Straits Echo, 27 December 1915

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  • 35 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT TOE STRAITS. THE FEDERATED MALAY STATE.. AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY VOL. 13. $24 Per Annun, PENANG, MONDAY, 27th DECEMBER, 1915. Si»(le Coot, 10 ccnti. No. 296
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    • 1047 1 j'C7rj»tifW«nrai« acsx u w U i? .i> *i M 5> J KV NS 1 o r n m m o o Tfc» Doctor *»cl rc^a mcndn. It ia nourishing.’*', iforati*»; cm «■SaCEHSME lIS2B tut a a nk s y For Cars on Hire empire "The Little Aristocw Call at or
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    • 26 2 DRINK 9 m m ■> r Ĕ ‘3» 'X*- > m my RECOiiN ..3 BY CONNOISSEURS the LEADING BRAND ON THE MARKET. SOLE AGENTS: KATZ BROTHERS. LTD., PENANG.
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  • 943 3 Mrs. Besant atd India. An English newspaper in Japan, the oldestablished and highly reputable Chronicle of Kobe, said lately in the course of a most interesting article on recent events in India: For one thing the Government of Indie may ba commanded at least. Although it appears at
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  • 262 3 Another Satisfactory Report To Shareholders. The Hon. W.W. Cook, managing director of the Straits Trading Company, Ltd., signs the following report to shareholders to be presented at a meeting to be held on the 31st in9t:— The directors now submit the accounts for the half-year ended September
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  • 151 3 The new edition of the Roll of Honour issued as a supplement to the Malay Mail of Friday includes a list of Bixty names of past and present residents of Malay States under British protection who have lost their lives in the field or otherwise. The
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  • 399 3 Inquest and Verdict. The inquest into the death of Chau Ah Tong, who died as the result of a wound in the head caused by a pair of tongs which was alleged to have been thrown at him by a Malay who has absconded was concluded oa
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    • 711 3 WAiWTED. ROOMS, furnished or unfurnished with or without Board by Gentleman. Any distance from Town. Write particulars to NINNO "61 c/o Straits Echo THE CHINESE ENGLISH SCHOOL SAMARANG JAVA. WANTED. rrHREE CHINESE MASTERS to teacb 1. English in a good-class school Quarters free. Commencing salary $5O. —more for young good
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    • 476 3 LEAD OTHERS FOLLOW. AL.L DEALERS. TO-NIGHT TO-NIGHT The Electric Polyscope Co., Lyceum Theatre, Argyll Road. Thanhouser’s Fascinating Serial 46 Parts Parts 46 The Million Dollar Mystery Concluding Episodes 22 &23 Parts 43 to 46 In these episodes all the scattered threads of the story are gathered together the reappearance of
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  • 96 4 Pnblishad daily (except Sund»y» rjid pr' holidays) AT T 2« CRITERION PRESS. Ltd. No. 59. Beach Street, Penang Fbicb. Daily Local M 124 per aan» Omtitetion... Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Poet Free) $17.50 CABLB ADDBBIB ECHO—PENANG." Telephone No». (Echo, 586 Printing Department 343 Hit. —All kuiiiiw cvmaunieatioßc
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  • 1403 4 Nearly always on a rising rubber market, though owing to the unfounded Suez CaDal rumours it has not been so lately, better prices—when freight, insurance, charges, etc. have been considered —are obtained at the local rubber auctions in Penang and Singapore than at the sales held on the
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  • 889 4 Our Singapore correspondent telegraphs news of the death of Captain Falla of the s.s. Sappho. 1 We much regret to learn that the latest news received of Mr. H. M. Darby is extremely disquieting. Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Evens and Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Wilson,
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  • 747 4 (Reuter Service.) Copyright Telegram. GSEAT MEETING AT GLASGOW MR. LLOYD GEORGE ON THE MUNITIONS QUESTION. London, December 24. Mr. Lloyd George, Minister of Munitions, received at Glasgow a deputation of officials and Trades Unionists engaged in munitions work, with whom he had a general exchange of
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    • 407 4 ONE MOMENT! Have you seen the British Isola Vacuum Flasks They are here to-day, price only 3.50 each. Each flask is guaranteed to keep contents Hot for 24 hours. Manufactured completely by British Labour. Leather Strap $1.50. Spare Cork 10 cts. KENO St CO., P«nans S IpaL s\ •m i
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  • 566 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. GREECE'S ATTITUDE. A SIGNIFICANT VISIT. London, December 24, 3.40 a.m. General Casteluau, Chief of the French General Staff, has arrived at Salonika to inspect the Allied front. Poiitiok at Varaa, London, December 24, 2.20 p.m. It is announced that two German submarines have
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  • 586 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. FURTH’.X FR NCH ADVANCE. L mdon, December 23, 4-45 p m. The Pans communique reports artillery and grenade activity except at Hartmannsweiler where our right advanced all day long. The position on the left wing remains unchanged. Hartmaantweilerkopf Again. London, December 24, 1.5
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  • 571 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. AUSTRALIAN AND CANADIAN HELP. Melbourne, December 23. Mr. W. Hughes, the Federal Premier, announced to-day that 200,000 tons of i wheat had been sold to the British and French Government. Mr. Andrew Fisher, ex-premier, was accorded an enthusiastic farewell when he left
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  • 28 5 (From Our Own Correspondcni.') Singapore, December 24. General Ridout has been informed by Admiral Grant that there is no intention of oloamg the Saei O&nal.
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  • 612 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. SPEECH BY M. SAZONOFF. RELATIONS WI TH GREECE AND PERSIA. Petrograd, December 23. M. Sazonoff, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, in a strong speech in the Budget Committee of the Duma, said that relations with Greece were now clear in consequence of
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  • 694 5 (Reuter Service). Copyright Telegram. NEARING THE CAPITAL. Petrograd, December 23. Teheran reports that Russian foicas from Save to the south and Engi Imam to the north are engaged at Rabatkerira, 35 versts from the city, with forces under the Emir of Khishmet. The fighting is rapidly approaching
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  • 155 5 (Reuter Service) Copyright Telegram. A GROWING LIST. London, December 24. In the House of Commons..Mr, Asquith announced that the total British casualties to D-cember 9 were In France 317,517 of whom] 4,839 officers and 77.473 men had been kilMt and 1,699 officers and 52,685 men w«M missing. Other
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  • 459 5 FROM DUTCH SOURCES. The following special telegrams are from the Sumatra Post of Wednesday, Thursday and Friday last, December 22, 23 and 24 HOLLAND AND THE WAR. Pacifists Acquitted. The Court at Assen has acquitted the three persons who signed the manifesto urging recruits to refuse
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  • 39 5 The following articles will be found on our outside pages:— Page. 3 —Straits Trading Company. The Roll of Honour. Huttou Lane Tragedy. Random Notes. fi.—Naval Notes. Law and Literatnre. 7-—A Grand Fleet Chaplain’s Note-Book, Trawlers at the Dardanelles.
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  • 954 6 T» Revival of Court-Martial Practice. LoodoD, December 24 Commander Bellairs is to be congratulated on haring at last elicited from the Admiralty the statement that the tradi* tional right of a naval officer to a court martial in the event of the loss of his ship will in
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  • 1852 6 Last Saturday, at Bow Street, Mr. D. H. Lawrence’s new novel The Rainbow was brought before the bench and sentenced to death. Who lodged an information against the book I don’t know. It is conceivable, at a time when the patriotism'of our criminals must leave our policemen
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    • 436 6 NOTICE. The resident councillor win be At Home at The Residency, on Wednesday, the sth January, from 5 p.m. No separate invitations will be issued. (Tennis). 764 -auvwl itmgn?- nw"* ;»v»m MUNICIPAL NOTICE. An ORDINARY MEETING of the Municipal Commissioners will be held at the Municipal Office at 4 p.
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    • 81 6 There are two stages in the status of a preparation sold to the public under recommendation. The first is an experimental purchase, as a trial. If that trial does not produce results the article is not bought again. WOODS’ GREAT PEPPERMINT CORE passed the experimental stage over 20 years ago.
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    • 10 6 For ChroniA Cheat Complaints, Woods' Greet Peppermint Onre Is, 6d.
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    • 48 6 A Clear Head a hearty appetite, sound sleep and good digestion are sure to follow an occasional dose of fsasmsm the tiny laxatives. Gentle as nature. Do not gripe Oi! all chemists, 50 cents per phial, or post free from the Dr. Williams’ Medioine Co., Dept, lo, Singapore.
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    • 998 6 Tronoh South, Ltd. NO. 4 DIVIDEND. A dividend of sixpence per share, free of income tax, has been declared payable in London on the 10th January, 1916. It will be paid locally on the arrival of the list of registered shareholders from London. A. H. FLOWERDEW, General Manager. NOTICE. AN
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  • 1292 7 Min» And Minr-swrrfjbrs. I have noticed in some of the more depressing comic papers many attempts to formulate a joke by playing upon the double meaning of the word mine Now, a mine is not a thing to be joked with—at least, it demands an
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  • 663 7 GALLANT SERVICES OF OUR FISHERMEN. Bt E. Ashmiad Bartlett. What would King Garge ’ave done without these ’ere trawlers This was the historic remark of a West Country skipper as he gazed round the Aegean Sea from the bridge of his trawler, when the submarine scare
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    • 1748 8 B. I. P. O- AND APCAR LINE Mail and Passenger Sex-vices. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL SAILINGS. MAIL SERVICE. Homeward (for Europe.) Outward (for China and Japan.) INTERMEDIATE Homeward for Europe. 8.8. Nellore Feb- 9 as. Mongara Feb 23 8.8. Nore JJar. 23 8.8. Nagoya May 3 DIRECT SERVICE. Outward (for China
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