Straits Echo, 24 September 1915

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  • 35 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY VOL. 13. $24 Per Annum* PENANG, FRIDAY, 24th SEPTEMBER, 1915. Siftflc C»pjr, 10 crati. No. 218
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    • 952 1 ft«i* a TI’ANO lee CO, P«**Bg V* K«»U L«mp«r. VW.IN .A »nn an i >- K s. TL* Doctor adviww end reocia mends. It ia aoar^iiiap, forating and straagtkeaiag. BANKS.i For Cars on Hire FOR Chartered Bank of India« Australia and China. EMPIRE ’’The Lillie Arltlocra* < all at or
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  • 1363 2 THE GERMANS AT WAR Increasing Arrooanci AuitriM Gloom. Ws publish below the second of the series of articles in the “Times" from the pen of a neutral writer whose sympathies are strongly with the Allies. He has had what is probably a unique experience in the
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  • 461 2 Mr. Redmond’s Prophetic Utterance. Mr. John Redmond, addressing a United Irish League convention at Waterford in mail week, said There are two things that Ireland should realise. The first is that the position of Irish national self-government is impregnable, and the second is that our
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    • 12 2 For Children’s Hacking Cough at Night. Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure, li. 6d.
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    • 971 2 Ride a B. S. A. Perfect in every Part a •Sm: ex'* 4 One 3 Speed Model Chain Drive. Price $565 net cash. One 3 Cbain-cum-beit Drive Price $565 net cash. Cbe Criterion {press, %tb„ Penang. GLOY.” The Clean Adhesive. INFINITELY BETTER THAN GUM. A Fresh Stock Just Received. Price:
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  • 1123 3 In an interesting letter dated Sourabaya, September 16, a correspondent of the Straits Twnss writes Twelve German vessels and one Austrian ■ow lie anchored at Sabang. The majority of these belong to the Hamburg-Amerika and Hansa lines, while one is the property of the Roland line, a
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  • 336 3 Says the Yorkshire Weekly Post of August 21: The residents of Leeds and the neighbourhood will shortly be provided with a convenient opportunity to do something handsome for the Red Cross Society. At the end of September, the auctioneers of the city will combine in a
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  • 239 3 One of the most interesting results of studies that have been made on the papaw in Hawaii, according to a report issued on the agricultural and experiment stations there, is the apparent certainty that, within one or two more generations of papaw breeding, the dioscious condition
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  • 217 3 Mass-Meeting Next Wednesday. Next Wednesday a public meeting of British subjects of Chinese descent will bo held in the premises of the Chiuese Chamber of Commerce, Hill Street, Singapore, for the purpose of passing certain resolutions having reference to the duties and obligations of the
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    • 655 3 WANTED TO BUY. C EAKA R JBBtK SEEDS in small or large quantity 549 Apply to A c/o Straits Echo. WANTED. EUROPEAN to tako charge of a plant near Penang. Some engineering experience required Also ability to handle labour. Must speak Malay. Free quarters. Reply No. 127, 571 c/o Straits
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    • 465 3 -V* fc ROI w e—; Fabrique de Cigar ettesFgyptiennes FELUCCA MASPERO FRERES ■silk* BwnwX Rouge W asperO r Maspero Freres Ltd dans ieu« manufacture au Jtl/sLFABAtoue bah o o Maspero Freres L td oansifur n*nuoc»v«t a u p 'tv 1 '-A The Picture Everyone is Talking About! I AT Look
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  • 95 4 Published daily (except Sundays and pahlio holidays) AT TSB CRITERION PRESS. Ltd. No. 59, Beach Street, Penang. Pkicb. Daily Local $24 per aura. Oufcstation... Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Post Free) $17.50 CAULS ADDtISS ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo, 586 Printing Departnent 343 h’ri —All busier** reijimunication* ahould b*
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  • 1346 4 Labels are good things in their way. They save thinking and perhaps just because they save thinking we are apt to accept them without examining their credentials too closely. Race Hatred” is a hbel which has been constantly affixed to the present war and like the majority of
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  • 750 4 Mr. -J. H. Allan, formerly of Tionoh Mines, holds a Captaincy in the Lincolns. The Hon’ble Mr. A T. Bryant, Resident Councillor of Penang, will be 55 on October 4. Mr. A. G. Boldero, late of Chersonese Estate, Perak, is a captain in the Somerset Light Infantry.
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  • 115 4 Officers Severely Punished. A Vladivostok dispatch to the Asahi reports that the commander of the Russian gunboat Jemtchu i, which was sunk by the German cruiser Emden in Peuang harbour last year, has been deprived of his commission and sentenced to imprisonment for three years
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  • 1035 4 Not a great many people out here go in for mateur gardening, but those who do should e ways remember that the soil in the East i uot clean dirt such as may be handled a most, with impunity at home. We saw < :ie European engaged in
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  • 586 5 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. ARTILLERY OUTBURSTS. Paris, September 22. Intense outbursts of artillery took place at many points on tbe front, including Belgium. Aerial Activity. The Allied aviators bombarded the enemy’s cantonments at Middelkerke and also a train between Bruges and Thorout, Eight aeroplanes effectively bombarded the
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  • 707 5 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. U. S. WHITE PAPER, INTERESTING REVELATIONS, London, September 22. The Government has issued a White Paper containing the documents of Count Dumba and Captain von Papen, which were sent to Europe by the American corraspoadeut Archibald. Those revealing a German plot for inciting strikes
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  • 582 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. BULGARIAN MOBILISATION. AND irs MEANING. London, September 22. The Bulgarian Minister in London says that the order for mobilisation means that Bulgaria will maintain armed neutrality. Amsterdam, September 22. A Berlin telegram states that the Bulgarian Legation announces that all Bulgarians must immediately leave
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  • 558 5 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. STAND ON THE VILIA RIVER. EXPERTS' VIEWS. Petrograd, September 22. Experts in Petrograd point out that the Russian stand oa the Vilia River is very important in securing the retreat from Vilna, though it is still premature to say that the Russians are
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  • 67 5 Sept. 22 By Balance $36,392.06 23 Staff of Government Monopolies, September subscription 91.10 Balance, Sept. 23 36,483.16 Remitted to London £lO,OOO on 24-2-15 85,***** Tot?l subscriptions to date ...$122,101.89 Tin (unredned) is quoted here to-day at $72.60, business done, in Singapore (refined) at
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  • 477 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. AUSTRALASIAN CASUALTIES. London, September 22. The High Commissioner of the Commonwealth in London announces that the Australasian casualties in the Dardanelles were 19,153 of whom 4,604 were killed. MAGNIFICENT EXPLOIT. Praise for tks Avstralasiaas. Sir lan Hamilton, in a special order dated September
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  • 147 5 The following articles will be found on our outside pages Page. 2, Notes by a Neutral. Preparing in War for War. 3, —.Jottings from Java. The Red Cross Fund. The Papaw and Pineapple Singapore Chinese and War. 6. —Armenia without Armenians. Scenes of War. German Humour. The Future of
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  • 478 5 CRITERION PRESS SUED. CHINESE AFFAIRS AT RANGOON. 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 Penang Sin Poe for
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  • 452 5 From Dutch Sources. The following special telegrams are from the Sumatra Pott of Tuesday and Wednesday, September 21 and 22 Holland and the War. At the opening of the States General H M the Queen in the usual speech from the Throne began by expressing heartfelt thanks
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  • 969 6 Ihka.sita.ktb Banished to the Debekt. [We print below a translation of a letter which gives a terrible account of the treatment now being inflicted on the Armenian population by the Turks. This letter was originally addressed from Constantinople to an Armenian bishop in a neutral country Constantinople,
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  • 932 6 WHAT MR. ARNOLD BENNETT SAW Isl FRANCE. Con RA.GEOu Paris 1 The first of a series of articles by Mr. i Arnold Bennett, recording with characteris- i tic power and enthusiasm the impressions of < the French spirit and the French Army he i derived during his
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  • 941 6 In writing about German humour one is almost tempted to imitate the author of the celebrated chapter upon the snakes of Iceland. The product known German i mind as hipyoyr be%r* resemblance t to tbe humour of England or France that i one finds it bard to believe
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  • 556 6 Republic or Monarchy Discussion on the question of the day is winning, it ,i# s*ie jo sijiy fhat intelligent citizens afe giyipg mpeh thought to tho iss.ue which has been raised, while the vernacular press, in addition to keeping its readers informed of the daily develop-
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  • 385 6 You reach, this African port by nigh(. Xh o steamer comes to a ponderous, churning stop. Out from the wharves leaps an eager 1 launch, bearing white-clad officials. Then, in their wake, rushing Jrofn into the brilliant circle of the vessel’s lights, 1 come a score of dingy wooden
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  • 1335 6 How to Meet the Cost By a Financial Correspondent 1 In what sort of financial position are we 1 going to find ourselves nation when this war is over We have already added .£900,000.000 to our Funded Debt and well oy.@r .£200,000,000 to the Exchequer Bonds
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  • 63 6 Ladies September Monthly Medal. The play for this competition resulted as follows Mrs. Ebden 67 Tomson 67 Miss Barnett 71 Cora Brown 73 Mrs. Powell, Mrs Smith Steinmetz, Mrs. Wiflfield, Mrs. Kinder, Miss Thompson and Mrs. Hoefeld also played but returned no score. Mrs. Ebden and Mrs.
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  • 602 6 The match between Crescent and Crescent Star fixed for Saturday will not be played. The King of the Belgians has written a letter for A Book of Belgium’s Gratitude” which is being prepared under the presidency of M. H. E. Paul Hymans, Belgian Minister, "in recognition of the help
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    • 59 6 With a sore throat it is often sheer agonj to 9 peak a word. That is the time when WOODS' GREAT PEPPERMINT CORE proves its worth. Take a teaspoonful, swallowing it gradually, then an hour after use a little Peppermint Gure iu warm water as a throat gargle. The .relief
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  • 1077 7 (The Nation pnbliehe» an article which brings common sense to bear on the subject of the strength of the armies of the warring nations, concerning which much wild, irresponsible talk is often heard Th»* air is lull of phantom armies. There ,ire the armies which the Germans hare
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  • 729 7 Belgian Hatred or the Germans. Berne, August 22. A Budapest newspaper, the Vilog, publishes a description of life in Brussels from the pen of its Dutch Correspondent, who went quite recently to the Belgian capital. What seems to have chiefly interested the correspondent is the state of
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  • 206 7 The Chinese, especially the Chinese of the interior, may be a gullible people. It may be easy to delude them into believing what is untrue while the issue hangs in the balance, the more easy in that the sheuting is done only by one side; but
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    • 54 7 IN THE TROPICS Constipation is the forerunner of most ills. The surest way to keep the bowels gently moving is by an occasional dose of Bnssaaa the little pink laxative pills. Gentle as Nature—Do not gripe. Of Chemists, 50 cents a phial, or post free, from the Dr. Williams’ Medicine
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    • 224 7 THE SECRET TO HEALTH RESTORING. BOOKS of advice, given by Dr. K. C. Dass, a physician of over 50 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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