Straits Echo, 19 October 1915

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  • 35 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS. CIRCULATING TBROI'GHQUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED UUY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY VOL. 13. $24 Pur Amjuro, PENANG, TUESDAY, 19tij OCTOBEK, 1915. Sisile Cusy, 19 ctati. No. 239
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    • 1074 1 'M J^r^m.rtrjcrc^■trt mkwte wr„\»i r, Mfc Br/s &aM fittts**£Bi Siits. 12 'W .3 H1 S S M '«tr* §•>« Areoioj T*ANG LEK CO., ?C£IQ3 9 Kuh L as^cr, i*E',:JSniErSmiB«3»TjJKJ|*ErO!BB»EKH» ror ars on Hire EMPIRE "The Little Aristocrat Call at or 'phone (No. 694) to Georgetown Motor Garage 7 A Penang
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    • 27 1 TO 3L.EX. S M 1 BUNGALOW 2 No. 1428, K BURMAH ROAD. a LOCATION QUIET HEALTHY. m h a V- APPLY g fi 53, Beach Street. {J
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  • 2255 2 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, September 24 0»r niTH the Kid GlovesRealising that war cannot be made with gloved hands, it is being urged by many that Germany should be giveu a dose of her own medicine via the numerous undefended towns on the German coasts,
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    • 44 2 Chamberlain's Pain Balm. Thero is nothing so good for muscular rheumatism, sprains, lameness, cramps of the muscles, bruises and like injurits as Chamberlain’s Haiu Balm. It will effect a cure in less time than any other treatment. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers,
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    • 383 2 FOR SINGAPORE, HONGKONG, SWATOW 8 AMOY. Tbe s.s. Hong Kh a ng, Captain J. Mason, is expected to arrive here from Singapore on Wednesday, the 20th instant, and will leave for the above ports on Thursday, the 21st instant, at 10 a m. For freight or passaee, apply to Messrs.
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    • 388 2 (t) •)(?)<?)®(?)(?)®®®®®®®®(?)®®®®®®®®®®®(S)«)»(S>« TO CONNOISSEURS POUR FACTS CONCERNING MaRTELL’S brand i B M A R T E L L’ S I ii England more Martell’s Brandy is sold than any otter brand. i > Martell’s Three Star Brandy is the brandy supplied in the House of Lords. B R A N
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  • 2399 3 A Chandu Capture. Before Mr. E. E. Colman in the Second Court yeeterday afternoon Cbim Chong, who was employed as cook on board the I Blue Funnel s.s. Ning Chow, was charged with importing opium to the value of $5OO into the Colony. Another Chinaman, named Chan
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    • 543 3 Government of Kedah. Public Works Department, Alor Stir, WANTED a Grade II. Clerk for the P.W.D. Alor Star. Salary $65 to $95 per mensem, rising by annual increments of $5 per mensem. The appointment j 8 pensionable. Applications stating age gnd nationality accompanied by copies of recent testimonials should reach
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    • 486 3 Vs V/////A Vs 1 I g I I g t I i c 1 I v IROINIA c *car.etteS-^ 1 SS7 g i 6r ISIOL LOHOC^^ I g 0 g g g g k g g I I g 1 2 2 1 3 2 n v QUALITY is the
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  • 317 4 Reuter's Correspondent's Description. London, October 18. Reuter’s correspondent with the British Headquarters describes the British gas attack ou October 13 which he witnessed from an eminence close behind the trenches. He says: Beyond the area where massed batteries were pouting; a concentrated fire on the German positions
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  • 95 4 Publiihod daily (rrcept Sundays v»d pVa;*kulids XT TB CRITERION PRESS. Lru N). 59. Biach Street, Penang. PmiCß. Only Local m 924 per unva Outstation... Postage Extra. Hail Edition (Poet Free) 917.50 CAB LB ADDRESS ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo, 589 Printing Department 343 N.rt. —All buiineM com«umc»> ;on»
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  • 1094 4 For more years than be cares to recall the writer of this article has been a strenuous advocate of uuiversal service, and he honestly believes that, but for the tactless manuer in which since the death of Lord Roberts the Tunes the Daily Mail *nd the
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  • 32 4 Oct. 16 By Balance 914,31.72 18 J C Thamothram 10.00 Jeoh Cheow Cbeang 2.00 Mrs Tan Chin Lean 500 Balance, Oct. 18 $1,451.72 Amount previously acknowledged 18,558.21 Total ...$20,009.93
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  • 83 4 Oct. 14 By Balance ...$38,392.13 18 Mrs. Tan Chin Lean 5.00 Amt. collected from Prye Dock Staff and Workmen 57.55 Amt. collected by A. L. M Scott of Sungei Kechil Estate from A L M. Scott m:nthly subscription 10,00 Khoo Cbiaug Hok monthly
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  • 902 4 The Pekiug Government intends to appoint Dr. Chon Chie-tao, a h iuancial Adviser. Mr. E E. Dolman, in the absence of Mr. K. Scott, is acting as District Judge and First Magistrate. A letter received from Mr. August Huttenbach by the mail yesterday states that bo has
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  • 986 4 Rubber has been taken up”—if the expression may be used -by the Church. I n ilace of oak flooring, a rubber pavement ias been laid in the nave and aisles of the tist.oru: City church of St. Michael, Corntill. The cost works out at .£2OO, .£lO ’r> sg
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    • 119 4 the: SUPER TOILET Preparations EFFECTIVELY REPLACE GERMAN ARTICLES A sic for t 1\g SUPER BRAND and you will not be disappointed. GER/AN: BRUSH: ODOL use TONIC TOOTH WASH The Odol Substitute. Flavour and composition as Odol. 85 cts. LYSOL use SUPER ISJL The product of a British Firm of Disinfectant
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  • 812 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. OFFICIAL DESCRIPTION. ENTIRE absence of panic. London, October 18. j The Press Bureau issues an account of 1 the damage done in the Zsppelin raid on the London area on Wednesday night by a writer appointed by the Home Office. He iays:
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  • 719 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. BOMBS ON TREVES. London, October 18, 1.55 a.m. i A Paris communique states that a* a j re P r i8il against the German air raids on English towns, a squadron of aeroplanes to-day droppad thirty bombs at Treves. Violent artillery actions continued
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  • 220 5 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. SUCCESSES NORTH AND SOUTH. London, October 18, 5.55 a.m, A Petrograd communique states that the enemy continued his persistent attacks on the Dvinsk front at 4 o’clock yesterday and was repulsed. The Russians caught the attacking Germans north of Lake Sveuten in the
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  • 66 5 (.From Our Own Correspondent^) Kuala Lumpur, October 18. At the M. S. V. R field day at Klang yesterday over 250 were present. Brigadier-General D. Ridout witnessed the manctuvres and, addressing the men, he paid a tribute to their keenness which was exemplified by
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  • 45 5 (From Our Oivn Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, October 18. The next meeting of the Federal Council has been fixed for November 16. The Malay Mail hears that the 1916 Budget estimates a revenue of $36,000,000 and an expenditure of $35,000,000.
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  • 344 5 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, October 19. It is reported that a case of plague has been discovered in Teluk Anson Town, the victim being a Tamil who had recently returned from India. Strict measures have been taken by the sanitary authorities and it is not
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  • 770 5 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. STRUMNITZ\ IN ALLIES' POSSESSION. Athens, October, 18. Official advices from Salonika state that the Serbian and allied armies have occupied Strumnitza and also various points dominating the railway, whose protection is regarded as assured. Eacmy't Version. London, October 18. 1 Austro-German communiques state that
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  • 1042 5 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. RECRUITING RALLY AT BIRMINGHAM. London, October 18. At a Trade Uuion recruiting rally at Birmingham, a resolution was enthusiastically adopted to the effect that it was impossible to oppose compulsion, if recruitiag was unsatisfactory. 3,000,000 Met Wasted. Sir Eric Swayne, Director of Recruiting
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  • 370 5 FROM DUTCH SOURCES. The following special telegrams are from the Sumatra Post of Friday and Saturday last, October 15 and 16 Holland and the War. According to the Daily Mail, the late Bulgarian Minister in London is to be transferred to the Hague. The appointment of a
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  • 77 5 The undermentioned prices were realised for rubber sold by Messrs Allen Dennys Co. by auction sale yesterday and during tli6 week Smoked Ribbed Sheet $127t***** Plain No. 2 Smoked Sheet diamond $122 $124 Unsmoked Sheet $llB $123 No. 2 Unsmoked Sheet $ll7 $l2O Crepe Fine Pale Thin
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  • 60 5 Before Mr. V. G. Ezechiel in the Thirds Court this morning a Mohamedan, named Abdul Rahiman, was arraigned on a charge of attempting to murder one Kulsumbee at Prangin Lane yesterday. On the application of Inspector McLernon the accused was remanded for a week as the victim,
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  • 235 5 The following articles will be found on our outside pages:— Page 2. —War News and Gossip. 3. —Police Court Cases. 6—Affairs in China. The Future Government of China. The Education of Chinese in Siam. Peuang Crickut Club. Mining in Malaya. Smokai Sheet and Smoke Houses. P.L.ELC. 7. —Armenian Horrors.
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  • 895 6 Tm President’s Policies. Id the August number of the American edition of The World’» Work there is a statement by President Yuan Shih-k’ai of j the main principles of his policy for the welfare of this country. The statement is interesting cot only as a pithy presentation
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  • 1145 6 The question whether China should have a republican or a monarchical form of government continues to be actively debated in the Chinese Press. The subject seems to have passed from the academic stage to the region of practical politics. It is a matter not to
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  • 466 6 The Meng Teck School for Chinese children is an innovation. The Chinese residents in Siam for years have not considered such a school necessary. In former times the poorer Chinese were content with no education for their children those who were able to afford
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  • 217 6 i Tennis Tournament. The following ties have been fixed for to-morrow Profession Pairs H C Sella and Threlfall vs A Swan and Gregson Championship. E H Everest wPW Harris (Final) Bowls Tournament. The following tie has been fixed for to-morrow Fours. Rose, Owen, Adams, Dunn vs Allan,
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  • 1012 6 One of the best assets of Malaya are its mineral deposits—chiefly tin. That is generally conceded by those whose opinions are worth a moment’s consideration. Tin is to us to-day what gold was to Australia and Californio a few decades ago. It is the main support of
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  • 1384 6 In tbe Agricultural Bulletin for August, Mr. B. J. Eaton contributes the following interesting notes on Smoked Sheet and Smoke Houses: As enquiries are received from time to time from planters, asking for advice on the phenomenon in connection with sheet rubber known on the
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  • 390 6 The following was the result of the shooting at Kampong Bahru, yesterday. Handicap Spoon Shoot.” Deliberate Firing A a »3 rS *.i t -a-s S orH CO CH HM Mrs. Frayne 28 34.51 Mrs. Sayers 26 34 2S Mrs. Shepard 18 3415 Mrs. Liston 33 34
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    • 92 6 Diphtheria—How It llay le Avoided. Diptheria is usually contracted when the child has a cold. The cold prepares the child’s system for the reception and development of the diphtheria germs. When there are eases of diphtheria in the neighbourhood children that have colds should be kept at home and off
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    • 59 6 It Nmr 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, sore, always cures.
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    • 12 6 For Children’s Hacking Cough at Night. Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure, Is. 6d.
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    • 60 6 ac^B of colic are very prevalent m this trying climate, and it is well to know what should be taken to overcome the trouble. Here is the knowledge to act on: Get a bottle of WOWS’ GREAT PEPPERMINT CORE. and take a teaspoonful every three hours, oufu re V follow
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  • 222 7 The delicate girl is out-of-date Pallor, languor, and fainting attacks hart properly ceased to be interesting. The pale delicate girl to-day is at a disadvantage 10 every way, for neither in the commercial world nor matrimony is she desirable. Girls, you owe it to yourselves to
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  • 1158 7 FURTHER NARRATIVES OF REFUGEES. Resistance in Sasun. (From an Armenian Correspondent). Several Armenian refugees from the districts of Bitlis and Mush have lately managed to escape through the Turkish lines and secure safety in the areas occupied by the Russian forces on the Transcaucasian f Some of these
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  • 444 7 Airman’s Swim to Save A Negro. The bravery of a member of the Royal South African Flying Corps named Charles Thomson in rescuing a negro from sharkinfested water in German South-West Africa i 9 recorded in the following letter from Captain H. F. Batten, of the Flying
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    • 219 7 THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE CO., LTD. Head Office-.— SINGAPORE. Life Assurance and Endowment in All Forms. LIBERAL POLICIES. LOW RATES Financial Agentt for Penang. SELLAR, MURRAY CO. r ocal Office: —No. 7, Union Street, The Eastern United Assurance Corporation Ltd. Head Office: SINGAPORE. The undersigned has been appointed Agent
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    • 59 7 Sunshine and Common Sense. Don’t doctor your blood far rheumatism Use an external application of Chamberlain’s Pain Balm. In a few days 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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    • 11 7 For Chronic Cheat Complaints, Woods’ dr oat Peppermint Cure Is. 6d
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    • 494 7 BY APPOINTMENT n rv TO H. M. THE KINC NESTLE CHOCOLATE FOR THE FRONT. Having been requested by severnl Residents in the Malay Peninsula to send parcels of Nestle Chocolates to relatives or friends at the Front, we have now made arrangements to send parcels from our London Office on
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    • 1832 8 P. 40. o» •V 5 S.N.C“ Wireless Telegraphy, fitted oo all Steamers. All Cabins are fitted with Electric Fans FREE of Charge and each berth is furnished with an Electrio Reading Lamp, Expected Arrivals and Departures. Mail Service. Outward. JDue Penang Oct. 29 Nov. 12 Nov. 26 Dec. 10 Dec.
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