Straits Echo, 4 May 1915
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Straits Echo
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Title Section37 1915-05-04 1 Straits Echo a Li DAILY CHRONICLE GF EVENTS. CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY VOL. 13. $24 Per Annum. PENANG, TUESDAY, 4th MAY, 1915. Single Copy, It cntt.' No. 10037 words
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Advertisement1097 1915-05-04 1 g 9.1. TIANG LEE CO. V Kuala Loiasur. "I 9S >-o5 fa r ,o V>s The Dootor advises and recommends. It is nourishing, invigorating and strengthening. •jMls jr»w*iog pwg i.Ufl Georgetown Motor Garage 7 A Penang Road. NOW ON SHOW One 5 Seater EMPIRE CAR AS ILLUSTRATION. EMPIRE "The Little1,097 words
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Advertisement15 1915-05-04 1 TO LET. 1 BUNGALOW No. 1428, BURMAH ROAD. LOCATION QUIET HEALTHY. APPLY 53, Bench Street,15 words
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Article1022 1915-05-04 2 111.- OFFICIAL NEWS AT A DIBCOUNT. Failure of the Machine. In the following article from the Timet the writer who it a neutral man of businett with extentive connexions in Germany dealt with the growing scepticism created among all classes by official machine■ made news. The public1,022 words
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Article1011 1915-05-04 2 The Federal Council has had more exciting sessions than that which closed on Tuesday, though it has seldom handled a greater mass of business. Railway finance, pensions, enemy-winding up ordinance, and sundry other things have come before it. It is good to hear that the financial outlook of1,011 words
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Advertisement914 1915-05-04 2 Penang Presbyterian Church. There will be a meeting in the Masonic Hall, on Tuesday evening, the 4th instant, at 6 p.m. for the purpose of welcoming the Rev. A.. D. Harcus and bidding good-bye to the Rev. William Cross. It has been impossible to give longer notice, but it is914 words
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Advertisement47 1915-05-04 2 Serves the Whole Fimily. The fame of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy is world wide. It is good for the deep seated cough of the adult or the croup and whooping cough of the children. The same bottle serves the whole family. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.47 words
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Advertisement208 1915-05-04 2 3ETHYLATED SPIRITS! (Quality Guaranteed) Wholesale and Retain Trioe |4 per tin of 4 gallons or 22 cents pnw quart bottle 081 A N \BLE AT CHEAH KEE EE CO., Sf. China Street, Pcuif. THeT^SPEEDY" BICYCLES! The Best and Cheapest in't he Market FITTED COMPLETE WITH DUNLOP TYRES. LAMP, BELL. Ac..208 words
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Article430 1915-05-04 3 PRESENTATION OF C.M.O. Intiristin# Cirbhont. The presentation of the insignia ef his C.M.G. to Towkay Loke Yew was made in the Town Hall in Huala Lumpur on Saturday morning, in the presence of a large and very representative gathering, those present including all the higher Government officials,430 words
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Article292 1915-05-04 3 Thk Newmarket Classics. The result of the Guineas appears to have been expected, Pommern starting at a short price and giving Solly Joel his first classic winner. The cable message throws little light on the Derby. Mr. Hutton’s best, Torloiek and Silver Tag were not entered. Rtdfem,292 words
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Article164 1915-05-04 3 “H. M S. PINAFORE”. We are asked to intimate that the full cboius rehearsals are fixed for Tuesdays and Fridays at 9.15 p m until further notice. The Committee hope that there will be no absentees at to-night’s rehearsal At the b ginning of the war the164 words
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Article670 1915-05-04 3 RkVOKMS IK OFFICIALDOM. We publish in another column a lengthy Presidential Mandate on the subject of official delinquencies. The Mandate deals explicitly with nepotism and patronage, with gambling and allied vices, with the lack of a sense of responsibility for the proper performance of public duties by670 words
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Article228 1915-05-04 3 Ridowat Challenoe Trophy. 4 I 3 -j 8| 8 S t> Mrs Wright-Motion* 26 25 25 76 Mrs Liston* 27 21 25 73 Miss Smith* 27 23 22 72 Mrs Durege* 20 27 24 71 Miss Mathieu* 24 12 25 61 Mrs Sharp 27 19 14228 words
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Advertisement635 1915-05-04 3 NOTICE. 18 hereby giuen that the undersigned Lin Sian Neoh and Chuah Cheng Kin atfcor. ney of Chuah Cheng Sui Ufff tK have from the Bth day 2nd moon Yuet Mow Year (i.e, 23rd March, 1915) sold to Song Choe Kua 5|5 fit? all Chuah Cheng Sui’s shares of Chop635 words
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Advertisement401 1915-05-04 3 “WESTMINSTER” TURKISH CIGARETTES Above the chaos of impending ills Through all the clamour of insistent strife Now while the noise of arming nations fills Each throbbing hour with menaces to life I hear the voice of Progress. Wilcox For something striking, you should come to the Polyscope To-night. The Electric401 words
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Article, Illustration96 1915-05-04 4 Published daily (except Sundays and public holidays) AT THE CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. No. 59, Beach Street, Penang. Pmict. Daily Local $24 per annum. Outstation... Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Post Free) $17.50 CABLR ADDRESS ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo 586 Printing Department 343 N.B.—A 11 busines* communications should bs96 words
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Article1079 1915-05-04 4 A desire to evade the payment of taxes is common to all mankind and though wp hear from England that the income-tax payer, poor milch-cow of the State, has thi6 year in many cases actually paid in advance in order to provide the Government with the silver bullets necessary1,079 words
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Article742 1915-05-04 4 Nobody who has followed the Mansoor trial carefully can hare entertained any doubt as to what the verdict of the CourtMartial would be, and that verdict being guilty there could be no other penalty than death. The fact that the accused behaved in a peculiarly foo'ish as742 words
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Article134 1915-05-04 4 Before Mr. Justice Ebden in the Supreme Court this morning an interesting suit was begun, arising out of an arbitration award dispute. The plaintiff is O v)J Uim Tua and the defendant Ooi Kim Chum. The two men could nor erne to an agreement over some partnersh134 words
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Article88 1915-05-04 4 From the Resident Councillor we have received for publication the following c pv of a telegram addressed to H. E tbe Governor by the Secretary of State for the Colonies With reference to my telegram of 23rd March after May Ist p*Bsengers will not be permitted to88 words
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Article976 1915-05-04 4 Lord Liverpool, using the word T in his reply to Mr. Churchill's com, tions to tbe New Zealanders, fell common error, for although the 1 used by the British public to cW sailors, it is quite uuknown afl >at. Surely Calcutta has a more population than Penang and976 words
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Advertisement124 1915-05-04 4 Somewhere in the North Sea, the BRITISH FLEET, last seen (and felt) off the Dogger Bank on 24th January. Finder will he suitably rewarded. VON TIRPITZ. FOUND The substitute PAR EXCELLENCE for German Ice Water THE BRITISH SUPER ICED COLOGNE. Instantly Cures Headaches. Price 40 and 70 cents from the124 words
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Article149 1915-05-04 5 SINGAPORE COURT MARTIAL. SENTENCE PROMULGATED (From, Our Omi Correspondent Singapore, May 3. Inside the Prison this afternoon the son tence was promulgated of the Field General Court Martial which tried Kassim Ismail Mtnsoor, a member of a well known firm of Indian merchants, on charges of treason, treacherously149 words
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Article333 1915-05-04 5 Some Inner History. A w* 11-informed writer in London Opinion says: The Greek crisis won’t prove so easy of solution as some of our commentators here imagine. A frieud, highly in formed just returned after many years’ residence at Athens, te.ls me that in the Queen— the333 words
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57 1915-05-04 5 Mav 1 By Balance ...$17,499.31 R Scott May subscription 25.00 3 Musketeers monthly subscription 45.00 Houble A. T Brvant monthly subscription 100 00 Staff ot Presgravt* Mathews April subscription 20.C0 W H. '1 hrefall monthly subscription 10 00 Balance, May 3 ...$17,699 3157 words
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Article153 1915-05-04 5 April 29 Bv Bah nee $1,4 3 64 May 3 M. Maude 1500 F A Vanreneu 50 00 Auonymons 5 CO William Dell monthly 1000 R Owen 25 00 Balance, May 3 $1,518 64 Amount previously acknowledged 11,744 74 Total ...$13,263.38 The output of the Aver Wong153 words
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Article299 1915-05-04 5 OFFIC lAL communique. MILITARY DESPATCHED FROM SINGAPORE. (from Our Own Correspondent Singapore, M iy 3. A communique issued from Headquarters states ‘‘A telegram was received on Sunday morning to the effect that local disturbances have broken out at Pasir Puteh, twentyfive miles south-east of Kota Bahru in299 words
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Article243 1915-05-04 5 Further Subscriptions, The following s bscnptions have been received on accouut of the above: lion. Mr. Eu Tong Sen $11,150 Ki..t& Craft. C Alma Baker 1,000 Mr. N Walker 5 Eu Tong Sen 50 Mrs. F Baker 40 L. W. Money 100 Mr. and Mrs. E. T.243 words
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Article98 1915-05-04 5 lbs. Samagaga Rubber Co. Ltd. jj.o»2 Rubber Estates of Krian, 19.7U» Padang .Tawa Rubber States, Ltd.... 9,<38U Quia K tlumpoDg Rubber Estate. Ltd KVan Rubber Co. Ltd. ’L'lfjQ Padaug Rubber Co. Ltd, Bukit Jelutong Syndicate *'l., Coneolid .ted Rubber Estate., Ltd. 10.24£ Nellmay Rubber Co Ltd.98 words
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Article867 1915-05-04 5 (Reuter’s Service) Copyright Telegram. ENEMY TOftPEOO BOATS ACTIVE. •A SERIES OF SM\LL AFFAIRS." London, May 2. '»he Admiralty reports that a series of small affairs have occurred in the vicinity of the Galloper and Northhinder light ships. On Saturday the destroyer Recruit was sunk by a submarine, and867 words
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Article719 1915-05-04 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. A GENERAL COUNTERATTACK. STUBBORN FIGHTING. London, May 3. The Eye-Witness” attached to the British Headquarters, in a despatch dated April 30, states A strong Anglo-French counter-attack on the morning of April 26 along the whole line from Steenstraate to eastward of St* Julien,719 words
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Article1751 1915-05-04 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. HAMPERING THE NAVY. Drastic Drink Measures Recommended. Lodclod, May 3, 5.55 a.m. In a White Paper which has just been published it is revealed that Sir John Jellicoe, Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Fleet, wrote to Mr. Winston Churchill, First Lord of the1,751 words
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Article1225 1915-05-04 6 Human nature it a mysterious thing, and man finds hit weal and woe not in the obvious placet. To have something before you, clearly seen, which you know you must do, and will spend your utmost strength and perhaps your life in doing, that is one1,225 words
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Article804 1915-05-04 6 Whether or not there is any truth in the news cabled from London to the Civil and Military Oasette to the effect that Germany has informally communicated to the American Government her willingness to discuss peace propositions from the Allies, on certain terms, some of the alleged804 words
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Article1375 1915-05-04 6 SECRECY. Br Edik Phillpotts. All law is based on the theory of arbitration. It stands either between man and man, or between society and those who arc suspected of haring broken the rules ol society. We hare reached this point, and ii men differ upon vital1,375 words
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Article630 1915-05-04 6 Thk Nclio Bid. The Nullo bid, which ia occasionally played over here, comes, as usual, from America, where it ia played pretty universally. The call, which is to lose trick» instead of winning them, is one that is unlikely to appeal to the majority of player», and, personally,630 words
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Article781 1915-05-04 6 Apropos of the White Paper issued by the Home Government showing how the drink question is affecting the efficiency of the Navy, the following from the Westminster Gazette of April 3 is of interest: Substantial progreee has, we hope, been made this week in organising industry for781 words
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Article855 1915-05-04 6 W-e related the other day how a lady of Frankfurt had written us a long and rude letter in which she said, among other things, "I would give five years of my life if I could give your Mr. Grey a German blow in the face.”855 words
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Article347 1915-05-04 6 In one respect the accounts of tbe public exchequer for the financial year 1914-15 are most satisfactory. The revenue reached the enormous figure 0f'£226,694,000, which is more than seventeen millions in excess of the estimate made by the Treasury as recently as December last Such a result347 words
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Advertisement64 1915-05-04 6 A Parent's Duty. Your boy is always getting scratched or cut ro bruised. Because these wounds have healed all right is no sign they always will. Get a bottle of Chamberlain’s Pain Balm and see that every injury is cared for immediately. You can get nothing better, and blood poison64 words
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Advertisement38 1915-05-04 6 Chamberlain’s Tablets. TbtMs Tablets are intended especially for disorders of the stomach, liver and bowels If you are troubled with heartburn, indiges tion or constipation they will do you good. Try them. For sale by all Dispeniariea and38 words
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Advertisement8 1915-05-04 6 F»r Chronio Ohest Gbmplainta, Woed»* Qrmfc P*ipr»*r«int o«ri.8 words
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Article1820 1915-05-04 7 SINGAPORE’S GREATESr SOCIAL NEED. The Woman’s Question. Letters are written, advice is given about housekeeping in the East, and one hears millions of ideas presented by men, while bachelors reiterate the monotonous refrain “We cannot marry, for women want too much out here,” and they point1,820 words
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Article40 1915-05-04 7 Esplanade, 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday sth May, 1915. 1 Selection From N. Lambet’s The Yasmak ...Allan 2 Two Step... The Darkie Boatmen ...Archer 3 Waltz Venezia ...Desormes 4 Polka Wot Cher ...Crook 5 March Ma Jeannette ...Jones40 words
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Advertisement366 1915-05-04 7 HOTEL NORMAN, Penang's Select Residential Hotel. ENGLISH PROPRIETORSHIP. N.B. —In the event of change of Proprietorship, the Hotel will not be closed, but will be handed over to the new tenant as a going concern. LARGE AIRY ROOMS FACING THE SEA. Under the patronage of H.M. Judges, Medical Officers, Colonial366 words
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Advertisement92 1915-05-04 7 The Forty Yeer Test. An article must have exceptional merit to survive for a period of forty years. Chamberlain’s Cough 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 will92 words
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Advertisement11 1915-05-04 7 K*r Ckildre*’* Hacking Oongb at Night, Or*At P«p»*rwt«t 0«r« 1«, id11 words
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Advertisement153 1915-05-04 7 OCDC DOC DOC DOC :o°oooc BY ROYAL m 1 APPOINTMENT. Contractors -to: THE ADMIRALTY. THE WAR OFFICE, THE INDIA OFFICE, n o n r\ o ALL Government Hospitals IN THE Straits Settlements AND Federated Malay States. a V' 4 o n AND AXL Leading Hospitals THROUGHOUT The World. Milkmaid Brand153 words
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Advertisement1672 1915-05-04 8 r f t <« S3 J. Wireless Telegraphy, fitted on all Steamers. All Cabins are fitted with Electric Fans FREE of Charge and each berth is furnish* with an Electrio Reading Lamp. Expected Arrivals and Departures Fob BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD. Intended to Sail. Steam ir. Mail Service1,672 words
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