Straits Echo, 16 June 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 Per Annum, PENANG, WEDNESDAY, 16th JUNE, 1915. Single C«py, 10 «nti. No. 136
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      1008 1 IfWW rm Bi o r w q The Doctor advisee and recom- jj? e Q mends. It is nourishing, invi- 2 2 gorating and strengthening. »a.caflaaHnnMMH*nMuuuM*Rj For Cars on Hire Call at or ’phone (No. 694) to I Georgetown i Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China. Motor Garage ■i
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      15 1 TO LET. 1 BUNGALOW No. 1428, BURMAH ROAD. LOCATION QDIET HEALTHY. APPLY 53, Bench Street.
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    On the Death of a Young Friend.
    1670 2  -  By MAURICE MAETERLINGK. M. Maurice Maeterlinck has long enjoyed a European reputation. Among living writers he is unsurpassed in the qualities of charm and clearness. As a thinker he has shown an extraordinary gift for simplifying and dissecting the most difficult themes, without
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    Treatment of Road Surface.
    398 2 The Director of Public Works Department, F.M.S reports as follows regarding the bituminous treatment of road surfaces Extensive trials have been made in Perak, Selangor and Negri Sembilan with the use of bituminous substances for binding and sealing the upper crusts of road surfaces. In Perak
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      488 2 Everyone Who Hat Already Seen The First Few Series of The Enthralling and Mysterious LUCILLE LOVE 15 CHAPTERS 50 REELS IS EAGERLY AWAITING TO EE The Sequel Series now showing at GEORGE TOWN KINEMA, Kuala Kangsa Road Theatre To-night! To-night!! One More New Series the Bth Chapter in 2 Reels
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    The Federated States.
    1040 3 We still regard the Federated Malaj States as about the richest bit of country in the world. The tin deposits, little more than surface scratched by Chinese miners, the j natural product*, the capacity of the soil and climate for agriculture in the broadest sense, the proximity
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    Enemy Property.
    403 3 It is satisfactory to see that by an adverf tisement appearing to-day on behalf of the l Government, in connection with the operai tion of The Trading with the Enemy (Amendment) Ordinance, 1915,” and authoI rised by Mr. (A. M. Pountney, Colonial Treasurer, in his capacity of Custodian
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    The P. A. M.
    133 3 Meeting at Seremban. The next general meeting of the Planters Association of Malaya will be held at 10 a m. on Wednesday, the 30th June, 1915, at the Sungei Ujong Club, Seremban, to transact the following Agenda. 1. Minutes of Meeting of 25th April. 2. 1915.
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    Penang Golf Club.
    225 3 Tennis Tournament. The following were the results of the tennis ties played night: Men'B Singles Final. Threlfall —4O beat Everest —l5 6—l, 5—7 6—2. Ladies' Doubles Handicap Final. Mrs Phillips and Mrs Low beat Miss Grey and Miss Heim 6- 4 4—6 6—2. The following ties have
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      1058 3 NOTICE. rpHE usual monthly sale of Pawnbrokers’ forfeited pledges for sums exceeding NOTICE. s[o will be held punctually o’clock m on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, the sth, 6th, and 7th proximo respectively a t No. 42, Beach Street. The above forfeited pledges may be viewed at the Sale Room on
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      386 3 BOER TOBACCO REAL MAGALIESBURG 99 44 Sold in i pound Lead BY ALL THE LEADING DEALERS. COMPARISON. We want you to make a little experiment a test that will result not less to your advantage than to ours We want you to make comparison between The Programme of THE STRAITS
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    THE STRAITS ECHO.
    98 4 Published daily (except Sunday* and publics holidays) AT TB* CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. No. 59. Beach Street, Penang Paicu. Daily Local $24 per Annum. Out station... Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Po*t Free) $17.50 CABLB ADDRESS ECHO— PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo, 586 Printing Department 343 A' B. All buiin»»»
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    KELANTAN.
    1449 4 Mr. W. Langham-Carter, Adviser to the Kelantan Government, signed his report on the administration of that State for 1914 on April 10 of this year. The rising m Kelantan which necessitated the despatch of troops and a warship from Singapore broke out very shortly afterwards. There i*. however, no
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    M. A. P.
    675 4 Capt. F. Mills is now at the front. A snapshot of him has been received in th Federal Capital from somewhere iu France A son was born to Towkay Loke Yew, C. M. G., and Mrs Loke Yew on Monday morning. Towkay Loke Yew, who is seventy
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    The Prince of Wales’ War Relief Fund.
    32 4 June 14 By Balance ...$22,299.62 15 F. C. Ebbels 20.00 C. J. Pratt 25.00 Balance, June 15. ...$22,344.62 Remitted to London on 24 2-15... .£lO,OOO
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    Belgian Relief Fund.
    191 4 June 14 By Balance 654.02 15 F. C. Ebbels 10.00 Balance, June 15 S 664 02 Amouut previously acknowledged 13,457.11 Total ...$14,121.13 Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to-day at $B4 00, buyers no seller*, in Singapore (refined) at $B4 50, business done, and in London at .£173
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    968 4 June 5 was the festival of St. Boniface saint who converted the Germans T e r imperfectly as au Oxford don once put it and as we are all agreed nowadays. Penang is experiencing yet another spell of abnormally hot weather with close stuffy nights and dull heavy
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      150 4 Hurry up, these are the latest Out. Mfe I 7 V a >£ New Gramophone Records, 10" double side!, comprising tha following:— It’s a long way to Tipperary (alone $2.) Marseilhise. Rule Britannh. March on to Berlin. National An*hems of the Allies. Goodbye, my soldiers sweetheart. It takes an Irish
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    NAVAL CASUALTIES.
    661 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. OFFICIAL FIGURES. GRAND TOTAL OF 13,547. London, Juno 16. j In the House of Commons Mr. H. H. Asquith announced that the total naval j casualties were: Kill*» Officers 649 Men 7,696 8,246 Woundid-Officers 181) Men 2,262 j 2,448 tf ii*iKe—Officer* 74 Men 2,785
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    THE EASTERN THEATRE.
    704 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram FIERCE FIGHTING. IN THE SHAVLE REGION. Petrograd, June 15. j A* s official statement says Great enemy forces repeatedly attempted to cross the River Windau near Liatzkow on June 13, but were repulsed. A detachment However, crossed lower down tbe river its attempt
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    THE ITALIAN CAMPAIGN.
    452 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. TROOPS' DETERMINATION TO WIM AT ANY PRICE. Rome, June 14, 3. '’5 p.in. A Rome communique states The recent fighting has proved the remarkable qualities of tbe Italian soldiers, and their determination to win at any price is inspired and re-awakened by racial
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    New Derby Result.
    103 5 Favourite'» Vietory. (Reuter.) London, June 15. The following was the result of tbe race for the New Derby, which was run at Newmarket yesterday over the same distance as Epsom event: Mr. Sol Joel’s Pommern b c. by Polymelut—Merry Ague» 1 Captain Hall Walker’s Lit Flt b.
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    SUEZ CANAL CO.
    395 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. F FFECT OF THE WAR. Paris, June 14. At the meeting of the Surz Canal Company hero the report of the Council of Administration was presented to the shareholders. It states that the war caused a filling-off in the receipts from commercial traffic
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    WAR ITEMS.
    287 5 FROM DUTCH SOURCES. The following cables are translated from the Sumatra Pott of the 14th inst.:— The Wester» Froet. The Timet states that the Germans are sending half a million frerh troops to the Western front The frontior between Belgium and Holland has been closed for a week.
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    JAGAT SINGH.
    1831 5 PRELIMINARY INQUIRY. The preliminary inquiry into the case against Jagat Singh was this moru og commenced before Mr. E E Column in the Second Court. The charges against the accused are as follows (1) Abetting the waging of war ag iinst tho King and abetting the waging of
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    Penang Rubber Auction.
    82 5 The undermentioned prices were realised for rubber sold by Messrs Allen DonnVW Co by auction and private treaty, yesterday. 80,500 lbs were sold Diamond Smoked Sheet $125 to $l2B No 2 $l2l $123 Plain S! 17 $l2l Unamoked Sheet $ll4 $ll6 Fine Pale Crepe $124 $126 Medium
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    German Socialists.
    867 6 CLEAVAGE WITH GOVERNMENT GROWING. Strict Censorship. The cleavage between the Imperial German Government and the German Socialist party is becoming more and more marked, says the Amsterdam correspondent of the Standard. No far-reaching conclusions can be drawn at present, but it is useful to record the various indications
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    “From Prussians and from Pacifists. . ."
    1473 6 “From Prussians and from Pacifists. Since the War broke out, or at any rate < since the great German attempt to crush i France under the weight of numbers failed, 1 we have always felt that the most serious c danger that confronted this country was 1 not defeat, but
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    F.M.S. Items.
    407 6 From the Annual Report. Two Japanese were deported from the F.M.S iu 1914 an 1 48 Indians. The F M S. distilled 35,352 gallons less of liquor in 1914 compared with the previous year. There is continued use of machinery in mining in the F.M.S., the horse power
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    Street Dangers.
    402 6 To the Editor of the Strait» Echo. Dear Sir, May I be allowed some space in yourii valuable paper to point out the danger; members of the public are open through j more than one person riding on a bicycle, and also through motor novicesj persist- 1 ing
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    The Chinese in Borneo.
    279 6 New Capitan China. On Sunday, the 30th ult, about noon at the Chinese Chamber cf Commerce an historic event took place by the celebration of the approval and appointment of Mr. Lam Man Cbiug (who has just returned from a short trip to Hongkong) as Capitan
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    P.C.C. Bowls Tournament.
    171 6 The following ties have been fixed for to-morrow Single Handicap. R Owen vs E Reimann. Championship. Southam vs. Terzano Threlfall vs Chalmers. The Straits Cinema presents the sth and 6th chapters of Lucille Love, together with “Phantom of His Love,” 3 reels, Tragedy at the Court of
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    Science of To-Day.
    1123 6 Old Aok. Doctors tell us that wa are as old as our arteries. Metchnikoff’s teaching, slightly i parodied, appears to declare that old age keeps step with the decay of our arteries Professor Marinesco, of Bucharest, declares that age and death are implicit in the decaying energy
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    Kelantan in 1914.
    769 6 The Adviser’s Report. Mr. Langham-C itter’s Kelantau Administration Report for the year 1914” reached us this moruing. It is dated at Kelautan on the 10th April, 1914. The following extracts should be of interest I.—Financial. 1. Appendices A (i), (ii), and (iii) give the revenue, expenditure, i.tatement
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    Did Nobody Warn Them ?
    1114 7  - Did Nobody Warn Them BY H. W. WILSON. MINISTERS AND SHELLS. Ministers repeat day after day that the enormous expenditure of shells in the present war has come as a surprise to all the world.and was never foreseen by experts Even if this was strictly true the surprise was over
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    The Dearth of War-Songs.
    760 7 Inarticulate in moments of real feeling, the Briton finds it difficult to put his ideas about war into vocal form. Hence the grotesque result which we have seen: that the song associated with the most tremendous struggle in English history should be, not a war-song at
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