Straits Echo, 25 January 1916

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  • 36 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS. CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERAL VOL. 14. $24 Per Annum PENANG, TUESDAY, 2c th JANUARY, 1916. Siaflt Cep,, It cents. No. 19.
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    • 1231 1 for Cars on Hire —< BANKS EMPIRE •’The Little Artstocta* Call at or 'phone (No. 694) to Georgetown Motor Garage 7\ 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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  • 127 3 Pbnano, January 25 {By courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London, Demand Bank 2/4 1 *t 4 months’ sight Bank 2/44* 3 Credit 2/4J 3 Documentary 2/4; J Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. 174 3 days’ sight Private 176 Bombay, Demand Bank 174 Moulmein, Demand Bank 173 3 days’ sight Private
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  • 997 3 As Americas View. Mr. Andrew B. Humphrey, Chairman of the China Soci ty of America, writes in the New York Times: The newspapers have been so crowded with war news and politics recently that the ratification, on Oct. 23, of a new peace ami arbitration treaty
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  • 180 3 The following was the result of the shooting at Kampong Bahru yesterday 300 yds. Mrs Liston 26 Mrs Hulme Sharp 23 Miss Matbieu 23 Mrs C D D Hogan 20 Miss M Pritchard 17 Mrs Frayns 16 Mrs Sayers 16 Mrs P Simpson 8 Wantage. 150
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  • 651 3 The following ties have been fixed for Thursday, 27th instant: Single Handicap A. W H Threlfall vs R R Turner R E Prentis vs C Cunradi. Single Handicap B. J H B Smith vs D L Adamson H D Sharpen vs L M Evans. Single Handicap C.
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    • 501 3 GOVERNMENT of johore. for the Magistrate’s Court AV »t Jobore Bahru, a competent 0 interpreter and Clerk. Candidate u*t have a fair knowledge of English and ft iv and be able to read and write Sntse A knowledge of typewriting is rL required. Salary »60 per mensem Apply to FIRST
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    • 335 3 notice: The s.s. Hong Bee, CNptiin H J. Wiisber, is exuected to arrive from Singapore and China on Tuesdav, the 26th instant, and will leave for R.ngoon on Wednesday, the 26ih instant, at 10 a m. For Fie gbt or passage apply to Mbssks CHIN HIN Coy., 63, Bench Street,
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    • 433 3 Stoeet o Because of its delicate aroma and sweetness of flavour Sweet Chestnut Tobacco assures that pleasing contentment. THE CRITERION OF QUALITY. YJ7 ti A Wa 'm S', iV r-TO-NIGHT TO-NIGHT 1! The Electric Polyscope Co* Lyceum Theatre, Argyll Road. 4 DETECTIVE HAYES 4 20 Parts In Parts 20 7
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  • 95 4 Published tSaily (*icep? SuoU.k .rrf itf»l:da?s) at mu 0E1TEB10N PRESS. j,xi. No. 59, Beach Street, Patiaug Pbiob. Dtilj Local m* $24 per »b»q Omtstation... Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Post Free) $17.50 OABLB ADDKBN8 M ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Not. (Echo, !T0($ Printing Den&rtncnt 243 S 4 All kuainou oeruaunioa'.iOEa
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  • 1301 4 From time to time, as our leaders have doubtless noticed, very interesting and important items of news aro to be found in ibe Dutch cables which we translate tr• :n our Sumatran coutcmpurarirs. The debate in the Prussian Diet or Landtag of which we gave a summary
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  • 61 4 To-day’s Quotations. Messrs. Boustead <fc Co. inform us that the following is the quotation for Rubber on Spot in London Plantation Ist latex crepe, 3/6f. Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to-day at $87.30, buyers uo sellers, in Singapore (refined) at $88.50, business done, (100 tons sold) and
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  • 410 4 Our Singapore correspondent wires news of tha Qsath of Mr P I. Woodford, Managing Cleik of Messrs. Rodyk and Davidson. Mr. Woodford, who was about fifty-five years of age, had been in indifferent health for Dearly two years. Field Marshal Von der Goltz, the veteran German General,
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  • 440 4 MR. ROWLAND'S SHARES. Result of the Votiag, (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, January 24. An extraordinary general meeting of the Pulau Bulang Rubber and Produce Co., Ltd., was held here to day for the purpose of considering and if thought fit passing the resolution stated in the subjoined
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  • 955 4 Wattle Day. j To-morrow (the thirty-first anniversary i of Gordon’s death, by the way) is Wattle j Day.” when Australians in London and I elsewhere will commemorate in various wavs land particularly by wearing the watt]* (their national flora! emblem), the 121 th I anniversary of the first
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    • 157 4 Chinese New Year P BUI r„'.; rr t.-«a YOIJK *c s a ,'iC 2 U v f** fit—<Slcj., <Scc. FR )M THE 180M6 Tews ilisDen A LARGE STOCK TO SELECT FROM AT REASONABLE PRICES. HAM. In Premier Per/ume. bottle. Mtw. ijtt t* > \c.Wi..Tcr x .v_ v _-i-.s*. n r^:#r
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  • 646 5 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. AIR RAID ON METZ London, January 24. 1.35 a-tn. A Paris communique states that the artillery seriously damaged the enemy trenches near Soissons and Champagne Twenty-four French aeroplanos bombarded the railway stati ma and barracks at Mets, dropping 130 bombs. The bombarding squadron
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  • 563 5 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. RF.iGN OF TERROR. GERMAN TROOPS AT CONSTANTINOPLE 1 London, January 24, A Salonika telegram states that 50,000 German troops have arrived at Constantinople. They are intended to support Eover Pasha who is coverning by terror alone. Swift and Becret executions of the Turks
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  • 28 5 (From Over Own Correspondent Singapore, January 24. The report of the Indragiri Rubber Co. •howa a profit of $82,1*4. A dividend of 5% lit reeom mended.
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  • 599 5 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. BOMBS ON MONASTIR. HEAVY DAMAGE DONE. London, January 24. 1 Forty-five French aircraft bombarded Mooastir on January 23, heavily damaging the railway station, the railway lines,' barracks and ammunition depdts. Italia* Aatioa ia Albania. London, January 23. An Italian wireless message foreshadows important Italian
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  • 1633 5 Copyright Telegram. (Reuter's Service. TURKS C OMPLETELY HOODWINKED. London, January 24. Reuter’s correspondent with the Maditer- ranean Force, describing tha withdrawal j from Gallipoli, praises the discipline and courage of the troops and tha efficiency of the Staff when tha Peninsula had to be abandoned in obediaace to
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  • 105 5 C From Our Own Correspondent O Kuala Lumpur, January 25. The following are the entries for the first day of the Selangor Turf Club meeting Racks l and 2.— The Wreck, Lakrfoss, Bettino Bill, Charity. La Vie, Creemore, Wee Wondilla and Jorrocks. Race 3— Fly Wheel, Pom-Pom,
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  • 57 5 The following articles will be found on our outside pages: Paee. 3. —The Future of Chiua. P. L. E. C. P O. C. Tennis Tournament. 6-—How to Capture German Trade. Letters from a Z ruave. F. M. S. Finance —Thicker Than Water.” China and the Persia,” 7. —Prohibition, g.—Tin
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  • 967 5 ALLEGED DISORDERLY CONDUCT. Before Mr. V. G. Ezechiel in the Third Court this morning two Klings and three Chetties were arraigned on a charge of disorderly conduct by shouting in Union Street yesterday morning. Inspector Bartels stated that at 1010 am. yesterday he was iu the station
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  • 1000 6 It may ba recalled that, in bit general ramming up of the financial position of the Federated Malay States in bis annual report for 1914 which was published about the middle of June last, the Chief Secretary, Sir Edward Brockman k.c.m a., observed that the outbreak of the
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  • 1143 6  -  "I AM PE\CEFULLY WAITING MY 1UKN.” Bt Hkmrt Datrat. Among my friends at tbe front is one who writes me letters of such fine sincerity and simplicity that it would be too selfish to keep them to myself. I will there! ore give a few quotations
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  • 1003 6 —Thicker Than Water. America has undergone a complete metamorphosis in its opinion of and attitude towards England since the war began. To the Am rican man in-the-street, pre vious to August, 1914, the Englishman was 1 a fop, a laggard, a cause for infinite jest an l incessant ridicule on
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  • 534 6 A Grave Situation. The report that among tbe unfortunate people who were drowned when the sUainer Persia was torpedoed by a submarine were several Chinese subjects brings our Govern- orient tace to face with a grave problem. Whether the submarine was German or Austrian is not
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  • 416 6 i (Austrian Socialists’ Fibrt Manifesto In a voluminous and fiery manifesto 1 addressed to tbe Internationalists of all couuiries the Austrian Socialists describe their intolerable situation amidst the war The Austrian Constitution, they assert, has i been destroyed, liberty of opinion suppressi ed, and the executioner is unrestrained
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  • 1947 6 Mach discussion goes oa in the papers I and in society on the theme, How to capture Germin trade after the war is over.” We can get up comparatively little interest in this discussion, because it seems to us of little practical value Few of
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    • 36 6 Sick Headache, Sick headache is caused by a disordered stoir&cb. Take Chamberlain’s Tal lots and the headaches will disappear. They an just what you need to correct the trouble. For •ala by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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    • 11 6 For Children’* Hacking Cough at Night, Wood*’ Great Peppanmnt|Oure, 1*. 6d.
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    • 54 6 MOTHER’S FRIEND—So effectual is that wonderful medicine, WOODS’ ORBAT PEPPERMINT CURE, in correcting the ailments of children, that it has been truly christened. Children’s coughs, colds, whooping cough, oroup yield to it like a charm. Never bs without a bottle m the house. Sold by Dispensaries ami Stores everywhere at
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    • 65 6 Every young child is susceptible to croup. Don t wait until thin dreadful disease attack* your little one before you prepare for it. It comes in the night when chemists’ shops are usually closed, and this alone should be a warning. Get and keep Chatuberlaias’ Cough Remedy on hand. It
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  • 1244 7 With the exception of a few in the know it may ba fairly assumed that the general impression respecting our export trade during the last twelve months —entirely a war year—was that the business in our staple exports (tin. rubber, and copra) bad been adversely affected through
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    • 485 7 HUTTON'S “PINEAPPLE" HAMS SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE Co., Ltd., peitancj. Telegrams Storag. Telephone No. 602. Sale toy order of The Supreme Court of the Federated Malay States at the instance of* the Chargee SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION. By Messrs. Gleeson and Co., at the Selangor Chamber of Commerce, No. 1, Old
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    • 40 7 Do You Couth Don’t overstrain the fine membrane of your throat in trying to dislodge the phlegm. Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy will accomplish this for you, and cure the cold that is causing it For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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    • 660 7 Infantile Paralysis. Helpless Wasted Child Cured by Or. Cassell's Tablets, the Miracle-Worker. Mrs. Goodby, 15, Bevington-iioad, Aston, Bmningham, England, says:— “I never saw surh a change in my file aa Dr. Cassell's Tablet® effected in my little boy Joseph when he was suffering from Infantile Paralysis. He was quite helpiese,
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  • 937 8  -  HOW IT IS WORKING IN RUSSIA. Bt Waclaw Czerninwski. The Russian Empire, the least educated sod least civilised amopgst the Entente Powers, first set an example in restricting the sale of drink. It is worth noticing that the entire prohibition of alcohol in Russia did not meet with anj
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    • 248 8 *****MM*M*«0»*****»****W RUNNYMEDE HOTEL, knang. Telephone Nor. 63S U 545. Proprietor A. KERDYK» T’graphic Address Ronnymede Hotel.” Manager J. G. Hummelinj. The Most Select Situation on the Sea-Side. Terms: Single rooms from $5 per day upwards. Double rooms from $9 per day upwards. For Monthly terms apply to the Manager. Special
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    • 62 8 Com That Co«tk. When you bar® troublesome cough, 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 take Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy
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    • 170 8 JINTAN wonderful Tonic and Mouth Refresher» -SPECIAL MERIT Of JINTANAs digestive, it U unequalled end will not disturb the functions of the most delicate stomach. Its antiseptic properties render it very efhcaciOUe in warding off diseases and at the same time it imparts a delightful fragrance to the breath of
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  • 212 9 Some people are naturally thin. There ia a g 0 a natural pallor but moat people who ftr e both thin and pale are far from well and they need a tonic. Many people neglect to take a tonic until the? get so sick that a tonic ia
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  • 2048 9 Saye Mr. Spender in one of his admirable Letters to the Antipodes,” whioh form such an attractive feature of the Wettminster Gazette I could not listen for long to the debate in the Commons without having it borne in on me that there is something very
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    • 377 9 Extract from Government Circular note of the 10th October, 1901, for General information: K- C. Dass, has,...without doubt, been verv successful in bis 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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    • 10 9 For Chronic Cheat Complaint*, Woods' Croat Peppermint Onre la. 6d.
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    • 88 9 Straight at It. There is no use of our beating around the bush.” We might as well out with it first as last. We want you to try Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy the next time you have a oough or cold. There is no reason so far as we can see
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    • 240 9 yy y~- "~~jdone ZD C G OC DC DOC DOooOOC SV ROYAL AF POINT ME NT. Contra otor» to THE ADMIRALTY, THE WAR OFFICE, THE INDIA OFFICE, o n u ALL Covernment Hospitals IN THE Straits Settlements AND Federated Malay States. OBTAINABLE RETAIL m *-1 7 m IS H 1
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    • 1763 10 P. o. I. AND APCAR LINE Mail and Passenger Services PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL SAILINGS. MAIL SERVICE. 4 V'; Lti Jf: Foa N. Y. K. KONINKLIJKE PAKETYAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Japan Mail Steamship Company Lt< (ROYAL PACKET S. N. COMPANY.) Ihtbndbd to Sail. Stsambk Langsa, Telok* Semawe, Segli, Olehleh, Sabang, Padang, Benkoelen and
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