Straits Echo, 15 December 1915
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Straits Echo
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Title Section35 1915-12-15 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS. CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL. 13. $24 Per Annus PENANG, WEDNESDAY, 15th DECEMBER, 1915. Single Copy, 10 cents. No. 28735 words
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Advertisement1024 1915-12-15 1 ,'t.xwr-** *Xf'CMftMnkJktatMMMTtKjkajnKt Wrt N l Sai Ssmcm Sim. I Ii a 2 1 £f&S Ai«hi TIANO LEE 9 CO., 1 P«bib| 9 Knit Laanr. For Cars on Hire EMPIRE **The Little Artsiocra* Call at or ’phone (No. 694) to Georgetown Motor Garage 7 A t Penang Road. Just Unpacked A1,024 words
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Advertisement15 1915-12-15 1 TO LET. 1 BUNGALOW No. 1428, BURMAH ROAD. LOCATION QUIET HEALTHY. APPLY 53, Beach Street.15 words
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Article1805 1915-12-15 2 The Inequality o» Human Races. By Arthur db Gobiveac. Translated by Adrian Collins. Introduction by Dr. Oscar Levy. (Hmnemsnn. ss. n6t Tbero,” s*id a learned American profsssor not long ago, pointing to a volume of Arthur Comte de Gobineau, there ,is the man who began the1,805 words
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Advertisement71 1915-12-15 2 Whooping Cough. When your child has whooping cough b« careful to keep the cough loose and expoctora* tion easy by giving Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as may be required. This remedy will also liquify the tough mucus and make it, easier to expectorate. It has been used successfully in many epidemics,71 words
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Advertisement58 1915-12-15 2 Harsh Purgatives, Salta and Castor Oil, are old fashioned remedies more drastic than safe. nwrnm the tiny laxatives ensure the same results, but in a perfectly natural manner. They do not upset th« stomach, nor gripe, but gently assist nature. Of chemists. 50 cents per phial, or post free from58 words
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Advertisement2633 1915-12-15 2 THE Eastern 8 Oriental Sales Room. Hajee Mahomed Yusop bin Pernanti in By Order ot Pussy Fatimali the administratrix ol the Estate ot Mahomed Ariif deceased TO BE SOLD BY PUBLIC AUCTION at Nos. 52 will be sold All the undermentioned valuable Freehold Properties and 54, Bishop Street, Penang, (except2,633 words
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Article124 1915-12-15 3 Pbnano, December 15. {By courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London, Demand Bank 2/4/, it 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4,% 3 Credit 2/4J H 3 Documentary 2/4} Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. 175 i, 3 days’ sight Private 177 Bombay, Demand Bank 175 Moulmein, Demand Hank 174 I, 3 days’ sight124 words
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Article774 1915-12-15 3 SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET PASSED. A meeting of the Municipal Commission was held at the Municipal Office yesterday afternoon. There were present Mr. W. Peel (President), Mr. Quah Beng Kee, Mr. J. Mitchell and Mr Lim Eow Hong with Mr. L. M. Beil (Municipal Engineer) and Mr. L. A. C.774 words
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Article88 1915-12-15 3 The undermentioned prices were realised for rubber sold by Messrs. Allen Dennys A Co by auction sale yesterday and during the week Smoked Ribbed Sheet 2133 to 2190 Plain 2146 2*Bo No. 2 Smoked Sheet diamond 2162 2183 Uosmobed Sheet 2160 2173 No. 2 Unsmoked Sheet 215288 words
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Article974 1915-12-15 3 Annual Gbbbbal Meeting. The annual general meeting of the members of the Penang Ladies’ Rifla Club was held at Nortbam Road yesterday evening. There were present: Mrs. Liston (President), Miss Smith, Miss Mathieu, Mrs. Sproule, Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Frayne, Miss Sellers, Mrs Webb, Mrs. Hulme Sharp974 words
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Advertisement564 1915-12-15 3 FOX SINGAPORE. HONGKONG. SWATOW AHOY. The 8.8. Glenfalloch, Captain A. Maokanaie, will leave for ths above porta on Thursday, the 16tb instant, at 4 p.m. For Fie'ght or passage apply to Mbssks. CHIN HIN Cot., 63, Beach Street, Penang. Agent» for the Ho Hong Line of Singapore. NOTICE. IS HEREBY564 words
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Advertisement193 1915-12-15 3 WANTED COMPETENT COMPOSITORS for Job Work. Salary according to qualifications. Apply in person to FOREMAN. Criterion Press, Ltd EASIERN SMELTING Co. Ltd. (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND). NOTICE is hereby given that the Transfer Books of the above Company will be closed from 15th to 24th inst., inclusive. EASTERN SMELTTNO Co, Ltd.193 words
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Advertisement421 1915-12-15 3 If u jj Westminster Cigarettes n TURKISH BLEND A. A. GRADE are unequalled. Packed in Hermetically Sealed Tins of 50's. FOR SALE BY ALL DEALERS. TO-NIGHT! TO-NIGHTI The Electric Polyscope Co., Lyceum Theatre, Argyll Road. HIS WIFE'S SACRIFICE A magnificent drama possessing a succession of gripping and interestholding situations and421 words
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Article, Illustration102 1915-12-15 4 Published daily (except. Sunday» and pski holidays) AT TUB CRITERION PRESS. Ltx>. No. 59, Beach Street, Penang. Pmiou. Daily Local m 924 per aan ux>~ Omtstation... Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Post Free) 917.50 CABLE ADDKUSS ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Not. (Echo, 586 Printing Department 343 N 4. —All hui.a*M102 words
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Article1482 1915-12-15 4 As China has definitely decided to revert to an Empire, the only thing for those who have her welfare at heart to do 19 to acquiesce in the new order of things and be thankful that there was a man available so obviously fitted to be the1,482 words
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Article500 1915-12-15 4 Mrs. R, O. Wood, we are sorry to hear, is an inmate of the General Hospital. m m Mr. J. Rigby, Registrar of Vehicles, Perak, has been granted eight months’ full pay leave. Captain A. F. Davies, of the West Yorks, is now in hospital in Alexandria500 words
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Article60 1915-12-15 4 Mr. Maleolm Cuamiag'a Appeal. (From Oust Own Correspondent^) Kuala Lumpur, December Is. Sir E. L. Brockman baa received a telegram from Sir William Taylor stating that Mr. Malcolm Cumming is raising funds to provide Rubber Knee-Boots for the troops. A sum of £1,200 has already been collected.60 words
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Article259 1915-12-15 4 Messrs. Fraser k Co, Managers of the Eastern Smelting Co, Ltd. write to us as follows We have been advised by cable that the Annual Report and Accounts of this Company for the year ending August Blst, 1915, will be issued in London to-day. There is a259 words
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Article998 1915-12-15 4 Censorious. A most happy misprint takes our fancy in the poets’ corner of an Australian newspaper. Trills the songster:— The wattles swing faint censors to the moon.” That is just what will happen if the censors do not amend their ways. A New Sort of M Detrimental.” Under998 words
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Advertisement278 1915-12-15 4 TOWN HALL. THE CON SALE Z BROS. E« Sl O. HiJl cIL.. Return Visit to Penang FOR TWO NIGHTS ONLY ■370 1.-.HT'. {TUIOM Dfc May, 191(5, pu»mise* Nos. 27 > and 27a Be'Hch S n t'f, af present occupied by Messrs. tiutt<-ni)a<b Bros. Co Suital le for offij-s uud godowus278 words
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Article590 1915-12-15 5 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. SITUATION IMPROVED. Paris, December 13. A Salonika telegram states that the •ituation is much better. General Mahon who returned on December 11 from an inspection of the Anglo-French front is of opinion that the Franco-British troops, who are abundantly supplied with munitions and food,590 words
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Article583 1915-12-15 5 (Reuter Service.) Copyright Telegram. GENERAL TOWNSHEND’S REPORT. London, December 13. An official announcement states that General Townshend reports that his position was shelled all day on December Bth and again on the 9th when the enemy made desultory attacks on all sides. On the 10th the enemy again583 words
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Article210 1915-12-15 5 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. MINOR ENGAGEMENTS. Loudon, December 13, 5 pm. A Paris communique announces that only minor engagements, resulting iu a French success, took place in Champagne. Considerable Activity. London, December 14. An official despatch from the headquarters in France states: We blew up a mine210 words
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Article574 1915-12-15 5 Members are reminded that the next Club Handicap Shoot takes place on Saturday next, the 18th inst., at 330 p.m. Range* 200, 500 and 600 yards. Ammunition will be supplied on the Range at Club rates. It is understood that, owing to the unsettled conditions in574 words
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Article730 1915-12-15 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. AN UNQUALIFIED SUCCESS. i London, December 13. The recruiting authorities this afternoon declared that Lord Derby's scheme was j beyond all question an unqualified success and that they were now devoting their energies to direct enlistment. Premier's Statement. In the House of Commons Mr.730 words
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Article54 1915-12-15 5 Dec. 11 By Balance $2,733.66 14 Mr. and Mrs. P. Mitford, Nov. and Dec. subscription 50,00 14 Balance $2,783.66 Amount previously acknowledged 18,558.21 Total ...$21,341.87 According to the Javabode the GovernorGeneral of Netherlands India has forbidden under heavy penalties the importation of a pamphlet printed in Sanskrit54 words
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Article696 1915-12-15 5 FROM DUTCH SOURCES The following special telegrams are from the Sumatra Post of Monday, December 13 HOLLAND AND THE WAR. Rouad the Cape. The directors of the Rotterdam Lloyd in Holland have decided that their cargo-boats from the East for Marseilles and London shall go round by696 words
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Article57 1915-12-15 5 The following articles will be found on our outside pages:— Page. 2. —The Inequality of Races. 3. —Municipal Commission Penang Rnb> b9r Auction. Penang Ladies’ R.fle Club. 6—A Bhang Case. Swiss Public Opinion. Mr. Churchill and Others. Affairs in China. A Dardanelles Diary. Belgian Relief Fund. Queen Mary s57 words
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985 1915-12-15 5 NOV-GOVERNMENT CHANDU. A Chinese druggist, mined Tan Kin, this morning pleaded guilty before Mr. V. G. Ez9chiel to a charge of having in his posses* sioa chandu (in certain pills for sale) other than Government chandu. The accused said I was ignorant at the time but came985 words
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Article934 1915-12-15 6 The Press People commonly imagine that the Swiss Press is divided according to languages, the Frenoh and Italian Swiss Press being for the Allies, and the German Swiss for the Central Powers. Such a view is far from being true to fact. If there is hardly a934 words
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Article999 1915-12-15 6 The Commercial Basis. It is often said that the basis of the national prosperity of a people is to be found in good government, not necessarily any special form of government, whether autocratic or democratic, but just Bimply good government. This is very largely true, but good999 words
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Article1019 1915-12-15 6 Continued. a ADVENTURES ON LEAVE IN AN J AEGEAN ISLAND. c Br Transpoet Officer.” An Aegean Island, Sept. 15. T has one principal street containing half a dozen general shops, three or four cafes, and two hotels, the and the The being the first we struck, we1,019 words
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Article375 1915-12-15 6 Mrs. John Mitchelll has received the fol- J lowing two letters referring to the Belgian Relief Fund: Grand Quartier General de L’Armee Beige, 6.10. 1915. Dear Mrs. John Mitchell, The Queen commands me to thank you heartily for sending her a further sum of £4OO and Her375 words
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Article255 1915-12-15 6 PENANG WOMEN’S WORK. Subscriptions. Previously acknowledged $855, Mrs Cleaver (2nd Don) $lO, Mrs Heim (3rd Don) $5, Mrs Trengrove (4th Don) $5, Total $875. A box containing the last month’s work was despatched by s.s. Katori Af in* to St. James’ Palace, London. This box was255 words
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Article1425 1915-12-15 6 The attentive reader of Truth will have t been prepared for the resignation of Mr y Cnurchilt, which was “adumbrated” in this journal a foitmght ago. It is a regrettable incident, though it may not rise to the dimensions of a national disaster. Mr. Churchill himself1,425 words
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Article585 1915-12-15 6 Before Mr V. G Ezachiel in the Third Court yesterday morning a Tamil named Shinasami was charged with being in possession of bhang. The accused claimed trial and Mr: A. Wtit, Head of the Preventive Service, Government Monopolies, prosecuted. Ramasamy, Revenue Officer No. 4, stated that at585 words
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Advertisement43 1915-12-15 6 Bad Taste ia the Mouth. If you have a bad taste in your mouth in the morning, your stomach is not in proper order. Chamberlain’s Tablets regulate this and give you a relish for your meals. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.43 words
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Advertisement53 1915-12-15 6 UnMcemry Words. Why waste words and advertising space in describing tbe many points of merit in Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy The most fastidious are satisfied when we state that it cures colds and coughs from any cause, and that it contains absolutely no narcotics or injurious substances. For sale by all53 words
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Advertisement73 1915-12-15 6 The scourge of a tropical country ii dysentery but every trouble has its antidote, and for dysentery the medicine is WOODS’ GREAT PEPPERMINT CURE. It is a medicine that will provide quick relife and cure. Those who have to get away into the out portions of this country should never73 words
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Advertisement51 1915-12-15 6 The Chili •-ea's Celis. Watch the children's colds and cure them before they weaken the vitality. TJ-e Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy freely. It is perf' ct’y safe. It has been tested by cben ists and pronounced free from injurious substances and oosts but a trifle. For sale by all Dispensaries and51 words
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Advertisement11 1915-12-15 6 For Children’s Hacking Cough at Night, Woods' Great PsppermintjOare, la. 6d,11 words
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Article1504 1915-12-15 7 Age has not withered neither repetition staled the infinite veracity of that wit to whom related or by whom begot I cannot tell) who first declared thit a pessimist is a man who has something the matter with his feet, and an optimist a man who has1,504 words
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Article385 1915-12-15 7 My remarks on Royalton” last week have caused inquiries for a fuller explanation cf the game, I gladly give it, because from what X said in my notes it might have been inferred that Kojalton equalises the suits for bidding purposes but otherwise is the same as Auction.385 words
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Advertisement524 1915-12-15 7 ESTABLISHED 1874. THE ORIENTAL Government Security Life Assurance Company Ltd. lacorpor&tcd in India. BRANCH OFFICE, SINGAPORE. J. R Macpheeson, Secretary S.8. and F M.S. Total Assets exceed $28,000,000 Claims Paid $26,000,000 LOW RATES. LltERAL CONDITIONS Apply for Prospectus etc to representatives in Penang. Lim Eu Toh, Merchant, 23, Weld Quay524 words
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Advertisement10 1915-12-15 7 For Chronic Chest Complaints, Woods’ Great Peppermint Ceie Is, 6d.10 words
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Advertisement88 1915-12-15 7 *The Basis of Morality. By Arthur Schopenhauer. Translated, with introduction and Notes, by Arthur Brodrick Bullock, M.A. Second edition, 1915. Allen and Unwin. 4a. 6d. net. A Germ Destroyer. There is no danger whatever from lock jiw or blood poison resulting from a wound when Chamberlain’s Paiu Balm is promptly88 words
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Advertisement306 1915-12-15 7 n a BY APPOINTMENT Me TO H. M. THE KING NESTLE CHOCOLATE FOR THE FRONT. V 9 >9 9* 99 Having been requested by several Residents in tfce Malay Peninsula to send parcels of Nestle Chocolates to relatives or friends at the Front, we have now made arrangements to send306 words
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Advertisement1546 1915-12-15 8 B. I. P. 0.AND APCAR LINE Mall and Passenger Services. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL SAILINGS. MAIL SERVICE. Homeward (for Europe Outward (for China and Japan.) INTERMEDIATE Homeward for Europe. B.a. Nellore Feb. 9 8.8. Mongara Feb 23 8.8. Nore Mar. 23 s.s. Nagoya May 3 DIRECT SERVICE. Outward (for China and1,546 words
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