Straits Echo, 7 December 1915

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  • 35 1 Straits Echo 'MVi CBROfiiCLE OF EVENTS, CIRCEUTINfi THROUGHOUT THE STRAUS, TBS FEDERATE!) SALA? STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERAL!;) VOL. 13« $24 Per Annu» PENANG, TUESDAY, 7th DECEMBER, 19lS. Siafi'e Cdj». 1C c««u. No. 280
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 1022 1 FRESH GRAPES. IVew Shipment Exi i pected Shortly and Orders Solicited. Tiang Lee Co. 3 A NK S > For Cars on IS act ife Hire Chartered Bank of India, Australia ar d China. EMPIRE "The Little Aristocrat”' C all at or 'phone (No. 694) to Georgetown Motor Garage 7
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    • 13 1 FRESH JRAPES. Choicest quality to last the season. Apply Tiang Lee Co. MED
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  • 122 3 Penang, December 7. {By courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London, Demand Bank 2/4j* ff •i 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4 3 Credit 2/4J*J 3 Documentary 2/4{ Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. 175 3 days’ sight Private 177 Bombay, Demand Bank 175 Moulmein, Demand Hank 174 3 days’ sight Private 176
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  • 972 3 The Hall Walker Horibs and Some Others. It is said that tne foundation of this stud was due to the great impression made upon the founder and his popular wife by the reception of Persimmon's Derby win. True, the Colonel had in 1896 won the National with
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  • 450 3 UNDER DIRECT AUTHORITY OF THE WAR OFFICE. Tin Abroplanbs Presented to Date. Malata No. 1 Craft (Scout) TheEu Tong Sen” presented by the Honourable Mr. Eu Tong Sen, Kampar, Perak F. M 8. Malata No. 2 Craft (Scout). The Kinta," presented by the people of Kinta,
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  • 188 3 There will be a competition shoot on exactly the same lines as the one held on 27th. ulto. at Campong Bharu on Saturday afternoon next the 11th inst at 3.30, to which all men are invited. The ranges to be tired at will bs the 300
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  • 81 3 A correspondent writing from France describes the gallant conduct of Kulbir Thapa, 2/3rd Q.A.O. Gurkha Rifles, who, though himself wounded in the shoulder, remained for a day in the enemy s lines with a wounded British soldier whom he refused to leave. He eventually brought in the
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 451 3 tronoh mines, limited (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND.) DIVIDEND NO. 41. A DIVIDEND of 1b. per share free of Income Tax has been declared payable in London on 20tb Decmber and will be paid locally on the arrival of the list of Registered Shareholders from the Home Office. J. H. RICH. General
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    • 271 3 WANTED. COMPETENT COMPOSITORS for Job Work. Salary according to qualifications. Apply in person to FOREMAN. Criterion Press, Ltd. WANTED. riWO CONDUCTORS (Chinese or Tamil) to take charge of Rubber 1 Estates in Perak. They must be active men with a good knowledge of Estate Work. Reply with copies of certificates
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    • 360 3 Westminster Cigarettes TURKISH BLEND A. A. GRADE are unequalled. Packed in Hermetically Sealed Tins of 50's. FOR SALE BY ALL DEALERS. THE TOPIC OF THE MOMENT IS RIO GUNS AND TOP-NOTCH PICTURES WHICH WE ARE GIVING YOU, SURE AND CERTAIN. at the STRAITS CINEMA, ’Phone No. 628. Empire Hall. Penang
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  • 97 4 Pabliihed daily (except Sundays and pV i holidays) AT TBI CRITERION PRESS. Lrn. No. 59, Beach Street, Penang. Puob. Daily Local M $24 per aans^ Omtstation... Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Post Free) $17.50 CAB LB ADDERSS M ECHO—PENANG." Telephone Nos. (Echo, 530 Printing Department 343 r.A—IB bullmsi
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  • 895 4 Very siLcarely do we hope that it is true that the Government has decided to reduce the salaries both of Cabinet Ministers and members of the House of Commons. It is not that reasonable people will consider .£5,000 a year excessive pay for a member of the
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  • 885 4 decidedly, the attitude of Greece is I disquieting. The latest news indicates IJ ba tireek Cabinet is still refusing to accept the arrangements which the Entente I Powers consider necessary for the safety lof their troops and it would appear as if Greece, officially at any rate, as represented
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  • 157 4 »3.000 to British Red Cross. As a result of the Bazaar hold recently d r T aus P ices of the Ministering cnilaren s League a sum of »3,000 was realized for the British Red Cross Society, in addition to a small sum that was given to
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  • 50 4 DeC i B a r la T n T ce mi »43,044.81 6 W. H. Threlfall monthlj subscription 10.00 Employees of United Engineers, Ltd. monthly subscription 40.00 I 6 Balance 43,094.81 Remitted to London •£lO,OOO on 24-2-15... 85,618.73 Total subscription to date ...1128,713.54
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  • 31 4 Dec 2 B y Balance 12.608.43 b M. Maude 13th contriT 15.00 Ieoh Cheow Cheang 2.00 6 Balance $2,625.43 Amount previously ac- J knowledged 18,558.21 Total ,„$21,ItS,64 j
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  • 992 4 Where There’s a Swill There's a Sway. Overheard at the bar: “What. Billy drink No, of course, ht don t drink. He can’t drink. Why, if ht reads a whiskey advertisement in the Strait» Echo he begins to hiccup.” A Persevering King of Beasts. Lions, are, perhaps, the
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 70 4 DON'T TAKE DRUGS HEADACHE. STOP IT toy using the mm ICED COLOGNE Ask for tlie SUPE BRAND and you will not he disappointed. Prices 40 and TO cents. nn HE GEORGE TOWN DISPENSARY, LTD, Penang, Taiping and Ipoh. I .4 LID, iOL'C AGENTS •TTr U CYCLES. HUE 0 »I il
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  • 515 5 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. BULGARIAN ATTACK REPULSED. Paris, December 6. A Paris communique states that at lereral points there were local actions in which the Eastern army was engaged. On December 3 these were particularly sharp in the direction of Kosturino, where a Bulgarian attack was repulsed Two
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  • 197 5 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. INCREASED ARTILLERY ACTIVITY. Lon<lon December 6, 1.20 a.m. A Pans communique states that there increased artillery activity on both sides. Movements of enemy troops were reported in Belgium, hence the French guns effectively shelled the communication trenches. Near Hetsas there was a violent
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  • 665 5 It is almost strange how unanimous the writers of the volume of Soldiers’ Stories of the War,” edited by Mr. Walter Woods, are in giving as the chief reason for their own determination the atrocities which they had themselves seen Scarcely one has not > beheld with
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  • 680 5 (Reuter Service.) Copyright Telegram. REDUCTION OF GOVERNMENT’S SALARIES. London, December (5. The Daily Telegraph says that there is reason to believe that the Government is contemplating a reduction of the salaries of themselves, the members of the House of Commons, and political pensioners by a third.
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  • 572 5 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. A RECRUDESCENCE. GERMAN FEELERS. London, December 6. There has been a recrudescence of GerI man peace talk.” These feelers receive I short shrift from the British press which I points out that Italy’s adherence to the ConI vention of London emphasises the unbroken I
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  • 106 5 CRUISER FIRES* ON ARSENAL. (-From Our Own Correspondent Singapore, December 7. The Straits Times learns from its Shanghai correspondent that the cruiser Chaohao has revolted and fired on the arsenal, the shells falling on the Settlements. A Chinese cruiser and a gunboat attacked the Chaohao the fate
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  • 325 5 AT TEMPTED THEFT. A Tamil newspaper «eller Vaitilingam was this morning charged before Mr. v. a. Esechiel with attempted theft on board the s.s. Klang of 821 the property of D.C.K. Potter, Second Officer. The accused claimed trial and Inspector > Benge prosecuted. The complainant stated that when the s.s.
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  • 212 5 Wife'» Successful Claim. Judgment was delivered on Friday last by Mr. Justice P. J. Sproule in the Supreme Court in the suit in which Goh Hooi En sued her husband Toh Eag Bwee for the return of articles of jewellery and clothing and furniture which were alleged to
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  • 64 5 The following articles will be found on our outside pages:— Page. 3.—The English Turf. The Malayan’* Air Squadron. Penang Ladies’ Rifle Club. A Gallant Gurkha. 6. Malaria in Malaya. Can Germany be Starved out The Peninsular Railway. The King of Siam. The Dardanelles. Naval Notes. Legal Notes. 7. —A
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  • 267 5 The P. and 0. s s. Sardinia is expected to sail at 10 a.m. on Saturday, 11th instant. It is reported by the Chinese Ministry of Finance that the remittance made by each of the provinces for the month of September amounts to over $15,000,000. A Tokio telegram
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  • 955 5 YESTERDAY’S MEETING. A public meeting was held at the Town Hall yesterday evening for the purpose of discussing the advisability of closing the Prince of Wales’ Relief Fund and deciding to what public fund or funds the contributions hitherto appropriated to the Prince of Wales’
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  • 882 6 Db. Strickland's Thbobt. Perhaps it is not wholly surprising that the paper submitted to Government by Dr. Strickland, Travelling Entomologist, containing certain observations in the epidemiology of malarial fever in the Malay Peninsula,” should not at first have been properly appreciated by the general public. It is
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  • 971 6 War Correspondent’s Advice to thb Allies. Russia, the Balkans, and the Dardanelles,” By Grauville Fortescue, (London Melrose,) 6s. net. This book is dedicated to the officers and man of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force in appreciation of their heroism, and, 1 although it covers a wider ground, it is
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  • 901 6 SEA POWER AND ECONOMIC PRESSURE. By Admibal Sib Cyprian Bridge, G.C B Few things are more extraordinary than the persistent vitality of the people who are convinced that they are iu possession of a secret for ending a war, so to speak, at a blow.
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  • 942 6 LORD CHIEF JUSTICE AND THE COURTS. Definition and Duty. London, November A. "The idea that it is the duty of the Courts to dispense law is becoming obsolete. The true duty of the Courts is to dispense justice.” This is the puzzling statement Lord Reading is reported to
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  • 315 6 The new report on the traffic on the Southern Line brings home again the scantiness of the receipts that are as jet obtainable from the southern sections of the line. Of the total receipts Tcs. 1001,931 come from passengers, and Tcs. 306,757 from goods and live-stock. Of
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  • 595 6 A Royal Sportsman. “The first sportsmiu in the realm were no idle wor.ls of flattery. There cannot be any mauner of doubt that His Majesty the King of Siam is a true sportsman in the highest sense of the word. From the time the King associated
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  • 987 6 WINTER WEATHER IN THE NORTH SEA. Loss or THR ARGYLL. London, November 3. The loss of the armoured cruiser Arayli serves as a sharp reminder of the approach of winter and of the conditions our officers and men will again be called upon to face. Mr. Churchill, in
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
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    • 41 6 Early Colds. Be careful of the colds you take at this time of the year. They a»e particularly dangerous. A neglected cold may mean a win-ter-long cold. Take Ch&mberlain’a Cough Bemady at onoe. For sale by all Dispan* saries and Dealers.
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    • 11 6 For Chronic Chest Complaints, Woods’ Great Peppermint On re la, 6d.
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    • 62 6 A Favorite Rob Down. The golfer, the foot bill 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
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  • 208 7 Some people are naturally thin. There i« a ]go a natural pallor but most people who are both thin and pale are far from well and they need a tonic. Many people neglect to take a tonic until they get so sick that a tonic is not sufficient
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  • 960 7 While the news of King George’s accident at the front has filled all his subjects with feelings of the deepest sympathy, it must also have filled the Master of the Horse with feelings of the deepest dismay. It is one of the foremost duties of those
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  • 872 7  -  How OUR navy Reoulatbs nobte Sea Traffic. By Jam es Dunn. Rotterdam. Preening its feathers and curtsying to the waves a sea-bird perched on a floating mine calmly watched the busy traffic of the North Sea. Up and down the narrow tortuous channel which the British Navy
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
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    • 49 7 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 Dispensanes and Dealers.
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    • 88 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 nature’s
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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  • 617 9 (UNDER S.R.A. RULES OF RACING.) RACE DAYS: FIRST DAY Thursday, 6th January, 1916. SECOND DAY Saturday, Bth January, 1916. FIRST DAY. Thursday, 6th January, 1916. 1 A s— The Georg* Town Plate and Purse. Value $350 each. A Handicap for all ponies 14.2 and
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  • 1716 9 Through the Chinese Revolution. By Fernand Farjenel. Translated from the French by Dr. Margaret Vivian. (Duckworth. 7s. 6d. net,) "It is only the historian,” says the Professor Farjenel in his preface to this extraordinary account of the Chinese Revolution, recording the real facts after the lapse of
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
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  • 1012 10 Those Britioh officers who aid captive in the camp at Clausthal, m the Harts Mountains, should find their lot far more pleasant thau that of most of the Englishmen held prisoners in Germany. Clausthal consists of one loug street climbing the hill from the railway «cation
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
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