Straits Echo, 11 August 1915

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  • 35 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS. CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT Tilt STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES &ND THE FAR BAST üBNERALM VOL. 13. $24 Per Annum. PENANG, WEDNESDAY, Hth AUGUST, 19lS. Sinfle Copy, II cents. No. 181
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 1033 1 fcfek N’t Sites 9*5 Si J 3 I? .5 c /> fe -S*-H N FAD 8 -g «I? .2 3 na All.!»! TIANG LE£ V CO. t P«a»i\g 9 L'j«>«r. a«o~raer *p‘iß»*BßsEHr’sJ For Cars on Hire Call at or 'phone (No. 694) to Georgetown Motor Garage 7 A Penang Road.
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    • 16 1 TO LET. 1 BUNGALOW No. 1428, BURMAH ROAD. LOCATION QDIET HEALTHY. APPLY S 3, Beach Street,
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  • 1089 2 Imfoets amd ExroaTS of Raw Rubber I During June. i In view of the sustained strength of the < raw rubber market over a long period, < coupled with the recent advance in prices, < tire statistical position of the commodity, as revealed in the trade returns for
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  • 586 2 At the present time the total tonnage owned in Japan is about 1,585,912, and contracts hive been placed with Japanese shipbuilding yards for approximately 280,000 tons. When theso vessels come into service Japan will probably rank is the fifth merchant shipping Power in the world. British shipping, according
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    • 346 2 KTOTICE. NOTICE is hereby given that on the 24th July, 1915, I purchased from Cbeah Gaik Seow the business of the George Town Kinema, Kuala Kangs ir Road, Penang. The Baid Cheah Gaik Seow is liable to pay all debts due by the George Town Kinema up to the date
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    • 74 2 Teething Children. Teething children have more or leas diarrhoea. which can be controlled by giving Cb amber Ian’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, All that is necessary is to give the prescribed dose after each operation of the bowels more than natural and then castor oil to cleanse the system.
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    • 67 2 Arc You Goiaft on a Journey Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy should be packed in jour hand luggage when going on a journey. Change of water, diet, and temperature all tend to produce bowel trouble, aod this medicine cannot be secured on board the train or steamship. It may
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    • 164 2 THE GOVERNMENT ADVISE YOU TO PRACTISE ECONOMY WHITEAWAY LAIDLAW’S GREAT SALE will help you to do so. The Opportunity is yours to supply Future Wants at a Decided Saving. SALE ONCE A YEAR. vQ ggm AT *5 idkerchi You cannot fail to be satisfied with the value here portrayed. Always
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  • 563 3 Important Judgment Against Johore Government. As already reported by telegram, judgment in a most interesting case—Wong Ah Fook, whose name has been mentioned so frequently in all matters relating to the Kwonk Yik Bank, of which he was managing director, versus the State of Johore was given
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  • 407 3 A gentleman who has an extraordinary appreciation of Western mode of thought, and a remarkable gift for writing good English,” was a Press opinion of Dr. Lim Boon Keng, who has been elected a member of the Legislative Council ia succession to Mr. Tan Jiak Kim
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  • 122 3 Billiard Tournament. The following were the results of the ties played off on Monday and yesterday j Championship. 3 W N Fletcher beat Frank Aeria (200-177). Single Handicap. C A Williams beat E Lesslar I i (250—241) i C Y Aeria beat B E D’A ran jo (250—247).
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  • 78 3 Tennis Tournamnnt. The following ties have been filed for to-morrow:— Championship. H Waugh vs. M K Whitlock Forrest vs. J R Bennett. Single Handicap B. E H Sver vs. D L Adamson Ezechiel vs. C D D Hogan Reimann vs. Dr Sayers. Profession Pairs. S F B
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  • 150 3 The usual ordinary meeting o f the Municipal Commissioners was held at the Municipal Office yesterday afternoon and there were present Mr. W. Peel (President), Mr. P. T. Allen. Mr. J. Mitchell and Mr. A. F Goodrich, with Mr. L. M. Bell (Engineer) and Mr. L 7 A.
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  • 300 3 The undermentioned prices were realised for rubber sold by Messrs Allen Dennys Co by auction yesterday and by private treaty during the week. 43,600 lbs. were sold Diamond Smoked Sheet $124 to $132 Plain $124 Un3moked Sheet $ll4 $l2O Fine Pale Crepe $l2B $134 Medium Pale Crepe
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 863 3 Preliminary Fotioe. Auction Sale of Valuable Teak Office and Household Furniture, Iron Safes Wolseley Motor Car Ac TO BE HELD XT Sir John Jackson's Works, Robinson Road, On Saturday, 14th August AT 11 AM. 467 a POWELL Co.. Auctioneere. Preliminary Notice, Important Auction Sale of Four Steam and Two Motor
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    • 470 3 I Smokers of discrimination always select Ghe GARRICK SMOKING TOBACCO It has the distinction of invigorating the nerves and brain of he business man. Does not burn or irritate the throat. rr.r.. r'Ao «s' l w NEURABTHENIA r Q '1 CONSUMPTION CHLOROSIS P mh, •A V m m m Use
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  • 383 4 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. Immaterial Damage. London, August 10. The Admiralty annjunces that a squadron of hostile airships visited the east coast yesterday night at 8.30 till 12.30 in the morning. Iaeeadiary Bombs, Some fires from incendiary bombs were quickly extinguished and only immaterial damage was done.
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  • 99 4 Published daily (except Sunday a and public holidays) AT THI CRITERION PRESS. Ltd. No. 59, Beach Street, Penaug Pmic*. Daily Local m $24 per aunum. Out station... Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Post Free) $17.50 CAB!,* ADDRUSS M ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo, 586 Printing Department 343 S' B.
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  • 1228 4 Exactly how much importance should be attached to the German peace-talk,” of which we have heard quite a lot through one channel and another lately, we out here, deprived of all facilities for tracing the rumours to their sources, are hardly iu a position to judge. That there
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  • 117 4 The Misses Woods will to-night at the E& O. Hotel present their famous Cabaret Entertainment to aid the War Relief Fund.” A note collection will be made by the artistes who are most generously gmng their services gratuitously. They will submit a very strong programme many new
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  • 62 4 j On Friday, the 13th instant, there will be no issue of the Straits Echo the Chief Post Office and the Sub-Post Offices will be closed at noon and only the 9 a.m. Express will be issued. The Money Order and the Savings Bank Departments will be
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  • 903 4 Sir Edward and Lidy Brockman have returned to Kuala Lumpur from the Taiping Hills. Col. Hubback has been back in England on a week’s leave. He is in excellent health and spirits. Dr. Freer, who was attached to a held ambulance as Captain, has had to go
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  • 994 4 Reuter must really look to his laurel, half-a-dozen times during the past month or so we have found in the Sumatra which reaches us two or three days a ft.n publication—and served up as Late \V Items really important bits of news which Reuter has not cabled out
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 50 4 ANNUAL SALE NOW ON By Jove What a fall of Prices during this Sale. I am not going to stay a moment longer or 1 will lose the Bargains. >\ w For full particulars apply to the SOLE AGENTS, Guthrie i PENANG, SINGAPORE, KUALA LUMPUR. FORT SWETTENHAM, k> KLANC MEL
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  • 666 5 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. TORPEDOED by a SUSMARIiE. Amsterdam, August 9. A Turkish couimutrque states that the Turkish battleship Keyred-Din Barbarossa bas been sunk by an enemy submarine. Amsterdam—Later. The greater part of the crew of the Barbarotaa were saved. Tho communique a, ivs that the loss
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  • 254 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. B > OF K >VNO. ASSAULT RESISTED. Petrograd, August 10, 8 35 a rn. A Petrograd c imrnunique states that the enemy on Saturd iv night renewed the attacks on the fortifications of Kovno and severely bombarded the Russian positions all Sunday with
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  • 278 5 A CERTAIN LIVELINESS. London, August 10, 3.35 a.m A Petrograd commuaique says: We repulse! persistent attacks by a German fleet —comprising nine battleships, twelve cruisers and numerous destroyers at the entrance of the Gulf of Riga on August 8. Seaplanes, by dropping bombs, contributed to our success.
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  • 135 5 The death occuurred suddenly at Tronoh on the 6th inst., of Mr. S. Bradshaw, late of Melbourne. During a game of tennis at Tronoh Club he complained of a pain in the heart, and almost immediately after expired on the Club verandah. He bad been in
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  • 790 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. THE VOICE OF REASON" MADE IN GERMANY. London, August 10. Apparently a German Prcse campaign with a view to peace has begun. The Dutch p ip.r Rotterdamsche Courant gives promin°.nc3 to an article which it says it has received from a diplomatic source. After
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  • 107 5 KINGS THANKS. Mr. John Mitchell Ins received the following letter from tho Coloniil Secretary Colooi il Secretary’s Office, Singapore, 9th August, 1915 Sir, lam directed to inform you that the Governor has rrcoived a telegram from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, request ing him to convey
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  • 219 5 IN THE DARDANELLES. IMPORTANT LANDINGS. Amsterdam, August 10 A Turkish communique makes the very important statement that the Allies on the night of August 7, uoder the protection of the fleet, lauded a force at Karachali, at the head of tho Gulf of Saros, on the mainland on
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  • 412 5 No Case. A Tamil named Joseph was this morning charged before Mr. Y. G. Ezechiel with cheating in respect of six cups of coffeo. On the accused claiming trial the complainant, Ong San Tit, a coffee shop-keeper, stated that the accused went to his coffee shop, which
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  • 658 5 U. S. A. GERMANY. THE GERMAN POINT OF VIEW. The following telegram:, from the Ostasiatischo Lloyd War Service, exploit tho German attbudo towards the latent Note of the United States regarding submarine warfare:— Berlin, July 25.—The Deutsche Ueler seedienst reports:—The reception accorded to the American Note by tho German press
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  • 59 5 Aug. 9 By Balance $30,912 06 10 Contribution by “A Volunteer” 4 37 European Staff of Godong Estate, June subscription 83 28 Staff of Government Monopolies, July subscription 91.00 ilon. A R Adame, monthly subscription 100.00 Balance, August 10 31,190.71 Remitted to London
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  • 31 5 Aug. 9 By Balance $3,482.47 10 M. Maude, 9th instalment 15 00 A. F. Richards 30.00 Balance, Aug. 10 $3,527 47 Amount previously acknowledged 13,457.11 Total ...$16,984 58
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  • 300 5 FROM DUTCH SOURCES. The following special te'egrams are from the Sumatra Fost of Moudav The Export of Coal. D is intended by the new British prohibition of tho i xpart of coil to rrguiate ti e export to Britain’s Allios iu the same manner as to neutrals
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  • 403 5 A Busy Week —Peaang Tennis Victory Hostile Aliens on British Estates A New Steamship Enterprise. (From a Correspondent.) Medan, August 10 Medan has been exceptionally quiet during the last fortnight or so, but this week promises to mike up for it all The Javanese New Year Holidays
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  • 84 5 The f blowing articles will be found on our outside pages: Page 2.—Rubber Notes. J»pm*so Shipping. 3—A Gambling Concession Dr. L'm Boon K*»og. Parish Hall. Penang Rubber Auction. 6. —lmmortal Poland. The Call That Corquors Legal Notes Smyrna. Bind Programmo The Dafenco Bill Gorman Methods of Trade in China
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  • 905 6 Polaud seems to have beeD born to tragedy, and her whole history iB tinged with gloom and lit up with terrible heroisms. The Poles are an ancient race, tracing their origin in the old legend of Leeh. It was said that three brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus, came
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  • 1006 6 Bv W. Urquhart. Aux armes Gitoyen» Formei vos bataillons. Marchez Marchez qu'un sang impur Though he preferred the Marseillaise to tho Braban£onne he was a Belgian his mother was French, and the tune she taught him as a child was dearest to him in manhood. For
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  • 932 6 Politics and Judicial Office. The formation of the Coalition Government, it is being said, renders the prospects of judicial office for non-political lawyer* less remote than ever. This assumes that hitherto the House of Commons has been the highway to the Bench. The assumption is quite erroneous. Only
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  • 659 6 A Singapore Opinion. On Saturday this office, says the Free Press, was courteously informed by the Colonial Secretariat that a Legislative Council meeting would be hel 1 on Thursday afternoon, and that the Defeuoe Force and Civil Guard Bill would proceed to the Third Reading. That means
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  • 200 6 Wednesday, llth August, 1916 Esplanade, 6 to 7 a.m L Marche Aux Flambeiux Meyerbeer 2 Graceful Dance Elina Vandervell 3 Waltz Bella Nita Trotore 4 Schottischo Marie Stuart. FruhliDg 5 March Tzar Nicholas II Sommer. The Great Carsons have been engaged to perform for a few nights more
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  • 1049 6 Smyrna, that is now within the war zone, is adding one more to its many experiences i of sieges which date back to the most remote historic periods. Its position as a r port of commerce is ideal; situtaed on a I land-locked harbour protected from all j storms,
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  • 353 6 Yesterday (says the Daily Orani, July 9) there was unveiled in ft* Chamber of the Corporation 0 f the V?? 11 31 London a bust of a great statesman' l? died just over twelve months a?o Ti that such honour should be done l? 1 the real
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  • 595 6 In recent years British manufacturers seem to have been waking up to this little 1 secret of German success The illustration taken from this particular line > of trade is of wide and general application. The German merchant and manufacturer do not wait for
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 30 6 Keep It Haody. Immediate relief is necessary in attacliB of dtarrhoei. Cliambei Iain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy should always be on hand. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dea'era.
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    • 10 6 For Chronic Chost Complaints, Woodi’ Great Peppermint Cnre la. 6d.
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    • 44 6 Sick To-day, Well To-morrow. If you feel duU and stupid, are bilious and constipated, take a dose of Chamberlain’s Tablets before going to bed. They are just what you need, and yon will be all right to-morrow. For aale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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    • 67 6 How few people realise that indigestion is nearly always caused by wind on the stomach, and yet it is so. Now a dose of WOODS' GRE4T PEPPERMINT CURE. taken after meals would remove all that over-loaded feeling which makes the sufferer so miserable. If you ars afflicted in this way,
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  • 2404 7  -  A VOLUNTARY DIALOGUE. Br E. B. Osborn. [With that they lookt upon him and began to reply in this sort: Simple said, I n4 no danger Sloth said, Yet a little more ileep; and Presumption said, Every Vat muet ttand upon hie own Bottom. And so they
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 56 7 Supplied by All Chemists. Ph3*icianB prescribe Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Bemedy because it relieves cramps in the stomach aud intestinal pains quicker than any prepaiation they can compound. It can be bought from any chemist. A bottle will keep for years, and no home is complete without it. For
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    • 320 7 For Children’* Hacking Cough at Night f Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure, 1* 6d NOTICE. rRENDERS will be received at the HarI bour Master’s Office up to noon of the 31st August, 1915, for the supply of tin number plates for the registration of Cargo, Passenger and Fishing Boats, brass metal
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    • 147 7 OCDC 0 DOC DOC DOC X)ooOOC BY ROYAL APPOINTMENT. Contractors to THE ADMIRALTY, THE WAR OFFICE. THE INDIA OFFICE, ALL Government Hospitals IN THE Straits Settlements AND Federated Malay States. OBTAINABLE RETAIL n o v i a AND ALL Leading Hospitals THROUGHOUT The World. n O n Milkmaid Brand Sweetened
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 1529 8 P.&0. KL cV S.N.C“ Wireless Telegraphy, fitted on all Steamers. Ail Cabins are fitted with Electrio Fans FREE of Charge and each berth is furnished with an Electric Reading Lamp. Expected Arrivals and Departures. Mall Service Outward. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD. Fob Inthndbd to Sa.il. Homeward. MRES BY
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