Straits Echo, 22 June 1915

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  • 36 1 Straits Echo f’AILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS. CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY VOL. 13. $24 Per Annum. PENANG, TUESDAY, 22nd JUNE, 1915. Si&fle Ctn, 10 Matt. N O. 139
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    • 1063 1 s*u Ax«t.: tiano LEE CO, Feaaaf Kuala Lua?»:. s o The Doctor ad rises and reoommends. It is nourishing, invigorating and strengthening; fcg'i I mi Mum StML For Cars on Hire Call at or ’phone (No. 694) to Georgetown lsfotor Garage 7\ Penang Road. WE ARE specialists in repainting Motor
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    • 17 1 t ;to let. I BUNGALOW No. I42B, BURMAH ROAD. LOCATION QUIET U HEALTHY. APPLY 53, BmcA Strict.
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  • 1305 2 French Singaporeans at the Front. The French Singaporeans who left at the beginning of the war are dispersed all over the French line. Two of them have already gloriously fallen, some are prisoners in Germany the others are doing well at the front, and from time to
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  • 837 2 Atkins —War Correspondent. No doubt the modern war correspondent labours under a good many disadvantages and drawbacks. The huge area of operations for one thing easily baffles au observer used to battles with blacks, which were over iu a few hours. And tho regulations which keep tho ardent newspaper man
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  • 490 2 PROPOSED PROGRAMME. <UNDER S.R.A. RULES OF RACING.) NOTICE.—No amendments to this Programme will be considered unless due not given in writing to the Secretary at least seven days before the 23rd P 1915, the date of the Special General Meeting. The notice must give
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    • 1351 2 NOTICE. A list of applications for public house licences for the year 1915 to be considered nt the meeting of thn Board of Licensing Justices on Thursday, 24th June, 1915, may be seen on application at the Chinese Protectorate during the usual office hours P. T. ALLEN, Secretary Board of
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    • 324 2 Entries f if- 5 P n 0D ,'fr daJ V u°f b Jul 7 1915 Handicaps for the VlUOt F,rst Da y Wl11 be published ou or before the 24th July, 1915 A Penalty of 71bs. incurred in a Handicap by the winner of any Race run subseauent to the
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  • 546 3 T*i Wae Drrbt akd Oaks. Fortune, as usual, has smiled upon the bouse of Israel, for Messrs. Solly Joel and Ludwig Neumann have annexed the two great races of the year. That they were not run at Epßom makes but little difference, the winners will be accepted
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  • 242 3 The latter part of 1914 was conspicuous for floods generally thioughout the State of Selangor, says tbs Annual Report. Not only did Kuala Kubu, Serendah and Rawang, which had previous experience of floods* suffer, but other places, which had not hitherto been affected, were flooded, and several
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  • 132 3 The Kajang Merchants’ Club celebrated its sth anniversary on the 18th day of June The Club premises were tastefully decorated with flowers and bunting and paper lanterns. Almost all members were present and the annual meeting was held the same day, when the following were elected officebearers
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  • 440 3 To THi Editor or The Times. Sir, —I have recently returned from France, where I have been with the French, and I should be obliged if you will allow me to state the following facts, with regard to that country, which do not seem to be
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  • 333 3 The following was the result of the Shoot at Kampong Bahru, on Monday afternoon: Open Aggregate Ctjp. Del. Firing. a n *r ■"O T3 .5 HD "m o -S s. 8 ho r- CO 0.1-1 rt P3 Mrs Hulme Sharp 28 30 26 84 Miss Mathieu
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  • 96 3 Thk Gibbons Cup. The final race of 220 yards in the Gibbons Cup Competition will take place at the Swimming Club, on Sunday next, the 27th instant, at 11 a.m. The position to date is as follows L. O. Hargrave 6 points. F. Scarborough 5 R. B.
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    • 718 3 RUNNYMsfiDIc HOiEL. (SEA-SIDE) PENANG. I ■■■IIUJI■RBOMB New improvements have been made at our promenade on the sea front. THERE WILL BE A MOONLIGHT DINNER Every month, weather permitting. String Band on the Lawn. AND EXTRA DINNER $2. Date will be announced later. 3* 0 0 0 0 n The Bernese
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    • 419 3 BOER TOBACCO REAL MAGALIESBURG SPRINGBOK Sold in i pound Lead BY ALL THE LEADING DEALERS THE STRAITS CINEMA Co. THE LEADING PREMIER SHOW IN ENANG AND THE EOPLE'S FAVOURITE RENDEZVOUS ENANG ROAD, EMPIRE HALL HONE NO. 628. WE LEAD OTHERS FOLLOW For manj years, we hare stood the test. So
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  • 93 4 Published daily (except Sundays and public holiday*) AT THU CRITERION PRESS. Ltd. No. 59. Beach Street, Penang. Paica. Daily Local 124 per aunwu. Ontitation... Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Po*t Free) $17.50 CABLa ADDaaas: ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo, 586 Printing Department 343 MB.—All biiiin.ti communication» should bs sddrussd
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  • 1354 4 By issuing an official statement on the •übject of the warnings which it was alleged to hare received —and neglected—regarding the likelihood of an outbreak by the Fifth Light Infantry or, at any rate, the existence of widespread disloyalty in the ranks of that regiment, the
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  • 646 4 Mr M. Govindasamy, Clerk, Hoa pital, has been transferred to the Taiping Hospital. Towkay Ng 800 Bee, Taiping, has come on a business trip to Penang. He will return to Taiping next week. Mr. L V. J Laville, Acting Deputy Registrar, has had to go into hospital
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  • 184 4 The undermentioned prices were realised for rubber sold by Messrs. Allen Dennys Co. by auction to-day and by private treaty, during the weak. 67,400 lbs were sold Diamond Smoked Sheet $127 to SI2B 50 Sl2l $126 Plain $ll9 Unamoked Sheet $ll4 $ll6 Fine Pale Crepe $127 Medium
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  • 1002 4 The Time, of Malaya heads an article on the Singapore Mutiny compensation scandal The Soul of a Government." l That is just the trouble with the Govern ment—it has neither a soul to lose nor a had. to be kicked. od M. Maeterlinck contributed a bitter savin* to
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    • 81 4 SODIUM BISULPHITE DUE TO ARRIVE. Orders now being booked The Geerp Tom Dpsaij Limited. PENANG. PRITCHARD 8 Co. BOI.E iIGEKTa FOB ROYER ITQ r An Antiseptic OF greater power than pure carbolic. INSTANTLY KILLS ALL GERMS. MIXES EQUALLY WELL in salt, brakish, or fresh water, it is therefore a boon
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  • 1103 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. general assault by the ALLIES. Renter's Graphic Story, London, June 21. Reuter’s special correspondent in the Pardanelles, in his first detailed account of the general assault by the Allies on the Achibaba front, states Patient Sapping. For three weeks the British had been
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  • 837 5 FIGHTING IN GALICIA. GREAT TURNING MOVEMENT INITIATED Petrograd, June 21, 5 p.m. A Petrograd communique states Experts are of opinion that the enemy s advance west and south-west of Ravarusska initiates a great turning movement north of Lemberg. "The advance was conducted on Friday end Saturday by
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  • 202 5 AN OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE. i GOVERNMENT EXPLANATION. l (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, June 21. 1 An official communique states “In view of tbe misrepresentations in j regard to the mutiny, H. E. the Governor authorises the statement that no report reached him or the General commanding, prior
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  • 28 5 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, June 22. The Reserve Force and Civil Guard Bill will be introduced at the meeting of the Legislative Council next Friday
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  • 85 5 TO GO TO THE FRONT. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, June 21. On Friday the Provost-Marshal promulgated sentences on twenty-nine mutineers, of whom four men, who had been sentenced to be shot, had their sentences commuted to one of transportation for life. The sentences on the
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  • 685 5 Tampering with Dachiag. Before the Third Magistrate this morning a Chinaman, named Lim Tek, was arraigned on a charge of wilfully tampering with a daebing. In pleading guilty the accused stated that he bought the daching about a month ago from a hawker. Sikh Corporal 14 stated
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  • 64 5 To-morrow, Wednesday, in the Second Divison, {Jamathol Moslem meet Stia PersenangaD, at Dato Kramat Gardens. At a little after ene o’clock this morning the Fire Brigade was called out to Chats worth,” Northam Road, the residence of Mr. J. M. Anthony. It appeared that the main electric cable had
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  • 1436 5  -  [By Sriniv(i8 B. WagelJ] It is no small task that Mr. sets himself and he has brought to it an intimate knowledge of China and things Chinese such as few foreigners and, we fancy, few Chinese can have. China is the only romsining country which settles
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  • 360 5 In view of the fact that, despite all the efforts of the promotors, Penang’s Town Guard has not yet materialised, wo venture to draw the attention of the illiterate scribes iu the Secretariat at Singapore who are apparently responsible for bottling up the scheme to the following
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  • 35 5 Junel9 By Balance ~.$22,730.16 21 A.R. W. Landon 15 00 Anonvracus 35.00 J. Meldrum 10 00 Balance, June 2!. ...322 790 06 Remitted to London on 24-2-15... XIO.OOO
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  • 78 5 June 19 By Balance S 862 02 21 Hon. A. T. Bryunt 50 00 H B. Ward 250 00 Balance, June‘21 $1,162.02 Amount previously acknowledged 13,457.11 Total ...$14,***** A correspondent writes The obstruction caused by the number of bullock-carts waiting to be loaded at the entrance to
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  • 1696 6 Administration Report. I From the Administration Report on Perak < for the year 1914, which ia signed by Mr. R. < G. Watson, we take the following extracts j Financial. The revenue of the year amounted to $19,338,374 it was less than that of 1913 by $4,631,684,
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  • 735 6 There can be few people who could have predicted when war broke out last August that rubber would be occupying the favourable position in which it finds itself to-day. On Wednesday in London Plantation crepe was fetching 2s. s£d a rise of over one penny in the week.
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  • 194 6 We take this interesting paragraph from Mr. R. G. Watson’s Annual Report on Perak The activity of the political societies has greatly diminished the Kwok Meng Thong” still continues, though prohibited in China. Its influence is distinctly bad, but is somewhat limited by a growing distrust of
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  • 1863 6 I._A WHOLE PEOPLE AT WAR. Confidence and Union. J 1 New Tone in Berlin. In the following article, the firtt of a new 1 strict, an experienced neutral correspondent 1 of the Tim's gives a general impression of 1 the condition of Germany to-day. He notes a
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  • 301 6 Reduced in Special Cases. The F.M.B. Government Gazette contains the following annoucement: The Government is prepared to consider applications for a reduction in particular cases of the royalty on tin won from lodes or from low grade alluvial workings or from mines where ore is refractory to win
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  • 307 6 Says Mr. J. R. O. Aldworth in his Annual Report The returns show that there has been a slight improvement in the health conditions of the 27,782 labourers employed upon 130 estates regarded as a whole. There were 958 deaths giving a death rate of
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  • 235 6 The following were the results of the ties played off yesterday Championship. E Reimann beat W K Sharpe 21—11 Chalmers beat W H Threlfall 21—16. Double Handicap. W S Dunn and Adams beat Savi and Allan 21—6. The following ties have been fixed for to-morrow:— Mixed Doubles.
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 46 6 Operations Averted. Do you know that a very large per cent of supposed cases of appendicitis are only an inflammation of the bowels brought on by constipation Chamberlain’s Tablets cure constipation even after it becomes ohronic. Give them atrial. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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    • 10 6 For Chronic Cheat Complaints. Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure, la, 6d
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    • 43 6 Economy in the End. It costs but a small amount to keep Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy always in your medicine chest, and it is economy in the end. It always cures and cures quickly. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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    • 47 6 Under a spreading mantelpiece, Bpfore a fire he sat, His large pale brow had many a crease, He sneezed and coughed and spat. Said he, I cannot bear this pain, I must have a subduer," And now he's up and out again (’Twas Woods* Great Peppermint Cure).
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    • 49 6 Bowel Complaint in Children. During the summer months mothers should watch for any unnatural looseness of the child’s bowels. When given prompt attention at this time serious trouble may be avoided. Chamberlain’s Colie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy can always be depended upon. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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    • 11 6 Children’s Haoking Cough at Night. Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, Is. M.
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  • 229 7 At thirty a woman may reasonably expect to enjoy good health, having then overcome the troubles of early womanhood, yet being free of the later trial i of middle age but Tarioua causes tend to undermine the strength of many women of thirty. Foremost among
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  • 1023 7 THE COMPENSATION SCANDAL. An F.M.8. Opinion tie first thing that one has to admit hen considering the attitude of the 8traits Government on the question of the pav*1 the b «rial fees of .those killed during the Singapore Mutiny is that the cryot indignation that has gone up
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  • 902 7 Nothing could be more apposite and timely at this moment than the publication b of “War Speeches of William Pitt.” Mr. i Coupland and the Clarendon Press have done the country a public service by the issue in one small volume of this manual of
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    • 233 7 HOTEL NORMAN. Penang's Select Residential Hotel. ENGLISH PROPRIETORSHIP. N.R.— In the event of change of Proprietorship. the Hotel will not be closed, but will bo Lauded over to the new tenaut as a going concern. LARGE AIRY ROOMS FACING THE SEA. Under the patronage of H.M. Judges, Medical Officers, Colonial
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    • 37 7 Something Dependable. Diarrhoea is always more or less prevalent durine this weather. Bo for it. Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Remedy is prompt and effectual. It ca lalways be depended upon. For sale by all iDispensaries and Dealer»
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    • 89 7 Chamberlain's Pain Balm. A touch of rheumatism, or a twinge of neuralgia, whatever the trouble is, Chamberlain’s Pain Balm drives away the pain at once and cures the complaint quickly. First application gives relief. When a bottle of it is kept in the house the pain of burns and scalds
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    • 1691 8 P.&O. S.N.C“ Wireless Telegraphy, fitted on all Steamers. All Cabins aro fitted with Electric Fane FREE of Charge and each berth is furnished with an Electric Reading Lamp. Expected Arrivals and Departures. Mail Service. Outward. Homeward. Date. Steamer. Connecting with S.S. Due London. June 25 July 9 23 Aug. 6
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