Straits Echo, 21 December 1915

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  • 37 1 Straits Echo I WILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS. CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY i VOL. 13. $24 Per Annum, PENANG, TUESDAY, 2lst DECEMBER 1915. SiAfle Copy, II cents. No. 292
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    • 1040 1 'i tk&i Gmaoas tool» ™s *f pM S«h«joJ m ■n%\ 'Jhmputtou *i u ■»pu®w CE,)>»a pnV n»aup« c^j, £s •s ‘h a L jtJ h. TIANG LEE V CO. 2‘taafiS V K«*la Laa^iir. For Cars on Hire BANKS. > EMPIRE “’The Little Aristocrat" Cail at or 'phone (No. 694) to
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    • 15 1 XO LET. I BUNGALOW No. 1428, BURMAH ROAD. LOCATION QBIET HEALTHY. APPLY 53, BeacA Street.
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  • 228 2 Each of us has a certain supply of nervous energy. Every acr, even every thought, uses up some part of this energy. During rest and sleep the supply is increased by the blood which gets the needed elements from the air we breathe and the food we eat.
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  • 2346 2 Literature maintains an endless quarrel 1 with idle sentences. Twenty years ago this would have seemed too obvious to bear saying. But iu the meantime there has been a good deal of dipping of pens iu chaos, and authois have found excuses for themselves in a theory
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  • 850 2 Bt Ella Wheeler Wilcox. We read of very skilful and very terrible I surgical operations which are taking place over in the hospitals of Europe. GouverI neur Mums h:»s distanced all these European surgeons in his merciless novel, We Three.” H is peu has been mightier than
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  • 594 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 $350 each. A Handicap for all ponies 14 2 aud
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    • 546 2 NOTICE IN THE ESTATE OF Thaddeus Cachick Avctoom, Deceased. Pursuant to the Conveyancing and Law of Property Ordinance 1886 NOTICE is hereby given that all creditors and other persons having any claims and demands against the Estate of Thaddeus Cachick Avetoom late of Northam Road Penang deceased wbo died on
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    • 63 2 A Germ Destroyer. There is no danger whatever from lock jaw or blood poison resulting from a wound when Chamberlain’s Pain Balm is promptly applied It is an antiseptic and destroys the germs which cause these diseases, ft also causes wounds to heal without maturation and in one-third the time
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    • 642 2 Sale by order of The Supreme Court of the Federated Malay States at the instance of the Chargee SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION. By Messrs Gleeson and Co., at the Selangor Chamber of ommeree, No. 1, Old Markai Square, Kuala Lumpur. On ihQ 22 :.d February, 1916, at 11 a-m. o¥
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  • 582 3 The most interesting thing about the Budget is the fact that the nation is allowed to know anything at all about it. Ten years ago, the high authorities in Peking did not imagine that the Budget was a matter into which the people need enquire or would
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  • 264 3 RESULT OF 1915 LEAGUE MATCHES. I "A” Division. -M--s Cmii. 1 g g 4 H J 200 o o a. O J 5 O Hutton Lane F C 10 8 2 0 8 0 18 Majlis el-Aintiked F C 10 6 3 1 7 4 15
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  • 297 3 Narayanasamy Chetty, who was charged I with criminal breach of trust in respect of a hundred odd dollars, the property of B.P.P. 1 L. Pallaniappa Chetty, appeared before Mr. E. E. Colman in the Second Court yesterday afternoon. 1 Mr. W. R. Armstrong said that he had
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  • 232 3 Politics in Japan appear very much like a game of skittles, the object of the Opposition being to knock down as soon as possible whatever Government it set up, irrespective of its merits, the services it has rendered, or the impossibility of getting others to undertike the
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  • 121 3 To thb Editor or the Straits Echo. Sir,—Sometime ago the Indians of Penang offered their services to Government and applied that they be enrolled as Volunteers, but wire informed that owing to insufficient equipaent, the Government could not grant their rtquest. At the same time Government tlunked them
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  • 260 3 The follovng is the programme for the moonlight prformance of the Band on the Esplanade os Thursday, the 23rd inst, from 9 to 11 p m. 1 Overture Zampa Herold 2 One Btep The Policeman’s Holiday Ewing 3 Selection Les Cloches de Corneville Planquette 4 Waltz The Choristers
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    • 771 3 THE CHINESE ENGLISH SCHOOL SAMARAKG JAVA. WA.3XTTED. FROM Ist May, 1916, premises Nos. 2’t and 27a., Beach Street, at preseni mHREE CHINESE MASTERS to teach E- English in a good-class school. Quarters free Commencing salary $5O, —more for young good men. Apply with copy of a letter from English master
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    • 459 3 F“' jj Westminster Cigarettes I TIIDVKH BT run I D TURKISH BLEND A. A. GRADE are unequalled. Packed in Hermetically Sealed Tins of 50’s. FOR SALE BY ALL DEALERS. TO-NIGHT! TO-NIGHTI J The Electric Polyscope Co., Lyceum Theatre, Argyll Road. Thanhouser’s Fascinating Serial THE MILLION DOLLAR MYSTERY In 46 Parts
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  • 99 4 Pablished daily (except Sundays aad pvb'.ie holidays) at rat CRITERION PRESS. Ltd No. 59. Beach Street, Peiang Fuoe Daily Local M 924 per anna» Omtstation... Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Poet Free) 117.50 CABLB ADDBBSB ECHO—PENANG." Telephone No». (Echo, 580 Printing Department 343 N. 4 Woriaaaa aaraßunicatioaa all
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  • 1245 4 It is just a year ago to day since Egypt was converted from a Turkish Province into a British Protectorate. We are reminded of that fact bv the rumours of a great Turco German expedition which is to be despatched to the Suez Canal with the
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  • 40 4 We have received telegraphic advices from the Managing Directors that R.M.S. Medina arrived at London on the afternoon of Thursday, 16th instant. The connecting steamer from the Straits s.s. Ntvara left here at midnight on 12th ultimo.
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  • 444 4 FROM DUTCH SOURCES The following special telegrams are from the Sumatra Post of Friday and Saturday, December 17 and 18: HOLLAND AND THE WAR. The Dutek Navy. The Second Dutch Chamber has adopted the Naval Estimates, the Socialists voting against them. A Diplomatic Illacas. The major who
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  • 63 4 Dec. 15 By Balance .*..143,888.15 20 Amount collected by Mr- J. H. Phipps as follows Audit Office... 6.50 Public. Works Department and Surrey Office 12 05 Registry, Supreme Court 7 50 Education Department 26.00 Prisons Department 25.50 Gardens Department 2.35 20 Balance 43,968.05
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  • 218 4 Tke Jaffna Flgktcr.” Mr. Alma Baker cables to us a9 follows: I have to-day cabled to the War Office $14,500, remitted by the Ceylon Jaffna Tamil community of Malaya as a first instalment for the Malaya No. 11 “The Jaffna fighting biplane costing $19,300 This gift to
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  • 993 4 Bad Race Psychology. The Kaiser’s effort to urge the Albanians into an att ick upon the Serbians affords another instance of German ignorance of race psychology. A concerted attack by all the Albanian tribes upon Serbia is impossible, for each tribe is a law unto itself, ready enough
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    • 133 4 he FLAG on the LOO rC for i 's. and yon will then know you are getting the British Brand. mx-. m, t. 4i SE r.. Ilf a ‘'siijliiiiNi m 11 BiMn'tw' ***** 111 Mi, Hun. II: HKI BRtTIS H and hi BEST. m AUi £MW' ij.ji’ ~;i ii r%am
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  • 623 5 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. WAR OFFICE ANNOUNCEMENT SUCCEStrUL TRANSFER OF TROOPS. London, December 20. The War Office announces that all the troops at Buvla Bay and Ansae, with their gnn« and stores, hare been successfully transferred with insignificant casualties to another sphere of operation. M Oas of tkc
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  • 443 5 Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. r GREEK ATTITUDE, CURIOUS MORAL DEVELOPMENT. Paris, December 20. 0 A Salonika telegram mentions a curious r moral development among Greek Army f officers who, hitherto loyalists, now declare 3 that if the Bulgarians cross the frontier they will join the French and
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  • 65 5 Uracil Poctpoaed. (From Our Own Corretpondenl.) Singapore, December 20. At the inquest into the death of G. P Muckhart, Surveyor of Ships, the evidence showed that he was found in his bedroom on Thursday last with a bullet through his head. A revolver was in his
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  • 62 5 The Rifle Range will be open for private practioe at 200. 500 and 600 yards on the 25tb, 26th and 27th instant. Morning Shooting 730 a,m. Afternoon 3*30 p.m. The Hon. Bec. P.V.RO. may not be on the Range all 8 days, so persons desirous of
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  • 220 5 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. ATTACK ON BRITISH LINES. EFFECTIVE MEASURES [AGAINST GAS. London. December 20, 1.25 a m. i The British official report states that the r enemy on Sunday morning gassed the 3 British lines north-east of Ypres and r accompanied the manoeuvre with a heavy
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  • 1563 5 Account By »i Lye-witae»». Just ahead the German first line forms a salient into the alignment of the French trenches, and their second line follows the bend for a short distance. In order to consolidate the position properly about seventy five yards of the enemy’s trench must
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  • 1199 5 FAUST.” Since the notices app «ared in the local press informing the puolic that they were to hare the opportuuny of hearing the Italian Grand Opera Company in Charles Gounod’s masterpiece on Monday night, music-lovers have b en lookiog forward eagerly to a real treat, and it can
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  • 516 5 Allezed Theft of a Riag. A Tamil named Kanniah was this morning arraigued before Mr. V. G. Ezechiel charged with theft of a gold ring, valued at $6.50, from the person of a little boy five years old named Kistna. Court Inspector Nicol, who prosecuted! stated that
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  • 56 5 The following articles will be found on our outside pages Page 2.—America’s Sei Problem. Labour of Authorship. The Chinese Budget. Mohamedan Football Association, Penang. Chetty s Clerk Acquitted. Politics in Japan. Indian Volunteers. 6—Health and Alcohol. The Small Miner. After the War, New Viewpoints of the War. German Firms
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  • 61 5 To-day's Quotations, Tm (unrefined) is quoted here to day at $B3, business done, in Singapore (rtrfioed) at $83.90, business done (100 tons sold) and in London at £169 spot and £l6B ss. three months’ sight. Messrs. Bouste id Co., inform us that the following is the quotation
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  • 27 5 Obituary. Sir Hear? Roscoc. London, December 20. The death has taken place, at the age of 82, of the Rt. Hon. Sir Henry Roscoe, the well-known chemist.
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  • 917 6 For many decades those who pose as medical authorities” in Malaya hare been somewhat dogmatic as to the value of alcohol as a stimulant,” affirming practically that a** soda kring "is a bad thing for an orang puteh if it is not actually in itself a deleterious
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  • 1108 6 .It seems to us that when a correspondent recently dealt with the question of the small miner in the F. M. 3. he had given it insuffieient consideration. Generally speaking, the position of the small miner has been only inadequately realised. This is due to the psychological
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  • 950 6 The whole course of this war has shown the neoessity of looking ahead, and the chief troubles of the Allies have arisen from a failure to exercise a wise foresight. It is not surprising, therefore, that a determination is being manifested in commercial circles to prepare for
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  • 937 6  -  OUR RAPIDLY IMPROVING ARMY. By F. A. McKiwin, The Dittinguithed War Corretpondent. Ours is a very differently equipped Army to-day from the little Expeditionary Force that reached Mons in August 1914. No British Army can ever surpass that force in technical ability, in splendid endurance,
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  • 1158 6 T*l Dbpot of thi Balkan* Thej came to Thessaionica, where was a synagogue of the Jews. And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures So the author of the Acts of the Apostles informs us, and
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  • 928 6 Under the above heading we published, on Tuesday, an American consular Report which should act as an excellent reminder to Hongkong British firms that much is still required of them in their dealings with China if their country is to retain its hold on the commerce
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    • 70 6 Whoo|tt| Couth. When your child has whooping cough be careful to keep the cough loose and expectoration 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, and
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    • 42 6 Bai Taste in the Mrth. If you hare a bad taste ieour mouth iu the morning, your stomach ii not in proper order. Chamberlain’s Tahiti regulate this and give you a relish for yo* meals. For sale by all Dispensaries and dealers.
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    • 68 6 Sufferers from Indigestion will find speedy and permanent relief by taking a coarse of WOODS’ MEAT PEPPERMINT CORE. This medicine has been proved by generations of English Colonists throughout the world to be the best for family use. It is a true corrective and preventive. Millions of Cple rely upon
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  • 1137 7  -  THEIR CAUSE AND CURE. By “Temple Junior” 1T0 a a name, then hang him. I fiat is a good old English proverb, howover un-English be the c induct which it encourages. Bat most English people have in them a seme ot fairness wuich even their sporting delight in
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  • 591 7  -  HER COMIMG INTERVENTION IN THE BALKANS. By Waclaw Czerniewski. The news of this and the last week clearly indicates that on their Eastern front the Germans are gradually losing their initiative, which is inclining more and more to the Russian side. Tbe change came in a very decisive
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    • 350 7 MUNICIPAL NOTICE. r PHE REVISION of th« Assessment -A- Lists for Houses and Lands within the Municipality of George Town, Penang for the year 1916, having been completed, anti the Municipal Commissioners having certified in terms of Section 62 of The Municipal Ordinance 191 i that no valid objection has
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    • 10 7 for Chronic Cheat Complaints, Woods* Great Peppermint Cmre la. 6d.
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    • 216 7 oc x: DOC DOooOOC BY ROYAL APPOINTMENT. t i! j o n S i i < I i > n i i Contraoior«s to THE ADMIRALTY, THE WAR OFFICE, THE INDIA OFFICE, o n n u O Cv W' ALL Governmcr.t Hospitals IK TIIE Straits Settlements AND reueratsd Malay States.
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    • 1398 8 B. I. P. O. AND APCAR LINE Mail and Passenger Services. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL SAILINGS. MAIL SERVICE. Homeward (for Europe.) Outward (for China and Japan.) INTERMEDIATE Homeward for Europe. .s. Nellore Feb. 9 i.a. Moagara Feb 23 n Nore Mar. 23 i.s. Nagoya May 3 DIRECT SERVICE. Outward (for China
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