Straits Echo, 3 April 1915

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  • 34 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS. CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR BAST GENERALLY VOL. 13. $24 ?:r Annua, PENANG, SATURDAY, 3rd APRIL, 19 IS. oingle Copy, It crats. No. 76
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  • 1900 3 Did BaiTaiN Staitd im Gbrma.nt’b Wav Although absent for some time in the United States and Canada lecturing on the causes of the present war, I have kept in close touch with British journalism, with books and pamphlets recently issued and endeavouring to set forth
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  • 1525 4  -  By "Numa" WHAT IS PEACE? i j Speaking at a missionary gathering the other day, the Archbishop of Canterbury asked what the great leaders of men, the original founders of the Church Missionary Society, would have thought of the war. They would,” for His Grace went on
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  • 1027 5 Usually quite trustworthy, the clock in the tower of ther F.M S. Railways buildings on Weld Quay has been all “at Bixes and at sevens’' during the few days, thus following the evil example of its ecclesiastical contemporary at St. George's Church which is a constant snare and
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  • 272 5 The following message comes through the German wireless stations and has been received by the Marconi Company:— The crew of th e Ayesha under LieutenantCommander Miicke have arrived at Damascus and will soon reach Constantinople:” Lieut.-Comdr. Miicke was the officer in command of the Emden’s landing
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  • 196 5 At the Chureh of the Assumption the services during Easter week, which commenced on Wednesday, was held as usual, the Rev. L. M. Duvelle, Vicar of the Church of the Assumption, officiating at all the services. On Wednesday evening at 7p m. the Tenebrae was held and was
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  • 153 5 Shortly before 8p m. yesterday evening an attap house in Pulo Tikus caught tire. Although the fire was seen from the Fire Station at Penang Road it was thought that the fire was due to the burning of refuse. The smoke engine at Penang Roid on receipt
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  • 95 5 Easter Day, April 4. 7- a.m. Holy Communion 8- a.m. Holy Communion 10 30 a.m. Choral Matins and Choral Celebration of the Holy Cemmunion Processional Hymn 134 Responses Roberts Easer Anthem “Christ our Passover” Humfrey Psalm II Cooke 332 Te Deum 4th Setting Benedictus Baruby Service at
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  • 80 5 Services will be held in the Presbyterian Church, Northain Road, to-morrow —Easter Day—as follows —At 9 a.m. specially for Children, at 6 p.m. Public Worship for all. Subject of m at evening service by Rev. William Cross, m.a will be —“A greeting from the immortal life Hymns
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    • 245 5 < Id CO a Id K u Id <L </> CO < X u m o "a ff\ K ,5» p. La rd Ĕ&A Ri i*vi SCOTCH dL, Ss WHISKY «11^ SCOTCH iaMES BUCHANAN JAM^soow^^^: vC s »■> C*J H a»» SOMETHING TO CROW ABOUT’ BLACK WHITE ALWAYS THE HIGHEST
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    • 262 5 THRU CASTLE MAGNUMS. •UONUHf. ti Y D &Ho.wai% Bp l*tol& London- < Coupons can be exchanged through the local branch office. 7, Church Street Ghaut OCDOC n DOC DOC DOC DOC DOC TOWN HALL, PENANG. =8 EASTER MONDAY. APRIL 5. 1915. IN AID OF Queen Mary’s Work for Women Fund.
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  • 96 6 Published daily (except Sundays and public holidays) AT THE CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. No. 59, Beach Street, Penaug. Prick. Daily Local $24 per annum. Out station.., Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Post Free) $17.50 CABLE ADDRESS J ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo, 580 Printinf Department 345 NS.— All business communication»
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  • 1416 6 Well-informed people iu Loudon are now i tyiug 5 to 1 that the war will be over by the md of August. And 8) it. may be, provided ilways —an lit is an absolutely imperative proviso—that the whole of the popula'ion :f the Biitish Empire makes
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  • 814 6 Dr. W. N. Bright and Mrs. Bright left for Home via Rangoon yesterday. Mr. E K. H. Wolff ihas been appointed Assistant Colonial Secretary at Singapore. Mr. G. A. Hereford, Registrar, Kuala Lumpur, has come to this Settlement for Easter. The Solicitor General and Mrs A. B.
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  • 93 6 THE ADVISERSHIP OF KEDAH. When Mr. L. E. P. Wolferstan goes on leave iu the near future it is probable that he will be succeeded as Acting Adviser to the Governmeut of Kedah by Mr. G. A. Hall, at present District Judge and First Magistrate, Penang. In that
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  • 825 6 Annual General Meeting. The fourteenth annual General Meeting of the Malay Peninsula Agricultural Association was held at the Chamber of Commerce at 11.30 this morning, when about twenty members attended. The report and accounts for the past year, which showed a loss due chiefly to the
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  • 579 7 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. MINOR ENGAGEMENTS. Paris, April 1. This afternoon’s communique states “We continue successfully to wage a mine warfare in the regions of Peronne, Champagne, and Argonue. “We captured three officers and a hundred and forty men at Bois-le-Pietro and repulsed all counter-attacks. “We repulsed
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  • 519 7 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. RUSSIAN PROGRESS CONTINUES. Petrograd, April 1. An official communique says “We defeated the Germans in the region of Krasna, west of the Sirnno, and are pursuing them. Our offensive in the Carpathians shows substantial results. Our troops, wading through snow up to their
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  • 637 7 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. THREE TRAWLERS SUNK. London, April 2, The German submarine U 10 sank to-day the trawlers Jason and Gloxinia off Shields and took their crews aboard. The submarine afterward* transferred them to another fishing boat. Later, the submarine sank the trawler Nellie, whose crew
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  • 535 7 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. REWARDED WITH MEDALS London, April 2. The Gazette announces that 452 Distinguished Conduct Medals have been awarded to non-commissioned officers and men. The bulky record shows many instances of magnificent gallantry which in many cases would have won Victoria Crosses in previous campaigns, including
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  • 477 7 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. KING’S EXAMPLE MAKES DEEP IMPRESSION. London, April 1. His Majesty’s lead meets with great approval and has made the deepest impression on the workers. It is affirmed in many quarters that this has solved the whole liquor problem and created an almost universal
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  • 66 7 Exploitation Approved Of. The Hague, April 2. The Minister for the Colonies has submitted to the second chamber bills approving the contracts of the Batavia and South Perlak Petroleum Companies for the exploration and exploitation of petroleums in Jambi, Sumatra. 1 The Batavia Company pays the Government fifty
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  • 523 7 (Reuter's Service) Copyright Telegram. NO C ENTRAL RESERVES AVAILABLE. London, April 2. The Press Bureau issuos au article publisi.ed by the British observer with the French forces describing the effects of the French oft'ensivo iu the northern district of Champagne. It says that as a result
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  • 105 7 More Heavy Sentences. (From Our Oum Correspondent.) Singapore, April 3 The promulgation of sentences on the mutineers was carried out on Thursday, outside the prison, in the presence of a large crowd and a strong military guard. Nine sepoys were sentenced to transportations for life, four to
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  • 36 7 (Reuter.) London, April 1. The London market prices are as follows: Copper, 69£. Linseed, Argentine 48/3 sollors. Lead, 23|. Tin, 173. Iron, 69. Shellac, nominal, unchanged. Rubber, 2/B|. Coconut oil, 44j buyers, 45£ sollers,
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  • 743 8 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. Correspondent's Brilliant Description. New York. April 1. The correspondent of the Associated Press with French H ?adquarter* gives a brilliant description of too French at the front and says that eleven thousand German dead were tiken from the trenches won by the French during
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  • 758 8 Freach Success. Paris, April 1, Last evening’s communique states There have been artil'ery actions in Champagne and incessant activity in the Argonne region, especially between Four-de-Paris and Bagatelle. The fighting is so close that an enemy trench mortar, which hid been hit by a shell, was projected
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  • 65 8 Russian Offensive Continues. Petrograd, April 1, An official communique says Russians advancing near Krasnople forced the Germans to retreat on Tuesday. The Russians captured two hundred prisoners. The Russian offensive in the Carpathians continues. We captured 1788 prisoners and five machine guns. “Ou one sector iu the
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  • 230 8 Regarding Deck Passengers from China. The following notifications are, by command of His Excellency they Governor, published for general jimformation, and appealed in a Government Gazette Extra ordinary issued on Wednesday No. 324. —Regulation made by the Governor under Article 4of the Order of Her late Majesty Queen Vietoiia
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  • 493 8 In the House of Commons on March 2 Mr. Outhwaite a«kocl whether the demands presented by the Japauese Government to the Chinese Goverr ment in any way violated the principle of equality of economic opportunity in China in favour cf Japan or infringed upon the integrity
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  • 2026 8 THE COURT MARTIAL. Further Proceedings. Tbe case of the 8-jp>y who was seen to join in tbe firing at the barracks almost immediately after tbe first alarm concluded, the attention of tbe Court yesterday (say* Wednesday’s Straits Times) was next given to twelve sepoys who were called upon
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  • 2618 9 MR. MACFaDYEN’S VIEWS. Farewell to Mr Beatty. A most su.cessiui function took placo at the Miners' .i»s ici .lion budding in Ku :1a Lumpur on Wednesday evening, a farewell dinner beiug given by the Selangor Chinese Chamber < f Commerce to Mr. David Boatty, Protector of Chinese,
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    • 343 9 NOTICE. LABOUR CODE. 1912, F.M.S Indian Im migration Fund Ordinance 1911 I EMPLOYERS OF INDIAN LABOUJ J art) hereby reminded that assessmen returns for the preceding quarter must b sent to the Office of the Deputy Controlle of Labour, Penang, during the months o April, July, October and January. Forms
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    • 198 9 SYlai&cca Municipality A PI'LICATIONH :tvo invited fcr the peiutment of Overseer of Roads, Mal :cca Municipality. Salary $1 ,200 to 81,500 per annum, rising by annual increincuts of $OO. Applicants must have a thorough knowledge of Tumil Road Maintenance. Tiio:o with knowledge of Municipal or Government r<:ad work, will be
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  • 1568 10 A DIFFICULT MAN TO BEAT.’* i Br Hobaci HuTC*nr»oN. It is l just a little of an open question whether we are paying a rival game-player a compliment when we speak of him as a difficult man to beat There are some rather distinct senses, two at least,
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  • 470 10 In a further article in the Hamburger Nachrichten the writer sees ail the English and Frerch possessions in Asia already in Japanese hands. Our readers will know at i what value to assess the statements, which are as follows It had all been thought out so nicely
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  • 1036 11 SINGAPORE FRIENDS MEET AT YPRES. Sammt Woods in Chbeet Vein In Lieut. 8. H. L. Woods, A.V.C., 11th Hussars, Ist Cavalry Division, e xpeditionary Foree, will be recognised one Sammy Woods, late of Singapore. His letters from the slushy, snowy plains of Belgium to friends here, says
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  • 503 11 The French navy has recently received the addition of three of the most powerful dreadnoughts in the world, viz., the Normandie, Oatcogne and Flandert, which were laid down in May, 1913, and which wore launched during October. It is certain, i however, that these mammoth 25,387-ton warships
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  • 491 11 The Poor Chinese Student. Professor Taylor Headland, of Peking University, who has just published, through Messrs Methuen, a singularly interesting book on “Homo life in China” (10s fid.net;, holds that the people most deeply intent on acquiring knowledge are the Chinese who come from the homes
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