Straits Echo, 8 September 1915

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  • 36 1 Straits Echo AILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS. CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT 'THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY VOL. 13. $24 P zr Annum PENANG, WEDNESDAY, Bth SEPTEMBER, 1915. Single Copy, 10 c«o«i. No. VO4
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 941 1 feta* N't** fetiaMU Ultewtf. :S J 2 11 PAD© s.i. *«••*•> TIANG LEE V CO., Pcaaßj X«*l* Lu«p«nr. !:<Eciaßa*B*B»n.itt» > ji£aKßßoißaßiQ For Cars on Hire Call at or 'phone (No. 694) to Georgetown Motor Garage 7 A Penang Road. WE ARE SPECIALISTS IN REPAINTING Motor cars, carriages and ricshas in
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    • 17 1 TO LET. 1 BUNGALOW No. 1428. BURMAH ROAD. LOCATION QUIET HEALTHY. APPLY 53, Beach Street. lIIMIHIMHUK »•**lo
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  • 1164 2 Spiii I Hate Mrr. Naturally you cannot live very long in New Tork just now without ruuning across a good many German spies, because New Tork always has to go a little bit better than London. At present it rather specialises in waiters. It is
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  • 400 2 Our whole mental outlook on the duty of States towards their neighbours ib so different from that of the Germans that it is extremely difficult for us to realise that, when the Kaiser, the Press, the professors and politicians declare that Germany was attacked and her national
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  • 386 2 Eight months ago we declared that the state of the local currency constituted a public scandal which surely called for some action on the part of the Government. We are not aware that any steps whatever have been taken by the Government with a view to the removal
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 41 2 Treatment for lysentery. Chamberlain's Colic. Cholera and Diarrl <•* Remedy followed by a dose of castor oil will effectually cure the most stubborn cases of dysentery. It is especially good for summer diarrLssi in children. For sale by all Dispensaties and Dealers.
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    • 10 2 For Chronic Cbest Complaints, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure Is. 6d.
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    • 608 2 The Eastern United Assurance Corporation Ltd. Head Office: SINGA PORE. The undersigned has been appointed Agent for the above Corporation, and is now prepared to accept MARINE 6* FIRE RISKS at current rates. QUAI1 BENG KEE, 48. Bench Street. Penantj The Anglo-Japanese Dispensary, 393 395, Chulia Street, PENANG. Qualified Japanese
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  • 639 3 Before Mr. R. Scott in the District Court yesterday afternoon a Cantonese woman named Wong Keng was charged with criminal breach of trust in respect of jewellery to the value of $1,300, the property of another woman named Lee Cheng Oi. She admitted that she had
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  • 80 3 The undermentioned prices were realised for rubber sold by Messrs. Allen Dennys Co by auction sale yesterday and during ti)Q W66k Smoked Ribbed Sheet $l2l to $l2B Plain $l2O $l2l No. 2 Smoked Sheet Unsmoked Sheet $ll5 $ll7 No. 2 Unsmoked Sheet $ll3 $ll4 Crepe Fine Palo
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  • 93 3 lbs. Alma Estates, Ltd. 20,300 Bukit Toh Alang Rubber Estates, Ltd. 12,606 Shanghai Klebang Rubber Estate, Ltd 9,56# Kota Bahroe Rubber Estates, Ltd. 32,976 SuDgei Duri Rubber Estate, Ltd. 8,761 Chemor United Rubbber Co., Ltd.... 15,540 Cluny Rubber Estates, Ltd. 17,900 Kinta Kellas Rubber Estates, Ltd. 26,686
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  • 1015 3 To the Editoe of thk Malay Mail. Sir, —I have read the Central Committee’s 1 appeal published in your issue to-day. I do not think that it is generally realised what an immense amount of money could be 1 raised if every European in the
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 944 3 Tenders for Toddy Farms. Singapore and Malacca 1916-191 S. WANTED. NOTICE is hereby given, that Tenders will be received at the Office of the Superintendent, Government Monopolies, Singapore, on or before September 15, 1915, at noon, for the exclusive rights subject to the limitations contained in “The Liquors Revenue Ordinance
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    • 552 3 <%> •r 2 •V, a E^i c SS EGVP mt d y v yrs&?¥i& M c—? Fabrique de Cigar ettesFgyptiennes FELUCCA FRERES ttL ft v BoutonHßouge <s*' I FRERES -r I FABRIQUC p 4„ Maspebo FreresLib f, ,-VG L »*n 5 o /AaSPCPO FRCRCS L t »>l ,lti ««igwtiiM S
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  • 95 4 Pnbliahed daily (except Sunday* and public holidays) AT TQI CRITERION PRE33, Ltd No. 59, Beach Street, Penang. Puci. Daily Local M $24 per annum Ontstation... Postage Extra, if ail Edition (Post Free) $17.50 CAULS ADDRESS ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Not. (Echo, 586 Printing Department 343 N. tt— All busmen*
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  • 1392 4 Nothing is more surprising than the fact that wo are surprised that a War Loan of six hundred million pounds was raised in Great Britain in a few days and so soon after an earlier loan of about half «hat amount. We have reason to be gratified,
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  • 994 4 King Ferdinand of Bulgaria was given I the credit, in an article from a London paper which we published yesterday, for having brought into being the Balkan League which waged successful war against luiKey. That is, however, crediting the artful Coburger wdh more than his due, for the
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  • 648 4 FROM DUTCH SOURCES. The following special telegrams are from j he Sumatra Post of Monday, September 6 Peace Talk. According to a report ia the Ncue Auercher Zeitung, the Vatican eipects that rewards the beginning of November there will be an armistice and the first negotiations for
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  • 60 4 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, September 8. The wedding took place at the Church of St. John the Divine yesterday evening of Mr. H J. Markes, Superintendent of the Fire Brigade, to Miss Beryl Herbert Barnes. The Volunteers were in attendance. This was the first military wedding in
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  • 89 4 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, September 8. At a meeting of the residents of Ipoh yesterday, Mr. E. T. C. Garland presiding, a committee was formed to deal with the Malayan Air Fleet Fund The Manager of the Mercantile Bank of lodia, Limited, to-day received advice
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 131 4 Opportunities don’t fall around you like the ripe fruit of a windfall, so don’t miss this chance of a splendid offer. t /MSk >*- NS A massive bed '3 X 6 6" with spring mattress as sketch for $8.50. KENC Penang 8 Ipob. iiiiinißßinDnnnnEiisßiß n n n n n n
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  • 637 5 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. HOLDING rHE SEA. AN AMERICAN TRIBUTE. New York, September 6 The famous American author Frederick f Palmer tolls the American people of an interesting visit which he paid to the British Grand Fleet during the past week. He says that the sight was
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  • 608 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. LIST OF MISSING. Queenstown, September 6 9 30 p.in. It is announced that thirteen passengers of the Hesperian are missing. The exact figures will not he obtainable until the Captain lands this afternoon The Hesperian," The Press Bureau states that thirteen passengers and saven
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  • 662 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. ARTILLERY ACTIVITY. BIG FRENCH AIR-RAID. Paris, September t> 5.5 p.m. An intense bombardment with guns of all calibres is still maintained, especially in the Arras and Champagne regions. i Fierce bomb fighting took place against f the Crown Prince’s array in the Argonne
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  • 599 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. ENEMY AT A STANDSTILL. THE GERMAN VERSION. Amsterdam, September 6, 4 a m. A Berlin communique issued to night shows that the Germans are almost at a standstill in Russia. Field-Mar3hal von Hindenburg’s armies t are helped up, Prince Leopold of Bavaria is
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  • 69 5 Sept. 6 By Balance $34,724 30 7 P. Nagalingam, through District Officer, Dindings 4.00 Employees of United Engineers, Ld., monthly subscription 40 00 Lim Swee Cheng 50.00 Sek Tong Seah Cheah, Hock Haw Kong Kongsi, monthly subscription 100.00 Hon. A. R Adams, monthly
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  • 26 5 Sept. 6By Balance ?1.390.67 7 Mr. Justice Ebden, 2nd contribution 100 00 Balance, Sept., 7 $1,490 67 Amount previously acknowledged 16,859.10 Total ...$18,*****
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  • 707 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. TRADE U VION CONGRESS. PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS. London, September 6 Mr. J. A. Seddon, Labour M. P. for the Newton division of Lancashire, presided at the opening of the Trades Union Congress j at Bristol In the course of his presidential i address
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  • 921 5 CRITERION PRESS SUED. CHINESE AFFAIRS AT RANGOON. In the Supreme Court this morning before Mr. Justice L, P. Ebden, the case was resumed iu which 'fan Siew Kun, a Chinese resident of Raugoon, sues the Criterion Press, Ltd as the proprietors of the Penang Sin Poe for
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  • 883 6 THE RIFLE CONSIGNED TO THE SCRAP HEAP. Efficacy of Cold Steel. High CiploiWtt the Arbiter of Vietory. The amazing change of attitude the war 1 hai effected towards modern arm* used in < the field is the subject of an interesting < article in the current
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  • 935 6 LEBSONS TAUGHT BY WAR. By Frederick A. Talbot, Author of Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War" Germany entered the field with her air i section fully developed. The number of j available machines, pilots, and factories was merely a matter of conjecture. Some two or three
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  • 489 6 PREPARING FOR PEACE IN WAR TIME. Factories and Munitions. There is no use disguising the fact that we have always something important to learn from our bitter enemy. In The World's Work for August there is a striking arficle called Stocking John Bull’s Shop,” which has for-its
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  • 421 6 COARSE GERMAN ATTACK ON ITALY. Litany of Vituperation.” Turning for a moment from its daily vituperation of English civilisation, the Cologne Gazette makes the following assault upon Italy. It is headed German and Italian Kultur,” In Sicily lies the town of Taormina, the Paradise of the Italian Paradises.
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  • 898 6 IN THE INTEREST OF DISCIPLINE T EFFICIENCY. “Officers and Gentlemen.” We have seen and heard lately more than sufficient to convince us that, in the < interests of discipline and of efficiency, let alone the dignity of the service, the time has arrived for some more effective measures
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  • 1057 6 UNOFFICIALS AND THEIR DUTIES. J Singapore Criticism. 1 I 6 Sir Evelyn Ellis, our Singapore correspon- dent cabled yesterday, has taken exception 1 to certain passages iu a leading article in the Free Press of Monday criticising the attitude of the Unofficial Members of Council in connection with
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  • 337 6 Mr. Justice Ridley, who ordered the foreman of the jury in an action brought by the London County Council against Messrs. Selfndge and Co. to withdraw from the jury box, is not the only occupant of the Bench who has deemed it necessary to take that course.
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  • 373 6 Wednesday, Bth September, 1915 9 j Esplanade, 6 to 7 p,m. 1 Selection English Hartmann r 2 Two Step... La Nachicke Clerc 9 3 Quadrille... La Poste Aux 1 Ameur Metra i 4 Waltz Mello Waldteufel r 5 March From Mexico to Buffalo Weldon. r 3 The Straits
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 37 6 Remember the Name. Chamtierlain’s Colic. Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is the best Known mediciue for diarrhoea, dysentery, colic, cramps or pains in the stomach. You may need it noma time For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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    • 12 6 For Children's Hacking Cough at Night, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure, Is. 6d.
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    • 61 6 Rheumatism. Have you ever tried Chamberlain’s Pain Balm for rheumatism If not, you are wasting time, as the longer this disease runs on the harder it is to cure. Get a bottle to-day, apply it with a vigorous massage to the afflicted parts and you will be surprised and delighted
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    • 59 6 Chronic Diarrhoea. Are you subject to attacks of diarrhoea Keep absolutely quiet for a few days, rest ,in bed if possible, be careful of your diet and take Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. This medicine has cured cases of chronic diarrhoea that physicians have failed on. and it will
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    • 55 6 There is nothing more certain than the fact that WOODS' GREAT PEPPERMINT CORE will correct that heavy overloaded feeling which afflicts those troubled with weak digestive powers. It is a medicine that has been tested and proved bv millions of sufferers from digestive troubles. Sold by Dispensaries and Stores everywhere
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  • 1452 7 A surrey of tha book world on the first anniversary of the Great War shows that the trade has been affected in a curiously unequal manner. Some of the old-establish-ed London booksellers hare suffered heavily, but the provincial trade—more particularly in the Northern manufacturing centres—is
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  • 304 7 Gbxbeous Tribute bt French Journal. Pans, August 6. In an article on Britain’s share in the war, the Querre Sociale says the greatest stroke of luck which has befallen Franca in the war is to have had Britain as an ally. “Wbat would have become of us,” says
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 261 7 P. 8 0. S. N. Co Marseilles Special Train. The public are Hereby informed that the P. O. SLEEPING CAR SPECIAL TRAIN is to be reestablished commencing outwards in connection with the Medina leaving Marseilles on September and homewards in connection with the “Persia” due at Marseilles same day. 507
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    • 91 7 Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. This remedy has no pup n ri<~r as a cure for colds, croup and whooping cough. It has been a favourite with the mothers of young children for almost forty years Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy can always be depended upon and is pleasant to take. It not only
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    • 46 7 That Heavy Feeling after meal* is the result of Indigestion. Help your digestive organs to accomplish their funotions by taking one or two PINKETTES the ideal laxative pills. Of Chemists, 50 oents a bottle, or post free, from the Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Dept. 5, Singapore.
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    • 119 7 :>nonc ocix: 0 DOC DOC DOC DOooOOC DC=D( BY ROYAL APPOINTMENT. Contractors to THE ADMIRALTY. THE WAR OFFICE. THE INDIA OFFICE. o ALL Government Hospitals IN THE Straits Settlements AND Federated Malay States. OBTAINABLE RETAIL o RAN a V" M'AB aR.WA; D AND ALL Leading Hospitals THROUGHOUT he World. Milkmaid
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 1522 8 S.N.C° 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» BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION GO., LTD. Fob Intended to Sail. St*a.m iR. «5; Singapore Homeward Port Swettenham
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