Straits Echo, 26 November 1915

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  • 36 1 Straits Echo IiAiLY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCU? ATING TKROUGiiOUT TUB STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY VOL. 13. $24 Per Atman PENANG, FRIDAY, 26th NOVEMBER, 1915. Single Copy, 10 ccnti. No. 271
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 1068 1 FRESH GRAPES. New Shipment Exi i pected Shortly and Orders Solicited. Tiang Lee Co. For Cars on esm Hire C BANKS. >— Chartered Bank of India, Australia and "The Lillie Arlatocw"' Call at or 'phone (No. 694) to Georgetown Motor Garage 7 A t Penang Road. Just Unpacked A New
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    • 13 1 FRESH JERAPES. Choicest quality to last the season. Apply Tiang Lee Co. I
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  • 629 2 (UNDER S.R.A. RULES OF RACING RACE DAYS: FIRST DAY Thursday, 6th January, 1916. SECOND DAY Saturday, 8th January, 1916. FIRST DAY. Thursday 6th January 1916. 1 5— The George Town Plate and Purse. Value $360 each. A Handicap for all ponies i 14.2 and
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  • 1970 2 If the Press Censorship does not grow more effective, it at least grows more amusing. Last week it was Mr. Kipling who came under the blue pencil; this week it is Browning; to-morrow, perhaps, it will be the Holy Bible. The blue pencil is mightier than the
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 356 2 METHYLATED SPIRITS\ (QUALITY GUARANTEED.) Wholesale Price $3-50|per tin ol 4 gellons. Retail price 20 cents per quart bottle. OBTAINABLE AT (L CHEAH KEE EE Co., 56, China Street, Penang. DOC 3C >oe Palmer Cycle Tyres British and Best. W: R. T. REID Co., SOLE AGENTS 23. BEACH STREET. PENANG. DOC
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    • 40 2 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 once. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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    • 34 2 NO LAXATIVES are so gentle and effective as PINKETTES that’s why children can safely take them. Of chemists, 50 cents per phial, or post free from he Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Dept. 6c. Singapore.
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    • 900 2 Plain Crutbs on the subject of Health are the only acceptable pronouncements. Erasgerated statements end by convincing no one—rather do they create suspicion, and give rise to doubt. But you may safely listen to universal opinion. The public have for long known the value Of Beecham’s Fills in cases of
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  • 1043 3 A Case of Murder. The inquest into the circumstances attending the death of a Chinaman named Lim Choon, which occurred on the 14th instant at the General Hospital as the result of a blow on the head involving the fracture of the skull, was held yesterday afternoon before
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  • 603 3 ART TREASURES INVENTORIED BEFORE THE WAR. If They Got to London. Paris, October 22. Some five or six years ago the directors and curators of museums and picture galleries in Europe and America formed a sort of International Confraternity to exchange catalogues, information as to new
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  • 143 3 A reminder is given of the handicap and open competition shoot, to which men are invited, to be held at Campong Bharu tomorrow, Saturday afternoon at 3.30. A very handsome cup has been presented for the open competition, in addition to which there are three handicap
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  • 98 3 November 28. Ist Sunday in Advent. 8-00 a.m. Matins 8-30 am. Holy Communion 10-15 a.m. Chinese Service 5- p.m. Sunday School 6- p.m. Evensong and Sermon Hymn 53 Hark the glad sound! the Saviour comes Psalm CXXXYI CXXXVII Ll °J d CXXXVIII Magnificat >j- 0 Qj,
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  • 40 3 Friday, 26th November 1915 Esplanade, 6 to 7 p m. 1. Selection The Toreador. Monckton 2. Two Step Billy Possum. Thurban. 3. Waltz La Barcarolle. Fetras. 4. Schottische... Blue Bonnets. Balfour. 5. March. Down in Jungle Moise. Town.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 738 3 NOTICE. AN APPLICATION having been made for the issue of a duplicate certificate of the undermentioned shares in the Kedah Kubber Company, Ltd., the original of which jg declared to have been lost, notice is hereby L riren that one month from this date, a new certificate in lieu of
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    • 382 3 Westminster Cigarettes j TURKISH BLEND D A. A. GRADE are unequalled. Packed in Hermetically Sealed Tins of 50 s. FOR SALE BY ALL DEALERS, 1 NOT A SPORTING CHANGE BUT REALLY AN ENORMOUS SUCCi33S THE EVENT OF THE SEASON AT THE STRAITS CINEMA, •PHONE NO. 628. EMPIRE HALL. TO-NIGHT! PENANG
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  • 349 4 Foreign Office Report. London, November. 24. The Foreign Office, in a statement on the Persian situation, after recounting the incidents at Shiraz on November 10, says that the British consul, three members of the Bmk Stiff, the Telegraph Superintendent, a clerk, a British merchant, a Cingalese clerk
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  • 94 4 Published daily (except Sundays and publi holidays) a? ret CRITERION PRESS. Ltd. No. 59, Beach Street, Penang. Pmicn. Daily Local M $24 per aaas?: OntsUtion... Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Post Free) $17.50 CA3LH iDDtlsn ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo 580 Printing Department 343 buaiaaaa eamauuisatioaa ahoald t>. addraamcS
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  • 1159 4 ANOTHER RUBBER BOOM Considering what Shanghai lost in the last rubber “boom” it would be natural if the inhabitants of the Model Settlement —also known as the Sink of Iniquity were a little chary of touching rubber shares. But not a bit of it. They are ready to jump in—and
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  • 54 4 The November Monthly Medal Competition viz. 200 yards handicap will be held at the Swimming Club on Sunday, 28th November at 11.30 a.m. Entries will be received up to within half an hour of the start of the race. A list of the handicaps can be seen
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  • 130 4 Letters posted at Dato Kramat and E. O. Hotel Sub-Post Offices and in the Pillar-boxes before 5 p.m. to-morrow will be in time to catch the Homeward Mail. Letters etc., for despatch by the Homeward P. O. Packet Nellore may be posted at the Head Office up to
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  • 1071 4 y The proposals to revive the Kingdom of 4 Jerusalem are a reminder that no less than five European monarchs claim to be monarch i of the Holy City. The most valid claim at f present is still that of the Sultan of Turkey, but King of Jerusalem
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  • 318 4 EURASIAN SHOT DEAD. ACCUSED CHARGED WITH MURDER. A tragedy was enacted at 330 p m yesterday at 43A, Macalister Road, the residence of Mr. Peter Langan resulting in the death of Robert Nelligan, eldest son of Mr. Charles Nelligan, of Messrs Wreford and Thornton, who, it appears, was
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  • 218 4 A Carious Story. A Chinaman named Su Hok was this morning arraigned before Mr. V.G. Ezechiel in the Third Court, charged with voluntarily causing grievous hurt to one Lim Teng Hai by shooting him with a revolver. Inspector Bartells stated that he left the question of bail
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  • 260 4 From Dutch Sources. The following special telegrams are from the Sumatra Post of Tuesday and Wednesday, November 23 and 24 Hollaed and the War. Tobacco cargoes for neutral ports need no longer be consigned to the Netherlands Oversea Trust. German aircraft have again violated Dutch territory and
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 470 4 POPULARITY I The popularity of has been achieved solely through its excellence. The demand for it is a natural consequence of proved superiority. The Most Popular Drink in the East. GRAND PRIZES have been awarded at Anglo. Japan Exhibition, 1910 Taisho National Exhibition, 1914 Internationa! Exposition, San Francisco, U.S.A., 1915.
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  • 1719 5 (Reuter Service.) Copyright Telegram. GERMAN VERSION. London, November 24, A German communique states that Mitrovitza has been captured by the Austrians and Pristina by the Garmaus. Serbia» Government Moves to Scutari. Paris, November 25 An official telegram from Prizrend states that the Serbian Government hvs moved to Bcutari
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  • 549 5 (Reuter Service) Copyright Telegram. ASSURAN E BY THE KING. London, November 24, 6 35 p.m. A telegram from Athens states that King Constantine at a luncheon which he gave in i honour of M. Denys Cochin discussed with j him the Entente Note. The King assured the
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  • 482 5 (Reiter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. NEAR BAGDAD. IMPORTANT BRITISH SUCCESS. London, November 24. i The Press Bureau ana maces tbit after i a night march from Zeur, which was I occupied on November 19, General Town--1 shend s Division attacked the Turkish position at Citesiphou, oighteen miles from Bagdad,
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  • 34 5 N0v.24 By Balance $42,548.92 25 Acting Adjutant Penang Volunteer (Patrol money) 14.00 25 Balance 42,562.92 Remitted to London £lO,OOO on 24-2-15... 85,618.73 Total subscription to date ..,$128,181.65
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  • 702 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. ABSURD GERMAN STORIES. London, November 18 (Delayed in transmission). In the House of Commons, in reply to Sir E. A. Cornwall (Liberal Member for Bethnal Green) who asked regarding unfavourable reports respecting India and whether there was any information as to these being of
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  • 340 5 (Reuter Service.) Copyright Telegram. TRIBUTE TO THE HAPPY WARRIOR. London, November 24. In the House of Lords, while discussing agricultural recruiting, tue Duke of Marl- borough denounced the attacks on FieldMarshal Sir John French who had endeared himself both to his own and the French officers. Sir John,
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  • 216 5 The following articles will be found on our outside pages:— Page. 2. —The Blue Pencil. 3, Coroner’s Court. Ponang Ladies’ Rifle Club. Paris in War Time. St. George’s Church, Penang. 6. Our Mistakes in Gallipoli. The German Press. Naval Notes. The German Concessions in China. America’s War Millionaires. 7.
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  • 56 5 Obituary, Mr. F. E. Ellis. London, November 25. The death has taken place of Mr. Francis Robert Ellis, c.m.g late Auditor-General of Ceylon and Governor of North Borneo from 1911-12. Sir Schomberg McDonnell. London, November 25. The death has taken place of the Hon. Sir Schomberg McDonnell, Secretary to H.
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  • 918 6 TRACTS FOR THE SOLDIERS. The Imperial Prater. < Through the courtesy of a correspondent, ■who obtained it during his internment in Germany, we have received a copy of a ■mail book entitled Der Kaiser rief.” This is distributed among the troops by the German authorities, through the
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  • 1014 6 From a suggestion made by one of the Russian papers, which appeared in our wires of Saturday, it is evident that Britishers are not alone in realising that *the German in China is as mischievous as he is elsewhere. 1 The paper in question, the
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  • 866 6 WEALTH BEYOND THE DREAMS OF WALL STREET. Contracts that Run Until 1918. I am continually asked ’How long will the war last I don’t know nobody knows but I have contracts that extend to 1918 The big show will be staged during 1917, 1 when our vast
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  • 969 6 THE SUBMARINE AS A COMMERCE DESTROYER. A Year’s Record. London, October 20. In the detailed summaries of our mer- chant ship losses which the Admiralty f issued regularly down to a few months ago there was a cross-heading which dated the i commencement of submarine attacks on 1
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  • 325 6 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. Mr. Ashme&d Bartlett’s Criticism. London, November 24. Mr. Ashraaad Bartlett, in a letter to the Times on Mr. Churchill’s Dardanelles speech says: We embarked on the enterprise in ignorance of the enemy’s defences, believing that the Queen Elizabeth’s guns would destroy the forts
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  • 1543 6 Causes of Failure. Mr. Ellis Ashmeid Bartlett, who has been the official representative of the British Press in the Dardanelles, gave a lecture at Queen’s Hall recently in which he described tbe operations in the Near Eastern theatre of war. Mr. Bartlett said that the scheme
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 63 6 A Favorite Rub Down. The golfer, the football player and the all round athlete know the value of Chamber* lain’a Pain Balm. It is just the thing for a rub down after a hard game. All soreness disappears like magic and sprains and swell* mgs are cured in one-third less
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    • 49 6 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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    • 12 6 For Children’s Hacking Cough at Night, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure, Is 6d,
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    • 75 6 The moment a man does his best bit of quick thinking is when attacked by a violent pain in the stomach. His thoughts immediately fly to WOODS* GREAT PEPPERMINT CORE. The wish for a dose of that famous medicine is uppermost, a wish founded on solid experience, because he knows
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  • 1658 7 Bt Platoon Commander We thought we should have to attack that day, as we knew the powers that be were most anxious for to be taken. The regiment had been, so to speak, in the forefront of the battle for the past two or three days
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  • 216 7 Our Canton correspondent, in a contribution which we publish in another column of th s issue, throws some light on the methods of votiog on the question and if, as Le suggests, the voting in other Provinces, his been similar to what it has been in Kwangtung
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
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    • 88 7 Chamberlain’s Cough Remeiy. When you have a bad cold you waDt 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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    • 53 7 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 manuer. For Bale
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    • 194 7 SESSOOOI BY APPOINTMENT TO H. M. THE KING NESTLE CHOCOLATE FOR THE FRONT. Having been requested by several Residents in the Malay Peninsula to eend 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
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 1864 8 u. og kipD^ S.N.C° Wireless Telegraphy, fitted op all Steamers. All Cabin* are fitted with Elec trio Fans FREE of Charge and each bertu is furnished with an Electric Reading Lamp. i Expected Arrivals and Departures. Fob BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD. Intended to Sa.il. Steamer, Singapore. Mail Service.
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