Straits Echo, 18 January 1916

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1 1 Straits Echo
  • 36 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS. CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS. THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR BAST GENERALLY VOL# 14-# $24 Per Annum PENANG, TUESDAY, 18th JANUARY, 1916. Jink C W, II Mats. No. 14.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 1022 1 For Cars on Hire BANKS. EMPIRE "The Little Ariitocrai'* 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
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    • 92 2 DRINK THE V. urn i?m 85? £V.i ;';j a mi iu Wffil &:g% «fey la *8 aa i.il SV-\ ’-dW 55 &SfcI fi&sj MxrsfJ $4|1 *-V;3« ■Hf. •ww* n \L<£iiilinr rasa f n itfi vm R ft *w 1 MV.lJ '4' ISr -r «**♦>? g-3fc m fc’iS p?3 jr-rt 1
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  • 1262 3 FURTHER ISSUE OF SHARES. Annual Report. The following is the report of the Perak River Rubber Co. to be presented at the Annual General Meeting on February 1 Gentlemen, Your Directors have the pleasure to submit their Report and the Accounts for the year
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  • 277 3 The followmg was the result of the shooting at Kampong Bahru yesterday Del. Firing. *E CD X Gu co rs vt; ►> co 'o a. c> ’s.© E” 1 O to pxO w* ©I Mrs Hulme-Sharp 30 30 2< 88 Miss Mathieu 28 24 29 81 Mrs Sproule 27
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 664 3 oc DOC Palmer Cycle Tyres British and Best. fi R. T. REID Co., SOLE AGENTS 23. BEACH STREET. PENANC. I3QC: >oc I jpODO Co., Ltd. u* The Original and Best BOMBAY BUTTER Made by the BRITISH EXPRESS DAIRY. SOLE AGENTS FOR F.M.S. 81 S.S. PRITCHARD 8 Co., Ltd., p 8
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    • 411 3 Sweet Because of its delicate aroma and sweetness of flavour Sweet Chestnut Tobacco assures that pleasing contentment. THE CRITERION OF QUALITY. L m n n /a m CN- 1 L pi VO«^ |s«; W 0> *<s To-night! T o-night!! The Electric Polyscope Co Lyceum Theatre, Argyll Road. DETECTIVE HAYES 20
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  • 86 4 Pvblmbftd daily (except Sunday* tnd puVar holidays) AT T*B CRITERION PRESS. Ltd No. 59. Beach Street, Penang FftICB. Daily Local $24 per urw:. Omtstation... Postage Exti-a. Mail Edition (Poet Free) $17.50 CABI.B ADD**»» ECHO—PENANG Telephone No*. (Echo, 555 Printing Department 343 N li —AH ku»i»«M e*nsßiua'.c«tiop» «ho’;!»!
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  • 414 4 Very welcome is the news that General Sarrail is to take supreme command of the Frer.ch and British forces in Macedonia, He is a brilliant commander and is credited by some of the most competent authorities with having played a much more important put in the defeat
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  • 595 4 Five and forty years ago to-day King William of Prussia was proclaimed German Emperor in the Hall of Mirrors, in the Palace of Versailles. The Court preacher read the Lord’s Prayer and a Litany the 21st Psalm followed and then the chaplain delivered a sermon on the
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  • 59 4 To-dAy's Quotations. Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to-day at $B5 25, buyers no sellers, in Singapore (refiued) at 585.37|, buyers no sellers, and in London at .£173 15s. spot and £175 three months’ sight. Messrs. Boustead Co. inform us that the following is the quotation for Rubber
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  • 26 4 Double Company Authorised. We hear that the Colonial Government has authorised the formation of a Double Company (250) of Chinese Volunteers in Penang.
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  • 54 4 The s.s. Novara is expected to arrive here about 3 p.m. on Saturday the 22nd instant, and to sail about 10 p.m the same day. Outward Mail Steamer. The s.s. Namur is expected to leave Colombo about the 22nd instant, and is therefore due here about the
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  • 108 4 Two Constables Killed. Telegraphic information has been received in Ipoh of a gang robbery, attended by murder, which took place near Klian Intan, Upper Perak, on Saturday night. It appears, from what we gather, that a Malay corporal and constable were conveying a sum of
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  • 561 4 Mr. Ralph Scott proceeds to Singapore to-day to taka up the appointment of District Judge in the Southern Settlement. Sir Thomas de M. Braddell, Chief Judicial Commissioner of the F.M 8., is now well in his sixtieth-year, having been born on Novembor 25, 1856. Yet nobody suggests
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  • 255 4 Field Day ia the Proviaee. A first joint operation of the two Malay Companies took place last Sunday in the Province. Second-Lieut. Osborue left Penang at 7 a.m. with an Island force, to drive back an advance-guard consisting of the Province Company; which in accordance with the general
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  • 968 4 D. C. M." The absurd way in which abbreviation, are used in these days is illustrated bj story of a man, who wrote from France that he had got the D.C.M. His late mate, n once subscribed for a suitable preie nt imagining it was a distinguished conduct
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 113 4 LOOK for the on the LABEL and you will then know you are getting the British Brand. i i |l V I I'i *5 SB» “tew 1 ms II!:!! ill! i ra! I v I’.aV Wm for :'.v f!, ’•1 Ir £*m Safe: ;!i V b R 11 r h
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  • 1485 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. AFFAIRS IN CORFU. AUSTRIAN CONSUL ARRESTED. Athens, January 17. It is semi-offifially announced that the Austrian Consul at Corfu and the Agent of the Austrian Lloyd have b f en arrested. Certaia Prohibitions. The Prefect of Corfu reports that entry to and departure of
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  • 686 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. AUSTRO GERMAN WITHDRAWAL. ACROSS THE STRYPA. Petrograd, January 17. The Austro-Germau withdrawal across the Strypa is of a very precarious character. The Russians attacked very violently. One enemy division, which was neirly tbe whole day withdrawing, lost nearly half its effectives Russian Recuperation.—
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  • 922 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. REQUEST BY JAPANESE GOVERNMENT. Lmdon, January 17. The Times correspondent at Peking states that the Japanese Minister has informed the Foreign Office that, circumstances having arisen reudiriug it, iac rjvanieat; for the Emperor of Japau to receivi the Chines? Special Envoy at this
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  • 737 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. BRITISH PROGRESS. London, January 17 The British relieving force continues to i draw nearer and nearer to Kut el-Amara Mr. Austen Chamberlain, Secretary of State for ludia, announced that the British carried the Waddi position on January 15 to which the Turks had retired
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  • 47 5 ihe following articles will be found on our outside pages: Page. 3- —Perak River Valley Rubber Co. Ltd. P L. R. C 6 —The Assizes. Racing in Siam. Naval Notes. New Year Hopes in China. 7. —The Truant. 8. —The Balkan Situation. 9. —Three Neglected Books.
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  • 42 5 Jan. 14 By Balance ...$46,416.08 17 Staff of Messrs. Brown Phillips and Stewart, December Subscription 65.00 “E W. J.” 100.00 17 Balance 46,581.08 Remitted to London £10,000 on 24-2-15... 85,618.73 Total subscriptions to date .,.$132,190.81
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  • 985 5 FUNERAL YES rERDAY. INTErtESTING MALaY CEREMONIES. Distinguished Gathering at Kuala Ksngsar. lue funeral of his late Highness Sir Idris Mersid-eCAazam, o c m.o o.c vo. Sultan of Perak, took place thin afternoon (siya last night’s Times) f Milaya) at Kuala Kangsar, that picturesque little town ua
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  • 1714 6 Dihdjhos Mcxdir Cbsb. The hearing was resumed yesterday after-1 noon in the Supreme Court before Mr. I Justice L P. Ebden and a special jury,! comprising Messrs. C D. Young (Foreman) I IA A Craigen, J, C. Benson, W H. R I Aden. A. S. Hall, D C.
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  • 460 6 Allowing for the financial and social disturbance caused by the war, the race entries for the first meetiug of the present season are eminently satisfactory. One factor i which certainly militates against racing heie is the ever increasing use of the motorcar which of necessity lessens thd
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  • 1097 6 The year that haa gone leaves behind but few j xys its record ia full of gloom f .aadnes8, and tar-reaching calamity. The year 1915 will pass into bistgsy aa the one Black Ye ir ot all time. The wisdom of the world, looked upon
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  • 1404 6 Things Unsaid i» uiviciai* Dispatchm. London, December 15. The story of the destruction of the Ger* man cruiser Konigtberg, as told in the dispatch ot Vice-Admiral M. G King Hall, I, is lemarkable quite as much for what it I, leaves unsaid as lor what it says. It
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  • 120 6 Penang, Januaet 18. (By courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London, Demand Bank 2/4/, 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4| 3 Credit 2/41 8 Documentary 2/4*' Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. 174$ 3 days’ sight Private 176 Bombay, Demand Bank 174$ Moulmein, Demand Bank 173 3 days’ »igbt Private 175 Madras Demand
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 587 6 Ist and 2ad -Floors of 96. Beach Street situated at Corner of Beach attd Market Streets. Apply to 77S SENG KEE Co. Experienced clerk for a Mining Com panj in Renong. Muit have a good knowledge of book-keeping and typewriting and be able to take np the position e< Chief
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    • 36 6 Sick Headache. Sick headache is caused bj a disordered stonracb. Take Chamberlain’s Tablets and the headaches will disappear. 1 hey are just what you need to oorreet the trovhle. For sals by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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    • 14 6 For Children's Hacking Cough at Night, W tods' Great Pepper tint Owe, Is. 6d
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    • 62 6 Core That Co«|k. When you have troublesome cough, it does uot mean that you have consumption or that you are going to have it, but it dges mean that your lungs are threatened, and it is jusl as well to be on the safe side and take Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy
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    • 162 6 I NOTICE OF REMOVAL I THE OFFICES of Mwn. Goh Taik Ckee Son have been removed i from Church Street to the new Kongsoon House at the junction of Beach and Church Street*. 27 CONSULATE FOR THE NETHERLANDS. NOTICE. right to levy the tar on pepper l in the Residency
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  • 1916 7  -  Bt H. Charles Wood*. Throughout the last few years it has always appeared to me that the numerous event which have taken place in the Near East have never been considered in their proper perspective. People of all classes have been content to encourage themselves in thinking
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 393 7 Don t take anybody’s word for it—judge for yourself. YOU CAN TELL better than anyone else whether a Whisky suits you or not. You can judge its flavour and you wiij soon know whether it produces any ill effects. H you take a liqueur glass of our Whisky you will
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    • 10 7 For Chronic Chest Complaints, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cere Is. 6<)
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    • 118 7 Straight at It. There is no use of our beating around the bush We might as weil out with it first as last. Wp want you to try Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy the next time you have a cough or cold There is no reason so far as we can see
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  • 1983 8 I drat uijL L:m oa the E ist Coast of England some year* agu—'bat is to *ay, I fi *t became aware of bis existence as a personality. Till then be had merely formed one of un assortment of figures whose rate appearance upoL the U( d~ck, in
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 437 8 Plain Ci utbs on the subject of Health are the only acceptable pronouncements. KiuBBerated statements end by convincing no one—rather do they create suspicion. and (Its rise to doubt. But you may safely listen to univer* r.l opinion. The public have for Ioiir known the value of Beecbam’s Fills in
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    • 80 8 One test of WOODS’ GREAT PEPPERMINT CORE would prove to you its solid worth as a preventive medicine that should be in every family medicine chest- Sold all over the world, its popularity is increasing every year, and, as you will know, it is not. possible to keep selling a
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    • 41 8 Da Tao CeojK T Don’t overstrain the fine membrane of your throat in trying to dislodge the phlegm. Chamberlain’s Remedy will acciom plisb this lor you, and cure the cold that is causing it. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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    • 270 8 I X 5 i Y 5 5 5 X X M v X 5 X X ill -.t I A i* t -i£;S rHa&z&miwar/ i 4 &>5 AMSTEL BEER. This Beer is pasteurised and will thus keep good for a considerable time in even the hottest climates. To be had
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  • 205 9 Whatever improves bodily conditions in general aids digestion. Cheerfulness, exercise, fresh air, baths and good habits make your digestion better able to take care of any burdens you impose upon it. But the greatest aid to good digestion is good blood. Anaemia, or thin blood, is a
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  • 2010 9 Dagonet the Jester.” It is a pleasant theory to nourish, that every deserving book sooner or later finds its way to those that can love it best. There is fate in these matters a destiny that leads readers—by devious ways, it is true, and often very slowly,
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 318 9 Extract from Government Circular note of the 10th October, 1901, for General information K C. Dass, bao,,..without doubt, been very successful in his line of treatment and has acquired a most enviable reputation amongst all classes...who flocked to him daily in large numbers for the benefit and comfort of his
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    • 664 9 BY APPOINTMENT ,v yfiW r 4%**s. m&» jh.c 70 11. M. THE KINC LĔ CHOCOLATE FOR THE FROM 7ZW •M ITaving been requested by several Residents in the Malay Peninsula to scul parcels of Nestle Chocolates to relatives or friends at the Front, wo o i%o now made arrangements to
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    • 1711 10 P. O.—B. I. AND APCAR LINE Mail and P Servioeß. KONINKLIJKE PAKETYAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. (ROVAL PACKET S. W. COMPANY.) Fob Ihtikdid to Sail. Stmambs PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL SAILINGS. MAIL SEBVICE. Outward (for Ckina ul J»»aaJ Due Penang Steamer. Connecting with Jan. £8 Feb 4 Feb. 18 Mar. 3 Mar. 17 Mar.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 422 1 The Eastern Produce Exchange. (22*. BEACH STREET. PENANG.) Capital 8120,000.00. Business opens on January 24th 1916. First Auction Sate ct Rubber will be field on Thursday, 27lh January, 1916. This undertaking has been established to meet what is felt to be a real want. It is well-known that there are
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