazurian Lakes, began on February 6 an offensive
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  • 381 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. RAIN IMPEDES OPERATIONS. Paris, March 2. An eveniug communique states Rain and soowbtorms impeded the operations. “We repulsed a stroug counter-attack north of Mesnil. “Iu Champigno we maintained our gaius and made fresh progress. “We captured a blockhouse at Bois le Pretre near
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 67 5 NOTICE. AMEETING of all the-a proposing to jom or otherwise interested.in the New Penan- Vet ran* or R s rve Corps will be held at the I*. C. C to morrow, the 4th March, at t>-30 p in., when tho rules of thu Corpg and other in afters will be
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  • 206 5 Obituary. Mr. Frank Bullen. London, March 1. The death has taken place of the wellknown author Mr. p’rank Bullen. [From Who's Who we take the following biographical details: Frank Thomas Bullen, F.R.G S author and lecturer; b. Paddington, 5 April, 1857; s. of F R. Bullen of Crowkerue, Dorset; m.
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  • 2906 6 A GENERAL SURVEY. CoiCIHTIOW AND EtFICIENCT. (By the Timet Military Correspondent Now that two-thirds ot the winter are passed and the weather shows signs of mending its manners, the opportunity is favourable for reviewing the general situation of the Army under Field-Marshal Sir John French. The
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  • 260 6 In an article on the Far Eastern Contingents the London correspondent of the Free Preat says We hear by the way, although we do not know whether it is true or not, that the War Office are still offering commissions ou the spot to suitable men
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  • 270 6 The fact that a book-maker laid 1,000 to 10 three times against a horse on Saturday afternoon and lost is a striking instance ot the opportuneness of opportunity for the totalisator piid over Rs. 1,200 on the one ticket taken and the net result is that the
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  • 373 6 The undermentioned prices were realised for rubber sold by Messrs. Allen Dennvs A Co by auction and private tender yesterday. 34, '00 lbs. were sold Smoked sheet sl’4to*ll9 f, plain s’oB $lOl Unsmoked sheet $lOl $llO Pale Crepe $ll3 $l6 Good brown Crepe 91 97 No. 3
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  • 1160 6 We doubt whether* any great country has ever practised underhand diplomacy so i assiduously as the German Empire. Since the outbreak of the war its agents and emissaries have devoted tbemseftes with 1 particular teal to attempts at sappmg the mutual confidence of the Allies.
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  • 707 6 Satnagaga Rubber Co. Ltd j-»l' Rubber Estates of Krian Ltd. 2 > g7n Ptdang Jawa Rubber Estates Ltd..! is2*>i Gula Kalumpong Rubber Estates Ltd. gg jj,! Karan Rubber Company Ltd. g Padang Rubber Company Ltd. 600 New Columbia Rubber Company Ltd. Cons lidated Rubber Estate 1 Ltd
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 75 6 Don’t CoefL It is absurd to allow a cough to hang on and sup yaur vitality when Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy will cure ycu. You don't know where a persistent e< ugh will land you. You cnn’t afford to allow your throat and lunes to become «licensed when it is such
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    • 38 6 A Forty Ye»n’ Test. Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy has been curing coughs and colds for the past fortv years and has gained in popularity ©very yeir. What better recommendation is reSttl™ Tm ale hj all Di, P* nMrie and
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    • 35 6 Just What Yw Need. Don’t Buffer for years from a disordered stomseh. A few dose« of Chamberlain’s Tablet* will put rou right They are lost what yon need. For «ale by all Diepenmriee and Dealer*.
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  • 1283 7 It was heralded by the booming of Runs across the sea. The great city lay slumhering between us and the shore, but over the turrets and spires it came—boom, boom— cnder the stars. It was war. And if you listened there was but one word —war, war,
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  • 635 7 Sub alt sax’s Amusing Lines To Cheer Us Ur.” The following lines were written at the front bv a subaltern of “C Company, 2nd Roval Dublin Fusiliers, and were published !in the Ist Divisional Routine Orders —“to 'cheer us up,” says one letter home A is our
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 541 7 Medicines Just Unpacked. The Penang Rubber Stamp Company beg to announce to their patrons and maDy interested customers that they have now received a large fresh shipment of medicines from the Swasthya Sahaya Pharmacy, Calcutta, and cordially solicit their further esteemed orders. HOTEL NORMAN Penang’s Select Residential Hotel. ENGLISH PROPRIETORSHIP.
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    • 79 7 Beware of Colds. Childrenare much mire likely to contract, the contagious di-eases when they have colds Wiioopinc diphtheria, scarlet fever and consumption are diseases that are often contracted when the child has a cold That is why all medical authorities say beware of colds. For the quick cure of colds
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    • 205 7 XX--.. dp one oczx 0 DOC DOC DOC DOooOOC BY ROYAL ”8 APPOINTMENT. Contractors to: THE ADMIRALTY. THE WAR OFFICE. THE INDIA OFFICE. ALL Government Hospitals IN THE Straits Settlements AND Federated Malay States. a m OAR t NATUlfis iff Milkmaid Brand Sweetened Condensed Milk. Milkmaid Brand Sterilised Natural Milk.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 1677 8 iAT 9LB m-'j Wireless Telegraphy, fitted on nil Steamers. All Cabins are fitted with Electric Fans FREE of Charge and each berth ia furnished with an Electrio Reading Lamp. Expected Arrivals and Departures. Mall Service Outward. Due Penang Steamer. Connecting with S.S. Mar. 4 18 Nubia Oriental Malwa Morea Homeward.
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