Straits Echo, 28 December 1915

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  • 36 1 Straits Echo CAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS. CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT TRs Si BAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATE:? AND THE FAR BAST GENERALLY VOL. 13. $24 Per Annuo. PENANG. TUESDAY, 28th DECEMBER, 1915. Single Cost. 10 coils. No. 297
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  • 1856 3 MEALS OF FRENCH AND BRITISH SOLDIERS. WIPERS AND IHK iIORNIWO BaCON North of Franca. From the aspect o£ the mej irify of the G>-rimn p laoners that come iut> our hues the effineucy of their commissariat is open to cousid- nblo doubt, and. at all events, would
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    • 282 3 I >r HUTTON “PINEAPPLE’' HAMS SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE Co.. Ltd.. PEK' ANG. Telegrams Storage. Telephone No. 602. JUS’S- ARRIVE rtf H m 2> -r •V r* g O VL* r* m O oV) o A L:>. a fe> C. C/3 sf o p «5 C A 3 >s.| *g W
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    • 514 3 Anaemia or Poorness of Blood, is far more prevalent than is generally supposed. Men, Women and Children are all liable to suffer. If neglected, serious consequences may result. If taken when the symptoms are first noticed, it is a very simple matter to enrich the blood and so effectually check
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  • 216 4 When vegetable food ferments it eauses »our rising in the throat, the formation of gas in the stomach which distends it and eauses pain often extending to the region of the heart and arousing a fear of heart disease. This condition is called acid a name applied to
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  • 728 4 A Ladt Who Ou«ht to >■ Strafi».” I read the other day that when some members of that admirable body, the Women’s Reserve Ambulance Corps, who had been out all night on ambulance duty amidst the gruesome sights of a Zippelin raid, lighted a soothing cigarette during a
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  • 219 4 Lieutenant Keen was great,” and yet He would look over the parapet; And something smacked him in the bead And he lay down as dead as dead. He sluttered down, all proud and grim, And we set to and buried him AH night he lay and took his rest
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  • 843 4 PROUDEST CITY OF THE WORLD IN GERMAN HANDS. A Comic Romancb. The most popular book of the present Berlin book season has already run into many editions, and the popular demand, according to all accounts, remains unsatisfied. The special correspondent of the Exchange Telegraph Company in
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    • 402 4 The Anglo-Japanese Dispensary, 393 4 395, Chulia Street, n PENANG. l c Qualified Japanese Doctor c always in attendance. j All kinds of Patent Medicines and e Proprietary Articles held in Stock. Pre- l scriptions carefully dispensed. i Attention, Civility and Moderate Charges i guaranteed. PLEASE C1VE DS A TRIAL.
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    • 62 4 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 It also causes wounds to heal without maturation and in one-third the time
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    • 193 4 0 A >flC DOC DOC DOCDOCDOCDOC DOC DOC D0( V O THE MAiNSTAY OF THE CLUB. u o u O n u o 0 0 0 0 0 0 o mu11 8 ~-re£g &.V* If W/ < .O* j N y I/ fcJ >»V. > 'ey o A j. Immm
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  • 862 5  -  (Br T om Wright.) Hidden on tbo after deck in one of those boxes that horses are sometimes shipped in, the two men were playing chess. All others aboard were anxiously watching the movements of a periscope. The steamer was a railway tender, and had speed, but
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  • 263 5 Quarter of a Century’s Progress. On the first of January, 1916, the Koninklyke Paketvaart Maatschappy (Royal Packet Company), locally known under its initials as the K. P. M., will have existed twenty five years. The history of the company has been one of continuous and rapid progress. It
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  • 512 5 The British and Indian troops we»e suffering terribly from the enemy’s sharpshooters. Just when they least expected it, the ping of a rifle would cut the air, like the invi ible lash of a whip. The most mysterious part of it was that the shots
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  • 72 5 Tuesday, 28th December, 1915 Golf Club, 5-45 to 7-15 p m. 1 Selection The Gaiety Kappey 2 Two Step The Jolly Negroes’ Wedding Vollstedt 3 Selection The Market Girl Offenbach 4 Waltz Fiau Luna Lmcke 5 Polka How I Love My Lu Boettger 6 Maroh Th« Electric Wave
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    • 187 5 HANG JOO Co 9 PENANG. Just Received a New Shipment of The JOOCOCLES Guaranteed British-made Turoughout from. Frame to Pedal From Tyre to Saddle Fitted Complete with DUNLOP Tyres, Lamp, Bell, Inflator C Tools. $53-00 Nett. TIANG JOO Co af Sole Importers. METHYLATED SPIRITS! (QUALITY GUARANTEED.) Wholesale Price $3-50 per
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    • 398 5 mm HUBB LEAD OTHERS FOLLOW. ALL 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 SMos. 22 &23 Parts 43 to 46 In these episodes all the scattered threads of the story are gathered together—the
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  • 202 6 Departure From France. D c mb r 27. The departure of Iudi«»s troop* horn France is tevealtd in au iflic al aum uucemeut which says “At a parade cf the I >di*n Army Corps before tinir riepartu>e 1 om K ante H.ii.ll. the Prince of W-»ies delivered
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  • 19 6 London, December 26. King Peter I of Serbia hai arrived in Italy from V ulona.
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  • 60 6 Tuikith Battery Trawler Destroyed. Paris, D. cember 27. A paval communique issued to-day states that while exploring the Qulf of Solum between Egypt and Cyrenaica a French cruiser bombard'd and destroyed a Turkish battery trawler and simultaneously discovered and shelled two large enemy submarines which remained at
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  • 123 6 Fithlir g at Kut. Loadoo, December 27. An account of the fighting at Kut is repot t>d id two de-pitches The first took place on the 24 h iosfc. From 10 o’clock in the morning till past noon the position was heavily shelled and the enemy, having
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  • 93 6 Published daily (except Sunday* and pnfe'i holidays) AT TK* CRITERION, PRESS. Ltd No. 59. Beach Street, Penang Fuca. Daily Local $24 per amn^.; OutatatioD... Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Poat Free) $17.50 CABLB ADDKBBS ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo. 535 Printing Department 343 N d— All buiiMti «wmißuntoßtioa* *houW
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  • 1590 6 As His Holiness the Pope was not speakiug ex cath dra when he mentioned his hopes of peace to the Cardinals who came to bring him their Christmas greetings, we are not called upon to attach any particular significance to the pontifical utterance, except in so
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  • 381 6 DINNER AT THE C. R. C. Mr. Loke Chow Thye's Appeal. Messrs. Loke Chow Thye and Lim Seng Hooi, President and Vice-President of the Chinese Recreation Club, gave a dinner to the member of that Club at the Club premises in Pangkor Road last night. There were about
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  • 26 6 Dec. 23 By Balance $3,277.15 24 Superintendent and Staff, Post and Telegraph Perak 184.52 24 Balance $3,461.67 Amount previously acknowledged 18,558.21 Total ...$22,019,88
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  • 36 6 D?c. 23 By Balance ...$44,578.92 24 Chief Post Office Penang, 12th instalment 50.70 24 Balance 44,629.62 Remitted to London £lO,OOO on 24-2-15... 85,618 73 Total subscription to data .„$130,248.35
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  • 1013 6 A Terrible Indictment. The English race, according to the Vossischv Zeitung, is composed of barbarians who take baths, and have thus unjustly acquired the reputation of being civilised.” Had the writer of this diatribe read Max Mfiller's Lectures on the Science of Language” he might have added "cats”
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    • 482 6 X.OOJK for the FLAG on the ABEL and you will then know you are getting the British Brand. BISS Bl 1' mm BN. v'liM liitl 1 iiltl warn him BRITISH Iff and s /,'ll BEST. w „11"," v ■nr i m\m i in! i urn h i. -•‘'V THE Super
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  • 623 7 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. POSITION OF GREECE. CONTRADICTORY REPORTS. Loudon, December 28 Nowh from Greece is very contradictory. It ia stated that the Greek military authorities, despite the German threats of a post-Christmas advance, believe that the enemy will not enter Greek territory owing to the hesitation
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  • 814 7 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. LULL 8» i'ORC THE STORM Lon oa, December 26, 545 pm. A Paris communique states that the night w*9 quiet along the whole f out. GERMAN TROOP MOVEMENTS. Attack Delayed. According to aivices raieived at Amsterdam from the Belgian frontier the Germans are
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  • 473 7 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. IN FRANCE AND MACEDONIA. London, December 26. Christmas at the Front” is graphically described by Reuter’s special correspondents in France and Macedonia. In France the day broke wet, blowing and cheerless, but at noon the sun struggled through and later it became
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  • 237 7 To-day’s Quotations. Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to-day at $B3, buyers no sellers, in Singapore (refined) at $B3 55, business done, (475 tons sold) and in London at £166 spot and ,£167 three months’ sight. According to the Tsonghoasingpao, one of the many points to be settled at the
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  • 786 7 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. FALSE TURKISH CLAIMS. London, December 26. The Fress Bureau states that recent Turkish reports of the sinking of monitors in the Tigris are untrue. No armed vessel has been sunk except two small river gunboats, the abandonment of which was announced on December 4.
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  • 785 7 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. FINANCIAL CONDITIONS COMPARED. A CONTRAST AND A DIFFERENCE. London, December 27. The Hon. E. S. Montagu, Financial Secretary to the Treasury, interviewed by a correspondent of the New York Tribune made a very favourable comparison of Great Britain’s with Germany’s financial position. He
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  • 421 7 MEETING AT ThE GURDWARA. Aa Interesting Function. The Gurdwara at Brick Kiln Road, whera the Sikhs held thair annual celebration* during the Christmas Holidays, was the scene of a pleasant function yesterday afternoon- Punctually at 2 pm. the Hon ble Mr. A. T- Bryant, Resident Councillor, accompanied by
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  • 336 7 Installation of Lodge Royal Prise* of Wales. The Annual Installation of the above Lodge took place last night in the Freemasons Hall, Northam Road. A large gathering of Freemasons, both of Penang and the other lodges in Malaya, attended the meeting. The Installing Master was Wor. Bro.
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  • 77 7 The following articles will be found on our outside pages Page. 3. —ln the Trenches. 4. —‘'Mrs. Grundy.” Hindenburg's Entry into London Killed.” 5. —K P. M. Anniversary. Hide and Seek with Death. Band Programme. A War Game. S. —Still Babbling of Peace. Money for Germany. Wireless Progress. Armoured
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  • 389 8 TRADE INTRIGUE IN CHINA. 1 Abundance of Gold. c Peking, November IT. t Messages from Europe declaring that < German trade with China has been extin- I guished are seriously misleading. Trade has been affected by the disappearance of i German shipping, but there are still considerable
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  • 246 8 Poldhu to Point Dh Galle In the ruck of war, many things are apt to be overlooked. Recently a statement was made which in ordinary diys would have aroused intense interest. Communication by wireless between Cornwall and Ceylon has, we are told, been definitely established, the installation in
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  • 217 8 CALCUTTA’S NEW PATROL. Check to Taxi Bandits Calcutta, December 10. Just before dusk last evening two powerful armoured motor cars moved out from their garage at headquarters into the streets of Calcutta, each carrying four or five armed men. During the greater part of the night they were
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  • 1008 8 According to telegrams published recently the prospects of pe<*ce are once more under discussion. This Peace Talk is no new thing, and while -Mnerioa seems to have dropped out of it for a while, it is to Switzerland that we turn for news of what is
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  • 971 8 Sixteen months of war have wrought changes in the shipping of this country which neither the optimists expected nor the pessimists forecasted, for tbe former prophesied that an omnipotent navy would preserve maritime connections intact, while the latter held that the threatening proximity of a hostile fleet—the
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  • 123 8 Penang, December 28 (By courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London, Demand Bank 2/4/, 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4{ «9 3 Credit 2/4* 3 Documentary 2/4| Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. 175 3 day s’ sight Private 177 Bombay, Demand Bank 175 Moulmein, Demand Bank 174 3 days’ sight Private 176
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    • 323 8 E.&O. HOTEL. On New Year’s Eve, DECEMBER 31st. A SPECIAL NEW YEAR’S EVE DINNER WILL!;BE SERVED AT 8 P.M. Tables should be booked U in advance. DANCING AFTER DINNER. TOWN BAND IN ATTENDANCE. THE MONTHLY LITERARY AND EDUCATIONAL SUPPLEMENT TO THE National Review NOVEMBER ISSUE will be considerably enlarged and
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    • 43 8 Bad Taste in 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.
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    • 53 8 Unnecessary Words. Why waste words and advertising space in describing the 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 all
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    • 303 8 ESTABLISHED 1874. THE ORIENTAL Government Security Life Assurance Company Ltd. Incorporated ia India. BRANCH OFFICE, SINGAPORE. J. R Macpherson, Secretary S.S. and F.M.S. Total Assets exceed $28,000,000 Claims Paid $26,000,000 LOW RATES. LIBERAL CONDITIONS Apply for Prospectus etc to representatives in Penang. Lim Eu Toh, Merchant, 23, Weld Quay Gnoh
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    • 414 8 FOR SALE. ONE CHESTNUT PONY (mare), regularly ridden by a lady. ONE BAY PONY (mare). Apply to R. SCOTT, 769 a Police Court,. OSAKA SHOSEN KAISHA (OSAKA MERCANTILE STEAMSHIP Co.) (MEMBERS OF POOL AGREEMENT). FOR COLOMBO BOMBAY. The Company’s steamer LTJZOS MARU, is expected to arrive here from Port Swettenham
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  • 1044 9 A DUTCHMAN’S GENIUS. Bitino Satiebs. It is a significant fact that the great cartoonist of the war is a neutral. The fiercest satire upon the Germans comes, not from a Frenchman or a Belgian, but from the native of a country in which Germany is
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  • 415 9 AUSTRIAN POLITICIAN'S BRUTAL SUGGESTIONS. Lbt Thb Million* Staevi.” A member of the Austrian Parliament, Herr Rudolph Keller, editor of the Prager Tageblatt and member of the Pan-German Party, has published a pamphlet advocating the same measures towards bringing the war to a “happy conclusion” as
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  • 422 9 We reprint the following original epitaphs contributed by'* Nicolas” to the competition on this subject in a recent number of the Saturday Westminster. I. j Here lies, but seven years old, our little maid: j Once of the darkness oh so sore atraid. Light of the World —remember
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    • 12 9 For Children's Hacking Cough at Night, Woods' Great Peppermint Curo, Is 6d
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    • 1124 9 WANTED. or by ROOMS, furnished with or without Board Any distance from Town. Write particulars to NINNO 761 c/o Straits unfurnished Gentleman. Echo. Important Auction Sale. TO LET “T?ROM 1st May, 1916. premises Nos. 27 Jj and 27a. Beach Street, at present occupied by Messrs. Huttenbach Bros. Co. Suitable for
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  • 924 10  -  By Admiral Sir Cyprian Bridge, G.C.B. THEIR IMPORTANCE IN WAR. The principle and the laws of both naval and military strategy are the same. In the application of them there may sometimes be a seeming difference, but it is seeming only and not real or essential. By both sea
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  • 943 10 GERMANY ORGANISING FOR AN INDUSTRIAL CAMPAIGN. A Trade Entente Following Herr Bailin's natural detire to avoid a tariff war after the end of the conflict on the battlefield, it is interesting to read the following article which a commercial corrtspondent tends to a London contemporary We hear
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    • 70 10 Whooping Cough. When your child has whooping cough be careful to keep the cough loose and expectoration easy by giving Chamberlain’s Cough Kemedy 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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  • 1988 11 AMERICA’S FAMOUS GOLDENRULE STATESMAN. Loathino ow Qmb, mart. One day, when some Americana were bemoaning the trials which Abraham Lincoln had to endure during his presidency, Richard Watson Gilder remarked, "Lincoln had one compensation at the White House —John Hay.” Again, in exchanging confidences with 1 Lord
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    • 209 11 DAVID CORSAR 8 SON’S Well-Known Extra Navy Canvas, No. 0. SANDILANDS. BUTTERY 8 Co. TheEastern United Assurance Corporation Ltd. Head Office: SINGAPORE. The undersigned has been appointed Agent for the above Corporation, and is now prepared to accept MARINE V FIRE RISKS atcurrent rates. QTJAH BENG KEE, 43. Beach Street,
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    • 48 11 The Children's Colds. Watch the children’s colds and cure them before they weaken the vitality. Use Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy freely. It is perfectly safe. It has been tested by chemists and pronounced free from injurious snbstanoes and oosts but a trifle. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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    • 295 11 r=» BY APPOINTMENT TO H. M. THE KINC NESTLE CHOCOLATE FOR THE FRONT. Having been requested by several Residents in the Malay Peninsula to send parcels of Nestle Chocolates to relatives or friends at the Front, we have now Bade arrangements to send parcels from our London Office on the
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