Straits Echo, 16 October 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, SATURDAY, 16th OCTOBER, 1916. Single Copy, 10 cents. No. 237
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    • 961 1 nmvica tvwwi '3 r I a > z o r r n pi Th* Dootor advisee aad noonmsnck It ia noari->hiag, iavi- S gonting tad strengtkeniag. Mcfeuiiniosiiua: For Cars on Hire EMPIRE "The Little Arisiocra* m f all at or 'phone (No. 694) to Georgetown Motor Garage 7 A Penang
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    • 15 1 TO LET, 1 BUNGALOW No. 1428. BURMAH ROAD. LOCATION QUIET HEALTHY. APPLY 53, Beach Street.
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  • 884 3 THE GERMAN* NAVY’S GAINS AND LOSSES. A Popular l roblem. London, September 10. A favourite pastime among contributors to the popular weekly papers is the discussson of two questions, the first being, Will the German fleet come out’ and the second. Is Germay stronger or weaker at sea
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  • 902 3 By an Opponent of it. For the moment reform of any kind is not in favour in this country. We are not disposed even to consider the reform of wellknown evils. Reform of the Church, the Lords, the Navy and Army has given way to a sincere desire
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    • 346 3 E. O. Hotel SPECIAL TIFFIN EVERY WEDNESDAY SATURDAY. RUNNYMEDE HOTEL. PENANG, Centrnlly situated on the sea-front to be considered as a red health resort. English Continental Cuisine. Java rice table every Sunday. Every month lfreseo Dinuer.” Specif private Dining Room for extra Tiffins or Dinners. Telegraphic Address: Runnymede Telephone Nos.
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    • 310 3 Stomach and Bowel Disorders and 001 W r 33 I m m I Of all Chemists ciiio BdC inr. Angier’s Emulsion exercises its soothing, lubricating, anti-fermentative properties throughout the entire digestive tract. That is why it is so valuable in stomach and bowel disorders. It soothes and cleanses the mucous
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  • 1129 4  -  ROMANCE OF A PATRIOTIC CONVICT. Br Johx N. Ra.PHIA.1.. Hi ia a convict» He ii in prison in Paris for the time being, but I hope to have an opportunity of shaking him by the hand soon and wishing him luck before he leaves for
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  • 824 4 Weevils,” regarded merely as a word, seems to be a tamily connection of Uriah Heep; regarded as things, they are even worse They start as eggs and become little unhealthy-looking white lumps of decay, whose being’s end and aim is destruction But though Nature has done her worst,
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    • 205 4 oc= 30C r*c ALLEN DENNYS A CO.. Penang, RUBBER BROKERS, PROPRIETOR OF THE PENANG RUBBER AUCTION ROOMS. SALES HELD EVERY TUESDAY RUBBER bought or a«ld b j PUBLIC AUCTION or PRIVATE TENDER. FORWARD BALES ARRANGED. RUBBER tr&nahippad and inaured to any PORT at ainimam rate*. RUBBER SALE ROOMS at No.
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    • 57 4 It Never Fails. Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera, and Diarrhoea Remedy is all its name implies. It cures diarrhoea and dysentery in either children or adults, and the most violent cases of cramp colic or pains in the stomach give way to a few doses of this medicine Safe, sure, always cures.
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    • 10 4 For Chronic Chest Complaints, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure Is. 6d
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  • 1121 5 Akd Gits a Hoodoo Bto*t. "Hub!" Mj boatman spat into the English channel with a gesture and an air in which faint respect struggled to survive lively disgust La Ribot is a gentleman in every way, but years in the fo’c’sla have imparted a directness of thought
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  • 400 5 E. O. Hotel Concert. U Aidof Cigarette F«oda. Mr. A. Sarkies must be congratulated on the very exceUeßt concert he arranged at the E. &0. Hotel last night in aid of the Cigarette Funds for our soldiers and sailors at the DardanellesA special. dinner was given before the concert, and
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  • 258 5 It would seem that, until the fact can be brought home to the driver# of bullock carts that the manner in.wbich they invariably drive along the Singapore roads renders them liable to punishment in the police court, i here will always be the need for great
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  • 90 5 The rate of mortality in the Settlement of Singapore for the week ended October y was 29.17 per mille of the population, lhe total number, of deaths was 190, of whieh 143. we re male subjects and Convulsions claimed 18, phthisis 29 and malaria fever 18. The
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    • 319 5 J < Ui o 111 K -I < u u Q. (0 z < z < z o 3 ID o w -I < SCOTCH WHISKY SOMETHING TO CROW ABOUT’ s: BUCK&WHIrt SCOT S‘^i x ALWAYS THE HIGHEST QUALITY Sole Agents PENANG AND* KEDAH. By aftnnttmnt.tr H M The KING.
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    • 12 5 For Children’s Hacking Cough at .Night. Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure, Is. hd.
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    • 458 5 QUALITY is the point which is necessary in an enjoyable fl Cigarette. g A A 2 2 i 1 i 1 That’s why “EMBASSY I A i A I 2 I 2 ISS VIRGINIA No. 77 2 2 I 2 2 'A has been justly 2 Si i 2 8
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  • 97 6 Published daily (except Sundays and pnblio holidays) AT THU CRITERION PRESS. Ltd. No. 59, Beach Street, Penang. Fbicb. Dkilj Local m 4 $24 per annexe Omtstetion... Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Post Free) $17.50 CAB LI ADDKBSS ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo 586 Printing Department 343 If-it.— All buaia«M
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  • 1393 6 We live iu a maelstrom of thiilling events J ani the mind has to race at break-neck speed if it desires to keep the pace. The tremendous happenings of one week in these stirr- ing days would keep the newspapers in sensations for a whole year
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  • 566 6 Mr. G. Logan, of Messrs. A. C. Harper 9 and Co., is leaving for Home next month. Pte. Daly of “A" Company of the Penang V lunteers, who is proceeding to the front, j was a through passenger for home by the P. &O. s.s. Nore. m
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  • 56 6 Farewell Banquet at Taipiag. Taiping. Oct. 15.-Mrs R. G. Watson left by the 9.25 train, to which the state saloon had been attached. Her husband accompanies her to Penang. There were many friends at the station. if 8t XT a far ewell banquet was given at
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  • 62 6 (Fro»» Our Own Correspondent.') Satisfactory Year. Singapore, October 15 At the annual general meeting of United Engineers, Ltd, to-day Mr. Lemberger, who presided, reviewed the finances of the company which, he said, had made an improvement of $236,135 on the previous year. A dividend of 7 on
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  • 95 6 (b rom Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, October 15. The Ladies Campaign on behalf of the Malayan Aircraft Fund concluded yesterday night with an entertainment at the Selangor Club at which there was a record attendance The show was excellent, a special feature being the magnificent violin
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  • 1032 6 The question of a successor to i Walter Emanuel aa the writer Charivaria,” in Punch, is not yet Qui settled. In the meantime the writing ot tl f mous column has been put in eouim 3 Any literary lynx might have DPr h.T. detected the hand of Mr.
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    • 201 6 THE SUPER TOILET Preparations EFFECTIVELY REPLACE GERMAN ARTICLES A«k for tlxe SUPER BRAND and you will not be disappointed. GERMAN: BRITISH; ODOL use TONIC TOOTH WASH The Odol Substitute. Flavour and composition as Odol. 85 Cts. LYSOL use SUPER IS9L The product of a British Firm of Disinfectant Manufacturers for
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  • 564 7 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. OFFICE ANNOUNCEMENT LIST OF CASUALTIES. Loudon, October, 14 lua WV OOica announces tbit a Haet of t ll o mrdiip-i visitad the eastern counties (j n portion of the Londoa area yesterday Dlg ht and dropped bombs Tbe anti-aircraft guns of the
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  • 110 7 (Straits Times), are informed that the secretaries of the Marine Insurance Association in Singapore are in receipt of a telegram from Insurance headquarters London notifying them of a recent hostile submarine activity in the Mediterranean Sea. The localities and 'Jatee and names of the vessels conare not given.
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  • 926 7 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. SERBIA INVADED. BULGARIANS ENVELOPING NISH. London, October 14. A telegram from Athens states that the Bulgarians are also attacking southward of of Gutchar, which is forty miles north of Nish, The Bulgarians are evidently trying to envelop the capital. BULGARIA AND SERBIA. Official Declaration
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  • 446 7 STUBBORN FIGHTINC. London, October 15, 3.30 a.m. 1 A Petrograd communique describes the 1 continuance of stubborn fighting in the Dvinsk region. A number of unsuccessful German attacks were also made in the Lake 1 .region. The communique says that the enemy has assumed the offensive at
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  • 409 7 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. GREAT BRITISH OFFENSIVE. GERMAN ACCOUNT. Amsterdam, October 14, Another great B itish offensive, sur ted by monitors at sea and artillery ward of Ypres is announced in' .lin communique. The British, using ,<ouds, attacked along the whole fron* m Ypres to Loos. The
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  • 302 7 MISS ST. CLAIR’S EXPERIENCE IN VILNA AND PETROGRAD. Under the above heading, says the S.F.P the Editor finds news of one of his sisters who have been from the outbreak of the war supervising a hospital for the Russian wounded at Yilna. Miss Margaret St. Clair
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  • 300 7 (Reuters Service.) Copyright Telegram. PROBABLE RECONSTRUCTION. «PULSORY OR VOLUNTARY SERVICE. London, October 14. x'he Morning Post states that there is an almost universal feeling thit the reconstruction of the Government is possible before many days. The Daily News states that the Ministers in favour of conscription failed to
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  • 581 7 PAYING FOR THE WAR A Fretek View, According to the Paris correspondent of the New York Evening Post, the payment of war expenses during war and after war is over is not the same. During war. in order of time, expenses have to to be met first by
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  • 119 7 FROM DUTCH SOURCES. The following special telegrams are from the Sumatra Post of October 11 and 12. German political agents are commencing agitations on Northern Albania. To the north of Belgrade the Central Powers have captured several important positions. Street fighting is proceeding. To the south of
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  • 386 7 Tne inquest into the death of a Chinaman, name unknown, was held this morning before Mr. E. E. Colman, Coroner, and a coroner’s jury, in the Second Court. The first witness called was Dr. Junichiro Ando, Assistant Medical Officer, General Hospital, who stated that on the 28th of
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  • 185 7 Mr. E. E. Colman, in the Second Court this afternoon, delivered judgment in the case in which Tan Cheang Hoe, a trustee of the Seh Tan Kongsi, applied for a distress warrant for the seizure of the. property of Tan Keat Lai for house rent due. In
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  • 87 7 The following articles will be found on our outside pages: Pago. 3. Naval Notes Spelling Reform 4. —The Mm Who Came Bick. Weevils —A Romance. 5 Wright Goes a Fishing. E. O. Hotel Concert. The Bullock Cart Danger. Singapore Mortality Returns. B.—German Hope for Winter. The Cabinet. Serbia. Mr.
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  • 1021 8 EEBT THAT WILL BE DENIED TO Tu Czae Wai, By Lt.-Col. Rqvstam B«k. When General Rouzsky optnly declared I to the Press that absolutely no dqqger threatens Petrograd he simply eounrmed I I officially the opinion not only of the Russian I army but of all
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  • 676 8 The following is the Second Annual Rd-1 i port of the» Singapore Family Benefit j' Society: |i Your Comipittep beg to submit the 2nd < Annual Report of the Society and the|< Balance Sheet for tbe year ending 30th |i June, 1915. Tour Committee have pleasure
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  • 125 8 The, opening: chapters—epjsodes 1* 2 and 3 in 6 reels —of The Million Dollar Mystery, by. the way the longest fi}m that has yet been shown, here, will be presented for the first time at the Electric Polyscope to-night supported by Life’s Bitter Dregs and the latest Gaumont
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  • 1004 8 Political Social Coitions or the Peopjlju All Serbians are soldiers, and Prince Alexis of Serbjfcptjukei am*# of action. He. fought in the last war, beep on the battlefield daring the present one. But just now he has other work to do —a work I not so much of diplomacy
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  • 364 8 Wednesday’» Gatetie contains the text of an Ordinance to further amend "The Alien Enemies (Wiading.-up) Ordinance 1914,” whereby it is enacted by the Governor of the Straits Settlements with the advice and coMentiofJheLegitlaiivoOouncil thereof as follow*. 1 1. —(a) This Ordinance may be cited as “The Alien
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  • 325 8 Bftixies,. Singled Oct. Copenhagen. August 17. I was at Trelleborg when the invalid prisoners who axe being exchanged arrived. The different between, the Germane apd the Russians is striding- The returned Germans appeared to be healthy, notwithstanding their wonnds, and they were well clothed. The Russians’
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  • 220 8 Toe following extract, regarding Mr. at one time Chief Surveyor in Penang, is from the San Francisco Monitor. One of the most interesting persons the Exposition has so far. brought to San Francisco is a modest little gentleman from the Straits Settlements, who talks perfect English and
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  • 86 8 October 17, 1915, 8-00 a.OK Matins (Choral) 8- am. Holy Communion 9- a,m. Holy Communion (Tamil Ssr vice 500 p.m. Sunday School 6-00 p.m. Evensong and Sermon Hymn 28» Be Thou my Guardian and Guide Pselm LXXXIX Hopkins B nonet in F Hymn 540 Fight the
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  • 58 8 Services will be held in the Presbyterian Church, Northam Road, to-morrow as f o lows: Morning, at 9 a.m. Children’s B* r vice Evening, at 6 p.m Worship. Preacher Rev. W. Murray, MA Hymns for evening service: Church Praise. 2, 657, 156 ‘Uo and 494. Service of
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 457 8 COMPETENT COMPOSITORS. Salary according t* (jaalifipa^. Apply in person to ■> FOREMAN. Straits Be**” Singapore and Struts Directory, 1916. \fiT, pipers in the hand* of the public referring to the Directory ahould be returned to tb& Publishers at once. Firms, Planting Companies or individual*, whom n§m*a- onutted fro» tb* Directory
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    • 44 8 Chamkrliift's Psia Brim. Thpre. ia nothing bo good for muscular rheumatism, spraiua, lameness, cramps of the muscles, braises and like injuries as Chamberlain's Pain Balm. It will effect a cure in less time than anv other treatment. For sale by all Dispensaries and Daelus.
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    • 351 8 JJOTXCE. LABOUR CODE. 1912, F.M.S. Indian Immigration find Ordinance Dll." Employees of Indian labour are hereby reminded that assessment return# ior the preceding quarter must be sent to the Office of the Deputy Controller of Labour, Penang, during the months of April, July, October and January. Forms for the return
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  • 1485 9 THE WILD JOY OF BEING RELIEVED.” Bt Private Patrick Macoila. [Mr. Mac Gill, who began life as a labourer at twelve and has passed through all the hardship of a navy’s existence, is known for the realism of his writings. His books show an extraordinary grasp
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  • 232 9 A Government Gazette Extraordinary issued on Fridiy contains the text of a letter received by His Excellency the Governor from Sir George Reid, High Commissioner for the Australian Commonwealth in London, in which a plea is made for the sailors, on October 21, the Trafalgar anniversary. The
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  • 208 9 Buying Chinese Cash.” A Shantung correspondent of the South China Morning Post writes A Chinese has just left my study. We were discussing things in general and then the conversation turned on the war and German methods of conducting it. He knew all about the German shortage
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    • 48 9 Do not allow yourself to become a victim t* recurring Fever. There is a sure remedy at band in WOODS' GREAT PEPPERMINT CORE, a truly marvellous specific in all conditions of fever and internal complaints. It is sold by Dispensaries and Stores everywhere at 80 cents per bottle.
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    • 352 9 Plants for Sale. No. 15, Northam &oad. day» cohsau sots Well-Known Extra fe’avy Canvas, He. 0. SASDiam m;ts3Y u The Anglo-Japanese Disposal*?, 393 A 395, Chulia Street, PENANG. Qualified Japanese Doctor always in attendance. All kinds of Patent Medicines and Proprietary Articles held in Stock. Prescriptions carefully dispensed. Attention, Civility
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  • 1269 10 Vl Some Practical Hints. 1 The publication of these real stories from i prisoners of war brought mo many com- < munications—perhaps ttio most pathetic cor- 1 reepondence I have over had. One batch of letters is from the wives and mothersjof men who are still prisoners. The
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  • 775 10 High-Anole Guns and Lumin us Shells Recent Zeppelin activity in this country has aroused au interest in anti-aircraft devices, which, by the very nature of affairs, it is difficult to satisfy. It is betraying no secret to state that Great Britain was amongst the first, of the
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  • 244 11 X# E»**« t -No Vioour-No Strrrrth. Such is the distressing state of thousands of jaded men and women one meets in every part of the Far East. These men and women go on dragging out their listless languid lives blaming everything, but the real cause, for their depression.
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  • 1193 11  -  WOMAN AND WAR. By Nwma.” r When the Roman soldier went forth to I ar nearest female relative handed him his shield with the words “Come back > Wlth thl8 or u Pon this It was as much 1 Come back victor, or let your i
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  • 750 11 Prison Reform. Last week we called attention to a case in which a magistrate who had applied ’brutal torture to an accused man was severely punished by the higher authorities for his inhuman cruelty, and we expressed the hope that the example thus set would be widely
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    • 254 11 THE SECRET TO HEALTE RESTORING. BOOKS of advice, given by Dr. K. C Dass, a physician of over 50 years’ experi ence in the above subject, can be obtainec post free from the following places:— PENANG RUBBER STAMP Co., 40, Church Street, Penang. THE FRIEND OF THE PUBLIC Co., 49,
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    • 59 11 Sunshine and Common Sense. Don't doctor your blood far rheumatism Use an external application of Chamberlain’s Pain Balm In a few day» it will get you up and out into the sunshine, then nature will restore the rich red blood to your veins and soon rid the system of this
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    • 218 11 e **o« BY APPOINTMENT «9 6 Sir?! TO H. M. THE KING NESTLE CHOCOLATE FOR THE FRONT. Having been requested by several Residents in the Malay Peninsula to send parcels of Nestle Chocolates to relatives or frien Is at the front, we have now made arrangements to send parcels from
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