Straits Echo, 7 April 1915

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  • 38 1 Straits Echo me T w DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS. THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY VOL. 13. $24 Ptr Annum. PENANG, WEDNESDAY, 7th APRIL, 1915. Single Coir, II crati. No. 77
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    • 993 1 Se!« 4rr«t.: TIANG LEE ft I IS»U| <V Kunlk l/Ompil'. KTJ*BSJSEHSS >a j! I s> -V r K 0 Th, Doctor advises and r*’> o !?l q meed*. It is n uri-hing, invi- 2 I goratiug *nd streamthening. IMl b»i. «a AM Georgetown Motor Garage 7*. Penang Road. NOW ON
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    • 16 1 TO LET, 1 BUNGALOW No. 1428. BURMAH ROAD. 50, Mac Alister Road, APPLY 53, Beach Street
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  • 390 2 GROWING SIGNS OF CLEAVAGE. The Coxixo Revolt. In an article in the Morning Post a correspondent offers some interesting facts dealing with the German Social Democrats and their attitude towards the war. The results of the movement of opposition against the ultra-patriotic policj of the
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  • 413 2 Italian Vihw on Future or the Mediterranean. Rome, March 4. The Meseagero, commenting to-day on the operations of the Allied fleet in the Dardanelles, says:— Even those who a short time ago were deaf to the voice of national sentiment, now confess that the forcing ef
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  • 885 2 Among the many martial and other phrases which have been born of this war is hyphenated Americans.” The chief section among these is composed of the German-Amencans, who, perhaps, are less denationalised than French, or Italian, or Russian, or Polish, or even IrishAmericans. Chicago is their washpot, over
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    • 304 2 MUNICIPAL NOTICE Applications win be receiied by the undersigned up to 4 p m. on Monday, tbe 12th April, 1915 for the post of Sanitary Sub-Inspector in charge of Cemeteries and Water Catchment Areas and to do any other work tbnt may be required of him by the Municipal Health
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    • 61 2 A Life S»?er. It it safe to say that Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy has saved the lives of more people and relieved more suffering than any other remedy in existence. It is known all over the civilized world for its speedy cures of cramps in the Btomach, diarrhoea
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    • 47 2 Under a spreading mantelpitoe, Before a fire be sat, His large pale brow bad many a crease, He sneezed and coughed and spat. Said be, I cannot bear this pain, I must bare a subduer,” And now be’s up and out again (’Twas Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure).
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    • 402 2 PROWODNIK MADE IN RUSSIA U V dr O o A «I» yr Si -f r- > y R FROM ALL CARACES OR SELLAR, MURRAY CO., PENANG. PENANG TURF CLUB. NOTICE is hereby given that the HalfYearly General Meeting will be held at the Chamber of Commerce on Monday, 12th April,
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  • 1471 3  -  [Bt Tom Weight.] The Central Nets* is an agency catering to news-papers within the United Kingdom, and the probability is that Reuter will not inflict upon yon any reference to its recent gratuitous advertisement of the novelist Le Queux. He is publishing a shillingsworth of third-rate imagination entitled
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  • 599 3 TELEGRAMS FROM THE HAGUE. Attempt to Smuggle Java Rubber Through Holland. The following telegraphic messages have been published in Netherlands India papers: The Hague, March 24-29: A consignment of rubber has been discovered by the customs authorities at Rotterdam concealed in a cargo of tobacco which was
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    • 385 3 Coupons can be exchanged through the local branch office. 7, Church Street Ohaut. RITCHARMCo ROVER Your country needs you. but before you enlist f see the programme at The Electric Polyscope. rO-NIGHT! TO-NIGHT!! AN ENTIRE CHANGE OF PROGRAMME AT The Electric Polyscope Co, Lyceum Theatre, Argyll Road. »eds The Mystery
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  • 95 4 Published daily (eicept Sunday* and public holidays) AT TBI CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. No. 59, Beach Street, Penang. PftICI. Daily Local $24 per annum. Outstation... Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Post Free) $17.50 CARLS ADDRESS ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo 586 Printing Department 343 A'B—All business communications should b# address**
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  • 1324 4 In the March number of the English Review Mr. H. G. Wells has an article under this caption in which he throws out certain suggestions for so organising public opinion as to make war impossible in the future. He traces the present monstrous catastrophe to
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  • 906 4 Mrs. Ralph Scott ia returning to the Straits in the near future. Mr. H. M Boelen, of Messrs. Boelen Co has returned to Penang from Holland. Mr. W. P. Harragin, Manager of Morbau Rubber Estates, Ltd., Semiling, Kedah, will be leaving shortly for the front. We learn
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  • 1043 4 Heaven only knows what awful risks we are running and what mighty powers we are defying when we print the following topical verses Sollicitabantur Constantinopolitani, Innumerabilibus sollicitudinibus.” Hos jam debsmus mutare in partibns abhinc De-que novo rursus scribere versienlos Sollicitabantur Constantinopolitani, Intolerabilibus sollicifeufonibus.” i I A well-known Italian
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    • 149 4 “Music is the medicine of the mind.” K5 A *1 ?-71-T-V? •-> ft *S. WICKIN’S MUSIC BOOKS. Sunbeam No. 17, 'with 12 Popular Songs and Choruses 75 cents. Sunbeam No 7 is an eagy violin tutor It is a clear and concisj method of learning this favourite instrument without the
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  • 547 5 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram COMBATANT S VIVID STORY. DASHING ASSAULT BY THE BRITISH. London, April 6. The narrative of the battle of Neuve Chapelle by a combatant, which has just been published, states: The Lincolnshires and Berkshires made the primary assault with very great dash.
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  • 569 5 (Reuter’s Service) Copyright Telegram. OUR MARKED INDIVIDUAL SUPERIORITY. London, April 6. Field-Marshal Sir John French in his bulletin states: The still and quiet weather has limited the activities of our airmen. “We successfully exploded a mine in the region of Labassee. The German artillery bombarded our
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  • 132 5 Damage to Rubber Estates. {From Our Own Correspondent). Kuala Lumpuer, April 6. A terrific storm burst over Klang district on Monday and the damage done to the rubber estates was enormous. The details are yet lacking. The medical and surgical side of the Great War will itself make
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  • 1154 5 THE NEW ARMIES. Most of the men in the new armies are still waiting to take their place in the fighting line, but it is astonishing bow many of them are already tit to do so. We can aff jrd to smile at the sneers of the German
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  • 482 5 Mar. 31 By Balance $7,544.98 April 1 Mr. and Mrs. O. M monthly subscription 10.00 Tan Chin Hoe Neoh 6.00 KhooKongsi for March 100.00 KhooKongsi for April 100.00 Staff of Presgrave and Matthew, March subscription 26.00 Quah Choo Choo 5.00 Teoh Chooi Guan
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  • 642 5 RESULT OF PROCEEDINGS. Judgment was delivered last Thursday by Mr. Justice T. Sercombe Smith in the suit brought by Kbaw Joo Tock and several others against Ng 800 Bee and several others for (1) an account of the partnership dealings between the plaintiffs and defendants under the
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  • 212 5 To the Editor of thi Straits Echo. Sir, It was with the greatest surprise to the inhabitants of the F.M.S. that the news came of the excessive duties levied on Spirits and Tobacco, and it is time that the Chambers of Commerce take immediate steps to protest
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  • 124 5 To thi Editor of the Straits Echo. Dear Sir, At the outbreak of the war last August the price of condensed milk rose up to such aa abnormal height that it became necessary for Government interference to bring it down to its normal price. Now the
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  • 618 5 LIFE IN CONSTANTINOPLE. GERMAN EFFORTS TO HOODWINK THE TURKS. The following letter, which reaches a coi temporary indirectly, has been sent by a correspondent in Constantinople: Constantinopele, February 24 If you get this letter at all you will be fortunate, for the censorship, which is now
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  • 225 5 The following articles will be found on our outside pages Page. 2—Horns of a Dilemma. Hyphenated People. German Socialists and the War: Growing Signs of Cleavage. 3.—From Dutch Sources: Telegrams from the Hague. Marginal Not«s. —The Memorial Service Honouring those who fell in the Mutiny. China and British Interests.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 41 5 A telegram has been receded by Mrs. Charles, wife of Mr. W. Charles, formerly a private in the Penang Volunteer Corps who proceeded home to rejoin his regiment, the First Warwicks, to the effect that he has been killed in action.
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    • 61 5 A Life Saver. It ia safe to say that Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy has saved the lives of more people and relieved more suffering than any other remedy in existence It is known all over the civilized world for its speedy cures of cramps in the stomach diarrhoea
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  • 981 6 HONOURING THO3E WHO FELL IN THE MUTINY. An Imfrbssjve Assbmblt. It would not be too much to Bay that never before has there been such a congregation gathered together in Singapore as that which assembled at Bidadari Cemetery on Saturday, when a special military service of commemoration
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  • 876 6 Mr. Putnam Weale, in a lengthy dispatch from Peking on 21st ult. to the Daily Telegraph, states The problem of problems is still unsolved. Whether this couutry is to become an independent nation in the true sense of the words, or is to decliue gradually to
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  • 1869 6 THE ONLY ROAD TO VICTORY. A French Virw or thi Alliancr The following communication is from a Britiih officer whote work throwt him much into covtact with the French troop»: In a letter I sent last week I tried to give a'rough idea of what is going on
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  • 175 6 The total mortalitj in the Settlement of Singapore during the week ended March 27, was 183, comprising 141 males and 42 females Those figures give a ratio per mille of population (per annum) of 28 90 Phthisis claimed 26 victims; other fatal ailments included, convulsions 23, malarial
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  • 50 6 The following ties have been fixed for to-day Profession Pairs. Sells and Threlfall vs. Craigen and Mason (5) (Final) Championship. Miniken vs Leonard (4). The following tie has been fixed for Thursday, the Bth inst: Double Handicap B. Saye and Harvey vs. Rickett and Evans (4) (Final).
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  • 489 6 lbs. The Alor Pongsu Rubber Estate, Ltd. 16,640 The Brieh Rubber Estate, Ltd. 10,131 The Merbau Rubber Estate, Ltd. 4.300 Consolidated Rubber Estates, Ltd. 14,232 Nellmay Rubber Co., Ltd. 1,896 The Sungei Batu (Malaya) Rubber Estates, Ltd. 8,200 Val D’or Rubber Estates, Ltd. 9,500 The Kurau
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  • 207 6 Recent Additions The following books have been received at the Penang Library German Spies in England, by William Le Queux. The Achievement, by E. Temple Thurston. Ashes of Vengeance, by H. B. Somerville. Breadandbutterflies, by Dion Clayton Calthrop. The Daughter in- Law, by E. W. Savi. The Devil’s
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  • 537 6 The undermentioned prices were realised for rubber sold by Messrs. Allen Dennys A Co by auction and private treaty yesterday. 30,700 lbs were sold Diamond smoked sheet 8123 to 8128 Plain 8117 8120 Unsmokod sheet $ll2 8119 Fine Pale Crepe n Medium Pale Crepe 8120 $124 Pale
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    • 93 6 Tbe Forty Tor Tot. An article must have exceptional merit to survive for a period of forty years. Chamberlain’s Coueh Remedy was first offered to the public in 1872 From a small beginning it has grown in favor and popularity until it has attained a world wide reputation. You will
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    • 38 6 Chamberlain's Tablets. These Tablets are intended especially for disorders of the stomach, lirer and bowels. If you are troubled with heartburn, indigestion or constipation they will do you good. Try them. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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    • 16 6 F*r Children’» Hacking Oongh at Night. Woo ls’ 0r«*t Pamper «at «ft O nr» Is Cg
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  • 962 7 CRACKS IN THE GERMAN NATIONAL STRUCTURE Bt Colonel F N. Maude, C.B. lam often asked by correspondents to give them the keynote for the sustained chord of optimism that has sounded through my articles since the beginning of the war; and in particular to explaiu away the
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  • 900 7 BITTER FEELING AGAINST PRUSSIA. Count Kbasicki’s Views. Count Stanislas Krasicki, who was recently in London from Pstrograd, in a special interview vrith a newspaper representative discussed the military situation in the eastern theatre as well as the condition of Poland and the aspirations of the Poles. lam a
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