Straits Echo, 9 September 1915

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  • 36 1 Straits Echo a DAILY CtiROMCLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT TEE STRAITS, TEE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR BAST GENERALLY VOL. 13. $24 Per Anaur PENANG, THURSDAY, »tli SEPTEMBER, 1915. Single Copy, 10 cents. No. 206
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    • 42 2 DRINK W c5K s *4 m 1SS w n V yF* IPS THE fi C» P Of' SOLE AGENTS .1 1 5% Vi? *t' r O JLf Vt iV -v BRAND ■v? f.-' ?£SH 1 »!g t 52 i 9 LTD., PENANG.
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  • 1418 3 (Bt a Tkutmfui. To*t). Mr. Bonar Law it a lucky man, and he might well have spared us tha lugubrious comparison between Danton and himself on taking bis seat in the Coalition Cabinet. For Mr. Bonar Law was chosen leader of the Tory Party
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  • 209 3 Honour where honour is due. We must not, in our admiration for such a splendid charge as the Lincers delivered at the beginning of tbe war. or for the batteries so splendidly served all through it, forget the men wtfo have made these things possible. The veterinary
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  • 212 3 The visit Of the South Sei Islanders front the recently caDtured Germau Islands gives the Tokyo Asahi occasion to demonstrate against the idea of giving up the islands. That, of course, is part of the large problem of resettlement which will come up after tho war aud in
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    • 718 3 r*. r* a UNDER THE PURE FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. On every bottle of Dr. Morse s Indian Root Pills sold in the United States oi America there is an extra label, bearing a number and tbe W rd D Uarantee W ic denotes that the
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    • 134 3 METHYLATED SPIRITS! I PU 9 t (QUALITY GUARANTEED.) Wholesale Price $3-50 per tin of 4 gallons. Retail price 20 cents per quart bottle. OBTAINABLE AT CHEAH KEE EE Co., t it 56, China Street, Penang. v.. -ciscAe '£act, C^c. Ui9. £oijfc6- i i l r nr Si in 3? i.
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  • 1108 4 W*t THi Hi*m Sbab Fleet Stats at 1 Home. I (By Jshn Ley land.) London, August 11. We have entered upon a second year of the war, but hare no clearer indication of what the German Navy proposes to do, or is likely to do, than we
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  • 802 4 The question whether there will be a revolutionary change in car construction in the immediate future is being raised in certain quarters. Apparently, the view is that the salvation of the car industry after the war might be brought about by some revolutionary departure from
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    • 368 4 P. S CULM. 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. MUNICIPAL NOTICE. Municipal
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    • 41 4 Treatment for Pysentery. Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy followed by a dose of castor oil will effectually cure the most stubborn cases of dysentery. It is especially good for summer diarrhoea in children. For 6ale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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    • 167 4 ALWAYS GIVING HIGH QUALITY YET CHARGING LOWEST PRICES. FANCY GOODS OF GREAT UTILITY. Neat Inexpensive Wristlet Watch with Strong Leather Strap Complete. PRICE: $3.50. The Seven O’Clock Safety Razor. The only Razor under SO 00 that can he stropj>ed without n moving blade OUR PRICE $4.50. v H r l
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  • 1142 5 (By Tom Wrioht.) To guess that there is any considerable number of British newspapers which have not complained of the methods of the Censorate would be a bad guess. It is a War Censorate, a military Censorate, yet to guess that any considerable number of British newspapermen would
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  • 744 5 To the Editor of the Singapore Free Press. Sir, —In your leading article of to-day appear three mis-statements of fact which I, as the Senior Unofficial Member in Singapore, think should be pointed out to your readers. They are:— First that the Unofficial Members come to the
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    • 272 5 < Ld O Ul QS U Ul (L </) < Z < X o m o U) -I < SCOTCH WHISKY slgggSS&f T-*£s^& OXASOO^* w 90 PB SOMETHING TO CROW ABOUT BLACK WHITE if ■A*n .-*-Va( i'*-' ALWAYS THE HIGHEST QUALITY re TJ O TJ > r D m >
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    • 540 5 r e o c—r Fabrique de —J> CIGARETTESĔGYPTIENNES FELUCCA I X' •tVfl •*lr Bouio Rouge 1 fRERES _>< p A p AAaspero FreresL fAS*tQbr »*o 6 /AaSPCRO FREGES L t *> OAHSLfbK »A*«UMCTu«t PANS ItUR MANUFACTURE mZMEZm Ms V nmaztt 2*iSK >j^ Don’t forget! To solve the problem, you’ll want
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  • 95 6 Published duly (except Sundays and public holidays) AT TH* CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. No. 59, Beach Street, Penang. Pxicu. Daily Local $24 per aunuiu. Outstation... Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Post Free) «17.50 CABLI ADDEIBS ECHO—PENANG." Telephone Nos. (Echo 586 Printing Department 343 tf.it.— All bu.i.e*. communication. .herald b.
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  • 1209 6 A Government Gazette Extraordinary published in Singapore on Tuesday evening prohibits until further notice the export of all goods from the Colony of the Straits Settlements to Bulgaria. That certainly looks as if people who ought to be in a position to judge share the
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  • 63 6 (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, September 9. At the annual meeting of the Mergui Rubber Company, Mr. Hood Begg, who presided, commented on the satisfactory position of the company. They were only paying a dividend after they were assured that they could weather any storm and could now
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  • 707 6 Mr. C. Alma Baker, of Batu Gajab, is visiting Singapore in connection witb Straits Air Craft matters. The name of Mr. Keeulyside, late of the Kelantan Civil Service, appears in a list of fallen officers in the Times We have to-day received a cable from < London
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  • 96 6 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, September 8. The trade returns of the three Settlements for the second quarter of 1915 have just been published compared with the same period of 1914 they show Imports :—a decrease of >6,870,922. Singapore increased by >1,667,622 Malacca increased by >254,631; and
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  • 77 6 C-t'rom Our Own Correspondent,) Kuala Lumpur, September 8. At the fifth annual general meeting of the Utan Simpan Rubber Co., Ltd., a dividend of twenty per cent was declared. The profit for the year was $37,000 and the all-in coat of production la 1 d a pound. The
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  • 1035 6 Reuter failed badly when he omitted t send us the news of the appointment if a Cabinet Committee in England to c insider the questiou of compulsory versus voluntary service. We found it, i owever, among the special cables to our Sumatra exchanges and gave it among the
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    • 126 6 TONIC TOOTH WASH THE ODOL SUBSTITUTE We have been able to produce a Tooth Wash representing the flavour and antiseptic qualities of Odol and which further bears the merit of being an ALL BRITISH ARTICLE. A trial will convince you that in our Tonic Tooth Wash you have a perfect
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    • 18 6 Birth. Black stone. —On 8th Sept. at Tyeraall,” Penang, to Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Blackstono, a daughter.
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  • 558 7 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. CONTINUOUS BOMBARDMENT. GERMAN ANXIETY. Paris, September 7, 5 p.m. The Germans are showing anxiety as to the inward meaning of the continuous bombardment by the French during the past fortnight. Counter-Bombardment. A communique says that the Germans opened a violent counter-boinoardmeat along the
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  • 514 7 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. IN SUPREME COMMAND. IMPERIAL ARMY ORDER. Petrograd, September 8. The Tsar has issued au Army Order taking supreme commind of the Navy and Army and calling ou the troops, with the faith of final victory, to defend the country to the last. The Grand
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  • 75 7 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, September 9. At the Singapore Rubber Auction 225 tons of rubber were offered for sale and 155 tons were sold at the following prices: Smoked sheets *125 to *129 per pisul fair... *l2l *125 ti plain *llB *l2* Unsmoked sheets *ll2 *ll9
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  • 640 7 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. GREAT BATTLE PROCEEDING. NEW BATTLE LINE. London, September 8, 5 a.m. Volkovysk, forty-five miles south-east of Grodno, is approximately the centre of the I great Russian battle which appears to have < begun in Central Poland on a front of 110 miles between
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  • 323 7 (Reuters Service) Copyright Telegram. SULTAN IN QUERULOUS MOOD. PRINCE HOHENLOHE TAKEN ABACK. London, September 8. I The particulars of Prince Hohenlohe’s J first audience with the Sultan of Turkey j on August 10, which have been received at “6 1 Mytilene via Salonika, show that the
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  • 209 7 Absconding Coolies. (.From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, September, 8. At the meeting of the Planters' AssociaI tion of Malaya it was announced that the Government had decided to try the experiment of stationing a Magistrate at Port Swettenham, in response to the persistent requests of
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  • 84 7 The following articles will be found on our outside pages Page. 3, The Day ”of the Tariff Reformers. The Veterinary Service. Japanese Aspirations. 4, German Naval Inaction. The Car of the Future. 5, Marginal Notes. The Unofficial Members. 8. —Notes from Swatow. Central Sales Room. Band Programme. Malayan Aircraft
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  • 1963 7 CRITERION PRESS SUED. v\ a CHINESE AFFAIRS AT RANGOON. f In the Supreme Court yesterday afternoon before Mr. Justice L P. Ebden, the case was resumed in which Tan Siew Kim, a Chinese resident of Rangoon, sues the Criterion Press, Ltd as the proprietors of the Fen
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  • 2098 8 A PEN PICTURE. j (Bt One Wio Knows Them It grows daily more evident that there] can be little hope of lasting peace or even of co-operation, in the Near East until the Treaty of Bucharest is modified upon racial' lines. Like every othbr virile people conscious of
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  • 472 8 (To the Eoitok of tmk Malay Mail.) 8ir, —I have to-day received an appft&l from the Central Committee of the Federated Malay States War Relief Fund, as well as a list of subscribers t<Y the Malayan Aircraft Fund and as I suppose many of your readers are
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  • 448 8 It will have been observed that in th« case of certain shortcomings or failures in Connection with the duties or conduct of a members of the Reserve Fore», the O. C. Civilians is to have po<ver to order certain special penalties. These are to take the
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  • 607 8 Swatow, August 20, 1915. The summer is an unusually hot season, even the Chinese being judges but the temperature, at one point at least, by comparison with figures taken daily one year 1 ago, has been a trifle lower This may be 1 explained by the increased
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  • 76 8 Rubber Auction. Messrs. Cunningham Clark Co., advise us that the undermentioned prices were realised for rubber sold by them by auction and private tender yesterday Diamond Smoked Sheet 3125 to $127 Plain 117 118 Diamond Unsmoked Sheet 116 118 Plain 114 f 117 Pale Crepe 124 125Scrap
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  • 112 8 Friday 10th September, 1915 Esplanade, 6 to 7 p.m. 1 Selection Marjorie Miller 2 Two Step... The Palm Estella 3 Quadrille... The Sultan of Mocfia Rwiere 4 W&ltz Incognito Ivanovice 5 March Heil to tbe Spirit of Liberty Sousa. From Atjeh comes the news that an Amboinese, who
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  • 186 8 The Hon. The Resident Councillor insjjected and addressed a force of the Malay Volunteers under the command of Captain W. Mann this rhbrhfng on the sea front. Major the Hon. A. R Adams. O. C. Penang, Captain Hamilton, Adjutant, Lieuts. E, E. Colman and W. Muir
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    • 61 8 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. Gat 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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    • 82 8 There are two stageß in the status of a preparation sold to the public under recommendation. The first is an experimental purchase, as a trial. If that trial does not produce results the article is not bought again. WOODS’ GREAT PEPPERMINT CORE passed the experimental stage over 20 years ago
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    • 498 8 WANTED. WANTED for Rubber Estate iti Ke<fah near Lunas two Juuior Assistants. For further [»rti6ufors appiyto G. J. M. KEtTLBMANS. 5, F.M.TS. Railway Building t, Penang 530 Government of Johore. REVENUE FARMS fox* the Yeafs 1916-1917. RENDERS for the above Farms will be received up to noon on Tuesday, the
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  • 942 9 Rbpoblic or Morarcmy By the publication yesterday morning of the full and authorised text of Dr. Goodnow’s memorandum to the President on the subject of the form of government best suited to this country, we have supplied a direct answer to the question—What did the Doctor
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  • 510 9 Although there will be no racing at Doncaster this year, a very good substitute has been framed to take the place of tbe St. Leger, aud although the race will not carry the old associations of tbe big event whose place it takes, it will, for all
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  • 462 9 According to M. Radoslavoff, who was recently interviewed by a correspondent of the Petit Parisien, the Bulgarians intend to tight on the winning side, which-ever that may be, in order to secure possession of Macedonia. If this is Bulgaria’s intention, she had better take care lest she fall
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    • 285 9 The Bernese Alps Milk Co. CONTKACTOft* TO THE Admiralty India Office worn fMfe. I* KIM kr kb mJ n|»«)in »kk hf SLEDGE BRAND MILK. a Local n *u- SANMLANDS, BUTTERY C*. L!IZ>«&CD< For good cookery always get out the Corn Flour. It is just as necessary as salt in savouries
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    • 12 9 For Children’s Hacking Cough at Night, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure* Is. 6d
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    • 263 9 The Greatest Joy in Life is the possession of a happy healthy baby—a baby that is always ready with a smile, that chortles and gurgles with delight from pure good health. All healthy babies are happy and jolly—and the healthy baby is the properly fed one. If a baby is
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  • 820 10 GERMAN DELUSIONS AFTER A YEAR OF WAR Won Alrbadt. Hypnotised By Lies. From a Dutch worn to who has resided in Gorimny from the beginning of the war j uutil lasi Friday, when she left Berlin to join her family in London, Mr. K W. Wile, j
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  • 925 10 By F. L. Rawson, m i.k.k., a.m i.c.e. Mr. brederick L. Rawton has devoted himiblf to the elucidation ef Biblical prophecies, and this article shoves how he regards passages in the Bible at having a bearing on the present war. The Apocalypse, when you know
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    • 37 10 Remember the Name. Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrh«ev lunu«dy in the beat known medicine for diarrhoea, dysentery, colic, cramps or pains in the stomach. You may need it some time. For sale by all Dispensaries and Doaleis.
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    • 87 10 Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. This remedy has no superior as a cure for colds, croup and whooping cough. It has been a favourite with the mothers of young children for almost forty years. Cbamberlaiu’s Cough Remedy can always bo depended upon and is pleasant to take. It not only cures colds
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  • 222 11 fruitful source of ill-health among Europeans resident in the Far East is the utter disregard of climatic demands in the matter of food. It is no exaggeration to say that nearly every European eats meat at least twice a day, and in addition partakes freely
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  • 1835 11 On Sunday, July 25, after almost a year of war, a service of intercession was held upon the steps of 3t. Paul’s Cathedral. Part of the congregation were soldiers of the new army ranged in front of the Bishop of London the rest of it were
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  • 275 11 It is not without its amusing side in these days to recall some of the extravagant and often officially inspired stories of world-conquest by* which the German people were cajoled into accepting the Kaiser’s policy of naval expansion. In 1900 a far-seeing war novelist traced the course
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    • 208 11 THE SECRET TO HEALTH RESTORING. BOOKS of advice, given by Dr. K. C. Das*, a physician of over 60 years’ experience in the above subject, can be obtained post free from the following places PENANG RUBBER STAMP Co., 40, Church Street, Penang. THE FRIEND OF THE PUBLIC Co 49, Lahat
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    • 10 11 For Chronic Cbe»t Complaints, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure Is. id
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    • 59 11 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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    • 1828 12 §5 S.H.C® Wireless Telegraphy, fitted on all Steamers. All Cabins are fitted with Electric Fans FREE of Charge and each berth is furnished with an Elec trio Reading Lamp. Expected Arrivals and Departures. Mail Service Outward. Homeward Date. Steamer. Connecting Due with S.S. London. Sept. 17 Oct. 1 Oct. 15
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