Straits Echo, 24 August 1915

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    36 1 Straits Echo I DA!LY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS. CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE «TRAITS. THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR BAST GENERALLY VOL. 13. $24 Per Annum PENANG, TUESDAY, 24tn AUGUST, 1915. Sio«le Co,;, ID call. No. 191
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    China and a Year of War.
    1356 2 Exactly a year ago we ware faced with the problem of estimating the effects of the then situation in Europe upon affairs in China. Some of the points to which we referred at that time are worthy of note now that a year of
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    Two Popes.
    561 2 Mr. H. J. Thaddeus, wbo had the privilege of painting portraits of both Leo XIII and Pins X, has made comparison of them |in his Recollections of a Court Painter.” i Leo XIII was essentially Italian, he says, i whilst Pius bore the impress of a purely i
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      575 2 WANTED IMMEDIATELY EUROPEAN with knowledge of Planting as Assistant Apply by letter statiDg experience Ac to BOX No. 69, 494 e/o Straits Echo. OSAKA SHOSEN KAISHA. (OSAKA MERCANTILE STEAMSHIP Co.) (MEMBERS OF POOL AGREEMENT). FOR COLOMBO A BOMBAY. The Company’s steamer BHINKOKU MARJJ is expected to arrive here from Port
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    The Civil Service in the Crown Colonies.
    749 3 We were once guilty of the suggestion that if the Crown Colonies were as careful in their choice of men for posts in their Civil Service as is the Government of India, the general public of those Colonies would be better served and
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    Parish Hall.
    200 3 Billiard Tournament. The following was the result of the tie played off yesterday Championship. A A Jeremiah beat P P Aeria (200-168). The following tie has been fixed for to-day Single Handicap. J W Boyle vs K Magness The following ties have been fixed for to-morrow Double Handicap.
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    Penang Golf Club.
    353 3 MIXED FOURSOMES. A Popular Victory. The following was the result of the play for the Mixed Foursomes. The final was played and won by Mrs Dennys and DAM Brown, who beat Mrs Ebden and C C Rogers 2 up. Preliminary Round. Mrs Samuel and Maciutyre (2) beat
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    Taxation in War- Time.
    274 3 Taxation in War- Tim e. (To the Editor of the Economist.) Sir, —The war teaches useful lessons in finance. It has answered an important i question, How have Free-trade and Protection respectively met the strain of war In July, 1914, four of the States now at i war relied on
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    Football.
    172 3 To-morrow, Wednesday, at Dato Kramat Gardens, Amaniah and Stia Tanjong Tokong meet in the First Division of the M. F. A League. General Louis Botha is one of the most talked-of men in the Empire to-day, and deservedly so; but his popularity has. naturally enough, made him the butt
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      1051 3 NE electric Motor 7» H P. in good order (new) with all accessories No 0 reasonable offer refused. 498 Applj R, c/o Strait» Echo. NOTICE. DAILY —Breakfasts, Tiffins and Dinners SATURDAYS— Special Tiffins The Bankruptcy Ordinance 188ft. if In the Supreme Court of the Straits Settlements. Settlement of Penang. The
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      551 3 Smokers of discrimination always select 15he GARRICK SMOKING TOBACCO e I W*-”'** Paof It has the distinction of invigorating the nerves and brain of the business man. Does not bum or irritate the throat. 'it® l?i WEAKNESS, NEURASTHENIA CONSUMPTION CHL0R0S 'S m •IV w.v O? fti Use HEMOGLOBIN Deschiens J
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    THE STRAITS ECHO.
    99 4 Published daily (except Sundays and pnblio holiday*) AT TEI CRITERION PRESS. Ltd. No. 59. Beach Street, Pecang. Puci. Daily Local 924 per annua. Ontetation... Postage Extra. Mali Edition (Poet Free) $17.50 CABLB iDDtIIS ECHO —PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo, 586 Printing Department 343 K d. All buainaaa evmmunicatioaa
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    THE NEWS AND OUR DUTY.
    1761 4 Nowhere will the satisfaction at the Russian naval victory in the Gulf of Riga be more complete and unalloyed than in Great Britain which has watched and followed her gallant Ally’s heroic struggle in the East with unstinted admiration and recognises to the full the
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    A Curious Charge.
    372 4 Smuggling a Letter into Prison, Before Mr. V. G. Ezechiel in the Third Court this morning a Chinaman, named Wong Man San, who is undergoing three months’ rigorous imprisonment for criminal breach of trust as a carrier, was charged with conveying a letter into the criminal prison.
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    M. A. P.
    683 4 The friends of Mr. Lee Soon Nji, of the Perak Revenue Audit Office, Taiping, will be interested to learn of his marriage which is to take place at Taiping on the 19th September, 1915. t The report that Mr. Treub, the Minister for Finance, had been designated
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    The Prince of Wales’ War Relief Fund.
    111 4 Aug.2l By Balance ...$32,940.88 23 Contributed by Mrs Tan Choo Lian through District Officer, Dindings... 5.0# Balance, Aug. 23 32,945 88 Remitted to London £lO,OOO on 24-2 15 85,618 73 Total subscription to-date ...$118,564 61 Belgian Relief Fund, Aug.2l By Balance 892.20 24
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    GATTLE OF THE GULF.
    707 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. GREAT RUSSIAN VICTORY. BRITISH SUBMARINE'S FEAT. Petrograd, August 23. A Petrograd communique states that the enemy’s fleet has left the Gulf of Riga. Petrograd—Later. Crowds are besieging the Admiralty to learn the latest news of tho blow inflicted on the Germaus which
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    GERMAN SUPERDREADNOUGHT SUNK
    726 5 rejoicings at petrograd. London, August 23. 8 A Petrograd communique makes the bald announcement that the German fleet c bag left the Gulf of Riga. 1 This was the first intimation of a groat c Russian naval victory, the details of which were subsequently announced in the
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    GERMANY’S FINANCES.
    666 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. CHANCELLOR COUNSELS PEACE. STORY OF A SECRET SITTING. Amsterdam, August 23. The Telegraaf learn* from Genova that Dr. von Betßmann-Hollweg, the Imper.a' Chancellor, co vokoi a secret sitting of the Ministers, leading politicians and publicists prior to the sifting of the Reichstag. The Finance
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    SUBMARINE “E13."
    350 5 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. “WILFUL MURDER.” SCANDINAVIAN INDIGNATION. Copenhagen, August 22, 3 55 p.m. The Danes who witnessed the attack on the submarine El 3 say that the crew showed unexampled bravery. Every man was very calm and regarded the German shooting with contempt. They refused to leave
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    Penang Ladies’ Rifle Club.
    315 5 A meeting has been arranged for Saturday, the 18th September, by this Club, to which men are invited. It will be a handicap shoot at 200 and 150 yards ranges with •310 rifles. Two prizes are offered —Ist and 2nd—for the two best aggregate scores with
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    THE DARDANELLES.
    174 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. NAVAL GUN 1 ASHORE. TURKISH COMMUNIQUE. London, August 23. 7.15 a m A Turkish communique shows that heavy fighting is in progress on the sceao of the fresh British lauding in Gallipoli It. m r n tions the landing of naval guns on August
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    The Balkan Neutrals.
    545 5 Just at present all eyes are fixed upon the Balkan States, and speculation is keen on the course they m?y be expected to take. Of their value to the belligerents on both sides there can be no question. As the allies of Germany they would relieve that
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    Outside.
    139 5 The following articles will be found on our outside pages Page. 2. —Two Popes. China and a Year of War. 3. —Penang Golf Club Parish Hall. Taxation in War Time. The Civil Service io the Crown Colonies Football. 6. —Naval Notes. Kultur Repudiated Germany and America Germany in the
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    969 5 It is very rare for a British officer to receive th» Order of St. George, with wh'ch the T*ar his decorated Commander Max Horton, who commanded the submarine which sank the Ge man ciuiser Fominern in the Baltic. One of the few other Englishmen who wear t l
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    Naval Notes.
    980 6 Things not Disclosed by the Naty List.” London, July 23. The official Navy List for July—the third published this year—is a bulky, if not very informative, volume, from which the names of all warships are omitted with the exception of three torpedo sub-depot ships,” and a list of
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    Kultur Repudiated.
    1158 6 OVERWHELMING INDICTMENT BY A GERMAN. The New "J’ accuse.” [•‘J’ Accuse By a German. Hodder and Stoughton. Translated by Alexander Gray. ss. net.] Several months ago one of the special correspondents of the Daily Graphic in Switzerland called attention to this remarkable book, of which Messrs. Hodder and
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    Germany and America
    736 6  -  By Roland G. Usher {Author of Pan Germanism PanA mericanism How can the United States compel Germany to recognise the justice of the American view of the sinking of the Lusitania and regarding American interests in general This is to-day the most immediate issue before the American
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    Germany in the Pillory.
    1124 6 A Tkrriblb Indictment Earnid in One Year Here is a sample of the opiniens which Germany has won in the year that has elapsed since she plunged the world into war Self-Condemned. We are now in a state of necessity, and necessity knows no law. Our
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    Moving an Army.
    636 6 Some Striking Facts and Figures. The military correspondent of the Herlincr Bbrsen Courier publishes some interesting figures in connection with this war. An army corps, ho says, numbers 41,000 men, 14,0u0 horses and 24,000 vehicles, including the guns. Of these, 36,000 men, 9,000 horses and 1,200 vehicles
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    The Cost of Living.
    584 6 Tbfl increasing cost of living is a f re nn finf subject of comment in Great Britah? a d its discussion 8 causing a general revision of economic opinion which in that count™ has for a long while leaned to the belief that the worJd s
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    F.M.S. Finances.
    312 6 j The time is approaching when the F.M.S. 8 Budget for 1916 will be discussed and settled. It is hoped that there will be no inr creased or additional taxation. Reasonable 5 economy should be the order of the day. I, Barge outlay on Public Works can stand
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    Band Programme.
    35 6 Wednesday, 36th August, 1916 EiFxajiaD*, 6 to 7 p.m. 1 Selection Leslie Stuart’s Songs Godfrey 2 Two Step... LumbrinLuke... Wbitny 3 Polka Whistling Lawton 4 Waltz Blue Bells Waldteufel 5 March Cadetten Sousa.
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      72 6 Teething Children. Teething children have more or less diarrhoea. which can be controlled by giving Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera aud 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. It is
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      56 6 Supplied by All Chemists. Physicians prescribe Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy because it relieves cramps in the stomach and intestinal pains quicker than any preparation 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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    When I Was Cook.
    933 7  -  By the Shellback. We were lying at the wharf in Port Natal __in the days when it was Port Natal, and not «imply a part of Durban called the Point. We had discharged flour, and were taking in ballaat. My duty for weeks past bad varied
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    Ungrateful Darlings.
    846 7 If we may judge from recent newspapers, the tender German heart is cut to the quick by the monstrous ingratitude of those who owe their all to its injudicious generosity. The Deuttche Tageszeitung in which Count Reventlow and his friends applaud the unnamed hero who murdered the women
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    War Toll in Death.
    210 7 Substantially we believe the calculations of the Matin in regard to the death toll of the war to be correct, for they agree approximately with those made independently by an investigator in this country, says an exchange. But it is difficult to grasp what such figures
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    Nervous Children.
    205 7 From early spring until July is the time that St. Yitus’ dance usually develops, and nervous children should be carefully watched during that time for symptoms of the disease. Irritability is one of the first signs noted. The child frets, is quarrelsome, cannot be amused and does not
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