Straits Echo, 15 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 BAST GENERALLY. VOL. 13. $24 Per Annum. PENANG, MONDAY, 15th NOVEMBER, 1916. Sin|le Copy, II cents. No. 261
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    • 1050 1 UU Ai-t.l TIANO LEE 9 p«tiß| 9 Katlk Lnmpmr. o STfea Dootor adriaaa and raoommanda It ia muri'hing, inri- go rating and stramgtkamiaf. E»n mm n ptfj &,Scs W| For Cars on Hire ■< BANKS EMPIRE "77»e Lillie Aristocrat" Call at or ’phone (No. 694) to Georgetown Motor Garage 7
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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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    • 29 2 DRINK m r tm I’ StflL i ?3 ft 3 fe|| EsS Am V RECOGNISED BY CONNOISSEURS THE LEADING BRAND ON THE MARKET. SOLE AGENTS: KATZ BROTHERS, LTD., PENANG.
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  • 943 3 ORDINARY MEETING, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12th. Pre-ent. H.E. the Governor (Sir Arthur Young, K.C.M.G.) the General Officer Commanding the Troops (Brig Gen. D. Ridout, c.M a.) The Hon. Col. Sec. (R. J. Wilkinson, c.m.g.) Attorney-General (G A. Goodman.) Col. Treasurer (A. M. Pountney.) Col. Engineer (F. J. Pigott.) J.
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    • 312 3 CHIN SENC CO., LI Motor-car and Coach Builders. Saddlery, Harness and Rubber Wheel Makers, Motor-car and Motor Bu Establishment. A Fleet of First Class Cars (the best in Penang) for hire Cay and Night. Office Northam Road. Hire Garage Farquhar Street MOTOR GARAGE and WORKSHOPS PENANG ROAD, PENANG. u r
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    • 55 3 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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    • 373 3 MEAD CYCLES—just arrived. Moderate price. Inspection cordially invited. Apply to J. A. CARRIER, 651 556, Burmah Hoad, EYE-SIGHT RESTORED. AN INFALLIBLE REMEDY for all sorts of eye diseases. It cures Cataract, Glaucoma etc. without knife. No failure, no harm, no hard and fast rules, no difficulty in its use. It
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    • 729 3 Anaemia or Poorness of Blood, is far more prevalent than is generally supposed. Men, Women and Children are all liable to suffer. If neglected, serious consequences may result. If taken when the symptoms are first noticed, it is a very simple matter to enrich the blood and so effectually check
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  • 1132 4 The item of most interest to the European community of the Federated Malay States on the agenda for next week’s meeting of the Federal Council is, of course, the Reserve Force and Civil Guard Bill, which iB intended “to provide for the registration of certain residents in
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  • 150 4 A bill is to be introduced in the Legislative Council to amend the Life Assurance Companies, Ordinance 1914. The chief amendments contained in this bill are the following:—(a) All interest due on the •ecurities deposited with the AccountantGeneral and paid to the depositing company shall be carried
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  • 575 4 Trengganu, November 8. Our new British agent, Mr. Humphreys, arrived this morning by the Malacca and was met at the Government jetty by Mr. Maxwell, and some of the principal residents. Mr. Humphreys was accorded a hearty welcome to his new sphere of action. Kemaman, November 7.
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    • 653 4 WANTED. FOR Tin Mine in the Jungle, Clerk and Store-keeper. Salary according to qualifications. Apply to No. 69, 657 c/o Straits Echo. WANTED. Employment wanted by a long experienced CHINESE DISPENSER (Local qualification) at present with one ot t e leading dispensaries in Singapore. Good references and willing to stait
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    • 49 4 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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    • 49 4 A Clear Head a hearty appetite, sound sleep and good digestion are sure to follow an occasional dose of PINK H3H the tiny laxatives. Gentle as nature. Do not gripe Of all chemists, 50 cents per phial, or post free from the Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Dept, lc, Singapore.
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    • 143 4 )Q(~~'.')OC.~: )Qoooiooont 'iCh )nr~ U n n 0 IZD000C D0C DncDnn##ncz)0nc D0CI >000 INSURE 0 0 0 TOUR Motor Cars u n Motor Cycles AND 0 n e n 0 U 0 0 r\ ommercidl Vehicles with the Company that specialises in MOTOR INSURANCE. THE MOTOR UNION INSURANCE COMPANY. LIMITED.
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  • 931 5 The Monarchical Movement—Curious Election" Methods—Muzzling the Press—Arrests on Suspicion—A Chinese Airman— Paddy Crop Failure—Unemployed as Brigands. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Canton, November 12. Canton is in favour of a constitutional monarchy and electing Yuan Shih Kai to be first ruler under the new regime at any rate,
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  • 931 5 Funeral Ceremony. The funeral of the late Mrs. Ng Pak San took place yesterday morning when her remains were removed from her residence in Penang Street to the family burial ground at Mount Erskine. There was a large attendance, including Dr. K. T. Khong, Messrs
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    • 622 5 < Id Q Lil O' -I < U ui Q. </) m z < u o to _J < SCOTCH WHISKY SOMETHI NG TO CROW ABOUT* xv rS scoTcHj!»2 rr. x 3 BLACK&WHITE vwjfcu- .^^4, ALV/AYS JHE HIGHEST QUALITY Sole Agents PENANG AND KEDAH. 2E >* DO t—ew 90 TJ
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    • 467 5 Smokers of discrimination always select 15he GARRICK SMOKING TOBACCO It has the distinction of invigorating the JL nerves and brain of IfeINGTOBAC®V the business man. ric: SlSl irm Does not burn or irritate the throat. ?A0 Yes It’s the Big Guns that possess the advantage aud Now It’s The Top
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  • 96 6 Published daily (except Sunday* and p®Kiholidaye) AT THI CRITERION FFwESS. Ltd. No. 59. Beach Street, Penang. Paic*. Daily Local M $24 per Outatatiou... Poets ge Extra. Mail Edition (Poat Frae) $17.50 CABLB ADDBIS3 ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo, 53® Printing Department 343 S ft —All buti*»»» communication* should
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  • 16 6 Gawthorne —On 14th November at Greenhall, Penansr, the wife of Jos. Gawthorne, of a daughter.
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  • 1340 6 Among the Straits p ipers which have since the war broke out dem mied the dismissal of all Germans employed on British estates none has been more conspicuous than the Straits Times. Its editorial and corsespondence columns h ive during the pist year contained
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  • 899 6 The death is announced in England of Mrs. Glyu Barlow, wife of the editor of the Madras Times We are glad to learn that Mr. H.W Ox -nham is making excellent progress towards recovery. Towkay Tan Kim Bee, of Kuala Kubu, has, it is stated, struck a
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  • 1010 6 The attitude of the Vatican to the war is the theme of two articles in the Nineteenth Century Canon Moyes justifies the silence of the Pope upon the atrocities •f the war by the rather strange plea that the facts are outside the cognisance of his Holiness, while
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    • 177 6 PRESENTS KM 7M. r---ENDLESS VARIETIES. There is no wedding present more acceptable than a neat Flower Epergne. A huge stock just received. Latest styles and in all the fashionable shades. As sketch price $7.75. Question What is the difference between an accepted and an unaccepted lover? .rv.-wcr: One kisses his
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  • 1283 7 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. CLEVER SERBIAN RETREAT. TRIBUTE FROM THE AUSTRIANS. Loudon, November 13 Id «triking contrast to the official enemy reports of tha Serbian campaign, the correspondent of the Vienna Neue Freie Presse dmits that the Austro-German forces are experiencing great difficulties. Ho says: it is unthinkable
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  • 207 7 A Fanst of Music. Music-lovers in Penang and the theatregoing public generally will learn with great pleasure that the members of the Italian Grand Opera Company, which has won such high encomiums in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, have arrived in Penang and will play for five
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  • 569 7 (Reuter’s Service.) THE TSAR \T THE FRONT. A Visit to Riga. London, November 14, 7.15 a.m. A telegram from Petrograd reports that the Tsar and the Tsarevitch arrived at Rival last Wednesday. They visited the naval fortress, reviewed the garrison and boarded a transport where the
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  • 515 7 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. END OF THE "SOUTHLAND." A Tale of Heroism. London, Nuvember 13. A splendid story is told of the sinking of the transport Southland. When the torpedo struck the ship the vessel reeled. The order was giveu to abandou ship There was never any
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  • 192 7 FROM DUTCH SOURCES. The following special telegrams are from 1 the Sumatra Post of Friday and Saturday, 1j November 12 and 13. Holland and the War. A sailing ship from Scbevenicg ran on a mine and was sunk. The crew ware saved. I A trawler from Ymuiden
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  • 54 7 The following articles will be found on our outside pages:— Page3. Legislative Council. 4. —Life Assurance Companies. East Coast News. Local Military Service 5 News from Canton. Late Mrs. Ng Pak San. 8. —Telegrams. 9. —German Interest in Malaya. Sugar. 10. —War News and Gossip. 11. Mr. lan Malcolm’s
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  • 1694 7 A Greek's View of His Country’s Attitude. (By Odysseus ia the Manchester Despa ch) The Greek nation is heart and soul for England. That is a fact which we must keep before us when considering Greece’s position in the Balkan tangle. It is a fact which
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  • 349 7 Crown Prince Responsible for Its Initiation. According to the Retch, of Petrograd, the Crown Prince and Marshal von Hindenburg initiated the use of asphyxiating gases by the German Army. The properries of these gases were known to the German Headquarters Staff before the war, but it
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  • 86 7 Obituary. Sir Patrick Playfair. London, November 14. The death has taken place at the age of 68 of Sir Patrick Playfair, a member of the firm of Barry and Co., Calcutta. Sir Patrick was additional member of the Legislative 1 Council of the Viceroy and Governor-General fo India from 1893.97.
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  • 1452 8 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. FIGHTING ON A LARGE SCALE.” Athens, November 11. The news from the Serbian front is vague, but it is announced to be untrue that Ihe Germans are occuping the entire line Kralievo —Kragujevate —Patrovats. Important Serbian forces coming from MitrovitEa have reached the Katehanik
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  • 684 8 (Reuter Service) Copyright Telegram. RUSSIAN SUCCESSES. Petrograd, November 11. The Russian operations to the west and south-west of Riga are developing very successfully. Russian warships in the Gulf of Riga shelled the German reservists scattering them like sheep.” Many Prisoners Taken. Petrograd, November 11 Later. The official
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  • 767 8 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. A PECULIAR POSITION. London, November 11. In the House of Commons in reply to a question by Sir John Rees, Unionist Member for Nottingham, Sir Edward Grey said that the warning to the Persian Government, that if it concluded any agreement with
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  • 835 8 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. London, November 12. Mr, Winston Churchill. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, has resigned. Tk« Rtatoa. London November 13. Mr. Winston Churchill’s letter of resignation to Mr. Asquith shows that he resigned owing to his non inclusion in the War Council of the Cabinet
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  • 189 8 (Reuter Service.) Copyright Telegram. London, November 12, 2-40 a m. The Borne communique says An attack by the enemy in the Campele Valley, supported by numerous guns which had been hauled to adjacent peaks, wa« repulsed. “We continued our rigorous pressure against the mountainous ridge
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  • 541 8 FROM DUTCH SOURCES The following special telegrams are from the Sumatra Pest of Thursday November 11 Holland sad the War. Dutch soldiers took possession of a captive-balloon which came down at Biggeskerke. Shares in Netherlands Indian companies are to benefit-by special reductions in regard to the new
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 12 8 For Children’s Hacking Congh at Night* Woods' Oraat Ptpparnunt Cure, 1«, fid.
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    • 40 8 Early Colds. Be oareful of the colds you take at thia time of the year. They are particularly dro> «eroua. A neglected cold may mean a win-ter-long .cold. Take Chamberlain's Remedy at once. For tale by all Bltpen.sahea and Dealers
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    • 82 8 Occasional spells of Fewer may be said to be the inherifc&nee of all who come to the Tropica* At an easement and to quickly break them down and reatore the body tern per store to normal, there ia nothing better than WOODS’ GREAT PEPPERMINT CORE. A dose or two of
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  • 1005 9 At a recent meeting of tbe Kapar Planters Association the Secretary reported that he had received a pamphlet from India entitled the Anti German League,” and suggested that a similar league should be formed in the F.M.S. We do not have the slightest idea what this
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  • 1004 9 To the Editor of the Malaya Tribune. Sib, —May Ibe permitted space for a few lines on the subject of your leader of the 3rd L inst. As an old planter out here, I feel sure that sugar days are done and gone for in this country. Work and
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    • 245 9 METHYLATED SPIRITS! (QUALITY GUARANTEED.) Wholesale Price $3-50 per tin of 4 gellons. Retail price 20 cents per quart bottle. OBTAINABLE AT CHEAH KEE EE Co.. 56, Chin a Street, Penang. E. O. Hotel. SPECIAL Tl FFIN EVERY WEDNESDAY SATURDAY. RUNNYMEDE HOTEL. PENANG, Centrally situated on the sea-front: to be considered
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    • 10 9 For Chronic Chest Complaints, Woods’ Crest Peppermint Cuie Is. 6d
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    • 481 9 m m HB m m m Every Mother would feed her Baby if she could BUT frequently the breast-milk is deficient in quantity or quality, or absent altogether. This, however, can often be rectified if the mother herself will take Glaxo three times a day—made rich and strong and taken
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  • 2327 10 (From Our Own Correspondent*") Th® Zrppelin Raid. London, October 15. The Zeppelin raid of Wednesday night resulted in the deaths of two women and six men killed and 36 others less or moro wounded. Both high explosive and incendiary shells were used by the raiders. The
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    • 88 10 Chamberlain's Couth 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 nature’s
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    • 209 10 THE EVER POPULAR HOUSEHOLD REMEDY Which has now borne the Stamp of Public Approval for OVER FORTY YEARS. ENO S ‘FRUIT SALT’ Pleasant to Take, Refreshing and Invigorating. IT IS VERY BENEFICIAL IN ALL CASES OF Biliousness, Sick Headache, Constipation, Errors in Diet—Eating or Drinking, Thirst, Giddiness, Rheumatic or Gouty
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  • 1284 11 War Pictures Behind the Line».” By lan Malcolm, M. P. With Illustrations. (Smith, Ilder.) 6a. net.] > Mr. lan Malcolm, M. P., hai during the paat twelve months done excellent service in France in connexion with the Red Croaa Society. Especially valuable have been his
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  • 874 11 There are, perhaps, some people who would be shocked to hear that our soldiers in Mesopotamia, being encamped upon the supposed site of the Garden of Eden, called one place Serpent Corner and another Temptation Square. These jokes are profanity, and there are people who feel that they
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    • 215 11 The inglo-Japanese Dispensary, 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 and Moderate Charges guaranteed. PLEASE CIVE OS A TRIAL. RAI SAHEB Dr. K. C. DAS’S SWASTHYA SAHAYA HEALTH RESTORER
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    • 61 11 A Favorite Rub Down. The golfer, the football player and the all round athlete know the value of Chamberlain’s Pain Balm. It is just the thing for a rub down after a hard game. All soreness disappears like magic and sprains and swellings are cured in one-third less time than
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    • 190 11 BY APPOINTMENT TO H. M. THE KING NESTLE CHOCOLATE FOR THE FRONT. Haying been requested by several 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 the following
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    • 1795 12 O 8 V 5 S.N.C" Wireless Telegraphy, fitted on all Steamers. All Cabins are fitted with Electric Fans FREE of Charge and each berth is furnished with an Electric Beading Lamp. Expected Arrivals and Departures. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD. Fob Intbndbd to Sail. Stbambb. Singapore. Mall Sarvlcm. Ootward.
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