Straits Echo, 28 April 1915

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  • 35 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS. CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS. THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY VOL. 13. $24 Ter Annuo». PENANG, WEDNESDAY, 28th APKIL, 1915. Single Copy. 10 cents. No. 95
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    • 1079 1 Sal. TIANG LEE V CO., t’*a»uf 6’ Kuala Lom»t»r. «nOiSIMSKTSTI ■.'«■SSBBNasa» itnnai ■mm S £2 s cs *1 it’ a ‘3 i J n <. <.<r Sn£ r/ <* u ,03 The Doctor advises and recom- mends. It is nonri.'hing, invi- t* pornting and strengthening. #a. apssßn-cssssßjjjasanairj .1 Georgetown Motor
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  • 709 2 We printed recently a very noteworthy letter on Safety at Sea,” ligned by two veteran ocean travellers, Lord BrasMy and Colonel Tiinson. Ihe innumerable voyage* and circum-navigations of Lord Brassey are known to all the world. The maritime experiences of Colonel Tunson are les* famous, but it
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  • 189 2 In an instructive article in the current number of the Grande Btvue M Take Jonescu —the Rumanian statesman whom Bunch does not want to play billiards with reviews the ante-bellum situation, and comes to the conclusion that the outbreak of the war was due to the Emperor
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  • 959 2 During that period of incipient woman* hood which immediately precedes the raising of the hair and the dropping of the skirt, the genus femina has a peculiar attraction for the mere male to whom her unsophisticated freshness makes an irresistible appeal. Even the eynic falls before her charm.
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    • 64 2 A Parent's Datjr, Your boy is always getting scratched or cut ro bruisod. Because these wounds haye healed all right is no sign they always will. Qet a bottle of Chamberlain’s Pain Balm and see that every injury is cared for immediately. You ran get nothing better, and blood poison
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    • 38 2 Chamberlain's Tablets. These Tablets are intended especially for disorders of the stomach, liver and bowels. If you are troubled with heartbnrn, indigestion or constipation they will do you good. Try them. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers
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    • 477 2 mm ■<' l/± *y O UJ #»E® \£!<tfr, D~ 90 J r I i 1 r- ‘V .-> lit W FROM ALL FIRST CLASS DEALERS OR SELLAR, MURRAY 8 Co., AGENTS. PENANG. WANTED. Two Experienced Binders. Salary according to qualifications. Apply personally to THE CRITERION PRESS LTD. WANTED. ABOUT ONE
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  • 1065 3 Gula-Kalumpong, the report of which has just made its appearance, is certainly in the first flight of rubber-cum-copra propositions. Being still in its infancy, more especially as a copra producer, an opportunity is afforded the investor of acquiring an interest in the property on rock-bottom terms. Dividends averaging 9|
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  • 465 3 The annual meeting of the Straits Settlements Association was held at the offices of Messrs. Paterson, Simons and Co., London House, Crutched Friars, E.C., on 30th ult. Mr. W. H. Shelford presided, and there were alto present Mr. A. G. Wright (hon. treasurer), Mr. J. Graham (hon.
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  • 192 3 Says the L. C. Exprest of April 2 The views of a leading firm of rubber share brokers that we reproduced in our last issue have already been justified. The upward movement in shares is genuine, under actual buying, because existing conditions preclude speculation on carried-over transactions. All
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  • 253 3 Regarding the censorship of letters from the Straits Settlements, a Home newspaper says There seems to be a want of correlation amongst the officials who have the duties to perform. This is exemplified as a consequence of the outbreak at Singapore. The mail of February 17 from there
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 306 3 oc DOC PALMER CYCLE TYRES. The Best in the Market R. T. REID Co.. Sole Agents. 23, Beach Street, Penanf. oc DC DOC DO RUNNYMEDE HOTEL, PE ANG. Our Moonlight Dinner AS ANNOUNCED WILL BE HELD On Friday, the 30th of April, TOWN BAND IN ATTENDANCE. METHYLATED SPIRITS! (Quality Guaranteed)
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    • 380 3 “WESTMINSTER” TURKISH CICARETTES. Above the chaos of impending ills Through all the clamour of insistent strife Now while the noise of arming nations tills Each throbbing hour with menaces to life I hear the voice of Progress. Wilcox YOU WANT TO SEE THE BEST PICTURES These you ean always expect
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  • 96 4 Published daily (except Sundays and public holidays) AT THE CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. No. 59, Beach Street, Penang. Pmcb. Daily Local 924 per *»miw Out station... Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Post Free) 917.50 CABLE ADDBESS ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo, 586 Printing Department 343 ATS. —All busincM communication» should
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  • 598 4 One result of the war is that the Government has widened the avenues to commis* dons in the Army. It is not necessary any longer to pass through the narrow door of Sandhurst; the War Office has made the meshes to commissioned rank larger in order to let
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  • 731 4 Mr. A. W. Still and the Straits Times may—and doubtless do —congratulate themselves heartily upon the fact that the action for libel brought against them by Mr. W. H. Macgregor was tried by a Judge in the Straits Settlements and not by a Judge and a jury
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  • 858 4 Mrs. H. Rickard left by the ss. Klanj last eveniug for Singapore en route for Australia, where she will remain for a six months’ holidav. The Hen. Mr. Lau Chu-pak has been elected Chairman of the Hongkong Cbineso Chamber of Commerce and Mr. Ho Fool; Vice-Chairman Mr.
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  • 28 4 April 26 By Balance $16,329.66 27 Penang Golf Club 500.00 Balance, April 27 ...$16,829.66 Remitted to London on 24-2 15 ,£lO,OOO
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  • 1010 4 The late secretary of the Anti-Hang ia League advertises in a Home paper for a i We wonder whether the League told him tr go and be hanged, or if he told the Eeiguo that he would be hanged if he stayed. K Mr. Algernon Ashton, best known
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    • 195 4 Wise is he who can himself know, The right place for value to go. V. m JUST UNPACKED a new shipment of t e well-known CONVINCIBLE CYCLES. This machine is adapted for hard and constant service, it enables the rider to enjoy the pleasure of cycling with ease and without
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  • 556 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram FIERCE FIGHTING. PROGRESS NORTH OF YPRES. London, April 26. A Paris communique, issued this evening, states it North of Ypres we made marked progreai on the left, driving back the enemy and inflicting on him heavy losses •I The Germans again used asphyxiating
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  • 603 5 (Renter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. NORTH OF YPRES FIGHT. A WEARY WAIT. London, April 26. The Canadians who were sent northward of Ypres when the Frenchmen bent back, were almost without food and water. They were wet and each had 400 rounds of ammunition. They waited all day
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  • 405 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. GENERAL SITUATION UNCHANGED. Field-Marshal Sir John French reports severefighting north-east of Ypres which still continues. The general situation is unchanged on our left flank. German* Capture St. Julies. In readjusting the line to meet the altered conditions, due to the original forced
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  • 138 5 (Reuter). London, April 26. The prices in the London markets are as follows: Copper, 79{. Rubber, 2/6. Linseed, 49/6, buyers. Wheats, White Karachi 66/6, paid; red 66/-, Delhi 67/3, sellers choice white, 65/9, exclusive paid; White Bombay 69/3; soft red, unoffered Rosafe 64/9, sellers. Barley, 86/3. Hemp,
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  • 677 5 (Renter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. GENERAL ATTACK RESUMED. BY FLEET AND ARMY. London, April 26. The Press Bureau states that a general 1 attack on the Dardanelles by the fleet and army was resumed yesterday. Successful Disembsrkstio*. The disembarkation of the army was covered by the fleet and began
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  • 486 5 APPROPRIATION FOR RAILWAY PURPOSES. (From Our Oum Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, April 28. At the meeting of the Federal Council yesterday a further appropriation of $2,250,000 for various railway purposes was passed. The Chief Secretary explained that this appropriation was necessary owing to the fact that material ordered
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  • 58 5 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, April 27. The sentences on the mutineers were promulgated outside the Jail yesterday evening. One was shot by the R.Q.A., ten were transported for life, four were sentenced to fifteen years’ imprisonment, two to ten years’ imprisonment, one to seven years’ imprisonment,
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  • 72 5 The Manager of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia China gives the following list of the donations received so far towards this Fund Messrs. Pritchard &Co $100; Messrs. Sarkies Bros $250 Mr. M. T. N. Bluck, $2O Mr. S. C. Ambrose, $lOO Messrs. A A. Anthony Co,
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  • 401 5 DAMAGES FOR MR. MACGREGOR. MR. JUSTICE EARNSHAWS JUDGMENT. (From Our Own Correspondent Singapore, April 27. Mr. Justice Earm-haw in his judgment in the libel action brought by Mr. W. H. Macgregor agaiust the Straits Times and its managing editor, Mr. A. W. Still, said that as chairman
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  • 383 5 The fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Commissioners was held yesterday afternoon, when the following gentlemen were preseal: Mr. W. Peel President Mr. Quah Beng Kee and Mr P. T. Allen, with Mr. L M. Bell (Municipal Engineer) and Mr. L. A. C. Biggs (Secretary) in attendance. Regarding the
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  • 1984 6 Annual General Meeting. The sixty first ordinary general meeting of the shareholders of this company was held on 31 March, 1915, on the bank’s premises, 38, Bishopsgate, E.C under the presidency of Sir Montagu Cornish Turner, the chairman. Mr. T. H. Whitehead
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  • 970 6 LORD HALDANE’S STRIKING WAR SURVEY. His Visit to Berlin. Plain Speaking to the German Chancellor, Lord Haldane has made a striking contribution to the literature of the war in an interview with Mr. G. P. Bell, the London correspondent of the Chicago Daily News. A fter dealing with
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  • 1120 6 Prudent Counsels. It is not our intention, says the Straits Times, to comment in the slightest degree upon any of the courts martial proceedings which have recently taken place here and elsewhere. These be not times in which to cry about the freedom of the
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  • 175 6 The Allies Estimated Too Lightly. Amsterdam, March 29. Sums remarks by Herr Theodor Wolff in to-day’s Berliner Tageblatt are symptomatic of a tendency to sobriety of judgment which is daily becoming more conspicuous in Germany. Herr Wolff writes Many erroneous estimates of things have prevailed among
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  • 128 6 H B. M.’a Letter. According to the Chinese papers, the autograph letter from His Majesty King George V was presented to President Yuan Shi-kai by Sir John Jordan early this mont h “His Britannic Majesty presents his compliments to His Excellency the President of the
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  • 374 6 The undermentioned prices were realised for rubber sold by Messrs. Allen Dennvs Co. by auction and private treaty, yesterday. 34,200 lbs were sold Diamond smoked sheet No. 2 $120 to $125 Plain $118 $120 Unsmoked sheet $116 $119 Fine Pale Crepe Medium Pale Crepe $121 Pale Brown
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  • 269 6 ACTION FOR MISREPRESENTATION Damages Awarded. Damages for alleged misrepresentation in a draft prospectus were claimed by \r Isabella J. Lang, wife of Dr. Lang 22 Cavendish-square, W., against the Chen’den’ ang Tin Dredging Company, Ltd 0 f Martin’s-lane, Cannon-street, E.C., i n 1 action which
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  • 497 6 GERMAN PROFESSORS BLAME RUSSIA AND ENGLAND. Great Britain’s Tyranny.” Paris, March *29. The Echo de Paris publishes a further instalment of interviews with prominent Germans obtained through a neutral correspondent. Professor Haeckel, the well-known Professor of Zoology, of Jena University, declared that Russia let loose the
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 94 6 The Forty Year Test. An article must have exceptional merit to survive for a period of forty years. Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy was lirst offered to the public in 1872. Prom a small beginning it has grown in favor and popularity until it has attained a world wide reputation. You will
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    • 51 6 It was a fearful shock to see His look of pain and misery His cough it made the houses quake, His wife she wept disconsolate, His children joined the mournful throng, And said, “We won’t hare father long/’ But all is changed, his life’s secure— He’s taking Woods’ Great Peppermint
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  • 1081 7 The Rat-Pit.” Bj Patrick Mac Gill. (London Herbert Jenkins.) 6s.] Most people will guess, and guess rightly, that a book bearing so harsh a title is critical either of life at large or of some one of its particular walks.” To put the matter briefly, it
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  • 475 7 A F*OHT OF BbA9S. That of all people in the world General von Bernhardi should have chosen to come forward as the champion of German peacefulness will, perhaps, surprise the American people, to whom bis lucubrations are addressed, even more than the remarkable arguments he thinks it good
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  • 417 7 A Choice Example of Germax Asusi. The report of a speech to Indian students by Lord Haldane, referring to the Germans as a great nation which had lost its senses, provides the Hamburger Nachrichten with a congenial subject for a leading article. It says “The dry sneak Haldane,
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