Straits Echo, 14 January 1916

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    36 1 Straits Echo mtX CMRCN,CIE W 'W- ATINv HROO6BPUT S h; THE FEDERATED «AIAY STAI I3S AND THE FAR BAST SB.NERALtV VOL. 14. $24 Per Amnia PKNANG, FRIDAY, 14th JANUARY, 1916. Single Copy, 10 cents. No. 11.
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      1171 1 For Cars on Hire EM PIRE “The Lillie Ariatoex.i t all at or 'phone (No. 694) to Georgetown Motor Garage 7\ Penang Road. 9 4 N K 3 Chartered Bank of India. Australia and Chi^a. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER. j Paid up Capital Reserve Fuad [Reserve Liability or Proprietors Head
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    The Assizes.
    1985 3 A Charge that Failed. The hearing of the case against Poun Ah Ki, Poun Ah Tit, Kuan Ah Tong and Y<>on Ah K ng, who were charged before Mr. Justice L P- Ebden and a common jury in the Supreme Court with assembling lor the puipose of gang
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      1022 3 For a Short Season Only. The Malay Opera Coy. OF MALACCA AT THE KISG STREfcT 1HEA RE HALL, PENANG. TO-NIGHT TO NIGHT HAWAI MAJLIS WILL BE STAGED. Our actors and actresses are Stars of the Banjsawan world. Miss Gaffor The famous Prima Donna, AND Md. Yusof Abu Bakar, The Renowned
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      522 3 L> sfnut i^lBecause of its delicate aroma and sweetness of flavour Sweet Chestnut Tobacco assures that pleasing contentment. THE CRITERION OF QUALITY. .■>V vVj L- --V*. \> A\s. 3 iF. A'tv'wTOß t 1 US Jb iKMI I f. -5a v V:^ si -1 I H J •3... T i. a
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    THE STRAITS ECHO.
    97 4 Published daily (except Sunday* ud public holidays) AT TMM CRITERION PRESB. Ltd. No. 59. Beach Street, Penang Fuom. Duly Local M 924 per aanwm Omtatation... Postage Extra. Hail Editioa (Poet Free) 917.50 OABLM ADDEEIS ECHO—PENANG." Telephone Nos. (Echo, 586 Printing Department 345 N 6 All fcuataaaa «•nßQDiMtioa*
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    THE DOMINIONS AND THE WAR.
    1390 4 Mr. W. Runciman, President of the Board of Trade, speaking on behalf of the Government, adopted a non-committal attitude towards the resolution moved in tbe House of Commons on Wednesday by Mr. W. A. S. Hewins calling for closer co-operation between the Mother-country and the
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    M. A. P.
    1001 4 t Mr. F. T. Clarke has been gazetted 1 Inspector of Education, Penang. It is stated that Mr. Hsu Shih-Kwang has been appointed Director-General of j River Conservancy throughout China in succession to Mr. Chang Chien. t Our Kuala Lumpur correspondent wires 3 that Second-Lieutenant K. V.
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    983 4 A Useful Bevival. Officers in the Royal Navy will be unfeignedly glad to learn that there is to be a court-martial regarding the loss of the Natal and will hope that one will also be held regarding the King Edward VII. Mr. Churchill’s action in abolishing the old
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      175 4 oe 30C 3C ALLEN DENNYS A CO.. Penang, rubber brokers, PROPRIETORS OP f! THE PENANG RUBBER AUCTION ROOMS. S0LBS HELD EVERY TUESDAY 1 RUBBER bought or sold by PUBLIC AUCTION or PRIYAT* TEND!* FORWARD SALES ARRANGED. RUBBER trnnnhippnd »nd insured to any PORT at si dim am rates. RUMEN SALE
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    THE COMPULSION BILL.
    2187 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. DEBATE IN THE COMMONS. London, January 12. In the House of Commons Sir. Ellis Griffith (Liberal Member for Anglesey) attacked the opponents of jthe Compulsion Bill. He said that he had been told that he was acting against the traditions of his party.
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    Tin and Rubber.
    263 5 To-day’s Qaotatioas. Messrs. Boustead A Co. inform us that the following is the quotation for Rubber on Spot in London Plantation Ist latex erdpe, 3/Bf. Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to-day at $B6, busines done, in Singapore (refined) at $86.50, business done (220 tons sold) and in
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    THE WESTERN THEATRE.
    572 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. BOMBS ON DUNKIRK. London, January 13. 1.30 a.m. A Paris communique reports that two seaplanes dropped eight bombs on Dunkirk, doing insignificant damage. FRENCH OPERATIONS. Effective Artillery Werk. London, January 12. A Paris communique states that the French batteries dispersed the German working
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    THE BALKANS.
    632 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. LANDING AT CORFU. PROVISIONAL OCCUPATION. Athens, January 13. A French force has been landed at Corfu I for the provisional occupation of the island. Further ships are cruising around Corfu. Okjeet of tke Laa*iag. Athens, January 13—Later. It is understood that the landing at
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    TROUBLE IN CHINA.
    300 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. A THREE-DAYS ENGAGEMENT. CANTON REBELS ROUTED. Hongkong, January IS. There has been sanguinary engagement, lasting three days, between the Chinese Government troops and the rebels at Canton. The rebels fought till their ammunition was exhausted and then used bombs, XTltimately the rebels were
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    Singapore Salvage Case.
    94 5 ItUrtitiii Alaitiioi Uaiir CrassEnaiutiot.,1 (From Our Own Correspondent^ Singapore, January 14. Mr. Vincent Down and others Md tlw East Asiatic Company, claiming $10,000 for the salvage of 300 cases of rubber which the plaintiffs found floating in the sea, having been upset from a twakow, Mr. Down
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    Belgian Relief Fund.
    51 5 Jan. 11 By Balance 780.14 13 Mr. Hellier 18.00 Malakoff New Tear Sports ,m 61.00 A Handsome Friend 10y00 The European Employees of the Malakoff Rubber Co Ltd., and the Malakoff Plantations Co., Ltd., monthly subscription 180.00 Jan. 18 By Balance 991.14 Amount previously acknowledged 28,216.50 Total
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    Outside.
    40 5 The following articles will be found on our outside pages: Page. 3.—The Assizes. 6. —The Colony’s Defences. Though China. A State Town. Ofcinese Volunteers. Acheen Street Tragedy. 7. —The Man whose Wife Laughed. Monastir’s Agony. Ofllcial Salaries in France.
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    Acheen Street Tragedy.
    1017 6 A Ybedict of Murder. The inqueat into the death of Kbor Hian and Kbor Pian was held yesterday afternoon ip .Vhe Second Court by Mr. EE ColfiiisSb and a Coroner’s jury* Inspector I McLernon conducted the ir quest. 1 f Medical Evidence. I, Dr. Junichuo Ando stael
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    A State Town.
    948 6 GOVERNMEN I’-OWNHD HOMES AND StiOt’S. Public Beds, Beef, Be r. ’Buses. fcj mewhere in Britain. Great Britam’s fi- st national ninerna 1 theatre stood on our left hand; beyond it our fi st national grocery shop. A stone’stbrow away weie tue sites of the first national laundry
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    Through China.
    1993 6 A TRIP TO SWAT4.U. < 1 Superstition b Death. Says a o*>rrt spoudeut to tbe Malay Mail By a local 2,000 tons boat we lett Hongkong for Swatau at 2 pm. on DrC 14:b, arriving at the rising seaport of Southern Ouiua tUe next day at 7 a.m
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    The Colony's Defences.
    1308 6 Thb Reserve Force Bill. Apparently the Reserve Force Ordinance is not working quite smoothly in Singapore, for the Free trett says The present time may be taken as creating a convenient opportunity of referring generally to the recently passed Reeerve Force Bill, as it has now been
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    Chinese Volunteers
    527 6 Th* Governor's Appreciation. The General Officer Cammandiug is commanded by His Excellency the Governor to communicate to the Officers, Non-Commis-sioned Officers and men of the Chinese Company Singapore Volunteer Corps His Excellency’s appreciation of the good work done by the Chinese Company, and to express his pleasure at
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    Monastir's Agony.
    912 7 Last Sqnnbi in thi Doomnd Town. (From A Special Correspondent■) Monastir, November 19, I have at last arrived here after a week's journey across Albania. The streets are gloomy and deserted. The shop fronts are closed. The few passing Serbians I meet are all armed. Old and young
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    The Man Whose Wife Laughed.
    1107 7 TRIAL3 OF AN ARMLETEER. By “Group 46.” You. of all men laughed my wife derisively. 1 Explain yourself,” I demanded. “Am I different from other men? Am I afflicted? A.m I halt Ami She interrupted, mimicking my indignation. It he rheumatic in damp weather P
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    Official Salaries in France.
    705 7 As an overhauling process of the very highly salaried officials—especially of lawyers goes on in Eoglaud, it may be I actuality to speak of the greater I economy practised in France through the last contury and a quarter. The French have now no civil list beyond
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