Straits Echo, 11 May 1915

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  • 35 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLh OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS. THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR BAST GENERALLY VOL. 13. $24 Per Annum. PENANG, TUESDAY, nth ftiAY, 1915. Siajle Copy, 10 cents No. 106
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    • 1084 1 w <■* Iriftk N‘> Held Gatinesi Siwi. ex c d s- 2 .s C a <2 Z, J m n ,c S« 1 cS r. /S5 y c s»i« TIAMG LEF CO., t'«a»n( K«*Sa Lv!m?j• Georgetown Motor Garage 7 A Penang Road. NOW ON SHOW One 5 Seater EMPIRE CAR
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    • 16 1 TO LET. 1 BUNGALOW No. 1428. BURMAH ROAD. LOCAIION QUIET HEALTHY. APPLY S 3, Beach Street.
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  • 801 2 By The Shellback. The accustomed peace of the second dogwatch was strangely disturbed by a mysterious air of bustle, of preparatiou, as for a great event The sails flapped idly, for the wind was up and down the mast.” The eternal swell of the blue tropic sea lapped
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  • 139 2 The planting community have every reason to grumble at the manner in which the duty i 9 fixe! by Government. No one seems to know what system is followed, but it is abundant’y clear that the Government are fixing a rate higher than that to which they are
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  • 885 2 SIR EDWARD CLAHKE ON SIR HENRY HAWKINS. Praise and Blame. Rarely has the legal world been so keenly interested in a magazine article as in Sir Edward Clarke’s contribution to the Cornhill Magazine on The Penge Mystery.” That Sir Henry Hawkins failed to maintain at the Staunton
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    • 976 2 COMING! COMING!! THE EVENT Of THE AMUSEMENT SEASON Harmston’s Circus AND Royal Menagerie GRAND OPENING NIGHT Friday, 21st May, 1915. LOCATION: DATO KRAMAT GARDENS. Bifcger. Better, Brighter than Ever. Harmston’s THE APEX! THE CRUX THE ACME The Alpha and Omega of all that stands for perfection in the CIRCUS WORLD.
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    • 12 2 For Children’s Hacking Coagk at Night, Wands’ Or«at Pionxrmiat Oar* la, Cd<
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    • 82 2 Croup. This disease is so dangerous and so rapid in its development that every mother of young children should be prepared for it. It is very risky to wait until the attack r f croup appears and then send for medicine and let the child suffer until it can be
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    • 477 2 ryit*» sa, MaMBW ABOUT PILLS Many people have no hesitation in taking a dozen bottles of medicine in l 1QUf 4 form prescribed by a doctor, but view with alarm the suggestion t take a course of pills. This misapprehension is no doubt due to th impression that prlls are
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  • 1468 3 SugoisTion. (From a "Timet" Correspondent.) I wish, Dr. Slop, you had sesn what prodigious armies we had iu Flanders. Tristram Shandy. But it was at the siege of Limerick in 1691, the year after Corporal Trim went into the Army, that Captain Shandy and
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  • 658 3 Another Revolutionary Scheme. From some facts recently made public in a Mandate issued by President Yuan Shih-kai, it is pretty clear that Sun Yat-sen and his fellow-rebels have {not as yet by any means given up their activities. They are, indeed, seeking to take advantage of
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    • 605 3 <r MOTOR Gl* RAGE CHIN SENC CO., LTD., 41. FARQUHAR STREET. (Within a few minutes walk of all the Hotels.) TELEPHONE 420. We have the best fleet of motor cars in the place, driven by expert drivers. WE STOCK ALL MOTOR ACCESSORIES. Our Lorry collects and transports Passenger’s luggage. try
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    • 372 3 Sweet Because of its delicate aroma and sweetness of flavour Sweet Chestnut Tobacco assures that pleasing contentment. THE CRITERION OF QUALITY. 8 m 4* e. U w. 1 WJT. m i THE FORCING OF THE DARDANELLES has created a profound sensation, but the Polyscope features will elicit the utmost wonderment.
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  • 96 4 Published daily (except Sundays and publio holidays) AT THI CRITERION PRESS. Ltd. No. 59, Beach Street, Penang.; Pbicu. Daily Local 924 per annum. Outstation... Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Post Free) 917.50 CABLU ADDRESS ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo 586 Printing Department 343 H B All business communication* should
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  • 1463 4 Yesterday we published particulars of the British Patriotic League, which aims at the could boycotting of Germany and the Germans subtni after the war. This project, we may say, has been welcomed by maDy in Penang and forma the feeling that all the blood shed on the tbousi battlefield
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  • 946 4 The funeral of the late Nonya Ong Khin Neo takes place at 10 a.m. to-morrow. m The funeral of Mrs. Lim Thay will take place on Thursday the 13th instant when < her remains will be removed from 398, 1 Kimberley Street for interment at Mount 1
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  • 1052 4 Penang people have become, pert quite unjustly, rather suspicious of T Evelyn Ellis’ recently-awakened inters» the affairs of this Settlement and will w t closely to see what is the result 0 f i enquiries into the matter of the penj compensation claims of a well-known J institution.
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    • 224 4 PENANG. :10th March, 1915. Messrs. The George Town Dispensary, Limited. Dear Sirs, I have been using your Super Iced Cau de Cologne for some time, and having had such excellent results, I feel I should like to tell you what I think of it. It is a most excellent preparation
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  • 1331 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. JOY IN GERMANY. WORLD-WIDE INDIGNATION. SURVIVORS’ STORIES. London, May 10 The survivors of the Lusitania are of opiuion that several submarines were cooperating against the liner whose speed minimised the chances of success of an individual submarine, while with several in a line there
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  • 40 5 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, May 11, Mr. Ambrose B Cross, Advocate and Solicitor, of Sereuibau, who was a pissengrr by the Lusitania has cabled to Seremban to the effect that, he is safe at Queenstowu.
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  • 89 5 Annual General Meeting. (.From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, May 10, At tbe annual general meeting of Messrs. Fraser and Neave Mr. Macgregor, who presided, said that the profit for the year, including the balance brought forward, was $141,662.57. Business improved after the first few months of
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  • 99 5 (from Our Own Correspondent.) Ipob, May 11. At a meeting of representative citizens summoned by the Resideut of Perak and held last evening, Mr. R. G. Watson said that there ought to be no difficulty in carrying out the scheme (for an F.M.S. Convalescent Home
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  • 40 5 A Settlement Reached. (From Our Oxen Correspondent.) Singapore, May 10. An official announcement states The Chinese Ccusul-General states that the negotiations which had been going on between China and Japan reached a peaceful settlement on Sunday last.
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  • 144 5 NEW REGULATIONS. London, April 15. According to a Privy Council Order issued last night all foreigners landing in Great Britain on and after April 25th (except captains and members of ships’ crews) will be required to produce passports issued by Government authorities and not more than
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  • 626 5 (Center’s Service.) Copyright Telegram > fall of libau confirmed Compensated by Successes Elsewhere. Petrograd, May 10, 2.10 a m An official communique states We advanced south-west of Mitau a~d forced the enemy hurriedly to evacuate a j strong position at Joniszki. The Geimans abandoned great Tiooty. The
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  • 312 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. STEADY FREN H GAINS. PRISONERS AND GUNS TAKEN. Paris, May 10. A communique, issued this evening, states: The German attack between Nieuport and the sea was repulsed with heavy loss. The British gained ground in the region of Fromelles. “We made considerable progress
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  • 251 5 EYE-WITNESS’S NARRATIVE. MASTERLY OPERATIONS AT YPRES. A MIDNIGHT MANOEUVRE. London, May 9. The Eye-Witness with the British Headquarters praises the success with which the British line was straightened in the neighbourhood of Ypres. The excellence of the organisation and the discipline can be appreciated when it is remembered that it
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  • 346 5 $lO,OOO DAMAGES CLAIMED. In the Supreme Court before Mr. Justice i Ebden Ibis morning the hearing was resumed of the suit in which Mahomed Ibrahim is suing Oona Letchaman Nadar for $lO,OOO as damages f r wrongful arrest and malicious prosecution. The plaintiff, it wiil bo
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  • 196 5 FIRST DAY’S HANDICAPS. The following are the handicaps for the opening day (May 18) of the Singapore Races: Race I. Sandy Creek ...10 00 Charmante 8.13 Tom T<nu 910 Lady Flower 7. 9 Hedonist ..9 9 Friendless 7. 7 Preopal 9. 7 Venture 7. 7 Race 11. Tivo
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  • 141 5 May 8 By Balance $17,960.81 10 O. B Pike, 4th contribution 50.00 Sek Tong Seah Cheah Hock Haw Kopg Kongsi, May subscription 100.00 Sah Yeoh Kongsi, Jan /May 100.00 Clerical Staff cf Paterson Siinons Co. Ld., 2nd pay3255 Staff of Adamson GilAllan Co.
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  • 1128 6 V.—THE EXPLOITS OF THE NAVY. Effect of our Raid on Cuxhaten. In the following article the neutral correspondent whose contributions have been appearing regularly in the Times deals mainly with the work and aims of J the German Navy, and indicates that the inactivity ef the main
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  • 685 6 Whatever shortage thero may be in other j kinds of ammunition, Mr. Lloyd George at j any rate his no reason to complain about j the supply of silver bullets. The figure» published on April 1 are worth a dozen victories at Neuve Chapell8. L9t us
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  • 1196 6 Her Strategical Aims. Now that the hatchet has again been dug up by Italy against her old aud well-hated j enemy, Austria, a consideration of the possi- ble strategical manoeuvres open to Italy and i her adversary may not be out of place. In 18S6 Garibaldi
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  • 317 6 The Nile” To Be Refloated. The P. O. Steamship Company’s Bombay liner, Nile, (6,702 tons) which stranded off Yashima, in Yamaguchi pre fecture, on January 12, during her voyage to Kobe with a leavy cargo consisting of 1,500 bales of Indian cott >n, 800 tons of pig-iron and other miscellaneous
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  • 433 6 The question of Sunday labour has been raised by the P.A.M and it is certain to be well threshed out, though we are doubtful what the result will be. Personally, we have a sympathetic leaning towards the views of Mr Maude, who took the very human aspect that
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  • 406 6 An English View of the Position. An interesting reference to the neutrality of the Netherlands appears in the Man~ Chester Guardian. Dealing with M. Clemeuceau’s note on the subject, our English contemporary remarks: —‘‘It is quite possible that the Germans may try to get their submarines down
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  • 208 6 Even if there were any early possibility of a reorganisation of Chinese industry on modern lines for the purpose of competing with foreign goods which enjoy popular favour in Chiua, it is a matter of universal experience that foreign t r ade benefits in a corresponding degree.
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  • 275 6 SpUtdid Fighting Uailt. London, April 19. The Timet military correspondent says that there is no doubt as to the success of the new British army in the field, as the quality of its units is excellent. In shooting, in marching power and other respects, the results
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  • 312 6 Members are reminded of to nights r« hearsal of H.M S. Pinafore” at 9 1 j punctually in the Town Hall. The remain ing rehearsals this week are as follows Thursday, 13th May at 5.30 p. m f or Principals only. Friday 14th May, at 9.15 p.m.
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  • 314 6 The following was the result of the Club Spoon Shoot (Handicap) at Kampong Bahru on Monday afternoon h’cap. 150 Total, yds. Miss M Pritchard .94 27 34 52 Mrs Hulme-Sharp .87 29 34 22 Mrs Wright-Motion .83 30 34.15 Miss Mathieu .4 30 3400 Miss Smith
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  • 124 6 Leaaiag Towards Allies. London, April 17. The Bulgarian War Office was formerly confident that Germany would not be defeated, but it is lately discernible that this confidence has begun to be shaken. It i* expected that the policy of Bulgaria as regards the war will undergo a great
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    • 59 6 ForaUmeß&k. When you hare pains or Umeness in Hie hide bathe the parts with Chamberlain’s Pain Ba’m twice a day. inassaerng with the palm of the hand for five minutes at each application. Then dampen a piece of flannel slightly with this liniment and bind it on over the seat
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    • 51 6 A Good Rule For the Home. Make it a rule of your home to always kppp ou hand a bottle of Chamberlain’» Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a safeguard against b)wel complaints It always cures promptly and no household is safe without it. For Bale by all Dispensaries and
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  • 246 7 When food lies undigested in the stomach it ferments and gas forms. This gas distends the stomach and presses on the heart, causing a pain that sometimes arouses fear of heart trouble. The condition in which gas forms is caused by a lack of rich red
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  • 799 7 Launched Mat 7th, 1765. It was in 1760 (or thereabouts) and wartime that a First Rate of 100 guns was laid down at Chatham, destined to be the most famous ship of her own or any other time. The Year of Victory was just past. Hawke had shattered
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  • 131 7 To the Editor ok the Malay Mail. Sir,— Having read the correspondence on the above subject I should like to write a few words It seems a very inopportune moment to bring this matter up. We read in all the papers bow serious the labour troubles are at
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  • 981 7 AEROPLANE AND SUBMARINE. Germans at Antwerp. (From a Naval Correipondent.) London, April 7. The sinking by a German submarine of the French steamship Emma off Beachy Head nearly coincides with the suggestion made yesterday by the French journal Excelsior, that aerial war should be organised into a
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    • 279 7 HOTEL NORMAN,' Penang’s Select Residential Hotel. ENGLISH PROPRIETORSHIP. I q #./?.—In the event of change of Proprietorsbip, the Hotel will not be closed, but j will be handed over to the new tenant e as a going concern. d URGE AIRY ROOMS FACING THE SEA. I Uuder the patronage of
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