Straits Echo, 10 January 1916
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Title Section36 1916-01-10 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS. CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THS STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STAT.' S AND THE FAR BAST GENERALLY VOL. 14. $24 Per Anrwra PENANG, MONDAY, 10th JANUARY, 1916. Siftlle Coyy, 10 cents. No. 7.36 words
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Advertisement1006 1916-01-10 1 For*Cars on.,Hire BANKS EMPIRE "The Little Aristocrat Call at or ’phone (No. 694) to Georgetown Motor Garage 7 A Penang Road. Just Unpacked A New Shipment of Motor and Cycle Accessories. Repairs of Motor Cars and Cycles undertaken by expert Mechanics. Largest Dealers in Motor Accessories and Oil Motor Car1,006 words
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Advertisement23 1916-01-10 2 DRINi'k 9 m 3? >•> t*K Ki a si 'W CD* *6 CONNOISSEURS AS THE -1 BRAND ON the MARKET. SOLE AGENTS: LTD., PENANG23 words
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289 1916-01-10 3 A New Discovert. Thin men and women—that big, hearty, filling dinner you ate last night. What beall the fat-producing,nourishment it contained P Tou haven’t gained in weight one ounce. That food passed from your body like unburned coal through an open grate. The289 words
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Article2557 1916-01-10 3 Mr. John Buchan in the eighth Volume of Nelson’s interesting History of the War writes as follow* at the conclusion of a chapter headed “A Year of War.” A great war usually throws up a great soldier or a statesman, but not necessarily at the beginning.2,557 words
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Article268 1916-01-10 3 Tho Consul General iu China sends the Straitt Times the following copy of a telegram which he received at 9 a.m., on Friday, from the Foreign Office at Peking —Tang Chi yao and Jen Ko cheng of Yunnan who formerly supported the constitutional monarchy and who268 words
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Advertisement394 1916-01-10 3 NOTICE. WE hereby give notioe that Low Chong Hooi severed his connection with us on the 31st December, 1915 and that we will not be responsible for any debt or transaction that may be contracted or carried out by him on and after that date. 14 CHOP GIM JOO. MUNICIPAL394 words
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Advertisement64 1916-01-10 3 Cro«). Every young child is susceptible to croup. Don’t wait until this dreadful disease attacks your little one before you prepare for it. It comes in the night when chemists’ shops are usually closed, and this alone should be warning. Get and keep Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy on hand. It never64 words
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Advertisement88 1916-01-10 3 Straiftht st It. There is no use of our beating around the bush.” We might as well out with it first as last. We want jou to try Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy the next time you have a cough or cold. There is no reason so far as we can see88 words
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Advertisement633 1916-01-10 3 Debility When you feel limp and washed out, weary and fatigued with no inclination for exertion—your body is in a run-down condition—you are debilitated. You need something to put fresh “go” into you —you need a fortnight's Iron 'Jelloids' treatment English price Unequalled as a tonic restorative, Iron 'Jelloids' are633 words
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Article4164 1916-01-10 4 [By Goykkyor or Hovokono The anoient legends of all nations of the earth bear such a striking resemblance to each other that we are led to believe that at one period the whole human family was of one creed and one language. To re-oonstruct the primal creed and4,164 words
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Advertisement35 1916-01-10 4 Sick Hadachc. Sick headache in caused bj a disordered •toiracb. Take Chamberlain's Tablets and the headaches will disappear. They alt just what you need to correct the trouble* Ftf sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.35 words
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Advertisement48 1916-01-10 4 A Clear Head a hearty appetite, sound sleep and good digestion are sure to follow an occasional dose of QEiMiZS the tiny laxatives. Gentle as nature. Do not gripe Of all chemists, 50 cents per phial, or post free from the Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co., Dept, lc, Singapore.48 words
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Advertisement315 1916-01-10 4 The World’s Family Medicine ssassi qualities. Between the man, called cure, for digcrfhre disorder, “",1 T”"*''*' 11 remedy there U a wide gulf. The undoubted superiority end efficacy of Beecham’s Pills rest upon the fact that they are scientifically prepared from the Finest re e in the vegetable kingdom for315 words
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Article125 1916-01-10 5 Pbnano, January 10 (By courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London, Demand Bank 2/4/, ti 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4$ m 3 Credit 2/4f 3 Documentary 2/4* J Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. 174* 3 days’ sight Private 1761 Bombay, Demand Bank 174} Moulmein, Demand Hank 174 3 days’ sight Private125 words
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Article773 1916-01-10 5 (Renter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. ITS PROVISION'S. London, January 7. The Compulsion Bill provides that every Britisher, ordinarily resident in Great Britain, Irom 18 to 41, who is uhmarned or a widower without childten dependent on him, should be deemed as from the appointed date duly enlisted for773 words
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Article486 1916-01-10 5 FROM DUTCH SOURCES. The following special telegrams are from the Sumatra Pott of Friday and Saturday, January 7 and 8 HOLLAND AND THE WAR. The Overseas Trust. The work of the Netherlands Overseas Trust is encountering so many difficulties at present that it is doubtful whether it486 words
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100 1916-01-10 5 Jan. 5 By Balance ...$45,901.47 7 Govt. Servants in the Dist. of Balek Pulau 13th contribution... 11.51 Staff of Messrs. Adamson GilfiUan Co. Ltd. 12th instalment 102.25 Wassiamull Assomull A Co. and employees 30,00 Tollaram Dholiamall A Co, and employees 27.50 J. O.100 words
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Article26 1916-01-10 5 Jan. 3 By Ralph Scott monthly subscription $25 R. B. Osborne Jan. subs. 25 Hon. A. T. Bryant monthly subs. 100 $150.26 words
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Article64 1916-01-10 5 Followiag are the Agenda for to-morrow’s meeting of the Municipal Commission 1. Minutes of last meeting to be read and confirmed. 2. Any special business the President may bring forward. 3. Questions. 4 Some bills to be passed. 5. Application to join Provident Fund. 6. Deed of Exchange64 words
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Advertisement775 1916-01-10 5 FOR SALE ONE SEA-GOING Ste'm Launch Taishun in excellent condition Length 24 feet; Beam 8 feet; Tonnage, 27. For particulars and price apply to THE EASTERN TRADING Co., 35, Pitt Street. 3 8 NOTICE OF SALE. BY ORDER OF THE MORTGAGEE, The undersigned is instructed to take possession and put775 words
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Advertisement171 1916-01-10 5 mtl For a Short Season Only. ire 'I The Malay Opera Coy. OF MALACCA uAT THE K!£G STREET THE4-RE HALL, PENANG. TO-NIGHT TO-NIGHT!! Guftong Sari Part II. S WILL BE STAGED Our actors and actresses are Stars of the Bangsawan world, e Miss Gaffor lt The famous Prima Donna, AND171 words
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Advertisement10 1916-01-10 5 For Chronic Chest Complaints, Woods' Croat Peppermint Core Is, 6d.10 words
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Advertisement396 1916-01-10 5 F D D 0 D D D 0 n. LEAD OTHERS FOLLOW ALL, DEALERS. TO-NIGHT! TO-NIGHT M The Electric Polyscope Co., Lyceum Theatre, Argyll Road. The Night Riders of Petersham Parts 3 The thrill of thrills. The most thrilling feat of daring ever shown on a screen. One of the396 words
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Article, Illustration92 1916-01-10 6 Tablialiad <Sfc.Ot (except Sondey* &u<i cs’-' holidays) XV TUS CRITERION PRESS. Ltd No. 59. Beach Street, Penang PftICB. Daily Local $24 per aanics Outatation... Postage Extra. Hail Edition (Post Froe) $17.50 CABLS iDDRtSI ECHO—PENANG Telephone No*. (Echo, 586 Printinj, Department 343 Nd. —All kui:nMi e*:o»unitst,o2« should t«92 words
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Article1327 1916-01-10 6 Sir Johu Simon has had a truly meteoric career since ho lift Oxford, where he w is President of tbo Union ia 1896 and a contemporary and friendly rival of F. E. Smith at Wadham. In those twenty years —he is not yet forty-three—he has built up1,327 words
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Article836 1916-01-10 6 Mr. W. S. Gibson proceeds to A lor S*ar to-dav to tak° up the appointment of Legal Adviser to the G «vernmont. of Kedah Mr. M- S. Arathoon, who has resided in the Colony for nine-and-a-half years, has become naturalised as a British subj ct. It is836 words
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Article973 1916-01-10 6 For the Colours. One feat which the Russians in the 0 casus have performed, as the Serbians a, against the Austrians—that of captg n the colours of the enemy—can never be complished by the armies operating the British troops. For our regiment» f loDger carry their colours into973 words
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Advertisement234 1916-01-10 6 r»-' 5 > -it The Rose by any other name would smell as sweet. Another New Shipment of Piesse and Lubin’s Well-known Perfumery just received 4 oz eize 50 ct >. 1£ oz size (cut glass) $1.50 a bottle. A special feature of the Bijou Pei fume is that one234 words
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Article674 1916-01-10 7 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. NO L SS OF LIFE. Loudon, January 9, It is officially announced that tbo battleship King Edward VII struck a mine and owing to a heavy sea had to be adandonel She sank shortly afterwards. The crew were taken off. There was no674 words
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Article594 1916-01-10 7 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. BRP ISH OPERATIONS London, January 7. Sir Douglas Haig reports that yesterday morning (he enemy made a bombing attack f supported by artillery, about the Armentieres—Lille railway, but were driven off. Our artillery co-day bombarded various points of the enemy lines, damaging the594 words
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Article548 1916-01-10 7 (Reuter Service). Copyright Telegram. CZARTORYSK CAPTURED. Petrograd, January 7. The Russians have captured Czartorysk and also the heights two verst3 westwards of the town The ciunter-attaeksj with a view of recapturing the town failed. North-east of Czernowitz the Austrians attacked with gas and then with infantry but548 words
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Article675 1916-01-10 7 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. London, January 9. Gallipoli has been completely evacuated j Ths Dardanelles. s Sir lan Hamilton's Despatch. j London, January 7. Sir lau Hamilton, in his despa'ch concerning the situation at Suvla on the morning of August 8, the landing having taken place oa the675 words
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Article538 1916-01-10 7 (Renter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. DISCOVERY AT AUSTRIAN CONSULATE. London, Januaiy 8 A Salonika telegram states that a search of the Austrian Consulate led to the dhcovery of 180 rifles and 150 revolvers, cartridges, 3 explosives, Turkish uniforms and flags, and armlets bearing the Crescent, which were evidently538 words
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Article47 1916-01-10 7 (From Our Own Correspondent). Singapore, January 8. The First Officer Scott, of the steamer Katong, and his wife were found insensible in their room at the Sea View Hotel. They are still unconscious after thirty hours in hospital. The affair is surrounded in mystery.47 words
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Article204 1916-01-10 7 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. CUSTOMS STATION LOOTED. Hongkong, January 8. A hundred armed raiders, styling themeelves revolutionaries, attacked and looted the Yin Tin customs station, near Shatokok in the new territories They wounded a Chinaman and ordered the Europeans to proceed to Hongkong where they hare arrived204 words
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Article24 1916-01-10 7 To-day’s Quotations Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to-day at $85 25, business done and in Singapore (refined) at $84 75, buyers no sellers.24 words
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Article503 1916-01-10 7 The following articles will be found on our outside pages Page. 3 —Arms and the Men. The Ravolt in Chiua. 4. —lrish Superstitions. 5. —January Meeting. 8. —About Singapore United. Rubber Reflections. Cigarettes for the Troops. Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Fund. 10.—German Patents in Britain; 11—Austria’s Exit. Principles and Politics.503 words
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Obituary39 1916-01-10 7 Obituary. Lord Buraham. London, January 9. The death has taken place at the age of 81 of Lord Burnham, principal proprietor of the Daily Telegraph. Ada Rehaa. The death has taken place of th8 celebrated actress Miss Ada Rehaa.39 words
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Article, Illustration1844 1916-01-10 8 Concluding Dat. A larger attendance, improved weather conditions, and decidedly better racing marked the concluding day of the January meeting. The Tote too paid more liberal dividends. In the griffin class neither Petit nor Dum Dum had any difficulty in winning their races. As showing the mixed character1,844 words
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Article478 1916-01-10 8 State went. Subscriptions to the Soldiers’ aud Sailors’ Families’ Association, by the Kedah Volunteers (Alor Star) and tbeir adherents. Last Quabter of 1914 By Subscriptions $1,259.10 Total $1,259.10 To Bank Drafts for £145 $1,240 09 Expenses 4UI Balance carried forward 15.00 Total $1,259.10 1915. By Balance478 words
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Article199 1916-01-10 8 It will be remembered that towards tbe end of last year the management of the E. &O. Hotel organised a concert, in which Mrs. Christie and a member of local amateurs appeared, for the purpose of sending some cigarettes to tbe troops fighting at the Dardanelles.199 words
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Article1105 1916-01-10 8 Major-General Ivor Philipps D.S.O., M P., Commander F. W. Chaine, R.N., E. H. Parry, John Turner, and A. G. Wright are all eminently respectable persons, and we have not even the shadow of a personal objection to any or either of them, says the btraitt Timet of1,105 words
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Article946 1916-01-10 8 Yesterday’s Singapore share market report referred to a rush for dollar rubber shares, says Saturday’s Malay Mail. A striking feature of the past few months has been the failure of the share market fully to respond to the advances in the price of the commodity. The price of946 words
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Article294 1916-01-10 8 A Natal Team t. Pkeajto Volunteers. A very pleasant contest took place on the Rifle Range on Sunday Morning. The conditions were—a sighter and seven counting spots each at 200, 500 and 600 y&rdß uuder N. R. A. Rules, the sides being composed of 10 persons but only294 words
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Advertisement50 1916-01-10 8 Middle-aged people are often afflicted with that distressing ailment, windy spasms, they seem to cut like a knife. Sufferers should get a bottle of WOODS’ GREAT PEPPERMINT CORE, The very first dose will bring relief and prove its value. Sold by Dispensaries and Stores everywhere at SO cents per bettle.50 words
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Advertisement42 1916-01-10 8 Do You Cough 7 Don’t overstrain the fine membrane of your throat in trying to dislodge the phlegm. Ch imberlain’s Cough Remedy will accomplish this for you, and cure the oold that is causing it. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.42 words
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Advertisement358 1916-01-10 8 WANTED. A SECONDHAND English or French made Motor Car in good condition. Two or four seater. Price about $1,500. Send fall particulars to No. 69, 22 c/o Strait» Echo Office. WANTED. A CHINESE SALESMAN for Import business useless to apply unless having at least some years of experience in this358 words
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Advertisement510 1916-01-10 9 METHYLATED SPIRITS! (QUALITY GUARANTEED.) Wholesale Price $3-50 per tin of 4 gellons. Retail price 20 cents per quart bottle. OBTAINABLE AT CHEAH KEE EE Co., 56, China Street, Penang. PENANG LIBRARY. (Opposite St. Church.) Comprises some 20,000 Volumes, including the valuable Logan Library of Literature dealing fp with Malaya and510 words
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Article956 1916-01-10 10 245 ENGLISH LICENCES TO WORK THEM. Important Industries Established. One of tha commercial problems of the war has been the position of enemy patents in Great Britain, says the Daily New» To the Patent Office has fallen the duty of ensuring that enemy inventions should continue956 words
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Advertisement331 1916-01-10 10 The New Lever Pocket Self-Filling A Idt aterman BA'.-.; m iii i Fountain Pen That little lever fills the pen in a moment. Ask any up-to-date Stationer or Jeweller to show you this latest model of a world-famous pen. DC ALLEN DENNYS A CO., Penang, RUBBER BROHE^S, PKOPKIETOKS Or THE331 words
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Advertisement166 1916-01-10 10 f u n n 0 n n C\ ~ZDxnnc DOC INSURE YOUB DOC Dnnn Motor Cars Motor Cycles 0 LJ n r~» j o a a r\ u a r\ Commercial Vehicles with the Company that specialises in MOTOR INSURANCE. rHE MOTOR UNION INSURANCE COMPANY. LIMITED. (Under the auspices of166 words
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Article897 1916-01-10 11 HER FUTURE A 8 GERMANY’S VASSAL. By a Diplomatic Cobbbspobdbbt. We here been informed that Germany and Austria-Hungary are about to form a Cuatoma UnioM—a kind of Zollverein. That news ia extremely significant. It presages the disappearance of the Dual Monarchy as an independent State. Politically and militarily897 words
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Article1137 1916-01-10 11 By Gbobob A. B. Dnwan. A little while ago I lit by chance in the paper on a statement by Captain Guest, M. P., which much surprised me. He seems to have been reproved by some local party caucus in Dorsetshire for supporting National Service; and, in1,137 words
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Advertisement62 1916-01-10 11 Core That Covgh. When you have troublesome oougb. it does not mean that you hare consumption or that you are going to have it, but it does mean that your lungs are threatened, and it is just as well to be on the safe side and taks Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy62 words
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Advertisement434 1916-01-10 11 The Eastern United Assurance Corporation Ltd. Head Offioe: SINGAPORE. The undersigned has been appointed Agent for the above Corporation, and is now prepared to accept MARINE fi? FIRE RISKS atcurrent rates. QUAH BENG KEE, 43. Beach Street. Peuauq. ESTABLISHED 1874. THE ORIENTAL Government Securitj Life Assurance Company Ltd. Iaeorporated ia434 words
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Advertisement284 1916-01-10 11 If” 21 =3E 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 Cnocoiates to relatives or friends at the Front, we have now made arrangements to send parcels from our London Office284 words
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Advertisement1818 1916-01-10 12 P. O.—B. I. AND APCAR LINE Mail and Passenger Services. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL SAILINGS. MAIL SERVICE. omeward (for Europe.) Outward (for China and Japan) Due PeDang Steamer. Connecting with Jan. 10 Jan. 21 Feb. 4 Feb. 18 Mar. 3 Mar. 17 Mar. 31 Apr. 14 Sardinia Namur Nankin Novara Malta1,818 words
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