Straits Echo, 20 May 1915
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Title Section37 1915-05-20 1 Straits Echo UAiLY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRC H ATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY VOL. 13. $24 Per Anmiia. FENANG, THURSDAY, 20th MAY, 1915. Single Copy, 10 cents. No. 11437 words
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Advertisement1059 1915-05-20 1 s.u A*«U: TIANG LEE V CO., Penang Cf Kuala Luapur. mm w> rp\ The Doctor advises and recommends. It is nouri-hing, invigorating and strengthening. ifliiiamiiiiiiiiiiin ftrkk N'i Hud Stwt. Georgetown Motor Garage 7 A Penang Road. BANKS MAGNETO Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China. NOW ON SHOW One 51,059 words
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Advertisement16 1915-05-20 1 TO LET. 1 BUNGALOW No. 1428, BURMAH ROAD. LOCATION QUIET tf HEALTHY. APPLY 53, Bench Street,16 words
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Advertisement17 1915-05-20 2 DRINK RECOGNISED BY CONNOISSEURS AS THE LEADING BRAND ON THE MARKET. SOLE AGENTS: KATZ BROTHERS, LTD., PENANG.17 words
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Article1231 1915-05-20 3 This war, I imagine, is unique in the way ,o which it has awaken* d iu us a devouring interest in our enemies. Every week produces its batch of books, serious and fantastic, on the nature and achievements of the Germans; and if it goes on much j,1,231 words
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Article741 1915-05-20 3 REIIRED JUDGES AND THE PEERAGE Bacon’s Precepts. Lord Justice Buckley, who has retired from the Court of Appeal immediately upon the completion of the fifteen years of judicial service entitling him to a pension, has, in being raised to the peerage, received an honour which very few retiring741 words
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Advertisement10 1915-05-20 3 For Chronic Oheit Complaint*, Wood*’ Croat Papparaaiat Oara, 1* ad10 words
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Advertisement223 1915-05-20 3 nnnnnnnndnnnnnnnnnnnuu i to.. PENANG. SINGAPORE. 3* IPOH. KUALA LUMPUR. .VC 2'f) 3 V I N. w Si 5.C -rr Rubber Factories Rubber Mills. a: .v GAS, OIL S PRODUCER ENGINES. SEMI DIESEL CRUDE OIL ENGINES. CENTRIFUGAL 8 PISTON PUMPS. A, WATER, GAS 8 STEAM PIPES 8 FITTINGS. BELTING 8 ENGINE223 words
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Article1126 1915-05-20 4 Celtic Bulls and Saxon Blunders It was Sir Richard Steele who said that the bull” was a result of climate, and that if an Englishman were born in Ireland he would make just as many. The collection of this form of wit is very timely.1,126 words
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Article794 1915-05-20 4 A Hongkong Opinion IQ I We have said before that, if the Govern- ment at Home had a little l°ss to say on the te subject of the registration cf servants and the Hongkong Government a little more. the equalising of troubles might be welcom- ed by794 words
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Advertisement50 1915-05-20 4 Muddy Complexion. When you see a woman with a muddy of sallow compleiiou and dull eyes, ycu may know that her liver is out of order. A few dosos of Chamberlain’s Tablets will correct it and make her look bettor and feel letter. For sale by all Dispensaries aud Dealers.50 words
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Advertisement53 1915-05-20 4 Always Recommead It. In almost every community there is some one whose life has been saved by Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Such persons seldom miss an opportunity to recommend it, and these recommendations and its never failing qualities account for if s great popularity. For sale by all53 words
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Advertisement342 1915-05-20 4 EYE-SICHT RESTORED. AN INFALLIBLE REMEDY for all I sorts of eye disease?. It cures Cataract, i Glaucoma etc. without knife. No failure, j no harm, no hard and fast rules, no difficulty j in its use. It is absolutely safe; highly spoken of by distinguished men. Apply for particulars to:342 words
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Article423 1915-05-20 5 Mastee or Ceremonies’ Etidenoe. In the Third Magistrate’s Court, before Mr. N. D. Mudie, the preliminary enquiry into the case in which a Straits-born Chinese, Chew Chiat Thye, of 32, Cross Street, was charged with bigamy by having married another woman during the lifetime of his first423 words
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Article233 1915-05-20 5 Tennis Tournament. The following were the results of the tennis ties plaved last night at the Golf Club: Mens Doubles Handicap B. Laudon and Ward —2/6 beat Oxenham and Rickett —15.3 6 —l 6—l- Doubles Handicap. Mrs Phillips and Threlfall —15.4 beat Mrs Low and J Anthony233 words
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Article132 1915-05-20 5 The followine ties have been fixed for to-morrow Mixed Doubles. Mrs Rose and Dunn vs. Miss Starr and Houston. Championship. Goldie vs W K Sharpe Dr Rose vs J L Fettep. A good story of early golfing experiences is toll by Sir Martin Conway. Sir Martin says132 words
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Article229 1915-05-20 5 Mr. Henry James, who celebrated bis seventy-second birthday in mail week, has lately been giving an American interviewer his opinions on the war. We should naturally expect the novelist to be a stanch upholder of the cause of the Allies, and it will also cause no surprise that his229 words
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Article228 1915-05-20 5 It was pointed out some time ago as a proof that there was no shortage of food in Germany that there had been no exodus into the surrounding neutral countries. A Japanese telegram now states that considerable numbers are leaving Germany for Switzerland and Italy owing to228 words
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Article98 1915-05-20 5 Good Demand. (From Our Oion Correspondent) Singapore, May 20. At the Singapore -Rubber auction the demand was good and the average prices ruling last week were well maintained. Of the 182 tons offered for sale, 100 tons were sold at the following prices: Sheet, fine,smoked... $127 to98 words
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Article78 1915-05-20 5 At the next Matriculation Examination to be held in Hongkong on July 12th, 5 prizes of one hundred dollars each, will be awarded to the successful candidates who obtain the highest marks The winners of the prizes may enter any Faculty but must join the University on78 words
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Article175 1915-05-20 5 May 17 By Balance f? 19 Straits Guano Co., Ld. 13 51 May 19 SI,879.79 May 19 To Draft on London, .£200 $1,712 37 Balance, May 19 167.42 Amount previously acknowledged 13,457.11 Total ...$13,624 53 Counsel (to a prisoner charged at the Manchester Assizes with manslaughter, ami175 words
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Advertisement199 1915-05-20 5 -I < Id O Id Q£ -J < U Id a. co to m z < z < X o D CD o </) < SCOTCH WHISKY SOMETHING TO CROW ABOUT’ §gg|@2sl JAMES iX GLASGOW BLACK WHITE DO P— W 90 t*S •H ALWAYS THE HIGHEST QUALITY <D ■o JO199 words
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Article, Illustration96 1915-05-20 6 Published daily (except Sundays and public holidays) AT THI CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. No. 59, Beach Street, Penang. Fbicu. Daily Local 924 per annua. Outstation... Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Post Free) 917.50 CABLB ADDRESS ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo, 586 Printing Department 343 A B. All buaiuMa foramumctiona ihould96 words
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Article1349 1915-05-20 6 Ever since we received Reuter’s cable last night telling of the rift at the Admiralty and the consequent crisis in the Cabinet we have been hoping that a later message would ccme to hand with the news that the differences between Mr s Winston Churchill and Lord Fisher had been1,349 words
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Article931 1915-05-20 6 On the 13th inst., the Governor of Hong kong was to present a clock and a cheque to Mr. E. H. d’Aquino, I S O of the Treasury, in recognition of his fifty years’ service under the Government of Hongkong from 1864 to 1914 Mr. Hargrove, who931 words
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Article1015 1915-05-20 6 It is 401 years today B i DPe House was founded by Sir Thr.nuJ J* Comptroller of the Navy, and capt f famous Harry Grace de Dieu. TV p charter granted by Henry yj][ interesting to note, designates the Cor tion very quaintly. ~rP or*. It was styled1,015 words
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Advertisement229 1915-05-20 6 JUST RECEIVED NEW STOCK OF Chinta Hati THE NEW PERFUME OF Delightful Fragrance AND Lasting Quality. PRICE PER LARGE BOTTLE $2.25. The George Town Dispensary Limifed, PENAN 3, TAIPING AND IPOH. PRITCHARDS Co. SOLE AGENTS FOR ROVER ES IN THE DARDANELLES. PRAISE FOR THE INDIANS. PROGRESS NATURALLY SLOW. London, May229 words
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Article191 1915-05-20 7 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. GERMAN REVERSE IN BELGIUM. HEAVY LOSSES. Paris, May 18, 4 50 p.m. A Paris communique states The Germans in Belgium left on the battle field 2,000 dead and a great number of rifles The French have consolidated the positions recently taken. The Get191 words
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Article320 1915-05-20 7 ENEMY’S FURIOUS ATTACKS. HEAVY LOi ES INFLICTED Petrograd, May 19, 4.5 a.m. An official statement announces: “Between Opatow, the left bank of the Vistula and the whole Galician front to Kolomea great masses of the enemy ou May 16 attacked our positions, making the region north and320 words
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Article183 1915-05-20 7 SUGGESTED REPRISALS. IMPORTANT STATEMENT BY LORD KITCHENER. London, May 18. In the House of Lords, Loid Kitchener announced that the British and French Governments felt that their troops must be adequately protected against poisonous gases by the employment of similar methods, thus removing the enormous and unjustifiable disadvantage183 words
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Article641 1915-05-20 7 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. OFFENSIVE CONTINUED. OPERATIONS DESCRIBED. London, May 19. I A correspondent in the Dardanelles, i wr *ting on May 10, states lhe reinforced Allies resumed the j offensive, which was suspended since April 28, with the object of capturing the western and eastern arms641 words
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Article611 1915-05-20 7 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. ON THE BRINK. AUSTRIA'S OFFER. Amsterdam, May 18. Dr. von Bethmann-Hcllweg, the Imperia Chancellor, speaking in the Reichstag, sail j that Austria made an effort to ensur the friendship of Italy and offeree her the sovereignly of Yalona, portion of the Tyro),611 words
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Article679 1915-05-20 7 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. CLASH AT THE ADMIRALTY. i REPORTED RESIGNATION OF LORD FISHER. London, May 18, 4.25 p.m. I Lord Fisher, First Sea Lord, has been i two days absent from the Admiralty. i He had a prolonged interview with Mr. H H. Asquith on Saturday,679 words
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1047 1915-05-20 7 It is interesting to took into the strueturand organisation of the Admiralty at the present day. The pivot and cantre of the whole is the First Lord of the Admiralty. In the eighteenth century it was not uii common for a naval officer of high1,047 words
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Article968 1915-05-20 7 Curious BKing Case. Lim Ltk, a Chiuaraan, was this morning charged beforo Mr. E. E Colman in the Second Court with being in possession of bhang. When this accused was charged at the last hearing he pleaded guilty.” Mr. G E. Wright-MotioD, who appeared for the accused968 words
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Article1086 1915-05-20 8 Some Home Views. From, the Free Press' Correspondentj. London, April 16. The Colonial Office this week published the official despatches on the rising in Singapore and ail the papers gave it great importance while the article in the Singapore Free Press dealing with the absence of any coherent1,086 words
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Article761 1915-05-20 8 F. M. S CONVALESCENT HOME. Chinese Support. An extraordinary general ineetiug of the Selangor Miners’ Association, in conjunction with the Selangor Chinese Chamber of Commerce, was held in the Association’s building on Saturday at 6 p.m with Mr. J. A. Ruasell in the chair, supported by Mr. Yap761 words
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Article1984 1915-05-20 8 A FASCINATING WAR LECTURER. His Oratorial Art. Women reveHn these war lectures. At an address in m iil week by Mr. Hilaire Belloc at the Queen’s Hall there were nearly as many women present as men. In the front seats one noticed mother and daughters—sweet girls in their1,984 words
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Article75 1915-05-20 8 R. Nordraak, Nor. sg, Huun, 19th Ma* Calcutta, 10th May, Gen. Sanuki Maru, Jap. s.s., 3,822, Tonda 20M, May, Calcutta, 13th May, Gen -Ip q Co. Kedah, Br. s.s., 94, Hunter, 20th May Sitiawan, 19th Miy, Gen E S Cn' Ltd. 0l Ban Whatt Soon, Br. p.s., I 975 words
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Article42 1915-05-20 8 To-dat. Kalmoa, for Deli and Langsa Alma, for Deli Perak, for Port Swettenham, p ort Dickson and Malacca Tara, for Port Swettenham and Singapore Avagyee, for Dindings, Sitiawan, BaVan Datoh and Teluk Anson Trang, for Trang YatshiDg, for Calcutta and Durban42 words
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Advertisement351 1915-05-20 8 COMINC! COMING!! THE EVENT OF THE AMUSEMENT SEASON Harmston’s Circus AND Royal Menagerie GRAND OPENING NIGHT j Friday, 21st May, 1915. LOCATION DATO KRAMAT GARDENS. Bigger. Better, Brighter than Ever. Harmston's THE APEX I THE CRUX THE ACME The Alpha and Omega of all that stands for perfection in the351 words
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Advertisement51 1915-05-20 8 A Good Ruie For the H.me. Make it a rule of your home to always kftp on hand a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Uemody as a safeguard against bowel complaints It always cures promptly and no household is safe without it. For sale by all Dispensaries and51 words
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Advertisement45 1915-05-20 8 Now Is the Time. For rheumatism you will find nothing better than Chamberlain’s Pain Balm. Now is the time to get rid of it. Try this liniment and see how quietly it will relieve the pain and soreness. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.45 words
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Advertisement428 1915-05-20 8 NOTICE SEPARATE Tenders will be received up to neon on Tuesday, the 25th Mar 1915, for the following supplies for a period of six months commencing from Ist Julv 1915: 7 a. Rations for Penang and Balik Pul au Hospitals. b. Rations for Province Wellesley Hospitals. c. Rations for New428 words
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Article1657 1915-05-20 9 Those of ue who at Oxford or Cambridse a generation ago cannot but think of the difference between ourselves as undergraduates and the undergraduate now in the sudden change that has come over him with the war. We, whether idle or industrious, were secluded from the business1,657 words
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Article532 1915-05-20 9 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —The Rev. H G. Peile says borne wise and timely things about the Reformatory, and I agree with him that the time is fully come when this Colony should have, as at home, a juvenile court to deal with cases532 words
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Advertisement958 1915-05-20 9 JNT OTICEI. LABOUR CODE, 1912, F.M.S Indian immigration Fund Ordinance 1911.’ 1 .EMPLOYERS OF INDIAN LABOUR are hereby reminded that assessment returns for the preceding quarter must be sent to the Office of the Deputy Controller of Labour, Penang, during the months of April, July, October and January. Forms for958 words
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Advertisement394 1915-05-20 9 As Vital as Love itself —is it to make sure that your baby is being properly fed. Not all the affection you can lavish on your baby can repair the truly disastrous results of wrong feeding. Baby has only one ideal food—a healthy mother’s breast milk. If this is absent394 words
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Article1385 1915-05-20 10 WHAT ENGLAND AND FRANCE HAVE TO FACE WHEN THEY ATTACK THE RHINE. Bt Jerome K. Jerome “We made one miscalculation,” he said, and one only. We convinced ourselves hat Euglana under a Liberal Government would never fight. I know of Englishmen who held the same1,385 words
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Article653 1915-05-20 10 Many parents still halt between two alternatives. Are children to be kept, as far as may be. from war ii fluences, or ought they to participate as far as they can in the lessons of the times? At one moment it seems that the fact of653 words
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Advertisement482 1915-05-20 10 Especially valuable after or Enteric. Malaria As a healing tonic an:l restorative after fevers Angler’s Emulsion is invaluable. It soothes and heals the mucous membrane of the stomach and intestines, corrects digestive and bowel irregularities, promotes normal healthy appetite, and greatly improves assimilation and nutrition. At the same time it482 words
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Advertisement333 1915-05-20 10 DREADFUL ECZEMA Cured by Dr. Morse’s Indian Root Pills. That torturing and disfiguring disease has its cause in an impure condition of the blood. The impure condition of the blood often arises from a diseased condition of the stomach and allied organs of digestion and nutrition. When digestion is imperfect333 words
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Article1972 1915-05-20 11 WORLD-WIDE PECAUTIONS. Bt E. B. Osborn. Tbs whole world is at war, or would like to be at war, with Germany, and the formation of Anti-German Leagues in the countries actively engaged in military operations is a proof that the necessity of making peace a prolongation of1,972 words
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Advertisement701 1915-05-20 11 HOTEL NORMAN. Pening’s Select Residential Hotel. ENGLISH PROPRIETORSHIP. N,#.—In the event of change of Proprietorship, the Hotel will not be closed, but will be handed over to the new tenant a going concern. large airy rooms facing the sea. Under the patronage of H.M. Judges, Medical Officers, Colonial Secretaries, Magistrates,701 words
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Advertisement11 1915-05-20 11 For Ohildrt*’» Hocking Oongh ot Night, Woods’ drool Pwrol«l,Oiri If, 1411 words
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Advertisement154 1915-05-20 11 OC-X. o DOC DOC DOC DO<=>OCDOC BY ROYAL ”8 APPOINTMENT n Contractors to THE ADMIRALTY. THE WAR OFFICE, THE INDIA OFFICE. o r\ n o n ALL Government Hospitals IN THE Straits Settlements AND Federated Malay States. OBTAINABLE RETAIL m B VLfK s A ISkDNATuiii AND ALL Leading Hospitals THROUGHOUT154 words
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Advertisement1517 1915-05-20 12 m Wireless Telegraphy, fitted on all Steamers. All Cabins are fitted with Electric Fans FREE of Charge and each berth is furnished with an Electric Reading Lamp. Expected Arrivals and Departures. Mail Service Outward. D ie Penan? Steamer. Connecting with S.S. Homeward. Date. Steamer. Connecting with S.S. Due London. May1,517 words
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