Straits Echo, 10 November 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, WEDNESDAY, 10th NOVEMBER, 1915. Single Copy, 10 cult. No. 258
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    • 1104 1 irtirw» w«g»-MwHM»<a ft&k *4*B lOtiJ Gdajua Sau. r; st */> a jJ r c Is -1 aji £6O SSL B 5.1, A t »i» TIANG LEE CO. f P«r.*ns f K«»l. L««p«r. (BANKS.) For Cars on Hire M Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China. EMPIRE "The Lillie Arittoctai Call
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    • 18 1 m TO LET. 1 BUNGALOW No. 1428. BURMAH ROAD. LOCATION QUIET d HEALTHY. APPLY S 3, Beach Street.
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  • 2702 2 Wbm history gives its final verdict on i this great war and decides upon its rtal causes and results, it will be influenced, in considering Britain’s share, not so much by what we are Baying now, as by what we do afterwards.
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    • 424 2 TBS" I Beecham' s Pill*, they we ju*t the thin* u a family medicine. Nothing to be compare with them ha* yet been pot before the public. For over half a century thi* medicine has been an easy First Favourite in countless households and the name fame of Beecham’s Pills
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    • 49 2 Accidents Will Happen. It may be impossible to prevent an accident, but it is not impossible to be prepared for it. Chamberlain’s Pain Balm is not beyond anyone’s purse, and with a bottle of this liniment you are prepared for most anything. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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    • 367 2 mrnnmxnnmnmwmmnnnmtmnmnnn. M n n n n a r j 0 U M M n SLOTEN’S BUTTER n n n m m is the best Dutch Butter a in the Market. ann*nna*nnMMnnnM*nr3Mnnnjannci CHIN SENC CO.. LTD. Motor-car and Coach Builders. Saddlery, Harness and Rubber Wheel Makers. Motor-car and Motor Bu Establishment.
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  • 930 3 A cinema advertisement in a Peking paper reads DANCE TO DEATH. 2 Reels 2,000 Feet. No wonder the dancer died. Occasionally Reuter startles us almost into enthusiasm as when he talks to-day of I cotton being ginned.” We never knew before that cotton had a leaning that way
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  • 766 3 St*ai«mt Tali From London. London, Oct. 14th. I have noticed with very much interest the correspondence which has been proceeding in the Singapore Free Press with regard to some criticisms I made in a letter I wrote to the paper some time ago. I then
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  • 238 3 (From Our Own Correspondent). Bukit Mertajam, November 9. At the Bukit Mertajam Police Court before Mr. G. A. Hereford, yesterday, a Malay named Husin bin Mat Ali was convicted of theft of H tahils of scrap rubber valued at 10 cents from Bukit To Alang Estate. The
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 1145 3 Tronoh Extended Limited (IN LIQUIDATION.) FOR SINGAPORE, HONGKONG, SWATOW S AMOY. NOTICE is hereby given that by Special Resolution of the Company passed on the 11th October 1915, and confirmed on the 4tb November 1915, it has been decided that the Company be wound up voluntarily. Creditors or other persons
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    • 467 3 Smokers of discrimination always select GARRICK SMOKING TOBACCO />*1 It has the distinction of invigorating the nerves and brain of the business man. Does not burn or irritate the throat. Extraordinary Announcement! SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS AT THE STRAITS CINEMA 'PHONE NO. 628, TO-NIGHT! EMPIRE HALL. PENANG ROAD. TO-NIGHT I PERILS OF
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  • 97 4 Pnbl ished daily Sunday* *nd r-ob’'' holiday AT Til e CRITERION PRESS. Lxu. No. 59, Beach Street, Penang. Pbicb. Daily Local m. $24 per aanax.- Oatatation... Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Post Frae) 917.50 CABLB ADDBBBS ECHO—PENANG.’’ Telephone Nos. (Echo, SSG Printing Department 345 If.li.— All ku»ia«u evnuaunisatioa»
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  • 1385 4 It is very easy to be wise after the event and no doubt there are plenty of people in England besides the editors of the Times, the Daily Mail and the Globe who are persuaded that Sir Edward Grey ought to have foreseen the treacheryotKiug Ferdinand and the defection
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  • 889 4 Our Singapore correspondent wires new» of the death, in hospital, of the wife of the Rev. C. R. Zimmerman of the Methodist Mission. The Nieuwsblad of Batavia learns that Colonel Baron von Heerdt will in February be promoted Major-General commanding the infantry. Mr. H. W. Oxenham was
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  • 321 4 {Contributed.) To-day our allies and friends of the Eastern Island Empire celebrate the coronation of their M kado, the 1220 d Emperor ef Japan, who on the passing of Meiji Tenno, his august sire, in 191 2 inherited the throne of the
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  • 628 4 Next Saturday, Suuday Monday being holidays the Rifle Ringe w.ll be open on those morniDgs to all Members, P. V. aod P. V. K. C. for practice at 200, 500 600 yards. Shooting will commence at 7 a.m. on each morning and the Hon. Secretary, P. V. R.
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    • 140 4 Hope deferred maketh the heart sick; Soap deferred maketh the dirt thick. zzi&zw cqJS&IlQ, 17(0, Hjn I i TRADE, MARS .-"JaT Dirt is a detriment to health, avoid this risk, by using W m Gossages’ Magical Soap it is economical to use and washes old linen almost new. A great
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  • 755 5 (Reuter’s Semen Copyright Telegram. SERBIA INVADED. FALL OF NISH. General Jekow'a Hope. Amsterdam, November 8 A semi-official telegram from Sofia state# that on the occasion of the fall of Nish, General Jekow, the Bulgarian commander-in-chief, telegraphed to Dr Radoslavoff, the Bulgarian Premier, to the following effect: The Bulgarian
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  • 469 5 ARTILLERY DU£LS. London, November 9, 1 a.in. A Pans communique states that violent artillery actions, particularly at Artois in the Loos and Givenchy sectors, and in Champagne east of failure and north of Massiges, were renewed. Sharp fighting with grenades took place at close quarters in the
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  • 606 5 (Renter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram WHITE STAR jCO.’S DECISION. London, November 8. A further announcement i9 made by the White Star Company to the effect that it will not carry emigrants of military age. Liverpool Commercial Men's Dem&ad, London, November 8. The commercial men of Liverpool have
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  • 689 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. DEBATE IN THE LORDS. LORD LOREBURN'S CRITICISMSLondon, November 8. In the House of Lords, Lord Loreburn complained of the Government’s concealments of the truth. He suggested that I the Antwerp expedition and other oper- i ations were undertaken without the approval of the proper
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  • 200 5 (Renter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. A TRUMPET CALL TO THE NATION. RECRUITING MEETINGS. London, November 9. The Lord Mayor’s Show to-day will be the trumpet call to the nation. Thera will be recruiting meetings at many points on the route, prior to ths arrival of tho procession, and
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  • 39 5 (From Our Own Correspondent Singapore, November 10. The Chief Justice has given judgment in favour of the Vivat, hading that the collision was due to the fault of the master of the Brisbane whose counterclaim waß dismissed.
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  • 240 5 Nov. 8 By Balance ...$41,069.61 9 Stuff of Messrs. Adamson Oilfillan Co., Ltd. 10th instalment 96.50 9 Balance, 41,166.11 Remitted to Loudon £lO,OOO on 24-2-15... 85,618.73 Total subscriptions to date ...$126,784.84 i The date of the annual general meeting iof members of the
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  • 334 5 FROM DUTCH SOURCES. The following special telegrams are from the Sumatra Post of Monday, November 8: Holland and the War. The steamer Dotteres on her arrival at Rotterdam from Londou reported that she was attacked near the North Hanger by two seaplanes with bombs and guutire. The
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  • 127 5 Pulau Baling. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore. November 9. The report of the Pulau Bulang Rubber Company shows that the sum of $30,050 ◦f the balance calls iu arrear was due from German and Austrian shareholders. Final notices were sent to their registered addresses. During the
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  • 67 5 (From Our Own Cor respondent^) Kuala Lumpur, November 9. Sir William Taylor writes that the medical authorities, in view of the demand for increased accomodation, would like the F.M.S. subscribers to erect an annexe or a pavilion hospital of 30 or 40 beds in the
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  • 23 5 A Hague cable to the Sumatra Post says that, according to the Times, China is firmly resolved to become a monarchy.
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  • 71 5 The following articles will be found on our outside pages:— Page. 2.—British Opportunities for Trade in the Far East, 3-—The Roll of Honour. Penang Rubber Auction. Random Notes. 6. —A Bhang Case. The Colony and ita Advocates. Bukit Mertajam Cases. Robert in the Box. Honesty and the Censorship. Trade
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  • 188 5 Obituary. Mr. George Cummisg. (From Our Own Correspondent Singapore, November 10. The death took place in hospital, following an operation for cancer, of Mr. George Cumming, the Negri Sembilan planter and miner and official Handicapper of the Straits Racing Association. [Mr. George Cumming, who was the brother of Mr. Macolm
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  • 924 6 Tailor Charges and Acquitted. Before Mr. V. G. Ezechiel in the Third Court yesterday afternoon Abdul Hamid, a tailor employed by Messrs, Pritchard A Co., Ltd., was charged with being in possession of fire packets of bhang. The accused, who claimed trial, waß represented by Mr. C.
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  • 754 6 DEATH OF MR. C. DRUMMOND. Malayan Men Serving. We (Malay Mail) regret to learn of the death in action of Lieut. Campbell Drummond, late manager of Chimpul Estate, Negri Sembilan. Mr. Drummond was the only son of Mr. Pat Drummond, of Stirling. He was educated at
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  • 165 6 The undermentioned prices were realised for rubber sold by Messrs Allen Dennys Co. by auction sale yesterday and during the week Smoked Bibbed Sheet $133t***** Plain $123 $127 No. 2 Smoked Sheet $126 $132 Unsmoked Sheet $l2l $126 Plain Unsmoked Sheet $l2O $127 Crepe Fine Pale Thin
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  • 918 6 The British policeman is by general consent the finest in the world. We are ceri tainly blessed in our guardians of the peace. Robert does a lot of miscellaneous work for his few shillings a week, and does it very well. When he is not taking
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  • 395 6 There is probably no journal which has supported the Censorhip with a more loyal patience than the Pall Mall Gazette But the evidences of abuse in the exercise of power by that Department have become too glaring to be ignored. The legitimate function of the Censorship
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  • 572 6 > Britain’s Opportunity. 1 In his report on the trade of Tientsin during 1914, Mr. D. B. Walker, the British Consul, remarks that while British mer- chants hive no cause to complain of their share in the export trade, it is highly regret- table that import trade
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  • 569 6 Th* Suppression op Corruption. The cases that have recently been heard in the Administrative Court in Peking have created a great amount of interest not only in the capital but throughout the country. The fact that several very serious charges were made against officials of one department,
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  • 269 6 A Chinaman named Teh Huat appeared before Mr. R. Scott in the District Court this morning on a charge of housebreaking by day and theft. The evidence for the prosecution was to the effect that an occupant of the house broken into returned at 10 30 a.m. on
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  • 53 6 lbs. Alma 22,000 Bukit Toh AlaDg 12,175 Gluny 16,300 Chemor United 16,883 Kota Bah roe 35*227 Kinta Kellas 31J50 Kuala Kangsar 33,088 Shanghai Klebang 10^792 Sungei Duri HJ27 Shanghai Malay jj 734 Tanjong Pau 7,273 Klian Kellas 2 671 Old Kellas 13,941 Padang Gajah 44,50 Labat Rubber
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  • 461 6 It appears that the authorities are working with all possible energy to obliterate as soon as they can the evidence of the recent air raid upon London. Why We can hardly suppose that it is with the intention of in ducing the people to believe that if
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  • 512 6 1916 Budget Passed. A meeting of the Municipal Commission was held at the Municipal office yesterday afternoon. There were present Mr. W. Peel (President), Mr. A. F. Goodrich, and Mr. T. Allen, with Mr. L. M. Bell (Municipal Engineer) and Mr. L. A. C. Biggs (Secretary) in attendance.
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 78 6 Good articles recommend themselves, their value causes the public to ask for them and not be satiatied with a substitute. That ia why WOODS’ GREAT PEPPERMINT CURE. has so increased in favour during the 20 years and more it has been sold. It is a medicine put forward as a
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    • 55 6 Chronic Constipation. Chamberlain’s Tablets can and do cure constipation. One or two of these tablets taken at bed time will keep the bowels open, and while doing so will invigorate the stomach and put the disordered liver in a condition to do its work in a natural manner. For sale
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    • 40 6 Early Colds. Be careful of the colds you take at this time of the year. They are particularly dangerous. A neglected cold may mean a win-ter-long cold. Take Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy at onoe. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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    • 10 6 For Chronic Chest Complaints, Woods' Orest Peppermint Cere Is, M.
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  • 1218 7  -  WILL THE NEW WEAPON REVOLUIIONISE WAR (By a Chemist.) When the news came, many months ago, that the Germans had employed poisonous fumeß in their attack on our lines at Ypres, some felt, no doubt, very great anxiety as to how we should fare in
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  • 547 7 Even in these days of bitter struggle we can spare a tear for the agony of that gentle, suffering race which is being ruthlessly done to death by Enver Pasha, while the Christian Kaiser looks approvingly on. Not in all the chronicles of the world is there a
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 317 7 RAI SAHEB Dr. K. C. DAS’S SWASTHYA SAHAYA HEALTH RESTORER and LITERATURE. ELEVENTH EDITION can now be obtained gratis and post free from Sole Agents for S S. F.M.S. THE PENANG RUBBER STAMP Co., 40, Church Street, Penang. Sub-Agents THE FRIEND OF THE PUBLIC Co., 49, Lahat Road, Ipoh. MALAYAN
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    • 90 7 Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. When you have a bad cold you want a remedy that will not only give relief, but effect a prompt and permanent cure, a remedy that is pleasant to take, a remedy that contains nothing injurious. Chamberlain s Cough Remedy meets all these requirements. It acts on
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    • 35 7 Your Morning Headache will disappear after a dose of PINKfeTTES the tiny laxatives which do not gripe. Of chemists, 50 cents per phial, or post free from the Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co., Dept. sc, Singapore.
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    • 106 7 Dnonc ~ZDC G OC X DOC :oooooc DCDO n u BY ROYAL APPOINTMENT. Contractors to THE ADMIRALTY. THE WAR OFFICE. THE INDIA OFFICE, ALL Government Hospitals IN THE Straits Settlements AND Federated Malay States. OBTAINABLE RETAIL 8 IDEs tat AND ALL Leading hospitals THROUGHOUT The World. AT ALL STORES. Milkmaid
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